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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1946
Page
4
The president forms a special commission to purge communists and subversives from the federal payroll. It aims to report around the new Congress meeting time. The editorial urges removal of communists to protect government integrity.
The piece argues against a doom-laden view of Republican eras, citing 1920s real wages rising from 120 to 136, extended child labor reductions, and doubling high school enrollments. It credits progress to leaders and citizens, insisting inflation and war are not inevitable under any party.
In a Trieste straw vote Fiorello H. LaGuardia topped candidates as the future Free State governor. The piece notes his experience and language skills but warns his appointment could complicate postwar treaty talks and raise turf questions for a capricious administration.
The Wall Street Journal reports a easing in lumber prices across 10 cities as consumer resistance grows. AFL Labor's Monthly Survey predicts a definite down trend in food and other consumer item prices by early 1947, citing free trade and competition as factors.
Dr George T Wood Jr proposes using a percentage from each ticket sale to create a special fund for teachers salaries and pensions, in addition to existing federal and state taxes. He suggests the legislature enact a law to divert revenue for education funding.
The speaker argues Congress should let states retain a portion of ticket taxes to fund education, proposing a 25 percent deduction from athletic event tickets to cover salaries and school needs. C. E. Camp of Atlanta praises High Point as the most attractive town during a regional tour across several states.
In April a Waldorf-Astoria convention signaled General Eisenhower’s move toward the presidency. He campaigns in civilian attire, playing to broader topics beyond military matters, suggesting a colorful, provocative bid with unclear party alignment and philosophy.
The piece argues a Nixon era style inquiry into World War I and Eisenhower’s past could illuminate missteps like the Mikhailovich ditch and Tito acceptance. It links such scrutiny to republicans and democrats visiting Shanghai and Tong Shao Yi, urging a thorough, nonpartisan review for accuracy in history.
Washington analysis argues John Lewis stretched legal grounds to end the May coal agreement with the government. The dispute framed as a power struggle between union leadership and the executive branch, with miners’ wage gains and welfare taxes traced to the accord.
A writer argues that Paul Mallon’s walkout without a contract breaks a tradition of mine workers. Lewis is blamed for the strike against the government, suggesting motives include seeking hours cuts and political leverage during a Republican surge.
A mosaic of celebrity sightings and political hints unfolds across New York. Hoover’s widow, Eisenhower, Bergman, Duchin, DiMaggio, and radio rumors mingle with Broadway marquees, a race track bookie near a synagogue, and a sensational midtown scene involving Sally Haines and a D A questioning.
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