The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-30


The fruits of fascism continue
to be harvested in two neigh
boring eountries-the Domini-
a Republic in the West In
dies, and Argentina in South
America. Rafael Trujillo, the
bloody dictator of the Domini-
can Republic, had his rubber
stamp congress extend him
blank check power to personal
~ declare war against any Ca
ribbean nation which knowing
ly harbors opponents OF his die
tatorship. In Argentina, the
strutting Peron has barred pub
LEGATION of a newspaper which
dared be critical of his regime.
The newspaper had simply re-
ported the speech of an oppon-
ent of Peron's in routine news
fashion. This is only one of sew
eral acts along this line by Per-
on and marks the stepping up
of a campaign to throttle every
medium of public expression
that offers the slightest oppo-
sition to his dictatorship. The
departed Mussolini and Hitler,
and the very-much alive Franco
of Spain and Salazar of Portu-
gal seem to be casting their
shadows on our own doorsteps.
Members of Congress have
certainly Jared well in their
thieving from the people they
are supposed to represent.
Judges have been courteous,
marshals kind. and sentences
short. Three Of the most recent
instances come to mind. James
M, Curley of Boston, while a
member of Congress. was in
dieted on 10 counts for using
the mails TO defraud. He was
found guilty, and was subject
to a maximum $4,000 fine and
~ years in prison. He was SEN
fenced to serve six to 10 months,
fined $1,000 and pardoned at
the end of five months. Then
along came Andrew j. May,
member of Congress from Ken
lucky. May was convicted of
accepting more than $4,000 in
brides while he headed the
wartime House military affairs
committee. He was subject to
SIX years in prison and a fine
of $4,000. In 1g47 he drew an
eight to 24-month sentence and
no fine. However, he did not
begin serving his term until
this month, and we predict that
he'll be pardoned after serving
the minimum time. The most
recent of the group, of course.
Is J, Parnell Thomas of New
Jersey. Convicted of stealing
from the government through
phony employees and kick
backs, Thomas could have been
sentenced to 80 years in Jail
and a fine of $4,000. He drew a
fine of $4,000 and a minimum
sentence of six months. Moral
=. it pays to be a member of
Congressl
Congressman John Rankin
terms the cotton acreage CON
troll program the dangerous
road to government regimenta-
ton but says not a word about
government support of cotton
prices. John, we take it, is an
advocate Of unlimited acreage
coupled with unlimited support.
He points out that, on the basis
of money in circulation in 1927
compared 20 today, cotton
should have gone to IS cents
OF a dollar a pound" While cot
ton was reaching this figure,
we wonder also where wheat.
corn, eggs. and meat would have
gone. We also wonder where
wages would have gone. and
lastly we wonder where the US
would have got the money to
maintain government support
at these prices?
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A review of The news of Jack.
son county during the past
year shows that only during one
month no serious injuries were
suffered in traffic accidents on
sub-standard, dangerous High
way 80 in Jackson county. Fv-
cry year the highway grows
worse and every wear. dpsufte