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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Consevotionists Fear Pesticides
Threaten the Nations WiIdIife

sistant Secretary for fish and Wild
life in the Interior Department.
And we just haven't had the
money to do any intensive re-
search into their effects"
The actual spraying operation
is where a lot of the trouble oc-
ours. Mr.. Janzen says. "You can
make tests in the laboratory and
show a given spray will not have
excessively harmful effects" he
explains. But when you start
applying the spray there is always
the risk that it will not be applied
in the prescribed amount. The
method of application is all-im-
portant."
Most Of those involved in the
pesticide controversy, either pro
or con. do see a solution: An ex-
haustive research program. sup
ported by the Federal Govern.
ment. to find out just what pesti-
cides really do.
Congress Considers
Such a proposal has been in
troduced in Congress by Repre-
sentative Metcalf. Democrat Of
Montana. His bill would author
ize the Interior Department to
conduct a research program and
would provide $28o,000 annually
for this purpose.
Last year the House referred
the bill to the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
But no action has been taken on
it. Hearings on the companion
bill in the Senate, introduced by
Senator MagnuSon, Democrat Of
Washington, were held March z
by q Commerce subcommittee.
Mr.. Leffler and Mr.. Janzen are
both enthusiastic about the bill.
MI. Burgess has raised no objec-
tons. Most Of the conservation
groups have endorsed it, and
there was no unfavorable testi-
mony during the hearings. Mr..
Metcalf summed up the argu-
ments when he said:
Actually. We know very little
of even the direct effects of many
control agents on plants. animals,
soils and soil organisms. We
know less about the indirect, ac-
cumulative. long-term effects Of
these controls upon plants, wild
life, and even on man.
The research authorized by
this bill would get US that in
"Sportsmen, conservationists,
foresters and farmers are equally
concerned about minimizing dam
age to crops and to our wildlife.
Dead fish, pheasant. quail, ducks
and the resultant damage to the
tourist business-is Q poor trade
for dead bugs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

man Of the House Armed Services
subcommittee which will begin
hearings on reorganization pro-
posals April Is.
In another response to space
age conditions, President Eisen-
hover also recommended last
week the establishment Of q new
space agency to administer the
Nations civilian space science
and exploration program" Under
his plan. projects now under way
In the Department Of Defense
will be reviewed to determine
which should be transferred to
the new agency.
"A civilian setting" the Presi-
den noted. will emphasize the
concern of our Nation that outer
space be devoted to peaceful and
scientific purposes"
To head the agency. he sug-
gested a director appointed by
the President and subject to Sem
ate confirmation. Reaction on
Capitol Hill indicated the new
agency will be approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Civil Rights:
In Business

Southerners in the House last
week lost their last fight against
the establishment Of the fact
finding Civil Rights Commission.
The House on Monday approved
$750,OO0 for running the commits
sion through the fiscal year start
ing July /. The vote was 272 to
9S. with the Southerners standing
almost solidly against the appro-
priation. Only six Representatives
from the South. and these from
Tennessee and Texas. voted with
the majority.
The commission, authorized by
last summers civil rights legisla-
ton, was set UP to investigate and
hear complaints Of civil rights vio-
lations. but 1t has no enforce
ment powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star Stan Writer

For most American hometown
ers. pesticides are a blessing. In
handy preSSurized cans or old
fashioned sprayerS, they protect
the vegetables and flowers in the
garden, the winter woolens in the
closet, or the humans on the ter
race. The spray might be DOT, or
1t might be one of the newer, more
potent connections. Whatever it
IS, in most cases it works fine.
These seemingly heaven-sent
pesticides, however, are causing a
stormy controversy between Wild
life conServationiStS and the Gov
erHment, which is using highly
to4ic varieties in large-scale con-
trdl and eradication programs
Throughout the United States.
The observation-disclosures of
whom are in the Government
claim these programs are Destroy
ing wildlife along with insects and
diseases. Those in charge claim
they aren't. Both sides admit they
have no conclusive evidence to
back up their viewpoint. And
while they continue to wrangle,
peiticide programs keep going.
Boom Industry
Production of various sprays -
some Of which are 20 times more
potent than the relatively old-hat
DDT-is hitting new records each
year. The business reached $500
million in 1856. the Fish and Wild
life Service has reported. BY 1875
1t is expected to top 50 billion
annually.
Yet no one knows-for sure
what effects these sprays are
having on wildlife. Research, par
ticularly field research, has Jagged
way behind the production and
use of pesticides.
Last year, for instance, the
Agriculture Departments Plant
Pest Control Division started q
long-term project to eradicate the
imported FIRE ant in several
Southern States. The divisions
chief, Emory D. Burgess, main
taifis that minimum damage" is
being done to wildlife there. But
his unit does not do research: it
uses the findings of other gov
ernmental and private groups.
1t was not until this year. well
after the program had started.
that the Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice sent man down to do on
the-spot research. Should he find
that more harm than good is
being done--aS many conServa-
tlonists claim--it will be too late
for those areas already treated.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
has already reported that dieldrin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

nomic fabric. Although our assist
ance efforts are unquestionably
motivated by generous impulse
and served by dedicated personnel,
so far they have been fumbling
and their results diffused. More
over, the need for continued and
improved programs of economic
assistance to the uncommitted
countries, especially as contrasted
with the need for military assist
ance. has not been sufficiently
justified to the public at home so
that broad-based support could be
developed for congressional in
dorsement.
The facts are clear. The under
developed countries and their
nearly 2 billion. people are not
here to stay as they are-diseased,
undernourished, illiterate, impov-
erished, overpopulated - but to
change, and to change rapidly.
These areas Of the Middle East,
Latin America, Asia and AZ
RIGA share q common aware
ness Of their problems and q pas
sionate conviction that they can
Offset the growing divergence be-
tween their living standards and
those Of the West.
Our choice is to render at least
marginal assistance, accompanied
by thoughtful counsel, or stand by
and watch these peoples resort to
the sure-fire totalitarian method
Of development. With or without
Soviet competition, the situation
Of the depressed nations would be
dangerously explosive. Communist
exploitation Of their plight has
added another dimension that
should cause US concern.
What is our primary interest
in helping these countries? There
is no question but that we have
strong economic interests in these
areas. not unrelated to our de-
Tense potential. as well as tradi-
tional humanitarian ties going
back to the work Of the early mis-
sionaries. But our flrst aim is to
keep these strategic areas free
and friendly.
Five Decisions Needed
IT, we accept assistance to the
development Of these areas as an
enduring phase Of our foreign pol
icy. then certain related policy
decisions must also be taken.
These recommendations, which
have been made for the most part
in the recent surveys Of foreign
aid by Congress and the Executive
Branch, are:
Il Although political facts Of
IL contemporary life dictate our
constant alertneSs to Soviet COM
petition. we must pursue q course
OF action independent Of worry
about Russia, rendering assistance
which is economically sound.
= We must plan to make long
&s term commitments instead Of
the present annual practice of
pulling UP the radishes to see if
they are growing" approach. This
would argue. where feasible. for
the use Of liberal-term loans
rather than grants.
= Overall economic planning
Os for any country must be
made in terms Of total assistance.
However. for public relations and
practical reasons-both ut home
and abroad - development and
military aid should be separated
in the field. Under the present
method Of budget ALLEGATION.
which blends military aid with
Government aid, it Is not gener-
ally realized that our develop
ment grants to South Asia and
the Middle East. for example. are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

high-potency poison used in the
fire ant program. can seriously,
affect the reproductive capacities
of birds. In laboratory tests, adult
pheaSants were fed it in very small
quantities for a two-month period.
The result: they produced eggs
of reduced hatchability and chicks
subject to a high death rate"
The Wildlife Management In
stitute, a private conservation
group. goes even further. In
recent news bulletin, it charged:
Laboratory work and limited
field observations have shown
dieldrin to be totally destructive
to birds. fish, and other animal
life in quantities well below the
application rate for fire ant con-
troll"
Other spraying operations have
also received their share Of
criticisms.
A New York farmer reported
last year that after his farm had
been sprayed for the eradication
Of the gypsy moth. milk from his
cows showed an unusually high
content Of chlorinated hydro
carbon (DDT), a poison to which
children are particularly suscep-
tible.
Many residents in the New
York area claim similar harmful
effects from the gypsy moth pro-
gram. Some Of them are cur
rently trying to block further
spraying through court action.
Another instance of damage
from spraying occurred in Michi-
an. Daniel H. Janzen, director
Of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries
and Wildlife. recently said that
the spraying Of elm trees afflicted
with the Dutch elm disease there
killed hundreds Of birds di-
rectly."
Manufacturer Quits
Such evidence, as well as the
lack Of any definitive research on
peSticides. has caused at least one
manufacturer to withdraw from
the field. William T. Thompson,
president Of the Thompson Chem
icals Corp. announced this de-
ciSion last May. He wrote at
that time:
"A l2-year study has convinced
us that the currently known and
used broad spectrum insecticides
and their Wholesale application
to agricultural crops - although
giving temporary control and
temporarily increased yields-are
at best palliative, and perhaps
will prove dangerous and uneco-
nomic in the long run"
Some Government officials are
also cerned. Constantly
stronger sprays are being used all
the time" says Ross L. Leffier, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

fiscal position and Frances in
flationary crisis, Europe's economy
has, on the whole, achieved re-
markable postwar recovery, grow
ing recently at more rapid rate
than our own. A new Europe is
in the making. which. If success
fully established, will have q
single market with related politi-
cal institutions in common. Cur
rent prosperity. largely induced
through an industrial renaissance,
has helped to pave the way for
indignation, and 1t is hoped that
resulting regional trade will ac-
celerate further growth.
The present hopeful develop
ment Is not without apparent
thorns. On the one hand. the
formation of cloSe-knit Euro
pean economic community and an
associated larger free-trade area
will squeeze some American ex-
porters, at least in the short run.
On the other hand, there should
be enhanced opportunity for direct
investment and, in time. increased
demand for our goods.
The basic issue is what turn
the proposed common market will
take. Will it work to increase
trade both within and outside
Europe, or will it become an
autarchic soft-currency bloc
hostile to dollar trade? A COM
mon market working to divert
trade from the United States
would do a disservice to our eco
nomic interest.
No Ostrich Policy
This suggests that our attitude
toward Europe's integration should
be not ostrich-like but realistic.
and that we use our negotiating
infiuence-which needs to be in
creased by Congress-to insure
moderate European tariffs and to
prevent additional quantitative
barriers. More important, our
general policy should seek to Gre
ate the kind Of healthy world
economy into which Europe's
common market and similar pro-
posed regional undertakings
(which are now being studied in
Latin America. Scandinavia and
other areas Of the world can At
and grow toward freer trade.
Such a program would call q
halt to our resurgent protection
ism. which is being pushed by q
handful of industries and was re-
fiected in the 1856 campaign plat
forms Of both political parties.
Among other things. it would elm
mate or revise the peril-point and
escape provisions in our tariff
laws. renew and extend the Re-
ciprocal Trade Agreements Act,
vigorously tackle the problem Of
currency inconvertibility. and gen.
orally work toward expanded null
tilateral trade and payments.
1t is shortsighted, for example,
that at the very time when in
Europe a competitive if friendly
market. with population as large
as our own and a combined annual
output Of roughly 500 billion
may come into being. we have
resisted participation in the Or
ganization for Trade Cooperation
that would strengthen GAIT,
which provides the one set Of
global trade rules in existence.
This is all the more ironic when
we consider that in the future
GAIT may well be the instrument
by which we not only expand our
trade but by which we shield It.
Meanwhile. the dynamic ma
tionalism which is sweeping the
vast underdeveloped areas heavily
underlines the Importance Of
strengthening the worlds eco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE

added that "the Secretary Of De-
Tense is so burdened with the
negative tasks Of trying to arbi-
trate and control interservice dis
putes that he cannot play his full
part In the initiation and develop
ment Of high military policy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

dresses described as free falling"
creations. Husbands are reduced
to wild penny-pinching by these
affairs. and even milady. after q
rueful glance. decides to get along
on last years more fiattering
wardrobe.
Take, finally, the whole ques-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

tic efforts to find out what makes
the American consumer tick.
On the basis Of what they have
already learned, there Is a definite
suspicion that many products and
sales pitches are rubbing tQday's
consumers the wrong way. Ac-
cording to the researchers, the
reasons for this are varied and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

series is published in conjunction with
Decisions" discussion groups being con-
Quoted in this area by the Junior Cham
Der of Commerce in cooperation with
the Foreign Policy Association and the
American Foundation for Political Edu-
cation. Mr.. Murden served as economic
adviser to the United States DELEGATION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

This is the sixth article in The Sunday Stars eight
national questions facing the American people. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

to the United Nations under both Democratic and Repub
lican administrations He has also been associated with
the American Heritage Foundation, the Crusade for
Freedom and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. His
line Series"
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25
Notice of Sale of Bonds

Sealed bids will be receiv-
ed by E. L. Johnson, Clerk of
Parkman Township, G a u G a
County, Ohio, in his place of
business, Johnson Hardware, on
the west side of State Route No.
88, approximately 100 feet north
of the intersection with US.
Route No. 422 in Parkman
Township and Geauga County,
Ohio, and the post office address
for said place of business is
Johnson's Hardware, Parkman,
Ohio, until 1900 noon Eastern
Daylight Saving Time Q1:00
am. Eastern Standard Time) ,
on the 10th day of October, 1858,
at which time the bids will be
publicly opened and read, for
the purchase of bonds of said
Township in the aggregate a =
mount Of $5,067.
Said bids will be promptly
considered by the Trustees OF
said Township.
Said bonds shall be dated the
1St day of October, 1858, shall be
in the denomination of 5000 each
except bond No. l in the demon.
ination of $467 and bonds Nos. z
and 3 in the denomination Of
$500 each, shall draw interest
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25

ascertained, is hereby notified
that Leonard Kirklen has filed
his petition against her in the
Common Pleas Court Of Geauga
County, Ohio, Case No. 1928, for
partition of the following descri-
bed real estate:
Situated in the Township of
cambridge, County OF Geauga
and State of Ohio:
Known as Lots No. 1106 a n d
110T, as shown on a certain
plat entitled Map of Chagrin
Falls Park, which map is re-
corded in the office Of the Re-
corder of deeds of Geauga Coun-
ty, Ohio, on pages go and 81 of
Geauga County Records of plats
and surveys, and subject to re-
strictions of records, be tn e
same more or less, but subject
to all legal highways.
Torrens Certificate of Title No.
1917.
The prayer of said petition is
for the partition of said real es-
tate, and for other equitable re-
lief.
Said defendant is required to
answer said petition on or be-
fore the 9Th day of December,
1858, or judgment will be taken
against her.
LEONARD KIRKLEN
BY: Thrasher & Dinsmore,
his Attorneys. 6c44.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25
NOTICE OF HEARING
ON PETITION
FOR ADOPTION


Probate Court:
Geauga County, Ohio:
No. 11,731
Gen. Doc. 2 Page 256
In the Matter of the Adoption of:
LEE DICKINSON
To: Stewart Elliott
last known address 1886 Ro-
wiley st. ...
Rochester, New York
You are hereby notified t h a
on the 9th day of September,
1858, Petition for Leave to A :
dopt Lee Blakeney Elliott w a S
filed in this Court.
An affidavit alleging that you,
Stewart Elliott, are the father of
said Lee, and that you have will
fully failed to properly support
and maintain said child for a
period of more than two years
Immediately preceding the filing
of this petition; has been filed.
Hearing of the allegation of
wilful failure to support will be
had before this Court at Char
don, Ohio, on Saturday, October
25, 1858, at 1000 o'clock AM.
You are further notified that
hearing of said Petition for A.
doption will be had before this
Court at Chardon, Ohio, on 25th
day of October, 1858, at 1890
O'Clock A. M.
Given under my hand and the
seal Of said Court this 18th day
of September, 1858.
ROBERT B. FORD
Judge of the Probate Court 3c41.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25

bonds within a reasonable time
after the award thereof or for
felt the same as liquidated dam
ages in the event said condition
is not fulfilled. -
Bids shall be sealed and en-
dorsed bid for Road Improve
ment Bonds.
The approving opinion of
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey,
Bond Attorneys, Cleveland, Obi
o, may be obtained by the sue
cessful bidder at his expense. A
complete transcript of proceed
ings and the printed bonds will
be furnished by the Township,
together with a certificate show
ing no litigation pending or
threatened at the time Of the de-
livery, to enjoin delivery or to
contest the validity of the bonds
or the power to issue them or
the levy Of taxes for their pay
ment. ...
In the event the interest on
said bonds showed by act of
Congress become subject to
Federal Income Taxes prior to
delivery, the successful bidder
may refuse to accept delivery
and in such event his bond OF
certified check shall be return
ed without interest.
It is contemplated that said
Board will meet at 8 O'Clock
pm. Eastern Daylight Saving
Time on the 18th day of October
1858, to consider said bids and
make an award.
The right is reserved to reject
bids.
Township of Munson
Geauga County, Ohio
BY Jack Mcdonald, Clerk
3c4(
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25
LEGAL NOTICE

Lawrence A. McDevitt, aka
Larry McDevitt, who resides at
Box 914, Coca Beach, Florida,
otherwise whose place of resi-
dence is unknown, will take no.
tice that on the 9th day of Aug
ust, 1858, the plaintiff, Harold
Webber and John Hurchanik
d b Webber Floor Covering
Company, filed its petition a,
gainSt him in the Court of Com.
mon Pleas of Geauga County,
Ohio, the same being Cause No.
l3257, in said Court, for the re,
covery of money for work and
labor performed in the sum OF
$3.50 90, together with interest at
the rate of 6 percent per annum
from the 3rd day of April, 1858.
Said defendant is required to
answer said Petition on the 18th
day of October, 1858, or judg,
ment will be taken against him,
HAROLD WEBER AND
JOHN HURCHANIK,
BY: Howard w. Broadbent
Attorney for Plaintiff
6c41
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25
LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given by the
Trustees of Newbury Township,
Geauga County, Ohio, that ON
the 22nd day of September, 1858,
we filed a petition in the Com
mon Pleas Court Of G auga
County, Ohio, for authority to
transfer the sum of Twenty Five
Hundred ($2500 .00) Dollars. Said
sum being part Of the unap-
propriated General Fund of said
Township of Newbury to be ira
nsferred to the Road and Bridge
Fund of said Township by rea-
son of the fact that there is a
surplus in the General Fund and
there is not sufficient money in
the Road and Bridge Fund to
take care of the needs of said
Township and for the further
reason that the balance left in
said General Fund will be Suf-
ficient for the needs of said
Township.
The prayer of said petition is
that the Court find that a neceS-
sity exists for the said transfer
and that no injury will result
therefrom and order the petition
ers to make such transfer.
Said cause will be for hearing
before Honorable Judge Harold
j. Richmond in his Court Room
in said County on the 18th day
of October, 1858, at 11:00 o. -
clock A. M. or as soon thereaft-
er as suits his convenience. Any
person or persons objecting to
the prayer of said petition shall
file there objections in such eau
sc on or before the date of the
hearing.
Leland Fl. Gore
see. Lee r. Bliss
Henry Povolny,
Trustees of Newbury Township,
Geauga County, Ohio
1c39.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1958-09-25
Montville
to Dedicate
Church

MONTVILLE - Dedication of
the Community Church of Christ
viii be this Sunday, Sept. 2s,
starting at two O'Clock.
The Youth Orchestra will play
before the services which will be
opened with an organ prelude by
Carol Mausling. The choir wi i
present two numbers. Lillian
Perry will sing His Eye Is on
The Sparrow"
John Kowatch Of Hartsgrove,
will play a violin solo. Rev. Har'
ley Jackson of Cleveland a n d
Rev. Charles Stroag of Chardon
will be the dedication speakers.
There will be recognition OF
other visiting members and their
congregations.