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Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26

lead to understanding and then
to peace. At home it becomes a
part of the carrot-and-stick
technique. This has reached the
point now where the internal
prop a an d m h i n e
boasts proudly about the num-
ber of persons it has sent junket-
ing about the world to spread
the word.
Delegates Under Control
Evidently the regime calculates
there is more to be gained than
to be lost by subjecting a linn
tied number of Soviet people to
the impact of foreign ways
Thus far, most Russians travel
ing abroad have been members
of delegations" In that sense
they are selected persons anc
under control.
What must be kept in mind
however, is that there are yer.
few persons in the Soviet Uniol
who know what the peace ant
cultural offensive is all about
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Return Difficult

campaign in such directions,
return all the way to the former
belligerence would be a little
difficult for the regime. For the
moment, though, the smile cam
paign is all-out.
A recent issue of the Literary
Gazette carried a long article
and map, reproduced on this
page, designed to give the i'm
preston Soviet people were
travelling freely all over the
world. The map showed the
number who went to foreign
countries in 1854. The caption
referred to the general num-
Der" of persons making up tire
various delegations. That In it.
self was gimmick.
For example, the map shows
81 persons from the U.S.S.R. Wis
iting the United States in 1854.
In that year there were IA chess
players confined to a radius OF
25 miles of New York and two
professors who attended a Col
umbia University celebration.
That made 16. But the general
number" was put at 81. Five of
them were along to keep an eye
on the others.
Large Buildup
Moscow radio has been pour
ing out words, directed both to
the home front and abroad,
about measures taken by the So
Wet Union ''for the expansion of
economic and cultural relations
with all countries" This, it said,
would "help disperse false ideas
about one another and remove
everything which obstructs res
toration of friendly relations
among countries"
The broadcasts also boasted of
the number of persons from
abroad visiting the Soviet Union
10000 from 80 countries in
1854.
All this propaganda in the
press and on the radio has been
keyed to single theme: the Ge-
neva summit conference brought
about a new atmosphere which
can lead to settlement of ten
sions. il the tensions flare up
again, the Soviet Union appar-
emily is going to want to be in
position to say it did all it
could to advance the cause of
peace.
Fart of the Meaning
The Soviet cultural peace
Offensive will succeed If it can
persuade large section of
world opinion that the basic
causes of tension have neen re-
moved on Soviet initiative. That
was part of the meaning behind
the mending of Soviet Yugoslav
relations, the granting of
treaty to Austria aid other
moves. But the basic causes of
tension are stil, with US. One of
these is the activity of interna-
tiopa1 communism -uhicb tho
Russians refuse to discuss.
Others include the division of
Germany, Korea and Wet Nam
and the Soviet domination Of
satellite natioEs. The Commu-
nists will settle these cniy on
Communist terms. The cultural
offensive is aimed at breaking
resistance to those terms.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
May Bring Future
Trouble in Russia
BY WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press Foreign Nercs ANALYST

EVIDENTLY the Soviet regime considers its increasing
IL ly bold peace and cultural offensves whoppng
success In the short space of few months III which the
Soviet tone changed from pugnacous to Peaceful there
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Z Is Pushing Cultural Offensive Harder Than Ever
China Duplicating
The Russian Line
By ]. N. ROBERTS
Associated Press Ners ANALYST

DED CHINA took firm hold the international Com
N tactical line this week, with continued stale
mate as the most probable result
Let's get together said the puppe government of North
Korea the itchy South Koreans, and what do
about relInification
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26

met the demand of John Foster
Dulles for remuneration of force
as a prerequisite for negotia-
tions. North Korea did propose
such local arrangement
In Pyongyang the North Ko-
reans land their Chinese mas
ters) had not accepted free
elections for unification, any
more than Russia had done Sc
with regard to Germany. Pei
ping reiterated its forces would
remain to ''help" in North Ko-
rea. Dulles, in Washington, reit-
Grated U.N. supervised election
was essential.
Dulles Reiterates
Meanwhile, in Korea, Syng-
man Rhee was almost as embar-
RAISING to American policy as
were the tactics of the enemy.
He said Communist members of
truce supervisory teams in
South Korea were nothing but
spies, but called off the violentl
demonstrations designed to oustI
them. He said he had AmericanI
assurances that something would
be worked out to end the men
ace. Dulles said the United
States had made no commit
ments. 1t seemed obvious Rhee
had piped down under pressure,
not promises. The South Ko-
reans kept saying the puppets
were preparing new attack.
The Chinese Nationalists on
Formosa also kept up their
efforts to create an attack scare.
Red air reinforcements were re-
ported on the mainland. The
Reds had their own reports
about repulsing Nationalist COM
mando raids.
Little Prospect
There seemed to be little pros
pect of arranging an Asiatic
peace conferen e such as Pei
ping and Pyongy.ng proposed.
The South Koreans promptly
turned down the proposal for an
all-Korean meeting, saying what
was needed was to throw the
Communists out of North Ko-
rea. The United States would
not accept Red China's renewed
proposal for a vast Pacific Sc
curity system which would do
away with SEATO and other re-
gional defense agreements.
There still was a possibility,
however. that the Geneva nego-l
tiations over prisoners would
lead to discussion of other mat
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Dates
Tuesday, Aug. %

Gubernatorial primary
runoff election, Mississippi.
Wednesday, Aug. "a
President Eisenhower ad-
dresses American Bar Assn,
Philadelphia.
japanese Foreign Minister
Shigemitsu arrives at San
Francisco for visit to United
States.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26

ters between Washington and
non-recognized Peiping. Such
negotiations would be handi-
capped, however, by the Ame:i-
can commitment not to bargain
on Nationalist Chinese interests
behind their backs.
Wet Nam Balks
Experienced observers were
watching closely to see how the
co-existence line of the Commu-
nists would affect another sore
spot-Southeast Asia. There the
government of South Wet Nam
was refusing to go along with a
French. truce commitment for
unifying elections, and she Com
munists were keeping the trou-
BILE pot boiling in Laos. One
highly experienced American
diplomat returned from Indo-
china recently with the private
belief that it was moIe danger
Gus than the Formosa area. Out
wardly the Allies upheld the
truce terms. Privately, France
looked hopefully toward evasion.
Pejping's rigid adherence to
the Moscow tactical line has led
many observers to wonder what
happened to the so-called inher-
ent Sino-Russian differences
which were to pull the two apart
eventually. Some have even at
tributed Russia's sweetness and
light campaign to a rising fear
of China. But everything the
two have done in the past year
dovetails.
Unrelenting Tenacity
Russia went to the Big -Four!
at Geneva with a.
- adherence to the
Sisenhower's atoms for peace
pool. Red China went to Geneva
with a concession-release of
American fiiers.
After that, both settled down
o defend their real interests
With smiling, affable but unre-
-enting tenacity. China's attitude
toward divided Korea exactly
parallels Russia's attitude to-
ward divided Germany. So do
their proposals for negotiations
On broad general issues follow
an exact pattern.
The world is thus faced with
a concerted Communist effort,
the full meaning of which has
not been defined. The only thing
the West knows for sure is that
it had best be wary.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26

The vast msjority q the Sov:e;
population is likely to ,aks i a,
face value and rs GARD he .-cur-
ring phenomena as real evil
dence of a relaxation in inter-
national tensions.
The regime probably can keep
it up for a good while to come
certainly well beyond the Octo-
Der meeting of the foreign min
listers. But it involves calcu-
lated risk for the regime itself.
The Towering of amity among
peoples bears the promise Of
brighter days to come for the
Soviet people-even the allur-
ing prospect that almost any
Soviet citizen can hope one day
to be allowed to travel outside
his own country.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26

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The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
MONTANA THIS WEEK"

ii when millions of people, flee
ing from Paris and other cities,
clogged the highways and fate
fully impeded the mobility of the
French armies. The German in
vaders should have asked for
no more helpful ally than those
fleeing Frenchmen.
Even here in Montana, where
there is plenty of room, what
would MI. Potter do with some
100000 persons who would evac-
uate Great Falls, Helena, Butte
and Anaconda? How would they
be fed and sheltered? How would
the aged, the sick and the infants
be taken care of?
The impression I get from this
fear propaganda is that a virtu-
ally complete civilian exodus from
these cities would be the plan of
the civil defense authorities. But
would that be a realistic measure?
Earlier this year Mr.. Potter
spent days in Neveda waiting to
see an atomic bomb explode and
to observe its destructiveness.
That gave the state administrator
an excuse for telling us again
how devastating atomic explosions
are, which I think is something
that most of us appreciate quite
well. How a ringside seat at a
bomb defamation gives civil de-
Tense Officials any useful aid in
organizing and training the CT
william population to protect them
selves against missiles is not clear
to me.
Basically, the civil defense pro-
gram is sound, important and de-
serving of wholehearted support.
People should be organized and
trained for disciplined action in
the event of military attack, which
prayerfully hope will never be
visited upon us. More and more
citizens r participating in the
civil defense program. They merit
commentator.
Montana, under legislation en-
acted a few years ago, has a civil
defense agency. This agency.
gets only about $4,000 an
nually in state funds, works CO.
ordinately with the federal civil
defense administration. Dealing
with disasters generally, such as
or earthquakes, is a re-
sponsibility of the state agency,
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13

from Billings and went over to
the Birches to get Geraldine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cap Hodges were
shopping in Culbertson Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Gould had
visitors from the state line Sat-
urday. The Jack Shields and
George came up.
The teacher, Mrs. Bill Carlisle
and Bill and Connie motored to
Wolf Point Saturday. Mrs. Carlisle
is taking the teachers course Of
fered there.
Mrs. Frank Griffin, is also tax
ing the brush up course for teach
ers at Wolf Point.
A card party and dance was
held at the schoolhouse Saturday
night. The high prizes for whist
went to George Baker and Edith
Antonson. The low prizes were
won by Mrs. Bill Carlisle and Don
Birch. We had music by the By
ron Bakers and Wesley Johnson.
The ladies drew names for the
following parties.
Robert Palmer of Sidney is Wis
iting his cousin Jay and Steven
Palmer this week end.
The Maynard Cellmers were
shopping in Culbertson Saturday.
A dance and rattle was held at
the Mona hall Saturday night for
the benefit of Mona school and
hall. The Otto Hansens furnished
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
South CuIbertson
Mrs. Dan Patch

Bee Birch stopped for a short
visit with Wilma Hill Monday.
The Pat Goulds took Geraldine
Cellmer to Culbertson for a den
tai appointment on Monday. Ger
aldine is staying now with the
Don Birches while her folks are
in Billings.
MI. and Mrs. Adrian Skillstead
Of Glendive were overnight guests
at the Don Birches. Adrian is a
cousin of Don. The evening was
spent looking at home movies of
relatives and friends that the
Sklllsteads had taken last sum
mer and this year. Some of the
pictures were quite entertaining.
Mrs. Cap Hodges was a caller at
the Tom Hodges in C~ulbertson
Monday.
MI. and Mrs. K. R. Hill were
callers in Culbertson Tuesday.
Cap Hodges hauled water for
his cistern Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Antonson
were callers at the Sam Anton
son home Tuesday.
George Baker hauled out ce-
ment and a mixer Tuesday to
start the footing for their cement
blocks in their basement. Corkv
Peterson was helping the Bakers
Tuesday.
The Bonnie Antonsons shopped
in Sidney Wednesday.
Wesley Johnson was a caller in
Sidney Wednesday for repairs.
Mrs. Jim Spurgeon was a caller
IN Culbertson Wednesday.
I've heard of a new wav to
identify yourself when cashing a
check. On the news Thursday if
told of a man taking out his up-
per plate and on the inside was
his name and address. The bank
clerk cashed his check.
The Maynard Cellmers were
callers at the Don Birches Thurs
day evening. They just returned
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
BY Ernest Immel

Helena - Here in Montana as
elsewhere, the most conspicuous
mode for getting public coopera-
ton IN the civil defense program
seems not unsimilar to the hell
IRE evangelism sometimes used
to brighten backsliding mortals in
to getting religion. The idea ap-
pears to be that people must be
terrified with visions of a day of
doom If an airborne enemy should
sneak through and hurl annihiIa-
ton upon them.
This appeal is less to rational
action than it is to fear hysteria.
/ do not think there is further
need for Hugh K. Potter, state
civil defense administrator, to tell
us that the prime targets for
hostile bOmbers would be Great
Falls, Helena, Butte and Ana
conda. Anyone who has given
this a little thought viii probably
agree that is what an enemy
would be inclined to do, but I
question whether any good is
accomplished by continually
trying to work people into a state
Of unreasOning alarm.
A current magazine containing
an editorial by Paul Jones of the
Philadelphia Bulletin, Nonsense
IN Civil Defense" aptly presents
the point I am undertaking to
make There is pertinent refer
ence to propaganda for catas-
trophe." The folly Of mass evacu-
alton Of cities is emphasized, cit
ing as an example what happened
IN northern France in World War
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
Andes
Mrs. Norman EIdridge

Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson attended
a teachers meeting at Wolf Point
Saturday. She spent Sunday visit
ing with her sister, Mrs. Al NJ
gent Of Culbertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. w. THOMPSON
attended church in Culbertson
Sunday and were dinner guests of
Mrs. Hall. They also called at
the George Daniels home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson
and girls visited at the Bob Ira
gers home Sunday. They shod
their horses in preparing to 90
hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Schow
and boys motored to Wolf Point
Sunday to attend church.
MI. and Mrs. Norman Eldridge
attended church in Sidney Sun
day. Mrs. Eldridge and children
We're dinner guests at the Glen
D%anielson home. Norman left with
Guy McCurdy for a ten day trip
to Missouri.
Mrs. Norman Eldridge, Jennie
Jorgenson and Bob Deming were
tuesday dinner guests at the Art
Edeburn home. Earl Mccoy. e.
len and Dale Edeburn also called
that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Edeburn
called in Culbertson Wednesday.
Arthur Edeburn and Iris took
Mrs. Edeburn to Sidney Wednes-
day evening where she took the
bus to Wellington, Colo, where
she will visit her parents, the
Fred Eldridges.
Members of the community
gathered Wednesday at the Anna
Jorgenson home for a fencing bee.
The men put the fence back in
along the road which was elevat-
ed this fall. The ladies served =
delicious potluck dinner. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Curtis, jerry and Wayne Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred THOMPSON,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. THOMPSON,
Henry Thompson, MI. and Mrs
Earl Mccoy and girls, Jimmie
Jorgenson, Myron Schow. Circle
Stanford, Jr. Foss, Mrs. Norman
Eldridge, Mrs. Henry Peterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron scbow.
and Richard and Gary went to
Radville, Sask., Tuesday after Sell
mer that he may spend the re-
mainder of the week at home as
there was no school there this
week.
Lyle Schow visited with Paul
Eldridge Tuesday and Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hartland
and relative from Nebraska called
at the Myron Schow home Mon
day.
Corky Peterson called at the
W. and Fred Thompson home
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Schow.
Richard, Garry and Selmer were
Thursday visitors at the Harry
ment is an expression of vindic-
tiveness of which the author.
whoever he may be, should be
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13

IN addition TO It's functions In
case of military attack.
Twenty years ago this month
the people of Helena, struck by a
series of earthquakes, experienced
the effects of fear and on the
other hand, of steadying cour-
age, in the face of danger. Some,
impelled by terror, piled what
belongings they could into their
cars and lost no time in getting
where they believed they would
be safe. But 10 to one they re-
NAMED in the stricken city and
saw the thing through, which, on
an enormously greater scale, the
people of London did during the
awful months of the German
blitz.
The civil defense program
should be and can be a sensible
program. Frightening people to
distraction is not a sensible or
humane way of getting their CO.
operation in measures that could
mean life or death to them.
y = =
Most recent example of the
b%razenness Of the voice supposed
to be that of Sen. James E. Muir
ray of Montana was a statement
that he would attempt to block
senate confirmation of Wesley A.
D'Ewart as assistant secretary of
the interior. The reason cited was
the Smear" campaign which Muir
ray charges D'Ewart used against
him in 1854 when the then con-
gresham was the Republican
nominee for United States sena-
tor.
Senator Murray was apparently
in Montana when the statement
was released in Washington. My
surmise is that it was written by
son Charles, the senator's admin
~istrative assistant, and it is en-
tirely possible that the first that
father Jim knew of it was when
he read it in the newspapers.
1t would hardly seem that Sena-
tor Murray would have the crust
to oppose anyone for senate con-
firmation not after Senator
Murray, in 1949, managed to get
his son, w. d. Murray, appointed
a United States district judge.
This was certainly no personal
reflection on Judge Murray, who
was not long in proving that he
had the qualities of a capable and
conscientious jurist. Yet it took
a lot Of what once was called gall
for a senator father to do what
was done in this instance.
Although he was strongly urged
to do so, the other Montana sena-
tor, Zales N. Ecton, refused to op-
pose confirmation of Judge Muir
ray. This was despite the fact that
Senator Ecton was well aware
that father James and son Charles
would do everything in their pow
er to defeat him at the next cleo
ton.
AS for the alleged smear cam
paign against Murray in 1854, I
happen to know that Wesley
D'Ewart declined to avail himself
of certain data which would have
been uncomplimentary to Charles
Murray. MIR. D'Ewart's re-
Straint may have cost him the
election, for Senator Murray won
by a mere 1923 votes.
For several years it has been
Increasingly evident that Charles
A. Murray and not James E. Muir
ray is really the senator. 1t is far
from a secret that frequently son
Charles does things in his fathers
name and of which Murray Sc
Nor does not learn until there is
a backfire. Regardless of whether
that was the case in the statement
MocInr n,E,rrnrA liz rAnAn
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
we sIpNE HERALp



the music. Dolores House won the
quilt that was ratified off and
Peter Johnson won the foot stool.
There were many more prizes in
Guiding aprons, dresser scarves,
etc. The ladies were very pleased
with the results of their hard
work.
The Pat Goulds drove down
Sunday to her brothers ranch
north Of the state line for dinner.
The K. r. Hills were afternoon
callers at the Stan Patch home
Sunday. Louise Antonson was also
a caller there Sunday.
Harold Tolksdorf hauled grain
to Culbertson Monday.
The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13

Hartland home near Crane.
Jennie Jorgenson is the proud
owner of a new Chevrolet pickup.
Billy OchS Jr. came home from
Bozeman Friday night to spend
the week end with his parents.
Bill, Ardyce and Billy Ochs
were Sidney shoppers Saturday
morning.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Bio 4 Conference Still Going On

that the Western governments
are willing to sit down face to
face with the Soviets and talk
things out. But 1t also has been
emphasized that readiness to
talk and to smile and to evince
Q conciliatory spirit does not
mean surrender Of basic prin-
ciples or q compromise Of any
kind with evil things. There
is no room for compromise as
between slavery and freedom
and that's the issue for the
peoples still held by force of
arms by our wartime ally even
though the war ended more
than ten years ago.
How many months or years
can Soviet Russia prolong
World War II and keep the
world from achieving peace?
How long viii the peoples Of
the countries affected be likely
to remain passive? The fires
Of revolution are being kindled.
and the discontented masses
in the satellite states will be
the first to fan the flames.
There are men in the couT-
cils Of the Soviet government
who know all this very well
and fear 1t. Travellers return
ing from Russia, Of course say
they didn't see evidences OF
incipient revolution there.
These are never visible. nor
are uprisings advertised In adj
vance. But the ferment uIl-
derneath the surface goes on
just the same and suddenly a
supposedly loyal army comes
to the rescue Of the people, as
has happened many times in
other areas of the globe when
tyranny and oppression have
run their course.
Soviet Russia faces q dam
gerous choice between inaction
which means internal trou-
bie--and making some sort Of
agreement with the West that
win give back to the West
German people their East
German kinsmen under q sin
gle government and bring also
some basis for the recovery of
their Independence by the sat-
elite nations.
It is an inexorable cycle that
lies ahead. A third Geneva
conference may find the
Kremlin more tractable. Ger
tainly the Dulles speech starts
q new series Of moves designed
to convince Moscow that the
West will not recede but viii
insist on . truly peaceful
setup in Europe before the
much talked : about peaceful
co-existence' Of two different
theological systems can really
begin.
lReproduction RiShts Reserved
Evening star., 1955-11-21
New Agreement With Moscow Called
Jeopardy to Oslo's Ties With the West
CONSTANTINE BROWN

attacks Western Germany
whose defense is still en-
trusted, and will continue to
be entrusted for at least an
other two years, to the Ameri-
can, British and French forces
on her territory.
Such action would call for
immediate retaliation against
whatever targets the supreme
allied command might decide.
It is logical to assume that
among other counter meas
ures would be air actions
against some northern install
lations Of the USSR. These
could be the easiest to reach
from Norwegian air bases.
So far we have been under
the impression that NATO.
which adopted the slogan lone
for all and all for one" could
use the facilities of all Its
members for defensive pur-
poses.
An attack against German
territory would not affect Nor
way Immediately. But on the
basis Of the agreement signed
last week In Moscow by Mr..
Gerhardsen, the Olso govern
ment is pledged not to grant
bases to anybody unless Nor
way herself was subjected to
or threatened by physical at
tack.
Norway is a small country
and as much scared now as 1t
was during the last war Of