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Opinions expressed herein are those of the writer, not necessarily those of the publishers of this newspaper. WASHINGTON—Most energetic 'champion of the veteran has be-1 come Wilson Wyatt, ex-mayor of t Louisville. Ky. now czar for Fed-j eral housing. Wyatt, who believes in pulling no punches and setting his sights high, staged a closed-door battle inside the White House last week which lined up the sheep and > the goats, economically speaking, among Truman’s advisers. Wyatt’s battle was over housing, now considered the tightest need in* the civilian economy. The conference was held in the President’s of- j fice, and present were: Truman himself. Reconverter John Snyder, Press Secretary Charlie Ross, Private Adviser George Allen, and Wilson Wyatt. . Wyatt brought with him a 12page memo gyring his recommendations regarding the housing shortage. It was a forthright, all-embrac-ing - I 000 houses a;year (the limit private buildersl say they can build), he called for around 3.000,000 houses in two years. The program also proposed: 1. The stopping of all non-essen-tial building. This meant cracking down on new night clubs and most new office—buildings. 2 Immediate restoration of L-41. This is the order. Suspended by John s Snyder, which removes controls from building materials. Wyatt's plan is to place all building materials bn a priority basis. ." * 3. .Give subsidies for low-cost houses up to 25 per cent necessary Wyatt did not believe, how-, ever, that many subsidies would be necessary after builders got into mass production. 4. Convert army camps into hous- I ing by removing units w-hich are suitable for civilian use. 5. Keep all, housing finder SIO,OOO, < and give the largest share of building materials to those putting up $5,000 houses. • ' Finally, Wyatt called for a tie--mendous use of fabricated materials as the quickest way to build houess. Snyder Says No. The program hit Reconverter ? Snyder like a ton of bricks. He Was. in favor of none of it George Aller/ also was negative, though not rs much so as Snyder. j . 'Tm not sure you can rush in with this before you've cleared it on Capitol Hill, and also with labor and the real estate boys." Allen ‘ said “There are a million bills on j the hill dealing with housing, including the Patman bill and the Wagner-Ellcnder hill Let's look things over However. Aih-n adfied: “Thank God someone has come in- with an idea.” Presidi nt Truman, on the J>ther hand, was favorable, though he wanted his advisers to iron out their various differences*. Snyder’s initial argument was that press reaction to -such a profcram would be bad. This question was referred to Press Secretary Charlie Ross, who has spent 40 years as a newsman. Russ disagreed, said newspaper comment would be excellent. He endorsed, the Wyatt program heartily. ’ « Snyder also objected on the ground that people’ didn't like going back to war-time restrictions, out Wyatt disagreed. ■ “Look at the public's endorsement of the OPA when it replaced price ceilings on citrus fruits," he said. “We have to keep our sights high,” the hard-hitting <yc-mayor of Louisville insisted. “Unless you do, we’ll come through with no program at all." ’ After a long discussion, it was finally decided to postpone the program until Wyatt could straighten out . tome of his. differences with Snyder and Civilian Products Administrator Jack Small. In the end. President Truman gave this emphatic endorsement ,of Wyatt’s general ideas. “As I told you before. 1 want no little plan,” he said Odds are that Wyatt will win out with most of .his program. ?. Capital Chaff. Lieut Comdr. Clark Clifford, a White House naval aid. is a cousin on Annamay Dickey, the Metropolitan opera star . .. Harry- Luce is arranging an appointment with Truman to give him certain ultra-hot documents on the Indonesian revolt ..... The National Lawyers' Guild will hondr Chester Bowles, “the man who held the line." with a dinner in Washington, February 15. Henry Wallace will be the principal speaker .... The January 15 issue of the Army Ordnance Reserve Officers’ magazine virtually calls for war with Russia . . \ . ’ Senator Chavez of New Mexico relieved the monotony of the FEPC debate the other day by bringing movie starlet Margaret O’Brien, to the capital. Chavez said he wished he qould bring little Margaret onto the floor instead of the FEPC .... When diplomats heard the Greek government’s statement that it was delighted to have 57.000 British troops in Greece, they quipped: .“That’s like Charlie McCarthy saying he is glad to be on Edgar Bergen’s knee!” ■ . Hardhitting Missouri Congressman. Jack Cochran is leading a losing battle for a full employment bill’with real teeth . . . . Recommended reading: Simon A Schuster’s new. delightful book, Starling of the White House,"

BALANCED BUZXJET EOR COVENMENT IS : ; MOST A few days ago President Truman ! i" made a report as to the need of balancing the budget—-something that has been needed for more than; fifteen years in connection with our; nation’s financial affairs, especially | so since we have been spending millions and billions like a drunken sailor. This money dished out by ; the government comes from the people in taxes and the sale to the peo- ; pie of government bonds. , It was suggested by Mr. Truman that the budget could be balanced ' in 1947, and this would seem that a vast decrease in the nation s ex- j penditures was on the way and that j much-needed economy was fore- j j cast in the President’s statement I Every person in the country is in- j ! terested in balancing the budget: But do not raise your hopes too 1 high. | An analysis of where the tax dollar ; will go, in the fiscal year of 1947 shows that in a general way. that t amount ;which is to be saved by the I removal of the burden of war, is Lto be spent in various peace-time , projects, says the Fort Wayne News- j Sentinel. Out of the tax dollar in. the fiscal year of 1946, 72.4 cents went for national defense. In thej fiscal year of 1947 this will drop to] an estimated 42.7 cents. In the fiscal year which is to end June 30 this year. 5 cents of the tax dollar went for veterans’ benefits and pensions; next year, that figure will jump to 12 cents. I During the present fiscal year. ’ interest on the public debt took 7 cents of the tax dollar, but in the j next year that will be more than! > doubled at 14.2 cents. The cost of international finance. (such as lend-lease, UNRRA, Ex-‘ port-import hank, Bretton Woods. ’ British loan, etc.) during this year’, took 3.7 cents of the tax dollar, but next year- will take 7.9 cents. The cost of Social Security, relief and retirement pensions will jump from 1.7 cents of the tax dollar, to about 3. cento. Public works will take 3.1 cento next year, as com--1 pared to 1 cent this war. ; The executive, legislative and ■judicial branches —that is, govern-j ment in general, will take 4.4 cents of the tax dollar next year, com- ' j pared with 19 cents this year. The figures would seem to dispel • pretty thoroughly any illusions we may have wad about a coming economy waye. PROPOSED LABOR MEASURE IS NOT A PARTISAN BILL T« E margin of more than 2 to 1 / by which th< H< r sentatives voted to consider the Ca e proposal as a substitute for *Mhe Presidents fact-finding labor legislation is significant. It indicates ’ the direction in which the wind is ■ blowing, or at least congressional estimate of the trend, of public j sentiment, says’the Indianapolis Star. I “Impatience with labor disputes and strikes is indicated by the ! ■ lengths to which the new- proposal would go The substitute for the bill that h,as been under consideration would outlaw t violent picketing.’ make unions amenable to injunctions. liable under civil law for vio’ations of contract and ban strikes; for 30 days while a labor-manage-rnvnt mediation board considers tne dispute. Supporters of the new bill; admit it may be subjected to many alterations on the fl.jor of the House They do expect, however, that it] I will emerge as a much more drastic! measure than the fact-finding bill. ' "Proponents of the Case measure insist that their objective is to correct abuses that have developed i under the existing statutes. It is not, their intention, they contend, to de- ; prive labor of any legitimate right, or privilege, but to protect the pub- | lie against the stoppage of produc-' tion. Their aim is to provide the machinery for the settlement of disputes while the factories rar ain in operation. “The demonstration against the existing laws and against the President's suggested remedy was not partisan. A total of 105 Democrats! joined with 153 Republicans to get ; the Case bill before the House. Only 97 Democrats and 15 Republicans, one American Laborite and one Progressive stood by the fact-finding | measure that has been under con- ; sideration as a solution for the strike: problem." the story of a great secret service! man’s 25 years as a presidential con- I fidant and bodyguard. Pattern’s Grave. of War Patterson, stopping at Frankfurt.’ Germany, the other day. expressed his desire to go j to the American cemetery at Hamm, ’ Luxembourg, to lay a wreath on. General Patton’s, grave. His pilot, however, reported that! bad weather precluded flying. The officer handling railroad transporta- j tion also recommended against using the train, since It would have to j palss through the French zone. neces-j sitating 4 change of crew and a long delay, running perhaps into hours,, Finally, the motor officer urged Patterson not to drive since the. roads were covered with sleet and ice. All of which exasperated the Secretary of War. - “If Patton were alive,” he said,; "he would pot be stopped if he thought it was his duty to go to Hamm. Get a car and we will drive to Hamm at once.” The trip of about 120 miles packed into it two near-tragedies. The first time, the car hit the gates at a railroad crossing, crashed through and stalled on the track. The second' time, in a dapse fog, a truck driven by a soldier collided with one of Patterson's cars and turned it over. No one was hurt. The party crowded into one car and went on. The wreath was laid on Patton s grave.

A GROUSE OF THE ■ HL WMrGfez TUNDRA COUNTCY. ' f . /vW annually dons a > WHITE. F COAT WHEN ® y**LY*7( WINTER COMES/? H X / ' )IF PLACED IN A X. - —.’Sr- r — h ./ LABORATORY, | . » 7 V L /Yz WHERE THE LENGTH . (OF THE DAY CAN '> •* V J $E SHORTENED AaA 7 ARTIFICIALLY, / I -• ' t THE BIRD WILL. ) I TURN WHITE \ I CCK'WrMUPWCtMC. r I tMoir 'y DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT | f O.CY/ \ MAKING FURNITURE, BUT THEY / ' MAKE BEDS EVERY DAY," J MRS.CASH M.TWITCHELL, » ■uSTF till’ AAAt-e k HORSBPUSS == OCfA/T 3/7~£f XV THEY GET THEIR FOOD P® o * pLANr JUICES. Rgßa,. 2-4- T M REC u. & PAT OFF.

AROUND... OUR TOWN ANDCOUNTY Bumper Crop. January set a record for marriage returns m OUR TOWN’ AND COUNTY, the county clerk’s office reports. Thirty couples secured licenses and got married, for a total more than double the January. 1945. count of 14. Nearest approach to the record of last month was established by the October, 1945. total of 27. For last year the marriage total was 217, well ahead of '44, and listed by months as follows: January, 14; Februarv, 15; March, 19: April, 11; May, 14; June, 17; July, 21; August, 19; September, 19: October, 27; November, 23; December. 18 ... . The, government bans advertising in federal buildings so it puts out special calendars for use in these spots. No pretty girls or landscapes decorate these calendars. They are printed in blue ink on plain wtiite paper, surmounted by the tersi legend, “U. S.) Government.” Slow in the Snow. At first glance it would appear j that OUR TOWN AND COUNTY hunters are knocking off more and more foxes all the time. Howevgr, Lhe records of County Auditor Helen ; Kyle show that she. paid out orfly $270 during the las- of December, 1945, and 1 the mon h of January, this year, while during the same period a year ago she paid out $420. Bounty payments always rocket ] when deep snow covers the ground. It is understood that foxes find the going tough in heavy snow. ’When their great, bushy tails become matted with snow they tire easily and fall much easier prey to dogs and. hunters Bounty payments for 1945' totaled $1,068, including one $lO pay- • ment on a wolf. Th< fox bounty is $5 . . . . Recent issue of the Akron News went to press without supervision of the editor. He was ill with : the mumps.'' Koeciusko’s Birthday. Tadeusz Kosciuszkp (Thaddeus Kosciusko) after whom our county was named, a nobleman of distinguished family, was born on, February 12, 17<i—two-hundred ears ago—at Minsk, West Russia. A captain in«the Polish army, he came to America aAd serv-.*d in the Revolutionary war, returning to Poland in 1786 with the rank of general. He j led a military life, dving in 1817. OUR COUNTY haring’ been named for him, and February 12 being the 200th anniversary if his birth, >1 tribute to him surely seems in order. A verse by .Will am Palmer thnt; is used in presentation of the new Kosciusko charity stamp by the Polonus Philatelic society, is most appropriate: His 4uat in Poland, rests— His urned heart ; shrine! Poland!’He is thy « <n' Columbia’: he! ’ OUR COUNTY v.ras named by ! John B. Chapman The county boundary was estab, tshed February { 7, 1835, and OUR CJUNTY organized in April, 1836. (From an oldi will written on this fifth day of May, 1798. in Virgin a. it is learned that General Kosciutkb spelled his name Kosciuzko.) Frank Firestone’s Foyal Cab, taxicab- line is sporting a new taxicab, a brand new Hudson sedan. The new taxL.is short some accessories, uses a Prank Nr ■ a front bumper tern- * Frank is’ ■ perating three - James Powers,! 69. Warsawan who a few weeks age/ sustained arm and inkle fractures, when struck by a ca r in Elkhart, is recovering satisfactory at the home of his brother, Charles Powers, route Elkhart James is able to hobble about some, hopes to return to Warsaw possibly next wfcek . . . . Jeff Powers, Warsaw scrag writer. «n-1 tertainer. has gone to Blue Earth, Minn., to spend a few weeks with | friends. Jeff has wri .ten and copy-, righted a number of popular sopgsj hopes to publish them soon . . . . i The A. L Nelsons write us from Hot Springs. Ark.. Arlington hotel: “Y>'e appreciate getting The Times i every day. Having a /ery fine vaca- | tion." ' ? j Lucky break for the “Three Hits and a Miss," Pickwick lounge

quartet, that their instruments and music library had been moved out of the Pickwick block. The S4OO,(MM) fire of early Saturday morning utterly destroyed the entire building. Bob Widmar, of Bremen, drummer, Mr. and Mrs. Merl Stouder, bass. fiddle and xylop'hone players ahd pianist Noel Howenstein, all of Nappanee, played for the Lakeview’ high school dance last Tuesday night removing their equipment from cut of the lounge. Noel is pianist. One can’t easily tote a Why grand around. The lovely B. G. fell into ashes at the lounge, too .... The quartet planned to move back into the Club Pickwick Saturday night. So did a lot of other people. War-Developed Surf Spence Is Hailed as Aid La Jolla, Cai.—Dr. Harold U. j Sverdrup, director of the Scripps institution of oceanography heralds k a new peace-time science of fore- ! casting surf conditions originally used by U. S. military experts to ! fool-proof amphibious invasions. It is now’ possible to forecast. heavy seas and trace typhoons and hurricanes, the Southern California scientist disclosed. Dr. Sverdrup said that 200 army, navy and marine officers were secretly, trained during the war to forecast surf conditions by studying! waves and wind velocities. Accurate predictions of surf move- | ment at Sicily, Normandy, Saipan, J Guam, Palau, Iwo Jima, the Philippines and Okinawa made possible successful landing operations in those areas, he revealed. In peace-time, he said, the war- , born and developed science can be employed to determine typhoon and hurricane paths, to forewarn bathers ' and beach-home owners of rough surf and to study beach erosion. WARSAW POLICE ENJOYED QUIET MONTH. ACCORDING TO REPORT OF CHIEF Acting Chief of Police Roy Adams filed his monthly report with the board of public works and safety , Mondaj’ disclosing that the city po- j • lice department had a “quiet” month in January. The report listed one item that ; has city and state police baffled, the theft of an auto owned by Mrs. Elsie Minear, Atwood. Warsaw tele- s phone operator. Mrs. Minear’s auto ! was stolen from the Times', parking lot nearly a month ago with no trace of it being found to date. Adams’ complete report. Street lights out. 18; accidents, 53; breaking and entering, 0; calls an- I swered. 26; doors open, 31; auto lights out, 7; cars tagged. 26; bicycles stolen. 5; bicycles recovered. 5; funerals, 12; dogs disposed of, 6; ar- . rests, 8; complaints. 13; cats disposed j of. 0; thefts, 6: AWOL, 0; cars stol- I 5 en, 1; bad checks, 2; suicides, 0; forgery and counterfeiting. 1; drunkenness, 3: disorderly conduct, 1; driving while intoxicated, 1. Neighbors Give Aid. Following the illness and death of Mrs. Joe Scotti the neighbors and friends of Mr. Scott came recently with teams, tractors and cornpickers and -assisted him in husking corn. Those helping were Arthur Brallier. S. C. Tibbitta, Wayne Me-1 Cleary. Levi Sechrist, Lewis E. Sechrist. Harvey McCleary, Kenneth Evans, Ralph Wrigley, Howard Goshorn, Edson Linn. Allen English., I Forrest E. Wehrly, C. B. Ellenwood. Raymond. Gall, Ralph Brown, Merle Wertenberger. Paul McFarren, Ray .Carlin, Raymond Wehrly, Clarence Priser, Macy Grisso, Ben MeKrill, Boyden Tibbitts. Maynard Denny, t Fred Carlin, Wilbur Brown, Joe Scott, Sr., Frank Krumanaker. Frank Hamsher.' Karl Starner, Hamilton Boggs. Alton Boggs, Ed Polk. Paul, Knoop. Dale Linn and Richard Me- j Connell. Dog’s Bark Costs $2. Swampscott, Mass.—Trying to collect a dog license Im, dog officer, Willis E. Shepard tyas told by the lady of the house tftatshe owned no dog. Shepard stepped outside and barked like a dog. An answering bark came from inside the house. Needless to say, Stepard collected the $2

The Great ! Game of Politics... By FRANK R. KENT. Opinions expressed herein are those of the writer, not necessarily those i of the publishers of this newspaper.

EULOGIES. JN THIS country it is customary for many of our so-called “molders of public opinion” in the press and over tht air to go into a sort of frenzy when an especially promi- ' nent citizen dies. All his faults and ( failures are forgotten and only his I virtuous successes remain. These are ‘ extolled to the skies! THIS is partly due to the almost, incurable awe of death ingrained in j the average man and woman, partly . to natural consideration for the de- ! ceased's family and partly to the kindly desire not to recite unpleasant 5 truths when the citizen has ceased to live. It is a commendable practice, provided the eulogies do not become hypocritical and absurd. Particularly, is this so in the case of public men whose records and character. for the purposes of history, it is desirable to keep clear and straight. The eulogies of the late President Roosevelt in the week following his dehjh reached heights of extravagance heretofore unknown. THIS was natural enough. At the time of his death Mr. Roosevelt was easily the most outstanding man in the world. He had successfully’ led ! this nation in the greatest of all wars. He had some extraordinary qualities and a very great and devoted following. But, while the naj tion united behind him in the war effort, more than 21,000,000 persons voted against him in 1944 and a considerable number of those who voted for him did so because of the war and did not have a high opinion of him personally. Combined, these constituted close to half the nation and not many of them care even now to have forced upon them the extragavant estimate which the Roosevelt admirers insist uj. >n having accepted. It seems no service to his memory to continue this extravagance or to ascribe to the dissenters’ motives of personal hate and political bitterness—or to refer to ; them as ghouls. » THIS situation has not been improved by the eulogies of Mr. Harry Hopkins with which the country has recently been drenched. A more or less concerted effort apparently is being made to convince the nation not only of his wisdom and virtue but that he will go down as one of the great Americans in history; that he too, was a “casualty of war” and that his contribution was such as to put him among our immortals. Without disparagement of . Mr. Hopkins! this seems a little farfetched. As the closest friend of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Hopkins, undoubtedi ly, played a considerable part in our war effort. And he was completely loyal and devoted to Mr. Considering what Mr. Roosevelt had done for him, how could he have been otherwise? As/HAD quite a few others, unquestionably, Mr. Hopkins had his heart and soul centered upon winning the war. As Mr. Roosevelt’s closest friend and representative, he endeared himself to such allied statesmen as Mr. Churchill and Mr. Bevin. being very much on their side, seeing very much eye-to-eye with them. Also, there is no doubt that he was an effective presidential ageijit, a competent man in a confer-

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ence. useful in other ways. But to say that Mr. Hopkins’s contribution to the war effort was so vast that it makhs secure his place in history as a “great American,” giving (him •Tasting fame.” is getting more than, a little off balance. THAT really, it is submitted, is somewhat out of proportie: What! Mr. Hopkins’s contribution was is slightly cloudy. No definite achievement is credited to him. It can be said that he helped to do this and that, but no claim is made that he was primarily responsible for any concrete thing. With’ no desire to question either his patriotism or his helpfulness during the war, nevertheless it seems likely,that, so far as history is concerned, he will be remembered better for a remark he made back in the second Roosevelt administration which brutally but truthfully summed up the New Deal "policies, principles and practices. It was Mt. Hopkins, it will be recalled, who said: “What we are going to do is tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend, elect, elect, and elect.” NO ONE before or since has put it so clearly, so frankly or so fully. As a description it w’as as accurate as it was complete. It ailso was a pretty clear indication of Mr. Hopkin’s character and quality as a public servant. It was printed in hundreds of papers all over the country, commented upon in countless editorials and articles. After weeks had passed it was apparent it had stirred a public indignation that threatened political damage. Mr. Hopkins, presumably prodded by the President, made a denial. Prior to the denial the ( friend to whom he had expressed himself was visited by several distinguished gentlemen with close White House connections and scared into a state where he confessed he did not dare confirm the statement. Later, Mr. Hopkins | went before a Senate committee ahd repeated his denial under oath. HARDLY anyone ever had any real doubt that Mr. Hopkins had

made the remark. His friends used to say—and still do—that “Harry had to deny it; there .was nothing else he could dp.” ?Mr. Hopkins himself was quite cyriibal about both the remark and Hhe ’ denials. Certainly. it was significant that after his denials the remark continued to be generally attributed to him as though he had made no denial at all. A good many millions will remember that remark long after everything else about Mr. Hopkins has been forgotten. His “lasting fame” will rest more upon it than upon anything else. It seems strange that not one of his many eulogists has seen fit to ihention it. ST. PAUL’S IN LONDON PLANS GI MEMORIAL New York.—American service men who lost their lives in Great Britain and are buried there will be honored by a memorial chapel in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, according to the British Railways office in New York. The chapel will be erected near the High Altar where the Cathedral suffered its most severe bombing damage. Stained glass windows and a roll of the American soldiers who are buried in the isles or who died fighting on its shores will be included. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is co-operating in providing names of the American soldiers.

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OF ALL THINGS By HOWARD BRUBAKER. (Native Warsawan, Columnist fw the New Yorker.) A radar impulse can be sent front New Jersey to the moon and back in 2.4 seconds and a jet plane can fly from California to New York in four hours and thirteen minutes. On the other hand,, the Senate has succeeded in spending an entire week without getting anywhere. Many people hope that the wage agreements signed by Ford and Chrysler will break the manage-ment-labor deadlock in the automobile industry. It is better all around to make cars than excuses. Despite misgivings the security council is courageously preparing to tackle the Iranian, Greek, and Indonesian, problems. Some people are wondering whether little U.N.O. is old enough to hear this sordid triangle story. We are told that De Gaulle resigned because of disagreement with the leftist parties which control the chamber of deputies. Evidently the general would rather be rightist than president. New Yorkers were relieved when the threatened transportation strike was called off. For a while these was danger that our citizens-might to take long, healthful walks ini the ” wine-like winter air. The announcement by Senator Hart of Connecticut that he will not run for re-eleetiorfc because he is sixty-eight years olfi has been coldly received by some of our other elder statesmen. A senator, they point out, is as young* as his heart arid his vocal cords. Mayor O’Dwyer is trying to find away by which the city can get a * cut of revenue from the local race tracks. There is no reason, he Says, that this home-grown money should be given away to a lot of total strangers. NEW BOX PROTECTS PEACHES TO MARKET East Lansing, Mich.—Consumers have been assured of a juicier and riper Michigan peach through the development of a new shipping container which protects the fruit from bruises and brown rot while on the way to market. Dr. Ts A. Merrill, research associate pf Michigan State college, said the container was a cell-type,, corrugated paper box with individual spaces for 96 peaches of from 2*4 to 2 k 2 inches in diameter, adding up. to a half-bushel in net weight. Rotary Head at Kokomo. Kokomo. Feb. 4.—Thomas A. Warren, of Wolverhampton, England, president of Rotary International, will speak here March 5, club officials announced today.