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Evening star., 1954-01-15

of the most finely engraved postage
stamps ever to come forth. far superior
to anything to emanate from the bu-
reau. At their finest, the quality Of the
engraved stamp can scarcely be imi-
tated successfully by other process. On
this point am in agreement with Mr..
Fawcett. But the rotary presses cannot
produce that finest. and 1t is error to
suggest they might. The bureaus meth
ods Of making plates seems to be as
sharply limited in its variability. In
those cases in which both rotary-prcss
and f1at-plate printings exist of the
same stamp, there is nothing to choose
from as regards quality of the product.
Some Of the older flat-plate stamps
seem better. prior to World War But
it is scarcely possible to issue stamps
from softer steel plates in the quanti-
ties required. and thereby obtain the
finer result available.
The idea that other printing methods
are unsatisfactory is not substantiated
by the examples seen from many presses
throughout the world. Photogravure
in color is highly developed art to-
day, perfectly capable of splendid repro
duction of subject. Indeed. the nuances
the shadings, the tones, the ranges of
colors. the contrasts, the lightings, and
the effects obtainable with photogra-
Evening star., 1954-01-15
A Good Governor

AS Virginia prepares to inaugurate a. new
Governor, Thomas B. Stanley, its citizens have
cause to reflect approvingly and gratefully on
the record Of their outgoing chief Of state, John
s. Battle Quietly but determinedly. Governor
Battle administered the affairs of the Common
wealth with view to improving its educational
system. its health facilities, its highways and
its other services for the public welfare. He will
be remembered particularly for his successful
fight to obtain greater allotments of State funds
for school construction and teachers salaries
Nor will virginia's soft-spoken Governor
soon be forgotten by millions of television view
ers who watched the dramatic fight over party
loyalty" at the Democratic National Conven-
ton in Chicago in 1852. It was Governor Battles
brief but persuasive speech that saved the Vir-
ginia, South Carolina and Louisiana delegations
from expulsion His later efforts to abolish the
party's loyalty oath" were equally effective
Virginia is losing good Governor-one who
has distinguished himself on the national polit-
ical scene a. well 81 In his home State.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
School Problem in Fairfax

A SOLDERING forecast of school needs in
Fairfax County during the next few years has
been given the county school board by its sur
vey director, Robert B. Walker According to
Mr.. Walkers estimate, the capacity of the
Fairfax County public school system must be
more than doubled by 1860 If the student
population is to have reasonably adequate
facilities. The present building program win
not leave any surplus classroom space for to-
morrow's pupils. How the continuing school
emergency in the fast-growing county win be
met is a problem that concerns not only the
Board Of Supervisors but every citizen.
Fairfax Countyis school problem today Is
akin to that which confronted neighboring
Arlington County during the past decade. The
main impact Of wartime governmental expan-
sion was felt in Arlington first. Only recently
did Arlington manage to catch up with the
overload of school pupils sufficiently to abolish
halliday classes. To do the job cost Arlington
many millions in bond issues, now being paid
off through higher taxes.
Meanwhile, the population movement has
continued outward from Washington, with Fair
fax County experiencing an unprecedented
residential expansion. The school board has
been advised that the present school popula-
ton Of 1900 viii rise sharply during the next
half-decade, with some $4,000 school children
TO be accommodated by 1860. It viii take lot
Evening star., 1954-01-15

vure are far. far greater in range than
those with simple line-engraving. There
Is large body Of philatelic enthusiasts
who would welcome heartily the added
possibilities of photogravure. Mr..
Fawcett casually refers to this as Offset
printing. which it Is not, not precisely.
1t is true that the plates may be re-
garded as being prepared from offsets,
even from decalcomanias as is possible,
but the printing itself is direct. Yet So
called engraved stamps are not printed
from engraved plates. but from second
take offsets from the original dies. True,
OF course, they are recess-printed. Just
like photographers!
While I cannot truthfully speak for
any but myself, there is surely in these
United States large body of people,
not necessarily stamp collectors, who
have a large interest in our postal is
sues, and who would surely welcome a
progressive attitude on the part of our
Post Office Department, such as the
proposed step seems to promise. be-
Ieve The Star should feel itself obli-
gated to give some mention to this.
especially in view of the pronounced
antlpathetic attitudes it has publicized.
DIR. George L. Fite,
President, Washington Philatelic
Society.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
A Boost for the Reds

Lieutenant General K s. Thimayya may
have given some aid and comfort, propaganda
wise, to the Communists by his denial Of the
right Of the United Nations Command to release
$4,000 North Korean and Chinese Communist
war prisoners to civilian status after midnight,
January %. Even If this is the case, however,
the statement by the Indian head of the Neutral
Nations Repatriation Commission should not
operate to postpone the scheduled release of
these prisoners
General Thimayya's position, If it has been
correctly reported, comes as a surprise, for pre-
viously he had impressed our representatives at
Panmunjom with his desire to be entirely fair
and impartial in administering the work Of the
Repatriation Commission
Now, however. he says that the Indian Gus
todial troops will return the unrepatriated war
prisoners to their allied and Communist captors
some three days ahead of schedule, and he also
stresses that they are being returned as priS-
oners. not civilians. Furthermore, he takes the
position that neither side can release the pris-
OnerS to civilian status until all of them have
received the come-home explanations and the
peace conference has discussed the future of
those who refuse to go home or until both COM
mandS have come to some other agreement. It
is difficult to reconcile this latter view with an
attitude of impartiality, although it is possible,
of course, that General Thimayya may have
taken this line under instructions from his
government.
There is no reason to suppose, however that
the generals unrequested Interpretation of the
armistice terms will delay the release to civilian
status of the anti-Communist prisoners The
U. N. commander, General John E. Hull, served
notice on January that all anti Communist
prisoners would be freed at midnight, January
%. This notification was reinforced on January
10 by General Maxwell D. Taylor, u. N. field
commander who warned that any attempt to
interfere with the scheduled release of the pris-
oners might bring resumption of the war. In
these circumstances, it is inconceivable that we
would bow to General Thimayya's view that the
men must be held until all of them have listened
to the explanations and until the peace con-
ference has discussed the future of those who
refuse repatriation. To accept this could be
equivalent to indefinite imprisonment for there
will be no facilities for conducting the explana-
tions after January % and no assurance that
peace conference will ever be assembled to dis
cuss the prisoner question. The Communists,
of course, will make propaganda capital out of
General Thimayya's contention that release of
the prisoners on January % will violate the
armistice terms. But they should be released
nevertheless.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Safeguard the Loyalty Files

The old issue of loyalty-file secrecy has
cropped up again. with prospects that there will
be some modification of existing rules protect
ing loyalty board records. Chairman Philip
Young of the Civil Service Commission has
made it plain however, that there will be no
retreat from the policy of safeguarding the
confdentiality of Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton reports on loyalty of Government employees,
and any other policy certainly would be disas-
trous to the Federal security-risk program.
The latest fiareup at the Capitol over 10y
atty data confdentiality concerns the case of
Federal labor mediator who resigned last Sep
tember after being questioned by a subcommit-
tee of the House Un-Amercan Activities Com
mittee. Chairman Young asked for and was
granted 30-day delay in making final deci-
sion of production of secret records of
the defunct Loyalty Review Board in the case.
He was told that no further extension would be
agreed to by the subcommittee. The Subcom-
mittee wants to know what happened in the
entire Mcnamara case," and particularly why
the Loyalty Review Board cleared the employe,
James Mcnamara, despite an Investigators re-
ported listing of the mans Communist associa-
tons. Mr.. Mcnamara told the subcommittee
he had attended Communist Party meetings in
the late sos and he supposed" he could have
been considered a member Of the party.
Chairman Young said 1t was not clear,
under the secrecy order of the administration,
how much, if any, of the information sought by
the subcommittee could be released. He said
he personally believed that some of the infor-
nation could be made available. He said he
wished to continue an active study of the
problem, presumably in cooperation with the
Department Of Justice. Attorney General Brow
nell has found himself on the spot on the file
secrecy question as result of his release of
edited portions Of FBI reports on the late Harry
Dexter White and others It may be that there
can be- some relaxation of the tight rules which
have protected all operations Of the loyalty
program. If so, revision of the old regulations
to clarity the situation is in order. Great care
should be taken, however, to avoid public dis
closure Of information given to the FBI in con-
fidence and on the assurance that informants
would be protected The Government should
not betray this trust.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Those Who Wait

And still they wait-in snowy White-
ness dressed,
A cross OF ruby-red pinned on each
breast.
They ipait and hope and pray. not for
themselves,
But for reuSsurin0 pisions of tult
ShelUeS
Lined leoion-deep iDith pldsn,d-that
pure gift
OF seltlessness that some unknotoH
may lift
His head and know rebirth. This verg
day
That stranger lies Doice-neur or
lDarS G1Ddy
Where dark disasters shroud the soul
tOith SOrrO1U.
Holu can tUe dare eliminate tomorrow
For those Wl,oSe brief today pulSdtes
Nth need.
SenSed fully by the ones In White
tDhO plead
For US to stretch our arms and thus
create -
A future born OF faith for those ioh0
Dait. -"
Jean Mersord =
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Modernizing Social Security

With the principle of a Government social
insurance system established and generally
accepted, President Eisenhower has now rec
commended to Congress some logical steps for
broadening and bringing up to date the social
security structure.
The two major recommendations are that
coverage under the Old Age and Survivors
Insurance System be extended to an estimated
10 million additional persons mostly in the self
employed category, and that both the minimum
and maximum benefits be increased to levels
which will be spelled out later by the Depart
ment of Health, Education and Welfare. The
President also notified Congress that there will
be later recommendations for extending the old
age insurance to Federal employees not now pro-
tected, but without encroaching on the present
Federal retirement system. Other recommen-
dationS in his special message would permit
old-age insurance beneficiaries greater freedom
with regard to post-retirement earnings, more
generous basis for computing benefits and an
increase of the earnings base, for calculation
of benefits and payroll taxes, from the present
$500 to $4,000. A new formula for computing
Federal participation in the grant-in-aid pro-
grams for public assistance also would allow
increases in this form of aid to the aged.
Expansion of the social security system has
been an objective of President Eisenhower from
the beginning of his administration A broad
recommendation to this effect was included in
his state-of-the- Union message in February,
1858, and special message on the subject was
sent to the Congress last August. At that time,
the President proposed extending the coyerage
to an additional 6.5 million persons. In his
state-of-the- Union message this month he
returned to the issue and announced then that
he would send up special message this week.
While proposals have come from other sources
for revision of the system-Some more and
some less generous than the Presidents plan
the fact that Chairman Reed of the House Ways
and Means Committee already has introduced
bills designed to carry out White House. pro-
posals indicates that final congressional action
probably will be pretty closely along the admin
istration line. It appears, in other words, that
this is one part of the Eisenhower legislative
program reasonably sure of enactment. Although
some economists have warned of danger in con-
tinued liberalization of the social security sys-
TEN, it is politically popular cause and Presi-
dent Eisenhower estimates that his current
recommendations represent a net additional
cost Of only about one-half Of per cent Of the
annual payrolls subject to old-age insurance
taxes.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Medicine for Koreans

Recently, while cleaning out the Office
closet Of accumulated sample drugs re-
ceived from pharmaceutical manufac-
turers, it occurred to me that surely
there must be really worth while char
ity to which they might be given. Upon
investigation learned that the Ameri-
can Korean Foundation, 345 East For
ty-sixth street. New York, N. Y. would
be most thankful to receive any gifts of
such nature from all who care to
offer them.
Here, then. is the answer to the
eternal question of all in the medical
profession, What to do with the
samples?" Right now they are par
ticularly needed. I am certain they
will be most appreciated. The atten-
tion of Palmer Bevis should be
noted on all parcels
Norman Ray Guynn.
Evening star., 1954-01-15

Of new school buildings and substantial outlays
of money to provide the necessary facilities.
Some Federal aid can be expected. under
the governmental impact" program, but the
bulk Of the cost will fall on the countys tax
payers More bond issues, spreading the cost
over the years, appear to be in prospect. Cur
rent revenues could not cope with the increasing
demands for schools, not to mention other pub
lie services required by rapidly expanding
community.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Provoked by MeIIett

Provoked by MeIIett
Considering the high ethical stand
ards of your editors. it is difficult to
reconcile your providing a forum for
Lowell Mellett. In a recent column
December 81 he quoted from some
labor paper a false statement to the
effect that the social security proposals
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce would level down benefits for
every one to $25 month.
Either Mr. Mellett is incompetent
or he is malicious. He used the quota
ton from the labor paper and thereby
established falsehood in the mind of
the reader. What moral right does he
have to characterize the chambers
proposals without knowing what they
are? Does he not have duty to inform
himself either by reading what the
chamber has proposed or by making
a local telephone call to ask what the
proposal is?
AS a writer, he has at least some
duty to be accurate. A man of prin-
ciple would not try to convey to the
public an idea, known to be false, by
merely quoting from another paper.
Either Mr.. Mellett did not know what
he was talking about or he deliberately
tried to deceive. Nor is this an isolated
case.
With the high standard of integrity
OF The Evening Star and its editorial
staff, 1t Is difficult to understand why
you continue to provide space for this
person and pay him for it besides.
Emerson p. Schmidt,
Director Of Economic Research, U. S.
Chamber of Commerce.
Editors note: The purpose of the
article to which DR.. Schmidt refers was
to indicate the nature of the fight by
labor organizations against changing
the basic plan of the social security
system. AS an example, Mr.. Mellett
quoted from circular distributed by
Labor's League for Political Education
(AFL). He identified the source of the
quotation. He was reporting what was
being said He was not passing on the
merits of the controversy
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Compulsory VOTING

In The Star of January IL, David
Lawrence writes about compulsory vot-
ing. He says. 1T might be stipulated
that any one who other than because
Of illness or disability didn't vote
might lose his vote for three successive
years"
He continues: provisions have been
made for absentee voting, so that this
is no longer an excuse when business
or other reasons for travel takes the
citizen away from his home on election
day."
Evidently Mr.. Lawrence does not
know that there are many States which
do not have absentee voting I am
resident of Pennsylvania-and Penn
Sylvania does not have absentee voting
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Those Cries of 'Depression'

Well. the "smudgers" are at it again.
Their chosen hattle-cry is Depression,
Depression! Depression!" Each utter
ance is soaked in pretended grief and
clothed in doubts of national survival.
These sour souls have prediction
plans to use the law of suggestion and
through the process of oft repeating
the cry Depression" they hope to
force the people into an erroneous
belief, and thus adorn their lies with
a Semblance of reality. Critic.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star 1niorma-
ton Bureau, 1900 Eye st.; NV Washington
return nnstaRe
Evening star., 1954-01-15
By THE HAsKINs SERVICE.

@. How did the rabbit punch in box
ing originate?-C. S. P.
A. When rabbits began to overrun
Australia. quick method of killing
them was devised by means Of single
blow which usually broke the rabbits
neck. Australian fighters introduced the
rabbit punch into this country late in
the 10Th century, but it was later ruled
out as too brutal.
@. Did Daniel Chester French use a
model for his great statue of Lincoln
in the Lincoln Memorial in Washing
ton?-A. r. V.
A. The sculptor's models were life
mask of Lincoln and plaster copies Of
his hands He worked for six years
on his difficult task.
@. Have flying saucers been seen over
the British Isles?-V. M.
A. During the last four years there
have been numerous reports Of the
sighting Of unusual objects in the sky.
Official investigators have reported
that for 95f6 of cases simple explana-'
tions were found.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Letters to The Star

so, as spend my winters here in
Washington, I have been unable to
vote for several years. M.C.L.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
ROOMS FURNIsHED-N.W.

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Evening star., 1954-05-12

MAN to share furn. apt. with another
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DU. 7-1000. Ext. 101 betw. 9-6 >: m.
DESIRE MEETING GIRL interested
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LADY HAS LARGE RIM. kit. privils..
nfo4ms.Sn In ans tSa e%P ea LG Sir 7ss q slsdy EHs
WOULD LIKE A YOUNG LADY. 90
rm. apt, convenient, all privileges: I:
WIDOW Will WI Isl SHARE nicely furn.
iShed home in Silver Spring with /
or 2 girls; full home privileges: con-
ven. to stores and buses. JU. S-3970
GIRL, share 3-rm.
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Twin beds. phone; reas. EN-. q
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ARLINGToN-Desire refined girl to
snare bldr Cisn conv another mother girl IN apt
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FOR LADY, 2 rooms. furnished or
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NV. AID. 2-S460 after 6.
young man to share apt,
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GIRL to share 2-bedrm. apt. with 2
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MASS WIS. AREA~Girl to share
mod. newly furn. efic. with another
girl. TV. washer, dryer, phone;
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ANOTHER YOUNG LADY, age 20-25,
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with another Girl. Call Ii. 6-7341
after 8 or all day Friday. Ia
Evening star., 1954-05-12
ROOMS fURN.-MD. 6 VA.
ROOMS HOUSEKEEPING

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In pvt. home. RIA. 6-3S06 or AID. 2.
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@539 18th st. N.W.-Lge. bright rm.;
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