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Evening star., 1949-10-26
To Guarantee HEARINGS

District Court Judge James w. Morris
has pointed out a weakness in the recent
Public Utilities Commission rule on tele-
phone removals that should be corrected
without delay. This is the failure of the
regulation to make it clear, in so many
words, that the PUG will grant hearing
to any telephone subscriber wishing to
protest an arbitrary order for removal of
his telephone.
The amendment to the telephone tariff"
governing cessation of service to sub
scribers whose phones are being used for
illegal purposes was intended to provide
assurance of PUG hearing, according
to PUG Chairman Flanagan. But Judge
Morris finds the wording of the amend
ment to be Ambiguous" Certainly the
language of the regulation makes no men,
ton of hearing. So
The amendment, adopted last August,
modified section of the telephone regula-
tions which says: "The service is fur
nished subject to the condition that it will
not be used for an unlawful purpose.
Service will not be furnished if any law
enforcement agency, acting within it's
jurisdiction, advises that such service is
being used or will be used in violation of
law, or if the telephone company receives
other evidence that such service Is being
or will be so used" To this was added
the proviso 'that the company shall give
notice to each subscriber of his
right to apply to the PUG for determina-
ton of the applicability of the provision"
Judge Morris characterized this wording
as vague and uncertain" He postponed
for ten days further arguments for and
against the PUG ruling, pending consid-
Grafton by the PUG and the telephone
company of his criticism of the amend
ment. There does not seem to be any
doubt that the language will be clarified,
for PUG officials have announced that the
purpose of the amendment was to provide
hearing for telephone subscribers who
think they are being treated unjustly.
ReWording of the regulation as suggested
still would leave the subscriber no protec-
ton, except through the courts, against
the possibility-however remote-of arbi-
trary action by law enforcement agency.
The amendment did not modify the policy
OF the company in accepting without
question the word of police or prosecutive
authorities that phone is being illegally
used. However, the hearing procedure
should help to safeguard citizens against
abuses from any source.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
A-Bomb Attack Held Less Dangerous
Than Fear Of One Occurring
To the Editor of The Star.

have read story in the press saying that
local doctors plan an "atom disaster CORPS"
but very much doubt that an atomic attack
upon Washington (only possibility would
do its inhabitants as much harm in the long
run as for them to live in an atmosphere
OF worry and dread over period of years.
The only people who will benefit by these
articles in the papers will be the psychiatrists
who are working overtime to undo their
harmful effects.
Every physician knows that digestive up
sets, stomach ulcers and all sorts of more
obscure ailments arise from constant diet
of worry and fear.
Any men or women who let these dire
prophecies prevent them from reveling in
the red and gold foliage of nature in
Washington Indian Summer are nuts
IT the doctors see fit to consider possible
emergency needs. the general public will be
deeply appreciative but rasping the nerves
OF the populace by prophecies of evils which
might come (but probably won't) should be
"out." MONITOR.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Late Roses

Ho1o quiet lies the grass! The leaues are
spent
With giOing kindly shade; to sterner
thunder
OF autunn's tusilade their ,oay is bent.
Late saOallo1os dip their fight-tuned
breasts under
The thinning hedge, their soft arpeggio
Dim-minored ,oith tare,DeH Late roses
brace
Their radiance against the fail of early
SnO1D,
lnvite the taltering hand, the turrowed
face.
LEILA PIER KING.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

Q. What substances in fallen leaves enrich
the soil?-V E. P.
a. Although the food prepared in the cell
cavities of the leaves is returned to the tree
IN the fall, mineral substances with which
the walls Of the cells have become impreg.
mated during the summer months are re.
tamed. Therefore, fallen leaves contain rela.
ClVeV large amounts OF valuable elements,
SUCH as nitrogen and phosphorus. which
were originally part of the soil, Decompo-
sltlon OF the leaves enriches the top layers
OF the SOIL by returning the elements bor-
roWeo py the tree, and at the same time
proVldes Tor an accumulation of humus.
y. DO the members of the women's pro-
1esslona! baseball teams play regular base
ball or do they play softball?-G. F. S.
"A. The eight teams of the All American
Girls Baseball League play professional base
ball, not softball. However, the diamond
on which they play measures 72 feet between
oases as against 80 feet on the mems fields.
. 9: What foreign countries has Stain vis-
ited?-P. r.
A. According to available biographies
Staln attended party conferences in Finland
IN l9O5, In Stockholm in 1906. and in Iondo,,
in 1907, remaining each time on1v fe,1.
weeks. During World War II he met in con.
ference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Win.
ston Churchlll at Tehran, Iran, in 1e43 and
IN 1870 with President Truman and Mr..
churchill at Potsdam. Germany.
O., Are there any figures on the number =,
blind IN the United States?-D. G. -
"A: Ihe figure 100000 is the one accented
by the Committee on the Statistics NJ ~
slind. and is the one commonly cited bv
agencies for the blind. There are no reliabls
figures at all on persons who have a u;s,'oI
handicap, but are not blind Among school
chlldren it. is said that one child in evern
ooo has vision defects serious enough tn
make make 1t difficult or unsafe for him to read
ordinary print. ~ Ae"o
@. What is the fastest speed ever travelled
by man on land?-H. C. T. e'eo
A. The fastest speed ever Travelled by man
on % iand was made at Bonneville, Utah, Sep
temoer l6, l947, by John r. Cobb. He we.
timed at 4o3.135 miles an hour, driving ~as
Napier -Railton
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Disapproves of Attitudes
Of Travelling Mr.. McLemore
To the Editor of The Star;

The Star can spend its money to better
advantage than by financing articles such as
those turned out by Henry McLemore on his
recent inter-continental Junket These arti-
cles combined the attitudes found in home
sick G. rs with the venom Colonel Nc
Cormick has required Of his reporters.
Mr.. McLemores itinerary was no accident.
The countries visited will figure more and
more in the field of American interests, both
political and commercial. Why not get a
picture of those places, mature enough to
prepare Americans for what they may ex-
pect good as well as bad, when they have to
go there and operate? A.BN.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
CIamoring by Pressure Groups
Is Not a Recent Development


I am submitting for your attention, the
enclosed which think should be carried by
every newspaper in the country and be
given space in large letters on quarter page
as an educational item for the benefit of
every person seeking future benefits in mind
and body:
There are persons who constantly clamor.
They complain of oppression, speculation
and the pernicious influence of accumulated
wealth. They cry out loudly against all
banks and corporations and all means in
which small capitalists become united in
order to produce important and beneficial
results. They carry on mad hostility against
all established institutions. They would
choke the fountain of industry and dry al
streams.
In country of unbounded liberty, they
clamor against oppression. In a country of
perfect equality they would move heaven
and earth against privilege and monopoly.
In country where property is more evenly
divided than anywhere else, they rend the
air shouting against doctrines. In country
where wages OF labor are high beyond paral-
lel They would teach the laborer he is but
an oppressed slave.
Sir: What can such men want? What
do they mean? They can want nothing, sir,
but to enjoy the fruits of other mems labor.
They mean nothing but disturbance and dis
order. the diffusion of corrupt principles and
destruction of moral sentiments and moral
habits Of society,"
The foregoing is from an address by
Daniel Webster in the United States Senate
IN 1888. CHARLES E. KLOPFER.
Evening star., 1949-10-26

the interest of common civilization. AS
Correggo and Rembrandt solved the in
tricate problems of their canvases, SO
modern appreciators of their skill and
devotion will strive to meet the pressing
issues of the present age. Such is the
deeper meaning implicit in the announce
ment of the exhibition at the National
Gallery commencing little more than
three weeks hence
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Urges Setting Up Individual Inquiries
Into Industrial Disagreements

Urges Setting Up Individual Inquiries
Into Industrial Disagreements
To the Editor of The Star:
President Truman will have to step into
the strike situation in the coal, steel and
aluminium industries. The situation calls for
action under the Taft-Hartley law, and re-
gardless how much Mr.. Truman and the
unions despise this law. the President is
obligated to invoke it before the Nation is
harmed irreparably.
But when the Taft-Hartley law is invoked,
it should be done properly Fact-finding
machinery should not be set up on an in
dustry-wide basis, as was done this summer
when Mr. Truman by-passed the law for
political reasons. Boards should be set up
for individual companies, in the various in
dustries, and should hear facts and reach
conclusions based upon situations which
exist in the individual companies.
The investigation made by the Presidents
board this last summer demonstrated the
fallacies in industry wide application of COL
lectlVe bargaining, mediation or arbitration
1t obviously is wrong for labor union to
say to an employer that he has no right to
make contract with his own employees,
based upon the circumstances existing in
his own plant but instead, must sign a con-
tract with national union which was ne
gotlated between the union and another
company IN another area. Industry wide
bargaining or any other industry-wide set
tlement of labor disputes ignores The indi-
vldual rights Of employer" and thus is
step toward collectlvism
1t would be well if the Presidents advisers
and the public pointed this out to Mr.. Trll
man. We have fallen into the habit of doing
Things which ignore private rights, and it
indeed would be unfortunate for our enter
prise system II we went on doing them.
WILLIAM DONALD SMITH.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Deplores Parole of Man
Who Wanted to Kill a Girl

I am amazed that Gov. Lane has paroled
man from Kensington who beat and
choked girl. Judge Woodward who senten-
ced him described his act as IAN atrocious
crime" The man told police he regretted
that he had not killed the girl. What fine
specimen that is for Gov. Lane to turn lose
on the community He should have been
given term of 20 years in the penitentiary.
instead OF seven. Fl. B. B.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
Dr1ter, although it is permissible for
a 7Driter kno1Dn to The Star to use
q nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Poses 'Neighborly" Questions
To Unions and Management
To the Editor of The Star:

In recent weeks differences between labor
organizations and production management
have become more and more acute, now end
ing In the loss of production of many
thousands of working people and non-opera-
ton Of manufacturing facilities. I, Of
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Complains About Motorists Who
Do Not Yield To Pedestrians

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Why doesn't the Police Department do
more to protect the poor, helpless pedestrian,
when he has the right of way, to cross
street? Unfortunately. his progress invari-
ably is impeded by countless cars sweeping
around corners. AS a result, the pedestrians
position is about as perilous as lumber
jacks when an ice-jam breaks. and he is
compelled to hop. skip and jump over rush.
ing logs in order to reach the shore.
Not one driver in a hundred gives the
pedestrian the right of way while cutting
corners, and so, when the light changes, the
person on foot must make frantic leaps to
get back to the curb, or risk his life before
onrushing cars.
Hasn't the pedestrian the right to cross
the street in comparative safety? Men and
women, especially elderly ones. take their
lives in their hands every time they leave
the curb. Why are the majority of auto
drivers so anxious to save a few seconds at
the expense of people on foot?
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question
81 iact ny writing The Evening Star Information
p!ease lnclose three (3) cents for return postage
BUREAU ol6 Eye st. ne, Washington 2, D. d
Evening star., 1949-10-26
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
I can't help but think that it was the late
Will Rogers who said, When we nearly lose
war because of the dissension between our
armed forces, maybe we will wise up"
Hummmm?
For the longest time couldn't imagine
what he meant. I think now know
It's all SO fantastic, at first I was con-
vinced that it was a Cominform plot. But
it's too good even for that. If know them,
however, they won't miss it. They'll join all
sides, if they haven't already done so un-
beknownst to the same
Go right on. gentlemen, you're doing great
You'll make prophet out of old Will yet
And gentlemen one thing more-have you
ever seen the Russians capture a city, and
watch their treatment of women, and men?
I have. VETERAN.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Generals and Admirals
Should Make Up, Readers Say


1t was with great deal Of amazement
that I read in the final edition of todays
Star an Associated Press item headed:
Bradley. Admirals Aren't Speaking for
Some Reason
I don't think there was much in this arti-
Gle to jest about, for if you remember the
hearings of the Pearl Harbor tragedy you
will recall that Admiral Kinmel and General
Short were not on speaking terms either.
1t seems to me that this is serious business
1t leaves our guard wide open.
1t is unfortunate that this country has
paid SO much out in tax money to maintain
West Point and Annapolis, giving these ad-
miralS and generals wonderful living and
education. Surely we should expect them to
give up petty conflicts and differences-for
the safety of our great Republic.
think that you should reprint this whole
article in your editorial column with black
border around it-and admonish these mill
tary leaders for such childish actions
]. H. LEIB.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
This Reader Would Call It
"The Insanity Deal"
To tho Editor NJ Tho Gov.

In The Sunday Star Frank Kent had a
Well-thought-out article on the dangerous
course taken by the Truman administration.
He called the Fair Deal national insanity.
I agree. Let's call it the Insanity Deal.
isn't that right? w. H. RABORG.
Evening star., 1949-10-26

Western Powers and for India as WELL
Here, as in other aspects of the Chinese
problem, realistic thinking and action are
urgently needed
Evening star., 1949-10-26

Falls Church, Va.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-03-03

ings hospital February % from
a liver ailment from which she
had suffered for several years.
Alice Anna Stevens was the
youngest daughter of Mn. and
Mrs. Dominic Stevens, pioneer
rancherS of Upper Lodge Grass.
She was born March 10, 1908, in
Lodge Grass and attended
school there. Her happy dis
position and cheerful manner
will long be remembered by her
host Of friends.
She was. married in Big Tim
Der June 4, 1913, to James Cook
and since that date had lived
in Buffalo, Wyo., where they
had purchased a newly furnish
ed a lovely home.
Rev. Norman, Baptist min
lister of Billings, officiated at
the funeral. Three songs, "In
the Garden" "Under HIS
Wings" and mo Night There"
were beautifully rendered by
Mrs. Ping, Mrs. Strand and
Mrs. King of Hardin, with Miss
Clara Olds at the organ.
Pallbearers were Myron
Lynde, Howard Mason and Uhl
Bond of Lodge Grass, and Clyde
Wood, C. j. Barnett and Austin
Metz of Buffalo, Wyo. Entomb-
ment was at the mausoleum in
Mountview cemetery Billings.
Surviving are her husband,
James Cook of Buffalo, Wyo.,
her mother, Mrs. Dominic Stew
ems and four brothers: Tom,
John and Pete of Lodge Grass,
and Clarence of Brockton; four
sisters, Mrs. Dick Fisher of
Hardin, Mrs. o. r. Stovall, Bill
ings, Mrs. Henry Goering of
Spokane, Wash, and Miss
Frances Stevens of Washington,
! IN
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Other relatives and out-of-
town friends attending were
MIR. and Mrs. Bill BoStwick, Mr..
and Mrs. Darrell WeStbrook,
Mrs. Josephine Corkins, O.. r.
Stovall, Jay and Joyce and Mrs.
Robert Stovall, Sr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence McComaS Of
Billings, Mr.. and Mrs. Bud
Fisher of MusselshelI, Mr. and
Mrs. O. r. StoVall, Jr., and Greg
of Two Dot, Mrs. Ella Cashen
of Pryor, Mrs. j. q. MacComaS
of Big Timber, Clarence West
brook, Donnie Stevens, Mary
and Mick Stevens of Upper
Lodge Grass, Jeanette and An
tia Stevens of Lodge Grass.
Friends from Buffalo attend
ing were Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.
Clark, w. H. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs G. J. Barrett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Metz, Clyde Wood, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Ranger, Mrs.
John P. Olson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Claire Clark, and daughter,
Patty of Billings, Ulm Gait,
John Hecht, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Cook, William Cook and Mr..
and Mrs. Buster Long and Ruth
FurgaSon.
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DEATH SPRAY:
Nazis Had Ii

Out of Mountain View, Calf,
came one Of the most chilling,
awesome postwar tales Of what
might have been in World War II.
It was about a death spray
a spray SO fatal that if a spot of
it the size of a dime lay on a per
sons skin, that person was doomed.
THE SPRAY was described as
being potent enough to knock out
whole divisions Of men in exposed
positions.
A dime-sized spot, unless wiped
off quickly, would kill a mar in two
minutes. It would penetrate ordi-
nary clothing and some types Of
gas masks.
Authorities for these statements
were U. S. army engineers who
destroyed $4,000 tons Of the spray
where it was stored in carefully
hidden caves in Bavaria.
Maj. James M. Graham Of the
engineer corps said the Germans
called the chemical "tabun," a
combination of the scientists who
invented it. According to Major
Graham, who had charge of the
disposal of the chemical, "tabun"
was a military secret until about
six months ago when some Informal
ton concerning it leaked out to the
American public. One thousand
tons were spared from destruction
and shipped to the army proving
grounds at Aberdeen, Maryland.
THE MAJOR said the stuff is
nearly odorless that a person has
to know exactly what he is smell
ing before. he can detect it with
his nose It. has a faint fruity
flavor and looks like crankcase
oil.
Then the Major said something
that would add no comfort to those
who fear a war with Russia. He
said that the scientists who de-
veloped "tabun" were in Berlin
when the Russians took over and
probably became subject to Soviet
control,
Speculation was that it was not
used by the Germans because of
a reluctance to engage in chemical
warfare for a lack of knowledge
of what weapons in this field might
be possessed by the Allies.
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OLIVER TWIST:
Fugin Is Issue

Intelligent Jews would draw little
consolation from the violent acts
of their fellow men in multi-torn
Berlin.
With the world on tenterhooks
over the possibility of a third world
war and with the issue of Palestine
not yet completely settled as it af-
fects the Jews, a mob of Berlin
Jews saw fit to demonstrate over
the showing of a British-made film.
THE FILM was "Oliver Twist"
a story familiar to almost every
English-speaking schoolboy and, ap-
parently, familiar to a great many
Jews as well.
The Berlin Jews, it seemed,
couldn't stomach the Dickens crea-
ton, Fagin, one of the major char
acters in the story. Fagin, depicted
as a Jew, is an unlovely character
who teaches children to steal for
him and accords them brutal treat
ment.
The charge that the film was
"a~nti-Semitic" was hurled by the
Jewish demonstrators. Their demon
stration was effective. It resulted
in temporary withdrawal of the film.
German police hospitalized some of
the rioters, but said they could not
continue to protect the theatre.
THE ENTIRE AFFAIR provided
a disturbing spectacle. Berlin, sup
posed to be the proving ground of
the ability of nations to work to-
gether, has become, instead, the
malodorous corpse Of that concep-
ton.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors who so Thought
fully helped us in our recent
bereavement by the death of
Alice Stevens Cook. The many
beautiful flowers, the music by
the Hardin trio, the comforting
words of Rev. Norman, the
services of the pallbearers, and
the hospitality of the Howard
Mason home and kindly as
sistance of other friends were
deeply appreciated.
James L. Cook
Mary K. Stevens
John Stevens family
Clarence Stevens family
Tom Stevens family
Pete Stevens family
Mrs. o. r. Stovall
Mrs. Dick Fischer .
Mrs. Henry Goering
Miss Frances Stevens
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GdrrYowen News

Barry and Richard Denny
were overnight guests Wednes-
day at the home of their grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Drake.
David Kern attended the
basketball tournament held in
Billings Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur PitSch
and son of UcrosS, Wyo., were
overnight guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pete PitSch, Jr., FRIDAY
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Drake
were Sunday dinner guests of
Nh. and Mrs. w. C. Drake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hart Lubbock
of Lodge Grass visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Pete Pitsch, Jr., on
Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Henry Zier and
Roy, Wilbur and Harvey PitSch
visited with Mrs. Mary Zier of
Hardin Sunday evening.
Donna PitSch attended the
basketball tournament at Bill
ings Friday and Saturday.
-F@ 49, -H&E "a
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Hudin Tribune-Herald. Thursday Much :. 1885

to the closing hour. The senate
tied its vote on the bill, and
Senator Winters, R-Ravalli,
chairman of the committee of
the whole, was required to
break the tie-the occasion was
the first in the session.
Some 400 persons in the
United States get free clothes
from a North Carolina factory,
conditioned upon their report
ing how they stand up under
wear.
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All CLUB ORGANIZED

The Snappy Shippers Al
club was organized at a meet
ing in the Crow Agency school
house on February %, at 2 p.
m.
Dora Old Elk was elected
president of the group, and
other officers are as follows.
Nathelle YoungsWalloW, vice
president; frankie Hougaard,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES; Carol Dem
ny, news reporter, and Shirley
Old Horn, recreation leader. A
total of 10 girls are enrolled in
the club.
Projects for the year were
discussed and it was decided to
talk the matter over with the
parents before the next meet
ing which will be held at the
school house at 2 p. m. March
g.
Carol Denny, reporter.
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PROFIT FIVE MILLION

Total profits and excise tax
collections of the Montana liq-
uor control board totaled S.
1895 for 1913, according to
the boards annual report. The
total is an increase of $155,510
over 1947. Profits from liquor,
liquor licenses and taxes
amounted to $3,984,932; the
rest of the income was from an
eight per cent excise tax.
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And, people are funny, in many
of the things they do. This
woman, Charlotte Kierstein, %,
on probation for a check swindle
verdict, couldn't keep a job. Sus-
picious employers fired her IA
times. Then, Jailed at her own re-
quest, her story hit the papers
and now she's been deluged with
jobs. Her past will make no diff
ference.