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Milford chronicle., 1954-10-08
Second In A Civil
Defense Series
BY d. PRESTON LEE

State Director of Civil Defense
To some extent, Delaware has a
built-in Civil Defense.
In the confusion following an
enemy bombing, 1t is the state
police, the highway crews. the
state health and welfare specialists
that will spearhead the all-import-
ant work of restoring order. pre-
venting panic, keeping roads open.
ana providing food and shelter for
refugees.
Under Delaware law, all state
agencies must work with CD.
WHAT'S more, they are expected
10 be ready to act instantly in am
emergency.
Ine states overall Civil Defense
plan, as prepared by the state di-
rector, details the responsibilities
OF each agency The plan. Incl
dentaHy has the effect of state law.
Under II, the state welfare de-
partment, for instance, is charged
with planning for emergency feed
ing clothing and sheltering of
disaster victims. 1t also must be
prepared to set up evacuation
areas and mass care centers. regis
ter the homeless, reunite families
The state highway department
heads up CD's emergency engineer
ing and rescue service. 1t is
charged with restoring highways
and bridges, providing engineering
services to the counties and helm
ing them to form trained rescue
squads to release victims trapped
IN bOmbed-Out buildings.
The state health department is
expected to set up emergency hos
pltals, transport medical supDIies
take necessary sanitary measures
in disaster. In like manner. the
state police and the schools are
responsible for working up plans
and training personnel for an
Why then should the lavman
bother himself about CD? Why NOT
let the specialists handle it?
This would be fine. but #
doesn't quite work out that wav-
Tor two reasons: "a the state
agencies can provide only the bare
bones OF a CD organization; (2) /
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Entries Pouring In
At Delmar Track

Next Sunday. October 10, the Del
mar Raceway, following It's usual
practice in presenting the finest in
automobile racing, will present for
the first time on the Eastern shore
late model race for the strictly
stock car.
The first event is scheduled at
z p. m. over the newly rebuilt
banked half-mile asphalt oval. on
the afternoons program will he
three 10-lap qualifying heats with
5O-lap feature topping the slate
The races will be under the ban
ner Of NASCAR and will feature
cars in the 1949 to 1854 class. En-
tries are expected from the Eastern
half of the United States and plenty
OF fast competition will be seen on
the new track this Sunday at the
Fall reopening Of the Delmar Race
way. General Admission will be
$500 for adults including all taxes
and a seat in the grandstand. The
races also may be seen from the
spectators car on the back stretch.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-08
JOINED EN-

FORT BRAGG, N. C. - up -
Wolfgang 2. Goettig, a former
member Of the German Army, was
captured by the Americans in
World War II. Now citizen Of
the United States and a resident
Of Trenton, N. j., he belongs to a
National Guard outfit that recent
ly completed its two weeks Of
summer training here. He is a
member Of the 18th Division
which captured him during the
war
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with an emergency

with an emergency.
IN communications, CD IS well
advanced. Delaware was the lirst
CD organization 50 the nation 10
SET up statewide radio COM
munications network and cen
trally operated statewide warm
ing system
All this is at the state level. 10
be effective, CD must reach down
20 the local community and home.
% IS not an extracurricular ae-
tlYity an expensive frill. CD IS
going 70 be part OF our lives
from now on. II also viii be an
integral part Of government.
only when each Of us realizes
this and acts upon il viii CD work
at top efficiency.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-08
BibIe Wor0s
TOT UDoap
- - ~ II. ap ny 80.

Inc Psalmist here is offering a most vital sup
sesuon that IS umeless. Mans morale IS often
shattered because he has the view Of worm ;o-
stead Of the view Of bird that looks constantly
on nigh worm IS aware only Of the ground beneatb
li tle rest q tae world is unnoticed. And although
sne whole wide world be a luxurious bed real
heaven" for worms, the worm roastin0 m
Pafched pavement thinks the whole world IS ShellnI
And so is its life.
Similarity, a man has his troubles Ghe's lonely.
ne tailed IN his job; he's made foolish mistake.
ne.s been assigned to job he doesn'r like) and
as consequence his attention is so wrapped mn
n his troubles that, like the worm. ne seestbeee
and nothing more They discolor his whole world
lei' Ike che worm, fhe bur looked up to the posi-.
biliues Of his tora life he would find for bmseIf
world 50 rich and satisfying as TO cause his pres
ent trouble to slip in importance into tbeir snail
and proper place.
What 2 man needs is not worms view Of life.
PUG BIRDS view Of his world He needs 70 see ~,
only his speck Of trouble. which discolors b;s
Whoie LIE, but che broad expanse of his world as
piEd sees the broad flowing fields. Then he knou,e
tnat' aitnough he has troubles and deserr vgastee
As also mas grounds for hope and thanksgivipo
moneF, father, wife or sweetheart, memories and
ASPIRATIONS, sunsets and moonliphts. dreams and
plans and purposes, God Himself fertile fields
neh narRests Of countless colors and aavors. Wbaf
8 man needs 70 keep his spine high is broad OUT
iook' full perspective, elevated view Of life.
e goes without saying that man needs the helD
O. the Almighty to keep an elevated view Of life and
discover as the Psalmist did, my help cometh
rom zoe LORD" Regular attendance at the church
Of ones choice will greatly aid one in seeioo tb
world IN its proper perspective, rather than seei0o
e as q worm sees il. Make regular worship habit.
Dr.. Blake NJ. Franklin
First Baptist Church
Reno New.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-08
Arannnn ranh

A physician in London reported
that any fat person can lose one
pound Of weight simply by walking
66 miles. or by dog-trotting 48.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-08
- R,naalanor

lAe llNpeotanoy
A average age Of 68 e expactad
to be reached By babies born thir
year. current life expectancy sta.
tistics indicate
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Constantine Brown

The question OF Red China'S
admission to the United Ma
tons has become once more
an important topic in official
circles in Washington. We are
faced with q showdown on this
matter at the next meeting
Of the General Assembly in
the fall.
President Eisenhower and
Secretary of State Dulles have
stated repeatedly that this
country will oppose deter,
minedly any proposal that the
Peiping government replace
that of Nationalist China in
the U.N. It is true that Mr..
Dulles has on occasion stated
that the word never" has no
room in diplomatic language.
He explained that at some dis
tant future date after the
dust has settled" ard the Peip-
ing regime has given tangible
proof of its good faith and
acceptance Of the tenets Of the
civilized free world the mat
ter could be reconsidered.
But Communist China, no
more than the U. S. s. r. and
her satellite governments, Ger
tainly has not been acting ac-
cording to the Golden Rule.
Hence insofar as the American
Government is concerned there
still is too much dust in the
Asiatic air to see the way clear
to change its present stand.
But this does not apply to
our allies and some of our
friends. President Eisenhower
has been counting heavily on
: the friendship this country is
supposed to have acquired
among the many countries we
have helped with the tax
payers money to prevent Red
China from shooting its way
into the U. N.
In May 1858 the Senate APP
preparations Committee voted
a rider to the appropriations
bill providing that all funds
for American participation in
that world organization be cut
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u. S. Faces Peiping Dilemma
u NJ Scot for Red Chino Would Aid Democrats in Election
Issue Must Be Foced in Foil General Assembly Meeting

on In the event Communist
China is taken into the fold.
This in effect would have re-
suited in the United States
dropping its membership in
that body.
President Eisenhower man.
aged to induce the Senators
to withdraw this rider. He ex-
planned that it would handi-
r cap our diplomatic actions.
He asked the Republican
leadership to draw up q more
moderate instrument. He sug-
gested q resolution to make
it the sense" Of the Congress.
that China should not be. al
lowed to join the U. N. as q
sufficient warming to the
members of the General As
sembly.
The President is further re-
ported to have assured con-
greSsional leaders that the
State Department already had,
enough votes of U. N. members
Gin its pocket" to Offset the
Soviet maneuvers to get China
into the u. N. Among these
votes. were those of France and
the Benelux countries which
frequently follow the Paris
pattern in international
affairs.
The u. s. s. r. has made no
bones since 1850 that one of
the prices to be paid by the
free Western nations for a
cessation Of hostilities in Ko-
rea and Indo-C China was the
admission of its Chinese ally
into the concert of peace
loving nations" Our British
friends, who sometimes cor
rectly regard the United Ma
tons as a mere debating So
ciety. told us that insofar as
they are concerned they would
vote in favor of Red China.
The British take the po-
sition that since it may take
many years for the U. N. to
become the organization it
was supposed to be when it
was created and since the ac-
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position or influence who dares
to exercise moral and intel
lectual courage and integrity,
to challenge current thesis
and policies, to admit past err
rors in the light Of later devel-
opments - unless he offers
himself as public Judge and
accuSer of others-iS a "secur-
ity risk" by current definitions.
The passion for security is
thus undermining character
and encouraging those who
trIn their sails to prevailing
winds or avoid public stands
on any issue lest tomorrow'S
developments cancel today's
anc they be caught out, at the
risk of their jobs and reputa-
tons, on the wrong" side
wrong, perhaps, for only a
tranSitory historical moment.
The day has passed Cor is in
temporary eclipSe) when an
Emerson could win general
consent to the statement: "To
be a man is to be a non-con-
formist." To be a man in En-
erSon'S sense is to be branded
a security risk" and be one,
in fact, to ones own career"
And the passion for personal
security is also predominant
over intellectual conviction.
moral principle, and hence
freedom. II must think of my
family. Why stick my neck
out?" are the current ration
situations for cowardice or in
difference.
Once every free mind and
spirit knew there is no free
dom, national or personal,
without risk; that to hold an
opinion has often been incom-
patible with holding a job: that
the survival Of civilizations de-
ponds not on chronological
achievements nor economic
power, but on the wisdom Of
their judgments and the
strength of their moral and
intellectual characters. The
Greeks were right, and history
has supported them, when
they declared that character
Is destiny"
What, then. becomes Of
security If character fails?
Consider the policies to
oppose which made one q
security risk" only yesterday.
From 1941 to 1947. it was
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Dovfd Lawrence

Was DR.. j. Robert Open
heimer an UNCONSCIOUS instru-
ment Of Soviet policy or an
actual espionage agent or a
loyal but misguided scientist?
These questions, which were
raised concretely in q letter
from William Liscum Borden
to ]. Edgar Hoover. director of
the FBI, on November Z, 1858.
started the REORGANIZATION Of
all records and files by the
Atomic Energy Commission in
order to determine If the noted
scientist could be given clear
ance or should be denied it as
a security risk"
From January 1949, until
June l. 1853. Mr.. Borden. now
an assistant to the manager
Of the Westinghouse Com
pany's atomic power division,
was the executive director of
the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Atomic energy. A
man with a brilliant war serv-
ice as an Army pilot and a fine
record as a law school grad
uate, Mr.. Borden had the COM
plete confidence of the late
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat,
Of Connecticut, who was chair
man Of the Joint Congressional
Committee on Atomic Energy.
After many years Of reading
Of the classified information
and evidence to which he had
had access while in the Gov
eminent. Mr.. Borden endeav-
ored to assess the degree of
likelihood as to whether he
(Oppenheimer) became an ac-
tual espionage and policy in
strument of the Soviets." Mr..
Borden's conclusion was this:
MY opinion is that, more
probably than not. the worst is
IN fact the truth"
Since that letter was writ
ten, a special board headed by
DR.. Gordon Gray. now presi-
dent of the University of North
Carolina and formerly Secre-
tary Of the Army in the Tru-
man administration, has ruled
unanimously on their findings
Of fact, but by a 2-to-1 vote
has denied DR.. Oppenheimer
security clearance too. The dis
Senting member, DR.. Ward v.
Evans. a chemistry professor,
thought that DR.. Oppenheimer
had learned a great deal since
his earlier indiscretionS and
wouldn't make the same mis-
takes again and should be
given clearance. Now it is up
to the Atomic Energy Commits
sion of five members to review
the recommendations of the
special boerd. Judging by the
sentiment in Congress, If the
Atomic Energy Commission
does grant security clearance,
the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Atomic Energy will
hold extensive hearings which
so far as drama and public
interest are concerned could
conceivably overShadow the re-
cent Mccarthy hearings.
This correspondent has just
finished an examination Of
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The special security board Of
the Atomic Energy Commits
sion, which held hearings on
the case Of DR.. j. Robert OPP
penheimer, leading American
atomic scientist. lis publishing
the entire testimony at the
hearings. and DR.. Open
heimer's attorneys have given
the press their brief. at
BY majority decision the
board severed II DR.. Open
heimer'S relations with the
Atomic Energy, Commission.
though he was cleared of all
charges Of disloyalty. He still
constituted, they ruled, a Sc
curity risk, not because he was
lndiscreet in guarding the Ma
tons secrets, but because he
had held. in the past. opinions
apparently sympathetic to
Communists, had had asSocia-
tiOnS with some, had advised
delaying production of the H
bomb, and had never been
enthusiastic" about it.
We have not yet carefully
read and digested tue entire
testimony and shall temporar-
lily withhold conclusions re-
garding the evidence.
In general, however, we OBJ
serve that every person of
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Dorothy Ihon1pson-
Passion for Security Is Risky
OPPenhenner Case Cited as Example OF How Policy
Can Undermine intellectual Opinion and Principle

"hampering the war effort"
or rocking the peace" to
suggest that the SovietS would
prove dubious friends once the
Axis was defeated. One was
:'pro-Nazi" if one argued that
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Ger
many would menace all
Europe. or that the Nuremberg
trials were a travesty of law.
setting a precedent Of terri
flying implications, or that
unconditional surrender" was
irrational and barbarouS, or
that the United Nations was
no guarantee of collective
security;
One was a "defeatist" (hence
a security risk') if one pre-
dicted that the Korean war
would precipitate a world holo-
caust or end in inconclusive
Stalemate.
It was "unco-operative" to
predict that the decision to
rearm West Germany before
peace had been made and po-
litical issues settled would alert
the Communists and under
mine Franco German under
standing.
And now a scientist is a
security risk" if he has less
than enthusiasm" for taking
the initiative in developing
weapons capable Of destroying
the planet.
This column is intellectually
unable to share the current
view of security" We say
again that atomic weapons can
lead only to universal catas-
trophe or step-by-step ap-
peasement: that armed inter-
vention in Indo- China will end
in universal holocaust or de-
feat; and that war. and not
Communist plots, is the breed.
er of world revolutions.
We do not submit these con-
sidered opinions to a loyalty
board, or even to public
opinion"
Their judge will be history.
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iva at other salients in the
same way. They are prepared
for that. They envisage q pin
GERS movement that would stop
further expansion Of iva,
strangle it. and sabotage it as
a competitive yardStick-the
purpose of its creation origi-
nally-that has brought down
power rates all through the
Tennessee basin.
That is the plot. It Is sur
prising that the President has
been entrapped by it. espe-
cially in view Of Twas pri-
mary national defense pur-
pose as defined in the act
creating 1t. Atomic energy is
national defense and iva
has supplied power for that
hitherto on such . premise.
The iva set also requires
that power rates shall be Is
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Private Power Showdown Near
HoIfed to Fight Atomic Contract Urged by President,
Calls Plant Proposal "A Free Ride for Utilities

with a long-term Acc contract
under its belt, the Dixon Yates
group could manage the five
per cent equity and 95 per cent
bonds.
The Acc staff estimates that
the contract would cost about
$3.6 million a year more than
a similar arrangement with
iva or, over the life Of the
contract. about $50 million.
Representative Holifleld calls
this "a free ride for the utili-
ties" at the end of which "the
private utilities will own the
automobile paid for by the tax
payers"
There are other gimmicks
in the contract. according to
Mr.. Holifield.
IF within three years Acc
should cancel the contract. it
would be liable to q $40 million
penalty" he charged. There
after for the next six years the
syndicate would have the right
to take over 100000 kilowattS
annually for its own use. So at
the end Of nine years, 1t will
have recaptured all its capacity
and can sell to private users at
a higher price than to the
Government"
Should the overall construc-
ton costs exceed the original
SLOT million, the Government
is also obligated to put up one
half of the extra cost up to
9 per cent of the total. This
represents a contingent liabil-
ity of $4.5 million.
The Dixon-Yates story really
begins with the Presidents
budget message where he first
made it clear that he did not
intend to give iva funds for
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Fletcher Knebe!-
Potomac Fever

proves that lot of things have
slipped behind the Banana Curtain.
Of Guatemala caught the government air forces
by surprise. The pilot was out to lunch.
=
Young Republicans present Ike with god-headed putter
putter Ike needs these day something to help him
of iii while
Red Guatemala protests invasion the United Nations
Reds Guatemala police state. They just
everybody jail to solve the unemployment problem
Senate Democrats may to cut income taxes Demo-
Gratis figure you might well spend
since they're not in Office spend it for you.
The United States against the Commu
mist government of Guatemala The administration
to winning side for After ALL it's time for
change. II fe-t
Postmaster General Summereld says there's mo middle
road" in fight against communism The middle road tenn
porary closed civilian tradcwhle ambulances the
Republican from the Army Mccarthy hearings
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lions Of the Security Council
are paralyzed anyhow by
Russia's frequent use. Of the
veto they could see no serious
disadvantage to substituting
Peiping for Taipeh.
The French appeared willing
to coordinate their policy
with our own. But the situa-
ton has changed since 1851.
The views of the French POI
litical leaders have veered
gradually toward the British.
Today Premier Mendes-France
may feel that accepting the
Red demands to bring China
into the U. N. may be q bar
gain. price well worth paying.
President Eisenhower and
Mr.. Dulles face a dilemma.
A number of their conSultants
advise "stubbornness" on this.
subject may prove useless.
They suggest that our repre-
Sentatives at the u. NJ, after
going through the form Of re-
sisting, give up the fight which,
they say, we are bound to lose.
These advisers maintain that
we could secure our strategic
interests in the West Pacific
by making Formosa, with the
Nationalist government in of
flee, a trusteeship under the
U. N. And they expect the
United States to be the trustee.
Britain is apparently working
to give us full support IN this
matter.
At the same time, however,
President Eisenhower has to
reckon not only with the mood
Of Congress. which is over
whelmingly opposed to such
a deal. but also with the fact
that his party is faced with
a heavy battle at the polls
next November.
And the President has been
warned that the Democrats,
who have been loudly de-
nounced for selling China
down the river" will raise the
cry useful in an election: who
has sold out China now?"
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Thonos [. Stokes

From lip service to iva in
his 1852 campaign to accept
ance Of it as an example Of
creeping socialism" just q year
ago, President Eisenhower A.
nally has come out into the
open to join enemies of this
great public project in the
South in a maneuver that
could accomplish its eventual
disintegraticn.
His order to require the
Atomic Energy Commission to
buy power from a private plant
to be built by q Memphis syn
dictate. instead Of expanding
Twas own facilities to meet
acc power needs, is regarded
and welcomed-by the pri-
vate power interests as the
opening wedge to move into
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additional facilities. Instead,
he said, arrangements were be-
ing made to reduce existing
commitments of iva to Acc.
Acc witnesses, however, teS-
titled they have no plans to
cancel their iva contracts
which are so satisfactory to
them. it was, in fact. clearly in
dicated that the commissioners
had explored the Presidents
idea and rejected it. Three
commissioners bluntly oppose
it now as "incongruous" and
outside Aces "sober and ex-
acting principal mission"
Chairman Strauss and Com
missioner Campbell. both Eli
senhower appointees, testified
rather glumly they were ready
to go along.
Mr.. Holif1eld believes that
the attraction of the proposal
: for the President is that it re-
lieves him from putting into
his budget funds to expand
IVA. The administration is
getting further and further
away from a balanced budget
as it reduces taxes and nearS
the peril point in defense cuts,
if indeed it has not already
passed it.
Mr.. Holifield points out how
ever that the President is ac-
cepting great liabilities both
actual and contingent, plus a
rate overcharge, for Is years.
Also Gen. Eisenhower has
ordered iva to take delivery of
the Dixon Yates production,
which means iva must build a
new So million transmission
line. And to the end that
others, not the Government,
will own the new plant.