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4-H Club Week TWg .Is National 4-H Club Week, a period of

particular Importance for the more than 2,200,000 members of this drganiration across the country.

These young people, ranging in age between 10 and 21 years, belong to 90,450 local clubs and unite Head, Hearts, Hands and Health in working for better homes, schools, churches and communities, wherever they live.

Some of the aims for 1958 are: to honor parents and recognize the important part they play In the lives of children and youth; to inform the public regarding 4-H training'and its value in character-building and the development of good citizenship.

It is a safe bet that few 4-H members are ever in-_volved in delinquent action. The reason for this is obvious.

In addition to having a sense of responsibility, members feel that they belong to an essential group in the community. They are kept constructively busy with the many interesting projects that are part and parcel of 4-H life.

Perhaps this is the answer to the problems of all young people. Give them something to do that will hold their attention. Make them feel they are wanted and an integral part of adult society.

It is of particular interest to note that in 4-H work emphasis is placed on .joint activities between parents and children. In most modern living, this is something too often missing.

The rest of us might well learn a thing or two from this outstanding organization. In fact, we would do well to follow the example set by 4-H Clubs.

Nature provides man with five tense*— touch, taste, hearing, sight and smell The sixth important sense—horse—he must, ac­quire for himself.

Good Community Service It was recently announced that the Niagara Mo­

hawk Power Corporation had received the top Look Magazine award for community service in a contest amdnff the nation's utility companies.

An interesting aspect of the Niagara Mohawk advertising campaign is the fact that one of its most attractive ada deals with our own community. It has appeared In Fortune, U.S. News and World Report, Business Week, Dun's Review and Modern Industry, the New Yorker and many newspapers.

Tastefully illustrated and featuring a colorful view of Amsterdam as seen from the Thmway, the ad tells industry: "If you're planning expansion, consider Am­sterdam. Within six months, six new industries have located in this city;"

It goes on to explain that: "Here is fast, cheap transportation via the N.Y. State Thruway, New York Central Railroad and Barge Canal. All within over­night shipping distance to half of America's markets and merely hours away from New York City."

The ad also lists many other advantages Amster­dam has to offer new industry, such as available plants, developed industrial sites, top-rated schools, proximity to glorious vacationlands, low-cost electric­ity, abundant natural gas, etc.

For winning the national contest and for this ad, in particular, Niagara Mohawk is to be congratulated. Not only is it helping itself as an industry, but it is helping to advertise our community at the same time. For its foresight and good business sense, Amsterdam should be grateful to the utility corporation.

Defeat only leaves a bitter taste if you simllou) it.

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Base of the Building The semi-finals of the American Legion Oratorical

Contest were held recently at the Albany Law School where district winners competed in speaking on 'The American Constitution."

The importance of such a subject to the youth of America is beyond measuring and the American Legion is to be congratulated for choosing this partic­ular topic as the subject (or its annual contest.

With the critical world conditions of today, it Is all too easy for citizens to forget the guarantees written into the United States Constitution. We are prone, in a life which seems always to be on the brink of emergency, to overlook it when the executive or legislative branches of government usurp power that is not constitutionally theirs— ^ . A* good deal of the fault lies in the unnarVpy fact that many of us know very little about the United States Constitution.' We have, In the past thirty years, lost various rights we did not even know we had.

The edifice of a democratic America is composed of many things, but the base of the building, the cornerstone of our freedoms, is the American Constitu­tion.

The importance of learning about the Constitution at the earliest possible age can not be overemphasized. Our freedoms can only be maintained through a con­stant awareness of each of the rights set down in immortal.ink on this dog-eared piece of parchment. . The American Legion Oratorical Contest Is a step

Jn the right direction. It should be emulated by all organizations concerned with instilling in the youth of America the nation'! basic democratic ideals.

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Congress Seen Deciding Body For Fund Uses By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Orderly government is the prod­uct of long trial and error, result-Ing in n ayatem which Is under­stood by those who work with it and is generally accepted. Our system it outlined in the Consti-tution. Is Implemented by act* of Congress and the decisions of the courts, particularly the Supreme Court.

It la an Interesting ayatem because It permits the great-eat degree of human liberty by deliberately sacrificing the power of the government to rule by flat, which has usually been the method of rulers. Inatead, the Constitution es­tablished a ayatem of checks and balanoea ao that absolute power la lodged nowhere and In no persons. That such a ayatem should have survived ao long Is remarkable, because the loosenesa of authority makes for waste and Ineffi­ciency. It 'also gives ample opportunity for political rack­eteers to abuse the opportu­nities that are open to them. Only In time of war have Amer­

icans consented to the application of extraordinary powers by the President. Unfortunately World War II never quite ended. It has extended into what is for con­venience called the "Cold War." a political extension of a- war of balance and attrition. This "Cold War." in its current phase, is marked by a contest In the pro­duction of new weapons which are themselves novel applications of newly-revealed scientific princi­ples.

• Tales of Theft There are those who continue

to comfort themselves with tales of Russian thefts of American se­cret, formulae, a comfort which true or untrue is now of nox po­litical significance. The fHct is that Soviet Russia, if not abso­lutely equal to us in this field, is not far behind. Should it he proved, as it well might be. that Russian submarines off the coast of Florida caused American sput­niks to fail, it can only be that they already have a device of de­fease against rockets and missiles, and therefore are ahead of us.

If the Russians get far ahead of ii« in this field, it will be argued that we must change our system of government, as some now want us to change our system of educa­tion to meet the enemy. In a word, there will be those who will attribute our failure, should we fail, to a loose system of govern­ment in which individual liberty is regarded as more valuable than governmental efficiency. Already in the time of Franklin D. Roose­velt, because of depression and war. there were" those who set the Presidency apart as a sacerdotal office, with the President as a sort of man-god, a deus ex ma-china that could solve all problems with perfection of wisdom.

Harry Truman waa too hu­man for such a conception and It looked aa though It might disappear with him, but It returned with Elsenhower, the very Republicans who had criticized Roosevelt aa an ab­solutist, seeding such perfec­tions In Eisenhower. How­ever, not matter how popular the President remained, he could not transfer such popu­larity to Sherman Adams and Jim Hagerty who look and act very human, Indeed, and often exceed constitutional authori­ty.

In the Senate Preparedness Sub­committee's hearings, the testimo­ny in which I am now engaged in reading, time after time, the ques­tion of authority arises. General Twining's outburst in his debate with Senator Symington is mast interesting, because therein lies both a criticism and an objective view of our problem.

Clear Issue The issue is a clear one. Con­

gress voles the appropriations. It needs to know what it is voting for. It nerd* to know whether there is an honest administration of funds voted: whether enough or too much money is voted and what is accomplished therein-. Hint is constitutionally the function of Congress. To this challenge of this function, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. C.eneral Na­than Twining, replied:

« - - - T ^ 1 1 1 TfTve you all UuT Information you want, and the witnesses will gl\e you all the Information you waht. but yon should not bring them hark and say, *l« this adequate?' after the decision has been made. ^ ^ ^

"In the military terminolo­gy, a commander makes a de­rision and If everybody starts bucking It, It Is Just no good, you have no military." Rut who made the decision in

question? Was it the military, the scientists, the exports or ' the poli­ticians? Was it the Bureau of the Budget which has no decision­making authority Under the Con­stitution? Who ultimately decides such questions? t 'nder our sys­tem of government, when It is orderly, Congress decides.

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The Once Over

Strong Faith in America Medicine for Recent Woe

By H. I. PHILLIPS

I believe In America, especially in a pinch. I have implicit faith in its guts, foresight, know-how and "know-when." I think too many economists are talking at once, that many of them never got a diploma and that some of them have always had to raise mushrooms at home to make a liv­ing.

I believe in the factory whistle over the kibitzer's lament and in the American industrial system over the weekly rally of the "I Told You So" clubs.

I believe the American perform­ance is more inspiring against ad­versity than high-wheeling it down the thruway with a hey nonny nonny and a hot 'cha cha. Uncle Sam stirs me more with his brow wrinkled and his shirtsleeves up than when he is doing a rock 'n' roll at a national mardi gras.

• • • I believe prophets of doom.

the forecasters of depression

the house?" from Old Man Econ­omy today Is bringing an answer from more qualified and respon­sible experts and fewer magicians, voodoo doctors and apprentice mathematicians.

I believe America Is in greater danger with the gasoline accelera­tor jammed hard against the floor than with the brake pedal half down.

I believe most everybody saw the "Danger Ahead" sign on the long joy ride and should ̂ hot be too stunned by the appearance of a downgrade a,nd a curve.

» • • I believe It Is time to stop

talking about slumps, distrib­uting the blame, predicting the punishment and listening for the «echoes of our own voices registering nervousness, fear and lack of optimism.

Washington Report

Nation Needs Quick Tax Slash To Correct Economic Mistakes

By DAVID LAWRENCE

WASHINGTON The business situation in Anierica has become-the most important news stoi\ in the world today. It is more im­portant than any summit confer­ence or the launching of satellites. All Kurope is anxiously watching the business trends here. For if America's economic strength is sapped by a deep depression, the Communists would be given an op­portunity for victories in many parts of the globe without firing a shot.

Which way will business go? Here are three directions in which the economic curve in America may be charted in the next twelve months:

1. The declines could go deeper. The psychological ef­fect of this might cause a mood of hesitation and reluc­tance to go ahead even In businesses t tin t are funda­mentally sound.

2. There could be an upturn this summer or this autumn. A steady recovery would then ensue throughout next year.

S. There might be a side-wise movement as business bumps along the bottom for a while, with no sign as to Just when in 19X8 the upturn would start. The most important information

that business men arc eager to get now is the answer to the ques­tion: When will the bottom be reached''

If business men wore convinced, for instance, that the bottom al­ready has been reached as "a few observers seem to think—planning could begin now with real confi­dence. But It takes a little while to determine whether a bottom mark has actually been recorded. Too often the weekly or monthly figures are chanced by statistics the following week or month. There must be siens of a continu­ous trend in order to he sure of what is happening 'Hie February unemployment fieures will become available about March 12. but the truly important figures are those for the month of March, which will not lie ready for disclosure until the middle of April If thoxe figures show a decline in unem­ployment, the news will be heart­ening to the nation.

Unfortunately, there has been an overemphasis on unemployment figures as the sole indicator of business conditions.

5.40.000 Persons For the truth is there were

only 3-10.000 less persons at work in January, 19.\S, than in January, lf*.i7. There-were.- hnwrvrr. more than WO.0OO workers added to the nation's labor force in in.", and these, together with the usual number out of jobs for personal or other reasons, brought the total of unemployed up to 4..*>00.(>00 in January.

What can lie done to create 900.000 more jobs a year and to absorb more and more workers from the normally uncmplovcd total ? There is only one answer • incentives Tfi business enterpi iscs.

Lots nf talk has been heard lately about how Ihe Soviets cive incentives and stimulate their scientists by special treatment. But the principle is even more significant in a free economy. Tax revision of the right kind is per­haps the most important stimulus that could l>e given Amei iran bilsi-

•»neA« of all kinds. It's the policy

that performed a miracle in West -trWmanyr—just— ns- the lack of in­centives has retarded Britain's post-war recovery.

What ought to be done in America probably will not be done because there Isn't as yet a mnjorlty in Cortgreas willing to take a long look ahead and plan not just for the few months of 1958 hut for several years. Prosperity—bigger than any the

United States has ever experienced - would, for example, follow the passage of a measure like the bill s p o n s o r e d by Representative Sadlak," of Connecticut, Republi­can, and Representative Herlong, of Florida, Democrat. It would .re­vise the ,whole income-tax struc­ture, to take effect over a five-year period, so that eventually the country would have a rate sched­ule ranging from 15 to 42 per cent for individual incomes and an over-all rate of 42 per cent for corporations. Referring to this bill, the 'Firs t National City Bank letter, which is noted among busi­nessmen for its down-to-earth analyses of the business situation, says:

Economic Outlook "It is doubtful if an action Con­

gress could take would so brighten the economic outlook and re­vitalize efforts to produce and sell and go ahead."

This is echoed by Dr. Charles F. Phillips, an economist, and presi­dent of Rates College. He says a plan of this kind would bring in enough revenue to keep the budget balanced. y

For, by making the tax rates productive instead of re-atrlctlve, America would get more and more tax receipts from business. The new rate* would encourage persons of high Income to invest their savings In new enterprises. It would help all companies to build up surpluses so that they would have the money mailable to modernlr.e plant nnd equipment. The liest way to get more tax

revenues for the federal govern­ment is to cive business — which has the major task of creating jobs a tax rate that provides a real incentive to progress and ex­pansion. It is the road to full em­ployment.

This is sound economies', ani it could l>e sound politics, too. But the majority in Congress will hesitate to favor such a plan until it is- backed by an overwhelming public opinion.

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Glancing Backward

Over The Recorder Files

Twenty Years Ago March K. 19.T8-Attorney.tames

V. Hayes, New York City, gave an address on communism under the auspices of St, Mary's "Hospital Auxiliary.

Death of Mrs. Thomas Rogers, Town of Amsterdam; Mrs. Frank Czech; Mrs. Orville Jeffers, Broadalbin; William Lum, .

Ten Years Ago

March 6. 1948 St. Mary's Hos­

pital Auxiliary formed a service group to assist at the hospital in the manner of the Red Cross Grey Ladies' organized during the war.

Death 'Of Miss Bertha M. Brumaghim. Fultonville, corre­spondent for the Amsterdam Eve­ning Recorder for 12 years.

Announcement was made of the marriage of Joseph P. Kissel Jr., Amsterdam, and Miss Gloria B. Lawson, Bellerose, L.I.

One Year Ago March b. 1957 — Announcement

was made of the marriage of Victor Binkauskas and Miss Sylvia Urban.

Death of Joseph Kaupelis, Sara­toga' Springs, formerly of Am­sterdam; George Peters Jr .

The Junior Century Club re­ceived a merit award from the General Federation of Women's Clubs for 100 per cent participa­tion in federation activities.

A tea to benefit migrant work­ers was held at the First Metho­dist Church by the United Church Women of Amsterdam.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Walton Barnett, 100 Frances St., were in­jured in an accident on the Thru-way while returning from Florida.

Edward T. Dickinson, commis­sioner of the New York State De­partment of Commerce, spoke at the quarterly dinner meeting of the Canajoharie - Palatine Bridge Chami T of Commerce.

Dr. L. E. Moore Jr., was elected president of the Rotary Club.

Guest Editorial Flouridation at Albany

Unconvinced by all the evidence from competent scientific, medical and dental authority, the New-York State Senate has passed a bill to require a referendum prior to fluoridation of the New York City water supply. Fluoridation is a proved major deterrent to tooth decay in children. Its safety as a preventive measure without harm­ful side-effects has lieen attested recently again by the American Medical Association. New York State and New York City medical, societies and health departments endorse it heartily. No one but a scientist or a medical or dental authority is competent to judge its effectiveness or its safety.

How can the man in the street possibly have the scientific infor­mation to decide this question for himself? Would you insist that he vote for or against pasteurization of milk, or inoculation against disease, before official authority could put in effect such preventive measures for protection of the public health?

The Senate would have made sense if it had ordered all munici­palities in the state to fluoridate their water supplies. But to pass this anti-science, anti-home rule hill by a vote of 42 to 13, under the sponsorship of Senator Walter G. McGahan of Queens, who lately aspired to be New York City con­troller, is an appalling demonstra­tion of Dark Ages thinking. \V> suppose the Senate will now vote to declare the earth flat and snnul the law of gravity.

- New York Tunes.

Town* May Adopt ITU ALBANY '.Pi A bill that would

allow larger communities without permanent personal registration to adopt the system on their own is before the Senate.

The measure, introduced by Robert J. Feinberg. P i t t s b u r g h Republican, was passed unani­mously yesterday by the Assem­bly. It would give the option to cities and villages with 5,000-or-over population.

and the boys who read crystal balls through smoked glasses are largely politicians, con­genital pessimists, unreliable quarterbacks, expert voice throwers, puzzled stock sales­men and fellows who toss .In a poker hand because they have only three aces.

I believe the American In­dustrial system has more brains, energy, confidence and ability than its critics and kibitzers.

I believe Ike sick is more trustworthy as a pilot than some people In perfect health.

• • * I believe there is nothing the

matter with American business that fewer crying-towels and a sharp decline in bellyaching won't cure.

I believe it is beneficial now and then to check a course, adjust a compass and take a look at the ship's rudder.

I believe in the American ca­pacity to get up before an eight-count, swim upstream, dodge a roadblock, get going again after a collision and look any crisis in the face and spit in its eye.

I believe the yolk is still in the American egg despite a crack in the shell.

I believe "Is there a doctor in

Once Over Lightly The Squawk Chute: .Don't you

think that with prices going up on stamps and all kinds of postal service Mr. Summerficld may soon charge admission to a post office? Andy Moulton . . . . It looks like a real possibility, Andy . . . . Roxy's moyie house in Gotham is cutting out its dance and floor show format for the first time in its-30-year history and going over to the widest of wide screen movies . . . . "Two Cent Stamp" won a Hlaleah race. Shudda Had-dim got touted off by a tipster who said 'it would take a licking.

An Inquiry Into soft patron­age jobs In N.Y. State reveals that among the holders is a woman who gets $2,400 R year on a Legislative Committee on Motor Boats. She admit­ted she didn't know what the job was. My gal, this Is a committee that counts the phut-phuts from outboard mo­tor exhausts, and looks into the matter when the starting-rope breaks. Arthur Godfrey is offering 55.-

000 awards on his new format, which calls for a change of his theme sonc to "Just like GOLD times." Incidentally the n e w routine calls for advance scripts and Arthur will memorize his stuff for the first time in his long career on, the air.

Poor Man's Philosopher

Boss Gets His Authority Back As Worker Runs for the Hills

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (.'Pi—The boss is the boss again.

The down turn in jobs has made this forgotten figurehead of busi­ness a person of importance once more.

It always happens that way. When there are more jobs

than people, nobody pays much attention to the boss. He tiptoes around the place talking to himself—for fear that If he says something out loud he'll hurt somebody's feelings, and thf guy'll quit and go to work for a competi­tor.

But when there are more people than jobs—such as right now — the boss again becomes industry's "father image." The problem of the wise worker then becomes one of how to please his paycheck pap-P>'-

Forgotten Art So it is time to revive again a

forgotten American art—the art of apple polishing.

You older hired hands, who've survived bad times before, know-how to do this instinctively, just as an old boxer never quite for­gets his footwofft or how to pro­tect himself in the clinches. It's the voung employes, who've never

Sketches By BEN BURROUGHS

"So Shy" So shy the little maiden

was . . . with cheeks of rose­bud red . . . when spoken to. she closed her eyes . . . and turned her curly head . . . peculiar how when playing

•frames . . . with friends she knew so well . . . this pretty miss rang loud and clear . . . just like a dinner bell . . . yet/ when someone she did not know . . . spoke fender and sincere . . . she acted noncha­lant as if . . . she could not even hear . . . a bashful babe in pigtails . . . oh what a pleasing sight . . . the world itself revolved aroimd . . . this pure, appealing mite . . . when years go by I wonder if . . . she still Will lie so shy . . . or use the magjc of her charms . . . to capture some good guy.

I.nhor Agrcrinrnl TOLEDO. Ohio <.P> — City gar­

bage collectors stayed off their jobs for three days Jiccause they thought City Manager Russell Rink shouldn't require them to work in the rain. They returned af te r ' a tentative agreement that they must work in "dri/.zlcs" but not in heAvy raint.

known a recession, w^o are likely through pure ignorance to get gored by a rampant boss now.

They need help. So here ape a few tips on how to butter up a boss:

1. First, find out who the boss is. If there Is a fellow In your office who used to sneak out to play golf at 2 p.m. but now goes around picking, pa-prr clips off the floor to cut down expenses, look no far­ther. 2. Keep your feet off your desk

while he "is in view. If he speaks to you. rise to your feet and ad­dress him as "Sir." a polite term used in ancient times to one's su­periors. It is not necessary, how­ever, to salute him. Not unless times get really bad.

Serious Mien 3. Maintain a serious mien at

nil times except if the boss tells a jok'e. In this case laugh first and longest—hut don't overdo it. It isn't wise to let the boss know-how scared you really are.

4. Never interrupt his old joke to tell a new one of your own. The boss no longer wants you to be amusing on company time. The only reason he is telling >ou a joke is to keep his own spirits up.

•5. When going to the water cooler, stride up quickly and self-confident ly as if you had really earned the right to a drink, gulp a fast one. and return to your desk. Do not linger around the water cooler to ambush the gig­gling stenographers Those days arc over—for the duration.

6. Around noon go into the Ivies' office, a^k him if you can borrow some salt and pepper, then explain, "a little personal thrift doesn't hurt anyone, chief. I'm bringing my lunch to the office now."

7. Be more helpful In small ways. If you know your boss and his wife are going out for the evening, ask him If you and your wife can't baby-sit for them—for fun. This, of course. Is dowpright toadyism, but, It will please your wife. to visit the boss' home—sj)d see that his wife Is an even lousier housekeeper than she is. fl. Finally, if \ou are really wor­

ried about losing your job, tell \our IHISS, "I want \ou to be the first to congratulate, me. chief. My uncle just died and left me $100,000." For some reason every boss hates to fire an employe who has more money than he does.

Anybody who follows these sim­ple rules will weather practically any office economy drive and probably lie the first to get a raise when the lioom resumes. -.' That is. if the boss doesn't lose his own job. There's always that possibility-and it means a terri­ble waste of butter, too,

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