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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1952
Page
4
Editorial notes a surge in mosquitoes after warm days and a larger 1952 model insect. City council plans a DDT fogging program next week, with additional rounds to follow, to protect public health and comfort and invites residents to apply insecticides on their premises.
State Insurance Commissioner reports auto casualty insurers seek higher premiums for personal injury and property damage. Claims rise as repair costs and injury settlements grow. Public blame should fall on drivers’ conduct. safer driving could drive rates down.
Belmond Independent warns that the threat to private enterprise endangers the country’s greatness and strength. The piece argues business freedom fuels wealth and national power and urges stronger defense of enterprise against creeping restrictions.
The Greene Recorder warns that civilizational collapse can occur even in advanced societies as barbarism and slaughter follow. The piece contrasts present progress with historical fates and cautions readers about societal breakdown.
Washington dispatch profiles W Averell Harriman as a Democratic presidential hopeful with a strong background but a tough public speaking record. It notes his wealth and polo fame, and describes him as enigmatic, tense, and intense in public settings while detailing his influence on policy tasks like the Marshall Plan.
Discussion swirls around Harriman as a potential Democratic candidate after Stevenson withdraws. Backers cite endorsements from party figures while Harriman weighs running with headquarters planned in New York and Washington. He vows no interference with his MSA duties and Hatch Act compliance, though he misses primaries and delayed entry into delegate races.
A Mason City Globe Gazette editorial compares the current administration’s steel industry seizure to the methods used by Hitler, Mussolini, or Stalin. It questions whether the president’s approach differs in any essential way from totalitarian practices.
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Washington dispatch notes practical politicians fear retaliation by minority groups in decisive voting centers shaping 1952 party nominations. Taft and Russell face pressure from urban labor and race blocs while Warren and Kefauver propose FEPC positions. Eisenhower’s stance unsettled as Powell asks about FEPC.
Iowa Democrats aim to defend 44 legislature seats by fielding write-in candidates after missing filing deadlines. State Chairman Jake More says efforts are active in 21 counties to nominate write-ins for 21 house districts and 10 Senate seats without regular nominees, seeking November ballot access.
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