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EDITORIALS Furses Fresh Flashes Foot-In-the-Door Policy RIDGWAY MAKES SENSE General Matthew B. Ridgway recent ly gave a niDre intelligent and less emo tional analysis of the situation in Korea than some of America's' military men have been giving. Among other things, he said that the present situation was so po tentially grave that it called for "soul searching objective analysis." The General obviously believes if more objective analysis were attempted, in stead of so much purely destructive crit icism, the people would come to under stand better the tremendous problems fac ing the free world in Korea, to which there may not be any easy or simple solu tion. General Ridirway cautioned against the question, "Why do we put up with this?" He explained: "Far-reaching, al most incalcuable consequences could flow from acts which some of our people ad vocate. In this struggle, there is the com pelling necessity of patience to the nth degree." These are wise words of wisdom from General Ridgway, which are needed bad ly in this election year emotionalism. They may not be popular words witfr those who claim to have a simple solution to the Korean dilemma, but they are sober and stern advice from the military commander in the area, which must be considered, even though one does not reach the same conclusion. DICK TRACY WRIST RADIO? . A new device known as a transistor, which is about the size and shape -of a kernel of corn has been developed, which may make possible a number of electrical wonders about as fantastic as Dick Tracy's wrist radio. This tiny device is capable of doing al most the same thing a radio vacuum tube can &o and, in addition, has the advantage of a longer life and requires much less electrical power. Some people are spec ulating in the possibility of having, in the near future, pocket radios that play as well as ordinary table models and radio transmitters as small as a telephone. RECORD TRAVEL YEAR All indications point to a record year of travel this Spring and Summer. Qn one day, in the month of March, more than 4,600 passengers departed from New York by ship for European ports. This indicates the extent of American overseas travel expected this year. Officials say the departure of this number of passengers in one day, as early as March, constitutes a new record for overseas travel. Meanwhile, automobile " clubs announce that 1952 is expected to be a record year for travel on the highways of the United States. These indications, added to the reduc ed airline fares to Europe and other points, are conclusive proot that this is to be a record travel year. Airline passenger fare reductions go into effect on May 1st The only thing which will somewhat mar this record vacation traffic is the collective tragedy of death on the highways and skyways which is sure to occur. The slaughter on our highways today is largely unnecessary and perhaps the greatest blight on our otherwise super modern civilization. The best solution at present seems to lie in better driver qual ification laws, stricter permit tests, more strictly enforced highway regulations and appeals to the public for safer driving practices. The appeal to drivers to adopt more cautious and safer driving practices is especially timely on the eve of the big gest vacation spree ever witnessed in the United States. Even the best vacation if, a flop when one or more of the vacationers fail to return home, due to an automobile accident. The best way to get somewhere in life is to know where you are going and get up sufficient steam for the journey. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Happy is the man telioni God corrcctcth; therefore despise not thou the cliasten'uuj of the .Umiyhtx. Tob Y:it. 1BRASM iPtieM. r association , NATIONAL IDiTOfHAl ASSOCIATION The Eiffel Tower is a good example of how the average building will look after taxes if rates keep soaring. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says she may be quite dull at times, but about this period of the year she begins to get bride ideas. x ' The trouble with women they would rather mend your ways than your sox. A local man went up to call on the in come tax people the other day said he just wanted to meet the folks he was working for. A scientist, after years of study, says he can now distinguish the sex of a sar dine. We've been able to do that for a long time. We just watched to see what can they went into. Experience is knowing a lot of things you shouldn't do. The outer covering of young eels, says a nature note, is so thin that you can al most see through them. They do not, however, cross their legs in crowded bar rooms, too. " A little limburger cheese was smeared on the upper lip of a drunk dozing in a chair here the other day. Waking up, he sniffed a couple of times, then walked out the door. Soon he came back in, sniffed a couple of more times and said: "It's no use, the whole world stinks." Down Memory Lane OA YEARS AGO l3 The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Meisinger, Jr., was the scene of a very pretty wedding when their daughter, Miss Roanna. was united in marriage to Gerald L. Cady of Plattsmouth . . . Fire ! destroyed the farm residence of Mr. and! Mrs. Frank Hull at Rock Bluffs. Furniture was removed from the lower floor . . . Plattsmouth Woman's club will present a play under the direction of Miss Helene Perry. Members of the cast are Mrs. Robert Troop, Mrs. Philip Hirz, Mrs. W. L. Heinrich and Mrs. James Begley . . . The board of education has cut salaries of all school teachers . . . John E. Turner was elected president of the Methodist Young Men's Bible class . . . 529 voters had cast ballots at two o'clock today. I A YEARS AGO 1U Carl Schneider, Dr. P. T. Heineman and Virgil Perry were elected elders of the First Presbyterian church at its an nual meeting . . . Over 3,000 has been collected in the American Red Cross drive in Cass county . . . Jerry Ault. Cedar Creek, scored a triumph in handling dogs f.t the. Iowa field trials held near Council Bluffs. His trained animal won first in a field of 33 dogs . . . Red Cross first aid certificates were awarded to 6,5 local trainees . . . Eva Nell Mendenhall was elected president of the Beacon club. Other officers are Jean Daniels, Connie Dalbow, Lois Sell and Pat Hadraba . . . Bill Knorr, who is attending Doane col lege, arrived for Easter vacation. VASKINGTCN REPORT by Howard BufTett Congressman, 2m! THE PLATTSiYlOUTH, SErili-WEEKlY J' 'GB FOUa -!:) B iaursday, April 3, 1952 :r.x.ni. Do you think timi or nir-M; change? Certainly our mcd3r:i world has developed a f ury;and of material comforts. The pbyi ical burdens of life, pa:ticuiarly in Ncnh America, rve ?.t an all time low. But moral problems are always to arr.e. WASTTTN(tTON: WASHINGTON, D. C. The A' -1 ; i. coming along a bit fas ter with its tank procurement program though progress still seems slow to the average tax payer. Lieutenant General T. B, Larkin, assistant chief of staff. 1 "l A T ; ; r, 4-,,1-1 Almost 2 000 years ago, the . r..A"P. lu.u lcyuitv" ?.c" lowly ; ni lonely Nazarene de i The Washington Merry -Go-Round (Copyright 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) The Plattsmouth Journal Official County end City Paper ESTABLISHED IX lsSl Awarded Ak-Sar-Ben Plaque For 'Outstanding Community Service in 1950" Pul l:s!ie1 Kcmi-weeklv, Momlavs and Thursdays at 109-413 Main Street, t'lattsmouth, Ca.s County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News Reporter DREW PEARSON SAYS: DEFENSE MOBILIZER WILSON'S RESIGNA TION PROVES TRUMAN'S POL ICIES WiLL NOT CHANGE; ELLIS ARNALL ACCUSED WILSON OF WRECKING INFLATION; PEGLER ENTERS HOSPITAL AS TRUMAN MOVES TO WHITE HOUSE. Washington. Politicians are wonder ing whether President Truman's deter mination not to run again will change any of his policies. The answer is best illustra ted by Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil son's resignation namely, "it won't." Truman knew when he had his final ar gument with Wilson that he had no fur ther need to seek labor votes or kick big business in the teeth. Nevertheless, he battled for the steslworkers' wage increa-1 se just as he had during seven previous years in the White House. The storm over steel was already brewing when Charley Wilson attended the cabinet meetine last Friday. Anyone who looked carefully could see it in his ruddy face. The big defense talked privately. It was obvious from the look on Charley's face that the two men wrre n:ar the breaking point. That same afternoon, how- , ever, they hold one tv.vxi ses sion at the White Ko:e. this time with Ecaunnic Stabilizer Roger Putnam and Price Stab ilizer Ellis Arnali prssent. Tech nically, under Wilson. Putnam and Arnali differed vigorously with him over increasing steel prices, and the final White ,-:riipp session was to let Presi dent Truman make the last ! -orney decision. 1 Wrecking Inflation The issue was quite simple and the conferees got down to it quickly. Putnam, a New England man ufacturer, and Arnali, former governor of Georgia, claimed the stee1 industry was making huge excessive profits, could af ford to deduct the proposed waCTe boost out of profits. Wilson, however, claimed the 26-cents-an-hour wage increase recommended by the Wage Sta bilization Board must be offset bv increasing the price of steel, lie also claimed President Tru man had gone tack on a prev ious agreement on this point made ai Key West. 'Tf your reasoning is correct." Frice Administrator Arnali told Wilson, "you might, as well abol ish my Office of Price Stabiliza tion and make it an aDDendage of the Wage Stabilization Board. Then every time you gave a wage booit, vou would give a price boost. However, that's not stopping inflation. That's wreck ing things." "The Wage Stabilization Board has alreadv wrecked things." countered Wilson. "Not unless we grant a price increase." shot back his subor dinate. Price Administrator Arnali. "Then there'll be a strike," argued Wilson. "Well, we can't let industry and labor bulldoze us with the threat of a strike." replied the ex-governor of Georgia. "If, ev ery time there's a strike threat, we grant a price increase, every group in the country is going to threaten a strike. You can't stop inflation bv retreating." Economic Stabilizer Putnam backed Arnali uo. And after listening carefully, so did the President. The meeting adjour ned with the understanding that the nation would have to risk a steel strike rather than grant any price increase other than about S2.50 a ton under the Canehart amendment. Defense Mobilizer Wilson thereupon went back to his office and wrote out his resign ation. Merry-Go-Round On the day President Truman moved back into a comDletelv rebuilt White House. Westbrook Peeler entered a Boston hos pital. Maybe the shock was too great. Pegl?r had argued that th3 White House "ought to be destroyed. It is symbolic of roy alty and privilege and of the verminous infestation of the American Government by trait ors, vile opportunists peddling ,ui jerial favor and trimming suckers." . . . Matt Connellv's law almost dropped off when he heard his boss, the President, announce he wouldn't run again. Though a White House secretary. Matt made it all too clear he wasn't in the know . . . Said magnanimous Jonathan Daniels, first Truman biograoh- er. to recent bioarapner fcsiu j Killman. author of "Mr. Presi dent": "Your sense of timing ! was better than mine." . . . At- General McGrath may I nnt Va efficient 1-mt at Ipact Via'q frank. He now admits that he didn't, really expect Newbold Morris to do a real job of in vestigating the Justice Depart ment, after all. Political Underground Taft people now talk more and more of a convention dead iock at Chicago, in which case ;ome want a deal with General MacArthur Mac for "rsiHT Taft for Vice President. They figure Taft would end up in tue White House before the end of the term . . . What some GOP leaders don't realize is that, with a preponderance of Dem ocratic voters in the nation, they need a candidate who will woo Democrats. The two Re publicans who can do it best are Eisenhower and Warren of California . . . Charles Van De var.der, retired publicity expert for the Democratic National Committee, may be replaced by astute Tim Mclnerny. former brain truster for Tom Clark . . . Twice in the past two weeks, the President has pulled the rug out from under his Demo cratic party chief. Frank Mc Kinney once at Key West when ae denied that the question of running again was linked with he Korean truce; again at the Jeff-Jackson dinner when Tru man spilled the no-run beans without tipping a word to Mc Kinney first . . . The palace guard is also trying to pull the rug out from under McKinnev. '-le's not easy enough for them :o handle. Under The Dome Senate investigators have un covered another tanker scandal. It involves the North American Shipping and Trading Company, which racked up a fabulous pro fit on a dozen tankers and lib erty ships sold bv the govern ment for a song. Unrir fV,Q inT" n- ships were supposed to be sold only to American citizens. But the investigators found that the company was just a front for Stravos Naichos, a Greek citizen, who financed the deal "behind the scenes for three million dollars . . . The OPS is removing price controls from more expensive ladies' dresses . . . Hate-mongers from all over the countrv met in Col umbus. Ga., recently to plan a hate campaign against the Uni ted Nations and minority groups. Tom Hamilton of the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan and Bill Hendrix, the Florida Ku Kluxer, harangued the meet ing . . . Government clean-up man Newbold Morris is so deter mined to win Senate support tha he is making personal calls - - rla r T ie Scribes and the Phari oit in Moses' seat. All there fore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; j but do not ye after their works: i for they say, and do not." Matthew 23:2, 3. Christ was hurt and haunted by the same problem that you and I face people in high places vio talk one way and act another. But there is a great difference now. Those in high places now have new and pow erful weapons by which the evil influence of such hypocrisy can be multiplied. A few days ago a revolution took place in Cuba. What were the primary targets of the reb els? They captured the radio stations and the newspapers. Why? It was of paramount im portance to get possession of the fast avenues cf communication the sources from which the people obtain information. In the old days there were no such powerful instruments by which public information and thinking could be controlled. People got their information by vo-i of mouth and informed visitors that came around from time to time. The power of modern tyran nies stems out of two forces unlimited propaganda and phys ical terrorism. Three recent in ventionsthe radio, motion pic tures and television have contributed to the fearful power of propaganda. cently that by the end of the year, the Army would have six plants building tanks. As of now, he said, only three plants are turning them out. Larkin said heavy tanks would be built bv one of these six companies. This means that the United States Army might receive some tanks by the end of this year 22 years after the Korean fighting began. It is no guarantee, however, for they might merely be upder con struction by the end of the year, and even if they are available. it will probably be in terms of j fives or tens rather than larger ' numbers. - i The assistant chief of staff be- j j lieves that new U. S. tanks are j the best in the world, but he I 1 admits that Russia has not sent j its best tanks into Korea. He j says no new tanks have been i sent to Korea, but that the im- proved World War II mediums ; there new are more than a ; match for the Communist medi- j urns they have encountered. , Generally, the tank story is one ; of waiting waiting until the ; end of the year, and maybe 1 longer. - Then and only then ; will we have any quantity of all types of new tanks. Meanwhile, the taxpayer can consider the fact that new tanks to come off U. S. production lines this year wil have improved guns, speed and armament. If they are all the Army hopes they are, they might give the U. S. for the first time in history tanks which are a match for or superior to. those cf any other major world power. i politics. The President is quot ed as giving several puolic fig ures down-the-country for var ious reasons, one of them being his old friend, James F. Byrnes, who is now working against any nomination effort in behalf of Mr. Truman. The South Carolina Governor and Henry Wallace, who ran against Mr. Truman in 1948, do not gain any prestige among those who read and believe the quotations attributed to Mr. Truman. But Byrnes, and the others, have denied various things in the book, the former premising to write a magazine article refuting the claim that he was reprimanded sternly by the President for failing to co ordinate foreign policy activity through him. After all of this is relatively unimportant when compared to the significance of the publica tion cf the book at this time. Why did President Truman al i low the book to go on sale at I this time? Does it mean that ! he is getting into position to i run again? Reporters in Wash i ingtcn are loaded with questions , for the President, to be asked in ! the press conferences after the I President returns from Key 1 West. They hope to uncover a ciue to tne President s inten tions in the questioning. And some suspect that release of the beck at this time is an indica tion that the President will run asain. The private control of these propaganda weapons, here in America, is concentrated in a few hands. Also, by issuing li censes that expire regularly, the administration has its thumb on every radio and television station in the land. "And the truth shall make you free" de pends today on avenues of com munication that will present fairly both sides of public issues. on all fcut three Senators hopes to visit one Senator in the Morning and two in the after noon every day until he has talked to all 93. The three he won't bother with are McCarthy of Wisconsin. Nixon of Californ ia, and Mundt of South Dakota, who opposed him in committee. A recent survey .showed that prices cf food and most other : goods would probably remain I about the same Or drop slightly i this year. Some appliances and ' autotnc biles may go up. Rent is : expected to increase on the av : erage and wage rates will move : upward slightly. But the gen : eral opinion at this time is that I prices have leveled off and t.et, j in seme cases, may settle during ! the year. There is certainly not I going to be any sharp upward : surge in food and general con ; sumer goods during 1952, if the jj0 j forecasters are correct. William Hillman's book. "Mr. President." stood the public on its ear the first day it was of fered, mainly because of the hot political picture of the day and the fact that 'its subject was a living President, who might or might not be still in The feeling that there is to be no war in Europe this year is ! so strong at present that admin i istration officials, arguing for ! large foreign aid appropriation-, i arc running into strong senti i ment for large-scale aid cuts. ; Altogether foreign aid and U. S. business abroad would cost close to 1 billions under the proposed : budget. Foreign miltary and economic aid were to take far the greater part of this. New, Senator Tom Connailv cf ; Texas, head of the Senate For eign Relations committee, who . is up for reelection, wants ali economic aid excluded. Chair man James P. Richards of the Koise Foreign JUfairs commit ; tee. is also in favor of cuts, buc . :-ci like Connally. Thus both ': Democratic chairmen are op posed to the full amount re quested by the executive. With ' out even the committee chair men's support, the question is not whether foreign economic 1 and miltary aid will be cut but whether there will be any eco nomic aid and how much mili ; tary aid will be cut. The figure for these two pur poses will certainly be nowhere near 8 million dollars, as the administration had hoped. iBmid and Mrs. Bob Lackey and sons of Fremont were Sunday callers at the Glen Thiessen home. their mother, and family. Elaine Cox, Mrs. Glen Kjhn Mrs. Po ni T? o i ti c vici Mrs. Bill Rosencrans and boys i Thursday evening. Friday eve- i ning Mrs. John Gakemier. Jr.. i of Murdock called and Mr. and j Ginness, Mrs. Corbin Cox who is taking j Mr. and Mrs. Dave Campbell i nurses training in Omaha spent j were Sunday dinner guests of ; the week end with her folks, Mr. , Mr. and Mrs. Ray Preston and j and Mrs. Wiiby Cox and Gale. Dwar.e of Eimwood. j Glendora Meese was a Sun- ' Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beck and j day guest at the V. D. Livers i Dixie Lee visited Sunday eve- j home. In the afternoon the I rinor with A-Tr nnd Mrs fipn i T.ivprs familv nnrt ninnrinn VogTer and boys. i Meese visited Keith at the Bry- Callers last week on Mrs. Ty- i an Memorial hospital, who will ler Nunn were Mrs. Hazel Mc- ! uncergo more skin grafting on Mr. and Mrs. Craig VETERANS' COLUMN By RICHARD C. PECK Cass County Veterans' Service Officer Disability Compensation for Korean Veterans Present provisions of law pro vide for full war time disability compensation rates for all vet erans with service-connected disabilities which occurred on or after June 27, 1950. This applies whether the veteran served in Korea or any part of the world, mobilizer ' including the United States. Pre Entered at tlie Post Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as secon'l class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 3. 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, S4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 20 cents for two weeks. ivho worked his way up from a 3-a-week electrical worker to $17o,000-a-year head of General Electric, sat and sulked. Ev eryone else at the cabinet meeting was welcoming the president, telling him how well he looked, chatting about the Jackson-Jefferson dinner, but not Wilson. He sat back and glowered. In some ways you couldn't blame Wil son for saving nothing. The cabinet meet ing was short, sweet and social, with no important problems discussed and the President dropping not a word about his political plans. After the meeting, the big defense mobilizer Vent up to the' President and i vious to the enactment of this bw rHcnVMlity occurring since the end of World War II was con sidered the result of peace time service and nc war time rates were paid unless disability result ed directly from armed conflict. To obtain dis- sation, a claim ! ing disability compensation The Kicharu must be filed income nmuauon appiywuy iu with the Veterans fldministra- ' disability pensions wnich are tion to determine whether the i benefits payable to veteran . injury or disease was incurred j whose disabilities are not service in or aggravated by service, j "onnected. However, if pulmonary tubercu losis develops to a degree of 10 or more within three years from discharge, the condition will be resumed to be service connect ed. The same is true if multiple sclerosis develops to a degree of 107c or morewithin two years after discharge. In all cases a veteran must have received an honorable discharge, in order to be entitled to benefits. War time compensation rates range from $15.00 to $150.00 per month, depending upon tlnz de rrree of disability. Additional amounts are allowed for serious disabilities such as blindness, amputations, and an allowance for dependents is made when the veteran is rated as disabled n n degree of 5C or more. There are no income limitations veteran receiv Mrs. V. J. Dill of Lincoln spent Saturday evening with the Ros encran family. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Knecht spent Friday in Lincoln while Mr. Knecht attended the Scot tish Rite reunion. Mrs. Knecht enjoyed the theater. South Benil Carnicles Hosts At Dinner Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Haswell were Thursday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carnicle. In the afternoon they all called on Loyd at the Vets hospital in Lin coln and found him able to sit up a little each day. Sou tli Bt-nd Party Nets Red j Cross 333 Thirty-three dollars was rea- lized for Red Cross party Sat- j urday evening. Ladies first. ! Mrs. Herbert Keckler; ladies' j low, Eienor Fidler; men's high. Wm. Blum; men's low, Chalkley Carter. O. K. Yardley won the traveling prize, an angel food cake baked by Mrs. Tyler Nunn. South Hend Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Grady of Greenwood visited Sunday eve ning at the Wrm. Rosencrans home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kuhn were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhlman at Mem phis. Mrs. Larry Carnicle and chil dren spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carnicle. South Bend Rosencrans Are Hosts During Week Callers on Mrs. Wm. Rosen crans and baby last week, were Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Nunn, Mrs. J. C. Streight. Mrs. Oscar Dill, Mrs. Jess Fidler, Mrs. Valgene Eving and girls, Mrs. Jack Kuehn, Mrs. Lee Davison and son. - Pmith Bend Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Barney and Barbara of Lincoln and Mr. i Moller and boys, Mr. and Mrs. John Gronjes and family. Dennis Jackson spent the week end in Omaha with his mother, Mrs. John Fipps and family. Mrs. Elmer Hofmiester and son and Mrs. John Gronjes and family visited Saturday with his hand on Tuesday. Mrs. Jennie Livers is spending a few days at the Dallas Livers home in Ashland. Callers cn Mrs. Glen Thies sen this week were Mrs. Frank Ohms. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Streight. Mrs. Hazel McGinness. Mrs. Craig Moller and Mrs. Glen Kuhn. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE American Artist Here's ihe Answer HORIZONTAL 1,5 Pictured U.S. artist 10 Moan 11 Elude3 13 Evil 14 Entrance 16 Opposed (prefix) 13 Mimics 20 Christmas carol 5 Allot 6 Elliptical 7 Salt . 8 Bey's : nickname 9 Calm 10 Yawns 12 Enchantress 13 Unadorned 15 Artificial language k 17 Ventilates CD I TS l - u "W VNNV ssowKiisSa wry i a . - t v Xtffiggr- TrTctiB T3jOVAl3ri'ylo ntyp 21 Hindu garment 9 Planters 22 Beein again 21 She began 24 Hold back 25 Natural fat 26 Baking chambers 27 Accomplish 28 Pronoun 29 Belief S2 Come in 36 Worship 37 Cubic meter 38 Mouth parts 39 Caustic 43 Thread 44 Greek letter 45 Mistreats 47 Placed 8 Less Trpid 50 Titled 52 Seasons 53 Boss VERTICAL 1 Eager 2 Negative reply 3 Short sleep - 4 Soon painting at the sge cf six ni v o a' c 39 Encourage 40 Mongrels 41 Exists 42 Lairs 31 Rrickly pears 45 Piercing tool 33 Tormented 46 Rested 23 Indited 24 Cupolas 29 Story 30 Redacts 34 Made mistakes 35 Lease 49 On account (ab.) fro 1 n & 23 tfWWaSEjTipr" """"" LJr-i fr 53 f 1