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Who's irresponsible Now?

Perhaps 1t would be unfair to charge
the House Appropriations Committee with
Fiscal responsibility" as a result of a
subcommittee miscalculation of alleged
savings it believed it had effected in the
District budget. But disclosure of the mis-
take certainly leaves the subcommittee in
no position to press its charge of fiscal
responsibility" against the District gov
eminent.
1t now appears that the House group,
through misunderstanding as to actual
expenditures to be made by the District
next year for certain authorized public
works projects, enormously reported to the
House that the District would have "sur-
plus" of more than 81 million. Actually,
since only small part of these expendi-
lures will be made during the next fiscal
period, the savings" will be NONRESIDENT
In fact, S675000 deficit is in prospect,
according to District officials Yet the
Economics" were cited to the House as
one justification for slashing the Federal
payment from $40 million to SIG million.
And the House, accepting in good faith
the subcommittee report, approved the
Federal cut-by margin of one vote.
Under the circumstances, there should
be no question as to the fate of the House
action when the Senate takes up the Dis
trict appropriation bill. Simple justice re-
quires, at the least, that the full Federal
obligation previously authorized by Con-
gress be voted by the Senate and approved
in conference. Only in this way can the
House correct the egregious error by its
subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23

Return of Hawaiian music
to popular favor, after an
eclipse OF ten years, will es-
pecially please older people.
The youngsters, as usual, will
think they discovered it, but
their elders will know better.
This music grew many years
ago from native rhythms
grated on European and
American folk melodies and
church tunes.
The result was an odd mix
ture containing something
warm and human, along with
something essentially sad and
other-worldly.
A German bandmaster
taught the Hawaiians how to
handle their tunes for the best
effect. AS musical genius to
one of the great queens of the
islands. he loved their music,
and brought to it all the Ger
man know-how.
Hawaiian music is decep-
lively simple.
Some of the melodies re-
quire no more than two or
three notes, and out of these
comes q tune difficult to for
get, yet hard to remember.
This is the essence. and it
means that here, at least.
things are not quite what they
seem.
Popular American music is
hurdy-gurdy music. In many
eating places, the juke box is
going all the time with hill
billy music. quite the best
for such a place.
If a stranger puts a nickel
in for a better type tune, the
whole place goes quiet, and
nobody is quite happy until
the high pitched tenor voice
is backed by the strong rhythm
again.
Essences of sea and SUM-
shine go together in the songs
of the islands to make some
thing different. Even the
young folks, who go from one
musical fad to another. can
feel this difference.
1t is safe to say that no
other places in the world could
have produced this exact sort
of music. 1t is music into which
history is written.
The isle of Tahiti has music
much like that of Hawaii. but
with more drum and chant
effects.
1t is not as happy. and per-
haps this is the greatest fea-
ture of the true Hawaiian
tune. You feel it in every bar.
But it is happiness without
Stiffness. Even the quickest of
the fast hula dances is dig
nif1ed, at least does not run
into the grotesuue effects of
some of Americas popular
songs.
1t is happy music, but also
full of rhythm, and mixed
with some sadness, but it is
not silly.
Hawaiian music is above all,
simple music, based on the
lowest common denominator.
which may be called a refusal
to strive for effect.
Young people. who are sup
posed to be all ready for the
new Hawaiian revival, should
get this into their minds, if
they want to enjoy it.
Somehow we wonder If they
will.
They have been brought up,
in the last Is years or so, on
bombastic popular music at its
worst, a polylot mixture of the
poor strains in many musics.
It Is impossible to under
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Rodor at Sea

Another mark OF the Buck Roger1Sh
nature of our times is the strange 5000
ton contraption that has just been
Launched" by the Air Force at Bethlehem
Steel's shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts,.
Temporarily called "Texas tower" (after
the offshore oil-drilling rigs in the Gulf OF
Mexico) it is kind of man-made island
built in the shape of a triangle, each Of
whose sides is 200 feet long. BY mid-July,
according to present schedule, it will be
firmly planted both in and above the ocean
about 100 miles east of Cape Cod.
This structure-the first of 30 that
are planned for around-the-cloc opera
ton at widely separated points off our
Atlantic Coast will have value as
weather reporting post, but it's chief pur-
pose, like that of the others to be built,
will be to serve as radar station in the
warning network of our Continental Air
Defense Command To that end, its posi-
ton will be fixed and permanent. It will
stand on three tremendous "legS" or
"stilts" driven deep into the ocean bottom
and holding the "island" itself high in the
air, some 80 feet above the waves AS for
its Inhabitants who will find ample
housing and recreational facilities on the
place, they will total about 10 men, mostly
in military service, but including few
civilian specialists.
In times past, such an undertaking
would have seemed absurdly fantastic, but
in the present day and age-costly as they
may be-a network of radar islands of this
sort can be of life-or-death Importance to
the Nation. On some tomorrow, of course,
when and if the intercontinental guided
missile becomes the absolute weapon, they
may be completely obsolete and valueless.
Meanwhile, however, they can contribute
much to the security of all of u.s. and it Is
therefore reassuring to know that they are
being brought into being.
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the United States as we'll as
in Spain?
American Catholic.
No Hidinq

Anonymous observer" goes
to unnecessary trouble to fig
ure out how he and his FAM
lily can escape if a hydrogen
bomb is dropped on Washing
ton. What he and many
others fail to realize is that, in
all probability, there will be
no warning. Intercontinental
guided missiles will fall ST.
lently. If he lives as close to
the target as he anticipates,
he will be vaporized in less
time than it takes to write
this sentence. There is no
place to hide. He could hole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. How does an airplane
produce trails of vapor In the
sky?-O. B. T.
A. Condensation Of water
vapor in the engine exhausts
produces vapor trails, which
are simply long thin clouds.
They occur only when the
temperature is below a critical
value, depending on the pres
sure and the engine itself.
Usually vapor trails are high
in the sky, but under Arctic
conditions they can form at
ground level.
@. What is the average
salary of an actor in a Broad
way production?-K. S.
A. His pay, when he is work.
ing, ranges from $85 a week
the minimum set by Actors
Equity-to as much as $4,000
for a big star and a percentage
of the take. Chorus girls make
about $50 week, and sup
porting actors from 5000 to
$3.50.
@. Does the Red Cross oper-
ate in all major countries CT
the world?-T. T.
A. Yes, there are at least So
national Red Cross organiza-
lions. Some of them-those
of Turkey. Egypt. Iraq, Syria
ana certain republics of the
USSR-use a red crescent as
their emblem instead of a red
cross. Iran uses a red lion and
sun.
@. How does Florida rank
with other States in the pro-
duction of cattle?-J. r. o.
A. AS of January 1855, Flor
ida ranked 25th in all cattle:
18th in beef cattle and calves;
35th in milk cows two years
old and over, and 10th in beef
cows two years old and over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-23

In their April "a article in
The Star, headed ~. N. Char
ter - Revision Ideas That
Really Have Meaning Stand
Practically No Chance of
Adoption" Phil Yeager and
John Stark wrote: Russia
alone has used it (the veto)
81 times. about half of these
as blackballs to block admis-
sion of new members. The
other four nations have used
the veto sparingly-but each
has used it,"
Yet according to Scripps-
Howard columnist Peter Ed
son washington Daily News,
April 28) and Washington
University political science
Prof. Merle Killing. writing
in the January Is edition of
the Nation, SO vetoes have been
cast in the Security Council
since the founding Of the
United Nations in 1945
OF these SO vetoes, accord
ing to Mr.. Edison and Prof.
King, "the Soviet Union
alone has been responsible for
61." France and Russia both
were responsible for one when
they vetoed consideration of
the Franco-SpaniSh regime
question, maintaining that it
was a substantive and not
cedural matter; and
France alone vetoed a Russian
proposal to establish and send
a cease-fire inspection COM
mission to supervise fulfilment
of a Security Council resolu-
ton on cessation of hostilities
between Indonesia and the
Netherlands.
Moreover, in a chart show
ing the number of vetoes and
the issues involved. Prof.
Killing shows that the veto mas
been used % (not even half
of go times thus far AS
blackballs to block admission
of new members"
Thus the writings of Mr..
Peter Edison and Prof. Merle
Killing conflict with the writing
of Messrs. Yeager and Stark.
Not only does there appear to
be a conflict between the num-
Der of vetoes thus far est
times, as opposed to So times)
and the number OF vetoes
used to block the admission
of new members (about
half, as opposed to % times),
but there is also the question
of whether all of the perma-
nent members of the Security
Council have ever used the
veto. Messrs. Yeager and Stark
say that "the other four ma
lions Omitted States, United
Kingdom, France and China)
have used the veto sparingly-
but each has used it." Yet one
concludes from the writings
of Mr.. Edison and Prof.
King that only Russia and
France have ever employed the
veto, not the United States,
United Kingdom or the Repub-
lie of China-"sparingly" or
otherwise
I hope that Messrs. Yeager
and Stark will make the rec
ord straight. Just who Is right7
Leonard Brown, Jr.
Editors Note: A recheck
with the United Nations in
dicates that, of the people
mentioned above, nobody was
absolutely right. Here is what
the U. N. has to say about it:
A total of 81 vetoes have been
cast in the Security Council
not So. OF these, the USSR
alone cast SO; the USSR and
France jointly vetoed the adj
mission of Francois Spain, and
another veto was cast in a pri-
vate meeting and was never
publicly announced. AS to this
final veto, it is generally as
sumed that the USSR cast it.
There have been 31-not %
membership vetoes. Aside from
the USSR and France, none of
the permanent members has
used the veto. though all have
threatened to-
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up in the mountains Of West
ern Maryland and a missile off
its course could still vaporize
him. At that, he would be
lucky. Hitler is reputed at
one time to have said of World
War II, There will be no vic
tors, merely the survivors and
the annihilated." The events
of history proved this state
ment correct. If there is a
World War III, there will be
few, If any, survivors. The
initial attack will knock out
all major areas with hydrogen
bombs. Subsequent attacks
with nerve gases and biological
warfare will destroy those I'M
fortunate enough to escape
the initial vaporization. If
they do not wish to perish,
the East and West must learn
to coexist. There is no other
answer.
Roland Bieren, MD.
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Pension Compuiqner

There are many teachers
from the States now employed
in the Federal Government.
These people will never re-
ceive any credit toward a pen
sion for their years of service
in the schoolroom. unless they
write to their Senator or Con-
gresham urging his interest
in this matter of giving credit
toward a Federal pension for
services rendered under a
State government.
If enough write, there is a
chance such q bill will be
passed.
Grace French.
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history as one of the most useful women
of her generation. Yet she was daugh-
ter of slaves, born in poverty and raised
under conditions of almost incredible
hardship. Her emergence into fame as a
benefactor of humanity at large was a
testament to her personal genius and a
mark of social achievement which has few
parallels anywhere.
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Evening star., 1955-09-18
Custer Of Benson
Asked by lowun

CORNING. Iowa. Sept. IL tR.
Former Gov. Dan Turner. one
lot Iowa's leading pre-convention
supporters Of Dwight D. Eisen-
hover in 1852. called today for
resignation Of Secretary OF Agri-
culture Benson.
Mr.. Turner. now IS, is a life
long Republican and served as
Governor from 1881 to 1888. He
owns and operates 1000 acres OF
farm land In the Corning vicin-
lity. He was State vice chairman
Eof the Iowa Eisenhower-fcr-
President drive.
Dwight Eisenhower is . great
President, but he isn't getting
intelligent cooperation from the
Department Of Agriculture" Mr.,
Turner said in an interview with
the Des Moines Register.
.The farmer isn't breaking
even. A Federal door based On
parity should be placed under
farm prices. The interests Of the
people as q whole certainly are
much more important than re-
taining In ofIice q man who doet
mot understand the problems oi
lmidwestern agriculture"
Evening star., 1955-09-18
6. @. P. Seen Focinq
Tougher South in '56

predicted Mr.. Stevenson's nom
|ination by the Democrats would
stir up q rebellion in the South.
Gov. Zimmerman said he be-
liepes the South has "a deep
and fundamental dissatisfaction
with both the Republican Party
and the national Democratic
Party"
"The Republican Party has
demonstrated that the South can
expect nothing from it." he de-
|clared. NO party can win or
hold friends among those whom
lit abuses or whose interest it
ignores.
Gov. Zimmerman said there
ARE grave doubts" concerning
the national Democratic Party.
Noting that Democrats control
Congress, he said Congress had
failed TO curb the jurisdiction
Iof the United States courts in
matters of intra-State concern.
particularly In regard to the
Operation Of State institutions
and facilities and in public trans
lportation."
Should the Congress continue
to ignore its responsibility and
fail 10 act afIirmatively TO re-
store constitutional government.
there is strong possibility that
there viii emerge o new party
whose influence win be felt In
1.-THE organization Of the Con-
gress and possibly in the election
|of the President Mr.. Thinner
man said.
A 'sFutility" Demonstrated
Ale added he was not propos-
ing or opposing the formation
of q third party but "only re-
porting q trend as I see it."
Louisiana's Kennon said he
thought o third party move
ment only . remote possi-
bility."
Gov. Marvin Griffin OF Georgia
said there wouldn't be any third
party unless circumstances de.
velop which cannot be foreseen
at this time"
Gov. Collins said the "futility"
| OF any third party movement
| had been demonstrated.
Gov. James E. Folsom Of Ala
bama. who said former Presi-
dent Truman is his choice for
! the 1866 Democratic nomina-
ton, said he doesn't believe
there win be any third party at
tempt In 1856.
Evening star., 1955-09-18
BY GARRETT d. HoRNER
star star Correspondent

DENVER, Sept. l7.--President
eisenhower said today America
should step UP efforts TO make
Its youth more physically at 90
they can better face "the re-
Iquirements Of modern life"
His statement, made public
at the Denver White House as
the President pursued his own
physical fitness program on the
golf course. was written as q
greeting to 13D men and women
lhe has invited to take part In q
special physical fitness confer
|ence here September 27-2s.
These invited to advise on how
Ito improve 'the total fitness oi
all our children and youth" In.
lclude prominent figures In sports
education, movies. medicine
newspaper publishing. and re-
| Iligious, social and civic work.
Among Government officials
taking part in the conference
win be FBI Director j. Edgar
Hoover, whose interest is empha-
sized by belief that lack OF ade-
quats wholesome recreation IA
cilities is q big factor In thu
juvenile delinquency problem. !.
Seek More Participation
One Of the aims Of the con-
ference ID to devise ways to Gel
more American youths takini
active part In various sports In
stead Of merely watching from
spectator stands.
From the sports world. thoss
asked to contrute their views In.
lclude Robert r. Bobby Jones
ijr., former grand Slam goli
4 u.
Evening star., 1955-09-18

Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon ,. Johnson indicated
yesterday new farm price sup
port legislation win be . first
order Of business when Congress
resumes January 3.
The Texas Democrat listed as
other ama9or Issues (which) can
be tackled early next year:
Social Security liberalization.
Federal aid for school construc-
|tion, an expanded highway pro-
gram and the senate-passed
Colorado River basin project.
All these programs made some
progress In either House or Sem
late this year.
Senator johnson 10 In Texas.
his statement was released By
lids ofice here.
The Democratic leader gave
lno hint what form new farm
llegislation might take. The con-
ltinuing decline In farm prices, .
target Of major criticism by
Democrats and some RepubM-
cans, promises to be . spotlight
political issue In next years gen.
leral election.
Benson Blamed
Senator Kerr. Democrat Of
Oklahoma. said Secretary OF
lAgriculture Benson Ii directly
responsible" for dropping farm
lpriceE and should be removed
from office.
The House voted 2O6-20i early
this year to Junk the Eisenhower
administrators flexible price
support program and restore
lprice props at 80 per cent Of
parity for wheat. corn, cotton.
Irice and peanuts. The Senate
took no action.
Mr.. Benson has promised 10
take the lid on some VERY spe-
Icific" new farm plans when Con-
lgress reconyenes In January. but
lnot to forsake his flexible sup
port program.
II Republicans Rcbuked
4 Senator johnson steered clear
ltof political aspects In the rum
lining farm fight. In an introduc-
Ition to o summary" Of major
bills passed by the Senate THU
tlyear and made public yesterday
: senator johnson said:
: The crowning achievement o
slthe session was TO unite th'
'lNation behind . policy designet
Ito protect our freedoms an,
Ipreserve peace. The voices o
discord were reduced to . mini
-!mtim and the preservation 0
5 America was given priority owe
petty partisanship."
Senator johnson tossed al
!, obvious rebuke at the Repub
-liican Party in his praise Of con
-lgressional Democratic supper
j. for administration foreign policy
He said Democratic leaders h
!, Congress ''unhesitatingly In
t Idorsed" President Eisenhower
! proposal at the Geneva SUNNI
5 meeting for an exchange O
Evening star., 1955-09-18

'ine q President just before he
sets out to attend . conferences
with the heads Of foreign states.
This 10 Q precedent which could
well be studied by Others"
There was no elaboration.
On the many achievements. :.
Ias he put It, Of the recent con-
gressional session. the majority
leader had this to say:
There were no all-night ses-
sions. no overextended debates,
mo exhausting arguments to
leave heated passions simoul-
|dering. Nevertheless. more re-
sponsible work was done than
lin many, many years"
Evening star., 1955-09-18
Johnson Says Farm Props
Top Congress Agendo

military biueprints and aerial
inspection.
This Congress--unlike some
Iof its predecessors thought that
lin such times the country should
Ibe united rather than divided.
said Senator johnson.
He said, too: "This session also
ruled out the floor Of the Senate
las q partisan arena for haras-
Evening star., 1955-09-18
fitness Of all our children and

fitness Of all our children and
youth"
Mr.. Eisenhower plans 70 adj
dress the conferees and receive
their recommendations at o din
ner he win give here September
|2s ct the conclusion Of the ses-
sions. The conferees win meet
and live for the two days Of
Lowry Air Force Base, where
the President has his vacation
ONCE.
winding up the NTH week oi
his work-and-play vacation TO-
day, Mr.. Eisenhower spent nosi
of the day at Cherry Hills Coun-
try Club, playing golf and re-
laxing with . group Of IA friends
he invited here for q stag
week end Of golf and bridge.
Ouimet Among visitors
The presidential visitors
most Of them Eastern business
executives and fellow member
Of the Augusta National Col
Club-include Francis Ouimet
1918 National Open golf cham
pion, and Charles Yates, for
ner British amateur champion
During an hour and 20 min
utes in his ONCE before going Il
the golf course. the president
had q courtesy" visit from Johr
McCone Of Los Angeles. who wa!
lundersecretary Of the Air Forct
lin 1851, and received new re.
ports on Federal rehabilitation
aid In the six Northeastern
States ravaged by foods las
month.
The Defense Department re-
ported that more than $l6 mil
lion in contracts were placed
with firms In the disaster ares
during the last two weeks ol
| August. The Atomic Energy
Commission placed anothel
nearly 81 million worth OF con-
tracts In the area from Angus
.l26 through September 8.
Evening star., 1955-09-18
President Urges Speedy
Physical Fitness Drive

champion; Gene Tunney, former
heavyweight boxing champion;
Rogers Hornsby. old-time base
ball star and now director Of
youth activities for the Chicago
Park District. and several ath-
letic association officials.
Mr.. Eisenhower called the
conference after preliminary
surveys conducted by Vice Pres
ident Nixon indicated that
American young people are not
growing up as strong and healthy
Ias they should be. partly because
Iof inadequate playground anc
school physical training facil-
titles over much Of the country
The problem has been pointed
Iup by the failure Of 80 man,
drafted American youths u
measure up In selective service
medical tests.
Presidents Message
The Presidents message to ths
lconferees, to appear on the con-
ference program. follows:
your willingness to partici'
pate in this conference shows
that you share my concern about
the fitness Of our American
youth. It is certain that We car
and should do more than we arr
now doing to help our younf
become physically at and there
fore better qualified. In all re
Ispects, to face the requirement.
Iof modern life.
II very much appreciate you
interest. Your conference de
liberations will help guide th'
efforts Of all Of us who are IN
lterested in improving the tota