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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02
It Is Time For A Change

1t is time for a change in the |
National Administration land for
continued COP guidance at the
helm of Congress-" according to a
statement made by Senator Wiley
of Wisconsin in a recent speech.
And he added his opinion that
America must disenthrall itself
from the Democratic clutch; we
must think anew and act anew, as
Lincoln advised u.s." And his rea-
son for expressing these views is
that the time has arrived to do
away with RECOMMENDATION under
Democrats" He says that we must
regain our freedom under Repub-
lican economy and Constitutional
Americanism.
The Senator rang the bell in the
Senate when he declared that "we
must disenthrall ourselves"
The 80th COngree and its record
has been reviewed this present
month by the best news and editor
ial writer's in America. David Law
renee asks: by what yardstick
shall we measure the record of the
80th COngress%
Would it be fair, or unfair, to re-
port to far-hung hundreds of edi-
tors, that in the opinion of the best
statesmen and political leaders in
Washington the overwhelming o.
piniOn is that the great majOrities
= of Republican and Democratic Sen
= atoTs and Representatives have
Cverridden many of President Tru-
mans vetOes-which proves that
they do not regard Mr.. Truman's
judgment very highly. There never
has been a case in history when
3 Senators and House Members be-
q longing to the same party as the
President of the Nation, have beer
: willing to go on record as discard
+ ing the Executives opinions anC
? voting against their High Chief
s That shows why Congress has beer
n unwilling, even for political advan
/ tages to uphold and approve of Mr.
g Truman's string of vetOes.
The majority Of Democrats ant
# Republicans in the two branches o
e Congress are insisting, at least il
private conversation - that 80tl
IL Congress is one of the best in tn
IT PAST so years.
l. Now don't regard this as a parti
l. san statement by the writer of thi
st item. 1t is a straightforward non
9e partisan report of exactly What
lc What in Washington"
lie The pre-conventiOn fights to pic
a. Presidential and Vice Presidentif
lie candidates were bitter.
a Nevertheless, we are likely
hear more about domestic issue
during the rest of 1948 than abOl
H. disquieting foreign policies.
a. This change will be rather eas
no to arrange, inasmuch as the Unite
a. States has already spilled plenty
mr. money, relief and help into the laI
of dOwntrodden people and natiOI
throughout the World who al
= struggling to reestablish then
selves in their own countries.
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washington
= = = iIA|lWEEkIE
By Charles L. EgenrOad


WASHINGTON, D. Cit will
be an historic document"
Those were the words of one of
the trainers of the Republican
platform in Philadelphia as the
nation awaited the first reading of
the document referred to.
The nation now knows the wis
dom of those words. The nation
now knows the position of the
party which is pledged to save
what is left" of the American way
of life after Is years of dawdling
with crackpOt ideas that have
shunted the nation through one
war and are threatening another.
A position of world leadership is
pledged in that platform; a posi-
ton at the head of a crusade for
freedom and right-nOt by might,
but by light.
The Republican Party pledges in
it's platform to introduce American
principles into its foreign policy.
1t pledges to oppose any encrOach-
ment on freedom with the tradi-
tiOnal doctrines of Americanism
rather than the doctrines born of
| indecisiOn.
In it's domestic policies, the Re-
publican Party took an equally
forward step by pledging to the
American people that they would
no longer be the subjects of mas
ters by concentrated government,
but would again enjoy the right to
plan and live their lives in the
fashion which made this the great
est nation of freedom in the world.
Fear of war and fear of the col
lapse of true Americanism played
no part in the Republican pledge
to America, for the trainers of the
, platform expressed to the cOnven-
ton the utmost confidence that the
election of the Republican Party
; to office would waylay such fears
= And they were confident of that
election.
Continuance of international eff
! fort by the leaders of America was
not an argumentative phase o
the drafting of the platform, bu
the institution of true American
! principles into that effort is al
I argument the Republicans sak
they were proud to place befOr,
y the nation.
8 1t is not a hit-cOmmunism-here
= love communism there approach
: which has disturbed the natiOl
. and the world since our wedding
{ to the painted doll of SOvietism
The platform is a hit-cOmmunism
always position, and it include
this country as we'll as others.
Those words of a Trainer of tn
PLATFORM will be an histOri
document we'll be the rein
& PRODUCTION of our Constitution.
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ton below it, in area.
POLITICAL HISTORY
Since the days of Cain and Abel there has
been a constant conflict between those who
have" and those who "have not" AS each
group got on top, it would abuse it's power
and a reaction would follow; then the Oppos-
ing group would get on top until it likewise
abused it's power and lost out English his
tory illustrates Newton's Law, Although the
masses of England have gradually secured
more power since their days of serfdom, yet
it has been by alternate periods of conserva-
tism and new dealism. Fifty years ago the Con-
servatives of England were in control and
England was a great world power. Today the
reverse is true, although the Conservatives
viii come back again someday even in Eng
land,
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rockers on 1t, he
is settling down in
a beautiful Yankee
country to spend
the rest of his life
as a sman-town
editor. Mr.. T. is a
real professional
journalist in the
finest sense of the
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02
1000 Dniepr
Boats Recovered

MOSCOW - Up The newspaper
Soviet Lithuania" says 1000 ves-
sells have been raised from the riv-
er Dniepr since the war. The ships
include the powerful motorships
"Osipenko," "Krupskaya" which
were sent to the bottom by the Ger
mans.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

PHILADELPHIA, PA,
July 2-Sir Isaac Newton
(1642-1725) was one of
the worlds greatest scien-
lists and a founder of Me-
chanics, Chemistry, Phys
les and other sciences. He
is especially known for
his Law of Action and Re-
action which he illustrat-
ed by the pendulum, the
lever, the spring and later
in politics. This law is
that all progress has a
normal growth line; that
as we deviate above this
normal line, there must
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Real Estate
Boom In Siberia

MOSCOW = up - "Izvestia's''
correspondent in Barnaul reports
that scores of village settlements
are springing up along the route of
the future Southern Siberian Rail-
way. A small city, he says, has al
ready come into being on the right
bank of the river Chumish.
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Elementary schools were found
ed in England before the Reforma-
ton, but received impetus by the
founding in 1899 of an Organiza-
tion to promote charity schools for
children.
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uct Of his knowl-
edge Of the prob
lens Of the peo-
pie Of rural Amer
lea, although he
does not profess
an ambition for
lie a de rship, nor
does he seek lead
ersEp. He talks
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6E4.5WB
J.
Z SON
Editor Aids Farmers

XKTHEELER McMILLEN is edi-
w tor-in-chief of the Farm Jour-
nal and the Pathfinder. The two
publications have a combined cir
culation Of some five million copies.
To Wheeler those are but sideline
jobs. His real vocation is that Of
farmer, a dirt farmer. It is as
such that know him best.
McMillen is man Of vast In
fluence with the people Of rural
America. That influence is a prod
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CURE WORSE THAN DISEASE
Just how important a part prOpOs

Just how important part proposals for
price control and rationing of commodities
will play in the pending political campaigns
remains to be seen. Some candidates will
undoubtedly urge them, on the theory that
they may have a strong appeal to voters
faced with a shrinking dollar. Under these
circumstances, the people should give con-
siderable thought to the problems involved.
First of ALL no one is going to make any
thing or produce anything at a loss. We
could, for instance, establish by law cell
ing price of two-bits a dozen on eggs and
two dollars on pair of shoes. The farmer
and the shoe manufacturer would then, from
necessity, turn to other products or call it
day.
We could pass law saying that retailers
must sell goods at such and such a price,
regardless of wholesale costs or the costs of
doing business. Then, also from necessity,
the retailer would have to stop ordering
those goods unless he were willing to grad
ually go broke.
We could issue ration books once more,
on the grounds that this would allocate
scarce commodities equitably. And then the
scarce goods would flow into the black mar
ket, where they could be bought only by the
well heeled few-just as they did under
OPA, and just as they are doing everywhere
in the world where ratiOning remains IN
effect.
The only cure for imitation lies in indi-
Vidual thrift a reduction in the cost of gov
ernment, and in maximum production by
labor, management and everyone lse. Artl-
fetal controls always deal with effects and
never with causes. And they always create
a worse situation than that they are sup
posed to correct.
WRONG tSCAPEGOAT
A poll was recently taken to find out what
typical American families think is respOn-
sible for high living costs. Nearly third
of those answering were of the opinion that
manufacturers are making too much profit,
and retailers mark-ups are too large.
This is a perfect example of picking a
scapegoat, regardless of the merits OF the
case. The truth is that if industry-and
particularly that part of it which makes
consumer goOds-were to operate at no pro
fit the influence on prices would be far less
than most of us realize In other words, prof
(which is simply that part of industry
gross income which is kept by the people who
own it's only drop in the bucket by com
parison with wages, cost of supplies taxes
etc.
On the retail level, the same thing is true
A number of large food chains have report
ed that they make, as profit, less than tw'
cents out of each dollar spent with them
Representative variety store systems repOr
that they only make about five cents. AM
when it comes to mark-upS, too many con
sumers don't know that stores Of all kind
have voluntarily reduced them as part o
retailing's fight against infatiOn-and il
many cases they are now less than in OPP
days.
Millions of words have been written o
the causes of initiation. What the peopl
should understand is that in cOmpetitlyf
free enterprise economy prices are as low a
the cost of doing business permits. And tn
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Of rural problems in a common.
horsesense way which the rural
people understand.
Wheeler makes Of farming more
a way Of life than business, al- 1
though he makes it pay. He does
not cultivate thousands Of acres;
his is a family-sized farm Of a quar-
ter or half section. He makes
farming pay interest on the dollars
invested and fair wages for the
labor involved. He insists that his
greatest profit comes from the
pleasure he finds in watching things
grow, in planning what to plant.
He declines to permit government
bureaucrats to plan the operation
Of his farm for him.
That planning is to him the
pleasure Of farming and he is quite
sure he can do better job on his
acres than can any professional
or political planner at Washing
ton. He does not seek nor does
he believe in, government subsidies.
He welcomes all available informa-
tion concerning the preservation Of
the fertility Of his acres. but he
applies that information as best fits
his conditions. He does not permit
the government to purchase his
farm freedoms at the price Of a
| government handout.
II is as such farmer that ne
exerts an influence on millions
of other farmers. He is able TO
talk to them in the common,
horsesense language that is un-
derstOOd in the farm and rural
town homes. Occupants Of those
homes listen when Wheeler talks.
In a recent article Wheeler points
to the fact that the population q
the world has doubled in the pasl
century; that it is expected to
double again within the next 40
years. Such population increases
mean the need for a constantly
increasing food supply. So long as
each farmer is permitted to run
his own farm and to- do his own
planning, McMillen contends the
American farmer will do his full
share Of feeding an always hungry
world. MeMillen is not sold OF
government planning in the field o
agriculture or any other productive
line.
I appreciate my years Of acquaint
ance and friendship with this espe
cially capable and wise dirt farmer
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02
Federal Handouts

Few, if any, Of the states well !
come all federal government hand
outs when offered, and offering has
been the rule rather than the ex-
ception through the past IS years.
The handout has not relieved the
states taxpayers but it has given
state officials more money to spend
among those who "do not bite the
hand that feeds them"
These gifts TO the states have,
as a rule, been made on the
grounds Of the states inability
to provide adequately for their
own people.
Mississippi, as an illustration,
pleads poverty as her reason for
the inadequate salaries paid to
school teachers. The Tax Founda-
ton, in an analysis Of state tax
trends, shows that Mississippi, with
41,O00 less people than Connecti-
cut, in l947, collected $69, 9,237. 900 in
taxes as against $61,71S,OOO for
Connecticut. California not only
accepts but solicits government aid
in providing irrigation for its farms
and water for some Of its cities.
1t is time congress studied state
tax collections before wasting more
tears and cash on federal aid to the
states.
With both management and
labor 1t is a case Of "the public
be damned"
1t is not so much the creed, color
or race as it is the muss and smell
that make undesirable neighbors,
From a performer in a barn
storming vaudeville and theatri'
sal show to a seat in the United
States senate and a hope and ex
pectation(?) of being elected vice
president, is a brief statement o.
til career Of Glen Taylor, running
mate Of Henry Wallace on the thirC
party ticket.
When an OfficiOus government
clerk tells you where to get off,
remind him who is paying his
wages and that you are his boss.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

Hiergolyphics was a dead langu-
age for more than 1,4OO years be-
cause modern mankind could not
decipher it. - -.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02
EBy W;esrbrOOIs PegIer
Released by WNU Features

ERED TISDALE has bought an
4 interest in the Times, a weekly
published, at New Milford, Conn.
In a comfortable old phrase with
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ever had before. The Federal Reserve, the
Securities and Exchange the shipping and
scores of Commissions with their tremendous
powers, are appointed by the President Since
the Coolidge and Hoover regimes, the real
power has been shifted from an unruly Con-
gress to these various Commissions the mem
bers of which are appointed instead of elected.
No Conservative Administration could ever
have brought about these changes in Govern
ment; in fact, they came only through the
personality of Franklin Roosevelt and under
war conditions Now, however, the Republi-
can Party if successful in November would in
herit these huge powers
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word. He was born in West Ten
nessee at a time when the haunts
of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest
still rode in the moonlight in the
shrouds of the original Ku Klux
Klan, landed in Kansas City busted
at tender age, wrote and drew
pictures for the Kansas City Star
and played the grand tour Of the
tramp newspaperman.
The grand tour was variable,
like the route Of an inveterate ball
player some years ago. News
paper reporters, including a few
spectacular alcoholics, wandered
from town to town in the way Of
that class Of cavalry soldiers called
snow-birds, who enlisted for the
winter when the cavalry was
showed in and went over the hill
in the spring. They must have
been quaint.
The memoirs of an old soldier
named Hand which run endlessly
in the Star in Tucson casually tell
of the execution of one Of the boys
by a firing squad Of his own COM
rades because he refused duty. The
captain pleaded with him to yield
and do the duty, but he had
stubborn streak so it was neces-
sary to shoot him, but Hand added
that they buried him with honors.
THAT SEEMED TO RELIEVE
THE EPISODE OF MEANNESS.
In those days
Making my youngling days,
the too-if a man could
C;rcuit truthfully say that
he had worked on
the Kansas City Star he could hang
his hat in any shop in the country.
Chicago, Minneapolis and st. Paul
were on the grand tour, Omaha,
st. Louis, Denver, San Francisco,
Seattle, New Orleans and, for some
reason, st. Joe, Mo.
Des MOines, Memphis, Dallas,
Los Angeles and Fort Worth were
not and there was practically no
such place as Oklahoma City or
Tulsa in the newspaper sense, or
any other for that matter. The
pay ranged from SIS a week for
cubs, mostly runaway big-city
office boys who would pitch in
as busboys at the Baltimore
lunch for their hamburgers and
coffee when they couldn't catch
on in the local newspaper shops,
up to .S35 a week for older hands
of % or 30 with the knack and
competence of seasoned men.
There were lots Of papers then
We had four in Des Moines wher
was a cub there in 1918 a:
against two today, and in st. Loui:
we had five as against three now
That is about the ratio Of sur
vival and in baseball it is abou
the same. There are fewer leagues
and the young ballplayers, like thu
young reporters, take a strangel!
, unromantic view.
Tisdale's Clarion Call" in hi
first editorial says he isn't goinj
to try to make a ''smart" city news
paper of the New Milford Time
) and would leave global problem
> to the editorial writer's of the grea
= metropolitan dailies.
!, "We do not presume to be-
lieve," said he, "that any ponder
. Gus prOnOuncement in the New
Bedford paper is going to soften
the attitude of Josef Stain OF
9 put an end to Iynchings in the
e South"
+ Well excusin
n Voice that word ponder
n of Gus" and noting a
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merciless force of competition takes care of
those who work on the all-the-trafic-will-
bear principle
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OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS

Under the above circumstances. it appears
that four or more years of good business may
be ahead, with perhaps our country entering
a great new era of world expansion with untold
possibilities. Not only are our opportunities
great but far-seeing captains of industry are
realizing that they must share more with
labor, must take greater interest in the well
fare of foreign people, and in fact. must avoid
another severe period of unemployment in or
der to save their own skin. In short, there are
signs that our financial and business interests
are really getting religion" and are convinced
that they must apply this religion to overcome
communism. Of course, based upon this same
Law OF Action and Reaction, the Conservatives
will someday again abuse this power and an
other New Deal Administration will again
have its turn. We, however, need not discuss
this now.
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5000
SAVING OFF THE LIMB


In one of the most remarkable state
ments ever made by supposedly responsible
people the Railway Labor Executives AS
sOciation has passed a resolution calling
upon the government to "begin preparations
for the transfer of railroad ownership from
private interests to the United States OF
America.
Inasmuch as the railroads represent an
investment of something like thirty billion
dollars, that is large order. Too, it is a
little difficult to understand in the light OF
our experience in World War l when the
government took over the industry, lost bill
lions, and standards of service declined
sharply. But, even disregarding these points,
one wonders just what the railway labor
leaders have in mind.
Perhaps they feel they could blackjack
the government out of more wage increases.
Maybe they could, for the time being. But
the whole history of socialism and cOmmun-
ism-which are the economic systems bas-
ed on government ownership of enterprise
lis history of the enslavement of the work
ing man. No one can strike against the gov
ernment. No one can go to work for some
one else if government has monopoly. NO
one can protest against decision OF govern
ment and be sure of recourse and fair treat
ment The commands of government, like
the commands of the head of military force,
are necessarily final.
In the words of the New York Times,
"these leaders E. have not merely crawled
out on very long limb; they now seem in
tent on extricating themselves from their
predicament by the dubious technique OF
saving off the limb" SocializatiOn of in
dustry would be the surest way to destroy
labor's gains-and to destroy freedom for
all of us.
CORDELL HULL AND HIS FAIRIES
The troubles of Government could be am
plifed by discussing continuation of the re-
ciprocal trade agreement act, which was Cor
dell Hull's free trade prescription. Imagine
a Republican Congress falling for that kind
of legislation, when they must know that the
benefits of these trade agreements, as they
have been administered over long years, al
ways bring the United States out of the
small end of the hole. Foreign traders gath
cred in money wasted by the United States
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Voice
of
People

South" the voice of the New Mil
ford Times could be as influential
in its own circulation field as that
of any daily. After all, those met
ropolitan editorials are written,
mostly, by the likes of Tisdale,
hired for their ability to express
the policy of the person or the soul
less corporation who owns the
paper. There is a tradition that
practically all of them have one Of
two ambitions. The first is to set
tie down to country journalism and
the second is to raise chickens.
If we get any honest discussion
of the questions which will settle
the fate of the United States in the
next few years-say four years
and may do for us as a free people,
WE WILL GET IT FROM THE
NON-METROPOLITAN PAPERS.
There aren't any hicks in the
United States now. After two
wars we are a far-traveled peO-
pie and higher education Is as
common as the common cold. An
item right under Tisdale's "Cla-
ion Calf or, outline Of purpose
on the editorial page says that
James Allared, who makes his
home up Long mountain, was
with Jimmy DOOlittIe on that
famed flight over Japan"
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When an OfficiOus government
clerk tells you where to get off,
remind him who is paying his
wages and that you are his boss.
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w e ii, excusing
that word ponder
Gus" and noting an
exception to that
phrase "in the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-08-20

A 1T e r an enjoyable summer
visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. O. A. Tellifero, Mrs. J. B.
Dodd and daughter, Barbara
Anne, | e f on their return to
Berkeley, Calf. this morning,
being accompanied by Mr.. Telli-
Zero. Travelling in his car, they
will make a brief stop in Spokane
to visit Mr.. Dodd's parents.