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Evening star., 1954-11-27
Monroney Predicts
Democrats Will Push
Rigid Farm Supports
~ The A..osie,ed Pres.

Senator Monroney, Democrat.
of Oklahoma predicted today
the No. / objective Of Democrats
In the 84th Congress will be to
repeal President Eisenhower's
flexible farm support program
and restore rigid, high-level
farm price props.
Senator Monroney said in an
interview he thinks results of
the congressional elections which
gave Democrats control of the
new Congress were influenced
greatly by the threat Of reduced
price supports under the Eisen-
hover program.
II don't think the full weight
Of the new program was entirely
felt in this months elections"
Senator Monroney said. "The
threat Of support drops was
enough to help elect Democratic
Senator'S in Michigan, Illinois.
Minnesota, Wyoming and Mon
tana and to re-elect q Republic
can who was for 80 per cent
parity in South Dakota.
after the flexible parity pro-
gram goes into effect on Janu-
airy /. the support reductions
are going to be felt in a wide
spread area"
Will Use New Formula.
The Oklahoma Senator noted
that a new formula for parity
q price standard said by law to
give farmers a fair return in
terms Of things they buy-will
go into effect. as well as the new
authority for the Secretary of
Agriculture to lover or raise
percentage payments. The new
parity formula, scheduled to start
taking effect in 1856, would
lower the support level some
what further.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son has contended that the elec-
tion results showed no repudia-
ton of the Presidents flexible
parity program. citing among
other instances the election of a
Republican Senator in Iowa.
Thomas e. Martin. in place Of
Democratic Senator Gillette.
Senator Monroney said he felt
Senator Gillette's defeat was
attributable more to local con-
ditions and issues, but acknowl-
edged some acceptance of the
flexible support program among
Iowa farmers may have been
involved.
80 Per Cent Parity Bill Predicted.
He said he expects Democrats
to offer a 80 per cent parity
bill and try to link to it a
food stamp plan to dispose Of
agricultural surpluses to the un-
employed and the needy.
Some surplus products, par
ticularly canned beef and gravy,
have been made available by
the Government to unemployed
persons in some areas. This
has been in addition to the
surplus foods absorbed through
the national school lunch pro-,
gram. 4+.,, sa.,tr !
Evening star., 1954-11-27
U. S. Rice Stores Burn

MONROE. La. Nov. 81 (R.-
Fire yesterday destroyed a ware
house and 1000 tons of surplus
rice valued at $4,000 belonging
to the Federal Government
Commodity Credit Corp. 1t was
stored at the old city-owned Sell
man Airport.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Deer Hunt Dead Totul II

MILWAUKEE,. Nov. q (P).
Wisconsin totaled up a grim list
Of II hunters dead today at the
end Of the 1854 deer season.
Eight died from gunfire, seven
were killed by heart attacks and
two died of aSphyxiation.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Source Of Linseed Oil

MINNEAPOLIS.-About three
fourths of the United States
supply of linseed oil and linseed
meals come from Minnesota
mills.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
World Coffee Study
Looking 10 Accord on.
Prices Is Proposed
BY she Assoeiassd Press

QUITANDINHA, Brazil, Nov.
27. Fifteen Latin American ria-
tions pressed the Inter- -Ameri-
can Economic Conference today
for q study Of the world coffee
situation. The proposal looked
toward an international coffee
agreement to stabilize prices.
The United States, the worlds
biggest customer. already has
said it .'disiikes" price -fixing
agreements. But 1t may 60 along
with Its southern ileighbors'
hopes for at least q. study OF
world coffee problems.
The conference. now split into
committees and working groups,
has two other major proposals
before it. One envisages crea-
ton Of an inter-American bank.
The other calls for a broad in
veStment program to attract
new capital to Latin America.
u. p s
Colombia Backs United States.
Colombia threw its support be-
hind United States proposal
for an international finance cor
poration to aid the economic de-
velopment Of Latin America.
Colombia's treasury minister,
Carlos Villaveces, made the an
nouncement as Chile fought q
losing battle in committee for a
rival proposal-the creation of
an inter-American bank finance
by Latin American capital re-
serves.
The United States proposal
was part of President Eisenhow-
er's announced program for
Transforming the good neigh
Dor" policy into the good part
ner" policy. American dollars
would go into the international
finance corporation.
Colombia was one of nearly a
dozen countries which earlier
had announced support of the
Chilean plan. Mr.. Villaveces said
he believed the international fl
nance corporation would be more
effective.
Humphrey Reports Progress.
United States Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey said yester-
day real progress was being
made in the conference for fur
ther progress and better rela-
tions among the nations of this
hemisphere"
The chief United States dele
gate left shortly afterwards for
Washington. Aboard the same
plane were Attorney General
Brownell, en- route from a pub
lie law conference in Sac Paulo
to New York, and World Bank
President Eugene Black who
was uylng TO caracas, venezuela.
Undersecretary of State Her.
bert Hoover, jr., took over as
head of the United States dele
cation here.
u. S. Opposes Proposal.
The United States opposed
yesterday a scheme to fix a
minimum of 81 billion yearly as
goal for Latin American eco
nomic development. Under the
proposal, the American Govern
ment would have contributed
most of the money. M
Andrew OVERLY, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury, termed
the project Impractical and
illusionary."
Evening star., 1954-11-29
Get to the Votinu!

There may be advantages to Senator
Mccarthy in delaying the vote on censure.
The nature of the debate in the next few
days will doubtless reveal whether tactical
naneuvers by the Senator's defenders are
to be directed to that end, and how far they
will go. But all of the Senators, regardless
of where they stand on the issue Of censure,
must realize that the people are getting very
tired of the business, and that the Senates
dignity is involved about as much in when
the vote is taken as in what the vote will
show. The issue is a simple one. It has
nothing to do with communism. The issue
Is whether Senator McCarthy's conduct, as
described in the specifications which have
! been drawn, is conduct of which the Senate
approves or disapproves. Efforts to show
that there are other and more complicated
issues are diversions, pure and simple. The
demand for vote should begin today and
r become more insistent with each days de-
lay. Vote the censure up, or vote it down
but vote!
Evening star., 1954-11-29
Our Unanimous Supreme Court

A significant chapter in the history OF
the Supreme Court was written on Satur-
day. For it was on that great (for the
Navy day that every one of the distin-
guished members of the court travelled to
Philadelphia and watched the football
game. A new mark in unanimity was es-
tablished. And members Of the court
cheerfully acknowledge that the credit is
due to the Chief Justice.
/ For years 1t has been customary for the
authorities at West Point or Annapolis to
send tickets to the Supreme Court. But, as
one Associate Justice ruefully admits, in all
of his years of service on the court he had
remained in blissful ignorance of this de-
lightful courtesy. He had never seen hide
nor hair of an Army-Navy game ticket un-
til few days ago, when Chief Justice War
rem, in possession of the tickets received
from the Navy, beamingly approached his
brethren, told them he had them and put
the issue to each one OF them: How about
going to the ball game?"
There seems to have been no argument.
The vote was unanimous. There was some
discussion Of inviting Judge Harlan. But
that posed the question of mixing the pow
ers Of the judiciary with those of the legis-
lative branch of Government, which still
has Judge Harlan's nomination under con-
Evening star., 1954-11-29
By Charles E. TroceweH

at the old Polls Theater. and later at
the New National, gave the city such
light and grand opera as it had, and
did very good job Of it. too.
It was the attitude of the older
playgoers, however, that was so amaz-
ing.
Perhaps there is nothing akin to it
today except the enthusiasm with
which the "flappers" greeted some of
the singing stars and dance bands in
recent years. But the young screaming
girls of today are simply wound UP by
mass mind. and a full quota of pro-
teins, vitaminS and minerals In their
diet.
The older playgoers. who thrilled to
MarloWe. for instance, did it with as
much enthusiasm but more finesse;
that is, they did not scream, but def
niteIy knew what they were thrilled
about, since they had many good COM
parsons. The very fact that they had
little other entertainment made them
have q great body of factual knowledge
behind them.
Their keen delight in the perfect
and beautiful In art was the real thing.
we may believe, because it had to be-
They had very little knowledge of the
mediocre or meretricious in art. All
that they had was good. The bad
begged down good way off from
Washington. And by bad" we do not
necessarily mean the vulgar, but the
inept. the less than mastery, the near
failure. In the old days, II we can
believe the old folks. they never had
anything but the best.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
This and That

In the old days, Washington was
the place they tried out the new plays.
II they made a hit here, they were
put on Broadway.
If they failed in the National Capital,
they probably were through. though
occasionally failure here would have
a road tour before folding up.
We believe people took their theater
more seriously In those days, probably
because there was nothing else, no
radio, no television, no movies.
The legitimate theater, with the
vaudeville. and the burlesque as an
of much theatrical materiaD--
These comprised about all the public
entertainment there was. with the ex-
ception of travel lectures. to which
many persons went with their children
as q matter of stern duty.
It was the successful play, with q
successful star, that met the peoples
need for entertainment. N
II
The writer here, who came along
several generations after our CORE
spondent, was not in on the famous
work Of the great stars of the older era.
But we sat on the edge of 1t, in
sense, and can recall easily how fasci-
mated people were with the theatrical
presentations OF Maude Adams, Julia
Marlowe. De Wolf Hopper and many
others.
IT Is hard to believe, perhaps. but
ff,ora y,arn M YnYlciNo1 nnx.rorfa aT1at, 4 Z
we have today, no opera, except In
summer stock.
The Ahorn Opera Company. playing
Evening star., 1954-11-29
Onset

At three o'clock that November after.
noon,
/ stood ON the rusty hiH
In a rough clearing betUeen tDo dark
entng moods.
On the small northwest ptsd smelted
the chill
Forewarning Of first sno,U. The sky iOas
gray,
Soft as the pale breast feathers
OF the cinnamon iUinter tCren tn q ptte
of brush
Bubbling her clear delight In stlUer
Ueather.
BROWSING among the pines. the cool mind
halted
To SHIFT and Teconnoiter.
Then came at me k1ee-deep IN frozen
fotDers,
Filling my eyes NTH stars from the due
north quarter.
A lantern blurred In the jdrmydfd
squared belotD,
Swinging toDdrd eUentn0 chores.
told the icreH, odHtght-keep that
music UnTm,"
And turned dotDnhiu toiDard IoUe Gssd
the green storm doors.
Frances Frost.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
.RHoDE ISLAND AVENUE

Dear Sir:
"The German verb 'schwarmen'
means to have a keen delight in the
perfect and beautiful in art. Not only
young but also older people experience
such moments of enthusiasm and
ecstasy when seeing great actor or
hearing sublime singer.
ITO this day ! thrill when ] re-
member performance of Julia Mar
lowe and Henry Jewett In The Love
Chase Father had free passes for
the performance at the old and later
the New National Theater, and, as I
grew up, mother took me with her to
see the great artists perform great
plays.
Needless to say that I thrilled many
times! One Of my greatest enthusiasms.
however, was for the English actor,
E. S. willard. who visited our country
when ! was in my 'lapper' age.
During several years ! was fortunate
TO see my idol, and the utter delight
to see him In Barrie's The Professors
Love Story has remained with me
through the years.
I'm the lobby of the National Theater
q more than life-sized photograph of
this handsome and fascinating artist
was hung on the wall where the win
dows OF the ticket Office now are.
Again. and again I stood in silent
admiration before this picture, when
one day. 1t was taken down. and al
though j tried to find out what had
become or II, no one seemed to know.
and ID 4 had only my memory left.
Sincerely, "A. g.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
Piano Deoler' 5 cose

In view of the rather complete cover
age given to the views of former Super
intendent of Licenses Nottingham, re-
garding his denial of my second -hand
dealers license, feel that it would be
informative to indicate some inaccura-
cieS in his statements as well as the
dangers inherent In his actions.
have been operating under this IL
cense since 1851 and at no time has
there been any complaint about the
conduct Of my business. The reason
given by Mr.. Nottingham to the news
papers for reyoking the license is that
my availing myself of the protection of
the Constitution when badgered by one
of the congressional witch-hunting
committees makes me, in his eyes, NOR
ally UNIT to buy and sell used pianos.
This, it seems to me, Is an unfair and
arbitrary act loaded with dangerous
implications. II licensing officer can
apply his own opinions on irrelevant
matters in denying licenses that mean
bread and butter to people, then he is
indeed not an officer administering q
set OF regulations. but czar whose
personal ukases are based on his pri-
vate whimS and fancies.
Mr.. Nottingham has refused to give
the reasons for the revocation either to
me or my attorney, but has freely given
them to the press in advance of my ap-
peal. This seems to me to be very ques-
tionable administrative procedure.
Mr.. Nottingham stated that his men
could not locate me because both my
business and residence had moved, thus
giving the impression that was some
Kind OF fugitive. Actually ! had called
Mr.. Nottingham's Office in October no
Trying him of my change of address:
my new business address is around the
corner from the old one and for one
month large sign was in the window
at the old address notifying people
Wnere l was. My new address has ex-
actly the same telephone as the old one
and can be easily reached; have been
issued some four different permits and
licenses at my new address; the Motor
Vehicle Bureau was notified of nv
change In residence two days after I
had moved. and so forth. No one but
Mr.. Nottingham has had any trouble
finding me.
l trust that the appeals board will see
nt TO rectify this example of dictatorial
administration, and make it clear that
the only grounds for license revocation
are relevant charges, not the private
views Of an administrative official.
In conclusion may I express my ap-
probation for the high standard of
Journalism shown by The Star in its
factual presentation Of the story and
your editorial on this matter?
william Shonick.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
The Parking Problem

Stockholders of Capital Transit
should vote bonus to the traffic au-
thorities of the District in recognition
OF their contributions toward solution
OF traffic and parking problems. 1t is
a real triumph for free enterprise when
police power can be used to bludgeon
the public into patronizing a service
that is not good enough to command
patronage on its own merits. The next
step, now. should be to prohibit all pri-
vate cars from entering the downtown
streets of Washington, thus reserving
them for the exclusive use of street.
cars and buses and completely solving
the downtown traffic problem. This
would provide rights-of- way for the use
Of Capital Transit ait public expense and
the company would be able to pay 10
per cent dividends regardless of how
bad its service became, or how smelly
its buses are.
From the public's viewpoint the LETT
ter by "F. M" in the November Is Star
on Liberal View on Parking" is GER
tainly the best suggestion that has
been advanced yet. It recognizes that
the 117,000-odd persons who drive to
work and the at least as many pas
sengers that they carry are public, too.
The downtown businessmen would
then find out that their best customers
are really the Government workers
whose cars are parked downtown rather
than the shoppers who theoretically
can be attracted away from their sub
urban shopping centers If the streets
are only left to Capital Transit so their
schedules can be speeded UP by min
ute and a half.
AS for the philosophy expressed by
the aforementioned officials and in
Star editorials that the District govern
ment is not obliged to provide free park
ing space, one can only agree. Neither
is 1t obliged to provide free streets, nor
sewers, nor street lights, nor police,
ETC., etc. Who says they are free?
And if the off street parking facility
owners were not so greedy, they could
really contribute to the solution Of the
problem and make money, too. Most
any one would prefer to pay so cents
a day for parking to so cents bus fare.
But dollar, or even rs cents is an
affront to ones sense of proportion.
If the authorities are as interested
as they pretend to be in solving these
problems let them try out some ideas
that will help the person who finds it
best to drive to work rather than ride
in bus, instead of penalizing him.
That might also provide some stimulus
to the public transportation companies
to improve their services. F. r. Fosberg.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
"Did Some One Say
Peaceful CO-existence?'"

the Senate who are not dominated by
him senile, imbecile and the like, he
acts as a self-appointed psychiatrist to
the Senate.
He, and some Of his supporters, are
one-eyed Cyclops who can see only
Communists but have no eye to see
Fascists. Good Americans are opposed
to both because they are equally un-
American and enemies of our American
democracy; and until they condemn
both fascism and communism at the
same time, instead of advocating our
American ideals. they will be suspect
of being absolutists in favor Of some
form OF dictatorship.
James w. Beckman.
If properly sense the attitude Of
the public toward the current Con-
gressional sideshow. it is: why don't
they cut out the tomfoolery and CEN
sure the guy so they can get down to
the more important business Of going
home-he's not worth the time and
expense of continued special session"
Or. as my 8-year-old daughter would
say. tits enauSeating!"
Milton Lewis.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
Man With a Plan

As an engineer living in Fairfax
County who drives to the District each
day over various routes, I'd like to point
out why believe the new bridges are
not necessary now and what should be
done to ease the trafIic situation be-
tween Virginia and the. District.
I strongly recommend that instead
Of building new bridges money be spent
to study and correct the bottlenecks
now occurring, and that full and
greater use be made of the present
bridges. A few specific recommends
tionS:
Chain Bridge;
Make the bridge and Canal road a
three-lane reversible thoroughfare, two
lanes to the District in the am. and
two lanes to Virginia In the pm. Widen
the intersection Of Glebe road, and
Georgetown turnpike SO that Glebe road
traffic and turnpike traffic can move
onto the bridge at the same time and
then move two abreast along Canal
road. At evenings the reverse would
occur.
Key Bridge:
Make this a six-lane bridge right
now by stripping it for three lanes each
way without worrying about the occa-
sional streetcar.
Memorial Bridge:
Build an overhead cloverleaf with q
j down ramp to correct the bottleneck
where traffic headed for the Pentagon
merges and crosses Arlington boulevard
traffic headed for Memorial Bridge.
Arlington boulevard:
This is real bottleneck since traffic
lights have been installed almost to
Fort Buffalo (Seven Corners). I admit
the need for lights so that pedestrians
and cross-trafic can move, but an auto
matte traffic light has no eyes and no
brains, with the result that the heavy
Arlington boulevard traffic Is delayed
not by cross-traffic conditions, but by a
brainless automatic device. These boule-
ward lights must be manually controlled
by policemen in the rush periods, so that
hundreds Of cars are not stopped for a
red light with no croSs-traffic in sight.
Constitution avenue:
Build pedestrian underpasses at the
Navy and Munitions Buildings and free
the Avenue at that point for greater
movement of automobiles, and greater
safety Of people.
Fourteenth street bridge - south
bound:
This bridge carried four lanes of traf-
fc--tWo each way-for many years, so
why doesn't 1t carry four lanes in one
direction now? Also in this connection,
since the Virginia side has 40-mile
limit, why not give the bridge traffic
40-mile limit?
Fourteenth street bridge - north
bound:
This new facility is excellent, but
there are many bottlenecks on the Dis
trict side. To mention a serious one at
Maine avenue and Twelfth street, I'd
like to report that at the morning rush
hour it takes two minutes to cross the
bridge and drop down the ramp to
Maine avenue, and it then takes thir-
teen minutes to get by Twelfth street.
Here again is a brainless automatic
traffic light. WILD.
Evening star., 1954-11-29
Authoritative Study Preferred

Out of recurrent discussions of Metro
politan Area transit and traffic problems
there is emerging widely held opinion that
an authoritative, sweeping transportation
inquiry is the best approach to permanent
solution. There are differing ideas, how
ever, as to how such study might best
be conducted-Whether existing agencies
could or should be used or whether a new
commission or other group should undertake
the job.
The Star still believes that the soundest
plan is that which calls for creation of a
special interjurisdictiona study commission,
along the lines of that provided in the i'll
fated Broyhill BILL Congress approved this
plan at the last session, but it was coupled
with such Objectionable tranSit-control
provisions that President Eisenhower vetoed
1t. Virginia and Maryland had given their
approval to joint-inquiry plan by author
izing participation in it by appointed dele
cations. This State participation has been
left hanging in midair by the collapse of
national legislation on the subject. It has
been proposed that the State delegations
collaborate with District representation
in voluntary transit inquiry, but an under
taking of this sort without funds, expert
staff or statutory authorization would be
seriously handicapped.
A more promising alternative plan is
that being advanced in some official and
civic quarters This proposal would involve
granting of funds to the National Capital
Planning Commission for comprehensive
transportation study in conjunction with the
Regional Planning Council The regional
agency already has representation from
Virginia and Maryland, so that the inter-
jurisdictional aspect of the enterprise would
be preserved. Somewhat similar regional
studies have been carried out in the San
Francisco Bay and Detroit areas. II Con-
gress at the next session does not see fit
to re-enact the Broyhill bill in revised
form or some like measure, the appropria-
tion of money for thoroughgoing transit
and traffic survey under sponsorship of the
National Capital Planning Commission and
the Regional Planning Council would be
well worth considering. An expert, Metro
politan Area-wide study should be made
before any definite action is taken by Con-
gress on legislation for regional regulation
of transit or other utilities.