THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
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Washington, D. C. May 14, ? Re
newed hope that congress may at
last do something to curb unscrupu
lous labor activities, because of the
blatant disregard for the country's
welfare shown by John L. Lewis
and James Petrillo, seems to be bas
ed entirely on wishful thinking.
Each time there is a crisis in a ma
jor strike, or when some labor leader
angers the whole American people,
the public looks to Washington for
a legal vaccine against recurrence,
but it is fairly apparent by this time
that the senate will never permit
passage of legislation opposed by
labor leaders.
The house of represntatives by
{) basing the Case bill, showed that
t had at last decided to heed the cry
of the public for a degree of control
over labor. But even though some
senators have made strong demands
for labor reform, the pro-labor sen
ate committee on education and j
labor seems to be able to pigeon-hole ,
any and all proposals which are I
frowned upon Dy union leaders.
Those who feel that labor legisla-l
tion is essential to avoid disaster in [
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this country ? and the mail received
by congressmen indicates that there
are plenty of people who fell that
way ? also are disappointed with the
apparent inaction of the adminis
tration regarding labor problems.
They fee! that'the government could
have done a lot more toward ending
the coal strike, that President Tru
man 3hould have shown more per
sonal interest in it before an emer
gency was reached, and that the
strike problem will become worse
rather than better unless there is a
major revision in present govern
ment policy.
Closely linked with future labor
problems is the fate of OPA. If
price ceilings are eliminated or re
laxed, and higher prices absorb the
increased wages which labor unions1
have won, there it; every reason to
expect the strikes to start anew. Yet
if prices are not relaxed somewhat,
there is apt to be a strike on the part
of producers who will refuse to con
tinue to manufacture products on
which they cannot make a profit.
Thus a vicious circle has been cre
ated which is apt to heighten the bad
feeling between labor and manage
ment.
Testifying on the continuation of
OPA before the senate banking and
currency committee. Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson was extremely
pessimistic over clearing up the
growing black market in meat. He
said that if the OPA's lastest move
to restore slaughter quotas is un-i
successful, the only alternative
would be to abandon all controls
ovter meat prices.
It is unlikely that the OPA was
fully behind him in this view, since
it is the opinion of OPA officials
that meat prices would all reach
black market levels if price re
strictions were removed entirely,
but so far no one here has been able
to offer an alternative solution.
Bee owners alon gthe Nile place
their hives on boats and float them
to regions where flowers are abun
dant.
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You also receive $65 per month
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KENNEDY FOR CONGRESS
. . . John F. Kennedy, 29, ion
of Joseph P. Kennedy, former
U. S. ambassador to Great
Britain, and hero of naval
fighting In Paeiilt, has an
nounced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination to con
gress from the 11th district,
Boston. Mayor James M.
Cnrley gives up his seat at end
of his year.
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SIX-INCH SERMON
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
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A Friend Who Learned to Believe.
Lesson for May 19: John 11:7, 8,
16; 20:24-29.
Menory Selection: John 20:29.
The name, "Doubting," which has
been given Thomas does not give
fuir credit to his character. He was
ready to die with his Lord (John 11:
16) but lie asked, after t/?e resurrec
tion, to see the wounds of Calvary
and to put his hand in the Mas
ter's side, that he might believe.
He thus asked for the lowest or
der of proof, the crude evidence of
the senses. There is an old saying,
"Seeing is believing," but in the
spiritual realm the order should be
reversed ? men must behove, to. see
the unseen, to hear the unheard, and
to know the unknown.
Thomas was an honest doubter
who found no joy in unbelief, no
triumph in bringing others to share
his doubts. In his case there lived
"more faith in honest doubt . . .
than in half the creeds." And with
supreme satisfaction and joy, when
he saw thfe Lord, he cried, "My
Lord and my God."
But we do not need to run all
the changes and the chances of
doubt. In our age, when, as one
has written, the device is bishops
dormant, a question mark rampant,
and the motto Query, be persuad
ed that the spiritual is not learned
with a test tube and not measured
with a yardsick, but through the
power of faith. Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned. "The things
which are not seen are eternal."
So let us seek those things which
are above ? through the blessed
power of faith to see the unseen.
Two Week's Truce
Called in Coal Strike
The 40-day soft coal strike was
temporarily halted Fridal night as
operators accepted John L. Lewis'
proposal for a two weeks' truce.
The White House announced that
both sides tp the conflict crippling
the American economy had agreed
to the principle of a health and
welfare fund, but they were still far
from accord on the details of a new
contract. President Truman told
them to reach one and bring it to
him by next Wednesday.
One jump ahead of expected ac
tion by a congress alarmed over the
industrial crisis, Lewis ordered his
400,000 bituminous miners to dig
coal until May 25 if' the operators
would aagree to make any pay in
creases retroactive to Friday.
The "captive" mines? which are
owned by the steel companies and
the output of which goes into steel
production ? quickly agreed.
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Blowing Rock Road*
Will Be Closed Until
Until Late Summer
(Wake Bridges in Hickory Record)
Blazing of a motor vehicle trail
that would have kept Kit Carson
sUiring until the tail of his coon
skin cap turned as white as George
Bernard Shaw's beard is forcing
folks of the southeast foothill re
gions of Western North Carolina to
take the long way around to Blowr
ing Rock, the popular Blue Ridge
mountain summer playground.
Carson and all the Catawba In
dians ever born couldn't have built
such a trail in 400 years with the
tools and implements they had at
their disposal, but for the price
they could have bought half the
United States. In fact, it sounds I
like the notional debt to the ordi- 1
nary man ? something over a million j
smackers.
But in the days of Carson it would
have taken lots of powder, lead,
coonskins. bearskins, honey and
whatnot to have planted a trail ol
most any kind along the mountain
ous route of the new four-mile link
of Highway 17 ele\%n miles north
west of Lenoir.
Using powerful man-built ma
chines, the link of which Carson
nor any other citizen of his day
ever dreamed, the W. A. Grannis
Construction Company is literally
turning a mountain into a mole
hill.
To hasten completion of the new
link, which will top one of the most
picturesque waterfalls along the
route, the highway has been closed
to all except local motorists, which
means that folks living in the foot
hills or starting their journey there
from must find other roads to the
summer playground high in the
hazy Blue Ridge. From Hickory,
some will go by way of Taylors
ville, North Wilkesboro and Boone,
which lengthens the distance from
42 to 86 miles. Others will go to
Lenoir, then proceed by way of
North Wilkesboro and Boone, a dis
tance of 91 miles.
And there are some who, when
the weather is fair, will cut across
country near Lenoir and take what,
is known as the Globe read, but the
pavement on this route ends at Col
lettsville and chances are that a
stronger will need either a good
map or a Kit Carson ? or both. How
ever, this route is the nearest one
to Blowing Rock.
Checking a map of Western North
Carolina. The Record reporter dis
covered that the Rock can be reach
ed over a black-snake route by way
of Valmead, Collettsville, along
Johns River to Globe and Upton.
From paved Highway 321, this route
branches off onto the Collettsville
road to above Valmead and winds
along Mulberry creek and John's
river. The road, improved exten
sively by CCC boys in pre-war
years, is an all-weather route to
Globe. A passable road leads from
Globe into the heart of Blowing
Rock.
An alternate route-*? and a good
one ? is by Collettsville nearly to
Globe, up Staircase hill to Mortimer
and Edgemont, via Carey's Flat to
the intersection with the Yonahlos
see Trail about four miles east of
Linville. ,
The mountain laurel and rhodo
dendron soon will be in full flower,
blowing Rock's hostelries and the
18-hole golf course soon will be
open. And they're expecting a ban
ner season, what with rationless
gasoline and tires ? and plenty of
lettuce on the hips of most vacation
minded citizens.
That's the story, Mr. and Mrs.
Foothill Motorist, until late this
summer, when construction work
will be finished. Yiu could fly, but
there's no place to land. You could
walk like Kit Carson but chances
are that before you managed to find
your way through "them thar hills'*
the tail of your coon skin cap would
have rented off instead of whitened
like Grorge Bernard Shaw's beard.
The Swiss flag is one of the old
est in Europe, and was used as early
li 1839.
Vatican City is about the size of
an 18-hole golf course.
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VOTE FOR
JAMES G. FARTHING
Veteran of World War II
for
Solicitor, 16th Judicial District
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
MAY 25th
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