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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28
Register Now For
Bills Grand Gifts

Bill Lipman, head Of Bills
Clothes, East 152nd and st. Clair,
issued reminder today to all that
Saturday is the deadline for reg
istering for the April Anniversary
Awards at Bills.
An Apex Automatic Dryer and
a 28-inch Boys Bicycle will be
presented on Monday. Total retail
value of the two awards is over
1926.
The awards are just part of
Bills special 35th Anniversary
year in which some $4,000 in mer-
chandise gifts are to be presented.
Also in the making is a special
award of a trip for two with all
expenses paid to Miami, Florida.
To qualify for the awards, just
stop in at any one of the three
Bills stores and register every
month. Other stores are at 618
East 185th st. and 22810 Lake
Shore blvd.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28
Churches

"The Life Beyond" will be the
sermon next Sunday of Rev. Ros-
coe j. Varble at the 10:45 a. m.
worship service at the Phillips
Avenue Presbyterian Church, East
125th st. at Phillips ave.
The Junior Choir will sing as
the offertory Morning Comes" by
Dale while both choirs will join
in the anthem "Thee Holy Father
We Adore" from the Cologne &C.
sangbuch. Mrs. Robert Meek and
Mrs. Martin A. Bauman will be
hostesses for the day.
Program for the annual Mothers
and Daughters banquet at the
church Thursday, May 5th at 6:15
will center around dolls. Mrs. Nc
Cullough of Bloesinger's Doll Hos
pital will display and talk about
her valuable collection of dolls
and also will tell about the recent
New York Toy Fair.
Miss Louise Cleaveland, minister
of music for the church, and Miss
Nancy Hodge will play "The Doll
Dance" as a piano duet and a
girls chorus will sing Wedding
of the Painted DOLL"
The Wittenberg Women's Guild
Cleveland Chapter, will end it's
years activities on Friday, May
18th, with a noon luncheon at Hig-
bees Auditorium.
Mrs. William A. Gosewisch, pres
ident, will introduce Mrs. j. Louis
Wolf, for the devotionals; and Mrs.
Oskar Mattiat, who will furnish the
musical part of the program.
Contrary to custom there will be
no speaker, instead several of the
members will present a skit en-
titled, "Your Second Chance
Mrs. James A. Via, Hospitality
Chairman, will take reservations.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28
CIRCUS TIME AT MAY
BREAKFAST

The annual May Breakfast spon-
sored by the Women's Society of
Christian Service of Windermere
Methodist Church will be held on
Wednesday, May 4th, at 10 o'clock
a. m. in Fellowship Hall. This year
the theme and decorations are CEN
tered around the circus, complete
with clowns, balloons, streamers,
peanuts, etc. Program chairman,
Mrs. George Inman, will introduce
Mrs. Frederick Sterbenz who will
speak on "Clowns to Calliore."
The Society's president Mrs.
Frank Fellows is general chairman.
The decorative committee is under
the direction of Mrs. Byron Schenck
and Mrs. Homer Alexander. Food
chairman is Mrs. Robert La Turner.
Thursday evening, April 2Sth, at
8 p. m. st. Philomena Guild meets
in the Social Hall. Miss Elizabeth
Kardos, will speak on Fashion"
and refreshments will be served.
All members are asked to bring a
guest.
They may be Golden Ayers but
they are still interested in fashion
and fashion wise they will be,
these Sunny Monday folk when, on
next Monday, Miss Elizabeth Kar-
dos, fashion consultant, talks to
them about styles. The club meets
in the East Cleveland Woman's
Club, 1747 Lake Front ave. at
1:30 p. m.
A change of place in a new
plan is announced for the annual
Spring Breakfast for the women
of First Presbyterian Church. The
always delightful event this year
will be held in the dining room
of Hope Lutheran Church, 2222
Taylor rd., the ladies of that church
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28
"A Junior League? "It's Up
To The Boy" Says Wiseeup
With One Week To Decide

plans. Meanwhile, any boy in this
age group who has not yet signed
up and wishes to play in the
league may do SO by appearing at
that practice session or by con-
tacting Mr.. Wisecup.
Little Leaguers are reminded
that their practice sessions will
begin tomorrow night and Pony
League tryouts will get under way
on Monday, May End.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28
GIRL SCOUT TROOP GIVES
MOTHER-DAUGHTER DINNER

On Wednesday evening, May 4th,
at $50 p. m, intermediate Girl
Scout Troop 429 is having its an
nual Mother-Daughter Dinner in
the kitchen at Chambers School.
Planning together with their
leaders, Mrs. George Barnes and
Mrs. Richard Taska, the girls have
discussed and discarded plans for
menus-serving and entertainment.
The girls themselves are preparing
the food, serving it, and plan to
eat with gusto!
The after-dinner entertainment is
closely guarded secret!
Members are Dorothy Barnes,
Dona Beck, Mimi Cappon, Dianne
Dallas, Maryanne Douglass, Susan
Johnson, Sandra Keene, Carol
Keidel, Patricia Ann Lausin, Mari
lyn McGinnis, Janice Nausner,
Saranne Phillips, Gayle Scharsu,
Gail Taska, Sally Tucker, Jean
VanVliet, Barbara Wesley, Nancy
Ziccardi.
All mothers of the Troop will
be warmly welcomed!
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28
Girl Scouts

The girls and leaders of Brownie
Troop 402 of Prospect Neighbor-
hood are happily making prepara-
tions for their first outing of the
Spring season-a day hike at Eu-
cid Creek Reservation next Satur-
day, April both.
The day will be spent in prepar-
ing their own lunch over an open
fire, taking a nature walk to find
and identify wild flowers, and
playing games.
Leader of the troop is Mrs. r.
M. Serota. Co-leaders are Mrs.
George Collins and Mrs. Frank H.
Roberts.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1955-04-28

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John C.
Sullivan, 1851 Orinoco, a girl,
Patricia Ann, April 10th.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Masters, 1925 Allendale ave-,
a girl, Mary Alice, April 10th.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11
the READERS
FORUM
Van Cieve Deal
"A Malignant Threat to
All Public Lands
Regional Forester,
Missoula, Montana.

Regional Forester.
Missoula, Montana.
Dear Sir:
The desire of the Van Cleve interests
foreshadows % malignant threat to all
Public Lands situated as to be coveted
by private exploiters. If their selfish
request is granted what is to stop the
process from being repeated over and
over again throughout this Nation un-
til all desirable real estate reposes in
the hands of few feudal-like owners2
This case constitutes a real test by
certain interests with the purpose of
breaking the barrier of the inviolability
of Public Lands for public purposes.
Once this is accomplished a tidal wave
of acquisitions of our desirable Public
Lands will engulf this Nation with the
ultimate and inevitable diSposSesSiOn
and disfranchisement of our people
from their inalienable rights as re-
CARDS these lands.
How can the Van CleVes explain their
grasping intentions other than being
a wish to acquire and control this land
for their own exclusive benefit, to sell
the privilege of enjoying it to those
select patrons of theirs who have the
money to do so, but to exclude all
others from this God given privilege?
Why can't they be satisfied with their
good fortune as it is? Don't they see
that they in common with the great
american puOlAC NOW nave lull dCCt5S
to this wonderful outdoor area as
things are and were meant to be? Give
them an inch and they want a mile,
even if they risk their own destruction
in wanting it,
I appeal to you on behalf of many
of our local citizens who, in their in
nocence, do not realize fully what they
stand to lose, but do not want to be
a party to deal that will short change
them out of their heritage as free
Americans. AS our appointed protector
and defender of these national lands
you owe it to us, to your office and
to the United States of America to pre-
serve the land in your care forever
for the American people. Please give
this subtle attack on our rights the
coup de grace it SO plainly and richly
merits Sincerely yours,-JOHN JARUS-
ST, Joliet, Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11
WEIGHT mile ONLY EQUITABLE
SOLUTION IN SIGHT TO
HIGHWAY FINANCING PROBLEM
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
ing federal matching funds, he
stated.
AS for the diesel tax differential,
Schotte said that 10 or IL states
not one as trucking interests had
contended at various meetings of the
Governors committee - impose a
higher tax on diesel motor fuel then
on gasoline. To emphasize the fair
ness in such differential, he showed
the committee advertisements by
Diesel truck manufacturers-(1) as
sorting a savings of $4,000 per year
in fuel costs alone by using diesel
instead of comparable size gasoline
engine; ~ another ad contending
that (brand name) Diesel truck got
rs miles per gallon of Diesel as
compared to three to four miles per
gallon of gasoline for same load
carrying capacity truck. Research
shows he said, chat Diesel engines
give so to 70 per cent greater mile
age'' than gasoline for same size
vehicle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11

committee meeting that 'sthe best
method of testing workability of the
weight-mile is to put it into effect
in Montana -. Oregon, in 20 years,
has had satisfactory experience !.
Montana should be able to take up
from there -
Wertz also cleared up truckers
contentious that the weight-mile
would be in addition to the present
GVW schedule, by pointing out that
under HB Sc, trucks would be taxed
either under weight-mile of GVW,
depending upon sizes but not under
both. The weight-mile is supplement
tary, but not in additiSn to GVW on
any one truck.
Wertz also called attention to the
fact that not a single spokesman for
the truckers had attempted to indi-
cate shat the weight-mile is in any
way unfair to the operators. Also,
nothing was said by the authorities
in Oregon, or by those legls-ators who
went to Oregon, to indicate that there
is any unfairness" in this method of
truck taxation.
The Helena attorney, taking note
that the opponents opposed weight
mile, asked What do opponents pro-
pose" as an alternative to raise need
ed highway revenue. On the other
hand, he continued, 81 firmly believe
that the substance of HB So does
offer a solution solution which
can be effective almost immediate
ly !. ;"
Taking a final look at the truckers
but-recently-found desire for two
year "study" of weight-mile, Wertz
referred the committee to the 1850
report of the Governors Interim
Highway Committee which, stated
that Montana SHOULD tax itinerant
trucks on mileage basis" These mat
tiers have been studied for five years
or more, he said, and further study
will only put off solution to our
highway problem.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11

of their city headquarters.-PV Edi-
tori
Rep. Taylor (R-Daniels) in speak
ing in support of his HB 416 said
he didn't expect the committee to give
it very much consideration this year.
''The committee" said he, sis not
prepared to accept this bill because
it is a much too simple solution to
our problem :"
Sen. Reid Taylor (R-Roosevelt) as.
serted that HB 416 is the only solu-
ton to our highway financing prob
lem, We had the solution for 80 years
before the GVW tax was enacted, said
he, the straight fuel tax.
Robert Neill, Libby lumber opera
tor. said that Montana Transport AS
ISOLATION is basically for a straight
fuel tax bill on the order of HB 416,
however, the association must oppose
it since they are on record in support
of the Governors Interim committee
recommendations He added that "the
public is not ready for lib 49,"
The joint House-Senate public
hearing was conducted by Rep. Mi
chefs (D-Sheridan) chairman of the
House Highway Committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11
Is the Far East Our Best Bet?

The Baltic Sea is a Russian Lake,
while the Mediterranean Sea is u. 5.
Lake, with the 9Th fleet patroIing there:
and now comes the question: Shall the
South China Sea be an American or a
China Lake? With the 7th fleet, the
biggest and the most powerful fleet
! in the world, patroling the Formosa
Strait, we raised the Calculated Risk
to the Nth degree and are still adding
to it's strength. Evidently 1T worked
according to plan.
Since he left the mainland, Kai-shek
has destroyed millions of dollars worth
of shipping on the China coast, as well
as captured some prizes, but not enough
to balance his budget. He keeps an
army of 10000 troops on an island two
hundred miles up the China coast, on
the theory it helps protect Formosa
His suicidal policy in the Formosa
Strait has made him more hated IN
China than he was when he was driven
out of the Mainland.
Some of our PolicyMakers have
failed to distinguish the difference be-
tween China Of Yesterday, with its
GOLDEN inclosed-fi ngernail Mandarins,
and it's women with their self-inflicted
crippled feet and men wearing queues,
as we'll as its Yangtse river pirates;
and Modern China of-Today.
There is as much difference between
China of esterday and China Otto
day as there is between Night and Day.
No more War Lords and no more Sea-
Pirates, unless you class Kai-shek as
such.
In George Washington's day, For
mosa would mean but another head
ache Today it's the u. S. most expen-
sive outpost With it's seven airfields,
it's air force, navy and 100000 troops;
all running on red budget with no
visible source of income, its a question
whether it's a u. S. asset or liability
It's a strategic military outpost, but
from a commercial point-of view, it's
practically worthless. China's trade
would be worth much more and Incl
dentally, help to balance U. S. budget
OF all our far-flung outposts, Formosa
is the most expensive as well as near
est to a powder-keg of Worldwide i'm
portance.-A. e. ANDERSON, Butte
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11
THE CASE FOR THE
WEIGHT-MILE

Principal spokesman for enactment
Of weight-mile legislation at this ses-
sion were Rep. James Wood ID
Chouteau) sponsor of lib So; James
Leary, CIO representative, speaking
in behalf of Rep. McAndrews' lib
283; Rep. Frank Reardon (D-Silver
Bow, also sponsor of lib 283, and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11
OTHER HIGHWAY
REVENUE PROPOSALS

In addition to HB Sc and HB 283,
the committee also took testimony
on HB 242 by Parker (D-Wibaux)
proposing a three-cent differential
in the diesel tax; HB 326 by Bricker
(R-Cascade) proposing Al per cent
increase in GVW rates on commercial
operators, and HB 416 by Taylor (R-
Daniels) proposing two-cent bump
in the gasoline tax, and four-cent
increase in the diesel tax, as well as
outright repeal of the entire Gross
Vehicle Weight Tax
Newell D. Evans, Butte, of Motor
Coach Employes-AFL, reviewed the
very poor state of finances of city
bus lines and asked an exemption
from diesel tax be permitted these
users.
Rep. Bricker, speaking for his lib
326, stated it would increase lower
bracket GVW fees by so per cent
from Sc to SO, and for the largest
commercial vehicle, from $500 to
$3.50 per year GVW. The bill would
also eliminate the 125 per cent sched-
ule charged on trucks travelling over
$4,000 miles per year on the high
WAYS. The latter proved very inef-
fective, difficult to enforce and
brought in only $21, 900 year. HB
326 would increase farm trucks by
SO per cent instead of the 200 per
cent recommended by the Governors
committee, to 80 per cent or full
GVW schedule. This bill, said Brick
er, would increase highway revenues
by $4,000 a year.
John Rice, head of Montana Trans
port Association, Great Falls, felt
he and his fellow truckers had made
big concession in accepting either
the three-cent diesel increase or the
higher GVW schedule proposed under
HB 1926; that they couldn't very well
go for both.
Sen. Charles Jellison (R-Flatheadl
and logging operator, contended
that HB 1926 would definitely dis
criminate against logging operators.
He also asserted that any added reve-
nue. for highway should come from
the diesel and gasoline tax-but not
from added truck taxes. (Sen. Jelll-
sons first point is well taken since
most logging operations do use the
highways very little, and, even under
present GVW schedules, are paying
far more than their proportionate
share at rs per cent of full GVW
schedule, as compared with the over
the-road day-in-and-day-out CONNER
cial operators. Very possibly, the
weight-mile offers the solution to
this obvious inequity of the GVW
law toward loggers. A similar solu-
ton is afforded truck operators VINO
confine most of their operations to
sSin-city" travel under the weight
mile. Should weight-mile become law
this group on all trucks under $4,000
GVW would continue under the pres
ent GVW schedule provided they
stayed within three-mile radius
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-02-11
WOULD PUT LITTLE FELLOW
OUT OF BUSINESS?

WOULD PO1 LII lie FELLOW
OUT OF BUSINESS?
Truckers arguments were numer-
Gus and varied, but in the main they
attempted to put across the theme
that a weight-mile law would put the
ssiittle fellows" out of businessmen
though such has not proven to be the
case in other states where much high
er truck taxing rates are in effect.
Wayne Hageman, Laurel trucking
operator. who in the past has been
any increases other than token in
truck rates, and who led the fight
in the Governors committee meeting
of September, 1854, to kill the rec
ommendation that the weight-mile be
studied, read a short statement for
Montana Transport Association which
said MIA is sin favor of thorough
study of weight-mile" such as pro-
posed under HB 269.
Austin Thompson, representing the
Transfers Joint Council No. % in
Montana, contended that the weight
mile would place San unfair burden
on the trucking industry" Thomp-
son also contended that such long
haul carriers as Consolidated would
bypass Montana. Cost of enforce
ment would be prohibitive, Thompson
asserted
Randall Swanberg, Great Falls at
torney. emphasized that the trucking
industry is in full accord on the need
for better highways. "Rough roads,
sharp curves, and steep hills make
for higher trucking COSTS said Swan
berg. He also contended the industry
is not opposed to paying more taxes,
such as the Al per cent increase pro-
posed under Brokers HB 326, but,
he felt that it was the public's obi
CATION to carry at least part of the
trucks tax load since they are not
q private enterprise in the sense of
most businesses, but are public
utility (whose rates are set by the
Railroad Commission to ensure at
least O fair return to the operator
PV Ed.). Swanberg also spoke many
words of compassion for the little
fellows in the trucking industry.
Theme song of most of the indus
try's spokesman was very much the
same as the assertions made by Hage-
man, Thompson and Swanberg. Other
industry spokesman included: Paul
Mccormick, Pierce Packing Co., Bill
lings; State Senator Charles Jelli-
son, Flathead county, and represent
ing Stoltz Lumber Co.; A. L. Helmer,
Poison Lumber Co.; Bill Fisher, Hi
Ball Contractors, Billings; Paul Kel-
Ter, Helena attorney, Independent
Truckers Association; Floyd Ramps,
general manager, lntermountaln
Transportation, Anaconda; William
Lambrick, manager, McKesson-Rob-
bins wholesale drug, Billings; Bob
Glennan, Salt Creek Freightways, Bill
lings; Tim Babcock, Babcock q Lee
trucking firm, Miles City; Harold
Burgess, Butte, Jones Storage q
Transfer.
THE CASE FOR THE
WEIGHT MILE
Il
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

official readings and he says,
II don't know, they haven't
Strengthened that out yet" A
few months ago Lincoln resi-
dents were assessed an extra
Is cents for sewer maintenance.
Yet, all the sewers are not in
all over the Village. Will their
sewer costs be retroactive when
they are competed? I doubt it.
So you see, dear citizens, you
are throwing your money away
on inefficiency, rosy promises,
too many fingers in the pie,
blind leading the blind, and
your own civic ineptness. ~
Wake up, Robbins! You've
given away countless thousands
in 40 years, get something for
your money in the future.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26
A LIST OF PLACES
WHERE YOU MAY
BUY THE EAGLE

COLA,S. EII-WAY DELICA..
lessen, 2o1o Claire Blvd.
TRIANGLE DEPT. STORE
1908 Claire Boulevard
S. & S. SODA FOUNTAIN
1147th and Robey Street
Harvey, Illinois
NJ. & M. GROCERY
135th and Holman Avenue
McCRARY,S HARDWARE &
PAINT STORE, 18TH Street
(Next door to Post Office
GEO. WALKERS Groceries &
Meats, 3112 West 10th Street
AMERICAN FOOD STORE
Corner 10th & Lydia Avenue
TURNER'S GROC. & MKT.
Cor. 18TH & Claire Blvd.
COMMUNITY BAR & GRILL
10th & Claire Boulevard
JACKSON LIQUOR STORE
1921 West 18th Street
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1955-02-26

; Will it be forty years more
before we have sidewalks and
streets?
Whether you know it or not,
it costs. you hundreds of dollars
more to live in Robbins than,
say, in a White community, of
comparable size and population.
First, because no bonding COM
pany will take the risk, the
Village cannot, at this time,
build streets and roads. There
fore, you are soaked $500 for
a vehicle stamp that does very
little for you. You lose because
there are no competent engin-
GERS, road graders, and proper
equipment. You lose again on
repairs to your auto; made more
frequent because of atrocious
roads. You further lose when
expensive gravel is put in holes,
only to be washed out by rains
and scooted out by constant
traffic.
Fire and police protection cost
you more because of inadequate
equipment, facilities and poorly
trained fire and police personnel.
You not only lose money, but
you also lose self-respect and
good will of outside citizens
because of some uncouth, loud,
il1-mannered, boisterous, nom
trained policeman. Still more,
you lose on the gasoline tax
money used by the police de-
partment in its official duties.
Frankly, I don't believe the
police car is used exclusively for
official business. And, Heaven
knows, how many drivers there
are.
Furthermore, the apparent dis
unity in the Council over the
water and sewer projects is
costing you still more money.
You have been promised and
promised that the meters would
be read and you be charged
accordingly. Ask the water meter
man when he is going to stare