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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
MIDTOWN NEW YORK
BY ROBERT SYLVESTER
Why Don't They?

Why don't they shut down
New York for the three weeks
around Christmas and New
Years? Why doesn't some
restaurant serve pure, smooth
corn whisky? Why don't
they have cigaret vending ma
chimes in night clubs? Why
don't they put Marilyn Monroe's
picture on $40 bills and issue
them to guys who can't hold
onto their money? Why
don't they put out a dictionary of
commonly misspelled words? ;. i.
Why don't they make diversified
and overstuffed bar stools for
guys with hangovers? Why
don't they make bowling balls
lighter? Why don't they
put a smoking car on all sub
way trains. =. Why don't they
sell weather insurance for peo-
pie planning a tropical vaca-
ton? Why don't they in
vent a leakproof coffee contain
err? Why doesn't somebody
tell me why Louis Armstrong has
to go to Europe to get interna-
tional front age publicity?
Why don't they put a set OF
binoculars in every hotel roomP
Why don't restaurants stop
loading up your table with bread
and then charging you for what
you don't eat? Why don t
they make mail boxes big
enough at least to handle maya
zines? Why don't they give
Arthur Murray a comedy pro-
gram? Why don't they
stop early morning radio shows
from icing so blasted cheerful?
why don't they make
d oughnuts with the coffee baked
inside?
Why don't they hire a car
parker who'll give you room
enough to squeeze into yout car
when you're ready to leave?
Why don't they print divi-
sion tables on the back of res
taurant checks so you can figure
the tip in a hurry? Why
don't they print the day of the
week as well as the month and
the date in all diaries and year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Films of More Than Routine Merit

"THE ADVENTURES OF SADIE"-Joan Collins decorates
comic tale of castaways a desert island.
LEFT HAND OF GOD"-aumphrey Bogart in top form
adventurer masquerading priest.
"MR. POTTS GOES TO MOSCOW"-Oscar Homoka
comic plumber who throws the Kremin into uproar.
1.-THE PHENIX CITY STORY'-Documentary shOcker about
organized vice in a Southern city
"QUENTIN DURWARD"-Robert Taylor swashbuckes his
through the Sir Walter Scott adventure yarn.
"REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE"-Reasoned examination of
juvenile delinquency, starring the late
THE SHEEP HAS FIVE LEGS"-Funny French rolic with
Fernandez playing most of the leading roles
"WHITE Observation-Disclosures musical yue greeting;
Bling Crosby. Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
This cot'scruzy

HOLLYWOOD P.-Every-
thing in Hollywood is done the
hard way. Gross-Krasne. the
producers. had a script called
please Murder Me" in which
a white cat figured in the MUIR
der scene involving Angela
Lansbury and Dick Foran.
But q white cat made too
many lighting problems,
mostly Of reflections. The
script was changed to a black
cat. Instead Of hiring a black
cat. of which there Is no
shortage. the studio merely
dyed the white one with an
easily removable dye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
WINELAND THEAfERS

s1DS ~esa Hwy. 10. 7-2555
CinemaScope JAMES JEAN in
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE" Tech
nicoior, at $50. 1909 Cartoons at
S:21. JOEL McCREA in STRANGER
on HORSEBACK Technicolor. at
500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

boat last week. It's a romance
with both In New York City for
some TV shows, and to see in
the new year together.
And a big group of Hollywood
stars is in New York-Joseph
Gotten. Kirk Douglas. etc.-to
join the Broadway stars cele-
Ibrating Helen Hayes Golden
Jubilee.
On the set Of 1.-THE King and
r.: Deborah Kerr in a 24-foot
hoop skirt, trying to walk down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

the ratings-l1.s to IS. Said
Bob: I'VE try to aim our show
for the housewives so they can
hear us in any part of the house
If they don't want to watch u.s."
Jerry Lewis called to wish me
"a Happy New Year and to tell me
about the NBC five-year deal he
signed Tuesday. And when is
the baby arriving?" was my ques-
ton. "a reporter asks questions
no matter what the occasion.
Sixty days." Jerry replied
promptly
What has happened to Jane
Wyman? All she's interested in
lis work. And all work and no
play is as bad as vice versa.
Dewey Martin took Peggy Lee
sailing in Humphrey Bogart's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
THE EVENING STAR Ais
Washington, D c.
FRIDAY, nECEMBER 80 1855

a flight Of stairs, yelled to Yul
Brynner: II can't see over my
dress, how am I going to get down
these stairs?" Yul yelled back.
"just climb over the railing and
parachute down"
RELEASED By NANA)
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28
News For
Veterans
REPORTS ON EARNINGS

The nations 10000 World War
II veterans taking GI Bill farm
training were reminded by the
Veterans Administration that re-
ports of their 1854 earnings are
Que at their VA Regional Offices
no later than March /, 1855.
Failure to submit the reports by
the deadllne, VA warned, may re-
suit in discontlnuance of GI sub
sistence payments until such time
as the reports do reach VA.
Trainees who have not yet re-
ceived the report forms may OBJ
tain them from their instructors.
The earnings reports cover
ing only income from productive
labor for the calendar year 1854
serves a double purpose. First,
they are used by VA as the basis
for adjusting each veterans sub
siStence payments for the current
year Q955). Second, they are part
of the veterans course of inStruc-
ton in farm accounting, thus Civ
ing him the chance to put into
practice what he has learned in
the classroom.
These yearly reports. VA en-
phasized, do not apply to veterans
taking institutional on-farm train
ing under the Korean GI Bill,
since their monthly allowances
are computed on a different basis.
Q-What is the time limit for
filing a claim for an allowance to
cover the burial costs Of veter-
an?
"A claim must be filed within
two years from the date of per-
manent burial of the veteran.
Q-I intend to buy a house with
a CT loan. I have approached a
lending institution, and it requires
down payment. Are down pay
ments mandatory under the law?
A-The law itself does not re-
quire a down payment on a CT
loan. However, since private lend
ers do make the loans. they have
the right to make decisions as to
terms and down payments.
Q-I have just b been released
from military service. Will the
Veterans Administration help me
find a job?
A-Job-finding assistance is
outside the scope of VAS activi-
ties, as defined by law Employ
ment placement is a function of
the veterans Employment Service
of the US. Employment Service.
Any local State Employment Of
flee can give you further infor-
nation
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28

ilC odIQ llc 10 ullutI Ulle llIlDItS-
sion that Southern textile mill
workers benefit in various ways by
being close to this regions diver
sified agricultural production.
DIFFICULT POSITION
In any event. he emphasized in
word and gesture. "the Japanese
textile industry is now in very
difficult position.
This japanese situation largely
resulted from the military n
political conditions involving the
markets for Japanese textiles in
China and Southeastern Asia.
Business men of Japan are
very eager for the time to come
when they can get their products
into the markets of China" he
reported.
Also. in Japan, our manufac-
turers are eager to build up ex-
port business both with the United
States and with the nations OF
, South America" he continued
"B 1t, all business m n of the
western hemisphere are very con-
scious about imports of soft
goods"
ALMOST RUINED
Mr.. Yamamoto is a veteran of
the japanese Army in World WaI
II but he remained in Japan
throughout that war. A native of
Tokyo. he said the japanese tex
tile industry was "almost ruined "
during the war.
Two forces combined to devas-
tate that industry. he explained
He pointed out, with words and
gestures, that American aircraft
bombed Japanese industry. Also
the Japanese government took
much machinery and other metal
products for conversion of the
metals into war material.
Now. the Japanese textile in
dustry has largely rebuilt itself
and still is growing, the japanese
mills need more export markets
he reported.
TARIFF DIFFICULTY
AS for the United States, he
continued. the tariff walls" make
it difficult for Japanese textile
exporters to get their goods in
volume into this market. In this
connection, Mr.. Yamamoto spoke
admiringly of the "high produc-
tivity" of the American textile
mills and their workers. ain that
productivity am very much in
terested," he commented at
seems due both to people and ma
chinery." he said.
But perhaps more than any 9TH
er detail of the American textile
situation. the vast modernization
programs of these many mills i'm
press Mr.. Yamamoto He COM
mented about the tremendous
amounts of American money in
volved. He said he realizes Ameri-
can textile machinery is expensive
because much of the machinery
installed in japanese textile mills
since World War II came from the
United States.
Another comment made by the
Tokyo newspaper writer was to
the effect that he is finding there
is so much to see and to learn and
to admire on this, his first, visit
into the Southeast after two years
in the United States.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28
Japanese Visitor Wonders
Where Do Dixie Mills Get All That Money!?

CHARLOTTE. N. C. - One big
detail about the Southeast's tex
tile manufacturing industry which
amazes SuSumu Yamamoto of
Tokyo, Japan, is where the mills
get all that money to pay for
modernization.
Mr.. Yamamoto is in Charlotte
studying the textile industry, as
well as the general industrial sit
uation of this region. He is a cor
respondent at Washington for the
Mainichi Newspapers of Tokyo,
and is preparing to write series
of reports for those newspapers re-
garding textiles.
The Japanese correspondent al
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28

war peak. When comparing the
textile situations of the United
States and of Japan, there are
several basic details that cause
him wonderment. and he admitted
they do.
For instance, he said his un-
derstanding is that the Ameri-
can textile worker is paid per
hour ten times as much as the
Japanese textile mill worker.
Also. Mr.. Yamamoto ali d he
was puzzled because living costs
and wages relating to textile mill
workers in the New England states
of the United States are higher
than in the Southeastern states.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28

ready has acquired some statistics
regarding the Southeastern textile
mills. These reports broadly show
ed the extent of investments, the
modernization expenditures since
World War II ended. and the di-
versity OF these textile products.
Is IMPRESSED
Admittedly, Mr.. Yamamoto is
impressed by what he has learned
about Southern textiles, and he
will leave tomorrow for Georgia
cities to continue this industrial
survey.
This visitor reported that the
textile industry in Japan is very
busy. with production at the post
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28
ACTIVE LADY

An old lady fell down the stairs
and broke her leg. The doctor
put it in a cast and warned her
not to walk up or down the stairs.
The leg was Slow in mending. Fin
ally after six months, the doctor
announced it was all right to re-
move the cast.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28
Seeking Industry
In Northwest NC

ELKIN, N. C.-Ways and means
of attracting more industry TO
northwest North Carolina will be
discussed at meeting of state
and local development leaders here
soon.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28
YES, TO BOTH

Two men who had been bache-
lor cronies met for the first time
in five years.
"Tell me. Tom" said one, "did
you marry that girl, or do you
still darn your own socks and do
your cooking?"
"YeS," was Toms reply.
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28

"Can I climb the stairs now?"
asked the old lady.
YES" answered the medical
man.
"Oh. I'm so glad" she chortled.
I'm sick of climbing up and
down the drain pipe all the time"
The Lincoln times., 1955-02-28

A Times Want. Ad Will Sell Itf
Evening star., 1955-06-08
..21,5OO in Paris
Hear Graham

PARIS. June 8 tP.-United
States evangelist Billy Graham's S
total attendance in Paris
mounted to 21.5O0 persons last
might. His five-night crusade has
two more sessions to run.
Spokesman for the Baptist
preacher said 1896 persons had
made decisions for Christ" so
liar during the revival.
Although the Paris crowds have
been much smaller than during
his recent seven-week campaign
i'm Britain, Mr.. Graham has said
he is extremely gratified" by the
response.
"All those who refuse to repent
after hearing the gospel will be
Judged" he told his audience last
night. "You, like many Ameri-
cans, have refused to repent.
God gives you the command
to repent. Get out of your
seats and come quietly and rev.
Ierently."
From his audience Of nearly
1000 last night. AIT answered the
call.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
French Africans
Declared Sold as
Slaves in Arabia

PARIS, June 8 (Pl.-Hun-
dreds Of Moslems from French
Central Africa are sold every
year in the slave markets of
Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Par
Humanitarian Emanuel la Gra-
Were charged yesterday.
\ The wealth created by the
sale Of Saudi Arabian oil has
helped create a big demand for
slaves, he said. He named Mecca,
Medina and Jidda as sites of
markets where men, women and
children are sold for prices
equivalent to $50 to $1,142.
! Mr.. la Graviere. a pastor Of
the French Reformed Calvin
ist) Church. is a member of the
assembly of the French Union,
one of the advisory houses Of
the French Parliament. He
spoke at q luncheon Of the
Anglo American Press Associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
Indonesiun President
To Visit Terror Area

JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 8
P, - President Soekarno today
scheduled a weekend visit to
terrorist hot spots in West Java
after attacks by Moslem fanat-
les in which two persons were
killed and 181 houses burned.
Indonesian troops killed one
and captured five of the terror
lists. They were members of the
Darul Islam movement which
seeks to establish a Moslem state
in Indonesia. Mr.. Soekarno's
plans to leave Saturday for the
area indicated officials believe
the situation is increasingly
serious.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

Whot's the most famous name in summer
sIoeks? This is so famous, we had 10 rs.
move the labels to sell them at this price!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10
UNIONS ALSO give

Unions work not only for collective
bargaining, higher wages, and better
working conditions. They work for
better communities for all members
all citizens.
Since 1941, Clio members have
contributed more than $500 million
in some 500 cities to the welfare of
the needy. The contributions were
made to all kinds of worthwhile prof.
ects. Some involved no more than
the purchase of a TV set needed in
a home for boys. Other contributions
to the community were made through
the Red Cross, Community Chest, and
similar organizations. Some projects
involved large scale financing of hos
pitfalls, mental health institutions,
children's homes, and the impressive
list keeps growing.
This is something to talk about.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10
FIXED ROYALTY-MEANS TO
FREEZE OUT INDEPENDENTS

The 1870 fixed royalty to which
the legislature has tried to limit the
State Land Board-unconsti
ally, according to the Attorney Gen
eral-and legally he and the Supreme
Court are the ones who rule on the
constitutionality of law, not any other
public official including the Cover
nor-this fixed royalty is definitely
method employed by the major oil
companies to provide for holding
Montana's oil in reserve, for squeez-
ing out the active Independent oil
man, thus eliminating competition as
far as leases, as well as marketing is
concerned.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10

only once under a permanent lease
law-for state school leases. The in
dependent oil man cannot match the
cash bid-he could compete on royal
ty bid for state or other lands. If he
"hits" oil-and can get market for
it-he can profit and so can the own
err of the land. The big international
companies, with vast amounts of
ready cash prefer to secure leases
for as low royalty as possible, and
hold the oil in reserve to be developed
in case their foreign sources are de-
MED them by war or political up
heaval in the foreign countries.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10
Washington Notebook

fusal to approve the Interior De-
partment request for SIS million for
Yellowtail in the 1955-56 budget.
| The Montanans recalled the Budget
Bureaus position that it would re-
view the case if two objections were
resolved. These objections, pointed
out the congressman, have been met.
In the first place, they wrote, the
Federal Power Commission has now
reported that there is a market for
power at the proposed rate, which
would make the Yellowtail project
as planned by the Interior Depart
ment feasible.
Regarding the Budget Bureaus
second reservation, that the posi-
bilities of partnership development
of the dam should be "fully ex-
plored," the congressman wrote that
this had been done. Yet the Senate
Interior Committee "still has no spe-
cific firm offer before it (from pow
er companies) and the Department
of Interior has not endorsed any such
proposal as yet, and even if one had
been made, recommended by the
Budget Bureau and Interior Depart
ment, and was capable of being ex-
amined on its merits, it would re-
quire legislative action before Con-
gress could approve"
SAFEGUARDING WILDLIFE
A Great Falls Tribune editorial
pointing up the fact that the Secre-
tary of the Interior could, by the
stroke of pen, abolish the nations
wildlife refugees, was placed in the
Record by Rep. Lee
Metcalf, who introduced legislation
which would prevent such an eventu-
atty. Sen. Humphrey introduced
legislation. Rep. Metcalf
also testified before a House com
mittee in support of legislation which
would end diversion of duck stamp
from the primary purpose
Intended, which is acquisition of land
'or wildlife refugees.
Walter c. Nye, Billings, executive
secretary of the Dude Ranchers' As
added that organizations
Import to the list of groups backing
Ip legislation proposed by Senators
Iurray and Mansfield and Rep. Met
alf to authorize stamp commence
ating Charles M. Russell, Montana
owboy artist.
Montana visitors in Washington
ast week included State Rep. and
Irs. Martin Beck of McCone County
nd Dan Mooney of Butte.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10
Saws State SuDt. of Public Instruction
SayStat SuDt of Public Instruction
LEGISLATORS Violated Ouths of Office In
Giving Special Privileges To Oil Lobby

to
oahs of
Misoula treat and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10

Powerful opposition to the nomina,
ton of an Idaho man to be collector
of customs at Great Falls developed
in Washington last week.
Just before leaving for the Inter
national Labor Conference in Swift
erland, as part of the official U. S.
delegation appointed by the presi-
dent, Montana Senator James E.
Murray asked members of the Sen
ate Finance Committee to delay con-
sideration of the nomination until
his return the end of this month. The
Idaho man, William j. Nixon, was
backed by Idaho senators. Montana
Republicans, through Rep. Orvin
Flare, had unsuccessfully SUPPORTED
Edgar Price of Butte.
Finance Committee Chairman Har-
ry Byrd okayed the Montana senator's
request. Sen. Alben Barley wrote
Sen. Murray that cit was entirely
acceptable" to him to postpone the
matter. Other senators responded
similarly, and also said they certainly
would consider Sen. Murray's sug-
gestion that public hearings on the
nomination may be advisable.
Sen. Walter George, dean of the
Senate and former chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, went even
further, stating that if you and Sen.
Mansfield object to Mr.. Nixon's nomi-
nation | certainly shall not vote for
his confirmation.
Sen. George was referring to the
strong joint letter of opposition sent
to the committee by the two Mon
tana senators, in which they pointed
out that almost all the work and prob
lens connected with the job had to
do with Montana rather than Idaho,
and that the job additionally has
gone to Montanan. Rep. Lee Met
calf also sent similar letter of oppo-
sition, which put the Montana delega-
ion four-square against the Nixon
nomination.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10

state lands to meet the immediate
problem of educating 5000 more
children-the next ten years. If al
possible production of oil on State
lands under the most favorable terms
to the State were made-it would still
meet roughly less than $50 of the
cost of education in Montana. Other
sources of income must be found.
his final point In my presenta-
ton to you is one which has not
been discussed, as far as | know
by anyone, publicly, in this part
of the country. That is the subject
of the effect of Importation of
foreign oil on the economy and
security of this State and Nation.
This is a situation which has be-
come-and is becoming-quite criti-
cal. While I believe in a policy of
free trade insofar as possible, con-
cur with economists who believe this
foreign oil should supplement, not
supplant domestic production. In
1916, according to the National Pc
troleum Council, import oil totalled
approximately 100000 barrels per
day-by 1855 this had reached L.
100000 barrels per day. While this
seems minor compared to the mil
ion domestically produced, the rate
IF increase is ominous. 1t has tripled
n less than 10 years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-06-10

resentatives or Senators. In either
case, the people are the victims.
AS you people know, Montanans
are to be engaged in the next two
weeks in series of Regional confer
ences on education. The success of
these conference.-the be followed by
a State conference in Helena in
October-depends on the degree to
which lay people-that is other than
professional educators participate
in these meetings. I have been dis
turbed-as have other members of
the Pilot committeeman the con-
fusing situation as far as oil on school
lands is concerned-may cause the
people who attend these meetings to
give slight attention to the main
topics of discussion and allow the
conferences to degenerate into I'M
informed debates on the coil Issue"
Some facts on the Importance of oil
to school finance should be kept in
mind.