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DAILY MEDITATIONS
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yeu to judgment, and 1 will
" be a swift witness against
) the sorcerers, and against
adulterers and against those
that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow
and the fatherless, and that turn aside the
stranges from his right, and fear not me, saith
the Lord of hosts.—Naiachi 3:5.
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Private Power Moguls Split
Over War on Public Power
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
TWASHINGTON.— (NEA) —President Truman’s
western trip and two major speecheg at govern
ment dam sites may make the public electric power
issue hot again, Actually, it has been warming up
quite a bit here of late.
“oward the end of April, National Association of,
¥ lectric Companies held a press and propaganda
breakfast in Washington to present the private
power companies’ case against public power.
arly in May the U, S. Chamber of Commerce
1. | a power luncheon in connection with its an
r 1 convention. C. E. Oakes, past president of
I« son Electric Institute, presented the case for
p.ivate power, Assistant Secretary of Interior Wile
lia n E. Warne argued for public power,
The simple fact of the matter is that the electric
power industry is by no means unanimous in its
condemnatioh of public power, Since the National
Association of Electric Companies’ breakfast in
Washington, it has becomre known that three of its
members have resigned in protest, They are com=-
pany presidents C. B, McManus for Georgia Power,
J. N. Berry for Alabama Power and L. P. Sweatt
for Mississippi Power. All three of these companies
now buy “public” power from Tennessee Valley
Avuthority and resell it to their customers.
. L, Smith, president of National Association of
E = trlc Companies and its Washington represen
t 'ive, says the resignations will not take effect till
t. ¢ end of 1950, since all three have paid their dues
to thie lobby for the year,
SILENT CONCERNING RESIGNATIONS
Mr, Smith—usually voluble on all matters relat
ing to power—will make no explanation for the
three resignations. It is known, however, that C. B.
MeManus has said government developments like
the Tennessee Valley Authority should go forward.
He cites the fayorable experience of his company in
dealing with TVA.
John Dierdorff, vice president of Pacific Power
and Light, Portland, Ore., has made similar state
ments. He says that “No thoughtful citizen of the
Pacific Northwest wants the federal power program
to grow into a political and economic dictatorship.”
Ilevertheless he declares it is necessary “to do our
I>vel best to keep this federal development going
forward on something like a partnership basis.”
Private power industry spokesmen admit that no
private power company in the United States has
gone bankrupt because of government competition.
A number of them had to sell out—like the Tennes
see Power and- Light properties sold to TVA by
Wendell Willkie, But all these sales — whether at
federal, state, or mrunicipal public utility levels—
have been at 100 cents on the dollar of invested
capital and at full worth for good will.
When one company sells to another company,
that is supposed to be good business, But when a
private power company sells to a government
agency which may be better able to do a bigger job
in a particular area, that seems to be socialism.
And the main tenor of the private power attack on
government power is that it's socialism. Interior
Secretary Oscar Chapman, TVA - Administrator
Gordon Clapp and other advocates of public power
are held up as personal devils. Their side of the
argument js that they are merely carrying out pro
jects and policies approved by Congress for the
publie interest.
LONG WAY FROM BEING ON THE ROCKS
in spite of this public power competition, the pri
vaie power companies seem to be doing all right
for themselves, Figures furnished by P. L. Smith
himself show private power industry had a net in
come of $509,000,000 for 1937 and $769,000,000 for
1949-—a 51 percent increase in 12 years,
Preferred stock dividepds have dropped from 25
percent of net income for 1937 to 15 percent for
1948—the last year for which full dividend figures
are available. Common stock dividends were 60
percent of net income in 1937 and 60.1 percent in
1048.
Fixed capital of the industry was $10,000,000,000
in 1927, about $13,000,000,000 in 1937 and $22,000,~
000,000 in 1949,
Only 20 percent of today's electric power is pub
-1 - power. Assistant Secretary Warne cites Federal
- ower Commission estimates that total U, S. power
generating capacity mrust be doubled by 1960. So
there is plenty of room for both public and private
power to grow together, if they will get down to
business and co-operate in the national interest, in=-
stead of fighting each other.
The government is confined in its power program
to the development of natural resources, Even the
steam generating plants that the government seeks
to build must tie in with river valley public power.
Before any Republican rejoices at the possible
shipwreck of the foreign policy of the Democratic
administration, he should remember that we are all
in the same boat.—Governor Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, .
We Congratulate Mr.
Homer Nicholson
If you have noticed in the last few days the grass
bank and sidewalk on the Hancock avenue side of
the court house you will agree with that Mr. Homer
Nicholson, the county engineer and the Commis
sioners should be congratulated for beautifying
what was a rather unsightly spot.
Some time ago the Commissioners had shrubbery
planted on the court house lawn and thereby
greatly improved the appearance of that public
building and grounds. Now that the grass is being
well kept and neatly edged on the coping to the
lawn the appearance of the grounds has been ad
ditionally improved.
We contend that our public buildings and grounds
should be attractively kept for the double reason
that it preserves the property and also is good to
look at, The court house is one of the first buildings
to be seen by tourists coming into Athens from the
Danielsville highway and as long as it is neatly
kept it helps favorably advertise our community,
(And, by the way, well kept grounds, neatly cut
grass and keeping paper and other unsightly trash
from accumulating underneath shrubbery is also a
good advertisement for the janitor who is directly
responsible for the work.) :
When all our public buildings and grounds are
well kept and our streets at last are improved with
shrubbery such as has been started on Hancock we
will have a much better city, one that will be more
favorably talked about by visitors and admired by
its own residents. The truth of the mratter is, we
should have in this community, perhaps in the em
ploy jointly by the city and county, someone who is
primarily interested in randscaping to 100 k after
the appearance of our streets, public grounds and
highways. It would pay off in the long run. Many
cities, among them Valdosta and Albany, among
the smaller ones, maintain such departments. We
are behind them in that respect,
While we are at it, we take this means of point
ing out that Mr. Homer Nicholson is one of our
finest public servants. He is capable as an engineer
and has vision and public spirit, The Conmmission
ers and the county of Clarke and the people are
fortunate to have him around.
Public Waited Far Too Long
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For Auto Strike Settlement
The 100-day Chrysler strike was the second
longest and costliest in the history of the motor in
dustry, Only the 113-day General Motors’ walkout
of 1945-46 exceeded it. « £ !
Altogether this recent stoppage cost the Chrysler
Corporation, its workers, dealers and supplies (in=-
cluding employes) an estimated $1,383,720,880.
The 89,000 Chrysler nands lost a little less than
SI,OOO each in wages.
If one accepted the union’s claim that contract
benefits gained amount to 10 cents per hour for
each worker, it would take five years to make up
the lost pay.
Any strike, of course, is economically wasteful.
That’s recognized on all sides. But the strike is nev
ertheless accepted as a legitimate labor weapon, a
last resort, in dealings with management,
In other words, we Americans say that, regard
less of its wastefulness, the strike must be allowed
as labor’s strongest protest against unsatisfactory
working conditions,
Yet, because a strike is so costly, we the public
are likely to be critical of any walkout which
might have been averiea or possibly shortened,
And, in examing the causes and results of the
Chrysler strike, one. may reasonably question
whether any real purpose was served by so long a
walkout.
The major difference behind the strike was the
United Automobile Workers’ insistence that com
pany-paid, SIOO-a-month pensions—already agreed
to by the company—be paid on a cents-per-hour
basis. The firm argues that this wasn’'t necessary,
that it could be trusted to set aside adequate sums
for pensions payments,
The union also wanted a big say in administer
ing any pension fund, and this the company dis
puted.
In the final settlement, the pension was not
placed on a cents-per-hour basis, but the company
did agree to establishing a trust fund into which
money would be put for pension purposes. The
union did not win the degree of control it asked
over the fund, either.
The UAW did, however, gain certain other ben
efits, including half what it sought in hospital, sur
gical aand life insurance coverage, elimination of
some wage inequities, vacation pay adjustments,
and a union dues checkoff.
But these issues were not the cause of the strike.
The question how pensions were to be set up and
administered was what touched off the walkout.
To the outsider concerned only with the public
interest, it does not seem that the pension differ
ences justified the colossal waste of a long strike.
Close observers of the affair point to the ex
treme bitterness on both sides. The public cannot
confrol the emotions of union leaders and company
spokesmen. But it can geclare that bitterness which
is allowed to prolong a major strike unnecessarily
is a luxury neither union nor management can
afford. The Chrysler walkout lasted about five
times as long as it should have.
We are spreading ourselves too thin. — Elder
Statesman Bernard Baruch, on the cold war.
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"(Getting Blood Qut Of Courtroom”
BY HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK. — (AP) — City
Magistrate J. Roland Sala looked
around his crowded courtroom,
It was packed with complain
ants and defendants in 75 or so
petty cases involving minor dents
in the dignity of the big city’s
laws,
Then Magistrate Sala, who us
ually hears appeals for justice,
himself made an appeal for help:
“Just a few blocks fromr this
courtroom a young high school
boy, an honor student, is dying.
He is suffering from hemophilia,
or uncontrolled bleeding,
“This boy must have blood or
he will die. Will anyone here who
is willing to volunteer to act as a
blood donor for him please get in
touch with me after court is
over?”
He sat down and methodically
went through his calendar, settling
the dull adventures in human
avarice, misery, and selfishness
that come before a magistrate
each day.
- Later, as he sat in his chambers,
the phone rang,
Give Blood
“Say, Judge,” said the voice. “I
was one of the fellows you fined
this morning. But I want to help
that high school boy you mention
ed. I've got a bunch of guys here
willing to give hinr some blood.”
“Give me your address — and
stay right where you are,” said
Sala. Then he called some police
friends. A few minutes later five
police cars rolled up to the ad
dress the man had given,
There were 22 men and boys
waiting. They were driven to the
Brooklyn Red Cross. And there,
led off by Magistrate Sala him
self, each gave a pint of blood.
“They saved the dying boy’s
life,” said a Red Cross official.
The incident wasn’t at all unus
ual for Sala, who is a very unus
ual magistrate. Seven ~times he
has made such emergency appeals
in his courtroom, and in six of the
seven cases his action saved some
one near death.
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restore anyone’s faith in human
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“Often women as well as nren
offer their blood. Once a 63-year
old woman volunteered, but I had
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companied the volunteer group to
the blood bank, and made a de
posit, too.
The magistrate, a 43-year-old
former actor, amateur boxer,
Shakespearean authority and art
collector, is one of the city’s lead
ing blood donors, Over the years
he has given 63 pints himself—
five times the amount of blood in
a man’s body.
No Bother
“It doesn’t bother .me in the
least,” said Sala, a powerfully
built man who keeps in shape by
working out with professional pu-
gilists. Although donors aren't
supposed to give blood m:: than
once every: weeks, he once
gave a pint moa every day for
three days—at different banks.
Donors he has brought in have
contributed at least 250 pints
since the end of the war. Sala also
raised 96 pints of blood to send to
wounded Israelites fighting in
Palestine.
“It was all volunteered by
Christians, t0o,” he grinned.
Sala himself has never met any
of the persons for whom he has
raised blood, and they range from
a 3-year-old child to a 68-year-old
negro grandmother.
“It isn’t necessary,” he said.
“Why do I do it? Because it makes
me feel better, I guess. I can't
give money to help people—so I
give what I can.”
NEWS FROM THE
VETERANS CORNER
Here are authoritative answers
from the Veterans Administration
to four questions of interest to
former servicemen and their de
pendents:
Q. My son, a World War I dis
abled veteran, is going blind and
has to be led around by relatives
or friends. Is he eligible to receive
a seeing-eye dog?
A. If your son is entitled ¢to
compensation because of a serv
ice-connected disability, VA may
furnish him with a seeing-eye dog
and will pay the expense of train
ing your son in the use of the dog.
It is not necessary that the blind
ness result from the compensable
disability.
Q. I converted my National Ser=-
vice Life Insurance some time ago
and would like to know if I e¢an
borrow money from my bank or
loan company and use my NSLI as
security for the loan?
A. You cannot use your, NSLI
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GREEKS GET U. 8. MULES
ATHENS—(AP)—An addition,)
shipment of 6,000 American mules
will bring to 13,500 the numbher of
animals brought to Greece, and
used in the country’s agricultyre
recovery program. Purchased with
Marshall Plan funds, the muyles are
expected to reach Greece this year,
Cost of the animals and transpo,.
tation costs will run elose to $3.
400,000.
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