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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19

equipment, tools, etc.. to create more
jobs and more wealth. Is this Gov
eminent going to make them reinvest?
Is there need for gigantic retooling
such as he implies?
think not. Many of these investors
and corporations had large booms.
gifts and tax-free aids during the war
extending to ten years, and just don't
think they need this relief. When a
large corporation like General Motors
(and others too) makes huge profit
for its investors. that corporation and
its investors are doing well enough.
And they have the necessary funds to
reinvest in any new capital equipment
they need.
The real key to prosperity is in the
lowering Of the taxes of the little guy.
The more he spends. the more business
and profit there is. No family with an
income of $500, with three children,
should have to pay almost 5000 in taxes.
Therefore, I hope the Democrats
win their battle in Congress to lower
taxes through an increase in depend
entS' allowance. I do not buy this
Republican tax bill They are trying
to pay of their NAM contributions
with 10000 per cent profit.
william M. White, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19

pen to represent would "take vacation for two
years." Mr.. Hoover declared, savings aggregat-
ing from IS to 81 billion might be possible. How
effective the pressures may prove to be at the
Capitol is uncertain at this stage Of the COM
missions inquiries
The original commission was limited in its
authority and its scope of operations. The new
commission has subpoena powers, can investi-
gate departmental policies as well as procedures
and is directed to give special attention to inter-
departmental relations. large number of
task forces" similar to those which worked for
the first commission is digging out the facts and
making recommendations in nearly every field
of governmental work. II this latest effort to
put the Government on a more businesslike
basis is as productive as the previous undertake
ing, the Nation will be spared additional waste
that is costing countless millions every year.
Public opinion is bound to support Federal re-
forms which offer such enormous dividends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
, Forget the Headlines

Senator Mccarthy has told reporters AS of
now, he is backing Mr.. Cohn to the hilt"
Defense Secretary Wilson has told the Senate
Armed Services Committee: "As it stands today,
John Adams has my confidence"
The identical note of reservation which
runs through both statements is bound to give
rise to some faint STRINGS of misgiving For
the suggestion, or perhaps it would be more
accurate to say that possible Interpretation,
is that Messrs. Cohn and Adams are being
groomed as sacrificial offerings on the altar
of party harmony The Star does not believe
that this is the case. Certainly the Republican
leadership is not foolish enough to think that
it can put the skids under the general counsel
to the Mccarthy subcommittee and the general
counsel to the Army, and thereby still the pub
lie clamor for full and searching investigation
of the case of Senator Mccarthy versus the
Army
OF course. if the fact is to the contrary
there would be every reason to revise the plans
which have been made to investigate the mat
ter If the Mccarthy subcommittee. with SEN
ator Mundt in the chair. and with a new
counsel and new staff, is not going to conduct
a thorough and hard-hitting investigation,
then the inquiry should be turned over to some
other agency. In such circumstances, Senator
Kefauver would be amply justified in his effort
to bring the matter before the Armed Services
Committee, headed by Senator Saltonstall. But
the fact that revamped Mccarthy subcom-
mittee cannot be trusted should be established
before this is done. And there has not yet been
even an accusation that the subcommittee. with
Democratic Senators Mcclellan, Symington and
Jackson serving on it, will not do the job thor
oughly and conscientiously.
Senator Saltonstall is up for reelection
this fall in Massachusetts, State in which
Senator McCarthys following is strong. 1t is no
reflection, certainly, on Senator Saltonstall TO
say that in view of this he is not in an ideal
position to direct this investigation. There is
another and more compelling reason, however,
for the Armed Services Committee to refrain
from rushing in. While there is every prob
] ability that it could take jurisdiction, there is
also every probability that the Mccarthy SUBJ
committee would refuse to withdraw. The re-
suit would be two Investigations running more
or less concurrently, and, in all probability,
wild scramble for the headlines.
This is one investigation in which head
lines should be forgotten. This is deadly
serious business, with the integrity Of both the
Senate and the Army involved. What the pub
lie wants. and will demand, is an investigation
designed solely to establish the facts-to ascer-
tain who has been lying and who has been
telling the truth. e6 sss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Monsters on Strike

Except for its promise to ruin the port of
New York, there is nothing especially new about
the violence which marks the activities of the
striking lila longshoremen. This is not the
first time that union mobsters, operating under
the ill-deserved mantle Of respectability which
our laws confer on them, have beaten and in
Inundated other men to keep them from going
to work. The mere fact that the practice is an
old one, however, does not excuse it. Mayor
Wagner of New York City should put politics
aside and employ whatever police are needed
to drive these hoodlums from the water front
and its approaches. If the task is too big for
him to handle, he ought to call on Governor
Dewey for the required assistance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
No Longer a Lost Cause

Every taxpayer every citizen interested in
more efficient, more economical Government will
find encouragement in the speech on Federal
reorganization delivered by former President
Hoover before Press Club audience. Thirty
years ago his reorganization pleas were like a
voice crying in the wilderness Today more and
more people are listening and more and more
is being accomplished for better administration
at less cost.
Mr.. Hoover recalled q despairing comment
he had made after failure OF his first reorgani-
cation effort. Practically every single item"
he said then, "has met with opposition from
some vested official, or it, has disturbed some
vested habit and offended some organized mo-.
nopoly. ALI of them are in favor of every item
of reorganization except that which affects the
activity in which they are specially interested
In the aggregate, these directors of vested
habits and propaganda surround the Congress
with a confusing fog Of opposition Meantime,
the inchoate voice Of the public gets nowhere
but to swear"
The fogs Of confusion have not been COM
pletely dispelled, Of course, but the picture has
frightened greatly In recent years. About 70
per cent of the recommendations Of the first
Hoover Commission have been adopted, with
substantial savings for the taxpayers, estimated
In the millions From the new Hoover Com
mission studies the former President hopes TO-
assure additional savings running into the bill
lions. If the pressure groups which always OPP
pose proposed economies in the nelds they hap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Case of Mary Surrutt

Carter Brooke Jones recent review
of book on the guilt or innocence of
Mary Surratt indicates that the author,
Guy w. Moore. may be long on hearsay
but short in research. His evidence
would not qualify him for membership
in the Lincoln Student Council.
Mrs. Surratt's would-be justifiers
never credit her with the intense love
and loyalty to the cause for which
she gave her life. She regarded the
United States Of America and its chief
officials as the enemy at war with her
beloved country, and-with her SON.
served her country faithfully, as an
undercover agent. according to her
own strong convictions.
Had Mrs. Surratt escaped capture,
aid had her cause won the war, she
would now be exalted as another Joan
of Arc and a subject for heroic monu-
ments. But no monuments are erected
to her memory.
B. V. Milan.
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Mccarthy and Murrow

The tumult kicked up by Wisconsin's
cruSading Senator is on par with the
hullabaloo we used to hear in the
earlier days of Communist conspiracy
when Representative Martin Dies Of
Texas was first exposing this treason.
Representative Dies seemed to hate the
CUTS" of the enemy within -our-gates
and still does; Senator Mccarthy
seems to suffer the same feeling. Per-
haps some of his loudest critics should
show the same tolerance for his as
signed legitimate work that they
showed towards the Russian trading
company" Amtorg. the Communist
consulates and embassies and other
centers Of subversive activity when
some of us were trying to alert our
people to the conspiracy.
find in the 1851 release called
Guide to Subversive Organizations
and Publications" House Document
No. 1877 statement which covers the
case of the embarrassed radio and tele-
vision correspondent who recently at
tackled the Senator and was confronted
with reminder that the correspondent
had participated in 1885 "interna-
tional school" having some connection
with Moscow University. The COR
respondent defended himself by read
ing off list of sponsors and participat-
ing professors. The Guide" reads, in
part:
a.. to determine. the degree of their
responsibility one should be guided
by consideration Of the following cate
gories of individuals :. !: Category A.
Those who have been attracted by the
high-sounding aims of the front Or
ganization II. ;, by the prominence of
its sponsors, or by desire to be So
ciable. The judgment Of such persons Is
certainly open to criticism just as If
they aided in launching any other
hoax"
1t appears that we will have to be
charitable towards lot of individuals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Toxpoyers Weiqh the Newest Offerinos
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Stor: /
TIA. CAT can look at king-may
housewife look at the peli-
ticianS?
In carrying their tax case to the
public, the Democrats concentrated on
two points: That the rich stockhold-
ers" will benefit Overwhelmingly under
Z the new tax program being presented
by the Republicans and that their
plan-the Democrats, that is-of rails
ing the tax exemptions win benefit the
poor man."
Z Didn't they neglect to tell us that
if it weren't for the stockholders. who
have faith enough in the future OF
American productiyeness to invest their
savings in American corporations, there
might not be any jobs for millions Of
average Americans such as you and
me? Instead Of giving a man credit
for his thrift and. willingness to gamble
on America future and an incentive
to invest even more. there Is an intirna-
ton that itlS somehow shameful for
him to receive any return on his
money.
The Democrats told us the tale Of
Taxpayer A and Taxpayer B. Mr.. A
receives an annual income Of $4,000
from wages. Mr.. B, Enthusiastically
enough, receives q similar amount
from dividends. Trouble is. under the
administrations proposed tax pro-
visions, Mr.. A. will have to pay over
$500 in taxes. while Mr.. B, twirling
his mustachios we presume, will fork
ever only little above 500.
Mon, al, oo,aU;Aor x,x~o1,n1. u fop a
moment. To receive an income Of
per cent return on invested funds. he has
backed his faith in the American way
of living to the tune of about $4,000.
If he saved that at the rate of $4,000
a year, it took him between 13 and IA
years. Heaven knows how large his
salary must have been to be able to
save $4,000 year these days, but any
one with tax table handy can figure
out the very substantial amount of in
come tax he must have paid each year.
Now the Democrats want him drawn
and quartered because he is only going
to have to pay 500 or so on his divi-
dends!
And incidentally, just how many
people are there with $4,000 invested
at per cent who are in line for this
tremendous proposed tax saving on
dividend income?
AS for point two. 1t is obvious that
raising exemptions will mean that lot
of present taxpayers will go in peace
and pay no more. Are there really that
many people in this country who want
free ride so far as income taxes 60
who aren't willing to pay even a token
fare? Surely each of us is proud to
Lay his own fair share of the national
expenses just as each of us is proud
to share the benefits of our way of
life.
AS housewife, know what budget
is. know you can't spend more than
you take in without getting into hot
water. The present administration has
spent year revising the entire tax
structure, trying to iron out inequities
and make it just for all. Are some vote
conscious legislators. by distorting facts
and figures, going to be allowed to
prevent the program from even being
tried?
This I know: II the legislators in
Congress from my State want my vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Virginia Teams Up

In the midst of all the conflict and confu-
sion over bridge and highway planning 1t was
pleasantly surprising to see such demonstra-
ton of cooperative teamwork as marked the
meeting this week of Federal District, Maryland
and Virginia highway authorities. Especially
welcome was the evident change Of heart by the
Virginia Highway Department toward the Met
ropolitan Area belt highway and related bridges.
A representative Of the department assured the
conferees of his departments interest in the
belt-bridges program-despite lack of funds for
any immediate participation in It, Virginia now
is on record, at last, as favoring, in principle
the loop road around the District. without this
agreement the belt highway plan could never
be completed
The Virginia Highway Departments past
aloofneSS with respect to any belt-road commit
ment was Influenced by two considerations
First, 1t had been advised by an engineering
consultant that the belt highway was relatively
unimportant as traf1c-relief measure, as far
as Virginia was concerned. Second, depleted
highway funds were inadequate even for COM
pletion of projects already started or pro-
grammed in Northern Virginia--such as the
further improvement of Glebe road, Arlington
boulevard and Lee highway. And the General
Assembly, just ended, rejected Governor STAN
ley's urgent request for an increase in the gaso-
line tax to finance the pay-as- you-go road
program.
Thus, the Virginia authorities have ignored
the advice of their consultant as to the belt
highway and, despite financial setbacks, have
promised to do everything possible to provide,
eventually, the missing link in the proposed
chain of curving highways and river crossings
enviSioned by the National Capital Planning
Commission In its master plan. More than that,
Virginia has pledged itself to help Alexandria
build its share of the approaches to the Jones
Point bridge. southerly Potomac crossing in the
belt plan. The State also Is willing to assist in
choosing an appropriate location for the north
erly crossing, tentatively charted for the Cabin
John, Maryland, area. Virginia contends, how
ever, that it is prevented by law from sharing
In the financing of either Of the belt bridges
themselves presumably because they are out
side the States boundaries. Under an ancient
compact, the Maryland-District jurisdiction
extends to the Virginia shore of the Potomac
River.
These financial and legal complications may
not be insuperabe, provided Virginia becomes
convinced Of its moral obligations to join as an
active partner in the belt enterprise. Further
acroSS-the-table conferences Of the sort held
here under auspices of the Regional Planning
Council may be helpful in bringing Virginia into
closer partnership At least, basic under
standing has been reached that should pave
the way for concrete action at more propitious
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Winning Team on Taxes

Passage Of the administrations giant tax
reform bill yesterday in the House represented
real victory Of principle over politics.
Except for the top priority job of protecting
the national security, no task facing President
Eisenhower and his administration has been
so important and SO complex as that Of de-
yising a fiscal policy that could promise an
end Of deficit spending, reduce the public debt
and tighten the tax load. 1t Is not a job that
can be done in one year or in two, but there
has been significant progress made in the past
Is months The omnibus legislation for reform
OF the Nations tax structure is major part
in this new fiscal formula but, as one of many
parts, 1t was tailored to do certain things only
to correct inequities that have hurt big and
little taxpayers, corporate and individual--not
to become either pump printing or a pork
barrel" piece of legislation for election-year
purposes. There Is tax relief" in this bill
again for the big and the little, but the esti-
mated revenue loss of STA billion from the relief
portions is nearly balanced out by the estimated
revenue gain from the section which will keep
the corporation income tax rate at SO per cent
In this form, in other words, the overall fiscal
planning of the administration is not being
destroyed-as would be the case If the opposi-
ton had succeeded with its amendment to
raise individual income tax exemptions.
It is obvious that this Democratic proposal
sure to be pressed again in the Senate-has
appeal in an election year and the political
courage of those who voted against 1t deserves
recognition. There was added courage shown
too, by those DemocratS-one of the first being
Representative Smith of the neighboring dis
trict of Virginia-who recognized the line
between responsibility and expediency and
preferred the former.
The House action has been hailed correctly
as victory for the Eisenhower leadership.
Perhaps the most significant thing about the
working of that leadership in this instance
was the teamwork displayed all along the line.
Chairman Reed Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, with substantial help from congress
Sional and Treasury Department technical
STATS, moved this record-size bill through his
committee on good schedule He presented
an able defense for it on the floor. The Pres
ident himself made an extremely effective
appeal to the Nation and to Congress on
Monday night. And at strategically oppor-
tune moment yesterday, Secretary of Treasury
Humphrey sent to Speaker Martin strong
but calmly reasoned letter supporting the
legislation and refuting some of the distorted
arguments against it.
This same type of teamwork probably viii
be needed in the Senate-where debate will b..
more leisurely and where amendments may be
the administrators showing on the House side,
however, the prospects in the Senate may be
considered good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Investigating Investigators

What a revolving development! Most
Senators prefer to let the Mccarthy
subcommittee investigate its squabble
with the Army
If the Army's civilian leadership is
found guilty as charged. then they
should be relieved of their duties and
prosecuted if possible. But what por-
ton of the American people will believe
the report of the controversial McCar-
thy subcommittee on this issue?
How stupid does Congress think the
people of the United States are?
= Palmer L. Edwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Draws Own Conclusions

am a constant reader of The Star
and occasionally the New York Times
and have come to the following con-
illusions:
l.. President Eisenhower is a good
golfer.
2. Senator Mccarthy Is still the best
man to kick the pinks, red and yellows
around.
8. Be nice to Secretary Stevens and
the chairborne infantry at the Penta-
gon or you will get drafted.
Veteran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.

BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.
Q. How many times have the Foreign
Ministers of the big Four" nations
met since the end of the World
War II?-A. B. F.
A. The Berlin Conference of January,
1854, was the seventh meeting. Others
took place in 1945 in London, in 1916
in Paris and New York, in 1947 in Mos
COW and London. 1949 in Paris The
Big Four" are the United States, Great
Britain, France and the U. S. S. r.
@. What inoculations are the de-
pendentS of Army personnel required
to take before they can go to Japan?
j. v. S.
A. The Department of Defense says
that dependents Of Army personnel, in
order to be permitted to join relatives
in Japan. must have record of cur
rent incubation or vaccination against
smallpox, yellow fever. cholera, typhoid,
typhus.
@. Are sthe names of foreign-born
American citizens included in the Hall
Of Fame of New York University
r. U
A. Under the original constitution
no fore1gn-born citizen was eligible for
election but later this was considered
an injustice and a Hall Of Fame for
foreign-born Americans was set up; In
1914 it was abandoned and the const-
tuition amended by striking out every
discrimination between native citizens
and Americans of foreign birth
Q What do smoke jumpers wear
when they are fighting a fire?-H. r.
A. They wear regulation football
helmet with steel wire mask attached
to it, carefully designed suit made of
tough material and padded, and heavy
boots The parachutes they use are
especially equipped so that by manipu-
lating guide lines the jumper can land
at chosen spot.
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Spring

bore the ,0eight of the unseen,
feared Swift, approaching doom,
But noW the meadow lands are green
And cherry orchards soon will bloom.
*
/ thought too much OF strife and pain,
bent my head, my courage gone,
But DrenS Were nesting once again
And there Dere bluebirds on the latCn.
X
Whatever SHADOWS lie ahead,
Whatever future months may bring,
Today I haze my crocuS bed,
And the beatitudes OF spring.
Lolio Mitchell Thornton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Letters to The Star

who have almost been sucked in, or
who were sucked in and have later re-
pented. Meanwhile, if they will not help
to drive out the snakes" let them at
least be calm while the rest Of us per-
form the unpleasant task
Richard L. Feldman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19
Questions and Answers

The leader can get the answer to any aues-
ton OF fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
NATION bureau, 100 Eye St.. NV; Washington
return postage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-19

Pen-names may be used If letters carry
Writers' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation. g.
Milford chronicle., 1954-01-01

phia. Mrs. Andrews came home with
them to spend the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Edge of town,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly Short of
Whiteleysburg, spent Christmas
Day with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Wilkins of near Mil
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs John Henderson
and daughters, Doris and Barbara,
of Flushing, N. Y, spent the
Christmas holidays with their
daughter and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon Belts and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Boone were
Christmas night guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Kaiser of Lynch
Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Matlack en-
tertained at Christmas dinner Mrs.
Emma Hovey, Mr.. and Mrs. Mer-
ton Belts of town; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Matlack, ThorOfaFe, N. j.; Mrs.
Mae Shute, Merchantville, N. ].
The Ed Matlacks left for a visit
with their son and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Matlack, Jr., and daugb-
ter, Barbara, Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. Frank Armour spent the
holiday season with his son. Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Armour, Easton.