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Evening star., 1954-02-14
Indo-Chinu
XXTHEN THE FRENC
Wv made an amphibiouS

WHEN THE FIR ENCH
w made an amphibious
landing three weeks ago at
Tuyhoa, on the bulge in Gen.
tral Wet Nam. they announced
with satisfaction that it was
the first time they had been
able to take the initiative in q
major way. In the seven war
years that had gone before. the
French and their Wet NameSe
allies had been kept busy with
defensive warfare, or. at most.
disruptive attacks to keep the
Communist Wet Mini of bal
ance.
Optimistic talk Of French
briefing officers in Saigon gave
the impression that Gen. Henri
Navarro, commander in chief
Of French Union forces, had
opened the offensive phase of
the war he had been promising
ever since he came to Indo-
China.
But the landing party hadn't
even got to the mopping-up
stage at Tuyhoa before the sit
uation came unStuck again.
The Communist forces in the
north reinvaded the Indo-
Chinese kingdom Of Laos and
put the French Union army
on the harassed defensive
again.
Last week. the French were
scrambling to put the pieces
back together, handicapped by
contradictory attitudes Of two
Of her anti-C Communist friends.
the United States and the
Republic of Korea.
The military situation last
Evening star., 1954-02-14
Weeks Review: Coffee, |ndo- China, Italy

week was roughly this: Com
munist advance parties had
slipped down through Laos to
within four or five miles Of
Luang Prabang, Laotian royal
capital. The main body Of
troops, about a division, was
still much farther away, how
over. too preoccupied with
French Union rear-guard ac-
tion and food shortages to
launch an immediate attack on
the strongly held capital.
Meanwhile. French Union
forces were mopping up In the
area of their own central Of
fensive. In the north, troops
in Dien Bien Phu were attack
ing their Communist besiegers
and trying to disrupt Red
communications southwark.
In Washington. officials were
busy explaining that new
American support for the
French fight did not fore
shadow active entry into the
war. Announcement two weeks
ago that American technicians
were going to Indo- China to
service French flown Ameri-
can planes set of the discus
sion. A widely circulated re-
port that 1t. Gen. Iron Mike"
O'Daniel would go there (see
story by John A. Giles on
Page ABB added fuel to the
fire.
Senate Majority Leader
Knowland assured worried
Congressman last week that
no troops, planes or ships
would be sent to Indo-China.
And at his press conference
President Eisenhower said he
could not cOnceiue OF a greater
tragedy for America than to
get heGvily inUolUed nolD in an
dll-out Wdr in Indo-Chind,
particularly 1Dith large units.
So 1phat Ue Dere doing 1Uas
supporting the Wet NdmeSe
and the French In the conduct
OF that Ddr because. as 1De saD
it. 1t 1DdS case OF independent
and free nations operating
against the encroGchnlent OF
communism.
French Reaction
The American statements
seemed to the French to indi-
cate a disbelief in the vital
Importance of Indo-C China. The
President seemed to be saying
America would stay out at any
price, while at the same time
we were telling France to
stay In.
The American statements
were in sharp contrast with
fighting words from South
Korea. Spokesman for Presi-
dent Syngman Rhee said the
Korean leader wanted to send
a division Of ROK troops to
ndo-China. If the South Ko-
reans weren't permitted to fight
Communists in their own coun-
try. a government spokesman
said. they should be allowed to
join in on the only other ac-
tive war against communism.
president Rhee had been
gently restrained again last
week after another threat to
restart the Korean war;
At the same time. however.
Foreign Minister Pyun Yung
Tai said "it is quite probable"
that South Korean participa-
ton In the Indo-C Chinese war
would lead Red China to send
Evening star., 1954-02-14
By Richard FrykIund

Congress seems to be head
ing for re-examination of the
function of the Post Office
Department.
Is it q service or a business?
Or, If it is a combination Of
the two, how should the serv-
Ice function be paid for?
AS the Post Office has grown
over the years 1t has taken on
new jobs which have little to
do with its original functions
Of carrying letters. Today, for
instance. the Post Office sells
money orders at a loss, carries
books free to Libraries, carries
third-class mail at a loss for
charitable or religious insti-
tutionS and collects for c. o. D.
packages-at a loss.
No one is advocating that
these and other profltless
services be stopped, but there
Is strong demand on Capitol
Hill and in the Post Office for
an operation that more closely
resembles q business.
SummerfieId in q Hurry
Postmaster General Sum-
merfleld wants fast action
from Congress on a bill to
increase postal rates, par
ticularly on flrst-class mail,
so that a pay-as-you-go sys-
tenn can be approached. The
increase plus more economy
and some bookkeeping re-
visions will bring the deficit
down to a relatively small $100
million a year, Mr.. Summer
field believes.
To Congressman who don't
see it his way on the rate raise,
Mr.. Summerfield says he mere
ly is facing unpleasant facts"
Here are his facts:
The Post Office has lost 81
billion since 1945. It is run
ming into the red now at the
rate Of more than 81 million a
day. The deficit in the last
audited year, fiscal 1852. was
Evening star., 1954-02-14

ing his fourth term as Repub-
lican Representative Of Cal
ifornia's 18th district (com-
prising four coastal counties
north of Los Angeles. He was
convicted of falsifying his Of
fee payroll.
. Joseph E. Casey, from 1885
to 1912 a Democratic Repre-
sentative from Massachusetts,.
now a Washington lawyer. His
indictment on charges Of con-
spiracy to defraud the United
States Government was an
nounced last week.
Bramblett was convicted in
q Federal court here of padding
his official Office payroll and
then taking kickbacks from
ostensible employees. He was
released under $2,500 bail.
pending appeal. Penalties on
each of the seven counts of the
indictment could be as much
as five years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fine.
II congressional tradition is
observed, Bramblett will con-
tinue to serve in the House
until he chooses to resign or
fails in reelection. II he goes
to prison (thus making him
unavailable on the floor at
voting time) the effective Re-
publican House majority will
be reduced to two votes.
The indictment against Mr..
Casey grew out of a surplus
ship fraud investigation by
Senate committees in 1851 and
1852. Mr.. Casey and eight
other individuals were charged
with obtaining the war-surplus
vessels under false pretenSeS,
Evening star., 1954-02-14
Italy

ITALY seemed to be set last
l. week with as strong q gov
ernment as could be expected
in that politically splintered
country. The new Premier
was Mario Scelba pronounced
Shelr-ba). a former lieuten-
ant to one-time Premier Al
eide de Gasperi.
Signor Scelba will present
his cabinet to the Italian Sen
ate this week. He expects q
favorable vote from his own
party, the Christian Demo-
Gratis. from the right-wing So
cialistS and Liberals (both Of
whom are represented In his
coalition cabinet) and from
the Republicans. another tiny
center party. With the four
party support, Premier Scelba
expects a 16-vote margin in
the Senate.
How long he will last, how
ever. is problematical. In Italy
as elsewhere, nobody loves a
cop. And Signor Scelba made
his reputation as Minister Of
the Interior under Premier de
GaSperi by organizing a tough
national police force. His
breakdown on Communist agi-
tators incurred the enmity of
the extreme left, and his lib
eral" domestic policy has
alienated the far right.
While he lasts, however,
Scelba should prove a good
friend Of the Western allies
and a supporter Of EDO and
NATO.
Evening star., 1954-02-14

volunteers" to Indo- China.
And that was precisely why
American officials prepared to
say mo" to the South Korean
offer. Red Chinese entry into
the war would mean American
retaliation under the new
Dulles foreign policy. and that
could mean world war-a risk
that was too heavy a price to
pay for one ROK division.
Evening star., 1954-02-14

The Post Office. they say, is a
aservice. If second and third
class mail Is losing, and they
do not concede that Post Of
flee accounting methods are
entirely valid, those rates
should be raised, but not i'm
mediately in view of the recent
80 per cent raise. Representa-
tive Hagen believes a new raise
would ruin many small news
papers and magazines which
depend to a large extent on
mail circulation.
The Summerfield bill was
approved by the House Com
mittee on a 1879 vote with sey-
eral Republicans in opposition.
Opposition was so strong, how
ever, that there is doubt
whether the bill can pass.
There is a strong move in
both the House and Senate
committees to do this instead:
Restudy the entire Post Of
flee function. Decide what sort
Of services the Post Office
should perform and lay down a
new policy on payment for
those services-decide whether
the persons who benefit should
pay all or whether general
tax revenues should support
some services and portions Of
others. Then separate losses Of
the services not designed to
pay their way from the gen.
eral Post Office deficit.
When the picture has been
cleared in this way, rates can
be adjusted to reduce what
ever unWanted deficit remains.
Two steps in wedding out
misleading postal deficits have
been taken in the past year.
Some 500 million worth of an
nual subsidies to airlines have
been shifted from Post Office
bookkeeping to the Civil Aero
nautics Board. and $35 million
worth of Government-franked
mail now will be charged to
the agency sending the mail.
Evening star., 1954-02-14
Tolls of the Law

A Republican and a former
Democratic Representative tan
gled with the law last week
and both appeared to have lost
a round. The two were:
. Ernest X. Bramblett, serv-
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CONTINUED From Page A-21O
has kept pace with that In
crease.
So prices, under the law Of
supply and demand, would be
expected to have risen at
about the same rate as the
general cost Of living. That Is
far from the actual picture.
The price Of coffee rose about
35 per cent from 1949 to 1853
while the Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics consumer price index
went up only 10 per cent.
Last July, there was q frost
in Brazil. biggest coffee pro-
ducer. which damaged many
plants. The true extent Of
the damage still Is not known,
but the loss will not have q
serious effect on exports until
later this year.
During the past year. how
ever, the price of coffee rose
another Is per cent over the
1949 f1gure-while the cost Of
living rose about i per cent.
Skeptical Banking Commit
tee members asked whether
speculation was not q bigger
factor in the price rise than
supply and demand. Exchange
officials conceded that when
prices Jump. speculators usu-
ally are there to profit.
The Federal Trade CommiS-
sion, meanwhile, was continu-
ing an investigation into pos
sible manipulation Of the
market. And the Senate ap-
proved q bill to put the ex-
change under Government
supervision.
Score Price Rise?
The question also was raised
by Senators whether coffee
growers in Brazil were not
merely hiking prices to take
advantage of the frost scare.
But the planters down in
Santos all say, mo, no. moi"
Most of the money paid for
coffee by American importers
never reaches the growers,
they maintained. The Bra
lillian government, they said,
keeps most of the dollars that
coffee brings. BY controlling
foreign exchange, the govern
ment can pile up scarce dol
lars which are needed for
vital imports.
Was there an artificial scar
city, then? The answer again
was no. Coffee was not being
withheld from the market, &C
cording to observers in Brazil.
Would a coffee boycott in
the United States stop coffee
imitation? Some Congressman
said 1t would. but Is member
nations OF the Inter-American
Economic and Social Council
last week approved a resolu-
ton (opposed only by the
American representative scor-
ing the boycott campaign as
a threat to inter-American
friendship and trade. There
was no indication anywhere,
however, that a boycott actu-
ally was being staged.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1954-01-30

of God.
But our suffering for Christ is
small indeed when we compare it
with the marvellous glories we shall
receive.
Let us abstain from all things
that are harmful to our physical
and spiritual life and press for
the mark of high. calling of God
through Jesus Christ for with Him
we can do all things,
The Jones Chapel Baptist Church
of Greenwood pastored by Rev, c.
L. Clark, announces great All
Day meeting the 5th Sunday of
this month.
All are cordially invited. Great
blessings can be received by all
who come.
The Baptist Training Union will
offer the program at p. IN. with
Bible drills and a quiz program
on Babies of the Bible, That is
in addition to great program which
shall be~rendered by group one of
the training union.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1954-01-30
Eugene covered?

Eugene covered?
Antonio did you pass by Little
Rock Wednesday night?
saw Mittie Rea .Sims walking
with Richmond. Chose wasn't in
block for nothing.
Al is trying to cut in on his
friend RIM with SIN. But RIM SAYS
that's okay as long as BID is around.
From where l sit l see where
Thelma Wells has written Jamer
Polk a letter telling him why she
didn't go to the banquet Wednes-
day night.
Willye NJ Jones better fess UP.
l heard young man say that you
were spelling.
Elena where do you go to have
such a good time lately?
Mary Helen from where | sit |
see that Mite Rea or Thelma is
trying to get Walter instead of LC
or Percy. wonder why. Better tell
Lab to wake up and look instead
of living.
Fhelma do you really think you
have Antonio? | don't because from
where | sit | really believe that the
LaLvonne can get him, don't you,
pal?
If she don't, BID can. Can't you
Bake?
Charlie Davis what you gonna
do whsl Louis is gsS, Also how
is his little ole detective going to
keep UP with the news?
Well, what do you know | saw
Walter down to LaYvonnos home.
Es and NH are still holding
hands.
Katie let me see you get there
now. Wonder what will happen be-
tween these three Saturday night.
Let you know what did happen
next week. If l see it myself.
Until then, cool it for later hap
penings.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1954-01-30
Utica News

Well, it's another Saturday. Good
evening to you nice people. Here
we are again with some red hot
gossip about the Juniors of Utica
Mississippi
Sunday | saw MRS going down
the back Crysal Springs highway,
could she have been looking for
that SO Chevrolet or was she?
Saturday il and his sis and an
other young lady named Johnson
went to the movies. Is John calling
this his sis,too?
Saturday night. ! saw PD go out
of otwn. Did he carry one of the
flowers !?
Walter Hopkins did | really see
you walk down the street Satur-
day night with Layonne or was
that Katie?
Who says Mary H. hasn't got
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1954-01-30
Gree wood News
BY Rev. John Coates

S. S. Lesson subiect. Doing the
Work Of Cod Temperance. John
S 2:lS, Memory selection: 1 am
come that they might have life,
and have it more abundantly. John
1910.
The pool of Bethesda tJohn S:
SD Bethesda was house of mercy
SO called because SO many people
were cured there. The fine porcheS
offered shelter for many infirmed
people who waited to be cured
A long mfirmity. 1t was a path
etc case in that the man had wait
ed thirty eight years trying to get
INTO the pool and no one would
help him get in,
There are many sin sick souls who
need help today. to find Jesus, the
life giver Jesus expects every
Christian to aid sinners in finding
Christ and through Him have life.
Will ethe pool of Bethesda Of
tered miraculous healing only once
year to only one person, Jesus
offers life every second of the day
TO all people. And the sick do not
have to walk or run to get ahead
of some one else. Jesus is right
at the life and heart of every one
ready to heal him.
What wonderful truth Chris
tIans have to carry to sinners.
Shall we speak up for Christ this
year more than ever before.
If we speak for Jesus and work
for Him in saving souls, we too
shall be prosecuted just like Jesus
was.
But we have the assurance from
Jesus that we shall be blessed
exceedingly if we are prosecuted
for His sake.
Yes, we will be storned and ston-
ed, dashed and beaten by many
Icing tongues for doing the will
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1954-01-30

feast for the this light luncheon plate good
to eat and the figure What nicer pecede
afternoon of eanaa bdgeof
friend The ASPARAGUS salad nodded in eonfavoed gelatin
the night before Pop the
let them cook to the stage then devil them husband
and Children have gone their several There still be three
hours to put the houseahd yoursn minute
there only the table the rolls channgy
luncheon plate You fresh unrued
all attention to guests and Here's
gelatin salad is made:
Asparagus Salad
package lenonHavored gelatin Dash of pepper
| cup hot Y teaspoon grated onion
cup asparagus liquid and water Diced canned
. tablespoons vinegar (about 2 cups)
"a teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons chopped pmento
Dissolve gelatin hot water Add liquid and water vim
egar and Chill until slightly tckned Fold
and pnto. Turn individual
crisp lettuce. Garnish with mayonnaise Makes servings
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1954-01-30
State Led Nation In Tree-Planting
During Last Year

Mississippians planted 75.242,000
seedlings on 70,307 acres and led
all other states in the nation by
more than 100000 seedlings in
tree planting during the fiscal year
1858, according to c. B. Marlin,
Forest Management Director Mis-
sissippi Seeding planting program
was cooperative one, with seed
lings coming from the Mississippi
Forestry Commission.
Correct your faults by observing
those found in others.
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Naturally spanking doesn't help
much in this soft-handed age.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-09-24
Back Area Hunting
Underway in Sfufe

HEEL hunters sue
cessful in the drawings of special
permits for four species of Mon
tana's big game trophy animals
began hunting last week as sea-
sons opened in five areas for
moose, in three areas for noun
tain sheep, and in all special areas
for mountain goats and buffalo,
according to the Montana Fish and
Game department.
Antelope hunters with special
permits have been hunting since
Sept. 5 in many areas.
The five areas for mature bull
moose which opened Sept. 10 are
in the Absaroka Wilderness area
where the three permit holders
for buffalo are hunting concur
rently. Other moose areas Will
open Oct. Is and a total of 80
bull moose and 90 moose of either
sex will be taken during the cur
rent season.
Mountain sheep areas which
opened Sept. Is include the Sun
river, the Ural-Tweed Area in
Lincoln county and Rock creek
in Granite county. Two other
sheep areas will open Oct. Is, and
all sheep are limited to mature
rams with at least three-quarter
horn curl.
In all areas which are open now,
mountain goat hunters will take
SO animals from the two areas in
the Crazy mountains, 10 from the
Pioneer mountains, Is from the
Pintlar Wilderness area, 10 from
the Flint creek area and Is in the
Cabinet Primitive area. All Goat
permits were issued for mature
animals of either sex.
Hunting on the general license
also began on Sept. Is when an
early either-sex elk season opened
in the Absaroka Wilderness area
and another early season on ant
Tered bulls in the South Fork OF
the Flathead river. This latter
area was opened early for buck
deer hunting, and is the only area
in the state where mountain goats
may be hunted without special
permit. Goat hunting in this area
IS divided into two sections, the
first will extend from Sept. Is
Hungry Horse news., 1954-09-24
Presbyterian Youth
Elect Officers
delayed from last week.


HUNGRY HORSE-Martin City,
Hungry Horse Youth Group of the
Presbyterian Community church
held election of officers at their
meeting at the Manse, Saturday
night.
New officers are John Vertrees,
Jr., president; Linda Moore, vice
president; Faith Baldwin, secre-
tary; with Barry Moore being re-
tanned as treasurer.
They also voted to change the
name of the group. Hereafter it
will be called the Westminster
Fellowship.
September meeting of the Hum
CRY Horse Home Demonstration
club was Tuesday evening in the
conference hall. 1t was voted to
disband as a Home Demonstration
club, but to continue as a hobby
club, meeting twice a month in the
homes of members.
Next meeting will be Sept. % at
8 pm, at the home of Mrs Lloyd
house No. 5, with those
attending to bring hobbies.
Anyone interested in the club
can get further information from
Mrs. Bud Michels.
Mrs. Don DeVall was in charge
of games, with Mrs. Bud Michels
the prize. Refreshments
were served by Mrs. Bill Oberem
and Mrs. Neal Turner.
Emmett Myhre returned Satur-
day from a weeks trip to Rock
ford, ILL.,, where he attended the
Woodward Governors conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Shelhamer
weeks visit from Mrs.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
v. G. Stauch, Dodge City,, Kans.
Korlyn Pierce is staying with the
Ted Crafts until her folks come
back from their Rising Wolf ranch
at East Glacier.
The Lloyd Newhouse family
spent Friday in Missoula.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan, Lake Cush-
Hungry Horse news., 1954-09-24

the proceeds, and the federal gov
ernment and consumers pick up
the check"
STONE REA
During the last session of Con-
gress, the administration asked
that "only $55 million be approp-
rated for REA loans," Patton said.
"a vigilant House and Senate
boosted this figure to $135 million.
But the $55 million figure repre-
sents the power the private utili-
ties have in this administration.
They want to turn farmers back
to the good old days when it cost
II cents an hour for electricity for
farms, instead of 3 cents as it does
today; when it cost $1,000 a mile
for a power line, instead of a So
membership in a local coopera-
tive-the price farmers pay to-
day."
Patton said that "about the only
major victory that farm families
won during the last session OF
Congress was in the defeat of the
private utilities attempt to grab
off the tremendous potentials OF
atomic energy.
Through the efforts of Farm
ers Union and other concerned or
ganizations, we prevented what
may well have been the greatest
Safe-crackine lob of all time.
ATOMIC FUTURE
"Atomic energy will provide
electricity at amazingly low costs
no one knows just exactly how
low. Through the efforts of such
men as Senator Murray of your
own state, the atomic energy bill
provides that municipalities and
REA cooperatives will get prefer
ence to this important source OF
power"
Stating that, Although the
farmers of this nation were de-
feated in their efforts to secure
for themselves a fair price support
program" Patton said, "they did
get their foot in the Atomic energy
door.
"This was sizeable victory. But
It will scarcely make up for the
over standards of living that
thousands of farm families will be
,orced to adopt because of the
sliding scale system of price sup
ports.
metropolitan newspapers pro-
Hungry Horse news., 1954-09-24
POWER REACTION

Patton said: "This is what the
private versus public power fight
is all about. It's about whether
to 90 back to the cent hourly
rate of the 1920's, or expand pub
lie power so that every citizen, not
just those living in certain sections
of the country, can have one cent
power"
The farm organization president
charged that the Eisenhower ad-
ministration has turned its back on
public power. In the two years it
has been in office, not single new
public power project has been
started. Instead, it has talked about
local partnerships.
"What these local partnerships
amount to is this: giant corpora
tions and the federal government
go into partnership to build pow
er project, the corporations pocket
Hungry Horse news., 1954-09-24

through Sept. 10, and the second
from Oct. Is through Oct. 10.
Montana's regular big game
hunting on the general license will
open throughout most of the state
on Oct. is and close Nov. Is.