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UN Censorship Plan Threat To Freedom; RUSE UNCOVERED Safeguards Needed "THE UNITED STATES aad all govern- 1 ments which cherish one of the most precious of freedoms should reject, promptly and Htmtly. the recommenda- tion by "the United Nations General Assembly that they ratify a so-called Freedom of Information" treaty. The recom- was approved by a 25 to 22 'vote after years of study of the proposal A more fraudulent title for the proposition would be difficult to conceive. The original concept of the studies which were begun some six vears ago was to draft an agreement which actually would give inhabitants of all UN member countries free and complete access to all information affecting their government and the world. It also would allow the informa- 'tion to be published without censorship.

But the treaty proposed by the UN Assembly does not follow the original i concept. Instead of guaranteeing the right of access to. and publication of, informa-. tion concerning member nations, it now proposes to set up a worldwide ship. For example, the treaty as recommended would forbid publication in all nations of anything that the ruler? of any nation might declare objectionable and embarrassing to them.

For instance, no in' formation concerning Juan Peron. dictator of Argentina, could be published in the U. or any other nation, without his approval. Furthermore, if the U. S.

should ratity any such treaty, it would become the supreme law of thif land superseding even the Constitution. The United States, however, vigorously opposed and voted against the UN recommendation. Such a treaty cannot be binding on this nation unless ratified by the U. S. Senate.

The possibility of that being done is non-existent as far down the anyone can pretend to tee. But the situation pinpoints the need for prompt congressional action on a constitutional amendment drafted by the American Bar Association which would state, apecifically, that the Constitution and the laws of this land cannot be nullified by any treaty. This would be permanent protection against the of Constitutional guarantees by a pact which, to become our supreme law, would require ratification by only two-thirds of the senators present and voting for it. Since 49 of the 96 senators constitute a quorum, this means 33 meinbers might abrogate anything in our dangerous risk for any nation. The Texas Ballot ECENT polls of legislators who will be convened next month indicate a virtual certainty that Texas Election Laws, as revised during the 1951 session, are likely to be overhauled drastically.

The pell included expressions of a large majority of members of both Senate and House. Their Heas concerning needed re- visions varied widely. But. without excep- tion, they agreed upon the necessity of correcting defects in the present election code. One of the most needed of all improve' ments, to our way of thinking, was mentioned by Rep.

Frank Owen, of El Paso. He declared for revisions which would guarantee genuine secrecj of the ballot. As anyone who has voted in this and most counties of the State is aware, the pretense that, gecrecy surrounds voting is a farce. Except in a very few counties, ballots are marked at tables in the open in view of nearly anyone who chooses to look. In all counties, the design of the ballot is such that corrupt officials who would not hesitate, if it served their political in' terests, to violate the law by checking up on voters.

Some other proposals almost. certain- would bf opposed vigorously. For ex: ample, two or three legislators have ad. vocated abolition of -the second Demo' cratic. would mean that the mr.n regardless of the number of candidates, in thp first primarv would win.

Another proposal is that the election of iudces be taken out of the hands of the and handed over to a committee dominated by lawyers. No one guess now just what revisions mar be recommended. It premature to form opinions con- cerninc them until they actually have been submitted to the legislature. But chances are needed and it will be a real achievement if a rode more unsatisfactory than the one now in effect could be devised. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal utidm tlif An ol PAKKtiK 2 IT Cu- 4 ji journal ma sis vionttu V3 "Jr, 3i AritantMlt ti i BO.

i JlJ MoDMw- lo As Mnov S3 Is 87 UliM'G' Ol ArKur.Cfl* WC VMI HOBO i ttjJO 60 i $330, J) '0 JOUT- 124 W. 1 trt i "Wi JA IXTt to fUq ot Umttd oi 4.m»nc* to ror vftich witk There's No Cuffing It Out Ike And Economy New Budget Scheme May Be Answer To Big Savings By DOUGLAS LAKSEN JfEA Staff Correspondent ASHINGTON, Dec. brand new idea for achieving huge savings in the cost of government has excited the interest of some of President-elect Eisenhower's key advisers. They are that it might be Ike's golden chance-to deliver on his campaign promises of greater federal economy. Estimates of the potential sav- Ings involved run into hundreds of millions annually.

Perhaps more than a billion. It's actually a deceptively simple administrative device used by practically every private business in the U. S. Every public administration expert who has heard it has expressed amazement that some: body hasn't come up with the plan before for the federal service. Added Inducements Planned Simply stated, the plan is to give every government supervisor at every level his own working budget, with adequate inducement not only to live up to it, but to cut it.

The details for working the plan out in practice are not considered difficult. At present it is estimated that only about 5 per cent of the approximately 100,000 supervisors in federal service who have authority to spend money have their own budgets. For the rest there is practically no incentive to cut costs. In many cases there are even rewards for extravagance. NE OF those keenly interested in the idea is Sen.

Frank Carlson one of Ike's closest advisers during the campaign, who will be chairman of the important Senate Post Office and Civil Service committee. He says: "This could be the real government economy. It could be the thing which will" give government a workable substitute for the profit, motive which has made U. S. ir.dustryxso efficient." Others who show similar enthusiasm for the idea include members of the former Hoover commission, a former federal budget director and present U.

S. Civil Service commissioner officials. Columnist Offers Idea Father of the idea is John Cramer, columnist on federal employe affairs for the Washington Daily News and other papers. He says: "In the last analysis, we'll get true economy in government only if we make saving -the day-to-day business of every employe who has the power to that means every supervisor. A budget for the supervisor would put him on notice that saving is an important, major part of his job, just like it is for every boss, foreman or supervisor in private industry.

"Such government economy as exists, har.ded down from, above, or from Congress, ends up as something for even' supervisor to resist. In asking for more money he goes on the theory: 'Maybe I can get it. Maybe I can't. But there's nothing to lose by The government has given him the power to spend, but tic incentive to save." rpHERE are other advantages of. J- the plan.

It is pointed out that its adoption would have an excellent psychological effect on both taxpayers and federal employes. It serve notice that the new administration is sincerely bent on economy. In would provide the government with something it has never had before. That is i yardstick tor the measuring of all gov- rpHKGS weren't like this in the -L old Young men didn't want unmentionables as souvenirs. ernment operations, All the experts who have studied the plan claim that there is nothing in it which eould backfire.

They say that the No. 1 goal for supervisors would continue to be the accomplishment oE their basic assignment. The plan would merely add an incentive to do that basic job in the most economical manner. The plan 'would require no new legislation, according to Cramer. It could be accomplished by a simple administrative order.

Further, contrary to most big government economy plans, this one will not involve costly studies or programs to get it under way. It is believed that administrative funds already available to the agencies could finance its start. Congress would not have to appropriate any funds to launch it. looking At Life-----By Erich Brandeis made a splendid if- rpHERE IS a libel law. in this country.

There is also a law against slander. But there is no anti-griping law. I think we need one. I am thinking very seriously of having my Senator introduce a bill in Congress to make it a felony, or at least a misdemeanor, to start "griping unless has been given to the gripee at least a year ahead of time. Look at all the griping that is already being done about President- elect Eisenhower.

By the way, I read that the proper way to say it is not "President-elect," but "President-designate." A Harvard professor said so. Griping, of course, comes primarily from disgruntled office seekers, lame duck officials and cranks. But it is just as harmful as if the gripers were normal people. For instance, a certain Senator griped about Dr. Durkin's appointment to the office of Labor Secretary.

I wonder whether this gripe was made after careful consideration or simply as an emotional outburst by a fellow who didn't get nominated or elected. I myself have carefully studied Durkin's career and his qualifications. I am convinced that Mr. BRANDEIS Eisenhower lection. Another gripe that came from the opposition party was Ike's trip to Korea.

Now they are the cry "Who paid for it?" They are inferring that there was something crooked about the trip, that it cost too much. In the first place, they never asked who paid -for all thievery that was going on in Washington during the past seven years. In the second place, I SUIffi that as long as Eisenhower took that trip, the mon-- ey for it was obtained from legitimate sources. If we don't have any confidence in our elected President NOW, heaven knows things are going to be tough for him later. In the third place, if that trip will help to shorten the Korean war by one hour and if it will save the life of ONE American may.

also be President some day- then I don't care whether the money came directly from wherever Al Capone may be now. It certainly was worth it! ET US give Eisenhower a chance. If we hire an office boy or a cleaning woman, we give them a chance to make good. We don't start to gripe at them before they have even started on their jobs, Griping is all right if it is justi- See LOOKING AT LIFE Page Carnival By Turner Page 10, Dec. 26, 1952 Current prices are certainly "Sow shocking.

tell him not down lor oucftd hta HE'S TOUGH BATTLER Pulls No Punches DREW FEABSON Special Correspondent History sometimes has a VY- topsy-turvy way of lining up people and- politics. Take, for instance, the closing debate the United Nations at which Russia's Ambassador Gromyko was given the verbal straight arm by U. S. Ambassador Philip Jessup. It was just about a year ago that Dr.

Jessup was under bitter Senate attack led by Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, and simultaneously was defended by Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia. Jessup, a Columbia professor, had been charged by Senator. McCarthy with being pro Communist; and Stassen, taking up the charge, swore Jessup had been at a White House con-: ference which urged the reduction of aid to Chiang Kai- shek; i memory is crystal clear that Vandenberg told I Jessup was present at this conference," Stassen testified. "This matter goes to the heart of the veracity of Jessup." And he demanded that Jessup be ousted from the U.

N. delegation. Dr. Jessup had stated that he was not at the White House conference. And after Stassen called him a liar, Jassup produced a letter from Eisenhower showing that Jessup was in New York conferring with him on the same day Stassen claimed he was at the White House.

It was on the strength of such garbled, testimony that a confused and unfair Senate finally voted against Jessup's confirmation. However, Truman named him to a recess U.N. appointment anyway, and during it Jessup has been one of the toughest verbal battlers against Soviet delegates. Jessup's Last Speech The climax came last week, when Ambassador Gromyko called a 1:30 a. m.

press- conference to accuse the United States of murdering Korean prisoners. At the N. debate which, followed, Ambassador Jessup-said: "The term 'knock on the door at midnight' has become symbolically associated with the kind of tactics which the Soviet government and its secre.t police employ in depriving the people unfortunate enough to live under that rule of all the satisfac- tions which normally come to human beings in the course of their daily life. "It would seem as if the Soviet delegation thought it could -intimidate the assembly, of the United Nations by knock on the door at midnight just as the assembly is about to adjourn." That was Jessup's last speech before 'the United Nations. He bows out this week.

And Stassen, who- accused Jessup of lying, though Eisenhower showed it Stassen who was wrong, now becomes Eisenhower's administrator of mutual se- for Europe. So swings the paradoxical pendulum of late. HE huge East Room of the White House, with its gymnaslumlike proportions, glittering, chandeliers, and two pianos a Steinway and a Baldwin never fails to impress presidential callers. Seven-year-old Frank. Karsten son of the Democratc congressman from Missouri, also was impressed during a tour of the White House with his father and 16-year-old sister, La Verne, "Wowie, dad," he exclaimed, taking in the elegant room, "what a swell place for a fellow to run!" Young Karsten also marveled at the number of Christmas trees he saw.

It seemed, like there was tree in every -room, some partly decorated, and in one room there were two trees. Santa Claus will have to get an early start at the White House if he js going to put presents under all those trees," Frank told his father. Two. Good Speaker of the Brazilian House of Representatives Nereu Ramps toured the U.S. capitol recently in company with ex-Foreign.

Minister Oswaldo Aranha, Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle, and the State Department's Harry Frelinghuysen, whose father once sat. in the Senate from New Jersey. Receiving a gavel made from an elm tree planted by George Washington, Dr. Ramos thanked Biffle graciously, but admitted that gavels were out of date in the Brazilian Congress. -There the speaker maintains order with an electric button which makes a series of noisss to control unruly congressmen.

The Brazilian Senate, Speaker Ramos noted, sits an the Monroe palace, named for President Monroe, author of the Monroe Doctrine. The palace was built at the St. Louis exposition, then taken apart, transported back to Brazil. Painstaking Leslie Biffle showed the visitors everything, including the little girl with three arme, painted by accident into the portrait of General Washington resigning his commission. He also pointed to the Indian with six in the portrait of Pocahontas being baptized.

Both portraits hang in the capitol rotunda. OTING the statue of Thomas Jefferson, ex- Ambassador Aranha mentioned that he was almost as well known In Brazil as in U.S.A. Jefferson, he said, carried on extensive correspondence with Brazilian students. "And as for President Grover Cleveland," Aranha remarked, "every town in Brazil hai a street or public square named for him. He served as arbiter between Brazil and found in our favor." The two Brazilians recognized statues of Will Rogers, Bob La Follette -and Huey Long, as well as Teddy Roosevelt and Vice President Adlai Stevenson, grandfather rf the Illinois governor.

It was obvious tiiey knew the United States far better than Americans know our good neighbor, Brazil. Ramblingg- around Eisenhower nation's future government is already operating quite smoothly out of sixth floor of New York City's Commodore Hotel It features a beehive of bustling reporters, scurrying aides, clamoring job seekers, smiling receptionists. A celebrity pops through the elevator doors; an electrical storm of exploding flashbulbs bursts over head. A wooden barrier keeps the rnultj- tude from spilling' into the back-offices. The barrier is built like a sheep-pen with a long, narrow stall leading to the Eisenhower sanctuary.

Visitors must step into the stall and stand inspection by a secret service agent before they can pass into the back rooms. Photographers crush against the. barrier, ready to snap anything that moves. Reporters surge like sheep from one corner of the hallway to another. Congressman 'Charles Brownson, blinking from under a pair of John L.

Lewis eyebrows, is smothered'by reporters as he steps out from seeing Eisenhower. He wants to clean all Democrats out of the post offices, put Repub- UMM in ttuir Fires Blast At Reds BY fULTON OURSLER Modern Parables A Nap In Ihe Air Dear Friends And Gentle 'Hearts: WHO IS it that is blessed with presence of mind? Most likely, If has conquered self: who knows that all fears are puerile in face of a common end, and that the trick of life is to live it nobly I remember a grisly story out of my youth, when' the Woolworth Building, a pioneer among the great New York skyscrapers, was being erected. In those days safety precautions were primitive. Naked girders pierced and crossed the heavens while workmen, pattered back and forth on narrow steel, leaning against the wind to avoid being off, and with nothing between them and the street, 50 stories below. One Spring noon, three riveters squatted on a beam, their feet dangling in dizzy space.

The air was warm, the sun was high and they were OURSLEH weary. When lunch was finished, they sat, peacefully enjoying the rest, until the man'on the right noticed dreadful circumstanpe. ABOUT WORDS: No Friend Can Be "Mutual" By FRANK COLBY Famed Lexicographer TT'S HARD to believe, but tual friend," which is incorrect, according to modern usage, may be laid at the door of CharJes Dickens, who used "Our Mutual Friend" as the title of a novel. Because of Dickens's literary eminence, "our mutual friend" was accepted as correct by many persons'. The truth is, however, the book title is a quotation oJ illiterate usage by some characters in the story.

Mutual should be avoided in the meaning of "shared in common." Strictly speaking, mutual "reciprocal-; interchanged; reciprocally given or exchanged," Thus, two men may share a mutual friendship or hatred; they may work together their mutual, ad' vantage; they may obligate themselves by a mutual pledge of friendship. Also, they may be mutual friendship is reciprocal or interchanged. However, to say that A and are "mutual friends" is redundant. The mutuality of their' friendship is clearly expressed by saying: They are friends. There's No Reciprocity Now A and have a friend, C.

But is not their "mutual friend," for the reason that he is not reciprocally given or exchanged or owned by A and B. Let's put it this way; A and have just been introduced (they are not yet friends; in fact, they may dislike each other from the very first). They discover that they both know who lives in another city To say that is their "mutual friend" (a friend shared be- man in the micidls had fallen asleep. ABVIOUSLY, If the- dreamer awoke' with a start he might plunge below. Moreover, In his be- fuddlement he might clutch at anything and so drag one or both of his companions down to destruction witb him.

11 those men had been cowards, they would departed, then and there, leaving tho dreamer to his fate. Instead, very quietly, man on the right explained tei me man on the left In low tanei they considered and meanst they knew they had to wake up tht sleeping man gradually. So they began discussing, in tranquil tones, his favorite recreation, fishing, gradually raising their voice! slightly until the man In the opened one eye, slowly caught In the drift of the conversation, and unstartled and safe slipped back into full consciousness. By the time re realized his plight, reassuring hands had grasped his arms. It is a fact, however, mat aH three of them took the elevator down to the street immediately afterward and they worked no more that day.

Unselfish concern others often brings more nerve and illumination than the insinct for self preservation. (Copyright, 1952, by Grace Perkins Oursler and Albert L. Cole). tween then and only them) Is clearly nonsense. A WORD much In use today and erroneously thought to be modern slang, is "hassje." Hassle (also spelled hassel, er bessle) is a dialectal word heard primarily in the Southern states.

It means "to pant; to breathe hence, by extension, "commotion; emotional or confused talk." The origin of hassle is uncertain, but it is probable that it from the old verb (now dialectal) hazle, "to make or become dry." ACROSS 1, Grassy field T. Place 31 Attaches with cement JT, Goddess of runs fast 13. Fleet of ihipi 14. Eggdiih 15. Symbol for xenon 16.

Disprove! 18. Thus 19. Writing fluid 21. Type of discord 41. Poorlj 43.

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