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AY mDEPENDENT, SUNDAT. lOlT 8, 1947 1-4 EDITORIAL More fhan Words Are Needed To Make State's Roads Safe Th» tlat« of Prnnsylvcmia will have to use pan.ive Harvey's Lake Boulevard where man than words in its efforts lo promote motorists have already cracked upas a result araoter safety on the highways. of trying to negotiate hap-hazardly Ihrough Even Increased and improved police work the dangerous roadway made dangerous by eannot do tho icb—alone. the mud and water. ... In its drive the Commonwealth has ad- When it dries there is a dust,nuisance. mitted none of the state's faults as pointed Seemingly neglected also is the mexpen- out in a series of special articles pn Highway sive pattern of white line, whicj. have a Hoards appeaing in the Sunday Inde- psychological effect—and keeps cars in lanes An American Tragedy Political Comment have only scratched the tdent And hese ¦urfar Tht Jommonwealth in its widely heralded drive ior safe-driving has contributed little where danger is to be avoided Today's article pictures a stretch without a white line—where it is needed most. It can't be the scarceness of paint since hundreds of billboards scattered throughout Pennsylvania are gaily decorated with mes la the way of tools with which to lay the g„eg * appealing 'to motorists to "Drive groundwork for the carrying out of its appeal. 'e_i_i.. ¦• Even the Pennsylvania State Police refuse IB talk* action on many accidents which occur «• ttet* highways located in municipalities, Bitcting to turn the case and the determina- ei ibe cause of the «:cident over to minor Safely. • • • Perhaps here is the real answer to the failure to check highway accidents and reduce the awful toll of death. In addition to the usual lack of co-opera¬ tion among the various units with enforce¬ ment powers, there is also the lack of co¬ ordination within any one. of these, even A quick survey shows the average Luzerne ^vvhen it sefs out to do something. B'f motorists the many dangerous areas Here, for instance, we have the great state where traffic is heaviest. of Pennsylvania appearing to make a thor- LolMt cue for attention is the "sliding ough drive for highway safety by asking tatr" outside of Luzerne which sends its others to do things and, at the same time, Muddy mess on to the Commonwealth's ex- neglecting the very things it could do itself. Tlurt Is ofton an invitation to shoddy work. • • tai Wage Tax Misfits Ir. view of the fact that some municipal •Micials of the o'ea are giving serious Ikeught to the opportunity to levy a wage hich was provided by the last session Now Ifs Rents When the fight was on to get rid of price control, we were told it wasn't necessary. Nature, it was said, would take its course. _ ... The idea being that the old law of supply •I the Legislature, we submit several items and demand would hold the prices down. lor their consideration. Apparently that law was repealed, too, or And of Ihese, perhaps the most important something, because prices have done nothing la the fact that even though the federal gov- but seek the st.atosphere smce. •nuMnt has been collecting its income taxes And now we jave the new rent increasing br .ore than 30 years-with unlimited help law with a lot ^ good words said for it, plus Tth. highest calibre available-it is still the fact that nqit March all federal controls working the bugs out of the system. What would happen in, say, Wilkes-Barre? K would be even worse in the smaller towns. It would mean gross unfairness, for one tking. ¦»%';^« with fixed incomes, easily discov- mtJd. wJ^'.'-^fMivv: ..i?i. fall—to the last penny fact that neiit I«arcl off entirely./ rhis plan t'.e, to be go This plan t'.o, to be sure, has its ardent supporters w> o insist that all will bo well and no one « 11 suffer. That we'll khave to see, but we fear the sight will not be pleasant. We seem to be sorely beset by those who, when proht is in the offing, are interested The others, in pTotcssi^T.~^r':'^''iVi>:jff^o jfff^jj^^^^^^ themselves^to^the^mqijimum ai commissions and a variety of still more, the frartic will bear. piobably never would be caught up wilh In Pennsylvania, to be sure, conditions will WBdmt the kind of coilection system the towns be at their very worst since, in its rush to would work out. Income taxes—which is what wage taxes reaily are—should not be found in smaller kconches of government than states. When il gets down further than counties, ll becomes what actually was proposed when lbe state this year used passage of this law aa a way out of giving cities and towns tl^e iMtp they need. . . . ic -k -k One more thing. . . . What is a "subject"? get on all the new taxes anyone could think of, the recent session of the Legislature took not even a fleeting moment to give a thought to state rent control. Others did, to be sure. But not Pennsylvania. Diocese Repeats Honor For the second time in five years a priest of the Scrar:ton diocese has been singled out for unusual honor and the repetition reflects Merry-Go-Round Congressmen Block Mine Laws; More Politics by. Unions Seen V. «*hmKton. — Despite all th* talk about mine safety after the tragi Ontralla, 111., blast, the coal mines were handed bacl« to the operotori last week without congressional action on a mine-safety law. ("hffly responsible for the dilly-dallying tactics are Rep. Max S. ti» ibe of Missouri and Rep. Wint Smith of Kansas, both Repub- liiiu^^ If there is another tragic mine explosion, many miners will l«> I le blame at their door. ' An. Iher Republican, Rep. Gerald Landis of Indiana, has been push- Whatever it is, it's taxable under the new splendidly on the diocese itself. law—^that which permits wage, sales and In 1943 it was Bishop Martin O'Connor, amusement taxes, among other things, in the With his appointment as rector of the North towns of Pennsylvania. American College in Rome, the diocese again Listing the items which now can be taxed, supplied the man for the vacancy. this law includes: ". . . persons, transactions. Last week the Rev. Dr. Henry T. Klonowski •aeupations, privileges, subjects and per¬ il properly. . . ." So it IS repeated: What is a "subject"? New Tax BUI Good was consecrated as auxiliary bishop ol Scranton and titular bishop of Daldis to sue ceed him. Born and raised in Lackawanna county. Bishop Klonowski served also in Wilkea- Barre. Learned scholars and administrators. Ing mine safety, but his bill is blocked In the secrecy of com- mittee by Schwabe and Smith. Though making no state¬ ments publicly, they tell col¬ leagues that the Landis Bill must be postp oned until Congress can make a time - consum¬ ing and need¬ le s s investiga¬ tion—after Con¬ gress adjourns. Schwabe even refused to hold poMic hearings on the L.andis Bill, man of the labor studj^ committee be a senator,"known tp be friendly to labor." / I.JIW Revives I,«l>or Flolitlr* It now looks as .if the Taft- Hartley l.*bor Act ..'and its GOP authors had given s new lease on life to something the Republicans wanted to stop labor politics. It was no secret that Messrs, Taft, Hartley et all wanted to up¬ set the CIO's Political Action Com¬ mittee, so active in ringing door¬ bells and opposing a,iti-labor candi¬ dates. However, the Taft-Hartley law has now inspired certain labor leaders hitherfo not so active in politics to get busy again. For instance: l,«-John L. Lewi.s plans to revive «. refused to put the question, labor's Nonpartisan League. tm • coEftmittee vote. ¦•^... - __. .._ . . . , , on the Senate side, GOP ge^^lj-The AKL. which always frown- t«w Butler of Nebraska, chairman I f. Edgar Cuest Equal AU (Secretary of War Patterson has ordered that no distinction bc made between the location of the jfraves of offlcers and en¬ listed men in new .eections of na» tional cemeteries.—News Item) Death, the great leveler, knowt no rank; His troo/is no generals com- command; .Vo .lAoic of brass above the grass. And at attention none to ttand. No glittering start to mark the grave. A'o fluettering ensign, rank to show. Death's army vast, at pence at last, Sleeps in formation row by row. In that great camp where itieet the dead. All share alike their coun¬ try's love. All soldiers brave in every grave. The flag they tor erf and served, above. Cily politics jumped into the limelight last week with the an¬ nouncement by Honorable Cornelius J. McCole that he has had enough, that he will call it a day with the termination of his term as mayor at the end of the year. The an¬ nouncement presumably was made to give the leaders of the party ample time to secure a new man to take his place for the nomination at the primaries. The mayors de¬ cision may have been unexpected by a majority of the people whose government he haa headed for the past four years, but to this column it was no surprise. His honor strongly intimated to the writer that he had little taste for the "political side of City Hall life, especially since the four members of the council determined to make politics thVir chief aim in the gov'- ernment of the city by taking complete control of the police de¬ partment from Uie mayor, in whose hands the law intended it should rest. As a result of t^s weakening of the iaw and order departmeni of the city vice has been rampant the pasl year and gamblers have been free to carry on their nefarious business. And it must be well remembered that Mayor McCole was elected on much of a non-partisan basis, a commit¬ tee of Republicans joining the Democrats in placing him at the head of the cily. Mayor Mi.-Cole enjoyed the lighter side of his duties as mayor. He was right at home in welcoming visiting delegations to the com¬ munity and as such he gave the city an abundance of good adver¬ tising. To be frank .Con was never cut out to be a hard-boiled official, and the Lord knows Wilkp'^-Barre is in need of just such. .^.' was trained as an insurance executive and had no appetite for spoils politics. His determination to quit the office a few weeks before the time expires for filing nomination papers will no doubl bring the mayoralty to the front in 1947 politics. Wilkes-Barrc being the metropolitan center of the county, there will be general interest in fhe campaign that will now be launched for the office. % Wllkes-Barre is sorel.v in need of a mayor who will give his full lime and attention to the office. This is not guaranteed by any of the names so far slated for the post. So it is up to the citizens of the city, Irrespective of party affiliations, to see that a man aspires for the place who not only oan be depended upon to be on the job forty hours a week instead of an average of ten hours it has been the practice for several years. This column Intends to use whatever power It may possess to .see that such a candidate is elected. We feel that a man who receives $5,500 a year from the taxpayers should make the office of mayor more than a side business. We understand that Influential elements In both parties are of the same opinion and intend to nom¬ inate fun-time candidates for the office. As .vet neither of them has made selections, having been de¬ layed by lack of knowledge as to what Mayor McCole intended to do. It will be hard for the two factions of the GOP to avoid a fight, as City Hal! and county or¬ ganization do not see eye to eye in their party's politics. City Hall seems to be committed to Council¬ man Kniffen but the heads of the count.v organiiation have aa yet given no intimation as to the man they favor. ft Says Here; on the CIO's Political Arti in, U the Public Lands Committee-; j ^'"J*?*"^* ^"1 *""'' 'oo vigt, n wili be a good sign of sincenty all Bishops" O'Connor and Klonowski, through -now much ,en r^^^^ otound if the Republicans in Congress really their achievements in secular and religious ;;;j ^ pa'H tem^rary bin *on pmah lor the new tax bill—with Jan. 1 as the life, have been responsible for the distinct tmuing enforcement of the federal tive date—and if the Democrats who honor brought to the diocese a.' Scranton mme-safety rules--until such time said Ihe July date was their only objec- from the Catholic Hierarchy in Rome, to the first bill adually vote for it. It will be the best sort of indication that ^Tgmm%mfnntk AfAA<lc Bill Green once wr ndorsing labor essman Hartl politics IS being forgotten for the good of the >la. u nlow-moving Schwabe and Smith ^^* . ersey.) ' While the Tafi-Ha hibits unions ' from funds In political c is nothing to prove e»-s from raising m in "voluntary co on the House side of the Capitol <-t>nsent to permanent legislation. Note—The history of mine trage¬ dies is that after each mine accl- When the teen-ager looked over Ihe t >nt, the entire nation talks about Th<rt will be a contrast, loo for both sides tractive eating spot that was open on n.gh'.^;'^;^,-' X'geTs bu's^" Co^gret loaded with politics in their support, on and heard oldsters wonder if a bar would be dawdles and mine safety is for- Iko OB« hand, and their opposition on the installed, he hoped not. gotten, other, to tha original bill. It would be nice, he thought, if thera wara Tha qna\ value, of course, will be in the just a few places he and his friendt could •IJiportunity the new bill will .give business go for a snack without people wondarmg •Ml tha paople to know, at least a little in what kids are doing in a drinking joint lvonc«-, what is to be expected of them. So, perhaps it is mostly lack of opportunity to do otherwise which leads young paopla into difficulties. The places which do cater to their tK*da, providing the things they enjoy and aiim- a««rva Col. Elliott Tha United States already has spent (MO,000.000 to redeem "occupation money" pflalad by Russia with American plates— _ _ _ Md tha Soviets still have the presses rolling jnating what they'shouldn't have, d o«an though our Army nas stopped playing q \f^ of encouragement Santa Claus and quit redeeming them. . . . It la not hard to see why there would be •ppoaltion to any reduction of American in- •¦¦• '"" The death of Col. Stephen C. Elliot? bnngs to an end a life that always had b*«n in Ohangis Khan swept out of Asia to con- close connection with military service 4«or Europe on horseback but his successors Col. Elliott's father was a soldier and so •ooa to have even more success by tele- were his brothers, with servica in boik wars P****- to the credit of the family. It was in World War I that Col Elliott Wa can't help wishing that, somewhere in distinguished himself, earning then a splen- tiko long argument about teachers' pay, some- did record even though he was ona of the OOO. aomewhere, had said something about youngest battery commanders in tha U. S. •fctlity. That seemed the one thing neither Field Artillery, as he led Plymouth's •14a was interested in. Battery C. Wilh peace he stuck to his ragimant and r%mr-%.tT^ . w7 •r-».T-r-vT-<rk-r-»-kTT-wr-i-«.T»». ¦¦°s^ *° i's command, relinquishing thert only SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ^Her he had completed many years with the Pennsylvania National Guard. N*w* " ynuw\m\»—AnrertlMoicnt. A O'ttM-rvAtii'i N«w.pttp«i for 8elect Rcttden PaMialMd e ry tsundai HiirnUic by th* WnJirt-BAKItK INI.-l^ HKNItENT CO. WILHKH-BAUItE, PA As if there weren't sufficient problems in India now, th? withdrawal of Great Britain "f^*^ ' SkfkkknIS " " *^"°' •"" u'"'™.' '^''JJS" ^'"'l* great sympathy in permitting fhe mmmti* r hkffkknam Bu.ium. Mananer Princes of India to retain full sovereignty fiSS^"/ £*h''mh li¦-¦.*.*::M;.i-;.."i"»a^i'.:;S^. r*' ^^^'' states-a sovereignty they have been exercising only under careful British ariinAI INDICI'eNUeNT l. dellTcmd br earrtn l» »»«¦) Iwrr ••.« rtlUucr in •.vcrnc Connty at tb. price mt twiiii —«¦ aod to (or aala at all n«wspaprr acrarlca. ' SIS* ta adraaeei •!> oMnth. t3.*0. a( Mm Datlad Fna. AuoiiaMan. rail repnru aa I naalTvd br t^ir* aw) eu>l« ap Ui S a. m. I at WUkaa-tlanv Paatafflu aa Macuad Claaa MaiUr TKUtmOKK HEKVICB W-B. Z-3111! W.-B. t-aiM Forty-First Year mVS «, IMT guidance. Some years from now we'll probably look back on these days of plane wrecks and wonder how we could have been' so stupid back in 1947. But it's still most uncomfort¬ able living through this period of finding out how to fly lhem safely. If he doe* nothing else, Henry Wallace is arousing the interest of the people in foreign offairs. Down in Huntington town¬ ship the neighbors took to shooting each other's dogs and some insist this was better thcgn shooting each other. w pro-j We read that families re- .\^r.!r! P°''* *h«ir homes damaged by unrestricled blasting. ngns, there' labor lead of dollars '¦ Since whon is that news? New Mystery Submarine The Navy is developing a secret reconnaissance plane, "the flying turtle," to guard American shores against fast, deep-.sea submarines the Germans developed before the end of the war. It will be a land- baaed patrol plane, equipped with super devices for sounding out objects lurking in the ocean's depths. The Navy asked Congress for $78,000,000 to manufacture this mys¬ terious craft, but the GOP nickel- nursers In the Housi\ more con¬ cerned with dollars than defense, turned it down. Desperately the Na\'y appealed to the Senate Appro¬ priations Committee. Behind lock¬ ed doors. Navy technicians divulged the secret plans, stressed that the Russians had taken over the Ger¬ man plants where the new type of submarines were designed. , , ,.„ , ., . . l-l o . r. i angel in or around the White House More statesmanlike Senate Re-if * ' ., „,. ,u„ ao„«i„,. „# ' is watching over the destiny of utions.' The AFIj play to work on a loose-jointed .s'lSte-to-sWite basis. mobilizing strength in each sena¬ torial and .'CongressionalS district. AFL leaders reject any thi.-d party now, will nominate pro-labor men if the major partifts nomilante anti- labor candidates. Note -The combined I.«wls-AFL drive may mean an additional half- million workers ringing doorbells in 1948. Historically, if labor gets active enough politically the Re¬ publicans lose. .^lerry-Go-Round Two chief reasons for the cur¬ rent oil shortage: 1.'—John L. liewis 1 has been the nation's best oil sales-' man, indirectly persuading many to convert from coal to oil. 2. - More gatoline is used on farms than ever before in history. Tractor.s i and other gasoline-driven motors i replaced manpower during thc war < because of the labor shortage. . , .' A lot of people in Wall Street would like to know what little You are given exactly one guess why public offices, closed on July 4, d not open on S a t u r d a either. ^r It > apparently wa«r ,fne idea/of the new ajripping act Ihat you canfl be hurt by far<jng intoyTpit dug be¬ fore thfe law^was passed. —COAIyCRACKER JOE composition of the 1947 party ticket. The committeemen are not the loving band of brothers that has been ruling things Republican the pasl several years. "The out¬ spoken members of the commiure are firm in their opinion that something new in the shape of candidates will have to be pre- sented this .vear. They feel that all the prospective candidates have now had a trial run and it is high lime that .some definile action be taken in order that the county's hundred thousand Republicans know that the committeemen are on the job as the guardians of the parly's welfare. The more con¬ servative committeemen feel that unusual care must be exercised in the framing of the 1947 slate. This Is due to the record madA during the legislative session by Governor Duff's leaders on coal-stripping and in levying new taxes on what the great majority of people regard as necessities. It is felt that men of character^and responsibility »are needed today more than ever. To bring this to a realization not only must taxpayers be nominated, but It is ju.st as important that men be favored who do not carry their tax burdcn,s in thc names of their wives, as some county officers now do No public announcement haa as yet been made of a slate and it is quite likely that none will be made for some time. The majority of the district committeemen are said to favor keeping everything in the dark on slates until the last min¬ ute. This plan has worked out very satisfactorily in lhe past, as it makes it impossible for the rank and file to make an unpopular can- did.ite a target. This plan is not without its bad features for the organization, as it tends to induct new candidates to appear every few- days, thinking that inasmuch as no slate has been formed there is slill a chance for a new aspirant. Failure to indicate the organization choice for district attorney, now that Eon Jones has decided to aspire for the bench, haa led thp friends of Assistant District At¬ torney Herman Cardoni to start a boom for him for the big job In the office, Attornev Cardoni, It will be re¬ membered, was looked upon as the top man for county afises.sor, but at the last minute was induced to smother his ambitions with the promise that something better would come his way this year. An¬ other boom reached Uie Court House from Forty Fort, a Repub¬ lican stronghold that has long been neglected in the naming of county officials. It was in behalf of George Turner, who has given efficient service for more than a quarter of a century in about every office in the Court House. George came to the temple ori'^lnally from Newport township, which is in the same class as Forty Fort in the matter of GOP nerrlect. But George is recognized as an independent and it will take some strong pressuring to have the Court House leaders kiss him on both cheeks. Democrats are beginning to show activity, e.specially the Democratic city committee now headed by former Jury Commissioner Patrick J, Finn. Chairman Finn is strong in the opinion that the chances for victory in 1947 arr better 'han they have been in any year since the triumph of thc party in 1937. Chairman Finn sees no reaaon ior the hesitancy of leaders in entering some acceptable candidates, owing to the record that the Republicans Governor Duff has given his ap-1 «:ave them as an Issue during the proval to two laws that many lead er« at the City Hall and Court House feel may have disastrous effect on their hopes for an easy victory over the weakly organized Democrats in the November elec¬ tion. These laws are the faulty stripping measure a bill that was undoubtedly prepared by the legal advisers of the powerful GOP stripping politicians in the anthra¬ cite territory, and the law giving the governing bodies in Wilkes- Barre, Nanticoke, Hazleton and Pittston, ,'as well as all our bor- ougs aatd townships of the flrst class, Jihe power to pas.s a sales tax or l^vx. a tax on wages, amuse- . etc. It is felt that tax- ,;«ifs will have to be mighty care- 'in the selcrtion of their officials they do not wa^t to be nlaced under crushing J-axation burden. The fact that,-' the Republicans SDonsored thi^'taxation onyuie ad¬ vice of Governor Duff l^Aound to have an effet't on the alection. ./une legislative session. He promises that the citv Democrats will be on the job in due time with an excel¬ lent list of canddates for mayor and city council. Although many Democrats show marked preference for former Congressman Daniel J. Flood for mayor, the rhairman says he is noncommittal on any partic¬ ular selections. On the county end the energetic Finn has nothing to say but soems confident that Count.v leaders will be sure to take advantage of the opiiortunity beck¬ oning and present a combination of strong material before the expira¬ tion of the time for filing; parly nominations. GRIN AND BEAR IT The seven Repujdican executive committeemen hfld some soul- searching confrfences last week and a notable jBiffprenre of opinion came to thyfront on the probable publicans promptly authorized the | Navy to go ahead with its plans. Preston Tucker, would-be Chicago . », .,, V I auto - maker, .whose bid to sell! prom^ed the money will be »PPro- , o„oo,000 worth of stock was sud-' priated by the next Congress at • ' which time the "flying turtles" will be ready to go into production. denly auproved by the Securities i and Klxchange Commission after an ! earlier critical SEC report. . , . i rh«nirini I..hor Law Atlanta's Mayor William B. Harts- '^^"e'T^t-I^Allriabor Act has '-'1 recently dropped three de-, become law. but the shooting isn't ^^^"¦"^ from the police fr" be- over. GOP Senators are now row- '=«".f °/ ""'°" *'="7'*^ *^^""- ing backstage ever who will head »'"'"' '» '"'"^^"^ "^ '"e oolice a Senate-House committee to rtudy t"-'^* "^"''^ a legiance to Grand [ labor conditions, later amend the "'•»«'>" .'^a'""^ ^Tm °L'.*^^,,„^" i l3^ Klux Klan. Hartsfleld ha^ done \ _ T T» 1, .1. I J . I nothing about them. Dour Joe BaU, the serious-mindcc!; _. senator from Minnesota, wants the job. More important, he has the WISE CmUi KNOWS FATHER secret support of Senator Bob Taft. However, many Republicans con¬ sider Ball too anti-labor, prefer progressive Senator George Aiken of Vermont. As one Republican Senator put it: "To name someone like Joe Ball to head tbis study commis-' sion, in the midst of all the agita¬ tion over passage of the Taft- Hartley Bill, would be Uke waving a red flag in labor's face." Huntingdon, Pa, (UP) -The aca¬ demic dignity of Juniata College waa ruffled by a cry of "Daddy" at commencement exercises. The croy came from Donald Homes, 3, when his ex-GI father, Donald S. Homes, walked across the plat¬ form to receive a Bachelor of Science degree. HE LEARNED ONE IIUNG „ ^ Glenville. N. Y. (UP) -Don't Even such mid-road senators as i teach your wife to drive, advisc-v I-odge of Massachusetts, Baldwin j^hn Bartwitz, particularly il of Conne<:ticut and fellow Minne- neither of you have a ,7 ense. Bar- sotan Thye lean against Ball. AllLv-jt^ p^jd a JlO fine, his wife $15. three obviously had Joe in mind]after a state trooper had arrested when, at a recent closed-door con-1 them while Mrs. Bartwitz was aT ference, thej' insisted that chair-: lhe whfeeL School Director John Kasenchak (Continued on Page C-Si Today's Talk By OEORGE MATTHEW ADA.MS Look Up, And On — Expect! I am very sure that the Lord Is always on the side of the cheerful one —the one who looks up, not down, and who looks far ahead and who expects the objective of his dreams. Blind optimism reaps very liltle, but a cheerful outlook reaps muoh. Its background Is made up of faith, determination, and a high heart. When I first met Gene Tunney, he was known to but a few. We had long talks, and I admired his in¬ telligence and his skill as a boxer, for I often watched him box. I said: "Gene, you will be the next world's champion!" Quickly he re¬ plied: "Mr. Adams, I expect to be!" And he was. The seeds of the future of a human being are planted early within him. or her. No one exactly knows just what seeds ar« planted but the one In whose consciousness they are planted knows. And from them are dreams of expectancy. We get, mostly, what we deserve vn this life. And what we do not deserve we have to pay doubit lor But the cheapest investment >ics in one's self-confidence and will to win. When we expect much we i re pretty sure to get much. And so I would say: Keep your chin up. Look ahead. Expect! None of us know' our real possi¬ bilities until we put our forces ta work. We often surprise ourselvc". Trouble, poverty and failure «r« often our life savers We learn to overcome failure, brush aside trouble, and rise above poverty. It is done over and over again. And what has been done by one can oe done by an.ither. We should take life in its strld«. .Kn inch at a time, perhaps, is bet¬ ter than a .smile at a time—missing all that might have been po.ssible between. For progress, without un- ; ' net very snooty—tie can t forget for a minute that HE ''"¦'andinft «nd a right appraisal was born at Harvard'" might prove dlsaAtrous. We ought to fit our dream! m
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 36 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1947-07-06 |
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Month | 07 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1947 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 36 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1947-07-06 |
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Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
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Original Format | Newspapers |
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AY mDEPENDENT, SUNDAT. lOlT 8, 1947 1-4 EDITORIAL
More fhan Words Are Needed To Make State's Roads Safe
Th» tlat« of Prnnsylvcmia will have to use pan.ive Harvey's Lake Boulevard where
man than words in its efforts lo promote motorists have already cracked upas a result
araoter safety on the highways. of trying to negotiate hap-hazardly Ihrough
Even Increased and improved police work the dangerous roadway made dangerous by
eannot do tho icb—alone. the mud and water. ...
In its drive the Commonwealth has ad- When it dries there is a dust,nuisance. mitted none of the state's faults as pointed Seemingly neglected also is the mexpen-
out in a series of special articles pn Highway sive pattern of white line, whicj. have a
Hoards appeaing in the Sunday Inde- psychological effect—and keeps cars in lanes
An American Tragedy
Political Comment
have only scratched the
tdent
And hese ¦urfar
Tht Jommonwealth in its widely heralded drive ior safe-driving has contributed little
where danger is to be avoided
Today's article pictures a stretch without a white line—where it is needed most.
It can't be the scarceness of paint since hundreds of billboards scattered throughout Pennsylvania are gaily decorated with mes
la the way of tools with which to lay the g„eg * appealing 'to motorists to "Drive groundwork for the carrying out of its appeal. 'e_i_i.. ¦•
Even the Pennsylvania State Police refuse IB talk* action on many accidents which occur «• ttet* highways located in municipalities, Bitcting to turn the case and the determina- ei ibe cause of the «:cident over to minor
Safely.
• • •
Perhaps here is the real answer to the failure to check highway accidents and reduce the awful toll of death.
In addition to the usual lack of co-opera¬ tion among the various units with enforce¬ ment powers, there is also the lack of co¬ ordination within any one. of these, even A quick survey shows the average Luzerne ^vvhen it sefs out to do something. B'f motorists the many dangerous areas Here, for instance, we have the great state where traffic is heaviest. of Pennsylvania appearing to make a thor-
LolMt cue for attention is the "sliding ough drive for highway safety by asking tatr" outside of Luzerne which sends its others to do things and, at the same time, Muddy mess on to the Commonwealth's ex- neglecting the very things it could do itself.
Tlurt Is ofton an invitation to shoddy work. • •
tai
Wage Tax Misfits
Ir. view of the fact that some municipal •Micials of the o'ea are giving serious Ikeught to the opportunity to levy a wage hich was provided by the last session
Now Ifs Rents
When the fight was on to get rid of price control, we were told it wasn't necessary. Nature, it was said, would take its course.
_ ... The idea being that the old law of supply
•I the Legislature, we submit several items and demand would hold the prices down. lor their consideration. Apparently that law was repealed, too, or
And of Ihese, perhaps the most important something, because prices have done nothing la the fact that even though the federal gov- but seek the st.atosphere smce. •nuMnt has been collecting its income taxes And now we jave the new rent increasing br .ore than 30 years-with unlimited help law with a lot ^ good words said for it, plus Tth. highest calibre available-it is still the fact that nqit March all federal controls working the bugs out of the system.
What would happen in, say, Wilkes-Barre? K would be even worse in the smaller towns.
It would mean gross unfairness, for one tking.
¦»%';^« with fixed incomes, easily discov- mtJd. wJ^'.'-^fMivv: ..i?i. fall—to the last penny
fact that neiit I«arcl off entirely./ rhis plan t'.e, to be
go
This plan t'.o, to be sure, has its ardent supporters w> o insist that all will bo well and no one « 11 suffer.
That we'll khave to see, but we fear the sight will not be pleasant.
We seem to be sorely beset by those who, when proht is in the offing, are interested
The others, in pTotcssi^T.~^r':'^''iVi>:jff^o jfff^jj^^^^^^ themselves^to^the^mqijimum
ai commissions and a variety of still more, the frartic will bear.
piobably never would be caught up wilh In Pennsylvania, to be sure, conditions will WBdmt the kind of coilection system the towns be at their very worst since, in its rush to
would work out.
Income taxes—which is what wage taxes reaily are—should not be found in smaller kconches of government than states.
When il gets down further than counties, ll becomes what actually was proposed when lbe state this year used passage of this law aa a way out of giving cities and towns tl^e iMtp they need. . . .
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One more thing. . . .
What is a "subject"?
get on all the new taxes anyone could think of, the recent session of the Legislature took not even a fleeting moment to give a thought to state rent control.
Others did, to be sure.
But not Pennsylvania.
Diocese Repeats Honor
For the second time in five years a priest of the Scrar:ton diocese has been singled out for unusual honor and the repetition reflects
Merry-Go-Round
Congressmen Block Mine Laws; More Politics by. Unions Seen
V. «*hmKton. — Despite all th* talk about mine safety after the tragi Ontralla, 111., blast, the coal mines were handed bacl« to the operotori last week without congressional action on a mine-safety law.
("hffly responsible for the dilly-dallying tactics are Rep. Max S. ti» ibe of Missouri and Rep. Wint Smith of Kansas, both Repub- liiiu^^ If there is another tragic mine explosion, many miners will l«> I le blame at their door. '
An. Iher Republican, Rep. Gerald Landis of Indiana, has been push-
Whatever it is, it's taxable under the new splendidly on the diocese itself.
law—^that which permits wage, sales and In 1943 it was Bishop Martin O'Connor,
amusement taxes, among other things, in the With his appointment as rector of the North
towns of Pennsylvania. American College in Rome, the diocese again
Listing the items which now can be taxed, supplied the man for the vacancy.
this law includes: ". . . persons, transactions. Last week the Rev. Dr. Henry T. Klonowski
•aeupations, privileges, subjects and per¬ il properly. . . ." So it IS repeated: What is a "subject"?
New Tax BUI Good
was consecrated as auxiliary bishop ol Scranton and titular bishop of Daldis to sue ceed him.
Born and raised in Lackawanna county. Bishop Klonowski served also in Wilkea- Barre.
Learned scholars and administrators.
Ing mine safety, but his bill is blocked In the secrecy of com- mittee by Schwabe and Smith. Though making no state¬ ments publicly, they tell col¬ leagues that the Landis Bill must be postp oned until Congress can make a time - consum¬ ing and need¬ le s s investiga¬ tion—after Con¬ gress adjourns. Schwabe even refused to hold poMic hearings on the L.andis Bill,
man of the labor studj^ committee be a senator,"known tp be friendly
to labor."
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I.JIW Revives I,«l>or Flolitlr*
It now looks as .if the Taft- Hartley l.*bor Act ..'and its GOP authors had given s new lease on life to something the Republicans wanted to stop labor politics.
It was no secret that Messrs, Taft, Hartley et all wanted to up¬ set the CIO's Political Action Com¬ mittee, so active in ringing door¬ bells and opposing a,iti-labor candi¬ dates.
However, the Taft-Hartley law has now inspired certain labor leaders hitherfo not so active in politics to get busy again. For instance:
l,«-John L. Lewi.s plans to revive «. refused to put the question, labor's Nonpartisan League. tm • coEftmittee vote. ¦•^... - __. .._ . . . , ,
on the Senate side, GOP ge^^lj-The AKL. which always frown-
t«w Butler of Nebraska, chairman I f.
Edgar Cuest
Equal AU
(Secretary of War Patterson has ordered that no distinction bc made between the location of the jfraves of offlcers and en¬ listed men in new .eections of na» tional cemeteries.—News Item)
Death, the great leveler, knowt no rank; His troo/is no generals com- command; .Vo .lAoic of brass above the grass. And at attention none to ttand.
No glittering start to mark the grave. A'o fluettering ensign, rank to show. Death's army vast, at pence at last, Sleeps in formation row by row.
In that great camp where itieet the dead. All share alike their coun¬ try's love. All soldiers brave in every grave. The flag they tor erf and served, above.
Cily politics jumped into the limelight last week with the an¬ nouncement by Honorable Cornelius J. McCole that he has had enough, that he will call it a day with the termination of his term as mayor at the end of the year. The an¬ nouncement presumably was made to give the leaders of the party ample time to secure a new man to take his place for the nomination at the primaries. The mayors de¬ cision may have been unexpected by a majority of the people whose government he haa headed for the past four years, but to this column it was no surprise. His honor strongly intimated to the writer that he had little taste for the "political side of City Hall life, especially since the four members of the council determined to make politics thVir chief aim in the gov'- ernment of the city by taking complete control of the police de¬ partment from Uie mayor, in whose hands the law intended it should rest. As a result of t^s weakening of the iaw and order departmeni of the city vice has been rampant the pasl year and gamblers have been free to carry on their nefarious business. And it must be well remembered that Mayor McCole was elected on much of a non-partisan basis, a commit¬ tee of Republicans joining the Democrats in placing him at the head of the cily.
Mayor Mi.-Cole enjoyed the lighter side of his duties as mayor. He was right at home in welcoming visiting delegations to the com¬ munity and as such he gave the city an abundance of good adver¬ tising. To be frank .Con was never cut out to be a hard-boiled official, and the Lord knows Wilkp'^-Barre is in need of just such. .^.' was trained as an insurance executive and had no appetite for spoils politics. His determination to quit the office a few weeks before the time expires for filing nomination papers will no doubl bring the mayoralty to the front in 1947 politics. Wilkes-Barrc being the metropolitan center of the county, there will be general interest in fhe campaign that will now be launched for the office. %
Wllkes-Barre is sorel.v in need of a mayor who will give his full lime and attention to the office. This is not guaranteed by any of the names so far slated for the post. So it is up to the citizens of the city, Irrespective of party affiliations, to see that a man aspires for the place who not only oan be depended upon to be on the job forty hours a week instead of an average of ten hours it has been the practice for several years. This column Intends to use whatever power It may possess to .see that such a candidate is elected. We feel that a man who receives $5,500 a year from the taxpayers should make the office of mayor more than a side business.
We understand that Influential elements In both parties are of the same opinion and intend to nom¬ inate fun-time candidates for the office. As .vet neither of them has made selections, having been de¬ layed by lack of knowledge as to what Mayor McCole intended to do. It will be hard for the two factions of the GOP to avoid a fight, as City Hal! and county or¬ ganization do not see eye to eye in their party's politics. City Hall seems to be committed to Council¬ man Kniffen but the heads of the count.v organiiation have aa yet given no intimation as to the man they favor.
ft Says Here;
on the CIO's Political Arti in, U the Public Lands Committee-; j ^'"J*?*"^* ^"1 *""'' 'oo vigt, n wili be a good sign of sincenty all Bishops" O'Connor and Klonowski, through -now much ,en r^^^^
otound if the Republicans in Congress really their achievements in secular and religious ;;;j ^ pa'H tem^rary bin *on pmah lor the new tax bill—with Jan. 1 as the life, have been responsible for the distinct tmuing enforcement of the federal tive date—and if the Democrats who honor brought to the diocese a.' Scranton mme-safety rules--until such time
said Ihe July date was their only objec- from the Catholic Hierarchy in Rome, to the first bill adually vote for it. It will be the best sort of indication that ^Tgmm%mfnntk AfAA |
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Year | 1947 |
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