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NATIONAl f DITOIIAl
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Monday Afternoon, April 30, 1951
The American Farmer Is Not GuiltV
Who is to blame for skyrocketing food
prices?
The consumer is told that "the greedy
farmer" is responsible for the high cost of
living.
But the statistics give another verson.
Senator Burnet May bank of South' Car
olina recently noted that wheat . was. selling
at $2.81 a bushel in June, 1948, when a pound
of loaf of bread was priced at 13.8 cents.
Wheat then started tumbling and in Oct
ober, 1950, several months after the Korean
War began, the farmer received only $1,91
a bushel. But during the period of wheat's de
cline, a pound loaf of bread went up to 14.7
cents. Senator Maybank's figures show clear
ly that the processors, not the farmers, got
the benefits of the price boost.
Let's look at some other statistics.
In a recent article, A. G. Mezerik, indust
rial consultant and magazine writer, noted
that the net income realized by all farm op
erators dropped from a peak of almost $18
billion in 1947 to $16.5 billion in 1948 and de
clined again to 15 billion in 1949 and down to
a postwar low of $13 billion in 1950. In three
years, the net income of farm operators
dropped 27 per cent.
Contrast these figures with the recent re
port released by the National City Bank of
New York on net income of leading corpor
ations in 1950. The profits of meat packers
rose 63 per cent from 1949 to 1950. Sugar
processors enjoyed a 35 per cent increase and
the corporations which process other food
products increased their profits by an aver
age of 14 per cent.
t,hese profit increases, let us not forget,
occurred during a period of dwindling farm
income.
The farming people of America, compris
ing 18 per cent of our total population, di
vided 10 per cent of the national income last
year.
In 1950 the people who live on farms
averaged a net income equal to about half
that of the people living in urban areas.
AH these statistics seem to acquit the farm
er of the charge of greed. ' - ' -
And they seem to make clear the need for
control of corporate profits if the rising cost
of living is to be checked,
(Smithfield Herald)
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
IK
Under the above newspaper heading,
Frank P. Kent writes of the state of the na
tion. He lists conditions which offer argu
ment to suport his position that the country
needs a man a leader. Our quotation from
Kent's article is long, but we know of no
better way to present his views:
It has become somewhat trite to assert that
what we need in this national emergency is
"leadership". That has been said hundreds
of times sometimes by partisans whose aim'
is to. achieve political advantage; sometimes1
by nonpartisans who are confused by the
situation but have no political axes to grind;
sometimes by critics who have nothing to
offer but criticism.
With the nation launched on a gigantic de
fense program; with billions pouring out to
prepare us against a threatened third World
war; with debt, deficits and taxes mounting
to new records with all this and more, still,
the American people are neither unified nor
alert. And that, of course, adds vastly to their
danger. .
There is no way to dispute these facts.
They the people have been warned, ex
horted, editorialized at, preached at and ap
pealed to. But they have not yet been deeply
stirred to the point where they are ready to
thrust aside unimportant things and concen
trate on the important ones. And this is not
surprising when we know their elected lead
ers and representatives in Washington re
main as political and partisan as though there
were no crisis and the future was fair and
serene.
In addition to this, the leaders of the so
called "pressure groups" so far from being
willing to make required sacrifices in the na
tional interests, are clearly out to hold on to
every special advantage they have, deter
mined to get more if they can.
To this end, the labor bosses are still hos
tile and uncooperative with mobilization
plans unless they can mold them along their
own manpower lines. And strikes hero and
there are impeding the defense effort. Also
the farm leaders are actively resisting any
attempt to control food prices by lowering
their govermental subsidies and -altering the
parity formula under which thfy have be
come a particularly "favored class"
Moreover, the administration's Office of
Price Stabilization, under Mr.' DiSalie, is not
functioning in a way to inspire either hope
or faith. In utter disregard of the lessons of
World Wars I and II an unrestrained and
costly inflation has increased to a damaging
and dangerous degree.
But after the heat thus engendered in di
minished the deplorable fact remains that, in
a crisis greater than we have had before, the
American people are in a spiritless and list
less state. '
Their government is not functioning ef
fectively and they are not engendering the
steam essential to make it effective.. Its pol
ices are neither clear nor stable. Bitterness
and bad feeling widely exist. Inadequacy on
high administration levels is distressingly
manifest. ;
Somehow the leadership the country so
acutely needs must be found. It does, not ap
pear to exist among our public officials.
There is no one in the administration or in
congress capable of galvanizing the nation in
to that vibrant unity before which politicians
in both parties quail and which the "pressure
group" leaders could not defy.
The great hope is that somewhere in priv
ate life there may arise a man with no per
sonal interest to promote and "no 'pdntycal or
special purpose to "serve and yet 'able to
make the American people listen closely and
clearly understand. That is what they need
and all they need. There must be more than
one such man among our 160,000,000.
By LAWRENCE GOULD
Consulting Psychologist
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Bits Of Human Interest News
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Looking BackOverThe Years
15 YEARS AGO
Canton wins top honors In the
elementary field meet held at
Bethel.
The senior rlass of Waynesville
High School holds banquet in
Welch Memorial building of the
Baptist Church. Miss Evelyn Un
derwood receives the guests and
Douglas Moore is toastmaster.
D.A.R. unveils marker to the
memory of Capt. John Henry, at
his grave on upper Jonathan
Creek.
10 YEARS AGO
Eighty-two seniors of Waynes
ville High School receive diplomas.
D. Hlden Ramsey of Asheville
makes commencement address.
lege.
5 YEARS AGO
Little Johnny was getting pretty
tired of having to go after hlr lit
tle sister who had developed a
habit of running away. One day af
ter he had returned the little tru
ant three times, he went to his
mother highly indignant and re
sentful. "Mother," he emphatical
ly announced, "I am going to tie
a big bell around sister's neck just
like Grandpa does to his cows
down on the farm." . '
"A rose by any other name"
might be as sweet but it wouldn't
be as expensive.
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Usually a lesson that sits on our
own doorstep ' makes the most
lasting impression. One day re
cently we felt that our feelings had
been rudely stepped on and we
brooded over it until It assumed
the proportions of a chasm that
would entirely separate us from
some one whom we really deeply
admired. Then all of a sudden we
put our wounded feelings and
pride in our pocket and went to
the other person Inwlved. In
one minute s explanation, me
chasm was closed and a valued
friend was still in our possession.
Omigosh: "Mrs. X has been
confined to her home as the re
sult of a bad fall. Her foot caught
. R. L. Lee builds new stone of
fice buililingfor his coal, business.
J. D. Pless of the Bethel 4-11;
Club is winner of the calf-gain
contest.-
Mrs. Barefoot Hid Dr. Keenum
buy McKay's Pharmacy at Hazel-wood.
Miss Betty Blaylock gives in
formal dance at the Parky Grill.
Francis Boyd wins FFA Publica
tion project contest.
Miss Sarah Louise Leatherwood
Is elected president of the Athletic
Association at Peace Junior Col-
Betty Tuttles is president of the
sub-disiricl of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship.
J.
Hardin Howell, Jr., is taking
the refresher courses given each
week end at the University of
North Carolina.
ISMllJtfiOU BAILEY
ii d eciui inn in! tvex
get from his parents if they can
be taught to understand him and
help him to solve his problem.
We must recognize, however, that
'.he "problem child" is created
by problem parents and that if
the parents cannot be re-educated,
a substitute home must be
provided, or the child will never
have a fair chance in life.
hf.4ri
Do modern women lack "maternal instinct"?
Aji swell Basic instincts do not
change, but a given instinct may
find different avenues of expres
sion in different times and cul
tures. The instincts which made
the primitive mother find her
supreme satisfaction in life in her
children are nowadays often
blocked, or diverted Into other
channels. The more "ego-satisfac-I
tion" and prestige a woman gets
from other sources, the less ab
i orbed she will tend to be in her
i babies and you can't be a "de
voted mother" solely from a sense
: e duty. Helping women to en)oy
amd to be proud of motherhood is
thoonly real solution.
-Am
May doctors b "kill-ley j"?
Answer: They were frequently
so in the past. Being human, hey
had the age-old neurotic notion
that whatever is unpleasant is
"good for you," and often uncon-
, sciously tried to cure patients by
making them uncomfortable. The
fight against anesthesia was one
i Illustration of this, and the rela-
Should "disturbed" children 84 "vel- for sleeping out
NOTHING YET Kumor around
Raleigh a month ago was that Mrs.
Ethel Perkins, executive secre
tary of the N. C. Education Asso
ciation, was on theway out. There
was some talk "thaT Kidd Brewer,
iormer uuKe lootball great and
one-time coach at Appalachian,
would be the new secretary.
The ouster rumor was denied at
the time by officials of the organi
zation. Teachers for some reason
are not pleased with the treatment
they received at the hands of the
recent Legislature. That is one rea
son why the finger is still pointing
in the direction of Mrs. Perkins.
However, the education people
are not quick to change leaders.
They realize great progress has
been made in teacher pay and that
N. C. now ranks at the top in edu
cate, lal remuneration in the
Southeast. In 1933. a beginning
teacher received $70 a month for
eight months. This yeai the be
ginner will get $244 per month for
nine.
The educators met 'n Asheville,
but no change in leadership was
made there. None should have
been contemplated, for the term of
office of the secretary runs until
September, if memory serves cor
rectly. Change in the committee
was effective at Asheville. As to
whether the committee as it is
now composed will replace Mrs.
Perkins thip fall Is another matter
for conjecture.
Jule B. Warren, who is now
with the N. C. Citizens Assoc., is
the man who built the N. C. Edu
cation Association, After serving
20 years, he was moved out in
1941, being replaced by Fred
Greene, who later resigned to go
with the N. C. Bankers Assoc.
Greene is now a Charlotte banker.
Mrs. Perkins has been secretary
for a little over five years.
Warren, when he was secretary,
engineered the purchase of Ra
leigh property which is now said
to be-worth in the neighborhood
of $125,000. Financially and num
erically the N. C. Education Asso
ciation is strong. It sometimes gets
a little wild-eyed, but this can hap
pen to any organization, he it
teachers, manufacturers, or longshoremen.
Robert Lassiter of Charlotte will
be the conservatives' man. Should
Bost be the Speaker, Lassiter will
become chairman of one of the im
portant committees. . t
Keep an eye on this fellow Las
siter. Charlotte is politically hun
gry; and they are already saying
there that some day Lassiter will
be Governor. He is young, sincere,
gives the impression 'of stability,
is a good thinker on his feet, and
is an adroit parliamentarian. If our
memory serves well Bob Lassiter
was All American at Yale where
he went on leaving Woodbery For
est School, in Virginia. At Wood
berry he was senior prefect and an
honor student and outstanding ath
lete. OTHER CANDIDATES The
Legislature was camping grounds
for J. C. Pittman of Sanford, form
er member of the Senate and re
garded as a candidate for lieuten
ant governor. Another visitor was
ttoy Kowe ol tturgaw. also a Ior
mer member and also interested in
becoming lieutenant governor.
John Larkin of Jones County is
being talked as the next State
Commander of the American Le
gion. This could prove an assist in
his bid for the position now held
Dy rai xayior. it mignt prove a
detriment. Larkins knows he is
away down east and realizes he
must do a lot of knocking around
"upstate" if , he is to make the
grade. He was voted by the news
paper folks as the most influen
tial member of the recent State
Senate. However, he expressed
the opinion last week that t'''s
honor may do him more harm bearing on the
than good with teachers and other vote next year.
Voice
ol the
People
What Is your favorite recrca
tion? (This question was asked of
Fines Creek teachers by Mrs. Sam
Ferguson, Mountaineer reporter)
Thomas S. Hood: "Working with
honey bees. I like it because tKere
is never a dull moment."
Mrs. T. I). Brummitt: "Playing
basketball, baseball and volley
ball."
Fsther Galloway; "Talking if I
State employees. John is no re
actionary. He is more liberal than
is generally realized. He has been
personally popular in all Senates
in which he has served.
As for Governor, William B.
Umslead is still away out 'n front.
The Legislature seemed not to have
much bearing either way in the
gubernatorial battle since no mem
bers were prospective candidates
If Sam Ervin of Morganton asso
ciate justice of the State Supreme
Court, came about the Legislature
nobody noticed it. Secretary of
Stale Thad Eure was all over the
place, but duties rather than pol
ilics took him there. Umstead
came by once or twice.
The machine is not sold on Wil
liam B. Umstead. That's a settled
fact. But the machine wasn't for
Kerr Scott and he made it. Urn
stead keeps plugging along, mak
ing a few speeches here, a few
there. Right now he seems to be
the only man who fully intends
to run for Governor in 1952. That
if no other, is the reason he seems
to be in the forefront at this time
The recent Legislature didn't seem
to be too political-minded, but its
decisions may have an important
way the people
in an extension tod J
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mother, ycrj- rau h , N
the reason 'sy :Qtri(i
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voice mnfruwi' tl4
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whipped into shape.-
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" Honing Up
longings. f,r the
waiting to move in J
a neat housekeeper and le
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me sun. oowis are fiTej
pie blossoms and soL
vases, while scat!-,
blooms of many colors A
green c5rPet is spotless',
out for fh f.,., t .,
and all is in -readiness. A J
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Letters to the Edits
LIKES THE ARMY
(Space does not permit printing
in full a letter received from M. It.
Scruggs, the son of Lee Scruggs of
Waynesville; but families of men
entering the Army may be inter
ested in knowing the feeling it in
spires in a man who has already
seen service.)
Editor. The Mountaineer;
can get someone to listen to me.
Mrs. Bonnie Verastko;
trout fishing."
"I like
E. Seay: "Going places
and doing things."
seciiiK
Charles Duckett: "Fishing is mv
favorite recreation."
Mrs. F. M. Noland:
and fishing."
"Camping
. . . One of the Armv'j
contributions is to instill
individual soldier a deep
honor, of fair plav. and
pride in being a member
uig.iiu.aiion winch assurl
survival of all the princil
freedom, without which I
pie ot all tree countries i
plunged into the Dark Agi
My message to parents
You made great sacrifices
last . war in the hope that
peace would at last be ri
to a sick planet.
Now you sec that as
there exists in the world a
. . . with world cumi'uest a
tiniate goal, villi leaders whd
no God, or power greater
their own . . . and tu W
man life is cheaper than
rifle--as long
in power,
sacrifice.
as such peop
uii must eonl!!
Mrs. Frank Bradshaw: "Camping
and reading." , .
Sgt, 1c M. R. Scrag
Wd. 911 U. S. Arrav Hi
Atterbury, Indiana,
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MARCH OF EVENTS
Making Contempt Citation
Stick Mo$t Difficult Task
Kefauver Attention Ti
To Unipn of Demotts
Li
BLESSED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS!
if Hi )
to spoctal schools?
Answer: Not if they can be re
stored to mental health at home,
Says Or. Bruno Bettelheim, prin
cipal of ' th Orthogenic ' School,
Chicago. Nothing that the best
school ot this type can give a child
quite makes up for what ha can
doors in cold weather was, per-'
haps, another. Nowadays, physi
cians are gradually realizing that
anything which a normal person
enjbys should be presumed to be
good for him unless clearly
proved otherwise, and that pleas-!
ure as such is good medicine for
SPEAKER Lack of space last
week prevented bur delving into
potential candidates developed by
the 1951 Legislature
Gene Bost of Concord, chairman
of the Finance Committee in the
House and a man who tilts his
cigarette holder in the Roosevelt
ian manner when his mild, debon
air demeanor is upset by the op
position, is regarded as a sure bet
for Speaker of the House in 1953.
If Roy Taylor of Black Mountain
doesn't run for Congress, this Bun
combe liberal might oppose Bost
as Fred Boyster of Henderson op
posed Frank Taylor. That is, Roy
Taylor would have the group which
regard themselves as liberals back
ing him. . '
If Bost should decide for some
buu uuiiu iw wv. reason n tn hs .v,-
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Special to Central Press
TYfASHlNGTON The Kefauver crime committee's much-via
W "ace in the hole" for defiant witnesses - a contempt
gress citation is not the tough weapon it appears to be, If then
board on convictions is any indication.
To date, six persons have been acquitted for refusing to IN
Questions ajiknl hv ronerssinnal committees. Among1 them ire I
Browder. former head of the Communist nartv in the United S!
.v ... ,. . . . . , , xr.. Vnrk
and Tederick vanaerDiu rim, '" lv'"
lionaire, sometimes described as the anjel
Red party programs.
Wnu-over hi Hnpsn't mpan that the recent
lions of Frank Costello. Frank Erickson nJ
other accused racketeer, Joe Adonis., will not ij
up. although the odds-an appropriate term--
trt hp AoninRl thp e-nvprnnient.
Tn nma rf fho ornnittala it W aS noted th1
-litHtraa nnr a olrnnir olnnit in ivOUinilS
department to prove beyond any scintma at
that thA -u.-itnoP( tiarl no ricllt to refUSt W
N- ? I out of fpar of incrimination.
ja t. 1 .
c.i.. E.i.. a uwnnvitit'a i-ttti'rf Senator
Kifauver fauver (D). Tennessee, wants to forget awm
famntss tirrotiirv n nH I Ilk UP
y tamuui tunic iiivciaLigaiuii itil1
fOP iinothpr nmWt. rlnw Ia hi hpnrt a union of tht AU
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rlpmnrrflpipu
JV-"v. ouuuiuiiiiiicc iiciu iicaimgn iisl
last year to no avail and few lawmakers expect any better ns 1
vnia ocoaiuii ui vungreag. iney are recKuintig,
The Tennesspan'a prima pnmmitfoo Invpstieation reached P I
.ii tu., o-ime effort if"
Atlantic Ttnlnn nlnn nsrhnni It frtr, will hprnme a dazzles J
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Kefauvpr ha maHp If rlnap that thn nninn is to he HIS mr
slderation once he is free of the crime committee.
, "Since this investigation was started," he said. "ano
wv. .uu .mite nag ucvciuucu. I reicr to inc n'n . ,m
peippiraiea in n.orea. l consider it my oounur..
cituita auu nine irum local ana nanonai criiuc iw ".--
HOUSE COSTS-The cost of building a home or refJ
repairing an old one probably will increase slight i ww j
vitr kln .f,.A,t 1 i : J Vi I imCti u
ine oraer would exempt lumbermen rrom ;
turprn' nrlpa pAllIno- ka iDOuaH chnrtlV.
: Mpcvicu iu ik- wau. w . ration 0,1
Instead, lumbermen would be given special consul era .
meory inai metr product is unique in tne neiu oi -
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"STALIN, WE LOVE YOUM-It will be a snowy W 19 . ,
peiore Britons celebrate the Fourth of July or
am k wie Aiiiff, Dut something just as pnenome""' -
Bulgaria, a new branch of the Communists' "Workers
r.ieeS 0"
clamori"
No1)
The Bulgars, one of the most Intensely nationalistic
in the days before the Iron Curtain, are now reported
learn Russian, the language of their new mentors.
The anti-Communlst Bulgarian National Committee
says in Washington that beyond their countrymen's
strange new hunger to speak in Russian, they have,
since Jan. 1, 1950, been singing- a new national
anuiem. -
To the tune of the old Snumi MarUza, which SZ nt t"
nps or Bulgaria's embattled patriots, the Bulfrais mm
which contains these lines:
.... Lonjjr live with te ages '
Our military alliance
v With the mighty brotherly Soviet Nation
e ro of the great sun of Lenin iro
Light our path . .
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