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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-04-15
Have You Met -

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H.
Vodegel, who have recently
purchased a new home on
Valley View Dr., Chesterland?
Mr.. Vodegel is sales promo
ton director for the Gappel
Mcdonald Co., Detroit. They
have moved to CheSterland
from Cleveland. The Vodegels
have two children, B e t tie
Ann who is IT, and about to
graduate from Lutheran high
in Cleveland and 'Carole 1917.
Mrs. Vodegel's mother, Mrs.
Lydia Strissell, is also living
with them.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-04-15

News by Mrs. James Ruch
Telephone Chardon 5-4222
Fowler's Mills church is hap
py to have Rev. and Mrs +.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Constantine Brown

For nearly half a century
Moscow has tried to inveigle
Germany into a partnership.
During the Czarist regime, the
aim was for both countries to
establish their hegemony in
Europe. After the advent Of
the Communists, domination
of the world became the aim.
After the Russian defeat in
Manchuria in 1906, the then
Russian foreign minister,
Count White, stopped in Ber-
lin On his way to st. Peters,
burg from Portsmouth. N. H..
where the Russian-Japanese
peace treaty was signed. The
Russian diplomat talked at
length with the Kaiser and his
chancellor about a German
Russian alliance.
Count Witte received SYM
pathetic hearing and the al
lance might have been signed
had it not been for a trivial
matter such as besieges most
OF uS-caSh.
The Russian government
desperately needed a billion
dollar loan. No such amount
was available in Germany
at that time. The Spandau
tower-a German Fort KNOX
where the Emperor kept the
gold indemnity obtained from
France after the 1871 war had
that much. But it was not
available for foreign loans.
The French offered soon
afterward to float a Russian
loan in Paris. Like all such
advances in that period, po-
litical string was attached:
Russia would not become an
ally of Germany but would be-
come a member of a tripartite
entente" with France and
Great Britain.
The establishment of groups
Of powers in Europe eventually
led to the First World War and
to the advent Of communism
in control Of the largest and
probably the richest country
in Europe.
Germany emerged from her
crushing defeat as a genuine
democracy. The men at
the helm. especially Gustav
Streseman, had the same
Western European orientation
as the present German Chan
cellor, Konrad Adenauer.
Streseman realized that COM
munism was no longer an
theological doctrine as con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

ceived by Karl Marx but q
military force intended espe-
cially for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of the U. s. s. r. And he at
tempted to cooperate hon.
estly and Fundamentally with
Germany's former Western
enemies.
1t is unfortunate that at
that time-in the 20S-there
was nobody in France, with the
possible exception Of Aristide
BRAND, who wanted to accep:
Germany's outstretched hand.
It is true that in the former
Reich itself still were some die
hards who feared that a Ger
many disarmed in accordance
with the treaty of Versailles
might become the prey Of her
neighbors. The French were
talking then pretty loudly
about the creation of an indie
pendent" Rhenish republic
with close ties to Paris. These
diehards found a sympathetic
ear in the Kremlin when they
suggested that the u. S. S. r.
begin building some prototypes
of weapons which Germany
could not produce at home un-
der the treaty terms. Thus the
Putilov arms factory and other
arsenalS surreptitiously began
to produce heavy artillery and
tanks for the German army.
This reporter was at Geneva
at one Of the perennial dis
armament conferences which
produced only increased arm
aments when Gen. Won Blom-
berg. the German technical ex-
pert, told our military adviser,
Col. James Ord, that unless
the allies relented and per-
mitted Germany to have
openly a limited amount Of
weapons forbidden them under
the Versailles treaty and a few
airplanes-just enough to sat-
isfy the German idea of pres
tige-Hitler would come to
power within a year. And
this means war" said the gen.
eral. because Hitler is crazy"
This plea was rejected by the
then French Premier, Andre
Tardieu, although his military
adviser, Gen. Gamelin. agreed
with Won Blomberg's views.
Thus Hitler's dictatorship
was born as an illegitimate
child of France, which was
scared and unyielding. and the
U. S. S. r., which helped pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
David Lawrence

The Republican Party is
raising a bigger fund than
usual for expenses in the COM
ing campaign in the hope of
electing a Republican majority
in Congress next autumn. But
it will do the money-raiSers
and the Woodworking leaders
little good unless they can
erase the impression, fostered
to no small extent among
some of the members of the
White House staff itself. that
President Eisenhower is polit-
ically superior to the Repub-
lican Party.
The habit of turning up
noses at the Republican Party
with the illusory contention
that the 1852 election was won
primarily because of the
popularity of Gen. Eisenhower
and that his party is sup
posedly discredited, would be
natural if it came from the
Democrats. But it comes also
from some newspapers and
magazines of large circulation
which supported Ike" last
year and still think he can be
pictured as being the sole
source of strength to his own
party. An editorial in one such
magazine said recently: Its
time these Republican reac-
tionarieS-many businessmen
among them-who are trying
to make a god of what they
think is the Republican Party,
were told that the American
people don't give a damn about
that god. And furthermore
that their god never existed"
This is not the kind Of
preachment that will unite the
Republican Party, but the
kind that will, if persisted in,
make it easier for the Demo-
Gratis to win control Of both
houses of Congress. Snobbery
toward the Republican Party
isn't going to make converts
among the Independents who
switch from one ticket to the
other in different elections. Nor
is a campaign belittling Amer
lean political parties as such
going to induce young men
and women to try to trans
form both the major parties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Fletcher Knebel-
Potomac Fever
BY Harry Hunun

Republicans applaud kes blast at prophets OF gloom
prophet Of gloom fellow who long face to hide his
Stevenson button.
House Leader Haleck Republicans have magnificent
record inclined to stuck and then
line that than thought-worse
than thought-worse than thought
Democrats plan fight increased postal The Demo-
stree let Jimmy Roose
welt mail a letter.
Senate Republicans quit for week to Lincoln
Day speeches They afford away much longer.
They've got hurry insert the speeches in the
gressional Record.
Harry Truman challenges reveal how many of the
1900 security risks he fired Communists Harrys afraid
the the victim illegal hoax-that
trated by other than authorized Democrats
Senator Mccarthy calls the Democrats the party of
treason Joe figures hanging for the Democrats
They ought aveand made suffer with everybody
else under a Republican administration.
Russians crush uprisings
many The a tough people will fight
for the freedom of picking dictator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

It has established that in
foreign policy there is no new
look in Moscow. Whatever
change there might, conceive
ably, have been, ended with the
passing of Beria. Molotov
speaks for the Stalinist policy:
Hold what you have, and use
it only to expand power.
The result is unhappy for
the German people, for whom
all express such ELUSIVE con-
Germ. and for the easing of in
ternational tensions, to which
the partition of Europe's larg-
est nation contributes as all
her victors affirm.
Germany will remain di-
vided, and out of that utterly
abnormal condition-achieved
at Yalta-what forces may
take shape none can predict.
The Germans will continue
to live dangerously and with
them, all the former allies. as
it is perhaps fitting for all
from whom to greater or lesser
degree. the offenSes came.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Dorothy Thompson

In 1947, on the eve Of the
free democratic elections" in
Poland called for by Yalta. !
met Victor Grose, minister Of
information Of the Communist
dominated government. and
had a few minutes quiet talk
with him.
1t was already clear that the
elections were being so maneu-
vered and opposition leaders
so harried or suppressed that
the outcome was assured. I
remarked. Il suppose you are
confident you will win" He
agreed.
But suppose you dont?"
"Oh. we will"
But assume for a moment
that you might not. Then
what?'
I'VE will never relinquish
power" he said. with somewhat
disarming honesty.
l recall this in connection
with Molotov's arguments at
the four power conference in
Berlin. He is reputed to be a
subtle negotiator. In Germany
last summer some people be-
lieved him prepared to concede
practically everything except a
Western military alliance for a
unified Germany, and that If
he made such concessions
German public opinion might
shift toward the Russian Solu-
ton.
But it is patiently clear, es-
pecially from his speech of
February 4, that he will &C
cept no procedures that will
not assure in advance the con-
tinuance and expansion of
Communist power, and he is
not being at all subtle about it.
The concessions have not
been made by Molotov, but by
the West, and one of them is
so radical that it may have
caught Molotov off guard.
He assumed and keeps on
reiterating, boxing a position
already relinquished. that the
West would demand of a fu-
ture alderman non-Commu-
mist government that it accept
the restrictions and obliga-
tions of the Bonn government
in it's treaties with the West
ern powers
The Western foreign min
listers, however. have been pre-
else. explicit and unanimous
in declaring that a new, rep
reSentative, alderman gov
eminent would start from
scratch, not inheriting the
commitments of either of the
existing Western or Eastern
governments. but be free to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Risk Seen in G. Q. P. Snobbery
Impression That Eisenhower Is Politically Superior
Called Threat to Chances for Winning Congress

Many speeches will be made
this week by Republicans in
connection with Lincoln Day
celebrations, but none will
express better the most i'm
portant thing for Republicans
to say from their own view
point than this comment by
President Eisenhower last
Friday:
THE reason I believe in the
Republican Party is because it
is the best political instrument
to serve the United States in
this kind of day."
Now, if the President can
persuade some Of the members
of his own staff and some of
his press supporters to believe
that simple statement so that
they will not Immediately dis
count it cynically as a sort Of
necessary lip service, he will
have achieved much toward
strengthening the party that
gave him the nomination and
the chance to be President.
The same principle holds
good for the Democratic Party.
There are radicals in that
party who turn up their noses
at the conservative Democrats
from the South just because
the latter happen conScienti-
ouSly to differ with them on
such things as civil rights.
Political parties have room in
them for all kinds Of opinion
and when one faction begins
to read the other out of the
party. exhibiting an intoler-
ance of dissent and indulging
in name-calling toward its own
members. then q totalitarian
and dictatorial attitude begins
to prevail which can only
weaken. if not destroy, such a
party. Governor Meyner Of
New Jersey. a Democrat, ex-
pressed q very enlightened at
titude the other day when he
urged businessmen to identify
themselves with the Dem
ocratic Party and to help A.
nance It, For neither party can
succeed If it starts with the
premise that 1t doesn't want
any dissent within it's ranks.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Gettinq Out on q Political Limb
Sherman Adams Fear Deal Blast at Critics Called Sign
Of Administration Alarm Over Economic Trends

sion with unfortunate results.
One of the best selling books
of the early thirties was a slim
volume by the late Edward
Angly, the newspaperman who
ghosted the Jesse Jones book
on the RFC. Mr.. Angly's book
bore the colloquial and pro-
vocative title "Oh Yeah?" and
consisted Of nothing but quo
tations from the leading lights
of America. business and
political, to the effect that
every day in every way things
were getting better and better.
The most famous example Of
course was what some people
now contend Herbert Hoover
did not say: Prosperity Is
just around the corner"
In politics, the apt phrase
is fine If you win, but it can be
a hair shirt if fate proves UNI
kind and things don't turn out
as hoped. The examples are
too numerous to mention, but
timely one is the suggestion
about those Chinese Commu-
nists being "only agrarian re-
formers.
While Mr.. Adams language
was a little ford, as in his
reference to political sadists."
he at least did not commit the
absurdity of some politicians
in attaching subversive motives
to those who talk Of recession.
Actually business and trade
papers are the favored sources
now of the politicians who pay
earnest and sincere attention
to the present economic situa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

1t is true that Democrats
in Congress are, themselves.
under the shadow of another
figure, and a formidable one
and right here-meaning Pres
ident Eisenhower. That cir
cumstance acted as a restraint
on them in the first session of
the SD Congress. In that ses-
sion they stood out chiefly for
valuable assistance to the
President on foreign policy
measures. That was most COM
mendable. The President. since
he lacked a general and we'll
rounded legislative program in
the first session, offered vir-
tually no issues in which Dem
ocrats could sink their teeth
even if they hadn't been
awed.
Now, however, he has SUBJ
mitted a program. With some
Of 1t, Democrats can quarrel
little. With some Of 1t.
though. they can. But thus
far such issues as have been
available-and there have been
a number-were taken up in
potshots by individual men,
bers. While 1t is conceded
that the party cannot really
make issues until the various
parts Of the program are
brought to the floor for ac-
ton, nevertheless. it does seem
that a pattern Of policy might
by now have become more
apparent.
There have been two issues
in the Senate that were figu-
ratively tailored for the Dem
ocratic Party. that is, as Adlai
Stevenson seems to exemplify
the party. One was, and is,
the Bricker amendment which
runs counter to the whole his
tory and philosophy Of the
Democratic Party: the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

We are witnessing some
thing quite unusual in the
developing Democratic Party
situation.
This is the way that Adlai
Stevenson continues to hold
the affection, allegiance and
interest of his party's rank
and file and, more than that,
to keep the lively interest Of
quite a substantial number of
Independents and Republicans.
All this was demonstrated in a
recent Gallup Poll. It showed,
among other things. that seven
out of ten voters believe the
1852 Democratic candidate will
be the 1856 candidate, and
nearly the same number. SO
per cent, want to see him the
candidate.
This persistent interest, over
q year after his defeat, Is the
more remarkable in that Adlai
Stevenson occupies no public
Office, but is a private citizen.
A public Office offers an iden-
tity, forum and medium of
publicity which are so helpful
in keeping an aspiring politi-
clan before the public. It's
value is exemplified in the case
of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York who has enjoyed
a rostrum for years.
Though he is without that,
Mr. Stevenson is not only still
remembered by rank and file
voters. but they think of him
still in terms of the White
House. That may be taken as
a measure of the forceful i'm
preston the one-time Illinois
Governor made upon the
American people-and in the
short space of a campaign
upon which he embarked as a
comparative unknown.
1t is suggested, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

that there may be another
factor in the beaconlike posi-
ton he has attained in our
politics.
This involves contrast. Dur
ing the campaign, he came to
stand for something, estab-
lished himself with the Ameri-
can people as a character
whom you could feel and take
hold Of. He has preserved
and enhanced that public
character in everything he has
said and done since.
The same can not be said of
his party; that is, as it has
been on display here in Con-
gress. You get no feeling of
cohesiveness, Of consistent
policy, or even any conscious
ness of a firm hand here in
direction of party affairs in
Congress. If that is the i'm
preston from observing at
close-hand, it must seem so
also from a distance. That is
offered in explanation of why
Adlai Stevenson, himself, en-
joys so much concentrated at
tention. BY contrast, even way
off on the side. he holds out
leadership that is sure and
certain. He encourages con-
f1dence.
One man. of course, enjoys
an advantage in contrast with
an assorted and miscellaneous
group. such as the party lead
ers and membership in Con-
gress. But. in the case of the
party out of power, it has be-
come accepted that its leaders
in Congress assume consider
able responsibility between
elections. It is they who
formulate policy and create
issues. This has not happened
to the degree one might expect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

from within into more effec-
tive instruments of the public
will.
It is good strategy. as Vice
President Nixon and others
in the Republican leadership
have begun to point out. to
say that a vote for a Repub-
lican Congress is a vote to
uphold the hand of President
Eisenhower and to give him
a chance to complete his pro-
gram. But it isn't good
strategy to assume that by
crying wholly on "Ike's" pop
ularity, his voting strength
can be transferred to the Re-
publican Party this year in a
congressional election wherein
the name Eisenhower doesn't
appear anywhere on the bal
lot and the Republican emblem
does.
The fact that Gen Eisen-
hover ran ahead of his ticket
in 1952-something that has
been consistently true of the
winning candidate for the
presidency except in 1915
doesn't prove that the Repub-
lican Party was full of re-
dictionary candidates and that
the people didn't care to vote
for Republican nominees for
Congress last year. All one
has to do to disprove this is
to point to the case of Senator
Lodge, Gen. Eisenhower's
original campaign manager
never classified as a reac-
tionary or an isolationist-who
was defeated for reelection in
Massachusetts, by a detection
of Republicans. They voted
for Gen. Eisenhower and car
ried the State for him by a
substantial majority while
electing a Democratic Senator.
The idea that neither of the
major parties Is any good has
been cultivated by extremists
in recent years and echoed by
unthinking persons who some
how believe they are expressing
a new kind of political indie
pendence. Actually they are
contributing toward a break
down Of the two-party system
and the development of splin-
ter parties and blocS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Purokeet Causes Death

NEW YORK. (P.-A 55-year-
old nurse fell to her death yes
terday from a third floor window
Police said she apparently lost
her balance trying to catch a
parakeet escaping from its cage.
She is Miss Mary Blue, of For
est Hills, who died in an am
bulance.
Police said she hit a push and
then fell over a stone wall onto
the sidewalk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

it still is a substantial election
year gamble.
It appears largely to pivot
on the. automobile business.
In a vigorous challenge for
leadership in the field. Ford
set tremendous production
goals and General Motors &C
copied the challenge. While
neither company is exactly
meeting its goals. they still
are making a lot Of cars to the
open grief of dealers who are
finding it difficult to move
used cars.
If those used cars start NOV
ing off the lots in the spring,
making way for the new ones,
the optimists can plume them
selves. AS one economist put
it: 1T may turn out that
Charles E. Wilson was right
after all when he told those
hearings on his nomination for
Secretary of Defense that what
is good for General Motors
is good for the country and
vice versa"
Some economists estimate
that fully a third of the time.
money and materials of Amer
leans go into automobiles and
related industries. Because Of
this Henry Ford II has been
questioned about the wisdom
of his present production
drive. He defended it frankly
and ably as in the best tradi-
ton Of free enterprise.
A psychological attack on
current trends has the in
herent risk that it was tried
during the late, great depres-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Fe|Iowships Offered
In Theological Field

PRINCETON. N. j., Feb. g.
The American Association of
Theological Schools has an
nounced a program of one-year
fellowships to encourage young
people to consider the ministry
as a career.
The program was initiated and
financed under pledge of up
to 100000 a year for an expert
mental three-year period by the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The
program will be administered by
the school association through
the newly created American AS
ISOLATION Of Theological Schools
Fund. Inc.
Announcement of the program
was made last night by DR..
Edward H. Roberts. president
of the American Association of
Theological Schools and dean
of Princeton Theological Sem
mary.
The students may choose from
among the 76 schools fully &C
credited by the American Asso-
citation Of Theological Schools.
DR.. Roberts said it Is hoped
that a majority of the fellow
ship recipients will decide to
continue their theological edu-
cation. Regardless of what
career they may ultimately
elect" he added, 1--WE feel that
seminary experience will help
them to contribute to the re-
ligious strength of the country"
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
was established in New York in
1910 by John D. III. Nelson A.,
Laurence S., Winthrop and
David Rockefeller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Doris FIeeson-

The Fear Deal" speech Of
Presidential Assistant Sher-
man Adams reflects real alarm
at the home plate over present
economic trends and their po-
tential political repercussions.
1t emphasizes the Eisen-
hover administrations hope
of defeating the downward
Z curve by psychological attack.
Mr.. Adams rarely emerges for
political battle from the White
House redoubt where he ham
dies an enormous mass Of de-
tail for the President.
The Yankee in Mr.. Adams.
a former Governor of New
Hampshire, has held him back
however from the quite def
mite promises of an early up
turn which have been voiced
by cabinet members.
For example: Treasury Sec
rotary Humphrey told Sena-
tors there is nothing to be
disturbed about a rolling
readjustment only" Labor Sec
rotary Mitchell pledged pay
envelopes for American work.
ers as full as in 1858" Ag-
riculture Secretary Benson. a
real optimist, predicted for
1854 agricultural prices and
incomes fairly close to 1853"
For campaign purposes at
least the administration Is
therefore out on a limb. The
gamble that things will GER
tainly smooth out may be
worth taking, but with econo-
mists in spirited disagreement,