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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
West Stands Firm on Berlin but Has Not
Expounded Bosic Issues to the World

their territories by the
Moscow government.
Strangely enough, the
Western governments do not
raise any question about that
kind Of occupation. but seem
to be willing to discuss the
status OF West Berlin, which
the Soviets want to put under
a new system of control so
as to prevent the reuniflca-
ton Of the German people.
The concept that talk
brings better feeling and
agreements has had many
years-plus the last five
weeks-to be tested. The
Western foreign ministers
have been polite, reasonable,
affable. laxative, resource
full and anxions to reach some
kind Of agreement II only
they could wiring from the
Soviets a promise that their
own legal rights to remain
in West Berlin would be re-
affirmed. But the Soviet
government. apparently con-
WINGED that the West Is in
q peace-at-any-price mood.
didn't bulge an inch.
The theory that something
might be accomplished at q
summit meeting which was
not achieved at a foreign
ministers meeting is q myth
that somehow has gained
wide credence. Even as the
Geneva conference has ap-
preached its present dead
lock there were some in the
West who said that Of course
this demonstration Of dis
agreement itself justified q
summit meeting where heads
of state could supposedly re-
solve current questions sat
isfactorily. But what 1t did
signify was that the Soviet
government believed the
West was so eager for any
kind of agreement, even Of
the vaguest nature, that the
British, French and Ameri-
cans would be willing to
pledge q summit conference
in exchange for some general
phrases In an ofilcial COM
munique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Texans have doubts about the strange Of Loui
sanas Gov. Long They ask what in his right mind
would want to get out Of Texas?
Ike tells American guides at the Moscow trade fair not
to bag For instance they shouldn't around boang that
they Russia's Sputnik the FIRST night 1t up
Michigan's Gov Williams says Democrats must pick q
liberal to win Soapy himself is bit to the eft-somewhere
between middle Of the road and leftover. -.
sense Of hunnor is a liability in Republican admin
straton It's the only place where rise by his
gravity-and sink by his own levity
The Population Reference says the bride
20or precisely the number Of her father while
paying the wedding bills.
thing about Rockefeller President Nobody could
claim that his family hoped to get rich on its White House
connections.
Iouisana's Gov. Long claims relatives kidnapped him.
Well that's the 1t His knfolk got the Long Of it
and he got the short Of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
DORIS FLEEsON
Stevenson Will Be Available

ton found them both taking
positions which can best be
described as correct in that
they did not really change
anything.
The real Rockefeller clue
came in New York where he
appointed the Erie County
Republican chairman to a
sweet job on the Public Serv-
ice Commission. Even the ad-
miring New York Times de-
scribed the lucky man as
"amiable" and 'lackluster."
But the appointm n I
cleared the way for the cleo
ton of a close friend Of an
important Rockefeller polit-
ical adviser as chairman OF
the largest upstate county. 1t
Is thus the start of a Rookie
Teller hegemony upstate.
Its timing is Illuminating
An upstate Republican Con-
gresham, William E. Miller,
had said last week he planned
to list a slate Of delegates
pledged to Vice President
Nixon. Representative Miller
is now on notice that upstate
is Rockefeller territory, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
Peanut Vendor
Sane, Is Freed

John J. Costello, a Washing
ton vendor who has been ar
rested more than 200 times.
was given a suspended sentence
yesterday after the court found
him to be Of sound mind.
The 63-year-old Italian i'm
migrant had been arrested
most recently on Memorial Day
at Hams Point, charged once
more with vending in a park
without a permit.
Two weeks ago, Municipal
Court Judge Andrew ]. Howard.
Ijr., decided the man should
undergo mental tests. Mr.. Cos
tello agreed to observation at
District General Hospital, where
he had been found of sound
mind on two previous occasions.
Yesterday. Judge Howard
received another report from
the hospital that Mr.. Costello
is Of sound mind and able to
face charges in court.
What am I going to do with
you, John?" asked the judge
Mr.. Costello indicated that
whatever the judge decided in
the direction Of leniency would
be all right with him. After
arguments by his attorney, Will
liam Bachrach, the judge sus-
pended a SIS or l5-day SEN
tence.
Later, Mr.. Costello was asked
what he was going to do. Mr.
Costello, who has been vending
peanuts and ice cream to tour
lists here since 1880. said he
would do some more vending
It's the only way he knows tC
make a living, he said.
Mr.. Costello lost his District
vendors license a few years ago
He had been charged re.
peatedly by Park Police with
vending in the public parks
where only a few persons have
permission to do so. Mr.. Cos
tello has never been able Il
get that permission from thu
National Capital Parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
Five Dresden Students List Social Goal.
And Get Lonq Terms in Red Prison

he replied, IT have rejected
the use of terrorist methods.
I have nothing further to
say"
He had been an excellent
student. There were no bad
conduct entries on his record.
He was given seven years.
Gerhard Bauer. aged 81,
also q model student. was
charged with being the ring
leader Of the nonexistent
plot.
II now recognize that the
ideas which comprised our
l6-point program were ITO
pian." he told the court.
They could not be realized"
He was sentenced to 10
years.
Each Of the five was Sc
verely served by the harsh
terms imposed.
Only one was the son Of a
peasant. After two months
Of being Intercepted by Sc
curity police he admitted he
had surrendered to the
ideas of bourgeois philoso-
ply" and thereby betrayed
his class"
Even in East Germany, the
trial received little attention
because Of the greater drama
of Geneva and Of the politi-
cal maneuvers by, and be-
cause Of. Chancellor Ade-
nauer's indecision as to his
future.
Students of communism
believe 1t was a part Of the
ever-increasing pressure
against what remains Of the
bourgeois class. Only about
eight per cent of trade and
industry Is now in private
hands. The trumped-up
plot" charges will be used
as part Of the broader cam
paign further to reduce the
whole class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16

In order to be able to deal
with the trickery and ruses Of
the men In Moscow, 1t is es-
sential that we know how the
free world stands in its unity
to oppose international COM
munism. Hence, the sugges-
ton Of Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon johnson for a
summit conference of the
heads Of state of the free
world is repeatedly receiving
some consideration from adj
ministration policy-makers.
The administration leaders
admit that Soviet Premier
Khrushchev by his bullying
tactics has been directing the
Vests diplomatic course.
Through these he has man
aged to deepen the schism
between the leading powers
Of the free world. The old
concept Of divide and rule is
once more successful-more
so than appears to the naked
eye.
Despite the apparent unity
of the Western Big Three
Foreign Ministers at Geneva,
there is no doubt that impor-
tant cleavages have developed
among the Western nations.
Some, such as regarding the
attitude Of Britain toward
the kind Of intercourse there
should be between the West
and the Communist bloc, are
not particularly new. The
dispute between France and
her English-speaking allies
is Of recent date.
The free nations, which
have never been in more
deadly danger Of losing the
battle Of freedom by default,
must get together at the
highest level at the earliest
possible date. They must put
their cards frankly on the
table and decide whether
they want to stand together
or 60 down separately-as
will inevitably be the case
If they permit selfish rea-
sons to interfere with the
fight to preserve Western
civilization.
No responsible official in
Washington will admit that
in the event Of Communist
aggression there are some
serious doubts about Britain
acting in the same manner
1t did In 1899 when another
dictator, Adolf Hitler, tried
to impose his brand Of total
itarianism on the free world.
1t is not that the present
British government is in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
Former Nominee Not Campaigning
But Ready if Tapped in Deadlock

he thinks he sees is that the
country has no policy in vital
areas, and he finds 1t alarm
ing.
Mr.. Stevenson has always
received good notices In his
role Of Paul Revere, even
though the show closed. He
has not stopped trying and
he will not, whatever happens
to him personally and polit-
ically.
The extent of his posi-
influence in 1850, Shout,
events not point again TO him,
is much debated. AS he has
never liked the manipulation
aspects of politics which so
fascinates a Lyndon Johnson
and is accepted as just part
OF the game by Harry Tru-
man, he has a real distaste
for making a choice. Yet his
followers-and they are i'm
portant-will insist that at
some point he give them a
clue.
They may never get 1t. It
was, after all, Mr.. Stevenson
who refused to pick his Vice
President in 1866 and threw
the choice to a wide-open
convention. That he will want
to be Secretary Of State II a
Democrat is elected President
will be a factor he cannot
ignore when the pressures
come as they will.
The other undeclared can
didate, Gov. Rockefeller OF
New York, managed COM
pletely to avoid the Rubicon
while here last week. His
conversations with Republic
can National Chairman Nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
RALPH MeGILL
East German SchooIboy Martyrs

Here we have. too, a classic
answer to the often asked
question, what is the def
milton of communism"
Marxist communism pre-
sents itself as q science which
analyses the conflicts in a
modern industrial society
which produce war. poverty,
shortages and surpluses, and
offers a solution. The solu-
ton, say the Communists. Is
to adapt all human activities
to the Marxist social goal.
This control becomes the sole
purpose Of government. All
things are judged by this.
What serves this control is
right. What does not is wrong.
But the young Christian
who told the court that as a
Christian he rejected the use
Of terror Is the perfect exam
pie Of the great and fatal
error Of communism. Marxist
communism's utter disregard
of all individual rights
brushes all personal honor
and integrity Of mind and
spirit.
Communism mercileSsly i'm
poses an allegedly scientific
process, and when any sep
arate individuals, such as the
five students. for example,
get in the way. they have no
rights but become criminals,
saboteurs and traitors.
What American capital
ism's progressive leaders have
seen-along with others in
education. the church and
professionals that there is
an answer to communism. II
is to recognize the challenge
and necessity Of social change,
but to bring 1t about without
destroying the identity Of the
individual and crushing out
Of life all compassion, charity
and justice.
That is the answer we
must provide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
DORIS FLEEsON

Adlai Stevenson's principal
lieutenants in his two presi-
dental campaigns are not
yet detecting to anyone else,
and the States where he has
grass roots support are stick
ing to favorite-son candi-
dates. He is thus as. much a
potential candidate as he
ever was, which is to say that
he will not campaign for the
nomination but is available
to a deadlocked convention.
Because Mr.. Stevenson, en-
route here last week end,
wrote out a disclaimer Of his
candidacy to hand the re-
porters he knew would be at
the airport with the usual in
quiry about his intentions. he
aroused new furry Of spec
ulation. The disclaimer in
Its written form somehow
seemed stronger than the
spoken word and he himself.
seemed to have his mind on
other things.
The latter is absolutely
true. He is deeply alarmed by
the stalemate in Washington
and the Subordination Of
ideas and action to the bal
anced budget concept. Nor
does he accept 1t as proved
that the concept is being
pursued with integrity.
What he was trying to do
was to take peoples minds
of the candidates for a while
and get them interested in
policy. OF course, the policy
he prefers was that outlined
by the Democratic Advisory
Council on which he, among
others, worked with real So
briefly last week end. What
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16

no evidence concerning the de-
PENDANTS mental condition the
day Of his crime. However. the
court allowed the Government
time to notify District court II
1t could supply such evidence
In SUCH circumstances there
should be a new trial, the court
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Time for a Free World Summit

cal figures particularly
Democratic hopefuls" - to
co-exist with international
communism. There is no OPP
position in Western Europe
to coexistence provided 1t Is
not a one-way street-that
OF the Kremlin. But all the
past and present actions Of
Khrushchev prove that he
does not know what a two
way road is.
Gen. de Gaulle has de-
manded that we share our
nuclear kno Wedge with
France. He made this de-
mand after consulting with
the other heads Of govern
ment of the European COM
munity. He has accompanied
his request with a threat to
refuse permission to our Air
Force to have nuclear missiles
in France unless they are
under French control. This
is a serious problem, as is
the pressure of the Soviet
dictator on our Nordic allies
to get out of the NATO.
There are rumblings and
fears among our Far Eastern
allies that since John Foster
Dulles death the American
determination to resist Red
China's pressure has receded
somewhat.
These hesitations, doubts
and fears Of the great alliance
of free nations established
at terrific cost to the Ameri-
can taxpayers must be
threshed out, not by notes or
individual conversations, but
at a meeting of the heads
Of states who have the same
objective-effective resistance
to the PROCESS of information
al communism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
Meeting of Democratic Nations Urged
To Plan Against Communist Imperialism

any way in sympathy with
the men in the KremlinL
no more so than with the
Nazis 20 years ago. But the
British people. after facing
almost total economic COL
lapse at the end Of the war,
are In no mood today for
heroic policies" to save the
free world. They are inter-
ested only in saving Britain,
which is once more on the
road to prosperity.
The economic grouping in
Western Europe known as
the Common Market is on
the way to becoming a po-
litical entity. Tentatively, it
is spoken Of as Little Eu-
rope" and may be composed
at first Of the present mem
bers of the economic union.
President de Gaulle and
Chancellor Adenauer are the
driving powers Of this union,
which is wholeheartedly sup
ported by the other members.
The reason for creation of q
strong political entity in the
: heartland of Europe is the
belief on the part of the
French and German leaders
that Europe may be suffering
from the suspected British
intent to sacrifice world poll
tics to Britain's economic ad-
vantages.
Our European allies also
feel impelled to take notice
of certain vagaries in Amer
ica's foreign policies which
are not the result Of the &C
tons Of the administration
but Of the preSsures exerted
upon it by important politi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
RALPH McGILL

A story which has kinship
with those of the martyrs in
the early Christian church
has emerged from East Ger
many. It was a news event
buried by the news Of the
Geneva meeting. A CORE
spondent of the Manchester
Guardian in Bonn. Germany,
acquired the details which are
tragic and terrible, yet not
without q certain inspiration.
On April Is five Dresden
University students went on
trial before an East Germany
Communist court.
They now have been sem
fenced to a total Of STA
years. Their ages are between
10 and 81. They had been
accused Of organizing a ter
rorist group. In all. IS ar
rests were made.
The five students belonged
to q larger group which be-
lieved in political and social
emancipation in Eastern Ger
many. They were not terror
lists. They wanted free cleo
tions to student committees.
freedom to transfer to other
universities, an improved cur
riculum and the revision Of
illogical governmental poll
cies. They had published
these in a 16-point pamphlet.
The arrests came in January.
No connections with any pro-
Western groups we're found.
In April the trial began on
the basis of false charges
made by the state prosecutor.
Nor were there any con-
LESSONS.
One student, Christian Ro-
matschi, aged 20, was asked
II he had any terrorist con-
nections.
Because I am a Christian"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
Police Asked to Speed
Saturday Traffic

The District Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency yesterday re-
quested a study by the Police
Department Of downtown traf-
fic congestion on Saturdays.
A faster flow of traffic, they
indicated, is preferable to step
ping up the enforcement Of
parking meter regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16

What a spectacle the West
ern governments are making
Of themselves these days as
they founder indecisively, in
the midst Of Soviet threats
and ultimatums, seemingly
afraid to meet squarely the
challenging issues Of the
hour!
For five weeks the Western
governments have been plead
ing with the Soviet govern
ment to adjust existing diff
ferences in Europe, buG the
only reply given was an ar
rogant demand for more
concessions.
Sooner or later. this kind
of game has to have an end
ing. The idea that more and
more talk will somehow bring
a solution has grown less
and less plausible each day
the negotiations have been
prolonged. For. whether a re-
cess or an adjournment Is
taken, or a new plan Is
launched for a summit meet
ing at which the heads Of
state are to go through the
same talkathon, the result
can only be the samoa loss
Of respect for the Western
governments in the eyes Of
the other governments Of the
world.
For, thus far. the pres
sure has come almost en-
tirely from the Soviets. 1t
is the Soviet Premier who
has been demanding that
the Western governments
end their occupation of West
Berlin. Not o word has
come from the Western side
demanding that the occupa-
ton Of Eastern Europe by
the Soviets be- brought to an
end. It is the Soviet army
which today forcibly prevents
the peoples Of Eastern Europe
from choosing their own lead
ers and their own form OF
government. The peoples OF
Poland. Czechoslovakia. Bull
garia, Romania, Hungary.
Lithuania, Latvia and Es-
tonia are under the yoke Of
occupying armies sent into
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-01-22
Mrs. Nellie ]. EnsIey

Mrs. Nellie Jane Ensley, 83,
widow of Rev Louis A Ensley,
former Caldwell minister, died
suddenly Sunday morning in
Indiana, Pa, in the home of a
son, Prof. Robert Ensley, of the
teachers college faculty.
She was the daughter of Israel
Mcconnell and the former Nancy
Jane Chalfants for whose family
the Chalfants community was
named. Rev. Ensley served as
pastor of the Caldwell Methodist
church from 1881 to 1885. He died
seven years ago.
Mrs. Ensley had been living
in Des Moines, Iowa, with
another son, Bishop Gerald
Ensley of the Methodist church.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted Wednesday at 200 p. m,
from the Delaware Methodist
church. Graveside rites were
conducted by the Rev. Rollin
Kunzie at 400 p. m. in the
Chalfants cemetery with the
Baughman and Sons funeral
home of Dresden, in charge of
arrangements.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-01-22
Irwin r. Davis

irwin r. Davis, 30, of Pleasant
City route |, died Friday evening
at 7:30 o'clock at ST Francis hos
pital, Cambridge, where he had
been a patient for the past week
He had been i'll since November
Born Sept. 10, 1878 in the Sar-
ahsville community, he was son
of the late Silas and Hannah Bond
Davis. He was a lifelong resident
of the Sarahsville community.
A retired farmer, he was a
member of the Mt. Zion Luther
an church and Pleasant City
grange. He was preceded in death
by his wife, Emma Drake Davis,
who died in l949.
Survivors are a son, Roy, Of
Pleasant City route |, a sister,
Mrs. Bertha Wade, of Cambridge,
three grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
at Mt. Zion Lutheran church with
Rev. A. G.. Riggle officiating.
Burial was made in the church
cemetery.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-01-22
House Trailer Tax
Collection Is Low

Noble county was listed as
third lowest in the state in the
collection of house trailer taxes
in 1858, according to an annual
report from state auditor James
A. Rhodes and Noble county
Auditor c.. r. Atkinson.
The Noble county auditor col
lected $670.50 during 1858; Law
renee county auditor collected
$24300 and Adams county audi
tor collected $463.50, represent
ing the three smallest collections
in the state.
State Auditor Rhodes said tax
collections on house trailers in
Ohio set an all time record last
year when total of $705,987 was
collected in all 88 counties.
Collections made by county
auditors in neighboring counties
were listed as follows: Belmont,
$6,074.90; Guernsey, $1,997.00;
M Monroe, $7,551.70; Morgan,
Sl,984.50; Muskingum, $4,000,
and Washington, $9,748.60.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-01-22
Henry J. Wepp!er

Henry j. Weppler, 86, former
well known farmer of Noble
county, died Friday at 9:15 a. m.
at his home in Warner following
an illness.
Born Nov. 80, 1872 in Noble
county, he was a son of the late
Henry and Katherine Wallenfelsz
Weppler. On Feb. 25, 1897, he
married Elizabeth Schimmel, who
survives.
He was a farmer and teamster
in the oil fields and lived most of
his life in the Elba community
Survivors in addition to his
widow include two sons, Carl
Weppler, of Warner and Earl
Weppler, of Akron; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Harry Lauer, of Warn
er, Mrs. Joseph Ward, of Elba,
and Mrs. Clarence Bauer, of
Zanesville,s and one grandson,
Larry Weppler, of Akron. One
son died in infancy.
Funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon from the High
land Ridge Evangelical and Re-
formed church and interment
made in the Highland Ridge
cemetery by the Doudna & Nc
Clure funeral home, Marietta.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-01-22
Mrs. Charlotte WiIIioms

Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Will
liams, sc, died Wednesday after
noon at the home of her SON
Major Howard F. Williams in
Roswell, New Mexico, where she
had made her home for the past
several years.
A daughter of James w. and
Hannah Carpenter Gibson, she
was born near Calais April 28
1872. She is the last surviving
member in a family of ten chill
dren and most of her life was
spent in the Batesville com
munity.
In addition to her son, she is
survived by her husband, John
r. Williams of New Lexington
and one grandson, Howard Will
liams, Jr., of Summerfield.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 100 O'Clock
from the Batesville Methodist
church with Rev. Herbert Dur
ham officiating. Interment was
made in the Batesville cemetery
by the Brubach funeral home
Summerfield.