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WATTWIV! tTWBAY COtflUTH, WAT5ttS0. IOWA, VXTUt. MTtMBM 11 IMft. tditorialt Will Mitiens Be Needed More Than Metals? Is $8 Billion in Stockpile Needed? Highway 63 Bridge Means Major Improvement for City Critics Say Long Wars Not Likely 'Vr fry "'j Lii.m --a Jl Av 1 la, irMnj DECISION BY the Iowa Highway Commission to build a new bridge across the Cedar River at First Street In Waterloo means a major improvement in the downtown area. The new bridge, which will provide for one-way traffic of Highway 63, will improve the traffic flow between the two sections of the business district.

The other part of the one-way pair will be Mullan Avenue. The original plan to use Mullan Avenue exclusively and widen it into a four-lane thoroughfare created congestion problems at the intersections with two other major highways: Highway 218 (Washington Street) and Highway 20 (Franklin Street). This situation Is considerably relieved if Highway 63 traffic is split into the one-way pair of itreets. THE EXACT ROUTE through West Waterloo has not yet been selected but presumably Highway 63 from Hudson will parallel the Great Western tracks to the vicinity of Elmwood Cemetery. Then the route will either be split into a one-way pair of streets or directed to one widened street and proceed to the Mullan Avenue, First Street one-way pair.

The plan does not envisage immediate construction of overpasses over the Rock Island and Great Western tracks in the downtown area; but such construction would be feasible in the future if efforts at railroad re-location fail. The bridge project will be delayed until 1962 because the improvement of the route for Highway 63 in East Wa terloo has been scheduled next year to coincide with the urban renewal project. This will involve construction of an underpass at the Illinois Central tracks and construction of a four-lane highway north to Donald Street. A project to extend this four-lane highway north to the intersection with Highway 57 was recently, put on the Highway Commission schedule for 1965. IX ANY CASE the entire improvement of Highway 63 through the city will be highly advantageous to all citizens.

Because the Park Avenue and Fifth Street bridges are currently used as a one-way pair for this highway, the peak traffic at the high point in the business district hits an average of 21,379 vehicles a day (1959 figure), as compared to a peak point of 18,340 for Highway 218 and 12,950 for Highway 20. By routing Highway 63 away from the most congested center of the city, both local and through traffic will be expedited. The public's thanks should go to the Iowa Highway Commission and its Northeast Iowa member, Robert Brice, for this welcome decision, Thanks should also go both to the Mayor's Advisory Traffic and Highway Committee (Fred Mast chairman) and the Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee (Ray Stevenson, chairman) for excellent work on the project. With completion of this improvement, the city routes for the major highways serving the area will have been brought to modern standards capable of handling today's traffic safely and rapidly. terials to finished items and vital supplies for survival, relief and rehabilitation." SEN.

BIRD, who has been keeping a sharp eye on the program, says the government has $8.4 billion in the national stockpile of strategic and critical materials, $174 million in civil defense (medical) supplies, and $7.2 billion in surplus farm commodities. However, only about $800 million worth of iurplu commodities are earmarked in the supplemental stockpile. The commodi ties are used for barter in exchange for foreign metals and materials, OCDM says the supplies are ulnred at 215 secret sites, mostly at military depots industrial plants and commercial or government-owned warehouses. THE STRATEGIC stockpile contains, about 28 million tons. Its 76 materials range from aluminum, asbestos, manganese, cobalt and copper to castor oil, hog bristles, Iodine, 'opium, platinum, industrial diamonds, raw silk, sperm oil and feathers.

The General Services Administration, which acts as housekeeping agency for th stockpiles, aays the total cost of maintenance aince the program began was as of mid-1960. Other estimates range as high as $1.5 billion. GSA Director Franklin G. Floele told the House Appropriations Committee two years ago that $4 billion worth of the stockpiled materials or just about half were excess over maximum needs. THIS WAS largely due, he said, to ft top-level decision shifting stockpile goals from a five-year to a three-year supply.

The result, for both OCDM and GSA, has been an embarrassment of riches. An ironclad policy against "dumping" excess materials, with consequent disruption of the open market, has prevented the agencies from disposing of more than a drop in the brimming bucket. Disposals in the last two years have totalled little more than $150 million. Every time the government moves to shuck off a few excess items or rumors apread to that effect the repercussions are swift and violent. Mining state legislators, in particular, have fought tooth and nail against' any action to reduce the oversupply of minerals and metals which make up the backbone of the bulging stockpiles.

"All we can do is get rid of a few cats and dogs," an OCDM spokesman said glumly. "The prospect for any major disposals is dim." By ROGER GREENE AP Newsfeaturet Writer UNCLE SAM'S multl-billion-dollar defense stockpiles, onc hailed as a itaunch "national insurance policy," may run into heavy fire in the new 87th Congress. Revolutionary developments in military strategy, weapons and technology have riased serious questions about the need for continuing to hoard vast supplies of conven-tional war materials in an age of nuclear-tipped missiles and H-bombs. IN BRIEF, why is the federal government storing up mountains of raw materiali for a type of long-drawn war which may never be fought again? The stockpile program was aet up by Congress in 1946. Now critics in Congress and elsewhere are attacking the project as "a monstrous white elephant wasteful and futile a grab-bag for special interests Defenders of the program, mindful cf the critical shortages which plagued the country in World War II, say it is still extremely valuable.

IN ANY EVENT, Congressional investigators are something less than happy about one phase of the program as administered by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), For nearly three years, they say, de-Rpite urgent recommendations by a special advisory committee, the OCDM has made little discernible progress toward stockpiling "survival items" which would be needed in case of a nuclear attack on this country. A STEP IN THAT direction or faintly In that direction was finally taken last August when the Department of Agriculture announced that 25 million bushels of government-owned surplus wheat would be shifted from the Midwest to the East coast "as a food reserve for national The grain will be stored in ships in the mothball fleet in the Hudson river, New York, and the James River, Virginia. It might seem debatable how much good the raw grain would do in feeding refugees from a stricken city. "Of course, it would mean the people (AP Nawsfraturea Photol maintaining' a community water supply; medical supplies; World War II ships loaded with grain; old railroad cars held for the Army Transportation food-v stuffs; crude rubber in bales; bars of magnesium, lead and zinc. gent need" for a comprehensive post-attack survival program.

The committee noted that the Pentagon was spending $40 billion a year for military defense "yet for human survival and relief the government has stockpiled items, principally medical, amounting to only about $200 million." And it added: "The committee recommends that stockpiling emphasis be shifted from raw ma SOME OF THE BILLIONS of dollar, worth of goods put away in Unci Sam's storage closets are shown in this composite fhoto. From upper right, clockwise, are: he packed components for an emergency hospital; pipe, pumpi end purifiers for would have to grind it and then eat it with water," OCDM Director Leo A. Hoegh told a House subcommittee. "Some people may object to eating wheat and corn ground, but I say it is better than a chocolate bar. You will do anything to sustain yourself.

This is an austere program. This is to keep you living." THE ADVISORY Committee, In Its fi-nal report, stressed the "immediate and ur- Freeman Is Kennedy's Poorest Appointment Toeay in Washington Lawrence: U.S. Needs Experience During Transition Asks More Than Efficiency Expert By DAVID LAWRENCE si it. i v. awm 'Saw i 5 I t-iii i miS "Citfvi-i jr i i .,) i the National Security Council, for instance, does not authorize representation for th.

Army, Navy and Air Force except through the secretary of defense. Not even 1 the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a statutory member. The JCS is an advisory body, and the argument is made that ill members may attend security council meetings as "guests." But they have no vote. The military chiefs do not often meet with the president. This should be contrasted with the system that helped win World War II.

There were then four top military men The president's own chief of staff, the chief of Naval operations, the chief of staff of the Army, and the chief of the Air Corps, which was then a branch of the Army. These four men sat next to President Roosevelt, and later President Truman, during the entire war. THE LATE Gen. George C. Marshall, who was the Army chief of staff in World War II, once told this correspondent that the system used then worked well and this was during the biggest war in our history.

The late Admiral Ernest King, the wartime chief of Naval operations, also informed this writer it was by far the best way to deal with secret operations. He refused on one occasion tn tell even Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox the scheduled time of a proposed attack by American armed forces in the Pacific, He said the president could tell him if he chose. What should have been done by President-elect Kennedy in view of the world situation today? Since the post of secretary of defense has become, in effect, that of a deputy commander-in-chief, Kennedy might have been better advised if he had selected a retired military man of prominence to occupythat position and then chosen an efficiency expert as the deputy secretary of defense. ONLY THE INDIFFERENCE of an uninformed public would permit some of the things to happen that are going on in government today. The news dispatches tell of the appointment of a new secretary of defense who perhaps knows as little about the problems of the biggest department in Washington as some of his predecessors did when they took office.

Experience is thrown to the. winds. There is no permanent under secretary to assure continuity in dealing with the defense of the country or to interrelate the stark questions of military preparation with the delicate decisions on foreign policy made by the department of state. WHAT MAY NOT be generally realized as yet is that after Jan. 20 there will no longer be a military man in the White House.

General Eisenhower for eight yeara has been able to give the country the benefit of his military experience. The country felt safe with a man of his ability to evaluate the recommendations of the military chiefs of the armed services and of the secretary of defense. He is known as a man of peace and not as a military zealot. The idea of appointing a businessman who is an efficiency expert apparently makes an appeal at first glance. But the requirements of the office of secretary of defense are not known even to many who move in government circles.

It takes a careful study of the cumbersome, ambiguous, and lopsided defense laws to find out just what the secretary of defense is supposed to do. MOST PEOPLE, for instance, think the president of the United States really a i I f- THE GENERAL PUBLIC will accept the appointment of a partisan union man as secretary of labor since union political organizations were largely responsible for Kennedy's election. Arthur Goldberg is known' as an able, aggressive and well-, liked spokesman fox the union cause and he has expressed commendable aspirations to introduce conciliation into labor-management rela-tions. However, the appointment of an experienced union man as secretary of labor was a logical outgrowth of the political obligations resulting from the campaign. What is completely illogical is the appointment of another spokesman for organized labor, Gov.

Orville Freeman of Minnesota, as secretary of agriculture. FREEMAN WAS elected governor cf Minnesota with the major support cf unions and later proceeded to pay off that debt by using the National Guard to assist the union in closing the Wilson Co. packing plant in Albert Lea. That action had unfavorable repercussions; and Freeman this year was defeated for re-election despite the fact that Kennedy and Sen. Hubert Humphrey carried the state.

Having been repudiated by the people of Minnesota, Freeman is now to be given national responsibilities. The maneuvering behind this appointment has not been revealed; but it may be that Freeman was the only potential nominee who would accept it. Since any plan for solving farm problems will offend some farm groups, the position of secretary of agriculture is iMcrlco Snnfcaij Ccuritc VOL. 10I-NO. 300 etm tartar rU Bannei attabllshefl 185.

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John F. Kennedy, as President of th. United States, ere progressing steadily in Washington. considered a political graveyard. MOREOVER, FROM what is known about Freeman's political ideas, it is reasonable to anticipate policy of extreme government intervention in agriculture.

If the farmers of Minnesota didn't like him, it is probable that the farmers of Iowa and other Midwest states will like him even less. And the Humphrey-Freeman machine is a red flag in the eyes of Southern congressmen. That is one reason why Freeman's appointment is undesirable. The future of the nation's farm program hinges on cooperation between the Department of Agriculture and Congress. Yet the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee will be Sen.

Allen J. Ellen-der of Louisiana and the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee will be Rep. Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina. Neither is likely to be in sympathy with Freeman's ideas on farm policy.

Around the Corner Torriell: Nepotism Not Always Bad By EDDIE TORRIELL PRESIDENT-ELECT Kennedy's appointment of his brother to be attorney general will cause much discussion. I think it is only fair to say, however, that this cannot be described as nepotism in the derogatory sense. Using one's influence to appoint relatives to well-paying jobs is undesirable primarily when those relatives are incompetent or unfitted for the job. This practice is obviously wrong when a congressman puts his wife on his secretarial payroll when she has no experience whatever or when he names his young son to a position which pays more than is received by much more experienced and competent men. BUT NOBODY will deny that Robert Kennedy could earn as much or more in private law practice than he will receive as attorney general.

And, while it would be difficult to argue that a 35-year-old attorney is the best man in the nation for attorney general, at least his training and experience make him eligible for the post. Since a president has the right to considerable latitude in naming the men who will advise him and head the departments, Kennedy's choice of his brother should be quietly accepted if not enthusiastically received. Robert Kennedy is a dynamic organizer and should be judged on his record in office and not on his family connection. AS JOHN KENNEDY mentioned in making the appointment, President Eisenhower has named his brother Milton to important governmental assignments and Allen Dulles served as head of the Central Intelligence Agency while, his brother. John Foster, was secretary of state.

While the analogy with the Kennedy, case is not exact, at least it makes the point that a competent man need not be passed over just because of the nepotism charge. An objective appraisal would probably be that Robert Kennedy, while not the best qualified man ever to serve as attorney general, is as well qualified- as many who have served. A CARPENTER SIGHTS along a board as h. works on a grandstand opposite th. White House.

Stands and other preparations for the inauguration on Jan. 20 of acts as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Theoretically he does. Decisions of paramount importance must be made by him. But it's the everyday action in the Defense Department on countless, matters that shapes up the programs which finally come before a president.

Often he has no choice but to accept the recommendations of the head of the biggest bureaucracy in the world. What is the situation if a military crisis arises, and there is a threat of attack? Under present law, the commanders in the field now go through a "chain of command" to the Joint Chiefs, then through the secretary of defense to the president. Nothing like this was in effect during World War II. THIS THE STATUTE which created DENNIS THE MENACE Washington Merry-Go-Round Kennedy Shakes Up New York Democrats York Democrats, and Carmine de Sapio dragged his feet. I had to call him personally to ask that Mrs.

Roosevelt and Governor Lehman appear." Note The man who held the two warring New York factions together with hairpins and Scotch tape during the presidential campaign was William Walton, a Georgetown, D. C. artist living near the Kennedy's. Jack asked him after the campaign was over, "What did you use? Morphine or heroin?" Bute eubeenpunn price: By carrier per week Se; fey mail its lo-ara) per year 111 00: by mall loutaio per rear J20 0H. eoeclal enrlcemen rat lany erher' pet rear.

HI On tnteren aa aecond-claa matter. Feb tt 1M1, at poet eifrr In Waterloo low under the actor March Pendergast will be replaced as Democratic state "chairman by Peter Crotty of falo, a conservative Democrat IT WAS NOT a matter of revenge, because in the end Tammany had voted for Kennedy on the first ballot, but the president-elect had let it be known in no uncertain terms that he was fed up with the bickering of old guard Democrats and New Deal Democrats in New York State. The new leaders would have to make peace with Mrs. Roosevelt and former Gov. Herbert Lehman who have been trying to depose Carmine.

"I was never so mad in my life," President-elect Kennedy had said, "as when I wanted to get Mrs. Roosevelt and Governor Lehman on television program under th. auspices of New and Pendergast, with the power of delivering New York's biggest bloc of delegates, stalled and talked. Finally Joe Kennedy laid down the law. "I insist that I get a commitment now," he said.

"We'll go on the second ballot," replied Pendergast and De Sapio. "There won't be any second ballot, and you two guys are through," announced Kennedy. LAST WEEK Congressman Charlie Buckley met with the president-elect at his Georgetown home. Next day Pendergast and De Sapio got word that they were through. The word came at a Bilt-more Hotel luncheon attended by Carmine, Charlie Buckley, and Joe Sharkey.

As Charlie Buckley expressed it: "This is it" Mikt By DREW PEARSON PRIOR TO THE Los, Angeles Democratic convention, when Jack Kennedy was scrambling for delegates, Jack's father, Joseph Patrick, held a breakfast at Hampshire House in New York. Attending the breakfast were Carmine de Sapio, boss of Tammany Hall; Mike Pendergast, Democratic state chairman of New York; Congressman Charlie Buckley, a power in Tammany Hall; Joe Sharkey, Democratic Brooklyn leader; David Lawrence, Governor of Pennsylvania; and Jack Arvey, Democratic boss of Chicago. CHIEF PURPOSE of the luncheon was old Joe Kennedy's demand that his son Jack be nominated on the first ballot But De Sapio Aaaocieted Preea Tnre Leased Wire MEMBER Of ASSOCIATED Ttur Aaaortated Pre entitled cxcluatvety le tbe repuciirstioo of all trie local oewa sunitined rn thi tieeipaper aa veil at all AP new dltpalrhe All rttM republic Uoe a all apactal dupalrba are ala MiMBtB A cult BUREAU Qt C1HCU1.ATIUN li e) Del taa inteeue in management I tnaert l-eu-enl or auidint and Hi right aa reerv4 to eliminate euc part of eop ar are not dm tuxta Uw rule or papa or emit any at-emug cepesed ts pubit eolley ar the policy of the tPe or that eervtof la any way Is Influence til eon-durf ml in prT fcseriaj trtnrta mt ad remain ar taned COON HUNT. LOUISVILLE, Ky. A coon hunt took place In the dog warden's building.

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