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Tage Four Friday, June 23, 195 3 Washington Notebook A Youth Leader Retires Just Depends on Where You Arc Sitting rr ence of children captive for over a half hour Mo- fninA ii huzzinir. rustlinsr Workers Beat Brass WHILE IN ANOTHER PLACE ITS JUST A MORMAL CONDITION- i TUX TOG-LIKE AUSTIN THC PACIHC IS CALLED A i In Getting Good Seats BY DOVGLAS LARSEM Washington High Washington brass and the town's socialites are a little miffed over tha seating arrangements which have been made for the main attrac Mil tion of the cele i bration of the city's 150th birthday this summer. The event in question is a big page ant called "Faith of Our Fathers" which will be presented in a giant new as he described living with nature and the need for conservation. But Wakelin "Ranger Mae" McNeel retires at the end of June, after 28 years as a member of the Wisconsin 4-H staff. For the past seven years he has been the state leader of the 4-11 movement.

For years he led his youthful followers up and down nature's trails, into the haunts of the animals of the forest, up to the nests of the bright-plumed birds, down for a close-up of growing plants. Wind, water and cloud became friends of Ranger Mac's ever-expanding tribe of young admirers. His radio talks won him a national award for the best educational program on the air. As a force for conservation among youth, Ranger Mac is in the front rank. President E.

B. Fred of the University of Wisconsin says of Mr. McNeel: "To thousands of Wisconsin school children past and present Ranger Mac spells CONSERVATION in very huge letters." Ranger Mac has served as chairman of the junior state fair board. He has been active in the work of the Future Farmers of America and has been a Boy Scout leader, in addition to his years of effort in the 4-H movement. One year he supervised the distribution of over l.dOO.OOO trees to 4-H club members and vocational agricultural students for planting in farm nurseries and windbreaks.

The complete admiration and respect of rural Wisconsin are directed to Mr. McNeel upon his retirement. rowd of 1,000 children when he mounted the platform. The farm boys and girh were restless. That day an interesting- and educational conservation program had been arranged for them.

The speakers were excellent. But children get uneasy after silting for most of the day and just listening, with only an occasional dash for the candy bar or popcorn machines. For a long minute, the state 4-H leader looked at the kids. Then he said slowly: My. mv, my." Buzzing and rustling stopped, hx-pectation hung heavy in the silent air.

What was he up to? Years of understanding work with youth had endeared Kanger Mac to a feneration of rural youngsters these little Dues knew him as the clever, kindly state who brought nature alive in his talks. "What a wonderful, big audience, said Ranger Mac. Flutters of applause and excited murmuring. Here was someone talking directly about them. "And such a handsome audience," he v.ent on.

Loud handclsppmg and big smiles. "And so ell behaved lid cheering broke out. If they were anything, the youngsters had not been well-behaved. But Ranger Mac had won their attention completely and quieted them down by telling them they were. It was a masterful demonstration of how to deal successfully with a huge, noisy group of kids and how to use the velvet glove instead of the iron fist which wouldn't have worked anyway.

Then the state 4-H leader held his audi Ml mnhitheater be body devoted to peace and order. The action in Bonn is but a bare beginning. West Germany is half a country, and the Council of Europe the merest shell of a European parliament. Yet the signs are healthy. All the freedom-loving peoples should hail this step.

They should hope, too, that it is only the forerunner of others which some day will carry a united Germany the whole way into the company of the democratic A Healthy Sign The Bonn government vt West Germany has acted to place the German people once more within the broad family of peace-loving European nations. It has approved joining the fledgling Council of Europe. Not since 1936, when Nazi Germany stalked out of the League of Nations in one of the preludes to World war II, has this nation been linked in any way with an international The Nation Today Can't Use Self'Incrimination Plea Current Comment t.tc Mav Airl Chmw After All To Duck Congressional Questions KJ IVJLdy XJLlCi Willi 1 3 XJLlltl XVll BY JAMES MARLOW Remember that a congressional bier in New York. He couldn't be bier in New York. He couldn't bo committee, like a U.

S. grand Washington (IT For refus- BY nFWITT MACKENZIE port which Secretary of Defense Johnson makes on his return from conferences with MacArthur in sing to answer the questions of a congressional committee you can be cited for contempt and, if found guilty, be jailed for as long as a year and New York LP) A reversal of the current American policy of withholding aid from the Communist-menaced island of Formosa may be presaged in word from Tokyo that General MacArthur and John Foster Dulles, U.S. state department adviser, are agreed riers actually will have plenty of time to go ttnv P'1'8 they want to for lunch, thnt some delays which have been experienced will disappear as soon as tha change is put into effect and that as soon as the public gets uxed to one delivery a day, -nobody 'II miss the other one. Income Slackens Off In spite of recent increases in the price of food, the department of agriculture predicts that tho average U. S.

farmer will end up the year making less than ho did last year. Total farm inconm was 13.8 billion in 1949. While farm prices dropped during tho early part of this year, farm costs stayed about the same. And the current increases In retail food prices won't make up tho difference, the experts say. Laugh on Gordon Gray After Gen.

Joe Collins had been informed he was to be chief of staff of the army he immediately wired his friend Gen. Floyd L. Parks who was stationed at Pearl Harbor that ho wanted him to come back to the Pentagon in the same job ho had just left, as i of Tarks informed the PentapJ I that ho was returning reluctanP ly, but that they'd have to wait few days because he planned to stop off in San Antonio, and win the army's senior golf championship. Gordon Gray, then secretary of tha army and golf crony of Parks', got a big laugh out of this boasting, but the laugh wus on Gray because Parks actually won the championship. That's why, when Gray left the army, he donated a huge silver loving cup as the perpetual award for the senior golf champ and presented it to Parks first.

Ticker Tape Predictions of a business boom for tho rest of 1950 are regarded by Democratic political leaders as a good omen for their success in the November elections. Stock market continues generally upward. Unemployment is still high, but dropping. Most of the major labor disputes are now settled and out of the way. National income is up.

Consumer spending is up. If you believe in business "cycles" which most economists don't U. S. may dodge serious depression for another 10 years or so. The frequently-predicted post-W 1 war II depression never developed.

The 1949 recession was more like the post-World war I dip of 1920. Tll read depression came from ni. to 12 years later. Try and Stop Me BY BENNETT CERF James Sheridan, of Indianapolis, sends me the story of a bird hunter who paused at an old farmer's house and requested permission to indulge in his favorite sport on the premises. The farmer eyed the two big bird dogs tied to the car's rear bumper with huge disfavor and curtly said, "Nothing doing." When the disappointed hunter started to re-enter his car, however, the old fellow relented.

"I'm sorry, feller," he said. "I don't keer fer you goin huntin', but I ain't goin' to have a pas-sel o' dogs runnin' oVer my place, Bkeerin' my stock. You want to Ko huntin' so I'll tell you what I'll do. You kin have my hired man Zeb. He kin point as good as any bird dog an' beat most of them all holler when it comes to retrievin'." The hunter agreed and off they went through tho brush with Zeb on all fours.

It didn't take Zeb long to convince the hunter that he was better than any bird dog that he had ever used, for in no time at all they had bagged the Handing Zeb five dollars II promised he would be back i. two weeks and would use him again. On his next visit he inquired for old Zeb, but the fanner shook his head. "Zeb ain't with us any more, He got to chewing up birds on the retrieve an' we had to shoot him." Brooklyn, N. was the first stopping place of the English sparrow when it was brought to the United States in 1H50.

ing built in Rock arsen Creek park. It's generally considered a mark of social rank here to have the best seats for any important event such as this. However, Edward Hoykin, the noted historian from Charlotts-ville, who is in charge of tho production, has ruled that the best seats at the gala premier will go to the carpenters and laborers who worked on construction of the amphitheater, and for free. It's a deserved reward, he says, for their hard work on the project. Frying Pan With Pork? Popular Rep.

Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) who was named the outstanding congressman on the hill, is reported to be making good headway in his fight to win the Democratic senatorial nomination next month. His opponent, tho elder Sen. Elmer Thomas, who has sat in the senate for 24 years, is out campaigning harder than he ever has before. But he's using the same tack that lost Senator Pepper the nomination in Florida. It's the claim that he loaded the state with federal projects and benefits.

The only difference is that Pepper claimed he had been responsible for delivering $1,500,000,000 worth of pork. Thomas is only claiming the delivery of $1,000,000,000 worth. But Thomas is also trying to make clear to the Oklahoma voters that his seniority on senate committees is the best vantage point for getting additional federal dollors and benefits. Actually, in spite of his youth, Mon-roney's great popularity among all the congressmen and government officials probably gives him more influence in the Capitol than Thomas wields. But he's not making an issue of this.

Takes New Tack Some Pentagon experts predict at least a backstage feud between the army and air force over the recent announcement that ground forces would have atomic weapons for tactical use against the enemy. They point out that the recent navy-air force fight was basically over which agency would handle delivery services for the A-bomb. When the use of tactical atomic weapons first began to be taught in the army's schools, the air force Experts registered their objections to such instructions. There's still plenty of doubt among the top military planners as to whether or not the A-bomb is a satisfactory tactical weapon. Adjustment Period I'ostoffice officials are upset by the fact that some letter carriers are using their jobs to try to arouse the public to demand a restoration of the cuts in service.

It is reported that some carriers are distributing petitions asking for two deliveries a day. Many are complaining about tho lack of a place and time to eat lunch. Some reports of deliberate slow-ups are also being looked into by postal inspectors. Answer of the postal officials to the complaints is that the ear-to be a 1 1 by the Works Progress administration. fined up to Does this mean you must answer every question put to you by a committee Yes, with one exception if you re-fuse on the grounds that "what I would on the necessity ot prompt neip.

As a matter of fact Washington already has been giving the hands-off policy a thorough going over. Up to this juncture military aid and advice to the forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa have been ruled out. However, this attitude hasn't been in accord with views of the defense department, which has believed that something might be done by the United States to Tokyo. The secretary is accompanied by Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, whose viewpoint is bound to weigh heavily.

Those who urge aid for Formosa hold that its possession by the Communists would create a threat to the American chain of defenses in the Far East. That is, it would endanger the United States itself. Two highly interesting facts mark the situation since the Chinese Communists completed their conquest of the mainland. One is that the Reds haven't followed up this conquest by a quick assault on Formosa to wipe out Chiang altogether. The other is that the generalissimo has taken advantage of this respite to withdraw 150,000 troops from the island of Chusan to the north and incorporate them in his Formosa army.

One of Chiang's greatest weaknesses is lack of anything like an adequate airforca, However, such warplanes as he possesses are reported to have scored numerous successes against Communist positions on the mainland coast and on Red shipping. And why haven't the Chinese Communists attacked Formosa before this Chiang Kai-shek would give a lot for the answer to that. lames Mario MacKenile prevent the Reds from captur- ing Formosa. This fee-ling has grown as Chiang has prosecuted in federal court for that, since there's no federal law against gambling, but (Immediately, New York police raided his offices, arrested him, charged him with gambling, and forced him to trial.) Maybe at this point you say: "Ah, but isn't there something in the law somewhere which says that if I admit a crime in testifying before a congressional committee it can't be used against me?" Sure there is. It's in a law passed by congress in 1857.

It says: "No testimony given by a witness before a congressional committee shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceedings against him in any court." Sounds foolproof, doesn't it? Far from it. Suppose you admitted before a congressional committee that you had violated a federal law within the past three years. The FBI thereafter couldn't use your exact words in a trial before a jury. But immediately it could use your admission as a lead in running down your crime, finding witnesses, building up a case, and charging you. Just one more: Suppose your answer, while not incriminating you or leading to jail for you, might ruin your reputation.

Couldn't you refuse to answer by saying something like: "My answer might disgrace me or render me otherwise No. You would have to answer or face jail for contempt unless your answer truly might tend to incriminate you. Just hurting your own reputation is no excuse. jury, deals with federal laws only. Almost every violation of a federal law is covered by a "statute of limitations." Which means, in most cases, a three-year limit.

For example: If you violated a federal law say by peddling narcotics and the government hasn't charged you within three years after your last sale, it never can charge you. So, after three years you couldn't be charged. So if a congressional committee asks you if you violated a federal law, and you're protected from prosecution by the three-year limit, you must admit your crime or face contempt. In such a case you can't get off by pleading "self-incrimination." And, since congress deals only with federal laws, you can't duck a question by pleading self-incrimination if the question involves violation of a state law. Suppose a congressional committee asked you if you had violated a state law.

Suppose a congressional committee asked you if you had violated a state law just a week ago. You must answer. If you answer "yes," it will be a tip-off to your state police and, when you get back home, they can charge you with a state crime. (The New York gambler, Frank Erickson, is a good recent example of that. He was called before a congressional committee investigating interstate gambling.

He was asked about his activities. (He admitted he was a gam- strengthened his defenses while the Reds have withheld their anticipated attack from the mainland. Whether there will be- any striking change in American policy presumably will depend on the re say might tend to incriminate me." When you use that excuse you're invoking the protection of the fifth amendment to the constitution, which Bays no citizen in a criminal case can be forced to testify against himself. -But even this one protection for a witness, that one "out," is full of tricky loopholes that can land you in jail. The supreme court has made that clear.

In the first place, you can't use the "self-incrimination" excuse just as an artful dodge to duck a question. Congress will decide whether it thinks your answer might incriminate you or whether you're using it as a ruse to avoid an answer. If it decides the latter, it can cite you for contempt and you face jail if found guilty. But there are even very narrow limits on how much self-incrimination you can plea This will show why. Thought For Today For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief yet, his heart taketh not rest in the night.

This is also vanity. Eccl. 2:23. Ecclosiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very soon may know it. Byron.

So They Say How's Business Qood Business to be Done In Immediate Months Ahead BY: ROGER W. BABSON We are today and may be for some time, in that period of most favorable economic comparisons with the same time a year ago. This is a situation that tends to stimu 25 YEARS AGO Friday, June 26, 1925 A new eight store business block, extending from First to Second avenue on the north side of Grand will be built this summer, it was definitely stated today by George W. Mead, president of the Consolidated Power and Taper company, which owns the property. The new building will be a one-story structure of light brick and terra cotta, similar in general design to the new Mead-Witter block.

'Once Upon a Time 10 YEARS AGO Friday, June 21, 1940 Donald Sedall, age 10, 2630 Third street south, hooked a 13 pound pike that measured 38 inches in length, in Love creek this week. The final yank Donald gave his cane pole snapped the line, but the fish was war enough in to let Donald meet him halfway. A wrestling match ensued and Donald won. Jerry Gottschalk of Wisconsin Rapids a elected lieutenant-governor of Badger Boys State at the American Legion's citizenship training camp at Dela-field on Thursday, while Richard Galganski, Wisconsin Rapids, lost in the race for treasurer. A WPA project for the construction of a town hall for the town of Wood has been approved by President Roosevelt.

The building is expected to cost approximately $6,000 with $3,937 Views of the Press PREVENT HAYING ACCIDENTS It is a bit early for haying accidents, but the injury of an Auburndale boy who fell from a haymow this week while at play is an unpleasant reminder that haymaking haxards are only a week or two distant. Every summer brings its tragic accounts of children injured by mowers, of falls from mows and hayracks. Haying is a busy season, and one in which the urgency of the task to be done sometimes eclipses the consciousness of danger. Now is a good time to resolve that children and their pets must be kept away from fields where mowing is in progress, for many a child has been maimed while trying to save a pet. It is a time to check the strength of hay ropes and trip ropes, and to renew lessons in the proper and safe handling of forks.

Few haying accidents are inevitable almost every one. wrings from some careless person an anguished expression of self-condemnation for neglect of a standard precaution. Marshfield News-Herald. CAN'T TASTE IT AT RHINELANDER Noticed any difference in the taste of the water recently? There hasn't been, but many people probably will say they have noticed a difference when they hear that fluoridation of the Rhinelander water supply started two weeks ago. Warren Lalande, superintendent of the water department and city inspector, last night informed the council that the addition of fluorine is colorless, odorless and tasteless, but Lalande said some people may think they can detect a difference in the taste of the water.

The addition of fluorine to municipal water supplies is recommended by health authorities as a means of checking tooth decay in children. Most cities in Wisconsin either have started or soon will start fluoridation, the state board of health has reported. Rhinelander News. WISCONSIN RAPIDS TRIBUNE Pubiishet Uuterd arcond clMi matter March IBM it tht pot office at WIicodiIo Baplda, Wlaconaln, under tha id of March 3rd. 1871).

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m. phone your carrier boy whose number will be found on your collection card or call No. 10 and newapaper will be delivered to you immediately. Office cloare each night at 6:30. The greater the overexpansion the greater the readjustment.

Newton's law of action and reaction is applicable to economic conditions as well as to physical conditions. Today, the businessman's primary function, aside from his technological ability to control and manage, is to keep in step with the fundamental trends of general business. Now is the time to take full advantage of current excellent business conditions, but also to keep out of debt so as to be safe whatever happens after the November elections. This forecast is based on the assumption that the cold war will not suddenly turn "hot." There is yet no peace, but I anticipate a continuation of the current twilight zone between war and peace. late both buyers and sellers.

It means that there will be much ex-c 1 lent business to be done in the immediate months ahead. But it also means that the time is at hand when i smen I know the American people would welcome a realignment of the American party system. With the liberal Republicans joining the Democratic Party, Mr. Gabrielson's (GOP Chairman Guy G. Ga-brielson) Republican Party could join in holy wedlock with the Dixiecrats.

Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D), of Minnesota. I think we have achieved a good program to keep the peace without undermining the economic foundations of our country. Senate Democratic Leader Scott W.

Lucas. There is graver danger today of war coming to the shores of America from a foreign source than at any time since the war of 1812. Harold Stas-sen, president, University of Pennsylvania. In the Department of Defense, unification is a fact at all levels. J.

Thomas Schneider, chairman, Defense Department'i Personnel Policy Board. Admittedly the United Nations is an Imperfect organization, but so long as this forum remaine open, there are cracks in the Iron Curtain through which Borne of our ideaa will penetrate. Gen. George Marshall. I still hope that the unity among all the Western democracies and Atlantic powers will ward off from us the terror and unspeakable miseries of a tl ird world war.

Winston Churchill. The Dixiecrats are Just Republicans with a southern accent. Rep. Andrew J. Oiemiller (D), of Wisconsin.

The world does not stand still. It is up to us whether we go forward or fall back, risking not only all the progress we have made but total failure. Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Barbs and Banter Thieves stole 24 cots from a South Carolina camping resort. The police hope to catch them napping.

Some judges' words carry conviction even though they may not know what they're talking about. Sooner or later a lot of people discover what is meant by blood relations. They bleed you. You won't be running around in circles if you take the time to study all the angles. During a recent eruption lava flowed down Mauna Loa at a speed of 40 miles an hour.

They need cops behind billboards there, too. Babson '31 '38 73'40MI Business Chart 30 should prepare for less favorable conditions to follow. Businessmen should make a practice of preparing for a reaction in business during a period of prosperity and high production, just as they should get ready for better business when business is at a low ebb. Lata spring and summer in 1949 saw businessmen in great doubt as activity was declining. At that time I predicted a pickup ahead.

I forecast that tho lump of 1949 was not the beginning of the great depression. Comparisons for the next few months will be assuring and encouraging. But, as the third quarter closes and the fourth quarter begins, I expect to see these comparisons become less favorable. Business has always moved in cycles. Business can not always be moving up.

As we overexpand we must readjust. "Hm guess I'll have to give you a check instead Tim liow current buiincM compared with the Mine time lor the previoui thirteen yctrv.