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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1949
Page
4
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The piece argues liberty in law bound nations is limited by degree not absolute. It condemns total state controls as path to freedom, citing communism and fascism as failures. It urges seeking solutions within freedom’s framework and asks if ends can be reached without surrendering rights. It stresses continuous pursuit of broader liberty.
Soundings in the capital suggest Congress will resist extending the draft law to 1950 though the three year renewal is favored by the Administration. Proponents argue the law spurs enlistments and delays four months if lapsed, a risk in any potential conflict with the Russians framed as a cheap form of security.
The Americans for Democratic Action attack General Eisenhower for opposing the welfare state. They imply he aligns with reactionaries by voicing views contrary to their stance. The piece argues he has equal right to speak his mind and questions ADA’s use of the Democratic label.
Despite early fall predictions of collapse, employment and production dipped modestly. Steel mills operate at about 95 percent capacity, the high since last May, and auto output has rebounded. The overall mood is optimistic, showing the American economy can absorb shocks and continue advancing through an unsettled year.
The United Electrical Workers faces pressure after CIO expulsion for Communist leanings. UEW attacks the National Labor Relations Board while a CIO sponsored union seeks elections in major plants to gain VEW control. President Truman is urged to probe the NLRB and investigate non Communist affidavits tied to Taft Hartley.
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin faces Democrat Andrew Biemiller as his main rival for re election. The column notes Wiley's frugality and a prank laid on him with a unsealed Christmas card. It mentions Tacoma mayoral chatter around Col Jim Stack and Eisenhower politics.
A reflective piece recalls the 1892 arrival of the Richmond and Danville spur to Hometown. The first excursion to Salisbury thrills residents as a world expands with new stores, mills, telegraph lines, and incoming families. A winter of heavy snows follows, featuring memories of a once-prominent lawyer, Jones Dumberton, who falls from grace and dies after illness and church expulsion.
A witty survey argues the Bible would win Nobel and Pulitzer prizes by today’s standards, tracing cross references from Samuel to Isaiah. It notes deceptions, translations, legal codes, and cultural impact, citing DeMille, Joseph, Moses, and Gutenberg while mixing humor with historical claims.
A meditation on Rome's rise and fall and the birth of Christianity and Islam. It recalls Jesus's teaching and the Jewish followers who spread love as Rome's wealth decayed. It urges present unity in faith through prayer and deeds to receive divine blessings.
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