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Evening star., 1955-07-15
What Deal Do Russians Want?

II instructed to do 50 and he
can follow directions as to what
to say and how to say it.
There is no question but
that the Russians are after
concessions. They want favors
on trade-some strategic goods.
They want access to raw ma
terials. It is not known what
price they would be willing to
pay to obtain such things
from the Western powers.
In the Russian delegation
are such English-speaking Of
ficials as Andrei Gromyko. who.
incidentally. is a good friend
of Bernard M. Baruch. At the
United Nations meetings there
was many an occasion when
Gromyko dined at Mr.. Ba-
ruch,s house in New York. 1t
is significant that when Molo-
tov was in the United States
not long ago he went to Long
Island to see Mr.. Baruch at
his summer home. Also. the
elder statesman just happened
on Wednesday of this week
one of the busiest times for Mr..
Eisenhower-to be visiting at
the White House. What they
said has not been revealed.
1t may be conjectured that
the play has been Gromyko to
Molotov to Baruch, and now
Baruch to Ike and maybe back
to Marshal Zhukov in Geneva.
All this can be considered
healthy in a broad sense be-
cause If the Soviet leaders are
really bent on making a sue
cess of the Geneva Confer
ence. they must necessarily
develop a channel Of communi-
cation, unofficial, informal and
private, direct to the head OF
the most powerful nation in
the world, Mr.. Eisenhower.
But channels are not so i'm
portant as what is transmitted
through them, and the Soviets
will find that Mr.. Eisenhower
will rarely meet with anyone
alone-he has a habit Of hav-
ing Secretary of State Dulles
at his side and, if he is alone,
he doesn't make deals or agree
ments. If the Soviets want to
make concessions they can
diScreetly define them private
ly. The way is open.
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CONSTANTINE BROWN
Hopes High for Geneva Success

q spectacular meeting "at the
summit" The political and
military global picture has not
changed in recent years to jus.
tify such q conference. But
mongrels frequently are more
sturdy than thoroughbreds and
it is just possible that this
meeting. for which there was
no foundation of fact, may
start something which might
conceivably lead to a tempo
rary relaxation Of the world
situation.
The present Red leaders have
in no way changed the funda-
mental aims Of Lenin and
Stalin-the destruction Of the
free world. But with the mili-
tary having the upper hand in
Russia's affairs. it is Just pos
sible that they will insist that
some vague sort of compro-
mise be reached to permit
them to complete their prep
arations, which will take an
other few years before they
can feel sure of a final victory
on the battleflelds.
Despite the determination
not to "let down the guard"
proclaimed by our own and
our allies leaders, it will be
hard to keep military expendi-
lures anywhere near the pres
ent level when the peoples in
free countries accept the illu-
sion of peace as a reality.
Thus we may now enter a new
phase of the long world war.
which actually started Al years
ago in 1914, in which the wings
of the peace dove will camou-
flage successfully the aggres-
SOTS pTGpaTdLlOIlS.
The advantage Of even such
a skimpy illustion is. however,
great. We don't know what the
next few years may give for
instance in the Sino-Soviet re-
lations. 1t may be-and there
are already some vague indi-
cations available-that the Red
military dictatorship will feel
a threat to the Soviet empire.
not from the free world, but
from the 600 million Chinese
whose leaders regard them
selves as the true believers Of
the Red doctrines. All this
is highly hypothetical but
nonetheless it must be taken
into account in long-range
planning.
Evening star., 1955-07-15
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Russio's Strength Is Political

NATO's military maneuver
Carte Blanche"-an air exer-
else to test the possibilities of
German defense.
Like the similarly ill-timed
civil defense drill here, it DEM
onstrated that there Is no de-
fense in atomic war that can
save great cities and assure
that the population will not be
decimated. The operation esti-
mated that I'll atom bombs
would be dropped on West
Germany, and on contiguous
Western countries, and just
how IL German divisions
could protect the nation, no
bo1y could say. Like the dig
ging of trenches in London's
public gardens prior to Neville
Chamberlain's Munich meet
ing with Hitler, the operation
served only to promote ap-
peasement.
One wonders who thinks up
such operations and how they
can happen when armies and
governments are stuffed with
psychologists.
Nor does advertising the So
viet's weaknesses do them any
political harm.
Western policy has been pro-
noting fear of Soviet strength.
If the Soviets aren't strong
enough economically to make
war, why fear them
Mankind is not apprehen-
sive just now of the weak but
of the strong.
Evening star., 1955-07-15
HShe Isn't Strong Enough Economically
To Make War, Then Why Fear Her?

put into motion, the ultimate
advantage will lie with the
party that most successfully
convinces world opinion that
it represents peace. The po-
litical problem is to build up
support for ones policies, at
home, in neutral countries,
and in the camp Of ones op-
ponents.
Now. I submit that Soviet
leaders, whatever their eco
nomic difficulties and military
strength may be, are doing
this more successfully than
Western leaders.
The Soviet peace drive has
been bold and unremitting.
and its impact is clearly OBJ
servable. The Russians have
the psychological edge over us
as the conference opens. In
every West European country,
neutral or NATO, Soviet di-
plomacy has weakened Though
not quite exploded) the belief
that Russia is an aggressive
power, and this is as true in
West Germany-the crux of
the cold war-as elsewhere.
The invitation to DR.. Ade-
nauer to visit Moscow was a
mastery diplomatic move. It's
object was to open the way to
bilateral negotiations on Ger
man unification, if the Geneva
Conference should fail to
achieve it.
German opinion has been
swinging to the conviction that
there will be no real peace and
no united Germany, without a
modus vivendi with the East.
Chancellor Adenauer has
held that a strong united West,
containing an armed West
Germany, will achieve unifica-
ton. If 1t doesn't. his policy
will have failed and nothing
fails like failure.
In this situation the West
has recently pulled the clum-
tNst possible boner. That was
Evening star., 1955-07-15

about them in advance. All
he knows is what he reads in
the newspapers and he is fed
UP. He has, however, decided
not to make an issue of the
Presidents right to name his
own cabinet.
The appointment does illus
trate the way in which the
Presidents cabinet and staff
of businessmen operate to by
pass the G. O. P. politicians.
Secretary Hobby was told
by the President to pick her
own successor. She picked Mr..
Folsom, told him the good
news and told the President.
The Republican National Com
mittee, which has more than a
slight interest in building up
the party for next year, got
the same absent treatment
Senator Ives did.
No rational politician ex-
poets to dictate presidential
appointments. But it is en-
barraSsing to him in his own
State II he does not appear to
have influence with a President
Of his own party.
Actually. the system of
checking with Senators and
Congressman has its advan-
tages. The President, for ex-
ample, might have been spared
the embarrassment of having
to withdraw the appointment
of Allen Whitfield as a mem
ber of the Atomic Energy Com
mission had he consulted first
with the Iowa Senators. Sena-
Evening star., 1955-07-15

After i6 years Of wars and
tensions-with only a few in
tervals of quiet-it is natural
that the hopes of a much tried
world for results from the
summit" gathering should
have reached a high pitch
despite the warnings of our
policy makers that at best
Geneva may be only q brittle
beginning.
Every little gesture or
insignificant act is interpreted
as a good omen by the peace
hungry Western world. For
instance, the fact that the
MVD men who are guarding
Marshal Bulganin have not
surrounded his villa at Geneva
with barbed wire as they did
when the Russians went to
the Swiss city last year to
force the surrender of France
in Indo- China is being COM
mented on abroad as evidence
of Russian confidence in the
West.
The other much-cheered
development is the announce
ment from Moscow that
Minister Of Defense Georgi
zhukov will attend. This is
regarded in some circles in
Washington as important, not
because of the alleged friend
ship between the conqueror
of Berlin and President Eisen-
hover but because. it is said,
zhukov represents and con-
trolls the conservative" ele-
ment in Sovietland, the Red
general staff and the armed
forces.
The relatively short &C.
quaintance between the two
former high commanders is
of little consequence. Much
has been made in this coun-
try over an exchange Of al
legedly cordial letters between
the two men last spring. They
were personal only in that the
Red marshal appealed to Mr..
Eisenhower on humanitarian
grounds to return a juvenile
delinquent to his parents
after he had taken refuge
in the Western sector. Mr..
Eisenhower complied and in
turn asked zhukov, for the
Evening star., 1955-07-15
DORIS FLEEsON
Appointee's Ability Not Questioned But
Administrations Political Bypass Is

The promotion of Under
secretary Of the Treasury
Marion B. Folsom to be Sec
retary of Health. Education
and Welfare is popular In
Congress. They like him and
think he knows his stuff.
Representative Cooper Of
Tennessee, Democratic chair
man of the House Ways and
Means Committee. says Mr..
Folsom knows more about So
cial security than any man in
America except Arthur Alt
meyer. Mr.. Altmeyer was a
member of the original Social
Security Board and later its
chairman. Both he and Mr..
Folsom served on Roosevelt's
preliminary study commission
in 1884.
The only sour note in the
proceedings was not directed
at Mr.. Folsom personally. Sen
ator Ives Of New York, an
Eisenhower Republican. at
first threatened to hold up the
nomination because he felt
the White House should have
paid him the courtesy Of tell
ing him they were about to
put another New Yorker in
the cabinet.
\ Mr.. Ives temper represented
the elimination of many sim
liar sights. The top echelons
of the administration are
loaded with New Workers
overloaded, many Midwest
Republicans think-but Sen
ator Ives has still to be told
Evening star., 1955-07-15
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ada Stevenson says he'll his presidential plans
before winter It's assumed his will be Highland his
resistance to seE-sacrihce as low
Mai John Eisenhower will accompany Ike to Geneva AS
President Ike hesitated to take his sonbu the Com
mander in Chief insisted.
Tasting blood their Dxcn-Yates fight, Democrats
they Ike the rn-and thanks the Constitution
they're sure to catch him by 1861.
Newest Tv gadge those half -hour dramas The
into his set turns the seector and gets
pirate ending Before TV this service used to be provided
the playwright.
Democratic Congressman Mollohan 80 retired generals
admrals hold Federal civilian jobs this trend continues
first thing know we'll have military for President
York newspapermen tell Senate investigators
they Communists No doubt they rates
paid by the party line.
Evening star., 1955-07-15

We seem, oddly. to accept
the Marxist- Communist theory
of economic determinism."
Mr.. Dulles has argued Il
think accurately that the
Soviet economy is overextend-
ed and in a crisis, which pro-
hibits fulfillment of external
and military commitments and
devotion of adequate energies
and resources to internal de-
velopment.
The observation is not West
ern propaganda" but stems
from public speeches by Soviet
leaders and quite candid reve-
lations in the form of self
criticism" in the Soviet press.
From this, Western, and espe-
cially American, leaders have
argued that the Soviets are
beginning negotiations out of
weakness. 1t was this attitude
which Mr.. Khrushchev at
tackled at the now famous
American garden party on July
A in Moscow, and this, in turn,
was mollifyingly answered by
admitting that no one under
estimates Soviet military
strength
But what no Western lead
ers have openly admitted
(though they must be aware
of it, is the growing political
influence won by Soviet initi-
ative, diplomacy, and propa-
ganda on Communist
opinion-forming circles in
Western Europe and Asia.
The strength or weakness of
the Soviet economy - which
cannot be judged by our
standards; totalitarian econo-
mics do not collapse" as long
as the state apparatus is in
tact--is relatively irrelevant,
and even the condition Of the
Soviet military machine is of
secondary Importance in the
present historical moment.
A In the negotiations which
tHs meeting in Geneva will
Evening star., 1955-07-15
DAVID LAWRENCE

Moscow's announcement that
Marshal Zhukov will attend
the Geneva Conference fits in
with behind-the-scenes ma
neuvers by the Soviets that
have been going on for several
months to establish a line of
personal communication be-
tween President Eisenhower
and the Soviet government
which would not be compli-
Gated by cumbersome contacts
with the other Western powers.
London is frankly worried
about this. Telephone con-
versations between this cor
respondent and informed per-
sons in Britain indicate that
the British government is
somewhat puzzled by the latest
developments and is con-
cerned about the rumors that
Ike" and Marshal Zhukov
are planning to have private
. conferences in what appears
to be an effort on the part of
the Soviet government to
make a IDEAL"
This may seem logical to
the Russian masterminds and
might worry some Britons but.
of course. it ignores the fact
that Mr.. Eisenhower wasn't
born yesterday and perhaps
more than any other man in
the world today is alert to the
traps and schemes which seek
to weaken the Western worlds
armament program.
Direct contacts between
representatives Of two powers
are not unusual. Sir Anthony
Eden and Foreign Minister
Molotoy conferred often in
private at the Geneva confer
ence a year ago.
Ever since Marshal Zhukov
became Minister Of Defense in
the present cabinet in Moscow
there has been a studied effort
to bring him into closer con-
tact with his wartime friend,
Gen. Eisenhower, Supreme Al
lied Commander. The marshal
was in Berlin after the war as
head of the Soviet armed
Evening star., 1955-07-15
They Indicate Wish to Get Eisenhower
Alone at Geneva, Possibly With Zhukov

forces and fraternized a good
deal with Gen. Eisenhower.
The fact that a friendship
has existed and that a personal
correspondence between the
two men has been carried on
in recent months has been
widely publicized. At one time
Zhukov was shelved by Stain
because of a fear that the
military hero would get to be
too big a man in the Soviet
Union. The present regime evi-
IDENTIFY not only has no such
fears but deliberately invites
him to accompany the Soviet
delegation to the meeting "at
the summit" 1t means that
the Red Army. a real influence
in Russia today. is to be rep
resented at Geneva.
Unquestionably the Soviet
leaders have been trying to
figure out a way to carry on
confidential conversations with
Mr.. Eisenhower outside of the
three daily formal conferences
in Geneva. AS is customary in
such international meetings,
from so to 100 persons are in
the conference room at the
same time. Obviously every
one who speaks is on his guard
and there isn't much give and
take. It's not easy to make
progress that way.
But in between and after
the formal conferences, espe-
cially at mealtime, there is in
formality. That's when the
real business can be done and
that's when 1t can be deter
mined if there is any elasticity
in the Soviet position-any
readiness to agree to matters
Of substance or to develop a
procedure that could bring
about such agreements later
On.
Plainly the Soviets are de-
pending on Marshal Zhukov
and his friend "Ike" to do a
lot Of chatting. The marshal
is a member of the Communist
Party and must be presumed
to be loyal to the military in
terests Of Soviet Russia. He
can parrot a propaganda line
Evening star., 1955-07-15

magazines, the Farm Journal
and Better Farming.
On grounds that such a mer-
|ger may "tend to create a mo-
|nopoly." the commission said it
will seek TO block purchase by
Farm Journal of Better Farming
from Curtis Publishing Co.
Evening star., 1955-07-15
One Sour Note in Folsom Choice

tor Hickenlooper's restrained
enthusiasm for that nomina-
ticn was the tip-off that it
might encounter trouble.
Also. consideration for Con-
gress in matters Of this kind
greases the wheels of political
cooperation. Franklin D.
Roosevelt once said that poll
ticians wanted to be heard
even more than they wanted
results. His own practice Of
giving them the most flatter-
ing attention sometimes back
fired because they thought
they were getting promises
when actually it was only
charm.
Mr.. Folsom's appointment
represents an extension Of the
already wide influence Of
Treasury secretary H UNI
phrey. Their previous close
relationship is especially per-
tinent since Health. Educa-
ton and Welfare policies bear
some of the biggest dollar
signs in Government, outside
0f dnfepSo
Other members of the Eli
senhower cabinet stick to
their knitting, saying little
and doing less about the af-
fairs of their colleagues. The
President also has staff aides
who dilute the influence of
some Secretaries. For ex-
ample. Harold Stassen's job
cuts into Secretary of State
Dulles field.
Mr.. Humphrey is every
where, advising and all but
vetoing, if ne thinks it best,
policies which cost money.
Most of them do.
Evening star., 1955-07-15
Eisenhower-Zhukov Friendship Seen
Hoving Little Effect on High Policies

same humanitarian reasons,
to see what he could do to
liberate the II American
prisoners held in Chinese
Communist jails. He appar-
emily could do nothing.
But even If there was a
much deeper personal friend
ship between the two COM
manders it would no more
affect high policies than the
intimate relationship and
family ties between Car
Nicholas, Emperor Wilhelm
and King George on the eve
Of World War I. The Dear
Nicky, Dear willy and Dear
George" letters exchanged in
haste during the July crisis
in 1914 could not prevent the
hostilities between Russia,
Germany and Britain.
What is important, however,
IS that insofar as Washington
can estimate the Soviet gen.
eral staff does not feel that
1t can chance a war against
the United States with any
serious hope Of a final Soviet
victory.
The presence of Zhukov at
Geneva may have been in
tended partially as a propa-
ganda move. The Kremlin may
believe that Mr.. Eisenhower
can be softened up easier. by
his former comrade in arms
than by the hilarious Khrush-
chev or the somber Molotov.
The real meaning as inter-
preted in some military circles
in Washington is that Zhukov
is at Geneva as a watchdog for
the armed forces to see that
nothing foolish is done by the
Red political leaders who have
neither the brains nor the pres
tige of Stain.
Strangely enough, some high
ranking military men in Wash
ington seem to be more hope
full than the politicians con-
corning the immediate pros
poets in the cold war. Here in
substance is their thinking:
The Geneva Conference is a
nongrel produced by the
Kremlin's propaganda and by
the British Conservatives who
needed to cinch the election by
Evening star., 1955-07-15
FTC Seeks to Block
Muquzine Mercer
~S ''S

By the Associated Press
The Federal Trade Commits
sion said yesterday it will seek
to block merger of the two big
gest rivals among agricultural
Hungry Horse news., 1955-09-23
Suggests Entries
In Grain Shows


KALISPELL-With the exception
of a few fields, particularly oats,
most of the harvest is in. This has
been one of the better harvest sea-
sons of recen. years.
Coming during the next few
months are several grain shows.
The first among these will be the
International at Chicago in late
November.
Several years ago | had an op
portunity to see this show. Space
is allotted by states. Several neigh
boring states had beautiful displays
Sad to say, Montana had one lonely
display of clover seed.
Why not take a 80 pound sample
of your best wheat, barley or oat.
and clean it up for this show?
We will have entry forms here il
about three weeks.
The 9th Annual Montana Seed SHOW
will be the last week of February
Twenty pounds will make a sample
of wheat, oats, barley. The Kalis
pell Chamber of Commerce spend
a lot of money to provide this show
Why don't you as a grain farme
support the show, too.
We take the wheat sample AM
send from the show here in Kalispel
to the wheat show at the White
Fair in ROZeman.
| Let's get behind these shows i
Flathead county. There is a lot Q
good bright uniform grain. Don
wait too long to do tit doesn
take long to do. Just decide 20
will and call the office for details.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-09-23
KeqIers Club Has
$4,000 Fire

KALISPELL-Fire damage to the
Keglers club locker rooms, bar and
lounge and smoke damage to the re-
mainder of the building may reach
$40, 900 as the result of flames which
swept through the south part of the
building early Monday morning.
R. w. Erickson, owner, discovered
the blaze when he went into the
basement shortly after 2 a. m. to
check the furnace.
Mrs. Erickson had heard a crack
ling noise and when Erickson entered
the basement and checked on what
he thought was a light burning he
found smoke and flames.
Intense smoke prevented him
from reaching telephone so he
ran to the Kalispell Fire depart
ment to summon assistance A gen.
eral alarm was sent out on the siren
at 2:10 a. m.
Fire hoses we're run through the
front door of the bar and through
a window on the south side of the
building.
| A second fire truck reached the
scene about 2:25 a. m. and a posi-
ton was taken at the rear of the
building with hoses ready to fight
the fire from that angle. All fire
fighting however was directed from
the east and south sides of the
building with Chief Price in charge
The flames originated in thu
locker room beneath the front ant
rear bars and quickly worked it
way into the main lounge.
Cause of the fire has not as we
Hungry Horse news., 1955-09-23
Tousfmistress Club
Meets at Rocco

HUNGRY HORSE - Dinner was
served to members and guests of
Glacier Toastmasters club Sept. Is,
at the Club Rocco.
An interesting meeting was con-
Quoted by Mrs. Margaret Ness,
president, and fellow officers: Mrs.
Leona Harrington and Mrs. Laura
Marble, West Glacier.
Topic mistress, Mrs. Myrtice
Powell, West Glacier, assigned
quotations of famous authors to sew
eral members for their imprpmptu
interpretations Toastmistress, Mrs.
Edith Humphrey, Coram, introduced
Mrs. Ruth Joseph, West Glacier,
who spoke on 1.-THE Secret of Sue
cessful Speaking, and Mrs. Ruth
Mcclure, Martin City, who present
ed review Worlds in Collision"
Mrs. Marble, West Glacier, lexi-
cologist, presented words and their
Changing Meaning"
| Mrs. Grace Fehlberg, of Coram
gave constructive criticisms OF
speakers in her role as evaluator.
Mrs. Edna Jensen, Martin City
Mrs. Ethel Meinzer and Mrs. Mar
garet Warren, West Glacier, were
guests entertained by the club.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-09-23
Posfor Shelton Will
Speak in Greet FuIIs

Pastor Tom Shelton of Columbia
Falls Christian church will speak,
Friday, in Great Falls.
That evening, he will use s'New
Church Development Campaign as
topic as he speaks to the Central
Christian church congregation there.
This is state Christian church pro-
ject with goal of $1,000 to be raised
during the fiscal year of 1855.
Of the IS 5000, $1,000 is designated
for Columbia Falls, with $1,000 for
Whitefish, and $1,000 for the Billings
second church.
Next Sunday evening, Pastor Shell
ton will attend the CYF installation
of officers at Central Christian
church, Kalispell
Columbia Falls CYF will meet
at the local church at $50 p. M,
with Mrs. Tom Shelton.