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BY SHERRY BROWN
AP Newsfeatures Writer
NEW YORK — Now you can
start worrying about those under
privfleged families of four with
0"3 $7,000 a year income.
nderprivileged? $7,000?7 It
sounds fantastic, but inflation has
done things to incomes as well
as prices.
Look at the figures on U.S. per
capita incomes just compiled by
the National Industrial Confer
ence Board.
A year’s income payments
to individuals in Nevada total
$1,842 for every man, woman
and child. In New York it's
$1,781 per capita. Thus, fami
lies of four in those two states
are below average if they
have $7,000 a year income.
In eight states and the District
of Columbia incomes average
above $1,600 per capita. That’s
$6,400 for four people. The states
are California, Nevada, Montana,
North Dakota, Illinois, New York
Connecticut and Delaware.
Nationwide, the average is
$1,328 per person or $5,292 for
four. These latest figures for a full
year are for 1947. It may be high
when the 1948 totals are known.
Even so it is up 130 per cent
since 1940.
In 1940 the national average per
person was $575. That year, the
family of four with $2,300 a year
was average.
Going back to the latest fig
ures, the low income belt is in
the south. This was also true
in previous years. But Arkan
sas with the lowest average
in 1947 had $7lO per person
which is well above the $575
national average of 1940.
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The deep south states with
incomes below SI,OOO per per
son are Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alg
bama, Tenneessee, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Georgia.
. Four other south coast and bor
der states are below $1,200 per!'
person—Arizona, New Mexico,
lTexas and Florida. In the same
category are Minnesota, lowa and‘
IMissouri as well as Maine, New |
Hampshire and Vermont, Virginia
and West Virginia.
A different picture shows up
when states are listed as to size
of the increased income over 1940. !
The south has had large increases
compared with west coast and
northeastern states where in
‘creases were smaller. Delaware, up
84 per cent, had the smallest in
‘crease in the country, except for
Washington, D. C., with 50 per
,cent. North Dakota, up 356 per
' cent, had the highest.
A word of caution should be
given in reading the figures. They
‘are averages. Whether you deal
| with the $575 average in 1940 or
the $1,323 national average of
|1947, that does not mean most
people got that sum or above., One
i million-dollar income, for ex
rample, can overbalance a large
'number of below - average in-|
' comes. |
Another thing. There is no
reference to taxes. When in- 1
comes increase, Uncle Sam
takes a much bigger bite and
there is less left for spending.
Also, the per capita figures
take no account of the num
ber of wage earners. An in
creased number of wives are
_ working. When you speak of
“average” families of four, more
of the family incomes from ’
two or more workers.
But the board figures do reflect
sharp increases in payments to in
dividuals. They are much higher
even than 1929. In 1929, U. S. per
capita income was S6BO. The $575
'average in 1940 was lower. But
by 1946 it had grown to $1,213
and to $1,323 in 1947. Estimates
! for 1948 indicate it may be around
isSIU() a year higher,
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THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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Agent Advises
.
More Reflection
.
For Better Light
Light from lamps often can be
increased simply by arranging for
more and better reflection, accord
ing to Mrs. Mary M. Smith, home
demonstration agent,
White or light colors reflect
light, but dark colors absorb it, she
points out. A lamp shade that is
dark inside actually wastes light,
while a shade with a white lining,
a coat of white paint or even white
shoe polsih on the inside may dou
ble or treble the light given off.
The shape of the shade and the
height of the lamp are also im
portant, Mrs. Smith says. Wide
fiaring shades give off more light
than narrow ones with straight
sides. For best distribution of
light, table lamps need shades that
are 14 to 16 inches across the bot
tom and large floor lamps need
shades that are 18 to 20 inches
across the bottom and large floor
lamps need shades that“are 18 to
20 inches across the bottom.
A short floor lamp that is about
45 inches from the floor to the
bottom of the shade is usually bet
ter than a tall one because the
light is nearer the place where it
is needed. A table lamp that is
about 15 inches from the table to
the bottom of the shade is gener
ally best when used on a desk or
reading table.
~ For the sake of enough light, it
may be advisable to refinish dark
rooms with light paper or paint,
the home demonstration agent
says. Cleaning dust and dirt from
the walls and ceilings and from the
lamp shades and bulbs will also
‘help.
MOVIE PROCRAMS |
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PALACE—
Sun.-Mon.-Tues. — “Julia Mis
behaves,” starring Greer Garson,
Walter Pidgeon. Songs of the Sea
son. Neu{F.
Wed.-Thurs.Fri.-Sat. — “Loves
of Carmen,” starring Rita Hay
worth, Glenn Ford . Gnu Look.
News.
GEORGIA—
Sun.-Mon. — “Cry of the City,”
starring Victor Mature, Betty
Garde, Richard Conte. Way of the
Padres. Short Shorts on Sports.
News. ;
Tues. - Wed. — “Embraceable
You,” starring Dane Clark, Geral
dine Brooks. Red Ingle & His Nat
ural Seven. Athletic Varieties.
Thurs.-Fri.—“The Fuller Brush
Man,” starring Red Skelton, Janet
‘Blair. Race Rider. Hot Cross Bun-~
‘ny. News. :
l Sat. — “Shaggy,” starring Bren
'da Joyce, Robert Shayne. Unusual
Occupation. Wotta Knight. Chil
dren Matinee — 10 a. m. “Sioux
City Sue.”
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Moa.-Tues. — “Sin Town,” §tar
ring Constance Bennett, -
Crawford. Whatta Build. Hardvoil
ed. Egg. "
} Wed. — “Four Faces West,”
‘starring Joel McCrea Frances Dee.
Mystery Mouxgtain—chapter 4.
| Thurs. — “So Evil My Love,”
starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd.
Upstanding Sitter. ;
Fri.-Sat. — “Rhythm of the Rio
Grande,” starring Tex Rifter.
Billie Gets Her Man. Adv. of
Frank & Jesse James — chapter
10.
RITZ— ‘
Sun.-Mon, — “Key Largo,” star
ring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren
Bacall, Edward G. Robinson.
Hounding the Hares.
Tues. — “Blueridge Mountain
Boys” in person — On the Stage.
“Code of Scoland Yard,” starring
Oscar Homolka, Derek Farr.
Olympic Water Wizards. Mysteri
ous Stranger.
Wed.-Thurs. — “The Paradine
Case,” 'starring Gregory Pack, Ann
Todd, Villi. Topsy Turkey.
Fri.-Sat.—Tornado Case,” star
ring Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates,
Stake Hands. Adv.| of Rex & Rin
ty—chapter 7. .
Sheets you launder yourself
should be hung up to dry by plac
ing about one-third of the sheet
over the line instead of centering
the fabric because sheets tend to
wear out first along the center
line. Never hang up sheets by
the edges, as this may pull them
out of shape. Pin sheets to
clothesline in three or four places
to avoid undue strain at any one
point. 22 ;
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TO]) U.S. I.abor Obser ver
Reports On French Fight
Expert Says Red Victory Abroad
Would Affect American Unions
BY IRVING BROWN
AFL Representatvie in Europe
(Written for NEA Service)
CINCINNATI, Ohio.— (NEA)—What is happening in
French labor circles today affects the the lives and the
trade union movement in the United States today.
If France should fall, or if Europe should remain in
constant civil conflict, wastern Europe can not succeed in
rebuilding on a stable politcial basis. If that cannot be
achieved, then democracy in Europe can not succeed, and
the United States can not succeed in its efforts to main
tain political and economic democracy in Europe and
throuchout the world.
If France {falls, Russia can
dominate the entire continent of
Europe. If Europe becomes dom
inated by the totalitarian power
of Russia, they can destroy west
ern free trade unionism, and the
British Isles, the English labor
movement and the Labor govern
ment can not long hold out
against this totalitarian crowd
that nqw spreads itself from the
gates of Nanking in China to the
Elbe river in Germany.
If France falls, and eventually
the British Isles, then British
democracy and British labor will
be the fore-runner of a world
wide aggressive threat against
the free and democratic institu
tions of American labor.
The recent coal mine strike in
France was not a sirike for eco
nomic demands. It was not a
strike for legitimate grievances,
though the vpeople of Europe have
legitimate grievances. It was a
strike organized by the militar
ized, totalitarianized Communist
movement of France to destroy
the French economy, as a first
step in an attempt to destroy the
efforts of tha European Recovery
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Program, It is the first step of
the French Communist movement
to destroy the most important
key country in the reconstruction
and stabilization of western Eu
rope. :
The Marshall Plan has become
the dividing point betweew the
Soviet Union and the western
world. Why? Because success of
the Marshall Plan, econcmic re
coery in western Europe, means
the end of the Communist threat
in those countries. It might even
become the basis for the down
fall of the Soviet regime in east
ern Europe.
Eastern European couniries to
dya are dominated by a totalitar
ian systemr by which trade un
ions have been destroyed, labor
no longer exists, forced concen
tration camps are organized.
The Prime Minister of Czecho
slovakia, who is also president of
the country’s trade unions, has
said publicly it is a crime for
workers not to work 52 Sundays
a year. In a speech he has said
the factory workers in Czechoslo
vakia are too selfish, there is too
much absenteeism, the workers
are complaining: too much about
economic condijtions.
What solution does he offer?
Forced labor camps. Workers
who will not accept the dictator
ial decrees of the so-called peo=
rle’s democracy will be ‘sent to a
forced labor concentraticn camp.
~ Such is the attitude against
‘which iree, democratic labor
must fight. Because even such
measures do not enable eastern
Europe to meet its economic
needs, the Cominform and the
Russians have declared political,
economic—and if and when nec
essary, military war against the
West-—because they can not un
der any c¢onditions permit the
successful ' reconstruction of free
labor, free ‘rade unionism, free
institutions on the basis of a
higher eccnomic¢ standerd of liv
ing.
In this very hot cold war the
AFL has played a decisive role.
In western Europe, and particu
liarly in France, we have been
]the biggest support for the free
trade union movement that has
been built up gaainst the regst
ance of the Cominform. We have
aided the Force Ouvriere and the
Christian trade union movement
|with typewriters, with mimeo
graph machines, with food and
with finances. ‘We are affiliated
with the new ERP Trade Union
Advisory‘ Committee, which in
!cludes the leading trade unionists
‘of western Europe.
In considerable part because
of the help we have given, the
jlabor movements in western Ger
|many, Austria and western Eu-
Irope, in England and in our own
lc:ountry are becoming welded in
‘to a force for a positive program
lof economic recovery, of higher
international standards of living,
for complete resistance to those
who wish to prevent economic
reconstruction because it would
interfere with their own rise to
world power. A
Partly because of Russian ex
cesses, but also because of our
'efforts in support of the Euro
pean labor movement, the so
called World Federation of Trade
Unions today is almost a corpse,
though it has not yet been bur
ied.
It is our hope, on the basis of
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what we have done in the past
and what we will do in the fu
ture, that we and the other west
ern trade union movements can
begin rebuilding an international
trade union movement that will
create high standards in Eurcpe,
in the United States, and through
out the world.
San Francisco started its cable
car system in 1873.