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6 Journal and Courier THE JOURNAL OUNDED list TH If COURIER OUNDED 1131 HENRT MARSHALL Jr PublUhr An Independent Republican Newspaper Entered as second class matter at the post office at Ind under the act of March 3 1171 Mall subscription rates Indiana and Iroquois County Illinois: One year 3100 six months 1330 three months 3200: one month 7Sc Delivered by carrier 20c POf week Mall rates In all other states: One year 3300 six months 3300: three months 3300 one month 3123 All mall subscriptions are payable in advance with order Member of the Associated Press Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Representative: Shannbn A Associates Inc 4011 Telephones 4011 LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER Monday Evening September 3 1951 Great American Resource It was conceived as an occasion for displaying the gathering strength of organized labor being built up as a force with which to press the demands of workers for fair pay and decent working con ditions Labor Day has been observed since to serve this end and also to celebrate the great upward strides which have been taken by labor and to point out how well off the American worker is The day might also be used as an occasion for pointing out how well off America is because of our labor force Travelers often return from other parts of the world with tales of the cheap wage at which it is "possible to hire workers in many other countries The more ob servant ones may also be heard to comment all worth The American worker has the highest pay scale in the world and he also has the highest rate of productivity American industry is a marvelous array of machines which seem to do everything but think The worker does the thinking and it is because the American worker understands machines knows what to do with them and how to take care of them that the machines can be used successfully American industry and distribution are the won der and envy of the world because the American worker is clever adaptable ingenious and intelligent Without these qualities at the workbenches and assembly lines in the warehouses and stock rooms on the railroads and docks and trucks fantastic develop ment could never have been We're a team a big and effective team The inventors the capital ists the entrepreneurs and the workers are all essential to each other and to the whole We have the best working conditions in the world and the best working force Start of the School Year Th beginning of each new school year brings with it a feeling of excitement even for those whose school days are far behind them The sight of a mother holding a child's hand and leading him to the door of a school is pleasing and a cause for optimism It is a com ment on the drive within man to educate his young so that civilizay tion will continue and that which has been good in his life will also be good and important in the life of his child In some classroom somewhere in the world there may be today another Edison another Pasteur another great painter or poet This is why the job of the teacher is so important Most cd the great men who have lived in modern times learned to read and to write in a classroom Their first contact with the world of ideas may have been with a teacher whose name may not be remembered but whose ac complishment was reflected in the deeds of his students Education is not the job of the alone Much of the most important learning is done at home and in the play groups where the child seeks amusement The parent who assumes that his edu cation is purely a problem for the school system is neglecting his duty It has often been said that the kind of adult a child will grow up to be depends on how he is taught We can always hope as each school year begins that the children starting off to school will some day know a more peaceful world than we have Perhaps they are be ginning the studies which will lead them to solutions for wars and poverty We must maintain our interest in our schools so that they will at least have the opportunity to move toward that end What's the Rumpus About? President Truman has been more than a little nasty in attacking the new economic controls act A Special target has been Senator Capehart author of one of the amendments which has come in for extraordinary criticism Sen Capehart thereupon asked the president point blank If the law were changed to suit him whether he would guarantee lower prices The query seemed erirely fair and logical Now the president in a reply admits frankly that cannot guar antee that we will have lower prices and a lower cost of living than we have today even if the changes recommended in the Defense Production act are It is difficult to understand under these circumstances what all the rumpus is about If the changes going to help why make them? One can only conclude that the president insists upon having his own way and that principles and results are minor considerations Since many leading Democrats in Congress approve of the act as it is it seems the president must content himself with gratuitous insults The Cost of olly reight rates have been raised again The boost was inevitable In 1945 at the end of World war II the average straight time rate of pay for all railway employes was 933c per hour This was an in crease of 261 per cent above the average rate in 1939 Between 1945 and July 1 1951 average wage rates jumped to 1776c an increase of 904 per cent over 1945 and 140 per cent above 1939 On June 1 1945 the index of average unit prices of railroad materials and supplies was 133 an advance of 346 per cent above 1939 Since 1945 the index has jumped to 2282 an increase of 716 per cent over 1945 and 131 per cent over 1939 With the latest boost in freight rates they stand at 677 per cent over 1939 Here we have the result of government pampering of labor and of inflation It is evident from the figures cited that the freight rate increase was justified Yet all will' pay the bill in higher commodity prices Once more the pocketbook of every citizen is hit by govern ment folly Dorothy Dix Says Theyll Do It Every Time 1he shot of a LIETIME SAID MOTOGGER TUPPER AS HE JoyULLV OCUSED A BUL1TMOOSE AT SUPPER Shmhhz call it 5'' 7 DESSERT A THIS OUGHT TO I MAKE THE COVER "A NATIONAL 7 GEOGRAPHIC By Jimmy Hatlo Dur ERE HE COULD CLICK THE SILENCE WAS BROKEN A JET PILOT SCARED THE MOOSE BACK IS HOSOKEAI xT' Xs WILL PSYCHIATRY HELP? DEAR MISS DIX: I am in such desperate need of help that I have considered consulting a psychia trist but find the cost of such treatments prohibitive on my budget our years ago at the of 19 I married Harold whom I had known for two years We were quite happy though we never went anywhere together Harold like to mix with people care for shows in fact likes hunting or just sit ting around doing nothing A year ago I had a baby and following his birth was very nerv ous Soon after I met Ray and fell in love with him Ray has a wife and baby and though I have tried hard to resist him wzhave gotten into what is commonly called an I know wrong but break it off I also know how much trouble! will be caused if it is discovered I want to be unfaithful to my husband but I feel no interest in him Shall I divorce him? GEORGIA ANSWER: difficult to un derstand how two people as in compatible as you and Harold ever became sufficiently in terested in each other to marry And that seems to be the basis of your trouble You contracted marriage based only on physi cal attraction when that wore off there was nothing left for mutual security Now you are pro ceeding to make a mess 'of six lives because you the backbone to correct your own mistake WILL IT 'CHANGE ANYTHING? Suppose you do divorce your husband tnd Ray divorces his wife? Do you think A second mar 1 riage will be much different for you from your first? I assure you it After a few romantic months repeat the entire pattern of dissatisfaction and go off in search of another love! This restless chase for romance offers nothing but tragedy and disaster Your marriage with Har old may not be the fulfillment of young dream few mar riages are but since he is a de voted husband and father what ever chance for happiness you have lies with him Psychiatric treatment undoubt edly would be good for you Many large hospitals now have clinics for such treatment locate one and see if they help you fool yourself! In the end you have to face your problem and solve it yourself but author itative advice can set you on the right track DEAR MISS DIX: I love a guy who is I think my equal except that I have more education than he has He is a whizz at math can play four or five musical in struments while I can only play the piano We are of the same religion and family background and our ambitions in life are the same Do you think our marriage will be happy? JEAN ANSWER: You are using the term to cover actual schooling whereas your sweet heart seems to have an abun dance of learning not' necessarily of college vintage Difference in education only becomes a serious consideration when the mate with less schooling is completely satis fied with his condition and has no Incentive to Improve IL 10 YEARS AGO TODAY (Tn the La fa vet te Journal and Courier) ive new state policemen were assigned to duty today at the post near West Lafayette the group in cluding Rex Barrie Judyville Robert Deeter and John Miller Lafayette Kenneth Perkins Raub and Charles Alienduff Attica Miss Rose Wall has returned from Bloomington where she took a special course at Indiana uni versity Rev and Mrs James Campbell and daughter Carolyn formerly of Salem Ore have concluded a visit with the sister Mrs Charles Hippensteel and Mr Hip pe nsteel Mr and Mrs William Kay and daughter Dorothy have returned to Cleveland after a several visit with Mr and Mrs Edward Mr and Mrs Peterson and Mr and Mrs Peterson have returned from Burlington la where they visited Mrs John Andrews and Carl Adolphson and family 25 YEARS AGO TODAY (Tn the Journal and Courier) Tanned and brawny after a several workout on a Pennsylvania farm Dr Perry rector of St Episco pal church has returned to the city and will resume his regular duties Sunday Mr and Mrs William Altherr and family are on a motor trip AAstern nmnta John Ryan has gone to Indi anapolis where he will resume his studies at Butler college Mrs Mary Kennedy has re turned from Camp Knox Ky where she visited her daughter Miss Katherine Kennedy who has charge of the hostess house at the military training camp Mr and Mrs Otto Stitz anT son Irvin have left for Chicago on a vacation 50 YEARS AGO TODAY (In tha Lafayette Morning Journal) The Howard Corset company opened a engagement at the Grand yesterday afternoon with the presentation of Oliver comedy drama George Timberlake who has leased the room soon to be va cated by Harvey Bradford in the Lahr house has formed a partnership with Louis Deschler of Indianapolis and the gentlemen will conduct the wholesale busi ness in connection with the retail trade The St Claire orchestra Royal Italian Marionettes serenaded The Journal force last evening The alarm of fire yesterday morning called the fire department to the bam in the rear of the business room owned by Alexan der Drees Some straw in the barn was burning but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done Wingate WINGATE Mrs Charley Da zey who has been ill four weeks is improving and is up part of the time Her daughter Mrs Lois DeJardin of Washington spent several days with her Mrs De sister Mrs Kenneth Bane and son Phillip accompa nied her home for a visit Mr Bane Mr and Mrs Robert Da zey and Danny motored to Wash ington and Mrs Bane and son retured with them Mrs Nick Brinsky of Cleve land arrived to visit her aunt Mrs Lawrence Gross and fam ily Mr Brinsky was expected later Edison Moore of Gary Harold Donovan and daughter Norma of Hillsboro and Harold Lee Donovan and family of Vee dersburg visited Mr and Mrs Gross Pfc Billy Lidester is home on a 15 day leave from the Naval Training center at Great Lakes Ill Kenneth Lane also is home from Great Lakes on leave Mr and Mrs Glasson of Rockville called on Mrs Hester Hatton Mr and Mrs Glen McCullough of Crawfordsville Don McCul lough and family of Clarksville visited Dale McCullough and fam ily Harry and family of Bloomington called on Mrs brother Don Mcerran and family Lawrence Irvin and family vis ited Harold Howard and family Mrs Irvin and Mr Howard were honored for birthdays Mrs Blanche Marmaduke vis ited Mr and Mrs A Thomp son of Michigan City Mr and Mrs Raymond Oliver and son of Linden and daugh ter Delores of Lafayette visited red Oliver and family Mr and Mrs Will Irvin of Cal ifornia who are visiting Mr and Mrs Don Irvin spent a few days with Mrs sisters Mrs Raymond Parker and husband at Linden and Mrs Blanche Break weg at Lafayette Champion skaters including the dance team of Boenitz and Johnny Haddod of the Twin City Skating club Elizabeth They were recently awarded the 1951 national junior championship and are the 1951 New Jersey cham pions and 1951 Junior mixed pair champions Leonard Baggaley Patterson 1949 50 and 1951 National senior singles champion also is attend ing During the session yesterday the national champions staged ex hibition? and demonstrated skat ing steps rules and regulations governing the use of rinks ifty one outstate skating organizations were represented in the conference and a large number of repre sentatives of skating clubs in In diana attended the two day ses sion The monthly report of ire Chief Marvin Snyder shows eight alarms answered during the month of August with losses totaling $60 on property and contents with proper ty valued at $19000 involved and contents valued at $7000 The police records for the month of August show a total of 86 ar rests including 14 for public in toxication 13 for assault and bat bery traffic offenses 40 'resisting arrest one fraudulent checks one: rape one operating motor i 1 while intoxicated two trespass four petit larceny two grand larceny one defrauding boarding house keeper one Armydesertion one contributing to de linquency one forgery one child neglect one investigation one providing liquor to minors one false pretense one During the month police investigated 210 com plaints Rush Bennett rankfort and Aurlett Elies Indianapolis were married in a Sunday afternoon ceremony in the office of Morris ox justice of the peace Ben nett is employed by the Nickel Plate railroad Change in weather conditions reduced the patronage of the TPA park pool yesterday and this evening will mark the closing of the pool Jackie Lee Alter orest and Mrs Ruth I ord rankfort were married Saturday noon by Morris ox justice of the peace in his office a HOSPITAL NOTES Hospital admissions Bert Johnson orest medical births Mr and Mrs John Vass 502 West Sullivan street daughter Mr and Mrs Arthur Carroll 602 Wash ington avenue son Mr and Mrs Morris ox Jr 1352 East Clin ton street son Dismissals Mrs Earl Anderson 608 Gentry street Harold Dawson 401 South irst street Mrs Lawrence Robison and baby Vickie Diane 457 West McClurg street Clyde Hoffman 552 West Armstrong street Mrs Donald Gunning 1510 East Clin ton street Mrs Jack Bewsey and baby Debra Kay 709 East Wa bash street Thersa Elaine Shir cliff 809 Rossville avenue Walter Harshbarger Colfax Miss Cora VanSteenbergh 352 East Clinton street Miss Gwendolyn Dykhuizen 608 East Washington street Police were called to the Clinton theater at 12:30 a yesterday on a report a boy was locked in the theater The boy was released and sent to his home He had fallen asleep during the last show and was not observed when the theater was closed for the night Relatives here have been noti fied of the death of Mrs Alice Miller in her home at Canal ulton Nathan A Miller rank fort 6 is a son In city court Saturday Paul razier Porter razier Keith ow ler and Dewey A Roddy em ployed as pickers in county tomato fields entered pleas of guilty to charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct Each was fined $5 and costa and sentenced to serve 30 days on the state penal farm They were taken to the in stitution by Sheriff Maynard Lewis this afternoon Residents of North Gentry street have complained that boys are causing much annoyance by pull ing light switches on porches throwing homes into darkness Po lice have been instructed to patrol the vicinity to make arrests if possible 'Norman Guinn 206 ourth street reported to police Saturday night that his auto parked at Main and Walnut streets had been entered and groceries and fresh meat was taken Home Ec Women To Meet at owler OWLER Sept 3 The Center township Home Economics club will meet in the owler school community room Tuesday after noon at 2:30 Mrs Turley will have charge of devotions special Mrs rank Nesbitt birth day table Mrs Shirley Gunnels and Mrs Ernest Jashaway les son lower and demonstration in charge of Miss Tillie Hardiman and Mrs Leo Klemme The rest of the lesson on of Household Will be given by Mrs Hugh Clark Hostesses are Mrs Lewis Pyle and Mrs John Stoner The Pythian Sunshine council will open its fall work Wednes day at 8 The Rebekah lodge will meet Wednesday in the Eagles hall Miss Zella Yates has gone to Michigan City to resume teaching in the city schools after spending the summer vacation with her mother Mrs Grace Yates and aunt Miss Blanche leming Mrs Lawrence Gorman has re turned from spending a week with her son Robert and wife at Louis ville Mrs Jennie Hawkins is visiting at Indianapolis with her niece Mrs Harry Brown Mr and Mrs Roy Minns have received word from their son Russell that he has been promoted to corporal He is a radio oper ator with the Third division Eighth army stationed in Korea He recently had a rest period at Tokyo Japan Methodist youth from here at tending the general session of the National Methodist Youth confer ence at Purdue university were: Donald Marilyn and Patricia Ross Norman Talbot Robert Wheeler Jan Benjamin Joyce Swango Wilma Nevitt Naomi Howell Rev John Kirkpatrick and George RoA accompanied the group to Purdue Mr and Mrs Edward Hustson and daughter Louise Mr and Mrs Charles Doughty and Mr and Mrs Harold Sarig attended the wedding at Danville of 'Miss Mar garet Nugent and Jerald Smith The bride's father Rev Nugent pastor of the Methodist church here for three years was assigned to the Danville church at the June conference Miss Hut son was a bridesmaid Rev John Kirkpatrick is attend ing the School of Prophets at Pur due university this week Camden amily Hurt in Crash CAMDEN Grover Hunter and family were in an auto accident near Garrett Mrs Hunter suf fered a broken arm bruises and scratches Other occupants of the car were only slightly injured Aim Hi Home Economics club had a covered dish supper in the home of Mrs Vernon rantz Miss Marilyn McKinley of lora visited her aunt Mrs Herb Yerkes and family Mr and Mrs Jess Kendall have returned home after a several visit with relatives in south ern Indiana and Illinois SHEPARD CREE Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Twylah Shepard of Logansport and Wayne Cree son of Mr and Mrs Harold Cree of Camden The groom was a star basketball player on the Camden high school team and would have been a senior in the local high school this term They will reside at Logansport Members of the senior class of 1952 went on an outing at Tur key Run state park and River side park Indianapolis Mrs Ruth Winslow has re turned home aftei a several visit with her daughter Mrs Dor othy Morgan and family of Iro quois Ill Dale Edging 1951 Camden high school graduate and 1 son of Mr and Mrs Dallas Edging has en listed in the Navy and has been sent to San Diego for boot train ing Mr and Mrs rank George have received a letter from their son Pvt Dean George stating that he has landed in Korea Jerry Robertson son of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Robertson has finished boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training center and is home on leave He was gradu ated from Camden high school last spring ood Graduates Two Tippecanoe county soldiers have been graduated from the Camp Polk La joint Army Air orce food service schools Cpl Lawrence Koster 1137 North ifteenth street and Pfc John Bowles Clarks Hill are the gradu ates The eight course is one of the first of its kind in the country Attica Man Sent To Penal arm ATTICA Sept Omer Crow der of Attica was fined $25 and costs a total of $35 and sen tenced to 90 days on the Indi ana penal farm when he ap peared before Covington City Judge Robert Clemence Crow der was arrested at Covington and charged with operating a ve hicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor He was tak en to the penal farm by oun tain County Shriff George Keller Rev and Mrs Otis Collier and children attended the wed ding Sunday of Rev niece Miss Loretta Collier at Elizaville Miss Norma Collier sang accompanied at the organ by her father Rev Collier Mr and Mrs Dickey and Jack have returned from North port Mich where they visited Mrs Roy Harrison and Mrs Daugherty of Attica who are vacationing there Mr and Mrs Alfred Cushman and children of Newtown visited Mr and Mrs Kenneth reed in a cottage on Lake Maxinkuckee Mr and Mrs Jimmy Slaughter and children have returned from Louisville wher they visited rela tives Mr and Mrs Tinsman of Glen Ellyn Ill are visiting Mr and Mrs William Tinsman and Mr and Mrs Clifford Oak ley Mrs Robert Pettigrew and Larry of Attica and daughter Mrs rank Crawford and son David northeast of Attica have returned from Anderson where they visited Mrs oth er daughter Mrs William Schell and husband Mr and Mrs Ivan Plaut of Chicago are visiting his sister Mrs Harry Schwartz Mr and Mrs Herbert Carr and daughter have rented the upstairs apartment in Mrs Jean home on South Brady street The apartment was recently vacated by Mrs McCoy who has moved to Indianapolis where she is em ployed Carr is commerce teach er in the Attica high school com ing to Attica from Rochester Nicky McCoy who has been visiting his grandmother Mrs Harry Schwartz will now go to Indianapolis where he will make his home with his mother Mrs Jean McCoy and will attend school there Mrs McCoy moved to Indianapolis this spring Mr and Mrs Harold Bott of Danville Ill visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Boyd south of Attica Mr and Mrs Kenneth reed and children returned home to day from Lake Maxinkuckee where they spent a va cation in the Harrison cottage John A arthing has been ap pointed executor of the estate of the late Miss Allie Lief Sgt Eston Sarkey who has been an instructor in the Army at Camp Carson Colo has re turned to his home at Covington having received a discharge Starkey is a nephew of Mrs El bert Smith and Bryant Starkey of Attica Mrs Robert Nolan has re turned to Danville Ill after a visit with Mr and Mrs Thornton Mr and Mrs Richard Schwartz and sons have returned from a vacation spent at Wash ington Mr and Mrs Earl Parton are visiting their daughter and hus band Mr and Mrs red Evans Jr at South Bend Mr and Mrs Thornton have left on a several days va cation in St Louis and East 'St Louis where they will visit Mrs A Watts former Attica resi dent They will also visit in Iowa with Mrs John Long of Albia and Mrs Gale Knapp at Des Moines Oxford Mr and Mrs Joe At kinson and Mrs Joseph Gosin ski of Basking Ridge went to Rushville to visit Mr and Mrs James Evans Prof Hood attended a conference at Purdue Paul Oliver Akers and family returned from Michigan after tak ing Mary Alice home and visited her brothers Roy and Oren and families Mr and Mrs Bernard Winski and Alberta of rankfort and Mr and Mrs Keith Newson and Deb ra of Boswell called on Mrs Ray Roberts and son Lloyd Mr and Mrs Stanley Church and daughters Beth and Doro thea were guests of Mrs Hallie Smith Mrs Church was formerly Gladys Smith of Oxford Dorothea two years ago made an unpre cedented official world record in typing She is also an accom plished pianist Mr Church and his family were en route to at tend a fraternity convention In the East Monticello Joins In Labor Holiday MONTICELLO Sept 3 Most places of business were closed to day for Labor Day Miss Joan McKee home econom ics teacher in the local schools won a number of prizes at the state fair with her fancy work Mary Price Idaville Rte 1 was another winner in sewing Mr and Mrs Henry Lawson and son Dickie of Idaville Aud Law son of Buffalo and Mr and Mrs Albert Byroads of Reynolds at tended the funeral of Jake Lawson at Elizabethtown Ky Miss Linda innell young daughter of Mr and Mrs Merlin innell of Beach drive a talented pianist entertained at the Soldiers home Lafayette She was accom panied by her mother and Miss Es ther Cotterell president of the lo cal unit of the American Legion auxiliary Several members of the Meth odist Youth ellowship attended the national convocation of Meth odist Youth at Purdue last week The group held its first fall meet ing Sunday evening at the church red Schwanke is counselor of the group 3 1 st County air Opens in Newton KENTLAND Sept 3 The 31st annual Newton county fair opened today Scheduled for this afternoon and evening and Tuesday after noon were performances by the 105 Ranch rodeo of Iowa City la Tuesday will be 4 club day with a talent show at night in front of the grandstand by the club boys and girls A calf scram ble also will be held Tuesday night by county 4 boys who will enter the arena and rope and throw calves The dress revue will close the Tuesday night program A full harness and running race card has been scheduled for Wed nesday Thursday and riday after noons The prdfcrams Wednesday Thursday and riday will feature the "Summer Sensations a musical revue presenting vaudeville entertainers including the Libonati Trio the our Angels the Victoria Troupe and the famous Roxyettes One show will be given Wednesday night two Thursday night and one riday night riday will be Day and all children of school age will be admitted free A full judging schedule of live stock and farm produce also has been planned Green Hill Adrian Buck exhibited Belgian horses at the Ohio state fir Ray Davis and son Ronnie are assisting in caring for them They took them from there to the In diana state fair Robert Weigle and family visited her parents Mr and Mrs Payne of Conners ville Mr and Mrs David John are the parents of a daugh ter Gaila Rose born in St Elizabeth hospital Lafavette Aur 22 Mrs Elizabeth Vaughn and Mr and Mrs Guy Lemming attended the wedding of the for granddaughter Patricia Jo Lawson and Robert Manes at Monticello Mrs Charles Myers spent several days with her daughter Mrs John Booth and husband and attended the dedi cation of the Pine Village school They were guests later of Hans Sailer and family of Lafayette The new home of William Weigle Sr south of town is nearing completion He and his daughter rances will move there and his son Arthur and family will move into ttie farm house they vacate Mrs Ray Davis is visiting her daughter Mrs Walter Hard en and family at Hebron Miss Ruth Weigle of Indianap olis was a guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Weigle Mrs Adrian Buck and daughters planned to spend the week end with James Horner and family of Indianapolis Guests' in the ranklin horpe were David Peterson and family and Mr and Mrs Ted ranklin of Lafayette and Charles Conner and family of Otterbein' and Charles rank lin and son of Zionsville Mrs Charles ranklin and daughter were visiting her sister in Phila delphia Special Course' Capt Wendell A Linn of 3 Park avenue is attending the squadron officer course while on duty at the Air Air Command and staff school here at Maxwell Air orce base in Alabama After en tering the service in May 1942 the captain served in the European theater from April to November 1944 He is the son of Mr and Mrs Linn of Craigville and is married to the former Martha Schubert of 3 Park avenue La fayette Labor Day Of 1951 BY GEORGE SOKOLSKY It is little more than a century since Karl Marx gave to the world his which in effect established the movement" among industrial work ers farmers and the lower collar" earners who in some countries represent the revolution ary proletariat and in others a demand for a constantly increas ing share of the proceeds of pro duction In spite of varying degrees of opposition to the different forms of unionism In the United States it is possioie alter a century to say that revolutionary Marxism has accomplished little among the wage earners of America The Knights of Labor the Amer ican ederation of Labor the In dustrial Workers of the World (IWW) the Congress of Indus trial Organizations (CIO) the Railroad Brotherhoods and the varieties of independent unions no matter how they started and for what purpose did not long remain even if they started that way revolutionary in concept or oper ation Many factors explain why Amer ican and British trade unionism is different from say German or rench Much credit for this must be given to Samuel Gompers whose forceful personality played so great a role in the develop ment of the American ederation of Labor Although Gompers had been an immigrant he early caught the spirit of American tra dition supporting the concept of "voluntarism" GOMPERS REJECTED a co erced membership and devoted himself rather to practical proposi tions such as the eight hour day higher wages and better working conditions Gompers rejected Marx ian socialism as an evil which did not improve the Condition of the worker but enslaved him to the state He rejected the anarcho syndicalism of the IWW he fav ored capitalism and sought for every worker the opportunity to be a capitalist that is to own and use wealth at his own discretion Even the CIO which was or ganized by John Lewis with the assistance of many Commu nists did not long remain as his toric time goes a revolutionary organization tsy tne elimination or Lewis the organization tended to balance between the pro Commu nist and anti Communist unions Lewis violently anti Communist himself having opened the door for them in the CIO The elimi nation of such figures as Lee Pressman and Len De Caux and the dismissal of Communist un ions particularly the UE from the CIO fairly cleaned out the Stal inist influences in the CIO It took time effort and face saving but it was done The concentrated voting and emotional strength of the labor unions has given them a voice in government out of proportion to the total population Neverthe less there has been no revolu tionary results from this except in a few instances where Communist unionism still prevails The same kind of crooked politician who used to seek Support financial and political support from cer tain corporations now seeks and often obtains support from labor unions Yet the only city in the United States where a union holds captive a political party is in New York where the International Ladies Garment Workers 'u i under the leadership of David Du binsky owns the Liberal party THE ASSUMPTION that a change of administration Jy the defeat of the Democratic party in 1952 will lessen the strength of labor unions is an error The Taft Hartley law is actually serv ing to strengthen labor unions by making their leadership more re sponsible and by making Commu nist infiltration more difficult By rectifying legislation the Republi cans would make the Taft Hartley law more workable and would es tablish ultimately a trade unionism that would be less dependent upon deals with the president and his personal machine There are many conservatives who still believe that somehow the organization and influence of the union can be abolished This is now fatuous thinking In 1936 many things could have been done which are no longer practicable in 1951 or better or for worse all American production indus trial agricultural professional is being organized If for instance relief from per sonal obsolescence is found for self employed professional men and women so that they might be able to save now for their old afee the Coudert bill and the Ives amendment would force even such employed persons to become or ganized should they desire bene fits and remedies under the law The satisfaction in the United State Horseshoe' Meet at rankfort RANKORT Sept 3 The Clinton County Horseshoe Pitchers association is holiday host to the state championship matches which opened on the Park courts with qualifications Satur day night and will close this evening with the crowning of a new state champion Two new champions were crowned last night in the and class matches Chris man Connersville tied Green Indianapolis with seven games won and one game lost The tie was decided by the percentage or ringers in Glass games total points were re corded as 308 and Green's at 306 Chrisman received a trophy and a cash award Other winners in the position which they completed their games are: Overholser South Bend won seven and lost two with a total of 303 points Green won 7 lost 1 306 Atwell lora won 5 lost 4 301 Mendelhall Noblesville won 4 lost 5 294 Behr rankfort won 4 lost 5 318 Raymond Lafayette won 3 lost 6 315 Crane Zionsville won 3 lost 6 303 Wenzel Mishawaka won 2 lost 7 310 and Pence Gary won 2 lost 7 317 The new Class champion is Van Sickle Indianapolis In this division the point system was usfed 'while all other contests are by the cancellation method Class positions other than the new champion are: second Riley Indianapolis total points 293 won 6 lost 3 third Min near Lafayette 286 won 6 lost 4 Sanders Lawrenceburg 754 won 5 lost 4 McCoskey Pek in 283 won 5 lost 4 Brandt Lawrenceburg 281 won 4 lost 5 Crask Noblesville 292 won 3 lost 6 Harshman rankfort 291 won 3 lost 6 Craven Moores Hill 285 won 2 lost 7 Weaver rankfort 285 won 2 lost 7 The Class finals opened this morning with 16 players qualified and the games will be completed late this evening to de termine the state championship Gradcn Mcatrick of Rushville is the defending champion In the starting line up of 16 pitchers were 10 of the top rated players Sixty thfee pitchers en tered the qualification games Sat urday evening and yesterday and 36 played for the contests with ten each in Class and and 16 in the Class games At the annual meeting of the State association Sunday after noon Nelson' Pickering rank fort was re elected president and Curt Day rankfort was re elected secretary treasurer Vice presidents are Claude Haffner Crawfordsville Lora Overholser South Bend Robert Pence Gary Marion Chrisman Connersville William Sanders Lawrenceburg Virgil Holloway airmount Ed win Jamison airmount Paul Van Scickle Indianapolis and James aulks Brazil William Atkinson 601 Wash ington avenue was treated in Clinton county hospital yesterday afternoon for lacerations on the left hand elbow and left leg sus tained when he walked into the side of an auto being backed from a private drive by Carey Thompson 501 Washington ave nue Police took the injured man to the hospital and later to his home Police stated Thompson was not at fault An auto operated by Bert Barnet 561 East South street and a parked car owned by Vir gil Amick were damaged in an accident' at Washington and Kelly avenues Saturday afternoon Po lice reported cars parked at a sale crowded the passing lane and forced car into the parked auto Two boys playing near the old interurban bridge over Prairie creek near North Jackson street Sunday afternoon found a water soaked leather bag containing valuable papers and personal property believed to belong to Leon Wilson and said to have been taken from his auto some time ago SKATING CONERENCE More than 100 representatives are attending the 4th annual amateur professional conference of the United States Amateur Rol ler Skating association at the Hoosierland Roller rink north of the TPA park here Attending the conference are George Apdale national president New York City Ozzie Nelson national secretary New York City and three National States must be that labor has not gone revolutionary the problem is to find a leadership sufficiently restrained so that periodic demands for increases do not wreck our capitalistic economy Out of the Past to Washington and other i I I.