Milford chronicle., 1952-10-17
THINGS ONE REMEMBERS

While we have been fighting for a "free
world abroad, in three wars powerful labor
leaders at home have adopted tactics to force
not only private citizens but our government
itself to bow to their demands or suffer the
consequences through strikes, intimidation.
and violence. Aggression by force has been
used around the world to destroy personal
liberty and governments.
Kentucky newspapers have recorded the
terror, violence and intimidation which the
4100 inhabitants of Central CITY, Kentucky
have experienced in connection with the
campaign being waged by District so of the
United Mine Workers Union to force all bust
ness in that town to uniOnize Merchants are
beng financially ruined by a new kind of
labor tactics which If successful could mean
serious trouble for other communities.
The drive is directed at employers who
have been told to sign up or take the cOnse-
quences even down to the operators Of one
man establishments. Reports show the town
has been living in fear since last st. Patrick's
'ay. 1t has endured death threats, dynamit-
ings, stink bombs, gun fire. beatings, mObs
beSleging business houses, led by Out-Of-
tOwners with records for pistol whippngs," >"
branding anG confederating," and other
common mountain country OtfenseS, includ-
ing, IN at least one case-murder.
COuntenanclng such acts has no place in
the United States They have no place in
honest unlOnlSm. If this is to remain a free
country no organization of unions or bust
ness should be allowed to force any individual
to accept It's demands against that ndivid-
uaPs wishes The merchants of Central City
deserve the support Of the nation in their
courageous stand against the drive to DESTROY
their independence What is the use of fight
ing wars for a free world" if thing like
this is tolerated at home?
5000
A RED HERRING DIPPED IN OIL
The Department of Justice has been MAX
ing many headlines of late. It's spOkesmen
and pubGcistS have been having a field-day
over its grand jury investigation Of the over
seas petroleum. producing activities of 21 oil
companies, including five large domestic
concerns. And the fact that these activities
have long had the approval of the State De-
partment, hasn't deferred the Justice Boys
whit. After all, there's a wealth of good
copy in dark hints of "cloak and dagger"
Vaccinations by Oilmen in foreign lands
Moreover us the head of one of the oil
companies involved recently pointed out, the
Justice Department may get a great deal
more publicity from alien sources. In a state
ment categOrically denying that his company
had joined any cartel or done anything lille
gal, he observed that the unsupported
charges nave gwen the kremlln fine talk
ing point. It's hard enough to do business
abroad, he added, without your own govern
ment attempting to discredit you.
This leads to a very interesting point. 1t
is just possible that all the whoop-de-do over
international oil development may be design
ed to take the public's attention away from
certain developments that have made Justice
Department officials most unhappy For ex-
ample, Federal judge recently charged that
the Department had Obstructed grand Jury
investigation of income tax cases in st. Louis
last year. In another case, involving a gov
eminent contract fraud, the Department al
lowed Detroit eX-cOnvict 20 escape prosecu-
ton. There have been many more embarraSs-
ing Instances Of this character
So we come to a significant question: VIII
the artificial OdOr of a red herring dipped in
international oil divert the public from the
real stencil it has been smelling so long?
G>GON>E
THE BEST POLL
The new head Of the Office of Price Sta
blllzatiOn is attempting to find out what the
public in general thinks about price control
with special attention to the views of the
housewife. This effort is in the nature of
a poll.
When Congress extended the price con-
troll law early this summer, it cut down the
powers Of the price controllers in spite of
frequent and urgent requests from the Pres
ldent for the OnDOSitp action In an election