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Evening star., 1952-07-18
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Evening star., 1952-06-26

Democrats, that any Republican nominee could
beat any Democratic nominee in November.
The thinking has changed now as the more
responsible Republicans have stopped to analyze
the problem of defeating party that is strong
experienced and accustomed to winning. To ac-
complish the task, these Republicans are aware
that the party must choose a candidate and
platform that will appeal to the independent
vote, much Of it to be found among the young
people. This is the simple arithmetic that Gen
eral Eisenhower referred to last Saturday night
in Dallas, along with his warning that the party
must enlist youths enthusiasm, courage and
vision.
Sinclair Weeks is an experienced political
figure and one of influence in his party His COM
mitment to General Eisenhower and his appeal
to Senator Taft to step out of the race follow
months of studying the national political temper
in his job of being chief fund raiser for the Re-
publican campaign He has become aware that
the independent voters-the arithmetical margin
of victory-want change this year but that they
are fearful of the Republican capacity, through
uncertainty and dissension," to throw away op-
portunity.
There are many. besides Senator Taft, who
may disagree with Mr.. Weeks precise formula
for victory but there are few who can honestly
dispute his analysis, or that of General Eisen-
hover as to the direction and nature of the
appeal which the party must develop if it is to
rid itself of its continuing minority status.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
'Askina for More Trouble

AS rule The Star is to be commended
for clear thinking and straightforward
editorials. However, an editorial excep-
ton to this rule appeared recently under
the caption asking for More Trouble.
A constitutional truism Is expressed
in the statement that "A Presidents
highest duty, specifically entrusted to
him by the Constitution, Is to take care
that the laws are faithfully enforced"
The editorial then admits that. instead
of enforcing the law, Mr.. Truman has
done everything in his power to nullify
the (Taft-Hartley) law. There can be
no possible disagreement with these
obvious facts, but the editorial then
becomes so doubtful and uncertain in
its viewpoint that the reader can only
wonder What is the editorial writer
trying to say?"
With the stated facts in the mind Of
the writer, the editorial goes on to say
"It is hard to know what to think about
a President who operates in this fash
ion" Is it really so difficult? I don't
think so. Can anyone even imagine
that a sincere American would not know
what to think about President who
operates in this fashion" Most Ameri-
cans will agree that if a President or
any other tax-paid public official refuses
to perform the duties of his Office he
should be summarily removed. Actually,
it is hard to know what to think about
leading newspapers taking such an
attitude toward un-American preSiden-
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Object Lesson in Initiation

Spingarn High School, completed at last, is
a good example of what initiation can do to the
best-laid plans for school construction. The
budget estimate for this much-needed colored
senior high school in the Benning road section OF
Northeast Washington was 100000 in 1941. But
that was before Pearl Harbor. With the war
under way and prices rising Congress in 1912
authorized building of the school at a cost not
to exceed $1,158,750. But the project was
indefinitely postponed because OF war shortages
of manpower and materials When Congress
again considered the plans in 1945 the authorized
cost was raised to $1,344,000 year later the
estimated cost was increased to $2,06O,OOO TWO
years later Congress upped the figure again to
$2505 000 And the final cost Of the school, as 1t
stands today without stadium, is $3.1 million.
The long delay in erecting this building has
affected not only its cost but its usefulness in
relieving congestion in the colored schools. When
planned more than 10 years ago its SIS classroomS
were designed to take care Of needs OF the
community for years ahead But when the
big school-hnest of its kind in the city-opens
for business in September, its student population
will be near the rated capacity Of 1,573. BY next
February it will probably be loaded to full
capacity This means that the city's four
colored high schools again will be virtually
bulging at the seams--with no place for the
overflow. Spingarn at least will provide welcome
though temporary, relief for the crowded Negro
schools. But it is evident that the planning and
building must go If the city is to keep abreast
of school requirements.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Recognition of Merit

In confirming James H. Flanagan for a
fourth term as a member Of the District Public
Utilities Commission, the Senate has given due
recognition to Mr.. Flanagan's meritorious service
in an exceedingly difficult assignment. And the
Senate at the same time has drawn a proper
distinction between criticism Of policies Of the
Capital Transit Company and criticism Of policies
of the PUG. The two matters unfortunately had
been confused in the Lands report on transit
and PUG problems and in discussions Of the
report at the Capitol.
Mr. Flanagan himself did a good job, Of
explaining to Congress that recent dividend
policies of the Wolfson management Of the
transit company are not under control OF the
PUG and that melon-splitting based on accumu-
lated past earnings cannot be taken into account
In fixing current fares. It is evident that he
convinced the Senators that, far from having
been lax in protecting the interests OF the
general puhlic-as the Lands report charged
Mr.. Flanagan and his colleagues OF the PUG
have done their best, within the law, to give the
city reasonably adequate and stable public
transportation system Chairman Flanagan's
reappontment will help to assure continuation
of these determined efforts during the critical
transit era that lies ahead.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Squeezing the Toxpoyer

Ireceived letter today from Horatius
(the big man of the District Income Tax
Division1 stating that in 1949 made q
little income but his Office had no record
of my telling them about it.
fastening down to his Office because
his letter sounded so mornful. found
according to his records) owed around
81 plus penalty. plus interest.
You know, I felt kind of sorry for the
guy because the big time gamblers and
mobsters are thumbing their noses at
all governments and think his feelings
are hurt. So that must be the reason he
is gathering in all the little grocery
clerks, the little department store clerks.
etc. All of you who are IS or over, re-
tired and under Social Security. if you
haven't received your notice. come in
voluntarily. Horatius is afraid you are
living too luxuriously on your Social
Security check.
Tina.
Evening star., 1952-06-26

The man who is so years or older and
still wears one-piece underwear is old
fashioned.
: Even the children do not know what
these things are on the clothes line.
New-fashioned oldsters go in for two
pieces. with T neck and all.
Such matters are test Of growing old,
perhaps.
How about the personal reaction to
air conditioning?
II you do not like it, look to the years
that have accumulated around your
head.
We never viii forget our first personal
experience with air condition.
It was in q hotel lunchroom, years
ago, and 1t was very nice. You could
go in there. eat a slice Of their famous
pie and drink hot coffee in comfort.
It was. however. too cold.
The skin dried up within seconds
after one came in.
More modern conditioning adjusts the
indoor temperature to the outdoor. so
that 1t is never more than a certain
number Of degrees below the air out
side.
This way a too sudden reversal of
ones personal thermodynamics il not
experienced.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
This and That
By Charles E. TroceweN

The older one grows, the less likely
he is to be pleased at temperature
changes.
Nothing else accounts for the perpet-
ual sneezing and coughing in buses and
streetcars and in all public places.
We have heard more sneezing in June
than in December.
What is happening here?
Are these old revolutionists distribut-
ing germs, just as q test run?
Probably it isn't anything more than
the fact that most Americans are. as
Europeans say. soft.
But George Washington was not soft,
as they use the word. and he died Of
inflammation of the lungs.
They didn't have air conditioning In
his time. He used to come, in his coach,
up Wisconsin avenue. then called High
street. on his way to fredericksburg.
Keeping cool in hot weather is a
matter Of:
/. Not eating too heavily.
2. Sleeping on the first floor.
8. Air conditioning.
Not eating too heavily means less
calories.
If you think that half glass Of
buttermilk and half glass Of orange
Evening star., 1952-06-26
T. F. McC Carthy.

Juice, mixed together has no calories,
as a writer of a letter to The Star re-
Gently thought. then you will never be
able to keep cool the diet way.
Sleeping on the first floor brings in
the modern rambler. ranch house, or
whatever one calls it. a.
First-floor sleeping is always cooler
even in the traditional two-story house.
As for home air cooling, nothing takes
the place Of the modern gadget in the
window
Electricity Is still q wonder worker.
Sometimes we tend to forget that.
The next best thing is the high-ve-
locity fan.
The old type fans that whirl around
leisurely stir up the air, but they are
extremely slow in actually changing it
in hot room.
The fast whirlerG. used intelligently,
will really do it. The fan is placed,
blowing out, at window raised in
inches one and one-haf times the diam
eter Of the fan.
The fan is stationed twice the diam
eter from the opening. Other windows
are raised as high as possible for intake.
II this doesn't help, then the fan
doesn't go around fast enough.
It, too. Is old-faShioned.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
One Friend to Another

Sinclair Weeks, normally restrained Bos-
tonian was indeed asking for supreme act OF
self-denial when he appealed to my good friend
Bob Taft" to step out of the Republican presi-
Dental race in favor of General Eisenhower.
In fact, one might almost conclude that Mr..
Weeks has been so busy in his capacity as chair
man of the Republican National Finance Com
mittee that he has lost touch with the mood OF
"hghting Bob" and the Ohioans determination
to capture the party nomination next month. OF
course Mr. Weeks did make his proposal sound
rather attractive-to some-with the suggestion
that It would "electrify the Nation, instantly unite
the party and guarantee victory" To Senator
Taft, however it was all a ridiculous" idea,
merely proving that Mr. Weeks "does not have
the same ability in politics that he has in raising
money"
The whole exchange is another one OF those
things that would be funnier II 1t were not dl-
rected at q genuinely serious and important
problem.
The issue involved here is that OF choosing
a President of the United States-at critical
time in world history The Democratic Party has
occupied the White House for 90 years. whole
generation of voters, many Of whom have no
strict party afiliation as such, has grown up in
the practice of voting Democratic because the
Republican Party has failed in its appeal, partc-
ularly to the young and nominally independent
voter. A few months ago 1t was widely assumed
that the end of the road was In sight for the
Evening star., 1952-06-26
By Ann CottreII Free

THE consumer. everybody agrees, is
= everybody" but as such Is his
voice heard and needed by Congress or
Is his the voice of Congress itself?
Finding satisfactory answer to this
question means going up and down the
blind alleys Of paradox and dilemma
until through street is found-and
that is exactly what one Senate group
has been doing.
Aware OF the old adage that what
Is everybody's business is nobody's busi-
ness, Senator Gillette, Democrat, Of
Iowa resolved 1t should be somebody's
business. Feeling this way, he fathered
resolution to create select (non-
legislating) Consumer Interest Commit
tee similar to the useful Senate Small
Business Committee. This resolution,
being considered by a subcommittee of
the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, possibly may be the
through street out of the blind alley.
Whether any action will be taken at
this session is doubtful, but 1t will be
reintroduced in the next and some ver-
sion of the resolution may find its way
into presidential campaign issues.
The proposed Consumer Interest Com
mittee, if it accomplished nothing else,
would offer the shoulders Of 13 Sena-
tors for the consumer to weep upon
when he felt he had been wronged.
But, its proponents argue-and there are
% Senators of both parties co-sponsor-
ing the resolution-it would do great
deal more than that. It would bring
the consumer and his problems into
sharp focus for the first time: it would
be forum and fact-f1nding clearing
house on consumer problems increasing
daily in complexity and volume.
It's sponsors agree with Senator Gill
lette that one of the greatest failures
of Congress in going about its daily
business has been "in ignoring the
problems of the consumer" Senator
Douglas, Democrat, of Illinois says IF
a feller ever needed friend, it's the
consumer"
The opposition and neutrals think it
may be an admirable idea. but, they
ask, what would this new committee
do that isn't already being done by
existing committees? /
Congress itself is consumer" Sem
ator Aiken, Republican, of Vermont
says, "and divides up the work among
committees affecting the consumer"
Senator Monroney, Democrat OF
Oklahoma, co-sponsor Of the La Toilette
Monroney Reorganization Act warns
against creation of new committees.
They're like rabbits he says, they
multiply"
Consumers, especially the ones who
work at the job-listen and even agree
to a certain extent to the Aiken-Mun-
roney theories. Then they come up
with a "but." too. They point to what
sometimes happens when they present
their cases before these existing con-
gressional committees.
Mrs. Leslie B. Wright. legislative
chairman of the General Federation
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Tests for Veterun Drivers

Several times in the past two years
there has been advanced the idea that
veteran drivers of over IS years, as u
matter of caution. should be given driv-
ing test whenever one applies for re-
newal Of his driving license. But each
time the idea is advanced, it seems to
die OF inertia, or something. 2"
Personally. as a veteran driver, be-
lieve that it would be an excellent plan.
I think that I'm better than average
driver, but this is purely my personal
opinion Of myself and not the opinion
or the consensus of those other drivers
that mingle with frequently.
do know that find pleasure in
slower driving. but do not drive so
slowly as to obstruct traffic. nor do I
drive in the middle lane, nor straddle
two lanes, thus making it difficult or
even dangerous for other drivers to try
to pass me. can and do cruise at so and
sometimes. in passing or hurrying, do
better than that, but the joy received
out of driving more than 100 miles per
hour Is no longer present, and do not
try that speed. I think am good at
signals; and that, when turning into
traffic stream, turn in at the prevailing
speed, not at slow speed that causes
other drivers to jam on their brakes and,
perhaps. call me names.
But, also know that many Of the
older drivers do drive very slowly; do
make 1t difficult to pass them. because
they hog the left lane; do forget to give
proper signals. or use the proper lane
when making turn: and, some of them,
are not always wholly sober when driv-
ing.
AS a veteran driver. shall welcome a
driving test when apply for a renewal
of license in the coming months, be-
cause, If I have any of those faults, I
want to know it now. not after have
caused an accident.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
CondIe in the Night

II you should light candle In the night.
And place its flame against dorkened
pane,
And match its small oleam flicker and
grow bright,
While iDinds blop Uild and beat OF
Siluer rain
Makes music on the cobbled street out
side.
Be not surprised II some one seeks
your door,
But nnstDer wlten knock comes, throw
it iDide,
And you may find dream not ktoton
before.
For one small flame that brauely Hfts
Its light
May be the spark that fires lonely
night.
Catherine E. Berry
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Rising Cost of Tax EXEMPTION

Senator Hunt Of Wyoming is taking the right
approach to the problem of increasing tax
exemption OF property in Washington. The tax
exempt area of the District has risen from 4s.1
per cent in 1949 to SIT per cent as of June
80, 1851, and in the ensuing year has no doubt
gone up another fraction The fact that this is
the Nations Capital makes a continuation of
this trend inevitable.
Every piece of property removed from the
tax lists by Congress decreases the revenue avail
able for the support of the local government and
the decrease is made up in other local taxes Yet
the increase in tax-exempt property is taking
place at time when the Federal payment to the
District has reached Tin the pending appropria-
ton bill, as approved by the House) the lowest
point in hiStory-about per cent.
Senator Hunts bill calls, in the first place.
Tor much more rigid examination of the claim
for tax exemption than Congress has demanded
In the past Criteria for tax exemption are
established, along with procedure for examina-
tion and report to Congress. by the Attorney
General, on the merits of each proposed exemp-
ton. The nub of the Hunt legislation, however,
is that the United States shall compensate the
District for each loss in revenue brought about
by future tax exemptions.
Some years ago the Commissioners sought to
halt the rise in tax-exempt property by action of
their own, returning certain property to the tax
lists. This effort was blocked in Congress- The
Star has always felt that as increased tax
exemption in Washington is inevitable with the
development of the American Capital, and the
location here Of many national organizations
whose activities warrant such exemption, the
answer lies in compenSating the local taxpayers
for the loss involved rather than in attempting
to halt, arbitrarily, the trend toward wider
exemption. But there should be periodic reviews
as to use of exempt property, together with
stricter standards to determine the merits of
future claims to exemption, as MIR. Hunts bill
provides. - A
If property in washington now exempt from
taxation was subject to assessment, the revenue
yield would far exceed the amount Of the lump
sum- Efforts have been made in the past to use
the amount of tax exemption a general guide
lin fixing the amount of the lump sum- They
have been fruitless, so far, but Senator Hunts
Ibill offers fair and sensible method Of compen-
;sation in the future loss of taxable, revenue
producing property, and places the burden on the
Government which grants the exemption rather
than on the voteless taxpayers of the District
who have nothing to do with it.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
Shoulders for Consumers to Cy Upon

unity Is FOUND In the Once OF Price
Stabilization's Consumer Advisory Com
mittee, representing 26 organizations.
Farm, labor. religious, racial, veteran,
women's and education groups are in
cluded. Business and management
groups as such-although its members
are consumers. too-are not included
since there are innumerable trade groups
and the National Association of Manu-
facturerS.
According to sponsors Of the Gillette
resolution. the Consumer Interest Com
mittee would not be set up specifically to
give an additional sounding board for
organized labor: for it. like management.
has sufficient opportunity to speak its
piece.
The crux of the consumer problem is
simply that Of arouSing and informing
men and women not primarily identi-
fable as management or labor; and once
aroused-giving them chance and place
to speak. They-and even organized
groups-did too little and that too late
when the fair-trade law went to the
House and was passed. They were not
even heard from last year when the
House considered and rejected bill
that would authorize Federal loans to
help construct new farm produce mar
kets in cities with obsolete, unsanitary
marketing facilities. They made Scant
protest when the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, which prepares the vital cost-of-
living index. had its budget cut. They
were all but silent when the Food and
Drug Administration which guards
what goes into our food, drugs and cos
metics-lost a number of inspectors by
reduction in appropriations. And they
have not been particularly vocal in
connection with the extension Of price
and wage controls after June 80.
A vicious circle has developed. Con-
greSS. looking at the issues upon which
the rank and file consumer has been
virtually silent, concludes that there is
lack Of interest. The consumer, on the
other hand. takes a defeatist attitude
about approaching Congress on legisla-
ton affecting his standard of living.
Mrs. Dennis Jackson. president of the
Consumer Conference of Greater Gin
cinnati, says: Hundreds have told me
Congress pays no attention to their let
ters. so why write?"
The Gillette proposal, as we'll as
rescuing the consumer from his para
doxical position of being both the
strongest and weakest. should break the
vicious circle, too. The proposed COM
mittee would attempt to answer letters
to Senators. investigate and hold full
hearings on questions by-passed by
other committees. And certainly it
would reduce the need of Baedeker in
wandering through the consumer prob
lem maze.
All of this sounds fine, "but"-if
consumers were really plugging for this
committee they would have persuaded
their Senators to have passed it long
ago. The ironic fact is that few Sen
ators know how their constituents, other
than the organized ones, feel about this.
Evening star., 1952-06-26
For Hurrimun
Veteran.

AS white Irish-Catholic Democrat
from the North. my hat is of to Candi-
date w. Averell Hartman in his stand
on segregation and discrimination, the
only candidate in the field on either
ticket who meets my wishes. I have SO
written Mr.. Hartman, telling him that
ordinarily would not vote for rich
man but have changed my mind in view
Of his courageous stand on discrimina-
tory norms existing in our country and
more's the pity.
T. r. Mccarthy.