Milford chronicle., 1949-02-25
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SOME HARD SENSE

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SOME HARD SENSE
Chairman COnnally of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee told the Senate to make
a positive statement that declarations of war
cannot be made by anybody except the United
States Congress. This noble Democrat, and
noble Republican Vandenberg, agree that
there must be absolutely no terms in cOnnec-
tiOn with proposed security pacts which will
strip Congress of its ''War or peace" powers.
COnnally rung the bell when he told the Sen
ate 1--WE can't be Sir Galahad every time we
hear gun fire. and take ISSUE"
In this atomic age, said Vandenberg the
"sheer facts of life" require the United
States "tO serve notice on potential aggres-
sOrs that they will not be overlooked" 1t is
about time that somebody talks for the people
instead of for the two old political parties.
Vandenberg and COnnally demand that
the rights of the people be held in the hands
of their Congress. We have the United Ma
tiOns and other organizations that are pledg-
ed to prevent new Wars-and stop old ones.
According to Vandenberg such pacts as that
with the North Atlantic, could be extended
to other countries.
With men like COnally and Vandenberg,
top leaders of the two old parties, fighting
against the continuance of the "Sir Galahad''
system the chances are pretty good that we
may check-mate the rabid Russians without
dropping atomic bombs in their front yards
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TRAINING YOUNG DRIVERS
California, the leading state in the nation
in automobile registration, has adopted law
which makes obligatory the training Of high
school students in the art and obligations
of automobile driving. In Delaware this pu-
pill training has been in effect for several
years, but on a voluntary basis. Although
the support of such training in the schools
is gaining ground, still only Is per cent of
the nations $4,000 high schools offer this
important course in the curriculum today
Most authorities are agreed that, just as
foreign languages can best be learned while
the tongue is 'in the gristle," so the impOr-
tant attitudes as we'll as the Sl1illS of motor
car handling are best indOctrinated in the
formative years.
The action of California has already been
recommended for extension in Oregon and
elsewhere, at the convention of the National
Automobile Dealers Association. Indeed, this
body took several encouraging steps at it's
recent annual meeting, emphasizing the inn
portance OF safety work on the part of the
nations dealers. The dealers, of course,
come into unusually close contact with the
driving public, not only through original
sales, but by reason of service and mainte-
nance activities. Thus they can serve the
cause of safety on many fronts. One impOr-
tant contribution would be their active sup
port for further extension Of driver training
in the high schools.
1t might be we'll for Delaware state au-
thOrities to look into the advisability of MAX
ing the training of young high school pupils
compulsory in the matter of automobile
driving.
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DROPPING THE RUSE
IVA has had to drop it's ruse of power
development as a "by-prOduct" of "hood
control" 1t is openly asking over S5O,OOO,-
600 of tax funds as a starter for a gigantic
steam electric plant which is no by-prOduct
OF high water. This is but the logical growth
OF Federal sOcialiZatiOn of power.
1t IS now reported that serious consider
alton is being given in Washington to recon-
mend legislation "tO permit the government
to construct, own and operate steel plants. -
This is but another step toward the tOtali-
tartan state idea which England is now fol-
lowing II our government has the cOnsti-
tutlonal power to build steam electric plants.
why not steel plants, coal mines, oil wells.
railroads, telephone companies, food stores.
banks, farms, or any business?
We profess to be opposing the encrOach-
ments of communism abroad and are spend-
ing billions of the taxpayers money for that
purpose. What are we doing to protect our
selves from it at home? If we sOcialize our
own country fast enough, there will no long
ef be any need to oppose the communists
we will have adopted their political philOs-
Ophy.