Show EDITORIAL For now have I J chosen and sanc sane sanctified sanctified this house that my my name be there forever and mine mIlle eyes may and mine heart shall shaU be there Second Chronicles According to tF FBI Chief Edgar Edg r Hoover a major crime occurs in 10 inthis inthis this country every seconds ye le There is a murder every minutes a robbery every nine min minutes minutes utes a car theft every 23 min min- utes Too many young people Mr Hoover says have developed false ideas of or law and order Too many Jack ack sufficient character training and parental example Through in indifference difference and neglect Mr Hoover continues we are arc paving the way for a bumper crop of adult crim crim- criminals criminals mals in the future This is a chal chal- challenge challenge lenge that must be met by every American American-a a challenge which must be faced in every village town and city cily throughout the nation if ife ife e vc are arc to assure the continuance of peace leace and security in our ur coun coun- try I According to Albert Einstein it will be possible if the hydrogen bomb is developed to destroy all life lUe upon the earth by radio active radio active poisoning of the earths earth's atmos atmos- phere In view of the discovery of the hydrogen hydro en bomb bumb Einstein says the arms race between this country and Russia is disastrous and called for lor the most mos vigorous peace moves The quick settlement of o the coal strike after the government realty really entered the picture came as a sur sur- surprise surprise prise to the experts Most of them believed that the gov gov- government government eminent would have hav to seize the me mines nunes Lewis secured lor tor zits nis miners an increase of 70 73 cents a aday aday aday day in m the basic basie pay brint brining ng it itt R It t Lewis had asked for a 3 95 cent increase He lie also received a cent 10 per ton increase in the royalty payments for lor miners miner's wel we- welfare fare bringing these payments to 30 cents a ton Lewis hat had asked for 15 cents increase in royalty Since American miners produce from 50 to 50 million tons of coal a month the welfare payment or royalty will produce trope irom 12 to 15 million dollars a month According to the federal Census Bureau Dureau the spending by state gov government eminent has double within the last five fl years In 1945 19 the total spent by the several state governments was 6 billion in 1949 19 it had bad risen do to 12 billion Much of the in m. increase crease the Bureau says is for lor highway construction and for con construction conn projects delayed during the war years This nation pays a tribute to the lawless clement element of the land racketeers criminals and thugs eaCh year amounting to more than it costs to maintain all the educational educational institutions of the nation During the next twenty years it is established that more Amer Amer- Americans will be murdered by this clement than lost their lives in m the second World War liar To combat this a wide nation campaign extending to every ery city and small town in the nation is prepared Con Con- Congress Congress gress has been asked to prepare a set of laws that will make opera tion of the big time racketeers more difficult by providing laws which will give gi law enforcement agencies means for their control contra l o ithe operations of the lag big time racketeers The leaders of the big rackets are arc known in the com cow in which they operate but under the present laws there Is no way of or successfully pinning specific crimes upon them In ad addition set setup setup setup the special committee dillon d tion to to combat rackets 14 leading up the metropolitan newspapers newspaper of or county have joined in a ng to expose the thc facts acts about organized crime Arrests in illicit drug cases jump jumped ed cd 35 percent in 1949 19 according to the Treasury Department The ar ar- arrests arrests than four lour fourteen fourteen rests totaled more teen a day throughout the year The threatened strike e of the railroad conductors and trainmen tr has been held up by the appoint appoint- appointment appointment ment of a fact finding board by I President Truman The board has hu 60 days in which to report to the President on a settlement Mechanism Is catching up with I the mortuary business A machine has been displayed at Seattle Washington that will dig a grave in 30 minutes The time usually required to dig a grave by hand handis is from four to six hours When I J hear some one say a local man said the other day that man has more intelligence than other animals I J know the speaker isn't thinking of some of the men menI I J know and some of the animals I know |