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The Nome nugget., 1947-11-12
Protect Both Rights

(Rocky Mountain News)
 ONE SECTION of the Taft-Hartey Act makes it lawful for any labor organization to spend contribute money for the purpose of electng defeating cand dates for federal office
 The same prohibition of course has long applied to corporations But it's application to labor organizations being new, has raised many questions. For instance how will this section affect the plans of the AFL the CIO and other organizations to spend millions of dollars in attempt to defeat all members of Congress who voted for the Taft-Hartley Act?
 We don't know. Perhaps court decisions will answer this and other questions But do have definite opinions about what effect of such section would have
 It should protect the right of individual union bers to give money to be used for political purposes if they wish to give.
 And-of equal importance-it should protect their right to refuse if they do not wish to give.
 This second right is violated if union officers tribute spend for political purposes money collected from members dues assessments.
 Under the union shop which the Taft-Hartey Act
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-12
Wednesday, November 12, 1947
Collecting Under False Pretenses

Seattle POSt-Inteligencer)
 CONGRESS should take cognizance of inequties in the social security law which brought to light by the experience of Benton widow and act promptly to remedy the situation.
 In the in point, money had been regularly de- ducted from workers pay for four years and nine months for social security protection"
 But, on his death, his widow learns that she col lect nothing because he had been ill toward the end of his life-as most people are-and he had not made enough social security "deposits" during his last 39 months.
 Yet the government had taken money out of his pay enough, according to his widow for the purchase of at least $500 worth of commercial insurance This money that he had earned What moral legal right has government to retain it?
 Many other unjuStifiable vagaries of the law disclosed by an inquiry into this case
 For instance, suppose the worker in question had made sufficient deposits for his widow to receive bene fits if she went to work in industry covered by the social security act and made than the munfcent of 499 month she would be entitled to nothing long she remained employed Again it seems pertinent to inquire whose money it-her hus- bands or the governments?
 And suppose takes job which is not covered by the law asor example, in some branch of the city, county state government he may find that he has reduced his benefits wiped them out entirely after having hardearned dollars taken of his pay No commercial life insurance company is allowed to operate on any such basis
 With few exceptions, every life insurance policy has cash value which be collected at any time that the holder wishes to drop it. Why should not the govern Unless every penny that is deducted from workers pay for social security goes back to him or his heirs eventually the whole system is fraud
 And the money abstratced from his wages is not social security "deposit but just another tax-which the government is collecting under flase pretenses!
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-12
More ''FreedOm'' Double Talk
(By Palmer Hoyt)


 AS IS COMMON among Soviet diplomats, Vice For eign Minister Andrei Vshnsky has been talking out of both sides of his mouth in sessions of the United Nations at Lake Success.
 He has charged that there is freedom of the press in the United Satesnor in other states which do not have government control of newspapers and other pub catons He cited American newspaper monopolies and expanded this to say that since newspapers in this try represented the editorial opinion of their publish ers the press could not be free.
 Vishinsky said that editors printed only what suited their purposes He refuses to recognize that the of newspapers is to inform the American people, honestly and truthfully and while they by no perfect they generally the most honest and truth full newspapers in the world.
 While advocating government controls of the press Vishinsky, like other Soviet officials completely dis responsibility for the action of the Soviet press
 If Vshnsky is correct in arguing that the only free press is government-controed press, why is not the Soviet press the most restrained in the world? Why does it constantly attack and condemn the United States and other dissenting nations and vify their repre- lsentatives? Why are there no newspapers in Russia which disagree with Soviet policy as much as the New Republic dsagrees with American policy?
 If on the other hand there is no freedom of the press in the United States why is the Daily Worker allowed to castigate the American government in it's columns? Why there such difference in the opinions presented on editorial pages of newspapers throughout America? And why the the statements of Henry Wallace Senator Glen Taylor and others given much space as state ments attacking Russia?
 Vishinsky urges that the American government con- tro its press do the Sovets The American Answer is that while the Soviet government practices totalitar ansm the United States prefers democracy and free press is the constant guard against dictatorship.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-12
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"A SPEECH WAS MADE

graph that astonished me. It read: At the ................. church confer ence held in this southern district a speech was made against the profit motive" That any Ameri- can group, particularly religious group, should raise its voice against the profit motive struck me. as amazing.
 To get rid of the profit motive, you would have to find some sub stitute for economics in modern civilization. You would have to eliminate all trading and market ing, buying and selling. You would have to get rid of money and other mediums of exchange You would have to cease bartering and swap ping. In fact, you would have to reduce your modern civilization to self-sufficiency of the individual. Only Two Ways
 A modern and complicated civ ilization like our own could not do without trade, exchange, manu- featuring, raw materials produc- tion. You just have to ask more than it cost you. That is what p:o-. fit means. And without the profit motive, trade and commerce would die.
 There are only two ways that an economy may operate. In America individuals own farms, stores. fac tories, and run them for the chief purpose of making enough profit to live on. Americans also want 10 buy some of the products oi ether people who work. If demand and opportunity are there, these busi- nesses may be expanded and en- larged. The other way is for gov ernment to own everything, oper- ating all production merely for the purpose of feeding the people and ooPPiyHiS WIldL lI CIlIllhS dI e lIlclI needs.
 Compare The Two!
 The profit motive is the very foundation of our American way of life. We have always encour- aged private ownership of farms, stores, manufacturing plants. This is the constitutional way in our country. It has produced more en- thusiasm, finer cooperation, and a greater abundance of clothing, food, housing, and transportation than the masses of the people have ever known in any other country.
 The other kind of economy, owned and operated by the gov- ernment, attempts to do away with the profit motive. Actually, it does away with incentives, individual initiative, and efficiency. This kind of economy soon settles down to "whatSthe-uSe" status, offering only the barest necessities to its people. Russia is good example of this. Russia has attempted to substitute other enthusiasms for those of owning property and making profit, but she has. found that whenever she wanted increas- ed industrial output she had to i'm itate' some of the incentives that are so common in America.
 Advance Agents?
 The very concepts of freedom of the individual spring from the Bible. Therein you will find the foundations for the freedoms and liberties that America has built
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-04-05
WEST NEWTON
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH

MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Req, J. H. Dennis, Pastor
What a paradoxical position
we are found to be in with ev-
cry passing day Can we do
anything about it? Take a re-
Prospective. Then go forward,
doing more and better as we
go. ....
Come to Mt. Zion and hear
Rev. Dennis in his far-reaching
and inspiring sermons. 1.-THE
End" was his theme last Sun
day morning. Goods word is
ever true;' the pastor declared,
while all around changes take
place. Watch and pray, be a
witness not a dying one but a
living witness. Seek and serve
in devotion, for the end is
drawing near" At evening SER
vice the pastor preached on
'"The Greatest Temple" and
pointed out that the greatest
temple is Gods church. cit is
love, obedience, truth and
righteousness In the hearts of
all who seek Him with faith,
hope and perseverance"
Come to Zion. Be with us
Easter Sunday, April 6, the day
Of the Risen Lord. The topic
will be HE Arose"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-04-05
Beauty Hints
STRETCH FOR BEAUTY
BY NINA TEMPLE

. TIE 1 III rOR OGflO
If you would keep that agile
swing of youth in your carriage
you must remember to stretch
high with every muscle every
day and at intrvals through the
day. Watch the cat, see how she
stretches when she awakes-
she stretches with vigor and
perfect thoroughness all along
her body and surely you never
saw an ungraceful cat. Watch
how her body undulates with
such perfect rhythm. No jerk
mess, no motions but that seems
timed to unheard music. Take
heed, If you would have that
grace which Is so much a part
of the graceful cat - stretch,
stretch, stretch!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-04-05
Wise
Sayings

WISE SAYINS
Freedom converts a grub into
a butterfly"
Your brain is a giant asleep"
"a caresS is better than a
career"
The first thing to learn is not
to find fault, but to perceive
beauties.
Intellectual greatness is often
marred by egotism.
Men and empires are tomor-
rows dust.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-04-05

If one is born with a silver
spoon in his mouth, that may
be his good fortune, but it is
nothing to make him proud
and disdainful, but rather to
make him grateful, and kind
and considsrate - all kinds of
people make up the world -
we each fill our niche - let us
do it seemingly we have
naught to do with stationing
men on earth.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-04-05
OLD EYES

Your face may be young and
charming, but ALAS 49, your
eyes may be old. It's wise to
take the years out Of them, and
this is done in several ways.
Rest them by closing them Of
ten and tying a black ribbon
across them - then pay them
with rich skin food, or rich
cream, then lie down and place
a cloth saturated with witch
hazel over them for an hour.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-04-05
Mary Strong
Talks
ALL MEN THE SAME

"All men count the same with
me.
The wise, the fool, the slave,
the free,
For no man on this earth can
know
What made him thus-another
So"
Evening star., 1947-04-24
100 Originally 1925 to 22.e5
Jr. Miss Dresses
S.
Spun royons, royon erepes, royon jerseys. Gay
galaxy of styles in prints and posteIs Broken sizes
9 to IS.
Young Washinstonian Shop, Third Floor of Fashion,
The Hecht Co.
Royon Knit
indies Reduced!

IS Originally ST to $l.4o Snug
sies, 1870 cotton, 3495 wool,
1920 royon. small only soc
Is Originally z.z5 to Its Nat
ura WooIies, 500 royon, 2o9o
fur. 20ao wool; broken sizes Soc
l9 Originally So Slips. tricot
royon Jersey; 4-eore; teorose;
sizes 81, "a, 36--4--$1
4 Originally 1880 Pure Silk
Jersey Nishties; loce top ond
bottom; black or white; SO and
40 $40
Is Originally $50 Pure Silk
siendore Ponties; teorose; sizes
,, 3, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT So
Knit Indies. Street Floor,
The Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

Famous name wool fobrics in casual and dress
maker styles Toppers with fuI-swneine backs.
Green, beige, honey, black. navy. Sizes 10 TO g..
Misses Goats, Third Floor Of Fashions. The Heeht Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
50 Poirs Originally $50 to l45o
MEMS SHOES
$40
Mems oxfords-ot price thot soves you from three
to eight dollars Not all sizes of course but yours
may be in the group.
Mens Shoes, Street Floor The Heehf Co.
IS Originally $50
MEMS RAYoN
SPORTS SHIRTS
2.6o

lone-sleeve sport shirts of ceIo-
nese royon. Ivory and conory;
large size only.
IA Originally 1875 MetoI cisor-
cite Containers with gloss top.
Holds pack of cigarettes -3Se
II Originally $50 to 1000
Long -sleeSed Sport Shirts of
royon-wool mixture and all wool.
Solid shades. ploids; sizes l6k
and II. Properly lobeled os to
wool content SOS
"a Originally 500 Fomous Make
Slack Suit Poiamos with knit
shirt and oxford pants. Sizes A
and D -3.S5
10 Originally 1850 NyIon and
Royon Cocktail -Joekets in mo-
room and navy. Medium and
large
IA Originally $50 White Royon
and Cotton Shirts, slightly soiled.
Size IS onIy----2.6s
= ~
News Furnishings, Street Floor,
The Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

q 5orieinoIIys5. 90 and 5.o5
MEMS SPORT SHIRTS
3.o5
Lone-sleeved shirts in wool and
cotton flonnel. Medium and
large sizes. All properly Iobeled
os to wool content.
II Originally 1880 and 1900
Mems AII-wooI sIoeks, with
pIeoted front and slide fastener
c'osines. Sizes 80 to "a 7.e5
7 Originally 1000 Mems SIoeks.
All properly IobeIed as to wool
content. Sizes 33 and So -4.s5
7 Originally 1900 Long -sIeeved
Wool Sport Shirts. Medium size,
SOS
II Originally 1880 All-wooI
Plaid Sport SIaeks. Sizes 30, 81,
81 and 50 1888
z Originally 1880 Norfolk Style
All-wool jackets, ton and brown,
small and medium sizes 5.95
MEMS Sport Shop, Street Floor,
The Hech Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
CASTLE HOME
MOVIE FILMS

i3 Originally s.75 World His
rory Films. complete edition, l6-
4 Originally $50 World History
Films. complete edition, 8-mnn.,
4.lo
II Originally I.5o Miniature
portroit Fromes s--z5e
Cameras, Street Floor.
The Hsekt Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Photo Albums
and Scrap Books

80 Originally ZOO Simulated
Leather Books -----99e
so Originally 2.9S to 1898 Sim
uioted Leather Books 80
so Originally 4.5o to 500 Gen.
uine Leather Books ----2.o9
20 Originally 5.98 to 8.98 Gem
uine Leather Books 4.e5
IS Originally o.o8 to 1880 Gen.
uine Leather Books ----6.95
6 Originally 1850 Genuine
Leather Books -----Iz.95
Stationery, Street Floor, -
The Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

amber trim. Black, navy
or brown.
8 Originally 400 Beige
Lizord Bags. under-orm
style 300
13 Originally lo5.oo Gen.
uine Alligator Bags, top
hondIe or under arm
styles, heavy royon foiIIe
lining, black or brown,
1900
II Originally 1920 Eve
ming Bags, black ,sequin,
medium or small sizes,
1850
II Originally 1870 Inn
ported Evening Bags. royon
brocode with sequin trim,
chain handle
7 Originally 200 Top
HandIe Bags. black or ,
brown royon foiIIe- 1900
4 Originally 5000 Royon
FoilIe Handbags 2I.0o
IS Originally 900 shouI-
der Bags. black, brown,
green, red feIt------3.e
I5 Originally 500 Plastic
Box Bags. red, black,
red $50
IA Originally s.54 Pastel
Fobrie Bags. also beige
and white 500
800 Originally 500 Plastic
Block Bags. Upper top,
black, shell. white or two
toned ----- $50
II Originally 800 Genu-
inc Seal Bags. black or
brown 600
6 Originally 5000 Evening
Bags, imported fobrics, Sc
quin or seed peorl trimmed,
42.oo
All prices include tar
Handbags, Street Floor,
The Heehf Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

Jr. Miss BoIero Suits
Two-tones With pIeoted skirts.
Navy with red, kelly with navy
or black. Sizes 9 to l3.
Young Washingtonian Shop,
Third Floor Of Fashions,
The Hecht Co.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
SLIDE PROJECTORS

6 Originally 500 S.v.E. 300
watt, model A. K, with case.
47.5o
5 Originally 1896 s.v.E. $50
wott model R. K. with cose,
1896
Evening star., 1947-09-26
Phone Union Headed
By Beirne Plans Drive
AGAINST 7 clio Units
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

The Communications Workers of
America, newly formed independent
union, took on the CIO today In
what may develop into a long and
bitter fight to represent long dis
tance operators and the men who
install major telephone equipment.
A declaration of open warfare
came from CWA President Joseph
A. Beirne. who led the Nationwide
strike of 100000 telephone workers
| last spring. The CWA was formed
to replace the loosely knit National
Federation of Telephone Workers,
which directed the strike.
But two of the NFTW's strategic
groups refused to 60 along with the
CWA. Their officers chose to cast
their lot with the CLOS specially
created Telephone Workers Organ
lzing Committee.
The two unions are the American
Union Of Telephone Workers with
about 10000 members in the long
lines division Of the American Tele-
phone g. Telegraph Co.. and the
Association of Communications
Equipment Workers, whose 10000
members are employed by the West
ern Electric Co. in key cities of the
Bell System.
In a statement today, Mr.. Beirne
said:
so many AUTW and ACEW
members have contacted us for help
that we are convinced the move to
take them into the CIO is no rank
and-flle movement but is a move
engineered by officers OF the two
unions.
I'VE are going ahead with plans
to set up divisions within CWA for
these two groups of workers. We
Evening star., 1947-09-26
Customs Argues About Value
OF Duty-Free Trumun Bust

fredo Just, arrived at the customs
office June 30. Mr.. Garrison asked
the university for an estimate of
its value. School officials, reason
ing that since 1t was Just a detail
OF paper-work and that money
could not describe the bust's true
value as work of art, suggested
$3.50.
Mr.. Garrison said he thought the
figure was exceedingly low.
Letters and kilograms began NOV
ing back and forth, including one
from the sculptor In which he said,
"All this has greatly upset u.s." He
Evening star., 1947-09-26
BY the Asseeioied Press

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 26.-How
much is q bronze bust of President
Truman worth?
The bust, a gift from Mexico's
President Miguel Aleman to the
University Of Kansas City, has re-
mained Grated in United States
customs storehouse here nearly
three months waiting for some one
10 place a value on it.
o. H. Garrison, customs apprais-
er, said 1t is duty free, but he still
must have a reasonable value to
enter in his records.
The bust, made by SCULPTOR AL
Evening star., 1947-09-26

declared the donor wished to assume
all expenses.
Yesterday. University officials
said the appraisal had been raised
in discussions with Mr.. Garrison.
Mr.. Garrison refused to say what
the new valuation was.
DR.. Clarence Decker, university
president, said he hopes negotia-
tions are finally closed and he can
have the bust moved to the campus
in q few days.
Evening star., 1947-09-26

hope they come in with us and with
the bulk of phone workers where
We think they belong"
The CWA claims 227 900 members.
At its peak last spring the NFTW
claimed nearly 100000.
Evening star., 1947-09-26
WORN C0MF0RTERS
REMADE EQUAL TO new

Now. is the time. to care for your old
comforters. II the outsides are shabby
send them to US for a complete reno
waiting and recovering Guaranteed to
be finished factory new. We mail order
everywhere
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

Whot the Clio says is propaganda but when the
Lamont professor talks they call it science

tons" Why, that's as coldly sci
entific as a needle pointing on a
barometer.
It's true that some biased union
member may say, even with a
sheer, 'What d'ya think that La
mont business is? Some big
banker gives Harvard million
bucks to prove that wages can't 60
up, and you come around with
that stuff about how he made a
scientific report. The guy that
pays the piper calls the tune-and
that goes for Harvard too"
But dismiss such prejudiced
ideas, and look at what the eco
nomic barometer said when Pro-
lessor Slichter read it:
THE share of the national in
come going TO property is so
small that even if employees
could appropriate all of this in
come without adverse effects
upon employment and produc-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

Justices Murphy and Rutledge
that this decision does gre a t
. damage to the rights of organ
lied labor and thus to the coun-
try as a whole. Not only is the
100000 fine exorbitant, but
the basis for the courts taking
the coal miners hard-earned
money is Incompatible with any
decision or precedent l know
Of"
Ernest DeMaio. General Vice
President. United Electrical.
Radio & Machine Workers, CLIO:
"The Supreme Court decision
again1t the coal miners makes
it obvious that the full punt
tive powers OF the government
will be used only against the
works who are striving to ex-
tend and advance hair standard
of living. When such actions are
taken against large monopolies
who are gouging the American
people, then perhaps some be-
lief can be restored in the i'm
partially of our government"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

$3.5 million but allowed the full
$4,000 levy against Lewis to
stand.
The court ordered that the
UNIV must fully comply with
the original restraining order and
preliminary injunction within 5
days or pay an additional fine
Of 100000
IN ORDER to meet the supreme
courts order, the UNIV must
make an unconditional with
drawal of the notice it sent its
members that the Krug-Lewis
contract had been terminated and
inform them that the agreement
is in full force and effect.
Although the opinion was to
2 on the broader issue of con-
tempt of court in the refusal of
the UNIV and Lewis to await the
judicial determination of the case,
the court split 5 to on whether
the Norris-LaGuardia act pro-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
BY Herman Schendel

Mr.. Sumner Snchter just made
report.
In case you've forgotten, Mr..
SIichter is Lamont professor of
economics of Harvard University.
And when man like that makes
a report, you don't argue about
it any more than you do about a
weather prediction. His word is
as good as a scientist reading a
barometer. When he says the nee
die points to this or that, that's
where it points. Period.
When Robert Nathan makes
report, paid and requested by
the CIO, anyone can plainly see
that such a report is not scientific.
1t is biased by the unions who
naturally want more money.
JUST look at the title of Pro-
fessor Shelters report-"B a s j C
Criteria Used in Wage Negotia-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
Ira Latimer. Executive Director.
Chicago Civil Liberties Committee:

Ira Latimer. Executive Director.
Chicago Civil Liberties Committee:
IT am in agreement with the
minority position of Justices
Murphy and Rutledge, known
champions of civil liberties. The
majority decision simply sought
what it considered the easy way
out in behalf of the public in
terest, and threw the issue back
to Congress without guidance
of any sort"
Ben Meyers. prominent
Chicago labor lawyer:
''The courts decision was a
very bad one. 1t reaffirms in
a positive way what has existed
for some time-the fact of gov
eminent by injunction. Using
the device of sovereignty in
an injunction to help the oper-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15

hibited the government from issu-
ing an injunction in labor dis
pute.
The majority held that the gov
eminent is not covered by that
federal statute.
VINSON said that the miners
were employees of the government
because of the seizure of the
mines, that the lower court had
the power to preserve existing
conditions while it was deternin-
ing its own authority to grant in
julnctive relief" and that the just
ices were not impressed by the
defense claims of prejudicial error
in the trial before Justice T. Alan
Go1dsborough.
Vinson also showed aside other
defense pleas, admitting that. it
might have been better to have
tried the case as criminal con-
tempt alone rather than mingling
of civil and criminal contempt
proceedings.