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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Agriculture Department Wants To
Use Outside Lawyers On New Code

for him to find It. II citizen
knows, for example, that there
is an ordinance about the mea-
surement Of tin roofing, he can
go to the capitol and read it;
but if he doesn't know the rule
exists. he's out of luck. This is
not the particular fault of the
ordinance-making department or
of the filing office; it's just one
Of the things that happen when
the general assembly enacts a
law without following through
with an appropriation to effect
uate it.
CONCENTRATION - Com
missioner Dave Coltrane, acting
under authority of a resolution
adopted by the board of agri-
culture last summer, is negotiat-
ing with Corneia McKimmon
and Mayne Albright, Raleigh at
rorneys, to bring all these rules
into condensed code for ready
reference. (When asked about
the matter L. Y. Ballentine, COM
missioner of agriculture elect,
said it had not been discussed,
although most of the work will
necessarily be done during his
administration.)
NEEDED - Need for codifi-
cation of departmental regula
tions promulgated by all state
boards and commissions is OBJ
vious. The agriculture folks may
be setting a good example to
other agencies.
BUDGET - The deal hasn't
been completely cleared with the
budget bureau but is on the way.
AS for that, Ballentine was not
consulted in preparation Of the
l949-5l budget presented to the
advisory budget commission, al
though all Of 1t will be handled
under his direction. It is known
that he does not approve some
Of the budget items. :.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Will The Faith OF The Halifax County
tuberculosis Association Be Rewarded!

luDefCUlOSlS ASSOCIATION De RcWdIuCu.
The 194S Christmas Seals, which are being dis
tributed by the Halifax County tuberculosis Asso-
citation, show young boy expectanty awaiting Santa
Claus before fireplace from which three empty
stockings hang.
1t is typical night before Christmas scene in
America. The boy knows that Santa Claus will come
He always has, There is to doubt this year
Yes, on Christmas morning the stockings Will be
full. The boys faith will be rewarded.
Will the faith of the tuberculosis association IN
the people of this community likewise be rewarded
when Christmas comes?
Working in cooperation with the health depart
ment, the medical profession and other groups, the
association has for the past several sponsored
we'll planned program for the control of tuber-
cuoss here This program has helped bring down
the tuberculosis death rate since the association was
organized, yet tuberculosis is still a grave health
problem, taking the lives of more young adults than
any other disease
The association depends entirely upon proceeds
from the annual sale of Christmas Seals to support
it's work-its educational casefindng and other prof.
ectS.
When the Christmas Seal Sale closes December
25 the association will know whether it will have
the finances to contribute it's activities for the COM
ing year. to expand it's services which benefit every
resident of Halifax County,
The association has kept faith with us for many
years. We must keep faith with it by the generous
purchase of Christmas Seals to enable tuberculo-
sis association to continue it's campaign against this
deadly disease.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
BY Lynn Nisbet

CODIF1CATION - The state
department of agriculture is
seeking budget bureau approval
for employment of outside law
yers to codify the mass Of rules
and regulations heretofore pro-
mulgated by the board of agri-
culture under its ordinance-mak-
ing powers. The board of agri-
culture is one Of several agen-
cies possessing authority to a.
dopt rules with force and effect
of law. Others include the board
of health, the highway commits
sion, the board of conservation
and development, the wild life
resources commission and th e
utilities commission.
SCATTERED - These and
perhaps other state agencies
have long had authority to enact
ordinances for violation of which
a citizen can be arrested and
punished. Prior to 1913 there was
no provision for publication or
Capitalization of these various
laws although they were as
potent as legislative acts which
are required to be published. The
1943 general assembly enacted a
law requiring that copies Of all
such regulations be filed with
the secretary of state and in
some instances posted in county
court houses. Compliance with
this law has not been complete
on part of some agencies, but
1t doesn't make a lot of differ
ence.
INADEQUATE - When the
rules are filed in the capitol they
are filed period. They are
stamped with date of receipt
placed in the permanent file and
indexed. Anybody who wants to
see them may do 20, but unless.
the applicant knows what he is
looking for there's little chance
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Pegler Says President Did Not Mean Much OF His
Vicious Action Promised During His Campaign

Taft's position. Meanwhile, Taft
wrote great papers against the
debauchery of American justice
by Robert Jackson of the Su-
preme court in the war guilt"
trials. Jackson made a spur
ious case for retroactive law and
improvised punishment and,
worst of all, he had tn shame
less gall to bring that mentality
back to our Supreme Court. Mr..
Taft damned the whole nasty
business with final emphasis on
the connivance of the United
States at the participation Of
guilty Russians in the trial and
punishment of their German
partners in crime.
Dewey weaseled through his
legislature a 80 anti-discrimina-
ton law and on this score alone
his election promised commotion
in some regions. He was with
out principle here as he had been
on the Wagner Act and several
foreign issues. He put over
the anti-discrimination law "a
gainst his beliefs only to beat
the Democratic-Communist all
lance to it. Nevertheless, that
put him on record and, as Pres
ident, with no political stake in
the white South, he must have
gone out for a strong national
law with an eye to the profess
sional minority" vote in 1852.
Mr.. Truman is committed to
the same thing, but we have seen
that his commitments are only
campaign oratory.
Mr.. Taft made a noble fight
for principles, however unpopu-
lar with the Ignorant. Whatever
his fate he deserves honor for
his integrity in a wild swirl OF
corrupt and confused demo-
cracy.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Dorothy Thompson

DVAokhy AAAOs.fS
The Kings OF Egypt and Iran
have divorced their wives for fall
ing to produce male heirs, and
Great Britain has been transpor-
ted with joy by the news that a
prince (not a princess) has been
born to Elizabeth.
This prejudice against women
rulers has no basis. Although a
woman monarch is unthinkable
in the Moslem world, women, on
balance, have been better queens
than men have been kings. The
two great ages of Britain were
feminine-the Elizabethan a md
the Victorian. A golden age Of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire
was that of Maria Theresa.
Eleanor of Aquitaine, though
never queen in her own right,
was a political parsonage of re-
markable calibre; Blanche OF
CASTLE surmounted unconscion-
able burdens and extended her
domain, not by war but by judi
cious marriages. She had the
nerve to oppose the Great Cru
SADIE. Though she later drained
her land to support her less fore
sighted son, she managed to
maintain peace in the disasters
which followed it, as she very
well knew they would.
Catherine Of Russia (The
Great) was called by Lord Byron
the greatest OF all sovereigns.
She was one of the two most in
telligent, educated and indus
trious Of Tsars-after she had
locked up her idiotic husband
and predecessor to the JOY of
all.
Despite the relaxations of her
lighter moments, she worked
from S am. to 8 pm, made
a digest of Blackstone, wrote
books and plays, corresponded on
their own level with Voltaire. d
Alembert and F. NJ. Won Grimm,
pulled down the Russian iron cur
tain. and was far more refor-
mist than her mobiles. Along
with Maria Thevesa she
participated in the partition of
Poland. But man thought that
up and partitioning Poland alway
has been the activity to cement
Germany and Russia, right down
to Hitler and Stain.
Women as monarchs have al
most always displayed that least
common of qualities, common
sense. They have shown unro-
mantle dislike for adventurism,
and a niggardly tendency to in
quire precisely what everything
will cost. Elizabeth of England
postponed the inevitable" war
with Spain for Is years by raising
an indignant rumpus whenever
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
BY Westbrook Pegler
(Copyright, 1913, by King Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc.)


At this distance from the
recent solemn referendum, the
face Of the future is less mon
stDous than it was the morning
after The snarl of President
Truman's threatening remarks
to the tail-gate gatherings, run
ming fire which moved Bernard
Baruch to call him a rude. un-
couth, ignorant man, has been
softened by his own qualifica-
tions published through his cla-
que at Key West and Washing
ton. Other motivated news tends
to calm frightened Republicans
and others who took Mr. Tu-
man at his word. Wendell Will
LIKE was the first Presidential
candidate to admit that state
ments which he made during a
campaign were deliberate decep-
tions intended only to impose on
the voters. Mr.. Truman obvious
ly shares Willikie's cynicism, for
it is plain that he never meant
to return to the Wagner Act and
stand there and that he exagge-
rated in other matters.
But it was his thespian hate
fulness that put him over and
scared the opposition. He acted
like Hitler and when the curtain
fell he wasn't mad at nobody.
The Taft-Hartley law will be
erased only for the partisan poll
tical reason that it is a noble
monument to the integrity and
courage of two Republicans
who are, in manner of speak
ing, too good for this world. The
Truman substitute will start by
re-enacting the most urgent re-
forms pioneered by Taft and
Hartley and eventually will ac-
cumulate the others. At the end
of the campaign the only pro-
vision of Taft-Hartley which was
still in debate was the forbid
dance of the closed shop.
Ethics aside, Mr.. Truman
showed up as an amazingly per-
suasive ham, for he shook this
decidedly hygienic law before
the public for two months and,
by the very rasp of his voice,
made it seem awful without once
discussing any of its provisions.
That was great acting. In fact,
it was this startling stage per-
formance of man who had be-
gun with the halting speech of
a high-school elocutionist that
now gives many citizen new
confidence in him as a game,
resourceful Spelvin. What else
can the little guy do? Dwarfed
by the doubledomes of Harvard
aw, a humble hick and, un-
doubtedly an Elk, if not an Ea-
gle or an Owl, Mr.. Truman per-
sonified the awkward Middle
Western culture which had been
ridiculed for 80 years by the
ooiiC PAotO~SOhilIld4AloS PdpcIS
that cultivate him now. He was
the kind who would put ginger
ale in red liquor and wear a
green dinner-jacket with but
ton flower of purple feathers.
You saw him at the country club
in small Ohio towns and in West
Palm Beach, but never at the
Breakers across Lake Worth.
Ten years ago Harry S. Truman,
of Kansas City. would have been
turned off at the door Of Brad
ley's gambling house at Palm
Beach as Babbitt with a swea-
ty little roll of vacation money
who belonged in a sawdust joint.
1t would have been a great
political experience to see Tru-
man in a fight with Roosevelt
in his prime, for when the bell
rang and he found himself alone
with Dewey he suddenly was
able to call up q rattle Of repair
tee smelling Of sweat that would
have been q credit to Huey P.
=
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

Every Saturday this veteran
Washington correspondent de
votes his column to answering
readers questions of general in
terest on national and interna-
tional policies and personalities.
Questions may be sent directly
to Ray Tucker at 6308 Hillcrest
Place, Chevy Chase, Md.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

II President Truman Is look
ing for new Secretary OF State,
why doesn't he appoint Mrs, Anne
O'Hare Mccormick who knows
more about Europe than the
whole State Department; who has
never in my memory, made great
errors of analysis or prediction;
whose shrewdness is mitigateda
by sensibility; who is eloquent
and logical; who can stand firm,
but literally cannot create a per-
sonal enemy?
But in democratic political lie
it is mediocre women who are
elevated. because men don't fear
their competition. Or they are
in the new" democracies, such
female monstrosities as Ana Pau
ker, Foreign Minister of Rouman.
ia. To get to the top in civil
lied political societ women have
to be born to it. Then everyone
wrings his hands, means, Its a
girl - and enjoys golden
age.
(Released by The Bell Syndi-
cate, Inc.)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
DAILY BIBLE QUOTATION

the righteous scarcely be saved where shall the un-
,od,y and tho sinner appear?" I Peter Il 10
This months daily quotations suggested by the Rev
Grogan pastor God in Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
BY Ray Tucker

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-"Pre-
sident Truman has said that he
can and will avert a depression,
writes ]. A. of Chicago, "and
Speaker Rayburn says that if
depression comes, it will be man.
made. Will you please explain
how two men can assure US of
continuance of the present good
times so optimistically?".
Answer: Strange as it may
seem, it is quite possible to stave
off an economic decline tenn =
porarily. and l have Seen it done
at Washington. Through the use
of his great power over h
spending and ALLEGATION of public
funds. whether for the Marshall
Plan, rearmament, for the re-
lief of China or for payment Of
domestic subsidies, the Chief Ex-
ecutive can keep the economic
machine running in high gear.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Truman Has Means OF Preventing
Depression For Four Years At Least

knock in the head labor's plan
to ask fourth round of wage
increases.
Thus, in view of the Pre-
sident's statement that he twill
avert depression, and since
he will presumably serve only
one more term, business and in
dustry figure that they have four n
years to make hay while the
Truman sun shines.
GIFTS: After that, in view of
the fact that our present So
called prosperity" is based on
rather artificial foundation
gifts to Europe, Greece, Turkey,
probably China and other ma
tions, the forthcoming military
alliance, nobody knows what will =,
happen, or when.
Therefore. industry is making
plans for expansion and increas-
ed production on a short-time
basis. AS evidence of this eau
tious approach to the future,
many corporations needing
money are borrowing on a short
time basis from the banks in
stead of issuing long-term securi-
ties. So is the Treasury of the
United States in its refunding
operations.
II Truman can do it. and he
probably can, he will postpone
any serious downturn until 1858,
which will be after the next cleo
ton. ~
\. PULMOTOR: Calvin Coolidge
tried and got away with the
stunt Of preserving a bull market
so that the inevitable collapse
would fall on Herbert Hoover's
time, not his, It is not such
difficult trick. With far more
authority ovSr economic controly
than Mr.. Cooiidge snJoyed in
1928 and 1929, MIR. Truman should
be able to repeat.
Whenever the stock market
started to sag in those two years.
as it did several times, the
golden boys at Washington in
tervened to shove it back up to
artificial levels.
Mr.. Hoover, then Secretary of
Commerce. the late Mr.. Mellon,
then the almost divine Secretary
OF the Treasury. and President
Coolidge himself would issue a
rash of statements to the effect
the nation had reaches "a per-
manent and unparalleled level of
prosperity" and that there was
no need for fear or shakiness.
: They organized themselves in-S
to a political pulmotor squad.
4as --
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

The only warrior OF whom his
tory records posthumous adora-
ton was Joan of Arc. But she
was killed because so much horse,
sense could be possessed only bye
a witch.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Prejudice Against Women Rulers Seems to Have No Basis in Fac
Thompson Cites Cases Of Women
Who Have Been Great Leaders

her Lords presented war bud
get.
If she hadn't had a complex
against marriage - as we'll a
daughter might whose papa1had
cut off mama's S head - she might
have married herself out of the
Spanish war. And one Of the
most fascinating "ifs" of histor,. ,
is what would have happened if
she had married Ivan (the Ter
rible), who asked for her hand.
What was wrong with Wilhel-
nina of Holland? AS far as I
can recall, she was the only head
of state with sense enough to
resign while still healthy and pop
ular. And what diplomat!
During the First World War,
she kept Holland neutral by going
to bed incommunicado with a
severe indisposition when. she
heard that she was about to be
delivered an ultimatum from the
Kaiser with date line. The
ultimatum expired while she
was supposed to be expiring
Meanwhile she had let the Kai-
ser know that if such a note,
which she hoped she had dream
ed up in her dilirium, actuallG
existed the answer would have
to be unfortunate. The Kaiser,
having time to think twice, with
drew the ultimatum, whereupon
she rose in perfect health to ride
her bicycle.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-01-10
VIEW To Urge
Housing Bill

The Powerful legislative com.
mittee of the Department Of
Massachusetts,, Veterans of For
eign Wars will ask the Massachu-
sets legislature to memorabilia
Congress to Immediately pass a
national housing bill, veterans
RFC for direct government horne
loans, a home loan interest Of
"a, an appropriation sufficient
to build the worlds largest air
force including an air National
Guard and a national cemetary
located withiE the Common
wealth, State VIEW Commander
William +. Hallisey said today.
Hallisey revealed that his 1egis-
lative chairman, Rep. Michael ]
Mccarthy, z. Bridgewater, will
enter a resolution before the Mass.
General Court asking Congress to
promptly pass the Taft Ellender-
Wagner housing bill with am
mendments calling for veterane
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Beauty Hints
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-01-10
Recent Deaths
ANNOUNCED BY
By Norris G. Davis
BIZ NorrIs q. Davis

RUSSELL e. WHALEY. 80
DunreatE st, Roxbury, Nov. 8
i947. Interment. MT. Hope Gem.
etery.
WILLIAM EVANS, 10 Harris
hon st, RoxbGry, Nov. II, l947,
nterment MT. -zope Cemetery, !.
CHARLES H. MORRIS, 81
Sterling st, Nov. IS. 1s47. Inter-
ment, Cedar Grove Cemetery.
MRS. MARY WILLIAMS, 8
Gannett st, Roxbury. Nov. IS,
l947. Interment, Mt. Hope Gem
etery. 's'4
MRS. ANNA CARPENTER, rs
Greenwich PIX, Nov. 10, 1947, In
torment, Woodlawn Cemetery.
FREDERICK A. JOHNSON, SO
Yarmouth st, Nov. 26, 1947. In
terment, New Calvary Cemetery.
MRS. K. X, GAINES, z Kenil-
worth ST., Nov. 81, 1947. Inter
ment, st. Joseph's Cemetery.
JANICE M. KENSWIL, 800 S.
Msin st, Randolph, Nov. 81, ls47.
Interment, Cambridge Gene
terry.
ALBERT M. MCLAUGHLIN, 70
Thorndike ST., Dec. 81, 1947. In
terment, Mt. Hope Cemetery.
HAROLD L. MILLER, IS Har-
rishoff st, Roxbury, Nov. 20, l947.
Interment. Cambridge Gene
terry.
MoRDECAI A. DAVIS, 10
Mortified st, Nov. 20, 1s47. In
terment, Mt. Hope Cemetery.
MRS. THELNIA MARTIN, 26
CASTOR st. Roxbury, Dec. 8, la47.
Interment, Mt. Hope Cemetery.
THOMAS B. HANKINsON, 10
Warwick st. Dec. 10, ls47. Inte.-
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DR.. JAMES E. TRoTMAN.
Dec. II, 1s47. Oklahoma city.
Oklahoma.
BABY BOY DUFFIN, Dec. "a,
l947, rs Harold st.
HOWARD E. BnIDGEFoRrH.
81 Savin st, Roxbury. Dec. 81.
ls47. Interment, Mt. Hope Gem
etery.
WILLIAM D. KING, l6 Wyo-
ming ST. Roxbury, Dec. 20, le47.
Interment. Forest Hills crema-
tory.
MRS, MATTE L. STANsIL, ID
Rowland st, Roxbury, Dec. 90,
ls47. Internient, Mt. Hope Gem
etery.
MRS. MARGARET E. BROWN.
IS Hollander st, Dec. 81, is47. IN
terment, Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Jan. 5 at $3.50 p m over WEEP.
This is the first large-scale radio
program to be presented locally
in a united effort to point the
way to a solution Of this prob
lem which vitality affects society
as a whole.
Sponsored Jointly by the
Greater Boston Community fund
and Station WEEP, this series
will succeed the popular Lets
Talk About Children" program
presented the past few years.
The new theme on marriage and
divorce has been selected be-
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the alarming rise in the divorce
rate = now one divorce for ev-
cry three marriages.
Prominent men and women,
many Of them professional, have
accepted an invitation to dis
cuss the divorce problem with
Lester w. Dearborn, marriage
counsellor of the Massachusetts,
Society Of Social Hygiene, a Red
Feather service of the Com
munity Fund. They will attempt
to discover the reason for the
present-day divorce rate, look
into the esults of divorce, and
show how a couple can prevent
their marriage from ending in
divorce.
Judge Robert g. Wilson, Jr.,
Of the Massachusetts, County
Probate Court will open this new
round table series next Monday
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Seem
Stars
with DOLORES CALVIN


NEW YORK - LENA HORNE
is heading for Hollywood, we're
happy to say, to star brightly for
another grand MGM musical,
with music by Rodgers and
HammerStein. The lady has Just
returned from her wonderful
European tour Nondon, Paris.
etc. and brought back much
expensive perfume and many
trade fashion secrets i. Why
even Lena caught on to few
words of French - and she can
definitely drink her tea with her
pinkie straight out DUKE
ELLINGTON certainly got a
grand reception at his Savoy
Plaza luncheon and then the
award later after he conducted
his original librarian Suite" at
Carnegie Hall in triumph =. /.
AL this grand honor by order of
the Liberrian government in
deep appreciation Dukes
music brings to life a message
of hope and forging ahead car
ried by the Liberians, from the
wealthy to the natives, and the
Suite, as well as the Duke, will
be history from now on in that
country j. Club Ebony, newest
Broadway addition, acted as the
oldest in charging $3.50 per
New Years Eve And Billy
r 0 e s Diamond Horseshoe,
which closed to be re-done-over.
opened Christmas more gorg-
eous than ever with Vienna
background Of violins (no jazz
ones), and soft lights After
looking the field over, Billy Rose
decided to re-hire his ace sweet
singer Of 9 years, Billy Hanks
so back into the Horseshoe for
BIB. IL. Brooklyn's own Savan-
nah Churchill returns to her
home state from tour to play
the Apollo Theatre this week. In
keeping with her resolution for
1948 Savannah bought n W
gowns Of the new look" for the
new year.