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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-14
Two Temptations
(St. Louis Star Times


 The new evidence offered by Whitaker Chambers is vitay important. When officials Of the Justice Department the microfilms of alleged secret material taken from the State Department In the te 30s they ordered Federal grand jury nearing eVl- dence of espionage to convene again. Whey they saw the microfilms, both Sumner Welles, former Ucder- secretary of State and John E. Peurifoy present As sistant Secretary of State, became excited Both ao vised against making the data public, even now lo years later. Both specuated that the transmisslo1 of such documents might have resulted in the crhek ing" of the U. s. diplomatic code before the war
 If Russian spies solved the American dipoma' ic code and passed the knowledge on to Germany and Japan during war possibly thousands Of American soldiers and sailors and merchant seamen drowned or were killed in battle because the enemy know our plans and prepared to meet them The fact that important evidence has been un- earthed by the House Committee Un- American Activities may lead two temptations Because of the committees past abuses, some may want to dis count the evidence. Because of the evidence some may want to discount the committees past abuses Both temptations should be vigorously resisted
 The facts of the should be calmly and eX- haustivey laid Their qualifications should be traced The possible existence of spy-rngs today should be sought for If every reasonable precautlon is not being taken everywhere 1n the government this should be known and remedied All these steps should be taken out of concern for security nnde- pendent of the guilt and punishment of persons for actions in the past.
 However the methods of the present committee strike at the very heart of the democracy the COIL mttee was set up to protect. They have done great damage to American morale particularly to the morale of scientists upon whose future achievements our security is as dependent as it is upon secrecy It seems that at long last the committee has Init pay dirt" If so-and the evidence has yet to be reliably weighed-this does not justify its methods
 It is also true however, that the sins of the con- mittee do not prove that there is no need for Confessional committee concerned with national security
 The Federal grand jury hearing the alleged evl- dcnce of espionage may not indct anyone It may De blocked by echnicalities for example, the statute of limitations But legal technicalities designed to protect innocent persons should not be permitted to deprive the American people of protection Ihey are entitled to the information they need, even though that information may not be sufficient to indct ana convict.
 The 81st Congress should make sure that the previous outrages of the House Committee on Un- American Activities will not be repeated. It should make sure also that truly effective committee fully respectful of democratic processes, is continued
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ding away the peace. He was picked by Truman for this job, and will run the State Department, leaving Acheson free to run foreign affairs.
 Webb will be Truman'S man. As such, there is, of course, the rlsk of setting up more Sumner Welles- Cordell Hull-type friction. Webb, however, is easy to get along with, knows almost nothing about for eign affairs, but has had about as good an efficiency training in and out of government as any young man in Washington.
 It began when truck ran into a car near Raleigh, N. C., 26 years ago, killing the secretary of North Carolina's Congressman Edward Pou, then Chairman of the Rules Committee Pou, looking for new secretary, turned to young Jim Webb, then flier in the Marines, got him discharged, and brought him to Washington.
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SCORE ONE FOR CRIME

Law enforcement agencies of the country received serious blow in the just announced Supreme Court decision which holds that confession of crime is invalid if it is obtained while prisoner is being held illegally through failure to carry him promptly before a Magistrate. Apparently, this decision has nothing to do with force duress simply the illegal hold ing of a prisoner for few hours while he is being questioned.
 It is significant that the Supreme Court arrived at this opinion by the closest possible vote Give to four) with Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson and Jus tices Stanley F. Reed Robert H. Jackson and Harold H. Burton dissenting In vouninous dissent written by Justice Reed, that jurist commented: "Todays decision puts another weapon into the hand of the criminal world"
 The four dissenting Justices made it clear that they felt that something than illegal detention perhaps physical at least psychological pressure must be present to invaldate confession
 If the law enforcement agencies of the country are not to be permitted to question criminal suspect for even few hours, there is no question but that their effectiveness will be essened and that many guilty person never will be convicted And this doesn't mean that policemen have to rubber hose 1n their interrogation.
 It's about time the law abiding public was given
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LABOR-FARM- BUSINESS
 CONFERENCE

Albert Goss, Master of the Ma tional Grange, had some interest ing advice for President Truman when he called at the White House the other day.
 The time has come, MT Presi- dent" said Goss, for business, la bor and agriculture to quit thumb ing their noses at each other if we are to survive these trying times of mounting debt and threats of war. The leaders of all three groups must sit down around the tahle and start building together as a team to keep our democratic system functioning.
 Truman said he thought the idea of a conference among busi- ness, labor and farm leaders was a good one, and promised to think 1t over.
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MAX GARDNER FINDS
 WEBB

One year later another North Carolinian, the late eX-Governor Max Gardner, came to Washington to set up a law firm. Max was looking for man with Washing ton know-how to join his firm, and at six o'clock one morning sat up in bed to tell his lew partner, Fred Morrison, that Jim Webb was the man.
 Don't you think you'd better talk to Congressman Pou before 1ou take away his secretary" sug- yested Morrison.
 No" replied Max, who came from western North Carolina. T understand these eastern North Carolinians. They pay man s2,500 year and want to keep him for life I'm going to talk to Jimmy first"
 He did-with the result that young Webb joined the Gardner law firm.
 A year or so later, after Jim Farley had cancelled the air mail contracts, the Gardner law firm represented the Aeronautical Cham ber of Commerce, including Sperry Gyroscope, which brought Webb in contact with another North Caro- linian, Tom Morgan, head of Sperry.
 Morgan, an eastern North Caro- l.nian, decided to do what Max Gardner had done to Congress- man Pou. He grabbed Jimmy Webb as his assistant. For the next seven years, therefore, Webb worked as an executive of Sperry Gyroscope, until in l943 he rejoin- cd the Marines.
 Webb got out of the Marines in l945, by which time his old friend Max Gardner had been appointed Undersecretary Of the Treasury
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and Max persuaded Webb to re- turn to government as his assist ant. Later Max sold Webb to Tru- man as the best man to handle the intricate job of Director Of the Budget. Truman acted on the recommendation without meeting Webb-and that was why he fumb- led on his desk and didn't know Webb's name.
 Note As Undersecretary Of State, Webb's policies will be on the conservative side. As Direct or of the Budget, he put Universal Military Training ahead of aid to education. And, despite President Truman's vigorous election cam paign for health and social welfare, Webb recently chopped every cent fr health out of the Alaskan bud get.
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

At ' am. on Inaugural Day, President Truman will breakfast with the little group of men he commanded in World War Bat tery D, 129th Field Artillery. They will breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel on Missouri ham, and the high point of the occasion will be when Captain calls the roll Of his wartime comrades Madame Chiang Kai-shek has about com pleted a deal to purchase a huge, 30-room mansion and estate near General Marshalls home in Vir- ginia. It will cost SITS, ,OOO-enough to feed lot of Chinese coolies. .. Young Congressman Bennett of Florida is introducing bill where y the Federal Government would
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20 YEARS AGO fMp {rfT EMPIRE
JANUARY IA, 1929

IA, Gladys Hosptal
   Hart and Marx suits norium in prices ranging to $5625 Assian
  zeerbach interests their nviga tion of pulp mill sites Lndstrom awarded radio by Brothers Grocery Store Mrs J. c. Mcbride of Mcbride
  brother family Harry Fisher R. A.. and R. H
  several of the in Weather: High, cloudy
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reimburse the states for all schools erected for Negroes and Indians All three services will get equal billing in the Presidents in- augural parade-thanks to Army Chief of Staff Omar Bradley. h. vited to ride at the head of the parade as marshal, Bradley ac-
 cepted the honor. But he private ly got on the phone and asked Chief of Naval Relations Louis Denfeld and Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg to ride with him Both the CIO and AFL have teamed up in a petition, asking the Justice Department, Treasury Department and the Sen- ate to investigate Senator Homer Ferguson in his home state. The charges are based upon facts first published in the Washington Merry -Go-Round President Truman wants his White House Chief of Staff, Adm. William Leahy, to write a book telling the inside story of the wartime Big Three conferences Maine'S COP Senator Owen Brewster, who fre- quently takes to the air himself, is now championing the Navy cause in magazine article, called: The Navy Takes To The Air" Writing for the Aero Digest, Brew ster chooses sides in the Navy Air Force controversy, refers to their bitter squabhle over appro- priations as healthy struggle Tor funds"
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CIO CONVENTION OPPOSED 10 SALES
 TAX IN TERRITORY

Six resolutions were passed at the CIO Territorial Convention, which is now in it's third day Of session n Juneau. Regulations which include recommendations to the Territorial Legislature includ- ed opposition to sales tax on the basis that it is discriminatory; in crease of teachers salary to cor respond to the high cost of liv- ing; and support of Statehood.
 The legislation which the Terri torial Department of Labor will introduce at the regular session was endorsed by the convention. Henry Benson, Territorial Com missioner of Labor, outlined his program at the Wednesday session. One amendment to Benson's legis- lation passed the convention. On Fishermen's Accident and Sickness Insurance, Benson's plan calls for funds to be raised by license sys- tenn. The CIO resolved that the funds be collected by poundage tax system at the processor or handler level.
 The Safety Committee reported on the proposed Territorial Safety Code. The Code was approved in it's entirety and a few additions will ha pracaptoI at the heorippS which are scheduled to be held in Ju- neau next week.
 The union men agreed to set up a CIO Industrial Council, which will be an overall Territorial or ganization and will be over the three Branch Councils and all CIO locals, who wish to affiliate with it.
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Daily Lessons in English " v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSsD say Say Be
 MISPRONOUNCED: Overals garmen). OVERHALIS
 OFTEN MIsSPELLED join proper to
 Chasen, purify, refine, discipline
 a word times yours" vocabulary loud; powerful stentoian the camor"
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MORE DEMOCRATS BORN"
 FIREMAN

Inaugural Committee Chairman Melvin Kildreth was telling the President about the huge demand for tickets for the inaugural cere- monies.
 Never in history has an inaugur- al stimulated such tremendous pop ular support and enthusiasm" said Hildreth. The people are as en- thusiastic now as they were the day after your election"
 The answer may be, Mel grin ned Truman, that there are lot more Democrats than there used to be"
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

O. lifts his meeting a him he leaves her? A. this is the thing to do
 O. person. upon leaving
  reply?
 A. you" all that necessary.
 the knife the fork placed the dinner table?
 placed right platter, the the left
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break instead of the criminals There are entirely too many loopholes for robbers and murdererS to slip through and the Supreme Court has just hand ed them another
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-14
RADIOS STRIppED 4 BY N. Y. TAxlCAB5

NEW YORK, Jan, 14.-tR- All New York taxicabs must be stripped of their radios, says the city hack bureau.
 The order really affects only own- drivers, since nearly all fleet op- orators have eliminated radios from their cabs. There are 11,800 cabs in the city today.
 Reason for the order is an effort to reduce the number of accidents.
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CONDITIONS OF WEATHER
 ALASKA PTS.

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a m. 12Oth Meridian Time. and released by the Weather Bureau, J,,,oon fn1lC5v.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-14

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. I47 SECOND and FOURTH
 Monday of each month
 in Scottish Rite Temple LN beginning at 7:30 D. m. r& GLENN o. ABRAHAM, <N/< Worshipful Master; " JAMES ". LEVERS, Secretary.
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LOOK and LEARN 4, sy c. GORDON

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 8 Which City Magnificent Distances? 5 is
  ]. the highest Delaware, the Perkins sequoa trees 2OOO years 
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REBEKAH DRILL CLUB Will meet Friday, January IA, at 8 o'clock p. m., at the home of Leona McKinnon. 91 2x
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Flexible Flic1 Sleds at Madsen's. Open noon until 6. 79 If
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person is bound to lose his shirt sooner or later if he puts too much the cuff
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One,
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Shaffner and Marx suits sale at Goldse porum in prices ranging from $225O to s5625
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Miss Gladys Forrest who had been Hospital for
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Weather: High, 34 low, 31; cloudy.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
pAscAGouIA cHRoN1cLE-sTAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER

Folks of Moselle. Miss, who spent
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. Bond
Mrs. Newton Gautier and children
and Miss Lula Mae Guillotte en-
joyed the Mobile Carnival and
visited Mrs. Gautier's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.
Golden. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mich
OILS accompanied their son, Billy,
to Fairhope and enjoyed the Car
nival parades in Mobile Tuesday.
Pfc. L. f. Yocum, who became
i'll while on a leave, returned from
Keesler base hospital Sunday to
the home of his parents and will
be at home for an indefinite pc
Rod OF time.
Harold Watts Of Lawrence
vile, KY, visited his cousin, Lew
is Nichols, and Mrs. Nichols Fri
day and Saturday.
We extend sympathy to T. N,
Roberts because Of the death OF
his sister, Mrs. Laura Ware, last
Wednesday.
Wayne Sonantine of Keesler
Field visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Nichols Sunday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
NEWS FROM
Helena

There was a benefit supper at
the Presbyterian church on Fri
day evening for the new ceme-
terry which is located on the road
beginning at Black Creek which
goes into Highway So. This is
a new cemetery and the COM
munity is improving it. The
benefit netted a nice fund and
there will be another one on
March 10 when everyone is invit-
ed to attend.
The men of the community plan
to work at the cemetery on Sat-
urday putting up the fence and
anyone who can come to help will
be welcomed.
Carl Vice and Miss Dorothy
Pierce went TO New Orleans to
see the Mardi Gras parades.
Friends of Mrs. Lucy Bragg
Hillman, former daughter-in-law
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bragg,
will be sorry to know that she is
in the Jackson County hospital
and hope for her a speedy recov-
cry. Mrs. Hillman will be re-
membered as Mrs. Bill Bragg
whose husband was killed over
seas.
The Rev. Walter Bader will
preach at the Presbyterian church
at GAS pm. on Sunday.
Mrs. Claude Vice visited her
father and mother in New Or
leans this week.
The Rev. James Williamson will
preach at the Union church on
Sunday at 3 pm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buddy johnson
and Mrs. Otis Eckhoff made a
business trip to Mobile on Mon
day.
Johnny Eckhoff of Pascagoula
visited his brother on Saturday.
Harry Bragg visited in the home
of MI. and Mrs. Doc Miles in
Kreole on Tuesday, when he was
able to see his little grandson, Ed
ward Lee Bragg from Leakes-
vile.
About 40 friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnnie Williams gathered
at his home on Tuesday, March
|, as a surprise birthday party for
Mr.. Williams, His daughter,
Jewel, presented him with a
birthday cake which had rs can
dies on it.
Mr., and Mrs. Buddy johnson
and Mrs. Laura Krohn and daugh-
ter visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bragg on Sunday.
Buddy Johnson went to Mobile
on Thursday where he underwent
an operation on his eye. His
friends will be glad to know that
he is recovering nicely.
Mrs. 7. f, Boykin visited her
mother in Meridian over the
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Mr.. And Mrs. Lewis Nichols Honor
Their Son With Birthday Celebration

Egan Of New Orleans who re-
NAMED for an indefinite visit.
Mrs. Lee Thomas and children,
Michael and Marjorie, Mrs. M. A.
Penton and son, Floyd, and Mrs.
p. E. Lebatard were business Wis
itors TO Mobile Thursday and Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Penton
and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Havens
and children of New Orleans
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. M. A. Penton and family.
Mrs. Kate Parsley of New Or
leans accompanied her nephew,
j. d. Davis of Mobile, as far as
Gautier where she visited her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Thomas, and brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
B. Townsend, Friday and Satur-
day.
Mr., and Mrs. Robert Morgan
and daughter spent Tuesday in
Mobile and enjoyed the Carnival
parades.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Elan of
Huntsville, Ala, spent a few days
in Gautier this week.
Carnival visitors to Mobile were
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bond and sons,
Cleve and Earl, and Miss Elsie
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
News From Coulter

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nichols
honofed their son, Billy, with a
surprise party on his 18th birth
day Saturday night. About Is
teen-agers helped to make it a
very enjoyable occasion. Billy
was home for the weekend from
Fairhope, Ala, where he it at
tending school. Indoor games
we're played and hot dogs, cold
drinks and iced chocolate squares
were served.
Guild Meets
The St. Pierre's Guild held its
regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. James Lebatard Friday
night. The business consisted Of
the usual discussion of the funds
Of the church and other business.
Soft drinks and cake were served
by the hostess to the following
guests: Mesdames L. W. Fuller,
]. w. Fuller, Houston Penton, E.
p. Townsend, Miss Edna Lebatard
and Mrs. Kate Parsley, a visitor
from New Orleans.
Weekend visitors in the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Morgan
were Mrs. J.. T. Wolf, and j. T.
Wolf, Jr., Mrs. Brewster Mollere,
Miss Betty Lou Taconi, and Jack
Wolf of Bay st. Louis and L. E.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Mrs. Bill Beach
Hostess To Stitch
Club Thursday

On Thursday afternoon of last
week Mrs. Bill Beach extended
pleasant hospitality to members
of the Stitch club at the home
of her sister, Mrs. ]. E. Krebs on
Lake avenue.
This was the last time that Mrs.
Beach will have the opportunity
of entertaining this club, of which
she is a member, as she departs
soon to join Mr.. Beach for resi-
dence in Columbus, Ohio.
The. afternoon was spent over
needlework until the serving of
refreshments by the hostess.
Mrs. Beach's guests were Mes
DANES Lonnie Watts, Jr., George
Clark, V. G.. Hirth, Krebs and j.
B. George. 4
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

weekend. She came back through
Mobile and stopped to see her
sister and Mr.. and Mrs. Boykin
who met her there.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. S. Clark from
Kreole visited in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. White.
Mrs. Pug Eckhoff visited her
mother, Mrs. Whatley, recently
in Bayou Casotte.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Roberts from
Escatawpa visited in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. White on Sun
day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
City LibrorY OF
Moss Point Adds
To Book Collection

Several of the current best sell
ers have been added to the fiction
collection of the Moss Point City
Library, Miss Amelia Cook, Ii
brarian. announced.
Among those which have been
received by the library are: Doug
las, Big Fisherman; Keyes, Dinner
at Antoine's; Costain, High Tow
ers; de la Roche, Mary Wakefield;
Wolfe, Web of Days; Bates, Jacar-
anda Tree; Irwin, Captive Prin-
cess; Shaw, Young Lions; and
Faulkner, Intruder in the Dust.
New murder myteries that have
been added are, Charters, Saint
E%rrant; Wentworth, Miss Silver
Comes to Stay; Queen, Ten Days
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Oliver Cole an
nounced the engagement and ap-
preaching marriage of their
daughter, Barbara Ann, to Robert
W. Scheffler, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester J. Scheffler of Pascagoula.
The wedding will take place
April 3 at st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Pascagoula.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

Wonder.
The non-fiction collection in
cludes the following titles, Infor-
nation, Please, Almanac, 1949 and
World Almanac 1919; Skinner,
Family Circle; Kimbrough, 1t
Gives Us Much Pleasure; St.
Nicholas Anthology, edited by
Commager; Cert, shake Well Be-
fore Using; Curtis, Our State
Birds; Cummings, Golden Leg
ends.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

church observed the World Day of
Prayer at a service at the church.
The meeting was opened with
a devotional by Mrs. r. E. Ais
worth after which the meeting was
turned over to Mrs. John Cirlot of
Moss Point who talked on the
work of the church and of her
trip to the recent jurisdictional
conference.
On Monday afternoon the So
iety held a business meeting at
the church with Mrs. John Engel,
the president, in the chair.
The time was given to planning
for the renovation of some of the
Sunday School rooms and the
partitioning of other parts of the
educational building into rooms
for school use.
Thara arc moro thop 10 nm
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Women Of Eustluwn
NJ. E. Church Observe
World Prayer Duy

On Friday afternoon the Wo-
mans Society of Christian Serv-
ice of the Eastlawn Methodist
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WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE DAY WHEN:

i. All people have an active part in planning for the coun-
tys health.
2. Smallpox. dphtheria and whoopine cough protection are
given all children their first year OF life.
3. Better care for our tuberculosis cases and their families
is provided.
4. All milk is produced under clean conditions and pasteur.
lied for protection.
s.. ALI people eat the right foods, with sufficient and well
balanced diets.
s. All rural homes have good sanitation for their general
well being and a solution TO the hookworn problem.
y. A better system of general sanitation and drainage is
provided for the countYs cities.
.. An effective pest control program for the urban areas is
instituted.
g.. Plans and construction of adequate health department
branch clinics are completed.
10. Further reduction and possibly eradication of all un-
necessary causes of illness and death is made possible.