WOLFF ENDORSES NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES FORMULA FOR PEACE IN VIETNAM

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recreational development; McCoy Ferry; the
town of Hancock, town of Williamsport, Tay-
iors Landing, Dam No. Four, Fort Frederick,
Mountain-Lock, and Shinhams.
Altogether, 20 areas are tentatively listed
for recreational development for the canal
as a whole;
Possibilities for these areas would include
boat launching . ramps, docks, camping
grounds, picnic facilities, comfort stations,
parking space, and water supply, McLanahan
pointed out.
The speaker emphasized the importance
of cooperation between the National Park
Service and local groups, particularly the
county government and the two towns along
the canal. He suggested a link between the
NPS plans and the county's developing park
system.
"We'll put every ounce of strength into
this program, and we hope you'll give us
assistance," he hold the group. "Any devel-
opments will be for the benefit of the four-
state area.
"If any of you have ideas about the canal's
future, I'd like to hear them."
No time schedule was given for completion
of the projects. But the speaker revealed one
event affecting the canal that is only two
weeks in the future.
On June 1, he said, the "canal will be
spliced back together as one unit " This
will happen when the NPS puts the entire
canal under the National Capital Region.
Part of it is now under the Philadelphia
Region of the agency.
The superintendent estimated that 18 mil-
lion persons form the recreational potential
of the canal, and he linked it with the more
ambitious Potomac Valley Park that has
been proposed for the river basin.
Melvin Kaplan, president of the Williams-
port club, introduced the speaker and an-
nounced that revised maps of the canal
will soon come off the presses for the con-
venience of hikers and other users of the
towpath.
Wolff Endorses National Council of
nam
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. LESTER L. WOLFF
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, May 18, 1966
Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Speaker, the prob-
lem of Vietnam does not lend itself to a
black or white solution; we must con-
stantly and aggressively search for new
ways to bring a just peace to that,
troubled land. I have not seen a clearer
articulation of a general road to follow
toward peace in Vietnam than that out
lined by Eugene Carson Blake, stated
clerk of the United Presbyterian Church,
which was adopted by the National
Council of Churches. The five points
adopted by the National Council are sim-
ilar to positions adopted by national
Catholic and Jewish groups. The five
points include:
(1). a United Nations-convened peace con-
ference with representation by all interested
parties; (2) readiness on the part of the
United States for unconditional discussion
and negotiation; (3) strict adherence on the
part of the U.S. to the policy of avoiding
bombing of centers of population in North
Viet Nam; (4) increased efforts to relieve the
desperate plight of non-combatants in South
Viet Nam; (6) a phased withdrawal of all
U.S. troops and bases from Viet Namese ter-
ritory, if and when they can be replaced by
adequate international peacekeeping forces;
The search for peace must continue;
every available means must be explored.
I ask my colleagues in the House of
Representatives to support the five points
enumerated above as I do.
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also Invited foreign shipowners to bid on
transporting military supplies to Europe and
Asia.
The ship companies see a crisis in the
Beet's ability to measure up to responsibil-
ities. The American economy is taking 50
per cent of the world's raw materials. Fur-
thermore, it depends increasingly on imports,
and requires "reliable transportation by sea
of these vital raw products."
At the same time it has taken over from
Britain and France the task of keeping world
trade lanes open and supplying military
forces on far fronts. This, the steamship
companies say, is all being done with "a
pipeline of rust buckets struggling in an ef-
fort to continue operating."
Casl feels that the Government has been
unrealistic in chartering some of the newest
and fastest merchant ships on the Vietnam
supply run, diverting them from commercial
trade routes built up at much cost by the
n teamship companies.
The reasoning is this: Vietnamese port fa-
cilities are so limited that the fast ships wait
"weeks on end" to berth. The industry felt
that slower ships would be just as useful.
from July to December last year, the
steamship lines say, they lost 425,000 tons of
commercial cargo and $16,500,000 in revenue
because their fast ships were diverted from
trade routes and chartered by the Govern-
ment for Vietnam service. The cargo was
picked up by foreign-flag operators with a
resulting adverse effect on United States bal-
ance of payments, Casl says.
'l.'he report Is at pains to show that air-
lift cannot substitute for shipping. War
supplies transported overseas by ships varied
only from 100 per cent in the Spanish-Ameri-
lean war to 99 per cent In the Korean War
and 98 per cent today, the industry points
out.
's'he projected C-5A giant let cargo plane
will handle "only 50 to 55 tons of cargo."
According to the ship owners "that's but a
drop in the bucket on the defense dollar-
return realized from the transportation of
cargo in a modern, large, fast cargo ship."
This is described as a vessel of 25 to 30 knots.
.][RIdST CRITICISED
Commeting on "Operation Big Lift," the
air transport of 15,000 soldiers from Texas
Co Germany in 240 planes in three days in
1064, the report emphasized that they carried
only light equipment with them The heavy
battle equipment used in their exercise
abroad had been delivered by ship. Cass
asks what would happen in a real combat
situation if the heavy equipment could not be
lire-positioned.
The report notes there is a fleet of 4:L8
vessels of all types. including the relics
out of mothballs, now on the Vietnam sup-
laly run.
It also indicates considerable pride in the
1.03 modern, fast cargo ships that have been
added to the merchant fleet at a cost of $1
bililon In recent years under the Government
:tzbsidy program. Thirty-nine more will
soon join them. What the industry wants
is many more,
'['he member companies of Casl are Ameri-
can Mail Line. American President Lines,
Delta Steamship Lines, Farrell Lines, Grace
Line, Gulf & South American Steamship
Company, Lykes Brothers Steamship Cont-
pany. Moore-McCormack Lines, Pacific Far
h:ast Line, Prudential Lines, States Steam-
sship Company, The Oceanic Steamship Com-
pany and United States Lines.
Today there are about 900 privately owned,
active American merchant ships in ocean-
borne commerce. Of the 600 in foreign
trade, about 60 tankers have speeds of
around 15 knots, and about 116 dry cargo
ships in operation or building have speeds
,over 20 knots.
To World War I, President Wilson launched
a massive building program because the
United States depended on foreign ships for
its trade. These were either withdrawn or
made available only for exorbitant prices.
Although the United States built up a fleet
of 14.7-million deadweight tons, the first
war had ended before the bulk of the fleet was
ready.
"We did not have the ships when we needed
them most," the government conceded. To
a lesser extent the same was true in World
War II. Then 5,600 ships of 54-million dead-
weight tons were contracted for, The fleet
peak was in. 1945: 4,125 ships of 44,400,000
deadweight tons.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. CHARLES WC. MATHIAS, JR.
OF MARYLAND
IN THIC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, May 24, 1966
Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. Speaker, for
many years I have advocated the ex-
pansion of the valuable C. & O. Canal
National Monument into a C. & O. Canal
National Historical Park, as a spur to the
restoration and recreational development
of this unique historical and scenic re-
source. I am glad to be able to report
that progress is now being made, along
the canal itself if not yet in Washing-
ton.
At the 12th annual reunion hike and
banquet of the C. & O. Canal Associa-
tion. on April 23, the dedicated members
of that association unanimously re-
affirmed their conviction that a C. & O.
Canal National Historical Park should
be established without further delay.
More than 400 people joined Supreme
Court Justice William O. Douglas, Asso-
ciation President Ellery Fosdick, incom-
ing President Paul Hauck and the alumni
of the famous 1954 hike for the annual
day on the canal., a day which under-
lined again the great attraction which
the canal holds for people of all ages.
I :regret that recent surgery prevented
me from joining the members of the
association on April 23, and am very
glad that our distinguished colleague
from Maryland, Mr. MORTON, a member
of the House Interior Committee, could
attend the banquet to declar,:i his own
endorsement of the proposed C. & O.
Canal National Historical Park.
T. regret that, despite these signs of
wide support for the park, the Depart-
ment of the Interior has not ya't seen fit
to submit any report on my bill, H.R.
9366, which has been before the House
Interior Committee since last June 25.
As the Washington Post declared in an
editorial on April 26, "the proposed
Chesapeake and Ohio Park could be an
immediate and direct step toward the
larger objective" of a Potomac. Valley
Park system, and should be endorsed by
the Interior Department for action this
year.
It is very encouraging that the lack of
energy in Washington has not. deterred
canal enthusiasts from acting on their
own initiative to begin restoration and
improvement of the canal. Under the
direction of the able and imaginative
canal superintendent, W. Dean Mc-
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Clanahan, more and more conservation
and sportsmens' groups in western Mary-
land have begun to discuss specific devel-
opment projects. Through local efforts,
I believe that great progress can be made
toward cleaning up the canal. rewater-
ing appropriate portions of it, improving
the towpath, and publicizing widely the
tremendous recreational assets of this
historic waterway.
I would like to bring to the attention
of my colleagues the Post editorial. and
an article about Superintendent Mc-
Clanahan's proposals, from the Hagers-
town Morning Herald of May 119:
[From the Washington Post, April 26, 19661
STALLED C. & O. CANAL BnL
The annual hike of Justice Douglas and
other devotees of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal towpath came as a reminder that
nothing has been done this year to assure the
preservation of this great recreational asset.
Representative CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS has
been pressing for action on his bill to expand
the C&O Canal National Monument into
a national historical park, with help from
many sources. But no hearings have been
held.
The chief reason for the current stalemate
appears to be the lack of positive support
from the Department of the Interior. No re-
port on the bill has thus far hen forth-
coming from the Department. It is true
that an Interdepartmental Task Force on the
Potomac recommended prompt establish-
ment of a Potomac Valley Park a few months
ago. Although this would include the
C&O Canal property, it is essentially a
long-range concept. To carry it out, large
sums will be necessary for the acquisition
of recreational lands, for the construction of
the proposed George Washington Country
Parkway and so forth.
The proposed Chesapeake & Ohio Park
could be an immediate and direct step toward
the larger objective. It is especially urgent
to acquire the additional lands needed for
campgrounds and further protection OF the
narrow strip of park running from Wash-
ing to Cumberland. We think Interior
should give the C&O National Historical Park
bill it hearty endorsement and press for its
enactment in the present session.
[From the Hagerstown Morning; Herald,
May 19, 19661
RESTORATION PLANS DISCLOSED: C. s O. CANAL
WILL LIVE AGAIN
(By Harry Warner)
The C. & O. Canal will live again at two
points in Washington County.
Moreover, many other areas in Washington
County have been ticketed for recreational
development along the historic waterway.
Dean McClanahan, superintendent of the
C. & O. Canal National Monument. unveiled
tentative plans for the future during a talk
to the Williamsport C. & O. Canal Club
Wednesday night.
Five points have been chosen for extensive
restoration of the canal along its=. 185-mile
length. Those in this county will be at Four
Locks and Harpers Ferry, if present plans
work out.
McClanahan envisioned rewatering of the
canal at these points, construction of full-
size replicas of the canal boats that used to
go up and down the waterway, restoration
and refurnishing of the lock houses, car-
penter shops, and mule barns, and putting
back into operating condition locks and as-
sociated facilities.
Similar historical development k; planned
for the canal at the North Branch area near
Cumberland, Paw Paw around the famous
tunnel, and at Seneca Creek, he said.
The superintendent listed these Washing-
ton County sites as under consideration. for
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she adds, by purchasing the business and
equipment of another Hancock weekly, The
Star, including its 1889 flatbed press.
in those early days when The Star also
regularly went to press, The News was owned
and published by George C. Huber. After
his death in 1947, Mrs. Bohler, who had held
a job on the news sheet, bought it and con-
tinued publication of the weekly which dates
back to 1914.
The Star was established in 1889 and owned
by the late Miss Gertrude Summers. As far
as local memories serve, Miss Summers gave
the business to James William Mason, who,
with his brother, John T. Mason, published
the weekly until Mrs. Bohler bought it and
combined The Star and The News In one
operation.
Mrs. Bohler, who says her biggest news
story was the flood of '36, came to this west-
ern Maryland community in 1916, a young
widow with two sons, aged 4 years and 18
months. Her husband, the late Harry Bohler,
was killed in an accident at Bartlett and
Haywood Tool Makers in Baltimore.
"I got ink in my blood when I came to
Hancock," she fondly recalls, "and it was all
by chance. I applied for a job on The News,
and learned the business from Mr. Huber."
Her favorite expression, in fact, during
World War II, when blood donors were so
badly needed, was: "Give my blood to a
printer; it's full of printer's ink."
The weekly paper, a single piece with a
front and back, actually goes to press on two
days. Pages 1 and 4, the outside sheet, are
printed on Tuesday. Pages 2 and 3, the in-
side sheet, with school and church news,
movies and classifieds, goes to press on
Thursdays.
BIGGEST SELLER
Biggest seller for the paper, according to
Susan Bohler, has been "Brief Items," a
column in which people of Hancock and the
surrounding area get the news of people they
know. "Two or three lines in that column,"
says Susan, "are worth 50 lines on the front
page. "Besides," she adds, "it lets me, as an
editor, let off steam."
Weddings and obituaries are almost as well
read as "Brief Items," claims the publisher.
The obituary column in The News is prob-
ably among the most timely in the state.
For the office overlooks the back yard of
Grove Funeral Home here, and when Susan
sees the hearse pulling in, even at noon on
press day, she rushes next door to get a
quick notice for publication.
The Interior of the News' press room was
heated, until just three years ago, by an old
coal and wood stove, and Mrs. Bohler carried
the baskets of fuel upstairs to replenish the
stove. In '63, however, she "modernized" the
plant by having gas heaters installed. Faded
posters, sales bills and calendars for every
year since 1938 line the walls. A visitor to
the office, hunting material for a historical
novel, was moved to remark that "a news-
paper must have been like this in Mark
Twain's day.'.'
Mrs. Bohler says the pace has never been
that of a "city paper," but claims the hours
are long and the work goes on seven days a
week. She boasts of never carrying "crime"
news. "I never published murders or scan-
dals, and I kept away from car accidents.
Everyone in town is related to everyone else,"
she explains, "and I never aimed to stir folks
up. Besides, if anything big happens here,
everybody knows it before I can get it in
print."
Loyalty to the newspaper and to the pub-
lisher has been high in this community.
Only once did Susan Bohler "shut down" and
that was due to illness, "And," says one
resident, "not one subscriber asked for a re-
bate.,,
Mrs. Bohler has been known to proclaim
proudly, more than once, "I've been in busi-
ness since Woodrow Wilson was president."
However, she's a staunch Democrat, "but
not partisan," and a staunch Episcopalian.
A daughter of the late Mary Alice (Van-
nosdeln) and Marlin J. Triece, she is a native
of the Warfordsburg, Pa., area. Her grand-
father Warford founded that nearby town
on land which, she says, was purchased by
her great grandfather from William Penn.
Her youngest son, Lt. Warford M. Bohler of
Annapolis, is named for the town. Her old-
est son, Sgt. Marlin T. Bohler, lives in Salis-
bury. Both are with Maryland State Police.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. WILLIAM F. RYAN
OF NEW YORI{
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, May 24, 1966
Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, the situa-
tion in Vietnam continues to deteriorate.
Every day the news brings with it new
tales of the disaffection of the people of
South Vietnam from the government in
Saigon.
As the situation deteriorates, we in
Government should be asking: What
next? What lessons should be learned
from the civil war within the war? What
lessons should be learned from Premier
Ky's handling of the situation?
One man who continues to think clear-
ly about events in southeast Asia, and
who continues to ask the toughest ques-
tions, is Walter Lippmann. For those
who did not have a chance to read his
column in the Washington Post this
morning, I would recommend it highly.
The column follows:
[From the Washington (D.C.) Post, May 24,
1966]
MOMENT Or TRUTH
(By Walter Lippmann)
The hardest question facing us at the
moment is whether or not the disintegration
of the Saigon government and army can be
stopped and reversed. The official position
is, of course, that it can be.
But there is little evidence to support the
official will to believe, and there is mounting
evidence that General Ky or anyone like
him is in an irreconcilable conflict with the
war-weary people of Vietnam. There is no
prospect now visible that the South Vietnam-
ese people and the South Vietnamese army
can be united and rallied for the prosecution
of the war.
Unless this condition changes radically,
we shall increasingly be fighting alone in a
country which has an army that is break-
ing up and a government which has little
authority.
We can already see on the horizon the pos-
sibility of an American army fighting on its
own in a hostile environment. We must hope
that the President and his strategic planners
are prepared for such a development. For if
the South Vietnamese government and army
continue to disintegrate as is now the case,
our troops may find themselves without seri-
ous organized military support, and forced
to find their way in a seething unrest where
friend and foe are indistinguishable,
If the Saigon forces disintegrate, it will no
longer be possible to continue the war on
the theory that the mission of our troops is
to smash the hard core of the enemy while
the Saigon troops occupy and pacify the
countryside. What then? We shall be hear-
ing from the Goldwater faction, whose first
article of military faith Is unlimited belief
in airpower. They are arguing that the way
to repair the breakdown in South Vietnam
is to bomb Haipong and Hanio In the north.
The Administration, as we are told by Secre-
tary McNamara and Mr. Brown, the Secretary
of the Air Force, knows the folly and the fu-
tility of that course of action.
Is there any real alternative to a holding
strategy, sometimes called the enclave stra-
tegy, pending the negotiation of a truce and
agreement for our phased withdrawal from
the Asian mainland? If the Vietnamese war
cannot be won by the Air Force, if it cannot
be won by American troops fighting alone in
South Vietnam, what other strategic option
is there?
The only other option would be to make
no new decisions, pursue the present course,
and hope that things are not so bad as they
seem, and that something better will turn
up. The President is bound to be strongly
tempted to take this line. The alternatives
open to him are dangerous or inglorious, and
repulsive to his cautious but proud tempera-
ment.
A great head of government would have
seized the nettle some time ago, as long as
1964, and would have disengaged gradually
our military forces. But that would have
taken a highmindedness and moral courage
which are rare among the rulers of men.
For rulers of men nearly always will do al-
most anything rather than admit that they
have made a mistake.
Yet the moment of truth comes inexor-
ably when a radical mistake has been made.
The mistake in this case has been to order
American troops to fight an impossible war
in an impossible environment. The Ameri-
can troops, which may soon number 400
thousand men, are committed to an unat-
tainable objective-a free pro-American
South Vietnam. They are commanded to
achieve this on a continent where they have
no important allies, and where their enemies
have inexhaustible numbers.
The situation, not anyone's pride or the
Nation's prestige, must be our paramount
concern.
German-American Day
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
HON. PETER W. RODINO, JR.
OF NEW JERSEY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, may 24, 1966
Mr. RODINO, Mr, Speaker, last Sun-
day, May 22, was proclaimed German-
American Day by New Jersey's Governor,
Richard Hughes. And I had the distinct
pleasure of attending the 14th annual
German-American Day festival honor-
ing the memory of Gen. Frederick T.
Frelinghuysen, an American patriot and
one of New Jersey's early settlers of
German origin,
New Jersey has been indeed fortunate
to have so many dedicated and upstand-
ing German-American citizens. Mr.
Carl Schaufelberger, the festival chair-
man, is to be commended for providing
an inspiring and entertaining program;
and, without objection, I wish to place in
the RECORD Governor Hughes' proclama-
tion:
PROCLAMATION OF. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Whereas, the fourteenth annual German-
American Day Festival will be held in North
Bergen, New Jersey on May22, 1966; and
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experience, are being hurt the same way
that the marginal builders are.
.,They don't believe they can pay more
money for money at the present time. The
real crime is that the housing requirements
are still there. The money market is at the
opposite of what it should be. There is too
much of a nationwide policy that doesn't
apply to Southern California."
C;eorge Lupher, president of Morgan Lu-
pher & Company, Southern California in-
dustrial builders, said he had $2 million in
projects shelved until the financing becomes
available.
"Schedules have been disrupted and proj-
ects delayed overall because of the financing
problems." said Lupher. "It may take six
months or longer for things to get back to
normal."
't'he Keystone Mortgage Co. Inc., of Los An-
geles, headed by mortgage banker John Sulli-
van, has long been active In the money-find-
ing field for commercial and industrial con-
,truction.
Christopher E. Turner, secretary of the
company, said: "Borrowers are being asked to
pay as much as 1 percent above what they
were paying iii February, and in some cases
the funds are not available at any price be-
cause of the shifting of mortgage money, ear-
marked for mortgages, into high-yielding
bonds and direct corporate placements."
lie said, "High quality projects have be-
come too expensive, and projects under $1()0,-.
000 in the industrial construction area are
nearly impossible. The marginal industrial
and cofrmiercial projects aren't as sensitive
because the paying of high rates has been
common for them.
"In addition, when there have been sales
of industrial properties, the new purchaser
has assumed the old-rate loans rather than
refinancing at the upped rate of .75'1? of one
percent in many cases."
'Turner said the money market virtually
has eliminated remodeling of old projects and
caused the postponement of a large percent-
age of new ones.
If the answer to the imposition of the tight-
nioney market is to slow down the economy,
it has advanced the question of whether hun-
dreds of architects and contractors will stay
in business.
"['he residential, commercial and indus-
trial builders are already overwhelmed with
administrative problems what with increas-
ing material and labor costs," said one mort-
gage banker. "When they were slapped
across the face with the money-market gaun.-
let who should expect that it was loaded
with a horseshoe?"
F:XT1]NSION OF REMARKS
OF
ZION. WILLIAM H. AYRES
OF OHIO
IN TW' HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
'l'u,,sday, May 24, 1966
Mr. AY. RES. Mr. Speaker, as I was
standing in the crowded committee room
awaiting the unveiling of the oil painting
portraying the image of the Honorable
JOHN L. MCMILLAN, and listening to the
eloquent words of praise that you, Mr.
Speaker, were making about the man
whom we had come to honor, I could but
feel that your words were those that the
vast majority of the House could heartily
endorse.
JOHN L. MCMILLAN is one of the most
dedicated, knowledgeable, and consider-
ate Members of Congress that it has been
my fortune to meet. When I first came
to this House, 16 years ago, he was a vet-
eran of 12 years of service. Evers then
he was considered one of our leading
authorities on agriculture. I turned to
him for advice on this subject and that
advice has stood me in good stead
throughout the years.
The Honorable JOHN L. MCMII LAN has
served as chairman of the House District
Committee for 18 years. Only a true
dedication to service cf his fellowmen
would influence a man of his high ability
to remain at that most difficult and con-
troversial post.
I believe, Mr. Speaker, that w( all owe
a debt of gratitude to the public spirited
citizens who donated the beautiful por-
trait, of Chairman McMILLAN. I felt it
an honor to be invited to attend such a
memorable occasion. I did note that
practically the entire body of public of-
flicials of the District of Columbia
turned out to pay homage to this great
American.
I ask no greater honor than to be
known as a firiend of JOHN L. MCMILLAN.
Joseph A. Gray, Sr., 'Former Member
of Congress
EXTENSION OF REMAT:,KS
IHOIN. JOHN P. SAYLOR
OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, May 3, 1966
End of an Era in Maryland Journalism
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or,
HON. CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR.
OF MARYLAND
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, May 24, 1966
Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. Speaker, s proud
era in Maryland journalism ended early
this month when Mrs. Susan Bchier of
Hancock announced the sale of the
Hancock News, the last handset news-
paper in the State. The News will be
published henceforth by Mr. James S.
Buzzerd and Mr. J. Warren Buzzerd,
publisher and editor of the Morgr.n Mes-
senger of Berkeley Springs, W. Irs.., but
the distinctive touch of Mrs. Bohler will
no longer be seen.
Mrs. Bohler, now nearing her 79th
birthday, is a veteran of 43 years of pub-
lishing, and 50 years as a leadin; resident
of Hancock. Through the weekly News,
she has kept her neighbors and coullt.-
less friends fully advised on local, events.
school, and church news, and community
progress. Despite many difficulties, she.
has failed to publish the News only once,
a truly remarkable record of pub' is serv-
ice.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to include
in the RECORD, in tribute to Mrs. Bohler
an interesting article from the llagers-
town morning Herald of May 5 about
this outstanding newspaper ownsr, pub-
lisher, reporter, editor, typesetter, print-
er's devil, who, in her own words, has
"been in business since Woodrow Wilson
Mr. SP,YLOR, Mr. Speaker on May was President"
8 the Honorable Joseph Anthony Gray, MRs. SUSAN BOIILER ENDS 43-YEAR CAREER In
Sr., who represented P n:,the 7 NEWSPAPER FIELD; SELLS THE lIANC