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' V- ty Ca at tei du gr di: ire es A: A; a Li Ri 31 ,. th PC ft ec OS pi O ai ta ox B J. S b c p- in a lr tt S bi oi ai si u 1! E a P P e. ti n E a: c c' s r c t f 1 "Af.E rwc The Plattsmoutii Journal ESTABLISHED 1S31 Published semi-weekly. Mondays s-f.d Thursdays, at 409-413 Main Street. Plattsmouth. Cass County, Nebraska, by Tfce Journal Pub lishing Company. - LESTER A. WALKER Publisher B. J. ALCOTT ..General Manager ROBERT B. STATJFFER Managing Editor Entered at th"e Postoffice at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second clasi mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, bf mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area. DAILY JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by car rier in the City of Plattsmouth, 15 cents per week, or $7.00 per year cash in advance; by mail in the Plattsmouth trade area: S3 per year, $1.75 for six months. $1.00 for three months, cash In advance. By mail outside the Plattsmouth trade area, $5.00 per year, $3.00 for six months, 60 cents per month, cash in idanct. GOOD INTEREST, BAD RESULTS Col. Juan Peron may not offer Secre tary of State Byrnes the job of Postmas ter Genreal if he wins the presidential election in Argentina. (And does any body want to bet he wins'?) But he will have cause to thank our State Depart ment for its left-handed and uninten tional campaign help. The State Department White Paper, which blasted the tie between the Nazis and Argentina's government of colo nels, seems to have had the uphappy ef fect of uniting the Argentine nation by insulting it. :Much the same thing ap parently has happened in Spain since the three-power invitation to the Span ish people to get rid of Generalissimo Franco. Ardent nationalism has no place in today's interdependent world, but it re mains as alive as ever. The emotions of patriotism and chauvinism are stub born .andjhard to down. Because of them, the most -thoroughgoing scoun drel of a'dictatory can become practic ally a favorite native son when he is at tacked from without. .' ' America's indictment of Peron. and the three-power indictment of Franco were justified. These men are admirers of and collaborators with a di-bica.bie, defeated'enemy and a despicable way of which still flourishes. Yet vhen these obvious facts are stated bluntly, they serve to move many anti-totalitarians to rally around the dictators' standard with shouts of "out side interference" (in Spain) and "Yankee imperialism" (in Argentina). The trouble is that our good inten tions are doubted abroad. Justifiable. attempts at moral suasion are called in terference. We try to help two people regain the freedoms for , which the war was fought, and we are suspected of wanting to dominate Argentina and to get our finger on the Spanish pit. Na tional pride has been aroused in both countries, with the result that we ap pear to have lost prestige and to have strengthened the dictators. So now what do we do? Apparently nothing unless we wish to embarrass our friendly neighbor, Brition. For a hungry Britain needs food from the Ar gentine and fruits' from Spain. A war weary British industry needs Spain's superior ore. A war-weakened British economy doesn't want to lose the multi-billion-dollar British investments in Argentina. Economic sanctions, logical ly the next step against the arrogant dictators-, would put the United King dom in a worse plight than its present one. Thus there is no strong backing for our strong words. We have stuck our. neck out in two countries. The situ ation offers the old choice of put up or shut up. But America hasn't done either one. We have been right in prin ciple and inept in practice with the result that we may Icjok a little foolish in the whole matter. Q What is a mestizo? A A person of mixed Chinese and Philippine blood, or a person of mixed Spanish and Indian blood. Q When were plans for a Panama Canal first discussed? A In 1523. A survey was- submit ted to the Spanish king in 1551. The French began actual digging in 1887.' q Where are U. S. helium plants located? A Biggest is at Amarillo, Tex. ; others are at Extell, Tex., Otis, Kan.,. Cunningham, Kan., Shiprock, N. M. yiMlY-S0 ROUND Th' " mil J felN&xs, J y THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, MARCH 13, 194 Ah, C'nipn, Joe, Let it Cool Off! Br drew rrcAR&w WASHINGTON A group of atomic scientists were being quizzed by Senator Joe O'Mahoney at a private dinner. Leading scien tist present was Dr. Leo Szilard, who discov ered one method of creating the atom bomb. The senate atomic committee had just voted to set up a military board with broad jvowers over the scientists, and Senator C'Mahoney was anxious to get Dr. Szilard's ideas on army con trol. Szilard told several stories of how the army, because it lacked scientific knowledge, ham pered the scientists during the war. At one time, Dr. Szilard said, he came into his office! and found that the book-cases had been turn ed around to face the wall. He asked the army officer in charge why they had been moved and got this reply: "There was a vial of uranium in jook- case and orders are that nothing shall be re vealed or exposed. So we turned the bookcases to the wall." Dr. Szilard explaisad that many scientists were so apprehensive of the new army control and the possibility, in talking to another scien tist, of accidentally revealing something, that they waned to get out of atomic science alto gether. "That would be a tragic mistake," advised Senator O'Mahoney. "You must not do that. Atomic experimentation must continue." Dr. Szilard told about some of the amazing new fields which the atom had opened up, es pecially in medicine. For instance, it is now possible to put an atom in carbon, feed it into the human body, and"" follow it through the bouy. 'Ihus, lor the first time in History, tne ex act flow of matter through the body can be traced. ".but," remarked the noted scientist, "ac cording to the bill just adopted by the senate committee, all his previous experiences with the And, Irom my previous experiences with the army, such experiments will be very dmicult in the future. Congressional Tempers Representatives Earl Michner of Michigan and .vereit Dirksen of Illinois, both republi cans, are usually mild-mannered. Both have served on the"jomt committee lor the reorgan ization of congress, which proposed the plan of pensions lor congressmen. Tills is a ticklish nuestion and tempers were high during tne ' vote which 1 malty Ueftated it. vhen thd nousfrvote came up, ilichigan'd .Micnener: voted in favor of the pension n. Besiae him, ha heard Illinois' able Ditusen vote "present, ' wmcn means neither aye nor nay. "Everett . whispered Michener, "'ou haven t got any guts." iDiriiien aw red. Calling JMichencr an un :puousiiaoie nainfe, he replied: , "Wty, i ve a,t least got tne g'ts fa vote 4iie 'way l see things instead of datking-ieack and' forth and booing up only wnerpit'3 said t-JYitfiice rny: position iviiown.. lou always -know where i slanu on an issue just as soon as I do but it's an awful tough joo to figure out your'po3itlon.' ?Iichener was now fighting mad. He accused Dirksen of insulting him and insisted that Dirk sen liked to duck-issues. Several other members tried to calm them. Finally Dirksen, in a voice loud enough to be heard some distance across the hou?e floor, ?aid: T "All right, Earl, there's no sense in fighting in here. You come on outside with, me to set tle this, and I'll give you the thrashing you're a.sking for." Dirksen, a man of heavyweight proportions, started up from his seat. But other members pulled him down, also held. ZVIichener down. The two gjared ,at each other, but finally de , cidid that! dh&rettgji was the better part of valor.. Merry-Go-Round Secretary of the Treasury Vinson showed foreign delegates to the monetary conference what baseball is like, by arranging for the Brooklyn Dodgers to play an unscheduled ex hibition game in Savannah, Ga. . . . Vinson is the capitol more ardent baseball fan . . . The War Department summoned Jimmy Doolittle back to Washington from terminal leave to keep him away from a civilian educational and church group conference on control of atomic energy. The astute Jimmy, however, checked on what brass hats were up to, and then high balled back to Florida to attend the atomic meeting anyhow. He has hal army run-arounds before .... One of the best current books on. atomic control is, "One World Or None," put out by McGraw-Hill, which explains atom ic energy in words of one syllable. . . President Truman may attend the "inner circle" dinner March CO, entitled the "Shamrock and the Sickle" given by New York political writers to rig the left-wing Tammany Hall political alliance. Kaiser Mediates It was an accidental dinner-table conversa tion by Henry Kaiser which finally broke the strike of 100,000 General Electric workers, - away from their machines for two long months. Kaiser found himself seated next to Gen oral Electric President Charlie Wilson at a dinner and heard Wilson bemoaning his srike troubles, and how tough it was to get along with the CIO. Kaiser laughed, said he had no trou ble at all, but had found Phil Murray easy to do business with. Finally, K mser asked Wilson if he would mind sitting down and talking the matter over secretly with CIO General Counsel Lee Press man in Kaiser's New York office. Wilson fin ally agreed. Next morning Pressman came to New York, talked with Wilson for four hours, and together they cleaned out the underbrush that had been blocking a settlement. Kaiser sat through it all, nervous and per spiring. It was his first effort at mediating someone else's strike. " To clinch the agreement, Kaiser and Press man arranged for Wilson to make a flying trip to Florida, sign the final deal with Murray. That's how 100,000 more men went back to the production line. " Note General Electric's Charles E. Wilson is frequently confused with General Motors' Charles E.- Wilson. Both had long strikes on their hands. Both strikes ended the same day. (Copyright, 1946, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) EPSON'S WASHINGTON COLUMN BY FETEPw EI) SON NEA AVashington Correspondent ASIIINGTON, D. C.-(NEA)No one point in current ncgoti aliens between John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers and tL - Ui ulsauiilI)3 inc so-caiicd supervisory employes. it Edson it wm De represented as "an sttemnt hv iw usurp the powers of management." It will be tied m with the drive against the foremen's union in the automobile industry. There is no connection, except that both grew out of short-sighted policies which did not give the foremen and supervisory employes their proper place in the industrial scheme of things, thereby forcing them to break away from top management and join forces with rank-and-nle labor. In the first place, if is the contention of the United Mine Workers that it does not seek and never has wanted, fo organize the mine superin tendents, forcmpn. fh-p hmwt ti"T-,,-rQ f . others who have the rtf.ht to hire ?n.i fir" :,nr?V-e e' A j-.V ; - t of management. ' " 1 ' ORGANIZATION cf ,; c:..;;..- ;:1 lhi mine. c- ,1 mechanization of the mines. Before coal cutting and load:n .machinery came into use, there were only a few foremen in a mine" With the introduction of mining machinery, a crew of 10 men had L iCAS1i?CClt0tCach unit' and.. "aturally enough, one man out ol tne 10 had to be boss. a r. a 4 1 - him inu supervisors were paid a dollar a day more than ntw te ertime they began to talk of organizing their own union. As soon as the new supervisors' union be2an to shmu si nf i..wltio, Ui mcy svtie paia a straight salary instead of an hourly ra ui iiiuiiugwiiem, were exnected to work ov without compensation. When thev becarro H-;;;atnf.ri ,;), k; sMi.um, iqjiL'bcmaiivcs oi tiie operators came to Washington to pro test to John L. Lewis against having to deal with two unions. It is tne Lnited ivhne Workers' contention thct the oDeratnrs a.kPH that Custom Made Star Gazer Wants A Trm fr SANTA MONICA, Cal. (U.PJ-1 OPHIlg UFCSSeS When and if the first atomic-!' ; powered rocket ship takes off for! AfCk Pltfnr5f the moon, violin teacher Millard j C I C5CIiLCU Williams wants to go along. He would like to get firsthand NEW YORK IU.R A group of afternoon and r-ocklriil firpssej -ic proof for his theory that the mojn ..s craceful and irav as th tassel Essay Contests to Open March 15 WASHINGTON, D. C. Thir teen cash awards totalling $2,500, ( with a top prize, of -$1,000,-' are be ing offered by .the Ajnerican .Le- gion. for the best essays on Jabs ; for aii." The. contest opens Mav.ch 23 iran.d ( supervisors be admitted into the U. M. W, 'J'lIEN, in May, 1943, in the celebrated Maryland Dry Dock case, the National Labor Relations Board handed down a ruling forbiddin" in effect, the organization in labor unions of foremen and supervisory employes. With that ruling behind them, the coal operators did an about-face charged the miners with trying to take over management, and the fignt was on. Opposition only made the union stronger. The whole matter came to -a head last fail in a series of unauthorized strikes of supervisory employes, which U. M. W. district officials found it im possible to c.icck. until Lewis postponed to a later date his negotiations witii tne operators in October. But now, on the eve of resuming negotiations with tho nrnrnfnro a general new contract. Lewis is handrd -., hr.-mf ifni hrt National Labor Relations Board decision in the Jones and Laughlin case. It is a specific ruling that supervisory employes in coal mines who wish to join a union for collective bargaining are eligible to do so under the- Wagner Act. ' ' f rife 19th centw-y wuvlow. tassJ, ?SS3 ApriL 3p, 1946.. Essayq must. once had air, water and" me. WilltaniK t'irl.Hrx! lf.l.n J.t.t .f.,r ' . ..' ',. t TiT' mti pvr-frl S 000 wnrH ""'i'""w ej "ui. were among tint hisnutirs ? - ' . - i x aua gazes at night. Through three long pP,rf r.n.i.lman' nr?- . An outgrowth.otttho-American Caroline Isle Wants; to Fly Am encan rlasr "I' ?nr!iiir , , 1 .1 , - i ieii;scope.-s mountea on tne lawn oi tom made j his home, he has been ttudying.j week. U'V OVlUi i3CI.Cll Jl X 'J Cell 1 - - A l r A. T I ve got proof of life on. the A,JU TiJl? ; hke taspLe. With thfcin imaah ' ro tiiid Knt mtT ot-: ( i ' : . . , . i , , ca. tripiy uiviueu sKiris. i oceans and rivers onV.rilrrk-cVn sn a 1 0 '" a employment-, HONOLULU . (UJ?)King John L-enoe,'the contest as designed Sigrah of ; Kusaio,, a. tiny island in , ca jyyKpu and ;means of: achieving; tr.t' -500 aniles -south. .of, Jikini atoll in iti-K"'- iiairf ir-f.ni, M-iaxiMum i; emnlovmP-t- the,-. JLir?halls. wlierp lhf atnn-,;,.. One nfiri-ai l tl'fcar. tirflrfiim T.llM5 . fVr lirlnh 'tfst will Kb. r'nnd:ipfnrf II .,..1 J a j. ..i:vi ' ----- rt- -" rr r c Mwi-uauiiJic auu nnc swiiu fts.ono.OOrt 'nostirmr 'iohs. Of tfees. asked' President: arouna tne cem 700,000 Jre ta be reatd in., the., S, i protection. -all purple top unytJopejf field of. distribution j: - "-In a letter vela in (tiiviviit iiiiiVt , . . , , , J , ... . , , sKirc Kinie pieaieci arouna until they get up there and yu-k ; ... . 1 . . ,, .. Ob a sea shell." a ,'- ",pu"r an: au FUTJ lP undeveloped Now that scientists have con- ... ,' , ,. sale ana -enice. l in e gi uu) a ntrcK t'AieiiuuiK jii .Truman . for r U. laoted the moon by radar, Wil liams believes the next step will be a lunar expedition. He said scien tists will find a soundless, dust- i less, odorless and lifeless world. ( They'll also discover what caused the 'face" of the man ; in the moon." the shoulders, a snug bodice and I straight,' snug short sleeves. The same line was presented in a yellow printed skirt, accordian pleated, with a black hem and top, and in an all-over bliek and w'.e ayed by the U- S, Navy, the bearded ruler of '1,558 ' Second---prize v will- be-- $590; .subjects who endured oppression third, $250; there will be five during Japanese occupation, asked prizes of $100 'each and five m'dre that Kusaie become a permanent of $50 eachi ' ' ' : ' ' 1 evi- j . with grosgrain ruenmg. American possession. "In the name of the people of Kusaie," he wrote, "we address --peoinc oi wie Limt'u stales lor All were grav ' & -. . ainearance distinguished by an of ladylike coolness me- Williams interprets ' these idences of erosion as great ti: iL.i piain yuM. once wc : equally at home at a garden party lakes. Many astronomers consider ' night dub The n.oup of drcssy I inern vne result vi crashing iteor'. ! Williams said i believe the moon still atomshpere ana ir. cas be seen as a feathery The violin tea that the earth, like the m tim,n ,vith irrotni'-ir hem-1 Wnr-,U ami be submitted in quad someday may lose its air and wr.-: Qne in Llack carriej two ruplicate to the Employment Di- ter by gravitational pull u-less ank,e length points in back an. The American Legion science comes to the rescue. He , fc center front As it walk. 16Q8 K gt N Wm Washington 0, also lorecasts the moon may mm , . flickered like black flames speed and come so c ose to the mi the ankles wilh distinctly earth that it will explode, fhen, ; k j ne said, it would mess up our pia- Another was almost ankle- net with a shimmering halo. ,ih in It. UtV j Navy forwarded it first to Peavl I Harbor, and thence to Washing l ton. ' j Jhe Navy reports that the Pres ident has indicated he will give the j petition consideration, t The Japanese, who occupied the , inland early in the war, brought in 700 Ocean islanders for forced labor, but did nothing to help the Kusaie economy, which depends on' its chief crop of copra. ' Navy Aided Nativese 1 The island was by-passed for s'ome months after the war ended. Its people had gone without medi cal care for many months. When the Navy came,' with a military government staff, it quickly es tablished a dispensary and issued clothing. The 700 Ocean islanders were removed to their home. Kusaie handicrafts were placed on sale in Navy ships stores and post exchanges throughout the South Pacific. I he petition followed within a few months after the Americans came. ' . CcTJtest Rules National American . Legion.. lip-! nointed strine which ,vas tiered nlovment Chairman Lawrence ! . . A ti Til" ' 1 i-enion, oi -n"K, the freedom of, oppression which nounc-ed the following! ttontwt ha3 been givGti us. 0uV Neatest rules: ' - ' rppil i-j 'that tVi?; fnflrnl will i.nl 1. Essays must suggest how best. dtirp .- -the Legion's program ior maxi-.. Therefore we earnestTv de.ire short clothes of which they were mum employment and veterans '-that -'Kusaie be made a permanent BARBS part was one of the outs-. nci.ig employment can be carried out. . :. posC3!fion of .the United States of features of a partK-tilarly beaut-; 2. Everybody except paiu tin-; America and we remiest that 'our forever under the American """- :f..l n11nninn u-llioh vrinrrpl tvnin n nvnc nf t hf A niPI'loail L.Bif-i011-IS 1--V1T 1- 1 l oisture, wnic i: ., ..rt!,ts to romnhte form- plin-ihle to entei) the -contest, x . .Wn" nnnn lTii- Liitv :i Fssavs must .be, typed, x,on,. . - cher predicted! . .ir... .1: ,1 1 - 1 piI ,:?.O00 , ,... M .- , Nn'urvi 1 viiiii 11 rk 1 1 1 1 r 1 ' r r" inun hs mi rii. nub' - 1 1 1 BV HAL COCHRAN ,slu:.Vi,. linn of harlr with s fms- tn tVif nifmii whilp it s still there, i ft . "I hope atomic energy tie ; n he said. University Will Publish New Book Us almost caught into a D. C. , , 4. The contest opens March lo and closes April 30, 194G. 5. Three nationally-known lea l ers in the employment field will serve as judges. G. Contestants may obtain of the American region a for maximum empiov- copies program grain oustie now. One slim black skirt alteriated scallop rows of crepe and net over la light slip. i a Vmo-Vi wniutful o-i'pv ripne was trimmed with a boat neck band of dianapolis (, Ind., or to the Wasn- j pearls and gold. ! ington Legion of licef or to aujr Necklines in both short and long Legion state headquarters. S.' rJroiP WPl'P f I'POlH'lltlv loW. I - uv..w 1 . . ' : ment by writing to national head quarters, 777 N. Meridian St., In- ge Thiers Concur The petition was initiated when King John and five subordinate chiefs appeared at the office of the Naval commander on the is land and presented their case in Kusaie language. The Navy ar ranged, in the absence of proto col or an American diplomatic representative, to have the peti tion translated' and neatly typed, first in Kusaie, then in English. King John then signed it, in both languages, as did Kanuku, chief of Lelu village; Paul, chief of Malem village; Tulenea, chief of Tafonsak village; and Tulen- sru, chiet ot utwe village. The LINCOLN, (UP) A new book Wendell Beige, assistant U. attorney general in the antitrust j but aivays within the bounds of of the Department ot ; iji:i.0 tnstp th wasn't a division Justice, has been accented for publication by the University of Nebraska Press this spring, Miss Emily Schossbreger, university editor, announced Saturday. Entitled, "Economic Freedom for the West," the new book is scheduled to appear in the book stands the last week in May. The book, according to Miss Schoss berger, states in "clear, simple and forceful" language that the west is still an economic frontier which has immense industrial pos sibilities which can be exploited only by the removal of artifical barriers. "shocker boner. in a hundred nor a Says Butter, Bread And Milk Are Going CHICAGO (U.R) Owen M. Richards, manager of the Ameri can Dairy Association, believes that "butter is gone, bread i eo ing and milk is next on the list." Richards, addressing directors at the ADA's annual meeting, assail ed "arbitrary, man-made laws" which he said had depleted cow hez-ds at the greatest rate since the drouth years. ' ? He said 225 of every 1,000 milk cows on the farms at the beginning of 1945 had been culled out or died during the year. 1500 Vets Placed In Civil Service During the month of January 1D-1G approximately 1500 veterans were placed in federal civil ser vice jobs in the Eighth United States civil service region which includes the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. This is an in crease of 58 re over the number President Will Get Final Say on Ttorn Bombs in New Bill WASHINGTON (U.R) The sen ate atomic energy committee vot ed Saturday to give the president the final say on the volume of a tomic weapons manufactured, in the -United States. The committee approved pro visions of the atomic energy con trol bill that would make the pro posed five member civilian com mission the sole atomic weapon manufacturing agent in the na tion. : A UTOS ruin some of the young er generation, a teacher con tends. And some of the younger generation do a swell job r f ruin ing autos. Dances arc either formal or you wear your own clothes It won't be long now till sun shine and the neighbors chickens will be making folks' seeds ccrnc up. Bills often stop the ecr: uj in a love nest. According to a school- superin tendent, children are not as well trained as they were 30 years ago. Perhaps parents have been asleep st the switch. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson of placements made in the pre- The commission could operate vious month according to Miss 1 or Rena B. Smith, director, Eighth United States Civil Service Region. Veteran placements for 1945 totaled 285,123 an average of 23,700 a month. The majority of these placements were made in the War and Navy Departments, Post Office Depaitment, and Veterans Administration. Enemy of Gobblers CHICAGO (U.R) The current American Journal of Veterinary Research reports 26 per cent of the snakes caught in seven diff erent localities were . carriers of germs responsible for wholesale destruction of turkey flocks.' inly under the expressed consent and direction of the president. The president would be required to give the commission instruc tions at least once a year. Other sections of the billl win ning committee approval today would : 1. Ban the export of any fis sionable materials or source ma terials. 2. Give the atomic commission all government owned property used and operated by the Man hattan project in developing the original atomic bomb 3. Authorize the commission to 1 1 , 1 1 . 1. .i . -4.U priorities to organizations carry-J ing on medical research. OP THE EARTH'S OCEANS YmLm ! WOULD HAVE TO BE LOWERED f v- - -'-:';-'" ffjlj I f twoailes mjmmmm : IN ORDEE TO MAKE THE U--eeses q -j !i AADARA OF our --i; IS GLOBE. EtfL'ALINSIZE TO aNgjg. COPR. 194$ B NLA SERVICE, INC. IN THE U.S. SIXTEEN PERSONS 1 ARE BURNED TO DEATH daily; AMD A HOAE BURNS EV&r OTH& MMUTZ. T. M. RES. 0. S. PAT. OFF. 3 NEXT IS -METiA'iES YOU CLIMB TO GO DOWN A AAOUNTAIN'idy -B- A . 5MENT, Sae, Jrros What causes tidal waves?. t