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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1948
Page
4
Editorial notes support for organized baseball in North Alabama, urging readiness for a Class D League as Decatur and five nearby towns plan facilities. It warns that funds for public service are limited, stresses voter turnout, and envisions a milk industry growth boosting regional prosperity.
A Birmingham Post analysis notes Truman said last July there was an inflation crisis and now claims none exists. The piece contrasts his July session call with Congress and his recent press conference where he stated no domestic crisis is reported. It questions understanding of the president's stance.
The article notes public preference for streamlined trains and diesel engines but questions whether people favor electric train horns over the traditional whistle. It cites editorials in the Alabama Journal and Baltimore Evening Sun, highlighting nostalgia for the steam whistle and discomfort with horn blasts unsettling nearby residents.
Washington reports say 68 year old John L Lewis may retire as UMW president at the October 2 Cincinnati convention due to health. If he steps down Tom Kennedy would become president and Lewis would stay as emeritus drawing a $25 000 salary while remaining involved in union affairs and welfare funds as the treasury grows beyond ten million in government securities.
Phil Murray blasts Wallace backers at the CIO executive board vote urging Truman for reelection. He accuses leftists of empty talk on civil rights while praising CIO for allowing white and black members to share equally in benefits. Albert Fitzgerald of United Electrical Workers opposed the endorsement but fell silent after Murray's attack.
Walter Reuther is seen as sure to win a sweeping reelection as UAW head. Richard Leonard’s bid to oust him stalls while CIO tensions rise. News notes focus on labor leaders, Meany’s pledge, and Carey’s extensive travel as unions eye another round of wage and price activity.
William Green, 75, will run for another term as AFL president at the convention in Cincinnati on November 15. His re election is described as certain, ending speculation by younger labor chiefs and inner AFL discussions about retirement amid health concerns and past leadership tensions with John L Lewis.
The Nation Today reports that under the Taft-Hartley act the NLRB has tightened the non-communist affidavit rule. Many local unions lose rights to plant representation as rival unions gain ground and non-qualifying unions lose access to elections hearings and unfair labor practice charges.
President weighs options as Green may stay another year while rivals George Means and George Harrison contend for the AFL top job. Meany seeks Greens post, Harrison is popular but would cut pay by 5000 dollars.
The Chicago AFL executive meeting kept Hutcheson from the campaign committee backing President Truman. An ardent Republican who led the labor division of the Republican National Committee from 1932 to 1944, Hutcheson opposed the Taft Hartley act, a likely reason he did not hold the post this year.
Y. Y. Phillips & Co announces completion of contract with Decatur Development Inc for Project No. 95-76 street improvements in Decatur Morgan County Alabama on August 28 1948 Final settlement to be paid after four weeks advertising period and claims due at P O Box 1032 Decatur Alabama before September 30. notices run August 30 September 6 13 20 1948.
A newspaper clip reminisces on Labor Day as a tribute to workers in farms, factories, and mines, praising honest labor and the moral wealth it builds. It stresses integrity, diligence, and loyalty as central to a better social order, and notes everyday people choosing work to improve community life.
The dialogue contrasts empathy and poverty with lines about learning life and the fate of pretty girls. A brief exchange about poverty in Mexico and a remark about bringing some home reflect social commentary on income and opportunity.
A humorous exchange features Leo J. Burke in a vaudeville style bit. A patient asks the doctor about pain in the right leg, the Decatur physician replies there is nothing to be done due to age. The patient protests the left leg is equally aged.
Pegler denounces the Wine, Liquor and Distillery Workers union in New York, led by executive manager Ben Pross, alleging a corrupted constitution. He accuses the union of rigged elections, coercive duties, barred candidates, intimidation, no work solicitation, and harsh penalties, framing it as totalitarian and anti freedom.
A humorous dialogue notes a Decatur woman asking for a birthday gift for her husband and a neighbor responding with cigars from his box. The piece ends with a Ruskin quote on education as painful work done by kindness and example.
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