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THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL AND DIXIE FARM NEWS ESTABLISHED MAY 12.10J1 __ Published each week, on Thursday, at 118 East Sixth Street, Charlotte, North Carolina. _ H. A. STALLS. Editor and Publisher Entered as second-class mail matter September 11. 1931, at the post office at Charlotte, North Carolina, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Endorsed by Charlotte Typographical Union No. 338. an affiliate of Charlotte Central Labor Union and the North Carolina Federation of Labor.. Oldest continuously published Labor Publication in the two Carolines. __ _ The Charlotte Labor Journal welcomes Open Forum opinions and other correspondence, but reserves the right to edit and/or reject libelous reading matter and questionable advertising. Address All Communications to THE CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL P. O. Box 1061 Charlotte, N. C. or Telephone 5-7060 Subscription price $2.00 per year. Advertising rates made known upon application. Special rates on legal notices. Careful attention given same._ EXPANDING AIR FORCE AND NAVAL AVIATION The Joint Chiefs of Staff have agreed upon an expansion of the Air Force from 87 to about 140 groups. The latter is an approximation because, for security rea sons, the exact number of groups has not been released. A group, or wing, ranges from 30 heavy bombers to 75 lighters, including aircraft and air crews, plus extra personnel and equipment for support and maintenance. Recently, Congress added $5,000,000,000 to the 1952 fiscal year military appropria tion. Of this amount, $3,150,000,000 will be earmarked for the Air Force. The re mainder will go to the Navy for expansion of naval aviation. Significantly much of the expansion will be for tactical support, which means work in connection with the ground forces. This information, coming immediately upon the heels of the announcement that the Russians have exploded another atomic bomb, indicates that atomic weapons, for use in connection with military operations on land, have been developed or are about to become available. It also highlights the emphasis that is being put upon tactical support for ground troops on the basis of the operations in Korea. “CONFORMITY THROUGH FEAR” Paul G. Hoffman, former E. C. A. Admin istrator and now president of the Ford Foundation, hits a lick for free speech, warning that the nation’s fight against Com munism is being weakened by the use of methods which tend to make criticism “so cially dangerous” and sometimes force “conformity through fear.” Mr. Hoffman says that because “some of our people—often good people”—are ready to pillory anyone who presents an unpopular view or supports an unpopular cause, there are “too many of our fellow citizens” afraid to speak out. He asserts that in too many eases, decisions “often in high places” have been influenced by fear. Elaborating his theme, Mr. Hoffman says that school teachers, government clerks and officials and “even business men can be frightened out of their rights” under the first amendment as effectively as if it was repealed. He says that if we want to main tain a fre* society, we must insist that within the law of libel and slander” that un limited right to criticize must be maintained and that this right is without meaning “un less it extends to the thoughts with which we disagree.” CENTRAL MEASURES NEEDED NOW Some idea of the economic repercussion that will be experienced in this country as a result of our $100,000,000 defense pro tram can be gathered when one recalls the statement of Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson that only $14,000,000,000 worth of military goods have been delivered to the armed forces since the Korean war started. Obviously, what has already hit our econ omy is as nothing compared with what will hit it in the future. Consequently, one can safely assume that the inflationary forces will increase and unless drastic measures are taken, the country’s economic system will be in grave danger. The Labor Journal does not see the neces sity of waiting until inflation hits us with full force to enact the necessary control measures to temper the force of the econom ic hurricane. Consequently, this news paper supports the efforts of the Admin istration to secure adequate controls which tend to act as brakes on the forward mo mentum of our entire economy. A-BOMB USE JUSTIFIED The use of the atomic bomb, with its whole sale destruction of persons and property, has, from time to time, called forth the usual crop of complaints from the custodi ans of the human conscience. Nevertheless, in the development of mod ern warfare, it is obvious that the indus trial machine of a nation represents a prime target and that destruction of the means of production is a legitimate military objec tive. While the atomic bomb may kill and de stroy on a wholesale basis, rather than on the retail level, there is not much differ ence between the destruction of a city and $ts people by one bomb and a similar result achieved by one thousand bombs delivered in one hundred raids. TRUMAN ADDRESSES THE BAPTISTS President Harry Truman’s Winston-Salem address Monday was warmly received by most North Carolinians. He not only re vealed his proficiency with spade work when he broke dirt which set in motion a tremendous building program for Wake For est, but he showed that he had dug back more than a hundred years into North Caro lina’s history and found about 29 of North Carolina's 1833 legislators possessed with a fear which caused them to vote against au thorizing a modern college for that day. The record showed that 29 legislators voted for the college and 29 against, the tie being broken by the then Governor of the State. He chided those who w’ould be possessed with fear these days in meeting and solving domestic and foreign problems. The Jour nal believes the Monday address was one of President Truman’s greatest. TAFT ANNOUNCES FOR PRESIDENCY Senator Taft this week issued three statements to the press, the first announce ment saying that he had made up his mind to seek the presidency, the second statement explaining why he had reached chat decision, and the third outlining how he will conduct his campaign. In the lat ter statement Mr. Taft states that he will not indulge in mudslinging, which strikes The Jabor Journal as being somewhat of a “catchy” statement. Who of us has ever heard of a political campaign, especially at this high level, being conducted without the throwing of a little mud, be it either clean or dirty? Most Americans like their cam paigns that way. Regardless of Taft’s “laudable” aim, The Charlotte Labor Journal believes there will be plenty of mud slinging before the cam paign is over. If Taft refrains from in dulging in this “good old American prac tice” The Journal predicts that he will be found trailing when the contest ends. Incidentally, the announcement this week makes the third time Senator Taft has sought the Republican nomination. He made an unsuccessful bid for his party’s presidential nomination in 1910 when Wen dell Willkie received the nomination, and again in 1948 when Thomas E. Dewey was named the Republican candidate for the second time. William Green, American Federation of Labor president, speaking in Chicago Mon day night, predicted that if Taft is nomi nated he will “go down in defeat.” It may not be so easy, but the working people of the nation, both AFL and CIO, as Is well known, will “let their hair down” to defeat this “big wig” of the Republican party, be cause of his co-authorship of the Taft Hartley act. Other “big wigs” flying the same reactionary flag, and who have voted against the American Worker by support ing legislation detrimental to the working masses and also against price controls, are slated for the same treatment as is Mr. Taft. It is inconceivable that the Republican party will nominate a man for president, such as Taft, a man who has incurred the ill-will of millions of Americans during his Senatorial career. A MODERN PARABLE Of all the inventions known to man, the most important one so far is the wheel. Wheels of transportation, wheels of indus try, and wheels of government have car ried man forward swiftly since those remote days when first a wheel was invented. Not even an airplane can get along without wheels of some sort. They are so import ant that in ooe of the most remarkable ex periences recorded in the Bible, Ezekiel saw the wheels within wheels which represented to him the orderly workings of God. And the worth of the wheel can be ap plied to one of our later day inventions . .. the United Red Feather Campaign, which is the hub of a huge wheel of needful services that reach ,out into all parts of our country with skill and service to chidlren, families, the sick and the aged. The hub of our wheel of service also helps to operate a larger wheel of national services for civilians dis located by defense emergencies. Through USO, our youthful military men and women feel that radiation of good will from home reaching out across our native land and across the seas to their distant posts. And this wheel of service carries our heartfelt sympathies in the form of cloth ing and warm blankets to homeless, desti tute Koreans. The hub of the whole matter is in our hands. The progressive, Oi daily wheel of service can turn as we help to turn it for the good of all. Give generously through Charlotte and Mecklenburg’s 1951 Red Feather Campaign, which got underway Tuesday. U. S. NAVY IN MEDITERRANEAN Not generally known In the United States is the fact that the U. S. Sixth Fleet, now operating in. the Mediterranean, consists of 70 warships and represents the most power ful operating unit that has ever sailed un der the American flag in time of peace. The fleet which protects the southern flank of the free nations of Europe is head ed bv the 45.000.000-ton aircraft carrier. Coral Sea, which is one of the world’s larg est ships. It will work in conjunction with British and French naval units, and in the event of an emergency, provide defense forces of Western Europe with the same type of air cover and shore bombardment as that given our troops in Korea by the Seventh Fleet. "Oh, Sue, he's a doll! He's tall and he's cute, and his father gives just heaps to the Coinnunity Chest." Hugo Sims Says: TAKE THE RISK AND THE PROFIT The pressure of increasing de mands on oil and gas deposits compels inquiry as to new sources and new methods to assure an adequate supply for the entire country. One of the probable sources is the manufacture of liquid fuels from coal and shale. One large company has announced plans to construct a $400,000,000 plant to work on coal but, before doing so, wants governmental assistance in the form of a guaranteed min imum price for the gasoline, chemicals and other products. Talk about a shale oil plant cen ters around Colorado^ where vast deposits have been established. l?%der a system Of private ini tiative and free enterprise, one would expect the capitalists to make the investment in connec tion with developing a profitable plant. Nevertheless, this is not exactly the case. Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman wants authority to aid industry in establishing the initial plants, one to use coal and the other shale. It is explained that the proposal .would merely extend to the synthetic liquid fuels industry the same type of assistance that has been provided for the construction of new plants for the manufacture of aluminum, copper and various metals. We think it is smart for the government to assist in the de velopment of these vital indus tries. However, we do not think that the government should take all the risk and when the project becomes profitable, turn it over to the advocates of private enter prise. If the government takes the risk, the government should also take the profit. • • • “ECONOMY” NOT ENOUGH The Council of State Chambers of Commerce insists that the tax increase that is coming when Con gress finishes work on the pend ing measure represents a price that we are to pay “for failure— or refusal” of our government to tighten its belt as it has urged the people to do. This statement represents some thing of a partial truth. It is calculated to create dissatisfac tion among the people of this country. Obviously, there is place for economy in the administration of our governments, both state and federal, but no economy could equal the full cost of our present rearmament program. There is another line of thought, in connection with the increased taxes that we must pay, which suggests that passage of legislation, providing effective and efficient controls of salaries, wages and prices, together with effective legislation to prevent excess prof its out of emergency spending, would do much to reduce the coat of rearmament to the country. While we have no objection to profits from normal business op erations, we do not believe in the making of excessive profits out of war, or preparation for war. When the service men of this country are called upon to give their lives in defense of the Unit ed States, including its economy, we think some steps should be taken to eliminate profit, as far as po&ible, from war orders. • • • CO-OPERATION TAX LOOP HOLES Robert S. Allen, prominent newspaper columnist, reports that the loophole in the tax hill passed by the Senate, sponsored by Sen p It's a BIGGER Red Feather This Year! ators Walter George, of Georgia, and Harry F. Byrd, of Virginia, exempts corporations established after January 1, 1946, from the excess profits tax on their first $400,000 of net profits. More over, reports Mr. Allen, during the next two years, these corpora tions would pay only five per cent, instead of.the seventeen per cent rate imposed on other corpora tions. Mr. Allen calls attention to the fact that some of the biggest cor porations in the country, which have organized subsidiary corpora tions since 1946, will be able to do a gross business as high as $5,000,000 a year, without pay ing a single cent in taxes under the provision sponsored by the two Southern Senators. This is amazing, if true. It seems that the Senators, both known as “economy advocates,” are taking the positions that would be expected to gain support for them among those who benefit from their amendments. Despite this fact, it is interesting to no tice that there is quite a bit of talk about the advisability of us ing Senator Byrd, of Virginia, as ' a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination next ve*r I I - When you see a Union Shop Card you know the Arm which displays it pays Union wages and observes Union working condi tions. , Non-Union firms do not display the Shop Card. Look for it! BIBLE VERSE TO STUDY “Whoso sheddeth nun's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man." 1. Where is this verse recorded? 2. Who spoke these words? 3. Unto whom were they ad dressed ? 4. When were they spoken? (Answers On Pago 4) RED FEATHER CAMPAIGN IN NEED OF SOLICITORS Mecklenburg’s Red Feather Campaign for over 21 Red Feather services needs you as a volunteer solicitor in this Fairs big drive for funds, which begins October It. Yoor United Red Feather drive is a part of one great national effort to support mere than 15.00® local health, recre ation and welfare services. New inclusions this year are the reactivated U80 and oth er voluntary health and wel fare services which are now needed because of the defease effort. A great many volunteers are needed to do the Job Volun teer yoor time now to your RED FEATHER CAMPAIGN in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. VIEWS im3i deviews W^T TMtYMf WW WlfOlWIW Herbert Morrison, British For eign Secretary: “We shall not try to impose our conception of one world on anyone by force.” * ♦ • Paul G. Hoffman, president of Ford Foundation: “The danger of Communist penetration and dis ruption has been compounded by the spread of panic.” • # • Clement R. Attlee, British Prime Minister: •“We shall be with those who are with; us and against those who are against us.” • • • Millard F. Caldwell, Civil De fense Administrator: “We are going on the theory that if we are hit by Russians, we will bo hit by atomic bombs.” • # • Lawrence M. Watson, Major, U. S. Air Force: “We’ve got to conserve our Thunderjets so that J in case of war, we won’t be j caught short.” • • • Alben W. Barkley, Vice Presi dent: “Neither political party in this country possesses a monop oly on virtue, personal or collec tive.” • * • Buell G. Gallagher, Assistant Commissioner of Education: “To study about Communism is not the same thing as to be indoctri nated in it.” • * • Gordon Dean, chairman, Atomic Energy Commission: “I think in the next decade, you will probably have a plane in the air, the pow er for which comes from a re actor.” • • • Charles E. Wilson. Defense Mobilizer: “Failure to employ persons simply because of phy sical defects is a waste this na tion cannot afford.” • • • William H. Ruffin, President, National Association of Manufac turers: “Industry has learned that it is good business to em ploy physically handicapped and older workers.” * • • Henry M. Jackson, Member of Congress, from Washington: “For tunately, we have a commanding lead over the Soviet in the atomic arms race.” WISE AND OTHERWISE Maybe! Scientific item says the giant tortoise of the Galapagos are so deaf they show no reaction to a gun fired at close range. Some what like isolationists.—Arkansas Gazette. • • • Then What? He always called a spade a spade until he hit his foot with one the other day.—Golden Gates. • * • Pride, At Least In what other country, if we may ask, is the “Supreme Master de Luxe” the smallest and cheap est car in the line?—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Real Problem To buy a car is just a lark Compared with finding Where to park. —San Francisco Chronicle. • • • Help Needed These baffled characters now in charge of Iran—have they thought of writing their government de partments for a 10-cent pamphlet on how to run an oil refinery ?— Fort Worth Star-Telegram. • • • Dilemma Americans have more time-sav ing devices and less time than any other people in the world.— W. O. W. Magazine. • • • Different Webster’s tnay have its own definition, but “interference” means but one thing to today's younger set—poor TV reception. —Christian Science Monitor. • • • Definition Committee: A group that keeps minutes but wastes hours. Firmness: An admirable qual ity in ourselves and pure stub bornness in other people. Hobby: Something you go goofy over to keep from going nuts over things in general. Infant prodigy: Small child with highly imaginative parents.—! A. M. A. Journal. , WIU. YOU SMI I School Boy Dcftwiition Volcano: A high mountain that keeps interrupting. • • • Improving “You must think I’m a perfect idiot." “Well, perhaps not perfect; but you are doing quite well.” • * • He Knows Jigga: ‘‘Many a man has a tal ent for conversation which he has had no opportunity of turning to account!" Jinks: “Un-er-yes; I am mar ried myself.” • • • She Was Smart “I suppose you asked every fifth man about his income?” inquired the first enumerator. “Every fifth man?” countered the other enumerator, the ambi tious type of -single working girl. “No, I changed the rules slightly; I only asked the bachelors and widowers.” w * • No Value Employer: “Have you any ref erences?” Applicant: “No, sir, I tore them up.” Employer: “That was a foolish thing to do.” Applicant: “You wouldn’t think so if you had read them.” • • • For Other Ears "Mother, what is a trousseau?” inquired a six-year-old. The moth er looked across the room at her husband, who was hiding behind a paper, and said: “A trousseau is the clothes the bride wears for six or seven years after she is married.” * • - • , Probably Worth It A fellow who lived in an isolat ed region went to the city for the first time and returned wearing a ring containing a huge stone. The jewelry dazzled the village belles and excited the envy of the other men. one of whom finally asked if it was a real diamond. “Wa’al, if it ain’t, replied the wearer, “I’ve shore been skunnt out of four bits!” » * * Dual Capacity The chief constable of a small English town was also a veterin ary surgeon. One night the tele phone bell rang. The chief con stable’s wife answered it. “Is Mr. Blank there?” said an agitated voice. “Do you want my husband in his capacity of veterinary surgeon or as chief constable?” inquired the woman rather pompously. “Both, madam,” carfie the re ply. “We can’t get our bulldog to open his mouth, and—there’s a burglar in it.” | GOLDEN GLEAMS | A good general need not only see the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.—Poly bius. • • • Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.—Horace. • • Soldiers only make risings and riots; they are generals and col onels who make rebellions.—Hor ace Walpole. • • V Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.—Na poleon. • •' * The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the fore head who are of stuff to make good generals.—Thomas Jefferson. • • • Generals always die in bed.— British Saying. t 1. What is the world’s lowest point? 2. Where is the world’s largest leper colony? 3. What is the world’s area in square miles? 4. What is a stalactite? 5. What is a stalagmite? 6. What is an astrolabe? ^ WThat types of drugs are caf feine, alcohol, nicotine and mor phine? 8. W'hat causes oil from oil wells to flow upward? 9. What is the lowest point in North America? 10. What is the meaning of th« Latin term, “Tempos fugit?" (See r On rage 4)
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