C, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949.
"Red" Wages Down Since 1946
Not many people realize that' the
' decline in living .costs, eo greatly ad
vertised, has been rather slight or the
truth of the assertion of Secretary of
Labor Maurice J. Tobin that "genuine
price reductions are less than a casual
reading of newspaper advertising or
a passing glance at window displays
would lead us to believe.
Mr. Tobin asserts that, because of
" rising living costs, the "real" wages
of. factory workers namely, what
their wages will buy have not in-
l creased and, in many cases, have
actually diminished since 1946."
' When price controls were dropped
in 1946, the situation grew worse.
with the most rapid price rise "of
, which we have record." While there
was a period when living costs seem
ed to be coming down, this was short
lived, says the Secretary, and the ten
dency has recurred but it is easy to
"exaggerate the prevalence and ef
fects of these price reductions."
Patting Government Into Business
. The Civil Aeronautics Board recent
' ly distributed $7,808,000 of the arm to
the nation's ailing airline industry.
The money was awarded seven air
lines aa additional pay for transport
ing air mail during 1948. It is more
than the total operating losses for do
mestic trunk lines, according to an es
timate of the Air Transport Associa
page rms
efficiency, do not get the same rate
as those which, for some reason, stay
in the red. - In other words, regard'
less of what happens to the carrier's
bank account, the CAB boosts the
rate as necessary to wipe out operat
ing Josses. This, one might suspect,
is not the way to encourage efficiency
or promote economical operation and
management.
Much Ado About Nothing
There is a bill pending in Congress
to authorize the expenditure of $5,
500,000,000 by the European Recov
ery Administration during the next
fifteen months, with slightly more
than one-sixth of the total being al
located to Great Britain for the next
twelve months.
The amount set aside for the Brit
ish represents a reducton of 24 per
cent from funds for the first period
and represents, in the opinion of Paul
G. Hoffman, the administrator, the
"absolute minimum" to maintain the
"present recovery momentum" in
Great Britain.
This momentum was recently pa
raded before the United Nations Eco
nomic and Social Council by a Brit
ish- speaker who took pride in the
progress made' by his country and,
perhaps carelessly, suggested that
the British have virtually completed
their economic recovery. -
This statement set off a tempest in
the Marshall plan offers the world
the "most gigantic and generous act
of its kind in all history
With these facts in mind the people
of the United States can well afford
to believe that they have practiced
not only the vague principles of hu
man brotherhood but the great prin
ciples of the religion which they claim
to accept; The United States has giv
en the world, not words, but deeds.
In the light of the record it is al
most disgusting to hear - spokesmen
for various peoples, in certain areas,
complaining about the attitude of the
people of the United States or about
the manner in which this'country has
divided the wealth that it has gener-.
ously poured out to other peoples.
COUNCIL WORKERS MEET
The Council Workers of the Child
ren's Division of the Church School
of the Methodist Church met Thurs
day evening with Mrs. Jake White at
her , home on Grubb Street The
teachers expressed their needs in
their divisions and plans were made
for the Vacation Bible School this
summer. Those attending were Miss
Mildred Reed, Mrs. F. M. McGoogan,
Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Fouts, Mrs.
Jamie Snipes, Mrs. J. L. Harris, Mrs.
Edward Barber, Mrs. Cecil Winslow
and Edgar Fields. After the meet
ing the hostess served a sweet course.
HOSTESS TO BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Trim Wilson was hostess to
her bridge club Thursday evening at
her home on Front Street. Those
playing were Mesdames Silas Whed
bee. H. C. Sullivan. W. H. HaHcaat.lp.
C. A. Davenport, S. P. Jessup, H. A.
Whitley, Miss Nancy Darden and
Miss Mae Wood Winslow. The high
score prize went to Miss Darden. A
salad course was served.
CIRCLE MEETING
The Blanche Meekins' Circle of An
derson's Church met Friday night,
March 11, at the home of Mrs. John
Newby Winslow, with 12 members
present.
The president, Mrs. Elwood Perry,
called the meeting to order with all
joining in singing "Stand Up For
Jesus."
The devotional was given by Mrs.
Vemon Lee Perry. Mrs. Joseph Rog
erson had charge of the program for
the evening, using as the subject
"Human Values In Labor Questions."
Those taking part on the program
were Mrs. Wayland Howell, Mrs.
Noah Felton, Jr., Mrs. Elliott Layden,
Mrs. Alphonso Goodwin and Mrs. Jo
seph Rogerson. The program emM
with the hymn "What a Friend."
During the business session the
roll was called and the minute of
the last meeting read and approved,
and reports from the various offieers
were heard. The different Confer
ence meetings of the Woman's Society
of Christian Service to be held dur
ing the year were discussed by Mrs.
Earl Meekins.
The meeting adjourned to meet in
April with Mrs. Archie Riddick. De
licious refreshments were served by
tne hostess.
tion. While a few carriers may beia teapot, with officials,- newsmen and
left in the red, the industry, as a ' commentators joining in unfavorable
whole, thanks to the government's
generous subsidy is in the black.
' , We call attention to this subsidy,
, . not to denounce it, but to suggest
. that the airline industry drop all talk
about private enterprise and Ameri
can genius for getting along without
help from the government. We also
want our readers to understand that
the CAB, in a statement of policy,
ays that its principal objective in
1949 la the complete return of the air
transport industry to "a sound and
. profitable condition."
Looking out for the airline' oper
; ators, the Board plans to see if there
is "tod much competition" on the most
' heavily traveled air routes. Another
big plum for the airlines is the newly
-, announced policy by which the Board
will compensate carriers for losses
v due to the grounding of new types of
planes.
Moreover, a new survey will be
made to discover the actual cost of
carrying the air mail so that the gov-
ernment will be able to know how
; much of its payments represents out
bright subsidy to the carriers.- '
' f The reader should understand that
jthe subsidy paid by the government
to guarantee profits to airline. oOfera
tors is disguised as compensation for
carrying air mail. The rate is fixed
. by the CAB and paid by the postof
fice department but, as can be Been
above, the rate is set high enough to
' put the carriers in -the red on their
; overall operations. v
Carriers that operate at a profit,
; either through "know how" or special loans to many other countries and in
comment over the contrast in the
British situation reflected by the
speech and the estimates of the ECA.
Politicians promptly suggested that,
maybe, the British needed no further
help, financial or otherwise, and
there was the usual display of anti
British sentiment in some of the dis
cussion. Maybe the big-name Americans
have forgotten the town-boosting-talk
hthat is so familiar to most Americans
or else labor under the impression
that ' such bragging is unknown by
those who live on the other side of
the Atlantic. It could be, however,
that news happened to be a bit slow
and the news sleuths needed some
thing to write about. We can under
stand the furore on no other basis.
"Most Gigantic and Generous"
Characterizing the United States
as an internationally outstanding
example of brotherhood toward the
other nations of the world." Senator
Tom Connally of Texas pointed to
the generous aid extended to nations
suffering from the war,
The United, States, as Mr. Connally
observes, contributed 72 per cent of
the money expended by the UN Re
lief and Rehabilitation Administra
tion to relieve hunger and misery,
principally in the countries of Eu
rope. This contribution ran into the
billions of dollars.
Since the war we have given to
China approximately $2,000,000,000
for relief.
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