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The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

differences of opinion of the AS.
sembly, usually results in frus-
tration and weakens the contro.
of the dominant party.
Committee appointments are
unlikely to be completed before
the end of this week or early
next week. Most of the chair
manships will go to veterans who
have served on these committees,
At this session there will prob
ably be considerable discussion,
as in the past, concerning means
whereby the legislature can func-
ton more efficiently in the inter
ests of better government. Over
the years various procedural i'm
provements have been made. Per-
haps this has gone about as far
as it can without amending the
constitution.
Among some students of the
problem there is a feeling that
the legislature should meet in
regular session every year instead
of every two years, but in this
school of thought there are vari-
atoms of opinion as to how such
a formula would best be worked
out. Some contend that %appropri-
atoms should be made each year
instead of for a two year period,
as at present, and that only in
the alternate year should the
general laws be opened for con-
sideration.
My own experience with the
subject leads me to believe that
opening the general laws to leg
islative action every year would
result in much confusion. People
affected by these laws would not,
in many instances, know just
where they stood and the courts
would hardly have time to give
the answers before another legis-
lature would be at hand to fur
Their compound the confusion.
A compromise on the annual
session idea might be to provide
that every other year only such
matters, excepting appropriations,
OC d1tCa Oily % WOolo NC
recommended by the governor as
in case of an extraordinary ses-
Often proposed in Montana is
a system used in some states
where the legislature meets for
4 period such as 80 days, goes
nome for a similar period and
hen returns to finish the job.
rhe theory of this is that it gives
he legislators a better chance to
determine the opinion of their
constituents back home, but this
plan does not seem to have had
much support in Montana.
The system we have been en-
in Montana from the be-
of statehood has worked
'easonably well and is likely to
,e with us for quite awhile to
ONE. In any event, innovations in
,asic legislative procedure should
lot be hastily undertaken.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

she is attending MISC.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs
Lester McMillen and Mrs. Wall
Bauman visited at the Dave AL
bin home.
The Dave Albin family enjoy
ed dinner Sunday at the Henry
Miller home.
Mrs. Walt Bauman was a din
ner guest of her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Martin Jensen. Later in
the afternoon she visited the
Henry Miller and H. Schwenke
homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester McMillen
were Sunday dinner guests of
the Sterling Swigart family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sawyer
were callers Friday afternoon at
the VIM. Burnsides home in Sid
ney.
Thursday afternoon, Mrs. EIva
Putnam, Jack and Bob Putnam
were callers at the home of Mrs.
Lille Nevins.
MI. and Mrs. E. o. Redlin left
Monday to visit the Jerry Red
Inns at Wolf Point a few days.
Thursday evening guests at the
Harold Franz home were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Sawyer and Bert, and
Jack Putnam.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Coon and
daughter were visitors Sunday at
the Jim Coon home.
New Years guests at the Bob
Bahls home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Walt Burgess of Lambert.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sawyer
were dinner guests Wednesday at
the Fred Masons.
Wednesday Steve Quilting re-
turned to his home in Sidney, and
Collette came out to visit at the
Lille Nevins home. Douglas and
Collette returned home Saturday
evening.
Gussie Obergfell was a caller
Saturday morning at the Harold
Franz and John Sawyer home.
The Jerry Obergfell and Bill
Cundiff families spent New
Years day at the Lester Put
nam home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Schilling
and family were New Years
at the Alex Hill home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Coon and
were guests Sunday night
at the Jack Kappel home in hon.
or of Zona's End birthday.
The Three Buttes Homemakers
will hold their monthly meeting
at the Jim Putnam home Thurs
day, January II at 200 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sawyer and
Bert were visitors Friday at the
Gene Palmer home at Andes.
New Years guests at the Har-
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

old Franz home were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Radke, Floyd Van
Vleet, and Mrs. Edith Obergfell.
Mrs. Jerry Obergfell visited
with Mrs. Gerald Larson a week
ago Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gail Sawyer,
Mrs. Alex Hill, Dale Wilbur, and
Joy were dinner guests Thursday
at the John Sawyer home.
Guests at the Bob Bahls home
Sunday evening for a turkey sup
per we're Mr.. and Mrs. Afford
Bahls, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Odenbach and children, and Mr..
and Mrs. Don Petrik and chill
dren.
Mrs. John Sawyer called at
the Lyle Smith and Cliff Dashner
homes Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Coon and
daughter were visitors Thursday
night at the Walt Bauman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sawyer
were callers Monday evening at
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10

Helena - This had to be writ
ten a few days before the 35th
Montana legislative assembly con-
vened. By the time this COM
ment appears in print the legis-
lature will have completed most
OF the primary functions of or
~ganization preparatory to taking
up its lawmaking responsibilities.
With both houses in numerical
control of the democrats, a dem
ocratic lieutenant governor pre-
siding over the senate, and a re-
publican governor in the chief
executive chair, there is consid-
cradle speculation as to political
developments. One line of thought
is that the political overtones will
be more pronounced than usual.
Another point of view is that
the democrats will concentrate on
putting over a solid legislative
program tending rather strongly
towards the liberal side.
The experiences during the
next go days will determine
which of these conjectures, if
either, is correct.
AS the democrats have SO mem
bers in the house against 35
for the republicans most of the
legislation, ranging from slightly
to the left liberalism to some
thing akin to radicalism, will
probably originate in that cham
Der of the assembly. The senate
has 81 democrats and rs republi-
cans and some of these democrats
are conservatives. This indicates
that the main effort to defeat
legislation obnoxious to the con-
servatives and to the large in
dustrial interests will be made
in the senate.
During the first week of the
session attention concentrates on
appointment of committees. In
the house this is the prerogative
of the speaker under the power
to him by the member
ship. In the senate the commit
tees are appointed, with direct
approval of the senate, by a COM
mittee on committees consisting
Of three members of the major
Ity party. Both houses being DOM
mated by the democrats means
that the chairmanships will go to
democrats and with possible rare
exceptions, all the vice chairmen
will be democrats.
1t might be said that the COM
nittees are the real foundation
If legislative functioning, as it is
he committees that consider the
pills and make primary recon-
nendations for their passage,
amendment or rejection. Nothing
S more important than the per-
onnel of the committees. The
lacking of committees, SO that
hey do not fairly represent the
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
Charley Creek
Ruffatto School

Mr.. and Mrs. Quinto Ruffatto
entertained with a New Years
dinner at their home. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Ruffatto and children, Mr. and
Mrs. William Fisher and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete P. Ruffatto
and daughter Julia, and Mrs. Let
ty Wesin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Fisher were
dinner guests at DR.. Bakers home
in Sidney New Years Eve, after
which they went to the Lone Tree
Inn.
Bruce and Carol Fisher, child
rem of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Fisher,
spent New Years Eve at the home
of their grandmother, Mrs. Hazel
in Sidney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Ruffat-
to we're business callers in Sid
ney Thursday.
The Sidney herald., 1957-01-10
the Lester McMillen home.

the Lester McMillen home.
Saturday night supper guests
at the Lester Putnam home were
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Cornelia
and family and MI. and Mrs.
Jerry Obergfell and children. Mr..
and Mrs. Dick Shannon and chill
dren also spent the evening Mt
the Putnam home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pre-
vost took Yvonne to Glendive
Saturday evening to return to st.
Xavier, Kansas to school. They
attended the basketball game be-
tween Sidney and Glendive. They
visited at the Melvin Baaken
home, and visited with Mr.. and
were also there, and who plan
Mrs. Lyle Anez and family who
on moving to Albuquerque, N.
Mexico soon.
Continued on Page 14
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Expansion to Include Free Motions
Of Mideost and Asia Seen as Plan

Nations and is linked with
the Kremlin's aims of world
domination.
The free nations have been
giving lip service to the goal
Of stopping international
communism. But at the
same time they have been
strengthening it by provid-
ing Russia, her satellite
countries and Communist
China with products of their
factories, which not only
help stabilize the Communist
regimes but increase their
military potential.
We have supplied Marshal
Tito with not only consumers
goods but also military
equipment, including jet
planes, in the foolish hope
that we could thus detach the
Yugoslav dictator from his
Moscow friends. This year
we provided Premier CO.
mulka's dictatorship in War
saw with sos million worth
of industrial equipment and
food and are now negotiat-
ing a loan" of $500 million
for similar purposes.
We and our allies seem to
forget that people do not
count under a Communist
tyranny-only the govern
ment matters. And the as
sistance these governments
obtain from the West serves
only to increase their power
and stabilize them in Office.
We also seem to forget that
under the present Communist
system 80 per cent of the
output of industry is directed
to production of war imple-
ments. Much Of the food and
other nonmilitary items pro-
duced in the Communist
countries is stored to feed the
armed forces and military in
duStries when der Tag"
comes.
The revelation that the
Russians have closed the
chronological gap which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
DORIS FLEEsON
The Tragedy of Confusion

vided counsels is what Mr..
Stevenson sought to convey
in his suggestion that he
could not attempt to help
formulate policy.
No doubt Mr.. Stevenson
conferred also with leaders
of his party. About that,
nothing is admitted. but
some things are obvious.
A Democrat still dotted on
by most members of the
party. former President Harry
S. Truman. has still to re-
ceive a civil word from his
successor. Mr.. Truman is
naturally bearish on cooper
alton with one who has
shown such intense personal
partisanShip.
Democrats think they have
at last got some red meat
for their campaigns after
five lean years and they will
. not want it taken away quite
so quickly. Nor can Senate
Leader Lyndon johnson be
expected to care greatly for
a maneuver which would
blunt the edge of his defense
investigation before it got
started.
Mr.. Stevenson. himself,
brushed aside the fact that
Mr.. Eisenhower dealt with
him at arms length. His
aides insisted. however. that
he remember that the Presi-
dent is and must be the
Staunch upholder of any
Government status Mr.. Ste
venson might have which
could be meaningful. They
thought the ach
through Mr.. Dulles. rather
than personally, was a bad
omen.
Mr.. Stevenson stressed in
his statement his offer of
limited cooperation. 1t still
stands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
Private Schools and migration

been defined as "the law Of
the land? Doesn't the spe-
cial grant of tax benefits
mean that the private schools
acquire a quasi-public status?
Few people realize there is
today a presidential COM
mission whose agents go
around the country threaten
ing to withdraw Government
contracts from private busi-
nesses which discriminate in
their employment practices
on the basis of race or
religion or national origin.
The Department of Justice
holds that this is a legal
exercise of power, even
though Congress has not
passed any such law.
Certainly the governmental
authority today to coerce the
board of a private school is
the same as the power to
coerce a private contractor
who is the recipient of a
Government benefit. The
grant of tax preferences by
State governments and by the
Federal ment to
private schools gives the
Supreme Court considerable
latitude now either in forcing
the payment Of taxes by
private schools on an equal
basis with other private en-
terpriseS or in requiring Gin
tegration" under the equal
protection of the laws"
clause of the so-called Four
tenth Amendment.
If, on the other hand,
segregation in private schools
is to be immune from in
reference, then government
tai authorities will be open to
the criticism that they are
condoning "second-clasS citi-
zenship" in failing to subsi-
die those parents who can
not afford the privilege Of
sending their children to such
a private school but who wish
to do so. Poor people are
theoretically equal" before
the law in the exercise of the
privileges of citizenship. They
are supposed to have the
same civil rights" as rich
people.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
THOMAS [. STOKES
Third Party Outlook in South

first civil rights bill since Re-
construction. But their fears
were assuaged by the cleo
tons last week which showed
that Negroes voted Demo-
cratic in big city Eastern
districts in about the same
proportions as usual in recent
years to swell Democratic
majorities, despite Little
Rock.
This election demonstra-
ton. and the polls showing
rising Democratic strength
and a swing generally toward
the party. even in the Mid
die West, again have induced
party leaders to believe that,
after all, they may be able
to weather civil rights differ
ences N the party and some
how keep it intact without
a Southern revolt. So South
ern leaders would like for
Gov. Faubus to get out
OF sight, and out Of mind.
The cold shoulder of regu-
lar Southern Democratic
Party leaders toward Gov.
Faubus' third party rum
blings does not mean, Of
course. that the Governor
lacks encouragement from
rank-and-flle voters which,
he says. is coming not only
from the South but from out
side Of the South.
There might be a third
party in the South in the end.
Regular party leaders are
pointing out, however. that
Gen. Eisenhower was more
successful in the South and
border States in 1852 and
1856 than was a Southern,
independent, third party
ticket built about the civil
rights issue which clipped
four Southern States away
from President Truman in
l948. Nobody in the South
can see any Southern State
going Republican in 1860.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13

President Eisenhower and
his political. diplomatic and
military advisers will attempt
at the next meeting Of the
NATO to do more than
strengthen the loose ties Of
that alliance.
According to responsible
intormants, they will attempt
to expand the regional coali-
ton into q comprehensive
group which would include
the Asians from the Middle
East's Baghdad pact to
Southeast Asia. Formosa and
Korea.
For some time realistic
strategists have pointed out
that the worlds troubles can
not be localized as was the
case in 1949 when the Rus
slams appeared to threaten
only Western Europe. The
Russians have armed the
Chinese Communists with
modern weapons, and the
two allies occupy a land mass
extending from the Elbe
River to the Pacific. If the
Soviet satellite countries are
included this mass has close
to a billion population and
vast natural resources. They
have the advantages over the
free world in that there is
complete unity of diplomatic
and military command, as is
possible only under dicta-
torial regimes.
The free world has been
united until recently only
in a common desire to re-
main free. On other matters
the individual members have
pulled whichever way their
particular interests lie. Thus
while the majority particle
pated in the Korean war,
Britain, France and others
have been coddling Commu-
mist China despite the fact
that it has been condemned
as an aggressor by the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
DAVID LAWRENCE

Are the private schools
next on the list for "integra-
ton? Can many Of them
persist in their practice Of
discrimination in denying
admission on the basis of
race or color or religious
affiliation?
Will the so-called quota"
system, reported to be in
vogue at various colleges and
universities with respect to
limited admission of certain
minority groups, come up for
investigation by the new
Civil Rights Commission
whose membership was re-
Gently announced by the
White House?
The theory is widespread
in America that the Supreme
Court has banned all forms
of segregation or discrimina-
ton in an institution to
which the Government
grants any of it's benefits.
The usual argument adj
vanced offhand against this
is that private schools, for
example. are not supported
by public funds and hence
are not subject to govern
mental regulation. But Prof.
Arthur S. Miller of Emory
University in a new book.
"Racial Discrimination and
Private Education" pub
lished by the University of
North Carolina Press-spells
out in detail just how some
States have been exercising
control over private schools
through the threat of a
denial of tax benefits and
other State-given privileges.
Prof. Miller. a native of
Oregon, originally wrote his
views in THE Minnesota Law
Review"
us there any likelihood"
asks Prof. Miller. that the
doctrine enunciated in the
segregation cases can be ex-
tended to apply to the adj
mission policies of the nom
public schools? Is the
conduct of nonpublic educa-
ton State action within
the reach of the proscrip-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13

You could have heard a
third party ballot drop in the
eerie silence from important
Southern Democratic Party
leaders at the sacrificial offer
of Gov. Orval E. Faubus
of Arkansas TO become the
presidential candidate of a
third, States rights" party
in 1860.
There were no takers
among regular party leaders.
Traditionally. regular
Southern party leaders have
SHE'D away from third par
ties. or bolts to the Republican
Party, with only rare eXcep-
tons. But at the present
time there are other COM
pulSions and diversions which
bolster this traditional at
titude. even though the in
centive today is perhaps
stronger than since the
Civil War.
For one thing. Southern
Democratic leaders. who are
anxious to forget Little Rock,
of which Gov. Faubus is the
symbol, now luckily find
other issues that have
eclipsed that in the public
mind. Southern leaders in
Congress are making sure
that these issues are kept TO
the fore.
They require little tending.
notable among them in this
particular being the Russian
satellite exhibitions. This
is a dramatic climax to long
obvious grievances now be-
ing reflected in polls of voters
and In the recent elections
the increasing high cost OF
living, reduced farm income.
q showdown in some areas
Of our economy.
Another compulsion to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike gives his second spaceage speech Oklahoma City
Our defenses in great shape They should be- Ike has
spent the last two months the defensive.
Polls show Republicans have lost strength in the Mid
west Apparently the only party platform that will satisfy
the people in 1860 is one hanging in space.
Democrats plan to campaign for more benefits for old
people Sound program. the Democrats wn people will
age much faster here be old people care Of
Republican Chairman Acorn charges it was the Demo-
Gratis who cut missile spending And furthermore he's not
worried one iota about it.
New rocket glossary: Space travel-Any Sunday drive
where there's 40 feet between you and the bumper
Harry Truman returns to Washington briefly. He's
happy to he amt mad at nobody-and goes
migrate in the White House. too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
Question Whether Nonpubiic Schools
Are Next for Deseqreqotion Studied

tions of the Fourteenth
Amendments"
Prof. Miller, who conduct
ed his legal research partly
with a grant from the Fund
for the Republic" UNDER
takes to show what a prob
lem is presented for those
Southern States which now
have laws compelling private
schools to maintain segrega-
ton. His thesis obviously
constitutes a warning to such
States that they cannot any
longer continue the practice
of enforced segregation in
private schools, as required
by their laws.
Prof. Miller speaks Of the
power to remove tax-exemp-
ton benefits and other
privileges as a means which
the Southern States have
hitherto used to threaten
private schools that might
wish to integrate. He adds:
"As we have seen, the State
does have constitutional
power to regulate in a rea-
Sonable manner the. activi-
ties of private schools. How
ever, it is doubtful that it
can. consistent with due
process, impose admission
standards of racial separa-
ton, even though the con-
verse is not true. The State
apparently can impose stand
ards of no racial discrimi-
nation upon private schools.
Requiring racial separation
anywhere as distinguished
from condoning voluntary
segregation by private action
is scarcely permissible and
hardly legitimate use of the
States police powers"
But the same argument on
legal grounds can be used
against Prof. Miller's conten-
ton. Supposing, for instance,
that Negroes apply for ad-
mission to a private school
where there is voluntary"
segregation. can such a State
benefited institution refuse
them admission despite the
way the Federal authority
over the States lately has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-13
Events Seen BoIstering Democrats
Attitude Against New Factions

keep down political revolt in
the party is that the party
now controls Congress and
is responsible for its record
and that Southerners domi-
nate its leadership and are
constantly on exhibition. The
technique now, as a means
of giving an appearance as
close as possible to party
solidarity in time of crisis,
is to shush any voices of dis
sent. such as talk about a
third party. and concentrate
on the ready issues suddenly
offered by the Eisenhower
administration itself.
1t was. for example, with
almost a joyous leap that
Senate Democratic. Leader
Lyndon Johnson of Texas,
broke out of the cloud of
embarrassment that spread
over the South after Little
Rock and rushed here ca
gerly at the call of the Eli
senhower administration for
help with its rockets and
missiles emergency. With
appropriately gloomy obser-
vations about the serious
ness of the situation in Ian
guage. though solemn and
sonorous. to which the ad-
ministration could hardly
object. he nevertheless made
the most of the Republican
dilemma.
Words no longer fail him,
as they failed him and other
Southern leaders at the Little
Rock outbreak. This. it was
feared, might mean costly de-
lection of Negro votes to
Republicans; and it was the
fear Of such defections that
had impelled Senator John
son to get through the Senate
In the last session. a few
weeks before Little Rock, the