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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Air Force Academy

Three hundred boys now being selected
will play part in the making Of American
military history few years hence as the
first graduating class of the Air Force
Academy. The location Of this new service
institution, intended to rank with the
Military and Naval Academies at West
Point and Annapolis, has now been f1xed as
Colorado Springs.
Near the center Of the country and ia
vored climatically with cool summers and
moderate winters, the Colorado site was
among three recommended BY special
commission headed by Brigadier General
Charles A. Lindbergh. The flnal choice,
made by the Air Force top command and
announced by Secretary Talbot, was said
to lay heavy stress on the fact that there
are variations but not extreme ones IN the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Checking Up on the GA

The decision of the Hoover Commission
to review the structure and administra-
ton" of the Central Intelligence Agency
through a task force headed by General
Mark w. Clark offers reasonable and
promising way in which to obtain an objec-
tive check on this sensitive Government
operation.
Since its creation, the CHA has operated
without the normal scrutiny of either Con-
gress or the public. It's appropriations have
been scattered through supply bills in such
q way as to keep secret the amount of funds
made available. Not even the number of
its employees has been publicly stated. The
congressional appropriations committees
have contented themselves with only
nominal breakdown on needs of the agency.
It Is understandable that this should be so
for an agency that operates in the Shadowy
zone of international intelligence.
Nevertheless, as Government agency
supported by public funds and, in a sense,
representing the American people and an
area of their interest in world affairs, the
CHA should not be wholly and permanently
removed from some form of inspection or
cross checking. To attempt this through
congressional committee inquiry, with pub
lie hearings, would create obvious risks. The
CHA deals, for example, with the intelligence
agencies of 80 to 40 friendly governments,
but on basis that the information, the
identity Of agents and even the identity OF
the governments will not be talked about
openly. Certainly If the workings of the
CHA were to be paraded through a set of
public hearings it's effectiveness would be
seriously endangered, If not destroyed.
The Hoover Commission has not, of
course operated in such fashion. And in
this case, the former President has taken
particular pains to select as the director Of
his task force a professional military man
who has had long and intimate acquaint-
ance with all the problems of espionage,
intelligence and security. In accepting the
assignment General Clark said that he felt
the job is Important to the welfare of the
country" Mr.. Hoover's announcement that
the remaining personnel Of the task force
will be named later indicates that General
Clark probably will have a free hand in Sc
lecting people who are qualified to appreci-
ate the uniquely delicate nature Of this par
ticular job. Allen w. Dulles, CIA director,
says that he welcomes the inquiry: 1t is
being launched under favorable auspices
and the results should be constructive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Alexander. philadelphia Bulletin
'aThe Continuing Anachronism."

should be proud that Secretary Benson
has the courage to face this problem
and to speak out against 1t despite
those who may oppose him in blind
ness and shortsightedness. The forces
which oppose Secretary Benson are
overpowering forces, but this in no way
puts them on the right side Of the
argument. II the Secretary continues
to speak out courageously, some one
may be found who can find proper
solution to this dilemma.
We cannot feel that the Republicans
have shown wisdom in curtailing those
programs which have made decent
use Of these SURPRISES with the false
charge Of creeping socialism"-i.e. the
school lunch program. etc. We can only
hope that host of supporters may arise
and assist Secretary Benson. so that
this blemish may be erased from the
conscience OF our people. Let no one
think we are not suffering a guilt
complex from this senseless program
and some others.
Gretchen Dau Cunningham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
More Culture for cupituI

The Mccarthy hearings are over, 20
now America can turn It's attention to
something constructive, something that
will open the eyes of the world to our
cultural ideals, by establishing In the
Nations Capital a Temple for the Fine
Arts. Here is an opportunity for youth
to participate in the arts-and cree
alive opportunity for adults with tai
emit. Then we will no longer blush
with embarrassment when foreigners
ask to visit our National Opera House.
The arts must be focused into our
democratic way Of life, and thus raise
our international prestige. Opera is
not highbrow to foreigners, it is must
In their spiritual lives.
Alas. how many flowers are born to
blush unseen. talented singers who
study and hope and pray for an oppor-
tunlty after years Of preparation. Out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07

flying weather or the Colorado Springs area.
The site has more than $4,000 acres.
Although the building Of the university
will not be completed until 1857, legislation
authorizes the enrolling Of first class N
temporary quarters In July Of 1855. Even
tually, the academy is expected to provide
about half Of the new Air Force officers
needed each year. The dream Of an Air
Force Academy is an old one among veteran
military f1iers but it required the tremen-
dous World War II growth Of air power,
and visions since of it's even greater future,
to provide impetus to the project The
dream is about to become a reality now and
it Is reasonable to believe 1t will be a dis
tinguished addition to the national defense
system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
his and That

letters Of this type we occasionally re-
ceive.
What we wonder is this:
why don't the sparrows, squirrels,
starlings. locusts cause as much dam
age In our own yard?
Twenty squirrels are running my
yard" writes one. "They are eating up
all my gladiolus bulbs" says another.
We have had 90 squirrels. too, and
have suffered no harm, either to crocus
or gladiolus. to vegetables or to flowers.
why should these earnest persons
have so much trouble?
The answer is:
Probably because they don't feed the
creatures enough to keep EN- on them.
Or, II they feed them, they do not
give them enough for their daily needs
This kind of bribery works two ways.
It helps the wild creatures. it also
helps the owner by keeping 'em of
favorite plants. trees, even sometimes
from nesting behind shingles.
4 4
II expensive bulbs (corms, as they
are called are too much to expect to
be given freely as squirrel food. then
few cheap ones should be planted
close to the surface Of the earth. These
may intrigue the diggers. they may
even Ike tl1e taste better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Hostage to Hoy

These are the fields OF tDild salt hay
Where never lark flies oUer
And no bees drOne the hours GtDdy
As they do In tall red cloUer.
But, oh, the sound OF mind Is here
And the gray gulls dip In flying
So that their tpebbed feet barely clear
The 1oltite sand icltere hay Is drying.
And here Is some strange mystery
Which shelters the heart from sorTotc
So though man may GltDnys be
Going home on some tomorrow
The salt hay roots into his heart
And CrotDs deeper than the clover
So that he neUer packs to start
Nor bill till this spell Is oDer.
Anobel Armour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Montgomery Schools and Tuxes

montgomery Sen00lS Qno 0NeS
The Montgomery County Council is
again being subjected to perennial
pressure from the parent-teacher group
to provide more money for an ultra
luxurious school program that the
county and homeoWners cannot af-
ford.
It has long been ruAnored in the
county that the teachers have captured
the Parent Teachers Association and
are using 1t as a tool to set up system
far beyond the means of the county
to support The educational program
of the county should be stripped of
all frills and county officials should
strive toward system that will afford
each child substantial education in
basic subjects and no more. Parents
desiring more should send their chill
dren to private schools and pay for it
out of their own pockets and should
not saddle homeowners with such
heavy tax burdens.
suggest to the County Council
that the suit be tailored according to
its amount Of cloth. The county school
budget, now nearly 20 per cent of the
entire county budget. should be cut at
least 40 per cent below the budget for
the current year. Such action is aBso-
lutely necessary to relieve the plight
of the homeowner who has been stand
ing by for the past several years watch
ing his home depreciate on the local
real estate market under the terrific
burden Of exceedingly unrealiStic school
taxes.
The County Council should know by
now that many communities across
the Nation have idealistic parents who
are constantly striving to pressure bud
get officials into giving their precocious
youngsters all of the luxuries of educa-
ton at the taxpayers expense. County
officials should be able to detect this
effort on the part of the minority and
to subordinate their wishes to those of
the majority.
Real estate dealers have informed me
that many prospective purchasers of
Montgomery County homes are utterly
amazed when appraised of county
taxes and in most cases either refrain
from purchasing homes or do so in the
District or Virginia
When can homeowners expect to
gain some relief from these burdensome
taxes; when will the teachers be forced
to discontinue lobbying in the interest
OF fantasies Of education; and when
will there be established a good, sound
educational program in our schools
adapted to the needs of the majority
OF the people and not the would-be
four hundreds of the Chevy Chase-Be-
thesda area?
Tax Weary Homeowner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Deoling With GuotemoIo's Reds

Although 1t has promised to respect the
right Of asylum, Guatemala's new anti
Communist military government has taken
an understandable position in declaring
that it will not grant safe conduct out of the
country to any criminal members OF the
fallen Arbenz regime.
At the moment, Arbenz himself and
about / 900 Of his followers luding mem
bers of his Communist Kitchen cabinet
are holed up in a number of Latin Ameri->
can diplomatic buildings in Guatemala City,
with approximately half Of them taking ref
uge in the Mexican Embassy. AS long as they
remain in that status, they will be untouch-
able, but If they apply for safe-conduct
guarantees, they will not get them unless
1t is clear that they are not guilty OF serious
crimes. And quite few of them, 1t seems,
cannot hope to pass such test.
This is so because the new government
Ia five-man military junta-has reported
evidence indicating that within recent
weeks the Arbenz regime, before being over
thrown by the revolution led by Colonel
Carlos Castillo Armas, tortured and killed
scores of anti-C Communist Guatemalans.
Quite obviously, If this is a fact, then Ger
tain of the former officials now enjoying
asylum are guilty of atrocities that dis
qualify them for safe-conduct passes and
make them eligible instead for rigorous
prosecution and capital punishment.
In any event, the flve-man junta has
made clear that it is going to do its best to
mete out severe penalties where severe pen
alties are due. And to that end, wholly apart
from the 1000 or so who have received
asylum, it has rounded up and jailed at
least 1000 Communists and fellow travellers
in Guatemala. At the same time, however,
as if to reasSure the free world that there
will be no excuses and that the innocent
will not suffer, it has pledged that each case
will be carefully investigated-in and out
of the courts to guard against the danger
of hotheaded acts of vindictiveness or mis-
carriages of justice.
Given that assurance, and assuming
that it will be lived up to, the Americas can
count on an effective elimination Of the
Communist menace in Guatemala. And
Guatemala itself, if it's new government
acts democratically to achieve much-needed
economic reforms, will be able to strengthen
its freedom and make real progress toward
a good future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Effects of Steel Contract

contract between the United States
Steel Corporation and the CLIO SteelWorkerS
Union has become guide post for many
things in the national economic scene.
This years agreement, providing for q
package" concession to labor amounting
to an estimated 10 to IL cents per hour, is
no exception
Within a day or two of signing the
new contract Big Steel passed it's new cost
margin along to fabricatorS in $3-per-ton
price increase. There is a question now
whether the steel users will attempt to
absorb this added cost or, in turn, will try
to pass 1t along to the purchasers Of the
automobiles, washing machines and count
less other part-steel products. The cost
of steel-with the labor charge being about
40 per cent OF this-is major factor In
the whole price structure of the economy.
Within labor itself, the steel contract
also has q significant impact The steel
workers and the automobile workers, also
Go, are the giant labor outfits in American
industry For years they have jockeyed
with each other on contract terms as each
of them sought to be the trail-blazer on
new and bigger contract concessions. The
rivalry has been sharpened in the past
year or so by the personal GOODNESS be-
tween Walter Reuther, president of both
the CLIO and the JAW, and David McDon-
aid, president of the steelworkers. Today.
the steelworkers hold the edge but the
JAW will have a chance next spring, when
its fve-year pact runs out, to shoot for a
new high mark in contract terms.
Increasingly important in contract me-
gotiations of recent years have been the
so-called fringe benefits, apart from the
straight hourly pay rates. Falling gener-
ally in this category but never yet made
the issue for showdown by any of the
big unions is the theory Of the guaranteed
annual wage Although influential voices
in labor-particularly in the AFL-have
questioned the economic practically Of the
guaranteed annual wage, the bigger CLIO
unions have been making 1t part OF their
initial bargaining demands. Thus far, as
In the case of steel, 1t has been one OF the
points "bargained Off" by labor and there
is no likelihood now that 1t will be part OF
any 1854 agreement. Mr.. Reuther, how
ever, has been one Of the foremost adj
vocates of the proposal and unless the
automobile industry is in major slump
next spring it is probable that the annual
wage will be discussed at greater length
and with greater vigor than ever before.
Even SO, IL is uoupt1uA ~ ally AauuSeAJ
or individual company could safely bind
itself to the burden Of carrying payrolls
during periods Of nom production. Most
leaders of labor and industry feel that un-
employment insurance programs are the
proper means Of providing security to
workers who may be subject to loss Of jobs.
In way, perhaps, the world was hap
pier when we just blamed everything thai
happened on sun spots, instead Of getting
personal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
From: Baukhage.
ITO: =. v. Med.
Subject: starlings.

Subject: starlings.
"Okeh.
But I had cherry tree. within the
District, which the starlings stripped.
II like cherries. too.
mot those surrounded by . distilled
liquor and aromatic herbs"
OK. Mr.. b.
But why don't you plant more cherry
trees?
Two for yourself. say, and one for
the birds.
Then, If the starlings eat all three.
plant three more.
In this way, line may be drawn, in
time. between what Ii yours and what
is not yours.
One may believe. without straining
anything. that the wild creatures have
q right to part Of what one has.
They have, at least, II one has any
sympathy for them, as Mr.. B. has.
This column has been perplexed,
/. from time to time, by fiery letters urg-
ing that all common sparrows be exc
terminated, that all squirrels 60 down
the drain. that all starlings be sent
packing. that 17-year-locusts are great
destroyers.
Tnav are III assaruvsss frsn IL lev
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer TO any question
Of fact By writing The Evening star NOR
ton s, D. O. Please incloss three fSl cents for
return postage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
BY THE HASKN SERVICE.

@. ID lightning zizzag in form?-D.
Mob.
A. This was the popular idea down
to the middle Of the 10Th century. For
ages artists had drawn and painted it
in zigzag streaks, with sharp angles,
but when lightning began to be photo
graphed, 1t was found never to be
angular, but always more or less sinu-
Gus, like a nneandering river, often
with many branches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
Farm, Policy

It pleased me very much to read in
The Star the excellent article by Doris
Fleeson in which she refers to the rec
ord Of Secretary of Agriculture Benson
Because Congress did not vote as the
administration suggested in no way in
validates the rightneSs of Secretary
Benson's course. It is only to be hoped
that persistence and good will may
bring Congress to understand the prob
lens which Secretary Benson wants to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07

@. What does sEATo stand for2-
@. B. s.
A. Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza-
ton, the name for the projected COM
munity Of nations for Asia, patterned
on NATO.
Evening star., 1954-11-21

Luxury sheers, so Gauge, Il Denier,
8 Prs. $40
Dressy sheers, 81 Gauge, 20 Denier,
8 Prs. 4.So
Afternoon Sheers, 81 Gauge, 80
Denier Prs. 4.80
Evening sheers, 81 Gauge, S Denier,
3Prs. ABS
Walking sheers, IS Gauge, 40 Denier,
8 PrA 800
Belle Shonmeers have been the fovorite
Christmas Stocking for years, so give
her q practical gift, sure to please!
Belle Shormeers fit beautifully, fIotter
every leg, and come in q variety of
deniers and gauges to please every
Taste! Lovely eolors co-ordinoted to
winter foshions, too! Fully fashioned
in her own personal Iee-size.
Lansbur0h's- h's-HoSIERY-Street Floor
Evening star., 1954-11-21
Eisenhower Buys
First Christmas Seals;
Drive Set tomorrow

President Eisenhower yester-
day bought the first sheet of
Christmas Seals in the 48th an
nual Christmas sale which Of
ficially begins tomorrow.
A quarter of a million WASH
ington residents will receive some
so million. seals in the mails to-
morrow. according to Edward X.
Funhouser. executive secretary Of
the District tuberculosis AsSo-
citation, who also was present at
yesterdays ceremony at the
White House.
DR.. Esmond Long, one of the
foremost authorities on tubercu-
losis and director Of Phipps In
stitute of Philadelphia, said this
year marks the 50th anniversary
Of the National tuberculosis AS
sociation. He told the President
that the 1854 seal design honors
the worlds first Christmas Seals
sold in Denmark in 1904.
A Danish postal worker.
Einar Holboell, first thought Of
using a special seal for Christmas
mail to raise money to help sick
and needy children. The Danes
took to the idea at once and it
soon spread to other countries.
The American Christmas Seal
tradition goes back to 1907.
Corneal j. Jack, chairman of
this years District campaign,
said the proceeds of the sale are
the sole support of the District
tuberculosis Association. He
said latest District Public Health
Department figures indicate
$500 cases of tuberculosis in
Washington. Five new cases
are discovered every day, he
said. pointing out that Wash
ington has the second highest
death rate from the disease in
the country.
Evening star., 1954-11-21

Mrs. Hobart Spalding of the
Women's Committee of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra will
discuss the place of the SYM
phony orchestra in community
life at a meeting of the Mid
City Citizens Association at 8
pm. tomorrow at the Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets
NV.
Other meetings of civic inter-
est scheduled this week, begin,
ming at 8 pm. unless otherwise
indicated, are.
Tomorrow.
Society OF, Natives-North
Room of the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Shepherd Park - Shepherd
School, Fourteenth street and
fKalmia road NV, $3.50 pm.
Shipley Terrace Basement Of
Oxon Park Apartments, 2603
Southern avenue Sc.
Tuesday.
Burroughs-Taft Junior High
School, Eighteenth and Perry
streets NE. r Y,
Meetings scheduled in nearby
Maryland and Virginia this
week. beginning at 8 pm. unless
otherwise noted, are:
Tomorrow.
Allied Civic Group--In the
hearing room of the county
building at Colesville road and
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
Md.
Lyon Village-Jennings Ran
dolph, former Representative
from West Virginia, will speak
and officers will be elected in
the Lyon Village Community
House, Highland street at Lee
highway, Arlington. Va.
Wednesday.
WoodSide Park Civic - In
Grace Church parish hall, 9121
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1954-11-21
| Business
| |CuIendur

The Central Businessmen's AS
sociation will hold dinner
meeting at $50 pm. Tuesday in
the Hamilton Hotel to discuss
transit shoppers special fares
and civil defense.
The District Electric Motor
Service Association will meet at
$50 pm. tomorrow in the Bur-
lington Hotel.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-06-10
Ava

AVA - Mr.. and Mrs. David
Alton of Canton, spent the week
end with M. L. Rayner.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bates OF
Steubenville, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bates on
Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie DaW is visiting her
daughter in Canton this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill NeisWonger
were shopping in Cambridge on
Saturday.
Fred Robinson is visiting his
sons in Canton this week.
Clark Moore spent last week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Moore.
Harry Burlingame of Detroit,
Mich, spent last week with his
mother, Mrs. Lena Burlingame.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bates
visited recently with Mr.. and
Mrs. Garfield Danford at Cald-
we'll
Miss Judy Bates spent the
weekend at her home here.
Mrs Bertha Bates was visiting
in Pleasant City, Saturday.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-06-10
Stafford

STAFFORD - Mr.. and Mrs.
Orville Warfield, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl War
field and daughter of Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Mallett
and family have moved to the
Blanche Ullman property near
Wells.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Thompson
and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wllfred Knapp and daughter
were in Woodsfield, Saturday
evening.
Miss Joy Ann Knapp of Mar
tins Ferry, spent the weekend
with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Miracle were
at Marietta, Friday evening.
Mrs. Elva Bishop and family
were in Cambridge one day last
week.
Miss Ruth Smith of Woodsfield
is visiting her sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Miracle.
Miss Martha Robinson and
Barbara Jane Robinson spent the
weekend with relatives at
Woodsfield
Wayne Robbins spent the week
end with relatives at Byesville