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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1948
Page
4
A scrambled compilation discusses TVA style plans for the Columbia River and civic issues from DDT to Civil Rights. It cites Senator Capper, McKellar, and Taft, warns conservatives in the South, and notes Alabama license violations and political fatigue in the press.
The Alabama delegation in Philadelphia faces a mutiny over chairmanship with Graham Wright of Talladega and Handy Ellis in contention. Walkout pledges by Carmichael and others tilt the balance, while Hill’s supporters may find themselves in the minority as disputes over Truman and anti Southern planks unfold.
The piece shows Republican leaders in the House monitoring a housing bill to keep it blocked in Wolcott's banking and currency committee. Helen Gahagan Douglas pushes a discharge petition to force action, while Arends corrects a misread signer and Halleck and Boggs discuss signatures. The article notes Taft's Senate support for the bill.
Secret service doubles guards on Truman train at each stop amid White House union tensions. He carries a draft political handbook and one of 30 extemporaneous speeches prepared for the trip. In Gary he speaks 20 minutes railing at Congress over the cost of living, after a pretrip push from Rep Ray Madden.
The piece argues for a single catalog of Army and Navy supplies to cut waste and costs. It cites Forrestal’s inaction since becoming Defense Secretary, noting earlier Navy efforts and a 1942 to 1943 surge in tube orders that created massive duplication. Army signals trimmed 63,000 duplicates from 220,000 items in three months.
The Navy tracked 264000 part types though 8500 were hand led, revealing duplicate numbers that inflated paperwork thirtyfold. Mixed part numbering caused outages as spare parts were listed under different numbers, halting radar sets in Panama in 1942 until replacements were rushed from Washington. The stock officer acted to expedite the missing item.
Westbrook Pegler recalls Fred Tisdale purchasing an interest in The Times of New Milford Connecticut and settling as a small town editor in Yankee country. He contrasts Tisdale’s professional journalism with metropolitan pressures and reminisces about early 20th century newspaper life and its faded romance.
In a warehouse search, investigators found eight bins containing the same article sent to Washington, but each bin was labeled with a different number. The discovery raises questions about inventory control and prior distribution practices.
At a stop the President joked with two railroad conductors about jobs amid strike threats. Truman noted speeches on the train are being rewritten by Clark Clifford and Charles Ross from drafts by Washington aides. He was introduced by Sam Jackson in Fort Wayne and by Frank Lausche in Cresview Ohio as both seek office.
The Nation column notes Athens allowed slaves to enlist for citizenship in 407 B C and links to modern calls to enlist 25 000 anti communist aliens for U S service with citizenship after five years. It cites Lodge Holland and Gurney, compares Civil War substitutes, cites Xenophon Carthage and Rome mercenaries, and recalls Hessians in the Revolutionary War.
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