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Smyrna times., 1951-04-26
STUDENTS RUN
TOWN FOR DAY
Continued from Page One

sweeper, which would save expens-
es. Philip Denney and James Mood
reported on collection from park
ing meters, which they made under
the direction of James Warren.
They found that the crew is on call
"a hours a day. The need of a truck
for setting and removing poles was
noted during the session, also the
need for chairs for Town Hall and
street signs. Ebe Joseph, report
ing for the police committee, told
of being briefed in all police pro-
cedures, use of forms, files, saying
that they had learned lot"
David Jacobs reiterated the i'm
portance of a vault for records.
Herbert Churchman said that the
responsibility of the assessors ends
when the council accepts their de-
cisions; the assessors recommended
that all houses be numbered to
make the work easier and more
efficient Town Manager Marvel
explained how a resident may have
the assessment changed, following
questions by students. The Lake
Como committee told of proposed
repairs at Lake Como, the first in
ten years, and Linden Doughten
drew diagram on blackboard
of plans for the proposed Negro
beach. June Cook made the report
for the Board of Health" their
tour having been made with police
escort, and their recommendations
Included tearing down of houses
which are fire hazards and re-
fuge for rodents, the moving back
of the town dump. Walter Beck
with, town manager" told of
plans looking forward to a sewer
age disposal plant, which, he said,
will be forced by Incodel. If not
done now, according to Beckwith,
the problem will be left behind on
the shoulders of future genera
tions. Town officials who assisted
with the days program included
Acting Mayor Slaughter, who said
when the chair was turned back to
him that the ideas of the young
people were appreciated, but a lack
of money kept many of the prob
lems unsolved. Mr.. Marvel said
that it twas an honor and a plea
sure to be associated with the
group and thanked them for their
constructive criticism. He hoped
the day would become an annual
affair in memory of the late Glenn
8. King. He saw great value in
Reaching the young men and wo-
men the responsibilities and privi-
zeges in town government. Mrs.
Margaret ONeill, instructor, and
also council member, directed the
days activities. Among those at
tending the afternoon session were
Miss Temperance Scout, chairman
Smyrna times., 1951-04-26

employed in work covered by social
security. should go to that office
for advice about his insurance
status, even though he has not yet
retired.
Q. Do those already receiving
old-age and survivors insurance
benefits have to file new claims to
get the larger benefits?
A. No. The law provides that all
benefits in effect at the time the
law was changed will be raised un-
der the special table of benefit in
creases. Beneficiaries will receive
the larger amounts from Septem-
ber, 1850.
Smyrna times., 1951-04-26
'OLD-AGE SOCIAL
SECURITY PLAN
How to Secure Information
Relating to Federal Old-Age
and Survivors, Insurance
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Questions relating to Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
will be answered in this paper or
by mail. Address all queries to So
cial Security Administration, Gus
tom House, 9Th and King Streets,
Wilmington.
Q. Are benefits paid automatic
ally upon attainment of age 65 or
death?
A. No. A claim must be filled
Smyrna times., 1951-04-26
Child welfare Conference

Representing the Auxiliary to
the David C. Harrison Post No. IA,
American Legion at Child We;-
fare Conference held by the De-
partment Auxiliary last Saturday
at the Milford Legion Home were
Mrs. Grant G. Garis, Mrs. George
Scout, Mrs. Howard Deakyne, and
Mrs. Millard Passwaters. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Everhart sang.
Smyrna times., 1951-04-26
Entertained on 18th birthday

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Delbert Steller
of Taylor's Bridge entertained
about go relatives and friends at a
birthday party and dance in honor
of their son, William A. Steller's
18th birthday, Friday evening in
the Taylor's Bridge Community
Center. Billy received pretty and
useful gifts. Refreshments were
served.
Smyrna times., 1951-04-26
Girl Scout Meeting Postponed

Announcement is made that the
meeting of the Smyrna Girl Scout
Association, scheduled for Tuesday,
May 1, has been postponed until
Tuesday, May 8 on account of the
May Day program at the school.
Smyrna times., 1951-04-26
The Smyrna Times
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Published Every Thursday Morning by
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of the local Board of Health; John
w. Jacobs, Jr., chief of police; and
James Warren, of the maintenance
crew.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
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ranean and Baltic Seas, which
are arms of the Atlantic and
are the fanks for Gen. Eisen-
hower's European ground and
air forces.
If Gen. Peron were TO succeed
in what appears to be a spec
tacular maneuver to inject new
power elements into the inter-
American conference, Western
Allied defense plans could be Sc
riously undermined, and the po-
sition of the United States in
the Western Hemisphere could
be seriously endangered.
Argentina may, indeed, have
developed a new method Of pro-
ducing atomic energy. If it
has, perhaps Argentina would
be kind enough to let the rest Of
us share in its benefits-an oc.
currence which we do not Sc
riouSly expect.
It is more likely however, in
view Of the absence Of specific
supporting evidence that the
Argentine discovery" is like q
lot of those Russian "discov-
cries" with which the Kremlin
has bombarded the rest Of the
world since World War II.
Evening star., 1951-03-26

should be rather than the func-
ton or structure of an agency.
To say that the RFC should be
abolished because some scan
dals of administration have
been uncovered would be tanta-
mount to an admission that
men of integrity and capacity
cannot be obtained who would
make a success of sound policies
on a governmental board or
commission by resisting politi-
cal pressure and other improper
influence.
The real difficulty is that
Congress has failed to live up to
the original concept which gov
erned legislators of a quarter
of a century ago when they
created the quasi-legislative and
the quasi-judicial agency and
made it responsible to Congress
and not to the Executive. The
theory then was that Congress
was delegating specific powers
and looked to the Executive
merely to make sure there was
no malfeasance in Office. The
idea of any one in the White
House or the cabinet attempt
ing to influence the policies or
judgments of these commits
sions or boards was abhorrent
to the legislative sponsors. It
was the late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt who started to
break down the congressional
theory and his viewpoint has
been unfortunately upheld by
some Republican sponsors of
governmental reorganization in
later years who felt that any,
thing in the executive establish
ment should be subject to pres
idential power and influence
even in the making of policy.
The problem Of intermediate
credit is one that has plagued
Government for many years.
Back in the 1920s capital was
supplied to private enterprises
through finance companies
which were subsidiaries of COM
merclal banks. Some abuses
were uncovered in the early '3Os
and the so-called "affiliates"
were abolished by act of Con-
gress though they did perform
some important functions which
have never since been available
through private financial COM
panies especially in fulfilling
the needs of small businesses.
Then there was the scheme
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Peron Plays Atomic Politics
Argentine Dictotor's Claim Of New Atomic Proce
Is WeII-Tined for Opening of Conference
Constantine Brown:

The foreign ministers of the
Western Hemisphere republics
meet today under the cloud Of
a new factor in the American
political arena, the claim by
Gen. Juan D. Peron that Argen-
tine scientists have developed a
new, cheaper process of produc-
ing atomic energy.
Although the possibility exists
that some new method could be-
perfected for producing atomic
energy more cheaply than the
method now used in the United
States, Russia and Britain, the
claims by the Argentine dictator
deserve to be met with healthy
skepticism, at least as far as
the strictly scientific aspects of
the announcement are con-
cerned.
There are still too many un-
answered questions to permit
any kind of intelligent evalua-
tion of the generals claims. Has
atomic energy actually been
produced by the reported new
method? If so, has it been done
in more than experimental
quantities?
What is most important-in
this stage of almost complete
ignorance of the details of the
Argentine process-are the DO
litical implications of such an
announcement at moment
when Argentina comes into q
conference with other Ameri-
can republics under opprobrium
for its ruthless assassination of
one of the worlds great news
papers.
The conference opening today
IN Washington is to deal with
problems Of Western Hemi-
sphere defense, and how the
Americas can be rallied-eco-
nomically as well as politically
for the common defense Of
the Western world against
Communist aggression.
Argentina has displayed no
firm determination to stand
with the other American states
against Communism, and has
taken a position which is as hos
tile to democratic capitalism as
it is to Communism. In fact.
the Argentine dictator envis-
ages himself as the leader of a
third force, which aims to avoid
either Eastern or Western en-
tanglement.
The idea Of a third force is
not new. Three or four years
ago, before the cold war got hot
IN Korea and intensified every-
Evening star., 1951-03-26

The Argentine's young For
eign Minister, Hipolito Jesus
Paz, has already told a press
conference in effect that it was
none of our business. The press
here naturally does not accept
that view and found Mr.. Paz
hard to take in a manner too
reminiscent of the late Mr.. Hit
ler's spokesmen here.
The State Departments pres
ent plans are to let the press
and other private channels take
care Of these matters in their
own way, figuring they will
manage to impress upon the
conference what Americans gen.
orally really think about them.
Since nothing can come UP for
conference discussion without
unanimous consent, La Prensa
could not be directly handled
there anyway.
There is plenty Of other work
to be done: Economic co-opera-
ton. which is the more difficult
because of imitation here; mill
tary aid both for hemisphere
defense and in Korea, and in
ternal security against Commu-
nism. The administration is
frankly a little fearful that
Peron's Argentine may prove
difficult; 1t is optimistic. about
the others.
Evening star., 1951-03-26

where else, there was a third
force movement among the peo-
pies of Europe, associated basil
cally with a similar movement
in French politics.
That idea already has been
thoroughly discredited, and the
peoples of Europe are coming
to realize. if they have not
already realized, that any expec-
tation of neutrality when So
Wet aggression occurs in West
ern Europe is illusory.
Argentina, that is the Argen-
tine group led by Gen. Peron,
apparently still ignores the real
tiles Of the world situation and
nourishes hope Of carrying off
successfully a strategy which
the European Socialists were
unable to carry out. To be
successful in winning other
American republics over to such
a policy, Argentina would need
far greater prestige and far
greater elements of leadership
than she now possesses.
That Is where a sensational
announcement about atomic en-
ergy fits into an Argentine
strategy of power politics de-.
signed to frustrate the Ameri-
can purpose of uniting the West
ern Hemisphere. Even the
unsupported claim put forward
by Gen. Peron creates enough
doubt and indecision in his
neighbors to make them won
der whether they are leopard
izing their own future by re-
jecting Argentine leadership
against Western Hemisphere
defense plans.
A tight and determined
American system Of defense Is
an essential adjunct of the
structure which the Atlantic al
lies are building through the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation. Affixed to that struc-
ture eventually will be subsidi-
ary arrangements for the
defense of both the Mediter-
Evening star., 1951-03-26

to name his associates in his
group in the Communist Party
OF those days, because they were
people like himself-as he saw
it-who were searching for
something, even if in the wrong
paths, and were not sinister
plotters. He tries to remipd the
Un-American Activities Com
mittee something our parents
taught us-don't "tattle." It's
American fair play, American
justice. But no-they took him
finally behind closed doors and
worked until they got it out of
him-a few names they already
knew. Us it mistaken to see
persecution and sadism in all
of that?
Does it seem out Of focus some
how when a member of that
committee afterward rises in the
House to praise the young man
for courage" for doing some
thing finally that was against
his best instincts, and then in
viting others to come forward
and confess publicly, too, and
thus win the Congressman's
public laudations?
It is doubtful If the Com
munist problem will be solved
by such public absolution by a
few big names that will give the
committee publicity and its
members an aura of righteous
ness.
Can we save the soul of Amer
lea by chipping away those
qualities which have made it?
Can we solve the crime prob
lem by f1agellating ourselves by
proxy through a public spectacle
in our television screens?
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Doris FIeeson:
Conference Enqenders Hone
Latin American PorIey Has Plenty of Work;
Argentina May Prove to Be Difficult

From amid his sea of troubles
President Truman can look this
week into at least one direction
which sustains his hope to be
recognized by history as a
statesman of peace.
The President personally is
welcoming the unprecedented
conference Of 20 foreign min
1sterS Of Latin America who
are going to discuss how to stay
good neighbors in the tense
world situation before crises
arise instead of afterward. The
ministers will speak for 300 mil
lion people and a host Of strate-
gic materials vitally necessary
for the preparedness programs
going forward here and in
Europe.
Mr.. Truman has visited sew
eral OF their countries and had
q happy time there. He has
not made in connection with
them or their rulers the kind of
errors which diminish his per-
sonal stature. In inviting the
conference here, the admins
tration has moved in the direc-
ton OF giving Latin America
equal stature with our North
Atlantic partners, which is good
for their pride.
This solicitude for hemi-
sphere defense should also help
the President with some of his
Evening star., 1951-03-26
RFC Is q Fundamental Issue
Federal Spending Is Essential to Our Economy
Abolition Of Agency Would Be q Mistake
David LoWrence::

Congress will be dealing with
very fundamental issue when
1t considers what to do with the
Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration in the future.
To abolish this lending
agency altogether would elimi-
nate one of the principal instru-
ments for supplying capital to
companies that seek to COM
pete with so-called monopolies-
businesses that dominate high
percentages of sales or produc-
tion in particular industries.
To accept the Truman plan
for a one-man administrator.
removable at will by the Presi-
dent. is Objectionable because it
means a political job and polit-
ical pressure to obtain approval
for loan applications.
To appoint a flve-man board
and set up new agency with a
new name and a new set of
regulations and safeguards Is
about the only answer - and
Congress really would like to do
this but is confronted with the
necessity of voting first on the
Truman plan. If it approves his
plan. however, it runs the risk
later of presidential veto Of its
own bill.
The wise thing to do would
be for the President to with
draw his RFC plan for the time
being and ask Congress to come
up with a new plan within 80
days. If Congress didn't do so
the President could renew his
request for his one-man plan.
The Senate could, of course,
vote down the Presidents "one-
man" plan now and adopt legis-
lation later.
Bankers generally are in favor
Of taking the Government Alto
gether out of the lending busi-
ness. But they themselves do
not object to some Government
guarantees of loans after the
manner of the Federal guaran-
tee of mortgages. They do OBJ
ject to the laxity of housing
loan regulations and basically
they argue that a loan should
not be granted where the appli-
cant puts in very little of his
own money in any project.
That's q pretty good rule with
respect to all Government
lending.
But this is a question involv-
ing what Government policy
Evening star., 1951-03-26
\eeting RevivoIs

spot an Elmer Gantry. Nobody
can be quite so pious as a poll
tician turning up sin among his
own kind.
We are enjoying self f-flagella-
tion-but by proxy through a
varied assortment of characters
that we are compelled to recog-
nize as typical of our American
scene, though we try not to
think Of that. 1t is still "we,"
the righteous, on this side, and
they" the sinners, on the other.
We yet seem to be doing little
self-examination. We have not
come to humble to ourselves:
There but for the grace of
God go T."
We are still having fun In
our orgy. -.
We are properly angry and
alarmed at the grip that crime
has on our politics and our busi-
ness, but we have not come to
the admission that those Grim
inals are right in our own COM
munities where we have respon-
sibility as citizens and voters.
We do not see the inconsis-
tency Of mouthing about State
and local rights while we are
abdicating these rights. We
have not yet come to realize,
in the enjoyment of currency,
that justice and its due proc
esses are sacred and that even
the man we think is a criminal
is entitled to them, for denied
to him, they can be denied to
all of us. The processes of JUS
tice can be perverted in the
circus sideshow setting. Justice
is quiet, even and balanced.
Protection Of civil liberties is
the keystone of freedom.
Nor apparently have we come
to see there is something dan
gerous in bounding a man, say
like Larry Parks. the actor, who
has come up courageously and
at the risk of his career to tell
honestly and earnestly about an
error of several years ago. He
beseeches that he not be forced
Evening star., 1951-03-26
Henry WcLen1ore:
Finds Gunder Not q Place
ToChoose for Vacation

writer. with a left hand that
needs only bread crumbs and
tomato sauce to double for a
veal outlet. With a dexterity, a
skill, a know-how that I.didn't
know possessed, I almost
cooked it by the simple act of
lighting a cigarette from a
packet of book matches.
The matches went up in a
great burst of flame and each
match tried to be the first one
to adhere to my fingers and
palm. Each match succeeded.
The tips of all my left-hand
fingers are covered with blisters
that a goldfish could swim in.
Being a hunt-and-peck typist,
I am lost. I sought a public
stenographer in Gander. They
all were either frozen or at
home. thought of asking
Jean, my wife. to type for me,
when I remembered that she is
about as capable of taking die
tation as the average television
show is of being entertaining.
So I am writing this with the
index finger of my right hand.
Unless you have tried this sort
Of tipping you'll never know how
complicated 1t is. I started
over at least seven times, and
was just about to start an
eighth time. when figured that
If my readers did not have
enough sympathy to forgive
me. then they were not real
sweet readers, and should get
up at dawn every morning and
milk three COWS, all Of them
balky.
Be home tomorrow, and glad
to be back.
Distributed by MeNaught Syndicate, Inc. }
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whereby the Federal Reserve
banks for a while handled pri-
vate loans which local banks
had turned down as being in
the nature of capital loans"
There are many successful en-
terprises in existence today full
filling an economic purpose
which never would have been
able to carry on except for the
loans from the RFC. 1t isn't
a matter of loans in emergency
periods only. At all times the
banker rightly frowns on the
idea of making capital loans out
of his demand deposits. Some
times. too. large banks hesitate
to make loans to applicants who
might become competitors of
their own large customers.
AS long as there is to be a
competitive system in America
and the anti-trust laws are en-
forced and control of credit is
in private hands there always
will be pressure to find a way to
get capital for business enter
prises through the cooperation
of the government. Whether
the loans should be guaranteed
in part by the government and
in part by private banks so as
to make it joint venture or
whether a system of lending
should be set up by the Federal
Reserve banks to take care of
legitimate needs of credit that
cannot be handled by any bank
or group OF small banks in a
local area, there is a need for
some form of government lend
ing.
Congress is disposed to tackle
that problem and find a solu-
ton. But the present atmosphere
OF scandal which surrounds the
issue could bring a tragic stop
to an important function of
government and result later on.
during a wave or radicalism, in
setting up Of something far
worse in its injury to private
banking than the RFC with its
lending facilities has ever been
in the past.
1t would be mistake to leave
the country without some inter-
mediate credit system altogether
and that is why constructive
plans from private bankers are
more important to present now
than broadside denunciations of
government lending and the
plumbers Of ill-chosen RFC
directors.
Evening star., 1951-03-26

critics on Capitol Hill who have
always complained that the
State Department is too Europe
minded. too absorbed in British
policy. etc. Many Senators have
attended Latin-American con-
ferences elsewhere and have a
proprietary interest in them.
Speaking generally the prin-
cipal Latin American grievance
against the United States is
that while billions were poured
into UNRRA and then into
Marshall Plan aid for Europe
and the Far East, there was
no Marshall plan for them. The
major United States complaint
against Latin America as a
whole is that none have sent
troops to the Korean war for
which they voted in the United
Nations. This is considered the
more reprehensible since their
countries. predominantly Cath
ollc. are among the loudest anti
Communist takers.
The biggest specific cloud
from the American point of
view is Argentine President
Peron's suppression of the great
newspaper, La Prensa, with vio-
lence and bloodshed. Edward G.
Miller, jr., Assistant Secretary
OF State for Inter- american At
fairs, has said plainly this
makes United States-Argentine
relations difficult.