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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15
Wbatto-D0 and NOt-tO-DO Of
Emergency Burn treatment

requires immediate attention to ease
pain and prevent infection.
A generally accepted "rule of
three" is recommended for first aid
treatment of burns:
1. Cover fine mesh gauze with
petroleum jelly and place directly on
burns a prepared sterile petroleum.
gauze dressing may also be used.
2. Bandage firmly, but not so
tightly as to affect circulation.
8. Call a physician Immediately if
the burn seems deep or covers a wide
area.
In the case of major burns, how
ever, the first alder should not at
tempt to cleanse or dress the burns
or even remove clothing. Cover the
patient with a clean sheet or towel
and rush him to the hospital. Facial
burns, even though small, are par
ticularly difficult to dress, and
should also be left to the skilled pro-
fessional for treatment.
New Dressings
Usually the doctor applies a sterile
petroleum jelly gauze dressing to
the skin. This special dressing was
developed during World war at the
request Of the army surgeon general,
and combines the three-fold purpose
Of all burn treatment: soothing the
pain with petroleum jelly, exclud-
ing air from the wound and pro-
tecting it against infection.
"IdeaI treatment" according to
disaster procedure recommended by
the Pennsylvania Medical society, for
example, is the pressure dressing Of
thin layer of petrolatun gauze, q
thick outer layer of surgical waste
covered with elastic bandages ap-
piled with light pressure and rein.
forced with splints where necessary
to immobilize joints included in the
burned area"
Both civil defense and Red Cros
medical authorities advocate tn,
pressure covering method.
Attending physicians usually leav,
bandages in place from to IA days
Rest is now accepted as one of tn
major curative elements in bur
treatment. The film of bland petro
latum eases the pain and keeps tn
bandage from sticking to the injure
area, important because removal {
the dressing then does not re-ope
the wound and subject it again to tn
!. danger of infection.
i How Not to Treat
How not to treat burn has b,
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15
An Editorial
From a
Hospital Bed

tai.
A frightening pronouncement. The
children-the cooking-the ironing
so many things unfinished
A stay in a hospital is rewarding,
not only in restored health and
spirits but also in the evaluation of
things. One is taken out of the fast
revolving world into this place apart
where all things resolve themselves
into their rightful values. Here ones
world is very small. The window
looks out upon roofs of unfamiliar
houses and a patch of sky. From a
cubicle one sees only what passes or
comes through the door. 1t can be
monotonous, duh and wearisome, or
it can be heart warming and won
derful.
Maybe many things are wrong.
Maybe the coffee is not as it would
be at home. Maybe the folks in the
next room talk too loud. Maybe the
nurse does not come as soon as she
should. Maybe a lot of things. A
hospital is very human place and
nothing human is perfect.
But the marvels of a hospital-the
modern miracles-rich red blood
from one human to another-cry
clear fluid dropping into the slender
transparent tube and through the
needle into the blood stream health
restoring elements in one sure, quick
jab. So simple, yet so complex.
Wonders that come through that
door. Marvels made possible by God
through the human mind. Hours,
days, years-yea a life time Of study.
Science does not waste experiences
.. every success in scientific re-
search is husbanded"
The wan, drawn face of the young
man who walked back and. forth in
the corridor for two long days, some
times alone, other times comforting
with companion in a low voice
Bits of the conversations pieced to.
gether were all of the great concern
for the young wife and mother VIII,
lay critically ILL., One prayed tina
she, so needed by that family, b
restored and returned to them.
Or the very elderly woman dow
the hall, members of whose fanil,
walked back and forth, always hov
ering close and lavishing every ten
der loving care that medical scienc
afforded. Hers must have been
happy crossing of the bar" with a
her loved ones nearby. Would thu
all mothers might have such lovin
vigil in their last days!
In the very early morning or
could sometimes hear the nurses
devotion. Family the music of
hymn would come waited throug
the air like angel voices.
Heaven is very near in hosp
tai and the hand of God is ever,
where, restoring some who wa
through '.the valley of the shadow
death" and taking others for who
all the marvels and miracles are
no avail.
A hospital small world in itse
Under its roof are birth and deaf
sickness and health, tragedy and +
nance, hope and despair, tears al
smiles. In fact, through a hospit
runs the gaxnut of all that is hum
and divine.-ANY MARTIN.
- 800
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15

2oJonuory is. 1852
Evening star., 1952-05-02
That Old Curve Ball

A lot of good field no hit" ballplayers re-
ceived healthy boost for their morale the other
day when gadget described as an electronic
brain proved that a baseball actually can be
thrown in curve
OF course most of these lads didn't need con-
vincing on that score and they would be much
more appreciative if some other gadget could
teach them how to hit the dipsy-dos Still the
paramount insult, after the injury Of not being
able to get even piece Of one Of the wrinkle
balls, is to be assured by some clubhouse scien-
tiSt that a curve ball is an impossibility.
It seems the electronic brain wasn't devised
for the sole purpose of bringing comfort to the
200 hitters. In fact it wandered into the base
ball world more or less on an off day-just like
a lot of people find themselves lunching on hot
dogs in the bleachers It's true mission in me-
chanical life is to help in the construction OF
guided missiles and jet bombers. Even so. some
body once said that some battle was won on
some playing field and it may be that reviving
the spirits of few non-slugging ballplayers will
add new steel to our military strength.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
By Charles (. TroceweN

All the old things. such as 'The
Wizard of the Nile" THE Serenade. !"
began with a rousing march, and
whether the scene was laid in Egypt or
Spain. or some point in between, the
melody was Herbert's.
After successful first night" at the
old National Theater here, Herbert
would entertain friends until 8 or 4
o'clock in the morning.
X
Templeton Jones was too young, at
that time, to be entertained personally
by the great Victor Herbert. but his
music entertained Jones, and still does.
though radio has done its best to stale
it, by constant repetition.
II Jones feels no older today than
he did in those far-off times farther
away in spirit than in years., he at
tributes it in part to his love of music.
Music will keep man young. at least
in way.
This is because if he liked the famous
intermeZzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
then, he likes it still, and let who will
call it hackneyed.
Music is sort Of fountain of youth.
Jones qualities it, you notice, by saying
sort Of" It won't keep your hair from
turning gray. but it will help your mind.
It won't prevent the ills and aches flesh
is heir to. but it may save your i'm
mortal soul.
Evening star., 1952-05-02

the steel industry. which was based
upon assumed inherent powers.
The Star is to be congratulated on it's
policy of justice and fair play with all
people concerned in discussing this
momentouS action, and its inSiStence on
publishing facts and dependable figures.
The President, as we'll as every other
Government Official should possess the
integrity and honesty, inherent, if you
please, necessary to convey unbiased,
factual information to each and every
citizen of these United States, without
mplication-desirable or undesirable.
The tenor of your editorial, Mr.
Truman Asks for Facts" points up what
appears to be fact-that is, that Mr..
Truman's script writer's and letter
writer's are incapable of recording facts
without implication. But that is no
excuse for the President of the United
StateS
I have just heard that Judge Pine has
ruled against the steel seizure and it
sounds to me as if the ruling will prove
to be an historical masterpiece. Citizens
should be grateful that there are men
of intestinal fortitude who will uphold
the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Carl r. MyliuS.
K
For some time have been doing
everything in my power to promote
the defeat in this years election of those
feel are menacing our American way
of life, but the events of the last few
days have made me realize that it is
later than I thought. Harry the First
now claims he is above the law and can
Evening star., 1952-05-02
This and That

Perhaps 1t all gets back to the adage,
that a man is as old as he feels, and
a woman as old as she looks.
Victor Herbert wrote pleasant song
on the theme.
What a wonderful fellow he was!
It is said that Herbert worked on four
light operas at once, at stands. walking
from one to another, composing one Of
his famous waltzes at one place. then
a march at another station, then an
entire act, and perhaps q lullaby at the
fourth stand.
Actually. Victor Herbert was a waltz
king.
Even his melodies which were not in
that tempo could be turned into it
with ease, and, what was more, were
right in it.
In the old days. every light opera
was turned into waltz suite, but few
of them achieved this so easily with
the result that one played true waltz.
It was particularly noticeable that
all of Herbert's melodies in "a time
made the change into "a time with
complete grace. This was because his
musical thoughts came to him in basic
waltz time, no matter what he wrote.
Victor Herbert also was march king,
although he could not have taken the
title away from Washingtons own
Sousa.
Evening star., 1952-05-02

Templeton Jones detached his trick
tie clasp and put it back into his pocket
before he got to the Office.
The boys there had grown sophisti-
Gated.
They wouldn't find anything funny
about such a gadget any more.
Or was it, Jones thought to himself,
just that they had all grown older to-
gether?
The funny thing was that he. Jones,
didn't feel q day older than when he
vowed the Office with o put and
take" spinner.
Who is old enough to remember put
and-take?
Even Jones recalls dimly the sensa-
ton it created.
It was almost wonder the paper
could come out, with everybody spin
ming away.
If the gadget fell one way. you put;
If another, you took"
Life was simpler then. even in q
newspaper Office.
It seemed that every one had more
time to laugh and joke.
Today all is earnestneSS personifed.
The old timer wonders if there isn't
n bit Of bluff in the modern mixture.
Life really can't be as solemn as the
young people make 1t.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Letters to The Star

back into the Dark Ages of social il
literacy and public amorality.
Ousting the Washington Housing AS
sociation registers new low in commu-
nifty disservice. This action eliminates
a long fostering controversy espoused
by relentless opponents of social well
fare agencies which in any way chal-
lenge the status quo. Already this con-
troversy has impaired the Embarrassing
power of the United Community Serv-
ices. It now threatens to split Chest
supporters into warning camps whose
cross-fire will menace the very founda-
ton of essential services in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area. The vitally
needed activity of the Washington
Housing Association will not be our
only loss. Every social agency in the
city will suffer from this triumph Of
ruthless power and irrational self-inter-
est.
Surely those who, in the role Of United
Community Service trustees, are truly
committed in heart and conscience to
the public welfare, will seek Immediately
to reverse this disgraceful and diSrup-
tive decision.
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, M. D.
X
The action of the United Community
Services in withdrawing support from
the Washington Housing Association is,
of course, the elimination Of a long
campaign against that agency conducted
by certain business groups. heartily
disapprove the action, which strikes at
the root of the basic idea of having a
Community Chest and not Charity
Chest. But do not write to argue that
matter but rather to make two points:
/. The vote was 80 to Is, total of so.
But there are 211 trustees. Evidently
over IS per cent of the board look upon
their truSteeship as minor obligation
and thus pave the way for control by a
militant minority. There are other mi
norities which would like to expel other
agencies from Chest membership and
expulsion by minority clamor can 60 far,
once the pattern is set.
2 The future financial contributions
of the winners in this drastic action will
be interesting to watch. The Washing
ton Housing Association will not 60 out
of business next January /, for its
friends will rally to its support by gifts
made direct to the agency rather than
through the Chest. There is precedent
for the assertion that such gifts, to-
gether with abstentions from contribu-
tions to the Chest on the part Of other
Evening star., 1952-05-02

take any action he thinks in his omnis-
cient wisdom is necessary for the good
of the country. The decision on this
question will be given by Supreme
Court appointed by the Socialists who
have governed us for the past 20 years.
and if that court should uphold this
theory. we are well on the way to be-
coming totalitarian state.
- w. b. Penn.
The justification claimed by sup
porterS of the steel seizure is that be-
cause of the critical situation and the
Gripping effect an interruption of steel
production would have, the President
had no alternative.
Yet there was fairly obvious alterna-
tive; one that called for no radical
departure from the basic principles on
which the Nation was founded and on
which it prospered, and no assumption
Of an inherent" power.
The other possibility called only for
q temporary resumption of right that
until comparatively recent times was
regarded as natural and elementary,
the right of an individual to take en-
ployment on terms he considered either
satisfactory or the best that were
offered.
If the President had made it under
stood that if strike took place in steel
there would be no picketing, no intimida-
ton, no physical interference with any
one who wanted to help produce steel.
in all probability there would have been
no strike.
Benjamin KirSOn.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Impeochment Talk

AS at the time of General MacArthur's
dismissal Representative Joe Martin and num-
ber of other Republicans in Congress are talking
once again about impeaching the President.
Such action, they indicate, will have to be "con-
sidered" unless he invokes the Taft-Hartley law
in the steel crisis There is much to be said in
favor of the invocation, and maybe he ought to
resort to it right away. But whether he does or
not MIR. Truman can be reasonably sure-to put
it mildly-that nothing could seem less likely or
more preposterous, than that he will 60 on trial
one of these days before the United States
Senate.
It may be, of course, that more than a few
members of Congress, with reference to the
Taft-Hartley Act in particular sincerely believe
that the President has failed to abide by the
constitutional admonition that che shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed" It
is one thing, however to entertain such belief
and quite another to persuade the House to cast
a majority vote for impeachment on the ground
that Mr.. Truman ought to be tried by the Senate,
convicted and removed from Office for having
committed one or another of the offenses which
the Constitution broadly describes as treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." ;"
How many Representatives would really support
that kind of proposition? And is there any
political sense or realism in supposng that two
thirds of the Senators would 60 along with it?
Everything considered-including the fact
that Congress wants to adjourn as early as pos
sible to campaign for the November elections
the impeachment talk thus seems to be alto
gether giddy. Why 60 after Mr.. Truman in that
way? Why. speak threatfully about such pro-
ceedngs when it is hardly conceivable, given
present circumstances, that they could ever be
launched? The answer must lie in the nature
of the political season-a season when hyperbole
comes naturally, when a sense of perspective
is not infrequently lost, when rousing oratory
abounds, and when sheer Stiffness is sometimes
mistaken for good judgment.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
The Mountain Lake

A black bdSdttic mountain lake.
NarroD but shudderingly deep,
Had froUned in pride or 0looned in
sleep
Ten thousand gears: then BY mistake
During an April merry-nake
II looSed little stream, to leap
With the bright oceans testal stCeep.
Then sTudged the loss in bitter ache.
But By the strange economy
OF wandering cloud. inrisible sea.
Its br.nlS greU Wider; noW there foto
Seven rirerS from its heart, and stu
Its borders broaden. foam and spill.
But hop or Uhy it does not knoU.
Geoffrey Johnson
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Titoism and the Czechs

One of YugoSlavia'S Semiofficial magazines
has just published interesting article declaring
that President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia is in
the process of a Titost rebellion against the
Kremlin. Such an idea may seem farfetched
at the moment, but it is not altogether beyond
the realm of possibility. lot of strange and
puzzling things have been happening over there,
and some of them almost certainly have created
strains between Prague and Moscow
The Yugoslav article-whch presumably has
received Marshal Tito's blessing-makes the
point that Gottwald has always been a Com
munist animated by the idea that his country
should be independent and not completely
subservient to Moscow. Moreover, as indicated
by the fact that his regime responded favorably
at first to the American invitation to participate
in the Marshall Plan-an invitation subsequently
turned down as result of Soviet preSSure-he
has never been an ardent advocate of MAIN
tanning the Iron Curtain between the CzechS and
the West. Hence, according to the article, the
men Of the Kremlin have long been anxious to
unseat him, but they have had to try to do so
surreptitiously-and thus far unsuccessfully-
because of his wel-entrenched position.
This unseating effort-again according to the
article-began as far back as 1948, when Gott-
wald was less than wildly enthusiastic about the
Cominforms action against Tito and Yugoslavia.
An intra-party conspiracy, it seems, was then set
in motion against him under the leadership OF
Rudolph Slansky, the Czech Vice Premier. But
by the fall of last year Gottwald struck back.
When SlanSky was arrested at that time, he was
arrested not because the Kremlin had ordered
1t (as some observers surmised but because
Gottwald decided that the man had to be put
under lock and key as an all-out Soviet agent
intent upon destroying the last vestiges of
Czechoslovakia's independence. Ever since, step
by step, Gottwald has been cleaning house-a
process involving, among other things, the expul-
sion of no fewer than 5000 Slanskytes or pro-
Moscow Communists.
All this constitutes only a sketchy outline
of the Yugoslav article, as reported from Bel
grade. But it is suggestive enough to indicate
that Titoism among the Czechs may even now
be prime headache for the Kremlin. OF course
n long as we are confronted with such facts as
Evening star., 1952-05-02
PIeo for Housing Association

AS president of the National Council
OF Negro Women, former member of
the Community Chest Board, and prac-
ticing physician in the District, I am
shocked at the irresponsible action of
the United Community Service trustees
in withdrawing Chest support from the
Washington Housing Association.
It is absurd to cripple any Of the in
adequate housing services in this city
the slums Of which disgrace our Nation
in the eyes of the world. would suggest
that those who abhor these services
should marshal the force they have dem
onstrated in accomplishment of an anti
social coup for the building Of decent,
safe, and sanitary housing. would sug-
eest that they divert the energies
exerted in the destruction Of public
housing to the construction of dwellings
to meet pressing housing demand Of
middle-income families. I would suggest
that they see to it that every family
in the District that can afford private
enterprise housing has an opportunity to
secure it. Then it will be time enough to
reappraise the services Of the one So
cial agency in Washington devoted to
the field of housing.
would like personally to escort each
trustee of the United Community Service
through some of the novels visit as I
seek to arrest the rampage Of slum-bred
disease. I would like to have them see
with their own eyes the kind OF housing
at exorbitant priceS-occupied by
Woodworking decent people who would.
if it were only possible. buy standard
shelter. would like for them to know
by experience and observation the pres
ent operations Of those who would re-
tain for their exclusive province the
housing market of low-income families
whose needs they cannot possibly serve.
Let me say that trustees of the Chest
who have not seen these conditions
should disqualify themselves from vot-
ing on this subject. Human lives are at
stake in decisions of this kind. Those to
whom other considerations are more i'm
portant should abandon the guise OF
public service.
It is almost inconceivable in these
enlightened days that the business and
real estate interests of our Nations
CAPITAL would permit themselves to be
represented in Pearl Harbor" sneak
attack upon any of the Chest agencies.
In observing this spectacle. personally
feel the revulsion Of having been thrust
Evening star., 1952-05-02

the continued Imprisonment Of William oatis
the American correspondent, there will be more
than little reason to be very doubtful Of the
idea STILL the bright possibility exists and If it
ever materializes, if Gottwald's Czechoslovakia
delivers itself from Soviet bondage, the effect on
Europe will be tremendous.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact BY either writing The
ssinenn S nd 1.asDs a1o tee. see.
return postage or By telephoning ST 1893.
Evening star., 1952-05-02
Before Unions

OSbOtS VuOUS
The following notice is said to have
appeared in 1861 on the bulletin board
Of a large Philadelphia department
store:
Store must be opened at 6 am. and
remain open until pm. the year round.
The store must be swept, counters. base
shelves and showcases busted, lamps
trimmed, filled and chimneyS cleaned,
pens made doors and windows opened;
pail Of water and scuttle of coal
must be brought in before breakfast,
if there is time to do so, and attend to
customers who CALL
= "Store must not be open on the Sab
bath day unless absolutely necessary,
and then only for few minutes. Any
employe who is in the habit of smoking
Spanish cigars, getting shaved at the
barber shop, going to dances and other
places Of amusement, will most surely
give his employer reason to be suspi-
ciouS Of his integrity and all-round
honesty.
Each employe must not pay less than
S. per year to the church. and must
attend Sunday school every Sunday.
Men employees are given an evening
"CCh 4OA NOOA tAAA6 PAA POoCoy dAAu t"O ~
they 60 to prayer meeting regularly.
After "A hours of work in the store
their leisure time must be spent in
reading good literature"
The notice doesn't say so, but in
those days the average life span of
many classes of workers was around 80
years. Now that workers have more
time for leisure the average has risen
to above 65 years. And since men en-
ployes now have more than one evening
a week for counting. the population of
the country has increased tenfold
The buying power Of skilled (union-
ized craftsmen is the foundation of
our national prosperity. Those radicals
who seek to destroy that purchasing
power would, If successful, destroy the
business which pays them rich dividends.
C. E. b.