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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13
Churchill on Red China

Judging from Prime Minister Sir VIM
ston Churchill's latest remarks in the House
of Commons, the recent congressional hula
baloo over Communist China and the
United Nations has been a case of much ado
about nothing.
For the British leader has made clear that
his Conservative government does not be-
lieve that the time has come to press Tor
PeipingS admission into the U. n And to
emphasize his point he has voiced aStonlsn-
ment over the way in which Senator Know
land and other key American legislators
have acted in keeping with suspicious TO
the contrary, although they do not seem
to entertain such suspicious now.
Actually, according to Sir Winston, the
United Kingdom still adheres to the policy
enunciated in June of 1851 by Herbert Nor
rison, then the Foreign Secretary IN the
Attlee Labor government The policy IS
simply this: That the British, while con-
WINGED that Red China must eventually be
seated as member of the United Nations,
will not advocate or vote for its admission
until it abandons its policy OF aggression,
shows a Willingness to abide by interrla-
tional agreements and otherwise conducts
itself in reasonable conformity with the
principles of the U. N. Charter.
In effect, in reafarming this policy,
Prime Minister Churchill has given renewed
recognition to the fact that the U. N. would
grievously stultify itself and commit an act
of self-dastructive appeasement II 1t &C
cepted the Chinese Communists into It's
midst at this time. After all, considering that
they are actively supporting the Wet Mimi
Reds in Indo-C China, that they have been
branded with the. crime Of aggression in
Korea, and that they are still technically
at war with the United Nations, how could
the world organization possibly admit them
into membership and still survive as any
thing but mockery of itself?
The question speaks for itself, and Sir
Winston-if words mean anything Of
fered good assurances that his government,
even though it maintains diplomatic rela-
tions with Peiping, has no intention OF I'M
dermining the u N. by backing proposals foI
Red Chinas entry in the circumstances thai
prevail at present Morally and otherwise
of course, the Prime Minister could hardly
have justified different position.
SO the fears recently expressed by Mr.
Knowland seem quite academic right now
4 AT any rate, it looks as though the Chines'
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how can positive results OF such meet
ingS be expected?
AS the utter devastation Of civiliza-
ton as we know it becomes more and
more apparent as the terrible alterna-
tive to workable application Of law as
q solution to national differences, the
wisdom and effort Of all nations needs
to be brought to bear on such q solu-
ton. That solution must be made
known to all the people Of the earth
so that the weight of world opinion will
be felt by any who will not agree to q
fair and equitable proposal acceptable
to majority of the nations.
This proposal can call for no less
than universal disarmament accom-
panied by the necessary safeguards to
guarantee simultaneous and propor-
tional reduction Of the arms Of all ma
tions, under system OF enforceable
world law Why must we continue to be
so timid in proposing a solution COM
mensurate with the American tradi-
ton Of peace through law? Why indeed
must all plans for peace be predicated
on immediate universal acceptance
when our own history denies this prob
ability? Why on the eve Of the latest
failure of q half -century Of pacts in
Europe do we propose pact for South
east Asia? Can we expect favorable
reaction from other nations and prog
ress toward peace when we do not
propose any solution of which even
we ourselves can be proud?
The United Nations offers us the
framework for q worldwide discus
sion and eventual institution Of lin
tied world law. Review of Its Charter
will automatically be considered on
the General Assenbly's agenda next
year. Never was the tradition Of our
founding fathers so desperately needed
for ''rasing a standard to which the
wise and honest can repair"
Anne X. AinswOrth. !,
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To Be Remembered

When maisic lifts your spirit. think Of
me
Not a. mortal touched By mortal
fears,
But as iOGs-the spirit once set free
When you and 1cere young. nor
tasted tears.
To be 1DOmGn Is q hGrTied lot
Storm-tossed on every aDGUe emotion
filings;
And tDisdom Is a GIFT so dearly bought
A pair Of sturdy boots In trade for
aui1aCs.
Remember SUNNY days tDien seemed
fair.
Remember moments iDIsen I
understood 800.
See me NTH stars GOlitter IN my hair.
Recall the laughter, tenderness and
good.
TO be remembered is a gentle thing
Remember me NTH memories that stTiDi
Lee Aver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13
The Tnriffs on Mutches,

The Star of July 8 carried an edi-
torial The Tariffs on Watches" which
quoted extensively from remarks at
tributed to Mr.. j Lehmkuhl, president
of the United States Time Corporation,
makers Of Inexpensive watches Mr..
Lehmkuhl is reported to have said that
his company faces extinction because
of foreign competition and because the
United States Government has cam
celed contracts In the United States
for time fuses and has placed these
contracts abroad. Your editorial states
that II this is true, it is quite serious"
and that it would take % long time
to train technicians if it became neces-
sary once more to produce such fuses
here
It is not true that the United States
Government has cancelled fuse con-
tracts in this country and placed the
equivalent contracts abroad What has
happened is that with the end Of the
Korean war the United States Govern
ment has slowed down its purchases
of all armament. Obviously, we couldn't
keep up the pace Of armament pro-
curement in the United States once
the hot war stopped. There would be
no place to store the output. This re-
duction in United States Government
orders has affected all United States
producers, not just the watchmakers.
You can't have it both ways; you
either have hot war and fat contracts
or cold peace and smaller contracts.
What the United States Government
has done is that. under the OffShore
Procurement Program OF the Mutual
Security Act initiated In August. 1851,
it has placed orders for the NATO
stockpile for whole ammunition in
France, Britain, Belgium, etc. AS the
orders are for complete rounds, they
would naturally include time fuses.
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M. Dulles Goes to Paris

There are excellent reasons for believing
that Secretary Dulles decision to fly to
Paris was wise one It would be mistake,
however, to expect any miracles to be
worked.
Our difaculties with France reyolve
around two hard problems. One is the
prospective settlement of the war In Indo-
China. The French have their backs to the
wall there, and 1t is virtually foregone
conclusion that Premier MendeS-France is
going to accept the best peace terms he can
get. Without doubt, this means slavery,
If not worse, for many of the Wet Namese
who have fought the Communists Mr..
Dulles has no illusions on this point He
does not expect the French to fight on in
a losing war In which we are not willing to
participate. But neither does he intend
that the United States should underwrite or
associate itself with peace settlement
which would enSlave Wet Nam. This is
why he has not wanted to go back to
Geneva.
The other problem is Of different
nature. It concerns the unwillingness Of
France (and italy, to ratify the European
Defense Community pact, despite the fact
that EDO was originally a French proposal.
Mr.. Dulles feels, and feels very strongly,
that EDO must be ratified and put into
operation. # the French refuse to ratify
the pact, and thereby kill EDO, we then
undoubtedly would proceed to assist in the
rearming Of West Germany.
No one should suppose, however, that
Mr.. Dulles wants to turn to this alternative,
because he does not. He is fully alive to the
dangers in rearmed Germany, and he
knows as well as any one that neither this
nor any other scheme yet devised is good
alternative to EDO.
But If EDO is to die in the French
Chamber of Deputies, 1t will be necessary
to move on. France is not going to be per-
mitted to exercise veto over an effective
defense in Western Europe a defense
which, to be effective, must include Ger
man contribution. This is the best judy
ment of the military experts who have
studied the defense problem, and until they
are shown to be wrong, our position will
continue to be that German rearnnament
either inside or outside an EDO, is essential
One can understand French resentment
of pressure on this point. And it is good
that such dangerous measures as the no
d-Without-EDC amendment adopted by
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
last week has given way to milder pro-
poSal. But we should also strive to see the
other side of the picture. France is trying
to pressure her allies into abandoning the
program upon which all of the planning
and all of the spending for the defense Of
Europe have been based. And France i
doing this in the face of the fact that nc
alternative worthy of consideration has
even been proposed by the French govern
ment.
These are the hard conditions under
which Mr.. Dulles has gone to Paris. Perhaps
he will not be able to accomplish very much
But this last attempt to find some mutual.
acceptable answer had to be made.
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Deseqreqution Too Slow

The segregation barrier. will take q
long time to be broken down COM
pletely in Washington. as the people
here have had the seed Of racial dis
elimination implanted in their minds q
long time and it has bloomed too much
to be wiped out in one movement. The
roots Of segregation are far reaching
and the root -education-has not
been applied deeply enough.
Jim CroWism must go.
Arthur s. Jaffe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13

supplied by local manufacturers as
component parts. This ammunition is
for the NATO arsenal, for the use OF
war in Europe.
Should war break out, it is obvious
that it is much wiser to have an operat-
ing ammunition production line in
Europe rather than attempt to supply
the ammunition needs of our allies over
q long, dangerous, Vulnerable pipe line
of supplies from this country.
Let us look at Mr.. Lehmkuhl's con-
tention that his company faces "ex-
tinction" because OF foreign compete
ton. 1t is well known that the United
States Corporation is leading manu-
facturer of inexpensive pin lever
watches, not jeweled watches. The
United States imports very small
amount of pin lever watches; almost all
our watch imports are. jeweled watches
from Switzerland priced at over SIS.
The United States Time Corporation
therefore faces little or no competition
from Swiss imports and in fact, the
domestic pin lever watch industry un-
dersells, in price, the imported product.
Moreover, Mr. Lehmkuhl'S company
has virtual monopoly in the produc-
ton Of so-called character" wrist
watches, such as Mickey Mouse, Tom
Corbett Space Cadet, Hopalong Cassidy,
ETC. Competition in this field is simply
nonresident. The position of the pin
lever watch industry is therefore sub
stantially different from that of the
jeWeled watch industry.
Since the United States tariff on
Swiss watches was lowered. in 1886,
there has been no furthes change in
the tariff For eighteen years American
WatchmakerS have been facing, not the
threat Of Swiss competition, but the
actual competition itself. That compe-
tition has been met, in true American
fashion, for the United States jeweled
watchmakers decided to diversity their
products, intensity their sales efforts
and meet the competition head-on. AS
result, 1858 was the biggest year in
sales and profits that the three leading
United States jeweled watchmakers
ever had. Mr.. LehmkuhpS company
must be unique in the watch world il
he is facing extinction" He certainly
would profit by taking a leaf from the
jeweled iIldustry's competitive book
The allegations of the United States
jeWeled watch industry do not stand
up under Investigation either. vi.
What they are probably suffering
from is the current recession in thu
public buying Of expensive watches
Swiss imports were OH % per cent 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13
The Burr-HomiIton Tragedy

One hundred and fifty years after the
event, Americans in general must wonder
how 1t happened that two of the Nations
principal founders were permitted to de-
stroy each other in a private quarrel. The
explanation OF the tragedy is difficult to dis
cover even now when the story OF the duel
on the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey,
July H.. 1904, is familiar to thousands of
readers. So-called affairs Of honor were
freuuent,-much too frequent-then. It is
probable that both Aaron Burr and Alex
ander Hamilton realized the senselessness
Of their proceedings. Yet they agreed to
the mutual commission Of what history
properly regards as a crime against each
other and against their country
It is true that Hamilton and Burr were
and long had been political enemies, and 1t
is unuuestioned that Hamilton had pro-
voked Burr by his energetic opposition in
several holly contested campaigns which
Burr believed he had lost on that account
Hamilton undoubtedly regarded Burr as "a
dangerous man, and one who ought not to
be trusted with the reinS Of Government.
Whether he also libeled him may be de-
bated. Burr considered Hamilton to have
broken ''the rules of decorumo and de-
manded an explanation. His enemy replied
in manner which he appraised a''mere
evasion" Further correspondence led to
the fatal challenge.
But a week passed before the duel took
place. During that period James Parton
saws 'the secret was known, certainly, to
seven persons and, probably, to as many
as ten" In fair inference it may be sup
posed that the knowledge would spread in
overwhelming circles until large number
of citizens knew about the forthcoming
duel. Yet nobody interviewed. Neither
Burr nor Hamilton appears to have sought
any escape from their mutual dilemma
They certainly were not ready to die, but
both prepared for death. No friend arose
to suggest a reasonable compromise OF
their differences.
The tragedy was played out to its ter
rible end. Hamilton, shot through the right
side of his body, fingered 81 agonizing hours
and then expired. Burr, shocked by univer-
sal execration, went into hiding. on an is
land OF the coast Of Georgia. He was
destined to survive until September IA, 1886,
but his career was ruined and his name for
ever disgraced Thus the Nation lost two Of
its ablest, most popular and useful leaders.
One thing the old-time housewife didn't
have to worry about was whether every
piece Of furniture In the house was alcohol
resistant
Travellers who have the same initials
on all their luggage are either to be envied
for being rich or pitied for not having any
friends they can borrow . suitcase from.
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Written Rider

The So-called Written rider, enacted by
Congress as part OF an appropriations bill
in 1850, was designed to stop excessive pro-
motions and prevent the number OF the
Governments permanent employees from in
creasing as a result of the Korean war The
rider achieved this objective. However, the
administration and the Civil Service Com
mission feel that the rider has outlived its
usefulness. 1t is felt that curbs on the num-
Der of permanent appointments and promo
lions that can be made hamper efficient
Government administration and cause UNI
necessary hardships for employees, as well as
endless red tape.
!. The Senate has voted to repeal the
rider. It is now before. the House Civil
Service Committee as part of the pay re-
classification legislation, and has stirred up
a controversy between the CSC and Repre-
sentative Written, Democrat, of Mississippi
The csc is asking for outright repeal
SO that it can put its proposed conversion
program into effect. Under this program.
the csc would give permanent status to
indefinite employees who have passed COM
Apetitive exams, providing the employees
complete three years of continuous Federal
service Mr. Written claims that outright
repeal is not necessary. He declares that
nent appointments and promotions as such,
but merely provides that they cannot exceed
September 80, 1885, levels. Thus, he argues,
5 the csc now can authorize more than 2OO,-
900 appointments if it wants to, since there
are 100000 fewer permanent jobs than there
d were nearly four years ago. Furthermore,
n Mr. Written argues that subsequent modifi-
h cation of the rider by Congress several years
u ago gives the CSC sufficient leeway to all-i
thorize permanent promotions in deserving
cases.
The CSC's contention is that the Whit
ten rider is not nearly as flexible as Mr..
Written says it is. Also says the commits
sion, an arbitrary ceiling set by Congress on
permanent jobs win hamstring the Govern
ment in giving permanent status to all
Government employees who deserve it,
Whether Congress decides to repeal or
substantially modify the rider, the final ver-
sion should be made sufficiently flexible to
give the commission the authority it needs
In once more placing the Government on a
permanent employment basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13
Time Of Decision

lime or DECISION
In the opening lines Of John High
towers article July in The Star, he
states, The anti-C Communist grand
alliance of the Western powers Is
beginning to pull apart at the seams"
The opening lines Of Clarence STREETS
new book Freedom Against ITSELF are,
The underlying tension Of our times
lies within freedom itself. within US.
This tension is preparing new disaster
now Mr.. STREET. perSuaSively demon
Strates that the free world has broken
down the universally of religion. has
developed splintered political parties,
set up fragments Of economic units as
sovereign nations, and has destroyed
the encompaSSing entity of empires.
He further shows that freedom has the
seeds within itself which could grow
into Self-deStruction in world where
totalitarianism waits to take advantage
of every weakness among free peoples.
AS free people. what are we going to
do about it? Are we going to sit back
and say, what will be, will be-? Or
are we going to say, ''What should be,
must be!n, and then take positive, effec-
bANO GGVAOAA w RAOVGte O0A0CANS0 eAAA0 0SA&
free institutions?
Mr.. Streit's thesis Of q union Of free
peoples is not new. Benjamin Franklin
proposed it 200 years ago when he sug-
gested q federal union Of the 10
Colonies. Our political forebears. Jeffer-
son, Washington. Adams, Hancock and
many others, accepted the challenge,
studied the proposal. and took one Of
the most far-reaching political steps Of
free peoples They established the basis
of union which free people accepted;
the United States was born in that
acceptance.
Are we less farsighted? viii we per-
NIT the free world to pull apart at the
seams? ! believe the answer to both
questions is reSounding No! Do we
believe that. In union there is
strength? If we do. let us all take
time, to study Streit's proposals, discuss
them, think about them, and then, like
our political forebears, act on them.
C. N. Mason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13
Disarmament TuIks

Reports on the outcome of the five-
power private" disarmament talks in
London come as no surprise.
When the all-important topic Of an
effective solution for achieving world
peace on permanent basis receives
the attention of only five nations, no
matter which five. and the proposals
of such meeting are buried deep in the
worlds press rather than being pre-
scented for acceptance or rejection by
all the peoples and nations Of the earth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13

Communists win have to wait rather long
time for Britain's support Of their effort to
get into the U.N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13

Pen-adnles may be used If letters carry
iOTiterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13

Travellers who have the same initials
on ali their luggage are either to be envied
for being rich or pitied for not having any
friends they can borrow . suitcase from.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-08-20

"Mind" will include the following
passage from the King James Yer
sion of the Bible proverbs 1866:
"Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways ac-
knowledge him, and he shall di-
rect thy paths"
The practica1 availability of spir-
itual guidance will also be stressed
in the following passage from
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy (254:10-12): "When we wait
patiently on God and seek Truth
righteously, He directs our path,
The Golden Text is from Daniel
(2:20,2D: BLESSED be the name of
God for ever and ever: forwisdom
and might are his: he giveth
wisdom unto the wise, and know
ledge to them that know under
Standing"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-08-20
Pastors Wife Feted
By Church Group

st. Paul Lutheran Church, Dan
bury, was the scene for a lovely
surprise party recently with the
pastors wife, Mrs. George A. Rein
ke, as the honored guest. Those
present we're members of the La
dies Aid of st. Pauls who chose a
group of nursery furniture for
Mrs. Reinke.
Cootie was played during the
social hour. Table appointments
were in pink and blue with safety
pin storks as favors. Those in
charge of arrangements were Mrs
Theodore Burmeister, Mrs. Edwin
Bredehoft, Mrs. Melvin Gulau,
Mrs. Cecil King Jr., and Mrs. Dale
Wohlers.
Out-of-town guests for the eve
ming were Pastor Reinke's mother
Mrs. G. w. Reinke, of Chicago;
Mrs Elmer Muchow, also of Chica
go; and Miss Betty Muchow of Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-08-20
Looking Backwards
From the August, 1884 files of
The Ottawa County News

The Ottawa County News
Marsh owners faced with 30
day hunting season between Oct.
4 and Dec. 13, set Thursdays, Fri
days and Saturdays as shooting
days. Relief commodities distri-
buted in one week in Ottawa coun-
ty were 10000 pounds of potatoes
and 5000 pounds of pork Fifteen
of 81 members of the Port Clinton
rescue squad who went to Fremont
in the 1918 flood were honor
guests at the Croghan Day cele-
bration. The lotus flowers which
bloom along the marshes west of
Port Clinton were yielding a pro
fitable revenue for youngsters who
were picking them and selling them
along the route. Several local peo
pie were among the 5000 persons
who attended funeral services fol
Col. Webb c. Hayes, 78, at Ere
mont. Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Matthews
were honor guests at an Island
House dinner celebrating theil
10th wedding anniversary. Mrs
Otto Reamsnider and daughter
Agnes Rose moved from the corner
of Madison and E. Fifth to w
Sixth-st. DR.. R. S. Laney opened
offices here. Billie Benedict wa,
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M. B
Grover on their boat at Put-in-Bay
celebrating his birthday.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-08-20
Magruder Hospital
Dietician Resigns

Magruder hospital is without the
services of a dietician, with the
resignation of Mrs. Etelka Neikirk,
who has filled the position for the
past year.
Hospital superintendent Florence
Specht is assuming the dietician
duties herself for the present, and
said she may not seek replace
ment until the new addition is
built. Mrs. Neikirk, who made
many friends during her stay here,
has returned to her home in Sum
mersett, Ky. Her son John, who
was here with her, has enlisted in
the Marines.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-08-20
New Rainfall Record
Set. Dreier Finds

The weekend rains set a three
year record here, police desk Off
Ger Lewis Drier announced after
consulting the records he has
maintained since he started rain
measuring.
For Saturday his gauge recorded
So inches of rain, and there was
another 6 rainfall Monday. Pre-
vious records were 2.3 inches on
August 6, 1858; and 1.6 inches on
September 18, 1852.