Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1946)
Thursday, Noverriher 14 PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA WASHINGTON Mst important question ;.o fcc t.caued at the Republican organization meet :., .o do held on Capitol Hill today will be Jic uti.e-iiouored matter of "seniority" In other v.crUs, uoes the ablest man sit as ck3umsn of a coiiimictec or the parly hack with the "most est" service? This was one thing which handicapped Con gress under the Democrats. The old-timers usu ally were Southern conservaties v.-ho, because ci "W.iorityv, were given charge of important committees. The Republicans have a real chance to change tl i3. In the first place, a new broom can always .weep clean. Secondly, there was much uuk when the congressional reorganization act was rasped about abolishing seniority. V committee chairman were picked on die fcas'is of brains, not seniority, hard-working, trigger-brained Albert J. Engel of Muskegon, appropriations committee, instead of moss-black Mich., would be chairman of the important congressman John Taber of Auburn, N. Y. En gel's watchful eye on war Department spending of the healthiest influences on the army, was described by Gen. George Marshall as one Again, if brains rather than age prevailed, abl representatve Daniel Reed of Dunkirk, N. Y., would become chairman of the ways and means committee instead of babbling bumptious ilar cld Knutsen of Minnesota. -Brains Don't Matter First test of Seniority may come if Senator -.e Ball of Minnesota attempts to leap-frog c or Vermont's George Allien as chairman of th3 Senate Education and labor. comnuttee.This 3 appens to be one case where the main with the . niority Aiken s thoroughly qualified for ihc . b. Ball, on the other hand, is branded by both AFL. and CIO as the '-friend of U. S. Steel.' Senator Wavne Morse of Oregon, who had a fine record on the War Labor Board, might also be picked as chairman of the labor committee should seniority be cast aside. If seniority prevails, chairmanship of the high 1 important new national defense committee merging the military affairs ( and naval affairs committers) will go to Senator Chan Guiney of South Dakota, a brass-hat bellboy. Senator Charles Tobey of New Hampshire or Owen Brewster of Maine, both abler men. would oe logical choices over Gurney if brains were con sidered important. But, according to many scu ens in both parties, they aren't. The Republicans have a real chance to break with hide-bound piecedent. but the betting odds arc they won't take it. Will Rogers on Bench Last Spring, California's popular Democratic Attorney General. Bob Kenny, was defeated in the state's gubernatorial primary by Governor F.arl Warren. This week, Kenny received the fcllowing wire from defeated Democratic Sen atorial candidate. Will Rogers jr. "Dear Bob, please move over." Replied Kenny: "Dear Will, frankly there's rv more room on the mourners' bench." War Secretary Entertains Three G. I.'s from Walter Reed hospital are still talking about the big game weekend they spent with the Secretary of War at the Army Nctre Dame game. Mrs. Robert Patterson, wife of the Secretary cf War, works among wounded G. I's at the Armv's Walter Reed hospital, and selected three of "them to go with her husband to the game. The lucky veterans were Pfc. James O. Wilson, Winston Salem., N. C. Sgt. ;Gerald R. Groves, Meadville, Pa.; nad Cpl. John English, Pittsburg, Pa. ' , rot only did they ride in Secretary Patterson s i -e plane to New York and see the game a Ms guests, but afterwards. Wall Street finan ce Floyd Odium and his wife Jacqueline Coch ran invited them to lunch at their ornate Park Avenue apartment. I'nder the Dome Retiring Speaker Sam Rayburn tells friends that he will serve in the House only one more term. Sam has been a Congressional fixture for ?Z years now wants to retire. . . .High up on the l-t to succeed Bob Hanncgan as Democratic rational Committee Chairman is astute Govern-c- Bob Kerr of Oklahoma. His appointment will break a Democratic tradition that National chairmen must be Irish and from a big city. . . . Thirteen of the 9 Senators who voted against the Case Bill were up for reelection this year, i the general election, and Senator Jim Mead cf New York was defeated in his race for Gov ernor That means nine out of 13-pro-labor Senators fell by the wayside. Other Senators consider this significant. It is one reason why a lot of them will lean anti-labor in the next Con gress Phil Murray, who planned to resign li head of the CIO at the CIO National convent ion in Atlantic City, now will stay on. He wul attempt to unifv left and right-wing CIO fac tions in order to resist the anti-labor trend in Congress.... Henry Wallace wasn't the only man who was asked to tone down bis criticism of a leading G. O. P. Candidate-in his case. Vandenberg of Michigan. In Massachusetts, also. Senator Claude Pepper was asked by Governor Total's campaign leaders to gloss over the iso ationist record of Senator Cabot Lodge.... Top I The Plattsmoulh Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 ESTABLISHED: DAILY, 1903; SEMI-WEEKLY", 188I Published weefc flay evenings except Saturday a 409-413 Mla Street, PUttsmonth, Cass County, NebraAEb T Tbm Journal Publishing Company. 2STEE A. WALKER. B. & ALCOTT ..Publisher .General Manager Ktered at the Postoffke at PUttsmouth. Nebraska, as second diss mill matter fa accordance with the Act at Congress ot March i, M79. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by utsttfe tM PUUsmouta trade area. tjAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered bf car tm la the City ot PUttsmouth, 15 cents per week, or $7X0 per yc cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouta trade area: C3 per year. $1.75 tor six months. $1.00 tor three ninths, cash to advance. By matt outside the Plattsmoutn trade a ta. $5X0 per year. $3X0 f$t w months, 60 cents per month, cash to Mvant, . . . . iiemociais met in ivcw York atter ine Army ..oue i-a.me game lor a "coctuu party, -n-Liucuig wU tiaiinegan, Mayor xit-ii uucagu, t.otd league ox jeioey city, Paul i ivzpairicii ot iaw io.K, Jimmy VvaMer, ex-ivwyor Q ilew i ui.s; r lantv Vvamct', Li.-Jcuiuci;iuv, uiaui.iv,.., iuu i'uuicjr, .vctctury oi Commeicc Avciau uui luntui, vttot'iivy Ucuct'iU 'tout ctanv, piamsc .wte uueum ana songster inonon xAmiivy.... .U ti.iO VU6 tliat lluu llluv.il pOlillCs Wilo .li- tujcu. tucy were loo vveoijr. vj. u. i. i arm a.'ro&iecis . rsow mat eiettioni m over, the American liriuer, tike tne laooruig man, would liKe -o hi.ovv waai u in store ior mm in the new G. O f. conirouea congress. Here is a Merry go round lorecasu oi wnat will happen. There will be no major cnange in the govern ment's tarm program lor the next two years partly oecauso tne coalition of Republicans and southern uemocrat3 will remain in the diver '. J seat. However, you will hear the same hue and cry ioi parity puces on farm products in order o make them coworm with higher living costs, and the rust move will be to increase ihe price oi potatoes. There is a tremendous potato surplus this year, and though a considerable portion of ihe crop has been diverted to animal feed and al cohol, potato producers are protesting that they are receiving far below parity prices. Fu-ci-more potatoes are a "G. O. P. Crop;' from the rock-ribbed Republican state of Maine "id the recently voted Republican state of Idaho. Puds, therefore, will get relief. The new congress will also enact a Uvr ordinating soil conservation functions now hand led bv the Soil conservation service, the Tit .a LmSech of the production and market Administration, the extension service of th ic rfrtment of Agriculture and other agencies. F ? will vote a similar coordination cf ;SSJTv the Bell Syndicatcinc, A Needed Warning In the light of another threatened and particularly damaging coal strike, it as interesting to see that an editor ial in the International Teamster, pub lication of the AFL Teamsters Union, had stated that "strikes have become a national menace." "They must be curtailed," the edi torial continued, "or the nation will sink into chaos and organized labor will perish." In addition to this solemn warning the editorial affirmed the union's de termination to stamp out wildcat strikes, and recalled that the interna tional union could revoke local chart ers, ann fine, suspend or expel individ ual participants in such strikes. All that is wise and commendable, but there seem to be some differences within the AFL'S great family of unions between precept and practice. New York City was tied up for two months by a general trucking strike, plus a parcel delivery strike which last, ed nearly as long. The Teamsters International sanctioned neither of them. Yet there are no indications to date of any punitive action against the wildcat strikers. Elsewhere in the AFL, carpenters and stagehands have thrown the mo tion picture industry into confusion by a jurisdictional strike which the lead ers of the warring unions have seemed unable or unwilling to settle. And now the miners stand ready to walk off the job again if the government fails to meet John L. Lewis's demands. The International Teamster editor ial apparently was written before elec tion day, but its author was speaking prophetically whe he called strikes "a national menace." For the vote on Nov- 5 gave unmistakabJe notice that the majority of voters agree with that estimate. The vote showed clearly that the country is fed up with strikes that pun ish the public rather than manage ment. Oddly enough, it i.s the relatively conservative AFL, unencumbered with Communists and hence more popular with a great many non-union citizens, which is largely responsible for stirring up the public wrath. And if Mr. Lew is succeeds in bringing most of our na tional machinery to a halt with anoth er "no contract, no work" strike, that wrath may turn into something really formidable. It is no idle warning that the Inter national Teamster has sounded. We hope that Mr. Lewis and other old line union leaders, who have done so much for labor in the past, will read it and ponder it well. It would be tragic if these men, in their latter days, should sabotage the structure of organ ized labor by their arrogant, pompous, public-be-damned policies. THE MIDD LEMAN - , L . JU l " n We vwnT BY TETER ED SON' - NEA Washington Correspondent VVASHINGTON ? C. (NPA) Best guesses' in Washington " are that if all rerriaining government' controls on wearing apparel were removed,-prices would go up another 15 to 20 per cent above the prewar levels. They would level off at these new highs until the j Easter trade is taken care of. then Co down to seek! mrffZ'Tl more proper levels. 1 J- reau of Labor Statistics' index of consumer prices. commonly referred to as the cost of living. Cloth- now 60 per cent higher in price than it was 1S39. ' Another 15-point increase on top of that 4 A-l wouia mean max n wouia cost you 3i3 to get tne t&s - ctt"lv"t;ii,t kjx cvcijf )iuu wul in ui viutiiiii you Z ! bought in 1939. M ; T commc ft '2' I Jn& is t ?t$ Today wool clothing is 50 per cent higher, cotton Mif ' clothing 92 per cent higher, natural and synthetic Edson oujvo u yti tejii. iiiiici, aiiu luuiwedi t. yvi ucui . r Higher than 1S39 averages. The percentages will be 4 above these" figures when October prices are reported by BLS. ; : Wool is prftbirbly in better supply than is any other material. An average year's production used to be 20 million men's suits. This year 28 million suits? .are being made, and it's still not enough. The shortage ; is caused principally by a lack of labor, in the men's clothing industry. virFHE supply .of sUrnmer clothing now being made won't be nrormal. ' That Is, y'ou still won't be able to go into the stores and buy what "H "you want wHea.ypti.want ijit, for prices you are willing to pay. Pro " tiuction.is away p,. but it "may not meet the demand unless buying habits of consumers change.. ' While the average male shopper used to be content with a few white shirts, now he wants a dozen or more. And the average woman who used to be satisfied with one topcoat now has to have three or more. , High wages 'are said to be responsible for that. If there were an adequate supply of radios, automobiles and such consumers "hard" goods, they might soak up some of this purchasing power and relieve the pressure on "soft" goods like clothing. , "" Actually, there are few effective price controls left. . rr..,v.. P PA's low-cost-clothing production program is still on, however, and OPA is authorized to offer a 5 per cent incentive to encourage manufacture of lower-priced lines. Also, CPA's priorities control is still in effect, and all textiles under allocation must go into low-cost clothing. About half the clothing made comes under this low-cost-line control. The basic shortage in the apparel industry is shortage of textiles. Removal of CPA's loom-freeze order may help some. Shoes will apparently continue scarce for some time. Eut the low cost shoe industry, which normally makes three-fourths of America's footwear, wants to keep its prewar market and may not try to cash in by raising prices for a temporary clean-up, taking advantage of he removal of ceilings on shoes, hides and leathers. ycamore sy PERCY MARKS 0 by Percy Marks: Distributed by NEA Service, Inc. Author cf "The Plastic Age" A Tree Grown Straight" Etc. XXXVI rjpHE newspaper stories about her appeared without any warning whatever. She received no tele phone calls from editors; she was psked for no interviews; she talked to not a single reporter. Never theless, the stories about her were pomplete. They were adorned path a picture of the cottage; they explained Mrs. Mays' role in Sayle's life, and they told of Gayle's work in the war plant. Cayle shrank with shame as she read. She was being made into a heroine, a rich young woman who L-d given up a life of luxury and rinse to labor day in and day out to make airplane parts so that her gallant husband might be avenged. Something was up, and Gayle was made no easier in her mind when she received a letter from Christina Evans. "What I have to tell you isn't important now," Mrs. Evans wrote, "but if I were in your place, I'd want to know; so I'm going to tell vnn. Hollv and tho Kinrstons are back in New York. They've been! here ever since your husband died. I met Betty on the street more than a month ago, and she was as frank as could be. She said there wasn't any reason for secrecy any more. She and Tom were paid a big sum to get out of New York State and stay out. She doesn't know who the man was who paid the money. They've been in Indiana. Tom's in the Army, and she's modeling again. Holly isn't though. She has plenty of money.- She was with your husband all the time he was in this country, Betty said, tliough she kept well out of sight. Hetty says Holly was really heart broken when Bruce died, and she's still terribly unhappy. "I hope this letter doesn't make you unhappy, too. I'm writing it because I know if I were in ycur place, I'd want to be surt; and now there just can't be any doubt at all." Gayle wrote a note of thanks at once and told Mrs. Evans she ap preciated her thoughtfulness and understanding greatly, but the let ter gave her far more concern than it gave her comfort. Under normal circumstances, it would have made no difference to her where Holly Steele and Betty Kingston were, but their return to New York seemed to have some significance under the abnormal circumstances that existed at pres ent. "I wish I knew what they're after," Gayle thought over and over again until she was w eary of thinking. Mrs. Bartlett had made Bart into a hero; but that appar ently was not enough. She had some further plan, and Gayle formed an important part of it. She rubbed her aching forehead. "What can she want of me? What can she want of me?" Or was it Kent? In some subtle way was she trying to get control of him? Gayle's blood turned cold, and ner hands trembled. It might be. It was the only thing that seemed even half way reasonable. . . . iAYLE paced up and down the small living room. She could not read, she could not listen to thr radio, she could not even re main in a chair. Fear had at last caught up with her, and she did not know what to do or to whom to turn. Mrs. Mavs sat with her hands in her lap and her blue eyes fol lowed Gavle. Finally she spoke. "I'd like to say something. Do you think you can relax long enough to listen?" Gayle turned and looked at her. 'Of course," she said, sitting down in the chair opposite Mrs. Mays. "I'm sorry I'm so restless, but really I'm frantic." "That's what I want to talk about. I've been thinking. Maybe I'm all wrong, but it seems to mc you re doing a lot oi useless wor rying." "Useless?" Confused, Gayle stared at her. "Oh, no! Mr. God frey's just as worried as I am." "I know. That's why I haven t said anything. He's a lawyer and knows a lot: but do you know, I think clever people like him often, make a bad mistake: they forget most people aren't clever." "You mean they overestimate their opponents?" "Yes; that's it. Of course, I don't know Mrs. Bartlett, but she doesn't sound like a clever woman to me. She doesn't sound one bit clever. She offered you money, and that was stupid. No woman with good sense w ould have done that. And she was aw fully stupid about bringing up her boy." Gayle nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, of course. You're right, of course. She's not clever. I'm sure of that, but Joel Dwight's clever. Every body says he is and I'll bet any thing he's the one who's running things." "I'm sure Mr. Dwight's clever. I read an article in a magazine about him once. He must be very clever. But he must be honorable, too. He wouldn't represent all, those important people if he was sneaky and underhand now, would he? And the newspapers must trust him. The article said they did. Maybe Mrs. Bartlett wants to harm you, but I don't see why Mr. Dwight would want to." "No," Gayle agreed, "no, maybe not; but he's acting as if he wanted to." "Maybe and maybe not. Maybe he's just trying to protect you for the sake of the Bartlett family. He could be, you know. Anyhow, you could find out. Besides, the right is on your side. They can't do anything if you just tell the truth. It's awfully hard to lick the truth. I know rich people have lots of power, but you haven't done any-, thing wrong; so what can they do?" Gayle sat very still and looked at her a long time before speak ing. Finally, she said, "You've given me a new idea. I think: you're right. I'm going to see Mr. Godfrey." (To Be Continued) Mrs. G!cn Kuhn Miss Deloris Wjnquest of Lin- coin was. week ; end guest at the ! Glen Thiessen home. Air. and Mrs.- Joss Fidk-r and ! daughters' attended the football jranie at Wahoo Friday. o'clock Mi. and Mrs. Lem McGimiess visited in Lincoln Tuesday. Mr." on'd Mrs. Clyde Haswell and Carol Streiiiht called at the Jess Fidler home Sunday afternoon. Wesley Smith of Cersco was a weeker.it guest of Jack Kuhr.. .Mrs. Kirk Finigan spent a few days-, in Lincoln last week. Mrs. Bill Fidler spent Saturday with Mrs. Jess Fidler. Lem McGinness spent Monday in Omaha. j Mr. and Mrs. Russell Campbell .j spent Sundav at the Paul Cainp ,' bell home. In the evening they ..called at the Bernard Dill home, t Artis Haswell spent Sunday af ; ternoon with Sally Kuhn. I Mrs. L. T. McGinness entertain i ed the Wednesday Picnochle last wee!:. The prizes were won by Mrs. Cora Campbell first and al so traveling. Mrs. Gicn Kuhn sec ond. Amy Thiessen low. A very delicious lunch was served at one . 'ft t 44 t ' : -j AW - s mimsmsm , 6-4 1 PXONEERS30 YEARS and still leading the way with America's best farm loan! For 30 years, every great im provement in the terms of farm loans has been pioneered by the Federal Land Bank Coopera tive Credit System Long term low interest rate liberal repayment privileges--Future Payment plan ... all these and many more were in troduced FIRST by the Fed eral Land Bank System. TODAY you get everything that is best in a farm loan when you get a LAND BANK LOAN through your NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION " WEEPING WATER HOWARD ELLIOTT, Secretary -Treasurer JOURNAL ADS BRING RESULT Buy Jewelry Gifts From THE COBMER JEWSLEH WATCHES FOU BOTH MEN AND WOMEN s - :- . ..: . ... .'. ... . n Tift tl Nd;v Playing CHARLES FISK Starting-November 25 ..4- i(trtrA TRCFiCAL WkAVE lGn UEEVE SF0RT SHIRT ?0X PIN and EAR KING SETS FOR HER HEMATITE BIRTH STONE FOR HIM EXCLUSIVE , BUZZA - CODOZA HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS CARDS DIAMONDS The Everlasting GISt KEY CHAINS - TIE SETS CAMEO RINGS D. L. GROVE Corner 6th and Main ... Oniaha'.1 ."' F i n t B a 1 1 r o 0 m 1 0th- and Docile, Omahii Dancing Nitely uxcept r v. Monday A beHer-looking shirt of quoliry spun royon, full of Brentwood's fomous custom-type styling. Ad justable 2-button cuffs, 2-way built up collar, shirred back, pleated sleeves and smart square-flep pockets. $.95 Since 1879 ? ! . lit f i.:u;:;S0Y-: BEANS ' We are now m the market for. soybeans in truck load or car load Jets. ; Ve;pay. the highest market prices. ' v 'J Call us in Omalia at our expense. X, v-.x ... -.4 ',- . . r JMLIIEMILLS, INC.- ' ":; 29(h" and B, Omaha Telephone ATlantic 0209 ViV.VViViVtViVWVtVV.Vi'iWiViViViV. i