The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-10-21

day.
The trend toward Dewey and
Warren continues throughout the
nation, and their election seems al
most certainty. In fact, their cleo
ton is taken so much for granted
that political forecasters are devot-
ing all of their writings to the ques-
ton of who will control the Senate.
While there is no question that
some of both Republican and Dem
ocratic seats in the Senate are very
much in doubt, it is my opinion that
the Republican party will have
majority in both the upper and low
er houses.
1 believe the public have seen
during the past two years the trag-
edy of a President of one party and
a Congress of the other, and they
will make it their business to see
that it doesn't happen again.
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In the Sixth Congressional Dis
trict, Cong. j. Gem Beall continues
to be away out in front, and his
election too appears to be some
thing of a certainty.
And talking about Congressman
Beall, it is interesting to note the
high favor in which he is held by
the people of the District of Column
bia, for, of course, as you know,
the Congressman is a member of
the District House Committee. just
recently there were a number of
residents in Eastern Avenue who
were in a pretty bad fix when the
District Highway Department cut a
street through the Avenue, which
seriously imperiled the homes of
some thirteen residents. In order
to insure their homes not being
at least badly damaged, it was nee
essary to erect retaining walls at a
cost of some $4,000, but the District
of Columbia refused to stand the
expense, despite the fact that they
had been responsible for the need.
Realizing the unfairness of such
an attitude, Congressman Beall
without being asked, Immediately
went to bat for these thirteen resi-
dents, and not only introduced
House Bill No. 1922, which took care
of the situation, but followed it
right through to completion.
AS one of the residents on the
Avenue said in a public statement,
eve need more public spirited men
like Congressman Beall in Congress
to fight for the average citizen"
We hear lots of talk about the
young people of the present gen
Grafton being a little hard to handle.
But an incident that came to my at
tention while at dinner in a hotel
on Sunday, backs up to the hilt the
belief have always had that our
young men and women Of today
have got their feet firmly planted
on the ground and are not out to
just grab all they can get.
Sitting at the next table to me on
Sunday was a Pennsylvania family,
and it was obvious that their son
was a college freshman, since could
not help overhearing smatterings of
their conversation in which he de-
scribed some of the tricks that were
being played on him at college. But
what impressed me was little in
cident that happened just before
they left the table When the faith
er took out his wallet to get the
money to pay for the dinner, he
also took out two $40 bills and
handed them to his son, but the
young fellow, after looking at them
minute, quietly handed one of
them back to his dad with these
words: "Ten dollars will last me
long time, Dad, and there's no need
of your giving me any more"
With young fellows like that
growing up, we needn't have much
fear about leaving the future of our
country in their hands.