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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1950
Page
4
The speaker criticizes President Truman for weak timing and half measures in the Korean crisis and global confrontation with Communist Russia. He urges immediate, full mobilization and decisive action on military, diplomatic, and domestic fronts to avert further losses.
The Enterprisew discusses the rumor that Ambassador Capus M. Waynick may become national chairman of the Democratic party. The piece notes Waynick’s talents and edits but questions past choices of candidates he supported, while expressing hope he could strengthen the party if in Washington.
The 1950 Christmas letter from Eddie Rickenbacker urges Americans to face postwar realities, warn of rising defense costs and potential liberty losses, and call for rededication to the American Way of Life and Christian spirit amid Cold War tensions. The message emphasizes patriotism, constitutional rights, and a lower standard of living for future generations.
The piece reflects on the strain of a presidential press secretary role as Charlie Ross dies at his post. It notes the president as the prime news source and honors Ross for serving under trying circumstances and the nation’s debt to him.
A quarrelsome diary fragment shows the narrator and a critic’s wife debating President Truman and a music review. The exchange touches on respect for the presidency and possible political uses of the Truman controversy.
Washington report explains Treasury use of scientific sampling to select returns for audit, revealing that about 13 million of 52 million filed were in error by $2 or more. Government losses reach $1.3 billion from understatements while $90 million was overcharged by filers.
Representative Robert Rich defends remaining solvent in a lame duck session while General Omar Bradley advocates ending the war with righteous course. He stresses Korea belongs to the Korean people and rejects ceding territory. Korean Foreign Minister Ben Lim remarks oppose a buffer strip to Red China.
A survey of critics and artists shows mutual blame for failures and misplaced credit for successes. It recalls Heywood Broun and Hazlitt as examples, with anecdotes about Beethoven, Gilbert and Sullivan, Lily Langtry, Fanny Kemble, and Noel Coward illustrating critics’ power to elevate or wound reputations across eras and nations.
A collage of columns cites Wu and Shanghai humor, wartime Christmas memories from 1898 to 1944, and President Truman. It discusses charity’s failings, Morgan Trivet’s Guilford case, alcohol rehabilitation debates, and a client who spent $50,000 but still went to prison.
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