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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
This and That

One Of the cruel aspects Of modern
life is the glib way friends hurl half
baked judgments at each other.
If one is i'll. then he is unhappy:
If actually prosecuted. then he has
persecution complex" if beset by real
problems, then he is frustrated"
These charges are not even half
baked-they are but fragments of
psychological and medical truths known
in their entirety to but handful of
men.
It is nonsense, then, or worse. to use
such expressions in relation to ones
friends, because they represent only
smatterings of knowledge.
They are not even half-truths. they
are not even l per cent truth, in most
cases.
The smugness of modern America.
however, finds them greatly to the
point.
They are halt -witted ammunition. as
usually used to stab a friend in the
back in gossip.
Here is young woman who has had
more than her share of illness.
The fact that she has had life his
tory Of illness means nothing. Of course.
It is conveniently forgotten.
The amazing thing is that she is alive
at all.
BNt what does her dear friend say?
"She must be very unhappy. to be i'll
20 much"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
william Plampin.

Right there crops up a fragment of
psychomatic medicine.
The word means "mind-body" It is
a new department of medicine. that.
100 years from now. or even so years
from now. probably will be as dead as
phrenology. Maybe. that is. Right now,
it is going good, but who knows what
the decades will bring?
Right now, psychomatic medicine is
"the thing" If you suffer an itch, WELL
then, your mind made it! You are un-
happy about something. and can't show
it, so you do what you can-you itch.
It seems q far fetched theory, but
there may be something to it. The
mental side Of illness has its place.
Only the old-time family doctor. now
very much on the wane, took sufficient
interest in you to have been able to
know where your itching came from.
Today's doctor, in hurry to get to
the next patient, takes fleeting look
at you, gives you $3.50 prescription
for lotion (Which you could buy for
rs cents, yourself, if you knew the
name) and murmurS something about
the effect of mind on body, and vice
versa.
You see. they get you coming and
going You can't win.
This is all right, very good, as long
as the doctor handles it. but when the
idea gets out into the big world. that
IL precisely where the trouble begins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Nothing to Be Proud Of

The 1854 Maryland General Assembly, re-
Gently ended. has little cause to be proud of it's
record. Nobody expects much in the way of
constructive legislation at these short sessions
it is true, since they are limited to budget
matters and emergency legislation. It is hard
to see how the veterans bonus bill, enacted in
the final rush to adjourn, could qualify under
either heading. It surely cannot be classified
as constructive legislation, in any event.
The veterans lobby has been trying to get
the Legislature to pass bonus bill for many
years, always without success. This year the
fight was successful not because a majority of
the legislators found any merit in the giveaway
plan but because they considered it politically
expedient to vote for it. It is politically risky
many Of them felt, to be put on record as
against the veterans" Apparently there were
other factors that influenced the vote for pas
sage The word had gone around that the
Attorney General of Maryland believed the law
would not stand up constitutionally, since it was
considered before adoption of the budget-an
irregular procedure. Some OF the legislators
are said to have voted for the bonus only in the
belief that it would never be validated. Also
there may have been partisan desire on the
part Of anti administration forces to put Re-
publican Governor McKeldin on spot.
II the Governor vetoes the legislation he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
By Charles E. Trocewen

A bright young lady reads a few
paragraphs about psychomatic medi-
cine.
The article tells about one case, an
i'll young lady who happened to be
quarreling at the same time with her
husband. #,
When she stopped quarreling. the
itch on her skin healed up at once, and
the doctor said. '"See!"
X
It was the truth, in her case, but
what does the reader do?
Well, being q very human person,
she does what most persons do, she
jumps to the conclusion that her
friend, who also is sick, must be quar-
reling with her husband, and there
fore is very unhappy.
This would all be very funny, If it
were not so serious.
Enemies who pursue one today have
it all their own way, because every
cheerful idiot who can read hobs up
with persecution complex" thereby
taking the blame off the guilty and
putting it squarely where 1t does not
belong. on the innocent.
If one suffers from multiple prob
lens. then one at once is branded as
frustrated" which somehow is re-
garded as very bad.
The truth is that human beings
have been frustrated for centuries.
Illustration, unhappiness. persecution
are real parts Of this thing called living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11

and political inconsistencies were made.
Most Of these marriages are now in
the brawling stage. The inconsistent
cies are Matching regularly and on
schedule. The Republican Party is
finding responsibility hard to live with
The last IA months are filled with vivid
examples of immature political, eco
nomic and foreign decisions and re-
fractions.
In these days of atomic and hydrogen
fears and Of warm cold war, we must
be frightened by our executive and
congressional leadership. which con-
hives with each other about each other
President Eisenhower was elected
with the hope and prayer that he
would give us capable leadership, honest
government and better understand
ing of the severe problems of our
times. Instead, we have seen a steady
progression Of indecision, laundering,
weakness and procraStination.
It is difficult and painful to write so
critically of the President of the United
States, but the need is with us to realize
that the American people, as well as
Ike" have been taken"
Twenty years of criticism have left
the Republican Party without COM
mon denominator to base their party
standards. Irresponsible efforts are
the rule Of the party.
Joel r. Liebling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Quality Of Modern Schools

In all fields Of human endeavor.
except one, responsible specialists are
found who are willing to talk about
their work, their methods, and their
aims, to the general public, through
popular" magazine articles and via
reporters on scientific subjects. Nuclear
physics and mathematics are discussed
in the newspapers. even in books for
children, and names like EinsteiIi,
Fermi, and Oppenheimer are nearly as
well known as Hayworth and Monroe
The exception Is the field In which
experts" say the layman should not
NEEDLE because it is too technical
education. Why? Is it because they
have something to hide?
It would seem that they have, when
men Of such standing as Bishop Fulton
j. Sheen and President Dodd of Prince
ton University state publicly that the
quality Of our public schools is made
quate.
The very idea that the public has
no right to question the conduct of its
own schools is SO utterly alien to our
traditions of, freedom that it can only
be compared to the technique of the
big lie.
Lawrence Fleming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Noquib's Comeback

Although much of it remains obscure the
story Of what has happened to Major General
Mohammed Naguib is clear in at least one re-
spect: He has proved himself to be so popular
with the people, and with large elements of the
army, that his rivals have been forced to rein
state him not only as President of Egypt but
also as Premier and as chairman of the ruling
Revolutionary Council.
Two weeks ago. when he was removed from
these three offices and placed under armed
guard at his home, it seemed as though General
Naguib had suffered decisive downfall as
result of having demanded ''dictatorial" powers
over the young officers making up the Revou-
tionary Council At any rate, the council forced
him to hand over his posts to Lieutenant Colo
mel Canal Abdul Nasser, who has been described
as the real, behind the-sceneS head Of Egypt's
military government, with Naguib serving in
the past merely as front man. However, Mas
ser and his supporters soon learned that they
had failed to reckon with the public temper
and the possibility of rebellion against their
action.
This possibility suggested itself within
matter Of hours after the custer. The reaction
against the change was so fast, so strong and
so widespread that the Nasser group-which
seems moderate and sincerely interested in
Egypt,s welfare-lost little time in reinstating
Geueral NagulD as PRESIDENT. 6uL Cne new
arrangement, under which Colonel Nasser held
on to the Offices Of Premier and chairman of
the Revolutionary Council, was not satisfactory
enough to dissipate popular resentment. Ger
tainly, If 1t had been acceptable to the people
at large, If the public temper had not continued
to be potentially explosive, Naguib would not
now be back-aS he is-in the three top posts
from which he was fired only fortnight ago.
What all this demonstrates of course, Is
that General Naguib has grown to be an idol
Of sorts in Egypt. Whether or not he has been
Council got rid of King Farouk, he has come
to be looked upon by great masses of his coun-
trymen as stern foe of corruption and leader
who personifies everything that is needed to
establish good and effective government in
Cairo-a government capable of protecting the
national interests In foreign affairs and ending
feudal way of life full Of gross social and eco
nomic inequities. Clearly, such an individual
especially when both his private and public
behavior indicate high degree OF competence
and integrity-is too formidable politically to
be easily deposed.
In commenting on the Egyptian situation
as it now stands, Colonel Nasser, who has re-
verified to his old role as Deputy Premier and
that General Naguib has no more power today,
and no less, than he had prior to the custer
that failed. This may be so, but the clear dem
onstration Of his tremendous popularity can
hardly fail to have strengthened him in way
that puts an end to the idea that he is front
man for anybody In Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
One Act Play on Recession

Observers feel the recession had to
come in 1854. The 25th anniversary of
the 1929 depression is celebrated
To make it legitimate, there must be
a handful of authorities, some laymen.
a character or two.
Cast: Economist. Consumer. Expert,
Public Figure. Writer, Man-in-the-
Street. and others.
Economist "A recession is normal
slackening of of business"
an-in-the-Street: "You mean bust
ness goes on a diet?"
Economist: I'VE all must help trim
off the excess stock left on store
shelves"
Consumer: Trimmed! H-m-m-m-
m-m-m. Ever hear about the high
cost of living?"
Financial Writer: There are various
remedies for the revival of business
Read my column"
Worker: Keeping up with the news
is now shares ahead of keeping up
with the Joneses."
Authority: I'VE need more con-
sumers"
Merchant: We're cutting prices to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
BroyhiII's QUESTIONABLE

The Women'S Democratic Club OF
Arlington County seems to have gone
awry in its adverse comment upon
Representative Broyhill's circular re-
queSting information from his constit-
uents that may aid him in his legisla-
tive procedure. This follows the usual
practice of most congressman.
I received one of the circulars. filled
it out in detail and returned it the
same day. 1t was irreproachable in
every respect, ingenious, and unequivo-
cal.
1 think the club is little premature
in singing mud at this early date mas
much as the campaign is yet in the
future. It Is my opinion that the ma
Jority of voters in the 10th congress
si0nal district honestly believe that
Mr. Broyhill is performing his duty in
an excellent manner. notwithstanding
any tactics that may be employed to
besmirch his reputation or honor.
George b. Price.
It is possible that Mr.. Broyhill par
ticularly disliked our request that he
answer his own questions. We believe,
however, that a technique used by
Congressman to help him understand
his constituents may be used by his
constituents to help them understand
their Congressman-particularly when
the Congressman has the advantage
of selecting the subjects and framing
the questions. We did not make this
request to embarrass him: we should
like to know his stand on these issues.
AS an example, we would be interested
in his reply to the question: do you
favor Senator McCarthy's investigation
of subversive infiuences?"'
Mr. Broyhill has commended those
Of his constituents who returned his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Deer in the City

What beauty halt so strange could
morning meet
As three pale deer upon city street?
A portion of the forest coming do,on
Is lost among the sleepers of the to,on.
Stand, once, and look-then listen
aD1lile they 90
In single file betUeen the mounds OF
SnotD:
Their dainty hooves. that make a
trigid clGtter,
Are ringing scarcely loud enough to
matter.
Then suddenly Glerted By the light,
Their slender bodies tremble into
Gone in an instant all of natures art
Yet framed toreDer in the tDGtcher's
heart. Y
Jessie Goddord Bromon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Military Toxed, Too

Quantico Marines poured over $3.5
million from their earnings back into
Federal Golfers during 1858.
This huge amount of tax money rep
resents 81 $40. 346.40 withheld from pay
for Federal income taxes and $2.196. 900
which was paid in taxes on cigarettes,
movies food, transportation, etc.
And yet the average citizen in the
street thinks the mali in uniform is
his financial burden and heavy one
at that! They think the bill for the
uniform he wears, the food he eats.
and whatever possessions he may have
are footed by them-the civilian tax
payers Walk down any main thorough
fare in any American town or city and
ask ten average citizens, Does the
serviceman pay taxes?" Five out Of
ten will give the surprising answer,
mo.
Americas uniformed men and women
are proud to be servants of the tax.
payers glad to be taxpayers. and
happy to contribute their share of taxes
to help the Government which they
serve meet its expenses
w. b. Kohl,
CWO. U. S. M. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Reorqonize the Guides, Too

Speaker Martin is right in contending that
the Capitol should be guarded by permanent
police force of trained men, selected according
to civil service standards. The present patron
age-dominated setup is fundamentally incapa-
BILE of coping with such an emergency as the
recent shooting ARRAY in the House. The Cap
itol Police force should be as carefully picked
and as well instructed in their responsibilities
as members Of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment. The sooner Congress reorganizes the
present system the better for the Capitol and
for the city. The District can ill-afford to con-
tinue indefinitely an extra detail of Metropol-
itan officers at the Capitol. for this added
assignment weakens the already undermined
city police force.
And while Congress is considering the Cap
itols outmoded police system it ought to give
serious attention to the outmoded guide system
as well. This is another patronage controlled
Setup unique in its lack of statutory standing,
its freedom from usual restraints on concessions
in public buildings and its unsupervised finan-
cial operations. The guides are not Federal
employees in any sense and receive no salaries.
They collect a quarter from every visitor willing
to pay for conducted tour of Washington's
greatest sightseeing attraction. When the days
tours are over the guides pool their collections
and then divide the take" up equally. How
HULL CLICSc CdhcO duIOuA4I w ID C1dSSIAcO
nation, as far as the guides are concerned but
1t has been estimated in the past that the aver
age guide collects more than $4,000 year
There have been recurrent attempts in Con-
gresS to reorganize the guide force under civil
service laws, but always the patronage forces
prevailed against such reform. Now is a good
time to reconsider this matter. Certainly Con-
gress would not long permit any such loose
guide concession to operate anywhere else on
Government property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
The Presidents Critics

In your March 5 editorial. THE Presi-
dents Critics." you say that "the most
the President can do Tin dealing with
Senator Mccarthy is to protect repre-
sentatives Of the executive branch Of
the Government when they 60 before
Senator McCarthy's committee as wit
nesses." You say that the critics.
domestic and foreign, OF the President
make no concrete suggestions: they
never say exactly what it is that they
want him to do"
should like to refer you to your
own excellent editorial, "On CURLING
Mccarthy" published March 2. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
Stevenson's Orutory

StevenSon's Or0toTy
On March 6, I REID the following
quote from Adlai E. Stevenson:
Men in our midst, affecting to OPP
pose Communist totalitarianism. are
themselves emulating Communist
methods in their assaults on higher
education. They are brewing q miasma
OF anti-intellectualisln. and through
pressure and intimidation and ire
Sponsible inquiry, they are trying to
convert our own colleges and univer-
sites into new instruments of indoc-
trination."
Wonderful, isn't it?
Now, when left college some 40 years
ago. having just won an interstate
oratorical contest, I started talking
about murky nantes and miasmal
mists; but never, in the heydey Of
my oratorical efforts. thought Of brew
ing germs that were anti or contrary
to the doctrine Of pure reason, nor
Of retooling educational institutions
for use in new methods Of teaching
science.
Mr.. Stevenson may rest assured, also,
when he talks Of miners and sappers
chipping away our freedom, neither he
nor his listeners will know what he is
taking ABOUT. Dumb Voter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11

Star sounded considerably less de-
featist that night. Your last para
graph read, There is only one person
who has the political prestige to clip
the wings of the Senator from Wiscon-
sin. That person is President Eisen-
hover He can do it-asSuming that he
is willing to forget the real or fancied
political value of Senator Mccarthy as
q Republican partisan asset, and as
Stunning also that the President really
makes up his mind that he has had
enough of McCarthyism."
Virginia Browne.
Your editorial, 1.-THE President S
Critics." searchingly or defiantly asks:
What, then, can be done?"
Very positive action can be taken by
President Eisenhower to curb Senator
Mccarthy. but part of the answer lies
in what already has been done to
strengthen the Senator's position and
prestige The Attorney General wiped
the slate clean for Senator Mccarthy
on the investigation Of his financial
affairs and on the Senate committees
report resulting from Senator Benson's
charges. Leonard Hall, chairman Of
the Republican National Committee.
once publicly Endorsed Senator McCar-
thy and was content to have him as
the party's chief "hatchet man." The
record to date is one Of compliance
rather than defiance.
President Eisenhower. as leader Of
the Republicans, must strive for party
ostracism of the Wisconsin Senator.
He must seek to replace Hall with a
chairman who is not committed to
party unity at Senator NcCarthy's
price or convenience. Failure to take
this positive step leads to the clear
but sorry conclusion that. after ALL
there is no basic difference in principle
between the President and the Sena-
tor And there perhaps Is the key to
the Presidents future course of action.
Irene Bernfeld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11

the bone. Sales are going to the dogs"
Dog: Bow wow"
Unemployed Worker: What is con-
sumer?"
Expert: Somebody who graduated
from the 1929 crash of the stock market
to the 1854 cash of the buyers market .
Housewife: How long will it last?"
Observer: Nothing alarming about
laSoffs. It's only temporary. Like the
recess in recession, they're recessin'."
Public Figure: THE recession may get
worse"
Public: Before it gets better?"
Figure: Figures don't lie."
Moral: What's a recession?
Jonas Clifton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-11
The Island Kills the Bridge

Representative Howard Smith is probably
correct. There is small likelihood that Congress
will approve the street bridge proposal, in
view of the nature of the opposition expressed
by distinguished spokesman for the Theodore
Roosevelt Association. They contend that a
bridge over Roosevelt Memorial Island would
violate terms under which the island was &C
copied as a gift by Congress % years ago.
That Interpretation of the terms deserves,
and in future years will doubtless receive, more
searching examination than it is apt to receive
now. If accepted, it permanently forecloses such
public improvement as bridge-as unrelated
as it is to the development of the island itself
unless the Roosevelt Association approves it. If
necessity for bridge at this location were more
clearly established. it is doubted that any such
Interpretation of the terms would be sustained
That necessity may be revealed in the future,
though it is clouded now by counterclaimS and
controversies involving other sites and other
considerations.
In view of the circumstances developed at
the House hearings, it is improbable that there
will be any Potomac River bridge, serving the
downtown area of Washington, in the foresee-
able future. The delay will be more injurious
to people living on the other side of the river
and working in Washington than to people who
live in Washington. To those who live and pay
taxes in Washington, however, the delay con-
tains one definite advantage. Before any bridge
is built across the Potomac, more consideration
than it has received up to now must be given to
the question of equitable financing. The divi-
sion of cost between the controlling Federal
Government. Virginia and the District taxpayers
as followed in the recent past and as tenta-
lively outlined for the next BRIDGES wholly
unfair to local taxpayers. With Virginia plead
ing poverty in connection with the less expen-
sive item of bridge approaches from her side
of the river, the theory that local taxpayers
should be saddled with the major cost of the
bridge itself is grotesque.
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L etters to The Star

QUESTIONABLE as people who 'have the
courage Of their convictions" Surely
he win not wish to be considered less
fortnight. Mr.. Broyhill must realize
that continued evasion may be con-
strued as proof that he is afraid Of his
own QUESTIONABLE.
Flora M. Carter,
Secretary, Womans Democratic
Club Of the 10th Congressional
District of Virginia.
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EvuIuotes 6. O. P.
Lawrence Fleming.

The current irresponsible meander-
ings of the Republican Party point up
the necessity to evaluate their status
as a major political party. We must
go back to the campaign period of
1852 to fully appreciate the position of
the party and the Nation today.
In that period, political marriages