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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
6
La Crosse County Red Cross calls for donors as the Bloodmobile visits next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. With a goal of 450 pints and 150 already registered the drive seeks volunteers to help wounded service members in Korea and at rear hospitals through plasma and whole blood donations.
Eisenhower gathers cabinet and staff on Wake Island after a three day Korea inspection. The move signals intensive review of Far Eastern policy with no simple fixes but hopes for future improvement and morale boost for troops in Korea.
Scholars argue that solving one societal problem often creates another, using the civil service system as example. The piece cites Ike's incoming government and the spoils system shift, noting about 95 percent of federal workers are protected, making it hard to remove inefficiency. It concludes the system freezes both good and bad workers.
Washington notebook notes a policy dispute over C-119 Boxcar pricing from Kaiser-Frazer versus Fairchild. It explains higher unit costs as insurance for standby capacity and future Willow Run conversion, with multiple sources strategy central to defense mobilization plans under President-elect Eisenhower and defense chief-designate Charles E. Wilson.
Report from around town notes Bob Cochran at Camp Chaffee Arkansas told his mother that Christmas leaves were canceled and he would not be home as rumors spread that Camp was closing Santa Claus was killed in the sense that the base closure was announced. Neil McHugh en route home from Greenland stopped in New York and found a La Crosse connection in a Doubleday clerk Georgia Hess, once with the La Crosse Tribune. Police blotter records a morning surge of bells as AGI paid a $17.50 bill in a Nicolet Hotel pay booth prompting a police count and reminder to deposit funds.
Madison commentary argues Wisconsin sheriffs push local control against state plans to extend highway law enforcement. It cites public safety needs, state sovereignty, and the small size of the state patrol, questioning whether local power or personal interests drive opposition.
An elderly financier about to marry a young, glamorous woman is advised by a friend to wed someone his own age to avoid misfortune. He counters that he would rather own shares in a first rate concern than all stock in a poor one.
Former price administrator Di Salle urges keeping wage and price controls amid warnings of inflation risk. Baruch and Lodge weigh in, while Finletter advocates steady defense spending and restraint on new atomic deployments. U N secretary Lie faces a puzzling Russian communications incident involving Arkady Sobolev and a second envoy.
The Supreme Court faces five school segregation cases from South Carolina Virginia Delaware Kansas and the District of Columbia. Lawyers argue for and against ending segregation nationwide as the justices decide if equal protection under the 14th Amendment forbids separate schools. The court may issue a limited ruling or none this year.
Ten years ago the Junior DARs met Monday evening at Miss Helen Baker’s home to plan drape work for Camp McCoy Hospital and sun room projects after current Red Cross knitting ends. A board of education approved installing two nursery centers in La Crosse public schools to care for children of employed mothers.
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