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The people's voice., 1959-08-28
A BeIuted Meeting, Better Than None

Such progress does not indicate imbecies are
running that country. We are dealing with
smart men, no matter how much we might
wish to the contrary.
Instead of meeting long time ago in
earnest effort to avert war and international
strife, both American and Russian leaders
have been playing a FOOLS game of name
calling, of building more and more engines
of estruction-engines which they had bet
ter fear to- ever use-with the hideous costs
of labor, of wealth and of time that were
involved.
Our President shrinks from spending
money on schools, on housing, on health,
development of our natural resources,
and the myriad of other necessities which
humanity can and ought to own, but has
proved ever eager to waste more than
forty billions of dollars annually upon
wars, past, present and future-a fright
full thing for a man of Peace to concen-
trate his energies upon.
There are doubtless persons who will
argue that we must spend billions so we can
have protection from the Russians. The Rus
slams are arguing the same thing The trouble
is that nobody has any protection
At the same time we are spending our
way into national bankruptcy. This is playing
into the Russian trap. And the waste of our
resources, and those of the Russians, is stag
gering.
If and when an arrangement is made be-
tween America and Russia, whereby the
threat of atomic war is removed, and that
must be accomplished or all other considera-
tions become worthless; then instead of spend
ing more than forty billions of dollars each
year in wasteful preparation for war, the
budget could be cut, the national debt re-
duced, the national resources of our country
better harnessed our taxes reduced.
Really it is time that people of this world,
including America, give little thought to
things they do, rather than act upon emotion
al impulses. 1t is a sad commentary that
Americans failed to so act in the national
elections of 1852 and 1856 They will have
another opportunity to think in 1860.
The people's voice., 1959-08-28
Deharkers For Clean Chips

IVA reports 800 sawmills within
the past five years have installed log
debarkers and wood clippers.
The report states that in 1857 saw
mills sold 2.8 million tons of pine
pulping chips for SIT million.
Logs are debarked before saving.
The clean slabs may then be Clipped
and sold to paper mills.
The people's voice., 1959-08-28
Continued From Page One)

of county assessments of 1852 per
cent of full and true as compared with
State Board assessments of inter-
county utility properties at 81 per
cent, has, for this first year, chopped
Montana Powers electrical division
inter-county valuation by 16h per
cent. Similar reductions in the next
four years will have MPCO.'s inter-
county plant valuation down next to
nothing. MPCo.'s electric division was
reduced from $51, 1,457,48 for 1858,
to SAP, 2,885,477 for 1859. In the mean
time, the utility had expanded it's
facilities investment by few million
dollars.
MST&T, although making new in
vestment of about nine million dollars
in 1868, had it's total inter-county
valuation reduced from $18,781,183
to $18,529,953. MST&T, unlike the
power company and other utilities
was not being assessed at 81 per cent
of full and true by the State Board.
Although the board, over several years
had been gradually increasing the
company's assessments, as of end of
1858 MST&T was only up to 80 per
cent of full and true.
Northern Pacific received in the
first year of the five-year period an
inter-county valuation reduction of
eight per cent-from $54, ,945, 700 for
1858 to $50,182,925 for 1859. On this
basis, MP can look forward to valu-
alton cut of about forty per cent of
that $54,945,70O over the five-year
period.
FENTON OBJECTS
That the State Board is using his
decision to justify these enormous
Statewide cuts in railroad and public
utility property assessments, has
caused Judge Fenton to speak out in
protest.
Contending that the State Board
through the August 7th issue of MON
rANA CITIZEN, official organ of
Montana Chamber of Commerce, had
made erroneous and Misleading
Everybody's business is nobody's
The people's voice., 1959-08-28

THE CO-OPS-THEY
BELONG TO THE USERS.
The people's voice., 1959-08-28
FENTON OBJECTS

Everybody's business is nobody's
business.-English Proverb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
DORIS FLEESON
Cotoctin Summit Meetino

Macmillan visit: it will not
take place. And reporters can
make no contact with Camp
David save through the
agency Of White House Press
Secretary James C. Hagerty.
To give himself the last
word, the President in an
other change of pace has re-
versed his 1855 summit STRAIT
egg. Then the leaders met
and referred their agenda to
a foreign ministers meeting.
This time the President wants
the foreign ministers to meet
first and turn over their
findings to heads of govern
ment for final choice.
Implicit In this is acknowl-
edgment that no substitute
exists right now for the all
ing Mr.. Dulles. 1t is being
noted that his probable sue
cessor, Acting Secretary Her.
ter, has made considerably
less than a forceful appear
ance in his important role as
principal advocate Of the en-
battled 1859 foreign aid pro-
gram. This is a revealing
measure of the burdens on
the President in a dark hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
NucIeor War or Limited War?

ern alliance. 1t would be a
good idea to have ground
troops In substantial numbers
available to carry on limited
war"
Mr.. Eisenhower. as an
Army man. knows fully the
viewpoint Of all the advocates
Of more ground troops. but he
also knows what nuclear
weapons can do. He not only
is committed to use to the
fullest extent Of their power
all nuclear weapons but he
has, in effect. notified the
potential enemy on that
point. Recently he told his
press conference that he
doesn't see any prospect Of a
ground war In Europe. His
exact words we're:
I'VE are certainly not going
to tight a ground war in
Europe. What good would 1t
do to send a few more thou
sands or. indeed, even q few
divisions Of troops to Eu-
roper"
The President pointed to
the half million troops on our
side In the area and COM
pared this with the ITS di-
visions Of Soviet strength and
then asked: why in the
world would we dream of
fighting q ground warp"
The President said he
doesn't see how nuclear
weapons could be used Just
to defend one city like Berlin
but intimated that, once the
fighting started, it would be
everywhere and not just in
one place. He added signifi-
cantly: I'VE will do what Is
necessary to protect our
selves"
This plainly serves notice
that the United States has
not ruled out the use Of nu-
clear weapons and that. once
any war between Soviet
Russia and the Western
powers begins. 1t is doubtful
whether it will be limited.
At any rate that's the reason
the President is careful not
to ban the use Of nuclear
weapons. In fact. to intimate
otherwise now is to notify the
enemy that the next war
would be fought only with
conventional forces, Of which
they-the enemy-have the
superior number.
(copyrisht 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
DAVID LAWRENCE

There's one point that is
more important than any
thing else In the controversy
over whether America has
enough defense weapons and
manpower. It's the key to an
understanding OF President
Eisenhower's speech to the
Nation on Monday. The
point Is whether the next
war is going to be a nuclear,
About war or just o
Limited war"
The controversy isn't
something that has just
arisen. It has played a DOM
inant part in discussions
Of war strategy ever since
the fateful decision was made
five years ago to adopt the
new look" in military
affairs.
In o sense, therefore. every
one Of the factions In the
present controversy has logic
behind its position. II. for
example, the fighting isn't
to be nuclear, then more
ground troops than America
has today would seem to be
needed. For the Soviets now
have many more divisions Of
troops than do the Western
allies.
II you ask anyone in the
top level Of military men
here whether the United
States will be fighting an
about war or a limited
war" the answer given is
that nobody can ever tell in
advance what the enemy will
choose to do. It could be. for
instance, that the Soviet
military chiefs would avoid
the use of nuclear weapons
altogether, thus putting the
responsibility for their ini-
tial use on the western gov
ernments.
What, therefore. would the
position of the United States.
Britain and France be If an
attack came and the enemy
didn't use nuclear weapons?
Up TO now, this question has
always been answered by say
ing that in war the objective
is victory and that. since nu-
clear warheads are used by
ground armies, 1t would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
CONSTANTINE BROWN
What Could Summit Talks Gain?

ment will accept. It appears
far less obnoxious than any
other.
Actually. this reporter, in
conversations with responsible
officials in Washington
found them unable to detect
any suitable grounds for ne
gotiations" with the Soviet
Union as long as the Krem-
Inns ultimate aims of world
domination do not change.
And there is no indication
that because the tactics vary
from month to month the
strategy Of forcing the free
world into appeasement has
changed in any way.
The fact. for instance, that
Mr.. Khrushchev has agreed
that May 81 may not repre-
sent the final date when the
allies will have to accept
East German control over
the lines of communications
from West Germany to West
Berlin was advertised espe-
cially in England as an inn
portant concession obtained
particularly by the efforts
Of Mr.. Macmillan. Actually
Khrushchev only gives the
illusion of becoming more
yielding.
There can be, of course. no
particular harm in President
Eisenhower and the other
heads of state in the free
world meeting with Mr..
Kh:ushchev so long as there
is a definite agreement be-
forehand to remain unyield-
ing before the Red dictator's
demands for a camouflaged
surrender as he attempted
four years ago at the Geneva
summit conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
DORIS FLEEsON
Eisenhower-MocmilIon Conference
To Be Well Isolated From Press

The visit of British Prime
Minister Macmillan here and
to Canada will be strictly a
summit meeting. The White
House has planned it that
way.
The British Prime Minister
will talk with the Canadian
Prime Minister in Ottawa
tomorrow and then fly here
in time for a dinner at the
British Embassy. To that
dinner only Vice President
Nixon and a blue ribbon list
from the topmost State De-
partment ranks have been
invited. No members of Con-
gress are included, not even
the chairmen Of committees
dealing with foreign policy.
Friday at noon Mr.. Mac
milan will leave with Presi-
dent Eisenhower for the anti
septic atmosphere Of Camp
David in the Catoctin Noun
tains Of Maryland, 80 miles
from the press headquarters
at Gettysburg. There for the
best part of three days in
virtual seclusion and safely
past the headlines for the
Sunday newspapers and the
Sunday television newscasts,
the two old friends will dis
cuSs the Berlin crisis.
The only engagement Brit
ish authorities will acknowl-
edge for their Prime Minister
is a private briefing for Brit
ish correspondents at the end
Of his visit. It is understood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18

that the plan of having two
clerks and one supervising
librarian will not work in prac-
tice."
The superintendent also made
o plea to retain the audio-
visual instructor and the two
physical education teachers.
Elimination of the gym teach
ers would cut physical educa-
ton as an elective course, and
would make it necessary to
discontinue behind-the-wheel
driver training, he explained.
The janitor positions were
defended by Mr.. Schmltt as
necessary to maintain current
high cleanliness standards.
In other acts, the board:
/. Postponed indefinitely its
consideration of a capital
budget for school construction.
2. Left unchanged the cur
rent nonresident pupil fees of
$3.50 for the elementry schools
and $3.50 for the high school.
A motion to increase the fees
was lost on a tie vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18

tire school budget on April %.
The city council is scheduled to
take final action on the city
budget, which includes an over
all allotment for the schools,
on April ~.
Supt. irwin H. Schmitt
strongly protested the de-
ferred action. He said the
boards failure to establish a
policy regarding the schools
personnel made 1t impossible
to plan or to work with any
enthusiasm.
II am simply frustrated" he
said. He warned the board that
1T must set up policies within
which to work, otherwise I
cannot be effective as a super
intendent." Before the board
was a memorandum from Mr.
Schmitt stressing the need for
reinstating the six special
services" teachers and four
janitors, dropped from the
budget to raise teachers SAL
aries. The deleted personnel
included two elementary school
librarians, the one school pSy-
chologist. the audio-visual in
structor and two physical edu-
cation teachers.
LOSES Of the school psychol-
ogiSt. Hrs. Schmitt said, lis
the most critical Of ALL" He
vainly urged the board to de-
eide at once whether to REIN
state the job. in the hope Of
keeping the present psycholo-
gist, Albert T. Young, in the
school system.
! With respect to the loss OF
two librarians. Mr.. Schmitt
said. the service will be spread
so thin that the need cannot be
properly met" He asserted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18

that he would like to STE
American correspondents as
well but is reluctant 70 put
a foot forward in that direc-
ton until he is certain of
the Presidents wishes.
The arrangements are said
to represent the Presidents
conviction that the Russians
are being told all too many
military secrets and should
be denied news about allied
diplomacy. 1t Is. of curse.
extremely difficult TO hew to
that line In the news-porous
capitals of the democratic
West.
The President, also carries
over from World Wal II a
belief in shirt-sleeve con-
ferences carried out as far
away as possible from the
protocol of state dinners end
21-gun salutes.
There Is besides every evil
dence in recent weeks that
Mr.. Eisenhower realizes the
gravity of the Berlin crisis
and the peculiar burden ne
now carries with respect to it
since the illness of Secretary
Of State Dulles. His press
conferences are not always
an effective use of that
sounding board, but he has
held very many more in sue
cession than at any time in
his presidency.
This week the press con-
ference shares in the lower
ing Of the curtain over the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18

President Eisenhower's Arm
words Of Monday night have
heartened the free world.
But the wide-open question
remains: What can a sum-
init meeting, for which Com
rade Khrushchev has pressed
so hard for the last two
years, accomplish toward set
Element Of the crisis which
the Russians started imme-
diately after World War II
and which has been soing
on ever since?
The Soviet Premier began
to build UP a world crisis
last summer when at his in
stigation the Chinese Com
munists attacked Quemoy
and Matsu. When the spec
tacular artillery fire, which is
still continuing occasionally.
did not achieve the desired
results, Khrushchev created
the Berlin crisis.
All those who have studied
the Communist tactics real
lied that these maneuvers
had only one purpose--to
create a war scare in order
to panic the West into a
summit conference at which
international communism ex-
poets to wrench more conces-
sions from the free world
than 1t could by a risky mill
tary aggression.
1t Is for this reason that
the best military minds in
this country have advised
the politicians and diplomats
that while there is an newt
able risk in any demonstrat-
tons Of force the Reds may
make TO bring us to the sum-
NIT, 1t is their considered
opinion that the Soviet Union
would not risk a third world
war.
President Eisen hower's
speech. while showing Amer
ica's determination to meet
fire with fire was also a con-
cession to the pressing de-
mands Of the Red dictator.
He agreed to meet Mr..
Khrushchev at a gathering
OF heads Of state sometime
this summer on condition the
meeting Of the foreign min
listers tentatively scheduled
for May IL at Geneva yields
at least meager results.
1t is in this atmosphere
of compromise that Britain's
Prime Minister Macmillan is
coming to Washington. His
visits to Paris and Bonn fol-
lowing his To-day stay in the
Soviet Union have been less
successful than the official
reports indicated. President
de Gaulle Of the French Re-
public is reliably reported to
have told Mr.. Macmillan that
he sees the necessity of a
foreign ministers conference
on the Berlin question re-
Gently raised by Khrushchev.
but he does not see the rea-
son for a meeting Of heads Of
state unless the Russians are
prepared to act like civilized
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
Allied Accord to Resist Red Demands
For ComoufIoqed Surrender Held Vital

beings and discuss all prob
lens which have been bothers
ling Western Europe for more
than a decade. There is no
doubt that the French Presi-
dent includes In these mat
tiers the Algerian problem
which was instigated by in
ternational communism four
years ago.
Chancellor Adenauer is re-
ported to have pointed out
that unless a meeting at the
summit lin which Germany
will not be called to partici-
pate) is a sure-flre success,
Its results could be worse
than none at all.
But the final word was ex-
pected from Washington. And
1t was Affirmative from Presi-
dent Eisenhower, himself.
1t will be in this favorable
climate that Mr.. Macmillan
comes to Washington. He.
like his predecessors since the
end of the war, has attempted
to find a formula to APP
pease international commu-
nism without appearing to do
so. And since the word APP
peasement has become nause-
ating to people, and particu-
lar to Americans who regard
it as synonymous with sur
render. the more innocuous
expression "suitsDle grounds
for negotiations" has been
adopted. 1t is this new for
mula which the British Prime
Minister expects the Ameri-
can people and their Govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18

The most unsecret Of all
Republican weapons is never
found in any Republican
arsenal. This COP. weap-
on is a strictly Democratic
knife, the knife Of discord
which some of the Demo-
Gratis are unable to refrain
from sticking into other
Democrats before each presi-
dental election.
True. the Republicans are
not always above family
fighting. But they never even
start intraparty war with
out some rational purpose.
And in any case they never
inflict among tn e mselves
wounds impossible to poultice
over before election day
Such self-restraint is not
for the Democrats. Their
autom a tic trouble makers
used to be the Southern ultra
conservatives. These old boys
went to every convention
happily doing their best to
shoot down with their squir-
rel rifles any Democratic
nominees who could conceiv-
ably carry all Of the United
States. This breed has largely
gone now.
Now, Democratic difficulties
come from the ultraliberals.
These mainly are members or
allies of a small, grimly ar
ticulate. high-minded, self
righteous and profoundly
inept group called Americans
for Democratic Action. Most
ADA people are knee-jerk
liberals: they react auto
matically to certain slogans.
To ADA only ADA is COM
petent to decide who is ade-
quately liberal" The def
milton. moreover, is reached
by incantations which the
working Democratic politi-
clans, who are merely profess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
Talk on Berlin Slated
At Library in Mclean

A talk on Potsdam and the
early occupation days of Berlin
will be given at a meeting at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Dolly
Madison branch library in Nc
Lean, Va.
The speaker will be retired
Army Col. Roswell Rosengren.
William J. Elvin, publisher Of
the Providence Journal in Fair
TAX County, will be chairman
If the discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
Question Called Key to Understanding
OF Presidents Speech on Berlin

dificult to keep from operat-
ing on q nuclear-weapon
basis.
It will be recalled. on the
othei hand, that the Western
governments didn't permit
the use of nuclear weapons
in Korea and for about three
years fought a ground war
there involving huge num-
bers Of troops. Would this
happen again? Army men
and some in the Navy, too.
feel the United States should
be prepared for both a nu-
clear war and any limited
war" in which ground oper-
atoms are paramount. From
a budget standpoint, this is
Impractical, since II would
require many billions more
than now are being provided.
Also 1t runs up against the
thinking Of the Air Force and
missile advocates, who say
that, II any more billions be-
come available for defense
purposes, the money should
60 toward air warfare and
that the next war will see a
military decision In q few
days time due to the decisive
nature Of air power today.
So, looking at the whole
problem. the Army men are
right II there's to be a linn
tied war" So also are the
Air Force and missile people
right when they argue that,
II there is q nuclear war, the
only job left for ground
armies is to mop UP and pre-
serve order after the war has
been won.
But there's another un-
known factor: What will the
political decision be? Will
the Western governments de-
eide on a big nuclear war. or
will they refrain from using
nuciear weapons unless the
enemy does so FIRST? Admit
teddy. public opinion would
play q vital part in making
a decision one way or the
other. The Army men think
1t is necessary % be realistic
and that, because the use Of
nuclear weapons or Of mis-
sile bases might be vetoed by
some members Of the West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-18
WILLIAM S. WHITE
The G. 0. P.'s Best Weapon

There is a side Jest here. too.
1t is no secret, except pos
sibly to ADA ultraliberals,
that Mr.. Stevenson 10 essen
TALLY a civilized conservative.
Item. The ADA is sniping
tirelessly at the Senate DEM
ocratic leader, Lyndon b.
johnson. Senator Johnson's
principal disability is that he
neglected to inform his par
ents that he must not be born
in Texas. The ultraliberals.
tlnderstandably from their
viewpoint. would not want to
see him President.
Nevertheless. one would
have supposed that they
would prefer Senator johnson
in a pinch, at any rate. to
Vice President Nixon, against
whom ADA has been quiver-
ing with outrage (some Of 1t
wholly justifled> for years.
And 1t is a secret only to
ADA that Senator johnson in
a hung-up convention might
conceivably be nominated by
the regular Democrats.
Against such a possibility. it
really would not seem wise
to try totally to destroy, in
advance. his combat potential
against the quite possible
G. o. P. nominee, Mr.. Nixon.
Item. Senator Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota, one
Of the few members OF ADA
who knows the score, is
running for President under
m a nifest difficulties. The
greatest Of these is his loyal,
but not very wise. continued
association with ADA. There
fore. it would appear to be
sensible for ADA not to en-
brace him too publicly and
too often.
But, naturally, ADA's az
lection for Senator Humphrey
is not being restrained. All
the same, you can kiss a man
to death in politics almost as
easily as you can kick him
to death.