The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-11-30


partment is Diplomacy, l don't want
any part of it.
When l think of Vishinsky, Malik
and their gang living in luxury at
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and rid
ing around in Cadillac cars, and a
delegation from Communist China
being welcomed here with open
arms, while Russia is directing the
war in Korea and the Chinese have
flung over two-hundred thousand
men into the battle, my mind goes
back to that tragic Sunday when, at
the exact minute that two Japanese
ambassadors were closeted with the
Secretary of State in Washington,
japanese bombs began raining down
on Pearl Harbor.
Once before, when l stated in this
column that the only way to treat
Russia was to drop an A Bomb
smack in the middle of the Kremlin,
1 was severely criticized - but crit
icism or not, Tn still of the same
opinion.
1t is my understanding that all this
appeasement of Russia and Com
munist China is being done in an eff
fort to prevent another World War
but if we are not in world war
now, what on earth are we in?
This so-called third world war
that the diplomats are supposed to
be trying to prevent, would pit the
Democratic countries Of the world
against the Communist controlled
countries-in other words the coun-
tries controlled by Russia. Well,
isn't that the sort of war we are in
right now?
Isn't Joe Stain and the rest of his
gang master minding the war in Ko-
rea? Isn't Communist China in it up
to their necks? Aren't the rest of
Russia's satellite countries pouring
money and munitions-yes and man.
power-into the fight? And while
the United States is bearing the
brunt of the battle right now-iust
as England bore the brunt at the
start of World Wars l and 2 =
aren't the other Democratic coun-
tries now pitching in also?
1t is my firm belief that Russia is
doing everything in its power to stall
any decisive action by the Democrat
ic countries until-and only until
they are ready to stab us in the back
again.
So let's get busy and beat them to
the punch.
Those of you that missed the Sec
ond annual 'Town Hall Meeting on
Tuesday night at Franklin Court
sponsored by the Hagerstown Cham
Der of Commerce, certainly missed
something really worthwhile.
With Herman Hopes acting as
Moderator and the Mayor and Coun-
Gil and the Board of County Com
missioners constituting the Panel
with the audience-and there were
more than two hundred present
asking many pertinent questions rel
alive to our City and County gov
eminent, the two-hour session
brought us all a lot closer to the
many governmental problems of the
community in which we live anc
make living.
The North End Shopping Center
question-as was to be expected
got quite a bit of attention, with
Councilmen Knight and Broom go.
ing on record as being in favor Of
putting the whole question of zon.
ing Hagerstown in the form of {
referendum, instead of, as is beine
contemplated now, zoning the entire
city by action of the Mayor anc
Council alone.
A suggestion from Police Commits
sioner Ellinger was put forth - thai
the entire citizenry of Hagerstowr
be fngerprinted SO that, in the case
of a major disaster in the commun
lty, positive Identification would bs
available. The suggestion is one
that deserves serious consideration
The meeting also brought forth
the information from Mayor Mill.
that, despite the spending of a mil
lion-and-a-half dollars on the Mu
nicipal Light Plant, it is now within
one thousand kilowatts of its max
imum capacity with the present wa
ter flow of Antietam Creek-10,0Ot
kilowatts- it will cost at leas
another $4,000 to increase the water
flow to the point where the actua
capacity of the modernized plan
$4,000 kilowatts) can be produced
Not very happy situation, is it.
Particularly as it now costs the cit,
more than twice as much to produc,
electricity as it does other plants.