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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C Aleman Proves A 'Good Neighbor i m <s> Mexican President’s Visit Boosts Friendly Relations By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 16X6 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.—Despite the fact that relations between the United States and some of our sister repub lics to the south have degenerated considerably since the inventor of the "good neighbor” policy died that’s not the case with Mexico. ;You would realize that if you had seen the all-time high in demonstra tions that took place when Pres. Miguel Aleman visited Washington. The first meeting and greeting on Constitution avenue had the inspira tion of local pep- campaign but there was no out- s i d e stimulant injected into what was a really rip - roar ing response to the lanky and smiling Latin when he visited congress on May Day. More than a few of his hear ers could follow him in the Span ish—and every- body could match up his liquid phrases with the translation they held in their laps. The speech was short and snappy. When he was through, senators, representatives and the packed gal leries couldn’t stop applauding even after el Presidente had disap peared. Applause burst out again and again for almost everybody as they passed up the aisle. Senator Vandenberg, who usually is asso ciated with foreign relations of an other sort, got a generous share along with the cabinet members and diplomatic corps. From the rostrum of the house of representatives, Aleman said that “nearly 300 million people living side by side in this hemisphere are concerned not only with assistance to ward off foreign aggression, but also with the efforts to overcome the dangers of poverty and despair in the difficult years of peace.” A little bit earlier that day a joint statement had been issued, signed by both President Truman and President Aleman, stating that agreements had been reached for the U. S. to grant credits to Mexico —credits to make the greatest and earliest contribution to the eco nomic development of the land be low the Rio Grande. The two chief executives agreed that their respec tive administrations must exert every effort to raise the standards of living in their countries, increas ing productivity and, consequently, purchasing power. Confusion Prevails JLittle news was brought out be yond what Aleman had said to con gress or what was in the joint state ment concerning loans for Mexican industrial and agricultural develop ment. But there was one, last question: "What impressed you most on your visit, Mr. President?” “Arlington and Mount Ver non,” he replied, “The enduring lessons of George Washington, the great father of your coun try, must be constantly taught and rehearsed in your country.” And so the Truman gesture at Chapultepec was reciprocated. Mexico Embarking On Six-Year Plan Mexico still has some credit pre viously approved by the Export- Import bank which she hasn’t used. She has borrowed 68 millions' large ly used for highway construction, transportation and industry: she has repaid 13 millions; still has 30 millions in the bank. More will be needed to carry out Aleman’s six-year plan, which in cludes increased irrigation and power facilities—two TVA’s will be constructed. Mexican style. Mexico is an agricultural country without too much arabje soil; she needs to raise more to feed herself properly. To do this will require six times as many irrigated acres as at present. The joint statement also indicated that the two presidents were work ing out an arrangement to stabilize exchange which would permit Mex ico to buy American dollars when she needs them to buy American goods, and sell them back when she ‘GOOD NEIGHBOR’ Warns Aggressors BAUKHAGE At News Conference We newsmen had our own "hasta la vista" later that afternoon in Blair-Lee house, a part of the twin residences turned over to visiting dignitaries for a press and radio conference which came near being chiefly a photographic contest. It was a struggle, unseemly indeed, in that somewhat precieuse setting of antique furniture, pale green walls, wide mirrors and not very large early American rooms. Not large enough anyway for the mob which surged about between the little bar, the battery of cam eras and the doorway into the gar den through which el Presidente was to appear. Dogwood in the gar den looked over the brick wall, somewhat startled at the noisy gathering. At last the tall smiling figure, flanked by secret service men, appeared. He sat at a table. The newsmen crowded around him, completely cutting off the cameras. The newswomen’s huge hats completely screened the klieg lights. A controversy of no little heat ensued and no little heat exuded from the high candle-power bulbs and the nor mal radiation of a hundred or so energetic human beings. can spare them. In wartime, when she was selling us more than she was buying, she built up a supply of dollars. But now she’s buying more from us than she’s selling to us. By allowing her to buy dollars at the rate of five pesos to the dollar, Mexico’s money will be kept stable -otherwise individuals might start bidding up the dollar, which would decrease the value of the peso. What did It add up to? Good sense between good neighbors who want to continue to be good customers. Mexico is farther to the left politically than we are, but it is by no means one hun dred per cent socialist. As for Aleman's political philoso phy, it was plain what he thought about the one - party totalitarian states when he said before con gress: “Civilization wanes when the state curtails individual freedom. ... to impose its will or that of a political party on its citizens.” It appears that Aleman’s brand of democracy is near enough to our to make him the good neigh bor we Washingtonians who met him think he is. LINED UP FOR SUN BATH . . . The Henn quadruplets, children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henn of Baltimore, line up for their daily sun bath in the nursery of a Baltimore hospital. Left to right, they are: Tommy, smallest at birth; Donald, the heavyweight; Joan, lone lady in the group, and Bruce, possessor of the biggest, brownest eyes. NEWS REVIEW Oklahoma Senator Shot; Telephone Strike Settled PHONE STRIKE ENDS:* Workers Accept $4.40 Long distance telephone opera tors agreed to accept a compro mise pay increase of $4.40 a week, thereby ending the month-old strike that has been tying up the nation’s communications. Quick settlements of 28 other disputes followed the ac quiescence of the long lines workers to the new terms. The increase means about 11 cents per hour pay boost, vacation benefits and certain other concessions, such as seniority rights. About 22,000 workers in 42 states are affected. The agreement was announced by Asst. Secy, of Labor John Gibson and Conciliation Director Edgar Warren, after a 7% hour night ses sion with representatives of the unions and the American Telegraph and Telephone company. Strikes against local companies of the Bell system were settled on substantial ly the same terms. Besides the wage hikes and other benefits the contract with the long dis tance workers was practically a re newal of old terms, which were ex tended for one year. A clause per mits either the union or the com pany to begin negotiations, after September 1, for reclassification of towns to readjust wage schedules. Officials of the long lines workers’ union indicated the members would not cross picket lines of striking lo cal telephone workers. BOX CARS: Shortage Easing Slowly but steadily the boxcar sit uation is improving, declares John Hayden, Chicago district manager of the American Association o'f American Railroads^ Midwest freight conditions, he said, are the best they have been for a long time. Grain cars are moving in adequate numbers to the Southwestern wheat belt, where cutting of the new crop has begun. “We hope to have several thou sand empties stored there ready to handle the wheat when it comes from the combines,” said Eugene Coughlin, assistant to the chairman of A.A.R. “The carriers are in con siderably better condition to handle grain traffic than they were last year.” OKLAHOMA: Shooting in Senate A hometown feud exploded into gunplay on the floor of the Okla homa senate house in Oklahoma City. When the smoke cleared, eld erly Sen. Thomas Anglin was lying wounded, shot through the hip. His assailant. Rep. James Scott, a marine veteran, was arrested a few minutes later in a washroom. The shooting occurred before the afternoon session had opened, when about half the senators were on the State Sen. Anglin floor. Scott apparently fired twice, with one shot going wild. Some sen ators were under the impression that Anglin returned the fire, but this has been denied. Both legislators come from Hold- ensville, Okla. Anglin is 64, the old est senator in the chamber in point of service. Representative Scott, 34, is heir to an oil fortune. Only mo tive that has been discovered for his action is that Anglin’s law firm rep resented Scott’s former wife in her divorce suit and property settle ment. GERMANY: U. S. to End Army Rule Control of the U. S. zone of Ger many soon will be transferred from the American military government to civil authority. Secretary of State Marshall is preparing to take this long-delayed step as soon as possible. The move will reverse the state department’s 158-year-old tra dition. Heretofore the department has vigorously resisted taking on any functions except formulation of policy. „ Former Secretary Byrnes wanted administration of Germany left with the war department, but Marshall, himself a veteran of the war depart ment, is willing to change that. He has not revealed any details of the civil government setup that he has in mind. Obviously a considerable military force will be needed in Ger many for some time, in case of out breaks. Marshall denied that American and British officials had run into difficulties over basic policy in plans for merging the American and Brit ish zones, as reported from Berlin. RECORD OUTPUT Farm Productivity Increases Finally the newsmen were pushed back and the cameras set to work. Some of the reporters were pushed clear out of range and I saw one helpless, hapless gentleman wedged tightly between the bar and the backs of three husky Mexican pressmen. The poor fellow’s right hand was pinioned so note-taking was impossible. Only his left arm was free, and that was deep in the middle of a nest of scotch-and- sodas. What else could he do about it? (Salud y pesetos!) The photographing continued. The photographers in front wouldn’t stop. The newsmen cried, “Enough!” One reporter, reversing the ancient proverb sighed, “One word is worth a thousand pictures.” The photographer yielded. "Do they do this in Mexico?" asked an American reporter, archly. “They do this in Mexico,” an swered a Mexican reporter, in per fect English, white teeth gleaming. CHICAGO.—Measured on a vol ume basis, farm output in recent years has been 30 to 35 per cent higher than the 1935-39 average, ac cording to an article in the Northern Trust company's monthly publica tion. The gain, it is pointed out, was recorded despite a decline of 10 per cent in the number of farm workers. Although generally favorable weather and longer hours in the fields aided in the production rec ord, the article contends that more important factors were greatly in creased mechanization of farming methods, wider use of improved crop varieties of the hybrid type, shifts to crops and livestock requir ing relatively less labor per unit of output and increased use of fer tilizer and lime for soil enrichment. Approximately twice the amount of fertilizer used 10 years ago is be ing used now, use of lime has in creased threefold and acreage plant ed with hybrid seed corn, for exam ple, has increased from “less than 5 per cent of the total com acreage 10 years ago, to more than 65 per cent now.” Since the yield from hybrid seed is about 20 per cent greater than from common strains, "the effect upon overall output is clearly evident" Further, farm productivity was in creased because production of meat animals, requiring about one-third as much labor per unit of produc tion as dairy products, has gained. The tremendous advance in mech anization of farming methods is one of the most important factors in bringing about the record produc tion of recent years, however, the article stated. Between 1940 and 1944 tractor production increased more than 25 per cent, mechanical com pickers more than 35 per cent and grain combines and milking machine installations more than 50 per cent. Increased productivity and low ered costs coming from mechaniza tion “give hope that the farmer may through increased per capita produc tion, attain the same standard of living as the industrial worker does with the large assortment of tools provided for him,” the article con cluded. m fc> y WRIGHT A. FAIT E R S O N Released by Western Newspaper Union. FREE ENTERPRISE NETS BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS THE VALUE of Ford Motor com pany is listed as one billion dollars. That is a billion dollars of our na tional wealth that did not exist less than half a century ago. That value is represented by land, buildings, machines, materials and other things needed in operation of large plants. Aside from the land that value, that addition to our national wealth, was created by the genius, the initiative, the resourcefulness of one man. t That one man created more than tangible wealth on which a dollar value can be placed. He created many thousands of jobs, providing for the support of many thousands of American families. He made possible the support of schools, churches, stores, professions. He helped materially in support of our railroad systems, and in construc tion and utilization of our hard roads. Then Henry Ford died, and he has left to the American people, as their legacy, all those things he created, the plants, the jobs. He had added a billion dollars of value to our national wealth, and he took no part of it away with him. The plants, the organization, the jobs belong to America. For their con tinued operation he named a trus tee. During his lifetime he had pro vided automobiles at a price at which millions of American families could afford to buy and operate them. Such ownership meant for those millions of families increased pleasure and convenience. Those cars had added to their standard of living. During his lifetime he had voluntarily raised the standard of compensation for workers. He passed on to workers and the public those benefits resulting from his technological abilities. It meant higher wages for workers, and a lower price for the cars produced for the people of the nation and the world. It was genius and initiative, plus opportunity and encourage ment, that made the Ford mir acle possible. The genius and initiative was possessed by Ford. The opportunity and en couragement were provided by our American system of free, competitive enterprise. ... In no other nation on earth could Henry Ford have accomplished what he did In this country. No other of the present day nations would have provided the needed essentials of opportunity and encouragement. We cannot all have the genius and initiative. Most of us are lack ing in those essentials. We all have opportunity and encouragement for development of such abilities as we may possess. Ford was one of many who, under our ecemomic system, have aided in making America great; who have raised our stand ard of living, and provided us with luxuries the people of no other na tion know. The wealth they accumu late through production they leave as a legacy to the people of the nation. It is not necessary to demonstrate that free enterprise will work. It has worked, and is working. It will continue to do in the future what it has done in the past. LABOR BOSSES REPUDIATED UNION LABOR’S BOSSES put up a hard fight to prevent a revamping of the nation’s labor laws in any way that would curb their activities. In that fight of words they ex pressed only generalities. They hinted at dire disaster should their practices be checked and intimated retaliation at the polls against any who voted for such changes. They did not attempt to explain why, in a Gallup poll of last January, 66 per cent of all people contacted voted for the open shop, 18 per cent for the so-called union shop, and only 8 per cent favored the closed shop. Nor did they attempt to ex plain the vote of union workers only in which 41 per cent favored the open shop, 33 per cent the union shop, and only 18 per cent wanted a closed shop. In connection with their threat of retaliation at the polls they did not quote the figures from the last election, in which of those members of the previous con gress seeking reelection and openly opposed by labor leaders, 140 were elected and only three on labor’s black list were defeated. The Amer ican people, including members of labor unions, definitely have repudi ated many labor union leaders, but not labor unions or collective bar gaining. • • • There was a time, not farther back than the generation of the father of Henry Wallace, when the making of such statements as those ottered by the former vice-president and secretary of commerce for the edification of European audiences would have meant for the orator political death and social ostracism in this country. • • • All of us are, directly or indi rectly, a part of and interested in American business. A STOP BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ... At this tiny grave on the lonely prairie near Elrod, S. D., a train stops every Memorial Day while the crew conducts simple rites memorializing the friendship of “Big Bill’ Chambers and “The Little Fellow.” SAGA OF FRIENDSHIP You, Too, Can Do the Latest Dance Step* New Steps are Easy HpHERE’S nothing mysterious or* difficult about the new dances. They all break down to a few basic patterns which anyone can learn at home by following simple diagrams. Each dance has one outstanding figure that is repeated over and over. Leam that step in aU its variations and you’ll be confident and relaxed when you get on the dance floor. You can learn to dance by following the directions and footprint diagrams in our booklet No. 37. Send 25 cents (coin) for “How to Do the Latest Dance Steps” to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 West nth St., New York 11, N. Y. Print name, address, booklet title and No. 37. For 58 Yours, Mighty Railroad Remembers ‘The Little Fellow’ WNU Features. Every Memorial Day since 1888 a passenger train has come to an unscheduled stop on the lonely prairie near Elrod, S. D., and while passengers wait and wonder, members of the train crew visit a tiny grave along the right-of-way. There, a moment of silence is observed, a few brief prayers are said and flowers are<S> laid on the grave. The trainmen return to their train anti the trip is resumed. When curious passengers ask about the stop, they learn the story of how a railroad man’s sympa thetic understanding of a «mall boy’s fascination for railroading led to a friendship that has been memo rialized for 58 years even though both the railroad man and the small boy died years ago. The man’s name was William F. Chambers, better known as “Big Bill” Chambers, and the small boy is known only as “The Little Fel low.” Back in 1888, Big Bill was a brakeman on the train hauling track ballast for repair work under way in the area. “The Little Fel low” was the 12-year-old son of the couple who had charge of the kitchen and mess cars for the erbn- struction gang. Every day when BiH’s train pulled into the railroad camp, the boy ran to meet him and Chambers would spend hours telling him tales of the big cities and of railroading. Then, in Au gust, the boy became seriously ill and died. He was bnried there along the right-of-way and Bill promised the boy’s parents he would take care of the grave nntil they were able to return and remove the body. They never returned, but Cham bers kept his promise even when he became freight conductor and later passenger conductor. Section crews helped him by keeping the grass and weeds away from the spot. Someone put up a boulder to mark the grave. Eventually Bill reached retire ment age; yet he still visited the grave regularly on Memorial Day as long as he was able. Others took up the task for him and continued the practice even after his death in 1939. Vince J. Ford, conductor, mar ried Chambers’ daughter. Every Memorial Day Ford has taken Chambers’ place, although he, too, now is retired. The flowers are sent by his wife and Mrs. Lydia Benson, another daughter of Chambers, both of whom reside at Redfield, S. D. Together with the train crews, these people have kept alive the friendship of "Big Bill” and "The Little Fellow.” For 58 years the Chicago and North Western’s train 106 has stopped on the prairie near Elrod, as it will again this year. Passen gers have waited and wondered. They have heard the story and seen the ceremony. Not once has a pro test been heard. Boy With 30 Names Is 'Bobby' for Short WHITESBURG, KY. — A 14-year- old eighth grade student here boasts one of the longest names in the world. Because they thought he’d be the last child and the family Bible still had four lines unfilled in the portion left for family records, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stallard, gave him this name: Hugh Alexander Morris Gene Saul Ralph Giles Gilbert Motoer Marquis Miles Marion Mayo John Charles James Gordon Bennett Adams Christopher Columbus Eli jah Green Eversole Bradly Kincaid Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Stal lard. Classmates call him Bennett or Bobby for short. dffm yWlXTION NOTES AIRPORT CHATTER For the first time since 1934, Sioux Falls, S. D., will have air races in connection with a Civil Air Patrol air fair at the municipal air port Sunday, May 25. Other high lights of the event will be competi tion in "bomb” dropping and spot landing, a mass parachute jump by local ex-paratroopers and the mar riage of a couple aloft in a plane. The Sioux Falls squadron is endeav oring to raise funds for a plane to be placed at disposal of the city. Red Cross and police or for use in emergency search and rescue mis sions. . . . Newest of the Rocky Mountain empire’s air transport services, daily flights between Den ver and Salt Lake City have been inaugurated by Challenger Airlines company. Stops are made at Cheyenne, Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs and Kemmerer, Wyo. The company plans to open routes from both Denver and Salt Lake City to Billings, Mont., in the future. . . . Mrs. Clara Frick of Goshen, Ind., experienced “the most thrilling day of my life” on her 80th birthday anniversary. She went for a plane ride with her son. . . . Mrs. Sarah Lunsford of Cobbs county, Georgia, utilizes her Piper Cub for a school bus. Because the roads are “ter rible,” the school bus leaves too early and* the family car “went out of commission anyway,” Mrs. Luns ford last fall started flying her two children five miles to the school- house. The plan worked out so suc cessfully that she decided to con tinue it indefinitely. “The children don’t even get a thrill out of it any more,” their mother admits. AIRPORTS ARE QUIETER The noise nuisance from low-flying aircraft has been reduced substan tially in many parts of the country, T. P. Wright, Civil Aeronautics ad ministration head, reports in review ing progress of the anti-noise cam paign. Much of the annoyance can be avoided by changing the traffic pat terns around airports and by pilot cooperation in using suitable power and propeller-pitch settings, Wright declares. In many cases the traffic pattern has been altered to provide that planes travel over water, indus trial districts or wastelands rather than over residential areas. The campaign, he reports, has re sulted in a substantial drop in the number of complaints against noisy airplanes. TROOP CARRIER . . . This Fair- child C-82 Packet, one of the latest-type troop carrier planes developed for army air forces, is demonstrating latest develop ments in air-borne equipment and techniques on a 60-day tour of the Pacific area. Dogs Ive Known... Slugqard •— So lazy he won’t even get up when a lady enters. Dogs are often listless when they’re not fed right. Gro-Pup Ribbon would give him every vitamin and mineral dogs are known to need for vigor and vitality. Economical—one box sup plies as much food by dry weight as five 1-lb. cans of dog food 1 Gro-Pup also comes in Meal and in Pd-EtU. Grandma SPEAKIN , . ABE LUNKIN’S mule is like a lot of people... he can’t pull while he’s kickin’, and he can’t kick while he’s pullin’. • • • AUNT HATTIE sez the shorten in’ you use fer cakes and pies should be real tasty by itself. That’s why she uses Nu-Mald when she wants her bakin’ to be extra fine. • • • SEEMS T.TKE folks hate to lose their money 'cuz then they lose their friends with It. I never worry about losin’ that kind of friends. • • • BLESS MY SOUL, there ain’t nuthln’ easier than makln’ sure ye’re gittin’ a top-quality marga rine. Jest look fer the words "Table-Grade.” Nu-Maid Marga rine’s Table-Grade. Sez so jest as plain as the nose on yer face right on the package. &WMA0® Table-Grade MARGARINE TO SOOTHS RASH ITCH OR TETTER Quickly apply soothing and com forting GRAYS OINTMENT with its wholesome antiseptics and na ture aiding medication. Nothing else like it—nothing so comforting—or pleasant for externally caused skin troubles. 35c. Get a package today. Woman’s Initials'Serve As Reminder of Storm LITTLETON. COLO.—Mrs. E. E. E. A. Shell, who first saw the light of day during the great blizzard of ’88, has a constant reminder of that tragic storm. For that’s what her initials stand for: “Eighteen Eighty Eight Ann." No doctors could reach her parents’ home to be present at her birth. Her father, overjoyed that both mother and daughter sur vived, named her for the event. * SAFETY RECORD More than two-thirds of the sched uled international airlines, which operated in all parts of the world, had a record of "absolute safety” in 1946, International Air Transport association reports. Sixty of the member airlines flew a total of 8,346,000,000 passengers miles dur ing the year. The scheduled airlines reported 33 fatal accidents, result ing in 298 casualties, which would equal 28,314,000 miles per passenger fatality. 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