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Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

thousands OF inventors have died poverty strick-
en-. although their ideas may have been excellent
Before an inventors idea can take shape and come
rolling off the assembly line in the form of some
sort of product someone must be found who has
falth enough in the idea, faith enough in tine inven
tor and in the future prosperity of his country In
DC willing to risk financing the invention The will
mgness to take a calculated risk and make il nav
off springs from spiritual fountain of courage
within the individual. Courage is one thing Of
which our fathers had an abundance and which /
hnd lacking today in most young men,
RISK AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA
About 24OO years ago Greek statesman. Perieles,
said THE secret of liberty is courage" He didn't
mention bank accounts or social security What he
was telling his countrymen was that if they wanted
to assure Greece of everlasting future they
needed to develop some good old-fashioned moral
and spiritual forttude 1 have faith enough in
the future of America to believe that we are on
the threshold of prosperity plus longer
periods of peace
The age of materialsm in which we live has
given the world better food, better clothing better
shelter, better transportation, and better commun-
icatOn. l hope that with these material comforts
more individuals have a greater amount of
time to give to the spiritual side of life Only by
now bringing into balance. at this crucial time in
world history, things of the spirit and things mate
rial, can we develop in the coming generations the
kind of intelligence and courage which is willing
to take a calculated risk.
WHAT ABOUT JOE STAIN?
The armies of Joe Stain aren't half as danger
GUS a siege of Illustration materialism. and
cynicism. But greater spiritual development can
Offset these grave dangers-although it will take
all the skill we as parents and educators and com
munity leaders have to move in that direction.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

be the last, that our lawmakers
might grow up to face the facts of
life in this bloodthirsty century of
global power politics. But it looks
as though congressman will be
boys.
AFTER ALL. THEY GOULD CALL IT
THE TRUMAN DAM
Among the problems that Con-
gress ran out on is the matter of
the HelPs Canyon Dam for the
Snake River in Idaho. The govern
ment has asked for an appropria-
tion Of 100000 to build a dam
742 feet high that will over-shadow
the Hoover Dam by 16 it. The al
tentative is the proposal of the
Idaho Power Company to build, at
their own expense ($176, ,000,O00) a
series of low-head dams which
would provide the same electric
generating capacity, and at the
same time inundate much less farm
area. 1t shouldn't be too hard a
question to decide after the
lawmakers have had few months
rest
CABINET OFFICER SNAPS AT
ADMINISTRATION
If you've been waiting for that
"man-bites-dOg" story, here it is!
Commerce Secretary Charles Saw
yer demands drastic revisions in
the governments budget system
and the cutting out of certain
functions now being performed.
Considering President Truman's
vigorous defense of the budget, his
complaints at cuts m .e by Con-
gress and the aband with which
he calls for new bu aus to put on
top of old ones, Secretary Sawyer's
ridicule for the mania for new ag-
encles, commissions and study
groups" and his charge that present
methods encourage spending and
the retention Of incompetents on the
public payroll may well be consid-
cred lese majesty. When one of the
Presidents official family derides a
new bureau as the Santa Clans
department" and warns that ii NAV
produce an unbearable drain on
the taxpayers. it suggests either
that all is not moonlight and roses
within the Administration or
that there's at least one honest man
in Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Girls in Rocky Ride

VICTORIA, B. C. - (P) - Two
Victoria girls duplicated the feats
OF British Columbia's pioneer sett-
lers recently and rode two horses
across the Rockies.
Ann Wilson and Phyllis Elwood
OF Victoria explain their trip this
way:
1--WE had the horses in Alberta
and we were in Victoria. Horses are
expensive in Victoria and so we de-
cided to go to Red Deer, and bring
our animals out" The trip took
nine weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
AS I look back over my fifty

years or business experience, /
find there is basic difference in the character of
men fifty years ago and now. Our forefathers be-
fore us had an abundance of moral and spiritual
gumption. These character qualities enabled them
to make every risk calculated risk with fighting
chance Of paying off.
Some young chaps today inherit their fathers
businesses. The fathers obviously had what it takes
They took the chance and earned their successes
without the advantages of education. But the sons
won't do it, for all their book learning. Why? Too
many youths today seem to be interested only in
"sure thing" They afraid to take risk They
prefer the sure bet of sixty dollars a week saaro
rather than chance to earn one hundred dollars
week commission.
RISK AND MORAL VALUES
One reason is that our youths are being trained
by schools and colleges to depend too heavily upon
science and technology Technical and scientific
advance alone cannot bring us courage. This kind
of materialism could lick America just as it will
ultimately lick Russia. Young people, wholly de-
pendent upon technology, find that when the going
gets tough there is nothing there to lean on l
wonder if during my lifetime haven't gained
in the material things of life only to lose ground
in the realm of the moral and spiritual.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
FEDERAL PAY TOO HIGH?

During debate on a bill to raise the sal
aries of 100000 U. S. employees 10 per
cent, corn belt Senator remarked that
voters back home had been writing protests
about the high salaries already paid by the
Department of Agriculture. Some D. A. en-
plOyees, the letters said, were paid more
than vice presidents and cashiers of small
town banks. 1t is true that hundreds of
Department of Agriculture specialists
throughout the country receive from $4,000
to $780, Some of them may be worth the
money. Government pay should attract
good men to necessary jobs. But Federal
pay, as the corn belt Senator remarked
should not be boosted, through political
pressure, to level higher than that of pri-
vate industry And with thousands of un-
necessary employees on the Federal pay
rises in order to swell still further the ranks
of chairsitters.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

THINGS ONE REMEMBERS

Every day the Washington propaganda
machines boom price control as the medicine
for imitation control. For some unknown
reason the & official agencies never men
ton tax control or waste control in govern
ment as the one indispensable requisite for
imitation control. Nor do they explain how
tax confiscatiOn of the earnings of the indi-
viduals for Washington bureaus to spend
high, wide and handsome is anv less infa-
tionary than if the individual spent his own
money. After ALL the government earns
nothing, it just spends, and it can only spend
what it first takes away from the individual
who earns it. Only the people can stop the
tax spenders who create imitation. They will
never stop of their own accord.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
DETERIORATION CAUSES
ANNUAL LOSS IN BILLIONS

WASHINGTON = (R We
could re-arm on the twelve billion
dollars annual loss from deterio-
ration of things we use, If we could
stop the deterioration.
The twelve billion figure is from
the Prevention of Deterioration
Center of the National Academy Of
Sciences. The deterioration in
cludes everything from a hundred
million dollars that moths eat to
i've billions that rust takes.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
BABSON Discusses Calculated Risks

BABSON PARK, Mass, Nov.
2-I hear young people today
say that opportunities aren't
what they once were. To a GER
tain extent this is true. When
the government takes so much
of everyone's earnings, some
people lose their incentive to
work hard. But there are lots
of opportunities still with us
provided we are willing to take
the risk.
RISK AND CHARACTER
AS l look back over my fifty
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
ANSWER THIS QUESTION!

The new tax bill is now in effect. What it
will do is described by U. S. News & World
Report in these words: "Tax collectors
are going to be taking $84,OOO,OOO 1000 a year
out of the pockets of people and treasures
OF corporations. They will take nearly one
dollar out of each three dollars of the ma
tlOn's income. This is a record amount"
But, you may say, we can always "soak
the rich" more and more, and so it won't
huFt the average man very muchJ even if
the cost of government keeps on climbing
forever. The u. S. News blasts that happV
delusiOn with these words: Government
would reap less than S11 900 900 900
more dollars if it appropriated all personal
income over $4,000.
1T is to levels below $4,000 that tax
planners are looking for any new revenues
that are proposed after the 1851 increase
individuals who earn $4,000 to $4,000 a
year have total of more than $16,OOO,OOO
600 left after Federal taxes. People with
incomes of $4,000 to $4,000 have an ag-
gregate of nearly $32,00OOOOO 900 left. and
individuals with incomes of less than $4,000
have total of more than $9O,OGO 100000
left over"
Read that statement once more. About
twO-thirdS of all the money left after taxes
is in the under-$5, 900 income bracket. And
it's that money which new tax boosts must
bite into deeply.
Now answer this question: Under these
circumstances, have l a personal interest
IN government ecOnOmy?"
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
NEXT YEARS ELECTION


When Senator Taft threw his hat into
the ring, he simply made official what everv-
one has expected for a long time. It is no
secret that Senator Taft had hoped to be
made the Republican Presidential nominee
on previous occasion, but circumstances of
various kinds conSpired against him. Fol
lowing his overwhelming victory in his last
Senatorial race, Taft and his supporters
really got down to cases in preparation for
the 1852 nominating convention. More i'm
portant groundwork, by far, has been done
on his behalf than for any other possible
candidate. The Taft organization is LARGE.
efficient, well-financed, and politically ex-
perlenced and aStute. 1t recognizes that
there is much strong opposition to their
man within the Republican camp and it is
doing everything possible to minimize it.
Some leading Republicans who were once
antl-Taft have been converted. The princi-
pal opposition to him is led by Governors
Dewey, Duff, and Stassen. The first two are
all for Eisenhower Governor Stassen, it
seems, has hopes on his own behalf.
Senator Taft's new book on foreign pol
icy is an able effort to dispel the idea that he
is an solationist-which has been one of the
main arguments made against his possible
candidacy. He is biting critic of the Tru-
man foreign policy and of the conduct of the
Korean war. But he realizes Americas pre-
eminent position as leader of the anti-com-
munist world, and of the responsibilities
and commitments that result. His present
position certainly cannot be called isolation
ist. And when he said that he is the only
Republican who can make the kind of cam
paign that can be trusted to unhorse the Ad-
mlnlstration, he obviously meant it with
complete sincerity.
General Eisenhower remains the great
question mark-he has disappointed his
many followers by refusing to take a parti-
san stand, or to indicate whether he would
accept the nomination of either party. At
a recent news conference in Paris. he said
that his present position, as head of the
Western military alliance, made it imposs-
lble for him to show allegiance to political
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
HALLOWEEN IN MILFORD

Another Halloween has passed and from
all reports reaching us at press time Milford
had one of the least destructive Halloween
seasons in years. The Mayor and local DO
lice together with the volunteers who served
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. are
to be thanked for holding vandalism to
minimum. For years past it has been the
growing practice to destroy property in the
name OF Halloween pranks." Last year
1t reached high in Milford when serious
destruction of property was reported fol-
lowing the innocent prank nights" Last
years experience here was a contributing
cause for the precautions taken by the au
thorltles to protect property and people from
those hoodlums who do not respect property
rights or the feelings of local citizens.
On another page under the heading of
Halloween and Milford Youth" we are
printing communication from a "Mother
OF Teen-ager." We cannot agree with her
reasoning that local authorities are adOpt
ing GestapO tactics nor that every danger
Gus kindergarten criminal who dared to
ring a neighbor's dOorbell' was undulv in
convenienced through having proper police
protection here. What the writer probably
does not know is that group of "teen-ape''
boys (who were in the age group of sixteen
and eighteen years. did considerable dam
age IN Milford and nearby sections on Mon
day night This particular crowd were from
a neighboring town. They placed large fire
crackers in mail boxes and completely de-
StrOyed them. This information was given
to the writer by Chief of Police Powell. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Powell the group after leav-
ing Milford damaged several boxes in the
rural section. They were apprehened, he
says, by State Police.
Another group, from still another town,
resOrted to tOrpedoes and rotten eggs.
These were thrown against automobiles with
severe damage in some instances. These
took place on Monday evening before the
local "Gestapo' made their appearance. A
large lion which has stood on the lawn If
Mrs. Frank Grier on Lakeview avenue for
years has been the target for this "inno-
cent fun. Again this year it was over
turned. We submit that this is not fun. It
is malicious vandalism and should be stop
ped. The Mayor and police are to be CON
graduated that they have done so.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
FUEL FOR EUROPE

Press reports say the Maritime Commits
sion may soon release more merchant ships
for transporting supplies to Europe. And
the main reason for this is Europe's need for
American coal. At present, some 5000. 900
tons OF coal are going to Europe each month,
and more is required. Europe and Eng
lands sOcialiZed and state-dominated mines
simply have not been able to meet the de-
mand, and critical situation has developed.
The only country that can make up this SER
lOuS deficiency is the United States-where.
by contrast, the mines are priVately-owned,
and where they operate in an intensely com
petltlve economy. The American miner has
highly advanced equipment which permits
him to turn out at least three times as much
coal per day as any miner abroad. And the
miner, no less than the consumers of coal
and the owners of the industry has bene-
tlted enormously from this mechanical revo-
luton. He is the highest paid of any major
category Of industrial worker in the entire
world. His earnings run about 40 per cent
more than the average for all manufacture
ing industry in this country. And that
doesn't include other valuable benefits. such
as the old-age annuity of S10O a month which
is financed by royalty of 80 cents on every
ton OF coal mined. The coal that goes to
Europe will heat homes and power factor
les. More than that, it will be a symbol-a
symbol OF the fact that free enterprise is
superior IN every way to socialized enter
prise,
Evening star., 1951-01-04
BarkIey Takes Issue
With Hoover r'sViews
BY the Associoied Press

BALTIMORE. Jan. 4.-Vice
President Barkley didn't mention
any names here last night-but
his speech took issue with former
President 7oover's recently ex-
pressed views of retiring Amer
lean defenseS to this hemisphere.
There may be some who wish
us to Withdraw back into our
shell-go into storm cellar, until
conditions improve" the Vice
President told members of the
Jewish National Fund.
But there are many others
and I happen to be one of them
who bell sye that the American
people cannot avoid the leader
ship which destiny has placed at
our door.
1--WE have always realized that
our liberties cannot be safe as
long as liberty is endangered any
where in the world"
Much Of last nights program
and Mr.. Barkley's remarks COW
cred the role which the Jewish
National Fund has contributed ir
the rebirth of Israel.
About TOO persons were gath
cred for the occasion, a banquet
to mark the golden jubilee of the
funds establishment and the be.
ginning of a campaign to estab-
lish a community in the Jewish
nation honoring President Tru.
man.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Congressional Study
Of Color N Asked
BY the Associated Press

Representative Dolliver, Repub-
lican, of Iowa yesterday called for
a full dress congressional hearing
on color television.
The Iowan made the request in
a letter to Chairman Crosser of
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee.
There is presently a great deal
OF misunderstanding and con-
fusion in the public mind con-
corning color television. The
industry and the public generally
would benefit from such hearings
he wrote.
Last summer the FEC COM
pleted nine months of hearings
on color television. 1t later chose
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TENS method as the official color
system of the country and re-
jected competing systems.
Radio Corp. of America took
the decision. into court in Chicago,
where a Judge court upheld
the FEC. It ruled that the COM
mission has, not used arbitrary
power and refused to disturb the
decision. However, the court did
continue an injunction against
commercial operation by Colum-
bia until next April in order to
give RCA an opportunity to ap-
peal to the Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
By the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Skillful
handling of a Gas airliner in
making a forced landing minutes
after the takeof was credited to-
day with saving the lives of 46
passengers and the crew Of three.
All reached safety seconds be-
fore the big ship burst into flames.
A 10-month-old baby was carried
out by passenger. Three suffered
minor injuries.
Through adept handling by Pilot
Marvin Staddon, the plane was
landed in an open field after it
failed to gain altitude after TAX
ing off from Midway Airport. The
plane bounced along the open field,
skidded into a haystack and re-
mained upright.
The plane, owned by the Mon
arch Air Service, Inc, had left
the airport at 2::27 am. on a spe-
cial flight to Newark, N. j., where
1t was due at z am. A Monarch
spokesman said the fight was
chartered by independent passen-
ger agents.
Pilot Staddon, 40, of haywood,
N. Y; Arthur Howarth, 81, CO.
pilot, of Miami, Fla, and Clarence
Hyde, 80, of Marlton, N. j., a
passenger, were treated for cuts
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Three Ask DismissaIs
In Contempt Cases

Three persons have asked Dis
trict Court to dismiss recent
indictments charging them with
contempt of Congress for failing
to answer questions either before
House or Senate committees.
All contended yesterday they
had a right to refuse to answer
the questions on grounds of posi-
BILE self incrimination.
The three are Philip Jacob Jaffe
editor of the now defunct
Amerasia Magazine; Giovanni
Rossi Lomanitz and David Joseph
Bohm, both scientists, formerly
connected with the University ot
California radiation laboratory.
Jaffe is accused of refusing tt
answer certain questions before 9
Senate Foreign Relations sub
committee. A motion asking dis.
missal of the indictment against
him was filed by his attorney, o
John Rogge.
Motions asking dismissal o.
indictments against Lomanitz ane
Bohm were filed in their behalf by
Attorney Harry c. Lambertson
They are accused of refusing tt
answer certain questions pro-
pounded by the House Committe,
on Un-American Activities. Botl
Lomanitz and Bohm also contene
the House Committee on Un.
American Activities is un-Con.
stitutional.
Others indicted on contempt O.
Congress charges previously hav,
filed similar motions.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Pilots Skill Saves 40 Lives
In Forced Landing at Chicago

and bruises on the face and hands
at Holy Cross Hospital and re-
leased.
The pilot said the carburetors
seemed to freeze up after the
plane took off and there was not
enough time to turn on the carbu-
rotor de-icerS.
The handling of the big airliner
by Pilot Staddon was lauded by
passengers and also by an official
of the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration.
HE did a beautiful job" said
Charles E. Smith, communica-
tions supervisor at the airport for
the CAA.
Thank God for that pilot,
was the comment of one passen-
ger, Howard Kastel. 18. a Har-
ward University freshman.
Mr.. Kastel of Glencoe rescued
a baby from the plane just before
it burst into flames.
The baby, 10-month- old Chris
tine Archer, had been separated
from her mother in the darkened
plane. The mother, Mrs. Theresa
Archer, %, of Westville, Nj, was
returning with the child from San
Diego. Calf, after a visit with
her husband John, "a. who is in
the Navy.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Democratic Senate
Refuses 10 See Lodue
lnducted as Governor
BY the Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. A.
John Lodge was sworn in just be-
fore midnight as Governor Of
Connecticut, with the Democratic
controlled State Senate boycotting
his Inauguration.
The ceremony, without precedent
in State history, too. place at
1852 pm, in the presence of the
House of Representatives, DOM
mated by Republicans. It had
been scheduled for 2 pm.
Chief Justice Allyn l.. Brown Of
the State Supreme Court admin
istered the oath Of Office to the
new Republican chief executive,
a 47-year-old lawyer and World
War II naval officer, who has just
completed his second term in Con-
gress. He succeeds Chester
Bowles, Democrat.
Battle Over Rules.
The Senate absented itself from
the proceedings as a result of a
day-long battle with the House
over legislative rules. Republicans
insisted differences over the rules
be postponed until after Mr..
Lodge took Office: Democrats IN
sisted that the rules come first.
and the stalemate could not be
broken.
The legality of an Inauguration
in the absence of a joint con-
vention of the Legislature and the
adoption of resolutions certifying
the election results was ques-
toned by some. But Democrats
quickly said they didn't intend to
press the issue.
Mr.. Lodge told the House ne
had asked the chief justice to
administer the oath to him IN
the absence Of a joint convention
because ''it is my duty under the
law and my responsibility to
take the oath of Office before
midnight"
1949 Delay Recalled.
He quoted section of the State
Constitution which he said made
it mandatory for the General
Assembly ''to declare the winner
of the popular vote elected
Governor And, he added with
emphasis, the validity of his elec-
ton last November "by a mar
gin of slightly more than 1900
votes" never had been questioned.
The bitterness reflected in the
statements of the rival party
chairmen was like, that of the
opening day of the 1949 session,
when Gov. Bowles' Inauguration
was similarly delayed, though not
so long. He was sworn in at S
pm.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Power of the Press

Press and radio newsmen have
agreed to help Richmond OFF,
cials cut down on traffic jams
which have hampered firemen
at recent blazes in the Virginia
capital city.
For the time being, at least,
they agreed not to give locations
of multiple alarm fires for at
least 30 minutes after the first
alarm is sounded.-AP.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
HonIey, Others Installed
By West Cote Musons

Julian H. Hanley last night was
installed as worshipful master of
West Gate Masonic Lodge No. 220
of Mount Rainier.
Among other officers inducted
were George r. Lee, senior war
den; j. Russell Sampson, Junior
warden; William M. Davidson,
secretary; George L. A. Dressed.
treasurer, and Edward G. Will
lian1s, tiler.