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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1951
Page
6
A June 26 1951 page quotes St Francis noting that careful attention to our gaze should not be mixed with anxiety or solicitude. The brief reflection offers a moral nudge about steady focus.
A newspaper editorial denounces Congress approval of a 7.2 billion dollar tax increase, urging readers to see the tax plan as a loss of budget control. It lists major revenue sources, warns of hidden levies, mocks political blame, and ends with a terse note on maintaining humor amid higher costs.
The Women’s Bureau of the Labor Department proposes training and orientation programs to assimilate more women into the workforce. The plan covers jobs women have done and roles traditionally held by men, plus preparing men to work with women. It foresees continued need for skilled labor should military manpower rise again.
John W Snyder says after tax income today buys 40 percent more goods than in 1939. Despite high costs and a weaker dollar, per capita production has risen, yielding more goods per person. If production per person grows, price level worries lessen. the production rate, not the cost of living index, remains the key to a high standard of living.
Reader letters urge investigation of campus parking policies at WVU's proposed medical school site in Morgantown. Students complain about no facilities, strict after hours bans, tickets on campus and city streets, high garage costs, and limited daytime permits. They call for scrutiny by the Gazette to resolve the parking crisis amid campus growth.
Washington reports the Banking and Currency Committee discussed price controls with party lines. Democrats Maybank and Frear opposed housewife rollback while Sparkman Douglas Benton Moody Fulbright Robertson supported. Dirksen led efforts to erase controls and Bricker proposed renewal tactics. Capehart Bricker Ives pivoted to defend the housewife amid protest.
Victor Riesel reports the FBI rounded up top American Communist leaders described as brain trusters and tacticians. The arrests target party chiefs, Moscow-linked operatives, and cadres who ran undercover work in unions, defense plants, and religious and minority groups. Betty Gannett, Marion Bachrach and Arnold Johnson are among those named.
Doris Fleeson explores where Senator Taft and leading Republicans truly stand on Senator McCarthy amid renewed push for a major committee assignment and Taft’s past civil liberties and wartime restraint positions. The piece weighs Taft's conservative, law minded reputation against his party alignment and the optics of endorsing McCarthy.
Westbrook Pegler accuses Roosevelt era figures and a broad spectrum of the administration and labor leaders of aiding Stalin and delaying U S efforts in World War II. The piece contends Communists sabotaged war prep and critiques lend lease while praising MacArthur and criticizing Roosevelt. It references labor strikes, leaders like Harry Bridges and Philip Murray, and claims Soviet aid shaped U S policy.
Bob Considine recounts L. B. Mayer’s exit from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the expanding film world from early nickelodeons to major studios. The piece traces Edison era origins, first plot films, star pay, and milestones like Birth of a Nation and Inevitable industry growth through 1915 and beyond. It notes Mayer’s long career and the era’s bold shifts in Hollywood.
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