The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-01-10


and Council, at a special open meet
ing held on Monday afternoon,
which many expected might produce
fire works, turned out to be nothing
more than "a Tempest in a Tea
pot"
A detailed account of the meeting
will be found elsewhere on this page.
If there is anything that / detest it
is having people spread false rumors
and yet l was guilty OF spreading
one myself on Monday morning
Walking down the street, a friend
of mine stopped me and said that the
Arthur Godfrey program had been
interrupted in order that the station
could make the announcement that
General Eisenhower would definite
ly NOT be a candidate for the Presi-a
dency-just another proof that you
should always verify someone else's
statement before repeating it.
However, / am certainly glad that
the information given me was in
correct, as | have been an Essen
hover man ever since his name was
first suggested as a candidate on the
Republican ticket. | hear a lot of
talk about not wanting a military
man for President and normally I
would agree with that, but with the
situation confronting us in Wash
ington today, with no unity in our
foreign program and tragic, ever
widening series of scandals in gov
eminent at home, Ike Eisenhower is
the one man | would trust to clean
out the rotten mess in Washington
and also to set up a clear-cu foreign
policy-and make it stick.
Just as we were going to press
yesterday afternoon, we heard over
the radio, the bad news that the
earlier report that the salvage tug
Turmoil had been able to get a new
tOWrOpe fastened to the stricken
freighter, Flying Enterprise, that
was wallowing in the heavy seas -
practically within sight of the Eng
lish coast - after the first towrope
snapped. was Incorrect
The news flash stated that another
attempt would be made as soon as
weather conditions permitted but
that the chances of saving the
freighter were now only about fifty
fifty.
The whole world is praying that
the heroic skipper of the freighter,
Captain Henry Kurt Carlson, may
be able to bring, with the assistance.
of the heroic crew of the tugboat
Turmoil, his stricken ship safely into
port and | pray that, by the time
you read this, the good news will be
flashed around the world that he and
his ship are safe in port.
It was good to hear that the Fair
child Aircraft Division Management
and the Local 842 CIO-United Auto
Workers Union have completed and
ratified a new, three-year contract,
the terms of which were arrived at
around the conference table.
This speedy settlement, coming on
top of the decision of the Steel Work
ers Union to continue arbitration
with the Steel Companies, rather
than go out on strike, is further evil
dence that both capital and labor
are aware of their responsibilities as
citizens of this great nation of ours.
The above action is in strong con-
trast to the despicable attitude of
Governor Talmadge, of Georgia,
who last week ranted and raved in
the official publication of his govern
ment because two members of the
Negro race belong to a very fine
quartet that is regularly heard on
the Arthur Godfrey television and
radio program.
The South has the right of its con-
victions, the same as the rest of the
nation, but thank God there are few
''Talmadges" South of the Mason
Dixon line and 1 am firmly convinc-
ed that there will be one less, the
next time the people of the great
State of Georgia have an opportun-
ity to express themselves at the
polls
Congratulations to the Washington
County Republican Central Commit
tee for their very fine recommended /
tons of Attorney William P. Krey-
kenbohm to succeed the late Martin
L. Ingram as City Magistrate, and
Mrs. Martin L. Ingram as clerk of
the County Liquor Board, to succeed
Kieffer F. Bower, who has resigned
to accept a state appointment.