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Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
THEY MOCK ECONOMY

his own campaign, and his appar-
ent lack of enthusiasm for presi-
Dental assistance, it would be in
teresting, perhaps historical, to
have a tape recording of this pre-
cedent-sha ttering luncheon. And
considering that all of us are pay
ing for this purely political pro-
duction of "Adlai in the Lions
Den," we should have it along
with movies in technicOlOr.
Round one of this Oddly-cOnsti-
tuted political battle, however,
will be under the auspices of The
American Legion, az whose New
York convention, each contender
will launch his first serious cam
paign effort. Eisenhower will
speak on the 25th, and Stevenson
on the 9th. Thus, by the end of
the month, we should know what
each stands for, and what differ
ences there are, if any, in the goods
they offer for our votes.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Growers Advise Public
On Vegetable Controls


Publicity referring to the scare
ity of vegetables and sudden OPS
bureaucratic demand for a new
price control session Of Congress-,
said Walter F. Prefer, Cleveland,
President Of the Vegetable Grow
ers Association of America, Com
pels us to advise the public Of the
basic facts in the present so-called
food situation. First of all, food and
farmers should not be made the
whipping boys by excited and mis-
guided public officials"
Prefer continued saying, ''In the
public interest, and in fairness to
Vegetable Growers, l would like to
emphasize the following points:
The food situation is no more
critical than it was at the begin
ming of the steel strike, which stop
ped production of tin plate used to
make containers to preserve food; !;
Scarcity Of labor, aggravated by
low ceilings on wages, established
under the Wage StabilizatiOn
Board, causing loss of labor to
other employment;
Curtailment of vegetable pro-
duction due to low returns to pro-
dVcers during the past three years ;
Amy controls or interference with
the historically established free en-
terprize system practiced by veg
etable growers will create aggra-
vation and cause higher prices in
the months ahead;
States designated as disaster
areas by the government because
of the drought are not high pro-
dueers Of vegetables at this time Of
year, although recent rains and
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

cooler weather have already alter
ed somewhat the production pat
tern.
National Vegetable Week repre-
sents the bargain period for con-
sumers of Americas high energy
food.
The OPS recommendation today
that President Truman call a spece
ial session of Congress to deal with
price control seems to be entirely
unnecessary and out of order. It is
believed that such action would
have a terrific negative impact on
the production and consumption Of
vegetables, especially in the south
ern winter producing areas where
crops are not yet planted
YGAA Prexy Sees Queen Crowned
Walter F. Prefer, Cleveland,
Ohio, President of the Vegetable
Growers Association of America,
attended the annual summer field
day of the New York State Vegs-
table Growers Association, August
2nd, at Riverhead and Cutchogue,
Long Island. The program arrang-
ed by John Wickham, President of
the New York VGA, included an
open house program at the Veg
etable Research Farm at River
head and the crowning Of Janet
Wilkins, New York State Vegetable
queen by Agricultural Commission
er DuMont. Ben Myers, Syracuse.
served as Master Of Ceremonies and
moved the program along in excel
lent fashion.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
SOLUTION?

SOLUTION?
Those flying saucers" showed
up again last Tuesday night on
Washington radar screens. And
Wednesday night official observers
admitted seeing them in the area
. even though the radar Oper-
ators didn't
The official viewing took place
at the Army Engineers base at
Fort Belvoir. Va. The saucers ap-
peared in all the previously OBJ
served cOlOTs, from silver to
orange; in the shapes reported;
and as agile as pilots have said
they were. Furthermore, they were
observed at close range for the
first time being in a thirty-stx
inch laboratory bell jar!
DR.. Noel w. Scott, physicist at
Fort BelvOir, reproduced in his
miniseule sky" the conditions be-
lieved to cause the phenomena by
introducing molecules of ionizeG
air into a partial vacuum, and
electrically charging a steel plate
inside the jar. The "anOde globes,
as he calls them, Obediently ap-
pear out of nothing, and frisk
about as a magnet, or just hand
is moved about near the jar. And
says their prOgenitOr, these
er objects will register on a
radar scope.
DR.. Scott is reported as a little
dismayed that such an unimpOrtant
experiment as this should be re-
ceiving SO much publicity. What
he doesn't realize, perhaps, is that
the American people, who hire the
Army and the Air Force don't like
to be told, as they were by one
'technician," that demonstration Oi
the Temperature inversion the.
Ory was impossible, since the lab
oratOry would have to be "all-out'
doors" And certainly, if DR.. Scot
has solved the epOchal, and pro
fOundly disturbing flying-saucel
mystery, we nominate him for th'
Congressional Medal of Honor.
VOICE OF AUTHORITY
President Truman told his Thurs
day press conference he might cal
Congress back to Washington t,
deal with the runaway initiation
that Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnal
says we're going to have and Sta
bilizatiOn Director Roger l.. Put
nam says we amt!
Mr.. ArLall, who saw the Presi
dent on Wednesday, presumably t
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
BOARs GOOD qualityl

BOARS (good quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $1775,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $500 per cwt
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $1,000,
mostly $14O0 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS (6 to II weeks old
Choice: $500 to $1,000, mostly
$3.50 each.
Medium to good: $500 to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 each.
Common: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$3.75 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $72.eO,
mostly $65.00 each. A-
Butcher type: $S1.OO to $41.OO,
mostly $1,000 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
Heavy breeds: $1.0O to SLIPS,
mostly $115 each.
Roosters: $1.O5 to $1.SO, mostly
$1.10 each.
OUChO
Muscovy: SIS to $11O, mostly
S.95 each.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $1.OO to $500,
mostly $1.3Q each.
Small breeds: $50 to $50. mostly
SIS each.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $50 to $50
per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Squash; $50 to $.35 per * bu-
shell,
Pepper: $50 to $50 per * bu-
shell.
Cucumbers: $50 to SOS per Is
bushel.
Tomatoes: $1.6O to $2.1O per y
bmshel.
Lima Beans: $1.25 to $1.S5 per
Is bushel.
Catalogues: SIS to $1.OO per
"a bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
1899 Patricia Lane
Houston 10, Texas
MI-9-1415
August 8, 1852

Houston 12, Texas
MI-9-1415
August 8, 1852
Dear Friends:
Last week Hayes and l were re-
minded of Uncle Bill Murphy, Mr..
George Wells, Mrs. Donald Wright
(nee Sarah Barcus) and Norton
Leverage as we had a guided tour
through the Southwestern Home
Office Of the Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company of America, which
is here in Houston.
/ remember the first time I saw
this lovely building and wonder
ed what it would be, since it was
then 21k months from completion.
The building is one of the loveliest
skyscrapers in Houston. It is 10
Gated at the foot of Main street,
right next to the Shamrock Hotel.
The building is 31S feet high and
at the very top Of the building, cut
from natural Texas granite, is the
cOmpany's name and familiar
trademark, the Rock of Gibralter.
1t is illuminated at night and can
be seen for a distance of 90 miles.
The building is beautifully land
scaped with plants and shrubbery
from the seven states it will serve,
namely, Texas, Oklahoma, Miss
Ouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kan
sas and Arkansas.
In the lobby is an exact replica,
in small scale, Of the Rock of Gil
bralter, mounted on a marble shaft,
in the center of the two story rO-
tunda. The replica is carved from
a piece of the Rock of Gibralter
presented to the Prudential by the
British government. Microf1lmed
copies Of Southwestern newspapers
and other documents were placed
in the copper cylinder inside the
marble shaft and will be opened
1000 A. ,D.-the 125th anniversary
Of the company.
Also in the lobby is a mural done
by Peter Hurd of New Mexico, anC
well known in Delaware, whose
theme is 1.-THE Future Belongs tt
Those Who Prepare For it," It il
q beautiful mural and to me wal
alone worth the whole trip Ou
there to see it.
On the main floor there is I
lounge for the employees to rela,
at noon or after work and in thi
room soft music is heard througl
| the P. A. system all day long. Mex
to this room there is a free librar
for employee relaxation.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
DELAWARE FARM MARKET news
Market News Inform0ion Supplied BY The OF Markets.
State Board Of Agriculture, Dover Delaware

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for. commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week.
. LIVESTOCK PRICES
.VEALERS
Choice: $4,000 to $500, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: S27.5O to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Rough and common: $500 to
$26.00, mostly $24.O0 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $4,000, mostly
$26.0O per cWt.
LAMBS
Medium: $23.OO to $3.50, most
ly $25.75 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER
Medium to good: $3.50 to $22.50,
mostly S19.75 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $500, most
ly $19.25 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $1,000 to
$16.OO, mostly $l4.45 per cWt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $1,000 to $4,000, most
ly $22.50 per cwt.
BULLS
Over 1000 lbs, medium to good :
$23.OO to $26.OO, mostly $24.OO per
cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs, medium to good /:
$500 to $26.OO, mostly $21.5O per
cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS (good Quality)
12O to ITO lbs: S21.OO to S2S.OO,
mostly $22.75 per cwt
40 to 24O lbs: $22.25 to $23.75,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs: $22.0O to $2S.OO,
mostly $23.OO per cwt.
SOWS (gOod quality
200 to 300 lbs: $15.25 to $4,000,
mostly $17.25 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $500 to $17.O0,
mostly $1z.00 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs: $500 to $16.75
mostly S16.25 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
SOUNDS TOO FAMILIAR! !

Although the late Harry Hopkins made
a belated and rather uncOnvincing denial that
he sired the phrase "We will spend and spend
tax and tax, elect and elect" he will always
be remembered for planting the seeds for this
philosophy in government.
As WPA, Administrator back in the Thir-
ties, with billions of taxpayers dollars to dis
pense when and where they might do the most
political good, Harry Hopkins had the chance
to put this theory into actual practice.
'Tax-Spend- Elect Doesn't it sound
more than vaguely familiar this year, this
very day? The public debt Of the Thirties,
which brought the phrase and the philosophy
into being, has not yet been iquidated In
1880 the Government owed mere $16,-
O0O,OO0,0O0. Today the national debt is an
awful $262,OOOOOO, ,0OO-a lien on every one
of US 155OOO,OOO Americans of approximate
ly $1,7OO
Certainly the perpetuatiOn in office of any
party-be it Republican or DemOcrat-which
resorts to the Tax-Spend-El brand of
political machination is bad-ObviOusly, pro-
vably bad!
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

AS for the much-discussed face
saving" it would not seem from
here that we have much to save.
..s.. > tt
NEW RULES FOR NATo
An NATO air force of 5000
planes by the end of 1863 is report
ed under consideration at the Pen
tagon' in order to hasten the
day when the Free Nations can
meet the 10000 plane Russian air
force on something approaching
even terms and in sad recOg-
milton that the so division NATO
army planned for this year can not
be materialized.
From which it would appear that
the military policy of isolation
list" Robert Taft is already in force
in Europe perhaps in time to
save General Eisenhower's unfn-
ished task from disintegration.
ONE YEAR ... OF "SoRELY
NEEDED TIME"
! In a report to the President,
Acting Defense Mobilizer John r.
Steelman toted up the nations
losses due to the steel strike, and
stated that it may require a full
year to catch up on military pro-
duction.
While portions of the report
were deleted for security reasons,
it was revealed that 299 plants
working on defense contracts had
been closed or slowed down by the
end of the strike. Steel output for
the year, begun at a record pace,
will be about 80 million tons, low
est since 1949. Steel lost rs mil
lian man-days of labor, and in all,
perhaps 100000 workers were
idled. Given a late fall and a nor
NAL spring, enough ore can be
brought over the Great Lakes to
support capacity operation this
winter.
At this moment labor contracts
are up for renegotiation in the
coal, copper, shipbuilding, rubber
and electrical industries. And we
are told all the unions involved are
demanding healthy increases. Thus,
aside from duty and patriotism, we
hope union leaders and members
, alike will remember that with their
new wage hike it will take steel
workers until June 1853 to make VI
their strike losses.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
Drama oIYmpies Slated

VERONA, Italy - up - In the
second Delphiad, university stu
dents from eight nations will pre-
sent classic dramas at the famed
Roman theater here.
The Delphiad-a drama OlympiCs
aims to unite university students
and bring them in contact with the
great pOetical theatrical trends.
The first Delphiad was held in
Mainz in 1850. 1t will be held ev-
cry two years. The activities of the
international Delphian Institute
are under the sponsorship of the
u. NJ Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organization and the gov
ernnents of the countries concern
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
OPS RETRENCHES

The Office of Price Sterilization must
soon cut it's staff in half-from $4,000 to-
about 5000 emplOyes-because Of heavy bud
get reductions imposed by Congress.
AS is to be expected, OPS and other Ofic-
ials are saying that the result will be to criW
pie the whole price control program, and that
the consumer will be the greatest sufferer.
That may seem a compelling argument to
many people. But it is purely a superficial
argument which ignores the lOng-term dang
erS the controls create and the damage they
do to the economy
Controls, by their very nature, attempt
to replace the natural law of supply and de-
mand with fallible human judgment. Politi-
cal eXpediency-the everlasting search for
votes and patronage and pOwer-Often infu-
ences that judgment. Business is enmeShed
in red tape, and harried with volumes of
complex confused and conflicting rules and
regulations. Everyone from the biggest
manufacturer down to the corner retail store
is bossed by bureaucrats and jobholders who
frequently have small understanding of the
matters with which they deal.
Under these conditions, initiative is lost,
ambition is dimmed, lethargy sets in If the
controls are Of the tough" variety which
shOrt-sighted people have demanded, the in
evitable result is a drop in the production
and distribution of goods of many kinds
people won't spend their time and money and
energies trying to do job if they see no
chance to make a fair profit.
Congress did wise thing when it heavi
cut OPS appropriations. 1t would have done
much wiser thing had it abolished the bur-
eau'entirely and given us back the free eco
nOmy which is responsible for the unequalled
living standards of our people.
&&0(G
THINGS ONE REMEMBERS
There are some IL 900 country daily and
weekly newspapers in the 48 states.
Most of them are individually owned and
express the personal opinions of their editors
on local and national affairs.
The, country press is an outstanding ex-
ample of private initiative and enterprise.
1t has had to fight political moves which
seek to limit its independence.
It understands the menace of growing
centralized government, socialism and COM
munism, all of which mean bureaucratic con-
troll of the individual and cOnfiscatOry taxa
tiOn.
1t is almost unanimously opposed to gov
ernment in business because that leads to the
destruction of free enterprise and individual
opportunity.
In fighting political oppression the press
is the champion of every worker and indus
try seeking to serve the public and earn a
profit.
Businessmen should realize as never be-
fore that without a fair discussion of their
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
A DOWN-TO-EARTH DEFINITION OF
BUREAUCRACY

This anecdOte in recent sermon by the
Rev. Kenneth w. SOllitt, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Mendoza, ILL.,, caught our
eye He said:
81 was once in a small hotel in Vermont
when one of the guests, foreigner unfamil-
lar with American ways, brought the pro-
prietress of the inn beautiful bouquet. The
prOprietress was delighted beyond words
until she discovered that her gallant guest
had picked the flowers in her garden back
of the inn."
Whenever government hands you a bou-
quet, you can be perfectly sure it was picked
out of your garden. But we go right on ac-
cepting bouquets in the vain hope that some
day we will get flowers that somebody else
planted and brought to bloom.
And that is precise definition of bureau
cracV as we soc If tOdav
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

The Library Of Congress has ac-
quired a printers copy Of the Linz
coln-Douglas Debates and also
letter from Abraham Lincoln to the
Chicago Press and Tribune request
ing two Nsets of that newspapers
reports on the debates
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

Big government, centralized in Washing
ton, D. c., and beloved by nobody but the
thousands of multiplying bureaus and bureau
Gratis, agencies, Sub-agenCieS and sub-sub-
agencies, is--fOr all it's vastness-a weak
structure which could plunge us into Social
ism.
1t is weak because it is so far removed
from, and unresponsive to the will Of the
American people We should all strive by
every means at our command as citizens to
Bring Government Back HOme-back TO the
States, the counties, the communities, where
we can keep Sharp eye on it's expenditures
and its performances.
By so doing, we will build, with strong
plankS, bridge to a Better America that
will endure
BIG GOVERNMENT INEFFICIENT
The centralized government at Washing
ton is too big.
1t is so big that the Presidents budget
estimated Federal spending for this fiscal
year at $85, 100000 000 That's more than
any man or group of men can spend wisely,
as was proved when the President recently
announced that the deficit would be a few
billions less than he had anticipated.
The Government is so big that it tries to
tell the farmer how much land to sow, when
to cultivate; it tries to settle labor disputes
and only prOVOkeS new dlSagreementS. The
Government is so big that it reaches out into
every household and into every pocket. It's
too big to be efficient.
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THEY MOCK ECONOMY
While politicians talk of economy in gov
ernment, the bureaucratS are steadily add
ing new names to the Federal payroll.
The Civil Service Commission reports
that last July the number of civilian Fed
eral employees rose to 2,6O3, ,3OO-up 28,6OO
for June, when more than 1000 were hired
each working day.
That's economy in reverse. That's the
economy of bureaucracy run wild. It's high
time to call halt.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

problems by local editors, their enterprises
would be easy prey for politicians who seek
by legislation and taxation to control the
activities and earnings of every citizen.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

Asbestos was first used in auto
mobile brake Innings in 1906.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15

BABSON PARK, Mass. August ia lot of
people have recently asked me whether we are head
ed for a boom bust next year. 1 going to
try to give the with few economic facts of
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-15
BUILDING THE BRIDGE

CTaCy as We see IL Today.
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Evening star., 1952-09-11
Gov Battle to Present Stevenson at Richmond

sons candidacy. said later he
would be very happy" to intro
duce the Illinois Governor here.
Senator Byrd and former Gov.
Tuck have been silent on their
choice for President.
With things beginning to move
on the presidential political front
in Virginia there were these other
developments:
Virginia Democrats for Eisen-
hover announced a drive to obtain
a committee of 100 prominent Vir-
ginians to lend their aid and in
f1uence in electing the Republican
presidential candidate.
George E. Allen. jr.. of Rich
mond, resigned as president of the
Young Democratic Clubs Of Vir-
|ginia because, he said, he could
not actively support the Steven
son-Sparkman National Demo-
cratic ticket. Mr.. Allen did not re-
sign his membership in the Young
Democratic organization. however,
nor did he announce support for
any other candidate.
At Front Royal, State Senator
Raymond r. Guest of Bayard an
nounced his support of Gen.
Eisenhower for President and said
he intended to join the Virginia
Democrats for Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
Brannan, Mcclellan
And 2Farm Officials
will Help Stevenson

Agriculture Secretary Brannan,
two Of his top aides and Senator
Mcclellan of Arkansas have been
added to the list of Democratic
speakers for the Stevenson Spark
man campaign.
National Chairman Stephen A,
Mitchell said Secretary Brannan
will begin a long speaking tour to-
morrow in Wichita, Kas. The trip
will take him into four Midwestern
and Western States.
The other Agriculture officials
who will speak for the party ticket
this week and next are Under
secretary Clarence j. Mccormick
and Assistant Secretary Knox T
Hutchinson.
Mcclellan Talks Significant
Senator McClellan's decision tc
campaign for the Stevenson
Sparkman team in border States
was considered significant. He has
engaged in a running feud with
President Truman and in the re
Evening star., 1952-09-11
Nations Fear Depression,
Nathan Tells Democrats

Robert Nathan, chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action. last
night told District Democrats
that other friendly nations fear
an economic collapse here more
than anything else.
Mr.. Nathan said so many other
nations are tied economically to
the United States that another
serious depression here would
carry the rest of the world down
with U.S."
With the Democrats, however,
he said, fears of another depres-
sion can be put aside. He said
that, since 1882, the Democratic
Party has proved that the Gov
ernment can do something about
unemployment and depressions.
We've had 20 years of con-
structive legislation" he declared.
II don't think the American peo-
pie are going to forget"
Mr.. Nathan spoke at dinner
meeting of the Democratic Club
of the District. Arthur Clarendon
Smith, president of the club,
presided at the meeting. held in
the Fairfax Hotel.
Evening star., 1952-09-11
BY shs Asseeiatsd Press

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. H.
Gov. Stevenson will bring his cam
paign to Virginia and will speak
in Richmond within the next two
weeks.
Acting Democratic State Chair
man T. Nelson Parker said
yesterday after telephone con-
versation with Gov. Stevenson's S
national headquarters at Spring
field. Ill.
Il can say definitely that Gov.
Stevenson will be in Richmond for
IA speech within the next 10 or IS
days. I have definite commit
|ment to that effect" he said.
The chairman who was given
the task of establishing Virginia
headquarters to elect Gov. Steven
son and all other Democrats in
the face of lukewarm attitude
or outright detection by many Vir-
Iginia Democrats said he had re-
|quested Gov. Battle to introduce
the Illinois Governor.
And Gov. Battle, the only mem.
ber of Virginia's big three" ir
Ipolitics who has indorsed Steven.
Evening star., 1952-09-11

cent Arkansas primary. backed
the winning candidate for gover-
nor, Judge Francis Cherry. Presi-
dent Truman supported the loser,
Governor McMath.
In agreeing to campaign for the
party nominees. Senator McClel-
Ian expressed the conviction they
will win. He discounted the show
ing made by General Eisenhower,
the Republican candidate, on his
recent Southern tour.
Is Not a Truman Follower
The Senator said he does not
regard Governor Stevenson as a
follower Of President Truman. He
said he thought the Illinoisan
would bring the country a differ
ent and an improved administra-
ton.
Meanwhile, Democratic Senator
Johnston of South Carolina pre-
dicted General Eisenhower will not
carry single Southern State. In
a statement released here, he Wig
orously denied that Governor
Stevenson was "hand-picked" by
Mr.. Truman. Instead. he said, the
White House crawled on a band
wagon it could not control.