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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10
Senate Styn1ies Dirksen Bill
On Enemy Copitolist WindfoII

as q bigger operation expanded
BY American management anc
war business to q value ap.
preaching 500 million. IN thi.
conpany's case the Dirksen bill
would reverse not only the 194s
congressional action but also {
court decision holding that tn,
Owner Of record" at the time o.
the 1912 seizure Qnterhandel d
Switzerland) was actually a from
for the German I. q. Farber
Co.
Injustices Charged.
The Dirksen group talks very
little Of these. cases. Instead they
base their reversal plea on al
legged "iniustices" which Mr.
Townsend also admits. There are
for instance cases, most Of then
small. Of German nationals out.
side Germany at the time Of the
war who fought with the United
States Army but still had Their
property confiscated.
The bulk Of these cases coulc
be taken care Of. it has beer
suggested by Francis G. Brown
the Schering president. by an
amendment to the present Law
permitting restitution with .
maximum limit to one individual
Of $4,000.
This, 1t has been pointed out
would pay of in full 90 per cent
Of the 34,000-odd aliens whose
property was seized and would
cost the Treasury about $40 mil
lion.
Admittedly there are some
larger and "just claims" that
could not be fairly settled under
the $4,000 limitation. One such
is that Of Tsukasa Kiyono OF
Mobile, Ala.
Mr.. Kiyono came to the
United States in 1902 and by
1889 was one of the worlds Dig
gest azalea and camelia growers
and the father o. childcel who
held American citizenship denied
him because Of his Asiatic birth
On q trip to Japan for which
he had a valid United States re-
entry permit he was caught by
the war. He returned after the
peace to find bank accounts in
excess of 100000 seized and his
business that once produced
100000 a year sold to new
owners.
MIR. Kiyono and others like
him, it is argued. could be reim-
bursed by special congressional
relief acts. The Dirksen Act
would take care of him as II
would the little people injured by
the seizure. But, in general
critics complain, its provisions
would give 70 per cent of the
$500 million W1ndfau to q small
group Of front" concerns orig
inally set up to mask interna-
tional operations of I. @. Farben
and other German and Japanese
cartels.
The Eisenhower administration
has found itself going both ways
on the pending bill. The Justice
Department is dead against it
The State Department has wav-
cred with Secretary Dulles last
stating that he thought its adop-
ton might be q good idea tc
help German japanese rehabili-
tation and American relation,
with It's two old enemies.
At present. however, the Dirk
sen bill, approved by the Senate
Judiciary Committee, is stuck or
the Senate calendar while, In
the House, its counterpart Ii
stalled in committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10
By Mortin S. Hayden
North American Newspaper Allianes

1
A dream by Berlin and Tokyo
4 capitalists of windfall dividends
/ from Americas war expenditure
to fight Hitler and Japan seem.
blighted, at least for this con.
gressional session.
Pushed by Senator Dirksen
Republican. Of Illinois, a bill tc
return, with profits. war-con.
f1Scated assets Of enemy alien.
Is likely to remain stalled In the
face of an adjournment rush and
increasing press interest in Its
significance.
! Target Of the foreign capital
lists and their United States con-
/ gressional friends is the 1948 bill
providing that enemy alien
holdings seized by the United
States should be sold and the
money used to reimburse Ameri-
cans interned or financially hurt
by the NaZi-Japanese war effort.
This reversed a World War
policy Of simply impounding
such property and returning it
when hoStilities ended.
Supported during the war by
such men as the late Senator
Carter Glass of Virginia and
Bernard M. Baruch. and adopt
ed by the Republican 80th Con-
gress. the measure is now being
assailed as immoral" by Sem
ator Dirksen and Representa-
tive Curtis, Republican, of Me-
braska, and attacked by Rep
resentative Katherine st. George,
Republican. Of New York, as a
Communist inspired" brain
child of former Treasury expert
Harry Dexter White.
The three congressman would
now reverse policy and restore
either the original assets or the
cash value thereof at an imme-
date Treasury cost of 5000 mil
lion that could, according to
Assistant Attorney General Dali
las S. Townsend, director of
the Alien Property Office, swell
eventually to $500 million. Since
both the German and japanese
governments have agreed to re-
imburse their citizens for their
losses, Mr.. Townsend argues
that the result Of the pending
legislation would be "the shift
ing Of the burden of war claims
from the German to the United
States taxpayer"
Drug Subsidiary Seized.
In specific cases the Dirksen
Curtis-St. George plan would 60
even farther and make the con-
f1scation a good thing" for the
ex-enemy capitalists by giving
them profits from United States
war expansion.
Examples are the confiscated
General Aniline & Film Corp. of
Linden. N. j.. and the Soldering
Corp. Of Bloomfield, N. J.
When it was seized in 1852,
Schering, a chemical and drug
subsidiary Of Germany's Scher-
ing A. G., was valued at $1.3
million. In 1852 the Federal
Government sold the war-ex-
panded concern for $40 million
Under the Dirksen bill lis for
mer German owners would get
back in cash. not the original
value, but the amount the United
States Government actually got
on the sale.
Similarly, General Aniline
still run by the Government
would go back, not as the $3s
million firm that was seized but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-10

upon a benighted land" Then
he added:
IT'S none of these things
that / do know"
The nominee also pledged he
would not allow politics to enter
into the appointment of SUBJ
ordinates or the administration
'of the agency. And he assured
the committee he would never
try to suppress a majority report.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
Our Canadian Neighbor

DRUCE HUTCHINSON, Canadian editor
Of a Victoria daily newspaper. recently
told Rotary international Convention
gathering in Seattle, Washington. that the
history of the United States-Canadian re-
lations had made Canada this countrys
closest ally
Hutchinson noted that the United
States could not "even begin" to fight
war without essential supplies from Can
ada today. He said Canadian cooperation
with the United States was foregone con
clusion because the United StateS---a great
poWer-had refrained for so many years
from attempting to use It's weight to gain
advantage over its northern neighbor.
He said Canada had always provided
the supreme test" for American morals
and that this rich country had been a gilt
tering temptation which few grea t
powers could have resisted, BY not sub
hitting to the temptation Of greed and con
quest, the United States now has no ''sul-
len and restless" neghbor, bitterly await
ing chance for revenge and freedom, but
a free nation and its closest ally.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
Businessmen Must Help SehooIteaehers

educational customs.
This advertisement further dis
cussed three shortages that need
to be remedied Il the shortage
of classroom space; . the short
age of financial reward to at
tract capable individual into
teaching, and - the shortage of
top-calibre teachers. Bravo! Now
what | want to know is. What
kind of run-around will a worthy
educational project get by this
same advertiser when he is APP
preached toi speak on these
issues at the $rasS-root levels.
II businessmen mean anything
beyond a gesture by such advertise
ings, they will see to it that some
one within the company is de-
slgnated to handle educational
business relations.
| can tell you about the APP
parent failure of project for this
involving educators and
businessmen. Someone got the
idea that business might be bet
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
Old Growing Trees
By STANLEY

I've always loved OUT lovely trees,
And oil their nqmes I've learned to know.
Tall popIors With they tulip blooms,
The willow, branches wovlno low
An elm, whose BRANCHES often held
Bird nest. like goodies fashioned tight
Where baby tirds rocked to and fro
On wind swoyed branches day and night,
A sycamore, beneath whose boughs
PicnickeJs gathered years on end,
A tree thot tous, seemed TO be
A stounch ond faithful true tired friend,
A white borksd beech, with outunn Ieoves
Like butterflies with yellow wings.
And near our barn, on old ook tree
Kept records Of two hundred springs
Close by my Zone, these old trees stood
To welcome me at time OF birth
In childhood doys climbed in them
And With my orras embraced their girth.
Amid their branches, oft played
As though then stirred summer breeze.
And that is Why, through oil my life
I've oIways loved old growing trees.
l. D Whitaker
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
Double Check

We are LIVING today in hey
day OF least@ concern about our
own welfare M,s well as that Of
others. our Freedom Of speech
has been and is being echoed in
other countries TO the detriment
Of American security and tanning
hatred against America Even
down in Sout-l Amrica our disre-
gard for The welfare of others
is becoming A matted of public
discussion ,Nhat happened TO
our good peislbor policy is what
even The nelEhbors would like to
know
The voice Of Alice is being
heard over here what about our
voice being heard over there?
Many conferences have failed be-
cause the members felt that they
know the sentiment OF the Amer
lean people, It leaves our dele
gates without portfolio
Now a Wori about politics The
recent small vote in two districts
the sixth anC tenth Cand it could
happen anywhere in this State
is being considered as evidence
that the virginia people do not
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
Industrial Decentralization

EMITTED STATES Chamber of Commerce
= President Glenn B. Johnston, speaking
before $50 industrial leaders recently said
that am enemy air attack on the United
States would aim first at Wreckng the
nations Industrial power. This is not new
observation.
In this regard however it is a little
surprising that the United States has fail
ed TO appreciate the lesson Of World War
II The combined Brtish-American aerial
onslaught against Germany in 1913, 1914,
and 1915 reached such proportion that Hit
Ter was forced to dispense his industry into
numerous small-toWn plants. 1t was com
mon practice for parts to be built in a num-
Der Of plants, in the country or small towns,
and fabricated at another small-town or
even underground plant.
[. S. industry, however is not dispers
ed, little Of it has been placed underground,
and our major industrial cities continue
to be prime targets for a potential aerial
aggressor. There have been disturbing re
ports in the last year that certain critical
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
Guest Editor
Meaningless Words
Cloud Real Issues

We are fast coming to- the con-
clusion that there are many peo-
pie in top positions who know
little Of the meaning of the terms
which they bander around from
pillar TO post.
So much Importance. for ex-
ample. is placed on unimportant
details that the real issues are
pushed into the background. This
observance is best Illustrated by
the Mccarthy Army hearings
where thousands of words clouded
the real issues TO the point that
important problems were almost
overlooked
While Mccarthy and company
stole large headlines in the press,
the case Of scientist Oppenheimer
became a secondary part of the
news And the question of Open
heimers loyalty was of such great
importance since his position
placed him in possession Of the
nations most guarded secrets
that Of our plans with atomic
power
When Westbrook Pegler, the
tempered columnist. faced the
suit for 100000 brought against
| him and the Hearts corporations
for libel by Quentin Reynolds.
! Pegler ably demonstrated the
point that persons believing about
Communists sometimes forget the
true meanings of what they are
talking about
In addition to alleging that war
correspondent Reynolds was yell
. low, nsdist, etc. Pegler had in
dicated in his column that he was
a pro-Communist writer
During the hearings of the libel
suit, Reynolds lawyer Louis Nizef
had read before the court pas
sage by an unnamed author.
Communism represents the de-
mands of the masses for a strong
central authority. Did that sound
like communist propaganda?
Yes was Pegler's testimony.
And following the hearing at
torney Nicer revealed the author
Of the statement. You guessed it
noe other but columnist West
brook Pegler
South Boston va. News
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

Hutchinson points out facts which we
sometimes fail to appreciate 1t is true that
the United States is bordered by two great
oceans, which partially protects 1t from
would-be aggressors but it is also true that
the United States has thousands OF miles
of land frontiers. The northern frontiers
the Canadian-U. S. border are not even
fortified and apparently no American has
seriously considered fortifying the border
for many decades. The same situation is
true regarding Mexico
Nowhere in history has there been a
better example Of the desire for peace, good
relations and a high order of civilization
than the example set by the United States
regarding Canada. While not attempting to
claim all the credit, it is nevertheless true
that the United States-the greater power
has demonstrated to the world that great
powers gain more in the long run by re
framing from attacking weaker nelghbors
than from attacking them. The history OF
recurring wars in Europe is sufficient to
prove this point by reverse reasoning
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

defense items are being concentrated Tin
production) in one or two key plants.
This is the exact mistake made by Ger
many in the early years Of World War H.,
and it is the reason the Germans found
themselves so short of fuel in 1914 and
1915 1t will be remembered in this year,
the Germans We're stopped in the Battle of
the Bulge as much by the fact that r1ey
ran out of fuel, and failed to capture
enough enemy fuel, as by the Allied de
Tense
Oddly enough, the United States APP
pears destined to continue along its way,
with private business handling practically
all of our defense work concentrated in
the key industrial centers, and extremely
vulnerable to enemy air attack. Such sit
uatiOn comes close to inviting disaster and
when the disaster occurs there will be an
guished cries about mScalculatiOnS and a
lack Of foresight from the citlzenry. Then.
however, it will be too late-as IS too often
the case with democracies concerning pre-
parationS for war.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

every time he tries to approach
group of businessmen for some
help on a problem, almost auto
matically they query in chorus,
An right, how much do you
Want2"
With their dollars businessmen
are generous. but wit htheir rec
concentrations and their time
they are misery. They do not
seem to understand the educator
when he asks them to sit down to
discuss problems of curriculum.
problems of delinquency. or even
part-time employment for stu
dents
Yet full page advertisements
appear in newspapers urging us
all to support the schools. One
such full page which made its
appearance was headlned this
way. The present OF education
in the future of your business.
The copy went on TO ask why
businessmen ARE so blind. when
it comes to the needs of our
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

and put on a correspondly tiny
hook.
If you're lazy, buy 0 If Of
bakers white breed 1t is doughty
enough 50 YOU can easily roll your
own doughballs. 80
Catfish bait are in a class by
themselves. although TIL ey will
take doughballs, too And chan
mel catfish sometimes hit spin
ners. spoon and plug, but are
more likely to take live bait such
as minnows, rrawfish, insect and
worms.
But the favorite bait is often
a chemists nightmare, consist
ing of rotting and putrid sub
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

want the primary the primary
is the party plan TO give the peo-
pie choice Of candidates Who
viii so into the General election
in opposition to the other pfty
or parties political Ii have always
believed i'll primaries as coming
closer to The people in expressing
their views otherwise you have no
say In who
Still hoping for tile best While
the the Democratic parry of the
Old Dominion lies lntstdte
Yours J. MARVIN BROWN
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

stances such as chicken blood
and entrails. decaying fish fla
vored with anise oil or asafetida,
even spoiled meats Of various
kinds.
# YOU want To make tip a
stink bait as these masses are
elegantly named. you might try
setting some sailed tripe out in
not SIN to spoil, and flavor the
tripe with a bit Of anise oil This
isn't too unpleasant to use and
stays on the hook well However,
it is significant that some Of the
best among men who run trotlines
for catfish use only large live
minnOWs as bait
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20
6sDl[][9
AlFIl
By Ted KesafK

I suspect the two m o s t fr%-
uuently asked questions IN anE-
ling are: How do you make BAIT
for catfish? How do you make
doughball for carps? 50 here's
how. recipes courtesy Of fishing
expert Bill Wolf
You can make a simple cold
mix from molasses or honey
Izaak Walton preferred sugar
or honey, white flour corn meal
and possibly a bit Of COTTON Work
them together until they form
rubbery mass. Garry the bait IN
damp cloth
For a hot mix bring sweet
ened water to a boil, pour in
corn meal to make a snuSh and
boil until it leaves tbs sides of
the pan. Remove and roll and
kneed in white flour 4until the
mixture becomes rubbery. Sone
anglers add mashed potatoes
incidentally. b ollie d. potatoes,
canned peas and whole kernal
corn are fine carp baitl Pull a
small piece Of dough Hfrom the
main mass. roll until it's the SIZE
and shape Of a pea or raVy bean.
ter understood if teachers were
given the opportunity to get work
experience in various businesses.
at various levels. during sumn.ef
vacations. Such a proclaim would
indeed benefit cooperating
company. but it woulde also help
supplement the earning of the
undergrad teacher
The idea was started by a na-
tional trade association Meetings
were held with representatives OF
the schools, colleges, and business
SEES Business again taxed optl-
unsteady about how i wanted
to support this program. But.
when the chips We're gown, you
could count on your fingers the
number Of such summers Jobs that
business offered in New England.
Does business always really mean
what it says?
Education Is Your Business
I can tell you another story,
with a happier ending. A very
small company with about two
dozen employees sent its sales
manager. a young chap, to a
high school so miles away to par
ticipate in career day program
The young sales manage felt that
while the boss had LETT him off
for the day to do community
Job. he should also be producing
for his company Hencs he de
cided TO make a few cold cats
The purchasing agent of one
large company he called on was
so impressed by the community
relations of this mere sinfant in
business. as opposed TO his own
wretched recond.
that he gave the young sales man-
ager q good deal Of his 5ime. One
thing led TO another anG the safes
returned from his edp
cational jaunt with oLe OF tie
largest orders his company had
ever received for one Of its prog
ucts What's happening in the
schools today surely will affect
the future of your business. What
are you really doing to help the
schools and colleges in your COM /
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

Babson Park. Mass. July Is
just recently the Seventh Annual
Conference Of Businessmen and
Educators was held on the cam
pus of Babson Institute in Wei
lesley Mass The theme was
Education for Survival" 1t was
conference on business educa-
tional standards Nine out Of
every ten business executives IN
Vlted TO participate IN the con-
ference declined invitations on
the ground that the issues are
too controversial L
What Manner of Men Are
Businessmen?
Since the war, businessmen
have made a number of sharp at
tacks on our schools, our teach
ers. and the graduates Yet. with
but few notable exceptions.
businessmen and companies have
not given education the kind of
support it wants and needs. One
Wel-knoWn Eastern Superinten-
dent Of school recently stated that
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-07-20

Choice Of engines - The new l30-
hip. I-biock va and ll5-h.p.
l-bioek Six offer smoo'hsst GO"
Boil-Jeint Front svspsnsion elm
lnoiss kingpins cuts front end
~sor points from Is TO 4.
Three lines Crsssiins, Custom
line, and MciniIns models. There's
one 70 Al your needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Dorothy Thompson
Reds Look to Our War Faction
Kremn's Turbulence Addressed to BeIIicose Element,
Probably With Idea in Mind of Promoting Conflict

they regarded the Western al
lance as q military menace.
We shall not be caught nap
ping. =. The Soviet people
is confident of its strength. II
need be the Soviet Union will
demonstrate it's might. The
Soviet Union, the Chinese
Peoples Republic, and the
peoples democracies have such
manpower and enjoy such
support abroad that there is
no force in the world that
could arrest our progress along
the path we choose" said Mr..
Molotov.
In normal diplomatic Ian
guage, this. like Peiping's
truculent demand that Ameri-
cans leave the Orient. coupled
with the expressed determine
ton to liberate Formosa. is
an ultimatum: An ultimatum
In the East over Formosa. fol-
lowed by an ultimatum in the
West over Germany. And in
the normal procedures Of his
tory these would either mean
acceptance and full retreat by
the United States, or certain
war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Doris FIeeson-
EisenhoWer-Stevenson in SO
President Plagued by Dissident Senators KnowIond
And Mccarthy, but Third-Porty Danger Is SLIGHT

Third-party talk which has
plagued the slumbers of Pc
publicans ever since Senator
McCarthy's compulsive attack
on President Eisenhower has
given way to draft Eisen-
hover" conversation.
Thus the lines are being
drawn for another Eisenhower
Stevenson race in 1856. Few
professionals doubt that it will
take place. ..."
Despite the lessons of the
fall election. half the Republic
cans in the Senate voted
against the censure of Senator
Mccarthy But when the legis-
lative leaders gathered with
the President Monday to dis
cuss the program he will pre-
sent to the next Congress, one
OF them said they acted like
cooling doves"
Notably In the presidential
doyecote was Senator Know
land whose recent actions, as
much as those of Senator Nc
Carthy, contributed to third
party talk. Senator Knowland,
whose reelection as G.. 0. p.
leader Is certain, has also been
talking In a much more con-
ciliatory way.
The threat OF a third party
splitting the Republicans was,
Of course. implicit in the bitter
attack by Senator Mccarthy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15

It looks as though Peiping
and Moscow were aiming to
strengthen the Knowland-
Mccarthy forces in the Repub-
lican Party and among the
American people.
The President and Secretary
Of State have lately been re-
spending, very cautiously to be
sure, to Soviet overtures on
the possibility of peaceful
co-existence." The response OF
Peiping to this more concilia-
tory attitude has been to ar
rest and try American and
U. N. prisoners Of war as spies.
publicizing the action in the
most provocative imaginable
way. and issue what amounts
to an ultimatum over Formosa.
This is then followed by a
highly belligerent speech by
Soviet Foreign Minister Molo-
tov in Moscow. attacking the
ratification of the Paris agree
ments. Such a move on the
part Of Russia would have
been construed as an act of
war. Therefore. the Soviet
Union could not be blamed If