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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1949
Page
6
Public Opinion Letters to the editor must be written on one side of the paper only. Name and street address of the writer with signature must be furnished but may be published anonymously upon request. Only letters of unusual interest may exceed 300 words.
F K Steiner, president of the Phoenix Symphony Association, thanks The Gazette for an editorial that appeared after their first concert of the season, calling the support helpful and worthwhile for the board and the third season efforts.
A West Virginia chairman urges people to build peace through people to people contact. The column highlights exchanges between American and European youths, business leaders, and cities, noting efforts from Texas to Kansas and Minnesota to Germany to foster understanding and counter Cold War tensions.
Arizona officials express disappointment and a sense of unfairness after Tennessee is chosen for the proposed U S Air Force Engineering Development Center. They cite letters from St Louis engineers and Secretary Stuart Symington casting doubt on Arizona review. Arizona warned that one power source would serve both centers and question political factors in the decision.
Paul G Hoffman, Economic Cooperation Administrator, tells an American audience Europe must remove trade barriers and form a single Western European trading area to safeguard three more years of Marshall Plan funding. He acknowledges difficulties but argues urgent action is needed to avoid protected industries and bilateral barter.
President Truman is praised for resisting a move to raise the gold price from 35 to 45 dollars an ounce. Analysts warn such a revaluation would inflate the currency, raise prices, and worsen the economy, while benefiting foreign producers and worsening debt. The president’s stance is seen as prudent to avoid further currency tinkering.
Installing a pipeline along No 2 fairway at Encanto Golf Course will address incoming tourist golfers by improving conditions. If a new course isn’t possible, the project adds hazards to the existing layout to enhance play and create new challenges for visitors.
The piece argues that while extreme conservatives see big government as a threat, government acts as an anchor for the economy. Dean Harold B. Bowen notes government is an industry not subject to business cycles, providing stability. Since the 1930s New Deal, measured big government can protect liberty if directed toward progress and welfare.
The piece notes that fifty million dollars still carries influence, praises Mississippi’s varied people, and comments on the Armstrong bequest and Judge Armstrong. It commends a Mississippi school for spunk and urges rejection of temptations elsewhere while hinting at future moves by the eighty four year old judge.
A Mississippi story notes that Judge Armstrong preserves his claimed fifty million endowment while Jefferson Military College delays the plan to fund teaching of white supremacy and states rights. The article hints at premature press speculation and the parties exiting amid controversy, mentioning the Armstrongs, Bilbos, and Fielding Wrights.
Indiana lawmakers face continued pressure to end the margarine tax as dairy interests block votes. The American Public Health Association urged Congress to remove taxes, noting fortified oleomargarine supplies nutrients and that taxes raise prices. In Indiana the issue affects farmers since soybean oil, a key ingredient, ties margarine to the state’s economy.
A column argues nationalism in the Soviet orbit challenges Stalinism as it extends into the West. It notes Russian chauvinism, Ukraine tensions, and Tito's Yugoslavia, warning that a universal Stalinist world would destroy peace and equality. Peace needs cultural freedom and collective security, not one privileged nation.
Factographs describe Somaliland as a northeast African region named after its inhabitants the Somalis. The note mentions British and French political involvement in various sections and records Santa Fe New Mexico housing the oldest public building said to date to 1610 as the capital of the Spanish provincial government. It adds that celluloid dissolves in denatured alcohol.
Under The Capitol Dome notes how a $15 forecast by the National Weather Institute proved wrong as rain and fog drenched the fair, with 90 degree highs. the piece mocks long range forecasts and warns against reliance on outside forecasts. It also criticizes a Gestapo like traffic-safety proposal by the state highway division.
Analysis notes that Lehman and Dulles victories may mask broader shifts. About 28 percent of upstate voters did not show, while NYC totals reveal divergent ballots among Democrats, Socialists, and Communists. The missing mayor votes hint at cross ballots and party splits amid wartime population changes.
In New York City the party structure collapsed after 1948 defeat. Fusion with Socialists under Liberal banner produced weak results but left wing strength evident in a combined Communist Socialist vote of 728704 surpassing Republicans. Harlem Davis defeat marked by anti Communist stance and a fragmented, controversial campaign climate.
A profile of Lafcadio Hearn tracing his career from 1877 in Cincinnati to New Orleans newspapers the Daily City Item and the Times-Democrat. It notes his Woodblock illustrations, one-eyed vision, rise to fame, major works including Chita and Chinese Ghosts, time in West Indies and Japan, marriage, teaching at the University of Tokyo, and death in 1904. It closes with a nod to his literary legacy and a remark on the stars’ light traveling through varied air densities.
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