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Milford chronicle., 1953-12-11
LISTEN. RURAL AMERICA

List, Rural America Take your mind
away from power politics, the race for pres
tige, the grasp for monetary gain. Turn your
ears from the blatan rasp of mans clash
with man over minor, internal irritantS
Listen to your grassrOOt citizens again.
Think once more of the things which made
this country great, men in fellowship and
worship, ripping streams and whispering
woods.
Then read, Rural America. Cast away
the black headlines prOclaiming death, de-
StructiOn, crime and corruption. Forget the
perils of the adventure comics and the teas
ing cheesecake. Read, instead, a country
weekly newspaper. Indulge yourself in
hometown n-bOy-makes-goOd" Mrs john
son visits Mrs. Holiday" and the "Finne-
gans had twins last week." Read your local
weekly newspapers produced by men and
women who are intimately concerned about
every readers problems because they are
their own. Look to your hometown paper,
where a three-cOlumn, ID point streamer
constitutes a 'scare" headline and is used
only on the most important occasions.
Learn before it is too late, of the futility
OF class against class and mass against mass |!
See the smallness of "isns." Eschew the
clash of creed against creed, race against
race Learn, instead the appreciation once
more of job well done, of cooperating with
fellow men for common good, of building
future for future generations and memoir
ializing the past for those now alive.
In these days of strife and turmoil, there
is no easy. task. Even moment of relaxa-
ton is much to ask. But indulge yourself
Rural America, give yourself the pleasure
OF few brief moments of considering the
human being as mortal-and this nation it.
self, mortal or immortal as each generation
decides. 1t is such little thing but there is
precious little time. Listen, read and learn,
Rural America-befOre it is too late.
Then awaken. Charge back into the
material world of war and destruction.
Strengthen your economy, give a little and
take little. Remember, today is tOmOr-
rows yesterday and next year could be
conquerOr's time for power. Re-awaken,
Rural America: refresh yourself. Battle in
a sense of reSpOnsibility-no fixed sports
events and backhanded maneuvers for pres
sure groups extra profit. Dry yourself on
the rough towel of realism and appreciation
that cooperation made this nation strong and
that dissensiOn makes it weak There is a
tremendous power in this nation-a power
most often found in the small town and on
the farm where man knows his neighbOr,
appreciates his good and helps him erase
his evil. Let that power spread. Perhaps,
one day, it will spill out over boundaries and
engulf the world.
NGOOG
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-11

Read the classified ads
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Lowell MeIett:
Now Is the Time for q Change
Report of Commission immigration and Naturalization
Offers Opportunity to Clear the Air of Poisonous Fears

Red organizations, such as the
National Council of the Churches
of Christ in America. a leading
light in which for many years
has been John Foster Dulles,
soon to be Secretary of State.
There is no tinge of COM
munism or Communist appease-
ment in the report. There is in
stead a reaffirmation of pure
Americanism, an urge to put
this country back on the path
of its true destiny, to make it
the home of the brave and the
land of the free, as intended by
our founding fathers, rather
than the scaredest on earth, as
some of our frantic patriots and
self-serving politicians would
have it be. We call it Gods
country and, if you want to put
it that way, through much of
our history we have seemed to
justify Gods judgment in giving
us the richest and fairest of
all lands, to cherish and to
serve as a refuge for the OPP
pressed of other lands. That,
on the whole, it has been. 1t
has been the land in which
there was nothing to fear but
fear itself.
A reign of near-hysteria has
been threatening to change all
that. Our fears have been try
ing to take control. Wrapped up
in one bundle they constitute
fear ITSELF" the McCarran-
Walter Act.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Lowell MeHett:

1t Is just possible that the
Presidents Commission on I'M
migration and Naturalization
has completed its work and filed
its report at propitious time.
This could be so for more than
one reason.
The report calls for the scrap
ping of the vicious McCarran-
Walter Act, passed by the last
Congress, before it has had time
to do much of the deadly work
it is capable of doing. It has
been in effect only a couple of
weeks. An early reversal by
Congress of its own ill-con-
ceived action would minimize
the damage that may be done
under the law and leave less to
undo.
OPPOSITION to the legislation is
wholly non-partisan. AS cam
didate. President-elect Eisen-
hover called for the rewriting
of the law. So did his oppo-
nent, Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
President Truman attempted
unsuccessfully to veto it after
its passage. There would be
something of value to the new
Congress, and the county as
well, If at the outset of the new
administration a unity of ef-
fort could be demonstrated in
a matter of major Importance.
The opportunity lies in this is
sue, which is neither Republic
can nor Democratic.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
DorothY Ihon1pso0:
We Could Learn From Britain
Mr. Churchill Nay Encourage the Sounding Out Of Stain
His Nation Has Lived Through Danger for Centuries

human freedom, or of world
peace. But there are Britons
who would like such a policy.
Our relations with Great
Britain and other of our asso-
ciateS are troubled by certain
characteristics Of the American
mind. We are much better at
rising to emergencies than at
settling down to a long pull. In
general, we like to "get things
over and done with" and, by
and large. action comes easier
to us than thought. Our po-
litical leaders. at any rate, be-
lieve this to be quality of the
American mind, and appeal
to it with perpetual warnings
of emergency, which gives our
public life an overtone of hyS-
terra, covering the apathy which
always grows with too many
calls Of "Wolf! Wolff"
In history nothing is over
and done with, and character.
whether of a person or a ma
ton, consists in accepting haz-
ard, inescapable in life itself.
with fortitude and equanimity.
and in not compounding it by
reckless reactions
Great Britain has lived dan
gerously for centuries and out
of danger has developed forti-
tude and restraint. If restraint
is exercised on the United States
by our friends, it is better than
that it should be imposed on
us by our enemies. Otherwise
we may be one of history's
meteors rather than one Of its
mountains.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Government Opposes
Clio High Court Plea in
Anti-Strike Injunction
BY the Associated Press

The CIO Steel Workers request
for an immediate Supreme Court
hearing on constitutionality Of the
Taft Hartley Act emergency strike
section lacks merit and should be
denied, the Justice Department
says.
The case was appealed to the
Supreme Court by the union after
the United States District Court
in Buffalo granted an 80-day in
junction under the act to stop a
strike at the Dunkirk IN. " plant
of the American Locomotive Co.
The union. which thus lost its
plea to have this provision de-
clared unconstitutional. by-passed
the United States Court of Ap-
peals in going to the Supreme
Court.
President Truman ordered the
Justice Department to get an 80
day, no-strike injunction last
month. The strike of $500 en-
ployes at the plant, dating back
to August, had halted production
of nickel pipe needed in building
atomic energy installations.
Solicitor General Walter j
Cummings, jr., in a memorandum
to the Supreme Court yesterday
said the steel workers ConSti-
tutional argument "is so patiently
lacking in merit that no review
by this court would appear to be
warranted.
The union claimed in District
Court that the laws provision al
lows the courts to use their
"coercive powers as part Of an
administrative procedure. II
said the courts lack this power
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Democrats pick two Texans their congressional leaders,
Lyndon johnson the Senate and Sam Raybun in the House
Both born eadersthey led Adai Stevenson to within
10000 votes of almost carrying Texas.
Senator Bridges Hampshire president pro
the Latin for the time being
Bridges Republican from the times past
Republicans unanimously
Taft Eisenhower have smooth working
will be by Dewey.
the Capitol to lunch with Be
Be been around the Capitol
remember when the Senators took snuand had
solutions for the Nations ills that they weren't saving
their next TV appearance.
tells Communists everywhere each
party promotion brings them closer the gaow Communist
fellow who spends his life trying work his head off,
of universal military training Ike to it
action u NJ T. is feminine plot make
in the Almy-so that looks good him
when he gets
Democratic Leader johnson
his Now the Democrats the
baSisapparenty what they took from
the last 20 just amateur stuff.
Evening star., 1953-01-03

The time is propitious per-
haps for further reason. All
signs point to an unhealthy
climate in the coming Congress,
unless there is action to clear
the air of the poisonous fears
and suspicious that permeated
the last session and the ensuing
political campaign. Serious con-
Sideration of our immigration
and naturalization policy might
serve this purpose and so fore
stall a resumption of Mccarthy
ism, destined otherwise to
blacken the Republican record
beyond cleansing.
How closely this McCarran
masterpiece, now condemned by
the commission. is related to
the Red hysteria in which it
was fashioned is indicated by
Senator McCarran's retort to
the commissions findings. He
speaks of misguided liberals,
pinks and "out-and-out Reds" I"
What makes a liberal misguided
is a matter of opinion. but there
were no pinks or Reds on the
Presidents commission. There
was a former Commissioner of
immigration, later dean of the
University of Pennsylvania Law
School. There were eminent
churchmen, Catholic and Prot
estant. who have devoted much
of their lives to the aid of i'm
migrants and displaced persons.
And the report is praised by
nOn-pOlitical and definitely nom
Evening star., 1953-01-03
3 Boys, Man Drown as Ice
Cracks Near CIarksburq
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Jan. 8.
"A 30-year-old man and three
youngsters he tried to save were
drowned in the icy waters of near
by Hinkle Lake yesterday.
The children. who had been ice
skating, were Taylor L. McCaus-
land, 8; Eddie Merchant, 10. and
John Carlin, IL, all of neighbor-
ing Bridgeport.
Oscar Leonard JefferS, a passer-
by, made the heroic attempt to
rescue them when they fell
through the ice.
David Saunders, another of five
boys who had been skating on the
thin ice, told police he and Jimmie
Gullick tried to shove a log
toward their struggling compan-
ions but couldn't reach them.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Dorothy Thompson:

Mr.. Churchill wishes to dis
cuss with the President-elect
the whole global picture. and a
long-term mutual policy of up
holding Western interests. He
also may encourage a sincere
sounding out of the possibility
of a meeting with Stain. In
this connection he might argue
that the West. from the view
point of world opinion, should
avoid responsibility for closing
doors and rejecting overtures.
Even if a'conference should fail,
the onus of continuing and ac-
celebrating the cold war should
not rest upon the West, as it
does. at present, in too many
minds.
It should, however, be assured
in any future conference that
the Western representatives go
into it in complete agreement
with each other. Many of the
mistakes of Yalta might have
been avoided if President Roose-
welt had not conceived his role
to be that of negotiator between
Great Britain and the u. S. S. r.
This was a misreading of the
power situation as it was bound
to emerge from the war, leav-
ing Russia as the central and
preponderant power of Eurasia,
Eurasia being most of the world.
The island and sea powers
with Japan. the greatest ofthem
in Asia, defeated-would inevi-
tably be weakened in relation
to a power unchecked on the
vast land mass of the Eastern
Hemisphere. Caution and fore
sight should therefore have
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Two Carloads Of Grenades
Blow Up in Venice; 7 Die
BY the Assoeioted Press

VENICE, Italy, Jan. 3.-Two
freight-car loads of hand gre
nades exploded on a transport
barge in a picturesque Venetian
lagoon today, blowing seven work
men to bits and injuring nine
others.
! Hundreds of gondolas rushed
to the rescue of other workers
plunged into the cold water of
Isola Della Certosa by the blast
which shook the whole city. Botf
railroad cars and the ferry were
demolished.
The island has an establishment
which manufactures explosives fol
the Italian navy. 1t employs about
700 persons. The grenades haC
just been loaded for transport tt
the mainland.
Evening star., 1953-01-03

counseled that the United States
and Britain present a solid front.
which was not the case.
The Presidents idealism and
his confidence that everything
would eventually be straight
ened out in the United Nations,
in which he placed exaggerated
faith, led him to ignore many
geo-political realities, and even.
in his optimism, to carry the
more realistic Mr.. Churchill
with him.
Mr.. Churchill, throughout his
political life, has based his for
eign policy on the closest pos
sible cooperation between the
English-speaking peoples. even
at the cost of British sacrifices
of power. This development is
one of the few things which
the most astute and gifted
American political thinkers fore
saw long ago-even before World
War land even when they
disliked what they foreSaw:
Henry and Brooks Adams. for
instance.
For Britain there are, indeed,
only two choices: Increasingly
to consolidate herself with the
United States and the self-gov-
erning nations of the Common
wealth. or to build, as it were.
a bridge across the English
Channel and become another
European continental nation,
inevitably developing certain of
the habits of mind of such
nations.
do not think that this latter
would advance the cause Of
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Pair Muscles In
ON Aces Territory
And Captures Pot

One pair took the pot in stud
poker game early today and ar
rested two men on gambling
charges.
The pair" was couple of po-
lice gambling squad undercovel
men who sat in on the game in
the TOO block of .Twelf t h
street NV.
After one had lost $8. they laid
their cards on the table and iden-
titled themselves. Arrested were
Joseph L. Stemple, jr., 90. of the
1900 block Penn street NE,
charged with settling up a gam
ing table, and Samuel Weinberg.
so, of the Twelfth street address,
charged with operating a gaming
table and permitting gambling.
Police said $3.50 was in the pot.
The game had 81 per card limit.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Dulles Must Clear Up u. N. Mess
He Should Handle the Cleaning Up of His Department
Personally to Stort on Right Foot With Congress

tary Byrnes supporting his wish
not to get mixed up with any
U. N. patronage" and also
wash his hands altogether in
regard to the American person.
mel which the secretary general
wished to choose.
The Secretary General of the
United Nations. Trygve Lie.
later became concerned over the
character of some of his Ameri-
can assistants and in 1949
reached an agreement with the
State Department to check
them. This agreement was so
secret that the Secretary of
State himself learned about it
only last October when the
Federal grand jury in New
York was ready to make a
presentment showing up the
disloyalty of some so American
officials in the United Nations.
Some of these individuals not
only refused to answer whether
they were Communists or con-
nected with the Red espionage
network in this country. but also
baked when they were asked
whether they would fight for
the United States in the event
of a war with the U. S. S. r..
But while the removal of the
American Communists from the
U. N. remains the concern Of
the secretary general. who
obviously did not get the full
cooperation of the State De-
partment in his endeavor to
smoke out these individuals, the
question which will concern Mr..
Dulles is that of getting lid Of
the heritage of Hiss" in the
lower and middle echelons Of
his department,
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Liquor Store Closed ; Days
IFor SeIIinq Wine 10 Drunk

Elwood Liquors, Inc, package
liquor store at TIA Georgia ave-
nue. NV. has been closed fol
three days, beginning Monday. by
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board for selling wine to an in
ltoxicated man.
At q recent hearing, police tes-
titled a small boy came to them
and said his father had just gone
into the liquor store and that his
mother did not want his father
to drink any more. The police
arrested the father on a drunk
charge and filed charges against
1.-THE proprietor of the store with
the ABC Board.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
BY the Associoted Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Jan.
3.-Secretary General Trygve Lie
publicly charged last night that
the United States State Depart
ment delayed in providing, and in
some cases denied him, informa-
ton he could use to oust disloyal
Americans from the United
Nations.
Mr.. Lies blast against United
States officials was contained in a
statement sent to the State De-
partment and Senate investiga-
tors December %, but not released
in full to the press until last night.
Differences Settled.
It was made public about the
same time as Attorney General
James P. McGranery announced
in Washington that he had Or
dered a new Federal grand jury
investigation into charges that
disloyal Americans had infiltrated
the U. N. The charges were raised
by another grand jury before its
term expired last month.
Mr.. McGranery's action appar-
emily settled differences of opin-
ion in the Justice Department over
advisability of carrying forward
a jury investigation.
United States Attorney Myles
Lane of the Southern New York
district assured a House judiciary
subcommittee last Wednesday that
he would begin presenting further
evidence to new jury next week
Assistant Attorney Genera
Charles B. Murray, head of the
criminal division in the Justice
Department. told the Subcommit.
tee he would oppose the plan un'
less the jury seemed likely to pro
duce indictments.
The State Department declined
comment on Mr.. Lies charges.
Mr.. Lies statement, prepared
by Byron Price, United States as
Sistant secretary general il
charge of personnel, said tn
secretary general wanted no dis
loyal Americans on the U. N. staff
At the same time. it declared
U. N. officials were unable to Ri
the organization of such person
without adequate evidence.
Data Sought on 1000.
The statements principal points
included:
/. The u. N. secretary genera
fatty and often told United State'
officials he wanted no Americans
on his staff against whom ther,
was substantial evidence of sub
versive activity. Since 1948, h
asked the State Department TO
information on about 1000 Ameri
can staff members. Adverse com
ment was received on only "a o
them.
2. There have been cases o
'1ong delay" in getting replies fron
the State Department on name
submitted to it. In four cases
the State Department later with
drew its adverse comments.
3. Mr.. Lie asked for but wa
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Bill Asks Congress
To Make Probe of
Waterfront Crime
BY the Assoeioted Press

Representative Roosevelt,
Democrat = Liberal, of New
York today introduced a bill
calling for a congressional in
vestigation of racketeering on
the New York waterfront.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in a state
ment prepared for House de-
livery, said it is common
knowledge that the loading
and unloading of ships in the
harbor - including piers in
New Jersey, Brooklyn, Man
haitian and Staten Island-"is
controlled to a large degree
by racketeers and mobsters.
The New York State Crime
Commission has been inquir-
ing into harbor conditions for
weeks, getting sworn teSti-
mony about a reign of terror
and gangsterism in the dock
area. Also, Attorney General
McGranery ordered the FBI
on December % to make a
full-scale investigation.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
|Tv in Churches Proposed
|For Britain's Coronation
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Two Church
of England bishops proposed to-
day that television sets be in
stalled in churches throughout
the country June 2 so church
goers could watch the coronation
of Queen Elizabeth II.
"The idea may be particularly
helpful in country areas" Dr..
Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelms-
ford, wrote in diocesan letter
Bishop Christopher Chavasse OF
Rochester seconded the suggestion
and declared: The coronation is
a religious ceremony. What place
could be better than a church to
see it?"
The Rev. j. o. Nicholas, coun-
try vicar in Bishop Allisons dio-
cese, is arranging to hire three
ITV sets for his 18th century Nor
man church at Writtle in Essex.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Lie Charges State Department
Hompered DisIoyoIty Firinqs

denied copy of hearing by New
York grand jury which issued a
presentment December 2 which,
Mr.. Lie said, tended to cast dis
credit upon the entire staff" OF
the U. N.
4. On August 16, 1948, an initia,
list of 377 American employees was
submitted for passport informa-
tion to the United States mission
In April and May, 1850, adverse
comment was provided on 6
small number" of the 377. Tht
list included the names of 18 later
questioned by a Senate subcom.
mittee, IA of them refused tt
answer on the grounds of self.
incrimination.
S. Besides action already taker
81 Americans working for the
U. N. have been discharged OF
their jobs otherwise terminated
Mr.. Lie plans to set up a specia
panel to take up Eight or nin'
cases in which adverse comment!
in varying degrees" have been re.
Iceived from United States officials
6. Mr.. Lie has mo reliable caus,
for proceeding" on the others O.
the IL listed by the State De-
Ipartment this week "since h
either is completely without evi
dence or is in possession of evi
dence which substantially refute
the correctness of the State De
partment's evaluation."
Z. Permanent U. N. employe
can be dismissed "only on a show
ing of abolition of post, unsatis
factory service. physical incapac
|ity or as a disciplinary measur
for misconduct"
Evening star., 1953-01-03
I29 Korean Civilians Killed
In u, n. Train DeraiIment
By the Associoted Press

SEOUL, Jan. 3.-Twenty-nine
Korean civilians were killed and
Al injured in a United Nations
freight train derailment q miles
south of Taejon. the 9th Army
reported today.
The Army said the train. oper-
ated by the Sd Transportation
Military Railway Service, plunged
off the tracks late last night while
crossing bridge near Iwon.
The 31-car train was pound for
Pusan, southeast Korean port. The
Army said the Koreans occupied
four cars and 81 cars were empty.
The victims had hitch-hiked a
ride on the train.
Evening star., 1953-01-03
Area Bridge Players
Win First ; Matches
In Virginia Tourney

Washington area players yes
terday captured all of the frs
three title matches in the 18th
annual Northern Virginia Con
tract Bridge Tournament now il
progress at the Willard Hotel.
Mrs. William Mcintyre ant
Robert Bierly topped the 88-pail
field competing for the mixet
title last night, leading runners
up Miss Stella Kaplan and J. L
Roster by one-half match point
Members of the Washington
Bridge League, sponsor of thu
tournament, who scored in othel
high positions in the field wer'
Mrs. Jean Ellis-Miller Roberts
third; Mrs. Margaret Myrtle
William Million, fourth, and Mrs
Howard Campbell-Manfred So
bernheim, fifth.
Matinee Sessions.
In the matinee sessions. Mrs
Gene Hermann and Mrs. H. c
White led A pairs in winning tn
women's title. Second honors fel
to Mrs. Julian Adler-Mrs. Stan
ley Newman of Baltimore. Mrs
H. j. Alexander-Mrs. T. L. Goot
were third, Mrs. Marianne Bos
chan Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
fourth, all of Washington.
I D. j. Harris and Gene Hermann
were winners in record entry o
SO pairs competing for the men
title. Defending titlists, j. {
Kuncel and Alvin Roth. finishe
second, while Max Bershad-M. [
Goldstein also of Washington wer
third.
Tourney Continues.
The tourney continues toda
with the open pair title matcl
starting at 2 pm. Mrs. Fred
Bentley and Lew Levinson are de
Tending champions in this two
session match.
I A team-of -four contest and
two-session event concludes tn
tournament tomorrow Startin
time for the first session is 1873
pm. Special e-session open pal
games will be held at $3.50 tonigh
and at 7 pm. tomorrow.