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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1944
Page
26
David Lawrence critiques War Labor Board actions arguing pressure on employers via plant seizures rewards unions for loyalty while neglecting employer losses. He contends the boards favor labor, opposed compulsory arbitration, and justify maintenance of membership as worker loyalty incentives.
Robert Quillen critiques congressional graft and power plays in Washington. He warns that clannish behavior and backroom deals risk democracy, with spurious investigations and inflated fees harming public service and national security. He cites officials, lawyers, and private interests as flawed links in a fragile system.
The excerpt cites Burke on separation of liberty and justice, arguing that when liberty and justice are split neither remains secure. It presents a moral reflection rather than a news event or report.
Daily Talk by George Matthew Adams reflects on magnifying small parts in art and engineering. It contrasts ancient sculpture at Athens with modern war planes, cites Hazlitt, and recalls a Chicago department store accident illustrating discipline and character.
Lt Col Martha J Rose reports marriages averaging four daily as troops return from Australia and nurses mingle with Australian girls. Dr Guy F Witt notes increased wartime tension and nervous breakdowns. President Eric A Johnston predicts a brief postwar unemployment spike followed by two to six years of high productivity.
Paul Mallon Wallace discusses Roosevelt likely backing Wallace as a CIO move, while Rayburn or Barkley could outpace him in a Democratic vote. CIO is spending its $700,000 PAC aid, with recent primary gains but unclear national sentiment. The piece notes Wallace as a voiced advocate amid party tensions and war priorities.
Drew Pearson reports former Roosevelt officials like Prentiss Brown and others have moved into large utility firms such as Detroit Edison and United Corporation. The piece also notes CIO influence rising, Dies committee losses in primaries, and a surge of women entering Congress, with several Democratic women gaining chances in California Illinois New Jersey and New York.
In Washington the Taft Dewey bet highlights GOP waverers open to challenge. Bricker shows mixed strength, Stassen gains, and many Republicans fear a Dewey led ticket favors the New Deal. Morse's Oregon win signals fresh GOP leadership and a potential shift toward younger lawmakers. Dewey remains far ahead, opponents concede.
The column discusses whether sex importance is exaggerated in marriage, citing Stanford and other studies showing happiness amid sexual mismatch and unhappiness despite sexual compatibility. It reviews introvert and extrovert types, empathy for neighbors, and questions dominance of women, noting no proof women cause social chaos.
Rep. Frank Carlson warns that 38 percent of U S income goes to taxes in 1944 with $45 billion in federal revenue and a $104 billion budget. He urges six postwar steps: boost civilian production, ease tax for small firms, permit capital flow, create incentive taxes, streamline tax administration, and cap taxes at 25 percent of national income.
The column notes Mussolini retreating up Italy balcony by balcony and likens the invasion to bowling up a hill with a pin-boy. The author compares Hitler and Mussolini to Emerson and quips that even an octopus could not spare an arm to shake hands with itself.
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