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Evening star., 1955-07-23
THE POLITICAL MILL
Dixon-Yotes Probe Called Politics
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Senate investigating COM
mittees don't change their
spots-much. More than a
year ago the Senate Govern
ment Operations subcommit-
tee, headed by Senator Joe
Mccarthy, Wisconsin Repub-
licap, was tearing into Secre-
tary Robert T. Stevens of the
Army Department and other
officials of that department.
AS an outgrowth. largely. of
the McCarthy-Army hearings,
the Wisconsin Senator later
was censured by the Senate
itself.
Today, q subcommittee Of
the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee Is tearing into officials of
the Budget Bureau. the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
mission, the Atomic Energy
Commission and Sherman Ad-
ans, assistant to the President.
This investigating committee
is headed, not by Senator Nc
Carthy but by Senator Estes
Kefauver Of Tennessee. The
Tennessee Senator at one time
headed the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee. He
seems bent on making this a
crime investigation, too, with
the Government officials either
criminals or dupes Of crimi-
mails. The object Of the search
is all the facts in the Dixon
Yates power plant contract.
entered into by the Atomic
Energy Commission at the or
der Of President Eisenhower.
Contract Cancelled
The President recently can
celed the contract-not be-
cause it was crooked, but be-
cause the city of Memphis
agreed to build its own power
plant. as the President had
originally urged. and the
Dixon-Yates plant was not
needed to supply power to
Memphis to replace TVA
power needed by the Acc.
Up to date, nothing criminal
about the contract has been
unearthed, although Senator
Kefauver and other Demo-
cratic Senators have shouted
1t reeks with favoritism and
corruption. It has been widely
reported that this investiga-
tory expedition has a foremost
reason-politics. It's an effort
to smear the Eisenhower ad-
ministration, with votes in
mind. Senator Kefauver and
other members of his commit
tee would be the first to deny
they were conducting a Nc
Carthy-like hearing. But their
questions and innuendoes have
a reminiscent sound. A sug-
gestion that the "credibility"
OF the chairman of the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
mission should be established
credibility as a witness before
the Senate investigating COM
mittee-is a sample. Also, the
commen, to another witness,
Evening star., 1955-07-23

The evening primrose is a
nice plant.
The way the blossom sud
denly pops open Is worth
seeing.
On cloudy days the flower
tends to stay all day.
Usually it fades by mid
morning. but the next morn
ing there they all are again.
Blossoms that last but a day
are great favorites everywhere.
One of the best of these is
the old single althea.
This one makes a good
hedge, If kept pruned.
The flowers are mostly white,
with red blush center.
There are double altheas,
but not often do they strike
the same. chord in the heart
as the single flowers.
That Japanese beetles love
the white ones is nothing
against a magnificent marsh
mallow sort of bloom.
There are lavender ones,
good to have around, but not
as nostalgia as the whites.
X 4 4 Il
Somehow the althea flower
ties many of us to childhood
days.
Perhaps it was because when
one was six, that there was
an althea bush by a sandpile
where one played.
The child looked up, deep
into the red center, and forgot
it, but something in him kept
the memory.
Surely this is one of the
true wonders of life.
Many greater feats of mem
ory may come, but few so
pleasant. More expensive
flowers, but none more heart
warming.
Here is an easy lesson in
values. 1t Is not cost, after
all, that makes a thing good;
1t is human value.
A great deal more could be
done, in this troublesome
world. if people everywhere
were determined to find the
human values Of all things.
The money value we often
know too well.
Sometimes we grasp the
military value without half
trying. There are many
values, some of them neces-
sary, but behind each one
lies a human value. 1t is
this worth that we must try
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Impact Unknown

Commlttee hearings and floor debate
in both Senate and House reflected wide
differences of opinion about the impact
on the national economy of increasing the
Federal minimum wage rate. Testimony
ranged from support for a $1.25-an-hour
rate to claims that the whole Fair Labor
Standards Act long since has served its
purpose and should be repealed. BY votes
that crossed party lines, both branches
OF the Congress have now approved an
increase from the present 75-cent rate
to one of 81 an hour. Tentative estimates
OF the Department Of Labor-which has
favored 90-cent rate-indicate that the
approved increase will spread $500 million
added annual income among 81 million
workers
Broadly speaking, covered employ
ment In the South and Northeast will be
most drastically affected by the increased
minimum, with the Middle West and Far
West being relatively unaffected. A third
OF the workers benef1ting, about 100000,
are employed in manufacturing industries
OF the South, and Labor Department wit
nesses cautioned the congressional COM
mittees against setting a minimum be-
yond the ability Of particular industries
in low-wage regions to absorb the in
creased cost.
Actually, as the debate indicated.
there are no sure standards for measuring
the impact of the new wage floor. Even
past effects Of lower rates are difficult
to evaluate, a point that was made in
the following comment by the House
Labor Committee: world War II broke
out shortly after the law was first enacted.
so that the impact of the minimum wage
-. was lost in the war and postwar
imitation. When the 75-cent minimum
went into effect in 1850, 1t was shortly
followed by the Korean war, so that the
go. effects Of the minimum wage could
not be traced on account of the much
greater economic changes caused by the
war"
With these reservations expressed,
however, there is still ground for conf
dence that the overall vitality of the
national economy is such that this
Snoring up" Of the low-wage structure
will do more long-term good than harm.
Evening star., 1955-07-23

that no reasonable man would
believe his testimony Is o case
in point. There seems to be no
way Of learning the truth
this for q Senate committee
without rejecting on the char
acter of men, some Of whom
have been Confirmed" in
their appointments by the
Senate itself. The Mccarthy
Army hearing kept Mr.. Ste
vens. then Secretary Of the
Army, on the stand for almost
all of IL days. during which
the Secretary was dashed with
questions. seeking to show he
was guilty Of safeguarding
Communists. or at least not
cooperating to get rid of
them In the Army. Mr.. Stevens
has just left his office as Sec
retary, because of his desire
to care for personal matters,
after having rendered two and
a half years service to his
country. He has been honored
by the armed services them
selves and praised by the Pres
ident.
Praised by Congress.
He has been praised by many
members Of Congress, by high
officers Of the Army, and has
received many letters from
persons in private life. Many
Of them commented on his
stand against Senator Nc
Carthy. when the latter had
reviled Gen. Ralph w. zwicker,
a witness before his committee,
and declared the general was
unworthy OF wearing the uni
form. His stand, they said,
contributed to the uplift OF the
morale throughout the Army.
Mr.. Stevens record, as Secre-
tary OF the Army, and his
accomplishments toward the
betterment of the service and
his aid in reshaping the Ma
tion'S military forces to con-
form to modern conditions,
came in for high praise.
The investigation into the
Dixon-Yates contract, a con-
tract which was designed to
halt the further expenditure
of Federal funds to build addi-
tional steam plants for the
Tennessee Valley Authority as
well as to provide additional
power for the assistance of the
Atomic Energy Commission,
will continue. The Democrats
from that section of the coun-
try were greatly disappointed
they could not get another
steam plant. paid for by the
people of all the rest of the
States through taxation. The
people of Memphis and in the
Tennessee Valley have been
getting cheap electricity be-
cause it is financed by the
Federal Government. The sup
porters Of Federal ownership
and development and sale of
power have also taken a de-
feat in this affair. They, too,
show their resentment in this
investigation.
Evening star., 1955-07-23

council has been handicapped in meeting
its responsibilities because of lack of
staff assistance. Furthermore, the NCPC
needs experts to assist it in revising the
outmoded zpning regulations for WASH
ington and in assuming its share of the
task OF preparing 10-year antislum and
redevelopment program. The amount
needed to provide the staff is only 1000.
1t would be poor economy to deprive the
planners Of this aid.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
mail by writing
Washington
3
BY THE HASKIN SER

Q. What are antibiotics used
for besides medicine?-J. 3. A.
A. Livestock and poultry
growers use them to fortify
feed rations. Antibiotics pro-
mote faster growth and pro-
duce larger and healthier ami
mails. They have also found
application in the preservation
of biological materials, such as
virus vaccines.
@. Is a diesel locomotive OPP
Grated by electricity?-H J. G.
A. The standard Diesel To-
connective actually is q Diesel
electric. The Diesel drives an
electric generator, the gen.
orator drives electric motors.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
If Men Are to Breathe Easy

The Geneva summit" conference
has reached closing time in an atmos-
phere of high drama and great challenge.
This is so largely because of President
Eisenhower's stirring appeal to the men
OF the Kremlin to start tearing down the
Iron Curtain and agree to plan under
which the United States and the Soviet
Union would exchange complete blue
prints Of their military establishments
and submit themselves to unlimited
aerial inspection by each others planes.
In the past the Russians have either
totally rejected or SHE'D away from all
such suggestions But they can hardly do
so now. For they must pay at least some
lip service to the principle involved If
they expect the world to believe that they
really mean what they say about wanting
to ease international tension and pro-
mote good peace Accordingly, to that
extent, the Presidents proposal may be
viewed as nlaSterful maneuver that has
put them in position where they cannot
be wholly negative without seeming to
display-once again-a. /. congenital in
capacity to translate their fair words
into concrete deeds of equal fairness
Yet it would be mistake for any
body to suppose that Mr. Eisenhower has
made his dramatic and challenging ap-
peal merely for the sake of propaganda.
Actually, as he has Solemnly declared at
Geneva, he has submitted the proposal
in an effort (1) to convince everyone
OF the great sincerity of the United
States" in seeking to end the cold war
and (2) to take "a practical STEP" right
now, to establish between our own coun-
try and the USSR strictly reciprocal
system of reconnaisSance-a kind of two
way policing system that would give both
us and the Russians very large meas
ure of mutual protection against the
possibility Of great surprise attack, thus
leSsening danger and relaxing tension"
IN the fear-ridden atomic-hydrogen age.
Moreover, although he has not
spelled it out in detail, the President has
made clear that his propoSal-which
presumably would have to include over
seas bases, and hence the cooperation
OF numerous other lands-"would be but
a beginning" That is to say, it would
be foundation on which to build an
elaborate and truly strong setup of COL
lective security on global scale. At
very least, as he has explained it, it
would not only enhance the safety of the
United States and the Soviet Union. but
also serve to make more easily attain
able comprehensive and effective sys-
tenn Of inspection and disarmament"
without which there can be no genuinely
solid or trustworthy peace.
At first glance, the Presidents pro-
posal may seem to some to be too vision
ary and radical for acceptance. But 1t
Is IN line with the realities of our times
an era in which another all-out war.
with A-weapons and the H-bomb, could
literally obliterate the world. That Is
why Mr.. Eisenhower's appeal to the
Russians-an appeal consistent with
what our country has periodically es-
poused since 1946-is at once a stroke
OF alert craftsmanship and down-to-
earth recognition of what must be done
II mankind is ever to be able to breathe
easy again, or go to bed at night without
having reason to feel sense of terror
over what the morrow may bring.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
Qualified Endorsement

I support and fully indorse
the complimentary remarks
made by Tom Coll. relative to
the yeoman service performed
by Washington policemen dur
ing the transit strike, but I
strongly resent the statement
made by Mr.. Coll in his letter
that Congress is handing out
easy money to Government
workers and others down the
line"
People closely associated with
Government employees and
many other types of white
collar employment know full
we'll that these people have
been greatly underpaid. When
Congress approved a 7la per
cent pay increase bill for Fed
eral employees, it stated en-
phatically that this was a
compromise. and that a greater
amount was justified, but due
to the strong opposition OF the
administration and fearful of
a veto, the compromise of 7la
per cent was reluctantly agreed
to.
I would be greatly interested
in knowing the reasoning that
prompted Mr.. Coll to make the
statement, relative to Congress
handing out easy money to
Government workers.
We are happy to support
legislation to increase the
salaries of policemen and fire.
men and schoolteachers of the
District of Columbia, and have
urged Congress to approve this
type of legislation, and to ap-
prove legislation granting the
policemen pay for their extra
hours they have been called
upon to work.
Thomas G. Walters,
Operations Director. Govern
ment Employees Council,
American Federation Of
Labor.
Evening star., 1955-07-23

@. Does every draft board
have the right to decide the
class into which each regis
trant is placed?-A, M. Y.
A. 1t is the responsibility Of
the local draft board to de-
termine. subject to appeal. the
class into which each regis
trant shall be placed. Each
case is determined on its in
dividual merits.
Evening star., 1955-07-23

and electric motors drive the
wheels. In other words. a
Diesel locomotive is a self
contained electric locomotive
which carries its own power
plant.
Evening star., 1955-07-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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LEONARD A. BLOCK.
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93. MARY z. HARNR,
DEG. w, 14.16.17 Trustees.
TH0s, J. OWEN Q son. AaesIeneeFs
III 3 81. NV

Trustees' Sale Of Valuable TWO
Story DWELLING KNOWN AZ
PREMISES NUMBER eOs. FOUR
TY-FOURTH STREET NE.
By virtue Of q certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, in ldher No. $3.50,
Foiio 42g ct seq, Of the land
records Of the District Of Columbia
ana e the request Of the party
trustees viii sell. at public auction
In front of the premises. On THURS.
DAY THE TWENTY SECOND DAY
or DECEMBER, AID. 1855. Al
TWO O'CLOCK PM. the following.
described land and premises. ST.
uAte in the District Of Columbia,
and designated as and being Lot
numbered Five 80 In Square mum
eered fifty-one Hundred and TWEEN
ty-six feI26l In Samuel Cohen and
Samuel ". 0nsaek. Trusteey subdi-
vision now known Is North Hill
brook" as per plat recorded In the
Once Of the Surveyor for the Dis
triet Of Columbia In Liber County
"a at folio 81; subject 70 the cove
nant that said land shall not be
sold or convened 10 any person OF
negro blood or Negro descent.
Terms: Sold subject to brIor
tbuilding association deed Of trust
for approximately $4,000 further
particulars Of which will be an-
nounced at time Of sale: the pur-
chase price above said trust TO be
paid In cash. A deposit OF $500 90
required. Conveyancins, recording.
etc.. 1T purehaser's cost. Adjust
nlents made As Of date Of sale.
Terms to be complied with within
thirty days. otherwise deposit for
fetted and the property may be
advertised and resoid ct the disere.
B. RIDDEN COWARD,
MARIAN z. b. KELLY.
de12.I4,16.1e.2I Trustees.
ADAM A.. WEsCHLER SON
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any debts contracted BY anyone
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pRILLMAN, 1881 coreoran st. nv.
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OFFICIAL NOTICES

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
BOARD. Wash, %. C.. Dec. IA,
the following persons have applied
for licenses under the d. c. A.
B, @, Act. that refnonstrants are
entitled to be heard before the
granting OF such licenses. and that
hearings will be had upon such
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T;Ss.;s: s a; e OF yi GssS rg a.
l1sIaS now Known FoR Pu f
POSES OF ASSESSMENT AND
TAxALIoN As PARCEL TITO
FEET. LOCATED ON THE EAST
. SIDE OF MINNESOTA AVENUE.
SS2UTH or SHERIFF ROAD.
BY virtue q . certain deed Of trus.
duly recorded. in Liber No. 10l27.
ords Of the District Of Coiumbia, and
At the request Of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees
wiz sell. ct public auction, In front
BAY the THE RTsmis Tw;rS " w nToHTE
Al THEE O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described land and premises,
situate In the District OF Columbia,
and desienated rs and being Part Of
. tract Of land known for assess
msnt snd taxation purposes as Par.
"a, so1 west see 90 S'H feet sI from II Tie
point Of intersection Of the South
erly line Of Sheriff Road and the
Easterly line Of Minnesota Avenue
as widened by District Court Cause
No. 1888 and shown on plat re-
corded ~ Book 127. page ~ Of the
ny sSsne. o so R Ss ~ East Fa.
1908 feet to the westerly line OF
Q curved 90 foot wide right OF way
Of the East Washington Railway
Company, previously known a.
Gouthern Maryland Railroad:
thence on the are 81 . circle bear
ing TO the left and having . radius
q 60S.7s feet an ere distance q
s W.s sse sasni ie.t FG so ne s ras
erly line Of Minnesota Avenue Is
IL iy 80" East 1885 feet 70
the point Of beginning. An Of which
u ehoEn on plat Of Survey re-
corded In Surveyors once IN Book
l0B. page so. said land Is now
fncwn for purposes Of assessment t
s snS 70 ss contain q Es. sssra l1f s.t
deposit cf 100000 viii be required
either IN cash or certified check
on q local bank or trust company
made and endorsed payable to the
undersigned trustee at time. Of
sale. All conveyancing, recording:
rs urchss.I s'aTT Terms Ell .s q cGss g
Complied with within 80 days from
day Of sale, otherwise the trustees
property at the risk and cost OF
defaultfng purchaser. after flye
days advertisement Of such resale
In some. newspaper published In
Washington, D c.. or deposit may
be forfeited. or without FORGETTING
the deposit the trustee may Il, ay a,
s:f {: s..ns ,s Leg. a. 81 iss't 1as
A1EsIcAN SECURITY AND TRUST
~: JOIN n. NIALE, We. R.e.l,
SAVAGE. Assistant Secretary.
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BERNAED z. GARyIY ana

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District Of Columbia, Hold
ing Probate Court.-No. $4,000.
Administrator This Is to Give
Notice: That the subscribers. OF the
District Of Columbia and the state
Of Meryland. respectively have OBJ.
tanned from the Probate Court Of
the District Of Columbia, Letters
Testamentary on the estate Of Ed
ward A. Garvey. also known rs Z.
A. Carney. late Of the District OF
Columbia. deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the deceased are
hereby warned TO exhibit the same.
with the vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated. to the subscribers, on
or before. the 9Th day Of June, AID.
1856: otherwise they may By law
be excluded from all benefit Of said
estate. Given under our hands this
9th day Of December, 1855. BER-
NARD z. qARyEy. 1910 Vermont
JACOB N. "HALPER. 1911 K 81
NV. Washington, D. c. tgeail At
test: THEODORE CO0SWEIL. Reg
lister Of Wills for the. District of
Columbia CLERK Of Probate Court.
DEC, 1923,