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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1953
Stow; DANGEROUS CURVf AHEAP
Firm, Responsible Leadership
Dwight Eisenhower intends to be Presi
dent. He refuses to be merely an adminis
trator, enforcing whatever laws Congress
cares to provide. He is taking command of
his party to make it the responsible instru
ment of the public purpose to achieve certain
well-defined goals.
Mr. Eisenhower made this quietly" plain
before entering on three days of consulta
tions with Republican congressional leaders
on a program for the new session. Seeking
congressional advice, he left at the same
time no doubt about the areas of compromise.
They are limited to “details,” do not extend
to “principles.’’
This is because the President considers
the final responsibility for his administra
tion rests on Dwight Eisenhower. In 1952
the President received a much more emphatic
mandate than did his party. It won only
a finger-tip hold on Congress. Mr. Eisen
hower is not, however, making this a per
sonal matter; he is emphasizing the platform
on which the Republicans took power. He
is underscoring party responsibility.”
But plainly he regards himself as the
party leader, possessing the fullest authority
to interpret the platform. Moreover, he
makes no bones about his intention to obtain
frequent renewals of.that authority by laying
the case before the public. Very significant
ly he has announced a radio and television
report to the people on January 4, three days
before he addresses Congress on the State of
the Union.
This is a common-sense position. Indeed,
if the two-party system is going to be gen
uinely effective it is an indispensable posi
tion. Every student of political science, ev
ery thoughtful practical politician knows
that the two-party system exists because of
the need to establish responsibility and give
voters a clear choice between parties and
platforms.
They know, too, that presidential leader
ship is required to give coherence and direc
tion to party action. Both parties as now ex
isting are combinations of diverse elements.
No congressman can match the political
authority of the presidency, speaking as the
one representative of all the people.
This power of the Chief Executive can be
abused—as can any powers of government.
But there are many checks upon it, and at
the moment—with the nation engaged in a
cold war abroad and beset by confusions at
home—there is more danger from weakness
than from strength in the presidency.
One manifest check upon Mr. Eisenhower
is the opposition within his own party. He is
seeking to act first of all as a party chieftain.
The machinery of the system requires that,
and he has therefore called only the leaders
of the Republican Party into consultation.
His first task is to gain as much understand
ing and acceptance as possible for his pro
gram in his own party. But even in the field
of domestic legislation he cannot count on
complete support from Republicans.
This places him in a doubly difficult role
of leadership. After he has found the larg
est common denomination of agreement with
in the Republican ranks for a program which
in essentials fulfills the promises made in
the election, he must strive to enlist Demo
cratic aid to provide the needed majority.
This is no simple operation. Democratic par
tisanship has been hardened by some Repub
lican efforts to identify Democrats with
Communists. But on the fundamentals of
much of the President’s program—partic
ularly on foreign affairs and trade—a ma
jority of Democrats can oppose only by de
nying their own records and convictions.
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By Mrs. G. W. Adriance
(Ed. Note* Mr. and Mrs. Adriance are out of town this
week and we are unable to get any personal comments on
her favorite recipes especially the favorites of her husband,
Guy. However, it is known that Mrs. Adriance is well known
for her gourmet dishes.;
Shrimp Bisque
5 Oz. can Shrimp % cup of milk
2 cans condense Cream of % cup of water
Celery Soup Dash red hot sauce
Add shrimp after mixing other ingredients.
Serve with Cheese Loaf:
Trim off crlsts from side and ends of a 1 poind loaf of unsliced
white bread, then slice, cutting almost thrus to bottom. Combine !4
pound grated American cheese with:
4 tablespoons margerine or 1 tablespoon Lee and Perrin
butter sauce
Vi tablespoon minced onion !4 tablespoon Celery seed
Spread mixture between bread slices. Brush sides and top of
loaf with melted butter. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Spiced Tea
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Small Dog Offered
1 quart boiling water
2 tablespoons tea
14 cup brown sugar
Vt cup granulated sugar
1 stick cinnamon
0 whole cloves
Juice of 5 oranges
Juice of three lemons
Add sugar and spice to 2 cups hot water, boil 5 minutes. Heat
bit do not boil, jucie of 5 oranges and 3 lemons. Mix all. Garnish
with lemon.
Lacy Rolls
CARLSBAD, N.M.— CPI—Bol
stered by a multitude of sugges
tions, Fire Chief Ira Stockwell to
day took his turn at trying to res
cue a 2-month-old pup from the
bottom of a dry water well.
Ideas by the dozens were offered
by newspaper readers and radio
listeners.
It all began nine days ago when
6-year-old Teresa Curtis pushed
two pups into a hole in her back
yard. It’s about 10 inches wide at
the top and 38 feet deep.
Her cousins, Dan Hardin, 15, and
Poe Hardin, 12, rescued one of the
pups. They lowered a burlap sack
and the pup walked into it. But
the other little mongrel shied off.
a rope loop over the pup and haul
him to safety.
New Mexico newspaper and wire
service offices were besieged with
suggestions for rescue. One of the
.plans came from a woman who
said:
“Send the other puppy down in a
basket. The trapped puppy may
be so glad to see him he’ll climb
in the basket too.”
A fisherman: “Drop a piece of
net the size of the bottom of the
hole to the bottom with ropes tied
to he four corners. When he
reaches for he piece of meat in
the center, jerk him out like a cat
fish.”
Vi cup molasses (Brer Rabbit)
Vz cup shortening (butter)
1 tablespoon Ginger
Heat molasses to boiling point.
1 cup sifted flour (or plain flour)
% tablespoon salt
% cup granulated sugar
Add butter and stir well. Mix and
sift the dry ingredients and slowly add to first mixture, stirring con
stantly. Rrop Vi tablespoon at a time about 3 or 4 inches apart on
Crisco greased baking sheet.
Bake in moderate oven (350°) until snaps are golden brown (8 to
10 minutes). Allow to cool slightly, remove and wrap quickly around
handle of wooden spoon into a roll, remove. Makes 5 dozen rolls.
White Fruit Cake
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Vi lb. citron
Vi lb. candied cherries
IVz lbs. candied pineapple
1 quart pecans
The strength of the President’s position
is that by every visible sign the people want j
leadership—firm, responsible leadership. And ;
in the direction he is taking.—
— (Christian Science Monitor)
The Hardin boys have* been keep
ing the trapped pup alive by low
ering bowls of milk and cereal.
America’s merchant fleets be
gan to decline after 1840 when
steam engines and iron ships in
Yesterday a couple of Boy ! which the English held advantages
Scouts tried unsuccessfully to drop ! began to be used extensively.
1 cup butter
2 cups' sugar
8 egg whites
Vz cup cider
1 grated cocoanut
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Cream butter and sugar and add eggs, one at a time. Add cider,
cocoanlt, vanilla and extract. Last may be added the fruits. Use extra
flour for dredging the friuts.
Bake very slowly in pan lined with greased brown paper. Bake
with pan of plain water in top shelf to add moisture. Cake will be
improved by keeping in artight tin several days.
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Of Moose And Men
By AI Cupp
Retirement Study Shows
Substitute for Work Needed
CHICAGO—CP)—If you would
be happier after you retire from
your job you had better try to find
a substitute for work. Watching
TV or following an isolating hobby
will not do the trick.
This is one of the preliminary
conclusions reached by sociologists
at the University of Chicago who
have a three-year study under way
in six Florida communities.
First reports on the study ap
pear today in the American Jour
nal of Sociology in an issue devot
ed entii-ely to the subject of grow
ing older.
L. C. Michelon, assistant profes-
sor of industrial relations, says
there is a defference between the
leisure of the job holder merely
pausing between work activities
and the full-time activity of re
tirement.
“Leisure of the individual busy
at work is welcome,” said Mich
elon, “because there is the knowl
edge that there will be a return
to the vital business of work. With
retirement, the individual must j
live for himself, rather than wor- I
rying about a job or what other j
people require of him.”
“Looking - at television, taking a
ride in the country and engaging |
in hobbies are called leisure for
the person engaged in work, but
actually they are only a “pause
between activities.”
He added that hobbies a man
undertakes in isolation are satis
fying during his working life be
cause it is good to escape the hus
tle and bustle of daily living.
In retirement, however, isolating
hobbies are not so satisfying, he
said, since the new leisure should
force a person into activities with
others.
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Luxembourg Head
Dies of Stroke
After Breaking Leg
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg—
VP)—The long-time Prime Minister
of NATO’s smallest member, Pier
re Dupong of Luxembourg, died to
day after a stroke. He was 68.
The veteran politician, Prime
Minister since 1937 and a member
of his nation’s Parliament since
1915, was hospitalized last Friday
after breaking his leg in a fall.
During World War II, he trav
eled widely in the United States
and organized a provisional gov-
ernment-in-exile in Montreal. Later
he shifted his administration to
London, where the Grand Dichess
Charlotte, ruler of the tiny prin
cipality adjacent to France, Bel
gium and Germany, had taken ref
uge from the Nazi occupation of
her land.
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