The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 16

Hi Tribune founded tat 1907 The News founded aa weekb David Lawrence Irresponsibility Within Government Se6ri In Congress' Attitude on US Defense WASHINGTON Irresponsibility in government has rarely been more acutely emphamsed than today in the behavior of Congress toward the executive the matter of national defense Theoretically the Joint chiefs of taff recommend to the Precldent whet stratejgic pinna they have in mind to defend the nation and what money ia needed to buy weapona and military power to ear out those plana In the event of war The recommendations of the Joint chiefe went to Congress was adequate they should have aid eo in public and offered their resignations But they acce the lump sum of about 9351 Sunday morning as The Sunday Nswi Tribune and Sunday Ladgar at 711 St Helena Ate Tacoma Wash and entered aa aeeond-elaaa matter at the poet office In Tacoma FRANK BAKER Preaidant and Publisher ELBERT BAKER Vice President GEORGE RUSSELL Business Manager CHARLES WELCH Secretary ERNEST KNIGHT Editor WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 1956 The Rose Show Some weeks ago when the Tacoma Rose Society was teetering on the decision whether or not to have a 1956 rose show this department threw its poundage on the pro aide of the question Whether or not that had any effect Is questionable but a rose show was decided upon and that happy event is scheduled for Saturday ana Sunda this coming weekend June without a rose show for Tacoma is practically All in Lifetime life's Little Tragedies! Looking Backward YEARS AGO JUNE 17 19N -Editorial excerpt from-The Thaoma Ledger: three I rein the government haa paid out 974000000 In constructloe I of tho Panama This heavy drain on too Treasury was responsible for the fNLQOOJlOO deficit last year Construction work at Panama will require from 6 to 10 ysora Tho cost of a work whMe benefltt are eo for In the future should not be saddled oa the taxpayers of today but distributed through a publie loan vet tot yean that will see the reaping of its first benefit" Marriage licensee were issued to Maloney and Alice I Maberly: Gustave A Schmlts and Olga Churchill Long and Hlpha Odell Mu Wells and Elsie Priest and Dora Frederickrat IS YEARS AGO JUNE S7 1M1 Wiley Poet end Harold Catty American filer an en route around the world They landed at Novo Slblrsk Siberia frag Moscow after a flight of 1-450 mite A new organization to disease and study international questions was formed The Rev Wl A Moore to president Among those interested are Emery Atoury Mr Overton BUI Mr A Funk Mr Ida MeQueeten toe JUv Kmnety the Rw a Fisher MrBlanchs Funk Milter Mr Jennie Nichol Mr Joseph Potueek Mr and Mr Alvin Benson and Mr Gladys At to flicks: Tom TVler in "A Rider of too Plain" Than focxeasOna not to tho outside world membera of Congress aa always began to ferret out privately from subordinate officers and for-iner officers various pieces of Information to use In confronting tho Joint chiefs in hearings before the committees What chief ot a military force want more money? So when asked If 1m could use more he usually says he can if Congress wishes to appropriate the extra funds Then comes the politics Anxious to develop a political issue the Democrats loudly proclaim that national defense Has been neglected ty the Republican administration Proposals ara then made to Increase the appropriations Republican senators knowing too pressures to which they may be subjected back home ana not to bo outdone by their politi announce or increased be outdone cel rivals they too The Closer Yon Get The Tougher the Job Gets Drew Pearson's Merry-Go-Round unthinkable and thb mere fact that last deep freeze made matters a little difficult has been a spur to the officers in their efforts to make this show outstanding Even the roses which seemed at first reluctant to cooperate have been coming along nicely and doubtful whether any persons beside the experts win detect less quality in this exhibits One of the nicest gestures the Rose Society could have made was to invite all rose growers of the whether members or not to exhibit All of you who grow roses can help prove that it takes more than a hard winter to stop roses by exhibiting in this show Just tuitf gome of your nicest blooms to the South Tacoma Community Colter between 6 and 9 un Saturday It will be your way of applauding a fine organization for carrying on in the face of difficulties Last of the Mosquito Fleet That usually cheerful and vibrant department of The Sunday News Tribune Along Waterfront sounded a sad note last Sunday when it recorded the retirement of the Mosquito last surviving member The old freighter Burro has hauled her last cargo of merchandise to Hale Passage and Henderson Bay points The curtain has rung down on an era Progress as we moderns measure it is inevitable but it seems sometimes that the price lfrdemands is high indeed Better highways and efficient truck and bus transport have done away with the small ships that once were so busy as they plied their routes on Puget Sound Even the Narrows Bridge is a villain in the piece Progress doomed the small boats and with them has gone a way of life as we mice knew it Gone beyond recall are the days of the Vashona and the Magnolia the Typhoon and the Tyconda the Flyer the Indianapolis and the Tacoma gone is the last of the little freighters that chugged into hidden bays and up and down the long reaches of the Sound In dooming the little boats we have put our stamp WASHINGTON tioiu-mentloncd TV Sets Reported Able to Give Off Harmful Radiation But Bondar's fellow Be publican San John Bricker la ly ao furious with Bondar with Ms til support of the Elsenhower for- that he appears about IXC-Xt in the Atomic Energy radiation haa bean division in the Ohio GOT a Maying along with more conservative speech Vhe governor Your Bridge Game to coy- it by get-ig la Is but common harmful acknowledged but not advertised inside the television industry Black-and-white picture open to pvt Most perhaps even support to Jgmdegi op-t Gov rank Lausche to la Bricker The ft akjtI VII4I 5V 4 A7S4I EAtT(D) AAQ954 TAf 41 AQJMS Bolder made a etsofagea position the cut in the foreign aid lit out Ike's cut in newsmen sought Jim oth Bricker1! pi nearly all the Democratic organ! ppoit he ever entered A however thdt Bricker Influential papers as Uie Plain Dealer and Comatch will bring him aemany GOT votoa as ha got in 1952 when he mowed down Char-leyTaft by 571000 votes while Ike was carrying Ohio by 494000 If Elaanhower wonders why he finds it so difficult to get votes from Republican senators the retribution being threatened against Bender as well aa Wiley tiro of Me stanchest supporters might enlighten him press sec Bricker AMS VK571 AXJ9S AK9I and comment on It dare till If the old appropriations ilradlygpeaklng it the constitutional responsibility of Congress to provide to the national defense But times of complexity such as today when weapons and use ere a matter of technical confidential tho Joint chiefs of staff the executive must be trusted to say what la or Is not adequate or else ail military planning ie relegated to laymen sitting as members of congressional committees XNIRUD TO FACTS The taxpayers of American are entitled to ell the facts aa to how and why Congress is pressured into spending more mm than the executive has request! Is then an invisible system of communication between some subordinate membera qf the military service and members of Congress and are some civilians with perhaps a material interest in It all involved in any way? Plalnlythe existing system is wrong The British parliamentary setup requires the executive and legislative branches to take Joint responsibility before the i ana if the electorate loses confidence In toe existing regime It can at any moment turn the ruling group out of power But In America the Democratic Party as a result of the tragic mistake of toe electorate in November 1954 is in control of toe legislative branch while the white House la in toe hands of the Republican Party Meanwhile national defense exploited aa a political Issue and ventures to face up which exploits neither to too Mow hie stack and wall be aU afternoon calming Mm down" Lausche aware et the growing AtSZ 4 VQJM AQM4I AAI The Tribune Letter Box By OSWALD JACOBY Written for NEA Sendee When are you strong enough to overcall vulnerable at toe level of two? Only when your trump suit Is too strong for anybody to double and hurt you This waa far from the case in today's hand as South found mt West opened tho 10 of spade dummy covered with the Jack and East won with ths queen East switched to the ace of heart continued with heart to too king and ruffed a third heart East then led the queen of club South perspiring copiously took the aee and returned a low dub East won with the 10 of clube and returned a trump South finessed the 10 of diamond and West von with the Jack West then led hie remaining spade and Eut took two tricks In that suit West discarded the king of dubs on the third round or spades end East promptly led the Jack of clubs to allow West to over-ruff declarer West got out safely with his last heart and South still had to give West another trump trick Declarer won only three trick suffering a penalty of 1400 potato If South had kept quid Eut and West would have played the hand at a part score contract baa overcall therefore cost Mm more than 1200 point The Uddlng hu been: North East South West lQub Pass 1 Heart 2 Clubs Pass IA SA of approval on speed at whose altar the nation seems to worship these days Or perhaps it is just another indication at the increased tension of living There is no longer time for the quiet restful interlude that was offered by You South hold: Spado 8 Hearts K-9-7-5-2 Dla-' Clubs J-9-S dose range Experts claim that three feet is a safe distance to watch TV without risk of harmful radiation The larger the TV set of course the greeter the den Radio Corporation of Ama haa Issued a handbook for TV repairman warning: "X-ray radiation ia produced by the Zl-lnch tube when it is operated at its normal ultor value The radiation ie through the faceplate and la sufficient to require the adoption of safety measures In TV receivers provided by a- It Inch thickness of safety Mass in front of the faceplate should prove adequate protection against personal injury from prolonged exposure at close range this tube Is being eerv-Iced outside the TV receiver cabinet" the RCA handbook warns It should never be operated without requiring adequate X-ray shielding in front of the Large screen projection tubes such as used In theaters to show TV fights can give off dancer-ous amounts of radiation The audience la usually protected however by teed plates or other barriers A large does of X-ray radiation absorbed by the body over WANTS BUB TO BEACH To the Editor: Knowing that this column is read and enjoyed by many Tacoma readers I would like to ask for space minted have my suggestion printed as I feel that then are many mothers hope that with the same hi fidget until ft is time to hurry the relatively alow passenger boat or plodding in times like these The Burro and the era she represented are no more but there are a lot of us who regret their passing Something has gone out of our lives that increased speed and convenience can never replace Happy Days on the Beach 1 What do you do? Pas North hu made a weak rebid and you have only six points in high card Ths hand may belong to the opponents rather than to your sue QUEnnON The bidding is the earns ia the question just answered You South hold: Spade 8 Itearts EMU Diamonds Clube J-94 What do you do? thing can be done this situ- ation sad it ia that we mothers with small children and bo transportation of our own would ba able to taka our youngsters to the Point Defiance swimming of progress we (Tuoma) ait back complacent relaxed and only become alert when a sm community gets a brainstorm Am I only one who wonders why? MRS A RUBY 4067 Tacoma Ave LEARNING TO SWIM To the Editor: This is an open letter a thanks to the YMCA Last week I entered the 7:30 pm swimming oase for men To my surprise I found out that wen quit a few men of my own age and aomo rider ger who Uka myself aomewhem along the tm the art of swimming Our class had three very fine young men as instructors and words cannot really express the tremendous job they did for our class me half hour a night for five nights All of the class had tough and difficult trials at me time or another but the patience and encouragement riven us by these instructors made the mountain come down to our aim The confidence and learning I gained In this free deee could hardly bo measured in dollars and cants So hero la a tip of the ana and enjoy the beautiful rounding that are available if you have a ear But it certainly la a long hike from the pavilion with lunchea back after the children have had a big day on the beech boy their little legs really lag! Perhaps if other mothers would take up this matter we could convince the Tuoma Transit to run every other bus or so to the beach and thejMsrould not lorn any money wen assured Capital News Notebook By DOUGLAS LARSEN and KENNETH Ol GIUfORE WASHINGTON (NEA) Wal- ter Reed Army Hospital notes: A check by Army doctors reveals that the diet is carefully supervised even when he does not eat at the White House Several days before Dee ie due House aides are chuckling them me If Ike gets sick again Adam the President's may be asked to undergo Ever had tea and tidbits Well this is the at Sherm assistant the operation pool-aide? latest numejMairinf gimmick the Democrats have thought up It's aleo a good excuse im a swim-griteol party to beat the tor- menaely but it ie an added ex- end on a real warm dear jQdnn have to In Une for over an hour before they pu ggtto the pooL 8o let's hear from eome of you la that if more of money is really available for armament it ought to be spent for conventional arms end manpower For It la certain today that Rusria will never use atamle weapons unless attacked with these weapons and that tot western ellles today ty putting ell their eggs in one basket are planning only for a nuclear war The Soviets have more then 1000(L-000 soldiers under arm a bli navy of submarines and excell en defensive alrpower Yet America is ignoring the potentialities of amphibious and land warfare in a non-nuclear conflict even though as recently as tho Korean War experience atomic weai and intercontinental bombers not used and land forces dominant The reel difficulty today Ie In the failure of too American governmental system to fix the responsibility to handling the problem of national defense Congress holds tho purse strings but it ia also Interfering in the planning It is actually questioning the Judgment of tho joint cMefi end hiring them more money than they asked to without surveying the whole problem of what ie happening In western Europe to weaken NATO and to give toe Communists the edge nd warfare UNDERSTATED When Secretary of Defense Wilson Indiscreetly perhaps said the other day that the fight over money looked to him like a issue he was understating the case For the illusion on Capitol Hill that a certain amount of money spent for Intercontinental bombers will save the situation It's not me weapon but a combination of all kinds of forces that must be provided The horrible facts are moreover that Soviet Russia makes the profound observation that a great' many 'folk are looking forward to happy summer days on Puget Sound if they have friends with beach homes The Olympian might have gone a step further and said the happy days were anticipated friends or no friends for a lot of beach-minded persons hamfuiPeHrtsCs mSaractsm seemingly do not mind whose property they invade jthe eyes malignant tumors and It may be unfortunate but it ia nevertheless true iff" 55t that almost every foot of beach frontage outside of state Suseanyo toeSiT'sded or dty parka ia privately owned But a surprising num- her of persons who would shriek to high heaven if strangers spread a picnic lunch in their front yards think nothing of invading a privately owned beach there to dig dams swim or start a roaring fire as part of picnic dinner preparations Thu department understands there are no privately owned beaehes in the Hawaiian Islands and that in some of the states riparian rights are strictly limited But here In the Puget Sound country they are privately owned and those with the foresight to acquire beach justified in feeling aggrieved when strangers move in without so much as a by-your-leave Most beach owners are generous at heart and often to share their privileges with others But they are in demanding that those seeking to use their ask permission On a permissive basis the owner retains some control over the situation and can make stipulations as to clams or fires that might spread Beach invaders win often get further avoid embarrassment and have a better time if theyask and get permission A final observation on this situation is that the state before it is too late should acquire more salt waterfront- results though they may add to the X-ray intake Mein danger to the average TV viewer would come from a set in need of repair Aa a precaution children should Mao be kept from sitting too dost to the At many TV plants employes cany Geiger-type meters to measure the tarnation end warn them of over exfroeur WHflON Secretary of Defense WUeon whose ability to say the wroni thing at the wrong time to known attended a ceremony on Capitol Hill-the other Congressman Dewey short Missouri Republican At one print Wilson started imlng 'lyis predecessors as secretary of defense He mentioned Secretary James ForresUl end Secretary George Marshall then remember the net er the reel he saidTtoey Democrats anyhow" Speaker Sam Rayburn who le Mr Democrat on Capitol Hill and Carl Vinson the Georgia people who would oqjoy sitting on the beech and oven having picnic simper dayTnoii-orlng Henh to move such experiences for mocaftin 55TT So 78th to show up at some luncheon or dinner the WMte House toe person in chain of food with Information to exactly what tumid he served Then the preparation is supervised Tide applies to Burning Tree ountry when Urn rate out then Sometimes the cook at Burning TVeo have much notice but he knows generally okay Hamburgers with a lot of ndone art out ty the way what Ike ate Just befon Ms heart attack TV cameramen filnese had a trick back time After every bulletin ty Eress Secretary Jim Hagmty during the criai theyM have Jim repeat it before toe TV newsreel cameras white standing binder a clock turn bfek the hands of too dock to coincide with the announcement times re To the Editor Asleep at the Your interesting tor: lg City Fathers Switch Again editorial in June 15 paper regarding the pro-poaed Fife incorporation into a fourth dam city and annexing rather rth class city and the district earmarked flats Industrial confusing In me You hot end quote The To the Editor: The beautifully 1 tetter of Howard Can titled Day" Is an admirable Mt of descriptive writing I so enjoyed reeding it that I am moved not only to "menttho author on Me to paint word pictures but to urge him to favor us again and often with hie contributions GERTRUDE DAWSON Sumner ported in the prea Now that mt of and everyone is relaxed Hie toe President's illness fast Even WMte are flying Better Freewheeling (From The Yakima Herald) I is just as well that the Texas Supreme Court toeeed out tsxT -wheel tor on nsssmiisr frontage and there never will be any more Puget pe-plciod grows that the would-be incorporators are looking to future udnetriee to carry the tax burden" Then when you suggest that it is up to Tacoma to get on the ball and annex the same tldeflats area that Fife rat to get you ay "The move would bring dubious benefits but definite obligations" Itwmild benefit Fite but obligate us? TMl me Just which is black and which Is white here And where were Tacoma's thf caps white Fife's were using theirs? Do our dty fathers all suffer with a cerebral cul-de-sac? If WUo wins this fight a gone win we wind while otheraUN and nltles are teaming the Democrat who has considerable veto power over Wilson as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee laid nothing They have to The manner in which they looked at on was enough WHY KE LOSES GOT VOTES Loyal Sen Alexander Wiley id Wisconsin is not the only Senate Republican being threatened with purge because supporting Eisenhower's foreign aid program Equally loyal Sen George Bender of Ohio haa beeii threatened with the same fate1 Bender already has the GOP nomination and unlike Wiley have to battle for the nomlna- Mr Paul Douglas wife of the Democratic senator from Illinois invited a slew id lady Dome out to her new home the other afternoon to sip tea and Jump in her pool Evetyone had touring a donation to help pay for tern-swn during toe upcoming earn- JSwg the deluge of demands for seats at the two political conventions this summer are a number id requests from embassy officials in Washington including the Russian At this stag however It looks as if the diplomats will have to wait until places are assured for Democrat or GOT party member Even the Soviet embassy has written the Democratic National Committee and asked for a reserved seat for one of the politi- mem a committee spokesman "but we make any promises until we take care of all the delegate alternates and other Democrat ONE OT THE PROBLEMS of Air Force Twining trip to Russia which received top level consideration was whether or not to let newspaper reporters accompany Mm State Department and white Hones officials final'? decided they did not want to ask tola favor of the Russian The DC-4 type Mane which the general using on his trip a type which waa first flown to Europe in 1947TThe Russian embassy here Mnted that General Twining will be offered a ride in the brand-new Russian transport which eauaad such a stir in aviation circles when Bulganin and Xhrusbchev flew into London NEXT TO 8TAUNW demise foals members at the Russian embassy seem to be the mart sensitive shout criticism of their women's roshtym Other afternoon at an embassy reception aa American gd wearing a iImHIh nmiimf dTOSS cyqd Ambassador Georgi Eaton- are the Russian women going to give up thoee buriap fag she asked a friend efter epprtlsliif rather lumpy dres auier lumpy dnu Sand the United States are ig all their bets on the atomic warfare while the Kremlin knows that It needs rate to make sure nuclear war Is banned and the Soviet dominates toe military sttnaHnn Moscow can then intimidate France and Italy Into submission without firing a shot Neither Brltain nor America an today militarily able to deter a land war In Europe It's the 1930s all over again tnd trucks enacted by toe Legislature for too especial benefit of one county Wheel taxes In Europe have been responsible tor the general backwardness there While America was developing and progress-ing with four-wheeled rigs and wagons Europe plodded along with two-wheel carta rather than rnment for the privilege two extra wheel That That end hence the allied would not use them can weep down western Europe end gobble up the continent Since then ara no conventional armies there large enough to stand up against toe Bed armies western Europe is at the mercy of tho Communist Britain France West Ger- (CoprritM 1SS HmlS TrlbUM Im) Maw York up the pay-load and slowed ythlng As one conae-hashad I up the deficiency in Eu- efficiency ty shipping billions of dollarr worth of goods over there in addition to enough cash handoutsoput nearly make up the ropean i PORTRAITS Bjr JazM Metcalf Insured Holida There are two schools of thought about vacations One school holds that a vacation should be an adventure and that to be exciting it be entirely predictable Thera must be some dement of surprise The other school of thought argues for a cut and dried vacation with all the uncertainty and worry removed Of interest ty this latter school should be the scheme of a San Francisco insurance company which has came up with a rain insurance policy to cover vacationers to the point where they may get back aU or part of their expenditures if rains come to excess The policies can be taken out for amounts up to $300 a week of 5 per cent of the outlay for periods not less than two weeks or more than 28 days There is no payoff on the first four days of rain and it ia adjusted on a pro-rata basis thereafter The vacationers to whom this plan might appeal are probably the ones who will not venture on a journey without advance motel or hold reservations for the duration of their holiday Such planning does take away the worry dement but in the yea of sane it robs an outing entirely of the spiritof adventure Maybe these folks are confuring uncertainty with adventure but it is stimulating to set forth on a trip that has not been completely circumscribed as to routes and stopping paints that haa at least the possibilities of exploration and improvisation And aa for the weather those vacationers who let adverse weather spoil a trip entirely probably didn't deserve a vacation in the first place The true vacation spirit will triumph over wind and rain and storm Aa Mock Aa I On American on Tho Texas Supremo riMy had tho Might of Tsotoo mind and also Court poo- Europe In tan-country have VW ask me for a favor thot A know! eonnot A And oa posed thereby on this com and It Incidentally may deemed toe measure rather constitutional burden to Washington State Grange: See where you want farm eqmmodltles pegged at 100 but have us per rant of parity figured out how tho you are my special friend What am I toy to you! So often I hava promised hat Whatever you might ath'It would receive attmtim at Sty atom important tatk And mayba I hava taUtay That I could Mvtr fail At hava toma connections that Ara certain to preveit But thit detire of your heart a one! cannot gain And honestly I tell you that My effortt are in vain Believe me my intentions friend Are most sincere and good And I would give you everything If only now I could Cwrm INS MS tMMtrkn Im (W fwmi re going to pay to Heral Apparently she was overheard for minutes later one of the Rod officials presented her with sev-eral magazines showing thels ert fashions from Moscow Then she got a long lecture on the new rtges in Russia It had little "Why those designs came out of Psrb three years ago" sh Juno la remembered ty most men aa a month in which a knot was and they began finding out they nave aa much rape ttyy used to The Olympian.