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tAGE TWO THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Thursday, March 6, 1947 The Plattsmouth Journal ' ESTABLISHED 1831 ( Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Pub lishing Company. LESTER A. WALKER Publisher Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE:-$3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the city cf Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Russia's Atomic Secrets : The statement of Dr. Werner Hei senberfc', German atomic scientist, that three of his most eminent German col leagues are working for the Russians is not unbelievable, or even surprising. Neither is his claim that after reading the Smythe report he knew "exactly what was done, except for some small technical details,'" in making the Am erican atomic bomb. -There is an interesting comment on this piece of news though the com ment preceded the news in Louis Rid enour's review of a new biography of Albert Einstein in the New' York Times. . ;Said Mr. Ridenour: "Nuclear phy sics.one of the most recondite branches of fundamental science, is currently a political football. We are now beset with spy-mania and love of secrecy to such an extent-that it will come as a distinct shock to the public, three or four years hence, when the first atomic bomb is set off by Russia. 'This phenomenon will be attribut ed to 'leaks' of information from dis affected scientists, not to the well known fact that men who ask a given question of nature always get the same answer, whatever their nationality." : Even those of us who know as little about isotopes and neutrons as Senator McKellar must suspect at times that the Russians at least know how to make an atomic bomb. It would be more pertin ent perhaps, to know whether they have the raw materials, power, and huge industrial setup necessary for the undertaking. In other words, Russia has some atomic secrets of her own. And it is up to our own scientists to keep alert and on the job until an international sys tem! of atomic energy control is set up a ndl functioning. If we are ahead, we must keep ahead. And perhaps our con tinuing intensive research will be the best form of espionage as long as sec ret.'j.'about atomic matters exists. Present indurations are that this research is being interrupted by the drawn-out Senate committee investiga t ion-of Mr. Lilienthal's fitness to head theAtomic Energy Commission. Scient ists; cpm plain that their work is suf fering, because they don't know what t mum, wilMoappen next and because they are made; apprehensive by the type of at tach ' directed against the proposed chairman. j The members of the commission thecniselves have been spending most of their 'days at the Capitol since the hear ings began. They have only a short time in Jhe morning and evening to study, evaluate, and direct the whole vast business of atomic research and in du.try. The rest of the time they listen to testimony and argument about whe ther Ir. Lilienthal is guilty of being a Communist, a New Dealer, or a cham pion of public ownership. Apd time's a-vr&sting. By, DREW PEARSON DrW Pearson says: INTERNATIONAL. EXPERTS PONDER OV ER POLITICAL. SIGNIFICANCE OF PRESI DENT'S ' MISSION TO MEXICO; TRUMAN DISCUSSED VISIT WITH AMB. MONTEROS MONTHS AGO; VETERANS HOUSING PRO GRAM ON LAST LEGS. VASHLNGTON Some of the international exerts have been trying to figure out the sig nificance f President Truman's mission to Meitico. " They wonder whether it means a new spilrt in the good-neighbor policy, a new effort to Iwoo katin friends against Argentina, or whdt . However, here is the inside story ol hostile trip originated. Several months ago the new Mexican am Liissador. Harvard-try nicd Antonio Sr.inosa dc Los Monteros, called ut tlie white house to pre sent his credentials. Truman was taken with the charm of the Mexican diplomat, who is just as familiar with the USA as with his native land. Ambassador Monteros told the presi dent how he had spent a lot of time in New York, had been educated at Harvard, had a wide acquaintance in Washington. "I have never had a real opportunity to visit Mexico," replied Truman, by way of making conversation, "and I would like to some day.' "Well, why don't you do it fairly soon?" said the new ambassador "All right, I will." said Truman, who so fre quently acts on tne spur ol the moment. "How about arranging it? I would like to go during early March." Monteros assured Truman there would be no trouble at all. and several weeks later the am bassador returned to the White House to inform the president that he had set a fancy three-day official visit in the capital of Mexico. Truman was delighted. ' 1 And that is the only political significance behind the president's trip. Note Truman and Monteros became such good friends that the president took the un utual step of inviting the ambassador to ac company him to Mexico City on his private plane, the Sacred Cow. even had him along lor the stopover in Kansas City while visiting his mother. Housing Program Vanishes It has been just about a year since President Truman summoned Wilson Wyatt, ex-mayor of Louisville, to Washington and told him to make "no small plans" for veterans' housing. Wyatt was instructed to push housing as we pushed the war. Instead of foxholes, veterans were promised they would soon have roofs ov er their head's. Today, however, it looks as if the last feeble attempt to carry out his promise is about to go up in smoke. Little by little the real-estate and construc tion lobbies have whittled the program down. Little by little, the puny men around President Truman have yielded. Even the Kingmakers of the American Legion, an organization sup pose to protect the veterans, have ended up on the side of the real-estate lobby. Climax came last week when Michigan's Jesse Wolcott, Republican chairman of the house banking and currency committee, an nounced that lie would move to repeal the Pat man act. Tli is is the basic law which permits the government to control nonresidential build ing, allocate . materials, and give preference to veterans. If this act is repealed, not one vestige of the original housing program wiU be left. Frank Creedon and Ray Foley, the feeble gentllemen appointed by Truman to carry out the Lousing program, may issue a few state ments defending the Patman act, but they will riot stage a real battle. , "I am no crusader," Creedon told his friends last week. Therefore, unless homeless veterans bom bard congress, particularly Republican leaders, the basic legislation for the housing program .wiU be wjped off the books. Note Controls over concrete soil pipe, one of the vital materials for housing, are being removed this week.. Soil pipe is still in short supply, and removal of controls simply means that it 7 will be much harder for veterans to build new homes. Admiral's Whitewash Last month this column published a series oi' ladio messages exchanged betweea naval officers regarding the sale of an automobile owned by Adm. C. M. Cooke, jr., commanuer oi" U. S. naval forces in the western Pacific Admiral Cooke had his car shipped to Shang hai where autos bring exorbitant prices, and sold it. Following publication of this column. Ad miral Cooke was ordered to Washington and asked for an explanation. All the facts as pub lished in the column were admitted by th navy, but in the end the old Annapolis tradi tion of admiral protects admiral was too much, and Admiral Nimitz issued a whitewash He explained that naval officers have a right to ship their housffcold effects from one permanent station to another at government expense and to use government radio laciii ties for personal messages provided they do not interfere with official business. In protecting his fellow admiral, however. Admiral Nimitz overlooked several things. One was that Admiral Coone's automobile was sent at government expense to Shanghai, whereas Cooke's base was Tsingtao. Therefore, he did not transport his property lrom one permanent base to another. Second, some of the radio messages sent at government expense were priority messages, therefore rated ahead of government mes sages. Another interesting fact was that the execu tive ofticer of the ship that transported Ad miral Cooke's car was his son-in-law. Also Z'Z MemCd t0 be somng rather unusual about the deal else Lt. Com. Donald Shaul in charge of port facilities in Shanghai, would not have wired the admiral's aide in Tsingtao:, ann feU Uir0Ugh' UW 'r1 SSJi'm ?Gre JOC AU of worried." i aal Morale alLTt! P0"" thi"S hich Admir al Mmxu overlooked in his whitewash was its effect upon the moral of enlisted men and younger officers. This columnist has received fleTatSu? S k"erS trm ln Here ?2f automobile deal. Here is an excerpt from one of them 'Admiral Cooke's car was aboard our thin dpt. Joseph Connally commandant ol thenl Stead of ke,Wanted the r in Shangnai baseT At tT?t Whe,e Admiral Cook thTth tlll mUWy everyone in the 7th fleet knew about the 'big deal con cerning the car.' e on to Si Jhlf Pposed to car'y the car direct to Shanghai after we )uH f,vt . . . nawa and Yokosuka. JajT tag Okinawa. So the order was given- "Ad- ' rSSL00" WantS Car in ShanShai in hurry and wc are transferring it to a LST in che morning." . .' . Depite all this. Admiral Nimitz excused his fellow admiral- with the comment that the sale of the car was "entirely different from .the prohibited sale in the black market -of such articles' as government tax-free cigar ettes." (Copyright, 11)17, by the WU Syndicate, lac.) First Customer f mucn. i l i r.dson Edson's Washington Column BY FLIER LDSON KCA Washinjtcn Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C. (NEA) The President's Budast Mcssao this year deals only with government'f.nances. All tbo pl?nn-v.j and wishful thinking was put in earlier messages on the S'.ie of ihe Union :md the Economic Report. This division of subject matters tends toward simplification. But even so, the Budget Message reveals what it terribly complex-compound thing government has becomo. The executive office of the President, with its in dependent agencies, now calls for appropriations of over $0 billion, which is more than it coi,t to operrte the entire government in 1C39. Trying to whittle down the $37 billion estimate of j:!l go vi r.rnent expenditures for next year, to numbers wl.ich nn average citizen cam grasp, is difficult Perhaps the easiest way is by a simple process of long division, to gt an estimate of whrt each person's share in ths national economy should be. on the a.eragc. incic are approxnncieiy no n,.iiio:i u. in habitants, men, women, and children. Dividing that number into the Pj-esidcnt estimate on next year's government expenses gives the pci capita outlay by the govemn-ent It figures oi:t to .$'C3. N this per capita basis, r ext year's government budget breaks down like tnis all figures bein in round-r.um.ber approximations, to make easier reading and understanding. For Army and Navy. $80 F.r aid to vets, $52. For the conduct ol international affairs and the making of international loans, $25. For old age retirement, social security and health services, $12. To improve the housing situation, $4.. For education and research, 60 cents For aid to ngriculture. $10. For natural resources, including atomic research. S3 For aid to transportation and communication. $11 To aid business. S3 To improve labor relations, 80 cents. For general government. $10 For intercrt on debts, $3G For Treasury tax refunds. $14 Reserve for contingencies, 20 cents. The two worst problems that the country ha today are tabor rela tions and the housing situation. Yet the government is spending only 0 cents a head on the former and only $4 a head on the latter rrilE national debt is now $259 billion That means the per capita debt is $1850 There's no allowance in the budget for retiring the debt If it could be paid ofl at $5 billion a year, 52 years would be n-eded to clean the slate That would take a per capita payment of $35 a year lor 52 years The President's Economic Report provides other information Total income payments to individuals were $163 billion in 1946 That's about $1164 per person Individual tax payments took an average of $.136 per person lust year With taxes out of the Voad, this mythical average citizen was left vi1h $1028 disposable income Dividing the total savings of indi viduals by the population fisure shows that the average saving per capita was $126 last year. That left $902 spending money. ?Hb't4 CotiflfMtm, ltd similarly label Russia. When men promise too much, they cannot keep their promises, and trouble results. , The same rule aplies to governments. When governments promise too much, they cannot keep their promises, and trouble results. This column has devoted many paragraphs to the reckless promi ses qf your A government. Why? Did you think that I have done so for 'politics?" The answer is "No!" The real reason is my in tense conviction that your govern ment must end its reckless prom ising at home and abroad. Government promises take ma ny torms. Government bonds are one. The Atlantic Charter was an other. Hitler's social security pledge was another. Most govern ment promises in other lands ha. e gone '"bust." Government promi ses on which YOU depend will "go bust" unless sanity and integrity ai-e restored in Washington. XTiiitnrv Pnnnriinism is now a very remote danger. But a people , beaten, bankrupt, and broken in spirit by inflationary spending can i turn to Communism overnight. : That is our real danger. To avoid ' it. government spending must be slashed now. There is no national security in national bankruptcy. BUTLER. Pa. (IB Fiiemen from six towns had to couple 4,000 swept the three-story Cole Hotel at Wexford. The Valencia volun teers drove their pumping equip ment to the bank of a creek liiree quarters of a mile away. Coinpany after company linked hose ui.tii die line reached. A vital task is to balance the budget, reduce the debt, and cut taxes. Can the Republican cong ress do that job? Not if the Tru man Administration can prevent it. Clever propaganda is whooping it up for continued reckless spend ing, particularly military. o BARBS Look over the world today, and in most lands the humble people are in misery or slavery, or both. Why? Because their rulers, from Hitler to Atlee, promised too For example, "war scares" are concocted that appear to be based On the Japanese military doctrine which reads: ' "To make a good soldier, ihere must always be an immediate en emy. He must be led to believe that this enemy may strike today. He must be convinced that this enemy is prepared to annihilate our country at the first opportun ity." "This enemy" in Japan was America; today our militarists CJ By rt topyr!gKbyJ.C4oo; LHEANNETTE COVERT NOLAM Distributed by NEA SERVICE, INC. TIIi: STOHVi Mnmmn prfpartii nn elaborate wardrobe for Koe' xinit 'Vablnsfton. but Roue fthotrn liltle cnthunlaant. Sidney wonder vshy ahe doeaaH want to so. Mazier in worried, ton, about rapa and bW mnrninc prnaaeaadea to the St. George Hotel to meet Mr. Milgrim. XV . JOSE was to leave Blakesville on May fifth, going alone to Indianapolis and there joining a group of delegates from other Midwest chapters and a creden tialed Daughters' chaperon, with whom she would make the rest of the trip. This would be her first night in a Pullman car, and Rose was a bit nervous; but Mamma, who had traveled to Buffalo on her honey moon, minimized the hazards of undressing and dressing in a berth. The thing was, Mamma said, not to undress at all or scarcely at all. Your hat, coat, shirtwaist and skirt could be removed, but not stockings, corset or underclothing. Slip a kimono over these things, and a net over your hair, and ; sleep like that. In the' morning, get into your outer garments again, and do not in any circum ' stances emerge into the aisle even ; slightly disheveled. Walk sedately ; to the ladies' room to make what j ever repairs to your appearance might seem necessary. Miss Amy had extraneous items j of advice. Rose must tip the porter (fifty cents) and. be civil to him, but refuse to let him brush her skirls "Just say no, thank you, in a ladylike tone." In tho dining car, the right-hand side of the menu must be con sulted before ordering; after her meal, she must wait for the bill, which would be brought with the ngcr-bovvl. (In Miss A"iy's din ing car, the finger-bowls had had rose leaves floating in tnem. Imaeirie!) Above all, Rose mustn't speak to any person not in her own party, unless perhaps to some verv old and obviously well-bred woman. If a man should speak to her, Rose would be perfectly just ified in not answering. Rose carefully noted these sober counselings and would heed them. rPIIE last few days before the departure were very busy, but the morning of the day itself was dull, because everything had been done. Rose was ready in her navy blue poplin traveling outfit, her trunk had gone, her suitcases were packed and in the hall. A sense of strain prevailed, broken only by Mamma's asking every five minutes whether Rose had her ticket, her billfold, clean handkerchiefs, her trunk check and the tablets to take if she felt trainsick. Papa was out on his route this week and would not be present to see the traveler off, but Mamma, Sidney and Hannah would go to the station, and Jeff would come from the bank to say goodby. Train time was at noon; at eleven o'clock Basil and Mrs. Earle drove up in the surrey. Mrs. Earle had on her lap a box con taining a corsage bouquet of carnations, a token sent by the Blakesville Daughters to the dele gate. Mrs. Earle said she was going to the station and so were many of the other Daughters, there would be quite a crowd. Then Ted Lennert rang the door bell; he had his-father's" automo bile at the curb and, under his arm, a box of candy. At 11:30 Sol Jacoby arrived with a second box of candy and a basket of fruit. Both Ted and Sol said they were going to the station. Fine!"cried Mrs. Earle ener getically. "We'll all go!" So everybody went and at the station nict and coalesced with BY HAL COCHRAN A MULE in Kentucky died after living 36 years. They really are stubborn. tfopur is the place we'd oil live if we made as much money as we try to lead people to think we viahe. An Iowa man of 87 attributes his hardiness to chopping wood and chinning himself 40 times a day. It always pays to keep your chin up. $ A record crop of cranberries , is reported. To go with the : record price on turkeys. The price of shirts never ?ecms to get high enough to keep folks ! from losing theirs on the stock : market.- ' ; what seemed the Daughters' en tire membership. "I do think this is so nice." Miss Amy dabbed at a few tears, as the throng closed about Rose, who was blushing piettily. "So lovely!" Sidney thought it was awTuT, a mob, a rat-race and how could Rose bear it? Stepping back, fan ning herself with her hat, Sidney looked around at the other people, commonplace all of them, starting for prosaic destinations, catchin? this same train. AND then she saw Ace Latshaw. He was lounging against the metal grill which separated the platform from tha tracks, a negli gent posture, a smile on his lips as he gazed past Sidney. "Ace!" she exclaimed, her heart unaccountably racing. His eyes flickered toward her, stopped. "Hello, Ace!" He didn't so much as nod, his eyes were blank. Straightening, he swung on his heel and walked away. Sidney was astounded and irate, j "Well, I'll be darned!" But if he i thought she'd follow him, he was mistaken. He could go to the devil! Sidney turned, flounced through the Daughters, and kissed , Rose on the cheek. : "Have a good time, Rosie!" j The eng' e tootled and throbbed, j . . . "All aboard!" j "Goodby, Rose! Goodby!" j The train puffed slowly down . the track, with Rose waving from j the rail of tte observation car. . . . i The ride home in the Earle sur rey seemed like dead silence after all that din. ' "I hope you're not sorry it wasn't you, Sid," said Basil. "No, angel." "But you're not talking." "I'm meditating." She was meditating c:i Acs Latshaw and the cut direct. Be cause that was Ace, all right; Ace exactly as she remembered him, blond, rakish, terribly handsome, glancing at her without a glimmer of recognition, walking off with his old swaggering gait. "Maybe he has amnesia," Siy thought. "And if he has, I'm glad. The dirty bum!'' (To Cs Ccju;-) DENVER IPi - The Century-old job of naming lakes and streams ed 10-acre lake in an isolated part in the rugged Colorado Rockes is of Arapahoe National Forest has not over yet. A previously-unnam-been named Lake Mahan, honoring Stanley S. Mahan, a U. S. forest ranger killed in a hunting acci dent a year ago. 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