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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-11
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington. D. c
SUNDAY, DECEMBER II, 1885
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WHITE
Continued from Page u

developed from a small socie-
ty into it's present position as
the nations largest civil
rights organization. His dar-
ing courage in exposing
lynching for the Association
began as early as 1918, con-
tributing greatly to the dis
polling of that f ri g h t f u !
crime and national disgrace.
He was a leader in efforts to
secure allotment of federal
anti-lynching law and other
civil rights. Guided in this
course by it's leadership, the
NAACP won for. Negroes of
the nation the recognition
which establishes for all time
their birthright and dignity"
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THE TRIBUNE
Timely Tips About Psmp Horses 49,.
New Device Stops Winter Worries

basement Of their farm homes. Like
all good installations OF this sort.
the pump has its own electric circuit
so that water always will be avail
able in event that other. wiring cir
cults are damaged by fire. In addi-
ton. fireproof door separates the
pump room from the basement.
Other farmers. we know of. simply
wrap heating cable around the ex-
posed pipes. setting the thermostats
just above freezing.
Quite recently, however, something
new has appeared on the market
which looks like the best answer
yet to pump house freeze up" prob
lens. II is an electric heater specifi-
cally designed for use in pump
houses. The device is about l8 inches
long and slightly under inches
high. Its enclosed elements have a
capacity OF 500 watts. The unit is
mounted on one of the inside walls
OF the pump house. and requires no
special wiring.
Since there are no exposed wires,
this new device is one Of the safest
heaters available. OF greatest i'm
portance, too. is the fact that the
heater has been approved by the
Boards OF Health in Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Tests record THAI 1T is
economical to operate. with .costs
lowest--of course--in cases where
farmers have taken the money
saving" precaution to properly insu-
late their pump houses.
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TRADING WITH THE ENEMY
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Recently, the newspaper head
lines were aflame with the story Of
the Aruba, the Finnish tanker bound
Tor the Chinese mainland and load
ed with enough jet fuel oil to power
a mission of 5000 jet ail-planes.
Upon inquiry, Finland advised
America she could not stop the
ship because it was chartered to q
company over which she had no
jurisdiction. 1t develops that this
company was Far Eastern Enter
prises, Ltd. This company is owned
by the Chinese Communists but is
situated within the confines of the
British Crown Colony of Hong
Kong. This is the same company
which was, under the protection of
the British flag, shipping cargoes
for the Chinese Communists during
the Korean War.
Acc ording TO records re-.
Gently compiled. ships owned or
chartered by Americas allies made
l470 trips in and out of Chinese
Communist ports during 1854. These
ships carried q cross tonnage Of
S,S73,0O0 tons. In one average month
of last year, 1913 Communist
ships carrying a gross tonnage Of
T5l,635 tons locked at ports serv-
ing Red China. Of these 1913, 70
We're British, Italian, 6 French,
and the others JAPANESE, Finnish,
Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German.
Indian and Moroccan.
Last week, the Chairman of the
Senate Sub committee on Investi-
cations released the text of a let
ter from the Acting Assistant Sec
rotary of State which revealed that
England has assigned several light
naval vessels to patrol the Formo-
san Strait with instructions to rem
der such assistance as they can to
British merchant ships in the area
which encounter interference or
other difficulties. TO me, this is a
shocking revelation. Not only do our
allies, who annually demand billions
of dollars in the form of foreign
aid from America, continue to trar-
fic with the enemy, but they actu-
ally launch a naval escort to guar
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Obituaries

Mrs. Mary Day, a native of
Oak Grove, Roanoke County,
died at her home in Wash
ington last Friday.
Her body was brought to
Roanoke Saturday, and fun
eral services were held at the
Slate Hill Baptist Church
Monday, 900 p. M, conducted
by Rev. w. M. Scott, pastor.
Surviving are one brother,
Costley Hylton; two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Smith and MRS,
Selena Crockett, all of Roa-
noke County.
Burial was in the family
cemetery in Oak Grove with
Jordan Funeral Home in
charge.
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property. Several years ago, the gov
eminent sold its aluminium plants
for 37c on the dollar and a steel
plant for Csc on the dollar.
The, sales contracts contain a
national security clause which re-
quires the purchaser to maintain
the facilities in producing order for
a minimum Of ten years and an
anti-monopoly clause to insure an
adequate supply OF rubber at fair
prices to small-business rubber fab
ricators.
Both the practical and ideologi-
cal results of this action are COM
mendable. "a 1t recaptures for the
taxpayer large investment of gov
eminent funds. (2) 1t protects the
taxpayer against a probable annual
operating deficit. ca It forestalls
the possibility that these facilities
might be mothballed, in which case,
thousands of workers would lose
their. jobs. 90 52% Of all profits
earned by the purchasers viii be re-
turned to the Treasury in the form
of corporation taxes. CD This BUSH
ness-type enterprise will be return
ed to private enterprise which ORR
ginally supplied the technical know
how, pooled, the private patents and
made it possible for the government
to meet the war; rubber emergency
Possibly more than any question
which has come before Congress iri
the last two decades, this issue
clearly drew the line betxeen ,aat
vocates of. nationalizatiop of, indus
try on the one hama and adRo&atH
of tree enterprise onl theLqther t,M
the rubber industry should be naS
tionalized, there is 20 bgiAal srshsaH
why the steel industry should, not
be nationalized,i land hhths staH
industry is natippalized, whyinpt ali
the factories aiid farms p0f, AihsIaGas
S s. it ss9Pt$sSs paSlbtsE as De-
duces the hest mouse trap at the
least cost. Socialism( whose polite
SYNONYM, is o'"nationalizatioirD has
become the worlds nfghtrhare;ftt is
not the American dream. - q
THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
. The House this week passed s,the
appropriations bill to finance. the
Department. OF the Interior for fis-
cal year 1856. Included in the APP
preparation is the total of "a ,s47 400
for the Blue Ridge Parkway. This
includes. 500, aOe for management,
protection, rehabilitation and main
tenance of the Parkway for one
year and $4,307,100 for new con-
struction. Included in the last figure
is the sum of 1852 500 for compile
ton of the Parkway, including three
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
STRICTLY FRESH

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,
" spokesman In New York
City maintains that parents
should not discourage children
who smear walls with crayons or
water-color paints-the tots are
developing "creativeness and free
expression" There's nothing
free, though. about the landlords
expression of how much you'll
have to pay to redecorate.
Firemen in Comstock, MINI,
doused walls of burning tavern
with beer to douse tho flames
when they ran out of water. We
hope ii was more effective than
the same treatment o.. Imam
interiors the morning after.
Fellow in Mexico City, Mexico,
stole 10 feet of cable, sold ii for
IS to buy medicine for a tooth.
ache. Turned out to be fine ear
ache medicine. Cable was part of
a radio broadcasting hookup.
Poets extol autumn, "when the
frost is on the pumpkin" but
the season we like best is that
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zee their malefactions.
SYNTHETIC RUBBER

1t should be reasscring to Amer
lea to know that bhere is in Con-
gress true bipartisan effort on the
part of a few members from both
sides OF the political aisle to take
the Federal government out of COM
petition with private enterprise.
The Republican 83rd Congress pass
ed an Act authorizing the sale of
81 synthetic rubber plants con-
structed and operated by the Fed
eral government during the war
emergency.
This Act made all sales subject 10
the ratification of the Congress.
This year Democratic Congress,
under the leadership of Chairman
Vinson of the Armed Services Com
mittee, ratified ID of these sales by a
final vote of 283 to 1872. This means
that 1872 members of the House felt
that the Federal government should
continue to operate business-type
enterprise which, as of April 80,
1855, had run q total accumulated
deficit of s144,8O6,OOO. Here are
the figures on transaction:
Gross book value 80. 1881 ,OO1 600
Less, Reserve for
depreciation ......... 4O3, OS8, 200
Net book value .. .$127 ,912, 800
Plus, Accumulated
uCiiSlt ........... Sl4f, QUO ,UUc
Total unrecovered invest
ment communicated. SOTO 7I8 8O0
Less, sale price of plants s263. 643 900
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Total loss for ID years. S s,o75, 800

This means that the return to
the taxpayers will lie 1861 of the
uncovered Investment. Moreover,
the sale will return to the Federal
Treasury in additional SAC, 1922 OOO
Tor the current inventory of raw
materials and manufactured synthe-
tic rubber. In addition to all this,
the government still retains three
facilities which it was unable to
sell with a book value of $l8,567 goo.
No one will be able to call this a
give away" In fact, it was the
best deal the Federal government
ever made in disposing OF surplus
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09

Martin Dies, Congressman from
Texas: 1.-THE only way we can make
any Roadway against the Com
munists on conspiracy is to adhere
rightly to the American standards
of justice"
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Then | told them Of the Hand
of my God, which was good
upon me. ..-(Nehemiah 2, 49,
Blessed are we when, through
righteous living and constant
prayer, we are aware of the
Presence of God everlastingly
within and about US. Then,
laying our hand in His, we will
be guided and strengthened in.
our quest for peace of soul and
mind.
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ny IRA MILLER
Farm EIectrification Bureau

We don't know il you've ever had
the pipes in your pump house freeze
up in cold weather. II you have,
however. we doubt il you're anxious
TO have 1t happen again.
There are a couple Of ways TO
prevent this annoying and. occasion.
ally. costly thing occurring. Some
OF our more prosperous friends have
constructed pump room off the
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DR.. Grayson Kirk, president, Col
ulnbia University: 1T is time for
the American people to cry both to
the fanatics of right and left a
plague on both your houses"
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bridges, from State Route 100 to
the James River, a total of 1.9 miles.
Sincerely yours,
RICHARD H. POFF
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Harry S. thurman, former Pres
ident: The United States shirked
its duty to the world in 1920 and
World War. III was the result"
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Penalty to Fit Crime

The recent dynamite sabotage Of an
airliner In fight, killing all A persons
aboard, revealed gIaring loopEole In
Federal criminal laws. There is no Fed
eral statute providing punishment sum
cient to fit such an atrocity. 1t Is reasstlr-
ing to learn. therefore, that the Civil
Aeronautics Board will urge Congress at
the next session to authorize adequate
penalties for crimes Of this nature.
The only Federal law under which
the perpetrator Of the multiple murder
bombing in Colorado can be prosecuted Is
one relating to sabotage Of q defense
facility An airliner Is classified as q
defense facility But the penalty upon
conviction of this offense Is only a few
years in jan. Under the circumstances,
Federal authorities have agreed to let the
state Of Colorado try the accused on mur-
der charges. However, public safety, as
well as defense security. requires enact
ment Of stern Federal laws ID deal with
such outrages. # Is not enough to. rely
on varying State statutes, however rare
the cases of airliner sabotage may be.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Strange Case Of Nr { Din

It would take modern solomon to
unrayel all Of the motives underlying the
strange case of Attorney General Brow
nell versus former Republican Senator
Harry p. Cain. But the basic facts Of the
dispute are clear enough
Mr.. Cain is a member of the SUBJ
yersiye Activities Control Board. In this
capacity, he has been presiding at hear
ing on complaint by the Department
Of Justice that the Washington Pension
Union is Communist -front organization.
Back in 1919 the then Senator Cain
told House Armed Services subcommit-
tee that the pension union Is one Of the
most notorious Communist front organ
izations in the state OF Washington and
Its entire high command has been iden-
titled as belonging to the Communist
Party before the Washington State I'M
American Activities Committee
Last February lawyer FOR the PEN
sion union challenged the right Of Mr..
Cain to preside over the Communist
front hearing on the ground that he was
biased. The lawyer, however, did not
mention the 1949 statement, and the De-
partment Of Justice opposed the chal-
lenge. On October Of this year the
union lawyer brought up the l94s alle-
Evening star., 1955-11-25

CATION. He asked Mr.. Cain II he thought
he could now conduct an impartial hear
ing and received an answer satisfactory
to him. The Attorney General. however,
is not satisfied. He says the department
would not have opposed the February
challenge had it known of the 1949 state
ment, and it now wants the SACB to dis
qualify Mr.. Cain from conducting further
hearings in the case.
It is well known that there is no love
lost between the Department Of Justice
and Mr. Cain because Of the latter's criti-
cisms of the Federal loyalty program. It
is quite possible that the Attorney Gen.
eral now believes that Mr.. Cain Is biased
against the department. This, however,
is beside the point The hearing in the
pension union matter is q quasijudicial
proceeding. II Mr.. Cain adheres to his
1949 opinion he has no right to preside.
If he has changed his mind, there is just
as much reason why he should step aside.
Certainly, under the circumstances, any
decision he might now reach could hardly
fail to be suspect from one point of view
or the other, and therefore embarrassing
to him and to the board.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
This Record Looks Good

Secretary of Treasury Humphrey,
considered by many to be the most In
fiuential policy maker in the Eisenhower
cabinet, seldom has talked politics dur
ing the past three years. Nevertheless,
his leading role In directing Government
fiscal affairs for the administration and
his occasional public discussion Of these
matters are emerging, In combination, as
strong political force. Two recent
speeches -one before big business"
audience, the American Petroleum Insti-
tute, and the other before farm
audience, the National Grange illustrate
this point
On the whole, the speeches were SIM
ilara review of the record breaking
good health of the national economy and
an analysis of the contributions which
administration fiscal policies have made
to this widely distributed prosperity To-
gether, they amount to a persuasive
political argument, and one which oppo-
sition critics may find 1t difficult to refute.
Many Of the statistical measurements OF
this prosperity have been recited before
records In national income, gross national
employment. Projections by both public
and private authorities indicate SINH
larly favorable trend on all Of these well
into 1856 and perhaps beyond. Capital
investment, one of the Soundest founda-
tions for period of prosperity, not only
is headed for record total of $29.4 billion
this year but is estimated at an aStonish-
ing 1884 billion next year
Perhaps the greatest meaning is given
to these statistics by Mr. Humphreys
discussion Of the value OF the dollar
what happened to it between 1889 and
1882 and what has happened to it since.
In brief, imitation deprecated the pur-
chasing power OF the dollar by 47.8 per
cent in that earlier span, with more than
two-thirds Of that destruction coming
between 1916 and 1852. To persons of
fixed incorne--Or with relatively large
stake In savings, insurance and pensions
the loss was real one. BY contrast,
during the nearly three years Of the
Eisenhower administration the value Of
the dollar has changed only one-half Of
] per cent. Even with the 1854 record
breaking reduction in taxes by $T.4
billion curtailment Of expenditures has
brought the Federal budget to . point
where it may be balanced this year thus
removing one of the most powerful Of
infiationary pressures. A gradual increase
In money rates through action by the
Federal Reserve Board is an added safe
guard to further imitation.
Our national economy rests primarily
on free enterprise and the free employ
ment Of capital. Federal fiscal policies
have = great impact, however, In their
nature and in their application. The
record Of the Eisenhower administration,
on this score, looks good at this time.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
HeckIes Stevenson

Adlai Steyenson's less-than-
mighty pronouncement that it
is important the United States
be controlled BY Democrats Is
worthy Of comment. I agree
for the following reasons:
I'D We have not been In q
war for d few years now.
Doubtless the Democrats could
remedy that. t2) Business
confidence Is high. and 50 Is
employment. The Democrats
can surely do something about
those two matters. With .
Democratic victory confidence
would go the way the stock
market went right after Ike's
illness struck. CD Waste Of the
taxpayers money has been
curtailed. That should make
every loyal New Dealer and
Fair Dealer shudder. Mr.. Ste
veflSon could doubtless reff1-
edy that, and waste our money
again. t4) No Alger Hiss types
have been appointed to posts
Of influence for several years.
Again. the Democrats could Ak
that.
aoraa uy,t,, AEr Stavansoo,s
statement that .any citizen
should make whatever contri-
button he can to the search
for q safer. saner world" The
best contribution Mr.. Steven
son could make would be to
vote Republican next year.
John r. Schmidt,
Ex-New Dealer.
Peoria, III.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Inner Loop Expresswoy

Ultimate cost Of the long planned
sinner loop" around Washington's down
town business district will be Of Stagger-
Ing proportions. Present estimates place
the cost at about $272 million, to be spread
over 12-year period That is several
times the cost of a compromise economy
project which had been considered by
the Highway Department But the COM
promise plan would have involved a
makeshift undertaking that would have
fallen far short OF the city's trafilc needs.
The larger expenditure. a substantial
part of which would come from Federal
aid-to-highway funds. can be justified,
therefore, as a long-range investment in
permanent traffic relief.
The loop or belt long has been shown
on planning maps of the Highway De-
partment and of the National Capital
Planning Commission, although its pre-
else route was left open for final Settle-
ment through interagency conferences.
AS first envisioned, it was to be de-
pressed -leyel. limited d-access expressway
skirting the congested section. Numerous
grade separation structures would speed
the flow of trafic. Tied in with major
approaches to the city from several di-.
rections, it would serve as a bypass for
regional and interstate trafic. Later this
plan was modified substantially in an
effort to bring the cost down. The modi-
fication eliminated most Of the grade
separations and depressed-level streets
and, instead, made use of present streets,
which were to be widened and channel
lied. Cross traffic would have posed
serious problem under the compromise
plan, interposing accident hazards and
INTERFERING with the expeditions flow Of
traffic.
II The plan now favored was recon-
mended By q arm Of consultants. IT
would call for l41 grade-separation
structures, depressed lanes and other en-
gineering features designed to permit
speeds Of up to SO miles an hour. AS
Highway Director Robertson has put It,
It would keep out Of downtown streets .
great deal Of trafIic which s'has no busi-
ness there" Trafic relief Of this nature
should be of tremendous benefit TO
Washington's congested business district,
now suffering from an accumulation Of
traffic and parking troubles.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
CA Site

Please accept our congrat-
ulations on your editorial Of
November Q on CIA and the
Langley site. The announce
ment Of the cIA on November
10, after q hearing before the
National Capital Planning
Commission and the National
Capital Regional Planning
Council, but before the plan
ners had taken action, that
the Shirley Highway site had
been rejected, would seem to
ignore planning principles.
We do not yet know what
the action Of the planning
agencies viii be. but we do
know that the George WASH
ington Memorial Parkway
could not be used for heavy
mixed traffic and even If it is
built in the near future there
would still be the problem Of
constructing a general pur-
pose highway to provide for
the needs Of the CIA installa-
ton at Langley.
] enclose a copy of q reso-
luton adopted on October II
BY our Committee Of 100 on
the Federal City. urging the
application Of planning prin-
ciples, as you suggest edito-
rally, and rating the Shirley
Highway site on that basis as
superior to the Langley site.
Mai. Gen. o. S. Grant Sd,
President, American Plan
ming and Civic Associa-
.ttDn.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
To Those Who Filled 1t

Now that the 1856 Commu-
nifty Chest Campaign Is within
inches Of success, Family and
Child Services. the largest vol
untary agency in Washington
dependent upon Chest funds,
wishes to express its gratitude.
Family and Child Services
was formed In 1851 through q
Chest sponsored merger Of
three agencies, Children's Pro-
tective Association. Family
Service Association and Foster
Day Care and Counseling As
sociation. This was done for
more effective service TO fami-
lies and children needing help.
The extent OF the help they
need we know only too well.
and the success Of the Chest
campaign is the first bright
light on the horizon.
We know that the Chest viii
soon be over 100 per cent of its
goal because the good people Of
Washington win provide the
extra push needed to achieve
the first oyer-the-top record
since 1914. Our citizen board
and star Of professional work.
ers ask me to say Thanks to
you, to Drive Chairman e. K.
Morris. TO Chest Executive Fer
dinand Grayson, and to the
thousands Of workers in our
Metropolitan Area.
Russell w. Schneider.
President. Family and Child
welfare Services,
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Lost Boy

The hooting Of the olpl, fore
boding, onstnous,
The song OF ,Chip-poor -i0ills.
a fearful tone,
The forest shapes once friendly
aoiD mere ghostlv,
And made the boy more
frightened. more alone.
The pinding paths that used
to be familiar
By sunlight, NON ,0ere ntazes
OF illusion,
Ending noiDhere, flled NTH
fallen logs
That tripped him IN hts
fearful. blind confusion.
His cries mere coHnterpotnted
by harsh echoes
d CLOSING IN iDith hollOw
ntOckeYy,
And epery branch crouched TO
clutch his shoulders,
GoGded by minds ,0ItippilC
eDerg tree.
HoiD far atDGv seemed tDGrfgth
of hearth and Mother,
But suddenly he felt a
surginC joy.
The safety OF his parents
ontstretched arms,
And God ,pho matches oper
q maynard boz,
Mildred Ryan