Milford chronicle., 1945-09-28
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FERGUSON. Inc. busy throughout
the country. All Indications point
to Increased production schedules
and decidedly healthy condition
in TINS field.
Railroads ls. Air Lines
The biz railroads have the jill
ttrs' They have finally found out
that instead of spending days
crossing the countl! from Wash
m2tOn and other Eastern points To
California that thousands of traNt-
l,rS an" now dOin@ the journey hY
air in less than half of a 24-hour
DAY. The latest item of news. tea-
lulrd by some OF the metropolitan
hcW SpancrS. is that the railroads
are figuring on going into th* air
lines game
What We Don't Want
The United States cannot pOSsi-
bly, di2 itself out OF its foXholes by
getting hehind any kind of purely
political proposals by either Demo-
Gratis or Republicans.
What We need is old-fashioned
ronpartism common sense.
There are strikes and rumOrs of
strikes in our political industries.
and the strike leaders are depend
ing upon their political pull To win
their civilian war.
Labor and management are on
81 equal footing right nov, and il
is UP to thrm 70 agree upon prub-
!, ms and differences. IN the inter
oSl, of America.
We don't want amy politics in
this situation 10 string out the
final settlements.
What's the Matter With Alc0a!
The new Attorney General Of the
United States has opened both bar
rclS in attacking the Aluminium
Company of America. He recon-
mendS that Congress should dirrcr
the Surplus Property Board tt
compel the aluminium industry tC
"creatc competition"
There is an old theory tha
Competition is the life OF trade.
Attorney General Clark seems I;
be impatient To have the Govern
mcnt make "hauXite reserves il
the United States available L
anyone who is in Il position ant
wants to compete with Alcoa. O.
the one other producer, the Rey
= rolds Metals.
Naturally. one might suppos'
! that there will be plenty of Wis
chaps and concerns that will h
allie To discover ways To get raw
+ material, including hauXitr. Thi
can't he an atomic bomb secret.
Anyway, this looks like unOthe
T. case of the Government trying t.
| clip the wings Of new bird hefor
Il the sprOuting shows.
AlcOa seems To have built up il
II business in about the same wa
that every other hiS industry ha
Reached success But its dollars t
e dou&hnuts that it will not be abl
$ to hold Il monopoly on productio
a and methods of distributing it
q goods.
r If there is anything wrong Wit
Alcoa the Attorney General Clar
y he expects the American people t
If comprehend his recent press rt
! leases.
i New Wheeling in Philly
e \ huge program of eXpanSiO
< calling for the expenditure of SO
u 5r0000 is planned by the Philade
phia Transportation Company
solve its postwar transit problel
is through the mOderniZatiOn of il
III surface lines over a five-yea
i period. The program involves III
e purchase of $40 vehicles in all, il
ID cluding 250 tracklesS trolleys. 81
'iu streamlined street cars and o.
le motor buses.
II, Orders have already been place
ii. with the ACF-Brill Company
ii Philadelphia for the manufactul
e. Of 50 traCkleSS trOlleyS and il
IL expected that these new units wi
be in operation early next year
q addition to the 66 trolley COaCh
st LOW in service.
ly when this five-year mOderniZ
MS tion program is completed" a L
to preventative of the company sal
nd practically the entire surface S
he stem of Philadelphia will be cOl
AS. pletely serviced by modern bust
he streamlined street cars and trac
St less trolleys"
le- "NutS"
The Washington Post CONNER
ne ed editorially 1T is sad and con
ct dence-shaking to see General Ma
of Arthur mixing politics with state
an manship." Nuts,
rs This reckless comment was ba
lat ed upon MacArthur's forecast tn
Iut within six months the occupati
tor force in Japan would probably 4
Oh number more than 100000 me
raj President Truman said he W
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