THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL
AND DIXIE FARM NEWS
ESTABLISHED MAY 12. ISSt
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SHOULD U. S. RECOGNIZE COMMUNIST
CHINA?
We are not among those who look with
favor upon members of the U. S. Supreme
Court when they sound off on issues of a
public, political or partisan nature and we
have observed the tendency of Justice Wil
liam O. Douglas to give his viewpoint on
issues that are not judicial or pertaining to
thejaw.
Quite recently, the jurist returned from
a journey into the Far Eastern areas, and
in an interview at San Francisco, suggested
that the United States recognize Commun
ist China. He advocated such a course as
a means of breaking the political ties be
tween China and Russia, saying it would be
a “real political victory’’ for the free world
and a means of capitalizing on the struggle
between Chinese nationalism and Russia’s
drive to solidify the Far East.
Naturally, the air was immediately filled
with angry denunciation of the jurist. Poli
ticians of both parties lambasted him, in
cluding Senator Tom Connally, of Texas,
who comes up for re-election next year. The
idea of Justice Douglas is not popular at
this time and by jumping on it with both
feet the office-holders expect to convince the
people “back home’’ that they are militant
defenders of the American way of life, de
serving enthusiastic support at the polls.
Not many Americans will bother to take
a sensible look at the question. Most of
our staunch and true brethren will likewise
mutter imprecations against Mr. Douglas,
thus escaping the necessity for an intelli
gent survey of world conditions that is a
prerequisite to the establishment of a peace
ful world for which they also exhort.
Now, what any one thinks of Justice
Douglas has little to do wi|h the fundamental
issue that he raises. Denunciation or praise
of the jurist, without considering the pro
posal, obscures the intellectual processes
that are supposed, at least, to enable the
sovereign people of our great country to
pass on national and international policies.
ARMS SPENDING POSTPONES
DEPRESSION
After practically every major war in
which this country has been engaged, there
has occurred a serious business depression,
with heavy losses in money, productivity
and standard of living.
So, economists and others sometimes won
der what has happened to the depression
that was scheduled to follow the end of
World War II. This is a fair question be
cause the answer will affect not only the
business men of the nation but the millions
of families which make up the population
of the United States.
Several years ago, the writer was some
what interested in the subject. A survey
at that time gave no indication of any sud
den deflation. There were factors in opera
tion which did not exist at the end of World
War I and, since that time, the Government
has put into motion a tremendous defense
program which means continued business
activity at an above-normal rate. Conse
quently, there does not seem to be much
prospect of a serious depression as long as
the defense program is being accelerated.
The arms program, by the way. is going
to be much bigger than we thought even a
year ago. The peak for arms orders will
not occur in 1952, as originally expected,
but will more likely come around in 1953
or 1954. The defense budget for the cur
rent fiscal year is likely to move up from
sixty to seventy billion dollars and, while
the amount is uncertain at the present
time, spending for defense is likely to con
tinue at that rate for two or three years.
CAN WORLD LIVING STANDARDS
BE RAISED?
Nowhere in the world do the people of
any region enjoy the comforts and conven
iences that are generally used in the United
States. Not all of the peoole in this coun
try, however, can afford the gadgets and
devices that cost money and, consequently,
the standard of living, high as it is, could
be higher.
The people of the world, scattered in
various regions and in relative stages of
development, have different standards of
living. Some of the causey relate to lack
of dependable wealth but other causes, such
as ignorance and superstition, nlay a part
in keeping peoples backward. There is vast
room for improvement in world living stand
ards and if these could be brought on a par
with those in the United States the result
ing boom in business would make preceding
areas look like loafing epochs.
There is much to be done before the back
ward areas will develop a need for modern
things.. There is much to be done before
they will possess the wealth with which to
make these things available to their people
on a scale comparable to such use in the
U. S. Here is a field of labor sufficient to
engage the thought and attention of states
men for centuries, with resulting profit to
the entire world.
The lifting of standards of living, all
around the globe, is a business which re
quires peace, not war. The threat of an
other global war constitutes a menace to the
continuing improvement of living stand
ards, and hence to mankind itself. Never
theless, peace cannot be had for the asking.
It must be the product of co-onerative na
tions, especially those nations that possess
the potential for war.
AFRIKA KORPS VETERANS ORGANIZE
Those who consider the future course ot
Germany are now concerned over the pos
sible revival of rampant militarism. After
World War I, when it was honed that de
mocracy would make progress in Germany,
the world witnessed the gradual buijd-up of
a military spirit which inevitably produced
World War II.
At the present time, there are German
organizations of veterans that take an at
titude that is more aggressive than Allied
officials like, because of the potential threat
to the further development of German .de
mocracy.
ror this reason, it is interesting to note
that veterans of the Afrika Korps, probably
the most famous single German fighting
force of the last war. will hold a reunion
this month dedicated to the principles of
moderation and democracy.
Gen. Ludwig Kruell, who commanded
armored formations in the Korps. is spon
soring an association free of uylitant na
tionalism and expresses the hope that his
organization will “show the world that we
are good citizens and good Europeans, who
are readv to play our part correctly in a
democratic state.”
The General also expresses the hope that,
in time, the new association will be able to
make contact with its foes of World War II.
notably Great Britain’s Eighth Armv,
which for two and one-half years fought the
Afrika Korps across North Africa and El
Alamein to Tunis. That there may be
some chance of such a reapproachment
comes from the opinion of American and
British veterans of the African campaign,
who sav that the Afrika Korps had a repu
tation in the desert of fighting clean.
“MOTHBALLING’* SHIPS SAVES MONEY
The forty-five-thousand - ton battleship
Iowa has been taken out of “moth-balls" and
put into service at S*§r Francisco.
SpeakrTpf ajt the cerjanony. Fleet Admiral
Chester W7 Nimitz, who played a leading
role in our victory over the Japanese in the
Pacific, pointed out that the “mothball’*
process has been the “cheapest insurance
ever offered the American people."
The cost of building a battleship like the
Iowa would be around $250,000,000 today,
although its original cost was about half
that amount. More important than the fi
nancial gain, however, is the time saved in
the construction of such a vessel.
By “mothballing” its warships, at the end
of World War II, the Navy has managed to
maintain a reserve of sea power, readily
made available in time of crisis. The pro
cess is much less troublesome than the old
plan of burying guns, etc., in grease, and,
as we understand it, just as effective in pre
serving ships. Moreover, it is comparatively
easy to put the warships back into active
service.
PREDICTS GREATER OPPORTUNITIES
For the benefit of the few who think that
the world is going to the dogs and that the
future is not worth its coming, we call atten
tion to the observation of Charles F. Ketter
ing, whose fame as an inventor and engi
neer, plus his 75 years of life, entitles him
to have some basis upon w})ich to form an
opinion.
Mr. Kettering declares that “the next
century offers opportunities that never ex
isted before." He is not worried about the
future because he has seen “some of the
greatest things that ever beset mankind’’
and knows that, somehow, they turned out
fairly well. Finallv. he asked the sixty-four
dollar question: “How can we feel we are
going to Hell when we have gone all this
wav in the past fifty years?”
This article could go on almost indefinite
ly, citing the differences that exist in pres
ent-day human life and that of several cen
turies ago. There is no use to go back to
the prehistoric age to realize that men and
women have made considerable progress in
the world. There is no reason to doubt that
the future years will resent an accelerated
rate of improvement.
The law is not what legislators think it
is but what the jurists say it is.
If everybody would quit hurrying, life
would move along intelligently.
Newspapers without reporters usually
wind up without subscribers.
Who invited Soviet Russia to San Fran
cisco anyway, and why?
Boxing is fast becoming a dangerous
mode of life.
Appointments for a “good time" are rare
ly broken.
U. S. GUARANTEES
PEACE
Because Australia and New
Zealand were apprehensive
about the lack of restraints
in the “Treaty of Reconcilia
tion” with Japan, the United
States agreed, as a matter
of mutual protection, to ex
ecute a defense treaty with
the smaller Pacific powers.
> Each of the three nations
recognizes that an armed at
tack in the Pacific area on
any of them would be “dan
gerous to its own peace” and
that, therefore, it would “act j
to meet the common danger”
in accordance witn constitu
tional processes.4
This treaty must be rati
fied by the United States
Senate, but there is little
doubt but that the Senate
will take favorable action.
Accordingly, it might be well
to review the security com
mitments of the United
States in the present-day
world. In addition to the
task of defendlhg its conti
nental area and outlying pos
sessions, the United States
is also bound to:
(1) Defend its* occupation
forces in Germany, Japan
and Austria.
Assisi in implement
ing United Nations obliga
tions to oppose aggressors
throughout the world.
(3) Under the Rio Treaty,
to act with the other Ameri
can Republics in defense of
the Western hemisphere.
(4) Under the North At
lantic Treaty to join its as
sociated powers in protect
ing a part of the world
stretching from the North
Cape to the shores of Africa.
(5) Back up mutual' de
fense obligations assumed
with the 'Philippine Islands
under a security pact recent
ly signed.
Additional security ar->
rangements are now under
negotiation, inclrding the ad
dition of Greece and Turkey
to the North Atlantic Pact,
expected to take place in
Canada this month, and, fi
nally, a military arrangment
with Japan which will in
volve commitments in con
nection with th«4 defense of
Japan, following 'the execu
tion of the treaty ending the
war in the Pacific area.
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U. S. TO ADOPT BRITISH
JET
A Iwin-jet British bomber
recently crossed the North
Atlantic ocean in four hours
and nineteen minutes but it
was not out to make a rec
ord. even if it did so.
The bomber was on the
way to Baltimore where ex
perts of an American air
craft company will study it,
having been, licensed to build
models of the bomber for the
U. S. Air Force.
This may surprise some of
our exuberant patriots who
frequently declaim upon the
thesis that we do everythin*
better than any “foreigners.”
Despite the vast expenditure
of billions of dollars, since
the end of World War II, we
import a bomber plane as a
model and many military ex
perts tell us that the Russians
have some types of aircraft
that are better than ours.
It is time for intelligent
Americans to overlook thej
blah-blah peddled bv profes- j
sional patriots and develop a j
practical attitude t o w a r d j
world affairs. We are not
perfect, either as a nation or
as a people. We have no
monopoly on goodness, intel
ligence or patriotism and the
sooner we exhibit an adult
mentality in connection with
our own accomplishments the
better it will be for us, our
associated nations and the
world at large.
Putting a few cents in the I
collection plate does not
make one a philanthropist.
We see where frozen whale
steaks are on sale—this is
one for the deep freeze.
The trouble with substi
tutes for beef steak is that
they taste like substitutes.
A diet may be good for the
health but a good menu can
do wonders also.
People who opposed price <
controls should not mind
price increases.
WILL YOU SMILE
Flattered
“This robbery waa carried out
very cleverly,” said the judge.
“Come now, judge, no flattery,
please,” replied the blushing pris
oner.
Say Something
“I’ve been asked for references ;
for our last maid. What on earth
can I say in her favor?”
“Well, she has a good appetite
and sleeps well.”
He Knows His Economics
The high school lad had asked
for more spending money.
“You don’t know the value of a
dollar, son,” sighed the father.
“Yes. I do,” replied the lad,
“as of last week it was 62 cents,
as compared with 1939 stand
ards.”
Permission
“You can’t marry her without
permission,” said Father Smith.
“Why not?” said the swoontng
swain.
“Because she’s a minor.”
The young man looked stumped
for a minute, then asked:
“You mean 1 gotta ask John
L. Lewis.
Always A Lady
“Speaking of how people react
to emergencies,” says a friend,
“111 have to tell you about my
genteel aunt in Boston.
“Late one night her home
caught fire. Auntie dressed care
fully, donned hat, coat and clean
white gloves, and walked sedately
out into the street, repeating in
a soft, soft whisper: “Fire . . .
fire ...”
For Husbands Only
“How do you manage always
to be dressed so well?” asked a
man of an acquaintance. “Does
you wife pick your clothes?”
“No,” responded the other gen
ially., “Just the pockets.”
Parliamentary
In a town on the Pacific coast
an earthquake shock was felt, and
when the municipal building
rocked, the City Fathers left with*
out bothering about formalities.
The chirk, a man of i-ale^and
regulations, was hard put to 1ft to
give his minutes the proper of
ficial tone. Finally, he evolved
this masterpiece:
“On the motion of the city hall,
the council adjourned.”
Hard Luck
A man tried to train a fish to
live out of water. The first day
he kept the fish out of the bowl
for one hour. The second day,
for two hours. The third, tor
three hours, and so on until it
would live in the air for a day
at a time.
One day the man was walking
over a bridge, while the fish,
which had become fond of its
master, followed close behind.
But, oh, the pity of it, the fish
slipped, fell off the bridge into
the river, and was drowned.
Just The Thing
A man from the country saw
an article in a music shop, but
could not understand the purpose
for which it was used.
“What is that thing for?” he
asked the shop assistant.
“That, sir. is a chin rest,” he
was told. “Tt is used quite a lot
by lady violinists.”
The man from the country eave
a cry of joy. “Give me one,” he
said. Then, after a slight pause,
he added. “No. HI take two.
We’ve ro the wife’s mother stay
ing with us as well.”
Just Like Mother!
In a primary class, a teacher
was putting her small charges |
through a make-believe after-1
noon tea, to teach them table!
manners. At the conclusion of i
the repast she wanted to see how •
the children would excuse them
selves, so she said: “Now what
shsll we do?”
There was a moment of silence,
and then a bright-eyed little
tyke down front pined up. “Well,
we could sit around for a while
and smoke cigarettes and gossip!”
SCHOOL BURNS
Gallatin, Tenn. — Set off by
lightning during a brief storm, a
1600,000 fire swept through the
main section of the Gallatin High
School—just a few days before
the school was scheduled to open.
K recently completed addition,
•osting $137,000, was not destroy
'd but was badly damaged by
eater.
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REVIEWS
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Charles F. Kettering, retired in
ventor:
“The next half century offers
opportunities that never existed
before.”
Robert Schuman, French Foreign
Minister:
“It is extremely difficult to
speculate on what the Russian
delegates will do.”
Ralph B. Nesbitt, Presbyterian
preacher:
“There is no doubt that there
has been a slackening of the
moral fiber of the American peo
ple.”
Nichollas Hobbs, psychologist:
“The science of psychology puts
into the hands, of psychologists
instruments and techniques of
tremendous social power.”
Ray D. Spencer, former head of
bomb-shelter program:
“Military experts have esti
mated that seventy per cent of
attacking planes, in large-scale
raids, will get through our
screens.”
Daniel A. Reed, Member of Con
gress from New York:
“It is currently estimated that
thirty per cent of the taxpayer’s
dollar is going into Federal, state
and local taxes.”
Francis T. Murray, director of
athletics, University of Penn
sylvania:
“Sports are a normal, useful
and human part of civilization.”
Earl James McGrath, Federal
Educatidn commissioner:
“You cannot put a generation
into educational cold storage and
then later put them into an edu
cational hot-house.”
William O. Douglas, Justice, U. S.
Supreme Court:
“Recognition (of Communist
China) will require straight-for
ward and courageous thinking by
all Americans, but it is the only
logical course.”
Report, Senate Crime Investigat
ing Committee:
“The public now knows that
the tentacles of organized crime
reach into virtually every com
munity throughout the country.
Eric Johnston, head of Economic
Stabilization Agency:
“I don’t have to jump off the
Washington Monument in order
to tell you that the fall would
be fatal.”
BIBLE VERSETO STUDY
“For as I passed by, and beheld
your devotions, I found an altar
with this inscription. To The Un
known God, whom therefore ye
ignorantly worship, him declare I
unto you.”
1. Who spoke these words?
2. Where are they found in the
Bible?
3. Where were they spoken?
4. Was the speaker a Jew or
Gentile?
(Continued On Page 8)
t. Where is the “African Ni
agara” located?
2. Who is King of Norway ?
S. Who wrote, “True worth is
in being, not seeming , . . ?**
4. When was the Treaty of Rio
de Janeiro signed?
5. What husband and wife hare
entered politics together?
•- Where i a the Housatonie
river?
7. Which is the largest bay on
the U. 8. eastern coast?
8: The Premier of Japan is at
tending the San Francisco con
vention. What is his name?
9. Who is the new Secretary of
the Navy? 1
10. Who was Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey’s runningmate in the 1948
Republican Presidential cam- 1
paign?
(Continued On Page 8)
General price rise expected in
wake of freight-rate increase.
Farm income might equal
l»47*e record of 817300,000,000. ,
WISE m OTHERWISE"]
' Naturally
We’d be a little more inclined
;o accept his statistics if the sta
tistician could produce 2.63 per
sons.—Buffalo News.
Nothing?
Nothing opens a person’s eyes
quicker than falling blindly in
love.—The Jester.
Slogan?
Who will run in ’62? If Harry
tarries, Dwight might. — Decatur
Herald.
Chaotic Past
Do you remember, before any
one knew about flower arrange
ments, when you went to a pienic
someone always stuck a bunch of
flowers in a fruit jar and put it
in the center of the table?—El
dora Herald-Index.
Only Time
The only time a traffic light
shows green in both directions is
during the testimony of two driv
ers who have had a collision—The
Sentry.
_ ' i. ■
Revival
A move is afoot to revive the
Keystone Kops, who will be re
membered for jumping up into
the air three times before taking
out after the crook— a technique
imitated by Washington as it pre
pares to control a price.—Kansas
City Star.
“Pin Meney”
The words “pin money” origi
nated in the Fourteenth Century
when pins were so expensive that
manufacturers sold them in open
shops only two days a' year and
husbands provided money for this
luxury for their wives. — New
York Times.
International Observation
It took a lot of tail pulling by
the Russians for America to work
up its strong policy. Even the
most skeptical Russian might be
surprised at what changes would
come in the international acene
and in American temper if Rus
sia would cease to be fidgety
and woul4 s't still. — Manchester
(England)' Guardian.
BOLDEN GLEAMS
It is possible to go wrong in
many ways, but right in only one.
* . -few- —Aristotle.
* _ •
Extremity of right is wrong. ;
—John Clarke.
He that hath right, fears; he
that hath wrong, hopes. -
—John Ray.
We are not satisfied to be
right unless we can prove others
to be quite wrong.
—William Hazlitt.
There is always a right and
ufrong way, and the wrong way
always seems the more reason
able. —George Moore.
Right is the opposite of wrong;
and wrong consists in inflicting
injuries on other people.
—Robert Briffault.
BRIEFS: VERY BRIEF
$42,000,000,000 in reparations
already paid by Japan.
Scientists see man-made way
station to moon not far off.
Lower world consumption of
cotton foreseen for 1961-52.
Jess Larson to serve as chief
U. S. buyer of defense materials.
Pentagon in ferment over tacti
cal air arm.
European steel producers act to
increase ore supply.
r Record 33,000,000 enrollment
forecast for nation’s schools.
New cooling device increases
transformer’s output by 360 per
•ent.
New oil discoveries in Mexico
ifts country's known reserves.
General George C. Kennedy
inds long air career.
p- H. A. orders nation-wide
uts in field staffs.
Coal export* expected to set
xwtwar record this yemr.