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Comment And Opinion for Life, Not Death young people of this age are especially in the United young Oppenheimers. realize its ambition, there could be fewer States. But too often they are science minded and nothing elae-mlnded. A typical case, still before the American public, is that of Dr. J.

Robert Oppenheimer, who was a genius in his 6wtt field and who is credited with hav- The foundation conducts each year a summer workshop, which this year is to be held at Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, from Monday, July 19, through Friday, July 23. The hope is to have an attendance of high school and college ing done more than any other scientist teachers for the lectures and discussions. to make atomic fission possible for the ri uses of war. As James Reston, of the New York Times, pointed out in his column April 25, t)r, Oppenheimer's present involvement with charges of having been interested in Communist organizations in his youth was due to a basic indifference to anything but science. "I was not interested in and did not read about economics and politics," Dr.

Oppenheimer told the Atomic Energy Commission's Security Board. "I was Interested in my science; but I had no understanding of the relations of man to his society." That was by no means the fault of young Oppenheimer only. It was the fault of an educational system which Dr. Henry Margenau, professor of physics and natural philosophy at Vale University, will be one of the lecturers. That a man can have a higher degree and still have no contact with some of the elementary facts of human relations was demonstrated by the letter of the Ph.D, printed in 1962 on this editorial page, which inquired: "What do you mean by saying that a man is innocent until proved guilty? The opposite is true." More detailed information has been supplied to school executives in Freeport concerning the foundation's summer workshop at Wisconsin State College and is available in the offices of Supt.

of Schools Shafer, Senior High Principal Louis E. Mensenkamp and promotes specialization and is too well Junior High Principal B. O. Cully. satisfied with education for invention, for technological advancement, for faster travel and better gadgets, but not necessarily education for a balanced and useful life.

A former Freeporter, Fritz Kunz, himself former college president (Ananda College, Colombo, Ceylon) is now executive officer of the Foundation For Inte- The objectives of the foundation are broader than those of the colleges which specialize in the humanities, though they resemble them. However, education in the humanities and in the social sciences has, in its time, been just as rigid as any other kind of specialized education. But, though the humanities can be a grated Education, whose object is pre- sedative, the sciences can be explosive, cisely to redirect education into chan- and explosives kill. The foundation, we nels where technology will not imply believe from its prospectus, seeks to disinterest in'other things, such as basic educate for life, not death. We, the Women WTH MHilTT It's hard to believe a husband can let by with thtt kind of high- nandilfleia in but here's the aa the wife teik it! "Whin we were firit married thought my husband wai wing the mart of the house by doing all the banking, shopping and errands that were necessary.

Then weren't any bills and! thought It was gnat fun to have no responsibility, other thita cooking and doing the house- 1 work which loved, "A short time later, he was in the service and did welt on my owKnot only with the bank- at our feting! book, ask tot ettrfift, digs iny down for fifty cents. "Me comes and toet whin pleases. The ear hw. ffhtt money is his. And he tells me I'm lucliy to havi such wondeffuThus- band who does afl showing.

But feel more and mow like a whipped dog, seem to have lost au oonft- dfffti In i'fdttP of kind of treatment? Hut why have you put tiff with it so long? Barely you have Worked sum which I banked jointly. "Upon hit return, he withdrew our savings and that Included what had saved from working, also. Since then it has been a one-sided bank account in his name ONLY. I gat no allowance for or for my personal use. am not allowed to learn to drive the car, even though the shopping centers are quite some distance away.

"Now bills and I can't write checks, and when the bills pile up my husband creates such a fuss reminding me that he knows what he is, doing. I can't even look your working or not. After all, If he isn't willing to put his earnings in a Joint account or give you an allowance, he certainly has no right to object to your earn- some money of your own. The main thing, however, is to stop feeling like a whipped dog and stand up and fight for your rights. And don't worry too much over what sudden independent spirit will do to your marriage, Almost any, kind of a change would be an Improvement over the way it fa now, if you are giving fair description of it.

Looking Backward Into the Pita of Frctport Newspapers "I Am the Law" human progress. If the foundation could Grand Scale Usurpation In past history it has usually been members of an executive branch of government who have assumed to themselves powers they did not possess. But in McCarthy's activities we have the usurpation-by a member of the legislative branch of the largest number of functions of the executive and judicial branches that has ever been attempted. McCarthy has shown amazing zeal and ingenuity in pursuing almost every other line of endeavor than that for which he was elected, lawmaking. In legislation he has shown no interest.

He hat created a private detective organization of his own within the departments of government, in which he has had the collaboration of many intimidated or suborned individuals. He persuaded frightened or demoralized persons to violate their oaths of service in giving him, for publicity purposes, matter that was highly confidential and equivocal. When it did not quite answer hit publicity purposes, he has not hesitated to rearrange it. He has conducted the hearings of his committee as if it were a court, and sometimes a one-man court, but without the safeguards provided by the law and by the Constitution for judicial proceedings. He has used his senatorial immunity to make charges that are actionable when not proved, and he has never proved them.

When he becomes a witness this week, if he does, in the present hearings on the Army-McCarthy charges and countercharges, he will undoubtedly make speeches and usurp the functions of those who are questioning him. Needless to say, it is the cowardice and supineness of committee heads and counsel JJiat permit the usurpation. US. Asian Policy Wishful Thinking BY MARQUIS CHILDS can detect here at Geneva a deep undercurrent of distrust over American policy lack of Communist China. With the Chinese Communists taking such an intransigent stand, this distrust is not likely to be aired in public.

Nevertheless, it is the subject of constant discussion in private among most of the delegates. There are many persons here with wide knowledge of China, both past and present, quite apart of course from the Communist delegations, who maintain a sphinxlike silence behind their own security curtain. These officials and observers range from West German diplomats with years of experience in to those who have just now come from Peiping. What they say in private interviews adds up to a picture of China quite different from the one developed in America out of rumor, propaganda and wishful thinking. Don't Face Realities In other wprds, American opinion and American policy are based not on present-day realities but on what Americans persist in hoping is true.

With many segments of American opinion rating the power of the Communist regime, en- couragtag ttw belief that Nationalist Chinese forces from Formosa could be sent to the mainland to touch off widespread revolt, this lack of realism is a peril to American security. The basis of a number of interviews are the realities non-Communist Europe sees them. First, the power of the Peiping regime has been widely consolidated. This has been done, broadly speaking, in two ways. The familiar techniques of totalitarian control have teen extended to the farthest villages with considerable effectiveness.

This is the brutal stick of reporting on neighbor constant stream of propaganda of threat enough trial and punishment to intimidate. Learn From Mistakes Communist hierarchy at the top to Peiping aho.w they can learn from the mistakes made by tbft Russians. For example, in this phase when Jteipiog regime is pushing toward a socialist Inscrutable Reds An immense asset of the Communist powers at Geneva is our lack of knowledge of their tactics and even of their military operations. Without such knowledge we cannot know whether they are The Washington Merry-Go-Round BY DRtW PEARSON FIFTY YEARS AGO H. H.

Antrim, cashier of the State Bank, is at Oregon, on business. Mrs. Walter Scott arrived today from Hull, England, and will make this city her home. Mr. Scott came last fall.

Mrs. R. S. Page left this morning for a visit with her son in Columbus, Ohio. Miss Josephine Lichtenberger Is home from Chicago, where she purchased a large stock of summer millinery for F.

A. Read's store. Democratic grown in stature and popularity National Committee met in super- jth most Democratic leaders. How- playing from strength or from weak- duper secrecy last week to debate fver mlte ness when thev change in the IDRPP of a. the dynamite-laden question of ever ne mslsts fte WU1 retlre after ness wnen tney cnange in trie space 01 a whether chairman Steve Mitchell from the muni- single day from bullying to ingratiating.

Within a few hours after they made the impossible proposal that the "phantom" Communist regimes of Laos and Cambodia should be invited to Geneva, they were agreeing on evacuation of the remaining wounded from the Dien Bien was right or wrong in straight-arming Jimmy Roosevelt in his race for Congress. The meeting was so secret that even Averell Harriman, once a lead- Ing candidate for president on the Democratic ticket, was barred. No one was admitted unless he Phu enclosure, and their radio stations was a bona fide member of the in China were broadcasting words of praise for the French and Vietnamese forces just defeated, calling them heroes, and promising befitting considerate treatment for them as prisoners. Simultaneously they were continuing their infiltration of the area about Hanoi, and the people of Laos were Democratic National Committee, or held a proxy representing a bona fide member. Mr.

Harriman, who was Roosevelt's ambassador to Great Britain and Russia, also Secretary of Commerce under Truman, and who may run for governor of New York, arrived at the meeting with the proxy of Carmine De Sapio. head of Tarn- warning of the imminent threat to their De sapio detained capital city, Luang Frabang. It is certain that if milder terms should be offered for an Indochina truce or peace, they will at the very least pro- in New York, and since he is a Democratic national committeeman, his proxy gave Harriman the right to attend the secret meeting. But a few minutes later things got the elections next fall. Btst guess is he will run for Congress or mayor of Chicago.

MCCARTHY'S DOCUMENTS Joe McCarthy has got himself, in something of a box regarding the possession of that secret so-called FBI report on Fort Monmouth. His trouble is that he has demanded the prosecution of other people for having secret information. Now Sen. McClellan suggests that maybe Joe should be prosecuted too. On Jan.

22, 1951, McCarthy made a Senate speech demanding that the Justice Department prosecute this writer for printing what McCarthy described as classified material regarding MacArthur's faulty intelligence prior to his advance to figures obtali-ed tions board. The other was an alleged but actually Imaginary Incident in which McCarthy claimed a Justice P' a ed anc a fine lunch served. Department official named "Murray" supposedly gave me a secret The B. B. Club was delightfully entertained last evening by Miss Jennie Williams at her home on Washington street.

Euchre was An extra coach will be put on the file on an espionage case. Me- ltools Cenkral Tain going south tomorrow morning at 9:42, for those attending the Republican convention at Springfield. Carthy stated that In neither case had I published the secret information. In this respect he was correct. As a result of McCarthy's demands, Attorney General Brownell sent the FBI to see me to ask me TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mrs.

Leon F. Knlpschlld. 1619 8. about the latter McCarthy Chicago will entertain mem which, I repeat, never took place. bers of her ca club a 30 dln However, the main point is that ner Saturday evening at Angelos McCarthy claimed it was illegal for Coffee Shop.

the Justice Department and the munitions board and other govern- Mlss Verla Ber S- daughter of Mrs. ment sources to reveal allegedly Sadle Ber S- mo Pleasant classified information. Now he who student-at Greenvlile, Illi- claims that an Army officer had to is College, has returned from an give him similar information, and el ht da to the college a that he has a right to publish it. capella choir. Army publicly stated.

violated the Espionage Act when he Blvd and 8 W. P. Hutchison, published a 75-page restricted Army Stephenson street, leave I i MVLO gW pose a joint government Of Communists complicated when Mrs. Angela Pa and non-Communists so created that the real, another distinguished Demo- Communists will eventually seize power 1 as they did so effectively in Poland. If the Reds are inscrutable, it'must be admitted that the French are also perplexing.

There will have to be a thorough examination of the claims just solved, however, made by Gen. Navarre of mass Chinese participation in the ground fighting, and his charge that the truce in Korea permitted the Chinese to divert both supplies and troops to Indochina. In this last there is no concealment of the reproach implied to American policy. 'The Journal-Standard TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1954 A consolidation of The Preeport Bulletin, established in 1847, The Preeport Journal, established in 1848, and The Freeport Standard, established in 1887, The Preeport Journal-Standard la owned by a corporation which has no affiliation with any political party or other group The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily those of the individual stockholders. land collectivized by 1957 has been set.

The belief of, knowledgeable observers here is that Peiping is just now gettine everything essential from the Iron Curtain countries. They are exacting a high price and, for this reason, China would like to traae more with the non-Communist world. But these same observers add that even if the restrictions were taken off, trade with the West would be on a limited basis. Hatred Toward West The picture is one of growing hatred and suspicion toward the West. If by some possible reversal America should decide to recognize Peiping, the belief is that the move would be rejected, although the same observers say that the Red Chinese would take admission to the United Nations for granted as their right.

A Western German diplomat with long China experience was asked: "What would be the result if a Nationalist force were sent against the mainland?" His reply was: "First of all, they would sell their arms. Then they would take off their uniforms in exchange for peasant blouses which the Communists would supply, and they would announce that they were heading for their homes. The Communists would be prepared to facilitate ail this." That view of an old China hand may be overly pessimistic. But if Communist China is to con- holding the proxy of Carmine De Sapio. Obviously De Sapio could not be represented by both Harriman and Mrs.

Paresi. The embarrassment was by giving Mrs. of Mrs. William Democratic national committeewoman Brooklyn. Just as this was arranged, however, Mrs.

Good herself walked In the door. This left Mrs. Paresi out In trie cold with no proxy at all. So Averell, always the perfect gentleman, gave her his De Sapio proxy and departed. ROOSEVELT VS.

MITCHELL After that, the highly secret conference was supposed to get down to the business for which It was Chairman Mitchell had done wrong by Jimmy Roosevelt. But there was first a semi-fill, buster in the form of how the Texas national committeeman's seat should be vacancy created by the "excommunication" of Wright Morrow, onetime Democrat who bolted to Eisenhower. Some felt that Byron Skelton. who had helped to raise so much Democratic money in Texas, should replace Morrow. But the matter was left to be decided in the Texas Democratic convention next September.

After this, Mrs. lone Hunt, Democratic national committeewoman from Minnesota, raised the question of Chairman Mitchell's unauthorized boycott of Jimmy Roose- veil. Edgar Brown Immediately read a long and flowery resolution, carefully typed in advance, paying tribute to Mitchell and giving him a vote of confidence. Then rose Monroe Sweetland of Oregon, the rebellious Democrat who the day before had demanded a showdown vote on Mitchell's California action. Sweetland and perhaps a majority of the committee were opposed to Mitchell In the Roosevelt matter; but for the sake of unity, he said: "I second Mr.

Brown's motion. Shall I speak on it now or later, Mr. Chairman?" "Now," replied Chairman Mitchell. "This is all water over the dam," continued Shetland. "There's nothing we can do to change the action intelligence report on Siberia.

On the outside the dootument was clearly stamped: "This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws, title 18, U. Sec. 793 and 794. The transmission or the revelation of Its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law," Despite this, McCarthy made the document public. (Copyright.

1954, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) morrow for Iowa City, where they will be guests of their daughters at the Yalu River, The column Me- ll, 1953. that McCarthy had RlJS Breym 'J 001 Carthy complained about cited facts showing that Gen. Mac Arthur had no idea such large numbers of Chinese troops were around the Yalu River wher he ordered U. N. troops into that area.

Later, when the Justice Department did not prosecute, McCarthy complained bitterly. Again, on March 22 and 24 of this year, McCarthy cross-examined Attorney General Brownell, in a Senate subcommittee hearing, as to why he did not Pearson" on two other alleged grounds. One was the alleged possession of production the State University of Iowa, on Mothers' Day. Mrs. William F.

Straub, W. Pleasant nnd Mrs. Frank Steffen. 515 8. Chicago leave Bunday for Chicago where they will be the guest of relatives and then on to Cleveland for a visit.

They plan to be gone several weeks. The fifth annual dinner of the Associated Retail Credit men of Freeport, will be held Tuesday evening May 14, in the Grecian Room of the Hotel Freeoort. William T. Davles of R. G.

Dun Chicago, will be the guest speaker. FIFTEEN Mrs. Mabel Kennedy and daughter, Miss Cleora, 255 8. Cherry Place, returned Sunday from an extended trip through the east. Virginia BabcockTsso W.

Douglas was one of the dancers who took part in the May festival Sunday night at Montague House at Rockford. Bob Dlckman, Bill Evans, Jack Desmond, Delbert Fye and Eugene Downing, returned yesterday from Louisville, where they attended the Derby at Churchill Downs. M. L. Conley.1345 W.

Stover today was honored with the presentation of lifetime passes for himself and wife by the Illinois Central railroad In recognition of forty years of service with the organization May 1. Miss Nellie Goethe and Miss Anna Merck are attending the eighth annual conference on delinquency prevention, In session at Waukegan, as representatives of the Wa-Tan-Ye Club. The Doctor Says BY EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D.

In Our Library tinue to be an enemy, then it is supremely im- taken by the chairman. And maybe nnrtant. fViaf. that. not.

he nnriprrat.firi it-'t atftte, collectivization of the land is being ad- with great caution in the hope the peae- wUl oot be alienated. A sort of "will you tatO my parlor?" technique is being used, UM fanner into successive ef ompirwUve 01 tiad portant that that enemy not be underrated. who should know discount almost completely widespread reports of famine. They believe considerable progress is being made on the river projects. Could Intervene In 'Indochina Informed opinion is that the Peiping regime has all along been prepared to send Chinese armies into Indochina should America with or without British support decide to Intervene directly in the war there.

To define the pattern of American security, in the face of the mortal peril of worldwide Communist imperialism, is difficult enough. But to undertake that task without all the facts adds an extra hazard that may encourage the big talk which in such sharp contract to the kind of resolute and dedicated action essential if America is to follow a truly strong policy over a long period of years in Asia. (Distributed by United Feattup syndicate, Inc.) it's our own fault for not instructing him in these matters. We've sometimes faced the same problem he faced, of objecting to a certain candidate. But I think it's important that, when the voters pick a candidate, no party official has the power to ovenule them.

"My only point, therefore." concluded Sweetland, "is that this should not hf.ppen again." The applause that followed made it clear that the majority of were with Roosevelt rather than Mitchell, even though the resolution supporting Mitchell was passed unanimously. These are the highlights of the Democrats' secret session. Mitchell The following books have been received recently and are on the shelves of the Freeport Public Library. Nonfiction HOW TO BECOME A' GOOD Murray. "A well-known expert Includes the latest dance steps in this new NATURAL Snead.

"One of golf's greatest players and teachers writes the golf best-seller of 1953 that will help every player discover his natural ability and the way to play his best FORTY PLUS'AND FANCY FREE Kimbrough. "And her 'heart still young and gay' when she revisits Europe on a CBS assignment to cover the coronation. She and her friends are honest in their surprise and wonderment in their wanderings about SECOND TREE FROM THE CORNER-E. B. White.

"City man and country man and a lover of plain English, White's record ranges from a turblnectomy to a memory of tea dancing, from the squirrel cage of modern life and the debasement of taste and intellect to dachshunds, pigs, psychoanalysis, recollections and (White has long written many of the "Talk of the Town" items in The New Yorker Magazine.) NOTHING IS DRIPPING ON US- Eva Witte. "A resilient account of the here- today-gone-tomorrow Wittes, from the time when Eva met and married Boris, a Russian-born baron and a fairly sudden character, in wartime Washington. Boris' nostalgia for Mongolia took them to Anchorage, Alaska, where they Introduced plumbing and electricity to a quonset prp.stical know-how of public Fiction CASE OF THE FUGITIVE NURSE Stanley Gardner. "Familiar, this puts Perry and Delia through a somewhat fortuitous runaround. A charred corpse in a smashed plane, a third wife who concentrates on her doctor- husband's secreted cash rather than secretive amours, a vanished friend, a chauffeur whose affair with the widow is not as important as his.

tie-in with the drug traffic and the 'fugitive' KING'S Brick. "The tale has as hero one Dan Millard, who served with young Butt ler, was captured with him and Imprisoned in a foul prison, eventually escaped and served again. The infamous Wyoming Massacre and later the Cherry Valley Massacre- Shocked Dan an4 Walter Butler as profoundly as they have shocked historians since, but the fault lay with the Indian THE Davis. "Chick was a regular fellow.in the town where he had spent most of his years. That's all he asked when he faced the problem of being taken' iqto the crowd in the new town.

It was an agonizing year of yet when the end GROWTH PATTERN OF CHILDREN IS RESULT OF MANY FACTORS One of the most complicated questions about which I receive inquiries comes from parents who are concerned about the size or rate of growth of their children. One such question came from a w.nTled mother who writes that she has an eight-year-old daughter who is about the same size as a 10 or 11-year-old. Both father and mother, she writes, are of medium build, and the families are not notably large. The girl is neither overweight nor underweight, and seems normal in every way except her size. Sometimes questions come in concerning underslze, particularly in boys, and this causes an eoual amount of distress.

JX Growth and developm'rt in children has had a good deal of study, but there is still considerable difference of opinion. What should be said at the start, however, is that, as yet there is special injection, or exercise or food, which can be definitely recommended either to speed or slow the growth of children, Furthermore, It should be under- from one youngster to another, and it does not proceed at the same rate of speed all the time In any growing child. It is quite likely, therefore, that the eight-year-old girl mentioned at the beginning of this column will grow less rapidly in the next few years, and her con- temporaries' will catch up to her, though this cannot be guaranteed. It appears that there is a more or less normal pattern of growth for each child. Several methods have been proposed for measuring this, but there is no complete agreement as to what method is the best, though in the United States a device known as the" Wetzel grid has been used extensively and is favored by many.

There are many things which influence growth. To some extent size runs in families: if the parents are unusually tall the children are likely to be above average in this respect also. Diet undoubtedly plays a part, probably In height as well as weight. Climate may have something to do with the picture also. Ssx Is a factor; boys on the average, when fully grown, are taller and heavier than girls, though around 11 or 12 years old girls are often bigger than boys of the same age.

An important factor which influences growth has been traced to a tiny gland called the pituitary which lies at the base of the brain. The front or anterior part of this gland manufactures a hormone which greatly influences growth. In some cases it produces too much of this hormone with the result that the individu-1 develops Into a human giant, one of whom has been reported to stand just over nine feet high and weighs nearly 400 pounds. If too little of the hormone is produced, the 1 growth may be correspondingly stunted. The Literary Guidepost BY w.

G. Rooms came, it all seemed easy and na- CASINO ROVAtE, by Ian Fleming (Macmillan). James Bond has millions of francs "Ensign Vic Gushing, in charge to bet trying to break a French of the boiler room on the aged MID Ellsperg. HOW TO MAKE SENSE Flesch. "The author presents a scientific technique for training in rapid reading and self-training exercises for better speaking and McClurg.

cruiser Manhattan, faced a dilemma; his skipper and the engineer had ordered him to keep the engines at top speed but to do so meant deat'i for many of his crew. Vic made his choice faced court-martial! An exciting novel of young love and a dramatic court- martial back in Bookseller. So They Don't count me out yet, I'm going to be around for at least three oi' four more birthdays. Albert Woolson, Union Army vet, celebrates 107th birthday. Communist leader at baccarat.

Bond's fortune is provided by the British taxpayers, with an assist from Americans, for this high-level operation is run by secret-services- in London Washington. By the time the chips are all picked up, you realize the enemy isn't coddling us, and our side isn't coddling Communists. British reviewers bet their shirts on this book; but though Fleming's politics are beyond reproach, I'd rather pass. THE LONG GOODBYE, by Raymond Chandler (Houfhton ftlifflin). characters are Sylvia's sister, Linda, and their rich old man; Wade, the drunken writer, and his blonde wife, Eileen; Candy, the Mex with the knife, Menendez.

the thug; assorted cops. Guys get brass-knuckled and pistol-whipptfo; with dames around, they get rewards once in a while, too. I would, expect Chandler to make more skin creep more, but this is still exciting reading. YOU'RE THE SPEAKER Vera Gough. "Definitely a how-to-do-it book, a sort of concentrated course in the Marlowe the private detective is back again working on the case of Terry Lennox at al- Terry earns a handsome living but earns it the bor loses his job, and a depression hardest way: by marrying money.

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