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Evening star., 1952-12-31

others did not hesitate to obey
the party orders, he said.
Only blind biologists refuse
to recognize today that many
Of the troubles of this country
stem from the infiltration into
the Government and our edu-
cational system of individuals
subject to Communist disci-
pline. There is a vast difference
between teaching students what
Communism is and what it
stands for in relation to our
own doctrines of freedom and
telling them that the devil is
never as black as he is painted
and that fabricated hysteria"
by reactionarieS conceals its
actual humanitarian aims.
Only Al witnesses appeared
at the hearings of the Internal
Security Committee in New
York. The investigation was in
terested only in Communist
subversion. Yet 40 witnesses in
dulged in long diatribes stating
that this meant a Nazilike at
tempt to stif1e academic free
dom.
The investigation which SEN
ator McCarthy's Committee on
Public Expenditures is planning
to undertake soon after Con-
gresS convenes is expected to
extend throughout the United
States. 1t will attempt to dis
cover whether and how many
educators are under the disci-
pline of the Communist Party
which has it's central headquar-
terS in Moscow.
Judging by the storm caused
by the investigation of Commu-
mist Sympathizers in the Gov
ernment and the wave of in
dignation on the part of some
liberals" over the limited in
vestigation in New York, the
new probe is likely to encounter
more opposition and violent
denunciation than the previous
inquiry during the last three
wears.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
David LoWrence:

There's something pathetic
in President Truman's efforts,
through a series of belated press
interviews, to place himself IA
vorably in the perspective of his
tory. For Mr.. Truman acts like
a hoored fighter who doesn't
know what the punch was that
knocked him out.
AS for the worthy deeds that
must be credited to Mr.. Tru-
man by the historians, they will
not need further glorification
by him or any one else-they
stand as courageous acts in a
disturbed world. Among these
must be numbered the bold poll
icy in resisting aggression in
Greece, the timely launching of
the Marshall Plan that gave Eu-
rope a chance to recover from
World War II, and the decision
to resist Communist aggression
in Korea in June, 1850.
But there is one decision on
the unfavorable side, the record
of which no amount of eXplana-
tion will ever erase. It was a de-
cision fraught with such seri-
Gus consequences that these
must weigh constantly on Mr..
Truman'S conscience.
The mistake which Mr.. Tru-
man made was in notifying
Premier Stain and the whole
Communist oligarchy in the
Far East that the same Nation
which entered Korea to resist
aggression was afraid to see it
through. There were a dozen
ways by !hich Gen. Macarthur
could have been quietly relieved
of his command in Korea with
out disturbing him in his post
in Japan and without creating
the commotion that gave the
Kremlin a wrong impression of
American purpose. When a
President and his field COM
mander can't get along. there
is only one thing to do-ap-
point some one else. But in the
decision summarily to dismiss
and attempt publicly to dis
honor Gen. MacArthur-using
a clumsy procedure in which no.
body in his own advisory group
of military or civilian chiefs
has ever been willing to admit
any concurrence-notice was
served that the United States
was afraid to go through with
the military operation it had
begun in North Korea and fol-
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than he does. Yielding again
and again to what he strangely
appraises as superior intellects,
the President has allowed others
to make important policies
when, if he had followed his
own inclinations, he would have
done far better. His feeling of
inferioriJy has caused him to
founder and, once he is needed
into a wrong position, he sticks
fanatically to it, no matter how
wrong it is.
Mr.. Truman is his own worst
enemy as a politician. He
thinks he won the 1948 election
singlehanded. and he never has
admitted that he ran behind
his ticket then and has been
dragging his own party prestige
downward ever since by his
stubborn adherence to men and
policies already proved un-
popular. Notable among these
was his Korean policy after
April. 1851, which more than
anything else led to the defeat
of the Democratic Party in
1852. It was not a character
istically American policy. It was
a policy of passive defeatism.
Some day. when Mr.. Truman
can get all his ducks in a row
and does some objective think
ing. he will admit to himself
that the artilleryman who was
under fire in France in World
War I succumbed to what was
for him an unnatural line OF
reasoning when he let the ZAP
peasers" get the better Of him
in 1851. For he fell for the line
that America was to remain
stagnant in Korea for fear it
might "enlarge the war" In
stead, the casualty list Of Ameri-
can boys, allowed to bleed on
the frozen wastes OF the Far
East, has been enlarged every
week since.
Some day Mr.. Truman will
find solace in a public admission
of the mistake he made by his
public dismissal of Gen. Mac
Arthur, which Soviet Delegate
Malik promptly interpreted as a
bid for unconditional surrender
by the United Nations. It now
will take the sacrifice of many
more lives to convince the
Soviets that America may lose
the first year or two of a war
but not the third or fourth.
Hitler found that out. It's an
expensive form of persuasion.
1t could have been averted by
f1rmness at the right time.
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Evening star., 1952-12-31

April II, 1852, the Comman-
dant of the Marine Corps, then
Gen. Clifton B. Gates, deter
mined that on the basis of his
record, Senator Mccarthy was
entitled to the awards he had
requested.
April 20, 1852, the Board of
Decorations and Medals of the
Navy recommended that Major
Mccarthy be awarded the Air
Medal and four gold stars in
lieu of subsequent Air Medals
and the Distinguished Flying
Cross in accordance with exist
ing regulations.
April 80, 1852, John F. Flo
berg, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air, approved the rec
ommendation. The Navy says
that subsequently," the Secre-
tary of the Navy, Dan A. KIM
ball, issued the citations. They
are presently unable to furnish
the date on which Mr.. Kimball
signed the papers.
Monday, December 20, the
Navy made the presentation at
the time and place named by
the Senator. BY that time Of
course the initiative had passed
out of Navy hands.
Assistant Secretary Floberg
says the case seemed to him
routine" and that he so ad-
vised Secretary Kimball.
Secretary Kimball is In Cali
fornia for the holidays. He is
reported to have understood
that the Senator was getting an
Air Medal only.
Mr.. Kimball is a California
Democrat. A World War I flyer
and rubber executive, he had
not been in Government until
he became Assistant Navy Sec
retary for Air in 1949. After
three months he was promoted
to Undersecretary and in July.
1851, was appointed Secretary,
succeeding the late Francis
Matthews.
A Navy flyer in World War II,
Mr.. Floberg had been a member
of the important Chicago law
firm which represents the Chi
cago Tribune. He was still with
the Navy when Mr.. Matthews, a
relative by marriage, became
Secretary. Mr.. Matthews per-
sonally requested his appoint
ment as Assistant Secretary for
Air from President Truman who
acceded. While in Office Mr..
Floberg has qualified as a jet
pilot.
Secretary of Defense Lovett is
choosing Assistant Secretaries
from each service to remain
after January 20 to help the in
coming administration. It is un-
derstood that Mr.. Floberg is the
choice to break in the new Navy
heads.
It is generally known around
the Pentagon that Senator Nc
Carthy, a reserve major, was
at one time recently put on a
list of reserve promotions. That
promotion board was dissolved,
the promotions it recommended
were not then made and Mr..
Mccarthy is still a major.
The figures show the reason
for the arithmetic" tags on the
Mccarthy medals.
Senator Mccarthy is one Of
1,310,422 recipients Of the Air
Evening star., 1952-12-31
New Faces in Congress
New Faces in Congress
Miller Is First Democrat Named
To House Since 794OinK Kansas

Something's obviously stirring
when Democrat is elected to the
House from Republican Kansas,
just as there is when a Republi-
can is elected from Virginia or
North Carolina.
In the Kansas case, the some
thing was a dam-the Tuttle
Creek Dam project for the Blue
River above Manhattan, Kans.,
by Congress years ago
but given its starting appropria-
tion of IS million only last year.
Representative Albert M. Cole,
Republican veteran Of eight years
in the House, voted for the fund
on engineer advice that the dam
was a key to prevention of disas-
trous Missouri River Valley floods.
Housewives Appeal.
Then the storm developed.
Housewives from farms that were
to be inundated by waters backed
up by the dam boarded buses,
made tours, said things. They en-
listed the sympathy Of a lot Of
people who could and did vote.
This is the introduction to How
ard S. Miller, Democrat, of Twin
Oaks Farm, near Hiawatha, q
modest-appearing farmer with a
legal education, who won the
honors over Mr.. Cole in the No
vember 4 balloting.
He is the first Democrat ever
to be elected from the 1st con-
gressional district of Kansas, the
first in IL years from any Kansas
district.
Mr.. Miller is 70. He was born
in Somerset County, Pa, Febru-
ary 27, 1879. His family moved
to Kansas in 1882.
During his high school days he
taught school and followed this
for two more years, in 1898 and
1899 in Brown County. Kans. He
received a law degree from the
University of Nebraska in 1901
but went back to his mothers
farm in Brown County. There he
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Queen Elizabeth Named
Times Woman Of Year
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Queen
Elizabeth II of England is woman
of the year for 1852" on the cover
of Time magazine this week-the
third woman to be so selected.
Time. which appears today with
a cover portrait of Elizabeth Sc
lects each year the person con-
sidered most newsworthy-"for
good or ill.,"
The only other women to appear
on the year-end cover since the
selection began in 1927 have been
the Duchess of Windsor in 1896,
the year King Edward gave up his
throne for her, and Madame
Chang Kai-shek, who appeared
with the generalissimo on the 1887
cover for their leadership after
China was invaded.
Evening star., 1952-12-31

National Popularity
|Overcomes HoIidoyLuU

achieved in the Mozart concerto.
The lovely Andante, where the
orchestra sustained her with beau
tiful playing, showed her COM
mapd of legato and her ability in
using it most expressively. The
broader dynamics of Franck's
Variations" were stated with
musical consciousness and inter-
pretive insight. Her spirited per-
formance brought long continued
applause.
The American premiere Of Gra-
zyna Bacewicz' Concerto Crosse
for Strings" introduced an un-
known Polish composer who writes
with surety and imagination. A
concertizing violinist also. Miss
Bacewicz assigns fleet and spark
ling passages to the violins. For
melody she chooses the cello and
viola as in the atmospheric An
dante. Only in the Vivo is the
violin allowed to sing for a few
measures. The work has not great
depth but it has color, vivacity,
and nice, compact structure.
Its rather brittle style was in
contrast to the more velvety mod
ernism of Creston's symphony
No. e." with which the program
closed. The composer, in this
apotheosis Of "Song" and Dance, I"
has utilized his gifts for melody
and variegated ryhthms and given
them spice through dissonance.
The idea remains uppermost, how
ever, and never serves a purely
technical end. Colorfully orches-
trated, it is both serious and gay.
rhythmic and lyrical.
DR.. Mitchell's reading was most
satisfying and the orchestra played
it with sympathy. But the same
care was given Bacewicz' Con
certo Crosse" and the conductor
and the musicians did excellent
work in the Accomplishments pro-
Vided the SoloiSt.
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paid off the mortgage and added
800 acres to the farm.
He married Fluta May Roberts
lof Twin Oaks. near Morrill,, Kans.,
September 80, 1908. They have
two sons and a daughter.
Calls Dam Unnecessary.
In his campaign, MIR. Miller
stood for immediate and effec-
tive measures of flood preven-
Ition." More specifically, he said
modern earth-moving machin-
|ery has made Tuttle Greek and
big dams inadequate and un-
necessary"
Mr.. Miller is a member of the
Farm Bureau, the Farmers Un-
ion, a number Of farmers cooper
|atives, is a past master of the
Grange, a past master of the Ma
sonic Lodge of Morrill,, Kans., and
Is president of the Walnut Greek
Watershed Association.
He is a director of the Northeast
Kansas Agricultural Research As
sociation and the Hiawatha Com
munity Hospital and vice presi-
dent Of the Sabetha Elevator Co.
He is a member Of the Congre-
gational Church.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
News of Music
By Alice Eyersmon

A concert by an orchestra that
can be heard at regular inter-
walls through the winter might be
expected to draw a small audi
ence at a mid-holiday event. But
the popularity of the National
Symphony was attested by the
number who turned out to hear
last nights program in Constitu-
ton Hall. Leila Gousseau, French
Ipianist, now touring in this coun-
try, was an attraction as solist ir
two selections, yet the welcome
given the conductor, Howard
Mitchell, on his appearance was q
personal tribute to him and his
men.
Miss GouSseau is a brilliant
artist and made a strong impres.
sion. She was fortunate in having
diversified works in which to show
the extent and character of hel
talent. Continuing the Mozart
series, she was heard first in his
I"Concerto No. 81 in c Major, K
467," and later in Franck's "Sym-
lphonic Variations"
She brings to her playing a fine
Isensitivity not often allied to such
meticulous mechanical facility as
she has in her delivery. It as.
sumed different aspects in the
works she played. In Mozart
there was delicacy, tenderness ano
llightheartedness underscored with
discrete shadings. The songful
moments of Franck's Variations
were set forth with warmth and
an intimacy of moving charm.
The gifted pianist has plenty OF
temperament and sometimes it led
her to harden her tone in bril-
liant passages. The virtuoso dis
|play sacrificed some of the poetry
lin both works. Miss GouSseau has
lpurling scales, a neat trill, and a
crisp, delicate staccato, all con-
tributing to the efforts she
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Doris FIeeson:

Senator Joseph R. Mccarthy
has now been officially declared
a World War II hero by the
United States Marine Corps
after applying in writing for ap-
propriate decorations and fur
nishing the major proof of his
valor from his own records.
At ceremonies in his Office
Monday with the various chan
nels of publicity widely repre-
Sented, the Senator received the
Distinguished Flying Cross. the
Air Medal and four stars u lieu
of additional Air Medals. These
are widely known in the services
as Arithmetic" awards.
The Navy promptly said the
matter was purely routine and
fully automatic. This can be so
with such decorations, and the
language of the Mccarthy cita-
ton is pro forma, but it is not
quite true in the Senator's case.
The situation with respect to
the Air Medal and the Distin-
guished Flying Cross is as fol-
lows:
About 1914, following the
practice of what was then the
air branch of the Army, the
Navy directed that the Air
Medal should be automatically
awarded to personnel who had
made five strike flights or COM
bat missions. The same direc-
tive provided that the DFC
should be routinely awarded to
such personnel when they had
completed a total of 25 combat
missions.
It was provided also by the
Navy that the men themselves,
because many of them were
fighting in primitive surround
ingS in the far Pacific, might
ask for such recognition. These
are the only two Navy medals
which have been available by
personal request. The Air Force
says its rule is that command
ing officers must initiate the re-
quests.
The Mccarthy records do not
show that any c. o. recon-
mended the Senator for decora-
ton. However, some time prior
to September q, 1951-his re-
quest is signed but undated
Senator Mccarthy applied for
strike flight awards. What dis
tinguishes his case from routine
is that the Marine Corps, upon
examination of its own records.
consented to certify less than 10
strike flights for him. This
would have left him with one
Air Medal, a far from unusual
distinction.
September 27, 1851, is de-
scibed as the date upon which
the Senator supported his re-
quest by what are said to be
certified copies from his fight
log book" 1t. Col. Glen L.
Todd, USING, verified the
claimed 80 missions.
1t. Col. Todd is now in the
Orient on a confidential assign
ment, according to the Navy. He
therefore is not available for
questioning about what he did to
verify the Senator's records or
exactly what his position in the
matter was.
BY September 81, 1851, Sen
ator Mccarthy was one of the
most controversial figures in
American public life, deeply in
volved in serious quarrels with
many notable public figures.
He was also approaching a cam
paign for reelection.
Early in 1852, President Tru-
man issued a directive which
provided that all awards of a
Distinguished Flying Cross for
services in World War II had to
be approved, if made at all, by
May 8. 1852.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Ireland to Pay Interest
On Marshall PIun Loon
By the Assoeiated Press

DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 31.-The
Irish Government said last night
it will hand over to the Export
Import Bank in Washington today
its first Marshall Plan loan in
terest payment, $1,603,935.
1reland'S Marshall aid loan to.
tailed 1892 million at 2.5 per cent
interest. Repayment of the prin-
cipal begins in 1856.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
g. 0.P. Contributors 10 Gef
Part Of Money Back
BY the Associotsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Con-
tributors to Citizens for Eisen-
hower-Nixon during the recent
presidential campaign will soon
start getting some of their money
back.
The volunteer organization an
nounced last night it had q sur
plus of almost 100000.
The money will be returned to
some 10000 contributors, the an
said, on the basis Of
16 cents on dollar.
Checks for the rebates will start
going out Friday.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-07-03
Farmers Face
Shortage OF
Fertilizer

FARMERS are again facing q
! tight fertilizer supply situation
for the coming year, reports the
Middle West Soil Improvement Com
mittee.
''The record-breaking demand for
foods and fibers to meet defense,
civilian and foreign-aid require
ments." says statement issued by
the committee, means that more
fertilizer will be needed to produce
higher crop yields per acre.
But shortages of vital raw ma
terials used in fertilizer are already
evident. This Is particularly true Of
superphosphate, because Of the seri-
Gus shortage Of sulfur. It is esti-
mated that this years demand for
sulfur for defense purposes, indus
trial and agricultural use will ex-
ceed the supply by at least one mil
lion TONS
The committee lists these sugges-
tons by Michigan State College
soils men for helping farmers meet
this situation:
ID Have a soil test made now to
find out what plant nutrients 1t
needs.
CD Order your fertilizer immedi-
ately.
CD Take delivery as soon as pos
sible before the winter rush.
IF you act promptly" says the
committee, ''you can probably get
the grades and amounts you want.
But If you delay too long, 1t may be
too late to get plant food supplies
when you need them most"
The Michigan State scientists
point out that by ordering now,
farmers will help fertilizer manu-
facturers make room for more sup
plies and keep their production at
q high level.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-07-03
NEWS from MONTVILLE

Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Haney
attended the wedding of Miss
Betty Jean Reeves and Richard
Roath at the Painesville Meth
odist church.
Mrs. Anton Kves visited her
father-in-law, Joseph Kves of
Clay Street, the past weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Nicolet and
son James and daughters Alice
and Carol, left Saturday for Al
ton, ILL.,, where they will visit
relatives for two weeks. Their
daughter Adele will join them
the last of the week. Their son
John, who is in the Air Corp,
left San Francisco Tuesday for
Korea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Barnum
recently attended the wedding
of Mrs. Barnum's sister, Miss
Ralphine Maynard, and Floyd
Dick, at the Shaker Heights
Christian church. They will re-
side in Cleveland where the
bride is supervisor at the the
Cleveland Clinic hospital.
Mrs. Mia Maynard has enter
ed the Madison Home, Madison,
10.
Miss Nora Boyer of Steuben-
Vile, who is granddaughter OF
Noel Myers, graduated as a
nurse from hospital in Steu-
benville.
Mrs. Bessie Thompson of
Chardon spent several days the
past week with Mrs. Eta Woof.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-07-03

met Tuesday, June "a, at the
school house. Attending were
Mrs. Rose Huntoon and Mrs.
Verbal Scheller, advisors. Bet
ty Williams, Leora Wodolan,
Phyllis Huntoon, Marge Mari
ana, Sandra Alvord, jeanette
Sidley, Kitty Lawrence, Ruth
Ann Colbow, Martha Stone, Sue
Williams, Sandra Clary, and two
visitors Martha Huntoon and
jeanette Huntoon.
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-07-03

News by Mrs. F. S. Whitney
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Reid, who
reside on Leggett road, will OBJ
serve their 25th wedding ami
versary at their home, with an
open house, on July 6. Open
house will be held from 2 to 4
and from 5 to pm.
The next Ladies Aid dinner
is July 10. Mrs. e. |. Skinner
is chairman of the dinner.
The Sewing and Chat All club
The Geauga Republican-record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1922-1952, 1952-07-03

The Geauga Republican
Record has circulation 40
percent over the Ohio state
average for newspapers pub
lished in towns between two
and three thousand population.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-09-05

beD Gelecek. He had been station
ed for the past seven months at
Padloping Island, in northern Lab
rador and will go to Pope Air
force Base in North Carolina upon
completion of his furlough.
Mrs. Gorge l.. Peters was in Co
lumbus last week attending the In
stitute Conference Planning meet
ing at Ohio State University. Mrs.
Peters is secretary of the Insti-
tute.
Calvin Gordon, Eugene Hermes
and Roger Peters visited Gordon
SandWisch at tn Naval Training
center, cambridge, Md. over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Peach and
sons of East Toledo were Labor
Day callers at the George L. Pet.
ers home.
Mrs. Lillian Knopf and daugh-
ter Ramona of Toledo called on
the George Peters family and
Fred Peters family on Wednesday