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The Federal Payroll Some idea of the vastness of the Feder al payroll is obtained when one studies the figures compiled by a special House subcommittee conducting a three-year in vestigation of Federal manpower. For one thing, the subcommittee has learned that the Federal Government em ploys about 2,400,000 persons. The sal aries of these persons amount to almost one billion dollars a month. In calling for reductions in civilian em ployment, President Eisenhower and oth er prominent Americans have voiced the opinion that some reductions could be made without impairing the government's efficiency and the national security. In looking over the number of employees in the various departments, it seems obvious that the place to effect reductions is in the Defense Department. This is true because the Defense De partment employs about fifty per cent of all the civilian workers employed by the Federal Government and because at also maintains more than 2,750,000 men and women in the armed servicee. The De fense Department's payroll totals about $10,000,000,000 a year, or about five sixths of the entire Federal payroll. There fore, if cuts are to be made, and if they can be made among the civilian employ es in the armed services, and maybe some reduction in the non-combat special arms of the services, a sizable reduction in the Federal payroll might be achieved. We have mentioned on other occasions that if the international scene ever quiets down, the Defense Department will soon be under heavy pressure to effect econo mies. When one realizes that of the 71.8 billion dollar budget proposed by Presi dent Eisenhower, for tiscal 1958, beginn ing July 1, more than forty billion dollars of this amount goes to the Defense De partment and its programs, the oppor tunity for ecconomics in this department seems apparent. Mother's Day 1957 Mother's Day dates from just a few years back 1907, or fifty years ago. Yet it has already become nationally ac cepted and generally observed in this and other countries. Miss Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia persuaded one of the churches in that city to honor mothers and asked that sons and daughters wear white carnations in honor of their mothers. This was done and soon the custom spread to all parts of the United States. , Today we wear either white or red flowers on this special day depending on whether our mother is still alive. And there is little doubt that the; observance of Mother's Day led, later to establish ment of Father's Day, which is held in June. It is proper and well to observe Moth er's Day and a tradition of giving presents to mothers on the second Sunday in May has become established in recent years. But observance of the day has done much good through the years. Organizations dedicated to the goal of reducing the loss of life in childbirth long used the day to stimulate thought and generate support for that cause. In 1914 Congress officially recognized Mother's Day and President Woodrow Wilson first called upon U. S. officials to display the flag in honor of the day. A mother is a common possession of all. Observances of the day knows no dis tinctions, no limits and no special clas- THOUGHT FOR TODAY Youth, u-liat man's age is like to be, doth show; ll'c may our cuds by our beginnings know. Den ham. The Plallsmoulh Journal Official County and City Paper ESTABLISHED IN 1881 Published Semi Weekly, Mondays tnd Thursdays, at 410 Main Street, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebr. Entered at the Post Office at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 8, 1S79. Contents of The Plattsmouth Journal are the sole property of this newspaper and use of, or reproduction, in whole or in part, is expressly forbidden to any person, persons, or publications other than legal newspapers (as defined by Nebraska statutes) without written consent of the publisher. Three Times Winner Ak-Sar-Ben Plaques for "OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE" 1949 1951 1952 "Honorable Mention" 1953 Ak-Sar-Ben First Place Plaque 1955 for OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO AGRICULTURE National Second Place Winner 1955 Presented Nebraska Press Association 'GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD" First in 1952 Second in 1951 and 1953 (In Cities over 2,000 Population) RONALD R. FUR6E Editor and Publisher EARL S. DAPP News Editor MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager JANET PTAK ; Bookkeeper DON WARGA Shop Foreman 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 cents lor two weeks. - -. & Furse's Fresh Flashes It's getting bo in this country every thing is compulsory that is not forbidden. - A local worker says his weekly pay check was doubled last week the boss folded it when he put in the envelope. Jealousy and envey effects nations as well as men and women. if if if Everytime a Congressman gets angry about something he starts an investiga tion. We taxpayers just keep on suffer ing heart attacks and apoplexy. Now we read that the planet we live on has a tail does that mean we are the fleas? if Got into a place in Omaha the other day with what we thought was sawdust on the floor until the bartender told us it was yesterday's furniture. if if if A local husband says his wife has not only kept her girlish figure, but she's doubled it. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, now a nurse's aid, had to blindfold her patients when she takes their pulse to get a proper count. ses. And the fact that observance of the day has grown so rapidly in this country and abroad is proof that sons and daugh ters, or all of us, think it only right to pay respect and do honor to the love and care and bother that once was and usually still is spent on us by those we remem ber this second Sunday in 1957. Down Memory Lane )f YEARS ACO Governor Cochran signed LB 189, the .unemployment measure passed by the legislature to match the federal unem ployment legation Mynard Commun ity club presented a fine program at the Community Building. Singing was led by Mrs. Sherman Cole with Mrs. Elbert Wiles at the piano. Others taking part in the program were: Mrs. Guy Wiles, Jacque line Wetenkamp, Marion Wiles, George Mumm, Albert Wheeler, Mike Kaffenber ger, Mrs. George Mumm, Herman Meis inger, Mary Helen Dill, Keuel Sack, Mrs. Albert Wheeler, Mrs. Herman Meisinger, Wilma Potts, Mrs. Mike Kaffenberger, Mrs. Jack Stamp, Miss Helen JohnsOn, Mrs. Charles Barnard. Mrs. Henry Nolt ing gave a piano accordian solo Junior Senior' banquet was held at the Legion building with the Wild West theme in the decorations, Shirley Seiver, junior presi dent presided. Raymond Wooster extend ed the welcome to the guests of the eve ning. Joe York of the freshman class re sponded for his group. Ronald Rebal spoke for the sophomores and Dale Bowman made the senior response. Milo Price spoke for faculty and J. A. Capwell for the Board of Education Ralph O. Timm has been confined to his home in the west part of the city for several days but is now able to resume his usual activities. 30 YEARS ACO Raymond C. Cook was named as Master of Plattsmouth Lodge No. 6 AF & AM, Henry F. Nolting, senior warden, A. H. Duxbury, junior warden, Frank A. Cloidt, treasurer and Leslie W. Niel, sec retary Roy Olson of this city departed for Washington, D. C. where he has been transferred by the Fruit Growers Express Co., from the Plattsmouth BREX Shops. He is located at Alexandria, Va., location of the company headquarters Platts mouth will have a team in the Cass-Sarpy Baseball League. Joe McCarthy will be the manager, Sam Moye as president and Herbert Swanson as secretary Mrs. Florence Balser Dalton of Edgar, Nebr., presented a program over radio station KMMJ of Clay Center. cJie Washington Merry-Go-Round (Copyright, 1957, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: NICKERSON MEMO ON GUIDED MISSILES HAS NOW BEEN RE TRIEVED; SECRETARY OF DE FENSE WILSON HAD ORDERED SECRET MEMO CONFISCATED: IT INVOLVES BATTLE BETWEEN BIG CORPORATIONS OVER WHO DE VELOPS GUIDED MISSILE. WASHINGTON Secretary of De fense Charley Wilson and I had a friendly argument some time ago about the famed Nickerson Memorandum on Guided Mis siles, which he won. The Pentagon had confiscated this secret memo when he showed it to a public re lations official for guidance on what could be published without harming the National Security, and I suggested to Secretary Wil son that confiscation of such a document when a newspaperman was trying to co operate with the Defense Department was contrary to three decades of established precedent. But he overruled me. i However, after some delay and con- Ticklen By George out' J.HNOWITONOW PSYCHIATRIST. ''Doctor, Mrs. Smith is here. Er . . . she's brought her son and husband." siderable effort, we have now secured another copy of the secret memo and will publish certain portions of it. Some parts will be withheld from publication for security reas ons. It will be obvious to the pub lic as they read this document that its main burden pertains to a battle between big busi ness General Motors and Chrysler over who shall build the guided missile. Also it's a battle between lobbyists. This is something the public has a right to know about. Although Col. John Nicker son, a top officer at the Army's Ballistic Missile Base at Hunts ville, Ala., has been ordered court-martialed for writing this secret memo, his name is not on it. I have never met Col Nick erson and had no way of know ing, when Jack Anderson of my staff took the memo to the De fense Department, that Nick erson was involved. Had ford "Enemy of Army" His memo involves Wilson's decision to concentrate guided missile development In the Air Force, shutting down all work done by the Army. It also in volves the most important po tential weapon of modern war fare, the Intercontinental Bal listic Missile, capable of reach ing Moscow in 30 minutes car rying a Hydrogen bomb. While the secret memo Is long, it is highly important. The first installment, minus certain deletions, follows: "Section I. Introduction "On 26 November 1956, Sec retary of Defense Charles E. Wilson published a 'Memoran dum for: members of the Arm ed Forces policy council. Sub ject: Clarification of roles and missions to improve the effect iveness of operation of the De partment of Defense.' "With respect to the IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile) The background is as as follows: The President's sci entific advisory group, ODM, early in 1955 recommended that a 1500-mile ballistic missile be developed. The Army, Navy and Air Force expressed operational requirements for the missile and authority to develop it. Mr. Wilson referred the operational requirements to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for resolution. "By fall of 1955 the JCS were still unable to agree. The Air Force and Navy agreed to each other's requirement but not to Army's. Admiral Radford, chair man of the JCS, forwarded the views of the chiefs to Mr. Wil son with his recommendations which coincided with those of the Air Force and Navy. "Mr. Wilson's basic operating procedure apparently is to lis ten to the man responsible and follow his advice. For military decision he listens primarily to Admiral Radford. It appears that Admiral Radford is a rath er bitter enemy of the U. S. Army and has made a long ser ies of recommendations to Mr. Wilson which are hostile to le gitimate Army interests. German Scientist "The Army at Redstone Ar senal has the best balistic mis sile team in the country and ha succeeded in convincing De fene officials of this fact- The Army offered the services of this development team under the famous Dr. Von Braun to both the Navy and the Air Force and stated that a single missile would be developed which could satisfy both the land and sea-based require ments. "This clearly meant that the Army operational requirements for such a missile was officially recognized. The Army establish ed the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama to ex ecute the task- "The assistant to the Secre tary of Defense for Guided Mis siles, Dr. Eger Murphree, de termined a few months ago that the Jupiter design was super ior to the Thor, and was ready ing a recommendation to dis continue the Thor Missile. "This action was discontin ued when the Secretary of the Air Force repuested a general settlement of Army Air Force differences. The request of the Secretary of the Air Force re sulted In bringing the roles and Mission question before the JCS for the second time. A disagree ment again occurred along the same lines as a year earlier. Army Overruled "Admiral Radford again pre sented his views virtually un changed from the previous year to Mr. Wilson. This time, how ever, Mr. Wilson decided to back Radford. This resulted in the 26 November memorandum stating that the land-based in termediate range ballsltic mis sile system will be the sole pro perty of the U. S. Air Force. "The recommendations of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Dr. Murphree; the As sistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development. Dr, Furnas; the Secretary of the Army, Mr Brucker; and the Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen eral Taylor, were ignored. "Section II. Policy Changes Dissipate Effort "The approval of the Army's opperational requirement in No vember 1955 and its withdrawal in December 1956 is an unbusi nesslike reversal of policy. The Jupiter program was set up on the highest national priority a long with Thor and the two ICBM programs. $35,000,000 of Army funds were obligated in fiscal year and $150,000,000 of (fiscal year) 1957 Army funds are being obligated at this time- "It takes six or seven years and about $500,000,000 to de velop a large guided missile. It is obvious that major policy re versals will delay the availabil ity date of the weapon and waste large amounts of money. The government must know what it wants before It starts such a program and must ad here steadfastly to the objective throughout the long period re quired to do the work." BOYS STEAL BRIDGE CANTERBURY, England. Police discovered that 7 boys, 12 to 14 years old. lifted a small wooden bridge off the river banks, balanced it onto a canoe and eased it down the river. They wanted to use the struc ture, they said, as a landing dock farther down. They were put on probation, charged with stealing a bridge. LETTER BOX Th Journal welcomes lelteri from raderi for thli column on my subject Your nanu must bt signed to all articlei Intended for publication, however, by re qut, it can bt omitted from the letter appearing In print. (Contenti do not ncceuarily exprtu tht opinion! of thii newspaper.) ......v.v.v.v.v.".'.v.sv.v.v.v.v,v.v.v.v..v.v.v. nsV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.W.V.'.'AV.W..AW?.,S The Plattsmouth Journal: I want to congratulate you on winning the top tward jor general excellence In the divis ion to which both the Journal and the Quiz belong. I consider it a real honor to win ilrst place in general excellence, far more so man to win one of the plaques or other awards given in other contests. - The Quiz has had its share of top place general excellence awards in the past but we were not In your class at all this past year and I think the judges made the only possible selection in naming the Journal ior the top awara. In fact, when your newspaper Is named number one by a group of professional judges like work ing newspapermen, you may be certain you deserve the honor. Sincerely yours, E. C. Leggett, Quiz Industries, Ord. Editor and Publisher: Was pleased to see that your Plattsmouth Journal won lirst place in the state for general excellence in Nebraska cities ov er 2,000. This is certainly a note worthy accomplishment, and one of which you can be proud. As I have mentioned to you on other occasions you do get out a very readable and newsy publication and I am pleased to see this award accorded you. Heartiest congratulations and best wishes for continued suc cess! Sincerely, Hart Jorgensen Livestock Foundation of Omaha. Journal: Just a short note to thank you for publishing the Editorial and advertisement on career opportunities in journalism. Pro motion such as this are very helpful and needed. I'm being conservative when I say there will be 10 job oppor tunities for every graduating J School senior next month. Thanks again and best regards. Bill Hall, Director University of Nebraska School of Journalism Two Ashland Men At Fort Lewis, Wash. FORT LEWIS. Wash. (AHT NO Pvt Ronald D. TeSelle, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence TeSelle. Ashland, Neb., is receiving basic training with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis. Wash. TeSelle attended Ashland High School. Pvt. Robert F. Wilson, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie F. Wilson Ashland Neb., is receiving his combat training with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash. Wilson was graduated from Ashland High School in 1954. LIONS AT WEDDING CLEVELAND, Ohio Among the guests at the wedding of Miss Genny Lowry to George J. Keller, a college art instuc tor turned liontamer. were his two lions Leo and Nosey. The wedding party was noticeably uneasy and only the bridegroom appeared to be at ease. The lions were in their cage, of course. CARROT CHOKES BABY DALLAS. Texas. Little Tan ya Farmer, 1 year old, choked to death on a piece of raw car rot. Her mother and grandmoth er watched helplessly. Subscribe to The Journal Now I THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Monday, May 6, 1957 INTELEIGRAM Check the correct word: 1 The first atomic-powered submarine built In the United States was the (Nautilus) (Sea. wolf). . A , . 2 Charles Van Doren, TV quiz expert, married his (secretary) (iiigh school sweetheart). 3 Convicted Army deserter Vito Sala claimed he (had amnesia) (was kidnaped). 4 The opening: game of the 1957 baseball sea son was won by (Ilaltimore) (Washington) (SL Louis). 6 Dr. Hussein Khalidi, new premier of Jordan, is believed to be (pro-Soviet) (pro-West). 6 Sir Anthony Eden (was) (was not) operated on at Boston's Lahey Clinic recently. 7 president Eisenhower's federal budget was criticized by his brother (Milton) (Edgar) (Arthur). 8 Fishermen spend the most money each year for (licenses) (equipment). 9 French artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (was) (was not) a member of the "Fauve" school of painting. 10 In Roman times (France) (Bffain) was known as "Gaul." Count 10 for each correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, good; 90-100, excellent. Decoded Intel ligram dubjj 01 'jou sbjW 6 juatudinba 8 ie3p;j i -seM 9 'JS'M fi "ajoiunieg Bjsauuiv C vt.ieio.iwg z sniimBfl I Legislative SIDELINES . . . Honesty Best in Lobbying This session there are three lobbyists for every member of the Nebraska Legislature. These lobbyist represent telephone, railroad, labor, agricultural, edu cational, governmental, liquor, automobile, medical, power, commercial, credit, banking, and almost every other activity in which man participates. Employed to influence legis lators, depending upon the po sition they represent, lobbyists use every strategy in efforts to succeed. Some spend thousands of dollars a session on dinners and entertainment for legisla tors. Some buy individual meals. Others buy no meals, do no en tertaining. Some maintain full time hotel suites, providing daily luncheon and bar facilities. Some "operate out of their hat", depending upon personal contact and character to speak for them. Parenthetically, it might be not ed that the Incidence of liquor use among legislators Is not great. Probably half or more never use it . Lobbying Is a professional ser vice. Most legislators will agree it is a necessary and useful service. Without lobbyists the job of legislators would be more complicated. As in other businesses or pro fessions, honesty and integrity are the best stock in trade for the lobbyist. Both the lobbyist and the legislator acknowledge that all lobbyists have a par tisan position on legislation of mutual interest, but the lobby ist's partisanship must be hon est. A lobbyist who consistently misrepresents facts is not likely to be long useful to his clients or respected by legislators. Few legislators become sto closely "tied" to a lobbyist or lobby that they can be labeled. Some do. On the whole the mem bers of the Legislature depend upon lobbyists as a readily a vailable source for information on partisan issues. In total, when the 1957 session is added up lobby representatives will probably admit in their re ports to the Secretary of State to spending a total of between $125,000 and $150,000 for their various partisan successes and failures. Some lobbyists will have spent as much as $25,000 to $30, 000 during the session. Others will report expenditures of a few hundred dollars at most. CPPD'S Damages In Milford Area Will Top $30,000 Mark COLUMBUS. Nebr. Twister damage to Consumers Public Power Districts power lines and equipment in the Milford area will total more than $30, 000. That was the estimate Wed nesday of CPPD officials here and in Lincoln who checked over damage reports from last Thurs day night's big blow. The officials reported that CP PD lost about 40 power poles, three huge transformers, volt age regulators, power line and other equipment. They said Con sumers' crews, and special e quipment -'spent more than 40 continuous hours on the job in Milford and surrounding areas hit by the storm. The big jolt was at the Milford sub-station which was twisted by the wind and lost all Its equipment. Milford. the hardest hit by the Thursday twister, was with out power from shortly after 6 p. m. Thursday until about 6 o'clock Friday evening. CP PD had 80 men and 25 trucks and other special equipment on the Milford scene a few hours after the storm hit until Satur day afternoon. A Classified Ad in The Journal costs as little as 35 cents ?Tv THE LAST TIME I BABY SAT WITH YOU LISS'E 1 REAP VOJ CINDERELLA, XPjPNJ'T I TME TIME BEFOReI fu.'ELL. WUAX won r? 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