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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1949
Page
6
The Ford noncontributory pension concept is hailed as pace setting by labor and industry and will influence broad security thinking. It risks burdening small firms, risks limiting worker rights, and could slow new enterprise while raising product costs and harming employment.
A Camelback area resort boosts off-peak stays by advertising reduced pre season rates. The operator reports early guests planning long visits with fewer frills and staff, while sunshine and desert air remain inviting. More visitors could arrive in spring and fall, benefiting Valley tourism and related businesses.
The Soviet move to renounce the Yugoslav friendship pact signals cooling ties while diplomatic relations remain. Yugoslavia leans toward the United States, seeking a Security Council seat and signaling a broader shift amid Western alignment and Soviet deterrence.
The dramatic pennant races capture the news cycle, eclipsing figures like John L. Lewis and Phil Murray and the football squad, with tense finishes and shifting standings. The emphasis shifts from players to dramatic late leads and teamwide momentum.
A New York Times column humorously contrasts emu behavior with improbable Soviet science tales. It cites a staged Australian find of an irradiated city and tree-climbing fish, and jokes that Russia invented the tank before Britain. The piece speculates on Moscow’s reaction and mocks grand claims about inventions.
An editorial survey notes South Carolina scholars tracing how Americans speak the English language, comparing regional speech to German dialects and asking if standardization through media favors engineers over poets as Hollywood shapes pronunciation and usage across the nation. It argues Americans resist neat pigeonholing, reflected in their varied speech.
The notice states letters should be on one paper side only and require writer name and street address with signature, though anonymous publication is allowed upon request. Letters exceeding 300 words only if of unusual interest.
A Phoenix reader urges voters to replace the current administration with an independent mayoral candidate. He criticizes internal quarrels in City Hall, lack of industrial growth, and missed tourism potential, urging turnout to elect a new leadership and avoid a city sales tax or higher property taxes.
Bill Turnbow reports a meeting of gambling and liberalized divorce advocates in Arizona. The piece argues non partisan dollars and sense benefits, urges study of legalized gambling to boost state revenue, notes tourism and housing impacts, and calls for broad citizen and press cooperation against external opposition.
The Arizona Tax Commission floated an extra sales tax levy of 1.3 million dollars on the Southern Pacific Company but now considers dropping the plan. Lawyers doubt the levy’s constitutionality, suggesting a pro test would push the case to court where the railroad could reclaim the amount plus 6 percent annual interest. If enforced, the tax would create a 78 thousand dollar yearly interest cost, likely forcing the Legislature to fund the payment, while the case drags through the courts for years.
Bill Turnbow reports on plans for a large Phoenix convention with the Chamber of Commerce assisting the Arizona Corporation Commission. Griffenhagen and Associates will add two staffers for a legislative study. The piece also notes internal Commission maneuvering over an inspector’s card for A P Buzard and candidate dynamics involving Richard F Harless and William T Brooks.
The piece warns that a war shadow hangs over a generation, with anxiety and weapon buildup eroding civilization. It recalls 1914 and two world wars, notes the shift from obligation to personal power, and grimly suggests atomic, biological, chemical, and electronic warfare could devastate humanity. Diplomatic efforts are urged to avert such a holocaust.
By George E. Sokolsky argues against appeasement and improvised policy. He warns that peace cannot be achieved by subsidizing favored leaders or momentary fixes. The essay calls for a holistic program grounded in human values to ensure a durable century of peace and civilization over conflict.
Washington September 30 a key factor delaying the steel pension dispute is outside influence. U S Steel and labor leaders face pressure from bankers directors and industry chiefs led by J P Morgan with executives like Walter Gifford Sewell Avery James Black and George A Sloan shaping positions on pension patterns. The note details how pension plans could set a national standard and cites U S Steel owned coal mines and a welfare fund precedent. Also mentions a $6000 defense bill for Senator Bilbo and a chat with President Truman about rural telephone legislation amid postwar labor and industry tensions.
A speaker argues that clear desires drive success and progress. He cites Bion J. Arnold’s rule of “it hurt” to obtain goals and recalls a defining line “No sweat, no sweet.” A department store encounter with Mrs. Andrew Carnegie illustrates value of decisive intent.
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