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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
Country Store

I neUer see tGDny cat asleep
But that / am little girl once more
Breathless from my run across the steep
Dr1b stretch OF toion to reach my
grGndpG'S store.
There iDGS smell OF coffee beans and
thong
And picked things in barrels, stope-
tDood smoke,
The ring of friendly noise, the meat
saws song
The drummer's laughter and the old
mems joke.
tDGs a Disitif10 princess for dwI,ile
Sent home, at last, Nth royal loot
ttUiSt
OF Hcorice ,olsip: the peppermtnty smHe
on grGndpd'S face stotOed he had
Just been kissed.
The gold cat dreaming in the ,Dindow
Crowned an adventure neuer since
outdonei
Helen Boxer Adoms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15

0NE or the first things T. Coleman
~ Andrews did when President Ei-
senhower appointed him Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue last year was to
draft memorandum for the Internal
Revenue Services $4,000 employees
throughout the country.
Lets meet EN- with q smile" was
the gist Of the new commissioner
sunny homily on how IS million fraz-
lied American taxpayers hencef0th
were to be treated
Mi. Andrews. an angular Virginian In
q gray suit. was smiling when this
taxpayer called on him at his once
the other day to see how he's been
doing in the stern business Of collect
ing taxes.
The Commissioner has been busy.
He lad been on the Job since Am.
that very day. he said. toiling away
in his Alexandria apartment on
pressing administrative problem.
Mr.. Andrews dedication Is reflected
in the is working hours day he puts
into q Job that has the reputation Of
being one of the most unsOught after
in the Federal Government. Once In
while the commissioner gets In 4
little golf at Burning Tree. More
rarely. he and Mrs. Andrews take q
breather in his native Richmond. where
he began his accounting career and
where, before his appointment, he was
senior partner, In the accounting firm
Of r. Coleman Andrews g. Co.
Asked how it feels to be Croesus-
like collector Of some 70-billion-a-year
revenue, roughly half Of it personal
income taxes, he said he likes 1t fine.
But at the same time. he regards him
self as one Of the least known public
figures in the Nations Capital.
II can roam all around Washington, !"
said the 54-year-old commissioner. land
never be recognized. like that. I'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
The LowIonds Leod

The Belgian Senate has now completed
that country's parliamentary ratification Of the
European Defense Community treaty. When
King Baudouin gives his royal assent, routine
formality, Belgium viii have Joined It's neighbor,
the Netherlands, in leading the six signatories
of the pact toward its augmentation.
In West Germany, legislative action also
has been completed and constitutional ques-
ton appears close to resolution. Luxembourg,
third Of the Benelux group, is expected to act
soon and Premier Scelba has promised an early
effort at ratification by Italy Bickering and
indecision still darken the prospects IN France
but the high order Of the debate in the Belgian
Senate and the willingness and determination
Of the smaller nations Of Western Europe to
turn the EDO blueprint into reality may have
good influence on the Paris Assembly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
The Mecorthx Story

The people Of this country OF ours
owe debt Of gratitude to the forth
right members Of the American press
for their fight for decency In the con-
duct Of public affairs. At last your
fight for right Ii paying on.
Reluctant and timid public ofncials
have finally been spurred into action
against the tyranny Of q notorious
bully. The first round In this night
goes to an enlightened. courageous
press and to o few outstanding news
analysts who have not been afraid to
tell the whole, unpleasant truth.
It Is only the first round in what
may prove to be long. bitter fight.
However, 1t is almost an axiom that
bully at heart is also fundamentally
q coward. and once he is thoroughly
whipped he will stink into . towards
hole.
Keep up the fight. The great ma
jority Of the American people are back
Of you.
Harry r. Lee.
We differ with your Constantine
Brown and others who say the McCar-
thy approach is in any way justified
by the dangers to internal security.
The United States were founded in
protest against traditional autocracy
which tried to Justify itself on the same
basis. Depots from Caesar to George III,
and on to Hitler, Stain and Peron.
have excused their disregard Of indi-
viduals on the. supposedly higher value
Of the interests Of the state. II we
revert to those standards. we will have
lost faith in our most fundamental
ideals and what else are we interested
in protecting?
would rather hold fast in any cir
cumstance to the principles which have
given US our way Of life and which. II
remember correctly, have proved not
only adequate but phenomenally sue
cessful in times Of national crisis.
Senate investigations should be in
the hands Of Senators who can under
stand and practice these principles. It
is up to Congress to find q way to make
the change. and they will do 1t II they
feel the American majority wants it
done.
Howard Wilcox.
History repeats. The current criti-
cism leveled at Senator Mccarthy, to
the eject that he should direct his
energies to combating communism
abroad rather than ut home. recalls the
strategy Of the Caesars 1000 Years ago,
when they sought to distract attention
from troubles at home BY setting up the
cry: 1.-THE Gauls are about to attack!
We must 60 forth and do battle to pro-
tect the fatherland." The Russian hob
goblin is dangled at our window by the
Army brass and those who have war
goods for sale. to justify the "abysmal
waste" incident to combating through
out the world phantom enemy.
A Communist nation is always weak
nation. militarily and economically
Witness France and Italy. and to a
lesser extent England, as they have adj
vanced on the socialist road. The mill
tary weakness of Russia would be
plainly visible were it not for the Iron
Curtain. Tiny Yugoslavia spit in the
Kremlin eye four or five years ago. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
The Filthy Potomac

One cannot read the detailed pollution re-
port or the Interstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin without experiencing q feel
ing OF revulsion over the conditions exposed.
Every one who lives along this stretch OF the
Potomac knows that the river is contaminated
by sewage and is unhealthful for recreational
purposes. But few persons realize how nearly
like huge cesspool theNriver has become In
recent years. And few realize how much re-
mains to be done toward cleaning it up. It is
plain, from the report, that all Jurisdictions in
volved have Jagged in dealing with the problem
Including especially the Federal Government.
A commission task force" has pictured the
portion Of the tidal Potomac from just above Key
Bridge to below Alexandria as q filthy, smelly
lagoon, the sluggish waters Of which are inca
pable Of carrying away all the foul wastes that
pour into the stream from both shores. Near
septic conditions prevail whenever, as in mid
summer, the water volume is low. Even now the
mouths Of Rock Greek, Four Mile Run and
Hunting Greek are like septic tanks with fer
mentation visible as the raw sewage, offal and
garbage sink to the bottom and decay. Adding
to the mess 1t was revealed, are number Of
combined raw sewage and drainage lines that
regularly overflow into the river These COM
bination sewers exist both in Washington and
Alexandria.
progress so far made in the anti-pollution field
seems discouragingly small and inadequate The
Districts plant Is able to provide only primary
treatment, whereas secondary treatment Is
badly needed to render the sewage relatively
harmless. At the present rate of plant extern
sion it win be 10 years or more before secondary
treatment can be undertaken by then the
pollution load win have grown tremendously.
Much remains to be done by Maryland and Vir-
ginia to make the river cleaner and safer,
although both Jurisdictions are making COM
mendable efforts to help in the decentralization
program.
In connection with jurisdictional respon-
Hbility the commission has raised very peril
nent question as to the adequacy of Federal
participation in the cleanup efforts. It is true
that Federal funds paid for a sewage disposal
system to serve the Pentagon and some other
Federal buildings in Arlington. But much of the
sewage problem that has developed in the Dis
trict and in the suburbs has resulted from Fed
"The Federal Government, with its vast number
Of installations in the Washington area, is tax
exempt and has not assumed its rightful respon-
sibilities while placing undue financial burdens
on the local governments" The commission is
right In holding that there should be a special
thoroughgoing study Of Federal obligations un-
der the pollution abatement program, as well
as Of general financing plans for urgently re-
quired improvements. It should be matter Of
national interest-and Shame-that the Nations
Capital has virtual cesspool in its front yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
L letters to The Star

all the Kremlin did about 1t was howl.
Our danger is at home, not in foreign
lands. Howard b. Smith.
I didn't expect that day to arrive, but
am finally convinced The Star has gone
the way Of many formerly good news
papers. It's like seeing a newspaper
being put to bed permanently. The
majority Of your columnists. your news
"slants" and editorial opinion have os-
tensibly been against so-called NC
Carthyism" (the press, understand,
was originally responsible for that
term)-but you have actually been
after McCarthy's scalp, just as you were
after (and got) MacArthur's uniform.
It. therefore, seems that The Stars
viewpoint depends upon the man filling
the generals uniform and ultimately
upon that.man's political shading-the
uniform notwithstanding.
Geraldine L. Weiland.
When one notes the bitter, vicious,
unending attacks upon Senator Nc
Carthy. one, is impelled to inquire what
wrong has this man done. what crime
has he committed that there should be
meted out to him a pillorying unsur-
passed in this country, and exceeding
by far anything melted out to the worst
traitors in our history? Surely any al
legged wrongs committed by him do not
warrant the abuse, villification and
bounding Of this man beyond endur-
ance. There Is only one counterpart in
all recorded history for the unceasing
drumf1re Of abuse-that was in the case
Of Man who came upon the scene al
most 1000 years ago. and met His end
upon q cross on Calvary. He outlived
His petty detractors. just as the name
of Senator Mccarthy will live on long
after his crucifiers have sunk back into
the obScurity from whence they come
This Nation had better take heed,
since Mccarthy may be its last chance.
You can be certain that II he finally Is
forced to succtmb. no man from this
day on will dare to oppose the unrelent-
ing and incredible force Of the Commu-
mist conspiracy in this country
Citizen.
Other than David Lawrence. you have
hardly q single commentator or writer
worth listening to or reading.
I am an old lady Of IS and in all my
long years, I've never seen or read of
any one being abused quite as much as
Senator Mccarthy.
think the real reason you keep him
in the headlines Is because you are
afraid Of him and you know he is per-
forming an excellent service to the
American people. Any one with any
intelligence knows that the Senator is
not playing for headlines but only
doing his duty as an American.
M. L. Young.
One Of your correspondents. w. H.
Shields. has no doubt expressed the
sentiments Of great many of your
other readers when he writes that 1T
is sad to see The Star join the left
wingers."
Last August The Star published a
splendid editorial on the shocking ex-
posures Of the loose security methods
at the Government Printing Office, ad-
hitting that! perhaps after all. the
congressional investigating committees.
were needed. You printed number Of
letters Of congratulations. among which
was mine. Many of us felt that The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15

which they make. Delegate Armistead Boothe
Of Alexandra pointed out that citizens Of the
10th District pay 10 per cent of the total In
come tax collected by the State. And most Of
this tax Is paid by Federal employees. TO deny
these good citizens the right to participate ii
their local. government Is unfair and undemo-
cratic, Is the. State Senate implicitly recog-
mixed Ia approving the Fenwick bill for ref
erendum on the issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
Guards for Capitol

It seems to me that one solution for
the protection Of the occupants of the
Capitol would be to reinstate the $50
building guards who were given "re-
duction in force" notices when the
Public Buildings Administration cut
down on its force. These men were
trained in the United States Special
Police Training School, and they had
to qualify in the use of small arms at
the Governments expense. Now they
are out Of work because of economy
measures. James A. Howard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15

not gregarious individual and I don't
like people to make fuss over me.
Il came here to do job. have a
choice between doing that job and max
ing the rounds of the cocktail circuit.
The job is too vital to neglect it."
Mr.. Andrews discussed changes he
has made lin the Internal Revenue
Service since the influence peddling
scandals rocked the department in
Truman's administration.
THE Internal Revenue Service today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
Smiling Through With Income Tax Man

Is an honest service he said. "Tlne
inadequacy 81 the service in the past
was, think, due primarily to the lack
Of constructive personnel policy. one
assuring choice Of the right kind Of
people for the job
Congress has recognized the services
need for trained manpoWer by appro-
priating funds for an additional 1000
tax enforcement officers year. There
are now 5000. and another 1000 will
be brought into the department in
July.
The value Of trained enforcement
officers was pointed out this way by Mr..
Andrews:
Keeping in mind that my Job calls
for bringing in more tax at less cost.
recently sent 250 canvassers to New
England on two-day audit Of indi-
vidual tax returns. Out Of 5000 re-
turns the investigators found l,l5O tax
payers in arrears. We figured the sal.
aries Of the canvassers for two days
came to $l0.250. But against that they
collected $4,000"
Mr.. Andrews pet project an In
ternal Revenue Service academy to
train career revenue off1cerS-iS one OF
the more dramatic ways he is trying to
establish an esprit de corps in his de-
partment after last years morale-shat-
tering investigations.
Turning to more topical matters.
the commissioner said personal income
tax returns this year indicate the de-
partment's missionary campaign to
educate the public on how to file has
paid of in two important ways. First,
people are filing earlier. Second. they
are making fewer errors. In previous
years as high as IS per cent Of the
total returns were in error. factor
that makes revenue people reach for
the aspirin bottle. in view Of the ire
mendous clerical expense involved in
sending them back for correction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
Billion for Indo-Chinu

Two news items: One, Harold Stassen
announces 81 billion aid to Indo- China:
two, the Treasury states that 81 billion
cut in taxes is more than the Govern
ment can stand.
Is there anywhere in the literature
OF the world a story with moral of a
man, heavily in debt, who denies his
family but gives to a reluctant and
ungrateful neighbor? I have not been
able to find it. ~.. W,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15

Star had awakened. Alas, 1t doesn't
appear to have been true.
It does seem to me that your car
toonists. instead of indulging In the
Mccarthy Stevens feud, could much
better employ their talents in trying
to bring to light just who in the Gov
eminent was responsible for the pro-
motion and hasty honorable discharge
OF an Army officer when it was known
that he was the subject of investigation
by officials Of the Government.
Some Of your correspondents would
do well to turn back and read David
Lawrence's column on February %:
this column contained the only factual.
chronological summary Of the entire
Peress case that have so far seen.
Lawrence G. Walter.
How long must We decent people of
these United States put up with the
asinine mouthings of this Mccarthy?
He causes every respectable son of Erin
to hang his head in shame.
Henry B. Steer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
Fovors Fair Trode

believe in fair trade! There is only
one price fixer in this country. That
is the American consumer. If the price
is right. she buys: if the price is too
high. she does not buy. This one fact
alone keeps our markets competitive.
OF course, there is the merchant who
through price cutting of popular brands
endeavors to entice the consumer into
his store and into the false belief that
all of his merchandise is at giveaway
prices. This is purposely done to en-
snare the unwary. Fair trade curtails
the deceitful activities of the bait
advertiser and is protection to the
consumer. No one can operate a busi-
ness selling only loss-leaders. When
a merchant sells any item at cost, he
must mark up other items. that are not
priced by the manufacturers, to recoup
his operating expense and profit on his
bait"
Congress. which passed the enabling
acts for fair trade: the Supreme Court,
which has passed on the validity of
fair trade. and the As States having
fair trade. cannot be wrong.
Mrs. Joseph A. Egan.>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
Questions and Answers
By Thomos I. Henry

A reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau 1900 Eye St. NV. Washing
ton 5, D C. Please tnclose three t3l cents for
return postage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15

Pen-n0naes may be used If letters c1rrv
1DTtterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-15
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. Which American composer was q
child prodigy?-H Y.
A. Morton Gould was a musical
prodigy, probably the only American
composer so distinguished At the age
Of he was playing Bach and Bee
thoven and composed waltz entitled
"Just Six"
@. What fees are people required to
pay when they are given a peerage in
England?-T. w.
A. Fees for dignities, which were
formerly payable as Inland Revenues.
were abolished by the Finance Act of
1887. They were in the form of rev.
nue. stamps and ranged from $50
pounds for dukedom to $50 pounds
Cor barony.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-30
Rev. Harmon At
Pastors School

Greencastle, Ind. tSpl.) Rev.
Ralph H. Harmon, London, r. r.
3, is one of 100 Methodist supply
pastors now attending the second
Approved Supply Pastors School
here at DePaw University.
The school, inaugurated on De-
Pauw's campus last year as the
first of its type in the Midwest, is
part of an intensive training pro-
gram developed by the Methodist
Church for its supply pastors.
In three weeks of accelerated
classroom work. which began July
26 and will continue through Aug.
13, the minister-students will COM
plete the equivalent of one college
semester.
The complete course requires
four summer sessions. plus cores
pondence work during the remain
der of the year, and includes q
study of eight different minister,
ial subjects.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-30
Mt. Vernon Firm
TO Print Racing
Program At Fair

The London Junior Chamber of
Commerce has accepted the offer
of the Madison County Fair Board
to solicit advertising for the Madi-
son County Fair race programs.
Jaycee president, William Ken
nedy stated that the Jaycees had
agreed to sell advertising for the
race programs without any know
ledge of previous difficulties and
that he knew nothing concerning
the fact that the London AMVET
organization had been flatly turn
cd down by the Fair Board. The
AMVETS had furnished the prog
rams for the past two years. A
spokesman for the AMVET group
said that the veterans organiza-
tion was not permitted to bid and
that the contract had been handed
TO a Mt. Vernon printing firm at
a special meeting. Phil Mauger.
head Of the Mt. Vernon printing
firm. subsequently turned down
the contract when he learned that
the AMVETs had been dealt out
Of the proposition.
At the time the AMVETS were
turned down, fair board spokes-
man stated that mo local printing
company is capable to print race
programs. The race programs
have been printed in London for
over 25 years.
The so-called advertising in the
programs provides money to pay
the printing bill, it was pointed
out, and additional profit is added
through the actual sale of the
programs during the fair. The
Jaycees will receive a percentage
of the advertising and program
sales, Kennedy said. The Mauger
firm has now agreed to print the
programs under Jaycee sponsor
ship, it was said.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-07-30
Two Londoners At
City Loan Party

Among the $50 employees who
attended the 42nd birthday anni-
versary celebration and service
award dinner of The City Loan
and Savings Company at its home
office in Lima were the follow
ing employees from the companys S
local offices here:
Marcus A. Cornwell, IS years
service and Ruth P. Moody, 15
years service.
Each year on July 27, the birth
day anniversary of the firm, an
annual service award dinner is
given in honor of those employees
who have reached each consecu-
tive 5 year period of employment.
A gold pin is presented, set with
a diamond for each 5 years of
service.
The company started in busi-
ness in Wapakoneta, Ohio, in 1912,
with an upstairs office and 2 en-
ployees. Today the firm maintains
139 offices all over Ohio and en-
ployees 1850 people. The City
Loan is recognized as the largest
financial concern of its kind in
the country operating exclusively
within a single state. There are
only four counties in which bran
ches are not located. In the met
ropolitan cities the company main
tains several offices. Manager
Mark Cornwell, in charge of the
local office here stated that the
company's total resources today
exceed $118 million with approx
mately 100000 customers.