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f THE JOURNAL, PLANTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1947 ACE TWO fA 14 past W senr 10 . Mild '. tend 11 7 U ing pari tion The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED 1381 Tubliihcd stmi-wtekly, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main StrceC Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, by The Journal Pub lishing Company. . LESTER A. WALKER Publisher Entered at the Postotfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in ac- cordance with the Act of Congress of March I 3.1873. 'm SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3 per year, cash in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts- l muth. Ey carrier in Plattsmouth, 15 cents far two weeks. The First Job in Greece The President's request for aid to Greece must have raised in many minds a que '-tion which one newspaper ex- - pressed thus: "If the Greek g-overn- 1 mint really represents its people, why ' it is now in peril of collapse unless I riscued by us?" ; Very likely a truthful answer would 2 ha that the present Greek government Z is- not really representative. Most A'mercian correspondents in Greece at - tbx1 time of the elections gave the im- pression that the voters chose a return - of the monarchy as the lesser of two - evils. . There seems little doubt that the monarchy is reactionary and intoler ant." American writers covering the - border fighting in northern Greece - including one representative of strong- ly anti-Russian papers ihave stated 2. that the government lumped all oppo Z sition under the single label of com-- munism. As a result many sincere, an- - ti-Comrnunist Greeks of progressive views seem to have been hounded by the government into an opposition df- rected and supported by Communists. '2 . Dut to say that the present Greek government is not representative does not destroy Mr. Truman's position. Let Z us take the question quoted in the first paragraph and substitute "British" for T '''Greek.'' The Uritish government reallv rep resents ita people. Yet it must foresee trie possible danger of economic col lar. Otherwise, it scarcely would be polling out of Greece and appealing to the United States to take over. - ".Collapse of the Greek economy, - tiQwever, would surely be followed by political collapse. The anti-Commun- Z ist opposition to the monarchy would be as exhausted and helpless as the monarchy itself. Z The grave diplomatic implications - of Mr. Truman's speech have tended - to overshadow the tremendous task T facing American dollars and American Z technical experts in Greece. The coun try is agriculturally unproductive ov er the great bulk of its area. It is in dustrially undeveloped. Obviously there is a vast emergen cy" job t- be done in agriculture, rec lamation, reconstruction, roads and transportation, business, industry, banking, and almost every aspect of livelihood. Perhaps when this job is - far enough advanced to put Greece on her feet, a more representative govern- - ment can be formed. It is doubtful that the American gov- - ernment would long support a reaction- 3 ary regime under its direct protection. It is also doubtful that it would oppose a-more socialistic government than our - own, provided that it represented the Z free choice of a free majority. Z Iiut these considerations are for the Z future. The immediate need is to stave Z off., econmic. collapse., in.. Greece, - strengthen the country's defenses, and - prevent the imposition of a totalitar- r ian government by outside force. - ; MERRY-SO-R0UHP By DREW PEARSON - 'WASHINGTON For months operators of " lace tracks, roller-coasters and gambling ca !!2 smos have been lettin;: veterans housing take - a. back scat while they thumbed their noses building control.. Today (March SI) how 11 eer, the famous Tanforan race track near I 'silo Alto. Calif., is scheduled for a slaptiown from forthright IT. S. Judge George 13. Hur- - ris in San Francisco. 7" - -Cehind this is, some highly interesting hack- - gfound showing how a little group of men, if hufficienlly ruthless, can give the government Z the runa round, while the boys who lived in foxholes .tonlinue to pound the pavements look ing for apartments. Z The story logins back List June 2, and June 22, when this columnist called the attention lf Civilian Production officials to the wide-scale thvailins ct buildirg controls by-the Tanforau - leicc track and au'cltd U;ut i.oiatUaii be done about it: Something wa done despite the screams of anguish from the race-track boys, who not only denied this column's allegations but threat ened a libel suit and all sorts of dire conse quences. Civilion Production officials promptly issued an order stopping the use of new building ma terials in the reconstruction of the track which had been used by the navy during the war. To some builders this action would have been sufficient to remind them of their alleged pa triotism They would have r.emembered all the line wartime promises made to the Toy3 who were winning the battles, and hung their heads in shame. But not the Tanforan race track crowd. To them watching the ponies romp home and listening to the cash register click was much more important than keeping wartime pledges. Appealing to Washington So they appealed the government's order, and again were tunred down. Then they appealed a second time, going into federal court to ask that the government's order be set aside. In October U. S. Judge Adolphus St. Sure said, no. Tanforan was permitted to use its own salvage materials, but nothing more. . But the Tanforan race tracketeers were avar icious, also tenacious. In December they filed a new appeal in San Francisco and also went over local officials' heads to Washington. And though Washingtno tunred them down, they quietly went ahead with their building plans, spending an alleged total of $300,000 on new naterials during the period they were under orders not to spend anything. For some reason, however, the government did nothing alxut this not until very recently. Criminal Action at Ileno At Reno. Nevada, however, officials were mere forthright. On June 22, this column re ported that lumber from the Tanforan race track "went to build a gambling house at Lake Tal.oe, Nev., owned in part by E. V Heple, Tanforan's contractor. The Tanforan people claimed all this lumber went to veterans," The Merry-Go-Round stated, -But this is not true Actually part of it went to the gambling joint in direct violation of a CPA order." This column was also denied with especial vigo:-. However, the payoff came when U. S. District Attorney Mules Pike in Reno "brought a criminal action against Heple and his asso ciates in the "Tahoe sky harbor casino." They were fined $7,500. Meanwhile, near Palo Alto, Calif. Herbert Hoover's hometown the Tanforan boys con tinued to fix up their race track, grandstands, cafeteria, paddock and barn at a total reported cost of around $2,000,000 -Respite the repeated orders of ti.e federal government. Their flout ing of the government appeared so willful that ' lumor got around that they had an '"in" with somebody very high up. So far this rumor is unconfirmed. It re mains a fact, however, that while criminal ac tion was brought by the U. S. District Attor ney in Reno, no criminal move was made by officials in San Francisco. finally, however, officials bestirred them selves and started civil action. Instead of pun ishing Tanforan for their willful violations, the Civilian Production Administration merely ask ed Judge Ha His for an injunciton to stop building operations. The injunction was grant ed. This was on Feb. 14. But even an injunction by a federal court did not seem to faze the race-track boys. For on March 21, Judge Har ris cited Tanforan officials for contempt of court for allegedly willfully violating his re straining order. The hearing on this violation takes place today. However, the interesting thing about this contempt citation va that the judge himself initiated it. He ordered the U. S. Attorney, Frank J. Hennessey, to prepare the citation. CPA officials apparently were standing on the sidelines doing nothing about Tanforan's con tinued use of building materials, so the alert judge decided to move himself. U. S. Attorney Hennessey, asked why he had not prosecuted the Tanforan crowd, explained: "We had received no retort on the violation. We are not supposed to make investigations, but to prosecute after the investigation is made, and we get a report on it." CPA officials in San Francisco, when asked why they hadn't recommended prosecution, said : "All our reports have gone to Washington. We have referred everything to Washington for their decision." Asked whewTer it was usual to let an offend er off with civil action rather than criminal punishment, CPA officials again passed the ouck to Washington. In Washington CPA Counsel Harold Price admitted that the Tanforan report was on his desk and explained that it was such a lengthy document he had not had time to study . it. Told of San Francisco rumors that someone high-up had tipped off the Tanforan racing fra ternity that there would be no criminal pros ecution if they ignored building controls, Price said: "They never got any such indication from us." Nevertheless, the fact remains that for some unexplained reason there has been no criminal action against Tanforan. Lobby Learns Secrecy There was a day when Uic operators of the power lobby made headlines. Now the boys have learned that if they work quietly behind the scenes they get -much further. So without benefit of headlines the other day the power lobby stalled its all-out drive to keep the federal government out of the power busi ness altogether. On the house side of Uic capital, members of the Reclamation Association demanded that the federal government stop spending money on reclamation and ixnver projects in the west, while on the senate side Senator Elmer Thom a3, the Oklahoma democrat and cotton spec ulator, submitted a bill vmch would take the fedc 1 government out of the power business entirely, except for the Tennessee Valley Au thority. Thomas would even have the government sell all the power from its present dams in cluding the huge Grand Coulee, Shasta and Lonneville dams- to private companies at copt, witn the private companies then per nutted to sell power to the public after taking their cut. In the past, the cheap power provided by federal jwcr projects has forced the private utility company -s to lower rates. Actually, Una has resulted in increasing their business, However, Senator Thomas would not let Uie private companies charge their own rates (sub ject to nominal regulation by the federal pow er commission) and turn over to them wl" cheap power produced by the government " iCoiyxi-ht, l'ji, Vy the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) South Ashland Mrs. John RemiMM Mr. and Mrs. William Zeigen bein and Rickie of Crete, and Mr. and Mrs. Orvifle Sandy spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Richards. La Von Vance spent Saturfiy night with Joan Richards. Joan Richards spent Sunday with La Von Vance. Mr. and Mrs. W. .J inke of ! VTalton spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stander. Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Nesson cf Marauette, Neb., spent Monday morning at the Cecil Stander t heme. j Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bundy and boys were dinner guests of Mr. ! boys were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sowards. Mrs. Harlod Richards, Mrs. Kenneth Roeber and John srent M-o n d a y afternoon with Mrs. Bruce Sowards." Ernestine Gilmore of Omaha, spent Sunday night and Monday with Mrs. Harry Farmer. Mr. and Mrs. George Boroman, j Jr. and Ruth Elaine spent the j weeK-ena at ue ueurge uunnnun Sr. home. Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Keller -and family spent Sunday afrnoon at the George Bornman Sr. home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stander were Monday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Rceber. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roeber pr. I John were shoppers in Lin coln. Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reister of j Mantey spent Sunday atternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ken reth Roeber. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Keetle and children were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farmer no Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Farmer on and daughter were Sunday dinner ruests of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Keiser. i Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Yardley and aughter were Sunday dinner priests of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard , Roeber. Mr an.d Mrs. Herman Gikemeier were supper eruests. Mr. and Mrs. John Remmenja took Mrs. C. Remmer.ga to the hnrtic of her son. Nel Renmenga on Friday. They also called on Mr. nd Mrs. Clarence Brinkman of Palmyra. Chalk Carter and Mrs. Lloyd Anson called on Mr. and Mrs. John Jones on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Campbell ajd children called on Mr. and Mrs. John Jones Friday evening. John Bricker of Lincoln was a Tuesday called at the Harry Bricker home. Joyce Farmer spent Monday evening with the Harold Kellogg children. Mrs. Henry Klipp called, on Mrs. Harold Kellogg Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nelson a.id girls spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Or- ville Sandy at Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peters and Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson at tended the Legislative Ladies League dinner dance at the Stu dent Union building in Lincoln on Thursday evening. . Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stenberg and twins, and Mrs. Emma Olson were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.' and Mrs. Dale Rager and Lois. Mrs. George Bachman and chil dren spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. GU3 Woitzel. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fries spent Sunday afternoon vith Mr. and and Mrs. Wayne Rogers. They al so spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rager. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rau of Omaha were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bricker. Mr. nad Mrs. Carl Babbitt of Sutherland, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Emory Babbitt and boys of Brule, Neb., and Paul Eabbitt of Lincoln came Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman. Miss Phyllis Moore of Omaha spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan E. Arm strong were Sunday afternoon callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman. John Yost and son, Lloyd of Champion, Neb., spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bachman. Mr. ami Mrs. Milton Bachman were als oguests. Bachman home were Mr. and Afternoon callers at the A. D. Mrs. Myron May, and Marsha Mr.son. Monday, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bachman and Mrs. Emma Jones drove to Glenwood, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bontz called pnd Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pager were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Neukam. Mrs. Ed Jipp and Sandra Kay spent -Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Parks. Frank McReynolds spent Thurs day night with Sam McReynolds. Mrs. Willa Weldon and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mansfield and Sam spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Metheyn in Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. John Remmenga and Manorie spent "Sunday eve ning with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eckery of Alvo. church. Relatives of Art McQuinn have received word from him that he has reached California and bought a general store in a suburb of San Diego. ,. Mrs. E. .M. Rathe of Omaha, English teacher in the Bellevue schools, visited her mother over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Mel vin Todd and son and daughter, Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Rathe drove to Omaha, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shaffer and two sons were Sunday evening- dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cogdill. Mrs. G. E. Patterson was a Lin coln shopper one day last week. Lowell McQuinn started work at the Officers' club at Fort Crook" last Monday. ' Lawrence and Norma Zorn of Auburn spent the week end at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. -Earl Zorn. Mr. and Mrs. Ermona Moore of Lincoln were supper guests of Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snodgrass last Thursday evening. Supt. Blount and Prin. Harold Denny were Lincoln visitors last Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snodgrass were Sunday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Comer. KOXICE to REAL ESTATE OWNERS 1946 Real Estate Tax due Jan. 1, 1947 First Pament Delinquent May 1, 1947 Second Payment Delinquent Sept. 1, 1947 Delinquent taxes draw interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. Tax statement will be mailed upon request. 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