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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
Only GeneraIities on Specific Peril

that the National Assembly
OF the Korean Republic passed
unanimously last week a reSo-
luton asking the abrogation
of the arnistice-not for the
purpose of resuming hostilities
but to enable allied forces to
obtain modern arms. The
resolution was cabled iInme-
diately to Vice President
Richard M. Nixon and
Speaker of the House Sam
Rayourn.
The ROK assemblymen
know that the American Con-
gress cannot cancel the armi-
stice. But they hope our legis-
lators will pass a resolution
to do away with that portion
of the armistice which pre-
vents the United States from
providing its own and Korean
forces with modern armament.
So far neither the Vice Presi-
dent nor Speaker Rayburn has
acted to put the plea before
appropriate committees.
Many Senators who are in
terrogating Secretary Dulles
are fully familiar with the
facts of the tense Far East
ern situation. They have tried
so far without successful
get him to tell the whole truth
about the overall problem.
But so far they have not
been able to get out of him
anything more than that war
may be around the corner and
that it may be avoided only if
Congress gives the President
not only the standby powers
to use armed forces in the
Middle East but the right to
spend $500 million in that
area in the next two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
THOMAS L. STOKES
: Natural Gas Issue in Message

Likewise, they dissent from
the Presidents contention, so
often heard in debate, that the
gas producer must be free from
public utility-type regulation"
so he can find and develop new
gas sources. The truth Is that
the bulk of our natural gas
reserves are owned by very
few giant oil companies who
know exactly where the nat
ural gas is already. Freeing
them from regulation. with an
inevitable increase in price.
would enhance the value of
their holdings by literal bill
lions, such a windfall as this
country never has seen in the
field of natural resources, ex-
travagant as we have been.
1t might be expected that,
with the open. public support
of our very popular President.
the big oil companies-which
contributed heavily to his 1852
and 1856 presidential cam
paigns-might find easier sail
ing this year in Congress than
last. Then the Harris-F ulbright
bill barely skinned through the
House. where 1t took a personal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

President Eisenhower did a
neighborly favor and took a
load off the two Texans who
are the leaders of the Demo-
cratic Party in Congress
Speaker Of the House Sam
Rayburn and Senator Lyndon
B. johnson, leader of the
Senate.
They got what they hoped
for, and hardly dared to ex-
pect. In his budget message
the President took the initia-
tive and responsibility to urge
enactment Of a natural gas
bill along the lines of the one
which the two Democratic
leaders damned through Con-
gress last year.
You will remember that the
President killed that bill with
his veto. Now it becomes a
part Of the Eisenhower pro-
gram. In the last Congress it
carried a Democratic label.
That label embarrassed a ma
jority of Democrats in Con-
gress who fought their two
Texas leaders and voted
against it on the ground that
1t would cost natural gas con-
sumers hundreds of millions
OF dollars.
While it was known that the
President was for the principle
of the measure, as he plainly
stated in his veto message
last year, his willingness to
sponsor it and front for it
came as mild surprise, since
he won plaudits far and wide
from consumers last year
when he killed it. He based his
veto last year on the "arro-
gance" of the oil lobby that
promoted the bill. Referring
in this weeks budget message
back to his veto message of
last year he said II stated that
legislation conforming to the
basic detectives of that bill
was needed. / am still OF
that opinion"
The bill would exempt pro-
ducers Of natural gas from
regulation by the Federal Pow
er Commission. That means
the FPC would be barred from
looking into the initial costs OF
production at the wells, and
so would be handicapped at
what is usually the very be-
ginning Of the process Of de-
termining fair rates to the con-
sumer. The initial cost at the
time the gas goes into the
pipeline Is an all-important
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

The extreme am1ablllty the
press has displayed toward the
Eisenhower administration has
been repaid by the Presi-
dents refusal to let reporters
and cameramen witness his
official Inauguration Sunday.
The excuse given by White
House Press Secretary James
C. Hagerty has been that too
many of the press wanted to
attend. However, he also re-
buffed proposal that a few
names be drawn from a press
pool to represent the whole
lot.
Reporters believe that here.
as so often during the past
four years, they are up
against the showmanShip
techniques favored by the
Presidents intimates from the
advertising WOTll.
About two weeks ago stories
began to be published here
about tagging ticket sales for
the Inaugural Parade and
general public apathy. The
best hotels were said to be
doing all right but space was
pronounced available in the
heart of the city.
1t is now conceded by Of
f1cials that the affair will not
attract anything like the
crowds of 1853. despite four
inaugural balls and a program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
DORIS FLEESON
The President Swedring-In

For the preceding three-and-
a-half years the Democrats in
Congress did not lay a glove on
the Republican President. He
repeatedly stole their New Deal
clothes and they docilely
helped him fit them to his size.
Stevenson then was expected
to convince the country in a
few weeks that the President
was a failure.
The leeway an indulgent
press has given Eisenhower for
four years is documented by
Richard L. Strout of the Chris
tan Science Monitor in the
current New Republic. He de-
scribeS government by leak"
in which press conferences are
few and far between. For ex-
ample. Franklin Roosevelt
averaged SO press conferences
a year, Eisenhower Is. The
Eisenhower cabinet average
ranges from 10 press confer
ences by Secretary of State
Dulles to one each by Treasury
Secretary Humphrey and
former Interior Secretary Nc
Kay.
No such freedom from fuller
explanation was accorded the
Democratic Presidents from
1888 to 1858. A vigorous and
suspicious press saw to 1t.
1t is now, as the Scots say,
lover late" to hold President
Eisenhower to an accounting
for his decision to make his
second oath-taking a private
affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

appeal by Speaker Rayburn to
get a scant margin Of six votes.
However, there are indications
that election changes in both
House and Senate might make
the going even tougher.
Also the noxious smell OF
the oil lobby still is in the air.
A Senate investigation re-
vealed a total of over 81 mil
lion was spent by oil COM
panies in pushing the Harris
Fulbright bill. But it was only
a tiny smidgin of that, the
$4,000 in $500 bills in an en-
velope, that was turned over
to the campaign manager of
Senator Francis Case. Repub-
lican of South Dakota. by a
lobbyist for the Superior Oil
Co. of California, that blew of
the lid and disclosed the lobby
ing activities on which the
President based his veto.
Senator Case told in a speech
on the Senate floor about cir
cumstances of the offer Of the
$4,000 campaign contribution,
and how he had rejected it.
The Senate investigated that
specific case. which SUISSE
quently brought a grand jury
investigation. indictment and
trial in which the parties in
volved in the offer were con-
victed of violation of the Fed
eral Lobbying Act. In a broader
investigation subsequently, an
other Senate committee ex-
posed the So million spent in
promoting the natural gas bill,
but carefully avoided an in
quiry into campaign contribu-
tions by oil interests to other
Senators.
A majority N Democrats in
both House and Senate voted
against the Harris-Fulbright
bill, while a majority Of Re-
publicans voted for it. Both
parties were split. as always
happens on any issue in which
big oil has an interest. Oil
oozes across party lines. and
it is a powerful ooze. 1t is. in
fact, much more influential
often with your representative
in Congress than are you, his
supposed constituents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
US. Leaders Urged to Give Full Facts
On Newest Red Threat to Free World
BROWN

1t is difficult to understand
why the d m nistration,
through Secretary Dulles, does
not take advantage of the
opportunity now offered in the
Capitol Hill hearings to tell
the American people the
whole truth about the dangers
to our security. The Moscow
Peiping axis is threatening us
from the Eastern Mediterra-
mean to the Western Pacific.
Instead of spelling out what
our intelligence services have
learned about the preparations
of free-world enemies, White
House representatives are
warning of grave dangers"
These spokesman are not
presenting positive information
to the forum which Congress
has. offered them. The sequel
to this reluctance to take the
American people into their
confidence is that the Middle
Eastern plan, which has great
merit, may become the foot
ball of partisan politics and,
thus, misunderstood by the
Nations rank and file. A vol
uIne OF mali, while still small,
has begun TO reach Senators
and Representatives to this ef-
feet: Millions voted for Presi-
dent Eisenhower because of his
assurance that he would not
send American boys into an
other war. Now, these letter
writers say, the President is
thinking of sending the same
American boys off to fight the
Arabs.
OF course, this is entirely
incorrect. We are not going
to fight any Arabs. Moreover.
Eisenhower has promised the
people to work for peace and
the Middle Eastern plan is
conceived to deter rather than
bring about fighting.
The result Of the blurred
presentation of Americas case
before Congress unquestionably
will result in long debates on
the floor of both houses. Mean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

time, interested parties" may
succeed in exploiting the fear
of American mothers that
their sons might be sent to
war. This raises the likelihood
of an increasing amount of
mail to members of Congress.
And Senators and Representa-
tiveS-particularly those who
face election campaigns two
years hence-are known to be
highly allergic to communica-
tons from the homefolks.
For reasons of high diplo-
macy. the tense situation in the
Far East has not been linked
by the administration with
that in the Middle East-al-
though both form a part OF
the same chain of explosive
reactions. The North Korean
puppet government has been
talking loudly recently about
the notification of Korea"
not on United Nations terms
but on those of Moscow and
Peiping. The Reds insist on
a scrupulous observance of the
1858 armistice agreement, al
though they have broken ev-
cry article of that agreement.
In the past three-and-a- half
years, North Korean Reds have
built 26 new airbases while
completely undermining ground
and air force equipment. The
build-up gives them great fire.
power superiority over the
forces south of the 38th
Parallel.
On the other side of the
parallel, the ROK army and
the two American divisions
still in South Korea are great
ly handicapped in the likely
event of another push from
the North. Spare parts for
their Anticipated American
equipment are no longer man
ufactured In this country.
This alarming situation
places the ROK and American
forces at such disadvantage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
DAVID LAWRENCE
Humphrey Statement on Arms Spending
And Price Pressure Seen Key to Future

There will be a tax cut. in
q year or so only if the mem
bers of Congress, working with
the executive departments,
really prepare for it in ad-
vance-and the preparations
will take at least twelve
months.
This unusual way of laying
before the American people
the problem that confrontS
them if they want a reduction
in taxes is largely the result
of the cumbersome way the
Federal Government operates.
For the budget just submitted
by the President is the one
that takes effect July / next
and represents many commit
ments of an emergency nature
already in process.
If a tax cut is to be achieved,
1t will be in the year 1858 when
the expenses in the next budget
already will have been suffi-
GENTLY reduced to make way
for the tax changes and when
presumably some idea has
been gained of how much the
tax collections for l957-a
good year from an economic
standpoint-will increase.
What must be fully recog-
nized. if there is to be a tax
cut. is the need for removing
politics from the spending pro-
gram. The pendulum has
swung so far in the direction
of Federal aid for all sorts of
projects that it will not be
possible to swing it the other
way without the support Of
an informed public opinion.
Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey. the man
who is basically responsible
for President Eisenhower's
fiscal policies, said some things
in his press conference
Wednesday with newsmen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
Presidents Urging Of New Legislation
Recalls Veto of Bill Last Year

factor. That is basic to rate
experts.
Most price increases in re-
cent years can be traced back
to increased price by the pro-
ducers.
Opponents of the measure
passed by the last Congress
agree with President Eisen-
hoWer's statement in his
budget message that sit is
essential that the consumer of
natural gas be protected" But
they hold that the consumer is
left unprotected in that bill.
which was sponsored by two
Arkansas Democrats-Repre-
sentative Oren Harris and
Senator j. William Fulbright.
Nor do they agree with the
Presidents argument in his
budget message that compete
ton and FPC regulation of
interstate pipelines are suffi-
Gent to assure a fair price to
the public. unless the FPC also
has jurisdiction over the
producer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

alive Harris that would give the
District a voteless delegate in
the House.
2. Approving a measure by
Representative Broyhill, Repub-
lican Of Virginia. naming the
East Fourteenth street bridge the
Rochambeau Memorial Bridge.
3. Endorsing a bill to prohibit
the operation Of budget planning
services in the District.
4. Opposing amendments to
the Alcoholic Beverages Control
Act. One of the amendments
would empower the Alcoholic
Beverages Control Board to
establish and maintain Govern
ment liquor stores in the Dis
trict.
John L. C. Sullivan, president.
conducted the meeting In the
board room Of the American Sc
Icurity and Trust Co. ;.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

which are as important as the
passages the President trans
mitted in his budget message
to Congress The Secretary
made a realistic statement
that should be noted carefully,
because it contains the key to
the whole economic future of
the United States. He said:
The billions of dollars spent
annually by the Government
for military equipment and
manpower go into the spend
ing stream but are not
matched by an increase in the
production of peacetime goods.
so that heavy pressure is put
on the price of goods which
all the people must buy.
This imbalance makes it
more difficult to keep the cost
of living within bounds. None
tary measures alone may not
be sufficient for this task unless
the Federal Government makes
reductions in its manpower
and in its purchases which will
help to increase the production
of additional peacetime goods
and so help to hold down
prices. Moreover, the funds
SO released will then be avail
able to build up the capital
needed to help create the new
jobs. TO build the new schools
and the countless other i'm
provements required in this
growing country of ours"
What this means is that
there is a kind of military
economy dominant today. 1t
is based on a huge expenditure
for nonproductive purposes.
On international issues, Amer
lea has no choice. however. 1t
must, as Humphrey says. ere
main both militarily and eco
nomically strong" So the real
question is this: When such
pressure of circumstances
over which this country does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

Endorsement of the bill, which
would authorize a stadium of 50,-
900 capacity on a site close to the
new East Capitol street bridge
and its approaches.
Other Sites Noted
While the federation noted the
National Training School site
would accommodate a larger
stadium, it voted to back the
Harris bill. The other site under
consideration is the Federal land
now occupied by the training
school on Bladensburg road NE
Both professional baseball and
football interests here have said
they would be satisfied with the
$4,000 capacity stadium. II Con-
gress so legislates.
d. C. Delegate Asked
Mr.. Nicholson also received the
Endorsement Of the group in:
/. Backing bill by Represent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
Dod-Duuqhter Comes

The Fathers Club of the I'm
maculata will sponsor three fa-
ther-daughter basketball games
in the Immaculate School gym.
Yuma street and Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV. at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Father teams will play daughter
student teams of the Dunblane
Elementary School, Immaculate
High School and Immaculate
Junior College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17
Business Group Endorses
Pending Stadium Bill

District business group, night approved stadium bill
before Congress-
The BILL introduced by Representative Harris Democrat of
Arkansas received the Endorsement Of the District Federation of
Businessnens Association
soeros Nicholson legislative counsel of the moved for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

GOLDEN YEARS-Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Gensberg, 54l5
Connecticut avenue NV,
will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary with
a party at 8 pm. on Feb
ruary 9 at the Mayflower
Hotel. Mr.. GenSberg, "a,
and Mrs. Gensberg, SO,
were born in Russia. About
60 children, relatives and
close friends will attend the
party, which is being given
by the children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
Officers Foil Entry
Of Daring Refugee

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y, Jan,
10 (P).-A Hungarian refugee
who dared to cross the frozen
Niagara River below the falls on
foot says he tried to enter the
United States because his flight
to freedom" took him to the
wrong country.
immigration officials ordered
JOSEF Pivon, 26. of Budapest. to
return to Canada last night be-
cause he lacked entry papers.
Mr.. Pivon told them that up
to the moment he landed in
Canada last month he was under
the impression he was coming to
the United States.
He was taken into custody
Wednesday night after patrol
men traced his footsteps through
snow and found hmi in a gorge
on the American shore.
. He said that he had brother
in Covington. KY, and that he
wanted to join him and live
permanently in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18
City Heads Back
Dismissal Of 4

The commissioners upheld
trial board recommendations for
dismissal of three firemen and
"a policeman in individual cases
decided yesterday.
The men are PvtS. Thomas R.
Hudkins, Lawrence D. Sheehy
and Clarence C. Parker of the
Fire Department and Pvt. Donald
NJ. Pietrzak of the Police De-
partment. The cases had come
before the city heads for review,
and they spent most of yester-
day deciding them.
Earlier Decision Upset
Previously, the Commissioners
had upset a trial board recon-
mendation for dismissal of Pvt.
Pietrzak after board found him
guilty of having failed to report
the loss of his raincoat and hav-
ing another policeman's raincoat
in his possession.
At that time, the city heads
reduced the recommended PEN
atty to a $500 fine and 80 days
without pay. They directed. how
ever. that charges of making q
false statement be considered
against the policeman. He was
tried last October Is. and the
trial board again recommended
dismissal.
Yesterday. the Commissioners
accepted the recommendation
They cancelled the balance of the
fine which was to have been paid
in installmentS.
Appeal DisalIOwed
Pvt. Hudkins. former Air Force
pilot shot down in Korea. had
appealed against a Fire Board
finding that he had a disability
precluding further service and
should be removed from the
force. He began suffering black
outs in 1855. The board ruled he
was not entitled to retirement
since it was undetermined ne had
contracted his illness in line Of
duty as a member of the Fire
Department.
Pvt. Shelby was accused of dis
respect to a superior officer and
absenting himself from duty
without permission, and Pvt.
Parker of prejudicial conduct and
failure to obey an order of the
Fire Chief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-18

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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-20
Bluffton Hospital
June 13


Admitted: Rebecca Bracy, Pan.
dora; George Pierman, Ottawa.
Discharged: Elaine Deppler, Bluff.
ton; Mrs. Thomas Scoby and baby
Findlay; Mrs. Harold Johnson and
baby, Columbus Grove; Rebeccs
Bracy, Pandora.
JUNE IA
Admitted: Richard Montgomery
Bluffton.
Discharged: Richard Montgomery
Bluffton.
JUNE Is
Discharged: Mrs. Geraldine Wald
man and baby, Findlay.
JUNE 16
Admitted: Mr.. Darl Weaver, Lima
Discharged: Mrs. Frank Doolittle
and baby, Findlay.
JUNE II
Admitted: Miss Carol Ann Williams
Leipsic; Bobbie Jeanne Hamman
Bluffton.
Discharged: Mrs. George McCunt
and baby, Bluffton; Mrs. Ralph Walt.
and baby, Mt Cory; Mrs. Myrol
Meyer, Bluffton; Mrs. Ezra Hartman
Bluffton; Mrs. Loren Althaus, Lafay
cite.
JUNE 18
Discharged: Mrs. Marlin Rosen
Grams, and baby, Findlay; Mrs. Ceci
Young and baby, Jenera; Mrs. Doi
Meyer, Columbus Grove; Mrs. James
Smith and baby, Arlington; Caro-
Williams, Leipsic; Wayne Williams
Findlay.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-06-20
BLUFFTON EVANGELICAL
UNITED BRETHREN CHARGE
Ct.,Iox, w WaItnn Dacfar


Bethesda: Located a miles east of
Bluffton on State Route 103.
Thursday services, June 20:
800 p. m. Mid-week Prayer and
Bible study service. We will continue
our study in the Book of the Psalms
S:45 p. m. The Council of Admin
istration will meet Immediately fol
lowing the Bible study. All Council
members urged to be present.
Sunday services, June %:
9:30 a. m. Morning Worship. Bap-
tismal service and the reception OF
new members.
l0:30 a. m. Sunday School, Shirley
Nonnamaker, Supt.
Olive Branch: Located 8 miles east
of Bluffton on State Route 103
Sunday services, June %:
$3.50 a. m. Sunday School, Wade
Marshall, Supt.
1890 a. m. Morning Worship
Liberty Chapel: Located miles
south of Bluffton on the County Line
Road and l mile east.
Sunday services, June %:
1000 a. m. Sunday School, Mrs
Frank Montgomery, Supt.
No preaching service.
Monday evening service, June "a:
800 D. m. The Council of Admin
istration will meet at the church. Al
Council members urged to b
| present.
A cordial welcome is extended t
all to worship the Lord with US.