The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02

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tions for the coming year is not re-
scindcd He told a Senate subcom-
mittee that unless the amount is
restored
All Saturday mail deliveries may
be suspended: There might be no
deliveries TO new homes and office
buildings: Tenants of the vast num-
Der of new "high-rise" buildings
might have to go to the post office
to pick up their mall and Parcel
post service might be dropped
completely.
Another Foreign-Aid Recipient
Thumbs Nose-At Genoa, Italy, a
giant Soviet tanker was launched
the other day. Named the Leo
nardo Da Vinci' the tanker was
launched with all the pomp and
ceremony of such occasions. 1t is
first of six new 18OOO-ton tankers
the Soviets will use in their drive
to Gust America from the oil
markets of the Free World. Italy
has received some $5,755,0 100000 in
foreign aid from the United
States)
That Man From Outer Space
Most people like to toy with the
idea that there is life on other
planets-maybe not like us, maybe
pin-headed or pea-green Marian
monsters or beautiful ladies of
Venus. And so, although we adj
mire our scientists ability to shoot
space ship close enough to take
look at Venus, and to get bal
! loon-borne telescope up for a look
at Mars. we were rather disap-
pointed by what they reported.
Mars, it turns out, is dry and eX-
! tremely hot. Venus is even worse,
A day on Venus equals 225 of our
GAYS. and those clouds which hide
;he planet from us are a kind OF
smog, and the temperature stays
at about 800 degrees. If there's any
body living under those conditions
we're not sure we would want to
meet him after all.
Now, about the space project to
put men on the moon and bring
them back, there's an honest diff
ference of opinion. Many people
feel that the feat is not worth the
great cost. Others feel that we
should be first on the moon, re-.
gardless of cost. President Ken
ncdy says that cutting the space
budget is unthinkable. We must,
he said. be first on the moon. For
mer President Eisenhower, on the
other hand, expressed his opinion
that the "man-on-the-moOOn' prof.
ect could be cut from immediate
planning and the item eliminated
from the budget for the coming
fiscal year.
Magazine Features Maryland Ma
tural Treasure-Last months is
sue of Fortune Magazine portrays
Calvert County's Battle Greek
Swamp in full color. The swamp is
one of the northernmoSt areas
where bald cypress "a prehistoric
tree related to the redwood of the
Pacific Coast and Spanish moss
are found. This natural treasure is
being preserved by the Maryland
Garden Clubs with the financial
backing of the Nature Conser-
vancy Organization.
Federal Intervention In States
AS Governor Paul Fannin of
Arizona says, there is "a public
awakening to the threat of Fed
eral Intervention" He reaSserts
that control always follows Fed
eral aid, and that Federal inter
ference reduces the incentive for
state and local governments to
solve their problems. He believes
money for local government ac
tivities should be left in the local
communities. In line with this, Gov
ernor Pat Brown of California
says, I'VE don't want our taxes
sent to Washington, drained out,
and then sent back" Still another
State chief executive, Idaho's Gov
ernor Robert Smylie, reflects a
hope in the minds of people relat-
ing to the encroachment of the
Federal government in the States,
when he says this: You can't I'M
scramble an egg. Lots of Federal
programs will stay in the form
they are in, but l believe Con-
gressional resistance to new pro-
grams of Federal interference in
the States will harden"
More and more, the States, with
out aid and interference from
Washington, are supplying the
needs of their cities and local com
munities through planning, adj
ministrative and financial innova-
lions. For the taxpayer and citizen,
this could mean lower costs, more
efficiency and more local control.
Dear $685. increasing
lis of numerals to identify hui
man beings seems to be part of a
trend, and many people fear that
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