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Evening star., 1955-05-17
L. & N. Strike

The 58-day L. 81 N. railroad
strike is over, so we might look
at the cost. The 1854 annual
report listed these items: OPP
Grating revenues, $196,841, ,7O9.
down from $232, ,983,209 in
1858. Average number of en-
ployes. 23,544 VS.. 26,304. Aver
age wages of employees, $4,486
VS.. $4,349. This figures out
around 1913 a month for labor
on the system as a whole.
With So days lost, this would
mean strikers lost in excess Of
$700 each.
1t must be admitted fringe
benefits will be a long time
paying for costs. But no one
can say, truthfully, that this
is bargaining. For a bargainer
gets the very best contract he
can get and goes ahead. To-
morrow being another day, he
can try again.
It is possible the railway
covered fixed interest charges.
for as of April 20 a sufficient
number of men were on the
job to enable the railway to
operate 40 trains despite the
strike, on that day alone.
Moreover, the strike might
have been prolonged except
for violence and sabotage. In
March the railroad turned in
net income equal to 40 cents
a share in the face Of the
strike. But the fact that q
miniature civil war was on the
horizon fastened the L. & N.
to settle.
Pension benefits on the
T& N. were in effect when
this writer was a boy so years
ago. But not for disloyal men.
Any employe who had spent
a major portion Of his life on
the l.. & N. was retired on the
L. & N. private pension plan,
but the management had little
use for disloyalty. It had all
the sympathy in the world for
its employees. however, and
once during a money panic
bought gold coins in New York
City. paying $649. 900 for only
$625 900 worth in order that
the L. & N. pay car would
not have to pay off in scrip
(promises) to loyal employees
that was in 1907. Having only
sympathy for its employees. the
L. g. N insisted to the last
that they return to their jobs
before granting further BEN
efits from a referees decision
in the dispute. So long as they
were outside, they were not
members Of the family.
L. & N. Stakeholder
Evening star., 1955-05-17

doing a good job, and how old
are these kids going to be
when and if this comes about?
b. Williams.
\ 4 y y
The American Veterans
Committee, by its recent pro-
posal to the Police Boys Club in
Offering use of its New Hamp-
shire avenue clubhouse facili-
ties. provided" the Police Club
is organized on an integrated
basis, is a ''pure and simple
brihe," which the Metropolitan
Police Boys Clubs will recog-
niZe as such.
Does anyone really think
that those who for 20 years
have been well-versed on what
is best for the boys are going
to sacrifice their honest con-
victions?
Was Dorothy Thompson
thinking along such lines when
on May 9, she said, "Admira-
ton for beauty, truth and
goodness is at an all-time low"
and added that the main cause
of delinquency is "the false
trends in education--in home,
school and church.?
Paul Chiera.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Has any proof been found
to establish that the Cars
youngest daughter escaped
death and succeeded in fleeing
from Russia?-G. G..
A. No. To this day the mys-
terry remains unsolved Car
Nicholas II and his family were
executed by revolutionists at
Ekaterinburg, now Sverdlovsk,
on the night of July 1917.
1918. In 1925 a young woman
turned up in Germany, claim
ing that she was the Grand
Duchess Anastasia. and that
she had been wounded but
had recovered. A widow, she
now lives in obscurity in Ger
many.
@. How much did the public
debt increase. in 1854? L. B. B.
A. The gross Federal debt
increased by approximately $4
billion to a new high of about
$293 billion. Gross Federal
debt includes amounts owed
by United States agencies and
certain categories of debt not
subject to the statutory limit.
In only three Of the last rs
years has there been a sur
plus In Federal Government
operations, and the debt is
now five and one-half times
greater than 1t was in 1919.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Polio Plan

The essential meaning Of Secretary
Hobbys report on the Salk vaccine is that
the President has made up his mind to
stay with voluntary distribution program.
It is clear that the demands for massive
Federal Intervention have been rejected.
The first step in Mrs Hobby's program
will be to complete the free inoculations
of first and second graders. For this pur-
pose, all vaccine produced is going to the
National Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
sis. Then will come the children in the
most susceptible" age group to nine
years. The following stage, which will run
through next year, contemplateS the vac
cination Of all children through age 10.
So that none will miss the treatment be-
cause Of inability to pay, Congress will be
asked to provide about $28 million for
grants to the States.
Under the program, Mrs. Hobbys de-
partment will direct the distribution
among the States of the entire output of
the vaccine, and the six companies pro-
ducing the shots have agreed to this. It
will be up to the Governors, at the State
level, to designate the agencies which will
handle the distribution.
This is program which lacks
built-in policing machinery It has the
support, however, of the American Medical
Association and other medical groups. Mrs.
Hobby expects that these groups will take
all appropriate steps" to make certain that
physicians adhere to the priority schedules.
Another sanction lies in recommendation
for 50 million to intensity enforcement of
laws which prohibit sales of the vaccine
outside authorized channels for prescrip-
ton drugs.
This plan is not going to satisfy all
of the critics, especially those political
critics who seem to think the programs
shortcomings, If sufficiently exaggerated,
can be converted into Democratic votes.
Given reasonable cooperation, however,
1t ought to result in more children receiv-
ing the inoculations in less time than
would be the case under crash" Federal
program.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Spring Is A Magic Time

Spring Is a magic time, and
once I thought
Such magic ,oas for youth
and those in lone;
For jonquil, uiolet and COO
ing doUe,
For rabbit, robin and forget
me-not.
But noW that April many times
has shaken
Its foWering bough above
me, I perceive
That spring is halfway par
don, halt reprieue
For pedry ones, the old and
the foresaken.
And it is they 1pho feel the
magic most
Not as they felt it tchen their
pulses raced
At a hands touch, a meet
ing OF the lips,
Long before they and life
had come to grips,
But in a quiet ,Ddy, and slotoly-
paced, :.
As ,Dten spring paths are
trodden iDith q ghost.
Minnie Hits Moody
Evening star., 1955-05-17

It is alarmingly true that we
are faced with a serious prob
lem Of juvenile delinquency
here at home even while the
adults of the entire world are
automatically casting lots to
see who is going to destroy
what first and why. A person
quite often acts without con-
straint when it comes to be-
slowing blame upon his neigh
Dor. but has to be shown def
mite proof when he is to share
in any blame for anything.
Delinquents are not limited to
impoverished homes or bro
ken marriages; on the con-
trary, many are from well-to-
do families and socially prom
inent parents. However, ask
any OF these parents why his
son was picked up for looting
a grocery store or drinking beer
under age, or any of many
things read about on the first
few pages Of any newspaper,
and nine times out of ten you
will be told that it is because
OF the kids he runs around
with.
Now that puts me on the
subject that I am concerned
with here. It is such things
that show more and more the
need for organizations that
can help these boys who some-
day will be men influential in
one way or another. One OF
the best such organizations is
the Metropolitan Police Boys
Clubs Of the District of Colum-
bia. For years the clubs ac-
tivities have been instrumental
In building better youths for
today's and tomorrow's Amer
lea. / have been with the
clubs. both as a member and
eventually as q staff worker,
for ten years except for the
last three years in the Army.
I have seen parents bring their
youngsters to the Police Boys
Clubs as q last resort before
sending them to reform school.
Today these impossible" boys
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Charity Trust?

At last we have presented
to us the crowning insult Of
regimentation in the form Of
H. r. 6027, a bill to authorize
charity deductions from pay
envelopes of Government en-
ployeS. In the last and final
analysis the poor Govern
ment employe will have COM
pulsory giving high-pressured
down his throat whether he
likes 1t or not.
It never has been the Gov
ernment employe who COM
planned Of the multiplicity Of
opportunities to do good.
Rather it is the charity or
ganizations that are devising
ways and means to further
their waning popularity and
to strengthen their diminish
ing financial support.
This bill should be defeated
for the following reason, II
for none other. Charity is
spontaneous! Charity emerges
from out of the goodness Of
ones heart as the spirit moves
to compassion. Charity never
can be removed from the
realm of the religious, for it is
a personal act which is fol-
lowed by a blessing from
Heaven in a re-filling Of the
cup of life as we pour out
ourselves in loving service to
others.
This latest payroll deduc-
tion plan bally-hoo is the
conniving of q steam-roller
charity trust that seeks to
perpetuate itself by eliminat-
ing all competition as well as
debating how, when and
where the Government en-
ploye shall donate his aims.
Walter o. Ulrey.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Mr.. SceIbo Stays On

Italy's Premier Scelba, who has proved
himself during the past Is months a
staunch friend of the Western alliance,
has won his first test after the recent Ital-
ian presidential election. With the re-
affirmed support of the right-wing Socialist
and Liberal Parties, which have been
Joined in a coalition government with his
own Christian Democratic Party, Mr..
Scelba will continue in his post at the re-
quest of President Giovanni Gronchi. For,
although Mr.. Scelba conformed to custom
in submitting his resignation, the new
President was bound to recognize that the
coalition Endorsement provided no grounds
for asking the formation of a new
government.
Actually, Mr.. Scelba and Mr.. Gronchi
are members Of the same political party
but of different factions within that party
the former on the right of center and
the latter on the left. For several years,
Mr.. Gronchi has favored broadening the
base Of the Italian government to permit
participation by the 'left-wing Socialists
and perhaps the Communists. He ex-
pressed this philosophy again in his
recent inaugural address to the Chamber
of Deputies, winning substantial applause
from the left-wing groups.
The key to the immediate future prob
ably rests now in maneuverings within the
Christian Democratic Party, with test
coming next month in local elections in
Sicily. Mr.. Scelba has won notable popular
victories in recent monthS-Settlemen OF
the Trieste problem and ratification of the
Paris accords, for example. These, plus
the confidence now shown in him by the
right-wing Socialists and the Liberals, may
keep his prestige sufficiently high for him
to prevail against his own party rivals.
It appears that the interests Of the West
in general as well as Italy itself, would
best be served by such result.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Adenuuerfs S Strength

Chancellor Adenauer's latest victory
at the polls should tend to disillusion the
Russians. It should do so, that is, II they
have put much hope In the idea Of ex-
plotting the Austrian treaty as a propa-
ganda lure effective enough to dissuade
West Germany from arming itself as
member OF the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization.
The alleged potential power of such
a lure has been the subject Of numerous
pessimistic reports These reports have
given the impression that there is vast
amount Of "neutralism" among the people
Of the Bonn Republic. that DR.. Adenauer
Is on shaky ground because Of having led
them reluctantly" into NATO, and that
the Kremlin may well be able-with offers
of a Viennalike treaty and national re-
unifcation-to undo his leadership and
hoodwink the West Germans into aban-
doning their new role In the Atlantic
alliance.
Sundays election results make this
gloomy view seem exaggerated In the ex-
treme. For the voters have given the
Christian Democrats an absolute majority
=
ment. And that means, in turn, that DR..
Adenauer, with his party thus scoring one
Of its biggest triumphs in years, has re-
ceived another striking vote Of confidence
on the basis of his policy Of close friend
ship and armed alliance with the Western
world. Moreover, the victory is particu-
larly impressive because 1t has been
achieved after a campaign in which there
was no puSsyfooting on the key issues
involved and in which the Socialists did
their futile best to win on platform
opposing rearmament and advocating a
course of neutrality.
So now, since his position is stronger
than ever in the Federal Parliament at
Bonn, DR.. Adenauer can move forward
with extra confidence in pressing for early
enactment Of the domestic laws needed to
arm his country and equip it with an army
of 100000 men to contribute its full and
vital share to the common defense of free
Europe. Certainly, although the actual
completion Of this task will require three
or four years of vigorous effort, all signs
indicate that 1t will run into no serious
legislative obstacles and that the whole
venture will continue to have the solid
support Of the West German majority
In the circumstances, the Kremlin Is
not likely to get very far with propaganda
designed to reverse the historic decision
to arm the West Germans That decision
has placed them firmly on freedoms side
the only safe and sane place for them to
be. And they seem much too well aware
of this, as indicated by Sundays vote, to
be persuaded otherwise by seemingly at
tractive Soviet offers.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Criticism of Spain

On May 5 you published an
article by David Lawrence en-
titled "Spaniards Have Many
Freedoms" This may be true
by his standards, but the most
important freedom Of all is
missing. That is freedom of
religion. Free religion makes
a nation strong. Spain is not
free. She is tied down by a
dictatorship.
There Is not and cannot be
freedom of religion as long as
the Vatican has control of re-
ngious life in Spain.
M. C. Hall, jr.
X X \ X
In some recent issues of The
Star, May /, 5 and IL, to
mention a few, there has been
much said about Spain. and /
should like to make the follow
ing observations relative to this
subject:
Ordinarily, the American
people should have a good feel
ing toward Spain, for the per-
son generally credited with the
discovery Of America was in
Spanish employ. Little did
Columbus realize when he set
sail from Spain that he would
discover, what would later be-
come the greatest country in
the world. but that is what he
did, and we are glad that he set
out on this dangerous voyage.
However, the fact that this
country owes a debt of graft
tude to Columbus as a man,
and to Spain as a nation,
should not cause us to close our
eyes to the sad realities of that
country today, any more than
We can forget the desperate
war that was fought because of
Germany, which nation pro-
duced one Of the greatest and
most outstanding men since
the days of the Apostles of our
Lord. OF course I refer to
Martin Luther, who was re-
sponsible, perhaps more than
any one else. for the Bible
being unclaimed from the pull
pit and given to the people at
large.
While Spain may occupy a
strategic geographical position,
and may be making some
progress of late, nevertheless,
there is one great difficulty in
dealing with Spain, and that
is the religious question. I'm
fortunately, there is little. If
any, religious freedom in
Spain, and this creates an un-
happy state Of affairs for many
Americans who stand for free
dom of religion for all man.
kind. American Citizen.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Jet-Aqe Academy

Scale models of its buildings and
preview of It's curriculum indicate that
the new Air Force Academy in Colorado
Springs will be as modern as one Of the
latest aircraft.
In contrast to the stern classic archi--
tectural concepts applied to the older serv-
fee academies at West Point and Annapolis,
the Air Academy buildings will be ultra
modern. Walls largely of glass will be
accented by frames Of stainless steel and
aluminium, with a minimum Of stone. A
dominating location has been selected for
the chapel, to be built of more conventional
materials but with an unusual accordion
design roof
It is of equal interest, however, that
the Air Force authorities have decided
upon a curriculum placing greater stress
on the social sciences and the humanities
than is the case in the older academies
History, literature, languages, philosophy
and similar subjects will be fitted into
schedules otherwise saturated with mathe
matics and the engineering sciences.
The founding of an institution OF
learning is challenging experiment in
any case. 1t is even more so in this in
stance, since service academy can be
considered not only school but an i'm
portant part of the whole national defense
structure. The blending Of modernity in
its architectural design with classically
cultural flavor in its curriculum should
Evening star., 1955-05-17

Col. Templeton Jones was
struggling to get his left arm
In his left topcoat sleeve, on
one Of those recent cool morn
ings.
He stood on Pennsylvania
avenue, with traffic and pedes-
trians all around him.
In the last two years, the
pedestrians have increased
four-fold. Maybe it il the Re-
publican administration that
did IL.
Jones stood there. his right
arm securely ensleeved, but he
couldn't get the left hand to
find the opening.
AS he struggled, waving his
arms. and trying to look over
his shoulder, he heard q kind
voice.
"Can ! help you?" smiled
the haired lady.
"You certainly can." grinned
Templeton Jones.
A practiced hand touched
the coat, just enough to hold
1t up so Jones could slip his
arm In.
"And thank you so much."
said Templeton Jones.
mo trouble at ALL" smiled
the lady. as she walked on.
"You are the kindest person
on the Avenue" Jones called
after her.
Kind people do not come q
dime a dozen, at any time or
place.
They are rare. in any So
ciety.
It isn't quite fair, Of course,
to say people are unkind be-
cause they do not do just the
right thing at the right time.
There is many a slip, of
course, between the good
thought and the good deed.
Happy are those persons
who always do the right thing
at the exact right time. Tenn
pleton Jones and most of the
rest Of us must be content
with thinking good thoughts,
now and then, even If there is
a failure to act.
Something holds one back.
At one time it may be custom,
at another fear of ridicule, or
causing lifted eyebrows; may
be something obscure in ones
ancestry going back centuries,
perhaps fear of the lord of the
manor and his choleric dispo-
sition. Who knows? Just
plain people, too, are wonder
fully and fearfully made. No
one knows just where the
ideas that seethe in the brain
came from; they may slide
down through the ages from
the dawn of history.
Standing on historic Penn
sylvania avenue, unsuccessfully
trying to plunge his recalci-
trant left arm in the sleeve,
Templeton Jones might con-
ceivably have been reacting a
drama from merry England,
when one Of his ancestors first
tried on the new suit of armor.
Now, forever. Jones is
plagued.
Lack Of coordination, per-
haps.
It runs In, families, and some
children are worse than others.
Temp Jones, at the pre-
school level. was put on weav-
ing mats at kindergarten.
In the small country town he
lived In, the kindergarten idea
was new.
Il came along lust before
Evening star., 1955-05-17
THE Wind

Thank whoever wrote the
whimsical little thing about the
wind that appeared in The
Star on May IL. It must be the
same person who wrote "The
Naked Trees"
Mrs. WIN p. Mitchell.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
Could Be q Beautiful Morning i.
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry UriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denS1tton.
Evening star., 1955-05-17

have more than q superficial impact on
the young men Of the future in Air Force
blue.
Evening star., 1955-05-17
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The Sidney herald., 1955-03-24

family Of Edgar spent several
days here visiting MIR. Blair's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. P. Blair.
They return ned home Tuesday,
March %.
In the April issue of "Chic" are
some pictures Of Mrs. Sidney
Lowery of New York. Mrs. Low
cry will be remembered here as
Mrs. Serge Androp. She was the
first conductre of the local East
ern Star Chapter and Doctor
Androp, her husband, served this
community Tor a number of years.
Mrs. Fred C.allison received
word last week of the death of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. George
Miller of lBria, California. The
immediate cause of Mrs. Miller's
death was cancer. She would
have been SO years old in a few
weeks.
The people west of Red Water
are having the annual headache
over their inability to get across.
The ice has jammed up against
the bridge and the river proceeded
to make a new channel around.
Now those who have to cross go
north to the Garfield crossing and
cross on the slab there. It makes
a lot of extra miles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Coutts left
Friday for Billings. MI. Coutts
went to Denver to attend the an
nual national convention Of the
Flu. Mrs. Coutts remained in Bill
lings for further medical treat
mentS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Drum
mond and MI. and Mrs. Henry
Yeo returned home from the East
where they attended the wedding
of the youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Drunnmond, Richard, in
Maine. They also visited relatives
in New York and other points.
The Sidney herald., 1955-03-24

son Carl left Friday by car for
Spokane, Wn., for an extended
visit with their s~on-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bet
tbs and family.
Family day was again held at
the Lutheran church Sunday af-
ternoon at which two films were
shown after the services. The as
minute film, "Tamina" about an
adopted girl who was instrument
tai in getting her foster parents
to attend church, brought a few
tears and sniffles, but was enjoy
ed. Lunch was served after the
films to a large crowd.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Toews and
daughter, Jolene, enroute home
to Munich, N. D., after vacation
ing the past two months in Los
Angeles and Lodi, California,
stopped for a brief visit with rel
atives on the Retah Table, Glen
dive and Richey Friday and Sat-
urday. They went on to Wolf
Point to visit relatives Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Waldo Deckert
Of Jordon visited friends and rel
atives in Richey Saturday. They
spent Sunday with Mr.. Deckert's
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Deckert on the Retah Table.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Treftx OF
Glendive came Tuesday for a two
weeks stay with MI. Treftz' moth
er, Mrs. c. Treftz of Richey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Culver
and Glen Coutts returned Tuesday
evening from Cooperstown, NJ. D.
where they attended the last rites
Of a brother-in-law, Cecil Camp
bell Sunday. Tuesday enroute
home they attended the funera,
of Don O'Connor, member of the
Farmers Union Exchange Board
at New Rockford, N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden Blair anc