LEGION SCOUT TOOP This American Legion-ipomored Boy
acour Troop took part in Tuesday s Memorial day services, in
which all veterans service and patriotic organiiations partici
pated. Scoutmaster Ray Lorance is at left, while Bob Phillips,
troop committeeman, is on the extreme right. Mr. Tobias, fa
ther oft one of the boys, is kneeling in front. (Picture by Paul
Jenkins.)
Cold War Cheaper Than Hot One,
Says EC A Administrator Hoffman
By BRUCE BIOSSAT 1 ,
Can we afford the cold war?
A lot of people say we can't, that the Marshall Plan, heavy defense
outlays, help to the Far East and Point Four aid to backward lands
are just too much to bear.
Paul Hoffman, able head of the Economic Cooperation administra
tion, has a different answer. He says we can't afford NOT to fight
the cold war.
In a recent Washington speech
fiacked with solid sense, Hoffman
aid the issue out plainly. As they
emerge from his comment, the
choices before us are these: to
knuckle under to Russia, to reach
a fair agreement with her, to con
tinue the cold war or to undertake
a shooting war.
Of tha first prospect, Hoffman
probably voices the general U. S.
view when he says Russia has a
"perfectly stinking" system that
men won't live under if they can
somehow escape it.
And Hoffman seems to share the
widespread official pessimism i n
America over chances of a sound
agreement with the Kremlin. He
stresses that Russia decided to
fight the cold war even while
World War II still raged and she
was our comrade in arms. He sees
Soviet leaders thoroughly commit
ted to the idea that communism
and capitalism must battle until
one or the other goes down.
Hoffman is at his most forceful
in pointing out that continuing the
cold war is preferable by far to
the one remaining alternative
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shooting war.
"Shooting war is the ultimate
stupidity," he declares. "This time
we have got to win a victory with
these new cold-war techniques
The cold war is expensive, yes.
The four-year cost of the Marshall
Plan will hit close to $15,000,000,000.
Defense outlays for ourselves and
our allies are runing around $13,
000,000,000 to $15,000,000,000 a year.
Add to this the mounting aid to
other lands.
But what of a hot war's cost
Hoffman, quotes former Secretary
of the Army Gordon Gray as est
imating the final cost of World
War II when the last pension is
paid at one trillion, three hundred
billion dollars. Another war almost
inevitably would cost much more.
Hoffman believes we could ex
tend the Marshall plan to Asia
and perhaps Africa for a cost that
would come to less in a year than
a hot war would cost in a week.
"What are people talking about
when they say we can't afford this
$15,000,000,000, this $20,000,009
000?" he asks.
The economy-minded will b e
hard put to make sensible reply.
For the fact is that, grim as it is,
the cold war is the most cheerful
prospect we can contemplate until
Russian communism somehow
crumbles under the weight of a
determined free world.
Vacation Bible School
Slated At Green June 6
The second annual Vacation
Bible school conducted by the
Green Community church will be
gin Tuesday, June 6, and continue
through June 19.
The classes will be held from 9
a.m. to noon. A special invitation
is extended to children and young
people, ages 4 to 18, according to
Miss Bernice Oser, director. Those
requiring transportation are asked
to call 1660-R-l before the opening
day.
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Avoid Outdoor
Injuries During
Summer Season
By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON Nature does
not provide all the hazards of
summer. You may escape ticks,
snake bite, poison ivy, sunstroke,
drowning and still trip over a
garden hoe, cut yourself ' on a
scout knife, sprain an ankle hiking.
Cuts, scratches even more serious
wounds, sprains, strains and frac
tures are ever present menaces
to vacation fun, warns Dr. Carl J.
Potthoff, national first aid and
accident prevention director, Am
erican Red Cross.
He says you can help prevent
wounds by handling camp and out
door tools carefully, by being care
ful not to fall or scratch yourself
on tree limbs. Sprains usually re
sult from falls, so he says to watch
the ground you're walking on,
avoid loose stones, roots, small
holes; wear sensible shoes, not
sneakers, moccasins or loose-fitting
sandals.
Advice on Lifting
Strains usually come from lift
ing from an improper position. Use
the leg and thigh muscles, not back
muscles when lifting. Don't lift
heavy objects alone. "If you have
a lifting job to do, crouch close
to the object with knees bent and
then rise with your back straight,
throwing the weight of your burden
onto your shoulders, legs and
back," Dr. Potthoff suggests. "To
prevent fractures, be especially
careful to guard against falling.
Weariness frequently contributes
to accidents so it is wise to rest
occasionally while hiking or work
ing in the garden."
Dr. Potthoff submits the follow
ing garden-safety measures: Keep
walks clear, grass swept off. Toys
or other articles left on walks or
paths are hazards. Place stepping
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spaced. Keep grass and vines
from growing over stones.
Trim trees and shrubs bordering
paths so they won't scratch or
strike passersby. Pick up nails,
boards, broken glass. When through
with a tool, place it in such a
position that no one will trip over
it. Have a specific place for trash
disposal. Do not allow it to scat
ter. Inspect all tools before be
ginning work in the garden.
Elevate clotheslines or any other
lines in yard so they are above
the heads of persons walking
about and "mark those croquet
wickets, or else take them in at
night." .
Wages Vary In 'Classless'
Poland; Stage Star Draws
More Than Cabinet Minister
(Editor's note: Daniel De Luce,
Pulitzer prize winning roving re
porter of the Associated Press,
has just returned to his post in
Berlin after a week's visit behind
the iron curtain in Poland. Here
is summary of his observations.
By DANIEL DeLUCE
WARSAW (.11 A gorgeous
blonde on the Warsaw stage is
worth her Weight in Zlotys a 100,
000 a month, to be exact.
Poland p eople'i Poland, the
Communists dub it makes a great
to-do of abolishing all classes ex
cept the proletariat.
Somehow, though, there's still a
gulf between Tilly, the typist, with
her humdrum job in a state-owned
trust, and the dazzling first lady
of a state-owned theater.
A stage star, drawing a monthly'
paycheck of 100,000 zlotys ($250)
for infusing drama with socialistic
significance, is twice as well paid
as a cabinet minister ($125). She's
also five times richer thn Tilly
($50).
A million Polish women, more
or less like Tilly, belong to Po
land's communist-controlled trade
unions, although most of them
aren't Communists.
Counting men, these unions total
3,500,000 members.' Like unions in
Russia, they never strike against
their chief employer,-the atate.
Three tiny strikes occurred in all
Poland last year. Strangely enough
they were directed in each case
by t h e Communist Agricultural
Workers' union against a church
estate.
Since then, nearly 500,000 acres
of church estates have been taken
over by the government. Things
are so quiet today on the rural
labor front that you can hear a
dialetic drop.
Everybody, officially, is joyous
over working conditions in Poland,
even though the government is con
tinually tinkering with the norm
the minimum output demanded of
an employe.
There is, officially, no exploit
ation of labor by the state. But
something called "a law for social
ist work discipline" is making a
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few million brows sweat.
People's Poland collects a lot of
hard cash from the 74.000.000 tons
of coal produced annually by some
of the ruggedest mines in the
world.
This year their wage rate has
been hiked and they've been auth
orized titles, "Merited Miner of
People's Poland." They also get
badges of rank.
The new increase raises the in
comes of a veteran miner to as
much as $67.50 a month. If he
were working for "Anglo-American
Imperialists" in the West-German
Ruhr, he might have to worry
along on 300 marks ($71.17).
Another feature of People's Po
land is that women are required to
assert their "labor equality " with
men. As in Russia, this means
that women become bricklayers,
tractor drivers, lathe operators,
pick-and-shovelers, and other
heavy workers.
The state is hurriedly construct
ing more nurseries so that more
women can share in labor equal
ity. The program is timely. Po
land's birth rate is the highest in
50 years, her marriage rate the
highest in history, and her death
rate the lowest ever.
Compared to before the war, 150
percent more women (total 400.000)
are engaged in state-owned indus
ry. The minimum wage is $30 a
month, but the average is $45.
Pregnant women are entitled to
12 weeks leave at full pay, of which
eight weeks must follow their con
finement. Vacation resorts are state-owned
and cater almost exclusively to
union workers. Since resort ' ca
pacity is 500,000 a year, the na
tion's 3,500.000 unionists are sure of
holiday reservations by 1956.
There were meat shortages at
government butcher shops last
winter, and stocks of shoes and
dress materials disappear tempor
arily from the shelves of some
state clothing stores.
This is subject to self-criticism
at meeting of the Communist cen
tral committee. Short a, vs were
blamed on capitalist speculators in
the old days. Now a few Titoists I
are hunted in the party woodpile. I
Prices of consumers' goods do
not encourage lavish living. Half
of our mythical Tilly's $50 salary
for a month of state typing may go
for a pair of flimsy walking shoes.
A new woolen suit absorbs two
months' income. It costs $5 to have
her old suit dry cleaned.
If her Activist beau spurges her
to an evening in one of Warsaw's
four government-owned night
spots, he'd be stuck for $6 for a
small-bottle of vodka.
Security agents sit around these
drink-and-dance centers, making
notes of suspiciously large spend
ers who should be paying more
income taxes
wear this year than last, and nat
ional housing and industry are
making visible progress. Every
body is hard at work without any
"false glitter of Capitalism."
The newspapers publish horror
stories of the misery and jobless
ness of the proletariat in western
countries, including the United
States, where hungry New York
ers, they said queued up to apply
for street cleaner positions "at the
starvation wage of $40 a week."
They also publish dispatches on
the bliss of the Soviet worker,,
whose science, efficiency and free
dom are the highest they say, in
the world.
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