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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Square dancing. and oil
painting!
Actually what he is getting
in for is to be the grocery
purchasing agent, and the gro
Gerry delivery man.
He also may be allowed to
do the family wash. if he is
mediumly expert in machinery.
and If he isn't. he can sweep
the leaves of the front walk
in season.
Above all, he can sleep as
late as he wants to.
This. Temp Jones says,
seems the greatest boon of all
to the retired men.
Think what 1t means, not to
have to answer that blamed
alarm clock!
No longer must he shave
every morning.
No longer does he have to
let the dog out and get the cat
in, run for the bus, miss it.
stand and wait patiently, fall
into place when one finally
comes along, be wedged be-
tween two fat ladies and two
fat men, be jostled and jum-
bled around for 7 miles, and
land at last more exhausted
than II he had done q days
work.
No doubt it is good. for a
time. to be retired" from all
this.
But that very word, re
tired" has an ominous ring
to it.
Let Americas honest young
workingmen stop fooling them
selves
The little death called ire
tirement" Is not as far away
as they think in their vigorous
young manhood.
The fated age. when modern
industry says you are through.
will be here before you know it.
Try to figure out. while yet
you may, who foisted this re-
tirement idea on you. and
whether 1t is not just another
way Of pushing you over the
cliff at last.
Oil painting. and square
dancing, and travel time
These things won't make It
any better, despite the fact
that people who want to sell
paints, and dance records, and
tickets and gas. whoop it up for
the simply scrumptious time
you are going to have. ha.
ha. ha. and tee hee hee.
"Hokum," says Templeton @.
Jones.
And where did you get that
middle initial. Mr.. Jones?
1T stands for Question
mark" grins Temp Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

About 20 years ago, my hus-
band took insurance with the
Department of the Interior
Beneficial Association, which
is now about to be forced out
of business by the Federal
Government. Please help to
protect this and similar poll
cies by mandatory legislation
requiring the United States
Civil Service Commission to
acquire these policies.
If my husband and / had
put our savings in a bank, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration would have protected
and insured them!
If we had put our savings
in a farm. the soil bank pro-
gram would have protected and
insured some income.
II we had put our savings
in airline or certain other
stocks and bonds, Federal sub
sides would have protected
and insured them.
II we were citizens Of q
foreign country. the foreign
aid program would help US:
but my husband is q veteran
of World War I. and fought
for and paid taxes to the
United States.
II you had insurance on
yourself and family. would you
want the Federal Government
to put those insurance COM
panies out Of business? Some
beneficial associations policies
have been taken over. but some
have not. Is that not discrimi-
nation and unfair. If not lille
gal"?
Y~-~n A-a-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
ON THE RECORD
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
The Richards Mission Couldn't Succeed

tient. and quiet diplomacy. It
requires listening as well as
talking. and the avoidance Of
any suspicion Of craftsmanship.
But the Richards mission
was publicized from the begin
ming as q selling campaign.
Richards set out with a
mandate from the President
and q well-advertised pocket
full Of gold" TO bring home the
bacon. It was publicized in adj
vance also that he would have
to be invited. which limited his
visits to those countries that
had already turned their backs
on the Soviets or had never
had any truck with them, and
would naturally like to be re-
warded for so doing.
1t barred him from those
countries which are leaning
toward the Soviets, where the
services Of a confidential en-
voy Of the President might
have been very useful-notably
in Syria. Egypt. and Jordan.
Baked by Publicity
Nothing prevented Richards
from visiting those countries
except the advance drum
beating publicity and the coy
fishing for an official invita-
ton, which made the receiv-
ing Of Richards a commitment
in itself. Ambassadors Moose
in Damascus and Hare in Cairo
could have suggested to Presi-
dent Kuwatly. Messrs. Assali
and Bittar premier and For
eign Ministers of Syria) and
President Nasser of Egypt that
a gentleman was in town whom
it might be interesting for
them to meet because he was
in immediate touch with Eli
Senhower and was making
soundings for the Presidents
enlightenment.
With Egypt, Richards could
have taken up a real doctrine
tif we have one) regarding the
canal, saying that the United
States is indisposed to use it
as long as the owner retains
the right to close it unilater-
ally at will. and that we do
not like interim" agreements
but seek firm ones.
But this. the only crucial
point in the canal negotia-
tions, should have been set
tied before a single impede
ment to canal traffic was re-
moved at their own expense
by the users.
It is impossible to conduct
diplomacy on the basis of a
doctrine whose implementa-
ton is uncertain or while a
blow-by-blow account is cur
rently appearing in the press.
BY this method every setback
and gain are exaggerated and
gates are closed that need
not be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
Strictly for Defense

Treasury Secretary Humphrey has
condensed into his brief testimony before
the Senate Finance Committee the most
persuasive reasons why the emergency
amortization program for industry should
be limited to strictly defense" require
ments. Legislation to assure this lin1ita-
ton has been introduced by Senator
Byrd, and 1t was in support Of the meas
ure that Mr.. Humphrey testified.
Purpose Of the program, initiated
during World War II and revived during
the Korean action, was to encourage the
investment Of industrial capital in plant
expansion essential to defense mobiliza-
ton. BY allowing companies to amortize
expansion costs over a five-year period,
rather than the normally allowable depre-
citation span, the Government obtained
guarantees Of increased defense produc-
ton while the participating concerns or
set their investment costs by tax savings.
1t is the operation Of the program in the
postemergency period. however, that has
drawn warranted criticism, summed up
by Mr.. Humphrey.
One Of the first complaints involves
direct cost to the Treasury. BY charging
OF their plant investments In five years.
companies are relieved for that period
Of all or much Of their tax obligation.
Although their subsequent tax liability
rises accordingly-so there Is no final
loss In revenues to the Government
Mr.. Humphrey estimated that Govern
ment borrowing to Offset lower corpora
ton tax collections during the period Of
grace will cost about IS billion in interest
charges. This budgetary item, plus the
impact Of the stimulated spending for
plant expansion, adds further to current
inflationary pressure. Perhaps even more
important as far as the overall economy
Is concerned Is the fact that the rapid
amortization is not applied universally
and that sooner or later It creates a
competitive imbalance. The Secretary
pointed out that many of the facilities
granted fast write-offs eventually will
be used to supply civilian demand. At
such time, he added, "there inevitably
will be dislocations and unfair advantages
between whole industries-and individual
companies within an industry" The
better alternative, he concluded, to enable
industry to accumulate It's own invest
ment capital from current income is TO
lower tax rates-not for favored groups,
but for all the people.
President Eisenhower, at his news
conference, Endorsed the move to curtail
this emergency amortization program.
Administratively, the once Of Defense
Mobilization already has cut It back sub
stantially. Congress would be justihed
In enacting legislation TO confine the
concessions I'd real defense needs. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

Q. Please list some unusual
pseudonyms which have been
used by well-known writer's Of
the past. @.
A. A list published 90 years
ago includes: Abel Shufiiebot-
tom Robert Southey); Alco-
fribus Master Francois Rabe-
lais); Cantell A. Bigly George
w. Peck): Chrystal Croftangry.
Malachi Malagrowther. and
Jedediah Cleishbotham tSir
Walter Scott): George Fitz-
doodle. Michael Angelo Tit
marsh (Thackeray); Jonathan
Oldstyle washington irving:
Rev. Petroleum Vesuvius Nasty
david Ross Locke; Publius
alexander Hamilton; Poor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

Inc Hlcnar0S mission 10
the Middle East fell short Of
being q success. It's essential
purpose was not clear. and it
was carried out with the tact
and delicacy Of q bulldozer.
(This was not the fault Of
Representative Richards.)
Unclarity arises from call
ing the policy decided on last
winter q doctrine-the Essen
hover doctrine"
A doctrine is q precept.
something set down as true
and valid concerning q partic-
ular department of knowledge,
as religion. science. or politics.
The Monroe Doctrine is
properly so-called. It states
that the United States will
regard as an unfriendly act
any attempt by any European
power to interfere with the
purpose of controlling or to
plant any colonies in any part
Of the Western Hemisphere.
Nothing could be clearer.
Regard as an unfriendly act"
means in diplomatic language
"intolerable." The Monroe
Doctrine means that the
United States by all means,
including armed force, will
prevent any European state
from obtaining control Of any
nation in the New World.
Our Government never
needed to send any special
missions abroad to explain
this doctrine. 1t was as self
explanatory as q mo Tres
passing" sign.
No FOrthrightness
II the Eisenhower Middle
Eastern program means that
any advance, directly or in
directly, Of Communist con-
troll over any state in the Mid
die East will be regarded as
an unfriendly act. i.e., as an
invitation ITO war, it could
properly be called a doctrine.
The sending of the 9Th Fleet
to the Eastern Mediterranean
during the Jordan crisis would
then have been self-explana-
tory.
But in these mealy-mouthed
days when great powers must.
in theory at least. submit their
policies to q majority of states,
some Of them representing
fewer people than a medium
sized American city, nothing
can be fortnight.
So what is called q doctrine
is. in fact. an emergency pro-
gram to win as many as pos
sible Of the Middle Eastern
states to cooperate with the
United States, by offers of
military and economic aid. and
to isolate the states that won I
play ball.
Such q program. which
neither states nor implies an
ultimatum. requires subtle. pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

solely for defensive purposes-to deter
attack or to strike back with major force
in case of attack.
Accordingly, If the Chinese Commu-
nists are not planning to commit agrees
sion, they need not worry about our Mata-
dor group. As for Formosa itself, 1t has
good reason to welcome the units pres
ence as additional protection against the
threat implicit in the Red military build
up that has been going on across the
way on China's mainland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
Primuveru

The ancient lilac bush no
longer blooms.
It's royal days OF purple haze
gone by::
but stiil It's branches NTH the
iDilloD Ute
IN smelling buds-hrst green
on the old looms
for springs fresh tapestry.
Accepting gracefully a lesser
role
than blossom and perfume.
the heart-shdped ledues bring
courage to the soul
that, like the lilac, wedrs no
fowevy plume.
MyIo 10 Closer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
"PALIsADE LANE

Dear Sir:
Thank you for that 1ine
column on growing old am.
too. and rather like 1t. / was
so glad you avoided mentioning
'super-60' clubs. hobbies, etc.
Il hope I will die before I
resort to square dancing with
another 'super-60.'
And as to hobbies, my
children are keeping me well
supplied now have eight
grandchildren from . to 2. and
with these I don't really have
time to take up square dancing
or oil painting.
Il am trying to be a house.
cat 50 I can wear my years
gracefully and l hope eventu-
ally to just disappear like the
old birds-I like that idea.
And as for your summing
up paragraphs. they couldn't
have been better. With kindest
regards and best wishes for
your continued graceful aging.
Sincerely. M. NJ"
Square dancing and oil
painting. says Templeton Jones.
are not for him. and he sus-
poets not for many others.
A great deal Of gun has
been written about the re-
tired man, no so much about
the retired woman. tShe
doesn't count.)
We are supposed to think
that there Is something mighty
fine about being retired. when
down in the bottom Of each
honest heart turks the suspi-
cion that retirement Is just
Q little pre-death, IS 1t were.
Modern industry seems to
have built UP. with q flourish.
this little prelude to the big
death at the end. Every man
dies twice now.
One is cast OF with hosan-
mas, cakes and ale. amid a
great deal of mock fun. and
onlookers often wonder how
the poor guy manages to stand
1t.
After this ordeal. he is sup
posed to fade away gracefully,
without tears. and especially
without making any fuss about
It Cor coming back to the
ONCE.
Didn't everybody pretend it
was wonderful. and say that
they all envied him?
What more could the fellow
ask?
Now he will have plenty Of
time to travel, everybody says.
and go in for something he
really wanted to do. such As
You have guessed IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
They Deserve Better

Your editorial Of May 3,
They Deserve Better" pre-
sents briefly. but clearly. the
need as well ~ the right OF
retired Federal employees to
have up-to-date retirement
benefits.
The United States Retirement
BENEFITS Association, Inc, COM
posed Of employees and retirees
Of the Federal Government,
works continuously In the in
terest Of all grades Of present
and future retirees, and We
are especially interested. At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

Robin (Robert Herrick): Run
nymeade (Disraeli); Pisistra-
tus Caxton (Bulwer-Lytton)
Boz (Charles Dickens.
@. What kinds Of wares are
included in the term pot
tery"?--P. A.
A. The term Is sometimes
used, inclusively, to cover all
types Of baked wares, earthen.
stone and porcelain. Specifi-
cally, however, 1t applies to all
classes Of baked clay wares
which are not stoneware or
porcelain. In this sense pot
terry Is synonymous with earth
enware. red-ware. black-ware.
primitive ware. and terra Gotta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

this time, in the plight Of the
low-paid retirees who live on
starvation incomes. This neg
lected group should be of con-
Germ not only to other United
States retirees but to employees
and to all citizens of the United
States. especially when money
Is being so lavishly spent
abroad to bring foreigners up
TO our standard of living.
The USRBA has urged the
enactment Of minimum retire.
ment benefits by asking for a
good American standard of liv-
ing for all retirees, including
hospital and medical expenses.
and in 1856 the President, in
answer to our plea, gave as
surance that he favored legis-
lation Of this kind.
John Edwin Stark,
U. 8. Retirement Benefits
Association, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
Thompson on Jordan

I was deeply shocked at
Dorothy Thompson's column
Of May 4, on the Mystical
reasons why Jordan must be
q protected island Of 2eace. ="
There Is, to be sure. a mystical
element In everything. But 1t
Is too sublime, too far beyond
the grasp Of man TO be used rs
q matter of augmentation
and proof. The desire to sub
stitute the mystical for rea-
son is generally regarded as q
symptom Of some mental or
emotional disorder. To one
who remembers. as I do. the
Dorothy Thompson Of the
thirties. 1t Is painful indeed to
notice the metamorphosis Of
. once 50 brilliantly intellec-
tual mind.
There are many good and
valid political as well as hui
manitarian reasons why all
nations Of good will. Israel in
cluded. wish that the King
dom Of Jordan and all Its
neighbors may continue to live
in peace and the status quo
be maintained. Israel's posi-
ton In this respect has been
repeatedly stated by her gov
eminent. There is hardly any
body who wants trouble there
except for Russia and q hand
full Of pro-Soviet Syrian and
Egyptian politicians. Nobody
should know this better than
Miss Thompson, who has Just
recently returned from q trip
TO the Middle East.
Her reference TO Judaism as
q tribe bound religion. with
out universal insight" does not
deserve an answer. II may be
suggested to her never TO ex-
press an opinion on q subject
of which she Is evidently so
completely ignorant.
DR.. Arthur Bogner.
Rabbi. Ezras Israel Congre-
cation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
Shokespeoreon 'Moqic'

Imagination is q wonderful
thing! In the Library Of Con-
gress Gertrude Clarke Whit
tall Poetry Foundation) mag
nation enabled Arnold Moss
and his company Of Broadway
players to present Shakes
peare's Tempest" without
costume and without scenery,
and yet hold the audience
spellbound. AS a dramatic
reading performance 1t ex-
celled any such performance
previously given at the Library
Of Congress. including T. 8.
Eliot's Murder in q Cathe-
dral."
The most remarkable thing
about this reading was that it
surpassed in illusionary hold
upon the audience the best
theatrical performances Of
Shakespeare. This was our
opinion as we lent ourselves
to the magic spell Of the per-
Torrance. And it was the opin-
ion Of others In the audience
who had seen Shakespeare
notably performed In this
country and in England. How
was 1t that Arnold Moss-with
q cast attired in modern
clothes and with no scenery
except a TERED platform at the
center Of the stage-could hold
the audience in such . vital
sense of reality?
It was sheer magic-the
magic Of imagination. The per-
formers. superbly selected and
coached by Moss. wildly felt
and lived their parts. This ex-
preston Of reality pervaded
their voices. movements and
facial expressions.
Perhaps this was mass
hypnotism. At any rate. Arm
old Moss is TO be congratulated
for making Shakespeare live
again, as he must have lived
for his contemporary audi
enees. Here Is q new dramatic
technique. simple and rela-
ing Shakespeare to urban
centers far removed from
Broadway.
Stanwood Cobb,
Director, Chevy Chase
Country Day School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Sy MAJ sC e sS ns Ss
y tnciose Y cent Tor rsturr IostsGs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-11

A Loyal American.
The Sidney herald., 1957-11-28
Mother Cabbini
Court of Catholic
Daughters Meets

Mother Cabrini Court No. 1866
of the Catholic Daughters was
held the evening of Nov. 25 with
Grand Regent, Mrs. Louise Krebs-
bach in charge. The members
met in st. Philomena's school and
refreshments were served after
the meeting.
A permanent meeting date was
set at the 4th Monday of every
month in st. Philomena's school
at 800 p. m.
Several projects were proposed
for the coming year. The Court
decided to work on 2 or 3 local
projects and to start any nation
al projects after the first of the
year.
The refreShment committee was
established for the coming year
of 1858: January - Azalea But
ka, Mary Carranza, Therese Clark;
February - Loretta Conway,
Rosemarie Daehn, Pat Denowh;
March, Tillie Edam, Anna Eg-
gum, Nora Fink; April - Helen
GARNER, Kathryn G~artner, Mary
Hall; May - Amy Harris, Doris
Hillmon. Mary Jensen; June =
Lucille johnson, Mary Jeane
Johnson, Rosa Lewis; July -
Katherine Kaufman, Irma Kley-
steuber. August Marjorie
Knaff, Louise Krebsbach; Sep
TENDER - Joan Krejci, Philomena
Minjares; October Jenny
Moore, Dorothy Olmscheid; No
vember - Eloyce Prichard, June
Schmitz, Pat Schneider; Decem-
Der - Violet Verhasselt, Bever-
ly Witt, Violet Yockim.
These members were requested
to serve at the appointed time
to find a substitute.
The Sidney herald., 1957-11-28
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Patch Return
From Vacation

We left here September 9th
and arrived home November 5th.
We went through South Dakota,
toured the Black Hills, and from
there to Wyoming and then
through Colorado into New Mex
leo. We crossed the Panhandle of
Texas into Oklahoma at Bartles-
vile, Okla. We visited at the
Cliff Prichards, who were our
former neighbors at Brockton,
Montana. While there they took
us to the Will Rogers Memorial
at Claremont, up through Tulsa,
Oklahoma and into Kansas,
where we visited the Albert
Harness and Harrison Willoughby
family, old Montana friends.
When we left Oklahoma we
went through Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, Georgia, Tennessee and N.
Carolina, thru the Cumberland
Gap into Kentucky, and from
there to Indiana. Then we visit
ed at Angola with two sisters of
Mr.. Patch's and among old school
mates of his. Then we went to
Peru, Ind, to visit with cousins
of mine and with our son STAN
ley and family. At South Bend
we went through Notre Dame
college and saw the stadium
where all the big games are
On November 1st we left for
stopping at Willow Riv-
er, Mimi, where we visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fehrs, former
Montana folks. We left from
there for Sidney and our home.
We had a wonderful trip and en-
Ioyed it all, but yet nothing look
ed SO good as "Old Sidney, Mon
Mrs. Paul Patch
The Sidney herald., 1957-11-28
Willis H. Wilson

Final. rites were held Monday
November rs at 200 p. IN. in the
First Lutheran church in Saw
age for Willis H. Wilson, Sc, re-
tired farmer, who died at Com.
munity Memorial Hospital here
Nov. FL of pneumonia. Rev. H
A. Strand, pastor, officiated, anc
the Cloyd-G order Mortuary di-
rected arrangements.
Mr.. Wilson was born at In
dustry, Ill, June 20, 1891, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward VIII
son. At the age of Is he went
TO Snyder, Colorado to work on
farms. He came to Glendive in
1911 and worked on farms in
that area. He married Elgena
Miller at Gibbon, Mimi, Janu-
airy 2, 1913 and they homestead
ed in Wibaux county on. Cotton
wood Creek, east Of the Yellow
stone river. In 1919 he bought a
farm west of Burns and farmed
there until 1888, and then
bought a farm near Savage. He
retired in 1856 and since then
has lived in Sidney.
He served on the Richland
County Fair Board, was a Trus-
tee of Burns School Dist. 80 and
was on the board of directors Of
Lower Yellowstone REA.
Surviving are his wife at home,
a daughter, Mrs. Donald Price
of Savage, and son Vernon Will
son, also of Savage; two brothers,
Charles Wilson, Rock Island, Ill,
and Walter Wilson, Santa Fe,
New Mexico and two half BROTH
ers, Harrison Brandon, Peoria,
ILL.,, and Kenneth Brandon,
Louisville, Kentucky; four sis
tiers, Mrs. Jack Jennings, Barry
ILL.,; Mrs. Ota Fenton, Long Beach,
Mrs. Jim Dodo, Meeker,
Colorado; and Mrs. Paul Cam,
Salinas, California;; nine grand
children and three great grand
At the services Miss Ruth
Johnson played the organ ac-
compartments for Mrs. Edward
Kristiansen who sang Beyond
the Sunset" and 1.-THE Old Rug
ged Cross"
Pallbearers were John Gear,
Clifford Bach, Lester Miller, and
Larson, all Of Savage,
Warren Miller of Glendive, and
Miller, Miles City.
Interment was in the River
view Cemetery at Savage.
The Sidney herald., 1957-11-28
Army Recruiter
To Be Here
Dec. 4, 6, Is, 20

The United States Army Re-
cruiting service representative
will be in this area on 4, s, 10, &c
December at the Selective Service
Office in Sidney to interview
prospective army candidates for
technical school, Army Security
Agency, counter intelligency
Corps. and other Army branches,
including the Women's Army
Corps.
Interested young men and wo-
men should contact the repre-
sentative at the above time and
place, or write: u. S. Army re-
cruiter, 1st National Bank build
ing, Miles City, Montana.
M-Sgt. VIM. L. Ainsley
u. S. Army Recruiting Sta.
Miles City, Montana.