PAOE TWO
W COUNTY P]tmS PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA
THURSDAY, MARCH
Explain $54 Million Bond Proposal
To Appear on June Primary Ballot
The North Dakota Legislature at
its last session passed a resolution
to place on the June primary bal-
lot an amendment to the state con-
stitution giving the legislature pow-
er to authorize a $54 million bond
issue for highway constructiorL
An article explaining the "Why,
When. Where and How" of the con-
stitutional amendment has been
prepared by the Citizens Highway
Committee (The committee consists
of the authors of the Bill, Senators
Gall Hernett. Clyde Dufy, John
Lair, Orvil Hagen and Franklin
Page, and co-directors Murray Bald-
win and Vic Gilbreath of the legis-
lative research committee). Here is
the article:
O
THE WHY
Thy is it necessary for this
amendment to appear on the June
26th primary election ballot? The
Constitution of the State of North
Dakota prohibits the legislature
from bonding the State unless the
people, by a favorable vote, so em-
power them to do so. This measure
therefore is what is termed enabl-
ing legislation, giving the Legisla-
ture. your duly elected Representa-
tives and Senators. with the approv-
al of the Government. the authority
to issue general ab]igation bonds
of the State for me purpose of high-
way construction.
It naturally follows: why does the
legislature deem it necessary to
have this approval? Our State High-
way program has been for years
operating on a hand to mouth basis,
that is every two years scheduled
highway construction is determined
by the action of the legislature in
that the Highway Department dare
not nor does not commit itself to
a construction program until it
knows what monies the legislature
makes available to them for the
purpose of said construction.
The result of this kind of a pro-
gram are no doubt evident to you.
A ten mile stretch of hard surfacing
on this road. a ten mile stretch on
another, and on still another, with
the result that the benefits to be
derived by the residents of any one
community from a completed high-
way system, are available to none.
Why hasn't the legislature provid-
ed sufficient funds for the Highway
Department to complete these vari-
ous highways when hard surfacing
has once begun? That answer
should be very apparent to you
Commissioners who are continually
wrestling witl) the problem of
money. That is the answer MONEY.
Raising money everr two years to
operate the departments of State
Government, schools, charitable in-
stitutions and penal institutions
with mill levy limitations, similar
limitations with which you are con-
fronted, does not provide sufficient
sources of revenue to finance a ten
year "Pay as you Go" program of
hLhway construction.
Our situation is a great deal like
the young married couple that had
decided not to buy a home until
they could pay for it all in cash. As
time wore on. their family increased
their needs for a home ever more
urgent, they realized that the solu-
tion to their problem was to pay
as much down on their home as
they could and enjoy living in the
home as they paid.
This comparison is in fact the in-
tent of this enabling legislation, to
pay as much down on our highway
construction program as is available
from taxation for that purpose, the
balance to be raised "through the
issuance of bonds, being retired as
we entoy the use of the newly con-
structed hard surface highways.
The Why of why do we need hard
surfaced roads must be apparent to
II of yrou.
Our entire economy is now of
wheels, yes rollin wheels: the
school bus. the mail carriers, the
doctor, the housewife and her shop-
ping needs, the farmer and his
many needs in town and not the
least the churches, are some of the
every day activities which to mosl
of us have become automatic but
upon which we are dependent on
wheels, these rollin wheels. Great
as are our needs today for rollin
wheels, who can foresee ust how
much e-rearer will we be dependent
upon these same rolling wheels ten
ye,r frnm now?
THE WHEN
The highway construction pro-
gram intended as a result of this
amendment is based upon a ten
year plan of construction. At the
request of the five Senators, spon-
sors of this amendment, the State
Highway Department was asked to
develop a plan of construction, tak-
ing into consideration the contract-
ors available for this type of work.
the yearly time feasible for such
kind of work. the miles to be re-
built and hard surfaced and an esti-
mated over all cost of the program.
Their reply to this request is the
basis upon which this amendment
is founded, takin into consideration
of course the Federal Aid offered
to the various States on a matchin
basis. Federal Highway Aid money,
though originally ours. is two for
one money, one dollar thirty cents
of Federal Atd money for every
dollar we spend in the construction
of our own hihwmvs.
As such it is of the upmost im-
portance that we utiT every
means available to meet this match-
ln money, as the failure to do. so
results in the offer bcin withdrawn
and the monies so unmatched betn
offered to states that can meet the
1
matching requirement. Our last /
Legislature was unable to find re-
]
venue enoug to appropriate ap-
proximately three million dollars to
match a similar amount offered in
Federal Aid, a goodly sum toward
our higbwav ,,,nstruetion.
Recent Washington news releases
speak of a greatly accelerated high-
way construction program. If such
a program is enacted then we in
North Dakota want to be in a posi-
tion to take advantage of that pro-
gram. The passage of this amend-
ment will assure the people of
North Dakota that they will be in
a position to take advantage of
every incentive offered by the Fed-
eral Government to assist in the
construction of our highways, both
primary and secondary. This ac-
celerated Federal Highway Program
might result in an even shorter
time than the ten years to carry
out our highway construction pro-
gram, but come what may, by the
passage of this amendment we will
be in a position to take advantage
of any opportunity.
THE WHERE
This amendment is the basis upon
which the people of North Dakota,
• for the first time. are being offered
a state wide overall hard surface
construction program. This is a
tate wide construction plan that
includes every county within our
State. Pause a moment and reflect
what an advantage it would be to
the residents of your County if all
the primary and secondary roads,
on our present State Highway Sys-
tem. would be hard surfaced. This
is exactly what is contemplated in
asking your support of this measure.
Demanding as are the needs for
these all weather roads right now,
one must realize that much work
must be done before they become
an actuality. Grades must be re-
built, to take advantage of natures
way of snow removel, the wind;
bridges must be rebuilt or replaced,
to meet the preent day type of
traffic.
These are just two of the musts
before hard surfacing can begin.
the picture and here again we must
rely upon the Highway Department
estimate of ten years to complete
the lob. Ten years time does seem
long, but unless we make a begin-
ning NOW, who is there to say
when we will be blessed with an
adequate system. Based upon the
average of new hard surfaced high-
way constructed over the past five
Years, unless this prograra is adopt-
ed. it will take 354 years before
all our primary and secondary roads
are hard surfaced. We've all a little
of the "Me First" in us, but un-
fortunately we all can't be first.
We are sure that given the assur-
ance that all our present primary
and secondary roads will be hard
surfaced within ten years, the most
of us will be satisfied to await our
turn. The fact that we have that
assurance is conclusive proof that
this is indeed a state wide highway
construction measure.
THE HOW
By the passage of this Constitu-
tional Amendment the Legislature
can give the "Go Ahead" signal to
the Highway Department and by so
doing assure the people of North
Dakota that we are to have the
highways for which there has been
such a demand and which are so
necessary for our progress.
This amendment assures the Leg-
islature that they have the authority
to issue bonds for that amount not
raised by any other means, to keep
the highway construction program
going, If. in their session every two
years, they find they cannot raise
sufficient income to meet the high-
way building requirements of the
coming biennium, then and then
only is it intended that they issue
bonds to make up the deficit. This
procedure is to be repeated in their
sessions of every two years until
the ten year plan for the hard sur-
facing of the State system is com-
pleted.
The sponsoring Senators request-
ed, as they did in the details of the
construction phase of this program,
the advice of the Bank of North
Dakota regarding the bonds to be
issued. The bonds are to be ten
year bonds, their retirement to be
complete within the next ten years,
similar in length of time as is rea-
sonable to assume will be the life
of the newly constructed hard sur-
faced highways, truly a "Pay as
you Use" program.
To the benefits of having these
all weather highways to drive upon,
in this Pay as you Use program,
must be added the saving in main-] Committee Plans
I tenance cost, and to you personally
that savings in operating your car Area Conference
or truck on hard surfaced highways.
Who's to pay for this program? On Education
Why everyone that stands to bene-
fit by this modern highway system. A committee named to make
There's still no means known to plans for an area conference on
education April 5 at Park River
humble man to have all the bene-
fits of modern day living without
having the responsibility of paying
for these same benefits. This
amendment empowers the Legisla-
ture to raise as much money as pos-
sible through taxation to meet the
financial requirements of this pro-
gram and then. if sufficient monies
are not available, to make up the
diference by issuing bonds.
The responsibility is that of your
duly elected Representatives and
Senators.
• • • • •
da from our own capital city. The
next forum is the United Nations,
where the communists sit with
capitalistic representatives, who
hold directly opposite pholosophies.
The avowed purpose of the United
States was said to be "the attain-
ment and preservation of World
Peace". From this center the Soviets
broadcast their propaganda with
the same impuity they practice in
the United States. In the United
Nations we seek to stop aggression
the Soviets encourage it. We help
the invaded country and Russia
ads the aggressor. Hence. theoretic-
ally we are at war with the Soviel
i Union and the Soviet Union is at
war with us--and mind you both
are members of an organization in-
tended for world peace. We are
getting just nowhere in this as-
sociation, and will get nowhere.
when its own two member. Russia
and the United States. are as far
apart in aims as the North Pole is
from the South Pole.
The afternoon circle of the Pres-
byterian ladies aid met Thursday at
the home of Mrs. M. O. Johnson.
Mrs. Ben Middendorf, chairman,
presided at the regular business
meeting. Lunch was served.
Special Sale of
Ranges & Heaters
Watch for .our,
surpris00 offer!
rlmmn
goes Up
in 3 days
O. P. Olson Hdwe
Park River, N. D.
Forward
with
4.H
Bur(lick Has His Say
By Usher L. Burdick
United States Congressman
IS OUR AIR POWER
BEING NEGLECTED
It should be plain to every citizen
now that if there ever was a time
when we should be vigilant in per-
fecting and maintaining a success-
ful defense to this country it is now.
The cold war has about run its
course, and we are going to emerge
within the next three years into a
period of peace or open war. The
constant bombardment of alarms.
threats and boastful propaganda
will soon wear the nerves of the
people in this country threadbare.
We ought to know now that bur
best and in fact our most important
defense lies in air power and air
power improvements, defense
against bombing and against guided
missles. It is axiomatic that any
gadget that can be invented for the
destruction of man without risk to
the assailant can also have its gad-
get of self-protection to counteract
the dangers of enemy aerial assault.
On this matter of aerial combat and
aerial protection it is evident, from
reliable sources here, that we are
not doing enough--in other words,
that our appropriations for that
purpose are not sufficient.
This is one place where we can
not economize. We can very well
divert some of the $4 billion that
we propose giving away to other
countries and use it for the pre-
servation of a country that is doing
more for the cause of freedom and
liberty than all the other countries
in the world. Suppose we rob our
own defenses in order to defend
others. The inevitable conclusion
will be that with a neglected home
defense we shall be powerless to
give any assistance to any of the
I think it is just to say that our
others or to protect ourselves.
intended appropriations for aerial
defense is at least $2 billion short
of what is needed. Of course it is
just too bad that we have to make
these giant expenditures, but in the
absense of a durable and guaranteed
peace we are compelled to be pre-
pared to defend ourselves against
the intentions and designs of the
Soviets, It ought to be clear to
everyone from the admissions and
literature of the Russians that their
purpose is the destruction of world
capitalism. We believe in. and have
long practiced capitalism, and are
not apt to abandon this agency of
progress. There can be no middle
ground on which these two ideas
can function together.
People can talk "peaceful co-ex-
istence" or profess belief in any
other slogan, but unless communism
ceases its propaganda and as long
as it is permitted to hold great
forums from which its propaganda
can be launched, there will be no
end to its effort to destroy us. One
of its great forums is the United
States itself• We have recognized
Russia. and her agents are here by
invitation, spreading the propagan-
Happy Hands make Happy Homes
4-H boys and girls take an eager interest in mak-
ing their homes attractive and comfortable . . . and
as a result bring joy to their parents and themselves.
Through 4-H Club work they learn skills of lasting
value in later life.
will meet today at Grafton.
The committee consists of F. U.
Smith. superintendent of the Waish
County Agricultural School, chair-
man: A. G. Strand. county superin-
tendent: Mrs. Oliver Nelson. Kemp-
ton; Torfin Evenson, president of
the Park River P-TA.
The area conference at Park Riv-
er will be a follow-up of the Wash-
ington conference in December. It
will include panel discussions on
the following topics: "What Should
Our Schools Acomplish?"; "How
Can We Get Enough Teachers and
Keep Them?": "In What Way Can
We Organize Our Schools More Ef-
ficiently and Economically?"; "How
Can We Finance Our Schools--
Build and Operate Them?"; "How
Can We Obtain A Continuing In-
terest In Education",
[ Florence Rasmussen, Grand Forks
county superintendent of schools.
who was a delegate at the Wash-
]ington conference, will be a guest
' at the committee meeting today and
TItANK YOU, FRIEID$
We wish to thank out
friends for the acts of kindnJ
ing the illness and folloW
death of Adolph Almen,
thanks to Rev. Unerbakke
visits and words of encour
Thanks, . friends, for the J
memorials, to Mrs. Oscar
Mrs. Joe Anderson and
Almen for the music, to t
bearers and to all who
lunch after the funeral. ThPh
too, to the asetor and nurs
Grafton Deaconess hospi
their care.
During a time like this
how much our friends rues
Your expressions of sympaf
always be treasured in me
our beloved Adolph--husba
,father and brother--who #,
ways so patient and kind to $
knew him.
Mrs. Adolph Almen
Mr. and Mrs. Ordean 0
Kristin, Mr. and Mrs,
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs.
Estad and family, Mr. an
Oliver Olson and family, :
Mrs. Helmer Almen and
1Vrr. nd Mrs. Joseph Al
and Mrs. Vernal Almen and
r. and Mrs. Arvid Alme
and Mrs. John Ferguson.
will aid in the planning for the area "The Incredible Alibi
conference. The meeting today is at Stanley Gardner's latest tr$
2:30 p. m. in the county superin- der mystery---chock-full of
tendent office, and excitement! See Sunda
erican Weekly with the {
The Leo Englerth family visited American• On sale at EyolD
at the Ivan Wick home in Brocket
Sunday. Buy U. S. Savings Bond
The Walsh County Press
Mrs. Harry O'Brien la)LflWTIONAL IOlTOl 1
Editor & Publisher
Published every Thursday from The Press building, Park RiVet,
Dakota, and entered in the Park River postoffice under the ACt 0
gress of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in Nortl
$3 a year elsewhere.
WANTED!
MEN TO TRAIN
FOR REAL ESTATE APPRAISE00
Age 21 to 60. Must be residents of this county tw¢,
more years. Competent appraisers receive $325 to
per mont. Farm experience valuable_ ,
WRITE BOX 637 PARK RIVER H ,I
Wherever
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You Need
trust
* Potato Tags
* Business ford
* Envelopes
* Booklets
* Statements
* Tickets
* Letterheads
* Memo blanks
* Auction bills * Check blanks
During 4-H Club Week, March 3-11, we salute
them for their many accomplishments in the home, on
the farm, and in leadership and citizenship.
Friends of 4-H
Then Dial 36462 or stop in at
Walsh Center Creamery WALSH COUNTY PRES00
Park River, N. D.
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PAOE TWO
W COUNTY P]tmS PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA
THURSDAY, MARCH
Explain $54 Million Bond Proposal
To Appear on June Primary Ballot
The North Dakota Legislature at
its last session passed a resolution
to place on the June primary bal-
lot an amendment to the state con-
stitution giving the legislature pow-
er to authorize a $54 million bond
issue for highway constructiorL
An article explaining the "Why,
When. Where and How" of the con-
stitutional amendment has been
prepared by the Citizens Highway
Committee (The committee consists
of the authors of the Bill, Senators
Gall Hernett. Clyde Dufy, John
Lair, Orvil Hagen and Franklin
Page, and co-directors Murray Bald-
win and Vic Gilbreath of the legis-
lative research committee). Here is
the article:
O
THE WHY
Thy is it necessary for this
amendment to appear on the June
26th primary election ballot? The
Constitution of the State of North
Dakota prohibits the legislature
from bonding the State unless the
people, by a favorable vote, so em-
power them to do so. This measure
therefore is what is termed enabl-
ing legislation, giving the Legisla-
ture. your duly elected Representa-
tives and Senators. with the approv-
al of the Government. the authority
to issue general ab]igation bonds
of the State for me purpose of high-
way construction.
It naturally follows: why does the
legislature deem it necessary to
have this approval? Our State High-
way program has been for years
operating on a hand to mouth basis,
that is every two years scheduled
highway construction is determined
by the action of the legislature in
that the Highway Department dare
not nor does not commit itself to
a construction program until it
knows what monies the legislature
makes available to them for the
purpose of said construction.
The result of this kind of a pro-
gram are no doubt evident to you.
A ten mile stretch of hard surfacing
on this road. a ten mile stretch on
another, and on still another, with
the result that the benefits to be
derived by the residents of any one
community from a completed high-
way system, are available to none.
Why hasn't the legislature provid-
ed sufficient funds for the Highway
Department to complete these vari-
ous highways when hard surfacing
has once begun? That answer
should be very apparent to you
Commissioners who are continually
wrestling witl) the problem of
money. That is the answer MONEY.
Raising money everr two years to
operate the departments of State
Government, schools, charitable in-
stitutions and penal institutions
with mill levy limitations, similar
limitations with which you are con-
fronted, does not provide sufficient
sources of revenue to finance a ten
year "Pay as you Go" program of
hLhway construction.
Our situation is a great deal like
the young married couple that had
decided not to buy a home until
they could pay for it all in cash. As
time wore on. their family increased
their needs for a home ever more
urgent, they realized that the solu-
tion to their problem was to pay
as much down on their home as
they could and enjoy living in the
home as they paid.
This comparison is in fact the in-
tent of this enabling legislation, to
pay as much down on our highway
construction program as is available
from taxation for that purpose, the
balance to be raised "through the
issuance of bonds, being retired as
we entoy the use of the newly con-
structed hard surface highways.
The Why of why do we need hard
surfaced roads must be apparent to
II of yrou.
Our entire economy is now of
wheels, yes rollin wheels: the
school bus. the mail carriers, the
doctor, the housewife and her shop-
ping needs, the farmer and his
many needs in town and not the
least the churches, are some of the
every day activities which to mosl
of us have become automatic but
upon which we are dependent on
wheels, these rollin wheels. Great
as are our needs today for rollin
wheels, who can foresee ust how
much e-rearer will we be dependent
upon these same rolling wheels ten
ye,r frnm now?
THE WHEN
The highway construction pro-
gram intended as a result of this
amendment is based upon a ten
year plan of construction. At the
request of the five Senators, spon-
sors of this amendment, the State
Highway Department was asked to
develop a plan of construction, tak-
ing into consideration the contract-
ors available for this type of work.
the yearly time feasible for such
kind of work. the miles to be re-
built and hard surfaced and an esti-
mated over all cost of the program.
Their reply to this request is the
basis upon which this amendment
is founded, takin into consideration
of course the Federal Aid offered
to the various States on a matchin
basis. Federal Highway Aid money,
though originally ours. is two for
one money, one dollar thirty cents
of Federal Atd money for every
dollar we spend in the construction
of our own hihwmvs.
As such it is of the upmost im-
portance that we utiT every
means available to meet this match-
ln money, as the failure to do. so
results in the offer bcin withdrawn
and the monies so unmatched betn
offered to states that can meet the
1
matching requirement. Our last /
Legislature was unable to find re-
]
venue enoug to appropriate ap-
proximately three million dollars to
match a similar amount offered in
Federal Aid, a goodly sum toward
our higbwav ,,,nstruetion.
Recent Washington news releases
speak of a greatly accelerated high-
way construction program. If such
a program is enacted then we in
North Dakota want to be in a posi-
tion to take advantage of that pro-
gram. The passage of this amend-
ment will assure the people of
North Dakota that they will be in
a position to take advantage of
every incentive offered by the Fed-
eral Government to assist in the
construction of our highways, both
primary and secondary. This ac-
celerated Federal Highway Program
might result in an even shorter
time than the ten years to carry
out our highway construction pro-
gram, but come what may, by the
passage of this amendment we will
be in a position to take advantage
of any opportunity.
THE WHERE
This amendment is the basis upon
which the people of North Dakota,
• for the first time. are being offered
a state wide overall hard surface
construction program. This is a
tate wide construction plan that
includes every county within our
State. Pause a moment and reflect
what an advantage it would be to
the residents of your County if all
the primary and secondary roads,
on our present State Highway Sys-
tem. would be hard surfaced. This
is exactly what is contemplated in
asking your support of this measure.
Demanding as are the needs for
these all weather roads right now,
one must realize that much work
must be done before they become
an actuality. Grades must be re-
built, to take advantage of natures
way of snow removel, the wind;
bridges must be rebuilt or replaced,
to meet the preent day type of
traffic.
These are just two of the musts
before hard surfacing can begin.
the picture and here again we must
rely upon the Highway Department
estimate of ten years to complete
the lob. Ten years time does seem
long, but unless we make a begin-
ning NOW, who is there to say
when we will be blessed with an
adequate system. Based upon the
average of new hard surfaced high-
way constructed over the past five
Years, unless this prograra is adopt-
ed. it will take 354 years before
all our primary and secondary roads
are hard surfaced. We've all a little
of the "Me First" in us, but un-
fortunately we all can't be first.
We are sure that given the assur-
ance that all our present primary
and secondary roads will be hard
surfaced within ten years, the most
of us will be satisfied to await our
turn. The fact that we have that
assurance is conclusive proof that
this is indeed a state wide highway
construction measure.
THE HOW
By the passage of this Constitu-
tional Amendment the Legislature
can give the "Go Ahead" signal to
the Highway Department and by so
doing assure the people of North
Dakota that we are to have the
highways for which there has been
such a demand and which are so
necessary for our progress.
This amendment assures the Leg-
islature that they have the authority
to issue bonds for that amount not
raised by any other means, to keep
the highway construction program
going, If. in their session every two
years, they find they cannot raise
sufficient income to meet the high-
way building requirements of the
coming biennium, then and then
only is it intended that they issue
bonds to make up the deficit. This
procedure is to be repeated in their
sessions of every two years until
the ten year plan for the hard sur-
facing of the State system is com-
pleted.
The sponsoring Senators request-
ed, as they did in the details of the
construction phase of this program,
the advice of the Bank of North
Dakota regarding the bonds to be
issued. The bonds are to be ten
year bonds, their retirement to be
complete within the next ten years,
similar in length of time as is rea-
sonable to assume will be the life
of the newly constructed hard sur-
faced highways, truly a "Pay as
you Use" program.
To the benefits of having these
all weather highways to drive upon,
in this Pay as you Use program,
must be added the saving in main-] Committee Plans
I tenance cost, and to you personally
that savings in operating your car Area Conference
or truck on hard surfaced highways.
Who's to pay for this program? On Education
Why everyone that stands to bene-
fit by this modern highway system. A committee named to make
There's still no means known to plans for an area conference on
education April 5 at Park River
humble man to have all the bene-
fits of modern day living without
having the responsibility of paying
for these same benefits. This
amendment empowers the Legisla-
ture to raise as much money as pos-
sible through taxation to meet the
financial requirements of this pro-
gram and then. if sufficient monies
are not available, to make up the
diference by issuing bonds.
The responsibility is that of your
duly elected Representatives and
Senators.
• • • • •
da from our own capital city. The
next forum is the United Nations,
where the communists sit with
capitalistic representatives, who
hold directly opposite pholosophies.
The avowed purpose of the United
States was said to be "the attain-
ment and preservation of World
Peace". From this center the Soviets
broadcast their propaganda with
the same impuity they practice in
the United States. In the United
Nations we seek to stop aggression
the Soviets encourage it. We help
the invaded country and Russia
ads the aggressor. Hence. theoretic-
ally we are at war with the Soviel
i Union and the Soviet Union is at
war with us--and mind you both
are members of an organization in-
tended for world peace. We are
getting just nowhere in this as-
sociation, and will get nowhere.
when its own two member. Russia
and the United States. are as far
apart in aims as the North Pole is
from the South Pole.
The afternoon circle of the Pres-
byterian ladies aid met Thursday at
the home of Mrs. M. O. Johnson.
Mrs. Ben Middendorf, chairman,
presided at the regular business
meeting. Lunch was served.
Special Sale of
Ranges & Heaters
Watch for .our,
surpris00 offer!
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goes Up
in 3 days
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Park River, N. D.
Forward
with
4.H
Bur(lick Has His Say
By Usher L. Burdick
United States Congressman
IS OUR AIR POWER
BEING NEGLECTED
It should be plain to every citizen
now that if there ever was a time
when we should be vigilant in per-
fecting and maintaining a success-
ful defense to this country it is now.
The cold war has about run its
course, and we are going to emerge
within the next three years into a
period of peace or open war. The
constant bombardment of alarms.
threats and boastful propaganda
will soon wear the nerves of the
people in this country threadbare.
We ought to know now that bur
best and in fact our most important
defense lies in air power and air
power improvements, defense
against bombing and against guided
missles. It is axiomatic that any
gadget that can be invented for the
destruction of man without risk to
the assailant can also have its gad-
get of self-protection to counteract
the dangers of enemy aerial assault.
On this matter of aerial combat and
aerial protection it is evident, from
reliable sources here, that we are
not doing enough--in other words,
that our appropriations for that
purpose are not sufficient.
This is one place where we can
not economize. We can very well
divert some of the $4 billion that
we propose giving away to other
countries and use it for the pre-
servation of a country that is doing
more for the cause of freedom and
liberty than all the other countries
in the world. Suppose we rob our
own defenses in order to defend
others. The inevitable conclusion
will be that with a neglected home
defense we shall be powerless to
give any assistance to any of the
I think it is just to say that our
others or to protect ourselves.
intended appropriations for aerial
defense is at least $2 billion short
of what is needed. Of course it is
just too bad that we have to make
these giant expenditures, but in the
absense of a durable and guaranteed
peace we are compelled to be pre-
pared to defend ourselves against
the intentions and designs of the
Soviets, It ought to be clear to
everyone from the admissions and
literature of the Russians that their
purpose is the destruction of world
capitalism. We believe in. and have
long practiced capitalism, and are
not apt to abandon this agency of
progress. There can be no middle
ground on which these two ideas
can function together.
People can talk "peaceful co-ex-
istence" or profess belief in any
other slogan, but unless communism
ceases its propaganda and as long
as it is permitted to hold great
forums from which its propaganda
can be launched, there will be no
end to its effort to destroy us. One
of its great forums is the United
States itself• We have recognized
Russia. and her agents are here by
invitation, spreading the propagan-
Happy Hands make Happy Homes
4-H boys and girls take an eager interest in mak-
ing their homes attractive and comfortable . . . and
as a result bring joy to their parents and themselves.
Through 4-H Club work they learn skills of lasting
value in later life.
will meet today at Grafton.
The committee consists of F. U.
Smith. superintendent of the Waish
County Agricultural School, chair-
man: A. G. Strand. county superin-
tendent: Mrs. Oliver Nelson. Kemp-
ton; Torfin Evenson, president of
the Park River P-TA.
The area conference at Park Riv-
er will be a follow-up of the Wash-
ington conference in December. It
will include panel discussions on
the following topics: "What Should
Our Schools Acomplish?"; "How
Can We Get Enough Teachers and
Keep Them?": "In What Way Can
We Organize Our Schools More Ef-
ficiently and Economically?"; "How
Can We Finance Our Schools--
Build and Operate Them?"; "How
Can We Obtain A Continuing In-
terest In Education",
[ Florence Rasmussen, Grand Forks
county superintendent of schools.
who was a delegate at the Wash-
]ington conference, will be a guest
' at the committee meeting today and
TItANK YOU, FRIEID$
We wish to thank out
friends for the acts of kindnJ
ing the illness and folloW
death of Adolph Almen,
thanks to Rev. Unerbakke
visits and words of encour
Thanks, . friends, for the J
memorials, to Mrs. Oscar
Mrs. Joe Anderson and
Almen for the music, to t
bearers and to all who
lunch after the funeral. ThPh
too, to the asetor and nurs
Grafton Deaconess hospi
their care.
During a time like this
how much our friends rues
Your expressions of sympaf
always be treasured in me
our beloved Adolph--husba
,father and brother--who #,
ways so patient and kind to $
knew him.
Mrs. Adolph Almen
Mr. and Mrs. Ordean 0
Kristin, Mr. and Mrs,
Thompson. Mr. and Mrs.
Estad and family, Mr. an
Oliver Olson and family, :
Mrs. Helmer Almen and
1Vrr. nd Mrs. Joseph Al
and Mrs. Vernal Almen and
r. and Mrs. Arvid Alme
and Mrs. John Ferguson.
will aid in the planning for the area "The Incredible Alibi
conference. The meeting today is at Stanley Gardner's latest tr$
2:30 p. m. in the county superin- der mystery---chock-full of
tendent office, and excitement! See Sunda
erican Weekly with the {
The Leo Englerth family visited American• On sale at EyolD
at the Ivan Wick home in Brocket
Sunday. Buy U. S. Savings Bond
The Walsh County Press
Mrs. Harry O'Brien la)LflWTIONAL IOlTOl 1
Editor & Publisher
Published every Thursday from The Press building, Park RiVet,
Dakota, and entered in the Park River postoffice under the ACt 0
gress of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in Nortl
$3 a year elsewhere.
WANTED!
MEN TO TRAIN
FOR REAL ESTATE APPRAISE00
Age 21 to 60. Must be residents of this county tw¢,
more years. Competent appraisers receive $325 to
per mont. Farm experience valuable_ ,
WRITE BOX 637 PARK RIVER H ,I
Wherever
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You Need
trust
* Potato Tags
* Business ford
* Envelopes
* Booklets
* Statements
* Tickets
* Letterheads
* Memo blanks
* Auction bills * Check blanks
During 4-H Club Week, March 3-11, we salute
them for their many accomplishments in the home, on
the farm, and in leadership and citizenship.
Friends of 4-H
Then Dial 36462 or stop in at
Walsh Center Creamery WALSH COUNTY PRES00
Park River, N. D.
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