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\ oldr Revord
Few men have ever made a greater record
in so short a time as has Frank P. Graham
during his few months in the United States
Senate But. instead of giv ing him deserved
credit for a noble and able record, the op
position would resort to smearing, false
hoods. warped truth and cheap politics in an
effort to defeat him and to tighten their hold
on the throats of the common masses.
Drew Pearson, the Washington columnist
who has fought for good government and
associated himself with the cause of the
common people of this country, had the fol
lowing to say about Frank Graham a few
weeks ago:
A modest little man who looks like a
small-town hardware merchant has com
pletely won the heart of a cynical Capitol
Hill in less than a year.
He is Frank P. Graham, former president
of the University of North Carolina, now
Senator from that state. Graham is as
friendly and disarming as a puppy, has a
lively twinkle in his dark eyes, and has
sparse gray hair that looks as though he’d
just come in from a windstorm.
When Dr. Graham was appointed to the
Senate last March, John Bricker, right-wing
Republican raised the clamor that the new
comer was a “radical.”
Senator Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri, a
conscientious conservative, asked his GOP
colleague, Wayne Morse, “What kind of a
fellow is Graham? You served with him on
the War Labor Board."
To the deeply religious Donnel, Sen. Morse
replied, "Forrest, I have often said you were
the most Christian man I know. Frank Gra
ham is the most Christlike man I know.”
Months later, Donnell remarked to Morse:
“Remember what you said about Frank
Graham being the most Christlike man you
know0 Well I share your opinion.”
Whenever Sen. Graham rises from a Sen
ate desk that almost swallows him— h. is the
shortest man on the floor Senators come
back from the cloakroonrns to lisn a. This is
a tribute few men in Senate history have
won. Frank Graham is not an orator, in the
manner of dramatic Arthur Vandenberg. He
speaks in a soft drawl, but he is able to put
in simple words the great problems of the
day, and point the way clearly to their !
answers.
After his Senate speech on the Atlantic
Pact. Republican Sen. Charles Tobey, him
self a vivid phrase-maker, remarked in awe: j
“Frank Graham’s speech was the greatest i
1 have ever heard in the Senate The Sena
tor has given us a pattern, not for my party,
or his party, but a pattern for America. 1
cup, .mend his stall* fui having given him to ;
m a Senator.’’' —.- — . ■
After another Graham talk, Senator Van
denberg said thoughtfully, "1 was profound
ly impressed by his grasp of the subject.”
Despite the praise showered on him. Frank
Graham is still a modest, unassuming man
with a great affection for people He will
spot a friend, a Senator, an elevator boy
working his way thorugh college, or a re
porter, and trot up to him. "Hey, there," he
will say, “got something to talk to you
about.”
Sen. Graham is one of the most conscienti
ous men in Washington, and a story is told
of how President Roosevelt exploited this.
Dr. Graham s university trustees had asked
him to resign from the War Labor Board
and give all his time to the university. Gra
ham stayed up all night writing and rewrit
ing his letter of resignation to the President,
When he arrived at the White House, Mr.
Roosevelt, who had lfeen tipped off, got in
the first word. He said. “Frank, what would
you think of a man who deserts his nation in
time of war? I have a businessman here
who wants to resign from the War Produc
tion Board and go back to his company. ’
Later, when Dr Graham returned to his
hotel, a friend asked. “Well, did you resign?''
Meekly. Graham drew from his pocket the
rumpled hut still unopened letter of resigna
tion.
ISo Socialized Medicine Advocates
In Greenville
After reading an editorial in a Green
ville. South Carolina, paper, one is almost
dead certain there are no socialized medicine
advocates in that town. Why? Well, the
following editorial, written as a tribute to
the nwniors of Dr. Fletcher Jordan, tells
whv:
He Went About Doing Good
Thoughts that lie too deep for tears are in
the minds of Greenville friends this after
noon as they prepare to cradle into the earth
of his beloved city all that is mortal of Dr.
Fletcher Jordan.
They are humble in the contemplation of
his years of devotion to others and of the un
selfish way in which, seeking to preserve
the health and lives of his people, he had
laid down his own.
Few persons at any time anywhere have
been as beloved of so many men and women
and children as he, an affection that was
mutual. The great outpouring of gratitude
that attended the patients’ party in his honor
four years ago betokened it.
In every respect he measured up to the
finest traditions of that blessed American
institution, the family doctor. More than
3,500 babies were delivered by him, and
around the clock literally he ministered to
the sick. Each received the best that was
in him. Was the patient too poor to pay?
No matter; Dr, Jordan never asked. Was
the hour 4 o’clock of a bitter wintry morning
when the doctor himself was ill from the fa
tigue of a 20-hour grind? It made no differ
ence; if the patient really needed him, he
would come—and quickly.
It was his life, his love, his own individual
interpretation from his strong mind and his
deeply spiritual nature of what constituted
his duty to mankind. And in his view it
was simple: there was work to be done; he
felt fortunate that some of it fell to his lot.
Through it all he was gentle and kind and
patient, rarely hurried, always eager for a
cheerful word with his cherished family
and friends. He never lost a priceless sense
of humor. He had lived three score years
and ten, all too short for a life of such use
fulness, but always young was the age of
his heart.
In beautiful Christ Church cemetery as
the shadows lengthen this afternoon Green
ville says goodbye to a good man and a good
friend—a fortunate Greenville whose gen
erations to come will be the better because
Fletcher Jordan passed this way.
i'urrimt l)uy IIoIiIh Idru/i/ngr
Every now and then, if not more frequent
ly, a disgruntled Republican or some antag
onistic reactionary reminds us that today’s
dollar isn’t worth but about half as much as
the dollar was worth back yonder. They
point out that taxes are mighty high.
It is well remembered that back yonder a
dollar was three times as hard to run down
as it is now, that it was harder to pay $1 in
taxes than it is to pay $5 now.
The old grumblers also forget that with
out cheap dollars now, the nation would be
choked by depression’s iron grip. They also
forget that by taking out of circulation all
the money released by this or that agency,
depression would strike with pounding force
almost overnight.
The old grumblers may claim they are
patriotic and maintain they are shouting for
the good of the country. There is good reas
on to believe they are shouting contemptible
falsehoods, that they have some selfish mo
tive down deep in their greedy hearts.
Stuiulittm Vacuum
Addressing a meeting of "young Democrats’
in Greenville a few days ago, Vice President
Alben Barkley reviewed briefly the history
of the Democratic Party, declaring that it
had served all the people well down through
the years. He cited all the accomplishments,
pointing out that the Rural Free Delivery
mail service was inaugurated by the Demo
crats, and that some opposed it because they
said it was socialistic.
Paying his respects to the opposition par
ty, the Vice President quoted Teddy Roose
velt who said that if this country ever went
socialistic, it would be because of the Repub
lican Party
Mr. Barkley, while pointing out that the
national debt is large, did not see any great
danger, because the income is above two bil
lion dollars and the savings are in excess of
one hundred billion. “Any nation that has
an income like that and with that much in
savings is not bankrupt," he declared.
He also said that big business ran to Wash
ington urging action be taken to get it back
on its feet, that as soon as big business re
covered it would deny little business and the
masses the same consideration.
Interesting Bits Gf
i Business in U. S.
The total count of America’s
motor vehicles has soared to 43,
000,000 Before the war the numb
er was only 30,000,000. More than
530,000 cars are owned by "feder
al, state and local government
agencies, not counting the rr'li
tary Biggest owner among federal
agencies is the Agriculture De
partment, with 20,280 vehicles.
S U. S industry, surprisingly,
j is providing leading medical in
si 11 .it ions with the answers to
| many disease problems" A survey
j shows that electronic and other
j instruments originally intended
! for measuring and controlling tex
tiles, petroleum, and other in
dustrial processes are now being
used successfully in diagnosis
land in finding advanced know
ledge of heart, respiratory, cancer,
and other diseases, and in measur
ing the efficacy of treatments of
them. Much of the trend is due to
the increased sensitivity of the
new instruments.
The construction industry came
through the winter with the
“most spectacular” home build
ing record in history, according
to Ewan Clague, head of the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics, in both
January and February 80.000
new dwellings were started Last
year’s figure for each of these
months was only 50.000. The hous
i ing shortage won’t be over this
year, though, says Clague It will
take more than a million homes
a year "for several years" to do
the job... Television production
is climbing fast as more consum
ers everyday get bitten bv the TV
bug. February output topped Jan
uary’s peak by nearly 10 per cent.
Phony product claims, bad food,
and “cure-all" drugs that won’t
cure are keeping Food and Drug
Administration sleuths hopping.
In the fiscal year ended in June
they cracked down on 1,972 il
legal products and prosecuted
341 cases against 341 individuals
or companies. Number of verdicts
won: 341.
Installment buyers are helping
to speed up auto sales. Time-buy
ing has jumped over 20 per cent
since last year. Used car prices,
meanwhile, have stopped drop
ping. A spring buying spree has
suddenly boomed sales, bounced
prices 10 per cent above 1949
marks ... Auto prices aren't
the only ones climbing back up i
again: metals, gasoline, building
materials, and several other lines !
have ulso reported price boosts
As might be expected, the recent
record-cracking activity in home
building is proving a boon to fur
niture, appliance, television and
other household-supply dealers.
It's also hei'n a strong employ
ment prop m these fields, accord
ing to the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistiees.
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Hushpuppies, now a favorite
hot bread in North Carolina, are
a development of a eommeal cake
fried in fish fat to be fed to hunt
ing dogs when they howled.
Hence the name.
Potato yields in 1949 were the
second highest in history.
Things To Watch
For In the Future
A pump-action grass-seed gun
keeps you from "scattering your
shot," insures uniform planting
of that spring lawn. It also works
with incecticide and fertilizer. . .
. . This summer’s beach beau
ties may be wearing a new type
i of “glamour goggle:” glare-ad
justable sun glasses with a set of
rotating Polaroid lenses. Just
! twist a tab to get any degree of
brightness from dusk-like to high
noonish .... A newly marketed
quilted plastic apron i? made m
"carpenter style, with capacious
'pockets just below waist level.
|Adjustable shoulder straps make
it fit any housewife, fat or thm.
in n mil May Day llim ml u />
H ill lla ili-1,1 On May 12
Martin County Negro 4-H clubs
will hold their annual May round
up on Friday of this week in the
Robersonvilie school.
Crowning of the queen and king
for “Miss” and "Mr Martin Coun
ty 4-H Member” on the stoop of
the main building will be follow
ed by a parade with club mem
bers from each club escorting the
king and queen. The Williams
ton Colored High School Band is
expected to furnish the music.
The parade will begin at one o’
clock. Back at the school, the
girls' dress revue and elimination
in the boys’ and girls’ team dem
onstration will be had.
The home agent will accept j
votes until 11:00 a. m. Friday, |
May 12.
Stubborn
Teacher: Haven’t you finished
washing that black-board? You’ve
been working on it for an hour.
Pupil: 1 know, but the more
I wash it, the blacker it gets.
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