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Evening star., 1952-04-10
By the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, April 10.-Fol-
loUing is the tert of a Nation
Uide radio and teleuision Gd-
dress last night By Clarence B.
Randall. president OF Inland
Steel Co.:
have a deep sense of response
bility as l face this vast audience
of the air. I am here to make
answer on behalf of the steel in
dustry to charges flung over these
imicrophones last night by the
man who then stood where I
stand now. I am plain citizen.
He was the President of the United
States.
Happily, we still live in a coun-
try where a private citizen may
look the President in the eye and
tell him that he was wrong. but
actually it is not the President OF
the United States to whom I make
answer. 1t is. Harry S. Truman.
the man. who last night so far
Itransgressed his oath of office, SO
far abused the power which is
temporarily his. that he must now
stand and take it.
shall not let my deep respect
for the Office which he holds stop
me from denouncing his shocking
distortions of fact. Nor shall I
permit the honor of his title to
blind the American people from
the enormity of what he has done.
Discharges Political Debt.
He has seized the steel plants
of the Nation, the private prop
erty of l million people, most of
whom now hear the sound of my
voice. This he has done without
the slightest shadow of legal right.
No law passed by the Congress
gave him this power. He knows
this. and speaks of general au-
thority conferred upon him by
the Constitution.
But I say, my friends, that the
Constitution was adopted by our
forefathers to prevent tyranny.
not to create it. When he asked
the Congress for power to seize
private property. they said no.
They gave him. instead, the Taft
Hartley Act, which he now spurns.
and the power which they denied
him he now has seized.
For whom has he done this? Let
no American be misled. This evil
deed, without precedent in Amer
lean history, discharges a polit-
ical debt to the CIO. Phil Murray
now gives Harry S. Truman a
receipt marked, paid in full"
He speaks of war. I know
something of war. I was in uni
form when Harry Truman was, in
France as he was. and, by an odd
circumstance, for some months in
the same division he was. lost
my nephew in the last war on D.
Day plus six. but I say to you faith
ers and mothers of our brave men
in Korea that if any man now
threatens their safety for lack
of steel, that mans name is Phil
Murray. He called the steel
strike: the steel companies did
mot. And not 48 hours ago, he re-
Ijected a last effort at settlement
by the companies when they Of
ifered to 60 from 9 cents to 1917
cents of increase per hour. plus all
the costly fringe benefits prevl-
ously offered.
Is your boy making $1.70 an
Evening star., 1952-04-10

lat the action of the House COM
mittee and the House in denying
funds for legislated within-grade
pay increases for District work
ers. The House committee had
argued it made this cut in keeping
with the Federal Budget Bureau
Requirement" applied to the Fed
eral agencies.
Approved by Bureau.
There is no such requirement
by the Budget Bureau, so far as
the District government is con-
cerned," Mr.. Fowler declared. He
told the Senate unit the District
estimates had been reviewed by
the Budget Bureau and had been
approved there before the city
budget was transferred to Con-
Igress in January by President
Truman.
The budget officer brought out
that the District had 1921 job
vacancies and that the Commits
Isioners last winter had ordered
them kept opento force savings
so we could give you a balanced
budget"
Senator Neely, returning to the
Federal payment issue, praised
Commissioner Donohue for CRU
kSading for hOYne rlIle
1--WE Do Want Justice"
The West Virginia Senator ex-
pressed hope that groups like the
Board of Trade, who have been
working to defeat home rule, coulo
be converted"
Commissioner Donohue, declar.
ing for full Federal payment
said. THE District doesn't neec
charity or any kind of Point Foul
relief, but we do want justice"
Commissioner Donohue alst
stressed that the House had cut ir
half a requested item of $4,000 tt
enable the District to arrange
ceremonies for the reception here
of distinguished visitors.
when the District taxpayer:
are willing to share in the cost o1
such events" he said. II think We
should be allowed to spend such 8
sum-
Reception Cost $4,000.
He said the cost to the District
for the reception of Queen Julians
of the Netherlands was $4,000
Last year the cost to the Districr
for the reception of Gen. Mac.
Arthur was $500 and at that
time the District found it had only
$1,000 in the fund. Public.
spirited citizens" he said, "wil
make up the difference"
! The committee then reviewed
the estimates for the schools ant
the free public library. Officials
for those agencies urged th'
restoration of most all of tn,
money the House cut from thei
requests.
Dr.. HopartyM. Corning, superin
tendent of schools, said the school
would face extreme difficulty"
they had to operate under tn
House bill.
IntegratiOn Issue Raised.
Chairman Hill repeatedly aske,
Dr.. Corning to submit additions
: details showing the need for NOR
I teachers and to outline problem
d caused by oversize classes.
e Thee question of the DistriC
d using dual school system instea
e of an integrated plan for whit
5 and colored pupils was brought u
i by Senator Hunt. He asked ho'
IS much money might be saved if tn
S schools were integrated. D
-lCorning gave a general estimat
& that the savings would be meg
= ligibie, very small"
The Commissioner asked espe
d cially for restoration of $86
Evening star., 1952-04-10

fact, Harry Truman was at his
magnificent best when he talked
of profits in the steel industry.
I am not sure, and I say this
soberly. that he knows what the
word profit" means in industry,
or the vital place it holds in an
economy based upon free enter
prise. Nor could I understand
his arithmetic.
Struggle as I will. I cannot get
the answer he did when I divide
our tons of steel produced into
dollars as he did. But / am fair
minded enough to know that in
the midst of his busy life he can
not have accurate knowledge of
such matters, and that speeches
must be written for him by others,
as this one obviously was. The
most charitable viewpoint is that
he was improperly informed.
Profits Misrepresented.
cannot forgive him. however,
one basic Misrepresentation of
which he was guilty. He tossed
off vast figures of profits without
telling the American people that
he meant profits before taxes. He
said, for example, "the steel in
dustry makes $3.50 of profit on
a ton of Steel" and neglected toI
say that he takes at least two
thirds of that away in taxes.
Steel companies cannot pay
wages and taxes with the same
dollars. Nor can the steel indus
try build new plants, when the
country calls for steel, with the
dollars it pays the Government
in taxes. The truth is that in
terms of net profit. by which /
mean the money the company
has left after all costs are paid,
the steel companies made-per
ton-less than one-third of the
$3.50 that the President talked
about. And that was off IS per
cent from the preceding year.
The actual cost to the steel
companies of the package recon-
mended by the wage board is 80
cents per man-hour. But even
this is only half of the ultimate
cost. When steel wages go up,
the cost of things that steel COM
Ipanies buy goes up in the same
degree. Every businessman who
hears my voice knows this is true.
That makes the full cost $l2
per ton of steel.
America at Crossroads.
With a wave of his hand, the
President tossed this fantastic
wage increase aside by saying the
steelworkers would thus merely be
catching up with workers in other
industries. Actually, it Is the steel
industry itself that has been in
the forefront of increasing in
dustrial wages. Since Korea the
cost of living has gone up IL per
cent, while the earnings Of steel
workers have gone up 1872 per
cent. Does this mean that the
steelworkers have been unfairly
treated? - d
My time is running out. As you
may have sensed, present this
fortnight reply to the President
only because I believe deeply in
the truth of what 1 have said. I
should feel derelict in my own
duty as a citizen if 1 did not to-
night call upon Americans every
where to take up the challenge
the President threw down last
night.
| This is America at the cross
roads. To the housewife, this
means that the whole giddy spiral
of imitation starts again. Tc free
dom loving people it means the
closed shop and compulsory
unionism. To the businessman IT.
is the threat of naturalization.
A sad chapter has been written
in American history, which must
ho erased
Evening star., 1952-04-10
One Moment
With God
BY EDWARD L. r. ELSON
NatinnoI nrashvferian Chnrrl

EVALUATING CRITICISM.
When criticism comes, evaluate
it's source. Is it anonymous, or out
in the open? Is the critic a whole
some, honest, normal personality ?
What is his motive? Is he in
formed or ignorant? We may al
ways demand that he show his
credentials. If we are to become
great and good, we must appre-
|ciate constructive criticism which
comes from a reliable source.
I Peter 2:22-23.
Prayer: Giue US Thy perSpec-
tire. Lord, in all our udUersitteS.
Amen.
Evening star., 1952-04-10
Text of Rondors Broadcast Reply to Steel Plant Seizure

York, sent a telegram to the Presi-
| dent in which he charged that
some of the so-called public mem
bers of this board, who went down
The line with the representatives
of labor in the recommendations,
Ihad actually themselves at vari-
GUS times in the past been on the
payrolls of the CIO and the AFL.
Yet that is the agency which
Harry S. Truman described last
night as fair and impartial Gov
ernment board. That is the
agency whose findings he now
seeks to put into effect by force.
Only Recommendation Power.
| He knows that the board was
intended to be advisory only, and
that it has no power other than to
make recommendations. He knows
that those recommendations were
not meant to be binding upon the
parties, vet he has seized steel
plants to compel their adoption
The truth is that the Wage Sta
bilization Board has been oper-
ated as political agency. 1t does
not impose wage ceilings. but re-
moves them when Phil MURRAY
calls the turn.
That this is not a figment OF my
Imagination but grim reality was
borne out less than two weeks age
when David Mcdonald. secretary
treasurer of the CIO, boasteo
openly of the political influence
which this union wields in Wash
ington. He declared publicly tina,
the steelworkers in this dispute
we're in a particularly fortunate
position because they had "a
rather friendly gentleman in the
White House"
And, heartSick as many Amerl-
cans were last night at what thell
President said, they were paineo
also by what he did not say. He
was purporting to tell the facts
yet he withheld from the public
one significant fact. He made ne
mention of the closed shop. He
dealt with money but omitted
principle. Actually. this order o1
the board establishes compulsory
unionism throughout the stee
industry, and the President nov
asserts that he has the power tt
> put that into effect by force.
Our Constitution, which wa!
adopted to protect freedom, be-
comes in his hands an instrument
; to destroy freedom. Has liberty
; sunk so low in Harry Truman!
scale of values that he no longer
thinks it worth mentioning? Cl
should he in all candor have taker
> the opportunity last night. talk
: ing as he was to every fireside ii
> America. to make it clear whether
or not he had seized the stee
plants in order to compel workers
to join a union against their will
Downright Distortion.
The President talked of infla-
ton, but does anyone really thins
that he understands that word:
Economists say that imitation is
too much money chasing too few
goods. When the Government runs
in the red and borrows from the
banks, it increases the supply OF
money. The bigger the deficit, the
more the borrowing, and the
greater the amount of money
chasing the same goods. Yet
when Harry Truman tries to put
this great new cost burden on the
steel companies, while at the same
time forbidding them to raise
prices, he deprives the Govern
ment of vast sums in taxes now
levied on profits, and has to bor-
row that much more. It's as sim
pie as that.
> But for downright distortion o1
Evening star., 1952-04-10

$4,000 well-dressed men in two cities buy
Wonder Clothes regularly! That's evidence!..
the best evidence in the world of Wonder
style, Wonder value. See for yourself! Shop
now in the big Wonder factory store. Thou
sands of suits and coats to choose from :. all
sizes! Whatever you buy ready before
Easter Sunday!
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
Sewer Treatment
Is Discussed By
Health Officer

Earle F. Hoyt, a representative
of the State Department of
Health, Columbus, was the guest
speaker at the Wednesday noon
meeting of the Kiwanis club held
in the Evangelical United Breth-
rem church dining hall, when he
spoke on the "Needs of Sewer
Treatment in Ohio" a subject of
local interest with Port Clinton S
main issue at this time being a
sewage disposal proposition. How
ard Fulton reported that the Ki-
wants Club will be represented at
the Kiwanis State tournament to
be held in Akron, Saturday,
March %. The team will include:
Albert Davids, Kent Wedekind,
Cliff Stephenson, Charles Dewitt
and Howard Fulton. A second
team is also being planned. XII
Wanian DR.. ]. l. Rhiel, Ottawa
County Health commissioner was
in charge of the program. Sever
al visitors were introduced.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
CITY FAvORS PURCHASE OF
MODERN STRUCTURE ON WEST
PERRY Street FOR GARAGE

City council authorized its pub
lie buildings committee to proceed
with negotiations to purchase a
building offered by Port Clinton
Manufacturing Co. to be used as
a city garage. The building is 1870
by so feet.
A speedy investigation of likely
sites for a new garage was con-
Quoted this week by Councilman
Leroy Bracken, in view of the
fact that the present condemned
building on Second street is sup
posed to be vacated by March /,
according to state fire marshal
order.
The building, concrete block
and cement structure, is priced at
$55,O00 which the city expects to
purchase over 15-year period by
issuance of revenue bonds.
The building is located on the
Port Clinton Manufacturing Co
property on West Perry Street
Negotiations for the purchase is
being made through Joseph and
John Zetzer, who plan to retain
half of the building while a new
one is being built to take care Of
defense orders upon which the
firm is engaged.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
PUBLIC COMFORT STATION QUESTION IS TOSSED
AROUND IN CITY COUNCIL FOR UPTEENTH time

One of the most profound dis
cussions in years which engaged
city councilmen for several hours
Tuesday evening dealt with sea-
sonal subject the question of
whether the city can maintain a
public comfort station near The
fishing pier for the benefit of
fishermen and tourists.
AS in the past, all the argu-
ments pertaining to abuse and
destruction of public sanitary ia
ci,ities were paraded before d
skeptical council body.
The new move for construction
of some sort of comfort station in
the vacationland city was spear
headed by Councilman DeForrest
Maxwell, whose plea for a public
comfort station was heartily sup
ported by George Schade, former
president of the Port Clinton
Chamber of Commerce.
Schade declared, "We cannot
afford to shed our public respon-
siDility to our annual visitors by
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
CUB SCOUTS
HOLD BANQUET

Members of Port Clinton's Cub
Scouts will hold their annual
"Blue and Cold Banquet on Fri
da-, February 29, at st. Johns
Lutheran church. The banquet is
scheduled for $50 pm.
Bob Fritz, son of Assistant Cub
master Virgil Fritz, has completed
thee full years of cub scouting
and will be graduated to the Cath
Ollie Scout Troop. There will be
other awards presented to the
Cubs for cir outstanding
achievements so far this year.
TamilIes attending the eve
nirg's scheduled activities Will
bring a covered dish and their
cwn table service. Coffee, beans
and butter will be furnished by
the Cub leaders.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
port CLINTON HICH SCHOOL
TAKES HIGH HONORS AT B. c.

Judges of the Forensic Compe-
tirion at Bowling State University
declared Port Clinton High School
entrees exceptionally we'll pre-
pared for the contest on the uni
versity campus Monday afternoon
and evening. The P. c. H. S. de-
bate team took first place. Mem
befs of the debate team are Max
Fisher, Sally Dewitt, Ere d
Schneider and Har:y Chaffin.
Individual offerings found De-
lores Duffy taking first place for
her humorous declaration, with
Grace Fraughier taking second.
Sandra Miller took first place in
the oratorical declamations, with
Shirley Riddle placing third. Fred
Schneider placed second in the
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
EAR Infection
IS FATAL. TO
GYPSUM Youth

Services were held Thursday
afternoon for Ronald Smith, Is, of
G. .psum. who died Sunday in 4
Toledo hospital, following an op-
Grafton for mastoid in an ear.
lie was a freshman in Port
Clinton High School. He had
been Ill three weci,s.
Young Smith was a member OF
the Gypsum Community Church
lie is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Smith, sister
Carol. and a grandfather, Douglas
Stover
Services were conducted in the
Gypsum Community church. with
burial in River view Cemetery
The Gerner & Wolf Mortuary had
charge of arrangements.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
TOLEDO ATTORNEY MAKES FIRST
APPEARANCE here To CONFIRM
VALIDITY OF PRESENT CONTRACT

With the admission of city
councils special attorney, U. G.
Denman of Toledo, that nothing
can be done to break the existing
contract held by Milt Hersberger
for flying rights to Put-In-Bay,
city council Tuesday night de-
ferred any action on the long
pending airport issue until May
12
The deferment motion was
made by Councilman R. E. Rey.
rolds, who observed that "We
should defer this matter COM
p!etely at this t.ne because we
have many important things to do
as we feel Or way along the tu-
multous paths of a new city, now
before us"
Denman told councilmen, "un-
del a new clause of the Ohio are0-
nautical law, any contract which
the city might enter into must
first be adopted by a city ordi.
nance, which then must be submit
ted to a referendum by the peo-
pie"
He classified the airport as a
public utility, which cannot be
handled through contract unless
the contract is the result of an
open bid" Denman explained.
adding, land council has every
right to reject any and all bids at
its discretion" He stressed, how
ever, that the contract which
Hersberger, operator of the local
airport, now holds is valid and un-
breakable until next June 5.
Denman quoted Judge Stahl as
stating that the injunction action
Eow pending in his court, to re-
strain the city from breaking the
present Hersberger contract may
be heard early in April.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
Mother Of Two City
Officials Dies

Death claimed Mrs. Mary Ellen
Ruddock, mother Of councilman
Charles Ruddock and Street Super
intendent Carl Ruddock, early to-
day in Riverside Rest Home,
Fremont.
Mrs. Ruddock was a native of
sandusky county She was "a
years of age.
Besides the two sons in the city
administration, she is survived by
three daughters, Mrs. A. c. Wor-
man, Fremont; Mrs. Jack Mallen-
koF, Lafayette, Indiana, and Mrs.
A. D. Kim, Fostoria.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Saturday from the Ger
ner & Wolf mortuary, with burial
in RivervieW cemetery.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
The Hunt Is On!
Bachelors Beware

Today (Friday) is the day
women Single ones, that Isl
wait four whole years for. This
is the proverbial day when all
gates are down and bachelors
are not supposed to have a
chance against the wiles of
women. While men are the ac-
knowledged superiors' all other
days, today the women reign!
Knives, swords and bitter words
have little effect when the wom-
Ell get on the hunt and it's a
brave and determined man, in.
deed, who survives the cunning
tricks played by the weaker sex.
One hint, men! If you have
pair of seven league boots
handy, they may carry you far
enough to escape the pretty lit
tie hounds. On second thought,
they probably won't. Okay,
gals. We're at your mercy!
And, since it is Leap Year
Day this Friday, both boys and
girls and their parents = the
whole family, in fact, will do
mighty we'll to leap into the
many wonderful bargains which
Port Clinton merchants are Of
fering for the two dollar days,
Friday and Saturday. It's thrifty
to shop in Port Clinton stores
after you have read the real
baragins offered in this week. S
Ottawa County News.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
Hourly Wage Workers At E. Q. D. Are Granted
Average Hike Of Seven Cents By Army Board

In keeping with the Department
of Army policy of keeping its in
stallations' wage schedules in line
with those of area industries, a
new wage schedule to be applied
to all hourly paid employees was
directed for Erie Ordnance Depot
by the Army-Air Force Wage
Board.
The new wage schedule pro-
vides for an average increase Of
seven cents an hour, with a mini
mum of six cents an hour, accord
ing to the announcement issued
by Col. E. M. Webb, commanding
officer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29

300 for all funds. City Auditor
William Zeis pointed out that the
budget will be $4,000 more than
last year due to general increases
granted to all city departments
other than the volunteer fire de-
partment.
Mayor Carl Becker stated that
Port Clinton is one of the few
cities in Ohio which is in good fl
nancial condition.
Council President Harold Neil
sen asked council to meet Tues
day, March 4, in special session 10
complete reading of the new traf-
fic code, a document of better
than $4,000 words, which is man
datory for the city to Use, since
its evolution from village.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
TWO COUNTY WINNERS NAMED
IN LEGION ESSAY CONTEST

For the second consecutive year.
Pot Clinton High School sopho-
mores set hot pace in the all
nLal Americanism essay contest
sponsored by Port Clinton Amer
ican Legion Post 113. Subject of
The essay this year was What Old
Glory Means to Me"
AS their predecessors did last
year, Sophomore Bette Limestahl
and Cooper Herself not only won
tie local contest but also were
victorious in the county. Their
essays, along with five others
from Elmore and one from Lake
side, are in competition for dis
trict and state honorS.
Other local winners, announced
by Past Commander George Bly,
contest chairman, were: Beverly
PAYNE and Thomas Sawyer, fresh
nen; Ruby Donohoe and Car
DiSher, juniors; and Jeanette
Nowalski and Roland Chapman
seniors.
AT an assembly program in the
near future, Commander Ray
Spcrber will present the loca
winners with emblematic pins
special citations and checks. The
county winners also will receive
medals.
At the regular meeting oi
American Legion Post lib las
Thursday evening, the program
was presented by Port Clinton:
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-02-29
CITY POLICE Dept. PERSONNEL is
GIVEN TEN PERCENT hike which
WILL Be RETROACTIVE TO FEB. |

A straight across the board pay
increase of 10 percent was grart-
cd members of the Port Clinton
Police Department by city council
Tuesday night on recommendation
of the safety committee.
The salary hike was cleared
after City Solicitor John Rein
hejmer ruled that it would not
have to be submitted to the newly
named civil service commission,
which has not held its first meet
ing as yet.
Salaries before February !
we're: Chief, $500; assistant chief,
or captain, under city manage
ment, $3.50; patrolmen, $275, and
Geskmen, $3.50
Council approved the estimated
budget for 1852, embracing $685.