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Evening star., 1945-11-09

new 6-rm. brick BUNGALOW. with bath
eiec. pump, heating plant, sparkling well
water, fronting on hard road, about 90
recreation park, near schools. stores,
transp, miles out; terms. $1,000 down.
JOHN BURDOFT, colesvilIe. Md. Call
Ashton (Mdo 1886
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
Political
Parade

weak-kneed speakers. with
ruhher Splncsi took them and
enacted them INTO law
The president demanded The
p0Mer- -ni-the- pLESe-thEauGA-lhe-
lump sum appropriation de-
vice. and Congress meekly sur.
rendered il Not a speaker rose
30 defend the safeguarding con-
Stlt+nnnaL power Of the Con-
greSs over the public money.
NO DEMOCRATIC speaker
" for the next y years rose
above mediocrity The speaker,
and the Democratic leader of
the Senate, became a couple of
messenger boys. running 10 the
White House for orders, and rc-
porting 10 the gentlemen on
Capitol Hi what the omnipo-
tent President required Of them
That vas tho sad state Of tho
SpcakerShlp, once the second
office under the goNernmen, ~
dignity and influence when
Franklin - Roosevelt died
President Truman has recog-
niIed this historic dignity by
proposing 10 restore the speaker
10 the line Of succession next
after the vice president. It's
great break for the speaker
and the lInIse'
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
BRAIN GAME

1-You know that BENJAMIN
Franklin was a Slgner Of the
Declaration Of independence.
bat did he live 10 see tho
L $ Constitution adopted
? What was the name of the
iovial priest wh6=,sas the
associate and confeSSor OF
Robin Hood?
, Joe Louis won more than
81 900 900 i'm the boxing ring.
How many fights would YOU
say this represented 23, 3S
or 81?
4 True or false: The continent
of Asia has more territory
than North and South Amer.
TCE confirmed
> Not counting Australia, there
are two islands In the world
larger than Borneo. Name
the tWo2
6 To which Of Our generals did
Secretary of War StimSon
refer whom ne said. "lIe COM
mandcd moro troops M battle
than any other general in
history ,
~ nscra mi h . tho follow
ing word and their antonymS
tCareful. now not their syn
onymSlt chemical. authentic:
omniScient real; SpeciouS.
ignorant
S How many states form the
southern boundary Of the
United States
(Answers on Opposite Paget
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

ing sovereigns including Henry VI and
Edward " of England, the German en-
perors Maximlian, Rudolph and Fred
erick ii and many others believed in and
encouraged alchemy. The art of trans
mutation of dross into gold had authori-
tartan support.
YNHE failure through the ages TO estab-
L -llsh a scientific basis for alchemy did
not deter the movement The quest for
something for nothing motivated SEEM
ingly wise men to ponder through the blue
sky literature of this subject which lurked
on the outer rim of science and phi
losophy.
In summing up the capacity for human
folly Mr. Maekay said
Tn reading the history Of nations We
find that, like individuals. they have their
whims and their peculiarties their sea
sons OF excitement and recklessness. when
they care not what they do
I'VE find that whole communities sud
denly fix their minds upon one object and
90 mad in its pursuit; that millions of
people become simultaneously impressed
with one =delusinn-- and run -after=it- till
their attention caught by some new
folly more captivating than the first
Money, again. often been
cause of the delusiOn of multitudes. Sober
nationS have all at once become desperate
gamblers, and riSked almost their exist
ence upon the turn Of piece of paper
Men. it=haS been said. think in =herds;it
will be seen that they go mad in herds.
while they only recover their senses
slowly, and one by one :"
DERHAPS such philosophical detach-
Il ment helps TO explain why numeri-
edffy=farge- pressure groups keen solemn
=naien they.express- their confidence
that a-fftan with w affaee,s back
-Erp1IHd7" temperament personality and
economic -VIeWS-lS- -eutst anding- -eee--
-nomIc leader and is qualified TO preside
AT the department of commerce over the
huge assets Of the federal government
and OF the American people
Like the alchemlsts of old Mr. Wallace
promises to transform human failures
into successes through his magical device
Of using government credit to undcrwrlte
new promotions.
Wallace's program. like the historic
annals of human delusons. support Bar
nuns dCtum TO the effect that there's a
sucker born every minute.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

MORE Importah, 70 me ws'
VI the discovery that The
Labor Relations BOARD was n
fact, organizing unions recruit.
ing membership aHA at-ttfattv
encouraging strikes wher
SirlkcS would cause civil COM
motion IN accordance with the
Communist program for revo-
luton
Throughout this time. have
insisted that the only proper
role Of the government IN a..
bor relations should be that oi
umpire and moderator
II should Try 70 head of dis
putes and prey ont strikes 20
that Industry could proceed
productivity and men and
women could remain a. work.
The new act, presented hv
Hatch. Burton and Ball. be-
latedly admits that. under the
Wagner Act the professional
unloneers themselves engaged
m unfair labor practices AZ the
expense of the workers.
In the original debates IN
the act. Senator Wagner fought
down efforts by Senator Tyd-
ingS Of Maryland 10 forbid CO.
crClon of the workers by the
union agents.
later the Labor Relations
Board itself ialned The union
Officials IN this coercion.
T'liE new bill now would forbid
l. unions. as well As employers,
10 interfere with or coerce
workers.
II would forbid unions. as
well as employers. 10 spy on in
dlvidual workers as unions often
do.
IT would forbid employers ~
pay bribes or tributs To the
familiar AEL type of racketeer.
II would compel unions. ny
force OF law. 10 keep their con.
tracts as employers always
must h
And il would rectifv num-
ber OF utterly immoral decisions
of the Roosevelt Supreme Court
by forbidding unions 10 boycott
or blacklist an employer In re-
" tallaiion for any exercise OF
his own legal rights.
AS between the unions and
industry these provisions would
bring the law close To an even
balance
The hitherto helpless mass NJ
innocent by-Standers IN great
strikes also would be given new
protection.
Labor. however. would remain
exposed 10 some of the old out
raccoUs practices
Copyrisht, lo4s, b, kins restufss
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
Pacific War VIGOROUSLY Make the Peace PERMANENTLY Bring Our Boys Home PROMPTLY
Wallace S Tall Tales Set
In Historical Perspective

= . arcL uh
the circulated by Henry A. oHoce historic deu'ons
II
hce cnpduy and greed uithout
m foctvof life Tbe
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
GEO. I. BROW'N

IF PUTTING the speaker of
L The House Of Representatives
in the line OF The presidential
succession would increase the
prestige OF hat-once great Of.
-ttrp, rt1c Hw-'TCCOmmcndCd By
Mr.. Truman would be highly de-
sIrable on that score alone.
For the prestige Of the speak
erShip of the American Congress
IS badly in need of A good boost.
II reached It's ebb tide during
the y years of one-man-gOvern-
ment under Roosevelt.
A long line ofearong speak
erS from Henry Clay in 1910
down 10 the reforms of 1910,
confirmed The SpeakerShlp as
second only 10 the presidency IN
power and influence.
TWO main factors have con-
L tUbutcd 10 the sorry state
of decline IN which it finds itself
today.
First, the power of the
speaker was stripped from him
in the SO-called reforms Of the
inSurgent movement directed
against the alleged political deS-
potiSm of Speaker Joseph G..
Cannon.
The speaker had been chair
man Of the all-poWerful rules
committee, and had appointed
all committees and named all
their Chairmen.
These functions were taken
from hun. as we'll aS the power
10 advance or block legislation.
Today under the discharge
rule. bare majority Of the
House at any time can force
vote on pending bill which
leadership might prefer TO keep
bottled up in committee.
This was the condition Of the
House when Mr.. Roosevelt he
came president in 1893. There
had hecn only two strong speak
erS after Cannon. both Demo
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
Paul
N1ALLON
The News

NhSHINGTON. June % -
W Twas said upon the air
wave. and m print. Mr. Truman
Won his greatest victory over
Congress on the tariff cutting
program
II seems 10 me some one
should have Smellcd something,
IF Roi mouse when Is Senate
Republicans voted for the
Democratic tariff hill. CnitN
has not yet developed in this
world TO tho heavenly point
that a Republican accepts a
Democratic theory on this issue
AAereIhet- tareiaiherS fought.
hled and collected
Men have Won the President :
chair land lost II alSol for their
stand upon thi> one question
alone NntbJng including tho
civil War which was a phase
of tho tariff dispute between thc
TO orelgn hee-tradinG cotton
growers and The New England
textile manufacturers dcSirouS
Of protcCuoul has 50 deeply
torn Tho political hearts of
Americans
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

1T WOULD now be an easy asSump-
ton that at the end of the war,
with the federal administration COM
mitted to postwar objective of
full employment" the period Of
high mortality in little business
will cease, since little business is
in truth the nations largest en-
ployer.
The SOLDERING fact is, hotOeUer,
that the bioodless carnage lUiH prob
ably NOT cease.
For unless the federal tax struc-
turc is drasticaIiy reused, so as to
enable little business" men to go
into business and permit them to re-
main in business, the terrific attri-
tion of small Independent undertak-
ings rUiI go relentiessly on.
There are many who recognize
the portents and who are trying to
do something about them.
Certain officials at Washington
want TO finance little business"
with government loans, which is a
socialistic device that would make
the little business " man the pawn
Of bureaucracy.
Banking organizations are for
mulating plans and dedicating pools
of capital to assist little business, ~
hoping to avert the danger Of the
free enterprise system that Is lnsep-
arabic from federal involvement IN
any kind of business.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
By MERRYLE STANLEY RUKEYSER

IN HIS new credo of full employment
Il and nonstop prosperity, Henry Agard
Wallace, as he disclosed in his testimony
before the Senate commerce committee, is
spiritually related to the alchemsts of old
who sought surcease from effort and work
through finding the philosophers stone
which would turn dross into gold
am moved to relate Mr. Wallace in
telleCtual excursions into economic fan
taSY TO historic adventures in searching
for an easy escape from the facts of life
by passage from Charles Mackav, in his
famous old book titled Memoirs of Ex-
traordinary Popular Delusons. and the
Madness of Crowds, in which the author
significantly points out:
The study of the errors into which
great minds have fallen in pursuit of
ruth can never be uninstructiVe the
man looks back to the days of his child
hood and youth. and recalls to his mind
the strange notions and false opinions
that SwaAed his actions at that time. that
he may wonder at them; so should So
ciety, for its edifcatiOn, look back to the
opinions which governed the ages fed. He
Is hut superficial thinker-Mho would
-dr>piSr- and -reftt>e- to hear them merely
-beeaHse they are abstifd ----
40 man II so WISE Dilf that-hf can
learn same=miSdani= =fram=hiS paSt=er
either of thought or of action and no So
cletN- has made such advances as to he
capable of no Improvement from the ret
respect of its past folly and creduity.'
| ONG before modern science. through
IL experimental methods, disclosed the
truth about the material world alchemy
was believed in BY millions of persons.
and such faith IN formula for creating
gold BY mystic methods endured for more
than 1000 years. --====-=====7----
Just as today advocates of perpetual
-beem- through federal deficit spending
Sheer eH-t4e- ttnhtiieeets- reaction
aries. =. so did the famous alchemist Geber,
who, lived around the year T30 b. COM
TS~S skeptics to little children shut up in
narrow room, without windows. who
because they saw nothing beyond denied
the existence Of the great globe itself
i can almost hear the leaders of the
Political Action Committee and other
followers Of Wallace echoing these same
words about contemporary skeptics who
doubt Henry's capacity TO bring on an
economic millennium
In connection with proposed economic
planning by government If should be re-
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
Taxed fODealIa

MANY months ago a committee of
- Congress reported that 100000
'little business enterprises had
been forced out of existence by war
conditions. --------------
These were concerns that could
not adapt themselves TO war produc-
ton, such as small retail stores or
manufacturers Of consumers special
ties,
Some Of them perished for Tack
Of goods to sell.
Others were denied the use of
materials for fabrication because Of
the priorities system
Still others were unavoidably de
priVed Of the labor necessary to keep
them going.
And in all of their cases, there
was nothing to do but to mourn them
as war casualties.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

THE basic weakness in these plans,
as devices foster or to preserve
little business" is this
There is limit to the amount of
money which can be lent to a small
merchant manufacturer or service.
man and which can be properly used
by him.
And no matter hoW much hnan-
cial Backing" he may receiUe, he
cannot continue to operate If he
connot make enough money to carry
his operating expenses and repay his
borrowings and retain profit for
himself and his associates.
Yet little business" cannot do
that for just one prevailing reason
RAPACIOUS FEDERAL TAXA
TON STANDS nv HIS WAY
SO true is this, I'M d, that
shrewd financial interests are enter
ing the situation with a new kind of
holding company"
A corporation has been organized
IN the Midwest to BUY UP small,
successful and well Established busi-
nesses," which cannot-compete with
the tax collector, before the tax col
lector drives them to the wall
It is reported that IAN affiliate
of the corporation already has ac-
quired control Of Is little companies
in the East. y
THE promotional idea is one of
L small business plants, engaged in
diversified lines, with single owner
ship and single top management"
over all.
The economic significance of the
Development is that 1t is one more
indication of the approaching e1-
tinction of the great American
MIDDLE CLASS.
This class as a Whole numbers
some twenty-five million dctiUe and
seif-reliant citizens, including the
professions: and small business
men are among the most important
and socially useful members of this
great productive class.
They are the Uictirs OF comnu-
nistic encroachrents from one direc-
ton and of political exploitation
from the other.
They are numerous enough and
intelligent enough and able enough
to saue Themselves from the radicals
and the tax looters.
And they can SAVE AMERICA =
by doing so.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

Gratis. Champ Clark NJ Missouri
and John \. Garner OF TEXAS.
Clark continued 10 ENJOY
much of The old prestige of tho
SpcakcrShlp As the House SLOW "
boCame accustomed 10 the re-
forms IN the rules
GARNER was 4 strong
VI speaker Tor three principal
reasons.
He was a man OF natural
force Of character. with a wide
acquaintance IN the House and
great knowledge Of The pc
CuharljIcS of most of his coll
leagues Of both MAJOR parties,
whp believed in him and Will
Ingly followed his leadership.
He had-a profound grasp of the
parliamentary proceedings OF
the House. and Ne had become
a great Democratic speaker In
A House almost evenly balanced
between tho TWO parties, after
4 long period Of Republican
control.
When Garner became vice
president the House became
completely demorallled by the
severity of the depression and
the ensuing panic
Then At last it became ap-
parent that the old-time power
Of the SpeakerShip was gone.
Instead Of looking 10 their own
leader for leadership. members
Of the House looked 10 the
White House for leadership.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29
WESTRROOK
PECLER
W .-Feir
Enough

4 BOUT seven years ago ! de-
"A liberately picked q light
with the union movement and
the Roosevelt political group
which had imposed on American
labor and the whole community
the hideous corruption which
was the inevitable and plainly
foreSeen product OF the Wagner
labor relations act.
Now, for the first time. I am
encouraged TO believe that Con-
greSs will summon the manhood
10 smash-the indecent alliance
which has made the national
government the partner Of
{ o m m unist traitors, union
=faeketecfs, ret-itirSS- political
opportunlsts. common UNDER
world gangsterS and bumbling
old lgnoramuScs who pracuce
FaSclSm even while they de-
nounce il.
The Burton Ball bill is
the first reform proposed IN the
Senate which has shameful
record of cowardlce IN dealing
with an evil that has become
more serious than prohlhttinu
ever was.
In the past. two good bltiS
passed the House of Representa-
tlNeS but were put TO sleep IN
committees of the Senate.
Now, however, after long,
quiet study. Senators Hatch,
Burton and Ball have presented
d program Which WOULD correct
manf, although not all, OF the
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

NHEN this fight began. most
w of u, IN ignorance be.
loved that the union movement
truly represented labor. BY
negative process -i,reanfr
member Of the New Spapcr Gulld
without tho formality AZ apply
ing for membership
Through I'M, brlrf association
and by careful reading Of the
Gulld Reporter the Official PUN
l1CatIOn, perceived that union
methods of dealing win qure
d . &C Mt ncWSpapermen who
would not loln were harsh. IN
far and. 40 my mind dishonest.
! saw Communists siding
-tttfr- puSrtInnZ ar control and.
tn tire Gtiiici ftrportrr- rir-
-tt-t--t4t itrtt-444t
=tst=i', frff~ttfftgf TN. sgt,=l74t1F ann
fitr-rr5GFrS.
heard q hich Officer Of Inc
Guild declare that II STRIKE
were called against h!S paper
he. TOO, would strike IN VIOLA
ton Of personal service con.
tract
then concluded hat M con.
tract that ne mlchf sign on ho-
half of tho Glnid would he any
-heuer than ms persona con-
tract.
Tho donunc.atior ~ such
ScoundfeIS as Brown and Rlnf,
ScalJSc. Fay. Bo,e and con-
yicted burglar IN Mr. LeYyS'
executive board of the Mine
Workers and renegade T-eiiea-
man Who had turned boot.
logger m the role OF treasurer
Of The non worker. were jnci-
dental developments
Dozens of Other rackctccrs
were exposed bat not ALWAYS
embarrassed
And hundreds -nl- 1hnrn- -Al.ll
hold positions Of power IN
unions OF the AL.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

TT TOOK President Roosevelt
L about SIX months TO discover
that the SpeakerShip was an
empty shell When he made this
discovery the era OF the rub
Der stamp began.
The smart uptown boys"
the fresh young hurcaucrsts
with the ink scarcely dry ON
their college diplomas, moved
into the capitol
They drafted tho hills they
wanted and a long line of
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

I2-C rrE DETROIT TINES
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

AnlcIlCaus
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-29

THE basic weakness in these plans
L as devices foster or to preserve
little business" is this
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
Alex Mullins, of
Tarpon, Dies
Sunday

Alex Mullins one of Tarpon's
best known and highly respected
citizens, died at his home Sun
day afternoon at the age of 81.
He had been in declining health
for two or three years and was
seriously i'll for several days.
Burial was in the family bury
ing ground at Tarpon Tuesday.
Ministers of the Regular Baptist
church conducted services at the
Mullins home before burial.
Mr.. Mullins was born and rear
ed on Mullins Ridge and was
son of Sol and Annie Mullins. He
moved to Tarpon nearly 40 years
ago and for many years was
successful merchant. He Joined
the Regular Baptist church about
35 years ago and was faithful
member until death. In early
life he married a daughter of the
late Squire Bill Vanover Of
Brush Creek. She died a long
while ago and he later married
again
He is survived by the widow
and by one son and one daugh-
ter, George Mullins and Mrs.
Maggie Yates. Also by the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Wash
and Bob Mullins, Mrs. Dulcena
Farmer and Mrs. Marian Rakes.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
COUNTY RECEIVES ANOTHER
SHIPMENT OF FISH FOR
RESTOCKING STREAMS

Dickinson county received a
third consignment of fish this
year, when a truck from Front
Royal fish hatchery brought g.
900 sunfish and rock bass for
Mcclure River Tuesday. They
were placed in the river at differ
ent points between Stratton and
Nora. The truck brought a sup
ply of the same kind of fish for
Wise county streams, and after
they were placed, came over to
deliver the supply for Mcclure
H. M. Kirby, an employee of the
Marion fish hatchery delivered
the fish.
With this shipment, Dickinson
county streams have been stock
ed with 1000 sunfish and rock
bass this year, and they were di-
vided between Russell Fork,
Pound, Cranes Nest and Mcclure.
The Federal Fish & Wildlife Ser
vice brought rock bass for Cranes
Nest, Pound, and Russell Fork in
August. In September the Front
Royal hatchery sent fish for Rus
sell Fork, Pound and Cranesnest.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
LARGE BOUNDARY OF LAND
TO BE SOLD TO
HOMESEEKERS

A large number of business
and residential lots and 400 acres
of farm land is being advertised
this week for sale to homeseek-
ers by A. M. Phipps of Clint
wood. This property lies on and
between Cranes Nest and Pound
Rivers about four miles east Of
Clintwood.
The Clinchfield Coal Corpora
ton, it is said, is making a new
mine opening on the north side of
Cranes Nest River in the BARLEY
Branch section, and this property
is all within a short distance of
the new mines.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
ON WAY HOME

Grayson Holbrook, who has
been with the 3rd fleet for the
past year, left Tokyo Bay Sept
18th for home aboard the U.S.S.
West Virginia. He has served on
the U.S.S. Wilkes Barre during
the past Is months, and has the
necessary points for discharge.
having served in the navy near
3 years, all but six months over
seas. He was in the invasion Of
the Gilbert and Marshall islands
before joining. the 3rd Fleet. 1t
was the Wilkes Barre that help
ed rescue the aircraft carrier
rurkcr I'll.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
VISITS HERE

Elder Mont Phipps, former
resident of this county now liv-
ing in West Virginia, is in town
this week renewing old friend
ships and making new friends.
Mr.. Phipps is remembered as
good citizen of other days here
and his many friends are glad to
greet him again.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11

Few colored people appear,
confined to Ervinton, Sand Lick,
and Willis districts. Twenty mine
negroes are in the book, but only
eleven can vote in this election.
The greater part of them are in
Clinchco.
The lists indicate that Clint
wood District leads in population
with Sand Lick coming second.
Ervinton seems to come third,
Willis fourth and Kennedy fifth.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
HELPS IN LIBERATION

Aboard The Biloxi-Will Wal
lace, seaman first class, of Route
l, Haysi, Va, helped evacuate
219 recovered Allied military per
sonnet aboard his cruiser from
the city that was the victim of
the second atom bomb, Nagasaki.
The liberated men were prin-
cipally Dutch and Javanese with
only few English and Ameri-
cans. The Biloxi had fought
eight invasions and numerous
bombardments for this satisfying
task.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11
Matches With Cigarettes

If dealers gave away book
matches with purchases of Gig
arettes in March, 1912 they must
continue to do SO, the OPA re-
minds.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-10-11

Fred Davis, of Baden, discharg
ed from the army after two years
in the Psc fic,, VS. seeing f4;el~s
here Mend ~.