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Evening star., 1952-09-17
Injunctions Won't Settle
Basic Problems, He Soys

NeItdIIlly 1Or InlS auQlence
do not have to spell out the
fact that there is no quick cure
for every labor dispute. Nor is
the dispensation of favors from
high places the easy road to
winning strikes once they have
begun-as the steel workers re-
Gently learned.
Injunctions, seizures, and other
such devices will not settle the
underlying fundamental prob
lens which cause a strike. Where
does the waiting rooms Of Gov
eminent Intervention push us?
1t pushes us into the waiting
rooms Of Government officials
far removed from the issue. You
can guarantee that men so re-
mote from the problem will
know practically nothing about
it.
Any one who says he is against
injunctions and for seizure as a
remedy in national emergencies
Is talking out Of both sides of
his mouth. Seizure carries. with
1t the power Of injunction in
emphatic form. The moment
the Government seizes the mines
or the railroads the courts will
grant an Injunction against
any strike because the strikers
have, without their consent be-
come Government employees.
After the railroads were seized,
the Government obtained one
injunction after another against
the railroad workers. Railroad
workers will tell you that seizure
can be a calamity for employees.
The type Of Injunction author
lied by seizure is completely un-
limited both in time and in scope.
If, in q national emergency
declared by Congress, Govern
ment does move into q strike sit
uation to secure resumption of
operations. it must at the same
time stimulate, not stifle, col
lective bargaining. There is no
other way to attack the dispute
which underlies the strike.
Again I say peace-either on
the labor front or on the inter-
national front-cannot be legis-
lated. It can be secured only
when there is mutual respect, a
will for peace, and responsible,
humane leadership.
An industrial society dedicated
to the largest possible measure
of economic freedom must keep
firm faith in collective bargain
ing. That process is the best
method We have for changing
and improving labor conditions
and thus helping to raise the
American standard of living.
Healthy collective bargaining
requires responsible unions and
responsible employers. IRE
sponsible bargaining cannot get
results. Weak unions cannot be
responsible. That alone is suf-
ficient reason for having strong
unions.
The contest between labor and
industry cannot be abolished
without abolishing economic
freedom. The role of Govern
ment Is to serve as a referee. It
is my hope that we will soon
have an administration that will
observe the rules of fair play.
Evening star., 1952-09-17

who address special slanted ap-
peals to American labor. You
are not to be set apart from the
rest Of your citizenry by special
treatment of any kind--either
stern or patronizing. To treat
you as a special case is to deny
the fullness Of your dignity as
American citizens.
I do not believe that the
American worker will ask any
thing more than justice and
fairness from his Government.
Evening star., 1952-09-17
Ideals imperiled
By Industrial Strife

My pledge to you is simply
this: To the limit my judg-
ment can discern. you will al
ways get both justice and fair
ness from me. Moreover, take
Evening star., 1952-09-17


That was first written into
statute In the Railway Labor
Act of 1926. It was considered
q model law. Until later admin
strations began playing politics
with it. that law worked well.
The Norris-LaGuar Act
was also passed under my
party'S administration. Both
these laws established a basis of
legal rights for workers and
their unions. On this founda-
tion further legal enactments
were built. They helped the
American labor movement grow.
Evening star., 1952-09-17

could often anticipate the fever
spots in our economy.
For those few disputes which
are Of national Importance and
which will survive intensive ef-
forts at mediation-and of these
there will be some-I stand with
q great labor statesman. He
was for voluntarism and against
compulsion. I quote his words:
"The workers of America ad-
here to voluntary institutions in
preference to compulsory sys-
TENS which are held to be not
only impractical but a menace
to their rights, welfare and
liberty" These were the words
Of the founder and far-sighted
leader Of the A. F. of L., Sam
GOmperS.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Speculation About New Hampshire Hghghted the Campaign Week

whose prospects for the Republican
presidential nomination depend on a
Eisenhower deadlock.
Senator Humphrey, running in
Minnesota as q supporter of PreSi-
dent Truman. has no Democratic op-
position. On the Republican side, Mr..
Stassen is opposed only by Edward
C.. Slettvold, member of the State
Legislature. Democrats contend the
vote on primary day will throw little
light on how the State will go in
November. They point out that, on
primary day, voters are not required
to declare party allegiance.
Senator Kefauver will have the
Maryland preferential primary on
May all to himself. The deadline
for filing passed last week without
any other entries. Voters will have a
choice, however, between the Ten
neSsee Senator and voting for an "un-
instructed delegation" to the Demo-
cratic convention.
House to Senote
An interesting development Of the
past week was the announcement by
Representative McKinnon, Democrat.
Of California that he will be candi-
date for the Senate this year against
Republican Senator Knowland. Mr..
McKinnon becomes the fifth member
Of the House to aspire to seat in the
Senate this year. The others are:
Representative Gore of Tennessee,
who is out to unseat the veteran SEN
ator McKellar In the Democratic SEN
atorial primary.
Representative Mansfield. Demo-
crat of Montana. who will make
bid to replace Republican Senator
Ecton.
Democratic Representative Sasscer
and Republican Representative Beall.
who have announced In Maryland for
the Senate seat being vacated BY the
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Day at the Race

How does Taft go about the Job
of campaigning? How does he hope
to convince the voters he Is the
candidate for them? One place to
seek the answer to these questions
is in the factual record of a day
of his trip. Last Thursday, Taft's
first day In New Hampshire, was
typical.
The big man with the slightly
battered hat hit Manchester-the
States chief city, but not its capi-
tal-shortly after 8 o'clock in the
morning. He looked rested; but
looks, in this case, were deceiving.
He had had virtually no rest for
three weeks before this tour. The
night before, he had been in New
Haven-his old college town-and
before that he had been in the
Midwest for several days.
Although the lobby of the Hotel
Carpenter was jammed with news
men of Taft's acquaintance, he
stalked purposefully to an elevator,
hardly looking to left or right. He
was, quite apparently, saving his
grins for later when, conceivably,
they might get him votes.
After a few minutes upstairs,
Taft returned to the ground floor,
where a press conference was
awaiting him. Then the entire
Evening star., 1952-03-09

cipitation of not more than one
fourth of an inch melted. II this
precipitation were in the form OF
snow it would be less than 21a inches.
Snow or rain Is a possibility for Tues
day or Wednesday.
One veteran of New Hampshire
politics ventures the prediction that
a good day would help Senator Taft,
while stormy weather would work to
the advantage of Gen. Eisenhower.
Small Town Vote
The basis for this theory is that
Senator Taft will do better in the
small towns, and that snow or rain
Tuesday would make it harder for
rural than city voters to get to the
polls. On the same reasoning. a clear
day should help Senator Kefauver.
who also has been focusing his cam
paign on the small towns.
It's little early for spring weather
up near the Canadian border. and
as late as Thursday snow was falling
on the political caravans In New
Hampshire.
Another bit Of evidence that polit-
icians consider every factor that
might affect their chances came last
week from Senator Taft. He COM
planned that he has been placed at
disadvantage by having his name ap-
pear in last position on the ballot
throughout New Hampshire.
The Senator revealed a few days
ago that the Attorney General OF
New Hampshire. Gordon M. Tiffany,
had advised him that at no time
had he given an opinion sustaining
the failure to rotate alphabetically
the names of those who appear on
the presidential preference ballot.
He said the Attorney Generals letter
to him cited statutes requiring such
rotation.
Senator Taft wired the Secretary Of
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Al tnoLO.

people at the Franklin Town Hall.
Speaking over a public address
system in order to save his voice
for the work cut out for it, Taft
put the campaign in its proper
context right at the start. II see
signs all along the road that Taft
can't win," he said. 1--WE won in
every election I've been in. Taft
can't win? Taft is the only one
who can win, if you 60 back and
look at the record"
Further along, at Tilton, minor
rhubarb developed between the
candidate and his handlers.
II can't make a speech in three
minutes" Senator Taft said hotly.
He was right. The speech began
at 11:02 am. 1t ended at 11:11.
The question of whether a speech
should be three or nine minutes
long might have been trivial under
other circumstances. But the Taft
schedule was so tightly drawn that
six minutes here might mean pros
pective voters in the next town
would be kept waiting. To make
Evening star., 1952-03-09

party loaded into buses and private
cars. He rode in big cream-col-
ored Lincoln sedan with sign
bob Taft Is Here"-on both
bumpers. A car with public ad-
dress system preceded him; the
rest of the caravan tagged along
behind.
The start of the tour-at 9 o'clock
down the main street of New
Hampshire's biggest city-was in
auspicious. Hardly any one both
cred to look as the party rolled
by. But those who predicted small
turnouts elsewhere on the basis of
apparent disinterest in Manchester
were to have their eyes opened as
the day wore on.
At Concord, 20 miles farther on,
Taft was joined by Shelby o.
Walker, Mayor Of the town and a
top-ranking Taft booster.
Just outside Concord is the large
plant Of the Rumford Press, which
prints part of the Readers Digest
and about 100 other magazines. A
strongly unionized establishment,
Evening star., 1952-03-09
The Result?

There 1T is. How did he do2
What is the net effect of this old
college try Taft is making. dav
after day? Time alone can tell.
No one can say how many of those
VINO turned out in New Hampshire
were sold on Taft to start with.
Or how many were sold by what
they saw and heard. Or how MANY
were - and remain - undecided.
Even the other possibility-that
Taft unsold some voters by the
way he looked, talked and acted
cannot be discounted. Neither can
it>be assayed.
But some idea of how hard Bob
Taft is trying can be gained by
reducing him, for this one day, to
an estimated set OF statistics-like
these:
Miles travelled, 1870; towns visited,
"A; people addressed. 5000; hands
shaken, 1000; gifts received. 4:
babies held, /; babies kissed. o:
William Howard Taft voters greeted.
s; words spoken, $4,000; different
speeches made, 2,tthe long one and
the short one; questions answered.
100; questions evaded, l (about
the probable makeup of his cabi-
nett.
The big statistic-"votes won
must remain blank for another
couple Of days.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

CONCORD, N. HE had come
~ a long way from Cincinnati,
this determined, balding man. and
the route brought him last week to
the start of the most important
test of his life.
Three times before, Robert AL
phonso Taft had stood at a fork
In the road. On these occasions,
one sign always pointed to the
White House and the other to an
indefinite destination. This time,
however, there was grave danger
that the alternative road might
lead to oblivion-and the possibility
affected him like a shot of adrena-
lin.
More than most men who seek
the Office, Taft lusts after the
presidency. Kids are supposed to
pass through the stage of wanting
to be President; he never got over
it. His yen is complex in origin.
Part of it, undoubtedly, stems from
the fact that his father was Presi-
dent. Part certainly comes from
a burning personal ambition. The
rest, perhaps, can be explained by
his rocklike confidence in the abil-
tiles of the senior Senator from
Ohio.
Jet-PropeIIed
In recent weeks, this yen has jet
propelled Taft over wide stretches
Of the United States in search of
votes. And, in the closing days Of
last week, it rocketed him across
the snowy face Of New Hampshire
with the speed and energy Of q
Midwestern cyclone.
New Hampshire's presidential
primary on Tuesday is the first Of
13 leading up to the party conven-
tions In Chicago this summer.
Whatever it may be for the Presi-
dent or his Democratic opponent,
Senator Kefauver, or for Gen.
Eisenhower in the G. o. p. race,
this primary means lot to Taft.
It will give him timely opportu-
nifty to show the political wise guys
that they have been wrong for a
dozen years.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
By J. A. o'Leory

State Of New Hampshire that. "de-
spite the obvious unfairness" Of. the
ballot in its present form, he had no
desire to attempt any legal action
that would put the State to the added
expenditure Of thousands Of dollars
to reprint the ballots. i
Interest has been running so high
in the New Hampshire battle that
the approach of the second primary
in Minnesota on March Is has been
almost forgotten. Recent develop
mentS have left the Minnesota bal
loting without much significance, ex-
cept for Harold E. Stassen. former
Republican Governor Of that State,
Evening star., 1952-03-09

and his Law School time at Har-
ward.
Along with the voice, there is the
problem of platform manner. Taft
is no rabble-rouser, and his listen
erS frequently get the impression
that he Is not so much addressing
them as lecturing them.
New Hampshire Predictions
Be that as it may, Taft's handlers
played an uncommonly cagey game
In preparing for last weeks New
Hampshire tour. The normal pro-
cedure is to predict a landslide.
But Taft's supporters-and, a week
ago, the candidate himself-have
admitted freely that New Hamp-
shire is Eisenhower territory, and
that Taft delegates are unlikely to
sweep the State. Taft's own esti-
mate was that he would secure four
of the IA delegates. His local cam
paign manager, last week, was sug-
gesting six Of the IA as likely
possibility.
Secretly, Taft's boosters may
well believe-and not without rea-
Son-that he will win a majority
OF the delegates. But even If their
predictions on that vote are taken
at face value, these predictions
do not mean the Taft forces have
resigned themselves to the idea Of
defeat in New Hampshire. There
are, In reality, two elections going
on here simultaneously next Tues
day. One is for the delegates-the
other Is a popularity contest" in
which voters simply express an
opinion as to whom they would like
to see become President. On this
latter ballot, there are four names:
Taft, Eisenhower, Stassen-and an
unknown from st. Louis named
William E. Schneider. The Taft
organization believes its man will
lead all the rest when this vote
Is counted.
From the Senator's point Of view,
after all, the popularity contest
obviously is the one that matters.
For Taft Is not in New Hampshire
to garner a few votes at Chicago.
He is here, basically, to show the
Granite StatarS and thro,10f
them, the Nation-that good old
Bob Taft is just the easy-to-know,
straight-shooting, vote getting, old
shoe type Of 100 per cent Repubn-
can that belongs In the White
House.
How well he makes out will not
become known until next Tuesday
But regardless Of the outcome of
the test, Bob Taft will have to be
given "A" for effort.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

Rumford gave Taft a chance to
make his labor pitch-but subtly,
not in direct manner. He met
and shook hands with AZ officials
Of the company and the unions,
and posed for pictures with a proof
press operator named Emile Tou-
signant, who had shaken hands
with William Howard Taft when
the latter was running for PreSi-
dent in 1912.
The "I-voted-for-your dada
m-going-to-vote-f -for-you" routine
was to become a standard part of
the tour. :,
Speech at Franklin
On through Penacook and Bos-
cawen without stopping, the Taft
caravan made its way to Franklin,
the home of Daniel Webster. Tt
may have been a folder in the car,
labeled Information on New
Hampshire for Senator Taft" that
yielded up this historic bit; at any
rate, Taft played it for what it was
worth when he addressed about 800
Evening star., 1952-03-09

retirement Of Democratic Senator
O'Conor. Both Mr.. Sasscer and Mr..
Beall face primary fights to get into
the November race.
Representative Kennedy, Demo-
crat. OF Massachusetts, son Of for
mer Ambassador to Great Britain,
who Is considering making a State
wide race this year, either for the
Senate against Republican Senator
Lodge or for Governor. His decision
may depend on whether Democratic
Gov. Dever runs for another term.
In nearly every election, some House
members try to move over to the
Senate. At the present time more
than fourth Of all the Senators are
former members Of the House.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

Old Man Winter may stick his
frosty fingers into the Nations first
presidential primary in New Hamp-
shire Tuesday.
Politicians. like baseball managers,
figure all the angles. And some of
them are speculating this week end
on how the elements might affect the
voting strength Of Gen. Eisenhower
and Senator Taft on the Republican
side. and President Truman against
Senator Kefauver on the Democratic
slate.
The long-range weather forecasv
for the New Hampshire area does
not indicate any bad storms Monday
or Tuesday. The forecast is for
near normal temperature and pre-
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Good Old Bob

At 81, Taft has been thrice q
bridesmaid and never q bride. He
was technically but not actively
in the nomination race In 1886.
He first played for keeps against
Tom Dewey and Wendell Willkie
in 1910, when he lost to Willlie
on the sixth ballot. Four years
later, Dewey showed him under to
take the nomination. In 1948, Taft
tried again and lost again to
Dewey.
The underlying reason for these
disappointmentS in 1910, "A and
'48 was the vague, prevailing as
sumption that Taft was no vote
getter, an assumption which pre-
vailed despite the fact that, by
1948, he already had carried his
State in two hard-fought Senate
races. The opinion remains fairly
general in 1852, Notwithstanding
a third big Ohio triumph in 1850.
Closely allied with this idea that
"Taft can't win" is the widespread
impression that he is frosty GUS
toner with the approximate per-
Sonality of an old Hoover button.
Humonizine Process
Such ideas, to Taft supporters,
are not only fooliShneSs; they are
heresy. To combat this wrong
thinking, and to win him the
G. o. P. nomination-which Taft
believes is equivalent to election
this year-his henchmen are busy
overhauling him by process that
might be called "humanization."
The Bob Taft" routine is a reveal
ing part of the buildup. Witness:
Bob Taft Is a q. o. P. winner
and a man you can trust. Bob
Taft is one of labor's real friends.
Bob Taft Is the G. o. P.'s best
bet for 80. You don't have to
wonder about Bob Taft; he's Re-
publican all the way. Bob Taft is
a great American. And (of course)
Bob Taft is "Mr. Republican"
This is the message Of Taft's
campaign literature, which is
singly and bulk-mailed by the
thousands Of pieces every day from
a volunteer headquarters near
Dupont Circle in Washington. It
depicts Bob Taft as q strap
ping, 195-pound six-footer-usually
smiling heartily or grinning tooth
ily-who really is quite a human
guy, after all.
In the Flesh
But the best preSS-agent in the
world could not do the humanizing
job by direct-mail campaign alone.
The man in the flesh has to get
out and be seen-and there are ad-
vantages and disadvantages fer
Taft in this fact.
One advantage he has in show
Ing himself in person is the ad-
vantage Of bulk. Photos and tele-
vision give the impression Of an
undersized Caspar Milquetoastish
character with q funny-shaped
head. Close up, Taft turns out to
be almost half a head taller than
the national average, and his high
domed Uranium (on which a thin
thatch is fighting losing battle)
does not look particularly unusual.
His voice, however, seems to re-
main disadvantage. It surprises
many people, some of them un-
pleasantly. Basically, 1t is q fiat,
midwestern voice, somewhat nasal
in quality, and heavily overlaid
with an Ivy League accent from
his undergraduate days at Yale
T. n
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
Truman Has Lost His Fight
For Compulsory Health Plan

the Truman and ANA ways Of
thinking. Whether the ANA will
fight the commissions recommen-
dationS too remains to be seen.
A spokesman said there'd be no
ANA comment on the full report
until it had a chance to study it.
In brief that plan would provide
free or partly-paid health insur-
ance policies for everyone who
couldn't afford to buy one. To foot
this bill the government would have
to hand out about one billion dol
lars a year, with about three-quar-
terS of it to be matched by the
states, dollar for dollar.
The unmatched quarter of the
governments money - all of it
would come out OF general tax
funds-would go for building hos
pitals, expanding medical schools
and helping research.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
BOCA CHICA
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that it blistered. ths sides Of the
truck and burned the gasoline
hoses right through.
The Boca Chica crash. crew rush.
ed to the scene as did the civil
liam fire department of the Naval
Air Station. Risking their lives,
the firemen and crash crew spray
ed the truck with foam to pre-
vent its igniting and threatening
the entire air port. j.
While the gasoline truck was
still hot and in definite danger
Of exploding, Ballew, needless Of
his own life. jumped in behind
the wheel and drove it off while
his crash crew and fhe firemen
worked TO quell the shed and oil
drum fire.
The gas truck belonged to Ber-
ME c. Papy'S Cities Service Sta.
ton. All equipment damaged in
the fire belonged to Wright con-
struction company.
Ballew is chief damage control
man at Boca Chica, in charge of
the crew that is always in readi-
ness should anything happen to a
plane or bArp at the field.
His heroism yesterday will un-
doubtedly earn him a citation from
the Navy, it was said unofficially.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
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mas.
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