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I A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS AWIene, Texas, Friday April if, Ho 1155 So Aaron and his did thiiifi the Lord co'jintanded by tlie hand oj 8:36. Obedience is the For Humanity's Sake Following the pattern set by its developer, President Eisenhower has offered the whole world, free and slave, unrestricted use of the Salk anti-polio vaccine. Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed it, has refused any personal profit he might have realized and continues to live on what one weil-wisber calls "his meager college pay" at the University of Pittsburgh laboratory. In refusing any personal profit from his service to humanity, pr.

Salk followed the example of Sir Alexander Fleming, the British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, and many another scientist before him. Dr. Salk's attitude is the same as that of the millions of ordinary Americans who gave their dimes and dollars to the March of Dimes--service to humanity does not bear a price tag. Their philosophy is expressed in thfe Prophet Isaiah's reference to the coming Great Physician: "Ho, everyone that thivsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." We have no doubt many a moneygrubber will look with contempt upon Dr. Salk's disregard of the profit motive; why, the man's a sucker! Think of the millions he might pile up in a few short years! And it's more than likely that Russia and its satellites will look the President's gift horse in the mouth, in search of hidden traps and time-fused bombs.

Either that, or they'll claim Russia developed the whole thing a long time ago. Nevertheless, the President's offer to share the vaccine and the secrets of its processing with all the world, friend and foe alike, is in consonance with the spirit that prompted the March of Dimes, that kept Dr. Salk and dozens of other researchers burning the midnight oil, and that dictated Isaiah's evocation of the Messiah. In spite of all you hear and see to the contrary, the acquisition of money is not the be-all and end-all of existence. The love of God and one's fellowman is.

In the History Books The man who landed 2,000,000 American soldiers in France by Armistice Day in 1918 died in Washington Wednesday at the age of 90. He bossed the American Army in one of the great crises of history, but few of this generation ever heard of him, and his passing was noted briefly on the inside pages of most newspapers, if at all. He was, of course, General Peyton C. March, once chief of staff of the United States Army. The headlines and the enduring fame went to some of his subordinates, the most notable example being the late John J.

Pershing, commanding the American Expeditionary Force, but it was March who organized, trained, equipped and shipped the two million overseas to bring a world war to an early end. Native of Pennsylvania, March graduated from Lafayette College in 1884 and from West Point in 1888. He participated in the suppression of the insurrection in the Philippines, was an observer in the Russo-Japanese war with the Japanese forces. He had gone to France in 1917 as a colonel, won promotion to brigadier as commander of the American artillery, and in March of 1918 was brought home as acting chief of staff OTHER VIEWPOINTS svith the temporary rank of major general. In May of that year he was confirmed as "chief and given the rank of full general.

On June 30, 1920, General March's rank reverted to that of major general, and he retired by his own request in November of 1921 in the same I'ank. It was not until ten years later that the man who had made the landing of 2,000,000 troops in France possible was named to the permanent grade of ful'. general. Like good many quiet operators, Peyton C. March seemed to avoid the headlines and contented himself with doing an efficient job without fanfare.

The limelight for which some generals seem to yearn held no attractions for him. He was a professional soldier who devoted his active lifetime to the nation's service, and he lived as quietly after retirement as he had while putting two million American soldiers across the Atlantic and just as unspectacularly bringing them back again. He has a well- earned place in the history books. Goes Sailing Through Elimination of the navigation 'feature from the Trinity Waterway bill worked like a charm, so the controversial measure sailed through the House on final passage by a vote of 85 to 51. One other compromise speeded its passage, designed to pacify Houston: If the new river authority does not build the proposed Lake Liberty dam within 15 years, rights to that project will revert to the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District.

Houston had vigorously fought the bill on the ground the Trinity project might undermine or destroy that city's future water developments. The Houston delegation voted against final passage, but some of those who had been supporting the Houston viewpoint with regard to future developments were lured away by the 15-year time limitation placed in the bill. Sponsors of the project expressed disappointment over elimination of the navigation feature, which had been one of their mainstays, but their disappointment is assuaged by the thought that this need be only temporary, a fact this newspaper had pointed out." Bep, Talasek of Temple spoke of this. Said he in the final go-round: "They're going to have a beautiful picture to show you after they dredge the channel out. If you vote for this bill, you're going to be voting for navigation.

It doesn't take a 12-year-old boy to realize that's what you're giving them." It will be easy to restore the navigation feature at a later date. Dallas and Fort Worth would not have accepted otherwise. While Houston opposed the bill on other grounds, it is probable that city had in the back of its mind all along the threat of future navigation developments that would compromise its present water-freight-rate advantage over Fort Worth and Dallas. This is the fear that stirred a good many West Texans, whose present disadvantage in freight rates would be worsened if water freight rates should ever be granted Fort Worth and Dallas. However, nine West Texas representatives, including Abilene's Truett Latimer, swept these fears aside and voted for the bill on final passage.

The bill now goes to the Senate, where its fate will be decided. West Texans who oppose it should let their senators know where they stand pronto. Kansas Bans Loan Sharks Kansas City Times: After years of permitting flagrant abuses in the small loan field, Kansas finally has enacted a small loaa regulatory law. All the more remarkable is the fact that the law appears to be an excellent one. When it becomes effective about July 1.

experience will show whether any loopholes remain to be plugged. The statute covers three distinct fields of finance small loans up to $300, the larger loans of finance companies and discount loans of banks which are paid on installments. All are being made now. They perform a needed ten-ice. But all have been of questioned legality under the state's ancient and ineffectual forbidding any loans bearing more than 10 per cent simple interest.

The three groups Shining Lights El 'Paso Times: The peacock neve- had it so good. The days of dowdineis in men's clothes seems definitely to be a thing of the past. Not many years ago some folk raised a wee voice in regret over the passing of those days when men wore puce doublets and cascades of The ladies, they said, were the only humans who showed proper regard for color. Thui it started. Firtl the men started wearing spoit shirts which grew wilder and ever wilder.

Then they started wearing loud socks and loud ties. Then sport trousers began to appear in yellows and greens instead of the staid white once considered the only proper thing. Now you can get trousers in pinks, fireman cerise in fact, almost any imaginable colcr. Then hats began to ja wild. PlaWs, tartans, parti colors, violent pastels.

Oh. brother! Now final touch has come. The other day we jaw pair of pinX show. As the Bible "Ul jour light to shine forth." It'a a goal thing horse en the highway a thine o( imt. WUh things they tft in the clothing world, there rure would ei WHEN I HAb T'PAV A MONTH DEFENDING THE ISLES Hard Decision on Matsu Rests With Elsenhower The Net Result-MATTER OF FACT A Possible Red Timetable have been given absolute legality and respectability.

Greatest benefit will go to the small -wage earner. Borrowers without collateral will be frirabled to obtain legal loans up to WOO at 3 per cent a month interest charges, which will cover-all costs. Piling on of insurance premium charges and other subterfuges to gouge the needy will be stopped. Hundreds of loan companies now operating in the state will be licensed by the consumer loan commissioner and their books will be checked. Violates will be subject to criminal penalties and notes bearing illegal interest charges will be canceled.

Every conceivable protection appsars to havt betn given the citizen who needs emergency cash. At last the bastion cf the loan shark has been breached. Because the law deals directly vath the new, and sometimes abused, field of credit insurance, moat experts believe that Kansas has emerged with one of the better laws of the nation. Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, played small part in this achievement, by dramatizing the abuses by injunctive actions.

It is (a the credit of the Leislature that after a quarter of a century it finally his removed a blot tn the state's good name. SO THEY SAY Quotable Quotes wish they would stop leltin' The Kid (Herb Score) follow me. He sbows'me up. Early Wynn, star Indian pitcher. Israel will smile all aggressors and enemies conclusively is it did In the Gaia vid Ben Gurion, Israeli defense minister.

Some people think an awfjl word. Nice people, even nice don't use it The word te prjfii. Some pmMent Gillette Co. By JOSEPH ALSOP TAIPEI, Formosa The signs suggest that the Eisenhower administration will have plenty- ot time to conduct its curious, semipublic debate with itself about the right response to a Communist attack, on Formosa's offshore islands. But the signs do not as yet suggest that the decision on this vital matter can be put off indefinitely.

If the Chinese Communists are not just wasting their tune arKl money on fruitless preparations, President Eisenhower is going to have to make up his mind whether to defend Quemoy and the Matsus some time this spring, probably between late May and late June. Nothing is more purely speculative of course than speculation about enemy timetables and intentions. In the present case, moreover, the evidence seems to point two ways. But on this very conflict of evidence, the experts here and in Hong Kong have built a rather persuasive theory of the probable Chinese Communist plan of action. Considering first the evidence itself, on one side there is the faci the Peiping's "liberate Taiwan" drums have now been rather completely muffled.

The play down gradual. But by about three weeks ago, the theme that once was screamed from every Chinese Communist radio had almost ceased to be heard any longer. "Liberate Taiwan" gave place to prolonged and venomous denunciations pf American "colonial intervention" in Indochina and Asia generally. On the other hand, the physical preparations for an attack on the offshore islands have continued go forward apace. The troop concentrations in the neighborhood of the Matsus have been measurably strengthened.

The enemy artillery ringing Quemoy has been strengthened too, and there are ominous reports a it may now include sixteen inch naval guns which can destroy any fortification on Matsu Island. Above all, the air pattern has I AND BEAR IT grown more menacing. By extraordinary efforts, Liuchao airfield, just across the straits from the Tachen islands, hs been, rushed to completion a month ahead of the earliest Sino-American estimate. And Liuchao is several precious scores of miles closer to the Matsu Island's than any other airfield in the big Checkiang-Kiangsi air complex. And as soon as it was finished, Liuchao was occupied by a couple of squadrons of Mig 15s.

Intensive work has also begun on Foochow airfield, only thirty from the Matsus. The existing concrete runway is 6,000 feet long and only needs an addition of a mere 1,000 to J.500 feet. Hence it seems possible that this extension and the basic repairs of the old runway will be completed by the end of May. The combination of Liuchao and Foochow airfields, in turn, will give the Communists a wholly new air capability over the Matsus. Before Liuchao airfield was finished, their relatively short range Migs could just reach the Matsus Hying high cover.

Liuchao, in itself, gives the Migs much more time over target. But when Foochow also available Migs that get in a fight over the Matsus can continue the combat almost at will. Foochow will always be there, to provide them with the minimum fuel for the trip back to their main bases further North. Thus the Communist fighters will actually achieve a longer time over target, when they really need it, than the Chinese and American Formosa based F-86s, And since Foochow will only be used for emergencies, a minimum strain will be placed on its extremely limited supply lines. Two Main Factor! JIaybe these preparations are meaningless, although their potential meaning Is exceedingly ugly.

It seems more likely, however, that the seeming conflict between what the Communists are doing and saying is to be explained by two external facts, Ihe Bandung By Lichty "I'm against dredging up things from the past That goes for State papers and campaign promises conference and the visible indecision in Washington. What Peiping wants out of Bandung is almost certainly a set of resolutions demanding recognition of Communist China as a member of the club of great powers, and telling all Westerners, and especially the United States, to get out of Asia and stay out. The current Peiping propaganda line is obvious preparation for the second half of this program. Warlike acts or even falk before Bandung will only make Chou En- lai's task, more difficult there. What could be wore natural, then, than to mute Ihe "liberate Taiwan" propaganda, and to concentrate everything on securing a major success at Bandung? It April ends with a big Chinese success at Bandung, there will be the kind of general political commotion the Communists know best how to exploit.

And in a usefully agitated atmosphere, attention can be turned once more to the B'ormosa problem. Perhaps the thing will 'happen gradually, beginning with one plane reconnaissance sorties, going on to torpedo boat attacks on Chinese Nationalist supply vessels and small test bombings, and then suddenly opening out into a major effort. This was the pattern of the build up to the attack on Yikiangshan, at any rate. It has the great advantage of drawing no sharp line where Washington must say "here we most fight or backdown." RUTH MILLETT About People Here's a letter from a I who claims her husband never pays her a compliment. She wants to know if there is anything she can do to change him in this respect.

There may not be anything she can do to change her hiisband. But she can see to it that her home is not one where nobody ever gets a compliment and that her children don't grow up.to be the kind of men and women who can't ever quite bring themselves to say anything complimentary to anybody. That is the best wav she can wipe cut the effect of her husband's refusal to pay her a compliment now and then. She ought to slaft i her husband. Even though he never says anything complimentary to her, she ought to watch for chances to pay him an honest compliment.

Say Something Nice She should do the same thing with her children. Children come in for so much parental criticism and there is so often the temptation on the part of parents to point out how they might have done better, that often they get very- few real at home. Arid, of course, children to be generous abotii giving compliments by receiving them, just as they learn mosl everything else by example. If this woman con keep her husband's refusal to prnlse other's from influencing the rest of the family, she will really be licking this situation, even If she never changes her husband. But, of course, there It always tha chance that once the wife established Uic spirit of spoken praino in their home her husband will cntch onto too.

(NBA Strvict, By CONST ANTING BROWN WASHINGTON Gasoline has been rationed to (he Chinese Nationalist air force to prevent any "Impulses" of its commanders to raid the mainland of Asia between Foochow and Amoy where the Communists continue their air, naval and land concentrations at high speed. With fuel doled out dnily for only reconnaissance nights and incidental strafings ol enemy navy vessels and our authorities feel tliay can avoid any outbreaks which would be'described by the Reds as aggression. The Nationalists are not happy about it. They pledged themselves not to take the Iniiialive before the Sino American treaty was eigned and ratified hy Congress. This was one of the important commitments demanded from Chiang Kai shek by Washington.

But, according to information from Taipei, the Nationalist high command believed then that Ihe commitment would apply only ns a brake On Ihe more impulsive officers who have favored a landing in South China as the best means to'avoid a Communist onslaught on the islands and also to topple the Communist regime south of the Yangtze River. The situation is different now. The Communists have advertised since last August that they will "liberate" the offshore islands, the Pescadores and Formosa this year, come what may. They further showed their intentions when they turned down cold a British- Indian proposal that Quemoy and the Matsus be handed over in exchange for a cease fire agree- administration in Washington was eager to accept it arid willing to force Chiang's "approval." This despite strong warnings from a number of prominent Republicans and Democrats that such agreements with the Communists are worthless and last only so long as it suits the enemy. Up Offenses For the last three months (he Chinese Beds have stepped up their invasion preparations beyond our anticipations.

Not only are important forces being massed in the invasion area between Foochow and Amoy, hut by working tens of thousands of laborers around the clock the Reds have almost completed all their airfields whence they expect to fly paratroopers, bombers and fighters to the invasion targets. Professional military men at Taipei say that attacks on these targets now will be a detersive ac- tjon to diminish the enemy's striking power. They point out that the Red aviation will be tar superior to the Nationalists on D-day. The Nationalist flyers may be" skilled and brave, but they will not have the numerical strength to last against the superior enemy forces. The situation made worn by repealed reports from but authoritative" Washington sources which say )kiA the Nationalists will have to bear the brunt of a Red offensive that American naval and air forces will atand by and not get into action unless attacked by the Communists: No official statement to that effect hio been msde by either White House or the Slate Department.

Until 'iarly this month this was not the views of President'Ki- and Secretary Dulles. TKe Chief Executive has been given full authority by Congress tb defend to defend thfe offshore islands. He is the judge. Until vory recently those who had talked to him said that in the event of a Communist feint against the 1 Matsus or Quemoy our forces won't shoot back. But it the eiiemy action indicates real business and if he thinks lhat such operations are the prelude to an Invasion ot Formosa we will step in.

Smoke With Fire But there never is smoke without fire. The current reports from "informed" or "authoritative" sources printed in responsible newspapers and broadcast by newscasters must reflect some official thinking. It is well known that the Chinese Communists turned a deaf ear to the cease-fire suggestions that the British and Indian governments, and to leaser extent the French, have used all diplomatic arguments to induce the administration not to move in the event of an attack on the offshore islands even if the Nationalists appear doomed. It has ueen suggested that we use the same strong arguments to induce Chiang to evacuate QuSnoy and Matsu that we used a few months ago when he abandoned the Tachcns. London, Paris and New Delhi have pointed oitt that any "false step" before or after the Afro-Asian conference Vhich opens at Ban- dung on April 18 would place us all in great difficulties with uncertain and restless peoples of the two continents.

We have been urged to remain impassive spectators at any drama which may develop In the Formosa Strait if Chiang does not "listen to reason." The arguments of "don't, rock the ship of peace" and "don't anger the lest another war be precipitated" which were so frequently heard during the Korean campaign are being repeated now with the same insistence. Our allies' military arguments tliat we must reckon on their heir makes little impression. We never expected any help from them and do not actually need It. But politically there is no doubt that the pressure from Ihe three capi- tals.carries as much weight in Washington now as in the Syndicate, Inc.) CAREFUL WITH MONEY Bankers Told to Quit Being Lax With Rules By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN WASHINGTON.

Bumped into Earl Cook, chairman of the hoard o( the Federal Deposit Insurance and he said there've been entirely loo many bank robberies lately. I said, why? Let's go see Col. Vance.L. Sailor, chief of the Division, of Examiners of Hie FDIC and a leading authority on bank robberies, said Chairman Cook. Sailor, v-ho is a modest man, said James E.

Baum of the American Bankers Association in New York, knew more about Ihe fine art of bank robbery than he did. So we got Baum on the phone and 1 now am prepared to make the president of any heisted bank blush. Getting his bank stuck up probably was his own fault. The Messrs. Sailor am! Baum agreed a the best way to prevent a holdup is to keep the money under lock.

Gad! 1 told 'em I thought (hot was what banks were for. Tliey said, yes, but too many banks open the vault of morning and there are allthose beautiful greenbacks, just waiting for some enterprising thief to snitch 'em. Sailor said he meant that inside the vault should be a good, solid safe with a lime lock on it. The money'd be in that, all hut a few thousand dollars so the tellers wouldn't run out of change. Every two hours the lime lock would click and if the management needed any more cash it then would be available.

Under such circumstances no robber could walk away with $300.000. as did a gang on Long Island a few days back. No Key-Fumbling "Another thing that would hfl'p," sairl Sailor, "would be for all to throw away the keys lo their front doors. There's no greater temptation to a robber than a banker fumbling the key tu his bank." Sailor meant that banks should keep at least one man on the jot all night and he wouldn't open the front door for anybody, except his own co-workers. For strangers he'd keepp the door shut, "Then," said Baum, "there'i Ihe little matter of an alarm syjtcm, a push button arrangement, connected to an alarm at the station." "It shouldn't go, clang, outside the bank," added Sailor.

no better way than a clattering alarm bell in the street to get a couple of good bpnk tellers killed." Baum said that was correct. He also urged all bankers to put their phone switchboards on the balcony, where the operator could see the banking floor. Then when the masked men walked in the front door, she could get out the word in a hurry. He also said there were several other devices designed to surprise bank bandits. They were exceedingly interesting, too, but since most robbers read newspapers between jobs, he said he guessed he shouldn't talk about, them.

Serve 'Em Right I said, fine, but I did fesr therc'd be some embarrassed bank president when this dlspalch hits print. Serve 'em right, said Baum. lie said most bankers were careful to guard against robberies, but that some were downright careless. "They've got to stop leaning on their insurance," he said, "and depend more or, themselves. Take sucli a simple thing as us a supervised closed circuit on the alarm system.

Let a would-be robber cut a wire on a nnd he turns In the alarm, himself." THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS i i i lie Ac'l'S Iht AitYcliUrf rrtti to itit tin of republlcilloa Mil i the AP nawi dUpaichtiV.