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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1947
Page
4
The piece notes bad weather and shortages of rooms and furniture as visitors attend the first exhibition in four years. City officials hope for a bigger building, more hotels, and improved weather to comfort guests and support exhibitors.
The Associated Press notes a new committee formed after the Senate did not concur with a House amendment proposing 30 percent raises for all teachers and state workers. In fact the House plan targeted only C grade emergency teachers with up to 30 percent, A grade teachers seeing smaller raises, and principals with even less. the piece argues against misrepresenting this as a universal 30 percent increase.
A Gallup poll shows 81 percent of adults know little or wrong about the Wagner Act while 64 percent favor changing or abolishing it. The piece argues for better education and stronger teachers as a path to informed public decision making.
A drive for funds to honor High Point Negro veterans and establish a Negro community center gains support from many donors and white citizens. It urges employers to donate and grant workers a day off to aid the campaign, with January set as the fundraising period by community chest directors.
At a testimonial dinner for Rep. Vito Marcantonio the ALP congressman criticised appeasement and monopolists while guest remarks linked to the Communist party drew attention. He cited World War II as a battle for democracy, noting his voting record before aligning with wartime aims and denying Communist links.
A satirical piece lampoons Billy Rose, a saloonkeeper who earns more from entertainment and columns than many professors, arguing economists are often scapegoated for selling statistics. It portrays Rose as a successful showman and psychologist of a crowded nightclub audience.
By George Sokolsky notes Billy Rose’s optimism amid recession fears. He argues experts forecast a bust, yet retail sales rise and prices ease, with deliveries of autos TV sets and furniture delayed by government interference. He predicts renewed prosperity once government limits ease.
Despite delays in passing a supplemental salary bill, the 1947 legislature sits ahead of the 1945 pace after ten legislative days. In the House 50 bills were introduced versus 30 in 1945. the Senate totals 34 for both sessions. Committees lack permanent minutes, but progress outpaces last session. Edw in Gill notes no time lost in finance. clerks’ adjournment shows a light Saturday session as both chambers idle. Legal authorities view the constitution as requiring assembly convening.
Lynn Nisbet notes that while Saturday sessions are considered necessary for adjournment options, many states skip them. Critics call weekend attendance scant, yet lawmakers defend trips home to gauge constituent sentiment. Monday nights show homefolk influence on bills, with some lawmakers changing positions after contact with voters. weekends at home are valued for laws reflecting citizen majority.
A collage of show business lore from New York notes highlights Craig Reynolds as an embattled actor, Cecil B. DeMille’s AFRA dispute, rising salaries and downsides in radio and theatre, plus gossip on Garson, Kazan, Winchell, Berlin, Jolson, Reston, and other industry figures shaping early 1940s entertainment.
The column argues President Truman’s message hints at relying on foreign minerals and lowering tariffs to secure supplies. It notes slim US output in tin and nickel, Canada’s nickel, and possible shale oil potential, with experts doubting a near term shortage but fear of policy shifts.
Paul Mallon argues for maintaining domestic mining while moving toward free trade. He anticipates Nevada senator candidate George Malone promoting industrial West ideas, pressing a public lands subcommittee to study tungsten production costs and a differential tariff. Malone seeks stricter mining disclosures from SEC and a shift away from restrictive venture capital, warning a tariff clash is on the horizon.
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