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EDITORIALS Furse's Fresh Flashes OASIS FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY One of the guarantees of good busi ness in the future is the brighter prospect for income for those over the age of sixty-five. A recent study showed that only about one in every four persons in the United States over the age of sixty-five has any significant income ($1,000 a year or more). i Obviously, this condition is certain to change drastically in the next decade or two. For one thing, social security will boost the income of those over sixty-five both in dollars and in the percentage of people receiving a significant income. In addition, industries are now offer ing pension plans, retirement systems and all sorts of old-age benefits which were not in effect in the past. This trend in industry is certain to increase the num ber of persons over sixty-five who will re ceive significant income in the future. , This fact, plus the fact that the Unit-" ed States is a rapidly growing country, with population gains being registered in the millions each year, plus the fact that the living standard is continuing to rise, makes it positive that the market for goods in this country will increase in the next decade and thereafter. This does not mean there cannot be an economic recession. It does mean, how ever, that the general trend, as separated from the local vicissitudes of business as depicted in charts, is upward. There is still plenty of opportunity in this country for those who will plan for the future and take advantage of it. IIENRY FORDS ADVICE Henry Ford II, speaking out on the question of the first public sale of Ford Motor Company stock in Ford's history, warned the American public iiot to expect riches to suddenly flow from Ford stock. It was a refreshingly frank statement which came from the President of the sec ond largest automobile producer in the industry. Ford noted that the automobile business is a highly competitive one and. is aware of the fact that sales will prob ably drop in 1956 from their 1955 rec ords. - Some- 10.2 million shares of Ford stock, coming on the market January 18th, at $64.50, comprised approximately 22 per cent of the non-voting shares held by the Ford Foundation. Seven hundred in vestment houses handled the sale of this stock. Mr. Ford, hoping to prevent the Cre ation of a number of disappointedHnves- tors, attempted to speak soberjyy-4cu:-the American public about possible "illusions of big profits, immediately, by stockhold ers of the Ford Motor Company. Said Ford at one point: "It is my per sonal belief that we will have a good year in' 1956 but I don't know for sure." Pub lic acceptance of the Ford stock indicated that the public thought his stock was a good buy. EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME Sergeant James Closson, a paratroop er in the U. S. Army, was recently taking part in a drop at Fort Campbell, Ken tucky. It was a drop involving many para troopers and a number of large aircraft. Sgt. Closson leaped from the door of the aircraft at the given signal, as he had done before, and pulled his chute cord at the appropriate moment. The chute fail ed to open and it looked as if Sgt. Clos son's time might have run out. At the last moment, Sgt. Closson was given a hand. Private Leslie Smith, who was involved in the same jump and had jumped ahead of Closson. He noted that Closson's chute was not opening and was near enough to do something about it. THOUGHT FOR TODAY The man of true greatness never loses his chilli's heart. Mencius In case of an air raid, crawl under that slot machine in a local club it's never been hit. If you've got anything left oyer aftsr paying your income taxes, you might like to know that right now is the best time to do your Christmas shopping. V Just read where George Washington could broad jump a distance of 26 feet. Hell, we can sidestep further than that. Women can keep a secret as well as men, but it takes three or four ot them to do it. We'll never have to fear an invasion from Mars if the boys up there have ever got a look at the tax rate down here. . Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, has never been a drum ma jorette men follow her without a band. Inflation is when you have a radio that cost you $10 before the war and now costs you $15 to get it fixed. There are, two kinds of egotists: Those who will admit it and the rest of us. As Closson fell near Private 'Smith, Smith managed to reach out and grab Sgt. Closson's parachute lines and retain his grip, even though the stress of slow ing his fall was substantial. As a result, Closson hit the ground at a rate of fall only slightly greater than that normally experienced. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and one might conclude that Closson is living on borrowed time. Needless to say, he has a high opinion of Private Smith, who we assume will be able to borrow $5 from the sergeant any time he wishes. k Down Memory Lane YEARS AGO' The office of County Treasurer John E. Turner was engulfed when 200 license plates were issued in one day as the Feb. 1 deadline approached . . . The Cass coun ty court heard a damage suit asking $1 thousand, Donald Whitmer and his moth er, against Raymond H. Norris following an auto-bicycle accident . . . 150 bonus ap plications 'Were received by the Platts mouth American Legion post starting the ball rolling on converting adjusted serv ice certificates into baby bonds cashable after June 15 . . . Sherman Hardaway and Harold Richards went to Lincoln for the weekly truck load of supplies for the Wa bash store, parked the truck in a warm place, and went to a theater to see Major Bowes' Amateur Hour before returning. ir k k Qf YEARS AGO 3U Mrs. Clarence E. Tefft, president of the Weeping Water Woman's Club, wras in charge of a convention of Cass County Woman's clubs at Weeping Water . . . Ted Hadraba of Plattsmouth tied for the highest rank in a chemistry class of 240 at the University of Nebarska . . . The bat tle of oratory was about to begin after Judge Lightner, a stranger in Cass coun ty, adjourned court to the scene of the fuss over whether it was a private road or a public road in a suit by the King of Trail Bridge company against the Platts mouth Auto and Wagon Bridge ... A bridge across the Missouri river at Platts mouth was being studied. 241 Hold Your Breath ----- , The Plaffsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi-Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Presented Nebraska Press Association "GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" " First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities over 2,000 Population) RONALD R. FURSE Editor and Publisher WM. L. MURDOCK News Editor MARGARET DINvSMAN Society Editor JANET PTAK Bookkeeper VERN WATERMAN Advertising PHONE n r m IRS rry-Go -Round ly DREW PEARSON Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress oi March 3, 1S79. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year in Cass and adjoining counties, $5.00 per year elsewhere, in advance, by mail outside the city of Platts mouth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cer,s for two weeks. (Copyright, 1955, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: GENERAL MAC ARTHUR AND HARRY TRUMAN TANGLE AGAIN SOON; DULLES PUTS TOO MANY BIPARTISAN EGGS IN THE WAL TER GEORGE BASKET; TEN THOUSAND AUTO DEALERS DE SCEND ON WASHINGTON. Washington . The Douglas MacAr-thur-Harry Truman feud is going to blaze into headlines again thanks to Life Mag azine. Life editors have the advantage of reading Harry Truman's memoirs before anyone else and have been using this to their own advantage. Mr. Truman's first installment on the Marshall mission to China was answered by Life in the same i.sue in which it was published. In addition, Life editors slipped Gen. Douglas MacArthur an advance copy of Truman's memoirs which refer to him. This particular installment is not due to be published until late February, but MacArthur has already written a 5,000 word stinging rejoiner courtesy of Life editors and his ghost-writer, Gen. Court ney Whitney. The MacArthur answer is so hot that Life circulation experts are ordering around a half million extra copies. Dulles's One Friend Reason why John Foster Dulles isn't getting as much bipartisan policy as he wants is that he pins every thing on one Democrat, the much-loved elder statesman from Georgia Senator George. However, a lot of other Demo crats don't, relish the way George walked out on the Dem ocratic party on tax reduction or ether domestic matters last year when the White House in vited him to lunch. That's why Gaorge's influ ence on foreign affairs with other Democrats has diminish ed. In handling the Bulganin-Ei-senhower letter exchange, for instance, Secretary Dulles did consult Senator George. But he ignored other Democratic lead ers completely. At 11 a.m. Saturday, after re lease of the two letters already had' been decided, Congressman John McCormack of Massachu setts, Democratic leader of the House, telephoned Congressman James Richards of South Car olina, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Richards is supposed to know what the score is at the State Department just as much as George, but he didn't know. He hadn't -been informed. "I don't know anything mor than What I read in the news papers," he told McCormacS caustically. Auto Dealers' Gripe Ten thousand "typically American" small businessmen met in the nation's capital this week in the opening gun of a pitched battle for survival. 1 They're the owners of the n- tion's auto agencies and, like thousands of other small bus inessmen around the country, they find themselves today on the "brink" of an uncertain fu ture. : The auto dealers didn't sit around twiddling their thumbs and moaning, however. They worked through their powerful organization, the National Au tomobile Dealers Association. "We're disturbed about the profit situation," explained W. L. Carpenter, a small Ford Mercury, dealer from Pontotoc, Miss., who sells about 175 cars a year. Carpenter employs 13 people, including his son-in-law, and grosses about S500.000 a year. "We're not making any mon ey," Carpenter says, which is why attendance at this year's NADA convention is so much greater than usual. "When we were making . money tnere wasn't much reason to go to conventions." Sentiment among the dealers is aimed at the manufacturers, the chief gripe being overpro duction of new cars. The deal ers want output cut back to a reasonable level, so some of the sales pressure can be lifted. Overproduction, they feel, leads to factory pressure on them to sell an impossible quota of cars, also to "bootlegging," and to inability to give adequate serv ice. "We're here in Washington to demonstrate our power," agreed Carpenter. "These manufactur ers don't like the NADA. We just want to show 'em we have some backing." Government Regulation??? Asked whether he thought government action would be needed, Carpenter answered "no." "I think the industry can solve the problem, when the manufacturers and dealers get around a table and talk in a way that will be profitable to both parties. "Of course, we're not having much trouble down south. Most ly it's up north. We're not hav ing any trouble with the Ford Company, either. In our state we elect delegates every year from among the Ford dealers to go up to Detroit and talk with the factory people." In another corner of the Sher aton-Park Hotel lobby two Chi cago dealers were talking. They were Jerry Cizek, a Chrysler agent, and M. F. McCarthy, who sells International trucks. Their feelings echoed Carpenter's. "The industry should solve the problem without govern ment intervention. It'll be bet ter for the dealer, and better for the industry." However, Cizek and McCarty; agreed that if the industry doesn't act, NADA will turn to the government. They were both glad their convention was being held in Washington, part ly because NADA is making an impression on Congress. A small minority of the deal ers isn't alarmed about over production and bootlegging. They're the second-hand deal ers, typified by Thornton An derson of Philadelphia's May- fair Motors. "We like it fine the way it is," quipped Anderson. "The more new cars are sold, the more used ones there are, and the cheaper they are. "As for bootlegging," Ander son said, "there isn't 10 per cent of the : bootlegging that there was a year ago. The new car dealers undercut us now. You can't make a dime boot legging any more." Note Most of the dealers aren't sorry they got into the auto business. "It gets into your bloodstream," explained one, "and you can't get out." Capitol News Bj Melvin Paul Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association .V.V.'.V.V.' ONE OUT OF THREE WOMEN WORK There are more working wom en today than ever before 21 million with paying jobs. Be fore the war only 27 per cent worked, in 1955 36 per cent did. At present 30 per cent of mar ried women are wrorking, twice as many as in 1940. The number is rising. Women's jobs are plen tiful and young couples need the money to lift themselves in liv ing standards. On the national average the pay for women's jobs has risen less than men's. The Kiplinger Letter Cass County's Greatest Newspaper The Plattsmouth Journal See By The Papers .... By Bill Murdock Loren Hatfield, supervisor of " Custer County District No. 2, cancy on the Sarpy County said in the Custer County Chief board of commissioners to fill inai me-ooara evaaea ine law in rehiring the county super visor at $400 per month, creat ing the office while the regular office of highway commissioner was filled by appointment at no pay. Signs of chaging times was sighted by Stu Rohacek in the Wilber Republican when he told of wThat was probably (maybe) the oldest thrashing rig being sold and was about to be dis assembled. Will J. McCorkindale of Belle vue was selected to fill a va- the unexpired term of Harry F. Lindberg, who resigned Jan 10. Nineteen applied for the job. Half the adult Valley county drivers are flunking current driver's license tests an exami ner told the Ord Quiz. Jack Lough, publisher of the Albion News, took the county commissioners apart for putting legal advertising in other county papers. In turn the St. Edwards' Advance analyzed Jack Lough's gripe then Jack Lough printed the analysis on page one. LINCOLN The buildup to ward the rush of filings for the May primary election in Ne braska already .has begun and filing fees are causing some confusion. This came to light when Paul Kruger, Fort Calhoun, was "overcharged" on his filing fee at Blair for the Republican nom ination for Congress in the sec ond district. This drew comment from Dep uty Secretary of State Roland Luedtke. Kruger's filing was delayed while the matter was corrected. Luedike said Kruger should have been charged only $10 in stead of $25 and said the Wash ington county board could direct the county treasurer to return the overcharge. Candidates for University of Nebraska regent, presidential elector and covention delegate, are not required to pay a filing fee, Luedtke explained. For other district and state offices, including Congress, the fee is $10 except that the charge is $50 for United States Senator. The fee for filing for county office, including county judge and county superintendent of schools, is $5. The fee for dis trict judge is $10, the same as for judges of the Nebraska Su preme Court. There also is confusion as to where, the fee is to be paid. Luedtke explained this must be done at the county seat of the candidate's own county. The receipt must be presented or or mailed to the Secretary of State with filing papers before a name can be entered on the ballot. Bids Called Contracts are slated to be awarded Feb. 24 for construct ing four buildings to serve as division engineer and safety pa trol offices for the Highway Department. The offices will be located at Norfolk, Grand Island, McCook and North Platte. State Engineer L. N. Ress said plans are available to all interested contracting firms. The work will sonsist of con structing a one-story structure at each site. Also included in the work will be grading, side walks, parking space and all other minor. items as specified. Ress said the department has I long advised the "decentraliza tion" of the department so that local problems may be more easily handled at the division level Said Ress: "Until such decen-1 tralization is brought about, the department's main offices in Lincoln must continue to act on' all highway and safety Rtrol; questions." The state is divided into eight divisions for highway adminis tration purposes, two of which have offices in the statehouse. Plans for new division offices in Ainsworth and Bridgeport will be drawn up and released at a later date, Ress said Morris To Court George Morris ousted head of Men's Reformatory, has taken his drive for reinstatement to Lancaster County District Court. His attorney, Frederick Wagr ener, filed a petition charging the Board of Control, which fir ed Morris, with error. The petition charged basically what Wagener and Morris have claimed all along: 1. That Morris was wrongfully discharged. 2. He was not given a "full and proper hearing" according to law. 3. A referee should have been designated to take testimony at a public hearing, instead of the board. 4. There was error in conduct of the public hearing. The board fired Morris last Sept. 8 on grounds he made pub lic statements which hampered efficient operation of the Peni tentiary and Reformatory. It al so said he failed to cooperate with Penal Director B. B. Al bert. In a statement, Wagener said that the board had taken the position that the "KING CAN DO NO WRONG." The Morris hearing and the ruckus over it some weeks ago touched off a sharp series of statements from Albert who said the Reformatory was"dirty and rundown" and badly in need of repair. Albert Hopeful Penal Director B. B. Albert has notified the Board of Con trol he hopes to return soon to his advisory post. But, he said in a letter, that depends upon the outcome of of his physical examination this week at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Since Dec. 16, Albert has been at his home in Roanoke, Va., on a 60-day leave of absence without pay. He took the leave to try to regain his health. Albert is suffering from ar thritis and gallstones. He told the board that the Virginia sun shine has materially helped his arthritis. (Continued on Page Eight) THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAl PAGE TWO " Section B Thursday, February 2, 1956 By Stanley James. Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 Pre- : sident Eisenhower is 'now. con fronted with the bluntest criti cism from a top member of the nation's honored military circle he has encountered since be coming the Chief Executive. Moreover, the ' attacks come from a man who has had enough .exDerlence to be Qualified in many phases of defense. General Matthew Ridgeway, who took over in Korea and stopped the retreat that had sent Americans all the way from the Yalu River to below the 36th parallel, who commanded, an airborne division in World War II, who was commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion forces, and who was Chief Staff of the Army, has had the experience to entitle him to the role of adviser, or critic, as the case may be. In . addition. Ridgeway has never been one to sit quiet about his convictions when he thought the time for speaking out was at hand. This does not mean that he is always right, but it does mean he has the" courage of his convictions. One can ap preciate that factor when he realizes that it was this trait that lost Ridgway his job as Army Chief of Staff. , Eisenhower has always been a team man. They said in Europe, in -World War II, that Ike was a great politician. He had to be, in a sense, to mold all the different elements under his command in to a harmonious fighting force. And there has been ample evi dence to indicate that the ap praisal of Ike in the early forties was highly accurate. He has become President of the United States and as a Pre sident and politician he has taught the pros a few things in recent years. His biggest lesson was given in 1952, of course. But Ridgeway believes Ike is too much of politician. Ike be lieved that Ridgeway was not enough of a team man to work harmoniously with the Joint Chiefs. There - could , be some thing in the contention -of each. Certainly, however, the Presi dent has had the toughest job. Ridgway could fight for his service, the Army, and complain that it was not being given enough money, Eisenhower had to listen to this, the other ser vices, complaints from the Sec retary of Treasury and the Sen ators and- Congressmen on Capi tol Hill, and to many others, in cluding party men. - As Ike has always done, it seems, he took the compromise course. In Europe, faced with a hot isue between the Americans and the British in August and September of 1944 as to how to bring Germany to her knees be fore the end of the year Ike also compromised. He did not let - Montgomery have all the forces he requested, to try fb knock the Germans out in one major drive. On the other hand, he did not stop Patton, and, therefore, he tried to advance into Germany on a "broad front." This, in the opinion of many observers, al lowed the Germans to form up a defensive line that brought the Allies to a halt in the West by December, and resulted in another winter of war. Whether this is right or not, the facts support the claim that Ike is a teamwork man, who compromises differences. It is entirely possible that the Army has been too much neglected, it is also obvious that Mr. Eien hower or any other President cannot please all of the people all of the. time. As to Ridgway charge that Ike did not speak the truth when he told Congress in a State of the Union address that his military recommendations were the unanimous recommenda tions of the Chiefs of Staff, it appears that the misunder standing here comes from two different versions of teamwork. Eisenhower has always said that once a decision is made on the highest level, that is, in the Joint Chiefs, then everyone must follow that decision and support it. Ridgway did not be lieve it in the best interest of the country to remain silent. Ike thought when he submitted his speech to the Defense Depart ment that it was taken for granted that top service chiefs would go along with the final version, even though there had been arguing and debate on the conclusions reached. But Ridgeway could not be a "team man" to that extent. He saw the safety of the country involved. Both men, and their coureses of action, can be easily understood, If viewed from this perspective. History alone will prove which was right 1 and which was wrong. The stock market is reflecting the President's state of health. After Ike's heart attack it drop ped heavily. Then it slowly re gained the losses, as the opinion began to grow that Ike could run again. - In late January, however, af ter the President's first news conference, and after his speech to Republician clubs in the ma jor cities throughout the coun try, the market fell off again, apparently since Ike talked like there was a good chance he wouldn't make the race again. Betting Is about even, among re porters, that he will run again, despite the latest turn of events. COLLEGES HAVE MONEY TROUBLE Colleges will reed about 800 million dollars a year for the next ten years, says the Kip linger Letter, if they are to come anywhere close to taking in all of the new applicants. Tuition doesn't pay the bills and endowments bring inade quate returns. Colleges collected about 100 millions from business sources in 1955 and the Ford Foundation's additional 300 mil lions was huge, but only a drop in the bucket. So business giv ing to colleges will get new em phasis in the future. If private giving in not suf ficient, the time may come when there will1 be direct government aid to colleges. 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