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Labor Protests Socialism

lportart segments of organized labor are AVA.
kehing TO the dangers OF sociazing private enter
prise in this country
A dramatic example Of that occurred vorz,
recently when the president Of local assoc;o+oa
with the Utility Workers Union Of America w-rote.
al congressman protesting an appropriation
which would permit the Tennessee Valley All,
orty to start construction Of a huge steam alen-
trio generating plant. The letter which w.s
accompanied by news release, stated that eve
union, feel this is a going little foo f
toward socialism,. The International President
of the union, which is a CLIO affiliate completely
endorsed both the letter and the release A MN
Der of other unions, including AT of l. as well as
C1O affiiiates, have followed a similar course
Of action
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
Economic Highlights

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.
It might be argued, as theo-
retical proposition, that higher
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
The Governors Object

1t is extremely significant that the governors
OF three Pacific Northwest states have objected
strongly to the proposed Columbia Valley Auth
GRITTY, which would create Federal electric power
monopoly in that regional a tremendous cost
OF billions of dollars to the taxpayers Of the
nation
Governor Robins of Idaho said that eva
would be lost ground instead Of advantage and
that he opposes "the institution Of valley auth
critics. Governor Mckay of Oregon said: What
the matter with the way we're doing it now?....
We don't need to delegate authority to board or
commission toregulate the economy of the north
western states" Governor Langlie of Washington
stated that existing Columbia Basin mter-AgencX
Committee do the job and that through it we
retain much local control possible without
any extension OF Federal control
These objections all stem from we'll justified
fears that the continued extension Of Federal
powers and prerogatives must inevitably result in
the destruction of the rights of the states, in the
undermining of local initiative, and complete
dependence of the people political boards and
bureaus for service which is vital to agriculture
and industry. The Pacific Northwest has already
had a bitter taste of that Governors and other
officials have had to plead for appropriations for
Bonneville in order to prevent disastrous power
shortage. The private utilities, threatened with
socalization, cannot undertake major expansion
projects
eva, like other valley authorities, is simply one
phase of an al-inclusive program which would
give the Federal government complete dominance
over the economic life of the nation. There is
old Chinese proverb which says that the longest
journey begins with a single step That is 100 per
cent CT socialism. We put the government into the
power business, the building business, the lending
and financing business Little by little free enter
prise is circumscribed. Lite by little the govern
ment performs functions that once belonged to-
private business or that individuals did for them
selves. Tic only end-and the perfect example of
it is found in England-is socialism, and the loss
of human liberty.
The time for decision is here In the words OF
the Springfield, Massachusetts, Union, IF we can
not curb the drift toward autocratic govern
ment now we shall stand little chance of eve
culbing it, Many nation has awakened, too late
to find itself in chains
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
JELKES
GOOD LUCK
MARGARINE

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, J. in many
cases. it simply not workable in
practice, and for a variety Of
reasons.
First, there is a group of bash
industries which cannot adjus
their charges without permits
sion of one or more government
al agencies. These are the r.
guiated industries, of which tt
railroads are the most conspic
Gus example at present. In spi
Of the rate increases they ha
ben given by the Interstate Cor
merce Commission, their retu
on investment is only about thr
per cent. Very heavy demand
for wage increases are bein
made on them, and more ma
follow. Even if the ICC SHOULD
continue to grant higher rate
to compensate for changing con
ditions, the time factor involved
is serious. Wage raises, wher
granted, &C into effect at once
and are offs retroactive. High
err fares anil freight charges
normally sr;tnted only after ma
months OF investigation and
not retfnactive Even then,
a gener;li rule, the rate increase
are nevar quite sufficient to Of
st the W,ise boosts.
There il another group of in
dustries which must meet for
eign con'retition. Here shipping
the D,,st example. According
to the statistics, seamen's pay
as risen 207 per cent since 1889
he maritime unions want still
.gher Wages, along with othe
expensive concessions. At thu
same time, the companies vol
ume Of business and their pro
fits have declined. Foreign lines
which pay far lower wages an(
can operate more cheaply in al
ways, are getting more AID more
tonnage.
Finally, there are any mum
Der of industries which are per
fectly free to raise prices a;
high as they like, but which III !"
keen a worried eye or the con
sumner. In other wor!e if is on
Il ng to price an article at
TO 81 iitople TO buy it a
"a figure. Consumer resistanc:
rs become an ominous factor il
nimber IF fields. and is feared
II others. On top of that, it j:
.ot only the Individual buyer
lat must be considered. The
,lg industrial consumer Otter
iomlnates the picture. For in
stance. coal is a source Of en-
ergy which must be sold in com
petition with other sources O
energy, such as oil. If coal price:
snouid get out of line, there
would be a gradual shift tt
other fuels-and then, Of course
Tn employment offered by Goa
would steadily decline.
industries serving the demand
for injuries and semi-luxuries-
Things people can do without il
they nave to--are especially con
cerned dig the wage problem
moves to the eront again. Mo
tion pictures are a good iIlustra
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

If the judgment or represen-
tative business leaders is cor
rect, those who anticipate a drop
in the cost fliving are doomed
to disappointment. The outlook
now is that some prices-notably
oods-will 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
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

Washington Square, Phidal
deiphia 6, Pa.
Price: $500
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
While Mahatma Gandhi met
death by assassination, he still
lives on, in what is perhaps, a
more effective fashion.
There are many Persons today
who feel that Gandhi had the ono
possible counter to the spread
Of Communism. The social re-
form that he offered is every bit
as thorough7going as that advo-
waited by Communism, but unlike,
Communism, his reform would
not he achieer either by force
Or the creating of a police state.
While his labor program was
revolutionary, he gaze it a clear
balance with his conception of the
responsibility that rests with
His elevation of womankind is
one parallel that can be made,
with Jesus, and there. is every
possibility that Gandhi may yet
rank. as one of the avators in
which he believed.
"Gandhi has diginified human
personality by insisting that ev-
cry man possess more than a
mere sustenance, that even the
least of men be enabled to-
create this for himself as a re-
suit of his own efforts and in
accordance with his own tenn
permanent. Gandhi has exalted all
life by demanding that no harm
he inflicted on any living crea-
ture, and he has made discipline
ed non-violence a political wea-
pom of extraordinary power.
These and all the more import
and of his ideas are brought out
in a wholly new and very. timely
exposition"
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
In the World Of Literature
A Review of Books = Fiction and
Non-Fiction By
WILLIAM HENRY HUFF

! FAMILY AND CIVILIZATION
Author earle c. Zimmerman
Publisher: Harper and Brothers,
40 {. SO ST., New York is
Price: $500
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
The author has made a study
Of the institution Of the family
that is not only detailed but
scholarly, which starts from the
! dawn Of history and comes on
down to our time. together with
consideration of the future of
the family.
at is the first book to take
up and develop a complete theory
of the family. Dismissing primi-
tive societies as having no di-
rect causal relationship with
the family systems of civilized
peoples, and separating the poly
gnyic family of the Orient from
the pure western, it concentrates
on the western family systm. The
authors explanation of basic fin
lie causaion, in relation to the
rest of civilization, resting in
family decay at such times as
the present, is as revolutionary
compared with the usual family
sociology as modern physics is,
compared with conceptions of
Aristotle"
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

A MAN CALLED WHITE
Author: William Henry Huff
Publisher: The Viking Press, IS
{. 48th ST., New York II
Price: $3.75
Reviewer: William Henry Huff
Not since | read MY BOND
AGE AND MY FREEDOM, the
autobiography of Frederick
Douglass, have l CHANGED to read
such an absorbing biography as
A. MAN CALLED WHITE. 1t not
only tells the story of Walter,
but it tells the story of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, the
most powerful, bloodless, mill
tant organization of which the
American Negro has ever been
a part. In fact, the story of Wal
ter White, apart from the Ma
tional Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People,
could not be written-not even
by Walter himself, he being such
an integral part of that organi-
zation almost since it's inception.
Once at least in a century a
book rolls from the wress which
is destined to live on, take it's
place in the libraries, hearts and
minds Of a people, and within
them mellow with age. UNCLE
TOMS CABIN, LES MISER-
ABLES, MY BONDAGE AND
MY FREEDOM are all in this
class. The next addition that
class will be A MAN CALLED
WHITE.
1 urge that every lover of the
race, every lover of humanity,
and very one who desires to
know the truth about the Ameri-
can Negro read A MAN SAILED
WHITE f.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
THERE'S TALK in Washington

THERE'S TALK in Washington
Of a 81 billion tax increase. If
Congress permits this new si-
phoning of income and savings
from the people into the federal
treasury, the results can be dam
,gerous for the whole nation. This
is fact. regardless of whether or
mot the President and his admin
kstration would be cramped in
spending proposed $42 billion
budget
| 4Of course, like our Senator
Mcclellan told homefolks recent
kys4Mr. Truman's program means
that taxes can only 60 one way
Mp, up, up. Senator Fulbright, our
other distinguished senator, tried
TO Tease the misgivings of the
economy minded by pointing out
That saving federal money and
reducing taxes is a question of
f'What you are willing to give
hp." That is a problem, all right.
Too many of us have the attitude
bf the we'll known politician, who
said that he had never voted for
d tax bill nor against an appro-
briations bill.
Justify IF WE MANAGE to
Spending fool ourselves into
! thinking the other
fellow is going to have to pay
for the handouts, we then show
no enthusiasm about economy.
Citizens and congressman alike,
too often see economy as fine
thing when it's not close to home,
but work like mad for all the
government laid" they can get
for themselves.
One thing is wrong with the
question our Senator asked. about
What we would give up. 1t puts
}he burden Of proof on the citizen
who would economize! That proof
belongs elsewhere. Every bureau
erat who demands funds should
explain and justify the eXpendi-
pure of every dollar!
! Wherein lies the danger to the
hation in heavier taxes at this
lime? 1t is proposed that the
burden of 81 billion tax in
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
A DANGEROUS TAX
By GEORGE S. BENSON
President OF Harding College
SECRECY. Arkansas
|4kgeod

crease be placed upon corpora!
lions and businesses. This might
look like an easy way to shift
the tax load onto somebody ,elsel
Actually, a tax that is shouldered
by business is still borne by the
people-because people buy THO
products Of corporations that ard
owned by people.
Don't Kill AT PRESENT thd
Incentive nations business cort
porations pay a 80
per cent tax on income. Earnings
distributed to owners may get
taxed up to 90 per cent. (Othet
taxes, also, are levied upon corr
porations.) Tremendous sums,
therefore, are handed to Uncld
Sam by industry. But right nowI
the nations economists ard
agreed that Americas industry
must have huge amounts of addit
tional capital for growth and foa
expansion. There's danger, if in4
stead these billions must be
poured into Washington. =
Any industrial plant that is moi
able to spend money continually
for expansion or for newer, better
equipment is a corporation mov1
ing toward failure. An amount
roughly equal to the Presidents
proposed budget Of SAP billion Isl
the least we ought to put this
year into our industrial plant. IL
America is to have the industrial
strength it should have, if jobs
are to remain plentiful, and il
wages are to be high - then we
had better have a care about
penalizing our industry. America
can lose out, by .exacting tod
much take" from business.
Unless industry is allowed I'd
expand, modernize. and meet tol
days needs, therell be nothing at
all to tax one of these days. When
taxes take what would be ind
vested. and when incentive to ind
vest is killed-the country will
go into reverse. Another 81 bill
lion in taxes on corporationt
would be most unwise. O
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

pRecoN FIRST by oddins tho nums Il
letters full the number Of the eis, a
the in which ber" EXAMPLE John April W.
1870 Add IA
for the The A. Then .,o,,d
and including today. dce the Wheel number
times but the final will number
corresponding below az, veu,
70" have no lucky number sodoy.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

GANDHI LIVES
Author: Marc Edmund Jones
Publisher: David Mckay Co.,
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

Hare heard Dr. Benson "Land OF the Frs
Check local station for time. \
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

The interests or childhood
and youth are the interests of
mankind James
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

O-c-y..5n in Gil things
Unemployment gains
2-Giff Of flowers
3-NeedIess sUsri-ions
4-sueeessful partnership
5-Desire for perfection
6-Insenuity used
Fun in music
s-Domestie circle grows
9-Your obilify increases
in faith
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26
MESSAGES

1I-AssUronee smocths wa
12-Possessive instinct
13-Zssf in life
14-Deep, quiet love
I5-oId debt poid
16-HeIpfuI consccts
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ehunse
18-Profit in new fields
l9-shun bed publicity
2o-creativs inspiration
21-Hearf overrules heed
g ,q<Q
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-03-26

22-Rcmcnf2 offracf;on
23-Bad o5sfa.,-. overcome
24-Affenfion 10 d.fsiis
25-Oid association rsr-iI- !
26-Friend!y ollianes
27-Heo!thy oyi!ooL
23-DeIesafe cufhori.y
29-Lueky doys uhecd
3o-Eneourase indiviavc...
31-Minor medical treo.ms
allywood' feature. Syndieo
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Boy Hit by Car
| Hurt by 30-Foot
FoUFrom rec

Donald Dickey is ready to go
home from Casualty Hospital to-
day after a busy 48-hours in which
he was struck by an automobile
and fell 80 feet out of a hickory
tree.
Donald is 13 and lives at 4215
Taylor street, Suitland. He was
riding his bicycle home from the
movies Saturday night when car
struck him at Pennsylvania and
Alabama avenues Sc. The bike
was damaged but he said he was
unhurt.
But his mother, Mrs. John D.
Miley, decided to keep him safe
at home for a while. They didn't
think of the hickory tree.
Donald has a tree hut 80 feet
up. Yesterday morning he climbed
up to set his squirrel trap and to
shake down some hickory nuts
for his half sister, jeanne Miley.
II. A limb snapped and Donald
came cartwheeling down" to lie
in a writhing heap on the ground.
He was rushed to Casualty Hos
pital with a fractured left wrist
and badly sprained left leg and
| bruised side.
Evening star., 1949-10-10

One out of six auto drivers in
fatal accident has been drinking
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Navy
Continued From First Page.)

-
| of the Bureau of Aeronautics said
Russia can be expected to have
radar systems capable of detect
ing the B-36 in time to intercept
it at 10000 feet-its top operating
altitude-in view of Russia S
demonstrated capabilities in other
field"
S. Comdr. William N. Leonard,
commanding a Banshee jet flight
squadron, declared that in re-
peated tests, Banshet interceptions
of fast target planes "at attitudes
we'll above 10000 feet have become
routine"
interruptions Routine"
s. Comdr. William I. Martin,
executive officer of the Pacific
Fleet All-Weather Training Unit.
said the Navy's twin jet Skynight
night fighter has accomplished
interceptions at night above 10000
fleet, "and we must assume that
a potential enemy will be equally
capable of dealing with very heavy
bombers."
The witnesses were part of an
array marshaled by Admiral Ar
thur w. Radford. Pacific Fleet
commander and the Navy's No. l
airman, in support of his thesis
that the Air Force is overempha-
sizing the Importance and capabil-
tiles of extreme range atomic
bombing with the B-36.
Comdr. Tatom declared that the
atom bomb, while completely
devastating in the immediate
vicinity of it's burst. is rather
limited in its area of destruction" I"
He did not elaborate on the air.
port reference. According to air.
port officials the north-s south run
way there is 6,855 feet long.
To Be Questioned Further
Because it's destructive effect
has been overrated and because
of the great cost of the atom
bomb, Comdr. Tatom contended
that precision bombing is more
necessary than ever. He insisted
a B-36 bomber just couldn't do
precision work from 10000 feet,
except under ideal conditions.
Mr.. Vinson said Comdr. Tatom
would be questioned further. in
view of the thousands of deaths
caused by the wartime atomic
bombs dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
Recalling the Bikini atomic
bomb tests. Comdr. Tatom said:
Under the most favorable con-
ditions imaginable, in perfect
weather and with full knowledge
of the atmospheric conditions and
winds over the target at Bikini,
using the most highly trained
bombing crew in this country.
from an altitude we'll below 10000
feet, with the battleship Nevada
painted a brilliant orange to set
it out as an ideal aiming point
""* the A-bomb burst was so far
from the intended point as to
render the target ship one of the
least damaged ships in the area"
Hits Indiscriminate Bombing.
The air ordnance expert con-
tinued:
while no one accuses our Air
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Police Drag River for Man
While He Is in Hospital

James A. Holt, Al, was seeking
medical treatment at Providence
Hospital yesterday while Harbor
Police, believing him to be a sui
eide victim, dragged the Anacostia
River.
Mr.. Holt, of Glass Manor, Md,
whose car was found Saturday
with an unsigned note pinned to
the seat, was transferred to the
Marine Hospital in Baltimore
where he is undergoing treatment
today.
A brother Of Mr.. Holt told po-
lice yesterday Mr.. Holt had gone
to Providence Hospital after be-
coming i'll. Hospital attendants
told police that Mr.. Holt entered
the emergency room during clinic
hours and asked to see Public
Health Service doctor.
The car owned by Mr.. Holt, a
retired member of the Coast
Evening star., 1949-10-10
D. T.. Pastors 10 Conduct
6. ". Chapel Services

Chapel services at George Wash
ington University during this
school term will be conducted
by ministers from Washington
churches and members of the uni
versity's department Of religion
faculty. DR.. Lawrence D. Folke-
mer, director of the university's
religious activities, announced to-
day.
The chapel services are held
each Friday at 1910 pm. in West
ern Presbyterian Church, 1906 H
street NV.
Speakers scheduled for the
services include the Rev. Charles
S. Mckenzie of Western Presby-
terian Church; the Rev. Edward
H. Pruden, First Baptist Church;
the Rev. John w. Rustin, Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church;
the Rev. Charles Leslie Glenn. st.
Johns Episcopal Church; the Rev.
Louis r. Tabor, Luther Place Me-
mortal Church: the Rev. James w.
Hastings, National City Christian
Church; Rabbi Solomon Metz,
Adas Israel Congregation; John
w. Beardslee, III, of the univer-
sity faculty and DR.. Folkemer.
Evening star., 1949-10-10

be flying in daylight much OF the
time because worthwhile target
systems in the land of our most
probable enemy are located al
high attitudes where periods OF
darkness are small during the
summer months"
Comdr. Leonard testified that
the Banshees Of his squadrons have
brought interceptions at 10000
feet and higher down to a "rou-
tine" basis, using other Ban
shees to simulate a high flying
bomber.
The Navy flyers have used
camera guns in the practices and
quantities of film accumulated
over a long period of training
record kill after kill-all on rea-
listically speedy targets"
"This jet fighter performance
lis available today at home; it is
paralleled in Great Britain and is
boasted of in less friendly quar-
ters of the world"
ConnaNy Warns on Effects.
As the hearings continued, con-
cern was spreading over the ef-
fects of the public airing of the
Mayfair Force squabble of what
each one should do in the event
of another war.
Chairman Connally of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
said it is not a healthy thing,
either here or abroad"
Over the week end. the Army
and Navy Union made public a
letter sent 10 President Truman
suggesting that a civilian COM
mission oe appointed to bring
peace to the presently warning
factions" through closed fact
finding sessions.
AS to whether the B-36 can
do what it's most enthusiastic Air
Force sponsors say it can. the
Special Weapons Evaluation
Group of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
is at work on studies for a re-
port.
Mr.. Vinson has suggested that
his committee build a fire" under
the group in order that it could
be determined once and for all
whether the Navy or the Air Force