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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1946
Page
4
The Enterprise and its officials including D A Rawley and Robert Thompson acknowledge the right to be informed of errors in reports to enable proper corrections.
With 18 days left before the filing deadline, High Point has no candidate for county commissioner. The community shows little interest, though a few capable men may consider running. The piece urges High Point Democrats to unite and draft a strong contender to avoid a poorly led board.
The writer critiques Chairman Bob Hannegan of the Democratic party as ill and prone to missteps after a recent Jackson Day dinner in Washington. They suggest his resignation could be welcomed and argue the party could find a more capable leader, citing his recent alignment with Henry Wallace and party tensions.
A North Carolina agricultural official argues Eastern North Carolina dairy growth stalls because farms lack seven day milking. Small producers struggle to staff daily milk production, prompting talk of cooperative sharing while many farmers retreat to other work. Commissioner Kerr Scott notes urban critics overlook why half leave farming.
State revenue building employees wore subdued expressions after a cashier in the accounting division, C. L. Ellington Jr., was discharged over an acknowledged $543.88 shortage in motor vehicle funds. The dismissal is not charged as theft, but for inability to explain transactions. investigation had been ongoing for months. Publicity came from Revenue Commissioner Edwin Gill at a Friday press conference.
By Lynn Nisbet SCANDAL there is nothing yet approaching the scandal in the revenue department years ago when several top employees were convicted of embezzlement and sentenced. Investigation to date has not located the missing 543.38 or determined if that is the total shortages. Indictments may follow depending on future findings. The pall spread to other capitol square buildings with varying effects. Kerr Governor Robert 8 Kerr of Oklahoma attended the Jackson Day dinner address and pressed press conference questions with evasive answers.
He did not hedge on the presidential question, answering "A fellow by the name of Truman." For second place he listed Democratic governors and senators as reliable, with leaders added, while disavowing any personal ambitions for the position.
R A Mitchell criticizes proposed city boundary expansion as driven by greed and outside interests. He argues the city is already too small for new manufacturing plants and that vacant land in western, northwestern, and eastern sections could host industry. He questions whether the nation has truly finished its war spending.
A letter argues against incorporating surrounding areas in High Point, criticizing officials for suppressing public input and promising fire and police coverage without sewer and water extension. The writer questions tax waste, mismanagement, and seeks organized resistance with small donations to hire a lawyer to expose “Little Hitlers” behind the move.
The piece argues that the proposed revival of big three talks would erode UNO's stature while noting its first crucial year. It warns Russia's postwar power could undermine UNO by acting outside its authority, risking a shift to regional pacts and increased conflicts.
By George Sokolsky argues that the United Nations represents a start toward a parliaments of man, valuing openness over secret diplomacy. He warns alliances and urges adherence to law and public scrutiny as paths to peace, noting UNO’s potential to render war unnecessary.
The writer attacks Time magazine and Henry Luce over alleged communist influence in modern art discourse. He claims his syndicated column is misrepresented, contending that much modern art lacks beauty and promotes thought control. He insists his analysis links such art to communism and rejects its supposed elite appeal.
Paul Mallon argues that Soviet communism suppresses visible beauty and reason, labeling it political cubism. He defends American art rooted in naturalism and individual liberty, urging promotion of national art that contrasts with European dominance and communist imagination.
John L. Lewis presses for a ten per cent per ton royalty to fund a miners health and welfare trust while aiming to keep current take home pay through portal to portal pay changes. Truman denounces inflationary effects as regional wage rises surge across more than twenty industries. Sabath anti lobby bill stalls as labor lobbyists loom, and Robert E Hannegan’s health falters amid calls for his retirement. Young Bob La Follette shifts toward Republicans amid Senate chairmanship prospects and shifting power in Congress.
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