The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1958 Page: 2 of 6
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JThr Emtis Sailif
Founded in 1891
Manager-Editor ................................................................................... Charles E. Gentry
Advertising ............................................................................................. Wayne Gentry
Staff Writers Gene Nowlin. Editorial Assistant; Mary H. Gentry'. Society Editor. Phyllis
Forehand. Reporter.
Thursday. January 30. 1958
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
Organizing the Organizers
What a ludicrous paradox' We make reference
to the spectacle of the union organizers trying
to organize their own union and meeting resist-
ance from the A F L • C. 1 0. These union
organizers feel that they lead a tough life, have
long hours along with irregular meal times and
heavy travel schedules At any rate the organiz-
ers formed a union known as the Field Repre-
sentatives' Federation" which was dedicated to
gaining for themselves some of the benefits
which they are trying to win for the un-
organized.
Thereupon the A F L - C 1 O leaders effect-
ed a series of tran^fc-rs and discharges which
had the effect of greatly reducing the ranks of
the Field Representatives’ Federation The irony
is that such action by industry against a union
man would provoke a walkout. At the present
time the case is in the hands of the National
Labor Relations Board who is as confused as
anyone about who is on first or who did what to
whom with which.
The organizers are in about the same predica-
ment as the hungry’ bird dog who must retrieve
the quail for the hunter without letting himself
be overpowered by the bird's savory aroma. This
all proves that (b the organizers were not very-
proficient or <2» that the unions don’t like to
have to deal with unions any mare than manage-
ment does.
Laws to Curb Union Corruption
Prevalent Eisenhower s proposed broad legis-
lative program designed to end corruption and
racketeering in the labor-management field is a
step in the right direction to protect labor. Re-
flecting recent scandals in union affairs, the
President asked that embezzlement of union
funds or filing of false statements be made a
felony, and that labor unions be stripped of
special income-tax exemptions and Federal
bargaining rights unless they file detailed finan-
cial and other reports with the government.
The goal of such legislation is protect the
community at large but more specifically "to
protect the basic rights of the individual worker
and to maintain the integrity of trade unionism
itself.*' These issues must not be sidetracked by
a Congress preoccupied with national defense
The public, management and members of labor
unions want action The conviction of Dave Beck,
long-time president of the Teamsters Union for
grand larceny of union funds, is a fresh re-
minder that the general laws are not enough to
protect organized labor against the thugs that
prey on rt. Special statues are needed just as
they have been needed to give particular pro-
tection to the public interest in banking matters,
in insurance and in corporations
' The President's program makes good sense
It would Hi provide for accounting of union
funds >2) provide safeguards against misuse of
the worker s financial contribution to the union.
13* prevent corruption in collective bargaining.
'i4i mean accurate and complete reporting of
umoc government.practices and <5i mean assur-
ing that national officers are elected at least
every lour years by secret ballot or by delegates
-chosen by secret ballot Such minimal require-
ments are needed for honest, democratic func-
tioning of the union.
Unions operating with probity need have no
fear of Government proposals. On the other
hand, if union standards are not maintained at
a high level by law there will be stronger and
stronger public criticism of union corruption
and misconduct with a subsequent demand for
more stringent control of union activities. The
unions should willingly cooperate with the
Government in bringing effective legislation for
organized labor into existence.
Opinions
The United States has the capacity—and will
have it for many years to come—to outdo any-
thing the Soviet Union can possibly manage in
aid to the uncommitted, have-not nations. But
if this country refuses to use that capacity and
seeks its security in ‘normal' tax rates, protective
tariffs and a Maginot Line of missiles, even token
Russian interest in the vast underdeveloped
areas could be enough to turn them toward com-
munism A sustained Soviet aid and trade pro-
gram designed to integrate the Russian economy
with the vast consuming and protective poten-
tial of these areas could—unchallenged by the
West—almost insure ultimate Russian mastery
of the world.
—Washington Post
The view from the ‘summit’ at Paris did not
1urn out to be so dark at the end as it was
feared at one minute. Let us hope that the good
will which prevailed will also stand the test of
the lower altitudes of daily life and surmount the
new burdens that will be heaped upon it.
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WASHINGTON. D C Jan 30.
—The alibi being advanced by
Federal Communications Com-
missioners regarding their free
use of expensixe color-TV sets
is that the sets were merely on
loan from the manufacturers so
they could more effectively un-
derstand the color TV problem.
This was: rather a late alibi for
pleaant ex-Cha:rman George Mc-
f onnaughej% who h.i> now retir-
ed from the FCC and gone back
to practice law in Columbus. O
When my assistant. Lawrence
Berlin, phoned McConnaughey
in Columbus and asked him
when he returned the color TV
set he received from the Nation-
al Broadcasting Company. .Mc-
Connaughey replied
"1 didn't return h; I bought
it.”
"When did you make the pur-
chase'*'’
"When 1 left the Commission.
After 1 left the Commission—I
asked them if they would sell
the set. They said 'yes.’ they
would sell it for $200."
"But when did this occur0"
"I wanted to find out if it
would work in Columbus." the
ex-chairman explained. "1
brought it back with me but we
had trouble getting it to work.
It finally did—and 1 paid them
$200"
For the fourth time Berlin
asked when this happened.
‘*1 paid them a couple of
weeks ago—two. three, four—
I've forgotten just what rate. 1
didn't know whether it was a
good buy or not.
They were advertising new sets
in Columbus for $300 and $400.
I didn’t know whether it w a s
worth it to keep it or not—but
I finally decided to keep it."
McConnaughey left the FCC
on June 30. 1957—so it took him
about six months to decide whe-
ther to buy the $200 color TV
set.
Note—The acceptance of col-
or TV sets is one of the lesser
charges brought against F C C
Commissioners in the secret
memo prepared by Bernard Sch-
wartz. counsel for the Moulder
Committee. Congressmen who
once yelled over hams and deep
- freezes have run a wav from this
probe like jacketrabbits in front
of a plane at the Los Angeles
Airport.
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This week is the eighth anni-
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ence and today is the 10th an-
niversary of the death of Ma-
hatma Gandhi.
It lias been a long time since
I spent a weekend at the Gand-
hi As ram on the muddy, slow-
moving Sabarmati River where
water buffalo come down to
drink in the evening and I
went down to bathe in the early
morning. Strangely, what I re-
member most is how Gandhi’s
niece, then aged six—came into
WATCHING PEARSON
The Phillips report was high-
ly confidential. 1 published it.
Immediately my house was put
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under British surveillance and
every possible source w a s
watched The British Govern-
view of our military position in
India—we should have a voice
in these matters.”
But when Roosevelt a p-
proached crusty old Winston
Churchill, the Prime Minister
pounded on the table and, ••aid.
“1 have always been right
about Hitler and everyone else
in Europe. I'm also right about
Indian policy. Any change in
Indian policy now will mean a
blood bath ”
published the secret report of
U S Ambasasdor William Phil-
lips whom RooseveJ? had sent to
India to persuade India to give
military support to the Allies.
He recommended that if India
was given the promise of inde-
pendence it would throw thous-
ands of soldiers into battle.
It is time for the British to
act." Phillips wrote Roosevelt.
"This they can do by a solemn
declaration from the King Em-
peror that Tndia will achieve
her independence at a specific
date after the war I feel
strongly, Mr. President—that in
njv room, rummaged through
my knapsack, and squeezed
tooth paste all over my bedding
roll
But what I should remember,
of course, is the great progress
India has made since then. At
that time India was under Bri-
tish rule—the caste system and
religious rivalry divided the
country. Gandhi’s weapon of the
boycott was hurting, crowds
were moved down by British po-
lite in Bombay. Gandhi w a s
locked up in a British jail.
Time passed Another w a r
engulfed the world—and In-
dia was the staging point
which Allied armies sought to
penetrate up through the Bur-
ma Road to China. In 1944—1
ment in London even sent an
abrupt cable notifying Phillips
that he would never be permit-
ted to come back to India. 1 pub-
lished that too. After that the
surveillance got tighter.
However, a few months ago l
met the son of Billv Phillips
whose report I had published
His father has long since retir-
ed. His son was appointed by
Eisenhower as chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, i s
now U. S. representative on the
Economic and Social Councila of
the U N. and is doing a fine job
He told me that his father
was always glad I published the
report: that it hastened the day
of Indian independence. Some
people suspected I got the re-
port from Ambassador Phillips.
That was not true. Phillips, in
turn, suspected it came from
Sumner Welles, then Under-
secretary of State. That was not
true either. Where it came from
is not important and will never
be revealed.
What is important is the fact
that India is now the biggest
democratic nation in the world.
And the words of Mahatma
Gandhi are also important and
"Mould be remembered as Wash-
ington begins to consider aid
for India:
"If India fails — Asia dies.
If has aptly been called the nur-
sery of many blended cultures
m civilization. Let India be and
remain ihe hope of all exploited
races of the earth, whether in
Asia. Africa, or any part of the
world.”
RADIO-TV
Broadcasting Magazine, trade
paper of the radio - TV world,
started its lead article in its
January 27 issue:
The FCC took it on the chin
last week The blows came in
rapid succession.
First, a Drew Pearson col-
umn charging skulduggery was
behind a contested Miami Chan-
nel 10 grant. Then another
column charging Chairman John
Doerfer with accepting expenses
and favors from the industry.
Then. Thursday, came the hay-
maker A leak’ to The N e w
Times. . . .”
The first Pearson column re-
ferred to by Broadcasting was
published January 17—the sec-
find. on the 21st.
Though not mentioned by
Broadcasting. Pearson also pub-
lished pertinent parts of t he
Moulder Committee’s secret
memo one day ahead of T h e
Times. But these were not the
first Pearson stories on what
has suddenly come into the open
as one of the big scandals in
Washington.
In the past year alone. Pear-
son reported nine times on
some of the details: January 24
and February 5—on The Boston
Herald-Traveler case: February
7. Jacksonville. Fla.: March 1.
Williamsport. Pa : April 6. E 1
Dorado. Kansas, in which he was
the first to reveal that for just
$5,000 plus his services” re the
FCC. Rep. Oren Harirs of Ark-
ansas was given a quarter-inter-
est in a TV station whose phy-
sical plant alone is worth-much
more than the indicated $20,000
investment and whose sale price
might easily be $100,000 or
more. There were other 1957
columns on May 2. June 10. July
19 November 3 In previous
years there had been many
more.
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10 Years Ago
Structures in the south half
of the 100 block of South Main
lay in smoldering ruins today
following an early morning fire.
said to be the worst in Ennis
history.
Twelve business firms were
completely gutted by blazes with
preliminary estimates of damag-
es to building and content* plac-
ed at 8200 00(1
Businesses listed as total loss-
es included the Boston Store,
McKee Supply, White's Auto
Store. L. Scoma's Shoe Repair.
Louis' Cafe. Novy’s Grocery.
Neicv’s Cafe. Curry's Photo
Studio. Everybody's Store. Ennis
Telegraph School. Haynes Real
Estate Office and residence
quarters above the structure
facing Brown street.
25 Years Ago
After returning twenty- throe
indictment", all charging feloni-
e> the Ellis County grand jury
has adjourned temporarily.
The six room house belonging
to O K Mnrrland engineer on
the S. P . West Tyler and North
Clay streets was destroyed bv
fire Sunday night about 40 15
The Tue sday afternoon Chord!
Club will meet at 2:30 p.m to-
morrow in the home of the direc-
tor Miss Willie Mae Rowe.
A meeting of the Softball
League will be held at the City
Hall Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The Sokol Club will entertain
with a dance at the KJT Hall
tonight with Mach's orchestra
furnishing the music.
The Ennis Daily News
In Sixty-Seventh Year
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