Milford chronicle., 1963-01-04

ANOTHER IKE ITEM

Doubts continue TO DE cast, as Jne MS
tory of World War ii is recorded, on the
strategic military grasp of G General
Dwight ID. Eisenhower, the Supreme
Commander of Allied forces in World
War III.
So many prominent military figures,
who have now written their memoirs,
have indicated conviction that Eisen-
hover didn't have strategic grasp of the
war in Europe that the impression is
gaining considerable acceptance.
Lord Ismay, Chief of the Imperial
General Staff in England during the war,
Montgomery, and host of other inter-
national experts and historicans, have
come to the conclusion that Eisenhower,
having had little battle training, had
little grasp of the necessary strategy for
fighting the Germans in the 1944-45 cam
paign in Western Europe. Many Germans
wholely agree with this analysis.
That Ike won means nothing much be-
cause he had such preponderance of
men, weapons and ships, especially air.
craft and tanks, that victory was almost
inevitable. The Germans, fighting alone,
had been worn down by four years of all
out war, and had more of their army on
the front to their east, fighting the Rus
SLAMS, than they used against the Ameri-
cans, British and Canadians to their west.
So no one will ever know how good
Eisenhower really was. But the latest in
dication is to be found in an Official Brit
ish history.
The history was written by Major L.
F. Ellis. ee
TELEPHONE PSYCHOLOGY
One of the curious facts of life is the
way the telephone has developed into a
tyrant in the American way of life. This
has nothing to do with the efficiency of
the private telephone system in the Unit
ed States.
The disturbing thing about the tele-
phone is that it has become a tyrant in
our lives. We try to take nap. The tele-
phone jangles and wakes us up. We are
asleep at night. Someone blocks away, sit
ting in his or her living room, can wake
us up by dialing number.
We are standing at the counter in a
downtown store. We have been waiting
for service for fifteen minutes. At last
the person in front of us leaves. We be
gin to tell the clerk what we want and the
telephone rings.
Does the clerk say to the party call
ing, "Just minute please, I'm waiting
on customer who has been standing IN
line for fifteen minutes?" No, the clerk
finishes his telephone conversation and
lets the customer in the store wait.
Of course, the telephone is modern
convenience and wonderful time saver
and almost modern way of life in itself.
But is should not take precedence over all
else and disrupt our daily lives.
The fault is not with the telephone or
the telephone company. The fault is with
our use of it. Like the proverb about the
horseman - wether the rider is riding
the horse or the horse riding the rider. 1t
is the same with the telephone - are yvu
using the telephone to fit in with your
pattern of life or is it fitting you into its
pattern?
TAX REMINDER
All those who enjoy expense allow
ances of any kind should do some think
ing if they have not already, and be pre-
pared to begin keeping exact expense re
cords January 1st.
From that date on the government
will require careful substantiation of
claimed expenses. When April, 1864, rolls