—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 30.1969
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WASHINGTON REPORT Aft
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman
flth Ob(rltf-r«iuityhrmki HHH
The cilv of Washington. and
IMit.cul.n ly Capilol Hill, has
been n focal poml foi all types
of piolcst this summei In the
last sevcial weeks the Congtess
has seen nearly evoiy kind of
demonsliation wc have witnessed
so many attempts by demonstia
tois to display ingenuity that
nothing seems novel any longer
In fact the whole thing has be
come uthei silly.
Pei haps it is 100 much to ex
pect the paiticipanls to le
nounce both \iolence and fool
ishness So far, the demonstra
tions have been peaceful for the
most part and for this alone I
am thankful However. I always
have believed that we should
anticipate only non-violence
fiom any responsible peison
seeking to express a viewpoint
Theiefore, the fact that this
summer’s exeicises in dissent
have been peaceful should be
regarded as only an indication
that perhaps some concessions
have been made to conventional
human decency.
On the other hand, few of the
demonstrators have forsaken
spectacular displays for the sen
sible process of presenting and
defending an intelligent argu
ment Protest, today, still is
concerned most with getting
good publicity The wilder the
idea, the better the chance of
seeing one’s picture in the news
Ridiculous schemes are welcome
loi they ften assure the obest
pi ess cveiage It matters little
how many people may be ad
versely affected
For example, the U S Capitol
steps have become popular with
demonstrators Because the
Capitol is involved, the protest
is suie to attract a few report
eis and cameras All the dis
senteis have to do is decide
what fm m their spectacle will
take Recently, the steps have
been used foi reading the names
of American men killed in Viet
nam The protesteis could care
less about the feelings of the
families who lost men in the war
whose names aie now being used
to get attention
The Tomb of the Unknown
Soldiei should not be, but has
become, fan game foi placard-
• Poultry Queen
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abethiown RD #l, lepiesented
Lancaster County in the contest
The contest committee mem
beis weie Mi and Mis Haiold
Mussei, Elizabethtown R 3, Mr
ai d Mis Robert Woodwaid Lan
crstei and Mi and Mis Richaid
Wilson, Heishey
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wavers and loud-mouthed poets
Millions of people visit this hal
lowed spot to pay silent tribute.
They do not wish to be treated
to the amateur poetiy of a peace
demonstrate! This spot in the
Ailington Cemeleiy certainly
could be affoided the respect it
desei ves
I icspect a man’s right to laise
questions Even if I know that
an individual’s viewpoint is in
enor, 1 respect his light to be
wiong Questioning f any kind
is healthy foi a fiee society But
I do wondei about dissent that
tin ns into umeasoned foolishn
ess As Jefferson said. “Error
of opinion may be tolerated,
where reason is left fiee to com
bat it.” But the modern trend
toward abuse of the rights and
feelings of others does not seem
to me to fall into the category of
“error of opinion ” It is a lack
of icspect for the nation and its
citizens that peihaps I should
not call silly. Instead, I should
call it sad
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Ice ciearn and other frozen
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accounting for 1,174 million
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ei> butter was next, using 361
million pounds or 18 percent, for
a production of 16,236,000
pounds
The Service in its annual re
poit of manufactured dairy pio
ducts in the state gave the fol
lowing production figures foi
other major items during 1968
Milk sherbet, 3,052,000 gal
lons. Italian varieties of cheese,
7.426.000 pounds; Swiss cheese,
5.744.000 pounds, cieam cheese,
3 005,000 pounds: creamed cot
tage cheese, 46,594,000 pounds;
unsweetened condensed skim
milk, 88,735,000 pounds, un
sweetened condensed milk, 30,-
662.000 pounds, evaporated
whole milk, 102,057,000 pounds:
dry skim milk, 33,147,000
pounds
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