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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28

Initiation took long time to catch up to our com
pany During six years of the worst imitation in our
nations history our residential gas rates stayed the
same Then in October, 1882 we were forced to
ask for our first natural gas rate increase in twenty
five years.
Since February, 1888 we have been collecting new
rates which give US a p per cent increase in our
revenues We have now asked for a second increase.
1t would amount "a per cent on our annual revenues
Unfortunately, because there is now substantial
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28
CRELLIN

Mrs. Clyde S. Duling and chill
dren, who have been at her home
since returning from France, have
moved to Fort Meade, near Balti-
more, where her husband is sta
toned.
The Opportunity Circle will hold
evening, January 28, at the home
of Mrs. Homer Shaffer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gilmore
and daughter, Judy, and Mrs. Neil
Parsons. Of Lafayette, Ind, were
Tuesday visitors ut the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Carskadon.
Mrs. Erwin Pope teacher Of the
first grade here, is i'll at her home
in Mt. Lake Park. Mrs. Harold
Garrett is substituting for her.
Mrs. Vonda McIntire, Mrs.
Stephen Sanders and Mrs. Minnie
Friend visited Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Friend, near Friendsville, last We'd
nesday afternoon
Rev. and Mrs Edsil Bragg, Of
Terra Alta, W. Va, were Wednes-
day evening dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Shaffer and son,
Robert.
Mrs. Fred Graham was the
honored guest at stork shower
last Friday evening at the home of
Mrs. James Mersing.
Mrs. Floyd Carskadon and Rob-
ert Shaffer called at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Weeks at
Pleasant Valley last Friday after
noon.
Rev. and Mrs. Don Jackson, of
Corinth, W. Va, were dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Shaffer
on Thursday evening.
Mrs. George Kisner returned to
the Johns Hopkins hospital in Bal
timore last Saturday where she
will remain for treatments.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sterling and
son, John, Jr., Of Valley Head, w.
Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. George Car
skadon, of Hutton, spent Saturday
evening at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. c. Carskadon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Sterling re
turned home after two weeks
visit with relatives in and around
Valley Head. w. Va.
Miss Ann R. Campbell, R. n, of
Mmtinsburg, w. Va, spent the
Weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight Ashby and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Squire Lantz and
daughter, Eileen, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Beckman, near Red
House, one day last week.
Mrs. Donna Wilt has been i'll at
her home here
Miss Eleanor Bowman and Miss
Eileene Lantz spent Thursday in
keyser, W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Carskadon,
Mrs. Margaret Knots, Mrs. Milton
Fike and Nancy Henline visited Nh.
and Mrs Wayne Pratt at Tunnel
ton, w. Va, on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Forman and
children, of Oakland. called at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Shat
fer Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Della Welch and son, Cliff
ford, of Sunnyside, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dewitt and daughter,
Evelyn, last Sunday.
Scoutmaster Harold Lantz at
tended an Advanced Scoutmaster
training course in FrostbWg last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grim, of
MesOpatamia, Ohio, were weekend
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Friend and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Stiles and
children, Of Kingwood, w. Va, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. George Friend
last Sunday.
M. md M. C...--...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28
County Teachers Named
On State Committees

Six teachers from this county
have been named to committees of
the Maryland State Teachers as
ISOLATION by the president. They
are:
Ann Dilgard, Southern High,
general sessions; Edwin W. Elias,
Jr., principal of Oakland elemen-
tary, nominating; Thomas W.
Stevenson, Southern High, resolu-
tons; Ernest c. Spoerlein, South
ern High. insurance; Foster Riggs,
Grantsville elementary, welfare
and Merle Frantz, prin-
cipal of Friendsville elementary,
legislative.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28
Senate Cloakroom
BY ]. GLENN BEALL
United States Senator from
Maryland

Social Security has become an
accepted part of our national way
of life, and during this session Of
Congress we may expect to see its
benefits increased and the number
covered expanded.
Perhaps no other program dem
onstrates as well the changes that
have taken place in our national
thinking as does the Old Age and
Survivors Insurance System
called Social Security. Almost no
one now contends that it is not a
proper program for the Federal
Government, and indeed President
Eisenhower recently told Congress
"The human problems Of individual
citizens are a proper and import
ant concern Of our government"
Such statement by the Presi-
dent Of the United States would
have at one time generated vo-
ciferous response from the Con-
gress and the public. The very fact
that it went without comment is in
dicative of the general acceptance
the social security program has
had, and interest was primarily in
what President Eisenhower pro-
posed in the way Of changes in
benefits and coverage.
President Eisenhower asked Con-
gress to extend coverage to ten
million persons - self employed
farmers, doctors, dentists, and
other professional people; members
Of State and local retirement sys-
tens on a voluntary basis; farm
workers and domestic workers, etc
He also recommended increasing
the benefits now received by re-
tired persons, and while the Presi-
dent suggested no particular
amount, Representative Daniel A.
Reed, Chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee, Immediately
introduced bills prepared under
Administrative guidance which
would increase the maximum bene-
fits from S85 to $108.5O a month.
The maximum payment to mar
ried person would go up from
S12750 to $1G2.75, and the maxi
mum family benefit would be in
creased from $1G8.75 to $50 per
month.
Other Presidential recommended
tons which will be of great inter-
est to the general public were
l. Liberalizing the "retirement
test" by exempting the first ST.
900 of beneficiary's annual earn
ings, and that for amounts earned
above $1,000 only one months ben
eft be deducted for each addi-
tIonaI $50 earned.
:. Additional benefit credits
should be provided, by increasing
the earning base tof calculation Of
benefits ana payroll taxes from 3d.
ooo to S4,2OU, thus enabling fifteen
million people to nave more OF their
earnings taken INTO account by the
program.
3. Computing benefits on fair
en- basis, by eliminating the four
lowest years OF earnings in COM
putting workers average month
~ wage. Inc present system works
unfairly IN some cases since the
level OF benefits IS reduced by in
GLIDING the periods OF abnormally
low earnings, on no earnings, and
averaging them with periods of
norman earnings, thereby reducing
the benefits received by a retired
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28

Attorney Gen. Browncll said
"there are no Communists in the
now, so far as l know, y
but there still may be security
,,ie1-.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-01-28
Along The Potomac
With Your Congressman
Dewitt S. HYDE

Residents Of Camp Derrick, near
Frederick, may eventually have
heir right to vote restored under
he provisions Of Il bill have just
Introduced in Congress.
Because the federal government
las jurisdiction over the camp, its
inhabitants are voteless, just as
he people OF the District Of CO.
umbia are. The bill has been re-
Serred to the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee, and | am urging
the members to make an early and
favorable report ON it to the Con-
gress.
After studying the Presidents
proposals to improve our Social Sc
curity laws, can state that | am
in favor Of them and will vote for
them if they are reported out of
committee according to his re-
quests.
The first test Of this-and Of any
bills its constitutionality. In our
Constitution, Congress is required
to promote the general welfare"
of the United States. 1t is given
the task of fighting our enemies.
and certainly restitution is one of
them.
President Eisenhower has made
it clear that the social security pro-
gram is to supplement, not to re-
place the many private pension and
insurance plans we now have The
purpose Of social security. he said,
is to increase the standard Of living
of older people, but not to provide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30
Doris FIeeson-
DorLs Fzeeson-
The H-Bonnb as q Political Issue
No One Politicians Public, Seems to Be Interested
In Discussing Ways to Meet Conditions 1t Imposes

The hydrogen bombs made
by American scientists have
blown the caps of islands in
the Pacific and dug craters in
the ocean bed.
The political and diplo-
matte impact of the H-bomb,
however. appears in Washing
ton to be almost as feeble as
its actual impact is frighten-
ing.
The President has talked a
little about its effects. He
acknowledged publicly that
something untoward happened
during the March test, but he
stopped there. He has also
agreed to release of moving
pictures Of the first true test
OF the hydrogen weapon in
1852. The new ones are three
to four times as powerful.
But while he has mentioned
the effects, he has not talked
Of a program to meet the al
tered conditions imposed by
the new weapon. No new re-
quest for defense measures
has come to Congress, no
plans for protecting the Ma
tons cities and industrial
areas have been put forward.
If the President expects to
meet the new challenge with
diplomatic moves, the Con-
greSs has not been so in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30
Administration Dilemma in Asia
We May Be Told Either to Recognize Mao, or Prepare
To Make the Indo-Chinese War Our Own Eoht
Constantine Brown

The administration is in a
serious dilemma in the Far
East because of the trend Of
military events in Indo- China
where the situation continues
to be unfavorable to the
French Wet Nam forces. At
Geneva we are likely to be
told either to recognize Mao
TSe-tung's regime or he pre-
pared to move ground forces
into Indo-China and make
that war our own.
President Eisenhower and
Secretary Of State Dulles know
that this Government cannot
possibly recognize the Chinese
Communist government. It is
apparent that the frequent
suggestions" Of our Brit
ish and French friends to
look at the Chinese situation
realistically" and accept the
Peiping regime into our midst
have not made much of an i'm
preston on our Secretary Of
State. President Eisenhower
and Mr.. Dulles know that
American recognition of Pei
ping would certainly lose them
the next Congress and might
shake the foundations of the
Republican Party beyond re-
pair.
A firm stand at the forth
coming Geneva conference
as Mr.. Dulles called for last
night-would raise the ques-
ton more seriously than
heretofore of what to do
about Indo- China. There have
been unmistakable indica-
tons from Paris that the
French have had enough
Of fighting that jungle war
against the elusive Wet Mini
who are strongly supported by
Peiping and Moscow.
II the Geneva conference
gives no positive results con-
corning the seven-year-old
Indo-Chinese war, the French
are willing to quit and accept
any terms offered them, in
Guiding, of course, recognition
Of the Peiping administration.
Despite official denials. there
have been strong hints from
Paris that the only possible
way Of continuing to fight
against the establishment of
the Communists in Southeast
Asia would be a direct Ameri-
can Intervention in Indo-Chi-
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ment or unaware of the deli
cacy Of dealing publicly with
military plans and intentions
which the enemy are always
eager to learn, it would be UNI
derstandahle. But both Mr..
AcheSon and Mr.. Stevenson
know the dangers that arise
when military planning is sub
tect to public debate and mi
mute croSS-examination by par
tisan critics. The sequence Of
events is this:
Secretary Dulles in his
speech, January IL said: Local
defense will always be impor-
tant. But there is no local de-
tense which alone will con-
tain the mighty land power Of
the Communist world. Local
defenses must be reinforced by
the further deterrent Of mas
sive retaliatory power. A po-
tential aggreSSor must know
that he cannot always prescribe
battle conditions that suit
him. The way to deter
aggression is for the free COM
munity to be willing and able
to respond vigorously at places
and with means Of its own
choosing"
The important words to be
noted are free community"
which, Of course. mean allied
consultations and allied unity.
But on March 6, Adlai Ste
venSon. in a speech at Miami.
said: "All this means, if 1t
means anything, that If the
Communists try another Korea
we will retaliate by dropping
bombs on Moscow or Peiping
or wherever we choose-or else
we will concede the loss of
another Korea-and preSum-
ably other countries after that
as normal in the course of
events" He then asked: will
we turn brush fires and local
hostilities into major conflicts?
viii our allies go along?"
Although Canada's Foreign
Minister. Lester Pearson,
promptly followed the Steven
son line in a speech on March
IL which indirectly accused
America, in effect. Of thinkir g
of going it alone in the world.
Sir Winston Churchill on
March % told the British Par
lament that smooth and
friendly arrangements" had
been made for instant con-
situations between the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30

hower's golf. They either feel
1t is useless to worry about the
bomb or they don't think Of 1t
at all.
A Senator from q pivotal
State, active and vocal, up for
reelection this fall, says he
has never had so much mail.
He has still, he said, to re-
ceive his first letter about the
H-bomb tests.
Within select and special
lied circles there is plenty Of
discussion. The Pentagon can
tell Of its offensive and de-
fenSive nuclear weapons; the
Atomic Energy Committee of
Congress and the Atomic En-
ergy Commission understand
very well the force they have
let loose. 1t is public attention
and understanding that have
still to be achieved.
The astute politicians on
the Hill do not anticipate any
change in the situation before
the election. They expect a
campaign waged entirely on
domestic issues. barring moves
by Moscow not now foreseen.
If the President does not put
the H-bomb to the fore, they
won't. Even the liberal forces
OF the Nation seem mesmer-
lied by Mccarthy. preferring
to make him the issue.
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ma That is to say the sendin,
Of American ground and air
forces. This involvement would
inevitably mean a rushing into
action Of the reported 100000
Red Chinese veterans of the
Korean war who are now sta
toned on Indo-China's north
ern borders.
There are no indications
that the American people are
willing to indorse armed in
tervention in Indo-
Hence Mr.. Dulles is likely to
find himself between the devil
and the deep blue sea at
Geneva. He cannot accept
China into the fold of law
abiding nations without i'm
periling not only his own po-
sition but also that of his
party. And he cannot give the
French any guarantees that
we will do more than carry the
bulk Of the war expenditure
and supply all the war ma
terial they need. Neither can
he induce Paris to bring the
matter before the United Ma
tions because Cd the Russians
are certain to veto any inter-
vention in the Security Coun-
Gil and CO the French fear
that once they bring up the
question of Indo-China to that
body the Arabs will raise the
question of French colonial
ism in Morocco and Tunisia.
There is unanimity among
our military leaders-and
President Eisenhower is re-
liably said to fully share their
views-that Indo-China must
be kept at any price from fall
ing into Communist hands.
Either a victory of the Wet
Mini over the French or some
diplomatic face-saving agree
ment for the Paris govern
ment would be equally fatal to
the interests of the free
world.
We suffered more than 160,-
600 casualties in Korea to
keep it from becoming a Com
munist land, not only for rea-
sons of international morality
but also. because if South
Korea had fallen to the Reds,
Japan and derivatively our
own security in the Pacific
would have been jeopardized.
Our forces were frustrated on
a military victory by COM
bina tion of circumstances,
which, more than Pearl Har-
Dor, deserve the full attention
of our congressional investi-
gative bodies.
Our military men feel that
the loss of Indo-China to the
Communists would have even
more ominous repercussions
on the defense Of the Pacific
and the future of freedom.
The loss of South Korea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30

formed. On the contrary, the
speech last night Of Secretary
Of State Dulles indicates that
he is following, not leading,
Congress on policy toward the
potential enemy.
There is a Civil Defense Ad-
miniStration and again it is
stated, as under Truman, by
able and conscientious people.
They have again brought a
budget - modest enough - to
the Hill. It has been greeted
as usual-with thunders of
silence and appears headed for
its customary sad fate in the
Appropriations Committees of
the House and Senate. These
committees do not even pre-
tend any longer to take
seriously the civil defense
problem.
When they concede that the
H-bomb appears to be the least
Of congressional worries, lead
ing members blame both the
White House and the public.
The President. they say, has
not told them what they ought
to do, and how else would they
know.
The public is interested ap-
parently in everything else.
They write at length about
taxes, the recession, farm
prices, Mccarthy and Essen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30

licly branded with the most
opprobrious term Of the hour.
They have denied it under
oath and called for show
down. Senator Eastland has
shown no disposition to face
such. Meantime, presum-
ably, the Durrs and Mr.. Will
liams are to be branded by
implication both as Commu-
nistS and perjurers. This is
the type Of character lynching
which responsible Southern
Senators should deeply resent.
If they do not move to re-
strain their own reckless col
league. operating in their own
territory, then they certainly
cannot point a finger of scorn
at the G. O.P. for permitting
Senator Mccarthy to go on
with his campaign, including
them, along with all Demo-
Gratis, as members Of the party
Of treason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30
David Lawrence

The American people may
thank their lucky stars that
the Stevenson-Acheson-Tru-
man concepts of how to deal
with Soviet Russia do not pre-
vail today, and that the Eisen-
hower-DulleS policy Of clear
cut warnings and reSolutes
preparations for any contin-
gency that may arise, If the
Communist aggressor moves
again, has taken it's place.
Because the average man is
not always alerted to the in
sidious way by which politi-
clans. for partisan advantage,
do not hesitate to unde Inc
the foreign policy Of theiN Nm
country and raise unnecessary
suspicious that could divide
our allies. the deliberate cam
paign Of sabotage of American
foreign policy which began
with Adlai StevenSon'S speech
on March 6 has not received
the attention it merited.
But now that former Secre-
tary Of State Dean Acheson, in
a statement printed in the
New York Times, Sunday,
openly participates in the cam
paign against the use of mas
sive retaliation" as announced
by Secretary Dulles in his New
York speech of January IL, it
begins to be apparent that a
concerted effort has been I'M
dertaken by the Trumanites to
white down the force and
effectiveness of the present
program of the Government Of
the United States.
1t was not unusual during
the last administration for
speeches to be made which
seemed firm and positive in
their warnings to Soviet
Russia that America was
building its armament to de-
ter aggression, only to be fol-
lowed sooner or later by other
speeches that toned down the
meaning and whitfield down
the strength Of the pronounce
mentS.
What Messrs. Stevenson
and Acheson have evidently
decided to do is to accuse the
Eisenhower-Dulles administra-
ton Of planning some form Of
aggression or of formulating
a policy deliberately inviting
World War III. If such state
mentS had come from men
without experience in Govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30
Puts Skids to Pigeons

ST. LOUIS R.-City Hall
has won its battle against the
pigeons.
Joseph P. Sestric. director of
public safety, came up with the
answer in a device he calls
skiddoo skids. Other schemes
here have failed to discourage
the pigeons through the years.
The pigeons c0iest roosts
have been the high and dry,
roofed-over Lodges in the porti-
cos of City Halls three en-
frances.
The Skids are boards placed
over the Lodges at a steep angle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30

affected Japan directly. The
fall of Indo- China would af-
feet Japan, Korea, Formosa.
the Philippines. Indonesia.
Thailand. Burma and eventu-
ally India.
The considered opinion Of
our best military minds, which
has been repeatedly commune
Gated to President Eisenhower
and his advisers, is that q
Communist victory in Indo-
China-regardless Of whether
it Is military or diplomatic
would mean that the Red flag
would be implanted in all the
Asian countries within less
than three years after Peiping-
Moscow puppets were installed
in Wet Nam. Laos and Cam
bodia. It would mean that the
rice bowl of Asia and the
immense mineral. rubber and
oil resources would be in Com
muniSt hands.
The administration has pre-
sented the Indo- China picture
only sketchily and unconvinc-
ingly to the American people.
Our citizenry hears much
about the terrifying conse-
quences to our freedom from
Mccarthy and McCarthyism;
it gets heavy doses concerning
the devastating consequences
to our cities from a Soviet
attack with nuclear bombs be-
cause of the scarcity of avail
able antidotes; it has accepted
the idea that we shall become
involved in an about war
should any Of the NATO mem
bers be attacked by the
U. S. S. r. But it is .unpre-
pared to assume other respon-
sibilities than spending some
more billions of dollars in
Southeast Asia to meet q
threat which In the minds Of
our best military men tram
sends that from across the
Atlantic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-30

Usher Of a farm journal and
president Of the fund; DR..
James Dombrowski, executive
director Of the fund; Mrs. Vir-
GINA Durr, a member of the
funds board. wife of a for
mer member of the Federal
communications Commission
and assistant general counsel
OF the RFC. DUR was present
as attorney for his wife and
for Williams. It was DUR,
widely known here in Wash
tngton as a gentle, scholarly
fellow, who lost his temper
because Of the attack on his
wife's integrity. Up to that
time he had been patiently
questioning Crouch in the be-
lief that he could convict him
OF perjury out of his own
mouth. None of the principals,
incidentally. had availed them
selves Of the protection Of the
fifth amendment.
Senator Eastland adjourned
his one-man hearing until
next summer. Nine reporters
covering the story answered
this query circulated by the
managing editor of a conserv-
alive Southern newspaper:
ION the basis Of what you
have seen and heard here,
who Of the principals repre-
sents the greatest threat to
American idealS?"
There were four votes for
Senator Eastland. two for Paul
Crouch. one for the committee
counsel. one for DR.. Dombrow-
ski and one for a Miami con-
tractor, who had refused to
say whether he knew anything
about the fund.
An interesting slant on these
proceedings is that Of an i'm
portant Southern newspaper,
the st. Petersburg Times.
There is a matter of Southern
honor involved here" says the
Times. "A Southern gentle
man and lady have been pub