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II JU EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh flashes A PRIZE WINNING NEWSPAPER The Plattsmouth Journal was pre sented two of the highest awards that can be bestowed upon any newspaper in this state at the annual meeting of the Ne braska Press Association held at Omaha last weekend the Ak-Sar-Ben "Commun ity Service Award" and second place in "General Excellence" of all newspapers of Nebraska in cities of over 1000 popula tion. We take great pride in the fact that for the second time in two years The Jour nal was selected by Ak-Sar-Ben as one of four newspapers in Nebraska for "com munity service, performed unselfishly and above and beyond the newspaper's nor mal call to duty." We are equally proud of the Nebraska Press general excellency award, giving The Journal second place among Nebraska's newspapers. The lat ter warms the cockles of a newsman's heart to have his efforts in preparing a readable newspaper week after week throughout the year recognized as next to the best in the great state of Nebraska. But, we wish to assure our readers that we are not naive to the point where we fail to give credit where credit is due. It takes a multitude of faithful and loyal printers, operators, makeup men, editors, and news correspondents to put a decent newspaper together. It takes a good town to support an average newspaper, but it takes a whale of a good town to support a newspaper that can rate as second best in Nebraska and Plattsmouth has proven it is that kind of city. Without the support of Plattsmouth business men who have a profound belief in the benefits to be derived from Journal advertising; from the thousands of Jour nal subscribers giving us an ever increas ing coverage of Cass county, and the un failing loyalty of the men and women who make up the contents of your newspaper, these awards would not be possible. We are humbly grateful to all of you may we continue to join hands in mak ing Plattsmouth and Cass county the fin est community in the world and one to be reckoned with. ir THE "GREEN POOL" PLAN This week, many of the Western Eu ropean nations are attending a top farm experts special meeting in Paris. The pur pose of this meeting is to cut down or wipe out tariffs and subsidies which are now tacked on farm products when sold across country boundaries. The hope is that this will encourage European farmers to pro duce more at a lower price for the Europ ean millions. It is hoped that a "green pool" plan will be worked out that will be a sort of Schuman plan for farmers. At a meeting of the International Fed eration of Agricultural Producers in Swe den in 1950. the idea of Western Europe acting together on farm problems received its first impetus. French and West Ger man farmers took the lead in working out reciprocal trade agreements. Later the ag ricultural heads in France and Holland were proposing sweeping plans to tie to gether all West Europe's farms. The Council of Europe appointed a special agricultural committee and this committee has submitted a plan which may indicate what we can expect from the Paris meeting this month. The elan suggests : (1) Farm surpluses in any European nation should be reserved for sale in Eu rope. (2) European surpluses would have preferred sales over imports from non European areas. (3) Where a surplus appears to be a permanent worry, then an authority should be set up with the power to cut down on production, find sales outside Eu rope, or dispose of them to nations with greatest need. (4) Maximum and minimum prices for farm stuffs would be set, based on the av erage cost of production. (5) An authority would be empowered THOUGHT FOR TODAY How many things that were articles of faith yesterday are faWes today. Michael dc Montaigue The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper KST.sr.LJsm:D in issi Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For "Outstanding Community Service in 1950" I'ul.Iislifil semi-weekly, Mondays anl Tbursiays. at 409-4 13 Main Street, lMattsmouth, Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter We could get along just fine if we could get the government off our payroll. Those low-cut gowns must be a sign of intelligence at least all the gals on the TV quiz programs wear them. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she hopes her girl friend's new husband will be able to make her happy no one else has been able to. Love makes the world go around but, then, for that matter so does a good swallow of horseradish. Your temper is one of the few things that will improve the longer you keep it. Middle age is that period in life when you will give up anything to feel better, except give up what's hurting you. One nice thing about a dull party is that you can get to bed at a decent time. A local fellow tells us that alimony payments are the coupons clipped from the bonds of matrimony. You can rest assured that when your ship comes in the government will see to it that it's docked. to direct nations to produce only the crops for which they are best suited. (6) The authority would set up a Eu ropean farm loan system, would spread technical knowledge, and would have the right to collect taxes to finance its work. Washington farm experts have ex pressed some skepticism over the possi bility of such a plan working. It is refresh ing, however, to find a willingness among the European nations to work together in solving one of their common problems. :v::-::::::-jSxv::::-:::::::- Down Memory Lane They're Off " 1 1 i Ww.ui j.uiMiJwiimiii enthetically. it should be noted that, after he left the govern ment, Nunan turned up w.:r.c ing for the nirh'-club cwii.tj of New York, of which Co:;Leilo was one. 3. Nunan threw a $3,000 cock tail party for Attorney General McGrath and Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark. This was af ter he had left the government, and the purpose of the party was to introduce his law clients to McGrath and Justice Clark. Star Prosecutor S:ar of the closed hearing was Adrian De Wind, the com mittee's crack jounsel. who hammered at Nunan relentless ly. The ex-Tax Chief remained cool, however, politely refused to answer when questions got too ticklish. "While you were Commission er of Internal Revenue, you con tinued to have a private law practice, did you not?" demand ed De Wind. "That is correct." acknowled ged the suave New- Yorker. De Wind then read from Nu nan's tax returns showing that his law business brought in $13, 306 in 1944. doubled to $27,000 in 1945. jumped to $57,363 in 1946 and finally hit $77,450 in 1947 the four years that Nu nan served as Internal Revenue Commissioner. "Your income from your law business increased substantially during the time that you were Commissioner of Internal Rev enue, did it not?" observed Con gressman Robert Kean. New A YEARS AGO 1U Mrs. Lillian Livingston was elected president of the Business Women's Break fast club organized here. Other officers are Miss Eula Potts, vice president; Miss Anne Hassler, secretary; and Miss Glenda Stockton, treasurer . . . Mrs. Guy Kiser was named chairman of the Mynard Red Cross chapter ... A revaluation of real estate in Plattsmouth will be conducted this year by order of the county commis sioners . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Gallaway, who have been visiting here returned to I Jersey Republican California . . . William A. Metzger, soldier and senator, is here visiting while on fur lough . . . The marriage of Marjorie Rouse to Alfred J. Davidson has been announced by the bride's parents, Professor and Mrs. E. L. Rouse . . . Miss Ruth Ann Favors and Alfred H. Nattrass were married March 27. OA YEARS AGO fciw Judges and clerks have been appoint ed for the city election to be held April 5 . . . Plattsmouth eliminated Valley and Blair in the district debate contest before bowing to Fremont in the finals . . . The Plattsmouth Golf Club will be disbanded and funds disbursed to club members . . . C. A. Rawles was elected elder of the Presbyterian church at its annual meet ing. J. W. Holmes and J. L. Tidball were named trustees . . . The home of Mrs. Herman Gansemer was the scene of a bridal shower honoring Mrs. Ralph E. Gansemer . . . Harvey Folkers and James Jones of Talmage are planning to open a large eating establishment here ... A safety trophy is being prepared for award ing to the Louisville cement plant -frhich has gone nearly two years without a lost time accident. ' The Washington Merry -Go-Round "Yes, sir," agreed Nunan. "Why was that?" asked Kf.an. "Because I guess we did more business. I can't say whv," shrugged Nunan. "Did you give any time to your law firm?" broke in Con gressman Carl Curtis. Nebraska Republican. "No, sir, very little." Nunan replied. "Did vour firm ever handle any tax work at all?" asked Congressman John Byrnes, Wis consin Republican. "Very little." Nunan replied. "Did not they do tax work while you were Commissioner?" insisted Byrnes. "Yes. sir. They did some tax work." admitted Nunan. "Did the income from that go into some of these legal fees that you reported?" Byrnes de manded. "Under the agreement with the firm, it wasn't supposed to, Mr. Congressman;' explained Nunan. "Did the only federal practice of the firm consist of tax prac tice?" De Wind interrupted. "That would be, yes. I don't think they had anything with any of the other to-f rnment agencies." replied the former commissioner. Nunan's Own Tax Returns The House probers were lso critical of the slipshod way Nu nan made out his own tax re turns while he was tax chief. Under sham questioning from De Wind, Nunan admitted that . -.? hadn't bothered to itemize ' expenses, contributions and other deductions though the returns explicitly called for itemized lists. "Do you not think that a Commissioner of Internal Rev enue ought to carry out his own instructions?" needled Con gressman B"rnes. "Yes. sir," meekly agreed Nu nan. De Wind then explored Nu nan's acquaintance with racket eer Frankie Costello. "I have met hitn twice, yes, sir," admitted Nunan. On both occasions, he explained that they had met at a New York bar and had been introduced by mutual friends. "You have never attended any party or dinner or other affair piven by Mr. Costello?" fired De Wind. "Yes, I did." Nunan recalled. "I attended that dinner at the Copacabana that was supposed to be given for the Salvation Army." "It was while you were Com missioner?" pressed De Wind. "Yes. sir," acknowledged Nu nan. "I was invited to this party by, I think it was a man named Jim O'Connel." He identified O'Connel as an old friend in the construction business; also testified that no ether federal officials had at tended Costello's party. $3,000 Cocktail Party As for Nunan's own party giv ing, he admitted shelling out $3,191 for a fancy party for At torney General McGrath and Supreme Court Justice Clarlf f Washington's swank Statler Ho tel in October. 1949. "The two federal officials were entertained and then the firm and you invited your private clients to the dinner?" asked De Wind. "Yes. that is right." agreed Nunan. "And vou' and the law firm viewed that as entirely a bus iness expense?" pressed the counsel. "Yes, sir." nodded Nunan. "The party was designed to increase the business of the law firm?" asked De Wind. "No. sir," denied Nunan. Then he admitted: "Well, in a certain respect it was: we had a good many of our clients there." But when the committee star ted getting sDecific about the cash in Nunan's safe-deposit box and details of his business deal ings, he clammed up and claim ed his constitutional right not to answer. Meanwhile, a federal grand jury is still investigating him. NO LOWERS YET BOSTON Twice within two months, a thief waylaid Wil liam J. McCarthy, messenger for a dental supply firm, on a Bos ton street, and snatched a bag he was carrying. Each time the bag contained one upper denture. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. t J neM. (association i TlfUmJfoiJk NATIONAL IvtTOfilAL ASSOCIATION Enter- at the Post Office at l'lattsmouth, Xebraska, as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Conse.s.s of March o. 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. (Copyright 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: NUNAN TESTIMONY IS GET-RICH-QUICK STORY; EX-COMMISSIONER WAS CARELESS WITH HIS OWN TAX RETURNS; NUNAN GAVE $3,000 COCKTAIL PARTY TO ENTERTAIN FEDERAL OFFICIALS. Washington. "How to Get Rich While Working for the Government" might well be the title of the testimony given the King Tax-Fraud Subcommittee last week by Joe Nunan, ex-Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the man who once collected the nation's taxes. Only trouble with Nunan's sensational testimony was that it was given behind closed doors. The public couldn't get the full benefit of the Nunan object leson in how to make money while working for the government. However, this column is able to give the public a detailed report of what hap pened. Here are the highlights: 1. Nunan's outside law fees and other outside income increased from .$13,306 to $77,450 while he was Tax Commissioner. This was from 1944 to 1947. 2. Nunan attended a party given bv rackctccr Frankie Costello at the Copaca VETERANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Korean Servicemen Missing in Action The lengthy missing in action list has had a serious effect on dependents of Korean service men. A serviceman officially listed as "missing in action" is presumed by the Armed Forces to be alive until death is proved. In the meantime, his pay and al lowances con tinue. His de pendents con tinue to draw the family allotment made up of mon ey he alio ted from his pay and the portion add ed to this by the sis. 3 in the Treasury. The benefi ciary also receives an amount equal to six months pay for the serviceman. This is the ' death gratuity." The situation in Korea differs from the one that prevailed in the European Theater during World War II. Then, a service man listed as missing was de clared dead a year and one day later, unless there was evidence indicating that he was still alive. This was because the Germans complied with International Law and furnished the Allies lists of p. O. W.'s and dead. In Korea, however, the enemy has made very few reports in the manner Government a s prescribed by the Geneva Con- ouarters alinw. I frence. Some lists nave - been part of his pav 1 reported through propaganda broadcasts unu ait uui uuu.141. Accordingly, tne ueiense uc Legislative SIDELIGHTS . . by BERNIE CAMP Information Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation (Legislative Sidelines is in-iu available to your local newspaper as a service o' the Neb askii Farm Bureau Federation. Opin ions expressed are not neces sarilv 'f this newspaper . You're Paying the Ei l There's an item of public ex pense that ar.ssti t often get at tention. In 1 ha over-all expend itures of the federal government, the iclal cost expended on the travti j1 U. S. government em ployees to foreign assignments : : i;ct be much. However, in j.ms of dollars expended it amounts to a good many mil lions of dollars annually and it's likely to increase and go on increasing with the commit ments the U. S. has around the world. Every dollar of these millions comes out of the pockets of the average Nebraskan and Ameri can in taxes. This is, I feel, in formation taxpayers ought to know. No one knows exactly how many U. S. officials leave the country each year for foreign assignments, but it is certain they number a good many thou sands. So many Americans are 1 travelling these days at taxpay ers expense that those who want to travel at their own expense are finding it hard to get ac commodations on steamships and overseas airlines. The government insists on first class accommodotions for all these official travelers and their dependents, who also go at public expense. The taxpay ers, in those instances where household goods and even auto mobiles are taken overseas, also pay the freight bill on those items. The number of passports is sued does not reflect the amount of such travel because those on official business may make one to a dozen trips a year on the same passport; and there may be one, two or more dependents travelling on the official pass port. With 27,000 official pass ports issued, upwards from 5C, 000 individuals may be travelling overseas on official missions at taxpawer expense. In addition, thousands, exchange students and others on semi-official bus iness, who do not get official passports, travel at government expense. The exchange stu dents generally travel tourist class, but most others get first class accommodations. Three types of official busi ness made up the bulk of the travel paid for by taxpayers. The first category are civilian officials and their dependents who are going to permanent posts overseas. The Mutual Se curity Agency lists more than 12,500 Americans who work for it overseas in more than 100 posts around the world. In ad dition to the official represent ative the total is built up by his dependents; and many other federal government agencies have employees who spend most of their time overseas. Each of these government employees is entitled to home leave every two years with the taxpayer paying the fare of the official and each member of his family, plus per diem for each family member. Another important part of the government travel is that of of ficials to international confer ences each j'ear. The State De partment alone sent 1,612 per sons to conferences in 1951 at a round trip cost of from $1,500 to $2,000 each. The third type of traveler is the exchange visitor. Actually, not much taxpayer money as such is laid out for these trav elers because those who go from the United States and those who come to visit have their expenses paid from funds set up in for eign countries in return for U. S. materials provided under various aid programs. This year about 1,500 students and other exchange personnel are going abroad and approximately 1,000 foreign students, journalists and others are visiting the United States under this kind of pro- ' gram at a cost of abont $2,500 , each. Actually, in the final I analysis, the taxpayer is paying all this too because he provides ' the taxes which buy the mate 1 rials on which the exchange 1 funds are based. Much of this travel at tax payers expense may be necessary and justified, but on the other hand there must be much of the expense taxpayers assume which is ndt necessary or justi fied. If we remember rightly, dur ing World War II prominently displayed in public places were signs and placards asking "Is This Trip Necessary?" Maybe it's about time the American taxpayer started asking his Con gressman to think in terms of the necessity of many of these trips of many U. S. officials and their dependents abroad at the expense of the taxpayer at home who cannot afford to save enough himself to make his own trip abroad at his own expense. It's just possible America doesn't need so-many "experts" overseas at taxpayer expense telling people who can't much understand what they are talk ing about how to improve their THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, March 27, 1952 PAGE f - Richard Peck ancc. That V. l 1 wmcu ne uiew iur nis own needs accumulates to his credit in the United States Treasury i partment has not presumed the If the missing man is later death of missing personnel after officially declared dead, his de- 1 a year and a day. If they did, pendents keep the money they 1 it could and would perhaps in have received and. in adViitin,-, mmw instances causc unjusti- t.hrv receive the mnnrv whi-h ; rinrf aneuish and sricf on the the success of economic missions bana night club, which Costello owns- Par- had accumulated to his credit i part of the serviceman's family around the world. It may be living standard. Maybe it's time for a rc-cxamination and re -evaluation of our foreign aid programs to find out ,inst how many people are necessary to 3L Relax With a Hobby 17 HEN W. LEE LINKOUS, Pylesville, Maryland, was a small boy he was a good boy, but he felt very much misunderstood by everyone but one uncle. They were very fond of each other. His uncle was a hunter and trapper and spent a lot of time teach ing him how to shoot with a rifle. World War I came along and he enlisted in the navy. Ther also was a lot of misunderstanding. He wanted to shoot. They wanted .him to scrub deck and paint. He could not help it if they were wrong! In the navy, he, like a lot of other young men, built up a desire to return home after the war, marry the girl of his choice and get into politics. When he placed the ring on the girl's finger his worldy possessions consisted of 60 dollars in cash, a gun and one-half interest in a dog. He was going into farming, a profession he knew absolutely nothing about. He had had eight years of schooling, was a Republican with the odds four to one against him. Also, he was a newcomer with 10 natives to one newcomer i:i the county. But he was determined to get into politics. There was one thing he could do! He could shoot rings around anyone he knew. He joined a gun club and consistently made the headlines of the local papers. This gave him a lot of pleasure plus relaxation. He dug into his business with everything he had. He bought 50 dollars worth of books at one time. He borrowed books by mail from the University of Maryland and other places. Slowly but surely he made a success in both farming and politics. Now, our point: He says he never could have crossed the humps and carried the load that he is carrying today if he had not learned to find complete relaxation in the pleasure he gets from the gun, in the club, on the Susquehanna flats, in the field and in the mountains and swamps. If .s- Carnegie PMIM...VM 'ILL,'" 1 .1 f EILflElIPilt'inln. : faSBWHOHA 1 WASHINGTON REPORT Howard Buffett Congressman, 2nd Nebraska District Since the end of the war, an estimated 50,000 million dollars have been poured into foreign handout schemes. On January 31. 1952, ever 12 billions were still unspent in the kitty. Yet. President Truman demands al most 8 billions more. Truman says, '"My support for this program rests on . . . the plain fact . . . that we can not achieve lasting security for ourselves except in association with other nations." Our resi dent proclaims that America Is too weak to make herself secure. ; Our greatest military man. General MacArthur, does not take this defeatist view of our strength. Speaking before the Legion Convention last October, MacArthur declared: "Our potential in human and material resource, in alinement with the rest of the Americas, is adequate to defend this hem isphere against any threat from any power or any association of powers." Most Americans now know that pouringvour resources into Russia was ill-advised. The people have also learned that Unconditional Surrender and the Morgenthau Vengeance Plan to wreck Germany were tragic blunders. But how many see that to day's foreign handouts bid to boomerang with even worse con about time that Nebraskans and other American taxpayers start asking how many expense-paid trips abroad can we afford for official represntatives and their dependents? smuences? Do you perceive that these multi-billion giveaways must please Russia about as much as Lendlease and UNRRA billions? Can vou visualize that despite Administration bally hoo and propaganda? Yes, our continual handouts must suit the Kremlin. In Amer ica, they are a cancer to our economic system breeding a ruthless inflation that Lenin boasted would cause our down fall. Abroad they are used to drive war-weary people into a perpetual war economy and socialism. What more could a waiting enemy want? Hawaii shipped half a million packages of flowers to the U. S. mainland in 1950. 3S sY'i. TELEPHONIC HYPNOTIST Dr. John Bjoerkhem, a Swedish nervous-disorder specialist, is in this country to demonstrate long-distance hypnotic treatment by telephone. Dr. Bjoerkhem, who is reported to have once f hj'pnotized a patient 400 miles away by telephone, was invited here by Duke University, Durham, N. C. 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