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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-28
CANCER:

Progress Seen
The men in white who wage an
u~nceasing battle against cancer
caught a glimmer of hope-they
felt sure they had discovered, as
they put it, what is for all prac-
teal purposes a simple, cheap and
reasonably sure blood test for can
cer."
THE ANNOUNCEMENT was
made with the customary caution
and restraint of the men who work
with test tubes-"reasonably sure"
was how they described the test.
But if they had made such a dis
covery, it was a great stride for
ward toward victory over the terri
BILE disease.
According to the announcement,
comparative studies at the Uni
versity of Chicago Of the blood
serum of ANGER patients and nor
NAL and other non-cancerous indi-
viduals had revealed significant
differences that led to the state
ment of the new cancer blood test.
Report of the university findings
was made by Professor Charles B.
Higgins, who 10 years ago origi-
mated a new treatment for pros
tatic cancer which has kept more
than Is per cent of the victims
alive and well for more than eight
years.
DISCUSSING the new test, he
said that tests on almost 300 indi-
Enthusiastically divided into cancer
patients, apparently healthy per-
sons, and patients with non-cancer-
Gus diseases-proved positive for
all lancer cases, negative for all
normal persons and negative for all
others tested, except those with
lung tuberculosis and massive
acute infections. .
Inasmuch as tuberculosis and in
f1ammatory processes a be read
lily diagnosed, it was explained, the
test was not expected to confound
cancer with other conditions.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-28
DISEASE DOWN

Montana'S communicable di-
sease rate in 1949 is about half,
that of 1913 the state board of
health reported April 10. New
cases for the April 1916 week
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XVII:
Rare Chick

Nature lovers in New Zealand
rejoiced. A sturdy male kiwi chick
was Matched at the Hawkes. Bay
game farm, bringing to six the only
known existing family Of this noe
turnal, flightless bird which was
thought to be extinct until a few
years ago.
The male bird spent 81 days on
the latest egg before the newcomer
burst through the thick shell.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-28

included measles 40, chicken
pox 81, mumps 10, scarlet fever
nine, SYPHILIS six, gonorrhea two,
spotted fever one and epidemic
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-28

Mrs. Barley Graham, weigh
ing only IS pounds, has become
the first woman sheriff of Nc
Cracker county, Kentucky, birth
place of Vice-President Alben w.
Barley. She succeeded her hus-
band who resigned to become Pa
ducah's chief of police.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-28
PAYMENTS HIGHER

State income tax payments
are about 25 per cent above
those of last year, the state
equalization board has estima-
ted. About 60,100 Montanans
paid $2,500,000 in state income
taxes by the deadline April Is,
compared with payment of ST.
029, 1850 in 1913.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-28
meningitis one.

Americas first newspaper
was established in 1704.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Letters to The Star

jority Of all the electoral votes and under
the Constitution was lawfully elected. g.
Lynn Sumner in his Meet Abraham Lin
coin" states it in these words: In November
with 40 percent Of the popular vote, Lincoln
was elected to the Presidency"
President Jefferson, President Lincoln.
President Truman! All minority Presi-
dents" according to Gould Lincoln. No! And
it some day will be said of President Tru-
man, as has been said Of President Lincoln:
when in November he was elected by q
minority vote in q four-way contest, the
saving Of the Union-as q duty and as q
burden-settled upon his shoulders" (sum-
nerD If President Truman succeeds in
making democracy work. he will have saved
the Union from these forces which seek
power for the few, rather than democracy
for all the people.
ROBERT c. MORROW.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
For q Complete Job

Even though the House Armed Services
Committee has given the House only part
of the pending uniflcation bill to act on
the way has been paved, fortunately, for
broader action when the legislation reaches
the conference stage. House adoption OF
the truncated bill will send it to conference,
for the Senate already has passed the
Tydings version-a bill based on recon-
mendations of the Hoover Commission
There is hope, therefore, that the con-
ferees will agree to bill which will
embrace all the important reforms pro-
posed by the reorganization experts.
The bill reported by the House commit
tee, after it had baked at other phases of
the unification legislation, would 60 far
toward effecting major economies in busi-
ness transactions of the National Military
Establishment. 1t would coordinate the
fiscal affairs OF the Army, Navy and Air
Force under business manager or budget
controller. It would provide for more
efficient preparation of military budgets,
as suggested by the commission. The
measure does not, however, give increased
authority to the Secretary of Defense or
provide for chairman Of the Joint Chiefs
of stah-proposals strongly urged by the
President and by the Hoover group.
The House committee voted to defer
action on the latter reforms until after
completion of the hearings scheduled on
the B-36 controversy. Such a postpone
ment would be illogical and possibly fatal
to action at this session of Congress. The
House should see to it that its conferees
agree to unifcation bill that really meets
the needs pointed out by the Hoover Com
mission-including the creation of chair
manship for the headless Joint Chiefs OF
STAFF
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Hail Trivia!

The latest word from DR.. Robert NJ
Hutchins, chancellor of the University of
Chicago, is that things are going from bad
to worse and that a world catastrophe
will be inescapable unless mankind puts
an end to "trivialication." What he means
is that there is too much shallow thinking
and too much giddiness in modern living.
Existence is growing more and more pur-
poseless for more and more people. Too
many of us are devoting our leisure time
to too many meaningless pursuits and rec
reations, and unless there is a moral,
intellectual and spiritual revolution" then
we must expect global suicide.
It may well be that DR.. Hutchins Is 100
per cent right, but it is safe to say that
his warning will fall on lot of Indifferent
ears. After all, about the only thing new
in it is the word "trivialication," and that
In itself-one of the ugliest collections of
syllables in recent times-is likely to drive
away listeners in droves. Besides, the cry
of wolf! Wolf!"-although 1t may be
very much to the point right now-has
been heard so often that people have long
since stopped paying much attention to it..
Who can blame them? If DR.. Hutchins
will consult his archaeology department,
| he probably will learn that there is a
record somewhere showing that they heard
much the same thing as far back as 1929
years ago-in 2080 B.C., when gloomy old
Assyrian carved the following on tablet:
'The earth is degenerating in these latter
| days. There are signs that the world Is
Evening star., 1949-07-17

speedily coming to an end. Bribery and
corruption abound. The children no longer
obey their parents. Every man wants to
write book"
The truth is that "trivialication" has a
certain blessedness. In moderation, it can
have tonic effect. Dancing singing going
to the movies, looking at television, staring
at blank walls, chewing bubble gum play
ing pinball machines, etc., ETC., are recrea-
tions that can refresh the spirit by enabling
a human being to escape momentarily
from the woes of the world. Why, even
DR.. Hutchins himself has been pictured in
the newspapers relaxing, gawkily but hap
PLY, in football players uniform at some
gay and giddy masquerade. Let none of us
underestimate the Importance OF such
light-headed pursuits. Without them,
without the balm of trivia, we might all
rapidly lose our minds In these haggard
and harassed times when every man, II
he does not want to write a book, wants to
do something at least equally reprehensible
and trying on his neighbors. Like making
speeches about the onrushing doom OF
our rare
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Appeals for Help
For White Russians in Samar
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF the Star:
wonder if any one has paid any attention
to the plight of more than 5000 "stateless'
refugees from Communist dominated China.
at present living and cared for by the IRO
at samar Island in the Philippines.
The majority of them are so-called white
Russians" who escaped to China from the
Bolsheviks, during the revolution, and their
children born in China.
The Red tide Of communism finally caught
up with them in China, and they were
forced to leave all that they were able to
save while living In China.
While trying to help displaced persons in
Europe. for whom a special act was passed
in 1948 admitting almost 10000 of them.
why is 1t that this country ignores a small
group of $500 persons? Is 1t because they
are in Asia and not In Europe? Why can
not Congress include them into its general
DIP relief program? I am sure their plight
Is even worse than that of those in Europe,
infested jungle. Their houses" are old
tents which give very little, If any, pro-
lection from the elements.
The majority Of these unfortunates have
relatives in the United States who have
taken all the necessary measures to as
sist them in coming to this country by send
ing aff1davits and other required documents
However, since most Of the evacuees were
born in China, they can enter this coun-
try under regular conditions only under
the Chinese (white) quota, which allows
entry to about 100 persons q year. Why
not include them. by special act Of Congress,
IN the DIP relief program? v. P. P.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
The Steel Outlook

The big steel companies have done the
sensible thing in putting aside their un-
derStandable misgivings and agreeing to
submit their side of the story to the three
man fact-f1nding board appointed by the
President in an effort to head off strike
in the industry. Their decision has the
effect Of assuring the Nation that for at
least another sixty days there will be peace
between them and the CLOS United Steel
workers OF America. The economy Of the
country thus has been rescued-tempo-
rarily, anyhow-from a situation that
could have fed the current recession to a
dangerous degree.
For If the threatened strike had not been
averted, hundreds Of thousands of workers
would have been rendered idle, and other
hundreds Of thousands would have been
indirectly affected in an adverse way.
Steel is basic to our national economic
machine. Nearly every industry is de-
pendent on 1t in varying degrees. When
something goes wrong with it, therefore,
when its production is stopped for pro-
tracted period, our whole economy suffers
Certainly If there were such trouble now
at a moment when receSsionary forces are
marked enough to require intelligent action
to reverse them, the Nation would have
real reason to be worried.
Happily, however, the immediate threat
has been lifted With both the union and
the employers submitting their cases to
the Presidents board, there is at least the
hope that the necessary basis for a salts
factory settlement can be worked out before
the next sixty days have come to an end.
The hope, of course, will depend largely on
the ability and impartiality of the boards
three members. Their recommendations
will not be binding on either party, but If
they arrive at conclusions that are fair,
reasonable and economically sound, and
If there is an all-around willingness to
compromise in a give-andtake spirit, it
ought not to be too difficult to reach
mutually acceptable agreement.
A fair agreement is what the country at
large wants. If one cannot be worked out
within sixty days. then presumably the
strike threat will be with us again. and the
President Is likely to find it leading to
developments serious enough to make him
invoke the injunctive provisions Of the
Taft-Hartley lava procedure forcing
truce in the industry for an additional
eighty days. It must be hoped, however,
that such step will be unnecessary.
Assuming that the fact-nnding board does
a good Job, the next two months ought to
be sufficient time for reasonable men to
arrive at meeting of minds The Amer
ican people have right to expect reason
ableness from both sides
Evening star., 1949-07-17
The Australian Strike Parallel

At moment when the British govern
ment is wrestling with challenge to its
authority in the shape of crippling dock
strike repeatedly Communist-inspired and
politically motivated, we should not lose
sight of another strike of the same char
acter in Australia. Between the two there
Is an ominous parallel
Both are directed against Labor admins
trations dedicated to the welfare of the
working classes who are their chief sup
porters. Both are the dehantly illegal
actions of organized labor groups in key
economic positions who are notoriously
controlled by Communist leaders whose
first loyalty is to MOSCOW. In both cases
the governments fatty charge that these
strikes have been precipitated by inter-
national communism centered In Moscow,
as part of a plan to disrupt the economic
life of Britain and the Commonwealth
at q time when a crucial struggle is
being waged for recovery and stability.
Those charges are backed up by factual
evidence of convincing nature. Obvi-
ously, this is no fortuitous parallel. It
Is part of a sinister design which logi-
cally embraces the entire non-C Communist
world. The pattern may, therefore, appear
at the proper tactical moment in any
country, including our own, where Com
munist-controlled unions exist.
The Australian strike centers in walk
out by the coal miners somewhat over a
fortnight Ago. 1t was cleverly timed to
coincide with the depth of Australia's an
tipodean winter and at time when coal
stocks above ground were abnormally low.
Declared unauthorized by the courts, the
union leaders def1ed a legal injunction
restraining them from using union funds
and were promptly Jailed for contempt of
court, while fines were assessed against the
union treasury. This has now become the
main ISSUE the miners declaring that they
will not return to work until their leaders
are freed and the fines remitted. The issue
has been widened by the jailing of officials
of the ironworkers' union for unlawfully
using their union funds to aid the coal
strikers.
Meanwhile, the Commemorative eco
nomic life is being gravely disrupted.
Industry is almost at a standstill, unem-
ployment approaching the 1000, 900 mark
in country of less than 1000 900 inhab-
itants. The public services are CLOSING
down for lack of fuel, while the suffering
of the city dwellers in unheated home.
is severe. Nevertheless, the strikers have
so much sympathy and support in othel
unions that the government hesitates tt
use troops for the distribution of Goa
stocks above ground. At big mass meetings
the strikers openly declare that worker
will meet force with force" while the sea
mems union has just staged q oneida
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Education and Communism
A Notable NEA Commission Would Have the Schools
Meet Totalitarian Threat Realistically

other form Of dictatorship does not mean
advocacy of these doctrines. Such ad-
vocacy should not be permitted in Amer
lean schools.
Rejection Of all forms Of totalitarianism
by American youth is more likely to result
from the objective exposure of facts in the
classroom than from a situation in which
youth denied an opportunity to learn about
them at school. are left to be the prey Of
propaganda through out-of-school chan
nels-often possessing the enhanced appeal
Of forbidden fruit. While we expose and
combat subversive activities In this country
and abroad. great vigilance and wisdom will
be required to avoid the use of undemo-
cratic measures. We must at the same
time, curb reactionary forces which would
use "anti-Communist' sentiment as a club
to threaten every effort to improve society
through education
3. The schools should continue with vigor
their programs for giving young citizens a
clear understanding Of the principles Of the
American way Of life and desire to make
these principles prevail In their own lives
and in the life Of their country.
Recent history has demonstrated again
that from such understanding and such at
titudes there arises deep loyalty to the
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Jefferson and Lincoln Also
"Minority Presidents"
To the Editor Of The Star:


Gould Lincoln states in The Sunday Star
July 100: President Truman was elected
last November, but as minority President.
He did not receive majority of the popular
vote" But the words minority President"
have no meaning except that given to them
in the Procrustean mind Of Mr.. Lincoln and
those other anti-Truman scriveners who
strive only for pelf Any columnist who calls
the election of President of the United
States by constitutional means "fuke" is
taking unwarranted liberties with the consti-
tutional privileges he enjoys.
President Truman needs no apologist for
his election. Nevertheless. let us take look
into history for moment Thomas Jefferson
did not receive majority Of the popular vote
nor did he receive majority Of the votes In
the Electoral College. There. 65 votes were
cast for Adams 73 votes for Burr and 73
votes for jefferson. This threw the election
into the House Of Representatives as pro-
vided by the Constitution, where the dead
lock resolved in favor Of Jefferson. Burr
automatically became Vice-President under
the Constitution then.
And what about Abraham Lincoln? Boards
Basic History of the United States" tells US:
-Four parties were in the field for the cam
paign Of 1850 In these circumstances Lincoln
carried all the free States except New Jersey.
But the number Of popular ballots cast for
him was smaller by about q million than the
number received by his three opponents
Still Lincoln's popular vote was 50 distrib-
uted among the States that he won ma
Evening star., 1949-07-17

sympathetic strike in protest against the
falling Of the striking leaders.
In the past week, the government has
raided headquarters Of the Australian Com
munist Party, and, on the basis of data
seized there and other evidence, 1T is pre-
pairing to bring sedition and conspiracy
charges against the organization. Labor
Minister Holloway declares unequivocally
that this strike has been cooked up in
Moscow in an attempt by Russia to impose
its tyranny and dictatorship on the worlds
free people without going as far as war"
Evening star., 1949-07-17
"Spires Of the Spirit" the weekly ar
ticle by DR.. Frederick Brown Harris
which customarily appears in this space,
will be resumed when DIR. Harris returns
from vacation in Europe.

ideals that have been developed and applied
in our country. We must develop greater
measure of intelligent loyalty to democratic
ideals. We must make those ideals more
fully operative in American society-in eco
nomic life and intergroup relations and
education, no less than in politics and gov
ernment. There is no better way to prevent
the spread of communism and other forms
Of dictatorship than to show the people
that they can achieve a maximum OF free
dom, justice and well-being by actively
supporting and improving American democ-
racy. Amelioration OF economic injustice,
psychological insecurity, racial discrimina
ton. substandard housing. and other evils
that beset us will help to produce q soil
in which the seeds of communism cannot
thrive.
Communists Should Not Teach.
4. Members of the Communist Party Of
the United States should not be employed
as teachers.
Such membership, in the opinion Of the
Educational Policies Commission, involves
adherence to doctrines and discipline COM
pletely inconsistent with the principles Of
freedom on which American education de-
pends. Such membership, and the accom-
panying surrender Of intellectual integrity.
render an individual unfit to discharge the
duties of teacher in this country.
At the same time we condemn the care
less incorrect and unjust use Of such words
as Red" and Communist to attack teach
ers and other persons who In point Of fact
are not Communists but who merely have
views different from those of their accusers
The whole spirit Of free American education
will be subverted unless teachers are free
to think for themselves. 1t Is because n:cm-
bers of the Communist Party are required
IN surrender this RIGHT a q Nf
becoming part Of q move characterized by
conspiracy and calculated deceit, that they
should be excluded from employment as
teacherS
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Honest Agreement Is Possible

The Interior Department Is studying the
Recreation Boards latest proposal of
conditions under which the board would
assume operation of recreational facilities
now within the departments jurisdiction
The precise details of what the board
has offered In this respect are not available
for publication. They are understood
however, to include elimination of all
reference to racial segregation in the
boards bylaws and the inclusion of a
statement of policy promising every
possible and realistic" effort toward re-
moval of racial segregation in public
recreation.
This latest proposal has the unanimous
support Of the boards Committee on By
laws, which means, because of that COM
mittees makeup, that it would have the
unanimous support of the board itself.
Unaninity on the board Is unusual. The
mere fact that conflicting interests on the
board were brought into agreement reflects
an earnestness of purpose by the board
which should impress the Interior Depart
ment. Such unanimity on this difficult
question has been practically unattainable
up to this time.
1t is to be hoped that the Interior
Department will consider the proposal in
the spirit that it has been made. The
proposal Is not to do away with all Segre
cation Immediately. The proposal would
leave to the judgment of the board, as 1t
must, the decisions of when and where
to act in this respect, together with desig-
nations by the board of the use of recrea-
tional facilities. 1t could not be otherwise,
without inviting chaotic administration
and perhaps further unhappy Incidents
such as have marked the Interior Depart
ment's own abortive tactics with reference
to the swimming pools.
The Interior Department officials If they
are candid, will recognize two facts. One
is that the Interior Department cannot
continue to impose arbitrary policies of its
own on the Recreation Board, If it asks
the Recreation Board to assume manage
ment responsibility The other is that the
Recreation Board Is in a better position
than the Interior Department to decide
matters of neighborhood policy.
In the Stars opinion, there should be
no great difficulty in resolving any honest
differences Of opinion that remain between
the Interior Department and the Recrea-
ton Board. It is the dishonest differences
OF opinion that cause the trouble.