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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-01-10
Lafayette Girl
District Winner
I'm Peace Contest

Miss Mary Margaret Younkman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Curt
Younkman, Lafayette, won the dis
trict Prince of Peace contest held at
Urbana Sunday night. Miss Younk-
mans winning topic was Peace. /"
A senior at Lafayette-Jackson high
school, she is a member of the speech
class at that school.
She competed with five other
county winners in the district meet.
Her next speech will be in competi-
ton with other district winners two
weeks from now. The place has not
yet been announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-01-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty,
Miss Margaret Guider called on Mrs.
Bertha Shelly of Ada, Sunday eve
ming.
Mrs. Clara Murray, Mrs. Margaret
Gallant called at the Owens home,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hart and fam
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ream, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Marshall and family were
Friday evening callers of Mr.. and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-01-10

Mrs. c. w. Montgomery and family.
Mrs. Lenore Montgomery and daugh-
ter were Wednesday afternoon
callers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Dunbar and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hofer and
family called Sunday afternoon in
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dunbar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Montgomery
and family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Terry Bell and family of
Ostrander, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-01-10
ArnOrsville

Mrs. Lenore Montgomery and Sue
and Mrs. Helen Montgomery called
on Mrs. o. p. Hartman one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ewing and
family, Mrs. Mary Plate were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
III. o. Hilty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore called
on Mrs. Doshia Moore of Carey Sat
urday afternoon.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-01-10
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Macy Ellen Lacey Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that James l. Hunt
of sol National Bank Bldg, Lima. Ohio,
has been duly appointed Administrator of the
Estate of Macy Ellen Lacey deceased, late
of Allen County, Ohio.
Creditors are required to file their claims
with said fiducary within four months.
Dated this Goth day of December 1856.
Paul j. Rockey
Probate Judge of said County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Traveller Describes Chain, From Spain
Around Asia to South Korea

This reporter has just
completed q tour around the
world, with most Of the time
spent visiting Americas first
line Of defense.
This line is no longer stu
ated between the Rhine and
the sElbe or between MUIR
rnansk and the Norwegian
border. Now it extends from
Spain twhere we have our
most powerful air bases and
eventually will have mis-
sile bases) to Turkey. Pad-
stan. Thailand. the Philip
pines, Formosa and South
Korea.
The impression gained in
long conversations with re-
liable sources in Tokyo is
that Japan should not be
counted in this defense line
despite the friendly attitude
Of the present government
headed by Premier Kishi.
Japan has her particular
kind of problems which
many influential Japanese
believe can be solved by close
relations with the Commu-
mist bloc.
The defense chain varies
in strength. Pakistan, for
instance. is potentially a very
strong unit. But it has seri-
Gus domestic troubles and
does not get from the United
States the economic and mill
tary support its strategic
position would justify. PAX
istani off1cials say Washing
ton is dragging its feet be-
cause 1t does not want to
offend neutralist India.
Conditions in Thailand are
not reassuring, either. The
coup perpetrated by the mill
tary against veteran Premier
Pibulsonggram resulted in
temporarily placing at the
head Of the government
American-educated Pote Sar-
asin. But unless we play our
cards very cleverly, there is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
Americas First Line of Defense

to reduce their forces to only
10000 men by 1859. The
French are fighting with their
backs to the wall in Algeria.
And even If the fighting ends
there in the near future. the
condition of the French
treasury will force the gov
eminent to drastically reduce
the armed forces. Germany
is moving only slowly toward
creation Of the promised IL
divisions.
The cost Of upkeep of foot
soldiers in the prosperous
Western nations Is becoming
prohibitiye. The cost Of one
American soldier--his pay,
food, uniforms. recreation.
and disqualification facili-
ties-amountS to $4,000 q
year. Also high employment
in these industrial countries
makes a professional military
career unattractive. Military
service has become military
servitude" in the minds Of
citizens.
The defense arc from
Spain to Korea presents the
advantage Of availability Of
ground forces which, con.
trary to general views Of the
undetermined nations, have
not lost their Importance in
the event Of another conflict.
The Spanish army is poor
ly equipped but could be built
up at a relatively low cost.
The Turks have 81 combat
ready divisions representing
a force Of 10000 men at the
underbelly Of the USSR and
close to its vital oil supply
in the Caucasus. Because Of
limited assistance, the PAX
istanis have a military force
much smaller than their
capability. But the Chinese
army In Formosa and the
ROK army (not counting the
American It'll and 24th Di-
visions) represent together
an active combat force Of
more than million trained
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24

President Eisenhower's
threat to use whatever force
may be necessary to prevent
any obstruction Of the law
and to carry out the orders
of the Federal court" pre-
sents America with her grav-
est internal crisis since the
reconstruction era.
It's q constitutional crisis
in which the law advisers Of
the President apparently have
boldly sought to bypass the
state Of Arkansas itself and
to declare the people Of that
area In what amounts to a
state Of instruction.
For Federal court orders
are not usually enforced by
Federal troops. They are en-
forced by United States mar
shals with warrants for the
arrest Of specifically named
individuals who flout the au-
-thority Of q court or It's in
junction DEGREES. To send
Federal troops into any area
without q request from q
Governor or the State Legis-
lature violates the Constitu-
ton. To call out by O Federal
order the militia Of 9 State
except to put down ''insur-
rection" also violates the
Constitution. Do the Presi-
dents advisers mean to issue
Q proclamation telling the
whole world that an "insur-
rection" has broken out in
America?
The Presidents statement
says. 1T will be a sad day
for this country - both at
home and abroad--if school
children can safely attend
their classes only under the
protection Of armed guards"
But can they attend them
amicably even then? Can
Federal troops overnight erase
the bitterness Of parents, re-
fiected in the attitudes of
their children. and compel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
Use of U. S. Troops, Unless Requested
By Stotes, Viewed as Unconstitutional

harmony where there Is al
ready q highly emotional dis
cord?
The President would have
been better advised to have
asked the Governor Of Arkan-
sas to close the schools to all
children for q cooling-off
period during which the proc
esses Of reason and moral
suasion could have been
brought to bear as the rights
Of the States and of the COM
munity were argued out in the
Federal courts.
AS it is. the people in Ar
kansas are confused. They
want to obey the Constitu-
ton. But the Constitution
says that Congress passes the
laws. No law has been passed
forbidding segregation. The
people of Arkansas. through
their Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress, have
had no opportunity to express
themselves on whether or not
segregation shall be forbidden
by law.
The Supreme Court of the
United States. of course, has
spoken and says that no State
shall retain any law that
compels segregation. But
having said this. there Is no
formula for dealing with the
problem by specific laws. The
Fourteenth Amendment it.
self says that Congress alone
shall pass legislation to ZEN
force" the amendment. This
has never been done.
In the absence Of any laws
that spell out what can or
cannot be done. the Federal
courts have introduced "A
novel experiment - what is
known as continuing juris-
diction. This means that a
Federal judge writes the So
called laws" as to what is or
is not permissible. The peo-
pie may not like such laws"
But IL they are given no
means Of testing them in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
DAVID LAWRENCE
The Threat of Federal Force

courts without being forced
at the point of q bayonet to
accept them in the mean
time. then indeed it viii be q
sad day for this country at
home and abroad. The So
VETS would be able to point
with justification to what
they did In Hungary when
they everrode the local par.
lament at the point Of the
bayonet and told the local
ofiicials what they could or
could not do.
Many people in America do
not realize that the issues
raised by the Supreme Court
Of the United States in the
desegregation cases are not
clear-cut and that there must
be time given for definition
and Qualification. It will never
be done by threats Of mill
tary force in free America.
The Governor Of Arkansas
called out the National
Guard to preserve order and
prevent bloodshed. He was
enjoined BY q Federal court
order from continuing to do
what he thought to be his
duty as chief executive Of q
State. Now there Is disorder
and the Federal Government
is reported to be ready to
ignore altogether the State
government Of Arkansas and
intervene Of its own accord
on the theory that Federal
troops may be used to en-
force q court order.
1t is still up to the Cover.
nor Of Arkansas TO preserve
order. II he cannot do so,
the Constitution Of the
United States says he can ask
the Legislature to convene
and request Federal aid or,
If the Legislature is not in
session, he can ask Washing
ton directly for the aid.
That's the constitutional way
to proceed. Anything else is
a might makes right" doc
trine. buttresSed only by the
questionable philosophy Of
relationships that the end
justifles the means.
Reproduction Rishts Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
Official Order to Cease Interference
Ended q Long Period of Uncertointy

President Eisehhower's
stern and foreboding proc
lamation to the citizens of
Little Rock struck Washing
ton at the dinner hour like
q bombshell.
All day uneasy officials had
looked to the White House
for light and leading but
were turned away with the
admonition to watch and
wait" They still do not know
at what point and how the
President became convinced
that he must take action.
Behind q facade of ac-
ceptance of the Presidents
apparent position, the steam
was clearly building I'D in
the boiler. It is natural that
the national and interna-
tional- aspects of the Little
Rock story should have great
importance here at the CEN
ter Of domestic and foreign
policy. The Washington resi-
dent has his personal opin-
ion, Of course. but he Gs at
the same time deeply aware
Of all that is involved in the
spectacle now being pre-
sented to the world.
The disheartening bulle-
tins had started to come in
while the President was at
the White House. He made
no comment and returned
to his plane on schedule. The
same silence was main
tanned on his arrival at
Newport in the early after
noon.
Attorney, General Brownell
who conferred with him here
was mute also. Justice De-
partment spokesman insisted
that we are a law agency
and can't talk: we must rest
on what we are doing in the
courts"
Vice President Nixon's init
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
Y; S. Dragging Of Leadership Called
Wrong Way to Get ALONG With Allies

Americas policy-making Of,
ficials do not understand
even the rudiments of the
principles that should gov
ern the behavior Of a great
world power in the middle
10th century.
Here we are, 1.-THE world
leader" as Truman, when he
was President. used To blat.
That is the first thing not to
do-whether or not the coun-
try's wealth surpasses rela-
lively or absolutely that of
any other nation or combina-
ton Of nations. A great
power should behave like a
gentleman, and gentlemen
don't brag. Besides, the poor
have never loved the rich
but rather envied them, and
when the rich continually
advertise their wealth and
benevolence as we'll they in
vite schnorrer, a delightful
and indispensable Jewish
word for a peculiarly tai
ented hijacker.
A great power that by its
own highly advertised adj
mission has no peers and
nothing TO fear from any
other power or combination
Of them should never become
historical. paint bogeys on
the wall, or summon to arms
In q serious crisis" II some
two-by-four state Struggles
UP TO a power rival.
from the fanfare and
hoopla and viewings with
alarm that have been going
on about Syria, smaller than
a second-sized American city.
one would think that Syria
held in It's hands the fate OF
Western civilization and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
DORIS FLEEsoN
Presidents Bomb She'll

Washington. meanwhile,
will wait eagerly for the story
Of how the Eisenhower proc
lamation came In being.
Secretary Of State Dulles
decided for his part not to
hold his regularly scheduled
Tuesday press conference,
though he is in town. Report
ers would naturally ask him
for comment on Little Rock
as developments there put
this country on the defen-
sive in its conduct Of foreign
relations.
Elsewhere discretion was
considered the better part Of
valor. including the Republic
can National Committee.
Chairman Meade Alcorn.
who has been making a real
Elk's tour Of the country In
an effort to get the 1858 cam
paign outlined. is in town.
He did not hear from the
President and he's got no
comment.
The Presidents early lead
was followed also by an Ar
kansas Democrat. Senator
John Mcclellan, chairman Of
the special rackets commit
tee. Mcclellan called Q press
conference TO give reporters
new light on the sins Of
Teamster Jimmy Hofia,
which appear TO be numer-
Gus. Confronted with ques-
tons about his home State,
Mcclellan was reticent.
The junior Senator from
Arkansas. Mr.. Fulbright, is
In an equally embarrassing
position abroad. Famed as q
foreign policy expert, Q work.
er for international cooper
alton and sponsor Of the
exchange scholarships. Full
bright has been attending
Inter-Parliamentary Union
meetings in London. There
and in France he has had TO
beg on from answering ques-
tons about the home State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike spent four hours in Washington Monday After one
look ct his mall he out against naton-and rushed
back on vacation before they could raise the fees
Friends of Democratic Senator Jack Kennedy boom him
for President Ideal candidate AL the will
mother himand half the will think they're voting for
his brother.
The White House gets assistant for personnel man.
aeement It's taking more and assistants to advise
which powers he shouldn't exercise
Gov Collins of Florida says souherner can be elected
President No doubt. But can he be nominated?
The stock market down again Wall Street isn't sure
which 1t fears most Democratic President in l960-or
awful suspense Of waiting.
Small Business Boss Barnes predicts e wave of new
products viii bring more prosperity He you'll have
to work longer to pay for all the things you have less time
use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24

balance of power between the
West and the East. What
nonsense! No Syrian I have
ever known. and I have
known with affection many,
has ever thought that as
Syria goes so goes the world.
Now Syria has a left-wing
military government that is,
repeatedly. making soft eyes
at the Russians and the East
ern bloc. Probably half the
Syrians. who have never
been anywhere near unani-
nous about any Syrian gov
ernment in the short lifetime
OF its independence, don't
like this present government.
Neither do any of Syria's
neighbors, with the possible
tbut by no means certain
exception Of Egypt. Pro.
Western Lebanon is thor
oughly irritated with Syria
for reasons that have little to
do with the West East strug-
gle. Ditto Cor more sol Iraq.
Jordan, walking a tightrope,
is displeased. Intransigently
anti-Com munist Saudi
Arabia is annoyed. Israel,
always sounding the interna-
tional tocsin against any
Arab state, is evoking the
spirit Of Joshua.
But no Arab state. ore Is
rael either, unless assured
OF Western support. is go
ing TO take any overt action.
How can they? The Eastern
Mediterranean is guarded by
the United States 9Th Flee
and air bases from Turkey
TO North Africa. The Rus.
slams are, for military pur-
poses, light years away. and
every Arab statesman knows
II.
So what does this great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Common Sense on Middle East

power do? It rushes arms TO
Syria's neighbors in the midst
Of high-powered publicity
and one has to have been In
the newspaper trade for some
time TO see how such things
click. Bleachers are built in
Amman (Jordan) from which
to view tunder klieglights)
the arrival Of the American
airlift Of arms.
So what happens?
Even the most friendly
Arab states are beginning TO
backtrack-not because the
American policy is intrin-
sically wrong tit is mott but
because the way 1t Is carried
out Is unimaginative and
therefore stupid.
There are influences play
ing upon the State Depart
ment that would really like
TO incite a military show
down In the Arab Middle
East. and everyone knows
who they are. But the Presi-
dent and Secretary Dulles do
not desire this showdown.
They only play like as II.
Dulles just does not under
stand the mid Twentieth
century or that gunboat dip
diplomacy doesn't work any
more. He does not even make
gunboat diplomacy. He makes
Hi-Fi Hollywood and TV
diplomacy. And anyone who
knows anything at all about
the Arab Middle East--even
as little as ! do-can predict
the reaction, as indeed we did
a few columns back.
Dulles should keep his shirt
on or America will eventually
lose It's pants. Diplomacy is
not a series Of publicity stunts
and Great Powers don't meet
press agents. They need TO
exercise dignity, restraint
Rnd common sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24

mates spread the word that
he was unhappy about the
White House failure to take
a stronger lead on the Arkan-
sas matter. But he was said
to be out Of town and return
ing here only in time to pre-
sent q station wagon to Roy
Sievers. the hometown home
run king, at Grifith Stadium.
Many practical politicians
were expressing the view that
the Little Rock situation,
short Of presidential action,
would get much worse before
1t got better. Yet they were
unusually discreet In their re-
marks for public consump-
ton, realizing that only the
President could act for the
country.
1t seemed to them that he
must act, but they have had
such thoughts on other &C.
casions when he chose to
sweat it out instead. Even
among his own stan there
was no great confidence that
he would move as he now
has done.
There are no copperheads
in Washington tonight. The
President will get the bene-
mt Of every doubt and there
are no influential bitter-end
voices raised here against
him. The Southern moder-
ates managed to give him
a civil rights compromise
and they have been notice.
ably still as the Little Rock
affair unfolded.
It is a bad break that the
Southern Governors should
now be meeting which
gives Gov. Orval Faubus a
forum. But even there such
balanced leaders as Gov
Luther Hodges Of North
Carolina, conference chair
man, are trying TO keep the
lid on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24

danger that within the next
year some Of the many field
marshals who believe In the
Moscow type of coexistence
may come to office. Commu-
mist activities in the country
are on a large scale.
We must recognize that If
any one link in the present
Europe-Middle East-Far East
chain breaks there will be q
real danger that the whole
thing may come apart and
we may be faced with the
unpleasant situation Of hav-
ing to pull back to Fortress
America. This Is not the
conclusion Of this reporter,
who is not qualified to make
such strategic judgments. It
is the considered opinion,
based on serious studies, of
some Of the most distin-
guished American and allied
professional military men in
the field with whom I had
many hours Of -the-record
talks.
Nobody can forecast at
present whether the next
war will be nuclear or con-
ventional. The consensus Of
many observers who have
watched closely the recent
disarmament debates in Lon
don is that the Russians are
pushing hard to obtain q
long nuclear holiday. They
feel superior to US in con-
ventional warfare.
It Is becoming increasingly
evident that America cannot
maintain in the present cold
war ground forces which
would nearly match those Of
the USSR and Communist
China. They are too costly
for the hard-pressed Ameri-
can taxpayer. The same can
be said Of our Western part
ners who have already begun
to reduce sharply their man
power.
The British have decided
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-24
It's been in the family for ll5 years

This picture Schar family outing taken in 1885 The two bearded
gentlemen in the foreground Macmillan Schae
the Schaeer brewery lis this month in
Producing kind Of beerspng angy lager beer 1t
was an overnight success Il for American beer.
That little brewery like America ITSELF has in size and stature with
the passing years The bote kegs today
be counted in the millions
family including the fourth geneaon still bews
Scher bewth pride heritage brewing beer its bewh
dedication to the motto, Or hand has NsDw lost its Skill
Evening star., 1957-04-15
|P. U. Names Belt
To Executive Post

Norman B. Belt was named to.
day as executive secretary of the
District Public Utilities Commits.
sion succeeding the late Elmo j
IMilligan.
Mr.. Belt has been engineer fol
the commission with which hi
has been associated since August
1889. His original position wa;
that Of inspector craftsman.
A graduate of the University
Iof Maryland, he received q
bachelors degree in civil engi.
lneering in 1888. He received q
law degree from the Nationa
University Law School in l94C
and was admitted to the District
bar in 194l.
In World War II he served two
and half years in the Army and
saw service in Europe with the
42d (Rainbow) Division. He wal
discharged as a second lieuten-
ant.
He resides in Hyattsville with
his wife and their daughter.
Evening star., 1957-04-15
5 Halls Dedicated
At Stute COLLEGE

PRINCESS ANNE, Md, April
is (SpeciaD DIR. Thomas B.
Symons, member Of the Univer-
isity of Maryland Board of Re-
gents and former acting presi-
dent. participated yesterday in
the dedication and naming OF
five buildings at Maryland
State College, a division of the
university here.
Among the buildings named
and dedicated were the Joseph
r. Waters Cafeteria. the John
A.. B Wilson Classroom Build
ing. the Frank J. Trigg Agricul-
tural Hall. Somerset Hall and
Hartford Hall.
DR.. Symons made the princi-
pal address at the ceremony.
Mr.. Waters was one OF the
founders Of the college. Mr..
Wilson was a lecturer and social
Evening star., 1957-04-15

Assessments for tax purposes
run about one-third Of market
value in Fairfax County. The
shopping center would produce
about $130.000 at the present
rate Of taxation. A proposal fol
a business license that would
have drawn a big take from
Seven Corners was killed by the
Board Of Supervisors.
Increase Short Of Record
Most Of the remainder Of the
increase in assessments is from
new housing developments in
the rapidly growing county.
Although the $40 million rep
resented a big jump. it was not
"a one year record. The biggest
increase since the 1850 reassess-
ment was a jump of $54 million
from 1855 to 1856.
Figures showing property as
sessments since 1851 are: Sl6s
million in 1851. $l83 million ir
1852. $2l1 million in 1858: $237
million in 1854, $273 million ir
1855, and 1927 million in 1856