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Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23
Non-Com's Due To
Get Prestige Boost

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Of specialists and will have addi-
tiOnal privileges. The changeOVer
is similar to one made in the ac-
tive Army several months ago, and
Is part Of a IOng-range program
designed to give added recognition
to- leadership.
Major General JOseph j. Scan
nell, Adjutant General Of Delaware,
described the move as one "desig-
mated TO restore to our nOn-cOm-
missioned officers the prestige and
position they once had.
During the past Is years." ne
said, "the number Of nOn-cOmmis-
stoned officers in a military unit
has risen greatly-eVen to the point
where some types Of units have
more nOn-commissiOned officers
than privates. Most Of them are
not leaders, but rather highly
skilled specialists. They have been
given the added rank to give them
extra pay and recognition for their
skills, but in most cases they have
not exercised leadership, the most
important function Of non-cOmmis-
stoned officers.
"Under the new system" General
Scannell said, these skilled spe-
cialists, who are so important in
modern warfare. will continue to
be given added pay and added
rank, but they will be distinguished
from the men who are leaders. As
important as our specialists are,
they can't function without lead
ers. What we are doing is giving
added recognition to the response
bilities Of leadership.
There are now seven enlisted
ranks. The top four-cOrpOral to
master sergeant-are non-cOmmds-
stoned officer ranks. Under the new
plan, four new ranks will be crea-
ted, ranging from specialist third
class to master specialist. They
will receive the same pay as nom
CONS, but will rank between cor
porals and privates.
There will be very few master
sergeants who will become master
specialists, General Scannell ex-
planned. Most master sergeants
even those who are specialists, are
leaders and have other men undel
them. They will retain their non.
commissioned status.
However, few cOrporals will re
main in the Delaware Nationa
Guard after january 1. Most Of tn
present corporals hold their ranks
because they are specialists. Onl.
a very small fraction have othe
men under them. Those who don
will all become specialists thir'
class.
About 10 percent Of the sergeant
first class in the Guard will becOm
specialists first class, and abou
half the sergeants will becom
specialists second class. The other
will retain their nOncOm ranks.
While corporal will ran
ahead Of a master specialist, Their
IS little likelihood that a specials
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23
Christmas
At Our
House
By DOROTHY v. WHIPPLE. N. D.
AP NawsfeufuFss

BY DOROTHY v. WhlPPlE, N. ..
APP NewsfeufOFss
Christmas is a little different in
every family. But Christmas is
good when a whole family gains
feeling Of warmth and sharing and
when this spirit can even spread
over into the community and out
side world.
Let me tell you some Of the
Christmas traditions in our fam
lily.
We live in a small enough city
SO we can go out into the country
and cut our own tree. No one in
our family ever thinks Of buying
tree. the cutting is so much a
family affair We get the tree
about a week before Christmas,
usually on Sunday.
When the children we're little,
they were all bundled up in snow
suits, and tramped the fields Of
q friends farm, spying out trees.
The smaller the child, the bigger
trees he selected. Finally a choice
was made, Dad cut it down, added
some extra evergreen branches
! for decorations. Mother and chill
dren cut holly. Then all Of US and
many other families gathered
around big camp fire, had hot
cocoa or coffee depending on our
ages), hot dogs and other ingred-
tents Of a winter picnic.
When we got the tree home that
afternoon Dad and the boys set It
up in a corner of the living room
n The boxes of ornaments, saved
from years back, were brought
down from the attic and the chill
dren started the decoration OF the
tree, with many remarks and mem
cries as old familiar figures were
dug from the box.
During the week many more
decorations were added to the tree
as the Christmas Spirit rose ant
the children made and bought spe
cial favOrites.
Gaily wrapped gifts slowly ap
reared under the tree. Each morn
ing the children would dash to tn
tree and read the inscriptions
shake and rattle the wierdly shap
ed packages, with much specula
ton as to contents. The NOR
enigmatic the label the better.
Christmas Eve has always beel
a time at our house for YER
& special party. The children aske
8 any and all of their friends, the
we asked their parents. No grown
ups without children was the rule
What we've done at those PAL
ties has grown up as the childre
3 have grown up. But one thing run
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23
MOVIE SEATS AVAILABLE

SEOUL - up = You now can
get a seat in a Korean movie the
alter, hitherto an almost unheard st
state of affairs. Formerly there
were bowling, squalling, showing,
Juggling crow IL, with al seats
when you got Eside.
The trouble vas Jneater mana
gers: 1. Sold Ear more tickets than
they had seats. 2. Paid their bills
with free passes. 3. Issued passes
to politicians and all their rela-
tives.
Recently, President Syngman
Rhee told newspaper he thought
managers should stop 1, 2 and 8
Instantly.
Police took the hint. They show
ed up at all theaters to see that
managers stopped item 1. And
they confiscated passes as fast as
they were presented.
Read The classified Ads
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23
Bridge Traffic Is
Increasing Daily

CONTINUED from first pagel
for the peri /. The 1954-55 full ifs
cal year sbc9 ed a gain Of five per
cent.
In other words, o-y S.196.438
vehicles ned to use me span in
the next six months ~ equal last
years record, while during the last
half Of the past fiscal year there
were 3,496,599 crossings. On this
basis bridge traffic will exceed s.
OO0,0 vehicles by May 80, 1855.
It was also learned this week
that in the distribution Of 10-trip
ticket books to banks in the area
who sell them for the convenience
Of patrons, Ticket Book No. 100,-
600 made its appearance. Someone
will Guy that book, containing the
one millionth ten-trip ticket to be
| purchased since the sales plan be-
| came effective early in 1852. The
! ten-triD booklet represents a saw
ings to those persons using the
lspan several times during a calen-
dar month, for which the tickets
are valid.
i General passenger traffIc showed
an increase of 10 per cent in No
vember. while Communication bool
users-both ten and fifty trip
Registered a 1916 per cent rise
lThere was a drop in only one cate
| CORY during the month. A total o
lI2O 5-axle vehicles were registered
! as compared to $50 the previous
year.
Gross revenue for November TO
tailed S554,974.31 as compared T
$500 1883 last year, while the frs
six months Of 1856 brought in So
977,141.84. The figure was $S,756,
1881 from June to November. 1885,
Total operating costs for Novem
Der were 42,209.62.
: The traffic breakdown for Novem
! her and the first six months show
the following figures:
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23

will be responsible to a non-com-
missioned office Of a lower pay
grade The slills required in a mod
ern army are SO specialized that in
almost every case a non-commis-
stoned officer who directs the work
If technicians or administrative
men must either be a soldier who
has had years Of broad experience,
or a specialist who has risen to
non-commissioned rank by adding
the responsibilities of leadership
to his duties as specialist.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23

Read The CLASSIFIED Ads
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23

BROWNIE TROOP - Brownie
TrOOn No. 90 of Milford, recently
visited their sponsors Sakimas
Tribe No. 10 of the Red Men Of
Milford.
All members Of the Troop, under
the leadership of Mrs. Robert
Fischer and Mrs. Emma Newton,
met at the PocOhOntas Hall. The
visit of the troop to the Red Men
was made in order for them to be-
come acquainted with each other.
The troop was greeted by the Red
Men in their cOlorful Indian cos
tunes.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23
EARLY BIRD

PORTLAND, ore. - up - For
the 35th straight year, Charles Ne
bergall has been the first person
in MultnOmah County to pay MS
taxes.
Nebergall doesn't have to go far
from his work to make the pay
ment. Blind, he operates the coun-
ty courthouse cigar store. his
taxes, on his home, amounted 70
S12O.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23
n naIMah

Whan DE Unlon Of South Africa
was established IN 1910. Pretoria
was made the administrative capt
tai while the legislature was as
signed to Capetown. The dual ar
rangement continues.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23

The Brownie Troop then gave a
program of how a troop meeting is
conducted, followed by the singing.
of Brownie Songs and playing sing
ing games.
Twelve members of the troop
made the visit. They are, first row,
left to right: Donna West, Virginia
HOllinger, Carol Kline, Rae Ann
Dorr, Susan Desmond, Helen Mae
Parsons. Second row, Marsha
Townsend, Shirley Postles, JoAnn
Collins, Donna Fischer, Ileen New
ton, Sandra Lee Tell. Red Men are
Preston Timmons, Great Sachem OF
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-23

Delaware, Norman PARIS, Jr.,
Sycamore, Past Sachem Roland
Wilson, Past Sachem Marvel West
and Past sachem, James R. Deputy.
The Red Men, as sponsors of
this troop, presented them with a
generous check in order for the
troop to carry out its program for
the year. Refreshments were serv-
ed at the end of the meeting.
The Brownies had a wonderful
visit and made many new friends
of their helper and spOnsor-THE
RED MEN.
Evening star., 1955-09-15
Only Ransom Can Free HOSTAGES

help. Indonesia can do little
beyond meeting her own needs
and concentrating on the cash
raw-material crops that bring
her vital exchange on the world
markets.
In short. Red China must
either vastly expand her own
food production Immediately,
or find a source from which
to import enough basics to
keep her teeming population
productive. The first alterna-
tive, of course. is impossible
Immediately; 1t is certainly
attainable over a period of
years with hard work and
much expenditure of national
resources. But resources going
for ornaments and war in
dustries can hardly increase
the food supply.
The realities have caught
up with the Peiping Red chief
tains, and they are reluctantly
facing them. The Communist
leopard has the same spots and
the same attitudes. but he's
hungry for some solid food he
can digest. Only then will he
regain the voraciousness that
will enable him to spring upon
his next victim and resume his
jungle law of life.
Evening star., 1955-09-15
THOMAS L. STOKES
No News Is Good News to G. O. P.

succeeded to the White House
on the death OF Presidents
and had served part Of two
terms though only elected
once - Calvin Coolidge and
Harry S. Truman-there was a
wide difference in timing. 1t
was In August, 1927, nearly q
year before the Republican
convention, that President
Coolidge handed to newspaper
reporters in the little school,
house near his vacation retreat
in South Dakota where he reg
ularly met the press his ia
nous ten-word remuneration
typed out on slips Of paper:
Il do not choose to run for
President in 1928" Much
closer to the convention was
President Truman's announce
ment in March, 1852, that he
would not. seek denomination
which he had added at the
end Of his speech to a JefIer-
son-Jackson Day dinner here
to shock both his audience and
the press. Neither had any
advance notice or tip.
II Mr.. Eisenhower is going
to produce a "shocker"-and
refuse to run again-Republi-
cans are hopeful he will give
them plenty OF notice. That
is logical wish that he would
be expected to respect. So that
the longer he delays. the more
favorable would seem the pros
poets for a yes" In short, no
news will be good news.
Evening star., 1955-09-15
DAVID LAWRENCE
G. P. Needs Harmony Most

For the truth is the Demo-
Gratis today have the benefit
of the AFL and CIO organiza-
tions. These have more money
available for politics and more
precinct workers than both the
regular Democratic and Re-
publican Party organizations
combined.
The Republicans are UP
against stiff battle. and they
know it. The President knows
it. Popularity" with respect
to a candidate is an ambiguous
word in politics. The more
popular or even the more able
nominee doesn't always win,
especially if the political cli-
mate is against him.
The President could win
hands down If he ran today.
but If there is anything like
the economic recession under
way such as the country expe-
rienced Just before the 1854
congressional elections, all the
Eisenhower popularity as an
individual will not win for him.
The practical politicians In
both parties know this.
Gov. Hartman and Adlai
Stevenson aren't wasting their
time as they spar for the DEM
ocratic nomination. It could
mean the presidency for one
of them If things go wrong
for the Republicans-and in
IL months they can go in many
different directions. Ideologi-
cal issues and controversies
are secondary-what's impor-
tant is the economic trend.
But no matter what the is
sues, the party organization
is absolutely essential. The
Presidents wholehearted rec
ognition Of that fact is politi-
cal news of prime importance.
The Republican Party is
emerging as an integrated
political institution, and what
has brought it about is the
fact that it has a friendly,
harmonizing type of man in
the White House who--be-
cause he does what comes
naturally-Says the things
that help unity the party Or
ganization. Mr.. Eisenhower
has a lot to learn yet about
the pitfalls Of politics but
on balance he is doing a great
deal to organize a party that
can be effective in winning the
next elections not only for
the presidency but for Con-
gress as well.
Reproduction Rishts Reserved)
Evening star., 1955-09-15
BY JAMES E. ROPER

Balkan intrigue in the old
style manner Is blamed here for
Iinflaming tempers over the Cy-
Iprus question.
Just who has done the most
plotting is hard to establish.
The United States, however
wishes the maneuvering would
cease long enough for tempers
to cool.
Greece has been campaigning
| for possession Of Cyprus. an
Eastern Mediterranean island
where 80 per cent of the popu-
Ilation is Greek and 10 per cent
Turkish.
The British have dragged their
feet against any change. Turks
have been violent.
Sees a Plot
The Greek Ambassador to
Washington, George v. Melas
sees a plot.
Mr.. Melas recalls the explosion
which occurred in the Turkish
consulate at Salonika. Greece
At first glance. you might sus.
pect that some Greek threw q
bomb at the Turkish consulate
in protest against Turkeys atti-
tude on the Cyprus question. Not
so. Mr.. Melas told a news con-
ference late yesterday.
Mr.. MelaS said guards on the
Turkish consulate saw nobody
enter or leave the consulate
around the time Of the explosion
Evening star., 1955-09-15
BoIkon Intrigue Blamed
For Cyprus Troubles

The harshly undiplomatic infer
ence was that the Turks them
selves had touched of the blast
as an excuse for what followed
AS soon as news of the explo-
sion reached Turkey, mobs in
Istanbul, Ankara and Smyrna
sacked Greek-owned businesses
and Greek churches. The bones
of long-dead Greek religious
leaders were ripped from their
tombs and scattered in the
streets.
Greek authorities see all OF
this as part Of Turkish knavrey
What's more. the Greeks figure
that Great Britain has played of
the Turks against the Greeks in
order to safeguard the British
position on Cyprus.
Britons and Turks, for their
part. can accuse the Greeks OF
stirring up the russ over Cyprus
in the first place.
/ To Go Before u. N.
But regardless of how the dis
pute started and how it has
developed, it will go before the
United Nations at the General
Assembly session starting in New
York next Tuesday.
Greece has asked that the
Cyprus question go on the
agenda. Last year, the Assem-.
bly, voted to postpone considera.
ton of the problem. This yeal
the pressure for full debate will
be more urgent-but not nee.
essarily helpful.
Evening star., 1955-09-15
Longer Eisenhower Waits to Announce,
The More Hopeful His Party Will Grow

Democrats, and. as regards his
own party. to keep as free Of
factionalism as he can. Some
of the bitter-enders in the anti
Eisenhower contingent are
fretful and restive about the
overtureS to Russia.
There is no protocol govern
ing the announcement by a
President Of his intentions
about seeking another term.
In modern times ii has been
generally accepted that a Pres
ident would seek a second
term, and it has been the Gus
tom Of both parties to renomi-
nate their Presidents for a
second term. Then, in 1910,
there arose the question Of a
third elective term In the case
of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He
never said one way or the
other. though 1t was UNDER
stood he would willingly be the
nominee. and the convention
met with that understanding
generally among the delegates.
They were led through a spe-
cious sort Of draft" directed
by the Presidents political and
personal aides.
Nor is there any rule about
announcing a declination to
run again.
In two cases in fairly recent
times where Vice Presidents
Evening star., 1955-09-15
Communists Will Negotiate Only When
They Are Certain They Cannot Lose
CONSTANTINE BROWN

down the funor over Formosa
and the offshore islands for
the time being in the hope
that the trade barriers will
fall.
American intelligence bears
out the reports coming from
the bastion Of Free China on
Formosa that the economic
situation in Red China is ex-
tremely shaky. The food prob
lem. for one, is known to be
far more serious than has been
generally revealed.
China's economic difficulties
are in no real sense relieved by
aid from the Soviet Union, for
Russia, unlike the United
States, has no FOA or similar
no-strings give-away economic
aid programs. Soviet aid to
China must be paid for, and
important quantities of hardly
to-be-spared Chinese food
stuffs have gone to Russia in
return for Soviet military
equipment. ornaments and
machine tools. Thus China
pulls in its belt while its prod
uce is shipped out to pay for
military adventures, past and
future.
The food scarcity in both
the Soviet Union and China
is believed in informed quar-
ters to be largely responsible
for the Communist new look
in world diplomacy. Hungry
peoples do not support wars
very well. The march of Com
munist imperialism has been
temporarily halted. therefore,
until such time as the basic
food supply situation has been
improved.
China's food needs can be
very slightly, if at all, met by
imports from neighboring Ash
attic countries. India and
Pakistan are in dire straits
themselves; Burma and Indo-
China, great rice producing
and exporting regions before
World War II, can no longer
be looked to for substantial
Evening star., 1955-09-15

The developments up to now
in the Geneva parleys between
Red China and the United
States only underline the fact
that the Peiping Reds. like
their Moscow masters, are
seeking to obtain important
political advantages in return
for the release Of hostages.
In Moscow, the Kremlin
bosses have just concluded an
other such hostage trade. by
which they succeeded in get
ting full diplomatic relations
established with West Ger
many in return for a promise
to release German war crimi-
mails" held since the end of
World War II. With formal
relations established, the Reds
can start discussing other mat
ters with the Bonn govern
rnent. and there can be no
doubt that the matters they
will discuss will bode no good
to the free world.
Our envoy in Geneva, Mr..
U. Alexis johnson, is author
lied to listen to Chinese Com
munist propositions. But it is
being emphasized in highest
State Department levels that
Mr.. johnson won't discuss"
these Red bids. Listening is
not negotiating; the powers of
decision are still held at the
highest levels.
The impression here in of
fetal quarters is that the Reds
are more willing and anxious
to discuss economic arrange
ments than political problems.
Peiping is extremely eager to
end the trade embargo now in
effect. restricting shipping and
banning trade In goods and
equipment vital to the Commu-
mist program In China. The
Reds are held certain to put
the resumption Of trade ahead
of such political wants as the
admission of Peiping to the
United Nations and the recog-
milton of Red China by the
United States. They will play
Evening star., 1955-09-15
ICIO Flood Gifts
Put at 100000
By the Associated Press


The CIO said today its af.
filiated unions and their mem-
bers have donated about $780,
600 to help rehabilitate six flood
ravaged Northeastern States.
The CIO said a number of its
iaffiliates made their contribu.
tions direct to the American Red
Cross and that others sent
checks to the special CIo flood
relief committee which will turn.
over its collections to the Red
Cross after September 30.
Among the biggest contribu-
tions were 100000 from the
United Auto Workers,
Evening star., 1955-09-15
Eisenhower's Recognition of This Fact
HELPS Porty's Chances Tremendously

porters quietly invaded the
Republican Party organiza-
tions and took over the con-
troll. There is nothing unique,
therefore, in seeing the Eisen-
hover leaders of the party in
command. But it would be a
mistake to assume that this
means any change either way
in fundamental philosophy at
the grass roots or in theology.
The party organization doesn't
60 in much for highbrow stuff
about progressivism or con-
servatism or any other "ism. =
It is interested in control for
city or county or State reasons,
and the party organization
works with the congressional
candidates because as q rule
the ticket as q whole, and not
fragments Of it. has to win sup
port at the polls.
The big weakness in the Re-
publican Party has been the
fact that. when the amateurs"
took over in 1852 after Gen.
Eisenhower was nominated.
they had to learn the hard way
through defeat in the con-
gressional elections of 1854
that it doesn't pay to keep alive
party grievances or to sharpen
cleavages. AS a matter of fact,
a big danger today to the Re-
publicans is that, despite the
outward professions Of har-
mony. the Eisenhower spokes-
men have failed to win over the
small percentage of Jealous
persons who think the admin
istration hasn't been vigorous
enough on the anti-Commu-
mist issue. 1t is no answer to
argue that these voters have
no other place to go. In New
Jersey. by staying home, they
almost defeated Clifford Case,
the successful Republican
nominee for the Senate. and
that's one of the States where
they are going to need a lot OF
harmonizing to get the entire
Republican vote to go to the
polls next year. Chairman
Leonard Hall Of the Republican
National Committee. in his
talk on the Meet the Press"
television feature last Sunday,
emphasized that very point.
especially in offsetting the po-
litical strength of the labor
organizations.
Evening star., 1955-09-15

Something significant has
Just happened in Republican
politics which has been gener-
ally overlooked. When Presi-
dent Eisenhower met at Den
yer with the 4S chairmen Of
the Republican State commit
tees throughout the country.
he took a step which few oc-
cupants Of the White House
have ever taken fully a year
before a presidential campaign
begins.
The purpose of the confer
ence was not to write slogans
or to discuss whether Mr.. Eli
senhower will run for renom-
ination. It was to encourage a
fundamental job Of organiza-
ton which the Republican
Party has acutely needed.
What the President said
about Republican philosophy
got more headlines than what
he said about door-to-door
organization. and yet the fact
that Mr.. Eisenhower discoursed
on it as fully as he did shows
conclusively that he has learned
and taken to heart the most
important lesson in modern
politics y intensive organiza-
ton.
It is natural that there
should be passing comments
about how the Eisenhower
men have taken over the party
and how there is no longer a
Taft organization. But that's
what always happens with the
party in power-the man in
the White House becomes the
leader and preconvention fac
tionalism tends to disappear.
q
Looking back as far as 1912,
when Woodrow Wilson was
elected. there was frequent
mention after his inauguration
about the ascendant influence
by the preconvention support
ers he had as opposed to the
followers of Speaker Champ
Clark. who was the unsuccess-
full runnerup in the bitterly
fought Baltimore convention.
It took only a little while for
the Wilson group to become
dominant in party councils
and for party unity to be
achieved.
The same thing happened in
1928, when the Hoover sup