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The Alamance Gleaner ? . VOL. LXXII GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1946 Na 42 1 - .. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Tax Cut Tops GOP Legislative Program; States Vote Labor Curbs; Foreign Trade at Peak ________ R?ka*td by Wnstsrn Nnwspapnr Union. omn WOT* i Whom ?platans ars iimmmI la Uiih ??Isnms, tkt; ar? th?u ?( f5m Wnsspapsr UaUa'i aiwt aaalysts ul n*4 asetssarlly *t Ihlis a?wspap?r.) Ataaat a year and a half after the end of the conflict, Germane oaadhnaa ta feel the tra(le efleeta of the war. Carryinf all their earth h psaaiaaiuuj with them, these Germans return to battered homeland fcmn Denmark, whence they fled before allied armies. CONGRESS: ActFaU WanRy had the election din st tadhf the Republican landslide ahbaided than Rep. Harold Knutson (lapl, Minn.) revealed that he eerid move for a 20 per cent cut ie personal income taxes as soon ao Mo Mth congress assembles Jan hi addition, Knutson said that the ?aja and means committee, which fee is scheduled to head as the rank Mi majority member, will open haachags sometime in February to pane er eliminate excise taxes on a Map fist of consumer goods, in cfidhg Jewelry, furs, cosmetics Republican intentions to slash ?asea ran counter to President Tru man's position to maintain high hliu to balance next year's budget saliiiiilnl at 40 billion dollars. By feppiag off- unnecessary expendi tra and trimming the payroll, Kaadaoa said, the GOP hopes to scale down the budget to 32 billion dolus, thus permitting the tax re daction and allowing for a sub stantial retirement of the national debt of 262 billion dollars at the aaaaa time. Man to Do Redaction in taxation was only ?* awe of the many issues facing the aaw GOP congress. BrieRy, others included terminat fetg Me President's wartime powers 2a restrict government by execu ?vadecree; widening management's ?MM* onder the national labor re fettsaa act and providing for impar hal administration of the law; feaatoaag abolition of controls to re aiara free enterprise, and forma kte of a farm program adjusted to postwar conditions. la the field of foreign affairs, ?vfiiicaia were expected to ad her? te the current bi-partisan pol ity Mapped by the administration wgfc the help of Senator Vanden heeg {Rep , Mich.) as representa tbe ef Ota GOP congressional bloc. Wheljj Leader Martin of Massa desrtta was scheduled to take over apealmliip of the house, with Sen ator Vandenberg of Michigan be eswing -president pro tern of the WW house and Senator Taft of CUa majority leader. Smk Unity : fafraatattre Martin * (center) Aa the Republican avalanche art V a MatmUii an congress during a Dtaacntic administration, liberal ^aMaaatfc laadara called upon Ftaaltata Tianti ?a real pi fa faror af a OOP nomioea to aaaura har aaaay ta the forthcoming aeaaion. >?1 mlii ling the unhappy result! af paaaluua divisions of legislative aad aim iiiln power between the h^pnUnia gave way to Indortaiva aaaad far yfiw~i advanUge, Sena tar ItatafcM (Dam, Ark.) was the taaf la can ana Mr. Traman to give way to a GOP nominee. He said be intended to introduce a con ititutional amendment which would permit congress to authorize a pres idential election iI the . two parties divided legislative and executive control. Marshall Field, crusading New Deal publisher, Joined Fulbright in asking President Truman to step down. By turning the Job over to the GOP, Field said, the Republi cans would be charged with full responsibility for development of a national program, and the issues in the 1MB election would be clear cut. CANNED GOODS: Big Packs Housewives can look to appreci able supplies of canned fruits and vegetables through the coming year as a result of heavy packs in 1MB, trade spokesmen attending the ninth annual convention of the Super-mar ket institute in Chicago declared. Over 190 million cases of canned vegetables will be produced this year compared with 183 million last year, it was predicted. The canned fruit pack will total 75 million cases compared with 40 million in 1945. Despite adequate supplies of frozen foods, distribution has been hampered by a lack of warehous ing space, a large carryover from last year and a shortage of refriger ator cars equipped for low temper afitrA? it vns uid Vote Labor Regulation Four itatei, including ? heavy industrial region, reflected popu lar sentiment for regulatory labor legislation in the face of the growing strength of unions in the economic pattern of the country. By heavy majority votes, Nebraska and South Dakota adopted constitutional amend ments banning the closed shop, which requires all employees of a shop to join the prevailing union. Arizona passed the same law but by a closer vote. Despite the dominant position of labor in industrial Massachu setta, the electorate voted to re quire unions to make public their financial records, with 408, 827 for and 227,307 against. In all cases, organized labor fought the amendments. FOREIGN TRADE: Near Peak Spurred by U. S. loans, foreign countries, seeking material for re construction of war ravaged econo mies or fulfilling pent-up demand of war scarce goods, promise to buy more from Uncle Sam in 1948 than in the banner export years of 1919 and 1920. With practically all areas of the world sharing in our expanded over seas trade, commercial exports have been running two to three times above the volume of the late 'JO'S. Of total exports of approximately ? billion dollars, U. S. loads prob ably will finance 39 per cent or U billion dollars. Indicative of the heavy overseas business, Canada is buying almost 200 per cent more than before the war; Latin American countries 100 per cast more; continental Euro pean nations, 110 per cant more; and the United rhigdnw, 90 per cant FARM INCOME: Slight Dip Gross (arm income win dip only 5 per cent in 1947 under this year's mark of 27 binioo dollars but hlgb er operating costs win trim oper ators' net return, the bureau of agri cultural economics declared. Production expenses for 1M7 are expected to be VA times as large as in 193ft but nearly hair again as big as in '1920. The agency based its projection on soaring oofttg of all production Items, including labor and purchased feeds. Aa a result, net income may dip 10 to 19 per cent under 1946. Estimated gross farm income of 27 billion dollars for this year was based upon actual receipts of $13, 918,000,000 during the first eight months. During this period, $7,854, 000,000 was derived from meat, poul try and dairy products; $5,312,000, 000 from crops, and $752,000,000 from government payments. The latter are expected to pass the 1939 peak of $807,000,000. PACIFIC: To Retain Bases In proposing a U. S. trusteeship for strategic Pacific bases under the United Nations, President Truman provided for substantial American control of these areas in any agree ment. While nominally subjecting the U. S. to U. N. authority in fortify ing the bases and developing the political and economic life of foe in habitants, Mr. Truman stipulated that U. N. inspectors could be ex cluded from certain strateglo cen ters of these outposts. By providing for ultimate U. S. authority over the new bases, foe President sought to satisfy service demands for effective American con trol over the areas. At first, the army and navy had held out for outright possession of foe bases, but Mr. Truman overrode this posi tion to adopt foe department of state's recommendation for a nom inal U. N. trusteeship to express American cooperation for world peace. Although maintaining military and political control over the bases, foe U. S. would grant all other mem bers of the U. N. equal trade and commercial rights. Good System to Follow When tha administrative and budg etary committee of the l/JV. at tented the U. S. 49-99 per cent of ike annuel cost* of the international organization on the basis of per capita income, 0. S. Delegate Vandenberg protested. If the American economic system is so good as to provide its people with 50 per cent of total world income, he said, then other nations would do well to adopt it. Britain sees assessed 10J per cent and Russia 6 per cent. COAL: Study Demands Company spokesmen were quick to hit at John L. Lewis' new wage and hour demands for the United Mine Workers as threatening the fu ture of the fiidustry against the in creasing competition at gas and oO. While the government presently is running the pits, private interests were thinking of their position when the properties are returned to them. Deqiarlng that "... Mr. Leeds is going to price his boys right oaf on the street," company spokesmen ridiculed the idea that a reduction of the work week from sis to five days would lower operating costs and permit the operators to pay a 29 cent an hour raise. Under the old contract, miners were paid $1.18% cents an hour, arlth overtime rates beyond 39 hours. While the operators remained skeptical, UMW economists figured that a shorter work week would trim production costs from 20 to 70 cents a ton, with an average saving of 49 cents. Since miners dig from four to Ave tons of coal daily, the saving of $2 per day would cover the con templated, wage increase, they said. JAPAN: Helped PW, Like everywhere else, there are good as well as bad amoog the Jap anese. In the midst of minor war crimes trials in Yokohama, allied supreme heSJItjuarters revealed that Lt CoL Chigeo Emoto's treatment of U. 3., British and Dutch war prisoners "stood out like a beacon" against the atrocities practiced by leas bo mac commandants. Relieving Col. Toshio Hstakayama in a PW encampment at Hako date after Ugh Japanese authorities bad become alarmed at the Ugh desth rate at the site, Emoto quick ly set things in order. Beatings were banned. Pood allotments arers in creased. PWs ware worked only the required hours. Inmates dying full military burial. Praising Emoto, PWs exclaimed: "H? brizhtened our ? .... .. . . M Man About Town: Russian delegates ?ro privately stating that if the veto power of the Big 4 is cancelled, Russia will take it on the lam for home. ... It wtll be denied, hpt the British foreign office is using heavy pressure (politically) on American delegates ?to play ball with British policy? or else. . . . Those who have suf fered from Bilbo's cussedness will be overjoyed to learn that he is in agony. Can't, we hear, ever again filibuster. Might kill him if he tries. Can hardly whisper, too, without something like a stiletto cutting his throat. ... A guy on the coast who does a column called "Pikes Peek" is threatening to sue Earl Wilson for titling his comical book that way. That's what comes from writ ing books. . . . And why write books? They Invariably show up in Broadway drug store windows (on sale for 19c) a few months later. A certain syndicate is letting column raiders take all they want tor their alleged books. . . . Then, next year, demand an accounting and royal ties from their publishers at $1 per copy. New Tack Novelette: She had been hie woman for rears. . . . She had him well-trained, too. . . . Frlxample: U she felt he was ne (lectins her faot pbeaiaf or seeing her often enough), she got Immediate action with her "system." . . . She'd dial Us number?wait for the phone to ring ease, then hang ep. . . . Thas saving her pride by net "actually calling him." . . . Be knew what the One King meant, and he weald eaO right back. . . . This system, however, was her undoing. . . . When she started two-timing him, seme si his pals heard about it but didn't want to directly. . . . Beooooo one 1 a. m? esie at them dialed; his number?let it ring eneO' end hung up. . . . Our Hero imme diately phoned her A man's veree answered. . . . And That (as Ceafneias used to say) Was That. A newsmag's boom for Cor ant of Harvard (as the ideal Republican didate) has brought many favor able replies. ... In China Patrick Hurley Is supposed to have told Stilwell: "You have four stars and I have only two, but when I get back to Washington it will be either you or me I" StihreD returned a broken man and so eras his heart. . . . Insiders hear that rent com trols will be scuttled by the new congress, whether it is Repub or Dem. . . . Whisky interests on De cember 1 will up the price on straight Bourbon $21 to $19 more per case. Raises on others -have not been decided yet. B'way Wlsegayi We knew ? kid whose mother thinks he'll beeeme^prasidaat, bat his father A scandal bigger than tba Gars son caaa is brewing. Somebody look a powdar after a big pay-offola was mads. ... An air-purifier is to hit the market soon. It should make light arenas and night spots breath able. . . . The Teas agency (the Russians) and a Chicago gazette's offices at Lake Success era the only . press staffs with locks on their doors. . . . Pat O'Brien, the star, I tells chums "no more producing." | Learned hia lesson with "Crackup." I . . . When the chaplain at Lake burst naval station (he's a red-hot southpaw hprler) joined tba officers' bowling team there, they promptly changed the name of the team from "Barflies" to "Hely-Rollers." Since the N. T. recreation commit tee dosed, they report that it is "impossible to get theater seats (or vets." Vets well enough to leave hospital beds lor relaxation. Show men oughta be ashamed I QnetiMaa Marksmanship: G. Da Msapasaanl: She wept Nka a getter an a rainy day. . . . Maristr Lewis: A smile ilka an airy pat an the arm. ... J. E. Jerome: Hire see aad kisses, . . . . O. Wilde: Women are meant Is be laved, net to be ery: Man doesn't see al the facts, bet jest the p settee that prejadtoe. . . . ?- Teaagmaa: Wkt was an aid maid, waiting tor eeewms^J^happan. ^ Mean ore giant wanton. By EDWABD EMWNB WHO IMn "We do Ml On, bat oaly stay. Ait an in poor to (at away." Life on the frontier is always hard. It was douMy hard in Kansas where the pioneers had to endure border wars over slav ery, bad men, drouths, grass hoppers, blizzards and dust storms, in addition to the ordi nary hardships of a new coun try. But they stuck it out. They stuck it out?and "sticking it out" until the battle is won is still a characteristic of Kansas peopla. Perhaps it was the crucible of those early years that steeled and tem pered the Kansas spirit which con quered the prairies. They stuck it out, rose above the trials of the hour and developed that rare sense of humor which enables Kansas people to laugh at themselves and the foi bles of mankind. Despite Coronado and other Span ish explorers, and French traders, Kansas remained Indian and buf falo country for two centuries after English colonists settled in New England and Virginia. Stow In Settlement. It was not until the Kansas-Ne braska bill was passed In 1894 that the land was opened to settlement. At that time the entire white popu lation of Kansas consisted of about 700 soldiers, based at Forts Leaven worth and Riley and Walnut Creek port offlct on th* Suite F* Trail, and an equal number of civilian* at Indian mission*, (tag* station* and trading poet*. Th* qaesttee *f slavery Im ?adlately plaag*d Kaaaa* late Hi i lite I. In* tefar* th* Kaa saa-NebraSfc* Mil waa signed. Mi*?art*a* who favored slav ery *Bpp?l aero? th* >?rdsi and foondod Leavenworth and CHIEF EXECUTIVE . . . Got. Andrew F. Scbocppol if > aathre I?wi?, born la Clatia la Bartoa eoaatj. A former lawyer aad ret craa of World War I, bo waa a member of the K?a??i Corpora te eommMoa aatU bo waa elected (ororaar la 1MX. but eu Tnayer touna za mm in New England who were willing to emigrate to Kansas, settle on the prairie, be neighbors to Indiana and fight alaveholdcra. Dr. Charlca Rob inson brought a accond party of anti slavery emigrant*, including four musicians, from Boston to sattla at Lawrence. Congress had dacraad that Kansas would decide the ques tion of slavery for Itself. And Kan sans set out to do it in their own way. BREAD BMOIOr THE WOELP . . . kurnbta N?. 1 iknl B. 8. crop. Whether (or or against ill very, Kim? settler* lived in log huts, ?hake houses, sod shanties, dug outs and other humble shelters, us ing grass, brush and buffalo chips (or (uel. The "sod crop" was corn ?and corn they ate I Corn bread, parched com, hominy, corn-meal mush?they boiled com, triad it, baked it, steered it Fortunately, they had beet, pork and milk to go with it, and a coffee substitute, made at dried sweet potatoes, dried green okra and parched wheat ground together and boiled. Would Kansas be slave or tree territory? On its first election day in 1894, hundreds of Missourians "with rifles on their shoulders, six shooters in their belts and a liberal supply ot whiskey in their wag ons" crossed the border and voted. All at the pro-slavery candidates except one were elected! And when the "bogus legislature" met in July, the Missouri slave code was the lew ot Ksnsss. The curtain-raiser to the Civil war was foaght to Kansas. Men were mardered to eoM Meed. Border ruffians ranged anti slavery settlements. John Brown and his sons took ap the chal lenge and took after the slave holders. "Bleeding Kansas" was no misnomer daring the neat few gears. Bat gradaally the anti-iUvery forces waa and Kansas became a free state. Only two slaves were listed to the eeasas of IMS. Many notables have trod the Kan sas stage. Heading the list is Geo. Dwight D. Elsenhower, great mili tary leader of World War ?. Frontier Parsonages. The history of the Old West Is rep resented by such Kansas personages as "Wild Bill" Hickock, the mar shal of Abilene, and Buffalo Bill, the scout. Carrie Nation and her saloon-busting hatchet also brought the state Into the limelight In Statuary hall in tho nation's capital to the ttguro of John J. la galls, senator, orator, essayist poet Ed Hows, tho sago of Potato Hill, and his contemporaries, Walt Ma son and William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette, were Kansas folks. Bat the unknown soldier, the an honored hero, ef Kansas Is tho man who totredaced the plow. Be was net a glamorous tors, and Us hands were gaarled and blistered and heat to tha aha pa of a plow haadls. Kmui is ideally situated tor agriculture, but it took a plow to break the aod. Where WiBtom P. Cody used to hint buffalo are the greatest wheat lands to the world. Kansas produces more wheat than any other state fat the union?almost one-fourth of the entire United States crop. It is first In milling and wheat storage. Corn, alfalfa, hay, sorghum, broom corn, eudan grass, potatoes, sugar beets, barley, flax, rye, soybeans, vegetables, fruits, truck crops?Kansas produces almost everything that is grown an a farm. Blah to ffsasariss. Kansas finds riches below as wen as above the surface of her rolling, fertile acres. Kansas la ana of tha leaders in oil production, with its companion, natural gaa Lead and rinc are mined extensively. Coal is produced in most parts of tha state. Under Kansas is enough salt to last 500,000 years! Volcanic ash, gypsum, limestone, clays and other resources are mined in Kan* sas. It is an important source of helium gas. As the geological center af tea United States. Kansas was sad Is?the land ef trafls. Theos who sought toad to Oregon, goto to California or Colorado, trado with too Masteaas to Santa Fa, or cattle froai Texas, aaad Kan sas aa a highway. The Sent* Wo Troll ?ho Oslifnrnlo and Oregon Trails, the ButtsHteld Trail, the Smoky HQ1 Route, Over land Trail, Pcay Express Route. Jim Lena Trail and the cattle trails from Texas, tacbrfilif the OtteRf-im, Old She voce, Ellsworth and West ern Trails, an used Kansas for s right-of-way. Kansas today boars soma of the scars of long ego?rata mads by thousands of covered wagons sad hooves of cattle among them. T fe?s ty graves stOl may be found, and bridle bits, parts of wagons and oth er mute reminders of the past are picked up occasionally by grandchil dren of the pioneers. Kansas is great, not only as one of the food-producing states of the nation, but as a great family ad people who retain much of the pio neer spirit. They stuck it out a few generations ago. And Kanssns ere still "sticking it out" for freedom of thought and of action, and for the right to progress by their own adv forts. i ifi'n ? ?
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