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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
4
The War Department outlined postwar demobilization after Germany falls, stressing small numbers early and tempo dependent on Japan victory and European occupation needs. It cites infantry faster than air and naval units, factors include service length, time overseas, combat, and dependents.
A letter argues that the corporate income tax is unfair double taxation, harming small investors and discouraging risk capital. It urges reform to tax individuals on total income with dividends exempt from corporate levies, and favors using after war financial stability as a trigger for overhaul.
Greensboro cities mobilize for Victory in Europe with simultaneous church services and a patriotic mass meeting. Businesses may close by 2 pm if Germany capitulates today, or for the day and next if later. Governor Broughton urges prayer and thanksgiving as part of public observances.
State workers from engineers to prison guards express unanimous support for acting chair Charles Ross. They note his long service, familiarity with projects, and ability to handle postwar engineering and construction issues, while acknowledging gubernatorial appointment politics and the limits on their influence.
Major General Charles D. Rhodes writes to 8 C Clark seeking living relatives of Captain Archie Bott U S Army who died on the Titanic before World War I. Bott, a High Point native, is praised as a hero for yielding his lifeboat to women and children. The army has not located any living kin.
Major Stanley Gilbert recalls a 1917 verse by Louis K. Anspacher used to answer Austrian peace overtures. The piece urges total resistance and vows no peace until foes are crushed and disarmed. Separately James Johnson criticizes a fire at Dickson Wood Carving on Thomasville road.
The CIO has fought the Weirton independent union for seven years, claiming it is company dominated. NLRB cited Weirton Steel for contempt on August 10 over the union, while workers resist being forced into any CIO or independent union amid broader union battles and politics.
By George Sokolsky argues the CIO is an administration tool for political labor control. He cites The Labor Union and Maurice Franks to claim CIO serves government patronage, coercing unions, and undermining free American political choice. The piece condemns CIO reliance on agencies to enforce its will.
Reported anonymously, the sequence at the Democratic National Convention involved Vice President Wallace dying in influence after Roosevelt’s benediction, Byrnes rising as a candidate, and Truman emerging for the ticket. The piece notes alleged written endorsements and internal maneuvering, with key players wary of ethnic and geographic opposition and conflicting letters dated before and during the convention.
Paul Mallon reports on the president directing that Byrnes should not be nominated due to CIO opposition over wage policy. Flynn and Murray of CIO criticize Byrnes while Hillman signals resistance. Roosevelt tells Hannegan to back Truman, and Byrnes withdraws amid internal party dissatisfaction and postwar plans.
Washington observes ongoing conflicts inside the wartime industrial and policy apparatus. The Nelson Wilson clash at the War Production Board mirrors earlier fights among Knudsen Henderson Ickes and Welles Hull, driven by overlapping authority and distrust of big business leadership. A House subcommittee will probe rehabilitation and employment for the physically handicapped, with emphasis on a national bureau and employer liability law reforms as part of a broad legislative push.
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