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remained' faithful, and
wise: Mussolini: was imprisoiredl
after lip revolt t* :145. high emit-
cilium the Fuhrer promoOd his:
.release through, Hte,d'sredevil en*,
*its of the glider ,officer
Skareeny, Hitler then, ,peepeed
Mussolini up .again AK' lined 'if
like new Republican Viseist, gov-
ernment,. a futile. gesture aVtti»st
Me defeat of Italy and (qhratanyr
By this time Mussolini Vs'W.i
gm, disconsolate' figunn. who.
spent most of his d'ays reading,
Postocvski, Toistoy„ Plato, Kant,.
Weasel-ie. have"tmt known the.
warmth of real frientl:sliii/1". he'
said, turd "Hitler and 1 ]lour sun-
render'ett ourselves to our
sious like a couple of lunatics..
Ve• have only' one hope 10t; to,
create a myth,' TO newspaper'
reporters iie•attaciced'ilie Vermit-
res,Treaty, Ehgl'antr, America; the'
Italian King, and' plutocrat's andt
bourgoiSie; ffeextialled'tlie Itali-
an workers, but' mt. himself..
"Seven years' Ago;'' he' said to a'
reporter, "I-remember. you came'
to, Rome: I' was am illtereStiffg
pereon then, New'I am defunct..,
But' I any not afraid' any more...
Death is a 'thank-you :tO:Grad'who
has suffered . I have"
made mistakes' and' I" shall pay
for thein, if reerpoor life ii worth ,
the payment . • . I await the .end '
of the tragedy, ,strangely detach-
ed :from it repeatedly•
wanted -to:know if thiS person or
that believedan God _
From 'NEWSWEEK.
Modern Etiquette;
By Anne Ashley
Q. If tea •ie :being served .andiae
guest does mot care for -it, would t
it be all right in this-case .for the •
guest to ask for aecup of ',toffee?
A, Not unless the hostess asks
if he or she would prefer..coffee.
OtherwiSe,.drink the .tea.iorrpartt
of it, and'pretend you are erriey.v-
lag it. .
Q. WhenapproachingetierevoLve-
ing door with .a.,womane,dOes,thee
man enterefirst so,,as to ;push the
door for the woman, or," should t
he allow:leer to precede eilinee
A. He,, allows the,. woman to
precede him and,,, inn fact,.lie4, is;
bettmeable toiconteolithe revolee-
big deer if She does go first.
Q. Atte correspondence. cards;
considered 'in ,goocVeaste?.'
A.,Y:os,,and they are very ppp,,
udsr, ton• the .short,-,ilif orreal
of. note.', It es:b'ecomingemore.,ancli
incriecustomaryefer mentandivece-
mem te use elieseecarcle. ,HOwever, ,
they . should lie used" only fore
serittly rinfortital' correspondence..
(r,, At: at smallnistfermals W#1--
ding,, belt all right fer the, bridee
ante bridegroom to walk- downs
the. aieles;togethera?
Ae. Yee;,ii the wedding; is. small(
and bride,. has: no. near,- male:
relative to , walks with; here.
ISSUE', 1l82:
Fantastic Career
Of Mussolini
ROYALTY TRAVELS IN STYLE—This is one of the !warty buses with built-in bar,; u;e 4 to)
transport 150 royal guests of Queen Juliana and Prince B'erni-ronf from Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, to Lisse to inspect millions of spring flowers,, blooms Tine tour marked the
opening of the third day of celebrations for the Queen's 53rdl birthday and 75 years of
marriage to Prince Bernhard. Shown in the bus us it left Amsterdam are:: 'P'rirrce'ss:Matirrpal
Kent (right), the Shah_and Empress of Iran (second secit,, irighf)`, Prince Bernhard (in ai'sl'e)'
talking to Queen Juliana, Britain's Queen. Elizabeth 11 (fin front of Juliann)'. ire left seats
are: King °lay of Norway (second seat), Prince 13ertiit of Sweden (thi.rdi sent)],, Duke Jean' of
Luxembourg (fourth seat) and Princess Josephi'ne Charlotte of Luxerrisourgi (fifth' seat?'
ca, Neene Geese from Hawaii,
White-winger Wood Ducks from
Siam „ , But many too are wild
ones from fen away breeding:
grounds which have elected to.
spend their winter at the
fowl Truet on the Severn Este-
any, and. to come in to feed in
front of my window - Pintails,
Wigeon, Shovelers, Pocbeeds,
Tufted Ducks, Coats,
here is a grey ruffle on the fee
water front the light wind, which
is coming from just a touch.
north of west. The precise wind
direction, the very eye of the
wind, has always been important
in my life for the things which
have depended on it: the flight
ceursee of birds, and the drift of
their migration; the angle that a
sailing boat will point, and the
advantages to be gained over an
opponent by tacking if the wind
changes by the smallest amount;
the wind that will enable me to
hold altitude in a glider on the
ridge of the Cotswolds, or the
wind, that will drift the glider as.
it gains height in a thermal up-
current on a cross-country flight.
The study of birds, sailing, soar-
irig, all depend at one point or
another upon the eye of the. wind
and an appreciation of its precise
bearing-From. "The Eye of the
Wind," by Peter Scott.
SAVE SOME
It's a very good idea after a
repainting job to save a small
amount of paint in a tightly
closed container. This kif'.-over
paint comes in handy for any
touch-ups later on . . , and far
taking care of little touch-ups, a
cotton swab makes an ideal ap-
plicator.
Bird. Haven go
,Severn
AlI animals"71ave interested
me, and birds more than others,
but wild geese have an almost
mystical impOrtance. Lang age.:
I decided that my home Must
:always be within sight and
Mend of the winter wild geese,
which. in itself, drastically limits
the eheice locality. There is
Only ,a small number of places
in Britain where, front one spot.
one van be sure of seeing and
hearing wild geese daily through
the winter months. On such .a.
spot, close to the estuary of the
River Severn. stands the house
in which I live with my family.
As I start to write this book on.
29tti March, 1957, I am sitting
in the window .:f my studio. It
is no ordinary window, for it is
ten feet across and eight feet
high, and it looks out upon water
and birds, and the green fields • of
-Gloucestershire From my arm-
chair the window frames a pic-
ture of endless beauty, activity
and diversity - a picture which
gives me a pecularily intense
pleasure. because its composition
is my own creation. A pool with
islands reflects the flash of the
setting sun in the ripples made by
the ducks and geese that are
swimming, on it. There is a great
• crowd of birds, 300 or more, of
many different kinds from all
over the world. They have • not
long been fed and the nearest
are dibbling at the water's edge
less than six feet away from
where I sit. Many of the birds
are tame ones, brought from dis-
tant countries to live together
here in the Vale of Berkeley -
Ringed. Teal from Brazil, Bar-
row's Goldeneyes from Iceland,
Ruddy Ducks from North Ameri-
On the back of a truck: "Please
don't hug me - I'm g in; steady'.
Churches. See Mission in Automafrn
By HAROLD SHEEHAN
Newspaper Enterprise Assn,
ca.Evt-cur .NURSE — Wear-,
inn a slightl:r embarrassed'
smile, David' Rand< is; pinned,
by' Miss Anna Pfaff, director
of nt.erses at the .Williamsport
Hospital' School of N'ursing.
The' on ly' boy, ire the' nursing.
class, David got the' pin i;ril
of a nursing sup.
are trying to do," said Dr Per-
ker, "is to alert people to the
problem and get them thinkine."
Some 300 copies of the film a 'e
being distributed to church film
libraries around the country. In
coming months, Dr. Parker hopes
church, labor and management
groups and the general prig tic
will be stmulated to assess auto-
mation's impact in local com-
munities.
What viewers will see, among
other things:
O A big automated oil refin-
ery. Work force: six men and a
computer which can store 75,000
instructions in its "memory,"
• A factory manager who ad-
mits to concern over employees
losing their jobs, but who states,
"It is the job of management to
chop people out."
*A union, shop steward in an
automated factory who fears for
the future of the labor move-
ment in the electronic age.
New York - The congregation
adjusts to their seats as piped-in
organ music plays the approp-
riate selection, Lights, pro-
grammed to dim at the precise
moment, carry eyes in the direc-
tion of the empty pulpit.
No one in the church hears the
soft hum of the tape recorder as
the professional voice with ad-
justed local accent delivers the
sermon. Discreet, numbered
lights in each pew alert worship-
pers to the correct hymn.
Thus, 'the master tape moves
the service at a dignified and de-
liberate pace toward its gentle,
programed conclusion.
Who in this increasingly auto-
mated world can predict that
such an electronic church service
will never be staged?
Officials at the United Church
of Christ are not worried right
The career of Mussolini con-
tained,, among other things the
makings of a fantastical grand
opertf. in 'the Most grandiloquent
Italian style, with statues and
mobs, lusts and warfare, a hun-
dred ranting arias gOr the hero.
v.Wail41 444 WA 114)414g. of
his corpse, head downward, in a
lattblia:49.4are in Milan. The. thea-
trical elements of such,:an opora,,
'which would be much. More Vile-
vent than most to, modern times,,
Are an present 14 "II Dirge" by
Christopher Ribbert, an accom-
plished English historian ("The.
Road 'to 'Tyburn," "Wolfe at QUA-
a444 twice-wounded veter-
an. of. British. caxm:paigns ire Italy,.
"Il Dune" IS a; rich biography of
Mussolirdi id English.. It is an
aleserleing. bock in many ways,.
but its greatest merit, liee in: the'
fact that it. looks' especiallly and
intirnaltgly into, the, dictator. rathe r
than, his weeks. And Mere' Hib-
bert discovers. not the familiar
demagogue. on thee balcony;, hut a
grand-scale,. neurotic. This
bi'acksonit'k; sbre, an early so-
cialist,. anellerli personal oppor-
tunities and' became az prime. case
history` in the pathology' of the
power rehiive. It led" Mini finally,
through, failing fortunes, into- a
broodingeetoie condition. in which
he displayed a' detached courage
while awaiting the: execution,
which he was sure would be his
lot. He was utterly careless of
chances to flee for his life, and
it is noteworthy that hie mistress
of many years, Clara Petacci,
chose to, remain With him and
was the first to fall before the
submachine gun of their Italian
Communist executioner.
Mussolini for years exhibited
a weird mixture of qualities. He
was a physical-culture and bare-
elein _zealot who had ulcers, a
revoltingly crude womanizer who
was a devoted husband' and fath-
er. He read socialist intellectuals
but was a superstitious believer
in charms and amulets. He ar-
ranged all manner of Rbman
pomps but often dressed' himself
like a slob. He. cared nothing
about money; but he' liiin-
self well' enough to exclhiim. "I
want to make - my mark on my
era with my' will;" like, a, Min with
its clawr
It would appeared that the first
thing .which, broke lii's' feverish
Spirit was relatithiship) with
Adolf' Hitler:. At first' M'ussolihi
considered' Hitler an unsavory
weakling, but Ill Deice was over-
whellered by- the, nun-deems; mili-
tary displays of G'er'many.. He•
tried' to, melte .eecarcitrant Dtali-
arts adopt tire' goose step and'
practic-e: an anti-Semitierre gear-•
erally aiien to them. Iliefbee and'
during the vrare Hitler constantly.
acted' without telling his Axis
partner what he, proposed' to, do,
--in Austria,. CzeohosTovakim. Pb
lend; and Russia.. As' Hales:
forces made, a botch, ot their Aft E.-
can and Greek ca'm'paigns;. Mits-
sprint . betame ire effect- a, passiVe•
St11.1 Shackling.
Pay Television.,
Pay television. has won another
round in a 10-year legal battle,
but. it probably is not in the
clear Ler a public, test-yet,
The. LTS. Court of Appeals in,
ashington: has approved the will-
ingness• of, the Federal Communi-
cations Commission to permit
one. station to try out the pay-
as-you-see plan for three, years.
But the case may go to, the Su-. -
prerne Cbunti.
"Sinely," said. the appeals ,
court, "the Cormniesion'e power
to, see that this area of the pub-
lic• domain, is used, in- the public
interest is not less for. `paid' tele-
vision, than ie. the existing sys-.
tene oft so-called' free'
The lawsuit was brought by
Obemecticut theater,- owners
since the. "experitnentaT" pay-
TV' .station is; to operate- in Hert-
ford.
- New, there is no.. more moral .
reason to outlaw• pay' television;
• '-thiin there would be, to outlaw:
circus,, oar bowling,. or baseball,
because they compete far the.
• pet:blies entertaiherrent dollar
with meet-les,. or "free"' _eve We,
don't. by law' quash. a, new• soap,
just because, it, competea
existing' soaps..
As' whit, any, other promising.
new .enterprise pay' tel'evision is;
entitled' to, its fair chtm.cee. The
public' will decide whether' it
in- the "Public-jitter est' In; the'
end; it mar be' a More.. Wet the
promoters• who have. • invested
their' money, energy end. ingenu-
ity have a right to that risk.. -
WiisliingiOn Dairy Newst
now about pastors being replaced
by machines in any of its 6,400'
churches. But they are concern- !
ed with the problem of automa-
tion, nevertheless. •
Already some churches have
arrived at the piped-in music
stage. At the United Church's
mission, board, machines have
displaced about 10 persons. In its
research department the job of
15 men is now being handled by
an electronic card sorter.
This denomination, with about
2 million members, is alarmed
enough about automation's iii
pact to do something about it Its
Council for Christian Social At-
tlee laye the problem on the line
IA a 27-minute filiti entitled simp-
ly "Tomorrow?".
remains -' when, and at what age
should a peesen retiree Can there.
be any hard and' fast nulee'
hardly drink it. And: yet Ike many
instances. industry is., making ree
tiremen sexty-fitve. compulsoey
even though the experience of
people in good' physical and men-
tal. condition must he inivaltablet.
And' how about farmers? How,
many farmers are willing to) re-
tiree at sixty-fie:ea.' How marry, ac-
Wally d'a for that matter'? Cer-
tainty a man who, has worked'
hard, on. a farm year 133.1 and year
out shou'l'd. take it a bit easier:
when he• has past sixty. But eas-
ing up, is a lot different front
actual retieement, There: are,
farmers who at mare time or
other have been (offered a pod
price for their' farms,. either by
the goveeernee,nt or by snare" com-
mercial, enterprise. Many have
taken advantege'ot what seemed.
Mee a golden opportunity, sold!
their farms and eetireet Inn aurae.
cases iii, lees worked ont ale rig, .te
in, other eases it hasn't A lot ite-
peeded' upon the extent of Cie'
retirement.. Ear a man, physicall y'
fit, to suddenly leave :Warn work
and: strove to a town sir city can,
be disastrous. Or an ex-farmer
and his wife may think that
travelling in winter and living in
a cottage by the lake in summer
may be a goad substitute far a
busy farm life and a chance to
see and do things they couldn't
do before. But from cenvereetion
with a few retired folk I find '
that such a life eventually be
gins to pall. They miss the dis-
cipline that only work can bring,.
In our case it was different, Nei-
ther Partner nor I could have
gone on farming much longer.
We are well satisfied, but yet We
still look back to our farming
days with nostalgia - with a sent
of lonesome longing.
'Twee the last week in April,
so what did we get? Just two
days of suffocating heat, that's
what. Naturally we got busy tak-
ing off storm windows, and
putting on screens so we were all
ready for summer. But now we
have the furnace going again!.
Even with it we are not any too
warm as there is a cold wind
blowing off the lake that seems
to get into the house, We are,
hoping we don't get a frost as.
we would hate to see our shrubs
killed that have just, started to
bloom. However, we can't change
the weather and it would take
too long to cover all the shrubs,
so I guess we shall have to take
a chance and hope for the best.
You know, I have been looking,
around. at the bare trees and I.
can't remember a time when they
have fascinated me so much.
From my room I can see two,
trees at the edge of the road
about a block away and the nat-
ural symmetry of their branches
is really beautiful. Unfortunate-
ly it won't be nearly so notice-
' able once the trees are in leaf_
I think one is an oak and' the
other 'an elm - and here's hop-
ing the , elm doesn't become a
victim to the disease that: is kill-
ing so 'many of our lovely trees.
What will the orioles do if they
can't find elms from which to
build their hanging nests?' There
is another elm at the back of cur
lot and every year the orioles
come to nest and raise their
young. We always know when
they are here either by their
sweet, trilling song or by seeing
a flash of black and orange dart-
ing back and forth from tree to
tree.
Just imagine, I was speaking.
to a friend yesterday who was
born and raised on a farm and
yet she didn't know one bird from
another, unless it would be a
crow and a rob:n!! I could hard-
ly believe it. And it bothers me
to think of what she has missed
as a child - and what she is still
missing. Bird study can be a most
fascinating pastime. Certainly
children should be taught how to
know and. recognize every kind
of bird life common to the district
in which they live, or in the parks
and woods where they play or go
on hikes, Mothers, do take a little
time out from your busy life to
help your children enjoy the
birds. You couldn't choose a bet-
ter time to start than early sum-
men Incidentallly, if you want
a book to help you identify the
various birds an excellent one
for that purpose is "Birds of
Canada" by P, A. Taverner. Be-
fore leaving the subject of birds
I should tell you how relieved we
were yesterday to see a pheasant
around here again. We .hadn't
seen any for. over a week and
we were afraid something dread-
el happened to them, How-
e / imagine it just means the
hen bird is nesting somewhere as
it was only the cock pheasant
that showed up.
A friend of mine - let us call
her Jane - is particularly ac-
tive woman, quite prominent in
journalism and sr, social: organita-
ticiris. The' other day I was talking
to her and she Was telling Me of
A lengthy project she had just
Completed and of another 'She was
about to start, "Jane," I said',
"when are you going to tetire?"
She laughed. "Retire? Not at all,
I hope, I feel t am much happier
working than I would be with
nothing definite to de."
Knowing Jane as I dot felt
she was absolutely right. .And
that principle applies to a lot of
ether neople too. •gO the question
LONE WORKER watches automated machine perform 32
cfriiiirirand reaming operations on on automobile engine,
People are often lonely because
they build walls instead cif.
bridges.
• The all too familiar lines of
unemployed searching vainly for
work as sophisticated machines
move into the factories.
Why has the United Church of
Christ taken an interest in the
problem:
"The church has the greatest
opportunity far leadership in
finding a solution," said De.
Parker. "Almost everybody will
be affected one way or.another
by automation in corning years."
Elsewhere, the National Coun-
cil of Churches, which embraces
33- denominations - the United
Church of Christ included - is
conducting study sessional
throughout the country to explore
the Problem A national study
conference Will be held in Pitts-
burgh in November, The 400 per
sells eXPeeted to attend will step
from the ranks of the clergy, Is
bor i business. government and
education,
Al lit Parket says, automation'
esietili to be everybody's prob.
CASTLE Mitt one' of the "best Or'eseved castles- of the Middle Ages!: displays foitylole
like setting oh the Winding Mosel rivet Getenony. It has been the Count of Itt' fit it l
possession since 1 157, Photo douriesy ttlelle-efeeA derrithe
"Midi yOti."Weiee Yee 11 g
Mother, gime' didn't think
at .411.0
Producer of the movie is the
rev, Everett C, Parker, director
it the church's Office Of Cone=
Utileatien,
"We ''don't try to offer ally iioht-
oni to what President Xentiedy
?Ailed "the Major defilestici
StIdtige'ol! the 1960S. What we