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Babson on Steel Seizure By ROGER BABSON Washington, D. C. (Special to The Mail Tribune) Of all the dangerous and unforgivable things which President Tru man has done, the seizure of the steel plants is the most hor rible. I am not now discussing the wage question involved. Doubtless, tMff.BllM some raise in wages was justi fied; and if only a moderate in crease, there need be no in crease in steel prices. This would have been better for all includ ing labor in the end. Under the above conditions, labor would get less "take-home" v pay than they would get with the full increase; but what they would take home under the steel industry's offer would buy more. The action of the Stabilization Board and the President will set off another general price In crease. Every reader of this col umn will suffer. It is too bad. The Great Crime: Without New Process The great crime was to seize " the plants without due process of law, or without awarding fair damages, or without treating all plants alike. We are used to hav ing the President seize our boys and send them to Korea; but this f under a fair draft law to which all boys are equally subject. We know that our property is liable to seizure for payment of taxes, but all citizens (not having mink coats to give) are treated alike. The President can take our home by eminent domain for a public highway or other neces sary needs; but only after a fair hearing, proper time to vacate, collecting full damages all be ing siwect to Court injunction. The reason why the railroads . The first completely FIAT, completely WASHABLE finish for interiors .-even kitchens and bathrooms! BiiiiBiiiil t Come In and tea a demonstra tion of Vel-va-cote, General Paint's revolutionary new plastic rubber finish. Available in all Trend Tones colors, Including new deep tones. General Paints SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER Hundreds of dollars lower than j you save up 1os8l on gas! With its amazing economy of up to 30 miles on a gallon your Hrnry J can save you more lb an 300 gallons of gas over the average car every year. That's rral penny-a-mile economy and the sparkling Supersonic performance you enjoy is just as outstanding, too! low as $949 a week! Little more than $1 a day low as $9.49 a week - if your trade-in car is an average postwar model in good condition! Your Kaiser Fraxer dealer is ready to offer you an "extra-special" generous trade-in, too! So tee your Kaisrr-Krazer dealer about your new Henry J now! See your KaiserFrazer dealer for equally generous trade-in savings, too. STEVENS KAISER-FRAZER, Snc. central at jackson - phoni z uss were seized last year without a row is because the railroad laws provide for such a remedy. No such provision exists for seiz ing steel plants, or shoe factories, or newspapers, except in case of war declared by Congress. We are now in- no such war. This means President Truman's seiz ure was premeditated robbery, done to pay a cheap political debt. I repeat it was a crime, especially when he would not at least try the Taft-Hartley Law. What This Means To All of Us In short, this "Hitler-Peron" act by . our President means trampling on the fundamental principle of our Constitution. The American Revolution was fought to protect the sacredness of life and property. The fact that the Free Nations enjoy such protec tion today is their main differ ence from the Communistic Na tions. Surely, President Truman acted on some very bad and un constitutional advice. It is a shame that he will go down in history as making this colossal mistage. I need not describe the harm which this seizure does to our prime investments. It can under mine the security of all good stocks and bonds. If the seizure is upheld by the courts, it could cause the best stocks to go into a nose dive from which all in vestors, savings bank depositors and holders of life Insurance poli cies could suffer. Think of Danger Of Newspaper Seizure Another thought: Think of the danger of letting the President seize a newspaper which he would like to suppress! He could do this as well as seize a steel plant. He would only need to stir up the employees to demand an impossible wage increase, and then "in the emergency" seize and edit that newspaper! It is IT'S HERE! M fl 11 any other full size car and ! you save up tos20 on tires I j Tim can cost you plenty but not with the new Henry JI You save $8 on the price oi your Henry J tire-a 5:90 ft, 6:701 And because your Henry J is weight-engineered 10 give you up to 207 more tire mileage you save another 112 yearlyl Snrr I Ttlm4. iba Uhm. f IMA WiMn rfe Am, mak fmt Taw poiO. Wkm ntfi-.li fMfc 1 (Malta. fm Mar mmm 'St Bor J mUhi Tht Hmr, J Canto $1449 Tkt Htnry I rgS4 DtLmm $1494 Th Bur, I braar OtUaa $1594 I ML n It-" v ffef - lb""" 3?" 1,1111 MAN THF. LIFEBOATS! One of the many motorists stalled on flooded streets in Dallas, Tex., Ed Gerber carries his wife from their bogged-down auto to higher ground. More than 1.6S Inches of rain pelted the Dallas area, snarling traffic, disrupting telephone service and causing minor water damage. New Electric Co-op To Meet Saturday A meeting of Incorporators and potential members of the recently formed Twin Counties Electrical Cooperative will be held in the office of Attorney George Rode, Leverette build ing, at 8 p.m. Saturday, it was announced today by George Lof tin, Sams Valley, temporary chairman of the organization. Frederick Miller, field repre sentative of the Rural Electrifi cation Administration, who has assisted the cooperative through its initial phases, will attend the meeting. To be considered will be plans for a series of mass meetings to be held in the two counties soon, proposed bylaws, election of of ficers, forms for applications for membership, easement consider ations, membership certificates, cooperative seal, insurance, di rectors' oaths, and the area to be contained in the cooperative. DISCRIMINATION BARRED Jacksonville, Fla. (U.R) For tune tellers still can read a palm here despite a move to take away their licenses. A bill to outlaw fortune telling was killed after it was argued that the proposal was aimed at Gypsies and that others would be discriminated against. horrible to contemplate. But la bor ultimately suffers from this frightful precedent. Unless the courts throw out this steel seiz ure, it surely someday will be used against Labor itself. "It is a poor rule that will not work both ways." Last week I was quite hope ful as to the summer and fall outlook. Due to Mr. Truman's retirement, I felt that the clouds were breaking. Since then, how ever, a thunder storm has arisen! Whatever happens to the steel case, I am now more convinced than ever that when the next big unemployment depression comes, it will be brought on by labor leaders. TJ-BHW it's engineered to save you many you save up tos5 0 on service ! I Your Henry J is designed with fewer, less expensive parts for quick and low-cost service! Up to 30 less per yearl No wonder it has scores of thousands of satisfied owners! P.S. Ho need to buy Meat coven Henry '$ interior is washable vinylt . . U ! ill 'J t, . Aii&fSSm WNwj-k . ,iJ County Chairman Reports Defense Bond Sales Do Well Sales defense bonds, national ly and state-wide, are doing very well, according to Morris B. Leonard Sr., county chairman, who released sales figures for the first three months of the year. "During the first quarter of 1952," Leonard stated, "nation wide purchases of E defense bonds totaled $936 million. This is an Increase of 4V4 per cent over purchases during the cor responding period,, last year. State-wide purchases so far this year have surpassed $5V mil lion, while purchase of B bonds within the county amounted to $153,657, sixth in the state. "Redemptions of unmatured E bonds throughout the country," Leonard pointed out, "are 29 per cent less than last year. For the first time during any three month period since 1950, pur chases have exceeded redemp tions by a substantial sum. The most encouraging aspect of the entire bond picture, however, Is the fact that only 21 per cent of matured E bonds have been pre sented for payment. The balance is being held under the liberal extended maturity plan recently announced by the Treasury." Under this plan the Treasury Department continued to pay 2V4 per cent interest yearly on matured bonds for 7V4 years, wtih higher rates after that period. No action on the part of owners of matured B bonds is necessary to take advantage of this plan. R.R. ENGINES BOOST SCRAP Cleveland, O. (U.R) The Erie Railroad will scrap 58 more steam locomotives during 1952. They will produce about 17,400 tons of scrap, -which in turn will result in the production of 69, 000 tons of finished steel. hundreds of dollars more! to'60 you save up on fees I Federal, slate and local taxes, plus interest charges and insurance costs, play a big part in the price of every new car the first year but you'll find' there' far less to pay the Henry J way! Another good reason why 80,000 new Henry J owners are mighty satisfied 1 . . " . .-V . . " ' i, - tit I'.iM' 20 Per Cent of State Draftable Men on Duty Seattle U.R) Enlistments j and the draft have put 20 per j cent on Washington state's serv ice eligible manpower in uni-j form, Capt. Chester J .Chastek, I state selective service director, j said Thursday. Chastek said about 15 per cent of the available men regis tered in the state have been drafted. Five per cent have en listed. Most requests for deferment come from agricultural areas, although graduate engineers are $2.69 to $2.98 POLAROID Sun Glasses Men's, Women's Children's With Carrying Case 49c PREVENT - CURE POISON OAK Rhus Toxicodendron 22S Pellets 49 CUTTERS Poisonok $1.50 "BROEMMELL" Poison Oak Extract $1.71 Iry Dry 59 Caladryl 67 Calacream 59 NORWICH Zemacol 59 Poison Ivy Lotion .69 TAN EARLY SAFELY Tartan 39c -79c Gaby 47c - 89c Skol 25c - 49c - 79c JAN SUN LOTION 29c - 59c , - 90c JAN SUN OIL 25c - 49c - 79e FOR SUN ALLERGY Skolex Cream 49c FOR FOOT COMFORT Mennen Quinsana 49c Blue Jay Corn Plasters 29c Sta-Off Corn Remover 50c Cooling Soothing Ice-Mint 49c GREAT CHRISTOPHER Callous & Corn Kit 60c Dr. Sertoli's Zino Pads 39c Air Pillo Insoles Pair 59c REPEL INSECTS Skat 39c 6-12 49c Nyal 43c Pestmaster 59c Norwich 59c Citronella 39c SPECIAL JITTERBUG 25c -43c Relieve Asthma & Hay Fever Anahist ... 55c - 99e - $1.98 Anahist Atomizer 98c Tabein 43e - 73c 1.25 Mendaco $1.12 Estivin $109 Asthmador Powder 53c ASTHMA-NEFRIN Nebulizer Set $15.00 Solution A .. $1.50 to $5.00 Episcorb Set $10.00 WHITE CROSS Cotton, 2 oz 24c Tape, '2"xl0 yd 25c ADHESIVE BANDAGES 36's 25c 73's 45e ADD FEDERAL EXCISE prescription)! l SPECIALISTS. y , Friday, April 25, 1952 Election Notices Torn by Vandals Notices of the May 16 primary election which have been posted more likely to receive favorable consideration, he said. "A man deferred now Is lia ble for military service until he is 35," Chastek said, adding "if the registrant was deferred in the belief he would escape mili tary service cvonteally, he is mistaken." $2.00 LUSTRE CREME SHAMPOO 10 oz. $1.59 TUSSY CREAM DEODORANT A- Instantly stops perspiration odor -V Checks perspiration moisture big 31 jar... -ypw now only TOfyr - plus tax Tussy cosmetic Cream Deodorant protects your daintiness from breakfast to bedtime. Instantly slops perspiration odor, clieck8 perspiration moisture. ' Safe for normal skin. ..filmiest fabrics. Stays creamy-soft down to the bottom of the limited time only EVENING IN PARIS SPECIALS $1.50 Scented Satchel Cologne - Cologne Stick - Perfume All for $1.00 $1.00 Cologne, 50c Cologne Stick. .Both for $1.00 SCHICK rk.bAM$Q95 - luxury Shaver Jf This brond.iww Schick Colonel kal NJW Hl.Valochy flngli-liMct vtrllon wny ftaturn ol th. 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(U.R) Police sped to a store and spotted a man sprawl ed on the floor, the telephone at his side and the receiver off the hook. The apparent murder case vanished when the "victim" stir red as officers entered. The re port said the night watchman had imbibed too much and fell over, knocking the telephone from the stand. willfully defacing or removing them. Htm I iiuiched will Jers lotiM JERGENS LOTION-MILD SOAP 4 Bars 19c $1.00 TANGEE BATH POWDER 49c $1.00 DOROTHY PERKINS LIQlID CREME SHAMPOO 50c $1.00 WOODBURY HAND CREAM 50c $1.35 Value KING'S MEN 85c Shampoo 50c Hair Dress Both 85c LANOLIN PLUS FOR THE HAIR $1.00 94c Value DIAL SHAMPOO 2 BARS DIAL DEODORANT SOAP 67c Eft? NATURAL VITAMIN A 25,000 Units $1.79 50,000 Units $2.95 100,000 Units $4.95 VITA HEALTH 11 Vitamin 11 Minerals 130 Day Supply .. $6.49 GERITOL 12 oi ..$2.98 24 oi ...$4.98 40 Tablets $2.98 DELIVERY IN MEDFORD 30 OPEN WEEK DAYS 9 A.M. TO 7 P.M. (WEDNESDAY UNTIL 9) PRICES FOR ONE WEEK
