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

PAGE TWO THE AMERICAN Thursday, April l, 1954 YELLOW SPRINGS AMERICAN "Only Paper In Ohio With ‘AmericaV On Its Masthead" THE GREENE COUNTY PUBLISHING CO. P h o n e 7 -7 7 4 0 Yellow Springy Ohio S u b s c r ip tio n R a t e .......................................... $ 2 .5 0 p e r y o a r . R A L P H E . S H U P E .....................................E d ito r & P u b lis h e r T H O M A S J . W E L L S ................... .................C om p o s in g R oom J O H N E I .L I O T T ..........................................................P ^csa R o om W i t h a B u c k e y e I n C o n g r e s s . . . ty CLARENCE J, MOWW m Tib OLi OiitrM Biit'.i Mouse Biul Senate Committee.? on Agriculture have been hold ln« hearings on tho Administration’s protxwal to replace the present 50 per cent-or-parlty farm price support law with a flexible price sup­ port plan, i t Is doubtful any new farm bill will be brought to the floor of either the House or Senate for debate before Mme time in May. In tho meantime, Capitol Hill is being deluged with letters irom dairy farmers protesting the reduction in Federal price support 'or dairy products from 90 per cent of parity to 75 per cent, scheduled to go Into effect April 1st, o o o Representative O’Konskl of Wisconsin recently introduced a bill to give Government-held surplus food to persons receiving public »s- Ixltancc or old-age pensions. Under the measure, wliich seems to be gaining support, each one of these estimated five million Americans on relief or receiving old-age pensions would get $10 monthly Sn certificates with which to buy food the Secretary of Agriculture de­ clares surplus. Such certificates would be deposited by food .nerebants at their local banks which. In turn, would collect from the Treasury, o o o In tlie past year, some 160,173 useless or unnecessary jobs have been abolished In the National Defense Department, with resultant T B S f A M E R l C A N W A Y — *{ O H -I JUST COUUMT OCXAC WITHOUTTHIS/ # 0 * * 7 ONTO' •IASONIN4/ |tnr> IAS m 'r*2 r a V LEGISLATION Ovtr-Seasoning ...DOWNONTHEHIM... Program of the Day | Plant A Tree For Plowing Contest It's tree.planting tone for our j high school*. 4-H Scholarships To Be Awarded ' Right 1054 National 4-H awards programs. In which a total of 02 coiiaga scholarships valued, a t ( 11,600 will bo waardeg to the highest rat­ ing winners, hove been accepted by tho State Extension Service. The programa, number of $500.00 national scholarship*, and award donors are: Achievement, 13) Ford Motor Co.: Canning, 6, Kerr Glass; Farm and Home Electric, 6, West- Inghouae Educational Foundation; Food Preparation, I. Kelvtnator; Girl’s Record, *, Montgomery Ward; Health, I, Kellogg Co., of Battle Creek, Mich.; Home Improvement, a, Sears-Roebuck Foundation, and \ Safety, I, General Motors. { County awards in the program. 1 have been Increased to four gold • filled medals of honor, with the ! exception of Food Preparation and J Oirle' Record, which offer one each | State awards remain the same ai In 1*53. Bach boy and girl state winner in the 4-H Achievement program will receive a set of two ( miniature statues, and state wln- I ners in the other seven programs i wilt be awarded an all-expense trip : to the annual Club Congress In i Chicago. The number of sectional j tripe to the Chicago Congress offer- | ed in the Achievement activity have been increased from 16 to 24. Each state winner in the above programs will be awarded a certifi­ cate of honor, as well as four 4-H Clube ir. each county In the Safety program. These national 4-H pregrams are all directed by the Cooperative Ex­ tension Service. now 9:30 a. m.—Machinery display i Arbor Day In Ohio will be Friday, and demonstrations to continue April 30, by both tradition and the j S h e C p i P C I l I I I C o i f f l t y savings to the taxpayers of an estimated $800 million annually, practic- J throughout the day( provided by the official proclamation of the Oov- v j ■ » i« ally all of these positions were held by civilians, and were of an id - • implement dealers of Greene Coun- trnor' who then inaugurate the{ IC c C C lV c K C v O jfH lU O H inlnlstrnMve .lature. ^ J ty. o o o | 10:30 until noon—Rodeo—A con- Colfec prices have continued to skyrocket during the past few week.?, and it is now being predicted the cost of first-grade coffee inay j icliooU. go oh high as $1 HO per pound, ,A delegation of American club women, ’ charge^ recently returned from an InspecUon trip to Brazll( report heavy frosts 12:00—Lunch served by the Olady and freezes In th a t country last July (a winter month in the South- j community club, ern Hemisphere) killed many coffee trees. , 13:30-1:30 — Demonstrations on o o o I equipment management and ad- Scverai weeks ago, Director General Evans of the United Nations j juslinent. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization—better known vs j 1:30.2:30—Level land oounty-wlde UNESCO—which, of course, is, a part of the United 'Nations, discharged plowing contest. Plots will be Isld an American employee by the name of David Le:r because he refused • out by F. F. A. members under the to cooperate with—and actually hampered—a New York Federal G ran d ! supervision of F. D. WIcfeUm. Of* Jury’s Investigation of subversive activities, dust last Sveek UNESCO *ftctal entry blanks to fee obtained 1964 state-wide conservation prog-1 ram th a t began with “Plant a tree! Two Greene County sheepmen test foe P. F. A, members frem var- W ” Tor the state’s mequicenten-1 were recognlmd e t Farm and Home Paul McClellan In! "IsA. W*«* tor outsUndi,1« work ln th* j Once again, the Ohio Forestry, Commercial E#« ProducUon Prog- AseocUtlon. In oo-oparatlon with the j ram of the Ohio Sheep Improve* Ohio Reclamation Association a n d ; ment Association, school authorities all over Ohio, will ’ A. J. Barley was given a citation furnish free to every Ohio Junior j for placing third in the state contest and high school a selected II to 34 - and J. % Lane received fifth honors, inch seedling tree, either red or Both nodes are in Xenia Town- white pine, for planting in the Ar­ bor p a y exercises of every school requesting one; I t is hoped thetsqpr local esbeoia Hill all write a t once to O h li from County Agent’s office, Post Office Bldg. Xenia, O. This is open, to only the first fifteen farm Forestry Associationt Southern Hotel, Columbus It, Ohio, asking J Mtt overruled the decision of its director and ordered Lett reinstated, with full pay for the time lie was off -duly—a most interesting and informa­ tive development. — ~ — -------------- —----- ------- M o o o ers who sign official entry Wanks. A recent hearing in the Ways and Means Committee developed! Th* Boll Conservation Service 7 ® * Dljr’ A JHMU1 paid, flTWC testimony that more Social Security benefits went to persons living abroad, during 1952, than reached those ln twelve of our own states, A total of 24,157 Social Security beneficiaries residing ln foreign i-oun- ship, Mr. Barley’s record was mads on a flock of 74 wesism a rm bred awes which avemgdd 1JM iamb*, and 10.6 pounds of wool par ewv. The value of lamba and wool sold per brood •we averaged 133.13 per brood ew* tries—less than 8,000 of whom are Americans citizens—are how re­ viving about $13 million a-ycar In benefits. These Social security ;>ay- ments should not be confused with foreign jid, o o o According to the recent report of a study sponsored by the flew York University Bellevue Medical Center, 56.6 per cent of, or one out of each two, American children In the Eastern part of the United States fall to meet minimum standards of health and muscular fitness. Only eight per cent, or one In twelve, European children examined failed to meet the same standards, American medical experts are ask­ ing why the great difference ln the physical condition of American and European children. o o o The Weather Bureau Is expanding its form weather, forecasts, starting on April 1st, More information on winds( drying conditions and other pertinent data needed during the growing season will be provided in the expanded forecasts. Weather reports will also be made available to radio stations a t an earlier hour than in the past, lbs secured the following judges for ***• niu®* the school and toe this event; A. P. Roush, Route 1. ° ' th* New Vienna, Ohio, veteran Judge, ■cho®* to all th a t to needed. Frank Hollars, Washington C. H„ O... T!“ “ ** The annual PLANT A TRBB ON preaident of .the Ohio Federation of Soil Conservation Districts, Ben Beard, Box 97, Bowersvllle, O. Production Credit Association. 3:30 p. m.—R at race. Ivan Tide? In charge. Trophies to be given te winner of each of following class. Pull Type plpw—3-bottom; 3-bot­ tom; 3-4 bottom. Lift type—3-bot­ tom; 3-bottom. There will be two loud speakers tot toe event, All persons will be asked to ragister and prises will be given a t various drawings through­ out toe day. During toe day nine trophies will be awarded by the following donors Weather Bureau announced. Forecasts will be put on the air between J Prim—Issvei land plowing con- 6:00 a. m. and 8:00 a. m. In the future. Barly morning weather bulletins will forecast weather conditions for three days ahead throughout this year’s crop growing season. LETTERS a W edi T o TO THE EDITOR; March 37,1934 Dear Sir: ft certainly cornea as a blow to the conservative Democrats and conservative Republicans lr, our nation’s capital to learn th a t the rlght-wingf conservatively slanted Washington Times-Herald has now changed hands, having been bought out by Mr. Eugene Meyer, owner of the Washington. Post, The sum is rumored to have been around 18,000.000. This is a fantas- Your Election Laws (ONE OP A SCRUM) Continuing a discussion of the ballots which wiil be presented to the voters a t the polls on Primary Election Day, May 4, it might be of Interest to many to learn that the voter will heve ah opportunity to “write In’’ the name of a candidate for all offices except that of Stale Central Committee and County Central Committee. Since State and County' Central test—ClUsens National Bank; 2nd pries—Level land plowing contest— 6a Ha Do Restaurant; 1st prise— K P, A. rodeo champ—Xenia Na­ tional Bank; 3nd prise—F. P. A, rbdeo champ—Xenia Ac Jamestown Farmers Ruhanga, 1st Prise, R at Raee, 1-2 Bottom! Plow, Pull Type, Oeneral Mills, 1st Prtoei R at Raca, 3-3 Bottom Plow; Puli Type, Oreena County Implement. 1st Prise. R at Race. 3-3-4 Bottom Plow, Pull Type, Greene county Implement let Prlee, Re i Raca, 3 Bottom Mounted, am end County Implement Dealers. 1st Prlee, R at Race. 3 Bottom Meunled, Qreene County implement Dealers. Regtofemtta prises to be given fey Standard OU Company, j . Bari ARBOR DAY IN THR SCHOOLS program wee started In Ohio right after the war by toe Ohio Reclama­ tion Association, which shipped the Treellngs to schools in the south­ ern end south-eastern parts of the state from its Field Offices a t Cadiz. When the Idea proved so popular. It was made state-wide under toe Joint sponsorship of the Ohio For­ estry Association, which has mem­ bers *11 overOhlo. Th* trees to be provided free to schools req&eeUng them are select­ ed a t the stoe and of toe variety of pine best suited to ipow and thrive, and ere from Ohio nurseries, ac­ cording to William >Lsybourne, ex. ecutlve director of toe Ohio Forestry Association. Larger' trees ere toe uncertain of thriving to maturity, ha said, # The planting of a symbolical ■ingle tree by the high school class­ es In April to a stimulus to the larger (denting* fey many Qfblo schools of school forests. Committee members are RLBCTED a t the Primary, in oontnat to aU McClellan, Chenowetti Motor Corn- others which are NOMINATIONS, ■pany and. Donley OU Cempany. Sheriff’s Posse To Hold Auction The Oreene'v Oeunty Sheriff* Posse will hold an, auction a t the Husky Hustlers Plan Scrap Drive Plans were discussed at last Frl. day’s Husky Hustlers 4-H club meet­ ing for a scrap drive scheduled for April 10, Proceeds from this drive are to br used to pay for a trip to Washing­ ton, D, C, by members of the club. About 15 members hope to go on this educational tour of their na­ tion’s capital. All contributions will be greatly appreciated, Beekeepers Schedule Meeting Beekeepers of Oreena County will hold their Annual spring meeting Monday, April 6 a t I pm , a t the Court House Assembly Room in Xenia. Rpring management of bees will be the theme of to e meeting with two suthorities in beekeeping as guest ipeakere. * Chartoe A. Reeee, Extension Ap­ iarist of Ohio State Univanity will discuss managefnrflt problemX. 8. E. Bailey, specialist ln charge of Apt- culturs at the Ohio Department of Agriculture, will speak on Inepec- tion work and their program of promoting beekeeping. Door prises will be awarded by Greene County Fair Oreunds qnj dealers of be* supplies and equip- Saturday, April 34, 1*64. meat and by commercial beekeep- Win MAeive Rems on er& Antioch College has broken ita silence . . , with a hurtin’ tune." Paul Bixler . . . an Antioch staff member since 1935 . . . has fired a blast which is printed in full on the front page of this edition. It seems to us that he saya, in effect: "Sure , . ..Antioch has been guilty all along of everything you say, But nobody has bothered us before so why don't you leave us alone?" . . . We leave it to our readers to decide whether or not Mr. Bixler haa pleaded "Guilty" to the charges we've made thus far about the Antioch situation, — O — Lot it be recorded that Mr. Bixler has been known to oppose allowing Communists to teach in our colleges. We've been informed that he ha s . . . from time to time . . . voiced opposition to the left-wlngism at Antioch, However . . , he has stayed on tho Antioch payroll. If he'll give us the record of his opposition . . . in summaiy form . . . we’ll be glad to print it We want to give credit where credit is due . . . and . . . we don’t believe it'll require much space. — O - As a matter of fact . . . we're preparing a series of articles on Antioch College. The first one will be entitled : "Antioch* College-Threat to National Security." And . . . we're grateful to Mr. Bixler for the supporting evidence he has given us in his letter. Sometimes , . . you get help from the most unexpected sources, — O — As for Mr. Bixler’s charge that we're ignorant , . . mebbe so . . , but we’re not ignorant enough to write a letter to any editor attempting to defend and explain awaj the obnoxious and indefensible socialist-Marxiat colony a t Antioch College . . . Nope . . . Mr. Bixler,. . . we’re not that ignorant. — O— Mr. Bixler wants to talk about Oliver Loud . . . but not at length. He says of Loud: "I can assure you that his position is regularly under attack a t Antioch.".,. . Well . . . you boys stand back and let the men handle the problem from here on in. — O — The Bixler reference to the Ohio Un-American Acti­ vities Commission merely brings to mind the two big fail­ ures of that Commission: (1) Failure to investigate Cleve­ land Communism thoroughly and (2) failure to clean up the mess at Antioch. As for President McGregor . . . tell us . . . Mr. Bixler . . . why McGregor is leaving . , , and don't give with more double talk. — O — The Bixler effort to arouse sympathy for a man with at least 36 Communist-front affiliations raises many Ques­ tions. And , . . will Mr. Bixler deny that Linus Pauling was to have been considered for the presidency of Antioch until this paper exposed Pauling for what he is? Speaking of vigilanteism in this connection . , . the only vigilanteism we've ever advocated Is that of trial by jury or legal ex­ posure . . . the kind of “vigilanteism" that ran Alger Hiss out of our State Department and his soft Carnegie Foun­ dation job Into a Federal pen on a charge of perjury , , . the kind of "vigilanteism" that sent the Rosenberg atom spies to the electric chair, — a — Yes . . . thanks a lot . . . Mr. Bixler. Your letter will be very helpful to us, You’ve been a member of the Antioch crew since 1935 and . . . therefore , . . may be able to fill in any names we may have missed among the "few Communists at Antioch” whose presence you con­ fess. We want to havo them all testify . . . under oath . . . and your cooperation in rounding them up will be most welcome. O — - You say , . , Mr. Bixler . . . "from reading your pages I get an entirely inadequate sense of Communism," Perhaps YOU would. After all . , , you admit that Com­ munists and Communism have been a part of the Antioch scene and . . . as an Antioch staff member since 1935 . . . it could well be that you’ve had a better opportunity than this editor to "get an entirely adequate sense of Communism.” However . . , you casually dismiss the ad­ mitted Communist infiltration at Antioch with your "there were a few Communists , . . . *How many is "a few" in Antioch jargon? — O — Your letter stamps you as a rather literate man , , » Mr, Bixler, You mus t , , » then „ , , surely know that the deadly and incalculable damage to our national security has not resulted from a mass Communist movement. Oh . . . no! . . , Mr. Bixler, It is because of a "few Com­ munists" , , , Communist stooges and fellow-travelers , . , that our Communist enemies now have the secrets of our atom and hydrogen bombs. It is because of a "few Com­ munists" that those bomba now hang like a cloud of doom over every man . . . woman , , . and child In these United States, — O — We'll have more . . . much more . , , to say about Brother Bixler’s letter. Perhaps he la Actually trying in a rather devious sort of way to give us a helping hand. In any event , . , we want to thank him again for a letter which will prove most helpful to us In the stormy day^ ahead. In closing for now . * , We make Mr, Bixler a sporting proposition. This is it: For every faculty member , . . and employee , . , j at Antioch College who will take an oath . . . enforce- consignment or wprfcM Conation,J Report* will be siren on k>c*l in-! *ble at law , , , that he is not now and never has been Ooneigned merohali^toe wm fee eoM-spection work end the educational!* member of the Communist Party or any officially- for «t toe mie prlee. Pro- j program of the eountr beekeepers, named subversive or Communist-front organization and eeeds to toe uesd fsr equipment inj officers will be elected for 1 * 54 .; who’ll publicly denounce the C 0 mmuni. 1 t Party without for 0,1 tic sum to .have paid for a paper: there can bo no “write in” and, to : c a n to t end all day event u th a t Colonel McCormick paid but the imUknct of no c n d k ta tH fil-1 b*#n« * * « « < » ** implement; ?".** ‘" i d " W “ » Port, lb . n o . - om litM 1— ■ ' --------- ------- -------------- - that hod been declining rapidly since that purchase for on* reason from the be!lot' or another. Who out-bid a member} *n or<*er *or * "write-in" ceiidl- of McCormick’s family who offered iwmtatlon !«,000,49ft for it, by bidding M^OO,ooo; ** the *Timary election, jo e must This leaves one morning psper , ” **1™ *«es equel to 15% of to* (the Washington Pas*), and two ’ total number of electors who voted evening papers left in our capital,) ^ PwrtYe ticket e t th a t primary end all three of them ore anything *»«:tton, ^ cnndbkte whom but- right-wing conservative in their n*m** ar* printed on the ballot for slant. Whet’s the matter, een’t to st office ere deceased, or. (3) if Washington stand “both sides" be- there U no candidate’, name printed in* voicedf I t looks like somebody on the ballot, if toe hemes of m e planned it th a t way. « more candidate* ere printed on Sincerely youre, cwndidetes ere DONALD ALLEN WAITE Wring, toe write-in candidate need Cedervllie, Ohio. }only receive to* most votes. Youth Program ehd the ' Anyone' having msrohendiss to dealers of Oreene County In coop- j Ir*. to tery-treasurer. oration with the Boil Conservation | 10 **"rtf* OMrence A. Service and Extension Service. Ar- f*00*1 ®ourt **®1"*> rangmente are being made by t h e * ^ 1 ! faitowinw rrsnmiitrr- V , to sell. Also Mato when end where a T c S I t o L i, Xenle, O , ^ ” « « * * < * * - ’ 1chendiee, We M*Mt any eeieabie Present officers are P . H. Boat, j * n y reservation whatsoever we’ll jiriiit and donate It’s president; H. l . Whittington, vice- ! certificates - on .which such oath may be executed. ’president; and o, K. Btmisoh, secre-; your move . , . Mr. Bixler, Is they is or is they ain't. GRANDMA SAYS; "A few fellow-travelers or a few Communists running loose anywhere is a few too many,'’ 1items. Livestock end machinery C. hL- Motif, Route 3, Xenia, Ctt-eHalneen. . , . . . . . . , ... ___ Ml o w m - i ” 2 ".’g&K “*■!*■ .‘r : MI MUM. t . o. m m . »oc. . ttenai AgrieuRUre, R. A, Drake, Rx- 1"T ewner m m tenston Rcrrtee, Islan d flbnito, M a -! ur** *oon ehiuery, fvad fhrmer. _______ ^ ..................... ^ to dtoets. ^ W ml*. The Mowselnei etend Sava Sail— tU m fr f w i| » ' 1 -j ae poBetete 'OffetoB 1 to eaH 4% j inritatteB. Poem f i l l . hirii % -•••#> *'i * ^ F IE PA IK I M R NOM f MUUM T M M H C I ! . Thirty«Three Local Voters Register Oreene County has 24,185 regis­ tered voters eocordln* to unoffi­ cial figures released by the Board of day night, March 34, said James F, Cox, deputy clerk to the Election Board in charge of registration. This figure Includes 33 f n « f Yellow Springs. T At the last election there were 34,400 registered voters, Since then, Elections following the ckise of th e . the regiatretion list* heve been re- regUtratlon period for the May 4 1vised end names of persons who Primary slecUon. j have died, moved from the county or Only 335 persons signed up m new have felled to vote in the last two voters during the current ragistra-1 years ware withdrawn from the tion .period which ended Wednes- ' records. «£*! . -,y.