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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26

The Continental Danes Chapter
received first prize for giving
seven desks-the largest number
donated by any chapter. A
close runner-up was the Susan
Riviere Hetzel Chapter. which
donated six desks.
Other prizes were awarded to
the winners Of various COMPETE
tons promoted by Mrs. Paul this
year.
Five chapters won prizes for
offering new scholarships and
seven for increasing their schol-
arShips over last year. The
scholarships range from SIS
medical grants (used for dental
and health care) to $500 awards.
One OF the new scholarships
given this year was for 5000,
raised by the Livingston Manor
Chapter from the sale Of greet
ing cards
Mrs. Paul reported that more
than 500 boxes Of clothing and
household articles have been COL
lected this year for the schools
which sell articles they do not
need. Five prizes were given
yesterday in this category.
Awards also were made to the
chapters turning in the greatest
number Of merchandise coupons
which are redeemed for equip
ment needed by the schools.
More than 10000 coupons have
been collected so far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26

tire crop picture in the San
Joaquin Valley. And in the
doing, built up a mere $40 mil
lion-a-year industry canning
pear-snaped tomatoes.
Food for Your Heart
We seem to be diet-minded
this week However, the diet
we're about to tell you Of will
concern heart patients only. The
American Heart Association has
Just published. a new handbook
containing diets. sample menus,
and the latest information on
nutrition and heart disease.
The manual is free and may be
obtained from the Washington
Heart Association with one def
mite provision. You must have
a note from your doctor before
you are eligible for one. The
association requests that you do
not call them. However, armed
with the necessary note you may
apply at their headquarters.
1854 Nineteenth street NV, for
your copy.
Food For Your Heart" was
prepared by. the staff of the De-
partment Of Nutrition, Harvard
School Of Public Health. DR..
Frederick ]. Stare, chairman of
the department, headed special
committee. composed of authori-
ties in the field, which super
vised the preparation of the
handbook
The book contains a plan for
converting your regular recipes
into those with low sodium con-
tent. making easier the house,
wife's task Of preparing food for
the entire family. Because low
sodium patients complain that
(See FOOD REPORT. Page BAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26
WeekIyFoo
Report for
Diet Manual for
Heart Patients;
Wosher-Dryer
By Violet FouIkner

Manufacturers Of a well-known
line Of home appliances last
week introduced their latest
baby" to the Washington trade.
It's sensational new combina-
ton washer-dryer.
This combination unit dries
the clothes as well as washes
them in one continuous auto
matte operation. You set it, and
forget it. A feature that will
make a definite appeal to home
makers, and builders alike, is its
size only SO inches wide.
A great advantage when floor
space Is at such a premium
these days whether you're build
ing new home, or remodeling
the old one.
Two Of the three switches on
the back panel Of the new auto
matte are timer controls
one for the washing process, the
other for the drying. The third
control Is a water temperature
selector that permits use of the
magic heater" during the wash
ing period. It is possible, so the
manufacturer claims, to raise
the temperature of the water as
much as Is degrees.
No outside vent is needed for
this machine to carry off the
moisture and lint. A blower
forces heated air through the
tumbling cylinder containing the
clothes. The warm moist air
leaves the cylinder and goes
through a dehumidifier which
cools and dries the air while
washing lint and moisture down
the drain. The new appliance
requires no more plumbing than
any automatic washer and need
not be bolted down. Because of
its size. it can be used in kitch-
ems. bathrooms, utility rooms, or
even a bedroom If that's more
convenient to your house plans.
Low Colorie Foods !.
Watching calories? Then
you'll be interested in a new line
Of low-calorie foods that will al
low you to eat all you want and
still shed pounds. Sounds too
good to be true. The dietetic
foods are carried by one of the
local food chains. The line in
cludes 80 sweet-tasting items
ranging from gelatin and pud-
ding. desserts to tangy salad
dressings and on through jams
and jellies. Taste testers who
sampled the products claim
they actually couldn't tell the
difference between these foods
and the regular foods with sugar
added.
Title Lewis, who developed
the line. says 10 years Of testing,
tasting and experimenting went
into the new method OF giving
foods the desired sweet taste"
without added calories. She
is the famous lady who Is
credited with changing the en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26
kHWhatS CooRin'

FRIDAY
SGDory Tuna and LtrnaS Shoestrtng Potatoes
Buttered Squash Carrot Salad
Orange Float
SavOry Tuna Limas.
1O-ounce package frozen l cup evaporated milk
limas IA teaspoon dried thyme
612-ounce can tuna teaspoon dried tarragon
can condensed cream OF sailed crackers crumbled
tomato soup y cup shredded cheese
Cook maS according to directions package. Drain
then place in lightly buered 1-quart baking dish
Drain oil from tuna and discard into bites
pieces then scatter lima Empty soup
mixing bowl Blend In seaSonngs (crunbe dried herbs palm
of hand) and milk Pour tuna and beans in baking DISH
Sprinkle coarsey crumbd crackers and cheese Bake
in moderate ESQ., F. until mixture bubbly
and crumbs lightly Drowned. to Is minutes.
Makes servings
~ SATURDAY
Beef SteW Nth Vegetables French Bread
Sweet SG1D Baked Pears
Sweet Slaw.
" cup diced apples "a cup vinegar
" cup chopped marshmalows tablespoons sugar
] medium cabbage, shredded teaspoon salt
" cup cream
Add the apples and marshmaows to the shredded cabbage
Combine the and vinegar adding the vinegar
the cream and stir in and salt dressing
and toss lightly until mixed. Makes 6 servings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26
OAR Aid to Schools
Featured on Program

About 80 prizes for the work
done by District chapters Of the
Daughters Of the American Rev
olution to support mountain
schools in the Eastern United
States were presented yesterday
at a meeting of the State APP
proved Schools Committee.
The awards day" program
was held at the OAR Chapter
House with the committee chair
man, Mrs. Joseph B. Paul, offii-
ciating.
The prizes were hand-woven
articles, pieces of pottery and
kitchen candies purchased from
Berea College in Kentucky and
the CrosSnore School in North
Carolina, where they are manu-
featured through school spon-
sored industries. These two are
among IL schools and colleges
which receive financial aid from
the OAR.
In addition, the National
OAR Society owns and operates
boarding school at Tamassee.
S. c.. and the Kate Duncan
Smith day school at Grant. Ala.
The provision of new desks for
one Of the high school class
rooms at Kate Duncan Smith
was the District committees
project this year.
Mrs. Paul announced yester-
day that the goal had been met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26

Fish baked in foil is moist and delicious
WEDNESDAY
Baked Fish flashed Bro1pn Potatoes
Buttered Onions Asparagus
Cheese Cake
Fish,
Select the fish Of your choice removed and fish
cleaned Stuff with favote stung such mixture
bread and coarey rolled cracker crumbs which you
added melted shortening little lemon onion, celery
chopped parsley Fill the fish cavity and tie with string
Grease the shiny side Of large piece aluminium and
place fish it. Sprinkle fish with juice salt pepper
and melted shortening Add parboied small
bring foil fish, closing all edges with
Bake In hot (400 F) about ~ hours 4-pound
bass such as pictured During last Is minutes baking time
the foil and permit fish to brown Foil and all may be
transferred to serving platter Makes servings.
THURSDAY
Hamburger PGttieS Corn Mu6fns
SteOed Tomatoes Yellow Squash
Romano Salad Golden PUTS
Golden Puffs.
cups sifted flour teaspoon nutmeg or mace
"a cup "a cup salad oil
teaspoons double action "a
baking powder egg
teaspoon salt
Silt together -four baking powder salt nutmeg
Add OIL milk and Stir with fork until thoroughly mixed
Drop by teaSpoonfu (too large pufs will through
into deep hot oil fat 375 F0 until golden brown about
minutes Drain absorbent paper. Roll warm puffs in
or glaze pus by dipping into thin
TONERS sugar icing Makes about IA dozen. by "V"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26

New pie crust baked" in the refrigerator.
Leg of Lamb BroOn Potatoes
Peas Garden Salad
Chocolate Coconut Pie Coffee
Chocolate COconut Pie.
squares unsweetened 11a cups milk
chocolate IA cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter l envelope gelatin
2 tablespoons hot milk " teaspoon almond extract
cream whipped
70 confectionerS' sugar, egg whites
sifted " teaspoon salt
l1a cups shredded coconut tablespoons sugar
egg yolks slightly beaten
chocolate butter in top of double boiler stirring
until blended Combine milk and Add to chocolate
mixture stirring well. Add coconu and mix Spread bot
egg yoks cup of the milk in saucepan Add re-
manning milk and gelatin. Mix WELL
stir medium heat until mixture thkens slightly coats
a dry metal spoon do not bol Remove from heat Chill
until mixture begins to thicken Fold in almond
whipped cream Beat whites with salt until foamy. Add
cup sugar. tablespoons at time beating after addition
until is blended. Beat until gelatin
trre Pour into coconut crust and chill.
MONDAY.
Ham Loaf Ssoeet Potatoes
Broccoli Picked Beets
Lemon Pudding
Ham Loaf.
70 pound ground cooked ham "a teaspoon pepper
Ia pounds ground fresh pork cup milk
eggs 70 cup brown sugar
i cup dry bread crumbs tablespoon dry mustard
l teaspoon salt tablespoons vinegar
eggs Combine meats eggs crumbs salt pepper and
milk. thoroughly loaf in 8x4x3nch loaf pan
Combine mustard vinegar Spread Bake
in a moderate ESQ., F0 hour. Makes servings.
TUESDAY
Curried Lamb Rice
French Style Green Beans Chery-Pecan Salad
MolGsseS Cookies Tea
Cherry-Pecan Salad
/ package cherry gelatin 1R cups canned bling cherries
! cup not cherry juice cup chopped pecanS
cup port wine
Dissolve gelatin in hot cherry juice Add cold Juice or
and chill until firm Unmod on lettuce leaves
and serve with your choice of dressings Makes to servings
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13

What to do about financing Montanas highway consruc
ton and maintenance program (and shoud be of the
hottest issues of the 1854 campaign.
Frank c. Connolly, chairman of Montana Highway Com
mission that the people of Montana face crisis is
crisis and which is of the peoples MAX
ng the result quite large part at least of apathy
selfish philosophy of letting the other fellow pick the tab
Montana Affairs official of Montana State Chamber
of Commerce. be continuing higher gasoline
and suggesting that added fuel tax of
for two cents will provde the required
state matching funds the backlog of federal add
available for Montana highway operations.
C. M Moss editor of Whtefsh Pilot and state senator from
Fathead county, opne that we're being penny wise and
pound foolish then reflects critical the vot
the only construction upkeep revenue at the
general election. emphasis ours)
Fred Martins Yellowstone News (hes on leave secretary
to Gov ArOnson) indicates pretty solid approval of higher
olne tax.
On the otherhand, three other Republican edtors-Ha
Stearns the Harowton Times Dan Milestone of Cut Bank
Pioneer Press and Rusty Larcombe of Phillips County News
Malta questioned whether additional is the
Stearn has frequently raised doubt that large
ca trucking paying their fair share OF the
of constructing and maintaining highways.
These but a few of the opinions which have been
expressed months this crucial matter but they
people get about the business of solving
highway financing problem.
To solve problem however is first necessary to know
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13
are going to have to pay for the
extra strength ="
Truck Taxation In
Montana

Are commercial truckers paying
their fair share toward the building
and upkeep of our Montana highway
system? Are they paying too little?
Too much? AS in Illinois and other
states, commercial truckers are in
the vanguard of those demanding
better and sturdier built highways in
Montana; are willing to expend con-
siderable sums to convince the pub
lie of the merits of increasing the
gasoline tax.
By way of comparison, let US see
whether truckers in Montana are pay
ing too little or too much of our
highway financing bill.
(Since it has been definitely prov
en-by the Maryland and other road
tests-that heavy trucks are the real
destroyers of our highways, the fig
ures used for comparison purposes
concern primarily trucks, trailers and
buses of $4,000 pounds gross vehicle
weight on up.-EDITOR.)
In 1862, Montana had %, COM
mercial vehicles, buses, trailers and
tractors with $4,000 or over gross
vehicle weight. This included COM
mercial truckers, livestock haulers,
lumber trucks, etc. The average high
way revenue collected off these 22,-
1873 was $37 each!
Of this total, in the first 1 1 months
1852, 4,236 vehicles of $4,000 to
$4,000 GVW, were charged full rate
schedule as commercial and private
carriers. 4,196 trucks paid an av-
erage GVW of $3.50 each; 1,040 |
trailers and semi trailers, an average
of $129.50, Total revenue to state
for 11-month period, $460,000.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13
Are Big Truckers Paying Their Share?


Those of you who may wish to
learn more about Oregon's weight
mile (weight distance) truck tax
ing formula, how it was arrived at,
how it works out in actual opera
ton, etc., can secure such informa-
ton by writing this publication.
We have on hand a limited number
of copies of "The Case For the
Weight-Mile Tax" by r. H. Bal
dock, longtime chief highway en-
gineer for the State of Oregon.
These copies will be sent out on
basis of first come, first served.
There is no charge.-EDITOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13
MARYLAND TESTS PROVIDED PROOF THAT Big
TRUCKS DESTROY OUR HIGHWAYS

view of the results.
"These showed that truck with an
axle load of 22,4OO pounds cracked
a cement slab Ga times more than a
truck with an 1s,OOO-pound load.
When high titans with twin sets of
rear axles and wheels were used,
A, 8OO-pound loads did 1913 times as
much damage as 32,0OO-pound loads
on two axles. After repeated pass
es" by trucks with twin-axle loads
of ~, 800 pounds, almost all the high
way slabs were cracked :.
"The Maryland venture underworld
many statements the truckers had
been challenging. 1t tended to sus-
tain the claim of R. H. Baldock, Ore
CONS chief highway engineer and
father of the weight-distance tax,
that "only two factors seriously de-
stroy roads-hig trucks and weather"
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13

An editorial in the October "a
1862 CHICAGO TRIBUNE discussing
the 1851 Illinois legislative battle
to increase truck taxes applies equal
ly we'll to Montana in showing how
bitterly trucking interests fight any
attempt to levy equitable highway
taxes upon them. A few pertinent
paragraphs from that editorial will
point up the "why" of our highway
financing problem.
Said THE TRIBUNE:
"The increases in license fees which
both The Tribune and Gov. Steven
son supported in 1851 were substan-
tial. They had to be. Not only were
state revenues wholly inadequate for
the maintenance and extension of
Illinois highways at present costs,
but the truckers were far from paying
their fair share of the revenues that
were collected.
"This was particularly true of the
heavier trucks and truck-trailer COM
binations which do the most damage
to highways :. Naturally, when these
inequities were corrected, it was the
fees on the heavier transport units
that were increased most, both pro-
portionately and absolutely, and it
was the owners of the highway be-
hemoths who howled the loudest."
Chastising the trucking interests
for stubborn efforts to avoid paying
their fair share, THE TRIBUNE then
gave the trucking industry some sound
advice:
eff it's members (truckers) are
not willing to pay their fair share
of highway costs, they are not GO
ing to get good roads, and no one
stands to lose more than they from
poor roads.
"The day when the passenger car
owner could be expected to bear by |
far the greater part of highway ex-
pense is past. Highway tests have
shown how heavy loads destroy pave
ment.
"If truckers want pavements
strong enough to bear those loads
without breaking up, the truckers
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13
Truckers Still Make a
Profit In Washington

In Washington state the same num-
Der of commercial vehicles paying full
GVW fee, would have paid almost
double that paid in Montana. The A.
1876 trucks would have paid $557 $40
and the 1,040 trailers, 1905, 100, for
a total of $863,130 Average truck
GVW in that state would have been
$133, and trailers, 1924 each. (From
all kinds of pickups, light trucks,
buses, heavy trucks, trailers ETC., ir-
respective of weight Montana's GVW
tax brought in an estimated 81, $685.
633. Had these been taxed under
the Washington GVW schedule, total
revenue from this source for Mon
tana highway financing would have
been $2,967,898 = or difference
of just about equal to the 81, 422, 900
per year Mr.. Connolly points out
must be taken from current high
way revenues each year to retire
highway debenture bonds sold in the
past that highway construction might
proceed.)
FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE BOX
ED-IN COMPARISON ADJOINING
THIS ARTICLE.-EDITOR
Continued on page four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13
Connolly Spells Out the
Reason

Highway Commission Chairman
Connolly seems to spell out the rea-
son in his article in the October is
sue of MONTANA AFFAIRS. Wrote
Mr.. Connolly:
g. Highway construction costs,
like all other costs, have increased
greatly during recent years, I. the
change in the type and volume of
traffic now carried over Montana's
highway system dictates vast and
expensive reconstruction program not
originally contemplated.
1.-THE roads built 20 and 80 years
ago, adequate to carry the traffic
of that time, are failing under the
heavier type of traffic of today
=. :"
What is the nature of this "heav-
ier traffic?" Are passenger auto
mobiles, pickups, and light trucks,
noticeably heavier than they were 20
to 80 years ago? The answer is "no."
This "heavier traffic" has come about
because of the tremendous increase
in highway use by commercial truck
erS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13

why the problem exists.
Thirty-two years have gone by since
the first gas tax was put in effect in
Montana. In 1921, a one-cent per
gallon tax was imposed. In 1922 the
tax yielded $341, 37O.43 according to
Board of Equalization annual report.
In years since, the tax has had four
additional increases to the present
six-cent rate. In 1862, after nom
highway tax refunds were made, the
gas yielded $11,544, 161 for the high
ways. Yet, the state is falling far
short of sufficient income to match
federal aid funds and the highway
construction and maintenance pro-
gram lags ever further behind.
Gasoline tax collections have in
creased more than thirty fold in the
past 80 years. Why then should our
highway revenues be so completely
Inadequate?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13

A4AOC1 pCo IL OIIl dIClCI ny OISSOI
State Senator Richard Neuberger, in
HARPER'S, October, 1852
g. For many years the truckers
vehemently denied that they were
breaking up the highways. Then in
1851 the Maryland road tests were
held. Eleven eastern states approp-
rated $246,000 comparatively to de-
termine, once and for all, the impact
of heavy trucks on pavement. On a
typical mile of U. S. 301, nine miles
south of LaPalta, Maryland, the
trucks wrote their record in broken
slabs and crumbled edges. Vans and
vehicles of various weights and sizes
rumbled back and forth over differ
ent sections of the test strip for six
months. Expert drivers were in the
cabs. Engineers of the Bureau of
Public Roads participated in a re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13
Under Much Heavier GVW Tax Schedule .
WASHINGTON TRUCKERS Still Make PROFIT

Washington state like Montana employs the Gross We
hice Weight formula in determining taxes to be paid by
commercial truckers The principal difference is that
Washingtons law while not entirely adequate is few
steps reality in assessing truck highway than
is Montana The result that while Montana collected
$46OO5O in GVW fees off 5,236* trucks tralers Buses
etc. in the 900 900 class through November 1852
had this same number of carriers been assessed under
Washington law, total highway revenue herefrom would
have been 1868 100.
Figures indicating number of trucks their weights
tween $4,000 and $4,000 GVW, and received
therefrom by Montana Highway Department. are the
first II months of 1852 The GVW taxing schedules
from the schedules set by the Montana and Washington
legislatures.
By reading these figures it is readily that
trucks in Washington proportionae share of
highway costs than they do in Montana.
UNDER MONTANA UNDER WASH
No. of GVW LAW GVW LAW
trucks, Tax
buses, Tax Would
18,OOO-2O,OOO 1116 1000 S 4468O S 1920
20000-22,000 1852 $4,000 10000
22,000-24,000 $50 $500 56250 1850 93,75O
24,ooo-26,ooo 582 $500 5O54O $500
26,000-28,000 800 1880 35535 58,71O
28,000-30,000 ia $4,000 1890 $4,000 26,22O
8O,OOO82,oOo IT 1900 21,945
32,OOO34,OOO 1920 $500 1925
34,00036,000 1876 42,55O 68,45O
Totals 4196 $325,425 $557,34O
No. Traiers
semis
18,OOO2OOOO 60 S 5000 S 1900 1000 1900
2O,OOO-22OOO 26 $3.50 975 10000 $500
22,OOO-24O0O 20 1925 1,125 1850
24OOO-26OOO 7125 LAO 10000 $500
26OOO-2SOO0 20 1925 1,725
28OOO-30OOO 1O5OO 1926 $4,000 1870
3OOOO-32OOo All 6O,O52 285.OO 134235
32OOO-34,000 % 10000 1880 325.00
34OOO-36,O0O 56,O63 $1,000 13O25O
Totals 1O40 $134625 $305,79O
the full Montana GvW Livestock logging
trucks they only part high
However, these
all result that GVW Washington
double the amount collected in Montana.
NOTE Above figures do not include either property gasoline
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-15
S P R 7 S
CLOS u P
By FRITZ POLLARD

NEW YORK - lGlobaD - 1t
seems incredible, but Campy is IN
trouble. The chunky good-natured
all-star catcher on the Brooklyn
Dodgers baseball club has finally
got himself mixed up in contro-
versy. Lew Burdette, the Braves
pitcher, claims he intended no ra-
cial slur at Campy the other night
in Milwaukee, but if we know
Campy at all, he didn't blow off
steam for nothing. Roy just isn't
quick-tempered guy. However,
it has been reported that Tom
German, the plate umpire, said
that nothing would have happened
if Campanella had gone quietly
back to the dugout.
And that's the point where we
saw red. Nothing ever happens
when people absorb insults and
endure injustices without COM
plant. That is, nothing happens
but that the perpetratOr of the
evil, not having been reprimanded,
feels free to hurl his insults or in