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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

abuse by the parole board" he said. Il have
proof of these things l lave said and | in
tend going before the proper committees in
each House when the Legislature convenes."
The present state parole board, headed by
Ralph Hays, former adjutant general and
head of the state guard, was created in 1914
as the result of a penal reform movement
and was designed to prevent those very
things that it is charged with by Senator
Jones.
The basic function of a parole board is to
screen out those unfortunate people who have
committed crimes, but realizing their err
rors, are making a sincere effort to rehabili-
tate themselves. 1t is there to return to So
ciety those men and women who are fit to
return and who have hopes of again becom-
ing useful members of society. 1t is not there
to act as a hiring agency for the politically
powerful.
These charges merit a full-scale investiga-
ton and, if true, a naming of names and a
placing of blame. Simple adjustment of the
parole board and a new set of parole laws
will mean nothing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

They were speeded up by World
War II and the vast upheav-
al in the pattern of living that
came with it. The rural South
lost population to the North
and to new industry in the
South. Former sharecroppers
and tenant farmers are now
on the assembly line, and it is
not likely they will ever go
back to the farm"
=
Later in the column, he says:
"Most significant of all, in
dustry is locating plants in
small communities throughout
the South-close to raw mate
rails. Often these r small
branch plants of Northern firms,
but many r new ventures fl
nanced in the South"
We have reproduced only por-
tions of the column, due to the
lack of space, but the remand
er was along the same firm,
fair line and showed the same
common sense approach to re-
porting.
1t seems certain to us that
Mr.. Childs is right-that a new
day is dawning for our region
and that our section is not des-
tined to remain the economic
step child of the nation.
All around us, we see the
change. 1t is obvious in Jack
son where every effort is being
made to push Mississippi's Cap
ital city into the "big time.
Jackson doesn't have "a" Sec
rotary of the Chamber of Com
merce. They have them by
the score. They buck and push
and plot and plan and scheme
for the development of their
city.
The South is sure to develop.
How much we develop locally
depends on our attitude and
that of our leaders.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

A Pascagoula couple wrote a letter to a
Mobile paper last week in which they called
attention to the dirty restrooms on Bienville
Square but in which they thanked the city
for providing the square for their use.
Although it was certainly unintentional
they did not mention Pascagoula except in
signing the letter. they actually made a SER
ious indictment against Pascagoula mer-
chants, the Pascagoula-Moss Point Chamber
of Commerce, the city and county, and the
public generally as citizens in this section.
We quote a paragraph from the letter,
written with obvious sincerity: my wife
and |, with our two little girls, z and 8, made
a trip to Mobile a week ago so the children
could see Santa and so we could do a little
Christmas shopping. After the children saw
the Santa parade my wife and | left the chill
dren sitting on one Of the benches in Bien-
vile Square. When we were through shop
ping, we came back to the Square and how
thankful we were to be able to sit and rest
on one of those green benches"
Even after calling attention to the dirty
restrooms as the only blotch on "a perfect
Bienville Square," the couple thanked the
people of Mobile for the use of the Square.
They meant it, and the chances are they
will sit in that square many more days after
spending money in Mobile that they earn
ed in Pascagoula.
We have never heard the public restrooms
in Moss Point or Pascagoula criticized be-
cause none exist unless the dirty, broken,
bottle-strewn, a~ntiquated clubhouse at the
Court House can be classed as a rest room.
We understand the women's division is al
most as bad.
And why in the name of common sense,
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THIS WEEK
in Other Years

SIX YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, the State Game and
Fish Commission prepared a
legislative bill against stream
pollution in the state U.
S. Army troops, fully armed,
arrived in Paseagoula TO guard
vital defense areas A La
bor-Industry armistice was
sought for the duration of the
war.
Editorially, the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser called for
q fight to complete victory in
an editorial entitled, "Real War
Come to America"
FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. jackson County filed a
suit against the state highway
department for a million and
three-auarters dollars in the toll
bridge controversy Moss
Point city officials were re-
elected without opposition IN
a quiet election A seven
fv-five foot flag pole, donated
bv employees, was erected at
TneaIIs in memory Of those who
died At Pearl Harbor.
10 editorial was carried.
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Right" and left Of the Labor Movement

would like to throw out the
leaders. There are still others
who dislike Communism but
support the leaders because
they believe them to be good
leaders.
When the words right" and
left" are used in a unions in
ternal politics. they usually
mean that one faction is oppos-
ing the Communists and the
other faction is accepting the
Communists support. The
Communists don't necessarily
dominate the faction they are
supporting.
In unions generally, the terms
aren't official. But informal
ly they III used more often by
the "right-wingers'' than by the
other side.
Many people who find them
selves in a so-called "left-wing'
resent being called a ''left-wing-
err"
Many radicals and progress
sives who are anti-C ommun-
lists deplore the lack of a better
term than "right-wing". They
say it suggests reaction. They
accuse the Communists of be-
ing "reactionary."
They point to Communist
Russia as a totalitarian state
and say that anyone who sup
ports a totalitarian doctrine is
reactionary.
The Communists themselves
use the terms and when they
say right wing they try to
identify it with reaction and
"Fascism' as well.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
KEEP BRITISH LABEL

Karachi, Pakistan--AP- Ex-
ports from Pakistan still carry
the label Product of British
India" and will continue to car
ry it until the world has come
to learn more of this new do
minion. the Ministry of Agri-
culture and Marketing reports.
Then a new label, PAX
mark" will be employed and
coupled with a program of
compulsory grading, the spokes-
men said.
The spokesman said their de-
partment was aware that too
many shippers love a sharp
deal, sometimes changing their
names and victimizing the same
foreign buyer a second time.
He added that legislation max
ing grading of export goods
compulsory will be needed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
BY MAX HALL
Associated Press Writer

Washington-When the terms
right wing" and cleft wing"
are used in the labor move
ment, they have a special,
technical meaning.
They refer to the fight over
Communists.
It's important to understand
this. Otherwise the average per-
son may be hopelessly confus-
ed when someone talks about
the right" and "left" wings of
the CLIO, or when someone
says the United Auto Workers
swung to the right"
You may be accustomed to
thinking of right" as meaning
"conservative"-or perhaps re
dictionary.
You may be accustomed to
thinking of left" as meaning
'liberal'-or perhaps radical"
But when you go to a CIO
convention and hear the dele
gates talking about a right
winger' they don't mean a re-
dictionary or a Conservative.
They mean an anti-C ommun-
list.
They usually mean someone
who not only is opposed to
Communism in theory but also
is resisting the efforts of the
Communists to take leadership
in the trade union movement.
If a Socialist fights Commun-
ism he's a .'right-winger."
This doesn't mean all left
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
You're Telling Me!
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

King George has announced
he will grant Elizabeth and
Phil an annual income out of
his own pocket. These days
even a princess finds its cheap
er to move in with the old
folks.
III
Let's hope Santa Claus doesn't
read the headlines. He might
reconsider and stay in his snug
harbor up at the North Pole.
Years ago we had two
Thanksgiving. What we really
need today is two Indian sum-
mers.
John Mason postcards that
the French in turning the pre-
miership over to Leon Blum,
NCtCl Oil PIC Oh otatCoAiiuAA
evidently believe an old and
not a new Blum sweeps clean
est.
A South African eats nails.
In protest against present day
restaurant menus?
IL!
Several congressman admit
they chew bubble gum. APP
pears as though they are going
after the grammar school vote.
Engineers, a survey declares,
make the best husbands. Mar
ried life has a better chance to
run smoothly when all the
gadgets in the home do likewise.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

Two unidentified young men
have classified themselves as
Mississippi's meanest and low
est thieves during the past few
weeks, according to a warning
issued by w. F. Bond, commits
sioner of public welfare. These
two have been travelling over
the state and by threat and
subterfuge forcing old age as
sistance pensioners to give them
what few dollars they might
have accumulated for doctor
bills, burial expenses, or other
necessary items. One incident
occurred in Pike county where
the pair visited an old Negro
and by threatening to have his
name taken off of the old age
payroll, forced him to give
them his savings. In Jones coun-
ty they called on a elderly
white man and sold him a blan-
ket at an exhorbitant price with
the promise that if he bought
they would have his pension
allowance raised.
This is one of the most vici-
Gus rackets we have run into
in a long time. 1t may be that
the two will show up in Jack
son county, as the scene of their
operations is not too far from
us. If they do, we hope that
their potential victims will re-
port them to police authori-
ties so that they can be ar
rested and given the prison
term that they so richly merit.
The very poor r suffering
enough these days, without the
added handicap of being con-
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81; - M !Ei|Al!E|ll|E$E

B, L T. ROBERTS

ton of this particular column
and call your attention to the
fact that Mr.. Childs apparent
ly did not spend his nights in
the French Quarters and his
days at the race track in an eff
fort to gather false color" for
his story.
Most journalists from the
East are so impressed by the
little pickaninnys sitting on the
fence and the white-thatched
old negro serving them mint
4, juleps in the best pre-Civil War
days fashion that they fail to
feel the underlying current of
growth and development in the
South. Not so, Mr.. Childs. He
opens his column from New Or
leans like this:
1.-The new look of the new
South is evident in this old
city. What is happening in
New Orleans is typical of the
change that is transforming
a whole region. The melody
fingers on, but the magnolias
and the crinolines are today
strictly a tourist attraction.
After dealing with the de-
velopment of the Port of New
Orleans and their bid for world
trade and the South American
trade in particular, he goes on
to say: THE charges occurring
throughout the South r less
obvious but no less significant.
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we remember seeing photos of
Senator Brewster as he took
the stand. His face was twist
ed with the emotion of indig-
nation, and tears even wet his
cheeks as he denied the charg-
es with a great show of righte-
BUSINESS.
But facts still stand. The
Hughes investigation was sum-
marily dropped by the commit
tee, and Senator Brewster e
tired to Maine while the e
mainder of the committee pro-
ceeded to bring to light the
sordid affairs of Meyers, which
were an offshoot of the Hugh
es investigation. Hughes charg-
es merit investigation and we
hope that the department of
justice will have the courage
to carry through, thoroughly
and completely, despite the
threat of a Republican major
ity in Congress.
One Jackson county young
ster has already suffered a
serious injury from firecrackers
in the past few days and 9TH
ers will probably be injured
before the holiday season is
over. Reports have also been
made of youngsters tossing
Cannon" crackers from auto
mobiles onto the porches of
residences. This is a dangerous
game and might well result in
the serious and permanent in
jury of an adult or child. AS a
youngster we shot more than
our share of firecrackers, and
manufactured many and var
ious homemade bombs" We
also recall several of our play
mates who, during the course
of the years, lost a finger Oh an
eye, or were painfully burned.
Although there is a city ordi-
nance against the sale or posses
sion of the explosives, prohi-
bition will do little good. 1t is
up to the parents to point out
to the children the dangers
involved. AT the same time the
city should crack down with
out mercy on those bootlegging
the explosives against the law.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

wingers" are Communists. In
numbers, the Communists are
a tiny minority of the labor
movement.
But they got control of some
national unions in the CIO
through hard work, zeal, skill
in arguing, rigid discipline, bal
ance-of-power politics and 9TH
er devices.
One of their greatest success
SEES was to convince many I'M
ionists that any criticism of
them was red batting which
would weaken the CLIO.
Recently the Communists
seem to have been losing
ground. One big reason is the
international situation.
Also, labor groups now I'M
derstand their methods better
and have developed techniques
for resisting them. Many pro-
gressive people have lost their
reluctance to criticize them.
Returning to definitions:
A left-winger' in the Go
means a Communist, or a fol-
lower of Communist policies, or
a person who cooperates with
Communists in union politics,
or maybe only a person who
doesn't believe in attacking
Communists.
A 'left-wing union is one
which is controlled by Com
munists or by people who are
willing to work with them.
Naturally there are many
people in '.left-wing unions
who dislike Communism and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

sidered fair game for thieves
of this type.
Senator Owen Brewster, Re-
publican head of the Senate
War Investigating Committee,
now denies that he asked for
an investigation of charges
made against him by Howard
Hughes during the recent inves-
tigation by Brewster's commit
tee of aircraft contracts award
ed Hughes during the war. At
the time of the investigation
Hughes charged that Brewster
offered to call off the investi-
cation if Hughes would agree
to the merger of an airplane
company in which Brewster was
interested. Brewster took the
stand during the hearing and
with great emotion denied the
charges and sent to the attorney
general a statement declaring
that Il will welcome and invite
the most thorough exploration
of this charge by the attorney
general in justice to all con-
cerned."
The Hughes investigation was
then dropped like a hot potato,
and General Bennett Meyers
took the spotlight. Now, sever
al months later, Brewster de-
MES that he ever asked the
department of justice to make
such an investigation, but had
merely said that if Hughes
brought the charges to the de-
partment for inquiry he would
welcome and invite" a de-
department investigation. 1t
all seems a little fishy to us.
When the Hughes investiga-
ton had the center of the stage
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

If it should ever fall to our
lot to write a national syndi-
Gated column, a fate we hope
to escape, we would pattern
our efforts after Marquis Childs
who writes a column called
Washington Calling which is
copyrighted and distributed by
United Features Syndicate, Inc,
to a large number of daily pa
pers.
Mr. Childs does not go in for
the seDsationalism of the Wash
ington G o-Round or Wal
ter Winchell's chatter nor the
rantings and rawlings of West
brook Pegler. He does a first
class job of straight reporting
and throws in just enough of
his own comment to be thought
provoking.
He gives the reader credit for
a little intelligence and his
writing just nudges you into do
ing a little thinking for your
self.
He travels around over the
country-and tho world, for
that matter-and is on a swing
through this country at this
time. He wrote an excellent
piece from the Midwest a few
days ago and one of his col
umns for this week bore a New
Orleans dateline.
Il
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12

TWO YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. ingalls, continued to
work on a contract for fourteen
Brazilian ships, despite a change
in government administration
in that South American coun-
try The S. S. Mormacisle
was launched at ingalls, :.
Trailers from the Federal Hous-
ing Project here were assign
ed to twelve Mississippi col
leges to house G. l. Students
and their families.
~Editorially, the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser called for
gifts for the wounded on the
first peace time Christmas and
called for 'sTaxicab Insurance"
in an attack on authorized
cabs.
A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK,
F. w. (Bob) Cirlot was elect
ed Mayor of Moss Point
Unemployment in this area was
on the increase, according to
the local United States En-
ployment Service Stores of
Pascagoula and Moss Point an
nounced a two-day closing for
Christmas.
Hditorially, the Chronicle.
Star and Advertiser pointed out
the threat of Paseagoula's
transportation system by taxi
cab chiseling on bus line pas
sengerS and advised veterans
20 Hold That Loan until the
cost of houses leveled off.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
L EMIGRATION

Rome-AP Italian emf
grants in the first six months
of 1947 totaled 98,053, the Cen
trail Statistical Institute has an
nounced. OF these, l4116 ship
ped out from Lombardy, twice
as many as from any other re-
gion.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
Inside Washington
Accidents Last Winter
Cost Lines rs Million
Poor Run May End Career

Poor Hun May End Career
Rankin Out? - The fierest
congressional advocate of
white supremacy" appears to
be on the way out. Political
observers believe that the dis
NAL showing of Rep. John
Rankin of Mississippi in the
recent election to fill the Sen
ate seat of Theodore Bilbo por-
tends his defeat in the 1948
general election.
Rankin, whose constituents
have returned him to Congress
IL times, lost even the counties
he represents in the senatorial
contests where he ran fifth in
a field of five.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
fouR YEARS AGO THIS

FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, q membership drive be-
gan for the newly formed Pas
cagoula-Mos Point Chamber of
Commerce =. President Mon
70 B. Lanier of the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation said
that company would continue
to construct ships in Pasca-
goula after the war -. Final
approval was given for the
construction of 745 dwelling
units here by the federal gov
eminent.
Editorially. The Chronicle
Star and Advertiser quoted Mr..
Lanier in an editorial entitled,
'Ingalls Here to Stay and
lauded the formation of the
chamber of commerce here in
an editorial entitled, Cham
Der of Commerce a Reality"
THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. work began on an ac-
cess road 10 ingalls, involving
the widening and paving of
Canty and Frederic Streets and
a portion of Dupont Avenue
Work began on a $4,000
child welfare center in Eastlawn
Relatives were informed by
the War Department that Cap
tain Floyd Daniel had been
seriously wounded in action in
Germany.
Nc editorial vas carried.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
HOME GETS UsBAND

Tokyo-AP-A japanese girl
unlucky enough to be homely
can get herself a man these
days-if she's lucky enough to
have a home that wasn't bomb
ed out in the war.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-12
Aviation Men Worried
Al Bad Weather Nears
Special TO Central Press

Washington - Federal and
aviation industry officials are
plainly worried as winters
foul weather, which resulted
in a rash of crashes a year ago,
comes whistling round the cor
ner.
Many safety aids have been
installed since last year, but
the situation is still fraught
with peril.
Last winter almost broke the
airlines. They lost about Is
million dollars in cancellations
as accidents drove passengers
to the railroads. This traffic was
not won back until mid-sum-
mer.
The governments instrument
landing system has been in
stalled at about so airports and
some progress has been made
on approch lighting. However,
developments promised to as
sure reliable all-weather fly
ing are still in the future.
Some reasons for this are:
Government reluctance to
permit use of ground-controll-
ed-approach, a landing system
competing with the federal
Ills system.
Lack of congressional appro-
priations for additional safety
aids.
Opposition of the railroads
to federal financing of safety
aids for one mode of transpor-
tation at the expense of anoth-
err.
Stumper- Scientists are
agreed with one of the most
important problems of atomic
energy since atomic power was
discovered-what to do with
radioactive waste?
So far, they've studied nu-
merous methods of disposal,
but no way has been found
to get rid of the potential men,
ace
Radioactive waste can't be
placed in the ground, ocean,
air or, apparently, any other
place without becoming a
threat to human life many
years hence.
The reason is that radioacti-
witty remains for years and the
problem is to dispose of these
atoms so that they will be seal
ed forever.
Scientists have examined
many types of cylinders. So far
they have found none that they
feel will withstand the test of
time. Any cylinder that corrod-
es and eventually breaks apart
erations no matter where it
erations no matted where it
may be placed.
Red Toast-Newsmen cover
ing the Russian embassy's re-
ception in honor of the October
revolution which boosted Lenin
to power chortled over a Sow
let army officers subterfuge.
Vodka and other alcohol
flowed freely but the party was
progressing. Then came the
time for an about toast to
THE Revolution"
The burly officer sidled up to
a bartender with an empty
glass. A brief conversation en-
sued. The bartender filled the
glass with a sparkling liquid
and returned it.
Came the toast. The Red of
flcer doWned the contents OF
his glass at a gulp and without
a shudder. Probably for the
first time the Revolution had
been toasted in plain water.
49,
No Rent Runaway-Land-
lords and tenants can expect
removal of rent control beyond
March l, perhaps for a full
year. The temper of Congress
appears to indicate extension
of controls, in view of the
alarming price spiral.
Chief irritant to congressman,
facing an election year. is the
resentment certain to be felt
by tenants who agreed to vol
untary' increases in order to
get long-term leases under
terms of the current extension.
Best bet is that some gen
eral increase will be allowed.
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