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The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
National Guard
Offers Hometown
Military Service

The need for young men to
serve their country in times OF
peace has never been greater than
now. The recent aggressive and
dictatorial outbursts by an aggres-
sor nation in the United Nations
General Assembly has proven
beyond any doubt that the threat
of force can be effectively stopped
when this threat to the peace
and to the liberties of free nations
is met with the manpower, the
technology, and the materials
which can deter miScalculatlon on
the part of any and all Would De
a~ggressors. -,
The United States has dedicated
itself to peace. Our motto is peace,
but unfortunately, peace cannot
be maintained without the pa
triOtic service Of all Americans.
Our United States needs what
money cannot buy-voluntary
service in the oldest and most
effective force in the history of
this country - your National
Guard.
The National Guard is more
than a reserve force. 1t is an or
ganization that offers many oppor-
tunities some of which are: extra
income, excellent training at home
and at technical schools, advance
ment through the enlisted grades
to officer status, and it offers a
retirement plan well worth your
inquiry. The National Guard is an
organization which offers you the
chance to serve at home yet gives
our country its greatest voice for
peace.
Young men of military age, TIA
to %, can honorably fulfill their
military obligation by joining their
local National Guard. The re-
quired six months active duty
training may include specialized
training in fields desired by the
individual. Your local National
Guard office is located in the Sid
ney Armory NV. of town on the
Culbertson road. Phone 224W or
mail inquiries to National Guard,
Box 991, Sidney, Montana, or con-
tact the u. S. Army Advisor to the
National Guard in the Tractor and
Equipment building, Phone 849W.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
AND MRS. BEN KNOPP
PARENTS OF BABY GIRL

The Rev. and Mrs. Ben KnOpp
are the parents of a baby girl
Julie, born Saturday, October is,
at the Community Memorial Hos
pital, where mother and little
daughter r reported as getting
along nicely. The Knopps have
two other children, Tamara 3 and
Steven IA months.
Rev. Knopp's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Knopp of Paul, Idaho,
arrived in Sidney Friday to spend
some time at their sons home and
take care of the children while
Mrs. Knopp is under hospital care.
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
WOMAN'S CLUB PROGRAM
ON CANDIDATES AND ISSUES

The Sidney Woman's Club met
at the home of Mrs. r. P. Blair
Monday afternoon, October IT.
The meeting was called to order
by the President, Mrs. Ed Hardy.
A timely program Candidates
and Issues in Review" was given
by Mrs. L. A. Hardy, and Mrs.
R. S. Mutt.
HostesSes for the afternoon
were Mrs. R. P. Blair, Mrs. Katie
Buckley, and Mrs. c. r. Doran
Evening star., 1960-01-15
No Democrats at Summit Talks

North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization. The Truman admin
istration, and not "biparti-
sanship," sent American
troops into Korea. The only
difference was this: The Re-
publicans generally remained
In support of the Atlantic Al
lance. But the Republicans
generally became critical Of
the Korean war.
What true bipartisanship
really requires of any oppo-
sition party, and all it re-
quires, is this: Not to knock
the President down on the
bridge while he is navigating
tricky waters. To give him
such decent support as in
conviction is possible; or at
any rate not to pick at him
endleSSly and deStructiVely
for mere pettily partisan rea-
sons.
It may seem odd. But the
truth also is that most real,
working. professional politi-
clans tend, in the single area
of foreign policy, to be less
partisan than many non-
political people. About this
one thing the pros usually are
not looking for a fight with
the other party. Fun is fun
and all that. But to operate
with partisan irreSponsibility
in this field is to endanger
the country itself-and also,
in the end, the party which
takes such a course.
Evening star., 1960-01-15
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Jack Kennedy the next President must be strong
man For fellow who aims to be a Samson, it's kind of
odd that he would start the campaign by cutting of
own hair.
Khrushchev speaks ee-and-a-haf hours to the
Supreme Soviet And let's have here
about catching with the Russians in oratory please
The Senate considers clean elections" bill Now
that they're the majority party Democrats are getting
lazyand don't want to than on election day
The humane voter will be for Hubert Humphrey for
President. 1t would make the Senator so happy.
G. What do they by a hack writer? A. taxi
driver who is author Of a best-sellng novel,
The American Dental Association deplores phony tooth
paste ads For best tooth take glass of water
every morning and soak your dentist bill in it.
Evening star., 1960-01-15
Propaganda Move by Khrushchev

For, obviously, 1t would be
difficult to find and destroy
submarines, and 1t cannot
be forgotten that the water
areas Of the world are far
greater than the land sur
faces.
What. then, Is the purpose
Of the Khrushchev speech at
this time? Plainly it is a
propaganda move. The Soviet
dictator believes, as did Adolf
Hitler, that the free world
can be bluffed into Submis-
sion. With a controlled press
inside Russia and with the
press of the free world print
ing everything the Soviet
leader says, the wide cir
culation Of Communist pro-
nouncementS is assured.
But it is apparent the
West is not going to be fooled
by the propaganda. The COM
mentS from members of
Congress, irrespective of
party, are highly critical of
the Khrushehev speech. Sen
ate Democratic Leader john
son declares the Soviet Pre-
mier holds out an olive
branch and at the same time
tries to hit US over the head
with it."
1t certainly is a contrast
to the so-called spirit of
Camp David" which only a
short while ago gave the
world an impression that
peace was just around the
corner and that tensions
certainly would be eased in
the year 1860.
There are, to be sure, i'm
portant negotiations going
on with respect to disarma-
ment, and it would be a big
victory for Mr.. Khrushchev
If he could get the West to
diSarm on the basis Of a
paper agreement. while he
would refrain from giving the
necessary guarantees that
would make it possible for
outside inspection teams to
determine whether the terms
were being carried out.
The West is not likely to
be cowed by the Khrushchev
utterances, and the world will
witness in the next few weeks
a resumption Of threats and
counter-threats and warm
ings. 1t makes one wonder
what all the summit meetings
really accomplish.
(copyrisht. 1900
Evening star., 1960-01-15
Argument for Strong Presidents

Of the media of communica-
ton in their time. Even
Woodrow Wilson, a pedantic,
professional man, was able
to gain the ear of the average
man.
Prof. Nevins also pointed
out that the mood of the
country was never, during the
years of our strong Presi-
dents. passive, complacent,
and apathetic." The contrary
was true. During each Of the
strong administrations there
was a rebirth of idealism,
spiritual values and a feel
ing of identity with the Ma
ton and its ideals.
The critics Of the Presi-
dent seemed, for the most
part, to agree with the Demo-
cratic opposition in the Con-
gress. 1t regards Mr.. Eisen-
hover as a weak President
but as a good, honest man
with whom it can work.
This quality Of an honest
man of integrity and good
will, the historians thought
was a quality held by most
Presidents. But it was not,
most of them felt, enough.
What the Nation badly
needs is a debate on the
qualities of the man who will
be the next President. He will
have negotiations and prob
lens more vast and more
complex than those which
have confronted Mr.. Eisen-
hover. The issues of today,
particularly those of national
defense, are so much a part
OF science as to be incom-
prehensible to even the better
informed citizen. Therefore,
communication between the
President and the people
assumes paramount impor-
tance.
What sort Of qualities do
we want in the Presidept?
Evening star., 1960-01-15
DORIS FLEESON
Two ProfiIes of Senator Kennedy

Kennedy and not Senator
Humphrey who has been try
ing to transform success in
the primaries into a moral
claim on the nomination. A
moral claim cannot be
squared with entering only
primaries where one seems to
be ahead.
Certainly, many State pri-
marieS are gravely deficient
as a guide to national con-
ventions. This point was well
made by Senator Syming-
ton in explaining why he
would not pick up the Ken
nedy challenge. In Pennsyl-
vania, for example, the dele
gates run in the primary un-
committed and Senator Ken
nedy cited this as his rea-
son for shying from 1t. But
the Pennsylvania voters do
get a chance in it to express
their presidential preference
so it has some meaning.
Senator Kennedy knows,
however, and so do reporters,
that Gov. Lawrence Of Penn
sylvania prefers Adlai Ste
Venson for 1860.
Senator Kennedy also dealt
at the National Press Club
with the charge that he had
agreed to participate in the
dedication Of an inter-
faith chapel but bowed out
at the insistence of the late
Cardinal Dougherty Of Phila-
delphia.
This was true, he said. He
explained that he learned
only after accepting the in
vitation that the ceremonies
would be held in the sacristy
OF a Baptist church. He had
been invited as a Catholic,
he said, and as a Catholic he
withdrew.
Evening star., 1960-01-15

be in a bad way from the
start. They will have far less
than half the power-and
run the risk of shouldering
far more than half the
blame if things go wrong.
All these things are true,
now as always, simply be-
cause Of the way our sys-
TEN actually. works. They
are no less true, notwith-
standing that the present
administration of Dwight D.
Eisenhower is dra wing to its
close and that a new ad-
ministration will therefore
inherit whatever Mr.. Eisen-
hover does in these con-
ferences.
Actually, the whole notion
Of bipartisanship has long
been over-advertised. 1t is
a useful notion, only if too
much is not expected of it
If it is not somehow assumed
that once you have got
"bipartiSanship" all will be
well.
For bipartisanship has
never meant that the minor
ity party has any truly crea-
tive, decisive and fifty-fifty
role in foreign policy. The
device was first widely talked
about in the Truman ad-
ministration when G.. o. P.
Senators were brought into
close cooperation - some
times. Such men undoubtedly
helped the administration a
great deal.
But their genuine function
was only this: To persuade
their fellow-Republicans not
to rock the boat too much
too soon. The helm remained
absolutely in Mr.. Truman's
hands, as it will surely now
remain absolutely in Mr..
Eisenhower's hands.
For examples, the Truman
administration, and not "bi-
partisanship," made the
Evening star., 1960-01-15
Troops Cut Offer and Missiles Threat
Held Effort to Bluff Us Into Submission
DAVID LAWRENCE

The Soviets are great imi-
tators as well as propagan-
dists. Nikita KhruShchev's
latest announcement that he
is going to cut down on the
size of the Soviet army means
really that he is adopting the
"new look" policy which the
United States put into effect
several years ago.
For there is not much use
these days for Russia to spend
the bulk of her money for
land armies when nuclear
weapons are available to
threaten attack and conduct
what is known as "blackmail
diplomacy" This Mr.. Khru-
shchev carried on in the same
speech in his boasts about
the Soviets' incredible weap-
onS" in missiles and rockets.
The truth is that there is
a stalemate today in nuclear
weapons, and all the claims
about new rockets and new
missiles will not lessen the
responsibility of the Soviet
regime to refrain from plung-
ing its own people into a nu-
clear war.
Inside the United States,
the new look" has resulted
in big debate as to whether
land armies aren't still i'm
portant for what is known
as limited war" Undoubt-
edly, if a foolproof agreement
were ever signed that would
prohibit the use of nuclear
weapons, then conventional
forces would come into their
own again. In the present
stage of international propa-
ganda, however. while con-
ventional forces are not be-
ing abandoned, nuclear weap-
onS are being developed with
increasing intensity of effort.
One of the troubles with
the Khrushchev announce
ment is that nobody can be
sure what he means when he
says he is cutting the army
by IL million men. 1t could
mean merely the transfer
from uniform to civilian
clothes of great numbers Of
men who still would be en-
gagged in arms production.
Also, there is no way Of
knowing what the true poten-
Evening star., 1960-01-15
Attack on President Called Good;
Stand on Primaries Questioned

perilouS Of the primary path
to the nomination, he took
evasive action. He would not
at this time rule out Cali
fornia or rule it in.
Present opinion in Wiscon-
sin is that Senator Kennedy
and Senator Humphrey OF
Minnesota would divide the
delegation and that the
struggle would be hard and
heated. Senator Kennedy is
given the edge in the indus
trial cities which were the
old base Of the party during
the LaFollette era. Senator
Humphrey is often called
the Senator from Western
Wisconsin where farm dis
content is high.
Senator Kennedy has more
to lose than delegates in
Wisconsin. He would suffer
from proved weakness in the
Farm Belt where Democrats
now have brighter prospects
than usual. He is already be-
lieved vulnerable there be-
cause of votes he cast on
farm legislation.
He told reporters he would
confer on the matter with his
brother, Robert Kennedy. But
Robert Kennedy is quoted
from New Hampshire as say
ing he would advise Jack not
to enter Wisconsin because
lit would be an unfair test"
Robert added that Senator
Humphrey was as far ahead
in Wisconsin as Jack Is in
New Hampshire. Senator
Humphrey is not conteSting
New Hampshire.
1t is. however. Senator
Evening star., 1960-01-15
Political and Constitutional Factors
Seen Making Participation Unlikely
WILLIAM S. WHITE

In spite Of all the talk
about "bipartisanship," any
real Democratic participation
in President Eisenhower's
high-level cold war talks is
about as likely as that Vice
President Nixon will join the
Democratic National Com
mittee.
There are some pretty
fundamental reasons why
this is so:
l. The President of the
United States is alone in
charge, under the Constitu-
ton, of the foreign policy of
the United States. And there
can be only one President at
a time. The Democrats know
all this, as do the Repub-
licanS. And when Democratic
Presidents are in power,
Democratic Presidents run
foreign policy, just as a Re-
publican President is running
it now, without rushing
around asking the opposi-
ton how to do it.
2. No President in the
drivers seat at an interna-
tional conference - whether
with his allies, the Soviet
Union, or both-has any
inclination to call for back
seat driving from the party
not in power at the White
House.
3. In the extremely i'm
probable event that Presi-
dent Eisenhower should,
nevertheless, ask top Demo-
cratic Senators to accom-
pany him to the summit
meeting, they wouldn't go,
anyhow.
For one of the realities
of political life. pleasant or
not, is this: Whenever repre-
sentatives of the party in op-
position to the White House
are brought Importantly into
foreign negotiations they will
Evening star., 1960-01-15

hower's leadership, he said,
was in the category Of
protocol"
One of the Nations widely
held concepts of the presi-
dency is that the President
should have as his chief aim
the maintenance of national
unity "at any cost"
Historian Arthur Schles-
niger. ir., declared this to
be a dangerous fallacy.
Any program, he said,
would arouse opposition.
Some of this would be bitter,
and the Congress would be
subjected to pressures. 1t was
pointed out that all the strong
Presidents. notably Teddy
Roosevelt. Woodrow Wilson,
and Franklin Roosevelt, had
boldly advanced and support
ed programs which created
necessary diSunity and great
forces of bitterness which
persist to this day. And, in
earlier years, both Jefferson
and Jackson carried out prof.
ects Of superior vision ne
cessitating great change.
Jefferson's program was so
divisive it created the two
party system. JackSon's policy
eliminated the national bank,
extensively reformed the Fed
eral administrative system,
and created such bitterness
that duels were fought, and
he himself suffered calumny
and SANDER of q virulence
reserved for strong Presi-
dents.
All the strong Presidents
possessed the ability to COM
municate with the people.
Most Of them were instinc-
lively skilled in making use
Evening star., 1960-01-15
DORIS FLEESON

Senator Kennedy Of Mas
sachusetts has just turned
two proflles to the country.
One was courageous and
perceptive. The other was
hesitant and indecisive.
In a prepared speech to
the National Press Club the
Senator placed the Demo-
cratic attack where it belongs
- on President Eisenhower
and his detached, limited
conception of the presidency
He called it the central issue
on which all the rest turn"
and his scholarly, incisive
criticism was we'll laced with
a pungent political humor
which Americans have always
enjoyed.
Few Democrats thus far
have been so bold. In very
real sense, the young Senator
opened the party's campaign
for the presidency.
But the question and
answer period about his own
campaign for the Democratic
nomination blunted the first
impression. Senator Kennedy
has proclaimed that his rivals
should prove their right to be
nominated, instead Of him, by
beating him in State prima-
ries. This needle was directed
especially at two aloof aspir-
ants, Senators Symington
and Johnson.
Pressed about his own
primary plans, Senator Ken
nedy began to pick and
choose. He said he would stay
out of Pennsylvania, New
York and Illinois. Regarding
Wisconsin, the biggest castle
Evening star., 1960-01-15
RALPH McGLLL
Historians Feel CompIocency or Drive
OF Nation Comes From Chief Executive

II the mood Of America is
passive, complacent, even
apathetic," who, and what, is
responsible?
Our most eminent histo-
rians believe the President
must be charged with it..
Responding to questions at a
recent meeting of the Amer
lean Historical Association,
the historians announced a
preference for a strong Chief
Executive.
History bears them out.
Those Presidents who wear
the label of greatness have all
been men of that qualifica-
ton. Prof. Allan Nevins said
that even though one rou-
timely assumed that any
President of the United
States would be a man Of
integrity and political sagac-
ity, this was not enough.
THE cardinal quality to be
demanded" he said, "is the
quality of imaginative leader
ship" A good President, he
continued, instinctively has
constructive vision" and,
equally important, "the ca
pacity to convey this vision
to his fellow citizens"
George F. Kennan, former
Ambassador to Moscow, and
whose policy of "containment
Of communism" was one
adopted by both the Truman
and Eisenhower administra-
tions, was frankly a critic of
President Eisenhower.
"A good President" he
said, Should cause the people
to ponder American society
-. and must exercise leader
ship, playing an active and
perSnal role" Mr.. Eisen-
Evening star., 1960-01-15
10Th to Fete General

Maj. Gen. Edward H. Nc
Daniel, Inspector General Of
the Army and former chief of
staff of the 29th Infantry Di-
vision during World War II,
will be the guest of honor at
the 29th Infantry Division As
sociation'S annual stag banquet
at 5 pm. tomorrow at the di-
visions headquarters at 1915
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Evening star., 1960-01-15

tial Of the Soviet regime is
on the military side, for it
can count upon huge forces
recruited in Communist Asia.
The United States demo-
bilized shortly after World
War II the great bulk Of its
armed forces from a peak
level Of 1913 million in war
time. but in view of Com
munist aggression, as the
State Department says, "the
level was later raised and
stands today at approx
mately 2.5 million" The
Soviets now claim their total
forces will be reduced to g.
423.000 in the next year or
two.
1t has been suggested that
Mr.. Khrushchev's speech in
dicateS that the Soviet Union
is moving more toward the
massive retaliation" strategy
followed by the United States
in recent years. Although in
America this policy has been
derided by some critics
largely by those who ad-
vocate a buildup Of conven-
tional forces for limited
wars"-the fact is that the
phrase still carries a world
of meaning in preventing a
big war today.
The United States does not
any longer stress the phrase
massive retaliation" but en-
phaSizeS its deterrent pow
er." 1t all amounts to the
same thing. One side will
not start a war without
counting the possible extent
of destruction that could be
inflicted on it by the other
side.
There was for a time a
belief that the Soviet Union,
with its missiles and rockets,
could destroy in one first
blow" the bomber bases in
side the United States and
wreak such wide destruction
that the retaliatory power of
this country would be frus-
trated. But since the devel-
opment of missiles and
rockets that can be launched
from submarines, there is
danger to a country like the
Soviet Union that it would
receive tremendous punish
ment if it ever started a war.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-24
Hay Creek News

their niece, Miss Beverly Levno
of Billings.
Miss Joyce Henderson attended
a birthday party in honor of Jo-
lene Thomas at the home of her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Joe Thomas.
Supper guests at the Joe Thomas
home were Mr.. and Mrs. Willie
Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Nor
by, Mn. and Mrs. Ray Peterson
and Mrs. Carr Thomas ST..
Bill Dore of FairvieW and Carl
Holm of Billings were dinner
guests at the Jack Berry home on
Tuesday.
Arlene and Billie Henderson at
tended a All Junior Leaders
meeting in Sidney Tuesday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Levno en-
tertained Saturday evening at {
wedding rehearsal dinner in honor
of Miss Muretta Norby and Del.
wynn Levno whose wedding tool
place at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Fairview Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Levno attended
bridal shower at the Eldridg,
Peterson home Friday Afternoon
in honor of Miss Muretta Norby
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-24
CHURCH GROUP ]
SLIDES ON RUSSIA

Featured speaker at the Feb
ruary meeting of the Trinity Luth-
eran Laymen's League last week
was Mr.. Orlan Strom, Sidney High
School music teacher. Mr.. Strom
showed slides and gave an inter
esting commentary on the trip
which he made through Russia last
summer.
"Winning Ways, a topic on the
"does" and don't" of tract evan
gelism, was presented by Mr..
Charles Evanson. The topic was
a preparation and training for the
evangelism program which Trinity
Lutheran Church will be carrying
on through the season of Lent this
year.
Important business brought to
the attention of the League by its
chairman, Mr.. Albert hasten, was
the matter of hosting the District
Convention of the Laymen's Lea
que on April 80. May ! of this year.
Rex Smelser and Charles Evan
son were appointed to represent
the Layman's League at a meeting
of the recreation council to be
held February 20.
Hosts for the evening were Mr.
Rex Smelser, Mr. Bill Smelser anC
Mr.. Charles EvanSon.
The Sidney herald., 1960-02-24
Funeral Held For
George H. Miller

Funeral services for George
Henry Miller were held from the
Cloyd-G order Chapel Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. IL. The deceased
was IA years old and had been in
poor health for several years with
a heart condition. He passed away
at the Community Memorial Hos
pital in Sidney.
The Rev. John Chambers offici-
ated at the funeral service and
burial was in the Sidney cemetery.
P~alIbearers were Orvald Norgaard,
Ewald Lueck, Art Zadow, Erick
Zadow, Leon Meyer and Ernest
McChesney.
He was born March 81, 1885 at
Godfrey, Illinois, the son of Henry
and Katherine Miller. He attend
ed school in Godfrey and made
his home there until 1918, when
he came to Montana and located
in the Girard Community. He
farmed in the Girard community
for three years and then moved to
M. Pleasant, where he farmed until
1888. He went back to LII. in
1888 for a few months and then
returned 10 Sidney to make his
home with his sister, Dorothy
Fisher. He never married.
He is survived by two sisters,
Dorothy of Sidney and Louise
Kendall of Miami, Florida; and
one brother, William P. Miller ot
Alton, Illinois. He also leaves
several nieces and nephews.