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Evening star., 1962-04-19

in the middle of the night.
Obviously, he thought the
bitter had been bit.
The question referred to
jealous FBI officers who
reused reporters at 3 am. to
check some quotes from an
officer of Bethlehem Steel.
Nobody wants to be so rude
as to mention that Attorney
General Robert Kennedy
perhaps wanted to reach
them well before anybody
else did. Reporters will, how
ever. understand that hot
quotes can be perishable.
The President soon after
his conference left for Easter
holidays at Palm Beach. 1t
has been a week calculated
to leave him with that let
down feeling and a sense of
anti-climaX.
He has won his argument
with steel, and whatever
price is attached to it must
be paid later. For the present,
public support for him is
overw h e ming, and the
streams of polls show his
popularity rising to incred-
ible heights. His party seems
to share it and there is no
reason to worry about its
election prospects now.
What he must husband his
Evening star., 1962-04-19
'Buttering Up u. S. Business

Federal grand jury investi-
CATION of certain steel COM
panies was ordered.
Mr.. Kennedy's remarks
were particularly unsettling.
however, when he discussed
future profits and productiv-
ity. He gave the impression
that shareholders should be
content with a record Of high
returns on their investment
during the last 10 years. He
said nothing about the cur
rent situation, in which the
value of the stock held by
U. S. Steel shareholders is
approximately $63, compared
to S108 two years ago.
Mr.. Kennedy also seems to
think that the steel industry
would get a $500 million in
crease in profits when steel
production goes up to IS or
80 per cent of capacity. But
nobody in the steel business
expects any such result as
this for a long time to come.
In fact, the realistic experts
among them say that what's
important Is not the total
amount of profits. but the re-
turn per shareholder. They
also say that a better way to
measure progress is by the
rate of return on sales which
the steel companies receive.
The industry figures show
that in the last four or five
years these percentages have
been steadily going downhill.
A newsworthy piece of in
formation in the Presidents
press conference was his ad-
mission that at no time dur
ing the administrators dis
cuSsion with the steel COM
panieS, before the decision
was reached to raise prices,
was there any assurance given
that there would or would
not be a price increase. One
=, of the reporters had asked
whether such assurances were
given. either directly or in
directly, because on the day
the contract was ratified the
President had stated that the
settlement was mon infla-
tionary." Mr.. Kennedy re-
piled finally that they were
not asked and they were not
given"
The foregoing is an ex-
ample of what American busi-
ness is up against. The Pres
ident. himself, hasn't revealed
clearly just what happened in
his attempts to get a mon
inflationary" settlement, or
the kind of pressure he used
in coercing the steel COM
panieS to withdraw their
price increase.
tCopyright. 1862
Evening star., 1962-04-19
DORIS FLEEsoN
Ending the Quarrel With Big Steel

strength for is the economic
situation. More than most
Presidents. he is conscious of
it in detail.
The current recovery is not
strong, which is probably the
most compelling reason for
his still being willing to give
his steel antagonists their
tax incentives. Unemploy-
ment figures look better on
the surface, but are abnor-
mally high, and labor force
figures admittedly puzzle Of
ficial economists.
Mr.. Kennedy shows his
awareness of such facts re-
peatedly. In answering ques-
tions this week about steel
and military problems, for
example, he brought in the
economic and fiscal situation
of the whole country. He is
trying hard to educate the
voters on where the national
interest lies in all the large
questions and the economic
indicators are always men
toned prominently.
In passing, he made it
clear that the national in
terest was involved in wage
price struggles still to come
this year in major industries.
He is, of course, in a much
stronger position with re-
spect to labor since he beat
steel and, from a negotiating
standpoint, so are industrial
lists with expiring labor con-
tracts.
Evening star., 1962-04-19
Maturity in Collective Bargaining

labor, management and gov
eminent. 1t was a sort of
primrose path, leading only
to economic disaster.
Secretary Goldberg, the
President, and the advisers
all reached a conclusion. It
was that in this increasingly
competitive world, with Eu-
ropes new machines STEP
ping up production, with the
power of the Common Mar
ket coming up like thunder
on the economic horizon, and
with the Soviets becoming
more and more a factor in
world markets. the United
States could no longer avoid
these facts and acting to
meet them.
The old power struggles
between labor and manage
ment, with the public interest
waiting less and less patient
ly for the bad news, never
made sense. In the last half
of the goth century, they
became grotesque liabilities.
Secretary Goldberg this
year worked long and hard
to persuade the steel union
not to ask a wage increase.
That union had gone through
a long strike in its last test
of muscle. It was a burnt
child. ct generally is con-
ceded that the l16-day in
dustry shutdown in 1859
triggered the recession that
followedD Secretary Goldberg
was successful. A contract,
which generally was agreed
to be non-inflationary, was
reached. Then came the ILL
timed, indefensible price in
crease. which would have
started. perhaps, an unstop-
pable initiation. The precari-
GUS balance Of payments sit
uation would have been badly
Evening star., 1962-04-19
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Curiosity Of physics lot of the New Frontier theories
won't hold water, but they seem able to hold STEEL
Attorney General Bob Kennedy is running Justice
parment seuths and investigators with such tough hand
they're calling the place Ireland Yard.
Senator Thurmond blasts Hemingway's book, For
Whom The Bell Tolls" That's the trouble with literary
critics these days They just can't to their book
reviews in time.
longevity scheme cooked by the Secretary Of the
Treasury to keep getting taxes out of you.
The trouble with is they have too many hair
do's-and not enough hair-donts
Historical notes. Thanks to the painting of Washington
crossing the Delaware standing in the boat millions Of
kids have learned to nuts when told to paddle their
canoe.
Evening star., 1962-04-19
DORIS FLEESON
Presidents Bid for Industry Incentives
Expected to Revive Luqqinq Tax Bill

President Kennedy closed
his quarrel with Big Steel in
the best Easter spirit.
He forswore i'll will, pro-
fessed himself mindful of
steel's needs and called on
Congress to enact the tax
incentives which will help it
modernize its plants. This
public commitment will help
to revive the tagging tax bill
which still has harsh gamut
to run in a sharply divided
Senate Finance Committee.
Noticeably, the President
did not suggest calling off
the grand jury which is in
vestigating the speed with
which various big steel con-
Germs followed the lead of
United States Steel Corp. in
raising prices. That they
climbed down even faster
may take some of the heat
out of the inquiry. but does
not dim the close pricing re-
lationshipS which may vio-
late the antitrust laws.
The Presidents acts were
gracious, but his manner was
tense and even curt. The only
laughter he permitted him
self was over the idea of
anyone springing to defend
the constitutional rights of
reporters who were awakened
Evening star., 1962-04-19
President Viewed as Putting Third Party
Public Interest-ut Conference Table

Gus political, economic, and
public relations blunder,
asked no more questions,
but bought the gloves"
There emerges from Big
Steel's capitulation the pos
Sibility of a very real revolu-
ton in the Nations economic
practices. What the President
and Secretary of Labor Gold
berg have been trying to do
is to place a third party
the national welfare-at the
bargaining table in all nego-
tiations, especially those in
volving key industries. 1t is
these (which set the pattern
for lesser labor-management
agreements.
The contract signed by the
steel union and management
was the first in history in
which the public interest was
a factor. 1t is not denied that
in times past, but especially
in the years since the Second
World War, collective bar
gaining in the precedent-set-
ting industries has been
largely a power struggle, ra-
ther than negotiations. The
public interest was never ad-
mitted to the bargaining
room. Suggestions that it be
present were resented or
laughed at.
The boom years since the
end of the Second World
War, and the accelerated in
flation produced by the Kor-
can conflict, made travesties
of so-called negotiations"
Settlements hurriedly were
made and the costs passed on
to the public. This was dan
gerous business. 1t came to
haunt thoughtful men in
Evening star., 1962-04-19
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Communism and u. S. Art Show

Berlin. the opposite occurred.
Vienna. for instance, with in
finite care rebuilt it's great
and magnificent churches,
museums. and public build
ings exactly as they had
stood for centuries before.
When young America be-
gan to have time to devote to
fine arts, it was late in its
history. But today. in the in
terest of utilitarianism and
progress" we are in the
process Of destroying the lit
tie art we had. Art lovers in
New York are distraught that
the Pennsylvania Station.
patterned after the Baths Of
Caracalla in Rome and a
magnificent monument of
American architecture, is to
be demolished.
There still exist in Amer
lea artists of great ability
who are devoted to preserv-
ing OR cultural heritage.
But somehow or other these
are being pushed aside.
Young aspiring artists who
yearn TO initiate the greats
of centuries past are dis
couraged from doing any
thing that is not ultra mod
ern and enigmatic.
1t is asked in Rome's
American circles: Why are
not the works of the real
American artists presented
abroad by the USIS? Why
are not such American ar
lists as Dean CornWell, Henry
GaSser. Ogden Pleunner. and
sculptors such as Anna Hyatt
Huntington and Wheeler
William sponsored?
Evening star., 1962-04-19

terest-will sit at the bar
gaining tables.
The President, in addition
to winning a political victory,
has moved processes of COL
lective bargaining to a new,
helpful. and more mature
position. We all are in his
debt-including Big Steel.
Evening star., 1962-04-19

ROME.-The annouce-
ment by Pope John XIII
that Michelangelo's Pieta
would leave its nearly 500
year-old niche in st. Peters
and journey to New York
caused sensation and contro-
versy throughout Italy; not
alone among Italian art low
ers from the connoisseur to
the little people" but also
among Americans.
The Pieta is universal. The
odds at the moment seem to
be against its going. Italians
love art. especially their own
greats, and they do not like
to see their art treasures dis
turbed.
Although the Pieta is the
inevitable discussion every
where, recently American art
and artists have become a
topic of interest. This situa-
ton arose from the current
exhibit at Rome'S National
Gallery of Modern Art, publi-
cized in the press as the
works Of "the noted Ameri-
can artist, Ben Shahn" and
sponsored by the United
States Government through
the USIS.
American art lovers who
follow the art news closely
remember that Ben Shahn
was one of the % artists
whose modernistic paintings
were included in the USIS-
sponsored American art ex-
hibit in Moscow in 1859, and
who were exposed as having
close afilliation with the
Communists. This brought
about hearings by the Un-
American Activities Commit
tee in July, 1859, which estab-
liShed that the April %, 1912,
issue of the Communist New
Masses had stated that Ben
Shahn was among the fore
most artists of our land. who
contributed their drawings
and paintings gratis to New
Masses recent art auction, !"
and, according to several
Daily Worker issues, he had
Joined a number of Commu-
mist cause groups.
William z. Foster, the late
veteran Communist leader,
wrote in New Masses in 1916,
There must be a clear un-
Evening star., 1962-04-19

hurt. The dollar would have
suffered vast harm.
In the light of Big Steel's
retreat and the revelation of
its failure to consider the
public interest, it is possible
that a strong precedent has
been set. In the future, the
third party-the public in
Evening star., 1962-04-19
RALPH McGHL

Important conclusions
clearly may be drawn from
Big Steel'S reluctant accept
ance of the role of the ma
tional welfare in major cost
decisions in the basic indus
tries-which set economic
patterns of wages and costs.
These conclusions are so
inescapable, they remind us
of an old reminiscence about
Abraham Lincoln.
In 1881, Lincoln clerked in
a store at New Salem. Harvey
Ross, mail carrier, came in to
buy a pair of doeskin gloves.
He asked Lincoln if he had
a pair that would fit him.
There's a pair of dogskin
gloves that I think will fit
you," said Lincoln. throwing
them on the counter, "and
you can have them for rs
cents"
Ross knew the women of
the neighborhood m a d e
gloves from deer hides and
that they cost from so to rs
cents.
How do you know they are
dogskin?" Ross asked.
well, sir" said Lincoln,
"I'll tell you how I know they
are dogskin. Jack Clary's dog
killed Tom Watkins sheep
and Tom Watkins boy killed
the dog and old John Mounts
tanned the dogskin and Sally
Speers made the gloves and
that's how I know they are
dogskin gloves"
80" said Ross, in telling
the tale, Il asked no more
questions, but bought the
gloves"
Big Steel, confronted with
the certitude of its egregi-
Evening star., 1962-04-19
USIS Showing in Rome of Paintings
By Red-Louded Artist Is Criticized

derstanding that art Is a
weapon in the class struggle"
This comedies with the min
utes of a Communist cell
meeting sent secretly to
Wheeler Williams, a we'll
known sculptor, which have
been called by experts ''un-
questionably authentic" In
part they say. Our plan is
to encourage and promote
tabroad) ugliness; repulsive,
meaningless art. People are
more influenced by their art
than they ever realize. 1t is
a subtle, unconscious but ef-
fective means to depress the
spirit"
1t is known among the
sociologists that what is Wis
ual has an enormous impact
on the character Of the
individual. Man must see
something; and when. for
instance. he is put in a soli-
tary, dark cell, his mind
browns" in nothingness.
Likewise, the monotony and
uglineSs of prison walls occa-
sionally cause prisoners to
go stir crazy"
Whole populations are af-
fected by architectures and
monuments. The Communists
are we'll aware of this. and
there is no doubt that when
many European cities and
towns were destroyed in
World War II. the hope was
that they would be rebuilt
with monotonous and archi-
tecturally starved structures.
But with the exception of
Evening star., 1962-04-19
Presidents Bid to Industry Held Softened
BY Sidestepping Query on Labor

n
legal power to restrain price
rises either. Mr.. Kennedy
seemed to Sidestep the point
made by one of the reporters
that, by holding. the line, he
was actually fixing prices.
The reporter said:
Some Of your critics feel
that you set prices, or have
gone into the field of price
control by executive fiat in
the steel situation, and fur
ther that this sets a prece-
dent which you would have to
follow in future situations.
Do you feel that you have set
a precedent that, as these
situations arise, you would
again have to invoke this sort
of poWer?"
Mr.. Kennedy argued that
everyone is quite aware of
what the powers are of the
Government, and the limita-
ton on these powers. He
then added:
But I have not suggested
that-our power-that We
have powers TO set, or that
those powers would be de-
sirable, to set prices or to
set wages"
The President insisted that
he had merely attempted to
put before the parties on
both sides the Importance of
the public interest. and he
did say that the interrela-
tionShip of various factors
makes the public interest
mandatory" in these mat
tiers. He put it this way:
Public interest is very
definitely involved, but in as
serting the public interest we
have always recognized the
proper limitations of that
of the power of the Govern
ment to enforce any collec-
tive bargaining agreement.
We do not have that power.
That power has not been
given to u.s."
Mr.. Kennedy, nevertheless,
did not hesitate last week to
use all the pressure and pow
er of the United States Gov
ernment to force the steel
companies to recede from
their announcement of a
price increase. There is no
power to do this under the
law. but he applied it never
theless. The Defense Depart
ment withheld order
promptly and ignored the
principle of competitive bids
by simply shifting contracts
without requiring formal
submission. Coincidentally, a
Evening star., 1962-04-19
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Kennedy tried in
his press conference yester-
day to butter up" American
business, including the steel
companies. He said there was
no i'll will toward anybody
and that there was no room
on either side for ANY feel
ings Of hostility or vindic-
tiveneSs."
But, unfortunately, the
President nullified much of
what he said when he re-
fused to answer a reporters
question as to how he would
treat labor unions if they do
the same thing the steel COM
panies did-namely, if they
make demands for wage in
creaseS that go beyond the
administrations formula for
a hold the line" or stabliza-
ton program.
The reporters question was
as follows:
Assuming that a price in
crease in steel would even
tually be necessar and
justified. do you have any
thoughts as to how this price
increase should be reached?
And, secondly, if some major
labor union made excessive
demands for wage increases,
would you move as sharply
against that union as you did
last week against steel?"
The exact record of what
the President said in reply
was as follows:
We'll, to take the second
part first, we had worked
very closely with the steel
union in an attempt to per-
suade them that it was in
their interest and the coun-
try's interest to meet the
standards set by the Council
of Economic Advisers, and it
was done. And that is why
this matter came into par
ticularly sharp focus last
week."
Mr.. Kennedy's avoidance
of an answer is regarded as
particularly significant, be-
cause it means that the ad-
ministration intends to con-
tinue to put pressure on busi-
ness and threaten it with
lawsuits and the withdrawal
OF orders by the Defense De-
partment, but will exercise
no analogous pressure on the
labor unions.
Mr.. Kennedy pleaded that
he doesn't really have the
power" to restrain wage in
creaseS. Actually, he has nc
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

Kyzer joined them for a visit
in the home of Mrs. Annie
May Kettle.
Mrs. Hiram Kettle is in De-
troit, Michigan On business
this week.
College students home bet
Ween SemeSterS last week
were Jimmy Bowen, Phillip
and Denny Browning and
John A. Campbell of Miss.
State College.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fond
rem Of Jackson were visitors
and guests of relatives Tues
day. James bird hunted while
Mrs. Fondren visited her mo-
Their.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01
West NeaUS
BY Mrs. A. C. Autry

Bit Kyzer visited in Koscius-
ko Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Dunning, Miss
Alice Murff and Mrs. w. L..
Wright were Jackson visitors
Tuesday.
Mrs. T. E. Cade of Okolona
visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. R.
Bicker Tuesday. Mrs. Effie
Cade returned home with them
for an extended visit.
Mrs. j. L.. Reeves, Mrs. w.
R. Richardson and two child
rem of Jackson visited Mrs.
Bit Kyzer Wednesday. Mrs.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

Mr.. John Switzerland of
Jackson renewed acquaintance
of old friends and bird hunted
with Rev. Roy Self Tuesday.
Mrs. Lille Mcclellan return
ed home Friday night after a
visit in Parchman. Her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Andrew WEIGH, Jr.,
accompanied her home.
Mrs. Robert Edwards re-
turned home Saturday from
the District Two Hospital
where she has been a patient.
We wish for her a speedy re-
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Holmes
and children of Kosciusko visi-
ted Mrs. Martha McCrary and
Mrs. Maude Holmes Saturday
Mrs. Ben Hilburn of Stark
vile was in West on business
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Hand
and daughter of Mobile, Mrs.
Presley Davenport of Hatties-
burg, and Miss Jean Hand of
Memphis spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. j. Hand.
Mrs. w. B. Johnson, Mrs.
Ben Majors and Mrs. H. B.
Farmer spent a while with
Mrs. Mildred helms Friday
night.
Mr.. Sidney Vaughn of Dur
ant spent Tuesday afternoon
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
L.. G. Browning.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

AoSV Az 0oO4O VIl4lC W
Jackson visited Mr.. S. C..
Campbell Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. William Brock and
Mrs. Harvey Brister attended
the State Vacation Bible
School Clinic at Gulfshore last
week.
Mrs. Jimmie LOFTS and son
Ken of Memphis visited re-
latives in West and Durant
Monday.
Mr.. Billy Brock of Franklin
ton, La. visited with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Brock last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irby Melton
and children of Indianola anu
MIR. and Mrs. Robinson OF
Durant spent Saturday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Bouchi4-
lon and boys.
Mr.. Horace Bouchillon visi.
ted Mr.. ]. S. Mcbride in the
st. Dominic's Hospital il
jackson Wednesday.
Larry Ramage spent Satur-
day night in Jackson.
The friends of Mrs. Nina
Holmes welcome her to town.
She is now living at the J. A.
RoSamond residence.
The West Garden Club will
sponsor a coffee at the City
Hall February 10 from 9 until
5 for the benefit of the heart
fund. Everyone is invited to
come in and help with this
worthy cause.
Mr.. c. D. Cakes, supervisor
of District 3 of Attala County.
was in West Saturday.
Mrs. Carolyn Flemming and
children of Tallahassee .Flori-
da, returned home one day
last week.
Mrs. c. M. Tate and Mrs.
E. E. Tate carried Mr.. E. E..
Tate to the Community Hos
pital in Lexington Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnett Black
mOnd and children of Brandon
visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bit Kyzer over the week
end.
Mrs. Hiram Kettle and Mrs.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

Ills SIdIIQlllOLIleI, MIS-. Lee
Daniel.
The Methodist Mems Club
met Thursday night with six
teen members present. The
w. S. c.. S. entertained them
with a chicken supper. Guest
speaker was Rev. Marshall
Burnett of Benton.
Rev. G.. II. Ledbetter and
several members of the MY
attended the sub-district meet
ing tnat was held in Goodman
January 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. l.. Mont
gomery visited their daughter
ana family, Mr.. and Mrs. Don
Felts at Grenada Monday.
Dona Clare came home with
them for a visit.
Mrs. Bob Caldwell of Column
bus visited her mother, Mrs.
l.. H. Ingram this week
Mrs. Josie Sledge, Mrs. Lena
Linn, DR.. and Mrs. H. L.. Co.
wan, and Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
Henson attended the Pete
Fountain program in Jackson
Thursday night.
Mrs. Shelby Parker and Mrs.
Sterling Crawford visited in
Jackson Tuesday.
Mrs. G. V. Maxwell and
Maxwell spent Mon
day night with Mr.. and Mrs.
Earnest Minor at Circle M
Plantation in Paulette.
Mr.. Dudley Hutchinson. Jr.
of Columbus was a visitor
with his grandmother, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. V. Maxwell Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Cuthber-
son and children of Charlotte,
N. c.. were visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lem Pepper this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jen-
kins spent Wednesday in Jack
son with Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Jenkins and Vivian.
Mrs. Josie Sledge, Mrs. Lena
and Mrs. j. T. Lever
were Canton visitors Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. c. V. Maxwell, Jr. of
Jackson visited Mrs. c. V.
Maxwell Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Will
liams visited their daughters,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Guice
of Isola and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Daniel at Ruleville Sun
day.
Guests in the home of Mrs.
Linn and Mrs. Josie
Sledge over the weekend were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Sledge and
of Memphis and Mr..
and Mrs. Arnel Mcmillan of
Louisville.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. William Owen,
Jr. went to Jackson Monday
to the summer style show.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

Mrs. Mildred Landfair Of
Brandon visited friends here
Sunday.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01
Pickens News


Last Sunday night the Bap-
tiSI ana MeInodlSt Churches
had no services as all went
20 the PreSDy Ierlan Church TO
welcome the new minister,
hev. herDert Hurst.
Holmes County herald., 1962-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Warner
of Hyattsville, Maryland were
guests of Mrs. Jewel Fessen-
den Monday.