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YOU CAN T WIN
More people ought to know about Circular 506—
published by the National Bureau of Standards—which
tells us that now is the time for all good men to drain
their radiators . . . and that “permanent” anti-freeze
is about as eternal as a permanent wave.
Until now, in fact, we had thought it was a good
idea to leave the stuff in all year, and that the rust
inhibitor in it should keep the cooling system nice
and clean. And so, acording to a recent survey, do
two car-owners out of three!
But no. Those government scientists tell us we’re
hung over with horseshoes. Some of us have been
lucky, while 700,000 others each year have had to
buy new radiators, with still larger numbers invest
ing in water pumps, hoses and thermostats. Circular
506 says: “. . . during use, anti-freeze is subjected to
several conditions that cause it to change its properties.
Inhibitors are depleted by exhaust gase leaking into
the cooling system.” This chemical change, it seems,
can occur in as short a time as a few months. Acids are
formed, also salts. The result is clogging and corrosion.
All of which reminds us that anti-freeze manufac
turers have been urging spring drain-out for years.
So perhaps we should apologize for the unworthy
suspicion of self-interest. It is now evident they wanted
to save us expense—as well as highway breakdowns.
Okay, 506, okay. We’re,telling the man to drain
it out—today.
3efa Sigma Phi Observe
23rd Anniversary With
Party Last Friday Night
By Caroline Reader
The 23rd anniversary of Beta
Sigma Phi was celebrated in a
grand manner at the Bering Sea
Club on the evening of April 30th.
After the 38 members and guests
were seated at the banquet tables
he program began with the sing
ing of the national anthem. Mis
tress of Ceremonies Betty Alex
ander then introduced Maybelle
Lenert, who sang the prize-win
ning song of the sorority song
contest. First prize this year was
awarded to Vera Cameron of
.Missouri Alpha Sigma, Kansas
City, for her song, “Beta Sigma
Phi We Love You.”
A turkey dinner was followed
by more of the program. Caroline
Reader gave a talk covering the
sorority’s local activities for the
year civically, socially and cul
turally. A poem written by Vir
ginia Young, editor of the sorority
magazine, “Torch,” was given by
Rita Harper. A message from
Walter W. Ross, founder of Beta
Sigma Phi, was read by President
Betty Alexander and Betty Gus
tafson led the members in the
Founder’s Day Pledge.
With the repeating of the Clos
ing Ritual the program ended.
Dancing to a three-piece orches
tra completed the activities of the
evening, which appeared to be a
happy one for all in attendance.
Ike Appears
Sympathetic To
Alaska Statehood
WASHINGTON, OP—Robert B.
Atwood, chairman of the Alaska
Statehood Committee, visited
President Eisenhower at the
White Ho'use today to discuss
pending statehood legislation.
Atwood, publisher of the An
chorage Times, told a reporter
after his conference with the
President that Eisenhower ap
peared “sympathetic to the wish
es of Alaskans to have statehood.”
Atwood added the President
said nothing that would hint of
any established policy of oppo
sition to Alaska statehood in the
White House or in the adminis
tration.
He said that “security and de
fense problems of the nation are
prime considerations.”
A bill to grant statehood for
both Hawaii and Alaska has been
passed by the Senate, but the
House has passed a bill for state
hood for Hawaii only.
Army To Create
Rank of ‘‘Specialist’
In S op NCO Grades
The much - discussed plan to
divide the Army’s top enlisted
grades into two groups, noncom
missioned officers and specialists,
has been given the go-ahead, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by the Department of the
Army. The plan, designed to in
crease efficiency, improve discip
line, and promote esprit de corps
throughout the regular army and
the reserve, will become effective
on or about January 1, 1955.
Under the plan, individuals in
the top four grades who are serv
ing as leaders or supervisors will
retain their NCO status, while
those who perform non-leadership
duties of a technical or adminis
trative nature will be designated
“specialists.”
NCO titles and insignia will re
main unchanged but specialists
will have new distinctive insignia
and will rank among themselves
as master specialist, specialist
first class, specialist second class,
and specialist third class. Regard
less of grade, they will be ad
dressed as “specialist.”
Although NCO’s will outrank
specialists in maters of command,
there will be no change in pay
or related benefits. Boards will
be appointed to examine and ren
der appropriate recommendations
in the cases of qualified NCO’s
who desire to retain their NCO
status while occupying specialist
positions and individuals named
as NCO’s who desire to be special
ists.
NCO’s assigned to labor details
will be used as supervisors only,
while master specialists and spe
cialists first class normally will be
exempted from such duties or will
act solely in supervisory capa
cities in recognition of their tech
nical or administrative skills and
positions.
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Ickes’ Diary Reveals Roosevelt
Feared Revolution In ’38 If He
Halted Relief and Farm Aid
WASHINGTON, (^ — The late'
Harold L. Ickes wrote in 1938 that
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
feared a possible revolution if he
followed “conservative” Demo
cratic advice to halt relief spend
ing and farm aid in an effort to
balance the budget.
Ickes, Secretary of the Interior
for 13 years in the cabinets of
Roosevelt and President Truman,
told of this in the second volume
of his diary, covering the period
from Roosevelt’s second election
in November, 1936 to Hitler’s in
vasion of Poland in September,
1939.
The 335,000-word volume, titled
“The Inside Struggle,” is being
published May 4 by Simon and
Schuster. Excerpts will appear in
the May 18 issue of Look maga
zine out next week.
“The Inside Struggle” traces
the happenings of Roosevelt’s sec
ond term and tells of the New
Deal President’s unsuccessful bat
tle to add six justices to the Su
preme Court, o'f Roosevelt’s ill
fated attempt to purge anti-New
Deal Democrats in 1938, of set
backs in the mid-term elections
that year, and of behind-the
scenes White House social doings.
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Ickes, the self-styled “old cur
| mudgeon,” registered strong criti
1 cism of his fellow cabinet officers
and Democratic congressional
leaders in this portion of his diary
which ultimately will run to six
million words.
Among other things, Ickes
wrote on March 4, 1938, that
Roosevelt told him he (Roosevelt)
would have read Bernard Baruch
out of the Democratic party, if he
had not needed Baruch’s financial
help to renominate Alben Bark
ley as senator from Kentucky—
a post Barkley is again seeking.
It was in a Dec. 24, 1938, diary
entry that Ickes related that FDR
told him two “conservative party
leaders” argued the way to pre
serve party solidarity was to bal
ance the budget by dropping all
federal spending for relief and
public works, except for 800 mil
lion dollars to match state and
local funds, and by stopping all
farm benefits. The two leaders
also were quoted as urging against
a tax boost.
“The President remarked,” Ick
es’ diary said, “that this would
mean calling out the troops to
preserve order. It might even
mean a revolution, or an attempt
ed revolution.”
Ickes said that when the Presi
dent asked these leaders if they
would be willing to have it an
nounced that they were in favor
of such a program, “both hastily
demurred . . . they did not want
to take any responsibility.”
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