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'V . M V w V V j v V V V V V " v EDITORIALS Ifhlh?f DOUBLE PUTY DOLLARS Plattsmouth is faced with two ser ious problems that must be solved in the very near future if the community is to continue forging ahead. Heading the list right now is the pressing need for additional class room space in our school system, both in grade schools and the high school building. Con ditions in most class rooms at present are reaching a near emergency. Many rooms I are extremely crowded. Teachers in the : school system have from ten to twenty ' more pupils in their classes than even the - lowest accredited school should have. : School board members have been : spending a great deal of their time in ef , forts to find a way to enlarge the present system to accomodate the additional load . that faces them in a growing community. r Working closely with Supt. Friest, state and federal educational directors, every avenue of cooperative revenue has been explored with possibilities of financial as- sistance of any great sum from federal funds exceedingly slim. Another crying need of this commun ity is a public meeting place with kitchen facilities and floor space to accomodate gatherings upward of 1500 to 2000 per sons, often referred to as an auditorium. Week after week, month after month, and . year in and year out, Plattsmouth is forced to pass up conventions, annual meetings, sport events, educational programs, mus-. icals, theatrical presentations, and num erous other events that retard progress of the city for the simple reason that we do not have proper accomodations. I Right now would be a good time for ' some honest-to-goodness straight-forward planning and thinking. It is estimated that $250,000.00 would be needed to give Plattsmouth the necessary school room space needed to overcome present crowd ed conditions and give the school system a little growing room. It has also been estimated that it would reqire a near equal amount to construct a proper building for public purposes. It might make good sense to tie these two projects together construct a new high school building with auditorium fac ilities attached. It would save thousands of dollars in building costs and still pro vide the community with its two greatest needs. , How to pay for it? Just like Grandpa and Grandma paid for the improvements we've got now. Frankly, we're getting a little bit tired of everybody running to the federal treasury looking for a handout. It's time we stop looking to Washington like a spoiled brat with the "gimmie". Plattsmouth citizens are rich enough and should be proud enough to pay their own way. UNMORALITY IN PUBLIC LIFE "There is no evil so readily under stood or so quickly repudiated by the American electorate than unmorality in public office," writes David Lawrence in U. S. News & World Report. "It was a Democratic President Grover Cleveland who proclaimed that 'public office is a public trust.' " The recent disclosure of irregular ities, influence-peddling and various un savory practices in the Internal Revenue Bureau, the Reconstruction Finance Corp oration, and other government depart ments have come as a profound shock to every thoughtful American. Like termites in a house, these evils gnaw away at the very foundations of the nation. This is not just a matter of bribes and other clearly illegal acts. The law can deal with them. But there are certain borderline practices which are beyond reach of law, and which lie within the realm of human conscience. In the recent investigations, men of great political power, who used that power to influence the policies of government hureaus, said WILL HE SWING BACK? Worry is like a rocking chair it will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. it ir ic Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she'll never marry un til she has out her sweetie to the real test. He's got to be so in love with her that he would leave a football game in the middle of the third quarter with the score tied to be near her. If we ever started laughing at our troubles we'd probably die laughing. If you must borrow money, borrow it from a pessimist he doesn't expect to" get it back. it A dime is a dollar with the taxes re moved. We know it's hard to get the cash for meat, butter, sugar, shoes, and other necessities of life, but there is one conso lation it's harder to learn to speak Rus sian. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. Read where Americans chew a mil lion dollars' worth of chewing gum a year. It shows how much work some people will do for nothing. We wish somebody would tell us why it is when we walk down the street THEY GO BY LIKE m THIS. But, the minute we want to cross to the other side THEYDASHBYJUSTLIKETIirS. cency, morality, and honor in government. This is not a partisan matter. The old, degrading techniques of city-machine politics have been brought to Washington. The flies have found the sugar. The Amer ican people must make it unmistakably plain that, in the conduct of their govern ment, they demand what David Lawrence calls "old-fashioned honesty, old-fashioned decency, and old-fashioned morality." ir Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO A. L. Tidd has announced that C. S. Wortman will join him as a partner in the law business . . . An eight pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hild of Mynard . . . The children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Meisinger held a reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Meisinger . . . The Holy Rosary Catholic church has just had a new roof placed on the structure . . . Frank Hor sack, defending city champion, defeated E. C. Harris for the Plattsmouth golf championship . . . Miss Elva Hartford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hartford of Plattsmouth, was married to Harold Sutcliffe Hartley at Los Angeles . . . Maxine Cloidt is attending Stephens College . . . Mrs. Joe Wagner was honor ed at a celebration of her birthday. ir YEARS AGO Mrs. John W. Falter, Mrs. .Cleveland Carter, Mrs. Rae F. Patterson, Miss Bar bara Gering, Mrs. Milo Hoppe and Mrs. Louis W. Egenberger attended the Dem ocratic national committee conference at Omaha . . . Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Frady are the parents of a son-. . . Miss Alice Lehnst of Cedar Creek and George C. Stander were married today at Glenwood . . . Miss Sophia Bierl and Henry R. Vin dusk were married this morning at St. John's Catholic church . . . Clarence Cotner has received a bronze plate as a reward for a five-year record as a careful driver . . . The City council has approved a new paving district in Oakmont . . ;m.w.n.s77 THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. PAGE FOUR Section B Thursday, October 25, 1951 TNESPITE A NUMBER of impor- tant measures hanging fire, it 10 thf tW viniot v i... tu " T ivius u suia in uanmoni . . . uoy true but thPv diH 11 k 5 WllSOn and Gllbert Harris' both in the wut wicj, uiu bumeimng as Daa or navv. arrivpd hnmp thi m nnn'nir ""o- -"c.v vimaieu every concept oi de- THOUGHT FOR TODAY It is jKjssible to go wrong in many ways, but right in only one. The British, who support refu gee committees of their own, j are opposed to a larpe fighting i force independent of the foreign office; and the foreign legion Ike proposes would be equip ped, armed, and trained large ly by the United States. Another objection is that the refugees' fanatic hatred could not be controlled and might erupt into war as soon as rifles are issued. At one conference, the British representative frankly stated: "We fought one war to liberate Eastern Europe, and our cities were bombed out for it. We are not anxious to start another war." Gen. J. Lawton Collins. U. S. Army Chief of Staff, was also skeptical when he conferred with Eisenhower recently. He said the 'Joint Chiefs of Staff have no faith in troops under refugee command, and pointed out that escapees can volunteer in nit iiiiiLiivua wimj . Eisenhower replied that very few escapees have enlisted, and for a yery simple reason: they don't want to be integrated among strange American troops. But if organized into their own foreign legion they would like to get a crack at the commun ists in control of their countries. Senate Probe of Escapees Meanwhile, a group of far sighted Senators has introduced a resolution proposing a Sen ate investigation of escapees in Western Europe. Behind this is the fret that both American and allied officials in Europe have so badly muffled handling these escapees that some want to po back behind the iron cur tain. Russian escapees are han ded back and forth between U. S. Counter Intelligence, and Military Intelligence, then eith er turned loose to find a job on the Germany economy or allowed to go to seed in refugee camps. The Senators who sponsored this investigation are: Nixon and Knowland of California, Bennett of Utah, Bridges of New Hampshire, Brewster of Maine, Carlson of Kansas, Hen ri rickson of New Jersey, Ives of New York. Monroney of Okla homa, O'Conor of Maryland, Smathers of Florida and Wiley of Wisconsin. Jet-Plane Shortage Criopling strikes have put jet-plane manufacturers so far behind schedule that more than a million pounds of aluminum sheets have piled up in aircraft factories waiting to be used. As a result, friends of the indus try inside the National Pro- The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1S81 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in 1950" PMtyfshed .semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays, at 109-413 Main Street; Pl9ttsmouth. Cass County. Nebr. 1 i RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter mBRASKR duction Authority are now man euvering to divert this backlog of precious aluminum into civ ilian goods. Meanwhile, sabre-jet pilots are fighting against five-to-one odds in Korea, because of the shortage of jet planes. The Diplomatic Pouch U. S. Ambassador Robert Murphy in Brussels has hand ed the Belgians a tough note virtually demanding that Bel gium send some of its army to help the United Nations in Kor ea. So far. Belgium has sent only a few hundred volunteers . . . the United States is also pressuring the Netherlands to do its part to reinforce General Ridgway's army. The Dutch con tribution has been no greater than the Belgian . . . American reports on Russian a-bomb tests have been so accurate that the Russians are reported prepar ing a new and distant proving ground for future tests. It's re ported to be in the Takla Ma kan desert across the southeast Russian border in China. This desert is shut off from the out side world by some of the world's highest mountains . . . U. S. Experts believe England's rearmament program will dan gerously lower the British stan dard of living and make an other U. S. loan necessary by the middle of next vear. It'll be around $2,000,000,000. and will occur whether Churchill's elected or not. (Actually a change in Britain's ruling pol itical parties is not expected to make the slightest difference in Britain's economy.) ... All of our new F-84 jet fighter-bombers are now equipped to be re fueled in flight. This gives them a range thousands of miles greater than the fighters in the last war. Crop Secrets In headline-crazy Washing ton, the issuance of a monthly crop report by the Department of Agriculture may seem mere routine news. However, news men reporting on future crops are treated to a spectacle of mvstery and suspense that ri vals trie launching of a new atomic weapon. The ceremony, believe it or not, is climaxed by Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan getting locked up in his own department. All this is because back in 1905 a report on the estimated cotton croo leaked prematurely and speculators made a big killing. Since then the depart ment has devised an ironclad "security system" to make sure it doesn't happen again. The night before general crop estimates (on wheat, corn, cotton, etc.) are to be released. field reports from farm states are secreted in a box, reinforc ed with two locks, in the main agriculture building. At 5 A.M. the next day, the box is remov ed, under an armed guard, to a corridor on the second floor of the adjacent south building. Here the whole corridor is locked off, with armed guards at each end. Nobody can get in without a special pass and, once in, there's no getting out until the 3 p.m. deadline for; releasing the crop report. To make sure there is no communication with the outside world in this agricultural "Shaneri La," all telephones are disconnected. Guards even lower and latch the Venetian blinds in the large room where the crop estimates are prepar ed, so there will be no signal ing from windows. (This was how the 1905 "leak" occurred. At noontime, lunch is wheel ed in for members of the crop reporting board and their aides, I but not even. the food bearers can get out once tneyre in until 3 o clock. Secretary Bran- nan, who usually arrives about 2 o'clock to read and sign the finished report, also must sit it out, a prisoner in the depart ment he rules. Just before the deadline, cop ies of the report are taken to a special press room and placed on a table near a batterv of telephones. Across the room, reporters fidget behind a white line painted on the floor, like trackmen toeing the starting mark. Not until S. R. Newell, assist ant chief of the Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics, yells "go!" on the stroke of 3 p.m. can the newsmen cross the line and phone in their stories. Then Secretary Brannan. a free man again, returns to his office. began to look as though the con gress might adjourn in the midst of its unfinished business and call the first session of the 82nd con gress history. A conference committee on the tax bill was expected to agree in most instances with the senate passed measure. Major provisions as passed by the senate were: in crease of 11 per cent on present taxes of individuals or, eight per cent on income after taxes, which ever is less; raise in maximum ef fective limitation from 87 per cent to 83 p?r cent with no change in the 25 per cent capital gains tax (effective date was Nov. 1, 1S31) ; increase in corporations' normal rate from 25 per cent to 27 per cent and in surtax rate from 22 to 25 per cent, giving a top bracket combined rate of 52 per cent on normal and surtaxes; ceiling of 17 per cent than can be taken in ex cess of profits; retention of aver age earnings credit for excess prof its tax at 85 per cent of earnings in the three best years iti feta--yeai period 1D45- effective April 1, 1031 ; no change in maximum capital gains. Insofar as individuals arc concerned, the bill means they will pay about 2 per cent more taxes on 1951 income, while next year they will pay about 12 per cent more for married folks up to $60,000 and siagles up to $30,000. On higher in comes, the tax increase will be smaller percentagewise. IHghcr withholdings will be required on pay on or after Nov. 1. For farm co-ops they are still tax exempt except for a corpora tion tax on earnin2s not allocated or distributed to patron members. Mutual savings banks and savings and loan associations must pay corporation tax on earnings, but are allowed deductions for losses on loans and amounts paid to de positors or credited to their ac counts. A minimum cf 15 per cent or income must be set aside tax free for reserves, or a larger per cent of set aside as long as total reserves, surplus and undivided profits, do no exceed 10 per cent of 'the total deposits. Some excise taxes were increased and others added to the list. As adjournment neared, the box score of this first session indicated that President Truman had sent 57 requests for action to the Hill, and as of Oct. 1 action had been completed on 21, seven had been rejected, partial action had been taken on 11, 17 had been complete ly ignored and hearings had been held on one. Still to be passed on the list of appropriation bills are the army civil functions measures. which include appropriations for flood control; state-justice-commerce appropriations; defense and foreign aid (in conference com mittee). Pending enactment, the congress has had to pass four "stop gap" temporary appropriations measures so the goverment could function. Pr'b.-.hly the moil important loss to tbr President was the 49 to 53 rote on the amendment offered by Sen ator McClellan of Arkansas v.-Lk-h nude it "th? zsx-tt f ths i,raie that a tPf&pf in addition to toe four divisions already contemplated for Europe "shall be sent . . . tvi'hnitt further senatorial approval." While this is indicative of senate intent, there is a question, according to con stitutional observers, as to whether the President can be held to the amendment, however, if he should decide, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, whether the nation's safety depended upon another divi sion in Europe while congress was in recess or adjournment. Two important measures still in conference and expected to be acted upon before adjournment were the postal rate increase meas ure and the postal pay increase for postol employees. Adjournment may nip the ouster resolution by Senator William Ben ton of Ccinccticut to expel Sen ator Joseph McCarthy from the senate membership. With 1952 a campaign year, it may be expected that the second sesskn of this congress may get some early ac tion when it convenes next Jan uary on some of the still pending j legislation atked by the President. 'assocmnon X NATIONAL IDfTOtAl ASSOCIATION (Copyrlpht. 1943. Bv the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: EISEN HOWER FAVORS REFUGEE "FOR EIGN LEGION" ; SENATORS WOULD INVESTIGATE ESCAPEE PROBLEM; MONTHLY CROP RE PORT TOP SECRET. Washington. A vitally important ar gument over European defense strategy ii keeping the tele-eoms busy between Wash ington, London, and General Eisenhower's Atlantic Pact Headquarters in Paris. The debate started when Eisenhower suggested a way to take the offensive in the-psychological war with the Kremlin namely, recruit military-age refugees from behind the iron curtain into a volunteer legion. - Eisenhower believes that up to 100, 000 men three to five divisions could VETERANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Compensation Increases by 1 Reason of Marriage: Some veterans who are draw- ! ing compensation payments for service-connected disability had their claims determined and al lowed while they were single persons. Such a veteran who subseouentlv marries is entitled to an increase in compensation payments by rea son of additional dependency. An increase is also entitled w h e n ever a baby is born. To receive the increase, the veteran should submit to the new WASHINGTON REPORT est I a y Howord Burrerr I don't know. However, it is foolish to ignore history. We are now on a course that in the past has alwavs resulted in war I repeat. . ALWAYS. If our rulers are on the road to war, 'what should you and I be doing about it? What can we do about it? These are touph ques tions. Ignoring them does not eliminate them. Here is one suzeestion. You 'The question was how wc j can yourself understand and should maneuver them- (the ; point out the tragic madness of Japanese into firing the first 1 our last war. We went to war shot without allowing too much j to destroy militarism in Ger danger to ourselves. It was a many, Italy, and Japan. Now difficult proposition." The! Washington is frantically try- Congressman, 2nd Nebraska District American Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, wrote those words in his diary on November 25, 1941, after a Roosevelt Cab inet meeting. Twelve days later we were at war with Japan.' It will be a long time, if ever, before the American people get the full truth about our entrance into that war. But this entry in Stimson's diary makes one truth clear. The Administration want ed not peace, but war, on No vember 25, 1951. ! What is the outlook now? I i have seen the private reports by j various well-informed people j back from Europe. Here is what they say: Europeans are con vinced that if war comes Wash ington will provoke it. These sources are completely anti Communist, so they cannot be easily dismissed. I I do not suggest that the Tru- i ing to militarize these same i countries. Our rulers have com-i pletely reversed their aims. i "I call heaven and earth to ! record this day against you, ! that I have set before you life : and death, blessing and cursing; ' therefore, choose life . . ." (Deu teronomy 30:19. A Classified Ad in The Journal co.s.t.5 as little as 35c. When You Think of FIRST GRADERS EDIT PAPER WORLAND, Wyo. The Wor land, Wyo., Daily News has com petition but the newspaper is not much worried. The "com peting" paper is published by t"t E1? yKu-t "fiman Administration wants war. tides on how books- are made, a short piece on Korea and a cartoon of Peter Rabbit. LIVER OUTPUT INCREASED McALLEN. Tex. Cattlemen of the lower Rio Grande Valley say the livers of steers fed on dehydrated citrus peel and pulp are bigger and redder than liv ers of steers on ordinary feed. The cattlemen claim the grape fruit and orange diet contains vitamins A, B, C, D and P. j Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, is oecond class mail matter in accordance with the Act f Congrega et March 3. 7. , 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 PiattsmoutU 20 cents for 'two week. - . Rppinnnl Offio be recruited from Russian, Czech, Polish, I Richard Tcck of the Veterans iJaltic and Balkan escapees. Most of these 1 Administration a certified copy men left iron curtain countries ' because iof rage certificate. or birth they hate communism, nd Eisenhower Wr believes the existence of such a legion 'can be made prior to the date would -be. further inducement for comin-'such evidence is received by the form troops to desert. !VA- Thc same also applies to H - i i i j. i, . veterans receiving" subsistence c received a dash of cold water, 'allowances while in trainin g un hqtvever,. from London and Washington, der the G. I. Bill. NSLI Dividends There are still some inquiries coming to this office regarding the latest dividend being paid on NSLI policies. The V. A. states that checks for these div idends are now going out on schedule. It takes from two to four months from the anniver sary date of the policy for the check to reach a veteran. Re member that a separate check is being issued for each policy and these checks arrive sep arately. This is parucmuiiy important in the case of those veterans who had renewed their policies before the anniversary date of the declaration tof divi dends. In those cases a sep arate check is issued for the dividend on the old policy and a separate check is issued for the dividend earned on the renewed policy. This is true even though the anniversary date of both policies is the same. In these cases there has been is much as thirty to sixty days delay in receiving the dividend check on the renewed. policy. - NEIGHBORS FIX IT TURTLE LAKE, N. D. When the Helmuth Scham farm home burned to the ground, neigh bors bought an abandoned house several miles away, moved it to the Scham farm, remodeled it and had it ready for the family to move in within six days. 1 11 Think of X-RAY FITTING What's that? "BETTER 'brush up on your insurance af fairs. For the safety of your family, home and future . . . call on me today!" i Stephen M. DAVIS Second Floor Plattsmouth Stale r.ank lildsr. 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