Milford chronicle., 1955-09-09

Committee of the United Nations.
"Once upon time man named Hitler
wrote a book called smein Kampf'. In ad-
vance, he warned the world that he aimed to
make it his. And he described In detail the
strategy and techniques he would employ.
$50 brash was his plan that we sat in
stunned disbelief. Then, incredulous, we
shrugged and yawned and went to sleep :.
Until just few million lives too late"
The foregoing quotes are recommended
for pasting in the hat.
6NSeNS
STICKS AND STONES
For thousands of years, men have been
intrigued by the thought of communicating
from mind to mind without words They
have speculated endlessly about undisclosed
powers of the brain-the power perhaps, to
influence others, to foretell the future, to
control physical events.
Such speculation has become entangled
with myth and superstition and mystic
dreaming. Only in recent decades has there
been systematic effort-at Duke University
and elsewhere-to discover the extent to
which man has so-called extra sensory per-
ception.
By now there is some rather persuasive
evidence that such thing does exist. But
many scientists, among them DR.. George R.
Price, rejects this evidence and suspect that
it has been faxed.
Writing in Science, this chemist says in
effect to the champions of extra sensory per-
ception: Put up or shut up. Either they
should quit making claims about brain-to-
brain communication, says DIR. Price,-or they
should provide sound evidence of it.
Scientific claims are certainly worthless
unless they are solidly based on evidence Yet
| those who believe in the possibility of extra
sensory perception are not likely to be dis
suaded by DR.. Price and others of his view
point.
The idea of communicating from mind to
mind appeals to the basic human desire for
universe that is something more than sticks
and stones. 1t has too great hold on mans
imagination to be knocked out by call for
| factual evidence. Sometimes the ideas which
seem most visionary turn out to be the most
pragmatic.
GOVERNMENT REAL ESTATE
Uncle Sam is not only the largest employ
er in this country, but the largest landowner
as WELL In fact he is the largest landowner
on the North American Continent and per-
haps in the Free World.
i The bulk of this land is undeveloped, but
| 1t does include airports, farms, mines and
even city building lots. Federal holdings
found in every state range from few thou
sand acres in Connecticut to 81 100000 acres
in Nevada.
| iltOSolUST, the (IoU0rdl services AOm1n-
istration reports, the Federal Government
owned 405, 100000 acres at the end of 1858
or over one-ffth of the total area of the
United States. In addition 560OO 900 acres
are held In trust by the government for use
as Indian reservations.
The uses to which this land is put are
varied. Ten and three-tenths millicn acres
alone are devoted to reclamation, irrigation
and power projects. Much of this land is
ne ci4 J1o+
Veterans Administration hospitals, for post
offices, court houses and similar government
buildings
/ Comments on the magnitude of these
holdings are meaningless without a thorough
study of how they are used and what bene
fits the nation achieves from them. One de-
duction, though, does seem safe This scope
of ownership indicates somewhat the com.
plexity of modern governmental operations
| SSo&S
TOO MUCH TALK
Televislon may not be the only reason fol-
the falling off in baseball attendance Tht
Associated Press has discovered an interest
| ing fact which might have some bearing
! Games are running more than 80 minutes
longer than in 1880 and more than 20 min
utes than in 1910 The average game thi
) year has taken hours % minutes. Only 3;
games took less than two hours and 55 tool
) three. This contrasts with the average gam,
length in 1880 of one hour SO minutes
!, survey by Baseball Commissioner Fore
c. Frick indicates that 25 per cent of the fam
questioned said slow games kept them away
| The batter stepping out of his box, tn,
manager consulting the pitcher and the coacl
talking with tae batter all cause delay. De
laying as well are the many changes of pit
) chers, each new man being allowed warm VI
, time.
:, These conferences can be curbed. Other
, wise the game might eventually die on
, through lack of patronage. The verdict Nigh