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‘%fif@ laber and are heavy laden,
| 1““&: 'k ard I will give you rest.
g _ 77 Take my yoke upon you,
i and learn of me, for I am
meek and lowiy in heart, and ye shall find rest
unts your souls.
For my yol.e is easy and my burden is light.—
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Cuba Has Had A Long Record
.
Of Corruption In Government
‘ BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON. — (NEA) — General Fulgencio
Batista spoke a mouthful when, after seizing power
in Cuba for the second time, he said, “It has been
impossible to suffer any longer a government of
thievery and crimes.”
Best American estimates of the situation are that
there has been only one reasonably honest admin
istration in Cuba in the 50 years of independence,
That one honest administration was Cuba’s first. It
ran from 1902 to 1906 under Estrada Palma, just
after General Leonard Wood pulled out as U. S.
military governor.
The general indictment of Cuba’s political cor
ruptness includes the previous administrations of
General Batista. He was the strong man, the dicta
tor, the maker of presidents from 1934 to 1940. He
as president himself from 1940 to 1944,
g'rhere are two schools of thought about General
Batista today. When he first seized power, he was
an Army sergeant, with a sergeant’s pay. When he
left the presidency and retired to Daytona Beach,
Fla., he is supposed to have had a fortune of seven
to eight million dollars.
One theory today is that his money is about all
gone and he seized power to recoup his fortune.
The other theory is that he still has enough money
to be independent and he could really give Cuba an
honest government—if he wanted to. Which course
he follows, he will himself show.
U. S. BLAMED FOR CORRUPTION
Some Cubans like to blame the United States for
all Cuba’s political crookedness. They say that the
American political ward heelers who came to Cuba
after the Spanish-American war taught the Cubans
all the dirty tricks of political graft.
But long before that, it was the custom of old
Spanish families to send their sons to Cuba to make
their fortunes in graft. After that they retired to
Spain. -
Graft has been the expected and the accepted
thing in Cuba. The name for an honest man, in
Spanish, was “bobo”—the fool. The name for a
crook was “listo” —the smart one. There was no
stigma to it. The more wealth a man had, the higher
his social standing.
Each succeeding Cuban administration has been
reported worse than its predecessors. They prob
ably reached tehir peak, however, in the days of
President Grau San Martin, 1944 to 1948, His ad
ministration was charged with stealing some $174
million.
The case was never proved, however, because
part of the evidence was stolen from the court
house. A fire in the mrinistry of finance destroyed
more. The case is still in court.
As Cuba’s wealth has been increasing steadily,
the changes for graft have increased. In General
Batista’s original hey days, the Cuban government
budget was about SBO million a year, In Dr. Grau's
adminisiration it was S2OO. In the last few years,
under President Prio Socarras it was S3OO million.
BATISTA INITIATED REFORMS PREVIOUSLY
To give credit where credit is due, not every offi
cial has been all crocked. Sergeant Batista put in
some much-needed reforms after his first revolu
tion which ousted dictator Gerado Machado. .
President Prio, now driven out of the country by
Batista, had a reputation for personal integrity. He
established a Cuban national bank and currency.
He started a development bank for agricultural and
industrial loans. He put in a Tribunal of Accounts,
to audit government expenditures, He maintained
civil liberties. And he was making progress in sup
pressing Comniunismi,- - '
His Secretary of Treasury, Jose Bosch, tried to
run an honest government. His $l2O million bond
issue for public works was administered to provide
maximum benefits in roads, schools, waterworks
and sewerage systems.
Carlos Hevia, his Secretary of Agriculture, tried
40 run an honest price control system. But he was
- forced out of office because he wouldn't play ball
on granting price increases.
Hevia, an Annapolis graduate, was the six-pax’ty
coalition candidate for the presidency in the now
postponed June eléctions. With over a million votes
In tihs combination, Hevia would probably have
won, if Batista had not staged his coup.
General Batista himself was a candidate in this
sontest. But his National Action party had a back
ing of only 200,000 votes. He could not have won in
any free election, according to experts,
In staging his revolution, Batista claimed that
Hevia could not have won and that President Prio
was himself planning a coup to put Hevia in office.
Cuba has been torn by political gangsterism of
splinter parties over the past years. General Ba
tista may have suppressed that by denying all civil
liberties, at least temporarily. There will probably
be no June election. The whole business is a step
backward for Cuba, from whatever angle the sit
uation is viewed.
If it is un-American and anti-Christian to defend
the greatest Christian nation in the world through
a fair, effective and less costly system of military
training (UMT), then I plead guilty, — Rep Carl
Vinson (D.-Georgia).
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A-H Club Serves As
Youth's Self Defense
What's happening to the youth of ‘the nation?
Take a look at some of the news items spotted in’
the daily papers and you might get a pretty sordid
picture of the modern youngsters, It isn’t encour=
aging to realize that the future of the world hangs
on some of these delinquent young shoulders. It's
even less encouraging to know that they draw in
spiration for shabby, immoral habits from their
elders.
Then, where does our hope lie? Certainly not in
the twisted mind of a young dope addict, or in the
sticky hands of a youthful desperado who sneaks
piltering amounts of money from cash registers, or
who takes a knife to settle some adolescent quar
rel. Where then?
Look to your 4-H clubs. That is where you will
glean the brightest hope for a decent world. Don’t,
misunderstand., This -isn’t to say that 4-H club
members are the only moral representatives of the
younger generation. But it is to say that they rep
resent the cleanest, most moral element of youth
today. They are a defense for youth—not a symbol
to be used for shaming minors. We don’t wish to
join the ranks of those who say, “Kids today are
just no good.” We find that is perhaps one of the
biggest incentives for delinquency.
We know full well that kids who live a pretty
moral life get fed up with finger pointing from
elders who haven’t set themr any shining example
to begin with. Perhaps they can't think of any irre
futable defense for themselves. So some of them
shrug their shoulders with a “why bother” attitude
and go out and do the things they’re accused of
anyway.
Well, let’s set up a defense for them. What bet
ter example can you find that all of youth is not on
a downgrade than in the membership of the nat
jonal 4-H club? Do you find any adult groups with
any higher standard than that of improving them
selves in heart, hand, health, and head. What
greater goal could youth strive toward?
Should you ever find yourself able to visit one of
the 4-H club camps that are conducted each sum
mer, don’t fail to take the copportunity. Should you
have a chance to view some of their projects first
hand,” you could not but leave greatly imrpressed. A
more industrious representation of the nation’s
youth cannot be found.
These youngsters apply themselves diligently to
practical projects. They raise cattle, they farm land,
they redecorate their hoines, they can goods for
winter storage, they design and construct clothing
so rthemselves and family. The list of projects
they carry out is extensive and most impressive.
° A volume could be devoted to lauding these
highly moral, clean, and healthy representatives of
this generation of Americans. Therefore, let us say
simply that they are the hope of the world’s future.
They are youth’s defense that all of them are not
hopeless cases after all.
'Good Citizen's’ Murder
Should Bring Action
Nobody in the Schuster family could have real
ized it at the time, but it was an unhappy day when
someone tacked up a “Wanted” poster of Willie
Sutton, the nation’s most notorious bank robber, in
the elder Schuster’s Brooklyn tailor shop.
His son Arnold, 24, mild-mannered, bespectacled
veteran of Coast Guard service in World War 11,
apparently looked at that “flyer” often enough to
fix “V;lllie the Actor’s” face well in mind.
Riding in the subway in Brooklyn a few weeks
ago, young Schuster saw a man who appeared
vaguely familiar. Suddenly his memory clicked and
he realized it was Sutton. He trailed the robber
from the subway until he spotted a police car. He
told the officers his story, and eventually they
picked up Sutton and arrested him.
What spurred Schuster to act on his hunch we
can only guess. It may have been published reports
that $70,000 reward awaited the nran who could
point out Sutton. Or maybe he had a streak of the
“private eye” in him."
His first lesson in the brutalities of life came
when the police version of Sutton’s capture made
no mention of Arnold Schuster, giving instead full
credit to the arresting officers. Schuster had to hire
aslawyer and stir up a fuss before the police, two
days later, finally acknowledged that the young
man had supplied a “wonderful tip.”
This belated recognition turned out to be a hollow
victory, however, when it was learned that reports
of a fat reward were false and Schuster would get
nothing for his pains. Nothing, that is, unless you
count a proposed “alertness” award from a TV “pri
vate eye” program.
Schuster shortly faded from public notice, but he
was not forgotten in certain special quarters. After
Sutton’s arrest, two of his underworld friends were
also seized. Quite evidently, all this was more than
some man or men could bear, .
Not mrany nights ago, while he was walking alone
about a block from his home, Schuster was shot
and killed, Bullets were fired into his stomach, the
back of his head, and into each of his eyes —the
eyes that had seen too much.
What a tragic commentary this makes on life in
a great American city. From the forces of law and
order, Schuster got nothing for his ciisplay of pub
lic-spirited conduct. Their reluctance to admit his
tip was a pitiful show. But from the gangland he
dared to challenge, the young man got the reward
that ruffians know so well how to deal out.
If wrongs like this cannot swiftly be righted, then
life in America’s greatest community may one day
become too callous to be endured by decent citizens.
There exists in the United States an Eisenhower
majority, whereas there does not exist a Republican
majority.—Rep. Hugh Scott (R.-Pa.).
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Truman, Byrnes At Dagger Points
On ltem In President’s Biography
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, March 18 —
(AP)—President Truman and his
former Secretary of State, James
F. Byrnes, were in open contra
diction today over whether Tru
man gave Byrnes a bawling out
for his handling of Russian rela
tions in January, 1946.
Truman says he did. Byrnes,
now Governor of South Carolina,
says “absolutely untrue.”
The disputs flared between the
two ex-friends as a result of the
publication of the book “Mr. Pres
ident.” The editor, William Hill
man prints the text of a Truman
letter addressed to Byrnes on
Jan. 5, 1946 wih a presidential
note saying Truman read it to
Byrnes personally. Hillman, for
mer newspaperman. and how a
commentator for the Mutual
Broadcasting System, says in the
book that the President gave him
express permission to .make the
document public at this time.
Sensational Item
It is possibly the most sensa
tional single item in the book,
which is constructed largely of ex
cerps from Truman’s diaries and
private papers.
The letter to Byrnes, which‘the
President said was so urgent %hat
he read it to Byrnes instead of
mailing it, was released at this
time, Hillman says, to make two
points: £
(1) To show Truman’s early at
titude toward the Soviets; and (2)
to show the President’s attitude
toward delegating authority to
subordinates.
On the first point, the President
said in the letter “I’m tired of
babying the Russians” and im
plied criticism of agreements
which Byrnes had entered into
during a trip to Moscow in De
cember, 1945, concerning Romania
and Bulgaria, as well as Byrne’s
handling of Russian relations in
other respects.
Use “Iron Fist”
The President said Russia must
be confronted with an *iron fist”
to prevent an attack on Turkey
and seizure of the Dardanelles.
On the second point, the Presi
dent expressed sharp eriticism of
his Secretary of State for alleged
ly failing to keep him informed of
developments at the Moscow
meeting and for making final de
cisions there without consultation.
The President’ said he would
make the final decisions.
Truman'’s notation at the top of
this document which Hillman de
scribed in the book as being
signed “HST” said: “I wrote this
memo and read it to my Secretary
of State. So urgent were its con=
tents I neither had it typed nor
mailed. But preferred to read it
in order to give emphasis to the
points I wanted to make.”
Denies Reading
Byrnes denied that the letter
had been read to him. In a state
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ment from his office at Spartan
burg, §. C. Byrnes said:
“Before the announcement of
this book, T had not heard of the
letter alleged to have been ad
dressed to me by Mr. Truman,
which letter he says he did not
mail to me but did read to me.
Mr. Truman’s statement that he
read the letter to me is absolutely
untrue. Had he done so he would
have had to write another letter
accepting my resignation.”
It was not until a year later that
Byrnes resigned. Byrnes’ state
ment added, without explanation,
that once before “Mr. Truman
caused one of his biographers to
misrepresent me, I ignored it.”
“This time I will not,” he de
clared. “As soon as I have an op
portunity I intend to write an ar
ticle to show that his statement
that he read this letter to me is
untrue,”
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* 13. The Advaniages of a Will
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. valid will. Some of the most common are: Procrastination; Careless
< ness; Legal Formalities; Superstitions; Pending Plans ... When an
. individual dies without a will, his or her property is distributed outright
5 .« « by the statutes . . . under lacal law.”
_ —from the March Issue of “TAXES AND ESTATES”
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° Your property, large or small, should be distributed according to your
. wishes and not by law. Your Will is a statement of your wishes. It is
. not a preparation for death. It is one of the most intelligent actions
. you can take, while alive. The time to do it is now.
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4 in life and after death—was more important. Without obligation,
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ATHENS ATLANTA AUGUSTA MACON SAVANNAH VALDOSTA
DP’S TRAPPED IN SHANGHAI
HONG KONG.—(AP)—An In
ternational Relief Organization of~
ficial estimates there are more
than 5,000 displaced persons stiil
trapped in Communist Shanghai
because nobody wants them. Most
of themr are White Russians, ac
cording to IRO Special Envoy
Thomas Jamieson.
The problem is to find countries
economically capable of absorbing
them, he said. Austrfa, Canada
and the United States have taken
in 640,000 displaced persons in the
past few years while the United
Kingdom took 80,000.
A COURAGEOUS ATHLETE
EAST LANSING, Mich.(AP)—
John Hellwege, sophomore diver
on the Michigan State swim squad,
should get a big “C” for courage.
During a difficult dive in an early
season meet at Indiana, Hellwege’s
head struck the edge of the alum
inum board. A great gash was torn
in his face and head which requir
ed 55 stitches. But six weeks
later John was back in action
again and won first place against
Pittsburgh.
AT THE MOVIES
PALACE— , |
Sun.-Mon.-Tues.—“Meet Danny
Wilson,” starring Frank Sinatra,
Shelley Winters. Crow Crazy —
Woody Woodpecker, Living in a
Metropolis—Earth and its People,
News.
Wed.-Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. — “Love
Is Better Than Ever,” starring
Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor,
Born to Peck—Woody Woodpeck
er. The Lady Marines—special.
News.
RITZ—
Mon.-Tues.—*“Wild Blue Yon
der,” starring Wendell Corey, Vera
Ralston, Forrest Tucker. Foxy by
Proxy—Bugs Bunny.
Wed.-Thurs.—“Gypsy Wildcat,”
starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall.
The Framed Cat—Tom and Jerry.
Diving Dynasty—sport.
Fri.-Sat. — “Frontier Phantom,”
starring Lash La Rue, Fuzzy St.
John. Test Pilot Donald—Donald
Duck. So you want to be a bache
lor—Joe Doakes. Mysterious Is
land—chapter 6.
DRIVE-IN—
Mon.-Tues. — “Westward the
Women,” starring Robert Taylor,
Denise Darcel. The Flying Cat—
Tom and Jerry. News.
Wed.-Thurs. — “Love Nest,”
starring June Haver, William
Lundigan. The Helpful Geni—
Terrytoon. News.
Fri.—*“Louisa,” starring Ronald
Reagan, Ruth Hussey. Audrey the
Rainmaker—Popeye.
Sat—“ Drums In the Deep
South,” starring James Craig, Guy
Madison, Barbara Payton. Bee on
Guard—Donald Duck.
RADAR MAY HELP
WEATHERMAN
CHICAGO.—(AP)—Radar may
soon be aiding weather forecast
ers by spotting distant rain clouds
and thus help predict sudden
storms.
The Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois and Common
wealth Edison Company are co=-
operating with the Chicago wea
ther office of the U. S Weather
Bureau in radar experiments. It is
hoped by planners of the scheme
to be able to determine location,
density, altitude and direction of
clouds ot supplement other me
teorological data.
Safety officials advise home
makers to keep a galvanized steel
pail filled with sand near their
?itChen ranges to put out grease
[lres.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1952
GEORGIA—
Tues.-Wed.—“Man Bait,” . .
ring George Brent, Ghost Bu::
Barnyard Babies. Papa's Day ¢
Rest.
Thurs.-Fri. — “Westward 1.
Women,” starring Robert T
News.
Sat.—‘Dial 1119,” starring M.,
shall Thompson. Unknown Wo:lq
Time Gallops On. i
STRAND—
Sun.-Mon.-Tues.-Wed., — “T¢
Tall Men,” starring B. Lancaste;
Judy Lawrence. Richard Himbg
and Orchestra. News.
Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.—“Belle of N
York,” starring Fred Astaire, Ver,
Ellen. Mouse Comes to Dinn
Newlyweds House Guest. Nev
HARLEM THEATRE—(CoIored)
Tues. Only—“ Backfire,” i
Edmond O’Brien.
Wed.-Thurs. — “The Day tho
Earth Stood Still.”
Fri.-Sat. — Triple Program .
“San Quentin,” with Humph:
Bogart. “Hills of Oklahoma,” i,
Rex Allen. ‘Overland with X
Carson,” with Wild Bill Elliott
Late Show Saturday, 1:15 p. n,
—“Black Raven.”
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