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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1952
Page
4
Farmers note the three days of rain could be highly valuable for crops and livelihoods. The piece suggests the wider benefit lies in renewed hope and peace of mind for students of farm economics and the local community.
The Tampa Morning Tribune argues FEPC endangers free enterprise and labels it a national issue not regional. President Truman pushes no compromise, warning Southern leaders and urging all states to oppose a program that could enslave the economy and place business under government control.
Washington columnist describes friction inside the Democratic Party as Budget Officer William Bradley resigns amid charges over Frank McKinney personal expenses. Bradley cites checks to McKinney and yacht and photos costs, while McKinney defends 21 percent lower committee spending and notes a $40,000 Cook County Jackson Day dinner allotment. The Democratic Executive Committee expresses confidence in McKinney.
A column by Arlie Davidson urges readers to transform hardships into achievement. It lists common handicaps from blindness to economic limits and stresses the power of will, vision, guidance, and a focused program of creative work to find hope and success.
A budget officer criticizes 1952 dinner spending, noting $18 912.90 overrun since January 1 through April 30 and errors in reported revenues. He cites 1950 dinner costs and alleges 1170 free meals fed at committee expense, urging tighter controls and audit access.
A long defense of Philip Murray and critique of James J. McElroy and James Bridges recasts the CIO purge. The piece alleges Murray exploited anti Communist campaigns and accuses him of collaboration with Moscow aligned figures, urging opposition to his deportation and defending Bridges.
Hal Boyle notes the dwindling skill of managers to yell at employees and the rise of rights awareness and psychiatrist help. A reader asks how to cope with a boss's rebuke and Boyle shares oldtimers’ tips to provoke a dramatic, emotional scene to spur potential benefits.
The American Legion Morgan County post urges members to wear memorial poppies on Poppy Day. Commander E C White reminds that the flower honors fallen comrades and aids disabled veterans and needy children. Auxiliary volunteers will distribute the flowers.
A wage agreement ended a picket line siege at Lederley Laboratories in Pearl River New York. An airlift supplied food to self imprisoned workers and animals while a Federal mediation settlement was announced by Thomas G. Daugherty. Cars and workers began moving through token lines as the strike began Wednesday and disorder was reported Thursday.
Renfroe Eaton a former Alabama Negro insurance operator was fined 1500 after pleading no contest to defrauding Chicago woman Dorothy H. Greene of 30000 over ten years. The funds were tied to a Life and Hospital Insurance Co. investment. the company later liquidated.
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