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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12

mula which Mr.. Mendes-France has pre-
scented for Tunisia includes internal auton-
omy, military and diplomatic union with
France and guarantees for French residents
in the protectorate. For Morocco, he called
first for the establishment Of order and dis
cussion later Of the grievances and aspira-
tions of that protectorate.
The Assembly vote Of 398 to 1875 post
pones full debate on the North African
problems until August n. Debate on the
European Army treaty has been scheduled
for August a. Mr.. Mendes-F France has made
a habit In his few weeks in office OF set
ting headlines for action. He is. facing a
crowded and important few weeks in this
late summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Strong Voice in France

The energy and boldneSS which Premier
MendeS-France has brought into conduct
Of the affairs of the French government
have earned him impressive parliamentary
approval for two more of his major policy
detectives. They are: Q) An economic
revolution" In France, and az program
for the North African protectorates that
would confer internal autonomy on Tunisia
and provide reforms calculated to stabilize
the political situation in Morocco
Words Of seeming boldness and deter
mination in connection with these same
problems have been spoken by other French
PremierS before the National Assembly. Mr.
Mendes-France already has demonstrated,
however, that he is not merely an eloquent
orator and it must have come as no surprise
when he told the Deputies during discussion
of the North African question that IT want
to be taken seriously when speak in the
name Of my country"
Curing Frances economic ills requires,
Of course, much more than words The be-
ginning, as with any illness, is diagnosis
that must be frank and discerning Mr..
MendeS-France seemed to be pulling no
punches when he chided his countrymen
for their nostalgia for past that is gone
and fears of a future that appears dark"
He was dealing bluntly with both the
French theorists and with unimaginative
arrangements when he attacked their NOR
bid devotion to "individualism" as against
an industrial system that accepts modern
production methods. And he was being
equally critical of the large bloc of Commu-,
mist workers-apparently more concerned
with loyalty to the party than with the in
terests Of their country-when he stated a
need to "reintegrate the working class into
the nation" Quite probably the Premier's
outspoken criticism will prompt obstruction
from those attacked but the 361-to-90 vote
of the Assembly should serve as notice that
there is broad and deep support for his
plans to pump some real vitality into the
economic system
AS far as the North African question
was concerned, Mr. Mendes-France was on
q sound footing when he accused previous
French governments Of making promises
for reasons of expediency and then failing
to carry out their pledges. For there has
been much more motion than there has
been progress in these postwar years toward
creating modern and mutually respected
relationship between Metropolitan France
and it's overseas territories Indeed, the
'out-of-date colonialiSm" which the Pre-
mier decried in discussing the North African
problem was greatly responsible for the dis
aster which France has suffered in South
east Asia and it could, in due time, lead to
even more serious losses in Africa The for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
''Two-Legged Stool

One congressional opponent Of the COM
promise transit control bill pending in con-
ference used an apt term to describe the
truncated measure. He said 1t was
"two-legged STOOL" He is right. It is
two-legged, off-balance substitute for a
long advocated Metropolitan Area public
utilities agency. II such an authority is
to be effective, it should have three legged
base, namely one having jurisdiction In
Virginia as well as in the District and Mary
land. The bill tentatively approved by the
conferees specifically excludes Virginia from
Its provisions.
Senator Payne who has made special
study Of transit problems in this area, is
convinced that partial regional regulation
OF transit facilities will not work. One does
not have to be transit expert, however, to
spot the defects of the lopsided control
arrangement proposed by the conferees.
Take taxicab fares, for instance. Under
the proposed plan, taxi fares and services
between the District and Maryland could
be regulated by the new commission, but
those between the District and Virginia
would continue to be unregulated by any
agency. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission would be deprived of Jurisdiction
over transit operations between Washington
and the Maryland suburbs, but not over
buses running between this city and nearby
Virginia communities. Procedures of this
sort would compound the confusion which
already exists among regulatory agencies in
this area.
The foreshortened control bill is the
natural result Of too-hasty efforts to do
something" about sWashington's transit
troubles. The problem has too many facets
to be disposed of without careful considera-
ton Of all the jurisdictional conflicts and
difficulties involved. That is why Congress
ought to defer any definite action toward
regional regulation until an interjurisdic-
tional commission, such as is proposed in
the Broyhill bill, has had time to study the
whole problem and report it's findings and
recommendations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Early Slave Traders

I must take issue with j. Wilbur
Potherby for his letter of July 81. All
Of his protests against the policies of
our country should be taken calmly.
I am, however, shocked by Mr..
Potherby's reference to Jewish slave
dealers Of our Civil War period" AS I
understand it, slavery in America was
introduced by Spaniards in South
America who were disappointed in the
working ability of the natives shaving
in their fields. and on the advice of a
certain clergyman started to import
Negro slaves from Africa. There is
very little evidence that the Jews at
that time, the period of inquisition and
burning of the Jews alive on stakes,
could be honored by the Spaniards in
awarding even a small share in this
profitable but very dishonorable trade.
During the Civil War, the Jewish
population in the United States was
very small, and so must have been
the percentage of slave merchants
among the Jews. If any.
Eugene ESten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Farm Bloc Beaten

The President undoubtedly Is wise In
not trying to make partisan capital from
the acceptance by Congress of flexible farm
price supports. Nevertheless, this is notable
triumph for him and his administration.
There were many knowing looks and
much lifting of eyebrows when Secretary Of
Agriculture Benson first let it be known
that he expected to get rid of the support
consensus was that while Mr.. Benson was
fine gentleman, he was much too naive to
survive for long in the political jungles Of
this Capital City.
Mr.. Benson stood his ground, however,
and worked quietly and persistently toward
his goal. When the politicians realized that
he was in earnest, they turned the pressure
on the White House to get rid of him. But
the President, to his credit, wouldn't yield
an inch. He ignored the forecasts of po-
litical disaster and stood squarely behind
his Secretary of Agriculture.
The result is something of a political
miracle. The heretofore invincible farm
bloc has been vanquiShed, and system Of
flexible supports has been substituted for
the fixed supports.
The 80 per cent floor under basic farm
commodities was enacted in 1912 as a war
measure. This country was faced with a
tremendous job Of food production and the
high prices were guaranteed to encourage
the farmers to go all out. But the 90 per
cent supports were supposed to lapse two
years after the end of the emergency, or,
as it happened, in 1949. The farm bloc pre-
vailed, however, and the high supports re-
manned in effect, with the resulting noun
famous SURPRISES which were becoming
something of national scandal.
It took courage for the new administra-
ton to undertake to correct this economic
error, especially in an election year. Prices
received by the farmer have been falling.
mittee, farm prices have dropped 1873 per
cent since 1851, while retail food prices rose
/ per cent in the same period. # there is
no girnmick in these statistics, they indicate
that flexible price supports are not apt to
mean any marked reduction in retail food
costs. They should bring savings to the
taxpayer, however, and gradual curtail-
rnent Of the hitherto unnnanageable sur
pluses If any progress was to be made in
these directions, abandonment of the 80 per
cent supports was an essential first step.
And the Eisenhower administration, as well
as the Congress, deserve the warmest COM
mendation for having had the courage to
take it. Perhaps the farmers will retaliate
at the polls. There is at least a chance,
however, that most of them will believe
that, in the long run, flexible supports will
work to their advantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Boost for Private Enterprise

House action in refusing to accept the
Mcmillan rider on the District alley dwelling
bill saved this important legislation from
the threat of defeat at this session. The
threat was twofold. AS amended, the bill
was so controversial that it probably would
have been lost in the scramble before ad-
journment. Had it been passed, there was
a strong possibility that President Eisen-
hover would have vetoed the measure-to
avoid enactment of the Objectionable rider.
AS the House leadership correctly held,
the amendment by Representative McMil-
Ian was not germane to the original bill,
which provided for repeal of the outmoded
law banning alley dwellings, however mod
ernized and attractive. The rider called for
coming exception in favor of gasoline
station which had been forbidden by the
zoning Board to rebuild its facilities. This
preferential "spot zoning" proposal was
vetoed last year by the President, who said
that it was a threat to the integrity of zon-
ing restrictions. Attachment of the rider
gravely imperiled chances of final approval
of the repeal bill, which assured protection
for home owners who have restored and i'm
proved old houses in alleys and courts. This
kind of "slum clearance and redevelop-
ment" by private enterprise deserves to be
encouraged, not prohibited. Only the Pres
ident's signature is needed to afford this
protection and encouragement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Inner Room

There Is one special chamber OF my
heart
That you alone. beloved one, may share
And all the iDorld recedes wlten you
are there,
For 1t is lit NTH magic set apart.
From its bright center loUe and poUer
start
And grotC to greater Otory-iDinged pair,
Among the angels seated kingly where
The beams of happiness and ,DondeT
dart. a.
You hold lDtthtn your heart the only
key
That whl unlock this hidden. secret
I beg you. do not lose It, for the door
Win shut as quickly as 1t came to be,
And iDhere our laughter spran0 there
mill be gloom
And thick-set malls locked up
foTeDeTm0re.
Mary Lucretio Barker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12

and then, when he is ''up for trial" q
loud hullabaloo would be made over Civ
ing him the protection of the Consti-
tuition, short of inducing him to use
the Fifth Amendment. The Commies
have that copyrighted and they don't
want the likes Of an American like Sen
ator Mccarthy infringing on their
prerogative.
After the Senator from Wisconsin
is given his trial under the guise
Of so-called civil rights, the loud
mouthed leftist commentators and
newspaper columnists will Jump to the
defense of any old Connie who might
be dragged before q Congressional
committee investigating that Commie's
plan to blow up the Capitol or some
other disastrous act. "Give him his
civil rights!" they will scream. After
all we gave Mccarthy his civil rights
when he was on 'trial'!"
cannot resist asking If the editors
of The Star have read any of the books
Of recent years which expose the I'M
believable extent to which pro- Com
muniSt policy has dominated the ex-
ecutive branch of our Government since
Roosevelt's early years. Your book re-
viewers have acknowledged the exist
ence Of many of these books, and have
made no serious effort to belittle the
extraordinary facts they contain, but
there is no indication that their dyna-
mite ever reaches the editors. If The
Star Is really interested in aiding the
public in resisting Communism, it
might we'll publish serializations of
some of these books in space now de-
voted to TRADES against Mccarthy and
sympathy for his targets.
Minority Voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
"Ready to Pull Together"

tors towards" who haven't the nerve
to fight Communists as he does. We
hope that Senator Mccarthy is correct
in saying that his colleagues do not
fight Communists in his particular
fashion. But. we hope that he will
have to retract the accusation Of cow
ardice when the outcome of the Wat
kins committees recommendations is
put to senatorial test.
Jessie b. solomon.
With no reflection at all on the Com
mittee of Six which is to handle the
Qualification Of the numerous charges
against the Senator from Wisconsin
for his persistent digging up of Commu-
mist inf1ltration within the Government,
there is definite purpose behind the
Flanders-incited attack on the only
real crusader in the change" the voters
asked for in 1852.
The purpose can be easily detected
in the remarks Of commentators and
in the generally -meaningless para
graphs Of the so-called news analysts.
Time and again we are reminded, and
especially by those who are most anx-
ious to quiet the Senator from Wiscon-
sin, that all precautions must be taken
to protect the civil rights of Senator
McCarthy-even though, they add, he
has continually ignored the civil rights
Of those before his committee. OF
course. the those" in question here
are Communists, Communist coddlers,
and Communist sympathizers. No men
ton is made of that however!
What is the purpose of the sudden
interest of the civil rights of Senator
Mccarthy? Actually, the entire CEN
sure move is based on one hope-that
strong charges could be made against
the crusading Senator from Wisconsin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Union Rebuffed
Anne Herdt.

We noted with interest the recent
Star editorial which approved of labor
taking an interest in successful re-
construction of an industry Unfor-
tunately, the present administration
has rebuffed the efforts of this union
to assist in the solution of the prob
lens of the wooden and worsted
industry.
We have appealed on several occa-
sionS for special attention to this in
dustry, which has shrunk from an en-
ployment Of $4,000 to 10000. Most
recently. we petitioned Secretary of
Commerce Sinclair Weeks to invite us
to meeting which he had arranged for
the industry to present our eleven point
program and to appraise alternative
suggestions offered by other interests.
Our request was rejected because Sec
rotary Weeks limits the meeting to Gin
dustry representatives, identified solely
as employers. To discourage us further
from pressing our demand for govern
mental interest in the plight of the
workers of this industry, he describes
these conferences as being g. in no
sense an investigation or public hear
ing"
We believe, as you do. that the we'll
being of this industry is determined by
the prosperity of both labor and man
agement. Both groups should partici-
pate in the development of a construc-
tive program under Government leader
ship to bring it out of the deep morass
which has cost thousands of workers
their iohS and which has laid fiat many
communities dependent upon this in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Not the Way She Heord 1t

David Lawrences recent statement
that few Europeans talk about Nc
Carthy is as groundless as most of the
Senator's charges.
Claiming quite few more months
on the European scene than your glib
columnist, can freely state that his
assertion proves only the superficiality
of his tour. Like so many others, no
tably Cohn and Schine, Lawrence
seems to feel that after a whirlwind
trip he can analyze and generalize with
authority.
Anne Herdt.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Who originated Americas popular
drink-iced tea? A. A. G.
A. A young Englishman, Richard
Blechynden, was responsible for iced
tea in the United States. He brought
with him to the st. Louis Worlds Fair
in 1904 fine black teas from India,
Ceylon and Indonesia st. Louis exper-
fenced its worst hot summer that year,
so Americans who were accustomed to
soda pop and other cold drinks were
not interesting in drinking hot tea. In
desperation, Blechynden experimental
wit, his product until he developed q
concentrated brew. He filled tall
glasses with chunks of ice-poured the
tea over the ice-and thus new drink
was born.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Letters to The Star.

dustry. Immediate action is vital to
relieve this distress.
Solomon Barkin,
Director Of Research. Textile Work.
ers Union Of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Outlay for Liquor and Schools

/ The Star Of August carried re-
port Of profit of $753, l72 which Mont
gomery County made in selling $780,
5l8 worth Of liquor during the year
ended June 80. Just think, almost 81
million spent for liquor in one year.
Can the citizens of Montgomery
County afford to pay for the education
OF children in good school buildings and
under the able tutelage of well-trained
and well-paid teachers? Does any one
dare to state that too much is paid
for education?
If 81 million is spent on liquor,
could we state that SO million for chill
dren is too much? Could we not spend
$12 million for children if we throw
away 81 million on liquor?
The chronic complainers who always
want to cut budgets at the expense
of the education of children in de-
mocracy should first get realistic pic
ture Of where the dollars go.
G. William Sim0nds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12

@. What city has Americas farthest
north chamber of commerce?-E. M
A. Kotzebue. Alaska, above the Arctic
Circle. The chamber uses seal skin for
its certificates. f'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-12
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau, 1900 Eye st. NV, washing.
ton B. D c Please tnclose three f3l ents for
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-06-16
New Thrills Await
Fishermen Veins.
In ,JACL's Derby

LOS ANGELES, Calf. June 10
Is there a fisherman in the crowd?
Out -of-state conventioneers to
the 18th biennial National JACL
Convention September 2-6 in Los
Angeles, who have fished lakes and
streams. will experience some new
thrills from the exciting sports
fishing found in Southern Califor-
MIA coastal waters
George Mic, chairman of the con-
vention fishing derby, this week an
nounced a 55-passenger live-bait
boat Hornet" has been contracted
for Saturday September 4, off
Pierpont Landing, Long Beach
Fishing area will be Catalina or in
the channel waters if albacore tuna
are running
Boat leaves at 2 am And fare is
So per person. The Hornet" also
has "a sleeping hunks. available, at
81 per bunk While a galley will
be operated for the convenience of
fishermen, the committee plans to
furnish sushi
A stat license is required for any
one 16 years old or over, except
members of the armed forces or
for persons fishing from a public
pier. The fee is SO for a resident
citizen. $40 non-citizen; SO for 10
day nonresident license, or 81 for
3-day citizen license for Pacific O.
cean only.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-06-16
Motor Sports Show Set June IS and 10

sports foreign racing. custom and
antique cars will open a two-day
showing at the Seattle Civic Audi
forum with a $50 70 1890 pm pre-
view next Friday, June Is The in
ternauonal motorcade will also be
presented II a continuous showing
from 80 70 1890 pm on Saturday.
June 10
Admission to the Motor Sports
Exposition IS 81 All net proceeds
VIII De donated to the Children's
Orshopedic Hospital through the
Anna Mcmillan Guild.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-06-16

The International Motor Sports
Exposition. a glittering display OF 80
-
ITHACA. n Y. June l6-Ohio
State swimmers recently took top
ranking in 10 of the 4 divisions Of
the 1854 All-American collegiate
swimming team announced recent
"
Ford Konno landed three berths
the I50O-meter freestyle 2oo-yard
freestyle are 440-freestyle
Yosh OYakawa. anothr NiSel Won
top rating II the 200 and l00-yard
backstroke
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YAKIMA-Mrs. Kara Konds
sos Lynn Place. Yakima, Was
SPOKANF-Martha Tsuji
SIS South Grant st.
Spokane 3. Wash.
ONTARIO-Shig Hironaka
Box 741. Ontario. Greg.
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pUYALLUP-Mrs. Arthur YAmaAA
p. o. Box III. Milton Wash
pORTL AND-Tom OkaEa1
74O4 " Denver Portland. Greg.
rACOMA-YaSuko Hashimoto
I7I6 Fawcett Ave. Tacoma, Wash.
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