Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1948 — Page 2

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Says Berlin Airlift Is Preventing War British Commander Cites Airlift Value Berlin. Oct 11 -(UP)— Dae off j the top British air coinnisnder. in Berlin credited the Anglo-American alrlHt today with having prevented war between the east and the went airlift today with haring prevented war between the east and the west I over the Soviet blockade The commander, air commodore K N Waite, said that no exact fi* urea were available on the cost of the lIV-day old airlift, but that II was the "beat investment ever! made.” "We don’t know what it coats and we couidn t care leas," Waite said "AH we know is that whatever It j coats. It is cheaper than another' war. And so far It has prevented that quite successfully Other authoritative American | and British sources agreed that the airlift is buying priceless time for the western powers during which they can continue the search for a settlement that will keep the cold war from erupting The best estimates available said that the airlift was costing about 11,000 for every plane landing in Berlin, or about Jgoo.oao dally. ——— Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

Why Joe Wants Your Union And why he wants all the 40 other unions at General Electric —and all unions everywhere MANY folk* must wonder why Communists who come under "The Communists in Western Europe and America must... penetrate public scrutiny most always seem to be prominent in labor into the unions, societies and casual meetings where the common people union activities. There are some clear reasons for this. gather, and talk to the people ... to rouse the thoughts of the masses and draw them into the struggle. ... It is very difficult to do this in You don’t have to take any beliefs or mere opioions of ours. Western Europe and in America ... but it can and must be done. A Listen to what Joe Stalin, himself says are the reasons. Note what has ... t , Communist Party can accomplish its task only on tho conbeen the teaching of Marx for 100 years, and of Lenin for over 30 years. edition that It is highly centralized, that it is dominated by an iron Here are their statements: discipline... that it is guided by a group of comrades at the canter, 1 <h>nk th. ntoment .M<« o« wten . ~volut.«,ry w. 1 a(>( on<| w|d , „„„ ... develop m America. * “In short, the Communists everywhere support every revolution“lt is essential that the American Communist Party should be capable a8 . jn>t th . ond po |iticol order of 0f... assuming the leadership of the impending class struggle in Amer* thlngj." u ica. . . . For that end ... the revolutionary education of the working class of America must be placed above all.”-’ "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims...fherr ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing “...the Communist Party must... extend its influence over the ma- social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic jonty of the members of its own class, including working women and revolution. The proletarians have nothing to 105e... .They have a world the working youth. To achieve this, the Communist Party must secure to •> ij predominant influence in ... trade unions, factory councils, cooperative societies, sport organizations, cultural organizations, etc.” 3 Every one of the 540 words above -so persuasively describing the aims of the Communist Party and its intent to penetrate and capture unions “It is particularly important ... to capture the trade unions .. .’ by stratetems, illegal methods and subterfuges was written or spoken "To work in reactionary trade unions and skillfully to capture them, ' lc. .l .u j , , , ~ . . of Communism; or by Joseph Stalin, the present head of Soviet Russia to win the confidence of the broad masses of the industrially organized . . . , . .. * .u ■ <.«- i . i j ana of tne Communist Party all over the world, workers, to change and ‘remove from their posts the reformist leaders, represent important tasks in the preparatory period It is our best information that every Communist Party member in , . . . . . , . . . America has taken this oath: “If is tho bounden duty of every Communist to belong to a trade union, even a most reactionary one, provided it is a mass organi- »| understand it to bo my constant duty to work for tho overaction. Only by constant and persistent work in the trade unions, throw of the United States Government by force end violoneo. n end In the factories... will It be possible... to win the industrially or gam i«d workers over te the side of tho Party.’** The American Communist Party, on instructions from the Russian central headquarters of the Communist movement, plans to take over • ~ and the Party must, more than ever, and in a new way, not merely all as it has already taken over too many - American labor unions, in the old way, educate and guide the trade unions; at the same time it must not forget that they are and will long remain a necessary Why? 'school of Communism, a preparatory school for training the prole- Because the Communist Party believes that unions -if their control at tarians to exercise their dictatorship...." 1 t bc top can be captured furnish a ready-made agency lor the quick M .. j ■ . „ crippling of the government of the United States, and then its over"Every sacrifice must be made, the greatest obstacles must be over- ( * vio j cnt e come, in order to carry on agitation and propaganda systematically, * 1 tc ' perievefwidly, persistently and patiently, precisely in those institutions. Communists in America and those back of them abroad- seek to get societies and associations even the most reactionary to which pro- their agents into top jobs in unions, both nationally and locally; seek letarian or semi-proletarian meases belong. And the trade unions and f 0 appear to be running “good" unions in the members' interests ... workers' cooperatives ... are precisely the organisations in which the w that the members will be ready in some national crisis to act iamasses are to be found." • stantly, and unthinkingly, on their leaders' orders to America's ruin. “W h necoMftry •.. W need be ... to resort to all sort* of strafe- unfortunately would immortalize Mars and Learn, and make genu, maneuvers and illegal methods, to evasion and subter- Stalin commander-in-chief of the world... fvgos in order to penetrate the trade unions, to remain in them, and to tarry on Communist work in them at afl com.’ But whet about you? 11l IZ> sum <» <<> 111 in rrwv u IMCtBMM lawwiMMl. (L 111 IS* (!•> 111) (11l tU> Mmi. It It dear that you-and all of us-mutt be more than ever alorf to this newly significant danger which Communism has brought io our unions os it has to our whole national safety.. GENERALELECTRIC

Fred Rohrer Book Required Reading Ted Olsen, son-in-law of Mr. and[ Mrs. L. E. ArchboM »t this city, is i an employe of the California civil j service commission Recently he was looking over the requirements of an examination for applicants t ; for liquor board positions in that, I stale. 1 In reviewing the required read . Ing. which applicants must stud> before taking the examinations, was "The Saloon Eight at Berne. ■ Indiana.” by the late Fred Rohrer I for many years editor of the Herne, Witness and a pioneer in the temperance movement in Indiana PREFERS PEACE From Page Oriel 1 n ,1. .11—■ ...... I ——> —. II ■■■— ’ i the state's 25 electorial votes. The Ohio swing is the start of a' J week long six state campaign lour 'during in which Mr Truman will be bidding for a total of 97 elecI toral votes. In addition to Ohio's 25 he will be campaigning in Indiana (13) Illinois (28) Minnesota (11) Wisconsin (12) and West Virginia (8). The Minnesota. Ilinols and West Virginia assaults also are aimed at capturing senate seats now held by Republicans. It's a hot race between mayor! iluliert Humphrey of Minneapolis and Sen. Joseph H Ball in Minne | sota. The Illinois race is between! Democrat Paul H Douglas and Sen •C. Wayland Brooks

Mrs. Jacob Schwartz Is Taken By Death ! Funeral Services I Wednesday Morning Mrs Martha Schwarts, 28. of three miles northeast of Berne, died Saturday afternoon at the AdaiHa county memorial hospital, a victim of rheumatic fever. . She was a lifelong resident of Adams county and a member of 1 the East Amish church Surviving are her husband. Jacob Schwartz, four children. Daniel Christy. Mary and Esther, all at home; her father and stepmother. 'Mr and Mrs Christian P. Neuen-M-hwander. near Berne; two broi thers, Peter Neuenschwander of I Fort Wayne and Jonas, near Berne; a sister. Mrs Andrews Schwartz of Jefferson township; four step brothers and one step-sis- [ ter. Funeral services will be held at * a m Wednesday at the home of the father, with burial in the Amish Bunder Hill cemetery, southeast of Berne. The body was removed from the Yager funeral home to the residence this morning f — During the war. the mills of Pennsylvania alone surpassed the i total production of Germany In j ferrous metals, and had a greater Output than any other nation or ' empire. i

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Decatur Youth Fined For Petty Larceny News has bee received here of the arrest Friday of Charles Garwood. 19. of Decatur, on a petty larceny count in Van Wert, t) Gar-1 wood pleaded guilty to the charge in the court of squire W. G. Me Keddie and was fined and costs and given a 3U-day suspended sentence. He was also ordered to make restitution for a stove and the wheel of a wind pump owned by a Willshire township farmer Garwood was arrested following an investigation by Van Wert county sheriff F. Roy Shaffer and deputy Harry Henry.

' HORSE and MULE SALE SATURDAY. OCT. 1«, 1048 — I I’. M. COT. 1' 2 miles So. East es Huntington, Ind. Junction State Rds. 5 A 224 We .wold 135 head at our last sale. For our sale Saturday, Ort. 16th we will have a good run. Buyers at pur last aale took horses to Tenn., S. (Carolina, Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Bring your horses and ponies here to sell. Come here to buy. We appreciate your Business and Friendship Smyser Sale Barn Bud Smyser Phone Huntington 2977-2 Livestock Community Sale every Monday at 1 P. M.

Says Polls Reveal Dewey Sure To Win Research Opinion Head Sees Victory Chicago, Oct 11—(UP)— Clyde Hart, director of the University of Chicago* national research opinion. said yesterday that publh opinion polls showed that Gov. Thomas E Dewey was "as good as tn the White House" Hart spoke on the University of ' Chicago round table program over NBC yesterday He said that the Independent vole, upon which pre

sident Harry S Trnman has been basing bls hope* of victory, will not alter the outcome of the November election. Hart discussed with Bernard Herelsou. dean of the Chicago graduate school, and Robert Melton, professor of sociology at Columbia University, why people vote the way they do Merton said "lack of color In both candidates made the predict Ing easier If an Eisenhower had run. party lines would have been broken by the attraction of his colorful personality. Merton said All the speakers agreed that the American voter was not the rational interested citizen” pictured by political theorists but that be

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generally votes for the mag who suits his fancy. The fancy may be based on economic, social, or na tionality ties, they said Portable Radio Is Reported Stolen A portable radio was reported stolen from the Wsyne Frsuhiger home, 310 North Ninth street, between 7:30 a m and 7; 45 p.m Fri day The thief apparently entered a side window, and the radio was not missed until Bunday, police said. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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