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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 194S PAGE TWO THE JOURNAL PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA PLASTSBSOOTH JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1881 Published semi-w3k!y. Mondays and Thursdays, at 409-413 Main Street, Plattsmouth. Cass County, NeDraska, by The Journal Publishing Company. LESTER A- WALKER, PUBLISHER DCN J. ARUNDEL, BUSINESS MTNAGEE Entered at the Postctfics at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class mail matter in according with tne Act of Congress of March 3, 1379. S JESCFiiPTION RATE: S3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. CAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in the City of Platts mouth, 15 ce.-.ts per week, or $6.00 per year cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trada area: S3 per year, $1.75 for six months, $1.00 for three months, cash in advance. Ey mail outs;d: the Plattsmouth trade area, $5.00 per year, $3.00 for six months, 60 cents per months, cash in advance. L The Great Manpower Problem " MERRY, " R0UMD TPADE MARK i(j- REGISTERED Future of Small Communities in Nebraska AuUL.- .. u.v.l 1.. 1.1,... u . Mui. .'I... v-r ol Liiuvin, ticlorc Piamtuouth Koiary '!ub A community is a marvelous thinir. It is alive. It never tk-eps. it lias a spirit, it lias character either good or bad.; it is not inaue oi bricks and t-tones alone. It is made up of thej amuitions, Hopes, and aspirations of its people, whose inter-1 ests are inseparably bound together. j iJiattsmouth is a comparatively small community, but it has mucn to i t comniend it- it is the county seat, the heart of j an agricultural section; a city of homes, schools and churches.! .But more important than these things is the fact that the! jnujitj kil una . uiiiiiiuiiii ait: men emu. n umtii ui Liiuiiaici , tney are ol pioneer stock; they have courage and determin ation; they are home makers and community builders. mere are muse wno say that the small communities in America aie uoomed. 1 don't subscribe to this theory, i or i example the uumoie bee according to scientists has too heavy j a uoliv lor its wing span, its body is not stream-lined and by! their nuts siiouitl not be able to ily. However the bumble bee cannot read ana not knowing about these findings just goes ahead and fhes anyway. There is a very close analogy between tne small communities and the bee. li Plattsmouth keeps abreast of the times, is progressive, makes plan.-, and oilers services and goods to the people of this section of the state which are comparable with such servi ces and gooas m large cities then Plattsmouth will have a splendid future a.- well as a fine past. And it is that future we are here to talk about this noon. Planning that future is not work for experts. Practical, work able plans spring irom the people. We are going to spend the lesc of our lives in the future so we should plan that future. All of our communities are going to face a serious prob lem shortly after the defeat of our enemies. The whole nation has been geared to win a war. We have about nine million men. and -women in the armed services and about eleven mill ion working m war plants. When the war is over, soldiers and war workers about twenty million of them will be mm W L : - -w- . BY DREW TEARSON (Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service with the artny.) Drew Pcatscn Says: Senata is un fair in confirmation tactics; House gives Rep. Wilson absent treatment; Rosenman to be named appeals court Judge. WASHINGTON The fight I against Aubrey Williams as Rural Electrification Administrator illus trates how fur the senate has been going recently in unfair confirma tion tactics. All sorts of wild charges were thrown around against Will iams, but any careful senator, taking the trouble to sift them down, found I out they weren't true. Williams was even attacked on his war record, though it developed he had enlisted in the French Foreign i Legion even before the United States entered the last war, had participated in the famous battles of Chemin- des-Dames, Compiegne and Lhateau- Thierry. In this war, all four of his I sons are in service. When this charge flopped, Dupont- financed Senator Bushfield of South Dakota brought various charges of "radicalism" against Williams, quot ing from a publication called ''Hcad- i lines" to substantiate his charges. Finally Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois exposed the fact that "Head lines" was published by the notorious I Joseph P. Kamp, who helped or ganize the fiiends of new Germany j which became the German-American ! Bund, was frequently seen on the same platform with Fritz Kuhn, now in jail, and was an intimate of George Sylvester Viereck, now in Reaching back into colorful post- j - j. a nazi acnt. -t thought the ! World War I's '"roaring 20's for j r. .i,i in,, coo 4V, n. Ue estimated the cost of these improvements, determined its plot and musical sett in?. "Green-h- ht , ource nf the testimony (f) Swimming pool. (g) Municipal stadium. (h) A new library. olorful Era In Hit Film aild'ich Village," 20th Century-Fox's h(? st Technicolor excursoin into cause they take a few minutes out for coffee or a vft drink. To his congressional colleagues however, he is best known as a hogger of the handball courts in the house gymnas ium. Tkey don't like him. The other dav Wilson was delivering a long tirade against the Veterans' Admin istration. The house was almost empty. Only Representative Jerry Voor his of California sat at the parlia mentarian's desk correcting a speech he had delivered earlier. Suddenly Speaker Sam Rayburn sent a page boy to Voorhis and asked him to step over to the speaker's dais so he could have a word with him. "Jerry," suggested Raburn, ''why don't you correct your remarks out in the cloakroom?" Then Wilson won't have anyone listening." Voorhis looked around and saw the house chamber completely empty. He walked out to the cloak room. Wilson ranted on for five or ten minutes, talking to no one. Then Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck of Georgia came in to move for ad journment. Violating Rent Ceilings The OPA ras received increasing complaints from servicemen and war workers all over the country describing new dodges by which landlords and real estate brokers seek to evade OPA ceilings. One technique by certain brokers is to call together a group of appli cants for an apartment and auction it off to the highest bidder. The winning applicant pays the amount he bid to the broker. The broker then rents the apartment or house at ceiling price, but the broker pock ets the "bid price." This is just so much gravy and sometimes it runs how much of the cost would go for labor, made plans L-i,.ii.if;ratiatij fM-nrTw if tri- nrninct nnd v pvneft. io submit ; ,,ew e .1 I H-JllltliUll' iV'A .'V'.i.v. V'i t.. ...... - m I - - - . , . . . ,. , . .... , ... , another evening period oi America s : ... potiv Richfield i i j P-t. open.-, &anua at tne a-s j OVERTHROWING GOVERNMENT We believe that in nuiKing tnese pians we suoum: iineau-e. , v TI , i i i i- ii i With Carmen Miranda, Don Ame- Va; acntan uaw iM'"-'"--" i.-wmub , , AVilHnm T?,n,liv anH Vivian cross-examining Mr. Williams I , v v , XVah-rrrU, an,, on.l' Senator Lucas said, smiling, aaa nt4 h' ,, ! rental agencies tell prospective ten- . che. William Bendix and i') uont only pro ects mat tne communny neeus, nu ; b aine. "The Cherry Blonde,'' m- leaf rakinc. ! volved in its tuneful story, ' Green . . . ,, . . , ... . i Iwich Village" roils (li) Adopt projects which win require consiueraoie ; ars tQ the r labor. (4) Give wide publicity to each of the proposed im provements. Of course, such a construction program doesn't represent a permanent solution. It's a short range plan. It's intended to looking meet a temporary emergency during a transition period. We fur jobs. j can-t g0 on constructing and building and creating bonded in- Nebraska alone has 110,000 men and women in the j debtedness forever, armed service and probably more than titat number engaged After the emergency .after the period of readjustment, in war wont tnrougnout tne country, we want these people ,lftf. hiness :ind industrv has converted to a peace time to come home to Nebraska build their homes here and raise their families here. Nebraska cannot afford a further loss of population. Iiut we must have something to offer. When Johnnie comes marching home, from the army, or navy, you may meet him at the station with a band and hold a big banquet for him that night, but sooner or later he's going to ask that 6-1 ques tion "Where can I get a job?" Unless we make plans to meet this situation we will have chaos, unemployment and a depression. Industry cannot con vert to peace time production quickly enough to offer employ ment, and most cities have concluded that a construction program is needed to take up the slack. They have: (a) Listed their needs in the order of their importance. (b) Determined how many of the projects can be financed. (c) Prepared plans and specifications for those pro- jects' . , In many cities the necessary bonds have already been voted, the needed land acquired, and all legal requirements have been met so that construction can commence promptly after the war. For every man engaged in actual construction work, there are two others required in processing, transporting or preparing the material used in construction. back years to tne riotous America's world-famous artist; Finally, Williams was charged with desiring to overthrow the govern ment, with not being a good Pres byterian and with favoring equal opfinfimii1 nnniivt n n it ' f iiv rwrrnp-?. twenty! ' ' . ... . . hey-day ol ; , , . t . t J Hir lllHUClitnt IK'l.RIVir. col-Don basis then what? Well, we know there have been marvelous developments and discoveries in almost every field since the war began, in aviation, automobile transportation and housing. Last winter I heard Henry J. Kaer speak. He told us about many things and then he said : "Today man faces the most superb opportunity which has come to him. His world lies in ashes- It is his now to rebuild." He said that if we would use the same intelligence, ingenu ity, enthusiasm and determination after the war as we have during the war, we would enjoy prosperity rather than suffer a depression. And Kaiser is no theoretical professor. He is a practical, hard headed, successful business man and one of the greatest builders of our time. Bernard M. L'aruch in his recent report on reconversion states: "We will emerge from the war with the greatest oppor tunities any people ever had- A post war depression is not inevitable. Handled with competence our adjustment after i the war is won should be an adventure in prosperity." But what has all this to do with Plattsmouth or Nebras ka, an agricultural section? (1) Prosperity in any section of the country or in any industry will benefit us, directly or indirectly. (2) There is a tendency to decentralize industry and ony. In "Greenwich Village," Ameche. most recently seen in "Heaven Can Wait" and "Happy Land," essays another intriguing role as a young composer who came 'out of Kansas to win a reputation in the Arabian Nights atmosphere of Greenwich Village. Opposite Don is a new musical "discovery" whom 20th Century Fox has slated for musical stardom red-headed Vivian Blaine. The "Do you subscribe to that theory of government," the Mississippi demagogue asked, "that private en terprise and private business is go ing to be regulated by some board or bureau in Washington?" It's the congress, Senator, that decides that," replied Williams. "You better not disband your army when this war is over because you'll need it," shot back Senator Bilbo who has been worried for fear Williams favors violent change of j government. I (Note: Real fact is, of course, that "Cherry Blonde" makes her leading- 1 i. 1. . ... . . ..Urt.. KninnTi' in. lauy uu ... liehin(i the fi ht ainst Williams is terest. and sings three new hit " LU ' ' , , , , - , i the power trust and also the big snm's in her introductory role which. x, ... preview critics are betting will send her far along the path cut out by Betty Grable and Alice Faye. I don't know what construction work is actually needed in Plattsmouth, but I do know that in most communities, even j Nebraska has much to offer. proper maintenance has been neglected. First the depression Nebraska is too largely the producer of raw materials and then the war kept us from doing many of the things'' that are processed elsewhere. For example, we produce the which needed to be done. Some of our homes and retail es-1 hides, but the shoes are made in Massachusetts. We produce tablishments remind us of horse and buggy days. Many of , the wool but the suits are made in NVw York our buildings have a drab and ugly appearance. In Lincoln over a year ago I appointed a "Post War Planning Committee" for the city. The Chamber of Commerce ' also had such a committee. They joined forces, met frequent ly, and made some definite plans. This combined committee found that Lincoln needed: (a) Numerous street improvements. (1) Widen (2) Straighten (3) Pave or resurface . (b) Sidewalk repairs. (c) Additional street lighting (d) Culverts, bridges and drainage improvements. (e) Park improvements. Unfortunately, the producer of the raw material gets only about 40 per cent of the dollar paid by the ultimate con sumer. A recent editorial in the Nebraska State Journal states the problem well. "Nebraska's population is dwindling too rapidly for com fort, agriculture is too much a matter of producing raw mater ials to be sent away for processing and brought back to sell to the farmers, and other Nebraskans at good round prices. It is exactly this economy that has kept India pauperized -under British rule. Left to develop unchecked, it wouuld in time re duce the &tate to a few huge corporate farms with absentee landlords aild wace-earning tenants." "Greenwich Village" provides Car men Miranda with her first role since "The Gang's All Here," and her subsequent critical illness. It offers her increasing opportunity to display her newly discovered talents as a comedienne, and provides her with son crs streamlined to her uni que singing-dancing interpretations.! southern plantation owners. Will i jams has spent much of his life fight ing both and they have never for gotten it.) Cold Shouldered Congressman Straight - laced Representative I "Curfew Earl" Wilson, Indiana re publican, is best known to the public for having urged a curfew for gov ernment girls and complaining be- More than 25,000,000 board feetlg of lumber are shipped overseas thru the Naval Supply Depot in Seattle each month. Insure With Loris B. Long Tel. 250 or 337W ants they have no rooms. Later, they mysteriouusly produce them when a . large enough cash bribe is passed across the counter. JUDGE JED JOHNSON?? Representative Jed Johnson of Oklahoma has received a letter from Attorney-General Biddle notifying him that he will be considered for the post of judge of the customs court, in New York, if he is inter ested in the post. Johnson, who would like the judgeship, but doesn't want to appear to be running away from any congressional fights, wrote Biddle that he could not accept the judgeship before conferring with President Roosevelt. He added that he could not see the president yet. because he was too busy with ap propriations hearings. A reporter for an Oklahoma paper picked up the story. But unfortun ately, his editor cut out the last ex planatoiy remark, 'and what appear- (Continued on next page) FARM LANDS, LOANS, INSURANCE See mymm fort i Will r Two Good Reasons ti . vu T i fell for buying a new suit now. 1. It's Easter Time. 2. Its easier to buy a good suit now than it will be later. All Worsted Yarns Are Frozen that means the only hard finish suits you'll be able to buy for some time are now on re tailers racks. They are going fast. Try a New Double-Breaster for Easter! Good Clothes Since 79