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i- f-t-, -M 7 -A SnUXCFIElD LEADER PRESS PEACE OFFERING IV-; BvBob Palme David XawrencC Travesty on Government WASHINGTON What a strange th supposed test of "liberalism' the White House. It is very travesty government a tt might be thought that the re fi. Catered at Port Office. Springfield. Missouri, as Second well for the wishful.

thinkers and those who wish to foster propaganda for their owa party to claim that the country ia the 195C election gave the Democratic party as such a "vote of confidence' la the nation al elections by permitting It to win aa extra seat ia the Senate or a few seats more ia the House than the Republicans got. But, by the same token, the people gave a striking "vote of confidence" to the national and international leadership of President Eisenhower. Who then really does represent the national interest now? The spectacle of the House and Senate committees ia Washington trying these days to cut the budget by the "meat axe" method is a sorry example of divided and Irresponsible government They pick out items in a sort of vindictive spirit to see who can put the other party in a hole. Thus, as in the row over the postal service, the nation is bound to suffer. It's about time some "modern" Republicans or "modern" IVmo-crats came np with a proposal to modernize our constitutional system so as to make the legislative and the executive branches together responsible more directly to the people la some modification of the parliamentary system.

Obsolete forms of government are risky in an atomic age. The power of decision cannot be widely distributed in resolving either national or international questions today. (Copyright. 1957) formers who, from time to time have brought forth proposals to "reorganise" Congress would be pointing with righteous indignation at aw antiquated system of government which allows the expenditure of about $71 billions a year to be made the subject of political whim and selfish caprice. In Canada, la Britain, ia Australia, in New Zealand, in South Africa, in every modern government where the parliamentary system is in 'vogue there couldn't be a dispute ever just one or two (terns in the budget.

If a serious controversy arose it would mean that the size and nature of the entire budget waa being challeus-, ed and it would be up to the party in power to get a "vote of confidence" ia the legislative body or carry the issue to the country in a general election. This Is what is known ia the parlance of the political scientists as a "responsible This Is because at all times the people caa bold to strict accountability the party in power and fix the responsibility for what is being by both the national legislature and the executive' at the same time. a When separate elections are held In this country, as, for example, for seats in Congress and for the presidency, it is possible because of the varied nature of a local and sectional interests for one party to win the Congress and another 1 es -waaag i s-kT' i N. L-- 7 CONGRESS "modem" government that the world is witnessing today as the news dispatches tell the people about the quarrel between the executive and legislative branches of the United States government oa the subject of postal service. A whole nation, accustomed to prompt delivery of mail, its business institutions dependent oa the speedy transport of its communications every day.

is threatened with a collapse of the postal system in the next three months and moftly because the Democratic Party control Congress and the Republicans control the White House ant: cabinet. Abroad even Just across the border in Canada the budget is a matter of party responsibility. Under their system they couldn't possibly have one party in control of the making of the budget and another party in control of the votes of the legislators who unloose the purse strings. But in these days when much is being said about "modern' Republicans and "modern" Democrats the only things that are modern are the size and classification of the particular items in the budget. The desire to spend for the "public welfare" and to lake in taxes what Peter earns and give it to Paul is in principle as old as Roman circuses and other devices by which the demagogues have stayed in power since time immemorial.

Under a system where politics reigns supreme and "spending" is Hal Boyle NEW YORK -Things a columnist might never know ne didn't open his mail: That it is no wonder the guy who wrote "The Rubaiyat" is known as Omar the Tentmaker. It would take a tent to put up his full name, which was Ghiyathud-dla Abulfath Omar bin Ibrahim al Khayyaml. That, pound for pound, lemons contain more sugar 9.8 per cent than do watermelons, 6.7. That Kate Smith, who bad recorded more than 2.200 songs, says her all-time favorite is, "The Rosary." That there's no English' word that rhymes with oblige. -That more than half of U.

S. presidents had military records. Items From Mail Pouch President Eisenhower is the lh. That the New York Slate governor in 1848, Hamilton Fish, was succeeded by a Washington ilui.t. That the White House, originally called "The President's Pnl-ace," was designed by James Hoban, an Irish-born architect, in a competition that won him $300.

That every year divisible by four ia a Leap Year except those divisible by 100 and not by 400. Which is a complicated way of saving that 1700, 1800 and 1900 weren't Leap Years, but 2XX) will be. That Iceland isn't nearly as cold as its name implies. Many office buildings in its capital are heated by hot water piped from its volcanic springs. That Thousand Islands gtoup in the St.

Lawrence River doesn't have 1,000 islands. It has 1.700 islands, according to the National Geographic Society. In old-fashioned weddings in Bulgaria, the hands of the bridegroom are tied to those of the bride. He can't make any last minute getaways. Do you know Gary Cooper's real name? Well, it's Frank J.

Cooper. That the Veterans Administration will buy you a toupee if you can prove you lost your hair as a result of military service. That it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who coined the famous 19th Century wisecrack. 'The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." Earl Wilson Husband-Hunter Stood Up class Matter Under Act of March 3. 1537 SPRINC FIELD NEWSPAPERS INCORPORATED PUBLISHERS i TELEPHONES Ali Departments.

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Springfield Leader and Press, daily and the Sunday News and Leader $1.50 per month. Springfield Daily News, Springfield Leader and Press and Sunday News and Leader $2.70 per month. Springfield Daily News or the Springfield Leader and Press only $1 JS per month. Tuesday, April 1. 1S57 How Much Longer? Anotner non-union Springfield business firm has become the target of a dynamite explosion and once more police officials are saying that they have no clues to the criminal, or criminals, who are responsible.

No clues, of course, except the most obvious one The Teamsters Union here has" long been heckling Roy Caldwell because he refused to as soclate his van service with their organization. And who is the man in control of the local branch of the Teamsters Union? That answer is easy, too. Branch (Tiny) Wainwright, ex-convict and all-around troublemaker, has been calling the shots for the Teamsters for the past few years. We are not leveling any direct charge at Wain wright, who probably has an air-tight alibi for his whereabouts at the moment those sticks of dynamite were hurled atop Caldwell's building Sunday night, but it is becoming Increasingly difficult to believe that somewhere In the police department there aren't some officers who can add two and two to get four. Certainly It becomes harder to understand why other members of the Teamsters Union permit their organization to be associated with mobster-like activities.

There are a good many respectable, God-fearing, civic-minded members of the union who realize what a blot Is placed upon their organization, as a whole, by terrorism such as the Caldwell bombing. No criticism Is directed to any such individual. As we have said before, these hoodlums who will destroy a man's property and attempt to do away with his livelihood, as they have In Caldwell's case, would not stop short of murder, Springfield has indeed been fortunate that no tragedies have resulted from the series of dynamitlngs here. But do we have any Idea that we can go on being so lucky? The several sticks 1 bt explosive which wrecked Caldwell's building shattered neighborhood window panes and flying glass slivers can sometimes Inflict fatal wounds. Thus, the Innocent might pay tragically for the brutal "lesson" the gangsters are trying to teach a businessman.

It Is not our province to advise the police, but obviously some steps are In order to persuade Wainwright that he Is not a desirable Springfield citizen. It cannot be entirely coincidental that all or practically all of the dynamitlngs here have occurred since he moved in. At least it would be an Interesting experiment to see If they would cease should he move out. Springfield, itself, has sound, level-headed union leaders who have come up through the local ranks and find a great amount of pride In seeing their home city prosper. Kansas Citlan Wainwright, we wager, Is callously lacking In civic pride where Springfield is concerned.

In view of the present difficulties of Teamster Union national officials, perhaps federal authorities might have more than passing Interest In the activities of the Springfield local. Not In the rank and file, mind you, but In the rotund Wainwright. He probably knows the answers to many explosive questions that have bothered police for a half-dozen years now. Support in Adoption Battle bucks. But what happened to Tommy O'Ryan?" "Forgot to give you the message," sighed Tiny.

"He phoned his apologies. Said hell reimburse you. He couldn't make it. He got stuck with somebody's bachelor dinner." "Fabulous!" howled Taffy. "Whose was it?" "Guess that's what he wanted to tell you that was so vital.

It was his." Tiny said. And that. I fear, is the fate of so many husband-hunters nowadays. But Taffy will keep looking. hop- Advice to Gals! Don't string along with a lot of men.

Rope one Comedian Joey Adams wife got a surprise birthday present (Joey was surprised when he found out be gave it to her.) check the sacred "expense accounts" of big corporations. Oh, murder! Steve Allen, whose sons will visit him this summer, is hunting a Westchester vacation spot Betty Grable will make records with Harry James' band Latin 4 singer Lynn Christie delayed her wedding to Washington realtor Ken Friedlander till May her family insisted on a three-week engagement Moni-que Van Vooren and Tina Louise decorate the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation telethon. Don Amecbe dashed from "Holiday for Lovers" to fill in as singer at St. Malachy's Hollywood builder Hal Hayes, who nearly wed Zsa Zsa Gabor, proposed to Ann Miller The Defense Dept. asked Lionel Hampton to tour the Pacific bases Former cafe owner Eddie Davis will undergo more surgery at Ft.

Lauderdale, Fla. Budd Schulberg, who wrote "Face in the Crowd." did the lyrics for the theme music, too There'll be a London company of O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" Comedian Earl Hall, frequently on the Garry Moore TV'er, is recovering from brain surgery. (Moore gave $500 for his hospital care). EARL'S PEARLS Say what you will, we like the fearless fellow who comes right out and admits be agrees with us. WISH I'D SAID THAT: Since the discovery of elastic, it is estimated that women take up one-third less space.

Quote. TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: Its now reaching the point where they NEW YORK All the young single gals 4 know are husband-hunting. (So are all the old single gals.) But my friend Taffy Turtle, the flip-talking blonde TV showgal. has "bride ideas." Taffy got ecstatic at 21 when Tommy O'Ryan. a young Texas "oilcoholic," begged her to have, an intimate dinner.

She'd been dating Slowpoke a year. "Got to talk about something vital!" He squeezed her arm. "Fabulous!" Leaning closer so the new perfume could do its work, she added, "Where, doll?" "The Colorocco?" "Fabulous!" Taffy remembered that her sister. Tiny Turtle a year younger and a brunette could use a square meal. Being Middle-Westerners originally, the sisters were often famished.

"Can I bring her? She'll leave early. You understand, doll?" "Sure. Taff. Meet you in an hour. My big night!" "Mine, too!" determined Taffy, wiggle-waggling off to their hotel, full of hope.

An hour and 20 minutes later when they swung beautifully Into Colorocco. Tardy Tommy O'Ryan was NOT there. "And both of us flat-busted!" mumbled Tiny Tuttle. But Felix the maitre de la rope bowed them to a table near the Duke and Duchess. Both ordered well and wonderingly.

Taffy envisioned dishwashing at the Colorocco. Where would they get the loot? Sailing off to the phone. Taffy dialed ten friends. The heels! They weren't home. "Kinda serious," Taffy told Tiny.

I'm going to the little girls' room. May be a while." "I'll undoubtedly be in the kitchen." growled Tiny. For many minutes she sizzled under the maitre de la rope's glare. He was holding her body for the tab. Suddenly Taffy swaggered in all asmile.

The suspicious maitre de la rope hovered close. L' addicion. sil vous plait," Taffy said loftily. Pulling out a Inez Rohb MIAMI BEACH. Fla.

It is almost impossible to imagine Frances and Melvin Bentley Ellis involved in a battle royal about anything. Their manner is gentle, their voices soft and their whole demeanor quiet and retiring. But this husband and wife, Indistinguishable in any crowd, are embroiled in a last-ditch fight that has focused the attention of the nation on themselves and their adopted daughter, Hildy, 6 a long drawn-out legal battle in which the State of Massachusetts seeks to wrest Hildy, born out of wedlock to a Catholic mother, from the El-Uses, who are Jewish. The fight has driven the Ellises from Massachusetts, where both were born. It has drained away Melvin's prosperous dry cleaning business and their pretty home In Boston, their savings, and anything Melvin has been able to earn in the interim, as well as money borrowed from friends and relatives.

"But we don't think about the money," Melvin said as he and Frances and I sat in the living room of the rented bungalow that is now their home and their last stand against extradition to Massachusetts and surrender of the child they adore. "The Lord has really been good to us," Melvin said with conviction. "I've kept my health through it all And as long as I can keep my health, I can earn a living for my family. We're not in desperate straits, as has been reported." The thin, slight man looked about at the immaculate living room and the dining room beyond, at the few pieces of furniture, carefully and tastefully chosen. There were flowers on the mantel and on the table.

"If we do not live in the manner to which we were accustomed, we live In one to which we will gladly become accustomed if only we can have Hildy." be said. "I'm a salesman now for two New York firms. I sell lingerie and women' and children's sportswear. "Just give lne another three to six months and I'll be all right It just takes a little time to start over in a new place." "Do you have any idea bow many adopted children there are in this country?" Frances asked. "There are thousands and thousands more than anyone dreams.

Mothers of adopted children write me by the hundreds, and they all say that If the courts can take Hildy from us, no adopted child and no adopting parent is safe." "We've found the man-in-the-street very upset about this matter and very sympathetic to Melvin said as Frances walked to the front door, looked out at Hildy playing with the neighboring children and returned to report. "It's all right; she has her sweater on." "Would you like to see the letters I've received from Catholics, sympathizing with us?" Frances asked, and she went into the next room to return with a stack of a hundred letters. "These are just the ones I've gotten this week." she said. "Many say they are praying for us to keep Hildy, and some are even saying a no vena they pray to St Jude for us. I try to answer every letter personally." "I expected to find two embittered people," I said, in some wonder, "probably with a persecution complex and on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

And I find you remarkably composed and at least, outwardly tranquil. How do you' manage?" The answer, they said, was love and their obligation to provide Hildy with a happy home, free of anxiety and hate. "It's been a horrible experience for five years," said Frances. Then she squared her thin shoulders and added. "But I'm strong." "Hildy is a sweet and cooperative child with a deep reservoir of love," Melvin said.

"She must always feel secure. "We try not "to spoil her. But under the circumstances, we may be a little indulgent. Still, if she doesn't get all the spankings she deserves, she gets her fair share. I got 'em when I was her age and they didn't hurt me." "We have to have Frances said.

"The Governor of Florida has promised to see us in person before he makes any decision if and when he receives the formal demand for our extradition from the State of Massachusetts. And this kind of thing gives us faith." She laid in my lap a copy of an editorial from the Christian Science Monitor of Boston, dated March 21, 19S7. The Monitor characterized the action against the Ellises as "legalistic, bigoted heartlessness" and concluded, "We cannot believe that the fine people of their great Commonwealth (Massachusetts) or its officials want to have their state appear before the world in such a cruel and unreasoning role: Persecutor of children, breaker of homes." "But suppose the decision should go against you; suppose you lose her?" I asked. Frances went to the door and called gently. "Bedtime, Hildy." Then she turned around, her thin face momentarily ragged with fear, and said, "If we lose Hildy, it will be a black day for America." 1 And then, as the happy' little girl bounded into the room, Frances, radiating love and faced the child and said, "Bedtime, honey." Copyright.

1957) ing some day she can twist some man around her little Igure! THE MIDNIGHT EARL Actress Betsy Blair splitting from Gene Kelly has a hot romance with a Frenchman Charmin' Sharman Douglas, now a glamorous press agent for Rogers Cowan, Is termed "special film envoy" by her bosses Rita Gam prettified the house when Don DeFore filmed a pilot for the new ABC talent show, "Fame and Fortune." produced by Larry Puck A new Joe Cates-produced quizzer gives away oil wells! Ginger Rogers, still away from husband Jacques Bergerac, keeps take TV olavs and make them in- El Moroccoing with business man to movies which eventually we'll Walter Troutman. see again on TV. rnenasof maruyaananer veep Ton Pettifo of SailCll, Mas, Milton H. Greene fear it's all over but the suin' Tony Curtis co-stars with Frankie in "Kings Go Forth" Ike's face, when asked eolf Questions by reporters. saw the "Cinderella" TV'er and notes, "The carriage that turns out to be a pumpkin is no stranger than the car that turns out to be a lemon." That's earl, brother: (Copyright 1957) looks like he's ready (says Fred Kosalkal "to make a-hole-in-one- roll big enough to choke Joe Henny Youngman Brown, she paid, tipped everybody reporter" found Jack Benny's birthplace in but the Duke and Duchess, and Art Buchwald Spring 'Fling by French Commercial production of celery in America began near Kalamazoo.

more than a century aga. and today production of a 32-mil-lion dollar annual crop is centered in Michigan's Ottawa, Muskegon, Allegan and Newayo Counties. Waukegan. It's now a vacant lot Van Johnson (surprise!) may do the road company of Tom Ewell's "Tunnel of Love." Sen. McCellan't committee will exited grandiloquently.

"Did you stick up the ladies' room queried Tiny. "Nope, doll! I cha-cha-chaed over to the hotel, passed the plate among our chums, and raised 40 Memory is one thing that has served Teddy Nadler right. He has made a fortune from a photographic mind. Congress Belting Ike dames Marlow The man who can keep his shirt on is the one who puts too much on the cuff. Herbert Hoover says the taxpayers are groaning.

It one misery that has plenty of company. Tito is reported to be suffering from rheumatism. It is the most widespread of all the isms. stitutional amendment for clarifying the take-over by a vice president when a president Is disabled. That one is dead already.

About the only two important things Eisenhower has won rom Congress so far are approval for his Middle East program after many weeks of delay and continuance of the excise and corporation taxes at their higher Korean War levels. Eisenhower may not want to stick his chin out. but Congress this year shows a willingness to belt it even when be keeps it close to his chest. down the Champs-Elysees toward the Place De La Concorde, and Fouquet's started serving drinks again. Our table was a little shaky and we complained to the waiter, who explained to us that ail Fouquet's tables were built especially to withstand manifestations on the Champs-Elysees, but that the oi.e we were sitting at had been through three riots and in the previous one had almost been ruined by a policeman.

But, he added proudly, the other tables had held up magnificently and are strong enough to be used when the Queen of England arrives soon. Although it was a mild manifestation in comparison to the ones held In the past, everyone seemed pleased at the way it went. Manifestations are part of the FrencN way of life, and only 16 people were arrested. They were sent home with a mild warning about throwing cafe tables at the police. It nothing else, it showed that Spring has finally come to Paris.

(Copyright, 1957) This is an era when an attempt is made to put the fix on anything except the rising of the sun. THE FAMILY CAR By Wall? Falk WASHINGTON UP) President Eisenhower's programs might have a better chance in Congress if he stuck out his jaw more. Unless he asserts strong leadership in his second term, he's apt to be run over. Congress is in a whittling, independent mood. Further, as a last-term president, Eisenhower naturally stands to lose some influence with Congress, even among his own Republicans.

But, so far as can be seen, he's doing pretty much what he did at the beginning of his Irst term. Then he seemed to think and was criticized for it that his job was simply to make recommendations to Congress without any hard follow-through. This year he offered programs' in keeping with what he called PARIS Every so often some good citizens of Paris hold a riotous affair, which for the want of a better name is called a manifestation. These manifestations, which are given in protest against the French government, a foreign government, another political party or all political parties, usually take place on the Avenue Des Champs-Elysees. They begin with a parade to the Arc De Triomphe, where a wreath is laid, and when.

If there are enough demonstrators, they turn Into riots with (he participants breaking a few windows or. if they get the urge, setting tire to a building or two. The manifestation on the Cbamps-Elysees last Saturday was a typical medium-sized one, with 5.000 demonstrators. 40.000 spectators and heaven knows how many members of the Gardemobile (riot squad) and police agents. But those who lived through many manifestations claim they are not what they used to be.

Before the war and after, in the late 1940s, the demonstrators used to dig up the cobblestones and build barricades against the police. Now the practice has been discontinued, mainly at the request of the police. It wasn't so much the barricades that bothered them as the fact that the rioters, afier throwing Insults, ktarted throwing the cobblestones. Besides, the pev-Ing bills on the Champs-Elysees were getting too big and the city fathers gave instructions to deal harshly with anyone who made an attempt to dig up the Champs without a permit. The best place to view a manifestation Is from a sidewalk cafe.

We' always go to Fouquett's. since is located at the Champs and (he Avenue George V. a favored place for manifestations to ber.ln and sometimes end. It was a good choice (or tni atfnir because the police had set up command headquarters at the corner and the demonstrator across the street started their par ade from there. At 4:10 the parade began up to the Arc.

By 4:15 all the police bad donned their helmets and were polishing their clubs and neatly folding their capes, which are weighted down on -the ends with lead. During a manifestation te police have the option of using their clubs or swinging their capes. The object in both cases is to clonk the demonstrator on the head. Because manifestations are so popular in Paris the police rarely use tear gas. as this is considered by both sides as not playing the game.

After laying the wreath at the Arc a group of the demonstrators return down the Champs-Elysees. heading for the offices of ''-Express." a weekly newspaper whose policy oo North Africa differs from that of the demonstra tors. The "Express" offices are only a block away from Fouque's and the waiter at our table asked if we could pay for our drink immediately, as he wished to go indoors. The demonstrators made it to the offices, and at this point the police decided to intervene with clubs and capes. The demonstrators started retreating toward Fouquet's with the police In pursuit, and so we changed cafes, going across tht street to the Select.

At Fouquct'a some of the rioters paused to give battle, flinging cafe chairs in the direction of the police. Since cafe chairs are very light, the police don't get too upset about them, but they lay the law down when It comes to throwing tables. Once the demonstrators had run out of chairs they turned tall and ran down the Avenue George V. The police did not pursue them, but regrouped for an attark on another group of demonstrator-; who were heading for the Select. We moved back to Fonquets.

The waiters were already re-' trievina (he chairs and setting up the tables. Th riot moved on the New Republicanism. At his Nov. 14 news conference, the first after his re-election, he was asked how he intended to assert leadership for his modern Republicans. He replied: "I am not one of the desk-pounding type that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show I would rather try to persuade a nan to go along." But some of his most important programs now either are attack, even by Republicans, or appear to be headed nowhere.

There even appears to be lack of coordination or leadership within his own administration. For example: The confusion over his budget. At first be seemed to be invitbg Congress to reduce it. They got this straightened out and Eisenhower got firmer on his figures. Then Sen.

Knowland of California, the Senate Republican leader, talked of cutting the budget three billion dollars. Last week Elsenhower came out against a cut of as much as two billion. And on the same day Treasury Undersecretary Randolph Burgess said he thought It would be fine If the budget could be cut two to three billion dollars. There's hardly any doubt the budget will be slashed, with Eisenhower's Republicans joining Democrats to do It And his four-bllllon-dollar foreign aid program, one of his most Important, seems headed for some of the heaviest axing. Eisenhower asked for money for federal aid to education.

It's chances now look slim. And his. civil rights program doesn't look like a good bet to pass either. The President called ia congressional leaders to suggest a con PORTRAITS By James J. Metcalfe Around The Corner TWfJV you, are rtelly downcatt, and.

four $pirit low CHRIST AND FORGIVENESS "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do," Lake 23 :31 How did He face their bitter hate? Their persecutions and the fate That Felix, Herod and High Priest Planned for Him that Passover Feast? The kins of Judas, bate denial By Peter and the Pilate trial? The scourging, scorn, humiliation The mockery and degradation That He faced in Jerusalem? Hi answer was. "I-ord, pardon them!" You feel there ia dead end street whichever uy you go Remember there are eornert left That you have never turned And around the next one may all for which you've yearned keep on Burning corners in Your $earch for happineu For at you cling to. hope. so Cod Will guide you to 7f's ju it around the corner." you Hat heard tome people say And that it really good advice Along your weary umy Around me corner tomeuhrre, at You fumble and you grop Your hrart will come to life again yon have faith and hope. Taa (here's this rlar.

to. Pop. as Ung. at I'm jLMEN c. mm atiag the rar Mulhrr raa't." I.