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Evening star., 1949-06-15
By Constantine Broscn

The FBI and its director, J! Ed
gar Hoover. are under severe and
emotional criticism because the
defense attorney in the espionage
Evening star., 1949-06-15

hooAng and musging. writing q
column would be q eTeexe o. the
very gentlesi nature.
Hardest Way 10 Dollar.
am equally sure that after =
feg months q. writing = column
Mr.. Beris will admit. as all col
umniSts have sooner or later. tina;
II is the hardest way 10 turn n
dishonest dollar this side Of lump
ing of the Euynire State BUlIdine
with no water wlrEs.
Wait. Mr.. Berle. until you wake
up some morning with not u single
thought IN your head and have 10
stare an unfrisndly typewriter IN
the face. Nothing Is ual!er than
a typewriter, Nothing is meaner
than a typewriter. I've had the s
on the typewriter Jump right out
OF its little nest and slap me in the
face. / have had the space bar
felnt me out OF position. while the
gs key crossed me with O right
hook. I have even had the margin
release hiss at me as the and the
U and the = told me how stupid
! was.
For an adult TO grow angry at
an inanimate object is silly, /
know. but more than once / have
struck typewriters right on the
nose and then. when they were
down. given them n boot.
There is something else Lyou
should know. too, Mr.. Berle. You
can say almost anything in q
night club as an entertainer and
get away with 1t. But it's different
with a column. No matter what
you write about, there are sure TO
be thousands OF people who will
disagree. Once. Just for a test,
! wrote that / was whole -heartedly
in favor OF fire departments: that
1t was a grand thing TO have the
men in blue always standing
ready to put out blazes. ! got
Evening star., 1949-06-15
By Doris Heeson

DES MONIES. Iowa. June Is
Democrats left here well satisfied
that they had educated their pre-
cinct committeeman on the virtues
Evening star., 1949-06-15

something for Everybody Brannan
farm plan, reflected the happy,
confident mood when he spoke Of
"this wondrous and safely Demo-
cratic stronghold. the State OF
Iowa." He smiled when he said
It, and 30 did his audience Of
Democratic Party workers and
farm and labor representatives
from 16 Midwestern States.
It was. indeed, one Of those
paradoxes that provoke q smile.
But. after they had enjoyed 1t.
Democratic Party leaders OF the
Midwest buckled down seriously
with national party and labor
leaders to organize for . repeat,
II possible, on the miracle Of 1948.
Calculated Strategy
This bold and imaginative poll
tical coup here based on the Bran
nan farm plan. and 1t was frankly
recognized as such, represented
calculated political strategy.
That strategy is based, first, on
recognition that farm States saved
the Democratic party and Harry
Truman in last November's elec-
ton by offsetting and overcoming
the loss of big Eastern States and
four Southern Dixiecrat States.
and may provide the margin Of
victory in the next presidential
election in 1852. It Is based.
secondly. on the recognition that
If the Truman program Is to get
through Congress in the remain
ing three and a half years Of his
term it will take stronger majori-
ties in Congress to offset detection
of very conservative and anti
social welfare Dixiecrats who are
joining Republicans in this Con-
|gress to block the Truman pro-
gram as they have for the past
decade. This continuing Dixie
crat threat was referred to con-
stantly at the conference here.
That points directly to the Con-
lgresslonal elections next year. and
that was the immediate objective
of this party pow-wow.
The area embraced in the l6
Midwestern States is about the
only place where the required ad-
ditional Democratic members OF
House and Senate can be found.
Evening star., 1949-06-15
.cCemore-
Offers Milton eerle
Few Tips on Work
Rr HrnrY NrLsmars

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10 say Mr. Mgtoa Be--is. IS asw
tellow laoo-er II the Syrdseait
vineyard
He became a oolGanr.ss !ar tsse
Evening star., 1949-06-15
Brannan Plan POlitiCking
Farm Educational Meeting Becomes
Democratic Convention in Miniature

ing: the Vice President was CO.
operative. as always. Attorney
General Clark. who almost alone
in the Truman Cabinet sees a
connection between his Job and
the fact that q Democratic Presi-
dent gave 1t TO him. said Yes.
Labor leaders welcomed the
chance.
The result was a national con-
vention In miniature. complete to
heat. hangers-on and politicking
in smoke filled rooms.
OF course the farm problem Is
In politics, has been for years
and will be so long as the tax
payers are tapped for farm sub
sides. The farmers own inter-
nal politics reflect 1t.
Federation's Bad Guess.
The powerful American Farm
Bureau Federation. for example.
had q Republican president prior
TO 1882 when they hastily ousted
him to install a Democrat. Ed
O'Neal of Alabama. Anticipating
that Governor Dewey would win
in le47. they retired O'Neal and
elected Allen Kline, Iowa Repub-
lican.
This proved a bad guess. Mr..
Kline campaigned for the Re-
publicans. who lost even Iowa. Now
he Is denouncing Mr.. Brannan's
plan and running into rank-and-
file dissatisfaction because of
this. One Democratic aim Is to
detach the federation from their
president.
The new Brannan gadget is d.
rect consumer benefits from farm
Labor gets into the act
not only because it benefits as
consumers but because. by and
large. candidates favoring the
Brannan plan also favor labor
and vice versa.
Coming up: Republican an
swers to Democratic maneuvers In
q COP farm conference.
tReleased By Bell Syndicate. 1ne)
Evening star., 1949-06-15
This Changing World
FBI Urged Coplon Case Be Dropped
In Order to Guard Confidential Data

domestic security involving treason
and suoyersion. considers these no
different from the other crimes ii
is charged to present for prosecu-
ton on the attorney generals
orders. The investigating routine
has not and cannot be changed.
Yet a wave Of criticism and de-
nunciation Of CLOAK and dagger
methods" has been hurled at Mr..
Hoover and his agents because it
happens that in the preliminary
investigations the names of a
number Of prominent people in art
and science have come TO the fore.
Some Of them had been connected
-innocently 1t Is presumed-with
organizations which the attorney
General has listed publicly as SUBJ
yersive. The FBI could do nothing
but look into the cases of such
persons and gather for sitting all
the evidence that was available.
Stavisky Case Recalled.
This method is not peculiar to
our own FBI but to all such serv-
ices In the Western democratic
nations. Few people will remem-
Der the spectacular Stavisky case
in France in 1882 when this un-
savory financier was finally un-
covered not only as a dishonest
individual who had robbed widows
and orphans but also as a foreign
agent.
For some reason or other there
Is a violent outcry against all Sc
curity agencies in this country
whenever the name OF a scientist
Is mentioned as doubtful char
acter."
Because q person is q distin-
guished man Of science 1t is as
sumed that he must be, by defini-
ton, a good security risk although
there are instances showing that
some Of them are active members
OF Communist parties or outright
Va oASoAo. 4AAQo, IVA OV4lOL-NQ VI iCs u
distinguished French physicist. Is
openly a member Of the Com
Party while DR.. Raymond
Boyer, an equally distinguished
Canadian scientist. has been sent
to jail for two years by the Cana
dian courts for having betrayed
secrets from his Laboratories to
Soviet agents.
The fact that an individual
happens to be scientist cannot
serve as a shield against any in
vestigation and suspicious, partic-
ularly in these days when American
especially have In their
hands the most vital secrets Of
the Nations defense. The secur-
ity services of this country would
be sadly derelict II they did
not place such persons on the
same level as other citizens.
Evening star., 1949-06-15

season. and the preSs-radio cover
age was extensive.
More thoughtful students Of the
farm problem wish that the polit-
ical oyertones had not been SO
loud. They would like to consider
more thoroughly the merits OF
Secretary of Agriculture Bran
mans solution as compared to
present schemes and the Hope
Aiken Bill, due to become opera
tive In 1850. Perhaps. however.
the Hope e-Aiken plan will never be
tried. National Chairman Nc
Grath states that II they can't
enact the Brannan program this
session. they will move to extend
existing legislation and dissolve
any Hope Aiken prospect.
The meeting just ended is only
the start of a drive for Mr.. Bran
mans proposals. The Midwest will
resort to more and greater efforts
to explain them.
Politics an Afterthought.
Actually. Midwest Democrats
originally planned this meeting
for farm education purposes only.
But Carl Rice of Kansas. Jake
More of Iowa and others argued
with Senator McGrath and Direc-
tor Boyle In Washington as fol-
lows:
Farmer benefits have always
been Democratic programs. AL
Republican Presidents used to
veto them. But we have supinely
let Midwest Republicans pose as
the farmers friends and get away
with 1t. Now that we've got the
Brannan plan. let's put the Demo
cratic brand on 1t and elect our
own people. We made q start In
Iowa and Minnesota last fall. let's
pursue our advantage.
The chairman and the director
agreed to come to the Iowa meet
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By Thomas L. Stokes

DES MONIES, June Is. - A
stray Republican observer put
rather neatly the buoyant and
zestful spirit of the Democratic
Evening star., 1949-06-15

Of Mr.. Hoover. ordered the pros
ecution to drop the case. The FB1
lis reliably reported to have advo-
Gated such a step rather than re-
veal names and places 1t has kept
through the years as a conflden-
tial matter to which only the
President and his Attorney Gen.
eral have access.
Investigations Of the security
agencies of this country-the FBI.
the CIA and those Of the Army
and Navy-are painstaking. Much
material is gathered before the
final estimate on an individual is
put in black and white and a "ver-
dict" about his case Is reached.
Then the Attorney General must
decide whether the individual
should be prosecuted. In the case
of those patient and protracted
investigations all kinds of reports
are gathered for the purpose Of
screening and sitting.
Applies to ALI Probes.
This applies not only to the
loyalty cases but to all FBI investi-
cations. In the case Of the motor
ious AL Capone and others of his
ilk-some Of whom eventually had
to be prosecuted on charges Of
income tax evasion and not for
other crimes they had committed
long and complex Investigations
took place. It is not beyond the
realm of possibility that had a
judge issued at Capone's trial q
decision similar to that Of Judge
Reeves. names Of some prominent
persons who had been in contact
with Capone might have been read
In court. There would have been
then as now no wish on the part
of the investigators to smear such
people.
The FBI, which is charged with
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Brannan Plan Strategy
Democratic Midwest Conference
Seeks to Repeat Miracle of 1948

Democrats picked up five Senate
seats and 80 House seats in this
section last November. This is fer.
tile territory next year for often.
sive tactics. for nine Republican
Senate seats are at stake in ths
1850 elections here. and only two
Democratic seats. House seats ir
the region number 146.
But beyond the Democratic neee
of extra seats in Congress. there
is also the problem of getting ad.
ditional members who are of pro.
gressive political and economic
viewpoint. For President Tru.
mans purposes, they must be ir
that tradition and not the type ol
Democrats often elected from
farm States who are progressive
II not radical, on farm legislation
but very conservative on ISSUES
involved In social welfare pro-
grams Of principal interest Il
people in urban industrial centers
This explains the strategy O.
this conference to enlist labor II
the fight for the farm. belt. K
form an alliance between farmer
and worker.
Labor Chiefs to Fore.
Labor leaders offered their goot
Offices. One after another theJ
stood up in public meeting here x
emphasize the dependence oI
farmers and workers upon eacf
other. and their common interest
Jack Kroll, head Of CLOS Poll.
tical Action Committee. summed II
up very simply when he said: III
We don't have enough dough w
we don't eat ham and eggs fol
breakfast"
Jack Kroll had his PAC rep
resentatives here from the 16-
State area. In hotei room confer.
ences, they not only checked ur
on election techniques-the funda.
mentals Of registration. getting
out the vote. and such-but also
canvassed possible candidates fol
the Senate In contests In this ares
who would support interests o1
both farm and labor In q pre-195c
primary survey.
It was significant that stage
managers Of this conference ar
ranged a forum at which several
members of Congress from this
area and national labor leaders
explained for the farmers why
the Democratic administration
wants repeal Of the Taft-Hartley
act as well as describing the OBJ
jectives Of measures in the Tru-
man social welfare program
housing, education and health.
Evening star., 1949-06-15

Midwest Con-
ference which
took over this
former capital
Of farm belt Re-
pub lie a n i S m
when he said,
wryly:
They act like
they owned this
place"
Secretary Of
Agric cul tur e
G h q r ] Q q r.
Brannan, star
Of the sh o "
Evening star., 1949-06-15

trial Of Judith
Coplon, former
Justice Depart
ment employe.
succe e d e d In
making public
records Of that
q g ncy con-
ia in in g the
names OF prom
inent people.
This could
h a v e b e e n
avoided had At
torney General
Clark. the i'm
mediate chief
Evening star., 1949-06-15

6rxt time las.
Monday. and ]
think Il would
De less Than
generous II ]
do NO; offer
him q few tips
on his ne "
work.
! am quite
sure that Mr.
BeEie assumed
his new position
with a iight
heart, confident
that after Ssng
araks alrAsH-raNsara
Evening star., 1949-06-15

OF the brannan
plan as q solu-
tion of I h e
farm problem,
a depression
bulWark and q
vote catcher.
Vice Pres
i'd e n t Barkley
and others ad-
dre Sc d a n
amazingly large
and intent au-
d ! e n ce on q
steaming after
noon during the
farmers b u S Y
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-15

c. c. Couple. Rosebud county. picks to-
matoes from some of 1000 plants in his
one-acre garden. It's a small farm but
4 full-time summer job and a good
living for 6~0-Year-old Mr.. Couple. And
the winters offer plenty of time to
read and smoke or chew. Tomatoes
are the biggest crop but cucumbers.
cabbage. squash. carrots. peppers and
egg plant are also grown. Original
tomato seeds were sent by a sister
in Italy. Tomatoes are planted in
late May or early June TO avoid a late
freeze. They are watered once a week
If it doesn't rain. Crop will ripen quick
or with plenty of water and is usually
ready for sale by August 10. The one-
acre farm gets a heavy of sheep
manure that is plowed into the soil in
the fall
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-15

alkali spots, or cpsssees too deep to
be farmed.
Buildings are better, with a on
slant effort made to more nearly
weather-proof them. Often they are
protected by a hedge of caraganas
or a shelterbelt.
Poles and wires show the course
of rural identification or a wind
charger marks the farm which pro-
duces its current Independently.
Modern Machinery
Machinery adapted to the coun-
try is used to till the fields, to ridge
the loosened soil against ravaging
winds, to get the seed into the
ground during these few precious
weeks when conditions are right, in
late April and early May, and to
cut and thresh the ripened grain
with a beautiful economy of effort,
in the equally brief period of ideal
weather, in fall.
Machinery has solved vexing
problems rising out of a shortage of
hours, where time for planting and
harvesting is so limited. Only speed
and efficiency can win against the
swiftly moving development of
northern seasons.
This machinery, built for the
country, is powered and fabricated
by native petroleum. More signifi-
cant, it is operated by men who have
grown up with the country, who
know when to init the ball." and do
it with all the skill born of long
practice and a sure knowledge of
conditions.
With other branches of industry,
it is the same. In the sixty years
since she has attained statehood.
Montana has formed for herself a
background of experience which
gives her a right to look to the flu
ture with confidence.
The debt we Montanans owe to
u pioneers is one we would be last
to deny. 1t is a tragedy that a gen.
GRAFTON must be sacrificed in learn
ing the geography and climate of a
region, and in finding means to un-
derstand and conquer them.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
BIS in a Bus, Not a Hive,
Buzz Toward Los Angeles

TROY, N. Y.-Eighteen Baylys
piled into the family bus recently
and headed for Los Angeles. This
number includes three generations
children, parents and grandpar-
entS.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bayly
recently decided to take their first
vacation in 20 years, they bought a
school bus. That's what they needed
for their IA children and Bayly's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Archer Bay
ly.
Bayly. SO, packed a small field
kitchen for cooking. When a
teal, the family slept in a Is by
16 foot tent.
When the Bayly children were
christened, names beginning with
"B" e selected. The roster runs
like this:
Beverley, 10; Buddy, IT; Barry
Is; Barbara, ID; Bette, 10; Brad
ley, II; Brian, 10; BeSnice, 8;
Blake, z; Brenda, 6; Bernadette,
4; Beryl. 8; Bernard, 2; Benjamin.
/.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Ancient Auto Resembles
A Dragon More Than Car

LAVANHAN, ENGLAND-A few
hours after Alec Hodsdon adver.
tised his 1901 steam-driven motor
al for sale at $50 pounds (S42O)
a buyer telephoned that he would
like to send him a check right
away. But Hodsdon hesitated.
He wanted to see the buyer first
to make sure he really respected
and understood antiques, and be-
sides, there was a little explain
ing to do.
1T has eight major knobs to
push or pull, and five assorted wa
ter and pressure pumps, once you
light her up with a match" he
said. ITS fair to say that driving
it is a whole time job. The time
is never passed in boredom or pre-
occupation with scenery.
"Anoher snag is that when you
light the engine, flames about a
foot high, blue and intensely hot,
leap from a kind of huge circular
brazier. In a few minutes the heat
is so great that it scorches you.
Once lighted, there can be no
hanging about. You have decided
to go for a spin and you are COM
mitted to it.
Finally, when you drive a We
hicle of this kind people are apt
to regard it as peculiar"
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
Void Company Shows Models
Oh New. international Truck Line

Completely redesigned and re-en
gineered trucks from Internationa
Harvester's new Lime were intro
duced Wednesday at the nipple
ment store show room of the o
M. Void company. The line con
sists of 81 basic chassis models
designed to handle any type Of
hauling job. The heavy-duty engi,
neered L-line presented a com
pletely new design in motor trucks
at once apparent from the massive
front end to the smartly styled
cab. Void is quoted as saying
that many new mechanical and
engineering improvements, design
ed to promote operating efficiency
and economy, were features of the
new line.
Advanced Design, Engineering
Advances in design and engi-
neering were said to include:
/. New chassis dimension engi-
neering, permitting better load dis
tribution, greater maneuverability,
improved engine accessibility and
short overall lengths while main
tanning or increasing load-carry-
ing lengths.
2. New, improved v~alve-in-head
International truck series engines,
including an all-new Silver Dia-
mond engine.
3. A newly designed cab offer
ing more roominess, added comfort
and convenience and all-around
visibility factors in safer opera
ton.
4. Complete restyling that
blends a new modern truck stream
lining with extreme practicability.
The new trucks, introduced after
years of exhaustive testing and re-
search, required the greatest ex-
penditure of any new models in
international history. More than
$30,000,000 was spent for the vast
production ch%ange-over involving
the widespread revamping of facil-
tiles, layouts and assembly lines
in the company's Fort Wayne and
indianapolis, Ind, and Springfield,
Ohio, plants. Thousands of new
machines, tools, dies, patterns,
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
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HAPPENINGS
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Hirschfelt
who have spent about two month.
in Laurel with their son anC
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. G
W. Hirschfelt, left Monday for
their home in st. Cloud, MINI.
Mrs. Katherine Coy returned
Tuesday from Montevideo, Mimi,
where she had been a guest of
her sister, Mrs. Helen Iverson and
family, since last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Anderson
and children attended a family
Thanksgiving dinner at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Hofacker in
Billings.
Observing the birthday of their
twin daughters, Miss Janet Ness
and Mrs. Walter Hall, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nels Ness We're hosts to a
group Tuesday evening. Present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Schei-
decker, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hall,
Bill Sorg, Janet Ness and Mr..
and Mrs. Ness and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Gilbreath
OF Livingston yer visitors in Lau-
rel Monday and Tuesday. Monday
evening they attended a banquet
at the LOOT. hall honoring Mrs.
father, j. H. Jordan.
Mrs. Archie Whitman of Pendle-
ton, Ore, is visiting in Laurel.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30

There is nothing like assured Sc
curity in the future to create peace
and harmony in the home. And there
is no better prescription for future
security than U. 5. Savings Bonds.
That's why the head of every house
hold should realize the necessity for
a safe, sure and automatic Savings
Plan. The Opportunity for saving is
yours. you can start today and be-
fore you realize it you are on the
road to peace and security. There
are two saving plans available, the
Payroll Savings Plan where you
work. or, if self-employed, the Bond
a-MOnth Plan where you bank. So
invested today will grow to 81 in ten
years time. Sign up NOW.
us. Treasury Department
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
When Buying Chicks

First step for a person buying
chicks is to purchase from a pull
lorum-free flock and then have a
clean place to put the chicks when
they arrive. Buy chicks from a
hatchery that is carrying on a rigid
testing program to eliminate the
disease in breeding stock. Hatch
cries which are doing this adver-
tise the fact that their breeding
stock has a low pullorum tolerance.
Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30
In Search Of Insects

Since insects .outnumber in kinds
all other groups of species Of ami
mails combined by a ratio Of about
six to one, researchers T con-
stantly on the outlook for a new
member to classify and name.
About 100000 species have been
named and described, but authori-
ties estimate there are between
three and five million unknown to
science.