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Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
Letter. By Robert Nelson Tavlor

Erie Railroad, and Robert S. Hen
ry' vice president of the Associa-
ton of American Railroads. En-
phatic approval was also register
ed by John l.. Rogers. chairman
OF the ICC, who sat at the speak
ers' table.
interviewed after the luncheon.
the railroad officials agreed with
Mr.. Whites statement that the ICC
is the best administered Commits
sion in the federal government and
that lit is our wish that this we'll
deserved reputation be preserved. E"
Mr.. Whites speech is a timely
reminder, in these days of spread
ing Investigations into the mis-
deeds of federal officials and Law
ish handouts to our friends abroad,
that our Government does include
effective, hard-working bureaus
that are manned by conscientious,
sclflesS public servants. And Ger
tainly the ICC deserves front rank
when the aCCOlade comes from the
heads of railroads they regulate.
Mr.. White and his Conferees would
seem to have scotched any pre-
vailing notion of friction between
the Commission and the roads.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
Federal Reserve Bank Of PhiladeI-
Phfa Reports On Current Trends

indicators of business activity in
the Third Federal Reserve District
showed mixed changes during De-
cember.
Department store sales, on a sea-
sonally adjusted basis, fell during
the month and were below those of
a year earlier. Preliminary figures
indicate that January's volume will
De considerably beneath that of last
year when a buying wave, precipi-
lated by the entry of the Chinese
heds into the Korean war. was
sun much in evidence.
Construction contract awards
showed sharp gain for the month.
the first since July, but failed to
equal the level of year ago. The
increase was mainly in the public
WORKS and utilities category but
hOn-residential building also shar-
eu IN the advance. The value of
construction awards for the wear
topped that of 1850 by Z per cent
uue IN large part to the boom in
the industrial field.
In Pennsylvania manufacturine
plants. the principal areas Of
strength continued to be found in
the hard goods group. Total prO-
duction and employment were nm
DER year-earlier levels as increas-
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22

eo activity in defense and support-
ing industries failed to take nm the
slack resulting from curtailments
made by soft goods firms.
Business loans of reporting mem-
per banks in the Third Federal
District declined considerably in
Ihe four weeks ending January 23
hepayments, chiefly by sales A.
nance companies and public utili-
Ties, were only partly offset bv fnr-
ther borrowing by metals and metal
products manufacturers. Business
loans also declined at weekly re-
porting banks in the United States
The Nations private money sun
ply increased by about SO billion in
december as bank loans and in
Yestments rose substantially. From
June 80, 1851 to the end of Deeem-
per, deposits and currency held nv
business and individuals increased
by about $11 billion, compared with
81 billion in the same six months
IN 1850. The large increase in the
second half of 1851 reflected an i'm
crease in Government securitv
holdings, an inflow of gold and an
increase in loans. In the latter
part of 1850, a larger loan expan-
sion was partly offset by a reduc-
tion in Government securities and
an outflow of gold.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
Make Changes In Requirements
For Ayiation Cadet PROGRAM

The Department of Air Force has
recently made several changes in
the Aviation Cadet program, Mas
ter Sergeant Carl Killmon, local
Army and Air Force Recruiting
Sergeant, announced today. The
most notable cnange being reduc-
ing the enlistment period from four
to two years for prospective appIi-
cants, who have had two or more
years of college. This period of
service which these applicants
must serve, should they fail to
graduate from either the pilot or
aircraft observer course, is COM
parable to that required by the Sc
lective Service System, Sergeant
KillmOn said.
These programs have been given
a high priority in order to fill avi-
alton cadet class quotas for late
spring and insure a steady supply
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22

OF trained pilots and aircraft OH
servers in the expanding Air Fore.
only male civilians who possess n
letter or telegram of selection for
a specific class or a letter or tele-
gram advising them of their uuali-
hcatlon for aviation cadet training
are eligible to enlist for the new
minimum of two years.
The basic phase of pilot training
IS conducted at Goodfellow AWB,
san Angelo, Texas, and the air.
craft observer is located at Elling-
ton AFB, Houston, Texas. The ad-
vanced courses are given at var
ious locations.
Sergeant Killmon stated that full
information concerning the above
program could be obtained from
the local U. S. Army and U. s. Air
Force Recruiting Station, located
at lO9h Loockerman street. Dover
Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
"UNDER no CIRCUMSTANCES
Will | ASK FOR RELIEF"

1T looks as though Eisenhower
is not going to get the nomination
he wants, and does not want the
nomination he can get" said Sen
atOr Paul Douglas, Dem) of Ill
nOis in a New York speech the
other day.
Another solOn, Senator Frank
Carlson, Repl of Kansas. who is
described as executive director of
the Eisenhower-fOr- President cam
paign," told the press that he had
every reason 10 believe" that the
General would return to the U. S.
before the convention meets in
July.
Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Portugal,
leaders of the NATO nations were
planning to place still heavier re-
spOnsibilities on the shoulders of
the Allied Commander. In fact it
now seems reasonably certain that
he is to add logistics and training
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22

cream-skimming of profits by Small Business has
been done in the war-work feld,--an area supposed
to be hOgged by Big Business. Realistic and authen-
tic figures thus disclose that most smaller concerns
getting along WELL not alone in civilian produc-
tion and trade but also in the "arduous arena of
armament-making"
ONE-MAN WAR.SHOP
1t recently reported that a large prime
contractor arranged to buy and install costly ma
chine-tOO equipment in a factory hardly more than
a oneman enterprise. Of course, the proprietor of
this little shop was highly skilled expert He put
in long hours of overtime in personal operation of
the machines. Every piece turned out had to pass
severest nspection,-and delivery schedules had to
be met without fail This incident significantly shows
how success is being won by businessmen who rate
small in number-O Of-empoyees and dollar assets, but
rate big in talent, tenacity. and personal industry
Demonstrations like that-lOok around for yourself
and find many Others-prove better than mere cold
figures and logical theories that the roots of
nOmic success go far deeper than dollar capital.
True: You cannot run business without Capt.
tai. False: Capital is measured only in terms of
cash in the till bank balances, and securities Given
intelligence, initiative. and continuous personal ap-
plicaton, any man or woman capitalize" skill,
patience, diplomacy good taste, or other intangible
but valuable Thousands of potential win
ners have quit dsmay-or failed even to start
because obsessed by the Dollar Deluson. They think
only of going to their Bank instead of their Church.
for the needed Capital Abraham Lincoln, l be-
lieve, was the keen observer who noted that God
must have loved the common people. because He
made so many of them" In all reverence may we
conclude that the prepondeTance of smaller con-
Germs is testimony to their enduring Importance and
perpetuity
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
LOVE FEAST


Both the opponents of Washing
ton bureaucracy and the more yo-
ciferOus proponents of free en-
terprise" got something of a shock
last week when a prominent rail
road spokesman openly called on
Congress to provide more funds
for the Interstate Commerce COM
mission.
The suggestion came without
advance fanfare from William
White, president of the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western Railroad.
in a speech before a luncheon of
the Reserve Officers Association.
at which this group awarded the
American railroads a citation for
their performance as a weapon"
in the defense pattern.
Mr.. White, who presumably was
speaking for the entire Eastern
Railroad Presidents Conference
told the Reserve Officers that the
railroads badly needed higher rev.
enues TO maintain and enlarge their
'NA WV anu illl OuO Stl lOuSly at Il
type of political thinking" which
has insisted that the railroads be
regulated as though they were still
a transportation monopoly. Such
OutmOded concepts, he said, are
largely responsible for the fnan-
cial weakness of the railroads to-
day
This weakness is accentuated,"
he went on. when the same type
of political thinking hamstrings
the regulatory authorities set up
by Congress. so that for the lack
Of infnitesimal sums of money in
relation to our overall government
al expenditures the Interstate Com
merCe Commission has neither the
staff nor the expert assistance to
keep abreast of the needs of the
transportation industry it regu-
lates."
Additional emphasis was lent to
Mr.. Whites statements by the ap-
prOval of such prominent railroad
figures as Walter S. Franklin, pres
ident of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road; Ernest G. Norris, chairman,
and Henry A. DeButts, president
of the Southern Railway System;
p. w. Johnston, president of the
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
Hard Water Called
Menace To Health

Hard water may be a threat to
your familys health.
This was stated this week by Da-
vid A. Clements, Jr., manager of
the Culligan Soft Water Service Co.
of Milford, Del, who was quoting
from a paper read by DR.. X. X.
Jones of Northwestern University,
at a national meeting of Culligan
Soft Water Service dealers in
Chicago.
Research has shown that hard
water curd can harbOr dangerous
bacteria, he declared. The curd is
formed when hard water and soap
are mixed, and hard water curd
coats everything it contacts.
Hard water curd is soluble in
fatty secretiOns of the skin and can
enter the pores, carrying infectious
bacteria which can grow to pro-
duce pimples and boils. Quoting
from the report. the local Culligan
dealer says that clothes washed i'm
hard water also contain the curd
which can pick up and protect
harmful bacteria. Infections from
curd-ladcn fabrics which rub the
skin are always a pOtentian danger.
Finally, film of hard water curd
on dishes, glassware, and utensils
can keep bacteria alive. These
bacteria may spread communicable
diseases.
Mr.. Clements reports that use of
completely soft water prevents the
formation of soap curd. In addition
to aiding in the protection of the
family's health, soft water can save
the average family over $4,000 a
year. Savings result from reduced
soap use, longer fabric wear, low
er water heating bills, and many
other economies.
These facts about soft water
have been presented to the readers
of the Journal of the American
Medical Association.
Mr.. Clements, local franchised
Culligan Soft Water Service deal
er, represents an international
system which provides completely
soft water for families in over g.
600 American and Canadian COM
munltleS. There are over 100000
soft water service installations in
the two countries.
Because S5 percent of the United
States and Canada has hard water,
the need for soft water service is
great, according to Mr.. Clements.
Soft water service is the modern
solution the hard water problems
because it eliminates big initial
expense for equipment and the
work of sOfterner maintenance.
Modern Zeolite sOfteners re-
quire periodic regeneration to
maintain maximum softening ca
pacity," explains the local Culli-
gan man. when the regeneration
is done by the water treatment ex-
pert all home work for the house
holder is removed"
TIE regular exchange of soften
er tanks is soft water service. The
exchange takes less than a minute
and there is no interruption in the
flow of completely soft water.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
WASHINGTON KNEW,

George Washington saw our national
credit sink to the vanishing point under the
Continental Congress, and saw it restored
under the American Constitution.
Washington endured bitter days during
the Revolution, when an Army officers pay
for month would not buy pair of boots.
He remembered how creditors hid to es-
cape payment of debts on paper money, and
how Philadelphia joker plastered his dog
with "COntinentals' and led the animal
through the streets in a mOcking process
sion.
When Washington wrote his Farewell
Address, he also had seen the value of our
currency restored by the wise measures
Alexander Hamilton adopted as our first
Secretary of Treasury.
SO Washington knew what he was talk
ing about when he wrote in that Farewell
Address: "As a very important source of
strength and security, cherish public credit.
One method of preserving it is to use it as
sparingly as possible"
Wouldn't it be fine if our Administra-
ton tlon would adopt that policy instead of pro-
posing $85,OOO,OOO,OOO budgets and S14,-
4OO,O00,O00 deficits?
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22

OF the commission, points out that
the peak needs resulted from over
tapping of the harvesting and pro-
cessing of lima beans, snap beans,
sweet corn and tomatoes, and the
picking, packing and shipping of
potatoes, apples and peaches.
Fifty-twO per cent of the labor
was obtained from local sources
while 48 per cent was made up OF
migratory and Puerto Rican work
ers.
Delaware farmers brought in
creased acreage into use and had
heavier production in 1851 than in
former years, but the demand for
labor did not increase proportion
ately because there was greater use
of farm machinery for harvesting
and processing crops.
The commission reported that it
took an important step last year to
assure the state of supply of
migratory workers by sending a
representative of its farm place
ment service to Florida to interview
crew leaders and to secure def
mite commitments for the use of
crews during the 1851 season.
The interview with the various
crew leaders furnished valuable in
formation as to their desires and
demands, thus making possible bet
ter placing. Also many crew lead
ers, who had never worked in Del
aware, inquired about crops and
working conditions, and as a re-
suit, some new crews were OBJ
tanned" the report said.
Delaware farmers and process
Ors employed a total of 425 Puerto
Ricans during the 1851 season. This
was a sharp increase from the 130
employed here in 1850. About 65
per cent of them came directly
from the islands. THE majority of
the employers were satisfied and
have indicated their desire of in
creasing their orders for the COM
ing year." the report states.
1t also points out that much
progress was made i'm housing for
migrant workers" during the year.
Realizing that better living CON
ditiOns attracted more efficient
workers, practically all employers
of migrant workers in the state
their housing quar-
ters."
The commission also declared:
I'VE know of no cases where any
crops were lost due to the lack of
labor and no undue hardships suf-
fered from any surpluses."
Elmer H. Smith is supervisor of
the farm placement service.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
BABSON Cheers "Small Business"

Babson Park, Fla. Feb. 22-"Good morning. Mr.
BabsOn,-Tvc saved for you the newspapers you
usually order. And. will you please tell your wife
that the breakfast food she mentioned has come in-
in case she still is interested" AS long - you and
together with some tens-of- thousands of other
folks) want that personal neighbory friendly serv-
ice, we must remain incuraby optimistic on the
future of small business in America
WHAT Is "SMALLNESS"!
Let us remember that vast size is no omen
of huge Who was that spindle-shanked
champion pugilist of bygone era who voiced the
deathless dctum: THE bigger they come, the hard
er they fall? Bob FitzsimmOns, if recollect Alright
Other philosophers of equal eminence are wont TO
remind us that bones of extinct and childess masto-
dOns now adorn museums. Tiny insects however
and microscopic microbes did right well down
through the ages and their myriad descendants
today still on the job and someday may EXTERN
mate Man himself
Moreover, the Scripur>, have given us the i'm
pressve inspired account of David, the Small: and
his decision Goliath, the Big. Here is no mere
pretty parable or fable of false cheer-but eternal
verify! On this Divine pledge Uhis sponsorship Of
the individually, the smallest businessman can lean
with everlasting faith, daily uplift, and practical
guidance.
FIGURES FORECAST BETTERMENT
Currently compiled statistics show that the
little fellows" have been more prosperous: while
the big boys have been taking the beating In
1850 corporation profits (aftcr axes) totaed nearly
$2S billions. Almost completed figures show that
corporation profits for total 1851 sagged about 2oc5
below 1850; while the small unincorporated businoss
held its own much better.
Another prediction energies from perusal of
recent business records: Namely, much of the
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
Ten Years Ago

Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Short
have moved from Milton to
Seaford. where they are en-
ployed in the NylOn Plant.
Aot
Private Howard GravenOr,
of Delmar, has graduated from
the Radio Engineering School
at Scott Field, Ill.
AoA
c. w. Johnson represented
Magnolia at the annual ban
quet of the Dover Chamber of
Commerce on Thursday eve
ming at the Richardson Hotel.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
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WHAT FOREIGN POLLCY2

Mr.. Truman told cOnclave of Democrat
women in Washington that if Republicans
make foreign policy an issue in the cam
palgn, ut will be the best issue the Demo
crat Party has"
The Presidents conception of FOREIGN
policy is very much like his idea Ct "cIesn
government If all his people are honor
able people, then his foreign policy is at least
as good as the peculatiOnS in the Depart
ment OF Internal Revenue and the RFC.
-, Perhaps the Administration looks upon
the Korean conflict, with 100000 American
casualties and 5000 Americans murdered as
a triumph IN foreign policy, but it will be
hard to convince the American people that
this is true
The efforts of the Administration to es-
tabllsh the regime of Soviet Communism in
China may look good to Mr.. Truman and
Company, but the results of this terrible in
trgue are not lost upon the people who pav
1Or such mistakes in blood and billions.
The Administration under Mr.. Roose-
welt surrendered the nations of East EurOpe
to Josef Stain. The Administration under
Mr.. Truman waited "fOr the dust to settle"
as free China fell to the SOviets. The mag
to this:
Under the Truman Administration more
tlah oOO,OOO,OOO freedOm-lOving people and
u CIIlOuSahoS OF miles OF territory passed under
COMMUNIST domination. Then at the cost of
lhlS Natlon's wealth and manpower, the Ad-
IillnISLfatiOn took steps to contain" Com
nunlsm so that it might not spread.
II this is foreign policy, Mr.. Truman is
welcome to have it as an issue.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
BACKWARD OR FORWARD?

One OF the most effective imitation dam
pehefs is greater production. 1t is an axiom
that when any article is in short ~sllDplv thn
price tends to rise, while when it is abund-
anu tne price tends to decline. That is the
classic working of a Supply-and-demand COM
petltlve economic system. 1t is equally axiO-
matlc that anything which aids the cause
OF greater production must benefit the con-
sumer and that anything which retards it
harms his interest Unfortunately. 2 GOOD
many OF us, including men on the policv-
making level of the government. seem fo
nave forgotten this simple fact. The much
oiScuSsed and much-misunderstood meat sit
uatlon IS good case in point. Last wear.
per capiCa meat consumption was below the
levels OF both 1949 and 1850. This was verv
largely the result of government restrictions
ana regulations which seriously interfered
with, the normal operation of the great and
complex meat industry. At the present time.
tne meat outlook is favorable. This vear's
supplies promise to be substantially greater
than in 1851 when the government controls
so discouraged cattle marketings that live
cattle numbers were built up by about 6.OOO.-
UOO mead and very substantial volume of
cattle was put into feed lots to be fattened
10 higher grades. However, an ORDERLY and
cOIlClnued increase In meat production will
not and cannot be attained unless producers
see a chance to make fair profit in return
Tor the work they do and the risks thev take
Ihat goes both for the farmer with a few
head of livestock and for the big rancher
with thousands. In other words. unwise and
lnequltable controls could swiftly change a
favorable outlook into an unfavorabIe one
when any enterprise is politically ham
strung, 1t goes backward, not ahead and the
consumer is the principal sufferer.
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COppEp AMI DID ATAY Cv1On1.
A damning indictment against the Tru-
LIidH H administration has been handed to
Congress by Senator Homer Ferguson of
Michigan '''" VI
The indictment charges that Secretary
OF state AcheSOn, by ignoring Congress- and
III Cre oN WeHare OF American labor, will force
oo'OUO automobile workers out of work in
april May and June Of this year. These
workers will lose $50 million in wages onJ
we must rghtfully pay these workers 500
miiilOn IN unemployment compensation.
senator ferguson charged that AchesOn
-"ltnout the consent Of Congress-set up
an q international materials conference with
britain and France last January tO diviJo
up the worlds copper and other materials
BY denying the United States 3, 600 TONS
OF copper, the conference thereby denies .
means OF livelihood to $4,000 automobile
workers, the Senator said. He added that
automobile manufacturers could buv tho
copper required to keep the men WORKING
for $3,OOO,O0O. But this is not permitted
despite the fact that the Administration is
giving foreign countries through the for
elgn aid program up to SO cents a pound
to buy copper from countries outside the
United States. American copper producers
may not charge more than 24.5 cents. the
Senator said. ''-'
1t must be remembered that this nation
is spending and lending millions of dollars
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22

Leftover juice from canned
peaches or apricots may be mixed
with orange juice and served as a
first course for luncheon or dinner.
Leftover juice from canned rasp-
berries teams well with pineapple
ir'ca
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
1000 Workers We're Employed
On State Farms For Haryests

1000 workers needed process
crops during the
September it week in the Farm labor SINNER
Tor 1851 issued by the Delaware Unemployment COMPENSATION Com
mission compensation O0nl-
The by Ser director
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-22
A JOB FOR THE STATES

Back In March, 1919, President Truman
addressed the National Conference on In
dustrlal Safety. In his talk, the President
SAID, Insofar as government action is con-
cerned, the state governments have the prin-
clpal responsibility for helping to make
work places safe The role of the Federal
Government, as | see it, is primarily to
stimulate cooperation for safety and to en-
courage the use of the best methods and
standards" Mr.. Truman's position was q
sound one then and it is a sound one TODAY
1t highlights the fallaciOus thinking of those
who want the central government to he ro-
SponslbIe for practically everything.