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Evening star., 1949-12-04

Mrs. c. p. TruSSell, Miss Mary
Urban and Mrs. Wilbur Ulle.
Mrs. Patterson will be the guest
of honor at the home where she
lived for SO years. The grounds
contain many plants that repre-
sent the lifelong hobby Of DR..
Patterson.
A feature Of the tea will be a
display of hand-woven articles
from Gatlinburg, Tenn, where the
sorority maintains a settlement
house as q national philanthropic
project.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

The District PEG Sisterhood
will hold its Christmas reciprocity
luncheon at 1890 pm. Wednesday
at the YWCA. Chapter j will be
hostess for the luncheon. Reser-
vations may be made until noon
tomorrow with Mrs. Guilford
Jameson, 1850 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
Protecting Living Standards

A director OF research for a large organization
Of retail stores has said that efforts will be made
to still further lower the overhead costs Of retail
business. IN some parts Of the country roadside
stores which can be operated cheapIy, are open.
ing up. And that, he went on, may be the first
indication of new form of competition for large
retailing establishments"
The interesting thing about that is the light
it casts on the competitive situation in merchan-
dls1ng. And 1t shows, as well how impossible it is
for any kind OF store to gain anything approach
Ing monopoly. In the days when chain store
taxes were being advocated the argument was
that they were necessary to keep the Independent
from being squeezed out of business Federal
tax OF this nature came within ace of becoming
law. But il was beaten-and the Independent kept
on doing business at the same old stand. and they
are better off than ever If
In retailing, there is always room at the bot
tom for the small operator to gain a foothold-
and there's plenty of room, too, in the middle and
at the top, for the who is willing to work has
the necessary experience and adequate financing
and knows how to offer the public goods and SER
vices which meet with it's approval
! Retailing has done a fine job in cutting its
costs Of doing business, and it is always looking
for ways and means to do a better job still. The
consumer gets the benefit-either in lowr prices
or in the prevention of price increases that would
otherwise occur. That's one way to protect Ameri
can living standards
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
HATE PROPAGANDA REPORT

Over the signature of its
Americanism Commission chair
man, Elliodor Libonati, the
American Legion, Department of
Illinois has just produced and
just produced and widely circu-
lated a report on regularly pub
lished hate sheets, issued to gull
lible readers in many parts of
the country"
4 Listed as examples Of the hate
sheets are s.Showers Of Bless
ing,'' published by Rev. William
Blessing, Point Pleasant, West
Virginia; aBeacon Light Herald"
and America Speaks both
published by William Kullgren,
Atascadero, California; 1.-THE
Defender" published by Rev.
Gerald B. Winrod, Wichita, Kan
sas; "The. Individualist,' publish
ed by Guy c. Stepens, Danville,
Virginia; "The Kingdom Digest"
published by j. A. Lowell, Fort
Worth, Texas; "The Methodist
Challenge" (not an official pub
LEGATION Of the Methodist Church)
published by Rev. Robert P.
Shuler, Los Angeles, California;
'"The Western Voice. published
by Harry H. Springer, Engle.
wood, Colorado; '"The White
Horse published by J. A. Den
mis-, College Park, Georgia.
Typical references to the hate
sheets in the American Legion
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
Billions For Bureaucracy

According to DR.. Marjorie Shearon, who was
formerly health consultant to the Senate Commit
tee Oh Labor and Public Welfare, the cost to the
taxpayers for compulsory government health in
surance would, in time, reach SIS, 100000
year and perhaps more. By $780, she claims the
currently proposed plan would require an aver
age charge Of 500 on every Individual In the
United States-and would cost four times as much
as we spent On all Federal services in 1929 ,'t
Theoretically, the plan would be financed
through payroll tax of relatively moderate size
But every thorough study that has been made in.
dcates that this tax would be woefully Inadequate
AS result part and perhaps most of the bill would
have to be pad from general revenues-whTch
simply that income taxes and all other taxes
would keep OF going up.
So much fol the financial argument One Of
the best reasons for opposing compulsory health
insurance :: the remarkable progress made bv the
voluntary prepayment plans Tens Of millions of
people have poined and the cost is low. The scope
and efficiency Of service has been broadened. AS
time goes on or more of these plans will be
available to practically everyone in the country
And that vii be done without creating another
huge and wasteful political bureau-and without
giving the politicians the whip hand over medical
practice in this country
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
Who Makes The Gains?

The radicals classic complaint against capt.
alism is that it tends to concentrate the wealth
and nome of the nation in the hands of aArela-
tive few, at the expense of the many
That aucint cliche IS still in use Yet the truth
is that just tile opposite has occurred. The great
est gains N late years have been made by people
in the lower and the midde-income groups AS an
example, i'll 1871 there were 1879 900 famiIi in the
$3,OOO-$5.0OO bracket-last year there were more
than 100000. Ond in 1941, only about $780,
600 families had incomes over $4,000 while last
year the total reached almost 1000, 900 families.
Last summer survey was made to find out
what classificaions of people better or worse
off than in $780, after making allowances fol
changes in taxes and living costs. Such represen
tative labor groups as coal miners railway work
ers, etc, were all better off, and by wide mar
gin. But typical groups of executives, and stock
and bondholders were worse off,
No economic system in history has done as
much as our free enterprise capitalism for the
so-called common man. The radicals are trying to
hide that TACT.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08

native brand of fascism with all
the usual trimmings Of racial and
religious hatred.
The American Legion. well
aware Of this tricky device en-
ployed by the fascist-minded for
fascism while pretending to fight
communism, has reminded it's
memabers and friends, in this
report by the Department Of
Illinois, Of the Legion's opposi-
ton to all kinds of subversive
activity.
Citing the Legion's resolution
against intolerance, passed at the
National Convention in Boston
in 1910, Mr.. Libonati's report
asks, What ale you personlly
doing to carry out this resolu-
ton? What are you personally
doing to heal your country of the
malignant diseases-prejudices
and intolerance"
These are pointed and timely
questions to be asked Of all
Americans. And with them may
properly go a few suggestion
/. Accept people on their indi-
vidual worth. 2. Don't listen to,
or spread, rumors against a race,
a religion, or class. 8. Speak up,
wherever you are, at home, in
business, in school, labor, church,
or social groups, AGAINST pre-
judice, FOR understanding.
Remember - THAT'S acting
like an American.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08

much as it can is understandable. However, IN the
case of the coal miners, this raises the extremely
pertinent question of just where the limit may be.
At the present time, so cnts out Of each dollar TAX
en- in by coal producers goes for labor costs. The
industries profits have been moderate. The only
way out therefore, would be to again boost the
cost Of coal to the consumer-and that is where
the danger lies.
Coal vital as it is, must be sold in intense
competition with all other fuels If the price should
become TOO high, there would be greatr use Of
these other fuels, and consequent decline in the
use Of coal And then the miners high-wage jobs
would decline.
Right now the soft coal miners are the high
est-paid industrial workers in the world They
have made spectacular gains, not only in wages
but in living and working conditions, and a long
list Of other tangible benefits 1t would be the part
of wisdom for them to consider how they may
help protect the market for the product that
supports them-rather than imperil it with exces
sve perennial demands.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
Economic High|ights


practice, and for variety of
reasons.
First, there is a group Of basic
Industries which cannot adjust
their charges without permits
sion OF one or more government
al agencies. These are the re-
gulated industries, Of which the
railroads are the most cOnspicu-
Gus example at present. In spite
of the rate increases they have
ben given by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, their return
on investment is only about three
per cent. Very heavy demands
for wage increases are being
made on them, and more may
follow. Even if the ICC should
continue, to grant higher rates
to compensate for changing con-
ditions, the time factor involved
is serious. Wage raises, when
granted, go into effect at once
and are often retroactive. High
er fares and freight charges are
normally granted only after many
months of investigation and are
not retroactive. Even then, as
a general rule, the rate increases
are never quite sufficient to off
st the wage boosts.
There is another group of in
~dustries which must meet for
eign competition. Here shipping
is the best example. According
to the statistics, seamen's pay
has risen 207 per cent since 1889.
The maritime unions want still
higher wages, along with other
expensive concessions. At the
same time, the companies vol
ume of business and their pro-
fits have declined. Foreign lines,
which pay far lower wages and
can operate more cheaply in all
ways, are getting more and more
tonnage.
Finally, there are any num-
Der of industries which are per-
fectly free to raise prices as
high as they like, but which must
keep a worried eye on the con-
sumner. In other words, it is one
thing to price an article at a
give figure, but it is a differet
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08

Te12<4 M%ssH e fsa&G ft6P NSa@sS
thing to get people to buy it at
that figure. Consumer resistance
has become an ominOus factor in
a number of fields, and is feared
in others. On top of that, it is
not only the individual buyer
that must be considered. The
big industrial consumer often
dominates the picture. For in
stance, coal is source of en-
ergy which must be sold in COM
petition with other sources Of
energy, such as oil. If coal prices
should get out of line, there
would be a gradual shift to
other fuels-and then, Of course,
tn employment offered by coal
would steadily decline.
Industries serving the demand
for luxuries and semi-luxuries-
things people can do without if
they have tO-are especially con-
cerned as the wage problem
moves to the front again. Mo-
ton pictures are a good illustra-
ton of this. Box office receipts
in the United States have been
drifting downward. There has
been a heavy decline in foreign
income, due to currency restric-
tions, freezing Of funds, and stiff
taxes abrod. The top movie
minds think that current ticket
prices cannot be further raised
without a SCATTERING affect on
attendance. Efforts to reduce
the production costs of pictures
and still keep them attractive to
the potential customer have not
been too successful. So here too
the prospect of higher wages is
the prospect Of higher wages is
the cause of many headache.
Labor argues that increases in
living costs have made higher
wages necessary. Industry re-
plies that the trend of living
costs in inevitably tied to the
trend of wages. There is a great
deal to be said ON both sides.
The problem is to find a COM
mon meeting ground. Efforts in
that direction will take up a
large share Of the national en-
ergy during the coming months.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
Protecting The Food Supply

Country Gentleman recently published an edi
toral dealing with one of the most Important yet
least understood problems confronting the Ameri-
people. The theme of it is found in its title
and subtitle: Americas advantage must be main
tanned. Only by protecting sources Of abund-
ant food can we continue to lead the world"
Few Of us realize the extent to which our
standard Of living is dependent upon food which
is moderately priced in relation to income. Over
long period Of time food has taken only about "a
per cent of our spendable personal income. The
balance has been left to buy other things-the
things which keep industry going and employment
high. AS the Country Gentleman said, Nowhere
else in the world has much been left. to be
used III raising the general standard Of living. In
other countries, by contrast, the cost Of food
counts for as much as 70 per cent Of the average
workers earnings Little remains for anything else
so industry lags and living standards are low.
Inc country Gentleman recommends two
laceted program to assure ample and perma-
neilI 1000 supply-first, adequate safeguards for
FARMERS, and, secondly, conservation Of soil and
otnef productive resources The first is being &C
compl1shed. The second overs challeng to farm
49, and other, to prevent the exhaustion and de-
pletion OF the land by adopting a proven farming
! processes that make for conservation and soil
maintenance
10 cite current examp1e the nation needs
mere meat animals. They furnish food and put
perjury Dack In the soil Meat animals mako food
u grasses FODDER and waste products which are
-"' ''U1t"ple lor the human diet CONSUMPTION of
| e"t HeS tenoed 10 rise While supplies have tend
| ca 70 aecilne. TO active greater production we
lust have lar prices to encourage producers Food
| Is the basis of the American ECONOMY
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
The Common Defense

report are as follows:
Showers Of Blessing vio-
lently attacks Jews, Negroes,
Catholics, the Federal Council of
Churches, and other chosen en-
emies.
Beacon Light Herald and
America Speaks printed
vitrolic attacks against Catholics
and Jews.
''The Defender as
one of the most. vicious VI anti
.Semites in the country, his
AGWinrod's) attacks against the
Catholic Church have been equal
ly as wicked. :. NJ. He expresses
more sympathy for the defeated
Nazl leaders than for the vic
TINS of Hitler. A personal
friend Of most Of the anti-Semitic
leaders in the United States.
1.-THE Western Voice"-attacks
the usual victims of un-American
bigotry. Beside the Jews and
Catholics. -. inveighs against
labor unions, Negroes, and i'm
migrants"
The editors Of all the hate
sheets would probably tell you
in stentorian tones that they are
opposed to communism. But
what you have to detect for your
self is that they oppose commun-
ism, not in order to strengthen
ism, but for the sole purpose
of attracting following to
themselves for popularizing a
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08


IT the Judgment or represen-
tative business leaders is cor
rect, those who anticipate a drop
in the cost o fliving are doomed
to disappointment. The outlook
now is that some prices-notably
oods-wi]l probably decline dur
ing the coming year. However,
even if this happens, it will be
offset by higher prices in other
directions, principally in the
field Of manufactured goods.
A recent statement by Henry
FordII indicates the trend of
thinking on the top industrial
levels. According to him, a
fourth-round wage increase 'is
inevitable" Then he said /:
Prices, too, must go up. Prices
are high today, maybe too high
| but we can't lower them without
lowering wages and material
costs.'' When asked for his
views on price control, Mr.. Ford
said it would not hold prices
down and "would wreck the ma
tion-the auto industry includ
ed-and ruin the economy
The attitude of the principal
labor leaders is also indicative
OF things to come. At the recent
! CLIO convention in Portland, Ore,
Mr.. Murray, Mr.. Reuthers and
otter high executives in the or.
ganization laid most of the en-
phasis on plans for obtaining re-
peal of the Taft-Hartley Act,
which, in their view, would be
favorable to labor. At the same
time, they made it perfectly
clear that they will demand, as
a general thing, substantial
wage increases. The ALL is not
os aggressive in attitude, but
there is little doubt that it will
Ollow a similar policy.
1t might be argued, as theo-
retical proposition, that higher
wages need not constitute any
particular problem to industry
that all it has to do is to raise
it's prices to compensate and
carry on in the same old groove.
But that argument, in many
cases, it simply not workable in
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
Learning BY Example

The New York Times recently carried dis
patch from London which has deep significance.
1t said at the beginning Great Britain has Under
taken to curtal expenditures on socialimprove-
ment and betterment projects when such OUTLAWS
intrfere with her ability to become Independent
of dollar aid BY this decision Britain has demon
strated in a concrete way, for the first time that
she recognizes that her need to pay her way in
ternationally must take precedence, if necessary,
over some of the Socialist Party's favorfte pro-
grams"
Implicit in this is the fact that socialism, no
matter how honestly administered and we'll in
tentioned, is essentially non-productive, and sim
ply tends tC create and more deficits even
as it saps the vitality of a nation. Britain has
socialized is planning to socialze all her basic
industrial resources-the utilities, banking, rail-
roads, coal, and so on. At the same time, she has
come pretty close to secalizing labor too-work-
in vital industry longer free agents,
and can change employment only by government
permit. The result has been decline in produc-
ton in many cases, failure to reach announced
goals in other cases, and widespread dissatisfac-
ton on the part of labor which has promised
benefits it has not received and which, in instance
after instance is much worse off than in the days
of private enterprise
The European oureau of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor has published, in it's newsletter,
a very interesting cr1tlque Of British industry.
Both management and labor according to this
Findings have haked production through restric-
tive practices. AS an example, the policy has been
to reduce worker output to the level of the least
efficient performer. And that, too, is major bar
rier to Britains solvency, and to raising the pres
ent low living standards of her people.
Thus, example after example piles up of the
inefficency of socialisn-Whetheh it be the mild
variety that exists in England, the tough, police
state brand that exists in Eastern Europe. The
poorest paid, poorest-fed, and poorest-housed
people lives in the nations where the state has
gone farthest in Selling and socializing industry
in lgmenting the population and in destroying
free labor
If we Americans can learn anything by obsel'
vation we will learn that only free enterprises
system, where private capital carries on the bust.
ness ad government keeps within the basic pro-
vince of governing, can produce the most benefits
for the most people-and keep our liberties intact
at the same time
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
THE COLOR OF BLOOD

Author: {. Ralph Rundell
Publisher: Thos. Y. Crowell Co.,
432 Fourth Ave. New York Is
Price: $500
Reviewer: William Henri Huff
con hot day in 1884 young
Blanco Danderson was riding his
wild white. stallion on the dusty
road that led to San Juan. In his
blood were mingled strains Of an
English father and a Spanish
mother, in his heart burning
hate for the Indians who had
made him an orphan at eight.
But despite his yellow hair and
big-boned frame, the boy was a
true gaucho, quick to anger, hard
fighting, his hand free with the
bolas and the knife.
''On this hot morning Blanco
was fated to meet the dark and
beautiful Petra. :. Petra, who
was promised in marriage to the
dirty caudiolo's son; Petra, who
wanted to be more than just a
submissive wife; Petra, young
and ripe, who set the blood rae
ing. through Blanco's body as a
wind races over the pampas.
The love these two had for
each other, in the bright heat Of
their young ardOr,. Overcame all
obstacles, though Blanco had to
fight, and sometimes kill, to
make Petra his own. And, caught
in the bloody revolution which
was raising cruel Juan Manuel
de Rosas to power, they were Of
ten separted; Blanco fighting for
Rosas, Petra left to watch and
wait and hope for his safe re-
turn.
But as Rosas' despotic rule
grew stronger, his prosecutions
more bloody, Blanco turned
against him and, as the mysteri.
GUS White Gaucho, rescued terri
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08

PSYCHIATRY
Author: William c. Menninaer.MD
Publisher: Cornell University
Press, Ithaca, New York
Price: $500
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
"In this volume, DR.. William
G.. Menninger draws upon his
experience and that of others il
discussing the mechanisms in.
volved in mans struggle with
emotional conflicts. He portravs
the background of psychiatrv,s.
growth and development in 4
brief history. He discusses tho
factors OF resistance with which
man is endowed to combat stress
and he tells what happens when
resistance either co1lapses or is
overwhelmed-a catastrophe not
unlike that which occurs when
bacteria overwhelms the hodv
with infection.
IF Improvement in our indivi.
dual, group, and community rela.
tons can stem from education. If
the many symptoms and chronic
ills of psychogenic etio1ogv car
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-01-08
THE BEST AMERICAN
SHORT STORIES OF 1919


Author: Edited by Martha Foley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
2 Park ST., Boston, Mass. N
Price: $3.75
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
From the thousands Of short
stories published annually in
magazines throughout the United
States and anada, Martha Foley
makes her selections for THE
BEST american SHORT STOR-
les. Taey include tales from both
the big popular magazines and
from the small literary maya
zines Of limited circulation, many
Of which do not reach the public
at large. In this way, the fiction
reader has access to an enormous
range of published material
which is carefully sifted from
the standpoint Of permanent in
terest.
Not for one hundred years,
not since the writing Of Edgar
Allan Poe, has the short story
in America revealed the tenden-
cies it has shown during the past
year. says Miss Foley of this 194S
collection, pointing out that the
psychological and fantastic al
most has replaced the more real
istic writing so familiar to us for
many years. Both famous and new
writer's are represented in this
book, including John Hersey, E.
B. White, Dorothy anfield, Wal
lace Stegner, M. F. X. Fisher,
Martha Gellhorn, George r. Clay,