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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-15

What the Republican Senators and
Representatives in Washington do not
seem to realize is the fact they would
never have been elected only they were
on Eisenhower's coat tails. The dele
gates did not want Taft for President
or any part of his policies but they
now have him for four years and il
happens to Ike and Nixon,
Taft will be on top of the world.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
ills Worth the Extra Effort

A simple act of Congress, before 1t adjournS,
will launch promising experiment in dealing
with the dreadful problem Of dope addiction
Congress has already approved the expert
ment. It has enacted law under which the
courts may commit dope addictS from the Dis:
trict of Columbia for treatment at a Public
Health hospital, although such addictS are not
guilty of criminal offenSe. The additional
legislation needed is law enabling the Public
Health Service to accept the patients.
The Budget Bureau and the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare have now with
drawn objection to this enabling legislation
an objection which very correctly questioned
whether existing facilities were adequate to
care for non-criminal addicts from all over the
country. But if the enabling legislation is
drawn to apply only TO the District OF Columbia,
there will be no problem. And II, at the end
of three years, the experiment of such COM
pulsory treatment has been a success, the Dis
trict of Columbia should provide its own
hospital facilities for the treatment of narcotic
victims The States might be expected to fol-
low suit.
Representative Miller of Nebraska was
largely responsible for obtaining the original
legislation. He ought to have the support Of
congressional leaders now in perfecting the
original legislation by the enabling act. The
objective is highly worthy one
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Fair Pay for Public Service

The Senate has passed bill which repre-
sentS an intelligent approach to the politically
embarrassing problem faced by Congress in
fixing the compensation of its own members.
The House would do well to go along.
The Senate bill provides for the creation of
a Commission on Judicial and Congressional
Salaries. Composed of eighteen members, ap-
pointed by the President, the Chief Justice, the
President of the Senate and the Speaker, the
commission would determine salaries and al
lowances that should be paid to Federal judges
and to members of Congress Criteria for such
determination would be compensation or In
come earned by persons of comparable qualif1-
cations in private life, the financial sacrifices
involved in leaving private life for public service
in the Congress or the judiciary, and unusual
expenses incurred by such service.
The findings of such a commission would
be of value to Congress, not only with respect
to its own members and to the members of the
Federal judiciary, but in the adjustment Of
salaries in other categories of Government
service. The commissions findings would be
merely advisory. They would represent, how
ever, the results Of detached study and would
avoid the criticism Of self-Service faced by
members of Congress and the judges when
they seek to determine for themselves scales
of compensation that are adequate and fair.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
This and That
BY Charles E. TroceweN

Henry James. the novelist, was such
man. After he had become famous,
ana America had come to regret his
residence in England, he was induced
to come home for time, in the hope
that he would write about America and
show us what we had missed about it
for ourselves.
James wrote, then, "The American
Scene" and there wasn't a fact in the
whole book. If any reader wants to
see how real writer can write without
single fact, let him look this one up
at the library.
One may wonder today if any pub
Usher would publish such a book,
but it contains some good things, if you
like James, and is impo sible, If you
don't.
Templeton Jones, even while walking
the hot city streets, can still see the
white sand (rather more gray than
white, and rather more dirty, some
times, than Yellow and he has one
recollection that nobody today can
have, and that is of the fiddler crabs.
The odd-looking beach beasts were
yellow. with tints of gray and white;
they had variety of long. crooked legs,
and their eyes stood up on stalks.
Dogs Of the old day, which were just
like dogs Of today, loved to chase the
fiddler crabs.
In the chase, they often dug them
selves out Of sight and had to be
rescued with shovel and labor.
The dARhxfnl1SaA fn IaarfiPIi1aP iS q
digger. and has been knoXn to dig
Evening star., 1953-07-31

5000 such distressed cases over period Of as
much as three years and eight months The
Senate bill is somewhat more restrictive in
defining the categories of immigrants who
would be eligible for this special treatment
and both measures, Of course. follow the Presi-
dents recommendation for containment within
the framework of the immigration laws.
Passage of the legislation can be con-
sidered another victory for. the administration
and Congress is to be commended for its final
approval of this humanitarian gesture. But
Congress is not deserving of condemnation for
the reservations which it has imposed upon
the program. immigration to this country, or
to any for that matter, is a privilege rather
than right. Considerations of national Sc
curity and the qualifications for self -suf1ciency
and good citizenship of these distressed people
are valid concerns to a host country. 1t is
proper that these concerns should be protected
in this emergency legislation.
Evening star., 1953-07-31

Over the coffee cups Templeton Jones
was talking to a'friend about Maryland
and New Jersey coast resorts.
It had been long time since Jones
had been there, but he could still see
the long white beaches, and the blue
sky, and the white clouds, and, above
all, the breakers.
Many persons have wanted to know
ter.
1t is simply this, that he does not
have to go.
He can see, in the imagination, all
he wants to see, whether it is London.
Naples. the South Sea islands, or the
sunny South.
Perhaps few men have had so firm
q grasp Of the isles Of the Pacific,
though certainly he has never been
there. But q gift Of sympathy, COM
bined with one part imagination and
two parts honest reading will give
such man all he needs.
4
They are the men who do not need
to go places.
Thomas Merton, as he calls him
self for writing purposes. is one Of them
He is blood brother to Temp Jones,
he Of the broad grin, and the tanned
skin, and the lack Of butterfly net
Editors note-The net is mentioned
because so many readers think Jones
always carries one. He never does, or
anything else, If he can get out Of it,
Men who do not 60, except in the
mind, may be said to occupy q real
place in such Q world ~ this, . world
In which facts rule.
Evening star., 1953-07-31

streets wall-to-wall in handsome pc
deStrian way, the municipality and the
merchants have made shopping most
pleasant and permanently secured q
considerable real property investment.
The thought behind this travelogue is,
simply, that here is a sound basis of
an idea Of substantial practicability in
our town.
Close F and q streets NV, to auto
mobile traffic between Ninth and Fiji
teenth, leaving only the streetcar right
Of way.
Refinish the street surface, wall-to-
wall, except for mid-block loading plat
forms for streetcars, in handsome pc
destrian pavement. This pedestrian way
would be interrupted only at the inter-
sections of the north-south numbered
streets on which traffic would flow
freely except for pedestrian crossing
signals.
Put this pedestrian way on bridge
structure so as to provide under street
parking for automobiles at a fixed
hourly fee. Entry and exit to under
street parking could be by ramps set
back slightly at the intersection of each
north-south street.
If we do not effect lasting and or
derly solutions to our downtown traffic
and business loss problems one of these
nearby days, we are going to be driven
well, to living in San Luis Potosi
where it is pleasure to go downtown.
John TAFT Milliken.
Evening star., 1953-07-31

down Is feet into the sand. From such
depth it was utterly impossible for
him to dig himself out. But mostly the
beach dogs, as Jones recalls them, were
plain fox terriers, whose habits made
them ideal for the situation.
Jones laughed mildly at the recollec-
tion of sand fight he had with an
other small boy.
They were perhaps years old, one
of the best of all ages for Seashore
enjoyment. Probably no age gets more
fun out of it. Editors note-Come,
come. Jones, be sensible.)
For some reason or other, the two
small boys, seated beneath the Board
walk, started to throw handfuls Of sand
at each other.
When finally broken up, the two COM
batants. With eyes completely filled
with sand, were still throwing the
material in all directions with some of
the same frenzy in miniature which
must accompany real battles with hand
grenadeS.
Templeton Jones retains, too, an
other pleasant memory of the seashore,
Maryland variety. He walked far UP
the beach, all by himself, an expedition
for 9-year-old, and there met herd
of cows, which at that time were pas
tured on the tough beach grass.
Small Jones had never met a COW
before, to say nothing of a herd of
them, but he quickly put into practice
a famous Chinese proverb he had never
heard Of, either:
"OG the % ways Of getting out Of
trouble. the best. Is to run away"
Evening star., 1953-07-31

The Star says it publishes accurate
news the day it happens. Not so ac-
curate was the Associated Press story
on page one Of The Star July Is under
the heading: Senators Intrigued As
MSA Sends Emily Post to SIAM"
The story related how certain SEN
ators were intrigued that Emily Posts
book on etiquette reached Bangkok
under Mutual Security Administration
sponsorship.
Had the reporter dug deeper into the
testimony released by the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee he would have
found the answer supplied by Samuel
P. Hayes, jr., assistant MSA director
for the Far East DR.. Hayes reported
there was nothing to substantiate the
story that Emily Post was being circu-
lated in Bangkok. What happened was
this: The MSA mission to Formosa
discovered exchange students there,
including Formosa government off,
cials, were returning from trips to the
United States uncertain Of the social
graces practiced by Americans. The
Evening star., 1953-07-31
The Circuit Rider

Look back tOith me to eighteen tDenty-
one
The prairie dGiDn JorerMns another dny:
The circutt-ridinO preacher heads this
t0Gy.
His wordS like jetDels against the youch
honrespun
OF cabin drudoery and the stubborn sod.
There toiH be boiled UiId greens and
pork and pone,
A toeddtn0 supper. bits OF neDs long
knotDn
As history and a sudden glimpse of God.
The skepttc pldinsmGn utilities, but his
Uite,
A 1Oork-worn iDomdn older than her
years,
GfUes herself up. tUide-eyed, to gltsten-
ing tears.
She knotDs-sonaeday-p not In
her life,
Where this man stands and shouts his
tCordS of fire
A modest prairie church may rear its
sptre!
Helen Boxer Adams
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Pertinent Quotes

Concluding his radio and television
address on the Korean armistice, Pres.
ldent Eisenhower quoted the last sen.
tence from Lncoln'S Second Inaugural
Address. as follows:
with malice toward none: with
charity for all; with flrmness in the
rlgnt, as God gives us to see the right,
let us strive on to finish the work we
are In; to do all which may achieve
and cherish just and lasting peace
among ourselves, and with all nations" +"
IL is interesting to note that Lin
coins two sentences Immediately pre-
cedlng the sentence quoted by Presi-
dent Eisenhower, are more pertinent
to the present situation than the sen.
tehce he quoted. Without those pre-
cedlng sentences, the meaning OF Presi-
dent Eisenhower'S quotation remains
uncertain. They read:
Fondly do we hope-fervently do we
pray-that this mighty scourge of war
may speedily pass away. Yet. If God
wills that it continue until all the
wealth piled by the bondman'S two
hundred and fifty years Of unrequited
Toll shall be sunk, and until every drop
OF blood drawn with the lash shall be
paid with another drawn with the
sword, as was said three thousand years
ago. SO still it must be said, the judg-
ments Of the Lord are true and right
eous altogether.
To Americans, whose duly elected
representatives not only acquiesced in,
but, at Yalta and PotSdam, signed the
documents that turned over Eastern
Europe and China to Communist slav-
cry. the sentences omitted by President
Eisenhower might have seemed often
sive. Does our President think present.
day Americans recoil from the Old
Testament righteousness of Lincoln?
Alfred KOhlberg.
New York.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
For Protection of Consumers

The adrninistration-Spon food and
drug inspection bill passed by the House will
close loophole in the law that the Supreme
Court brought to public attention last December.
At that time the court reversed the conviction
of a Yakima, Washington, food professor for
refusing to admit Food and Drug Administra-
tion inspectors to his plant. The court said the
present act contains vague" and apparently
contradictory provisions which make no sense.
It implied that the law ought to be rewritten.
President Eisenhower, acting on this sug-
gestion, asked Congress to clarity the law so as
to give food and drug inspectors full authority
to carry on their important Investigations Tor
the protection of consumers. Trainers OF the
present law thought they had provided such
authority, but they hedged it with restriction
that the inspectors must first request and OBJ
tain permission to enter a plant and look
around. However another clause made 1t a
criminal offense for the owner or manager to
refuse permission. It was this curious conflict
of clauses that led the high tribunal by an
eight-to-one majority, to say: I'VE cannot
sanction taking man by the heels for refusing
to grant permission which this act on its face
apparently gives him the right to withhold"
Yet the court conceded the logic of the Gov
ernment'S contention that Federal inspectors
must have the right of entry "at reasonable
times" if the benign purposes of the law are
to be realized"
The HouSe-approved measure, prepared
with the advice of the Food and Drug Admin
istration eliminates the requirement that per-
mission must be obtained before an inspection
Is made. The inspection would have to be made
under reasonable" conditions, however. Re-
fusal to admit an inspector would be punishable
BY fine. However, the debate in the House
indicated an intention to restrict the inspectors
in the examination of prescriptions and other
records. The Senate, in passing this legislation
as it should do at this session-should make
1t clear that the Federal inspectors win not be
impeded in their hunts for violators and in
their tracing OF dangerous foods or drugs.
They would be seriously handicapped If they
could not have access to formulas and shipping
records.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Emergency Immigration il.

President Eisenhowers request to Congress
last April for emergency immigration legisla-
ton concerned itself with the tragic circum-
stances of thousands of homeless refugees "in
the heart of Europe" To help these people,
he proposed the special admission of 10000
over quota immigrants per year for two years
under conditions within the framework Of the
immigration laws"
The House and Senate, in slightly different
bills, have provided for admission Of 21Tooo or
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Justified Veto

President Eisenhower rightly vetoed the
local "spot zoning" bill on the ground that it
would tend to illustrate comprehensive planning
and make impossible the orderly development
of the Federal City" The bill would have
granted special favorS to two gasoline filling
stations despite vigorous objections of the
zoning Commission and the District Com
miSSonerS.
For precisely the same reason the President
would have been justified in vetoing legislation
just passed by Congress, granting special favors
to two railway companies against the advice
of the District Highway Department and the
Commissioners. This legislation, unfortunately,
was not in a regular bill that could be vetoed
as readily as in the case of the Zoning measure
It was in the form OF legislative rider on the
big District appropriation bill. Hence, as its
sponsors well understood, it was safeguarded
from an independent veto. The only way the
President could kill this unwise rider would be
by vetoing the whole budget-an obviously
unwarranted step.
In both the railway and the zoning matters
Congress circumvented the orderly processes of
local government by substituting its own judg
ment for that of District authorities. The
zoning bill would have permitted remodeling
of the filling stations, contrary to the Zoning
regulations and in way that as the President
commented, would constitute an invitation"
for further exceptions to the zoning restrictions.
The railway legislation prohibits the District
from carrying out its original plan for an
overpass at the intersection of Kenilworth and
Deane avenues Northeast. It necesSitates drastic
modification of the overpass design, with public
safety and convenience being Subordinated to
the wishes of private interests. Both of these
congressional actions we're bad legislation It
is reprettable that both instead of ONLY one
could not be killed by presidential veto
Evening star., 1953-07-31

a period of 20 years-the Demo-
Gratis polled majority vote in presi-
Dental elections, usually a larger ma
jority than Eisenhower won. The
chances are that most families that
voted Democratic during these years
brought up their children to be Demo-
Gratis. These children of the depres-
sion" are not all of voting age yet;
many vote will be cast in 1856 by
young man or woman who was brought
up in hard times which his parents
blamed on the Hoover depression" A
harvest of votes in 1856? Perhaps.
That Eisenhower grin is likely to be
around for long time, wooing house.
wives out of the kitchen and into the
voting booth. But the Democratic
Party has time on it's side. Many a
young Democrat is still shaking a
rattle in his crib! J. M. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Senator Monroney's MuiI

Speaking of characteristics Of Curl
ous intolerance" as did The Star in the
editorial Senator Monroney's Mail"
July IS, believe the time is at hand
for all all-the-way, non-compr promising
opponents of communism, and support
ers of Senator Mccarthy, to come to
grips directly with the curious aggre-
cation" of "progreSsives," liberals, !"
democrats" and Communists, who
have seized upon every excuse and
occasion. however trivial. fiimsy, or
trumped-up, to exhibit characteristics
Of curious intolerance" toward Senator
Mccarthy.
The Star now appears to have become
full-hedged member of this curious
aggregation" The Star, evidently, has
succumbed completely to ''the (curious)
anxiety over what has now come to be
known as McCarthyism, and has
Joined up in the campaign, initiated
and maintained by this curious aggre-
cation" to inculcate this curious enc
Carthy anxiety complex" among the
American people.
This curious attitude" on the part
Of The Star deserves to be better under
stood by your readers, and, since only
The Star can explain the sources of its
own attitudes. now call upon you to
render intelligible to your readers, your
curious attitude Of intolerance" toward
Senator Mccarthy. Wherein does The
Star find reason and justification for
joining hands with guilty or COM
promised groups in their campaign to
destroy public confidence in Senator
Mccarthy?
The time has arrived to do your
readers the favor Of being specific in
your charges against Senator Nc
Carthy. In which specific instances
have what specific innocent individ-
uals" been wronged by Senator Nc
Carthy? What was the specific nature
OF the wrong he did them?
Unless and until you are specific in
your charges against the Senator, I say
you stand convicted Of using against
him the Communist technique Of hold
Ing his guilt established by the ACCUSE
tion-
Frederick L. Freeman.
Editors note: Mr.. Freeman's use
OF quotation marks is not to be con.
fused with direct quotations from
The Starr
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Letters to The Star

MSA mission suggested two copies Of
Miss Posts etiquette book be sent to
Formosa for the students, and it was
done.
Does that seem so unreasonable?
The story also criticized MSA for
allegedly being stuck with TOO or more
aluminium" cans used to transport fish
for stocking foreign waters. Here again
DR.. Hayes testified the cans were plastic.
not aluminium and represented an out
lay Of $4,000 instead of 5000. 900, as
reported in The Star.
John Appleby.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Freedom Stomp?

Along with the truce in Korea and
a deficit in Post Office and other Gov
ernment departments, this should be
a good time to issue Freedom Stamp
for sale to the public. This would not
be a postage stamp, but a musilaged
seal similar to the Christmas seal
to sell at five cents each and to be
placed on letters, cards, etc.
A nice design would be an American
flag with the word Freedom" under
meath. This freedom symbol would
be an expression of gratitude for
America and for all loyal Americans,
particularly our servicemen and women
who served in Korea.
If such a plan succeeded it would
add millions to our Treasury.
E. L. F.
Editors note: The Post Office
Department is prevented by law
from issuing such seals" or charity
stamps" as this reader suggests.)
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Hope for Democrats

Some Democrats worry about the
relatively placid attitude evidenced by
their colleagues since the resounding
defeat suffered by their party last
November. While granting that it's
nice to be without administrative
responsibility for a while, they point
out that it may be long time before
the Democrats get their foot back in
the door-especially the White House
door.
But cheer up, Democrats biology is
on your side. From 1882 until 1852
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Man With Plan

What with the heat it is perhaps too
much to ask anyone to drive the 1900
odd miles to San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
just to see how that city handles down.
town traffic shopper accommodations
That city BY no means has the automo-
bile problem that Washington does.
BY closing off four or more squares
to vehicular traffic and paving the
Evening star., 1953-07-31
By THE HASKIN SERVICE,

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Is there an insect so small that it
can crawl through the eye Of an Or
dinary sewing needle?-F. F..
A. Yes. The minute beetles, micro
lepidoptera, can literally do so, and
there are probably others. Fairy flies.
for instance, are built on such a mini
ature scale that, although they are per-
feet in all their parts, they measure
only 1/l00 inch from head to tail.
Q. Why have geographers discarded
the name "Antartic Ocean" from maps,
thereby reducing the number of oceans
in the world from seven to six?-E. S. T.
A. Twentieth-century south polar ex-
ploration has made it clear that the
waters which border the Antarctic con-
tinent are merely the southern reaches
Of the Pacific. Atlantic and Indian
Oceans.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
Questions and Answers

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OF fact by writing The Washington Evening
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Evening star., 1953-07-31

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tOrtterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-07-31
For the Record

New York,