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The Alamance Gleaner
VOL. LXXII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1946 No. 36
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
No Tax Reduction in Sight as
U. S. Uses Funds to Cut Debt;
Foreign Relief to Continue
Released by Western Newspaper Union
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed la those eolaiaas, they are theee of
Western Newspaper Union > news analysts and net aeeeeearUy of this newspaper.)
As country seethes with civil strife, servants prepare palace for
return of King George ?. At left, workmen carry portrait of monarch
op staircase to reception room. At right, chambermaid tidies coverlet
embroidered with crown on King's bed.
GREECE:
Civil Strife
King George II of Greece faced
no happy return to his homeland as
open civil war raged in the moun
tainous northwestern border regions
and the Red-dominated Albanian
and Yugoslav governments were
charged with actively aiding the
rebels.
Premier Constantin Tsaldaris
bluntly attributed the strife to Rus
sian efforts to tighten their grip on
the Near East. Said he: "It is as
clear as noon-day that this is . . .
for the benefit of those who aim to
take advantage of our troubles with
a view of securing an outlet to the
Aegean sea."
As a last resort, 40,000 British
troops ^psconsed in Greece were be
ing readied for intervention in the
<iispute if the government forces
failed to check the left-wing upris
ing. With the country occupying a
strategic position near the Darda
nelles and Suez canal, Britain and
Russia have been waging a bitter
diplomatic war for control?the
British to protect their lifeline to
the East, the Russians to weaken
their rivals and to extend their own
dominance over the rich area.
NATIONAL DEBT:
Being Cut
. With reduction of the huge nation
al debt one of the administration's
primary goals, the
U. S. can expect no
immediate slash in
taxes. Secretary of
the Treasury Sny
der told the Amer
ican Bankers asso
ciation meeting in
Chicago. It was
agreed that the
debt should be
Secretary pared during pros
Snyder perous times when.
people are able to
pay higher taxes, he asserted.
In the matter of debt reduction,
Snyder could present a proud ad
ministration record. Between Feb.
28 and Sept. 1, the government had
retired 14 billion dollars of its obli
gations.
Next to debt reduction, Snyder
declared the administration's sec
ond primary fiscal objective was
a balanced budget. With the pres
ent level of taxes, the government
actually will have a cash surplus of
almost three billion dollars for the
present fiscal year, but the accred
iting of terminal leave bonds and
other items payable in the future to
the current budget will produce a
paper deficit of two billion dollars.
FOREIGN RELIEF:
To Continue
End of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation administration
does not portend termination of
American relief to war-ravaged
European countries, President Tru
man told congress in a report on
operations of UNRRA for the sec
ond quarter of 1946.
Declaring that devastated coun
tries would need further assistance
after UNRRA wound up its work
early next year, Mr. Truman said
that U. S. agencies were formulat
ing plans for continuation of neces
sary aid. Poland, Byelorussia, the
Ukraine and China were singled out
' as nations especially hit by the war
and requiring further help.
UNRRA aid to Poland has been
pointed toward redevelopment of the
agricultural economy of the coun
try, the President said. Shipments
have included 25,000 draft animals,
10,000 dairy cattle, 16,632 tons of
seed, 74,918 tons of fertilizer, 5,000
tractors and numerous plows, har
rows, binders and hand tools.
MEAT:
Dems Differ
Heightening of the meat crisis
found Democratic leaders at odds
over the retention of controls, with
President Truman calling for con
tinuation of regulations and other
party heads favoring a relaxation, if
necessary.
Declaring there was a shortage
but no famine in meat, Mr. Truman
looked to a fall run of grass-fed cat
tle to relieve the nation-wide scarc
ity. Attributing the current shortage
to heavy livestock marketings dur
ing the recent suspension of OPA,
the President asserted that removal
of controls now would add to diffi
culties later.
Mr. Truman spoke shortly after
the Democratic national executive
committee took cognizance of the
meat situation and instructed Chair
man Hannegan to discuss higher
prices, decontrol or other remedial
measures with government authori
ties. The committee's action came
close upon Democratic House Lead
er McCormack's plea for a 60 day
suspension of meat control.
Farm Prices
Warning farmers that agricul
tural prices bear an important rela
tionship to the overall price struc
ture, Secretary of Agriculture An
derson declared that present ceil
ings appeared adequate for large
scale production and few readjust
ments are in the offing.
"Increasing food and fiber prices
mean increased wage demands and
increasing price demands for man
ufactured goods," Anderson said.
"Agricultural prices are basic in in
flation trends."
Referring to higher livestock ceil
ings, Anderson stated that readjust
ments were made to encourage
farmers to feed animals and thus
increase the total supply of meat.
While marketings in the immediate
future may remain low, he said, use
of the record supply of feed crops
in the coming months will assure
adequate numbers of fattened live
stock in 1947.
SHIPBUILDERS:
Probe War Profits
Figures, figures and more figures
featured the house merchant ma
rine committee's investigation of
wartime shipbuilding profits, with
these prominent facts emerging aft
er the mathematical smoke had
cleared away:
1. Because of applying shipbuild
ing profits against losses of its Fon
tana steel mill. Kaiser company
showed a deficit of 13 million dol
lars on its wartime operations. An
other Kaiser-controlled company
used shipbuilding profits to pay oIt
a 26 million dollar magnesium plant
in full.
2. The government's general ac
counting office's charge that Cali
fornia Shipbuilding corporation had
realized a 44 million dollar profit
failed to take into account funds re
captured by the U. S. through re
negotiation and taxes. After these
reductions, the firm showed a five
year profit of $8,782,863.
3. Failure of the accounting of
fice to include renegotiation and
taxes resulted in its estimate that
New England Shipbuilding corpo
ration had made a 11H millioo-dol
lar profit instead at approximately
IVi million.
LABOR:
Defy Injunction
Always jealous of its right to
strike to enforce wage and other de
mands, organized labor presented a
united front against a county court's
anti-strike injunction against the In
dependent Association of Employees
of Duquesne Light company in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
In issuing the injunction, the
three-judge court heeded the city
stdicitor's plea to act in the public
interest in preventing a costly pow
er strike. Though the order later was
dissolved when the solicitor de
clared that it had served to force a
resumption of bargaining between
the disputants, IAE members re
mained adamant about returning to
work as long as it stayed in effect.
Apprehensive of the no-strike and
no-picketing features of the injunc
tion, AFL and CIO unions support
ed the IAE walkout. Laber charged
that the court order was in violation
of both the state and federal anti
injunction laws and there was no
law requiring men to work against
their wish.
Truckers Idle
Trucks remained idle in New
York City and pickets patroled fer
ry, bridge and tunnel approaches to
prevent admission of motor freight
as big operators continued to hold
out against AFL teamsters de
mands.
While smaller employers agreed
to a proposal to pay the teamsters
$71.40 for a 40-hour week instead of
the old $64 for a 44-hour week, the
big firms held fast to their offer for
a $3-a-week raise. They fclaimed 75
per cent of the trucks remained
off the street and 10,000 men were
idle.
Five New Jersey teamster locals
co-operated with the embattled New
York strikers in stopping freight
movements into the city. Union
stewards sought to tie up freight at
starting points while pickets took up
stations along strategic entrances
into New York to guard against
trucks slipping through.
WAR PRODUCTION:
Modern Miracle
Writing in the Infantry Journal,
Troyer S. Anderson, historian of
the war department, listed the fol
lowing accomplishments of Ameri
can industry during World War II
in supplying U. S. and Allied armies
in the fight against the Axis.
? 227,735 airplanes, including 67,
538 fighters, 22,491 transports, 30,980
heavy bombers and 16,028 medium
bombers.
? 585,556 artillery pieces, includ
ing 182,278 aircraft cannon, 103,804
mortars, 35,189 light field pieces and
880 heavy field weapons.
?87,235 tanks, including 56,679 me
dium, 28,765 light and 1,791 heavy.
? 39,952,000,000 rounds of small
arms ammunition, 283,067,000
rounds of field artillery, mortar and
rocket projectiles and 4,560,000 tons
of aircraft bombs.
This production record was all the
more miraculous inasmuch as V. S.
industry virtually started from
scratch, U. S. armament prior to
1940 consisting of only 2,966 air
planes, 8,975 artillery pieces, 329
tanks and correspondingly small
quantities of other equipment.
RUSSIA:
On the Mend
Binding its wartime wounds, the
great Russian bear is on the way
to a laborious and painful econom
ic recovery. While outside experts
have asserted that it would take
many years for the Soviets to get
back on their feet, the masters in
the Kremlin are exerting every
force to speed up recovery.
Effect of the strenuous efforts to
restore Russian industry is evident
in progress reported in the war-rav
aged Donets river basin, important
prewar producing center. In the
first six months of 1946, overall in
dustrial output averaged 43.6 per
cent of the 1940 level, with steel
production at 40.4; coal, 44; pig iron,
40.2, and rolled metals, 39.
As the district celebrated the third
anniversary of its liberation from
the Germans, Communist chieftains
boasted that a large percentage of
the 1,341 prewar industrial enter
prises had been partly rehabilitated. ,
Memos to AU Editors:
The anti-Roosevetts are using this:
A Republican (Chicago) paper's re
porter asked Bob Hannegan:
"Who'll be your candidate in '48?
Truman?"
"Nope," Hannegan replied (don't
forget this is an alleged joke), "not
strong enough. The public appar
ently no like."
"Could it be Wallace?" pumped
the reporter.
"Hell, no! Can't take chances
with him. They think he's a Red."
"Well," said the scribe, "if it ain't
Truman or Wallace, who do you
think it might be?"
"Oh," said Hannegan, "I dunno!
There's plenty of time. We'll dig
up someone."
"Oh, NO!" roared the Republi
crat, "not HIM!"
***?'? M*?ne Siegbahn's trip here
u tor several confs with Einsteih.
He s Sweden's top a toman (collab
ber of Lise Meitner). . . . The in
fluential members on Eisenhower's
staff are for "complete immobiliza
tion. ... Dr. Paul Scheffer (see
cups in morgue) was once chief of
fl*a spy ring in Russia. Now very
active here. One of the top propa
gandists for "getting the U. S. into
a war with Russia soon as possible."
. . . When Field Marshal Montgom
ery was honor-guest (at the Barbi
2?^2aza) a man' "> route to the
30th floor, was hauled back into the
,??tor and ma<Je U> identify him
self before the law in the foyer.vSaid
to be J. D. Rockefeller Jr.!
Add significant Rasa - U. S.
notes: The Russian purchasing
commission in Washington
(which numbers about ?# ?
. pert Soviet engineers and tech
nicians) is discharging its C. 8.
employees, preparatory to shut
ting down Jan. I. That means,
I m told, the Russians do not
expect to buy from us any more
the way things stand now, etc.
Reminder: Great Britain and
Russia signed a non-aggression
fau 1941- WWch side would
British be on in event of con
flict, considering treaties are pieces
erf Itapynis? . Big news expected
from Puerto Rico during next few
months Break said to. come be
tween Luis Munos Marin, president
of the senate there and most power
hil political figure in islands?and
Jesus Pinero, Truman's appointment
for the governorship. . . . Coat of
a tombs are down to a mere million
each. That sounds expensive, but
i??h at it this way: The entire civ
ilized world can now be destroyed
'?r than the wfe cost the U. S.,
70 billion.
i ."f"? R?sians so cocky
iaWy Is they allegedly have
?*mie ray bomb. Plan tout
ing Americans and other nations
to a demonstration of the new
weapon in their "war of nerves."
? ? ? Insiders unimpressed, claim
ing we have a weapon that
makes the A tomb obsolete
Senator Bob LaFoilette may
b?*<l a noa-gov't committee to
study all phases of modeling
th. federal gov't. This new out
h* financed by wealthy
citizens, some of whom held high
tev't posts during the war.
N. T. Novelette: The ABC net
work had a correspondent in Tokyo.
His name, J?e Julian. ... He went
to Hiroshima to do a broadcast
months after the atomb fell. . . As
Julian walked along rubble-strewn
streets he met a man on a bike
who introduced himself. . . . 'Tm
the Reverend Tanimoto." he Said,
j. .He was of great help to the
broadcaster in getting material
eta A year later Julian, (who is
also an actor) found himself jobless.
'.' ? t**' week, while wandering
about Radio city he was spotted by
the director at the John Hersey
Hiroshima broadcast Julian was
engaged to read one of the parts.
... It was the role of the stranger
Joe met in Hiroshima?the Rev
Tanimoto!
The Late Watch: Elliott got 25
Gs for that mag series. . . . Truman
(as we first hinted long ago) per
sonally doesn't want to run again
" he.i,d0e?' have to drag him
ina the draft. That explains why
he is so "candid " ... The White
House is spreading happiness to the !
Germans in Germany and to the I
Republicans in America. . . . Our !
foreign policy is about as clear as
the mud diplomats have been throw
ing at each other. ... Too many
American leaders are arguing about
our foreign policy instead of explain
ing h.
FROM THE MOUNTAINS A k ^ ^ AlW
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By EDWARD EMERINE
WND Fwlarn y \ j\ f
When other rocks have cooled, it is granite that holds the heat ? s,
of the sun after nightfall. When other sections go off on political |
or philosophical tangents, it is New England that retains the basic j
Puritan characteristics?thrift, the will to work, and individuality. ?p*> J V
The first settlers in New Hampshire carried with them a King V J J
James Bible and a Puritan conscience. Fundamentally, through )
every vicissitude of progress New Hampshire has remained un- i
changed. The old influences still prevail. From the very begin- ( &
ning, however, New Hampshire folks were the merriest of the
Puritans. They have held to the gospel of work, but the gospel of .
laughter has not been forgotten. They are genial, love a good
story, have a quip or wise saw. and delight in antic ways. The / wM*
infusion of French-Canadian blood as well as that of those re- I
cently come from Europe has not materialy changed the values '
of life in New Hampshire. ?
Puritan Standards Prevail. O/KSgajb* ^
Matters of morals and taste and government are still de
cided with Puritan standards. The appearance of the country, ( 7
in its cleared land, is as the early settlers left it. From the top f I ? j '
of its mountains down to the sea. New Hampshire is a varied <; f
land, but changeless and inspiring. ^ i '.V ;
No state Is greater than Its people. Men like Daniel / .. ? 1
Webster, Pres. Franklin Pieree, Salmon P. Chase and I ? jam _ . tSEM \y 1
Thomas Bailey Aldrich are not mere accidents. -/ 1 ?
They, and many other famous men, came from the "w <2
breeding and environment of New Hampshire and / IMlflsKk L
were maided by the traditions and indnenee of that J '
Two years before the Revolutionary war, John ] ^ ? 1 '
Sullivan, a young Dunham lawyer, and John Langdon, J
a wealthy merchant, were active patriots. In December, , Idaj . F ffUt jm|MKJa
1774, they seized Fort William and Mary at New Castle A fli? mJ ffr tHSt ?
(present site of Fort Constitution) and removed from ( f
It 100 barrels of powder, besides cannon and small i i ljj? conccsuj (
arms. These munitions of war later were used against 1 MjT '
the British at the battle of Bunker Hill! ) t .111^ . PcersMStrrw
It is notable that three-fifths of the men who fought > i4i f
with the Colonial army at Bunker Hill were from New J
Hampshire, and men from that state were in every / r^~~?
campaign of the war. Stark and his New Hampshire I
troops checked Burgoyne and paved the way for Gates' \ j7 rr?r??r?F ' 'fzi
triumph over that ambitious British general at Sara
toga. Three weeks before the Continental congress A 4-K V -S tlTJ
agreed to the Declaration of Independence, the New
nampsiure asaemoiy aaopieo cme oiw
its own, thus making the first author
itative statement of purpose to cast r
off allegiance to the British crown, t
New Hampshire was Srst set- ?
tied in 1S2I, at Dover and Ports- t
r
GOVERNOR . . . When Charles
M. Dale, native of Minneaota, was
installed as New Hampshire's
governor en January 4, IMS, he
became the first Westerner to be
come chief executive of a New
England state.
li
month?just three years after I
the landing of the Pilgrims and b
seven years before Boston was a
founded. The first settlers were d
fishermen, farmers and traders. c
Agriculture and industry spread
apidly. Millions of years ago, Na
ure provided New Hampshire with
in abundance of gravel, sand and
[ranite. Under the surface were
nore than 86 different minerals.
J any large rivers had their sources
n New Hampshire, and could be
a messed fer power. There was
ilenty of timber and wild game,
there was excellent soil, partic
ilarly in the valleys of the Connecti
ut and Merrimack rivers. Grass
ras plentiful for livestock. Fruit
rees were easily grown. The cli
nate was healthful. The New
lampshire of today was built upon
bese resources.
Unique Industrialisation.
Even the industry of New Hamp
hire has its unique side. "Our
raftsmen know what it is to live
n a good place," is the state's
oast. Laboring men never know
he crowded living conditions which
0 often attend industrialization.
New Hampshire plants, mills and
actories manufacture chemical
iroducts, electrical equipment,
rather goods, machinery, tools and
cores of miscellaneous articles
ind products. "Made in New Hamp
hire" may mean anything from a
ewing needle to a steam engine or
he heaviest foundry casting. Its
rood products are without number,
ts paper and paper products are
ised throughout the world.
The dairy industry is the most
mportant agricultural enterprise in
lew Hampshire. Milk, cream,
lutterfat, cattle and calves return
1 cash income of about ten million
oliars a year. The apple is the
hief commercial fruit, and New
Hampshire orchards range from ?
few trees to more than 100 acres. A
million and a half bushels of pats
toes are grown in the state sack
year, making them the most iinpaa ?
tant field crop.
Complete Farm Halts.
Most New Hampshire farms as*
TOWN HALL ... A classic a- j
ample of New Elfhil irrMtro
tore is (be ton ban sad cM '
at Hancock, N. B.
units so complete it aeeros iinllibH
is lacking.
New Hampshire farmers 4a
not "pot all their egga ta as
basket," or hold to sao pi laical ,
aoarec of income. They halt ta i
a combination ef prcdacts aai
acrriees calculated to return tho
largest income, coaaidertac tho
family skills, the soils and mar- ,
ket^spportnnities. They look to- /
not to a single cash crop.
Lakes, mountains, seashore and a
splendid climate have made New
Hampshire famous for vacations
and tours.
White Mountain national forest,
with its roads, trails, lakes and,
streams, lures thousands of people
from every part of the United States
each year. From bathing on the
ocean beach to skiing through
mountain snows. New Hampshire
offers opportunity for recreation
and sports.
From colonial buildings at Ports
mouth, Dartmouth college at Han
over, and Daniel Webster's birth
place near Franklin, to the Old Man
of the Mountains, Lost River at
Kinsman Notch and the cog railway
at Mount Washington, New Hamp
shire offers everything for those who
seek historical, recreational or in
spirational travel.
"Every read that leads ysa ant i
Makes yea long to taru about,
b New Hampshire." f
PRETTY AS A PICTURE . . . The beaaty of Mt. Choeorua has mads
this New Hampshire peak the meet phntepi sphtd mooataia ia
America.