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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Hopes for Increase
In Steel Production
In March Continue

NEW YORK. Mar. 3.-The
chances are that the steel BUSH
ness will improve during March,
Iron Age. national Woodworking
weekly. said today.
But current steelmaking OPP
erations are scheduled at 70.5
per cent of rated capacity. down
3 points from last week and an
other new low for the year.
This will be a bitter disap-
pointment to those who had
been banking on seasonal fac
tors to bring about an upturn in
March" it added.
The weekly said it will take
a gain of 3l2 points in the
operating rate to catch up with
the February average of "A per
cent of rated capacity.
Chances of doing much better
than that are SLIM" said Iron
Age.
While steel production in
March will probably be better
than in February, this will be
due primarily to the three more
days in March. said Iron Age,
adding: "A sharp upturn in
business just isn't in the cards
at least not during the next
80 days"
This weeks decline in the
ingot rate is due in part to the
need of some producers to work
off stocks of SemifiniShed steel
they had accumulated in the
hope that business would i'm
prove, the publication said. Thus,
rolling mills temporarily are
processing more steel than is be-
ing melted.
Bullish seasonal factors are
welding a positive influence. but
this is being offset by depressing
forces which continue to hold
the overall market in check, said
Iron Age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03

Hourly Sales on the Exchange.
II 200 am. 43o 900 IL noon J, 900 600
100 pm 400 900 300 pm. 600 600
:Unlt OF TRADING 10 shares or sales IN
full. '1n bankruptcy or receivershlp OF
Icing reorgani2ed under the Bankruptcy
Act or SECURITIES. assumed BY such com.
panies Rates Of dividends in the fore
going table are annual disbursements
based on the last quarterly or semi
annual declaration. Unless otherwise
noted; special or extra dividends are not
included Also extra or extras. An
nual rate plus stock dividend. Declared
or paid In 1853 plus stock dividend
Declared or paid so far this year.
Payable In stock. estimated cash value
on ex-dividend or redistribution date.
gPaid last year; b Declared or paid
after stock dividend OF splitup. kDe-
e car! or paid this year. an accumula-
p Paid this wear, dividend omitted. de.
ferred or no action taken, at last divi-
1854 Plus stock dividend. y Liauidating
dividend: cid Called. Elk dividend. x-dis
Ex distribution. xr Ex rights. wv without
warrants. WV With warrsnts. wd WhAn
distributed. vi WheD Issued. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Automobile Is Prize

Victor Ottensteln. owner OF
the District News Co.. Inc, has
been notified by Pageant maya
zine he has won a Jaguar, i'm
ported English automobile. He
won in a national circulation
contest conducted by Hillman
Periodicals. Inc. publishers OF
Pageant, for increasing sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations supplied bv the
United States Agriculture Department;
cious. ~ Inch up, fair Quality rs
zoo: Black twtgs. 2i2-3 inches up. $50:
2ra-inch up. fair color. 2.25;. 2f.-inch
1908 30 according to color; 2l4-inch
UP. 2.0o-2.H5: Stsvmdns. 94-inches up
fair color; 800. Boxes, wrapped Penn
$40: Maryland, Delicious. 5-pound net
q. inches. $50: i IS. West Pa' Vrein Ia
BLACK Twiss, 33'2-inch, up 400.
ccobblers. 50-pound sacks, 65 cents:
PennSylvania Katahdins. 5o-pound sacks,
Sweet Potatoes--Dull bushel baskets.
u $. Is. some washed and waxed, Della
ware p gs nrI Rieans color added 800:
@.5-s.s5: white vans, few TSfi best! 500.
325;,, New Jersey Goldens. 25O-2.9o.
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry--Market Arm on heavy-typ
htss barely steady to weak on young
chis.zens. Trading active on light offer
ineS OF eolored fowl and prices tended
fryers anticipated as clearance were very
slow. RoaSters, 4-pound average, meet
ing light demand. Broilers or fryers
- poulua ana over, 20. Hens, heaVy
type. 81; young, 1895.
Grain Market
Flour-Receipts. 9.334 100 pound
sacks.
Wheat--Receipts, ss.a7e bushels;
shipments, 357.736 bushels; stocks,
4.193.S2 bushels. No. > red winter
sarlicky. spot, domestic, 2.25: March,
Corn--Receipts. 1O3,901 bushels: ship
ments, $4,000 bushels; stocks. 633,757
bushels.
oats-Receipts, II, $50 bushels; ship
ments, none; stocks. none.
Barley--Receipts, none; shipments,
none; stocks. 9S, $40 bushels
Rye-Receipts. 1000 bushels: ship
ments; none; stocks none.
Soybeans-Receipts, none; shipments,
Millfeed-Receipts. 36I tons.
ESE Market Steady.
yesterdays Quotations.D
Eges: Market steady. Prices on large
slightly higher. balance unchanged, Al
though receipts were light. offerings
more than satisfied a dull buying in
terest. Following higher fob. prices.
some, operators plan to raise prices to
retailers.
Prices paid fob. Baltimore by FIRST
receivers: Large, minimum so per cent
Il quality. whites. 45-47ha; brown and
mixed colors. 4547z. Mediums mini
mum so per cent A quality, 43h-44.
few lower; brown and mixed colors. 43i3-
~. few lower Current receipts, 40-42;
Receipts: Eggs. 2.so3 cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Washington Securities
SALES.

Pot Elec Pwr-50 at ia. 26 at 1ra4
30 at l7as. 100 at liza, 5 at Iiss.
Hecht Co-25 at "ala. so at 23a.. IL
at s354
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
| Stocks Gains pegged
To Selected Issues;
Most Advances Small
BY the Associo..d Pres.


NEW YORK. Mar. 3.--An ad-
vance in the stock market today
was pegged to a few strong is
sues.
Some gains reached 2 to S
points at times, but the great
bulk of the plus signs were less
than a point. Losses seldom
reached as much as point.
Buying enthusiasm came with
higher prices.
Westinghouse Electric was a
strong favorite, up between 3
and 4 points at times after OPEN
ing on block of $500 shares.
UP 3s at 605s. There was a feel
ing that the higher price was
based on hopes of a split.
Texas Pacific Land Trust
gained nearly S points and
Amerada Petroleum was up
nearly 3.
Also higher were Northern Pa
cific, American Cyanamid, Ma
tional Can. Bethlehem Steel,
Chrysler. CurtiSS- Wright and
Radio Corp.
Western Union was of after
a report of sharply reduced net
income for January.
j. p. Stevens, whose earnings
were called disappointing" was
down around a point at times.
Raytheon was on the tape with
a block of 10000 shares up % at
10ls.
A block of 10000 shares of Dis
tillers Corp. traded of "a at
1914. A block of 10000 shares
of Curtiss- Wright sold at 8 up "a.
The bond market was higher.
Government issues in the over
the-counter market were faily
steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Business.Briefs
Electric Power Production

Electric Power Production in
the week ended February 81
totaled 100000 kilowatt-
hours compared with 1851 900, =
900 in the previous week and
was 4To above the like week a
year ago.-EdiSon Electric In
stitute.
Wholesale Food Index, based
on the cost of a pound each of
81 foods in general use, this
week advanced to $7.21 COM
pared with $7.20 last week and
was 1897 above the like week
of last year.-Dun & Bradstreet.
General Motors Acceptance in
year ended December 81 earned
$28,626.359 VS.. $21.062.683 in
1852.
Gen. Telephone Corp. in IL
months ended January 81 earned
$14, 10000 or $3.50 a share vs.
$780, 900 or $3.50 in 1858.
American Enka Corp. in year
ended January earned $6.410.-
939 or $5.74 a share VS.. $6,063, 235
or $5.42 in 1858.
Bates Manufacturing Co. in SO
weeks ended January 2 earned
$2.l83,857 or $1.16 a share VS..
$441 $50 or II cents in 1858.
j. p. Stevens & Co. in 3 months
ended January 80 earned $2,006. :
96l or 81 cents a share VS.. ST.
281.219 or So cents in 1858.
Marathon Corp. in 3 months
ended January 81 earned ST.
268.356 or "a cents a share VS..
$l,257.302 or 80 cents in 1858.
Royal Typewriter Co. in 6
months ended January 81 earned
81. 009,672 or 81 cents a share
VS.. $l,33l,312 or $1.10 in 1858.
Other earnings included:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
furnished By the Associated Press.l

Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate. 90. High. Low, 1:15. chg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
New York Cotton

Cotton futures developed an easier
tone during the forenoon today, with
hedging meeting an indifferent trade
demand. Traders cited the continued
sluggish conditions in the cotton textile
market and they also anticipated more
loan repossessions than new entries into
the loan in the weekly c. C. c. report to
be released after the close CT trading
today.
Previous close. March 1929, May 344o
and July 3437
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK. Mar. 3 tR.-Spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: Copper,
29a-3O cents q pound, Connecticut VAL
ley. Lead, 12h cents q pound. New
York. Zinc, 9M cents o pound. East
%. Louis. Tin 81 cents a pound, New
York. At Pittsburgh. scrap metal No. n
heavy was quoted ct 24.O0-25. III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
Odd-Lot DeuIinqs

NEW YORK. Mar. iP.-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd-lot transactions by principal
dealers on the exchange for March 2:
Purchases OF 192.4S0 shares sales OF
1922 shares including 1,499 Ahares
sold short.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Australia Holds the Line

In normal times general election in Aus
tralia might have little significance for the
outside world. Unfortunately, these are not
normal times and the possibility that the Social
list Labor Party might take over the reins of
government in Australia had caused some mis-
givings abroad.
1t now is assured that Prime Minister
Robert G. MenzieS and his Lberal-Country
Party coalition have retained a working ma
jority in the Australian House of Representa-
tives, the controlling instrument in determining
the political complexion of the government. In
the very week that the top military planners
of the United States, Britain, France, New Zea-
land and Australia will be meeting here in
Washington to discuss military strategy in
volved in guaranteeing the security of South
east Asia and the neighboring Pacific region,
continuity of government and of policies be-
hind them has an obvious Importance. In
Australia'S case, the MenzieS government al
ready has placed itself clearly on record in a
recent official Cabinet statement that: Aus
tralia will be willing participant in the coll
lective defense of Southeast Asia"
Herbert v. Evatt, leader Of the Socialist
Labor Party, is well known in this country
Evening star., 1954-05-31
"TAKOMA PARK.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
I'VE like the birds, and feed them,
and now have problem.
Half a dozen of the biggest pigeons
I have ever seen have descended upon
us, and will not 60 away. They gobble
up all the food. and then perch around
waiting for more.
"Is there new breed Of pigeon loose
in Washington?
"These are much larger in body,
higher on their legs. than the old types
my boy had for several years. He II
nally let his go. and they hung around
the neighborhood for time. but finally
disappeared. These new ones could
not be the same. for they are utterly
different in silhouette.
1--WE have tried everything we know
to discourage them, but they are per-
Sistent brutes, and simply viii not leave
us.
In the meantime, the smaller birds,
though all cousins beneath the feathers,
are dwindling in numbers, and If this
keeps on we probably will lose all our
small charmers. Do you think there
is any danger of this?
I'VE recall that some years ago you
gave several ways to get rid of pigeons,
but we cannot remember them.
would it be asking you too much
to recall them. so that we may look
forward to getting rid Of these greedy
birds.
yours truly, N. j."
There Is no chance Of getting rid Of
pigeons % long % food y put out.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
BY Charles E. TroceweN

The hungry pigeons know nothing of
such human lodges. They eat what
they find. and usually find it good. At
any rate. the bits of food disappear,
and a cleaner city results.
So the homeowner who tries to drive
them away from a supply Of food put
out for songbirds is really killing two
birds with one stone. He gives his
chickadees and others food. and at the
same time puts the pigeons back to
work In the streets. sidewalks and gut
ters where they do the most good.
The best way to discourage them is
to discontinue feeding for q week or
two. by the end Of which time the
pigeons may give it up as bad job.
It Is too much, however, to ask q
family that loves the birds to stop try
ing to help them. so the next best at
tack Is that Of putting cage of some
sort around the seed tray. An old
trash burner may be rigged up. or per-
haps nothing more than q discarded
wire basket.
If this does not work. and it probably
won't, the next thing to try is a cam
paign Of rushing out OF the house at
the pigeons at set intervals of every 10
minutes. BY the time an hour has gone
by. the rusher will be tired of it. GER
tainly. and the pigeons may be, too.
Washington's larger and leggier
pigeons are q good instance of what
good food will do. It Ii the same thing
that makes Americas adolescents taller
and heavier than their parents. with
bigger feet and hands.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
We ShuIL Remember

When uoices talter. trembling into tears.
Let fotDers bring the message, or
bird,
Singing In jon about these quiet grdDes
Utter for US the mute, unspoken Dord.
Sleep on. then. heroes OF our bitter
tO1rS,
And ,Ohere your spirits rest, cease not
to pray
For goals yet undttdined. Your sacrifice
Shines on, beacon on the world's
dark tDdy.
We shall remember. and remembering,
To tolloD you. To-day the sun Is
bright ="
And springs upslfging loneliness at
food.
Lord, let the hearts OF men admit the
light.
lnex BareIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1954-05-31

through his long wartime service as FOREIGN
Minister for his Labor Government, and as
Australian representative on the Security Coun-
Gil in 194S. In these Offices, Mr.. Evatt has made
clear his own commitment to collective action
but his party's position has not been as une-
quivocal as that of the Menzies coalition.
Actually, the narrow division of Australian
political sentiment was shown again in the
voting last Saturday with the Laborites polling
greater total vote than the coalition, al
though not carrying as many districts. SINH
lar vote distribution in senatorial election
last year gave the Laborites a popular majority
but left the upper branch of Parliament in
the hands of the coalition by So to 81. In
each case, out of about IS million votes the
Communists have captured only an insignifi-
cant minority-and no seats.
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Letters to The Star.
Pen-n111es may be used II letters carry
1OriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

fright to do what he thinks best in his
own interest" To this point. morality
has apparently no part in our friends
thinking. nor in his country's! eve re-
call his earlier argument in favor of
doing business despite morals or lack
Of them.)
In the closing sentence the element
OF moral judgment" is injected, and
with it the thought that in Britain it
parallels our own where Communist
imperialism is concerned Such q be-
lated reference Is hardly reasSuring.
But whether or not it be an after
thought, Britain'S moral Judgment
about Communist imperialism ad-
mittedly does not lead to action other
than what it deems best in its own
interest. And what is best for Britain
appears to be determined on an ad hoe
and materialistic basis.
Despite Sir Rogers attempt to justify
his country's recognition Of Communist
China. and his later magnanimous rec
ognition of our right to do what we
think best, we have the right, since our
own welfare is concerned, and even the
duty to point to the unfortunate basis,
not mention the consequence, Of Brit
aims stand. This is not to say that that
country is not free to make its own de-
cisions. But in spirit of helpfulness
and hope. we may point to any short
comings in those decisions.
If we ourselves ignore principle and
morality in making various decisions.
what has here been said is no less true
Of Britain's recognition Of the Peking
regime. Should we, then, recognize that
regime? Whatever the facts concerning
our practical Self-interest Gas If self
interest points away from morality, /,
we must not in decent self-respect and
regard for the right recognize those
who have proved their disregard of de-
cency and morality both at home and
abroad.
If it now be argued that consistency
and the principles cited above lead to
withdrawal of recognition from Soviet
Russia. =.
LLOYD Buchanan,
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Diplomatic Recognition

Sir Roger Makins' speech on the two
viewpoints concerning diplomatic rec
ognition. as reported in The Star of
May Is, falls short Of what one would
expect of diplomat and scholar of his
reputation. We should, of course. be
charitable as we recognize that he is
justified. But in the interest of clear
thinking and fair dealing we must point
out his errors.
Sir Roger contrasts the fact that
"Great Britain has always conformed
fairly closely to the de tGcto principle" {"
with Mr.. Dulles statement that, while
'this had been the general United
States policy, where 1t does not
serve our interests we are free to vary
from it," Yet always" is not always,
for we are told further that Britain
also applied this principle (of legitimacy
in contrast to the de tacto view to
some extent during the 10th century"
and during the goth also.
Further, to say that in recognizing
q government 1--WE are not conferring b
favor, we are recognizing q situation Of
fact" is hardly relevant to the issue.
The question is, to what extent are we
to recognize the fact? The fact noted
is only that the government in question
is "in charge" To suggest that "recog-
nizing (that) situation of fact" must
lead to diplomatic recognition of the
government is to deny the very question
which Sir Roger previously recognized.
Rather, after we recognize the fact, if
it be fact, that government is in
charge, the question then arises, shall
we recognize that government?
Next follows an analogy which is
hardly accurate, and certainly unfair
to Sir Rogers standing as scholar
True, "you do not have to like mans
face, or manners, or even morals, in
doing business with him" But If his
manners are very ugly and his morals
non-existent, some of us will not do
business with him. If the moral plane
be too lofty, self-interest appears to
dictate that we should not help q
brigand even If in the process we realize
a profit. The statement last quoted Is
followed by one which is quite irrele-
want: "And even if you do not want to
do business with an ugly customer,
shutting your eyes won't make him 60
away" Just who is shutting his eyes is
evidently point on which some Of us
will not agree. But to speak Of making
the ugly customer "go away" is to set
up straw man argument which mas
heretofore not been recognized. No one
has suggested that refusal to grant
diplomatic recognition will cause the
government or group so refused to "go
away" But If it remains, shall we grant
it our imprimatur or formally recog-
nize It?
Whether or not we confer a favor on
the other, what are we doing to our
selves? The reliance. as declared by Sir
Roger, is on empiricism: each has the
Evening star., 1954-05-31

just why he selected May 30 % the
date Of observance.
Generally. the start Of the movement
is attributed to the compassionate
women Of Columbus, Miss. whose
tender impartiality stirred the hearts
Of people all over the country. These
gallant women, two years after the con-
clusion Of the War Between the States,
honored their dead and Union dead
alike by covering the unmarked graves
with flowers. It is maintained that
this tender act Of sympathy went far
in healing the country's recent war
wounds.
Some historians give credit to other
women who, in earlier years, believed
that 1t was moral public RESPONSE
bility to honor the graves of men who
gave their lives for their country. In
April, 1865, q descendant Of President
John Adams, Mrs. Sue Landon Vaughn,
Is said to have led some women to the
Vicksburg cemetery to decorate the
graves Of soldiers. The Stonewall Jack
son Memorial Association was formed
Evening star., 1954-05-31
BY E. Donald Bell

WOMEN wept quietly and men
w dabbed furtively at their eyes.
Only the solemn words Of the speaker
broke the fllnereal silence Of the hot
summer day -.
'If silence is ever golden. it must
be here beside the graves Of fifteen
thousand men whose lives were more
significant than speech and whose
death was poem the music Of which
can never be sung. Here let them
rest, asleep on the Nations heart,
entombed in the Nations love. :"
The speaker was famed as one Of the
most eloquent Of the day, q man later
destined to become President Of the
United States: Gen. James A. Garfield,
member Of the House Of Representa-
tives. The occasion was May 80. 1868,
the first formal and official observance
Of Memorial Day.
This first commemoration. at the
National Cemetery at Arlington (also
observed simultaneously In the smaller
communities), was originally intended
to pay tribute to the dead soldiers Of
the Civil War. The day was estab-
lished for this purpose through o mill
tary order to all Grand Army posts. is
sued May 5, 1868. by Gen. John A.
Logan, commander in chief Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic.
Gen. Logan's order stated that 1.-THE
30th day Of May. 1868. is desig-
mated for the purpose of strewing with
flowers or otherwise decorating the
graves of comrades who died in defense
of their country during the late re-
bellion. It is the purpose of the
commander in chief to inaugurate this
observance with the hope that it will
be kept up from year to year while q
survivor Of the war remains to honor
the memory of his departed comrades" !"
The order was concluded by the now
famous words: Let no ravages of
time testify to coming generations that
we have forgotten as a people the cost
of free and undivided Republic"
While it is an accepted fact that Gen.
Logan's directive off1cially established
Memorial Day, historical data is little
ambiguous as to his motivation, and
Evening star., 1954-05-31
Falls Church's Opportunity

Falls Church has been presented with
planners blueprint for commercial development
that adds interest to community competition
in Northern Virginia to stimulate business ex-
pansion. Behind the efforts to encourage
industrial growth is the natural desire Of the
various governmental bodies to find additional
sources Of revenue to meet mounting expendi-
lures. The study just made by consulting
firm shows that Falls Church is strategically
located to benefit by the shopping potentialities
of large area beyond its borders.
In order fully to gain the advantages OF
such location, however, the city must take
certain steps necessary to promote trade de-
velopment according to the Richmond con-
sultantS, Tarrant and Alien. The first move,
it was stated, must be the setting aside OF
ample land for central shopping district, in
cluding plenty of parking space. Street ap-
proaches to the center must be widened and
otherwise improved for the convenience OF Gus
toners who come by automobile from Fairfax,
Arlington or other counties. The city's invest
ment in street and other improvements for
such a center would be more than recovered In
business taxes.
The suggestion for q shopping center in
Falls Church follows by q few months recon-
mendation to the Fairfax County Board OF
Supervisors for similar center In that county.
In both instances the experts pointed out that
an adequate shopping development outside of
Arlington County would attract many rural
residents who now drive to Clarendons several
business sections. Arlington has prof1ted greatly
in recent years by its policy of nurturing the in
crease in business activities along improved
Wilson boulevard, North Fairfax drive, Glebe
road and other main thoroughfares With the
residential construction boom in nearby Vir-
ginia continuing, there is no reason why Falls
MI .-H-.. .>~A ~I@,~
in the resultant increased demand for centrally
located shops and stores. Foresighted action
today can bring prosperous business activity to
both areas In the future.