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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1944
Page
4
The CIO Political Action Committee chief Hillman wields power to block or push nominees and planks, aims to swing votes in key states for FDR, and faces pushback from the administration. He risks alienating others while steering platform and VP re nomination dynamics amid wartime politics.
On today marks 25 years since H N Williard began at the bank and rose to the presidency in 1937. During his tenure resources grew from 420 000 to over 5 000 000, reflecting the city’s spirit of free enterprise and the chance for local businesses to expand in the coming decades.
William Muir of Durham and head of the Associated General Contractors of America warns Congress delaying the Robinson highway bill will slow postwar planning. The bill would authorize 500 million dollars annually for three years, matched by states, with 30 percent for urban streets, 45 percent for federal aid highways, and 25 percent for rural roads, requiring advance planning and right of way work.
Mrs Bessie Thigpen urges parents to keep children from movie houses and amusements until safety improves. George K Snow notes some states ban burning waste paper but North Carolina has no law yet. Helen Fay Curry, Navy WAVEs veteran, praises women serving and contributing to the war effort.
Letters quoted from residents and officials discuss church leadership, police service, federal power, English life, wartime correspondence, and demobilization lessons. Notable voices include Rev. Wilbur Hutchins F. J. Horton Senator Taft Frank Aydelotte Mrs. Howard Lyon Nathan Katz and H. M. Tomlinson.
The War Food Administration aims to make all beef point free except AA and A grade, labeling them quality meats. The proposal would reduce choice cuts for hamburger and stew beef, making steaks and roasts below top grades unavailable to consumers.
The war news reports rapid Allied push in France as American and British supplies flow in. Italian front progress continues steadily, while Soviet advances threaten Germany. German withdrawals harden lines, extending enemy supply routes as new predictions of collapse surface.
Reminder from The Enterprise urges keeping focus on the ongoing investigations into the murders of Alice May and Bob Beck. The paper notes police and sheriff's deputies continue working, avoid revealing clues, and resist letting the cases go cold. Eskimos and igloos are mentioned in a tangential aside.
The essay argues that term limits vanished after 1940 and the public may accept longer or multiple presidencies. It claims the two term rule lost authority, comparing the monarchy to enduring traditions. It notes Roosevelt's repeated runs and shifts in motive from avoiding war to sustaining it, reflecting on party stance.
By George Sokolsky argues Roosevelt relies on a personal machinery to push a fourth term, citing Hopkins Hillman and party factions. He recalls 1932 Jefferson Day speech urging not to swap horses and warns of one man rule amid debt, bureaucracy, and economic turmoil.
This piece analyzes how the worker vote, not the organized labor bloc, may shape the November outcome. It cites CIO PAC backing for Roosevelt, high anticipated AF of L support, and questions how Mine Workers under John L. Lewis may affect the tally. It notes mass migrations altering political landscapes and regional campaign dynamics in states like Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Texas.
In California, Texas, Michigan, Alabama and Kentucky union members have registered at unprecedented rates. Portable booths at factories draw white collar workers and labor crews alike, broadening eligible voters in new home states. The worker and women votes loom as key November unknowns, while the soldier vote is not expected to swing the ballot.
Inside item claims General Miller, recently returned as Lt Colonel, faced demotion after allegedly revealing an invasion date at a London cocktail party. Intimates say he did not disclose the date. he also ran canteens in Britain and pressed for extra seating. An intelligence officer reportedly filed a report saying he talked too much. Miller plans to fight the issue and seek a Senate probe.
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