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Show eciAto,. A 7 VOilUt !? WNU . - ifTr.rsa ailst? sac i nii 'n.r-wrWf- Bar emu, St.. II. W. New 'Hold Lute Policy Doesn't Satisfy Anyone An old Greek philosopher once said: "Give me a theory and I will find an argument to support it." In his address to the nation on October 31 President Truman declared a simple policy, too easy and simple in fact; (1) that management could raise wages In general without raising prices (2) that labor must be moderate in wage increase demands and (3) that we must get back to collective bargaining. His talk was quiet, candid, plain, in upholding his theory. But it didn't work. His new wage-pric- e pronouncement of February 15 is the direct opposite. (1) It permits more than moderate wage increases (2) it permits increase in prices and (3) it throws collective bargaining overboard and restores wage controls under the National Wage Stabilization board. In other words, the President has returned to wartime controls of wages, prices and production until reconversion is complete.' And the President has an excellent set of arguments to support, his latest theory. Something Had to Be Done , Labor doesn't like it Management doesn't like it. And perhaps the- - public doesn't like it. But something had to be done to alleviate the economic chaos in which the country found itself ground between the millstones of stubborn management and equally stubborn labor. And now with a bulge in the old price line, it remains to be seen whether Chester Bowles can do the job. Some say here he has been given an impossible Job. Bowles says he can hold the price line If he has the of all concerned. He won't get It, though. He has become the symbol of price control, something that Industry is still fighting against, particularly the National Association of Manufacturers. It Is no secret here that big business men want inflation. They have the dollars, they have the plants and real estate and with inflation they will get more dollars, although lower valued dollars, and their plants and real estate will soar in value. Inflation only harts the little fellows, those with fixed incomes who depend upon their savings In bonds and insurance. When inflation comes sad the value of their dollars invested In bonds and Insurance drops, their buying power toboggans and prices soar. Bowles says he must have the OPA law for at least another year, and although the NAM and other big interests are exerting tremendous pressure to permit the law to die June SO, it appears as though enough votes may be mustered to extend It. If Bowles has his way within the President's official family, he may save something out of the chaos and indecision which have marked handling of this reconversion program. He is a fighter, he is courageous and he needs help. He gets little or none from congress and up to now has had none from the executive branch of the government. Will it work? ; NICKNAME: The Old Dominion STATE FLO WEB: Americas Dogwood MOTTO: Sio Semper Tyrannls CAPITAL: Richmond EDITOR'S SOTE: Tku newspaper, with the through special arrangement Western Newt, Bureau of Washington N. IT, paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, read-aable to bring D. u C, Washington, this weekly column on problemt of the veteran ard serviceman and hit famaddressed to the ily. Questions may be above Bureau and they will be answered in e subsequent column. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newt-pap- . , . JA Uaittune Complete lAJardtobe for Oitiy . Aj J Smart, Platte il CwTjpoitW Ult y. . m Woher Sheod WSXf Within ft o j nfri.-.-- WICKINGTOM 4 By I m Back SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Kfjw JTfffTT JjjBaiiJ rt A m& t 1 er regularly. Factors That Determine Veteran's Pension Rate TIN MS If I R AlOlTM'CAftOLIM By EDWARD EMERINE WND Tidewater, the Piedmont or the valTheirs was a government ley. founded upon a constitution that guaranteed Individual liberty. They Features . The roset nowhere Bloom to white. At in Virginia; The sunshine nowhere Seems to bright, At in Virginia. WITH '7':. Virginia graciousness, proudly upholds its titles of "Old Dominion," "Cradle of Nation," and "Birthplace of Presidents." Rich in historical associations, the romance of Virginia is interwoven in warp and woof of a nation, its traditions and lore deep In the fibre of Its people. A part of old England was transplanted across the wide Atlantic, its laws and standards set up in a rich, new land. Through hardships, wan and trials, those principles took on new growth, the virgin soil added new strength and new meaning. They blossomed in George Washington's wisdom and talent, in the magic of Thomas Jefferson's pen, in the rousing voice of Patrick Henry, and in the genius and understanding of Robert E. Lee. At Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America was made in 1607. At Yorktown in 1781 the American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis Williamsand the British army. burg, settled in 1632, is said to be the oldest incorporated town in America, and was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1760. The Commonwealth was the scene of many . campaigns In the Civil war which closed with the surrender of Lee's army, April, 1865, at Appomattox court house near Lynchburg. The Commonwealth of Virginia was named for Elizabeth, England's virgin queen. "Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for a man's habitation," Capt. John Smith declared. It was he who claimed this new land for his queen. Virginia's territory once Included Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West VirWhen Charles II was ginia. crowned he wore a robe of Virginia silk, and had engraved on coins that the English kingdom should consist of "England, Scotland, Ireland and Virginia." Virginia has been the birthplace of eight Presidents. Including Harrison, Taylor and Wilson, who were elected from other states. George Thomas Washington, Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Tyler were residents of VirInflation Is Feared ginia when they took office. The Farm organizations are finally names of other Virginians, howevrallying around the Bowles stand- er, sprinkle the pages of history, ard because they see in him the last literature, art and science. Includbulwark against an Inflation which ed among them are Princess Pocawill be ruinous to agriculture. The hontas, George Rogers Clark, MeriFarmers Union has honored him wether Lewis, John John "for the most outstanding service Marshall, Stonewall Randolph, HenJackson, to agriculture in 1945" for his ry Clay. But the list of Virginia's Because when policy. is too long to name herel Bowles held the line against infla- great The topography of Virginia is a tion of values of Industrial goods he varied one. The coastal plain, known was putting money into farmers' pockets just as surely as if he had raised farm prices. . But Bowles now says we must continue subsidies. And farm organizations here have just adopted resolutions saying that subsidies are ruinous to farm prices. In a two-da' ' v f I meeting of organized dairy farmers of the National Milk "Producers federation a black-pictur- e of doom and despair was pictured because of subsidies on milk and other farm produce. Dairymen were going bankrupt, they said, and they threw a big banquet for 250 congressmen to prove it. L ... w vt , At the same time the Farmers' Union was honoring Bowles with a pat on the back, Jim Patton, bead of the Farm organisation, declared NATURAL BRIDGE . . . One the President's new program, which of Virginia's scenlo wonders. It Is 215 feet high and 90 feet Bowie; mnut make work, was a .bribe to business. $250,000,KK) across the top. Oa the same day they adopted a resolution CHARMING WILLIAMSBURG declaring government subsidies would ruin them, they IsMany of the most Important pages from major na- In the social and political history sued m Joint-lette- r tional farm orgatJitaUons indorsing of Virginia were written In Withe Flannagaa school lunch bill. lliamsburg, the colonial capital, This bill Is. after all, a $50,000,000 much of which Is now restored to annual subsidy to agriculture for Its original charm. In Its appearpurchase t surplus farm crops for ance, Williamsburg reflected Engthe lunch program. So there ia conland la miniature. From Its Inception, Williamsburg tinuing p; aspect for confusion. The belief bere, however. Is that labor took its place as one of the moot peace generally may be here soon Important centers of culture and and that If Bowleg can get his way, commerce In the colonies. It kept for 80 years until the reconversion program may start that the seat of Virginia's government moving smoothly. hold-the-li- y 1 ce .ry: traditional leisure, charm defended their beliefs; they fought for their rights. The Tobacco rebellion of 1676 antedated the Boston Tea party by a century! "Give me liberty or give me death," spoken by Patrick Henry, was the clarion call to Independence, and Thomas Jefferson set down on paper our American bill of rights. After the close of the Revolutionary war, the great westward movement came as men sought even newer lands. There were hundreds of Virginians among them, in wide-tentwagons, dragged by horses and oxen. Three great gateways opened from Virginia to the frontier. To the northeast was the channel of the Potomac river, the gateway known to Washington. In the center was the gateway of Buffalo Gap and Goshen Pass. The third was Cumberland Gap, known to Daniel Eoone, and opening the towering Cumberland mountains to Kentucky. While there were Virginians on every frontier, ready to pioneer and build America, most of the old stock remained close to their native soiL The Commonwealth of Virginia has never stopped building. Its soil has always been productive. Its mines end factories yield their wealth. Agriculture is constantly expanding,. Corn and tobaccq and garden truck are still grown in eastern Virginia. Cotton is raised along the southern border, and peanuts are a valuable crop. . Smithfleld hams, from hogs fattened on peanuts, are ed WILLIAM M. TUCK Governor of Virginia Former marine, school teacher, lawyer, legislator and lien- tenant governor. Gov. William Munform Tuck is Virginia's 61st chief executive. as ihe Tidewater, was the first . set- tled. The colonists planted tobacco there and watched its green leaves turn to gold. Cornfields were resplendent in the sun, and gardens gave generously of food for the table. The Tidewater consists of g lands intersected by numerous tidal estuaries and rivers. The central part of the state is known as the Piedmont, which rises to the Blue Ridge mountains. The Piedmont is noted for thoroughbred and horses, and is the Where veterans of World War II have a disability incurred in or aggravated by service in the armed forces, there is no set disability pension he may receive, the amount being determined by the degree of disability upon examination by the Veterans' administration. The rates of pension range from $11.50 per month for a disability of a degree of 10 per cent to $115 a month for total disability, and where certain specific disabilities occur, such as loss of hands or legs, or blindness, or combinations of disabilities, the amount payable may be as high as $265 per month. These rates are determined, as near as possible upon the average impairment of earning capacity. It must be remembered, and particularly in cases of World War I veterans, where application is made for disability pension, not that these pensions are not payable If the disability is the result of the veteran's own willful misconduct or vicious habits. Also where total disability is not pension is not payable to the veteran where the annual income is $1,000 if unmarried, or if it exceeds $2,500 if he is married. the experience Many times, shows, according to trie Veterans' administration, World War I veterans applying for pensions years after World War I for. disability are turned down because the Veterans' administration decides the ' disability is due to the "willful misconduct or vicious habits" of the veterans. service-connecte- d, service-connecte- d, Questions and Answers . ( W K L&J1 8971 . a K' k Tot's Ensemble little yOUR sne tot will look lib is in this angei square-necKe- d lace or rurae dress. Note edging, f tin the Duffed sleeves. Pattpm easy-to-masunsuit why a?, up several in different colon ke Spring Dress make a striking finish warm weather. Slin unit SCALLOPS smart daytime frock complete a grand ensemble kl designed for the slightly larger figure. The pretty neckline is flattering, brief cap sleeves are com- 6 Pattern No.2 8971 3 is designed k and years. Siztlrf fortable and practical. Choose a 1 months, 1,of 35 wacl or yards eav flower Drint and accent with sup and panties, l',i yardse yard; A buttons. gounusual novelty men. Due to an unusually large deu everywhere style for spring. No. 1469 comes in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Siz 38 requires 3',i yards of 35 or h material. Pettern Industries Made Many Millionaires Post-Gvil-W- ar current conditions, slightly mon required in filling orders for a tew jf most popular pattern oumben Send your order to: SEWING 709 r CIRCLE PATTERN B Milnn Kt Run VrtnrltM, f,4 cotni lot 4- Enclose 25 cents in pattern desired. If Pattern No. months and spent 16 months Nama- So tremendous was the indus In England, France, Belgium and -in this country Address- Is now in Germany. He Is with the trial development for two decades after the Civil war 2242 quartermaster truck company. several hundred Does the war department have any that it produced Collier's. word when this company will be millionaires, say3 Oriental on U. S. Sitarf 1890 and Between 1910, more Plank-ington, shipped home? Mrs. H. N., than 500 daughters of such milN. D. The only Oriental per4 15 this outfit lionaires were married to titled A, As of February was in Ausbacli, Germany, and the Europeans. As the majority of the whose portrait has appeared: Dr. war department has no word on husbands were poor, the ultimate U. S. postage stamp is the of Yat-se' first of cost unions these international president when it will be returned to this to the families of the girls has nese republic, who was honom country. Commemorative!! Q. My son, who is In Japan, made been estimated at 220 million dol our China ..... issued in 1942. out his Insurance papers to me be- lars. ..",,,-- . B " fore he went overseas. I have been 1 married since that time. Do I have to have my name changed on the - I policy? Mrs. J. W., Fort Bragg, Calif. I A. Th Veterans' administration Jits says it would not make much difI J 'fill ference, but would probably save some time in the event the insurance became payable. The veteran must make application to his comI manding officer to change the name of the beneficiary. 51'-j? Hit Q. Is a widow of a World War I a1 veteran who is elderly and in poor BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS . . . Overlooking the Shenandoah health, eligible for a pension if she valley. This scene is from a bridle path In the Shenandoah National has an income of $100 a month? A is at the drive the of section Skyline right. park. Mrs. W. Mc, Arlington, Mass. A. If death was horse-racin- g famous the world over. The livecountry which perpetit " yes, she is entitled to a pension. i fj s... uates the sporting tradition of Old stock Industry exists on a large If not she is not Virginia. It was Lord Fairfax who scale in the Southwest. to Virginia. introduced Virginia produces bituminous coal entitled if her income is $1,000 or Between the Blue Ridge and the and limestone as well as cement, more annually, if she has no children. I would ask your nearest VetAlleghenies lies the Shenandoah val- clay, feldspar, gypsum, lead, manerans' administration office, howas the known once mica, ganese, salt, sand, pyrite, "granary ley, a arm sr ever, because the law says that climate zinc and even Its of the Confederacy." slate, soapstone, innot items are certain considered is varied, and so are its crops. It gold! as to Richmond is the largest cigarette-makin- g come end determination presents a picture of wooded mouncatwell-kep- t center in the world. At whether the claimant's income exfarms and tain slopes, shi 1 tle, fields of corn and wheat, and Hopewell and elsewhere are chem- ceeds the respective amount is i made by ihe Veterans' fruit-lade- n lumical plants. Furniture-makintrees. - ...administration. ' notice Shenandoah valley, unlike the bering and cotton textile manufacQ. My son was given an honorTidewater and Piedmont, was not turing are also extensive. At Newsettled by English colonists, but by port News is one of the largest ship- able discharge In May, 1945. I If you bake at home you'll cheer wonderful Now Fleischmi wish to know if he should draw a sturdy Germans from Pennsylvania building plants in the United States. ast Kising Dry Yeast. Easy-to-uNew f . . . extra-fas- t, and pioneering Scotch-IrisThey But leisure and good living, more pension, as he was wounded In Belmann'a Fast Rising stays fresh, potent for weeks on your paOT. was He with Patton's 3rd knew the long rifle, the coonskin than creating great fortunes, are the gium. shelf lets you turn out delicious bread quickly . . . at any f cap, the log cabin and all the ad- traditions p! Virginia. Its people army. He is a member of the AmerNo more being "caught short" without yeast in the house . I ican at Post Legion Fayette, Ala., ventures of the frontier. know the ocean front, Chesapeake spoiled dough because yeast weakened before you could use St p I It was the northern part of Shen- bay and the rivers. There are hun- No. 127, but as yet has not even New Fleischmann's Fast Rising you can start baking any tun'' andoah valley that felt the ravages dreds of miles of beaches for bath- been examined for a pension. No finish baking in It's for action when you na one knows about the nervous disready of war, not only in colonial days ing. Fishing in the bay and rivers t New Get Fleischmann's Fast Rising Dry Yeast at your grocer but later when there was war be- is good. Channel bass fishing is position he has except his parents, Mrs. E. M., Fayette, Ala. tween the states. Few scars remain, fine! Virginians know the trout, A. From your letter, I would say for the luxuriant grass and hon- spot, croaker, bass, rock, blue fish son most certainly is entitled the your erased have vines eysuckle and many others. to a disability rating, but he must Hundreds of physical wounds. The days are never apply to the Veterans administramarkers along the highways alone tion for an examination for deterof the the remind to to traveler Quite long, remain mination of the amount. Apply imAt in Virginia; terrors and hardships of another Nor near mediately to your nearest office of full to day. famous breakfast food favoritt the Veterans' administration for this 01 happy tong, Virginia molded its men into a As in Virginia. examination. pattern, whether they lived In the Westerners Q. My boy died In the army In France. I want to know how I can was moved to Richmond from So dcliciously appetizing, Cream get the large flag they put over Williamsburg in 1799. With West is the favorite of Westerners. T&J the casket to bury them. I know of the capital gone, Williamsburg gradsome who of have mothers somnolence received into the ually sank appreciate it for its nourishing q them. I would thank you If you can a quiet county aeat and college Broken-hearted tell me. for that makes it town. mother, Tenn. In the saw Brownsville, In John D. Rockefeller Jr. really good, and for its freedom from harmful A. Relatives or next of kin of derestoration of the old city an opporp ceased veterans, who died in servand tough indigestible fibre from the wheat tunity for a great educational unice, may receive a United States dertaking and provided financial aid flag by application to the postmasto rebuild It. Afer an exhiiostivr Tiy package today. Ask your grocer research to make the work accuj ter at any county seat post olTice Application may be made on Vet rate and authentic, the restoration or erans' Administration form 200C reconstruction of 311 colonial build MONTANA CEREAL CO., BHIIngs, Mo available M local office Inra baa ben completed. , low-lyin- Q. My son for has been In the r army 22 ffc f L n, " MMfffl" 4 sj mm 5 Jfi if II ( " I' ft s A service-connecte- service-connecte- rH! d, 'ft j Keeos for weeks on vour nantrv .. ...You can bake at a moment's se ... "jig-time- ." vream or inc of ... i X wv. i in war-scarr- a Jill r V. 9 7 |