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ALTON Editorial i Pressure From Both Directions slowly, but apparently inctor- the state is progressing in campai.cn to clear Out commercial gambling of all such thcwe started and pressed continuously in Madison county now nave spread statewide. At Chicago, for imtaftce. temporary State Liquor Commission Chairman Howard S. Carttrright has announced that His body will inquire into federal gambling stamps issued to 4fO licensed taverns in the state. Owners of the taverns will be summoned before the commission tc show cause why their state liquor licenses should not be canceled.

Thus the tavern operators will be thrown into the pressure between state and federal governments. For long, buyers of the federal gambling permits had laughed at local law enforcement in some localities. They proceeded to buy the permits and pay their federal gambling taxes. The aim of the federal gambling tax, which was to give the U. S.

government a hand in forcing these people's operations out into the open for local authorities to take a hand, was lost in manv cases. Tii others, the aim was attained to a certain extent. To be sure, in parts of the conn- try, more densely populated fh.in our own New York state notably federal officials have been complaining that gambling operators are evading even their methods of enforcement, and more help for the Treasury Department detection forces is needed. In Illinois, for long, many local law cn- fon-inft authorities took the stand that the they could do was harass the possessors of federal gambling stamps. In some counties, for instance, they were called before the grand juries by the after being quizzed by former state's attorneys.

Their defense was they'd bouRhi the federal permits mostly "just in case," and the cases usually were dropped in absence of any actual gambling. It will be interesting to observe how successfully the state liquor commission can prosecute its action against federal permit purchasing tavcfn operators. Can the commission rescind tavern licenses on the assumption that purchase of federal gambling permits is consummate presumption of gambling? WeVe Ready for the Rabbit The time is coming which doubtless has kept 'observers of the public school system here in suspense. The board of education is to meet soon and survey possible ways of reducing expenses to meet district income limited by voters' icfusal to grant additional taxes. The Telegraph predicted after defeat of the tax raise last year that residents might have to be convinced the school board couldn't pull a abbit out of the hat.

How badly will the district be hurt by rejection of the tax raise next year? And the next year- And the year after that if an- other referendum is not proposed and approved in the meantime. School census figures show the children are here. cannot change that, unless we hire a pied piper to lead them out of the city an unlikely development. How palatable to the public will retrenchments in the school system program be? How many cuts will have to be made, in spreading the tax dollar around to the growing school population, before parents will rise in sufficient rebellion and vote both higher operating taxes and a building bond issue? They Represent the Public The Alton Area United Fund's board made a decision on behalf of the public Thursday. It decided in favor of its budget committee, which, had ruled on how money raised in the 1961 campaign should be divided among the agencies.

But looking ahead, it also approved establishment of a campaign advisory committee, whose function it would be to set annually the campaign goal on the basis of its estimate of the community's ability and willingness to achieve it. On this goal the budget committee later would base its pre-campaign decision on the agencies' budget. The goal, itself, would be a valuable guide to the agencies in drafting their budgets before submitting them to the budget committee. Our Fund agencies have an understandable zeal for their programs, and for their growth. These ambitions, however they may be based on recognized community need for services of the agencies, must also be equated with the community's willingness arid ability to support them.

The Fund's bylaws state plainly that this organization represents the public in raising funds. We believe the board's decision yesterday completely supports this objective. David Too Many Luxuries In Budget WASHINGTON Few per- know that the budget mes- of the President, just sub- is a book 112 PJIRPS ronlnining nil sorts iof tables and statistics which never roach nny cotisidprnbln number of voters. The who foot the jblli are nevertheless expected to rely on their senators and representatives to decide In their behalf whether a proposal to spend $92.5 million a year makes sense. It's a record- breaking amount for "ponce- time" (unending.

One would hardly guess, aftor rending section of the message devoted to national-defense expenditures, that the spending progrnm for nonmllltnry projects virtually ignores the existence of world situation involving the possibility of a war. The concept I hut sacrifices must be made when there's a war threatened or in as a "rolrt not given much weight. The budget, instead, takes it for granted that America can spend as usual and afford more and more luxuries. More than 70 Hems either provide new never before tin- rterlflkcn by the federal government or Increase existing expenditures oir the nonmilitary skip, The President, of course, promises a balanced budget with what he calls a "modest surplus" of $463 million. But he admits he might be wrong.

Where he is likely to be mistaken is in his estimate of expected tax receipts. Corporations are expected to increase their incomes to such an extent that they can pay the government $4.3 billion more than in the current fiscal year. By the time June 30, 1963, rolls around most people probably have forgotten the promise of a balanced budget. Besides, there will 'be the usual alibis about "unforeseen circumstances" or those "beyond our control." The politicians will Drew Pearson's Merry-Go-Round Dems Overlook Interest Conflicts WASHINGTON Democrats who Some of the shouted loudly and continuously about conflicts of interest In the Eisenhower administration are now loath to talk about possible conflicts in the Kennedy administration especially the dubious position of John A. McCone, new chief of Central Intelligence.

This column was one which helped expose some of the conflicts among Eisenhower officials, therefore feels obligated to do the same with Democrats. One of McCone's most important investments is in Standard Oil of California and Standard Oil of New Jersey. He has been a director of the former, and its report to stockholders as of Aug. 1, 1961, lists him as owning 18,318 shares, on top of which he received a stock dividend of 915 shaves, which at the current value of $53.50, gives the new CIA chief an investment of $1,028.965.50 in Standard of California. This makes him the second biggest stockholder in a company whose profits and future are materially influenced by Central Intelligence.

McCone, when up for confirmation to past government posts, has declined to sell his stock in these oil companies but put them in a trust. Secretaries of Defense Charley Wilson and Robert Me- Namara would have been delighted to put their stock in General Motors and Ford in Trust, but were not permitted to do so. Effect on Israel Jt happens that Standard of California and Standard of New Jersey control the Arabian Oil Co. which operates perhaps the most fabulous i 1 concession in world, with reserves estimated tuj last around 100 years. Illustration No.

2 When John Foster. Dulles sent George Allen, then assistant secretary of state, with a special message to President Nasser, it was the Central Intelligence director for the Near East, Kim Roosevelt, who told Nasser to ignore the Dulles message. Illustration No. 3 During the Suez War of 1956, it was Central Intelligence which sent in the reports that guided President Eisenhower in making his decisions. These reports may have been completely conscientious and accurate.

But they ought not to be made by a director who has heavy investments in the major American Oil Company affected by the Suez war. Illustration No. 4 Just prior to the Suez War, Nasser put Ihe bite on the Arabian-American Oil Co. through his friend King Saud of Saudi Arabia, to collect $200,000,000 of advance oil royalties. This was used, directly, to pur- i-hase the huge arsenal of Czech arms which Egypt amassed on Israel's border prior to the Suez War.

It was this build-up of arms that touched off the war. Oil Profits VS. Strategy Illustration Nov. 5 During the Suez War. Syria served an ultimatum that it would cut the pipelines crossing her territory If any American oil were sold to the French and British.

The United Slates promptly curtailed all oil shipments to the French and Brit- iisli. The CIA director who must participate in such a decision should not be a heavy stockholder in oil companies that Alton Evening Telegraph It also happens that the Nearj pub1lrte P. B. COUSLHY, Publisher and Editor Subscription price 4(lc weekly by currier, by mall $12 a year In Illinois i and Missouri. (18 in all other states.

I Mall Bubscrlptloiis not accepted In) Cast is a field where central intelligence has played an all-powerful role and usually swung its weight against Israel, the only democratic country in that area. ui towns where cairiei delivery The CIA has probably influenced i available. more than the State Enleretl as se( onrt clabs partment, and it has nearly the post office at Alton, ill. Act ways sided with the oil rompan- o( March 3, 1879. in £IA VQlt and are some illuil rations of bew influenced Near East: 1 In 1952, maneuvered an Egyptian re- that kicked out King Farouk substituted th? Naguib-Nasser This'Vnay or may not liave thjjig, but there is, no the coup was or- lt it to the of Egypt to the AT- MKMBEK OF THh ASSOCIATE!) f'RKSS The Aktociated Press exclusively entiiluU to Ihe use lor publication of all newt dispatches credited In paper and tn local news published herein MEMHiiK, Till-: AUDIT UUKfcAU Of- CIRCULATION Local Advertising Kates and Contract informuilon on application at the Telegraph office.

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Saa I'ranclscp, Lot and SeatUr are affected. Illustration No. 6 During the first three months of 1957, immediately following the Suez crisis, Standard of New Jersey raked in the huge income of $237,000,000 16 per cent more than in the same period of the previous year. In the same period, California jumped its profits 13 per cent. This resulted directly from the Suez cris is and a resultant boost in the price of oil.

The man who heads CIA, even though he leans backward to be impartial in Ills judgments, should not be a big stockholder in companies likely to profit from his decisions. Illustration No. 7 It was CIA which secretly organized the po litical maneuver which kicked Premier Mossadegh out of Iran. He had seized the Anglo-Iranian Oil refinery. Anglo-Iranian is a competitor of Aramco.

The head of CIA, with oil stock, should not be in a position where he has to undertake operations for or against competitors of the companies in which he has an interest. Illustration No. 8 'Hie oil- rich sheikdom of Kuwait right now is in throes of trouble with oil- rich Iraq. Britain gets most of its oil from Kuwait. Some of Kuwait's oil also goes to Sun Oil, Union Oil, and Gulf all competitors of Standard of New Jersey and Standard of California in which McCone holds heavy interest.

Again, a CIA director, no matter how conscientious, should not be a man who directly or indirect ly must handle operations which could affect his own companies or his competitors. Note McCone's wholly owned Joshua He'ndy shipping line with his partner, States Marine (which got the prize atomic merchants ship Savannah contract when McCone was atomic chairman), got $2.000.000 in charter hire contracts from Standard of California in I960 and they have continued to do a profitable business with it since. I8B2, Bell Syndicate, lac.) 18 Baptist 5,000 NASHVILLB, THUI. The Southern Baptist Convention reports that of its more thttn eburcles now contain more than 5,000 members. largest church in the denomination is the First Baptist Church of Dallas with 12,108 meniUeri.

Second largest is the Bellevue Baptist Church of MeimjhJji with 9,480 members. i. say that, the deficit wasn't as big anyway as one of the last Eisenhower deficits and this supposedly will exonerate the present administration from blame. It is significant, however, that the Eisenhower administration did have two fiscal years of actual surplus out of its first four years, so it is desirable for the Kennedy administration to make at least a similar record or find itself in hot water politically in the campaign. What is most disappointing about President Kennedy's budget is his assumption that, because certain expenses can be reduced, it is immediately necessary to find other ways to spend the same money.

Debt retirement of a general reduction in taxes is given no consideration. It is widely believed that the military side of the budget is the cause of all the big increases in federal expenditure. Actually national defense has gone up from $51.2 billion this year to $52.7 billion, or an increase of $1.5 billion. The rest of the budget, however, has gone up from $37.9 billion to $39,8 billion, or an increase of $1.9 billion. Nowhere in the message is there much encouragement of stimulus for American business as a whole.

Indeed, there are some discouraging factors, such as the administration's plan to throw a monkey wrench into the operations of American companies that have factories overseas which compete with Europeans and still send back big profits to the United States in the form of substantial dividends each year to be taxed here. In fact, the administration itself is not too sure the nation is going to experience a substantial recovery from the recent recession. Hence the President put this cautionary note into his message: "We do not expect another economic recession during Ihe period covered by this budget. However, experience has taught us that periodic fluctuations in the economy cannot be completely avoided, and that federal fiscal polio should work flexibly and promptly in such situations. For this, we need standby plans.

Some of Ihe proposals in thisj category call for reduction of in-j come tuxes for certain groups taxpayers so as to induce consumer spending. Other recommendations favor more public- spending. But is not explained how such big projects can be launched by tho fedora I government and put into operation quickly enough to increase employment before the recession lias run its course anyway. Not a word in (ho message refers to the power of the big labor- union monopoly to bring on an- er recession through a strike 1 in steel or in other major Indus-j Iries, or to the effect this might; have on those $10.5 billion of extra profits for corporations which the President so confidently predicts and explicitly includes in his financial forecast to the American people. 1962, N.y.

Herald-Tribune, lac.) MONDAY, JANUARY "I went to a lot of trouble dressing up for this. The least they can do for me is kill that tenor!" Render's Forum Others Under Attack, Too wish to congratulate you on your splendid editorial Jnn. 15. I heartily agree that "newspapers and other rmiss channels of information are coming under attack now as they never have before." The church, the schools, even the home are suffering, too. You pointed out two very important items: that "We don't go around growling in a gray beard that things can't be done, warning people against trying them," and "we still like to think our ideas are progressive enough to be ahead of our community." Your paper has stood the test of- time.

While true antiquity is never a proof of correctness, it also is true that any newspaper Epileptic Problem These words probably will shock some people, but I hope they will wake some people up. It is about epileptics. I have noted that about 60 per cent of the people treat them as if they were mentally ill. Epilepsy doesn't mean a person is raving mad. Neither do all epileptics scream, kick, and foam at the mouth.

Why don't employers investigate an epileptic's medical his- before rejecting him as an employe. I have seen so many variations of epilepsy that it seems almost cruel to consider a person not a good risk for employment without first investigating. Some persons are quite normal in their daily actions, while, on proper medication. Yet they lose jobs, or are rejected. They pay exhorbitant life insurance rates, and some misinformed persons look at them as if they should be in a mental hospital.

JAMES W. SHERMAN 622 North Drive East Alton Cindered Before I noted the public request for residents to clean up their sidewalks so mail men won't- fall. This is a good idea, but what about the streets? Our street has been solid ice without any salt or cinders to help in any way. If we were still in Wood River township, we would have cinders on our streets by 10 a.m. after it snowed.

I think Alton could do better about these conditions after three weeks of this weather. They have sufficient time to help us a little; I don't think it is asking too much for our tax money. If the street department doubts my word, just let them come out and try to go up the hill in the 2800 block of Residence street. MRS. NICK CHURCHICH 2822 Residence St.

that can publish consistently, faithfully, and in unbiased manner for 126 years and still remain loyal to the community it serves; be independent, progressive, far-sighted and, at the same time, alert to the dangers which threaten it? very existence (and warn its readers of them) rightfully commands and deserves the respect of its readers, whether or not they agree with it. I have been away in foreign lands and in different states of our Union. But now I am here to stay, and am glad to live in an area where the readers have a newspaper such as the 1 e- graph. I am proud that the Telegraph is alert to the dangers of the proponents of racial prejudice, hate, confusion, fear, and the perpetrators of the "pink sheets." Certainly these groups strike at the very root of freedom and democracy I am reminded of two threats made by Khrushchev: "We Communists will take you? country without firing a shot," and "Your grandchildren will be Communists." These are not idle threats. Hydrogen bombs, fallout, and guided missiles do not disturb me nearly as much as this insidious threat from within our country, of which your editorial spoke.

Today the greatest battle to be fought is for men's minds. I'd much rather be a dead brave man than a live "red." There are still plenty of Americans who would glady declare, "Give me liberty or give me death." Our country will not fall to the threat of communism. However, let us realize that there IS danger and we must rally together, reaffirm in God the faith that made our country a leading power in scarcely more than 400 years. When I was in the service overseas, I had opportunity to talk to soldiers of; other nations. In every instance the Americans were the best paid, best clothed, with the best rations and equipment obtainable.

Every man has a right to his own beliefs. Honest discussion is healthy and we can learn something from-everyone if we'll listen long enough. We should never accept an idea we don't believe, but neither should we take the attitude that we're all right and our opponent is all wrong. We should learn to disagree agreeably. Our way of life will survive and prevail with God's help and bless ing.

My hat is off to the Telegraph as it enters its 127 year of publication, which could prove to be its most crucial. EMIL C. JOHNSON 817 Madison Ave. Wood River Sports Program ACROSS tHbrey ipoft- BBaaebaUtMl Vltntand, Mimicked TGolfdwioi Sampled tunitaat am wLj CIHtrJQ urai uj awn assasr 88, Showed contempt aura ana nrann HEiM taun ra nc jrantai 1 22 Pronoun itt Instance .90 Tata Alight 37 "Emerald 38 Billy jcjuraa 81 Pay attention 34 Wooix plant SSNoiae 40 Spartan 42 Bit 43 Portent 44 It goec with wni and vkl 48 Relax 40Thui 41 Struck 44SuperflqM 48 Duration 25 and 50 Years Ago Aft HfWftlctftl pofl of tfw epWesrife of respiratory illnesses was not iWiHttfc atid that futttoftbty eat of ttertoftt was suffering from either c6lds, Ot flnSHfnonla. An oddity of the was that parson's in lesser income WPA workers and relief clients, seemed to be less effected.

Mrs. Christina Klopfer Sackers, 40, wife of John B. Sackers of McPherson street, succumbed to burns suffered when her clothing became ignited from a match she held while Searching for articles stored in her garage. Junior' High School students awarded American Legion medals were: at Cast Junior, John M. Peterson and Beverly Barley; at Roosevelt, Warren Paddock and Jean Mlsegades.

Joseph J. Schenk, alderman of the Fourth Ward, died at Joseph's Hospital. The 43- year old Standard Oil Co. employe had long been sufferer of digestive disorders and had only recently contracted'a. heavy cold.

He was completing his, fourth term In the council, having defeated an 18-year veteran for the council, Lawrence Fahrig by only seven votes. Two other deaths listed were those of William Lester Antrobus, 41, and William Greene, Wood River. E. J. McPhillips was elected president of the Illinois Building Loan Association.

Mrs. Elmer Gilworth, 55, was the victim of a homicidal assault at her home in Upper Alton. She was choked' and dragged from her bed at 12:10 a.m. when awakened by a burglar who had entered the house through an open window in an adjoining bedroom. Dr.

Noble D. McCormick, pediatrician, formerly of St. Louis, opened offices in the Davis building on Broadway. The Calhoun County Board Commissioners applied for a PWA loan covering 45 per cent of the cost of a proposed courthouse to replace one erected in 1849. Estimated cost of the building was $130,000, 55 per cent of which was to be raised by bond issue.

Leroy (Fats) Harrison, winner of four football letters at Alton High School three each in track and basketball was a January graduate. to tWft gteafly arttttlrf. bership, the Alton Board of Trade reorganised. Old officers and directors resigned to cleat the way. fheh members adopted a new constitution afld elected 25 directors.

Onty 10 of the members of the new board were actually "new," all fhe former directors having been rtvelefited. George M. Mosset eantifnied as spcretary-manager. the retiring presidetrt, Eben Rodgers called the re-organiaaiton session? to order. Then P.

w. Coyle was made temporary chairman. First action after the election of new directors was to pledge the Board of trade to support actively the hard roads movement. C. F.

Stelzel urged support for the project for a hard-surfaced road between Alton and Granite City. Illinois Retail Lumbermen, In annual session at Cairo, voted to hold their next convention in Alton. A committee bearing Alton's convention Invitation was headed by R. P. Harris and H.

L. Winter. Supt. and Mrs. R.

A. Haight entertained mid-year graduates of Alton High School at dinner. The student guests were the Misses Mary Ryrie, Martha Stanly, Helen Didlake, Marie Sydney, and Lillian Gaddis, and Paul Zerwekh, Frank Morfoot, Sidney Gaskins, and Lucian Taylor. Two Missouri Point farmers went into partnership on the purchase of a $2,900 threshing machine. But in selecting the machine, they disagreed on the whistle.

To settle matters, two whistles were ordered. Thus, each, when using the machine, would have his own favorite whistle to use. Almost three months after the community had voted "wet," Kampsville had approved licenses for two saloons at $500 a year. On the 19th anniversary of the Wann disaster that cost about two score lives, a car of coke was found on fire on a siding in the same location where the wreck and oil-car explosion occurred in 1893. A section boss discovered the fire, and hurriedly called a switch crew to remove a tank car of oil and a merchandise car of blasting powder from an adjacent track.

Fire discovered at noon caused heavy damage to the Flach Estate buildnig on E. 2nd Street immediately west of Alby. The fire started in the millinery store of Mrs. A. Frederickson after she lelf her shop for The Allen-Scott Report Senators to Probe 'Muzzling' WASHINGTON Senators investigating the "muzzling" of military officers will open their hearings tomorow by questioning Adm.

Arleigh Burke, outspoken former Chief of Naval Operations, about the hard-hitting, anti-Communist speech President Kennedy wouldn't permit him to give. Entitled the "Silver Quill," the controversial speech was to have been given by Admiral Burke just a year ago this week at a Washington dinner sponsored by the National Business Publications. Sen. John Stennis, chairman of the investigating Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee, plans to publish the full text of the censored speech despite White House objection. He and Sen.

Strom Thurmond, S.C., are going to air the full story of how the President "killed" the speech when Burke, now retired but serving on a Pentagon panel of distinguished citizens to assess troop-information programs, took the address directly to the White House after Secretary of State Rusk flatly refused to clear it. As exclusively reported in this column on Oct. 30, the President told Burke: "While I agree with almost everything you have in this speech, I'm going to ask you not to give it. Secretary Rusk and his experts on Russia are opposed to its being delivered at this time (Jan. 27, 1961).

They say jt will upset relations." ForumWriterSfNote Writer's names and addresses must be published with letters to the Readers Forum. Letters must be concise (preferably not over ISO vords). All are subject to condensation. In his testimony, Burke will tell the subcommittee that he accepted his commander-in-chief's ruling as a "good soldier" should, although vigorously disagreeing with it. While fully supporting civilian control over the military and their right to censor the speeches of military men, Burke will question the wisdom of soft-pedaling the fight against Communism in speeches given by military officers or any other official of U.S.

government. He will warn as he tried to in his censored speech that in dealing with Communist leaders in the Kremlin "it must be made very clear that we do not like will we submit to any nation pushing us around." Burke will take the position that by delivering hard-hitting, anti- Communist speeches he was carrying out "a 1958 National Security Council directive that calls for the utilization of military personnel in a campaign designed to give the public a better appreciation of the enemy international Com- He will fully support the sub- Prayer Calm our fevered minds, Lord, that we may think clearly in these troubled days. Keep us mindful that Thou art the Lord of life and eternity, that in Thee we live and move and have our being. Let the knowledge of Thy victory keep us on our feet when we are about to fall. Lead us by Thy presence to stay close to Thee and Thy for us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen. M. Nelson Birmingham, minister Mountain Brook Baptist Church. (O 1962 by the Division of Christian Education. National Council of the Churches of Christ In the U.

S. committee's investigation to determine the "reasons" for censoring the speeches. The Pattern Stennis' investigators, In studying more than 200 censored speeches, have established that the principal target of the State Department censors is harsh characterizations of Communist regimes, and all references to military liberation of satellite countries. Illustrative of this pattern are the following: A speech by General Herbert B. Powell, Commanding General, U.

S. Continental Army Command, in which the following paragraph was deleted: answer has been written for the world to see in the blood of martyrs and the ink of genius. In the Ukraine, East Germany, Poland, China, Hungary and other Communist- dominated slave states, brave men have given their lives to show us the weakness behind the facade." Adm. Harry Felt, U.S. Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, had his statement, prepared for delivery before the House Foreign Affairs Committee last June, riddled by the censors.

out of his text were these warnings of Communist strategy: "The Communist strategy is one of subversion and armed revoly- tion supported from outside the target warfare is 'Coordinated with espionage, sabotage, terrorism and mass demonstrations. Organization is all important. Their campaign is charaotrized infiltration and hit-and-run actions, planned according to a set pattern. It can be defeated, as proven by Magsaysay in the Philippines and by the British Commonwealth in Malaya. To do so, we must have superior organization and must be willing to pay a price." 0 1962.

The Hall Syndicate. IOC.) MIRROR OF YOUR MIND ly missive) whom the parents hoped to keep at home to care for them in old age. This girl usually became an old maid and stopped looking under her be0 in fear (or hope) finding a man. Few girls today could be so conditioned, but some acquire a morbid fear of men from Ihe attitude of an embittered mother. In temperament inherited? Answer: Certain types of temperament or disposition run in families and are passed along from one generation to another, but it Is acquired by association rather than by inheritance.

Ac- itally young men and women with similar dispositions are A ordinarily attracted to one anoth- er. This frequently Itads to mar- which more-or-less assures he continuity of the family dis- ended with the Victorian age. Ev- position, at least to the extent of an then it wag used as a one more generation. restraint on the daughter (usual(O 1W2. King Features, Inc.) Should children TV nbows? TilBt precept largely Many TV shows especially designed for children and some are not doing weij.

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