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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1953
Page
10
Editorial urges support for the city beautiful program led by women to appoint a park director. Aims to create a master plan for trees parks and waterways under direct City Manager and Council oversight. Believes official action would uplift property values and improve the city’s ground-level appearance.
Attorney General Brownell endorses a vaporous plan on tidelands that would let states and grantees exploit submerged resources while the federal government keeps title. The approach clashes with President Eisenhower's stance and Interior Secretary McKay’s briefing to the Senate. Critics say it creates constitutional ambiguity and hints at a political quid pro quo, risking a court challenge to Congress's power to dispose of lands.
Marquis Childs surveys the first 40 days of Eisenhower era civil service reform. He notes restriction by civil service status hampers Attorney General Brownell and others, contrasting cabinet approaches to bureaucracy and the push to purge or reform entrenched federal staff. He highlights Hobby and Weeks as counterpoints to hardline cutbacks.
Washington reports contrast in Democratic leaders Adlai Stevenson and Senator Richard Russell of Georgia. Russell’s remarks critique Democratic weakness and radical groups while urging return to private property rights and limited government. Stevenson’s Los Angeles stance warns independents away and risks GOP long power, arguing the 1952 campaign focused on issues beyond core controversy.
A compilation of historical and political quotes comments on obedience to God, George Eliot, Adlai Stevenson, and the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. It argues that evasive politics cannot justify prolonged conflict, urging accountability for government actions in Korea and policy missteps.
Phil Newsom notes that asking Stalin about peace yields vague replies, warning not to trust rumored Russian offers. He says the Kremlin again tests hopes with trial balloons, citing a Der 24 indication that Stalin might favor talks but demands firm guarantees before any conference.
Poem about valuing simple trusted friends who share work and play. Describes evenings with old companions, casual happiness, and returning to ordinary life after gatherings. Ends with a note on enjoying a real time with six or eight old friends.
Ten years ago the Long Beach Council of Defense sought Rep Ward Johnson's help to secure parity in gas masks helmets and other equipment. Poly High ROTC 168 members praised by Col Jerome Pillow of the Ninth Corps Area twenty years ago. Old Iron Sides to berth at Pier 1 in San Pedro. Thirty years ago Poly High planned Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado and Pola Negri starred in Mad Love at Mission Theater. Russian anti Semitism grows in violence with Soviet proposals for meetings between Stalin and US leaders debated against Berlin and Western Germany's rehabilitation. The piece analyzes Russian use of peace talk as propaganda and stall tactics while opposing Western security structures in Europe.
Community forum letters must include bona fide signatories with addresses and be under 250 words. Editors may edit for clarity and space while preserving intent and identifiable individuals.
Compliments flow for tideland hearing editorial as letters cite legal and public interest angles. Readers from DR. W. Mighell and NORA GEIGER urge careful regard for fear and faith, praising common decency and the hymn Trust and Obey as guidance.
The piece criticizes President Eisenhower less than six weeks in office for pursuing a hard line on Korea and Asia. It accuses him of expanding the conflict, deploying the Seventh Fleet for a possible invasion of China, and threatening atomic measures while snubbing talks with Stalin. The article portrays a conflict between campaign promises and current policy.
Newspaper masthead fragment lists WPress-Gebaram Herman M. Ridder as publisher with Harold M. Hinas as assistant publisher and Samuel Cameron as general manager. Other staff include Malcolm Epley executive editor and national representatives Gresmer & Woodward, along with advertising contacts Metropolitan Group.
Warren Vestal argues Eisenhower seeks confirmed Stalin sincerity amid mounting Korea casualties. He views the Korean war and atom bomb threats as warning signs, while a cease fire and a conference among world powers are correct steps toward peace. Vestal cites his address at 2140 Linden Ave.
Mrs. Mabel Trotter Dunn of 614 Lime Ave argues that publicity about drug wrongdoing fuels crime and counters calls for stronger narcotic laws. She insists the Bible condemns wickedness and urges readers to abandon wrongdoing.
The pseudonym Ellery Queen is used by cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. They were both born in Brooklyn. The Q and A also discuss salvage markets for tin cans and how local stations pay for network sponsored programs.
A poetic monologue expresses deep loneliness and fear of hurting a loved one. The speaker laments possible unkindness, hopes the beloved is happy, and confesses enduring love despite a changed appearance in starlight. A tender admission of inner concern and ongoing affection remains central.
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