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Evening star., 1953-06-26
Questions About ADA

The recent action of the Board Of
Education Student Activities Commit
tee, approving the request of the WASH
ington Chapter Of Americans for Dem
ocratic Action to sponsor high school
students essay contest on What Home
Rule Means to Me-" will make loyal,
native Washingtonian ask: 20 Lord,
how long?"
Is there no end to the naive indif-
ference of our school officials? How
long must we let them subject our
schools and our children to the self
serving interests of radical, left-wing
organizations? BY what silly thinking
Cor lack of it, can they believe that
Washington teen-agers, exposed prin-
cipally to political pressures and un-
economic, un-American movements dur
ing their entire lifetime, are qualified
in any way to have reasonable, sound
judgment about what home rule means?
About ADA itself: Who are the mem
bers of its Washington chapter? How
many of them were born here? How
many Of them actually have perma-
nent residence here? How many of
them maintain voting residence else
where? How many Of them are mar
ried and have families living here?
How many of them have children in
our public schools? What are the
objectives of the Washington chapter
and what are the stated objectives of
ADA itself? How do these compare
with the actual activities in which they
engage?
How many of these queries did the
student activities committee ask before
approving ADA's request? How many
answers did it get? What were they?
Were they investigated to determine
their truthfulnesS and conformity with
fact and experience? What were the
findings? Will the committee disclose
them to the Washington citizenry?
It's high time the Board of Educa-
ton and its committees "get wise"
]. w. M.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
CIouded Picture in Indo-Chino

The quality of inscrutability so widely
attributed to things Oriental applies to much
that has been going on in Southeast Asia in
recent months. In virtually every country of
the peninsula, from Burma to the Malay States
there has been either political ferment or
outright conflict at arms.
The deepest turmoil, cloaked perhaps in the
deepest atmosphere of inscrutability, is found
In the Associated States of Indo-China men,
bers Of the French Union. For nearly eight
years q costly and inconclusive war has been
under way in Wet Nam, described by some as
war against communism and by others as
war against imperialism. Without advance
warning to the outside world, at least, this
war recently erupted in Laos and there were
accounts of Communicated troops moving
ahead so swiftly that it appeared they would
overrun that state and go on into Cambodia.
AS Unexpectedly as it started, that war ended
with the invading columns either retreating or
disappearing without any announced defeat.
The next development was the fight to
self-exie in Thailand of King Norodom of Cam
bodia as part of a crusade for greater inde-
pendence for his country within the framework
of the French Union. Apparently because Of
UnwillingnesS of the Thai government to allow
Norodom political freedom in exile, the Cam
bodian King returned to his own country a
week 1aCer. he mas issued statement aDOuC
Q war for independence" although Cambodian
spokesmen have emphasized their hopes of
gaining their objectives through negotiation
and have protested any desire for full separa-
ton from the French Union. The latest French
reaction is a promise of all the CambodianS
ask, within reasonable limit"
Briefly, the Cambodian requests are as
follows: That the King should have actual
command over the countrys military establish
ment but still with a general staff that is
mostly French; reform of the judicial system
to permit natives to be tried under native
judges; relaxation of French economic controls,
particularly on external trade with neighboring
states and independent status within the
French Union comparable to Pakistans within
the British Commonwealth One Of their COM
plants is that spasmodic negotiations conducted
since treaty with France was signed in 1949
have begged down because of lack of real
authority on the part of the French negotiators,
q condition which may be traceable in part to
the recurring crises in French government.
Whatever may be the precise details of
these troubles in Indo-China, the situation
has encouraged both Communist and Nation
alst agitation not only in these states but in
other parts of Asia. French craftsmanship Is
being tested in Indo- China to find an improved
formula for holding the Union together on
basis of respect and advantage to all members.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
'Grdy Steel Curtuin'

We have heard much about the Iron"
and Bamboo" Curtains.
Have we completely overlooked or
forgotten that 20 years ago, through the
shenaniganS Of a Democratic President,
his brain trust" and other groups,
the American Gray Steel Curtain" be-
came reality?
People have escaped from behind the
Iron Curtain. There is no escape from
behind the American Gray Steel Cur
tain, as any woman over 40 or man
crowding SO who tries to get job soon
finds out.
There is rebellion behind the Iron
Curtain and the majority of the pris-
oners of war in South Korea refuse to
go back behind the Bamboo Curtain.
Isn't it about time that certain
groups in this country begin to see the
handwriting on the wall?
Why admit to the United States
thousands of Eastern Europeans when
countless thousands of good American
citizens are denied the right to earn
their living? Pat Gordon.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Landlords Complaint

Sure, give President Eisenhower time.
But he didn't have to raise the price
of our food to 10 per cent by remov-
ing controls on agricultural and meat
products. haven't heard of removing
controls on rents. The last administra-
ton called the landlord rent gouger."
Who indeed has maintained the local,
State and Federal governments for
these many years but the rent gouger"?
A 20 per cent increase in rents is
sardonic joke when landlords pay the
plumbers, painters and brick maSons
three or four times what we paid before
Pearl Harbor.
The Government is building or has
built hundreds of thousands Of "low
rent" socialized houses. Why doesn't it
raise cattle and sheep on Government
lands in the West and compete with
the meat and agriculture trust? You
have heard of the real estate lobby.
Have you heard of the food lobby?
How many Congressman will open
their homes to any one needing housing
in Washington?
Philip E. Douglass, Ph.D.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Atomic Chairman

In terms of experience temperament and
administrative ability, Lewis s. Strauss Is
uniquely well qualified to succeed Gordon Dean
as head of the Atomic Energy Commission.
President Eisenhower could hardly have chosen
a better man for the job, and there is no doubt
that the Senate will quickly confirm the ap-
pointment.
This is so because Mr. Strauss financier
and rear admiral in the Naval Reserves
held in high esteem by the joint Senate-House
Atomic Committee and by Congress as a whole.
The esteem is based especially on his past
performance in relation to the atom. When
the Acc was first established in 1885, he was
selected by President Truman to be one Of its
five pioneer members, and he served in that
capacity until April, 1850, when he returned to
private business. One Of his most important
contributions as commissioner was the in
fluence he brought to bear in behalf of an
all-out effort to produce the hydrogen bomb.
In addition, he was particularly active in
promoting the strictest kind Of security restric-
tions in the field of A-weapons-so much so
that some would say he tends to be excessively
secretive at time when very persuasive argu-
mentS are being made In favor Of telling the
American people lot more than they have
been told thus far about the size and deadliness
of our stockpile of nuclear ornaments.
But whatever his security views, whether
they are sound or not, Mr.. Strauss-who has
been with the President since last March as an
adviser in this fields undeniably an excellent
choice to take over the Acc Craftsmanship from
the able Mr. Dean, whose service has been out
standing The Nations atomic project will be
in good hands during his five-year term,
period in which there is likely to be q number
Of portentons nuclear and thermonuclear de-
velopmentS.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

either did not check carefully on Mr.. Lyon, or,
If he knew of the nominees disabilities and did
not recommend against the nomination, he
suffers from an astonishing lack of political
horse sense.
General Eisenhower has every reason to
find out which was the case, and to take ap-
propriate corrective steps. For If a Presidents
staff members fail to protect him in matter
of this kind, then he must act to protect himself
by shaking up his staff.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Municipal Court Appointments

The three local judgeship appointments
made by President Eisenhower will strengthen
the Municipal Court at critical time. The
undermanned court has been falling behind in
its work in recent months to an alarming
degree. Because Of vacancies and leave (both
annual and sick) only nine judges on the
average have been available to carry the load
of the 13-judge tribunal And so far this year
more new cases have been filed than for any
similar period in the courts history.
The ailing chief Judge, George p. Barse,
wanted to leave the bench when his term
expired year ago, but he agreed to stay on
until his successor was appointed, after re-
peated urgings by the Attorney General Judge
Barse we'll merited the praise which Attorney
General Brownell has given him for his out
standing services of the past II years. His
successor will be one of Washington's leading
attorneys, Leonard p. Walsh, who Is a former
president of the District Bar Association and
a popular figure in civic and athletic circles.
The vacancies arising from the deaths Of
Judges Walter Casey and Ellen K. Raedy will
be filled by Edward A. Beard and Miss Mildred
E. Reeves Mr.. Beard, an assistant corporation
counsel, is thoroughly familiar with the work
of the local courts. He has handled great
deal of the Districts litigation before the
Municipal Court of Appeals. Miss Reeves actu-
ally will succeed Judge Grace Stewart, who has
been serving temporarily under a Truman
recess appointment. Miss Reeves, a practicing
attorney, formerly was secretary to Senator
Taft and has been active in Republican organ
izations here.
The Municipal Court needs to be strength
ened further in the administrative field. Retir-
ing Judge Barse has urged Congress to enlarge
the clerical staff by at least eight employees. If
the additional relief is granted this important
local court should be able once more to serve
the community with the efficiency which ought
to attend the administration of justice.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
By-Pussinq Mr.. Reed

Despite the precedent-making course that
was taken and the residue Of bitterness which
it may leave, the administration was fully juSti-
fed in forcing the showdown in the House Rules
Committee on the corporate xcess-prtfits tax.
Legislation extending the levy until the end OF
the calendar year can now go to the House floor
where the full membership can exercise its right
to vote for it or against it.
Certainly in the long run this is a more
desirable procedure than to permit committee
chairman to exercise one-man veto, which is
what Chairman Reed Of the Ways and Means
Committee has been attempting to do in re-
fusing to allow even his own group to vote on
the controversial issue. If Mr.. Reed is indignant
today-and surely he iS-at what he considers
a violation of the prerogativeS Of his committee
he must accept his own share OF the RESPONSE
bility for forcing the matter to that point
Actually, Mr.. Reed declared war" on the ad-
ministration of his own party on the opening
day of this Congress when he introduced bill
to lower the personal income tax rates as OF
July l. Unwilling to retreat or to compromise,
he left the administration finally with no alter
native except to bypass him.
President Eisenhower and other qualified
administration spokesmen have made their case
convincing enough in favor OF extending the
excess-profts tax Nobody defends the tax as
revenues but its extension to the end of the
calendar year may mean as much as $500
million in revenue. On the other hand, its
expiration in midyear would merely have the
effect of cutting the annual rate in half rather
than removing the harmful effects Of the tax
for the next six months.
Despite the savings which the Eisenhower
administration is managing in future appro-
priationS and authorizations, the budget picture
for this fiscal year and for the next is not
reassuring one. Revenues have dropped sharply
below estimates and the deficit for the fiscal
year ending next week is figured by Senator
Byrd, at nearly SO billion-the largest for any
peacetime year in the country's history. The
goal of the Eisenhower administration has been
to bring the budget into balance, then to keep
it there while reducing the tax burden It is a
sensible program, and extension of the excess
profits tax to the end of this year is part and
parcel Of it.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

VcmPV w AcCIlly Tie appalling condition
OF the road surfacing itself.
Taxpayer.
Heot Breeds Delinquency
Summer Recreation Program Cur
tailed by Lack Of Funds: "Gold-
Plated Trout Rod Is Gift to President"
OF course it was only an accident of
makeup that placed these stories,
ironically, one above the other in your
paper. But all during this sweltering,
my mind has kept returning to the
plight of the children in the District
this summer, if the Senate does not
open heart and purse in their behalf.
We even discussed the problem around
the supper table. We found our
thoughts moved on from cause to pos
sible effect, if supervised play is to be
curtailed. With our pitifully made
quate D. C.. police force, and disgrace
fully crowded juvenile welfare facilities.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Not Justice, but Law

In your lead editorial in the June
20 issue of The Star you make the fol-
lowing rather surprising statement:
that our judges are concerned with
justice"
One takes it, naturally, that you
refer to the justices of the Supreme
Court. If so, where in the world did
you ever get any such idea?
The Supreme Court, through the
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Some Suggestions

Prior to 1853, your stamp column
each Sunday would carry a reminder of
any stamps to be released during the
following week. However, this year,
that practice has not been followed,
nothing being given in the column after
the first item as to the date set for the
release. several months in advance.
Therefore, I have almost missed two
or three Of the stamps, which have
been buying for my son. It would be
Of great assistance, am sure. to all
stamp collectors, If you would resume
carrying the little reminder in your
stamp column on Sunday.
Another suggestion would like to
make, is that q protector Of some kind
be used on the bottom and top of each
bundle of papers as they are tied. Quite
often our paper, and especially The
Sunday Star, is mutilated to some ex-
tent, apparently by the rope that tied
the bundle. Our paper this morning,
for example, has the whole upper right
hand quarter of the front page, and
several of the pages under it, missing,
torn, or mutilated, so that it is impos-
siple to read anything in that area on
both sides Of flve pages. Since we are
near the end of his route, suppose the
newsboy thought he might as well leave
It here as any place else.
Mrs. ]. w. ROsxak.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Postal Increase Debated

To me the proposed second increase
in postal rates seems ridiculous.
Are there any statistics available as
to what quantity of mail goes out under
frank from Capitol Hill; how much OF
that, which is really second and third
class mail, is sent first class; and also
what quantity under the same circum-
stances goes out from the Government
departments? If we could see these
figures / think we might understand
the deficit under which the postal
service is operating.
If the cost Of this free" mail could be
separated from that paid by business
and average citizens, believe it would
be found that we, the public. already
are paying an exorbitant rate.
In regard to The Stars editorial on
the postal rates: I cannot understand
why any one should object to the very
low domestic letter rates being in
creased. I recall that when lived in
a European capital in the '30s, the
cost of sending letter in the regular
mail within the country was exactly the
same as the cost of Streetcar ride.
When I visited the same city in
1851, the streetcar fare had pulled
ahead, but it still was not quite double
the cost of sending letter. When one
considers that the cost of a Streetcar
ride in Washington is more than five
times the cost of sending letter by
domestic regular mail. it Is hard to see
how any one can object to small in
crease.
Elsa M. DegerhOIm.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Russian Women as Spies

Your editorial (June I'D, entitled
1.-THE Russian Wives" takes prize for
either sheer unmitigated stupidity or
very subtle propaganda. Which is it?
Any one with even an elementary
knowledge of Communist planning
knows that for many years women in
Russia and other satellite countries
have been trained in espionage, and
one of their plans includes marriage to
Americans and other non-Russians-
for the sole purpose of gaining en-
trance to their countries in respect
able guise.
Mrs. Esther B. Cameron.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

@. How is New York's new Office
building, the House of Glass" kept
clean on the outSide?-R.W.
A. It is secured with detergents. The
stainless steel and glass walls are
washed twice month by two men who
are lowered from the roof. The job
takes six days.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

late Justice o. w. Holmes, denied that
very thing. He categorically asserted
that the court sat to dispense, not
justice, but the law!
Charles A. CarricO.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to any
question OF fact BY either writing The EvsnlnS
Wsshineton 8, d. c., and inclosing cents re-
turn postage, or BY telephoning Sterling 3-7363.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

Pen-ndn1es may be used If letters carry
vrtters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How many miles can the average
person be expected to travel in day
when touring by bicycle?-HF.T.
A. To qualify for membership IN
trip sponsored by American Youth
Hostels a person is expected to be able
to bicycle 40 mi. a day with a 30-lb.
pack.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

@. If a soldier was afflicted by FROST
bite while serving in Korea, would he be
classed as wounded?-C. z.
A. Any member of a combat unit in
Korea who is hospitalized for frostbite
is considered as having been injured in
action" and is entitled to combat pay.
Evening star., 1953-06-26
Letters to The Star .

tempt to rectify the appalling condition
Of the road Surfacing itself.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

@. How large staff does it take to
run the United Nations?-GC.A.
A. About 1000 men and women from
go different nations are currently en-
ployed on the staff.
Evening star., 1953-06-26

c. For how many years OF his life did
Abraham Lincoln wear beard?-EC.J.
A. For only years.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Personal Mention

John Artichoker, of South Da-
kota, IS spending several days as
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j w.
Garnett and Mr.. and Mrs. R. B.
Crawford He is connected with
h e education department Of
South Dakota IN charge Of Indian
education.
L. II Dressler, Jr.. Of Roanoke,
Va, spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs w w. Watson. at
Hampden- Sydney and attended
the reunion Of the Watson family
on last Saturday.
Miss Myrtle BrIghtwell of
WASHINGTON, D. c., and Mrs. T. j
Lee. Of Norfolk. have returned tc
their homes after visiting then
sister. Mrs. c. w Harris and Mr.
Harris. on First avenue.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

their why's, and their limits with
his own boat
You can find out by testing
your boat in shallow water. Try
it with the extra passenger you've
wondered about. with a bigger
motor, try a sudden V-shaped
turn; check now your boat re-
spends to vigorous rowing,
Calm water IS good for your
first tryout, but don't hesitate to
follow it up with a session of
rough water. That's where you'll
learn Just make sure the water
is shallow and you're close to
shore And put on swim suit. II
you're beyond active age, enlist
the help Of some teenagers. Most
of them are interested in boats
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

FaSten a Sandbag or rock near
the stern to substitute for your
motor. In the important swamp
ing test you II want to find out
just what position the filled boat
will float in, and lust what meth
DDS Of clinging to it are best.
All other tests and tryouts are
surprisingly easy
VIII your boat really tip dan
gerously if two stand up to cast
at once? Are your air tanks. if
you have them. in condition TO
support the boat? VIII the floor
boards come out easily, and viii
they support you if they do?
How about the gas can? The
bigger it is the less there's in
it, the more buoyancy How
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

Friday night meeting. All begin
AT s O'Clock. The public is cordial
w invited to share IN the services
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Wedding Anniversary

Continued from Page II
five living grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
Although Mr. Lowry is now
eighty eight and his wife num-
oers eighty-seven years of age,
both are bright and alert. Mrs.
Lowry is trail however, and
sometimes feels mighty poorly
With the help of their grandson
George, and his wife. however. the
elderly couple can care for them
selves well enough and get around
as much as they want.
Mrs. Lowry, speaking on the
authority Of sixty-eight years of
~"'ried life, advises young mar
ried couples to treat each othe,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Sports Afield

Do you know how your boat
VIII act in storm or emergency?
You should. You should know the
limits of your boat and what it
will do and can be made to do
# those limits are exceeded.
Presumably YOU know those
two basic rules don't OverpoWer
don't overload But do you know
exactly when your boat is over
loaded or overpoWered in calm
water, and more important, in
rough?
Rules at pest are only words
and boating expert Willard
Crandall insists that every boat
owner should find out their hows
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Mrs. F. G. Dowdy
Rites Held Thursday

A funeral service for Mrs.
Fletcher Gormos Dowdy. OF Cum
berland. who died Tuesday, July
2l. at a Richmond hospital, was
held Thursday at p. m, at Cen
ter Presbyterian Church Burial
was in the church cemetery.
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers. Mrs Grace BeaSley and Miss
Marie Dowdy both OF Cumber-
land; three sons, J. NJ. J, S. and
G. L. Dowdy Of Cumberland;
three sisters. Mrs Matte Hud-
gins. of New Canton, Mrs. Josie
Parker, Of Richmond, and Miss
Quinnie Gormos. of Buckingham
and brother, G. c. Gormos, Of
Buckingham.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
THE FARMvILLE (Va) HERALD FRIDAY JULY a. 1853

nicely. and be good to one an
other However, she says. I
don't agree with the man running
the home entirely Both should
consult each other. She is his
partner, and they should work to-
gether."
Sounds like good advice from
someone who truly knows mar
RED life. Sixty -elght years of life
/ together is an achievement not ac-
complished by many couples.
The Lowrys are to be congratu-
lated.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Betty Ray Loucks, s,
Amelia County, Dies

Betty Ray Loucks, of Amelia,
died Wednesday. July %, at a
Richmond hospital She is sur
vived by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Craig P. Loucks, Of Amelia; a
sister. jeanne Loucks; her Grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs Eugene
Loucks of Amelia. and MI and
Mrs. William Hartman, Of Chula.
A funeral service will be held
at . p. m Friday at the home.
Rites will be held at 5 p m at
Amelia Presbyterian Cemetery.