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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEiVS J -WEEKLY SVrtKA - hoe FOUR Section D Thursday, Jsnuavy 2i, 1C52 EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes VENTRILOQUIST ACT I MILITARY PAY INCREASE The Military Pay Increase bill, which has been brought up in Congress, contains some controversial points and should be considered carefully by each American. One of the controversial points is the sys tem of raises granted under the bill, which are based on a straight ten per cent in crease in existing pay. In other words, a private in the front lines in Korea, receiving around $100 a month, would receive an increase of ap proximately $10. A General in Korea, who is generally behind the lines and in rela tively comfortable headquarters, would receive a pay increase of over $100 a month, since his pay is around $1,000 a month. Of course, this comparison does not tell the entire story, since the General has certainly served considerable time in the service and is supposedly possessed of superior talents which resulted in his pro motion to the rank of General. Even so, there is some doubt whether, with the inflationary trend as it is, the pay raise should be proportioned on a straight ten per cent increase basis. Those Con gressmen who several years ago argued for a better deal for the lower ranks, and who were partially defeated at that time, are arguing today for higher increases for the lower ranks and lesser increases for the higher ranks. The question is a basic one which will someday have to be settled in all three services. A solution might be to provide for lar ger increases in pay for all men actually engaged in combat, while holding down pay increases for those not engaged in combat. Since this, however, is an election year, and since most service men do not engage in combat, it might be difficult to enact. DE-EMPHASIZING TWIRLING Now they are subsidizing baton twirl ers, according to George Walbridge of Holland, Mich., an expert in the business. He believes that baton-twirling is getting to be almost as big a business as football, with some of the twirlers getting better scholarships than the football players. We did not become as alarmed over the fact that colleges were emphasizing twirl ing as we did over the statement of the 32-year-old twirling instructor that there were more people twirling batons than play any musical instrument. Our fears have been overcome by the news that the metal ball on the end of the baton has been replaced by a rubber end. V ON TELEVISING CONGRESS A member of the Eightj'-Second Con gress has proposed that Congressional sessions be televised, so that the public could see exactly what was happening in Congress. He is Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican. Javits believes the test of a democracy is the extent to which the people partici pate in their own government, and he sees in television a new method of increasing participation of the average citizen. He also sees in the new medium a way to ed ucate the average voter and increase his interest and knowledge of government. Javits cites the Kefauver crime com mittee hearings as a major point in his argument. The impact of the crime com mittee hearings in New York was tremen dous, surprising even those who conducted the hearings, and Javits believes the les son learned in that probe could be trans lated into a broad program, covering tele vision of the entire Congress. The Javits proposal has received a mixed reception, and Resolution 62, which he sponsored, proposing that television of important House debates be authorized under conditions established by the Speak er, has not yet been approved. There are many difficulties to be overcome in this proposed project but the idea is not with out some fascination and if some practical system could be worked out, it would give Just read where a man is seeking di vorce from his wife because she insists on putting her dog in the dish pan. He should be told that there is nothing finer than a wire-hair for scouring pots and pans. For some time now a local man has been presented an accessory for his auto following the birth of each child in the family. He has just reported the arrival of his 10th baby. Somebody ought to send him a stoplight. If Emily Post wants to be really help ful these days she'll stop telling us how to use our knives and forks and give us information on how to procure the stuff to use them on. " Burning the candle at both ends is one way to go out like a light. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, tells us she recently got her nose broken in three places. If she'll take our advice, she'll stay out of those places. At the first wedding we ever attended we were sure the bride had changed her i mind at the last minute when she went up ! the aisle with one man and came back with another. A secret is something that is hushed about from place to place. Although she disliked him more than anyone, a local mother finally consented to daughter marrying her young man. Mom decided she'd like to be this guy's mother-in-law for a little while. We know these shots are not strokes of genius but this column must be filled. the average American a clearer insight into his government, and a better oppor tunity to observe his elected representa tives in action. Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO SJ The industrial committee of the Chamber of Commerce is launching a campaign to urge support and patronage of Plattsmouth industries so that a larger payroll can be developed in the commun ity . . . Northern Natural Gas & Pipeline Co., successors in this territory to the Missouri "Valley Pipeline Co., will start work on its line from Mynard north to Omaha . . . Plattsmouth defeated Nebras ka Deaf 16-14, and the city team defeated Glenwood 41-38 . . . County Judge A. H. Duxbury, just closing his second term, has filed for re-election . . . Mrs. George Klinger and daughters, Mrs. Ray Herring and Mrs. J. J. Stibal, entertained in honor of Mrs. Bernard Klinger, a bride of late summer . . . Stockholders of the Nebraska Masonic Home met here. Reports of Sup erintendent w. F. Evers were heard and officers elected. 1 A YEARS AGO 1U Conant Wiles has resigned as steno grapher in the County Assistance office and will enter soil conservation work . . . Floyd A. Yelick, who has been an em ployee of the Journal for the past nine years, is now working at the bomber plant . . . College View outscored Plattsmouth 32-20. Bratt was high for Plattsmouth with 7 points . . . Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Knorr entertained at a 6:30 dinner party for the staff and employees of the store . . . Miss Maxine Nielsen was honored at a miscellaneous shower. She is to be married February 1 . . . Mary Thiel was installed as Oracle of Royal Neighbor lodge at Mur dock . . . The Bauer garage on Vine street was robbed of three tires and $14 cash. ; r-alHlf If ashington Ms own choosing of the throne. To that end his strategy is to control each state delegation until he is ready to anoint the head of his successor. That is why ex-Sen. Robert Bulkley, 72 years old and not even a can- monarch had a right to pick his own princeling. The Prince of Connecticut One of the ablest members of the senate and a close friend of the president, Sen. Brien Mc i Mahon, is doing some presiden- Hiriitp will run as Ohin's fa- tit! stnlJrincr of his own. nrob vorite son m an attempt to : ably with the idea of ending up control the Ohio delegation That's also why Sen. Hubert Humphrey, though not a can didate, will run as Minnesota's favorite sen to control the Min nesota delegation and so cn. Then, just before the conven switch their support to the cn the vice-presidential end of the ticket. The Duke of Texas Modest Sam Rayburn is probably the last man to think of himself as a candidate. However, the sneaker's friends are doing a tion, these favorite sons will t lot of thinking and planning for him. the most ardent rooters be- anointed princeling of Truman's ; ing Sen. Mike Monroney of Okla chocsin Restless nobility Meanwhile, some of the Dukes, Earls, Vis counts and Barons around the White House are getting impa tient. While thev will support Truman if he runs again, they don't like the idea of waiting too long to pick the Crown Prince. ' Among these restless nobles are popular Governor Paul De vers of Massachusetts; Mennen ' Soapy" Williams, the energetic governor of Michigan, and Sid McMath, the shrewd anti-Dixie-crat governor of Arkansas. They have been angling with Gover nors Frank Lausche of Ohio and Adlai Stevenson of Illinois to form a new palace guard and pick the successor before the Duke of Tennessee, Estes Ke fauver, garners too many delegates. Kefauver s straiegy iviean- homa and Congressman John McCormack of Massachusetts. The Earl of Kentucky Vice President Barklcy is lying low, saying little. However, some of his friends, led by Senate Secre tary Les Biffle, believe that if the Democratic convention faces a deadlock, the party will turn despite his age to the old stalwart, who has made more Jefferson-Jackson day speeches than any other man in history Alben Barkley. Such is the novel and healthy jockeying for position in a party where for 20 years almost no one dared challenged the divine right of the monarch to succeed himself. WASHINGTON PIPELINE Attorney General McGrath has no) held one single press conference since he took office. Many editors wonder why he isn't willing to answer questions m m " vm. WASHINGTON REPORT M S it i n..f.i nowuru cuucu i .. Congressman, 2nd Nebraska District : : ;,;M ir if while they are quite right about i like other officials . . . Ralph the Duke of Tennessee. He has I Dyer of Bangor, Maine, a GOP really been making hay. Not candidate for congress, may content to have Truman capture challenge Maine's Senator Erew the Ohio delegates through fa- ster in the Republican primary THOUGHT FOR TODAY Hope is the parent of faith. C. A. Bartol The Washington Merry-Go-Round vorite-son Bulkley, Kefauver is challenging Truman in Ohio, and will challenge him else where. The Tennessee senator is attracting volunteer Demo cratic leaders all over the coun try like Tennessee molasses at tracts flies, and will probably end up with Gael Sullivan, for mer executive director of the Democratic national committee, as his campaign manager. He is easily the most potent threat to both Truman and the Republi cans today. Truman's Crown Prince The man upon whom the president is reported ready to bestow the divine right of succession is Governor Stevenson of Illinois, an able man. When the three northern governors sounded out Adlai, he was aloof, declined to team up, indicated that the Thev haven't been widely publicized, but the president has picked some top men for gov ernment recently Charles Da vis, who used to steer the ways and means committee on taxes, to take Oliphant's place as in ternal revenue counsel, and astute Henry Fowler to succeed Manly Fleischmann as head cf the national production author ity Charley Murphy of the White House staff is credited with their appointments . . . Captain Carlsen's "Flying En terprise" went down with one strategic treasure five tons of columbite ore, badly needed for jet engines . . . Russia is now reported stockpiling opium for sabotage purposes. Harry An slinger, chief of the narcotics bureau, informed congress last week that 500 tons ofChinese The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper i:ST.P.LilSHKl IN 1S81 Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding. Community Service in 1950" ItiMtxherl semf-wfokly, Mondars and Thursdays at 409-113 Main .Str-t. I'lattsmouth. Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter tieM. pssoaarion flA A B NATIONAL FVl aaa 11. I) EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Knter'l at the Post Office at l'lattsmoutli. Nebraska. um btx-onil class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the citv ot Platts mouth." By carrier in Plattsmouth, L'O cents fcr two' weeks. , (Copyright 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: DEMO CRATIC PARTY EXPERIENCES HEALTHY REALIGNMENT; WHITE HOUSE NOBILITY JOC KEYS FOR POSITION; "DUKE OF TENNESSEE" CHALLENGES THE OLD GUARD. Washington. Beneath the surface, the Democratic Party is experiencing some of the most important realignments in 30 years. Leaders are dickering, jock eying, trading for position. There is a rest less ferment in the air not seen among Democrats in a generation. Beaneath the ferment, of course, is a race to the throne as an old monarch totters. " It is a race that beginning to split the party up as never since the Al Smith McAdoo Catholic-Protestant struggle at the Democratic convention of 1924. And it has developed into a race not only be tween the monarch and his nobility but between the nobility themselves. Here is how the struggle stacks up to date: Ttruman's strategy- 1$ based upon VETERANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Loss of Government Check In case a government check of any kind is lost after receipt by the payee, the following proce dure should be followed: 1. Notify immediately the agency which issued the check. 2. In case you do not know what agency is sued the check, report the loss directly to the Treasury Depart ment, Washing ton, D. C. In the letter reporting the loss, there should be stated the purpose for which the check was issued and there should he given as much identification of , the check as possible. 3. In case the check is muti lated send the remaining por tion of it with the letter givin notice of the loss. 4. In the event the lost check s i.uDiequenuy located after no Hicham l tvlt ury Department. . ii m me meantime a duplicate check has been issued for the one lost, un der no circumstances should both checks be cashed. 1952 Insurance Dividend All policy holders of National Service Life Insurance, either term or permanent plans, will receive a 1952 payment of divi dends on their policy covering the period from the anniversary date of 1951 until the anniver sary date of 1952. This payment is to be made after the anni versary date of 1952 has past. The law now provides that this dividend, and all subsequent dividends will be applied in pay ment of premiums becoming due subsequent to the date of the dividend unless the policy holder requests in writing that the payment be made in cash. No tices are now being sent to all uolicy holders. If the policy holder desires that the dividend be paid in cash this notice must . unnn within 30 davs tification of its loss has been ' after its receipt or the dividend irivm. ihis in-t cH,-,iir4 1,, ";n n(nnr.i Wii v no anoiiea 10 the monarch's right to put a princeling of promptly reported to' the Treas-! sunseauent premiums due. ' A sock in the teeth'' for fru gal and hard-pressed taxpayers was the first act of the House in -1952. It was passage of Bill 5715, increasing military active and retirement pay by almost a billion dollars. This burst of in flation is a preview of things to come. Inflation and more inflation is ahead. I plead with you to get that fact straight now if you don't want to be automati cally impoverished. The value of the dollar is going down and down. The thrifty saver of dol lars is going to find those dol lars buy less and less. I have heard forces on Capi tol Hill cold-bloodedly outline their plans to steadily and stealthily swindle thrifty and trusting Americans who do not and cannot understand the pat tern of inflation. This fraud makes your blood boil both because of its cruelty and be cause of its deadly effect upon America. So long as no effective counter-movement takes place, you must try to protect yourself. There is no perfect hedge against inflation. But you can protect yourself to a degree by buying things, tangibles, real estate, and stocks rather than bonds or fixed income obliga tions. Inflation is a decline in the value of money. The dollar buys now about 50 of what it bought in 1939. In another 10 years it will buy only about 10 opium and another 330 tons from Iran have been whipped to the Soviet stockpile. WELL-SUITED CONGRESSMAN Some strange things have gone on in the offices of con gressmen. There was the late senator from Florida, Park Trammell, who s!ept in his office, never rented a hotel or apartment in Washington. Then there was his opposite number from New York, Charles A. Buckley, who became known as the "Phantom Congressman,'' because he was rarely in his office or, for that matter, in Washington. Buckley is still in congress, but his attendance record is much better since he became chairman of the public works committee. Other congressmen have used their offices, furnished free by the taxpayers, to promote per sonal enterprises or as propa ganda mills for lobbies, while, during prohibition, several house members were accused of boot legging. However, Congressman Pat Sutton cf Tennessee has come up with a brand new twist. Sutton has made a profitable sideline of selling men's suits in his capitol hill sanctum. The Tennesseean gets the suits wholesale from his father-in-law, who has a store in Law renceburg, Tenn. Sutton and a male secretary "measure up" prospects to guar antee a good fit, and, when business is brisk, the congress man's office looks like a tailor shop with the merchandise cov ering tables and chairs. Recent ly the congressman received a shipment of 15 suits in on? day. Colleagues say the price is rea onabls and the suits arc a good buy. VOWED PURPOSE of Winston - - Churchill is to solidify British- American friendship more on the lines which were in evidence throughout the war, and which have become a little ragged since that time. The President's plan for re organization of the ' Internal revenue bureau by abolishing the offices of internal revenue collectors in the states and setting np 25 regional offices with all appointments except the top men under civil serv ice is a long range plan, and has generally received favor able comment. However, it will mean taking from the mem bers of the congress traditional patronage and just how this congress will take the plan re mains to be seen. The plan was President Truman's answer to charges of graft and corrup tion in the tax collection bu reau of the government, and it's announcement was followed by action by the attorney gen eral in calling grand juries throughout the country to hear testimony in tax fraud cases. In political circles, backers of General Eisenhower are jubilant over the general's careful admis sion that the "general tenor" of his political conviction is that he is a Republican. Some Republi cans here see in the general's ad mission a tendency to be a litUe too careful in that he did not come right out and declare his Repub licanism. General Eisenhower an swered the assurance of Senator Lodge, his campaign manager, that he was in fact a Republican with these words: "Senator Lodge's an nouncement of yesterday, as re ported in the press, gives an ac curate account of the general tenor of my political convictions and of my Republican voting record." However some Republicans have expressed the opinion they had hoped General "Ike" would have been more forthright. If Eisen hower has gone as far as he can go, ethically, while still in his gen eral's uniform and is in fact a candidate, the political dopesters here see the fight for the GOP nomination narrowed down to Sen ator Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Eisenhower. They place both Har old Stassen and Governor Warren of California in the "stalking horse" class as seeking to corral delegates which will go to Eisen hower in the GOP convention in the move to "stop Taft." This session of the congress will be a wordy session, probably one of the noisiest of record, and there is indication that little will come from it in the way of solid sound legislation. From his state of the union message, however, the Presi dent has not completely given up hope in getting through some of his Fair Deal program. Some of that program however has been placed in moth balls for the duration. In this class comes his program for national health insuranco which is now in the hands of a bi-partisan commission, headed by Dr. Paul Magnuson, an outstanding medical authority. This commission is out of the realm of politics since it does not report until after the elec tion, and the American Medical Association is being criticized by some of its own membership for the refusal of AMA President Dr. John Cline to serve as a member of the commission. Another Fair Deal plank, now in the moth ball class, is Missouri t aU ley authority which likely uill not see daylight during this session, de spite the need for some legislation to stop disastrous floods on the Mis souri and other uestern rivers. Also Taft-Hartley law repeal, civil rights legislation and other lesser programs are doomed insofar as this session is concerned. Top battles will be fought out on further support of the North At lantic Treaty nations, a new agri cultural policy and a new national production act for 1952. The sen sationally high prices of potatoes' and attempt of the Office of Price Administration to enforce ceilings on white potatoes has brought the; farm price support program di-' rectly into the limelight, for just a short year ago, under mandate of the congress, the department of agriculture was dumping potatoes after paying out hundreds of mil lions of dollars of taxpayers money in price supports. of what it bought in 1939 if present policies continue. How will that affect you The rise in prices and decline in the dollar must move at a slow and even pace or the people would scramble to get rid of dollars and this racket would blow up. So OPS and economy talk have a sly purpose to prevent the general public from discovering the true na ture of this swindle. Even yet inflation can be stopped. It won't be stopped, however, unless the banks, in surance companies, and the Re publican party make an all-out fight for sound money. So far a majority have evaded this leadership responsibility. In this sector Stalin is winning by default. SIGN OF WINTER SPRINGFIELD, 111. The first hint of fall sent 70-year-old Henry Lynman back to jail for six months. For several years he has managed a six-month sentence for vagrancy from Judge William Conway when the weather starts to get nippy. Lynman explains that a "man needs a warm bunk even if it's in jail" durin? the winter. Tree Orders Grow Rapidly LINCOLN Orders for Clarke McNary trees for next spring's planting total about a million thus far, according to Extension Forester Earl G. Maxwell of the University of Nebraska. The ex tension forester is in charge of Clarke-McNary tree distribution to farmers in Nebraska. Mr. Maxwell said there are about a million and a half trees available. Fortunately, he said, about 900.CC0 of them are red cedar, which has been in short supply for a few years. He said that the number probably will not be too many to satisfy the demand. Red cedar, Mr. Maxwell said, is very hardy and easy to grow. He calls it a "splendid" tree for the outside row of a windbreak. A great many windbreaks, he said, have benefitted by the ad dition cf a row of red cedars cn the windward side. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. GAMBLING NERVES SPRINGFIELD, 111. Recent newspaper exposes of gambling in the state capital have towns people on edge. When the city attorney recently suggested to city councilmen that they award the city's quota of taxicab licenses by lot, one councilman asked: "Is that gambling?" 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