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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
THE AMERICAN WAY

citizens of Memphis have learned
that they made sad mistake in
messing into the power business.
They regret having spent S163 mil
lion to build their municipal plant
Why? Well, here's the pitch.
Memphis has found that its IVA
scaled rates are too low to meet
the costs of producing the power
This is, in spite of the fact, that
Memphis pays no federal income
tax, which amounts to Is cents out
of the power dollar which investor
owned companies throughout the
nation are forced to pay.
And so customers of the social
istic, municipal power plant in
Memphis, Tenn, have seen their
power bills increased-11 percent
for industrial consumers and 80
percent for residential users. This
rate increase was necessary to pre-
vent the city-owned plant going
S6,800OO0 into the red in 1860
What Memphis overlooked was
a most important fact that the
glib proponents of public power
failed to divulge Memphis, Jun
like IVA which pays no federal
taxes, no interest on bonds, in
fact, pays nothing had 20 sell S163
million worth OF bonds to build
her generating plants and has to
pay from four to five percent in
terest on those bonds
The famous or rather we should
say, infamous highly-touted IVA
'yard-stick" has once again prov
en- to be a dud. The CrosSett Ark
News-Observer, in its January IA,
1860, issue had this to say on this
particular point;
One thing at least the Memphis
experience and the DiXon-Yates
fiasco have made crystal clear
That Wanted IVA yardstick is
no yardstick at all. In emitting the
measurement of federal taxes and
the cost of using other peoples
capital, it is more OF a foot-rule
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10

for the use of politicians in crack
ing knuckles, or perhaps sorcer-
er's wand that we can hope may
be running out of magic"
Once again the proponents of pri-
vate enterprise have been proven
to be right in their contention that
rates of such socialistic projects as
IVA are unrealiStic and that these
rates are low only because losses
are made up by millions of dol
lars furnished by sorely-burdened
taxpayers across the nation.
But there's ray of sunshine
for the rest of the nation in this
dark Memphis picture Memphis
has learned by bitter experience
that someone has to make up the
deficits when power is sold below
cost. But this time it is the dis
illusioned citizens Of Memphis who
are taking it ION the chin" in
stead of the taxpayers of the en-
tire nation being called upon to
make up the deficit That's just
too bad for Memphis, but it's just
dandy for the rest of us.
At any rate the whole nation
has been watching these develop
ments at Memphis. The implica-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
FriendSViI!e Neqvs

/ Mrs Paul Smith and Mrs. Will
liam Herring, Accident; Mrs. John
Bishoff and daughters. lIoycs: Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Bishop, Kccler
Glade; Mir and Mrs, Okcy Hoff
we're guests at a dinner on We'd
nesday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Doyle Mccullough honoring
! the lattcr's birthday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Doyle Mccullough
and Mr. and Mrs. Okey Hoff were
Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Scbold at McHenry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Holman,
Uniontown, Pa, spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Mr. and Mrs John
Holman, ST..
Mrs. Donald Augustine and
daughter Sherry, Oldtown, spent
the weekend here with relatives
and friends
MIR and Mrs. r. H. Schlosnaglc
and daughter Sandra, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Metheny we're Sun
day afternoon visitors Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Scggie and family, Ac-
cident.
Miss Velora v Swauger. Hagers-
town, spent several days last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. K Liven-
good and family
, Mrs Kenneth Turney and sons
and Mrs. James Spear and Paula
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Spear,
Addison, Pa. Sunday afternoon
Mrs Benny FraZec and son
Stevie. Frostburg; Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade Schroyer and family we're
Saturday evening supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Selby and
son.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Hook, Union
town, Pa, and Mrs Sophie Friend
visited Mr.. and Mrs. George Hile-
man, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Sherry Augustine, Oldtown,
was Saturday overnight guest of
her cousin, Miss Paula j. Spear
Callers at the home Of Mrs Har-
old Friend and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
VanSickle during the week were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomas and son
Kenny, Mr. and Mrs. K F. Savage
and Beverley, Mr.. and Mrs Har-
old HumbersOn and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Trimpey,
Somerset, Pa, were Wednesday
evening visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde VanSickle Cloyde VAN
Sickle. McClellandtown, Pa, WIS.,
tied the VanSickleS on Tuesday
evening
Mr. and Mrs Benny Frazee and
son Stevie, Frostburg; Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos Friend and family and
Dale Friend were Sunday supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs Wade
Schroyer and family. Other Sum-
day callers were Mr.. and Mrs Ivan
HENDERSON and Mrs Minnie
Friend.
S/Sgt and Mrs David A. Davis
and son David Lee, who have been
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Fike, left on Wednesday for
Wright Patterson Air Force base,
Dayton, o., where he will be sta
toned Mrs Garland jenkins was a
Wednesday guest of Mrs Fike.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
THE MEMPHIS BLUES
Bv Georue Peck

EDITORS NOTE: George Peck
is Honorary Chairman of the Lay
mems National Committee, spOn-
sor of National Sunday School
and Bible Weeks
Remember the DiXon-Yates fl
asco? If so you will recall that it
was a project sponsored by two
Southern investor-Owned public
utilities; and that it was headed
by Edgar Dixon Of the one COM
pany and Eugene Yates of the
other from which two parties it
drew its name. 1t was designed
to take care of the expanding pow
er needs of the Tennessee Valley
Authority. without calling for the
expenditure of further taX-money.
After a bitter Squabble on Capt.
toll Hill between the put-the-gov-
ernment-in-business Zealots and
the proponents to private enter
prise power, DiXon-I ates lost its
contract with the United States
Government. The prcteXt used in
an attempt to justify this con-
tract cancellation was conflict of
interest" arising from the fact that
the government consultant in draw
ing up the contract was also a
vice-president of DiXon-Y Yates fl
nancing agent, the First Boston
Corp.
But the U. S. Court Of Claims
ruled in July Of 1859 that Uncle
Sam really broke the contract, be-
cause he no longer needed pri-
vately-producted power. The city
of Memphis upset the applicant
in 1855 by deciding to build its
own power plant which would help
ease the IVA shortage of power.
The court awarded DiXon-Yates
the sum of S19 million.
That would seem 10 have ended
the controversy. but Memphis
completed its power plant and only
got it into operation in the sum
mer of 1859. Already the good
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
Southern Speaks
BY Dale Ellis

Southern llighlandcrs will play
the Howard County High School
basketball team tomorrow night at
the Allegany High gymnasium at
1:30 If the EIighlandcrs win they
will return for tournament play
on Saturday night at 900 in the
same gymnasium. The Southern
team will play the winner of the
ALE gany versus North Hagerstown
game
Talcnt Shows
Under direction OF Miss Ann Dill
gard the Student Council sponsored
the second annual talent show in
the gym this morning and after
noon.
All kinds of entries such as
singing. dancing, and novelty num-
bers were performed.
Congratulations
Terry Colaw, high scoring South
ern guard, was named to the Poto-
mac Valley Conference second
team recently.
Welcome Students
Students and members of the
faculty welcome five new students
who enrolled last week. They are
Carolyn Turney and her sister
Linda from Biloxi, Mississippi,
Richard and Lois Crop who came
here from Fort Hill High School:
and Mary Lower who exchanged
from Kitzmiller.
Will Attend Evaluation
Mr.. Carl Everly. vice principal,
will serve on the Evaluation COM
mittee which will tour Fort Hill
High School at Cumberland next
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day.
Begin Registering
Students will begin registering
for next years classes starting
Monday according to Mr.. Johns,
Southern's principal.
Pen Rally
A short pep rally will be held
tomorrow morning in the gym
nasium to promote interest for
the tournament games to be held
at Cumberland tomorrow night.
Fourteen pages of the 1959-6O
Highlander" Southern's year
book, have been sent to Delmar
Studios for finishing. David
Gender is the editor and Mr..
James Trickett the faculty advisor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10

tions of this discovery by the City
Fathers of this Tennessee City
that power cannot he sold below
cost, affect every public power
project. The perennial question Of
favored tax positions, interest rates.
fiscal policy, and TWAS methods Of
allocating funds ioy power are
being re-eXamined in the light Of
this electric rate hike At Memphis.
Who knows but mat Memphis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
Lutheran Activity

Lutheran Activity
Sunday School at 10 Il. m. and
worship service at 1870 p. m. at
Grace Lutheran church for Sun
day.
First Christian Church
Bible study at 10 u. m, and
preaching at IL a. m, at First
Christian church for Sunday
Methodist Activity
Services for Sunday in the
Methodist churches are: Friends
Vile. 10 a m; Hoyes, IL a. m; and
Blooming Rose, 1880 p. m. Sunday
School here at IL a. III.
, Services we're cancelled at the
Methodist church last Sunday, due
to the weather and road conditions
The WSCS monthly meeting was
called for Monday evening. March
7th.
Homemakers to Meet
The HomemakerS club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Harold Hum
berson on Thursday afternoon
March II, at 1890 O'Clock Miss
Ethel Grove will give the demon
oll dllOu VII NNClGCllOllN.
Addresses Rotary
Ralph Beachley gave the pro-
gram of Summary of Important
Items in Recent Rotarian" at the
weekly Rotary meeting on Mon
day evening"
March OF Dimes Report
A total of $I8650 was turned in
by Mrs. Ellen HENDERSON for the
March of Dimes for the Friends
vile area, with Mrs Beulah UNI
bel. Mrs. Margaret Thomas and
Mrs. Inez Slagle being cO-workers.
Members of Circle III of the WSCS
made the Mothers March in town.
Students of the elementary school
and local organizations also do
mated.
Attend Meeting
Hobart BowSer, Accident, and
Clyde VanSickle attended the Gar
rett-Allegany County Firemen'S
Executive meeting at Baltimore
Pike fire hall on Sunday afternoon.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Selby and
son were Monday evening visitors
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. G..
Rush. Ice cream and cake were
served honoring Mr. SelbyS birth
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Friend were
in Uniontown on Wednesday,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
PIT. A. Council To Meet

The Garrett County Council of
Parents and Teachers will meet
at the Center street elementary
school in Oakland on Friday eve
ming, March IS, at o'clock, it was
announced by Michael Duda, presi-
dent
B. O. Aiken, former principal of
Accident High school, now residing
in Silver Spring, will be guest
speaker. according to Mrs. Ken
meth Bucket, program chairman.
Mr.. Aiken will point out the prog
ress made by the school system in
Montgomery county and will ex-
plain the merit system which is
now being used in that county.
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will steal TWAS thunder by itself
becoming YARDSTICK?
Maryland

Unemployment in Maryland
last fiscal year averaged 74,500 or
SIS percent Of the labor force
An atomic clock has been per-
fsccd. II will lose one second in
! 0G0 years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to all our
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and helpfulness during
the illness and following the death
of our father, the late Wilbur l..
Davis.
We also want to thank those who
gave flowers and contributed the
use of their automobiles for the
funeral service.
The Children
ADV. 1t"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-03-10

Ray VanSickle returned to
Cleveland after spending the past
week here
Evening star., 1960-05-17
QUICK AS YOU CAN SAY AMERICA

than enough elbow all around And the way American
does things, you rarely push the call button At the worlds
only Stewardes College, your stewardes has learned simply
your wishes but anticipate hem-as if you
in her home
See for yourself why American first choice of experienced
travellers For reservations just your Travel Agent call
American Airnes. In Washington, the number call is
Executive 3-2345.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
DAVID LAWRENCE
Nixon Passes a Tough Test

to scrap everything that we
are presently doing in order to
solve the problem" This ap-
proach he rejected as sin
efficient" and mot the best
way to solve the problem"
1t was in the international
arena that the Vice President
seemed particularly skillful,
especially in his analysis of
the Khrushchev tactics. Mr..
Nixon explained some of the
intricacies of international
affairs today and was able to
tell flrst-hand about his visits
to 81 different countries and
especially about some of his
talks with Prime Minister
Macmillan, Gen. de Gaulle
and Chancellor Adenauer.
Mr.. Nixon indicated quite
clearly that, If elected, he
would pursue President Els
enhower's policies of co-op-
Grafton with the Democratic
Party in Congress. For the
Vice President said it was
certain that the. Senate
wouldn't change party con-
troll in the coming election,
and he might even be faced,
if elected. with a Democratic
majority in the House.
The Vice President con-
ceded that the Republican
Party. from an organization
standpoint, is weak and that
the administration is stronger
than its party.
While the Vice President
said he wouldn't indicate any
choice for a running mate.
he did say that whoever it
was should be in agreement
on major policies with the
man at the top of the ticket.
1t is doubtful whether any
future speeches or quizzes
will be any more useful in
helping the voter form an
opinion on the qualifications
Of Vice President Nixon for
the Presidency. Mr.. Nixon
limited that he would be glad
to debate with a rival candi-
date, but even this could
hardly compare in effective
ness with the technique of
hard-hitting, biting and often
cynical questions thrown at
Mr.. Nixon in the marathon
quiz Of Sunday night.
Copyright, 196OI
Evening star., 1960-05-17
DORIS FLEEsON
Submits and the Presidency

Military leaders are almost
more anxious about the ef-
feet on Allies of the United
States than on Russia. They
have never accepted cock
istence as a military doc
trine: that would be out Of
keeping with their job. But
they do rely on Allied bases
and connections which may
be placed in jeopardy by the
new developments.
BY chance, Paris and its
heavy freight of political i'm
plicationS conceded with re-
newed efforts by New York
supporters Of Gov. Rockefel-
Ter to keep him in the presi-
dental picture. This was
really an accident. What is
a fact is that he has long
felt the administration was
far too optimistic about this
country'S role in the cold
war. He could conceivably
feel that he is confronted
now not only with an op-
portunity but a duty to wage
a positive campaign for the
presidency.
By chance, too, Mr.. Ste
venson is in Washington,
testifying on proposals for
extended TV debate of the
campaign issues. Senator
Scott, Pennsylvania Repub-
lican. broke the Paris news
to that hearing, news that at
first was received as pro-
posing a hypothetical case,
not a reality.
The Vice President was
similarly unprepared. At a
late hour Sunday night he was
preaching summit optimism
in an extended TV appear
ance.
Evening star., 1960-05-17

Mr.. Khrushchev's with
drawal Of the Soviet invita-
ton to the President of the
United States to visit Mos
COW is regarded as an un-
precedented insult from one
head-of-state to another.
This insult had been fore
seen by some Of President
Eisenhower's friends in Con-
gress, who had advised him
last week to beat the Red
boss to the punch and an
nounce that he would post
pone" his trip to the Soviet
Union until a more favorable
atmosphere had been estab-
lished.
But this advice was ig-
nored by the Chief Executive
and some Of his intimate ad-
visers who believed that
nothing should be done
which might leave the i'm
preston on the American
people, and especially the
outside world, that Mr.. Els
enhower is not doing every
thing possible to avoid a
further increase in interna-
tional tensions.
The long-awaited summit
conference, sought by Mr..
Khrushchev since 1858, has
failed lamentably. This
comes as no surprise to
those who recognized from
the very beginning that the
Russian leader wanted the
summit solely as a Spectacu-
lar maneuver arranged to
assist Soviet and Commu-
mist worldwide propaganda
activities.
international tensions
must now increase during
the coming months. The cold
war is on again in full force
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Georgia Gets a School DeudIine

local boards to make a start
in good faith and there was
no guarantee that of 1861
would so act. There was also
the argument, supported by
previous decisions, that it is
not up to the legislature but
the courts to say when a be-
ginning shall be made be-
cause Federal law, not State,
prevails.
The State and the children
involved will benefit from the
delay and the decision not
to appeal in that the people
now clearly know what they
face. If they can close their
ears to the madness of those
who incredibly prefer a State
in which the children have
no access to stable education,
with consequent inability to
enter colleges outside the
State, or to hold good jobs
at home, they might then
elect a legislature which
would free the people and
give them the right of free
choice.
One of the tragedies of
the people has been that
leadership of the extremist
type has preached that our
existing State laws do not
permit freedom of choice, but
require schools to be segre-
gated or closed. They have
deliberately deceived and
confused a troubled people
by not telling them that in
all cases where State law
comes in conflict with Fed
eral, the latter is supreme.
This is true, too. of State
constitutions. If any of their
provisions are contrary to an
Interpretation of the Federal
Constitution. the latter pre-
walls. The Supreme Court in
depreciation, when applied by
court order, becomes the law
of the land.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Thoughts of Next Chief as Negotiotor
Held Emphasized by Paris Action

Among Republicans, Vice
President Nixon probably is
not greatly weakened as a
popular individual but he has
surely been adversely affect
ed as the champion of the
outgoing administration. He
was already preparing to
break some domestic ties with
the President. but at first
glance it looks impossible for
him to make any substantial
deviation in foreign affairs,
no matter how dolorous the
picture may be.
Less nebulouS is the specu-
lation that the party in pow
er in the White House must
make some hasty revision of
its campaign. 1t had plainly
hoped and believed that it
could get through the year
with peace and prosperity as
its slogan and a balanced
budget as the most desirable
possible national goal.
These concepts have out
lasted severe shocks begin
ming with Sputnik /. The
Paris news is only the latest
Of such blows but it is by
far the heaviest, coming Just
before the nominating con-
ventionS.
Even if it proves possible
to gloss over its worst impli-
cations in the conventions,
they will break out in the
subsequent campaigning for
the presidency. 1t is simply
not in the nature of politics
that an emotional issue in
volving fear of some one or
some consequences can be
subdued indefinitely.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
Soviet Leaders Propaganda Spectacle
Called Cold War in Full Force

and effect, as it really always
has been just beneath the
surface of peaceful coexis-
tence." But few if any OBJ
servers in Washington, es-
pecially among the military
leaders, expect an armed
conflict to ensue in the i'm
mediate future.
Paramount in the shrewd
mind of Mr.. Khrushchev is
his knowledge of the un-
questionable power of the
United States armed forces
to deal a Shattering counter
blow to any aggreSsor. Mr..
Khrushchev, whose espion-
age network in this country is
fully as effective as his sub
verSive network, realizes the
risks an aggreSsor would be
taking. He is aware of the
dangers, not only to the So
Wet Union but to the entire
international Com m n is t
movement, should be substi-
tute armed attack for harsh
words.
The administration has
been guilty of many blunders
and many weaknesses in the
field of foreign affairs. But
despite these, the United
States armed forces today
are in an incomparably
better position than they
were at the time of the
Pearl Harbor attack in 1941,
or when the Communists of
North Korea invaded the Re-
public of Korea in 1850.
The Navy, for example, is
in a state of constant read
iness. Its aircraft and car
riers. its missile cruisers and
submarines, are regarded
even by the Russians as the
best in the world. Morale is
high in the naval service,
Evening star., 1960-05-17

Washington was unpre-
pared for the Paris crisis.
1t did not expect any great
results from the summit
meeting, but the explosive
hostility of Soviet Premier
Khrushchev was not antici-
pated and neither was his
implication that he would
prefer to deal with the next
President Of the United
States.
Some political observers
here have been trying to Sug-
gest for some time that more
attention should be given to
the kind of President the
voters will put in the White
House next January and less
to the scattered presidential
primaries. Their hand has
been strengthened, though
not in the way they would
have preferred.
Just how present develop
ments will affect the various
candidates themselves re-
mains to be seen. 1t appears
inevitable that more people
will think Of them in terms
of the hard negotiations
which the Russians seem to
have decided they do not
want to hold with Mr.. Eisen-
hover.
Curbstone opinion gener-
ally suggested that among
Democrats this would mean
a revival of interest in Adlai
Stevenson and a probable
strengthening of Senate
Democratic Leader Johnson's
hand, the reason being their
greater experience in admin
istration.
Evening star., 1960-05-17
RALPH McGILL
Benefits to Both State and Pupils Seen
In Courts Delaying Date to Fall Of 81

The Deep South school sys-
TEN of Atlanta, Ca, is the
first to be served with a
direct notice by a district
Federal court to integrate
qualified Negro children.
The court delayed COM
pliance until September, 1861,
with notice to the State Leg
islature that this was "a last
chance" notice. The State,
itself, must decide whether
it wishes to grant freedom of
choice to communities or
choose the chaos of no school
system at all. To choose the
latter would handicap a gen.
Grafton of children for life,
as the judge indicated in his
opinion.
Georgia's 1859 legislature
had created q study commits
sion which met in each of
the States 10 congressional
districts. In five of them a
majority Of witnesses urged
open schools. with whatever
small amount of desegrega-
ton is required. Five others
produced more persons to
urge closing all schools.
It was a feature of the
meetings that those who
wanted schools abolished,
rather than comply with law,
were older persons, some of
them quite old. Few of these
witnesses had children. One
cid man, in trembling voice,
offered to give his life to
prevent any compliance.
Some of these spoke in terms
of the Civil War. These per-
sons were joined by the vari-
Gus xxx groups and the
more extreme voices OF
SANDER and deceit.
Younger persons, including
some students and parents