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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1950
Page
4
A Virginia senator introduces the Robertson measure to subject labor unions to antitrust laws, arguing it protects public interest and national security. Critics say it may not go far enough, but it marks a step to curb union power amid coal industry chaos and injunction defiance under Taft-Hartley.
The article analyzes how a major utility earned about 134.5 million in 1949 and shows the division of each dollar among labor with pay and pensions 29 cents, fuel 22.5 cents, materials 12.7 cents, government tax 14.1 cents, depreciation 6.8 cents, stockholders 6.4 cents, debt interest 4.3 cents, and leftovers over four cents. Government capture far exceeds stockholders in this system.
The government sues a major food chain claiming it uses size and power to cut middlemen and pass savings to consumers. The suit argues monopoly risks, but the chain’s national share has declined for decades amid ongoing competition from thousands of stores. Critics say penalizing price cutting would punish progress and harm independents.
In early 1946 Sir Stafford Cripps argued for a planned economy without labor direction yet by late 1948 directions forced workers in mining and agriculture, showing failure to keep labor free. MP R Hopkins Morris notes ministers opposed coercion but mirrored a theory of state planning. The piece argues directing labor under planned economies ruins free enterprise.
A press dispatch quotes a Department of the Interior expert predicting a coast to coast federal power system within ten years, potentially tying TVA and other agencies into a national grid. Critics warn of creeping state socialism and a private industry eroded by interlocking federal agencies, with public opinion leaning toward private ownership.
The passage argues that federal programs are colluding to bypass congress safeguards and tax costs to establish a government monopoly in the electric sector within ten years, predicting broader takeovers of other industries and eroding local independence and tax revenue without public consent.
The Atlantic report cited by Walter Lippmann argues Secretary Acheson lacks strong political power to push foreign policy, relying on intellect and public virtue. Lippman compares past secretaries who held real political force, noting Acheson faces Congress without such backing as Truman lumbers through drift in foreign policy.
Mrs Howard Schweitzer visited her parents in Marsdel on Sundays T R Knotts a local merchant is ill at his sisters home in Templeville Mr Louis Schweitzer Sr is ill at his home here We wish him a speedy recovery Seymour Blechman of Philadelphia spent the week end with his parents here Donald Burris of Marshallton visited Mr and Mrs Maxwell Davis and family over the week end Miss Lors Robinson and Mr Earl Price were dinner guests on Sunday Colonel George Schultz spent several days last week in New York.
We thank friends and neighbors who aided during the illness and death of our wife and mother Mrs. Mary Emma Fountain. Floral tributes cards and all acts of kindness are deeply appreciated. Walter M. Fountain and family.
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