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Evening star., 1955-01-12
Liberolized Pay Program

With evident regard for the realities OF
a changed political situation in Congress,
President Eisenhower has proposed broad
Federal pay program that has better
chance of acceptance than the restricted
plan submitted by the administration last
year. The new program would provide
larger increases (averaging per cent for all
classified and postal wOrkerS) and would add
fringe benefits, including group health in
surance. While the President still is insist
ing on consideration of higher postal rates
as means of meeting part OF the cost OF
increased postal pay, he has not made pay
legislation conditional on postage boost.
However, he has not backed away from
his determination that reelaSsification of
postal jobs should go along with salary
revision.
Last year the administration placed
major emphasis on postal reclassihcation,
but reluctantly agreed that it would not
oppose moderate pay raise. There was
a firm "if" to the administrators conceS-
sion, however. 1t was stated repeatedly by
various spokesmen that any postal pay
raise must be wrapped in a package with
legislation to increase postal revenues. There
were warnings that unless postal reclasSi-
hcation and postage revision we're tied to
the pay-increase legislation, a presidential
veto would be forthcoming. Congress ig-
nored the warnings and Mr.. Eisenhower
vetoed the bill.
The President is on sound ground in
asking that Congress give consideration to
postal-job readiustment and postage as well
as postal pay. Whether coneidered as parts
of one program or as separate subjects, the
three issues are related in varying degrees
The proposed per cent postal raise would
add $129 million year to the $400-million
postal deficit. The President would be re-
miss if he did not urge Congress to Offset the
added debt by some increase in postal rates.
And good administration of the<Post Off1ce
Department requires readjustment Of jobs
to bring pay scales more nearly into line
with work done and responsibilities
shouldered. Some postal-employe organi-
cations have been vigorously opposed to such
readjustment, apparently because it would
mean lower pay for some positions. But the
plan would work both ways, so that employees
who are now ,lnderpaid would receive more
adequate salaries. Congress should con-
slider Redistribution on It's merits. b..
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Second Flight Communists

s.s There was q time when the Daily
Worker might have made some impression
by denouncing the Supreme Courts refusal
to review the conviction Of 13 Communists
as "a violation of the Bill Of Rights" and as
"an attempt to wipe out the election man
date of last November" But that time is far
behind us. 1t Is no longer possible to baTn-
boozle an appreciable segment of the Ameri-
can population with any Communist adap-
tation of the big lie" technique.
These 13 Communists, including Eliza
beth Gurley Flynn, the party's foremost
woman leader, have been found guilty under
the Smith Act, introduced by Virginia's Rep
resentative Howard Smith. Their offense
was that they conspired ITO teach and advo-
cate the overthrow Of the United States Gov
ernment by force and violence" In word,
this "second-flight" Communist team has
run afoul of the same. provision OF law upon
which the conviction some three years ago
of II top Communist Party functionaries
was based. (Four of these, incidentally,
skipped bail, and two of them, Gilbert Green,
Illinois chairman, and Henry Winston, ma
tional secretary, have never been caught)
In refusing to review the current case,
the Supreme Court has not tried to wipe out
any election mandate. It has merely re-
affirmed its view that the Smith Act is a
constitutional statute, and has held that
these 13 defendants had fair trial.
If any collateral conclusion is justified
by the courts action, It Is that the refusal
to review demonstrates once again that the
Communist conspiracy In this country can
be dealt with through our traditional proc
pssnS--and that this is the best Way to
handle the problem.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Y. w. C. a. Anniversaries

One hundred years ago this week the
Young Women'S Christian Association, old
est and largest womens service organization
In the world was founded simultaneously by
two independent leaders-Emma Roberts
and Lady Kinnaird-in England; and little
over three weeks more than fifty years ago
today the Young Womens Christian Asso-
citation of the District Of Columbia was or
ganized and incorporated by Elsie Smith,
Mary Bradford Stone Julia T. Bodfish, Anne
E.. Richards and Judith Ellen Foster. The
, two anniversaries were celebrated at
luncheon at the Mayfower Hotel where the
First Lady of the land was guest of honor.
OF course, the Young Mems Christian
Association, established by George Williams
in London in 1874, furnished the model for
the social and religious work of the sister
groups. The need for both branches of the
movement had developed in line with mod
ern industry and economics. Young people,
coming into the large centers of population
In quest of employment, required such help
as the Y'S could give. But at the start the
international growth of the work could only
have been guessed, No one foreSaw millions
of members in scores of countries.
Meanwhile, half a century of adult edu-
cation. physical culture, recreational activ-
tiles of many different sorts and volunteer
wartime help have added up to give the wv.
a place, value and significance unex-
celled in Washington. Now both the inter-
national and the local organizations are
turning new leaves, commencing new chap
ters, as vital agencies in the democratic
civilization which brought them into exist
ence and for whose purposes they have
carried on. All benehciaries of their past
will wish them well In their future.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
'MiIitory Poy Raise

IN the January edition Of The
Star, President Eisenhower 10 quoted:
In considering human needs, the Fed
eral Government must take special re-
sponsibility for citizens IN its direct
employ"
hereby submit that the men and
women Of our Armed Services are in
the direct employ Of the Federal Gov
ernment.
In urging the Tong overdue. salary
increase commensurate with the heavy
responsibilities Of the House and Sem
ate, Chairman Celler of the House
Judiciary Committee has introduced
bill to give Congress members and
increase in salary. Mr.. Celler Is con-
fident the newly introduced bill win
have the immediate attention Of all
concerned. I'm sure that it will.
Is the desire to live q long and
financially secure life commensurate
with the aheavy" responsibility Of be-
ing on duty "a hours day to fight
and die for your country?
To lay down your life for your coun-
try is not only heavy responsibility.
but heavy burden. as well.
For being given this privilege" it
has beenlwhispered the Armed Services
may get pay raise Of two or three
per cent. It is q known fact that the
last Armed Services pay raise in 1948
caused military department heads to
issue directives to subordinate COM
mands authorizing them to make adj
ministrative discharges available to
personnel whose take home" pay was
reduced suf1iciently to cause hardship
in the family.
All this through the much publicized
military REIMBURSEMENT and Pay
Raise"
If President Eisenhower is sincere in
considering human needs" of those
in direct employ Of the Federal Gov
ernment, he viii consider those most
directly under his orders, and the
orders Of our legislative bodies.
If the men and women who are de-
Gliding the direction our Government
are going are assuming q responsibility.
surely those men and women who
undertake to carry out the decisions
with physical effort have the "heavy"
end Of the responsibility.
Service Wife.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
How Do They Get Away With III?

Anumber Of the States, including Mary
land and Virginia, are eliminating the bill
board nuisance on their new highways.
Private citizens groups have been successful
in many areas in creating public senti-
ment that forbidS such DETACHMENT of the
countryside.
It must be of considerable satisfaction
to the General outdoor Advertising COM
pany, therefore, that it has been able to
erect and maintain large billboard in the
front yard Of the District Building in the
heart of Washington, facing Pennsylvania
avenue, one Of the famous highways Of the
world. The sign is good promotion for the
billboard industry, worth much more to 1t
than the nominal cost of displaying slogans
on traffic safety and other worthy causes.
It is passing strange, nevertheless, that
anybody has been able to get away with the
erection of billboard smack in front Of our
"city hail." There Is, for example, the Ship
stead law, quick reading of which The Star
respectfully recommends to our busy Com
missioners. The law was approved, and
strengthened by amendment, to protect
Pennsylvania avenue and other select areas
of Washington from such treSpasS. The
billboard is in fiagrant violation of the spirit
and perhaps the letter of the law.
Why not admit a mistake and remove 1t,
including the concrete In which its supports
are thoughtfully embedded? That would
make good start in cleaning up our District
Building and its neglected entrance. Other
steps, including the razing of the shack
which houses the headquarters of the Vet
erans' Service Center and shares the front
lawn with the billboard, should follow.
Later this month we shall be welcoming, in
the cluttered dfsarray Of the entrance to the
building, another visiting head of friendly
nation. The site OF the ceremony is not one
designed to impress our visitors with the
beauties Of the American Capital
Evening star., 1955-01-12

O. What Is the average teachers sal-
ary and how does 1t rank In comparison
with salaries paid In other professions2
-E. M. o.
A. The average teachers salary at
present is $500. Teaching is one Of the
lowest paid Of the professions, and after
80 years Of teaching, competent man
or woman In most communities win end
up with q salary under 5000 year.
Evening star., 1955-01-12

If the State Department and the For
eign Operations Administration choose
to disregard this ruling. it only shows.
how our Government is run with COM
petition, rather than coordination.
among the departments. We can con-
graduate ourselves that, at least. 1t Is
not socialism. Sidney Koretz.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Pageant Of Peoce

May offer word Of commendation
and appreciation to those responsible
for the Pageant Of Peace on the Ellipse
at Christmas time? As viewed this inl-
pressive scene my reaction was that 1t
reflected the principle Of true Chris
tianity our Nation stands for.
No words can adequately describe the
inspiration of the Pageant's setting at
night: the stately tree aglow with my
Rad lights rising in quiet dignity. APP
propriately pointing heavenward to the
stars: the gaily decorated smaller trees
portraying the good will and warm
friendliness of our neighbors; and the.
age-old, precious atmosphere OF the
birth in Bethlehem long ago.
The entire Pageant Of Peace was an
inspiration. It afforded pause In the
tasks and problems of the work-a-day
world: time for grateful reflection
that we are Christian Nation, greatly
blessed: q time to remember again the
wonder, beauty and miracle OF the
Christmas story, with its promise OF
peace on earth. Ona Lee Sans.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Lodejinsky's Clearance

Your January editorial, 'Ladejinsky.
at Least, Is Cleared" states that Mr..
Ladejinsky was wise in declining to.
have his case reviewed by the Agricul-
ture Department. Therefore. his case
is not to be reviewed and he is not
cleared by the Agriculture Department.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. What has been the cost Of devel-
oping atomic energy in the United
States to date?--C. F. A.
A. In IL years. according to the
Atomic Energy Commission there have
been appropriations Of public funds in
the neighborhood of $l4 billion for the
whole atomic energy product In war
and peace.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Veterans Service Center

This letter Is prompted by an article
which appeared In The Star Of Decem-
ber 80 that there Is possibility the
temporary building at 1850 Pennsyl-
yania avenue NV. that houses the
once Of Veterans, Affairs, may be torn
down.
AS commander Of the Washington.
D. c., chapter Of the Army and Navy
Legion of Valor of the United States
of America, Inc, which is composed OF
holders Of Congressional Medals OF
Honor, Distinguished Service Crosses
(Army) and Navy Crosses. you are ad-
vised that our chapter strongly protests
the removal Of the Veterans Service
Center from It's present location.
In our opinion, "the little house doing
the big Job" is ideally located because
of its proximity to major transportation
routes and ground-floor location to rem
der many benefits and conveniences
to the veterans and their families.
The Veterans Service Center renders
service second to none In the Wash-
ington area and has never appeared
unsightly to any veteran who found 1t
necessary to go there for guidance.
fs# EatfiCk ~. Ryan,
zst'~3 sia Navy Cross.
4
why all the hullabaloo about the
demolition of ye olde tempo housing
the Veterans Service Center?
Is 1t q necessary condition that the
center die with the shack?
It really should have better and more
nearly permanent quarters.
World War I.
Being q veteran Of World Wars I
and II. ! wish to go on record as
strongly opposing any action to remove
the Veterans Service Center from
where 1t is now located.
This official building is needed for
our veterans and their families and the
location is right.
Isaac G. Myers
Evening star., 1955-01-12
[ Letters to heStor

ing IA various medin, would be without
place to exhibit their work.
Helen o,Brien.
Art Of Tipping
This Is in answer to Jeanette NJ.
Wright's letter concerning Mary Mar
garet McBride,s December ~ article
on tipping.
am amazed at the statement made
by Miss Wright. / am European. and
wish to inform Miss Wright that the
European so-called automatic 10 or
IS per cent tipping" included in the
bill is big farce because an additional
10 or Is per cent tip. which brings the
total to 1880 per cent. is customarily
and generally expected.
1t would also be worthwhile. for the
benefit Of the advocates Of q fixed
charge for tipping. to read Wehster's
definition Of q gratuity or tipping. which
quote: voluntary return for
favor or for service"
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer 70 any
question OF fact BY writing The Evening
star Information Bureau. 1900 Eye St
NV WashinGton 5 d c Please ineIose
3 cents for return pnstaRe
Evening star., 1955-01-12

lican, and naturally the Democrats were
happy. wonder what the American
soldiers still languishing in Chinese
prisons and now dependent on the
U. N. thought Of them.
Charles Smith.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
BY chorles E. Trocewen

The noise Of the city
It is sound all its own. 1t can be
heard best at q late hour, preferably
2 or 3 o'clock In the morning. by SIM
ply leaning out window, even in the
quietest suburb.
There is sort Of grinding going on.
It seems to come from everywhere.
This Is the noise Of the city, and
like the light from heaven It Is per-
vasive. And 1t is modern. No city In
the past ever had to put up with such
a thing. We have progressed. no doubt
Of it, and also backslid a bit. We have
made marvellous mechanisms. but also
the bomb.
Misaddressed letters make no par
ticular difference. in most cases, but
now and then something happens that
is not 30 good. And It Is due entirely
to the hurry-worry complex.
Perhaps little more worry would
right the situation.
It is easy enough. at an hours In
terval, to look back over the written
address
Then, If there has been mistake.
it win show up easily. whereas II the
writer merely gives his handiwork .
hurried inspection. he win fail 70 zee
the mistake before he drops It into the
letter bod.
Evening star., 1955-01-12
Presidents 5 Message

The voice we heard was the voice Of
Eisenhower. but the words were the
words Of Roosevelt and Truman.
George Wilson.
&*
Those were brave words our President
spoke to Congress among the bravest
ever uttered by any top me-too Repub-
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uals but as brothers living and
working together, with a minimum
of compulsion for the common tenn
poral good of all" +"
"This sense of a fellowship of all
in relation to all is one of the
principal fruits of the Holy Sacri-
flee of the Mass" he declared mot
only in the supernatural order but
in the political order as well.
Stressins the role of the Cath
oIic as part Of she Mystical Body
in the corporate worship, that is
the liturgy, Monsispor Higgins
pointed out that Catholics must
provide fhe leadership which
can be rightly expected OF them
as members Of christ's Mystical
Body"
"The Missal is no substitute for
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parliamentary procedure, nor is .
well.trained schola cantorum a SUBJ
stitute for a well-trained political
caucus" he said. Both elements" "
the Monsignor added, "are neces-
sary-the liturgy and political ac-
ton but it is still the Mass
that matters most, even in the po-
litical order"
Father Michael Mathis. director
of the Liturgical Institute at the
University of Notre Dame, special
izes in giving a course in dying"
Far from the clerical Digger
O'Dell' type which might be ex-
pected, Father Mathis is cheerful
man, gifted with a sense of humor
and keen spiritual insight.
Death should be . great event
in anyone's life. Father Mathis
declared, and should be looked
upon ss q Joyful expectation"
connected with the coming OF
Christ.
For that coming Father Mathis
urged, there should be in every
Catholic home a copy of the New
English Ritual with candles and
holy water ready so that the litany
and prayers of the dying can be
started while the patient is still
conscious.
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Convert Drive
Scheduled i'm
North Carolina

RALEIGH, N. c., NC
North Cardinals third annual
diocesan-wide instruction cam
paign aimed at the conversion
of the state S citizenry has
started.
The first step is prayer.
From now until Nov. 6, each par
ish in the Diocese of Raleigh will
offer prayers for the conversion of
the states non-Catholics. The di-
ocese embraces 80 of the states
100 counties.
During the period of prayer,
priests in all parishes are adding
the collect, secret, and postcom-
munion of Our Lady, Queen of
Apostles. After Mass, priest and
faithful pray together the Memo
rare, with the petition, Mary,
Queen of Apostles, pray for us"
A public Novena to st. Therese
of the Child Jesus will begin Sept
l25.
after these prayers, door-to-
door visitation will begin. In
This part of ths conversion pro-
gram, the Catholic IaitY will in
vite the public TO q series OF
lectures for inquirers 10 be given
in each parish. This visitation
program will be carried out In
October.
The lectures will begin in No
vember and will last through tht
winter months.
In each parish of North Carolin'
80 per cent of the people are non
Catholics. One of the aims of th'
instruction campaign will be II
make Catholics realize their God
given duty to bring the gift of faitl
to others.
The instruction campaign, begul
three years ago, has been greatl'
instrumental in the growth OF th'
Church in North Carolina.
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declared here.
In an address to delegates at the
18th National Liturgical Week, the
Monsignor emphasized that it is
the Mass which matters most in
the political order since the Mass
is the primary source of ascetic-
ism and penance" without which
there can be no salvation of the
temporal order.
Monsignor Higgins urged that
democracy be understood as "gov-
ernment of, by and for the people,
not as isolated or atomized individ-
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been elected president of the
Vernacular Society here. The or.
ganization met in conjunction with
the 18th National Liturgical Week
here.
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LANCASTER BgxHss' g,''5G
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Drain Service. 211 Pershing Drive.
Phone Lancaster 1868.
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Ohio
| News In Brief

CLEVELAND - There's good
chance that the rest of the states
will follow ohio's lead and refuse
TO pass more right to work" laws,
. Jesuit labor expert has reported
here. Father Louis ]. Twomey, 81,
director of the Institute of Indus
trial Relations at LoyoIa Universe
ty, New Orleans, credited us. Sec
retary of Labor James P, Mitchell
and the unions themselves with re-
ducing the demand for such legis-
lation.
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Arts Medal to Sculptor

NoTRE DAME, Ind. -(NC)--
Sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, who will
Join the University of Notre Dame
faculty in September has been
awarded the Fine Arts Medal of
the American Institute of Archi.
tects, the highest award the in
stitute can bestow in fine arts
other than architecture, 1t has
been announced.
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Reports in England Say
Cardinal May Be Released

LOND0N-(NC)-Rumors persist
here that His Eminence Stefan Car
dinal Wyszyanski, heroic Primate
of Poland, may shortly be released
from his secret prison as another
move in the communist peace
drive.
The Daily Express, national
right-wing newspaper, has report.
ed on its front page, from its cor.
respondent in Warsaw, Kenneth
Macaulay, that the freeing of the
Cardinal from the secret monas.
terry" in which he has been held for
the past two years would be part
of a new deal" for the Polish
Church that was being discussed
at LODI.
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Importance of Mass
Cited by Liturgy Meet

WORCESTER, Mass NC The liturgy itself, or an
even more active and intelligent participation in the urgca
movement will not bring about automatically better polt
order Msgr George G. Higgins director of the Social
Action Department National Catholic Welfare Conference
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BUYERS NEWARK GUIDE
informafion

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CAREY - Brother Bernard Ce-
boil, OF.M., Conv., former Toledo
insurance executive, will pro.
nounce solemn vows as a Francis
can Brother next week in a cere-
mony that will no doubt attract
more than passing interest. Bro
ther Bernard has eight grandchil-
dren and three great-grandchil-
dren. He entered the novitiate in
1851, seven years after the death
of his wife.
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WORCESTER, Mass - (NC) -
Abbot w. Michael Ducey, o.S.B.,
prior of the Benedictine Dormition
Monastery in Weston, VT, has
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CLEVELAND - The commun-
ist-dominated United Electrical
Workers Union has had rough
shedding in Cleveland lately. The
union quit cold in pending
election at the Han-Kor Co, and
took beating in an election at
the Rola Co. AT the latter COM
pany, articles in the Catholic
Universe Bulletin exposing the
union were distributed to en-
ployes.