davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Are Bidding for the Welfare Vote in Britain

ment with its large Conservative
majority. They have no claim to
any achievement Of their own"
"The Right Road" declares that
by 1886 primary poverty" in Brit
ain had been reduced by half
since the turn Of the century. real
wages had increased by over halt,
almost q third of the people had
been rehoused since 1919, the in
FAINT mortality rate cut from 160
to 58.7 per 1000, and an "un-
rivaled" system Of social insurance
created even before. the famous
report OF Sir William Beveridge
in 1914, which has become the
bible of British social policy. It
was a Churchill cabinet, the Tory
pamphlet boasts, that cleared the
path for Beveridge.
"All this" the Conservative
credo continues, was before the
Socialist Party ever had q major
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or Chancellor Of the Exchequer If
the Tories should win, this official
statement of policy makes very
clear that the Conservatives know
it is no longer the wealthy aris-
tocrats, but the little people who
now WELD the real power in Eng
land. ....,-.
1.-THE Right Road" credits the
Tories with starting the socialized
medicine scheme which is so con-
troversial in the United States
but, despite some obvious faults,
not in Britain. The pamphlet says
the Conservative public housing
program cleared more slums than
the Socialists. It claims Tory
authorship for a sweeping gamut
Of progressive measures in the
fields of education, material care
and child welfare, the family al
lowance of S shillings weekly for
each schoolchild. free milk and
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water for industrial and pop
ulation uses but again the
factor of cost may easily prove
to be utter ruinous. In the
Southwestern area OF the
United States there is simply
no more water to be counted
upon either above or below
ground. Moreover. many Of
our great cities today simply
dump their sewage into an ad-
joining lake or stream. chlori-
nate it and drink it back again
"a condition which. regardless
Of the effect upon the human
system, is merely repulsive.
The dispersal of industry and
of cities is perhaps the most
important factor In our con-
tinued growth and economic
stability as a Nation, not merely
because Of the immediate and
transient potential effects Of
the atomic bomb or of failing
water supplies, but because a
dispersal means less labor and
crime troubles. greater security
for the individual and increas-
ing prosperity for vast areas
hitherto partly or wholly unde-
veloped. The dispersal Of in
dustry through the South and
Southwest during the war is q
powerful factor today in exist
ing prosperity and In the con-
tinued economic welfare Of the
Nation. .F -..
(Copyright, 1949, the Bell Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1949-12-25

ing millions Of Russian soldiers,
and when we had just suffered a
crushing blow at Pearl Harbor-
that he had better join the new
order.
Franco made economic conces-
sions to the Germans, who had
16 divisions at SPANS northern
border. But being a professional
militarist he knew that only the
last battle counted. He wanted to
heal the wounds which the civil
war had inflicted on his country
and wished for no further mill
tary adventures.
Tempting Proposition
The Western powers also ca
joled him. The American and
British Ambassadors in Madrid
never actually asked him to join
the Allies. = But they pleaded for
neutrality and made substantial
promises for the future. Some
persons of lower rank than the
Ambassadors went 30 far as to
promise to increase Spain's hold
ings in North Africa at Frances
expense. a promise already made
by Hitler.
It would have been q tempting
proposition for any civilian die
tator to fall for the promises
made by the powers which were
winning the war between 1899
and 1912. But Franco was suf-
f1ciently well trained in military
matters to realize that lit is easy
to start a war but it Is impossible
to tell how or when it will end.
Moreover, Franco appreciated
as did the dictator at the other
end of the Mediterranean, Inonu
that wars are no longer a pay
ing proposition. The losers lose
everything; the winners gain
nothing but trouble. The life Of
a country at war-even If victori-
ous-is completely disrupted and
If 1t has dictator he Is the first
to lose his own life.
Such simple philosophy unfor-
tunately is not understood by die
tators who are soldiers only by
virtue of a uniform they have
donned. The fate of Hitler and
Mussolini apparently has not i'm
pressed Stain. Like all such per-
sons, he believes it cant happen
to me-"
Stain. Like his deceased col
leaguesy4asr surrounded by a CAM
arill4, whose principal function isl
to agree with everything he says.
Through the state propaganda
agencies they create around him
the myth that he is . combina-
ton of Talleyrand and Napoleon.
They give him credit for being q
military, as well as q political,
genius. And Stain, like his un-
lamented colleagues, finally has
become convinced the myth is
true. ~
Stain appears to feel that the
great things his military genius
could achieve would be lost to
the world II they are not achieved
during his lifetime. And because
he has not the understanding of
war which professional soldiers
have, he has compelled the rest
Of the world to embark on a new
arms race which may prove far
more dangerous than all those
which existed in the past.
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ity. -" The Socialist govern
ment has, in the main, only COM
pleted the work which the coali-
ton had begun. and in some cases
had only to bring forward bills
already drawn up. . We regard
them mainly as our own handi-
work"
Labor calls the Tory claims
"death-bed repentance" In q re-
cent speech Morgan Phillips, Sec
retary and boss" Of the Labor
party, put 1t this way:
Raps Tory Record
'"The Tories say they fought for
the social services-I don't know
why they fought, but they say they
fought. But here is the record:
In 1920 the Tories blocked
plans to raise the school-leaving
age. In 1921 they stopped local
authorities from distributing free
milk and cut unemployment pay
In 1926 they introduced an
economy bill described by us at
the time as a bill to rob the sick
the disabled, the unemployed and
the children
I'm 1927 they refused to raise
the school-leaving age. In 1925
they cut the state grant that
helped to provide cheap milk for
expectant mothers and children
In 1929, when q minority Labor
government came into Office. they
tried to impose on it q means test
ON widows and orphans pensions.
In 1880 again the Tory House OF
Lords threw out . measure to raise
the school-leaving age. In 1881
they slashed the social services in
q vicious drive against the people
and In the years preceding World
War n they SHOCKED every at
tempt Of the Socialists In Parlia-
ment to improve old-age pensions
and extend social security.
PAGE From Roosevelt
'Tory philosophy lays 1t down
that man will respond only to the
whip. Tories think q man will
work hard only when he is scared
stiff Of losing his job"
Obviously, the Labor election
theme will be that Of the late
President Roosevelt in 1914 when
he found Republican Candidate
Thomas Dewey trying to take over
the New Deal and put q COP
clock on it-that the Tories say II
because they knew they have TO-
but don't really mean it.
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Many Complex Reasons

party's top-heavy majority in Par
lament Is cut.
But there is no division on the
question of whether the nation,
as a current Tory pamphlet puts
it, has responsibility Ito give to
all the basic minimum Of security,
Of housing, of opportunity, Of en-
ployment and living standards be-
low which our duty to one another
forbids us to permit any one to
fall"
AS the public credo Of Britain's
rightward party this pamphlet,
called 1.-THE Right Road for Brit
ain," is an expressive and reveal
ing document.
Tories Take Credit
Written by r. A. Butler. prob
ably the most brilliant and pro-
gressive leader Of the minority
party, who is mentioned as pos
sible E1irie'c"" of Foreign Affairs
Evening star., 1949-12-25
By Bloir Moody

LONDON.-The welfare state is
not an issue in the coming British
election. Both parties are claim
ing credit for the sweeping con-
ception Of government insurance
schemes designed to shield the
English family from cradle-to-
grave.
The welfare state is. Of course.
the political hallmark and pet
project of the Labor cabinet. But
the Tories say they started it and
that the Socialists are now pirat-
ing it for theirs. Both know that
either side which repudiated it
would be showed under by the
voters.
That is something quite differ
ent, of course, than socialism,
which is very much at issue. While
the election will probably be de-
cided by the state Of mind, ap-
petite and pocketbooks Of the In
dependent Swing voters" along
about late February or March. the
infighting will be on the class
warfare level.
Winston Churchill has promised
that the process Of Matchmaking
British industry will come to an
abrupt halt II the Conservatives
win. He charges that the bills to
socialize the steel industry and
wipe out the power Of the House
of Lords are "acts Of party spite
and economic sabotage" and pre-
diets "the evils which have been
brought upon us would be only q
taste of what full socialism would
mean to the British people" But
there is little that the Laborites
have done so far which the Tories
would undo.
There is, however, division in
the Labor party over just how far
socialism should be carried. Some
would 60 through with the 1945
promise to nationalize steel, which,
as In the coal mines, the railways
and the Bank of England, would
mean more Of q shift Of control
than of management, and then re-
sort to public ownership only
when and If private enterprise
failed Ia produce.
But there is q wing Of the So
ciaiist Party that seems tinged
with q vengeful, doctrinaire zeal.
There Is no way to tell, now, how
far q new Labor mandate" would
carry the country along the tricky
and Misunderstanding path Of $50.
cialism for socialism's sake" That
might depend on how much the
Evening star., 1949-12-25
By Louis BromfieId

The water crisis which has
struck New York City and the
great surrounding area has
lessons for all of us. 1t is only
one of many similar crises
caused by failing water supplies
in most Of the States.
Southern California and
Arizona virtually have reached
that condition where they must
decide between increases In
population and the abandon
ment Of a profitable irrigation
agriculture and the extension
of industrial growth. In West
ern Texas, q rich agricultural
and vegetable-growing area.
water is being pumped out Of
the ground for irrigation pur-
poses more rapidly than it ac-
cumulates as well after well
goes dry. 1t is merely a ques-
ton Of time under present con-
ditions until the area returns
to its former semidesert status.
Many Complex Reasons
In almost every State there
are areas where the water sup
ply, not only for industry but
even for population, is declining
or in short supply. In Ohio,
the level at which water is
found on drilling a well has
declined an average Of IS feet
in less than a generation and
there are communities which
Evening star., 1949-12-25

8-YUGOSLAVIA - Comm
form drives against Tito as
Yugoslavia breaks with Russia.
9-ROME - Vatican excom-
municates Communists and
Communist sympathizers
1850 Holy Year inaugurated.
10-ISRAEL-Dr. Ch a. i'm
Weizmann elected first Presi-
dent Jerusalem interna-
tionalized by U. N.
1l-HUNGARY-Joseph Car
dinal MindsZenty convicted Of
treason.
12-RUSSIA-VishinSky sue
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meals In the schools. unemploy-
ment and health payments In a
comprehensive scheme of ma
tional insurance covering every
body from school-leaving age to
pensionable age" Plus higher
old-age pensions and death
grants. &
Cites Work Before 1886
"A new conception Of social
services has grown up" says the
Conservative statement, "and Brit
ain has led the world in a vast
experiment in social organization.
This has been the work Of the
Conservative and Liberal Parties.
mostly Of Parliaments with Con-
servative majorities.
'"The Socialists in the last four
years have carried out in par
tisan spirit the plans prepared by
the national coalition govern
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lutions and strikes plague Latin
lands Coffee prices soar as
Brazil's reserves diminish.
4-EUROPE-North Atlantic
pact unites United States with
other non-Communist countries
-. Congress appropriates $5.-
380,000,000 for European Re-
covery Program.
5-GREAT BRITAIN-Pound
sterling devalued in financial
crisis.
6-EIRE-Irish proclaim in
dependence from Britain.
7-BERLIN-Airlift ends as
327-day blockade is broken.
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ceeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign
Minister :. Truman announces
atomic explosion in Russia.
13-CHINA-Reds sweep to
victory over Nationalists
throughout China Angus
Ward and United States con-
sular officials freed from Muk-
den prison.
14-INDIA Hindu Moslem
warfare ends as India and
Pakistan cease fire.
15-INDONESIA-The Meth
erlands agree to independence
for United States of Indonesia.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

1-UNITED STATES-Presi-
ident Truman's inaugural ad-
dress presents point four"
program to aid nations with un-
developed or underdeveloped
resources Record snow
storms hit Western States .
Steel and coal industries hit by
strikes Leading United
States Communists guilty.
2-CANADA- Newfoundland
becomes 10th province 181
die in Noronic disaster at
Toronto.
SNITTu AAfEPICA-Rev
Evening star., 1949-12-25

tlChCV AAA A0oSs
8. An aggressive, get-out-the-
vote organization, to fight the
Fair Dealers fire with fire.
Suggestions of subjects to be
included in the new party state
ment range from violent attacks
on "me-tooism" t. definite support
of a bipartisan foreign policy, a
bipartisan attack on the farm
problem, and bipartisan COM
mittee to deal with the tariff
They include, too. proposals Is
return to the gold standard and
sound money, to balance the budg-
ct by a reduction of Government
expenditures, and to reduce taxes
They would tie on the Truman
Fair Dealers the label Party
of Special Privilege" and name
some of the benef1ciaries. among
them, John Maragon, the former
bootblack, and Henry Kaiser. the
shipbuilder and auto manufac-
turer.
Two possible presidential nom
inees, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and Senator Robert A. Taft o1
lOhio-"or some one like them
dominate in the suggestions Of new
and acceptable presidential nom
inees. President Harold E. Stasser
of the University Of Pennsylvania
also has his supporters.
With the exception Of q few
who apparently are suffering from
a defeatist psychology, the grass
rooters are clamoring for an all
out fight in 1850 and 1852 to rie
the country Of the Truman ad'
ministration.
QUESTIONABLE Sent Out
The main issue in this fight
they contend, is freedom vs.
socialism; free enterprise VS.
ever encroaching Government-in.
business and RECOMMENDATION.
This deluge of letters Of advice
Chairman Gabrielson brought
upon himself. He is sending q
QUESTIONABLE to 125,000 Republi-
cans in all parts Of the country
including all party workers down
to precinct chairmen and many
Republicans who have no part In
the organization, State or ma
tional, asking their advice. First
on whether there should be re.
statement of party policies. anc
second, what such a statement
should contain. These letters art
still going out, and 20, 900 work
ers have already been covered
About 5000 to 1000 replies hav'
come In.
These replies are now being
read and sorted and placed ir
various categories by the re-
search staff at national headquar.
ters, with the idea that the sug.
gestions contained may be sum-
married.. The whole mass Of ma
terial will be at the disposal of 9
committee or committees soon to be
set up to draft a statement o1
Republican policies. This COM
mittee, which is expected to have
Is or 80 members. will include
representatives of the Republican
National Committee, of the Re-
publicans in House and Senate
Iof Republican Governors and
State chairmen. Chairman Ga
brielson Is expected to name the
national committee members
within a week, and is waiting for
the Republicans in Congress to
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G.O.P.Asks Many Things,
Especially Some Winners
Chairman GobrieIson Invites Grass Rooters
To Tell Him What's Wrong With Party;
Gets Replies by the Thousands
By Gould Lincoln

Grass roots Republicans writing by the thousands to
National Chairman Gabrielson three things
restatement of party principles and poceso that the
uptodate picture of what the COP stands for
in opposition Truman Dealers.
appealing candidates head the partys national
Evening star., 1949-12-25
Amateurs at Woging War
Usually Aggressive Type
Dctotors Who Have Professional Military
Background Shy Away From Conflict;
StoIin Is Just the Opposite
By Constantine Brown

Dictators professional military background
fight This the opinion OF who ought to know
Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
Neither Hitler professional soldier.
became armed through politics Once
countries epots they donned uniforms and
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
Guardsrnen Lead
Venereal Fight

COLUMBUS-The Ohio Nation
al Guard and its members as in
dividuals have enlisted in a new
campaign. Some $4,000 officers
and men of the Guard currently
are volunteering for blood tests
for venereal disease.
The guardsmen are undergoing
the tests at their local health de-
partments or at drill periods set
aside for that purpose in locah''
ties where health department IA
ciities are not available.
Major General Leo M. Kreber.
State Adjutant General, enlisted
the Guard in the campaign, giving
full cooperation to the Ohio De-
partment of Health and local
health departments of the various
Guard units.
The personnel, both officer and
enlisted, is submitting to tests
on an entirely voluntary basis.
However, to date, Ohio Depart
ment of Health and National
Guard sources Indicate near
100 percent compliance.
"To the best of my knowledge,
the Ohio Guard is the first i'll
the nation to participate in a mass
search for venereal disease on such
a basis,'' DR.. Charles r. Freeble,
Jr. chief of the Venereal Disease
Division of the Ohio Department
of Health, said. Both General
Kreber and the guardsman are to
be highly commended"
primarily, the Guard program
is an educational campaign" DR..
Freeble said. at is an opportu-
nifty to demonstrate to a large
portion of our population how cas-
lily syphilis may be detected"
No official action is taken in
cases where infection is found,
the Ohio National Guard said.
The infected person is informed
so that he may seek medical care.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
Tie For Valuable
PLAYER Honors

Dick Mylander and Don Koniec-
zny were both named as the most
valuable man on the Oak Harbor
Rocket track team for 1949 at the
o. H. Boosters Association ban
ouet last week.
Both Mylander and Konieczny
were named to the 1949 All-Ohio
Class B track team, picked by the
Ohio Association of Track Coach
es. AS Booster members had
planned for only one "most valu-
able player, the cup was award
ed to Mylander who won the toss.
Konieczny will receive his trophy
later.
Leroy Buehler, q 1949 senior,
was named honorary captain of
the team by his teammates.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
EOD Workers Set
For Convention

Lorene Swigart, Lowell Schmitt,
Harold Bork, Ray Conley, John
Tettau, and Clifford Snider will
represent the Erie Ordnance
Depot A. F. G. f. lodge at the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees regional con-
vention to be held in the Neither
lands-Plaza hotel, Cincinnati, this
weekend. Bork is from Gibson
burg while the others live in Port
Clinton or Erie Township.
WO J. H. Fowler, EOD trans
portation officer, and w. H. Kin
sey, traffic manager, will attend
the Shippers Advisory board
meeting, sponsored by the Asso-
citation of American Railroads, in
the Commodore Perry hotel, Tole-
do, June 1929.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
LEGION TEAM To
THURSDAY
Juniors Defeat Sandusky 81
Tn Wild Game Called Due
To Roughness

Port Clinton's Junior Legion
baseball team chalked up another
victory Monday night when it
defeated the Sandusky Junior Le-
gion squad, 5 to l, in a rough
game called at the end of the sixth
inning when the play became too
rough for continuation.
Teddy Selgo, Port Clinton pit
cher, permitted only two hits dur
ing the game. Riddle was the
catcher. Port Clinton had five
hits off the Sandusky hurler, in'
cluding an inside-the-park home
run by Carl Fastzkie.
Dick Blaskis of the local team
was knocked unconscious when
the Sandusky catcher crashed into
the Port Clinton third baseman in
an attempted steal.
Port Clinton Junior Legion will
meet the Tiffin Junior Legion
team at $50 this Thursday, June
%, at True-Lay field. A good
crowd is expected for the game.
Oak Harbor and Port Clinton
Junior Legion teams will meet to
decide the county championship
next week. The first game will
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
STANDARD IS UNDEFEATED IN
INDEPENDENT SOFTBALL LEAGUE

Standard Products softballers
are currently leading in the Port
Clinton Independent Softball
League, being undefeated in three
tilts. Defnding titlists, Port Clin-
ton Manufacturers, are also un-
defeated in two games.
Marblehead's V. F. w. squad
has four wins and one defeat while
the Port Clinton VFW has won
three and lost one.
AS the Waterworks Park dia-
mond is now completed, games are
being played both at Erie Gardens
and at the Waterworks on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and FRI
day evenings.
In games last week, Standard
defeated Whitehouse Drive In, 8
to and Marblehead VFW won
over Matthews Cruisers, 10 to /.
The other two games were rained
out.
Monday evening, Marblehead de-
feated Camp Perry, 13 to 2, in
game played at the Waterworks
Park while the Knights of Co.
lumbus defeated Port Clinton
VFW, II to 10, in an upset.
Buzz" Pieplow, the VFW star
pitcher, is recuperating in Ma
gruder Hospital from an appen-
dectomy and his reliable hurting
was missed.
Tuesday evening, despite the
intermittent rainfall, the White
house Drive ms defeated Matth-
ews Cruisers, Is to Ia, in a slug
fest at the Waterworks Park. The
p. c. Mfg. STANDARD game was
rained out due to slippery grass
at Erie Gardens diamond
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-06-24
WAHLERS GETS FOUR
HITS AS COACHES WIN

With Bill Wahlers having n
perfect day at bat, Dave Krupp
sparkling around the first base,
and Ray Coleman holding the visi-
tors to only five hits, Port Clin-
tons Downtown Coaches defeated
the Oak Harbor Merchants, to
3, in. an Ottawa County League
game played here Sunday after
noon.
Wahlers smashed out a triple
with two men on base as the
Coaches scored four runs in the
opening inning. The margin was
enough for Coleman as he scat
tered five hits, struck out 10 and
issued only three walks. VAIL
ers also had a double and two
singles in four trips to the plate.
Port Clinton combed the offer
ings of Blakeley and Chiarelle for
13 hits. The two Oak Harbor
pitchers walked six and struck out
seven. The Coaches tailed four
in the first, two in the fourth and
two in the eighth. Oak Harbor
scored lone runs in the first, third
and ninth.
Play at Gibs0nburg
The Coaches travel to Gibson
burg Sunday afternoon where they
meet the Sandusky County team
in another league game at 2:30.
After defeating Oak Harbor on
Sunday, the Downtown Coaches
motored to Huron where they met
the Huron Merchants in non
league game. The locals lost
H-10 decision in seven innings,
the game being called because of
the deluge of june bugs.
Andy Lukac started for the
Coaches but was relieved by Ray
Coleman in the third after he was
touched for four runs and had
more on base. Coleman worked
three innings and Dave Krupp f.
nished.
Lukac smashed out home run
with none on in the sixth. Bill
Wahlers also continued his hit
ting spree, getting a triple and
a single. Port Clinton scored two
runs in the first and third. single
runs in the second and fifth and
four runs in the sixth. The Coach
es went down scoreless in the sew
enth.