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Evening star., 1954-12-26
By Frederick Brown Horris
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OF evil men. We must remember, at the
peril of everything that Is high and
holy, that when you face men who put
the state on the throne. instead OF God.
you cannot conquer them by kindly
example or by q friendly smile. The
idea that unadulterated deviltry Is or
win to be allowed to trample righteous
ness into the mire. whenever it Is pow
erful enough. while the forces Of good
stand impotently by. is . tragic trav-
esty of justice and Judgment. and does
not come within celestial hailing
tance of the real teaching Of Christi
anity. There Is always enough bad In
the world to shatter any dream Of an
ethical peace unless Ill win has q re-
straining fear Of the power Of organized
good win. To weaken the national
striking power is to vote to make 1t
inevitable that the democracies shall be
forced to do the bidding OF moral per-
verts who have been allowed to fashion
preponderance Of swords.
But, Of course, we must ever remind
ourselves that force is never the last
word At best, It but clears the way for
the constructive influences of friend
ship. good will. and cooperation to do
their healing work so that, ut last.
plows may be substituted for swords.
The final force which will conquer bad
ideas win be found In invincible good
ideas.
In America. q man stood up In
free pulpit to preach. He quoted de-
tached sentences from the Christ
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Fathers house was made q den of
thieves. and who used force to drive
the money changers out as His
eyes were ass o flame Of fire. That
preacher declared that evil, no matter
how diabolical. was never to be
resisted with any physical weapons.
Rhetorically. he asked, "What has a
sword ever accomplished worth while?"
At the church door. following the
service, Q worshiper said 70 the
clergyman: II can tell you one thing
that the righteous sword has done"
"What?" asked the minister. Replied
the listener with deep feeling, because
the crusade for freedom had left q
vacant place In his home: 1.-THE sword
in the hand Of those who have
resisted militant evil has given you
the chance to stand here today and
to proclaim your paciflst convictions
without fear Of being liquidated." The
one who had publicly said that
rampant evil was never to be resisted
by force paused for q moment. and
then acknowledged: I'm afraid
cannot refute that"
There is no refutation In Gods
truth and mans duty for the fash of
a clean sword.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Reopproising the Chest

The proposed "reappraiSap or COM
munity Chest operations in the Washington
Metropolitan Area has long been needed.
The Chest program in Washington and its
suburbs has been suffering from the same
sort of stresses and strains that public serv-
ices generally have felt with the rapid
growth Of the whole region. The fund
raising, budgeting and welfare planning OF
the federated Chests are based on policies
and procedures deemed adequate when the
Chest Federation was organized in 1946, but
growing pains" have developed. There
even has been recurrent talk of certain
communities going 1t alone" In the hope
Of raising more money for enlarged local
needs This, of course, would be a sad step
for the entire area
Actually, we are less consolidated here
than are most other metropolitan areas OF
the country Whereas other large cities and
their suburbs usually have one chest to
serve the whole urban and suburban region,
the divided political setup in Greater Wash
ington has led to the creation OF separate
chests for the Virginia, Maryland and Dis
trict portions of the Metropolitan Area.
The six local chests are tied together
loosely by the Chest Federation. which con-
ducts the campaigns and distributes the
money according to needs. Because each OF
the chests maintains its own headquarters
and performs certain administrative work,
the aggregate administrative costs here are
greater than in some other large cities.
This has led to suggestions that one overall
chest to serve the whole region would be
preferable to the present arrangement.
Countering the one-chest idea are proposals
that suburban communities conduct their
own campaigns. But such trend would be
out Of line with the developing theory In
public-service quarters that Washington and
its suburbs compose one great city, with
common objectives and common problems
that should be tackled on a regional team
work basis.
The planned study by committee
representing ali the chests will be helpful IN
considering recent campaign, budgeting and
planning difficulties. It should aid in clear
ing the air of rumors that eventual dissolu-
ton of the federation is possibility Ger
tainly any plan involving the holding OF six
separate chest campaigns would be unthink-
able. What is needed Is fewer campaigns,
not more of them.
Evening star., 1954-12-26

mise with moral principles crucifted
will never bring In any day Of genuine
peace.
The late Senator vandenburg was
rightly appraising some shameful chap
ters of modern Western diplomacy
when he sagely remarked that ap-
peasement is but surrender on the in
Stallment plan. One Of these unfortu-
nate chapters records that when q
Prime Minister OF Britain took an nm-
brella to Munich. and no righteous
word. q little, glorious democracy in the
midst OF Europe rapidly developing on
the principles Of the American Consti-
tuition was thrown to the wolves. This
perfidy was committed in the interest
Of peace in our time: but 1t opened
up Pandora's box Of evils which poi
son and plague us yet. The trouble was
then, and since, that nations acting on
high ethical principles have been deal.
ing with regimes which know not the
meaning Of good viii. and whose think
ing about the world which this present
fluid century will see emerge Is as
twisted and sinister as their dreams Of
world dominion. That Is why at the
present phase Of the global battle even
peace treaties are suspect. Who, for
instance, can trust the pledges made at
Geneva regarding what is left OF Indo-
China? Because the terms Of the
Korean armistice have been broken, the
Secretary General Of the United Ma
tions will soon be flying to Peiping,
from which emanate constantly ridic-
ulous propaganda pronouncements.
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The present chaotic world situation
but broadcasts that there can be no
peace without integrity and good will.
And how can these essentials exist
when one party to all so-called agree
ments blatantly glories in its creed
which denies God and degrades man?
Certainly, In such world good will
must be guarded and protected. It
must not be betrayed into the hands
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Porision Crossroads

Although one must face up to the pos
sibility, it still is hard to believe that France
may vote herself out Of the Western COM
munity.
Certainly, as seen from this side OF the
Atlantic, every consideration Of French self
interest argues to the contrary. It may be
said that France has reason to fear a re-
armed Germany. The prospect that the
Germans, once back in the family OF ma
tions, may again dominate Europe is more
than fanciful. II the Popular Republicans
are resentful because Premier Mendes-
France did not really fight for the ratifica-
ton Of edo, that Is Understandable.
None Of these considerations. however,
can justify French choice Of the greatest
evil. And II the current plan for German
rearmament is to be destroyed in the whirl
pool of French politics, the people Of France
should understand that this Is the choice
their representatives In the Assembly are
making.
The plan for the defense of Europe
against Communist assault has been based
on the premise that France, for all Of her
If the test comes Hers was to be major
role in the defense Of the continent. There
can be no defense, however, without Ger
man contribution. On this point every one
seems to be agreed excepting only the
Paris politicians. They seem willing to let
the pettiest kind of politics dominate their
thinking.
It has been made abundantly clear,
however, that the Western defense program
Is going forward, with or without France.
The politicians In Paris are capable Of doing
great damage to the concept Of united
resistance to communism. But they will
not be permitted to block the rearmament
Of West Germany. This is a step that Is
going to be taken. If the French want to
stand aside, and accept the consequences,
that is their privilege. But even at this
late hour 1t is hard to believe they will
choose course so inimical to their own best
interests.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Eosino an Outdoted Restriction

In his directive modifying the so-called
"Buy American Act of 1885," President
Eisenhower has offered an encouraging
token of the administrations desire to ease
restraints on commerce within the free
world. The actions chief virtue Is that 1t
should help to persuade skeptics abroad that
the United States, despite certain congress
sional advocates of high protectionlsm, stlii
is in favor of practicing what it has long
preached about the good to be derived from
liberalized international trade and economic
cooperation.
Although it has been applicable to only
q limited amount of business (about $loo
million annually, the 1888 law has been
under fire for years paSt-both here at nome
and overseas-as protectioniSt restrlctlon
altogether at variance with ofncial American
efforts to promote general reciprocal low
ering of international economic barriers OF
every kind. Enacted during the worst days
Of the great depression, when our nationai
economy was in the doldrums, the law mas
had the effect of freezing out foreign groups
seeking to bid competitively against our
domestic suppliers for certain types OF con-
tracts with the Federal Government
This freezing out process has been
achieved through the BUY American" pro-
VISION unOer WHICH bllc 1OtCLhAiAOAAo AAesS
been obliged to award contracts to domestic
companies even when the bids OF those
companies have been upwards Of 25 per
cent more costly than the offers made by
foreign suppliers. But such excessively pref
erential treatment has now been brought 10
an end by the Presidents directive. AS
result, q foreign bid will henceforth be ac-
cepted and the competing domestic bid re-
jected If the latter is 8 per cent higher when
1t includes duties and similar costs, or 10
per cent higher when it excludes those costs.
The only exception to this new COM
petitive yardstick is that the former wide
margin of preference will continue to apply
to domestic bidders operating In national
areas where per cent or more Of the
labor force is unemployed. In all other
respects, however. the Presidents action
win give the overseas enterpriser rea-
sonable opportunity to do business with our
Government. And that fact in turn, al
though it will not involve q great deal OF
commerce, viii serve to eliminate one OF
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Toxpuyer's Lument

The founding fathers were we'll
aware Of the inevitable tendency Of
Government to exercise tyranny over
the people. and they wisely provided
the protection Of our Constitutional
Bill of Rights. They could not fully
anticipate the future. however. and
Of the protective tariff and the income
tax. If 1t were possible to do so, the
Government would undoubtedly place
Evening star., 1954-12-26

heavy tax upon fresh air, sunshine.
and drinking water. That would be no
worse than the present taxes upon
imports and incomes.
Henry Ware Allen,
,Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1954-12-26

the practices that have been clearly In
consistent with our oficial talk about the
desirability of reducing international eco
noYnic restrictions.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
'PorIez Vous /?

Other communities In the Nation should
find 1t worth while to look into the expanded
language program that has Just been under
taken, after having been tried out on an
experimental basis, by the elementary
schools of Santa Barbara, California. The
program, beginning with pupils In the first
grade, is designed to teach young boys and
girls how to speak French or Spanish even
while they are learning the somewhat
involved mysteries Of English.
The idea behind this project, which Is
relatively rare In the public educational
system Of the United States, is to equip the
youngsters they advance from grade to
grade-with q steadily increasing under
standing OF modern foreign language.
Then, so the theory goes, they will be in
good position to grow expert in reading.
writing and speaking it by the time they
reach the high-school level. In short, they
will be well on their way to becoming BIZ
lingual, and many Of them are likely to
find themselves sufficiently talented to
acquire fuency In one or two additional
tongues
In It's present form. because OF such
handicaps as an inadequate teaching stan,
the Santa Barbara program falls far short
OF being perfect But it adds up to an
interesting and useful educational expert
ment In an age when the world has become
so small that our country could do with
more biiingualism. s
Evening star., 1954-12-26
We Need Not Stand Helpless

The United States Court of Appeals, In
upholding the constitutionality Of the Nc
Carran Red-registration law, has disposed
very effectively Of the Communists conten-
ton that their American organization is
just another political party, entitled to all
the rights and privileges accorded such par
ties. The two-to-one majority of the court
has found-as did the Subversive Activities
Control Board-that the Communist Party
is Soviet-controlled action" group bent
on undermining and taking over the Amer
lean Government. The court, quite logically,
could perceive no reason why that Govern
ment must stand helpless" before such sub
versive activities. ~
The majority, consisting of Judges
Prettyman and Danaher, swept aside with
forceful and detailed comments the Com
munist Partys numerous objections to the
McCarran Acts requirements that any for
eign-d dominated organization dedicated to
the overthrow OF our Government must
register It's officers and members with the
Department Of Justice and open its financial
records as well The two judges, after
reviewing great deal Of the evidence,
agreed with the board that the Communist
Party in this country is under control of
Russia and that its ultimate goal Is the
destruction Of our form Of government.
They said succinctly: 1--WE cannot at this
time treat the program and policies Of the
world Communist movement as dialectic
debate"
Judge Bazelon dissented on the ground
that the registration provision violates the
Fifth Amendment protection against self
incrimination. But the majority stressed
that the party as an organization is required
to register It's members. The possibility that
some of those members might be inclined to
seek protection Of the Fifth Amendment
would not invalidate the act, the majority
stated
The Communists have announced that
they intend to carry this case to the
Supreme Court In view Of the split appel
late vote, 1t would be in the public interest to
have the high court make final ruling on
the important McCarran Act. # finally
sustained, the law will deal fatal blow to
the Communist conspiracy as 1t now exists.
Evening star., 1954-12-26

Quoting the Century magazine. The
Star for December Is. 1904. said: "A
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

her coal-burning range; she says
there's got to be change to one
that runs electricity or she'll re-
sign from feeding me. On this nom
sensical demand I've taken the I'M
swerving stand that prices of the
things we grow have Skidded down
til they're too low, and that while
we're in such a mess we can't spend
cash for foolishness.
In private, neighbor has agreed
that wives demand more than they
need; he's told me not to be worm
and backed me up in standing firm,
but now I find the snake has drove
to town and bought his wife stove.
This kind of thing is serious, degrad-'
ing and calamitous; when any hus-
band drops his guard, he simply
makes it twice as hard for others to
avoid the Jokes made ready by their
women-folks. No man is worthy,
contend, of being counted as a friend
when he pretends to stand with me,
then joins up with the enemy.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

The individual farmer has most at
stake both from the standpoint of say
ing his crop and also from the stand
point of preventing his national farm
program from begging down complete
ly. 1t was the general feeling of those
attending the two-day meeting that the
farmer will get the job done if he knows
what the problem is.
Earn IA Cents a Bushel
If he already has storage space for
up to III or average crops, but this
space is full of grain, then what? Even
then additional storage space may be a
good investment if he can fill it for
two or three years under present con-
ditions. He can reseal and store 1852
and 1858 wheat and earn ID cents per
bushel or reseal barley and earn Is
cents per bushel.
With the large carryover and with
congeSted storage facilities, there is
good possibility that there will be
substantial spread between the mar
ket price and loan rate on grains this
fall and in some counties storing grain
under loan will be practically out of
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01
Tri-County Telephone
Loan Approved

AN REA LOAN of $254, 900 has been
granted Tri-County Telephone Assn,
Inc. Basin. Wyo., for improvement
and extension of rural telephone service
in west-central Big Horn County and
northwest Washakie County.
Association plans include purchase
of the Bench Canal Telephone Company
at Emblem, Wyo., and the Ten Sleep
Telephone Comany at Ten Sleep. Ex-
pansion made possible by these pur-
ehases and additional construction will
add telephone service to 1863 residents
nOw without the service. The completed
system will consist of 253 miles of line.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

and if there seems to be strong prob
ability that he may have difficulty in
getting his wheat under cover this fall,
there seems to be little question that
enough storage space for one crop is
good investment for him over the long
pull, even disregarding government
loan-storage programs. If he can go
a considerable way toward paying for
the storage space this year from bene-
fits arising out of the present critical
storage situation, so much the better.
Critical Storage
Montana farmers are being warned
of critical shortage of elevator and
other commercial storage space for
grain. This is a nationwide problem.
On April and meetings were held at
Helena to consider the grain storage
problem. Representatives of farm or
CARNATIONS, the grain trade and gov
eminent agencies attended. At these
meetings it was emphasized time and
again that this year it is definitely UP
to the individual farmer to make sure
that there is home for his 1854 grain
crop when it is harvested.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

MY NEIGHBOR LIKES to spread
the Salye that he's the finest friend
I have. The truth, however, is that
he forever is betraying me. For in
stance, here of late I've been a-bat-
ting with my wife again regarding
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

the long pull, storage bins on the farm
for from One-and-one-half to two aver
age crops of grain are good invest
ment for grain farmers in most sections
of Montana. Under present conditions,
which are anything but normal"
farmer stands pretty good chance Of
paying for whatever amounts of storage
space he can keep filled for the next
two or three years. He may even pay
for it in one year.
On-the-farm storage structures are
major capital investment, involving a
use-span of from 20 to so years. A study
of costs and benefits of on-the-farm
grain storage facilities has been under
way at the Montana Agricultural Elk
perment station. We wanted to find
whether or not it pays farmer to
build grain bins. One conclusion from
this study is that, up to point, on-the-
farm storage space is a very good in
VeStment.
Diminishing Returns
AS a farmer adds to his storage space
he can expect diminishing returns from
his investment. AS each new bin is
added there will be more and more
time when it stands empty as the years
go by.
The data developed for the study
shows that in the spring wheat areas
of Eastern Montana, where yields of
grain vary considerably, it will pay
the owner of a farm to invest in storage
capacity equal to from one-and-one-half
to two average crops of grain if he
makes the best use of his bins.
In a winter wheat county such as
Chouteau county, where yields do not
vary so much, storage space for one
and-One-fourth to One-and-one-half aver
age crop is good investment, regard
less of government storage problems.
Benefits VS.. Cost
For example, Table No. compares
The possible yearly benefits from differ
ent amounts of storage on a 50O-acre
spring wheat farm in Roosevelt county
with the yearly cost of having the bins
on the farm.
In this table, the fourth bin, which
brings the storage capacity up to two
full crops, still pays for itself but the
fifth bin will not. The yearly cost of
each bin consists of interest on the
investment, depreciation and mainte.
nance, property tax, and insurance on
bins costing about 80 cents per buShel
capacity at present prices.
Present farm costs and price levels
for wheat we're used. If $1.5O wheat is
used and corresponding farm costs
the break-even point is at about the
third bin, or IL average crop.
Normal Benefits
Benefits measured were normal bene
fits from handling and marketing the
wheat crop. They consist of ID gain:
from season price changes which car
be had by not rushing grain to marke
at harvest time, ~ savings in cost by
not trying to move wheat into eleva
tors during the rush harvest season
and (3) benefits from equalizing an
nual incomes for income tax purposes
What is the importance of these find
ings from the standpoint of the indi
vidual farmers approach to the presen
critical storage situation in Montan;