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Going At It Wrong
President Truman has appointed Federal Judge Thomas F. Mur
phy, of New York, to direct a governmental cleanup campaign for
the administration. Thus, the administration has hired a judge ap
pointed by the administration to clean up the same administration.
It just doesn’t sound right from here.
Anyone who is aware of the record Judge Murphy has built up
in the past cantiot deny his immense energy and capabilities. How
ever, he cannot very well have a free hand in this investigation as
long as the outcome may directly involve those who authorized the
investigation: namely, the administration.
There is no denying that a cleanup campaign in our government
is of the utmost importance. We have read of ore scandal after an
other for the past 5 years, all of them involving men in whom the
taxpayers of the United States had placed their trust.
But, this investigation should have no strings attached. Very
probably, that is the reason J. Edgar Hoover wanted nothing to do
with it. The president has stated that he wants this investigation to
be non-political. Under the circumstances, that is not possible. If an
investigation of the government is to be non-political, it should be
conducted by a person with no political connections—a person nam
ed, possibly, by a bipartisan committee of congressmen.
Judge Murphy is an able, conscientious prosecutor. But he will
be unable to do the type of job we desire under the circumstances.
To begin with, to whom will he report? The president, probably —
6nd if the results of an investigation happen to point the finger of
illegal activity at one of Harry’s old cronies, then the investigation
report will end up beside the Hoover commission recommendations
... in the white house wastebasket.
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A bureaucrat is one who doesn’t know which way the wind is
blowing until he throws his hat into the ring.
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Prairieland Talk —
Lack of Nebraskans in ‘Who’s Who’
Not Alarming — or Even Significant
By ROMA1NE SAUNDER®
LINCOLN—Absorbing the wis
dom in the classic halls of our
state university has inspired some
of the group of
students to
come out with
a lament over
Nebraska’s rat
ing with the
country’s high
brows.
This “Who’s
Who” that
comes up from
year to year is
neither alarm
ing nor signifi
Romaine cant. Mostly
Saunders one fellow’s i
dea as to which
of the country’s millions are a lit
tle brighter than the rest.
Well. Nebraska has had some
notables, don’t think otherwise.
Statesmen, churchmen, poets, au
thors, lawyers, editors and plain
citizens from a galaxy of eminent
prairieland patriots that compare
with the best of ’em anywhere.
Just the other day Tom Shanner,
whose mother was a pioneer Holt
county school teacher, made the
black-robed dignitaries of the
United States supreme court sit
up and take notice when as coun
sel in a community shaking case
he presented his legal reasoning.
Only the best of the profession
ever get into the supreme court.
Prairieland now has 2 eminent
women authors and even in the
realm of less commendable pur
suits we have had the best in the
business. For instance, Kate
Shields from down toward the
Cedar, outwitted her pursuers and
got away from the sheriff’s posse
with her stolen horses. Three
times a Nebraskan was elevated
to a place on the ballot for pres
ident of the United States and
our delegations in congress have
often ranked high. A Nebraskan
has graced a cabinet portfolio and
sons and grandsons of Irish immi
grants of the O’Neill community
have helped to make history, in
civil life and military service.
The field is open to university
students, to young men and
young women of prairieland to
win a place among the notables j
and leave their names in 4-line
pica on the scroll of time.
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Prairieland Talker has been
favored with greetings from
friends during the holiday sea
son. Many things go stale as the
scroll of time unrolls but the
soul - cheering messages that
come on shining wings at this
season are ever fresh. It is in
teresting, too, to note the vari
ety of tastes in the decorative
art work that adorns the cards
in gay colors, ranging in pic- !
ture story from hunting scenes
(Continued on page 7.)
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