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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
mpson Western Nations Comey Agreed On Permanent German Disarmament
British Debate On Foreign Policy
Termed ANYTHING But Encouraging

mean people what the East
reans--for millions of them
have experienced it, in Russia
and in the Eastern territories
torn from Germany before pop
ulations fled or were deported-
they nevertheless sit with tied
hands, unable to protect them
selves or rebuild their own
civilization and economy.
Today every thoughtful, re-
sponsible German, still with re-
membrance of once great
European civilization and cul-
ture, still able even to think OF
the future of his country, sees
hope only in a rebirt of West
ern Europe in unity and equality
of right and responsibility. But
all they hear dashes that hope
daily.
There is growing, especially
among the youth, a spirit of to-
tai nihilism. Democracy" pre-
sents itself as the reality OF ma
tional and economic interest and
the slogan of Humanity" Com
munism appears as the slogan OF
workers solidarity" and the
reality of BRUTAL inhumanity.
In that nihilism of values only
one reality "reminiscences self,
and the will, personally, to sur
vive, at any or every sacrifice of
values, which appear as mere
hallow distractions. To go with
the stronger is the logical con-
clusion of such a frame of mind
to anticipate the outcome OF
events and insure oneself in ad-
vance, to stand poised to leap
in either direction. And if whirl-
wind and collapse are to be Eur
ope's fate-to ride the whirl-
wind, even with a certain saw
age satisfaction.
The one thing never taken
into account at Teheran. Yalta
or Potsdam was the reality-the
most decisive reality-of the
existence of persons, possessing
minds and souls, which react
continually, in response to every
change of circumstance and the
application of every policy, by
an immutable law of nature.
Only total change, not only
of policy. but of inner attitude
on the part Of the West will
check this nihilism. Redemption
will only come through forgive
ness and love-for these are the
eternal springs of redemption.
The West, once the bright star
of civilization, must be redeem
ed before it can be effectively
defended, and without the inclu-
sion of the people of Germany
there will be no redemption.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
Pegler Invites Students OF L aw And Public Affairs
To Read Analysis OF American Unions Outrages

To determine whether the
rank and file want a conven-
ton, referendum sheets are
mailed to the locals. The local
racketeers fill them in and send
them back. II the big mob
doesn't want a convention, the
word is passed to the local
crooks who comply in respect
for that provision which gives
the big shots power to revoke
their charters.
The headquarters originally
was in Albany, N. Y, then NOV
ed to Quincy, Mass, and natur-
ally gravitated to Washington
during the war. The move to
Washington was arbitrary but
the constitution now says it
cant be moved from there ex-
cept by a referendum. a major
ity vote in convention or, Of
course, an atom bomb. More
schi can block any such refer
endum and Of course in conven-
ton he can kill any proposal. He
this provision just sprang into
being. 1t never was adopted"
This is not loose talk about
Moreschi's control of the con-
vention. That is provided in
article >, section IS. which says
"the committee on credentials
shall consist Of the president
(Moreschi), the secretary-trea-
surer (his old pal and pardner.
Persion) and three delegates"
appointed by Moreschi.
He also appoints the resolu-
tions committee which kills all
proposals to curtail his power.
He appoints all other commit
tees.
Well, there is an old, substan.
tial AT. Of L. constitution for
you.
Talk it up in class and see
how you would like to live un-
der such provisions in a ma
tional government. This racket
has had a million members,
most Of whom paid $50 to get
in. And President Truman
damned the Taft-Hartley law az
an attempt to enslave the A.
merican worker.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14

(O) MAY A DE " AND
DUMB MAN BE A WITNESS
IN COURT?
(A) The key prosecution wit
ness in a murder case was
deaf and dumb man. To get his
testim =, the court brought IN
an ''interpreter"-a normal per-
son who understood sign lang
uage. The defense attorney OBJ
jected that a deaf-mute is men
tally incompetent to be a wit
ness, but the court overruled
the objection. The judge admit
ted that ancient law used to
consider such people the same
as idiots, but he said that attl-
tude has been changed by mod
ern educational methods.
(O) MAY A MOTORCYCLE
OFFICER BE ARRESTED FOR
SPEEDING?
(A) The policemen of small
town had a grudge against the
county offices. One day a county
deputy raced through town ON
his motorcycle in hot pursuit of a
suspected criminal. A local po-
liceman, gleeful at his opport-
unity, arrested the deputy on a
charge of speeding. But when
the case came to trial, the
charge was dismissed. The judge
said that, in an emergency, a
policeman is not bound by the
Usual speed limit. (P. S. The
criminal got awayD
(Q) MUST A RAILROAD
PAY DAMAGES IF THE CON-
DUCTOR KISSES A LADY
PASSENGER?
(A) In the last car Of train
sat an old maid-the cars only
passenger. The conductor, a rom
antic young man, sat down next
to her and tried to strike up a
conversation. Suddenly he seized
the startled woman and plant
ed a kiss fimly on her lips.
Leaning back triumphantly he
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
By Dorothy Thompson


The facts and views brought
out in the debate on foreign
policy in the British House OF
Commons are not encouraging.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr..
Bevin, was firm =. that what
ever the cost, the Western
powers must assure that Soviet
methods did not succeed Gn Ber-
linz" He referred to decision
OF the Military Security Board
taken at six-power conference
last June to assure that Ger
many remains permanently dis
armed. He revealed continuing
trouble with the French in at
tempting to balance considera-
tions of security with measures
to encourage development of the
German economy. He reported
on half-measures to unity West
ern Europe.
Apparently the West is COM
pletely agreed on only one point
permanent German disarma-
ment.
But the Western powers can
not guarantee that decision.
Germany" does not exist-but
two Germanies, in fact, four,
since there is not a completely
unified policy even among West
ern occupation powers. Soviet
policy toward the rearmament
of Germans was not fixed by
decision of the Military Secur-
ity Board. 1t is only the West
which prepares for each new
situation by tying its own hands.
Soviet decisions are made for
temporary tactical reasons Rus
sia will arm Communist Ger
many against a non-Communist
Germany, and is doing so.
The solidarity not being
achieved by the West already is
achieved for the East by force.
Shortly the great complex of
China will be added to it
though "at whatever the cost"
Soviet methods must not be al
lowed to succeed in Berlin Chat
is, in Germany.
At what cost?
There seems to be comfortable
assurance that Western Germans
are safe for Western Europe
unless the Soviets launch an ac-
tual war.
This is a dangerous illusion.
The present state of the Ger
man mind is compounded of cy-
1.icism and despair, lightened by
very faint rays of hope. Caught
between the Scylla and Charyb-
dis of East and West, and realiz-
ing more acutel. than any Euro
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
Nisbet Says Some Speculation Already
Begun On Cubernatorial Candidates In 50

knows better than the folks who
are indulging in this kind of gos-
sip the futility of predictions so
far ahead; but they seem to get
kick out of it. Some observers
think the next governor will
probably be some person who
will not have been thought of
in that connection until a few
months before the primary. De-
spite lot of talk about COVER
nors being picked far in ad-
vance, truth is tey are not. A
year ago the idea that Kerr
Scott would be governor had
not occurred to anybody-not
even to him. Ralph Mcdonald
didn't get to be governor, but
he scared the daylights out of
the Hoey forces in 1936-and
few months before that campaign
started his name wasn't recog-
nized outside of Forsyth county.
UNKNOWN-A long time par
ticipant in state politics has out
line dhis specifications for the
governor to succeed Scott in
1858, as follows: He will be a
young man, probably not more
than 40 and almost certainly un-
der so years old. He will have
an outstanding record of leader
ship acquired within the three
years Immediately preceding the
primary. War service will not be
as significant as general pub
lie service in civilian life, but
will be counted an asset. AL of
these factors mean that he will
not have been identified with
any presently existing faction or
group within the Democratic
party, although he will be
Democrat. And, finally, "he"
might be a woman. That's what
the man said.
INFLUENCE-The Scott ad-
ministration will have a lot Of
influence upon the next one.
Notwithstanding the Individual
ity of North Carolina governors
and their particular pet projects,
there has been remarkable con-
tinuity in the generally progress
sive program for state develop
ment. Each executive places en-
phasis on on or two things, but
in every instance these have
been things his predecessors
gave some attention. The ninth
month and the twelfth grade in
public schools were inaugurated
during the Broughton admins
tration, although the ground
work had been laid under Hoey.
Actually it started with Aycock
and gained impetus under En-
ringhaus.
HEALTH-More real progress
in caring for mental. patients
has been made during the Cher
ry administration than ever be-
fore, but it really got underway
In the Broughton term, which
was a carrycver from. Hoey. This
movement started over a hun
dred years ago when Dorothea
Dix spurred the legislature to
build Dix Hill hospital. The gen.
eral medical and disqualification
program which flowered under
Cherry was begun while
Broughton was governor.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14

prosperous local the highbind-
ers can grab its treasury, they
fix their own salaries and ex-
penses and hire their relatives
for nominal jobs at high pay.
They do not have to account
for the money and they don't.
No local or rank and file men,
ber, indeed no subordinate Of
ficer, can challenge the "sover-
eign and independent racke-
teers on anything.
"It," (the small ruling mob)
"is empowered to decide the
rights, privileges and obliga-
tions arising out of men,
bership."
The members of this union
and most other union men are
too dumb to understand what
this means. But students may
profitably challenge their teach
ers to analyze this. Most of the
teachers are intellectually
crooked but the students are
getting smart.
"All matters OF general i'm
portance shall be referred to it"
(the sovereign, independent
mob). This means everything.
''Its decision on all such mat
tiers shall be final"
Imagine our delegating such
powers to congress, the presi-
dent and the supreme court.
Except as otherwise provid-
ed the legislative power can be
exercised only in convention
and by referendum.
But the littel roster of mob
sters runs the conventions, as
you will see few paragraphs
later. And, between conven-
tions, the mob has sovereign,
Independent" power to decide
what propositions to submit to
referendum.
'When the union is not in con-
vention, all its executive and ju-
dicial powers are vested in the
executive board" meaning the
sam mob. When conventions
are 81 years apart, as they were
from 1911 to 1912, this means
that no more than eight racke-
teers exercise all those powers
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
BY Lynn Nisbet

POLITICS-Elections and Of
ficials come and go, but politics
around Raleigh, like Tennyson's
brook, goes on forever" AL
though three weeks remain of
Governor Cherry's term, and
Kerr Scott has full four year
administration beginning early
il January, some of the poll
tical prognosticators are al
ready specializing on prospective
candidates for governor in 1852.
If the rotation system is main
tanned the governor for that
period will hail from the west
erA part of the state. Some con-
tend that the east-west rota-
ton was upset by nomination
this year of Kerr Scott from
Alamance county, which some
fasteners contended was in the
west.
NAMES-Two names have
been heard in connection with
the next governors race and
geographic considerations arise
with respect to both. Friends of
Wilkins P. Horton of Chatham
county have quoted him as say
ing he will be a candidate in
1852. Clyde Erwin, supelintend-
ent of public instruction, has
long been regarded as having
gubernatorial ambitions. One or
two others have been casually
mentioned but without the ap-
parent authority accorded these
two.
HORTON-Horton halls from
Pittsboro in Chatham county,
almost the geographic center of
the state. 1t is west of Roxboro
in Person county from which
Reg Harris was elected a west
ern lieutenant governor, and
west of Hillsboro in Orange
county from which point Sandy
Graham ran as a western can
didate for governor, after serving
as western lieutenant COVER
nor. 1t is slightly east of Haw
River, home of eastern Cover
nor-elect Scott. Horton was lieu
tenant governor with Hoey and
was runner-up in the primary
for governor in 1910 when ]. M.
Broughton was nominated as
an easterner.
ERWIN-Clyde Erwin was
born and reared in Cleveland,
spent several years as a school
teacher in Rutherford county, be-
fore coming to Raleigh as state
superintendent in 1884. He still
calls Cleveland county his home,
although he has voted in Wake
county for the past several
years. He could probably qualify
as either an eastern or western
candidate.
Observation-Disclosures Err
win nor Horton has publicly
committed himself to candidacy,
but friends Of both have quoted
them in private commitments.
For some months public school
folks have reported statements
and actions by DR.. Erwin indi-
eating his interest in the COVER
norship four years hence.
DARK HORSES - Nobody
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
BY Westbrook Pegler
(Copyright, 1948, King Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc.)

I invite students of law and
public affairs to read carefully
this analysis of one of the more
outrageous travesties on consti-
tutional administration in that
vast parasitic, predatory body,
the American union movement.
I think it is fair to insist that
Mr.. Truman was defending, in
his campaign speeches, the
powers of the racketeers in the
hodcarriers' union whose consti-
tuition I will now examine for
your education.
The preamble, in a spirit of
mockery, initiates the preamble
to the constitution of the United
States.
"Article 1.-Section 1. This
body is sovereign and indepen-
dent of its component parts"
Can you imagine what sort Of
government we would have if
the government of the United
States were sovereign and in
dependent of its component
parts?
Talk that over in the class
room, remember, this is an old
AF. of L. constitution.
1t would be helpful in your
studies to get a copy of this
document. The local in your
town or neighborhood might be
willing to give you a copy al
though many of the little bosses
are ignorant, superstitious men
who would be afraid you were a
tool of Wall Street.
"Section 2.-It (this body,
meaning the union) shall con-
sist of the president, the vice
presidents (six) and the general
secretary-treasurer; and, in
convention assembled (the last
interim between conventions
was 81 years and the minimum
interval is five years. these Of
ficers and the duly elected de-
legates representing the local
unions"
That is to say, for a period
of about four days once in five,
ten, fifteen or more years, the
national bosses may nominaliy
share their sovereign, indepen-
dent" power with the delegates.
Most of the delegates are local
racketeers and the conventions
are vast souse-parties at the ex-
pense of hoi polloi. The hood
lums usually bring their "secre-
taries" along for the fun. Many
of the secretaries are garish fe-
male tramps.
Section Sits object shall be
to unite undar its banner for
mutual protection all persons III
work within the jurisdiction of
this racket. This means that Its
object is to corral. usually at an
initiation fee of $50, all unbrand-
ed laborers, under gansters
who are, by the explicit provi-
sions of the constitution, "sover-
eign and independent" of the
rank and file.
"Section 4.-The powers of
this international union are le-
gislative executive and ju-
dicial." That is plain language,
these high officers have the
power to make the laws, admin
lister them and sit as judges in
cases brought against their III
walls by themselves. This sec
ton 4 continues: "As the sover-
eign authority it (the mob) has
the power to revoke existing
charters and to govern, re-
gulate and supervise these SUBJ
ordinate bodies" f-..
BY revokins the charter Of a
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-14
DAILY BIBLE QUOTATION

Follow peace with all and holiness without which
shall the lord" Hebrew lz IA
Bible quotations suggested by the Rev
G. Grogan Of Church of God Roanoke Rapids
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

Born to Mr&mrs J. K. Floyd
on Friday, April 2, daughter,
Joyce Evelyn, weighing in at 8
pounds and 7 ounces.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09
Prisoner Advertises for
Freedom in Newspaper AID

MILWAUKEE,, WIS. In his
latest bid for freedom, George
w. E. Perry, the marrying
brakeman" turned to want ads
in an effort to get out of prison.
Perry inserted this advertise
ment in a Madison newspaper:
1925 reward to any person who
can arrange for lie detector
test or personal hearing before
the governor or an Investigation
of case, as 1 am innocent. George
W. f. Perry, Box c, Waupun'
Wis"
Perry, a Milwaukeean. was
convicted in 1881 of the murder
of Mrs. Cora Belle Hackett, one
of six women he was alleged to
have married bigamously. She
was found dead near Lac du
Flambeau in 1880. Perry was
caught in California after a ma
tion-wide search.
He has Steadfastly declared
his innocence Of the bludgeon
killing. but has been unable to
convince parole authorities or
the governor.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09
supersonie Fighter
Forecast for 1q49
Revolutionary Plane Will Go
$50 Miles an Hour.

WASHINGTON.-An aviation spe-
cialist affiliated with the national
advisory committee for aeronautlcs
disclosed that the first supersonic
let fighter plane in this country may
be flying in l949.
He said a description of the reVo-
lutionary fighter plane which Will
travel faster than sound G6o miles
an hour at standard flying condl-
tions) was presented secretly by the
committee to house appropriations
subcommittee.
The air force research plane,
XS-l, has been reported in aviation
journals as having exceeded the
speed of sound for the first time.
This plane, however. cannot take
off uAder its own power and has to
be released in the air by a mother
plane. The official top aircraft
speed is 65O.6 miles an hour set by
the navys research plane. the Sky
streak.
The committee, a government air
craft research agency established
in 1915, reported to congress that
the supersonic jet fighter as we'll as
three new jet bombers are now
under development. The bombers
will have speeds exceeding 500
miles an hour.
"a chronological revolution IN
warfare is taking place." the COM
mittee said in its report. 1.-The key
factor in our security is an aero
nautical research program Of SUI
ficient magnitude and vision TO as
sure our technical superiority in
the air.
"Aeronautical science is In a
period of revolutionary change. We
are confident that flight of tactl-
cally-useful piloted airplares above
the speed of sound is a'tainaole by
any nation willing to make the ef-
fo.t We know this effort is being
made"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09
VISIT
FAMILY

Mr&mrs Ed Walden jr Of Raj
eigh spent the week end with
his parents, Mr&mrs c. E. Wal
den.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09

Mr&mrs Edison Ray and
Mrs. Marie Elderdice were Lo-
ris visitors Saturday afternoon.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09
Grim Reminders
OF, Dasthau Are
Still Visible
Crematorium Of Master Race
Now Open to Interested
Sightseers

DACHAU, GERMANY.-Occupa-
ton forces have thoroughly cleaned
up this former crematorium OF the
liquidated master race" but re-
minders of the horrors which once
took place are posted conspicu-
ously.
Allied occupation forces have
given it what you might call
shave, a haircut, a massage
rnanicure-and bunch of memorial
plaques.
They are supposed to remind WIS.,
itors of the horrors which once took
place here.
Visitors are particularly intrigued
by a German sign between the gas
chamber and crematorium which
had been left intact.
1t warned the workers that clean
illness" was of extreme Importance
and therefore they should wash
their hands carefully-after each
execution.
No Skulls Remain.
But there aren't any skeletons
and skulls around, az there were
three years ago, and there aren't
any bloodstains or marks Of Inter
rogated" prisoners clawing fingers
on the walls.
The site Of one Of Germany's
most infamous concentration ana
determination camps has become
prison for the type CT people who
more or less supported its previous
administration.
This is to say, individuals who are
on trial for, or convicted of, having
played along with the Nazl regime
now find themselves enclosed within
its barbed-Wire limita.
(That sounds like poetic justice
and it would be, except for Few
points not generally known. y
The Allies have turned the opera
ton of Dachau back over to the
Germans. Officially, Of course. they
are "de-Nazified" Germans who
now administer the new type OF JUS
tice within it's stockade.
That means that either they never
had (officially) Nazi connections,
or, if they did they were slight and
their penalties have been paid.
The Dachau meals are better
than the food served in the displaced
persons camp in this same area to
the victims Of the Nazis.
Gangs Sleep Outside.
Also, there's the matter of opera
ton at Dachau. Hundreds OF "prls-
oners'' who are on the so-called
work gangs sleep outside the stock
aGe each night.
Until recently: there were hum
, dreds of escapes weekly. Curiously,
nobody in the area seemed particu-
larly perturbed over those escapes
until an especially dramatic one
occurred.
Fritz Kuhn, former German
American Nazi bund leader OF
United States infamy, escaped.
In the D. P. camps escapes were
treated with some considerable
discipline by officials. and thus
those who were bound for Palestine
or elsewhere literally had to draw
strsws in order not to bring down
wrath on the entire camp.
Also, a check Of the area showed
il was much easier for a NaZi es-
capee of Dachau to get community
aid than for a displaced person.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-04-09
IA Escape Death
In Train Slide
None Injured Seriously in Freak
Accident.

ALAMOSA. COLO.-In one OF the
most spectacular railroad accidents
In history, three railroad cars were
hurled like tiny toys down noun
tainside by a roaring snowsilde'
vet all "A passengers emerged alive.
None of the dozen passengers ana
trainrnen was injured seriously. one
who escaped injury entirely was
a 15-month-old boz who fell asleep
on his grandfather'S shoulder as ne
was carried to safety.
A 19-year-old nurse suffered frost
bitten feet as she scrambled, minus
stockings and shoes, up the frozen
slope in the yellow light of train
mems lanterns.
The train, on the narrow gauge
Denver and Rio Grande Western
line between Alamosa and Durango.
was climbing toward Cunbres pass
when the slide struck.
The torrent of snow, 100 feet wide.
smashed into the last three cars.
They were swept down the slope
for distances Of 80 TO 500 feet. Cush-
toned by the packed snow. they did
not overturn.
The nurse. Mary Martinez. OF
Park View. n. NJ. said. We nj
q large tree and the car splmtered,
Our car was at a steep angle and
am sure we would have gone on
down the slope if that tree hadn
stopped us
The wreck occurred al a 5000,
foot altitude so miles southwest Of
Alanosa in sub-zero weather
Trainmen lighted flares and Ian
terms beside the tracks and tosseo
rope down to the passenger:
scrambling in the snow.
Miss Martinez, nurse at tht
Denver Children'S hospital. did Wha
she could for the injured. but hac
no first aid equipment