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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05
Give Fair Test

It is probably more than coincidence that
all parties concerned with improving transit
service in Washington agree on the need for a
serious test Of the fringe parking idea here.
Although the plan has met with varying degrees
Of success in other large Cities it has never been
given fair chance to show what it could do for
transit and traffic conditions in the District.
Reports to the Payne committee by the Commits
Sioners the Public Utilities Commission and the
Capital Transit Company indicate that an ade-
quate trial at last is in prospect. It will take
the cooperation of these public and private
interests to provide such trial
Fringe parking lots, with shuttle transit
service to the downtown shopping district, were
among the first traffic transit relief measures
advocated by the District Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency. half-hearted experiment was UNDER
taken several years ago with the collaboration
OF Capital Transit, but it proved to be flop.
The test was not fair one because the So
called fringe" lots used were not properly To-
Gated to attract motorists. One, near WASH
tngton Circle, was in an obscure spot, of main
thoroughfares, and was not well paved. Motor
lists who found it after search preferred to
park on nearby streets The other lot was not
a fringe lot at all in the usual sense of that
term. 1t was on Pennsylvania avenue, near the
Municipal Center-within walking distance of
most of the shopping and Federal Office sections
The purpose of the fringe parking plan is
ito reduce the number Of private automobiles in
the downtown area by providing attractive and
convenient parking facilities at the edge of the
CITY served by frequent and cheap shuttle bus
service Until a reasonable test of such plan is
conducted here it would be unwise to discard
the proposal in considering means for relieving
Washington'S transportation mess. If the park
ways could be used for some segments Of the
shuttle operations, the plan would be even more
attractive to suburbanites. With transit and
traffic congestion growing worse every day,
fringe parking tied in with rapid bus service
deserves better tryout than it has received
here in the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05
Whut Did You See
in WASHINGTON?

What did you see In Washington?
SdW faded document,
I SGW the men around it, bent
In long and thoughtful argument
/ sGto the strength of their consent
A tUdy of life, a fresh intent
For US, tDiH and testament:
What did you see in Washington?
I s1U a faded document.
What did you see In Washington?
I SAP q fdg that sang song,
] s1,1 a fdD-old battle scars
Pockn,GYlced its fifteen stripes and
stars
I sGtc 1t t0dDing In the sun
To say that Freedoms cause had yon,
! heard the anthem OF the strong:
What did you see In Washington?
sGtD flag that sang song.
What did you see in Washington
I sdtD road that Freedom made,
I sato document that speaks
The timeless truths all mankind seeks,
/ heard the anthem OF the strong
And sat0 the flag that sang song.
I sGiD nation undtraid:
What did you see in Washington?
! sai0 road that Freedom made.
Tom Trent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05
Lawrence 'HystericuI'

have for some time been an inter-
eSted reader Of David Lawrence's col
umnS. Not because I agree with him,
but because l. wanted to test my own
beliefs against what facts and argyll
ments he might advance. I must say
he is most unconvincing. Those who
do agree with him must rejoice in his
daily stint, but his efforts are, for his
own good, think, too hySterical to
sway the neutral or wavering soul.
His column of March 20 reached the
pinnacle of his immature style. Typ
ically, he asked his readers to believe
that two or more wrongs make right.
Mr.. Lawrence says, for example, that
if Felix Frankfurter once condoned
according to an obscure quote Law
renee dug out of 1924 copy of the
New Republic) certain harsh methods
of congressional investigation, what
right do those whose political views
approximate those of Felix Frankfurter
have to criticize McCarthys methods?
Well, Mr.. Lawrence. firmly believe
any American high school student
could answer that one without referring
to his book on logic.
In his last paragraph Mr.. Lawrence
processes his belief that those who
oppose McCarthyism are radicals and
8. conflscationists (who) hope to
gain control of the Government of the
United States in all its branches"
Well, Mr.. Lawrence, all I can say is
when are you going to grow up? Within
my generation this line has been ped
died since the early days of the New
Deal, and 20 years later most of us
believe that we still have a strong
democracy in spite of the many as
Saults upon it from the extreme left
and from the extreme right.
would like to explain for Mr.. Law
rence'S benefit the views held by many
Of us on the Mccarthy ISSUE AS be-
tween communism and the totalitarian-
ism Of the extreme right (of the
Father Coughlin type, of the Klu Klux
Khan, Of David Lawrence, and of Joe
Mccarthy we see no choice. The
things they stand for are equally dan
gerous to our democratic institutions,
to our strength and freedom, and are
no less repulSive when the one extreme
takes up the cudgels against the other.
When Mccarthy claims a monopoly
In the fight against communism at
home. we are apprehensive lest he fool
enough Of the people for a sufficient
period Of time to gain the political
ascendancy he seeks for himself and
for those of his followers who would
knowingly lead us into a black to-
talitarian dungeon. They care little
for our free institutions, for our demo-
cratic way of life. and would gladly
put them aside to suppress for all time
their real political enerffes-the lib
erals, who believe that in order to pre-
serve our freedom and democratic in
situations. social and economic progress
must go hand in hand, and most i'm
portant, that our democratic way of
life must be preserved by democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

Many factors contributed to the ending of
the longest and coStliest longshoremen's strike
in the Port of New York.
OF particular significance, however, was the
co-ordinated legal action by Federal and State
agencies. The Taft-Hartley law SO often and
so Unexpectedly criticized, provided a vehicle
for vigorous and effective procedures by Ehe
National Labor Relations Board and its New
York regional Office. The danger of a spread of
sympathy strikes" for example, was blunted
at critical moment early last week when the
Labor Boards regional Office obtained Federal
Court injunction against continuance of tug
boat workers strike. The threat of similar action
brought an end to a warehousemen's secondary
strike Legal moves forced the lifting of long
shoremen'S boycottS against unloading ships
diverted to other ports A sweeping complaint
described by regional Board official as the
''moSt drastic" ever issued by the agency-of
unfair labor practices by the racket-ridden
lila brought another Federal court order
limiting picketing and the presence of "loiterers"
along the strike-bound piers. Finally, on the
basis of an examiners recommendation, the
Board here set aside the December election
ostenSibly won by the old lila, ordered a
new vote and delivered an ultimatum that unless
the strike ended promptly the offending union
would not even be on the ballots. The final
blow came with New York State Supreme
Court injunction against the strike, as requested
by the Waterfront Commission of New York
Harbor.
The final answer as to whether the country's
greatest seaport is to have decent and respon-
sible unionism will come from the new election.
There are clear signs that the longshoremen
themselves want this result and that the new
AFL union will win the right to represent
the dock workers. If this should be the result,
however, the orderly processes of the labor law
are entitled to their full share of credit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05
Testing Both Parties

A test of political sincerity is being posed
currently on the issues of statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska.
Both the Republican and Democratic Par
ties have Endorsed the principle of statehood
for each of these territories In the first session
of the 83d Congress, the Republican controlled
House passed bill to admit Hawaii to state
hood. Primarily under Democratic pressure,
the Senate amended this bill to couple Alaska
with Hawaii, and the combination measure has
been passed by larger than expected vote.
The legislation is now ''in conference" between
House and Senate
Generally speaking, Hawaii is considered
pro-Republican territory. BY comparable meas
urement, Alaska is considered pro-Democratic.
The current betting on Capitol Hill is that the
House Republican controlled) will not accept
the Alaskan amendment, although during the
81st Congress the House Democratic con-
trolled) did vote Alaskan statehood. It is quite
clear also that, if Alaska is knocked out of the
bill in conference, the Senate, with its large
bloc of Southern Democrats, will not accept
legislation dealing with Hawaii alone.
In other words, the story is the old and
shameful one of political maneuvering in which
partisan consideration of how statehood for
either or both of the territories might affect
VAC HuAoAASC VI POWCA Ia NOAASAO00 oOOAAo AOo-
tined to take precedence over justice. While
the degree of readiness for statehood may differ
between these two territores-and there seemed
greater logic in considering them separately
each of them has qualified in numerous ways
for this privilege. It would be in the national
interest to confer this status upon them. Presi-
dent Eisenhower is in a position to exert de-
cisive influence in this matter and 1t would be
a credit to his leadership and to the legislative
record of the SD Congress if Hawaii and Alaska
this year become the 10th and 5Oth States of
the Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

regret which President Eisenhower has ex-
pressed over Mr.. Warren's impending retire.
ment to private life, because of health consid-
erations. The President correctly referred to
the Controller Generals job as that important
position" Congress will want to use great care
in choosing successor who can be relied on
to keep the office independent, non-partisan
and non-political" while maintaining sharp
eye on the Governments account books.
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Letters to The STAR.

means. This. last is apparently the
philosophy Mr.. Lawrence equates with
"confiScation."
To the professional Communist
and to Mr.. Lawrence we say: Take
courage. Your fears and your hatred
are clouding your vision and consum-
ing your intellect. Not just your fears
of communism your fears of and
hatred for what you like to call cleft
wing liberals" There is an honest
case for your conservatism. That we're
interested in. But your attempts and
the attempts Of others to equate lib
eraliSm and communism are less than
honest and may destroy all that we
hold dear. When and if one or the
other of our political parties becomes a
casualty to this phony issue, you won't
be any safer than the liberals you
deSpise.
A free society cannot long remain
free when it loses its collective cour-
age. 1t takes courage and faith to
stand fortnight for decency, law and
order when many around you are shout
ing for the quick. undiScriminating
vengeance of the gallows.
E. E. Scoll.
Masses VS.. Stockholders
In reference to Walter Felder's letter
entitled Spread Taxes Thicker" he
apparently is believer in the ''trickle
down" theory of Andrew Mellon and
the "Old Deal" Let's not forget 1929!
If the masses" of the people have
less taxes to pay, they will have more
money with which to buy the products
of the business corporations, which
cannot operate without the ebuying
power of the masses. When the ex-
emption was $500, in 1944-48, there
was little unemployment because the
masses had more money to spend on
the products of the corporations and
thus kept them operating at higher
rate. incidentally, these were years
of the war and postwar boom and
corporation earnings were good, too.
Why should the unearned income
from dividends and capital gains re-
ceive special treatment over the in
come of the masses, which is earned?
incidentally. the tax on dividends Is
rot double taxation as is often claimed.
The corporation tax is one of the costs
of the corporation and is considered
by the corporation when it fixes the
prices Of its products, so that this tax
is paid by the consumer and not the
stakeholder.
OF our 100 million people, stock
holders represent only about 61a mil
lion, but the people who keep big
business going at high rate are not
these so-called pillars of the Nation"
but the great masses of people who
represent the buying power and are
really the backbone of the Nation"
I don't think we need to discuss the
sales tax, at least before election. Any
Congressman who voted for this unfair
tax on the masses" most likely would
not come back.
One Of the 61a Million.
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The reader can get the answer IN anv ouss.
tion OF fact By writing The Evening Star Irifor-
NATION Is Sureau, 1900 Eye St, N.Wa washington
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BY THE HASKINs SERVICE.

AnG hAAoN4INO SCnV1CE.
@. Is "Jiggs" the first or last name
OF the popular comic strip character?-
W..
A. According to the creator of this
comic strip, George McManus, 1t is
neither. Bringing Up Father" was
initiated in 1911 and given its present
name in 1918. McManus based his
character Jiggs on his recollections of
little comedian, Billy Barry, whom
he had known when he was youngster
in st. Louis.
Q. Was Stradivari. the greatest of
violin makers, himself a violin player?
p. H. S.
A. In the biographical literature on
Stradivari there is nothing to indicate
that the great violin maker was an
accomplished player. It is reasonable
to believe that he had sufficient ability
to try out violin after he had made it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Senator Jenner
ToBe Speaker

Senator Jenner, Republican. of
Indiana, will be guest speaker
at a luncheon meeting of the
Rock Creek Women's Republic
can Club at 1890 pm. tomor-
row at the Ken&ood Country
Club.
Senator Jenner is chairman of
the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee and chairman of
the Senate Rules and Admins
tration Committee.
He will be introduced by Mrs.
Winfield Weitzel.
Miss Louise Gore president of
the club. will introduce honor
guests who will include Mrs, De-
Witt S. Hyde, wife of the Mary
land Representative: Mrs. Mark
Trice. wife of the Secretary of
the Senate, and Mrs. Leona
Rush. vice chairman of the
Maryland Republican State Cen
trail Committee.
Preceding the luncheon. the
club will hold it's annual election
of officers at 1890 am. bust
ness session. Annual committee
reports will also be given.
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Colonial
Plan Benefit
Lecture Feb. Is

A lecture by Baron Erich Won
Tannenberg, former United
States espionage agent in Ger
many and East Europe and au-
thor of Strange Crossings,
will be sponsored by Chapter III
of the Colonial Danes of
America on February 10 at the
Larz Anderson House, 2119
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Proceeds from the lecture will
be contributed to the restoration
of the Patrick Henry law Office
located at Red Hill, the historic
Henry home near Lynchburg.
Va.
The baron, who is descended
from a long line Of Baltic no
bility, will describe his escape
from his native Estonia in 1910
when it was overrun by Soviet
armies.
His photographed novel,
Strange Crossings" is an ac-
count OF his experiences.
In 1945, Baron Won Tannen-
berg came to the United States
and volunteered for service as
a counter intelligence operator
with the United States Army.
He was assigned to Germany
and Eastern Europe. After an
honorable discharge in 1948, he
returned to make America his
home.
He is now taking steps to be-
come an American citizen.
Mrs. Fortunate Porotto, 1921
Waterside drive NV. president
OF the chapter. is in charge Of
the sale of tickets.
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Rally Slated
On Bricker
Proposal

Women Supporting the Brick
er Amendment, Q new organiza-
ton, will open q two-day con-
ference here tomorrow.
Approximately 800 women
from II States are expected to
attend, according to Mrs. Cliff
ford Guest of Bethesda. fnforma-
ton director for the meeting.
They will bring petitions bear
ing 100000 signatures urging
passage of the controversial
change in the Constitution. Mrs.
Guest said.
The group has no dues or
officers, she said. adding that
a more formal organization may
be set up at this session.
The amendments sponsor.
Senator Bricker. Republican. of
Ohio, will address the group at
2::30 pm. tomorrow in the Hotel
Washington ballroom, confer
ence headquarters.
Frank Holman, Of Seattle, past
president of the American Bar
Association and a supporter of
the amendment, also will speak
Mrs. Guest said the petitions
will be presented to Senator
Bricker to give to Vice President
Nixon from the Senate floor.
On Tuesday. Senator and Mrs.
Broker will be guests of honor
at a $3.50 pm. tea in the Chap
ter House of the District Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution,
1882 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The tea will be given by the
Maryland Committee for the
Bricker Amendment. The State
chairman is Mrs. Willard Ed
wards of Silver Spring, Mont
golnery County School Board
member.
The conference will close with
a banquet in the Mayfiower Ho-
tel at 1880 pm. Tuesday.
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Course Is Offered
On -Four Gospels

The Alexandria YWCA has an
nounced formation Of an adult
class for men and women, on
THE Four Gospels. which will
be taught in four sessions, begin
ming on Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Lam will teach
the course. The class will be held
from 8 to 800 pm. each Mon
day through February Is. at
YWCA headquarters. 602 Cam
eron street, Alexandria.
Miss Lam has previously given
the course at st. Johns Episcopal
Church. on Lafayette Square.
At present. she is in Washing
ton as executive associate of the
Committee on the International
Exchange Of Persons of the Con-
ference Board of Associated Re-
search Councils, an agency CO.
operating with the State Depart
ment in exchange of university
professors under the Fulbright
program.
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Engagement Pad

supper, followed BY business meeting, at
:. Wednesday. 100 pm. studio.
p n.sdIS S siiniS THURSDAY PM the
s,sserhood q he Censresation nsr
T.son.TomorTow. $40 J pm o Met
silver spring. monthly meeting;
trician. THE Jewish Family in Our
PEG sisterhSodMTussday. s. pm
lamBis road NV. Nv s' tea cel eS
assorca s sas Dl0dra n pGo
affiliated PEGS to be special guests.
Tuesday Woman's Club-Tuesday, 1890
Laura Smith. 3435 Brown street NV
Women Of the Mount Vernon Presby::
the church. Accotinx road. Alexan-
Ward P. Allen. adviser on United
Nations Nations affairs to the Bureau s Of
the World and Their Influence on
Current International Problems
Pioneer cs ene Wsdnes ssHls,s isso
nue. NV. paid-up membership des-
sert luncheon commemorative Tu
cls5 Card psqtS ia
BShvat, with Mrs. Israel Resnick.
230 Oneida street NV.
Irving Cooper 0undation---Wed Wednesday.
noon. Alban Towers Hotel. luncheon
and card party benefiting well Baby
Clinic of Children's Hospital.
League Of Republican Women Of the Dis
trict-Thursday 1890 am. at the
club house, morning study group; cof-
fee hour. and panel discussion Of
Treaties"
District Daughters Of the American
Observation-Disclosures. & pm, Eliza
beth Jackson and Monticello Chap
tiers, chapter. house: speaker. Mrs.
William H. McGlauflin. Tomorrow,
Maude Holly Waterman library open
from 2:3O-S:3O pm. Tuesday, s
pm. Federal City Chapter. chapter
house; speaker Mrs. Charles C. Haig.
Tuesday. pm, Columbia Chapter.
chapter house; speaker. Mrs. Howard
Middleton. Wednesday. | pm. Liv-
ingston Manor CHAPTER. luncheon.
with Mrs. James S Montgomery, 100
MARYLAND avenue NE: speaker. Miss
Faustine Dennis. "Wednesday, =
pm, CAR meeting. chapter house.
SATURDAY. 1910 pm. Board q Di-
rectors OF State Cficers' Club, Wood
ner Hotel. luncheon.
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Business and Professional Clubs

Business and Professional Women's Club
Of the District-Tomorrow n;3o pm
Fogan's Restaurant, Hospitality Com
$50 pm. clubhouse, Fellowship Com
house. International Relations Com
zo%t. ciuS %G 81
1890 PM. YWCA. luncheon and
business meeting:
Club Of w;sfd Hotel weekly
luncheon meeting.
National Home Fashions Leagues. WASH:
inEtOn ChapteT-WedneSday: l2:4o
Special Libraries Association. washing
ton Chapter-Thursday. $50 pm,
Tally Ho Restaurant. geography and
Emory Hall. Technical Liaison Branch,
Aeronautical Chart and Information
Center. will present Air Force film,
scroptimist Club Of Montsomery County
Rockville bike. benefit marty.
Community Clubs
row. | pm, American Home, Health
II. H Boyer. 1918 North Hsrndon
Z, Planck. president, Of Mental NY
Giene Society of Northern Virginia on
Mental Health in Virginia" Friday.
dance Tor polio fund at Lyon Village
Community House; NTH and sixth
graders party. 7:30-S:45 pm; dance
for seventh graders and above. y
Woman's Club Of Chevy Chase-Tuesday,
beginners Spanish classes. Tuesday,
spesFer sred fr citations
Post, The. United states Foreisn Pol.
SECTION we FsPss5ss s Ibar.da7 Tr:s
KenilWorth Ladies' Guild Wednesday
noon, with Mrs. Marion L. Kirby. and
M5s; May SE. A wilson 1907 Eastern
silver Spring women's Club-wednes-
day 1870 TO-. am. J Is;u5 Blair Com
junior women's Club Of silver sprins--
Jesup Blair Park, silver sprins, Board
alexandria woman's sday,
, pm. Recreation Center. 1901 Cam
eron street. general meeting; speaker.
Mrs. Joseph Galloway. jr.. Your
TaEoma Park women's Club-Thursday.
pm. drama Department, with MI.
and Mrs, r. s. Washburn. e522 Sixth
AIumnoe Clubs
n Deba Fuls Arlington -AIeA1nutle Mum
nae Club-Tuesday, y pm. white ele-
plant sale, with Mrs. w. H. Ouder-
kirk. IA North Oakland street. ArlinS-
Ladies Auxiliary Of the Phi Delta Ep.i.
lon Graduate Club-Tuesday. $40
ing: speaker. Bess Z; Dick, "A Per
Alpha Phi Sorority. Greater Washington
Aiumnae Chapter-Wednesday, $40
pm, buffet supper meeting. with Mrs
d. vHwza AAeR NV A
Loe will discuss teaching methods q
Gallaudet Collese for the Deaf:
winthrop DAughtcrs' Alumnae Associa
tion-Saturday. 3 pm. January meet.
ing, with Elizabeth Gramling. 271t
Ordway street NV.
Miscellaneous Clubs
Rock Creek Women's Republican Club
Country Club, business meeting snc
s soS q eera f0 .essFer BY qnso
William z. Jenner. Republican. o.
woman's National Democratic Ciub-To
morrow, 1890 pm. legislation lunch
con; speaker. Senator Mike Mans
es sld p6EsSS ss,s Of Montana bn4.a.y AneE
pm, Kansas and Missouri STATE
.aivert Ciub-Tomorrov, pm. Janu
ary meeting, with Mrs. r. p, Nc
MILAN. 430s Clagett road. University
District Cancer Aid 0roup-Tomorrow
40 pm, Chevy Chase Woman's Club
7431 Connecticut avenue, Italian din
ner followed by card and mah-)ont
Nationsl Leasue Of American Pen Women
District Branch-Tomorrov. 6-s m
at the studio. 1851 Columbia, roac
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Republican Group
To Meet Tuesdoy

Calvin D. johnson, former
Representative from Illinois, will
address the Federation of Re-
publican Women of Prince
Georges County at 8 pm. Tues
day in the American Legion
Hall in Cheverly. Md.
Mr.. Johnson's topic will be
1.-THE Importance of Party Or
ganization."
Women of the seventh precinct
will be hoSteSses during the
evening. The committee is COM
posed Of Mrs. Roger Buck, Mrs.
j. Norman Ager and Mrs.
Charles Weckel.
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Pi Phi Card Purty

The Washington Alumnae Club
of Pi Beta Phi Sorority will hold
a benefit card party at 1880 pm.
Tuesday in the auditorium of
woodward g. Lothrop's Bethesda
Chevy Chase store.
A talk on Flower Arrange
ment" will be given by Mrs.
Granteen Thomas.
Reservations are being taken
by Mrs. John P. Rupert and
Mrs. Shelby Thompson.