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i 1 10 THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES: clucrANoocA TEN'N WEDNESDAY JULY 1053 17 BEN HALE GOLDEN President and Publisher RUM GOLDEN Vice President WILLIAM WICENZIE Becretary-Treasurer MARTIN OCHS Editor All'rHIJR HAYS SULZBERGER Chairman of the Board BEN HALE GOLDEN President and Publisher 'II GOLDEN Vice President WILLIAM MICENZIE Becretary-Treasurer MARTIN OCHS Editor AR'rHUR HAYS SULZBERGER Chairman of the Board ESTABLISHED 1869 AD15LPH OCHS Publisher 1878-1935 I Published El'Tery Day in the Year by The Times Printing Company It becomes more like the final downtown (capital area) section in Atlanta which can frustrate local and touring motorists alike And as Chattanooga becomes a hub in an East-West 24 North-South 75 Interstate System the importance of a well-marked attractive network will be increasingly acknowledged The mathematical principle "the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts" may hold true for actual mileage but as to utility the sum is far greater when all its parts are joined Each link can multiply the freeway's use 'Cold Wars' Now Number Three By SUI2BERGER 1963 New York Times News Berries LON'DON July 18 Because the world is preoccupied with three simultaneous cold wars and because they are inextricably linked whenever one becomes more or less aggravated there are immediate repercussions in the other two Everyone is uncomfortably familiar with the East-West Cold War but we are so obsesssed with this that we r--- sometimes 1 it obscure two other vital contests The --1 I first is the East! East Cold War in At which Russia and -3 China contend for 1' control of interna- i tional communism ill The second is the West West Cold L2 War in which 1 Fra competes with English-speaking nations over Europe's future shape The West-West Cold War has never broken NATO and Gen De Gaulle as he made clear during the Cuba drama can always be counted on in a crisis But the relaxation of pressures since Cuba and the Nassau agreement persuaded him the timc had come to reduce US-British influence on the continent it The East-East Cold War has been Intensifying for three years It has I virtually attained a point of no return leaving Marxism divided among three sects much like Christianity with its Roman Eastern Orthodox and Protestant faiths Moscow is a "Rome" for Communist traditionalists Peking a "Constantinople" and Belgrade the "Protestant" seat Yet when Khrushchev knew and we suspected that Russia's argument with China was worsening this was not promptly reflected by detente in either the West-West or East-West cold wars Indeed the internal Western dispute reached its apogee at just about the time the Sino-Soviet split became irreparable and during the intensification of its Chinese quarrel Russia initiated crises over the Berlin Wall and Cuba People's Voice: 'Cold ESTABLISHED 1869 9 Wars 61 i 1r lIatttlItortga ffilltr Now ---N 1J' 4 4 4 ADOLPH OCHS Publisher 1878-1935 Number Three sita 4 4 3 New York Times News 'S Published Every Day in the Year by The Times Printing Company By 8132BERGER 81 0 Vi '4' -1 4 196ervice lb 1 )111 I 41 1 1 1 'Z LON'DON July 16 Because the 11 1 1 world is preoccupied with three simul- tr--1 1 tria taneous cold wars and because they A 0 'r i -1: 44 i VN A 7i I i are inextricably linked whenever one Al rff 6 I 1 I ficr!" '-4' a there are immediate repercussions in comes more or less aggravated 1 144 il It becomes more like the final downtown (capital area) section in Atlanta which can frustrate local the other two IV '') I Everyone is uncomfortably familiar and touring motorists alike -)'1 1114 0) ilk 1 lui ft And as Chattanooga becomes a hub in an with the East-West Cold War but we are so obsesssed with this that we eVe 4Ne AO 1 I East-West (24) North-South (75) Interstate System importance of a well-marked attrac- 1111111 14 Or 1 Syst the i r----- sometimes 1 it 6 $1 1 'i it i''' i i obscure two other 0 1 tive network will be increasin I acknowledaed 4 i il bil 0 vital contests The 1 ke6b 661111 1 6A it The mathematical principle "the whole is I first is the East- II 0 if i i ir p- ')le I 1 tn 4 i 1-- wit equal to the sum of all its parts" may hold true East Cold War in i vo- 11)il for actual mileage but as to utility the sum is -1 which Russia and 'I 1 ro i China onen for 1 1 far greater when all its parts are joined Each ctd control of interne- 1 1 link can multiply the freeway's use I tional COMMIMISM --41 -htr- I' 11 )oce The second is the 0 CC ILL'S I A West West I 44-tk 'f---li L2- 'War in which it: ''-1 I tt ll 49 am 1 with cEomnpl etstesh 'Alt its --z 241: iL SS -t 1 speaking nations over Europe's future il 14(fICZaTolt 1 shape The West-West Cold War has never 4 broken NATO and Gen De Gaulle toA 11 ')0P II made clear during the Cuba Ii( ie as be th drama can always be counted on in a crisis But the relaxation of pres- et '4 AI 4 sures since Cuba and the Nassau didalloor" Otof 16 agreement persuaded him the timc had come to reduce US-British in- fluence on the continent 1 1 II ') The East-East Cold War has been I -q eel intensifying for three years It has 1 1 1) 4 tvirtually attained a point of no re- leaving Ma is divided among 0 three sects much like Christianity 111- I with its Roman Eastern Orthodox q41'N' if 1 and Protestant faiths Moscow is a 'Rome' for Communist traditional- ---015 1' ists Peking a "Constantinople" and A tr" 1 if A i9 lie ti 161 Belgrade the "Protestant" seat Yet when Khrushchev knew and $4141401Pothf Ilail34-11 06 not promptly at hsawt ortruss eshThsg amiusmweanst Six Illonths at Hard Labor? promptly reflected by detente in either the Vest-West or East-West cold wars Indeed the internal West- ern dispute reached its apogee at just about the time the Sino-Soviet split became irreparable and dur- People Voice: I ing the intensification of its Chinese quarrel Russia initiated crises over the Berlin Wall and Cuba 1 t1 ADOI Welcomed Guests The 2000 members of the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative expected here today for the dedication of a new production facility at the Farmers Chemical Association plant are due a cordial welcome for many reasons The first of course is for them as neighbors who live close to the good earth and who produce for all the rest of us the bountiful harvests upon which we depend for life itself Chattanooga is a heavily industrialized center but its roots are still deeply imbedded in an agricultural area Its debt to those who till the farms of this richly blessed region is abiding And then they are welcomed for what their Investment along with others in similar organizations has meant to the city's development through reactivation of part of the old Volunteer Ordnance Works plant The fertilizer plant of Farmers Chemical owned by a number of cooperatives represents an invetsment of $95 million It is a fine addition to the area's productive facilities As passengers on special trains from Middle and East Tennessee the visitors will be taken directly to the plant site and will not have opportunity to see much of the city itself Nevertheless Chattanooga extends to them a glad hand and wishes for them all a pleasant and profitable session in their inspection of an asset which 1 means so much to them and to us 1 1Velcomed Guests The 2000 members of the Tennessee Farmers pve expected today or the eca- Cooperative td td ddi tion of a new production facility at the Farmers Chemical Association plant are due a cordial wel- come for many reasons The first of course is for them as neighbors who live close to the good earth and who produce for all the rest of us the bountiful harvests upon richly this ill those which we depend for life itself Chattanooga is a heavily industrialized center but its roots are still deeply imbedded in an agricultural area Its et ose wo the arms ts rcy blessed region is abiding A And then they are welcomed for what their Investment along with others in similar organi- zations has meant to the city's development through reactivation of part of the old Volunteer Ordnance Works plant The fertilizer plant of Farmers Chemical owned by a number of co- operatives represents an invetsment $5 mil- 9 lion It is a fine addition to the area's pro ductive facilities As passengers on special trains from Middle and East Tennessee the visitors will be taken directly to the plant site and will not have op- portunity to see much of the city itself Never- lad hand theless Chattanooga extends to them a and wisnes ror them all a pleasant and profitable A Surprising Reversal The reversal of its own previous decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Southern Railway grain-rate case is as puzzling as it is surprising If the ICC was undergoing some major transformation of policy considerations on the complicated issue the public was not aware of it Three of the 11 commissioners dissented in the ruling that Southern's multiple-car grain first published two years 16 per cent below "a just and reasonable level" Unquestionably the Chattanooga-area economy is the gainer in this decision We are in a strategic position along the water lines that would be most affected by Southern's revolution ary "Big John" cars with their steeply increased capacity Of the two barge lines that operate over the entire length of the Tennessee River one derives 59 per cent of its business from grain trade and the other 76 per cent Strong protests have multiplied since the ICC's Initial approval of the new rates last January But how can one back away from the basic question involved that of competitive efficiency? In the long hearings over a period of 18 months or so we have seen nothing to disprove Southern's contention that it can make money on the new proposed rates Southern certainly ought not to be empowered to institute them simply for the purpose of driving out transportation rivals only to raise its own charges later But this would be a disastrous pove for the railroad defeating its long-range interests In response to the ruling Southern President Brosnan has renewed his call for passage of legislation pending now in Congress for more than a year This would permit interstate common carriers exemption from ICC regulation over minimum rate-setting but not that over maximum rates In urging this change President Kennedy has cited a need for this type of stimulation generally in the nation's transportation industry Certain safeguards should of course be maintained and the President has said: "To prevent the absence of minimum-rate regulation from resulting in predatory discriminatory trade practices or rate wars reflecting monopolistic ambitions rather than true efficiency the Congress should make certain that such practices by carriers freed from minimum-rate regulations would be covered by existing laws against monopoly and predatory trade practices" Congress is capable of the job And we hope that effective consumer-aiding cost-lowering legislation in this area will be passed during this session Such questions will always be full of complications and uncertainties But in some way within the framework of continuing protection against unfair operations the national economy must benefit from the techndlogical improvements that ever spring from inventiveness and free Reversal ising Rl versal of its own previous decision by state Commerce Commission on the Railway grain-rate case is as puzzling rrprisin ICC was undergoing some major trans- of policy considerations on the corn- ssue the public was not aware of it it Southern multiple-car grain the 11 commissioners dissented in the ished two years 16 per cent just and reasonable level" stionably the Chattanooga-area econ- gainer in this decision We are in a position along the water lines that most affected by Southern's revolution- John" cars with their steeply increased Of the two barge lines that operate entire length of the Tennessee River es 59 per cent of its business from and the other 76 per cent protests have multiplied since the ICC's royal of the new rates last January iv can one back away from the basic volved that of competitive efficiency? long hearings over a period of 18 so we have seen nothing to disprove contention that it can make money on )posed rates Southern certainly ought mpowered to institute them simply for i of driving out transportation rivals Ise its own charges later But this disastrous move for the railroad de- ong-range in terests nse to the ruling Southern President Ian has renewed his call for passage of pending now in Congress for more Lid permit interstate common carriers From ICC regulation over minimum 41 st EU CE 01 gr qu So: the nal the on wa fea legi tha: exel rato cite ally tair ulat nat cy pre reg ago th lei th ca ag mt th Letters to the Editor some $30000 to a lot 1 Taxes and Pressure more I To the Zditor of The Chattanooga Times: i 9 A thgb leberinre la a ihmloersrewM some $30000 to a lot more 2 As the legion is II ette the Edi tor rs some $30000 to $35000-maybe a lot 1 Taxes and Pressure I more sure ro the Zditor of The Chattanooga Time: 4 1 1 4 I Mr Vinson of Georgia These facts do not belie the interrelationship of the three cold wars but remind us that increase or abatement of friction on one political front 1 is not automatically mirrored in the others Indeed Khrushchev perhaps chose audacity in Berlin and Cuba Ito prove to China he wasn't getting soft Indications are however that he would now genuinely prefer to lessen tension with the West in order to reduce Russia's costly arms burden improve his economic situation and gird for the long-range struggle to control communism It does not mean he is abandoning hope to ultimately dominate the world Nor does it mean he is ready to surrender anything tangible If he dislikes the terms offered him in current negotiations he is capable of taking new short of nuclear war These facts do net belie the inter- relationshin of the three cold wars When John Kennedy was born May 29 1917 Carl Vinson of Georgia had been a member of the House of Representatives for two and a half years He was then 31 In the decades since Mr Kennedy has grown up and become the President of the United States Mr Vinson has remained in the House but he too has grown in prestige and influence as well as in age The two men are today firm allies on most issues and in some areas of national affairs it would be hard to say which wields the greater vor a tax-exempt organization I do not think Post 14 should underbid other property owners in rentals to the state or any other prospective tenant 3 In addition to the above costs all or most of which Post 14 will have to borrow we will lose $400 per month rental now being paid us- by Parkrite Inc and the state says it will not pay us a penny for one-half the parking lot 4Also Post 14 will have to pay Parkrite Inc for cancellation of the present lease If indeed Parkrite Inc will agree to cancel 5 The lease offered by the state is for only one year at a time under Tennessee law (not four years as stated in prior news stories on the subject) 6 Other leasees usually are required to pay for the costs of remodeling a building if and when they move out at the end of or during term of a leased building Why not the State of Tennessee and especially if it should cancel the lease offered Post 14? The offer of one-half year rental in event of cancellation would not begin to pay costs of another remodeling as usually required by a new tenant 7 The proffered lease claims the state will pay us $231 per square foot Actually it offers Post 14 $1000 per month for only one year at a time subject to cancellation at any time for 7900 to 8200 square feet (including 2400 square feet of paved parking lot space for which the state says it will not pay anything whatever) even though taking half of the parking lot will cost the Legion $400 per month income now being received for the lot) I know other property owners will not like to be underbid by the Amerisan Legion After all why should not the state pay the usual rental for similar property to Post 14 as it would have to pay other building owners here? 8 The only reason for the Post 14 to rent out part of its quarters to anyone is to get income on which to operate The proffered lease will not pay itself out in less than 3 to 5 years so how does the Post 14 figure this offer Is good business 'unless we are guaranteed such rent for at laest 3 to 5 years? 9 The trustees of Post 14 will have to approve the lease even if the executive committee and even the majority of Post 14 members vote for it to be accepted I doubt if they will 'approve such a lease and even If they do so approve as judge advocate of Post 14 I cannot in good conscience recommend the approval of this offer by The State of Tennesseei) However though I am a member of the executive committee I have no vote thereon and can only recommend and in this matter I must recommend disapproval of 'the tendered lease MANLY A WATSON Judge Advocate Post 14 Developments inside the more gentlemanly West-West Cold War relate to the outcome of the Moscow talks but even here one cannot predict which way developments will head Judging from past events if there should be a serious detente in East-West relationships centrifugal forces in NATO will be encouraged The one factor common to the three disputes is a condition of flux The Communists who like fancy words call the dissolution of their own former monolith "polycentrism" On our side of the ideological border the Gaullist movement is in a sense a revolt against complete US control of nuclear weapons and strategy While this only bruises but does not fracture essential friendships it is unlikely that aggravation of the SinoSoviet fight or even diminution of East-West suspicions will cause De Gaulle to change his basic ideas Nevertheless the United States 'has 'strengthened its European position by gaining support in Germany Adenauer's successors now edging into power demand that France keep its Atlantic fleet under De Gaulle refuses and that England's contacts with the continent be improved Until Reapportionment ro the Editor of The Chattanooga Times: In the matter of constitutional re- I apportionment in the State of Tennessee you may draw accurate conclusions from the following correspondence Please note carefully the direct questions put to the governor and his reply On June 25 1963 I submitted my letter to Gov Frank Clement in which I asked: "What positive steps can you now take and what steps will you take to assure us full and complete reapportionment as provided by the formula in the Constitution of the State of Tennessee?" Under date of July 10 1963 I received the following reply from the governor's press secretary: 'Gov Clement has asked me to reply to your recent letter concerning reapportionment in Tennessee There has been provided by a special session of the Tennessee General Assembly a Constitutional Convention which will deal with the matter feel that your views on reapportionment should be made clear to your delegate to the Constitutional Convention in order that he may be aware of your sentiments "(Signed) EDWARD JONES" Whereas the foundation of free government is a right in the people to participate with adequate voice in their legislative council and which right is provided for in the constitution of the State of Tennessee but which right has been denied the people and in that we no longer repose confidence in the ability of our state government to promptly effect the relief sought and asked for therefore each county andor district not having their proper apportionment of representatives in the Tennessee Legislature should resolve to explore the legal possibilities viz: 1 Federal Judiciary to promptly intervene and reapportion Tennessee as provided in the State Constitution contract with the people 2 Refuse to pay taxes to the State Government but pay the same to the county governments until reapportionment as nearly precise as possible under the formula provided in our State Constitution be complete 3 Sue the state for no less than $25 million punitive and compensatory damages 4 Metropolitan counties andor districts unite in establishing a Tennesseefree state 5 Affected counties andor 1 districts become separate states 6 Seek annexation to neighboring states 7 Seek Federal intervention to remove and bar for life from public office all elected officials who have opposed constitutional reapportionment and invidiously re-malapportioned Tennessee 8 Revert to status of a territory until we recover our constitutional and democratic sense SAMUEL M'KINLEY LEVINE ment 2 Times: Until Reapportionment ro the Editor of The Chattanooga 11 ga power Yesterday Mr Vinson completed 48 years eight months and 13 days of continuous service as a congressman His uninterrupted membership in one house now is longer than any other person ever in Congress the record having passed to him from his close friend and associate over the years the late Sam Rayburn of Texas Mr Vinson's great forte is his comprehension of the nation's defense needs and in this legislative field he is without peer in knowledge or power Asked once if he was going to be named Secretary of Defense he is supposed to have replied he would decline if asked because "I'd rather run the Pentagon from here" If he has permitted himself the luxury of a specialty it has been naval affairs his earliest efforts for a stronger nation were as an ardent supporter of a "two-ocean" Navy As chairman of the Armed Services Committee since 1932 (save two brief periods when the Republicans controlled the House) he has seen US might grow from a few wobbly planes to armadas of supersonic bombers and intercontinental missiles in the air from a straggling land-bound Army to superbly armed and highly mobile striking force able to carry out many missions simultaneously and from a small flotilla mainly of surface ships to 'naval fleets known to every sea around the globe And he has helped build them all His record is one of longevity but his real contribution is that of soundly based service to his country 1 Freeway Use 'Multiplies' The pieces of our freeway complex begin to fit together into a meaningful and efficient pat tern And as each link is completed the pressure In areas yet to be brought into the system increases rapidly That Is the case with the 65 miles of Interstate 75 to be officially opened to traffic this afternoon It already has greatly increased the load on streets providing access from the free way to Brainerd Road Truckers and motorists coming to Chattanooga ftorn the East have (unofficially) discovered the time-saving advantage of the Interstate 75 link which ties US 11 near Summit into the Interstate 24 section which now ends' at Germantown Road but which eventually will cut through Missionary Ridge to join with the complex completed just south of 23rd Street The Ridge link becomes more important now with the opening of these other sections and its early completion should be pursued constantly fit ter in st afl loi wa ga tho lin te to' MI plc wi ea eeway Use 'Multiplies' Being a Senior Citizen I would like to make a few comments with reG erence to the county and city proper ty tax First of all I hope every Senior Citizen will read what I have to say and do something about it tI wish the niembers of the County Council' the Mayor and City Commissioners would explain how they think old retired citizens can pay the tax imposed upon them Most have their life's savings invested in a home and are dependent upon So cial Security to live on In their old age As a result of taxes many will probably lose their homes to the back-tax collector The people we have elected to office listen only to pressure groups such as PTA CEA Chamber of Conti- merce and Its rubber stamp organ' zation known as the Committee of 100 Every one wants their children to have a good education and pay all kinds of taxes to assure education But what do we find and offer an example I know of several young ladies who were educated iu local schools with one year or more at University of Chattanooga were asked to resign by a local company because they could not spell or write a legible hand Now just what are we paying for in our school system? remember one political figure who strongly committed himself to economy in government He went overboard on large tax increase recently I remember another political figure who advocated good streets etc and yet we find in spite of the tax income from Brainerd only 20 per cent of Brainerd has sidewalks storm sewers and street curbing which means 80 per cent of one of our best suburbs has very little in storm protection sidewalks and streets but a very large contributor of taxes to our city Why is it that some manufacturers pay from 5 to 7 per cent tax assess! ment while property (homes) are taxed at 40 per cent these being the least able to pay? Another political figure advocated better public buildings etc yet the city pays 125000 yearly for the Tivoli Theatre which is used only by the privileged few in our city This Is a real Joker The City Commission as a wholes has been giving away public property entrusted to them to private individuals for personal gain on rezoning and closing of streets owned by the public 1 I am not against education good streets and moving forward but I am I against favoritism and Jobs for tives of politicians and politicians who listen only to pressure groups 4 I have news for those who are guilty of this from the State Capitol on down to County and City poll- ticians: You have to go come next election You listen to these pressure groups but the voters will put you out of office There Just Isn't enough room at the court house or city hall for voters who do not appear before you who wish to express their views Millions for fine roads not a decent highway in state of Tennessee schools that fail to teach pupils to learn spelling no decent streets aud sidewalks in city suburbs Just a lot of promises re If FRAZIER 4 (The Times welcomes all shaded of opinions for publication Let-' tors should be kept short and must be signed although for goo4 i reason names will be withheld) IttLEPRONE 207-2101 1 Midnight Until a in Call: 's Editorial Room 2004041 Composing Room 200-4010 Sports Department 267-2107 Circulation As Mailing Room 200-4030 de 1 Growth of a Petroleum Empire Relived There is acute flux inside and between the blocs The Chinese are trading less with other Communist states and more with the West and try to isolate Russia as a "white" state among Afro-Asian Communist parties Many European nations likewise try to isolate the United States In a drive to extend their own commerce with both the Russian and Chinese sectors The ice pack that froze the world for so long after World War It and the Chinese revolution is breaking up and each of the three cold wars is involved in the process of fragmentation But it is still too soon to discern which way the floes are drifting All one can yet perceive is the drift itself the personal and family life An only living child Getty declares a deep affection and profound re! spect for his parents Of his five sons four are living and active in 1 his many businesses But the five wives three of whom bore these sons were all sooner or later divorced To this reviewer the marriages appear a bit casual For those interested in the growth of "rock oil" used in id19 th century as medicine to the vast petroleum industry of today and in an American success story this book is strongly recommended THATCHER producing wells but no buyers for his oil (a familiar squeeze play by his producing neighbors) he went straight to the top the president of Shell Oil who bought his oil through a pipeline Shell constructed As the story unfolds several usual trends appear the accumulation of wealth corporate and personal the investment in depression bargains such as the Hotel Pierre in New York and later the purchase of Sutton Place one of the stately homes of England the acquiring of art treasures many of which have been given to museums A less usual trend perhaps is Backward Looking From USIA To the BMW of The Chattanooga Time: Your recent editorial supporting our budget appeal was warmly gratifying As Ed Murrow has remarked USIA has no constituency tin this country Only public support can get us the tools to do the job Your editorial and the earlier coverage of Mr Murrow's speech in Detroit were of real help LOWELL BENNE'rT Director Office of Publics Infor- 1 mation United States Information Agency Washington DC PAUL GETTY MY LIFE AND FORTUNES By Paul Getty $00 pp New York: Due II Sloan Pearce $505 After the publication by Fortune in 1957 of the story of America's' wealthiest men Paul Getty's life was materially changed Prior to that time he was relatively little known except in the oil and related Industries The world knew little of the vast empire of oil production transportation and refining in Oklahoma California New Jersey the Middle East Western Europe: and the hotels office buildings and other properties Here is the story as told by one of the outstanding men of our time The fan mail which descended on Getty and his staff in 1957 and after and the reporters brought the most preposterous requests such as that from a woman who wanted $10000 "because kshe needed a vacation" Starting as a relatively poor if not penniless wildcatter in the early days of Oklahoma oil where his father was successfully operating Getty showeck unusual resourcefulness Ills first lease was bid in by a banker friend instead of by himself a kid of 21 and this trait appears in his later manipulations such as the control of Tidewater Oil probably his largest corporation While Uhl a young wildcatter in California with several heavily eT in we we thi kn lal lit du in se: ro: ini th ou Cf at th as $1 ca TIC da fa The Apes' Lost Skill From the St Louis Post-Dispatch There is a curious twist to the plight of some 85 baby orangutans that are more or less stranded in Singapore According to the Fauna Preservation Society of London the animals were smuggled from Sumatra and left in dealers' hands when an illegal clearing house that was re-exporting them was traced and closed The Fauna Society wants to buy the orphaned apes (the price has dropped from 8300 to 850 each) and re-establish them in sanctuaries in Thailand and Borneo The problem is that the simians have to be trained to lose their dependence on man some cannot climb trees unaided A school for apes (presumably staffed by humans) has been established for this purpose in Sarawak There must be a moral here though we cannot decide exactly what it is If indeed he has decended from the ape man has not forgotten his ancestral skills He is still al proficient tree climber What is the matter with these apes which have not ascended to man and yet which have quickly lost a distinctive ability? There is somethnig peculiar about a man hiving to teach an ape how' to climb a tree The Legion Lease To the Editor of The Chattanooga Times: Because of certain erroneous information concerning the proposed lease of part of the American Legion building to the state I am asking publication of this letter As the judge advocate of Post 14 and as a member of the special committee appointed by Cmdr Peacock to confer with officials of the state unemployment office from the first I was in favor of such a 1easg at prevailing rental rates--43 to $350 per square foot Nothing was said at the first meeting about any parking lot spaces for state employes At the second meeting that subject was brought up and we were informed that the state would need 24 parking spaces I advised the state officials and the special committee members that such could not be furnished by Post 14 as the parking lot lease to Parkrite Inc will not expire till Nov 1 1964 I am utterly opposed to the terms now offered us by the state for the following reasons: 1 To remodel the building as required by the state will cost Post 14 Laps ley Walker late editor of The Chattanooga Times celebrated his 84th birthday on Feb 20 1938 He joined The Times in 1883 as telegraph editor after editing a weekly paper in Rogersville where he was born Feb 20 1854 the son of Gen Francis Walker of the Confederate Army and Mrs Walker He became managing editor of The Times in 1885 and on the death of Col Mac Gowan In 1903 was made editor in chief 0 On his 84th birthday hundreds of his friends recelved a pertonal note of friendship and esteem from the man who had been a part of the life of the town for so many years The unique little note was as follows: "You have always displayed so kindly an Interest in my put birth day anniversaries that I want you to know as I send you this on my 84th that I sincerely appreciate and value the expressions of friendship you have always extended me more than I have words to tell you In my past reading I once came upon the following lines written by some old philosopher whose temperament has somehow fallen to me want sincerely and gratefully to apply the sentiment to you: "Your birthday to me is dear I Blest and distinguished days which we should prize! The first the kindest bounty of the skies But yours gave most for mine did only lend Me to the world Yours gave to me a friend" Alas it was the last birthday for Mr Walker Ile died July 12 1939 after serving 56 years on The Times NASHVILLE BUREAU 2211 Capitol Blvd ALpine 11-0580 WASHINGTON BUREAU 1035 National Prams Building liTerling 3-1441 CARRIER-DRIAVICRED PRICES: Daily and 1 1 Mo 3 Mos Mos 1 Yr Sunday 50 $220 $150 $1300 $2800 Daily only 35 155 415 110 1830 Payments In advance for carrier-delivered Papers for periods longer than one month' should be made NOY to the office in that proper records Mar be kept MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS' Daily and 1 Wk 1 Mo 3 Mos 6 Mos 1 Yr Sunday 50 $220 $850 41300 $20 en Daily only 35 114 4 55 $10 1820 Sundae 20 100 280 520 1040 Py mail and rural routes and in towns within 100 miles of Chattanooga where no carrier service is maintained: Daily and 1 Mo 3 Mos I Mos 1 Yr Sunday $220 $850 $1300 82500 DitilY only 150 400 800 1500 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entii1P4 to the use for publication of all news di-pitches credited to it or not otherwise cred ited in this Paper and also the loam news of sPontaneous origin published herein All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved i 117 Tenth 01 Chattanooseto Tenn 37401 glosond-Class Mail Privileges Authorised at Chattanooga Tennessaa i IP Id i oo 1 i 1 4 1 I.