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Congressman Frank Buchanan, Democrat
of Pennsylvania who heads the House Lobby !
'Investigating Committee, has been attacked
front coast to coast by the economic royal
ists. He and his committee are charged with
being against “tree speech”. W. C. Mullen
dore. president of the Southern California
Edison Company, wrote in. charging the
committee with destroying “free speech”.
Buchanan wrote a reply:
“The committee asks only that he (Mullen
dore) stand up and be counted, that lie iden
tify himself and his act ivities to those whoso
/ thinking he seeks to mold.
“He or anyone else has a perfect rigid to
lobby as he si cs fit. but sound police calls
.for full disclosure of what lie is up to, and
from whom he derives support
That doesn't sound like any one's free
speech is being threatened. To loll the t rut h.
lo us it seems fail enough.
Ilvollhy Or I;s If ('let'll?
Just wind's behind the bankers’ demand
for a $(>8,(KM),000.000 rebate from the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation is no! quite
clear. *
Is the country in such a healthy financial
condition that no big amount of insurance i
is needed to project $0,01)0 bank deposits’1
Or is it greed'.’
Ivor Off Its Mask
The Readers Digest apparently is hiding
behind a mask, cunningly fitted to cover its
alleged underhanded acts
Reportedly created to “digest" stories,
books, etc., the widely circulated Digest
allegedly “planted" stories of its own and
then “digested” them for an unsuspecting
public.
A debate in the National House of Rep
resentatives a slmrl tirm ag- brought out
some of*the journalistic trickery charged
against the Digest Just before that the
Chattanooga Times “calk'd attention to a |
misquotation b\ the digest of a ink re
view from the New York Times of John '1'
Flynn’s volume. The magazine had said the
Times called Flynn’s book one of the two j
most important of the year; actualh the i
comment was that it was important as show
ing the endemic hysteria now prevalent”).
In the August issue, the Digest picks up a
story, “What Docs CVA Mean To You’”’
According to the Digest the author of the
original story, called Dr. Paul J Raver a
socialist. The author, Leslie A Miller, denies
he ever made such a charge. On the floor
of the House, Representative Jackson said
that the Reader’s Digest admitted writing
the phrase into the article
The digest has a tremendous circulation
and possibly great influence. If it is stoop
ing to such tactics as are charged in the Na
tional House of Representatives it would
do well to take off its mask, bare its Repub
lieanism and admit that it seeks to influence
by hook or crook.
Sum niur\
By T. R. IN NEW REPUBLIC
Summary of three years of Truman’s eco
nomic reports to Congress—-he told Congress
if it killed the OPA prices would soar: it
did and they did; he told Congress if it cut
taxes the deficit would return; it did and
it did; he told Congress that it it ignored
sicei expansion the next ejnerg.-nm would
bring shortages: it did and it did.
Both parties have now fitted Korea nicely
into politics. The GOP has definitely adopt
ed a two-point election slogan: He Took Us
Into War, and, He Didn’t Prepare Us For It;
Democratic strategy emphasizes GOP votes
against the Korean aid bill. It’s the ancient,
time-honored game of blame-shifting; act
ually neither side knew what was wimino
II tin's Getting It?
Farm commodity prices have advanced in
recent weeks, but unfortunately the farmer
had few crops to sell during that period. It
seems strange hut farm prices have a ten
dency to go up when the community has
long since left the producer's hands, and to
go down when the producer gets ready to
sell, with some few exceptions of course.
Farmers in tins section had hogs for sale
in fairly large minder:; when prices hovered
at low levels. Since prices increased, farmers
have had comparatively few hogs' to sell in
I I Ills sent ion.
Tin retailer saypile. , to him have been
| advanced. If the farmer isn’t getting it, then
who js?
Through July farm income this year
was seven percent below that of last year,
hut prices have increased seventeen percent
or more.
Tobacco is selling high, according to re
ports from the markets south of here, but
production costs this year were among the
highest on record, meaning that the farmer
is making little or more than he did a year
ago.
I.nhor—7 he I irsl l ine of Defense
Bv Ruth Taylor
No nation has ever fallen prey to a dic
tator, whether of the left or of the right,
when the workers, whether of brain or
brawn, were strong, secure and free. This
was true in ancient Greece, in the days of
the Roman Empire. It was true when com
munism swept over Russia, when Hitler
and ins Nazis destroyed the German labor
movement before they struck at Europe. It
is true today.
The first line of defense for America is
not the men who are trained for actual war
fare It is the men behind them - the men
who arm the fighters, who can make Ameri
ca so strong that any aggressor will shiver
before its might.
The Communists tried to bore from with
in Ihn ranks ol labor because they knew
tin But the labor movement throw them
out. The Soviet papers suet r at American
labor, holding to the lie that regimented
democracy but undertake' the obligations ol
workeis and law labor tan uu inure than
free men. Their masters will find this a
costly fallacy.
But this in .t line of defense needs arms
of Us own as surelv as do the fighters need
I he equ ipment t hew produce.
- irsl they nee I the armament ol know
ledge a knowleo what subversive ideas
and per v* rted irk ai have done to the work
ers in the lands behind the Iron Curtain.
Second they need the armament of in
telligent self-government. They must not
only avail themselves of the priviledge of
citizenship. They musl take an active part
in the choice ol their leaders - and see to it
that they are men ctpupped with the know
ledge', vision and integrity for their job,
whether it be national, state1 or local goveTii
ment or in the verv unions themselves.
Third then need the' armament of eo
operatiem. Cooperation .with their fellow
workers, with then unions, with their e m
ple.y.'fs, with Ihe'ir corn r. i unit v. with the if
gove'rnme'ul. Coope'iation is not a erne man
job, li lake's at lee I two to make il work -
but il begins with the individual.
Eonrth - then iee-e-eI the armami'iit of
thought that then- may not be'deel into false'
paths by the' crie's of elemagogues. Propagan
da is a penve'i'ful weapon and anti-labor
preepaganela is vnn lully femu-nted by those'
who weiule 1 ele stroy tins first line' of defense.
Aleel lastly 11 ley lire'll the' armament eif
purpose lake- all oilier lire men they work
lor the'ir In line': and llioir families aiiel
they will give their all to kee'p llie'in safe
and secure'. They know hy experience that
starvation or injustice anywhere1 is a threat
to those they hole! dear. It is because they
know the brotherhood ol work that they
will always com* t*1 the1 rescue' ot those' who
> y; ■ V’,now fee iKwtwiWDC »»
(lemocrae'y anil its price'. It is he'e'ause- of
this they are America's first bulwark of
doft'nse\
Minin' linn'll lie if mill
A pretly l>'iHx 1 reason was advanced the
ether day. supporting the opinion that the
Korean war still will not develop into a
world-wide conflict.
It was pointed out that all other countries
will hesitate to line up with any side or
fraction, realizing the ruin and havoc and
devastation that have followed for the Ko
reans. Certainly no country will want to
have its lands made into battlefields
11 ill ttiiO.iix i’iiijii I I i L t lit'
According to nowspapei financial pages,
speculators are reveling in "profit taking"
on the stock, grain and otlu r exchanges
Somehow, such “profit taking” doesn’t seem
just, i ifjlit while American boys are fighting
and dying in Korea. Why should some men
get rich without sweat, while othet men
«\veWrmd Weed and die to protect
/
MAY V/E HELP YOU
WITH YOUR PAVINGr
^PROBLEMS, MISS ?
ascot*
' ("j j ' "“yj'milfuixxl
filXTY SIGE
- he wants ter know,
El' you knows ther train will
kill yer, of il hits yer would you
11 \ I0 cross tlier tuu k by a sec
ond?
That burly burly town they
cal! Non York, Lister poke fun at
Philadelphy for bom slow and
poky a a back woods grave yard
half mile from tlier hi way. So
I hay calk! it Sleepy Ho! U r But 1
roads in tlier paper tuther day,
bout one them up and-go in fellers
I'rum that Maltha! n-1 le, drivin in
to Philadelphy, and limiting ther
fust red life be hit on entrin
town. And that was a trafie-eop
rite on hand to wave 'itn down.
And hi lent over arid says to that
Ilui ry-Hummer Peers lak you
don’t set* things that you air ser
I'osed to see 1: your eyes weak?
And ••liter feller ins Nope. And
ther cop says - Whay ail you
frimt, Bull? And liter feller
si i aited up, rat proud lack and
i.ys Ei uni Noo-Yoi k Pity, And
tlier mo says Oh, fruni dat place:
Well llsseu. Wise Guy, Oyer heah,
vve goes on Green And we alerts
on Amber And we STOPS on
Hod. I is a-goin to lone to ther
next lito eop that a Non-York
baby is on ther way to ’itn, and
likh to be noedin sum nussin, but
not outii a bottle with a rubber on
tlier end Now go see wh#t he
douse to yer. But w h11st Non
York moot be sendiu out sum iod
ide runners, thay hay got one law
that's ealkerlated to liminate one
ther most dangous deifth traps
1‘Nvi hync to > autei mobile And
that ,s El you eyei dr;yes up to
a curb stone, and sw ings yer let
hand door out into tralie-row,
Ibtirs a eop draps rat outn no
w liars, and takes you to his fold
berfore you kin retch yer foot to
(her pave ment,
Yassir d-barkin into trafie
row , is one thing them Mammons
Pont Low. And flints one law that
oi t to be a dopled by Philadelphy,
and Wa liington, I). P., and Wash
-Int.ticii, N ( , and Paet'olus. and
I on lown, and Parmele, and all
IItel Plussas,
Magnesium is being used in
eh etroplating to protect metal
: t tj;;«i n s 1 rorri >.sion.
Robert Walker Is
Star In Comedy
Whal happens w'nen the man in
the family dons a kitchen apron to
take over the duties of housekeep
er, shopper, cook, laundress and
“mother” i told to hilarious effect
in “The Skippei Surprised 11 i s
i Wife," which brings Robert Walk
or and Joan Leslie to the Watts
screen Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
When young Navy Captain Bill
Lattimer is given leave from his
destroyer for a special two-months
training course at San Diego. Ins
reunion with his very-mueh-in
love wife, Daphne, and their two
youngsters is punctuated by an
accident in which Daphne breaks
her ankle and is confined to an I
invalid's couch. Bill volunteers to |
take over the running of the
house. Moreover, hi will do it
the Navy way, methodically and
efficiently, with every household
chore planned, charted and work
ed out mathematically to the
minute It takes him some time
to learn that a home run exclu
sively by scientific methods can j
mean the loss of personal warmth |
and happiness. Before he has
learned this elementary fact, he '
loses the affection of his child
ron, his wife runs out on him and
he botches up a chance to win
himsi If a high salaried executive’s
job with an aircraft plant. It all
turns out happily in the end. how
ever, with Bill back in the Navy
where he belongs, and only to
willing to concede that running a
home is a woman’s job.
Robert Walker, whose role as
I he hapless Private Hargrove is
still a happy memory, is equally
at home in his Navy uniform of
the new comedy and makes the
i part of Bill Lattimer one of sheer
j delight Walker never misses a
I laugh, whether lie is hopelessly
entangling himself 111 a new-fan
gled mangier or pompously ad
.dressing a women’s club on time
saving devices in home manage
j mold As his adoring wife. Joan
Leslie is a- natural and disarming
as the new bride next door and
is admirably adopt in proving
that old-fashioned methods of
| raising children and running a
| house are often the best
F,dward Arnold is punctiliously
Navy’’ as the Admiral who de
| leaks Ins wife's plot to have him
j retire front active service, and
Men's Dress and
Work Shoes
For I.ess.
WILLARD S SIIOR SHOP
PRIDE
Thai's us ami that's you!
\\ r’l c proud of our loupp list
of Kilisfird depositors — and
our depositor* are proud of
the feeling of security they
dcri\e from a steadily pgroxv
ini' sax intis aerounl.
Guaranty Bank &
J Trust Company
| Spring Byington is the perfect
type as the amiable busy-body
who tries to run everyone’s af
fairs Other good portrayals are
offered by Leon Antes as the
pediatrician who first opens Lat
; timer's eyes to 1hc facts of horpe
life, Jan Sterling as the danger
ously attractive next-door neigh
bor. and Anthony Ross as her
husband who tries in vain to in
terest Bill in the fish business.
Mention should also be made of
little Tommy Myers, Rudy Lee
and Muscles," two of the most
endearing kids and a dog ever
seen on the screen.
Elliott Nugent directed "The
Skipper Surprised His Wife," and
from the laughter with which his
scenes and episodes mount up, he
must have had as much fun dirt-d
ing as audiences will have
watching this felicitous M (1-M
offering.
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Providing Baby
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Television may be helping the
music industry, but it isn’t doing
anything for the nation’s movie
makers. On the contrary To
counteract its influence, one en
terprising Florida op«ator has
come up with a scheme designed
to inveigle people with small chil
! dren back into the theater; a free
'baby-sitting service. While Mom
land Pop are enjoying the show,
j Junior is well cared for by a nurse
land baby-sitter in an adjoining
i nursery “parking lot.” Appropri
| ately enough, the room is deeorat
! ed with motion picture cartoon
■ comedy characters — Mickey
I Mouse. Bugs Bunny, etc.
The Mississippi river drains
five-twelfths of the United States.
Shipments Of
New Merchandise
Are Arriving Daily!
Yes, we are receiving constantly large ship
ments of fall furnishings in the very latest col
ors anil designs . . . bought on the recent
market before any price increase.
We ilo not encourage any one of onr pa
trons to buy items they ilo not need; however,
if yon are going to need anything in the furni
ture line in the near future, we feel that yon
can save by buying merchandise that we have
in stock and on order now. In any ease we in
vite yon in to inspect onr full line of house
hold furnishings.
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