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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Letters to The Star
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or cannot hold the tax line. doubt
that most Falls Church voters will let
the chance of a $40 to $50 tax increase
deter them from voting for adequate
school and water facilities in the refer
endum tomorrow.
Grant Hilliker,
Falls Church Councilman.
+
Falls Church voters at the polls
tomorrow will not be fooled by Council
man Hilliker's assurances that the
$780, 900 school bond issue will raise
their property taxes mere $40 to $40
per year. The additional money. he
says, can be had from other sources as
recommended in report of January. IL
by the Councils Tax Study Committee.
Mr.. Hilliker complains that the press
has given scant notice to this tax study
report. Perhaps The Star will please
Mr. Hilliker by informing its readers
that among the proposals in his tax
revision plan are these:
l. An automobile license tag tax.
2. A tax on bills for electricity, water,
gas and telephone service.
8. Direct billing for garbage and
trash collection service.
4. Additional business license taxes.
S. Raising real property assessments
from Is per cent to go per cent of ap-
praised values.
s. Borrowing from water and sewer
removal and extension funds
These nostrums might indeed lessen
the burden on real and personal prop
erty while bleeding the taxpayer none
theleSS.
Education and economic welfare of
Falls Church will be served best by
defeating the school bond issue to
force better solution of school prob
lens without increased taxes.
Samuel E. McCrary.
Former Falls Church Councilman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

burgh Of the North - Ulan Ude in
Siberia.
BY all rights the future should be
bright for Kazakhstan. Sometimes it
is called the Texas" Of the Soviet
Union. It is agriculturalIy rich. with
fine herds and tremendous collective
farms. And it may have the finest
apples the other side of Albemarle. II
not, why then should its principal city
be called Alma Ata-father of apples?
But now the Kazakh farmers are re-
belling. Straw rots in the fields. Hay
goes unstacked. Several hundred thou
sand sheep and $4,000 horses are re-
ported withou9food and shelter in the
mountains. The 1858 farm quotas have
not been met. Details on industrial pro-
duction are not as readily available,
but the showdown is believed to be
widespread. hence the purge"
The KazakhS of Central Asia
whether fleeing and fighting or staying
put and causing trouble-Seem to be a
thorn in the Communist flesh. These
men of Mongol-Turk origin, whose an
cestors once rode with Genghis Khan.
are being recognized more and more
as valuable allies of the free world.
But for the moment. that recognition
must conf1ne itself to a well done"
from other lovers Of freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
:.
Library of Congress Report

Inc Library OF Congress always has been
big business In a sense of the phrase that car
ries no opprobrium. and this again is demon
strated by the annual report of the Librarian
for the year ended June 80, 1853 document
running to 1872 pages of closely printed text
Perhaps the fact that it covers the last of the
eight years of service given 1.-The greatest bibh-
ographic establishment on earth" by DR. Luther
H. Evans gives added Importance to the findings
set forth He had "held the doors of the Library
open wide upon the world" and the world, not
merely Congress nor even all the American
people, Tut practically every nation every COM
munity under the sun had responded The
record OF the resultant activities makes fasci-
mating reading.
Much of it, of course is printed IN the form
of comparative statistics For example, q chart
shows how inquiries received by the legislative
reference division and answered by letter rose
during DIR. Evans tenure from 5000 to 81 00U
Similar increases occurred during 1878 m
the catalog card section, which turned over to
the Treasury more than 81 O37 900 earned by the
sale of Il million cards and many books and
pamphlets relating to book analysis and listing,
and in the Copyright Office, which paid into the
same depository $865,30 in fees. The Library
in the same fiscal period acquired more than
400 900 acceSsionS as against 1882 900 pieces IN
the previous year.
Naturally, many of the enterprises of the
Library were direct outgrowths OF Government
proceedings Congress still has high priority
claim on all branches Of the national "univer-
sity of the people" Every Senator and every
Representative called upon Dr. Evans staff for
help in the last year before he left to become
Director General of UNESCO. But the Library
also served every other agency Of our Federal
system. The cost Of its endeavors TO the tax
payers was less than $40 Millions bargain
price surely for such useful social and cultural
labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Falls Church Schools

It is inconceivable that any person who goes
to the polls tomorrow will vote against the
proposed 100000 bond issue for Falls Church
schools because of belief that additional
space is not needed. Any possible doubt on this
point was removed when the school board an
nounced: "This year we have all first grades
on half day sessions; next year it will be neces-
sary to put all second grades on half-time; and
two years later, II additional space is not avail
able, at least half Of all the Falls Church school
children will be on halliday sessions"
The real threat to the bond issue arises
from discomfort for variety Of reasons among
voters who do not question the need for more
space Some think too much money is being
sought. Some are critical Of plans for school
location Others want abandonment of the
antiuuated Jefferson School and the tempo
raries to come first Some complain that not
enough regular classroomS are contemplated
Still others think economies In school operating
costs would make 1t possible to provide the
needed space without any increase in the tax
rate. And so on.
The fact Of the matter is, however, that
the members of the school board are able,
conscientious, and Woodworking. Many hours
of labor have gone into the preparation of the
boards building plans. And for the time being,
at least, it is case Of choosing these plans and
this bond issue, or getting nothing. The board
has said that the proposed bond issue could
not possibly cause an increase Of more than
80 cents In the tax rate" This means, at most,
a total annual tax increase Of $3.50 for house
worth $4,000; Of SGT for house having a
market value of $4,000 These are not high
prices-and the actual cost may well be less
for an adequate school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Reds Catch d Tartar Behind the Curtain
By Ann cottreIl Free

THE LINE long and struggling
J. wandered, 1t seemed. from mo-
where to nowhere. First, It was the
rich lands, then the waste and cruel
lands Of Central Asia.
The line. In the beginning. meant
men, women, children, cattle. sheep.
horses and frolicsome dogs nipping ut
the heels of all. This was no ordinary
trek Of nOmads. It was . forced march
to freedom.
And the Chinese Communists barred
all routes to the free world save one.
This was across mountain range
whose heights and passes are Is dam
gerous as most In Asia's heartland.
It's name. strange and unfamiliar to
Western ears, Is Kunlun.
It was winter. The wanderers grew
hungry. The leaping ihex and roe had
gone; the livestock dwindled. as did
the, supply of barley and frozen
launches, until there was none.
These were the KAYAKS Of Sinkiang
who travelled SO. They were fleeing
them home grazing lands. They left
them soon after the Chinese Com
muniStS took control Of the men and
resources Of the land once bearing the
magic name of Turkestan.
They chose to move on to something
new. untried and alien rather than
have the new government" as one
KAYAK put 1t, become father and
mother" They definitely did not want
to live under Communist domination
as their KAYAK kinsmen over the border
in Russian Kazakhstan have been
forced to do for about quarter Of q
century.
What most Of them chose. in the final
analysis. was death in the highland
SHOWS. OF the $4,000 KAYAKS who
started out In 1851, only $50 arrived In
Kashmir in 1852. Most Of the women
and all Of the children died.
This trek. little noticed by the West
ern world. ranks with the epic migra-
tons Of history when 1t comes to hard
ship. Not only did the KAYAKS suffer
cold and hunger. they stood-their
backs to the Kunlun-and fought their
pursuers and won.
This trek could be completely forgot
ten. but now there comes news from
Central Asia that the same rugged, in
dependent spirit Of these men is very
much alive within the Soviet Republic
of KazakhStan.
The kinsmen Of the same men who
gave their families and their own lives
in their journey to freedom are now
causing trouble within the Soviet
Union. The Soviet Kazakhs-some 3
million of them-have always resisted
their Kremlin rulers. The III was
added to their name by the Soviets
They rebelled when herded onto col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Sewage and SenseIess.

It is hard to imagine more senSeless
and savage act Of political terrorism than that
committed at the Capitol yesterday by small
Land of gun-waving Puerto Rican extremists.
Only grossly twisted minds could believe that
such indiscriminate gunplay from House
gallery would in any way promote the cause
which the fanatical assailants profeSsed to be
supporting Puerto Rican independence.
Nothing could have done more damage to
such cause than the shocking attack which
sent five Representatives to hospitals and the
four would-be aSsaSSinS to Jail.
It is evident from statements Of Puerto
Rican leaders that the people of that island
are as indignant over the outrage as their
fellow citizens in the United States. The
Nationalist Party, in which the terroriSts
claimed membership, is>a very small, discredited
group in Puerto Rico. There are said to be
number of party exiles in the United States
q situation which calls for more alertneSs on
the part Of police authorities than apparently
has prevailed in the past.
Events have shown that there is no place
for leniency In the handling of this sort of
vicious political demonstrating. The COM
muting to life Imprisonment of the death
sentence imposed on Oscar Collazo, Puerto
Rican Nationalist who killed White House
policeman in the abortive 1850 attack on Pres
1QeHC 4TuHldu Was al dCI VI uAcICy WAilCu
apparently made no favorable impression on
the misguided group of which he was leader.
Vigorous action is called for in the new outbreak
to root out all accomplices.
Meanwhile the whole Nation sympathizes
with the wounded Congressman and their
families, hoping for full recovery Of all the
victims. And the public will indorse the tight
ening of security measures at the Capitol and
elsewhere, even though this may prove in
convenient for abiding citizens wishing to
see their Government in action. Certainly
stricter regulations governing use Of the legis-
lative galleries are imperative as long as there
is any danger of further lunacy of the sort
that shook the Capitol yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
On Curling Nee orthy

Quite few people. apparently are per-
suading themselves that the evils Of "McCar-
thyism" can be cured by some simple expedient.
such as change in the rules to guard against
one-man hearings by the Wisconsin Senator's
subcommittee 1t would be nice to think that
this is so. But the chances are that this con-
clusion is one which is compounded largely of
wishful thinking,
Some reports have stated that both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans are united in move to
restrain the excesses which result from meet
ings of the Mccarthy subcommittee "unham-
pered by the presence of other members" And
it Is said that the President is lending his sup
port to something Of this sort
If SO, 1t is all to the good. But few qnes-
tons suggest themselves There is only one
reason why Senator Mccarthy can run his
show "unhampered by the presence of other
members" of his subcommittee. And that Is
because the other members fail to attend meet
ings. Is the remedy for this change in the
rules? Or might not the problem be met very
simply If the other members would take the,
trouble to attend committee hearings?
There also seems to be some beHef-or
hopEthat Senator Mccarthy as result Of the
set-to with General zwicker and Secretary
Stevens, is going to pursue a more. moderate
and more conciliatory line. Perhaps so, but
OACC again tlCIC ID ECdSUu w 0uSpCCt Vic pres"
ence of wishful thinking.
The Senator may operate under some self
imposed restraint for while, although there is
little in his current comments to indicate that
he intends to do So Unfortunately, for the long
pull. there is no future for the Senator in deal
ing gently with those who come before his
committee. He prospers politically on denun-
citation and real or make believe exposure. For
a lamblike Senator Mccarthy, the game would
hardly be worth the candle.
If this view Of the matter Is correct, the
chances are that the current era Of good feel
ing" such as it is will not last for long. There
is high probability that Senator Mccarthy,
within short time, will be hammering away
once again at Secretary Stevens, General
zwicker, or some other representative of the
Army who is comparably incapable of standing
up to the committee chairman.
There is only one person who has the polit-
ical prestige to clip the wings of the Senator
from Wisconsin. That person is President Eisen-
hover. He can do it-assuming that he Is will
ing to forget the real or fancied political value
OF Senator Mccarthy as Republican partisan
asset, and assuming also that the President
really makes up his mind that he has had
enough of McCarthyism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Reciprocal Trade


Gould Lincoln wrote an interesting
article February % on the so-called
reciprocal trade battle shaping up in
Congress.
Mr.. Lincoln's article was generally
accurate but went out Of bounds
factually at one spot. He says that
those who are anti-Trade Agreements
Act want Congress to take back its
responsibility for fixing tariffs. That
is true; but he then says this would
be turning back the clock with
vengeance. He infers that the Congress
itself would be asked to write a tariff
act. and points out that it is 20-odd
years since Congress last wrote a gen.
eral tariff act.
I know of no one among those who
might qualify as "anti-Trade Agree
ments Act" who proposes to return
the tariff to Congress with the idea
that Congress would itself determine
tariff rates. This would be left to an
agency of Congress, such as the Tariff
Commission. but would remove the
function from the executive ii. e., State
Department. where. under the Consti-
tuition. it never belonged. The re-
SponSibility for regulating foreign COM
merce and for levying duties was placed
squarely on Congress by the Constitu-
ton.
Mr.. Lincoln also says that Il the
Trade Agreements Act should expire.
the Hawley-Smoot tariff would come
into effect Immediately. The fact is
that it is in effect. today, as amended
by the Trade Agreements Act. How
ever. the rates in the trade agreements
now in effect would continue in effect
indefinitely even if the Trade Agree
ments Act should expire in June. The
only effect of such expiration would
be to withhold from the President the
authority to enter into further trade
agreements. The old ones would con-
tinue in effect by their own terms.
Therefore, your columniSt'S appre-
hension. expressed in his last para
graph, that We are about to witness
the return of the old LOG rolling"
system of general tariff-making by
Congress is unfounded-unleSs, of
course, the tanning of the escape
clause mechanism as it is now effec-
lively damned continues to operate in
notification of the will of Congress.
and if. as a consequence, domestic
producers conclude that direct legisla-
ton is the only possible remedy left.
In that sense, Mr.. Lincoln may be
prophetic; but we hope for a better
solution. o. r. Strackbein,
Chairman. Nationwide Committee
of Industry, Agriculture and La
Dor on Import-Export Policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
The Priceless Gift

This is the dGy-thiS golden globe OF
hours:
A lifetime glotus ahead. its hidden
polUerS
Within mn grasp to do tDith as tDill-
To scatter truitlessly or to fulfu
The dreams of yesterday. tomorroW's
goals:
And nuugtt but me to sight the lurking
shoals.
Yet, tearlessly ri find an open course.
Allotted by past treasures inner force:
Each failure, each success has giuen
birth
To some significance OF future north.
M eager heart is racing, spirits lift
To meet the challenge OF this priceless
gift.
I cannot dare ignore finding the 1rdy
To live ompletely-1aoU-this is the
day.
Jeon Mer9ord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Cleoninq Up or Messing Up?

Your recent editorial regarding the
action Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee on the nomination of Gov
Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the
United States prompted the following
thought for the day:
Progress may have been made in
cleaning up the Democratic mess"
here in Washington. as promised by
the present administration tan objec-
tive to which I, as lifelong Republic
can. subscriber, but one gains the firm
conviction that the McCarthys, the
Jenners and the hangers are doing
more effective job of messing up the
clean" in the political party to which
they profess allegiance.
Johnson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
FINS to q Mean Show

It took the Senate a mere seven minutes
Yesterday to confirm Earl Warren as Chlef
Justice of the United States. The voice vote in
his favor was apparently unanimous Not a
single member stood up to dissent. There was
only loud chorus of well-deServed approval
a fitting end to the mean and shameful treat
ment accorded this outstanding American by
Chairman LANCER of the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Warren would have been confirmed
weeks ago. of course if Senator LANCER pre-
sumably because of personal grievances against
the Eisenhower administration over patronage
matters in North Dakota had not chosen to
engage in political ShenaniganS. But he so
chose Armed with his Craftsmanship powers
he deliberately delayed the vote and even went
to the extreme of spreading on the record out
rageous charges from crackpot sources vilify-
ing the Chief Justice. Mr.. Warren, three times
Governor of California and the Republican
vice presidential candidate in 1913, thus was
subjected to a shameful smear-a smear which
also furnished the Senate's good name.
This sort of thing has happened before
and it can happen again, because members of
Congress become committee heads not because
of special qualifications of mind and character
but solely because of seniority rights acquired
through length of service That is why, on occa-
sion Craftsmanship powers are abused as grossly
as they have been in the case of the Chief
Justice Senate Majority Leader Knowland has
indicated that a serious effort will be made to
correct the evil, and every responsible minded
American must hope that the effort will sue
ceed Senator Langer's recent show not to
mention some of Senator McCarthy's perform
ances, is evidence enough of the need for such
q reform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02

heat beginning to develop. From now until the
truly hot days Of July, the first and most impor-
tant question Of the morning will be whether to
wear the topcoat. and one viii have to wrestle
with it without dependence on the birds and the
sunshine. The weight OF decision win be heavy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
of fact by writing The Eyenins star Inc
ton S, D. c. Please inciose three t3) cents for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.

BY HE dAOnAN0 SEANVASGs
@. How many times did Mary Martin
wash her hair during the many per-
formances of South Pacific "?-C. N. G.
A. During the plays run on Broad
way Miss Martin washed her hair 900
times. Afterwards has continued doing
so while South Pacific" ran in London.
@. What do the letters D. P, or 8
mean on scent pieces?-M. r.
A. They are the initial letters OF the
cities in which coinage minis are To-
Gated. D stands for Denver. P for Phila-
delphia, S for San Francisco.
@. What railway station in the United
States has the shortest name?-H. M. R.
A. w, KY. locally pronounced u
Zee) is the shortest station name. ac-
cording to Botkin and Harlow in
Treasury of Railroad Folklore"
Evening star., 1954-05-14

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-07-22
Twiinbrook
Mrs. Donald H. Mellon

The beautiful weather last Sun
day afternoon brought out ap-
proXimately 125 persons to in
spect the II homes in our area
which opened attics and patioS
for inspection on the tour for the
benefit of the Boys club.
A wealth of ideas was garner
ed from the originality displayed
by the proud homeownerS who
included:
Harry Murray, .Halsey Road,
attic and patio; William Brey,
Rockland Avenue, porch; H. Wal
ter Starkloff, Crawford Drive,
patio; Paul Tyser, patio and gar
den; Bob Rapp, Wainwright
Avenue, attic in construction;
George Derbyshire, Vandergrift,
attic and porch; Donald Mellon,
LeMay Road, patio and picnic
area; Robert Kimball, LeMayI
Road, patio and shed; Richard
Ledford, Nimitz, patio and gar
den; James Arair, Calvin Lane,
attic; Vernon Fox, Calvin Lane,
attic. Assisting as hostesses
were: Mrs. Seymour Harris, Mrs.
Carl Burrows, Mrs. Kenneth Fry,
Mrs. Russell Coslett and Mrs.
Irwin Cox.
Leighton Dudley, chairman of
the committee, wishes to express
appreciation to the area chair
man, block chairman and ticket
sellers who helped to make the
affair a success.
A committee from the Twin
brook Homemakers Clubs is al
ready hard at work on the float
which they will enter in the
Homemakers pageant on August
q at the Gaithersburg fair.
The theme this year will be the
history of Maryland.
The Twinbrook clubs have been
given the first Thanksgiving in
our State for their subject. Mrs.
Robert SlutZ, chairman of the
committee, with her co-WorkerS,
Mrs. d. Lee Woelk, Mrs. Daniel
Durham, Mrs. George Pittenger,
and Mrs. John Curling, have dis
covered that Maryland's first
Thanksgiving was very different
from the famous Pilgrim feast.
When Lord Calvert landed at st.
Mary's on the Eastern Shore, he
and his men cut and erected
wooden cross beneath which his
group gave thanks for a safe ar
rival.
This week is hobby week at the
playground. All the children are
invited to display their favorite
hobby and share the know-how
with other interested playground
ers. Tomorrow show with dane
ing, singing, joke-telling, and any
other prooffered talent will be
produced in the new ampitheater
at one o'clock. Mrs. Frank Rich
ter has been delighting the chill
dren with a class in puppet-mak-
ing. About thirty clever-fingered
youngsters completed nylon flow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-07-22
Dorothy Ann Sisk
WEEDS FinneyfrOck
At Layhill Church

Dorothy Anne Sisk of Cul-
pepper, Va, and c. L. Finney-
frock, Jr., of Silver Spring, were
married July II in the Layhill
Free Methodist church.
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Sisk of Culpeper, the
bride wore white faille summer
suit with white accessories and
a corsage of red roses.
The Rev. Alma Frederick of
Culpeper Free Methodist church,
officiated at the wedding, assist
ed by the Rev. B. Gerald Hart
man of the Layhill church.
The groom, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. L. Finneyfrock of Silver
Spring, is employed by National
Electrical Machine Shops. The
couple will live in Silver Spring.