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Mm p" - ... i ' i j EDITORIALS DIRECTIONS: SWALLOW WITH CAUTION! The editor of this newspaper receives a modest compensation for exposing his views upon various subjects to the readers of the Journal. There are easier ways of making money, of course, but, after all, one must eat. Every reader of the The Journal, by virtue of having paid his money to receive this Journal, is entitled to read and re flect upon what the editor thinks, without extra charge. As a special bonus readers are likewise privileged to tell their friends what a nut the writer is and how screwy is his thinking. Our good nature is demonstrated by the willingness with which we encourage such declarations and denunciations. There is no necessity for any individual to make a serious study of any subject be for giving vent to emotions, prejudices, suspicions and, shall we say, wisdom? The editorial writer operates under a slight handicap, however, in that what he says appears in a permanent form, not to be subsequently forgotten and lightly re pudiated. If he is honest in his labor to un earth part of the truth that needs to be remembered and to develop honest think ing on the part of readers, he is not inclin ed to become violently partisan or to sat isfy those who insist that everything be black or white, right or wrong, good or evil. The present writer has emphasized time and again that he is not out to con vert anybody, to anything. Nothing that appears in these columns seeks to alter the reader's views or to promote any in terest. It should be taken for what it is worth, if anything, and swallowed with great caution. EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE "If the skipper of the Ship of State asked you to help reef a sail in a stormy sea you respond willingly and offer your services quickly, even though you do not approve of how some of the sails are set." This quotation is taken from a recent statement issued by Adolph Smutny, now serving on a committee to voluntarily res train credit, although disapproving tfhe policies of the government in dealing with inflation. This statement demonstrates his loyalty to this country despite his views on monetary and inflationary issues, which, no doubt, exhibit his independence, initia tive and intelligence. The nation has millions of citizens, who are ready to give their services if they can direct the parade. What the rountry needs is a greater number of cit izens, ready to serve like Mr. Smutny, des pite differences of opinion, but in order to assist all of us to solve our emergency problems and maintain the sound economy upon which the nation's permanence de pends. TRIMS "VOICE OF AMERICA" , The "Voice of America," hailed by many as the effort of the United States to counteract the "big lie" of the Commun ists with the truth, broadcast throughout European regions, ran into difficulties When its appropriation came before "the House of Representatives. The members of the lower House by an unrecorded voice vote, slashed the $97, 500,000 sought by the State Department to $9,533,030. The sentiment seemed to be that the management of the information programs was poor and the planning lague. It is very difficult for average per sons to pass on the value of such broad casts. It is possible, of course, that propa ganda of great value gets through the iron curtain and that accurate news stories help the cause of-the free nations. It is again possible that no such results are obtained, THOUGHT FOR TODAY Xccds there groan a world in anguish just la teach us sympathy. - R. Browning The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Published semi-weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 109-413 Main Street. Pletts mouth, Cass County. Nebr. ?FR- FUSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter Helen E. Heinrich & Donna L. Meisinger Society - Bookkeeping & Circulation i$toanoni A ft i. ii mm -m If WWOPt ISSSL SECTION n CASS ' COUNTY'S NEWSpaper Furse's Fresh Flashes Serving Plattsmouth and Cass County for Over Seventy Years NOW IT'S UP TO US Our Missus is not over anxious for color TV to arrive she's afraid it might clash with the wallpaper. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, reports that tight clothes do not necessarily stop a girl's circulation. "Fanny tells us the tighter clothes she wears, the more she circulates. To those folks who like a great quan tity for a small price, we suggest they buy themselves a nickle's worth of blue grass seed. Nature is grand right now but soon the weeds will begin to grow. The trouble with getting ahead in life is staying ahead. About the most potent poison we know of is an airplane one drop and you're dead. We don't know which is the hottest, a new pipe, a baked potato, a woman's temper or a cold war. A single girl and her telephone number are soon parted. We know some kids around town who are so anxious to have themselves a tinm they don't care much if it's a good one. Every man is a sucker if you know his kind of bait. The most misunderstood wife in our estimation is the local woman who asked her husband to bring home a - quart of lacquer. The best way to win an argument with a woman is just listen. DOWN MEMORY LANE THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, April 26, 1951 Section C PAGE ONE Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second class mall matter in accordance with the Act Of Coneress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties. $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth. 20 cents for two weeks. OA YEARS AGO 1 Plattsmouth had the experience of a visit by persons who circulated bogus $5 and $10 bills in local stores. The bills were very crude in their printing and much different in the "feel" from regular U. S. currency but in the rush of Saturday bus iness this feature went unnoticed by clerks receiving same. One suspect was rounded but later released for want of proof . . . Lois Troop of Nehawka was winner of first and second prizes in the Cass County spelling contest recentlv held at Omaha. I A YEARS AGO 1 U Mrs. Clement Woster was elected one of the forty-eight delegates to attend the supreme convention of P.E.O. to be held in Victoria British Columbia on Septem ber 9 to 11, a pleasing recognition to Mrs. Woster at the state convention at Fremont . . . City Attorney J. Howard Da vis was host to members of the official family of the city at Hotel Plattsmouth, to mark his retirement from the office to devote his entire time to private practice, and other business activities . . . Robert Linville, chef at Hotel Plattsmouth enter ed upon new duties at an Omaha cafe. (Copyright, 1949. By the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: SOME U.S. DOCUMENTS, MEMOS ON KOR EAN WAR, IF USED APART FROM OTHERS, COULD PROVE ALMOST ANY POINT; HOW JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF MEN OF VARYING AGES, PERSONALITIES REACT ED TO VARIOUS MACARTHUR PROPOSALS. Washington. When the Senate Arm ed Services committee starts sorting out all the memos and telecom messages ex changed between the pentagon and Gen eral MacArthur the public may become more confused than ever about who is right in the big debate. For several documents and memos prepared during various phases of the Korean campaign if set aside from the others could be used to prove almost any point.. Furthermore, it was once a paradox ical fact that Secretary of State Acheson was much closer to General MacArthur's position re China than the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The wolf pack that always howls at Acheson's heels has been claiming he was responsible for MacArthur's ouster. How ever, the record shows first that this was not the case; second, that following Mac Arthur's disastrous retreat from North Korea in early December, Acheson favor ed severe punitive measures against China as an aggressor nation. It was the Joint Chiefs of Staff at that time which vigorously disagreed both Lrr ill M mm asiungton with, Acheson and MacArthur. In fact, they favored pulling cut of Korea altogether. However, despite individual and sometimes confusing dif ferences of opinion inside the pentagon there appears to be no occasion when the Joint Chiefs of Staff actually went on rec ord in favor of MacArthur's pro posals to bomb Chinese- bases and use Chiang ' Kai-Shek's troops. MacArthur's Proposals In order to get as clear a pic ture as possible regarding the working of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and their policy " toward MacArthur. here i a breakdown on how the Joint Chiefs reacted to various of MacArthur' pro posals: Bombing Chinese Bases The nearest the Joint Chiefs ever came to okaying MacArthur's proposed bombing of Chinese bases was on Feb. 28. just be fore that date. MacArthur had sent a long report on enemy air strength now capable of 650 sorties daily. He reported cer tain strength building up in certain areas and in effect ask ed permission to bomb hese bases. Replying on Feb. 28. the Joint Chiefs gave MacArthur a set of five alternatives to counter the Chinese moves. Since these would be of value to the enemy, they cannot be described here. But in each of the five, alter natives. MacArthur was instruc ted to take no action on the Chinese side of the Yalu River without reporting back to the Joint Chiefs for further instruc tions. Naval Blockade Another question at issue in the Korean war has been a naval blockade of Chinese ports. On this, there was agreement. Both the Joint Chiefs and the State Denart ment okayed a naval blockade but it was vetoed by our allies in the United Nations. This was ne of the proposals for which Secretary Acheson fought hard est when Prime Minister Attlee visited Washington. , However. Attlee flatly refused to annrove any naval blockade of China. Hot Pursuit Another point of agreement between MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs was the right of American planes to pursue communist planes be yond the Chinese border when engaged in a running battle. His did not include the bombing of Chinese bases. Though the Joint Chiefs agreed to this, either the State Department or the National Security Council disapproved I have not been able to ascertain which. Chiang Kai-Shek's Troops This is the issue which Mac Arthur emphasized in his letter to ex-speaker Joe Maxtin. the letter which culminated in Mac Arthur's dismissal. However, use of Chiang's troops never lias been seriously considered by the Joint Chiefs. General Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has argued that Chiang offered his troops chiefly for the purpose of get ting them equipped which would be terrifically expensive. Furthermore. Adm. Forrest Sherman has pointed out that it would take an armada of Am erican vessels to transport them to China. Finally, the Joint Chiefs' study of Chiang's combat strength does not jibe with pub lished claims of 600.000 men. According to pentagon estimates it is nearer 250,000 men. It is also recalled that much of the military equipment we furnish- fed Chiang during the war end ed up in the hands of the com munists. Different Personalities Those close to the Joint Chiefs of Staff point out that they are composed of four different men of varying ages and personalit ies. Gen. Joe Collins, for in stance. Chief of Staff of the Army, was a lieutenant when MacArthur was a general. Wher Collins went to Tokyo he was technically MacArthur's sup erior, though he always addres sed MacArthur as "general" while MacArthur called him "Joe." Collins Is the member of the Joint Chiefs who has agreed with MacArthur more than any one else. He has expressed the Drivate belief that Russia would Hot intervene if we bombed China, and is reported to have expressed oral agreement with MacArthur on various points riurinff conferences in Tokyo. Admiral Sherman, the Chief of Naval Operations, on the other hand, has been flatly op posed to MacArthur's position, while General Bradley is almost as vigorous. Bradley has said privately that if he were in MacArthur's shoes he would probably feel as he does. But. as chairman of the. Joint Chiefs of Staff, he cannot agree, since he has to consider the entire world and how best to parcel out our lim ited strength. The last thing Bradley wants, he has made it clear, is to get sucked into a war on the Chin ese mainland. Note Pentagon observers be lieve MacArthur may have some of the tentative directives which are sent to different theatre commanders in advance for their comment. These do not become approved directives, however until the Joint Chiefs have all the comment, can study them in the light of the over-all picture and then issue them officially. There is a big difference between the studies of the Joint Chiefs and their final approved directives. AFTER THREE MONTHS of the ! great debate over the troops to Europe issue, the senate has made a welcome agreement to de bate little and vote often in an ef fort to catch up on some important legislation. The senate resolution on the troops movement means nothing and after staggering through 15 roll calls, the language is simply face-saving and many experts here agree that the word ing, 'The sense of the senate etc," is senseless, since the resolution has no effect of law and the Presi dent is stUl not bound by any senatorial agreement and may ad minister his executive office as commander-in-chief of the armed services as provided under the con stitution as every school boy in the nation has been taught since the public school system was established. In the face of this senate ac tion, the house is now dragging Its feet on universal military training, despite the fact that every public opinion poll be fore, during and since the war has indicated that more than 70 percent of the American people favor universal military service. Also the draft act is becoming all out of focus-v.ith the proposed new method of de ferments based on whether one boy is smarter than another, or at least whether he gets belter grades in school. than his fel low students. One observer here remarked that during World War II, there was a great flue and cry because about 25 percent of the young men of America were deferred and thrown out in the draft because they were too stupid or ignorant and couldn't pass the mental tests. It seems, however, under this new system. they expect to defer about 25 per cent because they are too intelli gent to fight, or to become a GI Joe. The theory is that the Intelli gence tests willave young men who want to become scientists and the like, but there is another theory. it is pointed out, that the army needs brains too. In the meantime the Senate and house had time to hear President Vincent Auriol of France address them in joint session. The Presi dent evidently has made peace with organized labor and set up a joint mobilization board headed by Mobilizer Wilson and composed of four members each from labor, agriculture and industry. Two house committees were rooting for new headlines one having to do with purchase by the atomic energy commission of surplus trucks from the Philippine government and the other involving blanket approval of defense and tax amortized loans for defense plant expansion without investigation. A coalition of southern Demo crats and northern Republicans seemed to be able to take over when they so desire in the house. as has been apparent, particularly on parts of the President's legisla tive program. Coalition tracks were obvious in five key votes on roll-call ballots one diluting the President's power to make tariff concessions in a reversal of the 81st congress; rejecting his re quests for emergency reorganiza tion of the government; squelching his program for defense housing. It remains to be seen whether the senate can reverse the house inso far as administration leadership is concerned. The congress continues to dawdle on sending grain to India, which nation, according to reports, is facing starvation of millions of its people. In the meantime, while congress debates, the word is that the Soviet Union has immediately offered India a shipload of grain in return for jute. Senator Karley Kilgore. of West Virginia has proposed an appropri ation of $12 billion dollars for a system of super-toll highways. The highways would link Boston airtl San Francisco. Florida and the Great Lakes, Florida and San Di ego, Florida and New York, Minne sota and Laredo, Texas, and San Diego and Pueget Sound. The President has asked congress for an additional $6,442,000,000 for the armed forces in the so-called third supplemental appropriation act which the President mentioned, in bis January budget message. By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans Service Officer Warning' Correspondence Courses Apparently many veterans have recently been receiving a considerable volume of promo tional literature from out-of-state institutions. This litera ture urges enrollment in cor respondence classes for techni cal and trade courses. This flood of material is probably being sent in anticipa tion of the cut off date for G. I. Bill Training, which is July 25, 1951, for most World War II veterans. Natur ally these corre- Richard Peck sponaence scnoois are attempting to get as many enrollees as possible before the cut off date. If you receive any of this lit erature, it would be well for you to most carefully investigate the schools offering the courses, the courses themselves, and partic ularly the contract or agreement to be signed prior to enrollment. Many of these agreements re quire a "small down payment" J fF ; to be made at the time of en rollment. Such a payment usu ally results in demands for the full payment of the courses, if at a later time you decide you do not desire to take the course, or you desire to discontinue the course. This amount usually runs into several hundred dol lars. Before v signing anything pre sented to you by these schools or any of their representatives, you most certainly oughf to con sult your local superintendent of schools or the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Nebraska. Not all correspon dence courses are bad. All of them usually have some good features. But, before you en roll, be sure you really want the course and that you will actually complete it. Investigate before you sign it but prepare to meet a demand for full payment, if you send in any amount to serve as a down payment. N. V. A. for Korean Veterans ' Service Officers are reminded that by the recent act of the state legislature, Korean veter ans and their dependents are eligible for N. V. A. t WASHINGTON REPORT by Howard Buffett Congressman, 2nd Nebraska District County Bond Sales Top $57,000 Mark Walter H. Smith, Chairman of the United States Bond Com mittee, announced that total sales for the month of March in Cass County were $57,468.75. At the same time, total sales for the state amounted to $7. 962,073.75, an increase of 25',;, over the previous month, ac cording to Leland R. Hall. State Director. Of that amount. $5. 717.399, or 72'i was in Series "E" Bonds, he added. FARM OUTPUT Total farm output in 1950 was 37 per cent above the prewar level of the 1935-39 period, al hours of farm labor was a new low. The use of tractors has more than doubled since 1941 and tractor fuel is now a key ifarm supply item. NEW PAIN KILLER A new pain-killing drug, said to be more powerful and longer ; acting than morphine, has joined the group of synthetic drugs which now make the U. S. independent of foreign sources of opium and its derivatives, morphine and codeine. The new drug, which has the trade name of Dromaron, is not yet on the market. Do you wonder how the Tru man Administration gets its power? The answer is simple. It has that power because con gress votes it. Why does congress, so noisy in oratory against Truman, vote him more power? Here is the $64 question. When he demanded the power inherent in Universal Military Conscription, only 44 house members voted against giving him that power. Congress could have extended the draft law in 30 minutes. But the Trumanites tacked on UMT. Not many members wanted to buck a cunning propaganda charge that could hit them next election as a result of a "No" vote on this bill. Oppon ents would say they voted against the draft with a war on in Korea. That charge would not be easy to refute. That is exactly why the Acheson-Marshall axis tacked UMT onto the draft bill. Actually, the UMT scheme would not even operate until some un determined date m the future. But no matter say the Tru man crowd the power will be on the books. , In fact, the Truman crowd doesn't care much how loud the opposition shouts. So long as tne opposition just talks but votes Truman more money and power when he wants it the Fair Deal will continue. i This situation can end only when a majority in congress stops voting more money and power to the administration. It's the vote that counts, not the oratory. Rooms can be sound-deadened inexpensively by using acoustic plaster instead of the conven- though the 18,300,000,000 man- ! tional type. Crossword Puzzle HORIZONTAL 1 Old Moslem J" gold coin ' CtuIsps 11 ge dish 13 Convivial M Aloft T.tM-i o4A IS M Kind poacla MS. 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