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scholars that December 25h is about far from
the actual date it possible to get
period record prosperity
shooting progress with bright ahead
Certainly, able afford the luxury and wealth
unselfhness than other people.
of observing Christmas from areas
of the Christmas itself from
n there who that
originated before that Egypt and in
Italy belief Claus also where
supposedly
gold which
quickly and happily married.
legend the chimney down which Santa decends
the Norsemen of using
Christmas time widely followed the South
countries-rom Spain France
into this by French immigrants
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-12-23
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF
WILL

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE NINTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF
MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF GLACIER.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JOSEPH L. SHER-
BURNE, Deceased.
Notice of Probate of Will
Pursuant to an Order of said
Court, made on the 21st day of
December, 1855, notice is hereby
given that the 9th day of Janu-
airy, 1856, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, of
said day at the Court Room of
said Court, at the Court House
in the County of Glacier, has
been appointed as the time and
place for proving the Will of
said Joseph L. Sherburne, de-
ceased, and for hearing the ap-
plication of Eula c. Sherburne
for the issuance to her of Letters
Testamentary, when and where
any person interested may ap-
pear and contest the same.
Dated, December 81, 1856.
A. E. ARMSTRONG
(Court SeaD Clerk
12-23-3O-1-6
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-12-23

The disappearance of the
cracker barrel has meant the vir-
tual disappearance of philos-
opherS.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1955-12-23
CHRISTMAS, 1855

Christmas Day. and the Christmas always bring back
childhood and mpreSses
high principles For young
sparkle and unsurpassed by
Of he adults Christmas
the spirit of unSelsh giving others
There hardly family in land who cannot wildly
happy perhaps with those passed
the Christmas Christmas morning. and the empty
stockings this day the important
holiday Christian combination of and customs
originating many countries
The of Christmas has been
although observe 25th De-
the birthday of Jesus Christ is still
9th observed by the Christians
Egyptian theologanS fixed the date Mayon
Goth Other faiths
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
8
Handy Handbook

1t Is too bad that only limited num-
Der Of copies Of "a Handbook for Ameri-
cans" are available. This 100-page ref
ference pamphlet on the American Com
munist Party ("What 1t is, how 1t works')
deserves to be widely distributed. Con-
gress ought to see to it that more copies
are printed. For it is handy handbook
for anyone seeking authoritative evidence
on the conspiratorial, Moscow dominated,
un-American nature of the Communist
organization in this country.
There Is nothing really new in this
little book, prepared by the Eastland sub
committee Of the Senate Judiciary Com
n1ittee Most of what 1t contains has
been published before, in one form or an
other. But the booklets value arises
from the fact that salient data from many
sources have been condensed and COM
bined into an impressive document for
ready reference. The subcommittee has
made frequent use of the Reds official
Literature to demolish their disguise as q
Legitimate political party, bent on peace
full and humanitarian missions.
: For example, the report quotes Lenin
Sas declaring: ut is necessary to agree to
sany and every sacrifice, and even-if need
.be - to resort to all sorts of devices,
issmaneuvers and illegal methods; to eva
sion and subterfuge." Accordingly, as
the booklet points out, the Communist
Party, "pro-Soyiet always, nevertheless
calls itself the party of Jefferson, jack
son and Lincoln. 1t operates behind
the scenes of the Progressive Party and
the American Labor Party. Its members
resort to aliases and deny their affilia-
ton. 1t builds up numerous front organi-
cations with attractive labels to ensnare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
IS to !

Perhaps one should be bit wary OF
the Associated Press poll which shows
Adlai Stevenson leading his closest DEM
ocratic rival, Senator Kefauver, by mar
gin OF IS to 1. (Mr. Stevenson enjoyed
a 25-to-1 edge over New York's Governor
Hartman and Ohios Governor Lausche.)
In politics, tricky business, things
are not always what they seem to be.
The AP polled 1875 Democratic leaders.
Thirty-nine of these, generously endowed
with that sense of caution which comes
to be the hallmark of most politicians,
voted safely for favorite sons or diScreetly
sat on the fence. But of those who would
express tentative preference for a can
didate, rs were for Mr.. Stevenson, FIVE
were for Senator Kefauver, and three
each voted for Governors Hartman and
Lausche.
From this, 1t would appear that the
Democratic nomination Is virtually In the
bag for Mr.. Stevenson. This outlook
could be changed by such thing as
disastrous primary setback, or by some
unforeseen event. But as Of this time
It looks as though it's all over but the
parading as far as the Chicago conven-
ton is concerned. And, one might add,
It's hard to see how the Democrats, II
they are out to win, can do better than
to go down the line with their front
runner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Herman Felter.

1t has been pointed out that
the Boy Scouts Of America
tend to discriminate against
poorer boys because they do
not have the money to buy
uniforms, and cannot join the
organization.
The Department of Agricul-
ture has a terrific surplus Of
cotton and wool. Why not
make some of this surplus
available for Boy and Girl
Scout uniforms for the needy?
To protect the established
uniform market. it would only
be necessary to have each
scoutmaster certify that each
worthy boy or girl was unable
to make a regular purchase.
In the long run the country
would benefit. since 1t is a fact
that better soldiers and citizens
result from Scout training.
Paul McIIvaine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Also Disturbed

ROW "Old Reactionary" is
chagrined and disturbed that
this American economic system
has become the target of ir-
responsible demagoguery and
politicking."
Well, I. too. am disturbed
because he has seen fit to use
the technique of the third lie
statistics. And, like him, am
chagrined. singularly cha
grined to find him sewing par
tisan politics with the threads
of pretentious altruism, the
very sort of behavior he criti-
cizes in Senator Sparkman.
There is little question in my
mind a. to whether or not the
honorable Senator from Ala
bama or any one of his COL
leagues has been politicking or
demagoging, but there is some
question whether this is also
what odd Reactionary" has
been doing.
The point may be moot but
1t is far from trivial There is
an responsibility involved Of
a type that is disconcerting to
find elsewhere than in a pro-
fessional politician.
Young ProtractOr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Reviews Interview

One of your readers recently
criticized Earl H. Voss' inter-
view with Syngman Rhee. The
reader complained that Mr..
Voss had not "enlighten (ed)
the American public on the
subject of President Syng-
man Rhee Of South Korea"
/ disagree. Mr.. Voss is to
be complimented on his con-
scientious efforts to be fair;
as an outside observer, he
managed to capture a surpris-
ing amount Of the political
philosophy Of the Koreans.
or so it seemed to me.
On the other hand, your
reader. Mr.. Kim, selected sew
eral isolated examples and
presented a wholly unbalanced
picture-not based upon first
hand observation nor upon
complete evidence.
For example. in mentioning
the 1852 elections in Korea
and the role of the United
Nations Commission for Uni
fication and Rehabilitation of
Korea (UNCURK), the reader
omitted the following facts.
which have been published
elsewhere:
UNCURK in its 1853 report
officially described the rela-
tionships Of the National As
sembly with President Rhee
as follows: Apart from the
armistice issues. the Assembly
and the executive have often
shown their independence of
one another. There is little
doubt that the President could
bring decisive influence to bear
on major issues. However, the
Assembly has formulated its
own policies. maintained its
decisions against the presiden-
tial veto, withheld action on
legislation, requested by the
government and passed laws in
a form substantially different
from that desired by the
executive"
On the issue of the consti-
tutional amendments in 1852,
the official vote of the Ma
tional Assembly was 1853 for.
none against and three Austen
tionS.
UNCURK in its official report
declared that the subsequent
popular elections for the presi-
dency and vice presidency were
fairly conducted.
In those elections. during
which the Koreans had their
first opportunity to cast their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
On Safeguarding u. S. Corn Crop
By THOMAS r. HENRY

these countries for centuries.
In some way the crop had
been able to survive by means
Of rust resisting mutations
occurring in nature.
From a few hundred MeXi-
can varieties tested, four
fungus-resistant types were
found. From the Cuzco Valley
in Peru, heart of the corn cul-
ture area of the ancient Incas,
one variety was found resist
ant to all strains Of the rust.
This may have meant many
millions to corn belt agricul-
ture.
This variety, DIR. Dickson
said, originally was found in
one of three ears which mad
been imported for laboratory
study. During the past sum-
mer plant explorers have coll
lected 80 varieties from this
isolated valley for further
study.
This Cuzco Valley corn
parent has been hybridized
with corn belt hybrid corn and
the inheritance of rust ir1-
munity studied. 1t has been
found to depend, DR.. Dickson
said, on a single gene, or unit
of heridity.
Might Have Changed History
This study of natures
means Of protecting the crop"
DR.. Dickson said, has added
a page to the history of corn.
Perhaps the fall Of the ancient
civilizations extending from
Mexico to Peru was due in part
to shortage of corn caused by
disease. Perhaps in the in
tensive culture OF the crop in
this ancient era troughly
equivalent to the corn hybridi-
Zation program in the United
States some of these impor-
tant characteristics were lost
as in the modern era Of corn
breeding. AS a result losses
from the disease made increas-
ing inroads on production.
Constantly the plant scien-
fist is finding valuable plant
characteristics such as disease
resistance in these ancient CEN
tiers of crop plant culture. :"
Corn-growing areas all over
the world have been vitality
concerned with the investiga-
ton, DR. Dickson said. Work.
ers from South Africa, Thai
land and Mexico have assisted.
The supposedly resistant n.y.
birds are being grown in these
countries to make. sure that
the apparent immunity is
maintained with different eli
matte and other conditions.
1t will be several years be-
fore the ruSt-resistant seed
will be available for farmers,
he said. At present a limited
supply is available for breeders.
But should the rust strike
in tidal proportions it would
no longer mean complete dis
aster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Time to Reorqonize

Further impetus for the movement
to establish a United Fund in the Wash
ington area was provided by the alloca-
ton to six local Community Chests OF
$4,055, 268-the largest sum ever collected
here in peacetime for charitable and well
fare purposes. Spurred by the success OF
the 1855 Chest campaign, the Community
Chest Federation is seeking cooperation
of civic and business interests in an ex-
panded driye next year. With such CO.
operation, including that Of agencies not
already in the Chest, Washington can
look forward with optimism to a sub
stantial reduction in the number of fund
appeals made each year.
II ITO agencies can achieve success
in q one-package solicitation, there is no
reason why more agencies cannot pool
their campaign resources advantageously
for themselves and the public. The Red
Cross and other groups have Joined
United Funds in other cities. In some
instances more money has been secured
through such teamwork than by inde-
pendent appeals. And the business firms
and individuals who are solicited have
found the relief from multiple canvasSing
most welcome.
Last year the community discussed
the need for united effort, but action
was delayed until 1t was too late to
change the system for the 1855 drive.
It Is not too early to begin serious plan
ming for United Fund appeal in 1856.
Governmental, civic and trade repre-
sentatives should lose no time in getting
together on the proposal for a oncefor-
all campaign participated in, we hope.
by many organizations now outside the
Chest,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

'TiS the week after Christmas, and
all through the land, the Yule Tree is
making It's brief, brilliant stand. So
perhaps this is the moment to pay tribute
to the stamina Of a Nation which an
nually braves exquisite torture to get
these trees into its living rooms
The closer the approach Of Christ
mas, the larger and more peevish are the
crowds which jam those strange, green
marts where trees are sold. Families
come by car, of course, and everybody
takes part--in-laws, uncles, aunts, and
babes in arms. 1t is characteristic of this
odd December ritual that nobody can
agree on which tree is the Right One.
The customers scuf1 around ankle
deep in pine needles, and everybody's
nose is red, everybody's hands half
frozen. Clerks, muff1ed to the eyes, shout
with ill-concealed irritability: "Pick your
tree, folks, pick your tree they're all
good!"- Cashiers morosely make change
with gloves on, mentally numbering the
boss who wished this arctic assignment
on them.
Every tree looks unsatisfactory at
this naked stage: this one is sway
backed; that one is scrawny; the one
over there has fine midriff but seems
to be minus its pants Soon Ma and Pa
are yelling things at each other that 1t
would pain Santa to hear. Junior is
bawling. One by one, however, the trees
get dragged off to the customers cars,
and on lucky evening only few people
get slap in the face, or mouthful OF
pine needles, from passing branch.
The saddest case reported to us this
Christmas was that Of the gentleman
who slowed splendid tree into the rear
of his car. 1t projected several feet, OF
course. Then he drove of with his gloat-
ing family-leaving the whole top Of the
tree on the ground behind him. In his
hurry to make off with his prize, he had
slammed the trunk top down on the tree
without backward glance.
But undoubtedly, this man and his
family, once they got over their surprise
and chagrin, had happy, If truncated,
Christmas. BY and large, America seems
to survive its annual ordeal BY evergreen
In fine fettle. It's our bet that such a
sturdy Nation Is sure to survive the cold
war, too, AND whatever else may lie ahead
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

ballots directly for the Presi-
dency, 5,238, 769 (out of (7,033,-
633 voting voters cast their
ballots for President Rhee.
For the sake Of the record,
it is also necessary to point out
that President Rhee had been
interested in undermining the
constitution long before his
first term began to draw to a
close in 1852. AS early as June
Z. 1949. during q press confer
ence. President Rhee was adj
vocating adoption Of a BIZ
cameral legislative system
one Of the four amendments
submitted later in 1853.
Thus, your reader has in
completely and inaccurately
resurrected an ancient incident
in a futile effort to negate the
general political philosophy of
DR.. Rhee, as reported by
Mr.. VoSs.
Most Importantly. however,
and even dangerously. your
reader makes the remarkable
assertion that President Rhee
". is propped up by Amer
lean support.
This is the charge which the
Communists make constantly;
1t helps beat the dead horse
of the "colonialism" issue. OF
course. 1t is untrue.
The United States Depart
ment of State has denied re-
peatedly that it props up"
President Rhee or any Of the
heads of state of our friendly
Asian allies. 1t would be a
gross error to do so. 1t has
had the occasion within the
past month to state formally
that it is not American policy
to interfere in the internal
politics of other nations and
that 1t is not our policy to
either back" President Rhee
nor to seek to replace" him.
How totally different than
political conditions in Com
munist-controlled North Korea
which, apparently, your
reader did not see fit to
mention!
s. M. VinOc0ur
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Alice, said /. you know
this matter of lowering taxes
while we have this tremendous
national debt confounds me-"
"But why should 1t confound
you, dear Fuddy- buddy? At
ter all, lots Of things make
sense In Wonderland! Maybe
you are just too old to under
stand them! And why
shouldn't taxes be reduced at
this time? After all, reducing
taxes can make votes-and
that is really important. with
elections coming on
ooh, I know all that" said
I, "but it does seem so strange.
You know, when sensible peo-
pie borrow money and have
to pay interest on 1t, they'll
put any extra money they can
get into paying off their debt
so they won't have so much
interest to pay"
"Oh, Fuddy-Duddy," said
Alice. that is not the way
things are done in Wonder
land. In Wonderland one never
worries about reducing debts!
One only worries when the
time comes to pay taxes, and
that's the real time to worry"
But Alice" said /, "these
are such good times, times
when we can put away towards
a rainy day. and so should our
government"
Hush, Fuddy-Duddy," said
Alice, don't breathe that
rainy-day thought! It's I'M
thinkable in Wonderland! Peo-
pie may start calling you a
'consi-duddy' or even a com
i-duddy.'--and that would
be Just too terrible"
What do you mean by
'consi-duddy' and 'commi-
duddy?' I asked.
We'll" said Alice, II call
you Fuddy-Duddy because I
like you. But you know what
an old fuddy-duddy really is?
Well. a consi-duddy is that
way, but much more so. He
just can't see anything new.
And a commi-duddy--that is
just too terrible to even think
about"
We'll, Alice" I said, this
is really confusing to me, no
matter what you, or others,
might call me. 1t just doesn't
seem to make any sense at all
to reduce taxes every time we
have enough income to bal
ance the budget. How are we
ever going TO reduce our ire
mendous national debt II we
don't reduce 1t as much as we
can when times are really
good2 II we wait, times may
not be so good, and we are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

@. Is an American citizen
born outside the limits of the
United States mainland ELI
gible for the presidency
P. D. L.
A. This question is answered
as follows in "Our American
Government" Senate Docu-,
ment So, 83d Congress, LIST
session: Although the point
has not been tested. such a
person probably might become
President, if his parents were
American citizens at the time
of his birth and he meets
other qualifications. The first
Congress provided that the
children of citizens of the
United States born beyond
sea. or outside the limits Of the
United States should be con-
sidered as natural-born citi-
zens of the UnlCed States. This
law has since been removed
from the books, but the prin-
ciple may still govern"
@. Who decides on the de-
sign of new United States paper
currency? A. M. E.
A. When a new note or other
engraved work is to be pro-
duced, a model is designed by
an artist in the engraving di-
vision of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. The de-
sign is based upon discussion
of officials of the Government
branches interested in the
product. The model finally
must be approved by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
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Request

Ne,D Year. be kind to this old
tDorld OF ours
And teach 10 to believe, as
once ii did,
That 1t can use its God
directed poUers
To build q spiritual pyramid
OF unity among divergent folk.
SO lasting, men, ,Dhen other
neD years come,
May meet them free Of Wdr'S
potehtidl yoke.
And bring each nearer the
millennium.
Perhaps the work should start
tDith Just a tetD
Plain folks, say US. ,0ho might
be pleased to find
Our neighborhood quite
different II ,De do
Some o. the good zoe relegate
to mind.
From small beginnings every
project starts
The whole is but the sum OF all
its parts.
Alice Hortieh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Remembers When

Back in 1892. I used to sell
The Evening Star. 1t was Just
a daily then. We boys lined
up on what then was B street
and marched to The Star Of
flee. where we went to the
basement to await the papers.
In that same basement The
Star gave us newsboys our
Christmas dinner, and l am
proud to say the first turkey
dinner I ever had was given
to me by The Star. Also my
f1rst overcoat was a gift from
The Star.
At that time did not know
enough to thank The Star,
but through the years have
been thankful for the dinners
and the overcoat. Those
things were a great help in
building the strength by which
have lived this long. The
first week In 1856 I will be rs.
John II. Thurston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

ATLANTA. Dec. 30.-Amer-
lean agriculture has been
threatened with what mipht
have been one of the greatest
disasters it ever suffered-the
sweep nor Inward Of corr rust.
This is similar to the stem
rust of-wheat which a few
years ago devastated millions of
acres in the United States and
Canada. It was overcome by
breeding immune species. A
similar corn blight. once out
of control, would be more dis
astrous, for this is the coun-
try's single greatest crop. The
catastrophe may have been
averted.
The story was reported to
the American Association for
the Advancement of Science
here today by DR.. j. G. Dickson
and his associates of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. The
threat of the corn rust, they re-
ported, may have been en-
HANGED by one of the greatest
agricultural developments Of
modern times-introduction Of
hybrid corn which has nearly
doubled production.
Came From Mexico
This corn, they pointed out,
has relatively few ancestors.
Thus one strain is, by heredity,
very similar in both strength
and weakness to every other
strain. This means that, once
started, a disease could sweep
from field to field with great
rapidity.
The new disease came out of
Mexico about three years ago.
It has been found capable of
attacking most of the present
corn hybrids.
Some plant diseases" DR..
Dickson said, migrate like
birds. The spores, or minute
seeds, of rust producing plants
of microscopic size spend the
winter on growing plants in
Central Mexico. The spores
are blown nortf1ward by the
wind during the summer and
back south again late in the
fall. The winds that help move
ducks and geese in their an
nual migration also move
these rust spores"
Rust-resistant varieties Of
corn. he said. represent the
only protection. This was rec
ognized as soon as first traces
of the disease were found.
First tests were made of all
American corn species. Thou
sands of ears were tested. Only
three were found in any way
resistant to the rust. They
were not resistant to all strains
of it.
The corn breeders, DR.. Dick
son said, turned to Mexico and
Peru. There corn had been
grown for several centuries be-
fore the first white settlements.
Corn rust also had existed in