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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1948
Page
4
The Pocatello Post describes officials in elective offices refusing to share facts with reporters, citing personal antagonism toward newspapers. It argues for civil service style exams to ensure capable, impartial officials and reduce politics based on votes rather than merit.
A New York Supreme Court ruling sets bricklayers’ wages at 27 dollars per day. The Democratic Party fractures into Dixiecrats and Wallaceites as Henry Wallace proposes further splits and Truman vetoes Hart Hartley. Jet planes now exceed sound speed as Big Four ministers speedily resolve Italian colonies in 13 hours 40 minutes.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey opened his campaign pledging to protect enterprise while curbing monopoly to aid citizens. He warned Congress and the nation that legalizing industry pricing systems could cement domination by big producers, challenging anti trust aims amid court rulings supporting the federal trade commission.
Marquis Childs notes industrial leaders push to dilute or repeal anti trust laws citing wartime excess profits taxes. A new revenue panel drafts rules excluding profits earned through anti monopoly violations from 1936 39 baselines, potentially altering refunds worth billions and intensifying fear of dominant firms seizing state control.
Ardent Wallace followers note Henry Wallace’s public drift from foreign policy to domestic issues. The piece describes Communist presence at a Yankee Stadium rally and hints at internal pressure on Wallace to reference the Soviet Union more cautiously.
In a round-table tied to a blue and gray football exchange, northern Rotary and Kiwanis members visited Montgomery to discuss race, education, and opportunity. Highlights include S. S. Pennock of Philadelphia noting cordial relations between black and white teachers in Alabama and Richard C. Bell of White Hall reporting that Negro education opened northern eyes to southern realities.
New York writer rails against dieting as a nationwide fad that corrupts family life. The narrator recalls a fat past, contrasts dieting mama with his own weight loss, and jokes about secret chocolate treats and the tense household.
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