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i i. A- INBEMNBINT-MUf-TIlIMAJI Uae 4, IffSS GIVE MONEY TO A FRIEND fi.A.C. SAYS: EDITORIAL 1 if MALCOLM EPLEY Politics fo Hold Pace Is Old? Year in '(Continued from Page. 1) 1 j' Heduced income is a natural objection. But finding 1 Dimes Versus Polio 'I ITS TIME again to piij our dimes on the march against a deadly enemy infantile paralysis.

'The annual March of Dimes campaign! opens officially in the Long Beach area Tuesday. Each of us has a vital personal interest. When polio strikes, it plays no favorites. And it does strike; I Figures compiled by the Long Beach Chapter, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, show that 159 new cases were reported in 1952 in the area tinder the chapter's jurisdiction; which is the area within the boundaries of the Long Beach School District That figure may ig to do to keep hands and grains busy is the big COMPARED with 1952 this won't be much of a wring year, but it would be a. mistake to look, upon it in prospect as a 'nonpolitical year.

-lose ttitte -money Htfwt is safe to say only a nunonty of men are as ex retirement as they were while working. On the 1 their was better oven considering the ad age. Those with hobbies to occupy their time are to ones but they are; certainly in the minority. fivwa ret i v. vow.

is also the eAnamif! nfnMam nf biibbItuut the needs icreasing blder group. Today there are about 13 mil- -V there will be: major develop-; tnents in poli-i tics and related! fields worthy of the attention of all good citizens. It will be a year of important action, the legis-. latjve bodies to which we elected representa 65 years. By 1960 they will number 15 million and.

there will be 21 million. That means this age group rease by 67 per cent over 1950. For the same period1 people' will increase only 24 per cent. Thus if all; people retired at age 65 it would throw a tremen- Sut -use -money to -trade pith, friend- iduction burden On the younger people. i i be surprising to many readers to 'know Caliiomia; trida are not predominantly populated by lipnal average is 8.3 per cent of 'our population; 65: tives in the 1952 balloting.

California's Legislature and the: national will get in the next few. days. these groups, do may profoundly, affect -the people of this area. Of regional -interest In the state legislative field will be action on highways arid matters concerning fringe popu-; colder. California and.

Florida have almost exactly, i rage. But Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and the (gland states have 10 per cent pf their population over, of age. Most southern states have very low per- of old people, evidently due to a higher mortality: cei legroes and farmers in those areas. I save money ttie latlon developments; How to finance highway development will be a major topic in the legislative news from Sacramento through much of the coming session and this area, over-allincreasing population aged 65 or older is i often stated, due. to greatly increasing the span of almost entirely due to saving lives, at birth and from The individual at age 35 today has only a be compared with 96 new cases reported in 1951.

I- This is something to remember when you receive an appeal from the. foundation or when you notice one of the 2QdO coin containers' which will be placed in stores, banks and public buildings to receive contributions. Don't pass up an opportunity to invest in defense against i a commop enemy." I Last year the goal of jthe local drive was $100,000. We fell short by a. slim margin of $828j This; year the Coal is again Let's try to put the margin on the other side this That $828 is more than enough to.

care for a patient jn the polio ward for a month. Polio is one of the most expensive maladies in existence. The cost is. so high because round-the-clock nursing care is required. Respirators work every second -of the day, and patients must be Watched constantly A crew of mechanics must be retained in case there's' a power failure or an iron lung quits operating 1 through some fault.

"I Thus the biggest portion of the money contributed in the March Dimes goes to care of patients. Second biggest slice is devoted to. research and education. Mudh smaller! 'amounts are used for administration and other necessary' expenses. Here are some of the items polio dimes buy: dimes Electron 15,000 dimes-espiraW 150 dimes Physical therapy treatment for one day.

i 143 dimes Hospital service one day. dimes A professional fellowship for medical1; Put In less technical terms, your dimes buy care and hope for those who1 have been stricken and those yet to'-suffer. Your dimes buy the medical training and explora-' tion-which may lead toward discovery of the secrets of polio prevention You can find no. better investment. Let's startjthem which needs highway 'improve- as much as any, in the state, will be vitaUy concerned with what happens to assure a speed-up in the state's -highway program.

J- FRINGE PROBLESI ytwo more life expectancy than he had 50 years ago tauso deaths are avoided through, our normal span of are more living out the Biblical three score and: 10 The "fringe' problem as ion-; is me reason, we will find, oar predominant group sidered'by the lawmakers -will among those aged 65 or older. numbers' i i '9 greai inuuence on elections, pensions -ana raaii.iu large part of our production machine, will be used heeds and wants of this 'group, I DREW PEARSON itics of the Census clearly show this prob-; .15 iey are evidence that we must revise bur ideas. In lion of this writer a subsistent pension should be pro-L 1 Major Colleges May Face Antitrust Suit Over 'Monopoly' of TV Football for all at age 65. But it should not be necessary-to that age unless the individual so desires or because I- table to perform useful-work. The subsistent pension be at least $100 a month.

There should be no other -To sue or not to sue the nation's leading colleges that is the problem allowed excepting ihose paid for by the. individual, i. also be worth considering granting the pension and It now being debated by Attorney General James McGranery. The suit, which would be. talked personally to Defense Minister Emanuel Shlnwell and.

two other British cabinet members on; the importance of NATO's i freedom-unity propaganda; They, however, England, it was obvious, still followed its old tradition of opposition to Euro- pean unity. Last month it was again the ig the individual to work part time tbjsupplemant fci against the National Collegiate well as being a needed production; worker in 1 imy. Cost of such a program would be no greater present social security and private pension plant. British who Worked backstage problem of the oldsters has ceme upon us as a to spike De as perl's propa- problem only the last 10 years. It must be accepted ganda proposal, in the end; -a i wishy-washy i was resoiuuoni Athletic Association for mo-, nopolizi football tele-, casts, has been recommende by the Justice partment's antitrust di' vision.

If McGranery goes ahead with this recommendation, he will dumo one. iajor issue that must be settled. But first it is important probably' be concerned with the as to whether city r' dwellers are paying more than their share for benefits -which largely, go to unincorporated areas. An Assembly committee has been studying this matter. As an example of one issue likely to arise, the committee! this week recommended that certain areas in Los Angeles County should pax' more for the protection they get from the sheriffs' office, with "a proportionate lightening, of the burdens to cities which get no direct benefits from this outside activity.

That old favorite, the tide-lands Issue, will be up again i in the national Congress, and of course that will be lm- to Long Beach, whose valuable tidelands came to through a state grant. In the1: last week, both sides of that Issue the federal ownership advocates those Who. State contror vere talking Congressional i' to support their theories. No city officials will be' elected In Long Beach this The next election of councilman1 and other officials will occur in 1954. But a special city elec tion is coming up on April 3, the 'day a school board elec- tion is to be held.

The school board election may provoke exceptional inter-. ese this year. Three positions are to be filled, the incumbents terms expire are Eugene Tfhcher; George Ver-j million and 7rs. Elizabeth Hudson. One of these, Tincher, has stated he will not WhUe the school election is nonpartisan, there has been: some talk in Democratic circles; i of offering the candidacies, of i certain Democrats for school Y' board posts with the' idea-' of meant' air most addpted which carefully check our thinking and probably revise our nothing.

to iusl how old is olcL-i-L. A. I AN EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK STs Hopeful Start By JOHN S. KNIGHT Editor Chicago Daily Maw. The New.

Year begins on a note of high tfptimism. Gen. Eisenhower's election was reassuring to the country. A more confident attitude prevails In business arid industry. Labor does hot The people trust him.

(. Only war and the possibility of an extended war: pose a real threat to our security. i 'However, ihe Eisenhower administration will have more than its share of problems. The most perplexing ones are to be inher- rEAjuox eefihg own and propaganda to seek' infer-national understanding, the greater we reduce the chance of war," De Gasperi argued. "Therefore it is as important for NATO nations to: conduct the battle of ideas as to.

aim for- defense." i Specifically, 1 De Gasperi wanted, to expand the Voice of America into the Voice of Europe and to urge United States of i This Idea is similar to the proposal made by: Eisenhower's advisers shortly after he arrived in Paris two years ago. At that time Ike's public relations experts proposed broadcasts by Eisenhower to the troops, translated Into different languages, to explain the reasons behind NATO, the need for unity and the principles of freedom for which NATO They also proposed a ship-freedom train would tour Europe, illustrating. the importance of Euro-' pean unity. The train was to carry such symbols as Great Britain's Magna Carta, the Gutenberg Bible and other historic documents indicating the hard-fought steps by which Europe obtained its freedom. STUBBORN BRITAIN However, the British sat, on this idea and sat on it hard.

At first, British friends on NATO, such as Denmark and Norway, carried the ball for London. But when this columnist was in London ajtout this, time, I In and "kick" until this situation is corrected. i Disappointed C. U. SPEAKER.

1 -A 7956 E. Fourth 5 Downey. i disappointed, peeved mrnms" irojn me iruman regime Dut others will igusted at not having the I continue to develop so long as the Western world Stalin's Blarney I SARNOFFS DREAM David Sarnoff, chairman of 1 the; giant Radio Corporation' of America was lunching at the i. Pentagon with Secretary of De? fense Lovett the other He has been drafted to -help advise Lovett on -manpower 'problems. During the luncheon Sarnoff told the following story: Owen D.

Young, then head of General Electric, had once hirjed an ex-colonel to advise onjG. industrial, problems. Young told the colonel to make a Six-week survey in order to tighten up At that time the Radio Corporation of America, then part -of General Electric, was doing $5,000,000 worth of business annually. (After a six-week survey the colonel rame back to Young and recommended he fire Sarnoff. a great dreamer," the colonel "He can-think about nothing except putting a radio in every American home." pal Band more often and the -Soviet Union are in sharp conflict.

1:1 latl TO THE EDITOR: Still, Eisenhower will take office with the .1 ereat arivantacro nf hnvinor tha ahlna mAm. fas, a resident of Long rfrom 1913 to '1939 and, Bel bers and other. important functionaries well acquainted with the duties and rpsnnnslhlHtfPB nf mmmm in old bandsman, was a I the offices they are to occupy. attendant at the con- When the Auditorium tr. we were given to of the hottest of hot potatoes in the Jap of new Attorney Herbert BrownelL For the suit will Indirectly involve one of Brownell's cabinet colleagues, Charles E.

Wilson, retiring head of General Motors, which has a monopoly on the football broadcasts. On the other side of the fence, however, will be another member of the Eisenhower official namely Harold Stassen. His University of Pennsylvania Is one of only. two major colleges which op-. posed the monopoly of foot-.

ball telecasts. The other rebel is Notre Dame, i VIOLATION? Under this monopoly telecast agreement major colleges permit the telecasting of only one football game each week. Furthermore, games can be telecast on only one network, NBC and sponsored by only one. company, General Motors. This, argue McGranerys antitrust experts.

Is clearly a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and deprives thousands of fans of watching' football on television. The University of Pennsylvania and Notre Dame agree, but McGranery has repeatedly put bff making a decision. At this i writing, he is practically Ike's celerity in naming his administrative heads 'has helped tremendously In bridging the gap between the old and the new. Following the inauguration, Operation Cleanup should proceed without delay. tand that the concert I was hoping the newly-elected would ignore Russia and Stalin's blarney.

Wq should go on build-' ing our defense and let-them do guessing. It is time now to take the hit in our teeth and go on with our plans and keep what we are doing to ourselves. (' If. Russia is ever sincere in i wanting to talk peace, let her 1 come out in the open before the U. And if we accept debate, put a time limit on it At any rate, let drop being children and 'expect nothing from them.

I think your Da- is for the band. If r. it not used for that pur- KNIGHT getting these people oeiore me public, The Democrats are do-; ing considerable thinking about 1954.. Without invading the prediction field, here poi fault with the manage-the' eity hall? Do they he "meows" and odor DAVID LAWRENCE are a few personal of the tasks facing Ike, and what he may do about them. KOREA: I have been asked whether peace will come to Korea In .1953.

I Of course, it lit Impossible to give categorical answer to this auestion. Fmm could eoim anlv fhrnurli m. mllifa.rv Mnn show just for a few Hair its a Acheson vid Lawrence, the right Spl above the music of the i 1 should realize, that this ful musical organiza Secretary idea. H. or negotiated truce.

At this stage, neither seems likely. Actually, there would, seem to be no good reason why Moscow should desire peace. They- have our best battle-trained troops tied down in Korea and we are paying a high, price for our j. "police action" In blood and resources. tic eider its efficient direc- 5601 Lime Ave.

tot rhlshes us the' best band is the best advertis- mi WASHINGTON The enigma of Dean Acheson, Secretary of in relation to Communist influence inside the Ini the city has. Wrong Number TO THE EDITOR: re is hot a place in the I This is important to! remember, the Korean conflict will not static with Eisenhower as 'commander, in chief. By spring, there will be new and interesting developments. I got a telephone call at 2. urn for the band, why American con- lid a band hall near the other morning.

Wronsr humben The situation will not be (permitted to drag along as It has for the that there might be a nfllttary secret. He doesn't visualize the influence, wielded by "innocent-appearing citizens of the United States whose reci ord of disloyalty has recently awakened suspicion. Mr. Acheson argued that his; subordinates shouldn't be ques-. tioned by Congressional com-i mitteeS as to jiow they evaluate '-FBI data Jtnd why they didn't hand out adverse comment to the.

U. N. about Job applicants there or whv suspicions of dis Now, I ask you, can't the ncerts? It could be past 18 months. wholehearted support to the American war effort In Korea. Mr.

Acheson is -honest, scientJous and loyal, but he is devoid, of imagination. He thinks, everybody else in life Is honest, too. Hejdoes hot yet see the pattern of Communist intrigue: as it worked inside the' State Department, influencing a wrong course toward Nationalist China. By the. same taken, he doesn't see what harm any disloyal Americans operating behind the scenes inside the U.

N. with full less than they are g. to, send tke Mounted THE COLD WAR: Eisenhower and his State Secretary-des- Isnita PnttM- Tii11m. sharf' thu viiw a nriltivi county board of supervisors do something about a condition like that? I U. V.

6001 Turnergrove Dn. Washington to show. of! someone: else will write tingent at the United Nations and elsewhere comes nearest to being solved upon examining his testi- rabny, that while disloyal Americans in the U. N. are harmful to the "national interest," they from the purely deiensive atmuae ox cresiaent Truman aricl Secretary! Acheson in the so-called cold war.

The firstindication of this, change' came: In Dulles' comment upon Stalin's Indicated "desire" for peace, as outlined in a reply by Stalin to a series of questions propounded by the New York Neighbors Bjf George Clark loyalty were not followed up promptly. He said, the subordinates were doing only, what they were told1 to do and that "responsible officers can be put on the stand to explain their actibns. tossing coins to 1 decide the. question of bringing the suit. WAR OF IDEAS It escaped much notice in the European cables, but Premier de Gasperi of Italy lost out at the recent NATO meeting on one of the most important proposals to combat Russia namely, a separate NATO-propaganda agency.

De Gasperi, who faces the difficult task that' one-third of the Italian population is Communist, urged his NATO colleagues that even though Europe was armed to the teeth, it still could not prevent Communist penetration unless we were able to sell the people on "freedom and peace. The more we use education Give Me the Chance Portraits by Metcalfe ACHESOX access to other U. N. off icials and with the, immense prestige of the American government behind them, can do by exerting influence favorable to 'the Soviets that would damage Dulles' said simply:) What have you to Offer? shall be glad to give anyvproposals our prompt and thoughtful attention. The newiX3senhowerDulIes approach will make us look a little less foolish In the eyes' of the world; and may.

In time, bring a new measure of respect and approbation for our leader Yet when Mr. Acheson, as a- American interests, inreresra. responsible officer, was put on PfiiJS.1 tSstandf he said -he hadn't A toi a stalemate in Korea or a ahlD. 1 -I do not. constitute a threat toi "national Characteristically, with Jtafc legalistic mind, the Secretary of State has drawn a hair-splitting 'distinction between tne activities of disloyal persons who damage the "national in known anything about tne ac- tused! Individuals in the U.

Ni, jOUR DOMESTIC There are no indications that we Ishall suf fer a major downward trend in 1933. A combination of tremendous "war orders and i the amazing ability of ounfree competitive system' to fashion hew products frustration of American leadership In the U. N. can mean a long list of casualties in' Korea evjery week. This is also a matte? of "national especially to the parents of the dead and 'wounded Americans, UNIMAGINATIVE whereupon Rep.

HilMngs (B Calif.) burst forth with this comment: suggest you look into the. case' of David Weintraub. Forty-three times he 'Was cited by the FBI on information sent tp. and' create a demand for them; should buttress the economy against even a mild recession. lA leVlSea lit UVW VI 1V1UC umhuuih autuu; IU(IK mianii the State Jig Mr.

Acheson's 1 1 Qji rates. reads as if he thinks spy is still occupies a high position in only someone who 'gives away the United Prices will remain high in 1953 out tne inflationary xires should eradually subside. You may expect, therefore, that some i air Will De id Out OX ulc auuucvt uwviu uui nui lauiiy. iiui. INDEPENDENT A luhll.ha.

JUalatant to Publiahar Herman H. JIMdar Harold Hlnaa Saoiual Camaron mHFR. YEAR-END VIEWS: American subversives will be Oanaral Manaojar Pross-Tolsoram H. r. Burma star L.

A. Collins Columslat. IneVpsndant. terest" by giving this country "a black eye and a bad reputation," and the -concept of 'national security" as he defines it. "No security question is involved here," testified the sec- retary.

"The people in the U.Ni didn't handle classified matters dealing with our national de--fense. They were not endangering our national security." FINE DISTINCTION To Mr. Acheson the only thing really harmful about the disloyal Americans in -the United Nations was that they. were. exposed and hence gave this country and the.

U.N. a bad i reputation. Just because dis- loyal Americans didn't handle' military matters, they could not, as he viewed It, damage national security. There. in 'a nutshell Is the whole story of how China was lost to the free, world and how the Intrigues Inside the U.N.

have prevented that organisation from giving Give me another year, God With every month and day In which to serve my fel-lewman And worship You and pray Give me the seasons and the nights In which to make amends For all the injuries to all My neighbors and ray friends I know that I have made mistakes Along my path of life And I have lacked some courage for The struggle and the strife But I still have the will to win If You will give me strength And with Your guiding spirit I Will go to any length I offer You my heart and soul And all the best In me With faith and hope that I shall share In Your eternity. JU1 Xifnlf lUMrwd. Copyright, 1U3, ZsUrfristf. Iac L. A.

Cotlina Manaotm EdTtor Jndapsndant Malcolm Eplay Exaeutlva Editor Prasa-Talagram Comle Advertising RaprsaantaUva i Matropolltan Sunday Nawspapara, I no. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. National Representatives! Creamer and Wood-. ward. Published Sunday only at SlJcth Pino Long Beach 12, Calif.

'Application for entry as Second Claaa matter la pending. Psr Month Par Year rooted out of the United Nations, i-. The present loose system of screening U. N. employes Is to be replaced by strict security i Changes in the.

Joint Chiefs of Staff may be expected as their terms expire. James Vaxf Fleet will remain in Korea if Eisenhower comes up with a comprehensive plan for ending hostilities. The Taft-Hartley Act is to be amended. business and Taf wfll co-operate. In the event that the Communists hurl their airpower against U- N.

positions below the 38th Parallel, you may expect prompt anddevastating retaliation north of the Yalu River and into Manchuria. i Eisenhower would not be slow to strike hard, even at the. risk of getting into a bigger Because of his military background and concern for the troops in the field, Ike will take any measures that are required to prevent defeat by the enemy. Caarier delivery canta wrjm Ocenta S7J0 15 canta St mall 1 ngle copy It took me so long to. get the kiefs out of the way, I've forgotten What I wanted to quarrel about.".