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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1947
Page
10
Published evenings in Amarillo Texas by Globe News Publishing Co with editors and managers named. Subscription rates shown for daily weekly and Sunday editions with mail and carrier options. Mentioned offices located at Sixth and Fillmore and post office details marked as second class.
The platform outlines city charter revision to expand representation and limits, a coliseum to brand Amarillo as Hereford Capital of the World, and a new city hall. It calls for improved traffic control, street cleaning, and transit. expanded sports facilities. park expansion and pool. water study. more hospital capacity. English Field air terminal status. support for small industries. and culture and welfare expansion including libraries and arts. The note invites letters to The Platform Editor for a prize contest.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson proposes a realistic farm plan replacing wartime price supports with a floor under consumption and ongoing food allotments. Government would buy food for the needy and seek surplus sales abroad, tying nutrition to diplomacy while avoiding future scarcity. Endorsed by Eisenhower and warning from Hoover on social strain.
Erich Brandeis muses on the ironies of human nature and how prosperity often erodes virtue. He contrasts cruelty and kindness, greed and generosity, noting how disasters unite people while wealth fuels ego. He asks why humility vanishes with success and urges lessons from nature.
Walter Lippmann surveys Secretary Marshall and Secretary Dulles on Moscow talks. He argues Western Europe cannot self finance and must unite, with large scale aid akin to lend lease to prevent collapse within 18 months, urging coordinated action over dispersed loans.
A satirical ripping of postwar liberal views on artists with Nazi ties. Billy Rose mocks the idea of judging artists by politics, proposing bringing controversial figures like Flagstad Wenner Gren Toscanini and others to America. He questions loyalties and ends by warning of cultural decline.
A columnist venting about Texas politics mocks governors who promise big social goods for little cost. He portrays voters as hopeful yet indecisive and critics the cycle of costly promises followed by little delivery.
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