The Jamestown Journal, Volume 77, Numbers 17-52

PAGE TWO THE JAMESTOWN JOURNAL . THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7,1954 JAMESTOWNJOURNAL Published Every Thursday By the GREENE COUNTY PRINTING CO., INC PUBLICATION OFFICE: Grove St., Cedarville Ohio. Entered ns Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Jamestown, Ohio, under act of Congress, March, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.50 per year. Single copy 10c. THE JAMESTOWN JOURNAL M. R, PRUITT .............................................. Managing Editor ELOISE McNAMEE .............................................. News Editor DALLAS JACK ....................................... ................... Shop Mgr. CHUCK BREHM............ ............ .............. Linotype Operator JACK BREHM............ ............................... . Linotype Operator Phone 4 - 9031 Editorial Features ■ Over the years the Cox controlled presses of Dayton and Springfield and the Socialist-Pacifist Yellow Springs News have enjoyed a virtual monopoly over the news of this region. They have been guilty of suppressing, per­ verting and irresponsible reporting the news to suit their peculiar political and ideological convenience. Because of this monopoly the people o f this region are entitled j to a fair and impartial publication and interpretation of the news so that as American citizens they can be in a position to form objective opinions and judgements on the vital questions of the day. This exclusive blanketing of the news has amounted to a form of “Thought Control,” denying to the readers the arguments on the other sides of the question. It is because Antioch College has been protected by the presses of this region that certain excesses at that college have been permitted to get out of bounds (uncontrolled liberal­ ism.) As a result president Gould now finds himself faced with the gargantuan and unpleasant task of regaining the confidence of_the people of this region, a confidence Iost during the past tweniw years through the short sight- edness of its faculty, administrators and trustees. The job cannot be effected overnight since it will obviously involve a change in the composition of its present faculty and administrators together wtih certain radical changes in the admission policies of the college with reference to the geographical regions from which it selects its students. It is reported that only 5 to 7% of its student body come from the Ohio region whereas 60 % come from the New England area. Admittedly the only interest the owners of the Yellow Springs News have in publishing their paper is that it serve as a propaganda sheet for their Socialist-Pacifist philosophy. It is not necessary to argue this point with the citizens of Yellow Springs. Socialists and Communists belong to the same family. They have the same "blood type,” Communists happen to be the black sheep of the socialist family but like a mother’s love for her family, regardless of their sins, Socialists join with the Com­ munists when the chips are down. This fact has been re­ peated many times in the decisions of the decadent coali­ tion governments of Europe, Bob Heifetz, chairman of the YPA at Antioch in 1953 recommended a "coalition of 'liberals’ and 'progressives’ with the Communist Party." The countries behind the iron curtain today defaulted to the Communists because of the presence and through the agency of the socialist parties in those countries. Pacifists are parasites permitted to live on a fr e society because most of the members of the free society have had the physical courage to fight and give their lives to secure this freedom for everyone. In a Marxian society Pacifists would be considered a liability and be liquidated. While the Yellow Springs News from time to time disavows its “ black-sheep" relative yet its Socialist- Paci­ fist editorials aids and abets the Communist cause. In its September 9, 1954, edition it carried an advertisement headed by the question, "Who are the Real un-Americans in Yellow Springs?", The Advertisement was sponsored by* District Council Seven, O. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE ). It called attem tion to a forth coming broadcast over station WING Day- ton. Apparently the subject Was, "The Community of Yellow Springs vs McCarthyism.” There were three of these broadcasts, all sponsored by this same organization, the OnO referred to above being the second in the series. The apparent object of these broadcasts was to discredit the scheduled "Hearings." In the second unlike the first and' third broadcasts, the names of those participating ware hot mentioned but instead the speakers were indicat­ THETOLLTHEYTAKE ed by Voice No. 1 and Voice No. 2, etc. It is known however, that a certain Mr. Steiner of New York served as moderator and had charge of the script and that sev­ eral of the participants in these broadcasts were identified as Communist Party Members. May we ask the owners of the Yellow Springs News if they prefer these "pinkoes" as judges of the real Americans in Yellow Springs? We have the peculiar pheomena in Yellow Springs that the advertisements in this Socialist-Pacifist news!Only $1.50 Per Year j Needed To Provide Health Services On November 2, the Greene Coun­ ty Board of Health is requesting a levy of three tenths of. a mill, or thirty cents for each $1,000.00 tax valuation. If the tax value of your property Is $5,000.00 this levy would cofit you only $1.50 per Conflicting Letters Revealed . . . . IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION of the letter released last Sunday by the Cincinnati Enquirer, quoting a letter a trustee of Antioch College as saying, “ there are five major groups of security risks at Antioch," the first of which was "Communists present in the student body."^ This letter was written to the college Board of Trustees on Dec, 26, I960. THIS WEEK, letters were written to the Alumni of Antioch, signed by the PRESIDENT OF ANTIOCH COL­ LEGE, MR. SAMUEL B. GOULD, SOME OF WHICH PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE REACHED THEIR DES­ TINATION AT THE TIME OF THIS RELEASE. QUOT­ ING IN PART FROM THE LETTER, MR. GOULD SAYS, "SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN READING OR HEARING ABOUT THE SITUATION WHICH WE HAD IN THE DAYTON-YELLOW SPRINGS AREA RE­ LATING TO THE VISIT OF A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMIT­ TEE. I AM VERY GLAD TO REPORT THAT THE RE­ SULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT PRECEEDED THE HEARING AND OF THE HEARINGS THEM­ SELVES INDICATED NO SUBVERSIVE OR UN- AMERICAN ACTIVTY ON THE CAMPUS. TO QUOTE FROM THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS, "ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY HOUSE SUB­ COMMITTEE IN THE DAYTON HEARING WELL MAY BE NOT IN SHOWING THE PRESENCE OF SUBVER­ SIVE ACTIVITY BUT IN DEMONSTRATING IT’S RELATVE ABSENCE, PARTICULARLY AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE . . . . NO TESTIMONY WAS INTRODUCED OF ANY SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY AT THE COLLEGE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS____AFTER PROLONGED PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS, THE SUB-COMMIT­ TEE ENDED BY GIVING ANTIOCH W H A ’P AMOUNT­ ED TO A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY GRATIFING TO ALL WHO VA.LUE THE INSTITUTION." FOOTNOTE: Here we have one official of the col­ lege saying in 1950, "there are Communists goings on at Antioch," and in this the first week of Oct., 1954, another paper are largely subsidized by the Yellow Springs mer­ chants, the majority of whom were members of the As­ sociation for Civic Action. The latter was organized to combat the spread of the Communist, SociafiR-PacIfist menace in Yellow Springs. The squeeze-play which re­ sulted in the demise of the Yellow Springs American left the merchants no other alternative but to tag along with this Socialist paper. The recent article by Maynard Kniskern on, "The year. Greene County is one of the fastest growing counties in the State. Our health problems are increasing. We should strengthen rather than weaken our public health program. Your Health De­ partment cannot maintain the pre- sent services without this levy. The purpose of this levy is not to increase personnel, it is to maintain present staff and services. Failure to pass this levy will curtail Federal official saying "no subversive activity in the last eight year.s." The amount of speakers engaged to speak at An­ tioch within thife past 4 years, who havemumerous Com­ munist front affiliations, also conflict with the Alumni letter. Which one of the Antioch officials is Correct? According to releases, Reps. Scherer and Velde are go­ ing to recommend that the investigation of Yellow Springs - Antioch Community be reopened and/or con- Antioch Investigation" in the Springfield News-Sun is another example of irresponsible reporting and the pro­ tection which this Cox controlled press has exhibited over the years for the college. His pathetic attempt to rational­ ize and even joke about the revelations brought out in the hearings is an insult to the intelligence of his readers. The people in Springfield have been aware of the Yellow Springs pdor for a long time. We suggest that Mr. Kiskern could spend his time more profitably by trying to “ smoke out" the nine other persons implicated by Met> caf and those responsible for promoting Major Peress. In confirmation of the bias of this press we cite the comments of Homer C. Corry in the Springfield News- Sun of September 3, 1950. Mr. Corry, a Springfield at­ torney and chairman of the board of Trustees of Antioch College was protesting to the suppression of a statement of General Douglas MacArthur by the owners of that paper, stating, "This newspaper prints this sort of scur­ rilous and irresponsible statements from an unknown author in a radical magazine in a foreign country and yet it will not publish the statement of a great American upon an issue of vital military significance." Mr. Corry conclud­ ed his comments by stating, "The suppression of this news is simply another example of the sustained political bias of this newspaper. Such suppression of news is little short of an affront to the intelligence of its readers. It is little short of an abuse of the monopolistic privilege which the owners of this press enjoy in this community." Space prevents us from dealing with the discrimina­ tion and bias o£ the Dayton presses at this time but suffice it to state that the Editor of the Dayton Daily New* has served as a Trustee of Antioch College over a long period of time. \ m f o p o r i t e IVm itr fe «MI UTNKNS' NATIONAL COMMITTII j ,Hnto us’ 0 Lord» the courage and strength to do thy bidding as we go about our daily task with Jove f n *.unse“ 18" ness *oward our neighbor as exemplified by Thy great love of us. and State Funds. This will mean I a cut in the services of the Health j Department in clinics, sanitation,! nursing and school programs, Daily we use and benefit unknowingly from these mnny fine services the Health Department provides to U3 and to our community, | Did you know that the school I health program in Greene County includes screening tests for vision, hearing, heart, tuberculosis x-ray and dental inspections? Did you know that every food service operation and school cafe­ teria is Inspected? Were you aware that sewage in­ stallations of every new home where sanitary sewer is not available are inspected by Health Department sanitarians? Did you know that last year; 4,009 nursing visits were made by nurses, 1,339 patients attended can­ cer, heart and tuberculosis clinics, 13,532 tests and examinations were given in vision, hearing, dental -and heart, 2,991 Immunizations were given school children, 2,279 inspec­ tions were made by sanitarians. Did you know that Sanitation Surveys and CIcan-up Campaigns were conducted in many communi­ ties this year by the Sanitation de­ partment? These Statistics are services ren­ dered by Hie Health Dept., in 1954, In Greene County, Cases of communicable disease reported 127. Immunizations against diphtheria 1045. Immunizations against tetanus 1045. Immunizations !against whooping cough 156, Vac­ cinations against smallpox 544. Im­ munizations against typhoid 9. Ipv mune globulin dispensed for pre­ vention of paralytic polio 160cc. Im­ mune globulin dispensed for the prevention of measles and Infectious hepatitis 150cc. Case finding x-rays for the discovery of tuberculosis and other chest conditions 1797. Large diagnostic x-rays 113, Tuber­ culosis clinic visits (one per month) 327; Tuberculosis patients under treatment in 1953, 25. $1.50 INVESTED IN COMMUNI­ TY HEALTH WILL GUARD EACH MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, PAYING BETTER DIVIDENDS THAN ANY OTHER INVESTMENT YOU CAN MAKE. tinued. No Evidence ? ? ? With a Buckeye In Congress... ■r CLARENCE J. BROWN M—Ur M Cw iroi. TUi OfcU DUtrlet Attorney General Brownell announced last week that a special Grand Jury, sitting in Washington, will investi­ gate alleged bribery and other criminal conduct in con­ nection with the Federal Housing program, “ windfall” profits thereunder, etc. Recent hearings by a senate sub­ committee exposed scandalous conditions in connection with the granting of government insured loans for the construction of apartments and other housing projects. o o o According to economists in the Department of Agri­ culture, cash receipts of American farmers are now run­ ning from four to six per cent less than a year ago. In­ come from farm crops averaged abouv seven per cent lower during the first eight months of 1954 than for the same period of 1953, while livestock prices dropped to about two per cent. Hog prices are expected to( decline further in October, and then level off. Cattle prices will remain stable. Fruit and fresh vegetable prices are ex­ pected to go higher because of reduced production, while potato prices are due to drop. o o o Seventh District youth, between the ages of 17 and 22 years, interested in participating in the competitive examinations for appointment to either the Naval Acad­ emy or the new Air Force Academy, shold contact their Representative to Congress immediately. Address your letter to Clarence J. Brown, M, C., Main and Wright Sts., Blanchester, Ohio, and full information will be fur­ nished promptly. o o o Ohio's George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury, has riot only been straightening out the gov­ ernment’s fiscal affairs, but also cleaning up the honie of the U. S. Treasury. The building, which sits at the head of Pennsylvania Avenue opposite the White House, has long been known as the dirtiest structure in Wash­ ington. It has not beeri cleaned since erected back in 1836, during the administration of President Jackson. A steam bath and sand blasting are revealing the pink granite of which Treasury Building is constructed, and it is becoming one of the most beautiful in Washington. o o o Alger Hiss, who was convicted of perjury in his denial of treason against the United States, is scheduled to leave Federal prison on November 27th. While Hiss was originally sentenced to serve a five-year term, time off for good behavior (he was a model prisoner) has re­ duced the length of his imprisonment by nearly a year and a half,