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Daily News from New York, New York • 381

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Other generation had their AMERICANS TO REMEMBER: lewis And clark You might call Meriwether Lewis and William Clark marathon dancers, goldfish awal- I lowers and flagpole titter. hat aanv en torn will be remembered the great-granddads of all! the explorers, pioneers, soldiers with this generation? the American West. Certainly and scouts who opened up WHERE ASKED. Various spots. THE ANSWERS.

Stanley W. Church, former 4 the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1801-06 was one of the most heroic and productive exploits of its kind in U. S. history. Lewis and Clark were both Virginians the former born near Charlottesville Aug.

18, 1774, and the latter in Caroline County Aug. 1, 1770. Clark's family moved to Kentucky when he was Mavor of Kochelle: "The unties of the rock rollers in our theatres. Some of these kids actually swoon with excitement. This has trot ten so Meriwether Lewis Wi'liam Clark That br.ns "jorlti FN that a good 1tmm f1 many theatres He joined the Army in 1792.

and foujjht under a youngster. Xh Tnj employ special police to control the youngsters." M. J.Talty, Jersey City, driver: "The trend imoni! teenagers, girls as well as boys, to wear sloppy voice of tiii: clothes and dun earees. Gen. (Mad) Anthony Wayne against the Indians in 17a 1.

Ijewis enlisted at age 20 when President George Washington called for troops to 'put down the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania. He found that Army life was for him, and became a Regular man as soon as he could. The families of Lewis! and Thomas Jefferson were old friends and neighbors in Virginia. When Jefferson became President in 1801, he retained Lewis as his private secretary. Came 1803, and the Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the United States in one historic real estate deal.

Jefferson before the transaction was completed, had been planning to send explorers to map an over-laad route to the Pacific Ocean. With Louisiana Territory ours, the President made haste to get Congress approval of the expedition, and chose Lewis and Clark to head it. The official takeoff wals performed at St. Louis May 14, flriu gin mam mud JJrnt uilh Iftltr. I'i ill uitkktU tftk raurtt.

YOUTH OX TH BALL THE BATISTA HA( M.liH wear them dates, at parties and Eoinir school. Some times I wonder if they own suits Union City, N. I am it vests I'lii, an ex-si uili-iii uf tti University of Havana lio, Willi many others, was forced lo rVo our country beaiie of the political situation which throttled freedom, self -respect and endantjei cl our very right to live. Since and dresses. The practice is so widespread Manhattan: Listen! you ise Cuys who run around in gangs taising can you top what two New York students did? Nineteen-year-old Wjltiain Loin-hardy of CUNY befame world junior chess champ, Winning by a bull's-eye score of 1140.

Fourteen- ear-old Robert (Bobby) Fischer von the U.S. junior championship that about hit sone was written girl in dungarees." L. W. FriederWk. Rochester, your editorial ol fept, 7 vuu ex.

wic in a row; also, this year, pressed the near-cei taint that 1- 1 CAttAgAjMyg UNITED STATES -VklJT 180 4, by party which finally shook down to Lewis, Clark, 23 soldiers, three inter general contractor: "The panty raid. For the life of me, I can't understand the psychology behind this sort of thing. Here we have the became the L.S. ojcn champ, Fidel Castio was either a m. beating out men and women old munist or a Communist Minpa-inough to be his paretnts snd flicn ihiiet 1 would like to make's few some.

Can you top facts known. In the PAULLEITH. general elections, Fulgent-m Brooklyn: How eoild a Voicer say that teen-agers wouldn't get he I rovince rf Ijis illas on tha i II preters, and a colored slave 1 of our youth 1 vH Ll'bv a mass im named York. You almost have to read these men's journals to picture the hardships. pulse to do Trails of l-ewis and Clark (presentda names used).

up at 7 A.M. to go woik with- cut pay! I did it thrfe years ago I prevmus Presidential tei and so did many other volunteer Hatis-ta legalned and supported hospital workers. I worked close Communist Party, organized to 300 hours for no pay other lhor party infiltrated by Ked than a certificate and a pin, of fellow travelers, i.i.-l which I am very ptoud. Mn I Ctro'i past and present polm-other teen-agetf do voluntary cal life offers no such incriminat-work. Try reading the small ar-i injr episodes.

He is only a com-tides telling of thegood things! skpous young man who (driven i teen-agers Jo, instead of just the 1 free Cuba of the corruption en- something none of them in his right mind would think of doing." Howard A. Heinsius, Little the excitements and the triumphs they experienced. The winters were terrible for the most part, the springs rainy and depressing, the summers hot. Silver, N. ad front-page story.

Personally, 1 gendered ry a natd nu iai.ir r.KNK MAKTINKZ. vertising vice president: "The hot-rodder. People use the term in a derogatory sense. Actually, the real hot-rodder has a practical and inventive flair. Too bad there isn't a place where they can i am proud of being a teen-ager in this generation.

BARBARA MAY REUS. GOLDEN SOLUTION Port Washington: Bravo for your editorial, "When Money Goes Haywire. Our standard unit of value is a dollar consist A good deal of trouble with Indian tribe3 had been expected, but fortunately3 next to none developed. This piece of luck was most likely due to two things the diplomacy and tact of both Lefwis and Clark, and the hopes of various Indian chiefs that they, might induce these explorers to side with them in their wars with other tribes. Of great help, too, was an Indian woman named Saca-jawea, wife of a French trader named Toussaint Charbon-neau who joined the expedition as an interpreter in the Mandan country (now North Dakota).

On Nov. 15, 1805. the Lewis and Clark party at last reached the Pacific. They spent a horrible winter at the little fort (named Clatsop) which they hastened to build. The return trip began March 23, 1806, with the ex-' plorers splitting up into two parties which between them managed to have a pretty good look at much ef what is now the giant state of Montana.

They reunited below the mouth of the Yellowstone, made excellent time down the Missouri River, and reached St. Louis Sept. 23, 180G. speed their hot-rods so they won't have to use our highways. D.

L. David, Houston, Texas, sales manager: rr.i. a certain type 1 of male singer 1 the Elvis Presley type. I've never eeen a hurleaque show, but inde-rent movements that should te Imrml in burlesque seem to drive young INFLATION CONFUSION Brooklyn: If, as President Eisenhower says, raising federal employes' salaries less than a billion a year would te inflationary, then what the heck is He's giveaw ay of 3' billions of A mei -ican taxpayers' dollars to tba world's corrupt scum CURTIS GRAY. BRONX BOUQUET Ftonx: Many thanks to tins crossing guard in front of 1 4.

the Bronx. She did a magnificent job on busy Ururkner Hlvd. for two days when the tratltc Ileitis were not woiking. She had 1" control vety heavy rathe and Urn children, ly lieisrlf, ll would tin some teachers good to nlnrns her and see how calmly and erti-cicntly all the children in in; school can be hawUled LKIKOTH itr.ROSIr II. TAKE A BOW, FULL AS Brooklyn: I have a boy in lint Little league and be eit many of their games.

1 would like to report that they ate well liehaved and listen to everything1 their managers and coaches tell them. Also, when any boy inl.i an enor or can't get a hit, lb oilier boys just pat hint on th bin and rive iiiin eni-ouiage-ment. i cei utility give these boyg credit, along ith the men save their time to help the Imam. They ate doing a womiei ul 1 his also goes for the I'ony league. AY LANi O.

They Blazed The Trails Lewis and Clark brought back a great and valuable amount of geographical, astronomical and plain-facts report iner. ing of 15 5 21 grains of gold 0. fine. But on Maivh 9. transfer of gold was stopped.

That repudiated our money, bonds, notes, debts, wages, and they remain repudiated. EDWARD HENRY NEAKY. CRUSADER CORNERED Manhattan: Help! My wife wears slacks and an old shirt. I eant aland eeeing her in them her or anv other dame, for that matter. Well.

I told her a long as she insists ujn est inn pants when I'm home, I'm going to wear a dress of hers. So 1 did. But the other evening some friends dropped in to visit us and I opened the door dressed in my wife's clothes. What should I do now, fellows? HELPLESS GUY, PAPER AS THE VILLAIN Manhattan: Those who do nut want to face the truth as to the rause of inflation say that gov. ernment waste and reckless spending started the trouble.

I say paper money is responsible. This phony money is rolled out of presses in stupendous amounts, and there is no liiiiiit tx-caue theie is no gold backing. Taper money nutv go the Iroad of the boys and girls rrar.y. I wonder what their parents must think." Marylois f'urdy, Manhattan, department head: "No actual custom will be remembered. This generation will be remembered for its turn to higher learning.

It all started with the CI Jill of Rights, which gave boys a chance to go to Because of these men, the West ceased to be a forbidding, all but unknown area. They had blazed the first of many trails to the Pacific, and had shown that the West could be explored and colonized. (Free advertisement: If you're ever on the Northern Pacific Railway's crack North Coast Limited, don't miss the Traveler's Rest car, with its murals picturing highlights of the Lewis and Clark saga.) Clark later became Governor of the Northwest Territory; Lewis, Governor of Louisiana. Clark died at St. Louis Sept.

1, 1838. Lewis either killed himself or was murdered Oct. 11, 1809, at a dirty little inn near Nashville, on a trip which was to have taken him to Washington on government business. In the lore of American exploration and pioneering, it'a a saTe bet that these men's names will never die. college that they wouldn't have had otherwise.

Now our colleges can accept only one of every four applicants. Gentian mark. I R. CAZAL LEVY..

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