Evening star., 1949-02-11
'Self-Government Locally


| To the Editor of The Star:
For national defense quick action is es-
| Sential, but in matters pertaining to local
| self-government the influence of speed or
| pressure groups can lead to irreparable
| damage. Slower attitudes in considering
changes in the forms of historic democratic
| government are more likely to promote ma
| ture Judgment as opposed to the emotional
ism aroused by ambitious. selfish groups and
oblique references to the civilizations of
| backward countries and an increase of our
| alleged influence on them by making COM
| promises.
One is inclined to suspect that the right
| of unlimited discussion is the only thing
| that saves the rights of local self-govern-
ment as guaranteed by Articles 10 of the
| Bill of Rights. Hardly any one would
doubt that the adoption of the Constitu-
ton never would have happened without
| the understanding that the States were to
retain their local self-government rights.
| as shown in this article of the Bill of Rights
| History has shown that persistent support
of the rights of self-government locally has
been necessary to combat short sighted
policies of aggression by over-centralized
government. T. G. GREAVES.
Belleville N. Y.
Proper Understanding by Police
To the Editor of The Star:
Apropos your editorial in The Star of
February g. entitled "Overzealous Police"
my reply to your fair comment is: Have
they (the police ripened sufficiently to the
proper understanding of the law, both of
Righteousness and justice? c. L. K
MIR. Warren's Views Inconsistent?
To the Editor of The Star:
In an editorial published on February 6,
entitled More Than Shutting Needed"
The Star said that Controller General
Warren, when serving as a Representative.
told the House that: Every agency down
the street will say there ought to be a
reorganization, but every agency will imme-
diately step up and say: 1T is good for the
other fellow but not for US
While reading the above editorial I re-
called another article appearing in The
Star wherein Mr.. Warren's name also was
mentioned. The article, which appeared in
The Star of January 20. was entitled.
Hoover Proposal of GAO Staff Cut Starts
Hot Fight I quote. in part, from it as
follows: Controller General Lindsay c..
Warren sharply criticized the recommended
tions of the group on Government reorgan-
ization, describing them as completely un-
realistic and prepared by off campus pro-
fessors and advisers 1t was the first blast
from a public official at the commission
headed by former President Herbert Hoover"
Mr. Warren when appearing before con-
gressional committees is not heSitant to
recommend the use of the "meat-ax" with
respect to other Government agencies. but
when he is involved-well, it would appear
that he is qualified to be chairman of ''the
great old order of buffers which Mr.. Byrnes
described. T. v. REGAIN
Pensions Favored-And Why
To the Editor Of The
The Star recently carried an AP story IN
which Gen. Carl Gray. head of the Veter-
ans Administration, voiced his opposition
to general pension for veterans of World
Wars I and II.
AS a veteran of both conflicts I am inter-
ested in the proposition-and I am both
with and against Gen. Gray.
feel that if all the grabs out of the public
purse envisioned by the Truman program
are to be carried through, then the veter-
ans, to get their share before the Nation
goes bankrupt are at least entitled to the
puny pensions they ask.
If the poor taxpayer is to work half the
week to pay for socialistic waste and the
payment of the more or less riotous living
of personalities in huge political machine,
then men who fought to save the country.
unknowing that it was going to be given
away to maintain a growing gang In office,
certainly are entitled to get more than a
measly $50 to 500 q month for their services.
AS one who served year overseas In