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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 4, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa I a these Days by George e. Sokolsky Schwartz on committees or. Bernard Schwartz s name and photograph were hurled at the a Merican people without introduction. To some. He appeared to be a Bull in the China shop upsetting the even course of congressional affairs but what seemed much worse disclosing the tendency of Public officials and Washington lawyers and politicians to find corrupt Means to do their business. He really gave the boys a scare however or. Schwartz is not Only a Learned but an obstinate personality and although his congressional committee dismissed him without much ado he managed by dramatic gestures to keep his cause before the Public and to Force the House committee that fired him to continue the investigation with him As a sworn witness. The committee immediately Drew pay dirt. To read a Man s Book is to know much about him or. Schwartz has written a Book a the supreme court a published by Hie Ronald press company in which he discusses tile role of the investigative committees of Congress. Or Schwartz wrote this before some of the late 1957 decisions of the supreme court which have in some measure damaged the effective weapons of both the congressional investigative committee and the Phi. Or. Schwartz s statement of the Case is interesting and important a View of his experience with his committee. In his Book he says a this is not to deny the importance of the congressional Power of investigation the indispensable informing function of Congress in the words of a 1953 supreme court opinion is not to be minimized. Certainly the Power of inquiry is an essential auxiliary to the legislative functions of the Congress. As the court itself recognized in the leading Case upholding congressional investigatory authority its 1927 decision in Mcclain v. Daugherty a legislative body cannot legislate wisely or effectively in the absence of information respecting the conditions which the legislation is intended to affect or change and where the legislative body does not itself possess the requisite information which not infrequently is True recourse must be had to others who do possess it is by use of its investigatory Power that the Congress obtains the information needed to enable it properly to Perham its functions. It is indeed not too much to say that under contemporary conditions investigating committees have become in Large part the eyes and ears of the it. Pleasant news Cloudy sch i. Ill us bib Quot vol so no. 53 a by it Quot a a a we pleasant Iowa to esd a evening mail i. 1958 await release by Carrier s9f per week by mall. We per year warn Quot ii Iii a in prisoners k cd Alt Speed Hecker sex i of Ells it Shellhase of it pleasant and la. C. G. Cole of Fairfield watch a demonstration by a factory representative of me of tin new radar Speed checkers which will be in use in the St the Tho patrolmen attended a two Day school on the use of the radar equipment they termed the accuracy and record made by the device a Mack resigns committee still Active Washington ins the House subcommittee whose probe led t it the resignation of re hard Mark was reminded to it its former counsel today that there still remains a Good Deal of work to be or Bernard Schwartz w Hose Stormy career ended with the legislative oversight subcommittee on feb to. However praised the congressional unit tor us Effort to get at tin truth in this cases Schwartz who returned to his new York University Law professor ship when ousted from the subcommittee added a the facts established in the Mack Ense it have conclusively supported by own Basic Mack accused by House probes of being involved in a fantastic Linah Cial operations in connection with the award of a Miami fluto station resigned As Federal communications commissioner yesterday in a letter to president Eisenhower hts resignation was promptly accepted. Gasoline tank c ars a blow school superintendents plan Spring activities May receive civil defense appointment symphony a on pert praised literally engross could not function without the investigative committees. Even More this country would soon become a bureaucratic oligarchy were it not that every once in a while a committee mrs. Mane Wilson of it pleasant is in line for a major Job in civilian defense according to George Mills in the Des Moines i Register mrs. Wilson president of the Iowa Council of Republican i women was Active in behalf of former gov Leo a. Hough in his 1956 Campaign. He is now National j civil defense administrator the reports state mrs. Wilson Wail work in another state speech students in District meet pm of j Nelson guest the third concert of flu Iowa symphony at the soloist for a Southeast Iowa Wes the cast of of Pleasants Divi Sion i rating one act play in the preliminary speech contest and to Davenport tuesday where the students were to compete in the District contest of the Iowa High school speech association members of the play East a min it Quot Are Jack Fenton Edda me. A and Karen Biggs should they win a division i rating at Davenport they will compete in the state speech contest at Grinnell next month. Of Congress uncovers crookedness j then coach. Kenneth Butze r went subversion abuse of the Law corrupt practices improper relationships on the part of Public officials in fact one of the problems of All governments is to find a Means for protecting the people and the government from corrupt and indecent practices from waste and profligacy from illegal Assumption of Power even from treason. Or. Schwartz apparently did not approve of senator Joe Mccarthy yet he says a it is significant that despite claimed abuses by the House of representatives committee on in american activities senator Mccarthy and others of their ilk. The supreme court has not found any exercise of congressional investigatory authority to exceed the constitutional limits upon legislative Oyun College Chapel sunday afternoon and later at the municipal auditorium in Burlington gave Brilliant performance with remarkable artistry and interpretation. Mrs. Nelson played Liszt a piano concerto no. I in a Flat major a Beautiful and sparkling addition to the superlative orchestral program. The concerto is one of the not to Fri Quentin heard concertos which demonstrated mrs Nelson s Complete Mastery of the keyboard and her sensitive musical artistry and expressiveness. Ai times the work was a foment of firework but throughout the Lovely selection there was a continuous flow of movements and an innuendo of themes that were a constant Challenge to her skillful playing. Never did the orchestra under the leadership of conductor Richard Morse sound better As it played the i Campania it and Dan Bizet a symphony n it. I in c major. At All times to. Members cd til orchestra a a corned to by on Quot lip does Quot and at a i h pitch of Effort and they were rewarded by an audience that was Shattuck. Oklans a writes of violent explosions today splintered a sol inc loaded tank cars of i freight train and caused wide Pread damage around Shattuck. Authorities reported Only a few minor injuries among Volunteer tire fighters who rushed to the scene from surrounding communal t ire five separate explosion from la to 45 minutes apart have been re Worket ported since Early this morning one tank car of the at Cheson Topeka a saute Ite train reportedly was hurled five and a half blocks through the air by the Force a if the blast a Section of Railroad rack also was found five blocks away. Virtually every downtown Shattuck business building suffered some damage and communication within a five mile radius of the town was Down. Billowing Clouds of smoke and flames soared More than too feet into the or and firemen from surrounding Oklahoma and Texas communities fought some 12 ranch land grass fires ii i \ in i Ink i Ruth f Reinhol Marine officer selection officer will let present on the Vvs it Van col lege Campus on Maleh a explain the opportunities offered to College women by the t muted slates Marine corps graduates and undergraduates exclusive of freshmen an eligible or the woman officers f raining class which h will Convene at Marine corps schools Quantico Virginia on june 23, 1958 Lins training Dot s not interfere with your regular College program a it. Conducted during summer vacations in after graduation commissions Are Al fee ted Only Alin graduation from College Captain Emholz is i resident of Virginia and is a graduate it Beaver College Jenkintown Benn organizes for red Cross drive probe death of Clinton Iwan Virgil to dint Chun Man of the red Cross fend drive in area out Side it pleasant i organizing the in the different areas. Not Allol Tho e named in a re gently published list will be wicking this year he Points our tory worked last year bul Odic of them cannot assist the. Year Aud have notified him an Accurti list of tile c who will be assisting in the townships i now being compiled As conference Are being held in the various area six candidates at i. Ilion the superintendents of the eight High be i uht is in Henry county met at the office of county Mierin Tendril to discuss and plat tor a Piny act in it in. Monday at i 30 ii in those Pierrot were Clifford my kit superintendent of new Guidon Bool lunges Wayne Carter superintendent of Wayland schools in Kneel superintendent of win Field school Francis Dunn Stipel interment of Salem school. Carl i Ake superintendent of lilt Sboro m Hod oat in weasel superintendent cd Olds school Harold Fleming superintendent of it Union school c a Cottrell superintendent of it pleasant schools George Stanley principal i pleasant High school and Jeu Davis county superintendent of school a tile Agenda included chs Cusson it recent legislative proposals by the Iowa state education Assoria Don As outlined by or Catter and or Fleming or Fleming stated that teachers and Friend of education should support the is Bill As teachers arc unable to deduct expenses spent on acquiring additional education although All Cit i in t professions Are allowed to decile t this item in calculating then taxable income or Cartel explained that it was the goal of the i be a to Ventu ally reduce tin support of Iowa hoots limn 90pro Pony lax to approximately 4o\ he pointed out that this was a National average and Tinct most states had Long since re apportioned their tax base to reduce the Burden on property oiled a for polio fund in Porchi Erht Calls owners he in hum explained that the amount of real property a citizen of us is not in Aret irate measure of hts wealth Clifford Mckee explained the Workings of the Federal Aid plan to those whose schools ii.ive1 had an influx of Federal workers into tile Community schools having 5 it their school population coming from students who live on Federal installations it of Chunnie r plants and ainu bases Are entitled to allotments from the Federal government Joe Davis e explained the proved tire for the forthcoming career Day to be held on he i it ii this in flu first career Day to be held in Henry county it is being under written by the school and mints i stems and school officials in the county approximately 25 consultant representing the various trades and professions will he in the i. Pleasant High be Hoot and High school students from All Avn the county will have an Opportunity to interview the various advisers on skills and vocations that they Art interested in entering the following trades will is represented agriculture automotive Bank lug. Business administration civil service. Cosmetology engineering forestry Home economics Industrial education. Insurance Law practice Law enforcement Medicine military nursing radio religious work salesmanship Becore fatal Ltd clerical scholarships a College advisory science special education teaching Telephone technician television veterinary Medicine Geeseka request to co. Hospital totalled $41,637 a grand total of $686 39 was collected in the annual porch Light Campaign Aud the mothers March on polio monday night in tile dental area of it pleasant ladies auxiliary Selling flags perhaps had he had a chairman like Joe Mccarthy who would have backed him to the Hilt no matter where he discovered wrong doing he would have had an Opportunity to Complete an investigation he had started and in which he claims Are showing up to be Correct. Roy Cohn had better Luck with his chairman. Or. Schwartz s conclusion is fact that it investigative authority May be abused does not. However Bear on the existence and scope of investigatory Power for the same is True of the Law making Power of the Congress and indeed of All governmental Power. And More pertinent for our present purposes it does not justify the courts in setting themselves up As censors of what is after All the internal functioning of a coordinate Branch of government. A we would not be understood. A stated the supreme court in 1950, As expressing either approval or disapproval of those practices of congressional committees. But the remedy if any is needed is certainly not to destroy the effective Syndicate inc in recent months the ladies j auxiliary to Henry county to Post no. 2561 had been conducting j a Flag Sale among its in pm be. To encourage the display of More flags at Homes on special Days. The of s spouse to this project has been j most Gratifying. Since it is believed that others outside of the membership might be interested in securing a Flag As every Home should have its own United states Flag the organization is offering boxed Flag outfits Handy for Home use quickly put up easily taken Down and convenient to store. The Flag is a 2x3 foot printed u. S. Cotton Flag mounted on 4�?Txv gilded staff and gilded Spear with v Holder. The set is enclosed i a transparent plastic bag. Persons interested in having one of these flags to be used out a window or on a porch May place an order with any one of the following ladies mrs. Mattie Ross president. Mrs. Leo Turley treasurer. Or mrs. Margaret. Ruby patriotic instructor. Operation of All committees which is the necessary result if they cannot compel the disclosure of a this would seem to be very sound constitutional Law. It copyright. 1958, King feature most e enthusiastic in its Praise tile All too Short program. Champions Al ii Ere lord show the grand Champion Bull of the Hereford breeders show Here tuesday was Public an Molder shown by Maurice b Furlong and sons of Letts. They Ako showed the Reserve Champion mfg super Domino. Grand Champion female a miss lets ton 5th, shown by Dean Gaffney and son of Pulaski. The Reserve was cup heiress 4th shown by Ira Harris and son of South English. Clinton. It ins Clinton county sheriff Marvin by Ulm today continued his investigation into the death of 31-year-old de thief Nave of Clinton who was crushed Between a Semi trailer truck and a i pickup truck near Andover. Of i Nave was killed last night when j a pickup truck driven by Wilbur i Tietjens of Clinton rolled into a j Semi trailer about six Miles North West of Clinton As Nave was Load my hogs. J Tietjens told authorities his i motor died and his brakes failed As i he was coming Down a slope Nave Clinton county a fifth traffic victim of the year was crushed Between the two vehicles near Andover it Union Noinin lion papers have been filed will Donald Gabeline. Secretary of the it. Union consolidated re tool Board tor the following candidates Keith Mcallister and Alden i i Jilin a urn in re. And Wayne Dohrman Cleo Eek \ Arnold hunger and Orville under Carl Smith is a candidate Lur refection for school treasurer i Lee lion is 111 be held at the Iowa state i la american legion auxiliary received $1196 88 in their door to door solicitations in the hair of the City West of Hie Square and the women of the Moose collected do it nations amounting to $400 5 in the ast halt according to o t Wilson Henry county chairman of the in a Faut lie paralysis foundation. A most unusual feature of i or Campaign was mrs Fred train s contribution. The traits save Roosevelt dimes throughout lie year especially for their polio contribution and last night mrs. Tram had a total of $5 m Roosevelt dimes to a Check Iii final settlement of the Ralph Geeseka bequest to the Henry county memorial Hospital rest has been received by the Hospital. A the amount of the Check was $4,167 98 making a total under the terms of the Geeseka will of $41,-637 73 the original estimate of the amount to be received was $40,000 the Hospital 1 is tees voted some months ago to use the Money to pay for the surgical suite designated in memory of i Geeseka in father or o a Geeseka of it pleasant the unused portion was placed in the Hospital s permanent Airliner occupants May go free Otil wednesday it ins a Allied Onida today adopted a wait Aud see attitude toward ii communist Promise to return kidnapped Airliner occupants to the free world tomorrow. United nations and a tooth korean sources cautioned against Over optimism. They warned that the red May again seek to gain a mini of recognition tor North Kate. S communist regime before handing Over the abducted person. Bur 11 a Man Euver could consist of a demand that receipts a delivery of the repel Cates be addressed to the North Ken eau government in Pyongyang. This would almost certainly be Iem red by the u n commend however the allies remained hopeful As they prepared to Send emissaries to Panmunjom thursday leu a meeting at which Tho reds said they would release two americans two West germans Anet in unspecified number from among so koreans who were aboard a Booth korean Airliner when it was hijacked. Wlliet Lier or not they make Good on their word the Promise re resell ted a Surprise about face for North koreans communist rulers. American Diplomat in Seoul sex i a s i d belie both Russia and rid China had pressured North Korea tvs free the captives because of the had effect on world opinion rented by tile eel 16 in flight theft of tin Airliner. A North korean officer tuesday handed lie la n duty officer in Panmunjom a note stating that those among the planets occupant who wish to return Home a will be delivered to your Side in the truce Village at noon thursday. Kell hop Here mar. 2h teenagers and Grade schooler of the area will Welcome the an i Oun Cement by the i. Pleasant band Parent committee that a Bell hop will be held at the Almery in it pleasant on Friday evening. March 28. Ai Range were made tuesday morning by mrs Ralph Taylor with Don Bell of Kida Des i Moines for him or his associated to have charge of the hop. A Grout of band parents met endowment the suite is termed Macula Bank Oil monday noon until 7 pm Mal c ii to from i give to the March of dimes fund. A the or a Geeseka surgical j suite a it will be recalled that Ralph Geeseka. Who had resided Iii i Minneapolis minn., for Many Cutter fighting Way up River sentenced to Penitentiary i Keokuk ins the coast guard Cutter a Fern a equipped tor ice breaking was fighting her Way i up the Mississippi River from Keo a Kuk today in preparation for the opening of the rivet shipping sea 1 son. I the a Fern a whose Home port is Bettendorf has i rec it it week. I i aking part were the following. Owe i j women of the Moose Evelyn Mississippi around by Louis to. A. J after soliciting both sections of the City the ladies assembled at the a Wilson insurance Agency office for i of fee and doughnuts. Orville Kin worthy Secretary of the i pleas ant chamber of Commerce brought j his Coffee maker and donated the col i be for the workers some of whom became quite cold despite the Mon moderate temperature All were glad that the drive had been postponed and was not held during the extreme cold. Been battling ice j in in the a Owa 4-h boy sees Ike Washington. A ins Eisenhower today received Waukon t ins a 45-year-old Waukon Man who shot his wife Fob la is under sentence today to not More than 30 years in the fort Madison Penitentiary on i charges of assault with intent to i commit murder. I Lester Lesiow was sentenced to the term yesterday in Waukon after pleading guilty to a county president attorneys information. He pre vial a Are Dusty underwent mental tests port to the nation and a gift Bel lows for i Gettysburg farm from six National 4-h club award winners. The six who saw the president at the White House were achievement award winners Karyl Ann Benson. 19. Of Middleboro mass., and Doran Bellman 18 of Pulaski Iowa leadership winners Clyde Templeton. 18. Of Olin n a. And Charles Pickering. 20, of Taylorsville. Miss. And citizenship winners Wilda Story 19, of Savannah a. And Wendell cites 18. Of Albion Mich. Gets 30 Day jail sentence Clinton. Ins a 30-year-old Clinton Man Mynerd c. Schultz a sentenced to 30 Days in the Clinton county jail today on assault and Battery charges in connection with the tavern Brawl death of 21-year-old Arthur House also of Clinton dec. 14 Schultz was originally indicted for manslaughter but the charge was reduced last week and he was found guilty of assault. J ice in Lake Keokuk the Pool behind lock and dam 19. Was reported to be four to six inches thick As far As fort Madison. Above fort Madison however the rive was reported open. Tile Cutter Lantana freed from the ice at St. Louis by tile a Fern Quot last week will follow up Stream in a few Days to he Home port at Keokuk. Three men Rob Illinois Bank Springfield 111, inb1 the state Bank of Cornland Iii. Some 20 Miles Northeast of Springfield on route 54. Was robbed of approximately $1200 at noon today by three men who tied towards Springfield. George Drake a cashier said he and a vice president. Miss Minnie Bryson were slugged Iron behind by two of the bandits after the robbery. Neither was seriously injured. Lunzman Nellie Edwards. Elsie Hall Erma Scott Gladys Norton Evelyn a Lier Frances Cantwell i vet a Woodruff Dorothy Burns. Alcidine Foss Pauline Ingwerson eds a Vandersnick Bertha Wilson Selma Elliott Donna Cantwell Agnes Hopson Anita Matthews Pat i Gilbert Beatrice Genoke. Marie i i eke Carmen Barr Sarah ens Minger Ina Ballard Emma Begolty and Margaret Greer. The american legion auxiliary Elicitor were Wilma Rukgaber. Ellen Hannum Wanda Baird Irma Swan Marie Mccoy Dory the a Craig Nellie Schmidt Barbara Adams Louise Smith. Helen Trabert Bertie Potter Margaret Smith Adra Cohle Marguerite Mel tens and Margaret Cantwell. The it. Pleasant business District has not yet been solicited but plans Are underway for the drive. Mrs. C h. Hamilton and or and mrs. Bruce Rohde announce that the proceeds from tile 1958 March of dimes Ball totalled $377.85 years left part of his estate to the Hospital the Hospital was bequeathed 40 per cent of one half of the estate i e. J. Hildebrand i taken by death Emu j Hildebrand 68. Dic gtd at 4 am. Tuesday at the Home of Oliver buried 306 East Washington St he was the son of Ernest and Amel Afleck Hildebrand and was born april to. 1889 near Posen Germany he came to the United states As 1 a child with his parents and settled near four Corners Northwest of Lockridge where he lived most of hts life he had worked for or. And mrs. Guy Alger while they were in charge of the county Home and had made his Home with them the past eight months. He had gone to i the Oliver Burkey Home. Mrs. Bur key being a sister of mrs Kiger while the tigers were in Florida and had not yet returned there after mrs. Kigerl a illness from pneumonia. He is survived by one brother and two Sisters Paul Hildebrand of Lockridge and mrs. Martha Clark and mrs Anna Clark both of Lockridge. A Iso two nieces. Miss Evelyn Larson of Fairfield and mrs Mary Lyons of Lorena Iowa. Funeral services will be held thursday March 6 at the Crane funeral Home Rev Alton Koch pastor of Faith lutheran Church will officiate. Interment will be in the swedish Baptist cemetery near i four Corners. In evening at the Taylor Home it plan the annual family fun night and derided on the Bell i hop a popular event in other c cities Over the state planned dancing is provided through the evening locally the Grade schooners will have their session in the Early part of the evening. The High schooners will then have the floor the remainder of the evening. Parents will be Welcome and expected As in the past. A refreshment stand will be provided. The Date was the Only Friday night open until in May. Split Over a understanding Washington ins a democrats in Congress split sharply today Over i the legality of president Eisenhower so a understanding which would permit vice president Richard m. Nixon to decide when to take Over As acting president because of executive disability. But democrats and republicans alike declared that the president instructions to Nixon emphasize anew the need for an Early constitutional amendment to clarify the disability Issue. Probe shooting Davenport ins a a 20-year-old Davenport Man. Gene Paasch was held for investigation today after his wife was wounded in the neck with a .22-caliber Bullet. His 18-year-old spouse was reported in satisfactory condition. Paasch told police he was repairing his .22-caliber Rifle last night when it discharged accidentally

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