Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California • Page 24

Iti VINI 4 11 9 A (OVNfr WATCH YOUR PRECIOUS POSSESSIONS 24 EDITORIAL PAGE Friday, April 18, 1958 TODAY'S EDITORIAL 'You Auto Buy Now' Is Much More Than Car Sale Automobile dealers in Marin are launching a campaign labeled Auto Buy Now if this atrocious pun. or even if the sale of a few cars, were the sole objects of this program, we wouldn't be using this space for its promotion. But there is something much deeper behind the campaign It is a campaign of confidence, of confidence in the nation and of confidence in the free competition system. It came into being in Cleveland. The auto dealers there believed that people had the money to spend, and that they needed cars and other merchandise.

What they lacked was confidence. They had read about layoffs mounting and feared they might be next. So instead of spending for what they needed, they were laying the cash away. Decreased buying meant less production. which meant less employment and thus less buying -Recession on its wav.

What was needed was something to reverse the spiral. The Cleveland Auto Ruy experiment was a huge success. Sales showed gains of 25 per cent. And here was the important part. It wasn't just the auto industrv which showed the gains.

Practically every line of business in the city also showed spectacular increases. Not only that, but the effect of auto weeklong promotion was still just as great two weeks later in all lines. And even now, two months later, Cleveland is still benefiting from the impetus. As a matter of fact, it was so successful that auto dealers all over the nation are participating in the Auto Buy Now drive. Marin dealers, part of the Ray Area campaign opening tomorrow, are but one of 2.3 metropolitan areas across the country which are doing the same.

They hope that their efforts will be enough to halt the downward spiral and put more people back to work. Will such a scheme work here? You might ask the San Rafael furniture dealers, who on Monday staged a joint furniture promotion on a much smaller scale than the auto dealers are planning. They proved once again the old sales adage, good merchandise plus good merchandising is still the best weapon of our free economy. Confidence spreads just as fast as gloom. We think Auto Buy what you want and need.

And we don't mean just automobiles either. THREE MINUTES A DAY By JAMES KELLER MORE THAN THEORY IS NEEDED cinch learning to drive on paper was a for one lady in North Carolina. She passed the written test with flying rolors. Rut, when it came to transferring theory into practice, the lady fare so well. During her road test, she ran over a traffic island, made a wrong turn, toppled over guard rails and hit the rear of a parked car, ramming it into the car in front.

Upon emerging from the wreckage, the driving inspector wasted no time in informing the lady that she had completely flunked. DOC QUIGG'S COLUMN It is comparatively easy to excel in theorizing and passing resolutions, while failing to translate ideals into practical application. Do more than talk about the peace and justice of Christ. Take a few constructive steps to integrate the sublime truths of the Gospel into everyday life, especially the spheres of intelligence which touch and shape the destiny of most of mankind. people honoreth Me with their lips: hut their heart is far from (Matthew 15:8) Help us to translate our convictions into concrete action, 0 Lord.

Pianist's Playing Style Is As Russian As His Accent Is Texan NEW YORK ilP If we can stop yapping about juvenile delinquency long enough, it might be well to ponder the fact that a couple of our juveniles are international sensations. One is Bobby Fischer of Brooklyn, who at 14 set the chess world on its ear by defeating grand masters to win the U. S. championship He now is entitled to a crack at the world chess title, held by Smvslov of Russia. The other is Van Cliburn of Shreveport, and Kilgore, who at 23 set Moscow on its ear this week by winning the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.

This extroverted Irish- Texan (both his mother and father are of Irish descent) gave his first public concert in Shreveport at the age of 3. WHEN HE WAS fi. he and his mother, a concert pianist, were giung recitals together. When he came here in 1954 REMEMBER WHEN? 10 YEARS AGO Members of the Marin Chapter of the Northern California Service Station Assn. fired their opening gun in a battle to prevent the establishment of a gasoline station at San Quentin Prison competition with private THE CYNIC'S CORNER 20 YEARS AGO San Anselmo got a new deputy fire chief, although he know much about fire fighting yet.

Fact of the matter was that Nello Marcucci, chief of the fire department, became the father of a babv boy, who tipped the scales at 7 pounds, 11 ounces. By Interlandi YnNM caught up to the Russians now, if we can only catch up to compete for the coveted Edgar N. Leventritt Award, they laughed when he sat down to play (honest, what told by those who were there). He looked like a misplaced basketball player. He's six-feet-four but has a mop of curly hair that springs up so that he looks about six- feet-seven.

His hand spans 11U inches. He walks with a gangling lope. His piano style is as Russian as his dialect is east Texan. When he finished playing, he had won the award. CLIBl southern ways and Russian style got him the nickname at Columbia Artists management, which has managed him for the last four years.

When he decided to go to Moscow. William H. Judd, vice president at Columbia, said: have to get an interpreter to interpret for English Cliburn (pronounced Clyburn) is. according to Judd, crazy about hominy grits, black-eyed peas, ham w-ith red gravy, potlikker. collard and mustard greens, and fried steak.

There has been some speculation here about how Russian food has hit him. HE WAS BORN in Shreveport, here his parents founded a mission that grew into a church. To keep him quiet when he was a tot, his mother used to give him a triangle to bang on during the church music. In Kilgore, the family joined the First Baptist Church, and Van sang in the choir. In New York, he joined the Calvary Baptist Church, just down the street from Carnegie Hall.

He has written hymns and short pieces for the church, and composed a choral setting for a psalm which was sung on the radio here. He's a friendly character who loves practical jokes. Quite a boy. McManfta mu OUR READERS SAY Contradictions In Exner Speech EDITOR. Independent-Journal: The contradictions and wild-sw'inging charges of nitwits who oppose fluoridation of water to cut tooth decay can be seen in your article on the speech of Dr.

Frederick Exner, the Seattle doom-crier. He is quote (I-J, 12 April) as saying in one breath that responsible organization has ever endorsed and in the next that know a lot about fluoride poisoning of livestock, and even of humans Dr. Exner and his flock might do w'ell to consider the following, a resolution endors- ed by the House of Representatives of the American inary Medical Association in San Antonio in October, 1956: it has been shown that the addition of proper amounts of approved fluoride compounds to public water supplies which do not naturally contain fluorides will not endanger the health of fish, pet birds, dogs, cats and other domestic animals; and such fluoridation of public water supplies has been proven to be a valuable dental health measure for young children, but is opposed by certain local and national groups, one of whose arguments is the alleged danger to the health of pets and other animals; therefore, be it that the American Veterinary Medical Association inform its members of the facts and urge them to support proper fluoridation of public water supplies in their respective communities where such practice is under How now, Dr. Exner? Are the veterinarians, by your own definition, well-informed, or responsible DOROTHY MEYER Larkspur We'll Lose Right To Have Caries EDITOR. lndependent-Journal: Mr.

Bullard, whose letter against fluoridation appeared in your April 14 issue, has struck another blow for Freedom. Let us be thankful that there are still a few individualists ready to stand up and be counted. We could elaborate on how regimentation and regulation v.H’e lightened their grip on every activity in our lives but ciough to contemplate ate of the public water supply system in America Thames to busybodies, do- gooders and just plain no- gooders, hardly one of us can drink a glass of water that has not been subjected to some form of sedimentation, coagulation, filtration, sterilization, aeraiion or what have you. Unless he is lucky enough to live the middle of a swamp in the Deep South, his water supply has been loaded with such poisons as Caustic Soda. Quicklime.

Bleaching Powder, Alum, Copper Sulphate and even Chlorine, the deadly green killer gas of World War I. There was a time that free men could gulp their dose of Typhoid or Asia- tice Cholera Bacilli, but that was before the Chlorinaters won their battle against those who still had regard for our Fundemental Liberties. And now the latest of a long series of outrages. A determined band of busybodies and dogooders. marshalled under the banners of the American Medical Association and the American Dental Society want to add fluorides to our wonderful Marin drinking water.

If they win, few of our children will ever be able to have dental caries again. Our inalienable right to pay 40 or 50 dollars a year for treatment of those caries will be lost. Instead, the taxpayer will pick up the check as usual. He will have to pay up to 10 cents a year for each of his children who receives the fluorides along with his drinking water. Mr.

Bullard, you must feel like the Boy who Stood on the Burning Deck, but keep up the good fight. Even if you lose this fight, all is not lost. You have the stuff that true pioneers are made of. None of us in Mill Valley live more than half a mile from a creek. While we can still carry a pail, we will show them that we are still free Americans! T.

HOLMBOE Mill Valley Transit Tube To Marin Too? EDITOR. lndependent-Journal: Rapid Transit9 When? The Army Engineers in their report 1947 emphasized the desirability of a rapid transit tunnel between the East Bay and San Francisco. This would of course tally increase the capacity of the Bay Bridge by removal of the present rails. As to connection to Marin County the only feasible solution seems to be a tunnel. With our white elephant the Southern Crossing dead and buried, the district should be financially $300 million stronger.

Why not get started now with a nucleus of a rapid transit system as shown with temporary terminals in East Bay and Marin County provided with ample parking facilities for cars and busses and with a down-town loop in San Francisco. Only 10 to 20 minutes would be required to reach from one terminal to another. Later required or lines might be extended further inland. Why? Prices are bound to go up and we may develop a more extensive system of freeways than justified, where adequate rapid transit is available. The location of the East Bay-San Francisco tunnel is obviously of the utmost importance to Marin County.

V. BOGVAD-CHR1STENSEN Kentfield Doing Fine Work For Children EDITOR. lndependent-Journal: I would like to take this opportunity of thanking both Chief Joseph Regoni and Officer Leslie Flowers of the Ross police department for all the good wmrk that they are constantly doing (off duty too) for all our children. Their courtesy, good nature and understanding are certainly something that we all are very proud of. I know that we all appreciate all the wonderful work the police departments in Marin County are doing.

A Very Grateful Mother and Dad MR. AND MRS. J. W. DUFTON TRY AND STOP ME BF.NVFTT PER The children in a.

certain school in Boston instituted a drive for funds build a new statue of Paul Revere. The father of one of the kids was a celebrated ex-jockey and, though he was far wealthier than most of the other parents. he refused to contribute a single cent. not that stingy; you know he explained to his boy. just never had much use for Revere.

He gave his horse a bad ride. He went wide at Desi Arnaz tells about a long telephone conversations he had with Producer Sam Goldwyn It was full of charm and the best intentions, but there was one slight drawback: neither principal was able to understand one word the other was saying. An hour after the frustrated pair hung up. secretary phoned secretary and implored, you please tell me just what it was Mr. Goldwyn promised to do for Mr.

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK By CHAPIN A. DAY We Usually Let Gllmartln Report Sports, But Today We're Just Mad We know we should leave commentating on sports to Jim Gilmartin. but that son- of-a-batbov stole one of the items we were going to use in this column and used it himself, so we re going to tell a few things about that opening Giants-Dodgers game. There were lots of Marin County people there. Although we put names to many of them, we recognized faces everywhere.

First one we saw was John Clahan. still outside the stadium and apparently concerned about getting in. We even dare ask if lost his ticket (we were afraid talk us out of ours). Leon Smith strode down to his box seat like he'd been there before. San Rafael Police Chief Frank Kelly avoided the rush and left late in the eighth inning.

He miss anything in the first half of the ninth. Bob Forsyth of San Rafael, at the game with his son, Terry, told us his office is in the same building with that of the San Francisco 49ers. He noticed a sign on the door opening day saying: grandmother is You buy a 49er ticket anywhere. And speaking about the 49ers still mad at Gilmartin for telling our story that Y. A.

Tittle came in with his bald head shining in the sun and left nine innings later with the same scalp a beautiful rosy red. he the guy who wears a bseball cap all football season? Bryon McCarthy and his wife outsmarted the traffic jam. They parked their car several blocks away, walked to it and escaped with ease. There were lots still mad at Gilmartin. SPECIAL ATTENTION State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control: a sign in front of the Edgewater Inn which says in big letters: and then 24 Tsk.

Tsk. TELLING around Washington a story on Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland, who was a visitor in Marin County last weekend. Seems the senator recently agreed to a ride in one of the Air Force's fast new jets. He was strapped in tight, the oxygen mask affixed, and off went the plane with a rush.

In no lime at all, as Knowland recalls it, they had shattered the sound barrier. What happened to the intercom system is not quite clear. But after a roar and a bank the voice came through loud and clear, answered Knowland. With that the pilot went into a barrel roll and Knowland went into a sinking spell. They spun and twisted.

stomach about three rolls ahead of the plane. It went on for about five minutes. The solon must have moaned or something because the pilot then asked solicitously, wrong, Knowland groaned. After they landed the pilot was perplexed. I suggested trying some fancy stuff, you did say didn't you, he asked.

ROSCOE DRUMMOND When Eisenhower, Truman Agree On Something We'd Better Listen President Eisenhower and former President Truman seldom agree on anything. Eisenhower doubts the wisdom of a tax cut at this time. Truman wants one right now. Truman wants high, rigid price supports for agriculture, although farm income has been going up despite the recession. Eisenhower favors lower, flexible price supports.

Truman won't sit down to dinner with Vice President Nixon. Eisenhower will. SO WHEN President Eisenhower's and former President Truman's instincts and minds carry them to the same conviction, time to stop and listen. What they are saying in unison is that unless preparatory advance talks with the Soviets show some possibility of agreement, it would be better to have no summit conference at all. This issue is rapidly coming to a head.

Unless there is a totally unexpected change of attitude in Moscow, President Eisenhower will have to attend an unprepared summit meeting or stand out against great pressure from our allies and from most of the free and neutralist nations which w'ant the principal powers to talk even if propaganda is the only result. IT IS CLEAR, I think, that -1he I nited States is being drawn into attending an unprepared summit meeting. Here's the way working: The United States, Britain and France, as a means of deciding whether a summit conference would be want to explore with the Soviets of and proposed discussions in Moscow among the brg-four ambassadors and then a meeting of foreign ministers. Moscow begin, say next Thursday. That's the headline of the Soviet reply.

the big type in Khrushchev's latest letter. He shouts: want to talk and you quit and then he whispers and attaches in fine type the gimmicks with which the Soviets prevent any preparatory discussion of substance on anything. You have to dissect the Khrushchev letter in order to get a clear view of what these gimmicks are. Mr. Khrushchev is ready to talks but he lists three little provisos.

They are: THE U. french proposal to explore of Khrushchev says the talks must be limited to deciding time, place and composition" of a meeting of foreign ministers. he says, let the foreign ministers meet, but Moscow must have a veto over any matter to be discussed. His formula is that no topic shall be discussed by common learned that that means the Soviet veto. if the foreign ministers can find no possibilities of agreement, this is to have no bearing upon calling a summit conference.

As Khrushchev puts it in his note: of a summit meeting cannot be made contingent on this or that result of a meeting of foreign There you are and it now seems evident that the Soviets are going to engage in no exploratory talks as a prelude to a summit meeting. Law On Skates HOLYOKE, Mass. (1?) Determined to end rowdyism on the skating rinks, Mayor Samuel Resnic ordered police to put on skates and go after the trouble makers. The Country Parson ought to treat everybody as if we intended to ask him to w'rite a letter of recommendation for.