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Behind the Iron Curtoin'

have just finished reading the book
Behind the Iron Curtain" by Igor Gou-
zenko. Probably I'm a bit behind the
times in this, as the book is not new
one. However, I believe this book has
real lesson in 1t for Americans, and is a
must for all who would understand a
little about present-day Soviet Russia.
This book, you know. was written by
the man who was cipher clerk in the
Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. In spite Of
his lifelong training and indoctrination
in Communist ideals, what he saw in his
work and contacts so sickened him that
he betrayed the spy ring to the Canadian
authorities.
The book shows how the Soviet gov
ernment is the greatest conspiracy in the
history of the world. The method where
by an entire nation OF over 200 million
people is kept in submission and ignor-
ance about the outside world: how agents
are trained from their earliest youth to
serve the Soviets with blind fanaticism;
how the Communist Party is not party
at all in our sense but just giant Fifth
Column in every country in which it is
present: how the Soviet spy system makes
Hitler's look childish by comparison; how
this spy system would be impossible with
out the thousands of parlor pinks, mis-
guided intellectuals, and just plain dupes
in every country-especially in the United
States; all this is shown.
Also revealed in the book is the callous
hypocrisy of the Soviets: How they cry
peace while preparing for war; how they
never hesitate to stoop to Hitler's meth
DDS while at the same time condemning
Fascist imperialist" methods abroad;
how Communists are always in the fore
front espousing civil rights movements
and racial equality in foreign countries
while at home the Jews and other minori-
ties are treated as ruthlessly as under
Hitler; how the Communists always are
the apparent friend of the working man,
constantly espousing better conditions
and boring their way into unions. while
at home the workers are no better than
serfS. Religion is tolerated only until the
present generation of old people die out.
The most monstrous hypocrisy of all is
the legend that in the Soviet there is a
classics Society-everyone is equal &C
tually, there are more glaring differences
in af1uence and poverty than any other
place in the world except, perhaps, India.
The thing which constantly amazes the
author, GouZenko, was how people living
in such wonderfully prosperous country
as Canada or the United States could
ever fall for communism. The Soviet gov
ernment constantly feeds lies and mis-
conceptions to it's people so that even its
officials have no idea what really demo-
cratic life is like. 1t is mortally afraid for
its citizens to have any contact with the
West for fear of corruption" Yet at the
same time we, poor fools, fall for Red
propaganda-hook, line and sinker.
This book should be a partial refuta-
Evening star., 1950-07-01
California and Loyalty

The University of California-the largest in
the country-is putting quiet end to the con-
troversy that shook it early this year when its
board of regents issued high-handed ultimatum
demanding special loyalty oath of all faculty
members and other employees of the institution.
AS issued last March, the ultimatum-vig-
orouSly opposed by several of the regents, incud-
ing Governor Earl Warren-decreed that the
oath had to be taken over and above the States
standard pledge of allegiance and that any one
refusing to take it would have to quit the uni
versity. In answer, the Academic Senate-a self
governing faculty NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. re-
Jected the demand
This rejection was based on number of
common sense points, particularly the point that
there was no good reason why faculty personnel
should be required to take an oath beyond the
one they took as State employes-an allegiance
VOW basically the same as that taken by the
President of the United States, by the Governors
and by various other public officials. Members
OF the Academic Senate-holding that such a
requirement reflected on their patriotism and
was discriminatory in that it would single them
out for loyalty procedure not applicable to
other citizens-made their argument particularly
effective by offering, in lieu of an extra pledge.
to declare their anti-communism in letters cov-
ering their teaching contracts.
So, faced with rebellion on point of principle,
the regents backed away from their ill-consid-
cred ultimatum. AS a result, according to
President Sproul, the university now has in its
hands 1858 letters in which that many of its
professors and other employees have formally
stated that they are not Communists Only
couple of hundred have failed to sign for one
reason or another, and of these 157 are to be
fired on President Sprouts recommendation.
with action deferred on the Others
Thus the storm has passed in California.
Had the Board of Regents not gone to the
extreme OF requiring an additional and superfu-
Gus oath, there would have been no trouble.
The lesson should not be lost on other State
universities where some may be tempted to over
do the loyalty issue.
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Letters to The Star
A pseudony5n is permissible only
10hen letter carries correct name
and address of 1Driter Please be brief.

tion to all who believe 1t is possible to
negotiate with this liar nation like any
other civilized country; that it is possible
to tolerate the Communist Party as we
would any other party: that there is little
or no danger from foreign spies: or that
the Sovicts really have something good
that we could emulate.
I urge all who can to read the book.
And to think and act accordingly.
Reader.
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mony with which we periodically pay
tribute to him.
Why, then. should not one Unknown
Soldier continue to speak, eloquently
though mutely, for all unsung American
heroes? Could the addition of second
tomb beside the first heighten the effect?
Rather think it would cheaper the
effect.
Who originated the idea? Was it the
Amvets or some by-product organization
of World War II who would have us be-
lieve that theirs is a greater glory? The
idea beSpeaks division, not unity. And
what if future wars should find our wom-
en- bearing arms? We would then, no
doubt, erect Tomb of the Unknown
WAC" The great American band wagon
rolls on!
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traditional. But it worked very well
$500 years ago when Cyrus the Great
and other monarchs successfully dele
gated broad authority to provincial
satraps
Even more novel is his notion that tax
money should be spent by the people
who pay it, in their own districts, for
improvements which they can see and
appreciate. Such a policy might make
tax-paying more popular and less easy
to dodge than 1t has been, especially of
accompanied by campaign against de-
linquentS.
A gauge of Gen. RaZmaraS realism
and of the extent to which he has been
influenced by American thought is his
contention that plans for large-scale
industrialization of this backward coun-
try must be deferred until long strides
are made in the fields of agriculture,
education and public health.
To this end he will set up program
of forward-looking projects on a grass
roots basis. reaching out into the most
backward villages and down into the
most depressed, disease-ridden and il
literate levels of the population.
1t is no coincidence that this phil
osophy matches that of Overseas Con-
sultants, Inc, the group of American
engineering firms advising on Trans
seven-year development plan.
Gen. Razmara contends that any fight
against communism must be accom-
panied by alleviation of conditions which
breed Red agitation.
Although he is one of the most in
fuential men in Persia and may be on
the way to becoming the most powerful
since Reza Shah. the chief of staff is
personally modest and affable and is
most cordial and accommodating to vis-
itors. A slender, pleasant appearing
man of more than middle height, he
speaks fluent French and English and
was graduated from the French mill
tary academy at Saint Cyr in the 1920s
He was born in 1901 in Teheran.
Gen. Razmara has a daughter and
four sons. the eldest of whom is study
ing in the United States. His name
means ornament of war" and was
chosen by himself in the '20s, when
Persians were ordered to select sur
names.
During the late Shah's pacification
campaign. he fought the tribes and rose
rapidly in rank. He led the campaign
which suppressed the Soviet-backed
autonomous movement in Azerbaijan.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What is the usual life expectation
OF the Lombardy poplar?-F. w.
A. The Lombardy poplar is not long
lived tree. seldom remaining attractive
more than 20 years, and is commonly
killed at that age by diseases on the
trunk and twigs. 1t is subject to several
cankerouS diseases and wood rots,
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O. What are the symptoms of ivy
poisoning "A. A.
A. The first symptom noticed after ivy
poisoning is burning and itching SEN
sation. This is followed by a rash and
swelling and probably by small or large
blisters. The length of time elapsing
between contact with poison ivy and the
first symptom varies from a few hours
to seven days.
Evening star., 1950-07-01

O. Is sour milk as rich in vitamins as
sweet milk?-F. F.
A. The vitamin content of sour milk
is the same as that of sweet milk. The
difference in composition of the two is
that sour milk contains Tactic acid
which is not present in sweet milk.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1950-10-20

mitted there following his escape
here.
Otis Harmon drew three months
and costs on a charge of illegal
manufacture Of alcoholic LIQUOR.
He was found guilty by a jury last
week. Otis Jones pleaded guilty
before Judge James B. Carey to a
charge of escape. After waving
presentation of Indictment to the
grand jury, Jones walked away
from the prison farm here and
went to New York, his former home
''to get medical treatment" He was
returned here in May of this year
and since that time has been treat
ed in Milford Memorial Hospital,
having had two operations. His
previous sentence would have ex-
pired July %, this year. Judge Car
/ sy imposed costs and a sentence of
10 days with the understanding
Jones leaves Delaware and doesn't
return.
Emory A. Mitchell in court on
an appeal from a charge of Oper-
ating a motor vehicle under the in
fiuence Of liquor, won nolle pros
equi on that charge and pleaded
guilty to reckless driving, fined $50
and costs, with so days allowed to
pay fine. Everett Henry Godfrey
on a like charge had similar dis
position Of his case-$50.00 costs
and so days to pay fine.
William Roger Hawkins and
James Claude Huffman, charged
with illegal manufacture of liquor,
pleaded guilty to the charge and
an application for parole made by
Howard Bramhall, attorney, who
referred for investigation.
Chief Justice Charles S. Rich
ards in Superior Court has grant
ed a decree nisi in the following di-
vOrce suits: Mary Elizabeth Rig
gin v. John Calvin Riggin, Jr., ex-
IRENE cruelty; Wilson PiersOn v.
Dora B. Pierson, desertion; Clara
Emily Stevens, some times known
as Emily M. Stevens v. Everett B.
Stevens, physical cruelty, grant
ed use of maiden name); Doris
Greenwalt Mumford, infant by her
next friend, Mildred Victoria Green
walt v. Robert Lee Mumford, ex-
IRENE cruelty, GRANTED use of
maiden name); Sylvia Mae Har-
mon v. Harvey d. Harmon, cruel
ty; Lille Mae Holland v. Martin
r. Holland, extreme crue1fv. Mary
Pussy Stats v. Earl Van Pelt
Stats, desertion; Blanche Ruth
Savage v. Harold w. Savage. de-
sertiOn; Elizabeth Jennie Herr Y
Frank Gilbert Herr, desertion.
Medford c. Wright of Nanticoke
Hundred, on Monday in General
Sessions Court waived presenta-
ton to the grand jury Of an in
dictment of conversion by bailee
and pleaded guilty to the charge.
before Judge Charles L. Terry, Jr.
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Judge Terry paroled Wright for
one year to Probation Officer G. E.
Burton and ordered him to pay
costs and within the next two
weeks to pay through Mr.. Burton,
restitution money in the sum of
$65.00, representing the value of
bags of feed owned by Townsend,
Inc. Wright had been indicted in
June with another defendant who
has since died, on a charge of lar
ceny of 10 bags of feed from Town
send, Inc. The Deputy Attorney
General D. ]. Layton, Jr., accepted
the change of plea.
Mrs. Bertha C. Parsons, age Sc
years, wife of John P. Parsons,
died last Saturday evening follow
ing long illness. A native of Sus-
sex County, she was a daughter of
the late Theodore and Elizabeth
Steen DickersOn. Besides her hus-
band she is survived by two sons,
ElwOod ]. Parsons and. Orlando ].
Parsons of Salisbury, Nd, and one
daughter, Mrs. William Fleetwood
Of Georgetown. There are also two
sisters, Miss Esther Dickerson, De-
troit, Michigan, and Mrs. Carl Carl
Hastings, Laurel, and four bro
brothers, Edward Dickerson, Del
mar; George DickersOn and Ar
thur Dickerson, both Of Whining
tom and Andrew Dickerson, Lau-
rel. There are eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock in
the Carey Funeral Home, with the
Rev. S. E. Christensen, pastor of
the Church Of the Brethren, Off
ciating. Interment was made in
Union Cemetery.
Mrs. Carrie e. Turner. age 65
years, wife Of Warren e. Turner.
died last Saturday at her home
in Ocean View after a six months
illness.
A native of the area in which
she had lived her entire life, Mrs
Turner was a daughter of the late
Hiram and Lille Williams James.
Mrs. Turner was a member of
frankfort Lodge No. IL, Order of
the Eastern Star and a member of
Ocean View Christian Church
where funeral services will be held
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1950-10-20

on Wednesday afternoon with the
Rev. w. T. Weaver, pastor of the
church officiating. She will be bur-
led in Bethel Cemetery in Ocean
View.
Besides her husband Mrs. Tur-
ner is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Helen Proctor, Philadelphia; two
sons, Ernest Barnett, Philadelphia,
and Joshua E. Turner of Ocean
View and four grandchildren.
There are also five sisters, Mrs.
Maude Richards and Mrs. Emma
Calhoun, both of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Edna Collier, Camden, N. J.; Mrs.
Linda Cannon, DagsbOrO; Mrs.
Travella Dalton, Media, Pa, and
one brother, William James of
Camden, N. j.
The Georgetown CotilliOn Club
meeting in the Fire Hall on Tues
day night elected officers for the
ensuing term. They were John
Truitt Purnell, president; o. Ray
mond Martin, vice president; James
Baxter, Jr., secretary and Robert
Hatfield, treasurer.
Date for the Christmas dance
was set for December q, in the To-
cal high school auditorium. Com
mittees selected were: Member
ship, comprising Chris Mack, Hugh
P. Smith, Robert Hatfield, Harry
S. Smith, Roland Stocked, Walter
T. Smith, Jr., Robert Wyatt, Chas
B. Stevenson, Jr., Edward B. Green
and John T. Purnell. Edward B
Green and Hugh P. Smith were
named as an orchestra committed
and Russell D. Porter as publicity
chairman.
Stanley Ross, editor, publisher
and lecturer and former foreign
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GEORGETOWN

In a brief session of Oyer and
Terminer Court last Thursday NOR
ming. Clayton Jones, Jr., Of Eliza
beth City, N. c., pleaded not guilty
TO a charge Of manslaughter but
guilty to assault. Deputy Attorney
General d. ]. Layton, Jr., accepted
the change Of plea. Jones was the
operator of a truck, the side Of
which struck Charles Hayward
Hastings, il year old boy riding a
bicycle on the highway, north Of
Laurel, July 90, this year. Hast
ings died Of fractured skull.
The truck, which was described
as about 2315 feet long, pulled out
TO pass the boy and apparently
turned back into the northbound
lane before the truck cleared the
cyclist. Jones had no previous rec
ord Of any kind and his employer
from Elizabeth City, appeared in
court with him. Chief Justice Chas.
S. Richards granted a parole of one
year and imposed prosecution costs.
Jones was permitted to go back to
North Carolina, where he will be
under the supervision of a parole
ofieer until sentence is completed.
Chief Justice Richards stated this
accident should be a warning to
All drivers to take extra precau-
items in passing other cars, pedes-
TRANS or any type of vehicle.
In General Sessions Court, Judge
Charles L. Terry granted paroles
in the following cases: Raymond
Calvin Moore and George Clinton
Doughty, charged with theft of an
cupboard motor, paroled for one
year; James Edward George, car
rying concealed deadly weapons.
paroled / year, been in Jail since
July 80; Sam Teel, paroled one
year, charge, illegal manufacture
OF alcoholic liquor. Prosecution
costs were ordered paid in each
case.
Sentences handed down by Judge
Terry on cases where guilty pleas
had been previously entered or
guilty by trial, included: Willie
Thomas Wiggin, illegal manufac-
ture of liquor, 8 months and costs:
Henry Herman Fastenau, Jr., lar
ceny of $4,000, / year in Sussex
County Prison, costs Of prosecu-
ton and make restitution in double
the amount stolen, or $4,000; Mar
ion Lee Taylor, carrying conceal
ed deadly weapon, costs and $500
fine, or 30 days, fine paid.
Henry Alfred Bishop, who "iust
ran away" from the prison farm,
while serving a magistrates SEN
tence for motor vehicle law vio-
lations, which would have expired
October "a, was sentenced to serve
80 days beginning October "a and
ending November %. The escape
was on August 2 and the man was
apprehended the same day. John
Henry Bishop, who escaped on
June 6, 1915, and whose term
would have ended on October 8 of
that year, was sentenced to serve
year beginning last Thursday and
ending October III, 1851. Bishop
was recovered" from authorities
in Virginia after he completed SER
wing a sentence for an Offense COM
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correspondent in Latin American
countries, speaking before the Bus
mess and Professional Women's
Clubs of Sussex County, in Jones
Memorial Hall, here, Tuesday night
advocated a clear-cut u. S. foreign
policy, trained corps of diplo-
mats to represent this nation in
other countries of the world and
urged a study of Communists in
an effort to obtain an intelligent
understanding of their methods,
aims and detectives and the means
used to gain their own ends. The
advance of Communism, according
to the speaker, is not just an acct
dent but is the result OF years Of
careful planning with the objective
of world domination; the result of
the training of thousands of Com
munists to serve in all countries
Of the world, where they spend
long years working themselves in
to key and responsible positions in
government, organizations of all
kinds, including onions. He related
several incidents known to him
self which illustrated the amazing
amount of detailed information
gathered by Communist agents on
every conceivable subject.
an order to successfully combat
Communism, Mr.. Ross pointed out
we need to study the Communists
in order to be able to combat thei1
propaganda, which is used against
the U. s. at every opportunity.
The U. S., according to Mr.. Ross
''is the most maligned and hated
nation in the world" This is mo-
accidental, either, since in hil
opinion, Russia uses every oppor
tunity to twist and distort the true
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meaning of our honest efforts to
aid other countries. The remedy
in the opinion of the speaker lies
within ourselves and urged the
contracting of Congressional repre-
sentatives with demand for q
clear-cut, definite foreign policy by
which others can Judge us; the
facing of the fact that we must
clean up our own Democracy and
our own intolerance and further.
to study the enemy in order to
eliminate their effectiveness in
carrying out their fanatical idea
Ologies.
The speaker was presented by
Mrs. Nell Ringler Barr, chairman
Of Program Coordination for the
Sussex B. P. w. Club. In a few
brief preliminary remarks. Mrs.
Barr welcomed the guests who
were Joining the Business and Pro
fessiOnal Women in celebrating Ma
tional Business and Professional
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represented the following organi-
cations: Lions Clubs of Delmar,
Lewes and Georgetown; George
town Millsboro Rotary Club,
Georgetown KiWanis Club, George
town Volunteer Fire Company and
Auxiliary, Delmar Fire Auxiliary,
Georgetown New Century Club,
Chamber Of Commerce, Town Coun-
Gil, American Legion and the local
P. T. A.
Continued on page S6)
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Women's Week. Urging whole
hearted backing for the UN, Mrs.
Barr recited the UN slogan ITO
days best hope for peace, is UN
plus o." Reviewing women's part
in the history Of the world she cit
ed accomplishments Of women in
the many varied fields of endeavor
and the contribution they are MAX
ing to the world.
The more than 40 in attendance
at the annual dinner and meeting,
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Uncle Oscar Smith Dies at 68,
Blind Vendor Friend to MANY

Oscar H. Smith, ST., 68, the blind
vending stand operator at the old
District Building where he was
known as Uncle Oscar" died Fri
day at Homeopathic Hospital. He
had been a patient there for three
weeks.
Mr.. Smith sold candy, cigars
cigarettes and newspapers at the
stand, which he ran under the
auspices of the Washington So
ciety for the Blind.
Probably no one there knew him
better than the three District
commissioners. who daily came to
see him. Sometimes they would
try to disguise their voices, but
Uncle Oscar" always knew who
they were.
A message with a wreath left
at the funeral home by a District
employe reads: Bless you Uncle
Oscar, because you have blessed
so many"
Born in Richmond County, N. c.,
Mr.. Smith lived most of his life
IN Enterprise, Ala, where he
owned a general store. For many
years he had been slowly going
blind. When he lost the use of
his eyes IL years ago, he remained