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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
IL Driving Permits
Are Revoked and Is
Oilers Suspended

Nineteen drivers permits
were revoked and Is others sus-
pended las week. the Depart
ment Of Vehicles and Trafac an
nounced today.
OF the 10 permits revoked. sew
en- were for driving while drunk
and ~ for an accumulated rec
ord of traffic violations amount
ing to at least IL points under
the point system.
OF the Is permits suspended,
eight came under the point sys-
TEN for having accumulated at
least eight points, seven for fail
ure to satisfy judgments in
court and one for failure to file
evidence Of financial response
bility.
Those who were suspended fol-
driving while drunk were Emer-
son Eary, BOT Sligo avenue, Sill.
yer Spring. Md. Horace p. Cas-
saway, 900 Third street, NV.
Marvin L. Ritenour, 2617 Four.
tenth street, NV, Martin T
Montour, 500 Nicholson street
NE. Clifton L. Peoples, 315 Vir-
GINA avenue Sc. Louis Robert
Lidbog, 1851 Twenty ninth street
NV, and Paul Finch, 329 A
street NE.
Those whose permits were re-
voked for having an accumulated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
record Of traffic siolations weke:

record of traffic 1iolations were:
Edward D. johnson, 4oe Columbia ID;
ave-, Chevy Chase, Nd; Edward Jones:
1921 18th st. NV; Robert CaloWeu. 400
Massachusetts, ave. NV; Leslie J. Belt,
34S 37th pl. Sc: Walter O. Mason, IT,.
David L. Richards, 1915 SD ave. Hill
side, Nd: Robert C: Gerald. us + St.
s.w.; James Crawford 1928 9th st. NV;
Nathaniel L. Wells, 1892 Morse st. ne;
John j. Karis. 489 Z st. s.w.; Joseph w,
Lane. ST.. S26 9TH st. Sc.
Accumulated record Of tralRc vloIa-
lions Cat least pSints under gsint
ne: Francis Mcleod. 457 M st. NV;
Wright. sos Kentucky ave. Sc: Samuel
I. Brooks. $40 51st st: ne; william G.
Smith, 63O4 q st: Sc. Bradbury Heignts;
Nd James A. williams. SAL Central
ave. Sc; Robert Lee Simmons. 1904 18th
st. NV; all Is days.
Unsatis1led JudGments-Richard n.
Kinney 1899 Penn. st. NE; Gertrude y.
Kinney 1899 Penn. st. me-; James w.
Handy, 610 Fairmont st. NV; William
Z. Aston. 1852 Bangor st. Sc; Walter
e. Hart, 415 Boyd ave-. Takoma Park,
Md; Roosevelt Hawkins. 1911 Morse St.
ne; Ernest Radcliffe, jr:.. 100 First st.
n.e.; all suspended until Judgment is
Failure 10 aIe Insurance. oliver w.
sherbert, jr.. 1907 Kearney st. me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Dr.. Sponbera to TuIk

DR.. Harold z. Sponberg. edu-
cation director Of the National
All Club Foundation, will adj
dress the Lutheran Laymen's
Fellowship at 1890 pm. Thurs
day in the Luther Place Me-
mortal Church parish hall.
Thomas circle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Chesapeake Bridge in Film,

"Steel Spans the Chesapeake"
a Aim describing the construc-
ton of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge, win be shown at. 1915
pm. Wednesday at the meeting
of the National Capital Optimist
Club in the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-11-28

Photographs BY David Linton
by tiny box with string attached smart bird learns to
pull the box the shelf and stand in two hours
In another test bird is confronted with of aspirin
tablets and screw under which her food After about
10 hours of practice she knows just where to look for her meal
Then she goes advanced situations above
Phyllis mastered this problem in just one hour.
Why only female canares used? DR.. Pastore has
simple explanation: they're cheaper. MIL
Evening star., 1954-11-28

ALTHOUGH canarys head may be no bigger than medium
"A sized grape there's lot inside than musical notes
and Dr. Nicholas Pastore who teaches psychology at
Queens College in Flushing N " prove it. For the last
year and half he has been conducting experiments the
learning ability of nine canaries - all female.
Dr. Pastore makes the birds their brains to find their
food Their wings clipped they'll bac and dinner
placed shelf outside the canares normal reach Near
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-03-04
FISH. Continued.
Of membership.
T. trder for ~

secur3 tho 1oneAj End un-.
iteC t-oY: as rega2".s -. - Is and
conc oions PERTAINING, to tlAe sale Of the4r
fish it will be necessary OF them to Or
ganize a marketing association. liter con-
ferring with John Geisness. attorney for
the union, and with the other union re-
representatives. who were In Seattle to at~
tend the hearing, Jim Downey has submitted
to the resident fishermen tho Articles sf
Incorporation and the consti tuition and By
Laws for an association to be called the
Bristol Bay Fl sh Producers Assoc tatton.
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-03-04

An organi zational meeting was hald last
week at Jesse' 8. Walter Modem was sleateA
to sc rye as authorized agent for tho 1osa1
Independents during the organi sationa1 staSa
It IS his responsibility to secure fifty
signatures to the Articles Of Incorporate o.
and to execute the sffidevit required fU
filing them.
A copy Of the proposed Articles end Ne
Consti tuition end Bv-Iew are eve Liable at
the Fl shermen's Coop Store. Everyone 48toVs
ested in fish ne en- Independent sheulA
read these over.
The STU has pledged its support to
the independents and arrangements are ~
ing made to refer all organi zati ona1 d.
tails to the independent Fl shernen in the
other districts OF BRISTOL Bay.
Sikn ned; Iru1an 1Mberk
Mr. L. A. Hatchett and .. b. Peterson
Of ARC are here an. Inspection Trip Of
the Roads--if they can find It'll
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-03-04
DRIPPIMs FROM TIE SOCIAL cOIANDERN
Shsr1e Mo=~en Mari 1yn Ponko sher

Birthday ho>. ;, 7rioay. Fet. IL. az
Birthday D. ..42. perty given ny u.s.
gan. Fo1lowi,: ',e delicious roast Il
uer. the entire ,roup Va. to che G "A
ueuce av tie t.1lloW Tree.
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-03-04

Stepping into top piece on the social
achievement ladder. the c.A.P. Cadets
sponsored Benefit Dance on Feb. IL at
tho willow Tree. A feature Of the even
ing was a series Of folk dances taught
and presented by Mrs. kassmann and her
selected group Of 81 students who danced
through intricate formations during
Is co1o61.al min1tese
Gladys Andrews was voted VALENTINE
QUEEN and was crowned by Cadet Ole John.
con at midnight In an abnormal ceremony.
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-03-04

The CAP Cadets held . matinee at the
PC Go. theater. Sun. Fob. 2e to help II
their Embarrassing campaign. The show,
q se1ection made by tho CAP Committee
MRS D teehni color Film, Tomahawk plus
eam,av md musical. EVERYTHING was do
se&e i - the CAP by Virginia and Clyde
Spsars and the entire proceeds from
tho slaew were given to the CAP.
The beacon of Dillingham., 1954-03-04

Several fri ends errived at Ro semary
Nedenss hone at O'Clock on Sat. Feb.
10th TO help celebrate her 18th birthday
V1s1J11e. oaucale ano eatine passed the
afternoon too quickly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Social Security

A MOTHER MESSAGE in Pres
\ ident Esenhower's busy week
of correspondence with Congress
covered Social Security, a field of
Government activity that once was
damned by many as sheer radical
ism but now is taken calmly for
granted by almost every one.
In his message last Thursday,
the President announced plans for
broadening the Old Age and Sur
vivor Insurance program to cover
many workers, and to bring the
taxable maximum of earnings into
line with the current economic
situation. The other half of Social
Security-the "Public Assistance"
program-will be altered to some
extent, too, If the President gets
his way.
The Social Security message
might not be the most portentous
of the Presidents three topics this
week. But it seemed to have
better chance of being translated
into law in recognizable form than
either Of the other messages.
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main the foundations Of the pro-
gram.
But other parts are flexible.
Here are changes he asked Con-
gress to authorize:
. Broaden coverage to include
about 10 million additional earn
ers, including farm operators and
workers, domestics, uninsured self
employed and some civil servants
and clergymen.
. Relax the limit on earnings
which a pensioned worker may
accept without losing his social
security" and eQualize the rules
applying to former wage-earners
and former self-employed persons.
. Increase the benefits paid under
the program.
. Boost the maximum taxable
portion of an active workers earn
ings from the present $500 to
$4,000.
Q Write into the law a provision
for a "four-year drop-out," by
which a retired worker can ignore
his least profitable four years in
computing his retirement benefits.
. Protect the benefit rights Of dis
abled workers
OF these suggested revisions, the
one most Immediately Of interest
to employed persons Is the plan to
boost the taxable maximum. IL
has been boosted before-in 1851
1t was raised from $1,000 to this
present $3,600-and it conceivably
could be boosted again. The rea-
son for the proposed increase 10
that the average industrial wage
in the United States today is far
above the taxable maximum.
The Social Security Administra-
ton last week explained thai in
1887, when OASI got started, prac-
tically every covered worker earned
less than $4,000. Today only so
per cent earn less than the pro-
posed $4,000
$12 q Yeor More
The increase would cost the
average worker another $12 year.
It would cost his employer the
same mount, since contributions
are on $3.50 basis. Here is a
tabulation Of changes that have
been made since the program be-
gan, together with plans for the
future:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Farm Policy

DRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S
! farm message obviously was
meant to be a durable Republican
primer on farm policy. It was not
Just the outline Of q bill. The
message was an all-encompassing
thesis on American agriculture and
its relations with Government. It
laid out the fundamental assump-
tions upon which the Republican
program was built, It analysed the
existing farm law, 1t described
the new plan and then justified it,
crop by crop.
The President and Secretary OF
Agriculture Benson indicated IN
press conferences last week they
were not too hopeful their pro-
gram would be approved by Con-
gress this year. But they had laid
out plan and rationale, and
they had something clear and
specific to fight for until Congress
did choose to see things their way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
New Plan

It's time for a change, President
Eisenhower believes.
What is needed, he said last
week, Is q program that will en-
courage production where the
supply is short, but stimulate con-
sumption where the supply Is long.
Just such a program, he said, was
the Hope-Aiken law, the one never
allowed to go into effect.
Under that flexible" farm pro-
gram, the Secretary Of Agriculture
would raise price supports to en-
courage the farmers to grow more
of scarce commodities. He would
lower supports to discourage
farmers from planting crops al
ready in surplus, and the lower
prices would induce the consumer
to eat up that surplus.
These adjustments in price sup
ports would be made at q high
enough level to insure that "fair
share" of the Nations income goes
to the farmer, but on the whole
supports would be lower than those
now provided for.
New 'Pority'
A further drop in support levels
would follow adoption Of new
parity" as recommended by the
President. Parity is the income a
farmer should have to permit him
to buy the things he bought during
some previous good" year. The
base years now are 1909-14. II the
farmer could buy a shirt for the
price OF a bushel of wheat In those
years, then he should get enough
for a bushel of wheat today to pay
for the same quality shirt. If he
does make that much, he is selling
at 100 per cent Of parity. The
existing law requires the Govern
ment to support the price Of six
basic" commodities at 80 per cent
Of parity, other commodities at 60
to 80 per cent Of parity, and still
others, at the discretion Of the
Secretary Of Agriculture, at up to
90 per cent. !
The existing law permits use Of a
more modern parity using as q
base the 10 years preceding the
year in which the law is operating
If the modem parity happens to
be higher than the old enc. But
usually the old one is higher.
President Eisenhower, however,
wants to make the modern parity
figure mandatory.
Grcdudlism
The combination OF q drop In
price support levels which prob.
ably would follow the introduction
OF "flexibility' and q drop in par
ity itself might cause quite q
wrench In the farm economy, the
President eoncsdss. Thsrsfoee his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17

MYTH THE Presidents legis-
Wv lative program Just getting
into gear, It was natural that all
eyes In Washington should be
focused this week on Capitol Hill.
where three messages were re-
ceived from the White House.
But . side-glance in the direc-
ton Of Secretary Of State John
Foster Dulles could not be resisted
when the Nations chief diplomat
defined again-in stronger terms
than ever-the new American for
eign policy based on big atomic
stick.
The three presidential messages
received last week were on three
subjects close to the core Of
American politics: Farms, social
security and labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17

Administration proposal; increase from $500
otter 1855.
Administration proposal; original 1870 rots
wos $3.50.
NOTE: For seIf-employed persons. rote rises
from $50 now TO 1885, in 1870.
To persons now drawing social
security benefits - or thinking
about retiring in the near future
the points of greatest interest
are increased payments and re-
taxation of the limit on outside
earnings.
At present, the most a single
man over 65 can draw as social
security is $85 month, based on
previous earnings of $500 a year.
If he is married, he can get $l27.50
a month-no more. Under the
administration plan, these bene-
fits would raise to $3.50 and
$147.80. They would go into effect
Immediately on passage of the
necessary legislation.
Two-Yeor Deloy
There would be. a delay of per-
haps two years, however, before
anyone could start drawing pen
sion based on the new taxable
maximum of $4,000. This is be-
cause after the new tax scale goes
into effect, a covered employe will
have to work six quarters Qh2
years. in order to qualify for max
imum benefits. 1t will take at
least half a year-and probably
until January l., 1955-to get the
new plan rolling if it is passed
this session.
The following table shows what
the present and proposed OASI
payments would be for persons
who had the indicated earnings
in their working days:
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reSentatives wanted was q fixed,
sure - and high - governmental
crop under farm income.
Present Low


The present farm law reflects
this high, fixed" philosophy. It
became high and fixed during
World War II, not SO much to en-
nance the farmers share az the
national income, as to encourage
him to produce more to meet
wartime requirements. The law
worked. Farmers produced what
was asked Of them, and then en-
,oyed an unprecedentediy high
standard of living.
And they did enjoy it. Not unit
.948, during the Republican 80tn
Congress, could the Nations law
makers bring themselves to vote
high, fixed price supports out
from under the farmer. The
l948 plan, called the Hope-Aiken
law, was to give the farmers
year of grace and then abandon
high, fixed supports, substituting a
program of flexible supports at
generally lower levels.
In 1949, however, q Democratic
Congress voted to postpone the
end of the old program until 1851.
Subsequent Congresses put OF the
fatal day until 1855. The Eisen-
hover plan, Of course, is an at
tempt to find something better to
give the farmers next year.
How Has II Worked?
How has the high, fixed price
support plan worked in the post
war years? Badly, said President
eisenhower last week.
The program contains a fatal
flaw, he said. BY guaranteeing
high prices for certain crops, 1t en-
courages farmers to grow those
crops. But high prices discourage
the consumer from buying. Result
is that farmers produce more and
more, housewives buy less and less
What is not bought in the regular
market must be bought by the
Government And what Uncle
Sam buys, all too often he cannot
sell. Farm price support has set
the Government back $7.5 billion
since 1882.
And that is not all. The huge
quantities OF farm commodities
held in storage by the Govern
ment-enough wheat and cotton,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
Retirement

In his statement, Gen. Eisen-
hover pointed out that since it's
inception, the Old Age and Sur
vivor Insurance plan has had two
basic principles:
/. It is a contributory system;
that is, both employer and employe
pay into the fund during the work.
er'S active years.
2. Benefits received are related
in part to the individuals earnings.
These principles, the President
asserted, are valid and must re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
The Reaction

The Presidents new farm pro-
gram was not greeted with enthu-
siasm in Congress last week.
Criticism was bipartisan. Senate
Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson
said, Congress viii be fearful in
enacting farm legislation giving
anyone discretion to destroy the
practice ana principle" (of high,
rigid price supports). Important
Translate Republicans, including
Thye of Minnesota and Young Of
North Dakota, took the same view
And Chairman Hope Of the House
Agriculture Committee, who has
always inclined toward high, rigid
supports, also criticized the plan.
Chairman Aiken of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, q con-
sistent spokesman for flexible sup
ports, was enthusiastic about the
Eisenhower program, however.
If past votes are any criteria, the
President will have a hard time
pushing his program past Con-
gress. The last time the Senate
voted on flexible supports 1880.
only Is of the present Senator'S
voted for it. Even II all Of the 81
members who have joined The Sen
ate since then support the Prest-
dent, he still would lack a majority,
In the House, only 100 Of the
present members voted for flexible
supports (1952). Again If all new
members backed the President, he
would lack a majority (only 200
votes out of a membership Of 435).
Gist Of Criticism
Criticism of the Presidents
program boils down to this:
. The price support levels would
almost certainly drop under the
flexible program, resulting in
lower prices to the farmer.
. The new parity base would
usually mean lower parity figure,
again lowering farm prices.
The Congressman hesitate to
present such a package to their
rural constituents In an election
year.
Administration spokes e n,
however, deny that their program
will give the farmer less in the
long run. Their rebuttal is this:
. Lower prices will mean more
consumption, therefore more acre
age in production and more money
in the pocket of the individual
farmer.
. A sounder farm program will
benefit the entire economy, and
agriculture will share along with
other segments.
The administration comedies
that some farmers raising some
crops may be set back the FIRST
year the program operates, but
the Agriculture Department urges
them to put up with the tempo
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Maximum under present law.
"'Moximum under proposed law.
Coupled with these increased
benefits in the Presidents propos-
ais was a recommendation to boost
the utside-earnings limit by
Continued on Page A-24.).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-17
The Assumptions

The Republican farm plan starts
where the Democratic program
started, with these basic aSsump-
tionS:
Q "a stable, prosperous and free
agriculture is essential to the well
fare of the United States" The
great depression started In agri-
culture. The present adjustment"
was felt first by farmers. Farmers
spend more than $50 billion a
year. and any substantial cut in
that spending can rock the Ma
tons economy.
. For many reasons farm prod
ucts are subject to wider price
fluctuations than are most other
commodities. Moreover, the in
dividual farmer or rancher has
less control over the, prices he
receives than do producers in
most other industries. Govern
ment price supports must. there
fore, be provided in order to bring
needed stability to farm income
and farm production" Farmers,
in other words, are less the eco
nomic masters of their own fates
than are other national groups.
They are subject to the vagaries
of weather and take-it-or-leave-it
market prices, yet they must COM
NIT themselves a year in advance
to a course of action. Farmers
must be helped if they are tc
achieve the stability the Nation
wants of them.
. "a farm program first OF all
should assist agriculture to earn
its proportionate share Of the ma
tional income. It must likewise aim
at stability in farm income"
. "a farm program must fairly
represent the interests Of both pro-
ducers and consumers"
Disputed Points
No responsible voice in Congress
was raised to dispute these as
Sumptions last week. But the
President made some other basic
assumptions which were disputed
Foremost among them was this:
"a workable farm program must
give the administration sufficient
leeway to make timely changes in
policies and methods, including
price-support levels within limits
established by law. This will en-
able the administration to fore
see and forestall new difficulties in
our agriculture, rather than to at
tempt their legislative cure after
they have arisen"
Most farm State Congressman
last week did not concede this
proposition. They did not like the
words ''leeway," timely changes, :
and within limits" These words
connoted instability, uncertainty;
while what the farm-State rep
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rary difficulties so they can reap
the later harvest. The existing
program, on the other hand, will
spell disaster for the farmers
sooner or later, the administration
warns. Remember the potato
fiasco!"
SO Congress. choice last week
lay between two threats of ruin:
Ruin at the polls if the plan is
voted and ruin ON the farm If the
old law is extended. Capitol Hill
odds-makerS last week believed
the upcoming elections loomed
more important than long-range
considerations or President Eisen-
hower's powers of persuasion.