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The midland journal., 1946-05-17
THE RIGHT TO WORK

There is one tking that is never
discussed publicly in connection with
strikes which are called to the detrl-
ment of the whole nation-namely
the right to work. Today, labor
unions calmly announce when they
strike that picket lines will be estab-
lished and any man crossing such
lines will do so at his peril. And men
who want to work are not allowed to
"cross" that line. Apparently there is
no political will on the part of feder-
al, state or municipal government to
protect non-striking or non-union
workmen in their constitutional
right to work unmolested.
Suppose, howveer, you, as an indl-
vidual, did not like a clerk in some
store, and decide to bdecome one
man picket and prevent that clerk
from entering the store. You would
land in Jail as quickly as a policeman
could be called.
The moral seems to be that the
right to maintain picket lines and
prevent men from working is not SO
much a matter of law as matter OF
might. If you are big enough, you can
defy the law.-Ex.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
FOOD Is GOODWILL

s"Ths people whose lives we are
trying to save have little tine or
energy to think about the future,
said Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son in an address on the world food
situation. "They are thinking about
bread and potatoes, not about the ad-
yantages of Democracy. They have
little time to reflect on the fact thai
the democratic nations are their only
large source of help. They know as
we'll as we do that ours is the bes'
fed nation on earth, but to them It
means something far different from
what it means to us. We don't want
cringing thanks. We don't want
praise. We don't want servility. We
do waut our less fortunate neighbol :
to know that we consider their mis-
fortunes our misfortunes; that our
land oi milk and honey still pro-
duces the milk of human kindness:
that the brotherhood of man is more
than a doctrine in the United States.
We want our own goodwill to beget
goodwill in all parts of the worc.
We want to translate goodwill into
lasting peace and prosperity. But the
words we want to speak to tie peo-
pies OF the world must be words of
truth. We cannot speak these worcs
unless we supply the food
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
HAWAII MAY BE OUR 49th STATE

Our next Presidential election may
be the first in which forty-nine states
will elect a President of the United
States.
All indications point to the proba-
bility that by 1948 Hawaii will be
our 49th State, according to an ar
ticle in the May issue of Cosmopoli-
tan magazine.
A Congressional subcommittee
visited the Islands last January and
recommended enabling legislation to
make Hawaii a state. Hearings before
the full Territorial Committee of the
House, followed by vote in the
House and Senate will be the next
steps.
Both President Truman and for
mer Secretary of the Interior Har-
old Ickes have expressed their ap-
proval of statehood for Hawaii.
Hawaiians, in a 1910 plebescite,
voted two to one in favor of state
hood, and Gallup poll in the United
States showed similar sentiment
here.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
HIGH COST OF USING THE
HIGHWAYS

The history of the gasoline tax
parallels that of every tax ever i'm
posed ia this country.
Motorists are the chief source of
all State tax revenue. They pay 81
per cent of all the tax revenue re-
ceived annually by the As states and
the District of Columbia. In addition,
they pay over one-half of billion
dollars in automotive taxes annually
to the Federal Government Since its
Inauguration 81 years ago, more than
$4,000, 100000 have been paid in
by motorists in gasoline taxes osten-
sibly f,r use on highways, ofte,
times not. Some .500.0OO,000 will
lie collected from this source alone
during 1916.
AS tie price of gasoline has gone
down over the years taxes lave gone
up. In 1921. for example. the average
price Of gasoline was approximately
30 cents a gallon. BY 1928, the re-
tail price had fallen to 21 cents and
by 1882 to 1917 cents. The present
average is less than IA u cents pei
gallon
But the trend in gasoline taxation
tells different story. In 1928, the
average tax on gasoline was actually
less than one cent gallon. III 1882
it was " cents. BY 1941, with an
increase of SO percent in the Federal
levy and several so-called depression
born emergency State tax increases
the average tax on gasoline had risen
to six cents a gallon. Today, with an
average tax of more than six cents
on each gallon of motor fuel, the mo-
torist is required to pay approximate
ly AZ cents on each dollars wortl. OF
gasoline, or an amount equivalent tt
AZ percent sales tax. While average
retail prices have declined So pei
cent, tie States have absorbed 20 pr'
cent of this saving to motorist
through increased taxes.
Agitation to increase gasoline tay
es-in some cases serious enough II
crystalize in the 1947 legislative ses
sions- is already evident in severa
States and no doubt others will seize
the first available opportunity to joir
the cry for higher taxes at the ey'
pense, of course, of motor vehicle on.
orators.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
DAIRYING OF TOMORROW

''The drive for greater efficiency III
dairy production" says Secretary Of
Agriculture Anderson, SIS not some
thing to be carried on only during
the present emergency. 1t is a long
run endeavor. We have by no means
reached the ultimate limits of etli-
cheney that are within reach right
now. What can be done has been
demonstrated by the Dairy Herd I'M
provement Associations. In 1914 the
average COW in herds in these asso-
Citations turned out nearly twice as
much milk and butterfat as the az
erage cow in the United States.
Furthermore, dairy specialists
tell me that if we could breed even
rs percent of the COWS to proved
sires-a percentage now possible
through artificial observation-disclosures
could increase production per cow
more in the next ten years than in
the past century.
''In the experimental stage is a
technique for selecting the future
high producers while animals are
young, thus eliminating TIE waste of
raising improbable heifers.
"All this shows very clearly that
the dairy farmer of tomorrow is 60
ing to be able to produce more milk,
with less labor, at lower cost. And
lower cost can mean the widening of
the market. Wider markets in turn
mean better nutrition for the United
States"
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
COST OF STRIKES TO WORKERS

1t is interesting to get from an au-
thoritasive soucre what strikes have
cost the workers measured by the
time it will take to make up the loss.
The January issue of the Official
Monthly Survey published by the
American Federation of Labor.
points out that if workers earning
$1.OO an hour are offered an increase
of IL cents by their employers, but
go on strike and stay out for eight
weeks in order to obtain an in
crease of 18 cents, they will lose
$35S in pay (eight weeks of 40 hours
at $1.12); and that the cent in
crease obtained by the strike will not
repay this loss for enarly three years.
If the strike obtains only cents
more than the employer offers, nearly
six years will be required to make
up for the loss.-Connecticut Econo-
mic Council.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
U. S. FIRE LOSSES STILL
CLIMRING

Estimated fire losses in the U. S.
reached $51,759, 200 in February
the highest recorded in single
month since TIE National Board OF
Fire Underwriters began tabulatine
monthly losses in 1929. February
losses were rs per cent higher than
February, 1945, and per cent high.
er than January, 1916.
Losses have climbed steadily since
1912 as the graph above shows
Losses last year were $455.329.O 900
the highest since 1890, and A pei
cent higher than In 1912.
These estimates are based on in
CURED losses reported by companies
which are members of the National
Board, plus an allowance for unin-
sured and unreported losses.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17


The annual report of the Commit
tee on Reserves of the American Pc
troleum Institute-which this year
set proved oil reserves of the United
States at record figure of almost 21
billion barrels-makes the highly
pertinent point tkat these reserves
do not mean a set number of years
of oil.
Says the report: cts (the Commit
tee's) estimates of proved reserves
cannot be used as a measure of the
rate a. which these reserves can be
produced with or without physical
waste.
"Oil cannot be produced from the
permeable rocks in which it occurs at
any desired rate, because the flow of
oil through the pores of the oil-bear-
ing rocks is definitely controlled by
the pky sical factors of the reservoir.
"As a matter of fact, today's
known oil can be recovered only over
period of many years and at grad
ually declining annual rates. This has
been widely demonstrated by past
performance under all kinds of oper-
ating conditions. Therefore, only in
correct conclusions as to the life of
these estimated reserves can be OBJ
tanned by dividing these reserves by
the current rate of production
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS

Competitive examinations for the
following scholarships will be held at
the Elkton High School on Saturday,
May 25th, at 1000 a. M, Daylight
Saving Time.
Sena' orial scholarship to WASH
ington College, male.
The Maryland Institute - Day,
Night or Saturday school, male or fe-
male.
st. Mary's Female Seminary.
Charlotte Hall School, male.
Appncantts for these scholarships
must meet the entrance requirements
for the college selected to be eligible
for admission.
In addition to these definite va
cancies and in view of the draft sit
uation. it is suggested that any pupils
who are now or will become eligible
for a scholarship in Western Mary
land College, Washington College. or
St. JOINS College take the examina-
tion on the above date.
The Johns. Hopkins University
Three State Scholarships for the
School of Engineering open to Cecil
County graduates, male.
Five Hopkins Scholarships for the
College of Arts and sciences and the
School of Business open for residents
of the State of Maryland, male.
Board of Education of Cecil
County
H. E. Mcbride, Sup. p.erintendent
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
HIGHWAY TRAVEL GROWING

One of the big jobs facing the
United States is that of building
more and better highways, according
to L. S. Wescoat, chairman of the
Committee ON Highways of the Amer
ican Petroleum Institute.
Average peacetime use of gaso-
line per car has increased SO per cent
since 1920" he says. sThe aver
age mileage per car now exceeds that
of 1941 and new automobiles soon
will be flowing into the traffic stream.
"Safer, more efficient highways, of
increasing usefulness to America,
must be built"
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
112 W. Main Street Eg1-A- MI
McLane Bldg, 3rd Floor Lin SO1A4 NAAe
In The Court OF Common Pleas
OF York County, Penna.

In The Court OF Common Pleas
OF York County, Penna.
Phyllis E. Brown, minor, by her
natural guardian Ella Gertrude Koch
Woodrow Stanley Brown, a minor. by
his Guardian Ad Litem,
James j. Gerry
Subpoena in Divorce issued to
April Term, 1916, No. 141, alias Sub
poena in Divorce issued to April
Term, 1916, No. $50, both returned
N. E. I.
Notice is hereby given to Woodrow
Stanley Brown, the respondent, to be
and appear at a Court of Common
Pleas to be held in York, on the Sec
ond Monday of June, 1916, being the
10th day thereof, then and there to
show cause, if any he has, why the
said Phyllis E. Brown should not be
divorced from the bonds of matri-
mony contracted with Woodrow Stan
ley Brown.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
OCEAN BOTTOM FARMING sEEi

OCEAN BOTTOM FARMING SEEN
Food from the ocean floor may be
the answer to. our increasingly ser
ious food problem.
Chinese and Japs have successfully
farmei the ocean floor for some
years, and this type of farming may
be the answer to what nutritiona
authorities term hidden hunger
caused by eating foods from sol
which is deficient in the mineral ele-
ments we need to sustain life.
Good virgin soils hold an abun-
dance of the minerals essential to
plant, animal and human health, but
those elements can be and usually
are used up much more rapidly than
back" an article by Rex Beach states
in part. "They are mined out by
over-cropping, carried away by ero-
sion, washed out by rains
While we suffer from hidden hun
GER" biologists assert that millions
of acres with heavy crops rich in
minerals, are unused. They refer,
of course, to marine plants growing
on submerged lands along our coast
lines.
''The wealth of foodstuffs in the
ocean prompts biologists to predict
that 'Glariculture' may become as
important as agriculture, and that it
can quickly meet TIE menace of nu-
tritional deciencieS," the article
states.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

There is no more controversial
subject in Washington, d. c., and
Timbuktu than OPA. At either end of
the above terminals estimates of
OPA range all the way from glorify-
ing it as a blessing down to condem-
ming it as brake on life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
H, E. Mcbride, superintendent

Germany had more bicycles than
any other country, according to reg
istration figures for 1943 published
in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Sta
tistics showed II million bicycles in
Germany, IL million in the United
States and ten million in the British
Isles.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

Almost of quart of water leaves
the skin during one day of ordinary
weather and more than a pint per.
day is exhaled in the breath. accord
ing to Encyclopedias Britannica.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
MATCH GAsOIaNRCONsRJMPqION
HITS NEW HIGH

Maryland motorists consumed
record quantity of gasoline during
the month of March this year, ac-
cording to reports received by the
Maryland Petroleum Industries Com
mittee from the Office of State Comp
troller A total of 28,176,277 gallons
was used by the motorists in March,
this consumption of gasoline exceed
ing March of 1941, the previous rec
ord month of March by 2,2O2,393
gallons Also, March 1946 exceeded
March 1945 by 4,751, 1858 gallons
VIXEN a total of 23,424,619 gallosn
was consumed.
Commenting on the record use of
gasoline, j. P. Lanigan, Executive
Secretary of the Maryland Petroleum
Industries Committee, had the fol-
lowing to say: "The record breaking
consumption of gasoline in March
gives positive proof that the State of
Maryland this year will receive the
greatest amount of gasoline tax since
the first levy of this tax in 1922.
When one realizes that the State re-
ceived from Maryland motorists an
amount of money exceeding over
$1,125. 900 from the gasoline tax in
March, the large consumign months
of July and August certainly will
produce gasoline taxes far in excess
of all estimates made Immediately
following the cessation of hostilities
last August. With the millions flow
ing into the State Roads Commission,
Maryland motorists have every rea-
son to expect the highway program
will be well financed without any in
crease in the present rate of gaso-
line tax or the imposition of other
tax burdens on the motorists"
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
When Fools Rush In

1t should be perfectly clear, to any
person who thinks, that we are liv-
ing through critical times. Stocks are
changing in values very rapidly and
the purlic is being warned not to buy
a lot OF securities on Chance" But
they are doing it to some extent rigkt
now despite the warnings from Wall
Street and other security exchanges
against reckless and ignorant gam
bling. That's only part of the domes-
tic situation and-it is related here to
serve as a warning. The other side of
the picture is the international situa-
ton. That is more dangerous and cri-
tical than OUT home affairs.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

U. N. inquiry about the status of
women should include an investiga-
tion of why they can't make up their
mind.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

Scarcity of formal dress suits is
now bothering Washington Putting
on the dog is almost sure way of
getting into somebody's doghouse.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

Traffic Safety Slogan: Drive safely
no one cheers when you come
home injured.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

An Army pfc with ten children gets
more pay than an unmarried captain.
But look what an unmarried captain
can do with ihs money!
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

Over in England a Conservative
won a seat in the House of Commons.
That's one phase of the housing shor-
tage care for, anyhow.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

A chip on the shoulder is a good
indication of wood higher up.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
Craziness Increased

The difference between TIE period
after World War l and the present
time Is that there are more crazy and
bewildered people running around
loose, blowing in their money on
furs, irewater and foolish things
they don't need, than ever before in
history A few days ago in one of our
large cities this writer saw string of
people four block long, and he Won
dered what kind of moving picture
they were trying to see. But when
our taxi got at the head of the line
the great event was made clear. They
were al trying to buy nylon hose.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
DAEFYNITION

Atomic Bomb: A device that blows
pieces into pieces.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17

Washington took real day off,
and how the country enjoyed i'll
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
The European Peace Treaties

There is very little hope of the
big Four achieving success. But
the United States is proud of Secre-
tary Bvrnes because he has defended
the rights and highest traditions of
the human race, and he has debated
every issue with the bull-headed
Russians, even though they do not
seem t. be convinced by American
common sense. Apparently our Ma
tion is very much alone in its efforts
to establish strong and effective
form Of International Government to
preserve the peace.
The midland journal., 1946-05-17
PUBLIC POLICIES land POOR
POLITICS

washington, ID. T.. May ID, ly4b--
1t is natural to agree with the state
ment of President Truman that the
coal strike has had disastrous
effect upon industries of our coun-
wake cf a succession of strikes.
Isn't it very strange to find our
Government holding itself up as the
leaders is affairs asd reforms for the
war-st,icken World, while at the
same time the Executive and Legis-
lative branches of our Government
continue to fail to stop disastrous
strikes? 1t is openly charged by civil
ians who put America and democracy
first that the Government has the
power to prevent and end strikes.
Practically all strikes are against the
Public interests. 1t is openly asserted
that politics and politicians yield to
the labor leaders in hopes that they
may swing the wage-workers in line
for the next election" The failure
in November, 1945, of the National
Labor Management Conference, to
agree on voluntary methods to main
tain industrial peace during the crit
ical reconversion period was prompt
ly followed by public demands for the
enforcement of Federal laws to settle
labor disputes.
There was nothing new behind the
automobile strikes and there has
been nothing new in the coal strike.
In fact, the Government could haze
enforced settlements that would have
been more reasonable in every casa.
Many years ago Congress passed a
so-called Wagner Act. The formula
was Collective Bargaining" and it
furnished reasonable remedies to
prevent strikes. But during all of the
years of the Roosevelt Administra-
ton the President patched up nearly
every strike and brought about COM
promises that were satisfactory to la
Dor leaders. Strangely enough, menl-
bers of the two houses of Congress
jumped aboard the union labor band
wagon as a way to capture votes for
reelection.
We have courts for every purpose,
and military forces and civilian
officials in every State. But our
courts are not called on to suppress
strikes. There is no reason why high
courts could not be trusted to settle
strikes with justice to all parties
concerned. And there is no reason
why the power of the Government
should not insure 100 per cent justice
to employers and workers.
Executive and Legislative branches
of the Government that haven't the
moral courage to do full duty to the
People are failures. All the political
parties are influenced by bosses
whose methods have been disgrace
to the American public. In conse-
quence reconversion and reconstruc-
ton and unemployment have Jagged.
At the same time the coal strike,
and other strikes, have stalled re
conversion, and at the present time
threaten to bring about runaway
| imitation.
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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-11-06
POJEMANJE AKTIVNOSTI v NASH
NASELBlNAH Ma KULTURNEM POLJU

Dosi ie voine re preeei casa konec in so Sc nosi
fantie re skoro vsi vrniIi, Sc oktivnosti med Mani ma
Prosvetnem pol iu vendor MISC ~pespesile toIiko kot smo
prieokovoIi. v ChicogU eksisfiro somo Sc en- pevski
zbor. Veasi SO bill stirie in vsi oktivni. Ma dfamskem
poliU ie bilo pred lett ia noseIbina siIno deIavno. Am
pax sedoi ie v zostoiv. Med preisniimi igroIci in rezi-
serii nj vee wolfe, do bi deIo znova priieIi, q tisti, XII hi
Sc radi nodal ievoIi, pa imoio tezuve, ker med mIa-
dino nj fokih, XII hi znoIi dovoIi dobro sIovensko, ali
pa XII hi iih dromotiko veseliIu.
Josko Oven pravi v tel steviIki, do nj pomonikoniu
oktivnosti krivo somo noso brezbriznosf temvee tudi
okoISeine, v koterih zivimo in Sc iih ie nemosose otre-
sti. On izvoio, do "ameriski nivo, " katerem zivi in Sc
giblie nasa mladino, ie nekoL kur ie skoro nemogoee
%prodreti." Nuvdana ie S prezirom do vseso, kor dist
pc "storokroskem", naives ie "a sport in zobave in
pa IohkomiseInost ie tudi krivo, do ie toko kokor ie.
Vendor pc Sc dobe med nomi tudi soInsne sfroni.
NJ. pr. pevski zbor "Zorio" v CIeveIondu nam lie Iohko
v vzpodbudo. Letos obhoio tridesetIefnico, XII 10 bo
s~veeono proznovoI S prireditvijo koneerto no ZahvuIni
dan %. novembro.
Tezko hi bio ma tenn prosforU dovoli poudoriti, ko-
like della ie Re izvrsiI ia zbor v svoiih 80 Ietih; in to ne
somo no gIosbenem poIjU, koiti pomogoI ie tUdi v do
brodeInih okciioh, v stovkoh in deIovskih ~poIitsnih
boiih.
Kot vse sIisne skvpine ie imeIa tvdi "Zorio" tezove
med voino. A po zoslUgi pozrfvovolnih elonov in elo-
mic ie vzdrzola. Veosi gre priznunie 20 ohranitev take
ustonove somo eni osebi, Xxi 81 zno zbroti okrog sebe
sodelovee in drzoti morale zboro pokonci.
Kur Sc rice nash tu roienih fontov in dekIef, "Zur-
ia" nimo vzroko, do Sc bi pritozevalo. Med MO imo
veiko zosIombo in Pevci ter pevke SO sedoi veeinomo
il nienih vrsf. Zol, do nj povsod toxic.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-11-06
UMWA in druge unije znovo v bojih

sebi so lie skrajno Obrambno
%sredstvo, ali pa uporabne "a IL
vojevanje zahtev unije, toda de-
lavci imajo v njih mic koliko ma
pOrov, izgube ma placi in druge
tezkoce. Bilo bi torej zategadelj
boljse, &c Sc bi unije raise tru-
die dobiti izboljsave Ia svoje
clane najprvo brez stavk, name
sto da hi z mimi kar v naprej
pretile, potem pa pridejo v tez-
koce, kot Sc n. pr. dogaja sedaj
in re yes cas- pc vojni v marsh
kateri stavki.
Poleg unije premogarjev "a
hteva zviSanje mezde unija TEX
stilnih delavcev, pa i jeklarske,
avtna in mnoge druge unije. In
dustrialni nemir je velik, Via
dina politika je negotOva in novi
kongres pa Sc DO brzkOne bavil
bolj S protisocialno kakor pa S
s~ocialnO legislature.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-11-06

slabSih razmerah kakOr pa de-
lavci v velikih mestih. Zivil
splOh dobili MISC - razen maj
slabsa - meso je postalO v mar
sikateri kempi re neznana stvar
in gospodinje so Sc j~ezile, della
vec pa tudi ne more garati oh
nezadostni hrani.
Mnogi Lewisovi n~eprijatelji
SO sicer zatrjevali, da je planil
ma dan S svojim manevrom tik
pred volitvami cato, da bi poma-
gal republikanski stranki. V
tenn je nedvomno precej resni-
ce, cd kar Sc mu je pOkojni
Roosevelt toliko zameril, da Sc
je vrnil nazaj v rep. stranko.
To seveda "a de1avstvo nj ko-
ristnO, ker igranje " rOke kapi-
talisticni stranki ma eni strani,
v boju prot drugi, ne mores IL
bOljsati polozaja, pac pa ga la
hkO poslabsas. Stavke same ma