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Smyrna times., 1959-02-12
Spring Flower
Guide Available

Spring-Flowering Bulbs is the
title of a new leaflet published
by the U. S. Dept. of Agricul-
ture, says Dick Harris, County
Urban Assistant. Included in the
publication are hints on the
planting and care of familiar
favorites such as daffodils, hya-
cinths, bulb iris, crocuses, and
tulips. Suggestions are also of
fered on the care of the various
bulbs, he said.
Since the selection of bulbs
is quite important in producing
a successful crop of flowers, the
U.S.D.A. has also made up lists
of the well-known and depend
able varieties. The lists include
types, varieties, and colors in
addition to descriptions in many
cases.
Those interested in obtaining
copies of this publication Qeaf-
let 439) should contact the
County Agents Office, Agricul-
tural Hall, Newark.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12

He is now putting his years of
air training to good use by
working with the Smyrna Cadet
Squadron of the Delaware Wing,
Civil Air Patrol. He was ap-
pointed executive officer of the
squadron in December and was
recently commended by DR..
Monroe Hatch, the regional di-
rector of education for the
United States Air Force, for the
work he is doing with the local
cadet squadron.
Clark is a member of many
professional organizations, in
Guiding the Delaware State Ed
ucation Association, the Kent
County Education Association
Sussex County Education Asso-
citation, and the Smyrna Educa-
tion Association. He has travel
ed extensively over the United
States, Canada, and Mexico
His favorite hobbies are read
ing and woodworking.
Clark is responsible for the
eleventh grade homeroom and
teaches junior high school sci
ence and senior high school ply
sizes. He, his wife Mildred, ano
their two boys live at the Fred
erick Lodge Trailer Park, north
of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12

Lords Prayer" will be 'Hal-
lowed Be Thy Name" " A nursery
is available for all pre-school
children. The M.Y.F. will hold
its regular meeting in the edu-
cational building at 7 pm. The
W.S.C.S., sponsors of the play,
"Womanless Wedding" report
that it was a huge success, and
funds from the play were donat-
ed to the organ fund of the
church. Mrs. Mary Roadway di-
rected the play, and her CO.
workers were Mrs. Ethel Legar,
Miss Mary Waddell and Mrs.
Frank Stephens.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12
HartlX Methodist Church

The Rev. Robert F. Loss, Jr.,
minister, announces services at
Hartly Methodist Church for
Sunday, Feb. Is, as follows:
Church School, with classes for
all ages, 10 am. Morning wor-
ship, IL am. The second in a
series of sermons on "The
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12

Everyone with an interest in the
poultry industry is invited to at
tend, concludes MIR. Laramore.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12
KNOW YOUR TEACHERS.
Guardians of our Future

This series to better acquant the residents of the Smyrna
Special School District with those responsible for the
education of our children "the citizens of tomorrow.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12

Enrolled in the Boy Scouts of
America are more than 4,780, 900
boys and leaders.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-12

Stanley 1earn Edith UeLonq
Miss DeLong has won II rib
bons and prizes during the past
two years. She presented a first
prize demonstration, How to
Prepare Vegetables for Freezing"
at county achievement day.
Miss DeLong is a junior leader
of the Green Meadows All Club.
All of the All work is directed by
the Extension Service.
Evening star., 1959-12-01

Peace. like the Christmas
spirit, is in the air. In WASH
ington, high ofhcials in re-
sponsible positions in various
Government departments ex-
ude hope that we may be
close to an era where the
wolf and the lamb will be-
come good bedfellows.
The American people
throughout the country gen.
orally share this optimism.
We have heard for more than
q decade from political lead
ers. press, radio and pulpits
that the primary objective Of
the United States is the es-
tablishment and maintenance
Of world peace. No one dares
question the philosophical
premise on which this is
predicated.
Because Of the goodness
and honesty Of purpose of
those who are in the fore
front Of the peace crusade,
the premise is accepted axio-
matically by an overwhelm-
ing number of sincere, God
fearing Americans. Yet, does
this axiom, II we are bent on
preserving our heritage,
actually mean that we can
avoid fighting in the future
as so many seem to inter-
pret 1t?
We are q Nation dedicated
to honor. We can conduct our
affairs in such q way as to
be in accord with the God
given conscience within all
Of US. To do this, however,
might mean that honor"
would demand recourse to
arms In tie event some other
nation sought to force dis
honor on us.
We are q Nation dedicated
to justice. In our daily do
mestic life as in our dealings
with foreign nations we can
insist on justice for all parties
as we have done in the past.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
DAVID LAWRENCE -.
SoYiet's Vast Propaganda Drive

United states. The number Of
copies Of this thing distrib-
uted must have been astro-
nomical to 90 through all
these countries.
"And the whole pitch Of the
propaganda was that Khru-
shehev is q great man Of
peace, that he's the fellow
who is calming down the
'warmongers' IN the capitalist
countries. Also the readers
are told not to worry about the
Red Chinese-Khrushchev Is
supposed to be taking care Of
them, too. That's an interest
ing propaganda line in India.
AS for the idea that there is
some grave detection between
Red China and Russia-I
think that's the biggest piece
of deceptive propaganda of
ALL"
The views expressed by
Representative Boggs may
come as a surprise to those
Americans who pooh-pooh
the Communist menace and
who seem to think that the
Khrushchev trip to the
United States has lessened
the intensity Of the "cold
war" tactics of the Com
munists. On the contrary,
there is every evidence from
observing the Soviet propa-
ganda that the Communist
idea Of world conquest has by
no means been dropped and
that internal sub ersion is
expected to attain Communist
goals.
American propaganda is
relatively small in amount. 1t
is limited by congressional
funds and is by no means as
extensive as is generally be-
lieved in this country.
(copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Representative Boggs' Report Held Sign
Reds Aim for World Conquest

counterpart funds tied up
that can't be used for coun-
ter-information purposes. I
am going to look into this.
"The impact in India Of
the Communist propaganda
Is 30 big because the Com
munists are doing q tremen-
dous job there. In other
countries. too. they appar-
emily are spending as much
time and effort and money.
'T went to Baghdad-I be-
lieve I was the first member
Of our Congress to 60 there
since the overthrow Of the
previous government in Iraq.
The Communists are doing q
fantastic job there, but the
real job is done by internal
subversion rather than by
propaganda from the outside.
They've got almost complete
control Of the local press,
for instance. and it's violently
anti-American. The United
States Information Agency
office in Baghds.d was seized
by the KaSsirn government
when they took power.
THE propaganda line in
these countries is something.
In every one Of these slick
paper NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
published in Russia, China,
North Wet Nam, or North
Koroa. or in any one Of the
Eastern European satellite
countries-they had inserted
in English q copy Of Khru-
shchev's speech as he reached
Moscow on his return from
the United States and also q
copy Of his last speech over
television before leaving the
Evening star., 1959-12-01

we then, in the weakened
and diSorganized condition
in which we would be, start
trading hydrogen bombs on
Russian and American cities?
Four Major Conclusions
I hope I have made clear
the following points:
!. We must have other
strings to our bow: We must
not rely only on our deter
rent force to save the coun-
try from war. II we were sure
that military force would al
ways keep the peace, we
could properly rely on 1t
alone despite its heavy cost
Of about $45 billion a year,
all of which is taken from.
better education, health and
well being for the people. It
would be worth 1t to pay this
price indefinitely If we could
be sure it would prevent q
major war. But we can't, be-
cause q deterrent policy by o
strike-second country Is not
reliable.
2. Our deterrent force Is
our best safeguard so long as
there is no world agreement
on q trustworthy system Of
disarm a m ent. We must
strengthen our deterrent
force-make its defenses bet
ter and step up the power Of
its counterattack. We do not
have the sense Of urgency
about this force we ought to
have, and we must get 1t
forthwith, regardless Of cost.
We need other military forces,
too, but we need our deter
rent power above all.
3. We need to do. q lot Of
ether things II war Is to be
prevented. We need q much
greater sense Of concern
ABOUT peace. We are count
ing too much on the Rus
slams being rational and hat
ing, or fearing, war as we do.
We are counting too much on
their being willing to take
heavy casualties, If by taking
them they can get what they
want. And on the reverse Of
the medal, we are not count
ing enough on the possibility
that they, too, know that war,
even under the most favorable
conditions, will bring degra-
dation and destruction to
them as well as to those whom
they attack; that Mr.. Khru-
shchev may mean his talk Of
coexistence, disarmament and
peace.
4. The United States must,
in short, build UP its arma-
ments, especially those whose
purpose is to deter, and at the
same time work much, much
harder to see to it that these
armaments will never b used.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
State and Local Democratic Groups
Seen Booking Party Chairman

Speaker and Senator johnson
will be noticeably missing. =.
Both were invited at the
start to join the council and
refused. At the time they did
not feel 1t could in any way
minimize their own impor-
tance as, indeed, 1t does not
from the standpoint Of legis-
lation. That 1t could 90 de-
velop as almost to isolate
them from strictly party af-
fairs did not seem possible at
the time, but this is the
present effect.
By now 1t is clear, however,
that Mr.. Butler is q tough
customer. He has survived
staggering money troubles
and public seedlings from
former President Truman, an
admitted expert in that de-
partment.
1t Is true that circum-
stances have operated to
magnify his powers. The
broken field Of presidential
candidates in which no one
seems to be able to draw
ahead Of the others has kept
the party leaders from form
ing hard and fast alliances
for any purposes.
Mr.. Buffers determination
to attach q young and for
ward look to the convention
next summer was greatly
aided by the johnson candi-
dacy. It meant that Speaker
Rayburn. eager to advance
his fellow-Texan, disqualified
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Readiness to Fight Foe Who EnsI0ves
Is Termed Nations Only Choice
CONSTANTINE BROWN


This. too, might conflict with
peace" in the event injustice
Is forced upon US.
We are q country ardently
dedicated to freedom. Here,
again. q philosophical con-
fiict might force US to choose
between freedom and peace.
So we could call the roll Of
the historic objectives Of this
Nation: Liberty, general well
fare, pursuit Of happiness,
equality and national secu-
rity. Each could - and very
well might - conflict with
establishment and main
tenance Of world peace"
The connotation Of COM
plete dedication to world
peace as q national objective
is nothing more nor less than
a prohouncement that we will
appease and ultimately sur
render in order to achieve
that end. If peace and honor
conflict, those who are dedi-
Gated to peace have no choice
but to surrender honor and
all other principles for which
this Nation has stood ever
since its inception.
Is it the new American
philosophy to lie supinely
and allow our legacy TO be
sacrificed to atheistic ma
terialism? Is this workable?
Peace is not a unilateral ac-
ton. 1t can be achieved only
by nations Of good will who
desire 1t. No matter how dill
gently we may be striving
toward that goal, our efforts
will be in vain when the
world is Stalked by q vicious
philosophy which is deter
mined to engulf others by
force.
Peace with q determined
aggressor can be achieved
only by surrender. And only
those who favor surrender
can philosophically and logi-
cally defend the primacy of
Evening star., 1959-12-01
POTOMAC FEVER
BY FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike will speak to the Nation about his trip abroad One
thing about these Republicans No wife complain they're
always under foot hanging around the house
$3.50
Well at least this is presidential campaign everybody
understand Thus far the three major payoa
cranberries and birth control
The Senate makes public its payroll Concluon 1t takes
awful lot Of help to persuade the average
Senator to come out for economy.
PeSsimist: The who says it's still 20 days before
winter starts Optmist The who it's only Ill days
to spring.
The Census Bureau says A million Americans in
school, The other 100 million Of milling around out
side, complaining that they're spending much time at
recess
Evening star., 1959-12-01
The Price of Peace and Honor

the peace objectives. II they
don't favor surrender" then
there must be a point at
which they would fight. And
If they would fight at some
point then they don't COM
pletely believe in peace.
Those to whom surrender
is unacceptable must restore
as our national detectives
those things which we can
attain by our own conduct
and sacrifice. Perhaps we
may even have to fight for
them. Perhaps even die for
them. Other Americans have
done so, or this Republic
would not have reached its
1880 birthday.
Does a restoration of these
national objectives make us
'warmongers" and advocates
of violence? Does 1t conflict
with our deep religious be-
liefs? Certainly not. 1t re-
stores pride. courage and
faith. It recognizes that
when in ancient Rome Gin
cinnatus put down his pillow
and took up arms there was
a reason transcending per-
sonal safety, not Just for
war.
AS free Americans we all
hope and pray that one Of
the outcomes Of our dedica-
ton to these objectives will
be world peace. AS realists we
must recognize that the
choice Of war or peace lies
with those who would de-
stroy the dignity of man.
The words Of Patrick
Henry should ring continu-
ously in. our ears: "Is life so
dear, or peace so sweet, as
to be purchased at the price
Of chains and slavery? For
bid it, Almighty God! I know
not what course others may
take! but as for me, give me
liberty, or give me death!"
But, Of course, If Henry
were alive in this day and
age he wotld be denounced
by the neo-liberals as a
black-hearted reactionary.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
DORIS FLEESON

Democratic National Chair
man Butler has succeeded in
bringing into the Democratic
Advisory Council. either in
person or by proxy, every
presidential candidate and
powerful party interest. in
cluding the South, except the
congressional leaders, Speak
er Rayburn and Senator
johnson.
This viii be seen next week
end in New York where ses-
sions Of the council are being
co-ordinated with q big fund
raising dinner In honor Of
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Numerous social occasions
may cloak but not conceal
the struggle for power which
Mr.. Butler so far Is winning
hands down.
His success at base Is due to
his popularity with the State
and local organizations which
have been winning 30 many
remarkable victories. Their
leaders are vigorous and am
bilious; they hope to rise
higher and shine even more
brightly In q Democratic ma
tional administration.
They are not hostile to the
Democratic Congress and its
Texas leaders; they like Mr..
Rayburn and admire Senator
johnson. But they discern no
dividends from their control
Of Congress; their eyes are
fixed on the White House.
Hence. the big New York
parade from which tn Q
Evening star., 1959-12-01
Butler Gains on Convention Goal

himself as permanent chair
man Of the convention. The
Speaker has told intimates he
does not now want the Job.
Representative McC Cormack
Of Massachusetts,. Mr.. Ray
burns second man in the
House, and long chairman
Of the Convention Platform
Committee. has already
quietly told Mr.. Butler that
he, too, was bowing out next
year. This leaves the chair
man free to hunt for precisely
those key convention figures
who will impart the aura he
seeks to achieve.
To find them and q key
noter of the same stripe is
not easy. The Senate, the
House and the Governors
should be represented, the
geographical and theological
aspects are important, and
ideally no favorites should be
played with respect to any
candidate.
Mr.. Butler and his advisers
find themselves inevitably d.
rected toward the smaller
States as they pursue their
search. For example, Senators
Muskie Of Maine and Church
Of Idaho are on practically
everybody's list. But this year
even smaller State Governors
entertain national ambitions.
Mr.. Butler is often told, by
Mr.. Truman among others,
that he ought to strive for
party unity. He is calmly
confident that the party will
profit from its display Of con-
viction on both sides.
Evening star., 1959-12-01
DAVID LAWRENCE

It's o good thing for Con.
gresSmen and Senators b so
abroad to get the feel Of the
cold war" For 1t opens the
eyes Of the officials in our
own Government to the
battle for peoples minds"
which. in some respects, is
more important than all the
bombs and missiles.
Representative Hale Boggs
Of Louisiana, Democrat, who
Is chairman Of a subcom-
mittee Of the House Ways
and Means Committee study
ing foreign trade matters,
has Just come back from q
lengthy tour abroad and he
is very much impressed by
the strength Of the Com
munist propaganda. He said
to this correspondent:
II went to the world-trade
organization meeting at
Tokyo and then to the un-
derdeveloped countries, tax
ing a look at what we might
do to encourage private in
vestment in these areas. But
when you get into these
things, you get into Q lot Of
other matters. In India. for
instance. those people are
flooded with slick propagan-
da not only from Russia and
Red China but from each
one Of the Communist satel-
lite countries.
"It's very clever stui7-it's
all about how these nations
have made the great leap
forward without being ex-
plotted by the Communists.
and so on. At the same time
our people tell me that we
have got $3.50 million In
Evening star., 1959-12-01

can easily locate them) we
can strike at them.
But what about the rest
OF the enemy's force which
has already nit US? Where
viii 1t be? Certainly not on
the bases where it can be
found by our ICBMs. A
capital point about q strike
second force is that the value
Of its ICBNGs is greatly re-
duced. ICBMs cannot look
around for targets, they have
to go pretty much where
they are pointed.
The job Of knocking out
the enemy's striking force in
our strikes e cond attack
seems, as one thinks Of the
difficulties, unlikely to sue
ceed.
This leaves the counter
city and counter-po population
attacks. Will not the prospect
that some hydrogen bombs
will hit the Russian cities be
enough to prevent the Rus
sian attack? Maybe. II our
deterrent strategy is to work.
1t will be because Of this.
But we can't be sure. 1t
will depend on the Russians
estimate as to how many
bombs will hit their cities,
how much of our deterrent
force they think they can
take out in their first at
tack, how good their defenses
are, how much they have dis
persed their population.
It may depend also on the
internal situation in Russia
or in the satellites, or on
Russo Chinese relations. or
how the cold war is going,
on personalities, or on any,
thing which might make the
rulers Of Russia (and soon Of
China and perhaps others
think 1t would be worth it to
take heavy casualties to get
what they want.
Then, too there is the pos
sibility the Russians delib.
erately would not hit our
cities in their first attack,
but would concentrate on
our deterrent fe{ce. Would
Evening star., 1959-12-01
CAN AMERICA DEFEND ITSELF?
Policy Of Difference
Called Unreliable
BY THOMAS X. FINLETTER
North American Newspaper Alliance

BY THOMAS X. FNLETTEE
North American Newspaper Alliance
NEW YORK, Dec. / - In
two previous articles I have
pointed out that the defenses
Of our United States air
atomic force, which we hope
will deter the Russians from
making war, need improving.
But what Of our counter
attack? This is the pay-off.
It is our counterattack - or
rather the Russians estimate
of (which viii or will not
deter them from thinking Of
attacking us.
We must not assume that
q counterattack would be
with the full power Of our
deterrent force. It Is unlikely
although theoretically pos
sible - that we will have
enough sure warning Of an
enemy attack to launch our
counter blow during those
few minutes our warnings
systems will give us.
We must assume our coun-
terattack will be made after
we have been hit. It will be
therefore by a weakened
and disorganized American
deterrent. against an intact,
alert defense, dispersed and
sheltered, proba bly, with
much Of the population also
in shelters.
The strike-second country's
defenses are almost certain
to be unready; the strike
first country's defenses
against the remnants of the
victims retaliatory force are
sure to be at peak effective
ness.
Problem Of Targets
Then: What are the tar
gets Of q force which must
strike second? The accepted
strategy is that the enemy's
air-atomic force is the No. /
target. Whoever ends UP with
some remnants Of his air.
atomic force, with his enemy
having none left, has won"
But how does a strike
second force find the enemy's
aircraft and missilesP Some
Of them will have been held
back from the first attack to
be able to impose the at
tacker's will on his victim,
and, II we can find them (for
they will not be where we
Evening star., 1959-12-01

This Is the last Of three srtieIss on
Americas current end future
oir-nueleor deterrent power BY
the Secretary Of the Air Force
from 1850 to 1853 and the
ehairmon Of the Presidents Air
Policy Commission in le47-5s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-26

eign Minister of France, are said
to be convinced that Soviet For
eign Minister Andrei Gromyko
will not agree to any significant
concessions over the status of
Western occupation rights in
Berlin.
Mr.. Herter has repeatedly said
he will not talk indefinitely about
the matter, and indications are he
expects the conference to end
either at the end of this week or
the beginning of next.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Sell
wynn Lloyd, however, VINO is under
considerable pressure from his
government to promote summit
meeting, has taken a different
view. He believes Mr.. Gromyko is
in more conciliatory mood, hav-
ing agreed to talk on the prob
lens of working out a stopgap
deal on Berlin. He previously m
sisted on talking about an East
and West German committee on
reunif1cation of that divided coun-
try before he would consider any
thing else.