The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1954 Page: 4 of 18
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a-to* conferees can’t agree, Chat emit any
chanc* for banning to* party this year. If thev a
?£» r*ni* um,’TJtj hOUm muc: *PProv« I
The presidential uncertamty— •
Emohower't attorney general, Herbert Brewn- •
«n, kd the fight against .the original Senate bill v
If Omgroas. nevertbeiea*. veto* for it, the President l
la in a dilemma. D
- *•* ">«*ur* into taw, it would j J
be contrary to what hi* administration had argued. U
If he vetoed it, he would be going contrary to the
•tO of Congraa*. particularly in an election year
when a firm stand against communis® cannot be
considered politically unpopular.
The uncertainty of it* effect— _
The Subversive Activities Controel Board, oper-
ating wader authority of the 1000 McCarran In-J
tonal Security Act, ruled Communist party mem-i
ben and leaders ■ muat be1 registered with the .
govenme.it on the grounds that tbeirpert? is a ■ *
afcecow agent. The Cwaumiu appealed to the-; M
-Supreme Court / j 5
If the Court perhaps by next springs, upholds 1 T
the hoard the Communists will be required to , v
register. But the McCarran Art say* the tact that -
a Communist had to be registered would not in- a
criminate him in any way. \
But if a new taw goes on the books now, male-j 1
ing it a crime to be a Communist.; the government 1 i.
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JUST HOW
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L FEEt.y
^ t£S! SHE NEARLY
succeeded in stealing
A HEVOUITIONARY MOTIVE
engine (no peddling it
to foreign agents; ,
WE VE BEEN ON HER TRAIL
FOR MONTHS - NOW SHE
TURNS UP UNDER Mf NOSE
-dead! life is funny! j
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A SELL,
CAWAtSAN?
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OO owe MRS,HALL ANQ j
.THIS YOUNG LADY AM <
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She 15 SPOTTED BY TME
And, unaware that he is walking
INTO BANJO'S TRAP, JOHNNY ARRIVE5
AT RAZZA ------—'--
■SATgUPUL <SFP AND DOOLEY/,.
As SN&tU RUSHES out OP HER
APARTMENT TO MEET JOHNNY...
JUST AS DEADLY
THERE SHE GOES' MUST
HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH HAZARD ...AND WE'LL
TAS AtONS TO KEEP IT n
l WITH HR/ LETS SO/ 1
MARCO/f
WANT TO
OF COURSE, LUCV/WHAT
jMAKES YOU ASK ? 1—
SINCE fOU SAID j.
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rr all over again, would
YOU MARRY me? ........^
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Moment of Meditation
TWF OtANGC LEAOOt
TKUtSOAY, AUGUST », l«4
ipokcn note jw,
have pence. Is the
trihniations: hat be of
overcome the weriC
f. ere Is He Comfort in Misery
A lot ol attention hat centered during.
the past week or, a young Orange man who
was considered somewhat insignificant un-
til he kidnaped a traveling auditor from
Houston.
Running accounts of his narrow escapes
from the- law appears .daily' hi .area 'news-
papers, such as yesterday when bis sister
accused an FBI agent of bungling his surren-
der of’Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Henry (Ham)
Reed , y''
Such accounts sound adventurous and ex-
citing to many a teenager who finds him-
self somewhat bored with life in general. It's
a natural reaction for them to secretly envy
‘ with
Jimmy Biscamp’s game of hide and seek wit
a small army of peace officers
This envy exists only because the young-
ster* fail to face facta. They
can yo
ev cannot visualize
1! life Biscamp ia leading. His is a
from civilization all right, but how
be free of something that constantly
you and is terrorized by the men-
(of your name or deed 7'
/This envy would fade rapidly if these ad-
enture-loving youths could see or talk to
of Jimmy's relatives ... better still, talk
to Jimmy himself.
There was a time—just a few days ago, In
fait—when Jimmy stood on a downtown
street corner, leaned back and propped one
foot upon the building that supported him.
id ne had thetn
l
He waved at friend*—and
too—as they walked or drove by. Some of
them stopped and chatted with him .. . dis-
cussed issues of the day, even patted him
cal - the- back, probably. ’.
Jimmy undoubtedly would give 10 years
of his life to be able to do that same ordinary
thing today, but he can't. He will never be
able to do that until he pays his debt to so-
ciety.
When that's don# he won’t be a young
man any more. He’ll be far from it, and all is
the result of a moment of greed.
He saw a man flash a fat roll Biscamp
was broke, and temptation took a firn»,grip
am him ... too firm. r -
While laying his plans he didn't think of
how it would fee! to be a hunted man. He
didn’t think of the misery his family would
suffer. In fact he didn’t think of anything
but the bankroll.
That bankroll will cost him—and his
family a lifetime of regret.
A thought which now races through his
mind as he crkzily sneaks from one hideout
to another is: “Why not go somewhere else
and start life anew?”
, But even Jimmy knowt by this time that
such a BOY* would be impossible. He’s pretty
well known, and he knows the day would
come when someone would recognize him
and all his new friends, then would share the
shame now felt by hia family. <
His relatives report to officers and re-
porters that Jimmy is ready to give up. “He’s
sick, tired, lonely, jittery, sleepless and
’deathly afraid.**___
Fear probably is toe main reason he has
not surrendered. Another strong reason could
be his memories of prison, He knows it isn't
a picnic behind those bars.
Vet in comparison with his life as it is to-
day. prison undoubtedly seems better. There
he has security. He won’t have to run, if he's
sick he’ll get proper treatment, he’ll be able
to sleep and his fears will disappear.
His freedom will be gone, yes, and such a
life is mighty limited and monotonous, but
it's his fate and the sooner he faces it the
safer he will be.
Officers believe he has a gun. His rela-
tives say he hasn't.
The' only reaLdanger in Biscamp right
now is his desperation. He’s broke and can’t
show his face around relatives because ha
believes their homes sre watched.
Therefore he may take desperate meas-
ures as a mean* of survival. He might try rob-
bery, but he won’t kill unless be fears his
life is in danger or unless he’s hopped up on
# narcotic or alcohol.
He’s far from being in an enviable posi-
tion. In contrast, his position is pitiful. His
relatives are praying for him, and for good
reason.
We’rt far from making excuses for him.
There is only one road for him to take, and
that’s surrender. He should, and he will ss
soon as he is thoroughly convinced this is
his only hope.
J _ , I ... I «• Weni T«Mf: , s
Todoy * BlftMoy ' law To Ban Communist Party
Faces Three-Way Dilemma
toroteton*, pfaii-
lajufarotiSiT Start-
ltd out is Wall
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Lonaire. Wat* US representative
to VJt, Atomic B»erxy CamoOs-
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of Kew Ywk wtodi ' named a
after Ww. .
ifie Write*
Many Firsts Listed
At Mare Island's
Naval Shipyard
BY HAL BOTUE
VALLEJO. Calif. <AJ>>
day party tor a naval shipyard’
It to a Mt unusual. But the citi-
zen* here have chipped ,n that
amount \a celebrate next month
the Stotb anniversary of tha
fcundui* of the Mare Island Iftval
Rtse-by brusque David G. 1am-
ipt later'to become America's
first admiral.
The k**. low .Hand at toe
northern end of ■ San ' Francisco
Bay had been sought by toe Navy
for m.til. and wit the first link
to iU chain of defense* of toe
Pacific Coast.
Farrarut Who had iotoed toe
Kavy at the axe of Ift> was $0
ymrs -old tom,. He had no way ef
kftowlnx that within another dec-
ade be would become the hero of
toe battle of Mobile Bay. eternally
famous for his command. “Dam
toe torpedoes—full speed ahead/*
Belli OS Ships
.But. Mare Island—named after
a lad hone that fell off a ftatfeoat
and swam ashore—has produced
many another hero store Farrasut
to the last 100 years Throu«h five
wars it has built OO naval vessel*.
which is toe most dhUngtosbed
bore of toe maneuver to produce, or art to pro-
duce. a taw banning the Cosnwmnisi party.
Cbofress hasn't pawed such ae art yet Tha
unoertatoty extends in tone directions: .
(1) Whether Concreas. anxious to gat borne tots
' wart. adB' actually strove sunh * measure: (1!
whether President Eisenhower would tat it bo-
ron* taw; and (t) what effect it would have if
it became taw. ^ ;t •
The confrasstonal uncertainty—
' Last 'Thursday the Senate passed a bill making
It a crime to be a Communist party member. The
Stoptoewer admurntratim had oppawd such, a
stop tor tome reason*:
U might wreck some laws, already on the books,
wfcirt toe government is asm* to combat Com-
muntans and, in the end. the Supreme Court might
ooelare it unconstitutional
So on Monday, under administration prodding,
toe House tried to get around toe problem by pass-
ing'a bill which was- a, "watered-down version of
the one "toe Senate approved. *
, Jb* Houae mtaanre wouldn’t make » a crime
to be a Communist party member, ft would tom-
giy dtyrive toe party of legal standing: if the
Senate okayed this, such an art might net toter-
„ ton with ether anti-Communist Jam.- f. '
But yesterday the Senate rejected the Bouse
® tavor of its earn. How «*>to thaw
differences he repinciicd’ Both houses .set up e.
tomt committee to agree on a single bill both
bouses could approve.
If "the conferee* can't
served for a century as a major
base of America’s sea might.
Today it serve* toe same durable
purpose. It is the.home of a great
portion of our '’mothball fleet.”
carefully cocooned against, .nut
and ready on short notice to prowl
the sea- lanes again.
The .entire (immunity Is proud
of Mare Island’* long, proud rec-
ord. It launched the dreadnought
battleship California—and alto
Elsa Maxwell. Elsa came here as
a refuge* from the * 19S* San
Francisco fire and earthquake, and
according to local legend, ur.-
Wtotdr organized a party.
First* Are Listed
Other Mare Island “firsts”: 1
The fiat aircraft landing deck
In the Navy was built here cm the
L’S. Pennsylvania in 1011.
So was the first Navy oil tanker,
the. Navy'* first oil-burning ves-
sel .it* first all-welded hull.~d»
first electrically propelled ship —
lau-r it became the'Langley, our
first' aircraft., carrier and the iar-
couid not force a Communist
self by registering as a Communist
Constitution bar* . forced seif-mei
(he administration fears passage of
it a crime to be a Communist would
Carran Act'and make futile, years of _
efforts to force Communists to register.
ite him-
beeause the
t»on. So
law making
the Mc-
tusiness Mirror: \
U.S. Housewives Get Break
In Price of Coffee; Bread Up
gust submarine ever built the old
Ha
lautilus. The destroyer Ward, built
here in 17 record-breaking day*
in 101*. sank a Japanese subma-
rine at Pearl Harbor.
The Mare Island yard didn't ex-
actly launch bandmaster Paul
Whiteman, but he once .served as
a Navy musician .here.
During the last World War Die
shipyard—its shop* are among the
largest on earth—employed *0.-
000 workers, including 0.000 Rosie
the Riveters, and subcontracted
assembly job* through 00 com-
munities as far East as Denver.
Largest la World
Since Farragut founded it, the
yard has grown from 1.000 acres
to 2 446. and today is perhaps the
largest naval installation in the
world. IU equivalent has risen to
a book value of 0180,000,000. Its
10.000 employee* have an annual
payroll of 8*0.000,000.
Each year it* schools graduate
BOO trained technicians with the
skill to keen on turning c$t the
long line of ships that have kept
America's shores inviolate for
nearly a century and a half.
But to me one of the most hu-
man factors about this sprawling
yard is that it not only built the
ships that carried men into battle
for their country~H alto in post-
war years made a great record as
a naval rehabilitation center for
amputees. It taught them to walk
on new hopes and new legs.
By SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK <AP)—American housewives who
took-a dim view of coffee price .boosting are'Look-
ing forward today to their rewarding coffee price f
cut*. {
The Brasilian government hiked the export ,
price of coffee in June. It was one hike too much !
for many Americans. And buying of Brasilian
Coffee 'by Americans dropped' sharply.
'Now the Brasilian government is reshuffling It*
complicated foreign exchange setup and announces
that Brazilian coffee farmers will get Just as much
in Brazilian money for their crop, but Americans
will pay less in dollars.
The American house wife get another break
on the government price support a while beck
when tbc American government—which preps
toe price ef many feet Items hist aa Brasil sup-
port* toe price of coffee—lowered the snpport
price for butter. And with tower prices, the
American housewife has Increased her buying af
butter by about I per cent.
.But on another front she is shout to lose a
Skirmish. The price of oread ha* headed up by
cent in aavergl cities. Bakers blame many things.
On* i* government price supports tor wheat.
Bakers says farmers are planting less of the T
high-grade wheat which bakers prefer for bread
Instead, farmers arts planting the tower grades!
which have the advantage of higher yields per
acre. This gi ves farmers more bushels to put under
government price support Joans.
Bakers say there is a shortage of the high-
grade wheat this summer, so bread price* are
going up.
The Orange Leader
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Literary Guidepost: Today's Best Book
By W. tiL BOG EBB
a THK IRON ilAIDEN By Edwin coaxed her
Lanham. Hsreourt. Brace.
Therek a theory in the news-
paper world, and no doubt a fin*
one. too. that newsmen never are
news. But every now and then a
newspaper gets a going-over by a
newsman-novelist; he loved it. or
hated it. or had a grudge, or mav-
btrit was juat that he had to do a
novel and knew the news world
Into the haymow.
Whereupon she married the bow.
Andrew Merton, and as this novel
open*, the etaff is sweating it out
while the Merton* honeymoon.
Will she be grateful to teacher.,or
throw him to the dogs’ - ,
lanham writes Zestfully, and
lays out the groundwork of his
story in handsome fashion; you
his newsmen, you get all
best Thi* is one of thm* timmta- 5 trtftp to KMbJ?^
I don't know which one; and IfT
make sosni newsmen news for a
day at toast
Carolyn Brown, from a whistle-
stoo nobody ever heard of. had
look*, and ambition, and believed
her future lay in New York news
office*. Leaving behind the hat-
band who had failed to provide
the tw® Cadillacs she once said,
jokingly and serious, too. that she
would expect, she moved up boldiv
to the big time and a Record-Star
Job.
Roy Durkin, city editor, whipped
her into shape. He gave her the
works: and what aba didn't learn
from him by d«y aha filtod in after
hours. Other Important Record-
Star boy* gava her lessons and
made pas***, which is to say. drag-
fed her out to <*** uroodthrd and
^ —ms xe—— w wwosswu snnsaw
and purest corn of atl ia a acene
where papa, locked out of mama's
bedroom because she knows
dinged well what he want*,
pounds passionately to get in and
is caught at it by his two innocent
little children. .
W. to. Rogers
CRIME CONTROL COURSE
MINNEAPOLIS (AJPti — The
University of Minnesota ha* es-
tablished a new program to train
student* in the cor trad of delin-
quency and crime. It will be con-
ducted jointly by sociology, so-
cial work, physical and taw in-
structors, with emphasis on broad
liberal education rather than in-
tensive technical training.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1954, newspaper, August 19, 1954; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558162/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.