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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28
Senate Cloakroom
By J. GLENN BEALL
United States Senator from
Maryland

! The Money Darrell With No Bot
tom--In this day of crisis and
world tensions the White House
seems to be trying to sell the idea
to the people that it is just as
imperative to fight Khrushchev
with half-a-billion dollars for COM
batting stream pollution and bill
lion to provide public housing for
families in the S8,OOO-a-year bracket
as it is to station men and arms to
meet the shock of coming attack
If the emergency is real, Spartan
measures are called for Yet the
Administration proceeds with its
requests for spending programs as
if the money barrel has no bottom
and the durability of the taxpayer
no limit and as if the welfare
state can take care of virtually
every human whim while the gar
rison is facing siege.
In a special message to the Con-
ference of Mayors, President Ken
needy urged greater local activity
to boost the economy, and then his
Secretary of Commerce offered the
mayors a long list of Federal pro-
grams which would enable them
to avoid doing any such thing So,
the demands are coming in for
sewers, hospitals, schools, public
housing, slum clearance, college
dormitories, Water-supply. systems,
and countless other things which
formerly were locally financed.
When everything is of equal i'm
portance-defense and farm sub
sides and free medical care and
support for Legitimate children
then it is hardly surprising that
the impression develops that
nothing is of too great importance.
Let US put things in order Let
US subordinate the eXtraneous and
unnecessary things so that we may
save to pay the costs of the life
or-death test ahead. Let us stop
being deluded by the gospel that
the way to strengthen the economy
upon which our defense rests is to
san the same economy continually
Feeding The Monster That
Threatens Us-Three weeks be-
fore President Kennedy's TV adj
dress on the Berlin crisis, the L.
s. Department Of Commerce au-
thorized shipment of about a mil
lion dollars worth of American
goods to Khrushchev and his Iron
Curtain countries. Included in these
shipments were railway equip
ment synthetic rubber, industrial
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

Mr.. and Mrs. James Buckley.
Brooksidc are the parents of a
daughter born September p in
Garrett County Memorial hospital.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Hauser, Egg
lon, are the maternal grandpar-
ents. Mrs. Lena Buckley and the
late Harry Buckley, Brookside, are
the paternal grandparents.
Deimer Shaffer. Baltimore. is
vacationing at the home of his
mother. Mrs. Ola Shaffer Eglon.
Delayed
Mr. and Mrs William Field and
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Grady. all of
Richmond Va. visited friends a
short while last week in Eglon.
Mrs. Field and Mrs Grady were
the former Elma and Mabel Shir-
ley daughters of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. James Shirley. Eglon
Mrs David Wilhelm, who had
been indisposed for some time be-
came worse Sunday and is now
confined TO her bed most of the
time
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rem
bold and daughter moved Friday
from Horse Shoe Run to their new
ly purchased home at Aurora Mr..
and Mrs Marvin Harsh. newly
weds purchased their farm home
at Horse Shoe Run and will take
possession soon.
John Slaubaugh has been quite
ill at his home in Eglon for sever
al days Recent out-of-toWn guests
in the home included Mrs. Melvin
Slaubaugh. KingWoOd; Mrs Freda
Whitehair. Terra Alta; Mr.. and
Mrs. Revie Jones and daughter
Indiana; and Mr. and Mrs Donald
Inks, UniontoWn.
Mrs. Carrie Shaffer, Oakland.
and Mrs. Mae Beckman. Red
House, spent a few days last week
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Teets. Eglon.
Mr. and Mrs Oscar Shreeve and
family of near Keyser, visited Sun
day in the home of Mrs Shreeve's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Wot-
ring, Brookside.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Fike, Eglon,
went Saturday to the home of Mrs
Fixes son and daughter-in-law Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Beckman and
family, Inwood On Sunday they,
accompanied by Vernon, drove to
Oakton. Va. where they visited
another son, Guy Beckman. The
Fixes returned home Sunday eve
ming
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

instruments, and chemlcals-items
which could not be classified as
humanitarian medical or food
stuffs." Furthermore, during the
three weeks Immediately following
the Presidents "Well-stand-firm''
speech, export licenses for U. S.
goods shipped into Soviet-con-
trolled countries increased by
about 5000.
How To Be Popular In One Easy
Lesson-The Soviet Unions per-
Torrance during the past two or
three weeks should be an object
lesson in the problem which seems
to obsess our leaders: how to win
, friends and mold world opinion.
1t is not disregard for world
opinion that permitted the Soviets
to resume nuclear testing openly
but, paradoXically, a concern for
world opinion. World opinion is
important: and the way to win
favorable world opinion is by a
policy of confident self-interest.
BY Societ reckoning, world opin-
ion respects the show of Red force.
Quite a case can be made for their
logic by the way so many small
nations thumb their noses at us
and koWtow to the Russians. When
you get right down to it, world
opinion" is virtually meaningless
unless it is based on respect for
strength.
Testing Bombs and Courage
When the Soviets broke off all
pretenses of wanting a nuclear test
ban and started exploding bombs
just two days later, they revealed
that for months they had kept up
the Geneva negotiations simply as
cynical concealment of their real
intentions. The test-shooting of a
nuclear bomb is a complicated
procedure which takes months to
pre- are) Furthermore, they
couched their declaration in the
most provocative and inflamma-
tory terms, apparently trying to
brighten everybody. They boosted
that they had designed a 100-mega-
ton bomb which could be carried
to any point on the globe" by the
big rockets which had carried
Soviet cosmonauts around it. Since
100 megatons is enough to "over-
kill" any city many times over,
the threat shows that the Soviet
Union intends to rest its future
policy on the terrorizing of hui
mainly
Apparently, the first aim is to
weaken the Vests determination
to defend Berlin-testing not only
nuclear devices but our courage
and will. Encouraged by the weak
kneed uttcrances of people like
Bertrand Russell, Khrushchev is
hopefully looking for a yellow
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28
AURORA -EGLON

The Eglon congregation. Church
of the Brethren, viii have a Love
Feast and Communion services
Sunday. October 1 at the Maple
Spring church, at 7:3O p. m. The
Rev Clyde f. Hylton will officiate.
A large crowd attended last rites
at St Johns Lutheran church, Red
House, Tuesday. for Charles w.
Winters, r. who died September
% in Garrett County Memorial
hospital following several years
of illness
John Slaubaugh received frac-
ture of the shoulder last week
when he fell outside his home at
Eglon He is recovering at his
home.
Mrs. Zella Scherr. Oakland, Wis
tied last week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs Thurman Soldiers, Aurora
Mr. and Mrs Charles Teets, Egg
Ion, are visiting relatives this week
IN Dayton o.
SIC Dale Knots, who has been
a patient in the Walter Reed hos
pital. Washington. is spending a
furlough with his wife and family
at the home of his father-in-laW
Ira NJ Harsh, Eglon.
Mrs Mabel Warren, Kingwood,
is visiting at the home of her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs Page
c. Schrock, Aurora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hanline.
Aurora are the parents of a daugh-
ter born September p in Garrett
County Memorial hospital Oak
land. The maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs Gay Loughrie
and the paternal grandparents Mr..
and Mrs Lorain Hanline. all of
Aurora.
September %. a daughter. their
first child was born to Mr. and
Mrs Frank Flores, Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Lantz, Horse
Shoe Run. are the maternal grand
parents.
Identical twin boys were born
September "a. in Garrett County
Memorial hospital to Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Bachtel. Gnegy Church
The couple have four other chill
dren. three girls and one boy Mr.
and Mrs w w. Roth, Horse Shoe
Run. are the maternal grandpar-
ents and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bach
tel are the paternal grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. James Bolyard. Au-
rora. are parents of their third
child and daughter. born Septem-
Der IS in Garrett County Memori-
al hospital The child weighed ten
pounds at birth The mother was
the former Alice Knapp. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Floyd Knapp. Am
boy The paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Bolyard
Mr. and Mrs Roy Munnenax.
Horse Shoe Run. are the parents
of a son born September 25, in
Garrett County Memorial hospital,
Oakland.
Announcement was received of
the birth of a son on September 26
to Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Douglas.
Ohio. The mother was Deloris Ell
sey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Cliff
ford Elsey, Brookside The pater-
nal grandparents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Douglas. Stemple Ridge. This
is the couples first child and has
been named Darrell Keith, Junior
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est number New opportunities for
inventors, investors, and risk-takers
led to a luXuriant growth of ma
terial products and services for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

consumers, and to better and bet
ter jobs for more and more mil
lions Of men and women. The prin-
ciple of freedom and personal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

initiative carried through.
And if this principle is not for
gotten American achievement will
go on to even greater heights.
Evening star., 1961-05-25
Back Pay for Turncoots

the lot OF the American taxpayer
is not a happy one. And it certainly
will not be improved by the knowledge
that he now must pony up nearly
$4,000 for back pay to three turn
coats-American soldiers who went over
to the enemy after being captured in
Korea.
For what services are these traitors
being paid? According to the Depart
ment Of Justice, they acted as informerS
in prison camps giving the Chinese
Communists the names of other pris-
oners who planned to escape, with the
result that loyal Americans were
bayonetted, put in solitary confinement
and otherwise abused. Small wonder
that the Court of Claims turned down
their demand for pay during this period,
saying that to grant the demand would
be Ito put premium on dishonor and
a penalty on courageous loyalty"
A unanimous Supreme Court, how
ever, has reversed the Court of Claims
and has ruled that the turncoats are
entitled to the money. Obviously, this
ruling was as distasteful to the justices
as it is to the rest of us. But they
were applying the existing law as they
understood it, and that was their duty.
The remedy is for Congress to change
the law to provide that turncoats shall
forfeit all pay and allowances. It is not
the trifling sum of money that is
involved. It is the monstrous fact that
under existing law men who betray
their country and their fellow soldiers
can demand-and get-back pay for
doing it,
Evening star., 1961-05-25
Motorized Toothbrush

Science and technology continue to
march on without let-up. The latest
case in point is the report that a drug
firm has developed an electric-powered
toothbrush. At first glance, this may
seem to be silly kind Of gadget. But
is 1t really? After all, we live in an age,
at least here in America, that has long
since made motorized labor-saving
devices vital part Of civilized existence
in our per-technological world. The
devices have multiplied, year after year,
in not only numbers but varieties as
well-ranging all the way from such
things as lawn mowers, can openers and
shaverS to swizzle sticks and manicure
sets operating on batteries.
So 1t Is not surprising that somebody
now has invented marketable electric
toothbrush. Presumably users Of the
contraption will be able to maintain
dental fitness in an altogether effortless
fashion, merely by pressing little
button and thus sparing the energy that
would otherwise have to be employed.
Progress apparently cannot be stopped,
and this latest example of it may
actually merit the praise of dentists.
Still, one must wonder. What is going
to happen to mans arms and legs, and
his body structure in general, If people
keep on developing things that do away
with the need to use muscles, even in
brushing teeth2
Evening star., 1961-05-25

to bridge the ehasm of aloofneSs which
appears to be our policy, General Chang
has asked the privilege of coming to
Washington to confer with President
Kennedy. This opportunity has now
been bruSquely denied him on the
grounds that MI. Kennedy, who is
getting ready to meet Mr.. KhruShchev,
has very crowded schedule and that
it is not practical or feasible at this
time" to receive the Korean. We have
amicable relationships and even alli-
anceS with other authoritarian govern
mentS, civil and military. For the past
decade, we have had a particularly
close relationship with the Republic of
Korea and the South Korean people.
1t should not be Squandered.
Evening star., 1961-05-25
Attorney Generals Appeal

1uG rTG6QOIu fClQerS nave SdlQ
that their purpose is to test the right
of Negroes to travel through the Deep
South on interstate buses without being
subjected to discrimination. This is
legitimate purpose, and, If 1t really is
their objective, 1t has been achieved.
Mississippi authorities, without JUS
tidcation, we think, have seen At to
arrest number Of the riders. They are
charged with breach of the peace and
refusing to obey an ofhcer-in one case
because they tried to use waiting room
reserved for whites and in the other
because Of attempted use of a white
restaurant in the bus terminal. They
may be found guilty of these alleged
offenSeS in Mississippi. In the light of
earlier Supreme Court decisions, how
ever, any convictions almost certainly
will be reversed on appeal, and the legal
right Of colored people to use these facil-
tiles doubtless will be made entirely
clear Thus, the stage for the test has
been Set-in the courts, where this issue
properly should be resolved.
Against this background, Attorney
General henneoy'S appeal Tor cooling
off" period is especially pertinent. He
has urged the Freedom Riders, those
who are merely curious, and the pub
licity seekers to postpone any additional
trips which may have been planned
through Alabama and Mississippi. Obvi-
ously, the Attorney General, who has
acted with vigor to protect the riders
from mob action, wants to avoid further
violence. The appeal is a reasonable
one, and responsible leaders, we believe,
should heed it.
Some Negro spokesman indicated
yesterday, however, that they intend to
continue the rideS-to fan out into Ala
bama and Mississippi on many buses
leaving Montgomery during the next two
weeks. Perhaps they spoke before they
were aware of Mr.. Kennedy's statement,
and If so they ought to reconsider. For
such rides can no longer serve test
purpose In the legal sense. What they
would be likely to produce is more vio-
ence-Something that the Negro lead
erS, no less than the Attorney General,
should want to avoid.
Evening star., 1961-05-25
The Stake in This Gamble

In lending his personal and official
support Of the "tractorS-for- freedom"
movement the President is careful to
emphasize that the United States Gov
ernment has not been and cannot be a
party to these negotiations" These
negotiations, designed to meet the cyni-
cal terms Of ransom imposed by Com
muniSt dictator in mocking gesture
OF defiance Of the United States Govern
ment, are being left to compassionate
minded private citizens Of this country
It is doubtful that the President will
be able to make this distinction between
the efforts Of private citizens and the
official foreign policy Of the United
States Government stick. It is not the
humanitarian impulses and the gener-
oSity Of American citizens that are at
stake in this response to blackmail.
What is at stake is the prestige Of the
United States Government in the eyes
Of the world. And the gamble is dan
gerouS one.
* 1t is, moreover, radical departure
from important and up to this time well
established principles when private citi-
zens of the United States, because of
their traditional sympathy for those
who suffer in foreign lands, are left to
negotiate under dureSS a deal with a
foreign power. If there is a moral
obligation to rescue victims Of the Cuban
debacle, brought about in part by faulty
decisions Of those responsible for the
conduct Of foreign policy, that obliga-
ton rests on the United States Govern
ment, not group Of private citizens
willing to supply the ransom money.
The Presidents decision to support
and encourage this undertaking has
been reached in the face Of substantial
opposition from strange alliance of
Senators who so often find themselves
on opposite SideS-including Senators
Fulbright, Bridges, Capehart, Morse,
LauSche, Butler, Case of South Dakota,
Hickenlooper, Williams, Dodd and 9TH
ers. He has found support from another
group, including Holland, Javits, Mans
field and Humphrey. While the Presi-
dent states with some assurance that
contributions will be tax exempt, the
advice he has received to that effect
has been and will continue to be chal-
lenged by some of the best informed
members of the Senate on the laws relat-
ing to internal revenue To any one
who has followed what is probably only
the preliminary debate on this matter
in the Senate, the Presidents statement
Of yesterday was made in circumstances
which seem to invite yet another debacle.
Evening star., 1961-05-25
UnfnorobIe Reaction to Costro's 'BIocknoT

dozers could endanger more
lives than would be saved.
Five hundred bulldozers could
greatly speed up heavy con-
Struction work such as hard
ened missile bases and mod
ern Jet airports in Cuba, or
in Russia. I think we should
ask ourselves If we want this.
II. G. Fleming.
Gould Lincoln called ran
soming the Cuban rebels a
humanitarian move. Rubbish,
it's a stupid move! It's a
Communist trick to get our
efficient farm equipment
free. Castro is doing it for
his pals, Russia and Red
China, who need such equip
ment to help their farmers
raise more food to feed their
people.
Also note what Castro said:
"Of course, those among
them who have committed
murders cannot be exchanged
for anything. ALI the
others we will exchange. >"
That's more Communist dou-
ble-talk. Every Cuban rebel
was out to kill, a war word
for murder. Castro will get
the tractors but won't return
any Cuban rebels.
C. J. o.
Editors Note: These let
ters were written before it
was known that President
Kennedy had initiated the
move to raise private funds
for the tractors.)
Evening star., 1961-05-25
The Back of Our Hand

At time when finding friends is
difficult at best, our Governments de-
hberate and continued GOODNESS toward
the new regime in South Korea strikes
us as being serious mistake.
No doubt the basis for this attitude
rests in the fact that the military
junta seized control in Seoul without
benefit of democratic process Our
omcial disapproval was expressed at the
time through the acting chief of our
diplomatic mission and through the
commanding general Of American and
United Nations forces in Korea. After
a certain amount of initial equivocation,
their position was Endorsed by the State
Department. And it is not our purpose
to contend that transfer of government
by military coup should be favored
in principle.
Nevertheless, the utterances and
behavior of the ruling military clique
headed by General Chang Do-young
hardly warrant the unfriendly attitude
which we seem determined to maintain
In statement made by the Military
Revolutionary Committee, and subse-
quently in letter addressed to Presi-
dent Kennedy, General Chang pledged
opposition to communism as primary
objective" of the junta and added
specifically that the new military gov
ernment will respect the United Nations
Charter and carry out all South Korea's
international obligations. He has made
it clear that friendship toward the
United States is basic in his philosophy
and in that of his associates. He has
also promised publicly that civilian
political rule will be restored when the
military government feels that the
corruption and Incompetence which
have prevailed in Seoul have been
eliminated.
The proof of these words, of course,
requires action in kind. But if there is
reason for our Government to disbelieve
General Chang, it has not been ex-
planned publicly either here or in Seoul.
AS an earnest gesture of his own anxiety
Evening star., 1961-05-25

1t seems to me that we
have become a cowardly Ma
ton when we acquiesce to
Castro's blackmail in trading
prisoners for bulldozers. There
was a time when this Nation
was young and underde-
veloped yet strong in courage.
I refer to the Barbary pi-
rates who in 1901 were kid
naping our citizens. Pres
ident Jefferson refused to pay
ransom but sent our naval
forces to the then far-off
Mediterranean to let these
barbarians know that we
would not stand for such
tactics. You will recall the
stirring statement Millions
for defense but not one cent
for tribute. From that time
on, we held the respect of
the world until the last gen.
Grafton or so when the in
credibly soft policies of mod
ern liberals" who have had
a great deal of power in
shaping our course and most
of whom would rather be
slaves than fight for freedom,
have succeeded in turning
this once great country into
a nation of spineless jelly
fish. Eleanor Roosevelt,
Milton Eisenhower and
Walter Reuther, without a
thought of what this Castro
deal may lead to, have jumped
in with both feet to appease
him. What will be his next
blackmail plot-trade pris-
oners for some of our naval
Evening star., 1961-05-25
MY Findings? . . WE'LL How Are You Fixed for Money?
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Violent Reception of Freedom-Riders

barely-offset by efforts be-
ing made to exchange trac-
tors for CubanS.
Personally, I can't see that
Castro's recent actions are
any more heinous than those
of Gov. Patterson and his
Americans (?).
M. E. Ball.
- -
At the very time when
Americas security has been
greatly threatened by the es-
tablishment Of a communistic
state near the coast of Flor
ida and with the knowledge
that communism is making
great strides around the
world, non-thinking Ameri-
cans weaken the unity within
this country and affect this
country's fight for worldwide
prestige by mans inhuman-
ity to man in Alabama.
While participating on a
program with Martin Luther
King several summers ago, I
heard him state that in the
fight for equal rights in the
South and elsewhere, the en-
ployment Of the philosophy
of non-violence is a method
with which the segregation
ist does not know how to
deal. 1t was this orderly,
non-violent approach of the
Freedom Riders in testing the
laws that aroused ignorant
whites to attack an inte-
grated group Of citizens seek
ing their rights in this coun-
try whose Constitution advo-
Gates democracy and freedom
for all.
Even though clubbed to
the ground by a mob dis
playing the cruelest form of
Savagery, it was not the
Freedom Rider who lost the
fight in Alabama. The loser
was America. AS pictures of
bleeding and beaten youths
seeking freedom in this coun-
try are displayed around the
world, this great country
which is competing daily with
Moscow for world leader
ship has received another Sc
we're blow and lost another
round in the struggle to re-
gain prestige.
Jeanne Anderson Miller.
Ex-PreSident, Howard
University Chapter.
NAACP.
Senator Javits deploreS
violence in Alabama, yet in
Senator JavitS' own New
York City more violence oc-
ours than any place else in the
United States. I have seen
no statement from Senator
Javits deploring violence in
New York City or in the
Nations Capital, where so
much violence has been oc-
curing in recent days.
I, too, deplore violence, but
unlike Senator Javits I
deplore violence wherever it
occurs.
Charles M. Ketchum.