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Evening star., 1955-01-05
The Big Cup Comes Back

One Of the sports worlds most famous
trophies returned this week to an American
showcase when the Davis Cup, symbolic Of
International tennis supremacy. arrived
from Australia. The victory that brought
1t back was scored Just before the year end
and, although the triumph essentially was
d two-man job, there Is reason to pass out
some special plaudits.
For while only limited number of
players can participate In round that is
limited to four singles matches and one
doubles match, the preparation for Davis
Cup competition involves lengthy period
al team training in which other players on
the squad and crew Of coaches and trainers
contribute their full share. Billy Talbert.
ron-playing team captain, worked with rare
determination to make this years effort
winning one, and his postmatch comment
about the strategy worked out Is supported
hy the manner In which his aces swept the
Evening star., 1955-01-05
By chorles {. TroceweH

One bite tells one differently.
Two bites show that the pioneers
had 9 good sense OF nutrition, although
it was not based on research.
1t was based on common sense
Common sense tells the ultimate
consumer that thing that tastes good
probably is good.
Even the animals work on this basis
They know nothing Of vitamias or
minerals. bus are said to select food
properly, given choice.
-
So Templeton Jones, being d good
animal. chooses fried mush for his
winter breakfasts.
He says 1t puts pep into one, and
makes for .cozy feeling as the eater
looks out over the cold world outside
the windows
Not al foods happen to afford this
same sense Of warmth. Probably 1t Is
simply that the food Is warm. Experts
today say eat a warm breakfast, the
year around. but particularly In winter.
Templeton Jones and the pioneers
knew that all along.
They say that 1t is for this reason
that the mtish should be rushed from
the skillet to the table, and eaten ut It's
best, hot.
A little butter. q little salt and .
glass Of cold milk
These, and fried mush, and what bet
ter eating7
Evening star., 1955-01-05

Corn was the great American dish,
from the beginning.
There were hoecakes, made on q hot
hoe. and there were pancakes. made
in pans that were brought In from the
East. the seaboard.
Some cakes were baked on shingles,
others on griddles.
There were many forms Of griddle or
pancakes, and every one had its fam
ciers, and every one Of them gave good
strength to the pioneers
Corn could be kept easily. and car-
ried from place to place. When the Pill
grims came 10 Plymouth the first thing
they did was buy maize from the
Indians
Corn followed the MIGRATION vest
ward.
One could always feel full. when he
had corncakes TO eat and water to
drink.
The same Is true today, although we
know more about vitamifas and the
like. and how to run away from scurvy.
and so on.
Fried mush takes It's place on d
modern breakfast table by sort OF
divine right Of being good, In the first
place. and nutritious. In the second
Templetcn Jones hopes that no one
viii permit nutrition experts 10 tell
them that mush u not good food. tOf
course. II needs experimentation
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Higher Poy for Military

The proposal I'd increase military pay
by one-quarter to stimulate enlistments
mas SO many weaknesses that 1t should
never have been made for the reason
given. II, on the other hand, it is in
tended to bring about another price,
imitation spiral, no better vehicle could
have beeen dreamed up. The immediate
result would be another round of wage
and price increases that would rob the
military man OF any advantage.
II the real desire is to stimulate vol
untary enlistments, some incentive
should be provided to encourage them:
such as. for instance, $500 bonus to
every enliStee who completes q four
year enlistment or Is honorably dis
charged. Some further inducement
could be offered for re-enlistment.
Of course. such plan would not
affect as many voters as a general pay
increase and. therefore, would not ap-
peal to the politician. But the volun-
teer, am sure, makes a better soldier
or sailor or Marine than the draftee.
and the longer period Of service would
be more efficient and less costly than
the present draft system
The present dearth Of volunteers can
be laid at the door Of progressive"
education, whose hackers and teachers
consider patriotism outmoded. World
loyalty propaganda certainly will in
still neither feeling of patriotism nor
q desire to defend ones country. I
feel that q return TO former history
teaching methods would represent real
progress In the defense of our way OF
life. Charles w. Carter.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
BY Joy G. Hayden

nNE certain compensation to Presi-
~ dent Eisenhower for loss Of Con-
gress to the Democrats Is the displace-
ment Of Senator William Langer.
Republican, OF North Dakota from
chairmanship Of the COMMITTEES on the
Judiciary.
For more than two months last year
Senator LANCER blocked confirmation
Of Earl Warren as Chief Justice Of the
United States and he likewise pre-
vented confirmation Of John Maynard
Harlan. appointed to the Supreme
Court last November 8. during the
Mccarthy -censure special session.
Because Chief Justice Warren was
already sitting under d recess appoint
ment, delay In his confirmation did not
seriously hamper the courts procedure.
But due to the vacancy caused by the
death OF Associate Justice Robert II.
jackson. which Mr.. Harlan was named
to I'LL, the court for four months has
been postponing consideration Of the
more important pending cases. includ-
ing further definition Of its ruling
against racial segregation in public
schools.
Thanks to the change in partisan
control of the, judiciary Committee, the
power of Senator LANCER to block judi
cial appointments singlehanded ex-
pires as soon as the new Democratic
committee majority formally takes
over.
Senator Langer's main complaint
against both thea Warren and Harlan
selections was that his own and six
other small States never have received
an appointment to the Supreme Court
and six of these States never have
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Trouble Ahead

indicative of the sort Of trouble which
lies ahead for President Eisenhower In his
dealings with Democratic Congress are
the rumblings of opposition developing over
his postal rate increase plan. The Demo-
Gratis are especially adamant against the
coupling of postal legislation with the Fed
eral pay program. The failure of the past
Congress to include postal-rate revision in
the pay legislation led to the Presidents
veto of the pay BILL And the White House
recently made 1t plain that the adminiStra-
ton again will insist on some sort Of rev.
enue-raising measure to Offset the cost OF
higher salaries for Government workers,
One of the leaders in the fight against
past efforts to tie postal rates and postal
pay in one package was Representative Sam
Rayburn Of Texas. With Mr.. Rayburn now
Speaker of the House, he is in strategic
spot to continue, with even greater effec-
tiveness his opposition to such tie-up. Mr..
Rayburn and his associates of the new ma
jority party In the House are ready to sup
port any reasonable" pay-increase meas
ure proposed by the administration. The
President has said he would ask for Federal
pay raises, on graduated scale, in special
message January H. But the announce
ment from administration quarters that
postal-rate raise also will be urged has
brought strong reaction from the Demo-
cratic leadership.
It is plain that the President will en-
counter harder going in his pay and postal
rate increases program during the forth
coming session than during the past, when
his own party was In the majority. Another
veto of pay legislation might be overridden.
Under the circumstances, 1t might well be
that the administration forces at the Capitol
will be content to separate the pay and
postal rate issues completely, while holding
the line as firmly as possible for combining
salary readjustments with postal job re-
classification. Such compromise would
stand much better chance OF passage than
any plan that would make higher Govern
rAent pay conditional on any pay-the-cost
proposal.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
7 his and Thot

1t is possible TO buy mush In cans,
but no doubt the best is made at Nome,
let cool all night. and fried In the
morning:
Fried mush is q. breakfast dish, ac-
cording TO Tenapleton Jones. whose
backward looking vistas bring no more
pleasant pictures than naush eating as
a child.
Hot mush for supper. with milk
poured over; fried mush for breakfast.
with plenty Of butter.
Even today. Jones would nbt give two
cents for the best fried mush, IL 1t did
not carry with it good butter and milk
on the side. y.
Properly fried. to Jones, means thin.
He would admit. we believe. that
even the fattest slice Of mush Is good.
but would say still that the thin ones
are best
There is q difference. too:
Thin slices do not mean hard slices
The best thin slices are tender, just
as the fat ones are.
The thick ones. however, incline to
be mushy, which probably ID fair
enough. since they are mush.
Templeton Jones feels that mush, In
any form, ts pioneer dish. and that
these who partake Of It today take
themselves backward In time 70 the
year 1900. ct least.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
A Two-continent Experiment

The Colombo poWerS-Pakistan, India,
Indonesia, Burma and Ceylon-are launch
ing vast and potentially important under
taking in their bid for a 30-nation Afro
Asian conference next April. For the cour-
tries scheduled to receive invitations repre-
sent more than half of the estimated popu-
lation of the world, and dominate two con-
tinentS rich in natural resources For the
most part, too, they are countries whose
political independence and economic devel-
opment only now are approaching reality.
The influence Of these counties upon world
events almost certainly will increase mate
rally In the coming years and step toward
regional organization, even II only to the
extent Of occasional round table conSulta-
tion, could lead to momentouS decisions and
significant action.
The communique issued by the five
sponsoring powers, after two-day meeting
at Jakarta, sets forth only the broad princi-,
piles on which the April meeting is being
proposed. In brief, they are t1l to increase
and improve the 'neighborly" cooperation
within the group, (2) to study the social,
economic and cultural problems common to
the countries of the area, (3) to study the
particular problems Of national sovereignty,
racialism and colonialism, and (4) to take q
long look at what these countries of two
continents might do to contribute to world
peace. 1t was specified that the precise
agenda and procedural rules for the confer
ence will be set up when the group gathers,
and 1t was further stated that nothing to he
said or done at the April meeting would be
considered binding upon any nation in at
tendance unless freely agreed
ora nf xryfAn
ences of interest and opinion among the
countries of the two continents and some
quite probably will not accept the invitation
to join the conference group. Others-Sucs
as Israel, Nationalist China. North Korea
and South Korea-for one reason or an
other are not even being invited. Although
all of the Colombo powers have recognized
the Communist government of China-ex-
pected to be represented at the April con-
ference--the conduct Of the Peiping dele
cation without companion group from
Moscow may provide q new measurement of
Red Chinas independence or her intentions
In Asia. There viii be opportunity also for
Japan, another OF those invited, to discuss
with her neighbor countries the pattern Of
economic and political relationships which
has not yet become clear in Japan's postwar
life.
All in all, therefore, the proposed con-
ference may be genuinely productive one.
In any event, It will be Of great interest 70
countries other than those participating
In it.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
MARYLAND Assembly Problems

The Maryland Assembly, opening It's
1855 session today, faces some heavy prob
lens of Statewide Importance, as well as
Spme highly controversial issues of special
concern to residents of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties. This is regular"
session of the Assembly, which means that
there are no restrictions on the legislation
that may be considered, such as there are
at the alternate short sessions
Perhaps the biggest task on the Annap-
oils program is the easing Of the States
financial plight. With $30-million deficit
facing the State treasury, proposals for In
creasing revenues, either by raising present
taxes or creating new sources Of revenue,
viii be given priority. The need for more
highway money is particularly acute and
means for bringing in more funds from road
users will be considered. In this connection
the Legislature will study plan for creating
State toll road authority, empowered to
establish and operate toll roads. Just as
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have done SO
successfully.
On the local front, bills for the reorgan-
isation of the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and OF the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
are certain to provoke heated debate. Both
agencies have been accused Of operating
without adequate regard to public opinion.
There is acute interest in proposals for
giving the people greater voice In the con-
troll Of both commissions. The outlook Is for
an unusually lively legislative session at
Annapolis this year.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Southern Veterons Toke Over

Familiar figures, most Of them in
familiar places, are controlling the iegisla-
tive branch Of Government as the 84th
Congress convenes today. For as the Demo-
Gratis replace the Republicans as the majority
In both branches, the system of seniority
privileges brings to experienced and we'll
known Democrats the posts of leadership
and greatest influence. In turn, because
unbroken Democratic service has become
something of hallmark of Southern poll
tics, it is senior Southern Democrats who
are taking over most of the committee
chairmanShips and other offices Of control.
Ironically, many of them are identified with
the conservative wing Of the party that
was In the minority in the bitter intraparty
squabbling that marked the Democratic
National Convention in 1852.
Statewise, Texas and Georgia have in
herited the top spots. For the third time
and for his seventh Congress, Representa-
tive Rayburn is Speaker Of the House. Only
one other Speaker - Henry Clay - ever
served in this role on three different occa-
sions, and Mr.. Rayburn's total time in the
Speakers chair already constitutes record
On the Senate side Senator Lyndon john
son of Texas has moved up to the post Of
majority leader. From the Georgia delega-
tion, Senator George has been named
president pro tenn of the Senate and chair
man Of the Foreign Relations Committee,
while Senator Russell becomes chairman Of
the Armed Services Committee. On the
House side, Georgia's Representative, Carl
Vinson, is taking back the Craftsmanship of
the Armed Services Committee. Among
the many other influential Southern COM
mittee chairmen will be Senator Byrd OF
Virginia as head of Senate Finance, Repre-
sentative Howard Smith of Virginia as head
of House Rules and Representative Cooper
Of Tennessee as head of Ways and Means.
Although partisanship is bound to play
an important part in the record Of this
i Congress, the narrow margin of Democratic
control may result in some interparty bar
gaining that could be helpful to President
Eisenhower's program Southern Demo-
Gratis and moderate Republicans-the Presi-
dents kind-have collaborated closely in
other Congresses and there will be oppor-
tunities for similar agreement in the months
to come.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Love Is on Island

Lore q an island rising from the sea.
The iocUes Of We tap gently at 4ts
shoTe
A pleasant kingdom. this. whers tsDo
may be
Together IN dream forepermOre.
SO they beiieue, and tCto iCouId ten
them nag?
The pGrddtse issCreen. biyd-sctnos are
bright:
Theg cannot see the clouds that srs
threaten gray
Abore their little space Of laughing
light. sSs
Dot0n comes the storm. and mountain
nigh the mares,
The .iCtsd siUeeps branches from the,
steitering trees: Sd
The birds 0rotD stu. no shaft ~ sKn-'
light snDes VI
A0ntnst the rain that lGsites @
memories.
But IN the morning. sDeet gig be the
of tsCo iCIso faced the storm. and came
out strongi
Lee AssV
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Health Security

Desperate taxpayers eventually pro-
vide every doctors bread and butter.
Therefore, cooperation in providing
solvent ways and means in preparing
the mounting cost Of childbearing and
catastrophe illness will not socialize
the healing arts We must admit vol
untary methods have left tragic voids.
Though childbearing provides future
taxpayers, producers. consumers and
defenders, our social default in this
critical area Of national security ana
survival has been shameful. We have
reduced maternity benefits and in
creased their, costs. Prematurity and
unavoidable obstetricaI accidents still
are assessed against insolvent budgets.
Low cost self f-help for our senior citi-
zens still is on order. Even solvent
good risks face bankruptcy If their ILL
ness is catastrophe or prolonged.
There never has been any pretense
that private enterprise had social re-
sponsibility for existing need or lapsed
policies.
Our Presidents promise Of Inoder-
ately progressive health security pro-
gram. must face UP to these undeni-
able facts. Against conservative op-
position he must find solvent, low
cost formula for sharing common bur-
den. This will mean several contrac-
tual relationships which must be Of
! friendly discussion they are Herewith
proposed: ~, .
First, actiiaries must calculate a
solvent equation between premiums
and the fair msnimal cost Of non-can-
cellable, non-selective insurance. cov-
erage OF childbearing and catastrophe
illness: there should be no geographic
cal discrimination In respect TO prem
iylms, benefits or reimburselnents; to
this end those providing services and
facilities must contract nationally
uniform fee and fair cost-rate schedule;
without predictable liability 1t will be
impossible for actuarieS to calculate q
solvent equation. Second, to avoid the
creation of Federal bureaucracy let
each State approve the non-profit
know-how of an existing facility to adj
minister this limited liability insurance.
Third, in exchange for conceding uni
form fee schedules let the Federal Gov
ernment agree that the doctors take
1 home pay be tax free, BY deducting
the doctors tax at the source these
economic evils will be corrected: The
superior doctor whose production is
maximal will not be penalized by dis
couraging surtaxes which presently con-
fscate incentive rewards; this win re-
duce professional fee schedules because
there win be no need to hike prices
to increase income.
Such national leadership win not only
reduce the cost of basic medical care
but win build hospitals and redistribute
doctors where needed. There will be
no need for doctors and hospitals to
boycott poor communities il childbear-
ing and catastrophe illness becomes
prepayable. Capitalism's profit incen-
tive win guarantee that there will be
no urmet need But no matter what
health security program is evolved,
you, the taxpayer. will foot the bill.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Lost Choirmonship Thot's No Greet Loss

He might have cited further that
among the Is original American States,
Virginia. New Hampshire. Rhode
Island, Delaware. North Carolina and
Maryland have had none OF their eiti-
zens appointed to the Supreme Court
since North Dakota or any other Of
Senator Langer's snubbed group en-
tered the Union.
tee Craftsmanship to make trouble for
the President has by no means been
confined to judicial appointments. De-
spite the Senate's having turned down
q resolution proposing to authorize the
Judiciary Committee to investigate the
Dixon-Yates contract for construction
Of an atomic power plant, Senator
LANCER went ahead just the same. ALI
through the recent congressional CAM
paign he was publicly examining witt
nesses hostile to the project, with the
effect Of providing lurid material for
Democratic candidates.
While he attained his craftsmanship
because he has sat on the Republican
side Of the Judiciary Committee table
longer than any other member of that
party. Senator LANCER always has been
wholly at odds with virtually all other
Republican Congressmen. His political
philosophy, judged by his congressional
voting, Lies somewhere left OF. the
Roosevelt Truman New and Fair Deals.
North Dakota looks like q one-party
State. In that nearly all its election
winners have been labeled 'Repub-
lican." Actually. there is savage division
between Senator Langer's Non-Partisan
League and the orthodox Republican
organization. The losers In Republican
primaries as between those two factions
frequently carry on In. elections as
third-party candidates.
Evening star., 1955-01-05
Inner Loop Survey

The District Commissioners owe the
taxpayers Of the District an explana-
ton for the recent awarding OF Q $685.
600 survey contract for the inner loop
highway construction.
] have had some contact with engi-
neers in the Highway Department and
the Department Of Vehicles and Traf-
fic of the District and find them to be
quite able and efiicient. am sure these
men have opinions on the matter and
would express them If their superiors
would give them an opportunity to
survey the proposed inner loop highway.
The problem as see 1t is that the Dis
trict brass wants to duck the respon-
sibility of handling hot potato.
As q taxpayer, these outside surveys
cause me deep concern what with the
nearby survey fiasco and the fact that
a few weeks ago another outside flrm
was hired to overhaul our coming laws.
II seems to me that with the large
sums expended for these purposes che
District could hire some pretty good
permanent help Of It's own or else let
Evening star., 1955-01-05
L etters to The Star

the Berlioz at Washington Cathe-
dral. I do hope that this Is the begin.
ming Of real critiques and that the con-
cert halls will be filled as they used to
be.
It is discouraging to those undecided
or reluctant concertgoers to read ridic-
ulous and untrue comments and feel.
We'll. I'm glad didn't go-it wasn't
worth the effort anyway" This is mad
dening to the music lover.
Truly. cannot help but feel that the
Washington critics have a field day
when outside artists and orchestras
come to Washington, and naturally
have wondered if the editors say. Sic
em!"
Nellie E. Davis.
In the interest of accuracy, your re-
viewer. Robert Paris, should reconsider
a sentence in his review of the program
presented at the National Theater In
behalf Of the Bonds for Israel" cam
paign.
Mr.. Paris comments that Miss Jen-
ME Tourel sang the aria, una voce
POGO fa," from Rossini's Barber Of
Seville" In ''the original high KEY"
Miss Tourel is q mezzo-soprano. If
the aria had been written in high key
it is unlikely that she would have
chosen to sing it in said high key.
This is an academic point, however.
The real point is that the role of Ro-
sina--and thus the aria in question
was written for mezzo-soprano "a,
Si2nora Giorgi -Righetti, according to
the musicologists). 1t was subsequently
popularized by another mezzo-soprano
sometimes listed as contralto). the
famed Maria Malibran.
The role OF Rosina was taken over
eventually by coloratura sopranos and.
as quick glance through record cata-
logs will prove. most Of the recordings
of the aria are by coloratWas with
notable exceptions by Miss Tourel and
the late Conchita Supervia, TO name
two.
Miss Tourel, as is her wont, was
merely singing the aria in the original
mezZo key.
No doubt if Mr.. Paris knew his
opera more intimately or simply
bothered to reread his comments -he
would have said low" instead of high"
and avoided zigging when he should
have been zagging-a failing which
seems to have become chronic In the
Stars music reviews of late.
Mrs. Adrian J. Kluna.