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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-05-19
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NIiddleburg Busy Bees

NIlddIeburg Busy Bees
The Middieburg Busy Bees
held a meeting May 1lth, at 7:30
p. m. All members were present
with the exception of one. The
president called the meeting to
order. Roll call was answered by
taking the dues which amounted
to IS cents. ALI business was
taken care of. Projects were dis
cussed and books distributed.
was enjoyed by ell.
The next meeting will be May
Is, at TOO p. m. at the school.
News reporter - Betty Hesson
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-05-19
TO HOSPITAL

TO HOSPITAL
Nelson Leasure, Of Caldwell,
was taken to the Marietta Me
mortal hospital last Wednesday
for observation and treatment.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Fletcher Knebei-
Potomac Fever

Democratic leaders income tax reduction for the
tle fellow He's the whose growth snted by the
Democrats he had to climb box to vote for Eisenhower
Republican Senate Leader Knowland has breakfast with
administration loss When two aren't
quite they're speaking terms they spend their time
eating
Democrats elect Matthew McClokey Philadelphia contractor
party Slogan Contribute to the Democrats!
Why wait until they get back in and take from
you?"
Vice President Nixon works station attendant for
charity One fellow who got his windshield wiped the
first time he knew Republican to to make things clearer
for him.
Democratic Senator Humphrey of Minnesota proposes 10
point civil rights The first point of the ten viii be the
Senate hlbuster that kills the other nine.
administration the attacked Tachen Islands
vital to Fomosas defense This statement helps
Government printing bill Now they don't have to send the Reds
engraved invitation to take the islands
kes conference ending two in Office filmed
for V This the first show where questions provided
the background harmony and incidental music
Evening star., 1955-01-20

not interested in hearing the
President Of the United States
discussing their affairs.
It will be largely up to the
reporters to furnish the excite.
ment by their questions. Some
Of them are already grumbling
that they are not actors,
especially when they are not
paid for acting.
Old-timers concede that TV
is here to stay and that poll
ticians are bound to make the
most Of 1t. They have always
felt that the press conference,
while still a valued institution,
lost something of its quality
when 1t was moved from the
Presidents desk to the more
formal atmosphere of Old
State. It is more comfortable
because all get a seat, but it
is less cozy.
In the present administra-
ton, there is less contact, too.
between the press and radio
TV reporters on one hand and
the President and his staff on
the other. In part this is due
to the Eisenhower concept of
"the team" which always goes
through channels. In part it
is simply a matter Of person.
ality. The Eisenhower admin
istrators are much alike. being
drawn chiefly from conserva-
tive business ranks and lack
ing the more vivid and talka-
tive characters thrown up in
politics.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Presidents Economic Report
Eisenhower's Sober Thesis Defines Cooperative Role
OF Uncle Sam With Stote and Local Governments

made this significant comment
in his message:
'The role of the Federal
Government in the achieve
ment of these goals Is to
create an atmosphere favor
able to economic activity by
encouraging private initiative.
curbing monopolistic tenden-
cies, avoiding encroachment on
the private sector Of the econ
omy. and carrying out as much
OF its own work as is practi-
cable through private enter
prise.
1T should take its full part
at the side Of State and local
governments in providing ap-
propriate public facilities. It
should restrain tendencies to-
ward recession or imitation. It
should widen opportunities for
less fortunate citizens. and help
individuals to cope with the
hazards Of unemployment. ILL.,
ness, old age, and blighted
neighborhoods. 81
This Is a general statement,
of course, but it breathes the
spirit Of a conservative liberal
ism as opposed to what might
be called a radical liberalism.
None of US who support the
first Of the two schools Of
thought wants to see govern
mental Intervention in the
economic life of the country
prohibited, for the truth is it
has been going on ever since
the days of Alexander Hamil-
ton, who urged protective tar
ifs for Infant industries"
But this principle is far diff
ferent from plunging the
Government into the electric
power business. which Is what
the critics Of the Dixon Yates
contract are really eager to
accomplish. But II Govern
ment ownership is right In
Evening star., 1955-01-20

q story gained prominence In
Tokyo, Seoul and Peiping that
the President-elect had fatty
rejected the suggestion Of Gen.
Mark Clark. then supreme
commander in the Far East,
that an all-out drive be aimed
at the Reds to push them back
across the Yalu and settle the
question Of Korean unity once
and for all. The story repre-
sented Gen. Eisenhower as say
ing that the powerful armed
forces of the United States
would be placed in motion
only In the event Of Q direct
attack by the Reds.
No official confirmation Of
this story, of course. is obtain
able In Washington. There
are indications. moreover, that
the story is a complete fabri-
cations Of intrepid Communist
intelligence agents in Korea
which they skillfully sold to
their own superiors. But be
this the case or not. the pat
tern of subsequent events has
encouraged the Red leaders
to accept at face value this
report Of their agents.
Our acceptance Of a settle
nothing armistice in Korea
after the record of 10000
American casualties and a cost
Of $40 billion to the American
taxpayer: our leaving the unity
of Korea to drag fruitlessly on
as a subject Of "prayerful
negotiations; and our equivo-
cal role during the bitter dis
aster of Indo-C China, when Mr..
Dulles urged the making Of
an all-out effort to save the
garrison of Dien Bien Phu
with the backing Of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, only to have
the rug pulled out from under
him not only in London but
Evening star., 1955-01-20

last Congress enacted a law
by which private industry was
admitted to partnership in
development Of power from
atomic fuels. all under pres
sure of the administration, the
Atomic Energy Commission
and politically powerful pri-
vate utility and other interests.
You will recall also. because
Of the dramatic filibuster to
which they had to resort. how
an embattled band in Congress
was finally able to insert few
projections to the public so
that the law was not the COM
plete give away" of the
Nations heritage in this new
source of energy that other
wise it might have been.
But the law Is still full OF
confusions and loopholes by
which a monopoly could be set
up that would make the once
all-powerful private utility
monopoly look pale and wan
and minuscular.
Another attempt will be
made in Congress at this ses-
sion to insert further protec-
tions to the public in the law
after a detailed review of how
the Acc is operating under
the present law. That review
will be through hearings by
the Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Atomic Energy
headed by Senator Clinton P.
Anderson, Of New Mexico, that
he announced viii begin the
last Of this month and run
for two weeks or more, After
hearing from the Acc, the
committee then viii listen to
representatives Of the industry
and the public.
Whab Is the partnership
story here?
In the first place. the whole
atomic energy plant belongs
to the people of the United
States for the simple reason
that they paid for it by their
taxes, Involving q certain
amount of toll and sweat.
Some $l4 billion Of our money
has gone into atomic energy
to date. We are the owners
and the partners. The Gov
ernment holds our investment
In trust for US.
What do we zee happening
now2 The Government-which
means tls--is farming out part
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Dovid Lowrence-

What the President Of the
United States says about the
business outlook is usually
the product Of what his eco
non1ic advisers have assembled
from the most authentic data
available. ,
Hence, when President Eli
senhower says there Is a good
chance for o healthy expan-
sion Of the national economy,
1t Is a well-considered judg-
ment.
Economic well-being," he
says, "sustains our whole ma
tional life. A high and rising
standard Of living brings to
more Of our people the oppor-
tunity for continued intellec-
tual and spiritual growth"
This Is the thesis which the
Presidents economic report to
Congress has emphasized. But,
entirely apart from the statis-
tical facts. there is such q
thing as a good or a bad
climate for business. Mr.. Eli
senhower says:
"A free economy has great
capacity to generate jobs and
incomes If a feeling Of con-
fidence in the economic future
is widely shared by investors,
workers, businessmen, farmers
and consumers.
But what is that feeling of
confidence? What makes 1t
and what breaks it? Unre-
strained spending and a reck-
less disregard for the sound
ness of the Nations currency
is one thing, but almost as de-
structive Is the tendency in
some quarters to put the Gov
ernment into all sorts of busi-
nesses, thus sitting private
initiative and rendering ur-.
certain the future Of many
enterprises. To those in doubt
on that point, the President
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Thonnos [. Stokes

In his messages to Congress
President Eisenhower harps
constantly and repeatedly upon
his partnership" idea. So
called, for conservation and
development of our natural re-
sources. He refers to a part
nership" among Federal. State
and local governments and
private enterprise, with en-
phasis upon shifting RESPONSE.
bility away from the Federal
Government.
Already it has raised the
question: Partnership for
whose benefit?
For purposes here, we will
Just mention in passing the
revelation of how special bene-
fits are being conferred upon
powerful electric utilities by
operation of this policy In de-
velopment of water resources.
What partnership" means is
that the utilities "monopolize
the bulk of revenues" at the
dams. So the trick is described
by newly elected Senator Rich
ard L. Neuberger, Democrat, Of
Oregon.
He knows. He won election,
as the first Democratic Senator
from Oregon in 40 years by
exposing the harmful effects
of the partnership" program
on the people of his State and
on development of the Pacific
Northwest. He is a recruit to
a group in Congress which is
very familiar with this issue
from long experience. In the
coming session this band will
resist encroachment Of the
Eisenhower partnership" idea
and try to prevent damage to
iva In the Southeast, the
great public projects in the
Northwest. and the Southwest
Power Administration in Mis-
souri,. Oklahoma and Texas
and its rural electric co-opera-
tives.
So much for hydroelectric
power. There is, however. an
other threat to the public and
consumer interest which is less
readily detected because 1t is
an almost new field. That is
the production Of power from
atomic fuels. In a few years
this win far outdistance pro-
duction Of electricity BY other
means.
you WIN remember how the
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Standards BureouPortly Closes
Weeks Open House Invitation

After a quick round Of top
level conferences and a re-read--
ing Of the secretary's speech.
Harry Weiss of the Commerce
Department Press Section, said
1t. was ian open house-in
quotes,Y but actually the open
house is "by invitation to Wash
ington officialdom."
w. r. Tilley. chief of the bu-
reau's Technical Report Section
and secretary of the Open House
Committee, said the open house.
which will be, held during the
week of February 7, is being
held for the benefit of scientists,
Government officials, educators
and persons of the area using
the bureau services. He added
so far 600 persons have been in
vited.
Evening star., 1955-01-20

The firm Of Doubleday has
at last brought out an Eng
lish edition Of a book published
in Germany in 1851 which has
outsold every other since the
war: "Fragebogen" - "The
Questionnaire"- Ernst Won
Salomon.
In Germany It's appearance
produced violently hostile crit
icism. In England H. r. Trev-
or-Roper called 1t "the boast
Of unrepentant German cyni-
cisrl." Its reception here has
been similar. Shepard Stone,
in The New York Times, called
Won Solomon one of Germany's'
enemies from within, but COM
forts us with the assurance
that ''the extremists In Ger
many have suffered defeats
in the last elections" The
jacket informs us OF the au-
thor's complete disassociation
of himself from all RESPONSE
bility. for the triumphs and
crimes of Naziism ;. a piece
of effrontery." It is odd for
a publisher to so prejudice his
readers in advance.
In short, the book has been
received everywhere polemi-
cally rather than critically. And
I submit that such polemics
are designed to put the reader
of the scent.
/ do not know why a quar-
ter million Germans have
bought this book and many
more read it. Certainly the
brilliance Of the performances
has something to do with its
success. / started to read It on
Evening star., 1955-01-20

one case, 1t is right IN all
others. and then state capi-
talism takes over the field Of
private enterprise.
At the root. however, Of all
these controversies between
those who want to conserve
the fruits of the individuals
labor--his savings and his
property--and those who are
ready to confiscate a large
part Of both to assist specially
privileged groups or areas.
there is the basic question Of
solvency for the Government
itself.
Earlier this week the Pres
ident in his budget message
made a telling point when he
said:
1--WE must maintain finan-
ciaI strength. Preserving the
value Of the dollar Is q matter
of vital concern to each of US.
Surely no one will advocate a
special tax on the widows and
orphans, pensioners. and work
ing people with fixed incomes.
Yet imitation acts like a tax
which hits these groups hard
est. This administration has
made a stable dollar and econ
omy in Government operations
positive policies from the top
down"
The big question now Is
which Of the two major poll
tical parties will have the bet
ter record on this point when
the 1856 campaign is at hand.
For the Democratic Party is
in control of both houses of
Congress and can. by unre-
strained spending, break down
confidence in the dollar. thus
bringing on imitation. or 1t can
aid the Republican administra-
tion In cutting expenses so as
to balance the budget.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.l
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Battle for Fornoso Has Bequn
American Failure to Defend Tochens and Queoy Leove.
Reds Believing We Wont Fight When Chips Are Down
Constontine Brown

The battle for Formosa has
begun. and Is expected by mill
tary experts to continue with
whatever interruptions are
necessary for the regrouping
of forces or for the monsoon
season storms starting in May.
There is a degree of pessi-
mism prevailing today among
those who consider Formosa
an essential element in the
defense of the United States,
Some American policy-makers
feel already that this country
has gone too far in approving
the recent mutual defense
pact with Chang Kai-shek.
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary Dulles are now openly
fayoring the Intervention Of
the United Nations in an effort
to arrange q cease-fire between
the two Chinese factions. But.
as usual, this can be achieved
only if it benefits the Commu-
niSts.
Although the Tachen Islands
are Of little military signifi-
canoe, their conquest by the
Reds win be of great propa-
ganda value to Moscow and
Peiping. The line VIM be blat-
ant: that the United States
forces in the area did not dare
to interfere when the chips
were down. Most significant Of
all, the Communist leaders
themselves appear to have be-
come convinced by their own
propaganda that the United
States will not 60 to war over
any aggression the Reds see
At to commit in Asia.
The Communist intelligence
reports back up their belief.
Back in December, 1852, when
then President-elect Eisen-
hover went to Korea to study
the chances for an armistice,
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Stedman Prescott, L.
| Named 10 State Post

Stedman Prescott. jr.. Mont
gomery County attorney, has
been named an assistant at
torney general of Maryland.
He is the son Of Circuit Court
Judge Stedman Prescott Of
Rockville.
The appointment of Mr.. Pres
colt, 35, of 1912 Clarendon road.
Bethesf' =, was announced by
C. Ferdinand Sybert, Maryland
Attorney General.
Mr.. Prescott has been prac-
ticing law in the county since he
was graduated with honors from
the University Of Maryland Law
School in 1947.
He is a member Of the Silver
Spring Lions Club, Exchange
Club and the Board Of Trade.
He also Is a member Of the
Montgomery County Real Estate
Board.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Doris FIeeson-
Doris Fleeson-
Press Conference Goes on TV
James c. Hogerty Presents Dwight D. Eisenhower
With Supporting Cast Of Fourth Estate Stors

/, The televised presidential
press conference will be a reg
ular and permanent fixture Of
the American scene.
President Eisenhower felt
that his pioneer experiment
with it this week went of well.
The cameras and lights did
not distract him, he said,
while the reporters seemed to
him to be carrying on exactly
as usual.
The White House will still
control at all times the Presi-
dents spoken word. The film
taken by TV, and the news
reels at the press conference
must be turned over to Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty.
Mr.. Hagerty will then decide
what parts Of 1t are for re-
lease. = z@oE aw
The same procedure has
been followed with the tape
recording Of the presidential
press conference which the
Signal Corps has been making
since former President Tru-
man moved the conference
from his Office to the old State
War and Navy Building across
the street. The move, he said.
was made necessary by the
ever increasing size of the
conference.
What the television audience
will actually see will be in a
sense a Hagerty production
Of an Eisenhower press con-
Evening star., 1955-01-20

Commerce Secretary Weeks
today had the Bureau Of Stand
ards wondering exactly how
open an open house is supposed
to be.
In a speech given in Peoria,
ILL.,, the Associated Press re-
ported Mr.. Weeks gave a verbal
review Of what the public might
see early next month at the first
open house" of the bureau.
When the. bureau was called
for comment today, a spokesman
was a bit taken back by the
thought that the general public
might come knocking at the
door Of the bureau auditorium,
which holds $50 persons.
1--WE knew the secretary was
going to make a speech" he
said. "but its being open to the
public is another thing"
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Thonos l. Stokes
Partnership for Whose Benefit?
Eisenhower Philosophy Seen Leading to Greet Monopoly
In Power and Conservation With Tax Money

Of our holdings to private in
dustry to develop power re-
actors to produce electricity.
The terms are favorable to q
few industrial giants which
worked with the Government
during the war and since to
produce atomic bombs and do
research In peacetime uses
under contracts with the Gov
ernment for payment for their
services. They are on the in
side and on the ground floor.
They have the know-how.
We are already substituting
one company and will subsi-
die others with our tax dol
lars. They are the favored
and, unless we watch out. they
can monopolize the field to the
exclusion of others. This is
because Of specifications in the
law that will make it difficult
for others, private industries
as well as public power agen-
cies such as municipalities and
rural electric co-operatives, to
get fuel and get into develop
ment Of power. These specifi-
cations must be corrected. For
another detect in the law.
there is nothing to force pri-
vate power producers from
atomic fuels to pass along in
rate reductions the subsidies
from us. the taxpayer.
Also. while the la. contains
a provision for compulsory
licensing of patents for five
years, this is not tightly enough
drawn in the view Of some ex-
perts to prevent the giant ''in-
siders" from withholding pat
ents from others entitled TO
them.
Unless Congress and all Of
US are alert. we are on the eve
Of permitting creation Of the
greatest monopoly the world
ever saw. and with our own
money.
II We allow 1t. Wen deserve
what we get.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Public Affairs Institute
To Discuss German Arms

"The Consequences of German
Rearmament" will be the topic
Of the First Public Affairs In
stitute of Northern Virginia to-
morrow and Saturday at the
Falls Church (va) High School
The institute is sponsored by
eight civic and educational
groups in Northern Virginia.
A group Of moderators has
been selected from leading edu-
cational institutions in the area
and from the Government and
publications fields. They are:
Profs. John Gange, Alfred
Fernback, Oron Hale and
Charles Micaux, University OF
Virginia: DR.. Jules Davids
Georgetown University: Profs
Mary Bradshaw and Samuel
Sharp, American University;
Dean Brundage, Washington-Lee
High School; Howard Johnston
editor, Current Germany;
william Kornas. "Congressional
Quarterly: Admiral A. c. Muir
daugh. USN. retired; Gordon
Peckfard State nonartr1anf. /.
Lawrence Stevens, Interior De-
partment. and Jay Seeley, De-
tense Department.
Principal speaker will be
Georg Federer, counselor of the
German Diplomatic Mission. who
is flying here from Germany. He
Is scheduled to address the in
stitute at 8:l5 pm. tomorrow
Saturdays session will begin al
| gao m
Evening star., 1955-01-20

an eight-hour plane journey
and during that time ! hardly
lifted my eyes from its pages,
and then sat another four
hours In my hotel room to
finish 1t.
It is not an "unmitigatedly
ugly" book. American readers
will be shocked by the account
of bestial tortures and brutali-
ties inflicted by American SOL
diers on "internees," one Of
whom was the Enormously"
arrested author. Yet far
more horrible" book about
the American Army, written
by an American, From Here
to Eternity" was critically
hailed as "a renaissance Of
American realism and was a
best seller. It contains not one
redeeming character nor one
page free of filth and BIAS
phemy. THE QUESTIONABLE"
on the contrary. has passages
Of great beauty and characters
the simple Berlin charwom-
an, Frau Imman, the young
flyer, "Wolfchen" Redlich. and
even one Nazi, Ludin-who are.
by any standards customarily
used to measure character.
noble. self-sacrificing. even
heroic.
Nor Is it q defense for all
Germans. and certainly not
for its author. Most Of the
time he views himself with con-
tempt. He does not. because he
cannot, disassociate himself
from the errors and crimes Of
successive German states COM
mitted in the name Of the Ger
Evening star., 1955-01-20

ference. The necessity Of pro-
tecting the President makes
this inevitable. Reporters have
always been forbidden to
quote him directly except by
special permission.
Such an absolute ban is
now outmoded by TV, for the
press will, OF course, be per-
mitted to print what 1t Is per-
mitted to be said In the por-
tion released for public tele-
casts.
Mr.. Hagerty, q good news
paperman and the son of a
good newspaperman. says that
he will try always to release
those portions of the Eisen-
hover press conferences which
are in the public interest.
While he cheerfully comedies
that he is mot impartial" he
has worked hard and long on
the present arrangements and
feels they afford little room
for controversy.
The feeling of the White
House staff is that their man
will profit from this particular
television outlet. They are
satisfied that he is a popular
performer and that the public
will welcome the chance to
see and hear him regularly on
the great issues Of the day.
1t can best be left to the
Tv critics perhaps to compare
him to his competition. It is
to be hoped certainly that
there are few people who are