September 24, 1964 (28 pages)

SMALL. TOWN SMALL WORLD September 24, 1964.Nevada County Nugget. SS WAIT FROM THIS POINT, " A ten minute period in the hot sun convinced me that this was no way to enjoy a World's Fair, so I abandoned theline, determined to visit only those exhibits without waiting lines. ; Around noontime my curiosity got the better of me. So many people were standing in so many lines that I began to wonder what I was missing. So I walked up to a guard at the Ford pavilion and asked him, “Where is the press entrance?” He directed me to a small door on the back side, where I explained to another guard my affiliation with California's finest weekly newspaper, and showed him my driver's license and other irrelevent material, "This way, sir," he said, and before I could say Thunderbird I was tloating into Walt Disney's version of the land of tomorrow in a bright yellow Ford. My success went to my head, All afternoon my wite and I wandered from one back door to another enjoying what I began to think was my inalienable right, namely, getting in ahead of other people. . Along about 8 p.m. I decided to employ my by-nowproven technique to get into the “people wall" of the beautiful IBM pavilion. But something went wrong. "We don't have a press entrance," the tall young guard told me in a clipped German accent, He said that I should call a Mr, Meurer at anumberhe gave me, Perhaps, he suggested, in a faintly haughty way, Mr. Meurer could help me. The young man had what looked like a duelling scar on his cheek, I mumbled to my wife that we had just beaten the Germans in a war, and now they were telling us what wecouldorcouldn't do. And Muerer, I whispered to her angrily, rhymes with Fuhrer! i Nevertheless, I called Meurer, who was gone for the evening. IBM seemed to be a bust. However, I went back tosee the young man for one last try. He was adamant, You see, he explained, so many people want to see this exhibit that we try to keep the V.I.P. visits to a minimum, and to space them out. But I'm sure Mr, Meurer will help you, he said, Just call him first thing in the morning. “Thank you,” said my wife, polite as you please. "Thank you for giving us so much of your time." The young man bowed slightly, and smiled--and we went off to see the fireworks, which were elegant. Ach, democracy--it works in funny ways. WASHINGTON CALLING ---Alfred Heller A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ADA REVEALS SURPRISING FACTS WASHINGTON -Onthe fourth floor of 1841 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., a modest office building in a converted residence, is a fire-breathing dragon with powers o ODD BODKINS .-. only recently revealed. In his opening campaign speech Vice-Presidential candidate WilliamE. Miller made Americans for Democratic Action sound as conspiratorial and as pervasive as the Supreme Soviet in the heart of the Kremlin, He was attacking his opposite number, Hubert H. Humphrey, as vice-chairman of ADA, Miller called ADA "unquestionably the most influential organization in.our nation's capital attempting to subvert and transform our government into a foreign socialistic totalitarianism." He called the roll on ADA's policy positions and, linked Humphrey to each of those positions, What is ADA? In a House inquiry into lobbying a former ADA chairman, Francis Biddle, Attorney General inthewar years, described it as a “liberal lobby." That isa short and perhaps as accurate a description as can be found, With a claimed membership of 50,000 around the country, ADAers in recent years have spoken more and more to each other -the little band of liberals in Congress and their adherents in the labor movement and elsewhere on the fringes of the Democratic party. For regular Democrats it is a gadfly, a nuisance, and they would long since have swatted it if they could. Inits origins in 1947 ADA was something else and the historical perspective is important. Averell Harriman, now Under Secretary of State, bad returned from his war = time ambassadorship in Moscow deeply disturbed by certain attitudes here at home. Under the impact of wartime propaganda he found many Americans eager to believe that getting along with Russia simply meant being nice to Stalin. But at firsthand he had seen the dictator's determination to impose communism everywhere and particularly in Western Europe which lay stricken by war and Nazi occupation, Asthe Marshall Plan to restore a free Europe took shape it was vitally important that left-of-center elements understand its objectives and the threat of Communist imperialism.’ That is why many influential men and women such as Harriman helped to father ADA. It was opposed and denounced by those who had, in effect, allowed themselves to become part of the Communist apparatus and who later fielded a third party aimed in 1948 at defeating Harry Truman, Harriman, one of America's richest men, was a member from 1947 through 1949 and contributed nearly $5,000, ADA supported the Marshall Plan which, with $20 billion of American aid, helpedto restore Europe's flourishing free economy. Other members were Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt; Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers; the Rt. Rev. William Scarlett, then Episcopal Bishop of St, Louis; James H, Rowe Jr,, a Washington lawyer now one’of President Johnson's close advisors; Rep. Chet Holifield of California; Barry Bingham, publisher of the Louisville CourierJournal. Many of these early members, Harriman being one, leftwhen they felt the foreign policy objective was attained, NO! NOT EXACTLN. ’ But others, such as the late Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York, long a generous contributor and Senators Humphrey and Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania replaced them, ADA became an advocate for social legislation --civil rights, medical care for the aged, public housing. The present executive director, Leon Shull, says the record shows ADA has never advocated socialist legislation, taking socialist as government ownership of factories and other means or production, It is hard to appraise the influence of an organization such as ADA, But to equate it with the operation of big right-of-center organizations seemstothis observer highly misleading. With a budget of $150,000 last year the ADA World went to members and to publicity outlets. Contributions to ADA are NOT tax exempt. H.L. Hunt's Lifelines, to take one example which is tax exempt, goes, according to his own listing, to 384 radio stations with a listening audience estimated at 5,000,000 daily. The Lifeline Foundation spent more than $1,000, 000 in 1962.opposing urban renewal, "giveaways,” and “one-worlders" and advocating a curb on the Supreme Court, Altogether subsidized right-wing programs goto more than 1,300 radio and television stations, one out of every five. As for ADA's reaction to Miller's fiery denunciation, the dragon of Connecticut Avenue is amazed and delighted. New subscriptions are pouring in, This was more: notice than the organization has had in years. (Copyright 1964) ---Marquis Childs LETTER TO THE EDITOR CLOTHING DONOR SOUGHT To the Editor: I am a Peace Corps Volunteer working in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Recently I received a large box of clothes, clean, pressed, and mended, The return address was obliterated, and all I could make out was the postmark, I don't know anyone personally in Nevada City, but evidently there is someone with an interest in the Peace Corps, At the present time I am doing some work at the leper colony near Santo Domingo, There is a great clothing shortage at the leper colony so the clothes were greatly appreciated, Iam also working and living in a slum area near the edge of Santo Domingo where there is no water or electricity. All is not in vain however, as I am convinced that the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic is leaving its mark, I would appreciate it very much if you would publish this letter with the hope that the senders of the package will see this letter and know that the clothes were received and used to good advantage. Very truly yours, Karen E, Hahn Peace Corps Volunteer United States Embassy Santo Domingo, Dom, Rep. (originally from Sonoma, California) (DO! YOU / WHERE HAVE Yoo FOUND ME!. . BEEN $ L'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK! wo etre

SMALL. TOWN SMALL WORLD September 24, 1964..Nevada County Nugget.. SS WAIT FROM THIS POINT, " A ten minute period in the hot sun convinced me that this was no way to enjoy a World's Fair, so I abandoned theline, determined to visit only those exhibits without waiting lines. ; Around noontime my curiosity got the better of me. So many people were standing in so many lines that I began to wonder what I was missing. So I walked up to a guard at the Ford pavilion and asked him, “Where is the press entrance?” He directed me to a small door on the back side, where I explained to another guard my affiliation with California's finest weekly newspaper, and showed him my driver's license and other irrelevent material, "This way, sir," he said, and before I could say Thunderbird I was tloating into Walt Disney's version of the land of tomorrow in a bright yellow Ford. My success went to my head, All afternoon my wite and I wandered from one back door to another enjoying what I began to think was my inalienable right, namely, getting in ahead of other people. . Along about 8 p.m. I decided to employ my by-nowproven technique to get into the “people wall" of the beautiful IBM pavilion. But something went wrong. "We don't have a press entrance," the tall young guard told me in a clipped German accent, He said that I should call a Mr, Meurer at anumberhe gave me, Perhaps, he suggested, in a faintly haughty way, Mr. Meurer could help me. The young man had what looked like a duelling scar on his cheek, I mumbled to my wife that we had just beaten the Germans in a war, and now they were telling us what wecouldorcouldn't do. And Muerer, I whispered to her angrily, rhymes with Fuhrer! i Nevertheless, I called Meurer, who was gone for the evening. IBM seemed to be a bust. However, I went back tosee the young man for one last try. He was adamant, You see, he explained, so many people want to see this exhibit that we try to keep the V.I.P. visits to a minimum, and to space them out. But I'm sure Mr, Meurer will help you, he said, Just call him first thing in the morning. “Thank you,” said my wife, polite as you please. "Thank you for giving us so much of your time." The young man bowed slightly, and smiled--and we went off to see the fireworks, which were elegant. Ach, democracy--it works in funny ways. WASHINGTON CALLING ---Alfred Heller A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ADA REVEALS SURPRISING FACTS WASHINGTON -Onthe fourth floor of 1841 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., a modest office building in a converted residence, is a fire-breathing dragon with powers o ODD BODKINS .-. only recently revealed. In his opening campaign speech Vice-Presidential candidate WilliamE. Miller made Americans for Democratic Action sound as conspiratorial and as pervasive as the Supreme Soviet in the heart of the Kremlin, He was attacking his opposite number, Hubert H. Humphrey, as vice-chairman of ADA, Miller called ADA "unquestionably the most influential organization in.our nation's capital attempting to subvert and transform our government into a foreign socialistic totalitarianism." He called the roll on ADA's policy positions and, linked Humphrey to each of those positions, What is ADA? In a House inquiry into lobbying a former ADA chairman, Francis Biddle, Attorney General inthewar years, described it as a “liberal lobby." That isa short and perhaps as accurate a description as can be found, With a claimed membership of 50,000 around the country, ADAers in recent years have spoken more and more to each other -the little band of liberals in Congress and their adherents in the labor movement and elsewhere on the fringes of the Democratic party. For regular Democrats it is a gadfly, a nuisance, and they would long since have swatted it if they could. Inits origins in 1947 ADA was something else and the historical perspective is important. Averell Harriman, now Under Secretary of State, bad returned from his war = time ambassadorship in Moscow deeply disturbed by certain attitudes here at home. Under the impact of wartime propaganda he found many Americans eager to believe that getting along with Russia simply meant being nice to Stalin. But at firsthand he had seen the dictator's determination to impose communism everywhere and particularly

in Western Europe which lay stricken by war and Nazi occupation, Asthe Marshall Plan to restore a free Europe took shape it was vitally important that left-of-center elements understand its objectives and the threat of Communist imperialism.’ That is why many influential men and women such as Harriman helped to father ADA. It was opposed and denounced by those who had, in effect, allowed themselves to become part of the Communist apparatus and who later fielded a third party aimed in 1948 at defeating Harry Truman, Harriman, one of America's richest men, was a member from 1947 through 1949 and contributed nearly $5,000, ADA supported the Marshall Plan which, with $20 billion of American aid, helpedto restore Europe's flourishing free economy. Other members were Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt; Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers; the Rt. Rev. William Scarlett, then Episcopal Bishop of St, Louis; James H, Rowe Jr,, a Washington lawyer now one’of President Johnson's close advisors; Rep. Chet Holifield of California; Barry Bingham, publisher of the Louisville CourierJournal. Many of these early members, Harriman being one, leftwhen they felt the foreign policy objective was attained, NO! NOT EXACTLN. ’ But others, such as the late Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York, long a generous contributor and Senators Humphrey and Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania replaced them, ADA became an advocate for social legislation --civil rights, medical care for the aged, public housing. The present executive director, Leon Shull, says the record shows ADA has never advocated socialist legislation, taking socialist as government ownership of factories and other means or production, It is hard to appraise the influence of an organization such as ADA, But to equate it with the operation of big right-of-center organizations seemstothis observer highly misleading. With a budget of $150,000 last year the ADA World went to members and to publicity outlets. Contributions to ADA are NOT tax exempt. H.L. Hunt's Lifelines, to take one example which is tax exempt, goes, according to his own listing, to 384 radio stations with a listening audience estimated at 5,000,000 daily. The Lifeline Foundation spent more than $1,000, 000 in 1962.opposing urban renewal, "giveaways,” and “one-worlders" and advocating a curb on the Supreme Court, Altogether subsidized right-wing programs goto more than 1,300 radio and television stations, one out of every five. As for ADA's reaction to Miller's fiery denunciation, the dragon of Connecticut Avenue is amazed and delighted. New subscriptions are pouring in, This was more: notice than the organization has had in years. (Copyright 1964) ---Marquis Childs LETTER TO THE EDITOR CLOTHING DONOR SOUGHT To the Editor: I am a Peace Corps Volunteer working in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Recently I received a large box of clothes, clean, pressed, and mended, The return address was obliterated, and all I could make out was the postmark, I don't know anyone personally in Nevada City, but evidently there is someone with an interest in the Peace Corps, At the present time I am doing some work at the leper colony near Santo Domingo, There is a great clothing shortage at the leper colony so the clothes were greatly appreciated, Iam also working and living in a slum area near the edge of Santo Domingo where there is no water or electricity. All is not in vain however, as I am convinced that the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic is leaving its mark, I would appreciate it very much if you would publish this letter with the hope that the senders of the package will see this letter and know that the clothes were received and used to good advantage. Very truly yours, Karen E, Hahn Peace Corps Volunteer United States Embassy Santo Domingo, Dom, Rep. (originally from Sonoma, California) (DO! YOU / WHERE HAVE Yoo FOUND ME!. . BEEN $ L'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK! wo etre