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Evening star., 1962-10-07
Stotes' Rights

Today. the phrase States
rights" is as obsolete as the
old phrase "hobbler" which
signified the iron weight, or
anchor, to make a horse stay
where we put him. We no
longer need the word hob.
bier" because we no longer
ride, or drive, a horse to
work. Apparently we no
longer need the term States
rights" because we no longer
need the authority of the
State, because we can now
depend on the pittances doled
out by our Federal Govern
ment. We have compromised
we have accepted the
handouts" of the Federal
Governments, and we have
made serious compromises
we have given up our free
doms which were fought for
and died for by better men
than live today.
I am neither a segrega-
ZIONIST or an integrationist.
l have always believed that
everyone, regardless of race,
creed or color, has the right
to work for his betterment
and advancement, either to-
gether or apart. I am not
anti" anything, except I am
tired of having everything
"crammed down my throat"
by a few men,
r. b. King,
Cary, N. C.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
In the Middle

Technically, the suggestion" Of the
House District Committee that the Com
missioners defer action on anti-discrim-
ination housing regulations is no more
than that The committee resolution is
not legislation If the Commissioners
should ignore 1t they would be within
their rights.
Anyone, however, who believes that
such suggestion" Is without precedent
and may be ignored at will is in error.
The same tactic has been used before,
by the chairman of House or Senate
committee or some committee members,
to delay or to stop some contemplated
action by an agency in the executive
branch. If the District Commissioners
chose to ignore the House District reso-
luton, they would do SO at the price of
e facing reprisals next year at the hands
of committee which plays an import
ant part in exercising the exclusive legis-
lative jurisdiction Of Congress in the
District of Columbia. In this instance,
the loud urgings that Commissioner
Tobriner ignore the committee resolu-
ton suggest more confidence in his
valor than In his discretion.
Obviously Mr.. Tobriner is under
strong and conflicting pressures from
both ends of Pennsylvania avenue. If
the President suggests that he proceed
with anti discrimination regulations
while Congress is out of town, the Com
missioner would doubtless do so. But
he is less well equipped to challenge
the House District Committee than is
the President, and it is Mr.. Tobriner and
his colleagues at the District Building,
not the President of the United States,
who are on the spot.
There is, however, one step which
the Commissioners can and should take
Immediately. For while great number
of assumptions are being made about
the proposed ordinance, the fact is that
the community as a whole is in the dark
as to precisely what the ordinance may
spell out, whom it will affect, and how
The Corporation Counsel repeatedly has
drafted a set of anti-discrimination
rules. What specifically do they provide?
What is their effect on private property
owners? This has not been made clear.
The Corporation Counsel also reportedly
feels that the District has the authority,
without further legislation, to promul-
gate and enforce some such set of reg
ulations. But where is his opinion, and
what does it actually say?
AS starting point, the Commits
sioners should make public both the
completed draft of the regulations and
the'formal legal opinion respecting their
validity. Surely this would not violate
the terms of the committee resolution.
1t would, however, provide at least set
of facts around which community senti-
ment would have chance to coalesce-
facts which, despite the smoke and the
thunder, certainly are not available to
the citizens of Washington today.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT @
Lincoln Signs Again
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

On a September Saturday a
united Nation gathered at
the feet of Lincoln the
Emancipator. BY miracles of
comm m unication never
dreamed of a hundred years
ago when he signed the stu
pendous proclamation, the
words uttered at his majestic
memorial shrine by the quiet
Potomac in the Nations Cap
ital we're carried to every
nook and corner in the land.
To the throng assembled in
front of the massive figure
of the man who preserved
the Union, the Capitol's
white dome and the sky leap
ing obelisk honoring the first
President tied together in a
thrilling way on that perfect
day all the chapters of the
Republics history since an
other proclamation cut all
political strings with the
mother country.
The Declaration of Inde-
pendence was our first eman-
cipation proclamation. It
freed the New World from a
tyrannical monarch. The sec
ond proclamation, signed by
Lincoln, freed the slaves from
their fetters and emanci-
pated the Nation from an
institution which was the
sum of all villainies. The
commemoration of Lincoln's
bold act, which he took on
his own responsibility and
without even consulting his
cabinet, was held under the
strange spell of the simple
Lincoln. 1t was permeated by
a grateful assurance that in
days of destiny, out of the
quarry of a peoples faith
and hope, a guiding Provi-
dence raises up leaders of
tall moral stature to be the
mouthpieces of the divine
DEGREES. Such, in the unfold
ing of our history, was the
role of Abraham Lincoln,
who, while he drew the sword
to save the Union, proved
that the pen can be even
mightier than the sword.
Brother he became to all
bondsmen as in the spirit Of
Moses, the great emancipation
of old, he cried to all who
were profiting from the
shackles binding their fellow
man, Let my people CO."
The great utterances at the
Lincoln Memorial by two
distinguished Amer cans,
Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
and the prophet-poet Archi-
bald MacLeish, carried WV
idly the realization that the
moral principle which led
Lincoln to issue the obituary
of human thraldom in the
American Republic has plain
implications in the global
struggle of today. The posi-
ton to which Lincoln was
driven by the force of moral
logic that a nation cannot
remain half slave and half
free asserts itself a hundred
years later across all the
frontiers of mans devising,
What applied to slavery in
America it is seen is true of
the enslavement of bodies
and minds under all skies.
The world cannot remain
half slave and half free. And
Evening star., 1962-10-07

so, from the classic pillared
memorial, Ambassador Ste
venson-the American voice
in the midst of the swift.
divergent currents of the
United Nations - declared
that the Lincoln emancipa-
ton "gave freedom a mighty
impulse throughout the
globe: it was a call to a new
battle-a battle which RACES
around us in every part of
the world in this new hour
of testing. If we wish to
honor both the act of eman-
cipation and the man who
framed it, who sits brooding
behind us, we have to follow
in the same dedication to.
truth, and the same abhor-
renee for pretense and self
deceit. 1t meant that Amer
ican civilization and human
bondage are irrevocably in
compatible" Then listen to
Mr.. MacLeish. In singing
words as, gazing at the final
meaning of our Declaration
of independence he sees
something giving liberty.
not alone to the people Of
this country, but hope to the
world. 1t was that which
gave promise that in due
time the weights should be
lifted from the shoulders of
all men," In this new day Of
destiny, with the world half
slave and half free, Mr..
MacLeish's moving poem
deals with the thrilling fact
that Lincoln saved the Union
and destroyed slavery and
that the dream goes on"
And here is where we all
come in. The cold war is the
tyrant's struggle to make the
whole world slave. Americas
role in facing a goddess sys-
tenn which ridicules all
moral principles is not one
of accommodation but one
of denunciation - not a
treaty of coexistence except
on the premise of the eman-
cipation of all who are
bound. Appropriately at the
Lincoln Memorial the multi
tude sang with deep feeling
Gods truth is marching
on" 1t seemed like a
new emancipation proclama-
ton for the whole world.
With the white dome of the
Capitol cleaning in full view
it sounded like a new dec
laration that the world can
not remain half slave and
half free.
The hundredth anniver-
sary of a history-making
pronouncement means that
in this day of destiny Abra-
ham Lincoln signs again.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
100 Years Ago

Ever in need of the tools
of war, the Confederate Army
never passed up a chance to
"requisition" Northern sup
plies and equipment. The
story is told of a rebel in
fantryman being captured ct
Antietam and prodded to the
rear of the Union lines. Look
ing about, he noted the many
field pieces, and said to his
captor: Say, you Yanks have
got as many of those guns
marked US as we have!"
At this time a century ago,
"Jeb" Stuart's cavalry raided
Pennsylvania to obtain any
thing - stamped us" or
otherwise - that might be
useful to Gen. Lees Army of
Northern Virginia. The raid
marked the second time Stu
arts horse-soldiers had rid
den around McClellan's army.
They did it to a tune
Strummed by Stuart's banjo
playing orderly, Sweeney,
called "Old Joe, Get Out of
the Wilderness" The Star of
October 13, 1862, gave details
of the action three days be-
fore, quoting a correspondent
of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
who filed his story from Car
Isle, Pa: THE recent raid of
Stuart's rebel cavalry into
Pennsylvania, as far as five
miles north of Chambersburg
and from thence towards
Gettysburg, is without excep-
ton the boldest act of the
war. The cavalry, about
5000 in number and six
pieces of artillery, entered
Mercersburg on Friday tOct.
10, 1882 about noon, to the
great astonishment of the
citizens, who at first thought
it was a body of Union
troops. No damage was done
at Mercersburg, with the ex-
ception of pressing a number
of horses, there being no
railroad depot, public work.
shops or Government stores
in the town. They took the
Pittsburg Pike for Chambers
burg, arriving before the
town just prior to dusk. One
of the first acts was to plant
three pieces of artillery on a
hill back of the town, after
which a detachment of Is
men were sent into the town
bearing a flag Of truce, and
requesting to see the chief
personageS or authorities,
stating that they had an am
pie force at hand and that
the town must be surrendered
or shelled. The town was
surrendered and soon after
ward fully occupied. A
large portion of them (the
Confederates) made directly
for the warehouse and cars,
in which were stored a great
quantity of Government
goods, consisting principally
of uniforms and a small
quantity Of boots. Not long
Evening star., 1962-10-07
Research Animals

1t was gratifying to note
the amount of conspicuous
space which you devote d
October 3. to the article by
your talented writer, Betty
Beale, on the hearings on re-
search animals. Only in this
way can the needless agonies
inflicted upon our helpless
animal friends in the name
of science be brought to the
attention of those to whom
these atrocities have hereto
fore been unknown, and to
those who have it within
their power to alleviate much
Of the suffering in animal
Evening star., 1962-10-07
What's New?

In his campaign for the
presidency in 1860, Senator
John F. Kennedy, among 9TH
er things said, Americas
prestige has declined rapidly
during the Eisenhower ad-
miniStration American
foreign policy has been, in
general, relatively unsuccess-
full in the last four or five
years; that the power and
prestige of the United States
in relationship to that of the
Soviet Union and the Chi
nese Communists has de-
clined relatively. Il think
what we need is a new ad-
ministration with new people,
new vitality, and new ideas"
Here are names of the men
who are now directing our
foreign policy: Dean Rusk,
Chester Bowles, Adlai Stew
enson, "Soapy" Williams,
Junior Schlesinger, Walt Ros-
tow and Richard Goodwin.
The aforementioned named
sound to me like ''retreads."
1t must be clear to every
one that Americas prestige
under the Kennedy admins
tration has hit an all-time
low. Everywhere there is dis
may over Washington policy
Of appeaSement and retreat.
Nowhere has Kennedy
shown the firmness that
Eisenhower displayed at
Quemoy, Berlin and in Leb-
anon. Kennedy appears to
be following the policy of
Roosevelt of appeasing the
Communists at Tehran and
Yalta.
George Z. StringfelIOw.
East Orange. NY.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
SecuIorism


Secularism," does nothing to
clarity the issues raised by
the Supreme Courts decision
on prayer in the public
schools. Secularism may be
defined as regard for the
worldly as opposed to spiri-
tual matters. In Cardinal
Spellman's words quoted in
your editorial, secularism is
seeking to commit our Gov
ernment to the side of ir-
religion" Irreligion may be
defined as unbelief or ungod-
illness.
The Supreme Court and
the Government have time
and time again supported a
government neutral in mat
ters of religion because that
is the only form of govern
ment possible in which state
and church are not joined.
Neither the Government nor
the Supreme Court has en-
braced "secularism." All men
are free to worship as they
please and to send their chill
dren to religious schools Of
their choice. If the Supreme
Court or the Government
ever abandon neutralism in
matters of religion, our reli-
gious freedom will soon be at
an end.
Our forefathers omitted all
reference to God in the Con-
stitution, not because they
were irreligious, but because
they knew that many
churches and rulers have
been established in the name
of God. Our forefathers
wanted secular affairs left
in the hands Of the people,
not in the hands of some
man claiming to speak for
God. Evil men have used the
name Of God to establish
tyrannies throughout
history.
The history of our Nation
and of Europe shows that
much dissension and bitter
ness, and a considerable
amount of bloodshed, have
resulted, not from conflicts
between religion and irreh-
.gion, but from conflicts be-
tween different forms Of
Christianity and between
groups claiming to speak for
Christians.
In his American Common
wealth." Lord Bryce said in
speaking Of the separation
of church and state in Amer
lea, "Of all the difference
between the Old World and
the New, this is perhaps the
most salient. Half the wars
of the European States =.
have arisen from theological
differences or from rival
claims of church and state"
Lester L. Kimble.
=
I thank you for the edi-
torial in the edition of Sep
tember 30 of The Sunday
Star, Religion of Secular
ISM" and for your kindness
in referring to a quotation
from one of my statements.
F. Cardinal Spellman,
Archbishop of New York.
- 50
Webster defines secularism
as a belief that education
and other civil functions
should be devoid of religious
content. 1t is no more a
religion than is vegetarian
ism or arithmetic. Your edi-
torial of September 80 con-
Germs the religion of
secularism." Whether your
objection to the New York
ban on school prayers is val
i'd or not, it seems to me un-
professional for you to sup
port it by playing fast and
loose with the English Ian
guage.
James E. Curry.
Evening star., 1962-10-07

afterwards, the whole town
was converted into one vast
dressing room. On every hotel
porch, at every corner, on the
greater portion of the street
doorsteps, in fact all over
town, might be seen rebel
cavalry donning Yankee uni
forms, and throwing t IN ir
own wornout and faded gar
ments into the street.
Many of them had on
Union uniforms when they
entered the town and a
humber of their horses
we're marked U. S. During the
night, until daybreak, a por-
ton secured the country
around in quest of horses,
and captured about 600 of
them. actually it was twice
that many.) The taverns
we're all visited and a
considerable quantity of
whisky was punished, for
which payment was generally
proffered in Confederate
scrip. The men were, as a
general thing, friendly and
even socially disposed toward
the inhabitants, entering into
conversation with the citizens
in the tavernS, barber shops,
etc. Preparations for
leaving the town were COM
menced about daylight. Com
bustibles were placed in the
railroa d depot, the ware
house, the machine shop and
a train laid to the powder
magazine at the warehouse.
The stolen horses were got
together, a large Government
wagon with four horses, and
two or three ambulances
found in the town were well
filled with military clothing,
etc., and each cavalryman
had a quantity of clothing
piled up before and behind
him, on his horse, in many
instances the pile reaching to
his chin. Three locomotives
and the same number of pas
senger cars belonging to the
Cumberland Valley R.R. were
then utterly destroyed, the
buildings stated above were
fired and totally consumed.
They waited long enough to
see that the destruction would
be complete. :" Another
dispatch from Harrisburg,
printed in The Star the same
day, said: 1.-THE rebels, from
two to three thousand strong,
passed through Woodsboro,
Liberty, New Market and Ur-
bana. then made for the riv-
Evening star., 1962-10-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR.

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS are subject to condenSG-
ton. Those not used tDiu be
returned only When accom-
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
FROM THE STAR FILES...

er. They advanced from the
direction of Gettysburg, de-
stroying portions of the rail-
road track at Monrovia. Lat
est official dispatches state
that the rebels have succeed
ed in escaping. They crossed
the Potomac near the mouth
of the Monacacy, having
made a march of 80 miles
Evening star., 1962-10-07

can reasonably believe on one day that
he will be released on bail, only to dis
cover "a hours later that he has been
committed to a mental institution, with
out right of bail, on the statement of
a psychiatrist who had never examined
him and by judge who had never seen
him.
Evening star., 1962-10-07
experimentation If they are
properly aroused.
Ellen C. CallicOtt.

properly aroused.
Ellen C. CallicOtt.
y y y
I express my gratitude to
The Star for publishing the
extensive article on the Con-
gressional hearings now TAX
ing place in connection with
animal research. AS a lover
of animals, I have always
been very suspicious of those
working in animal research
and of the conditions under
which research animals have
to live. Your article once
again proved how dangerous
it is to take for granted-as
the general public is apt tc
do-that any scientist parti-
cipating in vivisection would
feel an obligation to restrict
to the utmost the suffering Of
animals which serve him to
ultimately help relieve human
suffering. I sincerely hope
this country will soon enact
a law to assure research ami
mails of more humane treat
ment during their short lives.
Marleen HOuben.
y y =
This is to express shock and
indignation at the biased and
irresponsible reporting evi-
dent in Betty Beale's column
of October 8. In all fairness.
The Star must run a factual
article detailing the animal
care bills before Congress and
giving their inadequacies. I
hope this will be written by
someone VINO is not a biased
antivivisectionist, but an in
telligent, thinking individual.
Mary L. Parram0re.
4 y y
AS a biologist, I find Betty
Beale'S article of october 3
absolutely ridiculous. I am
shocked that The Star would
permit such a misrepresenta-
ton to appear - and where
1t appeared!
Estella X. Engel.
Il y y
Betty Beale writes: How,
indeed, could even a vivisec-
ZIONIST = though basically all
decent people must abhor WV
isection-be against kinder
treatment as long as animals
continue to be used for re-
search" Webster's defines
"vivisection" as "the cutting
of, or operation on, a living
animal, especially for phys
siological or pathological in
vestigations." I cannot be-
lieve that all decent people
must "abhor" vivisection
when it is defined properly.
Mary l.. Wolff.
The Sidney herald., 1962-04-04
Recommends
Reduction Of
Potato Acreage

Acreage-marketing guides is-
sued by the US. Department of
Agriculture recommend that Mon
tana growers reduce their 1862
acreage of potatoes five percent
below 1861 acreage.
Nationally, the guides offered
by USDA recommend that the
1862 acreage of potatoes be re-
duced IL percent below 1861
paintings. according to r. j. Nc
kenna, Bozeman, chairman of the
State Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation committee. The
recommended reductions are ID
percent for fall crop potatoes, six
percent for late summer crop
potatoes and four percent for
early summer potatoes.
AT average yields, the recon-
mended 1862 acreage of 1,168 800
acres of summer and fall potatoes
would produce a total of 218.3
million hundredweight. This
would be IA percent smaller than
the n%ear-record 1861 crop but
ohly SllSnuy below the 1860 ton
mage.
In recommending reduced
paintings for this year, USDA said
that the consumption of potatoes
per person during the 1862 mar
keting year is expected to contin-
ue near the levels of 1861 and
l96O. However, population con-
The Sidney herald., 1962-04-04
County FL Spring
Convention Held

Joe Void, newly elected direc-
ICr OF the Tanners Union Grain
Terminal Association in St. Paul,
was the main speaker at the Rich
land County Farmers Union
Spring COnvtuion which was
held at the McCSe hall in Sidney,
Friday night, March %.
Robert Kncpp introduced the
Farmers Union Juniors who pre-
Sented the following entertain
ment: A tuba sclo ''Cavatina" by
Lee HanSe, accompanied by Mrs.
Vern Roland. She also accompa-
MED Linda Peterson WHO sang
"TiS Spring Time" Danny KEN
mis-, WHO is working toward his
Junior speech award, gave a
speech on Democracy.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Goldsmith,
Esther SimonSen, Myrtle johnson,
and Robert Fink then reported on
their trip TO Washington, d. c.
Cue of the resolutions passed at
the convention TO be sent TO the
Ulate and national Farmers Union
was as follows: We recommend
that a study be instituted TO pro-
dUce recommendations for the
placement of more people ON the
land and the conditions needed TO
bring This about.
Another resolution to be sent to
The STATE ard national officers as
well as to uor Senators and Rep
rsSentstlves reads as follows: We
the Richland County Farmers
onion, do not believe tnat Control
OF bch acres and bushels is need
ed to control the supply OF wheat,
and prefer a bushel control system
with a minimum allotmat fer the
family type farmer at full parity
price.
Grard local then sang several
songs, the meeting was adjourn
ed and lunch was served by the
juniors.
The Sidney herald., 1962-04-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Kuhne of
Redwater called on Mrs. Theresa
WLnholer and Bill Monday, and
were supper guests.
Johnnie Johnston and George
Milne were Sidney callers Tues
day.
Werner King and Robert SroGn-
mer wen. TO Helena on business
Tuesday.
Mrs. Johnnie Johnston and Kew
IN and Mrs. George Milne were
Wolf Point callers Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul Miller and
Nh. and Mrs. Frank Winhofer
called on Mrs. Laura Widman
Wednesday.
The Sidney herald., 1962-04-04

People VINO are nearing or are
past 81 years of age can save
time and speed up the payment
OF their first social security checks
u they get in touch with the So
clal Security Office. Glenn A.
Gardner, District Manager of the
Billings S. S. office said that an
application for retirement pay
mentS can be filed as much as 3
mon ms before the person actually
retireS. He also noted that people
who plan 10 go on working past
retirement age should get in touch
WVJ1 The office to find out wheth-
er a recent change in the law
win permit them TO collect some
payments in addition to their cam
ingS
To insure prompt payment of
the first check, persons who call
at the office should bring their
social security cards, proof of age
or date of birth, and evidence of
1861 earnings - withholding
statement Form VIZ for en-
ployees or copies of Federal in
come tax returns and proof pay
ment of taxes for Sel-employed.
Gardner explained that if all of
these papers are not available, no
one should delay contracting the
social security representative. Ray
Jelle, field representative for this
area, will be in Sidney Thursday,
April 18th at the Moose Home
from 8 a. m. to 2 D. m.