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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
4
A public safety message stresses planning and precautions for Independence Day. It warns fireworks in crowded areas, near woods, and unsupervised handling by children, urging adult supervision, cautious matches and fires, and year round fire safety to curb losses and protect wildlife.
A Virginia utility proposes a 2206 foot power dam. the Secretary of the Interior objects, urging Army Engineers handle it. The Richmond News Leader condemns government interference in private enterprise and calls this a dismal determination to destroy free enterprise in favor of socialism, urging withdrawal of protest.
John D. Battle of the National Coal Association criticizes a proposed government seizure of plants and mines during major labor disputes. He argues such nationalization would reduce coal output, raise costs, and trigger shortages, urging fixes to laws that trigger national emergencies and calling for equal legal treatment of labor and industry to prevent monopolistic practices.
A retail executive letters a New York investment firm warning bankers and brokers about indifference harming America. He cites social security, socialized medicine, federal spending, and high minimum wage as threats, arguing steady regimentation risks liberty and could lead to revolution if unchecked.
Opinion argues the 15 percent travel tax on train, plane, and bus tickets should be repealed now that wartime needs have ended. It notes annual revenue of about 256 million and asserts travel boosts business and reduces treasury drain by stimulating demand, challenging the view of transportation as a luxury.
The speaker asserts most travel in the nation serves business health and recreation, education and that wartime travel taxes should not persist in peace time. They claim the tax is unfair as Canadian tickets used in the United States avoid tax and that removal is overdue to curb booming cross border sales.
The piece argues anti trust laws should cover labor unions as monopolies. It highlights John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers using power to shut coal mines, warns of dependence on coal across railroads utilities and ships, and urges abolishing labor monopolies to match the law against industrial and financial monopolies. It opposes government seizure of strike bound plants and urges swift action.
Felix Morley argues in Nation's Business that three steps Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact form an emergency containment line. He notes China’s fall to communism complicates strategy and warns ongoing aid to Europe may become costly as China’s situation proves harsh and unresolved.
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