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PAGE 4 - THE BAYTOWN SUN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954
Editorial --
The United States
Now Stands At An Economic Crossroads
America has reached an economic cross-
roads, a point at which any capitalistic
system eventually arrives if it is a progres-
sive system.
At a rate more rapid than history has
ever seen, America is producing goods that
it cannot possibly consume as fast as they
are produced, hence the problem. *
Today, the United States holds in expen-
sive storage billions of dollars worth of sur-
plus products, many of which are perish-
able. Besides the actual value of this gigan-
tic surplus, storage costs run into millions
of dollars. Spoilage adds more six • digit
figures to the debit side of the national led-
ger.
In order to maintain economic stability
the government several years ago embark-
ed upon what was heralded at the time as
a new and, some economists felt certain,
successful experiment in national econo-
mics.
That experiment involved the purchase
by the government of surplus farm and
dairy products, and some industrial by-pro-
ducts, over and above what the nation could
consume through the orderly economic pro-
cesses of supply and demand.
This experiment was based on the theory
that the government could purchase and
store surpluses and absorb subsequent los-
ses without the danger to the nation’s eco-
nomic stability that would have been creat-
ed when markets reached the point of sat-
uration.
Under conditions of such nature, farm-
ers and other producers would have found
themselves forced to hold on to their pro-
ducts or sell them at give-away prices. It
can readily be seen what the results would
have been.
For these reasons, and a host of others
that economists have been unable to ex-
plain satisfactorily, the government em-
barked upon its noble experiment of trying
to alter the orderly economic processes that
are ordinarily permitted to proceed Without
interference in a capitalistic system.
No one has yet come forward with a
workable or satisfactory plan to get rid of
the stored surpluses without inflicting a
dangerous blow to the nation’s economy.
It would cost more to market the surplus-
es in foreign countries than it does to main-
tain them in storage, and in all probability,
the U. S. would have to take much less than
the products’ actual worth even if it decided
to dump them on foreign markets.
Thus the issue is joined. The United St«>
tes has arrived at the point of no return ill
the application of the natural economic
laws of supply and demand. It cannot go
backward because the nation has become
the world’s greatest producer of economic
wealth. It cannot go forward because no
one has formulated a plan less expensive
than the one now being used.
We have all the economic wealth that
any nation could wish for. Yet we cannot
consume this wealth as rapidly as it is bal-
ing produced. The law of supplv and de-
mand will no longer regulate itself.
Where do we go from here ?
MEMO: From The News Desk
IN THE COURSE of revere! year* of newspaperin*
I have had the pleasure and good fortune to meet
•ome famoui personalities.
I don't know whether I should refer to a king and
queen as "famous’’ or not, but I do know that they
can fittingly be called "personalities.”
It’s a strange thing, you know. Most of us have a
personality .of one kind or another, but few of us
are "personalities” — personality personified, In oth-
er words.
This king and queen I refer to are Paul and
Fredericks of Greece, two very charming personal-
ities, I must say right off.
EARLY IN 1054, I forgot what month, the king and
queen toured parts of the United States. The press
kept up with their every move, listing a daily train
schedule.
The rulers were to pass through the little town
where I was serving as managing editor of the *
daily newspaper shortly before noon. Anyhow, I
didn’t want to miss an opportunity to see them,
little thinking that I would be permitted to board
their special car for a face-to-face chat while the
train was delayed about 30 minutes.
So I took a young reporter and photographer and
headed for the station. A uniformed guard stood at
each entrance to the royal coach. I told one of the
guards who we were and that we wondered If the
king and queen would grant us a brief audience and
possibly pose on the rear platform of the car for
a picture. •
The guard went Inside and presently motioned us
to come In. If I hadn’t been a seasoned newspaper-
man I would have been frightened, standing, as I
was, before royalty.
I Introduced myself, bowing low to their royal
highnesses, uncertain whether there should be any
hand kissing, I thought maybe if that was custom-
rolling Rs.
and I felt that I hadn’t committed any breach of
royal etiquette,
KING PAUL, stately and every Inch a royal figure,
was rather reserved. He was gracious enough, but
he seemed to resent his privacy being Invaded by
the press. I guess you couldn't blame him. It's tough
on people who really don’t have much time to call
their own.
Queen Fredericka, who reminded me a great deal
of Mamie Elsenhower (I’ve never met Mamie, but
I've heard of her graciousness) answered all the
qeustions I asked smilingly and politely while King
Paul lounged in an overstuffed chair in his Immac-
ulate uniform, puffing lazily on a cigaret stuck in a
holder that looked at least 12 Inches long. I guess
his royal Greek physician must have warned him to
keep clgarets as far away from him as possible.
QUEEN FREDERICKA praised America as a warm
and beautiful country. With a little prodding she
did a geographical somersault and landed right in
the middle of the little town where her train was
delayed.
"Oh, yes,” she said sincerely, ‘1 think this Is a
neat city as much as I can see of it from here.”
interview came to an end and the queen gra-
ly agreed to pose for a picture "if you will_
hurry” on the rear platform of her coach. King’
Paul didn’t think much of it until the queen, who
for all her royal bearing was only a woman, said
soft, but obviously demanding tone, "come,
essSSsl
very i
The
clously
In a s
Paul.”
The picture turned out swell and the story was a
welcome change from the complications of Inter-
national politics. Best of all, I had my first brush
with royalty and enjoyed It.
Oh, yes, you are probably wondering. The king
and queen both spoke fluent English, Paul’s was
n. rs, rather "Greece-y’’ around the edges, but Freder-
•ry the queen would extend hsr hand. She didn't, leka’s was typically American style, even to the
MY NEW YORK
By Mel Heimer
aleah opens and the goats get considerably better in
class.” He shook his head. "If I was In Miami on
Christmas Day, I would just stay in my Inn room
and figure out some Fair Grounds or Santa Anita
parlays.”
Other people, I noted, tabbed Christmas for some-
thing else than a time to play horses.
“I realize that," he said patiently, “You mean, like
the store owners. This is the time they rake it in,
all right.” He sighed philosophically. "Well, of
course, that is why it was invented anyway, isn’t
' it? The citizens who sell things had to get some
kind of a day in the works wnere they could un-
NEW YORK — It was a perturbed Swifty O’Brien,
demon horseplayer and “bon viviant,” that I came
across at his customary stand In front of Llndy’s.
He was thumbing almost desperately through "The
Morning Telegraph”, and I noticed there was a small
speck on one of his blue suede shoes, so I could
realize how distraught he actually was. Ordinarily,
Swifty is immaculate, mentally, physically and .,.
well, mentlly and physically.
I asked him why the grief.
“I can’t find this goat Santa Claus in the over-
night entries at Tropical," he said, almost bitterly.
“How do you figure that is? This thing always runs
in Florida on the 26th of December and he Is a good load the striped tics and the black socks that would _ , , _
minds run that way. If not move quickly In oidinary times,’’ rOOG Ana run
Washington Merry-Go-Round:
Chinese Student Exchange
For Airmen No Simple,Task
THE THUNDERING HERD
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON. — The ques-
tion of exchanging Chinese stud-
ents for Americans has been dis-
cussed secretly for some time and
is more complicated than appears
in the headlines. The amazing fact
is that the state department sent
nine Chinese students back to
Chin* even after the 11 tl. S. air-
men were convicted of trumped-
up spy charges.
Inside fact is that the United
States is dickering, not merely for
release of the 11 airmen, but for
a larger group of American hos-
tages-including 28 civilians in
jail, 11 others not in jail but un-
able to leave China, and three
priests under house arrest. *
The negotiations are going on
in Geneva, where both Red China
and the U. S. have consular offices,
with messages usually delivered
by Intermediaries, through the U.
S. consul and Chinese consul have
held more than one face-to-face
conference.
The 35 students China wants re-
turned happen to be technical spe-
cialists in electronics and engi-
neering, sorely needed by the Com-
munist regime. So the State De-
partment Is caught between the
moral obligation to rescue the
American citizens on one hand and
military pressure on the other not
to return the 35 specialists, badly
needed by Red China.
Al|o the State Department Is up
against possible howls from the
powerful China lobby.
For instance,.Senate GOP Lead-
er Knowland of California, unof-
ficial China-lobby spokesman, has litan Lafe are putting up approxi-
been agitating for years to get the Jna*ely $90,000,060 of their policy-
Amerlcans released from behind holders’ money to build a poweir
the bamboo curtain. However, the P,ant lor Dixon-Yates which U
State Department fears he may considered an extremely doubtful
yell even louder If the 35 Chinese by so many member* of Con;
technicians are Sent back to Red *re®» probably won’t get a
The State Department, however,
decided to let the 27 go home, as
a gesture of American good faith.
The last nine of this group were
permitted to take off even aft^f
the trumped-up spying charges
were brought against the 11
American airmen.
The deal allowing these 27 to re-
turn was kept supersecref for fear
of causing a political eruption on
capltol Hill. However, no more
Chinese technicians will be given
exit visas until the Reds start
releasing Americans in exchange:
Note—Hints have also been
dropped that Red China might let1
the Imprisoned Americans go in
return for over $125,000,000 In Chi-
nese assets frozen in this country
JOE O’MAHONEY of Wyom'-
ing, one of the greatest trust-bust<
ers ever to serve in the Senate, is
now back on the job and has fix-
ed his eagle eye on the Dixon-
Yates contract. t
O’Mahoney, who helped guld$
the securities and exchange com-
mission when it was an instnj
ment for protecting the public
rather than helping Wall Street;
and who helped to write the hold-
ing corporation act, has asked the
SEC some questions which go to
the heart of the Dixon-Yate*
wrangle, /,
One of O’Mahoney’s most im-
portant senate probes was of the
insurance companies. Now he
wonders why and how the Nevf
York Life Insurance and Metropo*
China.
hunch bet for those whose m
you may recall, he win two year* handrunning on
the 25th of December,”
I was a little appalled. “Tell me,’’ I said loftily,
*‘i» that really all that the 25th of December mean*
to you—« day when you make a bet on a horse
named Santa Claus?" He looked Injured.
“Come off the stool, Jack,” he said defensively.
‘‘What do you figure me for, anyway? I know about
this Christmas dodge. I am not so dense. Maybe I
look dumb but I'm not always."
Well, I asked, what did he have this Christmas
dodge outlined for, anyway?
"It’s tha day when everybody, bar none, gets load-
ed,” he said.
I KNEW SWIFTY wa* a native New Yorker, I
aaked him how he had spent Christmas in his boy-
hood here.
“Oh,' like any normal American child,” he said.
"You know, swiping a few Christmas trees and also
a bottle of milk here and there which I managed to
sell cut-rate to certain sources. It was not the best
day for that, of course. New Year's was the best.
Everybody has "katzenJammer” New Year's Day,
so you can be extremely leisurely In mllk-swiplng.”
I said I supposed If he was In Florida, he would
I SHOOK MY HEAD. "Swifty,” I said, “didn’t you
ever notice, even here in this corrupt community,
that at Christmas time there 1* something in the
air? A kind of gentleness and, forgive the cliche, a
kind of goodwill to man?” I waved at the hurrying
soul* along Broadway. “Love is in the air, Swifty.
Take my word for It”
He pulled his white polo coat around him slowly
and took a look. It was peculiar. It was as If he
hadn't seen the hurrying souls before. A couple of
kids went by, laughing and giggling, and an orches1-
tra leader we both knew, a real nothing, drifted
past with a beaming smile on hi* fat face. It was
true. They were happy people. On Broadway, where
Grub Board At Yuletide Most Important
Swifty ss
There was even a trace of a smile on
ifure
softly, slowly,
his own Ned
nobody has time to be happy,
"How about that?” Swifty said,
lie i
Sparks face. He looked at me, confused. "I suppose
many of these passersby are heading for church,”
he said. "Maybe I should ought to ..." I patted his
arm. "St. Malachy's is right around the corner,” I
said. ”239 West 49th. Follow the crowd.” He tucked for $1.50
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 - (IP) -
Next to Christmas church service,
carols, and something for the kids,
the grub board at yuletide is most
Important.
And a few flowers around the
house also might help.
The oldest authority on the
flower business hereabouts is the
former mayor of "H Street.” Zach-
arteh Deminien Blackstone aged n‘orists“7end'Tuyere to the West
82, has been putting flowers m pret- Coast earI to stalk lants,
ty bundles for more than 60 years. . .. .
His specialty always has been the s *™e-table stuff, he said,
noinsettia 1110 cuttings are brought along on
‘ that basis, through proper temper-
ature, tender care, and other non'
were coming up to a good season.
Today, a grower, who doesn’t have
a few thousand plants laying
around someplace where he can
get at ’em, ain’t a big operator.”
The way Blackstone looks at it,
poinsettias don't grow much any
more, they are manufactured. Like
toothpicks or atom bombs.
Everything, the old-timer said, is
on a time table. He and the other
over half a century ago. It is
something like an assembly line.
One plant needs a vitamin, so he
congressional appropriation.
O’Mahoney Is also Interested in.
kno’wing just why the holding cor.
poration act isn’t being administer*
ed by SEC, and why corporation^
with practically no capital are pes-,
miitted to build up great Industrial
empires using other people’s mon*
ey. This was what the holding
MEANWHILE THE 35 Chinese
specialists are not held under ar-
rest, as is the case with most of
the Red-held Americans, but are
free to go where they please with-
in the U. S. A.
Actually, the 36 represent only -------- ........
a small handful of the 4,500 Chi- corporation act was aimed to pro*'
nese students who were studying vent
gets one. Another is a little too far in this country before the Korean Yet now the Mississippi Valley
along, so he gets a sedative.’’ war. Less than 450, or a bare 10 per Generating Co., formed only a few
cent, elected to go back to their day* after Dixon and Yates got
Communist-controlled homeland, their power plant OK from
Even tpese few weren’t enthusi- Admiral Strauss and the budget
astic about returning, but were bureau, is using original capital of
drawn by strong family ties. only $300 to borrow an Initial $5,*
The State Department permitt- 500,000, after which they go to the
ed all to leave, except 124 spec- insurance companies for the re3'
aining $99,000,000 of policy*'
iMoro' 1
b« out at the race-course on the day of the Nativity.
“Not even if
firmly. "Who ca
leal? That is why I do not go down there until Hi-
rse on t
even if I lived by the backstretch,” he said
"Who can beat that scrambled form at Trop-
the racing paper under one arm.
“Even if he runs,” he said, “that Santa Claus
would not pay too much, anyway.” He headed for
49th street.
“Peace on earth,” I called after him He nooded.
"And so say we all, from Tiny Tip down to that
wn by," hf
'In the old days, we sold them au,re- lenuer care, ana oiner non-
1.50 a big bundle_at”) «.» sense we never used to think about
night before Christmas for
>>
Scrootch or whatever he is known by,” he »a!d.
INSIDE WASHINGTON By Central Press
Special to The Baytown Sun
WASHINGTON - The United State* and other
members of the ao-called SEATO security pact for
southeast Asia are particularly worried about pos-
sible Communist subversion in strategic Thailand.
This is the real reason the foreign ministers of the
SEATO nations will get together for a conference
to map out battle plan* against the Reds.
The immediate threat to Thailand comes from the
Communist rebel group headed by Pridi Banomyong.
State department experts consider him a Red rebel
leader whose stature is equal to that of Ho Ch!-
minh, who successfully led the Red Viet Mtnh
against the French in Indochina.
Diplomatic experts in close touch with the situa-
tion say that Banomyang is extremely dangerous
and call him one of the most ingenious and intelli-
gent men in modern Thai history.
SHOPPERS’ HINTS-The Agriculture department
with a straight face—offers some novel Christmas
gift suggestions to the harried shoppers. However,
the idea won’t work unless the recipient is a home
gardening bug. Otherwise, how would he like gifts
like these?—Gardening aprons, knee pads, home-
made tomato stakes, small packages of commercial
fertilizer and so on.
Best talking point for buying gifts along these
lines is that garden stores are less rushed now than
at other seasons—that is, unless they also carry a
line of Christmas trees and other Yule decorations.
RED IRRITANTS — Many diplomatic and military
officials are now convinced that Red China is try-
ing to provoke an incident in the Far East that
might touch off a full-scale war.
They conclude that this is the only explanation for
the continued Chinese* harassment of the United
States through uncalled for actions such as the im-
prisonment of 13 Americans on trumped-up spy
charges.
Despite the provocation of the Reds, however, the
United States intends to keep level-headed and
avert any conflict. However, there is always the
risky possibility that the Chinese may go too far
and force the United States and the United Nations
to take positive action.
Today’s Bible Verse
NOTHING NEW - The United State* Point Four
program of technical aid to underdeveloped regions
of the world was enunciated offlcally by President
Truman in 1948—but, according to a Senate survey,
the idea is nothing new,
A report by the staff of the Senate foreign rela-
tions committee declared: “Technical assistance be-
gan when the man who invented the wheel told
somebody about It.” The report goes back to the
time of the Greek Alexander the Great, who, it
seems, gave “Point Four” aid to Egypt
big bundle—and the
Christmas for a lot
less,” the old man told me. "To-
day we get $4 for a small potful.”
When I called on Blackstone he
had on a blue half-apron and had
his wrinkled little hands dn a pot
which was for sale.
“We were not producers In the
old day,s” he said, rubbing the
good earth off his hands. 'We were
growers. If we had 500 plants in
the hot-house, we considered we
Grab Bag Of Easy Knowledge
Try And Stop Me
By Bennett Corf
WHEN PRINCE BERNHARD ol Western states some years ago
the Netherlands was President
Eisenhower’s guest at the White It’s Been Said
The Answer, Quick!
1. Who was the first woman
cabinet member in the United
States?
2. What is the capital of Yugo-
slavia?
3. Who painted The Horse
Fair?
4. Whose “honor rooted in dis-
honor stood”?
5. What dispute about Lake
Michigan aroused several Middle
non?
So far as table decoration* are
concerned, Blackatone thinks that
anything is all right so long as the
things smell and act like flowers.
The old man would like to bor-
row something from the ancient ^)*U ^hosTskllU ’'woulHldThe
new year Scandinavian lore. That 4nemy 0{ theKi half changed
,Can<UeS burnlnif w)th~ their minds after the Korean war, O’Mahoney feels this is some-
leaving only 62 still wanting to go thing the holding corporation acU
home. was definitely deilgned to stop;
Of these 62, the United States Yet the SEC seems to be condon-
eecretljT agreed at Geneva to re- Ing it. ;
turn 27 with the least strategic Note-among other things, the-,
skill. The Chinese Communists, for Dixon-Yates plant is to be located
their part, didn’t release a single on a former channel of the Miss- ,
A D . m T American, though they agreed to issippi river, a river famous for*-
central rra$$ feature permit letters home and made changing its channel from time t ’
other minor concessions. time.
in a ring of evergreens on the fes-
tive board. He thinks that would
be good for Christmas, too.
House luncheon he came away
However, the report say* that sharing technical quoting one of the President’s fav-
assistance was not always considered the proper orlte quips. It concerned the pro-
filing to do. During the Renaissance, for instance, mlnent businessman who was urg-
four master silk-makers in France were about to ed by his friends to run for the
A goose flies by a chart which
the Royal Geographical society
could not mend.—Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
visit Spain to teach silk-making there. One of the Senate. v” ' Watch Your Language
ministers to the French king, Louis XIV, ordered “Good heavens, no!” expostulat- DEMONSTRATE — (DEM-un-
the technicians jailed to prevent them from “trans- ed the businessman. "The truth strate)—verb transitive; to prove
porting manufactures out of the kingdom.” That alone would beat me — nolt to by reasoning, as by deduction; to
stopped the silk-makers and anyone else who mention what the oposiaion would establish as true; to explain or II-
thought of sharing his technical skill with a "for- dig up!” lustrate, as in teaching, by use of
eigner,” The nastiest kid on the block examples, etc.; to show or prove
„v . ____... ... ...______ had tried to hold out for two sue- publicly, Origin: Demonstratus, v, uje i
em.DlovejU annarrnttv^ in^th* workJf^m1)' cessive lessons the dollar his mot- past participle of Demonstrare, show, love of Life. Who is she?
employes is apparently in the works for 1955. h„ had given hlm to pay his t0 demonstrate, from De plus (Names at bottom of column)
Is on the P*Bno teacher. "Try that just once monstrare, to show.
rev-
SALARY BOOST? -
ment
President Eisenhower vetoed a pay
this year by the 83rd Republican Cong
ground
However, there are indications that the President to your parents and tell them you
may allow pay raise legislation to go through-flext
year regardless of what other action is taken.
land. He was admitted to the New
York bar In 1924, and has been
special assistant to the United
States attorney for the southern
district of New York from 1928-
1930, and 1951-1958. Since then
he has been a partner In a New
York law firm until 1054, when
he was named by President Eisen-
hower as associate justice of the
United States Supreme court to
fill the vacancy left by the death
of Justice Robert H. Jackson.
What is his name?
2—This television actress was
bom In Wlmington, Del* and
studied drama in New York at the
Irvine Studio for the Theater, and
the Hedgerow theater In Moulan,
Pa. She has always been ambi-
tious for a life In the theater, but
she took a business cousre first-
just to be on the safe side. She
also learned to play the clarinet,
as it might come In handy. Her
real first name is Jean, but she
plays the fiery blonde of the TV
(Fljp (EljriBttnaa Sfury
Retold in the words of the Holy Bible
by Norman Vincent Peale
Illustrated by Valenti Angelo
SAYING, WHERE is he that is born King
of the Jews? For we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to worship him. Mat-
thew 2:2
You're Telling Mel
By William Ritt
Stanford, university scientists are trying to”solve
the mystery of certain musical sounds apparently
coming to us from outer spaea. Any child could tell
then they’re jingle bells, what else?
Grandpappy Jenkins aay* the greatest gainers In
all that wholesale player swapping In the American
league will be the program vendors.
Mrs. Dumkopf reports she’s found the ideal place
to hide Zadok's Christmas present—right behind the
snow shove).
Though the combination of an Omaha safe was
printed on a piece of paper pasted on the door a
yegg spent thre
one of those
read.
A new chemical, known as 20218, is said to be fine
as a mosquito repellent We’re willing to wait until
next summer to have that proved.
OamouiU/oidL.
OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
Exercise tact and restraint
even in the face of extreme prov-
ocation, and avoid strife that
It Happened Today
1732 — Born, Sir Richard Ark-
wright, ipventor of the cotton
spinning frame and pioneer In
organization of factory labor
might be disastrous; then your system. 1941 — Charles Gibson
piece of paper pasted on the door a
ree hours breaking into it Just another
fellow* who don’t believe what they
year should be moderately fa-
vorable. Look for an independent,
forceful, self-assertive nature in
th» child born today.
"AMERICAN LIBERTY IS A
RELIGION IT IS AN ASPIRA-
TION ON THE PART OF THE
PEOPLE FOR NOT ONLY A
FREE LIFE BUT A BETTER
LIFE."
Folks of Fame—Guess the Name
1—Born in Chicago in 1899, he
received his AB from Princeton,
and his BA and MA as a Rhodes
scholar at Oxford university, Eng-
hoted American illustrator, crea-
tor of the ones popular "Gibson
Girl” drawings, died. 1948 — Hl-
deki Tojo and six other Japan-
ese war criminals, executed in
Tokyo,
Happy Birthday
Wishes for a happy birthday
go today to Ward Greene, novel-
ist and King Features Syndicate
general manager; Connie Mack,
baseball’s “grand old man,” and
Barney Ross, former boxer.
How’d You Make Out?
1. Frances Perkins.
2. Belgrade.
3. Marie Bonheur—1822-1899.
4. Launcelot’s in Idylls of the
King, by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
5. The lowering of the water-
line by. the Chicago drainage
canal.
1— Judge John Marshall Harlan.
2— les * *
j.iolner *nd Child
UT Mary kept all these things, and
pondered them in her heart. And the
child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
filled with wisdom: and the grace of
God was upon him.
Copr., 1554, Pon-HaA Syad , Ir.c.
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