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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursdoy / Morch 13 / 1947
cooperative effort on THifir part to against Lilienthal and other factors
. Y*. , . q .. (wipe out some of the inequalities'combined, led one'veteran newsman
AS Washington jG6S It . . !and to arbitrate and bargain for the who has covered the Washington
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Special to The Chronicle.
. best labor law they can obtain from
! the Congress.
■ ! With hogs hitting new top prices
’ , records in Chicago . . . $27.50 per
I hundred
there are those in con-
scene for a quarter of a century, to
remark in the National Press club
recently: '
“Today we stand upon the thresh-
hold of a new era of corporate looU
Washington, March 11. — Lack of gress who are saying, “we told you ing.
any constructive program w h i c h so. You voted to cut out all price
Monopoly and all that it implies
will be the most important subject
before this congress before it is
many days older. One cure advanced
is by Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney,
(D-Wyoming). He has a bill (S-10)
which provides for a federal char-
would be helpful in writing new la- | controls and promised a quick stea-
bor legislation rather than the ob- j dying and decline in prices but, as
stnlctive front labor leaders are we foretold, just the reverse is true.”
presenting in both the senate and Q n ^ 0 p 0 f new hike in meat
•house labor committee hearings bids prices, the bureau of labor statistics
iair to drive some of the friends of has just issued a new report show-
labor in both house and senate to that wholesale prices have hit a ter or for federal incorporation as
\6te for more drastic labor legisla- new postwar peak in the week end- a basic remedy. Senator O'Mahoney
on - '* ing Feb. 15, reaching 143.1 per cent says a big modern corporation is a
This fa. t was forcefully brought i of the 1926 average. . sort of no-man’s land, responsible to
to a head in the senate labor com-| The wholesale price level now nobody, too big to be controlled by
inittce when Sen. Wayne Morse (R., stands at 1.6 per cent higher than the states, insufficiently regulated
Oregon), long t champion of labor, 1 in Mid-January this year, 33.5 per; by the federal government, fre-
igorously deplored the lack of any! cent higher than the corresponding quently growing bigger than the
onstructive program offered by i week a year ago, 66.4 per cent above , states which charter them, beyond
witnesses for the labor oaganiza-11937 and exactly 50 per cent above even the control of their hundreds
• ;ons. ! 1929. And the price index is blamed of thousands of widely dispersed
‘We are going to have some labor! on t ^ ie higher prices for 1 stockholders. His bill would:
legislation. Make no mistake about agricultural products . . . that is, the I 1—Prohibit directors having any
domestic corporation, including con
tracts, agreements,. property rights,
patents and'licenses;
4— Make directors trustees for the
stockholders and individually and
civilly liable for corporation losses
through violations of federal law;
5— Give a vote to each share of
stock.
Senator O’Mahoney says that this
is not tighter legislation, but is a
step toward greater business free
dom.
“Small business has been swal
lowed up by big business and big
business is now confronted with the
danger of being swallowed up by
government,” he said. Federal char
ter would remove the danger of
government competition.
No Traffic Accidents
In County for Week
Columbia, March 1$^—(Special to
The Chronicle).—There were no traf
fic accidents in Laurens county dur
ing the week February 23 through
March 1, according to a report issued
by the state highway department^*
The department reported also that
four drivers , ‘' licenses had been sus
pended in the county.
hat. 1 am going to vote for some I fooci People must buy. .financial interest in competing cor-
I hope I can vote for good legisla-! T* 16 resignation of Wendell Berge, 1 porations or in any corporation with
non.
jj j have to make a choice ■ trust - bustin g head of the anti-trust' which theirs does business;
between no legislation and legisla-i of tbe department of jus-j 2—Disclose to stockholders all
which goes too fa»- T’ll vote tice, the difficulty of obtaining com- transactions between the directors
'.ion
far I’ll vote ^ ce > tbe difficulty of obtaining com- transactions
• A i. A.— A _ 1 • — A A A* 1 «i ,
;or legislation which goes too far,” | P e ^ en ^ men to important fed-’! and the corporation and all vol,un-
eral posts, the senseless senate hear-1 tary payments and
stockholders rights;
he said.
... , . • _ ings on the confirmation of David
This position of their„ champion®. ,, ., . . . .
,, - Lilienthal s nomination as head of
rather chilled some of the labor .. . 4 _ . .
witnesses. Attitude of labor has been! At ° ml , c E "* r « r commtsston and
.gainst any change .»•«“ acllv,1 - v ot «•* trusts
alternation of
present labor laws,
whatever in;
rather than a
3 — File with the Department of
Justice a copy of every plan or pro
gram with a foreign, national or
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County Farm Cotmcii
Offers Scholarships
The D. W. Watkins and Marie Cro
mer scholarships provided by the
Laurens County Council of Farm
Women are not in use at the pres
ent time Anyone interested in the
scholarships is asked to contact Mrs.
L. L. Young, county chairman of
education.
Rules pertaining to the scholar
ships follow.
1. Applicant must be in good
health, good character and pref
erence given to applicant if member
of a church,
2. Applicant must have finished
on accredited high school and be
prepared for college or successful-
y pass the college entrance exami
nation.
3. Applicant and parents or guard-
an not financially able to pay for
college training.
4. Applicant must have note en
dorsed by a reliable party.
5. Applicant to make application
?or scholarship in ink in his own
handwriting.
6. Applicant must have farm back
ground and preference givenhto 4-H
t lub members in good standing in
work.
7. Applicant to have recommenda
tion from county agent, superintend
ent or principal of last school at
tended and the minister of his
church.
8. Applicant to submit applica-
t.on to chairman of education of the
county council of farm women oj
Laurens who will place the applica-
t.on before the proper committee to
make the award.
9. Applicant must be a resident
i f Laurens county and major in
some phase of agriculture.
’ 10. Applicant tftust pass success
fully edch year’s work in college.
11. The Laurens County Council of
Farm Women will lend $100 a year
lor four years.
12 Applicant to begin repaying
money borrowed one year after fin-
—hd.mg or leaving college, at no in
terest, provided the repayment each
> ear is the same amount, or greater,
borrowed each year. If not repaid
according to schedule, then the legal
late of interest shall be charged to
ine unpaid balance due.
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Creomulsion blends beech wood creo
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No matter how many medicines you
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& INSURANCE CO.
B. Hebert Boyd
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