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Evening star., 1955-02-17

Mr.. Fuller.
who was q
barber, wa s
born In Wen
dell, N. G. He
came to Alex
andria after
serving In the
Marine Corps
from 1919 un-
til 1921.
Known as
- u d g e. to
many Of Alex
andria's city
officials, Mr..
Evening star., 1955-02-17

de uVeu az
3407 Thirty.
ninth avenue.
Colrnar Man
or, Md.
MIR. Y ost.
W h o retired
I r o m T h e
8 t q r { W o
years ago, was
q We t an
member of the
Colrnar Man
o r T o W n
Council. RI a
W a S elected
tn the council
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Robert vinfon Yost,
x-pressl1laIl al Star

Robert Vinton Yost. so. a
pressman at. The. Star for IS
years, died Tuesday night at
the Leland Memorial Hospital.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
0arn nf Uhanl,a

GAINES. WILLIAM ]. we wish 10 en-.
press sincere thanks TO our many
friends and neighbors for their express
sions Of sympathy. the beautiful norai
tributes and other acts OF Kindness
loss of our beloved one, the late
WILLIAM /. GAINES.
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
Ronald {. Fuller, b,
Alexandra Barber,
Resident Is Years,

Ronald e. Fuller, 56. q resi-
dent Of Alexandria for IS years,
died yesterday at his home, 40
East Duncan avenue, Alexandra.
Evening star., 1955-02-17
DrafhaI

Fsbruary is, 1855. 81 Canned Ms.
REISnsoEAs RpEa6i EAss'pssals ~ sss4 1osh sAEEY T. nv e
beloved husband Of the late Mary
Elizabeth Alhurger tnee Leesej and
father Of Mr.. Harry A. Alhurger and
Miss Dorothy o. Alburser.. Remains
restins ct Hysong's Funeral Home, 1900
St NV, where services VIII hs
Am. Relatives and, friends are in.
Cemetery. trhilsdelphia. Pa. papers
please copy.i ~ i
ALBURGER. HARRY o. A special CON-
Q municatinn Of La Fayette
IN Lodse. No. 10, r. A.. A. M Is
IN hereby called for 10 Am.
N9TN Friday. February 49,, 1855,
w /! is,s shs i. Masonic s ~ asns,s sss 1Ssl sl
pose of conducting the Ma
sonic burial services for our late
hf9ther, HARRY O. MBURGER, BY
HSwARD r uoopa Mastrr
Evening star., 1955-02-17
HOWARD C. WOODS. Master.
C. C. MCCORMICK, Secretary.

LEAvEN THOMAS. On
Tuesday, February Is. 1858, ct his
THOMAS BARRETT. beloved husband
of Mrs. Mildred Hefiner. Mrs. Dorothy
Brooke. Mrs. Thelfna Lawson, MRS.
Mary Slaton. Miss Frances Barrett
and Edward r. Barrett. brother Of
.. c.: Mrs. Eva Sanders of warsaw.
Va. and Mrs. Linnie Jones Of Oldham,
Va. Services at the s. H. Hines Co.
on Friday, February Is, at / pm.
Relatives and friends invited. Inter-:
mefit Fort Lincoln Cemetery II
Evening star., 1955-02-17

kSTnlE e. hEvENAAH Isss horfR
St. NV. beloved vile q q he The Rev. @ES. Dr.
he HALEY TsS0 stsss pss,or S
Church. and devoted .stepmother OF
Primas, Robert u. HALEY B.. IT,. and
ouIs Il Hs0ss er TaSS oss oss sss ssS .sss sssss q
many friends. After 4 pm. Thprsday,
call at her late residence. Services
Taarg T ee ses q M he s2 eeab s Fsasy stFee Pre gs
byterian Church. Interment Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery. Arransements BY
the TAYLOR Funeral Service. 1928 LIN
rs ErasSy is;, !, 1855, Walt, ,,w!A,I,TEk E. TAoMAs, 8
aa a.hsf Mr Of aS hfs MSnsa ThSas .d nsos B.v
Taylor, Wilson, Alfred and sylvester
q i've ! sarIYsn As ass
4 pm. Saturday. February 10. friends
Home, 1918 Attn St. s.w. Services on
sss nsssaa5s ag sam e f Sata
she ST 81 sShn.s a ssp}ist church.' Milford.
Va, Kew, Gordon ofnciattnR. inter-
ment church cemetery. 10
v NAGNER, JOHN N. Suddenly. on Tues
day, February 10. 1855, ct his resi-
@aSsr Ssass beloved & s.ssna ss q soHs shs M
Anna B. Wagner and father Of Burnell
Wagner of McSherrystown, Pa: Mrs
MARGARET Faust OF Washineton. D. c..
". Mrs. Helen Pressipinq 81 spTinstisIsd
ton, wis. Friends may. call at the
Walsh FUNERAL Home; 741 IItn 81,
10 p-m Services and interment Nc
Sherrystown. Pa. on Saturday. Febru-
wALLNER, AGNES M. on Tuesday,
February C.nl hs, 1855, s,,,S ss ths p e, Gen Gen
she leaves 10 mourn their lois two
nieces. Mrs. Ellen strothsr and Mrs.
Lizzie Coleman Anderson. two great
nieces. Mrs. Florence Scott and Mrs.
Msnde 0yesns. sna 2 nepnsv. Cue
slso u survived by other relatives aid
friends, Remains resting ut the Barnes
n Matthews Funeral Home. GA 4th
ct. s.w., Notice Of funeral later.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Farm Debate Has Two Sides

because Of the high cost Of
ocean transportation--the do
mestie prices would fall still
further.
Acreage controls have been
tried as a means Of limiting
production and helping prices
to stay high. But. with Inn
proved methods, the farmers
output is almost the same as
when fewer acres were plant
ed. The Democrats have got
ten behind the proposal to
maintain a rigid price support
at 80 per cent of parity"
But parity is, q ratio which
has to do with the scale Of
prices of the things the farm
er buys. Rigid price support
means then that. as the prices
go higher. output rises and the
Government must buy more
and more commodities to
waste away In storage. The
answer Of the Democrats
rigid price supports-sounds
good to some farmers who
think 1t doesn't make any diff
ference how many billions are
spent by the Government to
store unused products,
The Eisenhower policy Of
flexible" supports seeks TO
remove tendencies TO unlimited
output and Is designed TO
keep production In line with
prices.
The law Of supply and de-
mand can never be repealed
even by the periodic inter-
vention Of the Government.
Also, a guaranteed annual
wage" for labor-hased on
work not d0ne---leadS 70 q 0e-
mand for a guaranteed annual
income based on farm COM
modities not planted. This
means a guaranteed price for
products based on commodi-
ties not sold but stored In
warehouses.
The answer to the farm
problem. as it is to the wage
problem, Is moderation"
That's q word Gov. Hartman
and the extremists are de-
nouncing. But it's the key TO
many issues In the Nation as
well as in the world. For. as
has often been said, there's
enough in the world for every
body's need but not enough for
everybody's greed"
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Evening star., 1955-11-24
Day of Gratitude in Full Humility

on their frugal tables, so we
today can see across the turkey
and trimmings to the founda-
tions on which all these things
must rest.
Perhaps we are beginning to
find that true thankfulneSs
need not be motivated by any
scarcity Of the material bene-
fits OF life. We know no scar
city today, at least in a rela-
tive sense, in our country of
unsurpassed prosperity. Yet
the spirit of gratitude without
complacency is mighty
throughout the land, growing
strong each passing year as
the dark forces of crude ma
terialisn. of the menace Of un.
shackled. unprincipled power
grow ever more threatening
beyond our borders.
Thanksgiving Day is a day
for reflection and rededication
as we give thanks for all that
blesses us. The spiritual mean
ings Of such observances as
this grow more and more i'm
portant as the cynical harsh-
ness OF materialist philosophy,
Of totalitarian slavery presses
IN upon us from all sides.
II our Nation and our peo-
pie cling to these things that
have made this feast day an
observance unique in the mod
ern world, we need feel no
fears for the future. Factories
and farms, railroads and cities,
mines and forests bring us
abundance. Our armed forces
guard the ramparts in a world
Of possible unpleasant sur
prises, with planes and tanks
and guns.
But all these things are but
ways and weapons. trappings
of society. unless the peoples
they support and protect are
sustained by faith in their in.
stitutions and iii themselves,
by the sort Of spiritual integ-
rity that alone provides foun-
dations of strength.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
THOMAS l. STOKES
Farm Discomfort AnoIyzed

and unorthodox, including the
McNary-Haugen bill vetoed by
both Presidents Coolidge and
Hoover.
When the Roosevelt admin
istration took over In 1888 it
properly appraised the dee
pendence Of prosperity upon
a prosperous agriculture and
created the implements and
agencies by which the Gov
eminent undertook to put the
farmer in business on q pay
ing basis and established his
parity" with businessmen, in
dustrial workers and such, q
principle followed since.
The equality now is upset.
The farmer Is tagging behind.
Some Of the Democrats at the
meeting in Chicago were of the
opinion that the administra-
ton has not realized how deep
seated this political trouble Is.
One Republican type Of
cotinterattack Is to lay the
blame on labor. That is Illus
trated by a story now going the
rounds in the farm country
that was brought to Chicago
by Jim Russell, farm editor OF
the Des Moines Register -Trib-
Iine.
1t seems that q farmer
worrying about his troubles
went to his doctor and COM
planned about terrific head
aches and being unable to
sleep. The doctor gave him q
sedative. The next day the
farmer was back, saying he
still had q terrible headache
and couldn't sleep, so the doc
tor gave him q stronger seda-
tive. The third day he was back
again, still as bad of. The
doctor said he was sorry, but
he couldn't give him anything
stronger. Whereupon the farm
er asked, How about twilight
sleep?" TO which the doctor
replied, That's for labor
oh" groaned the farmer.
"they get everything"
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Something for Everybody in Plan;
Gas Bill Moy Run Into Trouble

tween producing and consurn-
ing States. 1t still carries
enough political explosive so
that all during the last session
the Democratic Congress and
Republican White House tried
to avoid taking responsibility
for it.
johnson believes that If the
Texas leadership of House and
Senate steers the bill to pas
sage and President Eisenhower
signs itAas he has indicated to
natural gas and oil interests
he will, its political charge will
be neutralized.
Democratic liberals will fight
it on principle, however, and
hope to get enough city Re-
publican support to prevail.
Iney also argue L1at IL negateS
the party cry of "giYeaway of
natural resources" against the
Republican administration.
The rest Of the johnson pro-
gram: Tax cuts for low income
groups, more subsidies for
farmers, more social security,
more and better schools. high
er Federal spending for roads.
Federal aid to chronically de-
pressed areas, more housing.
bigger health programs and
grants. liberalized immigration
laws. more water resources
projects, Federal disaster in
surance, and q constitutional
amendment to abolish the poll
tax.
It even has . slogan which
Evening star., 1955-11-24

simplest Of meals. Both give
thanks in sincerity and hope
fulness; each is deeply happy
that a bountiful earth and a
prosperous. free society has
afforded them their liveli-
hood.
Our Nation. strong and up
right, with a Government of
laws based upon the consent
Of the governed, with a ira
dition Of hard work and
earned rewards softened by a
national sentiment of sympa-
thy and charity toward peoples
and nations less fortunate.
stands today a shining SYM
boil of the, meaning Of spiritu-
ality in a rnaterialistic world.
This Nation wields a power
perhaps without precedent in
the modern world. yet the
roots Of that power plainly tap
our deep well-springs of spir-
ituality, Of the fountain Of
ideas and concepts, moral
structure. fundamental beliefs,
noble goals idealistic only to
the extent to which we have
not yet attained them.
In our THANKSGIVING
thoughts we offer our graft
tude not only for our material
prosperity, for food and drink,
clothing and homes. garages
and gadgets. More basic than
any Of these are the riches Of
our heritage. the most price
less possessions Of all Of us,
those affirmations OF the dig
nifty Of man to be found in our
Declaration Of Independence,
our Constitution with its Bill
Of Rights, our common law on
which the sound framework of
our Government rests.
Just as the Pilgrims of 1921
were more thankful for the
freedom they had found In the
New World than for the food
Evening star., 1955-11-24
DORIS FLEEsoN

The political speech of the
month was not delivered at
the big Democratic doings in
Chicago last week end nor in
any other widely advertised
forum but in the town of
Whitney. Tex, population
1879.
In it. Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon johnson an
nounced a 13-point program
for the next Congress. The
working politicians have
looked 1t over and believe that
with possibly one exception
it is well within his power to
pass 1t substantially as writ
ten.
In it is something for every
body. This is its strength in
Congress, whose m e m b er S
know that while 1t is theoreti-
caily desirable to put first
things first, what you can
actually get in country the
size Of the United States is
some kind Of balance between
opposing pressures.
The controversial exception
in the johnson program is an
other bill to exempt natural
gas producers from Federal
regulation. Texan Johnson
piously describes 1t as q bill
ito preserve free enterprise
and Of course provide legiti-
mate protection to consumers. "
The natural gas issue cuts
across both parties and bas-
ically represents a quarrel be-
Evening star., 1955-11-24
BROWN
Snug Satisfaction Has No Place
In Observance of Thanksgiving

Once again Americans OBJ
serve the feast Of Thanksgiv-
ing, a day set, aside simply for
the expression of thanks, of
gratitude in full humility, for
the blessings and benefits we
enjoy in world all too often
lacking in both.
There is no place for COM
placency, for smug satisfaction
in this uniquely American day.
1t had its origins, traditionally,
in the Massachusetts, cabins Of
the Pilgrims when they daily
faced physical hardships dis
maying to spirits weaker than
theirs. The biting New England
winter, the shivering wilder
ness. the menace of Indian
attack were surely enough to
forbid complacency there. Yet
these people gave thanks in
their humble eal nestness for
the few fisn, the corn and the
pumpkins Of their meager har-
vest. the wild turkeys from the
forest. all that reluctant ma
ture had yielded to their de-
termined fight to survive.
This Is a day when the
warm feelings Of ll-being as
we draw our chairs to the fes-
tive table are rightly tenn
pered with gratitude for such
good fortune, however relative,
as we have been blessed to
enjoy. There is q spirituality
about this day that suffers not
at all from the material evi-
dences Of its presence--the
holiday food and drink and
the good fellowship Of reunited
families - with which we
mark 1t.
The family with the great
golden turkey gracing its
board, surrounded by the ira
ditional trimmings. expresses
its Thanksgiving no whit better
than the little home across
town whose table boasts the
Evening star., 1955-11-24
DAVID LAWRENCE

The farm issue is going to
play 8 vital part in the 1856
campaign. That seems certain
now from the speeches being.
made by the leading candi-
dates for the Democratic pres
identiai nomination.
But 1t isn't going b be a
one-sided debate, and the issue
could boomerang for the DEM
ocrats in the city vote and
cause them to lose more than
they expect to gain. especially
If they intend to send upward
the cost of living for the house
wife.
A hint of one aspect Of the
farm issue that has not hither-
to been emphasized very much
came the other day from the
National Grange. one OF the
leading farm organizations Of
the country. A resolution con-
sidered at Its annual meeting
pointed out that one of the
real difficulties is the rising
cost Of the things the farmer
has to buy, ant that among
the causes of this is the ire
sponsibility. of the labor lead
ership which has forced up
the wage scale on the basis Of
all the traffic will bear with
out regard to the impact on
the consumer.
1t is the Democratic Party
which has given the biggest
encouragement to the labor
union bosses and helped to de-
velop their economic power
amounting to a monopoly. 1t
Is the labor union negotiators
who today can threaten a
costly strike and force en-
ployers to pay almost any
wages demanded. The penalty
for refusal is a work stoppage
too expensive for even the
largest employers to bear.
In Britain already there is
talk of legislation to curb Ia
Dor union monopolies. The
London Times the other day
had an editorial on the sub
ject and. while pointing out
the difficulties in regarding a
labor union like a corporation,
nevertheless urged that some
sort of self-restraint be ap-
piled.
In America there is a creep
Evening star., 1955-11-24

It may help in trying to un-
derstand the nature. extent
and reason why Of the present
farm discomfort, which might
well defeat the Republican
Party next year, to look back
to a historical development
that has had Its influence upon
farmer psychology.
!, But first, as to today. You
hear the question asked, espe-
cially by city folks, as to why
the farmer Is complaining SO
bitterly at a drop in income
when the Government has
done so much for him in the
way of subsidies, price supports
and such.
Broadly, the answer may be
found in the fact that farm in
come is down to the extent Of
real. hardship In some areas,
while wages and business prof
its are on the upgrade In an
economy which. on most fronts
but the agricultural. Is boom
ing.
In recent years the farmer
has come to expect and to ac-
cept that he is entitled to an
equal share in prosperity with
other Segments Of our economic
life, which is what the politi-
scians and the Government also
have come to accept. That is
why the word parity" came to
be used as an aim for farmers.
They expect the same stand
ard Of living as everybody else.
The basic psychology at
work is that farmers have come
to demand. and can expect,
living standards comparable
with other groups as q right.
How this psychology was in
stilled and why politicians
came to act upon 1t can be
traced 10 two historical fac
tors.
!. ORGANIZATION Of the farm
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Current Agrorion Attitude Traced
To Slump After World War

ers for political action which
began back in the 1920s In a
big way so that politicians
have come to listen TO them.
2. Politicians, after the farm
depression Of the 1920s, discov-
cred this upset was a major
contribution to the general de-
preston that struck at the
end of the I920s. Politicians.
along with economists, began
to recognize that a healthy
economy Is possible only with
a healthy agriculture, since
farmers are a big market for
what industry produces. and
depressed agriculture soon cor
rodes the rest Of the economy.
Back in 1922 a little book
appeared entitled uncle
Reuben Comes to Washing
ton" written by Charles Bar
rett Of Georgia. Washington
legislative representative of
the National Farmers Union,
which then was largely con-
fined to the South. It told the
story OF other lobbies here
and said it was time for the
farmers to set up business here
in a big way, which in fact
they began to do, until today
they are among the most
powerful Hobbies here.
Coincidental with Mr.. Bar
rett's book was the post World
War / depression and it spread
in agriculture through the
1920s, although other parts Of
the economy recovered into
what we called "the Coolidge
boom" Farm delegations came
swarming here seeking relief.
and simultaneously the farm
discomfort brought to Con-
gress, In recurring elections.
new men representing the
agrarian revolution. However,
they we're unable to move the
Republican regimes Of those
days to accept remedies then
considered somewhat drastic
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Johnson Offers 13-Point Program

johnson said he got from his
father: Take care Of the peo-
pie and they win take care Of
you.
johnson did not mention
foreign affairs, q field in which
all the Democratic presidential
aspirants are strongly attack
ing the administration. His
own instinct will be. to move
cautiously there.
In this connection the Re-
publican choice Of Henry Ca
bot Lodge. jr.. ambassador to
the United Nations, to deliver
the principal speech at their
national committee meeting In
Chicago on November 80 is in
teresting.
Lodge, a former Senator, Is
a practical and astute politi-
clan who. unlike Secretary Of
State Dulles, has avoided con-
troversy with the Democratic
Congress He plans to point
with pride to the achievements
Of the Eisenhower administra-
ton but he will ignore the
recent outcries Of Stevenson.
Hartman and Kefauyer.
His view is that shin-kick-
ing makes headlines but Is not
good business for a Republic
can President who must shape
his foreign policy with the ad-
vice and consent Of o Demo-
cratic Congress.
The choice Of Lodge has
this further significance. It
dramatizes the Eisenhower
hold on the Republican Party
machinery as 1t prepares for
It's next convention. Lodge II
q prime favorite Of the Prest-
dent and ran his preconven-
ton campaign.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Kes cabinet oualms about its hecoper air.
lift cabinet members approached the White House ticket
window and said: Two chances to Gettysburg, please
Gov. Harrimans old theme song-H-A-double Ri. MAN
spells Hartman changed His brain trust
isn't sure all his delegates can spell.
Ike win confer with Republican Chairman Hail. The doc
tors Ike to be careful he he won't run again.
there's doubt Halls heart stand the shock.
Senator Kefauver visits Democratic Leader johnson in
thing In favor Of Kefauver he gets to the
White House after all these pgrmages he'll be tired out
he'll have to stay put.
We've got lot to be thankful for Thanksgiving
cluding the fact that Christmas but
Agriculture Secretary "everyones" help in
solving the farm problem Mail In Or better yet
Just mail yourself to Washington You might wind Sec
retary Of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1955-11-24
Issue Moy Boomerang for Democrats
Unless They Learn Virtue of Moderation

ing imitation today because the
labor union leaders have forced
the manufacturers to add to
their prices the cost to them of
wage hikes. The theory that
the employer can absorb all
labor costs out of profits is
now demolished because profits
are made public, and it is easy
enough to compute the ap-
proximate cost of every wage
advance proposed.
The idea of a balanced
economy, in which wages will
advance In harmony with
other items In the economic
structure as productivity is.
increased, is not much hon.
ored by the labor leaders of
today who have gotten them
selves into the position of de-
manding more and more wage
increases irrespective Of what
1t does to the national /
economy.
Due to pent-up demand for
goods over the years when war
controls we're applied, there is
today an exceptional era of
prosperity. Profits are big, but
business is using those profits
largely to build new plants
and buy new equipment,
which will mean more pro-
duction and perhaps more jobs
in the long run. If wage in
creases. however. are to 60 on
without any regard to their
impact on the economy. it Will
bring on a gigantic depression
in another year or two after
the present demand for goods
is satisfied and surpluses begin
to pile up.
Agricultural surplus has al
ways been the basic factor in
the farm issue. The Demo-
Gratis have sought to meet it
by letting the Government
buy up the surpluses and store
them. This program has cost
the taxpayers of the Nation
more than 81 biilion-a total
that continues to mount de-
spite controls on planting.
These commodities still hang
over the market like a sword
of DamocleS II the Govern
ment tried tc dispose Of them
on the world market-even II
there we're plenty Of buyers
abroad, which isn't the case
Evening star., 1955-11-20
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