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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-25

that they almost went to sleep
during the program-''but the
wife thought 1t was just great"
One of them observes that
Mary and Noel started out being
very cute, and the cutter they got.
the madden he got.
- %A
The fact that only two people
were seen during the 90 minute
show-also prompted plenty Of
comment.
The wittiest was by Jack
Benny. on his Sunday night Chs
g show. The idea Of doing show
with only two people isn't new.
he pointed out. Actually. the idea
occurred to him long ago.
But II I'd done t." he
pouted. everybody ,could haze
called me cheap"
AS q matter Of fact, there was
an actor who was well received
one Christmas eve night when
he performed solo for go min
.utes. That was Charles Laugh
ton.
The direction and camera
work, it should have been en-
Iphasized in yesterdays review,
contributed greatly to the success
tif you thought it was q success)
of the show. The camera followed
Coward smoothly around the
Isofa--and moved in unobtru-
Isively to pick up the vital Coward
Expressions when. say, he was
offering Mad Dogs and English
men"
! One thing I'm not looking for
ward to, by the way. is the wave
of limitations and illusions TO
Coward's technique. Certain Of
his mannerisms may be picked
Iup. as the little pinkie that
Isoothed a twitching muscle be-
tween his upper lip and nose. but
Coward's performance is not so
much style as it is . preposterous
Ipose. I've heard at least 10 per-
formers attempt Mad Dogs" for
example. and fan on thir respec-
tive faces. But I heard 1t for the
first time Saturday.
Another aspect that appals me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-25

81 that Of the large number Of
comedians who were undoubtedly
watching the performance. at
least as per cent Of them must
have said to themselves
III he can get airay NTH
those Tines, iDhy can't n"
! hope the three networks set
them straight the moment they
begin to founce.
$50
ON THE RUN:
Kraft Theater had no idea the
response would be so terrific to
its announcement Of last week
that q $4,000 award would go
to the writer Of the best Tv
play it uses from Nov. 2, 1855. to
Oct. 81, 1885 Kraft's agency.
y. Walter Thompson. is busy
mimeographing . set Of rules
and suggestions to answer the
questions OF viewers i. Write
to Kraft, care Of NBC-TV. Radio
City, New York; -. To get q
script read by Kraft. to repeat o
bit Of advice carried In this
paper several Sundays ago. a
literary agent is almost q must.
Art Carney's brother. Jack, the
Of Godfrey's 'Talent
Scouts" says he has come up
with Q sure bet on how to win
on the show .I'd Just sing
Macushla." he says. :. Every
contestant rs near as ] can re-
call who has selected that song
has won even when he was not
too good q singer"
It's no surprise to o. 8. Steel
Hour fans who saw the very
funny version Of mo Time for
Sergeants" last season that the
Broadway play is the seasons
biggest new laugh hit Ed
Sulliyan's show next Sunday will
feature several scenes and II he
cancels this without letting the
viewers know. somebody had bet
ter start running.
welcome Travellers the day
time CBS-Tv show. has quietly
changed It's title TO Love Story"
As IN the naaa Of G4leaS0nsg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-25

minute productions most scintil-
lating moment.
MARY Martin DGs looking
right at me the i0tole time"
reflected one man t1fstfully.
"Gnd she hasn't phoned me
get"
Was it that good?
It's remarkable, though. how q
superior singer land arranger)
can find a fresh approach to ar
old standard. SO far as this par
ticular tune Is concerned. my votl
still goes to Sinatra's foot-stomp-
ing version. performed on q
Variety Hour" show earlier this
year.
Four other gentlemen, report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-25

APR1 0ko0A va tAACA CAAOA W. Oks~\
proper enthusiasm for Miss Mar
tins singing.
II Get q Kick Out Of You." as
delivered by Miss Martin. was the
only choice Of at least four re-
sponsible gentlemen as the 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-25
ON THE AIR
ON THE AIR
They Got I heir Kick
From Mary Martin
Nv BERNIE HARRISON

Whether you thought the best thing ever on Tv
crashing bore between the Noel
Martin show Saturday CBS9 certain TO be the most
discussed program Of the young season
strong dissens from this reporters
appraisal their eo-epecay the failure" to register the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
How Citizens Can HeIp

Engineer Commissioner Lane has
launched phase of the slum cleanup
campaign that deserves widespread public
cooperation and support. He has asked
civic organizations to sponsor voluntary
trash-removal and yard-renovation drives
in their respective neighborhoods. The
program is in line with the complaint in
a recent letter to The Star that urban
renewal operations will not touch house
holders who lack the pride or energy to
keep their premises clean.
Acting under Commissioner Lanes in
StructionS, Cabell Gwathmey, Director of
Licenses and Inspections, has requested
community civic and other groups to at
tend a conference at which plans for carry
ing out the cleanup crusade will be dis
cussed. The Importance of this collateral
attack on neighborhood decay and un-
sightliness cannot be overstressed. The
main attack-under the new law providing
penalties for failure to repair or tear down
dilapidated buildings-will fall short of its
objective if occupants of the repaired
houses allow the grounds to become trash
dumps and junk yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Red Chinu's BuiIdup

1t seems clear enough that Secretary
Dulles remarks on the grave implica-
lions" of newly discovered Red buildup
on the Chinese mainland were intended
primarily for the ears of the conferees at
Banding.
In other words, this is propaganda
statement. But, if the facts are right, it
also is propaganda of the right sort For
if the Afro-Asian delegates meeting at
Banding should heed the Dulles Eisen-
hover appeal for Remuneration of force
to achieve national ambitions" power
full restraint would be laid upon the Chi
neSe Communists.
There may be a certain lifting of eye
broWS, however, at some of the things Mr.
Dulles said. The Secretary spoke of an
intensive" Communist air-power buildup
opposite Formosa,' but refused on
grounds of military security to say how big
the buildup is. He also said that our
knowledge of this buildup developed only
during the last few days. partly due to
the fact that we are now getting more
effective and prompter reports from that
area as to what goes on"
What differences should be drawn
from this? Late last month White House
Press Secretary James Hagerty knocked
down story which came from Admiral
Carney, and which was quite similar to
Mr.. Dulles statement. The President, &C
cording to Mr.. Hagerty, did not believe on
March % that the Chinese Reds had the
air coverage to launch a successful attack
on Quemoy and the Matsus The Red air.
fields, it was said, were neither numerous
enough nor large enough for such an OPP
Grafton.
These opinions of the President were
based on information from many sources.
On the other hand, reports of an impend-
ing attack on the coastal islands were
"parochial" No effort was being made to
de-emphasize the seriousness of the stu
alton in the Formosa Straits, but the ad-
miniStration seemed to feel that an attack
would not succeed and therefore would
not be attempted.
Presumably the more somber view
taken by Mr.. Dulles is based on the more
effective and prompter reports we are now
getting from the Formosa area. But does
this mean that until few days ago, the
Presidents reports from the area were
neither very effective nor very prompt?
Was Mr.. Hagerty's disparagement of the
Carney report based on faulty informa-
ton? If so, the result is not going to be
reasSuring either to the American people
or to our allies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
MedoIist in Aeronuutics

DR.. Jerome C. HunSaker has received
many honors for his accomplishments in
the field of aeronautical engineering.
Perhaps the greatest of these tributes is
the latest one, the Langley Gold Medal of
the Smithsonian Institution, which was
presented to Dr. Hunsaker in ceremonies
here on Thursday. Not since 1885 has
this award been given and only eight other
men of aviation have been SO honored in
the 46-year history of the medal.
Most significant, however, was the
emphasis placed in DR.. Hunsaker's cita-
ton on his work of today rather than
upon his achievements of the past. For
as chairman of the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics, he is the di-
recting genius Of what the citation de-
Scribed as "the worlds greatest scientific
aeronautic research organization" There
are few, If any, areas which have greater
bearing upon the national security than
that Of current research into all the rami-
fications Of fiight-from piloted aircraft
to rocket missiles Charged by Congress
with direction Of the national program in
this field, the NACA has written dis
tinguished record under Dr. Hunsakers
Craftsmanship since l941. Its promise and
its responsibilities for the future, under
his continued guidance, are equally great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
UJA for 1855

Every friend of Israel has reason to
offer wholehearted support to the United
Jewish Appeal for 1855. The campaign in
the Greater Washington Area opens here
tonight with the Advance Gifts Dinner"
and it is an enterprise that should COM
mend itself to all because of it's humani-
tartan and nonpolitical character.
AS private organization appealing to
private individuals and groups throughout
the Nation, the uJA is seeking to raise
minimum of 500 million for it's work this
year. The work includes chiefly the
urgent, and costly, task of moving between
10000 and 10000 sorely distressed Jews
from North African lands and resettling
them in Israel, where they will be able to
hope and labor for bright new future of
self-supporting freedom. Other projects
for which the money is very much needed
cover such fields as medical care for in
firm and aged immigrants and the con-
Struction of educational and developmental
facilities for great numbers who have
within recent years entered the young
country and become its citizens
Here is an undertaking whose chari-
tablenesS and constructive nature tran
Scend the political bitterness and sharp
tension still existing between the Arab
states and Israel. 1t is fine and humane
project, and the greater the support &C
corded 1T, the more chance there will
be OF promoting peace and prosperity
throughout the entire area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Fooled Us, Too

The editorial page of The
Star of April IA had a picture
of Pauline Cushman, identi-
fled as a Confederate spy. She
was not a Confederate spy.
She was from New Orleans,
to be sure, but she was a spy
for the Union.
Says Frank Moore, a pro-
life writer of the Civil War
period, in his book, Women
of the War" 1867, referring to
the Creole actress, Pauline
Cushman:
General Garfield, in con-
sideration of her long service
and suffering and danger in
the Union cause, and two
wounds received while engaged
in the secret service, conferred
on the heroine the rank of
major, by which she was after
wards known"
1 know you will want to
correct this error which does
injustice to this flippant
glamor gal who just missed
being hanged by General
Bragg. Charles L. Morris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

And this, blast EN-, when
he has made no move.
One evening he started to
close the venetian blinds.
"Ouch!" he roared. who
left a needle here, of all
places?" eE
1t was a needle" all right,
a very fine one, too.
At another time, Jones was
gardening. in a pair of Stacks
and nothing else much, when
a wandering yellow jacket
zoomed right up the left leg.
"Ouch!" screamed Jones, in
pain, as the wanderer stung
him five times in succession.
He wasn't thinking, Just
then, or he would not have
ripped his trousers off so has
lilly and stood like Adam in
the garden.
No, he wasn't thinking. just
yelling and dancing around.
Wasps are good dancing
teachers. at times. and to GER
tain individuals. No doubt our
correspondent is right. for
himself and many others, but
not for Temp Jones and some
others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19

Of consumption than upon ability to pay.
A small businessmen's revolt" against
alleged tax injustices developed a few
weeks ago and the campaign against Mr..
Faure was carried into his own canton.
Despite this, Mr.. Faure was reelected to
the local Office by large majority. The
revolt" appears to have had similarly
slight success in other districts
In summary, although some run-offs
will be required next Sunday, the local
voting supports the current French politi-
cal temper of moderation and tends to
strengthen the present government coali-
tion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Local Taxes and Votinq

Your editorial on March 81,
entitled Search for Local
Taxes" is most timely and
deals with a problem which
concerns the District of Co
lumbia increasingly and should
be of acute concern to its resi-
dents.
You fail to mention one OBJ
vious weapon without which
a solution to the tax problem
is improbable. If we were to
have home rule and were a
self-taxing Jurisdiction, we
would be able to pass local tax
laws which might enhance our
competitive advantages. You
say that. while Maryland
withholds State income tax
from salaries paid in Maryland
to residents of the District,
any move by the District to
apply the same principle in re-
verse is in effect foreclosed by
purely political considerations.
In any clash of interests
between people represented in
Congress (Which imposes the
taxes> and those who are not
represented, the people who
hold the votes always come
out on top"
If the whole matter of local
taxation were taken out of the
hands of Congress and put
where it belongS-in an elected
city council-the District could
look out for it's own interests as
long as they did not interfere
with the Federal Government.
If the District chose to with
hold tax from salaries paid to
nonresidents of the District,
the Maryland congressman
might have a difficult time
persuading a majority of the
United States Congress and
the President that such rea-
sonable tax bill, passed by an
elected city council benefitting
and protecting local business,
should be vetoed.
Furthermore, an elected city
council might we'll have more
weight in getting a larger Fed
eral payment. To Congress
men, an elected official is more
important than an appointed
city officer.
If, as The Star advocated,
we had representation in Con-
gress instead of home rule,
we would be somewhat, but
not much, better off than we
are now on an issue concern
ing local conflicting interests
of the District of Columbia
and Maryland or Virginia. We
would be at least on equal foot
ing in the House and Senate
and have $3.50 chance of
winning such a fight. But as
long as the District people lack
the power to tax (subject al
ways to congressional veto)
inequity can be perpetuated,
Under home rule, there
would be no fight and need be
no inequity. We would simply
decide on our own tax laws.
william J. Father Ill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Stands By FDR

I am disguised with Con-
stantine Browns column of
April Is. Mr.. Brown weasel
words his attack on FDR. Not
SO your headline "Roosevelt's
Policies-If He Had Been
More Parochial, U. S. Would
Not Be in Such Peril Today"
In his last sentence Mr.. Brown
qualities almost the same idea
with the word might"
For years Mr.. Brown and
other writer's of his ilk have
been insinuating Yalta was
treason. Now that the Yalta
documents have been made
public, they're strangely quiet.
How long does Mr.. Brown
think Roosevelt would tolerate
the Corsi muddle? The wors-
ening Formosa imbroglio? The
LadejinSky contradictions?
FDR made mistakes-he was
human. They were errors of
action But he didn't allow us
to drift into war: or into quag-
mires of international and
national peril.
James Richard Conner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Corsi inquiry

I have noted your editorial
of April IA in which you state
that a Congressional investi-
cation of the Corsi affair, "if
it is not turned into a three
ring political circus. can serve
a useful purpose.
It is difficult to disagree
with your statement as it is
worded, but the IF" you in
clude is a big 'if." At the pres
ent stage of things, it is diff
cult to be sanguine that any
thing very constructive will be
forthcoming from the Senate
inquiry. This is particularly
true if our goal is primarily
that of improving our immi-
grafton laws and programs.
1t was with these considera-
tons in mind that I recently
suggested that a special pres
idential commission be APP
pointed to look into our i'm
migration problems and make
specific legislative and admin
istrative recommendations for
improving our immigration
programs. There is a real dan
ger, partly as a result OF the
Corsi controversy. that a
purely partisan Congressional
inquiry will be made and all
immigration legislation will
become a political football. A
presidential commission on
immigration would not. Of
course. remove all partisan
controversy, but 1t might de-
crease such partisanship. We
could then return to the inn
portant task Of developing just
and reasonable methods Of as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19

Adlai Stevenson has gone to
Africa without saying whether
he will seek a second nominal
ton for the presidency next
year. It's reasonable to believe
he doesn't know himself what
his decision will be. In a years
time conditions may change so
as to vitality affect his thinking
on this subject. BY that time
President EiSenhoWer's plans
for the future may be known
to all. The Republican presi-
Dental nomination is closing
in on the President.
II Mr.. Eisenhower deter
mines to run-aS his party
wants him to in no uncertain
manner 1T may materially
affect both Mr.. Stevenson's
availability as well as Mr..
Stevenson's decision. Indeed,
Mr.. Stevenson remains a much
more free agent in this matter
than is the President.
The former Governor of
Illinois and the titular leader
of the Democratic Party was a
major figure at the dinner
given here in honor of Speaker
Sam Rayburn Saturday night.
He shared with former Presi-
dent Truman and Speaker
Rayburn the enthusiastic well
come given by Democratic
leaders from all parts of the
country.
Praise for Rayburn
No one. however, referred
to him as 1.-The next President"
of the United States. He con-
fined his own remarks at the
dinner to high praise of
Speaker Rayburn. whom he
introduced, and to the virtues
of the Democratic Party. But
he had delivered only a few
nights before an address to the
country on foreign policy. In
so stepping out, Mr.. Stevenson
had all the appearance of a
candidate. He laid the ground
work, indeed, for making the
Eisenhower foreign policy an
issue in the 1856 campaign. He
warned against involvement
of the United States in the
defense of the Matsu and
Quemoy Islands, now held by
the forces of Chang Kai-shek.
He pictured the Eisenhower
policy as sabre-rattling. His
speech, however, lacked the
vitriolic language with which
former President Truman, at
the Rayburn dinner, attacked
the Eisenhower foreign policy.
Mr.. Stevenson has told
friends he believes that Mr..
Eisenhower can be defeated in
1856 but he has not said yet
whether he wishes to tackle
the job. That he has wide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Exception Noted

Willie we 1ldtC lIOtll OlIAAC
time expressed disagreement
with the editorial position of
newspapers. it is rare indeed
for us to take exception to the
work of reporters. However,
the recent series in The Star
by Joseph A. Fox on the textile
industry cannot be allowed to
go unchallenged.
Mr.. Fox makes the basic
allegation that high wages.
fringe benefits and production
controls" imposed by the un-
ion were a major factor in
driving mills out of New Eng
land. He then cites as gospel a
series of figures supplied by
the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers. which
show a wage differential of
26.7 cents an hour Ut cents in
wages and the rest in fringes)
and which set the Northern
average wage at $1.41-42 an
hour.
Let's look at the facts.
The average hourly wage in
Northern cotton-rayon textile
mills is now $l.30-31 mot
Salad. The average hourly
wage in competing Southern
mills is identical. We have the
mill-by-mill figures to prove it.
Obviously the only proper
comparison is between mills
making the same kind of goods.
Fringe benefits are more diff
f1cult to calculate. 1t is true
that in paid holidays and So
cial insurance the Northern
benefits are more generous.
On the other hand, 43 per cent
Of the competing Southern
mills have pension plans; no
Northern mill pays pensions.
A Southern mill with a pension
program and the average
Southern holiday insurance
clauses has at least as large a
fringe cost as the North. AS
you can see, there is as much
fringe differential between
mills in the South alone as
there is between the two areas.
Our union does not impose
production controls" We do
provide an orderly system for
changing work assignments,
with impartial arbitration the
recourse in case of Disagree
ment.
Kenneth Fiester.
Publicity Director, Textile
Workers Union of America,
CLIO.
Editors Note: The North
ern wage rate quoted in The
Star included both straight
time and the fringe benefits
Mr.. Fiester finds it difficult
to calculate" Management says
they are about 10 cents hourly.
1t has been no secret that the
wage and work load differ
entail has weighed heavily
against Northern textiles in
the struggle for survival. On
this point, a New England
Governors investigating COM
mittee, headed by the highly
esteemed Seymour E. Harris
Of Harvard. said two years
ago: The textile industry in
New England may be able to
tolerate some difference either
in wages or work loads, but it
is extremely doubtful that it
can endure with the double
handicaps of substantially
higher wages and substantially
lower work loads. We ask
Northern labor to be more re-
ceptive to adjustments in work
Rads.") 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-19
Independence

Her father is a sturdy man,
A silent man, tDho ltueS alone
With cats and dogs and
memories
OF eighty AprilS he has
kno,1n.
Each Week she bdkes a loaf
OF bread
And two small. spicy apple
pies
And takes them to the silent
With eighty AprilS in his
eyes.
And this is all he lets her do.
The silent man whose eyes
are keen
And apt to mtrth, remember
ing
The eighty Aprtls he has
seen.
a Jone Merehont