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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
By DREW PEARSON
i YUMA (Ariz.) DAILY SUN


WASHINGTON, D. CA peculiar
thing happened down in Texas the
other day. 1t was Saturday, February
IL, and federal court seldom meets
on Saturday. But a special prosecutor
for Attorney General Brownell went
into court in Houston and asked U. S.
District Judge Ben Connally to dis
miss criminal charges against five
men indicted for secretly mixing
ost-damaged Canadian wheat, grad
ed as hog feed, with good government
owned American wheat, and then SELL
ing it as edible wheat.
They also had collected wheat sub
sides from the U. S. government and
were charged with defrauding Uncle
Sam of S1,700,000.
Despite this, Attorney General
Brownell ordered the indictments
against the five men dropped. That
there was clear guilt in the case,
however, was shown by the fact that
the company for which most of them
worked, the Argentine Bunge Cor
poration, pleaded guilty and was
fined $4,000.
A corporation, of course, cannot go
to jail. Individuals can. And one of
the individuals involved was E. II.
Thornton, ST., whose son is Gov. Al
Ian Shivers' highway commissioner,
his campaign manager, for reelection,
and one of those closest to Shivers in
the entire state of Texas.
C. K. Richards, the special prose-
cutor sent by Attorney General
Brownell to dismiss the case on Feb.
II. 1866, was the same prosecutor
who had indicted the five men for
Brownell on June 10, 1854. The rea-
son he was in such a hurry and got
the court to sit on Saturday was be-
cause trial was to start in week.
Richards carefully carried out
BrownelPs orders but seemed un-
happy about it.
~ have nothing more to say about
this thing" he said as he left the
court.
In Washington, however, it is
known that Governor Shivers, the
man who swung Texas for Ike, lunch
ed at the White House shortly before
the indictments were dismissed. Shiv-
ers refused to tell newsmen at the
time what he had discussed with the
President.
Justice Department and White
House officials refused to comment
on the nature of details of their con-
versation.
KANSAS CITY PATTERN
What happened in Galveston fol-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
HOW TEXAS FIRM CHEATED THE u. s., THEN
GOT GOVERNMENT PROTECTION

lowed pattern set only one month
before in Kansas City when another
special prosecutor for Attorney Gen.
eral Brownell, Earl A. Jinkinson,
went into federal court and moved
to dismiss a criminal case against
Roy Roberts, close personal friend
of Ike's and publisher of the Kansas
City Star.
This motion to dismiss was made
on Friday, January IA, the last court
day before the criminal case was to
start on Monday, January II. The
Houston motion to dismiss was made
on Saturday before trial was to start
the next week.
The Kansas City motion was also
made shortly after Roy Roberts had
called at the White House and after
he had been entertained frequently
at dinner there. He had also brought
his attorney, Elton Marshall, to Wash
ington for a series of conferences
on December IL. Roberts was one of
the first to urge that Ike run for
president and one of his unofficial
advisers during the campaign.
As in the Galveston case, the JUS
tice Department proceeded criminaily
against the Kansas City Star as a
corporation and against it's advertis-
ing manager, Emil Sees. 1t had been
known that Stanley Barnes, assistant
attorney general in charge of the
antitrust division, which brought the
Kansas City, had been pressured for
some months to drop the entire Kan
sas City case but refused. "
This writer happens to have been
among the first to expose influence
peddling around the White House
during the Truman administration.
Therefore let's take a thorough look
at what happened in Galveston to the
father of Governor Shivers' close
friend and the man who reelected
him summer
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
MOST FLAGRANT CASE
OF CHEATING

The records show that it was prob
ably the most fragrant case of cheat
ing the government on grain ever
seen in the u. S. A.
"On foggy days." testified E. II.
Thornton, Sr., before a Senate agri-
cultural subcommittee, "the windows
of the elevator would be conveniently
left open to permit moisture to enter
the elevator, thereby increasing the
weight of the wheat. This practice
would inure to the benefit of the ele-
vator as averages"
Thornton admitted" reported the
Senate committee, chat the elevator,
during a five-year period, reaped
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
LABOR DIDN'T FARE TOO BADLY IN
oath LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

O~ 8E ~ IL
House Bill 273 by Clark (D-Mus-
selshel) provided for teachers to
elect to come under the Social Sc
curity Act in addition to the Teachers
Retirement Act.
Both of these bills were permissive
legislation signed by the Governor.
LABOR LIENS
Two bills to provide for prior
rights for labor were killed. One was
known as mechanics lien and the
other was to protect hotel and res
taurant workers from loss of wages
due from "fly-by-night" operators.
LEGISLATORS PAY
After many attempts by previous
legislative sessions to increase the
pay for legislators, and recent at
tempt by the State Federation of La
Dor to place an initiative measure
for this purpose on the ballot in the
last election, the 1855 legislature fin
ally increased the pay from $1,000
to $4,000 per day and raised the
mileage allowance by l cent per
mile.
Labor and other liberal groups
feel that it will now be possible to
elect more legislators who can
serve without having to take hand
outs, thus making them independent
of corporation control.
TAXES
Governor Aronson in his State of
the State message urged tax pro-
gram for highway financing and
stated he was opposed to sales tax.
The Legislature, in feeble at
tempt to finance highway construc-
ton raised the gross vehicle weight
tax, increased the tax on diesel
fuel three cents and gasoline one
cent. Labor opposed the one cent
gasoline tax as being negotiable.
Toward the close of the session
there was some talk of a state sales
tax but nothing came of it.
A State Withholding tax on income
was enacted and will become effec-
tive July 1st, 1856. One per cent of
wages will be withheld by the en-
ployer beginning on the above date.
PRISON LABOR
Our attempt to repeal the law per-
hitting cities, towns and counties
to use convict and prison labor on the
streets, parks, roads and elsewhere
met with failure in the Senate. House
Bill 260, by McAndrews (D-Deer
LODGE after passing by an over
whelming majority in the House was
amended in the Senate by Senator
Paul Working (R-Rark) to allow this
practice to continue. When the bill
returned to the House we requested |
it be killed. 1t was.
SCHOOLS
House Bill 80 by Barrett (D-Lib-
erty) was bill to provide an ade-
quate school foundation financing
program. 1t passed the House after
considerable debate, but ran into |
trouble in the Senate. After three
committees failed to
agree, fourth was appointed which
finally came in with a 5000 COM
promise. There was approximately a
31a% increase over the 1858 school
budget school budgeting schedules.
This is a brief summary of the
1855 Legislative session as it affect
ed labor. Further and more detailed
may be. had by writing
your State Federation of Labor of
fees in Helena.
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Fund to Silicotics was passed in
creasing such payments TO $65.O0
per month from $4,000.
House bill $40 by Hawks (R-Big
Horn), was bill to permit contrac-
tors on public works to come under
Plan III, the private insurance com
pany coverage. Labor lobbyists with
the help of Labor Commissioner
Oliver Sullivan were successful in
having this bill killed.
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
Our efforts to repeal the two
quarter earnings provision in unem-
ployment compensation failed, and
we came out with a three dollar
week increase in benefits across the
board; got the waiting period cut
from two weeks to one week; and a
change in the law eliminating the
second waiting period in cases where
the claimant was still unemployed
at the end of his benefit year but
who had not drawn his full twenty
weeks.
MINIMUM WAGE
A minimum wage bill patterned
after a model bill proposed by the
United States Department of Labor
was introduced by Gene Picotte ID
Lewis and Clark and Mangan ID
Missoula).
Laundry and Dry Cleaning COM
pany officials steamed into Helena
in their big shiny Cadillacs and wept
so bitterly about the prospects of
having to pay their help $1.00 per
hour, and complained that they could
scarcely keep their doors open under
present starvation wages, that the
committee killed the bill without con-
sideration, except for sympathy for
the underprivileged employers.
TIME OFF TO VOTE
We had introduced a bill to pro-
vide time off to vote in all elections
without loss of pay. This bill and an
Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tons. However, our efforts to liberal
ize the elections laws were not with
out some results. Senate Bill "a by
Croft (D-Ravalli) and Walton (R-
Powell) provided that Notaries Pub
lie, Justices of the Peace and Deputy
Registrars could register electors in
any precinct within the county.
In House Bill ITO by Goodgame ID
the time for opening and
closing the polls on Primary and Gen
eral Elections was extended from the
present 600 p. m. closing to 500
p. m.
WAGES
House Bill 20 introduced by Dur
kee (D-Hill) was a bill to define pre-
vailing wages in counties on construc-
ton work on contracts let by the
State or its political subdivisions. Al
though reference to collective bar
gaining was stricken, the bill defined
wages as those wages paid
for similar type work performed in
the county. Thus in organized areas,
the union scale will prevail. This bill
was signed by the Governor.
SOCIAL SECURITY
House Bill Isl by Anderson Cd
Cascade) provided for public en-
ployes to elect to come under Social
Security in addition to the coverage
under the Public Employees Retire
ment Act
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-03-18
PATTERN OF BIG
BUSINESS SOCIALISM"

The Task Force report "is one
part of the emerging pattern here in
Washington, Ellis saba pattern
of big business socialism," or "cor-
porate collectivism," or corpora
tism.n 1t all adds up to one thing,
he said, "a drive by the great cor
porations for complete domination
of the American economy"
The annual meeting of NRECA in
Atlantic City last month produced a
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ton, 8. Two per cent interest rates,
and 4. The administrative expenses
of REA."
eve have known from the begin
ming that the report of the Task
Force would be unfriendly to REA," "
Ellis said in the magazine article,
because the members of the Task
Force had obviously been selected
for that purpose by Herbert
Hoover personally"
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26

such as cigarettes, gin and if at all
possible, Marilyn Monroe.
Bette Carter rivals Hedda Hop
per as she was appropriately
crowned with a replica of voting
booth on her original clever "Cha-
peau" chat, you lugs) at the Garden
Club last week. Bette is candidate
for City Clerk Jack Burkett
wants a nautical name for his
Barber Shop. He doesn't like our
suggestion of "Clip Joint" but
something like Grows Nest. Any
suggestions? :.
Did you happen to see Herbert
Misch on television last Thursday
night accepting a special award for
the Packard people? Herb, son OF
Mr. and Mrs. William Misch, So
Madison-st, is chief engineer fol
the Packard corporation :.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
RUMORS OF new
PAPER PERSIST

RumorS that another newspaper
is about to be established in the
Oak Harbor area persisted this
week.
Robert w. Reider, publisher of
the Ottawa County News, admit
ted that he has been approached
by group of civic leaders to head
the launching of such a venture.
"My five-year agreement with
former business associates to stay
out of the Oak Harbor area is
about to expire and a survey of
the situation is being made" ad-
mitted Mr.. Reider, "but frankly l
am not at liberty to discuss the
matter in detail at this time"
Under no circumstances" said
Mr.. Reider, would any move of
this kind-if it actually material
izes-interfere with the operations
of the Ottawa County News or our
expanding commercial printing
plant in Port Clinton"
Let's just say that I'm inter
ested'-same l would be in any
attractive proposition" he added.
Mr.. Reider was in the newspaper
business in Oak Harbor from 1915
to 1850 when he acquired the OF
tawa County News at Port Clinton
Under his direction, The News has
jumped from third position te
first in the county in news, cir
culation, and advertising.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26

and also delegate to the county
convention to be held August 20.
The chairman, vice-chairman, third
member and two alternateS for the
Ottawa County ASC County Com
mittee will be chosen at the county
convention.
Results of both the community
and the county elections will be
published next week.
Following is a list of nominees
that we're included on the town
ship ballots:
Allen Franklin Bowlander, Will
lard Grospean, Lester Johnson,
Frederick F. Lau, James Leppert,
Raymond E. Nickelsen, Richard
Rideout, George C. Schlivert, Les
ter Schlievert, and Ralph Strosch-
er.
Bay-Portage Emmett Balduf,
VIM. H. Carstens, William L. Darr,
Charles Hopfinger, Raymond F.
Hopfinger, Clifford Jennings, Har-
old G. Johannsen, Fred Keys, Rob
ert Mackey, and Myron Millinger.
Benton Rollin Barshel, Clarence
Boyer, Fred Boyer, Lyle Gahler,
Hannibal Gumby Glenn Kersten
Warren LenZ, Harvey Lickert, Will.
liam Reif, Ed Schultz.
Carroll-Erie Alfred Beier, De
wayne Brough, Leslie c. Brunk
horst, John Nietfeld, John Schultz
Rollin Schumacher, Erwin Tallman
Dale Velliquette.
Catawba-Danbury Lloyd ]. Day
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
FALL FAIR PLANS ACCELERATED
Two All Boys Take
Egg-Judging Titles

Two Ottawa County All boys
were top winners in the district
training session for egg Judging
teams last Wednesday. Richard
Stone, Oak Harbor was first place
winner and Neal Schneider Lind
Sey took second.
Twenty Alters participated in
the training meeting held at the
North Central Egg and Poultry Co.
operative, New Washington. Emil
Malinovsky, extension poultry spe-
cialist was in charge of the meet
ing.
Winners were selected on the
basis of both interior and exterior
Judging of eggs. They received
cash prizes.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
Rytners Named
To Toledo u. Staff

Philip c. Rymers, native of Oak
Harbor, has been appointed instruc.
tor in engineering mechanics al
the University of Toledo, President
Asa S. Knowles announced today.
Mr.. Rymers is a graduate of the
General Motors Institute with the
degree of bachelor of industrial en-
gineering. He served in the army
corps of engineers as an instructor
at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. For the
last year he has been a junior
process engineer with the Moraine
Products Division Of General
Motors.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
MANY FROM
COUNTY AT
STATE FAIR

Four-H members from Ot-
tawa County taking part in
the activities at the Ohio
State Fair this Friday will be
Tom Luebke in the Tractor
Rodeo; and Elaine Myerholtz,
James Hickman and Betty Jean
Kaiser will take part in the beef
cattle judging. contest.
On August 30 Jerry Miller and
Richard Stone will enter the State
Egg Judging contest. Dave Bald
win and Edgar. Schneider will give
a demonstration on "Safe wiring
of the Farm Home. James Elmers
will give demonstration on the
proper way to clean and grease
the front wheel bearings of a trac-
tor.
Tuesday, eight girls will present
demonstrations in the Junior Fair
Building. Mary Lynn Winter and
Brenda Apling of the Happy Hour
All Club will give poultry foods
demonstration, "How to Use Left
over Easter Eggs. A team from
the Catawba Peaches. Club, Linda
Peltier and Sharon Christensen will
enter nutrition demonstration
Setting the Table" is the title
of Hermine Lau and Sandra Lick
ert's demonstration. They are
members of the Busy Bees Club.
In the Individual class, Joan
DEWITT of the Happy Hour club
will show the proper way to pack
suitcase. Mary Lou Peters also
of the Happy Hour Club will dem.
onstrate packing a school lunch.
Judy Vogt of Bay Twp. Jolly
Stitchers will represent Ottawa
County in the girls health i'm
provement contest. She will be
interviewed at the fair and her
health record will be entered in
competition for the state health
winner.
At pm. Tuesday Ottawa County
will have four entries in the Al
Style Revue. Kay Denny Sunbeam
Sr; grand champion clothing win
ner will compete in the Complete
Costume class. Mary Humphrey
! and Ann Browder also of the Sun
beam Sr. will enter the dress re
vue in the dress-up-dress revue
and the formal dress revue. Judy
Wendt, Happy Workers will model
in the College girls revue. Ar
added feature at the fair this year
is style revue with All girls
modelling clothes from a Columbus
store. Betty Kramer of the Pins
and Needles will enter this revue
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26

are moving fast and the volume of
car tickets in circulation is cur
rently ahead of the figure of last
year at this time.
One committeeman attributed
the accelerated car ticket move
ment to the fact that the auto has
been equipped with loud speaker
and increased enthusiasm" on the
part of ticket handlers.
Miss Zehner stressed that there
is still time to enter the race for
children'S prizes to be awarded the
6 Is age group. Daadline for
registration is Sept. 10 at the Cor
don Lumber Company.
Currently, Carl Baldwin with
$4,000 votes is leading the boys
field. Other contestants are Terry
Clark, James Witt, Merle Sand
wisch, Johnny Rollheiser, Raymond
Miller, Don Harris and Roger
Geller.
Darla Jean Deitzel and Sandra
Hetrick are entered in the girls
contest with more expected to
register this week.
Corwin Hablitzel, chairman of
the grand parade, said an effort is
being made to establish a new
record for floats. He stressed that
all organizations and churches in
Oak Harbor and throughout the
county are welcome to place floats
in the parade which has become
one of the most colorfui in this
part of Ohio and is a traditional
feature of the fair.
The Armory building again will
be the scene for All, FLA and FILA
exhibits and the town hall also
will be utilized.
The Kiddies' Parade on WedneS
day will open the fair in its ira
ditional manner and Miss Zehnel
said the grand parade would be on
Saturday.
AS in the past, agricultural dis
plays will be one of the celebra
tion's highlightS. These are being
planned under the supervision oi
Fred Grimm, county farm agent.
Responding to frequent in
quirieS, Miss Zehner said the com
mittee tentatively plans to locate
the fair this year on Church Street
and Main Street as we'll as the
town hall yard.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
FARM BUREAU
SETS UP TWO
BIG MEETINGS

The Board of Trustees of
the Ottawa County Farm Bu-
reau has announced plans for
two important meetings this
fall for Farm Bureau men,
berS.
The first meeting will be the
Farm Bureau Leadership Confer
ence to be held Sept. % at 8 pm.
at st. Paul's Evangelical and Re-
formed Church in Oak Harbor.
All Farm Bureau Advisory Coun-
Gil officers and representatives as
well as members of the Board of
Trustees will attend this meeting
to find ways to strengthen the ef-
fectiveness of the Farm Bureau
Federation.
The second meeting will be the
County Farm Bureaus annual
membership meeting also at the St.
Pauls Evangelical and Reformed
Church IN Oak HarbOr. A banquet
will be served at 7 pm. and the
evenings program will start at
pm. All Farm Bureau members
are invited to attend this Annual
Meeting.
The planning committee for the
annual meeting consists of Mrs
Wilton Gulau, chairman, Mrs. John
Miller, Jr., Mrs. Carl Wainwright
Harvey Gerkensmyer, Chester Her
ringshaw, Howard Overmeyer, and
Lyle Gahler.
The Farm Bureau Youth Talent
Find will be the main entertain
ment at the County Farm Bureau
Annual Meeting. Details concern
ing the Talent Find will be an
nounced later, the committee said
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
NOTES FROM OTTAWA -
COUNTY AGENT
FRED GRIMM

Clifford Miller reports that he
will again use a silo made of baled
straw. He plans to fill it with
Sudan grass. He had planted the
Sudan grass for chopped green
feeding but had to give up be-
cause of soft fields.
A momentous decision was made
last week by directors of the cat
tie feeders association. Meeting at
the home of President Albert
Myerholtz they decided on ban
quet without business. Food and
fun will be the theme. Business
will be conducted at a later meet
ing.
1t is becoming increasingly evil
dent that farmers are helping
themselves in the promotion of
farm products. A few years ago it
was unheard of for farmers to ad-
verrise the wonderful food they
produce. Now farmers and farm
groups have huge stakes in the
advertising of milk, beef, eggs,
poultry, milk products, fruit and
many other items.
Last week told you about being
a counsellor at Camp Miniwanca
near Shelby, Michigan. On the way
up we stopped at Michigan State
University to see the machinery
centennial. There were IS acres of
old and new machinery displayed.
Even met some folks we knew.
Perhaps some of you folks attend
ed. It was a great show. Not as
much old time machinery as we
expected but lots of new things -
all high priced.
Next week I will devote the rol-
umn to an account of my two
weeks at Camp Miniwanca where
Ohio has the largest delegation
with II boys.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26

ton, Paul E. ingram, Richard N
Petersen George C. Schafer, Carl
Sorgen, Jr., Frank H. Woodman.
Clay Ernest J. Buhrow, Charles
Busch, Lyle J. Hellwig, Walter ].
Lenz, Donald Opfer, Galen Roth,
ert, Loren Sommer.
Harris Ernest l.. Giesler, Lester
Goetz, Forrest R Kardatzke, Har.
ris H. Kardatzke, Grayson F. Koe.
PIKE, J. Kirk Luckey, Fred A. Stem
mer, Leonard STANCE.
Salem Wilton S. Atwater, Rol'
and DEWITT, Henry w. Gulau, Jr.
Adolf Hameister, Kenneth Michel
John M. Miller, Rollie Sidell
James Wisler.