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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1945
Page
4
The author argues unemployment benefits risk eroding work incentives and paving the way to a totalitarian state. He warns postwar prosperity requires new payrolls through production in farms and industry, not federal handouts, and urges removing barriers to productive employment to ensure freedom and growth.
Corporal Albert Cotton denounces allotment fraud by married women linked to servicemen, arguing they sought monthly benefits while husbands were overseas. He contrasts these acts with other wartime frauds and cites expected brief reconversion layoffs.
J C Powell warns politicians lure veterans with rash pledges while AMVET plans grow. Charlies Winfred Williams favors raising the draft age toward 20 to let college students finish. Lois Welborn laments delayed access to current films in Asheboro and stale music. OPA head J F Jones defends continued rationing and price controls to curb inflation.
State election officials plan a special Tuesday meeting to discuss election frauds as experts eye moving the Davidson county case into court. Possible PRI involvement or federal action may be considered since absentee ballots affected national and local races. Col Joyner criticizes Davidson grand jury for not indicting on state probe findings.
Lynn Nisbet examines Judge Hoyle Sink's stance against the grand jury system amid Davidson county election law disputes. The Davidson judge, now based in Greensboro, has long challenged grand juries while others question whose ox is gored in the current election fraud case and potential federal involvement.
The New York mayoral campaign grows chaotic with six or seven contenders but only three matter. Newbold Morris enters the race by mayoral accord, while Judge Jonah Goldstein, a Democrat, seeks the Republican nomination. LaGuardia backs Morris amid party maneuvering and cross endorsements.
By George Sokolsky argues American Labor party candidates run on Republican tickets as Morris ties to Willkie. He laments the New York city council slate, praising only Isaacs and Earle while condemning the rest as unrepresentative and mediocre amid democratic debasement.
A personal memo laments aggressive tax collection by government agents under the Truman era, comparing it to Roosevelt policies. The writer objects to loss of independence, questions fairness, and worries about future income rules and the cost of government. The piece rails against officials who dictate income and demand ever higher taxes.
The writer laments taxation and urges reliance on government aid, citing Mayor Laguardia and implying support for living off government programs. He questions principles and hints at joining CIO, while joking about unemployment benefits and a future fishing trip.
A patchwork column from Vermont features quirky notes on a Guaranty Trust Co. executive, a Green Mountain vacation, porcupine lore, and rustic vignettes. It mixes humor with local lore including a memory of Boston trips, a woodlot scene, and poems, with wildlife, sap gathering, and state life in a playful 1940s voice.
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