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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10

w. Hall and his high command
regard communism as much
more effective for the cam
paign than a legislative pro-
gram. The latter was Presi-
dent Eisenhower's idea. The
G. 0. P. Old Guard, which
will become the dominant in
fluence in the congressional
campaign, frankly does not
think too highly Of some fea-
lures Of the Presidents legis-
lative program. Too Fair
Dealish for them.
They had just as soon see
a good deal Of it shelved. In
a sense they were making such
a choice - and they find it
congenial. For they realized,
when they decided to adopt the
Mccarthy tune, that they
were risking Democratic help
in Congressman no Repub-
lican measure can get through
without Democratic support.
That's simple arithmetic.
Democrats also are very con-
scious Of risks to them. They
see the danger Of being goaded
into opposition to the point
where Republicans might be
able to blame them for failure
Of the Eisenhower legislative
program.
Consequently, sthey will pick
their course very carefully to
avoid any charge Of being OBJ
Structionists. On measures Of
national security and measures
to protect the economy and
prevent the present recession
from growing, they will be CO.
operative. In fact. they will
bring measures to bolster the
economy forward themselves
II the administration waits too
long and lets unemployment
spread beyond Industrial sore
spots such as Detroit. Demo-
Gratis already have introduced
such measures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10

contributions for the party in
Office are generally less eff
Gent than those who have
reached that position through
the ranks"
The embassies at Ankara,
Athens, Madrid. Teheran and
Kabul, headed by veterans Of
the Foreign Service such as
Avra Warren. Cavendish Cam
non, James Dunn, 10y Hen
derson and Angus Ward, run
like clockwork. There are CO.
hesion. discipline and warm
relations between all members
Of the staff. The secretaries
and counselors express their
views without conjunction
and with the full knowledge
that they are covered by their
chiefs, who alone are respon-
Sible for the work Of the diplo-
matte mission. These under.
lings in turn know that it
would be unwise for them to
go behind the back of their
chief and report directly to
Washington, as did happen
during and soon after the end
of the last war in some foreign
posts.
A favorable situation also
existed, insofar as this re-
porter was able to ascertain, in
Rome, where a political ap-
pointee, Mrs. Clare Boothe
Luce, is heading the mission.
She seems to know what she is
doing, and the staff, dimin-
ished as 1t is because Of budg-
etary reductions, works will
ingly overtime to see that the
job is done. Her speeches,
which have drawn violent crit.
icism from the Communists,
are the result of consultations
with the more experienced
members Of the staff-civil
and military.
Despite the squawks we have
d heard about our diplomatic
service. there is little doubt
that it can compare favorably
with that Of any other world
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Doris Fleeson-
Successor for Lindsay Warren
Democrats, With Majority in Senate Will Say Hands Off
fG Q. P. Tries to Make Wonen's Job Political Plum

= Influential Democrats, whose
wrath over Republican tactics
has now boiled over in public,
have already picked one point
= at which they will say to Presi-
dent Eisenhower: This far
and no farther"
=, It Is the vital office Of Con-
,'troller General Of the United
!, States, now held by one Of the
most respected men in Wash
; ; tngton. Lindsay Warren, a for
mer Democratic Representative
from North Carolina. What
, Congress thinks Of him was
evidenced recently when they
. approved a measure to give
him a lifetime pension at full
pay, a tribute placing him on
q parity with Federal judges.
Mr.. Warren retired from the
House to become Controller
General November /, 1910. and
his 15-year term therefore does
not expire until next year. He
% has not been in good health.
-. however. a fact known to his
former colleagues who has
tened to reaSsure him about
his financial security should it
become necessary for him to
lay down his burden.
The Controller Generals SAL
airy is ST. 500, which combined
with the long tenure makes it
one Of the juiciest plums in
Washington. It also, though
little known to the general
public, Is one of the biggest
jobs in the Government.
The Controller General is
the watchdog for Congress on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10

This Is q unanimous report Of
the subcommittee"
Now Messrs. Casey and his
associates have merely been
indicted, and they are pre-
Sumed innocent under the law
until proved guilty, but the
significant fact Is that an ON
cial Senate inquiry into their
transactions has revealed q
lengthy record. AS q conse-
quence Of the use Of the power
Of subpoena by Congress, the
Department Of Justice has q
clearer and more comprehen-
sive view Of the whole series Of
transactions than might have
been developed at the actual
trial itself, which Is, Of course,
governed by rules Of evidence
that are far more restrictive
than the scope Of testimony
taken by congressional COM
mitteeS.
The main point to note,
however, Is that the methods"
used by the Senate subcommit-
tee in 1852 are not essentially
different from those being pur-
sued by the same committee
today under the craftsmanship
Of Senator Mccarthy. except
for the occasional outbursts
that occur when witnesses re-
fuse to testify. Outbursts by
committee members, however,
are as privileged as speeches
on the floor Of the Senate it.
self and there is no rule that
can be adopted by which any
Senator or Representative can
be restrained from speaking
his mind about any witness at
a hearing. The fact remains
that, due to the interrogation
and persistent investigation
by the subcommittee Of the
Senate Committee on Govern
ment Operations. it was posi-
BILE for that committee to say
in its report:
"This entire investigation
has demonstrated to the SUBJ
committee how various groups
OF shrewd and calculating
businessmen and attorneys,
through an intricate series Of
corporate and financial trans
actions, were able to realize
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
lute on Right Track

ASHDOWN. Ark. R.-Ash-
downs City Council was on the
right track but running a little
late when it voted Monday night
to buy a new fire engine.
Yesterday four fire companies
from other towns had to help
fight a blaze that destroyed one
building comprising a fourth of
the AShdown business district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Life in the u. S.
Life in the u. S.
Couple Needs
2AWords for
Safe Driving
BY The Assoeiatod Press

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich, Feb.
10.-Joseph Hahnenberg. AT. re-
ceived an award last night for
2 million accident-free miles in
30 years Of trucking. He was
accompanied to the affair by his
wife Ruth, As.
When 1t came time for the
presentation Of the award, en-
barraSsed officials Of the Citizens
Mutual Insurance Co. Of Howell,
Mich. discovered that perhaps
they should have presented two
awards.
Mrs. Hahnenberg has been
driving for q years without so
much as nicking q fender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Dog Leurns Too Well

WOODLAND, Calf. R.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Roddy
taught their collie dog, Gyp,
to turn door knobs with his
paws.
They came home from o
two-day trip recently and
found him inside the house
with four dog friends and q
cat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10

Fair Deal wing OF the Demo-
cratic Party is organizing
already to press for much
more in the way Of health,
housing, minimum wage and
unemployment compensation
legislation than the admins
tration has proposed and, in
this election year, would ex-
pect to attract conservative
Democrats as well as some
Republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Dog Puzzles Postmun

DETROIT up. - Postman
William c. Green is a jovial,
happy little man. Children
like him. Even dogs like him.
Mr.. Green has 80 dogs on
the route he has travelled for
half Of his 81 years. In all
that time no one has shouted
at him, or barked.
Yesterday. seeing one of his
. canine friends, Mr.. Green bent
over to pet it. The dog bit
him.
A doctor took three stitches
to close the wound.
IT can't understand it."
said Mr.. Green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Gen. Hayden to Head
Korea CiviIiun Relief
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

TOKYO. Feb. 10.-Brig. Gen,
Frederic L. Hayden. SO, of Fort
Scrivens, Ga, and Middletown,
N. Y, today was named chief of
the Korea Civil Assistance Com
mand in charge of civilian relief
and rehabilitation.
Prior to coming to the Far
East, Gen. Hayden headed the
Eastern anti-aircraft command
with headquarters at Newburgh,
N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Overeoqer Toxpuyer

SALT LAKE CITY R.-A
taxpayer who apparently hired
the services of an auditor in
filing his income tax yester-
day had employees Of the In
ternal Revenue Service scratch
ing their heads.
They received a signed per-
sonal check for none" dollars.
Employees theorized the man
was advised by an auditing
firm:
/. Sign your name. 2. Make
out check for 5 (here the audi
tor inserted the word "noneO.
3. Mail and return to Internal
Revenue Service.
He did exactly as told" q
tax official said.
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Dummy Is Shocking

BUFFALO, N. Y. B.-Two
men carried a 5-foot-long object
wrapped In q white sheet into
the lobby Of the United States
Courthouse yesterday.
Spectators gasped when they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
saw blond hair protruding from

saw blond hair protruding from
one end Of the bundle.
The men waited quietly for an
elevator. Then they rode up to
the Office Of the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation.
A body? No, said the FBI.
A department store mannequin
used in a police training course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

People who love books like English
books the best.
This is because of their physical
lightness. in part.
Printers of the tight little isle have
been forced for many years to use thin
paper. In answer to economic condi-
tions they have managed to use papers.
however. that combine good printing
with light weight.
The result, in most cases, is book
easy to hold, one that it is delight to
pick up.
American books, to the contrary are
usually twice as heavy as they should
be. The result is physically firing
volume.
Sometimes our paper books" are so
light they are fiimsy.
The English printed book, though
light, never suffers from this defect,
It has good solid feel in the hand.
American buyers can telIsan English
book merely by lifting it. One local
bookstore that specializes in volumes
from abroad goes in heavily for English
books. More often than not. when
one browses there, the lifted book has
the light feel.
This Is good. because 1t is booky.
TOday's youngsters, who, after all.
have not had much experience in this
world, do not realize that the physically
heavy book is detrimental to best read
ing. The labor Of holding 1t passes
over. at least to some extent, to the
mental side Of things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
By Charles E. TroceweN

upright, at least as far as his head is
itself?
Do not think that a light book, phys
ically, is necessarily American published
just because it has the name of we'll
known American publisher on the title
page.
Our publishers often have working
arrangements with British publishers.
The books are printed there, with Amer
lean title pages, and then shipped over
here. to be bound and sold.
If the purchaser will look carefully at
the bottom of the back of the title page.
he will find line or two telling where
the book actually was printed. because
good printers are always proud of their
work.
All In all, there is no excuse for the
heavy handed volumes so often turned
out in this country. It is possible to use
a lighter paper with good effect. The
saving in pulp. in 10 years time. would
be enormous. What would be saved
in muscle control would be unknown,
and should so be. because reading
should not be an athletic exercise in
any sense whatever. Reading ought to
be. and often is. sheer communion Of
mind with mind, even at times soul
with soul. Grass muscular energy is so
necessary for d thousand tasks that
none of it should be wasted on reading.
where not even a flicker Of a muscle
should stand between the reader and
what the writer wants to tell him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Bequest

A call at old Miss Liszte's wds very
special treat
There iDere dlDays dniSe tDdters fpith
cambria teal to eat.
Her ancient rosewood 1DhGt-not held a
1Dorld of things to thrill,
And ,Dent directly to it, as / crossed
her loUing sill.
But In the whole collection, the thing
/ lored the best
Was the rosy crinkled sea shell that /
t1ould hold, close pressed
Against my ear, so I could hear the
singing OF the sea-
She kne,D hoD much loved 1t, so she
lett the shell to me.
And, as I hold my o,Dn small child so
close aDithin my arms,
To press against his eager ear the shell
of oceans charms.
And match him smile, delighted, at
the oceans magic song
am back at old Miss Liszie's, Dtere,
tGr-atUay and long
Ago I heard that music. from the
tUonder of the sea
Made lovelier by her Kindness that
meant the trorld to me.
Mortho Sherwood Johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
This and That

The edge of good reading at least in
hold big volume.
The thing knocks into ones knees.
pokes into ones chest, and makes the
arms tire.
Let no one think reading is just a
mental recreation.
At times it can be very firing.
The neck, for instance.
The human neck Is multiple in con-
struction. with many bones and muscles.
It is not just hunk of meat, as one
is inclined sometimes to think, but a
very intricate affair.
A neck is just neck, to young per-
son, but to the older man or woman it
becomes nuisance, at least upon occa-
sion.
Even lying in bed can then be trial,
since the trusty old neck refuses to be
comfortable.
Some up-to-date hospitals will have
departments devoted to neck culture.
"Necking," 1t may be called, because
by that time the word will have lost its
slang connotation.
The hospital neck departments will
teach older and elderly people how to
get the best out Of the neckS left them.
They will be taught how to keep the
neck timber. and yet how to make it
do its stun Of, upholding the head.
After ALL how can an aging citizen be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

ing a uniform standard is higher in the
District than in any Of these "a cities.
and that in personal taxes. including
Federal and State or local income taxes,
the District rate is third from the high
est. Under these circumstances, does
a sales tax on food and an increased
real estate levy as proposed, in addi-
ton to increased water and sewer taxes.
make sense?
Naturally those representatives in
Congress from Maryland and Virginia
will not object to higher taxes here;
they see faster migration of both resi-
dents and businesses from the District
to the suburbs If this leaves fewer per-
sons to substitute their sewers and
bridges. what of 1t? They see more
District residents trading at suburban
stores to avoid sales and cigarette taxes.
They see their residents no longer buy
ing gasoline at lower cost in the Dis
trict. Higher taxes in the District mean
better business for them.
It is time that the people of the coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Letters to The Star

be abused and berated at the hands of
men whose business 1t Is to confuse
and pressure a witness into answering
questions the way they want them an
swered
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon has
made proposal to the effect that a
set Of rules be devised for conducting
such congressional hearings In view of
the present tactics employed by Sena-
tor Mccarthy and his committee,
urge that prompt action be taken to
establish certain procedures and rules,
such as suggested by Senator Morse,
to be followed by such committees and
other groups conducting such investi-
cations or hearings and that Senator
Mccarthy be ordered to follow these
to the letter. or be removed as chair
man of the committee. believe it is
the duty of the American people to
insist that something be done about the
shameful and unbecoming. conduct por-
trayed by Senator Mccarthy and his
investigating committee.
Disguised Republican.
X
There is not a good American who
does not want the Communists rooted
out, smoked out and burned out where
they have burrowed themselves into our
Government. McCarthy's fundamental
objectives are all right, but his methods
are utterly deplorable. This abusive,
brow-b beating man from Wisconsin is a
disgrace to our democratic form of
Government. s9t4s
A few years ago there was another
nuisance, on the American scene, one
whose ways were no credit to the great
State which he was supposed to repre-
sent, Huey Long. This too passed away.
Let's hope that the Mccarthy nuisance
will also pass away and soon by his
losing his Senate seat. Betty Siers.
So a general with a distinguished
combat record" gets handled somewhat
roughly. He writes complaining letter
that was slanted in his favor to the
Secretary of the Army. The Secretary
does not call out troops to avenge the
generals honor. Now Army morale is
shot. The Pentagon is greatly perturbed
over the insult to one of it's own. Adlai
Stevenson is shocked. Newspapers all
over the country are Tuning. Every one
in England is mad. Not mad enough to
tell us to stop sending them money,
bat pretty mad,
So far I have not seen anything to
indicate that any of the big veterans
organizations have come to Gen.
Zwickers defense. Can 1t be that the
average excl is somewhat pleased to
see general on the receiving end for
once? When a soldier was bawled out,
rightly or wrongly, that was S. o. P. but
apparently when a general gets his,
that is really news, but definitely.
Ex-GI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01

The violence and disorder which have been
going on for the past several days in so much
of the Middle East are symptoms of much more
than rivalries for individual power. They are
reflections of the deeper struggle for political
and social rebirth that has been underway 1T
fully in that area since the breakup of the
Turkish empire after World War I. Unfortu-
nately, the leadership needed to guide such an
evolution has never clearly developed within the
countries affected and genuinely sympathetic
understanding of their problems has never ma
tured outside the area. Family and national
rivalries that date back for generations, COM
pletely unbalanced economies lingering fears of
Western "colonialism" and the more recent
paralyzing preoccupation about Israel all have
contributed to the instability It would be fool
hardy today to make an unqualified prediction
about what will be the state of affairs tomorrow
In Egypt, for example, General Naguib,
deposed last week as President and Premier, is
back as President but not as Premier The
career soldier who was the front man" for the
young military clique that engineered the over
throw Of Farouk had become in the past 10
months too popular with the masses to be
pushed aside. But his successor as Premier Is
Lieutenant Colonel NaSser, always considered
the leader of the Revolutionary Council In
these few troubled days, Colonel Nasser has
given assurances that there will be mo change"
in Egyptian foreign policy, but whether this will
mean agreement in the near future with Britain
on the Suez issue is highly doubtful now. It
would seem, in fact, that the first requirement
for the new Naguib-Nasser relationship will be
to restore internal order and to seek some meas
ure of public confidence
In Syria the clock has turned back to 1851
to restore to the presidency S0-year-old Hashem
Atassi, who was ousted then by the military
junta headed by Colonel Shishekly. The hand
OF the military is stil strong in the Syrian pic
ture, however. and it was a split with his mill
tary associates-without acquiring any Offset
ting alliances among the civilian political
leaders-that contributed greatly to shishekly's
downfall.
There is no easy prescription for curing the
Middle East of these disrupting troubles. Egypt
could and should be the leader among these
Arab states and the creation of stable and re-
sponsible political structure in that country
could have beneficial effect on the entire area
There is still reason for hope that the Revolu-
tionary Council may achieve this end and that
its youthful members may have learned some
valuable lessons in the past few days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
In Behalf Of Student Nurses

The Visiting Nurse Association has pre-
sented strong arguments in justification of the
assignment of student nurses to aid in caring
for Public Assistance Division patients. There
is no evidence that this practice, long adhered
to here and elsewhere, has been anything but
beneficial to the patients. Certainly it has been
beneficial to the nursing profession and to the
hospitals and the public served by the profess
sion. It is hard, therefore, to understand the
Health Departments opposition to the practice.
The department has evidenced it. oppose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
Our Children and Their Muscles

Now the country has something else to
worry about. At any rate according to Mrs.
Ruth P. Hirschland-a researcher associated
with the New York University Bellevue Medical
Center-there are signs that great numbers of
American children are seriously in danger of
growing up to be weaklings. The reason? Too
much pampering and too little exercise.
In support Of her thesis, Mrs Hirschland
has cited rather impressive comparative figures
indicating that our boys and girls, when it
comes to strength and hexibility of abdominal
and back muscles, are markedly outclassed by
their European counterparts. Statistics of this
sort, Of course, must always be read with
proper measure of reserve, but she has a lot
Of logic on her side. For 1t Is true, as she says
that all too many American children spend
their infancy in cribs and playpens until they're
old enough to be moved to easy chairs to watch
television. And it's true, too, that they ride
to and from school in buses or automobiles and
that they spend their late observation-disclosures
taking music lessons, doing homework perform
ing few light chores, and then sitting down to
lose themselves, including their minds, in the
highly questionable wonders Of Tv.
Warning that this sort of thing cannot
continue without weakening the fiber Of the
Nation, Mrs. Hirschland has urged that our
children be subjected to much greater physical
exercise and that passive entertainment-such
as TV and taking part in sports merely as
spectator-be sharply de-emphasized Her
advice Is sound, and something undoubtedly
should be done about It. The trouble Is, though,
that her suggestions are more easily made than
applied on a practical basis in our cities. We
have only to look at the terrible traffic on
thoroughfares like Connecticut avenue to see
how difficult it is for today's youngsters to
ride bikes, or play punchball, or enjoy games
like Red Rover, Rcd Rover. the way their
elders did in another age tonly yesterday,
really when life, as one remembers 1t now, was
far milder, far better paced, far superior in
graciousness-and kind and considerate enough
to permit little boy or girl to have fun with
out having to worry about being run over
Alas, that wonderful time is past and its
passing has made Mrs. Hirschland's counsel
good though it is-a hard thing to put into
effect. Exactly what can the average child do
in the average crowded, auto jammed city to
find safe spot In the outdoors to develop his
muscles? The question is important, but the
answer L. not readily available.