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Evening star., 1954-08-09

Some very intelligent persons harbor
the belief that mankind Is slightly
demented.
Those who feel this way can watch
a very good instance Of it at work any
morning on Connecticut avenue.
Hundreds OF workers stand for min
utes waiting for limited LIT bus.
They invariably call it "the express"
which it is not, since Capital Transit
calls it limited"
Perhaps it is just additional evidence,
that SO persons out of 100 who ride
it every day call it express" maybe
100 out Of 100.
The real insanity, mild though it is.
consists Of this. that these particular
vehicles are the oldest on the line.
They never have windows UP, and
no one who rides them seems to want
any air.
They wait for minutes for the privi-
lege Of riding on old. air-tight buses.
just because they get downtown bit
earlier, maybe i've or ten minutes ct the
most.
They already have waited five min
utes for the bus they take. so they
seldom make" more than hve minutes
on the deal.
The pay-off is this:
All the time they might board an
La bus. which is the newest and best
bus the company has, and ride down
with windows open. plenty Of fresh
Evening star., 1954-08-09

by Representative Hoffman's committee
raises issues. Of both perjury and bribery.
It has been charged land denied that
contractors have had to pay bribes In order
to get work done properly and expeditiously
by union painters. If this is so, it is an in
tolerable form Of racket. It is also racket
in which the house owner or apartment
dweller ultimately foots the bill. It is to be
hoped that United States Attorney Rover
will be able to establish the facts, and that
those who are guilty Of perjury, bribery, or
both, will be sent to JAIL
Evening star., 1954-08-09
wide world Photo.

the area. Pilferage has been q major
nuisance, II not worse. but the agree
ment now reached is expected to re-
duce this problem. The double track
Cairo to Port Said railroad runs
through the middle Of the zone, par
alleling main highway. the big canal
and a subsidiary barge canal. Egyptian
fellucaS (squat little wooden boats with
triangular sailsl carry loads of pottery,
watermelons and assorted goods along
the barge canal.
The removal Of $4,000 British troops
will, in itself, cut down greatly the base
requirements and the need for keeping
many of the facilities in operation. Al
though Egypt may send some of its
own troops to the zone, the mainte-
nance responsibility Of the airfields
and essential installations will rest on
British Egyptian civilian technicans.
Perhaps never again will so many uni
forms and so much fighting gear be
found along this waterway that has
served so well in peace and war.
Evening star., 1954-08-09

Egyptian Government-wa provided
by statistics on supplies and ordnance
available. One supply reserve depot
was reported to have stored enough
dehydrated foodstuffs to supply 10000
men for nine months. Ordnance was
reported as sufficient for million men
for 80 days. Some of both, as well as
some of the structures, have been here
since World War II.
On the ground. the security ar
rangements were observed best at Tel
el Kebir, where a 17-mile enclosure
contains the only British vehicle depot
in the Middle, East. the principal work.
shop for the zone and one of two
ordnance depots. The barbed-wire
perimeter is ringed inside by mine
fields and searchlights, with armed
guards and police dogs scattered along
the enclosure.
Although British military check
points are numerous along all ap-
proaches to the zone, Egyptian authori-
ties have retained civil control within
Evening star., 1954-08-09
New D. c. Toxes

If there is any area in the Nation in
which the example OF blockade to pyr-
amiding taxes should be set, it certainly
is in the Nations Capital, in the Federal
field.
In the instance of the new District of
Columbia sales levies. the nuisance and
the added costs to the little people
might be amiably borne If they were
the total Of aggravation. They are not.
The evil is that every such tax adds
to the cost Of government, the account
ing (as well as the added accounting
cost imposed upon vendors) and the
policing, use of money which, even if
fractionally, somewhat defeats the pur-
pose for which the added revenue is
sought.
The fields Of sales, income and use
taxes should be barred from any munic-
ipality. Even the State use of such
devices is of questionable political
honesty.
In the instance of the District Of
Columbia, itself, if it is to be made
more self f-Sustaining by taxes, it should
be made completely self sustaining by
taxes. Those taxes should include
levieS on every piece of Federal prop
erty in the District, assessed on level
Of parity with all private and corpora
tion property against which levies are
made.
It would seem that the Congress is
justified in running the city politically
but that financial enforcement is
entirely feasible, particularly as that
seems to be the area wherein most of
the Federal-District conflicts arise.
Earl Scoop Shutz.
Why could not the Congress of the
so-called richest nation under heaven
(the lend-leaseyg ygive-away Congress)
have appropriated it's pro rata of funds
necessary to run the local government,
without depressing the poor?
Why should District officials feel
called upon to resort to extra taxes on
foods, which will prove burdensome
especially to those least able to buy
who must pay the same taxes and
prices as do the rich?
Evidently. If the citizens of the Dis
trict had the right of franchise or
suffrage, no such unjust, disgusting,
grasping, greedy scheme for augmenting
the public treasury would have been
imposed upon a defenseless people.
And to add insult to injury, the boast
ing victors are already gloating over
the propects of extracting from the
ill-fed masses more than So million
per annum. Pity! Shame! Disgrace!
F.. r.. KillingswOrth.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Before These Candies

These nails must neper be cage for
v0n:.
Rather. haven wIten the ,Day is
rough,
Where flmy curtains let the starlight
through
And dlwdys, Glir1ys, there mill be
enough
But never surfett-of lope to tDGrm
The hearth NTH tender IRE and
singing fame.
This sturdy door iuiu laugh NTH you
at storm
And angry minds. The ,Dalls iDiu hum
your name
From hGuisg heard me speak It all day
through,
A small. contented prayer. This pill
lotD, iDllite
As moon-spiH. offers gentle dreams to
When you haze need OF comfort in
the night.
This rooftree Is loDe's symbol :. let
it be
The beacon that Dil eau you home
to mel
Bonnie EIizobeth Parker
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Somebody Is Lying

The case Of the alleged $1,000 bribe
which will be taken up by the grand jury
tomorrow does not go to the heart of what
seems to be racket in the local building
industry. 4
This first case Is being expedited be-
cause of an expiring statute Of limitations,
and is being brought under section of the
Taft-Hartley Act which forbids any pay
r,ent by an employer to union repre-
ntative. i'm any matter affecting the union.
Actually. however. the testimony taken
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Possibility Of Seeing
An Atom Considered
Electronic Field Emission
Microscope Muy Do Trick
By Thomos R. Henry

There is q possibility Of seeing"
individual atoms.
The largest atom has diameter Of
about one three-hundredth OF Q bill
Month of an inch.
The shortest wave length OF visible
light in the blue-violet part of the
spectrum is about 2000-fold this mag
nitude, and anything too small to re-
fleet whole light wave certainly never
can be seen.
Still there is way out Of the para
dox. DR.. ]. A. Becker of the Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories has reported to the
Virginia Academy Of Sciences, through
the field emission microscope, now be-
ing used at the University of Virginia
in studies Of deposits on surfaces which
are Of great Importance in the corro-
sion prevention program.
Images ON Screen.
In this microscope an electric field
OF approximately q half-million volts
is maintained between the almost in
visibly fine point Of tungsten needle
and q .fiuoreScent screen. The electric
field, being stronger than the electric
forces which hold to tungsten atoms
electrons. pulls these away. They hit
the screen and produce images, like
those in radar screen.
The electrons act like light reflected
from the point Of the needle. The re-
sulting picture" is magnifled thou.
sands OF times. The magnification can
be made almost as great as one wishes.
through proper arrangement of the
parts Of this curious telescope.
Now, DR.. Becker points out. the
images obtained on the screen At
present are from groups of molecules
with thousands OF atoms. But he says.
images OF much smaller groups Of
atoms could be obtained, with approxi-
mately double the magnincation Of a
half-million fold used at present by
splitting the invisibly fine point Of the
tungsten needle. The electrons would
be drawn from the tips Of the two pro-
jections.
The Ultimate Refinement.
From this point ON. he says, II N
theoretically, and perhaps practically,
possible to put bump on one OF
the points. consisting Of only one or
two molecules. Then the electrons
would be pulled from these. The re-
sulting image would represent only
very small groups Of atoms.
BY extending this technique, he
pointed out, it is theoretically possible
to get images of only two or three
atoms. They will look like spots Of
light on the screen. but by means of
them 1t may be possible to tell q great
deal about the arrangement Of atoms
in the molecule. y
Evening star., 1954-08-09
SuIutes City Manager

Recently there have been more de-
plorable attacks made upon Ira Will
lard, Alexandria's city manager.
I salute Mr.. willard; I salute him
as citizen. as my city Manager
worthy, dignif1ed and able city man
ager. He has worked hard and con-
scientiously: he has taken undeserved
abuse; he has treated with silent con-
tempt the contemplate attacks made
upon him by one who, as far as
know, has never done one constructive
thing for the City of Alexandria.
Alexandria, one of the oldest cities
in America. a city rich in princely
heritage and sacred tradition, is now
the laughing stock of every city and
hamlet from Maine to Florida, all be-
cause of one man, Mr.. Willard's arch
critic. with his multitude of words and
his Unsuitable desire for publicity.
Mr.. Willard is doing Alexandria a
great service to stay on and to con-
tinue to treat these unwarranted and
insidious attacks with the silent con-
tempt they deserve.
Eliza Harrison Duckett.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Lifting the Debt Ceiling

The action Of the Senate Finance Com
mittee in approving temporary increase in
the national debt ceiling virtually assures
the Treasury Department of some Of the
"elbow room" needed for management of
the Governments fiscal affairs during the
next ten months.
The House already has passed legisla-
tion raising the debt limit from $275 billion
to $3.50 billion-the figure recommended by
the administration. Opposition in the SEN
ate, led by Virginia's Senator Byrd, blocked
action in that branch Of Congress last year.
Now, on motion Of Senator Byrd, the FL
nance Committee has approved a compro-
mise by which the ceiling would be raised
to 1921 billion for period terminating on
June 80, 1855. 1t is almost certain that the
Senate will accept the recommendation of
It's Finance Committee as minimum, and
some effort may be made on the Senate
door to come closer to the figure sought by
the administration. Spokesman Of the econ
omy bloc in the Senate have indicated,
however, that they would resist any further
liberalization at the present time either on
the floor or in conference with the House.
The differences involved in this problem
are ones Of opinion rather than of prin-
ciple. The Eisenhower administration, in
cluding It's Treasury Department of11cials, is
committed to elimination of budget deficits
and to reduction in Government ex-
penditures and In the national debt Sen
ator Byrd and those who are following
his leadership on this matter have the same
objectives. But with the debt now very
close to the $275- billion ceiling, the Treas
ury Department has argued that sound
fiscal management requires that it should
have enough leeway to permit additional
borrowing-rather than having to dip too
deeply into its present cash balance of
about $5.8 billion. The Senate economy
bloc feels that the Treasury can squeeze by,
If 1t has to, with less borrowing authority
and lower cash balance. There is no
mathematical formula by which either
point Of view can be proved right or wrong
although the Senate committees action
does acknowledge that the Treasury needs
some relief at this time.
The real pinch on the Government will
come between now and January Is, when
heavy payments on individual and corpora
ton income taxes will start again. Present
tax law requires that corporations pay the
bulk Of their taxes early In the calendar
year. For example, As per cent Of the 1853
tax was due last March, As per cent in June
and only per cent in September and in
December. During this coming period Of
light collections, the Treasury must look
elsewhere for money to meet continuing
obligations. Restoration Of the quarterly
system Of corporation tax payments is pro-
vided in the big tax revision bill passed this
year and this particular problem Of un-
evenly distributed collections will be aim
mated gradually. In the meantime, how
ever, the national debt undoubtedly will go
above the $275-billion mark and the Treas
ury will need whatever added margin the
. Congress finally grants
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Communism and the Americas

The State Departments white paper"
on Guatemala serves as timely reminder
that the Kremlin directed forces of inter-
national communism constitute a contin-
uing threat-and formidable one-to the
freedom and independence of all the
Americas. =
At the moment, as far as Guatemala
itself is concerned, the rebellion led by
Colonel Castillo Armas seems to have elm
mated the menace through the overthrow
Of the Arbenz regime and it's Red Kitchen
cabinet" But there is no justification for
complacency Actually. wholly apart from
the fact that some observers feel that the
Guatemalan situation still is potentially
explosive, our inter-American community
would be making serious mistake II it
assumed that the Communists-merely be-
cause of their setback in this particular in
stance-Were not as intent as ever upon
stirring up trouble and spreading subver-
sion to serve Soviet ends in the Western
Hemisphere.
Thus, as the State Department has
warned in its white paper" the Americas
must reckon with the probability that the
Communists will keep on adhering to the
pattern of action they have followed in
Guatemala. The action involves hard
core of Moscow-trained agents who achieve,
over period of years, dominant influence
in mass political and labor organizations
and who then inf1ltrate key governmental
posts in way that enables then-aS in
the case of the Arbenz regime-to push the
victinlized countries into adopting policies
calculated to attain the Kremlin's objec-.
tives And in doing this, of course, they
pose as patriots interested only in improv-
ing social and economic conditions that
have caused legitimate grievances griev-
ances that they exploit to fare-thee-well
The State Department has effectively
summed up this situation by declaring that
the Kremlin'S present strategy with re-
spect to Latin America is to divert the
attention of the Western Hemisphere from
Communist naneuvers in Europe and Asia;
to promote anarchy wherever possible
among our sister republics; to sabotage
their defenses, and finally to discredit and
break up our inter-American system. In
the words of the white paper" the ulti-
mate objective of all this is to give the
Soviet Union .'a freer hand" to achieve
total Eurasian domination as prelude to
becoming master of the entire world-a
mastery that would make slave states out
of Guatemala and the rest Of our coun-
tries"
This is not make believe threat It is
real. It exists now, and in the teeth Of it
the Americas must respond with the kind
of mutual political, economic and defense
action that they have agreed upon at such
conferences as the one held in Caracas last
March, To do less than that would be to
invite the KremIin to launch an all-out
effort to subyert and dominate our hen1i-
sphere.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
In Pruise of Herbert Hoover

It is stimulating to read letters in
your paper such as Herbert Hoover's
Failures" by "Old Reactionary." I
only wish he had signed his name, and
I'm sure many other readers agree with
me. Unfortunately the American Gov
ernment has not given praise where
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Letters to The Star

praise is due. Herbert Hoover has not
been given his just dues. Why do we
have to wait until such heroes are gone
before we recognize their outstanding
accomplishments?
Oliver Earl Thompson, M. ID.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. What is the most critical year of
marriage so far as the possibility of di-
vorce is concerned?-I. N. D. tut
A. A study covering 20 reporting
States revealed that the highest percen-
tage Of divorces occurred in the second
year Of marriage. It was pointed out,
however, that many marriages break
up and lead to separations quite some
time before final divorce decree is
obtained. The number of divorces
seems to continue at high level
through the first six years of marriage.
@. Please name some of the earlier
congressional hearings which, like the
Mccarthy hearings, took UP a great
deal Of time.-A. !. t ~
A. Some Of the longest include: Tea
pot Dome 1923-24. Stock Exchange
1932-34. Lobbies 1886, Pearl Harbor
1945-46, and Macarthur 1851. The
longest Of these was the Stock Ex-
change hearing, which lasted about 13O
days and totaled million words.
@. Are Indians in the United States
wards of the Governmental M. e.
A. Not in the generally accepted
sense of the term. Native Indians are
citizens Of the United States and of
the States in which they live, and are
entitled to all the rights and privileges
of citizenship. In some cases there
exists special trustee relationship be-
tween the Indians and the Federal
Government, to protect Indian prop
erty from exploitation by the unscrup-
ulouS.
@. Does a helicopter have more than
one engine? If not, what happens
when the engine fails?-E. M. G.
A. At present. helicopters are SINGLE
engine craft, but twin-engine craft
are contemplated. In the case Of en-
gine failure, helicopter is able to
windmill slowly to earth.
@. Is there such thing as COM:
pletely pure metal?-V. r.
A. What may be termed truly pure
metals are now available to industry.
Their impurities are less than part
in 100 million. Pure metals are needed
in the production of atomic energy,
the new electronic devices, supersonic
aircraft. etc.
@. Are the Kings Of England ever
Masons?-S. Del.
A. Edward VII, Edward VIII, and
George vi are listed among the past
Grand Masters Of the United Grand
Lodge of England Upon their corona
ton, however, kings withdraw from all
except their royal offices. -
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Tightening Up on Security

President Eisenhower is determined
that there will be no more pigeonholing Of
Federal Bureau Of Investigation or other
reports on Government employees suspected
of disloyalty. He has made his resolve evi-
dent in issuing an executive order calling
for prompt action in all security risk cases,
with the Civil Service Commission cast in
the role of watchdog. And the National
Security Council is to be kept constantly
informed OF important developments.
It had been brought out at congress
sional hearings that the F.BI has been frus-
trated in some security cases by the failure
Of departmental of1icials to act on informa-
tion supplied them. The early Hiss and
White Investigations were two cases in
point. To correct this situation, Senator
Mundt recently proposed the creation Of
new bureau in the Justice Department to
aeva1uate" FBI reports and press for action
on them This would have had the unwise
effect Of setting up sort of super-FBI to
police all departments pf the Government.
There was strong administration opposition
to this plan, and Senator Mundt has agreed
to Withdraw it, in view OF the presidential
action to expedite handling Of security
cases.
The new order is designed to make it
impossible for any administrator to file an
FBI report and forget 1t. The Civil Service
Commission will be kept advised Of all re-
ports and will keep tabs oA them. A dead
line of 90 days will be put on departmental
action Of one kind or another on security
matters. # the Civil Service Commission
learns of deficiencies on the part Of heads
Of departments and ageneiss in taking
timely action" the National Security Coun-
Gil is to be advised. The council consists
OF President Eisenhower, as chairman; Vice
President Nixon, Secretary Of State Dulles,
Defense Secretary Wilson, Foreign Opera
tions Administrator Stassen and Defense
Mobilizer Flemming. The revised procedure
should keep departmental authorities on
their toes In the vital security field, in con-
trast to the laxity apparent there on occa-
sions In the past.
Evening star., 1954-08-09
Questions and Answers

"A. reader can get the answer to any question
Q, ,,a iact 6y writing The Evening Star Infor-
ton 5, d. @. Please inclose three iSl rents for
return postage.
Evening star., 1954-08-09

A happy philosopher says the average
American is as well on as millionaire, they
both eat three meals day, wear one shirt
at time and sleep In equally comfortable
beds. The big difference is that the mil
lionaire's wife doesn't cook the FIRST, wash
the second or make the last.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-11-04

/ the Student Council and the MIS-.
The Council also includes End Jim
Leach and Halfback and Co-Cap-
tain Tony Zampino.
Proof of the all-round caliber of
Shaw's third-year football players
is the fact that seventeen of the
twenty-five plan to go on to col
lege after graduation, while two
more plan to enter military service
schools of comparable ranking.
This high percentage compares
with a year-to-year average of
about thirty percent of Shaw's
graduates who continue on to col
lege. Twelve of the boys plan to
enter Ohio colleges or universities
next fall, with Ohio State favored
by five; and five hope to enroll in
out-of-state universities all the
way from Texas A. and M. to
Princeton. Half of them are
thinking of continuing their foot
ball playing in college, although
several of these boys say maybe"
instead of Eyes" on this score.
Nine of the twenty-five, perhaps
surprisingly, want to be teachers
when their colleges and Uncle Sam
are through with them. Four
others plan professional careers
such as engineering or the min
istry, with the rest favoring
mechanical or business pursuits.
Meanwhile, though, there are
Cleveland Heights and Lakewood
to think about-with Heights be-
ing tackled tomorrow night, and
Lakewood closing out the season
next week, on November 18th.
After that-well, there's basketball
coming up for many of these same
athletes, to say nothing of home
work going on the entire time.
Here's their picture, taken before
their battle at Lima. East Cleve-
landers have only two more
chances to see them in action, and
in the two most important games
of their season.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-11-04

Sheridan; Call to Greatness, A. E.
Stevenson; The White and the
Gold, T. B. Costain; Rebel Rose,
Ishbel Ross; The Remarkable Mr..
Jerome, Anita Leslie; Fathers
Footsteps, Damon Runyon.
Fiction
Margin of Error, Mary Borden;
The Devil Threw Dice, Amber
Dean; Red Pawns, r. G. Dean;
Speak to Me, Brother, A. M.
Downes; No Time for Sergeants,
Mac Hyman; The Enormous
Turtle, Warren Madden; Lord
Grizzly, F. F. Manfred; The Law
bringers, w. E. Porter; Shroud of
Darkness, E. C. Rivett; Stories
for Tomorrow, w. M. Sloane; The
Two Heroines of Plumplington,
Anthony Trollope; The Benevent
Treasure, Patricia Wentworth;
Blessed is the Land, Louis lara.