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Publish RAY HUNT, Managing Iditor Volume XXXVI No. 252 Talophono LOcust 3-5200 tubtcrlption Rttrsi Daily 12.50 Yaar $1.23 Month 2 Wednesday; January 25, 1961 PMILADtLKHIA DAtV The Union Unchanged, But All Americans will be waiting: with the rest of the Free World to hear President John F. Kennedy's first State of the Union message next Monday. It's not that the State of the Union has changed vitally since former President Eisenhower delivered his final State of the Union to the Senate just 12 days earlier, the day after he sent it to the House. But the world wants to know what Kennedy thinks about the situation at home and abroad.

The message, which he will deliver in person, will give the first of his "New Frontiers" program to Congress. Correspondents speculate that it will be In general terms, with specific messages to follow. The message should give a useful comparison between the attitudes of the two Presidents. But it 'is one more argument for this newspaper's drive to speed up the long and dangerous delay in our Presidential election system. Monday is two months and two weeks since JFK's election, six months and two weeks since his nomination.

Ike said it seemed pretty silly to him for a new President to come into office on Jan. 20 and then have to make major changes in the budget already given Congress by the outgoing President. State of the Union messages are in a different category. They express opinions. But the world would be better off if JFK could have delivered his State of the Union message last fall.

We have proposed holding nominating conventions right after Labor Day, elections the second week in October and Presidential inaugurations the third week in October. Our friends would have known months ago just where our new President stood; officially, on the problems facing the U. S. So would our enemies. We hope, again, that this Congress makes a quick start on speeding up our political system.

Ike has, in effect, endorsed our speedup campaign. We hope that JFK gives it another nudge on Monday. The Autograph Seekers Letters to the Editor Talking Point "God will always reveal His will to one who is will' ing to do it." HILY3 JASPER 'No Pigsl' I have Just finished reading a letter calling the men of PTC a bunch of For the most part these men are a hard-working, tax-paying group, many of them veterans, trying to secure decent working conditions. 1. WELLINGTON BURKB Smoking Whittling Away Predictions My predictions for 1961: Unemployment will increase.

There will be more strikes this year than last year. Dictators Castro and Khrushchev will seek peace with our country. Another bad year is in store for our Phillies, who will finish the 1961 season near the cellar. Philadelphia voters will vote against building a new ball park for the faltering Phillies. MAX JAFFEY I have been wondering how some of these women smokers manage to last out a church service without having a cigaret.

I see numerous women smoking on their way to church. Upon leaving the church they Immediately light up again. It's a wonder they can take time out to sleep. CURIOUS 'Principles' In reply to the letter defending leaders of the Confederacy because they fought for their principles: Before we believe In principles, we should determine In our own heart if they are for the good of our wonderful country and what it stands for. Remember, Hitler's Third Reich fought for the principles that they believed in, and certainly no respect Is due them.

The South in the recent Confederate flag waving and other antics has contributed little to American prestige. The Communists are using these incidents for their propaganda grist mill. E. W. FLEMMING Defense As the old saying goes, you can do a million good deeds and it's never mentioned.

Make one mistake and you're headed straight for the electric chair. Ever since the December snowstorm the public has been, criticizing the Mayor. Do they want the Mayor to stand out on the street and catch all the snow in his hat? As for his being on vacation, he is entitled to a vacation just like any other employe. MRS. V.

M. New Campaign? Three rousing cheers for our city's anti-litter enforcement. Let's hope it continues and doesn't wither on the limb. But littering doesn't cause or spread disease. How's about combining this strict enforcement with an anti-spitter campaign? P.

M. A. LI w.A ir The Pennsylvania Railroad keeps whittling away at passenger service on its Main Line. The latest trains the Pennsy wants to drop are two between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. One leaves Philadelphia at 8 p.m.

and arrives at Harrisburg at 10 pjn. after a stop at Paoli. The other leaves Harrisburg at 5.35 a.m. and stops at Lancaster, Coatesville, Downingtown and Paoli, reaching this city at 7.40 a.m. Both trains serve the Philadelphia commuting area.

The early morning train brings workers- to this city. The evening train takes home workers and late shoppers. The Pennsy claims that it is losing money on both trains. We are afraid It's the old story of less and less service attracting fewer and fewer passengers. We are glad that city officials are expressing an Interest in the proposed cuts.

We hope they protest promptly before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Philadelphia needs more, not less, rail service. Every snowstorm proves the need for efficient rail service. The dropping of any train means more private autoi on our already crowded streets. Challenge The size of the challenge facing the Free World in India has just been estimated by the World Health Organization.

India alone has half a million Tillages, WHO reports. To put one sanitary well with a small hand pump into each village would cost $70 million. That is just three and a half times the amount that WHO has to spend throughout the world during 1961. The Free World has a long way to go before it succeeds in helping other nations reach even a minimum standard of health. Turnabout A policeman in Lockport, ticketed his own car the other day for overtime parking.

His wife had let it stay after a parking ineter 'registered "violation." Doorman at the Plushest Hotel in -the World.