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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
BLUEPRINT OF DESTRUCTION

A blueprint which could lead to the ulti-
mate destruction of private medicine in the
United States has been incorporated in bill
now before the House Ways and Means Com
mittee. 1t would amend the Social Security
Act so that some Is million persons eligible
for Social Security benefits and mostly over
65 years of age, would also be entitled to re
ceive hospital, surgical and nursing home
treatment under government-run program.
Social Security taxes-already scheduled
to reach $50 of payroll up to $4,000 in the
years ahead-would have to go higher to pay
the bill. And it would be huge bill. 1t is
estimated at more than So billion the first
and second years, and the cost would stead
lily rise and pay checks decline for everyone
under Social Security as the number of per-
sons eligible for benefits increase year by
year. Moreover, it is historically true that
cost estimates for compulsory health insur-
ance have invariably fallen ridiculously
short of reality.
The rigidity of the government-controlled
program would rule out the flexible approach
so necessary to the proper development of
care for the aged. Political Intervention here
cannot solve the problem, but it can destroy
the effective work presently being done
through voluntary cooperative effort by
nurses, doctors, hospitals, social workers and
insurance companies. Right now about 1870
of our over-65 citizens are covered by health
insurance and much of this progress has
taken place in the past five or six years. This
growth can be expected to continue so long
as our elder citizens are free to choose from
an increasingly wide variety of plans the
sort of health insurance best suited to their
Individual need. 1t is reliably estimated that
759o of our older people who need and want
such protection will be covered by voluntary
health insurance by 1865, and 800 by 1870.
Compulsory health insurance was turned
down by the American people once before.
This is a case of socialism being sold under
another name 1t is unnecessary and its cost
will be tremendously high in dollars. More
important, it will be tremendously high in
the damage which it would do in providing a
pattern for the development of state-con-
trolled medicine There is no need here to
adopt an alien system of compulsory medi-
cine so destructive of the quality of medical
care and degree of progress developed in
this country and envied by the world.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

Babson Park, Mass, August 81.
The Boston and Albany New York
CentraD and the Boston and Maine
railroads are asking to drop scores
of trains and stations. Increased
fares are not the solution. People
simply will not ride the trains if
fares are increased further. / have
just returned from Arizona on the
swankiest train, the Santa Fe's
"Super-chief There were 54 pass
engers in eight beautiful cars
hauled by two engines and crew
of ten men. The passenger business
will gradually decline to almost no
riders. Now the riders are 80 per
cent old people; the young people
travel in automobiles, buses, and
planes.
Railroads Are Doing Everything To
Reduce Costs
The railroads have bought new
passenger cars, which are air-con-
ditioned. But they are cutting out
checking trunks on many trains
and are closing express offices.
This saves carrying baggage cars
and men to handle baggage, both
at the stations and in the trains.
Even the freight business is falling
off, although the railroads are
running faster freight service and
adopting ''piggyback" transport
from point of loading to final des-
tination. Now electrical freight
yards are being built and statesmen
are calling on shippers for busin-
ess. Freight business may again in
crease, although the new federal
highways will be another handicap.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Babson Tells What Will Happen To The Railroads

railroads some wonderful property,
however, to rent for supermarkets,
drive-in theatres, bowling alleys,
etc. in the hearts of the cities, ir-
respective of the decrease in pass
engers. These, moreover, could be
two-story buildings, if desired,
which would be financed by insur-
ance companies.
Railroads Are Necessary
We must have the railroads for
heavy freight. They are the life
blood of the nation. This was
proved during the two World Wars.
When the railroads had monopoly
they abused the people. They are
now suffering from this but this
will all be changed. 1t will be
changed by greater efficiency, fair
er labor and tax laws, and by their
being given freedom to run their
own business as do the bus COM
panies, trucking concerns, air.
plane companies, and takes with
which they must now compete.
Now a word in closing to invest
ors: In most instances, you who
hold railroad stocks might do well
to sell them, putting the money in
bank until industrial stocks have
their crash in price; then re-invest
in good dividend-paying industrial
stocks. You who hold railroad
bonds should probably keep them.
When the railroads wake up to the
advantages of getting into the real
estate and advertising business,
most of these railroad bonds
should be paid off at par.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Looking at
WASHINGTON

memorable accomplishment in the
effort to find world peace. One
should not expect this much from
the forth oming Eisenhower
Khrushchev meetings, but it is an
encouraging sign, and the people
of the world hope that results of
Eisenhower's meetings with the
Soviet leader will be the begin
ming of better world atmosphere.
On The Presidential LeUeL
When President Eisenhower an
nounced that he would go to Eu-
rope to confer with several Wes-
tern governments, prior to his
meeting with Nikita Khrushchev, it
was, of course, sensational news in
Europe.
The average American, however,
does not realize how much a visit
can complicate matters in Euro
pean capitals. Although most of
us did not think about it at the
time, the Presidents announce
ment precipitated what amounted
to a near Cabinet crisis in Rome.
This was caused by the fact that
President Eisenhower's itinerary
was announced to include visits
with President Charles de Gaulle
in France, Sir Harold Macmillan
in London, and Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer, somewhere along the
line"
No mention was made of Italy,
and there is actually no need for
President Eisenhower to go to
Rome.
AS a matter of cold turkey, Italy
does not warrant an equal voice.
Nevertheless, in diplomacy and in
ternational relations, one must be
careful not to step on the toes of
others. And in announcing that the
President would visit Europe. leav-
ing Italy and Italy's leaders out of
the schedule, this was quite blow
to the Italian government
Therefore, it would seem likely
that the leaders of the Italian gov
ernment, or the Foreign Minister
at least, would see Eisenhower on
his trip to Europe. Such a simple
thing as including visit with these
leaders on his tour can be of major
consequence in Italy, and to ooun-
ter the CONSERVATION in Rome, the
State Department sent Assistant
Secretary of State Livingston T.
Merchant to Italy to explain things
and assure the Italian government
that no slight was intended.
Aircraft Carrier Restored
A Congressional conference COM
mittee recently agreed on a COM
promise Defense Bill, which pro-
vided more than $4,000. 100000 in
new defense funds. One of the in
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

teresting features of the compro-
mise was restoration of the Navy's
super-carrier.
AS the reader may know, the
Navy has been engaged in con-
structing new carrier every two
years. In the House this year,
House members refused to go along
with the request for funds to con-
struct another conventional-pow-
cred carrier.
Ironically, the Bureau of the Bud
get had not smiled upon the Navy's
original desire to begin a nuclear-
powered carrier in the current fis-
cal year. Instead, because of linn
itation in funds, it was possible for
the Navy only to request a con-
ventional-powered carrier.
Many members of the House felt
that to construct convential-pow-
cred carrier would be to begin an
obsolete ship. Many Navy officials
thought so, although they were OBJ
viously effectively muzzled by the
Administration - which demands
J0dulWOIh anu duuOI0uC0 10 the bu-
reau of the Budgets decisions, and
others in higher authority.
The Senate, fortunately, saw
through the fallacious reasoning
and decided that if the Navy was to
continue to have aircraft carriers
it might as well have modern ones,
and voted over $100,O00,0O0 as an
extra appropriation so that the
Navy could begin construction of a
nuclear-powered carrier this fiscal
year. 1t will be the second nuclear-
powered carrier to be laid down.
While many people do not real
ize it, the aircraft carrier may not
be obsolete at all. 1t is true that
majority of experts feel that the
aircraft carrier-like the battle
ship in World War lis on it's
way to limited use. However, a
modern aircraft carrier, one that
is nuclear-powered, is a potent
military weapon, and if the next
few years come and go without a
nuclear war, but with limited or
brushfire wars, then the carriers
will be our most valuable possess
SionS at sea.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

The railroads, however, will sue
papers, magazines, and billboards,
in selling advertising space. In
dining cars, if there are any wait
ers, they will not bother with table
linens; but will use only paper
napkins and place mats. On these
will be printed advertisements of
the foods we are served All sta
tions and much right-of-way will
be sold for advertising space, al
though this income may gradually
decline as passengers become few
er. Freight cars and freight yards,
however, offer some advertising
possibilities for both national and
local products.
What More Can The Railroads Do
To Get Income?
The railroads are the largest
real estate owners in the United
States. This is true not only of the
Santa Fe, the Union Pacific, the
Northern Pacific, and the Southern
Pacific, but of every one of the 700
different railroads now operating.
Land owned but not now used by
the communities in which these
700 railroads operate. The rail-
roads should be allowed to consoli-
date and raise or lower their rates
of fare and freight charges.
Railroads having large TERMINALS
will stop trains 1000 feet further
out than the present stops; hence,
unless there are more "red caps"
passengers will have to carry their
bags further This will give the
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
A-TESTS TO RESUME

1t now appears that after the one-year
moratorium on atomic tests, which was
agreed upon by the United States, Great
Britain and Russia, atom explosions will
again be conducted by the United States and
other nations.
The one year suspension agreement ends
October 31st, and the United States is expect
ed to begin experiments with underground
blasts and explosions in outer space. Soviet
Russia, of course, can be expected to follow
suit.
Unfortunately, the Geneva Conference on
nuclear testing seems to have produced moth
ing which would indicate that agreement on
further suspension is to be expected. There
is some doubt whether the United States or
Russia actually wants tests suspended.
AS far as the suspension of tests is con-
cerned the most desirable agreement be-
tween the nations possessing nuclear weap-
ons would be an agreement not to use them.
Unfortunately, the United States has op-
posed such an agreement-which is a strange
position for us to take-on the theory that
we cannot possibly hope to match the COM
munists in the conventional weapons field,
and therefore must retain our liberty to use
nuclear weapons as threat to aggression.
Without any agreement not to use the Weap-
ons, the banning of tests barely held to min
imum the amount of radiation which nu-
clear tests inevitably add to the atmosphere.
Of course one of the main reasons why
a continuance of the moratorium which ex-
pires October 31st could not be obtained was
Soviet reluctance to have foreign observers
within its borders. Even though the United
States may be ready to resume its testing
program, had the Soviets been agreeable to
a workable inspection system, the moratOr-
ium would have been extended at least an
other year.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
NNA~
THE ROAD TO RUIN

Barring a nuclear war, which seems to
become daily less attractive for all concerned,
imitation is the greatest single problem which
this country has to face. 1t can destroy the
value of life insurance policies, savings, Sc
curitieS and the dollar. 1t can wipe out the
means of existence for people on fixed in
comes, paralyze production and trade, and
bring both political and economic collapse
to the country.
It's primary cause is government that
has become far too big and wasteful and
spends more than its income. One of the
chief misconceptions upon which big govern
ment has been built is the idea that somebody
else can be made to pay for its multifarious
growth, often in direct competition with its
own citizens. But in the long run, every in
dividual in the country pays the bill as the
dollars he owns become worth less. He pays
the bill in taxes-not only his own but those
charged to business enterprise as well.
Corporation are merely tax collectors for
government. They must add the tax levied
against them to the prices of the products
which they sell, or go out of business. The
significance of this was pointed out recently
by the president of a leading southwestern
electric company when he said: g. if we
were to operate on a tax-exempt basis as
public power does, we could reduce our
rates 27@o without affecting the net income
of the company or the people who put up the
funds to operate our company. Of course,
the remaining taxpayers would have to make
up the taxes we now collect. If people could
be made to realize that taxes must, of neces-
sity, be paid by the ultimate consumer,
believe that there would be more attention
given to governmental expenditures espe-
cially by the Federal Government"
Only the individual can pay the bill for
big government, and unless it's spending is
curbed the final installment paid by the in
dividual will be his freedom.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

NORFOLK, Va. (P)-A friendship.
spanning a quarter of a century
has brought a young German hos
pital technician to this country.
Helga Royal, "a, came to Norfolk
last October as technician train
ee at De Paul Hospital here. Bring
ing her here took a bit of doing.
Helga's father, a leading German
pathologist, psychologist and neur-
ologist, was a classmate of DR.. Ar
mold Strauss, now head pathologist
at De Paul, while they were stu
dents at Bonn, Germany, more than
rs years ago.
Strauss and Helga's father corre-
sponded through the years. When
Helga decided she wanted to visit
America, it was natural that her
father would ask the aid of DR..
Strauss.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

HeIga, however, couldn't work
in the hospital here if it did not
have a training program. So
Strauss set up one and, with the
approval of the government, sent
for Helga.
Although she enjoys her work,
Helga says: "I came to America
mainly to meet Americans, not just
to work"
Her typical day begins at a. m,
testing blood specimens. Its a
busy day." she says, because many
tests must be made and each can
take two hours"
When she isn't working, she in
dulges in one of her many hobbies
playing violin, singing alto with
the Norfolk Civic Chorus, cooking,
swimming or taking pictures.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
GeneVG's Results


The foreign ministers have end
ed their long and almost-fruitless
conference at Geneva. Although
nothing much was accomplished, in
one sense, it is probably good that
the meeting was held.
1t is too early, of course, to fully
analyze the recent foreign minis
ters' conference at Geneva. Ger
tainly one can say, however, that
it did not resolve the Berlin crisis.
On the other hand, it did bring
about an easing of tension, and the
deadline which had originally been
set by Nikita Khruschev-M 9th,
came and passed without any
thing ominous happening. And it
can also be stated that the foreign
ministers left Geneva with at least
tacit agreement that nothing
would be done to disturb the status
quo in Berlin for the moment.
How long this agreement will be
kept, by the Soviet Union, is mat
ter of speculation. But for the
moment the issue is about where it
was, and no dangerous turn of
events is anticipated in Europe.
The announcement that President
Eisenhower would receive Nikita
Khrushchev as an official visitor in
September, and that Eisenhower
would return the visit with a trip
to Russia later in the fall, had a
soothing effect on the last sessions
of the foreign ministers confer
ence in Geneva. No one could i'm
agine Khrushchev taking an action
which might precipitate war with
visits such as these impending.
Thus while the foreign ministers
did not accomplish a solution or a
compromise agreement on Berlin,
other events seem to have trans
pired which brought about a more
optimistic climate.
Tke's Chance For Peace
President Eisenhower, military
man by training and background,
has one last. great chance to
achieve progress in behalf of man
kind toward achieving peace in the
immediate future.
1t should be said, in this regard,
that Presid dent Eisenhower's
chances are probably slim. Yet he
is willing to take the chance. as
indeed he should be, and his last
year and one-half in office could be
the most memorable, and produc-
tive, of his eight years-should he
produce some affirmative result in
his forthcoming meetings with Nj
kita Khrushchev.
In summary, then, Mr.. Eisen-
hover has what amounts to his last
and greatest chance to achieve a
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
By EIoine Townsend Dickerson

other crew from the 55th have the
top honors so far. They bombed"
st. Louis. Dallas and Carthage,
Missouri. The results are classi-
fed. Even if they don't win. which
they certainly should, it has been
an honor to be ahead so far. The
next mission will be this Friday,
the day you read this letter, so
please say a tiny prayer for my
good husband and hope he comes
out on top again.
Today is the book sale at the To-
cal schools. You lucky souls in
Delaware don't even know what
I'm talking about We buy school
books in Kansas. Today the PTA
is selling books for students at
per cent of the sale price. / pa
tronize these sales. 1t means our
girls won't have new books. but it
costs half the price and / can't re-
member, having brand new books
every year as a student in Della
ware schools. Last year it cost
about $25.00 for Lynne and Dawn's
books, tablets and other school
utensils. With each succeeding
grade the cost increases. Pretty
rough on large families.
We have a lovely field of sorg-
hum near us and it was not too
many years ago / saw my first
field of this food for stock (they
make syrup from it tool, Dawn.
our nine year old, was with me the
other day when l passed this field
and l asked her if she knew what
it was. She answered. Wheat"
| shook my head negatively and she
seriously said. 'Wheatina.
Until next week.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
THE REASONS WHY

Have you ever wondered why, for some
thing like quarter of century, United
States policy, as laid down in law, has held
that u. S.-fag Merchant Marine is essen
tial to the national welfare and security?
One reason, of course, is that we are the
worlds foremost exporting nation, and that
millions of jobs in industry and agriculture
depend on this trade.
But foreign trade is a two-way street
Obviously enough, if we don't buy from
abroad we wouldn't long be able to sell
abroad. Other nations, as matter of eco
nomic necessity, would have to exclude our
goods by one device or another.
Moreover, we couldn't maintain Ameri-
can industry, American security, or the Am
erican standard of living as we know it with
out imports. For there is long list of eS-
sential commodities and materials which we
don't possess at all, or possess in insufficient
quantities to meet our needs.
For example, we import all or sub
stantial part of our coffee, cocoa, chocolate,
tea, bananas, sugar, various kinds of nuts,
burlap, silk, ETC., etc-WareS which are in
daily use in millions of homes.
Then, we import all of our tins, $3.50 of
our nickel, % of our, chrome, and compar-
able percentages of other metals vital to in
dustrial production for both civilian and mil
itary purposes. Some $50 imported parts or
raw materials, for instance go into an auto
or truck.
These and the other export-import COM
modities move by Ship-merchant ship. And
the only merchant fleet we can fully depend
upon in this disordered world is that flying
our own flag.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
NZ@R~&
THE SICK DOLLAR

Franz Pick, a currency expert who an
nually publishes "Pick's. Currency Year
Book" says the United States dollar must be
de-valued if it is to remain an important
unit of international exchange.
The dollar, and some other dependent
currencies, are the only monetary units
which have not been officially re-valued in the
last twenty-five years, Pick says. During this
time, however, the purchasing power of the
dollar has declined to less than fifty per cent
of what it was twenty years ago.
Pick says that the strength of the dollar
can be regained if the price of gold is raised
that is if the value of the dollar is reduced.
He says that there is no alternative to in
creasing the price of gold in the United
States, eventually, and that if the United
States government does good job OF it, they
will increase the price of gold one hundred
per cent.
If this was done, this would jump the
price of gold from thirty-five dollars an
ounce to seventy dollars an ounce. Pick
blames the unrealistic official rate quoted
for the United States dollar, as pertaining to
gold, for the loss of between $7OO,OOO,OOO
and $500, 100000 in u. S. gold holdings. The
drain is continuing.
Furthermore, Pick predicts that by the
end of this year, the United States loss OF
gold will total one and a half billion dollars,
and that it will continue, and even accelerate,
; uul6SS lS OOIlCs I'm POAhCSA
that the dollar is steadily becoming "sicker",
citing the fact that more than dozen
countries have already discounted it from
one quarter to one and one-haf per cent IN
international monetary dealings.
Other evidences of the shrinking value OF
the dollar, as outlined by Pick, include the
fact that the ratio of gold reserves to the
National Debt today is down to 6.9 per cent,
from ratio of 37.1 per cent in 1889. In ad-
dition, our gold holdings in 1889 amounted
to 1914 per cent of the national gross pro-
duct, whereas today they amount to only
4.2 per cent of the national gross product.
In summary, it is melancholy, but true,
that the value of the u S. dollar is slipping
steadily. No longer can we ignore the drain
of gold away from the United States. 1t is
known, for one thing, that Russia is quietly
accumulating huge gold stocks.
This is merely an additional reason for
the dire necessity of government thrift, and
balanced budget. When the day comes that
the United States dollar is weak currency,
and when devaluation and imitation follow
one upon another, to considerable degree,
then the strength of the United States will be
ebbing, and we will have frittered away a
sound dollar and much of our power. The
wild spenders should keep this in mind in
their idealistic but misguided efforts to ar
range for the government to furnish every
taxpayer with everything he needs.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
DOCTORS PARTY LINE

MINNEAPOLIS P)-The medical
profession is about to be introduced
to a party line" stethoscope that
will allow as many as four doc
tors to listen in on a patients chest
sounds at the same time.
Maico Electronics, Inc, which
designed the stethoscope, says it
is transistorized to amplify heart
and chest sounds 10000 times.