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FOUR BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13,1959 BECKIEY POST-HERAID A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER FOE Second-class mail' privileges authorized at post offices at Becktey. W. and Hinton, W. va.

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Rather'it's a matter of a judge requiring her to tell where she got The cause of it all is a suit by Judy Garland against the 'Columbia Broadcasting System for a great sum of money. The singer feels she was libeled by remarks that a GBS man is- supposed to have made and which Marie Torre.quoted. In the course of events when it became obvious the news woman would go to jail rather than go-back on her word, Judy Garland made some remarks that were a bit flippant and showed she had little concern except for the money she hopes to gain from CBS. In effect, she condemned herself in the public eye a good bit more than the remarks allegedly made by a CBS official. The New York news woman and her attorneys exhausted all legal avenues In her defense a i contempt of court, carrying case to the Supreme Court.

And the judge who imposed the sentence upon her revealed same misgivings in the course of the case. The Marie Torre case has dramatized the need for legislation in bhls area. Radio and television newsmen require some protec- tionjusit as much as do newspaper reporters and editors. There ore now 12 states which provide such protection. It is ironical, to say the least, that Miss Torre is serving her sentence in a prison in New Jersey, one of tho 12 states.

There arc plans to introduce legislation in New York State and some other states to guarantee the inviolability of news sources. Marie Torre is a living example of why it is needed. Our laws protect our congressman from libel in regard to their statements on the floor of both houses of Congress so that they may debate the right and wrong of things without being subject to limitation in this Since the nation's newsmen on all levels have the responsibility of making news of all activities available to the people, they deserve protection enough to do the job. They hove never sought protection from libel accusations because the truth is generally a good defense against libel charges. But getting at the truth docs often require protection of the source.

This newsmen should be allowed to do without facing jail sentences. All '19 states should act to assure them this guarantee. Otherwise, the public's right to know is endangered. Color Scheme To Be Truthful Green grows the ripened orango of Florida and Texas, and green it must stay, according to the Supreme Court, whether it looks liko an orango or not. For some years, it seems, growers in the two states have been using additives, allegedly a in the amounts used, to make oranges look more like oranges.

Congress got into the controversy two ycar.s ago by exempting growers from any ban until March 1 of this year. Now the Supreme Court has upset the whole orange cart by ordering growers to marketing oranges in their a a color come March 1. Citrus interests had been pressing Congress to extend the exemption. Their complaint is that it is i i to wangle a shopper into buying orange a say, looks like an overgrown lime. Inching Along Next July 1 the inch will no longer be the same old inch.

In the i States it will be two parts per million in Britain it will be almost two millionths longer. The laboratories of the two nations have agreed to equalize their inches in this way. Likewise they are equalizing yards and pounds but not gallons. Next question: Is it a cinch the new inch won't pinch (in a 15-inch shirt collar, a is)? Regardless of the answer, it. is a safe prediction that a year from now there will be.

certain persons looking back and grumbling that things are sure in a moss since the inch that "we ought to return to the inch when a man knew how much he giving when he wouldn't give an inch. Top 9 The Morning National Guard Big Asset To City By Emile J. ttodel Sunday afternoon's big National Guard' meeting here was an enjoyable and highly interesting affa-ir. We'wll first of all confess that we had a -badly mistaken notion about it. It was our thought that -we would have the Guardsmen and "hear a brief presentation on the changes being effected around the state and be it.

1 actuality, Brig. Gen, "Bill" Blake is too good a public relations and promotion man for the session to be that simple or "cut and dried" particularly after the political" mud-slinging approach was used at Fairmont in an attempt to hold on to more: than "two Guard units there. We've known Patrick Beacom of Fairmont for some and he's a fast-talking, shjfrp promoter of his political ambitions. He apparently seized what he thought was an opportunity to be the "hero" for Fairmont, figuring that accusations of political reprisal might force the West Virginia National Guard to give Fairmont a better break than anyone else his claims. What he did not stop to realize was that most of the Guard units in ihe state would have been denied the communities in they are stationed if there had been any idea of making, reprisals for the November voting results.

After all, there were hardly any cities in the state- particularly in the southern part that did not vote Democratic last year, all the cities which had more than two Guard units were cut back to only two in order that single-unit towns not be without any unit at all. Thus, Charleston and Huntingdon were cut from five each to two each and Fairmont and Parkersb-urg were cut from four each to two each. Of the four, only Parkersburg had a net gain In total personnel and Huntington and Charleston -both lost far more heavily' than Fairmont. Bcckicy was quite fortunate in that, having only two units in the beginning, none wen; lost. And In the necessary shuffling of unjts about the state, we will have about 50 per cent gain in total authorized One of the reasons for this, it turned out, was because Bill Watts, local insurance man and native of Bcckley, is pre-eminently qualified to head the new Special Forces allocated to the state in view of his prior military background.

-General BUikc and his aides and colleagues also did a good job in showing, for the firtit time as far as we were con- corned, how beneficial National Guard re for a community. And if present plnns there can be little doubt that the Guard will prove to be oX even greater advantage to its communities in the future. Beacon must have known this. The Guardsmen have been most un- fortunnto in receiving comparatively poor publicity in few instances in recent years. But in one, afternoon, the "brass" showed beyond any doubt that It was throughly unjusUflod and that any wide- nwnko community can profit materially by working -with wnd behind its Guards- After nil, the National Guard L4 so cons- tlint it is the direct descendant of the Minute Men arid the state militias which hnci major role in obtaining our freedom and independence for us wny back there in 17711.

And they have certainly played a- lending role for America In the past. Uvo wurs about which we know. We pray thai tlioy won't ever have to do it maintaining them strongly as passible is just part of the insurance against it. The? big search nt Egerla some three years ago or more for two children was demonstration of how the Guard provides nid in local enwgencics. Here at Bcckicy wo are fortunate not to have required demonstrations in regard to their activities wlion community is flooded.

When and if they got a now armory iniikUttK hero, there will be many other immediate and direct benefits to the city also. Good Bergman Job Incidentally, before desisting this morning, we. wnnt to toll you that the Ingrid Bergman picture. "The Inn of The Sixth Happiness," is 'really fine film fare. Say wlwl you will, that Kill is truly a actress.

Wo would say that her performance. In "The Inn" nV.ghl very well put her In the running for the "Oscar" again. It's hard to beat the old. established stars. Charles showed in "The Buccaneer" that he is top notch in shift- Ing to character roles from romantic toads, And we hear that Spencer Tracy in "The Last Hurrah" is another fine performance.

Top o' the morning! QURSTION: I nltand a Bible teaching church. Don't think I would be better off to got nil my Bible knowledge from this ministry and not try to do my own study lest 1 Ret some, false ideas? I. W. ANTSWF.K: No amount of Bible, take, the place ot" your own person nl coniaet. i the Uihle, It holpful to gvt thoughts from others, but i ho vita! power of the Christian life comes through your own contact with the Word of is said of the church of Beren in the book of The Acts "These were more noble a those of Thessnlonie for they tho Scriptures if tlveso i were You should tost the truth every toaehor and M'ory preacher Uy your mvn contact with and study of the Hiblo.

Then what you have will be. from God. At the vvnv tune. do not the your psslof. Thank CivH for him and sxiyvport him with ymr prayers.

Yw his help and ho vovsr support in prayers. THREE CHEERS. FOR THE USA! caarTT MADE a Yesterday And Today- Life And Exploits Of Jesse Hughes: Part 2 By SHIRLEY; DONNELLY This week our subject is Jesse Hughes, celebrated Indian fighter and frontier scout, a.distant blood relative of mine as well as that of TravJ6 Parsons, the Crab Orchard pharmacist, and Floyd Sayer, the Beckley attorney. These are all Jackson County names and some of them are Republicans, but not mine. Jesse Hughes and a brobher named Elias Hughes, or "Elite," a name wafi corrupted in frontier speech by his family and friends.

Reference above was made to someone Republican. It sort of runs dn the Wood for folks to follow a brand of politics. Jonathan Hughes, son of Elias "Ellis" Hughes, and a nephew of Jesse Hughes, was one of them. Of Jonathan 'Hughes it was written that he "never drank whisky as beverage, never tasted tobacco once, never smoked a cigar, never voted the Democratic ticket but once, and that was for Andrew Jnckson. Hughes a strong prohibitionist." Jonathan Hughes was born on Jan.

14, in Harrison County not far from Clarksburg, "EI.LIS" HUGHES, father or Jonathan "fit" in the big Shawnee pntUm at (Point Pleasant .1774. Job illuplies, anotlher brother of Jesse Hughes, is buried in Jackson County. In addition to Jesse father being killed 'by Indians, a brother was also This made him hate Indians. Then when Indians captured Jowc's dnushter. Martha, the cup of his wrath ran over.

One of Jesse's sisters married Joseph Ei-bbco who settled near Ravcnswood. Joseph Bibbee had a named William Bibbee who was quite a nimrod. William Bibbee enjoyed the unique distinction of being the hunter who kalled the last buffalo -that was kUled in Jackson County. JESSE HTJGIIES FIGURED prominently in the last extensive attack the Indians marie on the white settlement at Buckhannon in our Upshur County, This -will be of interest to Mrs. Georgia Reger Oram of Lester, because her forbears were in that battle against the savages.

(Mrs. Gram's ancestors who fought the savages, and were slain are buried in Heavener Cemetery at Buckhannon. Some time ago when I was in that cemetery on a mission the gravestones were noted. John Keger Jr. was in the aforesaid battle.

He was a progenitor of the Lester woman. Roger was scouting when he saw a force of Indians on the war path. iHc spotted an Indian who was taking a little rest while the others were hunting. Reger made a captive of the Indian and told him if he did not tell him where the force w-as headed it would simply be too bad tor him. If he the Indian, persisted in giving only his name, rank, and serial numb-or, Roger told him he would kill and scalp him.

Upon demand, t)he Indian divulged that they were headed for Buckhannin to kill white settlers. such number, rushed to the fort. "Ellis" Hughes, veteran of the Point Pleasant battle, was among them. -Something like forty Indians made up tihe attack party. "Ellis" Hughes led the whites.

It was decided "to ambush the Indians before they'reached Fort. A spot was chosen where a cemetery is located as the spot to lie in wait for the Indians. When the issue was joined the struggle was fiercely contested. -REGER OUTDISTANCED the Indians and reached West's Fort near Buckhannon that very night but was so worn down' when he reached there that he could not go further and notify the settlers in the Buckhannon section to make haste and get inside of the stronghold. Then it was that Jesse Hughes, fleet of foot, volunteered to go on from West's Fort to Buckhannon Fort and warn settlers to flee the (Indian wrath to come.

Jesse got" to Buekhanncm" Fort and gave the general alarm. Soon 30 hardy frontiersmen, or some WHEN THE RESULT was in the balance, the Indians were starting a flanking movement and Jesse Hughes spotted the strategy. While-trying to line up his braves dor the surprise the Indian chief leader temporarily exposed himeelf, That was his take because Jesse Hughes saw him and lowered bhe boom on him. Jesse leveled his rifle on the exposed warrior chief and drew a bead. At the crack of the Hughes rifle the big Indian crumpled to the eartfh dead.

iNo man of the 30 or so frontiersmen in that fight gave a better account of himtself than did Jesse (Hughes. Another man who distinguished himself in that vicious combat was John Reger, brother oi Jacob Reger and an early kinsman of the Lester woman. He was receiving fire from a certain vantage point with uncomfortable regularity. Taking a reading on the situation, John Reger soon got the angle from which the rifle balls were whistling in his direction. Then his keen eye located tine Indian who was using him as a target Reger's aim was unerring and the big Indian became a Reger When the other Indians "saw their leader fall they rushed to him but the fire of the frontiersmen drove them back.

Thus the Indian attack on Buckhannon Fort failed largely through the personal effort of Jesse Hughes and the equally brave John Roger. Tomorrow, more exploits of Jesse Hughes. Drew Pearson- -WASHINGTON Here arc more details on now the political cronies of ex-Gov. Gordon Persons set up their tax deal by which they received thousands of dollars from liquor companies, yet paid no taxes on it. As previously (reported, Treasury Department offi- ially m- mended criminal prosecution of the Alabamans, but someone in Washington higher up than Treasury coun- manded the prosecution.

Tax officials in the Justice have been maintaining red-faced silence. Governor Persons insisted to I his column that he had not appealed to his hrother. Gen. Wilton Persons, now replacing Sherman in the White House, for aid. Ex-Governor Persons did admit that he had received some of this conceded money--though as litical eontributions.

Thh. on its face, is siranse, since Alabama Uuv Uvs not a governor to ceo1 thorrforv Persons had no need for eon- tribiitions after he rlecfed and after he appointed henchmen to the board. tax prosecution obviously h.ave been highly ernbar- to and. indirectly, ir.ithrr in the White House. It's estimated t.hM during the rM-sorss 11950-541 (VO in cash and $500.000.000 -free si'Quw was colie'Cted froin the cOiVttXsnies' by ttse The.

of this otv pr.u.'iwn came in fw inten- wa. thsi bv ABC Grafters Tried To Dodge Taxes Any i to and Ernorv Solomon, a leader of the Persons forces in tlie Alabama Legislature. NETWORK OF FRONT MEN -Others involved in the deal, some of thern possibly innocent victims. were: 1---S. E.

Gcllorstedt. 'whose wife is remotely related to ex-Mayor Thrower, He wns approached Thrower with an offer to make some money. Under the deal which was then set tip, Gellcrstedt wws put on the payroll of Berkc Brotlierj: Distilleries and Taylor Wines. He mailed most of his sal- wry checks to Thrower's Post Office. Box 236 in Dothan.

The money was then deposited in Gellerstedfs name without his knowledge at fee Headland National Bank. In 1052 alone Gellorstcdt collected $19.977.5 from the two liquor companies. He then proceeded to kick back $12.173.75 to Thrower. However, Gcilerstcdt eventually decided that he wasn't receiving a -fair share and broke up the deal Ho ca-hed one of the larger checks and held out most, of it. 2-- Dan Sail is, a tenant farmer on land, wai aljv hired liquor agent anvi kicked back most of his salary to Thrower, this money was also deposited in the Hoadland in Saliis-'s name but without his knowledge, 3-- Howry WUljams.

a football coach who lived next door to rower's Panama City, also becaane an Alabftma agent tven though he spent no time in Alabama. He was then coaching football at Pa- nnrna Bay High School Later he moved to West Ps'rri he The eheclts to by the- were to fhe wir.iloxr. at he invested it all in real estate. 4-- -Thomas B. Hand, once associated with Emory Solomon in a veneer business, was by the liquor companies and kicked back over $12,000 of his salary to Solomon.

However, Solomon insists the money was part payment of a $35.000 debt. 5-- W. F. Hatchor, a political crony of Solomon's, also turned up' -on the payroll of Taylor Wines and of "Mr. Boston," a well-known liquor brand.

All Solomon would acknowledge receiving from Hatcher was $500. He claimed this was a political contribution. LIQUOR AGENT S--F. H. Grace, a employee in Solomon's, fertilizer plant, also hked as a liquor agent-- he neither reads nor writes.

Gib Solomon, a brother of the Alabama legislator, opened a bank account for Grace at the Headland IBank of which he is part owner. Grace denies any part of his liquor sabry was kicked hack, but obviously it's a bit unusual for two prominent liquor companies located in the north to hire, as a liquor agent, an employee in a fertilizer plant who cannot rfead or write. 7-- Julian Brannan. who is Solomon's fourth cousin, also was given a job with the liquor corn- panics. Wlval work he did remains a mystery, but he collected a salary while continuing to work in Solomon's service station and auto agency.

Brannan claims he pocketed the whole amount himself. was the intricate setup arranged by the political cohorts of Gov. Gordon Persons by which money received from lities! perhaps lr, Mabarr-s. Jimmy as of Ray Tucker- pur- Martin Defeat Said To Advantage Of Nixon WASHINGTON tn its broad, background implications, the spectacular victory of House Republican rebels in the leadership revolution has an adverse effect on the political fortunes of President Eisenhower and Gov. Nelson A.

Rockefeller. Although the situation is stall confused, it may work to the advantage of Vice-president Nixon. Unlike the revolt Republican liberals in the Senate, the a i Martin movement engineered by a hard core of House conservatives. It was inspired by Eep. John Ray of New'York, former vice president and general counsel of the American Telephone Telegraph Company; His group has become disenchanted with Eisenhower's "Modern Republicanism." which they likened to Roosevelt's New Deal, and with Representative Martin's co operation with speaker Rayburn in exacting the major portion of the White House legislative program.

Recognizing that he never Bad enough Republican votes to put over the administration's proposal the deposed House minority leader worked closely with the amiable Texan. In return for sufficient Democratic votes to ratify Eisenhower measures, Martin h-ad to accept Democratic amendments regarded as too liberal to satisfy the conservative dissenters. With their denunciations of northern Democrats as ''socialists and spenders" in the closing days of the 1558 campaign, Eisenhower and Nixon appeared to have swung to their side. But it was tben too late for a few desperate sturnp soeeches to stop the anti-Martin movement. However, they give Nixon for effort anc his influence on White House ghost writers.

The Ray dissenters had another iand more specific grievance against Representative Martin and Rep. Richard M. Simpson of Pennsylvania, chairman "of the Republican Congressional Committee. To offset Martin's lack of aggressiveness and Ms close association with Rayburn, they or-, ganized their own research and. publicity bureau with $25,000 advanced by Simpson several years ago.

Partly because of a want of. funds and also because of a want- of sympathy, Simpson and Martin" forced the Ray fundamentalists to' disband this bureau on the eve of last year's disastrous -congression-, -campaign. A I I In SPENDING The principles which they expounded, and on which they differed from both the "White House and Martin-Rayburn philosophy, were (1) federal spending, (2) inflation, (3) national defense appropriations, and (4) a on expansion of the welfare-state." They dislike the term "conservatives" as applied to them. They: prefer to 'call themselves "conservationists" in the fields of taxes, spending, and national security. They smaller expenditures for social and economic projects, a cutback in aid far larger appropriations for national defense, especially in the scientific area, than Eisenhower has asked.

TOO LATE TO HALT MOVE WITHSTOOD LANDSLIDES -Strengthening the rebels in the' 1959 House organization is the fact that every one of their members was re-elected last November, despite Democratic landslides all around them. Another indication of their new power among House Republicans, is the fact that one of their scrappiest and lost dedicated conservatives Rep. John W. Byrnes of, Wisconsin was elected chairman of the House Policy 'Committee, replacing Martin. Last year he refused to introduce the White House" resolution for extension of the Reciprocal Trade Program.

As a matter of fact, their preference for House minority leader was Rep. Gerald R. Ford Jr. of Michigan, and he could have 'been elected over Balle-ck, who is not personally popular. But Ford refused to be a candidate, preferring to remain as ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee handling, national defense money.

Thus, ironically and perhaps premonitorily, while Senator Republicans shift to liberal posi-'- tion on key issues and procedure, House GOP-ers, by 90-60 and 74-, 70 votes in the fight, moved even further to the right. Thurman Sensing-Loss Of Unlimited Debate In Senate Seen Disgrace Over tihe years, the principal bulwark, of good "government in the United States has been the U. S. Senate. the chief bulwark within the Senate against, unwise action has been the unlimited debate rule, which is Rule 22.

This ancient rule, which enabled senators to speak freely without a legislative gag being applied, has been the heart of the Senate's greatness. Today the unlimited debate rule is threatened, A clique of Senate "liberals," headed by Sen. Paul Douglas (D-HI), one of the notorious spenders in the upper house of Congress, is attacking Rule 22 as Congress convenes. Every American who wants to check radicalism and the spending mania in Congress has a stake in preserving Senate Rule 22. There is a lot of loose talk that the recently strengthened raddcal bloc in the Senate can strike out the unlimited debate rule.

Fearful individuals are saying, "We must accept a compromise." Sen. Lyndon Johnson fO-Tex), the majority leader who has an eye on the White House in 1980. is reportedly gaining sup- Merry "Why shake hands with gorilla, anyway? He can't bama. therefore had great power over the liquor companies. When federal tax investigators began digging into "this complicated array of from men.

both Thrower and Solomon hastily file aiwnded tax returns and paid taxes on the income received from the frrvnt men. However, this no substitution for criminal pros- edition. L' every taxpayer in the USA would fudge en his wait 'til he was caught, srtd then pay tip back taxes, there be' iw tax at aH, The rreii caught in this tax have not been prose- motiey WAS kicked taat of being iport among southern senators for his compromise proposal, that two-thirds of the senators present able to" end debate. IT IS FANTASTIC conservative, southern accept such a compromise in advance of the Senate battle on the unlimited debate rule. There is no question as to how southern voters feel about this ancient privilege of extended The southern states have a considerable number of conservative senators.

If such a bloc, working in unison like-minded senators from other parts of the country, were unit-" "ed in opposition to this radical move to limit free speech in 'the Senate, it could strike it down. There is. no reason why these southern senators should not be united. Nor is there any reason why the voters in the southern states should allow their, rights to be forfeited without a fight. Of course, the Senate majority leader can bring strong pressure to bear on senators who do not go along wife his policies.

The old carrot and stick technique often works in Congress. By promising good committee assignments or -by threatening to change a 'senator's committee assignments, a majority leader can often force an individual senator to fall into line. But if the southern senators were firmly united, they could ntfrbe ill-used. THERE IS TALK in the South tna. some senators plan to remain qiue, on the issue of unlimited de- and accept a compromise.

Conservatives should realize that there is no merit in compromising. Tne Soutn never gains from a compromise, for region is called upon to do all the sacrificing Furthermore, a vital issue is at s.ake in the unlimited debate rule It 35 much bigger than any fight against ''civil rights" legislation. Unlimited debate means that fixates, through their representa- aves, can speak their case and no. be silenced by any rutftless ma- joruy. Unlimited debate protects 3,1 groups and interests in the Unit-- States, not merely the South Tnere should be plenty of mid-' dle-of-the-roaders in the Senate who can be made to understand xhatr.striking out the-unlimited de- oa.e now, while politically popular as a slap at the South, also threat- every other group in the nation in the long run.

IT WILL BE A DISGRACE if any of the Sotith's senators practice appeasement on this issue. The Senate is a great coworvative device government. The unlimited debate rule guarantees an ewment of conservatism within the Senate. It is time for thoughtfiii people ict their sensors know how op- issue. Ending of unlimited de- pas ec tr.ey are to any surrender on bate ease xay for the ravv.cals who want to spend this na- or, ir.to a slate of socialism by an au-powerfu3 bor.