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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
THOMPSON
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON

One expects demagoguery in
q national campaign, but the
source of such troubles as we
have seldom lies where the
blame is put, nor the credit for
our achievements with the poll
ticians who claim it.
Most of our national failures
are due neither to wicked ere
actionaries" nor wicked "radi-
Gals" but to intellectual errors,
which are shared by both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. Mr.. Tru-
man, for instance, is blaming
high prices on the failure of the
80th Republican Congress to
adopt his recommendations for
price control. But price control
does not stop the disease of in
flation. 1t merely sets up cum
bersome and irritating bureau
cracy to deal with the symptoms
of the disease.
The theory is that initiation can
be banished,by agreeing to keep
prices down and policing the
agreement. The end of that
would be a revival of NRA plus
OPA, plus a black market. The
source of the initiation still
would not be touched.
The source of initiation is the
fact that the flow of money has
been, and is, increasing faster
than the supply of goods and
services. This creates an upward
pressure on prices, which is high
ly profitable for a few but aw-
full for everybody else. The basic
cause of this is a war passed and
a war feared. The past war de-
vastated vast areas and put
them out of production, produc-
ing an unnatural foreign demand
on American goods, while the
war feared peretuates expendi-
lures for armaments, an extrava-
CANT form of public spending.
Some 80 per cent of the ma
tional income is paid out in
wages, salaries and compensa-
sation for services, and most of
it is spent for consumers goods
and services. Many Republicans
to the contrary, higher wages do
not produce initiation but are the
result of it. because inflationary
profits alone make them possible,
Furth h e r more, you cannot
freeze" prices without freezing
competition, thus aiding the
monopolists and pushing compe-
titive business to the wall. The
only way to control initiation
and equilibrize the economy is
to divert purchasing power to
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
Most National Failures Are Caused By
Intellectual Errors Of Both Parties

savings. And, therefore, the
place to begin rationing is not
in the meat market but in the
money market.
President Truman was right in
his stand against reducing tax
es, provided high taxes are used
to reduce the national debt. The
volume of Government debt is
the greatest single inflationary
factor. The money put back into
the public's hands will only en-
able citizens to outbid one an
other for the limited supply of
goods. Little of it will go into
savings.
A large part of the money in
circulation is credit. This credit
should be curbed, reducing
bank loans which in 1916 and
1947 increased by u billions.
Reduction can be achieved with
out interference in peoples pri-
vate lives by increasing the in
terest rate and or increasing
required reserves. 1t is highly
lnflationary that while the price
of everything else has risen so
per cent or more, the price of
money hardly has advanced
since the end of the war. Yet
cheap money and expensive
goods are the very description
of initiation.
The Government also could
directly prohibit certain kinds
of investment, which compete
for limited labor and materials.
This is particularly important
IN the construction industry. We
do not have nearly enough mod
est homes and apartments; but
we could certainly do for a while
without more movie houses,
night clubs, or Mr.. Blanding vii
las.
One of Mr.. Wallace's "contri-
buttons" to anti-inflation has
been to suggest the need for a
network OF new airports for
private planes - presumably a
must" for his Common Man.
Actually, all luxury construction
should be stopped, not encour-
aged.
In short, the place for control
is in the national budget and
the monetary policy, and In all
measures which encourage saw
ing. What the Government can
control, and control remotely, is
the circulation and flow of mo-
ney. 1t can get at initiation at
the source if it has mind to,
and it can only stop it from the
source.
(Relessed by The Bell Syndicate.
IAc.)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
WHAT FUTURE ROANOKE
EAPIDSc

In this issue are printed let
ters from newspaper publishers,
governors, Senators-yes, even
from the President of the United
States. The occasion for the let
ters was to congratulate the Her
aid on becoming daily.
Before writing these letters,
the writer's checked on Roanoke
RAPIDS? What kind of city was
it, The invariable result was an
astonished comment on the ex-
traordlnary growth of this COM
munity.
Roanoke Rapids had 5000 pop
ulation 20 years ago; today, the
city and its environs have 15,-
900. How many cities in all of
America can equal this growth?
Not more than one per cent.
Roanoke Rapids has done bet
tea than SO per cent of the citles
in these United States.
The textile mills here of course
account for the major portion
Of the growth. They have been
hiring men and women for dis
tance of 20 and so miles; grad
ual,v these families have moved
to town. To-day. there are l,500
workers in the Roanoke, Patter-
son, and Rosemary mills who
live outside of the city and its
suburbs. Over a period of time.
these 1900 workers can be eX-
pected TO move here in order to
be nearer their work. From this
source alone, an increase of s.
900 population may be predicted.
The Halifax Paper mill is ex-
panoing at rate not fully ap-
preciated by this community.
Millions are likely to be invest
ed during the next five years;
it Will become the most mod
ern paper mill in the country.
The $50 who work there now
Will grow to $50, Still impor-
tant, the mill VIII buy enormous
quantities of wood. The increas-
ed direct payroll will be small
er than the rise in purchasing
power in the nearby area from
the purchase of wood.
The biggest project of all is
the s16, 100000 power project of
the Virginia Electric and Pow
er Company one and one-half
miles from the city. Construc-
ton is expected to begin in the
spring of next year and will go
on for three years. The construc-
ton payroll alone will run to
several million dollars.
However, immediate benefits
will be less than the long-range
benefits. America is experience
ing a power shortage. Compan-
les planning future expansion
are raising questions about the
source of power. Because of this
warning, power expansion from
now on has to precede industrial
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
Civil Rights Means Negro Question, sokolsky Says
And He Adds 1t Is Major American Problem Which
Has Been nadequatelv Discussed Except I'm South

East Bronx of New York.
am not iustifying these con-
ditions either on moral or legal
grounds, l am only describing
conditions as they exist and l
am protesting against lies and
liars. The politicians who are
Sinking civil rights are seeking
They are appealing to
votes in the Northern cities.
prejudice and indignation an
they are fannig the flames of
race anita gonisms not because
they want to improve the con-
dition of the Negro IN M,:s-
issippi but because they want
the votes OF the Negro in Harlem
and South Chicago.
The anxiety of the Northern
Democrats to be recorded as Vo-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13

expansion.
Finally, Roanoke Rapids needs
farm trade. This city is the
largest city and the logical capi-
tai of five-county empire, but
its growth has been too fast for
all-round development. Prosper
ity has come from internal
growth alone. The rich farming
area within 80 mile radius has
been neglected. Peanuts alone
yield an income of 1000 900.
Other money crops, millions
more.
Weldon is getting more farm
trade than Roanoke Rapids, but
both communities lose the over
whelming proportion of the
farmers dollar to outside CEN
ters. To build Roanoke Rapids
will not hurt Weldon; in fact, it
will help by bringing buyers in
this direction rather than allow
ing them as at present to so in
opposite directions.
Leaders of local civil organi-
cations have been talking about
making concerted effort to
build farm trade. Major develop
ments may be soon expected.
The point of this lengthy ana
lysis is: Don't sell Roanoke Ra-
plds short. Put your money on
continuation of its sensational
growth. This city and it's SUI
ourbs have grown from 5000 to
$4,000 in 20 years; they will grow
to $4,000 in another 20 years.
Your children have great fu-
ture here. They can lay their
plans accordingly.
Preserve this historic issue of
the Daily Herald for 20 years.
Check these predictions on Sept.
13, 1868.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13

ting for the civil rights plank
of the Democratic Platform aft
er a voice vote has passed it,
their insistence upon Sena r
Barkley's announcement of how
they voted, was for the CONS
umption of the Northern Negro
voter. They fear that if they
do not get that vote, Wallace,
who represents Soviet rae !
concepts, will.
We're that the entire story, it
would be little more than an
appeal for the Irish, the Jew
Hh, or the Italian vote. But
this Negro qestion is pitched on
a high emotional level and can
result in riots and death.
Copyright, 1948, King Feat
ures Syndicate, Inc) GR).
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
Will Resemble Rumpus-kalslng
Chamber Which Frustrated Both
Cal Coolidge and Herbert Hoover

chdnCe 10 OuSt OF replace LnISe
sitting Democrats. They are
James E. Murray of Montana,
Carl Hatch of New Mexico and
Tom Stewart of Tennessee. Mr..
Hatch did not seek reelection BE-
cause of his expectation of a NiE.
icial appointment, and Mr.. Ske-
wart lost out in the primary con-
test to Representative Estes Ka-
fauver.
ABSTINENCE Former Sena-
tor Burton X. Wheeler Of Mont.
ana, who still has many friends
in that state, will not lift a fin
ger for his old enemy, Senator
Murray, and Burt's indifference
could mean a vast difference in
the outcome. H..
Senator Dennis Chavez Of NV
Mexico is SO i'll that it is doubt
full if he can campaign for the
Democrats nominee there, for
mer Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson. And with
out the so-called Chavez vote"
Mr.. Anderson may have a hard
time in defeating Pat Hurley.
Another influential Democrat
whose political abstinence may
damage the ex-Cabinet member
is former Governor John y.
Dempsey, who was beaten for
the Senate nomination by Mr..
Anderson. Although an elderly
Democrat, Mr.. Dempsey owes
nothing to President Truman,
who supported Mr.. Anderson.
Last, the former agricultural
boss is no ball of fire as a CAM
paigner.
LINEUP The attitude Of
Boss" Crump may be the pzin-
opal factor in Tennessee. Ae
branded Representative Kefau-
yer as a Red" in the primary
contest, in which Mr.. crurnp suf-
tered one of his few setbacks. II
ne passes out the word to "lay
off Kefauver," the latter may
not have too good a chance
asainst Carroll Reece, former
chairman of the Republican Ma
uonal Committee.
Should the COP. win thase
three seats while losing the etx
listed above, the Senate lineup
would be forty-eight apiece. II
would then be Father Time or
Washington's unpredictable Wea-
ther Man who might cast the de-
cisive vote.
Two Democratic Serlators-7i.
year-old Wagner of New York
and the age-unknown McKelar
Of Tennessee-have missed as
many sessions as they have at-
tended in recent years. And tkey
cannot vote by prexy next Janu-
ary.
TRIAL It is the certainty of
such a narrow mar gin in the
reaty-ratifying and confirming
tody that will plague the next
President and jeopardibe respon-
able party government at the
very moment when our supposed
y democratic and majority rule
system is on trial before the
world, with Russia as the pro1e-
cutor.
Should President Truman be
elected, for instance, a few Dix
iecrats and conservative Demo
Gratis could endanger his pro-
gram by lining up With Repub-
leans of like philosophy.
But should Dewey-Warren
victory reunite the Democrats,
the bloc of six or eight so-called
Republican liberals - Morse,
Flanders, Tobey, Aikon, Bad
win, etc.,-could do the same to
the man in the White House. In
either instance, the Chief Execu-
tive would not possess the vot-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
By RAY TUCKER

-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13-The
next Senate will be wild and
woody body from the standpoint
of party regularity, and will be
hairshirt to the next President
of the United States, whether he
be Harry S. Truman or Thomas
E. Dewey.
1t will resemble the runpus-
raising chamber which frustrat-
ed Calvin Coolidge and Herbert
Hoover in the years when a
small band of extremely able and
astute Republican Progressives
Hiram w. johnson of Califor-
mia, William Edgar Borah of
Idaho, George W. Norris of Ne
braska, the two Bob" La Fol-
lettes of Wisconsin and Gerald
P. Nye of North Dakota-usually
sided with the out-of-power
Democrats across the aisle.
CONTROL To make matters
worse, despite the results of the
November senatorial races, the
question of which party will en-
Joy actual and organizational
control of the Senate may not be
decided until it assemblies next
January. AS happened in the
Garner-Longworth duel for the
House Speakership in 1880.
deaths and illnesses between
November and January may ex-
ert greater influence over the
composition and control of the
upper chamber than the voters.
In this respect the Republicans
possesses an advantage, for the
age of their membership is far
lower than the average among
the Democrats. The latter have
half dozen men over seventy
and eighty who are beginning to
show their years by their record
of absenteeism.
With the alignment now at fif-
ty-one Republicans and forty
five Democrats, a heavy biz
zard on opening day may upset
the decision at the polls.
CHECK Despite the general
belief that the Dewey-Warren
Ticket will win in a glide, the
Democratic high command will
make an extraordinary effort to
regain dominance of the Senate
as check on the expected Re
publican Administration. They
count on making an ultra-iber-
al record of legislation and op-
position as one means of rebuild
ing the party for 1852 and future
years.
The Democrats believe that
they can retain their present
strength and at the same time
knock off at least six Republican
incumbents. The six they are
aiming at with high-powered po-
itical rifles are John Sherman
Cooper of Kentucky, Chapman
Revercomb of West Virginia,
George A. Wilson of Iowa, C.
Wayland Brooks of Illinois, Ed
ward V. Robertson of Wyoming.
and Joseph H. Ball of Minneso-
ia.
REVERSE Assuming that the
Democrats win these contests,
although the Republicans do not
agree to that assumption, the
membership of the future SEN
ate would be fifty-one Demo-
Gratis and forty-five Republicans.
exact reverse of the current sta
tuS.
But the COP. strategists be-
ing power to match or under
write his executive responsible
ity.
That would be a setup to de-
light Josef Stain and Henry Wal
lace.
ieve that they have good
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
sOkOLSKY
By GEORGE E. soKoLsKY

BY what is euphemisticallv
called Civil Rights in this
campaign is meant the Negro
question. And let us call it
that from here on. Since the
Civil War, the Negro question
has been a major American pro-
....blem inadequately discussed
and considered except by South
erners who had to live with it
and in recent years by the Com
munist and their fellow travel
ers and competing liberals who
hope to garner votes out of it.
Under our Constitution and
within the sanctions of NOR a
law, the legal equality of Neg
roes and whites can not be gu
estioned, Historically and trad
itionally, the question is not so
simple either in the North or
the South. Those Northern Dem
ocrats who make such a terrif-
ic to-do about racial discrimi-
nation ir the South are gen
orally liars - they will not live
in Negro areas in their cities;
they do not entertain Negroes
in their homes, they do not hire
Negro secretaries or clerks, eX-
cept political ones, which is
part of the vote getting techni-
que; they do not encoura 6 e
association between their child
rem and Negro children.
In a word, none of them pra-
ctice in their private lives what
they preach for others. 1t is
simple matter for a resident
of Minnesota or Wisconsin to
grow powerfully indignant alb
out problem that does not face
him but that does face a citi-
zen of Alabama or Mississippi.
Minnesota's Negro population,
according to the 1910 census,
was 1928; Wisconsin's, 12,15
labama's, 983. .29o; Mississippi
S, 1,074,578.
II the Civil War had not end
ed in the Reconstruction Era.
which Thaddeus Stevens Great
ed an unassimilable minority for
political advantage, we would
perhaps today not be facing this
problem as the principal cam
paign issue of 1913. Perhaps
had Abraham Lincoln not been
assassinateo, the emancipated
Negro slave would have been
brought into American life with
out malice with charity for all.
But that did not happen. In
stead the Northern carpetbagg-
er and his Negro associates left
in the South a heritage of bit
terness which has continued to
the present time. Franklin D.
Roosevelt tried to solve this
problem by exporting Negro
from the South to the North.
placing them on relief rolls
enterprises on quota basis.
Thus, in many Northern and
Western areas, the Negro popu-
lation increased startlingly.
The Northerners met the pro-
blems by segregating Negroe
into ghettoes. Make no mistake
about that: in the North, the
Negro is as segregated as in
the South, in spite of the lies
Northern politicians tell. Har-
lem is a Negro ghetto; the Bed
ford District of Brooklyn is Neg
70 ghetto; the South side of Chi
cago is a Negro ghetto. The
technique ecago is Negro ghetto
technique employed in new
York is for the whites tc clear
out as soon as the Negro moves
in If you want to see that pro-
CESS at work, you can st'dy it,
u you are so inclined, in the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
Ray Tucker Predicts That The Next Senate Will be Wild % Session
Daily Bible Quotation

Study to show thyself approved unto God, work
that needth not be ashamed rightly dividing the
word of truth. II Timothy 2:15
This months daily quotations suggested by
the Rev. Willis R. Stevens Pastor of the Rosemary
Methodist Church of Roanoke Rapids.
The Herald will each day in this position carry
Bible quotation Pastors of the churches in the five
county to be covered by the Herald will be asked
to contribute the quotation for month
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13
(Q) MAY "A MAN FORCE
HIS WIFE TO FOLLOW HIM
WHEREVER HE GOESo

(A) After a brief and unhappy
nasrriag sc, a prize fighters wife
left him and went back to her
parents. One evening, as she
was emptying a trash can be-
hind the house, her husband sud
denly appeared and confronted
ner with a pistol. Then he half
carried, haf-dra gged her into a
woods, where for two days he
eluded sheriff's posse. Caught
at last, the fighter was charged
with kidnapping. He protested
that, as husband, he had the
right to make his wife follow
MIN wherever he went. But the
court rejected this argument and
found him guilty. The judge said:
The law does not recognize a
right in the husband to use ply
slcal force to control the acts
OF his wife or to compel her to
obey his wishes"
(Q) is A MOTORIST EVER
JUSTIFIED IN RACING A
TRAIN TO THE CROSSING?
(A) Out for Sunday drive.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Births Reported
(From the D. c. Bureau Of vital Statistics

Edward and Mary Bowan, girl.
Joseph and Mary Carroll, boy.
Georse and Hazel Cassiday, boy.
Lenwood and Catherine Cecil, girl.
James and Ida Crook. boy.
Patrick and Greta Deenihan, girl.
Thomas and Dora Duffy, girl.
James and Helen Dunnington, girl.
Robert and Theresa Dunphy, girl.
John and Jeannine Fisher, girl.
Dominick and Ronnie Gioielli, boy.
Jan and Martha Grader. boy.
Guy and Norma Groves, boy.
John and Mary Hancock, girl.
Thomas and Mildred Harris, boy.
Albert and Lucille Henniee, boy.
Royal and Eula Herring. boy.
Ewing and Wilma House, boy.
William and Virginia Kivett. girl.
Norris and Kaye Levin, boy.
Niles and Mary Madsen, girl.
Marshall and Adele Allen, boy.
Addison and Maggie Anderson, girl.
! Paul and Marion Anderson, boy.
Herbert and Edra Bali, boy.
Raymond and Thelma Baylor, girl.
John and Rachel Beaysns, boy.
Edward and Dolores Bland, girl.
Edward and Mabel Blake. Girl.
Phillip and Mary Blankey, girl.
George and Bernice Brown, girl.
Josiah and Harriet Brockington, boy.
Harry and Mabel Brown, boy.
Reginald and Geraldine Carter. boy.
Bernard and Aigie Clark, girl.
Abe and Willie Mae Coleman. girl
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Roy and Mary Cooley, Soy.

Roy and Mary ccllsy, boy.
william and Mary Corey. girl.
Hurb and Alberta corley. boy.
Lonnie and Sarah Davis, girl.
Alexander and Irene Davis, girl.
Theodore and Maxine Dean, boy.
William and Audrey De Loach, boy.
George and Viola Dixon. boy.
Calvin and Claretha Duncan, girl.
Mckinley and Queeine Evans. boy.
Louis and Dovie Exum, girl.
William and Bessie Fields, girl.
James and Ruth Finley, girl.
Henry and Gloria Fletcher, boy.
Frank and Earlene Fowler, boy.
1zaac and Betsy Fulwood, boy,
Leroy and jamie Gardner, boy.
Ptnkney and Reua Gaskins, boy:
Henry and verdell Graham, girl.
Perry, and Cecilia Green, girl.
Cleveland and Rebecca Graham, boy.
Eddie and Annie Harris, girl
Tommie and Carrie Harris, boy.
oeorge and Ollie Hubbard. boy.
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Neal Heads Stote Society

William j. Neal, deputy admin
istrator Of the Rural Electrification
Administration, has been elected
president of the New Hampshire
State Society. Other new ofacers
are Francis w. Tully, and Miss
Miriam Franks, vice presidents; Miss
Helen Martin, secretary, and Harry
C. Burke. treasurer.
Evening star., 1948-12-14

II. Doldsn and Mamie HUNT styi.
James and Dorothy Jackson. sifi.
Charles and Jean johnson. boy.
Edmund and Marjorie johnson. sirl.
Joseph and Thelma Jones. girl.
william and Theols Jones, sirl.
Lawrence and Catherine Jones, girl.
Edward and Ethel Jones. boy.
william and Doris Magruder, Sirl.
Izaih and Sadie Medley, girl.
joseph and Alma Middleton, boy:
Evening star., 1948-12-14
Marriage License
|AppIicutions

Under d. c. law, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, suait three tuH days and
receive the license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-07-01
Ragnar Sohlman,
Original Alfred Nobel
Executor, Dies In
Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, July 10.-(By
airmaiD -Ragnar Sohlman, former
head of the Royal Board of Trade
and executor of the will of Alfred
Nobel, the inventor of dynamite
and donor of the Nobel Prizes, died
here July 9. He was seventy-eight
years old. Born in Stockholm,
February 20, 1870, he graduated
from the Royal Institute of Tech
nology. after which he went to the
United States for further studies.
He returned to Sweden in 1893
and became an assistant to Alfred
Nobel whom he helped in the de-
velopment of certain explosives.
This work gained him the post of
director of the Nobel Bofors Pow
der Company in Sweden, which he
managed from 1893 to 1919. In
1920 he became a Government
Commercial Councillor and was
then made chief of the Industrial
Bureau of the Board of Trade.
From 1885 to 1886, when he re-
tired because of pension age, he
was head of the Board. A life long
friend of Alfred Nobel, he was des-
ignated by him though barely
twentysix years old, as an execu-
tor of his will. When the Nobel
Foundation was established, Mr..
Sohlman was named a member of
the board, and from 1886 to 1916
served as it's chairman.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-07-01

The Independence Day celebra-
ton at the Rebild National Park
in Denmark was featured by the
Swedish American Line in an at
tractive window display in it's Of
fices at 636 Fifth Avenue, New
York.
A picture of the King and Queen
of Denmark surrounded by solor-
full, posters of Danish tourist at
fractions and miscellaneous travel
folders describing points of inter-
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-07-01

Prince Wilhelm, youngest son
of King Gustaf, recently was
awarded the gold medal of the
Swedish Tourist Association in
recognition of the great number
of short educational films about
Sweden and Swedish institutions,
customs. and people of special in
terest which he has. written, di-
rected, and narrated.