Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-10-15
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Mars neXt?:-Ihe House Com
mittee on Un-American Activ :
ties announced on Sept. 6 trat
it will now carry its investi ga
tions right into the gloomiest
depths of equatorial Africa,
What has the boys upset is the
fact that an international group
of scientists has been formed to
gaze at stars from the middle of
the Belgian Congo. The scien-
lists - French, Belgian and
Dutch - will build an astrono-
mical laboratory there at a cost
of 100000.
IF the report is true" said
Rep. John Nc Dowell (R) of
Pennsylvania, 1--WE want to-
know why they picked that par
ticular spot for an international
astronomical laboratory. In the
very same region there are more
workable deposits of uranium
than any place in the world"
Mcdowell said he had asked a
committee investigator to find
out the source of the money and
all other details. Could this be
spying? The sleuth may already
be on safari, for all we know.
He'll undoubtedly be horribly
upset if the scientists start sing
ing "Bongo, bongo, bongo, we
don't want to leave the Congo"
and they might even go so far as
to point out that it's really none
of the committee busi1ess.
"a neat little tie-up has de
veloped in Indiana between the
Republicans and Dixiecrats.
On Sept. 8, H. Clark Springer,
COP state chairman, admitted in
Indianapolis that petition forms
used by Dixiecrats to collect sig-
natures so that they could get on
the Indiana ballot were printed
in Republican state headquar
ters. 1t was done as "courtesty"
to Frank Kimbrell, Mississippi
Dixiecrat organizer, Springer ex
planned.
The buddy buddy business is
not too surprising in view of the
fact that the Indiana Republican
party for many years was con-
trolled by the Ku Klux Klan,
and that many of its leaders in
the Klan days are still in top
positions.
You can provide a meal for
four persons for only one dol
lar, the National Association of
Retail Grocers claimed on Sep
tember 6.
Typical menu consists of con-
somme, chicken a la king. car
rots, grapefruit and orange sec
tions. You might even equeeze
dash of salt in there without
bulging the budget, although no
claim is made for this.
Such menus may satisfy the
MARC, but whether they will
satisfy hunger is another ques-
ton.
Depends on how you look at
It: Following are two head
lines from two newspapers,
same subject. same day.
N. Y. Times: - Small Homes
at Normal Supply in 25% of
All American Cities"
N. Y. Herald Tribune: -
Housing Shortage Still Severe
in 759o of American Cities"
On Aug. IS, Al Capp, creator
Of the famous Lii Abner comic
strip, subbed for Drew Pearson
on the radio while the columnist
was on vacation.
In the same satifical fashion
with which he delights his mil
ions of "Abner" fans, Capp lac
I'd into high prices, housing
shortages, profiteering, tn e
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
IAN Activities.
There really is no housing
shortage, he explained, ANY
plain, Woodworking chap who
wants a nice little home, for,
say, $40, 900, can have one.
"A survey made in New York
his week." he went on, shows
hat meat prices have risen ll6E..
Der cent since those nasty un-f
ceilings were taken off
lue to the demand of a large
group of indignant citizens, a.
group which happened to be-
mainly composed of citizens in
he meat business"