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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Metropolitan Scene
Bethesda Thrill Bombings Greeted
By Entirely Too Much Competency

where such projects have been
planned, some residents Of the
area just don't want to be
redeveloped.
Washington Suburban San
itary Commission is consid-
ing a Accent increase in the
sewer tax boost to finance a
10-year $13.7 million sewer ex-
pansion program to tie in with
the District system.
The boost would lift the
rates by 1858 to IL cents per
thousand gallons of water.
The recent suggestion by the
Commissioners that city offi-
cialS travel to out-of-town
meetings by air got some rail-
road officials up in the air. A
protest was filed.
Behind the suggestion Of air
flight was the concept of min
imum time away from office
desks.
incidentally, the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board did
not have enough money to
send Chtirman Alan Payne to
the recent National Confer
ence Of State Liquor Admin
istrators in San Francisco. 1t
had the cash to get him there
but not to bring him back.
Because the District is a
new member of the group and
they wanted q representative
present, the association voted
to pay part Of his expenses
there and his fare back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
AustroIio's Capital Has Home Rule Problem Too

have the power Of veto. But
they have to take o lot more
notice Of the councillors than
in Canberra.
And Canberra is chafing un-
der bureaucratic domination.
The limited number of shop
ping areas permitted under the
''Canberra plan," which is holy
writ to the government, means
that living costs are higher
and the quality of goods poorer
than in towns of comparable
populations. The size and
type of lettering which shop
keepers may use on their signs
is also decided by officials.
Citizens feel the value Of
increasing pressure on all
fronts has been proved by the
progress Canberra has made.
The fact that Canberra has
been able to make its voice
heard, they believe, alone &C
counts for the increased mum.
Der and acceleration of trans
fers Of government depart
ments from Melbourne.
Until i've years ago, officials
had still managed to exert suf-
ficient influence on successive
governments to prevent the
transfer Of more than half the
total number Of government
activities from Melbourne.
The most obstinate depart
mentS are those Of navy, army
and air force. Their installa-
ton in Melbourne, enormously
increased over the war and i'm
mediate postwar years, are so
expensive and intensive that it
is highly unlikely Canberra will
ever have q Pentagon. But
Canberra will not cease to pro-
test this.
The big influx Of population
in recent years has brought
new problems. The housing
shortage makes Canberra Aus
tralia's most overcrowded city.
AS the citizens see it, some form
of local self-rule would hasten
a practical solution to many
such problems.
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effort Of some Of the other ma
tons Of the area" BY some"
Mr.. Dulles could mean only
Thailand and the Philippines,
which are already known to
be eager to join. Or he could
mean all our major allies, in
Guiding Great Britain.
o Assurance that France will
not itself withdraw from the
battle until it is won." This
is q new condition. imposed by
the uncertainties in the
French National Assembly. If
q neutralist cabinet should re-
place the Laniel government,
Mr.. Dulles no doubt meant,
the United States would have
little opportunity to intervene
if the neutralists decided to
pull the French expeditionary
force out of Indo-C China.
Qualifications Needed
Before the world learns and
also before the National Sc
curity Council decides how Mr..
Dulles will interpret his condi-
tons there will have to be
Qualifications from Paris, Lon
don and Geneva.
In Paris q new French gov
eminent will have to be chosen
and its new foreign policy
will have to be formed. In
London the British cabinet
will have to decide when it is
going to honor its commitment
to talk about united action
in Southeast Asia-whether
it will wait for the Reds to
break OF talks, which could
take q long time, or whether
it will take the initiative In
recognizing failure at Geneva.
In Geneva, the decision to
break OF the talks, or to let
them drag on while the Com
munists consolidate their gains
in Indo-C China will finally be
made.
President EiSenhower's re-
mark about the crest Of a
crisis, and recent reports that
there was a plan to get con-
gressional approval for inter-
vention in Indo-C China within.
two days. suggest that the
administration is ready to
move very quickly into the
picture in Southeast Asia if
conditions are right. But
those conditions are beyond
American control. They are
in the hands of the French
and Wet Namese, on the one
hand, and the Communists on
the other,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
By John W. Thompson, Jr.

BY John w. Thompson, Jr.
juveniles involved which
normally are kept secret.
Juvenile Court Judge Alfred
Noyes did, in feeling the cul-
prits should be kept in
custody and given psyche
logical examination. States
Attorney Walter Dawson did.
in asking q waiver to permit
trying the youths as adults.
It's a good thing somebody
thinks it's serious. 1t is. And
you can bet the real reason is
far deeper than press clip
pings.
Testimony at the hearings,
on the District Budget made
public the other, day showed
city officials took quite a shell
lacking from the members OF
the House Appropriations
Subcommittee over failure
to produce money savings
from the municipal reorgani-
zation program. IS.
Commissioner Sam Spencer
probably came up with the
only answer he could in such
circumstances: That what has
resulted is improved service
rather than the dollar econ
omy.
Alexandria has postponed
until June 81 final decision in
the controversial redevelop-
ment plan. Slightly more
than II acres are involved.
A In most other communities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
The Reds

/" G0G OOSSS SfSS ASN~O SSNe
The West expects them to
keep on doing what has come
so naturally since the Geneva
Conference opened-keep the
allies talking and diSagreeing
among themselves at the Palais
DIES Nations instead Of acting
in concert to stop the Wet
Mini Communists assault on
Hanoi.
At the same time the Com
munists have been able to
paralyze the National Assem-
bly, so that no action at all
seems probable on the vital
EDO treaties before fall, If
ever. ~
Mr.. Dulles knew last winter
when he agreed at Berlin to
the Geneva Conference on
Indo- China that the Kremlin
would try to trade peace in
Indo- China for a pledge from
the French to ditch EDO. But
he probably didn't expect that
Mr.. Molotov would be able to
wreck EDO Without giving the
French an honorable peace in
Indo-C China. This week end
the prospect for a double Com
munist victory looked much
better than it did last winter
in Berlin.
MoIotov's Blow
Mr.. Molotov made his
boldest bid to deal EDO a death
blow last Tuesday, in his we'll
publicized speech on Com
munist terms for peace in
Indo-C China. In effect he de-
manded rugged elections and
withdrawal of all foreign
troops, which would mean a
virtual Sellout to the Reds.
These political conditions, he
insisted, should be taken up
even before cease-flre negotia-
tions are completed.
These terms, obviously I'M
acceptable to the West, were
specifically intended to show
the French National Assembly
how miserably M. Bidault had
failed in getting France out Of
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Since 1890 there has been a
Capital Territory Advisory
Council. consisting Of four
government members and
three elected by the citizens.
The council can elect its own
chairman, but has no other
powers. Federal authorities
need not, if they think At,
refer any matter to the coun-
Gil. and need not accept its
advice in any case.
In the two other territories
mentioned, there are now leg
iSlative councils" which have
larger citizen representation
Though government repreSen-
tation can still outvote the
citizen membership and which
can initiate ordinances itself.
This power of initiative, Can
berra thinks, would be an adj
vance. The federal admins
trations in the Northern Ter
ritory and New Guinea still
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The Allies

What tDiu the United States
do?
THE future depends large
" on decisions awaited at
Paris, London and Geneva"
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles said Friday afternoon
in Los Angeles.
President Eisenhower said
Thursday that for the moment
he had no plans to ask Con-
gress for power to intervene
in Indo- China. He added sig
nificantly that If such a thing
becomes necessary it would
come on the crest of some crisis.
Crises, of course. are build
ing UP to crest stage all over
the globe.
Mr.. Dulles Los Angeles
speech was phrased so that the
United States can move either
directly into the war in 1ndo-
China or directly away from
it, depending on how the tan
gled situation unravels. Here
is Mr.. Dulles Friday restate-
ment of requirements on which
the United States will act to
save Indo- China:
can invitation from the
present lawful authorities"
This would come either from
France or Wet Nam, depend
ing on the status of Wet
Mans independence and this
country's attitude toward it.
o clear assurance Of COM
plete independence to Laos.
Cambodia and Wet Man," Mr..
Dulles carefully refrained
from saying when. initiating
of the new France-Viet Nam
treaties June 4 could have been
clear assurance, or 1t could
not.
Q Evidence Of concern by
the United Nations" This
could be considered as already
having been given, in the Sc
curity Councils vote to dis
cuss sending observers to
southeast Asia. Or Mr.. Dulles
can hold out for much clearer
evidence, as he wishes.
Q "A joining In the collective
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Metropolitan Scene

Were you at all surprised at
the reactions to the cracking
of the case of the Bethesda
thrill" bombings?
From the culprits: Noncha-
lance over being jailed, a lack
of remorse and-on the part
of two-a preference for de-
tention' to release in the Gus
tody of parents.
From some students at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School interviewed by q re-
porter: Unconcern and a feel
ing the culprits soon would be
back in circulation.
From the high school prin-
cipal: It was the fault of the
press. Notoriety egged them on.
From one parent: Advice to
her husband who was out OF
town that it was not serious
enough to return Immediately
to handle. Comment to q re-
porter: i've been watching
the hearings this afternoon
and that's really all I can tell
YOU"
From another parent to a
son.. How could you do this
to us?" It was "us." not the
victims Of the bombingS, that
was the subject Of concern.
Did anybody take 1t seri-
ously? Yes.
The police did. in the Ques-
tioning of hundreds Of per-
sons that preceded the
roundup. The County Coun-
Gil did, in authorizing the re-
lease Of the names Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

the territorial members on the
basis Of state qualifications.
In the states, representation
is decided on q formula. First.
there is O quota decided by d.
viding the total Australian
population by 40 (twice the
number Of Senators). That
quota is then divided into the
state population. This deter
mines the number of seats, and
if the remainder is above half
the quota figure, the state
concerned gets an extra rep
reSentative.
When Canberra first got its
Representative in 1949. the
number of voters was al
ready higher than in the aver
age constituency of any Of the
smaller states. (In the North
ern Territory, white population
5000, voters number fewer
than 10000 BY what may be
more than q coincidence, the
population Of the Capital Ter
ritory has almost doubled since
its member first entered the
House. It is now almost 10000.
The number of voters is
around $4,000. This is higher
than in, for instance. Tas-
mania, the island state sep
arated from the mainland by
Bass Strait in the south,
where the number of voters in
the average constituency is
1000.
Vigorous civic groups in
Canberra are not going to let
the government and Parlia-
ment forget the promise that
when the population figures
justified it, the Canberra Rep
resentative should have full
voting status with other mem
bers.
The government will put of
fulfillment of this promise as
long as possible for one reason
alone-that its majority, as a
result Of the recent federal
election, is extremely small.
Giving full voting rights to the
national capitals Representa-
tive would be adding to the
strength Of its opposition, be-
cause this member, reelected
at the last poll, is Jim Fraser,
who allies himself stanchly
with the Labor Party.
Home Rule Problems 49, u.
Washington folk who think
representation of the District
of Columbia in Congress will
answer the city's problems will
be interested to learn that
Canberra people feel this is not
enough. Promotion of Can
berra's member to full vot-
ing status would crown the
campaign long carried on by
the vigorous local journal. the
Canberra Times, against tax
alton without representation"
But the territory is still be-
hind the Northern Territory
and New Guinea in power to
control local legislation
''home rule" for the city.
Until 1880, Canberra resi-
dents had the right to elect a
third member of the Federal
Capital Commission, organized
from the time they started
building the capital on Wash
ington lines. That commission
was abolished in 1880, and
since then laws affecting the
territory proper, have been en-
tirely by government ordi-
nance.
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the war In Indo-C China. If
the French repudiated the
Laniel government. Mr.. Molo-
TOW hoped the new govern
ment could be persuaded to
abandon EDO permanently,
and possibly even arrange a
Red victory in Indo- China at
q bargain price.
The Communists also have
been working hard at widen
ing the split between Great
Britain and the United States.
They probably will persist. but
few are taking seriously the
temporary split between the
English-speaking allies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

culture Committee voted on
Tuesday. 81 to 8. to extend the
present system Of rigid sup
ports for one year, the Presi-
dent referred to that vote as
tentative" Pointing out that
the present system is costing
the Government $4,000 every
hour, just to store the sur
pluseS purchased under the
farm program. he warned that
a years extension Of rigid price
props would force another
huge increase in the outlay Of
Government funds for COM
modify purchases. The in
crease in the last year alone
was $2.8 billion. he declared.
Politics No Factor :
Gen. Eisenhower took note
Of the ..'politics' angle In his
remarks on the farm price
proposals. He said he'd been
told that 1t wasn't good poll.
tics to urge a change in the
farm program in an election
year. The warnings left him
unmoved. he told his listen
ers, because what Is right
for America Is politically
right"
But Congress appeared at
week end to be equally UNI
moved by the administration
warning on the farm bill. In
practical effect, the House
Agriculture Committees vote
was final, because a motion to
reconsider was tabled.
The President made what
his hearers believed was a ref
erence to the Army McC arthy
hearings when he said that
"in spite of highly publicized
distractions, Congress has been
hard at work" on the legisla-
tive program. His immediate
audience cheered again when
he assured the Nation that
scarcely need I assure
that and my every associate
in Government will keep ever
laStingly at the job Of up
roofing subversion wherever it
may be found"
But, despite the Presidents
praise, Congress seemed de-
termined to wreck important
parts of the administration
program. Thursday the House
Rules Committee threw a hay
maker at the Presidents houS-
ing program. The powerful
committee voted, 8 to 2, to
order House conferees on the
housing bill to refuse to agree
to the Senate-paSsed authori-
cation of 100000 new units Of
public housing over the next
four years.
New Blow for D. c.
The District Of Columbia
took a tentative shellacking.
too, this week. at the hands
of the House Appropriations
Committee. Only q month
after Congress had passed the
Districts $3O5 million public
works bill which authorized q
$40 million annual Federal
payment to the District. the
committee voted to slash the
annual payment by s. million.
District. taxpayers, who had
reconciled themselves to siz-
able tax increases because the
the Federal payment was sub
stantially raised, felt cheated.
Protests were loud as law
makers who backed the public
works bill promised all pos
sible action to restore the 81
million.
Affecting Federal employ
ment, the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee this week
voted to defer major changes
in the Civil Service Retire
ment Act.
But observers on Capitol Hill
were unanimous in predicting
that if Congress is to make
any appreciate Roadway on
the administration program
before the end of the session,
action will have to be early
and fast.
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Congress
President Appeals
Again for Action on
Legislative Program

President Eisenhower twice
last week addressed urgent
appeals to Congress for ac-
ton on the administrators
bogged-down legislative pro-
gram. And he indicated he is
in no mood for half-a-loaf
compromises on two proposals
he considers vital: Cd His
farm program, calling for the
substitution Of flexible for rigid
price supports on basic COM
modities, and (2) his liberal
foreign trade program.
The President took his ap-
peal to the people Thursday
night in a radio and televiSion
speech before district chair
men Of the National Citizens
for Eisenhower Congressional
Committee. Thus combining.
his legislative appeal with the
understandable desire of the
Republican National Commit
tee to use the Presidents per-
Sonal prestige to plug for
G. o. p. candidates in the
November congressional cleo
tions. Gen. Eisenhower avoided
blaming Congress for the lack
Of action on his program UP
to now.
Following the successful
technique Of the 1852 presi-
dental campaign. the PreSi-
dent did not confine his ex-
hortations to Republicans
alone. His appeal to the Dem
ocrats and the independents
was clear when he stressed
that his program was not po-
litical, partisan or sectional,
and when he said with feeling.
near the close of his address,
'let us have less political ifs
sion and more political fusion"
OveFruIed on ToFiffs
Earlier Thursday, at his reg
ular weekly news conference,
the President emphatically de-
MED reports he was willing to
settle for q one-year extension
of his existing tariff-making
powers. Gen. Eisenhower was
charitable in explaining to re-
porters that Congress needed
more time to study his pro-
posals,. although earlier in the
session he, had urged speedy
action. But Friday the House
voted 281 to So to extend the
Reciprocal Trade Act only one
year, to June IL, 1855.
The President made obei-
sance to regular party politics
at his press conference by say
ing he hoped for a Republican
Congress next year because he
believed it best that control Of
Congress be held by the party
Of the President in the inter-
ests of efficiency. But he added,
with a smile, that questions
about specific candidates could
be embarrassing.
In his radio-television speech
Gen. Eisenhower laid special
emphasis on tax revision and
his farm proposals. He praised
the tax measure now before
Congress as providing a "fairer
distribution of the tax burden"
and said it would spur bust
ness activity and create jobs.
But he saved a greater
amount of comment for the
burning issue of farm price
supports. Noting that present
rigid price props affect less
than one-fourth Of the income
farmers now receive, he urged
that flexible supports would
encourage the production OF
crops most needed, and at the
same time stimulate the con-
sumption of those surplus
commodities that are now
flooding and depressing the
market.
Although the House Agri-
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House

Rouse
Bill extending until June IL,
1855, Presidents authority to
enter into reciprocal trade
agreements. Passed, 281-53.
For: Broyhin r.. Va. Hyds (R..
Md. Small (R., Md.
Not Voting: Smith Cd, va).
Compiled BY Confessional Quarterly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Nearby Votes

Votes of Maryland and Viz
ginia legislators on major roll
calls in Congress, June s.
June IL.
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BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT
STORES FOR RENT

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