Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 24 February 1950 — Page 2

two tHE POST-DEMOCRAT. SlUNCIE, INDIANA', FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 1950.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT jk Democratic weoxly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newseaper in Delaware County.

Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, *t the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of Vi arch 3. 1879. PRICE 5 CENTS—$2.00 A YEAR MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 916 West Main Street Muncie, Indiana, Friday, February 24, 1950.

Least Me-Too GOP Of Species Alive There’s a Republican out in St. Louis who is probably the least me-too, Republican of the entire species still alive. He sent a copy of a letter he wrote to the Republican National Committee along to a Democratic Congressman from his neighborhood, apparently with the idea that his non-me-too thoughts might appeal to Democrats. The non-me-too Republican blames what he considers the sad state of the world today on the fact that a “radical” Democratic Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. The non-me-too Republican wrote that the country had about $3.5 billion in money then and now has about $28 billion. His prescription for a Republican victory and for the good of the country is for the Republicans to win the Congress and go back to 1913 and those $3.5 billion and start over. The Democratic Congressman, Melvin Price, who got the letter, replied that the Republicans had that chance between 1921 and 1933, and look what happened! The Democrats had to take over and straighten out the economy. You may be interested in a local development in the me-too department. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York has presented an unbalanced budget to the New York State legislature. New York State has no unusual expenditures in connection with international relations or national defense. In other words without the inflexible amounts due to past wars and efforts to avoid future ones which make up 71 percent of the national budget, Governor Dewey still finds it necessary to propose spending MORE than the state takes in. New GOP Policy Is Provocative The “new” Republican statement of principles and objectives is a provocative, if sometimes conflicting, blend of “me-too” and “not-me” upon which GOP orators are now asserting they will win the House and Senate in 1950 and the Presidency in 1952. This document answers to the description the Republicans themselves gave their 1948 platform — “a tent big enough to cover everyone” — but the “new” document seems even vaguer than the 1948 platform adopted by the Republican National Convention. With an air of discovery, the Republicans come out in favor of freedom, diligence, economy, courage, initiative and patriotism. The Democratic Party has been furthering these by deeds for a good many years. We also continue to support the fish ladders which Governor Dewey advocated so eloquently in the last Presidential campaign. GOP Talks Poor And Spends Rich The Republicans have switched their old system of talking rich and spending rich to talking poor and spending rich. Supporters of wealthy Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio have resorted to nation-wide chain letters (remember when they were THE craze?) to collect funds for his campaign. And now comes the Republican State Chairman from New Jersey asking the Republican National Chairman to make the Taft backers stop the chain letters. The New Jersey State Chairman says Taft is getting the chain and leaving the missing links to his fellow Republican candidates. Don’t be fooled! The Republicans will have a huge campaign fund from large-sum contributors. The only way we can combat this is to make our Jefferson-Jackson dinners bigger and better than ever and to continue to enlist rank and file support. "United Amidst Diversity" Brotherhood Week in 1950 is an occasion for rededication to a more united America, and a more united world. Across the wide variety of interest and background which constitutes modern America, there is a unifying bond of historical responsibility to transmit to our children the freedom and the security which we have inherited from our forebears. Better understanding in America may well become the basis for better understanding across all boundaries, national, no less than group. Our forefathers created a federal system which was the first Step toward unification across difference; it remains for us to carry their principle further, so as to establish a society which whl be united amidst diversity of cultural background, and even religious affiliation. The call of the National Conference of Christians and Jews for this new unity of Americans and men, everywhere, is one that must be heard in our day. —Rabbi "Louis Finkelstein, President Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

House Errs In Taking Step Toward New Postal Rates The first step has been taken toward enactment of the postal rate increase. The house has voted to raise the postal rates. Of course, the senate still has to act, and it would appear unlikely that any new scale of charges tvill be adopted for at least sev-( era i[ wee ks The house vote is for a raise of $130,000,000 a year — less than one third the amount President Truman advocated. Of this, only $15,000,000 will be charged against secondclass matter. It would appear that the press has come off with a “bargain” but appearances can be deceiving. Publishing and personal purses will also reflect the added costs when postcard^ are used, when circulars are distributed, when parcel post packages are sent, when anything must go special delivery, when items are registered, and so on. The minority report, filed before the house last week, listed the following objections to the measure: —Discriminatory against small newspapers. —Is too complicated to enforce. —Sets up new precedents in the postoffice department. —The country’s economy cannot stand the increased cost. ' These objections summarize The Auxiliary’s viewpoint. — from The Publishers’ Auxiliary. "Mankind's Shocking Illiteracy" % The world in which we live is made dangerous by mankind’s shocking illiteracy in human relations. Man, in his genius, has performed miracles in science and industry. Is it not a colossal and tragic irony that man has learned how to harness nature, how to control the relations among the elements and to direct them as he sees fit, but has never yet learned how to live harmoniously with himself? Who can doubt that in this atomic age there is anything so sorely and urgently needed as a universal recognition of a bond of kinship among peoples, the realization of the brotherhood of man irrespective of differences in race, creed, culture or ideology. The real foundation for peace must be built in the hearts and minds of men. There is but one road to peace and that is the road of human understanding and brotherhood. —Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, United Nations trusteeship director. "All Were My Brothers" An Eastern philosopher once wrote, “I met a hundred men on my way to Delhi and all of them were my brothers.” If all over the world we could get this feeling into our hearts there would no longer be any racial, religious or national antagonisms. For each of us this is an individual problem. My first responsibility is to know that I, Bill Raine, look at my neighbors without regard to color or creed, with no inner smugness and with the knowledge that I am a part of a great world brotherhood. I do not think tolerance is enough. The word implies a patient indulgence of opinions and practices that differ from our own. We must try to reach a sympathetic understanding. If one really knows a man or a race, prejudices vanish. Charles Lamb once put his finger on this truth. Somebody wanted to introduce him to a man he did not like. Lamb said he did not want to meet him because if he knew the man he would begin to like him. —William MacLeod Raine. Phony Argument One of the phony arguments which has been raised against national health insurance is that it would interfere with the relationship between doctor and patient. Proponents of the Administration health program have shown that this argument is false — that doctor and patient would have their present freedom of choice BUT that the dollar barrier which prevents people from getting medical care would be removed. # The dollar barrier would be removed because the insurance payments would automatically entitle the patient to receive necessary medical care for which the doctor of his choice would bill the insurance fund. Things Are Tough When the Republicans tell you that the Democratic Party is ruining the country, they are probably referring to items like the 1949 profit of the General Motors Corporation. GM earned more than HALF A BILLION DOLLARS and that is the BIGGEST PROFIT FOR ONE YEAR OF ANY BUSINESS IN HISTORY. Drop In Bucket New Castle Courier Times: Under the recently signed Soviet-Chinese pact, Russia will advance China credit of $300,000,000 in terms of American dollars. The loan is to be repaid in goods. Those who know conditions in China, where starvation is wide- j spread, wonder just how much good so little ! money will do China. They regard the loan I as a drop in, the bucket.

“Your Newspaper—What Makes It Great"

"For men may come and men may go But I go on forever.'

So said the poet as he spoke of the ceaseless flow of a river. So it is in the stream of life which we call society. Here is a drama as old as man. Always it ^as captivated human interest. Always it will hold its place in the sootliaht ot human attention. A new life ettierqes into the world, helpless and dependent. Society chants the melody, "A child is bom." It is an event that has always been important—it always will be. The newsoaper vies with the parents in heralding the event. There are no details. None are needed, for the event alone , !s news. But no sooner is the child an actor in the social drama than he makes his debut in the social column. A birthday party at first, perhaps, and latex. Other parties. How proud these miniature men and women are to see their names in print! How happy are those who made the occasion possible to share their ioy with others who mav be interested! But in the social field men and women are only boys and girls grown tall. They like the social events that keen them youna in mind and spirit. They like people and they like the social expression that brings them into carfree contact with them. The newspaper, always alert to public interest, enters this social drama with the same spirit and zest as the actors in this beautiful drama. Trained reporters, alert to beauty and decorum, re-enact these events on the social pages of the newspaper. Supreme, always, among social events is marriage, the engagement and the parties that precede it. Here most properly the woman occupies the spotlight in the drama. So vividly is the reporting done that the reader actually feels he is a guest at the wedding. In his mind's eye he can see the beautiful bride robed in her wedding mantle. Each Sunday there appears in the Social Section a veritable gallery of the beautiful, married, or chosen to be married. It is the Who's Who among women. If men sometimes steal the spotlight in other news, here indeed is one where women reign as the crowned queen. Even the favored guests who are witnesses to the ceremony feel it is incomplete until they have seen it in the social columns. Here are items that are preserved, for to those concerned they are sacred. The paper may turn yellow but the memory never fades. Other social events follow and find their place in the social columns, but always marriage, 'Here Comes the Bride," takes its place with front page news. Death, a more sober event in the pageantry of humans, too, receives its place. These items associated with tender memories are preserved for time by those concerned. As the wheel of time revolves, from birth to youth, to maturity, to old age, we see in the social columns the consistent witness that man is by nature a social creature. The newspaper accepts man as he is. What he enjoys, it is happy to re-enact, dramatize, and record. Social events appearing in the newspaper permit others than the participants to derive enjoyment from them. Time and significance is given to an •vent when it is recorded in your newspaper. Millions look ©n the social section 6f their newspaper as their favorite source of social news. Copyright 1949

House Plan Offers Abundant Space

Design Distinguished By Low Roof Lines, Extra Large Front Room i Low sweeping roof lines and corner windows make this house a popular design. The dwelling is Plan No. 35, selected by American Builder magazine, 30 Church St., New York 7, N. Y., because if its excellent exterior styling and its large living area. Sidewalls are clapboard except for white-painted stucco on the front If desired, clapboard could be used on the front too. The roof is asphalt shingles, chosen for their architectural suitability to the design, their fire-resistance and their color. A prominent feature of the interior is the combination living room-dining alcove. There is no wall between the two rooms and . they stretch across the entire width of the house for an overall span of 30 feet. The kitchen is convenient to the dining alcove and also to the hall in the bedroom wing. The three bedrooms are of ample size, i Two of them have cross ventilation. Behind the garage there ia a concrete platform for use as a terrace. It ia easily accessible through a door from the living room. The house has a half basement, under the bedroom wing. This provides about 450 square feet of basement area. (Detailed estimating plans and a complete home planning packet of building information are available from American Builder, 30 Church St, New York 7, N. Y. Refer to Plan No. 35.) i HOOF FIRES OUTLAWED In virtually all communities which have building codes, asphalt shingles or other fire-re-sistant roofing must be used. Flammable roofing is prohibited. CHIMNEY BETTER INSIDE A chimney built on the inner aide of a wall ordinarily will draw better than a chimney on the outer side, say* American Builder magazine.

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Medicine Today. ..

“MAKING” VITAMINS

NEW YORK, N. Y.—A lamp shining more powerfully than the direct rays of the sun actually "makes” Vitamin D. So powerful is this lamp that it converts a substance containing no Vitamin D into one with about 40 milbon units of Vitamin D per gram. Vitamin D, known as the "sunshine vitamin,” is essential to the sound development of babies’ teeth and bones. It is Vitamin D which enables the human body to make full use of bone-building calcium and phosphorus in our food. It is estimated that more than 80 per cent of American babies today are given extra Vitamin D, either in the irradiated product created by powerful lamps in pharmaceutical laboratories, or in time-honored cod liver oil. To this extra Vitamin D may be attributed the constantly decreasing frequency with which our children have rickets and the growing prevalence of sound bone structures and sound teeth. For without plenty of Vitamin D babies do not develop strong backs, full chests, or straight legs. Exact knowledge of Vitamin D is relatively new, but it is known that more than 1,000 years ago Scandinavian fishermen, before going to sea, drank a potion containing crushed fish livers.

•IITH 2 10 30 YIAU Babies do about half their growing in their first two years. Full growth is usually attained by the 17th or 18th year. Thus, extra Vitamin D is particularly important in the •ariiest years. Of several theories, the most commonly accepted on how cod liver oil gets its high Vitamin D content, is a story which starts in the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea and in sunlit shallow waters even as far north as the Arctic regions. Floating in these waters under the rays of the sun are minute organisms and substances which become irradiated much as do the substances under tiie powerful lamps gf phanna-

Photo: E. R. Squibb & Sont ceutical laboratories. These or- j ganisms and substances become | tiny floating reservoirs of Vita-: min D. Small fish eat these sub-1 stances and they in turn are eaten i by larger fish and eventually they j in turn become food for the cod | in their breeding areas such as the Newfoundland Banks. The livers of cod fish then store the, Vitamin D the fish have eaten. 1 This theory, however, is not ac- j cepted as the only answer as to j how cod liver oil gets its Vitamin , D. To the contrary, experiments I have shown that livers of fish which have been denied any irradiated food and which have been kept in the dark contain some Vitamin D. It is therefore held that these fish have within themselves the means of actually “making” Vitamin D. In the human body, Vitamin D is created naturally by exposure to the sun, much as it is created by irradiation processes in the laboratory, or by the sun’s irradiation of substances floating on the surface of water. Because clothing, cloudiness, and habits of indoor living combine to deny our bodies the exposure to the sun they would get in a state of nature, many physicians recommend extra Vitamin D for adults as well as for children and infants. For the baby who is forming teeth and bones, according to the medical profession, extra Vitamin D is absolutely essential. To an infant cod liver oil, like all other foods, apparently has no taste at all. For adults, tfrere are now agreeable, mint-flavored preparations which mask any unpleasantness in taate.

NINTS FOR HOM EM A K ERS

ORGANIZE THE WORK CENTERS IN YOUR KITCHEN

by the General Electric Consumers Institute

If you find yourself exhausted and almost out of breath every time you sit down to a meal, you tan be sure that you’ve been running around in circles in its preparation. Although the first step in kitchen planning is the proper arrangement of the appliances in relation to one another, the next step is equally important: that of organizing a work center around each appliance. Consider the appliances and utensils you have on hand and visualize your work routine to determine where each belongs, the General Electric Consumers Institute suggests. It might even be advisable to have two sets of some of the smaller and much used utensils. Storage Center The refrigerator is the center of the food storage area. It should be located near the door through which groceries are usually delivered. On the doorhandle side of the refrigerator an adjoining work surface at least three feet long provides a handy place to put fresh or frozen foods taken from the refrigerator. If the main part of your cooking and baking preparation is done here, there should be a nearby electric outlet and sufficient space for an electric mixer. Cabinets above and below the counter may hold staples, mixing and chopping bowls, cake and pie tins, measuring cups and spoons, knives, large spoons, spatula, rolling pin, canned goods, flour, spices and flavorings.

Cleanup Center The sink is where you begin and end much of your work and should therefore be between the other work centers. Cabinets around it provide storage for all utensils needed for preparing and cooking vegetables and fruits, as well as bins for storing vegetables and fruits not kept in the refrigerator. For the cleanup period, you will need soap powder, dish towels’, dish cloths, wastebasket and garbage container (unless the sink is equipped with an electric garbage disposal unit). Counters on either side of the sink provide temporary resting places for dishes after they have been taken out of your dishwasher or wiped dry from the drainboard. Dish cupboards should be located nearby to avoid needless walking in putting dishes away. Cooking Center The range is the main element in the cooking and serving area and should be adjacent to the dining room doer to shorten serving distances. Ample cabinet and drawer space nearby should be reserved for utensils needed at the range and in serving a meal. These will include pots and pans, potholders,, serving platters and spoons, etc. Pepper and salt and other much-used seasonings should be on an easily accessible shelf, as should foods used directly at the range such as tea, coffee «nd cereals. Counters on the base cabinets provide space for dishing up food and the use of small appliances.

To simplify cooking operations, install a counter next to your refrigerator. A good idea is a condiment sbelf under the cabinet*.

Plan for Future Ne.eds

Persons building new houses frequently can save money by installing electricity systems which are larger than necessary, says American Builder magazine. The magazine points out that the number of electrical devices used in homes is expected to increase in future years. Eyen now, lighting represents only a frac-

tion of the electricity which is ordinarily consumed in a modern dwelling. "It is a comparatively simple matter to install outlets when a house is under construction, but it is often difficult to add outlets after the home has been completed,” American': Builder ex-

plains.