Milford chronicle., 1953-11-13
AND THE SNOW CAME
Delaware's weather for the past

Delaware's weather for the past several
months certainly has been eratic-it could
seldom be ignored or taken for granted. A
generally pleasant summer that made Della
ware quite livable ended in a soaring blast of
= heat that still endures in panied memories; a
heat that had weight substance and apparent
ly endless vitality. But the great hot wave
passed on at last, and was followed by a
procession of bright, warm days that marched
on into the autumn as if to mock the calendar
and break the traditions of a Delaware fall
Here'was none of the familiar alienation of
crisp clarity and chill grayneSs, little of the
rain and frost that cuStOmarily turn the
October landscape into flaming patterns of
red and yellow until the fall winds drive the
leaves from the branches. Instead the foliage
slowly crisped and dried, almost imperceptibly,
leaving the trees Of early November under a
mild May sun.
Then came the snow last Friday It was
a freak-that is sure. Here in Milford we
escaped the blizzard proportions of the terrific
storm. But northern Delaware and the
sections of Maryland west of Kent and Sussex
Counties were blanketed, and smOthered,
with a snowfall such as we have not seen in
recent years. We know, for we were among
a group which were snOwbOund at Chester
town, Maryland Friday night and part of
Saturday. Caught unprepared by the sudden
onslaught of the blizzard, the Highway
Departments of both Delaware and Maryland
were literally showed under" For long hours
crews manned the snow plOws, dug out
the thousands of marOOned cars and freed the
school buses which had been unable to deliver
their children to the homes. These youngsters
who spent the night at farm houses and in the
buses will long remember their experience.
Another act in the drama which the
weather is presenting this year in Delaware
has been completed and the public can only
wait for what the winter will bring. Pro-
phecies are rampant. Delaware is in for it's
worst winter in years say some; mild
winter is in store for us say others Whatever
the future in weather conditions here, we may
rest assured that it will not be dull.
GREAT LOGIC
A few weeks ago President Eisenhower
discussed, at press conference, certain cuts
in defense expenditures he is recommending.
He vividly described the philosophy that
governs his thinking in these words: 81 have
always . believed that there is a great
logic in the conduct of military affairs. There
is an equally great logic in economic affairs.
If these two logical disciplines can be we'd
ded, it is then possible to create a situation
of maximum military strength within eco
nOmic capacities.
eff, on the other hand, these two are al
lowed to proceed in disregard one for the
other, you then create a situation either of
doubtful military strength, or of such pre-
cariOus economic strength that your mill
tary position is in constant jeopardy"
The President thus said, in effect that a
sound government economy is as important
to our defense and survival as actual mill
tary pOwer-and that reckless, unbrided
spending can be as dangerous as a foreign
foe. That is as refreshing and as important
an attitude as we have seen in high places in
government in many a long year.