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Evening star., 1961-08-27
From Deer Park

Our guide was perfect: She
did not lombard us with
facts, but there was one lady
in our little party who used
the word delicious" to de-
scribe everything, from chan
delierS to cuspidors, so I
played truant for a time and,
ignoring chronology, wan
dered on my own. In the
room from Deer Park in
Maryland I saw a portrait
by Joshua Johnston, the first
Negro painter, who had a
nice, primitive talent. Then
the early 18th century stem
cilled bedroom; and then to
Conkey's Tavern, with a very
different tale to tell. There,
where the ginger bread was
being cooked, Capt. Daniel
Shays, a veteran of the Revo-
luton, planned his uprising
against the State of Mas
SachuSetts, in 1885. 1t was
an extraordinary transition,
to stand in this grim tavern
all brought across the
water, to Somerset; to stand
there alone, look up, and see
the marks on the beams
where the angry New Eng
land farmers banged their
muSketS.
I rejoined the party then
and went to the Shaker
room, of which I knew Moth
ing; nothing of the extraor-
binary Anne Lee, illiterate
daughter of a Manchester
blacksmith, who was i'm
prisoned many times in the
1760s and '70S for preaching,
dancing, singing and BIAS
pheming in the streets. She
emigrataed to America with a
select band in l774, and two
years later she founded the
Shakers-a fiercely puritani-
cal, celibate and communistic
sect who drew their converts
from orphanages, and who
survive, as a tiny minority,
to this day.
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New Orleans Room

Then, after perhaps too
much improvement Of the
mind, I came to the New
orleans bedroom. which
makes the Ten Command
ments falter at the door. Here
is no hint of New England's
croSs-grained virtues: we are
free of the NorthernerS who
love cold showers and are in
the lush South, where people
just languiSh in the sun. The
bed, with its carved canopy,
upholstered in buttoned satin,
is so immense that five could
share it. All the other rooms
in the house are fed with ar
tificial sunlight; but the bed
room from New Orleans is
given artificial moonlight,
that glances in from the win
dow, like fingers of tempta-
tion across the floor.
When I was led from this,
to the Country Store, and
offered a journey to the Mil
liners Shop, I felt 1 was in
danger Of being improved
again, so I escaped to the
Greek Revival Room, de-
scribed as typical of fash
ionable New York in the
1906 The room, with piano,
dining table and chairs by
Duncan Phyfe, proved that
the Colonial days were over
and that we were prancing
towards the age of gracious
living. My flight through
American history seemed
complete when I left the
house and glanced again at
the Winston Churchill plaque
beside the door, and realized
that his American grandpar-
ents, Clara Hall. with her
proud streak of Iroquois In
dian blood, and Leonard Je-
rome, must have known such
elegant rooms when they were
children.
Evening star., 1961-08-27

west" and a Union Jack still
flying proudly against the
American sky. Then the Dem
ing Parlour of 1888, from
Connecticut, with contempo-
rary furniture, increasingly
delicate.
The quilt-room, with a
graceful hand stencilled
floor, brought us to the 18th
century, when the ladies of
New Jersey and other States
met in each others houses
for quilting bees. The pat
terms of the 20 quilts on the
wall were brave and Surpris-
ing; but what was so exciting
was to realize their biographi-
cal Importance.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Less Is More

Painters of an older time
Halls and Monticello, to
name two-got exactly twice
as much value out of tex
ture in their work. Their
paintings consisted simulta-
neouSly of an intricately
wrought texture of their ac-
tual materials - paint, uSu-
ally, in those unenlightened
days-and a no less intri-
cately rendered texture of
the materials they repre-
Sented, such as lace collars
and the petals of flowers. In
graSping the work of the
sand and gravel man, the
viewer has only to under
stand one idea of texture. In
graSping the older work, he
has, literally, to do a double
take, comprehending both
kinds of texture simultane-
ouSly and not letting either
one obliterate the other.
What's more. in the older
men, texture is but a part of
all that's going on and often
a very small part. In the new
man, texture is all.
Although h an unusually
choice specimen, the texture
artist is not untypical of his
generation. They all tend to
latch on to one simple no.
ton and run it into the
ground. And this, present
generation of painters stands
at the dead end of the road
to simplicity Western art has
been following for about
century, Miss van der Rohe's
celebrated epigram, Less is
more" is not really the Word
of God brought down from
the mountain, though many
have received it as such; the
line is actually a descriptive
summation of the course of
modern art.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Rodio-N Experts
In Seminar Here

Radio-television specialists
from 18 nations are in Wash
ington to participate in a two
week international Broadcast
Seminar sponsored by the
Washington International Gen.
ter.
The seminar which began
Thursday and will end Sep
tember 6, is being held in CO.
operation with the radio-tele-
vision center of Syracuse Uni
verSity. Seminar headquarters
is at Meridian House, 1880
Crescent place NV.
William Hines, Star science
writer, will address the deli
gates at 10.45 am. Tuesday at
Meridian House. The seminar
also will include talks by
Government and academic
leaders. a tour of the Voice of
America and a trip to Williams
burg, Va.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
CIuverton Manor

That heritage has arrived
back in England in the shape
of a remarkable museum, at
Claverton Manor, near Bath
Quilt by Wyatville in 1920.
1t has been opned. for the
first time, this summer. I
might say, quickly, that the
word museum" is an anach-
ronism, since it suggests the
dead bones of history. The
founders, Mr.. John Judkyn
and DR.. Dallas Pratt, devoute
AnglophileS from New York,
and the English director, Mr..
David johnson, have made
their collection so alive that
the sensation of leaving the
glorious English valley of the
Avon and entering this first
American Museum in Britain
in quite uncanny.
We are given a tranquil
izer as we come to the front
door: on the wall outside is
a bronze plaque telling us
that our own Anglo-Ameri-
can Prime Minister, Sir Win
ston Churchill, made his first
political speech there in 1897.
We walk into the hall, and
see a proud stove invented by
Benjamin Franklin; and we
smell, from a far-off kitch-
en-, ginger bread being baked
in a beehive oven, as it was
baked in the 18th century.
With this warm incense, the
transition to New England
and the past is mysterious
and complete. We have
escaped into American his
tory.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Brought Up Wrong

There are two main reasons
for this and one of them is
unquestionably subject mat
ter. We've all been brought
up to believe that subject
matter is shameful, somehow,
one of the things better not
mentioned in polite society.
We were brought up wrong
and the, error is never more
apparent than in the works
by the people who, supposedly,
cleansed art forever of its
former thralldom to the sub
ject.
Georges Braque, for in
stance. In a sense there's
hardly a more austere painter
going than Braque as far as
subject is concerned. For
years he has sat before still
lifes and studio interiors and
painted them over and over,
no two ever quite the same,
but many of them very closely
related. The Cubist fractur-
ing light falls upon the ar
rangement and skaters it
into bits and pieces. The
peculiarly rich puppies and
green's and blacks are con-
slant. Here if anywhere a
man is simply painting: sub
ject is but a handy excuse
for the artistic act. And yet
subject does live on and lives
on as considerably more than
an excuse for art. Still Life:
LIE Jour-" contains the usual
items, a table, a pitcher, a
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Picosso-Guueuin

Or the tender, lyrical and
family melancholy Lovers"
by Picasso. The boy and girl
have classic life, but their
life is strengthened because
it is so undeniably a piece of
art. The colors are of art,
almost comprising a color
wheel around the pale face
and bodice of the girl. The
purity of the colors is en-
phasized by the fact that so
little goes on within their
areas. They are flat, broken
by the fewest possible lines.
The lines themselves create
the two people and create
also our response to them,
yet the lines inSiStently are
drawn lines, never merely
the outlines of hands or faces.
Move on to Gauguin's
melodramatic self portrait. .
The composition has a jaded,
fin-de-siecle air about it.
Flattened into what seems
pure design, the design
nevertheless preserves the
subject and the subjects
romantic view of himself and
does so largely through the
very elegance of the design.
tt hen there's Gauguin's
buddy, Van Gogh. "The Olive
Orchard" presents a coun-
try scene of harvest, but
presents it so that we feel
the thrust of growing things,
the pull of the sun and know
at a glance that all this is
combined with and made
possible by the swirls of
paint, the strokes that could
be counted.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
BRYAN'S STATUE
TO BE DEDICATED
AT BIRTHPLACE

The statue of William
Jennings Bryan which once
stood at the foot Of Con-
stitution avenue NV. will
be dedicated today at its
new site in Salem, Ill.
The statue recently was
moved to Salem, the birth
place of the great lawyer,
after it was unearthed to
make room for the new
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge.
One of the figures from
Mr.. Bryan'S most famous
courtroom battle will at
tend the dedication-John
T. Scopes, the Tennessee
school teacher tried in the
1920s for instructing his
pupils in evolution.
Mr.. Bryan joined the
prosecution in the trial, in
which Mr.. Scopes was de-
Tended by Clarence Dar-
row.
Mr.. Scopes, ironically,
was graduated from Salem
High School in 1919. The
graduation speaker that
year was William Jennings
Bryan.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

CoRCoRAN GALLERY OF ART, Seven
teenth street and New York avenue
NV. Daily 10 am. to 4:30 PM:
Saturday, 9 am. to 4:30 pm;
Sunday and holidays, 2 to 3 pm;
closed Monday. Through summer,
Jewels by Faberge.
DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH IL
BRARY AND COLLECTION, 1903
Thirty-second street NV. Daily,
to 8 pm; closed Monday. Closed
July and August.
FREER GALLERY OF ART. Twelfth
street and jefferson drive SW.
Daily, am. to 4:30 pm.
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE
ARTS, Constitution avenue at Tenth
street NV. Daily 8 am. to 4:30
pm.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Con-
stitution avenue at Sixth street NV.
Daily, 10 am. to pm; Sunday
to 10 pm.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION, 1921 Twenty
second street NV. Daily II am
to D pm: Monday, IL am. to. 10
p.m.; Sunday 2 to z pm.
Evening star., 1961-08-27

backward. Renaissance paint
ing isn't simpler than con-
temporary painting; it is
much more complex. To be
sure, when you press these
sighers for vanished glory,
the specific examples they
come up with invariably turn
out to be not Raphael at all,
but Sir Luke Fildes or Norman
Rockwell, or, worse yet, anon
nous painters of the Lady
of the Lake or Old Dog
Tray. Such art is simple to
the point of being simple
minded, but even it tends to
be technically more complex
than the mainstream of goth
century painting.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
ART AND ARTISTS
Following That Trend
Toward SimpIificotion
BY FRANK GETLEIN
Star Art Critic

sentiment often heard around art galleries.
and places like that the difficulty of apprecatng
goth century painting and the relative with which the
speaker the grand old values of the grand old masters
How difficult Picasso! How comprehensive Rubens
complex and impenetrabe Jackson Pollock simple
available Tinoretto! And Raphael hears the voices
they don't turn out painters like that anymore if only
they did. we could understand them like shot
Actually these distraught people got things exactly
Evening star., 1961-08-27
Too Complex

1t is for this reason that
eyes exclusively attuned to
contemporary painting find
older painting so unreward-
ing: it's much too complex
and subtle for taste accus-
toned to the gigantic SIM
plicities of contemporary
work. If your art education
has begun and ended with
the appreciation of daring
breakthroughS by painters
Evening star., 1961-08-27

portrait. She emerges from
the paint. but is never sepa-
rate from it. She is a tragic
figure, but the tone of trag-
edy is clearest in the harsh
clear strokes of paint of
which she is made.
Evening star., 1961-08-27
PerIey Room

Then on through time, to
the Perley Room of 1853. The
painted cedar" paneling is
elegant, but there were still
shutters across the windows,
in case of attack. Over the
fireplace is a print of Fort
George, with the "City of
New York from the South
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31

amounts sufficient that citizens not
trained in natural science can make
intelligent decisions on the grave prob
lens related to the uses and abuses of
nuclear energy There are several COM
mittees of scientists operating for the
sole purpose of getting information to
the public concerning radiation and
it's effects. Two of the most active of
these committees are located in ST..
Louis and in New York City.
I'm Western Montana several sci
entists have formed the Western
Montana Scientists Committee for
Radiation Information, which works
in collaboration with the above COM
mittees to bring vital information
on radioactivity to the public.
Sources of information used by these
committees are reports of the Atomic
Energy Commission, U. s.. Public
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
radioactive Fu|ou the Effects of Nue|eu War; and Civil Defense

Health Service, Dept. of Defense, u.
S. Congress, and the many scientific
journals which publish in the field of
nuclear energy and biology.
These articles are based on technical
information made available by the
WMSCRI which offers all its informa-
tion to all persons interested in the
hope that it will contribute to a better
informed public. The opinions on mat
ters of governmental policy and on
other controversial points are entirely
those of the author and not necessarily
those of the committee. The discussion
will be carried on in three articles
under the following headings: Biologi-
cal Effects of Radiation; Radioactive
Fallout and the Effects of Nuclear
War; The Effectiveness of Current
Civil Defense Measures.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
Billings Weekly Speaks Up
Birchites characterized As
Our Newest RiH-Raff'

brought to the attention of the peo-
pie of the area the existence of two
"cells', and in an editorial called
the radical rightists "Our Newest
Riff-Raff''.
The NEWS story said:
Two local "cells", unknown to each
other, are in the process of forma-
ton. the News has learned. One of
the most strictly enforced directives
of the Society is that: Neither the
list of our members, of either local
chapters or the Home Chapter, nor
their number, is ever given out to
anyone.
The NEWS editorial remarked that
conservatism is on the march, and
they hoped for the sake of Intellectual
conservatism, that crackpot cells do
not destroy the movement before it
can gain its second wind.
Continued On Page Eight
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
Bob McKenna Coinq
Back In Harness As
State ASC Director

Robert ]. Nick Bozeman, Mon
tana, head of the old Production Mar
keting Administration during the
Truman Administration, will soon
find himself back in familiar sur
roundings as chairman of the Agri-
cultural Sterilization Committee in
Montana. ASC is the successor to
PIMA.
During the years McKenna was out
of federal service he worked as a
fieldman for Farmers Union GTA
tana agricultural problems. In addi-
ton, until recently, he operated a
wheat farm in Judith Basin county.
McKenna is a brother of State SEN
ators George McKenna (D-Judith
Basin) and James McKenna OFFER
gus).
Also recommended to serve on the
State ASC committee by Sens. Mike
Mansfield and Lee Metcalf and Cong.
Arnold Olsen, are George Lackman,
Billings, and Mrs. Viola Herak, Char
10.
Lackman, an Acton area farmer,
is longtime state leader in Montana
State Rural Electric Coop Associa-
ton, and is currently president of
Yellowstone Valley Electric Coop,
Huntley.
Mrs. Herak, Lake county farm
wife and active Grange member, is
also prominent in Democratic party
political circles in northwestern Mon
tana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
Murray Honored
Murray Honored =.
Rail Merger
Opposed By
Electricians

GREAT FALLS - Approximately
fifty delegates and members from
various locals in the state attended
the 1861 convention of Montana State
Council of Electrical Workers here
last weekend.
Other than routine union matters
and election of officers for the COM
ing year, the council took two actions.
1. By resolution, opposed the pro-
posed merger of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railroads, and
the petition of the Milwaukee Road
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion seeking permission to abandon
passenger service.
2. Expressed their deepest SYM
pathy to the family of Senator who
in 26 years of service was a proven
friend of working men and women,
the late Sen. James E. Murray.
NEW COUNCIL HEAD
1860 first vice president, John S.
Continued On Page Eight
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31

While the daily press of the
Nation has been doing research
and publicity on the John Birch
Society, an organization that
accused former President Eli
senhower of treason, and in
Guided in its accusations as be-
longing to the Communist con-
spiracy such national leaders as Mil
ton Eisenhower and John Foster
Dulles, the daily press of Montana
has done nothing. The Helena daily
has given headlines and publicity to
organizations showing John Birch
Society material.
(For more on Birchites, See
WHAT DO YOU THINk-Editor.
However, in last weeks YELLOW
STONE NEWS that Billings weekly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
$4,000 More Pupils Than In 1859
Foundation Program Needs 10
Be Increased, School Heads Told

Three hundred educators gathered
in Helena Monday and Tuesday for
the 18th Annual School Administra-
tors Conference which brought into
focus the problems and some of the
solutions which will have a pro-
nounced effect upon your children.
Supt. of Public instruction Harriet
Miller struck at the prevalent mis-
understanding" over school financing
current at the last legislature. Re-
ferring to the 1904 million appropri-
ated by the legislature for schools
for the next biennium, she said that
even if all this money had gone to
the foundation program, another
100000 would have been needed to
pay the states share, even before
the states share was raised by the
three per cent increase in the pro-
gram resulting from last hour
measure, Senate Bill 207. Actually,
$18.7 million was appropriated for
the foundation program, and SIT
million for distribution to schools
according to another formula which
does not take ''need" into considera-
ton.
The prevalent misunderstand-
ing" regarded the sly million as
extra" money for schools. Miss
Miller said, "The fact that was
last sight of is that two years from
now, in 1868, there will be about
$4,000 more pupils than in 1859,
when $751; million would have
been enough for the states share
of the foundation program"
She said the committee to be ap-
pointed by the Governor in accord
ance with House resolution to study
the foundation program should come
up with changes which would:
1. Be in the direction of more state
aid to schools, rather than less;
2. Work toward greater equaliza-
ton of educational costs, rather than
less;
3. Authorize more discretionary
power for school trustees to provide
basic minimum essentials, instead of
placing more restrictions on basic
budgeting authority.
"You would be surprised to find
out how many legislators are unaware.
of, and indeed unwilling to believe,
The fact that the foundation program
Of today frequently does not cover
,eacher's salaries, much less allow
,or such basic expenses as books,
leat and light" Miss Miller said |
Still, the foundation program law, as
t is written, guarantees at least
,asic education for all Montana
vouth. This is why the foundation
program needs to be increased-not
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
THE NATURE OF MATTER

In order to understand nuclear en-
ergy we must briefly examine the ma
ture of matter. All matter, living and
non-living, is composed of different
atoms such as oxygen, hydrogen, car
bon. These tiny particles are, in turn,
composed of even smaller units such
as electrons, protons, neutrons, etc.,
which can be pulled apart or grouped
together to form new types of atoms.
Such newly formed atoms are usually
radioactive, that is, they emit bursts
of energy in the form of particles or
radiations similar to light. These bursts
of energy will make Geiger counter
click and they may also affect in a
profound manner different living It's
sues.
There has always been some natural
Continued ON Page Eighty
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
TIMBER To Undergo
Surgery tuesday

James S. TIMBER, president of
the State AFL-CIO, announced to-
day the cancellation of his sched-
uled appearances before labor
groups for the month of April
which included speeches in Helena,
Glasgow and Great Falls.
TIMBER said he will enter ST.
Peters hospital in Helena Saturday
and undergo major surgery the
early part of the week which will
keep him out of circulation the
greater part of April.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31

oPOhC dL 7CII6 UdHQU6L.
Andreas told farmers and their
guests that ''the quits of the problem
rests on the political and economic
level to see that the producer gets
more of the dollar spent by the con-
sumer", and the answer ''is for farm
ers to retain control of their products
and maintain as much of the market
ing process as possible.
The GTA vice president pointed
out that in 1945 the farmer had
So cents of the food dollar and in
1860 only 80 cents. To stop this
trend he said the farmer has to
participate in the profit by making
part in the other processes. In adj
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
$500 Per Year

ties to get food into the areas of the
world where they are needed
"We are going to have crop cuts
but they are not going to help other
parts of the world or ourselves, he
stated.
The problems ahead for the CO.
operatives, according to the GTA
leader. is to realize we are living
in a world of increasing bigness,
that co-ops face mass retailers and
to compete they must be larger
and more effective business units.
1--WE are competing with organiza-
tions that are worldwide, he said.
"The regionals are going to have
to go co-operatives should have
facilities not only on the Pacific coast
but even in Antwerp in Europe,
Andreas said.
FIVE POINTS LISTED
To reach the goals set forth to
make co-operatives larger and strong
er he outlined five points which in
cluded: Taking advantage of the econ
omies of merger and consolidation;
become better financed through bet
ter government credit; attract effec-
tive management and personnel; i'm
prove management relations and ex-
pend efforts in new ideas and re-
search.
The two-day GTA institute was at
tended by some 500 managers, d.
rectors and patrons of the Associa-
ton. The meetings were held at the
Montana Farmers Union Building.