Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1947-08-01

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prices so far are very light. The
operators must have heard John l..
say boo
When the naughty mine owners
begin to recover from their recent
spanking they will be justified in
making a reasonable boost in the
price of coal The record of the
coal operators for the past quar-
ter of a century has been so I'M
reasonable that they deserved a
spanking. They got it! Maybe,
when they have gotten over being
scared to death they'll find out
what to do about it. Boss Lewis
and his unions are just about as
unpopular as the coal mining OPP
orators. Nobody loves either of
'em.
The Governors Conference
The Governors of our 48 States
have met again and exchanged
notes and opinions on how to main
tain the independence of the States,
and prevent the Federal Govern
ment from pushing them around too
much. It's a good idea, in view of
the fact that our Federal Govern
ment is butting in to a movement
that belongs to the States. Most
any reader of this item can supply
the details.
Atom Bomb Is Our Property
Just why any American news
paper should appeal for ''interna-
tional Atomic control" is a mys-
terry But, articles in the Metro
politan press go way out" in that
direction. One New York newspa-
per says that a better "state of
relations between the Soviet Union
would likely result from "interna-
tional control of the bomb" Again
and again, this writer has done his
best to keep the Atomic Bomb and
all secrets thereof in absolute con-
troll of the American government.
No Nation is going to start another
War as long as we keep the bomb.
The only thing the bomb is good
! for now is to guarantee the Peace.
Some Trucks
/ Thirty-one per cent of all trucks
are on the farms. There has been
AZ per cent increase in the num-
! Der of farm trucks since 1910. Ev-
cry agricultural community is be-
ing modernized and made more
profitable for the farms, through
! the increases of farm machinery.
Everybody who buys a new farm
nowadays evidently intends to sup
plement his acres with farm ma
chinery. The farmers own one
third of all trucks in the United
States.
COrdell HulFS Idea
At the beginning of the 1947 SEES
sion of Congress, the Republicans
started out to upset the so-called
Reciprocal Trade Act, which Cor
dell Hull sold to the world as a
substitute for the Democratic pol
icy of free trade.
The Republican Congress chang
ed its mind and decided to let the
scheme live awhile longer. There
were so many International blund-
ers that have been given our bless
lngs that one more won't make
much difference.
AS a matter of fact, the Repub-
lcan leaders raised the truce flag
for fear that the United States
might lose some of its prestige in
Europe.
1t doesn't seem to matter how
much these political free trade pol
icies cost the United States, be-
cause the Administration and Con-
gress have been voting away mil
lions and billions of dollars for so
long time that they don't know
how to quit.
A leading columnist, in discuss
ing trade treaties, offers the half
cooked suggestion that if HuIl's
free trade scheme is ditched. il
will be an indication that Congress
has gone ''isolationist." Maybe
that wouldn't be a bad way out of
the mess we are in.
What Do You Know About ThiS2
Big headlines in the Washing
ton newspapers say that prices of
coal soar despite Truman's fear
of imitation"
! If We haven't got imitation in
these United States, now, we never
will have.