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10 01hr Krunrnmk mnumr-Brgnmr 1;“; Tim” 7by The Keimewick Plinth; 'Company an? Kennewick Ave... Kennewick, Washington Member Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. Inc. 33 yea: in Benton County. $4 outside. Entered as second class matter April 2. 1914 at PO. Kennewick. Wash., under Act of March 3. 1879. The Courier. established March as. 1902: The Reporter. established Jan. 24. 1906. consolidated April 1. t 9“ Rolfe Tuve. Publisher If David E. Lilienthal is unsuited for the job he holds as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, he is as un suited as William J. Bryan was to be Secretary of State in a war cabinet—as unsuited as Neville Chamberlain was to compete diplomatically against Hitler, as unsuited as Franklin D. Roosevelt would have been running a German concentra tion camp. ' If this were a different world than it is—one in which men bent all of their energies only in the direction of good, there would be no question regarding David E. Lilienthal’s fitness for the job he holds. Senator Hickenlooper and others who are attacking him know that he would make every effort to make something out of atomic energy that would benefit mankind. They know he would work to have the results of scientific! effort for every body. But this is not the kind of a world in which it is safe for some men to be themselves. Custody 'of the atomic stockpile is a responsibility which demands at the moment more concern with such things as secrecy and national defense and military advantage than with the humanitarian benefits of people. When the military considerations of atomic energy become incidental, then Lil ienthal will be'the man for the chairmanship and those who are accusing him, whether they do so for political _or patriotic purposes, will stop questioning his fitness. As it is, maybe Lilienthal should resign and use his ability in some other direction where his true qualifications can count for more. Maybe he is too unsuspecting for the job of chairman. William J. Bryan~ was an idealist who wanted a perfect currency, who thought you could bring about a strict temper ance condition by passing a law. He was the appeaser of the first World War. Chamberlain believed there was good in every human being—even in Hitler. He was willing to stake the fate of the world on the power he saw in a sincere desire to be fair and just to others. Franklin Roosevelt, if he had been (flaw choice of being a Himmler or a common rehlgee, w ' ~ haVe stepped inside. the barbed wire oi the concentrationcamp. As long as thegworlddoes not have the courage andjhecpnviction to throw down its guard and put its trust completely in the power of being right, the nation needs men who can match the cunning of others, who can sleep with one eye open, who can demand that every person who comes within reach 'of atomicsecrets must prove himself not to be guilty. The job that Lilienthal holds may need a man of smaller bore. ' State of the community: Prospects appear to be excellent for the average person living in the Tri-City area. That is so from the standpoint of his opportunity to work at good wages. Although the prospects from the standpoint of living conditions are not quite so good, every able bodied citizen of the community who wants to work can have reasonably good accommodations, including a tight roof over his head, enough heat for fall and winter months, enough food, and ample clothing. Sanitation will not come up to 100 percent of what should be expected in a community in which-prosperity has held sway for a decade. There still will be over crowding. There simply will be too many people living in a given total housing space for Some .time to come, regardless of the fact that building continues. The PUD reports that electrical installations are on the increase andhave been affected little by the layoff of some 7,000 by General Electric and private employers 'at Richland and Hanford. The business index remains something of a question mark because of (1) Reductions in ‘employment (2) Uncertainty among those who are employed by wondering whether they will be laid off, and (3) A reduction in the farm income. Little is heard about the farm income factor relating to prosperity but it has always and always will have a direct‘ bearing on spending in this community. Concord grape prices fell sharply last fall. The total net income probably was not‘ more than half the previous year. On top of these develop ments, the number of retail business establishments in the community increased considerably. The dollar spent is being divided into more parts to go round. Add to this a slackening in the selling effort and you have a defeatist combination. Some merchants are reaching much less than half,of all the prospective customers in the community because of their me thods of advertising. “W. “was” “a W W“, | m'l'l'likkfiflvffi'm" WEEKEND VIEWPOINTS ’ By J. W. H. | KIN 2201 ‘ Dear Editor: The danger of a Columbia river flood this season appears to be 99 percent passed.‘ There has been too much of a run-off dur ing the past 14 days with the river at a minimum high, due to cool weather commencing May 15th, which will make it impos sible for the Columbia River to regain its punch in 1949. In 1948, I ‘guessed’ there would be high water in ‘4B based on a late spring and later warm wea ther and much rain, though there was not an unusual amount of snow in the mountains, but with a late spring it was bound to turn warm and hasten the melting of the normal snow fall then in the mountains resulting in the ‘4B flood. I was old enough to remember the flood of 1894, when the Colum ‘bia got some five and a half feet higher than it did in ’4B. It is reported that the flood of 1833 was somewhat higher than that of ’94, the flood of ’33 seems to be the earliest report of floods of the Columbia river. Perhaps the Indians paid little attention to any of the early floods as ‘their only inconvenience was to 'move their camps to higher ‘ground. In 1894 the weather turned ex tremely hot in May and all of June and into July and the Snake river rose at the same time as did the Columbia. It may be borne in mind that the Columbia; must have the help of the shakei river' to put on a really first class show. It is figured that it‘ would take a hundred and seven: teen rivers the size of the Yak-‘ ima river at flood stage to equal; the Columbia river at flood stage. The 'late spring of ‘4B, plus* much rain set the stage for the ’4B flood, even though the moun tain snows were no more than normal, so it follows that weather,‘ not the amount of snow in the mountains, governs floods in the Columbia. This year, the stage was‘ all set for trouble, plenty of snow; in the low and high mountains, but so far, the weather has in-; tervened. During the past 'l4 days: a tremendous amount of water has gone down the Columbia, and no doubt has broken its punch for ‘49. Assuming that it was as long previous to 1833 when another flood occured as it. was from ’33 to '94, a total of 115 years in the time of the three floods, or a probable average of 5"! years between floods, figured on this basis our chancees of escaping afloodin'49were 5? to 1. - , The general conditions this sea— son were none too reasurring to those of us who may have flooded out, it all depended on weather conditions and we are accordingly grateful for the past two weeks of cool, weather and feel that the Columbia has reached its crest for 1949. He who can fortell weather conditions may accurately pre dict Columbia river floods, or their absence. - B. F. Thrasher, Rt. 1 Kennewick Dear Editor. For each and every member or the Children's Orthopedic Hos pital Board of Trustees, we wish to say “Thank You” to you and to members of your staff, for the very excellent news and editorial space your paper gave to the Hos pital's 1949 Penny Drive. We are all aware of the many drives with their endless demands upon newspapers, and we want you to know how deeply we ap preciate your generosity and tn. continued support of your paper to all Orthopedic events. _ Yours very truly Janet Watson Brady Public Relations Director High Enough? YOU carry Fire Insurance so that. if tire destroys your home. you'll have the dollars to restore it. BUT have you set your values high enough? . . .do you have adequate Insurance? If you're not sure. ask this Hartford agency to check your policies. No obligation. Just call . . . TYPE 8: SPAIILDING. Inc. Phone 1231 211 Kenn. AVG. MCI ,(WASHJ COURIER REPORTER It's Your Pgopuod by the Staff of tho Schools of Modidno. Dentistry and Nursing mm OP WASH. SCABPE‘I' FEVER ‘ l Fev r, sore throat, headache,l and omiting suddenly overtak-i ing a previously well child sugq gests the probability that some—i thne during the preceding . week‘ he has been in contact with a 3 person who had either scarlet; fever or steptococcal sore throat. The appearance within twenty-‘ four hours of the characteristic rash completes the picture and we label 'such a child with the diag mosis “scarlet fever." Recent studies have indicated, however. that the same disease may occur without the rash. In fact it is not uncommon to see the two conditions coexisting 1n the family—mother or dad with a Sore throat and fever but no skin rash, and Johnny or Susan with the same symptoms plus the rash. Characteristically, the . rash‘ starts at the neck ,and proceeds rapidly to cover the entire body, leaving only the face clear. After a varying length of time the skin begins to peel, indeed, it may We Can Design. Engineer. 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