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1 HE FRESNO BEE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 1953 EDITORIAL PAGE Letters From The People Enshrined' In The Hearts Of His People Lincoln Still Inspires Us To Be Better Americans One hundred and forty four years ago today a young mother held in her arms her first bom son and tenderly called him Abraham There was nothing about him or the character of his ancestry or the circumstances of his environment to suggest even faintly the man he was to become But in the brief 56 years of his life Abraham Lincoln was to tower over all his contemporaries like a great mountain peak over the surrounding plain Out of the log cabin as out of a stable in an earlier day came one whose name will last as long as history itself and one whom all humanity will love and honor through all ages to come No ope can set the bounds of the ultimate influence of what he did and what he said News Behind The News Avoiding World War III Editor of The Bee Sir: I would like to reply to SaTah letter which appeared recently In The Bee We can avoid World War III by keeping the Korean War front line where it is and by giving the United Nations forces a better chance to hit the enemy and destroy bases and equipment in Korea without going into Manchuria Our men in Korea have an advantage over the veterans of the last war with the rotation system The soldier of World War II was in the light to the finish Do not let a looks deceive you His clothing may be covering an artificial limbi a bullet hole a deep scar from shrapnel or he may have war nerves or concussion none of which is visible to the eye The unnecessary loss of lives is due partly to the inconipetenry ol leaders who have received their leadership from military schools and know nothing of actual combat experience Yes President Elsenhower will clean house just like the houses were cleanel from 1929 to 1932 The veteran cannot sit back on his government income Those who have purchased GI homes and farms stand to lose them through this house cleaning because the average earnings of ilc veteran will not enable him to continue hU payments I went through the depression years and know what the Republicans can do I also fought in Europe during World War II and know from experience what an allout war ran do to women and children Let us pray unselfishly A VETERAN Coalings Liquor Law Violators Editor of The Bee Sir: As to the recent light cast on the incompetence of the state board of equalization in handling liquor control it seems it is not so much to blame as the liquor control officers It is they who investigate the saloons and make reports to the state board accordingly The equalization board's duty primarily is to administer taxes However since it now controls the liquor administration it is its duty to see that the liquor control officers do their work in a responsible manner Did you ever enter a bar and try to get a meal as the law requires? Probably all it had to offer was a moldy wiener or soup This in itself is a flagrant violation of the law Who protects these law violators? It is time to make a complete change and get rid of everyone who is responsible for the black market in liquor licenses Why should anybody be able to sell a license? DON WILKE Red Bluff Successful March Editor of The Bee Sir: The success of the 1953 Mothers March on Polio was due to a great degree to the outstand-lg coverage given it by The Fresno Bee On Thursday January 29th $2876670 was collected in the City of Fresno alone Combined with all the surrounding communities in Fresno County we reached our goal Of course first we must thank the thousands of Fresnans who gav from their hearts Secondly deserving of a great deal of appreciation are the section lieutenants and district captains who gave of their time to -make the collection possible But without the wholehearted support of the newspaper and radio stations in Fresno it would have been difficult indeed to make our march so successful GORDEN IIEWSOX Chairman Fresno Mothers March Sales Tax Is Opposed Editor of The Sir: I deem it the duty of the wage earners and people with low incomes to write their congressmen opposing any national sales tax Wo the people who labor are carrying more now than our just share of the tax burden Give the people who suoport feed and clothe the nation a break for once LOUIE BULLINGTON Wheatland Four Hour Work Day Editor of The Sir: An industrial engineer in Berkeley says that a four hour work day is inevitable Get rid of the military budget costs and everybody can have more things for a better life and go fishing every afternoon JAMES CADDLE Santa Rosa Farm Policy Delay Editor of The Sir: There Is a lot of talk of making studies and working out formulas by the new administration that time will be needed to set up some long time farm policies However it must be said in all honesty that men like Senator George Aiken of Vermont and Congressman Clifford Hope of Kansas are not newcomers to the business of making farm policy They have been in the minority for lo these many years but they have had much to say about what policies should be followed So a good deal of the talk about the need for time to work out new farm policies is little more- than stalling for time The fact is the policies set up by Secretary Brannan and enacted by a Democratic congress have worked very well The truth is farmers never have been in better shape in the history of the country than they are today What we have in the new setup are two groups fighting for two different farm policies One group- are headed by Allan Kline president of the Farm Bureau Federation and backed by the United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers This group are against price supports They would even wipe out the "sliding formula They favor letting the price be set by the law of supply and demand that is what a farmer can get in the open market The other group led by Senator Aiken and Congressman Hope have in the past favored a middle of the road policy It Is safe to assume most Republican members of both houses will line up with the latter The position of Kline and the United States Chamber of Commerce would be all right If the same treatment were given all other parts of the economy But when the government gives back through lax refunds to the industrial companies huge sums to cover cost of plants to manufacture goods for the military then it is not fair to refuse to support those whose farm products equally are needed by the government A WALTERS Isleton California's Weather Editor of The Bee Sir: Californians expect good weather all the time and we look forward to it continually Our viewpoint is similar to that of many people in the United States who think California is a land of perpetual sunshine balmy weather and flowers But unless you know your state entirely you will be sui prised at how many different kinds of weather are dished up The freakish weather plays no favorites Each part of the state has had unusual weather Can it be the large dams have changed the atmospheric conditions and brought colder weather to certain portions of the state? Has the All American Canal changed the warmer winds which used to blow into Southern California? Will the completion of the Pine Flat Dam have a modifying effect on the warm air currents which revail in the San Joaquin Val-ey during our Summer months? We complain about the cold during the Winter months yet we must have heavy snows with a decent water content to give us our much needed water for other times in the year We complain about the heat yet this natural warmth is necessary for our fruits and cotton California must not be looked upon as a sort of paradise any more We slowly are changing from a vacation land to an industrial state With this change also is noted the change in the weather ARTHUR DE PEW Fresno Fog For Beauty Edith of The Sir: The old saying Is health is wealth It is the fog which gives us good health and it is the log which gives women that rosy complexion California is noted for her pretty women The fog does it That is I am so good looking No wonder people come here from all parts of the country They like our climate and women and precious gold They do not get much of our gold though GEORGE OLIWIEN Fresno Also Dislikes Strip Editor of The Bee-LSir: I heartily agree with the opinion of Mrs A Hawkins regarding the Dick Tracy comic strip There is nothing elevating or amusing in it Aipaugh RILLING Democratic quarters as to what it may mean eventually in the extent of our participation But there seems considerable doubt about going alone and abandoning the collective security principle under the UN in any further Asian moves That was expressed by one of the most respected Democrats and one of long experience Senator Russell of Georgia who cautioned that a blockade of the China coast should be attempted only as a joint UN enterprise Under such conditions he would go along He speaks for many other Democrats and also for a number of Republicans with experience in foreign affairs Going alone on a blockade courts open war along the wide Chinese front SHIFT It would appear the logical course now is through Real Attempt To Enforce Liquor Law Is In Order The plaint usually voiced by some board of equalization of flcials when it is revealed that liquor laws are not being enforced is that the laws are unenforceable This has become a fairly familiar theme in respect to the operations of girls the sale of liquor to minors and now the failure of many bars to comply with the constitutional requirement that liquor can be sold in California only in bona lide public eating places and bona fide clubs which have been in operation for at least a year To say a law is unenforceable is a pretty broad statement which could be applied to almost any statute including those against burglary if the authorities lacked the will and the determination to enforce them And by reverse reasoning it can be said any law ran be enforced if the officers give enforcement a reasonable and earnest try Paul Leake of Woodland a recently named member of the board of equalization has set a good example by pledging himself to do his utmost in seeing that the constitutional requirement for serving food in bars is lived up to This is in refreshing contrast to the defeatist attitude of member James II Quinn who says enforcement is impossible and the law is in fact ridiculous The people of California did not regard this constitutional clause as ridiculous when they voted it in with the purpose of preventing the return of the old time saloon And no matter what Quinn's personal views may be on the soundness of the law it is his duty to do everything within his power to see that It is observed Reporters for The Fresno Bee experienced no difficulty In finding bars in Fresno which made no honest attempt to serve meals In fact four out of 30 bars they visited had no facilities whatever to serve meals and surely an officer of the equalization board should not find It an insurmountable problem to discover like violations of the law One way to find out if a law is' enforceable is to try to enforce It Some question as to whether that has been done is raised by Arthur Sjhcrry chief assistant attorney general who said state liquor control officers have not been using the powers they have and by Governor Earl Warren who said existing laws are adequate to stop the pernicious girl racket if they were enforced Moreover the board could do a great deal to discourage infractions of the law such as failing to serve meals by revoking the licenses of a few violators Only one or two flat revocations' would bring the rest into line by convincing them the board meant business Suspensions of five 10 or IS nays will not stop violations but actually encourage them More Light Is Needed Fired Aandahl acting commissioner of reclamation and President nominee for assistant secretary of the interior needs to be more explicit before the country understands fully his views on many phases of natural resources conservation In Washington he said he favors more local participation in developing water projects but emphasized he believes the federal government must have a continuing responsibility in the huge multiple purpose dams Since all of the great Western water developments are multiple purpose projects and will continue to be his statement indicates he would keep the federal government definitely in the picture but leaves undefined the extent of the respective participation of the federal and local Interests Aandahl one term congressman from North Dakota and a former governor of his state said he supports the present policies regarding public power with possibly some limitation on the scope of federal transmission systems His endorsement of existing policies seems to include continuation of the power preference clause and in that his views are not in accord with those of Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay who wants the clause modified Aandahl was not specific as to government owned transmission lines but the record reveals he did vote against the Keating amendment prohibiting the government construction of lines to carry public power where private companies agree to do so which was pushed through the eighty second congress Possi- Questions Pointer Does the pointer hunting dog point with his tail or his Coalinga The pointer which has a keen sense ol smell points by facing the direction from which the scent is coming Frequently the dog raises one front paw and it also is characteristic for the tail to go up like a signal into a stiff position But this is not always the case The dog thus can be said to point with its nose Valuable Flour What js the story concerning the socalled Gridley Sack of CURIOUS Aubeny A 50 pound sack of flour was Sut up lor auction in 1861 by Gridley of Austin Xev the proceeds from which were to be given to the United States Sanitary' Commission It was auctioned again and again and the total proceeds amounted to $275000 Origin Of Expression What is the origin of the expression handwriting on the Kingsburg The source of this expression Is the mysterious writing described in the Old Testament which appeared on the plaster wall of the banquet hall of King Belshazzar of Babylon Canadian Province For whom was Alherta Canada named? MRS Fresno Alberta was named in in honor of HRJI Princess Louise Caroline Alberta daughter of Queen Victoria and wife of ihe marquis of Lome ninth duke of Argyle at that time the governor general of Canada Smallest College Which California junior college has the smallest enrol? ment? IL Chowchilla Deep Springs Junior College In Deep Springs has 15 students and four teachers Mrs Truman's Church To which church does Mrs Harry Truman MRS Sanger Mrs Truman and her daughter are Episcopalians Province Capital What is the capital of the Province of New Brunswick Canada? OLIVER CLAIR Hanford Fredericton Fresno Yesterdays Forty Yssrs Ago A Gearhart's automobile was found In Recreation Park several hours alter it was stolen from in front of his Fresno Street office Final arrangements for the Fresno Realty Exchange banquet were made at a meeting of the board of directors The Wednesday Club observed its twenty fourth anniversary in the home of Mrs IL Tuppcr Elbert Wailes was elected president of the 1913 senior class of the Fresno High School Harold Shipp was chosen vice president Camille Purdy secretary Roscoe Chandler treasurer and Henry Gundelfinger sergeant at arms My Word For If By Frank Colby Jr Ithaca: We hear some radio commentators pronounce the state name Nevada as "ne Is that correct? MRS Answer: Nevada is a Spanish word meaning "white as snow snow capped In the state herself and in the country as a whole the prevailing pronunciation is: nun-VAD-uh: also heard but less frequently' is: nuh-VAH-duh The pronunciation has no sanction Corpus Christi: Please settle an argument for us IIow should Bowie las in bowie knife) be Answer: Either BGE-ee or: BOO-ee is corrert Most authorities list BOE-ee as first choice however Bowie County Texas is shown only as: BOO-ce An old book In mv library Americanisms by De Vere published in 1872 says: "Bowie knives derived their name from two or more brothers desperados called Bowie who figured in Texas history during the time of Dayy Crockett and Sam Houston" Texans will laugh at this since Colonel James Bowie after whom the knife is named was one of the defenders of the Alamo and had a reputation for being a fair and outwardly peaceable man Elmira: Why do so many of us use "himself and Are not the correct possessive pronouns "hisself and Answer: Sorry there are no such words as "hisself and "theirseives There are but 10 sell words in English: myself thyself yourself herself himself itself ourselves your- -selves themselves and oneself The -self words serve two purposes only: (1) for emphasis and (2) to direct action When used for emphasis the self words have the implied and emphatic meaning of "and no one Notice how the sentence "I am to is intensified when changed to "I myself am to When directing action the -seif words should be used only when the other personal nouns cannot be used For example one cannot correctly say' "I hurt correct: I hurt myself On the other hand avoid such constructions as "Jim and herself Correct: Jim and she went What Lincoln was has intrigued and bemused men even more than what he achieved Beloved of the common man he was himself a most uncommon human being lie followed no pattern and conformed to no psychological some his stories as well as his personal appearance marked him as no better than a vulgar clown He was plagued on the other hand with periods of such deep melancholy as to make his closest friends despair of his sanity He loved peace yet was compelled to wage the bloodiest war of history up to that time a war made all the more horrible by Its fratricidal character a fact that made it a cruel cross to sensitive nature Once on a hospital visit It is said Lincoln cried out: Oh God my God what am I that Thou should have asked this of me? But an unwavering will to save the Union sustained him until victory had been won belief that human dignity and human freedom are one and inseparable had many of the elements of a religious faith which is not surprising in view of the fact the Bible was his constant companion and the example of Thomas Jefferson the inspiration of his own devotion to human liberty Some of his writings combining a unique simplicity with supreme eloquence are golden treasures of our literature And as one stands in the impressive and noble memorial to him in Washington and reads again the words of his immortal Gettysburg Address engraved in golden letters on the marble walls as thousands do daily there must come a deeper sense and appreciation of what Seward meant when he said "He Is the noblest man of us Learning more of Lincoln we 1 can all become better Americans and more worthy of the name we so proudly bear Army Death Penalties The uniform code of military justice adopted by congress in 1950 permits the infliction of the death penalty only for misbehavior before the enemy or for desertion in time of war This had led to a ruling by the defense department that desertion in Korea is "in time of but desertion in this country is not However as a matter of record the death penalty has been imposed on only one American soldier In Korea He was a lieutenant who refused to obey the order of a' superior on November 27 1950 President Truman commuted the sentence to 20 years imprisonment and the army cut it to 17 years Obviously a offense in our armed services must be exceedingly heinous for him to be taken out and shot A doctor says slow moving people live the longest But in traffic they still can cause a lot of annoyance bly the fact he is a farmer in a state which has benefited greatly from rural electrification projects influenced his vote Cabinet Jobs Issue Is Clarified By Gladstone Williams McClatchy newspapers Washington DC correspondent From Washington By Thomas Stokes The principle of collective- security which is- the firm foundation of the United Nations is facing another great test in various proposals to tighten the pincers on Communist China as a means of bringing an end to the war in Korea Its initial test was in Korea herself when the UN under our leadership met the first open armed challenge of aggression It would seem as a matter of plain logic that any other step: aimed at completing the Ko rean episode and bringing' it to a conclusion likewise must be taken under the principle of collective action within the UN and that consequently we can afford to go only so far as we can go within the limits of col lective security In short we can go only so far as we the free nations can go together in the UN Preservation of the UN and its collective security principle is more important than embarking on some new unpredictable venture on our own even if earnestly pursued with the best intention of breaking out of what President Eisen hower called "a posture of paralyzed TALK Preservation of the UN and collective security also is more important than seek' ing to fulfill some vague campaign pledge to "do something which seems just now to be agitating some politicians in the Republican Party This is reflected in the jittery loose talk emanating from some areas in the Capitol such as Senator thinking out loud about bombing railroads in China and Representative single handed verbal imposing of a blockade on the China coast These men the Wisconsin Republican senator and the Missouri congressman do not yet seem to have shaken off their former postures as free talking free swinging members of the minority opposition and to have accommodated themselves to the responsibility they now exercise respectively as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and chairman of the house armed sendees committee Their every pronouncement now goes beyond the limited confines of the Congressional Record and brief notice in netvspaper Their words now go hurtling about the world where they are recognized as spokesmen for the party in power to alarm and conlusc our allies and accomplish nothing so far as our foes are concerned STRATEGY As far as we know up to this time neither is speaking for President Eisenhower He has kept his counsel about plans lor Asia other than withdrawal of the 7th Fleet from Formosa which he the UN and that shifts emphasis away from the Capitol to Secretary Dulles and our UN representative former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts That is the path of collective security which is also our own long range security and that of the free nations That President Eisenhower himself shares this view was indicated by his stress on preservation and strengthening of the UN which he said in his inaugural we shall strive to make "not merely an eloquent symbol but an effective Patience is of the essence or as former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn now Democratic house leader says often so sagely and is saying again as he observes another of the departures of historty a is the best phrase in our might with top olficials by showing favoritism to their old companies On the broader side of the Issue now resolved Senator Douglas says government officials should not be like Pooh Bah in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Mikado by representing such conflicting and contradictory interests that they cannot serve any one interest effectively "In other he declares "they should not be permitted to deal with themselves from both sides of the There Is however another side of the picture Secretary Talbott has pointed out since his confirmation that the rule which has been applied in keeping it should be said with an old act of congress will make it difficult for President Eisenhower to bring many business executives into the government because of the hardship imposed in forcing them to divest themselves of their stock ownership Many will not feci free to do this due to family trusts and otherwise Nevertheless the weight of the argument lies heavily on the position taken by Senator Douglas and others President Eisenhower has seen it this way and no attempt is expected to be made to change the policy Where Woman Is Boss By Scott Seegers in Holiday In most parts of the world a man with many sons -is proud and wealthy but in the San Elas Islands a coral archipelago in the Caribbean just off the northern coast of Panama a father prays for daughters For when a San Bias couple are married the groom goes to live on his bride's home island and to work for his lather in law San Bias women do not vote or hold office but they do not need to The womans property is hers alone be it land coconut palms or the clinking gold jewelry with which she is loaded Women dominate the family tree since family ties are recorded only on the mother's side When a woman wants a divorce she just takes her husband's harpoon and machete his hammock and extra canoe paddle and heaves them on the beach If it is the man who is led up he has to vacate leaving his wife in possession of everything but his clothing -and tools Even in courtship it Is the lordly male who is abducted and dragged to the hammock of his bride Marriages are traditionally arranged by the parents of the prospective bride and groom though occasionally today's young man may make his own arrangements with the parents of an especially attractive girl but he still has to be abducted With his clear and concise mind it has remained for Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois the former economics professor turned statesman to put in proper perspective the issue which arose over business executives being permitted to serve in the cabinet without giving up their stock ownership in corporations holding extensive contracts with the government The issue of course has been resolved President Eisenhower to his credit took a firm hand in settling it by insisting that those he had named to the top positions in the huge defense department divest themselves of all stock interest in companies doing business with the government But the discussion lingers on due largely to the reluctance of many of those involved to conform to the law a course insisted upon by the senate as a condition to confirming their nominations Senator Douglas has made the latest contribution to this discussion by pointing out some of the subtle dangers of the situation It is not he says a question of the integrity of the men appointed Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson former General Motors head Undersecretary of Defense Roger Kyes former vice president of the same company Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens and Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott He conceded all- are men of the' highest character and executive ability The major danger as he sees it comes from a more subtle quarter namely: will be the attitude of the men farther down the line in the department of defense that is the majors and colonels and civil servants who will let the contracts and will have the actual dealings with the big contractors? "Will they operate with an eye single to the public welfare or will they be influenced by the fact that their superiors have had long records of affiliation with the companies involved? "Most influence after all is not directly exercised It is the general air and temper of an organization which determines what is done These ere some of the real dangers in the And in that the Illinois senator has put his finger on the crux of the matter It is not that a man of standing could be suspected of any favoritism in dealing with a company of long association whether he retained his stock holdings or not More likely he would be expected to make a studied effort to lean backward to avoid such a charge But it is what those subordinates under him in the department might do Human nature being what it is there would be the temptation for these subordinates to think in terms of the favor they How To Torture Your Wife Webster IoTTo Aandahl likewise said he is against government built steam plants because they compete with private interests Evidently he envisaged steam plants w-hich generate power in lieu of hydroelectric establishments No one seriously has proposed such plants and he voiced no opinion on standby steam plants to firm up hydroelectric power which are the issue However Aandahl does take a firm stand in favor of a continuing program of water conservation and hydroelectric developments This is one more indication the Eisenhower administration probably will not go along with the pending legislation to call a halt on all government water and power projects jng if with misgivings in some announced in his message to congress The administration strategy seems designed to keep Communist China and her overlord Soviet Russia guessing and thus throw them off balance and give us the initiative Accepting this Democratic leaders in the Capitol have been making the point in secret sessions with Secretary of State Dulles that the babel of confusing "do this do voices from seif appointed strategists has on the contrary served only to confuse our own people make them anxious and nervous and cause them to wonder what our policy really is Democrats are asking that administration policy come from the administration and come clearly and positively So far as the Democratic minority has indicated any attitude it has accepted the 7th Fleet withdrawal without carp- COMDlAN 4 Js A i.