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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1946
Page
4
The article argues a state plan requests 25 million for improvements and campaigns over twelve months, noting per county costs and urging a law with teeth and jail penalties. It calls for full disclosure of campaign expenditures and sources to curb abuses, contending current statutes are unworkable and stupid.
The text notes Mr Chester Bowles resignation from the stabilization post, praising his efforts while discussing policy disagreements. It suggests Bowles favored stronger government control of business and price controls as permanent, contrasting with wartime and postwar economic aims. The piece questions whether Truman will grant him another authority post.
The piece reports a dispute on whether the state board of elections can disqualify Hamilton C. Jones for allegedly overspending in a Democratic primary. Joyner argues excess spending falls under corrupt practices, not election laws, while advocates push for board action and possible legal changes.
Dr. George Gallup reports a broad cross section names General MacArthur as the most admired living person, with Eisenhower second and the president third. The top ten skews toward politics, while entertainers like Sinatra and Grable appear among the also rans, signaling a divided yet unchanged wartime to peacetime sentiment.
A Washington scene parodies Cold War diplomacy echoing Lewis Carroll. The spoof, traced to Princeton, riffs on world leaders and events with lines about Molotov, Yalta, and Plenary Wood as a playful political verse.
The article discusses widespread college graduations as GI Bill support grows, noting a clash between scholarship and attendance. It cites Harvard President Conant urging a broad educational process that includes value judgments, and mentions correspondence between E. D. Toland and Sarah Lawrence’s Harold Taylor on the topic.
The piece quotes Toland and others arguing about the Wagner Act, noting professors' inability to quote its provisions. It discusses what is “fair” and “good,” cites CIO lawyer Frank Donner on the act favoring employers, and questions university teaching and patriotism amid postwar debates.
The piece argues Moscow uses propaganda to paint the United States and Britain as fascist and warlike while the United States relies on cautious diplomacy. It notes Byrnes dominates negotiations, Senate ratification is uncertain, and public understanding is limited. It warns Russians are fed anti Western narratives and lack access to opposing views.
Paul Mallon argues against trusting any agreement with suspicion and warns that bargaining with a synthetic threat is doomed. He notes few believe Russians differ from their government, describing one-man rule, censorship, dictatorship, and public attack as the system's core. Only a British official hints at revolution. others see Stalinism as fixed.
Sun splashed Coney Island draws New Yorkers from all five boros as they escape the heat. The piece wanders through city scenes from parks and beaches to the sunlit Hudson and quiet libraries, capturing a sleepy, humid day full of motion and mood.
Vivid street scenes show teens at ice cream parlors and cabbies groaning in heat. Tenement youths use docks as dives while police respond to a Signal 30. A woman who died by self harm held a match for a subway motorman before vanishing on the 42nd Street tracks.
A lyrical mosaic describes Harlem at night, Brooklyn farms, 4th Avenue markets, Broadway birds and skyline lights, Bowery eateries, outdoor bookshops, moonlit reflections, and a veteran scene of cops and signs. It contrasts New York with Chicago parks and a tense newsroom encounter.
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