By
| THE POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1941
mate
SECOND THOUGHTS
By javie aiche
HOPE THIS +
TRIP DOESNT
END LIKE TE
LAST ONE DID.
: QUOTE: It is one of the elements of our strength that nobody has
ever yet been able to buy an American newspaperman.— (From a speech
of William Bullitt, formerly Ambassador to France). !
It was a miscalculation of coincidence that made Bill Bullitt say
that just on the eve of the jailing of Einar Barfod. By permission of bail
Barfod is out of jail, but quite as certainly the cat is out of the bag. It
happens that Einar Barfod was the greatest newspaperman that Pennsyl-
vania’s world of the press could ever boast. |
“ Bill Bullitt * would know Einar
Barford, because Bulitt himself was
in newspaper work only a few
blocks away from the editorial
room in which the star of Barfod
was at its zenith. Indeed, both men
rose from reporting to politics about
the same time, Bullitt to the diplo-
matic service because he was rich
and could afford it, and Barfod to
the office of Commissioner of In-
surance under Gifford Pinchot be- |
cause he ‘had been able to do the
governor-forester many a good turn.
* _ If your correspondent read the
charges: correctly Barfod was in-
volved 'in what the Commonwealth
calls fraud, .and to a profit of a
quarter million dollars if the case
makes good in the courts. That
close has Bullitt come: to having
proved to his own discomfiture that
.newspapermen can, indeed, be
bought: But, who other than Bul-
‘litt ever doubted ‘that they could
be? If they differ from any other
type of the genus American it is
Vis = in the fact that in the long
run the. susceptibility to purchase
of the scribe is more pronounced for
the simple reason that he gets more
_ chances to sell.
' Your - correspondent would ask
Bullitt if, as a rich man, his ap-
proach to ambassadorial honor was
through the power of that portion of |
the press wielded by Dave Stern?
‘And hasn’t Stern himself taken
“over a lion’s share of appointments,
all the way from ‘the courts down,
by using his newspapers on the side
that happens to have retained
power? | i :
‘It is told of President Abraham
Lincoln that once in the Civil War
and in the Department of. the Poto-
mac he had need of a liaison officer
whom he could regard as safe
against. all temptation: of worldly
gain. Further it is told that the
man in question rebuffed a score
of efforts to have him relax vigil-
ance at a crucial juncture. And
then Old Abe got this message from !
the trusted one: ' “It's time’ to re-
lieve sme from duty. They're get-
ting pretty close to my price.”
There are all kinds of prices
DM]
THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY GROVE |
Folks living in states
where their U. S. Senator,
1s just a so-so kind of per-
son and has no opinion of
his own—they got nobody
to find fault with, except
themselves.. They elected |
the gent. It is their own |
funeral if the fellow they
sent down there can’t read
too good, or maybe even
write much, and has to let
somebody tell him what it
is all about and how he is
to vote.
You take those old Ill:-
nois Suckers and this Mr.
Brooks they just sent to
Washington — they took
the bull by the horns and
got themselves a Senator
they can be proud of.
And to do so, they had to
overcome as jaunty and
slippery a crew as you
ever saw — there in Chi-
cago. :
My neighbor Henry, he |
says, Jo, where do you get
the idea, it is just maybe
some U. S. senators who
can’t read or write? How
Ars
/ SAVE DEM
TAXPAYER'S TRIP TO “MARS”
Fo
BILLIONS To
0CRACY
"You know, Henry sur-
prises me sometimes— he
gets off some pretty good
ones.
about the voters, he says. |
THE SAFETY VALVE
—
THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE
By EDITH BLEZ
For a long time I have been hesitating to write this particular col-
umn because I realize there are many people who are not at all interest-
ed in cats! So those of you who detest cats read no farther because
from here on I am devoting my allotted space to my very good friend
Mr. Fluffy. Mr. Fluffy is a very special cat, at least, one would assume
he is very special by his haughty manners and the manner in which he
carries his long bushy tail!
FOOTNOTES
By EMMONS BLAKE
My brother David who is in the
Army, got a week's furlough and
came down from his camp to spend
it at home. The Army phraseology
and Army propaganda that is float-
ing around here is really something
to listen to. He starts out in the
morning by asking me to do the
policing in our room. It did not take
me long to catch on that policing
At breakfast he ate like a horse ex-
plaining that for the last two weeks
he has been on field rations, which
as I understand it consists of bis-
cuits and corned beef hash. I told
him that he should have joined the
Marines because they always have
thousands of things to eat. “Yea,”
he replied, “all beans.”
Having been in the service for
almost two years, Dave has little
love for the draft boys and gets
very peeved 'if he is not always
identified with the regular Army.
The draft camp on the outskirts of
our town, with its 5000 marchers
and homesick fence sitters is a great
source of amusement to him. He is
at his best when pointing out things
wrong with the dress or mannerisms
and even vocabularies of the selec-
tees.
I got just a little fed up with the
by
The Post's Readers
Yours with the low down,
JOE SERRA Editor of The Post:
this week it is suggested that you
F the things stayed bought refer to your files and read “The
a Dallas Post” for January 1, 1932
Nor called for traffic courts and |. ys Yop
road police, { in which issue you will find a whole
ey : 5 page devoted to the audit of the
| They drove them in accordance with five-year period which you mention.
sane thought
Knew no such laws, when bought
{
In connection with your editorial
In might be in order to call at-
And found them no disturbers of
- their peace. '
tention to the fact that this pub-
lication is AFTER the completing. of
the audit. While it is customary for
‘By tax and fee the State builds up
that refute the Bullitt declaration newspapers to break the news be-
that nobody can buy an American a fund fore it happens, this cannot be done
newspaperman. Some of them are| Of crowded millions pledged to| with audits. If, “The small cost of |
amenable to the sell-out that looks: highway use, publishing the audit would have
perfectly innocent, being swayed |A ransom that would sate a plun-| clarified the matter and brought it
by the cajolery of friendships and derbund, to a head before it had been al-|
confidences in high places. Try,| Ang often plundered, too, by law's | lowed to run five years,” why didn’t
~ for instance, to get a Le hee: ? you do it? |
newspaper to enlarge on the dis-! . Every good editor once in a while
senting opinion of Judge Fine anent For your = re the motorists ile Th (ooner, partiedtarly Whee
the surprising upgrading of ap-|
Pe od salaries under ref what they pay, ! be is Bo very sg You bin
; ; i Their fees and taxes used to staff time. However, we have all done;
Try zo 2 a boi omg Sree Relief, Sa as badly, sometimes worse. |
in control of any pu! ! While roads depend on Double-U-| There are no less than three per-|
the curtain on innumerable tse P-A. P : {manent and official places where
at law, if it should happen tha ; rds for any number of past years
one or all affect the status of a! | may be at any time examined by
present or former colleague whose Heigh-ho, the car! The steed of’ anyone: namely—the records of the
embarrassment would impute humil- | whim and mood, |
jation to all his associates. Why, | Of partial payments that we must t+ of common pleas; and the
the press was of the mind to ignore!" engage, . ..' State Department of Public Instruc-
‘the John Williamson case and would The mad devourer of the liquid tion The auditors themselves also
have ignored it excepting for the food,
radio. That takes so much of salary and ould permit examination, which
Oldsters of the press remember aANREe would make four available sources
that in the days of the good thea- It's high to buy, it’s hard to answer | ,¢ information before the publica-
writing about something with which
To see State loans made up of
|
“More than a newspaper,
a community institution”
THE DALLAS POST
ESTABLISHED 1889
A non-partisan liberal
progressive mewspaper pub-
lished every Friday morning
at its plant on Lehman Ave-
nue, Dallas, Penna., by the
Dallas Post, Inc.
Entered as second-class matter |!
at the post office at Dallas, Pa.,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Subscriptions, $2 a year, payable
in advance.
Editor and Publisher
HOWARD W. RISLEY
Associate Editor
MYRA ZEISER RISLEY
Contributing Editors
FRED M. KIEFER
JOHN V. HEFFERNAN
Mechanical Superintendent
HAROLD J. PRICE
| secretary of the school district; the |
i retain an official copy and no doubt mary” required is always shown at
tre there was never a bad play on Whoa, tion question is raised at all.
the stage if it played more than one: To driving impulse racing past our TH2 above ere all “complete”
night. Season passes took care of | means; coolog of thy audit, witch Tr "our
a good review that prevented empty | How does it happen that we come I oa as to shout 20
seats for the repeat performance. to know pages. isles So, thped
And prize fights are put into the| A world so over-crowded, with Tor 0 Binsin arate inlaw
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good graces at a known price to machines? ro i a TE tet
the gentlemen who control sports
publicity.
American newspapermen can’t be
bought? Sign up a few checks, Mr.
Bullitt, and you can have them by
the roomful.—J. V. H.
On Being Automo-bilious
You buy a car; most people buy a
car,
You pay a tax upon the purchase
price, ;
The factories are all a distance far,
You pay the freight; ah, that’s a
neat device.
* You must have tags to prove the advertising as was used to give
car is yours,
| Discounting The Future"
A few more billions of govern-
' ment spending and where the frugal |
' citizen is going to invest a couple
| of loose dollars, excepting in more
, government, he will never know.
It’s all-out for a great principle promptly posted by not less than,
| now-a-days and if that doesn’t in- ix copies, in as many places in the’
| terest you, then there's no percent-
age elsewhere.
J
It Happened In Hollywood
We, too, have been wondering |
{ why there has been no screening of |
| “Citizen Kane” after such costly
it!
Well, the secret is out. |
{a market.
And once each year renew your William Randolph Hearst didn’t like
. ownership,
Each quart of oil or gas more tax
assures,
Collectors follow you on every if the picture was shown to his em-
trip.
You drive your car; to prove you
have the right,
You buy each year an operator's
card,
You rest at curbs odd times by day
or night,
You can’t be always near your
own backyard.
Along the curbs the parkometers
stand,
To claim their toll, elsewise plain
signs declare
In words that never 'beg, but do
command, '
That only briefly may you linger
there.
You have an urge to buy accessories,
You have the need to buy a
couple tires,
On each and all are levied extra
fees; .
The horse and’ buggy of your
sainted sires y
“Citizen Kane.” It had in it too
much. that simulated his own career. |
{So he passed along the word that
barrassment, then he would present
in the Hearst newspapers a series
of revelations of the life careers of
motion picture stars and their pro-
ducers. The stars and magnates
looked at the current story of Joe
Schenck and surrendered. Orson
Welles as Citizen Kane is disfran-
chised.
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FREEDOM
The columnists and con-
tributors on this page are
allowed great latitude in
expressing their cwn opin-
ions, even when their
opinions are at variance
with those of The Post
BE
report, including the assets and lia-
bilities, shall be published in a news-
paper having general circulation in
the district, once a week for three
successive weeks, beginning the first
week after filing the same, or be
district.”
We are not literally complying
with the law.
We are doing ‘better than that.
We are posting the “Complete”
audit for anyone who wants to see
it
However, if any of the copies are
“smudged”’ or are posted on inac-
cessible “telephone poles”, that
should not be. The posting is usually
left to the auditors themselves, the
school district paying the expense
for paper, etc. If they have not used
good judgment in posting legible
copies and in selecting locations, we
will have to reprimand them.
Now no one would expect the
Board of School Directors to print
the complete audit for three weeks.
It would cost more than paying a
school teacher for the same period.
Where you have said audit you
everywhere should have said “Sum-
mary.”
And there is a distinct difference
in the amount of information which
would be available to the taxpayers.
Of all the school boards that were
ever ousted in this county did you
ever hear of a single one being
charged with failing. to publish a
summary of the audit? Of course
not. The best way for a school board
to cover up would be to comply
literally with the law, that is to
publish for three weeks a ‘“Sum-
mary.” Why? Because the ordinary
taxpayer would know nothing about
{ of some of those who claim to be
i informed is very discouraging, not
the business after he had read it. A
complete audit amounts to some-
thing although it requires a little
more effort to read it. The “Sum-
the head of the audit, in the last
one now posted on pages 2, 3, 4 and
Personally, I voted for and paid
bills for, publishing the “Summary”,
not so much for the information of
the public as to satisfy the news-
papers which have always freely
given a lot of space to worthwhile
school and other public affairs. If
you had written a column or two
in that vein, it would have been
more to the point. :
As shown when the 1936 budget
lawsuit was on, the average tax-
payer pays too little attention to
the public business. The ignorance
only as applied locally but also to
the county, state, and national fi-
nancial affairs. With the publica-
tion of your editorial some people
will find out that there is such a
thing as an audit. Your line of
thought that the information is not
easily available, and there might be
a nigger in the woodpile somewhere
may encourage some people to read
it.
If such should be the result, you
are to be commended.
D. D. WATERS.
Editor, The Post:
I wish to correct a statement in
your editorial in last week’s paper.
I have a copy of the Dallas Post in
which the Dallas Township Audit for
the 39-40 school year was printed.
However, last year was the first year
in a long while that the taxpayers
of Dallas Township did not have an |
opportunity to look over the budget. |
A former secretary made copies of |
the budget and placed them in the
various business places in the Town-
ship so that we could look it over,
but our new secretary, A. L. Jones,
does not have the time to do that.
Was he ashamed of his handiwork,
or did the Board make provision for
more employees, such as a Secretary
for the Secretary, and did not want
the general public in on it?
have a right to know where our
money is going to be spent and what
for and if the Secretary does not
{have the time to let us know,
then he should resign.
A Taxpayer.
Dallas Township
March 18, 1941
We |
: boasts Dave was handing out about
how well guarded everything is at
his camp and so I told of a little in-
cident that occurred the last time
I dropped in to visit him. It was
during the trip I took a few weeks
ago up to Reno by inland road, and
back home again by the coast. Being
near to David we decided to sur-
prise him.” We entered the camp
grounds in a rather out of the way
corner, a service road of some sort, |
that was not posted with a sentry.
On traveling through the grounds
we became lost and could not find
did ‘not mean copping his best shirt."
P. S. I am not signing this let- | the barracks that housed my broth-
ter as I am not in politics but am ' er. Finally we asked for directions
one of the ten biggest taxpayers in to the barracks of a camp guide. He
Mr. Fluffy is a large red Angora
| cat who is well past middle-age. He
is no longer interested in playing
silly games except those of his own
invention and most of his days and
nights he spends curled up in a very
contented ball. He isn’t much ad-
dicted to going outside during the
winter months and when we do
persuade him to take a few good
whiffs of fresh air he puts up all
sorts of arguments. When the door
is opened he shivers and shakes like
some one with a fever. He shakes
one paw after another and insists
that the out-of-doors is no place for
a cat. It is much more comfortable
inside where it is warm and the
chairs are soft.
There are people who insist that
cats are stupid and a general nuis-
ance but. Mr. Fluffy is far from
stupid. He even speaks when he is
spoken to. He has a funny knowing
squeak he reserves for conversation.
When he is hungry he isn’t above _
a very loud meow but most of
the time his conversation is as
dignified as his appearance. Mr.
Fluffy can be very indifferent and
he really does very crazy things
for a cat of his years. There are
times when his life is quite boring
and he has a very silly game he
plays with the assistance of anyone
who might be in the house at, the
time. He pretends to chase his tail
and goes on violent runs from one
end of the house to the other for
no reason whatsoever. It is highly
amusing to see him become all con-
fused by the waxed floors and land
some place where he hadn't aimed
for. It hurts his dignity to be
laughed at!
He has formed the habit of going
upstairs when the family is on the
way to bed. He enjoys the same
routine every night: he. waits until
someone at the back of the house
has opened his window and then he
climbs on the radiator and pokes
his nose through the curtains and
from the constant motion of his tail
he seems to thoroughly enjoy the
night noises and whatever might be
going on outside. He stays there
just long enough for the occupant of
the room to get settled in bed and
with his usual squeak of warning he
jumps to the center of the bed. He
tries making himself very comfort-
Dallas Township and hold a re-|
sponsible position in the business
‘world. The best secretary we ever
had was eliminated by two un-
scrupulous politicians who were very
much afraid that he was going to
win the election, so they used
something that is now going to get
them in trouble. I don’t blame him
one bit and will help him all I can
as both of these gentlemen were at
my home and smeared Eipper for’
all they were worth. The attorneys
for Eipper want him to settle this
out of court, but I hope he goes
through with it and puts them both :
where they belong for doing a thing
like that. |
Editor, The Post
The purpose of this letter is to
keep you informed as to the prog-
ress made in attempting to establish |
a cannery in the northern end of |
Luzerne County.
The results of the recent cannery
told us in a very military manner; 3 : ¥
Hot a word a. d and y very pre-| able in the middle of the bed until
cise. As we started to drive off 1 he is info rmed that his place is far
leaned out of the window and said, | © the right and a very small cor-
“By the way, we have a pistol and ner. Mr. Fluffy gives the occupant
two cameras. Is it against the law 77% the bed a ory nasty look and
Here our sentry lost his military 2 ter a few minutes of deep con-
manner, so startled was he. “Pll say cern whether he will leave or stay,
it’s against the law; it's practically | 88S to his corner and rolls himself
a federal offence.” “Well,” 1 said, i into a ball of fur and it isn’t many
“what'll we do with them?” A puz- minutes until his purring can be
zled expression came over the sol- heard quite distinctly.
dier's face; here was a problem
I hope there are no cat-haters
wherein he had no jurisdiction. He who_have followed me thus far be-
leaned over still shaken and in a
cause they will certainly be most
conspirator’s voice breathed, “Hide
indignant that Mr. Fluffy is permit-
fol ‘ted to occupy even a corner of a
@
SCRAPBOOK
perfectly good bed but Mr. Fluffy has
By "Bob" Sutton
very good manners and he is really
an exceptional foot-warmer when
the temperature is below freezing!
It is not cringing to reform
. The heart by anger glorified;
|The brave man stands against the :
| storm 8
To be proud of learning is the great- | Of blind revenge and bristling pride.
survey were most gratifying and |
above all it definitely shows the
needs and desire for such a can-
nery in this area. The results of
est ignorance.
Love gives itself; it is not bought.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth
the questionnaire were as follows:
141
No. Growers
No. Acres Tomatoes
No. Acres Sweet Corn ..
No. Acres Peas
98% of these farmers were gen-
eral farmers and only 2% were
commercial vegetable growers.
These 1,114 acres are more than |
sufficient to supply the needs of a
good size cannery operation.
As soon as this data had been
compiled, we immediately sent out
letters to prospective canners such
as Campbell Soup Co., Heinz; Mus-
sellman, Biglerville; American Can
Co., Continental Can Co., G .L. F.
Canning Company and others. We
have not had returns from all the
letters sent, but at present we have
five answers.
have definitely stated that their
companies would not consider fur-
ther expansion at the present time,
owing to the uncertain war condi-
tions.
Nevertheless, I feel that we should
not be discouraged and that every
effort should be bent to secure a re-
liable canner in the future, if not
this year. 3
It is my opinion that with our
type of soil, we can grow high qual-
ity crops for the cannery and with
the cannery acreage manifested by
returned postals, we will eventually
locate a cannery within this area,
and that it will be a great asset
to our local communities.
1 wish to thank you for your in-
terest and in the meantime I will
make every attempt to secure a re-
liable canner, and keep you inform-
ed of any developments.
Very truly yours,
J. D. Hutchison
County Agricultural Agent
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
March 18, 1941
than history.
Little things are great to little men. Our God within His Wisdom knows
; That tolerance alone can lend
| Deep insight, and His power grows
The day when bitterness shall end.
All of these answers!
—Maxwell Bodenheim
A wise man once said: “If some |
one has wronged you and you get LENTEN THOUGHT No. 4
revenge, you will be pleased for an' [et the Christian who is discour-
instant. If you forgive him, you will aged concerning himself look to
, be happy forever. | Jesus, see that in Him he is accep-
| | ted of God, and let him trust in
POEM OF PEACE | Christ at all times remembering His
| Let those who scorn the pacifist ! promise, “I will never leave thee,
| Discern that unassuming love "nor forsake thee.” ‘And let the
' Must spread in life, and not the fist strong bear the infirmities of the
|The arrogant, impulsive shove. weak. :
—ZErnest Williams
{Too long the scavengers of death ;
| On battle fields have piled their arts, In time we hate that which we
‘ Stopped youthful heroes, and the often fear.
- breath Modern civilization is all dressed
Of manhood, slain by poisoned darts. up with nowhere to go.
6 4)
3&us, 1 Have PRORISED”
O Jesus, I have promised
= is Serie Thee to the end.
“~.Be Thou forever near me,
~~ My Master and my Friend.
1 shall not fear the battle
£ If Thou are by my side,
Nor wander from the pathway
sz If Thou wilt be my Guide.
NG
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ligbiti iy Shon It was inspired by the verse from St. John,
“If any man serve me, let him follow me ~ and where | am, there
shall also my servant be.
Cl A &
{HOWARD H. WODOLBERT
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
oe Ek 400 ® SHAVERTOWN, PA.
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