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tar from tha tiles of tha Mail
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ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jun 13. 1942
(It was Saturday)
Dr. R. E. Green seeking re
election as only candidate In
Medford city school board elec
tion. From Arthur Perry's Ye
' Smudge Pot column: According
to the war department, there are
260,000 men have been declared
ineligible for the army because
they cannot read or write. One
would never dream that there
were that many citizens in the
land who are unable to take an
editor apart with a lead nencil
through the malls.
20 YEARS AGO
June 13, 1932
(It was Monday)
Medford Mayor E. M. Wilson
calls on all civic and service or
canizations to send representa
tives to meeting to discuss help
for unemployed.
W. W. "Bill" Bates, Medford,
wins Mall Tribune trapshoot
-with score of 97 out of 100.
90 YEARS AGO
Juna 13, 1922
(It was Tuesday)
Used car being demonstrated
by Medford dealer catches fire
and is "virtually demolished"
while being shown to a prospec
tive customer.
Medford announced as head
quarters for extensive geological
studies In southern Oregon and
northern California.
40 YEARS AGO
June 13, 1912
(It was Thursday
Experimental planting of farm
and truck crops between trees
in Rogue valley orchards tried
for first time.
Grants Pass-C r e s c e n t City
stage makes first round trip of
year; road reported still In poor
condition.
Three Legion Men
Reelected to Jobs
Three officers of Post 15 of
the American Legion were re
elected for another year at the
regular business meeting this
week.
Hugh Williams was reelected
commander. Paul Meyers was
elected first vice commander,
ana me second vice commander s
chair will be occupied by Joe
Hosick. Roy Stoy was reelected
adjutant and Ralph Ettcl was re
elected chaplain. Clark Walker
is the new finance officer. One
executive committee- will be fill
ed by Donald M. Wilson.
A. Eugene Orr, Marvin Kahn,
Bud Fisher, H. J. Mcirlng and
Herb Crain were elected dele
gates to the stale convention,
with Hugh McKcnzle, Ed Rus
sell, Clark Walker, Ellis Capps.
Leo Williams and Earl Bigalow
as alternates.
The officers will be Installed
at a Joint installation of five
posts in Central Point, Thurs
day, June 28.
SUN 8ETS CAR AFIRE
Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.Rl
A motorist returned to his
parked car and found It ablaze.
A bottle of distilled water on
the back seat served a a lens
for tun rays which set the fire.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Editorial Correspondence
Washington, June 13 (By
delegation to me cnicago convention was for General Eisen
hower. If go they have adopted a strange pro-Taft procedure.
A dispatch from Portland
urput persuaded the delegation to disbar Senator Morse as far
as any committee assignments are concerned. This in spite of the
tact that Morse not only got 50,000 more votes than Orput in the
recent primary but was second
delegation, Governor McKay, and 40,000 votes ahead of his near
est competitor.
The Eisenhower supporters here are lambasting Taft for his
isolationist steam-roller, "machine-gun tactics." But this Orput
move surpasses anything Taft has sanctioned, it is not only an
arrogant, shameful, exhibition
pudiates the first principles of Lincoln republicanism, the prin
ciples of fair play and protection of minority rights.
As a famous political leader
this is worse than a crime, It is
policy should be followed by the
will not only be the nominee of
eral republicans and independents as a group will either vote for
the democratic nominee or take a walk. In either case it is a two
to one bet, the democrats will win, again. And no one will be
to blame but the sort of stupid
resented by this Orput action
the protests of only five members of the Oregon delegation.
This Is not a question of politics, party loyalty or anything but
arithmetic. No republican candidate can win without strong lib
eral and independent support.
to be true. The action of this committee. If followed out at the
convention, will render such support impossible. It is just as sim
ple and politically catastrophic as that. R.W.R.
Washington, D. C, June 10 Another dull day in the senate.
The calendar called for a decision on Senator Byrd's motion
to have the President invoke the
So "we all went in for the excitement.
But there was none. An appeal was received from the White
House to delay action as there
ment being reached before sundown.
The request was granted.
As a result only about 30 senators appeared on the floor and
most of them didn't stay long. Senator Morse, as usual, was one
of the faithful few. Senator Cordon, who (we might remind our
readers) is the SENIOR Senator
seat since we arrived.
We tried to see him a couple
committee.
Well, that's a perfectly legitimate excuse.
The Important work of the U. S. Senate is all done "in com
mittee."
We believe it was former
said that this country is really governed by the committee CHAIR
MEN of the congress.
That was more the case In Wilson's time than now, but It is
still essentially correct the committee chairmen do have more
power over legislation than any large group of individuals in the
government. The Supreme Court and the President have greater
authority per capita, however, In the determination of what legis
lation is or is not enacted into law.
The worst day yet In the direction of weather.
Theoretically, thunder storms
off the atmosphere, but they never do in Washington, D. C. Or
at least very seldom. This time the only result was an increase in
the humidity, which must have been around 90 to start with.
In the midst of the shower we had to go to the Union Station
to meet the senior member of the
up on the "Congressional Limited
His train arrived at one-twenty p.m. (DST). Our first ques
tion was whether or not he had
that he had to get up at 6:30 to
replenished the "Inner man at
been good, for he volunteered the
he gave the waiter 20 CENTSI
servation we have made before, namely: almost always, the eldest
child In a family (if the male sex), is a CONSERVATIVE. The sec
ond-born, of the same sex, almost
This being Monday the young
Court In operation. We got permission from the Supreme Court
U. S. Marshall, but when the
tors were filing out. The court
routine business, before adjourning for the SUMMER! Simmons
was not seriously disappointed,
NEVER to be a lawyer anyway!
For the first time since our arrival "Mr. Republican" appeared
in his scat in the Senate, fresh from the mtddlewest. And he surely
LOOKED it sunburned, spare hair dishevelled, a dirty dark
blue shirt (ok, make it RUMPLED!), and a general appearance of
weary untidiness. Perhaps this merely adds up to smart politics
looking like a hard working dirt
field, when politicking in the
wouldn't grow his puny crop of
ever, and brush it over his bald spot. It may be a petty prejudice,
but we never have completely TRUSTED men who do that. Who
do they fool but themselves? (General MacArthur, by the way,
resorts to the same silly subterfuge based in silly VANITY.)
Speaking of the "General," It
turn, that "Mr. Republican" has chosen Gen. MacArthur to de
liver the "key-note" speech at the Chicago convention. And ac
cording to the local grapevine, Taft will have 100 control of
the machinery of that momentous gathering.
General Elsenhower Is a magnanimous person. In return for the
unkind cut given him by his former chief, Douglas MacArthur,
Ike declared, that if elected President he would give the "hero of
Bntnan" an important Job of some sort and rely upon him for ex
pert information as to the Far Eastern situation. Very generous
nt General Eisenhower, but we predict If he does this, he will
live to regret It.
Our advice to a new Senator
arrival would be to pause before he takes his taxi from the
Union station and look behind him. On the top portico of the
office section he would find the following Inscription, quote:
"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMST AT.
BE THY COUNTRY'S. THY GOD'S, AND TRUTH'S."
We venture to say Senator McCarthy never looked back to
read that inscription when he arrived! Jf he did, surely he Ignored
it.
One of the great tragedies of this democracy is that more of
our representatives in "the greatest deliberative body In the
world" fail to take that precept, to heart, when they take their
oaths ot office.
Congressman Harris Ellsworth with very Impressive dignity
escorted three of his constituents to seats In front of the Med
ford group in the Senate gallery, this afternoon.
Harris certainly is not wasting away In avoirdupois and more
arid more LOOKS the congressional part.
According to the grapevine he intends to run against Wayne
Morse when the latter's term expires, and there is also a rumor
Congressman Norblad will run against Guy Cordon. Well, we
don't know so much about the latter, but certainly It shouldn't
be difficult to determine one's PREFERENCE In the FORMER
contest! . .
Members of the colored race are more In evidence here than
ever. Which perhaps accounts for the fact that members of the
congress from the Deep South are all in such a bad temper, so
much of the time. We have yet to see a smile on the faces of ANY
of them in EITHER house. It MUST be galling to be sent to the
national capital as a member of the Ruling Class with a capital
"R", and from a district where the traditions of white supremacy
have been upheld so religiously for so many years, and then ob
rcrve the rules of raciol equality which must be observed here.
It has its amusing side at times but all In all we can't help but
feel a certain sympathy for the Southerners in view of their up
bringing and long established customs although as a matter of
PRINCIPLE, they are, of course,
Friday. June 13. 1952,
Wire) We supposed the Oregon
declares some man by the name of
to the outstanding leader of the
of petty personal spite, but it re
once remarked of a similar action,
a blunder. In fact, if this Orput
republican convention then Taft
the republican party but the lib
reactionary party leadership rep.
and those who supported him over
Every dependable poll shows this
Taft-Hartley Act at once.
was a ciiance of the strike settle
from Oregon, hasn t been in his
of times. But he was busy in
President Woodrow Wilson who
are supposed to clear and cool
grandchildren group, who came
from New York.
had his luncheon. He said he had
catch the 7:30 at Mt. Kisco, so he
11:30. His appetite must have
check which was for $3.45 and
That confirms, incidently, an ob
always ISN'T!
man wanted to see the Supreme
building was reached the specta
merely transacted a little purely
however said he had decided
farmer just In from the hay
corn - and - bible belt! (We wish he
hair, long over his left ear, how
was announced with Taft's re
or Congressman ANY new
exactly 100 wrong
R.W.R.
Crosstown
' o
"My folks call It 'grandfather clock,' but both my
grandfathers deny it."
Babson and Court Decision
BY ROGER W. BABSON
Babson- PaFk, Mass., June 13.
(Special to- Mail Tribune)
vestor3 seem'- to feel that
In-
last
jpsaaeiaj week
s Su
preme Court
steel decision
was a victory
for every read
er of this pap
er. It means
that a Presi
dent cannot be
come a dicta
tor without an
- express act of
Congress, and that this act must
be constitutional.
Just now, with a President
friendly to the labor leaders,
they are disappointed; but these
labor leaders should realize that
the time may come when some
one may be President who is un
friendly to labor. If the Supreme
Court had upheld the seizure of
the steel, industry, it could then
become very harmful to labor.
Therefore, all should be happy
with the decision. Furthermore,
we should become Immune to
these strikes. They have been
with us since the days of Cain
and Abel and will continue for
another 1,000 years.
One of the basic problems
now connected with strikes ap
plies to pension funds for em
ployees. Naturally, I feel that
pensions have their usefulness
In the case of faithful executives
and employees of long standing.
Like everything else in this
world they have, however, dis
advantages as well as advan
tages. .
I surely believe that all pen
sion plans should be approved
by the stockholders before adop
tion and should be very care
fully considered from every
angle. Unfortunately, too many
executives are rushing these
pension plans in order to "get
aboard" themselves.
Two Different Plans
Up io Corporations
The first question for a cor
poration to decide regarding
pensions is whether (1) to have
the fund administered by a
bank, or (2) to have it handled
by an insurance' company. A
corporation which is willing to
consult a courageous and expe
rienced investment adviser con
stantly, can secure a higher rate
of interest for the employees and
can vary the payments accord
ing to business conditions and,
at times, buy some of its own
stock, by having the fund ad
ministered by a bank. This I ad
vise for my. own companies.
If, however, there is a temp
tation to buy too many stocks
at a critical time like this, it
would lie better to use an insur
ance company. By so doing the
corporation would avoid peri
lous kickbacks due to the shrink
age of hssets by a carelessly self-
administered pension fund.
Stockholder Pensions
Not Being Advocatad
Among letters from readers I
am asked: "Why pensions for of
ficers, executives and everyone
else but the stockholders?" One
suggestion is that stockholders
of 20 years or more should
under certain circumstances
be entitled to a pension. I am
not now advocating this, but it
may be a fair question. I don't
know.
The subject of "Pensions for
Stockholders" could well be one
for discussion at conventions
and government tax conferences.
The Federal Treasury allows
corporations to deduct, as an ex
pense, their contributions to
pension funds for officers and
employees. But why not allow
this (which means that Uncle
Sain now pays 50 per cent of the
contribution to a pension fund)
for faithful stockholders of 20
years standing?
Stockholdart Could
Block Pension Fund
Without now taking sides in
any pension discussion, I must
remind corporation officials of
Since " the app.vvnl by
stockholders should be secured i
f"tv
By Roland Co
to get pensions for officers and
employees, the stockholders
could block any pension fund
which did not Include them, the
same as employees can strike
for pension plans.
One thing is certain either
we are headed for an unjust and
unwise socialistic system, or
else greater consideration must
be given to both employees, as
well as to the stockholders who
build the plant, pay for the ma
chinery and provide the work
ing, capital. The present unfair
setup, with double taxation of
dividends, could ultimately re
suit in unemployment, due to
insufficient capital. '
Here is one compromise sug
gestion: After a common stock
holder has held stock for 20
years, he could have the option
of exchanging it for a preferred
stock, which would give him, in
part at least, preferred security.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
The other day President Tru
man asked the congress (at a
joint session of the house and
senate assembled in the house
chamber) for power to seize and
operate the struck steel indus
try.. The senate listened to his
plea, then:
1. It rejected, by a vote of 68
to 12, a plan by Senator May
bank to ban strikes in essential
industries for-120 days and per
mit seizure if either side reject
ed settlement terms proposed by
a government board.
2. It turned down, 58 to 28,
a proposal by Senator Monron
ey to seize after seven days no
tice to the disputants and two
days notice to congress, which
would then have 15 days to vote
the seizure.
3. It defeated, 47 to 32, a
move by Senator Humphrey to
empower the President to seize
as many steel mills as may be
necessary to meet defense needs.
TIAVING thus gone on record,
" three times in a row, against
seizure of the steel mills as a
means of settling a strike, the
senate then voted, 49 to 30, to re
quest that President Truman use
the Taft-Hartley law and seek a
court injunction against contin
uance of the strike.
'PHIS IS tUe poir.t:
President Truman has re
peatedly refused to use the Taft
Hartley law in an effort to set
tle the strike. Good or bad, the
Taft-Hartley law is the LAW OF
THE LAND. Mr. Truman says he
doubts if it would work.
The senate says plainly to
hiin: "Try it first, and SEE
whether it will work."
PERSONALLY, I'm Inclined to
doubt whether In the embit
tered situation that has followed
the steel ruckus the Taft-Hartley
law would work. About all
it provides is an 80-day interval
during which a strike would be
forbidden. It rather looks like at
the end of the 60 days, we'd be
as badly off as we are now. May
be we'd be worse off, for the
feeling on both sides, which is
bitter and angry now, would
probably be even more bitter
and angry at the end of the 80
day injunction period.
But I certainly can't help won
dering where we are at if the
President ot the United Stales,
whose duty under the constitu
tion Is to administer the laws
that are passed by congress, can
REFUSE to administer a law
that has already been passed by
the congress.
That looks to me like UTTER
CONFUSION. I wonder what
the Founding Fathers would
have thought (and said) if it had
been suggested to them that the
lime would come when that
would happen.
I Imagine they would have
been horrified.
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What Caused tht Chill
To the Editor: Please be kind
enough to extend my thanks to
the following ambitious young
men:
Thank you, Mr. Kooser, and
thank you, Mr. Brandeau for
the work your cloud seeding op
erations of the past few days
has saved me no more garden
to toil in, no berries to pick,
no long hours spent canning
tomatoes and peaches.
Of course, my work of the
past few months went for
naught when Wednesday night's
temperature dropped under
cloudless skies. Bunch beans six
inches high turned -clear and
limp. Five dozen tomato plants
with little tomatoes as large as
walnuts likewise drooped and
with the first touch of sun turn
ed black. Squash, corn, potatoes
starting to bloom, cucumbers,
melons, everything in my large
garden except the onions and
lettuce, gave up the ghost
and not because of a few hail
pecks either.
You don t wish to claim the
credit? Oh, but you are too mod
est. Ask any weather man if
high clouds have not a moderat
ing effect on temperatures. Ask
him if the clouds that built .up
in the surrounding hills the last
few davs. if left alone, would
likely'have drifted over the val
ley and insulated it from the
cold. Ask him if mid-June freez
es are the usual thing in this
valley. .
Thank you most of all, and I
mean this sincerely, for the im
petus Wednesday night's disaster
gave to the movement of the
Moisture Conservation League to
end weather control.
Thank you for helping to con
vince the big-money orchardisls
that a few hail pecked pears on
the trees are better than a lot
of frost blackened ones on the
ground. Thank you for convinc
ing the thinking people of the
valley that God can still be trust
ed to decide the weather,
Mrs. Ruth H. Clark,
Route 1, Box 290A, n
Medford, Oregon.
Planes Blamed
To the Editor: Could it be that
the chickens are coming home
to roost?
Every time a thunderhead
shows up over the Siskiyous,
two or three planes make point
of knocking them down.
The past three or four days
they have had a field day.
I seem to remember that on
one occasion they seeded for
seven hours. Wednesday they
were up most of the day. That
night . . . with no clouds . . .
made the Rogue Valley the cold
est spot in the nation, freezing
most of the crops.
How long are we going to tol
erate them?
Edgar Rose,
Route 3, Box 148,
Medford, Oregon.
On The Side
(Distributed by King
Farewell, ungrateful traitor,
Farewell, my lying swain.
Let never Injured creature
Believe a man again.
The pleasure of possessing,
Surpasses all expressing.
Uut 'Ms too short a blessing,
And love too long a pain.
There is no hllss beside It,
Hut sl.u that onre has tried it,
Will never love again.
Oryden.
A waiter should be tipped at
least 15 per cent of the check.
The hatcheck girl, a quarter.
Washroom attendant, a dime.
Bellboys, 25 cents per bag car
ried. Also a quarter for tele
grams, messages and packages
delivered to the room. Chamber
maid. 25 cents per day per per
son. Barber, a quarter after hair
cut. Coat-helper-on and brusher
off, a dime. Manicurist 50 cents
When a manicurist is tipped a
dollar, it Inspires her to believe
the customer is angling for a
date. Minimum tip for taxi skip
per is 15 cents. Or so says an ex
pert on the subject.
Please Note
It is continually stated by our
feminine friends that if this
country's government were han
dled by women, things would be
much better. Maybe so. Still,
Switzerland is the best managed
country In the world and wom
en are not even permitted to
vote there.
Restaurants '
Government control' of res
taurant prices Is still in effect In
Britain. The ceiling price on a
luncheon or dinner in any Lon
don restaurant is five shillings,
the equivalent of 75 cents. In
France, restaurants are rated as
to quality of food and service
by government edict placing
them in Class A, B, C, and D.
Good idea. We should have le
gislation like that in this coun
try. It would keep the restaura
teurs on their toes and inspire
them to keep their kitchens
clean.
Grounds for Divorce
Suppose an innocent, inexper
ienced and trusting young fellow
marries a girl he believes to be
a brown-eyed, honey blonde with
an "oomph girl" figure, and la
ter learns that she is m reality
a dishwater blonde, utilizing a
wig and wearing those things
called "gay deceivers." It Is true
Two Little
Go About
On Russia
By PHIL NEWSOM
United Press Foreign Analyst
While great nations nervously
chew their fingernails awaiting
the Kremlin's next move, two
small nations
sitting virtual
ly at the Krem
lin's doorstep
go calmly
about their
business.
They are
Greece and
Turkey n e w
e s t members
nf the North
1'hil resom. Atlantic Treaty
Organization. ,
Perhaps they're calm because
in their minds there is no doubt
about what they will do in the
case of Russian aggression.
They'll fight, and that s all there
is to it. .
Between them they have the
largest, immediately effective
non-Communist army in Europe.
The Turkish army numbers
350,000 men and Turkey's com
pulsory military service has pro
duced a trained potential of
2,000.000 reserves.
Greek Army Smaller
The Greek army is smaller
but equally tough. It has 182,000
men.
Both have had extensive mili
tary and civilian aid, chiefly
from the United States. Both
have been good investments.
The Turks have received from
the United States in the neigh
borhood of $600,000,000 in mili
tary and civilian aid, and the
Greeks even more.
Brigades Distinguish Selves
Turkish and Greek brigades
have distinguished themselves in
the fighting in Korea where
their proficiency with the bay
onet is enough to impress even
the toughest Communist.
Perhaps it is because they are
Opinions on Steel
Seizure Salted With
T-H Act References
By C. LYLE WILSON
Washington (U.R) T h e nu
merous opinions by which a ma
jority of the Supreme Court de
nied President Truman's right to
seize the steel industry were
salted with references to the
Taft-Hartley act.
-The CIO and the steel union
rejoiced that the court did not
direct or suggest that Mr. Tru
man employ the act. They and
the President despise that law
about equally. The opinions did
emphasize, however, that if Mr.
Truman wanted to do any seiz-
By E. V. Durling
Features Syndicate. Inc.)
that he has been deceived but
this deceit is not grounds for di
vorce. That was decided in a re
cent case. The judge said it was
not necessary for a young wom
an to inform a prospective hus
band about any artificial aids to
the beauty of face or figure she
habitually used. Keep this in
mind, young fellow. Try to
check before marriage if you
can. Remember, nowadays they
even have "falsies" for bathing
suits.
ThatFlah
As to the question whether
any fish could swallow a man,
a white shark can. In fact, a
white shark can swallow a horse
or a bullock. A sperm whale can
also swallow a man. In fact, It is
claimed that a sperm whale did
swallow an English sailor named
James Bortley, who was subse
quently rescued and lived to tell
the tale.
Seventh Child '
Mrs. Mary Susdorf, of Ur
bana, 111., is the seventh child of
a seventh child. Mrs. Susdorf
says she has been lucky all her
life. She has had nine children,
all still living. She says her sev
enth child, a son, has also always
been lucky. He is an aeronauti
cal engineer who has never
been sick a day in his life. '.He
has flown thousands of miles
without an accident.
Over There
Not all of the GI Joes who
married European charmers
brought their brides back to this
country. Some of the lads settled
down in Europe. As for exam
ple. Nick Plate and Sam Mole,
both ex-GI's, married two Ital
ian girls. Nick and Sam settled
down in Rome where they oper
ate an eatery called "The Shang
hai Restaurant," which special
izes in chop suey and other Chi
nese dishes.
Get It Right
A commentator on music,
who should know better, said
that Anton Dvorak spent only
"a very brief period" in the
United States and all of that in
New York. Dvorak spent three
years in New York City as an in
structor at the National Conserv
atory of Music. He lived at 327
East 17 St., Manhattan. He also
Nations
Business
Doorstep
in the very front line of the bat
tle to confine Communism and
see but do not fear it, that neith
er in-Greece nor Turkey is there
any of the anti-American feel
ing which crops up even in such
friendly nations as France.
. No "Yankee go home" signs
there. '
' Nor have the two nations been
content . simply to build their
separate armies.
A Turkish delegation recently
visited Greece. Now King Paul
and Queen Frederika of Greece
are visiting Turkey. Economical
ly, also, the two' nations are at
tempting to strengthen their
bonds.
Militarily Important
It is impossible, of course, to
over-estimate Turkey's military
importance to the free world.
She is the guardian of the Dar
danelles which, with Suez and
Gibraltar, provide the key to de
fense of the Mediterranean and
the whole of the underbelly of
Europe and North Africa.
Because of Turkey's position
at world crossroads, she is able
to influence both the Balkan
state of Europe and the Arab
states of the Middle East. Eco
nomically, Turkey is tied to the
West. Historically and from the -standpoint
of religion she is tied
to the East.
Turkey borders directly on
Russian territory for 250 miles
and the Turks are convinced of
Russia's aggressive intent.
Would Be Calamity
The Turks accept the finality
of the words:
'Let Russia get possession of
Turkey and her strength is in
creased nearly half and she be
comes superior to all the rest of
Europe put together. Such an
event would be an unspeakable
calamity to the Western cause."
They were written nearly J00
years ago by Karl Marx, father
of Communism.
ing, Taft-Hartley was the path
toward it, or one of them.
In Firm Language
'The sting of the court's opin
ions Was in the firm language
in which some of the justices
held tha the labor law actually
showed the intent" of Congress
to forbid seizure of industry jas
Mr. Truman undertook to seize
it.
Three legal procedures were
cited in one of the majority opin
ions by which the President
could have dealt with the steel
dispute, two of them leading log
ically toward seizure, if neces
sary. Mr. Truman avoided those
two and chose the third establish-,
ed by the defense production act
of 1950.
Provided for Mediation
That act provided for media
tion of such labor disputes and
with that authority Mr. Truman
had set up the Wage Stabilization
Board to which was assigned the
steel mediation job. WSB struck
out. l
One of the two other" proced
ures would have been under.
Taft-Hartley. Under it the Presi
dent may appoint a board of in
quiry and obtain an injunction
good for 80 days thereafter to
prevent a work stoppage.
In passing the Taft-Hartley act.
Congress specifically rejected a
proposal to write presidential
seizure power into it. Instead,
the act was drawn to permit the
President to appeal to Congress
for authority to seize or other
necessary legislation if the 80
day cooling off period failed to
chill.
Established in 1948 '
The other procedure was es
tablished in the selective service
act of 1948. Under it, the plant
of a producer who refused or
failed on order to produce goods
essential to the armed services
or the Atomic Energy Commis
sion may be immediately seized
by the President.
The court did not say the Taft
Hartley act was good or bad. but
insured that it was on the books
kind available. Mr. Truman call
ed it the worst possible means of
dealing with the steel dispute al
though he slapped his old en
emy John L. Lewis with it, and
hard. The Senate has voted that
Taft-Hartley is the proper in
strument, and should be used
now.
On the Taft-Hartley act the
three branches of government
line up this way: executive, hos
tile, judicial, neutral, legislative.
Senate favorable. House still to
be heard from.
spent an entire summer in Spill
ville, la., with his wife and four
children. It was in Spillville that
he composed most of his New
World symphony.
SEVEN TIMES A NAU N T
Memphis. Tenn. (U.R)
Linda Kay Hulett was born with
seven nephews and nieces. She
has three sisters and a brother
who are parents.
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