Milford chronicle., 1947-09-05
Washington Letter
GOOD ADVICE-WE AGREE
]. +, Jones


Doulton, editor of a first-class
newspaper in Arkansas, in
sparkling, interesting letter to this
Washington correspondent, winds
up with this sage philosophy
which happens to be our editorial
standard-that has made good:
Keep your readers informed on the
merits of REAL AMERICANISM
what built this great country will
sustain it, if we follow close to the
old trails. A New Deal might be too
easily converted into RAW
DEAL" Okay, Brother DouIton, we
are ALSO old-fashioned enough to
cling to the wisdom and the spirit
of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration
of Independence.
LET'S HEAR FROM
THE GRASS ROOTS
High American factory wages,
that allow workers to enjoy the
good things of life as no foreign
workers can, have brought about
the high American standard of
living.
Are they worth protecting?
Russell c. Heddleston, of East
Liverpool, Ohio, thinks they are.
Writing in the August issue of
''The Kiwanis Magazine" under the
title, Must Someone Get Hurt?'
Mr.. Heddleston pleads the cause of
/ the industries, handcrafts, and
workers of "Grass Roots America. u
Mr.. Heddleston pulls no punches
and we think his views will bring
fervent "Amens!" from the current
/ ly ''fOrgotten"-or callously ignored
-"Grass Roots" segment of Ameri-
can industrial economy and labor.
Mr.. Heddleston warns bluntly
that small industries-upon which
hundreds of small and medium size
towns, like East Liverpool, depend
for economic security-face the
possibility of an economic blitz il
the hush-hush international trade
negotiations now going on.
The author is a typical small
town business and civic leader
not an industrialist. He heads a re-
tail and wholesale grocery busines.
and an insurance agency. He also il
a director of a bank. He is an out
standing member of the Kiwani
organization, having served a.
President of the East Liverpoo
club, Lieutenant-Govern an,
Governor of the Ohio District, an,
Trustee of Kiwanis Internationa
itself.
, His home town, East Liverpool
is typical of hundreds of others. I
is headquarters for the Unite
States Potters Association, Worl
| famous center of Dinnerware man
ufacturing, and dependent for eco
nomic life almost exclusively upo
the high wages paid to potter
workers.
, Simply put, Mr.. HeddIeston'
view is that adjustment tariffs ar
necessary if the standard of livin
of American workers is not to b
degraded to that of foreign low
paid workers. The alternatives al
(D to lower our own standard :
living or (2) close up those indus
tries which can be undersold in tn
} American market by foreigner
= paying only fraction of America
wage scales.
7 Mr.. Heddleston points out ths
the American dinnerware industr,
for instance, pays workers thre
= times as much as British potter
workers earn, five times as much a
German, and nine times as much q
i Japs. 1t can readily be seen thu
t wage reductions or eQualizing ial
. ifs are necessary.
The 6innerware industry is tpy
cal of scores of other comparativ,
f ly small industries. They are til
f economic mainstays of hundreds
American "Grass Roots" towns an
small cities.
e Tariffs to adjust the disgracefu
c ly low foreign wages and STANDARD
of living communities, and Amer
can small industries to degrade
u foreign levels are the ALTERNATIVE,
t facing us.
? Which should it be?
;, "Crass Roots America" mu
Z make its voice heard through suc
I aggressive spokesmen as Mr.. He,
V dlestOn.
e COMMUNIST ISSUE
y The Boss of the Fur and Leath,
4 Workers Union is an avowed Con
y" munist.
The new labor law bars FEEDER