Washington Notes
GOLD HOLDINGS
Gold holdings of the U. S.
Government reached the record
at $23,000,000,000 on Feb. M, the
highest (or any nation in the his
tory of the world. This country
now owns three-fifths of the
world's known supply of mone
tary gold and is steadily increas
ing its holdings. '
Venereal disease Along sol
diers in the U. S. Army has da
creased 40 per cent in the last
year, according to Army officials
who gave credit tartly to new
emphasis on moral, spiritual,
and psychological treatment of
the problem.
Hows Building
Home-buildiflC during the last
half of 1M7 was at the rate of a
million units a year and the to
tal year's completion was 834,
000 units, according to the Na
tional Association of Home
Builders. The rate "broke all
home-building records."
HOUSING
A housing program that would
coat the government about $1,
000,000,000 for the first years has
been laid before a Congressional
committee by Sen. Joaeph R. Mc
Carthy, (R.,-Wis?). The measure
is intended to encourage the con
str action of 1,500,000 hew homes
for the next ten years. A big
share would be homes for rent to
low-income families.
TIN
The Commerce Department has
announced the re imposition of
restrictions on the use of tin cans
for packaging beer, pet food,
coffee, motor oil and other pro
ducts. The purpose of the restric
tions ia to save "badly needed tin
for the government's strategic
stockpile." There will be no
specific restrictions on tin cans
for food.
MORTGAGE DEBT
pie mortgage debt load on
small American homes reached a
new record high last year of $11,
[400.000,000, according to the
Home Loan Bank Board. The to
tal was 10 per cent higher than
in 1944 and was the highest since
1939, when figures on mortgage
recordings were first kept The
ligpres cover mortgages of $20,
000 or less on non-farm homes.
FOREION~ INVESTMENTS
A world-wide survey of invest
ments by American citizens in
foreign countries is being made
by the U. S. Department of State.
Questions being asked include
the volume of business in 1947,
principal business activities, per
cent and amount of the total
capital controlled by U. S. citi
zens, and the number of Ameri
can and foreign employes.
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FARM PRICES
Prices ol (arm products drop
ped 9 per cent during the month
ended Feb 15, the sharpest de
cline * since 1920 and 1921, ac
cording to the Agriculture De
partment. Average (arm prices
on Feb. 15 were 279 per cent of
the 1909-14 level, against the peak
of 307 per cent on Jan. 15. Prices
paid by farmers on Feb. 15 were
248 per cent of the 1909-14 level
compared with the record high
of 251 per cent the previous
month.
EXPORT CURBS
The Commerce Department's
new policy of controlling, all ex
ports to Europe wert into ef
fect on March 1st. ihe controls
will supplement those on scarce
items, in effect for some time.
STRIKES
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
has reported that the number of
work stoppages due to strikes in
creased in January ? just as they
were expected to. The Bureau
points out that work stoppages
usually increase after the first
of the year, but pointed out that
the increase this year was less
than last year's. About 175 new
shut-downs began in January, as
against 120 in December, and 320
in January, 1947.
HIGHWAYCOK8TRUCTION
The I Federal Works Adminis
tration, through Philip B. Flem
ing, Administrator, has asked
Congress to pledge $1,000,000,000
for State highway construction
in 1950 and 1951.
TRAFFIC TOLL
The nation's traffic death toll
dropped thirteen per cent in Jan
uary. compared with the same
month in 1947, according to the
National Safety Council. The
January, 1948, toll was 2,130,
compared with 2,450 in January,
1947. North Dakota was the on
ly state in the nation which went
"through the entire month with
out a traffic death," according
to the Council, which stated that
this was the only time in its
history that a state has had a
death-free month, except for the
war years when travel and gaso
line were restricted.
AIR ROUTE TO AFRICA
A new direct route between
New York and Johannesburg,
South Africa, has been opened
by the Pan American Airways
System. Flights will be made
twice a week and will run from
New York to the Azores, Dakar,
Leopoldville and Johannesburg.
The run is being undertaken be
cause of the increase in trade
between this country and Africa,
particularly South Africa, which]
last year bought $500,000,000
worth of goods from the United
States.
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Popular Election
Vote is Sought
Washington ? Election of the
president and vice-president of
the United States by popular vote
was recommended in the North
ern-Southern Democratic civil
rights fight
A constitutional amendment
which would radically change the
present electoral system was ap
prove dunanimously by a house
judiciary subcommittee in a de
liberately aimed blow at minority
influence on major party policies.
This amendment, if adopted,
would have such far-reaching
effects as reducing the "balance
of power" influence claimed by
the Ainerican labor party, which
is backing Henry A. Wallace's
presidential bid in New York
state.
Rep. Gossett (D., Tex.), author
of the amendment, blamed the
electoral college system for the
present split between President
Truman and Southern Democrats
bucking the president's pro
posals to lower some racial bar
riers.
"The electoral college," Gos
sett said, "permits and invites
irresponsible control and domi
nation by small, organized min
ority groups within the large
pivotal states."
These minorities, Gossett said,
"by voting together can and do
hold a balance of power." The
result, he added, is that "the
political strategists in both
parties make special appeals to
these various groups."
Southerners have charged that
Mr. Truman took his civil rights
stand in the hope of capturing
one such minority group ? the
Negroes in New York, Pennsyl
vania and several other Northern
states.
SCHOOL WRECKERS. 9 AND 11
Shreveport, La. ? The boys re-|
sponsible for the destruction of a
grammar school here told a juve
nile court official thf.t they
wrecked the school "because
they liked the sound of falling
glass." The boys, 9 and 11, ac
cidentally broke a window, rhen
they broke 149 other windows,
entered the school, damaged
books, chairs, desks, pictures and
a phonograph, and splattered ink
and paint over school records.
Meat production under Federal
inspection for the week ended
February 21, totaled 265 million
pounds, according to the USDA.
WASHUfOTOK NAMESAKE
DIES OK FEB. SI
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ingtor: White, 88-year-old resi
dent of nearby Littlestown, was
born on George Washington's
birthday and named for him.
died, recently ? on GoOCMP
ington's birthday.
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