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The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19
GRAssRooTs

WASHINGTON - Just what dc
the folks at the crossroads think
about politics, government, taxes,
foreign aid - and politicians?
From now until election, news
paper readers will be badgered with
all sorts Of high-powered polls. The
polls will come up with figures and
percentages on how people In the
grassroots are supposedly thinking.
Big city reporters will be out hob
notbing with the little people, ask
ing q lot Of fool questions. And
they'll come up with conclusions on
how the election will go, etc.
Politicians themselves will be
beating the bushes for opinions
mostly about themselves.
This writer is wholly aware OF all
this election = year transforming
about to take bloom. Nevertheless,
as this is being read, the writer is on
tho first lap Of a 12,000-mile tour
by auto trailer to virtually every
section Of the u. S.
The weekly reports will carry
brief paragraphs Of quotes from
folks In all walks Of life - not
facts and figures, but the honest
expression Of persons who don't
often get to express themselves In
the newspapers.
For the next IL weeks, from Penn
sylvania, Kansas, California, Oregon,
New Mexico, Texas and points In
between, we will be sitting down to
chat with regular folks-nke you
and your neighbor.
There viii be no partisan over
tones. no axes to grind-just plain
talk about the problems In our
country today.
In short, the summer series will
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

church Sunday. Mr.. and Mra.
Robert Sharbono served q spon-
sors, and they all were entertain
ed at a dinner at the Elmer Mast
velten home afterward.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Shearer and
family of Glendive enjoyed sup
per at the Olaf Vangsness home
Sunday evening.
MI. and Mrs. Leo Kappel at
tended a family picnic at Glen
dive Sunday. The occasion was
in honor of Donna, Kenny and
Donald Jones' birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. vergil Larson
and daughter of Sidney spent
Sunday visiting the Frank Red
dings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Price en-
~tertained at a family dinner at
their home Sunday in honor of
their daughter Vernette's birth
day.
Miss Ruth johnson returned
home Saturday morning after
having spent a week visiting
friends in Minneapolis and Ohio.
The members of the Luther
League enjoyed a picnic supper
at the Ted Burau home Sunday
evening. Later they enjoyed mo-
vies and slides.
MIR. and Mrs. Jack Spithoven
were Sunday dinner guests at the
Andy Kappel home In Sidney.
Mrs. Emelia Miller is enjoy
ing a few days this week visit
ing friends in Sidney.
Mrs. Gilbert Sharbono spent a
few days last week receiving
medical attention at the Sidney
hospital.
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19

The regular meeting of the
Women's Fellowship will be held
in the Congregational church par
lors Wednesday afternoon, July
rs. Potluck lunch. Everyone is
cordially invited to come.
DR.. Hyde will examine pre-
school children Thursday morn
ings between the hours of $50
a. m. and 1870 a. m. starting this
Thursday, July 10 through August
IL. Everyone in District No. 7
please remember these dates If
you have any beginners this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sharbono
and son visited the Elmer Mast
veltens Thursday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Lonnie Pigg and
The Sidney herald., 1956-07-19
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MONTANA.

EARLY-DAY BILLINGS
from The Yellowstone News. Billings
An early-day historical account of Billings can be found
In the History of Montana" published In 1885, which is some
what rare today.
OF Billings, 1t says:
The history of the town embraces but a brief period, al
though Coulson, which Is comprised In one of the additions Of the
townsie, was known as a point of considerable Importance as
early as 1875, when it was a stage station and the steamboat
landing, with a few buildings clustered around the store of
P. w. Meadow.
The approach of the Northern Pacific construction force
in 1881 49,, infused a new life and spirit into Couson, which
was even at that time a place of abundant promise. and men
of foresight and experience had already begun to recognize
that either there, or in the vicinity, a town would be built which
would supply the demands OF the large and developing country.
The Minnesota and Montana Land and Improvement Com
pany in March, 1882, purchased the railroad land in Clarks
Fork bottom, and set apart $40 acres of the same adjoining
Coulson, which it laid out into the present townsie. At that
time. March 1882, there was not a habitation Of any kind within
the borders of the townsite.
The Anaconda Company
Work for a Greater and More Prosperous Montana"
This is a project that should include all Monianans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
Antiques for the Younq

Those who patronize the antique show
which has been opened by Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson at the Sheraton-Park will have
the pleasant assurance that in indulging
their taste for the old they will be helping
the young. For the proceeds of this event
will go to the Thrift Shop, an admirable
enterprise which since 1923 has been help
ing to care for children whose parents
have not always had the means to take
care of them.
The six organizations which will
benefit from the show are the Columbia
Hospitals Prenatal Clinic, the Children's
Convalescent Home, the Children's Hos
pital, St. Johns Orphanage, the Child
Welfare Society and the Junior League.
They deserve all the help that they can
get,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06

more vocational than tech
nical training. Why has this
fine school been permitted to
deteriorate when nothing COM
parable has replaced it?
Is it possible that sub
versives have penetrated the
Nations top educational levels
among those who determine
curricula and philosophy and
train" teachers-with the de-
liberate purpose of breaking
down this country's technical
know-how, producing a nation
of illiterates not trained to
think or reason for themselves,
so that they may be influenced
by anti-American philoso-
phieS?
Those who come out of to-
days schools and go ahead to
outstanding achievements do
so more in spite of the schools
than because of them, or per-
haps they were fortunate
enough to come in contact
with some of the dwindling
number of dedicated teachers
who are not satisfied with
mediocrity.
Mrs. Edward B. Morris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
ArIinqton's Lesson

The consequences Of too-rapid growth
and inadequate zoning controls have been
revealed in lengthy land-use report by
Arlington County's ONCE OF Planning.
Haphazard planning in the critical years
before the boom era of residential and
commercial development is seriously at
fecting the county's present and future
expansion. And lack of an up-to-date
master plan has encouraged piecemeal
coming not conducive to orderly growth.
The lessons that Arlington has learned by
trial and error should be helpful to Fair
fax County and other areas where there
is yet time to plan and control future
development.
Arlington was the first part of nearby
Virginia to feel the staggering impact OF
sudden Federal expansion. The county
was ill-prepared to cope with the phenom-
email residential construction surge which
followed the establishment of the Penta-
gon, Navy Annex and National Airport
complex of Federal activities in Arlington.
New home and apartment communities
sprang up in various parts Of the county
and new stores and shopping centers
appeared It was not until the Federal
impact already had begun to have effect
that comprehensive street plan was
prepared in 1941. A 1880 zoning ordinance
was revised in 1912 and again in 1850,
but, although outmoded, it has not been
overhauled since
The planning report sums 1t up this
way During this (transitionaD period
progress was being made in the develop
ment of highways mostly along tradi-
tional patterns established by an earlier,
haphazard rural road system Lacking
comprehensive plan for residential and
commercial land use, the highway plans
have not lent themselves to rational
neighborhood pattern. This situation has
added immensely to the problem of de-
veloping an orderly and stable residential
community
1t is too late to rectify some of the
mistakes that easily could have been
avoided by intelligent planning decade
or two ago. But it is not too late to
correct or modify some other errors OF
coming and planning, according to the
planners. There are still few unde-
veloped areas in Arlington that need the
protection of careful planning. And there
are sections where land-use problems
need further study to insure proper future
development. An essential prerequisite
to such program, Of course, Is a modern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
GoIdwoter 'BombsheII'

One news report has used the term
"bombShell" to describe the disclosure
that Senator Goldwater, Republican OF
Arizona, received campaign contribution
from a member of the Keck family. This
is an uninhibited exercise of reportorial
license. For actually the Goldwater in
cident is pretty small potatoes.
According to the Senator's own ver-
sion. the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. made
three years ago. Arizona records indicate
1t came from Matthew Keck, presumably
a relative of Howard B. Keck, California
oil man, whose personal funds" figured
In the $4,000 offer to Senator Case. Sem
ator Goldwater says no strings were at
tached to the $3.50 gift, no favors have
been asked, no vote of his has been in
fluenced. Assuming this to be the full
story, one would need a microscope to
see this bombshell and hearing aid to
detect its blast If this sort of thing can
become headline material, even with
member of the Keck family involved, we
are in danger of getting over into the
area of magnificent nonsense in this
business of examining political contribu-
lions.
The only question with any substance
which arises is whether Senator Gold
water ought to serve on the Senate's
special committee to investigate lobbying.
He has said that he will fight any
attempt to remove him, although no one
has proposed to remove him, because
"they are questioning my honesty, and I
know I am honest if nothing else" We
do not know who has questioned the
Senator's honesty and there does not
appear to be any basis for questioning it.
The real question, to the extent that there
is question, has to do with the value
of his service on the special committee.
We do not see that this has been affected
In any way by the incident.
One more point might be made. APP
propriate campaign contributions are
legitimate, even an essential, part of our
political life. The same thing is true OF
lobbying-up to point This being the
case, the special committee's investigation
should be conducted with some sense OF
balance and perspective. Anything which
has corrupted the legislative process
should be relentlessly exposed. But this
cannot be done by ignoring the facts OF
political life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
Charity Begins at Home

1t is reported that the Presi-
dent is considering giving
some of our accumulated farm
products to Europe. The Presi-
dent is generous and hui
manitarian. His charity and
wisdom constitute a fulfill
ment of the Scripture. HE
shall judge the poor Of the
people: he shall save the chill
dren of the needy and break
in pieces the oppressor." For
one, I expect to vote for him,
If his name is on the ticket.
But, along with helping
Europe, why shouldn't the
poverty-stricken families of
the United States be provided
with some of this wheat and
butter? These farm COM
modities have been bought up
by the Government, thus
contributing to our already
fabulous public debt, and
keeping prices of butter and
flour SO high that many indi-
gent families have been unable
to purchase enough of these
foods to keep body and soul
together. Half starved chill
dren and resulting disease and
death are facts of general
knowledge. He that stoppeth
his ears against the cry of the
needy, shall also cry himself,
but shall not be heard"
In common justice, charity
should begin, at home-here
where we know the need. Our
Census Bureau records will
show it. In Europe, the re-
ports may be unreliable, or
purposely twisted or exagger-
ated. Bystander.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats Casting for Running Mate
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Virginia, went for Eisenhower,
and the race in q couple Of
others was too close for COM
fort. OF the nine States
Stevenson carried, however,
seven were Southern. and the
other two were border States,
Kentucky and West Virginia.
This would make it appear a
Stevenson ticket (the Demo-
cratic ticket needed strength
ening in the North. East and
West even more than in the
South.
A number of Democratic
leaders-from the West and
North-have already begun
working for a vice presidential
nominee, to run with Steven
son. from either the Northeast
or the West. The party elected
Governors in three strategic
Eastern States in 1954-taking
those offices away from the
Republicans in New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
So, Cows. Hartman. Meyner
of New Jersey and Leader Of
Pennsylvania will come under
consideration. If, five and a
half months from now, the
situation seems to demand a
Midwesterner for second place
on the ticket, there are Sem
ator Stuart Symington Of
Missouri and Gov. Mennen
Williams. With the farm issue
important, it might appear
wise to recognize that section
of the country.
Neither Hartman nor Ke-
fauver are saying anything
today about the vice presi-
Dental nomination-which Is
not strange since both hope
to head the ticket. Nor does
anyone who has real hope Of
nomination run for the vice
presidency. New York, which
Hartman carried in 1854, is
a prize of magnitude in a pres
idential election. No Republic
can in the last half century.
and even before, has been
elected President without the
New York electoral vote.
Former President Truman, for
the Democrats. won without
New York's vote, 1t was the
West and Midwest which
turned the trick for Truman,
for he failed to carry four
Southern States, as well as
New York.
Rayburn Is Possible
If it should seem necessary
to placate the South, proba-
bly, the strongest candidate
the Democrats could nominate
for Vice President would be
Speaker Sam Rayburn Of
Texas, If he would take it.
"Mr. Democrat" himself.
Twenty-four years ago. the
Democrats nominated another
Texan, Jack Garner-also
Speaker of the House-for
Vice President, to run with
Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1852
Rayburn supported Stevenson
vigorously during the cam
paign. He has served as
Speaker more years than any
other man. No longer young,
Mr.. Rayburn appears in
destructible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
Socialist mo-

Seldom has the Kremlin received a
sharper rebuff than the one delivered by
the Council of the Socialist international
at the conclusion of its e-day meeting
in Switzerland AS a result, RusSia's
collective leaders should be hard put
to make much Roadway with their newly
proclaimed policy of having the Commu-
niSts of France, Italy and other Western
countries Cooperate" with left-of center
parties in an effort to form popular
fronts" or united fronts" with them.
The council, which is made up of the
Socialist leaders Of IA free nations, has
not minced words. In brief but admir-
ably blunt resolution, 1t has unanimously
rejected "any united front or any form
of political Cooperation" with Red totali-
very good and obvious reason that recent
changes of Communist tactics are
not adequate proof of genuine change
in the principles and policies of Commu-
mist dictatorship"
And what sort of proof do the Social
lists insist upon seeing? Well, in the words
of their resolution, they hold that the
minimum precondition, even for the
possibility" of holding international talks
to establish cooperation between them
and the Reds, must be "the re-establish-
ment of genuinely free democratic labor
movements in all those countries where
they existed before and have been sup
pressed or eliminated by the Communist
dictatorship"
In short, as their price for collabora-
ton, the Socialists have challenged the
Soviet Union to restore liberty to Czecho-
Slovakia and all the other -independ-
ent lands now trapped behind the Iron
Curtain. Their attitude is not likely to
deter the Krenlin from dangerous con-
tinuing effort to WOO them, but they have
made clear that they regard Communist
"co-operation" as Trojan horse de-
signed to destroy freedom. The position
they have taken is altogether excellent
and reassuring. If they hold fast to 1t,
there will be no popular fronts" of the
sort that could be the undoing of coun
tries like Italy and France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
zone of your recent CORE
spondents is inquir1ng about q
list of paper books. You may
tell him that such q list exists.
"It's full title is the Paper
Editions Book Club Magazine
and Catalog, and can be OBJ
tanned from the club at 2233
Ell Canine Real, Palo Alto,
Calf.
Sincerely, r. w. L. g."
Thanks, mynheer.
But one doesn't have to 90
that far.
Right down at Fourteenth
street and New York avenue Is
a store specializing in paper
books.
There you can find many or
most Of the wanted titles, and
people glad to help anyone
who desires books in this form.
This column saw the posi-
bilities of these books years
ago, and wrote about them.
The point is that at rs, IS
and even SO cents a copy, the
booklover can suddenly put
himself back into the old book
buying days, when the nice
little clothbound copies Of
Everyman's editions cost ex-
actly IS cents, then 40 cents a
copy.
At such prices, even the
schoolboy could afford to build
up his own library.
In this day of much higher
prices, when a good novel in
cloth costs from $3.50 to IS
and Sc a copy, the eager
reader curbs his eagerness for
a few months, and 10, there
it is in paper at 25 cents, in
many cases.
This is particularly good for
straight novels, historical nov
els and detective stories.
Even the most ardent reader
must admit to himself, If he
is honest land, of course, he
Isl that he seldom reads such
stories twice.
1t is all very well to prom
Use ones self to read a good
book again. Sure, it is worth
it. Surely, it deserves it.
But time rolls along, and
books come and go, and the
plain truth is that one seldom
gets back to the old story.
1t is here as with the stock
phrases used in reviewing.
Il couldn't lay it down till I
had finished it"
Nonsense, Mary.
You laid it down scores Of
times, and looked out the win
dow.
You laid it down when the
doorbell rang.
You put it down when your
eyes grew tired.
ut rolled me in the aisles
with laughter"
Nonsense, dearie.
You know it didn't roll you
in the aisles, or any place else.
Oh, yes, it was funny book.
and you got some good
chuckles out of it, and a score
of good smiles. and what book
deserves more?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06

Adlai Stevenson is the front
runner in the race for the
1856 Democratic presidential
nomination. as shown by every
test of public opinion to date.
Even in New York, a recent
public opinion poll showed Mr..
Stevenson running far ahead
of Gov. Averell Hartman.
Should he win a majority OF
the delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention in
the New Hampshire primary
next Tuesday and a week later
sweep the Minnesota presi-
dental preference primary,
over the opposition of Senator
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee,
it will be difficult to see how
Stevenson's nomination could
be prevented next August.
If and when Mr.. Stevenson
becomes virtually certain of
the presidential nomination,
an important problem will
arise for Stevenson and the
Democratic Party-the selec-
ton of a running mate. Mr..
Stevenson, in that event. will
no more be likely to announce
his choice for a vice presi-
dental nominee than is Pres
ident Eisenhower-in advance
of the meeting of the party's
national convention and the
actual nomination of the pres
idential candidate. In the case
of Mr.. Stevenson a premature
announcement for a running
mate would not be polite.
It might cause bitterness
among the "hopefuls" for sec
ond place on the Democratic
national ticket-of whom there
will, in all probability, be quite
a number.
Some Possibilities
But when the showdown
comes in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, the party
might swing to one of the two
principal opponents of Steven
son in the presidential race
Kefauver or Hartman. 1t
might turn either to the South
or to the North and East for
its vice presidential candidate.
Both Kefauver and Har-
riman could accept a vice
presidential nomination with
out jeopardizing their present
Offices if the Democrats failed
to elect their national ticket.
Kefauver could continue as
Senator for another four
years, in such event, and Har-
riman as Governor for an
other two years.
In picking their vice preSi-
Dental candidate, the Demo-
Gratis will seek to strengthen
their ticket. Four years ago
the Democrats went South for
a Stevenson running mate.
They nominated Senator John
Sparkman of Alabama. He
was selected to help keep the
Southern States in line for
the Democratic national ticket
after the violent row in the
Democratic National Conven-
ton over the so-called loyalty
oath" proposal. That ma
neuver. however, did not pan
out. Four Southern States,
Florida. Tennessee, Texas and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-06
As Vital as Ever

Governor Hartman of New York is
not wholly hostile to the idea Of possibly
becoming candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination. So it is only
natural for him to politick bit and give
voice to campaign oratory of the sort in
which he has accused President EiSen-
hover and Secretary of State Dulles OF
"unwittingly" helping the Soviet drive for
world domination.
In an effort to support this charge,
Mr.. Hartman has spoken out with partic-
ular severity against Mr.. Dulles. Thus, in
the Governors opinion, the Secretary has
made 1t seem that our country's foreign
policy favors "colonialism." Worse, he
has furnished the good name of the
United States with militarism. :. And he
has been flying around the world in the
glare of publicity negotiating military
pactS," with little or no regard for the
fact that the Kremlin has adopted a new
strategy" placing major emphasis on
psychological, political and economic
weapons.
Few will dispute Mr.. Harriman's con-
tention that these weapons must be
countered by the United States and the
West as whole with weapons of the same
i kind. In fact, the administration has
long since called public attention to the
dangers inherent in RuSSia'S economic
and political campaign, and steps have
been taken-even if more slowly and less
spectacularly than critics have advocated
to adjust American policy accordingly.
To that extent, therefore, Mr.. Hartman
has gone overheard in suggesting that
the President and Mr.. Dulles have been
hopeleSSly asleep at the switch and have
done little or nothing about the situation
except to grow more and more militaristic.
Mr.. Hartman ought certainly to
know better than that. But one wonders
whether he and people of like mind tend
to believe that the time is at hand when
our country and its allies can safely play
down the military facts of life and con-
centrate chiefly on the use of psychology
ical, political and economic weapons. II
so, if there really is such feeling among
the administrations critics, then they had
better take another look at the Kremlin's
new strategy" For it is strategy that
in no sense diminisheS the menace of
Soviet armed power. Indeed, if anything,
that power continues to grow from day
to day.
Accordingly, it is irresponsible to
smear Mr.. Dulles with the word "militar-
ISM when he tries to strengthen defenses
that are as vital as ever to the safety Of
our country and the entire free world.
There may well be need now for greater
emphasis on the economic and psychology
ical aspects of our foreign policy, but that
does not mean we can afford the slight
est neglect of our armed preparedness.
Any such neglect, it need hardly be added,
would be the greatest help of all to the
Kremlin's ambition to win mastery Of
the globe.