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Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
VOICE.:
BeLittLiHlg

Voice of America broadcasts,
which have never received a full
measure of congressional approval,
sank to an even lower level Of
disesteem because Of a series of
ill-starred. programs beamed to
Latin America last winter.
The scripts in question, denounced
by senators as sabotage, SANDER
and libel of the u. S., first attracted
attention in March during house
appropriation committee hearings
on the Voice Of America. In the
sample script that the committee
wanted to look over were some ILL
chosen remarks about Wyoming.
Stout-hearted Wyoming congress
men shrieked in anguish. Other
scripts were examined, and Sen.
Homer Capehart (Rep., Ind.) fin
ally aired the whole thing before
the senate.
The legislators shuddered as they
heard Capehart read from the
scripts such excerpts as:
''New England was founded by
hypocrisy and Texas by SIM"
''Nevada's two main cities COM
pete with each other because peo-
pie get married in Las Vegas and
divorced in Reno"
The programs were handled by
the National Broadcasting company
under contract with the state
department. Rene Borgia, the man
who wrote the scripts, was fired.
and Alberto Gandero, Borgia's su-
pervisor, resigned.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
PAY HIKE:
. NeaU Formula

When General Motors corporation
averted a threatened strike of 1885,
600 auto production workers by Of
fering an 11-cent raise based on a
cost-of-living formula it probably
set a precedent which will be fol-
lowed in settling other industrial
labor disputes.
Under the agreement, described
as an "entirely new approach to
the living cost problem" GIN pro-
duction workers get an Scent cost
of-living increase and Scent pay
boost based on annual industrial
efficiency improvement.
Terms provide that wages be ad-
justed up or down each three
months to conform with fluctua-
tions in the consumer price index
of the bureau of labor statistics.
It appeared to be sound plan
and one that might be followed to
good advantage by other industries.
Biggest flaw in the scheme was the
fact that General Motors might
have to pass the cost-of-living raise
on to the public, which step might
have the eventual effect of nullify-
ing the benefits of the raise to the
workers.
Significance of this adjustable
cost-of-living wage formula can be
seen in a review Of the rise in
prices since 1910. The cost Of liv-
ing today is SO per cent higher than
in 1910. Using 1910 as a base year
which is what GIN and the United
Auto Workers did in arriving at
their agreement-living costs now
are at 169 per cent.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
FAHURE:
No Peace

It was difficult to say who would
suffer more from the Arabs rejec-
ton of u. N. truce plea for Pales-
tine - the Arabs themselves, the
Jews or the United Nations.
Probably the Jews came off to
better advantage in the world coun-
ellis of public opinion, inasmuch as
through their willingness to accept
truce they now can appear in the
role of a nation which has been
wronged and is forced to fight a
war that has been thrust willy nilly
upon it.
The Arabs simply brushed aside
the idea of truce with the con-
tention that they could not halt the
shooting war until the state Of Israel
is abandoned and the Jewish army
demobilized. There never was any
question in the minds of Arab lead
ers about the truce. 1t was literal
iy unacceptable to them. Their
position was stated definitively by
the Egyptian premier, Mahmoud
FANNY Nokrashy Pasha, who said:
''There never will be founded
state called Israel, or any other
name, as long as the creation of
that state relies upon the theft of
Arab land, the determination Of its
Arab owners and the sacrifice of
moral principles of its Arab neigh
bors.''
Nevertheless, the Arab refusal
was bitter blow to the U. N.
security council. It had been or
ganized for the express purpose Of
resolving just such disputes as this
one in Palestine, yet it could do
nothing more than make a weak
gesture of placation.
There was little doubt that the Sc
curity council had been rendered
toothless and impotent on the Pal
estine issue by the U. S. attitude, or
rather lack of attitude.
What position the United States
would take as an individual nation
with regard to the Palestine war
was not. clear either.
At a conference with Chain
Weizmann, IsraePs president, Pres
ident Truman promised that the
u. S. would provide financial sup
port for Israel in the form Of a
loan of about 100 million dollars.
Further, he limited at the possibility
that unless the Arab states cease
fire the u. S. might provide arms
for the Jews.
Day after the conference, how
ever, Mr.. Truman dismissed Weiz-
mann's plea for a loan as some
thing that could be handled by the
export-import bank, and he COM
pletely ducked the issue Of raising
the embargo on arms shipments to
the Middle East.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
APPROVED:
BrH7lnO7I

President Truman's choice OF
Charles F. Brannan to succeed
Clinton Anderson as secretary OF
agriculture has received the whole
hearted approval of the national
farm organizations.
They consider the 44-year-old
former assistant secretary of agrl-
culture "a friend of the farmer"
One of the bases for this feeling
of harmony is the fact that Bran
nan and the farm organizations con-
cur in thinking that the preWar
parity law is badly outdated. j.,
Such crops as soybeans, for in
stance, have attained much great
er importance since the law was
passed but still have no satisfactory
price fixing basis. Other farmers,
including cattle and dairy produc-
ers, claim their parity scales are
out of line in this postwar period.
Ideas developed by Brannan to
help remedy this situation have
been largely adopted by the lead
ing farm groups and are incorpo-
rated in bills now pending before
congress. Unless congress acts by
the end of this year the law guar
anteeing farm prices at 80 per cent
of the fixed parity rate will expire.
Serving quietly as assistant Sec
retary of agriculture for the past
four years, Brannan has made
himself the backbone of the ad-
ministration's drive to enact long
range farm program.
Thus, the farmers think lot OF
Brannan because he has demon
strated that he is looking out for
their interests in realistic, level
headed fashion.
President Truman, it appeared,
had made a good choice in putting
Brannan at the head of the de-
partment. Almost everybody was
satisfied, and that, in an election
year, was a most desirable situa-
ton for Mr.. Truman
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Early Ice Enterprise

An early American enterprise was
the shipping of ice from New Eng
land to the tropics. The ice was
packed in white pine sawdust and
Americans promoted its sale by
showing the natives how to make
ice cream and iced drinks.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
PEOPLE Are Discovering Social Security

announcing the Improvement, o. c.
Pogge. director of the administra-
tion's bureau Of old-age and sur
vivors insurance in Baltimore, said:
''Our continuing efforts to inform
workers Of their benefit rights have
resulted in increased public aware
ness that o1d-age and survivors in
surance benefits are payable onL
If they are claimed"
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Bust and BuStIe Era

Fashion dictators are prescribing
abundant use Of jewelry to compile
ment the ''bust and hustle" fashions
currently in vogue. In keeping with
elegance of the new gowns, jewel
ers are creating lavish, delicate
pieces using the sister metals, pal
ladium and platinum.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
FEWER BENEFITS LOST

Although inadvertent loss OF bene-
fits remains a major problem, the
number Of persons who deprive
themselves Of old-age and survivors
insurance benefits because they de-
lay filing their claims Is decreas-
ing steadily.
That report has been made by
the Federal Security agency's So
Sial security administration. In
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Millions Lost in Fire

Fire losses for this year in the
nation probably will reach 700 mil
lion dollars, twice as much in a
single year as was lost in the fire
that followed the 1906 San Francisco
earthquake, according to fire pre-.
vention authorities estimates.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Store IT Outdoors

Where farm rubber-tired ma
chimes cannot be kept under cover,
they should be blocked up, and the
wheels removed and placed under
cover. Where this cannot be done,
the machine should be well covered
with tar paper or canvas, the ma
chimes having been blocked up so
that the tires do not touch the
ground.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Those Ugly Words

National Association Of Teachers
of Speech made out list Of the 10
ugliest words, the most unpleasant
found in the English language. They
were: Phlegmatic, crunch, f1atule1t,
cacophony, treachery, sap, Jazz, plu-
tocrat, grippe and plump.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Richly Ornamented

The most richly -ornamented
building in the world and one Of the
strangest sights in India is the large
Hindu temple, Konarak, in the Puri
district of Orissa. The exterior liz
thickly covered with sculptured fg-
ures of gods and goddesses, which
although seven centuries old, still
are considered to be outstanding in
sculpture.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18

their prognOStlcatlonS ana StuoleS,
AID they feel that the trend for all
business now is up.
But listen to what the people sur
veyed by Kiplinger say:
A food wholesaler in Iowa:
"Bread sales are extremely high,
also flour sales are good and the
sale of rolled oats is good, as people
apparently are filling up on. these
nutritious foods in preference to
more expensive items"
A baker in Ohio: ''We are selling
fewer cakes and pies"
Women are doing more sewing at
home, with clothing prices so high.
An Illinois businessman said: "The
local high school decided to have
a night school on sewing The first
registration was 1876 women
Young woman in Wisconsin,:
'T'm not the only working girl in
this community who doesn't have
the new look"
Illinois farmwoman: 1--WE planned
to buy some new furniture, but the
price is too high. am making
slipcovers.
Even electrical items, dreamed of
by housewives as an after-the-war
necessity, are not selling well. Said
an Iowa dealer: 1.-THE edge is def
nitely off on hard goods, such as
refrigerators, washers, a s,
stoves, etc. Prices too high"
A traveling~ salesman covering
the small towns finds the going
tough: II cover New York state
and am working twice as hard for
half the business.
Many little signs of hard times
were reported by Kiplinger's sur
vey. Examples:
A Texas housewife: 'I am feed
ing tramps for the first time since
before the war;"
A deacon: COLLECTIONS are off
at our church."
A loan company man: more
borrowing from small loan COM
panies."
A village cObbIer: ''My shoe
repair business is good"
AS the Kiplinger magazine puts
it: '"The folks in the small towns
are harder up. Their incomes
haven't gone up as much as the
prices they pay"
In other words, according to the
survey, the wealth is getting out
of the hands of the consumer. And
whether this survey or the COM
merce department. optimistic pre-
diction are more nearly correct,
Congress abolished the small buSi-
ness section), this much at least
can be said:
You. can redistribute the wealth
by the socialistic Intervention OF
government. That kills capitalism.
Or you can redistribute it by per-
mitting full and free competition
competition on the part of the pro-
ducers of raw materials, compet1-
ton on the part of labor, Can ex-
pensive item), competition on the
part of professors. Industrial or
labor monopoly, as I said before,
will kill capitalism in the end as
effectively as the Communist with
his little red hatchet.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Was, ;,| El|!s![:llSs lf{:235S
Thrott|ing Of Small Business
Can Kill Democratic System
By BAUKHACE
Ne,Us analyst and Commentator

WASHINGTON.-Over in England where the majority
voted to accept socialism because they felt the 4OOeaod
"capitasc experiment. had been failure they finding
that you can't yourself into prosperity than
you vote yourself into morality.
of voted
frying pan Minister Clement Alee,
party admitted that conversion into socialist
democracy longer than they had imagined
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18

ciety changed by
u n d e m o c ratio
methods is apt to
lose the habits
of democracy" I
suppose he meant
by that that So
cialism had to
come by evolu-
ton, which is an
ancient axiom Of
the more conser-
vative socialists.
Communists s a y
it can come only
by revolution.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Lumber for Painting

Some kinds Of boards hold paint
better and longer than other vari-
cites, depending upon the density
and texture of the lumber as well
as contents of resins, oils and mois-
ture. and such defects as knots.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Floating Fruit

Fruit may float In jars because
the pack is too loose or the syrup
too heavy, or perhaps air in the It's
sues Of the fruit has not all been
forced out during heating and proc
eSSing.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Plastic Wall Cover

A transparent, plastic wall pro-
tector for use around stoves, bath
tubs, sinks and radiators has been
placed on the market. The protector
comes in sheets which can be cut to
any desired size or shape.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Water on the Earth

WdV6I UH sHC EdI W
Seventy-one per cent of the sur
face of the earth is covered with
water. Only 81 per cent of the area
Of the northern hemisphere is ocean,
however, compared with 81 per
cent of the southern hemisphere.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Synthetic Rubber Allnx

A1loyed with certain plastics, syn
thetic rubber will be used in great
quantities in the future. They form
q tough, resilient floor tile which is
unaffected by oils and grease.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Electric Automobile

The first Wood electric automobile
was tested on the streets of Chicago
IN 1893. It created considerable exc
element along the route.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Man of the Woods

The arms of the orangutan-''man
of the woods"-are so long that this
ape can rest on its bent knuckles
while standing upright.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
FOOt-Candle Unit

A foot-candle, the unit for meas
uring light, is the amount Of light
produced by the flame Of standard
candle on surface foot distant.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Parking for Eaters

One parking space is required for
every so square feet Of patron space
In restaurants, according to a re-
cent survey.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18

1--WE are engaged in a great ven
ture," Attlee said, "We are trying
to build UP great, free, socialist
democracy" He warned that So
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Early Firms Honored

The Firms who settled along
the Delaware in Pennsylvania in
1888 were honored by Finland's spe-
.cial commemorative stamp 10 years
ago.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
REAL ESTATE-MISC.

WHEAT LAND-s6O acres near Galeton,
Colo, Weld County, available to REA.
Two oil highways, lays just right for
Big Thompson Gov. water, $4,000 per
acre. Robert LOfgren, 1901 Market St.,
CHI. 7433, Denver, Colo.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18

Fires of war between Arab and
Jew continued to burn in the Holy
Land when the Arab states re-
fused to comply with u. N. re-
quest for truce. Attacking Jew
ish forces at all points, the Arabs
said they would not quit until the
Jews renounced their new state of
Israel. Meanwhile, as victorious
Haganah troops took over Acre
~, Egyptian planes intensified
the air attack on Tel Aviv (2) and
Arab troops enjoyed their great
est victories in Jerusalem (S.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ---- -.
Farm Groups OK Brannan Choice;
Truce Request Fails in Palestine;
GIN Wage Pact Gould Set Pattern
By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer

DToRs @ in these columns hy s sSss o
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
Euen Russians
Get Re-Oriented

This item was passed along to me
by friend. A high officer In one
of the armies which fought against
Russia was visiting this country,
and told this story:
Recently in Berlin, he was enter
tanning a high Russian officer sta
toned there. It was a farewell
party as the Russian and his wife
had been ordered to return to Mos
cow. The host remarked that It
was nice that the Russian could
take his wife back from the rigors
Of occupation life in Germany.
The Russian had dined well, and
perhaps was indiscreet. Anyway,
he confessed that he was anything
but pleased; that he was dreading
the period he and his wife must
pass in the camp"
Then he explained that every
Russian, before he was allowed
to return to the Soviet Union, had
to pass through, . re-education
center, and be indoctrinated with
just what he should say 20 his
friends and relatives.
repeat this item because it
comes to me in a direct, intimate
manner; not q part of any or
ganized propaganda.
It's as hard to reach an agree
ment with 16 lawyers haggling over
every word in a labor controversy
as it is to get into heaven with
16 theologians haggling over how
many angels can stand on the head
Of a pin.
Good pastures save grain, says
department OF agriculture. Yes.
and around about forecIosing time.
good grain WIN save pastures.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18

Good pastures save grain, says
department OF agriculture. Yes,
and around about foreclosing time.
good grain WIN save pastures.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18
LIVESTOCK

FOR SALE-Registered Durocs, gifts and
boars, choice bloodlines, top quality:
pairs unrelated, vaccinated; modern
type; select from our wonderful pig
crop, priced reasonably. Member o3
Colorado Duroc Association and 1000
Club. Write or visit US Sundays Frank
Duffy Farms, 6 miles south, 1 mile east
LOngmOnt, Colorado. Phone O26J5.
Arizona sun., 1948-06-18

l CANADIAN FARMS-Write US for FREE IN.
l FORMATION on farm settlement opportunities.
Fertile soils. Reasonably priced. r. C. Bosworth,
i Canadian Pacific Railway. Unien Station. st. i
l Paul, MINI.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-02-25

foreclosure proceedings.
 The position of the city is the same. now that the sale of Gen cral Obligation Bonds was stop ped by the Court, as the person who desires to raise money for n second mortaagc on nropcrty already in process of being fore closed.
 The city does not dare to put &9000O into the City Electric plant while it is owned by the REC,
 The main point is, however, who will buy 900oo worth Of bonds under the situation as it now stands?
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-02-25
MALI. BUSINESS FACES
 NEW MENACE, WARNING

MADISON, Wis.,--Dcnyina that Fair Trade laws have materially increased costs to consumers of Fair-Trau'ed products. Acting Gov crnor Oscar Rcnnobohn of Wis consin was on record today as etating that figures to back up those assertions ar. either lacking entirely or are SD scrambled that enc cannot follow them
 He warned recently that there $ in Washington an underground movement" to repeal the Miller TNdin2s act. He added:
 I have never been able to fig urc out in my mind why these ec- onCmic drcamcrs in Washington and clSeWh re have been so Gte- tnrnncd to destroy Fair Trade and thus make the lot of the small independont business man tougher and tougher.
 "it seems to me that all too many of them weep crocodile tears over the plight of the small businessman while they surrepti- tiously try 10 slip q knife in his back"
 
 In l752, a man was appointed at Yarmouth. Mass. church to chastis" the boys who play in neeting"
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-02-25

sends an extra dollar to an orph- anagc at St. Cloud, Minnesota.
 When the week is gone, the moneys gone" she said. We've quit worrying about saving mon- ey We worry about staying out of debt"
 The Deckcrs never 20 out of an evening because htey can't af- ford it and have no one to stay with inc children, On Sunday they take the chjldron to call on some relative.
 Breads Illness
 Her greatest fear is that her husband, who works out of doors will become ill. His company has no sick-Ioavc plan and his wages are dockcd for every hour he is off tho job.
 Decker has built up five years seniority with his company and hopes some day 10 be a foreman:
 She puts the children to bed at seven. She talks with her hus band and seWs while he listens to the radio until 10 pm. After he retires, she does the chiIdren's laundry She goes to bed at mid night and gets up at pm. to give the baby his bottle.
 She stands in her kitchen win dow and looks across the East River at the twinkling lights of Manhattan. That's where she is hoping to live some day. That's where maybe Larry, Jr. will be- come doctor.
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-02-25

dextrose formula costs another 69 cents.
 The next thought is for milk for the other chilren and for cooking. She buys three quarts day. At present she pays 25 cents a quart, or $525 a week.
 Mrs. Decker uses New York figure of spc-ch to estimate mon. cy as so many dollars "and the change"
 Not Much Left
 After buying the cbildrcn's food she has $20 cftand changc from which must come $1 for ice. She calls that her "grocery money, but it goes for many purposes. 'Thc childrcns' clothes must come out of il. Tn ir shoes cost $3.95 a pair Her husbands work clothes must be bought Their Sunday clothos' arc carefully preserved garments bought before they were married five years ago.
 q manage to buy my shoes and stockings but the rest of my clothes are what I had before l was married or what my sisters give me-" she said.She has. five sisters.
 She takes out Sl each week to pay for the S24 set of dishes, glasses and tableware she bought for Sl down and S1 a week. When the weather is clear and she can get a neighbor to stay with the children, Mrs. Decker walks a mile and half to a chain store to buy the family's fOoG. But since the baby came, she has traded with an independ- ent grocer whose prices are 10 to 15 cents higher.
 Gives to Charity
 Mrs Decker pays s a year as dues to the church society to which she belongs and gives an- other S7 to the church under their budget of S1Oa year for religious contributions. When she can she
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-02-25

Tsctnq declaycd: ". l can only say that of tha REC, fol- lo-vs hrouaa wifh its o1iginol plGa cf action, q jud gment will b. asked to satisfy the entire in oeb., dr,ss fo inc REC. which VI create general obligation uron the city" (From Anchorage Tines cf Feb. 2l. l94S.)
 The poInt has been made re- rcatcdly that the REC. cannot levy or the city for any indebt@d- ness in regard to the City's light plant as only the revenue from the p'"nt may be used to pay off the indebtedness of the plant. This is tha law.
 If tn city puts any money in to the plan. t may not be taken out until th" indebtedness is paid. See Contractl
 At one time several years back the City light plant borrowed &8o00,oo fgom the city. This was returned to the city at a later date and the city received Se- Nery ro2rimand from the REC. for tna @ction. (See corrospond- enco on subject at city hallD
 Tse contract was, according to enc official was forfeited early in the !.fe of ;hc contract bccauS2 it was not lived up to.
 The findings of the court in the Woodruff case should be sJufi- cent reason for the REC. to re- open tho foreclosure ease or. to
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-02-25

Acln8 Because of their brilliance, these swim suits can be spotted two miles away. They are made of Gantron, a fabric whose daylight color is intensified as much as 10 times. It's done by a newly pat ented process that utilizes ultra violet rays. Widely used by the armed forces during the war, the material was so bright it improved a fallen flyers chances of being picked up by 16 times, the inventor claimed. What it will do for a young woman on the beach has not yet been aSccrtained.