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Montana labor news., 1948-04-08
SAY NO To Sales Tax

A powerful drive is on to have Congress
impose a sales tax on the citizens of Wash
ington. Members Of Congress should en-
phatically say NO. because such a tax is the
most iniquitous of all. 1t is a levy on the
backs and bellies of the poor.
Those who are demanding it assert that
real estate taxes in Washington are too high
to be increased. That simply is not true. In
no other large city are real estate taxes so
low.
The sources of the sales tax demand are
easy to see. Washington has an extra-or-
dinarily large number of big property own
ers and wealthy men. They want to hold
down the real estate tax, and wipe out even
the tiny income tax of the District of Column
bia. To do that, they must unload the
burden on the poor through a sales tax.
Unfortunately, they can point to the fact
that sales taxes are sweeping over most OF
the country, but that is a poor argument.
An evil thing is no less evil because other
people are doing it.
Montana labor news., 1948-04-08
Professional, Want Closed Shop

Another professional group is asking Con-
gress to give it a CLOSED shop enforced by
law. This time. it is the college-trained en-
cineers and architects in Washington. They
are backing a bill which would establish a
board to regulate their profession in the
District of Columbia, and put a fence around
it to keep unqualified persons out.
Also before Congress is a bill, written
By the Lawyers Union to give lawyers
throughout the country the sole right to ap-
pear before government boards and commits
sions, and exclusive jurisdiction as income
tax advisers.
One main purposes of this bill is to take
profitable income tax work away from "certi-
fled public accountants, who have been DO
ing most Of it. and know far more about 1t
than most lawyers.
The great majority of these professionals
are hostile to the 'closed shop for labor
unions. Yet unions get their closed-shop con-
tracts by negotiation, while the organized
lawyers. engineers and architects seek theirs
by force of law.
Montana labor news., 1948-04-08

Ever since a federal court held uncOnsti-
~tutional the provisions Of the Taft-Hartley
act which deny Unions the right of free
speech, David Lawrence and several other
anti-Labor columnists have been drumming
up sentiment to have the supreme court upset
the decision. Bushes magazines have la
mcnted, and are still bemOaning the fact that,
if the high court ~sustains this decision, Labor
will be free to go into politics to defend its
rights.
Listen to this one from Business Week.
After crying about how unions were set at
liberty to say that they please about politi-
clans, it sets a new high in editorial bologna
with this: Corporations, meanwhile, will
still have to stand on the political sidelines."
When have corporations ever stood on
the political sidelines! They own the press,
the radio and every other medium of reach
ing the and they use them continu-
ously, in season and out, to belabor the I'm
ions. What's the National Association of
Manufacturers but a group of corporations?
Who passed the Taft Hartley act, but the
NAM? Corporations stay out of politics!
What a laugh!
Not only do reactionary politicians man.
age to find plenty of silent money, which
corporations know how to find for their pet
candidates, but corporation chiefs donate
handsomely, whenever it's a case of fighting
the working people. Yes, the corporations
have the big money, the newspapers, the
radio and the present Congress. The work
ing people only have the votes, but will they
use them? 1t remains to be seen.
Montana labor news., 1948-04-08

congressman. some little fellow in a big job.
Not knowing anything about statistics or stat
isticians. he chops them out of the appropri-
alton bill. And, the work must stop.
Anybody with brains enough to come in
ont of the rain ought to know that statistics
with respect to wages. hours of work, jobs,
and the cost of living, are vital. That is, If
we are to act like intelligent beings. Lack
ING facts and figures, maybe we will have to
rely on propaganda.
Just now the Labor and Commerce de-
partments are facing further Republican cuts
in appropriations which threaten to curtail
greatly their statistical work. Odds are con-
gress will vote the cut.
Montana labor news., 1948-04-08
Pennv-wisc. Dollar Foolish

Sometimes it is &c difficult to understand the
workings of the congressional mind-if any.
Take the matter of statistical and fact-finding
work Of various government department. Ex-
pert statisticians and economists gather facts
and figures from all parts of the country.
From these facts they prepare studies show
ing how business is going, how raw materials
are being produced, what costs are per unit,
and what may reasonably be expected in the
future. It's all valuable in the extreme.
However, along comes some penny-wise
Montana labor news., 1948-04-08

The International Typographical Union,
ALL, has been conducting a gallant battle
against the Taft-Hartley law, and against the
NLRB's union-busting general counsel, Rob-
ert Denham. 1t is a fight which concerns
the entire free trade union movement of the
United States.
The newspaper publishers are out to
strangle the typographical union with the aid
of injunctions, scabs and any weapon they
can lay their hands on.
The fight of the printers is the fight of all
labor and it deserves the widest support of
all who believe in free trade uniOniSm.
Montana labor news., 1948-04-08
Why There Are Rankins In the House

Why There Are Rankins In the House
The payment of a poll tax is a prerequisite
to voting in the states Of Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia.
!. X \
Once upon a time a famous man returned
to his old home town. The first five people
he met didn't know him at all and the next
three didn't know he had even been away.
+ + +
About twenty-nine states of the United
States have provisions for Cancellation or arbi-
tration in industrial disputes.
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Cordell Hull, former secretary of state,
served as captain Of infantry in the Spanish
American war.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20

THE PROPOSAL that an additional pay
roll tax be imposed on the incOme-earners of
this country to start building a fund for
national, compulsory health insurance, poses
number Of important questions.
The initial tax would be set at one per
cent of individual income up to $4,000 per
year. That is admittedly insufficient, and
would have to be increased to at least a per
cent and perhaps more. This levy, coming
on top of all the other payroll deductions
for income tax and social security, would be
a heavy burden on, families which are having
tough time making both ends meet now. 1t
would largely offset whatever income tax
reductions are now in sight.
Going further, is there any real need for
compulsory health insurance? The fact that
something like 40,O00,000 people now have
lOw-cOst, voluntary protection, and that the
membership in the Blue Cross and other
plans is rapidly growing, certainly indicates
that the answer is negative-and that the
wage earners of the country are perfectly
able to solve medical care problems for them
selves without creating another paternalistic
bureau with legion of taX-eating employees,
Last, despite the denials, the verdict of
history is that compulsory health insurance
is just prelude to the eventual specialization
OF medicine and related services. Bureau
cratic government never goes half way-it
operates on the all or none principle. And
political medicine is always inferior.
&1O&%
SENATOR HAROLD 3. STASSEN kicks
up lot of rows. But in the opinion of Capt.
tol Hill, Mr.. Stassen cannot be regarded as
even "black horse" candidate for the Re-
publican nomination.
Then there is Mr.. Wallace, whom we can
classify as the man who cuts no figure be-
cause there is no probability that he will get
a heavy vote from any source. He. is con-
stantly losing ground.
The real Republican race for the Presi-
dental nomination stands at the present
time at about $3.50 between Taft and Dewey
and either one of those men will be salts
factory to the Republican voters.
President Truman seems to be about the
only logical candidate for the Democrats to
nominate, even though his popularity seems
to be slipping. About the only certainty at
the present time seems to be that the Re-
publican Party will win next November.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20
WHAT OTHER PAPERS ARE SAYING.
EDITORIAL Wilmington Morning News, Feb. ls, lals,
DEATH AT THE INLET

1t was almost as if old Boreas the nOrth-wind
god had been working up to climax Day by dav.
night after night the ice thickened in Delaware
River and Bay Tides and ships broke it up. North
winds and ebb tides bore the small bits and the
great foes down the Delaware and out past the
Capes, and south along the coast
In Sussex County many persons may have
thought the climax was the desperate shortage of
uel OIL which the tankers could no longer bring
up the ce-iocked Nanticoke and Mispillion rivers.
But they were wrong. The time for the blitz. the
lightning thrust Of the drama had not come II was
on the way.
) On Monday the wind changed. Boreas and the
northeast wind got together Now the ice-aoes were
piling shoreward into the surf and on the beach.
mile after mile southwark Twelve miles below
Cape Henlopen they found a narrow slit in the bar
rier reef-Indian River Inlet On the nrushing tide
pushed by the northeast gale, the ice crowded and
crashed into the channel. It packed and damned
itself against the timber underpinnDings Of tho
Charles W. Cullen Bridge that had stood sound since
1888 More and more ice pressed in from the dark
and violent sea-
The pressure was too great for the piling. On
tuesday morning, a truck was passing over the
bridge part Of the fixed span gave way A following
car plunged with the truck into the maestrOm Three
men died. Two survived A few seconds before the
catastrophe three other members of the electrical
construction party had SKINNED safely across the
bridge That irony made the climax complete.
why were these forces of nature powerful as
they were, allowed to make the inlet bridge death
trap? Cannot the pressure of combined wind tide
and ice be estimated, danger-point determined "a
bridge barred to traffic? The blame for the col
lapse can hardly be placed upon the bridge-tender
who is lucky to be alive He is not an engineer. The
responsibility goes higher. Obviously the State
Highway Department did not know the bridge was
in imminent peril. Why didn't it know that?
In Sussex there is old saying: "Therell he
hereafter about this" We hope the Investigation
will ensure as far as humanity possible that death
at least will not result from hell Of high water and
crushing ice Boreas and his cohorts must not kill
if we can help it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20

gold was worth $2O.67 per ounce
compared with $S5 per ounce for
gold today. Mr.. Roosevelt did this
on the advice of the same econo-
mists who are now razzing me for
saying that imitation" is gO95 a
question of supply and demand
President Roosevelt then robbed
the American people of billions Of
dollars which they had honestly
earned. 1t was as bad as what Rus
STA is doing today The gold which
the citizens Of the United States
then held was not used for circu-
latlOn. 1t was in the bureau draw
ers Of our wives and children. If
was carried in our own pockets for
luck and emergency; and much of
II was in safe deposit boxes
throughout the country. When.
however, President Roosevelt for
ced us to turn in all Of this gold
and exchange it for paper currency.
this paper money was spent. and
hence, greatly inflated the amount
OF currency outstanding. AS the
swapping of gold dollars for paper
money then increased the amount
IN circulation, why wouldn't the
reverse be true today? If Wash
lngton is really serious i'm reduc-
ing the amount Of money in circu-
lation, why not offer people their
solo dollars back again in place
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20

OF the paper dollars which thew
would turn in? The U. S. Urea
sury certainly has gold enough
buried in the ground.
COALE'S NEW BOOK
I have just finished reading q
new book by Ansley ]. COale en-
titled, "Vulnerability 10 Atlantic
Bombs" prepared under the direc-
ton of the Social Science Research
council. It is published by the
princeton University Press and
should be read by everyone. This
book plainly shows that if World
War III should come. it would de-
stroy some of our large cities Az
ter reading this book. made nm
my mind to put some good bany
notes in safe deposit vault and
in fact, hide away some silver dol
lars or half-dollars.
II every. reader would follow tho
above program this would result in
reducing the amount of money in
circulation which the ecOnonSists
say is necessary and, at the same
time, give each Of us some ready
money in case World war ri
closes our large city banksI Ger
tainly, the Government cannot Oh
Ject to US storing up good hanlr
notes and silver when claiming
that the amount in circulation is
responsible for high prices.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20
Marine Fisheries
Group In Session
Coonunusa from urst page,

H. DickersOn of Laurel and M Has
well Pierce Of Milford, are Della
ware members of the commission
and MIR. Pierce is a member of the
executive committee.
The commission also supports
the recommendation Of the Pacific
Fisheries Conference that a new
assistant secretaryship be created
in the state department to handle
fishery problems and that such new
assistant secretary be directed to
act for the department in imple-
menting federal-state relations. In
view of the many pressing interna-
NOnal problems related to fisher
les conservation, the commission
agrees with the Pacific Coast that
an official of the policy making lev
ell should handle such matters. This
view was recently endorsed at a
meeting of the Intercoastal Con-
ference Committee held in Wash
ingtOn with representatives from
the Gulf States and the newly or
ganized Pacific Marine Fisheries
Commission.
The annual report summarizes
the work of the North Atlantic.
Middle Atlantic, Chesapeake Bay
and South Atlantic sections of the
commission during the past year
covering such species as Holsters,
striped bass, oysters, haddOck,
CLAIMS, Atlantic salmon, blue crab.
shad, shrimp, and channel bass.
Considerable space is given to
shellfish areas closed on account
of pollution and the need for better
methods of testing such waters,
the problem of disposal of waste at
sea, efforts to bring back the shad
in the Delaware, the current de-
cline of shad production in the
Hudson, and the attempt to devel-
Op a joint program of shrimp con-
SerVatiOn.
Many of these matters are being
considered at a joint meeting of the
three sections of the commission
representing the states from Vir-
ginia north being held at Hotel
Roosevelt, New York City, Thurs
day and Friday of this week.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20
Blue Cross Available
To Millsboro. Folk
teontlnued iEom 49, 40


Luster H. Long have signed a
proclamation setting aside March
1 through 6 as Blue Cross week
and urging everyone to take advan-
tage Of this opportunity, since the
community groups are open only
once year for new subscribers.
Every person having a mailing adj
dress, MillsbOrO, Del, and between
the ages Of Is and 65 are eligible
for membership. When a subscriber
reaches the age of IS, his member
ship is not cancelled, neither are
his benefits. Since decreased hos
pital rates have increased almost
double, the Lions Club feels now,
more than ever, the residents
should have some way to protect
themselves against a large, unex-
pected hospital bill One out of
every seven families will go to the
hospital this year Many physi-
clans using the wonder" drugs.
like pencillin, sulfa drug and
streptOmycin, prefer to do so with
hospital care.
At the present time Delaware has
146,788 members, which is better
than So percent of the population.
Subscribers may choose his own
hospital and doctor. The benefits
of Blue Cross are receivable by
the subscriber in service, not in
cash, as Blue Cross deals directly
with the hospitals and doctors.
This nOn-prOfit plan is approved
by The American Medical Associa-
ton, doctors and hospitals.
Volunteers will make hOuse-tO-
house canvass during the first three
days of the campaign. You may
enroll with a volunteer or come to
headquarters, Delaware Power and
Light office, where Blue Cross rep
resentatiVes will gladly assist with
applications or answer questions.
1t is a most generous offer to-
wards better health said Miss
Richardson, and we trust the peo-
pie of MillsbOrO will appreciate che
fact this is being done for their
benefit and protection. Illness
comes to most of us when we are
the least prepared and it is GER
tain we do not know how much a
hospital bill iR going to cost and
the only way to be sure and re-
lieved of tn is is to budget for it.
Three months dues will be col
lected at the thine of enrolment;
contracts will be effective April 1,
194S. Your following bills will be
paid to Miss Ruth ]. Gardner,
MillsboTO finance office, with ten
cents service charge quarterly,
within 90 days after your state
ment is received.
Once a member, always a mem
Der. So be sure to stop in be-
tween 9 A. M. and 4;3O P. M. March
L through 6.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20

SO on; then this one hundred. dol
lars can pay up the entire debt
OF $1,000! But this does not effect
prices one penny.
RUSSIA'S CURE
What Russia has recently done
IN reducing the amount of money
IN circulation was done at the sug-
gestiOn Of her economists who.
through advance notice, had their
savings in land, commodities. and
other real things which were not
debated. This program Of Russia.
however, does not increase the
amount OF food, clothing and shell
ter available to the Russian people
which are the things in which they
are really interested.
President Truman could accom-
plish the same thing in a gradual
way BY paying off Government
debt, increasing bank reserves
raising interest rates, and forbid
ding installment sales, but for DO
litical or other reasons the Admin
istFation SHES away from sound.
recommendations.
RoBBING US OF GOLD
Readers viii remember that dur
ing the early part Of the Roosevelt
Administration when we held more
goio than any other nation, Presi-
cent Roosevelt made as turn in all
OF our gold coins. At that time
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20
COMPLETE NEW GARAGE
OPENED BY IRVE BURTON
toOntinued from nFst pugsl

(oOntmuod from nFst pags1
Bear equipment for wheel and
chassis alignment. l. G. Burton &
Company, Inc, is one of the few
garages in this entire area that can
take care of any motor or body
service and repairs,
To celebrate the opening date of
February 21st, the Complete Gar
age" will be open all day for in
spection. All the men will be on
hand to show visitors around and
explain equipment. Each visitor
will receive a ticket emitting him
to a free grease job in the modern
grease department. This should
make an enjoyable day and all visi-
tors will be welcomed.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20
Plight Of Groeeryman


mo one offers the merchant,
especially the food merchant, any.
thing but abuse, said the grocery.
man. We are condemned for high
prices: accused Of making exorbi-
tant profits. despite the fact that
more than so per cent Of those who
engage in merchandising eventually
60 broke. The merchant Is faced
with the payment Of government
subsidies; government encourages
ment Of higher wages for the work
ers he employs, and those employed
by professors and wholesalers: in-
creased local. state and federal
taxes; decreased purchasing. value
Of the dollar; higher transportation
costs, and other ever increasing ex-
pense items. Government, AID too
frequently the public. expect the re-
taller to absorb all Of this increased
cost and yet to continue selling his
merchandise at depression prices.
There Is valley IN California
that needs irrigation il The farms
are TO. have dependable productive
ity, At the first regular session Of
this congress the appropriation for
that purely local project was cut.
Then the votes Of the valley were
counted and the special session re.
newed and increased that apbropri-
alton. Water for the valley means
more wheat. More. wheat means
lower prices. Farmers Of Colorado.
Kansas and every other state are
paying for that California irrigation.
through lower prices.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-20
Nelson Bennett On
Dickinson Committee
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public life of the United States. In
addition to dozens of Congress-
men, Judges and government ofici-
ais, its graduates include President
James Buchanan and Supreme
Court Chief Justice Roger fancy.
Only three other American colleges
can claim this distinction of having
graduated both a President and a
Chief Justice.
DR.. William w. Edel, who was
elected president of Dickinson in
October, 1916, is personally direct
ing the celebration. In his two
years as president, Dickinson's en-
rollment has increased from 500 to
925.