The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 March 1972 — Page 10

Hail L tseaA I PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat. 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Eat. 1907) Consolidated Into The Mall-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

EDITORIALS

The Crucifixion As the crowd led Jesus away to his death, Simon of Cyrene, who was just coming into Jerusalem from the country, was forced to follow, carrying Jesus’ cross. Great crowds trailed along behind, and many grief-stricken women. Two others, criminals, were led out to be executed with him at a place called “The Skull.” There all three were crucified . . . Jesus on the center cross, and the two criminals on either side. “Father, forgive these people,” Jesus said, “for they don/t know what they are doing.” And the soldiers gambled for his clothing, throwing dice for each piece. The crowd watched. And they laughed and scoffed. “He was so good at helping others,” they said, “let’s see him save himself if he is really God’s Chosen One, the Messiah.” The soldiers mocked him, too, by offering him a drink ... of sour wine. And they called to him, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” A signboard was nailed to the cross above him with these words: “This is the King of the Jews.” One of the criminals

About Those Letters

We appreciate and respect the right of our readers to write letters to the editor. We even believe it is the duty of every citizen to speak out on matters of concern to them. We also believe it is our duty to print all letters sent to us as long as they are signed and are not libelous whether we Selling Job Or Sold? We don’t know who “most observers” are supposed to be, but it is the opinion of this group that the state’s present financial crisis has been caused by the failure of the 1972 Indiana General Assembly to provide additional revenue for the state. If our memory, serves us correctly, one of the selling points of going to annual sessions of the Legislature was that annual sessions would permit the General Assembly to “keep on top” of the state’s financial needs. Well, we had our first annual session and the Legislature certainly klid not make a serious effort to “keep on lop” of any major problem facing the state this year.

Revolutionary War Depicted

By PAUL J. WEIS Copley News Service The Historic Mint of Long Island has begun an issue that will include a series of 12 commemorative medals depicting important events that occurred (hiring the American Revolutionary War period. The series was designed by a group of international medalists led by noted sculptor Harpy Rosin and verified for historical accuracy by Dr. Bruce W. Bugbee, eminent historian of Gettysburg College. It is being struck in canmemoration of the 200th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War. The medals will be available in sterling silver and in solid platinum or 24-karat gold finish on sterling silver. The medals will show scenes in the panorama of the awakening of the fight for freedom in the American Colonies. The events to be depicted on the medals will be . the Boston Massacre; the Battle of Bunker Hill; the battle of Lexington and Concord; Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga; the victory of the Bonhomme Richard, and seven other important events. The series is a limited, dou-

hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself , . . and us, too, while you’re at it!” But the other criminal protested. “Don’t you even fear God when you are dying? We deserve to die for our evil deeds, but this man hasn’t done one thing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” And Jesus replied, “Today you will be with me in Paradise. This is a solemn promise.” By now it was noon, and darkness fell across the whole land for three hours, until three o’clock. The light from the sun was gone . . . and suddenly the thick veil hanging in the Temple split apart. Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I commit my spirit to you,” and with those words he died. When the captain of the Roman military unit handling the executions saw what had happened, he was stricken with awe before God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.” LUKE 23:26-47 from The Living Bible translation

agree with the author or not. If a letter is signed and its author requests his or her signature be withheld this is quite often done, however, the letter must be signed for our files. So, take your pen in hand and write a letter to your editor on your feelings on what’s right and what’s wrong with the Lakeland area. With all due respect, the 1971 General Assembly could not foresee the additional $15.2 million needed for welfare or even the $3 million in back pay for judges. But certainly, the growing problem should have been recognized when the Legislature convened this year. The Republican leadership in this state apparently has been more concerned with party problems, rather than state problems. It is encouraging to note that the present administration is “suddenly” concerned and more outspoken about the sad state of financial affairs in Indiana. It would seem that the horse has already left the barn. —The Danville Gazette

ble-hallmarked. double-struck, proof-quality and numbered edition. Only 20 sets will be struck in platinum finish or sterling silver; 200 sets will be struck in 24-karat gold finish on sterling silver and 800 sets in sterling silver All sets will be numbered and registered. Each medal will be 39mm in diameter, or slightly larger than a silver dollar. The medals are offered in sets only, on a one medal per month subscription basis. The medals are available and further information can be secured from the Historic Mint of Long Island Ltd., 9 Northern Blvd., Greenvale, Long Island, N.Y. 11548. A new series of bank notes released by the Central Bank of the Republic of the Philippines recently appears destined to offer the 100-peso value in two varieties. This note is the high value in a series which also includes 1,5, 10, 20 and 50-peso obligations. When the 100-peso notes, printed in England, were received in the Philippines, it was soon noted that they were quite similar in color to the 20-peso

issue. This realization caused the Central Bank to withdraw the higher value and return iUo the security printers “for further coloration to make them more counterfeit-proof and so they would not be mistaken for the 20-peso notes.” The original 100-peso note features a portrait of the late Philippines President Manuel. Roxas on the face side and a vignette of the Central Bank building on the back. The bills in the new series carry the signature of the former governor of the Central Bank, Alfonso , Calalang, rather than Gregorio Licaros who holds the office at the present time. The multi-colored 100-peso note, like the 20-peso issue, was predominantly mauve or purple. ♦ ♦ ♦ The third edition of "Whitman's Buying and Selling United States Coins,” by Ken Bressett, has just been released. Geared to the beginning or casual collector, the book condenses the outstanding features of the "Guide Book of United States Coins" and the "Handbook of United States Coins." Both retail and wholesale prices for each coin are listed, and fluctuations in value are faithfully picked up from these two popular catalogs. Every U.S. coin from 1793 to date is listed and special sections cover gold, commemoratives, proofs and modern paper money.

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Jvfll Attorney at Law This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana Iqw in general terms.

'Abritration'

Arbitration is becoming a very attractive alternative to lengthy and frustrating litigation in our courts. Arbitration simply stated is a contractual agreement between competing parties to have an arbitrator selected by way of agreement to decide any controversy existing between the parties which might be the subject of a suit at law. Once properly entered under the Indiana Statute providing for arbitration, the decision of the arbitrator is just as binding as a judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction. In fact, after an arbitrator has rendered his decision, if the losing party

SPECIAI REPORT FROM WASHINGTON

Memos Reveal ITT Is Virtually A Nation

WASHINGTON — International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) is a giant, multinational conglomerate that has become virtually a nation within itself. It has its own air force, intelligence gathering apparatus, security system, classification machinery and contacts at the highest levels of governments around the world. This corporate nation has more than 400,000 employees in 67 countries. Its sales last year amounted to $74 billion (B) — more than the national budgets of most countries. Six ITT executives draw higher salaries than the $200,000 a year that is paid to President Nixon. The top man in ITT, Harold Geneen, makes almost four times as much as the President. The corporation owns companies around the world that deal with cosmetics, food products, auto parts, construction materials, telecommunications and a variety of other products. Twice a month, Geneen summons his lieutenants, alternately, to Manhattan and Brussels for policy meetings. They make decisions that affect the economies of several nations. To protect their worldwide investments, they have on the payroll former premiers, cabinet ministers, diplomats and intelligence officers Forme- United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, for example, became an ITT executive. John McCone, the former head of our own CIA, is now an ITT director. Through McCone's contacts, ITT was able to plot with the CIA against Chile s President Salvador Allende. The plot to block Allende's election was never carried out. But secret memos in our possession show how ITT and the CIA worked together to protect ITT’s investments in Chile. This raises urgent questions about the incestuous relationship between the Nixon Administration and this giant conglomerate. It is against the policy of the United States to interfere in the domestic affairs of any nation. Yet ITT was aide, through its connections in Washington, to conspire with the

fails to follow the order of the arbitrator the decision can be filed in court as a judgment and enforced by the court just as any other judgment is enforced. • Any person can submit to an arbitration unless he is an infant, under age or persons subject to a mental disability. Persons desiring to have an arbitration must enter an agreement in writing to submit the dispute to a person mutually chosen by the disputants. The Indiana statute excepts from arbitration certain questions about the title to real estate, but practically all other disputes can be arbitrated under the Indiana statute. Once the

THE CRUCIFIXION by Richard Hook from Taylor s Bible Story Book

parties enter an agreement to arbitrate their dispute, they must execute bonds, with conditions to abide and faithfully perfprm the award of the arbitrator and agree to be bound by the rule of the abritrators without further argument or litigation. As soon as the arbitrators are ready to proceed to hear the dispute, the parties may enter evidence, call witnesses and make arguments about the validity of their position. Once a proceeding is had the arbitrator must make an award in writing signed by the individual arbitrator or if there is more than

one arbitrator, a majority of those hearing the matter. If any party to the arbitration refuses to follow the ruling of the arbitrator, then the result can be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction and the court is authorized to issue a rule to show cause why the arbitration should not be enforced as a judgment of the court. Many experts in litigation today feel that because our courts are crowded and litigation is so time consuming that arbitration is the way of the future. These experts claim arbitration is more economical, speedier than litigation, and creates less hard feelings once an award is made.

CIA to intervene in the domestic affairs of Chile. Thus, the United States jeopardized its relations with Chile to protect the financial interests of a giant conglomerate. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee should conduct a full investigation into the shadowy operations of ITT and the CIA. SILENT SACRAMENTO SAGE President Nixon's China trip, deficit spending and wage-price controls have mortified his conservative supporters. But there has been a strange silence from the conservative sage of Sacramento — Governor Ronald Reagan of California. There is good reason for Reagan’s reluctance to criticize the President. He has been bought off. And, ironically, this arch foe of public spending has been paid off with public funds. Our calculations show that the Nixon Administration has pumped some S6OO million in federal funds into California just within the last 18 months. The westward flow of boodle has become so apparent, in fact, that White House insiders jokingly refer to it as "California voter relief." Much of the public money Reagan has received has been in the form of straight handouts. Most of it has been camouflaged with bureaucratic doubletalk. The newly created Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for example, has been given SBOO,OOO to hand out to the states fahiring and training safety inspectors. California got $178,000 of this kitty. This is $26,000 more than any other state received. Last summer, Nixon pushed a billion (B) dollar emergency employment program through Congress. Reagan's cut of this slush fund was $lB4 million — more than twice as much as any other state. During the Christmas recess rush last December, Nixon sent over to Capitol Hill a request for $5 million for forest protection and utilization. The money, wrote the President, would be used "to reduce the buildup of high hazard fuel materials in critical fire areas of

Washington Sits For Peale Portrait

Revolution and Evolution The Bicentennial Year April 9 through April 15 Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of weekly columns recalling events in the history of the nation, and of the world, 200, 150 and 100 years ago. 1772 — George Washington sat for his first portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, attired in the uniform worn as an officer during the French and Indian War of 1754-1763. This was to be the first 0f.60 paintings of Washington by Peale, eight from actual sittings, and all regarded as faithful likenesses. Peale (1741-1827), who had studied under John Singleton Copley, in Boston, and in Benjamin West's studio in London, also painted other colonial leaders. Three of his sons were to be artists and one of them, Rembrandt Peale, painted Washington from life in 1795, did an equestrian painting of him, now in Independence Hall; and did portraits of President Jefferson, Stephen Decatur and others, including Gilbert Stuart, also a pupil of Benjamin West. Stuart’s own life portraits of Washington have become classics, along with his portraits of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and others. ... In London, Sir Robert Clive, soldier and statesman credited by some with establishing the foundations of the British Empire in India between 1755 and 1767, as governor and commander-in-chief in Bengal, has been obliged to defend his administration before the House of Commons in March, as he had earlier after his return from India in 1867. Warren Hastings, with experience in India since 1750, including service with Clive, is appointed in April to return to Bengal, where he becomes governor-general for the period from 1773 to 1785. During that time British political and economic power was extended, utilizing the military strength of the British East It also has the advantage of providing complete privacy to the parties involved since the results of the arbitration settled between the parties need never be made public. Probably the greatest argument for arbitration is that a final result can be reached without time consuming trails and appeals and public arguments over things which can be settled by a very expeditious and binding decision from an arbitrator. Copyright 1972 by John J. Dillon

the west.” We investigated and found that what the President was really asking for was money to pay laborers to cut brush in California. Then, there’s the $250 million Lockheed loan guarantee. Lockheed is a California firm, and the federal money is really employment insurance for California workers. The Administration has also funneled $270 million into the California shipbuilding industry —a sizeable portion of it in straight federal handouts. And the list goes on. If Richard Nixon doesn't carry California this November, it won’t be the taxpayers’ fault. ITT INTELLIGENCE — ITT’s President Harold Geneen ruefully told subordinates, after the company got caugiy shredding its incriminating Washington documents, that ITT should now acquire a company that makes paper shredding machines. — President Nixon huddled with aide Peter Flanigan after we identified him in Senate hearings as the President’s “fixer without portfolio.” Flanigan runs high level errands for the big corporations and the big contributors who have problems with the federal government. The President was worried that the Senate investigation might expose Flanigan’s operations. He wanted to know particular whether Flanigan had any incriminating memos in his file. Flanigan assured the President he keeps no written record that could be embarrassing. The President also passed the word to other aides that he doesn’t want them writing any embarrassing memos that might fall into our hands. — The Republican Finance Committee has put together a confidential list of big contributors who can be hit up for donations to President Nixon’s campaign. The list is taken from the confidential records of the 1970 Republican contributors. Near the top of the list, we can report, is none other than Dita Beard, the embattled lobbyist for ITT.

India Company. 1822 — Hobart College for men established at Geneva, N. Y., originally as Geneva College, successor to Geneva Academy, which had been formed in 1795. It offered a the first nonclassical college course in the United States. Renamed Hobart Free College in 1852, and Hobart College in 1860, it honored its founder, the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, Episcopal bishop of New York. It became coeducational in 1906, with the formation of William Smith College created by a gift of $500,000 from William Smith, a Geneva businessman. ... Portugal, in this year, adopted a new constitution patterned after that of Spain. Prince John, forced out of Portugal during the Napoleonic period and in Brazil since 1808, was invited to return as King John VI, leaving his eldest son, Dom Pedro, as regent to head the Brazil government. 1872 — Residents of Nebraska observe the first Arbor Day celebration in the United States. At least a million trees are planted throughout the state on April 10, in community celebrations. The action stemmed from a suggestion by Gov. J. Sterling Morton, who was concerned by the shortage of trees in the state. Kansas, Tennessee, Minnesota, Ohio, and West Virginia followed Nebraska’s example between 1875 and 1883, and by 1888 the practice was adopted in 26 other states and territories, and now in all states, with the dates varying according to climatic conditions in different areas. ... Leon Blum born in Paris, to become French Socialist Party leader and first Socialist Premier under a coalition government in 1936-1937, again briefly in 1938, and after the war, in 1946-1947. Held in a German concentration camp in 1941-1945, he suffered in health and died in 1950 at 47. —Robert Desmond

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