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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Administration Asks Vast Powers
In New Agriculture Support Plan;
Labor Legislation Gets Priority
( EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinion! are expressed in these columns, they are those ol
Festera Newspaper Union's news analysts and net necessarily of this newspaper.)
NICE TRY! . . . Like a round pec In a square hole, Officer
George McPherson of the San Francisco humane society became
stock In a narrow light well into which he crawled to rescue a
eat. It took fellow officers several minutes to dislodge him. The
eat was removed through a window opening onto the bottom of
the light well and Is being held by Officer George Warren, at right.
FARM PLAN:
More Curbs Asked
Critics and supporters alike of
Agriculture Secretary Charles Bran-
nan’s 1949 farm support program
were surprised when Brannan asked
sweeping new powers to control
the nation’s agricultural produc
tion.
THE latest Brannan proposals
were contained in the full draft of
the administration’s farm program
which was laid before congress.
In that program, the powers re
quested would mark the first time
in the history of the nation—not ex
cepting wartime—when farmers and
their activities would be so com
pletely under federal control.
For example, Brannan asked that
rigid marketing quotas, now usable
on only six major crops, be applied
on the great bulk of farm products,
including meat animals, milk, poul
try, eggs, fruits and vegetables.
It was a bold stroke on the part
of the administration and one that
was gambling with farmer good
will over the nation. t
For it wqs quickly discernible
,that, if enacted, this program would
put the American farmer under fed
eral control from the moment he
arose to feed the chickens and other
stock in the morning, until he
tended his vegetables and worked
his crops, milked the cows and
fed the stock again in the evening.
The big question was: Would the
farmers stand for that, even if
•ongress did enact the law? Farm
ers would be given a choice because
under the Brannan proposal, they
would have to vote adoption of the
program by a two-thirds vote of all
producers.
Brannan envisions a condition
where prices would be allowed to
move freely in the market with
farmers getting a payment cover
ing the difference if and when mar
ket prices fell below a predeter
mined “fair’’ return.
LABOR LAW:
Gets Priority
With domestic issues having been
given the green light over foreign
affairs, the U.S. senate was com
mitted to wrestle out a new labor
law—or repeal Taft-Hartley—^be
fore adjournment.
The importance of the labor ques
tion to the administration was in
dicated in the senate’s shelving dis
cussion of the North Atlantic secu
rity pact until the troublesome
labor issue has been disposed of.
THE reason was rather obvious.
Organized labor, worried by an ap
parent disinclination of congress to
go along with the President in re
pealing Taft-Hartley and fearing
further delay, was pushing the
administration to get going. There
was constant reminder behind the
scenes of the President’s campaign
pledges to scrap the present over
all labor law and labor wanted
action. The 1950 congressional
races weren’t too far off and the
administration evidently felt it had
better deliver or face labor’s an
tagonism at the polls next year.
’ MAJORITY LEADER Scott Lucas
declared that if all major legisla
tion were not disposed of by July
31, “we shall extend the length ol
the session until we have dealt with
the most urgent proposals.”
Baldness “Cure”
Buried on inside pages of most
newspapers was a story which, if
true, would have rated banner
headlines in the eyes of those it
concerned.
FOR, from Een, Holland, there
came a claim that Meinheer J. Van
Rooyen, a bewildered little barber,
could cure baldness—no fooling.
The news leaked out, and the
little barber shop was thronged with
visitors. Letters poured in by the
thousands.
The meinheer started it all him
self by trying to stop his own thin
ning hair from growing thinner,
experimenting with various lotions
and use of infra-red rays.
ACCORDING to reports, he final
ly hit upon a combination that
made his hair grow. Tried on
others, it succeeded. Now he is
treating 160 people, working 13
hours a day.
U. S. JOBS:
Could Be Cut
A contention that the government
cut its civilian employe rolls by 10
per cent and "accomplish exactly
the same purposes” was made in
Washington by former President
Herbert Hoover. Declaring that this
could be done if the government
were organized properly, Mr.
Hoover said the savings to the tax
payers might reach four or five
billion dollars a year.
MR. HOOVER’S statement must
have carried some weight, but
there were only an optimistic few
who believed anything might be
done along the lines he pointed out.
The former President was speak
ing with authority because a com
mission of which he had been
named the head—a fact-finding body
to uncover just such things as he
had uncovered—had exhaustively
studied government functions and
processes and had reported its
findings.
A 200,OOo cut in federal person
nel would require no wholesale
firings, he said. He added it could
be accomplished through normal
turnover, which now runs about
500,000 a year.
BERLIN:
New Issues
The meeting of the big four coun
cil of foreign ministers had de
veloped one fact—discussion of Ger
man unity under current conditions
was futile So, it appeared atten
tion would be turned to Berlin
where som» major problems yet
remained unsolved.
Berlin presented concrete issu^-
which many hoped could be re
solved or, at least, discussed more
profitably. The western powers
were understood as ready to insist
upon written agreements concern
ing rights in Berlin to replace oral
understandings that alone have
given them any rights in the im
mediate past.
It was also believed they would
urge a single elected city council
and retention of occupation status
for their zone. It was believed in
evitable that the question of four-
power authority—which led to a
deadlock over the veto right when
the whole of Germany was dis
cussed—wil' arise again in relation
to a Berlin regime.
‘IF YOU CAN'T BEAT ‘EM . . /
Shanghai Populace Swings to Communists
It was mostly beer and skittles
for the Communists in Shanghai.
The city and its millions had swing
into the Communist camp, not by
degrees, but with what appeared
to be an enthusiastic rush. Along
long lines of avenues. Red flags
flew from every shop. Newspapers
reversed their policy overnight and
began to sell the populace on com
munism.
Students danced and sang Com
munist songs. All traces of any
nationalism or opposition to com
munism appeared to be gone. In the
customs house work appeared to
be stopped. Instead, clerks assem
bled in the halls learning Commu
nist songs. Chinese radio stations
spent much time giving singing
lessons. The words were read over
slowly, then music was played.
'LIDICE:
Nothing at All
| It was hard to tell where possible
Communist machinations began and
truth left off, but if the charges of
a Czech official that not one dollar
of five million raised in the U. S.
to rebuild Lidice was used, then the
American people and humanitarian-
ism generally had taken the worst
rocking in years.
JAN VODICKA, secretary-gen
eral of the union of fighters for
freedom in Czechoslovakia, said the
collection to rebuild the city razed
by the Nazis had been made
“among our compatriots in the
United States and the rest of the
American public, and the union has
information that of the five million
dollars collected, 30 per cent was
taken by the collectors and nearly
70 per cent by the administration.”
There was a quick denial. In
New York, Dr. Jan Papanek, re
signed Czech U. N. delegate, said
the Lidice memorial committee col
lected "$5,000 at the maximum”
from Americans and never got a
chance to apply any money to
Lidice.
LIDICE, as too few probably will
remember, was the village near
Prague which was completely de
stroyed by the Nazis in retribution
for the assassination of the German
"hangman” Reinhardt Heydrich.
All the men of the village were
killed and its women and children
dispersed.
TULIP TIME IN HOLLAND (MICHIGAN) . . . Wearing the traditional costumes of Holland, right down to
the wooden shoes, Newman Williams, left, governor of Michigan, and Jan Vandemortel, Netherlands consul
general of the Midwest section, are joined by unidentified members of the governor’s family in the cere
mony of scrubbing the streets, part of the festivities created around the 19th annual tulip time festival.
The celebration, which lasted several days, attracted thousands of visitors to this little spot of Holland is
the U.S.A.
CHILD LABOR:
Law Is Strict
Summer vacations were coming
up and there would be hordes of
youngsters seeking work during the
long holiday. But if the wage and
hour and public contracts division
of the U. S. department of labor
had its way, all child labor would
be done strictly according to law.
FROM Cleveland, the director,
William S. Singley, issued a remind
er to all employers of school boys
and girls under 18 that age and
employment cirtificates for such
workers must be on file.
He pointed out that these certifi
cates “are considered as proof of
age and serve to protect employers
from unwitting violations of federal
laws regulating the employment of
children.”
Under the fair labor standards
act, the minimum age for most
jobs is 16, but in occupations de
clared to be especially hazardous
for young workers, the minimum
age is 18.
MINE SAFETY:
Lewis Wants Law
Attacking state regulation of
mine safety codes, John L. Lewis,
leader of the United Mine Workers,
demanded a federal safety law to
"prevent coal miners from being
maimed, mangled and killed.”
CHARGING that the “nation’s
coal is stained with blood,” Lewis
produced figures to show 1.25 mil
lion miners have been injured or
killed in the past 19 years.
Lewis’ charges were hurled be
fore a senate labor subcommittee
In support of a bill which would
give federal mine inspectors right
to close mines they think danger
ous. Under present conditions,
while the federal bureau of mines
makes safety inspections and rec
ommends safety measures, all con
trol is exercised by the states and
there is no way to implement fed
eral suggestions and recommenda
tions. Lewis contended that states
are falling down badly.
LEWIS’ testimony chiefly car
ried the tneme that the states have
failed to enforce safety regulations
and that the mine operators are
not going to pay any heed to safety
unless forced to do so.
Remember Him?
How many will remember the
gentleman shown above? Well,
the question Is hardly a fair one
for his pnbiic always saw him
in fight tranks, not street togs.
He ip former heavyweight
fighter Buddy Baer, whose en
gagement to Hollywood column
ist May Mann, put him in the
news.
TOBACCO:
Less for Farmer
For farmers who grow tobacco,
the take was just about half as
much as Uncle Sam collects in
taxes from the product. This ad
mission came from the U. S. de
partment of agriculture itself.
IN a review of the tobacco situa
tion, the department estimated that
combined U. S. and state tax re
ceipts from tobacco would approxi
mate 1.75 billion dollars during the
fiscal year, which would be a record.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN RECEIVES FIRST SALMON CAUGHT IN MAINE . . . President Truman If
the obviously pleased recipient of the first salmon caught in Maine waters this season. The 10-pound, three-
foot salmon was presented by a delegation of members of congress from Maine who called at the White
House to present the fish to the President. They are: (left to right) Rep. Robert Hale, the President, and
Reps. Frank Fellows and Charles Nelson. Incidentally, all are Republicans, except President Truman. Re
membrances such as this help lighten from time to time the awesome task of running the United State*
for the various personages who have held that job.
PHOTO FINISH ON BEAUTIFUL OHIO ... It looks like a dead heat, but the "Homestead” (nearest
camera) was the winner in the “steamboat race of the century” staged on Pittsburgh’s Ohio river as a
feature of the city’s welcome week celebration. The “Homestead” owned by Big Steel beat the "William
L. Jones,” owned by the Jones and McLaughlin steel corporation. At the finish, no smoke was coming
from the stacks of the "Homestead.” Her mechanical stoker went dead In the last minutes of the race.
NEW U-S. ENVOY TO MOSCOW SWORN IN . . . Admiral Alan G. Kirk, newly appointed ambassador
from the United States to Soviet Russia, is shown as he took the oath of office in the state department.
Administering the oath in Raymond G. Muir (left) chief of protocol division of the state department. Ad
miral Kirk, in his new job, takes on one of the toughest diplomatic assignments the state department
has to offer because of the strained relations between all western powers and the Russian government.
The tense situation which still prevails In Berlin, and the problem of » German government which must
be set up, intensifies the difficulty.
Two Big Questions
B EFORE Secretary of State Ache-
son left for Paris, he stopped by
Capitol Hill for seme last-minute
parting advice, which will shed
light on some of the policies the
United States will follow at the big
four conference.
Two big questions came up dur
ing the hour-long, closed-door con
ference:
1. How far should we go in con
ciliating Russia?
2. Where should we draw the
line on German recovery?
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
cautioned the secretary of state
against taking too stem a stand
with the Russians. He agreed we
mustn’t give ground or show signs
of appeasement, but at the same
time he urged keeping an open
mind to any honest peace over
tures. His attitude, was that we
shouldn’t "bum the last bridge.”
Senator Thomas of Utah was
blunt and to the point about re
building Germany. “Is there
any feeling anywhere,” he
asked, “that we should rearm
Germany as a buffer against
Russia?”
Acheson assured not, but Thomas
kept hammering this point home.
He warned that Germany, when
she gets her strength back, might
side with Russia; that Germany
has closer ties to the East than the
West; that the Germans even
started rebuilding their army and
navy across the Russian border
after World War I. Thousands of
Germans actually worked inside
Russia until Hitler bit the hand
that was helping him, Thomas re-
called.
To Watch Germans
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
argued that we should strengthen
Germany’s economy without build
ing up her warmaking capacity. To
prevent a resurrection of German
military power, he demanded that
Acheson insist upon a close watch
on Germany’s forces and factories.
The secretary promised this
would be done. He added that
Russia would have nothing to say
about the Ruhr, since she got
nothing from the Ruhr in peace
time.
"What do y5u mean by Russia?”
Senator Thomas broke in. “If you
mean the satellite states, then
Russia has all the interest in the
world in the Ruhr.”
Central European countries,
now behind the iron curtain, he
added, always did a big busi
ness with the Ruhr, which
would give Russia a voice In
deciding the fate of the Ruhr.
Acheson and Vandenberg also
engaged in a brief dispute over
whether the right-of-way to Berlin
definitely had been spelled out in
the Potsdam agreement. Vanden
berg argued that it hadn’t been put
in “contractual form.” and urged
the secretary of state to see that
our right-of-way to Berlin was
made clear at Paris.
FDR, Jr., “On Way”
No one fought the election of
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., harder
than Vito Marcantonio, sole Ameri
can Labor representative in con
gress. The bouncing, brilliant leg
islator from Manhattan stumped
the 20th district, trying to defeat
the namesake of the late FDR.
But after it was all over and
the votes showed young Roose
velt to be the overwhelming
victor, Congressman Marcan
tonio met Congressman Chet
Holifield of California on the
floor of the House. Quote he:
“You want to get aboard with
Franklin Roosevelt. He’s really
going places.”
Note—Young Roosevelt’s victory
in New York will be a big psycho
logical boost to his elder brother
in California where Jimmie plans
to run for governor.
CIO Housecleaning
CIO President Philip Murray’s
attack on Communists and fellow
travelers last week was even
tougher than appeared in the
papers.
It was so devastating that the
Communist party-liners were
thrown into complete confusion and,
at one point, Ben Gold, president
of the left-wing Fur Workers
union, became so disgusted with
his fellow leftists he went out for
a round of drinks. Returning, Gold
stood up and denounced Harry
Bridges, shouting:
“I know the party line just a*
well as you do.”
RFC Probe
Arkansas’ hard-working Sen.
William Fulbright, chairman of a
banking and currency subcommit
tee, will make a sweeping probe of
certain officials of the reconstruc
tion finance corporation who were
given plush jobs with business
firms shortly after these firms got
loans from the RFC.
Fulbright is interested chiefly in
John Hagerty, former head of the
Boston RFC office, who got a $30,-
000-a-year job with the Waltham
watch company.
Practical Wren House
Is Simple to Construct
Y OU CAN solve your bird-hous
ing problem very easily by
ouilding the Wren House (No. Ill)
Uustrated above. Is is attractive
js it is practical and you should
lave no difficulty in finding ten
ants. The full size patterns offered
oelow take all the mystery out of
ouilding. User merely traces the
pattern on the scraps of wood the
pattern specifies, saws and as
sembles exactly as and where the
pattern indicates. Full Size pat-
:erns for painting decorations per
mit finishing houses with a pro
fessional touch.
• • •
Send c5c for the Wren House Pattern
No. Ill to Easi'Bild Pattern Company.
Dept W. PleasantvUle, N. Y.
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BUSINESS & INVEST. OF FOR.
TOURIST COURT—Cafe, gas station.
Reasonable. Parker’s Pine Ridge Cafe,
U. 8. 1. Hilliard, Fla.
FOR SALE
DNE good six ton ice plant and rfrist mill
near Chipley. Ga. Priced right.
Roy Askew. Chipley, Ga.
DOGS, CATS. PETS, ETC.
FOX TERRIER pnppies, the gritty kind,
■nake good pets and will guard the chil
dren while at play; males $15, females
510. shipped on approval. W. T. Hall, Rt.
t. Box 104, Winter Haven, Fla.
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HELP WANTED—MEN
MEN WANTED to organize motion pic
ture circuits in theatreless communities.
Good pay. Pleasant work. Attention G. E.
Dean, Ideal, 52 Anbnrn Aye., N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
HELP WANTED—WOMEN
WANTED: White settled woman, to live
in home, do light housekeeping and be
companion to children. Must be neat,
clean and a Christian. Good living condi
tions and salary. Apply to Mrs. I. C.
Mock, Box 533, Klngsland, Georgia.
MACHINERY A SUPPLIES
FOR SALE OR TRADE for heavy duty
bulldozer. No. 1 Frick saw mill, 20’ car
riage, 4 headblocks, sawdust doodler;
tvith 75 h.p. Hercules DRxB Diesel power
unit, 30" Tower edger. All in A-l condi
tion. W. H. Boraun. Lake Lake, Fla. Phone
Karat 1503.
NEW HERCULES DIESEL MOTORS
BELOW DEALER’S COST
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/20 West Bay Street Phone 4-6781.
Jacksonville, Florida
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ocean on approach street. $40 to $60 a
week. Jones, 616 Goodall Ave., Daytona
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