The Yellow Springs American, Volume 2, Numbers 1-14

THE YELLOW SPRINGS AMERICAN Thursday, January 28, 1954 PAGE TWO YELLOWSPRINGSAMERICAN THE GREENE COUN TY PUBL ISH ING CO. Yellow Springs, Ohio Phono 7-7740 Subscription Rate.......... ......... .. $2.60 per year. RALPH E. SMITE THOMAS ,1. WELLS JOHN ELLIOTT Editor & Publisher Composing Room 1 Press Room With a Buckeye In Con 2 i * e s s . Br CLARENCE J. BROWN t o C o n r r * M < 7tA OhU DlitrH The first Elvliower budget, for the fiscal year of 1955 which starts • July 1st next, was sent to the congress last week. In It the President proposed total Federal expenditures for the coming fiscal year of *65.6 billion, of which WO 3 would be In new appropriations. The new budget is approximately $5,4 billion less than expected expenditures for the present j/ fiscal year, The deficit for the last fiscal year, which closed June 30th, was 59.4 billion. It Is estimated tlic deficit for the fiscal year will be $3,3 ,.v billion, and for the new fiscal year of 1955 approximately $2.9 billion, as a result of recent and expected cuts in Federal taxes, • < I l * * « t { By a vote of 51 to 33 the Senate late last week approved a bill to authorize the United States to cooperate, with Cannda lit building of the ‘0 ; ■ St. Lawrence Seaway project. The controversial measure, which has been A before Congress for more ih;ln twenty years, and the country for a half century', now goes to the House for its consideration. The legislation would provide for a waterway 27 feet deep from the Atlantic down tlie St. Lawrence River Into the Great Lakes, and would permit ocean-going vessels to reach various lake ports in the interior of the country. Our Area Now Has 11,126 Phones profesa myself to be an atheist." A Scout UikeH Onth . , , on bis honor to do his best to do his duty to God and his country. Atheism positively rejects belief in God's existence. A program of building more out- t side lines to meet demands for new — 0 — j telephones and also enable the com- I f Dr. Oliver S. Loud has seen the error of his ways pany. 10 /*I,\ ordcrs for customers and sincerely wishes to subscribe to and support the .''If,?1‘I?.., ] .8161!...Brft.t.?s..°,L.wrv ™ simple . , . but so far-reaching . . . Boy Scout Oath . . . he'll find thousands of hands eager to help and welcome him , . , including the good people of the Methodist Church who sponsor the Scouts. If not — well — we'll be scein’ ya, Doc. 0 Grandma says: One thing that'd help this nation more than considerable is to go back to the old country- boy practice of nailing skunk hides up on the barn door,” — 0 •— WHO SAID IT? . . . "Sound the clarion .. . fill the fife . ,. throughout the sensual world ,proclaim - One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.” L / f* LETTERS a S k g g f r t o t h e _ w e d i T o h The Card Sharp The House Inst week sent to the Senate a measure to create and construct an Air Force Academy, similar to our Miliary and Naval Academies, for training future officers of the Air Force. The bill provides the Academy shall be temporarily located at “some existing air base" until selectUn of a permanent site can be made by Air Force officials. In a surprise move last week the Senate Interior Committee amended j the Statehood-for-Hawaii Bill, which had previously passed the House, by adding to it a provision to grant Statehood to Alaska. Some ob. servers believe the combining of the two Statehood Bills may result In neither Hawaii nor Alaska being admitted to the Union this year. President Eisenhower favors Statehood for Hawaii. Twenty-four Members of the Senate have Joined in introducing legislation to provide for Federal aid to the States to help finance con­ struction of public school buildings where needed. 'Die measure Is patterned after present law’s for Federal aid for hospital and highway construction, and carries ample safeguards against Federal control of education. The measure would carry out recommendations made to the Congress by the President In his recent State of the Union Message. * * * * * * Early last week the Supreme Court, by a unanimous decision, out­ lawed censorship bans of controversial motion pictures by the State# o f New York and Ohio. The Court seemingly took the position that the freedom or speech and press provisions of the Constitution apply to motion pictures. * • * • • * • The Congress and the housewives of the nation arc concerned over the rapidly rising coffee prices. Coffee Is now selling at *1.00 to $1.10 a pound, presumably because of a short coffee crop In Brazil. Some legis­ lators are urging a Congressional Investigation of the whole coffee price and supply situation. • * * * ft * * Out of 9500 (op Government executives now being paid *10,000 a year or more, only 1500 h’ave teen appointed by the Eisenhower Adminis­ tration, and 8000 are holdovers from the Truman Administration. Most of these officials occupy policy-making positions, raising the question as to who actually controls the affairs of our Federal Government these days — the — Eisenhower Administration or the holdover officials from previous Administrations? » *■* * ft *■* Testifying before the Senate Agriculture Committee last week on the President’s proposed farm price support program. Secretary of Agricul­ ture Benson warned that unless we adopt a flexible price support plan, big city consumers may Soon revolt against the whole idea of farm price supports and demand their complete; abolition, Benson Insisted that most of the 140 million Americans who do net live on forms are not too much Interested in the farm price support program. It, of course, can also be pointed out that without a prosperous agriculture, the rest of the nation docs not remain prosperous for long. Attorney General Brownell last week submitted to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees the details or President Elsenhower's recent proposal for revoking the citizenship o f persons convicted of insurrection, or advocating the overthrow of our Government, It’s true that there's shfery m numbers . , . especially ths numbers entered in that savings passbook. They represent step-by-step progress toward real financial security. Why don’t you arm against the uncertainties o f the future —by depositing regularly in a sayings account with us? MIAMI DEPOSITJINK "Train a child in the way he should go and when he grows old he will not depart from it.” That’s still good advice. The Communists and Com- munist-fronters have recognized the truth in this state­ ment. By clever infiltration, they make their way into youth organizations where, under *the cloak of respec­ tability given by association, they are able to peddle their “ red” bill of goods to unsuspecting and trusting children. The effectiveness with which they’ve done their job in the schools is provided to our sorrow by the black records of schools such as Harvard and Antioch, Schools with a notable tradition of service in education twisted, per­ verted, and converted to the Communist line until they have produced some of the most dangerous and despicable of the enemy agents among us. Too often, they have proved that if you train a youth in the way he should NOT go, when, lie becomes an adult he will NOT depart from it. — 0 — Many organizations, including the churches, are try­ ing to give the youth of our nation interesting and con­ structive training. .. . Among other things . . . they sponsor Boy Scout troops. Altho some people have the mistaken idea that almost everyone in Yellow Springs is a Red . . . or,, .a t best a “ pink” . . -this is not true. It is true that Yellow Springs has a dangerously and surprisingly high percentage of Commies and "pink” camp-followers. Black as the picture i s . . . it is not without redeeming beams of light and hope. For example . . . Yellow Springs has an active Cub Scout movement.,, sponsored . . . we are told . . . by the Methodist Church. Congratulations to the Me­ thodist Church and . . . to the Cub Scouts , . , our Best Wishes! — o — Oliver Loud, . * or , , . if you prefer , . . Dr, Oliver Loud has had neither the time nor the inclination to take advantage of our generous offer to allow him space in this paper in which to explain some of his past and current activities, which because of the nature of the groups in which he has chosen to be active, are activities of public interest and properly subject to public scrutiny and dis­ cussion. TO THE ED ITOR; The Brlckcr Amendment (S.J. Res.l), which ts scheduled for debate on the Senate floor this week, has the following three controversial sections: 1. A provision of a treaty which conflicts with this Constitution shall not be of any force or effect. 2. A treaty shall become effective as Internal law in the United States only through legislation which would be valid in the absence of treaty, 3. Congress shall have power to regulate all executive and other agreements with any foreign power or International organization. All Mich agreements shall be subject to the limitations Imposed on treat­ ies by this article. Sections 4 and 5 deal with en­ forcement and ratification of the amendments. The Yellow Springs League of Women Voters has recently conclud­ ed a study and discussion of the proposed amendment. By a un­ animous vote of those present, the decision was reached to oppose the I'.ilcker resolution on the grounds (hat It is not c.-.i'- unnecessn.> but dnnrcrous to the future sec of oUr country. The League of Women Voters of the United States, having tabulated the reports on tills sub­ ject from its member L e a g u e s throughout the United States, has takeri a Similar stand. The follow­ ing are our reasons; 1, The national government must not be deprived of its full power to carry out treaty obligations in Important areas of national policy by an amendment which Would leave to the states the choice of Implementation. 2, We must safeguard the con­ stitutional system o f checks and balances between the executive and legislative branches of the national government. We should not remove from the President his authority to fullfill his responsibility to act f In times of national emergency as Welt is In the day to day conduct of foreign affairs, 3, i t would be dangerous to make the negotiation arid ratification of treaties more cumbersome. We feel that the present treaty-making pro­ cedure is already surrounded by consUtutionat and legislative safe­ guards, and that the Brlcker A- mendment would add hampering Take the Cub Scouts , , . for example. Oliver has, which w^d cast doubt <mthe according to newspaper account and other reliable {n- wiiungness of the United formation , , . seen fit to take part in Cub Scout activities. js‘’*lec to out lts international The numerous and notorious Communist-front connections} 1**7>n*- of I)r. Oliver S. Loud alone create wonderment and sur-j 4; ’ 1,0 share the fear on prise at his interest in the Scout movement. And . . .'which ttw Bricker Amendment is while we were so breathlessly awaiting some clarifying, 1*-*° that thp Unjtied Nations word from Dr. Oliver S. Loud . . . he found time to Address ch*ri<r *nd International a meeting of the Antioch College tentacle of the Young Progressives o f America on Monday night of this week. ........... .. “ “ WE’RE glad to know that Oliver is still up and about. We're not through With him. And . . - what is the Young Progressives of America group ? ? ? Ohio State Offers 150 Scholarships Continuing efforts to encourage outstanding high school seniors from throughout Ohio to study for care­ ers as elementary school teachers, Ohio State University today re­ newed for the year 1954-55 its 150 .our-year scholarships. These scholarships, available to high school seniors in any of the 88 Ohio counties, provide for re­ mission of the incidental fee for the students for four years, valued at *540. Assistance also is provided by the university in enabling the stu­ dent to find part-time employment, Tile university instituted a prog­ ram of scholarship aid for students studying elementary cdducaUon n number of years ago. Initially a total of 88 scholarships were made available on the basis of one to each county. Last year the number was increased to 150 because of a con­ tinued shortage of elementary school tachers. Application blanks for the scholar­ ships may be obtained by writing to Dr. Bland L. Strandley, vice presi­ dent o f Ohio State University and chairman of the scholarship com­ mittee. will require an expenditure of *90,000 Inis year by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company In the Xenia iarea, C. w. Gray, loeal commercial manager for the company, an­ nounced this flgurp tedny as he ami other company supervisors from this area left for Dayton to nltcnd the company’s annual suiscrvluory meeting at which President John A, Greene reviewed past results and outlined the telephone company’s future program. More than 350 supervisory em­ ployees from the company's West­ ern Division attended the meeting which Is one of several such ses­ sions being held throughout the state. During the past 10 years, Ohio Bell has spent $2,883,000 on expan­ sion and Improvement In the Xenia area, This included erection of a new telephone building and Inauguration of dial telephone service here In April, 1952, With 441 telephone? added last year, the Xenia area which includes the communities of Bellbroak, Bowcrsvlllc, Cedarvlllc, Clifton, Jamestown, Spring Valley and Y el­ low Springs has 11,126 telephone.? In service. The volume of local and long distance calls made here in 1953, averaged 33.810 a day. Ohio Bell has been faced with heavy demands for higher grades of service such as changing from party lines to imlividunl hues. In 1953, the company was able to com­ plete 363 such requests here. Thu YPA is described as follows in sworn testimony: "That is the youth arm of the Progressive Party . . . which is under the direction of the political commission Of the Communist Party/' Now , . , it would be right handy for the Communists if they could take over the Cub and Boy Scout movement , . . wouldn’t it? Of course . . . we’re sure that Oliver Loud was telling the Y. P. A. Monday night that they should quit following the Communist line and follow the Doc right into the Boy Scouts like good little kids? , , , But . . . along with a whole passe! of Communist- front hook-ups . . . Dr. Oliver S. Loud is on record with a profession which conflicts harshly and sharply with the basic principles and tenets of the Scout movement. The Scout Oath reads . * • in part . . . as follows: "On my honor, I will do my best -<1. To do my duty to God and my country, and obey the Scout law," .Section 12 o f the Scout Law reads: " A Scout is re­ verent. He is reverent toward God." Dr. Oliver S. Loud . . . the same Oliver who was mov­ ing into the Scout movement . . . has said . . . and we quote: " I have dropped the subterfuge of agnosticism • and stltutlonslly protected individual and states’ rights. The League of Women Voters hes long believed that the interests o f the United States are best served by a foreign policy based on the principle of international cooperation. 5. We do not feel that it has been clearly shown that an amend­ ment to the Constitution Is needed, President Elsenhower, Secretary of State Dulles, and Attorney Gen­ eral Brownell are all opposed to the passage of such on amendment. A list of the supporters o f the pro­ posals likewise Includes the names of many respected and distinguished government servants. Because o f the sharp disagreement on this very serious subject we urge all citizen* to familiarize themselves with the Implications and possible consequ­ ences of such a change lii our Con­ stitution. Mrs. Rotlln T . Brewer, Jr., Prex League of Women Voters of Yetliw Springs. (?Jltor’s note: Attire It will iret be our general policy |a accept letters exceeding M 0 words In length, we a n printing this letter In fnll be­ came ef the nataie ef the subject and the snbutHung erganlsatlen, This is YOUR responsibility A devastating Utsdc by air could be launched on any «P°t is the Unittd States at any minute. While our Air Force and Army are on 24-hour alert to cope with such an attack their success de­ pends on Jtltctio*. Radar alone cannot provide it— we alto need 300,000 mate civil- ian volunteers in the Ground Ob­ server Corps. Filling this vital link is your ft- lpomiiiility. Do not fail your country,yourfamily, andyourself, join the Ground Observer Corps —now! Contact state ar local Civil De­ fense Director at NORMAN THOMAS Chief Observer Phone 7-7211 or 7*3374 JACK BIRCH H o w a r d ' k a i i o e Phone 7-7420 This necessity is taxed higher than most luxuries Taxes add a lot to your phone b ill. You pay l5Cc- federal excise tax on local scrvicennd on longdis­ tance calls under 251. You pay 25 cb tax on l o n g d i s t a n c e Cal l s costing 25# and over. The Ohio Beil Telephone Company I MOUh f mound ossnvra CORPS U. *. Air Forea, N«Md|tM IS, O, C Ohio Fishing Digest Ready The 1954 Ohio fishing digests, containing regulations for the seas­ on, are now being mailed to license agents throughout the state. The early mailing of the digests, which will put them in the hands of fishermen well before the March 1 deadline for 1954 fishing licenses, was accomplLfied by processing the digests at the Wildlife Division headquarters in Columbus, H ie Ohio Wildlife Council lias announced that the 1954 state game and fish hearings will be held on the same day. The dale hs» been set for July 22, It will mark the first time that tire hearings have been held on the same day. Council spokesmen said that the change was made to eli­ minate excessive travel by sports­ men and farmer representatives to Columbus, The delegates to the 1953 game hearings went on record as favoring the combining of the two meetings. I t is planned to hold the state game hearing in the morning and the fish hearing in the afternoon. p o u o fflu m M m i Join The MARCH OF DIMES Jonuory ? »o 31 £ 11 toI N betterwheatcrops prevnt soilparalysis— Top dresswithBIG inthe proper analysi ! Mr. George T, Minsh&U will soon Join the staff of the EJP, Saylor Re­ alty Co. at 227 Xenia Ave. * -.,.is- ■ ^ sis! 1 N Your BIG M dealer can sup­ ply 10-10-10 or 6-12-12 for top dressing your wheat to cncour age spreading and growth as well as preparation of soil for greater oat acreage and higher quality corn. BIG M, as most Miami Valley farmers know, is manufactured jj > So stand­ ards, never down to p/ico. The Miami Fertiliser Company la an imle. pendent Miami Valley concern urd.r th- nitres operation -a ill owners The Miami Fertilizer Company Oiylsn 10, Cult Offset and Factory! Trebiln, Oft)*