The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-03

charges OF rep. hayden lamp
bell that conditions at the Whit
field state mental hospital are
"deplorable and disgraceful."
State Senator Watson of Lex
ington said that he would re-
quest the legislative investigat-
ing committee to look into the
charges. Judging from news
stories, however, the conditions
have already been looked in
to" by DR.. Henry Boswell, head
of the state tubercular hospital,
whom we consider an able and
conscientious man. DR.. Bos-
well made an investigation at
Whitfield, turning in his report
to the state board for mental
institutions. The chairman of
the board said that the Boswell
report shows no "dereliction of
duty" by hospital employees,
but refuses to follow the re-
quest of Rep. Campbell, who
says the report bears out his
charges, and make it public.
There should be no such thing
as a confidential investiga-
ton and report concerning a
public institution, supported by
taxpayers money and designed
to care for unfortunate citizens.
We repeat that we think it time
that Governor Fielding Wright
step into the picture and either
request that the Boswell re-
port be made public, or appoint
an impartial board of investiga-
ton that will prove IF disprove
the charges of Rep. Campbell.
After a half dozen people had
dropped by the shop to ask us
to punch holes in the new and
larged Gulf Coast telephone di-
rectory so that. they could be
conveniently hung beside the
telephone, we grew curious and
asked Jake Boswell how come
the holes were omitted. The ex-
PLANTATION is that, because of the
larger size, hanging the tele-
phone directories by a string
will cause the leaves to curl,
and before long said directory
will be useless. That means
more directories and they cost
money to print. So the answer
is that holeless telephone di-
reetories will be harder to hang
up.
Major General Lewis B. Her.
shey, director of selective serv-
ice recently said that out of
las, 100000 people in the Unit
ed States today not more than
6.0O0,0 900 could pass present
standards for induction into the
armed forces. He warned the
nation to begin thinking in
terms of survival rather than
preparedness and labeled a de-
fusion the philosophy that
America has abundant man,
power, That's a sad common
tary on the collective physical
standards of the nation, and a
powerful argument for more
medical care and attention for
the great mass of citizens.
The above is also a startling
statement in the face of warn
ings from Senator James East
land, our states senior solon,
who says over and over that
war is just a matter OF time.
How Senator Eastland knows
more about the subject than the
military, the state department,
and the president is one OF those
unsolved mysteries. Speaking
a while back at Biloxi he dis
closed that a plan, which he
said was vetoed by the high
est sources in Washington" was
drawn up whereby Russia's air
force could be destroyed in
two days and her ground sup
ply equipment could be wrecked
in two weeks" He continued
by saying that if the plan had
been put into operation, the
United States would have
emerged a world power to es-
tablish peace. "The war would
have ended in quick like fash
ion without the loss of many
Americans or Russians" he
added.
That, of course, is a simple
solution to the present world
problem. Simply take a cargo
of atomic bombs, wipe Russia
off the face of the earth and
presto :. peace and happiness
reign. Thinking back to Maya
saki and Hiroshima, however
we are inclined to dispute the
contention that not many live:
would be lost. We also believe
that world peace cannot be
achieved by pointing an atomic
bomb at the worlds head anc
saying brother, if you dom
do it our way we're going t.
let you have it."
the club by W. F. Mcleod of II
vocational service committee.