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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
HopefuI-if True

At a seminar discussion In Basic,
Switzerland, George F. Kennan has Just
given voice to the opinion that Premier
Khrushchev is prominent" among So
Wet leaders who look back on Stains
brutalities with sense Of shame and
humiliation. In addition, the former
United States Ambassador to Moscow
has told his audience that liberalization
of the USSR's policies, while much less
extensive than the West would like to
see, has nevertheless gone so far as to
represent a highly significant departure
from Stalinism and an essential altera-
ton Of the nature of the regime"
If this thesis is sound, then the
world has reason to be hopeful. For II
the men of the Kremlin really feel
shamed and Inundated by the crimes of
Stalinism (such feeling would explain
why Mr.. KhruShchev seems acutely SEN
Sitive to all questions on the subject), the
chances are that they will not revert to
the old era Of terrorism. Instead, with
their regimes nature already funda-
mentally altered, they are likely to tend
in however gradual a faShion-to
experiment with more and more lib
eralization both inside and outside the
USSR, to degree that could be decisive
in promoting a decent and enduring
peace.
OF course, dark events like Hun
gary's brutal suppression cast doubt on
the validity Of such view, but Mr.. Ken
nan is one of the worlds leading stu
dents Of the Soviet Union. 1t is a fact,
moreover, that Mr.. Khrushchev has
never retracted the substance of his
smashing, historic 1856 attack on Sta
hniSm. So hopefulness still appears to
be very much in order. After all,
fundamental law of life is the law of
change, and 1t applies to the Kremlin
as much as to all else. Conceivably,
five or ten years from now, the USSR
and our own country may be seeing
almost eye to eye. Who can be pre-
sumptuous enough to argue dogmatically
to the contrary?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
Spawning Delinquency

New York City's High School Teach
ers Association, whose members have had
flrst-hand experience with blackboard
jungle" conditions, has registered a
timely and justified complaint about
delinquency-breeding movies, TV shows,
magazines and books. The association
called on the producers of such shows
and on publishers to protect "our high
school students from these demoralizing
influences"
More specifically, the association, in
a strongly worded resolution, condemned
pictures which glorify, for this imma-
ture age group, heroes and leaders of
the criminal underworld, pictures which
display insensitivity to established
moral standards, programs which on
both the theatrical screen and on tele-
vision too often depict weakness and in
efficiency in our Acknowledgement agen-
cies and government officials."
There was no need to designate the
offenders by name. One needs but to
scan the lurid movie ads or take look
at some Of the shows or TV programs to
know what the teachers were complain
ing about. Nor does one have to be a
prude or fuddy- buddy to be shocked at
the bad taste shown in the choice of
plots and characters for some of the
plays, stories and books nowadays. Here
is field to which some attention should
be given by those who are seeking the
causes Of juvenile crime and hoodlum-
ism In New York and elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
DoHorwoy Case

The Eighth Circuit Courts ruling in
the Dollarway (ArkansaS) school district
case has been described by the States
attorney general, Bruce Bennett, as the
most vital" since the Supreme Courts
original school desegregation rulings.
This may err on the side Of over
statement. 1t is certainly true, how
ever, that the appellate courts for
NAL written opinion, to be given in the
near future, will be awaited with great
interest
The Dollarway school district is a
largely rural community on the out
skirts of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Popular
opposition to school indignation in DOL
parway is reported to be much stronger
than in Little Rock.
On August 4, however, a Federal
District Judge, Axel ]. Beck, brought in
on temporary assignment from South
Dakota, decreed that three Negroes must
he admitted to the Dollarway white
high school. Judge Beck said the Ar
kansas assignment plan, under which
the Negroes had been denied admission,
was valid on its face, but that 1t was up
to the school board to prove that it had
applied the assignment criteria in good
faith and that 1t had failed to make
such a showing. He suggested that the
school board had been using the criteria
as screen to maintain segregation,
and also ruled that the Negro applicants
were not required to avail themselves
Of the administrative remedies provided
in the assignment law.
The news reports of the Circuit
Court decision, which reversed Judge
Beck, do not make clear the precise
basis Of the appellate courts action.
Apparently, however, the thrust Of 1t is
that the Negro children must apply
under the placement laws, and that the
validity Of the criteria set forth in those
laws must be tested by their application
to particular cases. In other words,
they cannot be brushed aside without
a showing that they have been applied
IN discriminatory manner.
All Of this, presumably, will be
spelled out in the appellate courts
written opinion when 1t becomes avail
able. Meanwhile, although NAACP law
yers have said they will appeal to the
Supreme Court, there evidently will not
be another Little Rock" in Arkansas
during the current school year. This
VIII be welcomed by those who think it
unwise to push too fast for indignation
I'm areas where the probable results will
he violence, abandoned public schools,
or both.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23

@. Who owned the old-time
radio network called the Red
Network?-F. A.
A. On october IA, 1928,
this first Commercial net
work" was formed by the per-
manent connection of Sta
tons WEAF New York; and
WAR providence, r. ~.
The Red Network was oper.
ated by the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. from
1923 to 1926, with stations in
key cities added rapidly, and
was called the Red Network
because the company used
red lines on its map to indi-
cate the wire connections. In
1926 the newly founded Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. took
over the Red Network. which
then consisted Of about 20
stations.
@. What is q walking-leaf
fern?-A. r.
A. The "walking-leaf" fern
(Polypodiaceae Camptosorus
rhizophyllus) is a native
variety, found on limestone
ridges or in limey woodlands.
which spreads by walking"
The leaf or frond. 4 to 10
inches long, tapers to q fine
point. Each frond may take
root at its tip. later letting
go at its original base, and
may thereby start q new
plant which eventually re-
peats the walking" process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
Taking the Rap

Our latest incident" with Iceland
can be traced back to well-meaning
but overly-zealous sentry. He forced two
unrecognized Icelandic airport officers
to lie down in a puddle of water at the
Kefiavik Air Base one night while he
checked their credentials. Naturally,
this led to vigorous protest from the
Reykjavik government.
This incident now has been resolved
by making Brig. Gen. Gilbert Pritchard
take the rap. There is nothing in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
THIS AND THAT.
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

"All I want to know is If you
have it,"
The man stared down at
the counter at q fly.
mo, we haven't"
Cant you look It up for
me?" asked Temp Jones.
The man kept staring at
the fly.
Haven't book stores ways
Of finding out about books?"
The man kept staring at
his fly. Perhaps 1t was the
fly that put the idea into
Jones' head.
you ought to be working
in a livery stable" he cried,
mot in a book store"
With this, he banged out
again. but this time the door
wouldn't bang-it had one Of
those pneumatic devices on
1t, which was q good thing.
Jones decided he must re-
new his rapidly vanishing
portion Of good nature, all
on a lovely hot summer day.
He went to q store where
he had always been treated
nicely before.
This time. the lady owner
didn't know him.
She did not smile. Jones
thought that almost any one
ought to be able to smile,
just a tiny mechanical smile.
Maybe 1t is the lack Of
smiles that is hitting the
sales records Of the down.
town shops, Jones thought. )
Three times and out" he
grinned to himself, and he
walked out the door without
even banging it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
THE PASSING SCENE
How Taft Defended Chip BohIen
BY WILLIAM S. WHITE

to Yalta under orders, was
thus caught in the middle; he
was the foreign service on
Ger least likely to succeed
with the Republicans.
The 1852 Republican CAM
paign platform, one largely
drafted by Mr.. Dulles. called
in effect for Reputation Of
Yalta. But when, In 1858,
the Eisenhower administra-
ton came In, Mr.. Bohlen was
nominated by President FL
senhower to head our mission
to Moscow.
For many Of the Senate
Republicans. notably Senator.
Styles Bridges and the late
Senator Joe Mccarthy. this
was much too much. They
marshaled to have the Senate
refuse to confirm the nomi-
nation. Only an extraordi-
nary alliance between mfr.
Republican" Senator Taft,
and the Democrats saved the
day.
Taft Sore, but Responsible
Senator Taft found It al
most impossible to believe
that an administration which
had come to power denounc-
ing Yalta had then chosen
as Ambassador to Moscow o
participant in Yalta. He was
furious. And he was still
sore at the treatment he him
self had received in the 1852
convention which had nomi-
mated General Eisenhower
instead Of the Senator him
self.
But Senator Taft in big
crises was q big man, O re-
sponsible man. He refused to
join the COP. clamor
against the appointment.
Even though he. too, thought
it was Incredible" he also
knew that its rejection by the
Senate would destroy the
Eisenhower leadership be-
fore it began.
It was Senator Taft, there
fore. who went to bat for Mr..
Bohlen. He denounced as
ugly rubbish the false in
nuendos raised against the
diplomats loyalty. Mr.. Boh-
len was at length handsomely
confirmed by the Senate.
"a to II.
81 did the Job. yes" Senator
Taft later wryly told this cor.
respondent. But don't get
any idea that l enjoyed It.
It had to be done to avoid
destroying a Republican adj
ministration at the start. But
I did one other thing, too. !
sent word down to those
people (meaning the White
House, that no more Bohlens
were to be appointed"
It is not inconceivable that
the one Bohlen allowed by
Senator Taft to get through
may himself. through his
great knowledge Of the Rus
SLAMS. still "avoid destroying
q Republican administration"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23

Charles II. Bohlen Is COM
ing home TO the State De-
partment to provide the most
vital Of services to q political
party which more than once
has found him q great en-
barrassment.
There is q real and ironic
possibility that this skeleton
at many o past q. o. p. feast
may now save the q. o. p.
from fatal errors in its dam
gerous commitment to nego-
tiations with Nikita Khru-
shchev.
The strange twists and
turns sometimes taken by
public affairs could not be
more oddly illustrated. For
q single example: Mr.. Boh-
len would not now be avail
able at all but for q man
who wholly disapproved Of
him but nevertheless de-
Tended him-the late Sena-
tor Robert A. Taft.
Chip Bohlen is one Of the
few true experts, among
whole platoons Of self-nomi-
mated experts. In the field Of
Soviet affairs. He has now
been recalled, from long
semi banishment as Ambas-
sador to the Philippines, to
be q special ativiser in Presi-
dent Eisenhower's climactic
talks with Mr.. Khrushchev.
The late Secretary Of State
John Foster Dulles took Chip
out Of the Moscow Embassy
in May Of 1857 and packed
him OF to Manila. To farm
out such q diplomat to such
q post is like sending o star
ballplayer from the New
York Yankees to the small
est club in the Three-Eye
League.
For Mr.. Bohlen has been
for nearly two decades q real
pro In dealing with the Rus
SLAMS. He knows them. He
can easily handle their Ian
guage. And he can also un-
derstand what they mean
and don't say. The Presi-
dent simply could not have
an ADLER and SAWYER helper
In getting down to the gut
issues with the Soviet Pre-
mier.
Caught In the Middle
But Mr.. Bohlen-though
himself Q Republicans not
only an able man. He also
made the mistake Of attend
ing the wartime Yalta con-
ference on the staff taken
along by Franklin Roosevelt.
At Yalta, Mr.. Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill made vast
concessions to Josef Stain in
order to bring the Soviet
Union into our war against
Japan.
In hindsight Yalta was at
least q great mistake. The
Republicans went much far
ther and called 1t o betrayal
Of nom Communist interests.
Mr.. Bohlen, though he went
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23

Temp JOKES SCdIUcu Out Oh
q shopping tour. 1t was q
bright, hot day. and Jonesie
somehow felt imbued with
the spirit Of good nature.
It is pretty hard nowadays,
what with heat and humidity
and thugs and bombs, to keep
intact the spirit we call good
nature.
Jones somehow had man
aged it.
This day he seemed par
ticularly in good fettle, so
when he stepped into the
chemists shop and asked for
q certain brand Of soap, he
did not expect anything ex-
cept q kindly reply.
After all, soap is soap.
It Is not q crisis, or o par
ticular theme for argument.
"Give me-" said Jones.
"three cakes Of Solarpine
SOAP"
"Solarpine?" sneered the
clerk. as II repeating one Of
the words in Lady Chats
Boy Friend"
"Yes," said Jones. Solar
pine"
Never heard Of it," replied
the man, with a grimace.
Don't you have a pine
SOAP" asked Jones.
Eyes," gritted the other. as
II he wished Jones would
evaporate in q cloud Of suds.
what is the name Of your
soap?" asked Templeton
Jones.
"Magnapine," sang the
clerk. His eyes dilated. he re-
peated the word lovingly.
Never heard Of it." said
Jones, turning on his heel
and walking out.
He ratified the knob as he
closed the door with q bang.
4 = 4
His happy spirit Of good
nature q trifie shopworn, but
still in order, Jones decided
on q book store.
He had suddenly recalled,
out Of the depth Of his mind.
q book he had found on an
outside stall many years ago.
It was on the ascent table.
He remembered the book
was bound in blue cloth, and
had been sold for So: this
copy was in wonderful shape,
and Jones at the time had
wondered how it got on the
outside table.
The book was Essentials
Of Nursing" or some such
title. It was written by Sister
Alma, a sweet-faced lady
whose picture had been in
the book.
The volume had gotten
away from him, as books
have a habit of doing. and
now Jones thought he might
ask for 1t again, at the same
shop.
The big man with the red
face and the gray hair stared
at Jones in an unfriendly
manner.
Never heard Of It," he
said. His unstated but plain
thought was: For heavens
sake, mister, with all them
new books, what do you want
with an Older"
Temp Jones was beginning
to get irritated, in his turn.
II never expected you to
have heard Of it." he snapped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-23
Answers to Questions
Nv THE HASKINS SERVICE

A. reader can get % answer. By
mail. to any question Of fact by
writing The Star Information Bu-
reau. 1876 r street NV. washington
4. D c Please enclose return postage
or self-addressed stamped envelope
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
Ada Becomes Cinch for Share of Title
AS Spencerville Loses Second Game

Ada became sure shot for a
share of the Northwest confer
ence championship last Friday,
winning their seventh straight
game while runnerup Spencer
vile lost their second.
Elida and Spencerville are tied
for second place and Elida and
Spencerville are the teams Ada
must defeat in the next two
weeks.
If Ada wins either game they
will clinch the championship. If
they lose both they can be tied
by Elida or Spencerville, but the
club that ties them must win both
of their remaining league games.
The Bulldogs went back to
their old tricks of winning by a
narrow margin, rallying in the
last period to defeat Harrod 81
Sc.
Delphos Jefferson gave Ada a
big assist as they froze Spencer
vile for three quarters on their
way to a 54-51 win. A third pc
riod which went 1876 for Delphos
clinched the game.
Bath continued their climb
through the league as they upset
Conner, previous holder of Sec
ond place, 72-70 in overtime.
Elida smashed Beaverdam Is
43, practically running the Beav-
ers' chances of ever escaping
the leagues cellar.
Bluffton and Lafayette may
never be settled until tournament
time although the scoreboard
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
MOL STANDINGS
M/Sgt. BurkhOlder
Has Knee Operation

M/Sgt. Elmer E. Burkholder,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Burk-
holder, is convalescing in Madi-
gan Army Hospital, Washington,
following an operation on his
knee January 19.
Part of the trouble stemmed
from wounds he received in the
Korean conflict. A piece of
shrapnel had worked from the
back to the front of his knee.
This was removed, along with a
knot of cartilage. Arthritis was
discovered during the operation.
Recovery will take six to eight
weeks. He will not be discharged
until he can lift a Is pound
weight with his left foot.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29

Bluffton opened up a 1886 lead
with two minutes to play in the
third quarter before the Wolves
began to take advantage of care
less passing by Schiffke and
some needless shooting by Dave
Little.
The Wolves scored three times
in the last Is seconds of the pc
riod and chopped Buttons lead
to 1916 at the end of the quar-
ter. Little John Mowen pumped
in four straight set shots to lead
the third period scorers.
Bluffton hit a basket at the
start of the fourth period, then
Lafayette banged in eight
straight points to lead $3.50. Ra-
mon Lewis scored on a rebound
then Lafayette scored four more
TO lead 5S-5Z WIN o:1Z 10 play
FavOre Returned
Then Lewis suddenly caught
fire, scoring six straight points
to tie the game before Fleming
came back to put the Wolves ir
the lead. With less than a min.
ute to play Lewis hit a free
throw, then missed the second
one and Lafayette seemed home
in the clear.
Then came the mad scramble
back and forth, the jump ball a
the Bluffton free throw line anc
Schiffke'S disputed basket.
Bluffton made only five of II
free throws, but the scoring
again showed balance. Levi:
led with 20; the rapidly improv
ing Rudy Steiner again had IA
Baber had II; Little, who fireC
like a broken machine gun dur
ing the entire second half, hac
10 and Buck Schiffke had five
Fleming led every scorer witt
% and the amazing little Mower
had Is.
The Bluffton reserves scored {
field goal - one, single fielder
in the entire game as they los
to Lafayette 37-12. At that tht
score was 10-9 late in the sec
ond period. Neither team scoreC
a field goal in the second quar-
ter.
Don Deerhake scored Bluff
tons goal, jump shot, in tn,
first two minutes of the frs
quarter, then everyone turnet
cold. Chuck Niswander led Bluff
ton with five, Deerhake had fou
and Ron Michel had three. Moy
er led Lafayette with IL.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
TeLesiS Announces
Recreation PrOqran1

The Telesis club, which has
on several previous occasions
sponsored a program of or
ganized recreation for Bluff.
ton children, has announced
a new Saturday afternoon
program at Founders hall.
The Telesis-spOnsOred rec.
reation program will be con.
Quoted from 1 to 8 on Sat
urdays with Ralph Reichen-
bach Jr. In charge. The pro-
gram will continue through
the month of March accord
ing to plans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
Browns Draft DubeniOn

management notified him that
they would negotiate with the
Regina team, hoping to secure
clear title to his services.
Dubenion, meanwhile, must
await the outcome of the nego-
tiationS.
If Cleveland is able to sign
him he will go to their summer
tryout camp, hoping to beat out
established stars such as Ray
Renfro and Bobby Mitchell for a
place in the offensive backfield.
Dubenion has been a unani-
nous all-league choice for three
years at Bluffton college, an ALL
Ohio and Little AIl-America
choice this year and the holder
of every Bluffton college rushing
and scoring mark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
Disputed Basket Gives BIS
6l-6O Thriller Over Wolves

Who won last Fridays Bluff
ton-Lafayette game;
The scoreboard (after some
hesitation) said Bluffton did 61-6O
but the referees couldn't decid.
One person who held a positive
opinion from start to finish was
Lafayette coach Bob Harter, who
said Lafayette won 60-59.
The whole, roaring argument
could have been avoided if Bluff
tons Buck Schiffke hadn't been
lucky.
Lafayette led 60-59 when
Schiffke grabbed the ball after
a tipoff and heaved it towards
the basket before or after (pick
one) the final buzzer sounded.
The ball went through and the
argument began.
Referees, coaches, players and
fans swarmed over the timers
table, demanding an official yer.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
Beavers Fourth
AS MOL Enters
The Stretch Run

Bluffton college lost a fine op-
portunity to bolster themselves
for the stretch run in the Mid
Ohio league when they lost to
Ohio Northern in double over
time last Saturday.
AS the schools take their break
for semester examinations the
Beavers rest in fourth place, with
a 4-3 record. A victory over
Northern would have established
them in second.
Bluffton faces a serious prob
lem in their inability to win a
game on the road. They haven't
won a road game in the league
for nearly two seasons. Four of
their last five league games will
be on foreign courts.
Findlay has emerged from a
disastrous early season slump to
reestablish themselves as a
prime favorite for the league
championship.
Cox Steps Out
Wilmington, riding in first
place with only a loss to Bluff.
ton marring their string, has
been hurt by the loss of high
scorer Charlie Cox, who gradu-
ated at mid-year.
Fast and hard-hitting Defiance,
the only Mid-Ohio team which
must meet the Beavers at Bluff.
ton, is tied with Findlay for Sec
ond. The second half race may
shape up as a battle between the
Yellowjackets and Findlay, witt
Wilmington fading out of the pic
ture.
Darkhorses are Bluffton anC
Ohio Northern, both capable OF
upsetting any of the front run
nerS.
The Beavers play their first
game of the new semester next
Tuesday evening on Cedarville':
tiny home court. Bluffton blasted
Cedarville 1851 with a 30 point
fourth period two weeks ago, but
at that time the Baptists were
playing without their high scor
ing Pete Reese.
League games during the mex
week have Cedarville at Ohio
] Northern on Thursday, Ohio
| Northern at Ashland and BC a
Cedarville on Tuesday and Viii
mington at Defiance on Wednes
| day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29
Insurance Men And
Physicians Meet

DR.. Gambler T. Tegtmeyer,
Milwaukee, chairman of the med
ical department of Northwestern
Mutual Insurance company, ad-
dressed a joint meeting of the
Lima Medical association and
the Lima Insurance Under
writer's association Tuesday eve
ming at the Shawnee Country club.
The meeting was attended by A.
c. Burcky, Harold Klingler, and
Clarence Diller, local members
of the underwriters group. DR..
F. D. Rodabaugh, DR.. B. w.
Travis and DR.. Howard M.
Shelly were also expecting to
attend.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-01-29

MANY ELECTRICAL ITEMS
using lis volts are not grounded.
The principal danger, say Ohio
State University Extension agri-
cultural engineers, lies with old
equipment where worn insulation
on wires and connections allows
a charge to build up on the frame
of the equipment.