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UNITED PliESS SERVICE XEA TELEPIIOTO PA?S COUNTY'S NEWSpapcr SECTION 2 J I 4 ; i i i ' i The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1881 "uMNtiod w-ml.wffkl v, Mnndavs find Ttiun dii., at 40S-4I3 Main Stift-t. IMattsmoulh. i'a futility, Nf'lirdKka. RONALD R. FURSE -Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor Thelma Olson, Society Editor. Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor. Merle D. Furse, Plant Superintendent flarry Wilcoxen, Manager Job Department F.ntTnl at t'.i Totof flop at T'lnttsmouth. Nplraka n second clu mail maHer in ae- nnln ric- with th- Act of Coti cres of March 3. 17. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 15 certs for two weeks. EDITORIALS TOO LATE FOR PRICE CONTROLS In a letter to the New York Times, Chester Bowles, cnce OPA Adminstrator, said: "I believe it is too late now to reinstate the price control propram.' Mr. Bowles' opinion is especially significanct in that he was a strong- advocate of continuing OPA for an extended period after the war. And he i.s certainly not alone in believing that the re imposition of such controls would be an exremc ly grave error now. If we are to have price con trol, we must al.o have unqualified wage control. We must have governmental domination of every turn of the economic machine. We must have, in short, a planned economy, and what President Truman accurately termed a police state. We are living again in a supply-and-demand competitive economy. Every manufacturer is seeking to out-perform the factory down the street, and to sell a better product at a lower price. Every kind of store is in intense competi tion with neighboring stores, and is doing its utmost to attract customers througn lower prices, better service, more appealing displays, adver tising, etc. Under these conditions prices, whether high or low, honestly reflect the costs of doing business. Price control would be the best break the Mack market could have e-en as it would un dermine the tree market. It would be a surrend er to totalitarian economics. It is not a sound so lution to our problem, and would delay our final adjustment to the law of supply and demand which will finally rule in spite of all price control. ON OUR SIDE During a conference on the price problem, Donald Rothernberg-, an organizer for the Wash ington Committee on Consumer Protection, re cently said: "The campaign should not be car ried on against the retailer but with him. We are both suffering from high prices." That indicates that the position of the retailer in the price spiral is becoming better understood in organized consumer groups. It is high time that happened. For the most part, the effort of retailers to hold down prices has received much less recognition that it deserves. It is the retail er who has voluntarily shaved his already narrow profit margins. It is the retailer who has worked with manufacturers to produce goods which give the buyer the best deal for his money. It is the retailer who, as the recent Congressional price investigations proved, has steadfastly refused to profiteer at the expense of the public he serves. But, as an authority on merchandising and its problems said, the retailer cannot underwrite the whole economy. He can't operate at a loss and stay in business. He can't pay today's wages, taxes, rents, construction costs and other over head expenses without passing them on to the consumer. What he can do is to operate on a very modest profit and hold down his operating costs. Once that is accomplished, he has no choice when wholesale prices rise he must change his price tags accordingly. Whether you patronize chain stores or inde pendent stores, you can be sure that the retailer is on the consumers' side of the price question. And if prices do go down on some future day, he will be as pleased and relieved as you. but conditions which cause today's prices are beyond his control. LET 'ER BURN The attitude of the American people toward fire seems to be, "Let 'er burn."' That is the only way our record fire waste can be explained. This year we will burn some $600, 000.000 worth of property and 10.000 or more lives will be lost. And, if the rate of increase continues, we will reach the billion-a-year point in a comparatively short time. This record is a national disgrace. Fire waste involves far more than the destruction of dollar values. It means the loss of irreplaceable re sources the loss of jobs the loss of taxable as sets the loss of business opportunity the loss of food, machinery and other supplies which the whole world needs. Private and governmental authorities are now carrying on the most aggressive campaign to conquer destructive fire in history. It began last May, when President Truman called a national fire prevention conference in Washington. An all-inclusive program was laid down then, and it is being followed. But any program is doomed to failure unless it is given a full measure of public support. The experts can't lead you around by the hand and force you to make your pro perty safe. They can only advise and instruct. Then, it if; up to you. Furse's Fresh Flashes A farmer's son just home from college seemed to take pride in using college slang. At he break fast table he called out. "Mother, chase the cow down this way." Mother, equal to the occasion, called the father, "Give the poor calf some milk. Don't you hear him bawling for it." The laziest man in town dropped into the bar ber shop here the other clay and slumped down into the chair asking for a shave. Told that he was down to far in the chair and to "slide" up a little, he said. "All right, then give me a hair j cut." A Plattsmouth young fellow thinks the Venus de Milo, with half an arm gone on one side and the whole arm gone off the other, got that way from biting her finger na:ls. When told by her boy friend that he loved her as no one had ever loved her before, a Platts mouth girl says she can't see any difference. We feel sorry for a local man that got kicked in the stomach the other day. But, it was his own fault, he turned around. Build yourself a strong box, Fashion each part with care; Fit it with hasp and padlock. Put all of your troubles there. Hide therein all your failures, As each bitter cup you quaff. Lock all your heartaches within it And sit on the lid and laugh. DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Frank Enearl of Hastings took over manager ship of Sinclair service station, formerly man aged by June Marshall . . . Rev. V. C. Wright of the Methodist church was transferred to Ashland; was succeeded by Rev. J. C. Lowson of Ceresco . . . Frank M. Herold of Denver and his father, James H. Herold of Peru visited relatives and friends here . . . Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Berg grenn departed for their home at San Antonio, Texas following a visit at the E. G. Ofe heme . . . .Mrs. W. G. Kieck was hostess at a dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson . . . Mrs. R. A. Bates departed for Lockport, Illinois to visit over the Thanksgiving holiday . . . Apples were selling in local stores for 98 cents per bush el. Beef steak 19 cents per pound. THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO Article written by Max Kohnke son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kohnke, former residents of Plattsmouth appeared in the issue of the Nebras ka Union Farmer . . . E. G. Dovey and Son store advertised linens to dress up the Thanks giving table 72 inch Linen per yard $1.25. 1 dozen 18x18 inch napkins to match $3.25 . . . Presbyterian church choir met at the home of Miss Mathilda Vallery . . . Knights and Ladies of Security lodge planned observance of 25th an niversary . . . Eagles Lodge and their families enjoyed an evening at the club rooms in the Coates Block . . . Martin Lohnes and sister, Louise of Cedar Creek departed for visit at Pe oria, Illinois. ages of materials and skilled la bor. The chief bottlenecks are cast-iron soil pipe, nails, and lumber. Solution For Housing: The committe's answer will be legislation which H hopes to introduce after Jan. 1 It will urge: 1. A federal housing program for low-income groups; 2, in creased authority for the Fed eral Housing Administration to guarantee loans; 3, expansion of the Labor department's appren ticeship training division; 4. cur tailment of exports of lumber and wire (used for nails). The committee already has re ceived commitments from the to jack up their output. Nail manufacturers also have pledged to increase production next year source leaked the committee findings to the Dewey camp? Suspect No. 1 is Allen Dulles, a New York attorney who ac companied the committee on its European tour and aided in the preparation of the report. Dulles i is a brother of John Foster Dulles. Governor Dewey's rig-'it- hand adviser for foreign affairs, j "'Nuff said." added the Con- ; gressmen who were scooped. Truman Sore at Steel Lobby President Truman strongly suspects that the big steel com panies may have a hand in the notorious "gray market" where steel is now selling for double and triple the list price to man ufacturers. In fact, he is burned producers of cast-iron soil pipe f upf bo"t ., , J i lie ric siutiii ut iis ouujcio that the steel companies could ! stop "gray market" operations m Joy 2.000.000 kegs. The committee a minute if they really wanted By DREW PEARSON DREW PEARSON SAYS: JOINT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING WILL RE PORT HOUSING PROBLEM TOO BIG FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE; HOPES TO BRING ABOUT NEW PROGRAM AFTER JAN 1; FRIENDSHIP TRAIN'S SOUTHWESTERN WHEAT SPECIAL NOW EN ROUTE EAST. WASHINGTON Big, burly Senator Joe 'Mc Carthy of Wisconsin has suddenly got religion. He has revised his ideas on housing. While most Congressional committees were diagnosing Europe's needs, one group, dominated cy Aiecartny, stayed at home to delve into America's No. 1 problem The housing shortage. Their findings will jolt some of the arch conservatives who were in a hurry to turn war time economy back to private enterprise. Without mincing words the joint committee on housing will report to Congress that the housing problem has proved too big for private enter prise alone. Even such hitherto outspoken cham pions of the real estate interests as Joe McCarthy and New York's Congressman Ralph Gamble, who wrested control of the committee away from liberal Senator Charles Tobey of New Hampshire, will join in urging an emergency federal housing program. Their eyes were opened by the cross country hearings. Although the committee's findings have been digested into a written report the members have reached a tacit understanding on the most im portant points. This column can reveal some of its highlights. Basic causes for the housing shortage are: 1. The population jumped 13 million during the war, and while the population increased, war priorities kept homebuilding almost at a stand still. 2. The real-estate trade is not buildins for the with the Congressional findings rental market where the most critical need ex- Dewey even recommended the ists but in order to sell. Yet the average renter famc administrative setup to has more money to spend, and is bidding for Efn !irf ?s Plul more space. posedtwo days later by the , : . . . coRirruttee. . uuuiun trais are nign, caused Dy snort- Big mystery is: What inside tain lumber specifications, since i an ample supply of poorer lumber is on hand. Though the housing commit tee has until March, 1948. to make its report, it has no inten tion of holding off that long. The first recommendation A preliminary proposal to boost FHA's authority to guarantee loans will even be wedged into the special session. Waking Up McCarthy At the height of his housing investigation in Detroit, Senator McCarthy was roused out of bed at 3 a .m. bv an ursent telephone call. "Why are you wasting the tax payers' money with this hear ing?" demanded a woman's voice, indign.'.ntly. "There is no need for you to travel around the country. I can give you the answer to the housing problem in a minute." "Have Congress pass the right laws!" Southwest's Friendship Move Down in the southwest two weeks ago quite a few Texans. Kansans and Oklahomans be came indignant when they learn ed that the main route of the Friendship Train was skirting them to the north of the main line of the Southern Pacific Union Pacific-Northwestern RR to Chicago. So, being energetic gentlemen and wanting to participate in the gesture of friendship toward the peoples of western Europe, they have now organized a special southwest wheat section of the Friendship Train, to leave Wich ita tomorrow. Moving eastward j on the Santa Fe, the southwest , wheat special will travel through West Virginia on the Chesapeake and Ohio to Washington, thence , on the Baltimore and Ohio to I Philadelphia, where, on Nov. 30, j it will unload. i Dewey Scores Scoop Members of the Congressional Herter committee are plenty burned up about the way New York's Governor Tom Dewey scooped them on their European aid report after the committee had made an intensive six week's study of conditions in Europe. Two days before the Herter report was published. Dewey issued a statement of his own. almost identical in many respects to. Meantime, one of the biggest . rade I hlt l-1 luuuies 1:1 miiui y na.- ut--t.ii pressuring government agencies, i including the White House, try- j ing to exempt steel from the ! controls which the President ! recommended to Congress. j On top of hiking- the price of j steel out of sight, the steel boys I want to be exempted from tak- j ing the consequences of their profiteering. j Note The big steel companies have clipped bigger dividends this year than at any other time in history. Putting Congress in Its Place A bill to overhaul the ox-cart ; procedure of Congressional hear- ; ings will be introduced shortly j after the opening of the regular session of Congress in January j by Rep. Francis Walter of Pcnn- sylvania. Democrat. Congressman Walter, an out- j standing authority on adminis- i trative law and procedure, is drafting- the legislation at the j request of leading newspaper 1 editors, who are disturbed about threats to civil liberties in Con- grrssional investigations. Also j many Congressmen themselves ; are worried over the disrepute j Congress is receiving as a result j of its roughshod system of Con- 1 gressional hearings. Aimed primarily at the House Un-American activities commit tee, the Walter bill will deal with all phases of hearing pro cedure, including how far a committee can go in questioning witnesses about their private affairs. (Copyright, 1947. By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Realty Transfers Frederick A. Stohlman and Bertha to Reinho'id H.' Kroeger; 11-7-47. SW & S- NW1 & S'2 NWJ4 NW'4 2-11-11. SI. 00. Reinhold H. Kroeger and Anna to F. A. Stohlmann & Bertha: 11-7-47 SV:4 & Sl2 NWi & S'-j NW'4 NW'4 2-11-11. S2.00. Merrill Stewart and Ardis to L. F. Fitzpatrick & Jeromine: 10-11-47 Lot 329 Greenwood $2750. W. P. Murphy and Sarah to Wm. Gochenour: 11-3-47. L. 97 SW'4 SWU 18-12-14. SI. 00. Eugne L. Ludwick and Zel da to Kenneth E. Dokter: 3-12-47. W. 2-3 L 3 B. 09 Weeping Water. $500 00. Dorothv H. Lloyd to Marv M. Troop; 11-6-47. L.9 B. 149 Platts. & E. 26' L. 4 B. 41 Y & H Add Platts. S500.00. J. A. Capwell and Nita to Marv M. Troop: 5-20-47, L. 5 & 6 B." 45 "Y & H Add Platts. $750. Geo. F. Kunz and Stella to Lemuel A. Hav & Edith: 10-10-47. L. 12, 13. 14 B. 30 Elmwood $2200. ' D. M. Babbitt and Frances to Marv M. Troop : 11-13-47, L. 4 B. 152 "& E. 20' IT. 1 B. 46 Y & H Add Platts. $1.00. Bedford T. Harvey and Leona to Marvin Wade & Dorothy; 11- TIIE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, JOURNAL Thursday. November 20, 1947 PAGE ONE EDSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN BY TETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent i TTTASHINGTON, D. C. (NEA) In spite of Speaker Joe Martin's " firm decision to delay tax cutting until after January, everyone with an ax to sharpen for chopping down the tax structure is lining up at the congressional grindstone. i Latest to come forward with a new tax plan is the Committee for Economic Development, headed by Taul Hoffman of Studebaker. It includes such stalwarts as Bcardsley Ruml of Macy's, Chester Davis of Federal Reserve, John D. Eigcers of Toledo, Fred Lazarus of Cincinnati, Philip D. Reed of General Electric, Fowler McCormick of Chicago and others of that caliber. F ln an exhaurtive study on "Taxes and tne tiua- l z!?lj' get." they present a policy statement intended to I i r write a program for continuing prosperity in a free I H economy. It is the closest that any big business Vy I m group has come to admitting there may be some- thing to this idea of trying to maintain high-level Edson employment, after all. It aims at a stabilized , federal budget, as callsd for in the Congressional Reorganization Act. In practically every respect, this CED report i a much more com plete and a more rational job than the tax study turned in to the House Ways and Means Committee by Chairman Harold Knutson's hand-picked group of big shots headed by Roswell Magill and John Hanes from Wall Street and spokesmen for business, manufacturing, railroad and petroleum industry associations. Their sole objective seems to have been to lower their own taxes. , - j 'T'HE CED group takes a more- constructive line, although they are 1 not opposed to all tax cuts. Prior to the CED meeting in Wash ington, when its tax policy jtatement was released, four members of the committee had threatened to file a minority report, but didn't. CED does make allowances for $4 billion a year foreign recovery, aid which may be a bit low and S3 billion a year minimum pay ment on the national debt. The Magill group apparently took neither factor into consideration. It just wanted to cut taxes, period. Present individual income tax rates range from 19 pe" cent, on the first $2000 of taxable income, to 86 per cent, above $200,000. The Magill study says leave the 19 per cent figure alone, but cut the top tax to a maximum of 50 per cent on $100,000 or over. CED says cut the bottom figure to 11.5 per cent, on the first $1000 income above exemptions, make it 50 per cent on $100,000, then graduate upward to 77.5 per cent on $1 million a year or over. There are now some 50 federal excise "nuisance" taxes. Magill says keep them all. CED says eliminate them all except on liqucr. tobacco and gasoline. On surtaxes, Magill says cut to a 50 per cent maximum. CEDi says make the maximum 77.5 per cent on $1 million a year or over.- fXN some tax schedule reforms the two groups agree. Both favor eliminating the advantage now enjoyed by the 13 community property states, so that all U. S. married couples can split tbeir in come for tax purposes. This is the Treasury's Surrey plan. Both groups favor elimination of double taxation on dividends. Both groups favor special tax concessions to small business. Both groups favor some system of averaging income for tax purposes. . In their areas of agreement these two plans indicate the degree to which the federal tax structure can stand a complete overhauling to meet postwar conditions. It hasn't had one since 1942. Both sets of recommendations are vulnerable to the criticism that they do not give enough tax relief enough increase in take-home pay to the lower income groups who have difficulty in making both ends meet in the face of today's scandalous prices. ( The CED recommendations at least give these low income groups a nod of recognition. The Magill formula seems to ignore them com- , pletely. This is" the Knutson meat-ax approach to tax cutting, with no regard whatever for the consequences. , 12-47. L. 6 B. 1 Carter's Add to Weeping Water SI 100.00. Eleanor Fleischman etal to Henry Bornemeier & Gladys; 6-14-47. 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O'Joy, Leota Peas No. 2 can .10 Packed in Sugar, N. 10 Gallon Apricots 99 Packed in Sugar, No. 10 Gallon Peaches Packed in Sugar, No. 10 Gallon Green Gage Plums .99 .99