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Can't Cure Panhandlers
With Gifts
President Eisenhower, it seems to us, has strayed from
the realities in asking Congress not to put a time limit on
foreign aid while at the same time he reviewed the necessity
for cooperation on part of our European allies.
One of the chief reasons that we have failed to get
that cooperation is that the so-called allies feel sure that
American aid will go on forever and that they are certain
of a liberal annual allowance of our money, no matter what
they do or do not do.
That non-cooperative attitude is plainly evident in the
circumstance that only Germany has ratified the treaty
for a European defense army, and that France, which ori
ginated the idea, seems determined never to sign it. We
should bear in mind also that France has received much
more of our aid than Germany has, yet Germany has made
a recovery that far outdistances anything France has done.
Even so, French industrial production is now higher than
it was before the war; hence, our economic aid has accom
plished all it was entended to do in that country. The same
thing is true of the other Western European nations.
With their recovery in that stage, there is no reason
whatever to continue pouring American taxpayer’s money
into countries that will not collect enough taxes to balance
their own budgets, especially when our Treasury must bor
row the money we send them.
As for military aid, it is foolish to spend money on an
an army that does not exist. The chances that it will ever
exist get slimmer by the day. ■{ -,
If, therefore, the President wants the co-operation he
is talking about, the best way to get it is to tell the Euro
peans, no cooperation, no money. If we tell them flatly
that there will be no more money after a certain date, they
will probably wake up and decide to go along with us. If
they don’t, we can drop the whole thing. If they won’t co
operate for money, they certainly won’t without it. (From
The Charlotte Observer.)
LAWRENCE LYNCH (left), an ex-convict, was booked by New York
police as a parole violator Rttpr he had been questioned for hours but
failed to throw any light on the slaying of Thomas E. Lewis, A.F.L.
labor leader. Lewis’ assassin, Edward "Snakes” Ryan, was shot to
death in a running gun battle with a policeman in The Bronx. Officials
said Lynch recently lost a 32,000-a-month “trouble shooter” job at
Yonkers Raceway because at Lewis. At right, Mrs. Margaret Howell,
Ridgefield, N. J„ covers her face after being questioned concerning an
auto reportedly seen speeding from death scene. (International)
Frederick
WASHINGTON. This day I
have purchased a package of anti
enzyme tooth paste and I have n
doube it will give me a magnificent
set of choppers like Nelson fojdy's
There's only one small problem !n
coonnection with this new miracle
of early morning abolutions; won
ders in this line have been coming
along so rapidly here lately that
they’re inclined to confuse the
foamy mouthed customers.
It seems like yesterday that I
bought my first can of ammoniated
tooth powder. This had a fine minty
flavor, whipped up a good mouth
of suds, and —as I remember now—
was intended to put my poor over
worked dentist on relief.
Well, sir, I was working on my
third can of t(iis, when along came
chlorophyll tooth paste. I shall
not forget my first tube of that.
Neither will my bride. She strode
into the bathroom while I was
scrubbing my teeth and I smiled
at her. She took one look at those
gleaming, green fangs and disap
peared, acresyning.
I had some trouble getting that
particular gife*n out of my mouth;
the dWorophyll must have beer,
mixed WTth j»rk- bench habit.
JO
Darn lowers iirat naveii i w asncu
out yet, though they are growing
smmer. A green spot on the wall
above the
ammonia.' • '• ■
Soon after I mentioned In print
safes'.*^
paste maker wrote me more in sor
row than in anger that I hadn't
OTHMAN
been using his product. His green,
he said, was washable. He sent me
six large tubes and it was, too.
I worked on this a while, when
suddenly one of his competitors
came up with the idea that if am
monia was good and so was chloro
phyll, why not combine them both
in the same dentifrice? So I switch
ed to this double-action tooth paste
and was beginning to think, upon
close examination in the mirrew,
that I was getting results. Then
whaqgo!
The tooth-paste makers turned
to chemicals known as sacosinates,
which are said to neutralize enzy
mes, which are said to be present in
the mouth of human beings, and
which are said to be bad for teeth.
Tve had. to word that sentence
carefully because the American
Dental Association looks through
a dark glass darkly on sacosinates
in the tooth powder. Maybe good,
maybe not, say the dentists.
Now half dozen tooth - paste
makers are going into the anti
enzyme business. One of them,
making green paste, says he intends
to pour in some sacosinates, too.
What I’m waiting for now 'is the
ammoniated, chlorophylls ted, anti
enzyme paste, with detergents
You know about detergents,
which are used on kitchen flqqrs
and in washing machines. Several
btfoer manufacturers are about ot
hit the market yith tooth paste
containing them instead of mere
aoap.
yhis brings us {ingUy to the man
with the most beautiful get of tepth
'Tver kneW; were like 28
40faming;peKlB. 2 finally stocked
These Days
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HINDSIGHT
Often when politicians or offi
cials are called upoii tq explain
the consequences of their error,,
they fall back on the cliche that
hindsight is easier than foresight.
There were, however, others who
at the same time that the afore
said politicians and officials were
without foresight, were able to in
dicate the cou:se of events with a
more proximate relationship to what
eventually occurred.
For' instance. I was looking the
othe rday at Henry Hazlitt's ’’Will
Dollars Save The World?” publish
ed in 1947. Henry Hazlitt has been
the financial editorial writer for
“The New York Times”; is now
editor of “The Freeman” and writes
a column on economics so.- “News
week.”
Back in 1947, he indicated the
myth of “the dollar gap,” which in
1953 is proved by the course of
events. He wrote his phamplet to
establish tl\at the series of aids
to European countries, which now
go by the generic term of “The
Marshall Plan,” would bring neither
peace, stability nor strength to the
United States.
Henry Hazlitt was but one of a
large group of Americans who fore
saw and foretold the error of
American policies and their conse
quences. Herbert Hoover and Hugh
Gibson wrote a book on the sub
ject.
Livingston T. Merchant, Assist
ant Secretary of State for European
Affairs, had this to say in a recent
speech:
“I think some Americans have
been perplexed and even shocked
by the course of events which nave
converted the United States from
a relatively secure nation at the
turn of this century to a nation
whose security is gravely imperiled
today. Scholars and philosophers
have devoted much thought to this
subject, and manv explanations
have been offered. If we were able
to live the last half-century over
again perhaps many things would
be done differently. The world ;
looks simpler in hindsight."
The admission that friendship
cannot be purchased »with dollars
comes rather late from anyone in
the State Department. In fact, the
MSA (now the FOAi, under the di
rection of Harold Stassen. is still :
pursuing that fatuous policy, and
the State Department has not taken
a single step to end its give-away
policy. The United States is now
giving Europe and Asia more free ■
dollars than Harry Truman did
Mr. Merchant truthfully makes ■
the point that the security of our
country is gravely imperiled today.
At the turn of the century, no one
would have thought such a peril
possible. Between World War I
and World War 11, there were some
who built a theory of Japan as our
objective enemy. We now know,
from the Tokvo Trials, that the
JaDanese lived in terror of the Uni
ted States. I wrote abort Japan’s
/fears of the United States as ea’ly
as 1923 when I witnessed the - ar
rival of American aid to Tokyo suf
fering its worst earthquake.
There never was a reason for the
assumption that Janar?could defeat
the United States. But there are
arnole grounds for our current fear
of Soviet Russia and so- the great
er peril that we shall become an
isolated country—isolated bv our
nolicies and by the 'neutralists be
trayal of those nations whom we
have befriended in two wars.
Mr. Merchant is frank. The ten
dency not dnly among public of
ficials but among publicists, edi
tors. preachers, etc. is to adopt a
wishful attitude toward neutral
ism. They seem unable to read t.he
events of our day with realistic ac
cu r acv. They are still hoppful that
good-will must triumph. The fact,
however, stands clear thrt Great
Britain, Canada, France and Italy,
to sav nothin? of smaller and less
significant countries, have adopted
a neutral attitude as between the
United States and Soviet Russia.
If anvtb’ng. Great Britain is sup
porting the Russian position in her
regions with the United States.
For us. this isolationism not of
our choosing. In the preliminary
sessions oA the Political Confer
ence aft.*- the Korean War. the
United States stood almost alone.
Great Britain and Canada support
ed the Russian position ooen’v on
the p-ag-natic ground that Russia
. wanted to attend the Con f “tenon
but did --t wi'h to sit with h-r
1 own satellites, and that whatever
Riwtia desired should be done. This
position was supported by Mr. Ham
marskiolrt. Secretary General of the
United Nations, who also is strict
lv neutral as between the United
States and Soviet Russia.
Our peril then fs enfo ced. im
posed isolation. In a word, the na
tions. friend nd foe, aided and un
aided, are ganging up on us.
.up nerve to ask him whether he
was an ammonia or a chlorophyll
\ naan. He didn’t know what.l
l talking attoqt.
; He said bis mother didn’t
: tjelieve in toothbrushes, or pastes.
: either. Once in a while he rubbed
his teeth down with a Turkish
; towel, he said, but gave them no
i other attention except to gnaw.
I when he could afford it, on a beef
l steak.
THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C.
MISTK BREGER
“There! Now, WAS I so dumb, forgettin’ the sun-tan
lotion?’’.
r_ A qu YttSHW™
{fill Merry* GO* round
M«t W*im
WASHINGTON. A contract
for $41,614 worth of new paneling
for executive mansion corridors was
let at the White House the other
day under peculiar circumstances.
The company that got the con
tract didn't have its bid opened
until one day after the 3 p. m. Aug.
17 deadline when the other four
bids were in. This is highly unusual.
Bids on government contracts are
supposed to be opened simultaneous
ly in the presence of all concerned.
But in this case the successful
bid, that of the V. J. Miller constru
tion Company, was. rushed in at
the last moment, remained unopened
;11 night, and when opened the
next day turned out to be the low
bid. The next highest bid, that of
the Davis, Wick. Rosengarten Co.,
was for $543,255.
What added to the unusual cir
cumstances was a mysterious phone
call by the chief white house usher,
Howell G Crim, one hour after the
first four bids were opened, to a
Bert Matthews telling him to get
his bid in right away. However,
Crim called the wrong Matthews.
Bert Matthews is with the Tuck
man-Barbee Construction Company
which did not bid on the White
House contract. And when he pro
tested that he didn't knout what
it was all about, but perhaA Crim
wanted another Matthews \®o was
with the V. J. Miller C<§pany,
White House usher Crim abruptly
ended the conversation.
The contract negotiations c-jur
red when President Eisenhower was
in Denver. The White House usher
is the top permanent functionary
in the executive mansion, and Mr.
Crim has served there some years
with good record. However, at
tempts by this column to get to the
bottom of the contract award re
sulted in one of the most unusual
run-arounds in run-around Wash
ington.
WHITE HOUSE EXPLAINS
White House usher Crim, asked
by this column for an explanation
for the delayed bid, at first said he
had had nothing to do with the
Miller contract, that he was on va
cation and that the bids had been
handled by Roger Steffan, special
assistant to the President. He ad
ded that he had gone to the bid
opening only as a spectator.
"I went down out of personal in
terest because I had never seen it.
I was only a spectator,” Crim said.
But when asked why was the V.
J. Miller bid not opened with the
others, Crim seemed to have more
than a spectators knowledge.
“We wanted to get ‘this work
done while, the President was away,”
ADS
he replied. “So we invited four con
tractors to bid, and we specified
the time the bids were to be open
ed. Miller came in the last minute.
He had not been invited to bid but
asked for permission to submit a
bid. We decided to take it under
advisement.”
"Why wasn’t the Miller bid open
ed on the spot?” Crim was asked.
"We wanted to take time to de
cide whether to consider the bid at
all,” Crim explained. *
Asked about the mysterious phone
call to Bert Matthews an hour af
ter the first four bids were opened,
Crim acknowledged that he made
the call and had cut the conver
sation short when he found* Mat
thews wasn’t the right man.
and I was calling to check on the
“I was simply calling to find out
Miller C 0.,” he explained. "We didn't
and I was called to check on the
know anything about the company,
bid."
“But I thought you attended the
bid opening only as a spectator and
that Roger Steffan handled the
whole thing,” Crim was asked. “It
now looks as if you were taking a
very active part in the whole mat
ter.”
Crim then reversed his previous
statement that he was on vacation,
said he had come back to work
for a day or two.
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
Roger Steffan, when questioned,
flatly denied that he had anything
*o do with the conttract. He said
it had been handled by F. T. Gart
side of National Capital Park at
the Interior Department.
Gartside, upon questioning, prom
ptly stated that the contract was
a White House matter and he hai
been instructed to refer all inquiries
to the White House.
“We just talked to the White
House,” Gartside was told, “arid
they referred us to you.”
Gartside thought this over, then
asked for time to check with
House.
A second cail to him was met
with instructions from his secre
tary to talk to Larry Smith, Inter
ior Department public relations of
ficer. Mr. Smith was obliging but
frankly unfamiliar with the tech
nical details of the White House
contract. He finally put GarCside
back on the phone.
Gartside explained that the un
usual delay in opening Millers bid
was due to the fact that Miller
had not yet inspected the White
House.
“But Miller had inspected the
White House and the Secret Ser
vice knew it.”
“I realize that," Gartside repli-
13333333333
Waller
Winehell
in
New York
I’D RATHER BE MAYOR THAN
MR.:
Since publication here that some
officials of Dave Dubinsky’s ILGWU
are soliciting campaign contrjbs for
Dave Dubinsky’s Liberal Party can
didate for Mayor, word comes that
some on the other side of the labor
fence—the bosses—are also raising
dough for the video avenger. One
of the most active “amateur” fund
raiders for the Liberal cause is,
strangely, one of the Industry’s
largest employers. He is Irving Sher
man, who lammed It from the
Kefauver Committee when it want
ed to question: him about’his con
nections with F. Costello. Sherman
had large stock holdings in a couple
of dress houses which enjoyed per
ferentlal status from the ILGWU.
permitting them to manufacture in
■ out-of-town scab shops, while the
little operators who didn’t know
Costello have to adhere to strict
union conditions. How do you like
that?
THE VOTERS, WE LOVE ’EM
Harry Truman _ tells cronies he
definitely will NOT attend the Adlai
Stevenson blow out in Chi. but
Margaret is telling him different.
We’ll see. . . The "reform” Demo
cratic administration which drove
' the GOPs out of Philadelphia’s
1 City Hall for the first time in a cen
' tury being fought in this Fall’s
■ judicial elections by a new “reform"
1 group which says the Dems ain’t.
■ Well, how could hey be?
RAVES AND CHEERS:
If you've been reading the so
' called book - reviews you’ve seen
■ little about Bernard Ward’s fas
cinating “Man to Man.” Ward, a
- noted CPA, explains how inprac
tical idealists and egg-head liberals,
‘ with their hop-happy formulae of
"soak - the rich” and share- - the
- wealth," are dupes of the Reds who
! plan to destroy our civilization
' through taxation. He writes: “Cim
munism’s hard core is the Federal
Income Tax:” Just teems with in
' formation the American people
■ should have, but don't get. . . Can’t
think of a better place to dine and
! wine your pigeon than Billy Reed’s
- Little Club. Billy, a former hoofer,
has surrounded himself with the
’ tasties dishes, both of the eating
and ogling variety. . . Hey, Lib
-1 erance is running away with all the
- video polls, that’s how good he is.
He's the joy-boy of the grown-up
women, to see thepi swoon over
him via U. S. Mail. . .
::'.ds His Book
E DR. ALFRED KINSEY, author of the
B controversial book “Sexual Be
havior in the Human Female” is
shown in Los Angeles, where he
. made his first public talk since
reviews of the book were pub
lished. The Indiana University
zoologist defended his sex studies
as the findings of a scientist, de
claring they were nat an attempt
to change or reform American
sexual behavior. / International)
ed. “But my chief, Mr. Horn, didn’t”
‘‘Who finally made the decision
to open the Miller bid?"
"We received instructions,” Gart
side replied.
• “What do you mean, you received
Instructions-’
"The White House says that vqu
were in charge of the contract
arrangements. Why did you need
instructions?’
‘‘The Appropriations Act,” he re
plied, “entrusts these funds to the
control of WWte House authorttes.”
“Then whom the White Home
instructed you to open the Miller
bid?”
“I got my instructions from Mr,
Crim. I don’t know who gave him
his' instructions."
’’But Crim said that he was pre
s@nt merely as a spectator. Now
you say Crim gave you instructions.
Gartside seemed stumped at this,
had no real reply.
“Crim,” he was reminded “states
that Roger Steffan was in charge.
wo«|d caH the Washington merry
go round.”
Note—Under Public Law 269 it
. is legal for the White-House to gtxe
contractors U»e run-groqad. This
law stgfes that “this money is .to ije
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2, 1953
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The Worry Clink
By Dr. George W. Crane
I
i /
Jerome’s Dad will lend him
310,000 to start his own little
business. So shonld he buy the
restaurant that he talks about
today or wait? If you are plan
ning on a business of your own,
by all means study this Case
Record carefully, list “horse
sense” when you enter private
business.
Case H-381: Jerome J., aged 22,
has just finished college.
"Dr. Crane, all my life I’ve wan
ted to run a little restaurant,” be
began with eager enthusiasm.
“My Dad says he is willing to
lend me the money. And I know
of a dandy restaurant that is for
sale for SIO,OOO.
“So should I take the gamble or
not? What would you advise?”
HORSE SENSE
Many of you readers likewise
have a yen’ to start into your own
business and that is admirable.
Maybe you’d like to gun a gas
oline station or motel or restau
rant or bakery, etc.
In any event, here is the way S>
enter into such a venture:'
; Before you invest your money,
take a job with somebody else who
is already in that field.
Then veu can get on to the ropes,
so to speak, at the other fellow’s
expense. All you invest Is your
time, and you get paid standard
rates even for that.
Moreover, your father or finan
cial backer is then not endang
ered. And you become far
competent to make a success when
you later decide to go into busi
ness for yourself.
So don’t jump into any field
without some previous experience,
especially if it involves sinking a
large amount of money into the
project.
SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS
Nowadays, business is very scien
tific. And the competition is keen.
You will be matching wits with
Hiatt) Hau>cttk A fail
By America's Foremost Personal Affairs Counselor
MARRIED TO WONDERFUL
MAN, SHE’S DISTURBED BY
ANOTHER MAN’S INTEREST
IN HER ]
DEAR MARY HAWORTH: I am a '■
married woman, almost 30, and 1
have been ma:ried nearly five years 1
to a very fine man whom I shall -
call Robert. We have; no children. :
I have an executive-type job with 1
a long-established firm, and be- J
cause the salary is excellent and
I enjoy the work, I would hate to !
leave. However, about six months 1
ago, an unmarried man, 35, join- 1
ed our firm and we have a great 1
attraction, for each other. And our 1
work brings us into close contact ‘
almost every day.
In the circumstances I am find
ing it steadily more difficult to ’
concentrate on my work. I find my- I
self mooning like an adolescent ;
over Tom when I don’t see him; ;
and in his presence the problem j
is almost worse, because then
again it is almost impossible to at
tend to mv job.
PROTECTIVE
OF HUSBAND
I have no real excuse lor leav- j
ing the job, insofar as my hus- j
band knows. Yet the situation can
not continue, for Tpm has been 1
pressing me to see him alone, and
I am finding it more and more
difficult not to do so.
Would you recommend my stay
ing bn the job, hoping for a change
of heart or shift of circumstances?
Or had I better invent a reason to
convince Robert' and myself that I
should leave the firm? I don’t want
to Jeopardize my marriage or hurt
my husband in any wa& Have you ’
a suggestion?—Y.V. a
BETTER FLEE
TEMPTATION
DEAR Y. V.: Evidently your em
otional flurry over Tom isn’t lost
on him. He construes it as en
couragement to make passes at you.
In the circumstances, since you
lack the poise and strength of
character to' control the situation,
it seems imperative to flee temp
tation by getting another position.
To Justifv the move to your hus
band. tell him you’ve been with
this firm too long and that' you
need a change. If he takes issue,
rive him a sketchy account of the
immediate problem—enough to sell
him on vour decision—but nqt a
disturbing disclosure of your in
ner conflict.
Te*l him an office wolf, possibly
harmless, has appeared on the
scene, ipajung ft play for you, ask
ing to see you alone, etc.
.He may or may not be serious.
Uut it is embarrassing just the
spjne, a hindrance to concentration
on the Job. You don’t want to of
fend him. neither do you want to
cope WSW hifn. so you feel it is
wise to step out of the picture
and you’Ve been wanting a reason
to try. other fields anyway. You’ve
been {(ping stale in the present
(ji- ——s 11 "
expended as the President shall
determine, notwithstanding the pro
visions jof any; other y act." > Thus
the White House can take iro the
i award the gpptigct to whotaaaar it
pleases.
other men who are just as smart
in I.Q. and who may have” had
a 26-year head start in that field.
Jerome’s enthusiasm i s praise
worthy. And such zeal helps a lot,
especially in sales work.
But what does he know about
cooking? He may be forced to pin
ch hit for his short order chef at
any moment. '
What does he know about the
economical buying of meats, etc?
Or of bookkeeping and the many
red tape items such as Social Se
curity deducting, etc?
Is he sure the restaurant is lo
cated properly. Modern chain stores
place “spotters’’ in an area where
they consider opening a new store.
These spotters make a detailed
record of all the nearby factories
to see what possible number of
people may pass a given location.
BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY
Then they tabulate all compet
ing stores in the area. They also
take inventory to see if there will
be any Saturday and Sunday rest
aurant business or if the location
is “dead” after the last shift lea
ves the factories on Friday.
They often find that ine side
of a street may be worth 50" of
the other side, for in many cities
p’eople by habit prefer a certain
side of the street.
Here in Chicago, for example,
the east side of Michigan Boule
vard is the "dead” side. People
usually travel on the west side.
These are just a few of the
scientific points to consider in
starting a new business.
So make it a rule to serve an
internship in the field you plan tc
enter, but do it on somebody else’s
payroll. Let him pay you while you
get on to the ropes.
Send for my bulletin “The New
Psychology of Advertising & Sell
ing" enclosing a stamped, return
envelope, plus a dime. Study il
carefully.
GOVERN HUNGER
FOR EXPERIENCE
This politic version of the case
probably contains more truth than
you realize. Your incipient flirta
tion with Tom is probably a by
product of general stagnation in
your living. It is symptomatic of
a rising hunger for something
fresh, different, exciting, unpredic
table. In the way of experience
You’ve been married five years tc
a wonderful husband—which means
the honeymoon is over. Marriage is
peaceful routine now. I suppose
the job is routine too, offering
little special stimulus from day tc
day.
So. where do you go from here?
This question challenges many
couples—especially childless couples
—about the fifth year of marriage
It should be faced by thoughtful
stocktaking, and answered in terms
cf consciously governed behavior
Otherwise offside flirtations may
begin to undermine conjugal integ
rity, if the partners try to revive
the sensations of untried youth
instead of forging ahead to the
richer experiences of cooperative
growth in a lasting relationship.
M. H.
Mary Haworth counsels through
her column, not by mail or per
sonal interview. Write her in
care of Th> Daily Record.)
Adriatic Queen
fife -
SHVANA GRANDE strikes a prop
erly regal being io
“Mlss Adriatic* in a contest held
in Rimini, Italy. She was also ds
- "Beauty Queen" of h*r
area.>_ (i^tei^a^enalj