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Evening star., 1953-05-25
The Deal on Mr.. Oats

CzechoSlovakia has been UNDERSTANDABLE
prompt in demanding implementation of Presi-
dent EiSenhoWer's assurance that the United
States Government 'fs prepared to negotiate"
a settlement of the issues remaining from the
Oats case.
Doubtless the minimum request by the
Czech government will be for the removal of
the restrictions imposed by our Government
shortly after Mr.. Oats Imprisonment on espio-
mage charges in 1851. These restrictions were:
Cd Prohibition against Czech exports to the
United States, having an annual value of about
$40 million, (2) ban on oil exports from the
United States to Czechoslovakia 90 ban on
travel to Czechoslovakia by any American not
on essential official business and a. a ban
on flight of Czech commercial airplanes over
the United States zone of Germany.
Very likely the Czech Interpretation of the
Eisenhower letter to Czech President Zapotocky
is that it constituted promise to remove these
restrictions, or was in effect proffered "deal'
for the Oats release. The State Department,
however, already is disputing any such inter-
probation and is standing by it's announcement
of last Saturday that there wasn't any deal
with Czechoslovakia."
Actually the department, perhaps at White
House orders, encouraged-or at least per-
mitted-a false impression to arise about how
Mr.. Oats release came about. In It's initial
official reaction to the release, it announced
merely that our Ambassador had been informed
that Mr. Oats was being pardoned ION the
basis of petition received from Mrs. Oatis"
The implication of such an announcement was
that there had been no other effective element
involved in the Czech change of mind. At the
same time, under questioning, department
spokesman said "there wasn't any deal"-
although the same spokesman now admits to
knowing of President Eisenhower's promise to
negotiate other differences If Mr.. Oats were
released.
To the American man in the street, as to
his opposite number in Czechoslovakia, such
promise of one thing for another is at least an
offer Of "a DEAL" Since the restrictions were
imposed in answer to Mr.. Oats imprisonment,
promise to negotiate their removal in return
for his release is not an unreasonable one. But
1t would have been much better to have dis
closed it in the first place, instead of resorting
to disingenuous double talk.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Dim View Of U. S. Policy

I agree with Dorothy Thompson's
statement that "the art of politics is
TO- deal with things as they are, not
as they ought to be-"
The anti-American revolt sweeping
the world from Asia to Argentina
should be apparent to senior high
school students seriously interested in
international affairs. That such a
revolt is not understood by Joe Nc
Carthy or the State Department may
be charged to the attitude of most
Americans assuming ours is the best
of all possible worlds and ignoring all
others. We have been political and
social snobs for so many presidential
elections that we can't bother to stir
ourselves and find out how other peo-
piles live or think.
AS Miss Thompson points out. we
have tried without success to "sell"
an American policy to other nations
who are smart enough to realize that
such policy is phony. We support
all the "has-beens" in Latin American
politics with the hope that it will
Evening star., 1953-05-25
BottIeneck in Bridqe PIonninq

The backing and filling which the National
Capital Planning Commission has been doing In
connection with the proposal for new Potomac
River bridge here will further delay this much
needed trafic-relief measure. The commission
seems unable to make up its mind at time
when fortnight decisions are called for. The
commission and the District Highway Depart
men are openly at odds over the choice of
site for a central area crossing. In fact, the
commission at times has indicated SkepticiSm
about the urgency for a new bridge in the CEN
trail area at all. Under the circumstances, Con-
greSS may have to intermediate the controversy,
as it had to do in the case of the Fourteenth
street bridge dispute. The congestion on the
existing bridges is too acute to permit of long
drawn-out wrangling over bridge locations.
The Highway Departments firm assertion
that the first new bridge across the river should
be built approximately on the line of street
is based on more than gueSSwork. The high
way engineers had before them persuasive
trafic-trend statistics accumulated during the
course of a comprehensive Joint origin-and-
destination survey by the Metropolitan Area
Transportation Study Committee. These figures
showed beyond any doubt shortage of crossing
facilities in the downtown section of Washing
ton. The present bridges are being subjected to
heavier loads than any similar structures in the
country the studies have revealed.
Despite this evidence, the NCPC has baked
at indorsing the street site for a new bridge.
With apparent reluctance, it has agreed that
an additional crossing in that general area
may be necessary eventually, but it has sug-
gested that further studies be made including
the possibility of a tunnel. In the meantime
the commission has advised improvement of
the existing Understanding that should be
corollary Of rather than an alternative for,
a new centrally located bridge. The commits
sion also has continued to give priority in its
thinking to two "circumferential' bridges-one
In the vicinity of Nebraska avenue, above Key
Bridge, and the other from Jones Point to Alex
ar1dria. Both bridges undoubtedly are needed
but they will not solve the problem of transport
ing more cars in the central area.
If the District and the NCPC cannot have
meeting of minds soon on these problems, the
Commissioners would be justified in taking the
matter to Congress for settlement. Harassed
motorists have right to demand early action
In this matter.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
World Photo.

other powers. So long as the British
and the Russian possessions were sepa-
rated by thick wall Of independent
buffer states the doings of irresponsible
governors caused little trouble. After
the middle Of the nineteenth century,
however, ambitious Russian generals
discovered that fame and promotion
could easily be obtained by pushing the
Russian frontiers southwark. AS the
separating wall grew thinner, British
uneasiness grew. When Samarcand
was annexed in 1868, representations
were made in st. Petersburg. Like the
Soviet commiSsars, the Cars ministers
promised to halt the advance, but it
continued nevertheless. '
During the latter part Of that CEN
tury. while Russian attention was con-
centrated on the Near East, there was
little activity in Central Asia When
Britain and Egypt began to quarrel, the
Russians thought it safe to move again.
Theoretically without orders from st.
Petersburg, Russian troops . moved
southwark. this time driving a wedge
between Iran and Afghanistan. AS a
result Of these aggressions. war was
prevented only by the opposition Of
Bismarck and the lack of suitable
battlefield in Asia. Britain gave way
and in September, 1885, sanctioned the
recent Russian conquests. Neither
party expected the agreement to be any
more enduring than the innumerable
promises Russia had made earlier.
Modern transportation, more rapid
communications, and the development
of air power cannot diminish the i'm
portance of the Suez Canal in world
affairs Standing at the bridgehead be-
tween Eurasia and Africa, the strategic
location of the Isthmus Of Suez has
made it through the ages fulcrum Of
power. Its control by a nation or
people unfriendly to the United States
might bring consequences of lasting
danger to the security of the Republic.
Richord c. Drum Hunt,
Comdr., u. S. NJ, Retired.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Offended by Cartoon

have subscribed to The Star for
56 years. was deeply offended by
Crockett's cartoon May 20, suggesting
President Eisenhower doesn't know
what he is doing in proposing to cut
the budget for the atomic-energy pro-
gram. Ene
We have the most competent Presi-
dent from military viewpoint since
U. S. Grant. He is also highly con-
scientiouS, and deeply considering the
atrociouS financial status inherited
from his predecessors in the light of
information that no one else can COM
mand.
Yet, before he has been six months
in Office, not content with carrying
three New Deal columnists to snipe at
him daily, The Star publishes an in
Sulting cartoon representing the Pres
ident of the United States as if he
were a n1ischievous scared child being
corrected by an all-wise teacher. What
a change from Cliff Berryman!
Hitherto The Star has been for CIV
ing all administrations. whatever their
politics, favorable chance. To me,
the present attitude seems outrageously
unfair.
C. G. Abbot.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Tuxpuyer's Lument

My protest is against the Personal
Property Tax that the District, gov
ernment imposes on its residents. Why
should persons have to pay tax on
furniture, china, rugs, linens, jewelry,
etc. after the items have been pur-
chased, paid for and in ones possession
for years? Why. especially in these days
when you first pay a District sales tax
on everything you buy?
And even more illegal and ironical
is the fact that the personal property
tax is not unanimously enforced. There
are persons living in the District.
Washingtonians as we'll as out-of-
towners who when domiciled here
seven months out of the year are liable,
but who have never paid this tax. This
certainly is not fair.
VNoe amAA
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Letters to The Star.

strengthen the imperialist designs Of
a few American businessmen. abroad,
and all we get is slap in the face
from such dictatorS as Franco and
Peron. We scream loudly about democ-
racy abroad and we maintain such a
Jim Crow capital that we become the
laughing stock of foreign nations when
we begin to talk about democracy and
the free world. We are liars and hypo-
critics and everybody knows it but our
selves. 1t is about time we took stock
and started to act like intelligent citi-
zens' or maybe we are what we pretend
to be-a bunch of moronS.
J. Wilbur POtherby,
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Questions and Answers

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question Of fact by either writing The Evenins
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Evening star., 1953-05-25
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What is Canada's national
fag?-J. w.
A. Canada has no national flag Of
her own but uses the flag Of the mother
country, the Union Jack. The country
has, however, distinctive merchant
flag, the Red Ensign of Great Britain
with the arms of Canada in the fly.
@. Have the people of Scotland ac-
cepted the present Queen as Elizabeth
II despite the fact that they recognize
no Elizabeth I?-L. L.
A. Yes. A compromise was reached
with the Scottish Nationalists whereby
whatever numeral in English or Scot.
tiSh succession is higher will be used.
@. How many business Arms employ
ing a thousand or more persons are
there in Washington, D. C.?-F. M. G.
A. In the city Of Washington there
were % at the last count. A recent
analysis shows that rs per cent Of all
employers. exclusive of Government,
employ fewer than 8 workers.
@. Why do birds throw back their
heads when drinking?-J. v.
A. The pigeon is the only bird that
drinks by suction. All others take the
water into their mouths and throw
their heads back in order to swallow.
Evening star., 1953-05-25

Pen names may be used If letters carry
1UriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01
Community Institute
Set For BedUerddm

One of six community farm insti-
tutes to be held in Allen county this
winter under auspices of the county
agent, Herbert H. Hadley, has been
set for Beaverdam on February IL,
it was announced this week.
The Beaverdam institute, final one
of the series of six, will be conduct
ed at the school. 1t will be preceded
by the Elida institute at that school
January Ia and Is; Perry township
school, January Is and II; Conner
school, January 81 and %; Harrod,
January % and "a, and Lafayette,
February 3 and a..
Mr.. Hadley also announced dates
of two other farm meetings. The
farm account summary meeting is
slated January 8 at the YMCA, and
a lime and fertilizer meeting Will be
held at the same place January 28.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01
NEWS OUR FATHERS READ
FROM ISSUE OF OCTOBER q. 1920

Word has been received by the col
lege of the death of Mrs. Harriet
Humiston of Pontiac, III. Mrs. Hum
iston was the doner of the large pipe
organ in the college chapel.
Eli w. Hauenstein, a former Bluff
ton boy, is instructor and athletic
coach of Pandora high school.
An organ recital will be given by
Prof. Elmer Ende in the College
chapel. In addition to the organ
numbers Miss nellie Lugibill and
Samuel Flueckiger will appear in
vocal numbers.
Mrs. Albert Benroth will present
the biennial hymn and Mrs. Sidney
Hauenstein the jubilee hymn at the
afternoon session of the Presbyterian
meeting of the Findlay district in
the Bluffton Presbyterian church.
At the big revival meetings held
in the Methodist church a canvass
revealed that Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
Steiner with their eve children
was the largest family present. The
largest families represented as to
number of children showed that DR..
Naftziger, the revival leader, was
one of a family of Is, John H. Moh-
lie one of IA, Mrs. Henry Hoch-
stettler one of Is, and Aaron Del
fendeifer one of 16. Leather bound
copies of Victory songs yer pre-
scented to the Steiner family and Mr..
Deifendeifer.
In a family testimony meeting at
the revival the following mothers
came to the platform with their
babies and were introduced to the
congregation: Mrs. William Rugby
and Donald Ray, Mrs. Calvin Dep
pier and Elva Margery, Mrs. Thorn
as Chiles and Mamie Bell, Mrs. Elm
err Wilson and Ruth Margaret, Mrs,
Charles Miller and James Franklin,
Mrs. Mabel Cookson and Carol Chris
tine, Mrs. Thee. Welty and Ralph
Melville; Mrs. Carey Niswander and
Marcella Irene; Mrs. E. G. Griffith
and Mary Elizabeth, Mrs. Gail Bow,
ers and baby.
Wedding bells rang again Satur,
day when Miss Mildred Stratton be.
came the happy bride of Wright
Klingler of Ada. The bride is a
popular school teacher in Orange
township, the groom a prosperous
| farmer near Ada.
C. A. Biery attended the semi-cen-
tennial celebration of Ohio State
University at Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01

Construction has begun on the
switch from the main line of L. e.
G. w. to the Page Dairy Company.
D. S. Flick, real estate agent, is
offering for sale a tract of land at
rear of the hospital including tennis
court, small dwelling and vacant lot.
Bluffton Duroc Breeders will offer
1856 head of pure bred immunized
hogs for sale at the DR.. Neiswander
sale pavilion. Sales for the two
days r Lugibihl Bros, Pandora;
S. A. Battles, Bluffton; N. F. and
N. P. Steiner, Bluffton. Eli Am
stutz and Son will hold a Poland
China hog sale of SIS head on Fri
day at their farm. c. E. and Ever
EFT Nash of Leipsic a Duroc hog sale
on the Ottawa fair grounds.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01
Triplett Co. May
Revive Payroll
Savings Plan

The payroll savings plan whereby
employees purchase government saw
ings bonds may be re~activated at the
Triplett Electrical Instrument Co.,
if enough interest in the plan is in
dictated by employees, it was an
nounced this week in The TripIetter,
employee publication.
The savings plan in effect at the
Bluffton plant during World War II
was discontinued at the close of the
war due to apparent lack of interest,
The Tripletter noted.
Employees will receive cards with
in a few days on which they will be
asked to indicate their opinions and
ideas On the plan. If enough persons
are interested, it will be revived.
Bonds being issued under the gov
ernment's present payroll savings
plan bear higher interest at the rate
of three per cent compounded semi
annually. A $75 bond is worth 800
after a period of nine years and
eight months.
The employer bears the entire cost
of the program insofar as keeping
records and ordering the bonds for
their employees.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01
Re4oAulotA GUN,
II Right Spmm
AAenA Maki19

George M. Conan may have SAL
uted the great American custom OF
breaking New Years resolutions,
but Ernestine Evans assures us
that aSound the turn OF the century
her family played the game of reso-
lutions very seriously and for keeps.
The game was invented by the
family's Aunt Callie whose dinners
were out-of-this-world, and if you
were invited to New Years dinner,
you automatically were invited to
dinner on April /. There was n
qualification, however.
Aunt Callie's guests were required
to write out one - just n - good
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01

resolution, seal it in an envelope
and deposit it with Aunt Callie.
Then, on April l, the envelopes
were opened and the family, having
Toasted on their second New
Years dinner, judged just how well
the resolutions had been kept.
Typical resolutions covered a
wide range Of resolves - looking in
the dictionary before interrupting
conversations by asking questions,
folding ones clothes carefully at
night, keeping the kindling box well
filled, Aunt Louis anti-gossip prom
Use, and the elders promises to
read aloud and teach the children
to sew
1t was embarrassing to have
broken ones resolution before it
was read on April /; thus a lot OF
good habits were launched, and it
was a lot OF fun, too.
Condensation of moisture over the
cluster of bees in the hive causes con-
siderable loss.
The tax rate increase, voted after
the Korean war started, applied to 2
months. Of 1851. but to. al. of 19522, ~.3s
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01

Insulation of beehives in winter
and early spring will conserve colony
strength.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-01

Net farm income probably will not
follow further increases in real es-
tate prices.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First PageO
ing about 10 pm. Between
shows. they have only about
two hours i less than that
when they're rehearsing new
performances. They spend
this time in their dressing
rooms or lounging on the sun
deck.
While the Rockettes proudly
regard their line as tops in the
field, they don't look on their
work as a stepping stone to
bigger theatrical jobs because
of their stage anonymity. Few
have made the big Jump to
outstanding solo work. Among
the exceptions are Vera Allen,
Lucille Bremen and Adele
Jergens.
Most Rockettes retire after
a few years in favor Of mar
riage. Many return to the
towns they came from. marry
raise family and run a dane
ing school.
Like most Of the girls, Mary
Limbach came from a town
where she had been dancing
since childhood. Unlike most,
she went to college. She holds
a B. A. from Wooster in Ohio,
where she majored in speech
and political science.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Turnt0ble Talk
Bach in a Happy Mood
Music Of His Cuntotu No. 146
FuirIy Dances on New Record
Turnt0bIe Talk
By james 6. Deune

Vanguard'S Bach series has
just been extended notably
with a recording Of one of the
most attractive Of the canta-
tas, the one numbered 146
which begins, "Only through
great tribulation can we enter
the kingdom Of God"
Despite this opening there
Is no bitterness in this Won
derful work. Bach must have
been In an unusually glowing
mood when he wrote it, for
some of the music fairly
dances. It opens with a jubilant
organ-and-orchestra version
Of the first movement of the
D minor piano concerto. This
is followed by the only subdued
section. reverently beautiful
choral arrangement of the
concerto'S slow movement.
Then comes an alto aria with
violin obbligato, followed by a
lovely soprano aria and later
by what may well be the can
tata's high point, a marvellous
rollicking tenor and bass duet
which utterly demoliShes any
notion that Johann Sebastian
was an old sobersides.
Conductor Felix Prohaska
and a group of Viennese, in
cluding the admirable soprano
Amy Felbermayer, bring just
the right amount of gusto to
the performance, one note
worthy aspect of which is the
fleet organ playing of Kurt
Rapf. And Vanguard's engi-
neering is all that could be
wished.
Cantata No. rs, "The heav-
ems declare the glory of God,"
heWs a bit more closely than
No. 146 to the churchly line,
that is to say, 1t is more Sc
rious. 1t affords an opportunity
for some impressive solo work
both by instrumentalists and
by singers in a new WeStmin-
ster recording conducted by
Hermann Scherchen. Bach's
balancing of a solo trumpet
against chorus is a feature Of
the work worth noting.
The Dromo Is Weak
"The Faithful Shepherd" a
Handel opera most people
know only by the orchestral
suite Beecham extracted from
it, represents Columbia's first
venture into a domain tapped
mainly by smaller companies
up to now. The recording is
excellently done with a cast of
young American singers led by
Lehman Engel. And there are
many pretty arias, of which
'Occhi belli, vol sol siete" sung
by Lois Hunt, one of the three
sopranos, is a particularly win
ming sample. AS a dramatic
work, though. the thing is
pretty weak, which may ex-
plain why Handel never made
much success of operas even
though he wrote nearly so of
them.
Julius Caesar" a later and
greater affair, stands among
Handels major efforts. 1t has
more variety musically, as we'll
as more dramatic point, al
though the plot hardly makes
much sense in such an abridge-
ment as released by VoX. But
Vox uses some passably good
musicians in it's two-disc set.
The only serious engineering
fault is an overstressing of the
voices at the expense of the
orchestra, misfortune be-
cause Handel's accompani-
ments are half the fun. Vox
gives us an Italian-English
text, something Columbia un-
fortunately doesn't bother
with.
What Beecham's current