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Evening star., 1955-06-07
Entitled to q Heurinu

Something is wrong with system
which permits 200 natural gas producers
to raise their rates merely upon notice
to the Federal Power Commission and
without public hearings. That has been
done by the companies, despite recent
Supreme Court decision giving the FPC
authority to control producers prices
for gas. The FPC, in effect, waived this
authority and permitted the higher
rateS-affecting consumers in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area as we'll as in
numerous States-to become effective
without hearing as of last October.
Viewed against this background, the joint
protest filed by the public utility COM
missions of the District, Virginia, Mary
land and West Virginia is justified.
previous request by the four agen-
cies for hearing on the proposed in
creases was rejected by the FPC last
April. Now the agencies have petitioned
the Federal commission for a reconsider
alton of it's denial of a hearing. The
petition charges the FPC with "evading"
its responsibility and confusing" the
issues. Apparently the stage is being set
for court action in the event the FPC
again refuses to reopen the case, for
the four cooperating agencies have en-
ployed a local attorney, Jerome M. Alper,
to represent them. The protesting agen-
cies are the District Public Utilities Com
mission, the Virginia State Corporation
Commission, the Maryland Public Service
Commission and the West Virginia Public
Service Commission.
The FPC by split decision last
October allowed producers higher rates
to 20 into effect without affording State
or local regulatory agencies an oppor-
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Worth Seeinq

Anybody interested in the Presidents
-for-peace plan would be well ad-
vised to visit the Library of Congress this
week. For there is on display there-and
will be up to and including next Friday
q special exhibit graphically depicting
many of the actual and potential bless
ings now within the worlds reach as a
result of the harnessing of nuclear en-
srgy. The exhibit-which has been or
ganized by the United States Informa-
ton Agency with the help of the Atomic
Energy Commission and numerous pri-
vate industries-is much the same as the
one being displayed abroad with great
success and popular appreciation. 1t is
decidedly worth seeing as an instructive
and inspirational demonstration of how
wondrously the atom can be made to
serve man rather than destroy him.
Evening star., 1955-06-07

tunity to present their views. At that
time the Federal commission was showed
under with applications for rate in
creases, following the Supreme Courts
ruling in the Phillips Petroleum case that
it had authority to regulate producers
prices. The decision virtually deprived
local regulatory agencies of control over
prices to consumers, for it was inevitable
that consumers costs would rise as pro-
duction prices increased. If the FPC
persists in denying a hearing, the local
agencies certainly should test their
claims to hearing in the courts.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Party Before Country?

I am not . politician, pro-
fessional or otherwise. am
merely one of thousands Of
Democratic precinct workers,
the people who write letters,
address campaign literature,
and for days and nights on
end ring doorbells and call
upon their neighbors to vote
for Democratic candidates. We
do the legwork that wins elec-
tions. And we are mighty tired
of the present Democratic
leaders on both sides of Con-
gress who are sitting On their
hands through this session and
letting the issues slide silently
into oblivion. Give us our cam
paign material, we say!
If the polls still show Mr..
Eisenhower highly popular,
the Democrats can take a lot
of responsibility for that. They
keep on yapping about their
support of his programs, in
stead Of building up a Demo-
cratic program and record for
the Democratic workers 10
show the voters. You can't
beat something with nothing.
Miriam r. Murtha.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Cost of Better Schools

I don't like paying taxes
any more than the next per-
son, but 1 think it is only
right to pay just a little bit
more If it means getting a
better school system.
That is the present situa-
ton facing homeowners in
Montgomery County who, un-
der proposed budget cuts,
would stand to gain some SIS
a year.
The price? According to
County School Superintend-
ent Forbes Norris, it would
mean: Cd Cutting pay for
teachers, bringing the county
below the surrounding area;
(2) cutbacks in badly needed
school construction, and (3)
abolishing kindergartens,
which, in effect, would be a
30-year step backwards.
AS a county resident and one
concerned with its future
healthy growth I want, there
fore, to protest the proposals
aimed at cutting the school
budget for the coming year.
Our children are our future,
and the country's future. Fiji
teen dollars is a small price
to pay, considering the in
vestment.
Mrs. Ell. RilanOw.
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William Allen White

1t has been my privilege to
know him
And listen to the Dords he
spoke IN terse
And pithy sentences. A hearty
man
With ShreWdneSS of a politi-
clan, and
The ouilelessness OF country
editor.
His editorials. concise and
clear,
Did much to shape his era and
to giDe
Direction for his iDeH-loved
prairie state
To folloiU. He brushed Shoul-
derS NTH the great
In Washington, and held a
fearless pen.
His roots were deep in Kan
saS soil. His mind
Was feTtbLe;; MS spirit free
to roDe.
He kindled fires that are still
ulight
Within his tDdke, and burn
ing Darm and bright.
Billy B. Cooper
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Not Easily Frightened
Constantine Browns predic.

Constantine Browns predic-
ton of a frightening" new
industrial revolution due to
peacetime uses of atomic
energy is, I believe, ill-founded.
Atomic energy in the fore
seeable future will be useful
for one thing: Generation of
power in bulk quantities. The
effect of the atomic power
plant of, say 1875, upon Wash
ington would involve just one
thing: Elimination of the coal
pile at the Buzzard's Point
power plant.
The availability of mere
brute power in unlimited guam
titles would have slight effect
on our industrial or social
structure. There has been
enough power available for
brute-force applications for
many years. The limitation in
engineering is in the structures
and devices necessary to con-
tain and direct the power to
useful purposes. For example,
the huge presses used to form
auto body parts and refriger-
ator boxes are practically all
frame and mechanical parts;
the electric motor that fur
nishes the power is insignifi-
cant in comparison. The mo-
tor is the least of the difficult
ties in designing a bigger ma
chine.
Most of our highly publicized
advances in technology are
based on discoveries 10 to 20
years old. Basic research in
science is not proceeding faster
today than in 1899; if any
thing, it is slower. It is not
logical to expect an expand
ing universe" of technology.
The raw material of ideas Is
being used up faster than 1t
Is being replaced.
At any rate, it is not wise
to cry alarm over a supposed
industrial revolution without
sounder reasons to expect 1t to
come. 1t would be we'll first to
recall the popular predictions
in 1943-5 of the postwar
world to come. None Of them
came true. L. Fleming.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
THE POLITICAL MILL
How Democrats Figure to Win
BY GOULD LINCOLN

him next year. They can do so.
only If the pros" in large
numbers. acquiesce. The chorus
of Stevenson supporters is
loud today. but there is dis
tinct undercurrent of disap-
proval, if a search is made.
Democrats in New York, in
Pennsylvania, in Connecticut
and in New Jersey have other
ideas about the presidential
nomination, as well as in Mas
sachusetts and some Of the
Midwestern States.
Stevenson and South
There is the South to be
considered. too. in connection
with another Stevenson NOM
ination. The Southern dele
gates took Mr.. Stevenson in
the 1852 Democratic National
Convention with considerable
reservation. After his cam
paign got under way. the
reservation of many Southern
Democrats turned into active
opposition. So much so that
Mr.. Eisenhower carried four
of the solid South" States,
and missed carrying others
only by a narrow margin. AS
q matter of fact, Mr.. Eisen-
hover polled about 49 per cent
of the vote in the Southern
States.
Since the advent of the Eli
senhower administration. it
has been generally supposed
that the President has lost
ground in the South; that his
appointment of Chief Justice
Warren and the subsequent de-
cision of the Supreme Court.
handed down by the Chief JUS
tice, holding segregation in the
public schools unconstitutional,
had ruined Mr.. Eisenhower in
that section of the country.
Public opinion polls. however.
indicate that as of today, Eli
senhower popularity in the
South is well above that OF
Stevenson. This seems to be
so, despite the efforts which
Chairman Butler and the Ste
venson supporters have been
making to heal the breach
between the Northern and
Southern Democrats.
Probably, however, the Ell
SenhoWer sentiment in the
South would outdistance that
of any other potential Demo-
cratic nominee from the North
and West, with the possible ex-
ception of Senator Symington
of Missouri-and Mr.. Synling-
ton has declared he has no in
tention of becoming a candi-
date.
To muddy the Democratic
waters still further, the Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action
has just taken a swipe at the
Democratic leadership in Con-
gress-Which is mostly South
embedding that it has done
nothing for liberal" legisla-
ton, but has played into the
hands of the Republicans.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Dr.. Peters Wins

The Supreme Court has decided the
Peters case on the narrowest possible
grounds
With three judges disagreeing, the
court has ruled that the Loyalty Review
Board exceeded its authority when 1t
decided, on its own motion, that there
was reasonable doubt as to the loyalty
of DR.. John P. Peters, professor of medi-
cine at Yale University. Pursuant to
this, the court said that DR.. Peters is
entitled to an order directing the Civil
Service Commission to expunge from its
records the Review Boards finding of
reasonable doubt as to his loyalty, and
also to expunge from its records any
ruling that DR.. Peters is barred from
Federal employment by reason of the
Review Board finding.
This is measure of vindication for
DR.. Peters, but it also will come as dis
appointment to him. For he had urged
the court to pass on what he considered
the constitutional questions involved in
his diSmissal-primarily, whether he was
entitled to hearing at which he would
be confronted by his accusers.
In refusing to do this, the judges
said: This (constitutionaD issue, If
reached by the court, would obviously
present serious and far-reaching prob
lens in reconciling fundamental consti-
tutional guarantees with the procedures
used to determine the loyalty of Govern
ment personnel" In other words, the
court agreed that the constitutional
question was serious one. But it's usual
practice is to refrain from ruling on
constitutional issues if case can be
decided on other grounds, and that is
what was done in this instance
This policy, on the whole, is a wise
one. And the court has acted wisely in
adhering to it in the case of DR.. Peters
For while it seems perfectly evident that
the Loyalty Boards finding against him
was miscarriage of justice, that can be,
and has been, rectified-at least to a
substantial degree. In some future case
the court may be compelled to pass on
the procedures which the Government
may use to protect itself against the
danger of infiltration by disloyal en-
ployes, but such difficult ruling should
not be made until the necessity arises.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Disappointed in u. N.

Few men, however nearly
perfect, go through life with
out looking back with regret on
something that they did. or
something that they neglected
to do in earlier life.
Former President Truman, 1t
is stated, refuses to have any
thing to do with the 10th ami
versary session Of the United
Nations in San Francisco this
month. II there 10 any act in
the past life Of Mr.. Truman
which he did and which he
now thinks that he should not
have done, and which now
causes him remorse, 1t Is the
part he played in getting the
country to Join that assembly
Of conglomerates, known as
the United Nations, whose in
stitution was, and Is now, held
together by the cohesive power
to plunder the United States.
No act by any President has
been 80 harmful to this country
as joining the U. NJ. not even
the fiasco at Yalta by Harry's
immediate predecessor.
Norman Grimes.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

have been done ruthlessly
three years ago, is now done
reluctantly after the shape of
the bush has been hopelessly
ruined.
With a practiced eye, our
friend Jones looked the neigh
borhood over, and found that
most homeowners had made
the same mistake.
The lilacs were leggy, with
long trunk, going backward in
lilac culture.
Some of the climbing roses
were beginning to show their
dog rose graft.
The altheas, still a well-nigh
universal favorite. were too
tall. especially in shady places.
with the same tendency to
grow leggy.
Ruthless cutting back every
spring would result In more
vigorous growth and better
shape.
But who does it?
Which makes Jones think
that what the average small
yard gardener needs more
than anything else is a really
good book on pruning.
Surely there is no finer
blossom than the flower Of the
althea.
Its soft white, with crimson
stain at the center, is every
body's childhood flower.
1t is a sort of dove of flowers,
firm in the memory of every
one who grew up in a small
town.
There seems to be a certain
coordination between some
birds and plants. and the dove
and the althea are one.
Properly pruned, the altheas
makes a magnificent - and
thick-hedge.
The double variety is in
teresting. but not as good as
the old favorite. the single
cup-Shaped flower with the
crimson stain at its heart,
Evening star., 1955-06-07

The Democrats are setting
great store by the results of
the 1854 congressional and
gubernatorial races -as indi-
eating they will win the pre-
sidential race in 1856. Their
research division has shown
that Democratic victories in
these Statewide races-in 1858
and 1954-if copied in 1856
will give the Democratic can
didate 3671a electoral votes to
1882 for the Republican.
This is nice figuring-for the
Democrats. A comparison, how
ever, Of the election results in
1916, when the Republicans
won both houses of Congress
and picked up some Governors,
and the election results in
1948 when President Truman
was triumphantly elected over
his Republican opponent,
Thomas E. Dewey, then Gov
ernor of New York. might give
them pause. Two years prior
to Mr.. Truman's victory over
Gov. Dewey, the Republicans
had made sweeping gains. It
could be that President Eisen-
hover, two years after big
Democratic gains at the polls,
will win reelection by a con-
siderable margin-if he runs.
Aim at Eisenhower
In the absence of any def
mite statement on his future
plans by Mr.. Eisenhower, most
Democrats and most Republi-
cans believe that he will be
q candidate to succeed him.
self. The task Of the Demo-
Gratis, obviously, is to show
that the record of the Eisen-
hover administration has
been bad, and that Mr.. Eisen-
hover himself does not de-
serve to be given another four
year term in the White House.
They have already tackled
the job. Democratic National
Chairman Paul M. Butler in
sists that the administration
has been in the interests of
big business-not the COM
mon man. He points, too, to
dissension in the Republican
ranks in Congress to support
his contention that Mr.. Eisen-
hover is unable to provide
strong leadership.
Many Democrats believe to-
day that Adlai Stevenson can
have the 1856 Democratic
presidential nomination just
for aSking-not all of them,
however. Chairman Butler is
not at this time nominating
any presidential candidate
but there is little doubt where
his sympathies lie. If this sur
mise is correct, his first job is
to get Mr.. Stevenson nomi-
mated, and his second, to get
him elected. Mr.. Stevenson
has been called the candidate
of the "eggheads." He was,
in 1852. They were not able to
elect him then. The question is
whether they can nominate
Evening star., 1955-06-07

The old climbing rose, Mary
Wallace, was a riot of soft pink
high in the altheas.
1t is not for nothing that
such roses are called climb
ing" or ramblers.
They love to 60 up, and out,
facing the sun. such is their
wonder.
Maybe you can't buy q Mary
Wallace rose any more. In
Templeton Jones yard, the
lush climber was planted a
quarter Of q century ago.
Named plants Of all kinds
have q way Of coming into
the nmelight, which means
that they 60 into thousands Of
yards.
Then new ones come to the
fore, and the old are forgotten.
This il especially true Of the
named gladiolus.
Forty years ago, Jones found
q Midwestern grower, and Sc
cured many named varieties
from him.
They grew perfectly. This
was before the days Of the
thripS, that curse to this beau
tiful bulb, actually q CORN.
The stalks were 8 feet high,
or more.
The flowers were gorgeous,
with some Of the loveliest
color tones and combinations
ever seen.
Today it is impossible to
find any of those old bulbs.
New ones, with new names,
have taken their places. But
few of them are any better.
Templeton Jones wonders
if the original grower has
produced anything better than
his old flowers.
Two hardy climbing roses
of yesteryear are still doing
splendid duty in hundreds of
thousands of yards.
They are Paul's Scarlet, and
the DR.. Van Fleet rose.
Paul's Scarlet is the red
climber that literally knocks
your eye out. And it holds its
blossoms for days, unlike some
Of the yellow climbing roses,
whose blossoms fade after two
days.
The shell pink of the Van
Fleet is a good foil to the ever
red tone of Paul's Scarlet. The
two together, on the same
fence. make a wonderful COM
bination.
Such hardy climbers-and
how they climb-are best kept
cut back. but this is a hard
job. especially where they have
lilacs or altheas upon which to
60 high. Then a stepIadder
may come in handy. Lacking
that, the branches may be bent
down and pruned, but the gar
dener must take care not to
snag his head, since these
well-thorned canes can give
one a nasty scratch.
\ n II
Templeton Jones is a timid
pruner, a fault he shares with
many.
He hesitates to use the
shears or other cutters.
He realizes, however, that
proper pruning is half the
battle, If not three-fourths
Of it.
Therefore, one prunes--but
often too latel What should
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Thumbs Down Airport

Ihere appears to be q con-
certed drive to get that air.
port into Burke at any cost.
The latest drumbeaters are
business folk and builders
aided by CAA and the air
transport outfits. Their prop
aganda headlines the many
tax dollars to be reaped (sup-
posedly no services in return)
and big businesses to be at
tracted and people employed.
These are selfish interests
that have no care about folks
who have come to Fairfax
County because it is free Of
all industry. etc. We don't
want low-1ying aircraft and
more traffic problems.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Prudence and the Summit

It seems likely that the Kremlin will
agree to the Anglo-French-Americ
proposal-which has just been presented
in formal notes-to hold the projected
Big Four summit" conference at Geneva,
Switzerland, beginning July 18. At any
rate, If they are really as interested as
they say in staging such meeting, the
Soviet leaders can hardly object to this
site or date without appearing to be
obStructioniStS.
Actually, as far as our own Govern
ment is concerned, it would prefer to
have the event take place at Lausanne
or even Stockholm. However, rather than
maggie over the matter, it has gone along
with France and Britain in agreeing on
Geneva as sort of compromise, and the
RusSians-even though they would like to
hold the conference in Vienna-have
every reason to be satisfied with the
Western choice. This is especially true
because Of Geneva'S most recent Signifi-
canoe as the site where the Communists
claim to have won great victory in the
negotiations partitioning Indo-C China.
AS for the date proposed by the West,
IL seems reasonable enough-neither too
early nor too late in the summer season.
to be favorably received in Moscow.
Certainly it provides ample time for
adequate advance preparations by Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov and his Anglo
French-American counterparts. All four
will meet in San Francisco later this
month DURING hn al -
tenth anniversary of the United Nations,
and they should be able then to work out
the necessary arrangements with suff1-
cient speed and decisiveneSs to permit
the heads of government to get together
by July 18.
OF course, whether or not it opens
on that date, the summit" meeting will
be such very brief one that the most
to be expected of it is that it may be
useful and effective in preparing the
way for long -drawn-out series of i'm
mensely complicated lower-level negetia-
t1onS for workable modus vivendi be-
tween the SovietS and the free world.
That is why Secretary of State Dulles,
IN his speech at the University of South
Carolina, has wisely warned against the
Wishful thought that the conferences re-
suits will "end the necessity for strong
and vigorous national and International
security policies"
Unfortunately there is no ground for
such optimism at this point in the cold
war. For the simple fact is, as Mr.. Dulles
has said, that "It will take more than
words, and more than one meeting, to
create conditions which will justify relax
ing the efforts we have been taking" In
short, in view of the hard realities of
today'S world, prudence will impel the
United States "for some time yet to live
as Nation imperiled" armed
and on the alert. The prospective sum-
init" meeting, though it may help to
change things for the better, does not
warrant the slightest bit of backsliding
on that score.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
4 Boot for Montgomery

The way montgomery county
is run reminds me Of my boot
training days at Great Lakes.
After being promised liberty
and scrubbing up for it, we
wound up unloading lumber in
our best blues. Here in this
garden spot Of the world we
are led to believe that we have
something to say in the way
we are to be governed. We are
invited to participate in voic-
ing our opinions on how we
are to be governed. But does
the majority opinion rule?
It does not! It is merely q
palliative to make us believe
that our desires are given due
consideration.
Take the recent liquor dis
pensary case at Four Corners
for example. Did the people
want it? They did not. and
the county was told that they
didn't in two hearings held by
the County Council. This opin-
ion was overwhelmingly con-
CURED in by the local BuSi-
nessmen's Association, the
Woodmoor Citizens Associa-
ton and by all the local
churches. 1t was passed Just
the same we are going to
have liquor whether we want 1t
or not!
Take another case, the re-
surfacing and guttering of q
few streets in Woodmoor. OF
the % families polled on one
block, only three wanted the
improvement; the other 19
didn't. Yet the street was re-
surfaced, ETC.. and we each got
soaked nearly $500.
No, gentle reader, this is not
Russia, this is the free State
of Maryland.
Let's not forget those who
forgot us, when election day
comes againl
w. A. gmylie.
Evening star., 1955-06-07
Misinformed

In line with the recent Su-
preme Court decision to out
law segregation in the public
schools. it seems only proper at
this time for the Federal Gov
ernment to withdraw a major
portion of its financial support
to Howard University, which
to all intents and purposes Is
a segregated university.
II. J. X.
Editors note: When It
opened in 1867, Howard Uni
versity had mostly white stu
dents and 1t still has quite a
few white students. as well as
students from 30 foreign lands.
The honor student in architec-
ture this year is white. How
ards College of Medicine has
more than 80 white students
among its 298 students.)
Evening star., 1955-06-07

trous wreck linger on. I re-
call that when the Shuberts
opened their Washington
theater at 513 Ninth street
NV, a few years ago, it was
memorially named for their
brother, Sam S. Shubert, the
most widely known victim of
No. 19's smashup.
Rienzi B. Lemus.