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Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
UNIQUE PROBLEMS

Contrary to the belief of many people
the profits earned by the meat packers mea-
sured as a percentage of their sales, are
among the lowest for major industry. That
isn't because the packers are any more
charitably-inclined than the rest of us. 1t is
the result, for one thing of the fact that
packing is highly competitive enterprise
which is 100 per cent dominated by the ma
tural law of supply and demand And for
another thing, the packing business involves
some unique problems.
packer, unlike most manufacturers
has no stock pile of raw materials to fall
back on when needed. He doesn't know from
day to day how many animals will come to
market or what he will have to pay for
them. Such an unpredictable factor as wea-
ther can change the situation overnight. In
other words, no one has any control over the
supply.
To further complicate the situation, the
packer cannot hold much of his produce for
future sale. About Is per cent of all meat is
sold as fresh meat. 1t is highly perishable
and must move promptly. This means it
must be sold at a price that will attract
buyers.
The proof is found in the figures. Over
a 28-year period, 1852, the packers net
profits averaged but one cent for each dollar
of sales
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25

protected.
In short, it would restore our
national honor in the eyes of the
best friend we have in Europe. And
1t might even get that edo show
on the road!
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
Washington Letter = BY Robert Nelson Taylor

approval of litterbugs and the mess
they make"
So, with the help Of KAB, we
shall now start picking up after
ourselves-and Others-keeping on
tap a Bronx Cheer for anyone who
tOsses so much as an empty match
book on OUR scenery!
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
RG8R&
TWO QUESTIONS

A leader in the financial community re-
Gently said that he was repeatedly asked if,
in his opinion, the stock market will continue
to rise, and if there is any possibility of
major bust Of the 1929 order.
He then said that no one can give cate
gOrical answers to such questions How
ever, he added, today's market is different
IN almost every way from the 1929 market
and there are many important safeguards
existing now, set up both by. the stock ex-
changes and government agencies, which did
not exist in former days. Finally, he made
this important observation: Each investor
is urged to seek out reliable broker who
will assist him in getting the facts and in
tailoring the risks he assumes to his capacity
to bear them. History shows that investors
who have followed this policy in the past
and who have invested in well managed
companies have Weathered intermediate
storms, and have gone on to profit from own
ing share of American business in our
expanding economy. Similarly in the pres
ent the person who invests prudently will,
by owning his share of American business,
stand to profit from the tremendous growth
which lies ahead for America"
More and more people of moderate means
are investing a part of their savings in
stocks-in the first three months after a new
lnstallment-payment system of buying
stocks went into effect, $4,000 such accounts
were opened The broader the ownership
base on which free enterprise rests, the
stronger it will be over the long pull.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
5000
THE CHALLENGE

Our country continues to grow at rec
ord rate. Births are so far in excess of
deaths that the population increases 1000
every "a hours.
Their needs are great, beginning with
layettes and cribs: they will grow up to
even greater needs Our expanding busi-
ness and industry happily will supply these
needs-right up to the ultimate need of en-
ployment.
The labor force, now about sc million,
may total SO million by 1875 1t takes pri-
vate business investment of $4,000 for each
job in manufacturing-22 million new Jobs
mean business and industry must find some
1854 billion in the Fl years ahead.
This is challenge to Americans to ''in-
vest IN America" and to Congress to foster
the kind of economical. efficient government
that will make it possible
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
PROFITS. WAGES, AND INCOME

Industry has earned good profits in late
years-a fact that has been widely publiciz-
ed. What needs equal pubhcizing is the fact
that other factors in the economic picture
showed much greater gains
For example, in the 1898 period cor
porate net profits rose by $4,000, ,OOO,O 900.
But wages and other compensation to en-
ployees rose by $160,OO0,O0O,OOO and the
national income increased by an amazing
S235O0O,0O0,O0O.
Generally speaking, even in the best years
a corporations profits are much less than
us wage costs. And in many cases they are
much less than IFS fax pavnen4s.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
NGON&
THAT BUYERS MARKET

An organization of sales executives re-
Gently met in Chicago to discuss current mar
keting problems. A typical panel discussion
was entitled, ''How to Increase Retail Sales
in a Buyers Market"
This has great significance to the con-
sumner as. well as to the people who leave
goods to sell. For it reflects a remarkable
change that has taken place in few years.
When World War II ended, there were Sc
we're shortages of goods of all ldndS-today
there is an abundance of practically every
thing and in some fields supply is heavily in
excess of the demand.
Such change could only occur in an &C.
onOmy based SOlidly on the free, competitive
market. Manufacturers and retailers have
never worked harder to please the cOnsum-
er-with better products, more varied pro-
ducts, lower prices, improved service and
guarantees, and all the other inducements
that people look for. And the result is that
the average mans pay check is going farther
and the dollar has taken on a healthier COM
plexiOn.
We are the best fed, best clothed. best
housed people on earth. We have more goods
and services of every kind-and we regard
as virtual necessities commodities which are
the luxuries of the wealthy in most other
countries. Thank competition on the pro
duclng and distributing levels for that.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS

Without its newspaper the small-town
American community would be like a school
without teacher or a church without a
pastor. In the aggregate, the country news
paper determines the outcome of more cleo
tlOns, exerts greater influence for con-
Structlve community progress, is read longer
by more members of the family and con-
stitutes, with its millions of circulation and
quadrupled millions of readers, better ad-
vertising medium than any other group of
newspapers or periodical publications.
When properly conducted, it cultivates so
lntensively it's home news field that city dali
les, farm journals and general magazines
circulating in the same territory become
only secondary influences.
Through service to it's community. the
country newspaper will not merely survive !:
1t will continue to flourish as the most rep
resentative, most distinctive most whole
some type of journalism America has pro-
daced.
Evening star., 1954-07-28

not survive half free and half
Slave
Evening star., 1954-07-28
By Mary McGrory

The Senate filibuster ended
with a laugh-and with q
woman having what amounted
to the last word.
At any rate, Mrs. Eva BoWring,
the new Republican Senator
from Nebraska, cast the last
vote, and, woman-like, she made
her 95 male colleagues wait
for it.
The Senators last night came
into the chamber to answer a
quorum call. They stayed to vote,
however, on final passage of the
atomic engeTy bill.
When everybody present had
been accounted for, various VIC
torious Republican Senators
started popping up. They all
wanted to know how they had
been recorded, which seemed
odd, in view Of the fact that
they had declared themselves
just a few minutes previously.
Only a Stall.
It turned out that it was not
memories faltering from four
Evening star., 1954-07-28

dent Eisenhower's plan for q
global atomic pool were approved
without. change, as they We're in
the House.
Opponents Of the bill centered
most of their remaining fire on
clauses permitting private indus
try to operate atomic facilities
and handle fashionable materials
under Acc license. The purpose
is to spur development of peace
time atomic power. These pro-
visions remain in the bill, SUBJ
ject to the amendments the Sem
ate adopted.
The Senate made no move to
restrict the Presidents request
to give allied armies information
on the external characteristics
of nuclear weapons -an attempt
to build up Europe's atomic de-
fenSeS.
A major battle swirling around
the measure may have further
repercusSions. The Senate ap-
proved an amendment by Sem
ator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan specifically approving
an Eisenhower directive to have
the Acc contract with a South
ern utility group for new private
power facilities to serve the
Memphis (Tenn.) area over
Tennessee Valley Authority lines.
This provision may remain in
the measure. But q second
amendment, by Senator Gore.
Democrat, of Tennessee, would
prohibit the Acc from paying
Federal taxes, as contemplated,
for the utility group during the
contract. It's deletion could
cause a new round of Senate
debate.
Evening star., 1954-07-28
Woman Has the Last Word
And the Last Vote in FiIibuster

late nights that prompted the
inquiries. They were stalling off
final tabulation in the only pos
sible way.
Senator Capehart inquired how
he stood; so'did Senator H. Alex
ander Smith and Senator Cor
don.
The Democrats quickly got
into the spirit of things, and
Senators Douglas, Jackson and
Humphrey, looking far more
cheerful than they might have
been expected to, considering the
defeat of their hopes, got to
their feet.
From the Democratic side
came happy cries of "Filibuster!"
In the Republican ranks, every
one was looking anxiously at
the door. An aide held it open.
A couple of runners ran up
breathlessly. Finally both doors
were held open and Mrs. Bow
ring appeared.
Bipartisan cheers and laugh
ter sounded in the chamber for
the first time in many days.
The Final "Aye."
Senator Bowring hurried to
her seat. Her name was called.
Looking a trifle flustered at the
commotion she had caused, Mrs.
BoWring smoothed down the COLI
lar of her black dress and
called out AYE"
The voting and the filibuster-
ing had ended at 9:45. Only
those most in the know knew
it would come so quickly.
Senator Smith of New Jersey,
apparently, was the most opti-
mistic. He was wearing a white
dinner jacket. indicating plans
other than sitting listening to
his colleagues speechify until
dawn broke over the Capitol.
To be sure, Senator Knowland,
who had been striding around
the chamber earlier in the eve
ming like a man walking through
deep snow, had said there might
be vote before 10. But burnt
children all through the Senate
kept reminding each other that
with unlimited debate and 96
potential unlimited debaters,
nobody needed to be too hopeful.
During the dinner hour, all
was buzzing and stirring as at
high noon. You had to look out
the window at the velyety sky
Evening star., 1954-07-28
ON. Board Winds Up,
Debate on DisarIninu
Control mfr Proposal
BY The Assoeioisd Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. July
28.-Jules Moch, French delegate
ON the U. N. 12-nation Disarma-
ment Commission, said yesterday
disarmament control would be
wrecked If any nation had veto
power in the control commission.
Mr.. Moch. chairman Of the
commission for July. wound up
q week of debate by the COM
mission on the failure Of q Lon
don subcommission conference
%. erase differences among the
Big Four and Canada.
The French delegate said he
thought the differences between
the Soviet Union and the West
over the timing Of superbomb
prohibition and control could be
narrowed. But he said the West
had come q long. way toward
that goal and he pleaded with
the Soviet Union to reconsider
its position and yield a little
SO some progress could be regis
tered.
The West wants q control plan
! worked out before disarming by
states and ultimate prohibition
of H-bombs and A-bombs. The
Russians want a declaration Of
prohibition as the first step.
Mr.. Moch said bomb stocks
were rapidly growing in at least
three countries, complicating the
problem of control. Without
mentioning the Baruch plan
keystone Of the Vests program
In the past-Mr. Moch said all
previous plans were slowly losing
their value because Of the grow
iiig stocks. the passing Of time,
and the fact more than one
country knew how to make
bombs.
Evening star., 1954-07-28
Rhee
CONTINUED From First Page,
By the Associoted Press

+
STA would launch its own ground
forces into the battle for China
and probably its air force.
But" he argued. that would
be excellent for the free world,
since it would justify the de-
struction of the Soviet centers
of production by the American
Air Force before the Soviet
hydrogen bombs had been pro-
duced in quantity.
81 am aware that this is a
hard doctrine. But the Commu-
nists have made this a hard
world, a horrible world. in which
to be soft is to become q slave.
Ladies and gentlemen of the
Congress, the fate of human
civilization itself awaits our
supreme resolution. Let us take
courage and stand up in defense
of the ideals and principles up
held by the fathers Of American
independence. George Washing
ton and Thomas Jefferson, and
gained by the Great Emancipa-
tor, Abraham Lincoln. who did
not hesitate to Tight In the de-
Tense Of the Union which could
Evening star., 1954-07-28

not survive half free and half
slave.
Decision Needed Now.
'sLet us remember, my friends,
that peace cannot be restored in
the world half-C Communist and
half democratic. Your momen-
tous decision is needed now to
make Asia safe for freedom, for
that will automatically settle the
world Communist problem in
Europe, Africa and America"
At the outset of his address.
DR.. Rhee expressed "the un-
bounded appreciation" of Korea
for the United States contribu-
tion In the recent war. He
praised former President Tru-
man for sending armed forces
to his country and thus saving
his people from being driven
into the sea. And he praised
President Eisenhower for his con-
tinuing help and appreciation of
the enemy peril.
DR.. Rhee paid warm tribute
to the magnificent ledership of
Generals Macarthur, Dean,
Walker. Almond. Ridgway, Clark,
Hull. Taylor and Van Fleet"
Since arriving late Monday.
President Rhee has been urging
steps that would unite his par
titioned country. After a con-
ference yesterday with President
Eisenhower, he declared fatty he
saw no possibility of such an
accomplishment short of war
with Red China.
President Eisenhower told a
news conference today the Amer
ican-South Korean converSa-
tions and Investigations are pur-
suing two main cfannelS-mili-
tary and economic.
Statement Due Friday.
The stubborn, 79-year-old Ko-
Irean hopes he and his advisory
staff can reach an agreement
with the United States that will
strengthen his hand against the
menace of spreading communism.
Their talks will continue until
Friday, when a statement on the
high-level consultations is ex-
pected.
In addition to the address to
Congress, President Rhee ac-
cepted an invitation to stag
luncheon given at the Capitol
by Vice President Nixon. Mrs.
Rhee. meanwhile, was to be
honored at a luncheon given by
Mrs. John Foster Dulles, wife of
| the Secretary Of State.
Evening star., 1954-07-28

| and the Illuminated fountains
across the street to realize there
was anything unusual about the
business-as-usual atmosphere Of
the place.
No Respecter Of Trades.
Weary elevator operators. who
had been spelling each other on
12-hour shifts, took the tourists
up and down. The engineers OF
the subway cars which ply be-
tween the Capitol and the Sem.
ate Office Building, listlessly
looked forward to another round
the-clock stint.
Outside the Senate floor on
the terrace. page boys who
caught catnaps between quorum
and roll calls were shedding their
shirts and bedding down on their
cots under the stars.
Downstairs In the Senate res
taurant. the coffee was perking
and the toast was toasting and
walters, groggy from dawn-to-
dawn service. absent-ninde edly
handed Russian dressing to pa
irons who had asked for the
ketchup.
Once the kitchen door swung
open disclosing a waitress with
her hand to her head.
7 wanna go ho-o-ome. = she
walled.
Nobody thought at the time she
would get there, but by 9:15, It
began to look as though the de-
bate. which had seemed as long
as dance marathon. was about
to wind up.
Galleries Crowd Up.
BY the time the roll-call start
ed, the galleries, which had been
only partly filled during the din
ner hour, were packed. Standees
were clustered thickly around the
doors.
The silence as the clerk called
the roll was broken only by q
noticeable stir among the spec
tators when Senator Mccarthy
answered to his name. The spec
tators exchanged triumphant
glances at that.
When Mrs. Bowring had been
recorded, the meeting broke up
quickly. Senator Morse, who had
earlier complained of an ulcer
ated tooth, gingerly licked the
inside of his mouth, went over
to the Democratic side and shook
hands with Senators Gore and
Hill, the leaders of the opposition
to the bill.
Senator Knowland shook a few
hands, too. So did Minority
Leader Lyndon Johnson.
The galleries emptied, quickly.
and the crowd, most of them In
shirtsleeves and summer dresses,
poured down the big marble
staircase. Downstairs, they COLI
lided with late-comers, who were
told by jubilant policemen, Its
all over"
One tourist was heard mutter-
ing to her companion:
I'VE certainly have the luck.
We come last September and
they're not in session. We come
tonight and they finish"
I'VE ate too much" said her
friend.
On the main floor, they gath
cred around the door through
which Mrs. Bowring had come.
Its just like the locker room
after a baseball game" said a
cheerful doorman.
You should have been here
last night" said a young man
to two priests as they waited.
ut was much better"
But among the page boys, the
clerks, the elevator operators,
the walters and the other tired
people who had sat up of nights
with the Senate, there was joy.
II feel like Christmas" said
one elevator operator to another.
|. Man, I'm going to sleep
around the clock" said the other.
A page boy, blond and wan.
took running slide to the stair
case. He started bounding down
the stairs, waving his jacket in
the air. He shouted as he ran,
Home, boy, home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-03
Abraham Lehman Estate
Valued al S2S6,7o4

The petition for probate of his
will was filed by Attorney Simon
F. McHugh.
A petition for probate of his
will was filed yesterday in the
Register of Wills Office In the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Abraham Lehman, prominent
Washington builder, left an es-
tate valued at 1874.
Mr.. Lehman died on october
4 at his home in the Woodley
Park Towers Apartments, 2737
Devonshire place NV. He was
80. He was president Of the Ell
and Kay Building & Investment
Co., Inc.
Under terms of his will, the
bulk of his estate is to be shared
by two daughters after a few
special requests are taken care
Of. The daughters are Mrs. Debo-
rah Mae Pocker, and Mrs. An
nette Rosenthal, both Of the
Woodley Park Towers Apart
ments. Mr.. Lehman made a spe-
cial bequest Of $1,000 to the He
brew Home for the Aged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-03
Plastic HuIls Seen
For Mine Sweepers
By the Associofsd Press

BAY CITY, Mich.-Navy ex-
perts believe ships with plastic
hulls may be used as mine
sweepers, just as effective and
probably less expensive than the
atwood sweepers now in opera
ton. It has contracted for con-
struction here of a 57-foot all
plastic ship. Except for small
aluminium joints and two nom
magnetic 4,000-horsepower en-
gines the ship will be entirely Of
plastic.
It's designers hope it will be
able to sail through mine
infested waters. without setting
off the deadly magnetic devices
which sank or damaged many
ships in World War II.
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Mother, ; Children
Lose Home in Blaze;
Fireman Dies Later

A childish interest in matches
ended tragically yesterday as the
home of a mother and three
children was wiped out and a
firemen died after fighting the
blaze.
The death Of Sergt. Barton
Ewers, jr., Sc, of the Engine Co.
No. 3, possibly was due to exer-
ton. He collapsed at the fire.
later became i'll again at the
firehouse and died at 6:22 pm.
at Casualty Hospital, apparently
of a heart attack. Sergt. Ewers
lived at Ais Eighth street Sc.
The fire started in the closet
Of a second-floor apartment at
ia c street NE, while Mrs.
Josephine H. Watkins slept be-
fore going to her job as a night
waitress at the Union Station
Coffee Shop.
It was learned that her 4-year-
old son Benny had been playing
with matches in the closet. The
other children, John. 8, and
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the Hooghly River. to greet the
Prime Minister on his return
from China and Indo- China.
Thousands had welcomed him
earlier on his arrival at Dumdum
Airport and lined the streets
leading into downtown Calcutta.
Mr.. Nehru said Chinese-Ind
friendship is important for the
peace of Asia and the entire
world. He declared India can
benefit from the example of hard
work set by the Chinese under
the Red regime.
The Prime Minister planned
to fly to Darjeeling, in North
west Bengal, to open the Indian
return to New Delhi Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-03
Glider for Sale

DAYTON, Ohio B.-The Air
Force experimental glider xG-1s
is as big as q house.. And that's
probably what it will wind up as.
It weighs Az tons, has a 72-foot
wing spread and a 39-foot body,
comfortably seating 48 fully
equipped troops. But the Air
Force found only a four-engine
plane could haul it into the sky
so it's on the auction block.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-03
Nehru Praises Stability
OF Red China on Return
By the Asseeiussd Press

CALCUTTA, India, Nov. s.
Prime Minister Nehru yesterday
told a crowd of welcomers esti-
mated at nearly two million that
Red China's leaders have brought
stability to their country and
tried to improve the peoples
living standards.
The vast throng packed into a
two-square-mile area in the
Madam, Calcutta's big park on
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Joann. Z. attempted to extinguish
the flames before awakening
their mother.
BY then the fire was out Of
hand. Firemen confined it to
the second floor but all the
clothing and other belongings Of
the Watkins family were lost.
That included $40 in a purse.
the $40 Mrs. Watkins was saving
for rent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01

IT'S ONLY A card game. Some people
i hate it; others can take it or leave
it, with still others it's disease.
They call it bridge
According to playing-card manufac-
turers, there are IS million bridge
players in the United States OF these,
nearly a million and half play dupli-
cate or tournament bridge.
Washington ranks among the most
enthusiastic cities for bridge. It is
difficult to say how many casual players
there are in the area, but glance at
the schedule Of duplicate games In
The Sunday Stars bridge column gives
an idea of this city's devotion to the
game.
Duplicate bridge takes much Of the
luck out of the game. After each hand
is played, the cards are replaced in
boards and moved to another table.
There the hand is replayed and moved
on. At the end of the game, COMPARE
son is made of how each player scored
with the same cards. giving a true
indication of the skill of the competitors.
The Washington Bridge League and
its some 500 members are the focal
point for tournament bridge. Organ
ICED in 1891, it is the official representa-
tive of the American Contract Bridge
League.
The Washington league runs dupli-
cate game every wednesday night, in
addition to four major sectional tour
naments every year. Under its spon-
sorship are Is smaller duplicate clubs
which average 80 games.
In this group are five Government
clubs and several service clubs. Most
of the others are country club groups
or private clubs. They range from four
or five tables of bridge to Is in some
cases.
Cramped quarters put no damper on
the enthusiasm of the players. Some