The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-01-17

times before, It's pity tnat When
organizations bring outstanding
speakers here to address them, they
are not heard by a larger audience
and the address of General Devers
at the Sixth Annual Dinner Meeting
of the Manufacturers Bureau on
Tuesday night was no exception.
An audience of some two hundred
heard the General, who has recent
ly returned from Asia where he
served as chief military advisor to
the United Nation Mission appointed
by the Security Council to try to
conclude a settlement of the long
feud between India and Pakistan ov-
er the State of Kashmir But the
pity of it was, that two thousand,
or more could not have heard him.
What impressed me most, during
his address, was the fact that l was
listening, not to politician, not to
an office seeker, not to someone with
an axe to grind, but to a command
ing general of the United States
Army, with a brilliant record behind
him that gave him authority to
speak.
General Devers' word picture Of
the situation in Asia today, as he
saw it with his own eyes, while it
was not a very happy one, graphi-
cally described the almost insur-
mountable barriers facing the lead
ers of the Asiatic countries in their
efforts to bring a better way of life
to the millions of people of those
countries who are, today, living in
abject poverty. And the General
said that it will take years to really
improve the economy of those coun-
tries.
An illustration of their plight was
given by the speaker in discussing
the furore in Congress recently over
sending wheat to India.
Illustrating his point that handing
out charity would never solve the
problem, since that charity would
have to continue on and on, he stated
that there were millions of people
in India who couldn't afford to pay
even cent a bushel for that wheat
But when the speaker got round
to talking about Russia, he had
very definite plan to offer his au-
dience.
General Devers, in plain, blunt
language, told his listeners that he
did not believe that Russia would
start another war this year, or next
year, and then in ringing tones, he
added this;
'The time has come to get tough
with Russia, and if that happens,
make no mistake about it, Russia
will back down."
My congratulations to Evan Cross
ley, Judge of the Juvenile Court, on
his sincere effort to prevent juvenile
crime, rather than Furnishing the
children after crime has been COM
mitted.
In prosecution of this effort, Judge
Crossley addressed a letter to the
Chief of Police on the subject, which
you will find elsewhere on this page,
and 1 earnestly urge you to take
time to carefully read it.
AS most of you know, my one
hobby is working with youngsters
and as president of the Hagers-
town Boys Club, am fully aware of
the problems that face Judge Cross
ley in Juvenile Court.
We, of the Boys Club, do our best
to keep youngsters off the streets
during the hours that the club is
open and we also are constantly
urging them to head straight for
home after the club closes at 900
o'clock. Unfortunately, however, we
have no jurisdiction over these
young people once they leave the
club rooms and 1 know from exper-
fence that many of them do hang
around long after the club is closed.
AS newspaperman I have to at
tend numerous night meetings and as
I am homeward bound after they
are over 1 frequently see, not only
kids from the Boys Club, but also
older youngsters, hanging around in
groups Gotten boys and girls to-
gether) and oftentimes their Ian
guage is pretty bad.
There may be some that feel that
the request of Judge Crossley that the
police take action to break up this
practice is going too far, but granting
that they might be right regarding
the hour suggested by Judge Cross
ley, 1000 o'clock, if the action of the
police, as suggested in the Judges
letter, will make not only the chill
dren, but also their parents, fully