EDITORIAL COMMENT
This, Everyone Can Give
Last month it was the March
of Dimes. This month it is the
Heart Fund. Next month it will
be Eastef Seal's. It seems that
everyday there is some worth
while. -cause to which Franklin
County .citizens are aSked, to
give. For most of us', living qn
budgets, .or hoping that we are,
giving takes .some convincing.
These are all very worthwhile .
projects. They do a tremen
dous amount toward relieving
.pain and suffering in the. world.
' They- and mdny mpre should
have our blessirrgs and support.
The organizers of these-drives*
usually select local people to
head their contribution drives.
It's harder to turn down a friend
than a stranger. That's our
point. These local people are
performing a service to us all.
Give them money if you feel so
inclined; but money or not, give
them courtesy. They may be
trying to separate you from your
money, that's true, but they are
doing so in an effort to serve,
the community.
? Treat them kindly. They are
dbing a good Job and we praise
them' for it..
"Nicest Folks I've Ever Seen 99
? Two strangers literally fell
from , , the heavens, near* New
Hope last Tuesday.- One was
iroro. Tampa, Florida and the
other from East Liverpool,
Ohio! They were Navy flyers.
When their engine began to lose
power, they -looked, a place to
land." They decided on using
highway 1708 in Franklin Coun
ty, mostly because it was handy .
They report that they were
greeted by the folks in the com
munity with open arms. Every
thing was done for them, that
they could ask. As one of the
men .put it, *"They were the
nicest folks I've ever seen."
What an advertisement ^for
Franklin County..
? Qf course, those of us living
here, already know the good
ness in our' people. But it is
ever so nice to have others no
tice. ? These flyers will not soon
forget this day in Franklin
County. They will remember,
too,, the people.
We're thankful they had a safe
landing. We're glad they were
treated well. May they come
again and may they have many
more safe landings.
Campaign Debates?
The Republican Party's Na
tional , Chairman has called on
President Lyndon B. Johnson to
debate the Republican Presi
dential nominee on television in
the campaign later this year.
As this is written, there has
been no firm reply, one way or
the other, from the President.
It will be recalled that the
1960 Presidential campaign
featured five television debates
between the two candidates, John
F.Kennedy and Richard M. Nix
on. This was a first in. the
politics of the United States and
no other major democracy in
the world has provided the vot
er this advantage^
Thus it was a spectacle
Americans were justly proud
of--because it was carrying out
the democratic process in our
country to the Nth degree. It
was staging a political debate
between two candidates for the
nation's highest office in a man
ner that matched idealistic
practices of high school and
college elections.
One hopes there will be de
bates in 1964, as there were in
1960. In this way every voter
who is interested enough can
see and hear the candidates
and weigh the logic of their ar
guments. This is a great demo
cratic spectacle and custom , and
it should be a standard feature
in Presidential elections -in the
years to come.
Dropping Out Of High School
ine year or two tnat it takes
to finish high school may seem
like a lifetime to a teenager but
a little self-discipline during
this period will, in most cases,
pay off in future happiness and
earning ability. Learning self
discipline, learning to give up
immediate pleasures for long
range happiness, is probably a
lot more important to ones fu
ture success than is the addi
tional education that one gets by
remaining in school.
It has been estimated that al
most half of the young people in
high school will never graduate.
During these times of relatively
high employment, it is shock
ing that nearly half of the young
people in high school will give
up their opportunity to get a
high school diploma.
wny is it mai many young
people are merely m arking time
in school until they are old
enough to go to work? Why are
so many young people so an
xious to take the first Job that
comes along although it may be
entirely unsuited to their abili
ties and personality?
The parents, school teacher,
and church leaders must in
tensify their efforts in guiding
children who fail to sense the
need for a high school educa
tion. It is important that pu
pils are given the opportunity
to take courses for which they
are best suited. It should also
be brought to their attention
that employers generally are
not going to put quitters in re
sponsible positions.
MacArthur Memorial
There are many other commu
nities which could establish me
morial libraries in honor of a
great American, utilizing old
courthouse, buildings or other
suitable structures which are
about to be either torn down or
replaced.
Eew of the countless herOes of
WojldWarll have thus far been
suitably honored. It is good to
see MacArthur, controversial
though many of his years were,
honored for his great qualities
and talents, and service to his
country, which ? despite the
controversary--are unques
tioned.
In Norfolk, Va., city , fathers
have converted a courthouse in
.to a splendid memorial to Gen
eral of the Armies Douglas
MacArthur. There is little
doubt this is appropriate, for
MacArthur, 84 this month, has
served his country in at least
three wars and also as chief of
staff and in high United Na
tions ? United States commands.
We in America would do well
to remember and memorialize
more of our great men. What
could be better than to utilfze a
courthouse building which was
no longer large enough to han
dle the work to be done?
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THE GIRL ME LEFT BEHIND/
Special Report From Washington
Washington, D. C. ? Jackie
Kennedy's first date since her
husband's assassination came
quite by accident.
Marlon Brando was in Wash
ington to discuss Indian affairs
with various government of
ficials. He's become the num
ber one unofficial champion of
the American Indian. He and his
manager, George Englund, have
been asked to participate In a
theatrical benefit to raise
money for the Kennedy Founda
tion, and they dropped over to
Mrs. Kennedy's home to dis
cuss the project with her aufl
her sister, Princess Lee Ra<V
zlwlll.
At the end of the discussion,
they Invited Princess Radzlwiu
out to dinner. Knowing Mrs.
Kennedy was In mourning, they
ASCS I
NEWS
John R. Davis
Franklin County
ASCS Manager
Each year many farmers
throughout the nation partici
pate In a Government-spon
sored program known as the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram.
The objective of the program
Is to help conserve soil and
water resources on farms In
this country through govern
ment cost sharing. There are
a number of practices thatprov
ducers may receive government
assistance to help establish
such as permanent pasture,
pasture lmp?p*Cment, lime on
farmland, forestry planting and
Improvement, winter cover
crops, farm ponds and others.
Following Is a summary shov
ing the number of farms and
the practices established oa
these farms In 1963 for Frank
lin County:
Practice Name No. farms
Permanent Cover &
other 142
Increase Acreage
Rotation Cover 17$
Liming Materials 105
Contour Stripcropping 1
Field Stripcropping 2
Tree Planting-Forest 21
Timber Stant Improve
ment 3
Sod Waterways 32
Terracing 4
Irrigation Reservoirs 47
Winter Cover 577
Summer Cover 7
Franklin County farmers re
ceived a total of $69,313.00 to
help establish the above prac
tices in 1963.
Rare Coins Saved
Houston ? Six policemen pick
ed up, to the last cent, what
amounted to $10,000 In coins.
The money was a collection
of rare coins owned by E. J.
Cole. He was taking his col
lection to a rare coin show,
when they were accldently drop
ped on the street.
By Drew Pearson
did not Include her. But she
remarked: "Oh, can't I come
too? I'm tired of staying home'
alone."
The Jockey Club where they
dined Is dimly lit, and the
manager, Jacques Vivien, who
Immediately recognized the ce
lebrities, turned the lights even
lower. Few of the guests re
cognized them.
But a photographer had trailed
Jackie from her home In
Georgetown to the Jockey
Club and manager Vivien spot
ted him outside. When It came
time for Jackie and Brando to
leave, Vivien escorted them
through the kitchen past the
garbage palls to the rear en
trance. Howevei', the alert
photographer was waiting. A
hasty retreat followed, and the
two girls, Jackie and Lee, final
ly left for the front entrance,
unescorted.
Brando was escorted out
alone, via the garbage palls.
The photographer failed to get
a picture of the full group, but
later he broke the story.
ANTI-CIGARETTES
Next move In the campaign
against cigarette smoking fill
be to demand strict enforce
ment of smoking regulations on
railroad trains and special
seats reserved In buses and
airplanes for smokers. Some
busses such as D. C, Transit
prohibit smoking altogether.
Others, especially bus trans
portation to airports, even con
done smoking by bus drivers.
Airplane companies prohibit
only pipe and cigar smoking.
But public reaction by non
smokers to being forced to
inhale fumes now branded as
cancer-producing Is certain to
develop Into a move which air
plane and bus companies can
not Ignore.
General Eisenhower did a fa
vor to the Johnson Adminlstra
tion last week In Detroit when
he expounded on the subject of
gift-receiving by high officials.
It looks as If the Johnson Ad
ministration would do a favor
to Ike in return.
When the former President
was questioned about the pro
priety of receiving gifts, he
took a much more tolerant view
than the Republican Congress
men who had " announced they
would keep reminding LBJ of
his $542 stereo set until next
November 3. Ike replied that
It was a "matter of judgment,
of self restralnt^nd confidence
that you have In someone* ^In
tegrity," and went on to tell
about some of the gifts he had
received.
"If someone sent you a set
of woods for your own golf,"
said the former President,
" well, now, are you going to
send them back and say 'you
so-and-so* and that kind of
thing? Are you going to take
a holier-than-thou attitude? I
Just don't believe they should
be too ready to throw stones In
thlg whole affair."
Ike, of course, had received
many gifts In the form of Black
Ahgus heifers and a $4,000
tractor, ponies, quarter horses,
landscaping, trees, and shrub
bery for his Gettysburg farm.
But the favor that the John
son Administration can do for
Ike In return Is to keep mum
on the really big financial trans
action involving the Gettysburg
farm ? namely the fact that
farm salaries, the building of
barns, and various other ex
penses, totaling around $508,
000, were paid by three of
Ike's friends, the late W. Al
ton Jones of Cities Service,
Billy Byars of Tyler, Tex.,
and George E. Allen of
Washington ? all oilmen.
They were forced by In
ternal Revenue to pay gift
taxes on these farm expenses.
(To be Continued Tuesdav)
Senator Sam Says |
Washington? The President's
annual Budget Message has been
submitted to Congress as the
] blueprint for government
spending beginning July 1. In
dividuals who catagorlze their
personal Income and expendi
tures usually do so on a weekly
or monthly basis, but the Fed
eral Government must do this on
an annual basis with Its predic
tions based on calculations
made six months prior to the
anticipated spending or the col
i lection of taxes. Overall the
consideration of the Budget, a
voluminous document which
embraces hundreds of pages of
listings of requested spending
and explanations therefore,
constitutes the single most time
consuming duty of Congress.
Subject to Congressional ap
proval, the proposed 1965 Bud
get calls for expenditures of
| $97.9 billion with anticipated
t revenues of $93 billion leaving
a deficit to be financed by gov
ernment borrowing of $4.9 bil
lion. Due to the long range'
target date seventeen months
J away when the Treasury will
add up spending and revenues,
this Budget is subject to con
| siderable revision" that could
come from world conditions,
from the state of business, or
from Congressional modifica
tion. Still the Budget Is, as one
newspaper has put It, "the na
tion's shopping list" and it does
exert a great influence on Con
i gress.
In such a context, the Budget
is refreshing in the respect
that it is much reduced from
proposed estimates of Federal
spending only a few months ago.
In another respect, It Is .of con
cern to rhe that again with this
Budget the nation will be de
pending on government borrow
ing to meet expenditures In a
time of relative peace and pros
perity. Nonetheless, 1 am
pleased with the President's
economy effort. I am hopeful
that he continues to encourage
this governmental trend that Is
much needed. Up to now
Congress could only expect to
see a Budget whose prescription
for the nation's ills rested prin
cipally on greater and greater
overall expenditures without
undue concern about financing
them. As a result of this phi
losophy, it Is to be recalled
that last year alone Gongrvss
had to consider how to finance1
the national debt on three se
parate occasions.
Notwithstanding the laudable
effort already made toward
economy, I am hopeful that
Congress will continue to ex
ercise Its best judgment In an
effort to make other savings.
Foreign aid and space explora
tion programs are areas that
Congress ought to study close
ly In an effort to effect re
ductions In the Budget.
The problem of how to bal
ance the Budget embraces many
facets. Basically, hbwever, 1
think It stems from the philoso
phy Which has grown since
World War II that the Federal
government must undertake to
finance a multitude of grants,
loans, and financial assistance
programs for almost everybody
In this country and in the world.
At the same time that this
philosophy has mustered ma
jority votes in the Congress,
it is also evident that a ma
jority of the American taxpay
ers are unwilling to pay through
taxation for all of these pro
grams. In this situation the
nation must realistically face
its responsibilities to remain
economically strong.
The Right Sign
Churchill, England? When his
patience Was tried to the limit
by thieves stealing applesfrom
his orchard, Claude Bache
put up a sign saying: "Keep
out. Trespassers will be pro
secuted."
Apples continued to disappear
and Bache replaced the sign
with one which read: "Thou
Shalt not Steal."
No more apples were stolen.
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