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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16

Soon or late he is bound to realize
that he can't go in different directions
at the same time. Soon or late he
will have to battle initiation and high
prices as he promised the people gen
orally or pay the rather ruinous bill
of the labor bosses to whom he I'M
doubtedly owes something. Upon two
occasions since he became President,
Mr.. Truman proved he can be pushed
may be he will have to make another
stand to check excuses dangerous to
the national welfare. The outlook
would be more encouraging if pend
ing changes in his Cabinet and White
House encourage did not threaten to
lower the level Of ability and charac-
ter among his advisers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16

OF course, the election returns do
not bear out these contentious. The
figures do not show that the people
Ordered" anything of the kind, or
that there is any clear mandate from
them on anything. 1t is true the labor
unions were an important factor in
the Truman victory, but so were the
farmers in such states as Iowa, IL
linois, Minnesota and California, and
so were the various racial and re-
ligious groups to whom Mr.. Truman
especially appealed. Also, the 2,000,-
900 Federal jobholders contributed in
votes about as much-perhaps more
than any other group. This mandate
talk is nonsense. An approximate s.
900 majority in a total vote of A.
100000 hardly can be called man
date and it is absurd for the labor
bosses to make these claims.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16
The Fourth Drive Looms

"t'rom Wall Street to the West
Coast water front labor leaders are
feeling tough again. There will be
more strikes, more sidewalks Uttered
with organizing propaganda, more
maneuvering and footwork, as the
unions prepare to hit employers in
the fourth drive for new wage in
whether prices stay up or go
down. OF course, the election did it"
This not altogether pleasing pros
pect for industrial peace comes from
neither Republican nor Democratic
conservatives. Nor does it emanate
from anti-Truman or anti-labor
sources On the contrary, it comes
from a recognized authority on labor
affairs, probably the bestinformed
man in the country on labor politics,
with wider and more intimate ac-
quaintance among the labor bosses
than any other-Mr. Victor Riesel, Of
the New York Evening Post. Similar
views are reflected by others who
work in the same vineyard Exactly
identical ideas are held by the more
level-headed politicians in both par
ties. This being the case, it would
seem timely to acquaint the people
generally with what they may expect.
In the first place, there seems no
doubt that, while before election
most union chiefs had no strike plans
for 1919 and hoped their followers
would not press them into new wage
fight, they are now getting set for
action. For example, 100000 rail
workers are about to demand five
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS
by FRANK r. KENT

Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by per
mission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16

Nevertheless, with exception of John
l.. Lewis and few others, they were
all on Mr. Truman's side, including
the Reuthers, Murrays and Whitneys,
who violently opposed his nomination
and had publicly spoken of him with
great contempt There is, however,
enough in their claims to insure a
sympathetic Truman attitude toward
fourth wage-increase drive and
make certain a strong fight on his
part to redeem his pledge to repeal
the Taft-Hartley Act. But the ques
ton is how far can the newly elected
Mr.. Truman be pushed by these labor
bosses who already are planning cap
parently with the cordial aquiescence
Of Chairman McGrath) to take over
the Democratic party?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16

United Nations ended 12-week Paris
session and endorsed Korean govern
ment
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-12-16

The fact is this is only one case in
which he has overpromised himself
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The Republican is published every
Thursday at The Republican Building,
Second street, Oakland, at the follow
ing rates of subscription, payable in
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The Republican

The Republican was established in
1877. 1t is the oldest and largest news
paper published in Garrett county,
With the greatest circulation.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Oakland,
Md, as second-class mail matter.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
BLUFFINC:
In Berlin

Gen. H. H. Arnold, wartime COM
mander-in-chief of the U. S. air
forces. turned up in the news with
a military mans hearty opinion
about what to do with the Russians
in Berlin.
WHY NOT take a motor convoy
and push it through the corridor to
Berlin?" he suggested. Perhaps
we might have learned something
from Gen. George Patton's tech
nique. If Patton were running the
show he would take it through"
Russia, he claimed, is attempt
ing a tremendous bluff against the
U. S. and the western allies, but
is mot ready to fight. doesn't want
to fight and won't fight" if some
n should call her bluff.
WHAT would the Russians do if
an armed convoy did pillow through
the blockade? Not much, if any
thing" was Arnold's laconic esti-
mate.
1T would be a grave and basic
error to let the Communists bluff
us out in the present deadlock in
Germany.
ney are not ready to fight and
they do not want to fight. We should
curb the national tendency to be in
awe of the Russians. an awe
amounting almost to fear.
TIME plays with the Russians.
We have the superior power now.
They may have it later. Meantime,
it would be folly to let them bridge
the gap by bluff alone"
Whether he was right or wrong,
Hap Arnold at least had done the
worrying U. S. public one favor:
BY reducing the problem to hard,
simple terms Of pure action and
divorcing it from the intricate
realm of diplomacy he made it ap-
pear more understandable, less
overwhelming and less frighten-
ing. General Arnold, at least, isn't
a war tomorrow.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
TREATY:
On the Way?

In view Of the existing physical
and theological rift which has di-
vided the world into two opposing
battalions. it has come to seem
almost inevitable that the western
bloc sooner or later would devise
some kind Of formal military
treaty for the mutual protection
Of the nations concerned.
AND A few days before the cleo
ton word began to creep out from
among high American sources"
that a military treaty was on the
way.
The report was that drafting
was scheduled to begin soon of an
agreement pledging full aid to the
five-nation Brussels alliance Of
western Europe. Results Of the
U. S. election were in no way sup
posed to affect the plan, since
both major parties had committed
themselves in principle to backing
the Brussels alliance.
SUCH AN alliance supposedly
will link the United States and
Canada in formal treaty relation
ships with Britain, France, Bel
GUM, Holland and Luxembourg.
From a acknowledgements stand
point, this will not be a new move.
1t is highly probable. indeed, that
the broad outlines of a north At
lantic pact-with some details
sketched in-has been in existence
for some time.
The alliance is expected to COM
NIT the U. S. and Canada to:
1. BUILD up air. land and sea
forces of the Brussels powers.
2. STANDARDIZE equipment and
training.
8. CREATE a s~even-nation uni
fed military strategic command
under an American commander-in-
chief.
4. PLEDGE a guarantee of each
nations territorial integrity in cas-
war.
S. GIVE the North American
powers the right to establish air,
land or sea bases in any Of the
five other countries.
U. S. officials expect that the
will be ready for ratifca-
lion by the middle of 1949, barring
extraordinary events. How con-
,ress will react to such a treaty
S, for the time being, a debatable
question.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
-WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS -
Russ Reject U. N. Berlin Proposal;
Stain Hits Three Western Powers
As Attempting to Start a New War

Dy DIT oCnOengen, WTVO ordn Wftef"
Western Newspaper U%onIss NEWS new anaIssts's md not aa I n@ssS san%1 81 ths. y a ss TnEss r.. q
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
REFLECTIONS:
u. N. Proposal

Russia wouldn't play ball with
the United Nations on the settle.
ment Of the Berlin dispute.
A six-power "face-saving" reso.
luton for solving the crisis was
presented to the U. N. security
council and promptly batted down
by the Soviets-to the surprise of
no n concerned.
THE RESOLUTION proposed
that Russia lift the Berlin block
ade Immediately; that the four
military governors Of Germany
begin immediate negotiations to
implement the Moscow agreement
Of August 80 for a Soviet-backed,
four-power controlled mark in Ber-
lin by November 20, and that a
foreign ministers council be con-
vened within 10 days thereafter to
take up other serious differences
over Germany.
Russia's stated objection to the
resolution was that it provided for
the lifting of the blockade before
the currency control went into
effect.
Previously, the western powers
had turned down Andrea Vishin-
sky's counter proposal for stimuli
taneous lifting of the blockade and
putting into effect the currency
agreement.
IN REALITY, this point of diff
ference upon which the latest
deadlock centered was a minor
one, but it served to illustrate the
vast gap that must be closed be-
fore a meeting of minds between
the East and West can be achieved.
MOREOVER, it has become in
creasingly clear that Moscow does
not even have any desire to lift
the blockade. 1t is, for them, too
good a weapon with which to at
tempt to bludgeon the U. S. and
the West into granting them fur
Their concessions in Germany, in
Guiding a voice in the operation
of the all-valuable Ruhr industrial
area.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03

Navy Expands

Increasing Importance in the
minds of U. S. defense chiefs of
underwater and air warfare, in
Guiding consideration Of possible
attacks across the Arctic, vas re-
vealed in a statement outlining
the navy's postwar shipbuildinc
program.
Vice Adm. Earle M. Mills, chief
of the bureau of ships, listed the
development of advanced proto-
types in four major fields as the
aim of the building and conversion
plan:
FIRST, aircraft carriers cap
able of handling the fast, heavy
~long-range naval planes developed
and under development since the
war; second, high-speed, deep
submergence submarines; third,
anti-submarine vessels to combat
these submarines; fourth, ships
equipped for Polar and picket
service"
Battleships were not mentioned
in the statement, o was there any
direct reference to preparations
against air attack owe the roof Of
the globe, but the programs en-
phasis on polar ships was consid-
cred self-explanatory.
IN THIS phase Of the program,
two destroyer escorts and two SUBJ
marines will be specially fitted for
off-shore aircraft detection. One
cargo ship and two floating dry
docks for landing ships will be con-
verted for service in polar waters.
The aircraft carrier part of the
program includes the construction,
to begin late this year or early
in 1949, of the yet-unnamed super
carrier of $4,000 tons, designated
as the CVA-58.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03

lifted the Soviet blockade and
ended the crisis.
HE CHARGED that the western
powers fear most of all" to reach
any agreement with the Soviet
Union.
What they want is not agree
ment and cooperation, but talk
about agreement and coopera-
ton. so as to put the blame on the
U. S. S. R. by preventing agree
ment, and to prove that coopera-
ton is impossible"
Stalin's statement obviously was
issued as a high-powered propa-
ganda stroke-a move the Rus
SLAMS undoubtedly hoped would tip
the Berlin scales in their favor.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
STAIN TALKS:
Horrors

In what is probably the most
amazing outburst he has made
since the war, Soviet Premier
Josef Stain told the world that the
U. S., Great Britain and France
are seeking a new war through a
policy of aggression"
The accusation, despite the high
level of its source, amounted to
nothing more than a repetition of
the already stereotyped Russian
practice of attempting to turn an
opponents reasoning back on him.
HOWEVER,, he added. the pub
lie forces favoring peace" are too
strong to permit 1.-The instigators of
a new war" to plunge the world
again into the horrors" of con-
hict.
Stain named Winston Churchill
as 1.-The main instigator of a new
war" and predicted that Church
ills pupils of aggression" would
be rejected by the people just as
ChurchlI mas Deen.
Although he did not label Presi-
dent Truman or any other leader
as a pupil in aggression" the
implication was too clear to be
mistaken, particularly since the
Moscow radio had broadcast a pre-
diction that MI. Truman would be
defeated on November 2.
STAIN accused the u. S. and
Britain of twice rejecting settle
ments of the Berlin crisis with
Russia and said that debate on
the Berlin question in the U. N.
security council was a display of
aggression on the part of Anglo
American and French ruling cir
cles."
The British and Americans, the
Soviet premier said. declared
null and void" an agreement
reached in the Kremlin confer
ences August 80 that would have
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
HeodIiners

IN YORK, Pa. Mrs. Walter
Sechrist made a wide-eyed an
nouncement that her gas range
picks up short wave transmissions
made by her next-door neighbor, an
amateur radio operator, vowed it
had broadcast a conversation be-
tween the neighbor and another op-
orator in South America.
IN SALEM, Mass. Robert c.
Carter claimed in a divorce suit
that his wife had deserted him a
block from the church just two
minutes after they were married
in 1914.
IN HAGERSTOWN, Mo-. - Thieves
broke into the Potomac Edison
building, got away with a specially
equipped Gamers set up to take
pictures of thieves breaking into
the Potomac Edison building.
IN LITTLE BRICKHILL, Eng. .
Postmaster N. c. PARROT looked
down his nose at the man with the
gun trying to rob him of his postal
receipts, sneered, 1.-THE revolver is
not loaded, you know" Sorry"
said the crushed desperate, stink
ing away.
IN DURAND, Wis. Frank
Weimirski was forced to reassure
his customers as to the fact that
he still was in the popcorn and soft
drink business after he began max
ing deliveries with an old hearse.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
0Id.Fashioned, but -.

Toothaches are old-fashioned.
That is the opinion of DR.. John c.
Brauer Of the University Of Wash
ington school of dentistry. a lead
ing authority on children's dem
tistry and care of the teeth.
DR.. Brauer said few children
would experience dental pain dur
ing their lives if they practiced
preventive measures nov known
to dental science. Most older peo-
pie are doomed because Of their
past habits.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03
RED PRICES:
Going Up

America doesn't have a capital
istic monopoly on imitation. Russia
is getting her share of that I'M
comfortable condition. too.
Here's what happened in Russia
in August: Postal and telegraph
rates we're boosted 1914 per cent.
Train fares and long distance
phone call rates went up in vary
ing amounts. In Moscow subway
fares jumped Is per cent and
streetcar fares from so to 100 per
cent.
Laurel outlook., 1948-11-03

One of the minor sidelights
of the late, great election was
provided by Mrs. Fannie Rock
well of Danbury, Conn. She
turned 104 years old on 0cto-
Der 25 and celebrated this
chronological attainment six
days later, On November 2, by
casting a vote for the first
time in her life.
Evening star., 1948-12-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G..
TUESDAY, oEcEMBER ,, 1sA.
Sesqui Participation
Accepted by 46 States

Only two States so far have failed
to declare their intention of par
ticipating in Washington's 150th an
niversary celebration in 1850, &C
cording to Edward Boykin, director
| of the National Capital Sesqui-
centennial Commission.
Mr.. Boykin yesterday addressed a
meeting of the National Capital
Forge of the American Public Re-
lations Association in the Lafayette
Hotel. He expressed confidence that
the two missing States will join the
other 46 in taking part in the eel
ebration.
The two States are Rhode Island
and Arizona. Two territories,
Alaska and Hawaii, have written
that they intend to be represented
here, he said.
Mr.. Boykin announced that in
vitations to take part have gone to
all foreign nations with which we
have diplomatic relations.
He also disclosed that letter has
been received from William Green,
AFL president, expressing the hope
that the forces of organized labor
can play an important part in the
Forthcoming celebration Mr.. Green
promised the cooperation of the
AFL.
About 40 industries have been in
vited to send exhibits. Mr.. Boy
kin said. He said about IS accept
ances have been received.
r. H. Harper, president OF the
public relations organization, pre-
sided at the meeting.
Evening star., 1948-12-07
Chamber Head Addresses
Refriqeratinq Engineers

The part that refrigeration plays
in our modern life was outlined by
Earl o. Shreve, president of the
United States Chamber of Conf
merce at a meeting of the American
Society OF Refrigerating Engineers,
holding their annual convention at
the Hotel Statler.
Mr.. Shreve suggested that the
engineers may not have given
enough attention in the past 70
impressing the public with the i'm
portance of the industry. Most peo-
pie, he said, still think of refrigera-
tion as applying only to the cooling
of buildings or the preservation of
food.
Refrigeration, he said, is vital 20
the whole economy, and even 70
our national security. It is impor-
tant in everything from the preser-
vation of cut flowers to the produc-
ton of atomic bombs, he explained.
Evening star., 1948-12-07
Church Group Protests
OGDEN Street License

Frederick w. Lovejoy. vice chair
man of the board of trustees of the
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist,
led a group of church people yes
terday, protesting granting of a IL
cense to sell beer and light wines to
Lawrence F. Scheiter of 1900 Ogden
street NV.
Mr.. Scheiter said he made the
application at the request of his
customers and presented a petition
signed by $50 of them, asking the
board to grant the license. One of
Evening star., 1948-12-07
Chinese Navy Group Arrives
To Take Over -Four DEs
kx the Associoted Press

PORTSMOUTH, Va. Dec. IA
second group of $50 Chinese naval
officers and men arrived yesterday
at the Norfolk naval shipyard to
take over four former United States
DESTROYER escort vessels and sail
them to China.
The first unit Of Chinese arrived
several weeks ago The ships to be
taken over. all of them from the
reserve feet at Green Cove Springs,
Fla. are the Carter. Bostwick
Thomas and Brennan. The crews
are being given indoctrination
training in the Chesapeake Bay
feet training group.
Evening star., 1948-12-07

his witnesses, Charles Strauss, of
the 14O0 block of Otis street NV,
said he has been drinking beer on
the advice of his doctor.
Evening star., 1948-12-07

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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-31
THE ELECTRONIC
PLATOON

The theory of condensers
and inductances was reviewed
at the last meeting and all
hands were in hearty approval
of the method of presentation
as adopted by the modern
training program.
The Commandment Ninth Ma
val District announces that or
ders have been issued to En-
sign Donald HI. King, USNR,
2501 Lebanon Avenue, asso-
ciating him with Electronic
Warfare Platoon 9-1 as an as
sistant instructor. Also two
new members were enlisted in
the u. S. Volunteer Naval Re-
serve at the last meeting -
John Revis, Sic. and Donald AL
bee, Sic.
A new member was recruit
ed-First Glass Petty Officer
Dale Young of Fulton Street,
Winthrop Harbor is interest
ed in electronics and has TAX
en- this opportunity to obtain
a basic knowledge of radio as
we'll as obtaining information
on the latest advance made by
our y. S. Navy in this field of,
engineering and science.
Membership in Electronic
Warfare Platoon 81 is open
to veterans of the Armed Fore
est takes less than Is min
utes to conclude the paper
work if the Honorable Dis
charge certificate is presented
and the few requirements of
eligibility are met. There is no
physical examination, no drills
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-31
VISIT FELLOW
LEGIONNAIRE

Albert Hosken, a veteran of
World War I, recuperating at
Downey hospital, Great Lakes,
from pleural pneumonia was
visited some days ago by three
of his fellow Legionnaires -
Commander Dan Ashton,
Lloyd Swanson and Arthur
Thompson.
Mr.. Hosken as a Veteran
was one Of the formers of the
Zion-Benton Post No. $685..
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-31
ZION-BENTON MEMORIAL
MONUMENT


DR.. Harley G.. Mccormack
announced that the Zion-Ben-
ton Memorial Monument plan
ming and planting committee,
of which he is chairman, had
awarded the contract for land
scaping to Mr.. Paul Seday, of
Paul's Farm Nursery, McAree
Road, south of Zion. At ser
les of recent meetings of this
committee, several bids for the
work were taken and analysed
with a final decision favorlng
Mr.. Seday.
The contract as let, contemp-
lates early pruning of the trees
already in the plot; killing off
of the weeds, the necessary
grading and thorough prepa-
ration of the ground for a
black soil fill; furnishing and
planting of all trees, shrubs
and flowers; the laying of GER
tain walks and the installation
of a water fountain, as we'll as
care and maintenance of the
Memorial Parkway for a full
year. Work is to start as soon
as frost is sufficiently out of
the ground to permit success
full operations.
al Names on Monument
It was also stated that to-
tai of forty-one names are to
go on the cherry-colored gran
tie stone. Of these, six are vet
Grams of World War [ and
thirty-five of the second World
War. Although a large pat
tern showing just how these
names, as we'll as the inscrip-
ton, were to go on the monu-
ment, was recently received by
the American Legion Memorial
Monument committee, it is ex-
pected that two Legionnaires
will make trip this weekend,
to the quarry at Wausau, Wis
consin, as a final inspection a.
gainst possible error.
Money to defray the costs of
the project, in the approx
mate sum of 81, 10000, is being
solicited from Zion and Benton
residents, as we'll as distant
friends desiring to join in this
Memorial of respect and honor.
And while, according to Mr..
Homer Taylor, Chairman of
the Legion Memorial commit
tee, pledges and donations to
date are indicative of a very
deep interest on the part of the
whole community, it is hoped
that all who expect to contri-
butte will do so shortly. Since it
is expected to hold dedication
services on Decoration Day,
May 80, this year, there is left
only about eleven weeks to in
itiate and complete the entire
program.
Donations may be left at Zion
Bank, Zion, Illinois, or mailed
direct to Zion-Benton Post 865
The American Legion, Zion.
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TRACKLESS TROLLEY
BIRTH '28

The electric trackless troll
ley made it's debut in 1923, in
Salt Lake City.