Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927, at the Post
Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of Congress of
March 3. 1879.
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A TIMELY WARNING
The following editorial is reprinted from the Astorian Bud
get, Astoria, Oregon:
“It was a timely warning to house appropriations com
mittee gave the Federal Reclamation Bureau, accompanying a
slash in the bureau's budget for the next fiscal year, when it
remained that agency its main function is irregation, not power.
"Every Federal agency in the Northwest seems bent on
only one subject—the conservation of almost every stream in
the region into a power plant or series of them.
“The Reclamation Bureau is one agency that certainly
seems to have little or no business conducting power pro
motion. The appropriations committee picked the best method
of curtailing its activities by cutting it off at the pockets.
“And the committee’s warning about the urge of Federal
bureaus to “sovietize" the administration of power projects in
the Northwest was also timely.
“The Bonneville Power Administration has been the wor
st offender in this respect. It has assigned itself a holy convert
the whole Northwest to public power, with itself handing
out the ower supply to whomsoever it wills. It has fought at
public expense to put the private power companies out of
business. The time was ripe to sound a note of warning to
the Northwest not to sell it birthright of economic independ
ence for a mass of Federal power pottage.”
THE AMERICAN RETAIL STORE
Chain Store Age recently made a survey of the operations
of lorge and small food chains in different sections of the
country. Facts of interest to the consumer resulted.
One of them is a tendency “toward a leveling and reducing
of markups.” That means that through greater efficiency and
smaller unit profits, these stores are doing their utmost to pro
tect our pocketbooks. They ae fighting price increases, and
selling as cheaply as they can. While this survey dealt with
food systems only, the same thing is true opf stores which
sell clothing, variety goods,.‘and everything slse.
Another develoment has been a chonge in the percent
age sales volumn registered by various commodities. As an
example, canned fruits and vegetables were one of the big
get items handled,'by the food chain tores in early days. New
they account for less than one-twentieth of the total business
That isn’t because less of them are being sold—but the increase
sales'of a long list of new items have decreased their percent
age importance. In other words, the consumer hhas an ever
growing list of goods to choose from. And that, too, is true
of the stores which deal in consumer goods other than food.
The typical American store, whether it be a chain or an
independent, has no counterpart anywhere else in economy,
service, sanitation, displays, or any other criteria. It is an out
standing product of our competitive system.
'WHERE THE MONEY GOES
Every now and then, consumer groups draw an unflatter
ing comparison between the price of beef on the hoof, at
wholesale, and the price charged for table cuts at retail. The
difference is large. And that leads many people to a totally
erroneous idea of the costs involved in processing and the
marketing.
Some time ago one of the meat packing companies explain
ed, in full detail, where the money goes to. At that time, the
choice cattle were selling on the' Chicago market at an average
of 32.5 cents per1 pound—yet steaks were selling in New York
for as high as $1.00 a pound. And here are the reasons why.
For a thousand pound steer, the farmer received $325. By
the time it was dressed and chilled, that steer weighed only
625 pounds. After adding plant expenses, and deducting the
value of by-products, the packer had little more than S307 in
vested in 625 pounds of beef—which works out to 49% cents
a pound.
By the time the beef reaches New York, the packer’s cost
per pound has risen to 51.9 cents. It was sold to the retailer at
around 52 cents, leaving but a fraction of a cent per pound for
the packer
By the time the retailer prepared the beef for sale, his in
vetment was over 60 cents a pound. His selling cost plus a
small profit, averaging 12% cents. Consequently, all the cuts
had to move at an average price of 73 cents for each and every
pound. Some of the less desirable cuts had to be sold for as
little as 40 cents a pound. And that simply means that the
price of the choicest sutts, such as fine steaks, had to approach
a dollar.
, What is true/of meat is true of all staple foods. All along
the line, production costs and retailing costs are held to the
minimum. Profits are minusclar. And the consumer gets the
lowest price possible under today’s economic conditions.
The 80th Congess, which has passed into the limbo of 'history
unless, it is called into special session before the end of the
year, wos called upon to deal with four major issues—the
labor problem, individual taxation, aid to Europe, and our
military defenses. It dealt positively with them all, through
the Taft-Hartley Act, income tax reduction, ERP and the
$13 billion preparedness program. Most of the other issues
were deferred, and will again go into the hopper when the 81st
Congress convenes.
Congress also refused to act on a long list of presidential
appointments. Reason: The Republicans expect to control the
government next year, and they want their own people in top
jobs.
TRAFFIC NEWS
Wth the warning that four
people mav meet violent death
on our highways and streets
'during the coming forth of July
holiday, the Nebraska State
Safety Council is issuing a plea
for motorists to “slow down”
with the further warning that
“speed kills”.
“Speed holds the key to how
free of accidents the jampa juic
ed highways will be during the
long three day weekend,” Dw
Helen Hayes Tells How To I
Make “Old Warriors" Chicken Pie!
“Although my career keeps me terribly busy,” says Helen Hayes, dis
tinguished stage, screen and radio actress, “I manage to spend some
time in my kitchen each day. I love to cook, and best of all, I like
to make this chicken pie”:
Old vt arnors Chicken Pie
I 1 hen (6 or 7 lbs.) 1 dozen hard boiled eggs
; 2 cans of French mush- salt and pepper
rooms (fresh mushrooms 1 tablespoon of chopped
clarken color of pie.) celery
pie crust
(for eight people)
Store hen in refrigerator for 24 hours. Boil as you •«
; would for salad and add seasoning as desired. Al- j
low chicken to cool and soak in cooking water for }
% another 24 hours. Then skim off all fats that have fc
- - -- risen to top ot pot ana place in clean usea tat can.
Helen Hayes Halve mushrooms and slice eggs separately. Dice
chicken and place a layer in bottom of deep baking
dish. Then add a layer of sliced eggs and a layer of mushrooms. Repeat
layers until dish is full. Meantime, boil away half of the stock in
which the chicken was cooked and pour remainder into dish. Cover
with a very short pie crust and bake as an ordinary pie.
i “No matter how busy I am,” says Miss Hayes, “I see to it that all
my used kitchen fats and table scraps are salvaged. It’s really smart
, i*nd thrifty, for meat dealers pay well for every pound turned in.”
AN OPEN LETTER
Omaha Guide
2420 Grant Street
Omaha Nebraska
My Dear Friends:
Could you refuse then if they
| stood before you?
I speak of those American
boys, who because of death,
divorce, poverty, or even crime
have been forced to face the
future homeless, neglected,
friendless, and forgotten; boys
who are compelled by sheer ne
cessity to seek their living on
the. streets. Some are Amer
ica’s youngest war' casualties
boys orphaned by war, or ab
andoned by war’s broken horn
es.
If you could see them as I
see them, pleading for a chan
ce to live and learn—a place in
someone’s heart—you wouSd;
not wonder why I am so anx
ious to bring them to Boys
Town. I want them here before
they have suffered all the priv
ations and hazards of life on
the street; before they have
run afoul of the law and have
been committed to a reforma
tory.
Because the need is so great
I am now engaged in the build1
ing project about which I have
already ritten you, and which
will provide facilities for 500
more boys. These buildings
will be completed during the
next few months, and then the
Boys Town will be a real home
chool city where 1,000 home
less boys, will find a home, af
fection and the opportunity
to make the most of their lives.
Thus far, your generosity,
with the help of oter sympath
etic friends, has made it pos
sible for me to r>''v the contra
ctor from moth1 to moth as the
buildings are being built. I
am very anxious to continue
to do this so we will have no
indebtedness when they are
completed.
/\s i enclose your annual
Honorary Citizen’s Card,
therefore,, I sincerely hope you
will find it convenient to send
me a contribution now, of wha
tever amount you care to give.
Then, picture these homeless
boys entering Boys Town, the
light of their faces, the gleam
in there eyes, the feeling of
hope and security in their hea
rts. You may be sure their gra
titude will follow along life's
way. Thank you—and God
bless you!
Sincerely,
Father Flanagan
P. S. The editorial on the back
of this letter tells the storv of
one boy who needed Boys
Town badly. The other Jwo
letters refer to some of our for
mer citizens. E.J.F.
This editorial appeared in
the Oregonian on Fridav, Jan.
23 1948. '
GONE TO BOYS TOWN
Few will fail to agree with
the majority, that sending Ce
cil Snyder to Boys Town, Xeb
was the best thing to do. In
deed, society had no other cho
ice, and it was for such pro
blems, and their solutions, that
bather Flanagan founded this
remarkable community—whos
primary purpose, with all that
this connotes, is the proving of
the good priest's contention
hat “there is no such thing as
a bad boy.” And Cecil Snyder,
you may recall, is the 11 year
old boy of Bend, Or. who pois
oned his father as the Christ
mas holidays drew near.
How fortunate we are, we
who are the state that we esc
ape the repugnant spectacle of
a child on trial for the murder
of his own parent. It will oc
cur to some of us too, that soc
iety itself was more than a lit
tle fault, through neglect, for
the dreadful decision a small
boy made, and carried out,
when to him there seemed no
other course. Motherless, and
the last child of eight brothers
and sisters to remain in the sq
ualid hoval tthat served as ho
me, Cecil Snyder testified to
the extremity of his despair by
an act whose abhorrent nat
ure he was not old enough to
Realize. The boy’s statement
that his father was brutally cr
uel does not lack for correlat
ive evidence. One does not
seek to justify the decision he
made, but surely the circum
stances explain it. Where were
our welfare workers, where the
constituted authorities, when
this small boy was in desparate
need of a friend? By any ans
wer that comes to mind we in
dict ourselves for contributory
neglect.
In Father Flanagan’s village
for the boys the small boy
from Bend will live normally
for the first time, as he begins
that education which one day
will usher him into the world
as a young man prepared to
make the most of his opportun
ities, and with the memory of
his juvenile record grown dim.
There have been others in
Boys Town, many the time,
whose juvinile crimes were
shocking—yet love, understa
nding and schooling restored
them to society as youths in
whom their country might talc
pride—fine Americans in every
sense. “We're fighting for God
country and Bovs Town,” one
of them wrotte in the war, “so
that other boys can have the
chance in life we were given.”
The Smoll boy from Bend will
not be classified as a bad boy in
Boys Town, for there he will
be only a boy who needs an
other chance and the right
start.
Here are two letters to Fat
her Flanagan about the Boys
of Boys Town.
Father Flanagan:
Had quite a number of
your boys with me during mv
naval career in the lastt was.
Head and shoulder above the
general average.
Signed— Dr. Hand
Reverand Father:—
We have in our city one
of your boys who is so highlv
respected by everyone that I
felt you would like to hear
about his success.
Bob O’Xeill started a small
“hole in the wall” market
when he came back from the
service. In no time at all his
reputation for honest dealing
had spread and it was necess
ary for him to enlarge his mar
ket twice in one years time.
Bob is a credit to you and
your faith in humanity.
Most Sincerely,
Signed—Hazel Stine
lgtit Havens, President of tl e
Council, said, “when a record
throng of pleasure-bent mct
The Council offered these
practical speed tips to holiday
drivers:
1. Obey legal and common
sense speed limits.
2. Keep your car under con*
trol at all times so that you
stop in time if you have to.
3. Slow down before you get
to a traffic signal or an inter
section.
4. Keep a safe, clear stopp
ing distance be tween you and
the car ahead .
5. Keep following traffic in
orists will take speed is a con
tributing factor in two out of
every five fatal traffic acciden
ts and the greater the speecj
when the accident occurs, cue
greater the chance of death,
your rear view mirror; signal
for turns and avoid abrupt
stops.
6. Slow down at sundown—
hold night time speed below
the maximum at which you can
stop within the range of your
head lights.
Coon tins the Stan
It is possible to see 9,000 stars in
the sky with the naked eye.
a Olympic Games/ j
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for all to wm
I regardless of creed, national origin or race. • .
" __ i
•_ ...this is the American Way
EVERY ^-EVERY
Courtesy Institute for American Democracy, Inc.
AF of L DINING CAR EM
PLOYEES UNIONS MEET
IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Joint Council of Dining
Car Employees which repres
ents dining car workers from
coast to coast and which holds
contracts with over fifty of the
nations largest railroads, met
in Chicago, last week. Delega*
tes attended from all parts of
I the country.
The Joint Council which had
! been operating under the sup
ervision of its parent bodv un
til this meeting set up plans to
unify and standardize the by
laws and election procedures
in all its affiliates.
A F of L Dining car Unions
in Chicago, New York, St. Lo
uis, Los Angeles and many
other cities will now be known
as the Joint Council of Dining
Car Employees. Dues, initiat
ions and re-instatements were
also standardized.
The A F of L Dinig Car
Workers, hich are affiliated wi
the the Seventeen Non-operat
ing Raidway Labor Unions &
the Railway Labor Executives
Association, through the nar
ent organization recently pla
ced demand upon most of the
Nation Railroads for:
1st—Forty hour Week .
2nd—Time and half for all tint
worked over eight hours.
3rd—Forty-eight hours pay for
fortv hours work.
4th—Time and a half for all
time worked on Saturdays.
5th—Double time for all time
worked on Sundays.
8th— Twenty-five cents incr
ease in hourly pay.
The Council intends to have
a National Raffle on a Cadillac
Automobile and give dances m
many localities throughout the
United States to assits in fin
ancing. the cost of negotiation.
The Council elected officers
for the next two years.
Delegates in attendance were:
Local 351 of Chicago 111:
Bro. Howard Stevenson.
Bro. W. S. Seltzer
Bro. Bert Jones
Local 354 of St. Louis Mo.
Bro. Leyton Weston
Bro. Frank Hayden
Bro. J. Matthews
Local 357 of Los Anglese, Cal.
Bro. Jack L. Cook
Local 370 of Chicago, 111.
Bro. Richard W. Smith
Bro. Henry Lovejpy
Local 374 of Forth Worth Tex
Bro. R. L. Whittaker
Bro. R. E. Van Zandt
Bro. L. A. Bryant
Local 456 of Oakland, Calif.
Bro. T. W. Anderson
Bro. Bernard Gravelli
Local 465 of Omaha, Nebr.:
Bro. Arthur Reed
Bro. Willis Porter, Jr.
Bro. Lovick E. Howell
Local 478 of Nashville Tenn.
Bro. S. H. Frierson
From Louisville. Kty
Bro. Marcus Wright
Local 495 of Washington D.C.
Bto.. Edmond Johnson
Local 516 of St. Paul, Minn.:
Bro. Hector Vassar
Bro. Harry S. Brown
Bro. E. M. Sheppard
Local 582 of Los Angles, Cal.:
Bro. Maceo Moody
Bro. William E. Pollard
Bro. Clande McGinn
From Houston, Texas.
Bro. Moses B. Lovick
Local 645 of Denison, Tex.:
Bro. L. T. Reynolds.
Up in the Air
- SUN VALLEY, IDAHO — (Soundphoto) — President Truman i
pictured as he takes time off for a fide on a ski lift to Dollar Moun
tain here. The chief executive later departed from Sun JValley for
Idaho Fall3 on his transcontinental tour. ~ ~ _,
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TO YOUR ROOfA.
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This charming coiffure is perfect for the pear shaped face. The
soft half halo effect of the bangs gives just the right balance—and
what’s more, it’s easy to care for, easy to set yourself at home. The
back hair should be shoulder length, and the bangs should be tapercut
to about 6 inches. To dress: top pin curls are waved into bangs (1)
and the two identical side sections are brushed into rolls (2). Back
curls are in 6 vertical rows, alternate left and right, and when brushed
out, they are swirled up the back and anchored with combs. (3) Of
course, a good natural looking permanent is a necessity to keep this
hair-do attractive.
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