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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1948
Page
6
A 1648 reflection urges readers to strive daily in small acts as well as great, asking those who hold office or authority to do their best every day. The message emphasizes truthfulness and kindness as guiding virtues in daily life.
The piece argues the 80th Congress was among the worst in history, failing on housing, draft, education, minimum wage, and inflation while prioritizing big money and partisan politics. It notes Republicans may avoid reassembling before next year, with Democrats pressing their case.
Henry Wallace, once a rising third party presidential candidate, slips from public attention. His China Russia stance and perceived communism have eroded support, and voters seem to be shifting focus away from his campaign as election nears.
New Turnpikes Pennsylvania completes financing plans for a 100 mile addition to the Turnpike. The piece notes nationwide growth of superhighways with similar access controls and argues traffic safety improves but is not foolproof. It ends with a caution to drivers to stay alert for reckless behavior.
James D. White analyzes Korea’s split path versus Germany, noting North Korea’s near complete Soviet setup and South Korea’s UN backed assembly drafting a constitution led by Syngman Rhee. He warns about internal divisions among conservatives and “outs” including leftists and Communists aiming for unification free of foreign troops, amid pending August government formation.
On the line column reports the Hawaii flowered lei given to Dewey during the GOP convention ceremony and the awkward moment when he removed it. The piece notes Hawaii’s possible reaction to a Dewey administration while contrasting reactions from other convention figures and the Democrats’ scrutiny.
Washington column reports six House Rules Committee members secretly blocked the Taft housing bill, halting floor action and denying thousands of veterans promised homes. The roll call names Leo Allen James Wadsworth Edgar Chenoweth Ross Rizley Forest Harness and Robert Rich. two Democrats also backed the measure.
An editorial recalls Abraham Lincoln and Samuel Gompers as guides to a society built on free enterprise and limited government. It argues that labor’s relationship with government remains central after the New Deal, urging practical paths for workers within constitutional rights.
Don Loudon argues that public welfare and government power erode liberty. He warns labor organizations risk dictatorship under statism, urging political impartiality and constitutional government to safeguard workers' freedoms amid 1930s reforms.
Readers submit questions on rail engineering and Washington memorials. Answers discuss locomotive engineers, survey results, the first Washington Monument, and safety on plastics, with details on dates and locations such as Boonsboro Maryland and Baltimore.
Letters discuss downtown traffic jams caused by shoppers parking at meters. A resident urges use of buses, earlier returns home, and less rush after store hours. A reader thanks a defender of a housewife opposing Paul Robeson campaign use of a school building. A writer criticizes the Republican party as aligned with big money interests and labor weakness.
Westbrook Pegler ridicules a Republican convention caricature and the party's shift toward New Deal alignment. He argues the GOP tolerates Communist links, decries civil rights measures as political manipulation, and predicts future anti lynching laws under Dewey. He cites Truman program ties to minorities and unions, and accuses Roosevelt influence of reshaping party doctrine.
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