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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1947
Page
4
The Iowa legislature faces a struggle over liquor laws with local option seen as an evasion more than a solution. The piece urges solving the root problem, warns of community divisiveness, and critiques reliance on leaders and practical politics over idealistic theory.
College presidents and public leaders met at Russell Sage College in New York to discuss whether college training makes women more active in public affairs. The meeting questioned if advanced education guarantees political leadership. The piece notes education and good sense do not always align and a degree is not a symbol of a certain kind of education.
A Des Moines representative proposes a joint resolution to make the lieutenant governor elect the next governor if the governor elect dies. The bill details the succession steps to avoid any doubt who serves as chief executive, drawing a parallel to Georgia. Supporters urge swift passage to prevent political confusion.
By ROBERT QUILLEN the essay laments how love of money erodes virtue in leaders and veterans, citing Benedict Arnold and Roosevelt era observations. It condemns graft in housing, appraisal, and inspection, warns against profiteering, and urges reform while preserving civic duty.
The critique argues the unification plan yields limited gains. It uses military and administrative metaphors to claim the merger duplicates effort and saves energy, warning it may merely shift desks and increase chair caliber rather than deliver real efficiency.
A discussion of postwar business trends notes uneven profits across industries with some 1946 readjustments completed while 1947 faces delayed reconversion. Removal of price controls and tax changes influenced profits, inflation trends, and consumer recovery as the economy shifts from wartime to peacetime conditions.
Marquis Childs surveys Republicans jockeying for the center in the looming 1948 race. Stassen pushes a measured budget cut stance while Taft shifts to liberal middle ground, Dewey avoids national theater, and all seek national traction from state to Capitol.
Dr Brady explains coronary occlusion, its effect on heart blood supply, and how patients might safely resume activity after a period of rest. He cautions against overreaction to minor cardiac conditions and urges balanced, gradual exercise while avoiding undue strain.
The piece alleges Sen. Glen Taylor and Sen. Butler rushed a resolution to aid Butler’s former partner’s alcohol firm. It links Butler to his old grain company, claiming exclusive grain contracts and possible cost-plus schemes with Farm Crops Corp and the Butler Welsh group. It notes Butler’s past stock moves and lobbying on the senate floor for syrup production.
The piece notes the rising frequency of teachers strikes and efforts by national labor bodies to enroll public school teachers. It argues the issue is crucial for American society, yet largely misunderstood by the public and teachers, with unclear consequences if the trend persists.
The piece argues that professions, especially teaching, carry grave obligations to maintain public trust. It warns against appearing to gang up on the public or using peer pressure for selfish gain, urging integrity and accountability.
Chancellor Samuel F. Capen argues against teacher strikes, warning such actions damage public trust and transform educators into a partisan pressure group. He stresses professionalism requires independence, public service over profit, and loyalty to the whole public, urging immediate remedy to salary crises.
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