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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
FULBRIGHT AND KEFAUVER INVESTI-
CATIONS PUT A WHITE LIGHT ON
CANCERS IN THE BODY POLTTIC

The recent investigation of the Recon-
structiOn Finance Corporation, which was
conducted under the craftsmanship of Sena-
tor William Fulbright, Democrat from
Arkansas, produced a distinct shock in the
minds Of millions of Americans. Mr., Full
bPlght's committee un3arthed case after case
in which political influence, pull in high plac-
es, and powerful pressure groups determined
policies followed by the largest of the gov
ernment lending agencies. The inquiry was
enlivened by incidents such as the nOW-fam-
ous-or infamous 900 mink coat which
was given to the wife of a man whO appar-
emily, was supposed to be able to help smooth
the way for RFC loans.
A short time ago Senator Fulbright made
a prepared Senate speech in which he sum-
med up what he had learned during the
course of his dramatic investigation. It was
fortnight and remarkable speech in many
ways. He did more than simply attack alleg-
ed fav0ritism and influence in the RFC. He
roundly condemned what he believes to be
widespread corruption within the government
and the calloused air of cynicism with which
some high officials seem to regard it,
The heart Of that speech lies in this para
graph: Scandals in our government are not
new phenomena. What seems to be new
about these scandals is the moral blindness
or callOusness which allows those in respon-
sible positions to accept the practices which
the facts reveal. 1t is bad enough for us to
have corruption in cur midst, bnt It IS worse
# It is to be condoned as inevitable" The
logical conclusion OF this breakdown in our
moral standards, he said, is the destruction
Of our free democratic system" He then
urged that a commission Of non-poitical citi-
zens Of the highest integrity and standing in
different fields be created to find ways and
meaAs to Drevent that conclusion from being
reached He said that governmental inmor-
ailtv finos It's reflection elsewhere in the
basketball six scandals, where top college
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
Merrymakers Have
'Open House"

The Harrington Merrymakers
Home Demonstration Club was hos
tess to a group of young women
last week on Wednesday evening
April 18th. The program was an
nounced by Mrs. William Minner
President of the Club, at whose
nome the party was held. Mrs. viii
liam Cavanaugh, Jr., County Home
Demonstration Agent, was the
speaker, and her topic was age
ing Successfully" " She showed a mo-
tion picture dealing with the use
tulness Of older people and how
they can be helped to live peaceful
yet active lives.
The entertainment of the eve
ming was prepared by Mrs. Ted Lay
ton, assisted by Mrs. Clarence
Black and Mrs. Cubbage Brown
Following two games and a white
elephant sale, refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Eugene Anderson was CO.
hostess with Mrs. Minner for the
evening.
The May meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Robert Swami
with Mrs. Benjamin Hughes, assist
ing in the demonstration of Yeast
Breads. Mrs. Cubbage Brown will
be cO-hostess.
The Merrymakers Club will OBJ
serve Home Demonstration Club
Month in May by attending church
with the other clubs in Harrington
on Sunday evening, May 6th. al
7:S0, at the Asbury Methodist
Church. A good attendance is de-
sired.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
Future Farmers To
Hold 21st Convention
teontlnued frnm nrst -,


test at the University Of Delaware
on April 19. Paul Hodgson, agri-
cultural education teacher-trainer
is making all arrangements with
the university. Dairy cattle, beef
cattle, swine, poultry, eggs, pota-
toes, corn will be judged and farm
tools will be Identified. Prize win
ners will receive their awards at
the convention.
Also at the convention will be
the awarding of 13 state farmer de-
grees to the 1S outstanding voca-
tiOnsl agricultural boys as well as
awarding the honorary degree. The
F. F. A. Public Speaking Contest
will be held the same evening.
Among some of the honOred
guests who have accepted, will be
the national vice president, Rich
ard Waybright, 90, OF Route 9.
Gettysburg, Pa.-Richard is in
partnership with his father, Clar-
ence J. Waybright, and his bro
ther Horace, in the operation of
three farms tOtaling 546 acres near
Gettysburg. The farms have 243
acres of cultivated land devoted to
the production of hay, corn, and
other grains, and their current
farming program includes about
1000 laying hens, 86 hogs, 100
steers on feed, and 80 dairy cattle.
Also, Governor Elbert N. Carvel,
Dr.. John Perkins, President of the
University of Delaware, DR.. r. w.
Helm, State Director of Vocational
Education, DR.. George r. Miller,
State Superintendent of Public In
structiOn, Leon deValinger, State
Archivist, Frank Richardson, Agri-
cultural Advisory Committee, Paul
Mitchell, Agricultural Advisory
Committee and 13 Past State Pres
idents of the organization have ac-
cepted.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
WHAT PRICE HONOR?

The citizen who has listened to President
sTTuman's claim that all about him are honor
able men must be slightly confused over the
meaning Of that term when he reflects that
Congressional Committees currently are con-
ducting at least eight Investigations into the
Truman Administration.
For example, there is the Kefauver Com
mittee of the Senate which has exposed wide
spread gambling and crime in the United
States, with its OvertOnes Of pOlitical-criminal
tie-ups. Then there is the Senate Fulbright
Committee whose revelations of White House
influence peddling, fast deals, and mink coats
in the operations Of the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation, are at the very least, eye
opening
The House Un-American Activities Com
mittee is continuing the Communist inquiry
with the current spotlight on Hollywood.
And the investigation into alleged ComnU-
mist infiltration Of the State Department has
been resumed by Senate Judiciary Subcom-
mittee.
An outgrowth Of the Kefauver hearings
is an inquiry by q House Ways and Means
Subcommittee into administration of the in-
ternal revenue laws. 1t wants to find out par
ticUlarly how gamblers, racketeers and others
outside the law can successfully evade their
taxes.
A Senate Committee headed by Senator
NlyQC I1OSyg Dss M NJS AS ICSuIIl14lB us lAl-
vestigatiOn Of five percenters and other In
fluence peddIers The Joint Congressional
watch dog" Committee on Defense PrOduc-
tion is looking into reports Of tax concessions
to big business in the handling of defense
contracts.
IA House Committee headed by Rep. POr-
ter Hardy, Jr, D., Va, has turned its atten-
tion to a venture wherein three men put up
$500 in cash to get a $780, 900 loan on de-
Tense plant Finally, the Senate Commerce
Committee wants to look into deal by which
former Democrat Representative Joseph F.
Casey Of Massachusetts and others invested
100000 in five surplus Government tankeTs
and made $2,8OO,O0O profit. Stockholders
in Casey's firm included the late Secretary
of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., and Ad-
miral William F. Halsey,
Faced with all these storm signals, can
the perturbed citizen be reassured by Presi-
dent Trumans word that his associates are
men of honor?
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
Kent VFW Post
Elects New Officers

District No. 8, comprising the
seven V. f. w. posts of Kent Coun-
ty, held its annual District En-
campment, on Monday evening,
with David S. Hugg, of Milford, be-
ing reelected to a second term as
district commander Dover Memori-
al Post No. 1926 was host post for
the meeting. held in the Temple
Theatre Building. LoOckerman St,
Dover.
In addition to Commander Hugg,
the following district officers were
elected: Henry w. Viehman, of the
host Dover post, Senior Vice Com
mander; John Cooper. of Newman
Urban Post No. 1901. Clayton.
Junior Vice Commander; Carroll
A. Brown, Post 1862, Quartermas-
ter; Delbert R. Berry, Post No.
1901, Judge Advocate; Harold R.
Welch, JT., Blue Hen Post No. 6483,
Milford, Chaplain; and James Bra
dy, Wesley Pullman, Post No. 1882,
Milford, Surgeon. The Delaware De-
partment Commander, John E. Ba-
biarz, installed the new officers
upon completion of the election.
In addition to the election of Off
GERS for the 1951-52 term, the Dis
trict No. delegates discussed
plans for participation in the 1851
Department, to be held in Whining
ton, on June SO. In line with En-
campment participation, District
No. 3 committed itself to support
of James L. CUbbage, of Clayton,
the present department junior vice
commander, as a candidate for the
office of Senior vice commander,
and advocated the reelection of
Rev. Andrew j. White, Milford, as
department chaplain and Samuel d.
Ableman, Wilmington, as depart
ment Quartermaster. District No. 8
also pledged its support of a Dis
trict No. 4 Sussex County, candi-
date for the office of department
junior vice commander at the state
encampment.
Dept. Commander Babiarz and
Dept. Quartermaster Ableman both
spoke briefly, urging renewed eff
fort, on the part of Kent County
Posts, in the current V. F. w. men,
bership drive, and participation by
District No. 3 posts in the v. F. w. s
community service contest.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20

Under these new federal taxes.
added to the manning, crushing,
killing, juggernaut of state, coun-
ty, municipal and district taxes,
the only way you can escape pay
ing any taxes is to have nothing.
be nothing, do nothing, eat nothing
and wear nothing-in other words,
go idle, hungry, broke and naked
And even then, some keen-eyed
lawyer who plucAs a fat commits
sion for pursuing distressed delin-
quents may pOunce on you for
taxes you forgot to pay when you
had something to pay on.
We are still Slaves of the lamp
the lamp of extravagant govern
ment, of OVermanned and Overpaid
OfficialdOm; the lamp of politicians
who prostitute public trust for pay
ing personal debts and promoting
personal ambitions; the lamp OF
prOfiigacy; the lamp of calaDlitOus
war and its climbing costs, uncheck-
ed in armed peace; the lamps which
the Aladdins of mis-administratio
and administration ruthlessly
rub to our ruin-because we are
chumps enough to put the lamp
into their hands and let them rub
it!
And often to our discontinue,
we find that the fellows who cry
New lamps for old! New lamps
for old" with promises Of econo-
my and lower taxes, are the same
old fellows in disguise who rubbed
us nigh unto death before, and are
trying to get their grip again on
the lamp of power and persecution.
Well, what can we do about it?
We can't smash the lamp, because
that's the government, and If we
smash the government we have an
archy But can't we put the lamp
in cleaner, ADLER and safer hands? ?
Not new lamps, but new lamp-rub
bers. Can't we have better Alad-
dins?
Can't we insist, by honest voting,
by close and constant Watching,
t hose into whose care pre
the magic talisman Of our
rights, our hopes, our fortunes and
our liberties, are worthy Of aspir-
ing to that trust and true to it
when they have it2
We can-if we Wilt,
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
Rehoboth Voters
Favor Tax Increase
CONTINUED rom nrst baael

John A. McManus, president Of
the Board of Education, said the
increase in the tax is to take care
of salaries for those teachers who
have been eliminated under the
unit plan as passed by the State
Legislature in 1949.
Mr.. McManus added, "We feel
that the results of the referendum
showed the decisive choice of the
people to maintain the present edu-
catiOnal system and facilities of the
RehObOth Special School District"
The tax increase was endorsed by
the majority of parents present at
a special meeting March q when
it was pointed out that such a move
was necessary to assure high stand
ards in the school system.
The voters approved setting a
maximum expense rate of As cents
which, plus the fixed debt rate of
II cents, already established, will
give an overall rate of 81 cents.
The plan had the endorsement Of
the Parent-Teacher Association and
various educational leaders.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
Kentucky MQuntain
Missionary Will Address
Presbyterian Women

Tuesday evening, April "a, at
$50, the entire Women's AssOcia-
tion of the First Presbyterian
Church win hold a. covered dish
supper with arrangements in
charge of Mrs. Clara Benefits
group.
No one will want to miss this for
Mrs Nolla Vander1eer, our mis-
sionary in the Kentucky Mountains,
will be present.
At the service following the sup
per, devotionals will be in charge
Of Mrs. Louise Wormington. Her
topic viii be 'The Satisfying Life.
Special music will be a clarinet
duet by Harry Humes and Mr..
Weisgerber. The speaker OF the
evening viii be Mrs. Sam Wander
Nicer. bringing a message OF the
missionary work she and her hus-
band share in Morris Fork and four
other communities of Breatheds Co.
Kentucky This address is open to
the public.
From all accounts they live IN
and serve a part Of our country be-
yond the reach Of roads When Rev
and Mrs Kenneth Kepler Of the
local Presbyterian Church visited
the VanderHIeers this past August,
they had to abandon their automo-
bile an the roads end and transfer
their packages to saddle bags and
finish the trip by horseback through
stream beds.
Mrs. Yandermeer was Home Mis-
sions speaker at the PresbyteriaI
at ElsmeTe last Tuesday and Is the
guest Of Rev and Mrs. Kenneth
Kepler and various Of the Presby-
terian families this weekend.
The women Of Ruth Humes and
Florence Messiclz's groups are holds
ing a luncheon il her honor this
Friday at one o'clock at the new
Presbyteriap Manse IN Walnut
Street
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
SLAVES OF THE lamp
EDITORIAL TAMPA, FLoRlDA)
s

Nineteen years ago we printed
an editorial, captioned Slaves OF
The Lamp, which was widely read.
numerOusly quoted. The editorial
was occasiOned by the enactment
Tin 1882 of the first general feder-
al excise tax, which imposed levies
on many items and transactions
not hitherto taxes. We termed il
the most stupendOus impost of
excise taxation ever legislated upOn
a free country in time of peace
taxes that hit practically every cit
izen, touch the till of every busi-
ness, deplete the budget of every
home, pinch the allowance of every
housewife" We sketched the ex-
tent of these taxes:
They take toll from the comforts.
conVeniences and pleasures of eV-
cry life, from the ice-boX to the
powder puff, from the motor car
to the MATCHBOX, from the radio
to the rubber tire, from the check
to the Chicle from mothers lin
stick to the kids candy, from the
show ticket to the shaving cream,
from golf balls to gasoline, fro.n
the love letter to the death mess
age.
Taxes, taxes r and ever more
taxes.
Taxes for war, taxes for peace;
taxes for a deficit, taxes for a sur
plus; taxes for under r-employment
of the workingman, taxes for over
employment of the ohfcehOlder;
taxes for farm relief, for bank re-
lief, for. veteran relief, for labor
relief, for millianaire relief, for
pauper relief-yes, even taxes for
tax relief. Taxes on what we earn,
taxes on what we spend. Taxes
for living. taxes for dying Taxes
for conservation, taxes for eX-
plOitation. Taxes to initiate swol-
len budgets and preserve padded
payrolls.
Taxes everywhere, at all times,
for everything.
Our people have become Slaves
of the lamp" Of taxation.
They are compelled to dig and
deliver whenever a political Alad-
din rubs the magic metal of ma
chine manipulated government.
Alasl the taxes we then deplored
were just a beginning! In re-writ-
ing that editorial as Of today, we
find that the scope of taxation has
broadened. In bringing that array Of
taxes up to date, we may now in
clude taxes on what we eat, what
we wear, what we ride, what we
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20

see, what we hear, what we drink,
what we smoke; taxes to pay people
for not working, taxes on the pay
of those who work; taxes to pay
farmers for not producing and on
what they produce; taxes on the
meal check and the pay check;
taxes to give social security to the
cook and price insecurity to the
housewife: taxes to see, a show or
hear lecture or concert; taxes to
boost the treasury of one dictator
and to prepare to fight another
dictator; taxes to feed and clOthe
the Europeans and to kill Chinese
and North Koreans; taxes to catch
Reds and taxes to defend YellOws;
taxes to collect taxes and to Jail
those who don't pay taxes; taxes
to expose racketeers and to protect
their rackets; taxes to lend mil
lions to crooked corporations and
to give the President $4,000 free
of taxation; taxes to put on a tele-
vision show and on the set we have
to buy to see the show; taxes to
elect politicians to Office and to pay
them for holding Office; taxes to
put out propaganda and to combat
propaganda; taxes to make war
and to make peace: taxes to pro-
duce atom bombs and to protect us
from atom bombs; taxes from head
to foOt-On hats and shoes, sham
poo and socks, teeth and tOe-pads;
taxes on talk (telephone) and If
you are paid to talk; as yet no tax
on taxes, but you can bet that's
coming, if the constitution can be
stretched to permit it.
And, as we remarked in that 1882
editorial, still true today, ''the tax
payer can't make a getaway"
The taxpayer can't resign; he
can't duck, dodge or dissemble; if
ne succeeds in concealing some
assets. the tax collector nahs him
on others; If he doesn't have to
pay for owning real estate or for
driving a car, he has to come across
for just the privilege of living.
In some states his duties of citi-
Zenship are taXed-he has to pay
a dollar a year for exercising the
God -giVen, constitutional right of
voting-and, often, that vote, which
he has to pay a tax to cast, helps
elect bunch Of pOlitician-pirates
who reciprOcate-hOW2 BY piling
more taxes upon him.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
RMAMENT INDUSTRY

"SAO SlOppSu Renee, eacn gen
Grafton saw sudden radical change from producing
peace goods to producing. military supplies Then
they later abrupt change back again to peace
goods 1t may be that this "On-again of-agan" pro-
cess is over. The industries business may be-
come stable and constant like most other business
Let me illustrates
We could have constant flow of new tanks ieeps
airplanes, bombs etc. EACH YEAR whether or
not war is expected. Tanks Tor instance have
five year life" due to obsolescence. Then EACH
YEAR all the tanks over five years old would be
ground up for scrap, else sold to foreign coun-
tries in exchange for much needed raw materials.
This would always give us a supply of the latest
modern tanks, the same as we now have improved
automobiles, washing machines and radios EACH
YEAR
EFFECT UPON BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT
This program could be a great stabilizer for bus
mess, employment and investments It would pro-
vide an incentive to colleges to train personnel to
run war industries 1t would assure permanent jobs
for those now in such war industries The entire
present picture would change. Instead of the war
industry being wastefully prosperous at one time,
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
A Cases Of Cancer
Detected In Clinics

A total of "A cases Of cancer
have been discovered through ex-
aminations given in tPe Delaware
Cancer Detection Centers, it was
reported yesterday by DR.. Fl. s.
Rafal, director Of the centers.
The detection centers are opera
ted by the Delaware Division, Amer
lean Cancer Society, end are finan-
ced by the Cancer Crusade, current
ly being conducted throughout the
state. The net cost of operating the
centers in the rast fiscal year was
$14, 1880.
The centers. he explained. provide
free examinations for women s5
years of age and older. Appoint
ments may be made by calling
Georgetown 2-S19 or Wilmington q
Ais.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
THINK 1T OVER

Fire loss statistics for the nation, mea-
sured in dollars, stagger the imagination. In
1850 losses tOtaled upward of three quarters
OF billion dollars. During this past Janu-
ary alone they ran over $68,OOO,OOO. These
figures are beyond the comprehension of
most of US. However they do indicate one
thing with terrible certainty as far as the
individual is concerned. His likelihood of
having an unfortunate or tragic experience
with fire is all too probable Hundreds of
millions of dollars worth of property cannot
go up in smoke year after year, even in a
country the size of the United States, without
many individuals being touched intimately
by loss from fire at sometime in their lives
When you come in contact with fire preven-
tiOn activities in your community don't make
the mistake Of thinking they are for the
other fellow. They are meant for you be-
cause it is through the carelessness of indi-
viduals that fire Wreaks it's havoc And as
sure as you are reading these words if YOU
do not heed hOmely precautionary advice to
check the hazards in your home or business
-fiues, wiring, rubbish, furnaces, closets and
basements-it is a safe bet that one of these
days you will add your bit to the annual
bonfire of American property. It may be-
your own funeral pyre as well. Think It'll
over.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
BABSON Discusses Permanent Prosperity"

BABSON PARK, Mass. April
2O-I continue to believe in the
Cycle Theory. This means that
we will have Peace Scares, War
Scares and Labor Scares. But
none of us may live to see an
other 1929-S2.
THE ARMAMENT INDUSTRY
Heretofore the preparation for
war has been a haphazard affair.
We have frantically prepared for
war when we saw it coming. Af-
ter the war was over, we demo-
bilized and our war preparations
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20
UNDER A BUTTONWOOD TREE

In 1892, when George Washington was
still serving his first term as President, the
government found that it had to sell ''stOcks"
to help pay for the Revolutionary War But
people had a natural reluctance to buy these
securities unless they were sure they could
be easily and quickly resOld. In other words
market place was needed.
So one was established, under a button
wood tree which stood near the present To-
cation of the New York Stock Exchange.
Traders met there each day to buy and SELL
And the stock exchanges of the present serve
precisely the same function-except that
they now list thousands of securities repre-
senting the industry and enterprise of
America.
Actually, the basic idea underlying the
security exchanges is simplicity itself. In
effect, the stocks are auctiOned. AS with any,
thing else of value, from a piece of furni-
ture to farm, the buyer wants to pay as
little as possible and the seller wants to get
as much as possible. The exchanges pro-
vide market where the two can meet, ad-
just their differences as to value, and trans
act their business.
The exchanges do not buy or sell secur-
tiles or set or influence prices in any way
The owners and wOuld-be owners do shat.
And those owners now number something
like 15,000,000 Americans, most of whom
possess only moderate means and incomes.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-20

a standard railroad passenger
coach costs more than 100000
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