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4 mem a Society Drops Last Vestige Of Commune
By WARD CANNEL
AMANA, Iowa (NEA) On a
Sunday morning before the win
ter snow thaws from these rich
rolling hills, Martin Dickel will
rise in the Church of Amana and
begin: "Brothers and sisters
For the first time since 1714 tile
Amana movement was a protest
against Lutheranism in Germany
Today it's a corporation worth
millions of dollars in land, crops
and industry
More than 100 years ago, the
Amana Society was a busy com
mime of Christians working their
Amana service will be read in Iowa 'and without need of mon
.English instead of German.- And.ey, policemen, divorce courts,
MARTIN DICKEL will begin with "Brother! and litters."
the oldest Utopia in the U.S. will
surrender its last dream of heav
en on earth.
Church elder Dickel says' it is
a small surrender the dream
was really over long ago.
Some of the younger and less
spiritual of the 700 shareholders
in the re-zoned heaven say it's
about time. Who needs a Utopia
when you're making lots of mon
ey?
Nearly 250 years ago, the
, By IRVING DKSKOR
AP Newgfeatures
Have you ever fumbled for a
roll of 35mm film at the bottom
of your gadget bag or in youi
pocket or purse?
Why not tape an empty metal
film container to the neck strap
of your camera or glue one to
the top of your camera case?
It'll always be handy when the
next roll of film is needed.
Do you have one flashgun for
two different cameras thereby re
quiring two different electrical
cord connectors?
Why not solder the tip of one
shutter connection about two inch
es from the end of the other
cord connector? With both shut
ter connectors on the one wire,
you can change cameras without
having to hunt for the other cord.
. Have you ever wanted to make
a tremendous enlargement b u t
found your enlarger head couldn't
be raised high enough to project
the image?
Put a portrait attachment on
your enlarger lens. This decreases
the focal length of the enlarger
lens and increases the projected
negative image size.
These are some of the short
cuts and time-savers that prac
tical photographers have evolved
to solve routine work-a-day prob-
lems. I guess every camera fan
has come up with some little
gimmick or trick that makes pic
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A FIRM GRIP on your camera if recommended at all
timet. Famed cat photographer Walter Chandoha,
. Annandale, N. J., illustrate! this safety tip when hit
children proved overly enthutiattic.
Fear And Desperation
May Be Castro Motive
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press News Analyst
There is evidence that Fidel
Castro deliberately sought to make
the United States break relations
with Cuba, and' that his provoea
Hons in this respect grew out of
fear and desperation.
The Castro revolution is in trou
ble. It is doubtful whether the
Communist bloc possesses the
means and the ability to keep the
Cuban regime above water.
. Castro seems to fear that other
Latin American governments, no
longer able to abide interference
in their affairs, are themselves
about to call it quits with him.
Castro and his Communist advis
ers want to be able to sav that
the United States has forced those
other governments to break rela
tions, that tliis proves U.S. "im
perialist" maneuvers and bad in
tentions toward Cuba. He wants
to use the forthcoming breaks in
relations as pegs for new agila
Ho"h aj$iits existing governments
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phcre.
This is not just speculation. The
Fidelislas have learned from the
Communists the technique of ac
cusing an enemy of what one
plans oneself. A few weeks ago
the Castro newspaper Revolucion
told its readers that the United
States was planning a new offen
sive against Cuba and was "put
ting pressure on puppet govern
ments of the continent- to put it
into effect."
It added: "The four points of
this plan are as follows: A collec
tive break of diplomatic relations
with Cuba; an economic embar
go; establishment of an inter-
American police force and the
creation of a committee to study
the political situation in Latin
American nations."
The Communist bloc is anxious
for additional excuses to stir up
ture taking or life in the dark
room a little easier.
Now these have been collected
by Wayne Floyd and arranged for
easy reference in a book called
"Floyd's Pholo Tips," published
by Amphoto, New York. It c o n-
tains 450 sensible suggestions for
situations encountered in amateur
and professional photography such
as loading and handling film
lighting, developing films, mak
ing prints and care of equipment.
Here are a few more Floyd
hints that could prove useful in
the right place at the right time
To prevent extension cords from
slipping out of an extension plug
tie a simple knot in the two ends
before making the connection. Any
tension on" a wire will then make
the connection more secure in
stead of pulling apart.
When washing roll films in a
developing tank, insert a funnel
in the center hole of the tank
and direct the stream of water
into the funnel. It will flow to the
bottom of the tank and go up
and out. This method keeps hvpo
from settling on the bottom of the
tank and provides quicker, more
thorough washing.
To speed up darkroom drying
like drying of film borrow the
electric hair dryer from the lady
of the hr.use.
To keep a towel handy for dark
room chores, why not slip a cor
ner of it through your belt or
pin it to your apron?
To protect clothing in darkroom
work, improvise an apron from
one of the clear plastic bags that
come over suits and dresses from
(lie cleaners. Enlarge the hole at
the top for your neck and cut
holes for tlie arms.
Flexible, plastic bottles which
are widely used now for cosmet
ic and drug preparations can be
used in darkrooms after they have
served their primary purpose.
When empty and thoroughly dry,
they can become an air syringe
lo blow dust off negatives, lenses
and camera and enlarger bellows.
Ordinary dusting by rubbing some
times builds up a static charge
which attracts more dust. Blow
ing the dust away by mouth some
times deposits moisture on a
negative. An air syringe does the
job best.
More artistic enlargements re
suit, at times, when the print is
softened or diffused in portraiture
and in sccnics. ou can make a
ainuser ov stretching part ot a
discarded nylon stocking across
an embroidery hoop
Still another diffuser c a n be
made out of a wire mesli flv
swatter. The long wire handle is
perfect for holding the mesh por
tion in the enlarger light beam
and the degree of diffusion can be
varied by tilting it from a hori
zontal position. Maximum diffu
popular unrest against existing sion is obtained when the wire
Latin American governmoitbs and j screen is at a 45 degree angle.
is intent upon using Citen. m full
advantage while I ho tusgssrtuHity
sUH eMfih. la ist to,
It must be kept in motion, of
course, to prevent a wire pat
tern from showing on tlie print.
wills, state aid, probation offi
cers, locks and keys.
Today, Amana Society Secre
tary Peter Stuck says:
"I don't know what we've lost
in giving up the commune. But
we certainly couldn't keep alive
the old way."
There may have been no di
vorce, venereal disease, felony or
juvenile delinquency. But by 1930
there was no hope of the future
either.
We didn t have money, one
of the now middle aged citizens
of the Utopia recalls. "We didn't
use moncv but the hank did. It
was the depth of the depression.'
With liquidation imminent, sec
retary Stuck called a meeting of
some of the younger men. They
presented a plan to the elders
and within two years Amana be
came a stock corporation.
The total assets of Utopia di
vided out to a $50 share for each
member. With it, eventually
came radios, salesmanship
movies, cars, church once a week
instead of 1 1 times and of course
competition.
By 1945 each share in the so
ciety and its farms, textile and
woodworking shops, etc., was
worth $3,000.
A big piece of the business
came from tlie tourist trade.
'visitors," as one resident put it,
'who came to look at us without
really knowing what they were
looking at."
By 1956, each share was worth
4.700.
'Suddenly," William Noe said
in the Society of I ice, we wore
faced with the problem of capi
talism where we had been faced
Iwfore with the problems of the
commune.
Young people in Amana start
ing out in life could not afford
to buy shares in their commu
nity. So, what the hope of heaven
had once solved was now turned
over to (lie accounting depart
ment. '
The stock was split 100 to one.
Two kinds of shares were is
suedequal in value but not in
benefits (free medical dental and
burial privileges! for members
who moved away.
All that remained was the
church language, the German
brought to Utopia by the pio
neers from Hesse. But with the
service now being translated into
English, there is no longer need
for the German.
"And no place to teach it any
longer," says Charles Selzer,
superintendent of Amajia schools.
Today, the theory is that schools
as small as ours 100 in the high
school can't offer as much as
the big, consolidated area schools.
'It seems a- shame to close tlie
doors. We ve done very well by
our children and their parent
and their grandparents."
Neither Selzer nor anybody
else in Amana will fight for this
last vestige of their great-grand
fathers' haven. Today's Amana
belongs lo young people like Alex
Meyer1, a boy from nearby Ce
dar Rapids wIk married ail
Amana girl:
"Sure, it was terrific in its
day," Meyer says. "But this is
the second half of tlie 20th Cen
tury. Tilings are changing. You
can't get tlie preparation you
need lor it in Amana etlie way
things are now."
PETER STUCK: "We cer
tainly couldn't keep alive
the old way."
ALEX MEYER: "You can't
get the preparation you
need in Amana the way
things are."
HITS FOOD DUMPING
NEW YORK (UPI) Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt said Thursday
night that "dumping" of surplus
food in tlie United States "doe
not go unnoticed by tlie Commu
nists." "People and countries I have
visited constantly ask 'why do
you in the United States throw
away food instead of giving it to
people who haven't any?" " she
said.
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