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The Sidney herald., 1956-02-02

killer. In addition. 1t is absolute
ly impossible for any man to dis
charge the unnecessarily mulutu-
dinous responsibilities of the
Presidency efficiently and fully.
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'Porqy' in Moscow

Art, it seems, is the great leveler. Not
even the political barricades between
West and East can resist it, to Judge from
the reception of "Porgy and Bess" in
Moscow this week.
For eight minutes after the final
curtain fell on Catfish Row, capacity
audience, some of It's members weeping
with emotion, accorded the George
observation-disclosures Hayward folk classic an
ovation. And 13 times during the per-
formance, MoScow's first-nighters stopped
the show with their applause.
Here, clearly, is understanding be-
tween peoples. Not in the language OF
politics, nor the creamier phrases of what
is left of diplomacy, but in the sound of
music with something to say of the
human spirit. 1t was surprising elo-
quence that Composer Gershwin and
Librettist Hayward poured into their ac-
count of life and love on Catfish Row.
That it should have overpowered a
Moscow audience which included the I'M
practicable Mr.. Khrushchev suggests that
not all channels are closed between the
two nations farthest apart in tremulous,
terrified world.
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The Imperfect Crime

The great Drinks robbery in Boston
was not perfect crime, despite popular
belief to the contrary. Once more the
Federal Bureau of Investigation has
proved its contention that there Is always
a flaw In even the most carefully planned
crime-and that tireless, diligent detec-
tive work generally will find the flaw. 1t
may take long time, as in the Drinks
case, but investigative persistence usually
pays off in the end.
Some of the professional and nom
professional students of the Drinks
million dollar-plus robbery six years ago
have said that the first mistake of the
holdup gang was in taking so many per-
sons in partnership. According to the
FB1, at least II men were "in the know"
either as active participants or collab-
orators. The chances for a leak to police
were greatly increased when so many
conSpirators were involved. That the
secret was poorly kept Is indicated by the
fact that the FBI and police have been
checking on members of the gang for
more than year There was insufficient
evidence to warrant indictments before
the Federal statute of limitations expired,
three years ago, on the robbery itself
Recently, however, somebody talked"
and the case broke wide open.
The Department of Justice could
have brought Federal charges now only
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Job Well Done

1t is a tribute to the peace-promoting
effectiveness of the inter-American sys-
tenn that Costa RIGA and Nicaragua have
Just signed agreements to bury old
hatchets and live together in new era
of good neighborliness.
A year ago, almost to the day, these
two sister republics were on the verge of
full-scale war against each other, with
President FiguereS of Costa RIGA charging
that an "army of adventures" had
started to invade his country from Mic
araguan SOIL He and President Somoza
of Nicaragua had been feuding for long
time, and it seemed at that moment that
major hoStilities would ensue-major,
that is, for Central America. But then
the machinery of hemisphere co-opera-
tion-the 21-nation Organization of
American States-went into high gear
and succeeded in pacifying the situation
before 1t had chance to explode.
The new agreements represent the
fruition of this fine cooperative work.
They have been signed here, in an atmos-
phere of happy reconciliation, by Costa
Rican Ambassador Fernando Fournier
and Nicaraguan Ambassador Guillermo
Sevilla Sacasa. Under one Of the COM.
pacts, the two countries will henceforth
operate through joint committees to
police their common frontier and prevent
border disturbances. Further, under an
other compact, they have committed
themSelveS-in the event of future trouble
between them-to grant to special GAS
commission free and immediate access to
all parts Of their territory. The chief
duties of the commission (made up Of
representatives of Paraguay, Ecuador,
Brazil, Mexico and the United States)
would be to investigate and conciliate.
All this speaks pretty much for itself.
The agreements, of course do not auto
matically guarantee that there will never
again be trouble between the signatories,
but they certainly set up powerful safe
guards against the kind of warfare that
came close to engulang Costa RIGA and
Nicaragua at this time last year. And
the safeguards seem particularly impress
sive not only because they commit both
countries to a joint policing arrangement,
but also because they provide in advance
for speedy pacifying Intervention by the
GAS should a dangerous new dispute
develop.
The Costa Ricans, the Nicaraguans
and the GAS as whole deserve high
commentator for all the good will and
craftsmanship they have thus displayed.
Is it too much to hope that the example
they have set will one day be emulated
by the world at large?
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under the continuing conspiracy" law,
which would have meant relatively minor
sentences on conviction of conspiracy. So
the Attorney General has taken the
sensible step of turning the case over
to Massachusetts for prosecution. The
States statute of limitations on the rob-
berry will expire on January IT, sixth ami
versary of the crime. And State laws
provide for penalties up to life imprison-
ment for such an armed robbery. Thus,
despite the close squeeze on the time
factor, we have another case in which
cooperative law enforcement serves as a
deterrent to gangSterism everywhere.
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A Song Renewed

In an antique shop, among
the clocks
And other things, wdS a music
boz
A yelloi0 bird, whose golden
cage
Was furnished now Nth rust
and age.
But one OF dust dimmed eyes
remained,
And plumdge lay dSketD, time
stained.
Yet, tDith the mechanism
Mound,
Turning q gallant head around
From side to side, it gdily flung
A tiny tinklino tune again.
bought it--now, renewed,
ii sings
The dainty airs, enchanting
things
That children like my DUN
hare knoDn
And loued When their bright
World ,DdS young.
Mortho Sherwood Johnson
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THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Democrats Worried Over Negro Vote

times holds the balance Of
power.
Soon after Franklin D.
Roosevelt and the New Deal
came into power in 1888, the
Negro vote, which had for
years been Republican, moved
over to the Democratic side
almost en- masse. Hundreds
of thousands OF them were
placed on relief rolls. James
A. Farley, when he was chair
man Of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. used to say
that as long as the party held
the labor and the Negro vote
1t would continue to win.
The Republicans are re-
doubling their efforts to win
back to the G. o. P. fold the
rank-and-file Negro voters.
They realize it's q tough job.
Ninety per cent Of the Negro
press has been Democratic.
About 81 per cent of the
Negroes are laborers, and
about 2.5 million Negroes
are members of labor unions.
The next big group are share
choppers and the third, do
nestle servants. 1t is esti-
mated there are 10 million
Negroes in the country of vot-
ing age. There are big con-
centrations of them in the
larger cities of the North,
New York, Chicago and De-
troit. for example, where Dem
ocratic organizations have
been strong for years and
the Republicans weak.
Much Work to Be Done
Signs today, however, point
to gains by President Essen
hover in popularity among the
Negroes. In one quarter it is
predicted that if the President
runs again. he will swing 10
per cent of the Democratic Ne
groes to the Republican ticket,
bringing the COP. Negro vote
up to some 40 per cent of the
total Negro vote. The Republ-
can Negro vote in Detroit was
only 10 per cent of the total in
1852; in New York, 81 per cent,
and in Chicago, 26 per cent.
These are estimates.
The Republicans are not
fooling themselves about the
extent of the work they must
do, if they are to convince the
Negro voters that they should
vote Republican. But the Re-
publicans are planning TO do
their utmost to bring to every
Negro voter the record of the
Eisenhower administration, and
to point out it has been effec-
tive in advancing the Negroes
cause - while the Democrats.
when they were in control of
the Federal Government, took
it out in talking about what
they planned to do. They have
already attained some success
with the white-collared Negro
workers and with the profess
sional man and woman.
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Please Remit

1t will be interesting to see how Mos
cow responds to the bill our Government
has submitted for losses suffered in the
Neptune incident. The Neptune, one OF
our Navy patrol planes. was shot down
by Russian aircraft while on legitimate
routine mission over the Bering Sea last
June, on the eve of the Big Four sum
nit" conference in Geneva. At the time,
in answer to formal protest, the Kremlin
absolved itself of any blame, but it
promptly agreed to pay half the damages.
These damages. including compensa-
ton for injured personnel, have been
computed by the Navy to amount to a
total of 81, 449, 1886, and the State De-
partment has now called upon the Soviet
Union for exactly half that sum, or
1874, 94768. At the same time, in it's
please-remit note, the department has
made special point of emphasizing that
the United States, in accepting such a
settlement, is neither "condoning the
illegality" Of the conduct of the Russian
planes involved nor "impugning the le-
gality and innocence of the acts of the
Neptune and its crew."
This is a statement that is not likely
to please the men of the Kremlin, and
they may resort to their customary hag-
CLING in an effort to get out of paying
what they have committed themselves
to pay Yet the commitment is on the
record, public and formal. They cannot
back away from it without giving the
world further evidence that their word
is unreliable and that they have wholly
abandoned the Geneva spirit" about
which they still speak so much
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Trot Out the Toqos

We are the richest nation
on earth. Our territory extends
from ocean to ocean and from
the frozen wastes of Alaska to
the sunny Rio Grande. Our
Congressman are the elected
representatives of our mighty
country. 1t would dignity Con-
gress and raise it in the esteem
OF the world. as well as in
the esteem of our own people,
if each elected Senator or Rep
resentative were automatically
given an honorary doctor Of
laws degree by Harvard or
some other university of SINH
lar prestige. Surely, since our
Senators and Representatives
make laws for the greatest and
finest country in the world.
they could safely be given an
honorary doctor of laws de-
gree. I would like to see some
annual date set, say in the
beginning of June, and called
Congressional Day." when
Senators, dressed in appropri-
ate black gowns with the doc
tor of laws insignia, would
march from the Senate Office
Building, and Representatives.
similarly dressed. would march
from the House Office Build
ing. Both lines would Join in
front of the Capitol and march
around the Capitol Building to
the accompaniment of music
OF the grand march from
Aida" and finally inside
where they would be addressed
by the President.
1t would also be fitting if
each member of Congress wore
some decorated arm band to
distinguish him from other
citizens, so that we could rec
ognize him if we saw him in
town or any place.
Streamlining the Congress
in the above manner would not
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the theory. The latest belief is
that the thing, whatever it is.
that causes a sickness, is there
in the first place, and the
germs are only evidence of it.
Well, however that may be,
Templeton Jones had at that
time accepted the, entire germ
theory.
He pictured little Iris catch
ing a complex of pneumonia.
diptheria, pleurisy and some Of
the easier spelled diseases.
Iris mother pictured moth
ing of the kind.
If Iris wanted to run her
pretty mouth up and down the
rail. that was all right with
Iris mother.
The germ theory was just so
much Stiffness.
Templeton Jones and the old
man stood watching the child
eat the bird food.
Serve her right" said Jones,
"if she picks up a few worms,
too"
Tough on the birds" grim
ned the old man. They really
like worms"
Maybe her mother will have
to nurse her through it." con-
tinued Jones. hopefully, land
then she can't go to a COM
mittee meeting, or something"
Maybe her mother would
like to eat some of that food,
too" said the old man, with
resignation.
Throw her down some, pal"
said Templeton Jones.
Cant" said the old man
ITS gone. The kid has eaten it
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I read where a Senate COM
mittee was going to make in
quiry into the long Westing-
house Electric strike. which
has idled $4,000 workers across
the country.
There are thousands Of these
idle workers who cannot af-
ford to be out of work for as
long as one week, much less
IL. but they are afraid to go
back to their jobs for fear of
being murdered or having
their heads Dashed in. This
condition has been going on
for many years and 1t is i'm
perative that Congress not
only investigate the labor
cars but do something to stop
them before they destroy
Americas d ocracy and
mans God-given right to
work and earn a livelihood for
himself and family.
Being a firm believer In
States rights, ! would prefer
that each State make and en-
force it's own labor laws. but
since so many State politicians
apparently are afraid to as
much as crook a finger at the
labor lords. because Of their
vote value at the polls. then
1t is up to Congress to adopt q
right to work law. This obvi-
ously is the working mans
last hope Of not becoming
slaves of labor unions, and to
escape a Government similar
to that in Soviet Russia.
Nish Showers.
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Democrats are worrying over
the Negro vote as they haven't
worried for a score and more
Of years. This worry takes two
directions. First, Democratic
leaders in the North under
stand that President Eisen-
hover and his administration
have gained strength with the
Negro voters because they
have struck down segregation
In the Government services
and in schools conducted on
Government property, and ra-
cial discrimination in COM
panies having contracts with
the Government.
Conditions Improved
The Democrats know, too,
that the Negro workers have
prospered, with higher wages
and better working conditions
and that they have made
these gains in time of peace,
which is a new experience.
They understand also that the
Supreme Court decision out
having segregation in the pub
lie schools was handed down
by a Chief Justice appointed
by Eisenhower and that fact
is known to the Negro voters.
The other line of worry af-
fectS particularly a selected
few Democrats - Democrats
seeking their party's 1856
presidential nomination. These
candidates and potential can
didates are pressed by Negro
leaders to speak out against
what has been happening to
Negroes in Mississippi. for ex-
ample, where the Democrats
are in complete control: Kill
ings. kidnapings and the
denial of the right to vote.
The latest thing to worry
these Democratic presidential
candidates is the growing re-
sistance to desegregation in
the public schools of the
South. How long will Adlai
Stevenson of Illinois and Gov.
Hartman of New York be able
to bypass these matters?
But Mr.. Stevenson and Gov.
Hartman, like other potential
candidates. including Senator
Kefauver Of Tennessee, know
that they must face a Demo-
cratic National Convention
next August which will have
one-third of its delegates from
the solid South" and border
States. They realize they may
have to fight for the presiden-
tial nomination. and that if
one-third of the delegates,
from the South. turned thumbs
down. they might be in des-
perate straits. At the same
time. these potential candi-
dates realize that If they do
not speak out against the
anti Negro moves in the
South, the Republicans may
gain strength with the Negro
voters in the Northern States,
where the Negro vote some
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D. c. Taken for q Ride

Commissioner Lanes recent
comments that streetcars cost
so per cent more to operate
than buses, and that streetcar
riders are not paying their way,
is based apparently on disre-
gard of facts. The Commits
sioner may use any set OF fig
ures he wishes to try and pull
the wool over the eyes of Dis
trict riders. The Highway De-
partment always uses the cost
per vehicle mile basis to
prove" that streetcars cost
much more to operate than
buses. so that the streetcars
have got to go. To be truth
full and to give more accurate
analysis Of the cost of opera
ton. cost-per -paSsenger-mile
should be used.
Actually. it is the bus riders
who are not paying their way!
The streetcar lines are the
money-makers of the District
transit network and the cost OF
vehicle operation figured on
the cost-per -passenger-mile
shows that the Streetcars are
cheaper and are supporting the
buslineS. The streetcar lines
are also substituting District
motorists by bearing the cost
Of upkeep Of that portion Of
the paving between the tracks.
It is incredible that the city
fathers" can consider Wash
ington's transit future without
any regard whatever for rapid
transit in the picture. If the
District Commissioners have
read the papers lately, they
should realize that the major
ity of Washington citizens
want rail service retained for
future rapid transit. Toronto.
Cleveland and Chicago are
three areas which recently
have built or are projecting
rapid-transit systems.
II things continue in the
present trend, the citizens of
Washington will be taken for
a ride--the kind they would
rather not have!
Robert S. Crockett.
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@. Why is Maine allowed to
elect her Congressman in Sep
TENDER rather than in No
vepber, when the other States
elect theirs? o. o. L.
A. 1t was not until 1845
that Congress fixed the first
Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November as the day
for choosing presidential cleo
tors. The same day was des-
ignated for election of Con-
gressmen. but an exception
was made in this respect for
the three States (Arkansas,
Oregon and Maine) which had
previously specified a different
day in their State constitu-
tions, as they had a right to
do. For many years Arkansas
and Oregon held early cleo
tions for congressman, but
they finally changed their
constitutions to conform with
the act of 1845.
@. Are women allowed to
vote in elections in Latin
American countries?-B. D. l.
A. Yes. in the great major
ity of these republics women
do have the vote Constitu-
tional changes in Honduras
and Nicaragua in 1855 gave
women the right to vote and
hold Office. This left Paraguay
and Haiti as the only two re-
publics denying women fun
rights at the polls. Haiti, how
ever, allows women to vote in
municipal elections.
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On Limiting Speed

In automobile slaughter, the
grim reaper is speed.
No State that know Of per-
mits speeds over 10 on any
road. If it has any speed laws
at all.
So why should the auto
makers be permitted to soup
up their machines so they will
60 100 or 1875?
Let's have governors on all
cars. except those Of the po-
lice and fire departments, am
balances. and maybe doctors
cars. so that not even the
most moronic maniac at the
wheel can exceed 10.
That wouldn't stop all
slaughter, but it would reduce
it a lot.
Franklin Ford.
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Racial |. 0.

attended meeting in Viz
ginia to discuss the Gray Plan.
One speaker implied that the
mentality of the Negro is
lower than that of the white.
a reason why the University
of Virginia does not admit
Negro students. To dispel this
myth Of genetic superiority. I
quote for this gentleman's in
formation an excerpt taken
from Races Of Mankind" a
pamphlet prepared under the
supervision Of a committee OF
the Association of Scientific
Workers, composed in part of
anthropologists, biologists. and
psychologists of Columbia Uni
versity:
During the First World
War, intelligence tests were
given to American expedi-
tionary forces. Scientists COM
pared the scores of Southern
whites and Northern Negroes:
Southern whites: Missis-
sippi. ALPS; Kentucky. ALSO:
Arkansas. 41.55. Northern Ne
groes: New York. 45.02: Il
linois, 47.35; Ohio, 1880"
The statistics quoted above
will prove to any intelligent
person that the Negro race
as such. placed under favor
able environmental conditions,
can and does measure up in
tellectually to the white race.
I would ask this gentleman
to strip himself of prejudiced
emotionalism. which through
history has served only to i'm
pede a nations progress IA
good example of which was
Hitler's Germany, and try
enlightening citizens with
proven facts.
AR.a.AIAA
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones was talking
to the old man who feeds the
birds at the terminal at Chevy
Chase circle.
why is it," asked the old
man, that small children in
variably chase the pigeons?"
Jones smiled.
"A great French philoso-
pher," he said, declared that
all children are criminals at
I heart"
Well" said the old man,
Il wouldn't go that far"
Neither would l." answered
Jones. You don't have to;
all you have to do is watch
them"
What ! want TO know"
said the other. sis why their
mothers don't tell them bet
ter"
Mothers" replied Jones.
"are too busy nowadays with
committee reports and the
like"
But 1t is such an excellent
opportunity to inculcate good
into them. it seems to me-"
Maybe" said Jones, but
the mothers find it too much
trouble.
Il guess that nowadays
anything the little dears want
to do is all right with them"
Templeton Jones threw a
few crumbs to the birds out
of the old mans sack.
Il guess So" he said, with
his famous grin. Now watch
this little darling"
y 4
Templeton Jones was not re-
ferring to pigeons. either.
There was a beautiful s.
year-old child coming across
the plaza.
"Shoo!" she said, rushing
at the birds, causing all of
them to take flight.
Nov watch again." warned
Jones.
The child looked down at
the crumbled food in the dirt.
She's going to pick it up"
said Jones.
And eat it." moaned the
old man.
Sure enough, that was ex-
actly what the dainty little
miss did.
All the time. her mother.
oblivious to the danger of
worms and the like, stood
with a big grin on her face.
She reminded our friend
Jones of a scene years ago in
one of the new silver buses. as
they were then.
A child, about 5 years old, by
the name of Iris, sat and ran
her mouth up and down one of
the nickel uprights people
hang onto when a vehicle goes
around a curve.
The other ladies in the bus
expressed horror.
why doesn't her mother
stop herr" asked one. in a
loud voice.
The mother sat unmoved.
with a silent face that said
as we'll as words. why don't
you mind your own business?
1t is my child. and if she wants
to lick the floor, it is all right
with me-"
4 4 X
At that time. Templeton
Jones had swallowed the germ
theory. hook. line and sinker.
Since then even the scien-
fists have gone back q bit on
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only render the members of
Congress more fitting repre-
sentatives of our great country
but also cause them to be held
in higher esteem and honor by
the populace.
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