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trm wrv " m mnm m ' EDITORIALS Farmers Retiring One of the unrealized costs of the money squeeze on the farnm is the recent trend of farmers to retire. From the Social Security Administration comes word that self-employed farmers are retiring four timed as fast as the administration estimat ed in 1954. The claims, it seems, really started rolling in April, 195G, when farmers could first qualify under an amendment to the Old Ape and Survivors' Insurance bill, by showing net earnings of $400 for 1955. In that year, 1956, claims totaled $160,000, Then, in 1956, Congress passed another amendment which allowed cover age to include city farm owners who super vised their share-croppers, an amendment which is somewhat controversial. In 1957. 400,000 claims have been filed by farmers or their widows. Obviou sly, if farming were more prosperous than it is today, fewer claims would be filed. This is another cost of our relative farm recession. Senator Knowland's Plan Senator William F. Knowland, Re publican Minority leader in the Senate, has proposed that Norway be neutralized in exchange for Soviet troop withdrawal from Hungary. As we see it, the proposal is a poor one and sure to run Into objec tions from the Western nations. In the first place, Norway is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion. She has a perfect right to be a mem ber of any treaty organization she wishes to join, and a pledge from Norway that she will become neutral is something the United States is not justified in asking. On the other hand, the Russians should remove their troops from Hungary on pure ly moral and humanitarian grounds, but . have refused to do so. There is no reason to expect Russia to withdraw them now, after having spent much money and some blood to subjugate the Hungarian people. The proposal is off base in that it would commit Norway to take an unnat ural position, giving up her free right to be a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in exchange for correction of a wrong. It is not a good bargain. Farm Support Losses The largest loss for any ten-month period in the history of Government farm price operations was recently reported by the Department of Agriculture. It an nounced that, in the ten-month period end ed. April 30, of this year, $1,056,900,000 was lost on farm price supports. , These losses were incurred largely through the sale, at less than . cost,,- of surpluses acquired from farmers under price support loans. These surplus products were sold mainly to countries abroad dur ing the period. Losses for the comparable period of last year were $771,958,909. The Department also reported that its investment in surpluses under price support programs declined $817,600,000 in the year ended April 30. The total in vestment was $7,815,865,000, compared with $8,633,465,000 a year earlier. While this is a very large sum of money for the Government to lose on any of its programs, it must be remembered that the Government subsidizes many phases of our national economy. For years it has been accepted that the Government THOUGHT FOR TODAY Knowledge is fraud that lie has learn' d so - much; Jl'tsdoiii is humble that he knows no more. Conner. The Plallsmouth Journal Official County and City Paper LsTABI.IbHKI) IN M81 rtiblKheH Semi Weekly, Mondays and Thurxlays, at 410 Main Street, Plat tsmouth, C as County, NeUr. Entered at tlie Post Otfire at PlattMiiouth, " Nebraska as second class mail matter in accordance with the Act of Congress of Man , 1H7S. 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 2M0 I'upulalion) RONALD R. FURSE Editor and Publisher EARL S. DAPP News Editor MARGARET DINGMAN Woman's Editor H. M. JOHNSON Advertising Manager DON WARGA. , tihop Foreman V33 1 241 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 memth. By carrier in Plattsmouth, 25 cents for two. weeks. Furse's Fresh Flashes A man owes it to himself to become successful after that he owes it to the Internal Revenue. The modern young man doesn t leave footprints on the sands of time, just tire tracks. A good neighbor is one who can watch you taking it easy without thinking you're lazy. Flipper Fanny, our dainty little con tour twister, says a boy becomes a man when he would rather steal a kiss than se cond base. A child is something that stands half way between an adult and a TV screen. We don't know much about the speed of light, but we do know that it gets here too early in the morning. Our preacher tells us there is great satisfaction in growing old but, we can. assure him there isn't much future in it. One doesn't need to be smart to say things that do. should aid the steamship lines, the major air lines, the Post Office and other import ant industries through the use of subsidies and tariffs. The farmers of our nation are one of the most necessary segments of our economy and are entitled to their right ful share of the nation's properity. Down Memory Lane yr YEARS ACO -VJ Walter H. Smith of Cellwood, who was given his degree of bachelor of law at Creighton university, June 3rd and was admitted to practice by Chief Justice Char les A Goss in the supreme court, June 4th, is locating in Plattsmouth to engage in the practice of law Miss Betty Kalina has accepted a" position as stenographer in the office of County Attorney J. A. Capwell, she succeeds Miss Anna Zitka, who is soon to be married Plattsmouth Ad club took action in endorsing the proposed city or dinances to follow the "Green River" or dinance in force in Green River, Wyo, the "bill peddling" law was discussed Carl Chriswisser was operated on at Omaha for a bone growth in the wrist, which was injured while working around his place of business at "Wimpy's Inn." Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Devoe are moving to Lincoln for the summer, as Mr. Devoe is working on his master's degrees at the University of Nebraska, he will also act as dean of boys and recreational supervisor at the Univer sity during the summer school Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Billings of Deadwood, S.D. were in the city to look after the preservation of the Billings family cemetery in the south part of the city, which was started in the late sixties by Spenser S. Billings, pioneer resident of this city Miss Maxine Cloidt departed for Boulder, Colorado, where she will take summer school work, she is teach ing at McCook. , 'Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations . Vi A"f. iii -V- 30 YEARS ACO St. Luke's Episcopal church was the scene of the ordination to the priesthood of Walter C. Middleton, who has been serv ing as rector of the church. Bishop Ernest Vincent Shayler conducted the impressive ceremony. Master of ceremonies was Fath er Dereham L. Smith of St. Barnabas Church, Omaha. The ordination sermon was preached by Father Adlbert J. Smith of Falls City, presentation of the candidate was by Father D. J. Gallagher of St. And rews Church, Omaha. After services at the church the members of the clergy and the Middleton family were entertained at the Henry Ilerold home Plattsmouth and Cass county residents had the thrill of a steamboat excursion ride on the old Miss ouri river, the steamboat, "Joan Heckman" was tied up just below the ferry landing, some 300 persons were on deck when the boat pulled out at 9 p.m. for a trip down stream, the Teten orchestra of Nebraska City played for the dancers as the boat floated down the river five miles and back up stream. V rle Washington Merry-Go-Round (Copyright, 1957, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) DREW PEARSON SAYS: NEWSMEN FACE ALTERNATIVE OF JAIL OR TROUBLE AT THE PENTAGON; GUIDED MISSILE CONTROVERSY 1LLUS T RAT E S NEWSMAN'S DILEMMA; BATTLE OF TYCOONS IS BEHIND COLONEL N I C K E RSO N CO U RT-M A RTI A L. WASHINGTON. Ike's commission on Government security has now recom mended that a newsman who publishes secret data shall be jailed for five years and fined $.",,000. Yet last winter when this writer voluntarily asked the Defense Department which portions of a guided missilies memo could or could not be pub lished without risk to the nation, the do cument was confiscated. The incident helped to touch off the current court-martial of Col. John Nickerson at Hunt sville, Ala., a very fine officer whom I had never met and who was not the source of the secret memo. This is why my junior partner, Jack Anderson, has been called to Huntsville to testify. The incident also illustrates how a newsman Is between the devil and the deep blue sea. If he doesn't consult the Pen tagon, he may, under the new Ike-commission rules, go to jail. If he does consult the Pentagon, his Information is confiscated and a possible source of that in formation court-martialed. A newspaperman has a moral obligation to keep the public informed. He especially has an obligation to inform the pubile regarding a weapon vital to the defense of the nation which ap pears to be the object of a battle by big business. The public has a right to know, for instance, when secretary Wilson's former company, Gen eral Motors, together with Doug las Aircraft and Bell Telephone want to control guided missile production through the air for ce; while Chrysler, rival of G.M. and Minneapolis Honeywell fav or the army's side. With the possibility that air planes may fade out as weapons In favor of guided missiles, the combine that controls guided missiles will dominate defense production in the future. This is something that should not be a military secret. According to Colonel Nicker son, in his secret memo; "The aircraft Industry, and particularly the Douglas Air craft Co., openly opppose the development of any missile by a Government Agency. High of ficals of the Douglas Company have stated that Douglas is pay ing particular attention to the. possibility of killing off the operation at Huntsville, Ala." It was last November 26 that Secretary of Denfense Wilson sided with Douglas Aircraft, the air force, and his own former company, to rule that the army at Huntsville must quit produc ing the medium range ballistic missile. This put Chrysler and Minneapolis Honeywell, plus the army, out of virtually all missile work and concentrated it with the air force and friends. Doug las, A. C. Sparkplug division of General Motors, and Bell Tele phone. Deputy Secretary of De fense Donald Quarles is a for mer official of a Bell Telephone subsidiary. Thus the battle over guided missiles is not just old school tie football rivalry between the army, navy, and air force, but a battle between big business for the control of the future weapons of the nation. Another Copy of Memo After the orignal copy of the Nickerson memo was confiscated by the Pentagon, a second copy was obtained from sources which must remain nameless. To ill ustrate some of the things the public has a right to know about, there follow some of Co lonel Nickerson's conclusions: "The Wilson memorandum (Banning the army from inter mediate ballistic missile produc tion) is a broad denial to the army of essential tools for mod ern wai'fare. The army must be kept modern by application of modern technology to weapons. I This is particularly important because of the numerical in feriority of the U. S. army to the Soviet army. "The Wilson memorandum is solely an expression of air for ce views backed up by Admiral Ralford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The secretary .' of the army, the army chief of staff, the assistant to the sec retary of defense for guided missiles, and tlie assistant sec retary of defense for rcsench and development all hold strongly to the view that army I Capitol News By MELVIN PAUL Statehou.se Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN It took the Nebras ka Legislature a long time to wind up its business this session, and it will be even longer be fore the action is forgotten. The major ruckus throughout the session outside of the peren nial problems of taxes and roads concerned state spending. Gov. Victor Anderson set the stage early when he announced during his budget hearings prior to convening of the Unicameral on Jan. 1. that he would go all out for a "hard tack" budget with no frills. He fought for this continual ly with three major addreses his inauguration and budget statements and a special appear ance late in the session. The fight began because the governor said the state had been hard hit by drought and needed tax relief or at least no increase so agriculture could start re covering some of its losses. At the end of the session, floods were plaguing many por tions of the state. In between, the struggle over stats spending continued. The Legislature rebuffed the governor on his major items which the chief executive said would cut state taxes by 10 per cent. Action of the Legislature will raise the state levy five to nine per cent, the governor said. The budget committee, head ed by Sen. Karl Vogel of Omaha, was in the forefront of the bat tle. It chopped a sizeable amount off the budget recommended by the governor. But the Legisla ture put it back and considerably more. However, the final action of the Unicameral was only two per cent above the governor's prop erty tax recommendations, but up six per cent from the level suggested by the budget com mittee and nine per cent higher than in 1955. The Legislature okayed a total budget of about $341 million, compared with $237 million for 1955-57. Most of the hike, how ever, was the result of increased amounts of federal funds which must be included In the budget bill in order for them to be spent. When the appropriations mea sure came up for a final vote last week, before adjournment, the showdown came. f HE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE TWO Section B Thursday, June 27, 1957 By Stanley Jameo. Journal Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, June 27 Dis armament fever in Washington is at its highest pitch since just before the Korean War. Although some hitches may develop and there are many opposed to any kind of disarmament agreement with the Reds, chances are bet ter for some slowdown in nu- The budget commute,, bolster- fonn of disarmament than they ed by 10 other economy-bent senators, formed a 16-member coalition that twice stopped pas sage of the bill. A third attempt was success fulwith 30 voting for passage, 11 against. The total number of opposition on the third try was the amount expected to show up on the first vote. Twenty-nine ballots were need-! coming closer to such an agree have been in years. The Eisenhower Administra tion is willing to do something in an effort to control the pro duction and tests of nuclear weapons. Whether the Russians will agree to an open skies in spection plan and a halt to all nuclear tests, is a question but the Communists are certainly has an urgent requirement for the IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile). "The Secretary of the U. S. Air Force has recently recom mended in writing the discont inuance of the IRBM No. 2 (Jupiter) program at Hunts ville, Alabama. The present sec retary of the U. S. Air Force, Mr. Donald Quarles, is one of the leading contenders for Secret ary of defense. (Since the me mo was written, Quarles has become deputy secretary of de fense.) "The Douglas Aircraft-Bell Telephone Laboratory is urgen tly needed to develop a defense against the Soviet ICBMS. (Inter-Continental Ballistic missile traveling 5,000 miles.) The army IRBM (Intermediate Range traveling 1,500 miles) is not versed in antiaircraft missi les. Douglas is not experienced in ballistic missiles. It is poor management to dicontinue deve lopment of IRBM by an exper ienced team and take the ex perienced antiaircraft team needed for the anti-ICBM deve lopment and put it on the deve lopment of an IRBM. This ac tion is even worse because the antiaircraft team is not exper ienced in ballistic missiles. "Discontinuance of Jupiter (Army IRBM) means an ever greater overconcentration of key defense development pip grams in the Douglas-Bell com bine. 'Discontinuance of Jupiter favors commercially the A. C. Sparkplug Division of General Motors corporation." The Nickerson memo is long and technical. Some portions have been omitted because of involved technicalities, some be cause publication might be det rimental to the national security. However, the above illustrates the predicament a newsman faces regarding the alternative of cooperating with the De fense Department of facing a jail term -- as now proposed by the Ike commission on Gov ernment security. ed in order that on July 1, the state could spend money to op erate state government. Momentarily, during the hectic final hours of the last day, it appeared a special session would have to be called before July 1. But, after turning down the budget the senators twice tried to adjourn the session, and fail ed. Then came a recess of one hour which took two votes to get. It was after the recess that five senators switched, enabling the bill to pass and adjournment I to come as scheduled. I Commented the dean of the Legislature. Sen Charles Tvrdik of Omaha: "We showed a bit of adolescent irresponsibility". HEALTH BOARD The State Board of Health is going to continue again this year its policy of inspecting hospitals throughout Nebraaska. About 41 such establishments ment than they ever have be fore. The Administration does not propose to let its guard down completely but Is willing to cau tiously try an enforced first step toward reducing the cost and growth of the huge . arma ment program. Military men dif fer in their appraisal of the sit uation, some being hotly oppos ed to any disarmament agree ment, which they think will weak en the western world and bene fit the Communist world. One factor being considered by some is the beneficial effect such an agreement would have on the U. S. budget. If several billion dollars could be saved, then taxes might be reduced and the budget more easily balanc ed. Some of the national debt might even be paid off. These prospects are the bright ones. If the opposition is right, and a disarmament agreement paves the way for a weakening of U. S. the Air Force seems to be great er than that of the Commun istsaccording to intelligence re ports. However, the Air Force is not yet in possession of a satisfac tory intermediate range missile, which again brings the Army into a favorable light. In the next few months, or perhaps the next, six to nine months, progress of the two armed services, will again be reviewed and what hap pens in the meantime might have a decisive influence on the outcome of the rocket program this country and the role of the various services in it Should General Alfred Grun ther an Armv man, replace Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson this may also affect the tug of war now in progress. The general consensus of opin ion is that business is getting set for a mild pickup. The let down, which the country has experienced is some lines, is ex pected to end this year. Next year is forecast as a better bus iness year than 1957 by many economists now analyzing the economic picture. No boom is expected in 1958 but greater profits, and slightly higher prices, are now to be anticipated. were checked by a committee j ueiense ana a sirengmemng oi of the board and other state of-1 Communist forces, then the dark ficials. The result was a compre hensive analysis of condition of the institutions. Some came in for sharp criti cism. But on the whole, the re port was favorable. This year, nursing homes will be checked in the communities in which hospitals are Inspected. According to Verne Pangborn, director of the hospital division, this is in line with a plan ap proved by the Health Board to start blueprinting standards for Consideration by the board, on operation of nursing homes. A study will be made and a report to the board will follow on standards for nursing homes. There is a movement afoot to require better homes for the ag ed, and some observers see even tually close regulation by the state of their operations. Some of the impetus was given by recent fires in nursing homes that caused considerable loss of life. The Board also voted to give some $18,000 in federal funds subject to approval of the fed eral government to South Da kota for rehabilitation use. Pangborn said about 2,000 Ne braskans per year are admit ted to South Dakota's hospitals and many of these need rehabili tation treatment. Otherwise, the funds which cannot be used in Nebraska would revert to the federal gov ernment and probably would go elsewhere where Nebraskans would not get even an indirect benefit from them. prospects might become very dark indeed. It should be re membered that didnrmament nftpr WnrlH War 1 anH WnvlH I War II left the United States in a disadvantageous position. Yet the President does not propose to disarm to the extent of the programs in 1D21 and 194549. It is a cautious, first step ap proach the country is exploring now. Speed Law This fall Nebraskans will be able to increase speed on the highways by five miles per hour. That will make the limit for passenger cars 65 in the day time and 55 at night. Trucks unloaded would have the same limits, but loaded trucks under state law will have to continue at 50 miles per hour maximum, day or night. The bill was signed by Gov. Victor Anderson. However, it did not carry the emergency clause and therefore will not become ef fective until 90 days after the session ends. Bills with the emer gency clause become law upon .signature of the governor. The bill was the target of some hot debate in the Legis lature. Main arguments against the proposal centered around the fact that a higher speed would cause more accidents and thus deaths. Sponsors of the bill said cars are better designed and roads in better condition than 20 years ago when the present 'lim its were established and there would be no increase in accidents. There is no secret about the the failure of long range guid ed missiles which the Air Force is striving to perfect before the Russians. At a recent test in Florida, the Atlas gained a few thousand feet and then exploded. As yet a successful test firing has not taken place, as far as can be learned. The Army, which reportedly has a workable intermediate range missile, feels that it has done a better job with its rocket program than the Air Force. However, the Army has enjoy ed the services of some of the leading German scientists who designed the V-2 for Nazi Ger many in World War II. That rocket missile bombed England for almost a year until the war in Europe ended. The Atlas is a much greater project than any ever undertaken in the rocket field. The German V-2 traveled several hundred miles, the Intermediate range missile is' desianed to fly 1500 miles and the ICBM 5.000 miles. With each increase in range. Omaha Fat Cattle Steady To Higher On Moderate Supply Active fat cattle trading on moderate supply at Omaha Mon day was on a steady to mostly 25-50 cents higher basis with warm-weather water-fills addi tional favorable factors for sell ers. Prime 1071 pound steers at $24.50 topped the trade. Plainer shortfed cattle sold at $21.75 down. The cow market was some what slower at steady prices with cow supplies nearly the same as a week ago, the re duction in overall cattle num bers mainly in fed steers and heifers. Stocker and feeder cat tle and calves found ready out let at firm prices Monday. The Omaha butcher hog mar ket was mainly steady with in stances strong to 25 cents, high er, most strength on medium weight butchers that took most of the losses on previous ses sions. Spring lambs sold 25 cents lower in the week's opening trade to return S20-$21.75 and there were 50 cent losses on old crop shorn lambs. Some of the sales of shippers from this area at Omaha Mon day: Willis Meyers, 6 hogs, weight 216. $20; 4 weight 231, $19.25. BUSINESS PROSPECTS Business, as a whole, is op timistic over business prospects for summer. While the first half of the year failed to show a booming economy, and the sum mer months may not be over-active, prospects for a rousing fall seem assured. POPULATION ESTIMATE The Census Bureau estimates that the population of the United States, including the arniprl fnr- prooiems in uie construction and i ces overseas, on June 6th, was firing fields multiply tremendous-) 171,000,000. The population is ly. So the Air Force currently growing bv about 8,000 per day has the toughest assignment of 'or 3,000,000 every year. The last all the services. Moreover, the j national census, in April 1950, state of progress achieved by i counted 151,132.00 persons. SERVICE CUTBACKS Secretary of Defense Charlo E. Wilson has issued orders to the Army, Navy and Air Force to cut back their contracting dur ing Juno the final month of the 1957 fiscal year to the tune of about $500,000,000. with the Air Force to hear about half the load. The Army was ordered io j cut $100,000,00 and the Navy $150,000,000, 1 INTELWGRAM Check the correct word: 1 Independence Day has the statutory sanc tion of (all) (three-quarters) of the stated in the Union. 2 The Declaration of Independence (was) (was not) signed on July 1, 1776. 3 The document was written by (Ilichard Henry Lee) (Thomas Jefferson). 4 Second most widely spoken language in the world is (Russian) (English). 5 A canard is a (false statement) (type of fruit). 6 Artist (Michelangelo) (Leonardo da Vinci) was also an inventor. 7 An ( incandescent) (fluorescent) lamp uses less electricity. 8 New French premier is (Edgar Faure) (Maurice Hourges-Maunoury). 9 Canada (is) (is not) a member of NATO. 10 The first white settlement in what is now (he United Slates was (Jamjstown, Va.) (St. Augustine, Fla.). Count 10 fc- caul correct choice. A scoro or 0-2J is poor; J')-5'.. avenjo; 70-20, A; J0-130, excellent. Decoded Inle'Iisram , r- r V -r-r a r . ... sr.Sny '"CI "I I