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should lift Iran out Of her dire
financial straits and may soon
make her ready for an I'M
portant role In the free worlds
Middle East defense network.
But Trans bizarre attempt to
take over complete control of
her oil production and the
profits from 1t fell far short of
the mark.
Premier Mossadegh had
tried to buck the powerful
cartel, but both he and his
country lost. The nation felt
the royalty losses grievously.
And he himself was driven
first into a dangerous collab-
grafton with Communists, then
into jail after the resentful
army. Shah and people un-
seated him. Gen. Fazlollah
zahedi became Premier and
toned down Trans oil de-
nlands. The settlement last
week was the result.
The New Split
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Brit
ish-controlled Arm which had
split the oil profits with Iran
before 1851, will get only about
20 per cent of the profits when
production is resumed.
The other 80 per cent of the
non-Irapian proceeds will be
divided among Anglo -Iranian's
associates in the cartel. Five
American firms, Standard Oil
OF. New Jersey, Standard Oil
OF California, Gulf, Socony
Vacuum and Texaco, share 90
per cent. La Compagnie
Francaise de Petroles, a French
concern, will get per cent.
and Royal Dutch Shell will get
the other 5 per cent.
These seven companies and
Anglo-Iranian have formed a
consortium which will operate
the oil fields and renneries
for Iran.
AS compensation for the ia
cilities which it lost, Anglo
1ranian will get only a token
$40 million from the Iranian
government. This will be paid
in installments over the next
10 years, out Of oil business
proceeds.
But Anglo -Iranian will get
another $420 million to $500
million from the seven firms
which are being dealt into the
concession. Since Anglo
Iranian originally asked Iran
for $500 million as compensa-
ton, these payments are
looked upon as a sort of sec
ond-hand remuneration for
the facilities lost in the ma
tionalization move.
Although other oil pro-
ducers have stepped up their
output to take over the mar
kets formerly supplied by Iran,
the eight-company consortium
which will operate the Persian
facilities hopes that increas-
ing consumption in the East
ern Hemisphere will provide an
outlet for Iranian oil.
Free World Is Winner
Thus the real winners ia the
protracted Anglo-Iranian dis
pute were the free world
(Which has the strategic oil
flowing again) and the seven
American, French and Dutch
companies. which were enabled
to buy in on q long-range
bonanza which formerly had
been in the hands of Anglo
1ranian~an the Teheran gov
ernment alone.
Iran got of without paying
much for the oil facilities she
took over, and can look for
ward to more settled economic
times ahead, with the $42O
million in oil profits she ex-.
poets to get in the next three
years. But her oil business is
still at the mercy of the big
petroleum companies.
AIOC was the principal
loser. It's facilities have been
taken over, it's contract with
Iran for dual exploitation of
the oil resources-which had
80 years to run-has been torn
up. and its cut in oil profits
has been slashed by so per
rant
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Mid-Eust
Things Are Looking Up
In Troubled Area, but
Sore Spots Persist

that enveloped the Middle
East a fortnight ago, when
Britain and Egypt resolved
their differences over Suez, was
sweetened again last week by
settlement of the long stand
ing Anglo-Iranian oil dispute.
Westward from Iran. too,
as far as the Gibraltar end of
the Mediterranean. in fact,
there was more reason for
quiet optimism than there had
been in many a yearss
In Iraq a new premier talked
Of joining the Turkey-Paki-
stan mutual security team
subsidized by American dol
lars. Such a move would con-
solidate the Middle Eastern
line that hens in expansionist
Soviet Russia's southern flank.
In Saudi Arabia, Britain and
the King Saud's men are work.
ing to settle their squabble over
an oil-laden oasis called Ba-
raimi (See article by John C..
Henry on Page A-23.)
In Libyd, where the British
are now establishing a military
base to absorb some of the
strength being funneled off
from Suez. the United States
has been invited to remain at
its Wheelus Air Force base,
near Tripoli.
In Tu7,iSid. q nationalist
premier-de designate is organ
izing q cabinet to take over
most of his country's internal
affairs from the French resi-
dent commissioner in con-
formance with French Premier
Pierre Mendes-France's dictum
of last week end.
p, In Morocco, nationalists
rioted impatiently amid re-
ports that similar moves toward
autonomy were in store for
them. The sooner the un-
rest can. be quieted, the better
the United States win feel,
with four airbaseS on their
way to completion there.
In Spain, on the edge Of the
Arab world, the United States
continues to lay the ground
work for bases which Gen.
eralissimo Francisco Franco
has agreed to provide space
for.
Still Some Strife
Not all is rosy in those parts,
of course. At bottom the Arab
Israel dispute is as fiery as
ever, although a few token
concessions were made by each
side at the Israel-Jordan bor-
der. And trouble is brewing
over Cyprus, where the British
hang on determinedly despite
the overwhelming desire Of the
Cypriots to become q part Of
Greece.
There is also the maze Of
intramural rivalries among the
Arab states themselves, some
nationalistic, others between
royal families.
But in the broad sense, the
midyear complexion of the
Middle East and Mediterra-
mean areas is healthier than
most Western observers would
have dared hope last New
Years Day.
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Senate

Amendment by Sen. Russell
Long Cd, La.), to reduce over
all authorization for mutual
security. Agreed to. 45-41.
:, For: Butler tR.. Md. Byrd 3D..
Va.
AGAINST: Beall R., Md. Robert
son tD.r Va).
Passage of mutual security
authorization for 1855. Passed,
67-19.
For: Beall. Butler. Robertson.
Not Voting: Byrd.
Motion by Majority Leader
William F. Knowland (R.,
Calif.) to refer Mccarthy
censure resolution to a six.
man bipartisan Senate com.
mittee. Agreed to, 72-12.
For: Beall Butler. Byrd, Robertson.
tCompiled by Confessional Quarterly
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Nearby Votes

Votes of nearby Maryland
and Virginia legislators on the
major roll calls In Congress
July 81 through August s.
House
Passage of a bill granting
immunity. in cases involving
national security. to witnesses
before congressional investi-
eating commistees courts and
] grand jury proceedings, (Two.
thirds majority rednired)
Passed, 1886.
For: Hyde tR.. Md. Small r.,
Md, Broyhill tR., Va, Smith 3D..
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~ t""FsS"t pst WIZ - Wv
vocation.
parties had been in the wind
for days. Few. however, could
foresee how sweeping the inu-
tual concessions would turn
out TO be.
What's more. few know how
near and how often the nego-
tiationS came to blowing up in
the course Of the IL separate
sessions. The subjects were del
icate. Person alities often
grated.
But concord was finally
reached. How did it come
about?
Tronsit's Initiotive
In the first place, Transit
took the initiative. This was
something of an upset in itself.
To all appearances, more was
behind the move than SIM
pie understandable desire on
the part of the Louis E. Wolf
son interests to free $768, 900
in dividends frozen by COM
mission challenges.
Another incongruity: Mr..
Wolfson has reputation for
diSliking to be pushed around.
It would have seemed more in
character for him to have
fought the dividend-freezing
action through to the end. And,
If winning. continuing blithely
to ladle transit gravy.
The Florida multimillionaire
and his business mates retain,
moreover. firm control as ma
jority stockholders over the
company management. But
aware of that life-and-death
power over company fortunes,
why should he bother to make
concessions that tend to ham,
per him in the pursuit of his
free-wheeling financial poll
icies?
Only one answer seems to-
make sense.
After many months OF q
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Nh. Stepp. District Building re-
porter for The stor. is filling in for
John w. Thompson. ir. who is on
vocation.
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By John w. Stepp

Capital Transit Co. and the
Public Utilities Commission
have apparently buried the
hatchet--and elsewhere than
in each others heads.
A change in the old epithe-
tical relationship between the
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Pie-Boking Contest

If two competitors for city business sub
NIT identical bids for contract, the Com
missioners certainly should have discretion
airy authority to choose between them. To
leave such choice to the toss of a coin or
drawing straws is plainly ridiculous. The
best interests of the city should be the con-
trolling influence, other things being equal.
Two pie bakers submitted identical bids
for selling pies to the school cafeterias. One
Of them is located out of town. The other
Is Washington concern, substantial tax
payer, property owner and employer. In
the majority of counties, towns and cities
throughout the country, certain degree Of
credit would automatically go to the bidder
domiciled within the taxing area. AS con-
tributor to the community's upkeep, that
credit Is warranted Furthermore, the out
of-town bidder in this case lost previous
contract because of complaints, from the
schools, about the product. Does that rec
ord play no part in making decision be-
tween identical bids now?
The matter apparently is being left to
the Controller General. If he decides that
the Commissioners have no discretion, and
that the bidders must gamble for the con-
tract, then we need another law. A local
taxpayer deserves the breaks, especially
when his bid is as low as that of the fellow
whose tax allegiance is elsewhere.
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Toylond Revisited

It becomes apparent, in this week after
Christmas, that the spring on the mechan-
ical automobile, the built-in cry of the doll,
and both halves of each roller skate are not
going to last forever. They are getting par
ticularly strenuous use, and there are un-
mistakable signs of imminent breakdown.
The doll wheezes instead of crying. The
mechanical automobile starts with a sound
of stripped gears. Half of a roller skate has
only this morning been an impediment to
one in the daily rush of getting out of the
house and off to work.
1t is one of the hazards of parenthood,
to be called upon trustingly for repairs in
this post-C Christmas week, without having
any idea Of how to go about making them.
If repaired doll sounds more like a kitten
than baby, one Is IN for trouble from q
small mother If the mechanical auto runs
In circles, or fails to run at all, after one is
through tinkering faith and face win be
lost. If, no matter how one hammers and
prizes, a skate which has come apart will not
go back together again, there will be rum
blings of discontent at the family hearth.
The publishers of sHow to Do" books
seem to have overlooked good bet.> There
is a need for detailed drawings and num-
bered instructions on the inner workings of
dolls and toy autos and roller skates. A
display of these books at Christmas time,
right In the middle Of Toyland, would assure
financial success for any proprietor. It Is
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thanks to its foreign plant construction
lis going to get tougher to outsell as
the years pass.
VolksWagen is being sold today in.
virtually all West European countries
as well as in India, Indonesia, Ceylon,
Siam, Ireland, South Africa and Brazil.
Where high customs and tariffs make
import of Volkswagen virtually i'm
possible, assembly plants are being
established, using local labor.
Australia, for example, will soon have
its own Volkswagen plant-ultimately
to produce 1000 units month. In
Brazil and other Latin American coun-
tries, German steel experts are helping
governments and private firms to
Streamline Latin steel production.
Hardly German diplomat leaves for
South America who does not consult
with German business experts prior to
his departure German official and
private observers in the Middle East
keep a sharp eye on Egypt and India.
both countries where construction of
huge power plants should enable them
to make tremendous progress toward
industrialization
What Krupp and Demag experts are
to steel, Siemans is to power. Siemans.
for example. has been offered part
in the building of huge power plant
in India.
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This and That

The yard that has one, though 1t
may be small, is sure to have more
birds than the garden without.
There are many spots In and around
a yard where this form Of simple
decoration will go nicely.
Especially on a porch.
The modern vogue of the one-story
house has ruled out the trellis, IN many
cases. Somehow, there seems to be
little use for one. But still this fabric
is simple and fetching, when properly
made and used.
Often D small porch takes on added
coziness when trellis is erected. The
new vogue forsSd Sdo-it-yolrself" can take
in trellis easily. as 1t Is just straight
lines, and may he made from Old
wood.
Properly put up, nailed securely. and
correctly painted. the trellis stiH has
uses around modern home.
And the best part Of 1t Is that Wild
birds love 1t.
This means that the spaces between
the lathes, as they often are, are not too
wide, and that the material goes
with the house
The builder Of modern trellis has
to be very careful, If he wants to get
the best effect, and II he Is to make
the best appeal to the birds.
That is why narrow piece Of wood
Is preferred.
What the birds like is claW-width.
The bird claw is marvellous instru-
ment, and the combination Of claws
much resembles human hand. That
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Return of the oriole-

Return of the oriole--
Late last winter" says B. B. of
Bethesda, "I wrote you about Balti-
more oriole which had spent the winter
in our vicinity, feeding from our back
porch tray every day.
I'm your reply you gave us the
impression that YOU thought we were
mistaking towhee for an oriole. But
we are very familiar with the towhees
and have had them very often in our
yard.
$50 took some colored snaps Of our
show them to you. as We know you are
interested In all birds.
However, 1t was summer before ths
ron OF Aim was finished. We werc
away all summer so did not send you
the snaps land perhaps you might
never have received them at ALL
But Sunday noon. we spied our
beautiful little visitor on the trelliS
over the tray. Needless to say. we were
thrilled to see him again. And he has
been feeding regularly since then.
Last year we thought his stay had
been an accident, that he had failed
to stay with the rest of the orioles
migrating to the tropics. But his ar
rival this year certainly seems deliber-
ate.
He has resumed his little routine
right where he left on late last winter.
so I am inclosing two snapshots
which think you viii enjoy"
We are glad our correspondent men
toned trellises,
The trellis u D favorite Of al birds.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
By Charles E. Trucewen
v. H. vartanian.

is, the birds somehow manage to get the
same purchase or grip on things, and
so are able to approach the dynamics
of the human hand and arm operating
together.
It will be realized that a fine place
to erect a feeding station Is close to
a trellis.
If there is a rose vine there. this
also pleases the birds.
The thorns do not deter them in any
way. Their claw material is thorn
proof.
Birds possess elemental caution,
and like to approach a feeding place.
even familiar one. step at q time.
Centuries have taught them not to
rush In. because cat may be lurking
there.
The trellis next to the feeding tray
enables all wintering birds-includin
the oriole!--to look the situation over
first, before aiighting close to the seed.
There Is no prettier garden sight than
that of redbird perched on rose vine
IN the exact center Of the square of q
trel1is.
The treIlis or lattice has an ancient
history. and comes down to us with
the aroma of vines and grapes.
City and suburban people plant few
grape vines nowadays, but If they put
up trellis, even a small one, they
somehow connect themselves with old
times. and manage to keep some por-
tion Of it as their very own. This is
particularly important III q day when
people seem to want to throw overheard
! the good as well as the evil Of the past.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. Are business firms using the giant
electronic calculators to any extent?-'
c. B. B.
A. AS yet few of the big electronic,'
computers are being used by business
firms, but 1t Is expected that the num-.
Der will increase as their usefulness.
becomes better known. The cost Of
these machines Is tremendous. One
model sells for 81 million, or can be.
rented for $500 an hour. Others are
leased only, the fee being about $4,000
month.
@. Where does w. Somerset MaughanI
hve?--R. s.. z. 2
A. villa Mauresque at st. ean-Capi
Ferrat on the French Riviera is the
celebrated authors home. Visitors have
commented on Maughans use of the:
cabalistic motif on the gates and over
the door of the house. The sign. which,
appears in all Maughan's books, was
discovered in Morocco by his father
hundred years ago. It is supposed to
ward of the evil-eye. b
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world Photo.

The Indian government, on advice
from its German consultants. will To-
cate its first 00.000-ton steel plant at
Rourekela in OrisSa State. The Krupp-
Demag experts decided on the site
because of nearby iron deposits.
But more than India, the Near and
Middle East. crisis-ridden and suspici-
Gus of any of the great world powers,
are leaning toward the Germans.
German producers. however, not only
look for new markets-they also try
to make sure that certain German
products are shipped on German-built
cargo vessels flying the German flag.
Today Germany (whose cargo feet
was mostly destroyed during the war
or sailed under the flags of the coun-
tries entitled to German reparations) is
in eleventh place in Lloyds of London's
gross tonnage list with 1,749 ,543 tons.
Observers agree that the West Ger
man Federal Republics success in for
eign trade makes UP for much of the
so-called German economic wonder"
cited time and again by Western states.
The Germans may have lost two
World Wars. but. as they point out.
they have never been beaten in trade
war. The answer. the Germans will tell
you. is planning ng-planning 20 years
ahead.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1954-12-29
Tito and Nehru Speak of Peace

President Tito of YugoSlavia and Prime
Minister Nehru of india after five days of
consultation in New Delhi, have joined in
a statement concluding that peaceful CO.
existence in the world must be accepted
mot merely as an alternative but as an
imperative" Not only the hopes Of the
people Of the world, they explain, but "even
the survival of civilization" renders such
an acceptance necessity.
On its face 1t Is difficult to dispute
successfully such grave conclusion, for
the development of awesome weapons
projects picture of near-total destruction
if a great global war should occur again.
But without attempting to dispute the
conclusion of these statesmen of Europe
and Asia, it must be remembered that the
term peaceful o-existence-holding the key
to their thesis-is one that requires careful
definition. To be truly meaningful, it is
obvious that the same definition must be
applied by the rival forces in the world and
that If genuinely peaceful co-existence Is
to be the goal 1t must not then be used
as screen for more cynical objectives.
President Eisenhower has discussed this
question eloquently at press conferences.
On November %, for example, he was
asked about fears that Soviet Russia may
be promoting peaceful co-existence as a
sort of Trojan horse to lull the free world
into a sense of false security. In brief, his
answer was that co-exiStence means not
trying to destroy each other but that the
adjective peaceful has many connotations.
We think of peaceful in sense of friend
illness but If others use the term as mask
for unfriendly actions, the President said,
it is something to watch very closely.
Unfortunately, the Kremlin Communists
have demonstrated by their aggressions and
their threats that they must be watched
that closely. It is likely that Marshal Tito
and Mr.. Nehru know this, also, even though
they do not suggest 1t In their joint state
ment.
However, these two leaders, while dis
claiming any intention Of forming third
bloc" Of neutralist powers, have pledged
themselves to every effort toward relieving
world tensions They are strong figures
whose influence has been proved not only
in their own countries but beyond. Ger
tainly, even though they are controversial
in many respects, with views that some
times seem much too vague or unrealistic
to be reassuring, they can contribute to the
conditions of peace which they espouse and
certainly the free world welcomes their
enlistment In this cause.
Evening star., 1954-12-29
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a0riters' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.

variety" and "of the excessively tradi-
tional department store variety" As.
member of the glee club, would like
to give The Stars readers certain facts:
The first selection, Break Forth, o
Beauteous Heavenly Light is a portion
Of one of Johann Sebastian Bachs
greatest works, 1.-THE Christmas Ora
torio.'' Also included was a little-used
work arranged by Bach, IA Child Is
Born in Bethlehem"
Another seldom used selection vas
the Christmas Rondelay," recently
arranged by Ralph E. Marryott. The
program also included study in tone,
1--WE Have Seen His STAR" written by
Everett Titcomb about five years ago.
It was our music master, Wilfred A.
Briggs, who introduced this work to
the Washington area in 1850. Further,
"Tell Us, Shepherds, Clear, All That
You Have Seem" a Spanish traditional
carol, was first performed in the Dis
trict this year by the Landon Chorus.
Mr.. Briggs also took from manuscript
the German lullaby, "Schlaf, Mein Kin
derlein." since only two inaccurate Eng
lish editions are available, and none in
German.
"What Star Is This With Beams So
Bright" another carol of German orr
gin, was first put into the Episcopal
Hymnal in 1910 to acquaint people with
it, since 1t was considered an excellent
but little-known carol.
The whole group sang ''Tolite Hos
tias," portion Of Saint-Saens' Christ
mas Oratorio." which is one Of his
greatest works Gustav Holst's arrange
ment of Come Ye Lofty. Come Ye
Lowly," effectively uses ''The First
Noel" as descant.
The two selections done, by the glee
club alone, Master in This Hall, Hear
Ye News Today" and "The Boar's Head
Carol" are used by many of the better
college organizations with good effect.
The only strictly traditional" carols
were, "Adeste Fideles," with soprano
descant and Silent Night" which
closed the program.
I deeply regret that Mr.. Thorpe did
not enjoy a program which we had a
great deal Of fun giving.
Malcolm Sparhawk Langford, jr.
editors note: Mr. Thorpe's review
contained the complete program, as
set forth above)