Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 6

County CONTINUING CHESTER. TIMES, FOUNINSD Know It's Cold-But You Gotta Keep Up With Kennedy' ALLEN-SCOTT REPORT: An Independent Newspaper More Than Copies Daily Published by 1S-M F. ChetUr, ROBERT 8. HOWARD, Prcfldent PublUber; JOHN E. TOUPKIN8, Preildent and aeaeral Uuut er.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 Rabbi Sud Fills Promise When Rabbi Ira Sud, leader of Ohev Sholom Synagogue Center in Chester, leaves this month for his new post in Chicago, 111., his loss will be as significant for the community as it will for the Jewish congregation. This pleasant, friendly clergyman has managed to personify unqualified brotherhood, despite scars of an early life which marred his educational prospects in Prague. Escaping to the United States three days before Hitler's men moved into Poland, Ira Sud (records of his completed for his doctorate at Charles University 'impounded and destroyed) entered the Catholic College of St. Bernadine of Siena at Loudonville, N.Y., to work for a bachelor of arts degree. He received that degree, just two days before he became ah 'American citizen.

This broad association with the principal religious philosophies which motivate most of has made him an especially valuable citizen-understanding enough to make allowances for human Frailty and bias; educated in depth to a point where he can meet such bias on a high intellectual plane. As he ministered to the local Jewish congregation in Chester for a decade, he created a wider fellowship, representing the Jewish rabbi at his most influential level. When he came to Ohev Sholom, Aug. 1,1950, he told a Times' reporter that he was "deeply interested in giving service to the community as a spiritual leader, and above all, I want to make a contribution to the democratic way of life." Examining his record over the. past 11 years, it may be-said withoilt qualification that few local have ever achieved a stated purpose so completely.

Plan Falters SYLVIA PORTER SAYS: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Keep Racing Control at Home Do Trash Men Play Basketball? To the Times: Delaware County residents will one day be enjoying harness racing right here in our community. The residents want- it. They voted for. it. Now, the 1 time is approaching when the -Pennsylvania State Harness a i will award licenses to four cor- poratigns in the build race tracks.

One is almost cer- tian to be awarded to Delaware County. But who will win this franchise? Will it be those who-labored long 'hard to have the referendum approved by the voters? Or will it be one of the groups-bf outsiders who also want Jo build a track here? Let us acquaint you with the men and women who have worked so hard for this great sport. The local corporation seeking the license is Concord Turf Club, members are allJDela- wire'Couky-reaaents. The or- fS-ganization that supported this labored night fj and day to spread, the word the community of benefits of a track here is the Delaware County Harness "Racing Association, also all residents; "Of -these people, your neighbors, have a big stake in Delaware County. They own.

"homes here, they work here and have business here. They are bringing up their children here. They have a vital interest in the future' of this county. They are not persons here to exploit the county, to make a fast dollar and return beyond its borders. These are persons who a a have had and always will have the best interests of Delaware County at heart.

These are persons who would like to have the honor of building a fine harness race track here, a monument to sportsmen everywhere something Ihe county can be proud of and which will contribute in a very real way to the of county business and the taxpayers. But there are other groups trying to invade the county. Some of their members have important political connections. They' might even have morn capital behind them. But what do not have and what they cannot have is the best interest of Delaware County in mind.

They can't be expected to. They don't live here. We firmly believe in the pnn- I ciple that the voice of the people fa by our government leaders high above the voices of selfish interests. We, therefore, believe that a direct, personal appeal by the citizens of-Delaware. County to the Harness Racing Commission will help our cause, which is your cause too.

We are asking that you, the people of Delaware County who voted "Yes" for harness racing to take a minute of your time and drop a postal card the Harness Racing Commission, Harrisburg, urging them to give primary consideration to our local group when they award a harness race track license to Delaware County. DON FANTEvE President AL RUDNICK Board Chairman Delaware County Harness Racing Association Reader Praises Russia Plans to Begin Marketing Gold Again Commentators To the Times: I am in opposition to a previous writer in regard to the inauguration telecast it is my unbiased opinion that the TV commentators represented the epitome of efficiency. The commentators lauded for' their tactfulness. There was a magnificent array of women's fashions displayed at the inauguration and the efforts of the commentators in providing descriptions of the deluge of fashions should indeed rate a "par excellence." This task was for the benefit of the female TV audience and contributed largely in making the inauguration a tremendous success. I do not think five million workers out of jobs complained as much about the commentators remarks as compared to their joy in seeing the administration vacate the White House.

Secondly, I do not think the prayers rendered by ministers were "long-winded" or purported to be of ulterior motives. I am inclined to feel they were of profound sincerity and most appropo to the occasion. Each prayer was basically one for world peace and successful administrative guidance. We cannot pray long enough for blessings like that. I think Ihis area can use more "long winded" prayer and less long winded speeches from inarticulate ineffectual politicians.

WILMER B. (SOXNY) WOODLAND 402 Bradley St. Chester. To the Times: As I was driving along 5th Street below Market Wednesday morning I passed a trash disposal truck which was being loaded with refuse by several men. I had just come parallel with the back of the truck when I thought I saw something flying through the air.

That something was a bottle, supposedly thrown into the truck, which smashed into my right front door, just missing the window. If mat bottle had hit the window it a would have broken the window and injured the person sitting along side, and maybe even caused an accident as 5th Street is slightly heavily travelled at that time of the morning a.m.). I pulled off to the side of the street and went back and the trash man with the bottle and he had the nerve to say that none of his men had it. I say he had a lot of nerve because and the trash men were the only ones on the sidewalk and bottles just don't fly by themselves. I know the bottle wasn't thrown on purpose but the trash collectors could be a little more careful in putting refuse into the trucks and stop trying to be basketball players and hooking cans and bottles from the side of the truck.

I would appreciate it very much if you would print this complaint. Maybe someone who has the authority will read this letter and put a stop to this carelessness. VINCENT D. BURGET JR. 230 Carre Ave.

Essington Indigent Care Must Continue To the Times: Congratulations to the "Daily Times" for ifs recent articles concerning the collapse of the indigent program at Chester Hospital. Regardless of how we may feel about the problem, the responsibility for indigent care still lies with the community and any means of centralizing the program will increase the benefits to all. C. W. HOLLENBACH D.

S. 919 Edgmont Ave. Chester Of.all unlikely sources, Russia is about to come to the aid of the United States in holding down the price of gold in the world markets and hereby helping to halt the drain on our precious gold In the next 30 to 60 days the Kremlin will start selling gold again in the London and Zurich markets, predicts Franz Pick, the internationally acknowledged expert on currency and gold price movements and the instant these sales begin, they'll put great psychological as well as physical pressures on the price of the metal. Although in recent years Russia's annual gold sales have- averaged to $250 million a year, she abruptly halted all shipments in mid-October--immediately before frantic speculation exploded in London that the U.S. was about to hike the gold- buying price above $35 an ounce.

During all these months that the gold price has been rising, Russia hasn't sold one ounce out of her hoard, arvd just by withholding gold she has contributed to the squeeze in the world dramatized the attack against the U.S. dollar, intensified the drain on our reserves. She hasn't, of course, explain-, ed her withholding, but the suspicion has persisted that it has been deliberate policy designed to add to our embarrassment and problem. There is no question but that Russia would benefit if we hiked our gold buying price, for she not only lias an accumulated hoard estimated at J9 billion, but she also mines about $6yO to 700 million in gold a year. Now, however, says Pick, Russian gold policy is about to change--although not because she wants to assist vis! Rather, the force behind the approaching sales lies in the shattering crop failures in the Soviet bloc and China, for these crop failures are compelling the Soviet countries to seek foodstuffs in the West.

The Soviet bloc can't get sufficient credits for the purchases. Russia, therefore, will have to sell gold to get the pounds and dollars to pay for the foodstuffs needed. If this is the way it turns out, Russia will be swelling the gold supply in London and Zurich.at a crucially important time for us. In the London market transactions in gold run only around million a day, and additional sales of a few million dollars could be vital in pushing down, the price of gold below 35.35 an ounce and keeping it there. The $35,35 an ounce price is critical for two reasons.

First, it's critical because central banks are prohibited by the rules of the International Monetary Fund from paying more than this for gold, and, as the price has held above this level since October, central banks wanting gold have been buying directly from us and thus cutting our reserve. Second, it's critical because a decline below $35.35 would discourage speculation against the U.S. dollar, give us a calm breathing spell in which to tackle Uie core of the gold outflow problem. "The crop failures must be a lot worse than we have heard," comments Pick. Russia is reported negotiating for credits and deliveries of grain, various cattle eed and meat 1 in West Europe, Canada, Australia, South America.

Germany is trying to get credits in West Europe to finance food shipments. Czechoslovakia is negotiating for Canadian wheat on a one- year credit basis. "A rough estimate of what the Sino-Soviet bloc would need before the next crops are available is million of wheat, other grains, vegetable oil, butter, meat. There's not a chance the West will extend credits of this size to the collectivistic Renewed sales of gold by Moscow seem inevitable as a result, reasons. And as she sells, she'll help curb speciilation in gold, depress the price, shift major buyers away from us and to the open market.

It's hard to imagine, but it could be that the Kremlin will be Kennedy's newest "secret weapon" in the' battle to protect the value of the U.S. dollar. By ROBERT S. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT WASHINGTON Democratic National Chairman John Bailey's ambitious plan to "absorb" the Senate and House campaign committees of his party. and ihus center control of their electioneering activities under him --is getting nowhere in a big way.

Speaker Sam Rayburn and other top House leaders are emphatically against it; and Senate Democratic leaders, while less outspoken, are equally opposed. Bailey, who became National Chairman only a few weeks ago, still has hopes for his grandiose proposal. But just about a miracle will be necessary to put it over, and none appears in sight. Two factors are at the hottom of this: (1) The $3 million hanging over the National Committee from last year's campaign, plus another $1 million Bailey says he needs to run it this year. To congressional campaign leaders, these heavy obligations portend- little prospect of much financial help from the National Committee in their ail- important election battles next year.

(2) The deeply ingrained reluctance of the congressional leaders to give up their traditional rule over raising their own funds and running their own campaigns. In private comments, they are making no bones they feel they can do that a lot better than the National Committee. That was bluntly said by Speaker Rayburn at the Democratic caucus in which he urged the Rules Committee be increased to ensure House consideration of President Kennedy's legislative programs. While vigorouly advocating this, the veteran Texas leader harpooned Bailey's plan to "absorb" the campaign committees. "The National Chairman has his hands full paying off last year's $3 million debt and raising $1 million for this year's expenses," said Rayburn.

"I'm sure these problems will afford Mr. Bailey no time provide for our 1962 requirements. That's why we need our own campaign committee. "There will be no absorption, merger or consolidation. I can promise you that.

I am flatly against it." DON'T FENCE ME IN --Similar emphatic opposition was voiced by Floor Leader John McCormack, and Michael Kirwan, who was re-elected chairman of the House Campaign Committee at tins meeting. only way we can be sure of providing for our campaign needs is to take care of them ourselves," a McCormack. "With the best intentions in the world, neither. the National Committee, nor anyone else can do that better than we can. I am heartily 1 for full cooperation with the National Committee, but not consolidation." Kirwan not ony rejected Bailey's proposal, but announced preparations already are underway for a fund-raising dinner by his committee--to be attended by President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson.

Meanwhile, National Chairman Bailey's big debt-paying job has run into a $140,000 roadblock in the Seriate Finance Committee. Senator Harry Byrd, chairman, is holding up that House passed bill to exempt the tickets to the inaugural re- ceplions, gala and balls from the 10 per cent federal tax. The million netted.from the gala is to apply'to the National Committee's debt. But if Byrd's committee blocks the tax measure, that will cost the Committee 5140,000. The powerful Virginian, who did not endorse the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, has had two chances to act on the tax bill, but passed them both up.

Chairman Bailey aims to raise some $3 million this year, to pay off the 1960 debt and to take care of the National Committee's budget, by a series of Jefferson Jackson Day dinners throughout the country. President Kennedy is strongly backing these plans. At his last Cabinet meeting, he urged the members to make themselves available to address these fund-raising affairs. However, he excepted the Secretaries of State, Defense and Treasury. Treasury Secretary C.

Douglas Dillon is a Republican, and was Undersecretary of State in the Eisenhower Administration. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, former president of Ford Motor a Republican. And since World War Secretaries of State a stayed out of partisan politics. The President also told the Cabinet that he contemplates making several Jefferson-Jackson Day talks--one of them probably in California. Laughingly, he also disclosed he may go to New York City next month to view the traditional Day, parade.

Mayor SWagner'and other local leaders have invited him. ROBERT RUARK SAYS: Somebody Has Robbed Me of 20 of My Years Now it is obviously ridiculous that a gay blade of a boy like me, rapier-sharp as a 28-year- old ensign in the Navy, laughing roisterer, bon vivant, world traveller, devil with the women two-bottle man and murderous with either a word or a weapon, should suddenly be an old bum with white in his whiskers, rheum in his eyes and dewlaps that flap in the breeze, but there Is the evidence, jedge, and somebody has robbed me of 20 years when my back was turned. PETER EDSON SAYS: Other Times 10 Years Ago Contracts for five' high-speed cargo ships--at a cost of each were awarded to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Wednesday by the S. Maritime Commission.

The awards raised to $50,000,000 the value or orders at the sprawling Chester yard--which has not launched SL in 11. months. Two weeks ago, the keel was laid far the first of two $4,000,000 Seatrains scheduled for delivery early this summer. The orders for the five new type cargo vessels will boost Sun Snip employment by several thousand. Employment slumped from a wartime pe of 35,000 to 1,800 early last month.

25 Years Ago Dr, John, A. Milfcr, research professor in aslronomy at Swarthmore College and director -of the Sproul Observatory had resigned from the-college, faculty, it became known yesterday. Dr. MUler's resignation was effective Jan. 31, Dr.

Frank Aydclotle, president of the college, disclosed in announcing the astronomer's sudden move. He Had been with the college for 30 years, serving as vice head of astronomy and mathematics departments and at. times, acting president in Dr. AydeloUe's absence. 50 Years Ago I was decided yesterday, lo locale at Swarthmore, in this county, a detachment of the State Constabulary in order to Work, in conjunction with the various borough authorities in running' down burglars, highwaymen, chicken thieves and to do a general criminal hunting business.

Captain C. W. Wilheim of Troop located at Pottsville, came ta Chester yes terday afternoon, representing Captain Groome, superintendent of the State Police and had a conference with District Attor ney Albert Dulton MacDadc. Food Stamp Plan Has Earmarks of Neiv Deal WASHINGTON--With a deep bow to Henry Wallace and Milo Perkins, this is where a lot of old New Dealers came in. President Kennedy's announcement that the food stamp tilan will be revived on a pilot basis in six areas brings back one of the last of the New Deal experiments that worked.

Kennedy's purpose is twofold. First is to give the needy unemployed on relief a better diet. Second is 'to help move off the market surplus foods, thus helping the farmers. The new administration will work out its own rules. They may be quite different from those in effect 20 years But the original food stamp plan worked like this: In designated areas a agreed So support the pJan, people on relief obtained a 50 cent increase in foodbuying power through use of government food order stamps.

To gel the extra food, people on the public assistance rolls were entitled to buy orange- colored stamps which could exchange for any grocer Ses or meats in the stores. For each dollar's worth of orange stamps they bought at welfare offices they got, free, 50 cent's worth of blue stamps. The blue stamps were good as cash for the purchase of foods designated as government surplus. May 1939 when food stamp plan was first put in operation at Rochester, N.Y., there were 17 foods on the surplus list. They were: butter, eggs, lard, dried beans, corn meal, wheat flour, graham flour, hominy grits, dried prunes, fancy tlried raisins, fresh apples, fresh grapefruit, fresh oranges, fresh pears, dry onions and pork--excluding prepared or processed pork prod- cuts.

stamp was the equivalent of a government check in small coin denominations--5 to 50 cents. Grocers could cash them at any U.S. depository bank or use them to buy more food supplies from wholesalers. Food bought with the stamps went through the same trade channels as other foodstuffs bought with cash. Profits taken at usual producer, retail cr or wholesaler levels.

The only subsidy in the transaction was that the Federal Surplus Commodities supplied the surplus foods at its acquisition and transportation costs. But this disposa! cut clown its storage costs. The government's money came from an old law authorizing use of one-third of the U.S. customs receipts--known as Section 22 funds--For encouraging larger sales of U.S. farm pro- ducls.

This source is still available. There was no stigma of taking charily attached to the fojod stamp purchasers. The incentive furnished through the plan was to buy more orange stamps so as to get more free blue stamps. The result was that people had belter diets. vlntroduced late in the New Deal, the food stamp plan in its first year, at a cost of 10 million dollars, had been extended to about 1 million people in 100 communities.

By July 1941 four million people in 300 communities were covered and the cost had risen to around 100 million dolbrs. The plan died out in 1943 under wartime conditions. Unemployment had practically disappeared. Food surpluses had disappeared, too, and rationing and price controls were in. At the time it was abandoned, costs had lun to 260 million dollars.

Efforts were made to revive the plan in Congress during the 1955 and 1958 recessions. Senators George D. Aikcn Hubert Humphrey and Rep. (D- Mo.) were principal sponsors. The 45th milestone has arrived and the 46th will be along in what seems like any minute, and, while friends tell me I don't look, a day over 60, I know they are just trying soften me i.p for a loan or something and I pay them no mind.

You can't tell a book cover, hee-hee, I always quaver. That's a bon mot, as thy French say, that I just made up to make me feel belter. Actually, I see little change at all in the dashing lad who bounced out of college in 1935 to brave the depression, except that I have pairs of shoes and at least one pair of socks; and even less difference between me and the dauntless naval officer who went out to die- in a straw- bottomed boat. Except I do think a dash of gray at the temples makes me look more distinguished, especially when I comb it in an upsweep to cover the baldspot. Well, grass doesn't grow on a busy street, I also whicker, in another bon mot I just confected.

The only faint intimation of autumn from which I suffer -apart from rheumatic twinges and a tendency 'to testiness in the morning hours--is that the little things loom bigger while the big things grow smaller. Let us say, for instance, that I am a stoic on toast if you chop off my arm or set a busted leg without anesthesia, but I am morosely preoccupied over a pimple, and a head cold sets me whimpering. A big, mad illness is fine, because people fetch you sympathy and fifths of calf-'s- foot jelly, but with the minor irritations they just admonish you to stay home with your bloody sniffle and try not to spread it around. I also seem to have more hangnails than I used to, and sometimes my mustache itches. I can tell you how lo box an elephant for shipment from Dar es Salaam to Boise, Idaho, but I can never find any stamps, paper clips, rubber bands or scissors.

Gremlins get my nail files, and Scotch tape always gums, sticks, and tears off in diagonal strips. By last count, I have exactly; 2,436 cigarette lighters, but no flints and no fluid. I am always down to my last razor blade, there is enough surgical apparatus around lo trephine a brain, but, no aspirin and no Bandaids. There are large pills labeled "For Lion Bites," but no nostrum at all for athlete's foot. There is always, for some strange reason, only half-a- drink in the bottle when it's my turn to pour, so I have to open a fresh one.

Ice-cubes melt together and I skin my knuckies when I whack 'em to unstick 'cm. If I attempt to extract a cork, it crumbles and I have to push it into the 'bottle. If a guest demands soda, there never is any. And one guest out of three, when asked his preference in poison, answers brightly: "What is everyone else having?" That is how I acquired a gamy reputation for striking house gucsls. I know the name-of the best Indian tailor in Nairobi, but I can never find a belt or a pair of suspenders in my own clothes closet.

My neckties, no matter how many I buy or receive, are all the same color. My socks stray. The dogs steal my handorchiefs. I know where to buy a war-surplus blimp or a shrunken head, but I cannot find a stationery store which will stock the kind of loose-leaf steno's notebook I fancy. I live atop a mounEStin of newspaper cuttings, and they, go back to the Boer War, but I can never locate the snippet I trimmed from yesterday's paper.

Either I have three Time and Newsweek magazines of the same issue or I have none. If I save a scries of magazines in order to read consecutive installments of an article irv cne gulp, the angels ride down and pinch the middle article. When I go off on a trip, I leave behind the one thing I am certain to need most. I lose an average of two dozen ballpoint pens a year, and my pencils always need sharpening. Doorknobs shock me electrically, as do taxicabs.

I drive, all the cars ahead of' me are always beckoned on, but the cop stops me. I can find an ugly girl's address but not the number of a pretty one. Anything mechanical turns with a snarl and rends the man who invented the H-bomb! Apart from these piddling trifles, I'm all right, Apart, that is, from a.Constant feeling of impending doom..