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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1957
Page
4
The government plans a about 25 million dollar yearly raise to attract scientists and engineers to federal posts. Public support is expected, while past McCarthy era probes damaged morale and drove talent from government. The pay increase aims to reverse years of undervaluing scientific expertise.
The piece attacks Secretary Benson and the soil bank arguing it would pull farms from production, worsen surpluses, and burden farmers and the national economy. It cites Alabama cotton issues, compares to Brannan plan flaws, and urges gradual policy reform rather than deeper entrenchment in current farm programs.
The piece traces how 1917 Russia created a new elite, from party members to Stakhanovists, echoing Milovan Djilas' New Class critique. It argues community of kind leads to a privileged society within communist states, with officials at the apex and law the same for all in theory but different in practice.
Practical advice urges focusing energy on a few near and meaningful pursuits to gain deeper achievement and satisfaction. It cautions against scattering efforts across many interests and criticizes grand utopian schemes when local improvement is neglected. The piece contrasts centralized power models and emphasizes tangible, nearby civic engagement.
The 1956 RM-1760 intelligence briefing, prepared for the Air Force by Rand, outlined Soviet moon rockets, four stage launchers, 160 foot ICBMs, supersonic glide missiles, manned rocket planes, and submarine-launched weapons. It charged US budget cuts and political delay slowed missile progress until Sputniks sparked renewed effort.
A registered nurse Alice Howell and her husband James Noah Howell were jailed after being arrested in the Providence Hospital parking lot on charges of possessing demoral a derivative of opium. Detective Lt. Joe Burch stated Alice said she stole narcotics from the hospital for her husband, a drug addict. The couple, residents of South Mobile County, listed hospital work tenure of about seven months.
The AFL old-guard and Walter Reuther face a costly labor war in Atlantic City. Boycotts, work refusals, and targeted plant actions threaten millions of jobs as unions vie to shape automation era construction and industry. A January conference may decide who survives as an influential union chief.
AFL-CIO President Meany said UTW will merge with TWU after a corruption cleanup. UTW reform pledges followed Senate hearings, paving the way for early merger talks. He called the textile industry sick with low wages and high nonunion employment in the South. A Birmingham firm bid $2,559 to supply hospital signs at Keesler AFB, Miss, below the $4,114 government estimate.
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