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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
oseabes Akseudanoe h Needed At
ouuh Meeeines A. That Wednesday

Nm noanoAs n1p63s Aeschanes Assoesation
r5ssen9 Nsdnasolv might wss IN eniishtsning one
% ~ eagasaaslv % h tbs 1sst that ooly 81 mem.
IN q ~ u associstacn memhsRx wsFs present for
h see1h
NJ woodse weV more merchants and thslr rep
3sssubaetavss did not attend the affair? was an
opportunity that comes rarely to people In business.
The opportunity waa there TO say what anyone
bad biz ehest Very few Of the people present aired
tassF opauaons. These who did and who Accomplished
their aims are to b congratulated.
W. think that such meetings a. that one which
was held Wednesday night need fuller attendance.
II might not be bad idea to revive the old town
meetings and give everyone in Roanoke Rapids an
It has been our observance that from such meet
inss come many IDEAS and thoughts that would bet
tor any city.
We think that the merchants owe 1t to them
selves to attend their association meetings and get
off heir chests the things which bother them and
which when discussed and solved would undoubtedly
help our city be finer place in which to live.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12

lines on bills without bothering
to read and trying to under
stand. This comes with bad
grace from people who vote, as
millions did, the other day, not
on information but according to
the motivated bellows Of rasca1s
who run the unions.
The Taft-Hartley Law did not
totally forbid the closed shop,
although even Frances Perkins,
late Secretary of Labor, once
was forced to say it should be
forbidden. That she did in a
speech to 4 national convention
of the A. F. of L. in Seattle,
stronghold Of unionized journal
ism, which significantly failed
to send the news to the country.
Even Roosevelt himself was
trieked into condemnation Of the
closed shop when, In he scrap
with John L. Lewis about the
captive" coal mines, he ssid
that to force the miners into
John LIS union would ''bs Hit
1er's way" Lewis himself hes
admitted that the union shop
and the checkoH would not Be
necessary if the men were will
ing to maintain their member.
ship and pay their tribute 10
him. In other words, they
aren't willing.
As the pioneer campaignsr a.
sainst rackets, prosecutions, ir.
responsibility, riotous picket.
ing, discrimination, job-selling,
life-tenure Of office in unions.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
BY James MaElsw

Washington, Nov. l2-tR-
Washington is like a train which
has pulled out Of one big sta
ton and is racing on to the
next.
The stop it just left was
November 2, Election Day. The
next big one is January ). when
the new congress, the slst, sits
down to work.
A few days later President
Truman will hand Congress his
state Of the union message-his
program for 194o-and his bud
get message.
Then on January 20-Inau-
guration Day-he will be sworn
in as President. Then the show
starts.
Meanwhile, 4 lot Of wood 10
being thrown on the fire to keep
the engine going.
This will explain what is
happening now and what will
happen:
Mr.. Truman is conferring at
Key West, Fla, with some Of
his top aides on what he and
his Democrats should do In lS4o,
and how to do It.
But here in Washington gov
eminent departments began
months ago to figure out how
much each of them will need
next year to carry out its job.
AL these estimates, after q lot
Of checking, are put together in
\ big book, big as a New York
telephone directory, called the
budget.
In his budget message, which
goes to Congress together with
the book, Mr.. Truman viii ex-
plain why he thinks Congress
should vote the money called
for by the budget estimates.
AZ this budget stuff viii b
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
BY Lynn Nisbet

WEALTH-Two incidents Of
the past week tend to prove that
North Carolina may move out Of
the spot Of the sample case Of
the nation" into real production
Of wealth through mineral re-
sources. It has long been known
that almost every mineral, from
diamonds and gold to ceramic
clay for brick-mak;ng, can be
found in this state. Up to now
quantities have been small and
recovery processes too costly to
make these mineral deposits
really valuable.
COAL-After almost a century
OF experimental operation, the
Deep River coal fields Of Cha
than. Lee and Moore county
show promise Of paying off.
Well financed operations. suid-
ed by experienced knowledge on
part Of the Bledsoe coal interests
are underway around the town
OF Gulf. Howard Butler, min
Ing engines and part owner Of
the coal fields, was in Raleigh
this week to talk to an engineers
club and showed samples Of coal
He said production in quantity
may be expected a ound the turn
Of the year.
MANGANESE-Cliff Dough =
terry, 4 North Carolinian who was
formerly with the department of
conservation and development,
has made substantial progress
in producing cooper and has just
obtained patent for a new pro-
cess for obtaining manganous
sulfate from low-gI ade mangan-
csc ore---which sbounds in this
state. Manganese seems to be
one Of the elements with most
widely diversified use. It Is es-
ssntial to poultry feed, it is an
important component Of fertili-
zer, andFit is an absolute must
for unalization Of many other
metals. II was one of the war
time scarcities because prior
to discovery of the patented pro-
cess Just announced its reduce
ton was too costly and the u
nited States had to depend large
ly upon imports.
MAGNESIUM-Anothe miner
al found in almost unbelievable
quanitv 10 this state 10 olavine,
nom which b obtained masnss-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
Nisbet Points Out Incidents Which
Indicate Greater N. C.. Mineral Reaonrc..

ium metal. Here. soe rsdue-
ton pocessss have been 10 cost
" and engineers are .t.A seek.
ing less expensive msthodA DA.
velopment Of these resources
through continued research e.n
be Of tremendous value to North
Carolina.
Observation-Disclosures be-
fore the advisory budget com.
mission have brought to the
front one problem Of which the
oudgeteers were acutely con-
scious during the summer In
spection tour. That Is the mum.
Der Of borderline cases demand.
ing consideration at state insti.
tutions and as bensficiaries Of
social welfare aid. Just how old
and In what degrees Of relative
helplessness must 4 person b
Tor acceptance as 4 senile pa.
tient in state hospital, What 10
the exact standard for detsr1nin-
ing whether a partially blind
person shall become 4 ward Of
the state commission Tor the
blind? Often. the answsss to
these questions are, quite obvi-
Gus. In hundreds Of cases the
decision calls for fins dinstinct.
ion. and undoubtedly Occasions
some discrimination fSiseisd IL
not real.
TENDENCY - TendSKcv h.s
been for a long time toward liz.
eral construction Of ths laws
and generous treatment Of M.
,lcants. 1t is this fact. rather
than proportionate incfAsse Of
disability, which 10 rSsponsible,.
Tor the fast growing assistaneS
rolls and bullying iiStitution.
That Of course means / III more
money is required to meet state.
assumed obligations. Son, z.
thing of the same situation il
res~"7sih'" fo- the h,.h rate ~
draftees falling 10 pass The army
!iteracy tests. Standards have
been raised taste, than school
training. In all branches Of med.
icsl science diagnosis technique
has advanced more rapidly than
either curative or preventive
medicine. Az further livsral In
deportation h placed on govsrn-
msnt's social oblieation, and a.
diagnosis continues to show up
more incipiant illness. demand
VIII grow and the stat9 win IS
harder pressed b mtMfiA.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
NARROW Likens Washington To A Big
Train That Is Racing To The Next Stop

taken over BY the Houss ap.
preparations committee which
promptly divides ITSELF into 4
number Of subcommittee.
For months thereafter the
heads and officials Of the GOV.
ernment departments and bur.
saus will have to parade before
the committees.
After months II such hearings
the appropriations committee
will write bills providing ~
much money n il thinks each
department ought to get.
Along about late spring Con-
gress will get around to vot.
ing on those bills.
But that's only part Of what
will be happening up in the cap
itol after the new Congress takes
over January 3.
First Of al, the Democrats
-row that they have . msjority
in both houses Of Congress -
will reorganire thu various com.
mittees, such ~ toss ON labor,
commerce, banking, and % on.
In the s0th Congress- the one
going out Of business this year,
the Republicans had q majority,
10 on every committee the Re.
publicans outnumbsred he
Democrats.
In the new Congress the
Democrats will Dust enough re.
publicans from each COMMITTEES
to make sure each has q major.
ity Of Democrats on IL And
each committee will be run By
q Democratic chairman.
It's these committees which
will be the key TO the Congress-
and TO the success Of failure
Of Mr.. Truman's calnpaiRa BRO.
misses.
II the Taft-Hartlsy Act to b
wiped out and maybe . new
laber law ut y h its,yiaesS
3
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12

sued. The company insisted that
it did not have to pay commits
sions on orders that were never
filled. but the court nevsrthe-
less granted the Goods claim.
The judge said she had fulfilled
her part Of the bargain-and the
company alone was to blame
for not completing the sales.
(Stats laws vary. For personal
guidance, see your local attor-
ney.)
COPYRIGHT 1e4s, 0INERAL
FEATURES CORP.)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
Record Hybrid Corn Crop Proves
Halifax Farmers Are Proeress}ng

The report yesterday Of possible record hybrid
crop on one acre OF land on tho X Hunter Pope
farm near Enfield Is good news to us.
This report indicates that farmers Of Halifax
County have wider possibility Of money crops. It
emissions the possibility Of greater variety At farm
products from our farm lands in the area and ind-
Gates to us that the farmers Of Halifax County are
among NE most progressive In the STATE
a continued innprovsment IN agriculture in TIL:
assa WI greater profits Tor the fa1nsrs and
s1estsr purchasing power In theiF hands,
The possibility Of locally produced and naerfsted
tso and grains IL also definitely indicated bI the
psodaoeloo a hybrid eosn.
ID. ~ pas several ysass there h.s bssn IN n
creased Rtesest IA hybrid corn production In Halifax
Goxnk kh1g n>sssst hos bssn fostersd BY the Stats
Extsnatun essv1es and BY Cosn>E Agent ". q Davis
and hs aoan1 a B. Lo4Aohe.
Jbsss No u,sn hsvY hssp lasgaly ssaponstaae for
iqsssang hstSss b1sl psAot1oss "a The farms
Of HalllaS dounaH
1.sss F9A ~ = ka!s.aaea a sh' ~
W or ~ uunssuaeuhhsalDu1 p M Peps, 4 =
Hsdsn, Fupsb 1asm manAGss. ~ Davis and Mr..
bskoatuhe &nd nv 70 thsm hesp Up ths good work
Ia inpao~us syasewsa psset4ess IN Aalifax County.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
BY Ray Tucker

WASHINGTON: Nov. IL Re-
publican politicos returning 70
tine Capital with plal:, lot re-
building their Trumanized party
have only three names on their
liz. pr "a r. Sioi tiles
for 1857. They ar. Harold E.
ST. sen OF M .eso.a p. Scent
Of the University Of Pennsylva-
MIA; General "Ike" Eisenhower,
president OF Columbia Univers4-
ty; and Governor Earl Warren
Of California.
The political philosophy OF
this distinguished trio, as well
as the geo: rapn,cal fact that all
are trans Mississippi men, re-
fleets the new kind OF planning
and thinking which the Demo-
Gratis sweep has stirred within
the COP.
It may mark the end Of the
old order and organization and
tn dawn OF a different kind Of
day for the Republicans. With
out such a Transformation. It
may be years before they oc-
eupy q renovated White House.
CRITICAL The three vocal
prospects are regarded as re-
presenting the more Gberalized
and humanitarian wing Of the
Republican Party. Each has
been critical. publicly or pri-
vatsly, OF the Congressional
leadership responsible for the
''do nothing" charges that ap-
parently won 50 many votes for
President Truman. But it is be-
lieved that they could give new
spirit and direction to the COP
II they were given the -pportun-
ity.
Mr.. Stassen. Of course, has
already handed out hints that
he expects to be summoned to
the task Of rehabilitation, Ne
yer too modest or humble, he
was the inspiration for recent
newspaper stories that letters,
kilograms and phone calls rave
flooded his academic office, urs.
ing him to Shove Governor Tho
mas e. Dewey aside as titular
leader.
WEST IN view Of the Demo-
Gratis conquest of the Midwest
and Far West. a formidable ar
surnent against Mr.. Stassen's
leadership and nomination has
disappeared.
No longer can the Darkroom
boys dismiss him with the re-
mark that mo major party
chooses its candidate from such
a politically unimportant state
as Minnesota"
The new alignment suggests
that a Minnesota background
may profit a politician more
than New York, Pennsylvania,
New JERSEY or even Ohio nlino.
is connections and associations.
Horace Greeley's Go west" ad-
vice may become a 1852 COM
mand.
RESTLESS Professor Eisen-
hover may have believed that
he removed himself from poll
ties permanently when he ae-
cepted his'pressnt post, but the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
THE READERS COURTROOM
BY Will Bernard, Ill. B.

10 NAY A SALESMAN
COLLECT COMMISSION ON
AN ORDER THAT IS NE
YER SHIPPED?
az A coed got 4 job selling
cosmetics On 4 commission basis.
She sent in a number of orders,
all of which were accepted by
the company. However, by the
time the merchandise was ready
for shipment, the price had gone
up and the company decided not
to fill the orders. Unable to col
lect her commission, the girl
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
hover and Warren Are Looked on by COP as Only Hopes
Political Philosophy OF These Three
Said Rejecting New COP Planning

Republican liberals will not n
him rest. Depending upon eif.
cumstances four or fevp
years hence, they may con.
vince him that It Ia his duty a
assume leadership for the M.
tional welfare.
There are already signs tha
Ike" Is restless in his new en.
vironment. Dealing with pro,
fessors, administrators and col.
lege students, he linda, 10 dit.
ficult for 4 man accustomed "a
military life. He has neither
intellectual interests which per.
mitted Robert e. Lee to com.
plete his career as head n
Washington College. Virginia.
World events may also drar
the former military leader back
to public life. He would have
at Philadelphia If that party had
tnr- ;......d 10 nominate an iso.
latio-'st His attitude then con.
vinces many Of his friends hsl
he might be receptive nds,
certain circumstances.
OLD As 4 second man On q
losing ticket, Governor Warrsa
has been discounted a. q posa.
bility, especially - he may
leave the political scene at The
end Of his present term.
There Is also the fact that h
did not carry his ownstats q
California. However, he made
m " friends during the cam.
paign, and he eouldi possibly
m Ii same sort e3 come.
back that Franklin D. Noosevslt,
did after his defeat will Jamss
M. Cox Of Ohio IN 1870.
Anyway. those are the names
herd at Wa. ninston today. II
may be significant that none Of
tn present leaders pn Capitol
Hill-Taft, Vandsnbsfv, Martin,
Hallsck etc.-recsivsA any con-
sideration. For ons. Thing. all
exce,t Mr.. Halleck woSld be al.
most too old for the presidency
four years from now.
RANKING Liberals and labor
leaders who Yejoiesd as IN PEG.
pies removal Of J. Parnelk Tho
mas a. chairman Of the Hcs.ss
Un-Amsriean Activities Commit
tee should mute their cheer.
The new boss Of this eontrovsr-
sial, Congressional unit may Be
the lneffable John Z. sAankia Of
Mississippi. whe outrAnts the
late Bilbo when Nhs u h $hs
mood.
Under Democratic rule. tbs
chairmanship falls 10 yehn s.
Wood, 4 mild ma nn4fSA Esor-
gian- But when he he'd Mis- pc
sition several years asy, he sho~
wed scnat concern and permit
ted Mr.. Rankin to 1Sminats
both him and the invsstagation.
Mr.. Rankin may prefer to RE-
tain his chairmanship Of :ths
Veterans' Affairs Committee,
but even il he does he will, b
top man on the Un-Amsrican.
He will, Of course, continue the
anti-Communist inquiry vigor-
ously. But he may also drag
into his fiery spotlight many
other racial, religious and min.
ority groups hitherto immune,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12

RESTLESS Professor Essen.
hover may have believed that
he removed himself from poll
ties permanently when he ae-
cepted his present post, but the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
By Wsstbrsok PseisP

By Wsst1reok Ps0ieP
(csDyright, leAs, King Fsa.
lures Syndicate, lne.)
There are early indications
that President Truman, having
q "mandate" now, will cause
his Congress to rs-snaet the es-
ssntials Of the Taft.Hartley Law
under another name. It were
small Of him to deny Taft and
Hartley due credit for the re-
form which they almost
wrought, but that 10 politics. 1t
10 q mean and sordid profession
which bombast Of it, rough chi
vairy but abhors honor ~ n
vice. However. Taft and Hart
ley would be the last to claim
that they actually revealed the
crimes Of unionism or even
were the first to oppose them.
They studied the facts, manag-
ed 4 new law through Congress
In good political weather and
put it through again over the
veto. In the process, however.
it got eiuttsrsd like 4 chatetl
mortgage and the result has
been 4 law which most Of those
concerned including me, never
have been able to plod through
and couldn't have understood
anyway:
The odds are that Green and
Murray have never read It but
took the word Of parasite shy
sters Of the racket that it was
bad for them. And 1t may be
taken as a fact that Mr.. Tru-
man hasn't read it either. This
being 80, the fact Is plain that
the eitizen-voters who were OK
horted to destroy 1t lest it des-
troy them, had read only the
self-ssrving damnations Of the
act which were holIered up and
down the land by the licensed
sraftsrs and their political pa
irons. Mr.. Truman's concur
renee in this fraud was ironic
because he had twice invoked
the Taft-Hartley Law to avert
anarchy and save his admins
tration.
The facts of union outrage
which finally put Congress in
. mood to act had been accumu-
latins for years. Congressman
Howard Smith, Of Virginia, Sam
Hobbs, Of Alabama, and Hatton
Summers, Of Texas, ran an ex-
pose early in the war. Before
that, Mr.. Smith. An implaca-
BILE conscience with q Puritan's
awful zeal. had proved that two
unmistakable Communists held
jugular jobs in the Labor Re-
lations Board, planted there, Of
course. by the evil cabal from
Harvard Law. All these efforts
were thwarted by Congresswo-
man Mary Norton, Of Jersey
City. 4 female Honest John as
sross and offensive to civic hy-
sisne a. her ineffable boss,
Frank Hague. She had charge
OF the Labor Committee under
Roosevelt and her personal ad.
hsrency At home included Joe
Fay and a whole roster of kin
dred criminals in command Of
unions. II Mr.. Truman should
find it In himself to call his new
law the Pegler Emancipation
Act, modesty would yield to pa
triotism and I would not turn
him down, but what's IN name,
after all?
Citisans often criticize Con-
ooae1naA - vs1iaa thais ~
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-12
DAILY BIBLE QUOTATION

with the q the saints Hs vsat W bs1srs
Odd nom The snssys hand Msss
This poaths Daily Bbls Quotations suggested h. Jss<
Il Dns Pastor Of st. Johns Catholic Church In Assass
Rapads
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13

the United Nations is pointing the
way even to such freedom-loving
countries as the United States.
We hope the time will come, in
the not-tOo-distant future, when a
well-deserved appointment such as
DR.. Bunche's may be viewed, not
as a sign Of progress, but as a
natural event among enlightened
men. Until that day, thoughtful
citizens will rejoice in each forward
step that brings US closer to peace
and brotherhood.
Joseph NJ. Proskauer,
The American Jewish
Committee,
1856 Fourth Ave,
New York City, N. Y.
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13

to improve those things you feel
are not quite up to par.
This is the time to lay the foun-
dation for beauty in your Rrown-up
years. Your job now is to protect
the good gifts nature has given
you. Build a firm, straight body,
and keep it by eating well-balaneed
meals and standing proud and tall.
Look upon your homework in q
different light-Rs an opportunity
to build grace and beauty while
you study. Sit with your feet firm
on the floor, your back straight and
your book under a clear light. Don't
slump, don't crouch in the half dark
when you read.
Food is a beauty aid. You can
eat your way in or out Of beauty.
You need bodybuilding meals of
real fOods-meat, vegetables,
fruits, mix, cereals at regular
times. Don't be a soda-sandwich
grabber.
Your sleep is quite important
also. 1t is the foundation Of your
beauty plan. Be a ten o'clock girl
except for special dates. All day
you burn up energy so give your
body and beauty a chance to catch
up when night comes.
This is the time to set your mind
in the habit Of thinking beauty, not
by preening every time you get a
new dress, but by keeping the
image Of what you want to look
like forever in the window Of your
mind.
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13
Bunchs's Appointment
L. Sign Of Reol
Progress. Proskauar So

Progress. ProskGuer SGYs
Editor: At Geneva, Switzerland,
a short time ago, a new page was
written into the record of human
liberty when the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights
adopted the first draft of an Inter-
national Bill of Rights to be sub
mitted to the General Assembly
at its next session. The nations of
the world have thus recorded the
growing realization that the racial,
political and religious rights Of men
and women everywhere are of di-
rect concern to all.
The United Nations in its brief
lifetime has taken many steps to
insure the dignity of the individual
and to establish every persons
equal right to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness. Not the least
Of its activities in that direction
has been an uncompromising in
sistence that those on its own staff
be judged always by their indi-
vidual merits, rather than by the
color Of their skin, their religion or
the country Of their birth.
The recent appointment of DR..
Ralph J. Bunche as chief of the
secretariat Of the United Nations
Palestine Commission is a case in
point. This eminently qualified
scholar was called to his new duties
as q result Of his splendid work
with the Trusteeship Division and
with the Special Committee on
Palestine.
DR.. Bunche is the grandson Of a
Negro slave in the South. His post
is a source Of great pride to all
Of US who look forward to a world
in which human beings are truly
emancipated-freed forever from
the shackles Of race prejudice and
religious bigotry. The leadership Of
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13

derful posture or a certain. "knack"
for always looking just right in
what she wears.
The thing to do is to study your
self. Make mental notes Of your
assets and stress them while trying
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13

a difference between being SNUG
and being confident.
Every girl has at least one thing
Of which she can be truly proud.
If not beauty of face then it may
be brains or well-shaped legs, won
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13
ScOpe Of OIL Companies

Today more than "a. 900 companies
are engaged In the oil business
throughout the United States. OF
these. l3,475 are in the production
end Of the business; 400 are refin-
erS; $50 are engaged in Transports
ton Of oil products, and 10000 deal
with marketing and distribution. In
addition, there are nearly $50, 900
service stations, as well as thou
sands Of other retail outlets for oil
products.
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13
THE CHARM OF you
BY NATALIE T. SCURLOCK

Yes teenagers we're talking at you again this week.
We'd like to ask you this Queson-"Are you satisfied
with yourself You had better not be- If you may
not realize but you headed for hearaches Every
girl (or woman) we've who that
thing she said, did perection-wasn There is
St. Paul recorder., 1948-02-13

Speed Of Freight Trains
Average speed Of freight trains
the United States increased 50 3
cent from 1870 TO lotA