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Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

Some time afterward l received
an invitation from AL Smith, the
coming Democratic candidate, to
attend dinner to help raise some
funds. To my great surprise | was
introduced by the @ h al r m n as
the man who saved the Demo-
cratic Party" Naturally, W a S
much embarrassed. CTo look back,
this story seems Incredibly Al
Smith was nominated in 1928. The
Republicans, however, won and
Herbert Hoover became President
The Stock market crash came in
1929 followed by the business
panic in 1881 and 1882. Then the
Democrats were again successful,
electing Franklin ID. Roosevelt in
1882. He served three and a frac-
ton terms, and was succeeded by
Harry s. Truman. Mr.. Trum a n
concluded Mr.. Roosevelt's fourth
term and was later reelected, fol-
lowed by Dwight d. Eisenhower.
The Republican Party Today
AT the present time, certain ele-
ments of the Republican Party
feel that the d mo ocrats, who
preach the New Frontier and the
Welfare State, have come in to
stay. The young Republicans feel
that their party's old conservative
principles are outdated. They are
trying to initiate the Democrats as
led by President Kennedy and his
family.
This story Of what happened to
the Democrats under the Wilson
Administration sh ould be les
son to both parties. Politics are
very unc e rtain. Furthermore,
much depends now upon the life of
such men as our Mr.. Kennedy, Mr..
Adenauer of West Germany, de-
Gaulle of France, and especially
khrushchev of Russia and Mao of
China.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

There are window screens,
smoke screens, and m owl e
screens, but the screen of most
interest to the homemaker is
the decorative screen that can
be used to hide a view. divide a
room, or simply decorate.
Studies by the Goodyear
Women's Service Bureau indi-
cate that every home needs at
least one screen, and some need
more. Where the dining, room
is part of the living room, a
screen can cut off the table un-
til the hostess is ready to unveil
her epicurean masterpiece.
Where guests are given sleep
ing accommodations in a room.
used for other purposes than a
bedroom, the screen is an inn
portant measure of privacy.
And where a bedroom must be
shared by two children, a screen
can be an invaluable divider.
These simple hinged screens,
available in three and four panel
widths, can be purchased in un-
adorned Inexpensive form, and
then decorated by you with
Goodyear's self-adhering Viny1-
film to make a movable wall
that can be the conversation
piece" of your room.
Use a marble, MOSAIC or wood
paneling design for a screen in
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
Price of Democracy

OF course, Democracy and Free
dom are the goal for which we
all are seeking. But my column of
November is, 1862 shows the un-
certainty of progress. 1t is slow
and tedious struggle. 1t is much
more uncertain since we have be-
come so dependent upon inter
national conditions. The airplane
for travel, the wireless for COM
munications, and now the new
space developments, are making
even going to the moon" a matter
for businessmen and political lead
ers to consider.
When someone asks me whether
a landing upon the moon could af-
feet business in this country, re-
ply, mot if we find nothing of
value on the moon. But, if we find
quantities of gold, or diamonds, or
some new elements, it could re-
suit in a great new boom in this
country like the gold rush in
1S48." When we realize that it
once took two months for ships to
go from New York around the
Horn" to San Francisco, while the
astronauts claim it will only take
three or four days to go to the
moon, we should be slow to fore
cast the future. We are living in a
different age. If such sudden over
turns in the two great parties
could occur when we were influ-
enced only by conditions in TIN e
United States, what could happen
today when we are a world power,
and even seeking the moon?
Hence, the moral of today's col
umn is that the Democrats must
not be too sure of their recent
welfare and Cuban successes, and
the Republicans must not be dis
couraged if conservatism is tenn
porarily unpopular. Big changes
sometimes come suddenly.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
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MANS BEST CHANCE

1t is easy to point out flaws in the way
the United Nations carries out its mandate
to maintain world peace and security, and
to improve the lot of all mankind Seventeen
years after its charter came into effect, the
world is like a man stumbling in mine
field. Rich nations grow richer; poor ma
tions grow relatively poorer. In vast areas
of the globe, hunger and disease ravage hui
man beings as they always have.
Il is easy to place a major share of the
blame for all this on the shoulders of the
United Nations. 1t is easy to say that, be-
cause the u. N. imperfectly reflects til e
desires of men of good will (by which is
generally meant those who think as we do),
it Yields overmuch to Communist pressures
and is in danger of becoming nothing more
than global debating society.
There is that danger If Americans and
others in the free world allow their support
of the United Nations to become weak and
perfunctory, if they waver in their zeal to
advance it's goals for humanity, the u. n
NAV indeed sink into uselessness. If that
happens, the U.N.'s detractors will be able
10 say, II told you So"
That may, however, be the last thing
thew saw. For it is quite literally true that
the United Nations, though it has not as
sured world peace nor ended poverty n r
spiked the guns of the communist theology,
is our one great hope of adverting the
holocaust that would destroy civilization. 1t
does have flaws 1t does advance with mad
dening slowness. But it is mankind's best
chance With the heartfelt support of men
of good will, it may yet be able to fulfill the
high destiny of the human race.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
PROFITS-WITH HONOR

There's a pleasant tinkle about the
word profits. 1t rings a bell. The big catch
is that most of US have the darndest mis-
conceptions about it.
Example:
About 10 years ago, national survey
showed that 404o of the general publ C
thought profits were "too high"
Then the public was asked what fair
profit would be. Almost everyone said 1919
on sales-or 1879 on invested capital.
This "fair" profit was about twice as
much profit as u. S. industry was actually
making at the time-when so many Of us
thought profits were "too high"
And here are two recent factual reports:
l. In 1861, the profit margin on sales of
all u. S. corporations was $50 after taxes,
according to the U. S. Department of Com
merce data.
2. The u. S. Treasury has published
figures which show that in recent years
more than a third of all corporations actual
ly have made no profit, but operated at
loss.
We could go on for days. But this, in
nutshell, is the .'lowdown" on "high
profits
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

living areas. For a more in
formal room, there are patterns
that simulate brick and cork.
and ones that provide handsome
pebble and non-objective effects,
The designs for children's
rooms, logically, put the en-
phasis on toy motifs.
IF you haven't before tried
Magic-Cover, as this self-adher-
ing Vinylfilm is called, you'll be
amazed at the simplicity of the
operation, and the satisfaction
of the results.
Before going to your hard
ware or variety department to
make your purchase. take mea.
surements and purchase the
exact amount you require.
You'll find that scissors easilv
cut the material to fit the shape
of your surfaces, with assist
ance from the lined division ON
the paper backing. When YOU
peel off this backing, you'll find
that the adhesive works effec-
lively and the Vinylfilrn is cas-
lily applied, even around the
trickiest corner.
You'll probably become SO en-
Unused about this type of d,,r-
able, scrubbable, attractivelv
patterned covering, that you'll
want to apply it to walls. f,,r-
cupboards, shelf recess.
IS. table and desk tops.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
BABSON DISCUSSES Saving" THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Babson Park, Mass, Dec. 6. l
write this column for two reasons:
First, as a comment on the recent
election. Second, for its use as a
clipping when the history of the
Democratic Party is written.
Early Interests In Politics
This is my story. During World
War I, I was in Washington as
the head of the Labor Depart
ment's Information and Education
Service. / had an entire building
there with several assistants
Shortly after the war ended, Presi-
dent Wilson was suddenly taken
i'll; but / continued friendly con-
nections with the White Hou 9
and l was used by beth parties to
get funds from the Appropriations
Committee.
Owing to President wills sons
sickness, the popularity of the Re-
publican Party, and the election Of
President Harding by RepuJbli-
can landslide, the Democratic
Party gradually disintegrated and
got very few votes. Furthermore,
this was when Vice President Cal
vim Coolidge Of Massachusetts,, who
was a personal friend of mine, be-
came President following tn e
sudden death of President Hard
ing.
Payment OF Rent
Before / left Washington, | call
ed upon my old friends of both
parties. I found that the Demo-
cratic Party had a little room in
the Press Building for which they
had not paid their. rent for three
months. A letter of eviction had
just been received that morning
demanding $120 cash! 1t happened
that / was the only one of the
crowd who could raise the cash to
pay the back rent. / gladly gave
$120 to them.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
cops!

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP} - It was
during a hectic session of the Md.
General Assembly.
Gov. j. MiIlard Tawes had just
dispatched another d el eg ii o n
when an observer suggested that
legislative pressures might be get
ting on his nerves.
Who me?" asked the governor.
No, sir. Not me. Not getting on
my nerves"
Whereupon. he picked up his
cigar and stuck the ash end in his
mouth. Fortunately, the cigar had
gone out while the. a ei egatf n
chatted.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
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YoUR ATTENTIoN, PLEASE

I It's fact. Head-on crashes-the blood
lest of all highway casualties, which took
1000 lives last year-can be prevented.
Proof comes from the New Jersey Turn
pike, busiest toll-road in the world. u
The turnpike features tough, foot
wide guard rail down the median strip of
this divided highway. And the guard rail
keeps the highway divided, even when
speeding cars go out of control.
The 118-mile-Iong barrier was complet-
ed last year-and since then there has not
been a single head-on crash fatality along
the teeming expressway.
And equally good news is reported from
California-wherever the tough steel divid-
ers are at work on high-speed freeways;
and from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, where
a center ribbon of steel now protects about
half of its 470 miles.
This is something for the road-builders
to cheer about. Certainly this solution to the
most terrifying single threat to highway
safety should be of utmost concern to every
communities we'll as to every highway
engineer faced with the task of moderniz-
ing its roads.
Come to think of it, whenever we drive
a divided" highway, we'll look for that
steel guardian-and feel thankful when we
see It. -
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
GEM OF THE NATION

COLUMBUS, KY. (AP) - This
city once was considered the site
for the nations capitol.
After the Capitol was burned in
Washington in 1914, real estate
spectators proclaimed this area
as the approximate center of the
country and urged that the gov
ernment be moved to this less vul-
nerable spot.
Engineers laid out plans for an
elaborate city to be known as
Columbus. The promoters were un-
successful but the name remained.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

Iceland was first settled in the
Ninth Century by. nermits from
Ireland. ase
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07

st. Pierre, Martinique, was de-
stroyed May 8, 1902, by the vol
canic eruption of 4,799-foot-high
Mt Pelee.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-07
SCHOOL BOY LOGIC

There is too much talk today about the
profits of business being excessive. L h e
critics of profits never mention the fact
that government would be flat-busted with
its excessive cost of operation, if it were not
for profits to tax. The federal government
runs billions in the red now. We can create
real depression if the anti-business talk
keeps up and is reflected in action. t h n
watch the public debt climb and the value
of the dollar drop.
1t is generally conceded that nix
must have healthy earning capacity. If it
were to lend money at no interest it would
be bankrupt. Industry is no different than
a bank; if it produces goods and services at
no profit or too little profit, it will go bank
rupt
Government has no income except what
it first takes from its citizens in taxes. Its
solvency depends on the ability of its citiz
ems to produce surplus (profit) to tax.
Evening star., 1962-04-01
Shelter to Be Topic

of Civil Defense. Admiral Le-
Roy Hartwig. USN (retired.
deputy director of the Mont
gomery County office of Civil
Defense, Mr.. Hal Silvers.
director Of the Prince
Georges County office of
Civil Defense and Mr.. John
E. James, deputy director Of
the Northern and Central Vir-
ginia office of Civil Defense
will discuss community shell
ters in the Washington area.
One of the chief functions
of the Committee is to act as
a liaison between local civil
defense offices and citizens.
Mr.. Hal v. Kelly is chairman
of the executive committee.
Other executive committee
officers are Mrs. Charles C.
Flowerree, Mrs. Wallace
Luchs, jr., and Mrs. Frederick
P. Ellinger.
Evening star., 1962-04-01

The first annual meeting of
the Citizens Civil Defense
Committee will be held at 8
pm. Monday, April 9 at the
National Housing Center. The
subject of the meeting will be
Community Shelters Here
and Abroad"
Mr.. Paul Visher, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for civil defense will
discuss the Federal program
for civil defense.
Staff members from three
embassies will discuss COM
munity shelters abroad. They
are Mr.. Martti Korhonen of
the Finnish Embassy, DR..
Erling Christopherson of the
Norwegian Embassy, and Mr..
Stig Abelin of the Swedish
Embassy.
Mr.. George Rodericks. di-
rector Of the District office
Evening star., 1962-04-01
MRS. ROOSEVELT SAYS
Cocktail Parties,
APOOr Example

long orientation program
gives foreign guests an intro
duction to the United States
system Of government as well
as other phases Of American
life.
She recalled how baffled
she herself was when, as q
young matron on q visit to
England, she was asked to
explain the difference be-
tween Federal and State
rights in this country.
Fortunately my husband
walked in at that moment,
so I referred the question to
him." she related.
But I'm not surprised when
visitors who come here are
extremely grateful for some
place where they can feel at
home and can begin to under
stand this very large country
they have come to visit"
Mrs. Roosevelt was pre-
sented to the group by
NASA Administrator James
E. Webb, board chairman Of
the Meridian House Founda-
ton, after she had enjoyed
an informal coffee hour.
Hostess for the morning
was Mrs. Francis B. Sayre.
a member of the executive
committee of the foundation
and former chairman of VIC
volunteers.
Other Guests
Others on hand for the
visit included Mrs. Dean
RuSk. wife of the Secretary
of State; Mr.. George M.
ElSey, foundation president;
DR.. Robert B. Knapp. acting
director of the center in the
absence of DR.. Arthur A.
Hauck, who is in Asia, and
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, whose
home is next door to Meri-
dian House.
A young Ethiopian police
officer, Wedojo Mersha, got
a big thrill when he was
chosen to present Mrs. Roose-
velt with an orchid corsage.
Mr.. Mersha is studying at the
International Police School
here under auspices Of the
Agency for International De-
velopment.
Mrs. RooSevelt's visit also
was a very special event for
Miss Ernestine friedman.
senior member of the VIC
professional staff, who worked
with the former First Lady
back in the days Of WPA.
Mrs. Roosevelt had writ
ten in advance that she
hoped to see Miss Friedman
and the two had a chance
a to exchange greetings while
Mrs. Roosevelt was signing
the guest book.
Evening star., 1962-04-01
By FRANCES LIDE
Star Staff Writer


Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
criticized the cocktail party
in a hotel" as a very poor
form of entertainment for
foreign visitors yesterday. as
she praised the orientation
program provided by the
Washington Inter national
Center for Government-spon-
sored visitors here on various
exchange programs.
At the same time she told
70 or more international
guests assembled to meet her
at the VIC headquarters in
Meridian House that she
hoped they would discover
that Americans are warm
and interested people who
really care what happens in
the world as a whole"
Mrs. Roosevelt made an in
formal talk to the group on
her first visit to Meridian
House, the handsome home
on Crescent place acquired
through a Ford Foundation
grant as headquarters for
several organizations con-
cerned with educational and
technical exchange programs.
Noting that personal hos
pitality is an important part
of the center program. she
urged the foreign guests to
take time out to go into the
homes Of the people they
meet.
Difficulties
She realizes this involves
difficulties because of the
full schedules arranged for
visitors here under govern
ment auspices, she pointed
out.
II know from talks I have
had with guests of the
State Department" she said,
that they have such a heavy
program it's sometimes diff
cult for them to assimilate
all they have seem"
But. perhaps, she suggest
ed. the visitors should offer
a protest themselves.
Maybe you should just
say, I am being hurried too
much. =. :. I would like a little
more time on this or that
thing" she added.
AS for a cocktail party in a
hotel, Mrs. Roosevelt COM
mented that this is a favorite
form of entertainment at the
United Nations-"and I've
always thought it was a bad
one."
You don't get a good pic
ture of the United States if
that is all you ever see," she
declared. you don't get an
idea Of how Americans live,
or their ways of doing
things"
Pleased
Mrs. Roosevelt also was
pleased that the WIGS week.
Evening star., 1962-04-01

Mrs. Roosevelt also was
pleased that the WIGS week.
Evening star., 1962-08-30
Wedding Honor Guards
Shocking in Swim Suits

BoURNEMoUTH, England
Aug. 80 (AP).-The Bourne.
mouth City Council apologized
today for seven beautiful girls
who stripped down to bathing
suits to form an honor guarc
at a church wedding.
The girls are all swimmer:
in an aquashow with the bride
22-year-old Eileen Hart.
/ At Eileen's wedding in a loca'
Anglican church, the seven sal
demurely and fully clad in theil
pew through the half-houl
service.
After the service, the dresse.
came off in the churchyard
outside. revealing swimsuits
embellished by filmy trains oi
white lace. A scantily clad
honor guard was formed fol
Eileen and Actor David King
as they walked out Of the
church.
The Rev. j. H. Bale, who
conducted the service, looked
shocked but didn't say any.
thing. Then the vicar. the Rev
Alfred Laughlin. heard about
it.
Il appreciate that the girls
appear in public in these alb.
breviated costumes" the vical
Evening star., 1962-08-30
DAVID LAWRENCE
Altering the u. S. Constitution

our forefathers wrote them7
Those who framed the Con-
stitution provided in the doc
ument itself, q method by
which it could be revised and
amended. Mr.. Roosevelt
called this process "cumber-
some" and tried q short cut
by asking Congress to pass
q law giving him power to
appoint more justices-men
who would feel as he did
about centralizing power.
Apparently President Ken
nedy has accepted FDR's ex-
pediency doctrine and expects
the Supreme Court to amend
the Constitution on its own.
though 1t has no legal right
to do so. He can WELD a tre-
mendous influence through
the power of appointment.
Just before the speech on
Tuesday. he was considering
the appointment Of Secre-
tary of Labor Goldberg to
be a Justice Of the Supreme
Court, and announced it yes
terday. This may give the So
called liberals" a majority
on the Court, as Chief JUS
tice Warren and Justices
Black, Douglas and Brennan
are believers in the doctrine
that sociological change Jus
titles altering the Constitu-
tion by the device Of Inter
probation" instead Of by the
process Of amendment.
II We are to give way.
however, to an unwritten
constitution-as in Britain
there has TO be q safeguard
whereby all the people
through their elected repre-
sentatives, instead Of just
nine men, set forth the con-
stitutional changes needed
in a changing world.
Certainly monetary and
fiscal questions. nuclear tests
and threats from aggreSSors
abroad provide problem m S
larger in scope than those
which the founders Of our
Government faced. But the
concept Of individual liberty
hasn't changed. 1t shouldn't
be considered less moral to-
day Ito rob Peter to pay
Paul" or to confiscate an in
dividual's property. or to limit
the right Of the people to say
how they want to be governed
than when the Constitution
was written. The basic prin-
cipleS Of moral law and con-
stitutional law are immutable.
and even the ancient wisdom
Of q Plato could come in
handy in high places today.
(Copyright, 1852
Evening star., 1962-08-30

and the shadow of eternal
armament darkens the
sky. :"
Patience is the uniform Of
the day. One Of the frustrat-
ing facts of our time is that
many Of the forces operating
today, political and economic,
are quite beyond the control
of the participants - nom
Communist and Communist
alike. This is Q harsh and
unpalatable fact. But fact it
Is.
Patience is necessary. But
one can feel impatience,
without losing control. Those
individuals and organizations
who use their freedom sell
fishly and to the detriment of
the national welfare. will, If
they continue unwilling to
work comparatively, do Seri-
GUS national harm.
In his plea for understand
ing the national need and
cooperative efforts by all,
the President said:
IF the railroads prevent
coal slurry pipelines from
conveying the resources Of
our mines - If the mining
interests prevent the use of
nuclear energy for public and
private tranSmission-if pub
lie and private power inter-
ests veto each others pro-
gress, or II one region refuses
to permit another to share in
its abundance-then we shall
be entering q decade Of chal-
lenge and crisis with an in
excuSable, vulnerable attitude
Of waste"
This Is q true paragraph,
Evening star., 1962-08-30
DAVID LAWRENCE

Sometimes the quality Of a
PRESIDENTS mind and his
inner philosophy come out
more clearly in an impromptu
speech than they do in his
prepared addresses.
Thus, President Kennedy
has just made an extempo-
raneouS speech to a group of
students assembled at the
White House. and what he
says about the Constitution
OF the United States is more
important to examine today
than the words Of the address
which he delivered at his in
auguration on January 20.
1861, as he took the oath TO
preserve. protect and defend
the Constitution"
Mr.. Kennedy now says he
conceives Of the Constitution
as a document that can be
changed at will by the men
who interpret" it and. in
effect. argues that provisions
Of the Constitution can be
altered arbitrarily to fit the
needs Of q changing age and
changing times. He says
nothing about the amend
ment process. itself. Instead,
he emphasizes "interpreta-
ton"
Now. many juristS believe
in this very doctrine. and
these include a whole line Of
justices who have been ap-
pointed to the Supreme Court
Of the United States since
those fateful days Of the
l930s when President Frank
lin Roosevelt tried to pack"
the court. Mr.. Roosevelt fail
ed to change the system by
law, but he managed through
the manipulation Of the pow
er Of appointment to name
a majority of Justices who
accepted his theories.
Mr.. Kennedy now virtu-
ally has reiterated and by the
power of appointment ap-
piled the FDR concept Of the
Supreme Court. It's q con-
cept which holds. in effect.
that the end justifies the
means" and that only the
contemporary generation has
the necessary wisdom to IN
terpret the Constitution cor
rectly.
This Is an oft-repeated
fallacy. 1t is all too frequent
ly offered In support Of acts
of expediency by those who
would revise the morality Of
the world and proclaim the
Bible as q very good docu-