LfKKING AT WASHMETON
By HUGO S. SIMS, Washington Correspondent
I'Oral Effort* Needed To Help Nation
Execute Bold Plan For Housing
Every American citizen should be
interested in the housing plan pro
posed by l*resident Truman on the
basis of a report submitted by Wilson
W. Wyatt, Housing Expediter, who
insists that the problem can be solved!
by “the same daring, determination
and hard-hitting teamwork with which
we tackled the emergency job of
building the world’s most powerful
war machine four years ago.”
Space does not permit even a sum
mary of the 6,000-word report of Mr. '
Wyatt, but attention should be called
#to some of the facts mentioned in the
report. In October, 1945, 1,200,000 1
families were living doubled-up with
other families. In addition, an esti
mated 2,900,000 married veterans will
want homes by the end of the year
and something like 560,000 non-vet
erans who will marry during the ,
present year. ,
Included in his figures were exist- <
ing vacancies and additional families i
needing homes in the next two years
and Mr. Wyatt comes to the conclu- <
sion that the construction of 2,700,000
low and moderate cost homes must be '
started by the end of next year and i
says that even this program will leave '
at least 1,200,000 families still
doubled-up.
In the main, his target for 1946 i»i- ;
eludes the beginning of construction
on 700,000 conventional houses, 260,-
000 permanent pre-fabricated houses
and 250,000 temporary units. For I
1947, he wants to see 900,000 conven
tional houses and 600,000 permanent i
pre-fabricated houses constructed. 1
The size of this job can be understood
by his statement that the previous
all-time high was 967,000 homes in i
1925. In 1945, he points out, only
240,000 homes were built. <
The report of the housirjg expediter
pays full attention to the obligation
that the nation owes to the men and .
women who have been in service and
suggests a distinct preference for vet- j
era ns and their families in connection ,
with the construction, rental or pur- ,
chase of the homes to be constructed.
There is recognition of the neces
sity of increasing the flow of build- !
ing materials and recommendations
for the adoption of subsidies de
signed to make this a certainty. One
of the shortages to be overcome in
volves man-power, with the estimate
that an additional 1,600,000 workers ,
will have to be attracted to tha job of
constructing houses and producing
and distributing the materials for
home-building.
There are also problems in connec
tion with the type of construction
that will provide the homes needed.
In addition, there must be adequate
provision to secure a sufficient num-
A>er of suitable lots, with sewer, water
other facilities, and this may re
quire specific local cooperation with
the government’s program.
Attention is also paid to the dan
ger of inflation which could create
uncertainties that would increase pro
duction and lead to inventory-hoard
ing and speculation. This would "re
sult in such high prices on homes as
to put them completely out of reach
of veteran incomes.”
Mr. Wyatt points out that building
materials have risen thirty-five to.
forty per cent above pre-war levels,!
that houses are being sold at prices]
above today’s increased cost of re
placement, and that many who want
to rent are forced, instead, to buy at
inflated prices.
Consequently, he suggests positive
steps to curb inflation, including strict
control of the prices of materials and j
continuation of rent controls. Legis
lative authority, it is said, "is needed
for ceiling prices on old and new
housing, and on building lots in urban
areas.”
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Declaring that no program "of this
magnitude can be directed from
Washington alone,” Mr. Wyatt calls
for the “advice and active participa
tion of courageous community leaders
in cities and towns throughout the
country.” He thinks that “emergency
housing committees should be formed”
wherever they do not exist, with the
idea of clearing away “obstacles
which might impede the progress of
the local housing program.”
These committees, in his opinion,
should be composed of representatives
of local government, veterans, labor,
builders, building material producers,
financing institutions, chambers of
commerce and other interested groups.
Federal Employment Flan Needed
When Capitalism Fails To Provide
Work
The House of Representatives has
passed what its critics call a "water
ed down” bill recommended by Presi
dent Truman, but the measure is
defended by its friends as the best
compromise that could be passed.
The House version of the legislation
calls for an annual economic report
by the President, with suggestions as
to how the objective of full employ- 1
ment can be achieved. Nowhere in >
the bill does the term "full employ-]
ment” appear, but the maintenance
of maximum employment is accepted
as a governmental responsibility.
The effort of the national govern
ment to survey the economic situation
in the United States, with the idea of
taking positive steps to provide em
ployment for the citizens of this coun
try, has been denounced as socialism
by a number of Americans. Among
the critics are included many of our
financial, industrial and business lead
ers, who slyly suggest that it destroys
private initiative and will lead Ameri
cans to rely unduly upon the Govern
ment.
We believe that it Is the fundamen
tal duty of the Government in the
present era to assume some responsi
bility in regard to employment be
cause, in the event of mass unemploy
ment, the obligation of finding jobs
and feeding people devolves upon the
government. Certainly, if our sys
tem of private capitalism is to con
tinue, the private capitalists must
assume some responsibility in con
nection with providing employment.
If they fail, they should not complain
if the Government, acting in the in
terest of everybody, takes over the
job.
It has been our observation that
many of the captains of business,
who bitterly complain of paternalism
when the Government attempts to
help men and women throughout the
United States, make no such outcry
when the Government begins to sub
sidize private enterprise in a fashion
that adds to their profits. They do
not complain of Government inter
ference with business when the Gov
ernment levies a tariff for their bene
fit or when it takes action to bolster
the economic structure of the nation
at the top.
| In principle, and in fact, if.e cap
italists have the same idea as the
average citizen; both classes look to
the Government for all the favors
■ that they can get and expect the
Government to serve their interests.
New Party Alignments Worry
Our Politicians
j It has been apparent for a number
of years that both of the major po
litical parties are composed of what
might be termed conservative and li
beral factions, although there is con
siderable difference between the pro-
I fessed tenets of the factions that bear
these adjectives. , ,
Just now, the Republican politicians
are preparing for a struggle that is
to determine which faction will take
control of the G. O. P. Even nowjflm
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDEXTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946.
initial line-up is being, centered
around two candidates, Governor
Bricker, of Ohio, for the conservatives
and former Governor Stassen, of Min
nesota, for the liberals. Both of these
leaders have made their allegiance
clear.
The liberal wing of the Republican
party was represented, it is believed,
by the party nominations for the
Presidency in the last two elections,
in the persons of the late WendeM L.
Wilkie and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.
The conservative faction has shown
its hand rather conclusively in the
voting record of the majority of the
party ir. Congress and the apparent
conflict militated against the candi
dates of the party in 1940 and 1944.
There is no comfort for the Dem-j
ocrats in the factional division of the
opposition party. The fundamental
differences that have been revealed
1 follow somewhat the same line of
cleavage between conservatives and
liberals but the Democrats face the
added differences that arise in the
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Saturday, March 16—
Wild Bill Elliott in
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"King of Forest Rangers” No. 7
Sunday, March 17—
Alan Curtis and
Lon Chaney in
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Monday and Tuesday,
March 18-19
Tom Neal and Barbara Hale in
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Wednesday, March 20—
Double Feature
i Ken Curtis in
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East Side Kids in
“COME OUT FIGHTING”
"Jungle Raiders” No. 4
1 Thursday-Friday, March 21-22
Joan Leslie and Robert Alda in
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sow.
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treat your seed. (Consult your
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in the long run.
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agent’s recommendations. He
knows your farm.
£% Follow his advice on dusting. But,
1 above all, don’t waste time and
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1 effort of Democratic leaders, including
r the President, to pass such legislation
s as the F. E. P. C. bill.
Without posing as expert we ven
i ture the suggestion that a lealign
i ment of political groups is not many
years ahead of us. The G. O. P. may
i become the captive of either of its
, major groups, with the other seeking
; to act independently.
, The conservatives might possibly
. attract some Democrats in the North
. an! West who are tired of the close
i tie that exists between their party
: and some labor leaders. There may
; also develop something like a coalition
■
between the liberal factions in both
parties. The use of existing party
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
TED: “Clem and I were wonderin’ what
you thought of that new movie about the
chronic alcoholic. Judge. Understand you
saw it before we did.”
OLD JUDGE: "Weil...it’s true most of
us never see a case as extreme as that m
real life because they are so few and far
between. But it does point out one thing...
chronic alcoholics are abnormal people and
we’ve got to change our ideas about how
to help them.”
CLEM: “In what way. Judge?”
OLD JUDGE: “We’ve *>t to realise that
excessive drinkers are suffering from more
than a craving for alcohol. According to
names would depend upon who man
aged to wangle control ot the party
machinery.
No survey of the national political
situation would be complete without
discussing the possibilty that the
Southern States may remain Demo
cratic in name but shift its support to
one or the other of the groupings
that seem certain to appear. The
| support would not be anything like
the permanent attachment that has
kept the South Democratic since the
War Between the States. It might
be the result of a temporary arrange
ment designed to care for Southern
interests as they may be interpreted
by conservatives and liberals in the
South.
THERE ARE NO ACREAGE [
RESTRICTIONS IN 1946 ?
The demand is greater than ever before for large peanuts of the Vir- l
ginia type. This year there are no restrictions on acreage. The sub- 5
sidy program of war production based on the government’s need for !
domestic oil has ended. Now, grow the peanut demanded by the * \
Trade.
PRICES EQUAL TO 90% OF • \
PARITY GUARANTEED
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Prices equal to 90 c /o of parity are guaranteed in 1946. This guar
antee is substantially the same as last season. And every govern
ment program has provided premiums for large peanuts. Now, it is if
certainly to your advantage to grow the nuts people want to eat
So plant the large VIRGINIA TYPE for greater * '
profit and to maintain this area’s reputation for
growing the world’s finest peanuts! c
psychiatrists and medical men at one of our
great universities, the alcoholic is a sick
person. The study of hundreds of cases shows
he is suffering from some physical, social or
emotional condition... just as in the case
of that poor chap in the picture. Fortunately,
they represent only a very small percentage
of those who drink.”
TED: “Is anything being done to really
help these folks. Judge?”
OLD JUDGE: “Yes... a great deal in
clinics throughout the country. And with
the cooperation of the beverage distillers
who sincerely want their product used only
in moderation.”
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ON THE SPOT
Office Boy (nervously). Please sir,
I think you’re wanted on the phone.
Employer You think! What’s the
good of thinking?
“Well, sir, the voice at the other
end said: "Hello, is that you, you old
idiot?”
Dr. Geo. T. Crawford
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
! Specializes in the chronic and often
called "incurable” conditions.
CITIZENS BANK BLDG., EDENTON
Phones: Office 434-W Residence 417-J
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