Milford chronicle., 1954-12-24

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sential points:
The y. S. Budget Bureau sought
private contract to avoid spend
ing upwards Of S10O,000,000 for
facilities that might be required
only temporarily-and the bud
geteFs were trying to cut expenses
remember?
This is not the Aces first pri-
vate power contract. In it's relative
ly short life, the Commission has
made two previous contracts, both
of them for larger blocs of power
one, in fact, for three times the
amount in the Day deal.
The loudest protests have come
from those who wanted to see some
competitive bidding. That's what
the Government wanted too. But
since the contract is cancellable at
any time-eVen before the generat-
ing plant is finished-there were no
other Qualified bidders. This was be-
cause only the Dixon Yates group
was in position to market these
100000 kw's to private customers
in the area of the plant if and when
the Acc might decide it no longer
needed any or part of this power.
And then there are those who
think it is wicked to build power
plants and chuFn up electricity
with anything but tax money
especially when the taxpayers OF
the whole USA kick in for a gener-
ating station that will serve their
community with tax-free power.
In MOscOw's recent municipal
election, only 1892 per cent Of the
elaborate took the trouble to vote
OF course eight-tenths of one per
cent could have been sick-or are
now. But only 1884 per cent voted
for the 1856 judges on the one and
only ticket.
This discrepancy was probably
due to heart-failure-Or resulted in
it shortly afterward.
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More String Than "Package"
It looks from here as though the
Red Chinese do not consider it Z
very good exchange to swap the II
u. S. fliers they have convicted o.
espionage for the 35 Chinese stu.
dents we have detained from re
turning home. And certainly NJ
American is fattered by the though
that any number of such character
could balance the scale with thes'
Air Force men who were fOrcet
down during the Korean War ant
captured in full uniform.
The barter idea, originally re
pugnant to our State Department
now appears to be more palatable
| "Our concern here, said LincOll
White, spokesman for the depart
ment, els to get not only the mill
tary personnel out of Jail in China
but also the American civilians. Gu
concern is to get our people safel
home"
Mr.. White said the Chinese Red
have admitted holding 81 American
but apparently the hundred
of American POWs still held i
China (if they are still alive) do nc
count in what is being referred t
as a package deal" Nor, as of thi
J writing, has Peiping made any e1
change offer in spite of the fact ths
: the idea was originally aired b
their own radio. Dag HammaTsl
jold. secretary general of the Ut
? is also waiting to hear from Re
t China's Premier Chou En-lai on h
= offer to come to Peiping to talk tt
matter over.
Meanwhile the USSR has al
2 nounced it's full support" of Chou
= demand that we withdraw oil
8 forces from Formosa, and echO'
l ChOu's opinion that our recent Nj
tual Defense Treaty with FormoE
g constitutes Intervention in China
e internal affairs"
e Thus, we find ourselves in a pos
4 tion where we must abandon
: treaty on which the ink is scarce
: dry, or be prepared to fight Wi
:. Chang Kai-shek if Chou follow
d thorugh on his threat to resto
I FormOsa to the mainland. But v
must have weighed the latter pO
l SlUllALy WACl LAAG u ACeteg "e3h ~ - v
n and realized that we we
s committing ourselves to do more +
e Chang than we have been willil
8, to do for our own men, captur
? while fighting for US, in the unifOI
e of the United States.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
o AMERICAN HISTORY, cabinet ot
I GERS have been put on notice
e the President-the leader Of th'
d party-that they must cOopera
d with the opposition party in cont
70 of Congress, particularly with ref
1t ence to world affairs and defer
" matters. Further. the. Preside
who had previously indicated in
is partisan White House conferen'
le that he was taking the same me
re cine, made the orders public in
" press conference. Here, we thii
'e is further proof that political diff
s. | ovooo avisf fOdaw not between