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1 be Plat tsmouth Journal ; Official County and City Taper - ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published eeml-weeltly, Mondays and Thurs days, at 409-413 Main Street, Plattsmouth, CasS County, Nebraska. RONALD R. FURSE FRANK H. SMITH BERNARD A. WOOD Publisher Editor Advertising Mgr. Helen E. Helnrich, News Editor tteAL 'assocnron A JLJk raumyuM NATJC ID1TODIA AS SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year In Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Plattsmouth. By carrier to Platts mouth, 15 cents for two weeks. Entered at the Postcffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mall matter tn ac cordance with the Act of Congress of March 3, 1S7 Furse's Fresh Flashes A THOUGHT FOR TODAY VAV.V.V.VAVAVAV.V.VAVMW.t EDI TORIALS VV HAT LIFE HOLDS AT FIFTY Every now and then, we run across in formation that we think might be. inter esting and pass it on to our readers. Here's an item that should be of particular inter est to our male readers. Fifty' is the dangerous age for men, Rays--an eminent British Psychologist, who points out that some time between 45 and 50, a man realizes that what he is, he is, ancMhere is no turning back. All of his life, says the doctor, the man mayl have been dissatisfied with his job and his status in .he world, looking u?on both as temporary conditions to be altered when his :"dn?ams" come true. Around fify, however, the hoped-for "lucky break" be comes an uncertainty and the individual must give up the relief that he has found in his "dreams." There are only two ways out of the dif ficulty for men at this age, according to the doctor. One is the way of regression, to close one's eyes to the facts of life and go back to an earlier and probably lower level, Changing occupations and swap-i ping wives, in the belief that success in a big way is just ahead, is one expression of this Avay. Another is to live through one's children, identifying the youngsters with himself and attempting to direct their lives- along the line that the father would have.liked to have led himself. The only sensible way out, says the doctor, however, is to frankly recognize one's age and recognize that, so far as the man himself is concerned, much persona advancement is through. Then, forget ting himself, to live for his children, otf others, as they are, rather than as he would like;them to be, and thus take up some worthy cause in the world. There is sense in the observations of the British doctor but, just the same, there is a chance that he has not stated the entire possibilities that exist for a man at this dangerous age. Admitting that a man may labor willingly for years, under the impres sion that his work and his status are tem porary and that between 45 and 50, he comes to the conclusion that his "dream" is fading, there is yet a chance for a man to pull himself together and go ahead. The temperament that allows a man to drift with events and affairs so long as he expects a "break," will often change with the realization that harder work and more intensive application can alone pro duce results. Consequently, when a mail comes to this understanding of himself, he is apt to re-check his course, halt his drift ing and steer more directly for the goal he has had in mind. ' Anyway, whether 45 -or 50, Or 60, life holds much for every man. No one can calculate what can be accomplished in a few years and the records of the past con tain many examples of men and women who have made "much personal advance ment" after passing the age limit set by the eminent psychologist. For these reasons, our advice to men of the ages mentioned is to hold up their chins, strike straight and hard and move ahead. They'll get sofnewhere if their prin ciples are correct. 'LET'S REDUCE TAXES" There is always a Campaign for the re duction of taxes. Everybody wants the "government" to spend money on favored propositions and, at the same time, reduce taxes. " The way to reduce taxes is simple if that is what people want. Let government eliminate all activities that are not essen tial to the functions of government. Thi will cost a great many people their jobs, but it will cut the cost of government and, thereby, reduce taxes. ; COMMUNISTS EASY PROMISERS ! . The Communists in' China-have., pro nj l Ised Tibet regional autonomy in return for ' -alleg-iance peacefully given to Peiping and suggest that this step is nedessary if the Tibetan people wish to avoid "unnecessary ?.-Sjhere is nothing to indicate that the In this day and age you can't judge a woman by her clothes. There's insuffi cient evidence. Was reading an interesting story about the Iowa girl who had been in a train wreck, two automobile accidents and an airplane crash and was still fit and under forty. It will probably be just her luck now to get a run in her hose. Daylight saving time is more than like ly founded on the old Indian idea of cut ting 6ff one end of a blanket and sewing it on the other to make it longer. Miss Emily Post now tells us that pota to chips may be eaten with the fingers. Miss Emily has probably been trying to spear one with a fork. Might we suggest the agriculture de partment get rid of those surplus potatoes by dehydrating them and giving the water to New York City. - We can't answer all the problems that beset farmers but we d6 know that those who raise their own foodstuffs will never go hungry. The child who attempts to reform fa ther and mother ought to be placed be tween the shafts carrying the family load. When Flipper Fanny, our dainty little contour twister, tried on her new bathing suit her mother stated that no one would catch her traipsing up a bathing beach in an outfit like that. Fanny says she doubts if anyone would try. Tibetan forces will be able to prevent Com munist penetration but, certainly, if they are sensible, they do not put much confi dence in the offer of autonomy. The Com munists promise anything to get into a country but, once in, they move toward domination. A Wg WILL C9 f -:. . ',.-.;;. -' A" T - m DOWN MEMORY LANE TEN YEARS AGO Sheriff and deputy seized "Races" ma chine containing $51.45 in nickles at South Bend lake park . . . Mildred Louise Rhoden and Carl Senf were married at the First Christian church June 16th; Rev. J. W. Taenzler performed the rites . . . Thorn ton Baker of the Plattsmouth State Bank staff visited at Shenandoah. Iowa . . . Dr. John E. Gilmore, son of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Gilmore of Murray, was called to duties as surgeon with the U. S. army stationed at March Field, near Los Angeles . . . Mrs. J. Howard Davis entertained for Mrs. Rob ert Lee Hartford of Sweetwater, Texas, formerly Helen Schulz of this city . . . Mr. and Mrs. Jess F. Warga celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary June 15th with a family dinner served in their outdoor living room. -K -K -K 20 YEARS AGO Dr. R. P. Westover was named repre sentative of the grand commandery Knights Templar of the state of Michigan near the grand commandery of Nebraska . . . Large delegation of local business men viewed work of railway shops as guests of "Traffic Tips" club . . . Plane piloted by Mrs. Angela L. Joseph 6f Denver, en route to Madison, Wisconsin, was forced to land in a field on the C. L. Jean farm. Mrs. Jo seph hoped to; gain the distinction 6f being the first woman to fly over Pike's Peak . . . Officers training camp opened at Fort Crook with five mid-west states' college students as members . . . Black and White grocery and market announced formal opening of new meat department. 4k (Copyright, 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS : BIG BUSINESS CONTINUES f O GET JUICY PLUMS FROM ARMY NAVY ; LARGER COMPANIES SPEND MILLIONS ENTERTAINING OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON; CHING'S WIFE COMPARES HIM TO BASS FIDDLE. WASHINGTON It looks as if small business was getting the same old run around from the army-navy, and that big business wag getting the juicy plums, some of them illegally. During the war, the brass hats con tended that the urgency of placing orders forced them to concentrate on big com panies. Result was that six corporations handled 60 per cent of all war contracts. Now, however, with plenty of time and no excuse for favoritism, the army has re cently shown completely unwarranted favoritism toward Westinghouse Electric Company in the buying of water coolers. Though Secretary Johnson made some high-sounding speeches when he'. took; ofr ifice, announcing that he would give - a break to small business, his office did just the opposite in the water-cooler deal. Here are the unfortU'niite facts in the case : When the Chicago army quartermas ter's office requested bids on ?iO0;oot) worth of water coolers, it received sixteen. One Westinghouse bid did not come up to specifications, which under procurement regulations should have barred Westing house from that part of the contract. This was protested by the Sun roc Refrigeration Company of Glen Riddle, Pa. However, when Sunroc protested, the army braz enly turned round and permit ted Westinghouse to change its specifications. This change was made even though the bids al ready had heen closed. ARMY IS OVERRULED Orville Morrison, president of Sunroc. took his case up to the office of Secretary Johnson, but got nowhere. Secretary John son's speeches about a fair deal to small business apparently meant nothing. Finally, however, congressman Manny Celler of New York, m charge of the house monopoly inquiry, got busy, placed the matter before the general ac counting office. There, forth right Lindsay Warren, watchdog of the treasury, promptly de clared the army's acceDtance of the Westinghouse bid illegal. It took great patience and a lot of work to unravel all this red tape, however, which is one reason Congressman Buchanan of Pennsylvania, chairman of the house lobbying committee, has sent a questionnaire to big cor porations asking the cost of their offices in Washington. What Buchanan has in mind is that big companies spend millions maintaining not only Washington offices, but hotel apartments where they enter tain army officers with a view to getting contracts. Small com panies such as Sunroc can't af ford this entertainment labor relations and though he eets kicked around by both sides has done an amazingly good job. If Ching wanted to, he could write a fascinating book about stroking John L. Lewis's mane, coaxing U. S. Steel, and trying to get milk for Washington babies. But probably he will never write the book. The other day, however, he was telling a close circle of friends about trying to settle th; coal strike, and of going up the back stairs of New York hotels trying to avoid newsmen during his talks with John L. Lewis. 'Imagine," said Mrs. Ching, as she looked ud at her 250 pound husband, "trying to hide a bass fiddle." BACKSTAGE APOLOGY Real facts seldom catch up with the headlines, especially when so much is done behind closed doors. However, a former OSS agent. Archbald Van Beuren of New York, contritely apolo gized to the senate committee investigating the McCarthy charges last week. This fact was. little known. Much better known were the earlier headlines, spread by Sen ator McCarthy when he read a sensational telegram from Van Eeuren on the senate floor. - Tn the telegram Van Beuren charged that senate investiga tors probing Amerasia were not interested in getting the true facts, and that when they met with him, they chiefly tried to discredit McCarthy witnesses. Later, however, the author of this telegram came to Washing ton, appeared before the com mittee and completely revamped his story. He admitted that the CAPITOL 1 MEWS J telegram had been cooked up by ex- t McCarthy himself, along with pense. acripps-nowara newspaper ne- Yet when Congressman Bu- porter Frederick Woltman who chanan. Democrat, sent out his is chiefly behind the Amerasia questionnaire it brought imme diate protests from Congressmen Brown of Ohio, O'Hara of Min nesota, and Halleck of Indiana the Republicans on his com mittee. BASE-FIDDLE CHING Cy Ching, who, at six feet four inches, tcwers above most of his fellow men and has hands like ham j, has the thankless job of strikes At the age of 72 he left the U. S. Rubber Company to try to probe, and by Robert Morris, the bitterly partisan Republican counsel for the senate commit tee. Van Beuren testified that Morris and Woltman first pro posed that he send McCarthy the telegram accusing senate in vestigators of whitewash. Then McCarthy himself sent, a tele gram suggesting certain ideas, which Van Beuren then sent back as his own. Later McCar thy read to the senate the tele- help his government with its I gram which he himself had in- Maim Street by Ralph Stein us yssm h3T 1 7 11111 i Jraifhn Soltty Sonia (Compiled by Nebraska Press Association) LINCOLN Politics grabbed the Page One play of statehouse news this week. RepubEcans arid Democrats made their biennial trek to Omaha for their pte-primary conventions, and as the week ended before the conclaves, there was a flurry of filing for major state offices. Two Nebraska congressmen asked their district to send them bacft to Washington for another two years. Karl Stefan, of Norfolk, is seeking his ninth term as Third district repre sentative, while Dr. A. L. Miller, of Kimball, is a candidate for the post he has held since 1943. Both are Republicans. Two Democrats filed for Gov ernor on succeeding days. Har ry R. Swanson, of Omaha, who was the last Democratic secre tary of state, made his first try at a political comeback. Frank Morrison of McCook, who was his party's First district congressional nominee in 1948, also filed for governor. First td file for the Demo's top spot on the state ticket was Walter Raecke of Central City, onetime speaker of the legislature. A 29-year-od Lincoln grocer was the first Democrat to file for the First district congress ional nomination. He is A. Ed ward Neiden. Rep. Carl Curtis, of Mniden, and A. E. J. Alexis, University of Nebraska profes sor, have filed on the G.O.P. slate. A SQUABBLE of long stand ing between the University of Nebraska and State Tax Com missioner Phillip K. Johnson, broke out in the open again last week. Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, of the university started things off with an attack on Johnson during a speech. The chancel lor criticized Johnson's rejec tion of the university's estimate of its income from student fees, and substitution of his own es timate, which the last legis lature accepted. Johnson replied by saying that Dr. GustavsOn was attach ing too much importance to the matter. Johnson reminded that the university had told the 1947 legislature it would get- a little more that three million dollars in student fees, then actually collected about six and a half million. That made the university hopping mad. A spokesman said the whole-thing had been thra shed out with Johnson 10 times, but he remained unconvinced. The university says the $612 million figure is unfair because while it is received in the bien nium Johnson claims, it repre sents payment from the VA for a much longer period. To present its side, the uni versity plans to publish soon a complete financial statement. It will show, the institution claims, that the estimate given the 1949 legislature was "right on the button." A BUILDING PROGRAM for Nebraska national guard and reserve units appears likely if legislation now before congress passes. Brig. Gen. Guy N. Hen ninger, Nebraska adjutant general said the federal govern ment would put up $3 for every dollar of state money. Ne braska has about $500,000 on hand now, but probably the ap propriation wouldn't be ade quate to completely cover a $2, 100.000 program. The state fund was built up under the 1.1 mill building levy passed in 1947. SOME TIME AGO, Charles Marshall, secretary of the Ne braska Farm Council, asked the state highway department for a complete report on its construc tion plans. Last week, State En gineer Fred Klletsch made de livery, a three-page letter and five "documents," totaling 30 pages. A map and .charts roun ded out the package. Klietsch. reported the value of uncompleted projects as of Jan. 1, 1950. as $3,723,981. Work on spired accusing the senate com mittee of prejudice and white washing. It was for his part in this plot to mislead the public that Van Beuren apologized. IGNORING SENATE SUBPOENAS A somewhat similar attempt to mislead , the public was made When M6Carthy brought a for mer FBI man. John Huber, to Washington with the promise that he would give sensational evidence against , Owerr Latti more. Therr the FBI agent sud -'denly Blacked out,- disappeared, and hasn't shown up since. The whole thing fizzled. Real fact is that Huber had no real evidence.. He knew this and presurhably,McCarthy knew it. Undoubtedly that was why McCarthy flew to Washington on the same plane with him, vir tually held his hand to make sure he would testify. However, atter McCarthy deposited Huber at the Carlton.rh.Qtel and went back to his' office,' the unwilling witness ducked. . . ; sSorae .newspapers played up the story as if mysterious? forces surrounding Lattimore had spir-: iteaV Huber out of town which wafe'not true. Actually he was and still u in contempt of the senate for ignoring a subpoena. Put for some &t range reason the senate comnv.Ute continues tc Jet its authority be flouted. 'AGE FOUR Monday, June 19, 1950 Csiff Criticize; Show Appreciation VJtO&tLT In dealing with the subject of handling people, this T Column relates how achievement was accomplished from Wing th proper technique. But today Robert Anderson, New York City, wants to tell yon how he failed because he did not use the right technique. Robert was in India where they were train ing Chinese troops for war service. Among other tilings, they inspected the rifles of the Chinese fpldiers and made necessary repairs. Since all the weapons had serial numbers, it was Robert's job to record1 tftse numbers and make notations. He got fed np with all this paper Work; was much mote interested in Working on the guns themselves. There were others who nreferred the nnor worlL How silly not to give a man the CarneinV work he liked, and in which, naturally, he would be more efficient. So he criticized, condemned. Complained. He condemned his lieutenant who was so short-sighted, and he did it in person. But the army was a busy place; shortcomings of the men often had of necessity to be overlooked. So things went on as they were. One morning, a company formation was called. The captain a' good sort. of guy, stood out in front with the first sergeant who read- off a few new company orders, then proceeded to call forth several enhsted men. That commanding officer really enjoyed handing out promotions and the men felt good all over as they heard their own or their Comrades' names called for promotion. Then suddenly: "T3 Robert J. Anderson." Robert deeped forward; that T5 was now going to be written r4. He marched forward, gave the captain a snappy and respectful salute, and was given "at ease." The sergeant went on: "T5 Robert J. Anderson is reduced to the grade of private reason, inefficiency." Well, maybe that wasn't hard to take. He knew his work- he wasn't inefficient in performing it But he had proved hi'rnW to be. "inefficient" in the matter of discipline. And he knows now that Jie would have been given another stripe instead of having what he had taken from him, if he had only observed a ru which reads "Don't criticize, condemn, complain; instead, show appreciation." And this rule is easily followed, if it is preceded by understanding. the jobs is now underway, he said. Klietsch said estimated funds involved on the primary, secon dary and urban federal aid sys tems totaled $60,558,400, of which $14,028,600 is state money. Klietsch . wrote Marshall: "Because of the tremendous ef fect 6f changing conditions in the amount and kind of traffic using our highways, unpredict able weather conditions, the fact that appropriations might be changed greatly every two years by the legislature, and at the moment, the uncertainty of out financial condition created by the referendum vote to be taken next November on reven ue measures, it would be im practical, misleading and high ly unethical for any state high way official to make definite commitments very far ahead. Therefore, we do not indulge in that form of speculation. BRIEFS: The state highway depart ment's design division went cn a 53-hour week to' expedite pro jects resulting from the May 8 ! floods. I Nebraska's total of cash and bonds on May 31 stood at the record high of $46,557,834, ac- ! Cording to State Treasurer Ed- ward Gillette. Gov. Val Petersen took his : favorite potato salad , recipe j with him to Nebraska City when I he addressed the Rotary Club i there. He gave it to J. Hyde Walter" H. HarordR. Sxhitft U Lebcns Att6rneys-at-Law Donat BIdg. - Plattambuth i Sweet, Nebr. City editor ami publisher who has claimed that potato salad is unfit for hu man consumption. Rose Bush Gets Gay MEMPHIS, Tenn. U.P. A rose bush on the Stephen R. Phelan estate produced pink and red roses for 45 years. This spring it had five different types of roses red, white lav eneder blue, half-red with sky blue edging and half-white ones. Honeymoon Cut Short CHICAGO (U.P. i Desertion followed the ring in short order hr the marriage of Mrs. Anna belle Clarke. 19. Mrs. Clarke charged in an annulment suit, that her husband. John, didn't even wait to sign the register in their honeymoon hotel. Ho left her in the lobby. ..The federal-state. crop report ing service estimates that the gross income from meat animals in Tennessee reached an all time high of $165,259,000 in 1948. A classified Ad m the Journal costs as little as 35c. FOR Dependable Insurance Income Tax Service SEE J. Howard Davis Phon 264 Soennichsen BIdg. Ajd id SET gooi example, paerits sometimes' forget that to a three, six . or nine-year-old, Mother and Dacfdy may seem over whelmingly powerful just because they are grown up. If father arid his friends turned the street signs the wrong way Jn their early days, it will not necessarily be giving Sonny undesirable notions if such a tal slips? lnt s dinner table conversation. As a matter of fact, Sonn rnay gain self conTidence and self - respect frdnr Knowing tnat to sptte of enle's shortcomings owe ean trdW up' WW as responsible' and1 rerhaVkabfe at person as rarf. Sometimes- the relief that comes from hearing that Morher or Father suffered from the same kind of "ba'dness is" startlingly dramatic. Ellen, for example, was as boister ous and bossy as1 the day was long. Her. younger sister was quiet and retiring, .but quite, dependent on Ellen to look out' for her interests in neighborhood affairs, and she was often the victim' 6 the older child's bosSiries. : When; she Was about nine, Ellen began to lye afraid td go" up' td bed alone. She often cried out In her sleep,.. something abtut "wanthif: to.be-"of t-Wj ttg w pusnv. The. waking Elltn was so dif ferert froftirtn dreaming Ellen, af bei1 jtaVeiittf decided ttr talk the intftter 6vet wTta tbi adjhslf iheht fcachef af scffool. After distiussinrf the famny situation, lif was1 agreed that Elieri might ba somewhat resentful of her rather goody-goody sister and feel a bit guilty over this re sentment. So it might be wise to arrange to give Ellen more opportunity to play without hav ing little sister tag along. The adjustment teacher also sug gested that Mother and Father very casually talk about some of their own feelings toward brothers and sisters when they were young. The next evening Mother remarked that she had had a letter from her sis ter. "It's certainly fun to hear from her these days, but when I remem ber how we squabbled when we were little! Why, one day I threw a shovel at her, and I was scared when it nearly hit her." Mother never finished the sentence, foi1 Ellen threw her arms around her mother, "Did you really throw things at Aunt Irma? How funny! Well, I think I'H go upstajrs now." Ellen did not realize why she was able to go upstairs alone, hut her par ents saw that her guilty con science Ead been relieved suf ficiently, so that her fears, and eventually her nightmares, dis appeared. Oif course, hearing about a par- cnt'shorlcongs does not ahvays ,'wiprc"suchf nfca'giei 'butit pols help, AJse, you can pverdo your confes sions. If perchance, your youthful indiscretions ' include things you should be ashamed of such as cheat ing at exams keep them to yourself-. After all, children need an ex ample of honor from their parents. What we have been referring t" are merely admissions that parent are human.