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1 18 THE EVENING NEWS, Harrijburg, Tuesday, October 12, 1948 We Gave Him the Teeth! rhese Days By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Conservation Established February IS, 1917 Published every evening except Sunday THE PATRIOT-NEWS 11 North Market Square. Harrisburg, Pa. VANCE 0. McCORMICK, President 1902-1946 i financed at his direction by the completed in President Roosevelt's Administration; The Fort Peck Dam (Missouri River in Montana).

Engineering started under President Hoover's As I See It By A. H. S. There are few more nostalgic sights or sounds than those presented by a flock of ancient automobiles such as scuttled through the streets of Harrisburg yesterday, and even though I did a column on them last week I am impelled to add a few paragraphs today. This renewal of the old Glid-den Tour had, among its other interesting items, a citizen of no little repute in the person of Augustus Post, who was riding yesterday in a small Stanley steamer runabout.

"Gus" "Post, in case you didn't know it, is not only one of our earliest automobile enthusiasts (he was in the first Glidden Tour and rode through Harrisburg forty odd years ago) but he is perhaps better known as an early EDWIN F. RUSSELL, President and Publisher Homer E. Moyer, General Manager; BenJ. F. Lantz.

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By mail on rural routes, and In towns not served by carrier In Pennsylvania Counties of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin. Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin. Northumberland. Perry. Schuylkill, Snyder, York.

1 Year $7.50 6 Mos. $3.75 Mos. $2.00 1 Mo. 75e All other Pennsylvania Counties and the remaining 47 States. 1 Year $13.00 6 Mos.

$6.50 3 Mos. $3.50 1 Mo. $1.25 Entered as second class Under the Act EXPECTED SAVINGS CITY COMMISSIONER LYME'S announcement of likely sav-ings in the operation of the water system indicates that Harrisburg taxpayers are going to realize something more than an adequate and palatable supply of water in substituting the mountains instead of the river for its source of supply. Something like $30,000 or more will be saved this year, thinks Commissioner Lyme, by cutting down operation of the duplicate river water system and operating it only on a stand-by basis. This was part of the expectation of the taxpayers when they bonded themselves for the new mountain water dam in Clark Valley.

It was the further expectation that there would be even greater savings through disuse of the river supply system. That expectation has not been realized because Federal and State government sources asked the city under war conditions, to maintain a dual system, both river and mountain. With war's end, the river system could be put on another basis. This was done early this year with the prospect of a $30,000 or more saving. This amount may expand as year's end approaches.

Possibly another year will make possible even more savings. On the basis of experience, the citizens who voted for the mountain water system have had no occasion for regrets. The supply has stood up to the need. The operating costs are substantially below those of a pumping and filtration system. In most instances the corrosion of pipes has stopped and, by no means least, the bath tub rim has all but vanished.

Inside Labor matter at Harrisburg, P. O. of March 3, 1879 SALARY PRESIDENT TRUMAN has been 'talking at considerable length in his Western speeches concerning conservation because in that part of the country that is important. There have been two theories concerning conservation: 1. That the Government of the United States should protect the natural resources of the country that their life and usefulness may be prolonged; 2.

That, as the present management of the Department of Interior holds, 'conservation should be a step toward state socialism. The impression that President Truman gives is that the Republicans are opposed to conservation and that if Dewey is elected, the people in the West will suffer. The fact is that conservation started with the Republicans and this is their record: The Bureau of Fisheries, started by President Grant; the Geological Survey, started by President Hayes; the Forest Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the National Park Service, started by President Theodore Roosevedt; the Bureau of Mines, started by President Taft, the Alaskan Fisheries Control and the Range Control, started by President Hoover. CONSERVATION of oil began in Theodore Roosevelt's Administration and was expanded by Presidents Taft, Coolidge and Hoover. As President Truman made particular points concerning water storage, this is the record of the opposing party: The Roosevelt Dam (Arizona) was started in President Theodore Roosevelt's Administration, completed in President Taft's Administration; The Coolidge Dam (Arizona) was started in President Harding's Administration and completed in President Hoover's Administration; The Cove Creek Dam (Morris Dam, Tennessee).

Engineering plans were ordered by President Hoover's Administration in 1929, construction recommended to Congress by Hoover, construction done in President F. D. Roosevelt's Administration; The Hoover Dam (Colorado River in California-Nevada). Engineering plans ordered in Coolidge Administration, construction two-thirds completed in President Hoover's Administration, completed in President F. D.

Roosevelt's Administration; ENGINEERING works connecting Hoover Dam with Southern California began in President Hoover's Administration, Political By CHARLES VJATIONAL political poll takers, all of whom concede the election next month to Dewey over Truman, do not give the third party candidate, Wallace, a single Presidential electoral vote. Wallace's party, the Progressive, is the third of that name to enter the national arena, although his purposes are vastly different from those that actuated Theodore Roosevelt who headed the Progressive party of 1912, and LaFollette who led the Progressives of 1924. Colonel Roosevelt in his Progressive fight gathered 88 of the 541 electoral college votes to 425 for Wilson, Democrat, and only 8 for Taft, Republican. Taft 36 years ago in that three-sided contest carried only Utah and Vermont. The LaFollette Progressive showing was better than Taft's, but he picked up only 13 votes, those of the electoral group of his home state, Wisconsin.

Another third party, the Populist, attracted some attention in the 1892 Presidential contest. That party's candidate, Weaver, in 1892, received 22 votes to Cleveland's 277 and Harrison's 145. Weaver carried four states, Colorado with 4 votes, Idaho, Kansas, 10, and Nevada, 3, and he also picked up one vote from North Dakota's three and one from Oregon's 3 electors. HpHERE have been no split votes among any state's electors since the 1912 Wilson-Taft-Roose-velt campaign. There may be some this year in the South where the Dixiecrats have a fight of their own against the President.

In the 1892 contest electoral splits were somewhat common. California that year gave one vote to the Republicans and eight to the Democrats. That state's electors also split in 1912 giving Colonel Roosevelt's Progressives 11 votes and President Wilson 2. Getting back to the three-way balloting in 1892, Michigan then COURAGEOUS COLUMBUS COLUMBUS DAY is being observed more widely in this community today than usual. Organizations bearing that name and groups with Italian backgrounds find the day a fitting one to celebrate the discovery of this hemisphere and honor the discoverer.

The day is useful in arousing public interest to the courage and faith of men like Columbus. These virtues are always in season. They are as welcome and needed today as when Columbus with his tiny flotilla sailed West to test a conviction and confirm a faith that led to another land. There is something to be said for the "sure There are times when uncertainty needs to be respected. But there are other times when to accept the venture and dare the voyage and the deeds are the only ways to attainment of an objective.

Life continues to present both courses and the persons to adopt one or the other. Perhaps if Columbus had not found the continent named for another, it would have been found by a brush salesman, but at least in 1492 it was the confidence and courage of Christopher Columbus that put this country on the map. Administration; construction in President F. D. Roosevelt's and President Truman's Administra tion; The Bonneville Dam (Columbia River in Washington and Oregon).

Engineering started under President Hoover's Administr tion, construction under Presi dents F. D. Roosevelt's and Tru man's Administrations; The Grand Coulee Dam (Co lumbia River in Washington) Recommended by Secretarj Hoover in 1926, engineering worl largely completed in President Hoover's Administration, construction in President F. Roosevelt's Administration; McNary Dam (Columbia River drainage in Oregon). Recom mended by Hoover, engineering work largely completed by President Hoover's Administration construction started by President F.

D. Roosevelt's Administration; Central Valley Project (Call fornia). Recommended by President Hoover's Administration, en gineering work initiated Hoover Administration, partly constructed in Presidents Roose velt's and Truman's Administra firms. President Hoover recom mended expansion of Reclamation Service into these larger works. TT IS not necessary in this or a political campaign to distort the facts, which are usually avail able in any reference book.

The fact is that both parties and the Administrations of many states, both Republican and Democratic, have done a considerable work in recent years for conservation. For instance, the growth of the Forest Service from 89,200,000 acres in 1906 under President Theodore Roosevelt had increased, bv 1932. to 140,200.000 acres under President Herbert Hoover to 179,400,000 acres under President Truman. It is quite possible that the Forest reserves are now too large. This is a question under debate in some states, which find that too much property is being taken off the tax roll.

Such a question need not be discussed in heat as it is subject to realistic consideration on the basis of face. Also, many areas are neglected, once they are taken off the tax roll, because there is not enough money to keep them properly serviced. That, too needs considerable study and thought. But it does not require vituperation, distortion and falsehood. There are no profits in that.

Gleanings G. MILLER cast 9 Republican and 5 Democratic votes in the electoral college; North Dakota, 1 Republican, 1 Democratic, and 1 Populist votes; Ohio voted 22 Republicans and 1 Democrat, and Oregon, 3 Republican and 1 Populist. npHE 1896 McKinley-Bryan contest produced one state whose electors could not agree unanimously on anyone. Kentucky then gave 12 votes to Bryan and one to McKinley. Maryland split its electoral votes in two Presidential fights.

In 1904 it gave seven votes to Democrat Parker and one to Republican Roosevelt. Four years later in the Taft-Bryan election Maryland split with six votes for Bryan and one to his Republican opponent. Since the LaFollette Progressive campaign of 24 years ago no third party or independent candidates for President have caused a stir in the electoral college, none having received even a single vote against the old party nominees. GOVERNOR DUFF introduced Governor Dewey to the Pittsburgh Republican rally last night and harmony once more exists in the GOP of Pennsylvania. There was some question, Republican leaders say, about who would do the introducing.

Senator Martin started the anti-stop-Dewey ball rolling at the Philadelphia Convention when he withdrew his name as a Presidential candidate for the nomination. Governor Duff was one of the leaders of the stop-Dewey forces. In recognition of his switch to Dewey the Senator wa3 looked upon by many of the Pennsylva-nians as the logical man to introduce the Republican nominee last night upon his first major campaign speech in the State. The Governor, though, was selected to present the New York Governor at Pittsburgh, and the Senator was chosen to introduce Dewey to crowds at Sharon and Rochester earlier in the da. By VICTOR RIESEL what they want politically, and what makes for loyalty among them.

What he doesn't know, his labor adviser, the impeccable "Mel" Pitzele, who moved into Albany's De Witt Clinton Hotel some weeks ago to be near the Governor daily, knows well. Confident of a score of labor chiefs in both political parties and formerly a sort of a brain-truster for Phil Murray's CIO Steel Workers Union, Pitzele brings to Dewey's brain-trust much more than technical advice on such talks as the Pittsburgh speech. He knows as much about the finer politics and ambitions of union men as any one in the business. CO IT'S not strange that Dewey believes there are labor men who might make Cabinet stature. His trouble would be to swing them into the Republican Party so he could appoint them to various Government posts eventually.

This would mean swashbuckling into the ranks of the AFL and CIO which have now virtually become part of the Democratic Party, and which in many states are directing the only effective Truman campaign in the wards and on the propaganda front. Although Dewey has refused to woo the labor chiefs, nor make behind-the-scenes deals with them (as witness his brush-off of John L. Lewis) the Governor does want more of them in hi3 camp. It can again be accurately reported that he could have had many of them mostly AFL chiefs endorsing him in this campaign had he wanted to make those deals. For weeks after the AFL launched its political league last Winter some of its leaders put out feelers which were still there after Dewey's nomination but they were turned down because the candidate wanted a free hand in organizing the first Republican administration in 16 years.

gUT if Dewey wins, he wants the unions to swing away from the Democrats to the GOP despite Republican sponsorship of the Taft-Hartley Act. Right there is where the idea of letting a labor leader run the Labor Department was born. If such a union chief were appointed he would undoubtedly by an AFL leader. And Dewey would be naive if he overlooked the fact that in hundreds of cities, the local AFL political machine can swing the balance of power for regional and Congressional candidates. Dewey is certain of his victory votes this year but there will be other campaigns.

And he expects a square break for his party if he is square with labor circles. In the days before airplanes became a matter of interest to the public, Augustus Post was engaged in balloon experiments, and old copies of the Scientific American and similar publications had frequent pictures of the intrepid Mr. Post hanging to the ropes anchoring balloon to wicker basket as he prepared to take off on another free flight across country. The a a t-automobilist stands out in any crowd, for he still wears a stylish goatee seldom seen on the faces of the man of today, and he is still as keenly interested in motors and planes old and new as any man of any age. I talked with him for a few minutes yesterday after he crawled out of the gently hissing Stanley, and he said that he was enjoying this tour almost as much as the first one when there were horses, cow3, ruts, mudholes, angry citizens, and similar handicaps to encounter.

When I left him, he was pulling his old tweed cap with the ancient insignia on it down over his eyes and getting ready to brave the hardships of the highway between Harrisburg and Bedford. While there were many ancients in yesterday's convoy, I missed seeing an early Packard, whose unusual radiator silhouette was so distinctive as to allow of no misunderstanding when encountered on the roads. I saw no Herschoffs; and if that confuses you, let me tell you that there was such a vehicle, built by the same man who designed and built many a racing yacht, and I recall seeing some in an old frama garage which stood in Kelker street between Second and Front where there is now a present-day modern garage. But enough of the 1948 Glidden tour; right now I'm thinking in term3 of the impending arrival of the Canadian Mountie3 and others who will put on a scintillating show at the State Farm Show Arena all next week. Governor Duff is inviting the ambassadors of France, Mexico and Canada, with their military attaches, to be his guests at the opening ceremony next Monday night, and thus there will be a formidable array of dignified gentlemen in the Governor's box when the teams parade before him in the formal opening.

Many a school child is thrilled in contemplation of seeing this opening night ceremony, since the Parent-Teachers Association of Harrisburg through its many branches is arranging to bring busloads of youngsters to the arena. The Harrisburg School district, which, through its rules, does not permit any official cognizance of such affairs, is expected to cooperate in every possible way and leaders of the Parent-Teacher group have been most appreciative of the opportunity being offered the youngsters through the greatly reduced ad-mission charge arranged especially for the boys and girls. And returning to the automotive world for a minute: why should not the rural mail delivery people be furnished with vight-hand drive cars? Since mailboxes are easier to reach from the right hand side of an automobile, it seems to make sense, especially since the mailboxes seem to dominate the right hand side. Folks I've kept up the custom we started the end of a meal to declare, But I stood for a minute and waited I fancied you still in your chair. The porches were strewn with the comics the children had gathered to read.

The flag was put out every morning. A new one next year we shall need. But now we are back in the city and I'm at my desk as of old, And the leaves of the elms and the maples are turning to scarlet and gold. arrisburg: 1898 UROM inside Governor Dewey's camp comes word that the Republican Presidential candidate has some dramatic ideas for a Cabinet not the least of which is the appointment of a union chief as Secretary of Labor if Dewey wins. This is no propaganda pipe story carefully leaked.

It's a curate reporting of some of the talk within a small group of Albany advisers who are confident their leader will win, and when that talk has turned to the Secretary of Labor spot, Dewey has said he would like to see a labor leader in it if some one of stature were available. 4 nO THOSE who know that for four years labor's shrewdest propagandists have ganged up on Dewey, this may sound startling. But the Republican candidate, and his technical adviser on labor, haven't let these blasts bother them too much. They're sophisticated when it comes to union operations and believe they can win many of the union leaders over to the Republican party after election. Dewey knows the labor crowd as well as any Presidential candidate ever has.

There was a time when many a labor rally had as its guest speaker a young district attorney Dewey by name who had just cleaned the mobs out of the industry. There was a time on this beat when much of your time was spent with scores of labor men who had just come from Dewey's D. A. office. He knows the labor people, 0 ne mans Opinion Japan is starting to produce onion whisky which may turn out to be the Oriental answer to the atom bomb.

It is guaranteed to produce bawl for ball but MacArthur should not be misled by any onion-squeezed crying jag. At home John Lewis has proposed adding 14 million dollars to the UMW treasury eventually the union hopes to have as much money as Crosby. Bing is building three television stations in an effort to lose some of his. It was felt that three was about right to project his sports shirts. Now they've got television on trains it should work until the engineer gets interested in wrestling.

But when the conductor comes around to punch: someone is apt to cross with a left. WALTER KIERNAN. FRANCE WEAKENS HERSELF THERE is a sad commentary on the state of the nation whereby the Republic of France, fighting for its very life against crises within and without, finds itself heckled by nationwide strikes engineered by the Cominform. Ever since the first World War, and its accompanying impotent peace, our' ally of both wars has been weakened by a multiplicity of impossible demands on its economy, and today finds no improvement in that picture. France's inability to face facts resulted in the debacle of the blitz of 1940, and even though it rose to throw off the fetters of its conqueror with England and the United States supplying the lever with which this was accomplished, there seems now to be a repetition of that internal unrest and insecurity wherein Moscow is calling the signals.

Let the strong men of France arise once more to throw off the shackling chains of disloyal citizens who prefer the Soviet government to that of Quai D'Orsay. Let Marianne once again speak for herself through the voices of her loyal children. tributing memorial hospital. Sara J. the Haldeman-Haley operating room to the As executors of the Haley estate, they se lected the Harrisburg Hospital (a matter entirely at their option) in which to place the memorial.

The medical-surgical staff of the hospital selected the following surgeons and physicians to supervise the specifications for the medical and surgical appliances and apparatus of the operating room: Dr. F. W. Coover, Dr. E.

H. James, Dr. J. W. Parke, Dr.

G. B. Kunkel and Dr. H. B.

Walter. Just LEWIS' -FAT Prof. D. E. Crozier, organist of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, resigned his position to accept a similar post as organist of Holland Memorial Lutheran Church, Philadelphia.

The big plinth for the statue of Gen. John F. Hartranft was taken from the Reading station to Capitol Park. The big stone weighed between 24 and 25 tons. It was taken from the car and placed on a heavy stone wagon and two traction engines hauled it to the grounds.

In the park a track of planks had to be laid to prevent the wagon's wheels from sinking into the soft soil. According to an annual report filed with the State Department, a little railroad in the northern part of the State derived its principal course of traffic and income from the transportation of clothes pins. The road, a single track affair of only a few miles, ran directly past one of the largest clothes pin factories in the Country. Some time ago it was stated that a new operating room would be built at the Harrisburg Hospital, the expense to be partly paid by a bequest made by the late Mrs. Sara Haldeman-Haley.

D. L. Jauss, chairman of the building committee, said that this was not correct. To Robert Snodgrass, Levi B. I 1 1.

TT-l, AiricKs ana naiaeman J. Conner belonged the honor of con- By EDGAR A. GUEST LETTER XXII JOHN L. LEWIS, head of the United Mine Workers, has been voted a $50,000 'salary for life. And so far as known he is going to take it.

He might have had $75,000 or $100,000 a year but those sums did not prevail. Doubtless Mr. Lewis has his moments of modesty. However it may be nobody's business outside of the United Mine Workers to comment on what the coal diggers choose to pay their boss. Technically it is their money.

They pay dues. About all the coal consuming public can say is that in the price of coal they indirectly also help pay dues and ultimately the Lewis salary. Of course the Lewis salary is a matter of public interest just as the salaries paid the coal operators and other industrialists. When these are compared with those paid to leaders in labor unions, the old margin of difference becomes more and more narrow. As a result the old cry of the worker agains the salary of the industrialist becomes more and more hollow and less and less impressive.

John L. Lewis' newly voted $50,000 salary puts salary contrasts on a new level. Beloved, thea Summer 53 ended; the weather is pleasant and cool; The cottage for Winter is boarded: the children are going to school. I know you will read with a chuckle the words that so ofter I spoke: "It was wonderful fun while it lasted, but now that it's over I'm broke." Three times on the table I pounded, the way that I've done every year. "This dining room's closed for the season!" I said, and I knew you hear..