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Shortage Of Aviation Gasoline
Criiicgl If Major War Comes
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent y
WASHINGTON.— (NEA) —The United States
would be extremely short of aviation gasoline, in
case of a sudden, all-out Russian aftack in Korea,
Iran, Germany or points between.
This alarming shortage was strikingly revealed
by the strike of 90,000 oil workers on April 30, Two
days later the Air Force had to cut down en all
military flying except in the Korean theater,
Three days after that, commercial airlines were
ordered to cut their operations 30 percent, for 28
days, or until after the Decoration Day travel rush.
But, as many of the oil unions have been slower in
signing new contracts and returning to work, the
crisis in aviation gasoline supply is not past.
The irony of this situation is that many U. S.
experts have figured Russia is not able to start
World War 111 now because it lacks aviation gas.
It now develops the U. S. might not be able to
gas a major war, either, even for defense. If Rus=-
sian bombers were able to knock out key U. S. re
fineries, the situation would be even more critical.
Officials in the Department of Defense, the Petro=
leum Administration in Department of Interior,
Defense Mobilization Administration and the pri
vate petroleum companies and commercial flying
companies admit this “air gas” shortage. But they
have not been talking about it much for two main
reasons,
The first is that they were getting by without
any difficulty up to the time of the oil strike. Sup
plies have been adequate for every demand at home
and overseas.
MILITARY SECURITY LABEL
ON GAS PRODUCTION
The second and more important reason is that
aviation gasoline production figures are now highly
classified as & matter of military security.
Since the outbreak of the Korean war, U, S. gas
oline refining capacity has been stepped up consid=-
erably. But the amount of the increased production
facilities and the degree of their completion are kept
sevet,
(One point petroleum experts emphasize is that
th-re is no shortage of fuel for jet aircraft,
n case of war, rationing of civilian driving
would free enough facilities in the U. S. for jet fuel
ggduction to take care of any anticipated demand.
“ne other factor that eases this demand is that
the U. 8. and ite allies don’t have as many jet air
craft as they should have, When jet plane produc
tion gets rolling in a couple of years, the jet fuel
demand will be greater, At the same time the de
mand for high-test aviation gas for propeller
driven planes may be gradualily reduced.
Today’s shortage of aviation gas is due to two
main causes, in addition to the U. S. strike.
The first is the loss of Iranian production. Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company operated the world’s largest
refinery at Abadan, on the Persian Gulf. It pro
duced 10 percent of the world’s supply of aviation
gasoline, When this refinery was closed down by
the Iranian government's seizure, it fell to U. S.
refineries 1o make up 90 percent of that loss for
world supply.
COMMERCIAL AVIATION DOUBLES
GAS CONSUMPTION
The second factor is, of course, the tremendous
increase in commercial aviation. World airline tra
vel in 1951 was over 31 billion passenger miles,
which was double the 1947 figure. This has nearly
doubled aviation gasoline consumption in the last
five years,
At the start of World War 11, U. S. aviation gas
production was around 40,000 barrels a day. It was
“stepped up to 159,000 barrels a day at the peak of
World War 11. But many of these facilities were
high cost, marginal producers which were closed
down when the war ended. Korean fighting step
ped up the demand again. But today’s production
figure is a military secret.
The U. 8. industry is entirely privately owned
and operated. The government owns no refineries.
But to encourage production, the government has
offered accelerated tax amortization to the oil conr
panies that would enlarge their refinery output.
Up to January, 1952, 180 refinery expansion pro
jects involving a capital outlay of $945 million, had
been given certificates of necessity by Defense Pro
duction Administration. How many of the facilities
are now in production is not revealed.
. Aviation gasoline is in the nature of a by-product,
the Petroleum Administration explains. Ordinary
gasoline is rectified from petroleum, then run
through alkylation plants, where the quality is im
proved.
“The supply is now nip and tuck,” says Brigadier
General Alfred H. Johnson, chairman of the Muni
tions Board Joint Petroleum committee. Reserves
are a secret, he says, “but I would like to see lar
gas reserves.” Congress is being asked for more
money to supply them.
Your statement clearly indicates that you have
not come f{o these conferences (at Panmunjom) to
negotiate an armistice. You appear more concerned
wéth the UN command’s attitude than with solving
.ue problems.—UN negotiator Colonel Don O. Dar
row.
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“German Treaty Is Symbolic Of |
Will To Save World From Reds
With the signing of the German peace contract,
another historic stride has been taken toward sta=
bility and new strength for the western world.
Only a short time ago the Allied treaty with
Japan took effect. But admittedly there is a vast
difference between that agreement and the Ger
nmran accord.
The pact with Germany does not cover the whole
nation, but only the western zones occupied until
now by U. S., British and French troops. Since the
Russians occupy East Germany and we could not
geét together with them on a treaty for all Germany,
we have done the next best thing. If and when the
country is unified, our treaty will apply to all
areas.
Not many days back it had begun to look as if
really grave obstacles to the new German agree=
ment were rising, especially among Chancelloe
Adenauer’s own majority coalition parties. Tem=
porarily, at least, that has now changed. Opposition
from the chancellor’s supporters has been muted.
But though the entire free world may herald the
signing of this treaty, there can be no easy assump
tion that the sailing will now be smooth. The pow=
erful German Socialists, led by the implacable,
dyspeptic Kurt Schumacher, are stoutly against the
treaty and will buck it hard when it comes up for
ratification in the Bonn Parliament.
The pact also must be ratified, of course, in the
U. S. Senate and the British and French legisla
tures. The Labor Party’s attitude suggests that in
Britain, if nowhere else among the non-German
signatories, trouble may develop. The leftist Labor=-
ites echo the Schumacher argument that this agree=
ment wrecks any early chance for Gernran unity.
Whatever the effect upon unity, the treaty does
give West Germany most of its sovereignty back. It
formally ends Allied occupation, though not the
presence of Allied troops on German soil. Here
after they are there as friends and protectors, much
the same as American troops are in Japan.
In return for restoration of its civil powers, West
Germany has pledged itself to rearm and recruit
s some 12 divisions of 300,000 men. These units would
be incorporated in the projected new six-nation
European defense army.
Thus the groundwork is laid for West Germany to
become a potent, independent ally of the Allied
nations in their continuing struggle to save the
world from encroaching communism. This is only
the first step toward that goal, but it is a major
commitment and therefore it deserves the plaudits
of all free men.
The Russians and many another will rail against
this treaty as destructive of hopes for peace. In ac
tuality it is the oppisite. It represents, as did the
Japanese treaty, a courageous effort to bring back
into the family of {ree nations a former enenry. It
stands out as a constructive act symbolic of the
will to muster every available ounce of strength
against tyrannical Communists.
To the extent that the free peoples are able to
fulfill the promise of such acts as the German peace
treaty, the outlook for peace will not be lessened
but enhanced.
Hydrogen Horror
There are reports the administration will ask
Congress for $4,000,000,000 or $5,000,000,000 in ad
ditional funds for the Atomie Energy program. If
true, this will be regarded as evidence the hydro
gen bomb is being developed more rapidly than had
been anticipated and that the United States will
push hard for a big stockpile of the fantastic wea
pons.
Stepping up of the hydrogen tenmrpo would also
be regarded as probable proof that the Soviet Un
ion is doing well, too, with the H-bomb. In a recent
disclosure to Congress, General Carl Spaatz pre
dicted Russia will have a stockpile of H-bombs by
1954. Some American atomi> experts predict an ex
perimental H-bomb will be exploded in Russia this
year,
The H-bomb is loosely described as possessed of
1,000 times the power of the Hiroshima A-bomb
and as carrying the threat of world destruction
should ambitious national leaders ever loose it in
a war of conquest, bringing retaliation by other
nations.
If additional billions are requested for H-bombs,
it is not indicated whether 2dditional plants would
be constructed or the mroney would be applied to
enlargement of the plant under constructicn in
South Carolina.
Power of the A-bomb is indicated by one estimate
that 50 A-bombs would be required to destroy
Washington, D. C,, but only two H-bombs.
There is the remote possibility that something
will transpire to veto the practicability of the H
bomb. But in the absence of such an eventuation
the earth will undergo a horrible scorching in a
{uture war.
General Eisenhower’s return to the United States
will be a great loss to Europe. He’s a symbol of co
operation.—Dr. Dirk Stikker, foreign minister of
the Netherlands. &
Kansas City man who had his fortune told was
promised he would soon meet some interesting peo
ple. On his way home a holdup man took his watch
and pocketbook.
It (UMT) is the most effective use of our mran
power and monetary resources to provide an ade
quate number of men at the necessary level of
training in the least possible time.—General Omar
Bradley.
If potatoes are scare, as reported, Washington
will no doubt come to the rescue with a new direc~
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Parents’ Harsh Childhood Colors
Their Ideas Of Discipline Now
By MURIEL LAWRENCE
The comics page is attached to
the editorial page. Bobby wants to
look at the comics page; his father
wants to read the editorials. So
Bobby’s father says, “Isn’t it your
bedtime? Run along to your moth
er. I don’t want to be bothered
now.”
To Bobby’s father, the editor’s
analysis of the President’s latest
speech is important; to Bobby,
Bugs Bunny’s lateét adventures
are important. So, discovering that
they can be partially deciphered
on the folded back of his father’s
paper, Bobby squats down at his
parent’s knees to enjoy what he
can of his comic strip.
Without warning, his father un
folds his paper and his stretched
hand raps Bobby’s eye. Bobby
howls, his father roars and his
mother comes flying in from the'
kitchen. 4
“It’s his bedtime, isn’t it?” cries
Bobby’'s father. “I'd like to get
some peace around here if it could
be arranged. The trouble in this
house is that the kids don’t know
their place! I'd have been hauled
out to the woodshed when I was
a boy for bothering my father
after dinner . ..”
Thirty years ago, in the wood
shed, Bobby’s grandfather ex
pressed the identical sentiments,
Waiting for Bobby’s father to
bting him the switch, he had
roared, “I’ll show you who’s boss
around here! When I was a boy,
children were seen and not heard
That's how it goes—our attitude
toward childhood. We grant it the
status our parents gave it as their
feeling for it was given them by
theirs. The attitude of Bobby’s
father toward childhood was
forged in the frustration and fury
of outraged helplessness he once
felt in the woodshed.
Leon Driskell
When Having Trouble Starfing Talk;
Give-up Before You've Gone Too Far
We met an erstwhile friend last
week and settled down for a len
gthy and enjoyable “gab session”,
only to find as time passed that
something unexpected had hap
pened to old Joe since last we saw
him. His conversational powers,
which we remembered as stimula
ting and somewhat inspired, had
degenerated to a condition best
described as stale.
After some halting efforts to get
ourselves geared to the conversa
tion, we began to fear that the il
lusive spark of friendship had
dimmed and given up the ghost
during our long absence from each
other. This terrible thought, we
finally discounted after noticing
that Joe was expending no little
effort to pipe the needed zest into
our meeting of the minds.
In desperation at the lagging
and iname conversation, we deter
mined to put to test a formula for
conversation which we had learn
ed earlier in the week from an
other friend (who is by no means
erstwhile). The friend had guar
anteed us that the formula would
make even a telephone pole talk
back, and since we had never
noticed him having difficulty in
striking up a conversation we
decilded the formula was worth a
trial.
Sure — Fire Formula
In explaining the formula at
great length, he had spelled out
the words* Dear Home Pals”. For
each of the letters the poem using
the formula associates a word
which is bound to start conversa
tion poste haste. The last letter
(which is an “S”, he said was well
nigh infallible when stiring up
talk with another male. (But then
being a student of psychology,
maybe he over-estimates the im
portance of some aspects of life.)
Stepping warily and with no lit=-
tle trepitude, we began with the
letter “D” and essayed some dis
tance into an inspection up when
a particulary eloquent diserta
tion resulted in the obviously im=-
Turnabout)
Bobby’s father may have re
covered from his resentment at his
father but he has not recovered
from his contempt for childhood
as an inferior state.
Outmoded Legacy
Though he should not have sur
rendered his right to read his pa
per in peace, Bobby’s father should
long since have surrendered his
imperialistic feeling for child
hood.
He should have said to Bobby,
“You cannot have the paper now
because it is my turn to read it.
If you are impatient, it will take
me a long time to read it. If you
are patient, you can have it in less
time.”
If our families were expert at
keeping us “in our place” as chil
dren, we are probably not as proud
of them as we think., Nobody who
is emotionally well enjoys being
extinguished or degraded.
Dr. Karl Menninger, in his book
“Love Against Hate,” writes that
“Parents often treat their children
as they themselevs were treated
by their own parents, thus achiev
ing a long-deferred and displaced
revenge for the indignities and
suffering they endured.”
The idiot phrase “children
should be seen and not heard” is
one of those Victorian legacies
that rips apart like your great
grand-mother’s silk if you touch
it too closely.
What’s not idiotie, but danger
ous about this phrase is that it
jends itself to all kinds of varia=
tions: “My father was a hard man,
but it was good for me.” . . . “I
came up the hard way and look at
me now ..."”
We should take care not to
glamorize the harsh®ess of our
own childhood lest we confuse
harshness with firmness in our
treatment of our sons and daugh=-
ters.
possible question of “Harvey —
who's he?”
All efforts along lines of drama
and just plain entertainment
proved complete busts. From Da
gmar and Pluto we thrust our=-
selves through the rest of the
formula. No results. (Note to psy
chologist friend: You did over-es
timate it!) .
We were faced with an obvious
dilemmo. Our friend’s lack of in
terest stemmed from no unfriend
ly attitude toward toward us, nor
in any malicious caprice to ruin
our reunion. When we attempted
with little good grace to escape
the palling effect of his lassitude,
he appeared to be quite upset and
began to talk. Somehow in our
fumbling for openings we hit upon
the subject of most interest to
him.
In passing, we mentioned a cer
tain young lady of reputed charm
and evident beauty. It appeared
soon thereafter that our buddy
had been smitten with the tender
passion for her and wanted the
whole world to know it. To some
lengths he held forth about her
manifold charms. We learned that
never has there been a more beau
tiful nor more charming person.
(If you've ever had a similar con
versation, you've heard the whole
story.)
The information followed that
he was unable to talk in intellig
ible fashion because of his being
gone on “What’s-Her-Name”, That
statement we unreservedly beli
eved.
Father Confessor
Such a development as above
described left us completely cold,
but seeing a friend in need, we
decided him to be a friend indeed
and proceeded to serve as Father
Confessor. We listened and listened
and on ard on we listened.
As luck would have it, the lady
in question moticed our long con
versaticn and telephoned me later
ta learn what “Joe thinks of me”.
Anocther fruitless half-hour spent.
BY HAL BOYLE
NEW YORK.—(AP)—Ever hear
of a man being made a buck ser
geant in the American Army by
popular demand?
Father Frank Woods, an Irish
priest who spent 17 years as a
missionary in Xorea, holds that
unique honor.
Yesterday he boarded the liner
Mauretania for his native Ireland
with five other Far East mission~
aries to attend the election of a
new head of their order, the Co
lumban Fathers.
Father Frank, a“ruddy-faced,
graying man of 48, became the
best-known chaplain in Korea as
a result of his legendary battle
field exploits.
Shortly atter the U. 8. troops
landed in Korea, the stocky priest
volunteered his services. Because
he was a non-citizen, he was told
he couldn’t be put on Uncle Sam’s
payroll as a chaplain.
That made no difference to
Father Frank. For more than a
year he served without rank or
pay with the Second Battalion of
the U. S. Second Infantry Divis=
ion, an outfit that saw some of the
hardest fighting of the Korean
campaign.
Carrying a rifle himself £Br his
own protection, he went on dan
gerous patrols to act as interpre
ter. He gave the last rites to hun
dreds of American wounded men.
Sleeping with the officers, eating
with the enlisted men, he became
the most popular man in the div
ision.
Once, after a fire fight, he call
ed on a wounded Korean in a rice
paddy to surrender. To his startled
surprise 70 fully - armed, un
wounded Korean soldiers hiding in
the paddy, rose to-their feet, their
hands lifted.
Division cfficers finally began
to worry about Father Frank,
They didn’t want to lose him.
“They watched mre like hawks,”
he said. “They wouldn’t allow me
to go on patrols anymore, or even
get up-front.”
After a vear of combat duty,
Father Frank returned to his Ko
rean parish. Before he left the di
vision he happened to comment
that he thought being a sergeant
in the American Army was about
the finest job in the world.
The next day an order was
posted on the headquarters buile
tin board unofficially promoting
him to the rank of “buck ser=-
geant.” Every soldier in the com
pany immediately signed his name
to the order, and Father Frank at
last had rank — by popular de
mand.
NURSE GETS AWARD IN BED
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I. —
(AP)—Miss Marjorie MacDougll,
confined to hospital for three
months by rheumatic fever, topped
her class of nurses at the Prince
Edward Island Hospital.
She received her award in bed.
Since then, the thing has grown
to moumental porportions. To keep
both parties happy it would be
necessary to keep a notebook of
remarks to let each inspect at in
tervals. I am pursued at all hours
by the two lovers who seen to be
entirely too bashful to proclaim
themselves in person.
This recountal of the events that
have transpired in the past week
is meant to serve as a warning to
all other prospective “soul mates”.
If you feel the irrepresible urge
to tell someone yoru troubles don’t
look at me.
In self-defense I told “What’s-
Her-Name” that Joe considered
her entirely too fat and in turn
told Joe that his Lady-Love had a
expressed her opinion that he was
“a mere child”.
I haven't heard the details of
the'r last meeting, but I suspect
that Joe will be able to carry on
a decent conversation next time
I see him.
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Hedy Lamarr Has "Big Deal™
With Filming Of "Interlude”
LOLLYWOOD— (NEA) —Ex
ecusively Yours: Hedy Lamarr has
definitely decided to star in “In
terlude,” ‘with sliming to be done
in Mexico. It’s one of those whop
i){ing percentage deals that will pay
edy large hunks of cash over a
period of years.
* - -
Errol Flynn, whose slick comedy
gense surprised everybody on TV’s
“Comedy Hour,” isn’t admitting
that he is planning more parlor
screen appearances. “I did it be
cause, Bub Abbott is a close
friend,” Errol said. “You might
say it was an act of charity.”
* * "
“The Sea Around Us”, Rachel
Carson’s best-seller about the
strange life at the bottom of the
ocean, has been optioned by RKO.
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Joan Bennett, set to do a TV
series before the bullets whizzed
through that “purple haze,” was
paid off to the tune of $12,000 to
forget the whole thing.
* B %
MGM'’s remake of the Norma
Shearer-Clark Gable-Lionel Bar
rymore classic, “A Free Soul,”
may still reach the screen with
the original title. The current tag,
“The Girl Who Had Everything,”
isn’t final.
Liz Taylor is the girl and Bill
Powell will do the attorney role
created by Lionel. Gable’s part
hasn’t been cast.
* - *
John Payne on his romance with
sultry Lina Romay:
“I don’t think either one of us
is serious. She’s a nice girl. I've
been out with her half a dozen
times, that’s all.”
TV SHORTS ARE HARD WORK
You’ve heard the wails of actors
'.R?ut the rigors of doing live
Now lend an ear to Mary An
derson’s account of what an ac
tress goes through working in a
¥Bllywmd-made short film for
“ll'd show up at the studio at 7
in the morning and work until 10
at night,” moaned Mary about her
starring role in “Mardi Gras,” one
of the features in the “Unexpect
ed” series,
“I was on my feet the entire
time. The pace was Killing. How
the crew stands it, I don’t know.
“But you know something? It
was fun.”
* * *
Rock Hudson, who looks enough
like Robert Ryan to be his bro-
Virginia AW/oodall
Exodus From Pof And Pan To Hook
And Line Termed Self-Deiense
For woman there is no salvation
from her arch rival—the world of
sports. It's a coutinuous, deadly
march through the seasons, heck
ling her, daring her, defying her to
pull the male away from the arms
of his current “seasonal love.”
During the football season,
should the male of any household
decide to remain within his dq—
main on a Saturday aiternoon,_lt
would require a stick of dynamite
to dislodge him from his spot be=
side the radio. Should any ques
tion or statement be directed his
way, it somehow fails to get
through to him. He remains in a
state of coma throughout the after
noon as he frantically dials the set
from station to station to catch
the latest scores from each colleg
iate clash.
When that season has spent its
course, the male turns his affection
toward stalking wild game. And
upon his return, he sits within his
family circle and dreams with
glazed eyes of his day’s exploits.
The conversation flows around
him and above him, but never
quite reaches him.
Comes the spring and the male
begins to fondle his golf clubs
with tender thoughts of a day on
the green. And as spring advances
into summer his loves are three
for baséball and fishing now enter
the scene. Here, then, is where the
female must make her big decision.
Should she wait patiently within
the “vine-covered cottage” while
the male pursues his paramours,
or should she, too, take to the
sporting trail and give her rival a
champion’s fight?
Long ago, Eve’s daughters made
the decision to abandon pot and
pan for pole and line during what
they consider the most ecrucial
season. For men go mad when the
fish begin to flash through the
streams and lakes of the land.
They huddle over maps, seeking
secret spots to carry out “Opera
tion Fish”. They bury their noses
for endless hours into charts,
almanacs, and books on fishing
lore, plotting frenzied campaigns
against their finned opponents.
They cast suspicious eyes upon
any who ask where they “caught
that beauty last week”. They are
loath to reveal the “trysting spot”,
They sneak out of an early morn
ing to reach their particular
“Paradise” unobserved.
. Inner Sanctum
Within the inner sanctum of the
men’s luncheon clubs, idle chatter
is supplanted by intensive ac
counts of the past weekend’s
adventures. Members may hear a
fisherman embroider his story in
glorious color. But the wvictor
would suffer an agonizing death
rather than reveal the location of
the “battleground”. His audience
may question, may urge, may
weep, may wail, but none of the
brothers will glean the smallest
clue as to the whereabouts df the
casting ground.
Woman, then, in self defense,
has begun to follow the male into
the rapids of mountain streams
or onto the lowland lakes and
ponds. This, the male at first ac
cepted graciously as a whim to be
pampered momentarily, for they
were satisfied that the trend
would be short-lived.
That theory might have held
firm had it not been for the per
verse nature of woman. For, rather
than abandoning their new design,
they have begun to take an inter
est in the sport as their know
ledge of it grows. Now, we may
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1654,
ther, will co-star with Ryam in
Ul's “The Texas Man.” R‘,; role:
Ryan’s brother .... Scott Brady’s
heartsick Hal Wallis offered him
his top salary to date to play the
muscular college lad in “Come
Back, Little Sheba,” but WI and
Fox said “No.”
- - -
Saturday’s twin bill at the Iy
ceum children’s matinee in Cleve
land, Ohio, is one for the book.
The films. “Love Nest” and “Let’s
Make It Legal.”
¥ &
There’s a serious wobble in the
marriage of actress Dolores Moran
and Producer Benedict Bogeaus.
HATTIE IS REMEMBERED
Ailing Hattie McDaniel perked
up when she received flowers
from John Marsh of Atlanta, Ga.
Marsh was married to the late
Margaret Mitchell, who wrote
“Gone With the Wind,” the picture
that won Hattie an Academy
award.
* * *
A quick shot of two bums in
“War of the Worlds” is getting
projection room howls at Para
mount. The bums were played, as
a lark, by Producer George Pal
and his associate, Y. Frank Free
man, jr.
¥ ® %
Claire Trevor, whose TV ap
pearances have been limited to
commercial blurbs about wrist
watches, jumps into the live arena
with a series of dramatie shows
from New York. Taboo subject
matter in the Trevor book of
rules: Female private eyes, heart
of-gold tough dolls and gangster
molls.
* s @
Mrs. Paul Muni is seriously ill,
.... Daria Massey, who played the
daughter of Danny Bhomas in “I’ll
See You in My Dreams,” will have
an important role in “The Miracle
of Our Lady of Eatima.” .... Bob
Hope has a TV sponsor on the hook
who wants to build him his own
video theater in Hollywood ....
The Photoplay Gold Medal Award
Dinner has been set for Feb. 11 at
the Embassy Room of the Ambas
sador Hotel.
. s @
Silvano Magano, the earthy star
of “Bitter Rice,” plays a num in
her next film .... Frank Parker,
the ex-tennis champ, is coaching
Katharine Hepburn for her racket
wielding in “Pat and Mike.” She
plays a professional lady athlete
who's aiso a whiz at golf, baseball,
basketball and skeet shooting.
find some women working up a
certain amount of fanatacism on
the subject, even beginning to
rival the males in their ability to
embellish an account of a parti
cular catch.
Such a revolution, the male ob
serves with mixed emotions of
pride and distress. It is well that
his helpmate wishes to join his
expeditions and share his plea
sures when the “fishin’s good”.
But when she begins to outdo him
in the sport—all is not well. Man
begins to fear that nothing is
sacred.
Fear Well—Founded
The fear may be well-founded,
for we have observed that the
bridge. club, beauty parlor and
back-fence gossip is bowing in de
feat to a new topic—fishing tech
niques. Perphaps the newest fad
ofl woman has some merit after
all.
You are spared further discourse
on the subject by the arrival of
our sainted Mother with the mak
ings of the evening meal. Her
“shopping outfit” consists of
checked shirt, blue jeans and a
pair of hip boots. Her “groceries”
are dangling from a string at the
end of a casting rod.
We have no hope that our father
will take much delight in the
evening meal, for the prize is not
his. His gloom is apparent.
Mother? Oh, she’s busily engag
ed in an exciting account of “the
one that got away”.
What The
People Say
As the mother of a school child,
I question the wisdom of usinfi
children in promoting a politicz
issue,—with particular referenc®
to the recent school bond drive.
In stressing the important role
of education in a democracy, it
seems advisable to keep children
free from propaganda, by throu
ghly presenting both sides of every
question,
In the recent bond campaign,
only one side of the issue was
given, and many children were
bitterly disappointed when the
bond was defeated. Numbers of
children felt their parents had
“let them down” and defeated the
cause of better education.
Considerable confusion was also
caused when school was dismissed
an hour early on election day,
without previous notice to the par
ents.
It now seems we will have our
new school buildings, additions
and necessary completions any
way, and one wonders why the
bond drive was necessary in the
first place.
Sincerely,
Joanna Traylor
s S bil
BOOK SALES LAG
MILAN (AP) — Italians buy
less than one book per capita each
year.
Italian book publishers announ=
ced some 37 million books were
sold last year to more than 47
million Italians. Those in the
Lombardy mgz; are the most
avid readers, said.