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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

pleasure, all 1, 900 will return nome,
pleased with job well-done, and
looking forward to even greater ac-
complishments during the next ~
months. 1t is, indeed, a brilliant ex-
ample of what can be done toward
economic security when
great people-the farm people of the
Northwest-set their minds to it.
HARRY L. BILLINGS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

ST. Paul. y)'We farmers of the Northwest have
built dozens of these for others, but, this
Thus spoke George Frank pointed with pride
ing Farmers Union Central Exchange plant in ST. Paul. while
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11
.CISLATURE JJPHOLDS BONNER PROGRAM
TO SOME EXTENT SURVEY SHOWS

LUKE" WRIGHT in Great Falls Tribune
Helena 4Gov. John w. Jared better than
in his first meeting with the Montana legislature
few of Bonners recommendations in his inaugural
the first week in January ignored rejected before
die adjournment of the 31st assembly occurred Friday
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

Who was recently appointed commits
sioner of Agriculture, Labor and In
dustry,by Gov. John Bonner, to take
officeApril /, has been leader in
soil conservation activities in the
state, state senator, and a member
of Richland County Farmers Union.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

the roll calls 19 Montana
THE VOICE (Ro call Bx Scores that will be issued
by pamphlet will be the
that
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
Study The Record!

Mistakenly assuming, possibly, that Gulfport is Missis-
sippi's only deep water port, the Mississippi Press Asso-
citation at its convention in Biloxi last week endorsed a
proposal that a state commission be appointed to take over
that port, according to the Daily Herald.
Appointment of a state commission would mean, of
course, that state resources would be used in the develop
ment of the port, as is the case at Mobile in Alabama and
Brunswick and Savannah in Georgia.
Hf That is all well and good, but our fellow newspaper
men have overlooked the fact that Mississippi has not one
deep water port, but two. They are Gulfport and Pascal
goula and, of course, Pascagoula has advantages, natural
and developed, that far exceed those of our sister port.
Now we want no quarrel with Gulfport. We are all
for them and their development but we think the pro-
gress platform committee of the Press Association should
have studied the record before crawling out on the end
of a limb.
Let's look at the facts:
l. P~ascagoula at present has a 3Ofoot channel, approx
imately four feet deeper than the Gulfport channel.
2. P~ascagoula is several miles closer to deep gulf wa
ter than is Gulfport.
s. P~ascagoula is a sheltered port, in that it lies along
the banks of a river and therefore far less subject to dam
age from hurricanes and windstorms.
4 Opening of the P~ascagoula river will extend the adj
vantage of cheap water transportation to the Hattiesburg-
Laurel-Meridian industrial triangle. This project is al
ready underway in the Pat Harrison waterway.
There are many other factors involved that give Pas
cagoula the edge in natural advantages, but there is little
use in detailing them here.
The point we are making is this:
We think if the Press Association progress platform
state commission for Gulfport, without consideration of
Pascagoulas potentialnies, they acted in a shortsighted
manner based on snap judgment without considering facts
of record. The press, more than any other group, is sup
posed to base its actions on knowledge and analyzation.
Unfortunately, that is sometimes not the case.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
Give A Pint Of Blood

One hundred pints of blood is the quota set for the mo-
bile blood unit of the Red Cross which will be in Pasca-
goula Saturday with headquarters at the First Methodist
church. At this writing the list of potential donors is far
from sufficient to get this amount and unless there is a
considerable pickup in the registration the quota will not
be made.
81 The life-saving blood certainly goes to a worthy cause
and there is little time or trouble involved for the volun-
teer giver.
The local blood bank at the Jackson county hospital
will first be stocked. The rest will be deposited in the
regional bank at Mobile. which will then stock the local
bank with a fresh supply of whole blood every two weeks,
with that left on hand to be used for plasma.
The blood will be given free of charge to any person
who needs it.
The arrangement is more than fair for Jackson coun-
tians. We will be called on to contribute to the regional
and local bank only four times a year. Meanwhile the re-
gional bank will keep the local bank supplied throughout
the year, and county citizens will have available at all times
q supply of whole blood for emergency and routine use at
no cost to them.
1t is not too late to give. Appointments can be made
IS late as Saturday by calling the sub-story of the First
Methodist church, or prior to that time by calling the Rev.
Harlan Hilbun, or George M. Noe, president of the Lions
Club, who is heading up the local program.
Free transportation will be furnished to those who have
no means of getting to and from the church Saturday.
Make your appointment now. The blood you con-
tribute Saturday may mean the difference between life and
death for some fellow citizen at a future date.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

the war years, which was as it should have been. Trans
portation was short, war supplies and materials had to
be moved and damage to highways was of minor import
ance.
However, there is no excuse for continued abuse of
the state load limits and, for the sake of our highways. thew
should be rlgidly and uniformly enforced, with strict and
severe penalties imposed for violations.
Despite propaganda to the contrary, ii is our guess that
the trucking industry pays but a small portion of its lust
share towards highway maintenance. AT the a time.
they are responsible for the major part of the wear and
tear and damage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

Heavily overloaded trucks are doing serious damage
to our highways and forcing the state to spend large sums
for maintenance, portions of which should be going for
new highway construction, the Mississippi Press ASsocia-
ton was told last week by J. Oliver Emmerich, McComb
publisher.
Mr.. Emmerich is correct.
The terrific pounding that Highway 80 has received
from heavy truck traffic is, to a large extent, responsible
for its dangerous and deteriorated condition. However,
we haven't had the excessive sum spent on maintenance,
which Mr.. Emmerieh refers to. In fact we haven't had
maintenance!
But that isn't the subject of this editorial.
The maximum truck load limit is set by state law at
$3.50 pounds gross, which means the weight of the truck
and its cargo. This weight limit meant nothing during
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

morale. From now on we shall
have to take up economic slack
by government provided works
of all kinds. The extent to which
this is necessary depends on the
leadership of the American in
dustrial world : and on the
leadership of people in towns
like Moss Point.
1t won't make any difference
whether Republicans or Demo-
Gratis (of either variety are in
power. The people of America
will continue to want to know
why can't we keep this great in
dustrial machine of ours going
at full speed. If business can't
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

testified that since World War /,
the U. S. Steel Corporation has
financed 90 percent Of its expen-
sion from It's own profits.
In other words, in spite of all
the cries Of the risk capital fra
ternity, lack of money has not
materially hampered expansion
in our life time. An expanding
standard of living has been slow
ed down by major item
lack of purchasing power in the
hands of people who would spend
it. 1t is a simple and significant
fact that American business
with the exception of shoes, tex
tiles, and coal p has never over
produced. Any sound, progress
i've business man or corpora
ton tries to adjust his pro-
production to his profitable mar
ket, and when he sees his in
ventories piling up, he cuts down
on his production, otherwise he
won't be in business long. Which
puts US right back to the major
cause of u depression of 1929,
and the next one that we more
or less expect, lack of pur-
chasing power in the right hands.
Or, to put the problem in a diff
ferent way, we must invest cur
income or spend it for consum-
ers goods. Either way we make
jobs. Idle money does make
idle men. But, remember that
investment always depends on
the available market. which, in
turn depends entirely on con-
sumers' purchasing power. And
don't get the idea that these
markets are outside the coun-
try; foreign trade is very inn
portant but our experience in the
l920's showed us in no uncer-
tain terms that if we ship some
thing abroad we must expect
something in return. The mar
ket must be provided in this
country and can come only from
the increase of buying power in
the hands of those lower income
groups who will use it to secure
consumers goods.
How To UP Purchasing?
How do we go about getting
that purchasing power where it
ought to be? That is our major
problem in America today, and
the answer does not come in
dividing up the available work,
in curtailment of production,
whether it be in industry, agri-
culture, or labor. 1t does not
come in selfish legislation which
would benefit one group at the
expense of all the rest. 1t does
MT come from fair trade laws, from
tariffs or other barriers TO the
free flow of trade. Henry Ford
recognized the problem as far
back as 1914 when he announced
the $500 a day minimum wage.
He had the quaint notion that if
he were to sell millions of cars.
people must have the money to
buy them. Unfortunately. in the
golden era" of the l920's, we
weren't bright enough to see the
day of reckoning must come when
we allowed industrial workers
whose productivity was increas-
ing by so percent to receive the
same wages, when we permitted
prices of goods that were being
produced more cheaply to be kept
up by all sorts of rigid controls,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

when we encouraged sky-rocket-
ing profits in the hands of people
whose purchasing power was al
ready satiated and who could
only try in vain to invest their
swollen savings profitably. That
day of reckoning did come and
will come again if we are not
wise enough to interpret the
plain lesson of the fantastic Cool
idge-Hoover era.
Our major problem in an ex-
banding economy, l repeat, is TO
get purchasing power into the
hands of people who will use it.
Remember that the economic diff
ference between 1884 and 1914
was that the government furn-
ished an unlimited market in the
latter year. We showed the
world what we could do when
we had the marketl Sometimes
we forget the production of 200
billion dollars worth of goods in
l948, or any year, automatically
puts enough money in someone's
hands to buy back those goods
and services. We must see that
the money goes into the hands
of people who can invest it or
spend it. Idle money is the death
warrant of the capitalistic sys-
tenn.
The sensible way to get the
purchasing power into the hands
of our own people who will use
it is through more and more eff
ficient production and lower and
lower prices. If | can get a
pound of sugar or a suit of clothes
at lower price, l can spend the
difference on gasoline or arti-
chokes. That goes for cigarettes
which Tennessee forbids me to
buy for less than $l.88 or for
Whiskey on which Arkansas sets
a minimum price. American
business, farm, and labor lead
ers must realize the implications
of these economic facts of life if
they want to keep what is left
of III capitalistic system. We
must all realize that we can't
make exceptions Of ourselves that
if we gouge the other fellow, re-
gardless of the kind of business
we are in, we are contributing
to the next depression and auto
matically helping to bring to an
end the system we claim to sup
port and believe in the collapse
which Russians have been fond
ly predicting since the end of
the war.
What Is Alternative
What is the alternative? Very
simply, complete socialism, or
worse. We may get there regards
less of what we do. But I say
to you, and l believe this as
firmly as Walt Disney believed in
Mickey Mouse, that II the money
to buy u great production of
goods is not put into consumers
hands by the system itself, then
our government will continue to
step in and put it there. If the
government provides it, that
money can only come from taxa
ton, the kind of taxation that
hits the larger incomes harder
and harder. We could provide
enough purchasing power by sim
ply giving it to low income groups
we did that to some extent
in the 1905 = but that method
is Wasteful and destructive of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

provide jobs at high wages, the
government will; if farmers can't
produce food at equitable prices
the government will help them;
if the medical profession does
not furnish adequate medical
care to all, the government will
not only step in but may take
over; if the state of Mississippi
refuses to supply reasonable edu-
cation for all, black and white,
the federal government will make
it possible.
Excuses Bring Regulation
Please remember that govern
ment interference in the past
Continued on Page g.
Evening star., 1949-04-02

Residential Washington will be
interested in the announcement
made by Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
Harrison OF the engagement OF
their daughter Helen to 1t, Neil
r. Aver. u S. A.. son Of Mr., and
Mrs. Frederick Aver OF Wenham.
Mass. The wedding viii take place
in Washington on June IS.
Miss Harrison was graduated
from Foxcroft School in Middle
burg in 1916 and she made her
debut at q dance given bv her
parents at the Chevy Chase Coun-
try Club In June Of that year
She then spent year abroad
with her parents in Bern. where
her father was United States
Minister to Switzerland.
The bride elect is the grand
daughter Of the late Mr. w. Henry
Harrison and OF Mrs. Harrison Of
New York City and Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Dawson Coleman
of Philadelphia.
1t. Aver was educated at Noble
and Greenough School and was
graduated from the United States
Military Academy in l948, He now
is stationed at Fort Benning. Ga.
preparatory TO duty overseas. He
is the grandson OF the late Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Aver OF Bev-
erly. Mass, and of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Charles G. Rice Of
Ipswich. Mass.
Evening star., 1949-04-02

strongest.
In some official quarters, where
confirmation of this report is
awaited, it is believed that Mos
cow now is making gestures of
displeasure with the nations which
next Monday will sign the Atlantic
Pact in Washington.
Ambassadors May Stay.
It is considered possible that
Russia may decide to withdraw its
consuls without going so far as to
remove its ambassadors from most
of the signatories Of the Atlantic
Pact.
1t is in this light that Moscow's
blast, declaring that the 12-power
alliance Is undermining the let
ter and spirit of the United Ma
tions Charter and voids 20-year
treaties with Great Britain and
France, is regarded by Western
diplomats gathered in Washing
ton now.
The possibility that Russia may
denounce the agreements with
Britain and France is not causing
any worry to those governments,
who maintain that the Soviet
government regards such treaties
as agreements with a part of the
people and not with the govern
ments themselves.
The treaties of alliance have
not prevented Russia from as
Evening star., 1949-04-02

lSheQ VlgOr-Or, pclIidPS, CIV"
with increased vigor and FUNDS.
It may develop, when they turn
in their reports on receipts and
expenditures, that the lobbyists
have been provided with more
money this year than they were
last year, because of the greater
fear on the part of their spon-
sors or employers concerning
what this Congress may do.
In any case, the lobbyists are
on the job, pouring the heat on
the members of the House and
Senate. AS last year, legislation
affecting labor, health. welfare
and education are principal tar
gets.
Line Taken is New One.
Take education. Part Of the
unfinished business Of the Eight
ieth Congress was the aid-to-edu-
cation bill. which had Senator
Taft for one of its authors and
which went through the Senate
with only nominal opposition. It
was never permitted to reach the
floor of the House, the Republican
leadership giving tacit consent to
it's burial in committee. There
was little or no open battle against
it. Virtually all witnesses heard
by the House committee spoke
in its favor, but it wound up in
pigeon-hole.
On this bill. the lobbyists kept
pretty quiet, apparently figuring
the less discussion the better and
resting their confidence in their
friends in the House. That was
last year. This year the lobbyists
are swamping members of both
houses with literature. Busiest
of the organizations thus en-
gagged appears to be the Council
of State Chambers of Commerce,
working on its own from an Office
in Washington, and in co-opera-
ton with the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Education is not a primary in
Evening star., 1949-04-02
This Changing World
Soviet Reported Ready to Close
All of Its COnsulates i'm Italy

suming an attitude which has
compelled the Western nations to
band together for common de-
fense against aggressive Soviet
moves.
The Kremlin apparently does
not believe that a government
elected by due democratic process
is a representative government.
The Politburo believes in govern
ments ruling their peoples and
cannot conceive Of a government
being required TO do the people s
will. Hence. it regards the treat
les it has signed in the past as
valid only so long as the govern
ments concerned are controlled
by or do the bidding Of the Com
munist minorities.
Fully Aware of Reaction.
The fact that the Parliaments
Of all the nations connected with
the Atlantic Treaty have approved
the coalition. which each sigma
tory will have to ratify later,
means little to the Politburo, since
it goes against the wishes OF the
minorities which are controlled
by Moscow.
Under these circumstances the
French and British governments
have come to the conclusion that
the treaties signed with the
Kremlin. in the hope that they
would establish better under
standing and fuller cooperation
between East and West, are of
little practical value.
London and Paris were fully
aware of the Soviet reaction
when they decided to take the
momentous step of creating a
defensive organization to prevent
Russian expansion westward.
The strong denunciation of the
Atlantic Treaty. with intensified
ton of the cold war, is only one
of the risks the Western powers
are running. There may be some
dramatic developments as soon as
Moscow realizes that threatening
words and saber- rafting not only
will not prevent signing Of the
treaty, but also will not hamper
it's implementation in the creation
of a stronger Western defense
force.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
On the Other Hand
Tax.Fighting Groups, in Opposing
Education Bill, Take New Line

terest of the Council Of State
c. of C.'s. Its primary interest
is taxes. 1t is one of the tax
fighting groups with which Con-
gress has long been familiar: or
ganizations that obtain ready sup
port from citizens who don't like
to pay upper-bracket taxes. The
line taken by these organizations
in connection with the education
bill is a new one. It is that some
States will not receive. as their
share Of the 100000. 900 to be
spent annually. as much as the
citizens of those States pay as
their share of Federal taxes.
Basic Purpose Of Bill.
This, of course, is true. One OF
the basic purposes Of the bill is
to furnish extra aid to education
where it is most needed and it is
most needed in the States with
low incomes. In this respect, the
education bill merely emphasizes
q principle Of government finance
as old as the republic. The
wealthy, populous states always
have paid more proportionately for
federal services, including national
defense, than the poorer. sparsely
settled States. This principle OF
ability to pay applied even when
there was no federal income tax.
Wealthy States never could count
on getting back as much as they
put in, save as they shared in
the national benefit.
The present bill, as reported
unanimously from the Senate
Labor and Public Welfare Com
mittee, has is Senators. Democrats
and Republicans. liberals and
conservatives, for its authors. The
tax-flghting groups seeking to stop
it have a job on their hands. The
Republican-Southern Democrat
coalition is unlikely to function in
their behalf, since the States in
most obvious need Of educational
aid include several in the South.
The earlier argument against the
bill-that it would mean federal
control" Of educations-has been
met by provisions satisfactory to
those sincerely opposed to such
control. The new tax argument
is not expected to make many
converts.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
doaaz57uI9hh
Fete for ForeignM Minister;
Other Parties forVisitors
By Kothorine M. Brooks

The Netherlands Ambassador
and Nine. van Kleffenk had guests
st the cocktail hour yesterday
entertaining IN honor OF their
Foreign Minister. Mr.. Dirk Silk
ker. the party being small and in
formal
The Luxembourg Foreign Min
ister and Mime Bech were the
guests In whose honor the Luxem-
bourg Minister and Nine. lie Gal
lais entertained at dinner last
evening. They will be hosts again
tomorrow al the cocktail hour for
Mr.. and Mime. Bech and Will give
a luncheon Monday for their dis
tinguished countryman preceding
the ceremony of signing the North
Atlantic Pact.
Anniversary Fete
The Polish Ambassador and
Nine. Winiewicz gave the first IN
a series of musicales last evening.
which through this year will COM
memorate the Tooth anniversary
of the death of the famous Polish
pianist and composer. Frederic
Francois Chopin. The all-Chopin
program last evening was given
by the Polish-bo pianist. Jakob
Gimpel.
The Ambassador and Nine.
WiniewicZ received their guests in
the large drawing room and the
program was. given in the ball
room. Following the music. buf-
fet supper was served in the din
ing room. Invited 10 the musicale
were heads Of diplomatic mis-
sions. officials Of the State Depart
ment. members of both Houses OF
Congress. other officials and a
number of music lovers in resi-
dent circles.
The Ambassador and Nine.
Winiewicz gave one or two musi-
Gales in the autumn and early
winter before they went home for
a two-month stay. They recently
returned to Washington and have
resumed the series by observance
of the Chopin anniversary. The
invitations to last evenings party
were very elaborate. A large folder
with an unfamiliar picture Of
Chopin-after a drawing by Eu-
gene Delacroix-on the front held
the engraved invitation. a pro-
gram and a short history OF the
pianist.
The Belgian Minister. Mr.. Maui
rice Heyne and his daughter. Nine.
Myriam Heyne. gave a cocktail
party yesterday afternoon in
honor of the Belgian Foreign
Minister, Mr.. Paul-Henri Spaak.