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Evening star., 1955-03-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

In plain words, he worries when he
does not have to worry.
Mostly, these worries are built on
childhood fears.
The psychiatrists generally have some
very nasty names for this state
of affairs. but mostly they are unnec-
essary. and mostly unknown to millions
of people. which is just as well.
Psychology has hurt itself by its
nomenclature.
With the exception of a few terms,
such as inferiority complex, extrovert
and introvert, there is little in psy-
chology or psychiatry that the great
average individual need know, except
in case of plain mental illness. and it
is much to his credit that he usually
refuses to worry about it.
This lack of worry in one subject
may be carried over into any other
subject. and there lies the secret Of not
worrying 1t is just as plain as the
nose on your face. All one has to do
when worrying starts. is to think
heatedly, if necessary. of the hundreds
OF subjects of which one knows literally
nothing, and in which, therefore, one
has no worries. Let him say to him
self, Il do not worry about statecraft
therefore why should I worry about
this little personal concern? do not
worry about that multi-million dollar
building going up on the corner. there
fore l will be hanged II am going
to worry abost this two-penny concern
Of mine"
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Local Payroll Tax

When the Federal Government increases
the salaries of its employees, the Municipal
government must follow suit In both cases
the pay raises cost money. The difference
is that the Federal Government resorts to
deficit financing to pay the increase. The
Municipal government, however, must put
the money on the barrelhead by raising
taxes The District is not permitted to en-
gage in deficit financing
There are indications tina. the Public
Works Program would require more revenue,
with or without the new round of projected
pay raises. The prospect Of immediate pay
raises, however, makes the consideration of
higher local taxes Immediately necessary,
despite the fact that higher local taxes were
imposed only last year, the full impact of
which has not yet been generally felt
In looking around for new sources of
taxation, the Commissioners tax advisers
are very naturally studying some form of
tax on payrolls and personal earnings in the
District of Columbia. Philadelphia, with
few other cities, collects taxes on local pay
rolS-regardleSS of the residence of the
worker The same principle is applied by the
States which collect taxes on locally derived
incomes, regardless of the place of residence
of the taxpayer. Maryland Withholds part
of the salary earned in that State by an
employe who lives, for example, in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Our experience in Washington with a
local income tax has revealed, time and
again, opposition in Congress to taxation of
the locally derived income of Federal en-
ployeS who work but DO not live in WASH
ington. A payroll or earnings tax, applied
to salaries or income earned in Washington
by residents of Maryland or Virginia, would
produce the same opposition. It's approval
is highly unlikely. Such tax should be
proposed nevertheless, as a revenue raiser
that is no more unfair than many existing
taxes, and as a tax that would come under
careful consideration in any other city fac
ing the problem we face here, and which is
being successfully applied in a number of
them.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Backs Maryland Planners

The splendid editorial in your valu
able paper some days ago regarding
the Maryland Planning Commission in
Montgomery County was timely, and
l congratulate you for giving your read
ers clear picture of the situation as
regards this valuable county asset.
1t was amusing to read the criticisms
not only about your editorial but the
constant attacks upon the commission
which has lived up to the expectations
of the taxpayers.
The wonder is how the planning COM
mission has been able to retain such
splendid staff and personnel and give
the county such efficient service while
being constantly attacked by discredited
charterites.
Ella May Linthicum.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Ella May Linthicum.
Sugar Imports

l support in every detail the letter
you recently published from Mi Grub
bins with its effective description Of
the rights of his country, Peru to an
equitable share of the imports of sugar
that the United States must have to
supplement its domestic production.
But the very effectiveness of mis- state
ment forces ne to eau attention tC the
much more fantastic comparisons that
can be made IN the casf of my own
country. desire only to state the ca sc
of Mexico without n any way casting
doubt on the lights of Peru
Peru does indeed have almost double
the population and II times the area
of Cuba. but the population and area
of both, Peru and Cuba together are
greatly exceeded by Mex.cns. To he
sure. Peru's sugar quota of $1,000 tons
is ridiculously small IN relation to
Cuba's 27 million tons, out what about
Mexico's IL 900 tons? In the % months
ended October 80, 1854, Peru's imports
from the United States amounted to
S197 million, Cuba's TO SIT ialllion and
MeXico'S to more than a billion dollars
Isl ,165, 100000. During the same
period, Cuba's balance of trade with
the United States was favorable TO Cuba
in the amount of $22 million while
Perus balance was unfavoraoie to the
extent of S29 million and the balance
unfavorab BILE to Mexico amounted to
$531 million. These unfavorable bal
ances cannot continue if valuable trade
relations are to be maintained, and they
can be properly erased only by trade.
The United States, in its own interest,
should buy what it needs from these
countries. One of the stated objectives
of the present sugar law is to stimulate
the foreign trade of the United States,
and it is certainly subject to question
if this objective is fulfilled by permitting
Cuba to supply 96 per cent Of the for
eign sugars imported into this country,
while at the same time allowing Peru
to supply less than 2 per cent and
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Mr.. Dulles to the People

Never finch. never weary, never de-
spair"-thoSe were the words of Mr.. Church
i'll, speaking last week in the House of Com
mons. They are words which were echoed,
however, in the cryptic comment of Secre-
tary Dulles when he returned to Washington
Sunday afternoon from his arduous journey
through the Far East. Mr.. Dulles put it
this way:
have seen at first hand the forward
positions Of freedom-posltions which the
Chinese Communists are desperately trying
to take.
found courage and love of liberty and
hope, hope which stems largely from the
power of the United States and our dedica-
ton to the cause of freedom.
Tonight, Mr.. Dulles will report to the
American people. How much he will tell
how much can wisely be told, must be left
to him. It is to be hoped, however, that the
Secretary of State will not err on the side
of excessive caution and restraint. For the
stakes in this matter are of such vast impor-
tance that the people should be given the
maximum, not the minimum, of informa
ton.
One matter concerning which there has
been much confusion has to do with our
British allies There is general agreement
to defend Formosa and the PeScadores.
According to one set of seemingly inspired
reports however, there is disagreement re-
garding the coastal islands of Quemoy and
the MatSuS. The British, in this view,
would yield them up without any guarantee
or assurance as to the security of Formosa.
At the other extreme is the report that
there is no real difference between Britain
and the United States on this matter-that
regardless of statements which may be made
for domestic political consumption, the two
governments are in substantial accord. This
latter version, in all probability, is closer
to the truth. But it would be helpful if Mr..
Dulles could put these rumors to rest.
Even if this is not possible, however,
we can i'll afford another retreat in Asia.
For it is quite true, as Mr.. Dulles said, that
the courage and hope which he found out
there stem largely from the power of the
United States and our dedication to the
cause of freedom" Mr.. Dulles should have
a most attentive audience when he expands
on this theme tonight.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
For Whom the Bell Tolls

Your editorial For Whom the Bell
Tolls" suggesting rather facetiously
that the reproduction Of the Liberty
Bell presented to the District of Colum-
bia by the American copper industry
and which now cutters up the recessed
entranceway to the District Building.
should either be put on the desk of the
tax collector to be rung every time a
taxpayer pays his taxes, or hung around
the neck of one of the monstrous piles
of metal supposed to represent horses
that compose the gigantic equestrian
eyesores defaming the Lincoln Me-
mcrial Bridge-recalls my letter to The
Star published in the January IL, 1855
issue wherein I suggested that the
replica of the Liberty Bell be moved
down to the Mall and placed in front
of the National Museum at Tenth
street where it could be seen and ap-
preciated by local residents and visiting
tourists.
If not at the National Museum loca-
ton, why not move the Liberty Bell to
the center of the circle Just west of Me-
mortal Bridge on the roadway to the
entrance to Arlington Cemetery, mas
much as the Lincoln Memorial is
Nations tribute to a man who dedi-
Gated his life to liberty, and the men
lying in Arlington Cemetery gave their
lives for liberty!
Incidentally. those atrocities on the
Memorial Bridge. as well as the thing
in granite at the east end of the Apex
Building at Pennsylvania avenue and
Sixth street. southwest corner, are as
incongruous and out-of-place as a sta
tue of Hitler in a Times Square night
club! 1 would suggest that the eques-
trian metal monstrosities be taken
down and melted into a plain brass
covered structure to house the Liberty
Bell, similar to one of those steel
houses they used to build for public
drinking fountains. Also that the gran
ite monstrositles which debauch the
word "art"-the thing representing
what is allegedly man and what is
supposed to be horse at the east end
of the Apex Building, be chopped down
and the rubble used for a foundation
for structure to house the replica of
the Liberty Bell which could be erected
in the center of the circle just west of
Memorial Bridge.
AL Hendley
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Trench Shelters

The difficult--almost hopeless-nature
of Civil Defense Administrator Peterson's
job is illustrated by his own testimony last
week before Senate Armed Services sub
committee.
Mr.. Peterson was talking about the
problem of protecting millions of civilians
from radioactive fall-out in event of an
H-bomb attack. These people, fleeing the
cities, would need shelter, and Mr.. Peterson
suggested that trenches six feet deep and
two feet wide might be dug along the high
ways. The idea is that civilians coPld jump
into these trenches and cover them with
Evening star., 1955-03-08
SEGREGATED Firemen
F. Stirling Wilson.

The congressional hearings on the
bill to segregate colored f1remen set
new low for committee whose chair
man allowed battalion chief to use
offensive terms against men who serve
under him.
One pictures with concern the dam
aging material for propaganda fur
nished by this committee to our COM
munistic enemies at critical period
when Mr.. Dulles and Vice President
Nixon are trying to sell the American
way of life to the darker peoples of the
world to avert a possible world catas-
trophe.
The battalion chief who openly defied
the aims of the President of the United
States should have no place in de-
partment that should have the respect
of the citizens of the District of Co.
lumbia.
William d. Nixon,
President, Oldest Inhabitants, Inc.
Evening star., 1955-03-08

In a column discussing war, Dorothy
Thompson writes: Those who say that
the whole business should stop are
called 'idealists-a noble sort of fool
But they alone are using reason amidst
the grotesque dance of death"
Miss Thompson goes on to the logical
conclusion that war should stop and
nations should disarm or be disarmed
1 doubt that Miss Thompson has any
more reason to despise war than the
rest of us, but there is practical con-
sideration which we unfortunately cam
not overlook. AS long as Russia plans
world domination, and plans to clinch
it with force. how are we going to dis
arm the Communists without whipping
Evening star., 1955-03-08
18th STREET.

18th STREET.
Dear Sir:
You occasionally write about the
worriers, the unhappy people who too
often let the affairs of life get them
down unnecessarily. If thing can't
be prevented, that is one thing, and
there is no use to worry about it, but
these people just keep on worrying,
day and night.
Il wonder if there is any way to
stop worrying-I am one Of them, you
see! l manage to get along all right
except now and then. and then l worry
a great deal, and yet l know the worry
does me no good.
please devote column to this SUBJ
ject some time. have always found
that the views of other people help one
more than ones own views, I suppose
it is because one has answered ones
own arguments so many times.
Very truly, M. ]. L."
4
The trouble lies right there.
Answering arguments!
Sometimes it seems as If life Is moth
ing but one big argument
Nations quarrel with nations, people
with people. politicians with politicians,
even churches with churches.
There is argument pro and con, we
cannot get away from it, the very
dicky birds in the trees indulge in
harsh rasps. and the human listener
below feels pretty sure that he knows
lone bird is calling the other q fre big
name.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Infinite knowledge

The WiSe man kneU that SnowAakeS are
mportant-dnd that am star
or tDhite birch or rock-rtbbed tree
Can speak ,CordS OF infnty.
once he had Uanted mighty hills,
or oceans thunder, Which JulfHS
A need for atDe, need for strength,
But he had come to knoW at length
That blue fo1Cer or ghite bird
Can thunder out the oWeSome Word
And that each fake and uhite star is
Part OF the earth--dnd earth Is His.
Anobei Armour.
Evening star., 1955-03-08

Gould Lincoln said on February 26
that before the President makes any
tax decisions he wants to see what the
Governments appropriations and ex-
penditures turn out to be in the next 10
months and what its revenues are This
is not the way to balance the budget
and make it stick Those who LOOK only
at the budget of the Government and
neglect the economic budget of the
Nation defeat their own aims The real
enemy of balanced budget, as the ad-
ministration. fervently desiring one. is
Evening star., 1955-03-08

boards, dirt and tar paper. Presumably
they would have to stay in the trenches for
hours until the fall-out danger had passed.
1t may be that something of this sort
would be blessing in event of an attack.
1t might save thousands of lives But the
concept is utterly foreign to American civil
ian experience and Mr. Peterson is going to
find it difficult if not impossible to sell the
people on it.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Crime Breeds on Darkness

One thing stands out in your recent
editorial on local crime, and in the
warnings of the Police Department to
women who must be out alone at night.
That is-"Keep on well-lighted streets
wherever possible"
That sounds fine-but how many
streets in our residential areas are well
lighted? I live in what is considered
a good" neighborhood on the corner
of main thoroughfare. When leave
my car at night to walk to my door.
I might as well be out in the country.
l can't see the sidewalk. I can't even
see my hand in front of me.
The notoriously poor lighting of this
city is responsible for many pedestrians
being injured in traffic Many. many
times it is not the drivers fault, but
who is going to blame the city when
there's a convenient fall guy right
there behind the wheel of the car?
Now this bad lighting gives encour-
agement to thieves and rapists.
1t would be service to the residents
of Washington if your great paper as
signed a man to look into the lighting
situation in our residential areas and
let him report his findings. I think
you would be shocked.
In my opinion. it is far more i'm
portant TO give us good lighting than
it is to clear the so-called slums. Are
we single women to stay at home every
night for the rest of our lives?
Frightened Woman.
Perhaps The Star can prevail upon
our Chief of Police to tell us what we
are allowed to do to protect ourselves
from the very serious conditions here.
Not being allowed to have guns, and
most of our wives also afraid to- use
one, may we get tear-gaS armament.
and what type would be the easiest TO
carry and the most effective?
Come summer, we will be driving
cars with windows open and it will
be easy for thug to thrust gun inside
the car. From then on everybody will
be fair game for criminals. At present
it is too dangerous to go out afoot at
night. There must be a solution some
where. Our police force simply cannot
be everywhere at the same time, but
what can we citizens do?
Please let us have from some high
sources both in the District government
and the congressional District Commit
tee statement as to what, under these
emergency conditions, we may do?
G. II.
Editors note: 1t is against the
law to carry tear-gas)
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Letters to The Star.

Mexico to supply the meager amount
of less than one-half of l per cent.
In defense of the rights of my own
country. can only say that no other
country in the world can offer the
United States so much value in ex-
change for an equitable sugar quota.
Enrique Case.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Al Hendley.
Billboard on Wheels

Could it be the opinion of the Dis
trict Commissioners that house trailer
with large flower show advertisement
is any more esthetic than billboard
carrying a safety message? The dis
pute recently over the safety sign makes
very little sense in light of the trailer
installation.
James =. Galley.
Evening star., 1955-03-08

Pen-rdn1es may be used If letters carry
tDrtterS' correct names and addresses
All letters are subject to condensation
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1955-03-08
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

Q. When was the great race horse,
Citation. retired? Are any Citation
foals racing? T. M.
A. Citation was retired in 1851 as
the worlds leading money winner, with
record $l,085,760 earned. Eighteen
Citation colts, foaled in 1858, are two
year-olds now and eligible to race.
@. Are there any American prisoners
in Communist China besides the IL air.
men who are frequently mentioned in
the news? G. McA.
A. Yes, besides the II survivors Of
the B-29 crew there are 4 jet pilots and
2 civilians. The UN reports that these
II prisoners are from IA different states.
Evening star., 1955-03-08

learning. is insufficient production. An
expanding economy would make con-
Germ for a balanced budget unneces-
sary, since the budget would be self
balancing. Sidney Koretz.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Self BUDGET

Mexico, D. F.
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Doris FIeeson-

Even if he wins again, Sena-
tor Morse of Oregon may not
be swing man in the next
Senate. Noneth eless, his
switchover to the Democrats
which enables him to control
this Senate makes him the
Senator Republicans most want
to beat in 1856.
Senator Morse is his own best
asset in any balance sheet OF
his chances. The Democrats
are coming up in Oregon and
the election of Senator Neu-
berger last fall seems to justify
their claim that they are sue
cessfully appealing to the
younger voters. But by any
realistic appraisal, the State is
still Republican.
Senator Morse has won twice
with slashing campaigns and
he is set for another. His
formal registration as a Demo-
crat sets him free to criticize
the incumbent President, which
he has done in the past with
great success.
Public power will again be an
issue in Oregon, since Pres
ident Eisenhower is sticking by
his partnership policy and
Oregon Republicans have again
signified their agreement with
him.
Democrats regard this as q
Evening star., 1955-02-23

great break for Senator Morse
since Senator Neuberger up
set the veteran Guy Gordon in
a campaign largely based on
what the partnership policy
would do to the State. Sena-
ter Morse Is hard to out-talk
on any subject, but on power
ne is especially eloquent and
well-informed.
Senator Neuberger and his
wife, Maurine, a State legis-
lator and the best vote-getter
of them all, will campaign for
Senator Morse. They ought to
be helpful at the grass roots,
which they have just combed
so intensively for themselves.
Those same grass roots are
probably Senator Morse's
greatest problem. He has been
a Senator II years and Oregon
is a long way from Washing
ton. Other Senators have
found that national reputa-
tions are not always reflected
in the county courthouses, es-
pecially when the party organi-
zation is in the hands of rival
politicians. Mr.. Gordon, though
backed by a State organiza-
tion. suffered badly from his
long absences from Oregon.
Senator Morse's probable
opponent, Gov. Paul Patterson.
has the inevitable advantages
which go with control Of the
Evening star., 1955-02-23
More British Pressure on y. S.
Eden Reported Ready to Tell Dulles Ihot We Must
Back Up in Asia If We Want Britoin's Friendship

to Washington. not only would
we help indirectly the election
lof the Laborites next year, but
we must not count on any
British military help in the
event of a clash with the Chi
nese Communists. The latter
hint" made no impression, on
the thinking of our policy
makers. We do not need to
be told that we cannot rely on
the assistance of our Western
European allies in a showdown
in Asia. They are neither
obligated nor capable of Offer
ing us support.
In the. United Nations "cru-
sade against aggression" in !
Korea, Western Europe pro-
vided all told some $4,000 men,
to the 100000 American sol-
diers sent across the Pacific.
Britain, the outstanding power
in Western Europe, sent about
as many troops as Turkey-a
country with half Britain's
population and less than S per
cent of Britain's wealth and
industrial capability.
There is no reason to believe
that in an American action to
preserve our defense perimeter
in the West Pacific our allies
will do more than at best ap-
plaud from the sidelines or at
worst criticize us for squan-
dering our efforts. which they
say must be carefully hus-
banded to help Europe.
What effect the British
Foreign Ministers personality
and arguments will have on
Mr.. Dulles is difficult to fore
cast. The American Secretary
has played an important part
in Americas pledge to help
the Nationalist government de-
fend Quemoy and MatSu II
they are attacked by the Com
munists. Mr.. Dulles is not
the man easily to be convinced
that pledges should be forgot
ten quickly for expediency.
However. he is expected to be
subjected to a strong. barrage
of arguments from Sir Anthony
to have another look at the
situation"
Evening star., 1955-02-23
Doris FEeeson-
Morse's Chances at the Polls
Oregonun Is the Man G. O. P. Wants Most to Beat
In 1885, the Race Is Likely to Be Close One

State. He is also a pleasant,
folksy character who gets along
we'll with people. While Sem
ator Morse must be on the job
here, the Governor can culti-
vate his garden. It is a cir
cumstance that has changed
Senate seats many times.
1t is rare in United States
politics for men to shift their
party allegiances and still
achieve power, particularly
when it is rather late in the
game, as with Senator Morse.
How it will affect his chances
is matter of some dispute.
BY and large over the coun-
try party allegiances are less
compelling than they were. 1t
is the opinion of most experts
that the Republicans have a
hard core of about 80 per cent
of the people. Democrats a
slightly larger one, with 80 or
35 per cent of the voters NOV
ing from side to side as par
ticular issue or candidate
moves them.
States like Oregon are rated
more conservative in their
voting habits than many
others. In fact, had Senator
Neuberger not won so sensa-
tionally, Senator Morse would
be automatically named the
underdog. Now one can't be
sure.