PAGE TWO Wxv JBailg Jkrord DUNN, N. C. Published By RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY At 311 East Canary Street NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE • THOMAS F. CLARK CO., INC. 2*5-217 E. 42nd Sk, New York 17, N. Y. Bruch Office* In Ever; Major City SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER. 20 cents per week; $8.50 per year In advance; *5 for six months; $3 for three months IN TOWNS NOT SERVED BY CARRIER AND ON RURAL ROUTES INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: $6.00 per year; fXM for six months; $2 for three months OUT-OF-STATE: $8.50 per year in advance; $5 for six months. $S for three months Entered as second-class matter in the Post Office in Dunn, N. C., under the laws of Congress, Act of March 3, 1879 Every afternoon, Monday through Friday Party Bolt: Old Demo Florida Paper Finally Gets Enough After supporting the Democratic Party for 62 years the Orlando (Florida), Morning Sentinel has come out for Eisenhower for President. The switch is understandable. The Democratic Party, which the Orlando paper support - ed so loyally for so many years, has become a different kind of a party It has taken unto itself a bunch of wild-eyed galoots who have made capital in the slum-jungles of the North for almost twenty years by abusing the South and by advocat ing a set of repulsive laws which if enacted would reduce the South to a state of federal vasselage comparable to that which existed in the unspeakable terror of Recon struction Days. Th*re are those of us who have swallowed our pride and gone along tne the party for the memories of things that used to be. But there are others, like the Orlando people, who fin - ally have had enough, who just can t stomach any more. * The decision the normally Democratic voters in the l South must make in the approaching election is whether i or not there is the possibility of once again attaining the Democratic Party of decent policies toward the South. If after looking at the record and examining his con science he comes to the aecision that there is a hope that the Democratic Party one day will cease to use the South as a whipping boy, then said normally Democratic voter can cast ins vote for Mr. Stevenson with good conscience. But, if he decides that the party is irretrievably com mitted to a policy of federal dictation to the Southern States, then his best bet is to put a vote in the. box for Eisen hower. —From the Fayetteville Observer. Are Profits Sinful Writing in U. S. News & World Report, David Law rence said: ’‘Judging by some cf the statements recently broadcast by labor-union spokesmen . . . corporation pro fits are somehow an evidence of personal greed or illegiiti ,mate gain.” Mr. Lawrence briefly defined what profits are and what they do, and continued: “To assail profits as sinful, '-or tainted with some sort of wrongdoing, is to undermine the jobs of every American workingman and the future jobs of their children. “For jobs are created by enterprising individuals who put their own money, or borrow the savings of others, to create new enterprises. “If profits are destroyed—as the case under Commun ism, Fascism, or state socialism—then government takes charge of labor unions, too. Liberty disappears all around.” ■ Another fact we tend to overlook is that profits are 'what keep government itself going. Much of its huge re venues comes from taxing the money business has left after paying wages, material costs, and the other ex penses And, with most corporations, the money paid out in taxes is far greater than the money paid out to the shareholders who make the existance of the business pos sible. Profits are essential to a free nation. Frederick OTHMAN CONVENTION HALL. Chicago. July 25—1 am trying to write this in the middle of a mess of bare feet, with bunion plasters on ’em. and it is my belief that there must " be better ways to earn a living than r reporting about Democrats. Even pretty ones, who keep on their shoes, like Mrs. Estes Kefauver. She’s to blame for my troubles, anyhow. The boys were making Presidential nominating speeches for practically every Democrat able to stand up (and one, Brien McMa hon, Who wasn't). After each ora tion came a demonstration. Synthe tic it may have been, but the roar -.tingled a fellow’s ears. I- In the second row of the first <&fcalcony sat this Mrs. Kefauver, iKiooking beautiful in a white hat. green dress, and orchids t o 3match. In front of her was an el ♦ derly, white-haired gentleman with Hawaiian lei around his neck. were directly behind poor, old Sblistered-ear Othman. •K “Tennessee was never more *proud. . . “.wound up Gov. Gordon jSrowning. “I present a man who ” S- All I can say is, wow. The hall ex ploded in a melange of coon-skin ♦Saps, cheers, tootlings and busted jSeppermint candy sticks left over Xlrnm the Dick Russell demonstra 4j“ The photographers leaped onto Sbe plank that served as my desk; Jjfheir feet were big, but they’re ex fifcert at not stepping on fingers and «| didn't mind. They demanded that JSfoa. K. stand up. The elderly gent- ESjman. who turned out to be Sen. SjEefauver’s father, stood In ftont of Bg, with perhaps Ahe proudest, S&nile I ever saw on a human face, aglt down, Pop,” cried the picture MUters. “You’re in the way.” Jjj’m pleased to report he never Seard ’em. He thought the ovation Bh -part was lor him. His daugbter- Sri law squeezed down beside him . and the photo men did their stuff. ; Then they vanished. But they'd giv : en an idea to delegates on the . floor who were growing frightened ; over the almost riotous proportions i of the whoopla. They also began i to leap in with me. Two gents took -a small lady by arms and legs and tossed her way. She missed, but . she came so close I still smell of ; carnation cologne. 3 Came then similar whingeroos for ; a long succession of "men, who.” ■ Particularly did I like the nominat ing speech for Sen. Brien McMahon ■ by his pal. Sen. Bill Benton. Sen. r Bill nominated him for nearly half an hour, then announced that t since Sen. Brien was flat on his , back in the hospital, he wasn’t go , ing to run. The Democrats demon > strated for that, too. About then there strode into my i lair a large lady in a coonskin cap. . including tail, of purest white. She I said it was ermine, but I think she was exaggerating. : Things calmed down a little then i during the booms for the Messrs. ’ Kerr. Williams, Fulbright, and . Ewing, Presidential hopefuls every i one. I was examining my bruises 1 and popping my ears in hope of r being able to hear again, when two - different orators nominated the reluctant one, Adlai Stevenson. > Mrs. Kefauver was long gone, but ; those Democrats now were scramb . ling over me in their haste to es- I cape the eruption on the floor. The t word for the scene was frenzied. . One small man bravely carried a . large Sign saying “Organists are f for Kefauver.” A Stevenson man ; tore off the Kefauver part and one organist and one politician got in > a fist fight. At this juncture a lady in a black satin dress (the hem was • at my eye level) teetered to my t place In high-heeled shoes. I . thought she was going to f*U, but i no. she merely took of her shoes. These Days £ckehkif POLITICAL CONTRASTS Comparing the Republican and Democratic conventions, it is pos sible to reach the conclusion that a party out of power for a prolong ed period, in this country, loses the art of political management. The Democrats have had the same kind of a row as the Republi cans and it gave every appearance of being deeper and of greater per manence. The dismissal from his candidacy of Vice President Alben Barkley by Jack Kroll of the C. I. 0.-P. A. C.; the attempt of Frank lin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Senators Blair Moody and Hubert Humphrey to purge the Southern states: the fight on FEPC and states rights could have produced a bolt. But such po litical operators as Sam Rayburn, Leslie Biffle, Jim Farley. Chairman of the National Committee Frank E. McKinney, determined that the party would not be split. To an as tonishing degree, in view of the complex problems they faced, they succeeded. The Republicans had no such mature leadership. It is true that the ovation for Herbert Hoover brought tears of joy and sympathy to many an eye, but nothing that he or General MacArthur said made any difference at all. Every effort ■ that was initiated to keep the bit ter quarrels off the convention floor was vetoed by Tom Dewey and Henry Cabot Lodge. Jr., long be fore the Republican Convention opened, Herbert Hoover warned both sides of the dangers of frac tricidal warfare in front of televis ion cameras; yet. it was impossible to get the Eisenhower management to consider any form of compro mise. This is immature leadership, as, after all, the main business of a party is to elect its candidate and if events are permitted to occur on the convention floor which produce dissension and ill-will, the election is imperilled. The Republicans act ed as though nothing mattered but the nomination: the Democratic leadership fought to preserve the party as was evidenced by the bril linant tactics of keeping Virginia, Louisiana and South Carolina seat ed. Again. I contrast the two key note speeches. General MacAr thur’s speech was his own views. Governor Dever’s keypotp speech was a party document which laid ■down the line for the campaign. Again, I must contrast the posi tive presiding tactics of Speaker Sam Rayburn and his Republican counterpart, Joe Martin. Rayburn, in his very first words, assumed the full authority of his position and challenged ail recalcitrant elements in the convention to behave like gentlemen. He killed a fight on the platform with courage and skill. His was a swift, sharp handling of difficult situations. The Democrats had th» advantage of having watched the Republicans performance, and seeing how horrid it was. They tried to make improve ments. One improvement was to keep such characters as Governor Dewey of New York and Governor Fine of Pennsylvania— and the Democrats must have plenty of them too—from strutting and blus tering and becoming featured actors in a ham show. Thev limited the time of speakers and made them stick to the arrangements. The essential difference is that in the 20 years that the Democrats have been in office, their seniors have mastered the art of politics and political operations. And they want to stay in office. This was never mere obvious than in the par ade up to the rostrum, after Bark ley’s speech, of all the party lea ders. including those who instigat ed Jack Kroll’s disrespectful and ill -mannered nonsense about Barkley being too old. Incidenm’lv, how old is Phil Murray or William Green or John L. Lewis? Frankhn D. Roosevelt. Jr.. Blair Moody. Hubert Humphrey. Herbert Lehman and other rebels blatantly and vociferously marched to the rostrum to toe the mark of party unity. That did nor happen at any time in the Republican Convention. There was no joining of forces even to try to end factionalism. There was a chance for that after Hoov er’s speech; it was missed. Then Dirksen made his attack on Tom Dewey, the convention booed Dew ey. the bitterness bubbled over and is still bubbling. It could have been averted bv political know-how. Political maturity does not re quire subordination to the will of leadership. It does involve an un derstanding of goals and objectives. It does insist upon compromises and restraints in order that the goals and objectives may be achi eved. The senior leadership in the Dem ocratic party grasped these essen tials of party management: the Republicans ran awav from the Seniors and lost the advantages of experience. It will be interesting and even important to see how these con trasts affect the management and results of the forthcoming cam paign. and flexed her bare feet, with the plasters, on my notes. For this, as I say, the blame goes to Mrs. Kefauver. She could have sat some place else. Me, ITJ never forget those lest. THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C. “But, Mommy, you know Daddy always says Dr. Klotz rumble is the biggest robber in town . . . WASHINGTON Shortly before Evita Peron died. U. S. relations with Argentina had reached such an all-time low that eventual with drawal of the American Ambassa dor was under consideration. The low point occurred July 10, with the bombing of the Abraham Lin coln Library in Buenos Aires, an official U. S. Library operated by the State Department’s cultural di vision. The American public, engrossed in political conventions, knew al most nothing about this incident. And the Argentine police appeared to know and care even less. Though the explosion injured two U. S. em ployees and did $15,000 worth of damage, the Argentine government merely shrugged its shoulders over the official protest of Charge D'Af faires Lester Mallory. In fact, the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Af fairs did not even answer his pro test for a matter of three days. Even in Moscow, American of ficials get more courteous treat ment than the rude haughtiness handed out to U. S. diplomats in Argentina. Nor does the Moscow press go any further than the Ar gentine press in labeling Americans as *'W a' 1 Street Imperialists.” “Yanqui Barbarians,” and “War mongers.” Through all this, the State De partment has continued to smile, a''littie stiffly it’s true, and to maintain that the Peron regime was merely trying to divert domes tic attention away from the sad plight of Argentine economy by taking it out on the U. S. A. However, with the bombing of the Abraham Lincoln Library and the arrival of) new U. S. Ambassa dor Albert F. Nufer, a stiffer policy is being adopted. Three months will be given the new Ambassador to work out a mere reasonable Argentine attitude toward the U. S. A. If he does not succeed, it is more than likely that he will be recalled altogether. NOTE—The death of Evita Pe ron may change the Argentine sit uation radically. With the end of her tremendous hold over labor and with the Argentine economic situation worse than ever before, there is almost certain to be a clash between labor and the military. KANSAS CITY TAX COLLECTOR Sen. John Williams of Deleware. the man who keeps the Internal Revenue Bureau continually on the buzz saw, is going to probe fur ther into the interesting fact that Harold A. Lockhart, the Collector of Internal Revenue in President Truman’s home town and former attorney for the president, sud denly turned up with $39,400 in cash. Mr. Lockhart carried his large bundle of cash in 5. 10. 20. 50 and 100-dollar bills down to the Fed eral Reserve Bank in Kansas City on Nov. 8, 1951, just a few days “She’e mentioned indirectly in his will. It says if his son 1 ever marries her, he won’t receive one red £entT before, he had to fill out a Trea sury questionnaire regarding his assets and income. He explained to John Phillips, Jr., Vice President of the bank, that he had been keeping the money in a safe-deposit box for some years and further explained to Senator Williams on Jan. 13, 1952. that he had accumulated the cash over a period of 35 years be cause he had suffered a loss in a bank failure and had not trusted banks since. Vice President Phillips of the Federal Reserve Bank reported that Lockhart’s money "had the appear ance of having been packaged for some time, and some national banknotes were noted which have not been issuable for circulation since 1935.” QUIZZED BY SENATOR Senator Williams, who looked into the matter, found that the only bank failure in which Lock hart was involved occurred in 1931, about 15 years after he claimed he had started to accumulate a cash hoard. Furthermore, the fai’urt oc cured to the bank in whicn lisck-v hart claimed to have had a safe deposit box, which would have meant that he would have had to transfer his funds to another bank when the first bank closed. However, Lockhart, when ques tioned by Senator Williams, could not remember changing safe-de posit boxes. The Senator also ask ed him why none of the bills he turned in where large-size currency At the time the government chang ed the size of the bills he would have'had to turn in his currency, yet Lockhart could not remember doing so. Nor could he remember changing gold certificates when the government called them in. Later it was disclosed that Lock hart had an active bank account all during the time he claimed he was afraid to make bank deposits. Finally, Lockhart was chairman of a three-state war-bond drive in 1942, during which he was asking people to convert cash into govern ment bonds. Only on Nov. 8, 1951, just before he was called upon to fill out a government questionnnaire on his assets and his income did he bring in $39,400 in cash and convert it into $24,400 in series G bonds and $15,000 in series E bonds. The Internal Revenue Bureau has been asked for an explanation of the matter, but has made no re ply. 55)-. Lockhart was formerly President Truman’s attorney when the latter was Jackson County Judge, and was the first caller upon the president this week when he arrived in Kansas City from Chicago. PROFESSIONAL ISSUES The Democratic leaders who put Adlai Stevenson across at Chicago had a genuinely difficult time get- Walter Wlnehell *