Milford chronicle., 1951-06-01

1t means that men like Billy Mitchell. Admir-
al Denfield General Wedemeyer, General
Macarthur, Admiral Hillenkoeter, Senators.
congressman, fathers, mothers, sons AND
their young wives must shut up when the
President OF his Secretary Of State, or Trygve
Lle' or the British Prime Minister get the
President to decide on something involving
the death of thousands of Americans.
Policy disagTeements should. of course be-
expressed with discretion. Even in a business
company settled policies can not be constantly
sniped at by subOrdinates. But General Mar
shall is so OVer-aWed by the Commander in
Chief" hallucinatiOn, that he believes no poli-
cy determined by the President should ever
be publicly questioned by any one in uniform.
II a general or admiral disagrees with the
President, and tells the truth as he sees it.
ne is to be broken, as has happened to
many men giving their honest views to Com
mlCJees OF Congress- Apparently military ex-
perts must tell Congress only what the Pres
ldent thinks; not what they think! Non
sense! The tragic consequences of this GRO
Yelling attitude where shown at Casablanca,
caro-, Ieheran, Yalta and POtsdam where we
betrayed our own allies, Poland and China.
In order to appease good old JOe". Marshall
was present at some of these meetings where
the colossal blunders were made which mt
Stain in Hitler'S saddle and lost the neacp
lie IS probably more responsible for the mess
we are now in than any American now liv-
ing. He kept his mouth shut, and demands
Cnat Macarthur do the same. When the
plaln people OF this country understand the
real issue in this dispute, thev will insist that
the MacArthurs have a right to be heard on
questions OF great policy, and that they them
selves shall be heard.
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1T CAN'T BE DONE
When you spend a dollar for food how
much OF it represents the. overhead and the
profit of the retailer? The answer to that
question varies from store to store In the
case OF typical food chains, the figure is ISL
cents. That IA cents covers everything
wages, rent, taxes, advertising and, finally.
the systems profit. And the profit is about
the smallest item of ala little more than
one solitary cent on each dollar of sales. AS
a matter of fact, in all branches of retailing
the profit item is of much less concern to the
consumer than we generally realize. It is
rarely more than five or six cents on each
dOllar OF business done. And what makes this
TACT particularly significant now is that re-
cent Office Of Price Sterilization pOlices and
orders seem to be based on the premise that
the retailer should be forced to absorb in
creaSes In wholesale costs over which he has
no control whatsoever. Authorities on retail
ing say that if this continues a great MANY
STORES, particularly smaller stores, may be
forced out OF business-the margin will Just
be insufficient to pay the bills. And all stores
Will, OF necessity, order less and less mer-
chandlse where the profit is narrOW-tO the
disadvantage of the consumer in search of Il
l0W-cost items. That happened in the old L
OFA days. Are we just going to repeat those
Goods were price-contrOlled, all II
rlgnt-but In many instances it was inpOs-
slble to find them on the shelves. Neither
nor retailing can long operate
at a loss. 1t is the duty of OPS to protect the
consumer. But in the long run, the welfare
OF the consumer depends on the welfare of
the concerns which produce and distribute
the goods he wants.
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OF OUR MILITARY POLICY
Despite the present emphasis on the draft.
recruiting is the most economical and effec-
tive means of obtaining military personnel.
mat IS the glst Of recent statement bv {
MAJOR General Thomas J. Hanley, Chief of
the U. S. Army and u. S. Air Force Recruit
ing Service, To use his own words. "The
volunteer is still, as he always has been. the
Keystone Of United States military policy.
volunteers have been re-enlisting at q rate =
OF four and five to one over draftees This
nlgn rate OF re-enlistment saves the taxpay-
VI uO44dIo III training COSLS. I'M
addition, the volunteers enthusiasm makes
them more adaptable, they are quicker to
assume responsibility, and almost invar-
lably are more interested in the career as
poets OF the services. General Hanlev stress
ed the value of high school graduates to theI
military forces. 1t is from these Young
people that our future officers and non-con-
officers will be drawn. And this
goes for young women no less than young
men, AS an example, the WAC alone will
need 10000 officers and enlisted personnel
oy July Of next year. Goals of the WAF will
soon be announced. Additional thousands a
1f careers lie in the Army and Air Force v
nedlcaal services, which urgently need
nurses, dietitians, and physical and occnna- o
-ional therapists. The draft is essentiaIIv c
IN emergency device. The volunteer consti- II
.utes the hard, dependable strength of anv G
irst-class Army, Air Force or Navy. i
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''THE PROCESS OF DEATH"
Thirty years ago Woodrow Wilson a pres-