The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
Around Town With
The Editor

dency develops, it becomes increas-
ingly evident that the Democratic
candidate-and his party-are plen-
ty worried.
For while they were very con-
fident, feeling that General Eisen-
hover was losing ground because of
the type of campaign he was waging.
But they now find, as the tempo in
creases, that Eisenhower is practical
ly repeating his REORGANIZATION cam
paign-and they don't like it.
If you will remember, after his
landslide in the New Hampshire pri-
mary, Eisenhower's stock scared to
the skies, but later on, as the Taft
organization swung into high gear,
a great many people felt that Eisen-
hower's chance of nomination were
very slim and that they were not
enhanced very much in the first week
or two after his return from abroad.
As it turned out, the General who,
like all good soldiers, does not 60
into battle without protested plan
of attack, as well as an ironclad de-
tense, knew Just what he was doing.
He let the Taft forces, in the pre-
liminary pre-convention skirmishes,
take the lead until they got beyond
a good line of defense (the disputed
delegates) and then the Eisenhower
forces charged to the attack and, as
you all know, won the battle with
that first ballot lightning thrust.
Within the last few days the Ste
venson forces have had some very
concrete evidence that Eisenhower is
skirmishing with rapid thrusts, prior
to the big battle-witness Eisenhow-
er's sharp thrust at Stevenson's ill
timed humor.
AS l said in this column a couple
of weeks ago, Eisenhower is just be-
ginning to fight and as soon as he
gets his opponent right out in the
open where they both will have to
slug it out toe to toe, with no chance
to retreat, there isn't any doubt in
my mind that the referee-the vot-
ers at the polls in November-will
give Eisenhower an overwhelming
decision.
The City Council met with the
members of the Hagerstuwn Traffic
Committee last week at public
meeting.
After hearing from three members
of the committee-A. F. Macdonald,
president; Richard Grumbacher and
Roy A. Leiter-together with several
businessmen of the community, all
of whom were in favor of the con-
tinuation of the parking ban on the
first blocks of Summit Avenue and
Jonathan Street between Antietam
and Church Streets during the peak
hours, and Attorney Francis H. Ur-
ner and a number of the business
men in the first block of North JON
athan Street, all of whom were
against the ban, the Council declined
to reconsider their action of the pre-
vious week when they ordered the
parking ban discontinued.
There is no question about the au-
thority of the Council to have the
final say in all matters pertaining to
city government, and my protest in
this column last week was not
against the action of the Council in
exercising their prerogative, but in
exercising it in the absence of a
representative from the Traffic Com
mission.
Now that they have heard the
Committee, the matter is closed.
was very glad to hear Mr.. Mac
Donald, chairman of the Committee,
state during the meeting that al
though the members of the Council
had refused to go along with this
particular phase of the committees
work, which the committee still
feels would be a move in he right
direction, they had no intention of
quitting, but will continue their in
tensive study of the traffic situation
and would, from time to time, pre-
sent suggestions for the Councils ap-
prevail.
The City of Hagerstown, in addi-
ton to its fine police force, received
some wonderful advertising over the
week end, when the Sunday edition
of the Baltimore American" carried
a full page, illustrated article on the
Hagerstown Police Department,
which must have made Commissioner
Ellinger and every member of the
force, from Captain Brown down to
the latest rookie police officer, feel
mighty proud.
It ought, also, to make every cit
izen of Hagerstown feel mighty
proud too.