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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1954
Page
4
The Enterprise endorses Senator O. Arthur Kirkman for another term, noting his record of fair handling of official duties, two House terms, and a strong stand for transparent public business. While slow to decide, his temperament and commitment to public accountability earn our enthusiastic support.
Mrs. John D. McAskill lauds the new High Point Memorial Hospital nurse training edifice opened last weekend. Administrator W R Peters notes expected savings offset the extra costs and no charge increases planned as the hospital seeks to sustain its already low charges in the Carolinas.
General Walter Bedell Smith testified that no card carrying Communists were found in the State Department during four years since McCarthy’s claim. The editorial says the damage to morale and faith in government from that unfounded charge was severe and assigns blame to McCarthy and his supporters.
Senator Murray of Montana advocates raising the minimum wage to 1.25 dollars and reducing the 40 hour work week to 35. The plan would not keep current output. it would increase unemployment by replacing hours with new hires. The piece argues for boosts in productivity and stronger markets rather than make-work reductions.
Former President Herbert Hoover accepts the International Benjamin Franklin Society gold medal and argues Franklin’s precepts include frugality and hard work. He criticizes spending, supports fewer federal employees, and urges adherence to Franklin’s thrift doctrine amid modern governance.
Lynn Nisbet reports a dense Democratic gathering at the Sir Walter Hotel for the Jefferson Jackson dinner with Senators Hoey Lennon and Kerr Scott, Governor Umstead, and many lawmakers. Talks of a secrecy law repeal and campaign setup dominated as Lennon and Scott crew prepared for May 2 contests.
Secretary James P. Mitchell has begun quietly remolding the Labor Department with a professional labor relations stance aimed at quieting conflict. He retained capable staff, reinstated some suspended workers, and reactivated the Trade Union Advisory Committee on International Affairs with major union figures.
The article compiles remarks from figures including Terry Brennan, Senator George, Molotov, Anthony Eden, President Eisenhower, Rep. John McCormack, Rep. Charles Halleck, Sen. John Bricker, and Judy Webb. It covers executive power, taxation, constitutional faith, and a campus campaign arguing for lowering the voting age to 18.
The column mixes global weather notes including mild western heat and eastern cold with a New York murder case as Harold Weinberg confesses to shooting Max Bodenheim and a Decatur Ga. arrest in a North Carolina student robbery. It critiques Eisenhower and McCarthy campaign tactics and reflects on 1876 presidential race tensions and Berlin conference politics.
Robert Ruark blasts the Gabor clan and Doris Duke as symbols of trivial modern fame. He laments mass obsession with celebrity, double viewing TV, and a culture of sensationalism over substantive life.
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