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Evening star., 1961-04-30
Is Years Ago

Diamond cutting may
sound like pretty humdrurn
business, but when the world
famous Jonker diamond is
involved, as it was rs years
ago, this exacting profession
is packed with tension. The
Star Of April 28, 1895, re-
ported from New York that
Lazare Kaplan had studied
the stone for six months be-
fore getting UP nerve to make
the first cleaving of the 726-
carat gem. "The owner,
Harry Winston, wouldn't look
on as Kaplan prepared to
tap a wedge against the jewel
with a brass hammer. The
diamond fell apart perfectly
in three pieces and Kaplan
wept happy tears. That,
however, was only the begin
ming. The three sections will
be split into. IL, most Of
which the owner hopes to
sell in a 81 million necklace" j"
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Eichmonn's Case

Since the question was
raise d whether Eichmann
should be tried by an Israeli
court, I suggest that after
Eichmann is tried by this
court and after sentence is
pronounced, have him trans
ferred to the Czechs for trial
by them, whence to the Poles
for trial, then to the Slavs,
HungarianS, etc. After which
he could be sent to every
group Of people so violated,
ad infinitum. When the list
has been completed and every
nationality has placed him
on trial, I suggest he be re-
turned to Germany for final
trial and final sentence.
In this way the ultimate
in Judgment can be levied by
his own people. Nor can the
Germans avoid their final
responsibility for their part
in genocide. 1t is their name
and their problem as well as
the Jews. But the German
people must atone for their
sins. Eichmann was a symbol
to them and to them must
fall the responsibility for his
actions. So let it come to pass
that the final solution" be
indeed q final one.
Morris G.. Sahr
Evening star., 1961-04-30
FROM THE STAR FILES.
100 Years Ago

Lines Of Blue and Gray
formed fast a century ago,
but the troops were Of the
green variety. The man
power scales tilted in the
North's favor. The 1860
census showed the Confed-
eracy could draw men from
a total population of 9,104,-
900, of whom 3.5 million were
Negro slaves. The Union
States had % million people.
The South was generously
supplied with spirit, but
lacked weapons. Those avail
able were largely squirrel
rifles, shotguns, or old-faSh-
ioned. cumbersome types. The
yield from Federal arsenals
seized in seeded States was
disappointing. The North
was better fixed for guns and
had many factories that
could be converted to make
modern ones in large guam
titles. President Lincoln's
initial call for $4,000 volun-
teerS was overSubscribed by
that many more in two
weeks. The Star said on
April 30, 1861: q. Already
the whole number called for
are in arms and in motion.
There must be near
20 thousand here at this
time, and there are certainly
Is thousand between this
point and the Lakes, press
ing forward in this direction,
while Is thousand are rap
idly being concentrated on a
line from Cairo, Ill. to st.
Louis, Mo. BY long odds,
the largest and most power
full fleet ever sent to sea by
the United States is rapidly
fitting out for service along
the Atlantic Coast. If the
exigencies of the times re-
quire it, we presume the Gov
ernment will avail itself Of
the services of the SO far
declined rs thousand volun-
teers that have offered them
Evening star., 1961-04-30

I should think that the
horror that has become Los
Angeles would be enough to
deter William E. Finley and
his National Capital Plan
ming Commission in their
efforts to decentralize fur
ther the government en-
ployment centers in Wash
ington. Los Angeles has
employment centers strewn
all over the map much in the
same manner as Mr.. Finley
would have here in Washing
ton. Thus the city is wholly
turned over to the automo-
bile because decentralization
makes efficient mass public
transportation almost i'm
possible; just about every
one has to ride to work in
his automobile.
In terms Of cost this in
wolves enormous expense on
freeway construction, fan
taStic loss Of taxable land,
and all Of it for the con-
struction Of a transportation
system which must rely en-
tirely on tax revenue for
maintenance and improve
ment.
More automobiles mean
more exhaust fumes belched
into the already polluted at
mosphere; more accidents to
push traffic deaths up.
Then there is the matter
Of aesthetics. Downtown Los
Angeles is now 40%o asphalt
and parking lots and free
ways are growing every day.
1t has a few buildings rising
up in a sea Of parked cars.
1t has also become one Of
the ugliest cities in the world.
Here in Washington just
about every park is en-
dangered. And when free
ways don't take the parks
they take homes.
The only alternative to
the fate which our city faces
Is the very plan the N.C.P.C.
seems to be throwing out the
window. This plan would call
for a core of high-density
employment which would be
the axis Of a spider-web pat
termed system of fast, eff
cient subways. These sub
ways would connect the core
of the city with suburban
feeder bus lines and parking
lots. Such a system repre-
sents the only way to keep
our city from becoming a
jungle Of freewayS and park
ing lots.
VIII the planners design
a city for people or for auto
mobiles2
Charles w. King
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Anti i-Communism

Attorney General Bobby
Kennedy has solicited infor-
nation from the American
Society Of Newspaper Editors
which would justify an in
vestigation of the John Birch
Society. Being militantly anti
Communist is evidently not
quite sufficient grounds.
But really now! Shouldn't
Bobby be a bit careful. His
older brother has just made
some rather shockingly anti
Communist public statements.
Wouldn't it be awkward If an
investigation were called for
in this case? In a society
where a very powerful ele-
ment Is far more worried
about the possibility Of fas-
cism than they are about the
actual1ty OF communism, one
must tread very softly. Well
have to tread a lot more
softly If Bobby keeps this UP.
After all, half the world is
saying about our President
what Bobby says about the
John Birch Society: That it's
ridiculous to fight the inevi-
table. So let's watch our
image" at all costs and
inform most cautiously on
suspected anti Communists.
Even your parents or children
might be harboring reac-
tionary ideas. Cato.
Evening star., 1961-04-30

selves and not been &C
cepted. :" AS troops began
to filter into the Nations
Capital to augment the
home guard, The Star re-
ported on April 27, 1851:
THE list Regiment (New
York;, which arrived here
this morning are quar-
tered in the Inauguration
ballroom, rear of the City
Hall. The men are fine
looking specimens of the
American soldier, their uni
forms new and clean. their
department unexceptionable,
and their powers of endur-
ance admira BILE. They
marched all the way from
Annapolis on two bis
cults apiece, and only had
two more for their supper
yesterday. Some of the
list boys are growing, how
ever, at the manner in which
they were sold by the cloth
ing merchants of Broadway,
N. Y, Of whom they all
purchased out of their own
pockets. at $40 each, a pair
of uniform pantaloons. They
think new pants ought to
last from New York to Wash
ington, and yet find their
newly purchased clothes rip
ping and giving away in all
directions. Hundreds of the
men were this morning try
ing to make arrangements
to hunt up our city tailors,
with a view to repairing dam
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Centennial Orgies

The Civil War, so the his
torians tell us, engendered
more bitterness than almost
any other conflict. Brother
fought brother. There were
many, many casualties and
great tragedy for both sides.
Reconstruction did nothing
to ease the fostering sores
which the war had left. It
rubbed salt in them.
And we? We apparently
think that all this was Just
ginger-peachy. We celebrate
the centennial Of the holo-
caust!
If we're going to celebrate
tragedies, let's go the whole
hog. Let's have a day on
which to shout and sing
over the sinking of the tt
tanic, one for the San
Francisco earthquake, the
eruption Of Vesuvius, the
Chicago fire, the Massacre
of the Christ ians, the
Slaughter Of the Innocents,
the Flood. Or weren't
enough people killed on each
of these occasions?
The centennial orgies
celebrating the Civil War
have all the dignity Of the
sale Of miniature replicas of
the kidnap ladder outside
the court house in which
Bruno Hauptmann was
being tried for kidnapping
the Lindbergh baby.
Oh, well. I suppose the
motives behind the centen-
nial are the same as those
resulting in the sale of the
toy ladders with the evil
connotations! So somebody
could make a buck.
Sometimes I wonder If
man is descended from a
retarded rheSus.
Robert L. EichberR
Evening star., 1961-04-30
School Aid Debate

Z. Stanley Lowell asserted
in a letter that the found
ing fathers wanted to bar
any law pertaining to reli-
gion. Congress was not to
move even vaguely in this
direction" according to Mr..
Lowell.
Yet, almost Immediately
after writing the First
Amendment, the men Of the
1st Congress set up chaplain
cies for Congress and in the
Army. At Washington's rec
ommendation they provided
funds for the religious edu-
cation Of the Indians, a prac-
tice which continued for well
over a century. In 1903 Pres
ident Jefferson sent to Con-
gresS a treaty which author
lied the United States to give
$700 to a Catholic priest
working among the Indians,
and $500 for the erection Of
a Catholic church! AS Presi-
dent Madison continued the
Jeffersonian policy Of pay
ments to religious societies
for services on Indian res
ervations. In view Of these
facts, which founding fathers
does Mr.. Lowell allude to?
Mr.. Lowell asks why q
constitutional amendment to
provide for Federal aid to
church schools has never
been proposed. Such amend
mentS have not been pro-
posed because the First
Amendment did not and does
not prohibit Congress from
disburSing funds aiding re-
hgion and religious facilities
on a nonpreferential basis.
However, there have been
at least 20 attempts to amend
the Constitution in order to
make it declare what Mr..
Lowell asserts the First
Amendment to have meant.
All these attempts have been
defeated or allowed to die in
committee by Congress. If
the First Amendment has
always forbidden religious
institutions to receive any
tax aid, why did some 20
Congressman submit amend
mentS to a Constitution
which allegedly forbade the
very practice the proposed
amendments would prohibit?
James A. Miller,
Evening star., 1961-04-30

tration for Federal aid plan Of some
type to be worked out. We believe the
proposal developed by the Park Service
in the first place was the right one.
Whether the tunnel is built by the Park
Service or the District, however, the
cost of safeguarding the Federal memo
rial area is a responsibility Of the
Federal Government, as is the decision
on how to proceed. In any other city,
the problem would never have arisen.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Baltic Blood Bath

McGill refers to the murder
Of the BaltS by the Nazis; I
am a Bait and know that my
people were murdered by the
Russian Communists - for I
witnessed the horror Of thou
sands Of my countrymen be-
ing deported by mass into the
depths Of Russia, where they
still remain under the heel Of
and at the mercy of the
Russian butchers.
I wonder why my people are
unable to hold the Russians
accountable for the mass
murders? Could it possibly be
because the Russians have so
much power and were on the
winning side Of the war?
James Kracik.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Good Police Work

The splendid Star editorial
April II, entitled Good Po-
lice Work." merits reprinting
for many more readers to
see. It might have continued
with some idea of correcting
conditions which lead to
such damage as mentioned.
Make parents who dump
their children on the streets,
instead of taking care of
them and knowing where
they, are and what they are
doing, pay the cost of re-
pairing damages. 1t might
not be amiss also to suggest
a remedy for not bringing
so many unwanted children
into the world. A. C.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Pen names mav be used b

Fen names may De used 81
letters carry iDrtterS' correct
names and addresses. Au let
tiers are subject to condenSa-
tion. Those not used iDil be
returned only when accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-04-30
Appeal to the Press

,rs Inere are no authorized SpOkeSmen
for the free and independent newspapers
b OF the United States, for under our con-
cept Of press freedom each of these
newspapers is its own spokesman.
Yet the Presidents direct appeal to
newspaper publishers in his speech ad-
dressed to group Of them in New York
Thursday night should bring some ap-
propriate response from some of the or
ganizations of newspapers and news
papermen. The only practical and i'm
mediate form Of such response would
be an effort by such organizations to OBJ
tain from the President greater clarifi-
cation Of what he has in mind.
The nub Of the Presidents appeal
was that the newspapers, recognizing the
Nations peril from the cold war, volun-
tarily impose upon themselves the same
sort Of restraints in what they print
that would be imposed after an actual
declaration Of war. For, said the PreSi-
dent, mo war ever posed a greater
threat to our security" than now exists,
and "the- danger has never been more
clear and its presence has never been
more imminent"
If the Presidents assessment of the
dangers facing the Nation is accurate
and we do not debate it here-and If
these dangers are increased by publica-
ton Of certain categorieS Of information,
then something more is needed than the
Presidents appeal to the newspapers
for self-restraint, imposed by no stand
ards other than the individual Judgment
Of patriotically minded newspapers.
&c The many varieties of judgment dis
played by many hundreds of newspapers
In deciding what should or should not
be printed affecting national welfare is
based on individual opinion which de-
fies standardization, This variety of
judgment is a basic characteristic of the
principle of free press, free press
being right Of the people, not Of the
newspapers. No plan for safeguarding
national security by voluntary suppress
sion Of information through exercise of
individual Judgment alone can be ex-
pected to work, no matter how hard the
newspapers might try to make it work.
If the time has actually come when
the press of the United States should re-
turn to the So-called voluntary forms of
censorship imposed during World War
II, governmental machinery is required
to enforce 1t. And it is responsible gov
ernment, not the newspapers, which
must decide whether or not that time
has arrived, no matter how reluctant
the President and his administration
might be to set up the machinery to ad-
minister even voluntary" censorship.
We know the President and his admins
tration are as aware as anybody else Of
its dangers.
But it is the Governmental the
newspaperS-which bears the response
bility for determining the necessity and
establishing the machinery to meet the
circumstances. Without the machinery,
no system Of voluntary Self-restraint
can be expected to cope with the COM
plex problem posed by the President.
Evening star., 1961-04-30

age as this. Declares one of
the great prophetic voices of
New York, Reverend John
Sutherland Bonnell: "All the
ravens seem to be perched
on a single branch. We hear
about the end of Protestant
influence in the Nation, the
retreat of Professionalism, ct
cetera." But to all these
hand-wringing, breast-beat-
ing, and doleful prophecies,
DR.. Bonnell, from the van
tage point of a great pas
torate in the heart of New
York City, declares, PROT
eStantism in America is on
the verge of a heartening,
spiritual advance"
History reminds us of
instance after instance when
the croaking of the ravens
of despair has been refuted
by the years. Voltaire de-
clared that Christianity was
so near its end that it would
be but a few years when
the Bible would have faded
out of the consciousness of
man. But. long after his
death, the house where he
made that raven-like proph-
ecy was a well-noWn repoSi-
tory for the distribution Of
the Book of the Ages" to
multitudes who were eager
to receive it. And what
would Voltaire say today if,
in this year of our Lord, he
could witness the worldwide
reception Of the new trans
lation Of the Scriptures?
With his many fine quail
ties, Robert Ingersolf, in his
day, was indeed a raven in
his announcements that the
church was a dying institu-
ton and even the building
of new churches would cease.
AS today we witness the
amazing building operations
involving new church
structures across America we
think of what Bishop
Charles McCabe wrote and
recited everywhere he went
in reply to Ingersoll's proph-
ecy. Speaking just for the
Methodist Church, the good
Bishop said, as he re-
pudiated such a raven-eye
outlook:
Ertend. along the line Is
heard,
Thy fair tDdllS, o Zion fair!
And MethodiSm heedS the
tD0rd
And Gnst0eTS eUerytDhere.
A net0 church greets the
morning flame,
Another eUeHino'S TGy--
All hail the po1DeT of .JHsaLS'
name,
We're building tiDo q day!
And so, the ravens we
have always had with us,
perched on what they
thought were leaflesS and
dying religious branches;
but their gloomy prognosti-
cations have not come to
pass. Against all the massed
materialism of this gadget-
minded day the spiritual
forces which cannot be
stopped or shaken are find
ing in the erection Of new
churcheS-whether they be
Catholic, Protestant, or jew
iSh-the channels for a
great advance as they sound
forth the message that man
cannot live by bread alone.
Without that Of which the
churches are the symbol life
itself is vanity and vexation
of spirit. And in each of the
new churches which are
rising everywhere there
might we'll be offered the
prayer: From the bird'S-eye
view of the vulture and the
raven p00d I nI-d deliver. 1IeIn
Evening star., 1961-04-30
D. Like L. A.?

Robert L. Eichber
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-29
Chamber OF
News

The Chamber of Commerce was
host to two very important meet
ings and participated in a third
during last week. On Thursday
Approximately 100 ranchers and
business men from all over East
ern Montana attended the Chang
ing World of Beef" put on here
by the State Chamber of Com
merce and four co-sponsoring
organizations. The program was
excellent, with each speaker
coming right to the point and
giving the audience facts and in
formation. The question and an
swer forum was especially success
full and Informative. Friday the
Richland County Planning board
was in session with Arne Degn
and Dean Davidson as well as
Secretary-Manager Chapman in at
tendance. Several very important
decisions were made for future
action as well as imparting a
great deal of knowledge and un-
derstanding of mutual problems.
Saturday the Canadian-U.S.-
Mexican Highway Association met
here for their annual meeting
with the Sidney Chamber of Com
merce acting as hosts. Forty-one
delegates representing towns from
Regina to Ekalaka were present.
Plans for future action and the
reelection of the present officers
was the principal business con-
Quoted IN this very successful
Hats off to the Jaycees for their
very fine Eagle Football Dinner.
Coach Sweeny was a very enter
tanning and Informative speaker.
The program was well planned
and very well presided over by
M. c. Don Berg.
Plans have been formulated and
negotiations made to have the
Christmas decorations handled by
local firm engaged in that type
work. Plans are to have them
Up before December LIST.
The Chamber of Commerce ex-
ends to the Rural Identification
winners their heartieSt congratul-
atoms. Also a note of gratitude to
he Kiwanis Club for conducting
his contest each year. 1t certainly
a fitting conclusion for such a
tine program which does so much
toward improving the appearance
IF our community.
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-29
Hardy-Ridge|awn News

Enoch Iversens entertained Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Hansen of
Westby at Sunday dinner. After
noon guests at the Iversens were
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Dige and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Nels
FrandSen and family and Mrs.
Friedrich Hansen.
liver Iversen attended Rocky
Mountain Dist. A.L.C. church
council meeting in Great Falls.
Wednesday.
Mrs. Enoch Iversen and Mrs.
liver Iversen drove to Billings on
Thursday.
Mrs. Nels Baadsgaard and Mrs.
Floyd Sax drove to Glendive Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Renner and
family and MI. and Mrs. Einar
Rasmussen and son attended fam
lily night and party at st. Philo-
mena's Parochical school Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Iversen.
MIR. and Mrs. Doug johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Larrisen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gunner Hansen and Mr.. and
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-29

Recent amendments to the So
cial Security Act make 1T easier
to qualify for benefits with less
work forspeople who have at least
six quarters of work credit.
A representative of the Billings
social security office will be
available for consultation on this
and other social security business
in Sidney Thursday, November
80. He will be at the Moose Home
from 8 a. m. 10 2 p. m.
Men who became age IS, wo-
men who became age 81, and
families of works and self-em-
ployed persons who died in 1856
or earlier, with 6 or more quar-
tiers of work credits under social
security. may now be eligible for
monthly benefits, even though
they were previously told they
did not have enough credits to
qualify, said Glenn Gardner, man
ager of the Billings district office.
More detailed information can
be obtained by contracting a field
representative or by writing the
Billings Social Security Office for
Leaflet No. l.
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-29
IN MEMORY OF OUR PARENTS
Henry and Elsie Weber


Many years it seems intead of on
Since u dear Mother has bee
gone.
She's happy now in her
Savior'S home
But still we feel so all alone.
They say, "She's not dead,
she is just away
And time has a way of easing
the pain"
Yet we long for a glimpse of
her dear face
And Just one more chat at our
Mothers place
Day after day,
with our daily chores
Memories come flooding
by the score
Of things that she taught us,
right and good,
And of her favorites:
hymns, friends and food.
When we let our problems
get us down
We knew we could
always 60 to Nom.
She was always ready to
comfort and cheer
AS she shared our problems
which seemed so drear.
We know that she'd not want
us to grieve
For she's happy now and was
ready to leave
This world of sorrow,
toll and strife
To join her Lord in a perfect life.
One of her wishes was to be with
Dad
Who was the best father
anyone ever had.
Together they taught us and
paved the way
For a great reunion
on judgement day.
They taught us faith, trust
and love
And hope in the Masters call
above.
They're together now
and with their Lord
Who, in His grace,
gave them their reward.
We miss them so, but
Is that cause to grieve?
Before life's curtain falls
and we must leave
May we be the Christians our
parents were
And with Gods help,
We'll grieve no more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewald Lueck
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Kohlman
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Bruner
NJ. and Ms. r. H. Aldworth
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mueller
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldor Weber
Adrian Weber
Clarence Weber
45-1tc
The Sidney herald., 1961-11-29

Mrs. Ejnar Rasmussen were guests
of the Sidney Kiwanis club at
Thursday noon dinner and were
all presented their prize winning
ribbon given in disqualification
Program" which is publicied at
the local Richland County Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Joslin spent
Friday evening visiting at the
VIM. Fink home.
Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Fink visited at the Arnold
Dige home.
Arlene Long and Arditsh Strom
of Malta have been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Joslin the past
week. Eddie took them to Gull
bertSon Monday evening where
they left by train for their home.