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EDITORIALS Curse s Fresh Fles NOT ALL OFFICIALS ARE LOAFERS We read, not so long ago, the follow ing statement in a leading newspaper: "The people hear much about the polit ical jobholders, but know little about the public servant who really does a job." There is considerable food for thought in the above statement. Many of us have been convinced in recent years, by what we read and what we hear, that every public official is a burden upon the people, drawing a salary without performing any service. The idea has been carefully fos tered by many individuals, who are ex tremely anxious to avoid interference with special privileges. While it is undoubtedly true that some public servants are loafers, intent upon securing as much as possible, there are manv men and women holding official positions who devote themselves without stint to their jobs. In Cass County we have a number of public officials serving the county, the municipalities and other public agencies. Let the critics of governmental employees look them over and pass judgment upon what they accomplish. Not many of them are loafers and few are overpaid for the time and effort they devote to the public service. AN INTERESTING RIDE Captain "Tug" Wilson, pilot of a com mercial airliner which stops at Johannes burg, South Africa, recently experienced a ride he will not soon forget. As the pi lot's plane reached flying speed and was leaving the airport, the radio operator no ticed that a green snake was curling around the neck of the pilot. The snake was none other than the dreaded mamba, a deadly African snake, and the radio -operator, with the aid of an other crew-member, managed to dislodge the snake, which coiled itself around the control column and struck at Radio Oper ator Rice, its fangs striking his collar. All the while, the pilot was scrambling to get back into the airport so thatjie could sur render his small enclosure to the mamba. From the control column, the snake fell on the instrument panel and then to the floor of the ship. It then vanished. After the plane was landed, it was located and killed in a locker-room. The plane then took off again, with one less passenger, and much less excitement. It would probably be safe to say that the pi lot will never experience a more devasta ting take-off and landing, and that he -holds some sort of rare distinction in the annals of aviation, having taken off with a rare African snake around his neck. There are few in life who will pass up a scheme to make a quick dollar. HIDING BEHIND A SLOGAN The "freedom of the press" is one of the fundamental rights of a free people but it is not an exclusive possession of the press. For this reason, it is important for the people of this country to understand what the phrase means. It is certainly apparent .hat some newspaper men have the idea that it extends immunity to the press in a manner that far transcends the right to print articles without censorship or penalty other than those represented by libel laws. The freedom of the press does not re lieve the press of its obligation to pay tax es, to adjust employment according to the laws of the land and to comply with regu lations issued to protect the nation in an emergency. Neither is it a cloak to Conceal the facts about the ownership of publica tions, in violation of the law that requires disclosure of ownership. A little confidence in a person can of ten produce great results. If you want your wife to listen to what you say, try talking in your sleep. There would be no college "pantie" raids today if the present generation of girls wore the same kind of lingerie their mothers wore. Hyde Sweet is the only person we know who hasn't howled over the potato shortage. He hasn't seen a plate of potato salad in three weeks. A word of advice Don't give it. A noted specialist says a teenager should get nine-hours sleep. Most of them do six in bed and three on the job. Gossip is the art of putting two two together and making it five. The Air Force reports that it is costly to produce rain by sprinkling the clouds with dry ice. The cheapest way is to have the Weather Bureau predict a nice day. A playing card company says there are only five real authorities on bridge in this country. We can't understand how we always get one of them for a partner. The longest word in the English lan guage in our estimation, follows: "And now we will have a word from our spon- Another Panmuri and too sor We would like to pass along a word of caution to Plattsmouth's amateur garden ers never plant more than your wife can cultivate. Down Memory Lane K x ma . Capitol News LINCOLN Just about a month from today Nebraska's 18 delegates to the Republican national convention in Chicago's spacious Amphitheater will be balloting on the party's nomi nee for the president cf the United States. How that delegation would Vote was the center of specula tion this week wherever politi- f cos gathered in the Cornhusker ' state. Sen. Robert A. Taft, ' winding up his now-or-never campaign tor the nomination mnt witn seme members of the delegation in Omaha last week . ana huj supporters came out of the meeting claiming only 14 ! of the 13 votes. ' This is at least two under the number generally credited to .u Ohio senator and there are 'professionals" here who'll bet you he doesn't get even that many on the first ballot and certainly won't have that many on successive ballots. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEIW-WGEKLY "URl PAGE FOUR Section B Thursday, May 51! IVVftSHINGTONi 1 By Stanley James, Journal Washington Reporter 10 fast. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Wisely, and slozi-; they stumble that run Shakespeare YEARS AGO Eligible voters will cast ballots in four county communities for including an additional 128,000 acres in the Cass Soil Conservation District . . . George W. Ol son, local farmer, has filed for the demo cratic nomination for Congress . . . Mrs. Ernest C. Giles has resigned as "Platts mouth City Hostess" a civic duty she has performed in welcoming newcomers t Plattsmouth . . . Gene Richardson, grand son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Livingston, is listed among the graduates from the Nav al Academy at Annapolis . . . Fifty-one countians left today for induction into the armed forces . . . Attorney A. L. Tidd was at Lincoln attending a session of the Su preme Court . . . Members of the board of education consulted with Army headquar ters on construction of an addition to school facilities here. M YEARS AGO Alice Hiatt, Edward Lorenz, Louis Knoflicek, Patty Cloidt, Mildred Knofli cek, Katherine Meisinger, Alfred Hart man, Malinda Friedrich, Roberta Waugh, Beatrice Knoflicek, Ellen Hartman, Billie Reddie, Elaine Burger and Andy Leidy were members of a piano class of Mr. J. M. Roberts who presented a recital . . . Mrs. Agnes Chapman and Mrs. Emily Tim gate, charter president and conductor, were honored by the Woman's Relief Corps. The group was organized in 1886 . . . Helen Warga was elected president of Westminster Guild, recently organized by the Presbyterian church. Other officers are Fern Stivers, vice president; Wilhelm ina Henrichsen, secretary; and Gertrude Vallery, treasurer . . . Paving of Highway 34 from Lincoln to Eagle is to be let soon . . . Plattsmouth Merchants baseball team won a close 10-9 game from Weeping Water. achievements during th? last CD years with a warm tribiue to the Truman-Achescn foreign policy. The President seemed so in terested in convention plans and the meeting lasted so Ions; that Governor Dever was late for the 11 o'clock mass at St. Matt hew's cathedral. After church, a group of friends asked: "Is the President going to take an active part in the conven tion?" "This is the age of modern communications." replied Dever with a smile. "It's my guess that nobody at the convention will be able to see the President's hand." i Ike's First Political Speech His political enemies will pro bably make something; of the fact that the first political speech Dwight Eisenhower ever made in his life was at Abilene, Kans.. in 1909 as a Democrat, and the second political speech of his life was also at Abilene in 1952 as a Republican. The first political speech was at the age of 19 at a Jackson Day dinner. Eisenhower's father was a Democrat, and young Ike was picked as Democratic rep resentative of the younaer . gen eration. The reason he made no more political speeches until this week was because he enter ed West Point a few months later. Entirely aside from his polit ical enemies, the 1909 speech at Abilene is significant m two respects: No. 1 Young Ike made this profound observation at the age STRICTLY FRESH pRENCH Communist leader Maurice Thorez has been "re cuperating" in Russia for almost two years now. The Kremlin boys must have a special "five year plan" for poor Maurice. A Chicago woman had the habit of going to different dentists, and as they worked on her molars she picked their pockets. It takes in tensive drilling to make a good pickpocket. With the snow gone and Bikini bathing suits here, male motorists WASHINGTON, D. C, June 5 senator Robert Taft s recent statement that he intended to let General Douglas MacArthur clean up the Pentagon when and if, elected president is as close as the senator has yet come to saying that MacArthur would be the next secretary of defense in a Taft administra tion war for the U. 6. while Rq stood by in complete satia! tion, not losing a man of 200 million population. Sui war would mean exhaustion the U. S. in the end. and li us in a weakened position fight the Communist threat Of course. MacArthur's of On several occasions Taft l sive would be designed to ci has publicly intimated that the opposition, but it is imp MacArthur is his choice for the J able that he could crush C! will switch from skidding into wrecks to looking-the-other-way into them. Time to think about vacations and how long it will take to drive back home to find out if your wife unplugged the iron. Some one stole a Missouri man's dog and the young elm tree it was tied to. Doggone! an even fight," Eisenhower con tinued. "A young man. in speak ing of the --litical situaticl.i the of 19: " 'As the Twig is Inclined J otner day said: -My father is a I me ncc uciii. , . I Republican ana so was ms ter voting the straight ticket fatneri but t am going to vote The Plattsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABMSIIKD IN 1881 Twice Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" in 1951 (Hanked Second in Cities Over 1000 ropulatlon l'tiMishcd semi-weekly. Mondays and Thursdays at 0-4i:: Mam street, l'lattsmoutli, Cass County. Nebr. RONALD R. FURSE Publisher HARRY J. CANE Editor FRANK H. SMITH News reporter The Washington Merry-Go-Round 1 1 iwrw&i r tunom CDrTORtAL ASSOCIATION Kntcre at tlie I'ost Office at Plattsmouth. Nebraska, as second 'class mail matter in accordance with the Act ot Congress of March S. 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.50 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $4.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the ity ot Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 20 cents for two weeks. (Copyright 1949, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: TRUMAN D.EVER SUNDAY-MORNING CON FERENCE WAS REVEALING; IKE " MADE FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH IN ABILENE; EARLY DEMOCRA TIC LEANINGS MAY HELP EISEN HOWER. Washington. The extent to which President Truman is directing backstage operations for the Democratic National Convention can be gathered from a recent bunday-morning conference with Gov. Paul Dever of Massachusetts and Frank McKinney, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Governor Dever is to be Democratic keynote speaker, and the three men dis cussed the contents of his speech at some length, almost down to the commas and the semicolons. At one point the President even asked Dever whether he planned to read his speech. "No, Mr. President," replied the Mass achusetts governor, "I just can't read a speech. I fumble and stumble too much. I'll have a few notes, but I'll know what I want to say." There was agreement that the speech must include a strong position on civil rights, and should review Democratic for several elections seldom changes from one side to the other." This will be played ud by Taft leaders; in fact, congressman Carroll Reece of Tennessee, Taft's campaign manager for the south, already has cast doubts about Ike's ability to take off the gloves against the Democrats because he's been too close to them. On the other hand, what many GOP leaders forget is that the Democratic party has the predominant registration in the nation today, and in order to win, the Republicans must woo large blocs of Democratic votes. A candidate who has had Dem ocratic leanings in the past sometimes can do this better than a dyed-in-the-wool Repub lican. GOP Split: 1912-1952 No. 2 Young Ike's 1909 speech was filled with references to the division inside the Republican party, which later split it squarely in two during the row between President Taft, father of the Senator, and ex-President Teddy Roosevelt. Ironically, Eisenhower is now in exactly the same kind of fight, with the Republican party becoming more bitter and an other split threatened between conservative and progressive Republicans. Alter the elder Taft refused to seat Teddy Roosevelt's dele gates at the 1912 convention, Roosevelt bolted, formed the Bull Moose party. Today the same fight over Texas. Louisiana and South Carolina delegates is certain to take nlace in Chicago, with President Taft's son and Eisenhower lined up in bitterly opposing camps. Young Ike, speaking as a Democrat in Abilene in 1909, had some worldly-wise observations to make about the earlier split in the party of which he is now a member. As shown by the following re marks young politician JSfceri hower was trying to wean the progressive wins of the Repub lican party over to the Demo crats, just as Eisenhower the candidate will now have to wn Democrats over to the Repub lican party. "One branch (of the Repub lican party)," he told the Jack so mcctinc at Abilene,' "is called the square-dealers insur gents, and reformers. AltWugh these men are loud in their de nunciation of .Cannon. Aldrich, and a few others who are hide bound party men. yet they re fuse to loin any other party and for the Democrats at the next election because I think they need me and the Republicans do not.' Boosts Democratic Principles "But notwithstanding such reasoning as an admiration of fair play, the parental vote and the like, a man's first vote gen erally is cast correctly. He has arrived at an age of great self confidence and has acquired a feeling of self-importance, for he figures that he will be about one-fifteenth of a millionth part of the vote of the United States "A leader of a political party who is a clean and fearless fighter," concluded young Eisen hower, "and possesses a win ning manner is undoubtedly the means of attracting a large number of votes. The young man sees that the more honest and fearless leaders have be come disgusted with the actions of the leaders and the party oroDer. He admires these men greatly but he cannot help but think and remark that they are fighting for many of the same principles which the Democra tic party advocated." That was Dwight Eisenhow er's first and last contribution to the Democratic party. Accor ding, to the Abilene News: "To say that he handled him self nicely would be putting it mildly. His speech was well-received." A few months later. Ike Eisen hower was in West Point, where no one is supposed to be either a Democrat or a Republican. It's Like This These men, who know politics like a farmer knows his back 80, reason this way: Terry Carpenter, the delegate-at-large from Scottsbluff, is an out-and-out Eisenhower sup porter. His fellow townsman, Robert G. Simmons, Jr., quite likely will support Ike because the voters in the Fourth Con gressional District chose Eisen hower over Taft in the April 1 primary and Simmons is a dis trict delegate. Eisenhower also won in the First District where Guy Coop er of Humboldt and Frederic Marsh of McCook were elected delegates. From these two and Simmons' Fourth District col league. Frank M. Johnson of Lexington, the betting is that Ike will grab at least two but they won't tell you which two. That leaves Taft's 14, which includes Omaha's Charles S. Reed who hasn't said who he's for. It's no secret that Reed wanted very badly to be elected chairman of the delegation but the Taft people ganged up on him those are Reed's words and handed the chairmanship to Sam Reynolds, an Omaha coal dealer. It wouldn't be surprising if that incident caused Reed to vote against Taft, because as dean of the delegation, Reed wanted that chairmanship in the worst possible way. He lost it by two votes. Backfire And, finally, there are men like Lincoln's Arthur Weaver, originally a Stassen man who is now listed for Taft simply be cause he agreed to support the of the primary. That piomise was made by a group of Stassen delegate-candidates who couldn't conceive that their man whose name was on tne ballot, would be beaten in the primary by two write-in candi dates. The stunt backfired so now they're stuck with Taft at least for the first ballot. Thpse. mind you. are the top defense post but he has not been more specific than he was on the last Sundav in May. At that time ne also said that he would seek MacArthur's ad vice in formulating a new for eign policy, if elected president. Such a foreign policy would cer tainly give vent to MacArthur's views on the Far East, which have been in partial or total op position to those of the admin istration in power for some ten years now or even longer. At the beginning of World War II MacArthur opposed the Marshall-Roosevelt strategy of con centrating on Europe in such heavy proportion, arguing that the Far East was just as im portant as a theater of war Marshall and Roosevelt over-1 wa?t,.uLt"?ilt. n China Dy aeieaung me unmese a (and part of another) which been committed in Korea by Chinese Reds. He would 1 several other Chinese armit face when he reached the nese border, and his polic; bombing China would n that all-out war prevailed, he would have to either at them or face attack from tl Russia, of course, would be , plying the Chinese with ev thing they needed, in orde pin down U. S. troops and w en us financially and physic This dilemma is just whal administration has not wa to get into, for two reasons are not .yet ready lor a rr test, and secondly, we do ruled him, and Germany was brought to her knees first as planned. Today MacArthur thinks too much emphasis is being placed on the European alliance of na tions and the NATO pact coun tries, once again. He even said recently that the billions spent on European aid over a period of some years has not gained the U. S. any converts in West ern Europe. On this score the difference of opinion between General Dwight D. Eisenhower and MacArthur is widest. Eisen hower believes the Marshall Plan and European economic and military aid have saved much of western Europe from communism. He also thinks the North At lantic Treaty has posed commu nism with the greatest array of power the Reds have ever faced, since an attack on western Ger many today means in effect an attack on all countries from Norway to Turkey, including Germany, France and Italy, plus half a dozen others like Eng land, the United States, Yugo slavia, Greece and probably Spam. This is indeed a power ful front, and one which the Reds will attack only if convinc ed that a desperate all-out gamble is their only chance to defeat democracy in the world wide battle between the ideologies. MacArthur does not share real fight, if it comes mus with the real enemy, Rv Otherwise, a victory woul meaningless. The Truman administn is scurrying a bit to keep 1 ness activity on a high 3 Credit controls have . been laxed and by the time you this, home borrowing re tions might have been e. The drag which has devcj in several business line thought to be due to consi resistance, not f ally taken1 appreciation by economic i I n pre a fpw mnnthc aon orJ end to the war psychology f 1 ClllO Ail iilUVli Ui A. ShSU I 1951. A real estate pick-up other soft spots in the eco are expected to harden in eral months. The inevitably cession is not expected b$ administration until 1954 then. The reason is tha fense spending has not rea its peak and while it is goin; economists can't see how i cession can develop. - The Reds in Korea have power to launch another o: sive and General Mark will be put to the test comes. Of course, Ge James Van Fleet will hai do the front-line commai and he is confident his : Eisenhower's appreciation of the 1 can hold and inflict great NATO alliance, nor Ike s high es on tne enemy. opinion of the European aid thmiehts of men prominent in urogram. Just what his Euro Republican politics; they're not pean policies would be, if he Cass Countians Schedule Picnic At Long Beach ' In Bixby Park on June 8, we have a date, so pack your lunch and bring your bunch Let's celebrate.'' That's an invitation received here recently to the Cass county picnic being held at Bixby Park in Long Beach, Calif., next Sunday. Mrs. Florence McElroy of Hol lywood, secretary of the Cass county organization in Califor nia, sent the card to friends here this week as a reminder that Cass countians vacationing in California might wish to join their former friends. Mrs. McElroy informed friends here that the picnic will be a grand opportunity for old friends to get together. Readers at election vote the Remihlican of the Journa' scaucrca over ti, c Lue "epuDlican . nf r.n fnrnia mav have ticket "There is an inbe-n" w'-Q in hi,v,nial an,?' hcalthy bovs to help the smaller contestants in time yet to plan a lunch and attend the county gathering. this reoorter's. A tip that they might be cor rect however is this excerpt from a United Press story about Taft's luncheon meeting writh Reynolds, Weaver and Reed: 'Taft conceded after the lunch that Reed is 'really inde pendent' and said that 'Weaver told me he would support me." 4 In Lincoln, Weaver's version of his conversation with Taft was, "I told him I would support him on the first ballot, just as I told the voters of Nebraska that I would abide by the out come of the presidential prefer ential primary.' " Reason Taft, of course, has a special reason for attempting to woo Weaver. The Lincoln man is Nebraska's representative on the all-important credentials com mittee of the convention. This is the group which will decide who's to be seated and who isn't. Weaver's associate in the S.tas sen campaign, John B. Qiiinn of Lincoln, already has indicated " a group of prominent Repub licans" will contest the seating of Delegates Ted Metcalfe of Omaha and Hugh Brown of Kearney as well as Alternate Henry Amen of Lincoln, all Taft men. Quinn will attempt to show the credentials committee that the three were illegally filed for their offices by not having enough valid signatures in the Fourth Congressional District. In addition, several southern slates will send both Taft and Ike slates to the convention and it will be up to the credentials committee to decide which one gets seated. POSTMASTERS President Truman has again asked Congress to act on his recommendation of putting the appointment o f postmasters. United States Marshals and, cus toms officials on a strict civil service basis. Louis, 111., driving a truck car rying five race horses slowed his truck because of the fog. The pile-up followed- One of a the drivers was' killed when he-went to the rear of his truck to set out a flare. The other died when the load of steel on his truck shifted forward, pinning him against the rear of the next truck. ' In the U. S. bituminous coal industry there are 1,900 surface mines. became adviser to President Taft, is not altogether clear. It is easier to say what his Far East policies would be. He could be expected to enlarge the U. S. effort in Korea, with bombing of China, a naval blockade, and possibly a new U. N. offensive up to the China border in North Korea. What he would do when he reached the Chinese border still fighting the Chinese, no one knows. If he invaded China, he would need at least a million American soldiers, or more, plus heavy U. N. reinforcements. Such a step would be an all-out Nevertheless, such an a? would again mean heavy casualties and would rcpn a set back for the admini tion, which has been seekir armistice. It might help Republicans, in their dm oust the pemocrats in No ber. 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