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Don't Strike for ‘Featherbeds’ A
'." strike remains an ominous possibility. And now comes the threat of a nation-wide railroad strike, D. B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, says his union's 110,000 members may walk off their jobs on “every major railroad in the country” next month. Why? To “secure safety on the railroads,” Mr. Robertson says. But, according to the unanimous report of a three
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safety on the railroads is not the issue at all. The union wants the railroads to employ an extra fireman on each Diesel locomotive. It contends that replacement of steam locomotives by more efficient Diesels is_deptiving firemen of jobs, and that operation with only one fireman to a Diesel endangers railroad passengers and workers. ‘ : . 0 ee PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S fact-finders, after careful study of these contentions, rejected them both. They held: .. ONE; That, instead of knocking firemen out of jobs, Diesels actually are creating jobs by attracting more freight to the railroads and enabling them to meet highway truckTWO: That “rates of train and crew accidents indicate that Diesel-electric operation (with one fireman to a Diesel) has been safer than steam locomotive operation.” ' Last April the same fact-finding board rejected a demand by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for employment of two engineers on each Diesel. That brotherhood denounced the board's ‘report, but wisely decided not ib esia strike... =. Ee : © We hope Mr. Robertson's brotherhood will display equal wisdom and make a similar decision. The country cannot afford a natich-wide railroad strike. It certainly should not be afflicted by a strike to enforce a demand that the railroads provide “featherbed” jobs for more firemen than they need to operate their Diesels. ; Ys
Settle It Now FEDERAL Mediation Director Cyrus Ching, sending his top conciliators into the steel contract negotiations said: © “The current disputes will be settled sometime—with of without a stoppage. Self-interest and the public interest require that the parties, without delay, realistically reappraise their respective positions and seek a settlement befare stoppages and shut-downs occur.” - True words. - The key negotiations—between U. 8, Steel and the chi ofitials og tee! Workers’ Union—apparently were sta mated.” And strike deadline—12:01 o'clock tomo morning—was coming perilously near,
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surance and pensions for its workers the full 10 cents an |
hour recommended by President Truman's fact-finding board-—but only on condition that the employees also contribute something. : Union President Philip Murray had indignantly -re-
jected this offer, calling it a wage cut in disguise. He was |
insisting that employees not be asked to pay anything, If the deadlock continues, if there is a strike, it will be costly to the steel companies, costly to the steel workers, costly to the whole country. No one, now, can calculate the
"amount of damage that will be done.
And, in the end, there will be a settlement sometime. Surely reasonable men can find a way to reach that settlement without a disastrous strike,
Attaboy, Marquess
RS. ROMAINE DAHLGREN PIERCE SIMPSON of Washington, D. C., and New York is going to marry David Michael Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven. Well, the world is not likely to run any such tempera. ture over that as it did over the romance, involving another American Mrs; Simpson, which cost D. M. Mountbatten's third cousin his job as King of England. But London Court circles are said to have been “scandalized” by the three-page press handout in which the marquess announced his engagement and, among other thnigs, boasted of having expanded British export trade by selling 100,000 electric heaters in the United States.
. NOW, it's minor dcion of royalty, standing no higher than 30th in the
_* line of succession to the British throne.
"But if our British friends are going to snoot him because he's something of a self-advertiser and a go-getter
salesman, maybe it shows that they need more than devalu- |
ation of the pound in order to capture a bigger share of the world market. pe They ought to give the marquess a vote of thanks and a shipload of order blanks. With his connections, his build-
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hibition at Tuesday's special election. They'd rather draw the shades and down a quick“one in the kitchen. If any
sheriff is ever so imprudent as really to try to deny them Offered New Advice
the pleasure of flouting the laws they make—well, that smart-aleck will get his comeuppance at the next election.
Delayed Report
THE Dutch newspaper, De Tijd, reports that a whole Rus-
sian “atom city” exploded last spring and killed: all
scientists in the area.
The story was attributed to an “extraordinary cor-
| respondent.” Extraordinary, indeed! What was the guy ~— doing, saving the story for the millenium? Tl I
FAR EAST . . . By Clyde Farnsworth
A SCRIFFEHOWARD NEWSFAPER ~~ <@+ China's Warning
To the World
U.S. Aid to Halt Surge of Communism in Asia Urged
CANTON, Sept. 30— President Li Tsung-jen declared today that any United Nations action to halt the hand-in-hand march of Russian imperialism and international communism after their conquest of China would be futile. ° In an Interview, he renewed Nationalist * China's plea for a co-ordinated organization of Far Eastern nations, with the leadership and help of the United States and Great Britain, to halt the surge of communism before it has flooded China and spilled over Into Southeast sia. Ji The man who last January succeeded Chiang Kai-shek to the presidency of China made pointed reference to Secretary of State Dean Acheson's expressed determination that militant communism be held within China's borders. > Te President Li alluded to the reached in Mr. Acheson's letter of transmittal for the recent State Department while paper: “Should the comsnunist regime. (in China) lefid itself to the aims of Russian imperialism and attempt to engage In aggression against China's neighbors, we and the other members of the United Nations would be confronted by a situation violative of the principles of the United Nations charter and threatening international peace and security.” .
Held Within China "
PRESIDENT LI said: ol “In the white paper, Mr. Acheson warned Chinese communists to the effect that they might control the whole of China, but that they couldn't go beyond China's boundaries.
nese boundary into Indo China and neighbori states, -Mr. Acheson implied the case would taken before the United Nations for sanctions. “But what use will it be to do that? We know that after Japan invaded Manchuria, the case was taken before the League of Nations. But the League couldn't do anything with a nation bent on imperialist expansion. “Our war with the communist is not only a war to prevent ‘the communists from. controlling China. It is also to prevent communist influences from spreading to the ‘whole of Asia. Therefore, it is An international war instead of a civil war, “I'he Western Nations now have the Atlantie Pact to prevent communism (rom spreading in Western Europe. But communism is like water. It flowers wherever the ground Is lower.
Disregard of Far East
“WESTERN Europe is strong—the ground i# higher there than It is in Asia, The United States government is doing all it can to help Europe with the Marshall Plan. It is trying to strengthen the anticommunist forces in west.
“If the communists reach on across the Chi-
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garding the Far East, « “But you must know that what happens in the Far East will automatically affect western Europe. Suppose thé Chinese communists movement spreads to Indo China, Siam, Malaya and India. Do you think that Great Britain and France will do nothing about it?
“Of course, they will send military forces.
and one way or another try to suppress it. By that time, what the United States has spent in Europe will be wasted because the Ufited States has disregarded Asia, the only place where the communist flood can break through.
Fascist Dream
“WHEN Hitler was In power, it was the dream of fascist nations to join forces from the Bast to the West in the Persian Gulf repn. Thereby, the whole world was to be t uni control. “ “Communists have the same dream of unit- - ing the East and West ‘uhder the doctrine of Marxism and under the direction of Soviet Russia.” At a time when the Chinese nationalist government is engaged in a life or death struggle, President 14 said it is “quite regrettable” that fhe Far Eastern nations themselves are “not co-operating well.” " “Fach nation is working against communism in one way or another, but without much coordination. Take Hong Kong, for example. It is undoubtedly true that the British government is opposed to communism, but Hong Kong Keeps itself aloof from us, “With the communist ‘bloc, it's different. Communist nations work in unity. They plan together, with a central directing power for Europe and Asia, .- “It Is a mistake to say the nature of communism is different in the Far East and West. Communism the wqrid over is the same. It is one campaign. But In the Far East, communism is stronger, its potentialities are greater and it is therefore more important.”
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PEDDLER'S PASSAGE . . . By John Loveland
Troubles With Carload of Salt
WHILE in Carmel the other morning, I called on the 0. W. Nutt store, and was passing the time of day with Herman Nutt who had just bought a trial order of a new item from me, “Try these few rolls, Herman,” I said, “and see how they go. I'm not trying to load you
down because. I want to come back every month
without getting thrown out on my ear. I'm not like the guy. who sold salt.” “Did you say salt?” And he began to laugh. “Yes, why?” Thinking maybe my little joke was funnier than fRexpected it to be.
“Did you ever hear about the salt IT bought?”
“No, for Pete's sake tell me about it. You don’t mean to stand there and say that a man as smart as you are, let someone slicker you into an overload of salt.”
Ordered Carload:
“THIS was « different kind of salt, and 1 bought it with my eyes open, I thought. We've sold sulphur salt for years to the farmers around here for their livestock, and we were always having to run into town to pick up a load of two or three tons at a time. I got tired of messing around with it so I just up and ordered a carload so we'd have some.” : “Did you have enough then?" of “Did we have enough? John, tory our information, 50 tons of salt is an awful lot of salt, 1t ‘wouldn't have been so bad if we'd Had a place to store it, but our warehouse was already full, and we had to cram it in any place it would go.” “We-had so much galt around here that it was in the way, and everybody was getting mad about it. Mother has a nice big garage behind her house and I stored some there on the dry cement floor, but the dog-goned salt drew molsture and mother was put out about it.” It apparently wouldn't have been so bad, according to Herman, if the salt company had shipped the stuff in cloth bags as ordered, but no! It came in paper bags, and paper bags don't do so well when it. comes to moisture. “The. bags got wet and busted open, and then those that we were able to keep dry were apt to snag on something while we were trucking
TROUBLE AT CAPITOL . .. By Douglas Larsen a | SIDE GLANCES
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30- It has been a tough summer at
them. I saw mountains of salt in my sleep.” “What aid you finally do with it?” “We sold it finally. Had a special sale of one dollar a bag, but to get that dollar price the farmer had to take 10 bags at a time. We were really happy when it was all gone. Mother began to speak to me. again, and the peoplé here in the store got f dly once more. I don't want any more carloads of salt.”
Some Funny Results
IT PROBABLY isn't a too unusual experience among up-and-coming merchants to try to save a little by buying a carload lot of a popular item at some time or other. There can be some funny and maybe disastrous results if you'ré nota regular carload buyer, A few days after talking to Herman Nutt and learning about his saltier days, I happened to be in Pontiac, Il, talking to George McDaniel and because I had enjoyed Herman's salt epi-
-.sode so much, I passed it on to George, whose
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eyes at once began to gleam in sympathetic understanding. ¥ George at one time had been in the lumber business with his father and had figured that they could really save money if they would buy their next carload of lime loose, bagged, and sack it themselves, The lime company shipped the car of lime loose, as ordered, and had supplied enough bags for filling at the yard.
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GEORGE soon learned that lime is a treacherous thing. If you try to lay planks across it
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from the bottom, its weight is terrific. The slightest gust of wind raises a fog. They finally got the lime sacked and unloaded. It took weeks to get it out of their ears, noses, hair and systems, and thereafter their lime came already sacked. ’ Gentlemen, you've taught me a valuable les. son. If my own business grows to a point where carloads are mentioned, I'm promising myself to go very carefully, and look at all the angles before sticking the neck out.
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"I do not agree with a word that you say, buf |. °
will defend to the death your right fo say i."
‘A Story of True Love’ By Steve J. Takacs ‘ It certainly is a wonderful relief to read such stories as the one about an ex-major and his leprosy-stricken wife. Usually the papers are filled with divorce proceedings and court fights over possession of children, It does a person good to read such love store
| les as is fllustrated by ex-Major Hans Horne
bostel, 58, Hornbostel and his wife were ware tine prisoners, Upon their release in 1946, his wife fell {ll with leprosy. Hornbostel requested
permission to become a leper, He was refused.
He lived away from the institution but risked exposure dally to visit her, She was released from the National Leprosarium In Carville, La. They borrowed a station wagon and headed for Long Island, N. Y, where they are.sure to.enjoy lasting happiness, This is true lové and companionship. The story of a leper and her loyal husband, Here's
wishing them a lot of happiness.
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Proposes Free Textbooks :
By Clyde E. Schemahorn, Howe, Ind. Few phases.of life command a more promis nent, more respected position in the minds of the American people than the field of education, At no time, perhaps, in the history of our great nation has there been greater emphasis placed on education than at the present time. It is inconceivable*that an honest, sincere and soundminded person .would challenge the fact that education, in one form or another, prévailed to an infinite extent in the astounding, unmatche able progress of ail the component parts of the world's most superb nation, our own, Education is vitally essential to the stability and progress of a nation, or any individual or group of ine dividuals therein, I wish to offer a proposal that textbooks and other material be furnished all publi¢ schools, thegeafter to be used by the students during the term without cost to. them or their parents, except through regular channels of taxation or fair assessment,
Public corporations have expended vast sums
in erecting spacious byildings to accommodate
thousands of Hoosier students, and in obtaining competent teachers to instruct them, plus the
provision and maintenance of expensive grounds,
equipment, and other incidentals vitally essen.
tial to the’ furtherance of useful education. However, the enormous amount of money spent each year for textbooks for our public school pupils is furnished, in the majority of cases, by the parents, whose stations in life are diverse beyond imagination. This practice unquestionably creates a hardship on families with ordinary, or less adequate income, particularly if there are several members of. a family in school, Needless to state, this gross injufitice becomes more obvious when considering the tremendous increase in the price of school books apdghe frequency with which they are changed. If our educational program is to be executed in strict adherence to the democratic principle of quality and justice for all, the more fortunate and financially able citizens should assume their proportionate share of the aggregate cost of all textbooks and other essential study material.
What Others Say
THE two world conflicts which have occurred in the past 35 years have made It unmistakably clear that an aggression on any of the free nations of the Atlantic community involved all of those nations. This is an inescapable fact.— George C. Marshall, former Secretary of State,
¢ AMERICAN industry has made possible the high standard of living which the worker enjoys only because somedhe was willing to back up his ideas with money and was willing to accept the risk of failure.—~Emil Schram, president, New York Stock Exchange. © ¢
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I'M proud that I've made good on my first assignment to "the point where other colored players will find it easier to enter the game and go to the top. But I'm very well aware that even this limited job isn't finished yet.—Jackie Robinson, Negro baseball star. > 1 o- LE THIS particular group (House Un-American Activities Committee) is not only unfair-to ine dividuals, but: actually quite incompetent in the Job it is supposed to do. Dr. Edward U. Condon, director, National Bureau of Standards. . *: @
> : I LEARNED that one meal a day was all the majority of the people could count on. In those villages it took no effort to die.—American Missionary Sam Higginbottom, who served In India.
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PENSIONS . . . By Fred W. Perkins
Retiring. Too Soon?
WASHINGTON, Sept. .30-Is early retirement from ‘work, even at 85 or 70, welcomed by those seasoned men and women who are supposed to be the beneficiaries of pensions? A large volume of evidence shows that in a great many - cases the answer is “no.” " ° The Social Security Administration made a survey of pere
the Capitol in more ways than lawmaking. Putting new roofs on the Senate and House chambers and remodeling the insides have turned into a construction job the likes of which no contractor has ever faced before . First off. nobody thought that the Congréasmen would he around all summer to get in the hair of the laborers, carpenters and cement finishers. As it is the lawmakers have become the
most obnoxious collection of sidewalk superintendents ever to oogle a building project. As one laborers puts it, “You'd think
every one of them was horn with a claw hammer In his mouth,
the way they throw advice around.” During the really hot weeks it was impossible to tell just Who were Congressmen and who were construction workers. They ail looked equally hot, aweaty, dirty and bored with their johs, as they rubbed shoulders among the scaffolding and lumber piles,
Labor Trouble
ONE of the construction superintendents blames the debate on the minimum wage law as the cause of all the labor trouble on the job so far. He claims the workers overheard some of their rights being espoused go eloquently, they believed what they heard
and struck. The carpenters were Out more than three weeks demanding moré money, ' When the job started the carpenters were getting $2.25 an hour."
They negotiated for a boost to $2.40 and then quit work to win thetr present rate of $2.50 ah hour. Laborers started at $1.25 an hour, rose to $1.35 and now get $1.45 an hour. : When the Capitol was rebuilt back in 1859, the records show that carpenters on that job received $2 a day and laborers $1.16 a day. ’ EE Fortunately for Uncle Sam most of these wages increases will come out of the contractor's pocket. More than 75 per cent of the $5 million worth of work is being handled by 4 straight contract instead of the usual government cost-plus arrangement.
LABOR difficulties have only been a part of the trouble Capitol architect David Lynn spent years trying to get a com proinise befween the liberals and conservatives ‘who had A say
on the question of how the chambers should be finished inside’
This spring when the work started he figured he ‘had everybody satisfied and the details all set. Then whet thé Congressmen saw the work, actually begun they suddenly started offering advice «on how they thought the job should be done. : : Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. ¢R. Mass.), far instance, took one
look at the sketches of the proposed new intérior and blew up. He made a speech on the floor charging that when the job was finished it would be like legislating in a cocktail lounge. He was against ali-the chromium, polished steel and brightly colored walls called for in the plans, ~ ae 5 Lien ; Lodge siggésted that the remodeling be handled like the
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‘Lynn patiently explained that the interior decoration had been |
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of architecture used by Dr. William Thornton, the man’ who de- .
signed the Capitol in the first place.” He sald that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson spproved of Thornton's design because if was “simple, noble and beautiful,” and that Thornton's basic ideas were behind the new decorative scheme. Some “concessions have béeén made, however, brightly painted wood panels on the walls, there will be a natural
‘walnut finish, The change will be more expensive but more sub-
dued. : The general color scheme for the drapery and trim. in the Senate will be dull gold. It will be quiet hiue for the House side” = Completion date for both projects is Dec. 20. Architect Lynn
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per cent of the recipients had retired in good health ind simply because théy wished to retire. More than half had been laid off by employers, not because they themselves wanted retirement. Most of the others, about one-third, quit because of iliness or failing health . } . Here in Washington, where most retirements from the Civil Service are compulsory at 70, it has often been noted that gove ernment workerd view the approaching deadline with dread. There is evidence that the same is true in the private industries that enforce retirement ‘at 65 or below.
Not Happy Idle
DR. THEODORE @G. KERUMPP, président of Winthrope Stearns, Inc., chemical concern of New York, is an often-quoted authority on old-age questions. He says: . 3 “We can’t just turn workers of over 50 or 60 out to pasture and expect them to enjoy life. People are not happy when they are idle, and this is particularly true of older individuals. The most real thing we have to sustain us in this life of ours is useful work. “Have you seen, as I have, a faithful employee who hks been working at his job for 20, 30 or 40 years and wants to continue? Have you seen such an employee ‘retired’ by some blind compul-
“sory retirement scheme? There is an unhutterable sadness about
it that sometimes makes me think it would be kinder to shoot the old fellow. I believe I understand why so often they die shortly after retirement.” Pg
Retirement Forced
THAT most men won't retire until somebody or some thing forces them to it is indicated by the large number of men in important business positions, with retirement voluntary rather than forced. Dr. Klumpp cites a study of top business ex ne listed in Poor's Directory. Among 500 consecutive names it was found that more than 44 por cent were past 60, and 28 per were 65 or gover. ¥ And, accérding to the National Foreman's Institute of Deep River, Conn., top management ig getting older. In 1930, the age of corporation executives averaged 52. Now it is 59. We Take the government services that have no compulsion to re tirement. President Truman is 65, Vice President ‘Alben Barkley will be 72 In November. Herbert Hoover has just received plaud--its on continuing a useful and vigorous life to 75. “Elder States~ man” Bernard Baruch is 79. : > = A study of the present Congress shows 27 Senators over 65 and another six from 61°to @5—one-third of the membershi
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