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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-05-14

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Evening star., 1953-07-19

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Evening star., 1953-11-26

the Federal budget could be cut as
much as $40 billion in the next few
years and in his state-of the Union
message to Congress on February 2
of this year said, THE first order of
business is the elimination of the an
nual deficit" This follows a familiar
pattern. The late Franklin D. Roose-
welt, in each year from 1888 to 1887,
promised balanced budget. Although,
as he said, TOO often in recent history
liberal governments have been wrecked
on the rocks of loose fiscal policy"
finally, on July 8, 1888, he actually
lauded the New Deal budget wreckers
when he said, "It has taken courage
for the Federal Government to go into
the red :. but it has been worth it,"
Of course, his successor exhibited the
same brand of courage. Harry S. Tru-
man promised a balanced budget for
1949 with a surplus of $4.8 billion.
The deficit was over $18 billion. In
recommending new tax legislation on
January 10, 1949, he said, "A Govern
ment surplus at this time is vitality
important" The deficit for 1850 was
over $3122 billion.
So it looks very much like (notwith-
standing the change of administrator
the merry little game of unbalancing
the budget will be no nearer an end in
1855 than it was in 1884.
Old ReactiOnary.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Judoino the POWs Who Broke

Let me hasten to add my voice to
DR.. Mattingly's and Mrs. Palmer'S
protest against any punishment for
American POWs who broke under Com
muniSt pressure.
To permit these men to be punished
would be a monstrous crime, more in
keeping with Nazi and Communist
methods than with American tradi-
tions. The high Pentagon official"
who voiced such sentiments should be
shorn of any policy-making power over
the lives of American boys.
Senator Russell increased my indig-
nation by saying these unfortunate
men should be dishonorably discharged;
that soldiers should be made of sterner
stuff! Then Secretary of Defense Will
son chimed in with more of the same.
Only those who have stood in these
mems shoes should judge them: Gen.
Dean, "Pappy" Noel, Robert Vogeler.
and William Oats. The rest of us
including Senators and "high officials
of the Pentagon" Judge not,
that we be not judged"
Pauline d. Taylor.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
By Charles E. TroceWeN
Old ReactiOnary.

to folly, or something, in the mouse
world.
Jones did not rejoice.
He buried the mouse in the yard, and
put his traps away for the season.
The rodent family, he mused, is one
of the largest and most successful in
all the ranks of mammals. Its members
are able to find food under the least
likely set of conditions, and to survive
despite inroads made upon them by
man. germs and the weather.
The house mouse is capable, intelli-
gent, handsome, viewed with some at
tempt at fairness. It is very clean, under
the circumstances, and asks only to
be let alone.
Many of the mice caught indoors at
this time of year are field mice which
have taken it upon themselves to come
indoors. Here is one of the handsomest
and cleaneSt of all animals. Some peo-
pie say the field mouse never comes
indoors, but that is a mistake; the fell
low that brought the poke berries into
Templeton Jones' house was field
mouse. and very fine fat one. at that.
1t is said that field mice can take
the color of their environment almost
as we'll as chameleons do, almost turn
ing white in snowy areas.
The ordinary house mouse keeps his
gray coat, flecked with tan. and need
not be feared if heard. After all, he is
just hunting for something to eat. and
every living thing can understand that.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

Templeton Jones, mouse catcher ex-
traordinary, viewed his three set traps
with pride.
He had pushed neat slab of fresh
cheese into each of the receptacleS, and
then set the springs.
No mouse, ne thought, would ever
get away with that cheese.
Not a mouse would escape with his
life.
Did you push the cheese down firm
ly?" he was asked.
Did -" asked Jones. "It is in so
tight that no mouse will ever get it
out without suffering"
With these bloodthirsty words, Temp
Jones came down from the attic. called
mouse heaven at that address.
Every fall the mice came in.
One year. they got inside the cup
board where the blankets are kept.
Jones found that they had carried
fresh poke berries up the walls into the
cupboard, and had deposited the berries
squarely in the middle of one blanket,
folded.
The payoff was that not one of
the berries had been crushed. or had
stained the blanket in any way.
Capable creatures, mice.
The next day. Templeton Jones visit
ed his three traps.
He discovered all the cheese gone.
Not trap had been sprung.
The clever creatures had managed
Evening star., 1953-11-26
This and That

to get the cheese off without even in
juring their whiskers.
Jones could not help but admire the
deed.
He is able to applaud ability wherever
he finds it. Not all humans can do
this Their own wants and likes and
their diSlikes, especially, get in the
way.
Jones can be fair, even to mice.
"You had better put in some more
cheese" he was told.
He had other things to do, he said.
Then ne would not catch his mouse,
that supreme champion of rodent food
research.
"Oh, I don't know" replied Temple
ton Jones, indifferently, and went about
his business.
The next day, he decided to bait
the traps again.
Armed with an enormous hunk OF
cheese, large enough for at least
hundred traps, he mounted the attic
steps.
Suddenly loud yell resounded from
above.
Poor Templeton jones' Had he
caught himself in his own mousctrap?
Not bit of it.
A famous master mouse had caught
itself in one Of the baitless traps!
After succeeding so well. he had re-
turned once too often to the scene
of his former triumphs. and somehow
had managed to spring the thing.
There he lay, crushed, monument
Evening star., 1953-11-26
The Unpopular Sales Tax

House Speaker Martin undoubtedly was
being politically realistic when he predicted
to press conference that a national sales
tax could not be pushed through the present
Congress.
Quite apart from its willingness to impose
special excise taxes, most often under the label
of luxury taxes" Congress traditionally has
been reluctant to enact an across -the-board
sales tax-even with exemptions for such ne
cessities as food and medicines. The possibility
that such levy might be sponsored by the
present administration arose several months
ago when Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey
said that all forms of taxation were under
study and that national sales tax was among
them He did not, however, say or even imply
that the administration had made any decision
to support such tax, and there have been
further signs in recent weeks that it does not
figure high in either departmental or congress
sional thinking
OF the two major parties, the Democrats
historically have been most outSpoken in their
opposition to such levy and it has been clearly
indicated that they would present nearly solid
front against any such legislative proposal
during the coming session. With congress
sional election coming up next fall, the politi-
cally unpopular sales tax is almost certainly
doomed
AS have other administration spokesmen,
Mr. Martin referred again to the commitment
to let the excess profits tax expire and to allow
the scheduled reduction in individual income
tax rates These two items of tax relief. plus
continuance of Government spending at the
present rate, provide the basis for an estimated
$9-bilion budget deficit for the 1855 fiscal year.
The administration is seeking ways to cut back
on the spending and it must seek others to step
up the tax revenues Secretary Humphrey has
called the double-edged dilemma "our most ur-
gent problem" If there is an easy or politically
popular solution 1t has not yet been revealed.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Thanksgiving Song

Earth has means to laud the Lord
Earth has tUays to praise its God,
More wonderful than words afford.
1t lifts thank-oferings from the sod.
out of the blossom and the bud,
From grain OF soil and drop of rain,
1t raises up q mighty flood
To honor Him, in fruit and grain.
1t pourS TIE DeumS from the hills,
Spreads out its grace Dhere ripers
meet,
IN fockS and herds and heaUenS spills
It's pGenS at its Masters feet.
o happy earth, that knoWS no rant
OF anthem. psalm, or roundelay
But is an eDer-rinoino font
Expressing all tDe cannot sdyl
Helen Harrington
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Seeking Peace in Middle East

I The Security Council has taken prompt and
Aim action in adopting its resolution of strong
eSe cenSure" for the Israeli attack upon the
J@fdanian village of Kibya, in which SO civilian
AkAb inhabitants were killed Furthermore the
$500 vote-with only Soviet Russia and the
lebanon Observation-Disclosures clearly that the
C4uncil has accepted the finding of the U. N.
Truce Supervision Organization that the attack
was formalized military assault rather than
merely an acroSs-the- border raid under ire
6ponsible leadership.
h 1t was, in fact, this character of the action
That left Israel open to condemnation and made
ede offenSe a much more grave one than others
IA the series of violent border incidents of which
both parties have been guilty. Obviously, no
RESOLUTION can restore the lives that have been
lost or compensate for the property destroyed.
The Council however has passed a moral judg-
1nent on the case and its considered action in
this matter should be accepted as a clear warn
ing against further deliberate violations by
either side of the uneasy Arab-Israel truce.
E Actually, the resolution itself goes beyond
the cenSure of Israel and recalls to both the
Israeli and Jordanian governments their obli-
cations "to prevent all acts of violence on either
side of the demarcation line" and asks them to
Cooperate fully with the u N Truce Superv
don Organization. 1t called for a report within
nike, chief of staff of the Truce organization
ON the manner of compliance.
r Having gone this far, the Council wisely
3dded to the original draft of the British
EFench-American resolution the phrase that
General Bennike's report should take into
account "any agreement reached in pursuance
of the request by the government of Israel"
f6r direct talks between the two countries under
terms of their armiStice agreement
@ At this point, the Jordan government has
not made an official reply to this suggestion but
there are substantial reasons why it should not
adopt an intranSigent attitude. Indefinite con-
tinuance of an armistice is not peace, as has
been sadly proved in the Arab-ISraeli situation.
Indeed, in many respects the outlook for peace
tSsleSs clear in the Middle East today than it
was when the recognized fighting of the Pal
eStine war ceased 1t is not enough to argue
ajout or to place the blame for what has been
happening during the past five years. The need
today is for genuine peace, during which the
destiny of part of the world that is rich in
culture and resources may find it's true and con-
Stfuctive course.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

itude for men who have the courage
of their convictions and no need to
hide behind their constitutional
rights" The public would feel easier
if it had public assurance from Pres
ident Eisenhower that he, too, is willing
to stand and be counted. We still
like Ike" and feel sure that when he
realizes how badly the public has been
shaken by these exposures of Commu
mist infiltration into Government. he
will take firm stand. We need it.
Hopeful Republican.
At his press conference on Novem-
ber 18, President Eisenhower was asked
to comment on former President
Truman'S charge that the Eisenhower
administration has now embraced INC
CarthyiSm." The President is said to
have replied that "McCarthyism" is a
term he does not particularly under
stand.
Without neglecting the other i'm
portant responsibilities and obligations
of his office, Mr.. Eisenhower owes it to
himself to set about gaining a very clear
and thorough understanding of the
term, "McCarthyiSm. That the Presi-
dent should Immediately fortify himself
with improved understanding of this
term seems extremely important to me,
because, unless l miss my guess, it's
creators intend to endue the term, NC
CarthyiSm," with the connotations even
more evil than those associated with
the term, Communism, and use it as
a weapon against Mr.. Eisenhower and
his administration.
To understand the meaning of INC
CarthyiSm," it is necessary to under
stand the circumstances of it's origin
and the circumstances which appear to
support its continued currency. It is
necessary to know, and to take into
full account, the identity of its creators.
1t is necessary to know, and to take
into full account, the social and political
PHILOSOPHERS of it's creators. And,
finally it is necessary to know, and to
take into full account, the relationship
between the creators of the term, INC
CarthyiSm," and the events and de-
lopments to which they apply the term,
and from which they have attempted
to derive the meaning they wish the
term to convey.
Understanding of anything is based,
first. upon the availability of evidence,
and, second, upon accurate correlation
and logical Interpretation of the evil
dence. The evidence is available We
are acquainted with the creators of the
term, "McCarthyiSm." We are familiar
with the social and political PHILOSOPHERS
of the creators of the term, Mccarthy
ISM" We know the relationship of the
creators of the term, cCarthyism," to
the events and development underlying
the birth and life of this clever
dialecticism.
What we all really need to learn, is
how to recognize a Marxist dialectical
creation when we see one.
Frederick L. Freeman.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Parent.
Balancing the Budget

The Sunday Star of November Is
carries an editorial captioned, "Our
Most Urgent Problem" but fails to
make clear exactly what the problem
is. It is not merely to reduce the size
of the 1855 projected deficit but to
make expenditures equal receipts and
balance the budget. No one of the four
alternatives suggested by Treasury Sec
retary Humphrey will accomplish this
result, since they all contemplate a
continuation Of deficit financing, which,
of course, means more imitation and
increased cost of everything the Gov
ernment buys.
AS deficit reducer The Star Sug-
geStS IAN increase in tax revenues
through other means than the excess
profits tax and the present high indi-
vidual tax rates." Whatever the "other
means" may be, in final analysis, the
tax increase will be largely paid by
the same individual taxpayers from
whom the bulk Of tax revenues are COL
lected. Therefore, this suggestion holds
little relief for the average man who
now works hours and "a minutes
each day to earn the money to pay
is required to pay for his food or his
housing. If we are to preserve sound
economy then the Government, like the
individual, can balance its budget only
by determined effort "to cut ex-
penses," the second alternative sug-
gested by Secretary Humphrey. This
means not only cutting domestic ex-
penseS to the bone but also a sensible
reduction of funds for the mainte-
nance of Government personnel in for
eign countries and a radical down.
ward revision of the foreign-aid pro-
gram. Much of the money which we
have poured into foreign aid is worse
than thrown away as it has merely sub
sidized and prolonged extravaganza and
socialistic policies which otherwise
would long since have been abandoned.
For instance, in France our aid has
not produced either economic or none
tary stability. The franc now stands
at less than per cent of its prewar
value. From 1949 to 1853 public spend
ing increased by 40 per cent while
national income rose only 9 per cent.
Nor has our aid brought political sta
bility, as about as many French voters
still vote Communist as before Mar
shall aid began. So why continue to
throw good money after bad? where
there's will there's a way"
President Eisenhower, before the Re
publican convention in 1852, said that
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Thanksgiving, 1853

President Eisenhower, in his THANKSGIVING
proclamation has stressed the national ASPECT
OF the occasion He knows that public appreci-
alton of divine help is very ancient custom in
the Old World, but he also is aware of the
peculiar significance which the annual express
sion OF gratitude has developed in the United
states. We Americans, he holds, have special
reasons for returning thanks to the Creator.
1heSe are set forth in the paragraph reading:
For the courage and vision of our fore
bears who settled wilderness and founded
Nation; for the blessings of liberty" which
the trainers OF our Constitution sought to Sc
cure for themselves and for their posterity
and which are abundantly realized in our
land today; for the unity of spirit which has
MADE our country strong; and for the contin-
ulng faith under His guidance that has kept
us religious people with freedom of worship
Tor ALL we should kneel in humble thanks
giving.
- The President then mentions specifically
"the truce in battle-Weary Korea" and "the
hope that there may be an enduring peace" as
causes for gratitude, not exclusively in our
country but among anxious men and women
throughout the world" He then makes use of
his proclamation to repeat our national con-
cern for our neighbors everywhere, urging
Let us all, in accordance with our hal
lowed custom, foregather in our respective
places OF worship and bow before God in con-
triton for our sins. in suppliance for wisdom
in our striving for better world, and in graf
:sttude for the manifold blessings He has
bestowed upon and upon our fellow men,
- In the words thus set before Americans of
every school of thought, every class and every
condition, the President emphasizes the public
obligation of the annual Thanksgiving acknoWl-
edgment. He asks us all to assemble, and it
truly will be national occasion in the ratio of
our individual response to that invitation The
President likewise requests us to appeal for wis
dom to the end that the whole earth and it's
entire population may be ''better"-that is. more
deserving of divine favor.
These ideals historically are national ideals,
representing as they do our native American
aspirations of constructive knowledge and gen.
erosity. If we follow the Presidents leadership
and rededicate ourselves today to our tradi-
tibnal purposes and objectives, Thanksgiving,
1853, will be itself blessing
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Prod President

The American people have had ample
opportunity to evaluate the New Deal
and the Truman administration-and
do so according to individual standards
of measurement.
It has been said many times re-
Gently that it seems that President
Eisenhower may be reluctant to step
forth and show the American people
and the world how events should shape
up at the Eisenhower level" Why is
this?
Does he not know that examples in
fortnight principles and leadership
are necessary at all times and are
especially so in the beginning of new
regime? Let him take firm stand and
act quickly.
M. j. III.
Now. that we have Cooked at the
record" as Mr.. Truman has suggested,
it must be pretty clear to any thinking
American that we have an urgent need
to give investigating committees and
the FBI our support.
Listening to Messrs. Hoover and
Brownell. we felt a deep sense of graf
Evening star., 1953-11-26

beard tugged Last year, Santas were on more
austere scale of $3.65.
This is more or less in line with the latest
estimates of the Bureau of Labor Statistics that
the cost-of-living averages went up another
two-tenths of l per cent during the last
recorded month. The index of 1855 per cent of
the 1947-49 average sets another record high
for the fifth consecutive month, but Commits
sioner Clague says the period of imitation
appears to be ended" Whether it is or not
Santa seems assured of an extra Cushion
in the pocketbook If not around the waist.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Indignant at Reporters

For one reason or another a great
deal of indignation has been expressed
over the issuance of subpoena for the
ex-President of the United States to
appear before a congressional COM
mittee in the White case. BY refusing
to appear, Mr.. Truman successfully
escaped answering questions which
might have been embarrassing to him.
have yet to hear much indignation
expressed over the treatment our Presi-
dent received at the hands Of some
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Sdnto and LWinq Costs

y Santa Claus has always been a jolly fellow,
Of course. but he's never had it so good as he
Viii during the coming Christmas season For
the American Guild of Variety Artists, AFL,
which represents most of the department store
Santas-and probably most of those who come
down through the chimney on Christmas eve
has just announced prevailing wage" of $4.54
Der hour for Santas chore of holding Junior on
kis knee while having his belly prodded and his
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Bod Situation in Government

The persistent rumor that in many
departments of the Government dis
gruntled hangover New Dealers are
deliberately attempting to hamString
orderly reorganization, is given added
credibility by Chairman Phillip Young
of the Civil Service Commission, speak
ing before group of Federal executives
in Boston.
Mr.. Young cautioned so-called "ca-
reer" employees not to let their per-
sonal politics interfere with their doing
an efficient job for the Eisenhower ad-
ministration and declared that the
administration will not hesitate to act
when it finds career employees who are
not dedicated to the spirit of the career
service or whose removal would promote
the efficiency of the service"
The rumorS which have persisted over
a period of some months, accuse these
hangovers from the Truman Roosevelt
regime of a deliberate attempt to
weaken and discredit the present ad-
ministration by fostering confusion and
disorder; by using necessary RIFF in
structions to dismiss those employees
known to be in sympathy with the
philosophy of this administration and/or
who supported them in the last election,
while keeping in office and often pro-
noting the very persons responsible for
this policy
Any such unhealthy situation is, of
course, guaranteed to make all red
blooded Republicans seethe with indig-
nation and resentment. The resent
ment is directed toward the present
administration and mostly at the in
adequacy of policy which allows the
administration in power to be manipu-
lated for political purposes by the very
element we worked so hard to eject.
Some.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Letters to The Star.

reporters at his press conference on
November IL, when he was subjected
to crossfire of badgering, if not insult
ing, interrogation on the White case.
The President is to be commended
for his forbearance. AS for the Offend
ing representatives of the press. the
least they can do is to apologize to
him for their disgraceful performance.
Fair Play.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Fuvors Curfew

The night of Friday, the 18th, one
of our neighborhood theaters held a
midnight horror show which let out at
am. You would expect to find only
adults and young couples at show
like this. but there were many children
there unaccompanied by adults. Some
of the children looked to be and 8
years old.
If this is the kind of responsibility
narents are taking, agree that we need
curfew.
Parent,