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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
BABSON Discusses Self-PrOtectiOn

ting interested now in helping the other fellow If
city within 75 miles is bombed, only those who are
truly unsefshly interested in helping the refugees
will save their own homes, whether in city suburb
or in little farm village. This means we should
now become an active Red-Cross or refugee worker.
We should now study frst-aid nursing and emergency
diet. We should definitely plan to take strange
people into homes either in entirety or in part.
IN case of need. If we have barn or garage or
empty building, should now fix it up for refugees
Our personal safety will then depend not upon how
much money we have, but how much we are doing
for other people who have lost everything Only
our generosity will save us. Smugness and the feel
ing that we will get preferential treatment because
OF our houses, our money, our social standing or
our political pull could land us in a concentration
camp.
CEASE BEING AN @ANTI7
It is very important that we at once quit being
an anti" and now train ourselves and our children
to care and share with Others It seems as if eyery
one with whom I talk is "anti-something" Some
families are anti-Jewsh others anti-Negroes others
ant-Catholics and others anti-PrOtesants or anti
Labor or anti-Capital! Then, find one family is
anti-Truman and the family next door is anti-Taft
or anti-sOmething else. Some are for World FEEDER
alton, in which 1 believe, and others laugh at me
To save our own necks we must forget this "anti-
stuff" and remember Jesus profound statement: eff
we are to save our lives must be willing to lose
lives"
All of us are more or less "anti" on our foreign
policy,-whether to follow Hoover or Dewey or
Acheson especially wish the United Nations could
quit its childish debating about "who cast the first
stone" It should unite on some constructive policy
OF providing all countries with their just peace
needs OF OIL food and other necessary raw materials
This is the only way War III can be prevented Our
hope and safety lies not with more bombers, more
ships and more ground troops but IN assuring the
world OF the FOUR FREEDOMS which we offered
them nearly ten years ago. But, in the meantime,
let all OF us plan something for the refugees in case
some city near is bombed
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
CONGRESS MUST TAKE THE
INITIATIVE

Washington reports indicate that Con-
gresslonal resolve to really cut the Federal
budget by a substantial amount has made
great nleasdWay. For one thing, it has been
spurred by communications from "tbe foIlre
back home" who are bitter about the pros
pect OF higher taxes at a time when govern
ment waste continues almost unabated. AS
many economists have urged, about the
best way to cut expenditures would be to
completely dissolve some of the huge gov
ernment bodies whose reason for existence
has long passed. The Federal lending agen-
cies, of which the RFC is the colossus. are
cases in point. The RFC was started durinm
the depression to serve a strictly emergency
need. 1t IS still in business, bigger and bet
ter and more expensive than ever, now that
the need is over All this talk about "sacri-
nee" for the national security will remain
nogWash and nothing more so long as poll
tics as usual dominates Washington think
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
Travel With Credit

HOUSTON, Tex. - (P ~ You
get college credit for your foreign
travel at the University Of HoUs-
ton. But you have to travel on the
University of Houston. But you
have to travef on the tours arrang-
ed by the department Of sociology
Prof. Joseph S. S. Werlin. This
year there are two, one to Mexico
June 5 to July 8, and one to Europe
July ~ to Sept. 4,
Werlin has the cooperation Of
the Universities Of Mexico and
Paris. Fees on each trip viii in
clude all expenses including field
trips and entertainment. In EurCoe
the students will visit France.
Switzerland, Italy, Austria, &c, @
many, Luxembourg, Belgium. Pol
land and England.
NJ NJ. Field, Houston philanth-
ropist. spanked the idea in 1914.
Credits in Education. Sociology.
and Spanish can be earn
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
TIME FOR CONGRESS- TO
GET BUSY

Add to the list of things you can
not understand a u. S. Tariff policy
that permits binder twine used by
farmers in harvesting crops to
come into the United States duty
free, but places a Is per cent duty
on baler twine, used by many of
the same farmers.
This situation is costing Amer
lean farmers hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars annually and adds
to the cost of food production. Even
more important, there is a short
age of baler twine in prospect, and
we'll have to lean on OthercOuntr-
les such as Canada, more than ever
this year to get enough. But be-
cause of the Is per cent duty, far
mers will pay more than they other
wise would for it.
Legislation has been introduced
i'll the Senate and House of Repres-
entatives to correct this discrimin-
atory situation, which only requires
slight modification of tariff law
phraseOlOgy. The tariff law now
states that all binding twine shall
be admitted duty free, but a Gus
toms commissioner ruled five years
agO that baler twine was something
different in spite of the fact that
both twines are made on the same
and from the same mat
erials and both are used for bind
ing crops.
So American farmers and twine
dealers are writing to Washington
to learn why the tariff can't be re-
moved. If enough write, Congress
may do sOmethingabout it.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
COMPETITION UPHETD

Early this year the Supreme Court hand
ed down a decision on highly important
case that began in November, 1910. At that
time, the Federal Trade Commission fled a
complaint against leading oil company
on the ground that it sold its products to
four jobber customers in Detroit at lower
prices than those made to retail dealers
This is a common practice nationally. as
Joboers take tank car deliveries and 50 Get
q better price. Some of the jobbers sold oil
products for less than did other retail deal
ers IN Detroit. The Commission charged that
TINS hurt competition. The oil company then
defended its position by showing fhat fbe
JooDers could have bought the same or lower
prices from other suppliers and that It
would lose the business if it did not offer
comparable deal The Commission, however
entered an order against the company. This
was upheld by a Federal court, even THOUGH
the court said that there was strong evidence
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

to support the assumption that the company
sold to its jObber customers at the lower price
in good faith in order to meet competition.
The case then went to the Supreme Court In
its decision, the company's position was en-
tirely vindicated The Court pointed to the
widespread understanding that it is a com
plete defense to a charge of price discrimi-
nation for the seller to show that it's price
differential was made in good faith to meet
lawful and equally lower price of a COM
petitOr. 1t then said, Congress did not seek
by the RObinsOn-Patman Act either to abol-
ish competition or so radically to curtail it
that a seller would have no substantial right
OF self-defense against price raid by COM
petitor. In other words, the Court upheld
free and honest competition, and in doing
that it upheld a principle that is basic in the
American economy and makes for the well
fare of producer and consumer alike That is
true OF oil and all other enterprise. There is
no room in this country for 'bureaucratized"
industry.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
YELLOW MARGARTYR

Connecticut scrapped its pro-
hibition against yellow margarine
after Delaware had taken similar
action, and the list of States with
such prohibitions was narrowed to
eleven.
Wyoming legalized yellow mar
garine, and Michigan, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Missouri and
New Jersey-lhted their discrim.
nations against it. Four more
followed suit-New Hampshire,
California, Tennessee and Ohio.
The eleven States which still
prohibit manufacture and sale of
yellow margarine are Oregon,
Washington, Montana, South Da-
kota. Minnesota. Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York
and Vermont.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
5000
WHERE THE BLAME BELONGS

Who do you blame for imitation? Ask a
hundred people that question and you'll get
beWllderlng array of answers. Some blame
manufacturers, on the theory that they are
holding us up to a farethewell. Some saw
that the retailer is the modern Jesse James
lacking only the horse and the six-shOOter
Others pick labor, the farmer and various
groups as the goat. This is a free country
and were all entitled to our opinions. But
the fact is that the people most of us blame
Tor imitation are among it's victims. The man.
ufacturer and the retailer, for instance. must
operate IN intense competition, and their
prOnts, believe 1t or not, amount to a very
small part OF the consumer dollar. Labor
and the farmer, like everyone else, may have
Deen guilty OF eXceSSes-but they too are in
tough daily contact with the high cost of
living problem land they naturally protect
themselves as best they can. Then, who is
really to blame? A full answer to that would
require lot of big books But an inkling
OF IL is found in Succinct form in one of
Henry HaZIlttS recent NeWSWeek columns
Mr. Hazlitt dWelt with the Governments
past and current monetary policies. and at
the end ne wrote, "The imitation, in brief. has
been gOVernment-created And the allegedlvI
remedy OF price-and-Wage control IS
completely spurious. If the volume of money
ana bank credit were prevented from expand
ing, price control would be unnecessary. But
as long as money and bank credit are being
substantially increased in relation to the VOL
ume OF goods, price control will continue toI
be worse than futile; for it distorts and dis
rupts production al, the same time as it de-
stroys economic freedom" There is the gistI
OF it. The real underminer of the dollar ISL
the U. S. Treasury and those who make
Treasury policy. So, next time you get an
noyed by high prices don't damn the store
keep, or any other innocent bystander. Putt
the blame where it belongs.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
Federal Reserve Bank Of Pbila
Reports On Department Store Sales

Department store sales in Feb
ruary declined from the record
high reached in January, according
to the Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia. SeasOnally adjusted
sales for the District showed a
Drop Of 6 per cent from the pre-
ceeding month, but continued to ex-
ceed those of a year earlier by a
considerable margin. Sales for the
first two months of this year were
rs per cent greater than those of
the corresponding 1850 period.
Incomplete figures on depart
mental sales indicate that the high
level Of activity was store-wide.
Business in women's and misses
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
&0AN&
A FAIR SHARE OF LESS AND LESS


The Saturday Evening Post recently pub
lished an exceptionally Illuminating editorial
on the problem of government meddling with
the machinery of production and distribution.
Using the current British "meat crisis" as a
salient example, the Post observed, "The ira
gedy Of England springs primarily from that
plOuS slogan, Fair Shares, which is used
by the Labor Government to sell it's medd-
ling to the humane English middle class.
The first result of that way of doing business
is to diminish the total available food sup
ply, so that each BritOn has fair share of
less and less. The second result is the crea-
ton OF a class Of tiXers and chiselers Cspivs,
the British call them), who manage to pick
up thick chop or a few kidneys with no
trouble. (That can happen here. Actually
1t did, The Post then offered this excellent
advice, Before we Americans let our own
planners put us on the rocks at the very start
OF what will probably be a long emergency
an emergency demanding encouragement of
full prOductiOn-We should take a look at
England. We should ask ourselves whether
1t is worse to go without meat now and then
because we can't afford it or to 90 without
1t because the Price Stabilizers have driven
1t out OF the corner store. And, when in1a-
tiOn is cited as the pretext for this funbIing
we should remind ourselves that up to now
the Government itself is the chief sponsor of
imitation, through its encouragement of off
the-cuH higher wages, an unnaturally low
interest rate, and subsidies for food grow
ers." This is a matter of great importance.
now that the price-control laws are still in a
state of fux and many large and small
changes in policy are inevitable for the fu-
ture. The plain fact is that no one ever got
production by hamstringing the
economy. An equally plain fact is that if wei
don't get maximum prOduction-of meat and
Just about everything else-we, like the Brit
ish, will just get Fair Share" of less and
less.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

and mems and boys apparel lines
was especially lively. Sales of
house furnishings, although above
a year ago, were slower than they
had been in January. Television's
year ago comparison seems parti.
cularly poor, but it should be noted
that during February 1850, special
promotional drives resulted in in
creased TV sales.
At the end of February, the ratio
Of stocks to sales was greater than
that of year ago. House furnish
lngs inventories were especially
heavy, with stocks of televisiOn
sets up over 200 per cent from a
year earlier.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

{ WASHINGTON, d. c., April 6
For some time, l have been ad-
vising my readers who live in
large cities to have-as insurance
"a small house with enough land
to feed ones family and far
enough away from the large
city to be safe in case of World
War III. I am not recommend
ing farming as a small business,
as it is fast becoming a big
business" operation. 1t is very
difficult for an inexperienced
person, without much capital, to
aOununfo Vrritb 4,frr q, 49,, 80. -
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
FLAGS FLUTTER IN SUNSHINE

T he beauty of Washington's
street was enhanced during the
Pan American Union conference
as the 2l New World Nations met
in hopes of a single goal toward a
common end cooperation and mu-
tual aid. The multicolored flags
floated in majestic grandeur as
the March winds spread their col
ors. At the same time rows of Red
Cross banners had been unfurled
to mark the current fund raising
campaign. There is always some
thing of real interest in our Ma
tiOn's Capital City.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
BEING SNUG WILL NOT PAY

1 am now getting letters from readers saying
I'VE already have a house to which we can flee in
an emergency. Hence, we are Okay whatever hap
pens" This week I wish to remind such readers
that they have forgotten the "refugee problem" It
is very possible that when you reach your hide
away" you will find it already occupied by others
who have fed from large city andy permission
OF the Red Cross or some State olcia-have already
taken possession. The rule may be that the first
refugees who reach unoccupied house-or an oc-
cupied house with empty rooms-can take possess
sion whoever the owner may be.
Hence, it is important that we (who think we
are well provided with a safe refugee should wake
up and do something now, to prepare for an abrupt
surprised This applies not only to those who are
planning to flee to a summer place in the country
but also to those who live smugly in the quiet
suburbs of some city which may be bombed. Such
houses will be occupied by strangers if we leave
them vacant-while we must share them with
strangers if we remain in them In case of enemy
bombing, refugees will be given any empty beds
whenever needed
What shall we home owners do?" you ask Let
me reply that our future safety depends upon get
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
Air Pictures Aid
Archaeology

LONDON - (P) - New light is
being thrown on to Dark Ages "a
Britain by aerial photography. Sit
es of 1000 year old Roman camp
IN south west Scotland have been
been revealed for the first time bv
the photographs. Previously. no
knew that the Romans had been
there. =
DR.. J. X S. st. Joserh. curator
arial photography Camkridge TTni-
versity explained to the ROYAL So
city Of Arts that differencec IN CO.
lor and growth Of vegetation shown
IN low altitude air photographs en-
abled ancient sites to be discovered
and their character and period es-
tablished
He showed aerial archaeological
photographs Of Roman and earlier
sites in Britain.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

Eisenhower is engaged in keeping
Western Europe allied against
Russian attacks.
He says that the men who will
defend Europe are led by the best
fighters in the world.
About a half dozen Nations have
lined up under Eisenhower and
they're strong enough to whip
wildcats.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
CRIME AND POLITICS

Senator Estes Kefauver has been
turning up more than his share of
dirt all over the United States. But
ne carries his point in the charge
that vice and politics go arm in arm
all over the country. That shows I'D
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
POULTRY NEWS
Delmarva broiler

week enda5 S DGi producers 8475OOO chicks -
saT NdIch S12a above previous weak anJ % the
29 bo year ago IAe number habed ioc e Ine
weeks renamed about the as the two nroi
and 8 6 set 4292OOO eggs above the prevo previous
% "OoVe year ago. CSee bottoTo week
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOP DFTTT ~ NV, ~ niS arucieJ
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

insurance, however, believe such small place in
the country is the cheapest safest and most sensible
Insurance family can buy, after being insured
AGAINST fire.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
CHICKS PLACED IN ADDITToyAT ,pp,o ~,


DeInarVa producers marketed
oro arch S8%o less than the week and 9e
@ tn same week year Shipments of
esoTs IN other broiler number narld
1910 " 'ne average weekly placements 1914 earlier
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06
Washington Letter ByLE. Jones

in the Senate Crime Investigation
Stories of bribes, pay-Offs, and pro-
lection markets fill the record. The
Senator says that vice profits find
their way into campaign funds; and
that there are deals between crime
bosses and political bosses that he
declares turns out to be standard
business practice in the under
world.
1t is a long, long story but Sena-
tor KefauYer is doing a thorough
! job. Success to him and his investi-
cations and exposures.
60
NEW COINS
Somebody asks where all the
pennies have gOne-and the ans
wer is that they can't circulate
fast enough to keep up with the
demand. The pennies are very busy
nowadays in parking meters, Gig
arctic machines and other places.
There are billions of pennies, but
they are scarce. It's a sign of how
much business is going on. And it
is a fact that 18 billion of these
coins are in circulation.
Coins, from copper cents to sill
yer dollars are flowing through the
country or are being held in re-
serve in tOpvOlume. Sales taxes are
taking more and more pennies. A
large volume of trade requires a
large volume of pennies. nickels,
dimes, quarters and half dollars
just for the purpose of making
change
Silver dollars have not been cir
culated in the East for long years
but in the mid West silver dollars
are popular. But here is big piece
of news, showing that there are
$l,0O1,664, 799 of half dollars.
quarters and dimes.
.-O-
THE ALLIED COMMAND
1t is pretty hard to figure out
what the Allied Command is doing
bUt q Darts novucnov,o, cC..., 4I.o4
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

The population Of New YoFk IN
1860 was 1,17497s.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

THE ALLIED COMMAND
1t is pretty hard to figure out
what the Allied Command is doing
but a Paris newspaper says that
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-06

N&R0S
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Vacation Bible School
At Rockville Baptist
Church Begins Monday

Miss Marian Dowis from the
Southern Baptist Seminary in
Louisville, KY. will conduct the
daily vacation Bible School at the
Rockville Baptist Church which
will begin on Monday, June 18
and continue for two weeks. She
will be assisted by capable staff
of Sunday School teachers and
other volunteers.
The school, which will be from
8 to 11:30, Mondays through Fri
day, will include primary, junior,
intermediate, senior and young
peoples departments. A musical
program has been arranged, in
addition to the Bible Study, hand
work for the girls and shop work
for boys.
1t is planned to hold several
departmental picnics, in addition
to the annual Sunday School picnic
which will take place at the con-
clusion of the school.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Historical Society
Meets Thursday At
Congressional Club

The Montgomery County His
torical Society will meet at eight
o'clock Thursday evening, June 81,
at the Congressional Country Club
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Henry Hessick, according to
an announcement by Mrs. Jesse
W. Nicholson, president.
Honorable James B. C. Howe will
address the society on General
Montgomery C. Meigs, whose en-
cheering work is associated with
the development of the national
capital and nearby areas.
Mr.. Howe, a graduate of George
town University Law School,
earlier attended Mount Saint
Mary's College at Emmitsburg,
Maryland, and Oglethorpe Univer-
sity at Atlanta, Georgia, where he
received his A. B. degree. He has
been associated with the govern
ment in various administrative
capacities, including recent service
as an aide to Hon. John R. Steel
man, Assistant to the President.
Mr.. Howe is currently attached to
to the National Capital Sesquicen-
tennial Commission,
The public is invited to attend.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-14
Civic Federation
FavOrs Slashing
Library Budgets

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation went on record Monday
night as favoring heavy slashes
in the county's proposed budgets
for libraries and the recreation de-
partment.
At its regular monthly meeting
in the Woodward and Lothrop Au-
ditorium, the Civic Federation
voted to recommend that the County
Council reduce its proposed library
budget from $206,759 to 100000,
eliminating all library service
items in the proposed budget ex-
cept the minimum required to pur-
chase, equip, staff and operate
three book mobiles, and to pay the
County Library Directors salary.
The Federation also voted to
urge an $4,000 cut in the recrea-
ton departments suggested $119,-
900 budget, including transfer of
the department from the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission to the county
government.
Officers named were Walter Nc
Clenon, Takoma Park city council
man; reelected president; Henry
Sailing, Chevy Chase, vice pres
dent; Wayne Birdsell, Woodside
Park, recording secretary; Mrs.
Mylon Merriam, Brookmont, cor
responding secretary; William X.
Hodges, Bethesda, treasurer.
Executive Committee: James A.
Buchanan, West Montgomery Cit
liens Association; Cecil A. Eby,
East Bethesda; Allan Fay, Wood
acre, and Blair Lee, Sd, Silver
Spring.