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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31
Milk Situation
Seen Easing At
Imperial Plant
Farmers Are Hopeful That
Operation Will Resume I'm
mediately AS Several
Employees Return
Plant Back In Operation

rant BACK IN operation
The imperial plant resumed
operation at lis Wednesday
afternoon, and Paige Hickman,
manager, said he termed the
strike was over. Nine of the
10 employees were at work. He
said no union pickets we're in
evidence. No details of the
agreement were available.
The milk crisis which has
plagued producers, employees and
management of Oakland's Imperial
Division of Fairmont Foods for the
past six days appears to have eased
at press time Wednesday and farm
ers were expecting the plant to
receive milk before the end of
the day
Several employees returned to
their jobs Wednesday morning to
put the plant back into operation
and thus relieve producers of about
10000 gallons of milk built up dur
ing the siX-day period They did
not want to work however until
majority of them was present.
Producers promised what BIZ, X
ing they could in III way of job
protection and personal safety 10
those employees who went back to
work Immediately. Tho group also
granted its backlog for week 20
employees who needed time to
make up their minds.
Operations at the local plant
ceased last Thursday when en-
ployees sought recognition of their
newly formed union, which is af-
filiated with District so, United
Mine Workers. United Mine Work
ers District so, a union distinct
from mining operations, represents,
at present, the employees at the
brick plants at Jennings, Mt. Saw
age and Zihlman.
Thirteen hourly wage earners are
involved in the controversy while
staff and office personnel who
work under a specified salary did
not join in the recognition demand.
Approximately 300 milk pro-
ducers from Garrett, Preston and
Tucker counties were affected by
the situation which left them with
out a market for their product.
Many of them separated the
milk and sold cream at lower
price than could be obtained for
the whole milk Others have put
their deep freezers to good use by
storing large quantities of butter.
The farmers realize about 81 mil
lion annually from the Oakland
plant
During the meeting Tuesday. E.
Paige Hickman, manager of I'm
perial, told the employees that
their jobs were waiting for them
and that there would be no retalia-
ton for their union activity. He
stressed that the company was will
ing to hear their grievances across
conference table.
Employees reported that they
were seeking an adjustment in the
pay scale which might compare
with that of the local Carnation
plant which they said starts at
Sl.O3. lmperial's pay scale here
starts at soc with top pay at S1.O5.
Tempers flared briefly Tuesday
and resulted in the overturning of
the union organizers automobile.
The organizers were inside at the
time, but did not identify any of
the persons responsible. No one
was injured
Albert Uphole, a plant employee,
was attacked and beaten by per-
sons he was unable to identify
Monday night He stated that about
six men jumped him as he was
getting into his car, parked adj
jacent to the plant property.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31
p Marriage Permits
Granted Past Week

Twenty-three marriage licenses
were issued during the past week
ending Monday at noon from the
office of Richard L. Davis, clerk
of the Circuit court, bringing the
total for December thus far to
ninety-five. One license issued was
marked don't publish"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31
Cold Wave Expected

A blast of cold air swept south
eastward out of Canada on Tues
day and the Weather Bureau was
predicting it would cross the Allie
ghenies into Maryland soon.
However, on the mountain top
it continued to rain with tempera-
lures in the top thirties and low
forties. There were snow flurries
last Saturday night that made the
highways slippery, but they did
not continue. 1t remained cold Sun
day with slight snowfall on Sun
day night. Rain fell Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31
Cumberland Firm
Is Low Bidder
On Swanton Road

The Cumberland Contracting
Company was low bidder on a sec
ond project to resurface part Of
State Route 1875 between Swanton
and Bloomington. the State Roads
Commission announced.
Bids were opened Tuesday af-
ternoon, December %, in Balti-
more, and the Cumberland Con-
tracing company had the low fig
ure of 1927, 726.10.
Other bidders were Kelley Con-
struction company, Clarksburg, w.
Va, $246, 1065O; S. T. Brotemarkle
company, Cumberland, S265, 348. Is;
and George F. Hardwood company,
1921, 23815.
Bituminous Surface
The contract will call for put
ting bituminous concrete surface
on 2.58 miles of the road The
Cumberland Contracting company
is 60 percent finished on a con-
Meeting 358 miles.
G. Bates Chaires, district engi-
neer for the SRC, said the State
Roads commission is committed to
resurface all of State Road 1876 be-
tween the two towns, distance of
about II miles. All of this road
will be completed during the con-
struction season of 1854 Charles
stated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31

MISS PEGGY HAUSER
Miss Peggy Ruth Hauser, R. N,
formerly of Oakland, an airline
hostess in the west coast area, has
been promoted to overseas flights.
The new company employing her
is Seaboard and Western and her
flights will include those to Homo
lulu, Wake Island, Tokyo and Alas
ka. She will be flying with troops
on the Military Air Transport.
Miss Hauser left on her first trip
on Christmas eve.
She is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Darwin Hauser, of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31
Purchase Guernsey Bulls

Jonas D. Tice, Boynton, Pa, Ell
mer D. and Sadie N. Schrock, of
Grantsville, have just purchased
young Guernsey sires from Alvin
H. Yoder, of Grantsville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31

Flavius Turney, Mt. Lake Park,
is a patient in the Garrett County
Memorial hospital, having been
brought there on Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-31

Canada's population reached Is
million.
The frontiersman., 1953-07-02

Foster Sims, Wilbert Trudell,
ley Laird, and Ray Lancaster.
Auxiliary members included Mrs.
John Weisenberegr, president,
Mrs. Minnie Clark, Mrs. Wilbert
Trudell, Mrs. Mary Stellman and
Mrs. Foster Sims.
Convention dates for 1884 Will
be established by the local Lee
gion post within 80 days. Apart
ment executive committee mem
bers will be appointed and an
nounced as soon as possible, Com
mander Sims said this week.
The frontiersman., 1953-07-02

by the Legion and for the first
time at a convention, passed
resolution that was later APPROX
ed by the Legion, resolving that
a tape recording of the outstand-
ing Americanism speech made by
Ed. w. VanHorn, department
Americanism chairman, be made
available to all units of the de-
partment of Alaska.
Attending from the Valley Post
were Commander Richard Dem
ming, John Weisenberger, DR..
John Dunlap, Philip Everett, Stan
The frontiersman., 1953-07-02

A summer seminar group OF 2O
persons will visit Palmer Sunday,
July S. They are members of the
Board of National Missions Pres
byterian Church and come from
all over the United States.
The group is making a tour
of the territory, visiting churches
and institutions relative to their
work. While in Palmer they Will
visit the United Protestant
Church. the Valley Hospital and
The frontiersman., 1953-07-02

inspect the progress on the new
Valley Presbyterian Hospital. Ac-
companying the group will be
DR.. J. Earl Jackman and Rev.
ROLAND Armstrong. A buffet sup
per will be served to the visitors
in the church basement at $3.50
Sunday evening.
Following the supper an even
ing service will be held at 8 pm.
when Mrs. E. J. Woodbury., mis-
sionary worker in Korea, Will
The frontiersman., 1953-07-02
SEMINAR GROUP TO VISIT PALMER KOREAN SPEAK

speak. She will show films taken
in Korea and area. Mrs. Wood
bury and her husband have spent
the past 80 years in Japan, Korea
and China and have been work
ing with Chinese prisoners of war.
She will return to Korea fol-
lowing her Valley visit. The pub
lie is invited to attend the meet
ing and hear and meet Mrs.
Woodbury..
The frontiersman., 1953-07-02
The Frontiersnan
Legion Designufes--
Continued from page

Anchorage, first vice-president;
Mrs. Harry Palmer of Anchorage,
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Kenneth
Sampson, Ketchikan, historian;
Mrs. Bertha Allen, Cordova, chap
lain and Mrs. Lorene Tuengel'
Sitka, sergeant-at-arms. commit
tee.
Members of the Auxiliary en-
dorsed all resolutions sent to them
Evening star., 1953-10-25

ton Strove for a close under
standing between the union and
organized labor. One of his
early battles with Mr.. Benson
centered on support prices for
farmers. Mr.. Benson and sew
eral other farm organization
leaders contended that labor was
getting too much in proportion
to farmers. Mr.. Patton declared
the main trouble was that too
big a proportion of the farm
income went to the top third of
the farmers.
During the last year of the
Roosevelt administration Mr..
Patton became increasingly crit
ical of some White House eco
nomic policies. But he and the
union never broke with the
Roosevelt regime.
Mr. Patton was one of the
original members of the National
Citizens Political Action Com
mittee. In l945 he served on the
board Of Americans United for
World Organization. Inc.
Primarily, in recent years his
main drive has been for higher
price supports and a broader
use of subsidies to maintain a
high level of farm income. Hs
and the union are all out for
price supports at 100 per cent
of parity.
Evening star., 1953-10-25

Democrat. Senator Nicely, of
West Virginia. fired. this blast
at the White House:
"Since the morning of creation
the world has witnessed two and
only two matchless monuments
to confusion. The first was the
Tower of Babel. 1t memo
riallzed the confusion of tongues.
The second is the Eisenhower
administration which memo
rlalizes the confusion of every
thing"
Only A Warmup.
1t Is interesting to note that
two of these Senators---Kefauver
and kerr-come from States
President Eisenhower carried last
November. Both Senators are up
for reelection next year.
Senator Kefauver is making
capital out of a statement the
President made at his June II
press conference. The president
mentioned the Tennessee Valley
Authority as an example of
creeping socialism" He said he
did not intend to destroy IVA,
but suggested a re-evaluation of
policies under which tax money
is taken from the whole country
to provide cheap power for one
region.
The recent furore over farm
prices and Mr.. Benson is only a
warm up for the political skirm-
ishing that will go on in the
House and Senate starting in
January, as both parties prepare
for the campaign to decide con-
troll of the next Congress.
One bright ray in the picture
for the White House is the pos
sibility that as Democrats step
up their criticism of the admin
istration, it may tend to solidify
Republican ranks.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Death Of Bishops Wife
In Fire Ruled Accident

DR. A. Magruder Macdonald,
District coroner, issued a Ger
tificate of accidental death for
Mrs. Viola Spottswood, wife of
Bishop Stephen Gill Spottswood
OF the African Episcopal Zion
Church. who died in fire at
her home yesterday.
Mrs Spottswood. 54, colored,
OF 1881 Sixteenth street NV,
entered the burning basement
apartment to rescue her two
grandchildren. The children,
however, were already safely out.
Bishop Spottswood found his
wife on the bathroom floor after
he notified the fire department.
Evening star., 1953-10-25

tration and was pulling out of
Washington to mobilize for the
economic M-day."
Mr.. Patton later looked more
favorably on the Truman ad-
ministration. That did not pre-
vent him in 1949 from demand
ing the ousters of the late James
Forrestal as Secretary of Defense
for seeking war m akin g
powers"
Several months ago Mr.. Pat
ton summed up the record of the
Farmers Union by saying it
played an important part in say
ing this country from a rural
proletarianism." The union. ne
said. helped to reverse a situa-
ton that prevailed 20 years ago
when almost half of the farmers
in the United States were dis
possessed people"
Accused as Radical"
To-day" he reported, three
fourths of our farmers own the
land they till. The Nation can
use more such radicalism, for
that is what our enemies choose
to call it,"
Such terms as radical" were
hurled at Mr. Patton and the
union from several quarters in
past years. A House subcommit-
tee, then headed by Represen-
tative Dies, Democrat, of Texas,
asserted in the early 1940s that
the union was Communist
dominated" No other legislative
group or executive agency made
such formal accusation.
Mr.. Patton had early and
sometimes tragic experiences
with the difficulties of farm life.
His father died before he could
complete college in Kansas and
he had a mortgaged farm on his
hands as well as a mother and
three sisters to support.
From 1925. when he was mar
ried, until 1882 when he went
with the Colorado Farmers
Union. he had such varied jobs
as physical education instructor
and life Sinsurance company
agent.
Named by Roosevelt.
In the Farmers Union he was
sufficiently prominent in 1888 to
be named by President Roose-
velt to the National Youth Ad-
ministration advisory commit
tee, a member of the Economic
Sterilization Board in 1912. and
to the War Mobilization and Re-
conversion Advisory Board in
1914. He attracted especially
wide attention in 1943 when he
urged the Economic Stabiliza-
ton Board to recommend that
the Government give war con-
tracts to farmers as we'll as in
dustry.
Besides supporting practically
all New Deal measures, Mr.. Pat
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Matthews Charges
MIG Had u. 5. Parts
BY the A.,oela,sd Pres,

SEARCY, Ark, Oct. 24.-Dr. j.
B. Matthews, ousted staff direc-
tor Of the Senate Investigations
Subcommittee headed by Senator
Mccarthy. Republican of Wis
consin, declared here yesterday
that a Russian-built MIG plane
surrendered by North Korean
flyer was not brought to the
United States because military
authorities didn't want the pub
lie to know it contained American
parts.
The assertion was denied by
the Air Force at Washington.
An Air Force spokesman said
there was mo truth" in DR..
Matthews statement. DR.. Mat
thews told the closing session of
the 14th annual Freedom Forum
at Harding College that they
didn't dare bring the plane to
Wright Field tat Dayton. Ohio,)
because they were afraid to let
the American people know it was
made largely of American parts" :"
Quoting a high, undisclosed"
source, DR.. Matthews said the
American parts were discovered
after the plane was flown to
Okinawa from South Korea.
The Air Force indicated some
time ago it was not bringing
the surrendered plane to this
country because the craft was an
old type from which nothing
helpful could be learned.
The United States also has Of
fered to return the plane, for
100000 reward was
paid. to the "rightful owner"
Evening star., 1953-10-25
ltuly Requins Rights

RABAT. French Morocco. Oct.
"a (P).-Italy has resumed her
seat again on the International
Legislative Assembly of Tangier
A special reform of the statute
of Tangier restored rights Italy
yielded at the outset of World
War II.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Alumni to Hold Dinner

Washington area Alumni of
the University of Chicago will
meet Lawrence A. Kimpton,
chancellor of the university, and
Robert M. Stroller, dean of stu
dents, at a dinner meeting at
$50 pm. tomorrow in the Ma
tional Press Club.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Farm Union Chief an Old Hand
At TongIing With Benson
james 6. Patton
Has Been ButtIinq
Awuy Since 1910

Ever since he became head of
the National Farmers Union in
1910, James G. Patton has been
battling Secretaries of Agricul-
ture in general and Ezra T. Ben
son in particular.
Secretary Benson attempted
something of King Canute
feat in urging him to stop
Washington bound surge of cat
tlemen coming here today. Mr.
Patton's refusal to call off the
caravan and his demand that
the Secretary meet the delega-
ton caused little surprise in
view of his past brushes with the
Agriculture Department. Con-
gresS and the White House.
Mr.. Patton, a Kansas native
who will be 81 on November 8.
was born the same year the
Farmers Union was founded He
has been its president for 13
years. During most of those years
Mr.. Benson was secretary of the
National Council of Farm Co.
operatives.
The Farmers Union often was
at odds with that council as
we'll as the two other major
agricultural organizations, the
National Grange and the Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation.
Mr.. Patton and Mr.. Benson
tangled on many a farm policy
long before Mr.. Benson joined
the Eisenhower Cabinet.
Known for His Energy.
The personality and views of
Mr.. Patton-described often as
belligerent and left-wing-have
dominated the union. Despite
his youth he proved himself a
power in the agricultural field
as long ago as 1884 when elected
secretary of the Colorado Farm
ers Union, and in 1887 when he
was first made a member of the
National Farmers Union board
of directors.
He was unusually active, and
at times influential, during the
Roosevelt and Truman admins
trations. He was closely identi-
fled not merely with national
farm programs but with various
governmental assignments and
political pursuits.
His associates. describing him
as dynamic and progressive. say
he is so bound up in his work
that he has few sidelines or
hobbies. He likes to buy oil
paintings, mostly marines and
mountain views.
Otherwise, he devoteS himself
mostly to study of the technical
problems of farming, the inter-
eSts of lower-income farmers,
the operation of the union with
its more than 100000 members
and its headquarters in Denver.
and to keeping a sharp eye on
farm legislative proposals.
Attacked FOrrestal.
Mr.. Patton got along fairly
well with former Secretary Of
Agriculture Brannan. A year
ago the union was the only major
national farm group to indorse
Truman administration farm
policies, including the Brannan
plan.
But back in 1946 Mr.. Patton
and the union demanded that
former Secretary Anderson re-
sign. Mr.. Patton also attacked
former President Truman's veto
of an OPA extension bill and
announced that the union had
lost confidence in the admins
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Democrats
Continued From First Page)

the House. 1856 Democrats backed
up 1859 Republicans in another
demonstration of bipartisan
support for the President.
Even at the last session DEM
ocrats occasionally took pot
shots at the administration, but
they were usually gentle in their
references to the President Not
able instances were the debates
on the "hard-money" policy of
the administration. as reflected
in higher interest rates. and the
request to raise the public debt
ceiling, which Senator Byrd.
Democrat, of Virginia. was in
strumental in blocking in the
Senate.
Sparked by Kefauver.
The new approach, of a more
direct attack on President Eisen-
hover, was touched off by Sem
ator Kefauver in Milwaukee
october 5. when he called Gen.
Eisenhower "a disappointing
President"
Addressing a group of young
Democrats, Senator Kefauver
said the Republican Party was
not needing the interests of the
people, but following the wishes
of the big interests. Then he
added:
1--WE must place the respon-
sibility on the President of the
United States because this is
his administration. The time
has come to call a spade spade
and say that President Eisen-
hover is a disappointing Presi-
dent"
Senator Kefauver was asked
yesterday if these more direct
attacks on the man in the White
House were an indication that
Democrats think the President
is less popular than he was i'm
mediately after the election.
Popular AS A Man.
The Tennessean replied that
the popularity question has to
be divided into two parts. He
explained it this way:
LAS a man, the President is
still popular. Most people feel
that Ike is a fine fellow. 1t is
the policies of the administra-
ton that are less popular"
Senator Kefauver said that up
to a point the blame can be
directed at cabinet members,
but sooner or later you have to
put the responsibility on the ap-
pointing power" The Senator
agreed that he was following the
doctrine that no matter who is
President, if he gets the credit
for things that go right. he must
take the blame for things that
go wrong.
One week after the Kefauver
speech in Milwaukee. the Demo-
Gratis scored an upset by electing
their candidate for a House seat
in Republican district in Wis
conSin.
This added fuel to the cam
paign the Democrats already
were carrying on against Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Benson, and
when a few Republicans joined
in the chorus for Mr.. Benson's
scalp. it undoubtedly encouraged
other Democrats to aim their
criticism straight at the White
House.
Confusion of Everything"
When the President stood
squarely by Mr.. Benson at his
last press conference. Senator
Kerr, Democrat, of Oklahoma
made this comment:
HE (the President put his
arm all the way around Benson,
and when he did that, he turned
his back on 6.5 million farmers.
So, as much as we regret it, we
must conclude that what Benson
says and does gives us the miss
ing clue as to where President
Eisenhower really stands"
On the same day another
Evening star., 1953-10-25

IA THE SUNDAY STAR
Z" Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER %, 1858
Evening star., 1953-12-05
Physician Urges Kinsey Book
For Catholic Forbidden List

A prominent Catholic physi-
clan has urged that the recent
book by DR.. Alfred C. Kinsey,
Sexual Behavior of the Human
Female" be placed on the Cath
olic Index of Forbidden Books.
II seriously believe that if any
book in recent years deserves
being placed on the Index of
Forbidden Books. this one de-
serves serious consideration for
that dubious honor" DR.. John
R. Cavanagh, professor at
Georgetown University Medical
School, declared.
DR.. Cavanagh spoke at a
meeting of the Catholic First
Friday Club in the National
Press Club yesterday.
Cites Materialistic Approach.
Among the reasons he as
signed for banning the volume
were its "materialistic approach
to the study of human behavior
which regards man merely as
an animal" denial of the super
natural origin of religion" and
'laissez faire attitude" concern
ing ''premarital relations"
The speaker also charged that
DR.. Kinsey. being a biologist, was
not qualified to give judgments
in other fields. He also asserted
the biologists statistical method
was inadequate"
There is a sharp disparity
between Americans and Eu-
ropeans concerning books such
as the Kinsey Report. DR.. Cav
anagh noted.
Evening star., 1953-12-05
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