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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
Senate Criticized as Drifting on Issue
And Not Challenging Administration

year. much less plan, work
and fight for II. Their curl
Gus apathy, occurring as 1t
does in the midst Of admin
istration anti-inflation, anti
spending ballyhoo. has given
rise to a deep. dark suspicion
on the part Of many observ-
ers that they are content to
let the present system be-
come disastrous so that they
can Junk 1t altogether.
Such an act is not the
political impossibility 1t
would once have seemed. Mr..
Benson's price support pay
ments are an expensive lux
ury for the taxpayer and he
is practically an untouchable
in politics, but he has been
richly successful in his
divide-and-conquer maneu-
vers with respect to the farm
bloc. It has disintegrated and
the big consumer States have
bought the fallacious idea
that prices Of farm products
are mainly responsible for
the high cost Of living.
This is the main reason
even the most conscientious
members Of the House and
Senate shrink from trying to
frame O farm bill In the leg
islative branch and subject It
TO revision on the floor. They
are afraid the farmers viii
be outvoted at every turn on
a measure vital to their we'll
being.
Rather than let that hap
pen. they drift. Yet they Bit
terly concede that they have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
DORIS FLEESON

The Senate debated the
Agriculture Department ap-
preparation bill this week with
all the enthusiasm Of school,
boys confronted with over
size doses Of castor oil. ,
It is going ahead with an
indefensible program under q
Secretary it hates and q Pres
ident whose intentions with
respect to farm policy 1t mis-
trusts. Yet it is failing to
challenge either one strongly
enough to get action and 1t
has proved unable or unwill-
ing to devise a decent alter
native Of its own.
Politicians have their faults
and their standards Of what
is permissible in q free society
are no better than those Of
anyone else-and no worse.
But they really do not like
bad government and they are
aware that the farm policy
mess in Washington is the
king Of them all on the do
nestle side.
A new Library Of Congress
study shows that Agriculture
Secretary Benson, now occu-
plying his high ONCE for the
seventh year. Is the biggest
spender in the departments
history. It's expenditures from
1882 to 1858 were $25.2 bill
lion. Since Mr.. Benson came
in with Mr.. Eisenhower, net
budget expenditures have
reached $31 billion.
Yet the President and Mr..
Benson did not offer Con-
greSs Q new program this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02

At long last 1t begins 10 look
as II our free-spending Gov
eminent might take q careful.
appraising look at the whole
business Of foreign aid.
In the past q few deter
mined but outnumbered law
makers, with an occasional
assist from conscientious ad-
illustrators In the executive
branch, have every year
called attention TO the waste
fulness. inefiiciency and. In
many cases. the foolhardiness
Of the program. But they
have never been able TO do
more than force moderate cuts
in the billions appropriated
for our lavish bureaucrats to
strew about.
This year, however, some OF
the staunch friends Of foreign
aid have questioned the fur
ther propriety Of scattering
American taxpayers resources
In the hit-or-miss fashion
pursued for 30 long.
OF course, men like Senator
Mansfield. who suggested re-
Gently that the whole aid pro-
gram ought TO be totally re-
organized or totally aban-
doned. are not opposed to the
principle Of foreign aid. They
would spend more, not less.
In the long run. But they
want to know where the
money is going and whether
it Is doing any good.
Few Americans realize the
stupendous scale on which
American funds are distrib-
uted around the world. The
total Of our aid to the little
nation Of Laos In Indo- China
is about double the entire
budget Of that country.
What will Laos do II and
when that immense financial
contribution is withdrawn?
Then there Is the question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
Questions in Congress Roise Hope
For Careful Study of U.S.. Program

Of effectiveness, In which we
should be interested. ID the
foreign aid program achiev-
ing the purposes for which IL
was created? There are q
great many informed voices
which say mo-" And not all
Of these are perennial foes
Of all foreign aid. Many Of
them see American assistance
as o necessary arm Of inter-
national policy and as O de-
pendable prop against the
constant pressures Of Com
munist infiltration.
Some Of the criticism Is d.
rected at the character Of the
aid being rendered. Over
emphasis on military assist
ance. for example. Is cited
as q major drawback In the
program. It Is charged. with
some justification, that send
ing military equipment and
technical missions TO certain
countries merely holsters ex-
listing regimes. many Of
them hated dictatorships.
Quite naturally. this earns
the undying hatred Of the
people concerned for the
United States.
OF course. while tensions
threatening our security con-
tinue. It win be necessary to
help out countries such as
Turkey. Pakistan. Iran. Wet
Nam. China and Korea. They
continue to be our first line
Of defense.
Whatever details or aspects
Of the program may be at
tackled as mistaken. 1t Ger.
tainly appears to be demon.
strable by this time that the
entire program has outlived
its usefulness in many areas.
Despite the staggerin g
amounts poured into foreign
countries since lo45, the &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
US. Prestige Seen Hurt by Obstacles
To Presidents Cobinet Appointment

ting atomic secrets and rs
an ofiicial who has had the
most cordial relations with
Western g'overnm Q n Is on
atomic matters. 1t Is asked
whether the pendulum has
swung the other way and II
the anti Communists now are
the ones being prosecuted.
When some Of the newsmen
who inquire about the issues
involved in the Strauss case
are told that much Of the OPP
position comes from Senators
who favor Government own
ership Of electric power prof.
ects and that the present
Secretary Of Commerce has
been opposed to their views,
the question then raised Is
whether the Democratic Party
Is Americas Socialist party
and whether this Is going to
be the issue In the 1860
campaign.
There Is O revival naturally
Of the discussion about the
celebrated case Of ]. Robert
Oppenheimer. noted scientist,
who was denied security
clearance while Mr.. Strauss
was chairman Of the Atomic
Energy Commission. But 1t
was an impartial board which
revealed that DR.. Open
heimer had contacts with
Communists while he was ut
the head Of O secret labora-
tory project Of the United
States Government and that,
when intelligence officers
questioned him about these
contacts, he misled them for
q long while and then. three
years afterward. confessed
that he had lied to the Amer
lean intelligence officers. It
was, in the final analysis,
matters involving DR.. Open
heimer's judgment and dis.
erection which led to his being
barred. rather than any ques-
ton about his loyalty. But
TO the European 1t looks like
Mr.. Strauss Is about to be
punished by the adverse votes
Of many Democratic Senators
for the performance Of his
duty as q public ofiicial.
The case has come to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
Boeing Long-Ronge Airliner to Be First
U. S. Commercial Jet in Moscow

national Aeronautical Fed
Grafton.
The British would have
had that honor but for their
poor luck with the original
Comets - now back in o
larger and splendidly per-
forming model. Sir Winston
Churchill used BOAC's Comet
on his recent night to the
United States.
Boeing. which pioneered in
big bombers In World War
II. scored o beat on the in
dustry with the TOT. The
707-32l was planned immedi-
ately after the success Of the
original 7o7. It win make the
United States first in the
world with o truly intercon-
tinental Jet transport. Those
now flying the Atlantic are
doing Q fine job and attract
ing passengers. But Israel's
airline, which flies the huge
Jet prop British Britannia. has
been taking some Of the joy
out Of the business by noting.
in dead-pan ads, that the
Britannia Is the only one to
fly truly nonstop. The others
often must make fuel stops
at Boston or In Gander,
Newfoundland.
But the 707-321 can 60 the
route.
Tentative plans by the Vice
President are to fly direct to
Moscow from Friendship
international Airport at
Baltimore - something over
$500 miles.
The big Jet will, Of course.
be Q great show in Moscow.
The Soviets few their staff
to the Geneva conference in
q turbo-prop transport which
seats from 80 to 100 passen-
gers. Aerofiot, which Is the
Soviet bureau operating the
nations airlines, has an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
RALPH McGHL

Vice President Richard M.
Nixon win get his wish. He
viii have Q Jet for his July
trip to Russia which win ny
nonstop to Moscow.
In April, on the evening Of
the day President Eisenhower
announced the Vice President
would 60 TO the Soviet caui-
tai formally to open the
American exposition. he de-
clared he would not 60 by
piston plane. He hoped for
. nonstop, over Athe = Pole
flight.
There was some doubt then
whether there would be q
plane ready. Douglas DC-8
would not have completed
tests. Beings 7o7-321, Q lar.
ger model Of the jet now IN
transatlantic flight, was o
possibility.
It now is assured.
Boeing hurried production
Of the first big ship sched-
uled for delivery to Pan
American. The huge aircraft
is to have o preliminary
shakedown flight Of some g.
756 miles from Seattle to
Rome. Pan American. Of
course, is delighted. It will
be Q publicity triumph for
both Boeing and Pan Ameri-
can to have the FIRST Ameti-
can commercial Jet plane in
Moscow.
But that is secondary.
1t will be q very real tri-
umph for American aviation.
The Russians were a good
three years ahead Of the rest
Of the world in putting Jets
into successful commercial
operation. A gold medal has
just been presented to An
drei Tupolev, designer Of the
Soviets' TU-104 jet transport
which has been in service for
three years, by the Inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
CONSTANTINE BROWN -a.
Time to Approise Foreign Aid

tual disparity between tho
haves and have-nots Is wider
than ever. The underdevel.
oped nations are still UNDER
developed. American loans
and grants-in-aid. however
large. vanish like drops Of
water In the sands Of the
desert.
II Congress win face up TO
the realities this year. per-
haps this costly absurdity
will be on the way on the
books. II win be very dificult
indeed TO end all indiscrimi.
nate foreign aid programs.
principally because the great
est land one Is tempted 10 say
the only beneficiaries are the
fat American bureaucrats
who administer them. They
are entrenched behind o
multi-million dollar fortress
supported by all those persons
and interests who gain imam
cially from the continuation
Of Uncle Sans generosity.
But when the traditional
congressional supporters Of
the giveaways begin to ask
questions. there 10 hope that
reason and common sense
win finally conquer the emo
tional, sloganized nonsense
that has been used TO Justify
the expenditure Of Americas
resources for 50 long. At the
very least, some Of the more
glazing wastes may be ended.
Perhaps we win finally quit
building expensive highways
where there are no automo.
biles to use tn EN-. Or we
might venture to insist that
governments such as that Of
Afghanistan tell the people
that the wheat In Russian.
built silos Is American and
not Russian.
Let the lawmakers measure
up to their responsibilities.
American exhaustion cannot
help the free world to resist
Communist imperialism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-02
School Children
AtRecord Number
BY the Associated Press

The number Of school-age
children In the United States
is expected to increase by more
than 5 million during the next
four years, to reach Q total Of
nearly 40 million.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dillman DO
Ann StonehilD, Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Bower, MARY Ellen
Bame), Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Klingler, June Reams), Mrs.
Donna (Hagerman) Koontz, Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne Matter (Janet
Young), Mrs. Ruthella (Krouse)
Boyd, Mrs. Betty (Weinhold) Ell
gay, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Traucht (Marcine Garmatter), },
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Konst
kathleen Niswander), Mr.. and
Mrs. Dale Reichenbach, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert McCune and Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Marshall.
After a welcome by Carl Mar
shall the members discussed
whether to have a picnic next
year or arrange reunion at the
alumni banquet. Opinions of class
members on the subject are
sought and interested persons are
asked to notify the class secre-
tary, Mrs. Mary Ellen Bower,
Jenera.
Letters from those unable to
attend were read by Betty Ebay.
Letters were received from Mrs.
Paul Mccoy phyllis Steiner),
Mrs. Charles Quick (Louise Duni-
fon), and Mrs. F. L. Farnsworth
MARY Alice Geiger).
New officers for next year will
be Paul Greding, president; 10
Ann Dillman, vice president and
Mary Ellen Bower, secretary
treasurer. Changes of address
should be sent to the secretary.
-
Bridal Shower
On May 20 a miscellaneous
bridal shower was given in honor
of Linda Core, bride-elect of
David l.. Myers, with Miss Ruth
Augsburger serving as hostess.
Those attending were: Misses
Raeleen Bucher, Judy Schiffke,
and Louise Core, of Bluffton;
Miss Marjory Lehman of Lima,
Mrs. Henry Koontz, Mrs. Glenn
Augsburger and Mrs. Vera Core
of Bluffton and Mrs. Kay Evans,
Ada.
Gifts were sent by Misses
Christine Geiger, Doris Riser,
Sally Parish, Nancy Steiner, Ar
lene Balmer and Mary 10 Diller
and Mrs. Margie Closson, all of
Bluffton, and Jane Badertscher,
Circleville.
Wedding Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Benroth
celebrated their 25th wedding an
niversary Sunday, June z, at an
open house held in their honor at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe
Amstutz on Franklin avenue.
Mrs. Amstutz is a sister of Mrs.
Benroth.
The couple was married on
June 6. 1884, in the Mennonite
parsonage by the Rev. w. S.
Gotschall. They are the parents
of three sons, Richard, Roger and
Ronald.
Nieces of Mrs. Benroth served
cake and punch and attended the
guest book. The table was center
ed with a wedding cake and a
bouquet of roses.
Gifts included a money" tree
with 25 silver dollars placed on
il in observance of the silver an
niversary.
The afternoon was spent in
visiting and taking family pic
lures. Guests in attendance were
from Jerome, Toledo, Columbus
Grove, Lima, Pandora, Ashland
and Bluffton.
American Legion Auxiliary
The regular meeting of the
nrs...
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American Legion Auxiliary
The regular meeting of the
American Legion auxiliary was
held Tuesday night with the fol-
lowing officers being installed by
past president, Hulda Amstutz
president, Ruby McCarty; first
vice president, Eta Huber: sec
end vice president, Marie Gels
er; secretary, Mary Jane Moser:
treasurer, Estena Core; chap.
lain, Eva Kohl; historian, GAY.
nelle Rockey and sergeant at
arms, Barbara Chidester.
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One Completes,
Two Begin Basic
Marine Training

AS one Bluffton youth COM
pleted his Marine recruit train
ing at Paris Island, S. c. two
others have enlisted and started
the arduous instruction period
this week.
Robert E. Logan, Jr., son of
Robert Logan, 356 Main street,
Bluffton has just completed the
basic course. Lynn Schiffke, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Schiffke
of South Main street, and Dennis
Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Smith, Washington street
arrived at the South Carolina
recruit depot last week.
The n-week training schedule
includes drill, bayonet training,
physical conditioning, parades
and ceremonies and other mil
itary subjects.
Three weeks are spent on the
rifle range where the recruits
fire the MI rifle and receive in
struction in basic Marine infan-
try weapons.
After a leave from duty Logan
will continue his further Leather.
neck training at Camp Lejeune,
N. G.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
NeueschWander
Rites Wednesday

Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon in the Ba-
singer funeral home for Ruben
Neueschwander, 81, who died
Monday afternoon in st. An
thony's hospital, Columbus,
after a long illness.
He was born May 30, 1877 in
Allen county to Christian and
Christina (Habegger) Neuesch-
wander. He married Caroline
Stoecker and she survives.
Other survivors include two
sons, Clyde and Clifton, both of
Pandora; two daughters, Mrs.
Allen. Sawyer, Lakefield, Mime
sofa, and Mrs. Bernard Assman,
Columbus; and seven grandchild-
dren.
Mr.. Neueschwander was a So
year member of the Bluffton
Masonic lodge. rra
The Rev. Earl Basinger of
ficiated at funeral services with
burial in the Reformed Menno-
mite cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Business To
Hear Summer
Promotion Reports

Three summer promotions of
the Bluffton Business Mems as
sociation will be discussed at the
next meeting of the group Thurs
day evening of next week, July
2, at 8 p. m. in the c. F. Mis-
wander & Son implement store.
Members will hear a report on
the results of the Air Fair pro-
motion set for this Sunday al
Bluffton Airport; plans for the
Historical Car Festival, set for
August 1; and plans for the an.
nual businessmen's picnic and
beauty contest scheduled for the
last Thursday of August.
Harold Balmer will also dis.
cuss another important retail
event coming up in August anC
Silas Diller will discuss the forth.
coming Mennonite General Con
ference.
Lunch will be served at the
close of the meeting.
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Conference Pageant To Tell
Story Of Mennonite Pilgrims

I've Are Pilgrims" will be the
title of the pageant to be pre-
sented as a feature of the CEN
tennial conference of the Memo
mite church to be held here in
August.
The pageant will be presented
twice on Sunday, August 16 in
Founders hall.
The prologue of the pageant
asks the question, What is a pill
grim?" The answer, told in the
form of General Conference Men
MONTE history, is that a pilgrim
is a man going somewhere, look
ing for the land of promise.
Unfolding in a series of five
episodes, the pageant starts with
Memo Simons at Witmarsum
where, still a priest in the Ro-
man Catholic church, he is torr
by conflicts and doubts as he
searches for the true fellowship
of believers. Finally as worship.
ers stream through the doors oi
the WitmarSum church to attend
Mass, Memo prays for wisdom
and courage, and then leaves
Where he is going, he cannot say
for sure; he knows only that he
must 60 by faith.
In the second episode the pill.
grim is the Pennsylvania school
teacher Christopher Dock, who
brought Gods love into the class
room. A third scene depicts &
union of faith, the organization
of the General Conference Men
MONTE church in 1860 by pioneers
in Iowa. May the Lord bless
this small beginning" says Johr
H. Oberholtzer. "If we are us
able tools in the Masters hands
the work will prosper. We believe
that the spirit of God is witt
us " In the fourth episode
Mennonites from Russia in 1877
look for a new home in America
The final episode brings to life
a scene in a modern draft of
flee, where conscientious objec
tor Don Snyder says, 1--WE be
lieve that the way of love is bet
ter than the way of hate"
rs that so?" comments a skep
teal draft board member.
AS Don explains the pilgrim
age of Mennonites through the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

years and across many nations
in the search for a place to live
the love of God, a procession of
people across the stage drama
tie the work of the General Con-
ference Mennonite church.
An offering will be received at
both presentations for the expens-
es of the pageant production.
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LEGAL, NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received at the office of the
Clerk of the Village of Bluffton, Ohio,
until 1900 noon on the 4th day of
August for the purchase or lease of the
following described real estate:
Being a tract of land in the North
west Il of Section H12 Bluffton,
Ohio. and being further described as
follows: Beginning at a point in the
South line of Harmon Street Water
Street,, this point being 1880 feet
Northeast of the intersection of the
centerline of Poplar Street ex-
tended and the South line of Har-
mon Street thence North as de-
grees 90 minutes East along the
South line of Harmon Street for
l51.05 feet thence South As degrees
1875 minutes East for 144.1S feet
thence South ID degrees 48. 8 minutes
West for l51.12 feet; thence North
45 degrees IL minutes West for l44.-
II feet to the place of beginning.
Said premises subject to the follow
ing described easement for a water
line; being an easement "a feet
wide along the entire northwest side
of the property; and an easement
10 feet wide along the entire south
west side of the property.
All bearings referred to the South
line of Harmon Street as being
North 45 degrees 90 minutes East.
Property contains in all 0.501 acres
Said proberty should be sold and con-
veyed or leased to the highest bidder by
proper instrument as shall be determined
upon opening of the bids and upon the
following terms:
If sold One Thousant and O0l00
Dollars Isl, 1,000.00) cash upon acceptance
of the bid and the balance of the said
bid within sixty (60) days or upon delivery
of the deed at the request of the said
bidder prior to the expiration of the said
sixty (6O) days. and provided further
that possession of the said premises need
not be surrendered by the said Village
prior to August 4. 1860.
If leased. payment of the rental there
fore shall be made in monthly Install
ments equalng one-twelfth II2) OF
the total annual bid as submitted. and
provided further that the said lease may
be for a term of up to period of five
years from the date of March 2. 1860.
such date being the expiration date of
the now existing lease.
1t is further provided that the prem
ises to be leased shall not include any
portion of the hereinbefore described real
estate now being occupied or used by the
said Village for any municipal function.
The attention of all bidders Is directed
to the location of certain facilities rela-
tive to the production and distribution
of water to the said Village located close
ly adjacent to the said real estate, and
are warned against interference there
with in the use of the premises.
Bids submitted in response to the legal
notice must stipulate as to whether they
are for purchase or lease and if for
lease shall specify that portion of the
building and/or real estate desired by
the prospective leasee. The right is re-
served to reject any and all bids.
David l.. Risser, Mayor
A, j. b. Longsdorf
Clerk of the Village of Bluffton.
Ohio and Clerk of the Board of
Public Affairs
June 25. July 2, Q. 16. 23
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MCCARTHY ESTATE

The estate of the late Lloyd
McCarty, Richland township, was
valued at $11,2 ,263 in an inventory
filed in Allen probate court this
week. Real estate accounts for
$4,000, personal goods 81 1,297. SO
and stock and securities $500.
Ruby M. McCarty is administra.
trix.