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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05
Crisis in San Morino

Although all Is not quite placid at
the moment In the Most Serene Republic
OF San Marine, the trouble there seems
actually to be more picturesque than
serious. The Communists have been IN
control Of the little country ever since
the end Of the Second World War, but
now, as result Of several OBJECTIONS
among them. they have suddenly become
q parliamentary minority. This means
that they have lost their constitutional
right to rule, and so the anti-Red oppo-
sition has replaced them with new
government, which has promptly won
diplomatic recognition from italy ana
the United States.
The Communists, OF course, have
been loudly protesting that their ousted
regime is still the only legal one. How
ever. although they have talked about
resistance and are said to have some
old-fashioned rifles. they realize that
most Of their $4,000 countrymen are
paying no attention to them, ana they
do not appear to want any outbreak Of
physical violence. As matter Of fact,
the Reds Of San Marino- which claims
TO be the smallest and Oldest republic
IN the world-have long displayed q kind
OF well-mannered mildness and anlia-
bility that has set them apart from the
Marxist breed elsewhere. During their
years Of governing control. for example,
the main objective Of their foreign pol
icy has been to attract free-spending
capttalistic visitors to their tiny country.
q Ss-sQuare-mile encIave IN the italian
Apennines. No Iron Curtain for theml
So 1t seems probable that these reIa-
lively genial Communists, although they
may fuss and shout q little bit more.
win soon bow to the inevitable ana cease
pretending that they are stiIl the gov
erning party. After all, they have to
make living, and the best way for them
to- do that is to keep on encouraging
tourists " drop In on San Marine as
a peacefa y interesting and delightful
place to visit. That is why the present
"crisis" there may be viewed with calm.
Too bad that trouble elsewhere in the
world could not always be as mild as
this Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05
Soviet Quiz Show

Radio Moscow, apparently as part Of
an enort to measure the size Of its audi
ence In the free world, has started
quiz show for Its English-lanRuage
listeners. The questions, q total Of
Z seven, are all calculated to reflect glory
on the Soviet system, ana anybody
sending In the correct answers by Oc-
tober Is Is promised . prize Of one sort
or another-maybe camera, or phono-
graph records, or stamps, or something
like that.
Interesting as this may be, however,
how much more exciting would be q
Soviet radio or Tv program permitting
some Russian Hal March to ask pointed
and fortnight questions Of the vast
captive audience behind the Iron Cur
tain. Question one, for example, might
60 as follows: Can you tell US why the
kremlin refuses to permit free elections
In any place under its control?"
Answer: We'll. comrade. II you want
nae to be frank, we do not have such
elections because they would sweep
away all Communist rule"
Similarly, a second question might
be this: How many e-independent
European countries are now totally or
almost totally suppressed and ensIaved-
and by whom?" Answer: Sorry I can't
remember the exact number, but know
they include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania,
Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and
Hungary-all subjected to the tight con-
troll, with some small loosening for the
Poles, Of our great and glorious Soviet
government" And the Russian Hal
March might then ask, "You mentioned
Hungary; can you recall anything special
about that?" Answer: "Oh, yes. When
the people Of that country rebelled last
fall and tried to win back their freedom,
our great and glorious Soviet govern
ment smashed them with naked military
force"
AS a ANAL illustration, this type Of
Soviet quiz show for people behind the
Iron Curtain might also feature the
following question: Nov, for our "a 900
ruble prize, am going TO give you q
quotation. Here II is: II Finland, II
Poland, II the Ukraine break away from
Russia, there is nothing bad about that.
:. Anyone who says there is, is chau-
Whist. E. e.. No nation can be free II 1t
Expresses other nations Can you tell us
who wrote that2" Answer: Indeed, I
can. It was written in May, 1917, by
Vladimir nyich Lenin, the guiding ge-
MUS Of our Bolshevik revolution"
Nut Al thiais only . dream. ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05
Secrecy Trouble

The helated decision OF the Archi-
tect Of the Capitol to make public q
secret report pretty well clears up the
position Of architectural consultants on
the controversial extension Of the Capt.
tolls east front. It is unfortunate, how
ever, that 1t took q direct attack on
Capitol Architect Stewart to smoke out
the report.
Mr.. Stewart, In q report to q con-
gresSional commission several weeks ago,
had said q panel Of prominent archi-
tectural advisers concurred In plans to
extend the central portion Of the
Capitol S21z feet between the House and
Senate wings. Architectural Forum
magazine this week attacked the Stew
art statement. It said the consultants
really opposed the extension, and went
along with the plan only because Con-
gress already had decided on the extern
sion. The hitherto secret report Of the
architectural advisers to Mr.. Stewart.
however, shows that neither side has
told the whole story.
It shows that the architects, as the
magazine alleges, did not like the idea
Of extending the central portion alone.
But 1t also shows that they did In fact
support 1t enthusiastically, on the con-
dition that at some future time the
House and Senate wings also are ex-
tended S2h feet eastward. This, the
architects argued, would serve to pre-
serve the historic inner court" appear
ance Of the Capitol front. Mr.. Stewart,
In his formal report, mentioned the wing
extensions as q recommendation for the
future, but he didn't give It the emphasis
the architects did.
1. The point to be made now IS that
q great deal Of needless confusion could
have been avoided II the architects
report had been made public In the first
place. Mr.. Stewart, and the House.
Senate commission he represents, should
realize that q great many people are
interested in the Capitol programmed
that the best chance Of getting needed
improvements accomplished is to keep
the fun story before the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

Hence the name, Elephant
Court.
As we recall. 1t was on the
east side Of Sixteenth street,
near s street.
The man who had the
most to do with the court
was q telephone company
man. hence the big posts.
They gave the whole af-
fair an imposing look. as II
some giant or other had
come down to earth and Get
up . big pen of some kind
to hold Q days catch Of hu-
mans.
And the pen was often full
Of scurrying figures. but they
were not trying to get out,
they were Just playing an
interesting and picturesque
game. Of ancient lineage. and
historic Importance.
In one of Shakespeare's
plays q king of France Of
Tended English majesty by q
gift Of tennis balls.
Wen send them back to
him." fumed the king, but
they viii be Of steel"
-
One interesting player on
that old court IN the evening
was q man later to become
famous as q leader in Amer
ica's 1irst application Of the
draft to military service.
This man had q keen,
bright eye. and q sharp, in
Quisitive mind, but he also
liked children. and took an
instant liking to young Temp
Jones. who ct that time was
almost small enough for the
wind to blow away.
The Old Man, as young
Jones called him. was q bit
fussy about those small
stones.
He reproved the boys once
for leaving several where his
foot came In contact with
them.
Temp thought he would Ak
him next time. 80 after he
and the other boys had gath
cred all the stones they could
md, he went down on one
hand and two knees.
In the other hand he held
q small magnifying glass.
What are you doing,
Temp" asked the Old Man,
whose sight already was be-
ginning to fall.
II am looking for the
stones you said we left" re-
piled Templeton Jones.
Whereupon the Old Man,
who had a good sense Of
humor too, broke into as
bic q laugh IS was ever heard
On the court with the bic
pOSte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05

win denomination and re-
election may be able to have
the California delegation 10
the 1860 Republican National
Convention committed TO
him. These are risks Mr..
Nixon cannot avoid, In all
probability, for Senator
Knowland, too. IL an am
bilious man.
On the other hand, II
knight and Knowland kill
each other on, and Attorney
General Pat Brown, an ex-
pected Democratic candidate,
should be elected Governor
next year, the California
delegation to the Republican
National Convention should
be Mr.. Nixon's for the ask
ing. For he remains Vice
President, with many, many
friends throughout the coun-
try, particularly among the
party leaders. The only fly
in the ointment would be the
fact that California had gone
Democratic In 1858.
Rumor Of Deal" Denied
There have been frequent
rumcrs that Mr.. Nixon and
Senator Knowland have
made q deal, whereby Mr..
Nixon win support the SEN
ator for the gubernatorial
nomination, and that Know
land win stand aside for Mr..
Nixon when It comes to the
presidential nomination in
1860. Both have denied any
deal Of any kind. Out In
Ohio several years ago two
Republican leaders In high
ONCE resolved their differ
ences over Q presidential
nomination In friendly fash
ion, the then Gov. John
Bricker-now Senator-and
the late Senator Bob Taft.
In 1910. Gov. Bricker sup
ported Senator Taft for the
presidential nomination, and
in 1914 Senator Taft gave
Bricker his chance - and
Bricker wound up with q vice
presidential nomination. In
1915 Bricker was elected to
the Senate and supported
Taft for the nomination in
1898 and again In 1852. The
California Republicans
might take . Leaf out Of that
book. Mr.. Nixon is a years
old and Senator Knowland
~. Both have time.
Senator Knowland's with
drawal from the 1858 Sen
ate race. leaves Q free-for-
all on the Republican side,
with Mayor George Chris
TOPPER Of San Francisco
leading, and Representative
Clair Engle on the Demo-
cratic side. Both are likely
to have opposition. Mr..
Engle's race Is largely con-
tingent on Pat Brown be-
coming q candidate for Gov
ernor. II Mr.. Brown doesn't,
then Mr.. Engle VIII stick to
his important place in the
House, it Is said. Mr.. Engle
has said he wiz make no
announcement until the
California Democratic Couf-
ell meets in January and
makes an Endorsement. Other
possible Democratic candi.
dates are State Senator Rob-
ert I. Mccarthy and Alan
Cranston. chairman Of the
Democratic Council.
Pat Brown is q real threat
in the gubernatorial race. He
is Q conservative Democrat
with many Republican
friends. No radical Democrat
appears to have Q chance In
California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05
THE POLITICAL MIL
Will California Race Hurt Nixon?
By GOULD LINCOLN


Once again. Il 10 . case Of
the bystander, IN California
politics, with Vice President
Richard N. Nixon in the
title role. VIII he get hurt?
WIN he even remain Q by
stander In the battle now
building up between Senator
William p. Knowland and
Gov. Goodwin J. knight
fer the Republican guberna-
t0rial nomination next year?
Mr.. Nixon alone can answer
the second question, and the
voters Of California win take
care Of the second.
As Of today, the Vice
President Is saying nothing
publicly about the Know
land-Knight contest. What he
may do as time goes on re-
mains TO be seen. 30 far as
his once knows, he has no
plans to return TO California
for an extended stay. His
only present engagement tax
ing him TO his home State Is Q
speaking engagement October
Is before an international
business organization In San
Francisco. He Is to fly out
there for one night only. His
alternatives appear to be to
continue aloof from the GU
bernatorial race, TO support
Knowland. with whom he
has maintained q personal
friendly relationship. or to
support knight. who has
frequently attacked Mr..
Nixon and Who IN 1856 sup
ported q move to Gust Mr..
Nixon from the Republican
national ticket. The third
alternative seems TO be out
Of the picture. Whether he
can continue Q hands-od at
titude when the going gets
hot IN the struggle for the
gubernatorial nomination -
or whether he win care to
do so-is not clear yet. The
primary election takes place
next June.
NixOn's Advantages
In one respect. Mr.. Nixon
occupies an advantageous
situation. He does not have
to say anything about right
to-work bills which could
come before the California
Legislature and which have
become an issue between the
Governor and the Senator.
Nor does he have to declare
his support Of President Ii
senhower which has been OBJ
vious. knight Is seeking to
wrap an Eisenhower mantle.
about himself while declar-
ing that Knowland. although
Republican leader Of the
Senate. has opposed the
President on important is
sues. To this, Knowland re-
plies that his record Of Ei-
senhower support leads that
Of al other Republican SEN
ators.
Looking at the situation
from the long-range point
Of view-that is. toward the
Republican presidential nom
nation Of I060-Vice Presi-
dent Nixon. who clearly is a
potential and q receptive
candidate, could be threat
ened by either Knight or
Knowland should either be
Governor Of California in
1860. Senator Knowland.
while asserting strongly he is
running for Governor with
every intention Of serving in
that once. left the door open
for Q draft by his followers
for q presidential nomination
in 1860. And Gov. Knight,
an ambitious man, II he can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05

men Of the Kremlin win never sponsor
such quiz show. either ct home or
abroad. as long as they fear the truth
and practice the technique Of the big
lie as feverishly as they 90. still, II the
old adage Is sound. the truth Is bound
to triumph over them one OF these days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05

As cities MI with houses,
there are fewer and fewer
tennis courts.
Today's children seldom
see one.
They never have the happy
experience Of helping the
owner or owners take care
Of It.
In the old days. when
many courts existed here, In
what IL now the deep city.
the little ones could be count
ed on for assistance.
Their duty was to scour
the court for pebbles.
On the average court, there
is nothing worse than Q small
stone. on which q player may
slip.
Small fry then loved to
scurry around. shouting out,
IT found onel I found one!"
Their reward was to be
seated on the side Of the
court during q game.
- 80
One may wonder at to-
days children.
They are so filled with
proteins. vitamins and min
erals. and the other good
factors in foods. that they
cannot sit still at any time.
Yesterdays children had q
better balance. perhaps, be-
tween activity and nom
activity, between restraint
and action. between morals
and the lack thereof.
In the old days, say around
1900 or q little later, there
was no such thing as treat
ing q small child for too
much activity.
Yet this very thing &C
tually occurs in some hos
pitfalls, where the over
active children are given Q
modified form Of ''knock-
out" drops to tone them
down. and even to put them
to sleep.
49,
We wonder II there ia any
Washingtonian now alive
who remembers the great
Elephant Court on Sixteenth
street?
This was not an ofiicial
name. Of course, but lust
the one the children gave II,
and It was q very appro-
pirate one, too, as most kid
nicknames are.
The wire netting. instead
OF being supported by slen-
der wooden or steel stakes,
was held in place by sections
Of telephone poles.
The numbering character
OF these eawed-oR poles re-
minded aome imaginative
child eve wonder WhoY) 81
elsphAnt lagA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-05

AS to the segregationists
having respect for the law,
that should apply TO judges
and everybody else; but first
there should be q law to
respect.
Nobody objects to the do
coolers and sob-sisters inte-
grating with the Negroes; the
only objection Is having them
Try 70 force II down the
threats Of those Who want to
b. tagrOgated. ztO too bad
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-04-04
Changes In Park
ersonne|; Roads
To Be Open Soon

GLACIER PARK - tSpcciaD -
With the sun getting warmer and
the snow clearing away. Glacier
Park Is beginning to look more
like spring every day. Prepare.
tions are being made for II on
several fronts.
Several changes in personnel
have been announced By j. ".
Emmcrt. Park Superintendent.
II. Gordon Bender. recently of
SequOia. has been named Chief
Ranger TO succeed Elmer Flad.
mark. Robert j. Murphy will
succeed Harold J. Estcy as Dis.
trict Ranger for the West Lakes
District. Elvin +. Aabcrg Is the
new ranger at Walton and Carl
l.. Wikstrom becomes Personnel
Officer.
Another change moves John
Higgins. ranger nj East Glacier.
up to Special Services Ranger
assigned to park headquarters.
In the Northern part Of the
Glacicr.W atcrton Lakes Inter.
national Peace Park. 7. W. Pierce
has been named Park Supcrintcn.
dent to succeed ]. II. Atkinson,
Superintendent for nearly six
years. Mr.. Pierce has been
named Park Superintendent 10
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-04-04
Services Held Today
Al Chotoav For
William Armstrong;

Funeral services were held to.
day. Thursday. at 2 p. m. in the
Choteau Methodist church for
William Armstrong. ~. who died
at his ranch home 10 miles north
of Browning last Tuesday. Cause
Of death was given as probable
coronary thrombosis.
Born December Is. 1915 in
Conrad. Armstrong came to this
community In 1855 from Dupu.
yer. lie was married to Maxine
Angel. December 8. 1855 and the
couple made their home on 4
ranch In the Milk River area
north Of here.
Survivors include his mother
and father. Walter and Annie
Theresa Armstrong Of Cho,eau:
two sisters. Mrs. Candacc Ness
and Mrs. Cleo Cox. both of Great
Falls. and three brothers. Gene.
Bynum Winford and Herbert, all
Of Chotcau.
The body was brought to the
Beck Funeral Home In Browning
from where II was transferred to
Choteau for services and inter.
mcnt. Services were conducted
by Rev. Grant Moore.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-04-04

cast for many miles to Helena,
the cost Of the hundreds of
pounds of special clay required
in the making a model of such
size was an effective means of
eliminating the average artist.
Time, too, enters into the pic
ture. With the drafting and an.
nouncing of the final rules. most
artists were left with only few
weeks in which to complete their
entry. This makes the task more
difficult in that, with the possible
exception Of one or two, the
other c0mpeti.,A artists find
themselves confronted with max.
ing a living at some other type
Of work. . . sculpturing not offer.
ing a substantial livelihood in this
state.
Most artists are in possession
of moro determination than
money. and so il was with Bob
when he finally decided TO com.
plctc his statue.
Ills incomplete model already
resembles lI0niana's great arts,
in great detail. as he was known
to those who really knew him.
and the old,imcrs vino have
viewed the statue say il vii walk
when Bob gets thru.
Bob Is asking those who are in
possession of original pictures
and photographs T.: Charlie Rus.
sell for the H. u! ,lcm. they
will be of grca, help IL the mold.
ing of the detailed finishing
touches. and will be retained.
SERVER has announced that
casts of his original two.fooi
model are new available at $500
and tina, orders may be placed
with him now. Delivery vii! be
made following the clos...g Of
the contest.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-04-04
Indian Welfare Problems
Aired At Spokane Meeting
0f Affiliated Indian Tribes

The Affiliated Tribes of the
Northwest, whose purpose is to
promote and protect the interests
of American Indians and who are
seeking to overcome the made
quate economic opportunities
confronting the Indians, met
March II and IL. in Spokane,
Washington where the executive
council endorsed numerous bills
dealing with individual and trib.
al land matters.
Attending from the Blackfcct
reservation were Walter S. Wet
eel, Chairman of the Blackfcct
Tribal Council. Peter Rcdhorn
and Robert l.aFromboisc, Coun-
Gil members.
Most of the bills endorsed were
those which had been introduced
in the 85th Congress. In general,
all of these bills are aimed at
rehabilitating the Indians, pvovid-
ing better health facilities with
increased Federal grants, voca-
tional training programs for In
dian children and adults, for con.
StructiOn of facilities on the res.
crvations to provide employment
and to stimulate industrial dc.
vclopment on the reservation.
In brief. they are ways in which
individual members of Congress
feel that the standard of living
of Indians can be improved.
One of the most important bills
endorsed at this meeting was
$500, co-sponsored by Senators
Murray and Mansfield. With re.
gard to this bill upon which a
hearing was held by the subcom.
mittce on Indian Affairs We'd.
nesday. March -. Senator Mike
Mansfield had this to say:
las you may know am deep.
ly interested in resolving the
numerous problems that confront
these people. both on and off
the reservation. There are far
too many instances of Indians
living in squalor and poverty due
to lack of education. employ.
ment opportunities and job train.
ing"
He further said Il have felt
for some time that the Federal
Government has failed 10 assume
its proper responsibilities for this
country's first citizens.
One Of the most important
provisions in this legislation is
that which provides for cstab.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-04-04
Tribal Covnei! Votes
To Appeal Decision
On Oil.Gas Agreement

i, meeting held by the Black.
feet Tribal Business Council on
March % the Council went on
reco.d to file an appeal to the
Commissioners decision regard.
ing the Tribal Oil Development
agreement. 4 roll call vote was
taken with q for the motion and
! against.
Alr. Blcwiit Of Great Falls. At.
torncy for the Tribal OH Dcvcl.
opmcn, Company. Is In Washing.
ton. y. G.. to file a written ap.
peal on the ruling Of the Com.
missioner Of Indian Affairs on
the OH and Gas agreement be-.
tween this company and the
Blarkfcct Tribe.
Las, September the Council
had announced II entered into a
:Oyrar agreement with the Trib.
al Development company com.
prisvd Of Wilfrcd Sadrau. Cut
Ba"k: Thornton Davis. San An.
tonic. Texas: J. l.. Mclaughlin.
Great Fails: ". II. Mcdonald.
Browning. and the Cardinal
Drilling Company.
Early In February Senator
James Murray made public a
letter to the Tribal Secretary
stating the Indian Bureau would
net approve the agreement.
One Of tho clauses In the agrc.
cnicnt was said to be- In contadic.
ton with the Tribal constitution.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1957-04-04
Hearings Held On
Legislation Marked
To Aid Indians

Hearings were held by the In.
terror Subcommittee, Wednesday
March q, where representatives
of numerous Indian tribes advo-
Gated a bill by score of Sena-
tors to provide economic assist.
ance for American Indians.
This bill is $500 sponsored by
Senator LANCER D-N. d.. setting
forth a Point Four Program for
Indians. The bill has been co.
sponsored by Senators Murray
and Mike Mansfield.
If enacted, this legislation
would set up a liberal loan and
grant program for individual In.
dams and tribes to enable them
to establish enterprises and other
activities.
The executive director of the
North Dakota Indian Affairs
Commission said the Indians
want steady employment at or
near their homes.
The executive director of the
National Congress OF American
Indians said most Indian tribes
have stated economic develop
ment Is essential to better solu-
ton to problems of health. cdu.
cation. housing and delinquency.
Arthur Lazarus. Jr.. Washing
ton attorney for the Blackfeet
Tribe and Arizona Indians. was
one Of the witnesses who appear
ed in behalf of the bill.