West Branch Report . . .
Hoover Strikes at ‘Marx Virus9
(Editor’s note: In the absence of the regu
lar feature appearing in this corner, “Prairie
land Talk” by Romaine Saunders, we present
herewith a resume of a historic speech made
by Former President Herbert Hoover. The
Saunders newsletter went astray. “Prairieland
Talk” will reappear on this page next issue.)
Ex-President Herbert Hoover, a grand old
man whose greatness was never fully appreciated
until he attained the twilight years of his life,
scored the “whole gamut of socialist infections”
in a birthday anniversary talk last week in tiny
West Branch, la., the town of his birth.
During his years in the presidency, Mr. Hoo
ver was the object of extremely cruel critics. In
fact, attacks on Mr. Hoover were almost a na
tional pastime during the tough ’30’s. But the
venerable Quaker from West Branch, an orphan
who rose to wealth and phenomenal success, out
lived a good many of his bitterest critics, he has
been vindicated by time and now he is accepted
as one of the great presidents in American his
Now 80-years-old, he told his listeners com
munist agents should continue to be ferreted out.
“Our great concern should be the other va
rieties of Karl Marx viru^-among them are the
socialists. They assert they would proceed only
by constitutional means,” he said. What they
really are doing is pushing extravagant national
spending which harms the people, he continued.
He outlined the ties between socialism and
communism. Explaining that “the end result of
socialism is communism,” he indicted European
socialists for the gains communism has made.
“In the iron curtain states, it was the social
ist intellectuals who weakened the freedom of
men by destroying free enterprise.
“Thus they furnished the boarding ladders
by which the communists captured the ship of
state.”
A postwar relative of socialism is the wel
fare state, he declared. Its poison gas is “generat
ed by fuzzy-minded intellectuals.”
The slogan of such persons is “planned econ
omy,” he asserted. Its end would be “at least a
government wherein whatever is not forbidden
would be compulsory.”
Such thinking, he stressed, overlooked the
charitable aspects of a free economy. Since the
American revolution, this nation has “recognized
and practiced both private and governmental re
sponsibility for the unfortunate and the aged.”
Supporting his premise about the destructive
influence of socialism was the British “experi
ment.”
“The British under a socialist government
tried it. Its result was a level of poverty which
British socialists sought to obscure with the term
‘austerity.’ Britain is now in retreat from it,” he
declared.
Mr. Hoover ridiculed the idea of a "com
mon man." He labeled the phrase as nothing
more than a net to snare votes to support so
cial concepts.
“The greatest strides of human progress have
come from the uncommon men and women,” he
explained.
He went on to cite the need nations have of
great men in times of stress. The imperative need,
he insisted, “is the leadership of the uncommon
men and women who cannot be intimidated, who
are not concerned with applause meters, nor
those who sell tomorrow for cheers today.”
Explicitly excusing President Eisenhower of
and blame, he attacked “foreign political policies
during the whole of the 20 years prior to the last
presidential election.”
Insisting he was against every step which
led into World War H, he denied the worth of
the war which cost the U.S. billions of dollars,
thousands of lives and untold human and ma
terial damage.
The consequences of the war, the cold war,
have proved him right, he said.
Despite the dangers he saw gnawing away
at the nation’s foundation, he optimistically fore
cast a great future.
American devotion to religious truths and
"dynamic creative faculties," are the moral
armor with which the country would go for
ward.
Because the American people possess these
qualities “we are not at the bedside of a nation
in death agony,” he added.
Editorial . . .
Crosby, Carpenter: Dead Ducks
Now that the primary election is over and
most papers have had their say about why Con
gressman Carl T. Curtis of Minden has emerged as
the new strong man in the state’s republican par
ty by decisively winning a political race of top
importance, we’ve decided to conduct an election
post-morten of a sort in this comer.
The facts are Curtis scored a very emphatic
victory in his successful bid for the republican
nomination for the six-year U.S. senate term
over such adversaries as Gov. Robert Crosby,
wrapping up his first term as chief executive
of the state; State Sen. “Terrible Terry” Carpen
ter, the Scottsbluff political maverick; Ex-State
GOP Chairman David Martin of Kearney, and
several others. Curtis grabbed two out of every
three votes compared to Crosby, the closest con
tender.
The general tenor of most post-election ed
itorial observation has been that tax assessment
problems are too hot to handle for governors.
Most writers attribute Crosby’s downfall to his
role, as governor, in the 1953 statewide assess
ment of real estate.
We consider the tax muddle as one of the
factors in the banishment of Mr. Crosby from
the political scene, but, by no means the most
important.
Crosby was bumping against a positive, for
midable foe in Mr. Curtis. Crosby’s negative
showing merely points up how positive and
strong was the Curtis position. In other words,
stressing Crosby’s mistakes, political and other
wise, can’t account for the convincing margin the
state’s GOP voters gave to Curtis.
Curtis has represented the Nebraska First
congressional district in the house of representa
tives for 16 years. The First district contains
two-fifths of the state’s republican vote. The
republicans in the First had been voting for him
for 16 years and were perfectly willing and anx
ious to continue to do so because Curtis has a
good record. He helped reduce taxes affecting ev
ry farm and city family in the nation. His spon
sorship of bills turned into law rank among the
very highest, numerically, of any lawmaker in
congress. He labels himself as a middle-of-the
road conservative. During the 16 years he spent
in Washington, many of his colleagues in the
house moved upstairs—to the senate—where Cur
tis would be perfectly at home. These were mighty
plausible reasons why Curtis should win the nom
ination.
During the past 2% years me state nas lost
three U.S. senators via the death route—Wherry,
Griswold and Butler. All three were seasoned in
the ways of Washington. Many thinking Nebraska
voters were convinced Curtis knows his way
around the capitol and his experience would help
to fill the void created by the succession of
deaths. These are more positive explanations in
behalf of Curtis. They stand whether Crosby is a
good, bad, or indifferent governor.
On memorial day Mr. Curtis saw fit to an
nounce to Nebraska voters he would stand firmly
against sending American boys to Indochina.
Carpenter and Martin later echoed the same
stand. In O’Neill in late July, Mr. Curtis issued I
a press release declaring that he, if sent to the
senate, would expect to encounter “some honest
differences with President Eisenhower.”
Now let’s examine that one.
In 1952 the late Sen. Robert Taft soundly
thrashed Ike in primary balloting. Nebraska re
publicans, apparently, still aren’t accepting Eisen
hower all the way because the possible “honest
differences” appealed to the voters. On the other
hand, the Crosby crowd tried to imply a white
house blessing for Little Robert. Ike didn’t get
into the squabble publicly but his aides enter
tained Crosby at the white house and, reading
the press reports, one was to assume a tacit ap
proval existed.
The moral of that phase of the battle can be
summed up like this: Nebraska republicans pre
ferred the ’urtis frankness and refusal to be a
rubber stamp to the possibility Crosby might be
come a bedfellow of Adams, Lodge, Stassen and
others in the GOP left wing now in the saddle.
Curtis enjoyed the overwhelming support of
the GOP regulars and benefited from the weight
of the late Sen. Hugh Butler, who believed in Cur
tis.
And there’s at least one more reason why
Crosby couldn’t expect to hack his way to the
U.S. senate. No Nebraska governor while in of
fice ever succeeded in waging a successful cam
paign for the senate.
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Somewhere in the jig-saw the tax agony con
tributed to Crosby’s banishment and ruin as a
political power in the state, but it wasn’t the
prime factor.
The number one reason was Curtis himself;
number two, First district republicans are accus
tomed to sending Curtis to Washington, spelling
a handsome headstart; number three, the conserv
ative (Butler) branch of the GOP still is very
much in power in Nebraska; number four, no Ne
braska governor ever made the grade (Griswold
spent six years in private life before he got to the
senate); number five, tax confusion.
The net result is Crosby is a dead duck; Car
penter, ditto; Martin learned the hard way he
hasn’t been on the state scene long enough, and
The Frontier feels Mr. Curtis will win in the
November election and will make a capable sen
ator. ’y
The National Defense Budget
(From the current newsletter issued by Rep.
Roman L. Hruska (R) of Nebraska's Second
District)
The army-navy-air force budget requested by
Truman for the last fiscal year was $41 billions.
Our congress cut this down to $34 billions. For
this fiscal year, we cut it down to a little over $29
billions.
Some folks express alarm at the danger to
our national defense as a result of such cuts. But
the true picture is not presented until we consider
the “carry-over” funds from previous fiscal years.
Such “carry-over” on June 30,
1954, was about __.$52.5 Billions
New appropriations, July 1, 1954,
about - 29.3 Billions
Total available for spending, July
1, 1954 _$811.8 Billions
Reason for “carry-over” funds: Appropria
tions are not money. They are simply authority
to spend money. No government contract may be
signed before money is appropriated for that pur
pose.
But payment for contract goods is not made
till they are delivered. Often such delivery can
not be made till after the year in which the con
tract is signed. But the money cannot be used
for anything else. It is “carried-over” at the end
of the year, into the following year, to be ready
to pay out when delivery is made.
Examples are found most often in “hardware”
such as plants, ships, tanks, ammunition, military
bases, air fields, etc.
The task of the armed services sub-commit
tee on appropriations, of which I am a member,
is to provide ample funds with which to enable
a strong, adequate national defense; and yet to
keep the dollar cost within limits which our tax
payers can bear without harmful effect on the
country’s financial and business safety. America
must not spend itself into ruin.
These objectives are being reached as nearly
as they can be in the joint judgment of the joint
chiefs of staff, the national security council, the
congress and President Eisenhower.
When better newspapers are printed, more
people will read them, regardless of the radio,
television, etc.
Frontier
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Address correspondence: Box 330, O’Neill, Nebr.
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newspaper is a member of the Nebraska Press
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Terms of Subscription: In Nebraska, $2.50 per
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Audited (ABC) Circulation—2,335 (Mar. 31, 1954)
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Miscellany
Imagine the irony when a
headline in this newspaper, Aug
ust 12 issue, boldly declared:
‘ Crosby Wins Senate Nomina
tion.” Facts were the headline
was garbled with one belonging
to a neighboring county in
which Crosby actually did re
ceive the most votes. Anyway,
the mistake didn’t go all the
way. Our printer’s devil spotted
the error and we corrected it. We
had no less than 10 bets on Con
gressman Carl T. Curtis. To col
lect them the least we could do
would be to keep the record
straight in our own newspaper,
which beat the tubs as loudly as
we could for Mr. Curtis, believ
ing he was the logical and best
qualified man for the six-year
U.S. senate term. . . Forthcoming
O’Neill publicity: Our town will
be featured this month in the
Sunday World-Herald magazine
section, and also will be featured
in the September issue of Ne
braska On the March, a monthly
slick sheet published by the
state of Nebraska, division Of re
sources.
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Kinfolk
No doubt many of our readers
share with us enthusiasm for
Former President Herbert Hoo
ver’s speech made last week in
West Branch, la., his birthplace.
One O’Neillite has had a special
interest all along in Mr. Hoover,
the orphan boy who made good,
de is Rev. J. LaVeme Jay, Meth
odist district superintendent for
northeast Nebraska. Reverend
Jay and the former president are
second cousins.
* * *
Big Fish
One of the best fish stories of
the season comes via the grape
vine from MinocQua, Wise.,
where Julius D. Cronin, promi
nent O’Neill attorney, has been
vacationing. The unconfirmed
story has it that Cronin, who is
not regarded as a confirmed
fisherman, landed a 28-pound
muskee.
This week he is in Chicago, 111.,
where, as president of the Ne
braska Bar association, he will
entertain at a dinner a group of
ranking attorneys from the U.S.,
who likewise are officials of
bar groups.
* * *
Missed Kirschke
When last week’s issue of The
Frontier hit the mail, telling of
the visit to O’Neill of Otto R.
Kirschke, 75, of San Diego, Calif.,
Mrs. Julia Gallagher called to
learn Mr. Kirschke’s address.
She remembered him well.
While Mr. Kirschke was in
town we racked our brain to put
him onto someone with whom
he could reminisce.
—CAL STEWART
ILLEGAL POSSESSION
BASSETT — Lloyd L. James,
who lives south of Atkinson, was
fined $25 and costs last Thursday
in Rock county court for illegal
possession of a trammel net. In
itially he said he was innocent,
later changed his pleading to
guilty. The complaint was filed
by Game Warden Fred Salak of
O’Neill.
Frontier for printing!
(Pol. Adv.)
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Thanks to the Voters
of the First and Third Wards in O’Neill
MY SINCERE thanks to those of you who
voted for me in last week’s primary
election.
L G. GILLESPIE
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ATTENTION
Blue Grass Harvesters!
I have already booked a good many people who are de
pending upon me to clean and handle their blue grass this
fall.
There are, perhaps, a number of you whom I don t
know about who are planning to have me clean your blue
grass when you thresh your stacks this fall.
To help me schedule my work, and to assure a booking
for you, I will appreciate it if you will fill out the blank
below, and mail it to me as soon as possible.
I would like also to see a sample of your threshings
when you start work. Because of limited storage facili
ties, please make arrangements with me before you
i bring your blue grass to the plant.
Coxbill Seed Co. f
EARL COXBILL
Atkinson, Nebr.
Earl Coxbill,
Coxbill Seed Company,
| Atkinson, Nebraska •
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When You and I Were Young...
Lt Meals Leaving
for Philippine Duty
Record Balloting in
1934 Primaries
50 Years Ago
Miss Mary Cassidy, sister of
of Rev. M. F. Cassidy, died at
her brother’s home in O’Neill. . .
A banquet and ball honoring Lt.
Charles A. Meals, who will leave
shortly for service in the Philip
pines, was given at the Hotel Ev
ans. . . O. H. Meade, who is en
gaged in locating homesteaders
in Loup county, was beaten up
at his home in Council Bluffs,
la. Had it not been for his cries
for help, heard by the neighbors,
police feel he would have been
more seriously injured. Authori
ties say that the attack was made
by two O’Neill men. . . P. J. Mc
Manus bought the old Fahy
tuilding on Fourth street. After
remodeling, Jack McManus will
move his hardware stock into
the building.
20 Years Ago
A record vote was polled at
the primary election with the
democrats casting the greater
number. Tops on the GOP side
for U.S. senator and governor
respectively were Robert G. Sim
mons and Dwight C. Griswold. E.
K. Burke and R. L. Cochran were
their democrat opposites. . . Miss
Peggy McLeod, daughter of Mrs.
Mary McLeod, and Mark Fang
man were married at St. Cecilia s
church in Omaha. . . The govern
ment is to purchase 210 head of
tattle this week in O’Neill.
The crop outlook for August 1 is
the poorest in the state’s history.
Most crops are near complete
failure and those which are not
will run about 25 percent.
10 Years Ago
The oil derrick belonging to
the Loup Valley Oil Co., in
northern Holt county, was blown
down by a heavy wind and was
o badly damaged it cannot be
used. . . The Misses Lou Birm
ingham and Donna Gallagher
were the masters-of-ceremonies
at an instrumental music recital
given in the O’Neill high school
auditorium. . . Robert Jonas and
Marvella Van Buren were mar
ried at St. Patrick’s Catholic
church in O’Neill. . . A scrap pa
per drive sponsored by the Lions
club will begin this week.
REX W. WILSON,
M.D.
ROBT. M. LANGDON,
M.D.
PHYSICIANS &
SURGEONS
128 W. Douglas St, O’Neill
Phone 138
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One Year Ago 1
Open-house is to be observed
at the air force wind test site.
The public is invited to attend.
. . . Robert Thompson, former
O’Neill resident, died of a heart
condition in Seattle, Wash. . .
John H. Burke, 98, one of O’
Neill’s oldest residents, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
E<ina Coyne. . , One hundred and
fifty Hereford cattle breeders,
feeders and persons closely re
lated to the industry converged
on O’Neill in the final phase of
the annual state Hereford tour.
Lamason to Help
lesl-Fire M-48—
PAGE— Cpl. John W. Lama
son, 21, of Page, a member of j
the 10th infantry division’s 62d i
tank battalion at Ft. Riley, Kans., |
has left with other members of
his unit for Camp Irwin, Calif.,
where he will participate in tank
gunnery exercises.
Corporal Lamason, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John T. Lamason of
o
Page, will help test-fire the
army’s M-48 tank as well as
mechanized flamethrowers and
armored machine guns.
Before entering the army in
April, 1953, he attended Phoenix
technical school, Phoenix, Ariz.
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