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TAT H IR I.E Y ALWAYS
A STORMY PETREL
W A SHING TO N.-This town, dead­
ly afraid of peacetime boredom,
pricked up its ears and licked its
chops when Pat Hurley issued his
stentorian resignation as ambassa­
dor to China. It then settled down
to enjoy a good show.
Washington has known Pat ever
since 1912 when as a dashing young
attorney from Oklahoma he used
to appear before congressional com­
mittees for the Choctaw nation,
and they know he always puts on
a good show. Once in testifying be­
fore the senate insular affairs com­
mittee as secretary of war. Pat
shouted: "You cannot call me a
liar. You can run your star-cham­
ber sessions without me. I have
taken all I can stand." Whereupon
he flounced out of the room.
Some years earlier. Pat ap­
peared before the house Indian af­
fairs committee to oppose opening
the tribal rolls of the Choctaw na­
tion to certait Indians who claimed
they were euchered out of their
tribai lands And he was severely
criticized by Webster Ballinger, who
pointed out that Just two years be­
fore, Hurley had represented the
Wards, an Indian family which
sought to have the Choctaw tribal
rolls opened. Thus Hurley was in
the position of arguing on both sides
of the same question in the brief
period of two years.
Pat was not quite as ferocious in
those days, however, and for some
unexplained reason did not threaten
to kick Ballinger out of the com­
mittee room.
N ews
B ehin
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B y P aul M allon
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" T h is li Our
Homeland ”
FASCINATING CONTRASTS
T R I MAN'S LABOR PLAN
By Edwurd Entériné, WNU Feature*.
TO PASS CONGRESS
WASHINGTON - President Tru­ 'T 'H E mellowness of the old, the
man's labor-cooling program was * bustle of the new, the promise of
largely the inner handiwork of John the future. That is Alabama.
R. Steelman, the New York concili­
The stately ancestral mansions
L etter-W ritin g Rules
ator who was quietly brought into still remain but coal and Iron mines
a White House office some weexs nearby now teem with human activ­
The
Veterans'
administration
back, and of Labor Secretary ity. A forest of virgin timber may
faced with an unprecedented vol
Schwellenbach.
ume of correspondence and a short
surround a forest of active smoke­
Mr. Steelman has had a career stacks. The easy-going crossroads
age of trained personnel, has ap­
of some 20 years or more ns a labor general store Is not far from a mod­
pealed to veterans everywhere to
conciliator in and ern highway or an airport. A great
restrict their mail to official bus:
out of the govern­ oak which sheltered Fernando De-
ness and to follow certain rules to
ment. He has main­ Soto holds its hoary moss over a
expedite its processing.
tained an impecca­ laboratory where chemical magic ts
The Veterans' administration is
b le , ju d ic ia l a t t i ­ performed Here is a hall where
now receiving approximately 1X5.000
tude, although some once swirled crinolines beneath
letters per day in the central of
flee heie in Washington and the
employers occasion­ thousand-candled chandeliers, and
ally have regarded down the same street is a modern
skeleton force is working overtime
him as leaning a office building where business af­
in an effort to keep up with the mail
little more on la­ fairs are discussed. That's versatile,
Here are some rules which will aid
in getting early answers to your let­
bor's side than on gracious Alabama.
theirs. S c h w e lle n ­
ters:
The word "Alabama” in the Mus-
Steelman
bach a lw a y s has kegean
1. Include the veteran's name, ad
Indian
tongue literally
dress, legibly written, in every let­
been a strong left- means "vegetation gatherers.” or
ter:
of-center union politico and judge. "thicket cleavers." And well the
2. Give the “C" number in letters
This cooling and fact-sifting plan word may. for Alabama's 21)0 types
relating to pensions, compensation
based upon railroad labor media­ of soil grow more than 4.400 species
rehabilitation or training;
tion, you may recall, was suggested of trees and plants as well as most
3. Include the "N ." "V " or "K"
as a solution in this column pub­ of the agricultural products known to
numbers and the serial number of
lished October 30, and more specif­ the temperate zone! Average annual
the veteran in each letter regarding
ically presented /gain on Novem­ rainfall is 53 87 inches, while the
insurance;
ber 15 as an objective of the Labor- average annual temperature ranges
4. Give the "XC " number in the
Management conference. My com­ from 60 degrees F. in the northern
case of a deceased veteran.
ment then was. "Such a solution part of the state to 67 degrees F.
Unless the “N” or policy number
would achieve stabilization of the near the coast. The growing season
and serial number in insurance cor­
current chaos rather swiftly."
ranges from 190 days in the north­
respondence are given it means that
ern part to 300 days on the southern
Despite
these
objective
or
la­
a master index of 24.000.000 names
coast.
'
bor-saving origins of the propo­
must be checked for proper iden­ PATRICK J. O 'H l'R L E Y
Cheaha mountain, the state's high­
Pat Hurley^as come a long way
sal. the CIO auto workers and
tification. This list contains 228.000
est point, is 2,407 feet above sea
indeed even AFL P re s id e n t
Smiths of whom 98.000 are named from those days when Oklahoma
level. Alabama stretches 336 miles
Green immediately p ro te s te d
John and 13.000 have no middle ini­ was an Indian territory. Born
from the Appalachian mountains to
and
indicated
they
would
resist.
tial. There are 150.000 Johnsons O’Hurley, he dropped the "O" and
the Gulf of Mexico.
In advance, Mr. Truman felt
the Catholic religion of his father
and 120.000 Browns
Not only is Alabama the land cf
so sure that they would accept
to become a Baptist, and after
Question» and Answers
corn and cdtton. It also grows pea­
that he acted without legal au­
working his way through an Indian
Q. Have been reading your serv­ college, he had the courage to
nuts. hay and oats, truck crops and
thority to set up fact-finding
ice bureau in the local papers. Our come to Washington, take a law de­
fruits, and in many sections has
commissions for the auto strike
ALABAMA—Cottol) State.
problem is this: We, who have lost gree at George Washington, and
specialties such as water cress,
and for the threatened steel
our boys in this war and wish to marry the daughter of Adm. Henry
STATE FLOWER: Goldenrod.
gladioli and peonies, as well as its
strike.
MOTTO: We Dare Defend Our
bring them bark want to know to B. Wilson, then and now one of the
famed azaleas and camelia japóni­
Rights.
whom to write and when. And when most beautiful ladies in the capital. DECISION OF BOARD
cas. There are many commercial
NOT TO BE B IN D IN G
they arrive does the government
nurseries.
It is a long way from such lowly
I think the basis of the union ob
employees, or the American Legion beginnings to his more recent inter­
In 1944. there were 1.255.000 heal readily available for the manufac­
Alabama
passed through the
take care of services. Can there be views with Joe Stalin, his airplane jections is not primarily to the plan of cattle in the state, both beef and ture of iron and steel.
throes of reconstruction after the
a church funeral of the kinfolks' flights through the Near East, and itself. If the unions have a just dairy type. Alabama has over a m il­
Alabama's state government has Civil war. but emerged into a new
choice? Please explain the proce­ his powerful position as the right case, they can get justice from the lion head of hogs and 17.000,000 been streamlined. The state treas­ era of development which continues
dure to be taken and oblige.—The bower of Generalissimo Chiang Kai- program. A final decision by one chickens. (Southern-fried? Yes, lots ury holds a surplus of 40 million steadily With a temperate climate,
Mothers of Rock County, Nebraska. shek. But Pat has staged a colorful representative of labor, one of man of 'em!) Alabama leads the nation dollars. Its industries are expand­ fertile soil and raw materials, the
A.—The’ quartermaster corps is personal row at almost every mile­ agement and the third deciding man in the shipment of live bees and ing. Agriculture is prosperous. Na­ possibilities for advancement and
from the public, represents the queens.
now making plans to bring the stone along the way.
tural resources are being conserved progress are portrayed vividly
best possible hearing labor could
bodies of our war dead now in Euro­
Beneath the rich top soil. too. Ala­ and wisely utilized. Rich by na­ against the mellowness of the old
In Chungking, he first rowed with
pean cemeteries to this country ai Gen. A1 Wedemeyer over the ques­ expect to get for its cause.
bama has great wealth. Its mines ture, Alabama is made richer by South down in Al; jama, where peo­
some future time, probably next tion of sending a mission to the so-
produce coal, iron ore, flake graph­ man's skill and intelligence. Ala­ ple are proud to say: "This Is our
Even then the decision is not
ite. and clay and shale for brick- bamans travel toward new horizons. homeland."
spring. There is no transportation called Communist section of China
binding. It merely represents
available now. They are making to evaluate the importance of its
a public Judgment as to what
all inclusive plans and when these military strength. For a while he
is right and just, and carries
plans are complete, the next of kin and Wedemeyer weren't speaking to
only the weight and power of
of all our war dead will be notified each other though they occupied ad­
its manifest fairness.
and you will be advised of the prop joining bedrooms in the same
But the unions have built up
er procedure.
house.
a great pressure game now be­
Q.—What is the proper procedure
Later at a Chungking cocktail
hind the auto workers’ case.
to locate a soldier we haven’t heard
party. Wedemeyer’s chief of staff,
That strike was the front run­
from for nearly a year?—Mr. and M aj. Gen. Robert B. McClure,
ning test ease for the 30 per cent
Mrs. P., Lansing, Mich.
chided Hurley for sending General
wage
increase demand, backed
A.—Your best bet is to ask the Marshall a telegram of protest
by all labor including Mr.
aid of your local Red Cross, who against Wedemeyer.
Green and his AFL, although
will contact their field services. In
"You pup,” boiled the ex-cow-
they have not said much about
case that is unavailing, write to the puncher from Oklahoma, “1’ve shot
this phase.
office of the Adjutant General. War men for less than that.”
department, Washington. D. C.
White heat fervor has been
Guests had to separate the two
Q. — A soldier who has been men. The Chinese looked on, worked up among the strikers and
IN D IA N MOUNDS. WATERFALLS____Alabama’s
killed in action was married and amused but not impressed
In other union men eagerly watching
separated from his first wife, then China it brings severe loss of face the result of the contest. It is not good highways and all - year - ’round climate bring
divorced and married again. He has to fight in public.
often noticed in the public prints scenic points close to those who live in the cities. Above
picture shows the highest of the many Indian mounds
named his wife with whom he was
"Pat is Pat.” mused FDR when but the human element, the human
living when he was called to the informed of the fuss, “and there's passion and excitement of leaders found in the state. On the right Is one of the state’s
famous waterfalls. With a rich historical background.
army as beneficiary in his insur­ nothing you can do about him."
and men in strikes, is unquestion­
Alabama has hundreds of old mansions and other spots
ance. Can the first wife get his
ably a greater factor in the deci­
for tourists to visit The Alabama Memorial building
insurance?—Mrs. E. P., Browns­ CHRISTMAS CAROLS
sions which union leaders make
ville, Tenn.
If you happen near the secondary than the wage facts of the matter, is a treasure-house of doc uments, pictures and relics of
the stirring days of ’61 and other periods of the state’s
A.—The wife who is now named office of Rep. Leslie Arends of Illi­ or the working conditions.
history. Every town retains its historical interest. In
as his beneficiary in his policy will nois, house Republican whip, deep
sharp contrast to virgin forests and waterfalls are the
Nerves become frayed all
get the insurance.
in the sub-basement of the capital,
smokestacks of Alabama’s industrial plants, the busy
down the line. Denunciation and
Q.—If a soldier receives his dis­ you can hear strange sounds echo­
life of its cities and its many airports.
recrimination of the manage­
charge by other than the point sys­ ing through the catacomb-like cor­
ments, and vice versa, natural­
tem, that is on a dependency charge, ridors.
making. It has sandstone and marble But they do not forget their heri­
ly characterize the negotiations
will he lose his mustering-out pay
Arends and his five colleagues are
for building, bauxite as a source for tage of the past.
rather than any cool considera­
or privileges to which he is entitled getting their voices in trim for a
aluminum, quartzite and rock as­
tion of the facts (see Thomas-
under the G.I. Bill of Rights?—Wor­ special trans-Atlantic broadcast of
DeSoto and his Spaniards passed
phalt. Five oil wells are now pro­ through the lower Gulf country in
Reuther telegram to the Presi­
ried Mother, Table Grove, III.
Christmas carols — in which six
ducing in Choctaw county.
dent). The whole situation runs
A .—If he was discharged on a de­ members of the British parliament
1540. Once a part of Louisiana, it
to emotionalism and propagan­
pendency or convenience cause, he also will join—to be aired by the
In industry, the state has lumber, was old Fort Louis de la Mobile
da on both sides.
will lose his mustering-out pay, but Mutual network on December 20.
shipbuilding, textiles, mines, ce­ on Mobile river that was made the
not necessarily his benefits under
Fam iliar carols, such as “Oh, L it­
ment, pipe plants, chemicals, steel, capital in 1702. Mobile at its present
Now, the Truman plan to elimi- aluminum, hydroelectric plants and site dates from 1711. Later Alabama
tle Town of Bethlehem”
and
the G.I. bill.
Q. Can a veteran of World War "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” nate all that and require both sides dozens of others which use by-prod- was a part of the territory of Mis­
No. I get a pension if unable to work? will be rendered by the legislators. to submit their facts to impartial ucts and farm products in manufac- sissippi, formed in 1798, but be­
Can a wife of a World War I veteran The Americans and Britons will do judgment, should have come out of taring and processing.
came a separate territory in 1817
receive a pension at his death? Will a joint rendition of "Silent Night. ' the Labor-Management conference.
The annual value of products and a state in 1819. St. Stephens
the government furnish money or al­
The other members of the Arends The President and his advisers had manufactured in Alabama is more was the territorial capital, and
lowance at time of death of World sextet are GOP Representatives planned it that way. From the in­ than twice the value of all farm Huntsville was the temporary seat
War I veteran?—Wife. Miami, Texas. Harve Tibbott of Pennsylvania, Paul side, it would appear they leaned products. Large industries using the of the first state government. Ca-
A. The Veterans' administration Shafer of Michigan, Harry Towe of back too far in allowing the con state’s natural resources have been hawba was the first state capital
says if a World War I veteran is to New Jersey, Frank Fellows of ferees to have their own head.
successfully operating over long pe­ site, but the government moved to
Maine and William Hill of Colorado. M ILD TONE W ILL
tally disabled he is entitled to a non
riods of years. The largest manufac­ Tuscaloosa in 1826. It was not until
The singing congressmen occa­ FORCE PASSAGE
service connected disability pension
turer of cotton ginning machinery 1847 that Montgomery became the
sionally vary their practice sessions
If the widow of a World War I vet
Mr. Steelman, for example, was in the world began its work in Ala­ permanent seat.
GOVERNOR CHAUNCEY SPARKS
eran is living with him at the time of with “Sweet Adeline,” according to careful not to see or communi­ bama 136 years ago in Prattville.
When Alabama seceded from the
Elected governor in 1942, Chaun­
his death or was separated through Macon Reed, Mutual news report­ cate with anyone connected with ei­ Large textile mills have operated Union on January 11, 1861, the dele­ cey Sparks, a bachelor, was a law­
gates from the southern states met yer, Judge and legislator before en­
misconduct of the veteran, she is en­ er, a former army corporal who is ther labor or management through­ 100 years.
titled to a pension of $45 per month helping to arrange the Christmas out the conference. Schwellenbach
at Montgomery and selected Jeffer­ tering his high office. He was born
The iron and steel industry is con­ son Davis as president of the Con­
The Veterans’ administration pays broadcast. However, Reed insists remained away also, and Mr. Tru
centrated
in the Birmingham dis­ federacy. He was inaugurated at the at l-.ufaula, Ala. He Is a graduate of
there
is
no
"liquid
encouragement”
$100 to the undertaker for burial of
man only saw the delegates in occa­
Mercer university, Macon, and a
trict.
Necessary
coal and ore are present state capital
at such times.
a World War I veteran.
sional groups of threes and fours.
member of the Baptist church.
Q.—My husband will complete CAPITAL CHAFF
The great impetus which has
California’s new young Republican made the railway labor mediation
five years of service in February
and has 80 points. He is in Manila Sen. William F. Knowland was the base program so successful (only
with the T. C. 50th Service Bn. I only member of the senate to chal­ one minor strike in 19 years) was
The forests of Alabama constitute
was told a service unit is somewhat lenge Sen. Jim Eastland of Missis­ because both labor and manage­
one of Its greatest assets, supporting
like a part of the occupational army. sippi recently when Eastland made ment wanted It and got together.
2,500 sawmills, 5 paper and pulp
Is this so?—Mrs. M. T., Loleta, a lengthy speech attacking U. S. poli­
mills and 133 other wood-using Indus­
Resistance by the unions now to
cy in Germany as too severe. . . . application of these sound settle­
Calif.
tries, and giving employment to 100,-
000 people.
«
A.—Actually a- service battalion General Marshall was slated to be­ ment principles for the large strike
may not be part of an occupational come a director of the American cases in which the public has na
The state has approximately 19
unit, but a transportation corps, Red Cross before Truman decided tional interest may tend to impede
million acres of forest growth. As
such as your husband is in, is to to send him to China. . . . Former the effective workings, of the plan
some lands arc cleared other lands
all practical purposes part of the GOP Congressman Mel Maas of The White House apparently be
are being planted to trees. Pines,
occupation army for he may stay Minnesota, a colonel in the marine lieves that, after thinking it over,
cypress, red cedar and hemlock are
in Manila as long as he is needed aviation reserve, is back in Wash­ the unions will dr on their resist
principal sort woods, while hard
ington.
there.
woods Include oak, red gum, etc.
ance.
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