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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1948
Page
4
The Pocatello Post celebrates its first year with strong reader response and growing circulation. The editors credit independence and honesty, pledging fair, objective news for Pocatello and Southeastern Idaho, while advertising support strengthens community ties.
The Post pledges independence with no political commitments and aims for objective reporting. It pledges to publish only under the masthead with editorials bylined to writers, support worthwhile community drives, and maintain transparency in circulation figures for Pocatello and Southeastern Idaho.
A citywide editorial argues Idaho municipalities face a tangled tax system from federal to municipal levels. It urges a complete overhaul to prioritize direct aid to towns and coordinated taxation, insisting action is needed now to ensure a better life within city boundaries.
The government closed the fiscal year with a surplus over 8.0 billion dollars while civilian employment rose by about 500 workers daily for six months. A 1948 tax cut will cut 1949 revenues by several billion, and Rep Knutson vows larger tax reductions.
A visiting writer extols scenic beauty and mild climate of Idaho, lauds city cleanliness, and shares a humorous tale of a loaned 1939 Chrysler that runs dry due to a broken gas gauge and a locked cap, awaiting a fix from Virgil Papetti while exploring town.
A columnist quips that many beachgoers tire of swimming lessons while a lecturer vows blunt honesty. The piece mocks waste paper being treated as picnic refuse and notes an Indiana boy receiving ten stitches after a driving mishap due to poor judgment.
The piece weighs a potential Democratic ticket featuring Justice William O. Douglas and the revived feud with Tom Dewey, noting their Columbia Law School ties and Roosevelt era politics. It recalls FDR’s support dynamics, Douglas’s judicial stance, and his role in Wall Street reforms with the SEC.
Drew Pearson notes how Justice Douglas transformed a corrupt era with his sharp discipline. The piece traces his rise from Yakima to Columbia Law School and the Supreme Court, highlighting his frugal habits, work ethic, and possible nomination by the Philadelphia convention.
Washington letters say a vice presidential candidate for Truman faces a sharp, nonstandard contest with party harmony at stake. Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney of Wyoming emerges as a leading possibility for his New Deal philosophy and record on Big Business.
Marquis Childs notes the prospect of O Mahoney as a presidential ally who could unite labor liberal and dissident factions. He argues O Mahoney would run a strong campaign, appeal to Catholic voters in the North, and steer the party after a likely November defeat. The piece casts Eisenhower’s draft stance and Truman renomination as limiting factors for any replacement candidate.
The Post invites brief letters on general and local subjects with sender name and address. The editor may reject libelous submissions or condense long letters. Weekly the Post awards two dollars for the best letter and readers should send letters to The Editor at Pocatello Post.
A railroad worker living on South Main Street extension seeks to build a new home and repair his current house, totaling about $7,000. He has $3,500 cash and sought FHA financing, but was denied, likely due to zoning restrictions. The letter asks The Post to investigate FHA practices.
A reader in a quiet residential area laments constant horn blasts by drivers and urges Pocatello to enact and enforce a law limiting horn use. The writer expresses frustration with thoughtless driving and contemplates drastic measures.
An anonymous letter from Gordon Hirschi of Pocatello, Idaho, laments a landlady converting a one room home into a public bathroom and housing nine people in shared facilities. The writer, a Utah family with two children, appeals for better living conditions near Idaho State College.
Berks County anglers funded a juvenile fishing pool for participants under 16. They provided bait tackle and casting instruction and offered prizes for the largest catches.
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