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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1950
Page
4
The piece discusses a possible return of Regulation W aimed at curbing installment buying with higher down payments and quicker balance payments. It argues the policy influenced inflation and notes mixed opinions on its effectiveness, urging a reflection on absenteeism tied to wage earners and installment debt.
The column urges replacing J. B. Moore as North Carolina prison director with a reform-minded leader not tied to patronage. It advocates placing the prison system outside the highway and public works commission, ensuring a staff chosen by merit and a program focusing on rehabilitation and public interest.
The author challenges Professor Herget and others for censoring ideas by boycotting MacMillan textbooks. He argues scientists must avoid coercive tactics and defends liberty and tolerance as guiding principles in a free society.
In this period column, readers hear calls for resolve amid Korea tensions and global observers doubting softness. Veterans recount Okinawa battles with vivid detail, while a North Asheboro man describes illness from myasthenia gravis and seeks aid. A Virginia native recalls the Natural Bridge with a boastful family joke.
A European observer recounts widespread anti American sentiment across the continent. He notes propaganda praising communism amid poverty in France Italy and the Balkans. English Scots and Italians resent the Marshall Plan and U S presence while the IRO relocates DPs and favors humble workers over skilled artisans. Walter Winchell is on vacation Jack Lait fills in.
Gordon Dean, 44, a Washington lawyer and former Justice Department official, was appointed by President Truman to lead the Atomic Energy Commission. The appointment shifts AEC toward closer ties with Congress and the Defense Department, with Dean focusing on implementing existing policies and keeping civilian aims in perspective.
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