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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09
Crossing More BRIDGES

Long suHering washington motorists
have an excellent chance of seeing con-
Struction started on two new downtown
Potomac bridges within a year. One is
the six-lane Constitution avenue bridge.
The other is replacement for the old,
worn out three-lane Fourteenth street
span.
The National Capital Planning Com
mission has taken a commendable first
step by approving the general location
OF both crossings. The next step-and
1t should be taken immediately-iS for
the District Commissioners to make con-
tracts for detailed plans.
There is nothing standing in the way
OF this as far as the new Fourteenth street
bridge is concerned. Congress has fully
authorized it, some plans already have
been drawn and construction money
should be sought in the next fiscal year.
The Constitution avenue bridge au-
thorization does require simple modif-
cation by Congress, to permit the span
to move upriver from the monumental
Lincoln Memorial area and cross Roose-
welt Memorial Island But there is every
reason to expect that Congress will take
this action as soon as 1t returns. Federal
and city officials all favor it, and the Sem
ate has Endorsed the move. If plans are
pushed forward with the expectation of
early clearance in January, there will be
no significant loss of time: Construction
could begin in several months.
Between now and January however,
Federal planners, Fine Arts and park
officials and the District also must work
out satisfactory system of approach
roads linking the Constitution bridge to
Washington's streets. The Planning Com
mission. with some reason. looked
askance at the first elaborate road net
works drawn by city engineers. The COM
mission voted to leave this question up in
the air, but referred it to speci@ COM
mittee for study.
This is the proper forum in which to
work out an across-the- table solution
which will serve traffic needs and also
minimize the impact Of the extensive
roads on Federal land near the river.
Some efforts to reconcile these two
factors have resulted in foolish and
wasteful deadlocks in the past. They
could again, unless all the agencies ap-
proach the new discussions with the
realization that no one agency can get
everything it wants.
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fall of 1856 he has promised to put up a
candidate against Senator Clements, who
has been acting majority leader during
the illness Of Senator Johnson of Texas.
In other words, only the possibility of
now threatens his party supremacy-and
even that possibility would provide no
assurance that the Wetherby- Clements
Barley forces could regain the control
they lost last week. The Kentucky story
will be political best-seller for the next
Is months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09
For O Thriving Italy

Italy'S new Premier, Antonio Segnl,
has raised hopeful prospect for his
country in declaring that his government
is determined to press forward with the
Vanoni plan for full employment"
This plan-as originally drafted by
Senator Ezio Vanoni, Italy's Budget Min
lister in the recent Scelba government
has been under active discussion for sew
eral months past. What it calls for is
total outlay of SO billion on 1O-year
program to create and maintain mil
lion additional jobs.
To that end, the expenditures would
be in the form of both governmental and
private investment designed to expand
or bring into being numerous productive
enterprises Among other things, the
program would be primarily directed to-
ward increasing Italy'S exports and in
jecting into the country's predominantly
agricultural south degree of economic
activity and vigor comparable to that
existing in the industrial north.
At present, as for many years past,
Italy Is faced with the problem of being
land rich in population-which is con-
stantly growing-and poor in food re-
sources and the raw materials required
for flourishing industrial economy. The
result is that about million of its 48
million citizens are wholly jobless, and
another 2 million live from hand to
mouth on very meager incomes derived
from SpaSmodlc part-time work-a con-
dition that has played key role in max
ing the Italian Communists the strongest
Red organization in free Europe.
It is because Of this highly distressed
and potentially dangerous situation that
Premier Segni and his government have
embraced the Vanoni plan. The expec-
tation is that the So billion involved will
be made available not only by public and
private Italian capital, but also through
foreign loans and considerable increase
in free-enterprise investment from over
seas sources particularly the United
States) in Italy's industries.
Needless to say, one of the big ques-
tons involved in all this is whether or
not Italy can offer incentives and guar
anteeS good enough to appeal either to
private investors abroad or governmental
lenders. Mr.. Segni answers in the affirm
alive, and If he is right, then there is
ample reason for his country to be
hopeful
In any event, If they are to acquire
enduring economic health eliminate
their internal Red menace and achieve
political stability, the Italians must act
and not just talk about acting-along the
lines proposed by MIR. Segni.
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Waves on
Chesapeake Boy

The waters OF the bay haze
come to pause
Upon this spot and lie in
lazy splendor
Prone in the sun, stretching
their sharp, salt claus
Like cats reclining on a fire.
W1rmed fender.
! long to stroke the Spume
across their backs,
knotOing this cobUeb fur
can neUer last,
For pretty tramps like these
retrace their tracks
And m o m entS feetly
olimpsed are quickly
passed.
But noW they lie curled on
the yielding sand,
VagGbond cats intent on
teasing me.
] gaze In yearnin0 and restrain
my hand
Having the soldce OF small
Uictory--
The iDdues are caught forever
In q scene
Upon the coUer OF a magazine.
Donna Diekey 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09

Waterfowl in Rock Creek
near old Pierce mill sometimes
get out of the water and wan
der up to the road.
They did this the other
morning at precisely the wrong
time.
The transit strike added to
the traffic, since thousands OF
motorists all got the same
idea at the same time OF going
through the park.
Cars were lined for half a
mile this morning, when four
of the big white ducks got up
to the road. and refused to
bulge.
They milled about, much in
terested in the cars. and tried
the patience Of motorists sore
ly. 1t was to the credit Of the
drivers that they took the
waterfowl seriously, which in
this case meant in good humor.
After watching the amazing
cars for q time, the four ducks
waddled back to the water.
their natural home, and all
was well.
~
Water is a large part Of
every living thing, not only Of
creatures that live in it.
That fishes and others bleed
good red blood is always a
slightly amazing fact to the
sensitive.
The minerals in the human
body have been estimated to
be worth about 80 cents, or
thereabouts, depending upon
the market.
The marvellous combination
of factors in the blood points
to one of the most marvellous
chemical Laboratories in the
world.
Scientists are still unravel-
ing the composition Of the
bloodstream.
Basically, of course, there is
water. y -
So how much water do you
drink a day?
How shall one drink?
Cold, or hot?
Very warm weather in
creases the demand for water,
but commonly the American
people want theirs colored and
sugared.
Above all, they want it ice
cold.
Diet experts say water at
normal temperature is the
best. But modern city water
often is nauseating without
ice in it BY the time the GUS
todians of our water works
have got done doping it with
chlorine and fiuorine and
heaven knows what else, 1t
very nearly resem bles a
witch's brew with a bad taste.
That is why hundreds of
persons today are drinking
bottled water. Most of these
can be drunk at room temper
allure with pleasure, after one
gets the habit. but the forma-
ton Of the habit is necessary.
because most of us have been
brought UP since childhood on
bottled soft drinks.
All the duck has to do is dip
Its bill to get o good drirk.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

The fish merely opens its
mouth.
Two and four footed ami
mails have to have something
to drink and something out
of which to drink 1t.
This means the problem OF
selection, always a serious one
among humans. Selection is at
the core of our life. He who
selects we'll and truly has the
best chance to enjoy life as
he goes along. If fortune Is
with him, the good selector
lives the longest.
All his days he needs water.
A very good plan. and it 10
not original with this writer,
is to drink at least two glasses
of water upon arising every
day.
We have discovered that
many persons do the same.
Only a few. here and there,
drink less or more.
We have heard Of one WASH
ingtonian who claims to drink
eight glasses of water every
morning before breakfast.
There was at one time. in
the old Center Market days, q
certain person who drank 40
cups of coffee per day.
They say he increased his
weight from $50 to 260 pounds
in a year, and felt much better
for doing it. This was, of course,
in the predict days. before
Americans had become afraid
of the calorie.
A good plan of morning
drinking is to take one glass Of
orange Juice, followed by one
Of plain water, If you can get it.
Orange and other fruit juices
are mainly water, and nature
has put no fluorine or chlorine
in them, or at least SO small an
amount that it does not count.
So drink up, my hearties,
and enjoy the summer more.
According to the experts, fruit
and vegetable juices. the real
things, will put all Of US in
better shape for winter.
No matter how hot the sum-
mer, the cold winter looms.
Maybe 1t Is not as cold as 1t
used to be, my taxi driver
friends say, but still a Wash
ington winter is likely to be
cold, gray and occasionally
bitter. A good thought for
summertime. Keep it in mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09
THE POLITICAL MILL
'Hoppy' Chandler Settles Old Scores
By GOULD LINCOLN

Albert BENJAMIN (Happy)
Chandler has just pulled OF an
amazing political victory in
Kentucky. The former Gov
ernor, Senator and baseball
car will again be Governor
of the Bluegrass State, unless
his Democratic opponents
should knife him so strongly
in the November 8 general
election that it will put his Re-
publican opponent in the State
house in Frankfort.
And thereby hangs a deci-
sion which may rise to plague
the so-called Democratic boss
of the State, Senator Earle
C. Clements. acting majority
leader of the Senate. Senator
Clements, who hates Happy"
Chandler probably as strongly
as Mr.. Chandler hates him. is
up for denomination himself
next year. One pledge which
Mr.. Chandler made over and
over again during the recent
campaign was that. II elected
Governor. he would get rid Of
Senator Clements. In addition
to the threat to his own po-
litical skin, Senator Clements
has now to consider what 1t
may mean to Democratic ma
tional prestige II a Republican
should be elected Governor OF
Kentucky on the eve Of the
1856 national election. For
obviously, If Senator Clements
throws his Democratic follow
ers into this gubernatorial
election to defeat Mr.. Chan
dler, a Democrat, to save him
self, it will not set too well
with the national Democratic
organization.
Blow to Clements
The blow which Mr.. Chand-
Ter struck Senator Clements
prestige in Saturdays primary
election for a gubernatorial
candidate was terrific. For
Senator Clements had the
Organization" Gov. Wetherby
and Senator Barley, all in
his camp. 1t was widely pub
licized that this was a Chand-
ler-Clements fight-although
the actual opposing candi-
date whom Mr.. Chandler de-
feated was former Judge Bert
T. Combs. Mr.. Combs was
the choice of Senator Glenn
ents and the organization.
"Happy'S" next move in this
intraparty struggle, if he is
elected Governor, will be TO
pick a candidate for the SEN
atorial nomination to enter
next years primary election
against Senator Clements.
The Republicans have nom
mated as their candidate for
Governor, Edwin r. Denney,
former United States attorney
for the eastern district OF
Kentucky. Mr.. Denney was in
dorsed by former Senator and
now ambassador, John Sher-
man Cooper, a Republican.
Twice in the last 80 years, the
Republicans have elected Gov
errors of Kentucky. In each
case their victory has been
due to bitter fractional feuding
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by the Democrats. For Ken
lucky is normally q Demo-
cratic State. It was one Of the
handful of States which gave
Adlai Stevenson its electoral
votes against Gen. Eisenhower
in 1852. though only by q
handful Of votes. Never has
there been a more fiercely
fought and bitter campaign
than that which has Just
taken place. The Republicans
will do their utmost to cap
italize on it. both this year
and next. First. it gives them
a chance for Governor, and
second, for a Senator. Since
Kentucky is the only State
which elects a Governor this
year - except Mississippi.
where a Democrat IS elected
as surely as the sun sets-the
Chandler-Denney contest will
be followed with interest
throughout the country next
fall.
Old Scores Settled
Mr.. Chandler, by his victory
in the primary, has gone a long
way to settle old political
scores. Not only did he give
Senator Clements a black eye,
but he made Senator Barley,
an old political foe, look in
effective. In q last desperate
attempt to save the organiZa.
ton candidate, Senator Bark.
ley was called into that State
to campaign against Mr.. Chan
dler. Senator Barley accused
Mr.. Chandler Of being a rene
gade Democrat. who had sup.
ported Republican candidates
and Dixiecrat candidates In
national elections. Sen ator
Clements sounded a similar
note in his television address.
delivered from Louisville in the
closing week Of the campaign.
Back in 1898, when Mr.. Cham
dler was Governor. he tried to
defeat Senator Barley for re-
nomination, and failed. Later.
however, Mr.. Chandler was
elected I'd the Senate, but there
was no love between the two
Kentucky Senators.
Happy" Chandler. the ex-
uberant one, is 81 years old. He
campaigned for more than q
year throughout Kentucky IN
his comeback drive. The or
ganization thought it'had him
defeated. In addition to the
accusation that Mr.. Chandler
had been a turncoat Demo-
crat, the opposition declared
that Mr.. Chandler had re-
ceived some 100000 from q
LIQUOR firm while he was Sem
ator. Happy" ignored the
charge, other than to say he
had never done anything dis
honest. He said that Mr..
Combs might have the organi-
cation, but that he had the
people who did the voting, and
that was enough. A typical
stunt of Mr.. Chandler-who is
a notwithstanding the cam
paign was to declare he would
make a sober" Governor, and
call out, Preacher, where can
we get a chocolate soda?" as
he left a platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09

\O41SA COO 41no 0OAAC ~ again
in connection with the transit
bill.
The second paragraph of the
bill stated: THAT it is hereby
declared that the business of
mass transportation Of persons
for hire in the District of Co
lumbia is clothed with a public
interest and is essential to the
proper functioning of the Gov
eminent of the United States
and the Government of the
District of Columbia" and "the
continuous, uninterrupted and
proper functioning of such
business in the District of CO.
lumbia is hereby declared to
be essential to the welfare,
health and safety Of the pub
lie including the civilian and
military personnel of the Gov
eminent Of the United States
located in the District of Co.
lunbia and the metropolitan
area Of Washington"
The bill provides authority
for the District Commission
ers to contract for such trans
portation services as may be
necessary.
In paragraph three under
PAY Revisions" it is provided
that If at the end of the Pc
Rod Of such contract, the OPP
Grating revenues have not been
sufficient to meet the cost of
operation the District of CO.
lumbia shall pay Capital Tran
sit the amount of the def
cheney.
Section 6 of the bill pro-
vides: There are hereby au-
thorized to be appropriated out
Of any money in the Treasury
to the credit Of the District of
Columbia and not otherwise
appropriated, such amounts as
may be necessary. If any. over
and above the revenues re-
ceived from operations pro-
vided for. to carry out the pro-
visions of this act"
1t does not seem possible that
Congress could be Intentionally
so unfair to the taxpayers of
the District. After asserting
that the business Of transport
tation in the District sis es-
sential to the proper func-
tioning of the Government Of
the United States" it places
on the District the entire bur-
den Of making good any deficit
which may occur and q deficit
is almost certain to occur. This
means that the home owners
and real estate owners of the
District will have to pay most
all OF any deficit, since there
are great many Federal en-
ployeeS who pay no taxes in
the District.
This bill cannot be equaled
for stupidity or unfairnesS, and
1t Is sincerely hoped that the
President will see the injustice
done to the residents of the
District of Columbia and re-
fuse to sign the bill.
III n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09
Tortured Airmen

Each unfolding chapter of the story
of the II American flyers jailed by the
Chinese Communists casts a darker
shadow across the prospects of reaching
an honorable agreement with these
latter day barbarianS
First came the confirmation that the
B-29 crew members were captured in
North Korea-not in Manchuria as the
Communists claimed Now it is revealed
that the evidence" upon which these
men were convicted and branded as
criminals" by their captors was the doc
tored product of long months of torture.
One is afflicted with sense of fulfil
ity in seeking words to condemn such
barbarism as has been described by
Colonel Arnold and his crew members.
It may be that nothing is gained by
denunciation. One is compelled, how
ever, to face up to the question of what
can be hoped for from negotiating with
these people. How could we have faith
in any commitment which they might
make? And how, in good conscience,
could we enter into any agreement which
would have the effect of strengthening
the position Of the Chinese Communists
and perhaps Of extending their control
over till-untouched sections Of Asia? We
would surely have spurned any such
arrangement with Hitler and his crew.
How could we justify more tolerant
attitude toward the gangSter regime of
Mao Tse-tung?
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Linden School now serving
Lyttonsville. Normally. some
Of the children from Linden
would have gone to the Rock
Creek Forest School. But Rock
Creek Forest is overloaded, and
many Of its children will be on
double sessions next year. So
the Board of Education took
the reasonable course of as
signing 80 of the children to
Rollingwood. which would still
leave the Rollingwood School
far below its current pupil ca
pacity. But the people of Roll
ingwood ignore the reasonable
ness Of this arrangement, and
brush aside the fact that it is
only a temporary expedient in
voked until completion of the
Rosemary Hills School which
is now under construction.
They denounce the Board of
Education for presuming to
contaminate them with Negro
children. Apparently they are
content to add to the over
crowding at Rock Creek For
est School, leaving their own
classrooms vacant. Some would
leave the Negro children in the
substandard Linden School.
This is hardly the course of
good citizenship.
The Rosemary Hills Commu-
nifty has been faced with the
same problem in a far more
aggravated form, since 1t is
certain that a large segment
Of the Lyttonsville children
will be assigned permanently
to the Rosemary Hills School,
when it is completed. Many OF
our parents had misgivings
about this. but they did not rail
at the Board of Education.
Instead. our Citizens Associa-
ton studied the problem care
fully and dispassionately. We
were shocked at the made
quacy Of the Linden School and
agreed that it had to be aban-
doned. We submitted to the
Board of Education a district
ing plan which would eventH-
ally allocate the Lyttonsville
children to the schools nearest
their homes, and would assign
substantial portion OF them
to the new Rosemary Hills
School. At the same time we
have urged the County Coun-
Gil to take action to improve
the sanitary conditions in
Lyttonsville. And the PTA Of
the Rock Creek Forest School,
where our children now attend
has been in the forefront of
the groups that have urged
the Board of Education to
move quickly in fulfilling its
constitutional mandate Of
ending segregated schools.
I mention these facts only to
underline my view that our
neighbors in Rollingwood have
been poorly led and poorly ad-
vised. I am confident that
when emotionalism has sub
sided and mature Judgment
prevails. the majority Of them
will modify the unfortunate
position into which they have
been led. In any event, I
strongly urge the Board Of
Education not to recede from
a decision that is manifestly
fair, just and right.
Charles Gordon,
President Rosemary Hills
Citizens Association.
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Dog Days

AS a member of the Humane
Education Society and of sew
eral other humanitarian groups,
may / offer a reminder that
pets need plenty of fresh wa
ter as well as food and from
clean dishes during these try
ing dog days.
Mrs. Charles Z. Russell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-09

@. Which is the largest uni
versity library in the United
States?-R. @.
A. Harvard University Liz
brary, with almost 6 million
volumes, is the largest and
also the oldest. 1t dates back
to 1888.
@. What portion of the
total purchase price of a new
automobile represents taxes?
w. M.
A. In 1855. approximately
20 cents out Of every dollar. 1
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Stretching Annuities

A. G. Murray's letter, Re
tired Employees" is truly an
astounding document.
In the first place. the re-
tirement program is not en-
tirely the act of a ''beneficent
Uncle Sam" Employees have
made contributions from their
salaries to the retirement fund
since the summer Of 1920, and
to date the retirement program
has not cost our benevolent
uncle one red cent.
Who assumed that during
perhaps 40 years of active
service each employee would
make suitable provision for
his declining years? In my
experience, the average Gov
eminent employe is hard put
to pay for Tor rent) a home,
support his family, educate his
children. and have enough left
over to buy an occasional pack
of smokes and a can Of beer
to say nothing of savings.
If a Government employee is
supposed to accumulate enough
during 40 years of work to pro-
vide for his declining years,
why not apply the same yard
stick to all others? O.K.-let's
throw social security and in
dustry retirement programs
out the window.
Henry B. Steer.
A. G. Murray's letter as
sumed that in 40 years each
Federal employe should have
made suitable provision for his
declining years. We did just
that. I wonder if he knows we
have four billion dollars of
our money somewhere. Now
what we would like to know is
who has a right to say we can
not have a Is per cent increase
out Of our own money. When
the higher ups gave themselves
thousands of dollars increase
that will come from the tax
payers: ours will not, it is our
own money.
Forty Years Plus.
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