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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1947 THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA PAGE SEVEN The Plattsfflouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1831 Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Publishing Company. RONALD It. FURSE Editor-Publisher Thelma Olson, Society Editor. Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor. Merle D. Furse, Plant Superintendent Patrick Osbon, Pressroom Superintendent Harry Wileoxen, Manager Job Department Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 187!). SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year. cash in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Furse's Fresh Flashes One Way to Get Rid of a White Elephant Whatever else can be said about the Repub licans, there are comparitively few of them we ever noticed on relief. One Plattsmouth man said he was so side with the flu that he looked every morning in the death notices for his name, Buying at home is such good advice that on-? should be able to take it as well as give it. "Are you spitting in the fish bowl," the wife called from the kitchen when she heard' strange noises coming from the living room. "No." was the reply from the husband, "but I've come close a couple of times." A lady friend of ours reported they had only a temporary mortgage. on their house as it only lasted until they foreclosed. EDITORIALS A CORK IN THE SHOTGl'N Some time ago the President made drama tic appeals for price reductions. A short time la ter Newburyport, Massachusetts, blossomed forth with a spectacular program for cutting retail prices ten per cent. The merchants of that com munity voluntarily assumed the burden of ar bitrary, across-the-board reduction, in the hooe f A game of baseball is like buckwheat It's success depends on the better. ' A local lady wonders how her doctor found out. After diagnosing her case, he informed her that her illlness was trifling. r Trying to buy a new auto here the "other day a fellow was told, "H . man, these cars don't grow on bushes." Perhaps not. But, in our lifetime we've helped pull a number of them out of trees. New Deal, it is inescapable that Bess played a major role in his gradual drift away from "the Boss." Mrs. Farley hated Washington and never that the movement would snowball its way back j velts and was aim0st as indiscreet in her remarks to producers and manufacturers and gradually about them as she was about Washington. Decome nationwide, it was a brave attempt. The publicity was terrific. Everybody in the country soon heard of the Newburyport plan. But the grim reality of natural laws could not be side- She refused to live in the Nation's capital, in fact was the only caginet wife who did not take her place here beside her husband. This forced Jim to be a commuter. At first he spent on counters continued to creep upward. People were still asking for wage increases. Many politicians were still thinking up bigger and better public spending schemes. Local groups across the coun try were still applauding appropriations from the public treasury for the home town. The two hundred and sixty billion dollar Federal debt with all of its indirect inflationary effects, sat fike a block of granite across the path of the happy planners. The Newburyport plan died. The retail distribution industry has been doing everything within its power to control prices. But in the light of present narrow mar gins, there is not much it can do to bring prices down. The source of the trouble goes back to spiraling gox-ernment debt, spiraling wages, and finally the philosophy of grab that prevails in everything. Spectacular appeals to business and the Newburyport scheme are good publicity stunts and that is all. For practical purposes they are about as effective as trying to stop the muzzle blast of a shotgun with a cork, after the trigger had been pulled. i"u YV1WI -"-"' ie l Oi Uie UlingS tnat lahnnf five r?avc a ir, Vachirutnn with t-f the merchants of Newburvnort had nn thrir I j , . . , . j into spending about "wo days in Washington, sometimes less. True, New York politics was important. Also Jim toured the country a great deal. But the job of running the democratic National Commit tee, plus being an adviser to the President ordi narily requires 7-days-a-week concentration. And it frequently happened that when FDF: called intimate conferences, Jim Farley wasn't around. He was up in New York with his family. More important than this, however, in the final Farley-Roosevelt break was the constant poison which Mrs. Farley poured into Jim's heart, plus the fact that FDR couldn't help but know about this poison. Once when the Farleys were walking down 5th Avenue in New York, Bess pointed to a big. shiny black limousine. 'Look at that!" she said. "That's the kind of a car I would be riding in if you weren't work ing for the ingrate. Instead. I'm walking!" Obviously. Jim couldn't maintain two estab lishments in New York and Washington on a cabinet officer's meagre salary; and the more he went into debt, the more Bess Farley de manded that he leave Roosevelt. She kept harp ing home the idea that Jim had made Roosevelt, - - 1' 9 WK 1PIS! cake. is W . MX Z-', '.1 k 1 Edson's Washington Column 7? k JEANNETTE COVERT NOLAK Otorfcuted by NEA SERVICE. INC. XXXVIII -UK". THE RI LES UNDER WHICH WE LIVE In a long editorial on the Senate labor bill, the New York Times said: "The history of this country has demonstrated that every so often i one group or another has attained under the ex isting laws powers which threaten the preser? vation of our free society, and that the condi tion has been rectified by revising the rules un der which we live." There are two outstanding examples of that. Many years ago it became apparent that cer tain segments of American business had obtained monopolistic powers which threatened the com mon welfare. The people, acting through their Federal and local governments, corrected this through a long series of laws, beginning with the antitrust statutes. The second example is in the headlines to day. Labor is in much the same position as was capital at the trun of the century. A small num ber of labor leaders have obtained powers which are a direct and growing threat to all people of the country including the workingman hmself. A democratic country must correct these abuses if democracy is to survive. The Ameri can people have had enough of labor monopoly, labor dictatorship, labor arrogance, labor ter rorism. They have determined that no one shall have the "right" to deprice the country of essen tial goods and services by fiat. They have deter mined that the workingman shall have a free voice in the conduct of union affairs. They have decided that the closed shop is intolerable in a supposedly free country. This is not an "anti labor" movement. It is a movement to force labor to accept responsibilities commensurate with its powers. j 'T'HE stairs were rather steep, the ; train of Rose's gown had a trick of winding around her ankles, Papa's gait was none too steady. Halfway down the Might from j the landing, Papa said abruptly: . "Rose, you look beautiful. You re , mind me of a girl I used to " Sidney, teetering on high heels a pace ahead, said: "Hush! People , can hear you!" So Papa hushed, and they went . on marching slowly and very un ; naturally to the strains of Han nah's music. "Ta-TAH-ta-ta, ' ' 1 Here COMES the bride" They were in the parlor now and, raising her eyes a little, Rose could see faces turning toward her; rather shimmery they were, but that was because of the veil over her own face. Mamma was stand ing with Beau, their arms linked, and these two Rose saw clearly. Then Rose saw Jeff and, beyond him, Dixon and for'a Mashing see- that if it hadn't been for Jim there wouldn't be t ond. the veil or the sheen of can any Roosevelt, and that it was time Jim got away i i dlelight, something, made him look and let Roosevelt collapse. I ;llke somebody else, an unworthy af,ora.hiin Ti rarw , n k0 ; somebody gone, gone into the v.vw depths of shameful oblivion, never MSRfiY"aOfK)!Jti0 B MLW PEARSON Drew Pearson says: MRS. FARLEY WAS ONE CAUSE FOR RIFT WITH FDR; WILL CONGRESS SUPPRESS REPORT ON FASC ISM?; V7HY TRUMAN CABINET URGED VETO OF LABOR BILL. lieve that all this was true. That was one of the most important factors in the break between the once two great friends. Note Though Farley complained that he was not invited to the White House socially, the real fact was that Mrs. Farley was seldom in Wash ington. In addition, the Roosevelts knew all too well how Bess felt toward the President, and social gathering? under such circumstances don't flourish. FASCIST REPORT SUPPRESSED Today the House Administration Commit tee will decide whether it is sufficiently interest ed in opposing Fascism to report to the full House of Representatives a recommendation to print a Library of Congress study of "Fascism in Ac tion." So far the report has been blocked in "Com mittee. Last year, a report on "Communism in Ac tion" was printed immediately. And. despite GOP , even to be thought oi again. . . . ; Oh, no, this was really Dixon, so i strong and safe, the man she ; loved, who would love and ten ' derly cherish her through all the days of her life. : They, were halting in front of the altar, the wedding party in a small half-moon around the min- i ister, who was opening his book. j "Dearly beloved, we are gath ered together here in the sight of God" j"AJOR CAMERON opened the jx door and stepped out upon the porch. Right in the middle of the preacher's unconscionably long-winded prayer, he had re membered that due to all the bus- neglected to bring in the Stars and Bars, displayed today in honor of President Davis, the anniversary of whose death it was. Disrespect to the Mag and the prevailing ex citement was no excuse. He looped the lovely silk over his arm and stroked it. He stood on the porch, grateful fcr this momentary respite from his obligations as host. Inside, the gUests had been served supper and were now sitting about- chatting. Rose had gone upstairs to change into her traveling dress. From the landing she had thrown her bou quet, which was caught by Laura (of all people) much to every body's amusement. The Major sighed, recalling why Laura had come. An odd business, that. He could scarcely believe, even yet, that Mr. Milgrim and the young chap, Breen, could just melt away into thin air. With Laura's arrival he had set forth on the errand of restitution, the cash in hand, or, rather, in satchel. Oh, the utter boredom of canvassing the route, stopping at all the villages, talking himself hoarse to yokels like Sylvester Atkins of Carp Creek and all the rest! To say nothing of the humil iation. But, to be frank, the hu miliation had been less than he'd anticipated. Simple people, those Shenandoah investors, aware of his mastery, most of them praising him for his courage and integrity, several calling him a hero. As per haps he was. ... Jtm . f7'.4!? THE door opened, someone was beside him on the porch. Mr. Thayer, his new son-in-law. "I was looking for you, Major Cameron, to tell you goodby and that I shall devote my life to the effort of making Rose happy. I know what your feelings must be at this separation, and I want to assure you that Rose will come tie in the early evening he had back ! ten to see you, and that she and I will always be eager to have you and her mother, all the Camerons, in our home for as long as we can persuade you to stay." , The Major was quite affected by this declaration, he cast about for a proper reply. "Mr. Thayer " . : . . 1 . 11 "Ummm Dixon " He hesitated and rallied his forces, for he had something to say, too, a sort of speech he had been outlining, which should be said sometime, just to get the situation straight. "I ah thank you for your un derstanding, sir; it does you great credit. And I may remark that the regret I feel at Rose's leaving us is ameliorated by my knowledge that she goes from my protection to another as solicitous. We are all very fond of you, umm, Dixon; 5jU have endeared yourself to us. And that, I think, is in a measure because of our fundamental simi larities. In breeding, background, Khe things which count. "And on this subject, since we are now on terms of umm kin ship, I should like to add that, though in recent years financial stress has restricted our mode of living, there was a time when the Camerons in Virginia were gentle foik of means, influence and dis tinction. Yes, sir. We had then such friends and confreres as are an ornament to any society and to memory. In Myra, in my youth, I was boon companion to the Kitt redges of Kingdon Manor, a clan as noble as " v, "The Kittredgesl" Dixon said, interrupting. - "Yes, sir." The Major smiled in the darkness. The magic name could still invoke awe. "My grandmother was a Kitt redge," Dixon said. "Your grandmother?" The Major stopped smiling. "My mother's mother. She was Sophie Kittredge." The Major repeated the words feebly: "Sophie Kittredge?" and then was silent. This could not be. It couldn't! But it was, and the Major knew at last that it was, and he smiled again and softly stroked the beau tiful banner he held in his arms. TIIE END - a - BY PETER EDSON '"k '-- NEA Washington Correspondent T7ASHINGT0N. D. C. (NEA) The Senate Foreign " Relations " Committee may be taking President Harry Truman off of a barbed and rusty hook by refusing to do anything about confirming former j Attorney General Francis Biddle for the $20,000 a year tax-free job as U. S. representative on the UN Social and Eco nomic Council, to succeed John G. Winant. The President nominated Biddle for this job last ; January. Republicans in the Senate gave it silent j treatment for a few months. Then the President M --1, fl and another showdown fight such as the President 1 iidu wii.ii iu rauicjf ucndiut; iitn-i-iai j . . j rt , M I Under urging Irom Democratic senators Aioen u. II ? f I Barkley of Kentucky and Tom Connally of Texas,, --yujij I I Chairman Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan agreed W Jf 1 to have Biddle before the Foreign Relations Com-; r- a i III L LLC iVJ C.liaill Hid AWa. iJIKJKAlM iW" son ported to have let on that he wasn't the 100 per cent New Dealer he was supposed to be even though it was known that ; he and Harold Ickes were ringleaders with the CIO-PAC in support ing Henry Wallace for vice president at Chicago in 1944. Biddle's ; defense was that he had opposed Roosevelt's court-packing plan and ' the NRA. . ' WHIAT Harry Truman knows what every senator who served under his chairmanship on the War Investigating Committee knows is that if the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had to go into an all-out investigation of the former attorney general, it would have to dig up a lot of skeletons. Twice before congressional committees have been on the verge of investigating Biddle's administration of the Department of Justice in wartime. Eoth cases were outgrowths of the Norman Littell affair of 1944. Littell had been assistant attorney general in charge of the lands division under Biddle, Frank Murphy, and Bob Jackson. Littell had given off the record testimony to the Truman committee on a number of cases handled by the Department of Justice the Breakers Hotel case, Sterling Products, Empire Ordnance, Savannah Shipyards, Elk Hills, Canol Pipeline, and surplus property disposal. All were no torious scandals of the early war years. The brunt of Littell's testimony reflected no great credit on Biddle. In fact, they attempted to make much of Biddle's close connections with Tommy Corcoran. Corcoran and associates represented Sterling Products, Empire Ordnance and Savannah Shipyards among others. JT'OR his testimony before the Truman Committee, Littell was ac cused of disloyalty to the attorney general, who asked for his resig nation. When it was refused, Biddle carried the case to the White House. President Roosevelt settled it by firing Littell. Democratic Sen. Harley Kilgore of West Virginia and other members of the War Investigating Committee favored opening up the whole . case and doing a job on Biddle, to purge the party. But Harry Tru man had in the meantime been elected vice president and Sen. James M. Mead of New York had succeeded him as chairman of the War Investigating Committee. Not wanting to wash his party's dirty ! linen in public, Mead dropped the issue, Littell was, therefore, made the goat. He went into private law practice in Washington and is apparently doing all right at it. Also, he is entitled to the last laugh in the situation. When Roosevelt died. Truman knowing all this background lost : no time in accepting Biddle's resignation which had been submitted as a formality. But then the pressure began to be applied to Truman to find Biddle another job. He was given temporary work as a Nuren berg war crimes trial judge. Now he needs another. Only out for the President now is to have Biddle ask that his name be withdrawn, and go to work in private lw practice, as, his predecessor Homer Cummings has done. her Mr. brother and Mrs. nd sister-in-law, Charles Petersen, I who are at Ilennmg. From there ' thev will go to California. ! Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Allen of 1 Toledo, Ohio, were guests re- GIVE HATURE A CHAHCi... If you are run dcrvn, lisdess and tired because of poor digestion, give narure a chance. Don't use violent purges. 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C0LVIN-HEYN STUDIO ! economy talk. 48.000 coDies were sent by GOP.mony of Paul Herzog. chairman ' walk out July 1, as iarUrc t mcrKcc f c-nato ar,H nrv at of the National Labor Relations the Taft-Hartey bill calls for an the Senator's request board, who in a small meeting 80-day coohng-off period, which w LQuinvi kji i auv iauis w uuiu pui 1 1 1 1 S 1HIU lilt luui last week, demonstrated how the weather when Lewis always Taft-Hartley bill could throw j prefers a strike. industries into labor-relations,: 3 Tn rParrl in thP thrpatpnprf irail strike this summer, the Taft- anxious to vote for printing the exposure of) At this meeting, the only ad-;Hartley bill specifically exempts Fascism: Robert Corbett of Pennsylvania, Walter visor present who registered in-: the railroads. Riehlman of New York, and J. Caleb Boggs of airect approval 01 tne bill was j 4 jf Delaware. ui nmwee narn-.ls critized at a union meeting, On the other hand, at least two Democrats !n' an?.he d s? on ask-1 union officials are guilty of a fel- Senate and In contrast, some republican members of the Administration Committee oppose printing the re port on Fascism on the grounds of economy. However, at least three Republicans are chaos. expected, effective machinery for arbi tration; too much power given to the general counsel of the NRLB; takes the conciliation . service away from the labor department. (Copyright, 1947, by the Bell) Syndicate, Inc.) LOANS! $20 - $50 - $100 - $300 $500 Up to $1000 Need extra cash right now? To consolidate old bills and have only one small payment instead of severalBuy spring or seasonable needs or for any other purpose. We Will Finance Your Car - Appliances - Tractor! You receive the full amount of your loan in cash Plenty of time to repay. OUR LOAN PLAN IS QUICK, PRIVATE and FRIENDLY! Consolidated Credit Plan Gerald M. Mullen, Manager 414 Main St. Phone 282 Plattsmouth ing questions. He frankly admit-ion, 4 n J" 1 41 . .1 T . 1 . 1 A rcm iu lcei uiai me dook insults tuuu .rneri- j Ur 1 cans by identifying Fascism with race prejudice pressure from business interests' 5t Umn newspapers would and the lawlessness of the Ku Klux Klan. They to urge the President to sign the ' not be Pe.rmted to Pnnt the vot are: Toby Morris of Lawton, Oklahoma, and John fairly neutral. jinf r;cord of a congressman. Bell Williams of Raymond, Mississippi. Twenty-"h.v Veto? o union can nire a radio j eight-year-old Williams incidentally served as a Here are some of th points !commentator who discusses; a T7- .t. v imams, inciaeniaiiy, strvea as a ed by White House advisors congressman up for re-election. P ? m. mencan Army that fU2ht FSC1S in urging the PreSdSS to veto:! contrast, most big business though he doesn t seem too sure Fascism should, j A total of 55 000 new labor ' firms, together with the Nation be fought here at home. 'elections would be held next a Association of Manufacturers. INSIDE LABOR BILL DEBATE 'year under the labor bill, "se radio programs freely includ-' Inside dphai nmnntr thp Trnman rahinM Schwellenbarh based thic rnint ing political commentators. The regarding the Taft-Hartley labor bill started out on the fact that any worker in;ational Association of Manufac- j jwlth ,w member, vi6orous,y opposed ,o J'nSjJSd 0 So XTe sSaJXJ the bill Secretary of Labor Eschwellenbach and ' ' "e n" ,-hilP h wriiintr a rnl..mn c, . - , -.j. , , , - , union represented a majority of wmie ne was w,ntlns a column WASHINGTON There is one thing genial. Big ! of ' them onnosed wor?e a.hand1fJul i "7 . 1 . , ... , . . .,7 . mosi 01 mem opposed. stooges inside a plant could call The bill Dermits state labor One of the things that convinced them was election after election, stopping j laws to have priority over Fed-1 a a-pomi memo circmaiea Dy scnwenenDacn. tie- worn ana creating industrial , era 1 laws. tcnweiienoacn claims Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Barger of Rochester, New York, came Fri- any Congressman's name j day for a visit with her sister, Mrs. John Schutz and Mr. Schutz. They will also visit with her niece, Mrs. fA7arren Pollmeier; before going to Minnesota to see Jim Farley forgot to mention in his illuminating Collier's confessions on how he broke with Frank lin Roosevelt namely Mrs. Farley. and fore he went to Canada. Truman had asked the chaos. 2. ine laoor bill does not pre- strikee, imerely postpones Bess Farley is a subject dear to Jim's heart' Cabinet to give him the benefit of their individ- 2 one which he doesn't like to talk about ; ual views in writing, and the methodical Sec- Xen,t where th Roosevelts are concerned. But to those: retary of Labor did a masterful job. who watched Jim during the years he was m the! Another convincing factor was them. And Secretary Krug made . the point that the bill would help this is unconstitutional. Other objections registered by the Secretary of Labor were: the bill is so loosely drawn it would result in endless litigation, with the testi- John L. Lewis. If Lewis's minersonly the lawyers benefitting; no 5 r 1 1 ilk 24' wide... and a V long at dirc!, n lStiUtion Of 12. 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