Waukesha Daily Freeman from Waukesha, Wisconsin • Page 6

Editorials Bethesdo Petitions Should Be Withdrawn It is difficult to understand opposition which has developed among some residents of the park area to plans tor holding an Amerwan Ugion-VeUrans of Foreign Wars July 4th celebration in the park. This land is owned and maintained by the city of Waukesha for community- wide functions such as holiday celebrations. If it may not be used for observing one of the most important historic events in the country we are at a loss to understand its purpose. Development of Bethesda park long been neglected by the city although it is one of our most desirable park locations. Half a century and more ago it was the center of considerable community activity.

If more functions such as the one Being planned for July 4th were held in Bethesda, the city park and recreation boards would be justified in recommending that it be developed and improved so as to become more than just a woody, mosquito- laden backdrop for the neighborhood. No park is worth its keep unless it used and made usable by the community. With the proper development, Bethesda could become a center of activity for young and old alike, just as Buchner and Frame parks in other sections of the city. This, ft would seem to us, should be the aim of residents in the Bethesda park area. Where would the young people of Wau- kesna go for swimming leaaona and baaa- ball if residents of the Buchnar area claimed the presence of children in the park day after day and night after nightconstituted a park is entirely surrounded by residential property.

Now and then the park doea become a source of annoyance but no petitions have yet been circulated requesting the closing of the swimming pool and darkening the baseball field. The peace and quiet of those residential areas in which schools are located are continually punctuated by shouts of happy youngster! and playground activities that occasionally become rough and noisy. But the community must have schools, and no neighborhood should feel it ought to be exempt. from having one. Those who have signed the Bethesda park petitions ought to reconsider their hasty protest.

They are as much a part of this community as any other neighborhood. The park was there long before any living resident, and it is simply because the potentialities of the park have not been developed to their fullest extent that the property has been so deathly quiet and so little used. A July 4th celebration there could well be the signal for its better and more frequent use. Up and Down Broadway OIM Brkb wHh by Shoemaker Fractures Have Been to ail iHfcitiaMil bulh alaaai Ufhl UM It nplirai ytltow Cotttr (Cotter ipotltr) win tnm Barrtow and Miin-of J-C wVM No One Would Miss Paid Guards Except PTA Waukesha's council of the parent-teachers association is attempting to make out a case for the city's school traffic guard system by appealing to Mayor C. C.

Smith. The council apparently is fearful that the mayor's big economy axe may fall in the direction of the paid guards and that this would end one of its pet projects. The PTA letter says: "We regard the elimination of this program to cut city expense as unwarranted and unsound, and made at the expense of the safety of the Actually the paid guards have not been a factor in the safety of Waukesha's children. The community's safety record to far as school children Is concerned was spotless for many years BEFORE the paid guards were hired and any claims that the guards are a controlling factor is fatuous. There was never any popular demand for these guards por any circumstance that made them necessary.

Waukesha's school patrol, manned by the children themselves and respected the community over and by the drivers of motor vehicles, is the real factor in Waukesha's fine safety- record among its children. To develop it and continuing to make the children responsible for their own safety at ALL cross-walks, should be the aim of the community and its administration. Mayor Smith would do well, in carrying out his economy pledge to the people of Waukesha, to work toward the elimination of the paid school guard, not only for the money it would save but primarily for the purpose of placing the emphasis for traffic safety where it belongs--on the children themselves and on the drivers of motor vehicles. The paid guards are cow on vacation but vigilance at the cross-walks continues, thanks to safety education which is the job of everyone 365 days in the year. Uniform Traffic Laws Would Reduce Accidents Representative Jacob K.

Javitz of New York is planning to ask congress to appropriate $50,000 to finance an investigation by the house interstate and foreign commerce committee of the mounting automobile accident frequency and the accompanying increase, of automobile liability insurance rates. This request should interest every American motorist weary of shelling out increased amounts for automobile insurance and of the strain of driving under today's dangerous conditions. The problem should also get the attention of individual states. Representative Javitz pointed out that last year alone 52 million motor vehicles traveled some 465 billion miles in the United States and motorists paid an estimated $5 billion to local, state and federal tax collectors. Last year's accident toll, he said, was 37,100 persons killed and 1,962,000 injured, besides millions of dollars worth of property damage.

There is a great diversity of motor vehicle laws in the states. Passing on the right is prohibited in some localities, allowed in limits vary from state to state. Requirements for granting licenses also vary. Some states grant them without tests; others require examinations and demonstrations of the applicant's driving ability. The driver crossing state lines frequently does not know what to expect next.

Uniform laws would undoubtedly help cut the accident toll. Imposing federal laws on states is not good, but voluntary agreements by states to improve interstate matters is possible and often advisable. The highway menace would be a good point for discussion next time the governors hold a conference. Look Who's Talking About Here's a Good, Clean Sport for You The MMM to upon Mtad on cowry "North Lako ttnmra Wan Water right," Thaf tm tin of DM StaM. If you'v.

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There'll Be No More Such Reports That story in Monday's Freeman about the Weber brewery being able to produce 72,000 barrels of beer a day was, of course, an optimistic report. We traced it to a non-beer-drinking member ol the staff has good reason not to know about the production capacity of a brewery. It was really supposed to be 72,000 barrels a year. The kolm, personally, instigated the punishment: 20 lashes with a two-pound bagful of beer foam. That'll teach 'eml It Was Cloudy That Day, Anyway During the Presbyterian synod meeting at Carroll college this week, a rather lengthy Committee report was found to be lacking something because of a legal technicality.

A Milwaukee minister was called upon to explain it. He took the floor to explain the technicality to the acting moderator and other ministers present. After the explanation, he respectfully submitted the correct wording of the message. As he finished, the acting moderator said wryly: "Thank you for the clarification--if any." Economy in Government! Make No Mistake About It It's surprising, sometimes, who talks about economy in government. The Democratic candidate for.governor in Wisconsin, William Proxmire, has been using economy as his theme for months and now he is joined by Mrs.

Ruth Doyle, Madison, Democratic candidate for the office of state treasurer. Speaking at a meeting of the Buffalo county Democratic organizing committee, Mrs. Doyle, who has represented the city of Madison in the Wisconsin assembly for the past four years, declared: "Since 1945 governmental costs in Wis; consin have risen from $45 million to $125 million per year. The administrative structure has grown to staggering proportions with no sensible plan for this growth and only a slight increase in state services. "Because of this," Mrs.

Doyle continued, "the state of Wisconsin needs a thorough over-hauling of its administrative structure. This will require careful study and a devotion to duty not present in the executive offices today. "Wisconsin taxpayers are entitled to the assurance each of their tax dollars is well spent," she concluded. It comes as a rather pleasing sound to have Democratic candidates for public office talking about saving tax dollars, but we wonder how seriously the voter will regard this sudden interest in economy on the part of those who applaud and support the Spendocrats in Washington. Federal taxpayers are also entitled to the ataur- ance that each of their lax dollari will well spent, but they haven't had thii surance for many a year.

How can the voters of Wisconsin take seriously the economy talk of Mrs. Doyle, Mr. Proxmire and other Democrats when they continually nod in agrement with their spend-happy political associates in Washington? Thote 368 Waukwha high tchool graduatei didn't really much getting their diplomat week. The board of education, meeting at the high tchool afternoon, took only five minutes to certify for graduation. It wai at at that And the kind boatd wai certain to make It a ture thing that each would graduate.

When resolution came 'round pertaining to certification, Pretident Morgan H. Butler infilled, at he watched eloudi gathering only a few houri before commencement that the litt be certified "rain or thine." We think that should go into the official minutei. The Flag Helped the Program To those who admire symbols, let the kolm go on record as saying that we have never seen the American flag displayed sc effectively as it was displayed during the high school commencement exercises' Wednesday night. The breeze was right, the spotlight played on it properly and its towering height helped it lend a note of strength and steadiness to the quiet scene below. Tom ami Gene DAILY From the Morinette Eagle-Star: Difficult to Follow Candidate Proxmire William Proxmire, the Dane county assemblyman who aspires to the governorship on the Democratic ticket, has taken a poke at the Republican party in the state by saying it is not the friend of the farmer.

And as so-called proof he states, "The Wisconsin farmer new pays higher property taxes than any farmer in America." But he offers no proof, except to indulge in some statistics by the United States bureau of census and the state department of taxation show that the total property tax in Wisconsin this year is $225,000,000. Then he skips back to 1942 figures which then showed that only six states' had a higher per capita property tax than Wisconsin and arrives at the conclusion that since the property tax on Wisconsin farms has gone up 60 per cent since 1940, the Wisconsin farmer today pays the highest property tax of any farmer in the states. It is extremely difficult to follow his line of reasoning and why he tries to place the blame on the Republican-controlled legislature, property taxes in Wisconsin are assessed at the town, village, city and county level and the state has nothing to do with them. The only state property Ux is a few mills for reforestation. But even if the responsibility rested with legislature, he has still to prove his point that the Wisconsin farmer pays higher property taxes than any fanner in America.

Quite as difficult to follow is his reasoning on the action of the legislature in eliminating the 25 per cent surtax, as though that were a blow at the farmer. Proxmire, who now sells farm machinery after indulging in half a dozen different ways of earning a living, ought to know that farmers, too, were affected by the 25 per cent surtax. Or does he mean to imply that Wisconsin farmers are so poor they don't pay income taxes to the state? Proxmire even pans the legislature for killing the privilege dividend tax and thus wiping out $2,500,000 a year from out of state stockholders. This makes his attack all the more confusing. The "great issue" of the Democrats in the 1850 gubernatorial campaign was the fact that Gov--- ernor Kohler was paying only three per cent tax on dividends.

Since dividends, having been taxed once, were exempt from income taxes it was argued that Kohler escaped paying a big tax that would have been levied if the dividends had been taxed in the higher brackets. As for taxing the dividends of out of state stockholders through a separate law that would apply only to them, it is doubtful if such a law would be constitutional. At any rate, the privilege dividend tax law was killed the insistence of the Democrats. So now is in the position of attacking his own party. ACROSS 1.

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Seaport city (Algeria) 40. Death notice 41. Piece of skeleton Under the Capitol Dome Republicans Losing Good Legislators This Year Special to the Freeman BY JOHN WYNGAARD MADISON For several ses sions the state legislature has been a fairly stable institution, both with respect to political party control and as to membership. The leaders have returned year after year and the Republican party's domination has gone on unchallenged. In this presidential election year a trimming of the Republican legislative margin by a few seats would not be surprising.

Moreover, the Republicans are losing some of their best men through voluntary retirement and a few to aspirations to higher office. Typically the Democrats of this state make a better fight in state elections in the years when they have the support of their national ticket. If things run true to form, therefore, the Democratic legislative candidates will make a better showing this fall than in 1950, when they won only a handful of seats with the result that the Democratic minority was insignificant with respect to its voting power in the 1951 regular session of the legislature. RESIGNATIONS Republicans a already It Happened Today Happened Today June 12 1630--John Winthrop and others of Massachusetts Bay colony arrived at Salem. 1764--Sandy Hook lighthouse lighted for first time.

1939--Baseball's centennial celebrated at Cooperstown, N. Y. 1942--In World War II, Japanese landed on Attu in Aleutians; Japanese ships reported in harbor of Kiska. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Today's birthday list includes Anthony Eden, British stateman and secretary of foreign affairs, and William Lundigan, motion TT picture actor. learned that they will lose four of their state senators this year.

Melvin R. Laird of Marshfield and Clayton Hicks of Phillips are running for congressional nominations in their respective districts. Laird especially been an active and useful member, from the Republican point of view, as debater and as committee chairman. Hicks has been less prominent in legislative deliberations, occasionally flashed into the limelight as when he left his northwoods colleagues to support the urban point of view of the issue of constitutional reapportionment. Such casualties are normal in legislative politics.

Aftei a term or two the young legislator's mind turns to other fields to conquer. Such development of leadership is one of the healthy aspects of the legislative political system. More serious are the defections from the party system represented by the absolute retirement of other promising young men, such as Fred Kaftan of Green Bay and George Mayer of Shorewood, both of whom have decided that they want to concentrate on professional law practices and that such concentration is incompatible with a legislative career. VETS RETURN Basically, the Republicans Con- trol of the legislature won't disturbed in the elections this year, as sideline observations are now possible. The controlling figures in the state senate, Bubolz, Knowles, Miller, Porter, will in all likelihood be back next year.

In the assembly the top men are similarly favored for reelection, although individual leadership and promise was relatively less abundant in the lower house than in the senate in recent sessions. Speaker Rice comes from historically "safe" Walworth county, where the GOP majorities are always huge. Most of the other top men in the lower house Republican caucus have indicated that they will seek nev; terms and they represent constituencies where they will be favored as Republicans. One possible exception is Assemblyman Alfred Ludvigsen of Waukesha county, whose constituency has shown a tendency to change political flavor in recent years and who has had some tough contests. Ludvigsen is the top leader of those legislators who want a compromise on area and population in legislative redistricting.

Dominant ptrtonalitiet in current ttate are fewer than in moit howtT- er. Ambitious young men looking for an arenue to place and prominence in tiate polities may note the fact. History in Review NINETY YEARS AGO 42. Metallic rocks 44. Place 45.

Male cat 22 26 31 96 23 37 2 30 47 25 35 27 41 A DAILY CRYPTOQUOTE-- Here's how to work it: A I A A One letter for another. In example A to uaetf tor the three for the two OX etc. Single trophlet, the length and formation of the words are all Ktth day the code are different. A Cryptogram Quotation I 'IZD TO WASTE HIS WHOLE HCART IN ONE KISS UPON HER PERFECT LIPS-- TSNNYSON. YOUR FUTURE Long-range plans are in order for you on this anniversary.

Some good fortune is predicted for the year ahead, but you are warned not to be extravagant, but to conserve resources. Some success in life is indicated for the child born on this date. IT'S BEEN SAID He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so. Fub- lius Syrus. IT'S BEEN SAID Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvellous when it comes to our knowledge for the i time? How many things, too, are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected? Pliny the Elder.

IT'S BEEN SAID Even in the meanest sort of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. --Thomas Carlyle. IT'S BEEN SAID Even children follow'd with endearing wile, and pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. -Oliver Goldsmith. Waukesha Daily Freeman An Independent Niwiptper BlUbllihH afternoon except Sunday by OM fRECMAN PRINTING COMPAlfT 100-104 PARK PLACE Eatmd it Wtakmita, wti.

weond tet of i. June 12. 1951 Big Job of It is stated that since Gen. Halleck took command at Pittsburgh Landing, our army has built--incredible as the story may sound --more than 50 miles of intrench- ments, and full 200 miles of wagon roads! Four parallels, each more than 12 miles in length, three or four roads--wide, corduroyed and bridged leading from the landing to each corps d'armce--all the works of our men, many of whom never before handed a spade or an ax in all their lives. Tht It is slated that the sunken stone fleet at Charleston has mostly broken up --whole sides of ships having floated ashore.

The steamer Planter, recently run out of Charleston, found 18 feet of water on the bar. It will be remembered that when the stone fleet started, the London Times wanted to go to war about the proposed barbarous destruction of Charleston harbor. Minister Morris notifies the state department that the Turkish government has issued an order forbidding the confederate privateers admission to any part of thi Ottoman empire, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of Paris of 1856. YEARS AGO Hicki Predicts--The Rev. Ira Hicks gives weather predictions for a month in advance.

He hit off May so correctly that everyone is talking about it. What is more, he has done June thus far to a turn. According to Hicks, June has the following things in store for us: "From the 15th to the 18th will be a period of the most 'decisive turmoil' seasons of the month; low barometer, humidity and excessive heat will be followed by violent and dangerous lightning storms." The next storm period will occur about the 22nd, and will resemble those just mentioned. The last of the June storms will occur about the 27th, during which there will be heavy rains, wind and thunder daily, for three or four days. Unusual volcanic anrt earthquake disturbances as well as sun spots and auroral displays are also predicted.

Wilbur Co. Will Supply Coal-A contract has been let to the Wilbur Lumber for supplying coal for the city schools. The quantity of coal required is shout 500 tons. The price of the soft coal supplied will be $4.12 per ton. Thirty tons of hard conl will be supplied at $7.85 per ton.

TEN YEARS AGO Mr. and William Grainger, 620 Bell have a son, born June 9. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schnefer, Dels- field, June 10.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Books, 305 Maple have a daughter, born June 10. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.

Alfred Kocntop, 61 Columbia June 11. All babies were born at the Waukesha Memorial hospital. Edward Ester, 20, and for many years a Daily Freeman boy, has morning for the Great Lakes training station. is the son of Mrs. L.

E. Ester, 326 Maple ave. Pvt. Lynn Zcllcr, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Letter Zcllcr, has been transferred to the quartermaster corps at Ft. Bliss, Tex. Roy J. Christoph, grandson of R. L.

Christoph, 913 East received his commission as second lieutenant at Ft. Monmouth, N. recently and has been as- to advanced course ot.