The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-04-28


WEEKEND VIEWPOINTS
BY J. w. H.
Mayor Keolker has proclaimed week. ending Satur
day. Cleanup Week. and Fire Chief Herb Malchow acting
cooperation with the National Board of Fire Underwriters
has set the time for fire prevention week. Residents of
the community asked to clean their premises to make
them attractive and to promote sanitation and there
great many things that be done in the interest of
fire prevention But of these always many other
opportunities this week do something materastc
ally constructive We paint up and of this will help
improve appearances well to preserve buildings We
fix up and this will in long be of
tion things always after the first
of deterioration The paint brush hammer and and shovel
and fork this week should be popular tools of the residents
of this community The these tools this week.
the less will have them next year. It is week in
which the old saying that "a stitch in time nne should
be given due consideration.
New crosswalks were painted on many street intersec-
tons Kennewick during past week. and (Which
needed D got repan job These crosswaks not merely
designed point out the place where pedestrians from
side to another They also for the of notify
ing which pedestrian
has priority at all times Should motort drive his into
person in the of crossing crosswa the motorist
would be guilty reckless driving would be liable
for damages Allegations such that the pedestrian wasn't
watching the street slippery the lights poor
would be irrelevant Acrosswa is laid out with the under
standing that is to be protected for the woman
child who walks there Most people know this Some ap
parenty either do not don't Many people who drive
the of Kennewck stop their for pedestrians
courtesy It's bad that have laws that
people do these little which should be performed
by everyone willingly.
In all the reporting that done David E. Lienha,
chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission his visit to
Richland, mentioned what undoubtedly key to
the character of this often called of Americas great
est among the living Questioned about whether veterans had
any special rights in employment at the Hanford project
Lenha said there law governing this and that they
following the law Then he added the significant state
menthat 1--WE concerned not only with the welfare of
human beings but also with the welfare of human being
You frequently said that 81 what's good for
all am for what's good for the majority" Often this
principle is the apply But also for what's
good for single person? Americans whether they
conscious of it concerned with the welfare of
dividuas well with the welfare of all We quick to
to the assistance of person when think he the
victim of injustice We did that in the of the Russian
who jumped out the third story window to escape
from Russian consular agents We do it frequently when
illness other serious misfortune strikes at individual
child aged mother father Liienthal
uay giving expression to something that is ngrained in
the nature OF the American people much is in him.
Now this principle finding it's way influence in govern
ment Safety measures social SERVICE and wages all
bound in this principle that the life and happiness of
important and worth spending protect This
is not new principle however, since read it in the
scriptures
Members of the city planning commission report that few
citizens of Kennewick have far attended their meetings
brought up the meetings. The
say they would like to hear from people when they
suggestions complaints and that it is their
consider all suggestions and complaints in making up their
o1ofio to oifx,
cratic body which only allows suggestions
but invites and even urges them.
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