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J J The Plattsmouth Journal ESTABLISHED INT 1881 'u.!ifh-i s-f m i-we c k I y. Mi.nduvs airl Tlmrs du vs. at Main t!t-f-t. 1 'l.-i 1 1 t-rno u t U. miTi!v, Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher FRANK H. SMITH Editor HAROLD TUCKER. . .Advertising Manager O. C. Osterholm. Plant Superintendent Harry Wilcoxen, Manager Job Department Helen E. Heinrich, News Editor pssocwTion NATIONAL CDITCB1AL ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATE: S3 50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. Ey carrier in P.latts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Knfpreii r t the Post"f f Ice at Flattpmouth. Nebraska a ;--rori1 class mail matter in ac oi.i il.-inre -Willi tl f Act of Congress of March EDITORIALS PLATTSMOUTH CAN DO IT For many years a greater share of the citizens of Plattsmouth have been clamor ing for a more adequate street marker sys tem. It cannot h denied that anything resembling- a system would be far superior to what we have at present. It will not be lent: until residents of the city will be jriven the opportunity to prove they are sincere in their demands. An idea hatched at a Chamber of Com morce meeting- many months atro is gradually taking- form. At last Monday night's city council meeting-, the gentlemen steering" your destiny gave the movement impetus by furnishing the cash for the initial order covering a number of intersection markers to be placed in the downtown area Mid on YTintersteen Hill. The latter, of course, v; as to reassure those -on "The Hill'', who have long been under the impression that they are the forgotten peopje. in which w concur. There will be nothing "undo;- cover' in the attempt to secure an adequate street marking system for the city. It is a most expensive undertaking, costing into tiic thousands of dollars, but worth every dol lar of it. Under present plans hou-e num bers will be sold to residents of the citv through youth organizations. These will be sold at a BIG profit. J'ut, remember, this profit will be used to purchase the street intersection markers at S4.40 a r?lr. Complete details of the plan will be an nounced at an early date. Until then, many members of the Chamber have their fingers crossed, but not this newspaper. Plattsmouth citizens have proven them selves capable on numerous occasion:- to go out and get what they want The Journal believes sincerely that Pi-Utsmouth ro dents desire their streets rr;(t hom prop erly identified and will support th' cam paign to the last man and woman We'll bet a freshly laundered shirt and a hand off the old town clock that Platts mouth will have a street marking system they can be proud of by Fail. KILL THE SALES TAX For the first time in Nebraska's history a sales tax measure has reached the floor of the Legislature. This bill will come up for debate in the very near future with strong- pressure group backing. This writer has never been a supporter of a sales tax. having had experience with .his matter in Kansas and several other states. In most instances it has proved nothing- but another tax, more dollars to be divided among departments to pend and spend and spend. We think, up to now, the present Legis lature has done a magnificent job in sift ing the grain from the chaff. We admire the grit of a number of our legislative members, including- Wm. Motzger, for their untiring efforts in scrutinizing the budgets and expenditures of every state agency. We believe most department heads will examine more closely for what and where the tax dollars are going during the coming- year. If it was possible for Nebraska to have a "Homestead Law" patterned after the state of Iowa, a Sales Tax would have some justification. Eut to use a sales tax for a blanket reduction in real estate taxes would be a rank injustice to the workingman or woman. If their is any justice in reducing- the real estate tax on a rental property that is bringing the owner anywhere from $600 to SI, 500 a vear in rents and is on the tax rolls at $80 to S1G3, we fail to see it. To reduce the tax load on the owner occupied dwelling, yes, we can gro along on the basis that it would encourage home ownership. We think our legislative body should study this law very carefully before we g-et our fingers burned. - AS ADVERTISED An oil man in Texas, needing funds to drill a well, advertised for 1,000 investors with $100 each. He guaranteed uncon ditionally that they would get their origin al investment back in ten years and if the well "came in" they would, of course, share in the profits. Within a short period Furse's Fresh Flashes Frank Smith tells us that one of the greatest labor saving devices of today is tomorrow. Sheltered by Eagle Wings be - A pedestrian is a man who can reached easily by automobile. Ji lt takes a baby approximately two years to learn to talk and between GO and 75 years to learn to keep his mouth shut. A lady came in the office the other day to tell us her aunt had fallen down stairs. She said the aunt was not seriously hurt but it bruised her somewhat ar.d hurt her -otherwise. When a local man asked the maid at his house the other day if she knew any thing of the whereabouts of his wife, she told him she thought they were in the wash. A fellow we knew several years ago always said he wanted to die with his boots on. His wish was granted the other day. His girl's husband came home. An airman stationed at the base, when informed that he was to go on an overseas training mission, locked his wife in the house and gave the key to his best friend, saying, "If I don't return from this flight, unlock the house. To you. I entrust it." Two hours after he had taken off. he got this radio message, "You gave me the wrong key." of time the oil man received the $100,000 through the mails. Postal authorities watched the transaction with dubious eyes and quietly began to investigate. They found no basis for complaint. Upon receipt of the money the oil man sent each of the investors a $100 Savings Bond which would mature in ten years. Having spent 75,000 for the Bonds he had $25, 000 in cash with which to operate. At the last report, the well is being drilled. This only brings to mind that thousands of Americans search endlessly each year for buried or sunken treasure searching for the pot of gold at rainbow's end. When will we ever learn that the great est treasure to be found is not buried be neath the earth or deep in the sea treas ures lie in human minds. One creative thought may often be more valuable than all of Captain Kidd's doubloons. Henry Ford, for instance, conceived the idea of an automobile for the common man. It made him the richc man in the world. Which should teach us to dig for treasure in our own mind. Bring from its mystic depths ideas which will serve, build, beau tify, inspire there iies the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. - 'dWnmemoryTane' TWENTY YEARS AGO The Ofe Oil station was visited by burglars . . . Miss Marie E. Kaufmann, local secretary of the Woodman Circle, was elected state chairman of the board of man agers' at Omaha meeting . . . Mr.. E. A. Wurl oualifies for member of the "hole in one" club of local golfers . . . C. A. Spacht. one time instructor in the Plattsmouth high school was elected to head junior college at Bellevue . . . Y. M. B. C. of the Methodist church observed 23rd birthday and organi zation of the class with party at the church .... Cole and Rogers circus was scheduled for April 24th at tourist park grounds, with a parade at one o'clock. TEN YEARS AGO Country home of the Ralph Wiles fam ily was destroyed by fire of unknown ori gin . . . Miss Vera Johnson departed for a visit with relatives on the west coast . . . William Knoflicek was winner of marble tournament, conducted yearly between St. Johns and Holy Rosary church boys, spon sored by Dr. Frank Molak . . . J. R. Sme tana, former resident, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alois Smetana, who was director of Me morial Park cemetery at Sedalia, Mo., patented an automatic casket placer. HEBKV-go-bound (Copyright. 1949. By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : DEMOCRATS PLAN ON SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS THIS SUM MER; TRUMAN STANDS BY FED ERAL CONTROL OF TIDELANFS OIL; SEN. TAFT URFS "NEW DEAL" FOR REPUBLICANS. WASHINGTON. A tip-off that the Democrats are definitely planning a special session of Congress this summer was let out of the bag the other day by Senate Ma iority Leader Scott Lucas. He :ipped his hand in a recent private conversation with Sen. James Eastland, Mississippi Dixiecrat. Eastland stopped Lucns in the Senate cloakroom and with a shrug toward the Senate floor, remarked: "What are the Republicans doing, try ing a slow filibuster to wreck the Presi dent's program?" "Yeah," snorted Lucas, looking both ways to make sure no Republicans were within earshot. "But they're just cutting itf2 I I' ll r it MEMORIAL FCLNDAHON US Si -.5;i i -a ..(.:. 7 - LJSL vxx&r HERO'S FAMILY More than 100,000.090 commemorative stamps issued by the Memorial Foundation of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are now being enthusiastically bought by the Order's members throughout the United States and its possessions to guard the wel fare of such families as this, the group which served as models lor the symbolic stamp (inset). Henry Gosselm, of the Fourth Marine Division, died on Saipan in 1944. but hts widow and children. Henry, Jr., and Lorraine Ann, of Butte. Montana, are secure in the knowl edge that the youngsters' future health and education are assured by the memorial fund of the F. O. E. Already at the $3,000,000 mark, it will grow greater by the stamp sale among over 1,000,000 mem bers, to guarantee continuing aid to mo. e than 1,250 sons and daugh ters ol Eagles who died in World War II. their own throats. We're going to get the President's program through. "We're going to let them go on like they are until we adjourn," he continued. "Then we'll call a special session this summer and come back and pass the Presi dent's program. After that, we'll go to the people and tell them the reason we had to call a spe cial session was because the Re publicans caused a sitdown strike in the United Slates Senate. "There isn't a man on the Re publican side who has any idea of politics." Lucas added. "As long as they have men like Wherry (minority leader Ken neth Wherry of Nebraska', they're no: going to get any where." Til) ELANDS OIL Salt Lake City's dignified, white-haired postmn-'pr. I. A. Smoot. called on President Tru man the other day to .-.lead for a stron? hand in crushing the oil lobby. The lobby is now push ing another bill throuah Con gress to restore the rich Tide lands oil to the states. There was no hedging in Tru man's reply. "As long as I am Presider.'.' he declared, "I will never pr mit the submerged oil lands to go back to the states." TAFT AND NEW DEAL Probably more than anyon? else, Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio is the personification of the Re Reuublican party. Therefore, when he called for a broader so cial program in an off-th-cuff speech the other day, it had the effect of shifting the G. O. P. cornerstone a few point- to the left. Taft's statement was delivered behind closed doors and was meant only for the eats of Re publican senators. Part of what he said has already leaked to the press, but for the first iime here is the full story of what hap pened. The stage was set for Toft's lemarks bv his Ohio colleague Sen. John Backer, who ca led f a tightening of the economic lelt and a return to the standards of Rublican thrift. Bricker's preachini -was chief ly aimed against public housing, and in favor of his neat strategy to kill public housing by takin? an anti-segreeation amntrpnt m the bill. This would dratc civil riQhts into the housins fight find solit the Democratic nanv ritht down the Mason-Dixon linp. Ericker sup-bested limiting debate on th1 anti-soTPcation amend ment bv two-thirds cloture and. fnr political reasons, divorcing the Fireiiments from the public housine issue. TAFE GETS TENSE After more of this kind of talk from Mundt of South Dakota and Malone of Nevada. Taft jumped to his feet and tensely took the arch-conservatives to task. It was time, he declared, to draw the line between the Demo cratic and Republican parties. The difference, he said, was not in ideals but in methods. "The Republicans stand for improved standards of living." he crackled. "But we believe in welfare without regimentation." He contended that federal aid l'cr housing, health and educa tion "do not depart from the basic principles" of the Consti tution. Republicans are already supporting welfare programs in the cities including slum clear ance, free medical service and ire1 education, he pointed out. Federal aid was just an exten sion of this program, he said. "Of course Republicans must support the free -enterprise sys tem," Taft warned. "But we had better take care of those in the ! lowest income brackets or we 1 m Or a RASRA NEB bv JAKES C OLSON, Superintendent STATS HISTOBICAL SCCISTT A highly ccrroversial figure in Nebraska territorial politics was Mark W. Izard, governor of the territory during the years 1855-57. Governor Izard was born in Kentucky and reared in Ala bama. At the age of 23 h? mar ried the daughter of George Shackleford. a prominent resi dent of Charlestown. South Carolina, and moved to Mount Vernon. Arkansas, then cn the edge of Win wilderness. He ac quired considerable property, in cluding a rather large number of slaves, and rose to prom inence in Arkansas politics, serv ing both as speaker of the house and president of the Senate in the Arkansas legis lature. He was appointed United Slates marshall for Nebraska frritory in October, 1854. and u'jeut two months later won ap- will lose the free-enterprise sys tem." He then invited Senators Bricker. Mundt and Malone to "come down and take a look, at our slum conditions." "If we follow the Mundt Malone line," he warned, "there won't be any Republican party." BPvICKER'S BACKGROUND Taft got a big hand from his colleagues, after which Bricker broke in sharply. "I dont want to be placed in the category of someone who is against people,' he snapped. "All my life I have given 10 to 15 per cent of my income to charity. For several years I have served on the Community Chest. I am as deeply concerned about the common man as anyone else." Ericker didn't mention, of course, the fact that he is a .di rector of the Buckeye State Building and Loan association, affiliated with the powerful U. S. Savings and Loan league, and a part of the real estate and anti housing lobby. At one time the leaeue's bulletin gleefully boast ed how Bricker had obligingly introduced four Senate bills to helo the lobby. The man who got Bricker his job with Buckeye is his staunch political supporter, John Gal breath, a power among Ohio real estate financial circles. Ohio politicians sometimes say that Bricker does not even shave in the morning without consulting Galbreath. Senate colleagues recall that William L. Kaiser, an ex-capitol policeman, once fired two wild shots at Bricker in the Senate subway. Kaiser claimed he lost money in the building and loan association run by Galbreath and closed by Bricker when attorney general of Ohio. Note The business end of the G. O. P. meetine was devoted chifly to nublic housins. Taft outlined his proeram. which in cluded $500 rrants to farmers for buiidine outhouses. At this Wis consin's Senator Joe McCarthy jumped up. "Wpuld the senator consider an amendment," he asked inno cently, "to provide a $500 grant for similar facilities for lady members of the Senate?" McCarthy referred to the fact that Maine's Margaret Chase Smith has been pressuring for a ladies' room near the Senate chamber ever since she took office. point men' as the second gover nor of Nebraska from a long list of applicants. The new gov ernor's oath was administered in Washington, and after a I::.g and arduous trip he ar rived in Nebraska. February 20. 1955, to take over the reins of territorial government from Sec retary Thomas B Cuming, who had served as acting governor since the death of Governor Burt. Governor Izard encountered serious opposition from the very beginning. In the first place, he was looked upon as a "carpet-bagger" by many dis appointed applicants for his job including Cuming who had lived in the territory all of a few months. In the second place, he was accused of forming an al liance with Omaha interests to the detriment of the rest of the territory. This charge was levied against vitually every territorial exec utive (Acting Governor Cum ing, you will recall, had been bitterly assailed on the same groundst but Governor Izard gave substance to the charge by his failure to travel about the territory as much as his constituents thought he should and by his veto of a bill remov ing the capital from Omaha. Governor Izard's capacity for the job of chief executive fre quently was called into question by his contemporaries, and the territorial press often referred to him contemptuously as "Gov ernor Lizard." Weary of this sort, of criticism, he resigned in 1857 and returned to Arkansas, where he died in August, 1866. Although never achieving the brilliance exhibited by men like Cuming, Richardson and Mor ton, it is evident from the record that Governor Izard made a conscientious effort to effect an efficient administration of the territory's affairs. His chance for a permanent place on the map of Nebraska was removed when the county originally named alter him was named Stanton in honor of Lincoln's Secretary of War. THE PLfiTTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, Monday. April 18. 1949 SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAUL THRLL jar "HOW TO WIN FRICNDS and Author of INFLUENCE PEOPLE" D. Carnegie CAPITAL NEWS (Compiled by Neb. Press Ass'n.) Lincoln, Neb. Nebraskans will have a first and second choice of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the state's presidential election, un der a measure enacted by the legislature. Sen. John P. McKnight, Au burn, sponsored the bill he said will perfect the state's presi dential preferential elect ion, al ready nationally recognized as a valuable testing ground of mid-western, grass-roots senti ment on candidates for, the nominations. The act also will preclude "favorite sons" from back-room deals for their own political ad vantage, McKnight said. He pointed out a politician might file as candidate for the presi dential nomination even though he had no chance of being given it at the national convention, and IJhen trade Nebraska's votes for political consideration. A HALF CENTURY a.o a magazine puUULcr got excite. 1 over the lack of enthusiasm of the employees he contacted. Most of them were dull, apathetic, did their work in a routine way. lie knew that this was a common trait of workers, for ho had checked on them lor 2' years. lie had learned, during these year?, that those who had no enthiiar.i stayed in the same groove, made little or no progress, re mained pretty much at the same salary level, and changed jobs frequently. He was so fired with indignation over this trait of the average man that he dashed off an article about it, dashed it off on the spur of the moment, at white heat. It struck home to thousands and thousands of readers, em ployers and employees alike. Readers of his little magazine in which the article appeared sent for extra copies, dozens of them. Charles II. Daniels, gen eral passenger agent of the New Yurk Central railroad at the time, ordered thousand? of copies for the employees of the rail road. Twenty years later, the publicity department, recalling the good that article had done, repeated that act. From Russia came a big order, a copy for ever- soldier engaged in the war with Japan. Within a few years forty mil lion copies had been printed. This article is called "A Message to Garcia." If you haven't read it, do so at once. No doubt your public library lias it. Now, check your associates. You will find that the man who has enthusiasm is forging ahead. He may not be voci ferous, he may be a very quiet type of man; it isn't neces sary for enthusiasm to make a noice. But if he hasn't en thusiasm, he will fall into a rut. Next, check yourself. Do you want to remain all your life just where you are now? It?s up to you! Just do good work, do what is expected of you, and you'll probably hold your job as long as you want it. But develop enthusiasm, do more than is expected of you, and the chances are that given time you will increase your income, your influence and power. There's really so little enthusiasm extant that it gets a lot of appreciation. Now be careful. I don't mean noisy talk. I mean true enthusiasm, a real and true liking for your work. Also enacted was Sen. Ed Hoyt's (McCooki bill setting a minimum age for children en tering school. The child must be six by Oct. 15, or pass special tests to demonstrate their capabilities. said, will impose strict check reins. The unicameral said "no" to requests for salary raists for state officials. A motion to I override the miscellaneous ap propriations committee's deci sion to kill 21 salary increase bills drew only a 15-to-2G vote. Friends of the proposal fcr higher pay argued that bock keepers and farm hands often draw more money than officials charged with the responsibility of administering state govern ment. They urged other sena tors to provide pay commen surate with the duties of each office, and to eliminate all per sonalities in considering the matter. Sen. William Kern. Chadron. led the opponents. He argued commodity prices have dropped recently, and he reminded the lawmakers that voters in cities and towns across the state re jected virtually every bond is sue proposed in the recent elec tions. That, he said, should be a warning that the taxpayers would take a dim view of a move to increase taxes for higher salaries. Kern said he would go along with any move to enlarge pay checks of minor workers who draw in the neighborhood of $120 a month. ! "I don't see how they man- age." he said. "But men getting s S3.000 to S5.C00 a year are going j to get along all right." i State Treasurer Edward Gil j lette reported counties received i S518.91G in gasoline tax distri 1 butions last month, compared I to S304.505 in February. Of the ! total S1.199.S12 March revenue, ; S518.917 went to the state high i way department. $311,350 to ; counties for regular road con ! struct ion, $297,565 to the coun ties for graveling rural and star : mail routes under the Schroeder , Road Act. $143,429 was refund : ed farmers for tax paid cn gas used for agricultural purposes, I and $18,049 to cealers for re ' funds. It is estimated that Navy personnel are in status at all times. 25.000 travel Senator W. Halsey Bohlke, Hastings, has a resolution be fore the legislature calling for appointment of a little un American activities committee. The resolution would appropri ate $25,000 to finance a nine member committee of senators. Bohlke fears subversive or ganizations are infiltrating into schools, colleges and universi ties, and he wants to stop the activity at that level. The committee would have broad powers. It would be au thorized to meet anywhere, any time, to subpoena witnesses, and require them to submit ail books, records and reports call ed for. Some senators have labeled the proposal "a dangerous witch hunt." Schoolmen have lost their hopes for legislative action to provide state aid for schools. In a single day, legislative committees killed tills appro priating $12,000,000 a year for public schools, and prescribing the formula for distributing the money. ? 0 P V) Jucce55Hil I avenuioo tliood The all-important budget bill may be ready for introduction April 18, according to Budget Committee Chairman John Cal lan, Odell. And he says it is the best appropriation bill ever pre pared for the legislature. Callan long has urged careful budgeting in all departments, with the legislature well in formed as to all money spent. i In the past, many government departments submitted such it imization only for tax money spent. Revenue collected through special fees and other cash ac counts was spent according to the judgment of the department chief. The 1949 budget bill, Callan MKS. UA I nth Ml lUftnAU tUWAKIft "Jfl Associate Editor, Parents' Magazine in cooking try getting along with out it as Eritish housewives have had to do and you'll appreciate it! and the mother who plans her meals carefully can substitute cream soups, rice cooked in milk instead of water, milk sherbets, custards, puddings, etc. Here is the diet requirement for a year-old child: Milk: 4 cups each day, either as a beverage or in cooked food. Fruit: i cup of orange or to mato juice and one other fruit, such as 1 to 2 tablespoons of strained prunes, applesauce or Bcraped ripe banana. Cereal: to cup of whole grain or enriched cereal each day, with 1 to 2 slices of enriched bread. Eggs: 1 a day, if possible, at least 5 a week. Meat: 1 serving of lean meat, liver or fish once or twice a week. Vegetables: 2 servings, totaling 3 to 4 tablespoons of cooked, strained vegetables green leafy or yellow each day, in addition to potatoes. It may at first look difficult to buy food that will furnish these needs of growing children, but actually it Is simpler than to buy for the fussy family appetites which develop if children do not require good eating habits. It is a whole lot easier, too, to cock vegetables or serve them raw, to broil meat and fix simple desserts than to spena hours frying things in deep fat and baking in numerable pastries as used to be ex pected of a "good provider." T700D is one of the most important factors in giving children a good start in life. The food a mother eats before her child is born, the food she feeds him as a baby and the food habits she fosters in the grow ing child determine how well and strong he is as a youngster and also j affect his mental and emotional de j velopment." I These are the words of Blanche : M. Stover, an authority in the field of nutrition, one of the most vital responsibilities of a mother. But the new emphasis on feeding the family is that you no longer need to be grim about insisting on certain foods. The child vs. spinach battle was a losing one and rather ridiculous when you look back on it. On the other hand, we don't want to return to the oppo site extreme when youngsters were allowed to make whole meals of their favorite foods only. If there was sweetcorn for dinner a pampered child would eat nothing else and tha sweets and starches that were consumed with practically noth ing to balance them made some mighty plump and irritable clti zens. Today's mother Is no longer Just a cook who puts three meals a day on the table she Is a nutritionist who starts with the minimum food needs of her family and plans meals that provide them. If the four daily cups of milk a child requires present a problem, there's no need to force the child to drink all of them. Milk is one of the most-easily used foods