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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
4
General Electric chairman Ralph J. Cordiner argues in Life magazine that true reform means gradual cuts to high rates for individuals and business plus reviewing excise taxes and depreciation. He says reform would spur new enterprises, boost small business growth, and stimulate the economy.
Guidance urges a tour of the State Docks Fruehaus and the Tennessee River bridge site to observe current development. A visit to Decatur General Hospital and the new school construction spotlights the era’s apparent sound progress and skepticism about a recession.
The piece argues Congress faces a busy period over Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills. It warns expansion could shift Senate power and likens growth beyond 48 states to imperial ambition. It questions the logic of absorbing distant lands while stressing current domestic challenges.
Attendees at graduation and an after lunch talk urged immediate capital and operational funding to modernize the Tennessee Valley State Trade School serving ten counties. Legislators from the Senate and House indicated action next session, noting other Alabama trade schools have received large capital outlays while TVA School has not. Redstone Arsenal and valley industries employ many graduates, with 500 applicants awaiting admission.
A historical view of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. as a Harlem pastor and congressman who wields de facto political influence among Negro and Puerto Rican voters. It notes tax case troubles, a 1956 Eisenhower endorsement, a grand jury indictment, and rising calls for Negro Republican solidarity in New York County.
Washington observes the Morris Ernst report on Jesus de Galindez. It highlights receipts totaling millions from various European bases and questions whether espionage or Basque sources funded the professor before his disappearance. The piece notes Swiss accounts and possible handlers in Europe amid unresolved mystery.
The article argues that small daily details form the core of personality and achievement, noting that neglect of little things harms character and success. It also includes political notes about Powell, Harlem politics, and the weak state of New York City Republicans, with Roosevelt and Tex McCrary mentioned as power players.
A long running White House dispute over AFL CIO chief George Meany resurfaces as Dulles and Lodge oppose his UN appointment. Meany, a key labor leader and anti Soviet voice, faces removal before fall UN sessions, risking alienation of global labor groups and pro American allies.
Washington leaders map a five day week and plan for a busy June and July session. Key items include pay raises for federal employees, a space agency bill, Defense appropriations, extension of the reciprocal trade program, and continuing tax rates. The Senate weighs the foreign aid bill and Alaska statehood, with major measures on labor law revision, foreign aid, scholarships, and Defense reorganization still pending. Most leaders doubt an August 2 adjournment and would accept mid August likely.
New Jersey remains an industrial state yet sustains forests covering more than 46 percent of its total land area, reflecting significant woodland conservation amid development.
In Stockholm the Church of Sweden Assembly decided 62 to 36 not to permit women to become ordained ministers.
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