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THE CHOU LINE
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SOCIALISM IS EXPENSIVE
Randy Haskell Hamilton, spokesman for the
American Municipal Association, which is composed
of 12,000 cities in 43 states, told a House subcommittee
on government operations of the serious conditions
confronting local communities as a result of the alarm
ing growth of national socialism.
Among the types of business and industry in
which the federal government has become involved,
Mr. Hamilton listed “fabrication, repair, generation
of electric energy, transportation, storage, banking,
insurance, mining . . .”
These activities are tax-exempt, at the expense
of local and all other units of government. According
to Mr. Hamilton, in many communities “. . . the citizens
have found that they must carry a disproportionately
heavier load of local taxes in order to pay for the
municipal services.”
Yes, socialism is expensive—both in money, and
in lost freedom and opportunity.
HERE’S REAL PROGRESS !
In 1941, 16,000,000 people had protection against
hospital and medical expenses under the various vol
untary health insurance plans. Now nearly 100,000,000
have it.
On top of that, more than 1,000,000 persons
are already insured under a new form of coverage
which is written on a deductable basis, much like
automobile collision insurance, and which protects
against costly major illnesses of extended duration.
Boonton, N.J., Times Bulletin: “With Benjamin
Franklin, we say: ‘When men are employed, they are
best contented; for on the days they worked they
were good-natured and cheerful, and, with the con
sciousness of having done a good day’s work, they
spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were
mutinous and quarrelsome.’ If we think on this, we
appreciate it the more.”
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VIEWS AND REVIEWS
Standing offers are seldom made by men seated
in crowded buses.
Taxes are high but we sometimes forget we’re
lucky to have the money to pay them!
M.V. Expansion Takes
Over Mail Contract To
22 Aleutian Communities
SEATTLE, W — The 117-foot
motor vessel Expansion was put
ting supplies aboard here prepara
tory to sailing north to take over
the mail run to the Aleutians.
Postal officials here said they
had recommended the Expansion’s
owners be given the four-year
mail contract on a bid of $195,000
a year.
The Expansion, a twin-screw
vessel of 330 gross tons, will re
place the freighter Garland. The
Garland, operated by the Berger
Transportation Co., has served the
Aleutians the past four years.
The Expansion is operated by
the Aleutian Marine Transport
Co., headed by Niels Thomsen of
Ketchikan and including a group
of Alaska businessmen. Capt.
John Pym, former master of the
Garland, will comoaand the Ex
pansion.
The Expansion has refrigera
tion compartments and will be
able to supply 22 Aleutian com
munities with fresh produce,
meats and frozen foods. She has
accomodations for 14 crew mem
bers and 16 passengers.
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U.S. Will Use Veto
To Keep China
Out Of The U.N.
WASHINGTON, UR — Secretary
of State Dulles said yesterday the
United States would use its veto,
if necessary, to keep Red China
out of the U.N. Security Council.
Dulles expressed complete con
fidence the Red China regime
would be unable to gain admit
tance at the fall session to any
of the principal U. N. organiza
tions, including the Assembly.
At a news conference, Dulles
denounced the Peiping regime for
flouting the United Nations in
Korea, supporting the Commun
ists in Indochina and generally
failing to fulfill international ob
ligations.
Dulles said firmly, in answer to
questions, he did not believe there
would be any occasion for the
United States to withdraw from
the United Nations if Red China
is admitted, as Sen. Knowland has
proposed.
Talk o'f pulling out of the
United Nations, he said, strikes a
note of defeatism which is en
tirely unjustified because the
United States and like - minded
countries have a powerful case
for blocking Red China’s mem
bership.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Low clouds, fog and drizzle to
night and Saturday. Little change
in temperature. Winds westerly
5-10 mph increasing to 15 mph
during afternoons. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight 41, high
tomorrow 45.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
45, low 42. Max. wind 15 mph
from the west. Sunrise 1:50 a.m.,
sunset 10:21 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 56, low 40. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 71 in 1946,
low 31 in 1934.
Bloody Battle Fought ■ |
20 Miles From Hanoi
SAIGON, Indochina, Ml—FrencM
Union armored units and Viefl
minh regulars clashed in a bloods
engagement 20 miles south o‘l j
Hanoi today.
The armored units encountered 1
the Communist - led rebel forces t
south of Bao Thon, a tiny village
on the road between Phu Ly and
Hanoi. After several hours of sav- ,
age fighting the Vietminh forces ’
withdrew, leaving 108 corpses be- .
hind, the French command re-j •
ported.
The French commander, Majt ]
Gen. Paul Ely, pledged last night 1
there would be an all-out fight;
for Hanoi. He denied spreading
rumors that the North Indochina |.
capital would be abandoned to I
the rebels. j,
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Pathologist’s Report Hints!
Monty Ward Heir Died |
From Administered Drugs
CHICAGO, W)—The first round
in the expected legal fight fo'r
Montgomery Ward Thorne’s two
million dollar fortune opened to
day as coroner’s officials investi
gated a pathologist’s report hint
ing he was slain.
Dr. Harry Leon, in a report
yesterday, said the 20-year-old.
mail order heir died violently of
alcohol and drug poisons, and that
someone else probably injected
the drugs into his veins.
Thorne died “by undue means,”
Dr. Leon said in his report. “ThiaJ
definitely was not a naturaB
death,” he said.
Young Thorne was found deacl|
in his one-room apartment neaip
Chicago's North Side Gold Coast
June 19.
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By HAROLD SALISBURY tj
H-bombs, - B-bombs, - Cobalt and Atom, -
Synchro-cyclotron and nuclear datum,
Hydrogen,- uranium,- plutonium,- helium,
Bombs built to blast, blister mangle and killium !
Miniature man, surrounded by fuses,
Plays with the Matches of Fate and muses,
As day after day he designs earth’s demise
With bombs bigger, better and bolder in size
Though conqueror of myst’ries of science
He trembles among these blast-bellied giants,
He’s lord of the earth,- yet slave to anxiety
Concerning his brain-children,- crazy and rioty !
Master of math,- with mental emotions
Of reactor factors and beams of protons,
King of the elements,- weather,- time,- space,
Yet scairt of a toy’s threat of ending the race !
He scans heavenly distance with the lens of
astronomy,
He writes profound poems of tragic-comedy,
And towering sky-scrapers of concrete he raises
And builds bombs,- that mayhap will blow us
to blazes!
For man dominates the world,- now,- with a brain
For making things that to good living pertain
But with his ability thrown in reverse
He’s bound to meet up with oblivion,- or worse!
Wherewith all the hell that was planned for a foe
Will wipe him out too,- when he lets the thing go,
Or if his match-playing should encounter the slips
Unannounced, this Old Ball would crumble to bits !
So what have you got ? A world full of beauty
And people enjoying their fun, work and duty
While living in the shadows of dire destruction,
—Abrupt annihilation and total disruption !
O, these transformation-equasion fractions
With fission and thermonuclear reactions !
—Matter to energy—energy to chaos,—
But chaos dont matter when destined to slay us 1
H-bombs,- B-bombs,- Cobalt and Atom,
Synchro-cyclotron and nuclear datum,
Hydrogen,- uranium,- plutonium,- helium,
Hell bombs built to blast, blister, and killium !