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£ . T** CUERO RECORD, Thurs., Au«- 18, 1963
Editorial—
K Dale To Remember
Just about this time eighteen years ago, August 14,
1945, the greatest war ever fought on the earth came
to an end. After seeing two atomic bombs dropped on
their homeland, the Japanese decided It was time to sur-
render unconditionally, and they did so, as of August 14,
1945.
That ended a war which began on the morning of
September 1st, 1839, when Adolf Hitler’s armies invaded
°oland in Europe, some 8,000 miles away.
The Germans and the Brtish fought from 1939 until
-lay 8th, 1945— or a period of almost six years. The Un-
ted Slates did not become involved until December 7,
1941 so that American participation in this war lasted
only something over three years. But, unlike the case In
World War I, American participation was undoubtedly
decisive In World War II. and the United States did go
nto the war with a- -out effort and did suffer nu-
nerous fatalities an nalties. although the total was
othlng like that suffered by Russia or Germany.
Back in 1945, at about this time, many of us were
aive enough to think that there would be fifteen, twen-
ty, or even thirty years of comparable peace, with demo-
: ratio forces gaining the ascendancy everywhere.
This was a great dream, and the dream of the boys
who fought and died in World War II, and unfortunate-
ly it has not come true. Even so, that August day In
1945 when the war had come to an end, will always be
a special memory in the hearts of many and will always
b. of the most historic dates In American history.
Ridiculing Congress
The current vogue is ridicule of Congress. Any num-
ber of public spirited citizens are demanding the power
of Congress be curbed, its system changed, to speed en-
actment of legislation and the general transaction of
business.
Criticism of Congress is not new. Every time Con-
gress refuses to act when great public sentiment and
pressure have generated, there is disillusionment and
bitter criticism. But in all ths ridicule of Congress and
its legislative processes, we should keep in mind certain
points.
First, Congress is closer to the people than the ex-
ecutive and judicial branches. The members must be
elected regularly by the people. Supreme Court Justices
are beyond the reach of the electorate. The President s
thousands of executive appointees need not answer to
the taxpayer directly, either, and today the executive
branch wields more power and counts vastly more em-
ployes, than ever before
The slowness of Congress, its traditional processes,
its respect for minority sentiment, all these will be en-
joyed at one time or another by every minority, and all
of us belonging to the minority at times. It is a sa e-
guarc: stabilizing feature of the government of the
Ilepubi^. ridiculed all too often by sophisticates who
• .1 to understand there is tyranny of the majority.
ANOTHER HEADACHE?
IT'S THE LAW
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• Writing on the subject of fiscal reform in the Ore-
. Voter, Ralph T. Moore says that it “ . . • must come
from the public itself We, ourselves, will have to stand
l irmly behind every effort toward economy in govern-
ment, regardless of partisan flavor or political author-
nip. We shall have to pay attention to the statements
-f candidates as indicating their personal attitude in
this matter so that we can weed out all of those fond o
big spending for its own sake. We’ve been mighty slop-
py about this selection responsibility in the past and
nas cost us plenty. But the bottom of the barrel is now
n sight and we can’t afford more of such mistakes.
The U. S. natural gas industry has a capital invest-
ent of $1 billion in 'empty” space. This is far from an
empty investment, however. The '’empty” space involv-
Ki consists of the underground storage areas in whic
natural gas
nand.
is “banked” for use in periods of peak de-
If “influence” is being peddled in Washington, the
jractice should be exposed, whether the salesmen are
officials or Congressmen.
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Published Each Afternoon Except Saturday aao
Sands? Morning
RIGHT OF WITNESSES
By far the most vital people
in our system of .justice are
witnesses. Everyone else in a
trial exists to hem what they
have to say.
Our courts need witnesses.
A jury to find the fact. The ju-
dge to apply the law. The law-
yer to teU his client's story.
Chances are you worry about
stepping up, taking an oath, and
telling your story in court.
On some rare occasions you
could be called upon to testify
about something affecting your
own standing in the community.
As a witness you too may have
the right, for example, not to
testify against yourself in some-
body else’s lawsuit or crime
trial.
If you are ever in such a bind,
consult a lawyer of your own
choice on what to do. The law-
yer who called you to testify has
a sworn duty to protect his
client, not you. But your law-
yer is sworn to keep what
you tell him secret and to advise
you in your own interests with-
in the law.
Wise lawyers tell their wit-
nesses to obey twelve rules:
1. Go to the place (say, the
scene of an accident). Check
your memory before you go to
court. People forget and get
caught up on details. But if you
check what you saw and heard
you are on solid ground.
2. Visit a court. Hear how o-
ther witnesses testify. It will
help you see your role on the
witness stand.
3. Wear clean, conservative
clothes.
4. Don't memorize your story
word for word. That is the sur-
est way to sound bad. But think
of what you saw and heard.
5. Listen to the questions you
are asked with care and ans-
wer thoughtfully.
6. Give a simple, direct ans-
wer in your own words. Don't
be rushed.
7. If you err-and people often
do-correct yourself at once. If
you don't remember some de-
tail, say so. Don’t bluff.
8. Tell the truth. Don't figure
which side you may help. Don’t
identify yourself with either
side.
9. Stop when the judge breaks
in, and don't try to sneak an
answer in before he can stop
you. What you might >-ay could
end in a ''mistrial,”
10. Keep cool ami don't sass
back.
11. It they ask you: Certainly
you have talked to other peo-
ple—the lawyer, far example;
and yes, you may be reimbur-
sed for certain of your expen-
ses incurred in attending the
trial.
12. Remember, without wit-
nesses our law would fail to do
Justice. If you are called, be a
good witness
(This newsfeature, prepared
by the State Bar of Texas, is
written to inform-not to advise
No person should ever apply or
interpret any law without the
aid of an attorney who is full
advised concerning the fart',
involved, because a slight
GREAT ENGLISH SPY MYSTERY
ns fra mmm
BY EDWARD YOUNG
CTcM.1 rssstri
B* THE IUERO PUBLISHING Ctl
119 E- Main. Cuero. Texa»
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CHAPTER 21
IN THE first shock of his sur-
■ prise, Peter Carrington ex-
perienced a sickening lunge in
the pit of his stomach. Yet what
shook him to the core ot nis
being was not so much the Jolt
of being confronted with tire
business end ot a gun as the
total unexpectedness of the face
beyond It.
it was certainly not the lace
ot Bill Howard: it was the face
ot a man he had met for the
first time only an hour or so
ago: a solemn man with thick
nom-rimmed glasses, dark hair
brushed smooth and flat, a nar-
row line of black mustache, and
with chin and lower lip reced-
ing a little behind the protrud-
ing upper teeth. A light gray
suit, a black tie and the black
arm band completed the picture
ot the grief-stricken schoolmas-
ter who had been sitting next
to him in the Black Pearls sa-
loon.
"Mr. Ramsey! . . . What the
devil
The schoolmaster lowered the
gun and put it Into his Jacket
pocket. Then, leaning against
the hull of the boat behind him.
ne began to laugh, slowly and
quietly, with a gentle shaking
of his shoulders.
The frosty blue eyes behind
the horn-rirnmeo glasses no
longer wore their hahltual look
of stony misery; unexpected
lines of humor creased the pink
skin of his cheeks. And as his
anee in facts may change the I chin relaxed forward, his mouth.
application of the law.) _ j by aom» imperceptible meta-
morphosis. seemed suddenly to
nave lost its rabbity expression
“All right, Pedro." he said
presently, in a voice quite unlike
that of the pedantic, soft-spok-
en schoolmaster. “Take it easy."
Carrington stood rigid star-
ing at him, unable to credit the
transformation scene taking
place before him. The voice that
had addressed him by the old
familiar nickname — that cer-
tainly was the voice of Kill How-
ard Bid still, the face . . He
took a st»p nearer trying to fit
the face into an imaginary
framework of ginger beard and
hair. It seemed incredible, but —
"Is that better?" said the
man, whipping oft his glasses
and looking at Carrington with
10 and 20 Years Ago
From Record Fife.
Arc. is. loss
Mrs. T. A. Fteuss, Sr . wen)
to San Antonio to see hor mo-
liter. Mrs. Patty Sigler who was
ill-Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Ftlehs and e hildren and M Sgt.
and Mrs. Richard Fuchs and
children of San Antonio visited
Miss .losir Fuch'.— Miss Carlyn
Ixrg was making preparation;
to enter SMU al Hallos She
had jus! returned from a visii
to the West coast. Mrs. G. P.
Box was visiting in Wimberly
South Texas Press Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
President and Publlshei
.......... Vice Presided
(s HOWERTON —
PETF HOWERTON
. iArils HOWERTON .
(MON L BINZ . — Assistant To The Publisher & Adv
N MILLS ... .......-..........
Miss Ann ,fiasco, junior English | an expression that was half ser-
teacher, resigned to take a po-! tons half smiling,
sition in Alam Heights School j "Bill'" exclaimed Carrington
in San Antonio Giant oak tree
at the home of Mrs. Mary Car- "Sorry about the gangster
ruthers split half in two as did i dramatics fust now, said How-
one on L. A. "Skeet" Bauer's
pro|>ert>.
situations, i used it on board the
schooner just now when 1 felt
you were beginning to ask too
many awkward questions. The
one I was worrying a bo id was
Tony Gardner—he was sitting
opposite me, and he’s known me
for a good many years. What Is
he doing here—do you know?”
“No, 1 was hoping you’d be
able to tell me," said Carring-
ton. “I wish you’d warned me
about him."
"My dear Pedro, I’d no idea
he was going to be here. How
the devil he got onto the fact
that I was going to Brixham I
don’t know. Has he any Idea
that you've been waiting to see
me?"
“Well, he's no fool. He remem-
bered who I was, unfortunately,
and It can’t have taken him
much thought to put two and
two together. He was very sus-
picious this evening, and I had
a hell ot a Job getting rid of
him before coming to meet
you."
"Oh. That's not so good. . . .
And who’s the girl?”
“Jane Day? We met coming
down on the train yesterday.”
“How much does she know
about what’s going on?"
"Nothing that I've told her;
not that 1 could have told her
much anyway. Of course, Gard-
ner's been hanging on to me
like » leech, so she could hard-
ly help realizing something was
up. But I’ve told her nothing.”
"Well, she's probably perfect-
ly all right, but Pd prefer you
not to tell her anything about
me. if you don’t mind.”
"O K. . . . But when am /
going to be let in on the secret?
What is this all about?"
• • •
I TOWARD looked hard at Car-
* • rington, and then began
paring.
Presently he came to a halt
in front ot Carrington, not look-
ing at him but facing down the
slope toward the sea.
"If a man,” he said, "after
searching his conscience over a
number of years, comes to the
conclusion—a sincere conclusion
—that he must take a particular
course of action, In spite of . . .
even though that course of ac-
tion means going against all
the accepted codes of loyalty
and nonor—codes to which he
wt>i ............. has been born and trained —
You had me absolutely fooled'" what is that man to do? Should
he conform to the accepted code
and know himself for a moral
ard. putting the glasses awfiv In
his breast pocket, “but I can't
afford to take chances.”
“But what's all this mouin-
Al'fi. is. tan
r Charles Riebschlager announ-i ,nP ,n aid ol—Cliis arm band
Secretary Ireasurei ^ ^ wouW oppn a <onfection-1 anc so on? You haven't really
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and it was to lie known as the
Cozy Nook with Herliert Mar-
quis to be manager—Mil’s. R. A.
Pleasants and daughter. Miss
Julia, were visiting Mrs. Carl
Bohne His son, E. P. Jr., who
had been visiting here, relum-
ed home with his father— 517
rural children applied for trans-i
fers in DeWitt Co.—Miss Claire
Byrne went to Houston ana —^
Beaumont to visit Tootsie
Whitaker who joined t h e
WAAC’s-
“Good Lord no Haven't you
noticed now people never like
to look too closely at a man
who s just been bereaved ? ft
embarrasses them, I suppose —
(some kind ot inverted guilt com-
plex. Besides. I find it a' useful
gag to get me out of awkward
Fr
coward for the rest of his life
or should he follow that
course of action and risk losing
the reputation, and the friends
of a lifetime?"
There were lines of suffering
on his face: clearly he had been
living with this dilemma for a
long time. Carrington, moved by
a feeling of compassion, con-
sidered the question for a mo- ,
ment In silence. '
"Well, Bill," he said presently,
"it's difficult to give a specific
answer when the problem Is put
in such general terms. But I
would say the right thing to do
would be to make some sort of
announcement ot his Intention
and then * ahead and do 1L”
"But s. .jpose the course of
action, by its very nature, makes
It Impossible to advertise his in-
tention.”
“You mean, if it involves de-
ception . . . betrayal . . . ?’’
"Perhaps, though not by de-
sign.”
“Or treason?"
The word hung on the damp
air like a spreading stain.
"Treason?" echoed Howard,
frowning. ‘Treason is s dirty
word, it begs the whole ques-
tion. Some might think that dis-
loyalty to one s deepest convic-
tions is treason. The world Is
changing, Peter. Nationalism Is
already out of date. The traitors
of today will become the heroes
of tomorrow's history books."
Carrington stared at him, in-
credulous. He suddenly felt an
overwhelming sense of depres-
sion. There was a long silence.
“So," he said, looking gloom-
ily at the floor, “where do I
come in on all this?”
"Peter,” said Howard, turning
to look directly at him, "thers
isn’t time to beat about the bush.
What 1 have done is done. It
was done, believe me, from hon-
est conviction, not for gold But
now the boys are onto me, and
I’ve got to get out. It Is simply
a question of my freedom, prob-
ably my life.”
"And you saved mine. ... 1
know. I haven’t forgotten.”
'There was no one else I
could turn to. All 1 wanted you
to do for me, if you will, Is to
post two letters which for vari-
ous reasons I can’t post myself.”
"Just post two letters? Is
that all?"
"That's all. One is a letter to
my wife, the other ... a matter
of business. They both have to
be posted in London. You may
wonder why I couldn't simply
post them myself. The reason is
that 1 particularly don’t want
them posted until after I have
sailed, and If they had a Brix-
ham postmark they might lead
a trail right back to the schoon-
er.”
Carrington was hardly listen-
ing. He waa staggered at How-
ard s revelation. That his ad-
mired hero, this submarine ace
of World War 11. should virtual-
ly admit to being a traitor to
bis country—this he found un-
believable. There was, of course,
no doubt as to what he ought
to do.
"Well, Peter," said Howard,
"have you decided? Will you
take the letters for me? Or are
you going to turn me over to
Gardner?"
"As Howard turned to walk
down to his waiting boat, a
sodden thought struck Car-
rington: ‘By the way, who Is
the fifth paaaenger?”* The
story conUnors tomorrow,
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Reform doesn’t
get far.
MARCH OF EVENTS
CONGRESSIONAL REFORM; CURRENT DUU
SOME MEMBERS SEEK IT j
By HENKY CATHGAKP
Centraf Press Washington Writer
AoHJLNGTON—A* this doll session of Congress drags on,
some members of Congress are urging reforms of the in-
stitution. They want V speed up Its mechanics of debating blBB
and keep the work of the legislators on the trade.
However, dopite individual criticisms that are baud of th®
present system, reform doesn’t seem to be getting very far. Foe
one thing, there is no organised lobby or spe-
cial interest group pushing reform. The drive
comes wholly from within the Congress Itself.
For another, according to some of the
younger members seeking change, the oldsters
in terms of seniority don’t want tones dungs.
One senator flatly blames the seniority rule
an being the single hugest roadblock to rp«
form. He puts it thin way: *The hunger a
person stays in Washington, the more com-
fortable he becomes because the mom secure
his position is. And gradually, if you live long
enough, you will be everything but pewfdmb
of the United States. You bam to get ikitd
to that.** -
What the senator meana Is Out the present
system rewards longevity and re-election, and
with the years of service conus power and
privilege. Having achieved positions of power, those who hold
it in Congress are unwilling to change the rules of the game and
thereby strip away some of the prerogatives and poBBcnl as-
sistance they have striven no bard to eccumnfcUi.
• * * •
• AN ADMINISTRATIVE COUNSEL?—Among reforms beiqg
sought in Congress is one by Rep. Henry Reuse of Washington
that would create an official office where the legislators could
bring the problems of their constituencies for solution.
Reuss’s idea is modeled after a feature of the Scandinavian
Ombudsman. Congressmen would refer their problems to an ad-
ministrative counsel who would research them, suggest solutions,
or at least point out avenues that could be pursued toward a
solution.
One obvious flaw in the idea that probably will block Its adop-
tion is the existence of the present politically partisan system
of running congressional affairs.
It would be too much to expect that a Republican congress-
man would be willing to adopt a solution to one of his problems
proposed by a Democratically-staffed office of experts. Unfor-
tunately, it would also be too much to expect the Democrats in
power would be willing to staff such an office with persons other
than those favored by political considerations.
• • « •
• EMPLOYMENT AGENCY—Rep. Peter Frelinghuyaen, R-
N. J„ believes in keeping his constituency apprised of opportuni-
ties for employment in government. And he more than just
presents the facta; he paints the rosy picture of a pitchman. The
government announced recently that it had some openings In its
Foreign Service Deportment. Frelinghuyaen de-
scribed the situation this way in his newsletter;
"How would you like to ride the Orient Ex-
press? Saunter down the Champs Elysees?
Dodge poiaon-tlpped arrows in the Philippines?
Be described as an *Ugly American’ ? Listen to
Big Ben toll the hours? Order your gray flannel suits from
Schwartz Bros.? Then you might be interested in applying tor
a position as a junior foreign service officer with the U. S. De-
partment of State. You may start as low as $5,540 or as high
as $7,765 per annum with quarters allowance and travel expenses
when living abroad.”
You just might, at that.
Mighty
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