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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

eral forces last spring persuaded
President Truman to strengthen
the Commission by naming Carson
to it. John Carson has been around
Washington for about 30 years and
has proved in a long career in and
out of government that he is on
the side of public, rather than pri-
vate, interests. He has fought
many battles for the public and for
consumers. He is one of the best
equipped men in the country for a
post on the Federal Trade Commits
sion.
But what has happened to this
nomination 1t was sent to Con-
gress early in April. 1t was refer
red to the Senate Interstate &
Foreign C m m cree Committee,
headed by Sen. Edwin c. Johnson
Cd, Colo). Both johnson and the
ranking Republican on the COM
mittee-Sen. Charles w. Tobey Or,
NH. )-were old friends of Car
sons and promised to help get him
named to the Commission.
When the President submitted
the nomination, Fulton Lewis, the
spokesman for big business, imme-
diately launched a vicious attack
on Carson which was inspired by
his own vendetta. the cooperative
movement, for which Carson has
been working. Lobbyists for the
steel and oil industries, and the
National Association of Manufac-
turers, have Joined in the fight.
johnson who listens to such peo-
pie more closely than he does to
the public, has not moved in Car
sons behalf. He has failed to even
name a subcommittee to consider
the nomination-which means that
Lewis can continue to broadcast
his poisonous SANDER without any
hearing for Carson's side of the
case. More than two months have
gone by and the session is nearing
close without even a hearing on
the nomination. If something isn't
done soon the nomination will die
and with it hopes for reviving
the powerful Federal Trade Com
mission.
The same tactics were used byI
johnson in fighting the recently
confirmed nomination of Thomas
Buchanan, a good public servant,
to the Federal Power Commission.
The only testimony against Buch-
anan came from representative
of the power trust, and even the
Republicans admitted they had fail
ed to make a case. But the nomin-
alton languished in Johnson's COM
mittee for about a year. Recently
public opinion forced action, and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

Buchanan was quickly confirmed by
an overwhelming vote.
Leland Olds, the chairman Of the
Federal Power Commission, is now
about to get the same treatment.
Olds' nomination went up week
ago. He has made many fights in
the public interest, and the power
trust is out to get him. 1t is re-
ported he will have to wait long
time for action, just as Buchanan
and Carson did.
In sharp contrast, this Congress
has speedily acted on all nomina-
tions of appointees satisfactory to
business. Men who have been asso-
ciated with big business can be con-
frmed almost overnight. But all
appointments of men with reput-
alton for fighting for the public in
terest have an uphill battle.
Labor and liberal forces need to
concentrate more attention on these
important confirmation b a tt | e s.
They can force action on the NOM
nations of Carson and Olds if they
want, because there is nothing sub
stantial against either man. If the
spotlight is put on these cases, the
Senate will have to act. Every
union man who wants good govern
ment should write to Chairman
johnson, of the Senate Interstate
& Foreign Commerce Committee
demanding the confirmation of
John Carson and Leland Olds.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

1t is with something of amaze
ment that we read defences Of
Westbrook Pegler in his contro-
versy with Drew Pearson and Wal
ter Winchell. Of course, as every
one knows, it grows out the tragic
death Of Secretary Forrestal.
| don't know why Winchell gets
into the picture unless it is because
he is normally on the side Of Pear
son. But Pearson is squarely in the
middle, because of his statement,
before Mr.. Forrestal's death, to the
effect that Mr.. Forrestal was the
victim of a mental illness and that
possibly some Of his official acts
should be reviewed because of his
condition.
1t appears that Mr.. Pegler thinks
that a public official should not be
criticized when he is i'll and that
his acts should not be called into
question.
1t seems to me that the exact
wording Of Mr.. Pearson's comment
are not too important. The basic
issue, | think, is whether under
such conditions a public official, or
an ex-public official, should be sub
ject to criticism or comment.
q q
1t seems to me, that being the
issue, that the main content of Mr..
Pearson's comment was essentially
germane and warranted, which is
no reflection whatever upon Mr..
Forrestal. He, it may be conceded,
was an extremely able public ser
want.
Now there are two main trends
of thought from that point on.
One is in the direction of point
ing out that the American press
has been traditionally brazenly|
(and often courageously) frank
and even brutal in its analysis of
the acts of public officials.
Two is in the direction of point
ing out that in Mr.. Pegler's mind
there may be a hangover of the
Did idea that there is something
Dit shameful in having a mental
illness and that, therefore, there
should be covering up on the sub
ect.
Let us look in both directions.
No newspapers have been more
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

ness, are happy that government
will do no real planning.
Lawrence didn't add, though he
might have, that this means Con-
gress is multiplying last falls cleo
tion in which labor and liberal
forces won IA clean and tremendous
victory-that the influence of the
special interest lobbies in Congress
is thwarting the will of the people
as expressed at the polls last year.
Perhaps the best evidence of
this-even better evidence that
what is happening on legislation
is the story of what is happening
on one of the most significant NOM
nations made by the President this
year-the nomination of John Car
son to the Federal Trade Commits
sion.
The Federal Trade Commission
is one of the most important agen-
cies of government. 1t was created
for the purpose of making business
live up to the rules of our so-called
free enterprise system. 1t has, in
the past, done some tremendous
jobs in the public interest. But re-
Gently it has been going to pot. The
membership of the Commission has
been weak and big business has
had too much influence on its
action.
Conscious of this, labor and lib
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

blatant in their attacks on public
officials than the Hearst news
papers and now and then the re-
suits have been good.
4 Il =
A great deal Of our civic reform
has been the result Of attacks on
persons.
Not only have newspapers laid
bare the skeletons in many dark
official closet, but every now and
then some thoroughly honest and
innocent person has been pilloried
for partisan reasons.
Nowhere have newspapers felt
more completely free to criticize
and even to attack public officials
than in the United States. That
has been and is, for the most part,
That there is, now and then, un-
fairness-is true, but we need never
expect complete 9bjectivity in poll
tics.
Many years ago / did newspaper
work in a city in which certain
persons endeavored to build great
political power. One of these was
an important business man who
happened to be bowlegged.
! had my cartoonist caricature
this mans bowlegs, Of which the
it turned out, was most
sensitive. Finally, after days of
carciatured bowlegs, ! was called to
meet this man. He informed me
that unless the cartoons ceased he
intended to leave the city. 1t is a
minor example Of what happens in
politics.
u = y
Now as to the characteristics of
mental illness. Naturally, mental
is a serious matter.
There are some half hundred de-
distinct forms of mental
illness, most Of them having their
own manifestations.
1t is no more a disgrace to be-
come i'll mentally than it is to have
or to suffer a broken leg.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23
Ask Speedy Action
On Pricing Bill

Washington (LPA)-Quick ac-
tion on the O'Mahoney steel pric-
ing bill was urged on the House
Judiciary Committee last week by
John D. Clark of the Presidents
Council of Economic Advisors.
The bill, recently passed by the
Senate, allows companies to absorb
shipping costs into their prices, so
long as they don't conspire with
other companies to violate the anti
trust laws.
Rep. Wright Patman Cd, Tex, !,
chairman of the House Small Busi-
ness Committee, came out last
week against the O'Mahoney bill
on the grounds that it plays into
the hands of big business. Patman
used as evidence, a letter from
Walter B. Wooden, associate coun-
sci of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, expressing his personal opin-
ion that the bill is a compromise
with monopoly practices.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

The condition is one to excite SYM
pathy, but by no means to call
forth derogatory comment as TO
the nature Of the person.
But as it happens that the mind
is the chief tool Of a public official.
If the functioning Of the mind is
suspected Of impairment by reason
of mental illness, then it would
seem reasonable that there be a
review of actions taken under the
strain Of that illness. In no event
is there, in the minds Of intelligent
persons, any direct or implied cri-
ticism Of the character or integrity
Of the man.
Presumably all of this will be
brought out in the trial Of Mr..
Pearson's libel suit against Mr..
Pegler. But anyway, let US keep
always open the door to honest
criticism of public officials.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23
Nomination Delays Prove
Business Runs Congress
BY NATHAN ROBERTSON

\ Washington (LPA)-David Law
renee has disclosed to businessmen
why this Congress is performing so
much like the discredited Republi-
can 80th Congress. The reason is
that, despite the election of many
liberals last fall, Congress is still
controlled by Republicans an d
southern Democrats who do what
businessmen tell them to do.
The story was told in a recent
copy of the confidential Report to
the Business Executive" in which
David Lawrence tries to explain to
businessmen = for a price-what
really goes on behind the scenes in
Washington. | cannot quote his
words, because they were copy
righted, but l can report the sub
stance of what he siad.
Lawrence, in his letter, spells
out for businessmen what this
means. 1t means, he says, that Pre-
sident Truman will not have his
way with Congress, that despite
the evidences of a dangerous re-
cession the government will do no
planning on broad scale, that the
''fair deal" program will be water
ed down or abandoned. More speci-
fically, it means that the Brannan
farm program has little chance for
approval, that health insurance will
not be seriously considered this
year, that. insurance against dis
ability will not get through, that
Aold age insurance will not be broad
ened, that unemployment insurance
will not be nationalized, that min
imum wages will not be raised
above 65 cents.
Summing up, Lawrence says that
all the things in the Truman pro-
gram that frightened business are
to be side-tracked or severely modi-
fied-that businessmen, not labor
leaders, dominate Congress-that
Congress, rather than the Pres
ident, holds the whip hand on
policy, and that fears generated
among conservatives by last falls
election are being dissipated.
Yet in the face of this, Lawrence
reports that the dangerous drop in
presonal incomes and consumer
purchasing power is chiefly caused
by declines in wages and salaries
and in farm incomes. Investment
income, he says, increased during
the first quarter. Yet he, and bust
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23
Finds C-P Oofhs
Prove Headache

Washington (LPA) - The Taft
Hartley laws non-Communist af-
fidavit provision is proving some
thing Of headache to NLRB Gen
eral Counsel Robert Denham.
Last week officers Of the United
Furniture Workers filed non Com
munist statements, so that they
may have access to NLRB proceed
ures. Among them is Secretary
Treasurer Max Perlow, who the
previous week announced that he
had just resigned from the Com
munist party in order to file the
oath.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

Perlow, however, reaffirmed his
loyalty to CP principles and declar-
ed that the CP doesn't advocate
overthrow of the government by
force and violence.
Denham declared that under TIL
the NLRB has no power to snoop
into the affidavits. He added, how
ever, that he's turning the UFW
statements over to the Justice
Dept for whatever action it thinks
proper.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-06-23

Demand the Union Label.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28
Va. Woman, 81,
Disappears From
Home

RICHMOND - amp - City po-
lice are looking for a s2-year-old
woman who has been missing from
her home since May l. The woman
is Mrs. Minnie Cook. who left her
home tc attend church services.
Police state they have followed
leads which have taken them 10
such points as New York, Chicago,
Cincinnati and West Virginia. but
have been unable to locate Mrs.
Cook
The woman IS described a. being
about five feet. four inches in height
weighing IT'S pounds. with a light
complexion. gray eyes and hair. Shr
wore a dark blue coat. black straw
hat and black shoes.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28
N. Y. County Bar
Group Plans Civil
Rights Study

NEW YORK - (ANP) The
committee on civil rights of the New
York County Lawyers association
will hold a conference at its head
quarters May % on Civil Rights
in a Postwar World" it was dis
closed here last week.
The conference aimed at obviating
the threat of fear psychology against
the traditional rule of law in this
country. will bring together law
yers groups and other organiza-
tons participating in the civil rights
fight.
Representatives from the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties union, Americans
for Democratic action and the
Council for democracy, are expected
To attend the meeting.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28
G.
SSIuStI$S SSUUDOHS
PAGE SIX

/. \ man may be short b. nature.
but has an equal chance To measure
up 10 a high Cody stature.
,. 4 powerful physique may count
much in prize-fighting everywhere
but il doesn't mean anything es-
pecially in Christian warfare
,. Christianity operates something
like thermometer; if ones spiri-
tual mercury Is below 20 degrees,
that coldness i due 10 one being
too long off his knees
!. If folks can't feel your spiritual
heat. then you are helping Satan.
Gods plans to defeat.
5. When a man stakes his all on
Gods cause to defend. then it is
God alone on whom he must de-
pend
6. The way seem at times tough
and hedged about with works of de
ceit. but if God is your keeper.
there will be no defeat
Z. The disappointing elements will
rise like the changing weather. but
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28
DR.. Bunche
Scheduled For Two
More Honors

NEW YORK - amp - Accord
ing 10 announcements last week.
Dr.. Ralph J. Bunche Is scheduled
for two new honors in the near IN
Iure-
The Haitian government viii
award him the "Honneur Et Merite~
the highest grade Of the National
Order Of Haiti. and the Hebrew col
lege in Cincinnati viii present him
with an honorary degree q Doctor
Of Hebrew Letters. The latters viii
take place on June Il. The date for
the former has not been set
DR.. Bunche will be the second
American 10 receive the Haitian
award. The first 70 Be honored was
Ex-senator William King.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28

with Gods conquering spirit. they
wfIl tighten as a feather
&. You at times may feel as the
only one down. murmur not. for
such experiences must come To all
c0ntenders for an eternal crown.
9. Remember that bitter cup once
offered the blessed Saviour. must
work its way around To you. with
lis nauseating flavor.
10. II men beat Him and. villified
His precious name, how long as His
true followers can we expect TO es-
cape the flame.
II. What a terrible indictment
against the whole race of mankind.
that if Jesus should come To earth
tomorrow. how many of His true
followers would He find?
u. This is the disappointing
check-up Of a beautiful world over
ladened with gold, after the Creator
has asked continually what will a
man give in exchange for his soul?"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28
Arkansas Man Dies
At Age Of lis

DUMAS, Ark. - amp - !. 7.
Canada. believed TO have been IL
years old died al his home on the
Pickens plantation near here last
week.
According 10 P. A Pickens. plan
tation owner. Canada remained ac-
tive until shortly before his death.
He chopped and picked cotton last
year. The deceased had a good
memory Of the Civil War, al which
time he was living in Louisiana.
II is said that Canada had grand
children who are more than 20
years old.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-05-28
N. c. Mother, 80,
Has Triplets, Now
20 Children

DURHA1I, ~. c. - CANPD - Mrs.
Jack Norris. 80. recently gave birth
70 her 18th. 18th and goth child
here when triplets Donald, Daniel
and David. weighing about three
pounds each were born. They were
taken 10 an incubator in a hospital
after their birth.
Mrs. Norris has been married II
years. Her husband will support his
family Of 20 children and a wife
with his job as a locker boy and
caddie at a local golf club.
Evening star., 1949-05-20
Buyers Lines Testify
To Increasing Demand
For Autos in Moscow
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, May 20.-There Is
a heavy demand for passenger
cars In Moscow.
Any Soviet citizen who is trying
to buy a Pobeda sedan can give
vivid testimony on this point. The
Moscow automobile store has a
line of buyers seeking Pobeda
every day in the week except on
the one day it is closed.
The Pobeda Is a four passenger.
four-door sedan. manufactured in
Gorky at the Gorky automobile
factory. 1t has an efficient -four
cylinder motor. It LIS a handsome
postwar design and in total size
and weight is some what smaller
than the current models Of
American cars. "a
Made In Moscow.
The Moskvitch is a four-pas-
senger, four-door sedan, manufac-
tured at the Moscow small car
factory. 1t Is a very small car
somewhat larger than the Ameri-
can Crosley with a four-cylinder
motor. 1t costs markedly less than
the larger Pobeda.
To purchase Moskvitch, des-
spite the fact that it costs less.
is simple. There is no line and no
waiting. 1t is usually cash over
the counter and drive her home. +"
Car-owning is a catching thing
these days here. Recent provisions
of the Moscow municipal govern
.ment require apartment house
managements to provide garage
space for privately owned cars,
and set aside definite service and
repair facilities for private car
owners only. This lessons the
problems of private car owners
perceptibly and courages
ownership.
Many Used as Taxis.
The Gorky auto factory is hav-
ing difficulty keeping up with
demand. 1t is not only Moscow
where Pobedas are sold. New auto
stores in centers throughout Rus
STA carry them. Furthermore, they
are in great demand as .taxis.
Moscow is scheduled to receive
1900 Pobeda taxis in 1949, and
other cities are also to receive
consignments. Furt IN erm o. e,
Pobedas are sold to state institu-
tions as official cars and are in
very great demand for this.
In order to meet the demand,
the Gorky auto factory has re-
Gently put into operation a special
new assembly line.
This line is of most interesting
construction since it carries the
cars over the heads Of the assem-
bly, operators and moves on a
circular path through new and
modern. factory building. The
picture magazine Ogonek recently
carried a photo of the new line
which will increase output mary
fold.
Evening star., 1949-05-20
Columbia Hospital Sued
Over Baby's Broken Arm

Columbia Hospital yesterday
was named defendant in a $40, 900
damage suit filed in District Court.
charging that~a baby suffered a
broken arm at the hospital last
September 7 when only few days
old.
The suit was brought in behalf
of the baby, Eric Lynn Barry by
his father, Russell L. Barry
Arlington, Va. The suit asks
$4,000 in behalf of the boy for
his injury and $4,000 in behalf Of
the father for expenses.
Attorney Andrew A. Lipscomb,
who filed the suit, said it was not
known how the baby's arm was
broken. The suit charges negli-
gence,
Evening star., 1949-05-20

Shot0n-from left:
Empire look doubly enchanting when the fobnc
is clouue oroondy, flower printed A butterfly
Iioht cotton. hook -tostened, with dipping necklne
Liloc, yellow, blue or white background. Sizes
10 10 SZZ.Ss
Deep shodo~ print !. royon chiffon with frost
white orqondy occenfs over royon toffeto slip.
Green, brown or novy with white. Sizes 10 70 70.
SzS.o5
Evening star., 1949-05-20
More Of those extra fashion
Jane WandI Summer Dresses
slo.95 s22s5 $685.
wonderful Jane Woad foo"'
moonlight mp from the eoNseho
And at muehfos for such friendly

Best seller in previous selling. sheofn cfsfs %
royon shonsune with pec-'op dfocins hfs
sho~ color shining butfons Non. cfor.
coro or beige Sizes 10 70 wy,
polko dots ploy 70 sts SIDE s~srdnc ocss' os re
oeot r~o-pece give IL footing ponsl sisoeify.
Royon shonsunc novy. block, toast. ofoy %
a,s., sr~x 10 70 i6 S1z-sS
Evening star., 1949-05-20

I,;d.xr.,, rhon,broy O multitude OF buffers
ard double -suke pockets here IS nrocn os
poy,s in q cool cotton for Woshsncfon surnner
IiIoe. oooo blue or grey Sizes 10 to IVY
wAd-xssss' Dresses. Third YioU
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Display of Flowers
AT Botanic Garden
AT Peak This Week

This week The Faster Howw-x cr
display q: the Botanic Ga-cier1
viii De prime for saxtnEx In IRE
display A-e some 600 G.ses. AlSo
o&ts4es. tulips. f&ssclGilI< ard scal-
Eanthus. The latter. & small eai
very colo-:lI !1o~e-. IS sosnet INES
called the pcoy man 8 orchid
The hours are ? 70 I except Sat
urdAy when the garden closes a.
noon.
Another spot Sa3ow o. interest
today ws.l be ~ tour q: The wtlc
gardens and waterways 81 CraeS-
Ap~Rke 4 OhIo Canal parkway
Those y no 80 or this tSo-hoQs
trip vii meet al pm a; Stop -
BrooGmoDi or the Glen kcho
caEIae The toSp path border and
river aooc plain provide n rich
resource OF plants and animals,
Last Sunday ! 500 persons were
clocked through the Botanic Gar
den Only tlloSe VINO enter the
garden by 4 pm are allowed 20
pass through the display OF blooms
AS for quality OF bloom ar
attendant said. this Sunday vii
be much better than Easter sun
day, but they Will be beautiful AL
week