Truman NotTrying
To Lower Prices
WASHINGTON, <A>) — Senator
Taft iR.-Ohio> said yesterday that
President Truman and the Demo
cratic administration seem to have
abandoned their campaign to keep
prices down in favor of “heavy
spending abroad that will keep
them up.”
The Ohio Senator told a report
er the Senate-House committee on
the economic report may order
public hearings on the price situa
tion.
Taft said it is his view that
loans to other countries for the
purchase of goods here increase
the competition on home markets
for the goods and thus force prices
up.
While he supported recent legis
lation for the $400,000,000 Greek
Turkish aid program, the Repub
A Bombs Ended
Major Wars
ST. LOUIS, (/P) — Chancellor
Arthur H. Compton of Washington
i University, one of the scientists
I who helped develop the atomic
bomb, says the weapon in all
i probability has made major wars
j between great powers a thing of
j the past.
Dr. Compton told members of
the American Petroleum Institute
he believed that no nation would
start an atomic war because it
would take much more than atom
ic bombs to win the next war. The
possibility of retaliation with its
tremendous damage, he said,
would be too risky.
J lican leader said he did so “reluc
tantly” and with the understand
ing that the program would be
wound up as quickly as possible.
GIRL SCOUTS COMPLETE
TRAIL FOLLOWING ACTIVITY
The Girl Scouts have completed
their second class activity out of
doors by laying and following a
trail. Everyone took part.
We are now working on our
sports and games point toward our
badge. Working for it we had a
beach party on Saturday May 31.
We learned to cook a few out-of
door dishes over an open fire laid
by Kitty and June, as part of our
point.
To complete the point, half of
the Scouts taught the others a new
kind of relay race.
Wilma Stephencon.
Troop Scribe.
MRS. DALE GARVER
LEAVES FOR STATES
Mrs. Dale Garver, wife of Dale
Garver of the ACS, who has made
many friends here during the past
year, left for the States last Mon
day evening. Mr. Garver will join
her later. $
Public Welfare Explains !
Restricted Grants To j
Dependent Children
The Department of Public Wel
fare today announced through a
statement issued by Director R. G.
Maynard, the affect of restricted
policies on grants to families for
aid to dependent children.
“Dut to the smallness of the
Terri torial appropriation, the
board of public welfare ordered
that grants for aid to dependent
children be made to meet only re
quirements of food, shelter, fuel,
and clothing, and that a percent
age discount be applied on each
grant in order that monthly dis
bursements would not exceed the
average monthly amount avail
able,” said Mr. Maynard.
“During the past month, the en
tire case load, numbering 268, has
. been reviewed in line with the
new policies and the total amount
to be expended for June has been
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reduced by Mr. Maynard
stated.
“Each individual case has re
ceived a reduction of 23% dis
count after the amount ol the
grant has been determined in ac
cordance with the new definition
of need,” his statement revealed.
“This means that a woman with
one child formerly receiving $25
per month aid, will, commencing
June 1st, receive only $29.00 per
month. Where the amount is over
an even dollar, the grant is made
in the amount of the next even
dollar,” the department announc
ed.
“Under the restricted policies
twenty-three cases involving 44
! children were closed and 16 cases
involving 31 children accepted.
There were 568 children receiving
aid for the month of May. The
number for June amounts to 560.
The number of cases was reduced
from 239 to 232.
“The average grant per child
for May was $18.53, and because
of inadequate Territorial funds,
the grant per child for June^ will
be only $13.19, a reduction of
29%,” the welfare department re
ported.
Mr. Maynard reported that the
total amount per month expended
prior to June was $10,524.00, the
amount for June $7,387.00. “Of
this amount the Federal govern
ment, under the terms of the So
cial Security Act, participates to
the extent of 59%. Prior to June,
Federal participation was 55.5%.
The maximum Territorial funds
available for expenditure monthly
amounts to $2.975.U0,” he stated.
The report added that 17 new
cases determined to be eligible
had been placed on the waiting
list. As funds become available,
.cases will be certified for pay
ment, the department made
known. There were 34 children in
these cases. In addition to the
waiting list, the department re
ported, 57 cases are currently un
der investigation as to eligibility.
“Many cases which received
supplementation from general re
lief funds to assist in the care pro
vided for children, will no longer
receive such additional assistance
under orders of the board of pub
lic welfare which restricted all
general relief funds because of the
inadequate amount provided by
the Legislature,” Mr. Maynard
stated. “Such funds can only be
used to provide emergency medi
cal care or hospitalization to re
cipients of other programs in or
der to save life,” he said. 4
“Obviously,” said the welfare
director, “an amount of $13.00 per
month is not sufficient to raise a
child in its own home. The depart
ment must pay as high as $50.00
per month in some cases for the
care of a dependent child in a fos
ter home. With program funds
much less than is necessary to
meet Territorial demands, hard
ships will be felt by all needy in
dividuals because of the restricted
policies made necessary in order
to stay within the inadequate ap
propriations made by the Legisla
ture.”
CHUCK CALKINS
VISITS IN NOME
Charles (Chuck) Calkins, for
merly of Nome, visited with
friends the'past two days between
trips of the Alaska Airlines planes
from Anchorage. Chuck is em
ployed in the express department
of the Alaska Airlines in Anchor
age.
Apron and plant sal*—N. C. Store
• 10 o'clock, Saturday morning
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