The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 36, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 14, 1949 Page: 2 of 20
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Days of American Tariffs
Over y Bank Head Declares
11V J M ROBERTS JR I
4P I'orriffN A Unit- AnalyM
While the international financial conferees in Washing-
ton’ have lwn working around the fringes of the tariff issue
Eugene Black president of the World' Bank has brought it
lioldly into the open
result of the "dollar crWs" dis-
cussion restates a American l Hil-
ler the intention to revise tariff to
meet developing needs
But Black a 1 read hi statement
at the opening of the bank and
monetary fund meeting says the
day of American tariffs are over
American policy he sav' is “ba-
sically inconsistent with its posi-
tion as the great creditor nation of
the world” He suggests a halt to
the policy of encouraging the pro-
duction of good for the home mar-
ket which could be more economi-
cally imported
It's aa idea which has been
' nibbliag away at the mind of
xtadent of rrononiir for yrars
The United State has gradually
been doing something about it
through the reciprocal 'trade
treaties and ha been very in-
sistent that European do some-
thing about It to make the Mar-
shall plan fully effective
There has always been an ar-
gument as to whether protection
of an industry because it is located
in the United States and employs
Americans is truly economical as
compared with letting the people
buy cheaper from abroad where
that la possible thus sending dol-
lars to create markets for other
products in which America excels
In the early postwar years there
was a developing school of thought
that the ultimate solution would
lie in free comjetition with each
area or national unit producing
what it produces best with lesr em-
ilia kf fliA Oitidhili (tS — !S flitta
Big Steel Agrees to
With Steelworkers
PITTSBURGH Sept IS— VP) —
Big Steel agreed Tuesday to resume
bargaining with the CIO united
steelworkers without committing
Itself On the Presidential boards
formula for peace In America's ba-
sic Industry
The ' giant United States Steel
corporation joined Jones and
Laughlin and Republic in consent-
ing to negotiating anew U S steel
is the industry’s bellwether It’s
action means the others will fall
in line
" Strike 1 Twice Extended
Asked if U S Steel's step meant
acceptance of the Presidential board
recommendations a spokesman re-
plied: “I wouldn't think so”
Big steel's move came several
hours after President Truman ap-
plauded developments in the steel
situation The strike truce expir-
ing at midnight had been extended
11 days until September 25 at Mr
Truman’s request and U & Steel’s
production had returned to normal
Approving the truce extension
the steel workers also quit their
fight for a fourth round pay boost
and accepted the presidential
board's fight for a fourth round
pay boost and accepted the presi-
dential board's offer of a 10-cent
hourly package covering only com-
pany paid Insurance and pensions
USW wanted 121 cents added to
the $105 hourly wage of the indus-
try Fa trie wires Murray
Twenty-four hours later Presi-
dent Benjamin F Fairless of U S
Steel sent this telegram to CIO and
Steelworker chieftain Philip Mur-
ray: "Referring to last paragraph of
your telegram of Monday 'o Presi-
dent Truman as published in Tues-
day's newspuiiers representatives
of U S Slirl are ready to resume
collective bargaining conferences
with representatives of your union
at such time and place rz may lie
mutually agreed iquin for the pur-
kwc of attempting to arrive at
some mutually satisfactory under-
standing “We will communicate with you
about the lime and place of the
next meeting'
Frupert Are Bright
Murray had advised Mr Truman
of hlH union's decision to drop de-
mand for increased wage “with
regret and to accept the fact find
-a a ai
anrrd of course ’ the fact that
war ha not hern abolished and
that a nation must krrp It mind
on it supplies of vital material
That I why the United States ha
insisted on keeping It synthetic
rubber plant going In peacetime
fo the impoverishment Of east
Asian gnm producer
'Americans ay far more than
would he the case without tariffs
for sugar 'matches and the whole
list protected goods But Where
would they be in the case of war
and ahip shortages? Industries al-
lowed to die for the sake of lower
peacetime prices and improved
world trade would have to be re-
established under trying emergen-
cy conditions
And this is over and above the
Immediate problem of unemploy-
ment and fiiiancial disruption In-
volved in the death or serious cur-
tailment of an industry
This question Is-going to be a
serious one In the effort to im-
plement the American idea of
aiding undeveloped -areas Home-
body will have to buy this new
production
There are a hundred and one
proa and cons It used to be a prime
partisan political question and
promises to be again
Even a sweeping policy change
could only be implemented by very
gradual stages-Regardless of con-
flicts with true economics protec-
tion of a nation's production of vital
materials at least will be essential
until there is a sure-fire arrange-
ment against war
Resume Bargaining
Truman ‘Gratified’
ers recommendations The last sen-
tence of Murray's message called
for immediate resumption of bar-
gaining conferences aimed at “at-
t tempting to conclude mutually sa-
tisfactory agreements prior to 12:01
a m September 25"
As prospects brightened ' for a
happy solution the White house
said: "
“The president is naturally high-
ly gratified He is very much pleas-
ed with the way things have de-
veloped up to now"
Republic was first to reply after
the union made known Its stand
It favored the principle of social
Insurance and pensions for employ-
ees but felt that both the company
and workers should contribute
Mntnal Agreement Bought
- J and L then came in with an-
nouncement it is prepared to un-
dertake at once a Joint study of
pensions with the steel workers
“In anticipation of bargaining on
this subject beginning March 1
next”
As to social insurance benefits
the company said It will negotiate
with the union for the purpose of
reaching a mutually acceptable a-
greement Keen Succeeds Owen
As Intramural Head
Paul V Keen former university
wrest ling coach has leen named
chairman of the department of in-
tramural athletics He assumed his
new duties July 1
He succeeds Benny Owen retired
by a recently adopted decree that
administrative duties cense at the
age of it) Owen will remain in In-
tramural with no change in salary
Keen wa Oklahoma wrestling j
coach from 1!27 to HUS He won)
seven conference chatnplonshlm
and in lfUti Id ti-am won ihe na-
Ilona! collegiate wrestling champ-
ionship the only national title aj
Sooner team ever won In any sjirt
Prior to III advancement he wa :
assistant director of intramural
athletic
Young mule bucks start to carry
antlers at alwut IS months: year-
ling may have two- or three-point
antlers and a four-pointer ran he
anywhere from three to nine
years depending on food
Frankly
Speaking
Dear Freli men:
Stop your assault! We surrender!
You liae virtually ssessod the
university since you arrive! 15ut
we “uperclasmen'' are glad you're
here That's what makes OV such a
great university — for somehow It
always has freiismen
But changing the subject I'd like
a little heart-to-heart talk with
eae of you
' VYr npperrlaen are human
No kiildin' Real flesh Pinch me
Ouch! Yon might think Mime of
u are snobbish ‘And you're right
1 Some gnys and gals especially
those last semester to-niors ' or
first semester sophmores will
have nose so ’ turned up 1 they
nearly drown when It rains
On the other hand most of us
will meet you and greet you with
that famous OU "Hi!"
I saw you on your way to the
freshmen mixer in the Union last
night‘4§d 1 didn't see a bad looking
dame in the crowd — all were cute
And you Joes 'were handsome too
No wonder some of the upper-
classmen spruced up and sneaked
In
Bnt let's get the record straight
Yon belong here at 1 OU— and
peak that name always with ut-
most reverence as ranch as the
next Joe
Your folks pay taxes don’t they?
Sure Your old man runs from the
internal revenue jerk doesn't he?
Sure And that's why you own Just
as much of this campus as the next
man
I betcha if you're just half a book-
worm and you start out working
hard you'll make a swell go of col-
lege life
Did you know that about 1 per-
cent of our population graduate
from college— yet they total 50 per-
cent of our leaders?
Well here’s lots of luck to each
of you We like you already — F T
‘Top Layer
Communists
Hold Meeting
WASHINGTON Sept 13-tfl—
A “top layer" meeting of commun-
ist officials including three rep-
resentatives from Moscow was held
recently at Beacon N Y to dis-
cuss :he “party line” senators have
been informed
The Informant was identified by
the senate Judiciary subcommittee
on migration as Maurice Malkin
Brooklyn N Y a self-acknowledged
former - communist official in
this country The commltte re-
leased tonight roughly one-third of
his testimony which had been given
behind closed doors last week
Malkin who said he is employed
“on and off" by the migration and
naturalization service as “an ex-
pert witness" In deportation hear-
ings told the committee the Com-
munist party and Moscow now are
“concentrating a great' deal on the
United Nations"
The Oklahoma Daily
Fditor Frank Talley
Managing Editor Mort Glassner
issue Editor Harrv Magafos
sports tAiitor Deacon New
Asst Sport Editor Joe
-Wiichima
Society Editor Marilyn Aber-
nathy Asst Society Editors— Palte Ab-
bott Grorganna Mitchell and
Joun Brittain
Staff Writers — Frank Herman
Naomi ('Hllarman Mary Jo
Uluori Fayette UoH-1and Jr
A! 'red Goldman John Heaney
Arnold Isinuch Ron lgan
Jean Mattox Tracy If Neill Pat
Phillijts Russell F Porter
Matt Rosenbaum ltuli Scran-
ton and t'onnle Wdllngharm
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(ate fir" RrprrarntriJ naimnally by
National Advrniin Servir Inc
The luldiealui Hoard aMimr Sa I
MMMuhilily for any hnanrial hliitinnt
hirurred on behalf at the Oklahoma Dally
without oulhonrano ul Iho Cmerd
Uoaosvr ol PuMwanuuo
A Dime’s Worth of Crime
Recent news stories catnc from all over the nation of act
dental murders and attempts of murder liv young children
A 15-year-old lxny firing a rifle with a telescopic sigl j
held 12 policemen at lay for a half hour A 3-year-old hoy w
hanged to death by his playmates A 7-year-old boy shot ai
killed a grocer
What is behind the recent increase in serious crimes
committed by youngsters? The answer can be found in tin 8
amusements offered juveniles today
The criminal radio serials which are designed to free
the blood of a polar bear and the so-called “comic books
which Often are about as comical as a picnic in a morgue at
examples
At the cinema thrillers open to children from coast-t
coast' kids clamor to get in to see panoramas of depravity t
such bestiality and horror they cunot fail to make a aangerot
impression upon the youngsters’ imaginations
Fredric Wertham noted child psychiatrist says cornu
’ books are the greatest book publishing success in history anc
the greatest mass influence on children
The city of Bellingham Wash has shown' that comic boc
control can be a success'The censor board of Bellingham hi
rated comic books on 11 basic points Those which main
dealth with vicious crimes were black-balled and distribute
of the city have co-operated with the board when given tl
report
Perhaps a similar method of censorship for children ii
eluding motion pictures could be worked out in other cities
' Harry' Magafos
Why Bill Odom
Pilot Bill Odom the globe-girdling flyer whom ev
in aviation liked and respected probably died a victim
speed m the recent Thompson trophy race
Odom’s many friends— grieved at his fate— are outright ri
sentful at conditions which caused it -
They claim the Thompson race was ptarted years
when planes were comparatively slow It wasn’t so'dangei
then but each year the planes get faster and the risk
greater One tiny mistake may take a pilot’s life and the
devil never has a chance the)’ claim
In addition planes may get into somebody’s slip stre
and go into a highspeed stall
Three pylons 15 miles apart make up the Thomps
course A plane at 400 miles per hour is in a constant
of making a tight turn It was on such a turn that Bil
crashed into a small cottage killing a young wife and b
child
But proponents of keeping the air show present their si
of the picture Say they: 1) Odom never had flown in a
like the Thompson affair 2) that he was unfamiliar with h
plane and 3) that he committed “pilot’s error”
But one ' thing is clear The guy whom everyone i
aviation liked and respected took one chance too often— an
it cost him his life ‘ Frank Talley
IsHate DestroyingTou?
A dangerous threat to American well being and worlJ
leadership today is the hate and contempt being spread in thl
minds of men by subversive organizations It is in the mine
of the individual citizens that the soundness and strength
this country rests
Hatred is a poisonous kind of compensation for failurJ
and lack of self confidence It destroys the basis of good
emment and Christian fellowship
Hatred and prejudices hurt the hated but not until itl
has infected and corrupted the mind of the hater Sooner or
later he will come to despise and hate even himself
In recent years thousands of groups have flourished
this country by lielching out the vile filth that is the breeding
ground for more and greater prejudices
Some groups bate Irish Catholics some the Jews some1
the Negroes some the Italians and so oil down the line until
most evety race and religion in this country is despised by a
least one group
Such conditions if allowed to spread too far can result
in but one thing— the downfall of greatest of democracies
No nation can remain strong and sound economically anti
otherwise when a large portion of its citizens have developed
such warped and twisted reasoning
1’crliaps through education or Christian fellowship thij
cancerous sore must lie removed from the minds of men be
fore the epidemic spreads to alL Ray Tassin
Met Death
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