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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-03

Cloudy. cool with occasional rain today.
Cloudy, chance of light rain tonight, low
near 60. Gull report on Page A-2.)
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY EIoine townsend Dieksrson

and tell them how much we enjoy
ed our overnight stay in their town
of 10000 population. We stayed in
the Matz Hotel right down town.
For the past six years that we have
been an Air Force family we've
always stayed in motels and this
really was the children's first ex-
perience in hotel They loved it.
1t was fun for them, taking Sam
bO tour Boston Bulb outside for
walks, especially when they rode
up and down in the elevators.
From Bluefield we headed for
Lexington and Louisville, Ken
tdcky. After flying with Hayes for
about 215 hours that morning |
would trust him over any terrain.
AS you know, you have to navigate
to fly across country and the check
points between Bluefield and Lex
ington were nil. There would be
a sparse sprinkling of towns, tiny
towns, hidden again in those drat-
ted hills. They all looked about
the same to me, but Hayes could
always tell by their shapes just
which town they were on his map.
We'd follow power lines, railroad
tracks, and rivers for a short time
and then they'd veer off, off into
the maze of mountains.
We ate lunch that day in Louis
vile and / just marveled over and
over again at Hayes navigation
above those bleak mountains. We
stayed Thursday night in ST.
Louis, Missouri. We could have
gone on to Topeka, but Hayes
knew it would be crowding time
and he couldn't see landing at
dark. when it wasn't necessary.
We stayed at the Hilton-Statler
Hotel in st. Louis and such lux
ury | shall remember during our
long winter here in Kansas. The
maitre' de presented the children
with bibs for their dolls, animal
crackers after they ate a good
dinner, ginger ale" old fashion
cocktails before dinner, piped in
music in our family bedroom, the
morning paper under the door,
shops to satisfy your every whim.
1t was hard to pull ourselves
away. We were driven to the hotel
and back by the airport bus; and
we were able to see fifteen miles
of the shops, homes and businesses
of st. Louis this way.
We were back in Topeka Friday
by noon and found SHASTA" wait
ing at the airport tour twenty year
old Chevie). The children return
ed to school that afternoon and
brought home their makeup work
for the few days in January they
had missed. Hayes was called back
to Forbes at two Sunday morning
for a practice alert and all week
end | vacuumed Kansas dust out
of the house, so we quickly got back
into our old routine.
Until next week
Always,
Elaine Townsend DickersOn
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
BABSON DISCUSSES CONGRESS

the recognition of the Sanctity OF
contracts. No individual, cOrpor-
alton, or nation can prosper in
the long run without an earnest
endeavor to carry out its contracts.
This is a fundamental matter in
connection with the Gil companies
using the Suez Canal. Furthermore,
a man does not need legal train
ing in order to recognize the Ten
commandments. Honesty is not
only the best policy, but it is the
only policy upon which a repu-
tation, or a business, or a nation
can prosper and survive. No one
nation should be allowed to in
terfere with the international trade
vitally affecting all nations. A great
need today is CONFIDENCE.
Of course, in discussing the sane
tity of "a contract, an individual.
corporation, or nation is justified
in knowing that the contract was
not obtained dishonesty by mis-
representation, coercion, or bribery
1t is possible that some contracts
for drilling oil were obtained under
rather unsavory conditions. but nc
such claims have been made in
connection with the high-grade oil
companies now suffering from the
Suez dispute. Possibility it would
have been better to have had the
SueZ Canal contract, when origi-
nally drawn, made subject to re-
negotiations similar to the rene
gotiations that the oil companies
have already gone through. These
Suez renegotiations could have been
under the jurisdiction of a COM
mittee of accountants and econo-
mists approved by the World Court
The committee could employ an
international and impartial lawyer.
mon whom all parties would agree
Their decisions. however. should
strengthen the importance of the
sanctity of contracts and not un-
dermine or impair some. In closing.
let me say that nv appeal in this
column may not do any good but.
as Congress is now organizing and
as the Suez negotiations are in
full operation. I do want nv mil
lions of readers 10 DC thinking over
this message.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
Congressional Crossroads

Seldom, if ever before, has the
Congress of the United States re-
turned to duty in such a lather of
public excitm ent as in this prob
lematical new year of 1857. AS this
is written, the Senate is engaging
in debate CT .shether that body is
as has been additionally held-a
hardy perennial, or an exotic, po-
litical plant that sprouts, blooms,
and dies Oh biennial basis.
And, on the day following, an un-
precedented re-State-of-the-U Union
address appearance by the Presi-
dent before a joint session to ask
(accGrding to advance billing) for
standby authority to employ A
merican troops against possible
Communist aggression in the Mid
die East!
1t is our own view that not only
the Senate, but the Congress of the
u. S. as a whole is a continuing
body in theory-and should be in
fact. That it should, in this explo-
sive, fast-moving day and age knock
off for months at time is reck-
less evasion of its duty to the peo-
pie it is elected to represent. 1t
is traditional, and only human,
that the Administrative Depart
ment looks forward to adjournment
each spring or summer as it's an
nual opportunity to get things done
without interference. And it could
yet be tragic that the Constitutional
representative of the whole people
were disbanded, and perforce in
articulate and powerless to serve,
during the critical weeks of the
Franco-British Egyptian fiasco, and
the inspiring but shamefully futile
Hungarian revolution.
The Congress returns to discover
that our delegation at the UN has
committed American taxpayers to
pony up third of the millions
ESTIMATED at 400 that may be re-
qGired to reactivate the Suez Canal
also that we have tentatively a.
greed to lend the UN three to five
millions needed more immediate
ly to meet the first contractors
bills. Who authorized this gener-
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11

take the place of these lawyers.
The real need, however, is for
trained ant practical economists
and engineers who know what is
best for the nation and have the
courage to vote accordingly.
Suez Canal Rumpus
Probably the Suez difficulty is
due to many causes, but it was
primarily a matter of politics, Presi-
dent Nasser, of Egypt, was playing
politics to get the good will of his
people while raising money to build
the great Aswan Dam. Prime Mini
ster Eden was playing politics to
hold his position and not be thrown
out by the Labour Party. Other
countries involved-passibly in
cluding the United St&tes-were
considering their heavy invest
ments in oil. Basically, however, the
Suez difficulty is an economic prob
lem. 1t is not the votes involved
which should be considered, but
rather the tankage, distances,
freight rates and other important
problems of international trade.
Probably the final solution will re-
fleet mixture of politics, statis-
tical facts and world economics.
This means that the solution Of
the problem will not be permanent.
but will be a mere stopgap. This
shows that courageous economists
are needed in international affairs
as we'll as in domestic affairs.
The custom of selecting our
Ambassadors according to their
wealth or their contributions to
campaign funds is absolutely wick
ed. Such a policy may have been
largely responsible for the fact
that England and France acted
without the knowledge of the
limited States or the United Ma
tions. Ambassadors should be
trained economists. which prob
ably means career men. Represent
atives TO the United Nations should
he selected according to their
knowledge of economics and their
exnerience in deciding economic
prohTams
The Sauetify OF Contracts
Individual, national. and inter-
national prosperity depends upon
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11

of rules and regulations!
How this particular swarm. of
federal locusts-as well as num-
erous others-devour both the sub
stance and spirit of the states in
the guise of distributing free
money" to the destitute, the jobless
and the chislers, is revealed by
former-Governor Alfred E. Driscoll
of New Jersey and Charles Steven
son in part two of '"The Biggest
Con Game in Politics" in the jan
uary. issue of Readers Digest.
In Washington State, the federals
blocked investigation of fathers
taking desertIon so that their wives
could collect aid for dependent
children. New York was slapped
down for making relief recipients
sign statements of eligibility when
receiving checks because this (said
the Bureau) may cause reluc-
tance to accept assistance"
When Indiana opened it's relief
rolls to public inspection, the fed
erals cut off the states 21-million-
a-year grant, which was recovered
only through special act of Con-
gress. And in spite of the Congress
sional encouragement of such pub
licity, the Bureau IS still demand
ing passage of "air-tight secracy
laws" by the states.
The writer's warn, however. that
Congress is not yet in the mood tc
curtail this federal bill encroach-
ment on local government, since
at the last session, it Jumped the
bill for government-by-grant to well
over. five billion for this fiscal
year alone"
Already" they point out, "a
third of all U. S. income is going
into taxes, mostly federal. Our IA
tional debt has continued to ex-
pand until it is now twice as high
as that of all the rest of the free
world put together. Isn't it time,
they ask, ito dispose of this myth
of the magic free money that we
pay a premium price for, first in
our federal taxes; second, in for
feiture of our right to meet our
responsibilities locally?"
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11

BabSon Park, Mass, Jan. 10. Now
that the Senators and Represent
atives have become organized, we
are able to make a rough analy-
sis of their ability and training.
Too Many Lawyers
It appears that about three quar-
ters of both branches of Congress
are lawyers. At first glance, this
seems reasonable as their job
is to make laws; this, however,
should be the work of professional
clerks. The Congressman should
confine their eorts to questions of
policies. Lawyers, by training, are
in a poor position to determine
basic policies. Lawyers are trained
to win cases whether the defen-
dant or prosecutor is right or
wrong. The very fact that there
are two parties to each suit though
any one party can win, and that
both sides are represented by at
torneys, is definite evidence that
half of the attorneys are wrong
In the eyes of statistician, this
is very poor record. If one half
of the bridges built by engineers
collapsed, something would be done
about it.
Ninety per cent of the legislation
today is economic. This applies to
agriculture, to manufacturing, to
general business, and even to pen
sions for individuals. There should
be no gambling connected with
such legislation. A table for Null
tiplication, Division. or Addition
allows no compromises. 1t is the
same with policies; they are either
right or wrong. They should not be
settled out of court or IN cloak
rooms. All this means that three
quarters of the Senators and Repre-
sentatives should be nationally
recognized economists. Thev should
be nnalified either to legislate ac-
cording to economic principles or
else not to Iegislate at all. This
principle should have been adonted
when the nation was on the Gold
Standard: hut now that we are
on the Political Standard. it is
imnarative. Some claim that more
businessmen, bankers. manufac-
turers, and labor leaders should
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
LINCOLN
By Mrs. Rena Morgan
Phone: Milford 5139
Lincoln Methodist Church
pax w W Hamilton na SfaF

Lincoln Methodist Church
Rev w. w. Hamilton pastor
Services for Sunday, January 13
1000 a. m, Morning Worship
hour. The choir will be using
"Near To The Heart OF Jesus" for
heir special.
11:O0 a. m, Church School ses-
sion. Douglas Morgan Supt.; Paul
White, Asst. Supt. There are
classes for all ages. Put Christ
first, and the dividends will be
great. See you in Church Sunday.
400 to 4:3O p. M, Precious
Memories" Broadcast over George
town Station, 900 on the dial.
$50 p. m. Methodist Fellowship
hour for all of our community and
their friends.
7:30 p. m. Old fashioned song
and praise service. You will be
blessed as you join friends in the
worship of our Lord. Visitors are
always welcome.
Dates to Remember
Sunday evening, January 26, Rev.
and Mrs. Bob Price who are seen
,ach Sunday evening at 500 p. m.
over WPFH. Wilmington, will be
our guest for the evening service.
On Monday evening January 27,
Evangelistic Services will start in
our church. We will again have
n evangeIistic team, known as the
"Voice of the Hills" to aid us in
his great movement The team
consists of the Rev. Burl Sessions,
spiritual dynamo of great force,
and four Gospel singers. Keep in
mind these dates and plan to be
with us each evening.
Monday evening 1880 to $50
D. m. Bible Study. Visitors as well
IS members are cordially invited
share in this study.
Wednesday evening, January Is,
he WSCS will hold their business
meeting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Donovan Mrs. Bea-
rice Hudson and Mrs. Ernest Fitz-
gerald co-hostesses. Mrs. Mack
Smith will be leading in devotions.
cordial invitation IS extended to
all members as well as prospective
members.
The Lincoln PTA will hold their
business meeting in the School
auditorium on Thursday evening,
January II, at 500 D. m. There
will be a guest speaker: also don't
forget the attendance banner to
he awarded tO the room having the
highest attendance. Support your
child by being present at this meet
ing. Free refreshments.
Don't forget the Record Hop"
20 be held Friday evening. January
II at the New Community BriIding
from 800 to 1900 p. m Adults. soc:
children, 25c Refreshments will be
on sale. Everybody welcome.
The Ladies Auxiliary will hold
their regular business meeting on
Monday evening January Ii, in the
Community Building. Every mem
Der is urged to attend also pros
Dective members are cordially in
vited.
The Annual Kick-off banquet for
the Sussex County Polio Campaign.
which was held Friday evening.
January in the Georgetown High
School Cafeteria was attended by
M. and Mrs. Gordon MacL.aan.
Mrs. Gordon MscLean will serve
as chairman for the drive for Lin
coin March of Dimes is On once
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
January z, 1857

Dear Friends:
Here we are back in the mid
west, with snow on the ground, and
our 18-day leave at home past, but
not forgotten.
We left Willard Jackson's Air
port the morning of January 2. /
thought when wei climb into the
SAC Tri-PaceF there would be no
one to wave goodbye to. All four
of our parents are far from being
avid aviation fans and / thought
they would shy away from seeing
us depart. On that Wednesday
morning we were taken to the air.
port by our parents and also we
were met there by my cousin, Dick
Draper, who was a big help to
Hayes in getting the plane out of
the hanger, etc. Dick flies, and
envied us our trip. | would have
gladly given him my seat on the
plane and driven his Golden Hawk
to Kansas.
We were most anxious to get the
Appalachian Mountains behind us.
Just as we neared Martinsburg, W.
Va, we began feeling the tgrbu-
lances, a result of the updrafts
coming from the mountains we
were approaching. We landed at
Martinsburg and there Hayes spent
some time rerouting us. There
was snow over the mountains and
we certainly didn't want to go into
that and We were advised to go
south to Bluefeld, w. Va. It
sounds like a short distance to go
from one town in a state to an
other town in the same state, but
| want you to know that from
1870 Wednesday until 400 that
afternoon we flew over West Vir-
ginia mountains We were hunting
for Bluefield and our map showed
a stadium by a river and the airport
north of town. We found this little
town nestled in the mountains, but
couldn't find the stadium and cir
cled and circled around the town
hunting for an airport For those
of you who haven't fown-you just
can't imagine how hard it is to find
town in mountainous country.
Smoke from the industries usually
conceals the town until you're
directly over it. We had 45 min
utes of gas left, but in those tricky
mountains Hayes wasn't taking
any chances so we back tracked
to Pulaski Air Field where we
quickly found a landing strip with
gasoline tanks off to the side.
When we landed we were told they
were fresh OUT of gas. This made
our second delay.
Hayes didn't want to gamble on
! finding Bluefield on near empty
tank of gas so we retraced our
course and landed at the last air.
field on our map and after filling
the two tanks to the brim, went off
to find Bluefield. l intend to write
to the Chamber of Commerce there
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
EXPLOITATION!

A basic MARKHAM dogma is that, under
capitalism, the owners of enterprise get ire
mendous rewards while the workers half
starve on the crumbs that are tossed to them.
It's interesting to put that idea beside a
set of facts concerning what the 100 largest
u. S. industrial companies spent their in
comes for last year.
Wages, salaries, and other labor benefits
consumed 26.7 per cent of total revenues
from sales and all other sources Taxes took
81 per cent. The owners by contrast, re-
ceived 3.5 per cent in preferred and common
stock dividends
In other words, workers got about eight
times as much as the owners-and govern
ment got almost three times as much. That's
what happens under capitalist exploitation
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
REALISTIC POLICY

When we Americans think about and in
terpret the complicated moves and day-by-
day changes in world politics, are we naive
We tend to see each crisis as question of
optimism or pessimism and, from day to day,
we blow hot and cold. Often, we are overly
concerned with impressing others with our
sincerity.
We tend to believe that if principle is
set down on paper and signed by various gov
ernment heads, it thereby becomes an actual
ity. We impatiently act as though age-old
problems which have caused wars and mis-
cries beyond description can be solved in a
hurry. Once we get some agreement in prin-
ciple, we breathe easily and assume that a
crisis has been solved and now we can go
back to normal
And because we so frequently interpret
world events in this manner, we are often
embittered and disillusioned. More import
ant, we prevent ourselves from developing
foresight. 1t will take us time to change, and
to change we must examine ourselves, our
culture and our successive Establishments.
1t is important that, in our policy, we be
generous and idealistic. But it is also impor-
tant that we never cease in our effort to be
realistic. When there are deep-seated con-
f1icts of interest, we should call them as such.
When a policy or plan has failed, we should
admit it and change to new policy. When
the grounds for optimism do not seem to be
clear we should not grasp at illusions in order
to remain optimistic.
In brief, we should not contribute to our
own self-deception. And are we doing this ?
Have we done it in the past? In all frank
ness. we should ask ourselves questions like
these, and attempt to answer them in our
own minds with as much dlSpaSSlOnateneSS
as we can command.
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
Washington Letter By Robert Nelson Taylor

osity? Was it &he President? The
Secretary of State? Or was it the
white House spokesman" Ger
tainly it wasn't the Congress--a
body which used to be jealous of
it's appropriations prerogatives.
And the Congress returns to hear
the President ask for military and
area where we have so recently
deplored the military adventures
of our allies Thus, the Congress
will have an opportunity of con-
sidering whether it wishes to aban-
don also it's sole Constitutional
authority to declare war. In view of
the fact that the gentlemen will
now remain in session for some
time, the Presidents request sug-
gests a willingness, at least, to
take over this responsibility.
We hope our Senators and Re
presentatives enjoyed a pleasant,
restful and restorative summer,
fall and early winter We hope they
are back in fine fettle, eager to
serve us and alert to our collec-
tive problems at home and abroad.
If so, they will take long, hard
look at their position-and decide
whether they wish to abdicate their
authority or exercise it.
The fate of representative gov
ernment is at stake.
SeII-Out -. With Our Taxes
The pnoney lure of free-money-
from Washington is enslaving the
sovereign" states, enticing local
government into the unre1axing
embrace of the federal octopus.
More than so different state and
local programs now financed by
federal grants-in-aid are not only
prof1igate with everybody's tax
money, but entail unconscionable
loss in the rights and privileges of
local government. In the field of
relief alone, a troop of 5000 fed
eral employees from the U. S.
Bureau of Public Assistance fan
out from ten regional offices to
enforce on $4,000 non-federal re-
lief workers conformity with a
Government manual of 1000 pages
Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
HOW TO SURROGATE

story from Northern state recently
appeared on the front pages of the countrys
newspapers telling of the death of several
hunters who had sought to sleep in their
trailer after it had begged down on muddy
road during their hunting trip.
The hunters were all found dead the next
morning, having died from inhalation of
deadly carbon monoxide gas This gas is con-
tanned in exhaust fumes which come out of
every automobile, and is a menace which
should be considered by all motorists, in a
preventive sort of way, although it often is
not.
Since the gas has no color, odor or taste,
its presence cannot be detected until the per-
son affected is already sick, and sometimes
the person passes out before he can take
steps to save himself.
Naturally, older cars are more dangerous
than newer ones, since part of the exhaust
system might have become worn, and only
a leak is necessary to cause serious trouble.
This leak is especially dangerous if one is
starting a car in close garage, or if all the
windows of the car are up and the leak is in
side the car
To avoid death by suffocation in this
manner three simple rules can be followed.
First, have a mechanic check the exhaust
system of your car periodically, especially if
it is number of years DID, so that he can
warn you about escaping exhaust gases
Second, you should leave one window open
just little bit in your car, though on cold
days this is pretty hard to do and most
people do not do it.
Thirdly, be sure the garage doors are
open when you start your engine in the NOR
ming, since little laxness here has caused
several deaths in recent years.