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DAILY MEDITATIONS
Have you a favorite Bible
\ verse? Mail to—
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Holly Heights Chapel. 1
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
Lord, though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow, though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.—Prophet Isaiah
1:18.
—Dedicated to Rev. C. H. Ellison, Central Baptist
Church, City.
Political Demagoguery Colors
Facis of Steel Seizure Case
BY PETER ZDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON.— (NEA) —All news that comes
out of Washington these days is colored by political
dyes. These dyes must be bleached out of the news
fabrie before it is possible to examine the warp and
woof of fact in tHe weave beneath the violet col
oring.
This is particularly true in trying to appraise the
arguments over President Truman's seizure of the
steel mills and the demands by Senator Robert A.
Taft, Rep. George L. Bender and others for the
President’s impeachment.
Union officials say the steel companies can pay
the government-recommended wage increase out of
the current earnings without increasing steel prices.
The steel eompanies say they can’t and they say
they’ll need a sl2 a ton increase to cover the wage
boosts.
Government stabilization officials have insisted
up to now that the greatest steel price rise they
could justify would be nominal—a Capehart amend
ment increase of $3 or $4 a ton. Steel companies
thereupon produce figures to show that the gov
ernment-recommended wage and fringe increases
totaling 30 cents an hour would really cost the em=
p.oyers 60 cents an hour.
Only a big firm of accountants, working on the
{i-ures for weeks and perhaps months, would be
cualified to make any accurate finding on which of
taese contentions is correct, That is what nrakes
this argument so completely baffling to the average
c.iizen,
EMOTIONAL SPEECHES MAKE IT WORSE
It is on confusion of this kind, however, that po
litical demagoguery thrives. And many of the
hizhly emotional speeches now being made about
the steel case have the effect gs making the dispute
werse instead of trying to get it settled.
o get some measure of this it is only necessary
to reflect for a moment on what the shouting would
be about today if the steel strike had been allowed
to happen. It was originally scheduled for last Jan=
vary 7. It was postponed for three months while the
Wase Stabilization Board sought a solution., Sup
po-e the strike had begun April 8.
"here would today be loud demands that the
President do something. Seize the industry. Put
the strikers in the Army in Korea.
Angother factor not clearly understood in this case
is that President Truman is not being cjticized for
preventing the strike, but for the manner in which
he did it. The President is lambasted because he
chose to use his broad and largely undefined Con
stitutional powers as chief executive, instead of
using the specific powers for handling labor dis
putes granted to him by the Taft-Hartlev Labor-
Menagement Relations Act.
"“he Democratic political angle in this is that if
tho President used the Taft-Hartley act, he would
oi course alienate the wunion officials who are a
oin prop of Truman strength.
Sut the course the President has chosen makes
the issue an argument between lawyers. In this
field the average citizen is head over heels in high
lepal grass and completely lost. For legal guides
no'te their living by disagreeing. '
“Sonald R. Richberg, a co-author of the Railway
L: cor Act and an adviser on the writing of the
Taft-Hartley law, puts it this way in an opinion
written for Conmrmittee for Constitutional Govern=-
ment:
“The seizure of the properties of the steel com=-
panies by President Truman is the most inexcus=
ably lawless act of any President in our entire his
tory. . . . Under the Taft-Hartley Act President
Truman had the duty as well as the power ... to
stop a strike of steel workers for at least 80 days.
.. . Instead of using his lawful powers to prevent a
strike, the President adopted a lawless course . . .”
Other lawyers argue on the other side of the
question.
Assistant Attorney General Holmes Baldridge,
appearing beéfore Federal District Court in Wash
ington on the steel companies’ petition for an in
junction to stop presidential seizure of the indus
try, argued that seizures of private property in
periods of national emergency dated back to the
American Revolutiod and the War of 1812,
Seizures by President Lincoln were upheld by
the Supreme Court and later confirmed by act of
Congress, said Baldridge. President Roosevelt used
the seizure power 13 times, and no way was ever
found to stop him,
Judge Alexander Holtzoff, in giving his opinion
on this petition to stop the steel industry seizure by
President Truman, said he doubted whether any
court could grant an injunction against any Presi
dent.
Private citizens may have pronounced opinions
on these matters but they can be decided only by &
Supreme Court decision or by the Senate, sitting as
a court of impeachment on charges preferred by
the House of Representatives, But this might take
months or even years.
The guestion of immediate public interest is
whether a steel strike should be allowed to run its
course while the politicians and lawyers are argu
ing whether the President has the power to do what
- he has already done.
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Whether General Eisenhower’s successor in Eu
rope is General Ridgway or General Gruenther, the
NATO command will unquestionably be in super
ior hands.
Any American should be well satisfied with either
of these choices, since the qualifications, though
different in certain respects, are almost equally
outstanding.
Ridgway is obviously the more glamorous figure,
with that sense of drama that often adds measura
bly to a soldier’s appeal as a field commander. He
has proved himself an able general and administra«
tor in the unenviable tadk of successor to General
MacArthur in Tokyo.
There is an understandable feeling shat a man
who can step into so difficult a spot -as the Far
East command can do it again—in Europe. Though
the strategic and tactical problems will all be dif
ferent, there are definite basic similarities between
the two jobs. Both call for high admrinistrative tal
ents, for the ability to blend the efforts of many
nations in a common cause.
General Gruenther is another story, He is re
garded as one of the greatest military brains in the
last 20 years of American history. His understand
ing of the strategic aspects of European defense is
unsurpassed. He has been a mountain of strength in
support of Eisenhower.
But his background as a behind-the-scenes staff
general, both now and during World War 11, has
robbed him of that color that usually infuses the
personality of a successful field commander. Gruen
ther fits more the picture of an extremely compe
tent corporation executive.
Nevertheless, this phase of his makeup cannot be
said to disqualify himy for the NATO job. It is a trib
ute to Britain’s recognition of fundamentals that
the British press has been trumpeting the case of
Gruenther,
The British do not argue against Ridgway. They
simply feel he is most useful where he is, and that
Gruenther’s year of experience on the European
scene makes him eminently suited to pick up where
Eisenhower will leave oif.
Gruenther may or may not get the job. But it is
real progress when a man of his great but publicly
unspectacular abilities can gain substantial support
for a post which you’d normally expect all NATO
countries to demand be filled by a comnrander with
proved quai}fies of dramatic leadership.
It is rewarding to realize that the issue of Eisen
hower’s successor can be considered fairly on so
high a plane of discussion. Whoever the final choice,
there need be no feeling that the question was
clouded or distorted by resort to pettiness and un
realistic argument. The case is being studied on its
merits,
"
Russia Pulls Boner
U. S. State Department experts and European
diplomats are laughing up their sleeves over the
big boner pulled by Soviet Russia in its two recent
notes proposing a peace treaty with a unified Ger
many.
In the first note, dated March 10, the Russians
made this proposal:
“Civil and political rights equal to all other Ger
man citizens for participation in the building of
peace-loving democratic Germany must be made
available to all former members of the German
army, including officers and generals, all former
Nazis, éxcluding those who are serving court sen
tences for commission of crimes.”
By this proposal to forgive all former Nazis, it
was assumed that the Russians had been employing
a number of ex-Hitlerite military and political
leaders in East Germany, and wanted to keep on
using them.
In the second note of April 10, however, the Rus
sians made this proposal:
“In the Soviet draft regarding the peace treaty
with Germany it said: ‘Germany will be permitted
its own national armed forces (land, air and sea)
necessary for the defense of the country.’ ... There
cannot be any doubt that in the interest of peace,
as in the interest of the German nation, it will be
much better to create such armed forces than to
create in West Germany nireling troops of revan
chistes headed by Fascist-Hitlerite generals ready to
engulf Europe in a third world war.”
In other words, in this second note the Russians
were opposing the employment of ex-Hitlerites by
West Germany, although the first note had specifi
cally proposed forgiving all ex-Nazis their past sins
and granting them full civil and political rights.
This glaring inconsistency in the two Soviet notes
is taken as a good indication of just what kind of a
deal the Russians want to make on a German
peace.
That 64-ruble word, “revanchistes” used in the
second Soviet note, means “revengers.” In diplo
matic lingo, it means particularly those who try to
regain lost territory.
Applied to the German case, it would mean West
Germans eager to regain for a.united Germany
those parts of the pre-war Germany now held by
Russia and Poland,
Used in the Soviet note, it is taken to mean that
the Russians are opposed to any efforts to change
present Germran boundaries.
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If I were to pay & single tribute to my alma
mater, I would say that West Point . . . is the nrost
democratic school in the United States, — General
Omar N. Bradley.
I've always done what (my wife) tells me. Mar
riage is one of the subtler forms of tyranny—im
ponderable but effective, — Sir Thomas Beecham,
British concertmaster,
It's always easier to find a bright future when
you pull the shades down on a dark past.
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Athenian To Aftend Meeting On
Audio-Yisual Aid In Atlanta May )
Mrs. Glenn W. Sutton will at
tend the Southeastern Audio-Vis
ual Workshop in Atlanta May 5-9
as one of the representatives from
the First Methodist church here.
She will be.accompanied by a
group of Church School workers.
Rev. Ernest J. Arnold of Atlan
ta, regional director for the spon
sor, the National Couneci] of
Churches, announced the date for
the workshop this week. In mak
ing the announcement, he called
atgtention to the growing emphasis
on audio-visual instruction and its
increasing effectivemess,
Newest Trend
“This is one of the newest and
strongest trends in Protestantism
today,” explains the Rev. Mr,
Arnold. “The government popu=
larized this method of teaching
during World War II and through
experimental development
brought equipment and materials
within price reach of the churches.
The churches were quick to see
what the government accom
plished and now practically all
denominations have audio-visual
departments, with workers in
countless local churches launching
into this means of teaching and
helping their fellow churchmen
to grow as Christian citizens.”
All sessions and the displays set
up by manufacturers of audio
visual equipment and materials
are to be in the Church School
building of the Glenn Memorial
Church, on the Emory University
campus.
Registrattion for the May 5-9
workshop are requested by April
20, reports the Rev. Sam L. Laird,
director of religious activities at
Emory, who is registrar and
treasurer. (Registration fee is %9.
Room accommodations are avail
able at Emory through the Rev.
Mr. Laird at prices ranging from
50 cents to $4 per day).
General chairman of the Mon
day-thru-Friday program is the
Rev. W. Randolph Thornton,
Nashville, Tenn., leader in the
field of leadership training for
work of the Methodist General
Board of Education,
Chairman Thornton explains
that this is to be a““working”
workshop with delegates receiv
ing instruction from members of
the staff, and will learn by doing.
The program is planned to ac
quaint them with the types of
audio-visual aids and equipment
available, also to help them ac
quire the technical know-how of
selecting, using and even pro
ducing audio-visual materials.
. A rotating schedule with “utili
zation” and “production” sessions
in four different catagories (mov
ies; still pictures; recordings, ra-
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dio and television; and miscella~
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each delegate to take part in most
of the different kinds of work
groups.
Staff Members
The staff will include: Walter
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education, Atlanta Board of Edu
cation; Haskell L. Boyter, director
of radio education, Atlanta Public
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FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL
1 hereby announce nry candi
dacy for the office of Solicitor
General of the Western Circuit in
the Primary to be held May 14,
1952. I pledgfe a continuation of
my best efforts to fairly and
justly administer the criminal
laws of this State.
D. MARSHALL POLLOCK.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
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dacy for State Representative from
Clarke County in the Democratic
Primary to be held May 14th, 1952.
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