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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
4
The city salutes Farl Phillips and his crew for exceeding Sixth War Loan targets as prices rise and securities pile up. John Harden earns praise for clerical craft as Governor Cherry may appoint, with future criticism warned but not yet issued.
The Greensboro Daily News reports the appointment of John Harden as Governor-elect Cherry's Executive Secretary. The piece lauds Harden's fit for the role, notes the push for the title change and higher salary, and recalls debate among colleagues including Professor Oscar Coffin about Harden joining the administration.
The High Point chamber dinner lauded Fred Tate for four decades of civic service, praising his tireless work ethic. An editorial in the souvenir program calls Tate a model citizen who backed town development, politics, and community welfare with unmatched devotion.
Governor and Mrs. Broughton will receive a state gift next month funded by more than a dozen officials, with engraved donor names. Separately, critics challenge North Carolina Symphony Society solicitations routed by professional fundraisers, questioning allocation of contributions and transparency.
The North Carolina Symphony Society was allocated 82 000 annually for the current biennium under a bill titled to place the society under state patronage and control. Senator McKee introduced the measure, backed by women’s clubs, to replace withdrawn WPA funds, with passage on March 10, 1948.
Washington notes the 78th Congress ends with farewell addresses led by Hamilton Fish of New York. A longtime GOP critic of the New Deal Fish, 32 in 1920, rose to national prominence in 1930 as a committee head on Communist activities. He blamed his defeat on Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and cited party dynamics in his final remarks.
In a heated response, Fish accuses Gov. Dewey of an intolerant false anti American stance while noting a large slush fund and support from New Dealers including F D R Mrs Roosevelt and Henry Wallace. He warns of a brutal political fight if Republicans win a House majority.
A presidential critique argues the Senate must not hinder executive power. The author faults the State Department’s wartime role and asserts the President alone bears responsibility for foreign policy and official actions.
The article argues President Roosevelt deserves support for appointing a six member foreign policy team. It defends sharing responsibility with Stettinius as Secretary of State and asserts rejection would signal a loss of leadership. It contends critics overstep arguing for team synergy and warns Europeans may view opposition as weakness.
The piece argues Britain and Russia long planned a split of pre war Poland through the Curzon Line. It notes Churchill’s 1940-41 stance and Churchill Eden talks in Moscow. It cites Vandenberg’s delayed critique and frames Britain’s war aims as tied to Poland’s fate and Russia’s resistance to Nazi invasion.
Paul Mall discusses the Atlantic Charter and Stettinius on free determination of governments. He faults Churchill and Stalin for pursuing spheres of influence and notes Poland's fate under Soviet dominance. He argues freedom of peoples is morally grounded but impractical while allied power politics prevail.
A nostalgic tour of early American songwriting. The piece recalls Irving Berlin’s Vienna bet, Rodgers and Hart’s lyric magic with Blue Moon, Hammerstein’s lyric speed, and Youmans’s whistling methods. It notes war songs, the rise of song plugging, and the competitive path to hits.
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