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Evening star., 1951-09-11
By Don Brown
North American Newspaper Alliance

YELLOWKNIFE. N. w. T., Can
ada, Sept. 11.-Radar for detec-
ton and fighter squadrons for in
Perception.
That appears to be the closely
webbed defense barrier that TOP
Army and Air Force officials OF
Canada and the United States are
setting up in the Canadian north
stretching from Alaska on the
West to Newfoundland on the
East.
This joint undertaking by the
two defense groups is one of the
best-guarded secrets in the world
There is a complete blackout OF
information on anything remotely
controlling the Arctic and SUBJ
Arctic defense blueprint.
From dribbles of information
which have filtered through Of
fetal channels-with official bles-
sings-in recent months, and from
an actual survey of vast areas OF
the Northwest Territory which
most certainly figures in part OF
the defense program, this writer
has been able to crystalline a few
opinions with facts which produce
startling information on what the
future holds for the Canadian
north.
1t comes as surprising diScov-
cry that Canada and the United
States are fairly well equipped to
put this joint defense scheme into
operation in a very short period
of time.
3 Reasons for Conclusion.
There are two major reasons for
this conclusion:
/. Dotted throughout the North
is an undisclosed number of World
War II emergency landing fields
which could be developed into in
terceptor bases with a minimum
of time and expense
2. Already a number of radar
detection sites have been selected.
Even now some of them may be
in the process of completion or
possibly in operation.
1t is no secret that a closely in
tegrated network Of radar- Inter
ceptor stations will not be achieved
for another two or three years.
But with a worsening of the
world situation automatically they
could be made operational in q
short time.
Having just completed a 49,
Evening star., 1951-09-11

the longer they delay, the more
potent this Northern Canada de-
fense weapon will become. The
time factor is of most important
concern to both sides.
For the Russians, the running
out of time is inversely in proper
tion to the growth of the Northern
defense barrier. For Canada and
the United States they coincide
more time means more defense.
That is the expensive gamble
the United States and Canadian
defense officials are taking in the
Arctic today.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
5000
ATTACKING INITIATION AT THE
ROOTS

group OF experts representing the live
stock and meat industry recently told gov
ernment price-Wage stabilizers that meat
prices can be stabilized without rationinq
and price controls which would throw the
industry into the hands of black marketeers.
A program aimed at higher production, thew
added, seems a clear choice over a program
OF price control that cannot control prices
or ratlonlng that cannot assure everyone q
fair share of meat" Meat is an industry
whose output cannot be expanded overnight.
but 1t can be stepped up materially in a rela-
lively short period of time. 1t is entirely
possible and practical to boost production
within the next three to five years bv from
70 to 30 per cent over last years level. Ru+
that goal can only be reached if the industry
is LETT Tree OF arbitrary and unWOrkable
controls which inevitably disrupt normal
market movements and procedures, which
divert much OF the supply into illegal chan
nelS, which IN the long run DISCOURAGE the
producer and reduce production. and which
deprive the average family of the meat It
should be able to buy. AS an immediate
goat the spOkesmen suggested that if meat
prOductlOn is increased 12 per cent over the
next two yearS-a definite pOssibilitv-
prices could be stabilized provided those Who
are responsible for government monetary,
and fiscal policies hold increases of conslIn1-
er incomes to not more than 10 per cent.
They offered three-point program based
on increasing the supplies of meat available
for, purchase, keeping disposable incomes
down, and keeping up the supplies of other
goods and services. They made this telling.
and accurate statement eve must econo,
mlze where-gOvernment, business and
family spending. We must cut costs to the
bone. We must induce people to save. We
must tax to the extent necessary to check
further expansion in consumer buvino . Tba
meat industry has offered the government
one OF the best plans yet suggested for at
tacklng the roots Of infatiOn-not lust the
symptoms.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
5000
ALL IN THE SAME BOAT

The Wage Garner Forum which is con-
Quoted by the MacFadden Publications and
which makes constant studies of labor think
ing among 1900 families scattered through
out the nation, asked this question: "In Eng
land they have what is known as sociaIized
medicine-that is, the government Supplies
Iree medical and health service to the peOpIe
There IS talk of having such plan in the
United States. Would you favor such a plan
mere! The result of the poll was as follows
zo.S per cent said yes; 45.8 per cent said
no; 21.3 per cent replied that thev didn't
know enough about it. Some interesting
deductions can be made from this. First Of
all, 1t indicates that only about one-fOurth
OF the wage earners are for sOcialized medi-
cine, While nearly twice as many are against
1t. That is all to the good. What is not to the
gooo IS That more than quarter of the tyDi-
cal wage earners who answered haven't made
up their minds. 1t is high time that labor
understood the stake it has in a free economy
ana Tree enterprise-and that goes for med
!clne as well as all other professions and bus
i.ilesses. Every time socialism takes a steD
forward, the danger to all of us-whether
we are directly touched so far or nOt-is
vastly increased. This point was stressed in
sPlendld speech recently made by William
L. Hutcheson, an AT Of L vice president.
ne sald' IN effect, that if free labor is to be
preserved, the freedom of everyone must be
preserved too. Labor, in its own seIf-inter-
est should join with the forces which are
llghtlng enslavement-and which arc 60hf-
ing eVery0Ody's battle.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
HOOVER CERTAINLY
RANG THE BELL

Very rarely an x-President is
able to make a speech that thrills
the country from the National Cap
ital in Washington to the Ameri-
can Grass Roots. But day after
day the newspapers and Congress
continue to quote Herbert HOov-
er's recent speech. The former
President declared that conditions
in the western part of our Nation
are in good shape-and statesmen
on Capitol Hill. are still praising
Hoover because he made a plea to
his own cOuntrymen, and England,
in particular, to continue to march
forward
A few days ago Washington
editorial writer discovered the fact
that Mr.. Hoover did not give much
attention to the power and force
that exists in the keeping of air.
planes.
Undoubtedly we need bases in
Europe and bases can be granted
only by our Allies. Mr.. Taft has
smoothed matters over and there
will be plenty of planes when we
get ready to use them on a larger
scale. At the same time do not
overlook the fact that we are
closely entwined in Europe. Am
erican manufacturers can turn a
thousand new airplanes into the
skies on short notice. So don't con-
tinue to worry about that end of
our affairs.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

hold their own in the years to come Not only in
the above States but elsewhere throughout the
nation
STATES THAT HAVE STOPPED GROWING
Nearly half of the States-twenty-two to be exact
show population increases below the national av-
erage in the ten-year period from 1910 to 1850 Five
States register actual population losses for the per
iod Many of these twentyseven States were sparse
ly populated anyway and their poor showing in this
census is due in part to the fact that proportion
ately the number of men they sent into the armed
forces during the Second World War was high
The gains in population shown by the Far Wes-
tern States reflect clearly the wartime migration
to the West Co. to fill jobs in the huge defense
establishments UAt there California has the double
advantage of mild climate and plenty of Jobs for
everyone.
THE RURAL STATES
Many cannot understand why continue to call
attention to the Magic Circle" comprising the
States of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska. Kan
sas and Oklahoma as being 'the richest in time of
peace and the safest in time of war" They point
out that three Of these states-Arkansas Nebraska
and OklahOma-actually lost population during the
past ten years, while the ether three enioyed only
nominal increases which in each case we're far
below the national average. The reason for this
apparent contradiction is that these six States have
few large cities Too many people foolishIy continue
to want to live in a large city
Numbers do not necessarily represent true prog
ress The first consideration should be economic
opportunity / maintain that more economic oppor-
tunity exists in the more sparsely settled States
Readers should not forget that food experts econo-
mists and leaders in the conservation field consider
the rural States the hope Of North America in the
years ahead Recent events have made it clear that
our Communist enemies will try to destroy not only
our position as leading power bit our very exis-
tence as nation. 1t is not at al improbable that
the large cities Of the nation may some day be
begging the rural sections for life ard protection
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
BUREAUCRATS REFUSE THEIR
OWN MEDICINE

War has brought tremendous pressure
for expansion of the Federal bureaucracy.
Government cannot expand indefinitely with
out finally and permanently destroying the
constitutional checks and balances that pro-
tect the people from tyranny. In a time Of
military emergency restraints against busi-
ness as usual are accepted by every patriotic
citizen. Likewise, restraints against politics
as usual should be accepted by servants of
the people, the administrators of govern
ment. Instead, high public officials have been
sounding off OminOusly in favor of dictator
ial regulation and cOnfiscatOry taxation Of
all citizens, while StUbbOrnly resisting the
slightest retrenchment in useless political
waste and extravaganza. They say not a
word about dropping nOn-eSsential activities
OF the Federal gOvernment-insteadt they in
crease them. A typical example of business
as-usual politics is the report of the Presi-
dents Water Resources Policy Commission.
The Commission spent months travelling
around the country OStensibly to help fOrmu-
late national water policy in harmony with
the desires of the taxpayers. Special empha-
Sis was laid on hydrO-electric power. From
the testimony of countless groups it was
clear that above all things the people desired
local control over this vital resource. In cal
lOus disregard of this desire, however, the
NOiIlILICCee recommended system OF FEEDER
ally controlled river basin authorities similar
to IVA, under direction of chairnen an
pointed by the President. Commenting ON
this action, the American Watershed COun-
Gil declared: "The safeguards to local con-
troll we had hoped to see in the report are
cOnspicuOusly absent" The Commission re-
port was but an echo of the peacetime social
izatiOn program under which Federal ap-
pOintees are needlessly spending billions of
tax dollars to take over the business of in
vestOr-Owned electric companies which are
currently paying large percentage of their
revenues in taxes to support the war effort,
and the tax-exempt Federal power plants
which would destroy them. Clearly. unless
the ofticehOlders who so glibly demand re-
straints on private citizens are themselves
restrained we will end with the loss of the
very liberties which we are arming ourselves
to preserve.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
Federal Reserve Bank Of PbiZa
Reports On 'sTbe Federal Budoe,,,

The Federal budget the President
sent to Congress last month esti-
mates expenditures for the fiscal
year beginning next July at $40
billion. Receipts are estimated at
$00 billion and the President has
recommended that taxes be in
get. '''e Duu-
FINANCIAL operations of this size
VIII have an important influence on
both the amount we have to snand
ana the goods available for mr.
chase' according to the Business
review of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia. Treasury re-
celpts dip funds cut and Treasury
payments pour funds into the
spending stream. When the Treas
suly pays out more than it takes
IN total spending and inhationaIv
pressures are increased. When the
treasury takes in more than #
pays out, total spending is reduced
and the effect is def1ationarv
The Review points out that the
nscal policies finally adopted can
help or hinder the achievement Of
our goals-expanding defense pro-
quctlon and preventing imitation
Holding Government spending for
non-defense activities to a mimi
mum would tend to reduce the de-
mand for goods and services and
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

the high officials in the Govern
ment-and there is nothing very
cheerful in 8 out of 10 of all these
opinions, most of which are really
intended to restore the Capital to
/ the normal conditions which used
to be! The Capital gets excited
over small matters-fOr instance:
Senator Douglas of Illinois at
tracts attention by insisting that
the Capital City must have a sales
tax, even if it trims 4 or 5 billions
OFF President Truman's whopping
Il billion dollar budget for the fis-
cal year. The President still wants
a general tax increase to balance
the budget. He seems to spell
TAXES in the biggest figures that
exist.
While we are always reporting
the opinions of statesmen about
taxes being trimmed down as much
as 5 billion dOllars-according to
one of our leading Senators. an
other bunch of statesmen can't see
any way of stopping a high bracket
that reaches into the billions. Let
us all hope that it will be possible
to keep our health even if we do
Squander all our money. This wri-
ter rather agrees with one out
standing newspaper correspond
ent who lodges around the cor
ner, humming as he goes that Eve
are all doing the best we can. for
the love of Ike" That's about as
much sense as is being fed to the
public nowadays.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

liee resources for defense uroduc-
IIoh. Flscal policy, according to the
1eVleW' is our main defense against
illiiaaonary pressures which the
GeIehse !, program tends to create
DIeiense production, by adding to
money incomes but net the s,tnnIv
Oh civilian goods, creates a gap be-
tween total buying power and civil.
ian goods available for purchase
expanding production cannot close
ms imitation gap because all pro-
ductiOn adds to incomes hut onlv n
part Of total output goes into civil
ian markets. The best method of
Closing this gap is taxation. "A
pay-as-we-go" policy takes in
come as well as goods for defense
Inc review goes on to state. how
ever that to be effective in reduc-
ing the demand for consumers
goods the new taxes must hit prac-
Qcaliy all income groups.
The Review adds that the recent
introduction Of price aud wage
controls does not diminish the need
Tor a vigorous use Of fiscal poliev
70 combat imitation. Unless mfia-
tionary pressure is removed #
Will soon break through price and
wage ceilings or spew out ia such
forms as olack markets, poorer
quality goods. and the disappear
ahce OF loW-pfice lines
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

cost per serving would advance
materially; while as the cost Of
salt or pepper increased, the cost
OF these for your egg or potato
would change little.
Recent pricing by our depart
ment has shown no change in the
price Of most cereals and ever So
little in others. Cereals continue to
be one Of our better priced foods
Milk has advanced in the price per
quart yet the increase in that
amount used on cereals or as 4
beverage is a fraction of a cent.
Eggs take a seasonal drop at fists
time OF year, yet this year the de-
crease in price seems far greatee
than usual, unless this is seen @fn
contrast to other rising prices.
However 1t does gsve you one more
reason for serving your favorite
sounle one night a week, and many
families find bacon and eggs an
ideal lunch.
Consider your familys needs in
foods, the green leafies and liver
remain recommended allowances.
vet within most of these groups you
viii find many foods IN which price
advances have been slight. IL any
Il. requires work and it requires
some limitations on menus but 1T
is one way TO cope with high prices.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
BABSON Discusses Our Population

WASHINGTON. D. c., Feb. 16
During the past year, Uncle
Sam spent huge sums of money
for many things of doubtful val
ue. Yet, there was one particu-
lar Government project, under
taken in 1850, which will prove
its wOrth-namely the Federal
nhnr1c
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
IS ACHESON THE GOAT?

1t really does seem as though all
the controversial Administration is
sues are credited to Secretary of
State AchesOn. Evidently the Pres
ident puts him in the ring to defy
Herbert Hoover and all the big
shots in the Republican party. who
happen to disagree with the Pres
ident-and most of them dc dis
agree.
Leading members of the two
Houses of Congress are crOwding
President Truman to recognize the
fact that the cost of living must
first stop rising month by month.
A few days ago the highest officers
Of American organized labor told
President Truman at a White
House meeting that there must not
be any freezing of wages until the
cost of living stopped moving
upward. On the same day the
leaders of the CIO Auto Workers
told the Wage Sterilization Board
the same thing. We have heard
this same old story about cutting
down the cost of living for manv
months. But the political fixers
haven't found any answers up-to-
date.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
FOOD PRICES

OF course living costs are high
everybody who eats regularly dis
covered that a long time ago. The
establishment of ceiling prices on
farm products below the cost of
production is out of the question.
Nevertheless, it so happens that
many farm prices are below par
ity. Consequently they can rise
still higher-in some cases much
higher-before reaching permiss-
ible ceiling levels that now are in
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
THE TEACHERS ASK FOR MORE

On Tuesday bill was introduced in the
House of Representatives at Dover which,
if passed and approved by the Governor,
viii increase the operating costs of our
public schools approximately $21O5, ,565
each biennium. It was introduced by the
floor leaders Of each party as joint spOn-
sored piece of legislation. A news story in
this issue of the Chronicle explains the leg
islatiOn. To those Delawareans who believe
that the school teachers, school employees
and others who would benefit by the bill are
sufficiently paid at the present time, the
proposed legislation comes as shock Only
recently a survey showed that Delaware
teachers are among the highest paid in the
entire United States. If there is no organ
lied opposition to the proposed hike in sal
aries it is probable that it viii be passed
at this session. Those who oppose it should
start their campaign of opposition now. The
time to present your arguments against it
is short.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
Food for Thought
Mary 7. Davenport
Nutrition ConsuItant
Delaware State Board Of Health
WITH A CURI0UN EYE

WITH a CURIOUS EYE
Every price index shows food
costs higher than at any time IN
history. Those who keep records
see some startling figUres and
those whose only knowledge is an
occasional glimpe at a price mark
ed on shelf in a grocery store or 4
gasp at the monthly total OF a gro-
Gerry bill are astonished to see what
has happened to the feed dollar.
The nutrition service of the State
Beard Of Health maintains a regu-
lar pricing service and we find the
fluctuations, the same as any shop
per We also find that prices are
subject to change without notice
which indicates that while we
maintain the theories presented
here, the examples may change
from day to day.
In figuring food costs. we have
always stressed the cost per serv-
ing and not the cost per market
unit. For example, as roast Of
meat would double in price, the
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
Washington Letter ByLE Jones

effect. Wheat, for example reach
ed IS percent of its parity price
in November; corn prices averag-
ed SO per cent of parity; eggs, "A
per cent; hog, 80 per cent
Reports from every part of the
country show that everybody finds
plenty to eat-nO one seems in
danger of starving but the conscien-
tious housewife shops carefully to
find less expensive foods for the
table.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
THERE'S NO FUN IN
WASHINGTON !.

The general public is inclined to
believe that all goes we'll in Wash
lngton. That's a terrible mistake.
AS a matter of fact the National
Capital listens day after day to
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
MORE BILLIONS FOR DEFENNE

More than 20 billion dollars was
voted by the Senate Appropriations
Committee a few days ago to bols-
ter American defense. We are still
going up and up and up. And
strange enough the different Ma
tional organizations keep on grab
bing more and more from Uncle
Sans money chest.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
CHICKS PLACED AND BROnERS MARKETED nv
HFL.MAR.VA PRODUCERS
& &EVIsCERATED s. ND CANNED POTLTRY REpoRr rv 30

CANNED POULTRY RFpOpT nv RAU
the aon & Dunus OF poultry canned December exceeded
% useQ IN December 1949 by $3.50 The 0nantv ronod @
& SoU toaed 152O49O0O pOunds-he largest On record s
December tot gouiy certified under Inspection uri
@ f eOteo 5I8OOO pounds. quantity IL SOS 0o @
au 4555OOOO foT
dd % of 4SSS98OO pounds poultry was Federe % III
ABOVE the previous
s @ total amount S37O9OO pounds was eieS nu IN l949 Of
" 80 ma" tue amount used for evisceraon in 194e
LOCAL BROILER.FEED RATIO
BY Maryland State Department os NorLot
week ehueQ February
yenSs @ averaged $lO66 lib broes 81 nomnds fS' zUo
pounds ' @'0 eeu $IO5f7 lib brolers = 2
y.r,o1ao, - BOSTON EGG MARKET-USDA
"HoiesaIe' Special Large February 4gc Fetrror =. -
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
POULTRY NEWS

week dd 6oer producers started 819OOo chicks during the
leu uary 107s6 the previous and
locally % @ o99may @ ally low number hatebed
ro eve o Two weeks earlier and the low nubs s
! a -iot0"oSSu 90 70 41UzOO0-89o above
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16

The POinsettia is regarded as the
flower for December and the tur-
GuOize or lapis as the jewel.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
CHICKS PLACED IN ADDITIONAL AREAS 19s,


h producers marketed 2717OO0 broilers and frvo ~
% eeh enueG February 10496 than the Drevons &
929 Of the same week year The numoer marketed W
- '"e average weekly placements weeks earlier ,"
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16


for the States and for most of
the cOuntry's larger cities have already been re-
leased. They are very significant Those who own
their own business, interests in other businesses
or make their living by selling can save time and
money by studying these census figures They give
you, free Of cost elaborate surveys ON quotas.
routes, territories and other sales problems
When all 1850 census figures are released. they
will tell much on local merchandising conditions
and opportunities throughout the nation However.
compiling census figures is a big job and it will
probably be many months before all details are
published Meanwhile readers should watch for
the preliminary summaries as they are released
each month.
POPULATION INCREASES
On April 1, 1850, population was 152.S4O 600
Since then there have been 3,7O4,OOO births and
l,461OOO deaths and a net emigration of 10000 This
gives us about double the annual gain of ten years
ago Those States possessing the advantage of
mild climate show the greatest population increases
California is up 51.6q from the 1910 level and is
followed closely by Texas, Arizona and Florida
This Increase of population is not coming from
"playboys," but from good substantial Northern
people who are retiring from work on pensions
They make excellent citizens for any community.
Undoubtedly, the national trend is toward great
er increases in leisure time. Firms engaged in the
production Of recreation equipment will more than
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-16
MAKE THE MOST OF
CENSUS FIGURES

Complete breakdOwns of last
years decennial census are not
yet available. However, figures