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Evening star., 1955-05-29
Do Our BikeMokers Need
Tariff or Better Bikes? I

In 1948, the tariff was
halved again. At the same
time the British devalued the
pound. The bicycle makers
here say that the devaluation
gave the effect of another 80
per cent cut in the selling
price of imported bicycles.
The importers began a pro-
motion campaign. John Auer-
bach, executive secretary OF
the Bicycle Institute, an asso-
citation of bike manufacturers,
said the importers advertised
such things as "a $685. value
for $685." Lightweight BIZ
cycle sales began to rise.
'BoIIoon Tyres
American producers. mean
time, stuck principally to the
balloon-tired model. described
recently by a British writer as
"a heavy, clumsy balloon
tyred affair. gaily coloured
and replete with gadgets, and
sold mainly to children"
The Austrians and the Ger
mans also began to make and
export the heavier model. The
domestic firms say this cut
further into their sales.
Last year, in a move to meet
the competition, the American
industry developed a middle
weight bike-aS its name i'm
plies, about halfway between
the English bike and the bal
loon-tired model. They sold
about 10000 of them. But now.
MIR. Auerbach said, the Ger.
mans and Austrians are put
ting out that model. too.
The Americans say that un-
like much of American indus
try. the bicycle manufacturing
business here is not the giant
of the world, In foreign coun-
tries. where bicycles are a ma
jor means of transportation,
the factories have been kept
up to date with mass produc-
ton methods. Most makers
here still don't use the assem-
bly, line.
Big Questions
The President says he wants
to know:
. The extent to which the
change in demand has been
caused by price as opposed to
appeal of the lightweight BIZ
cycle.
. Why domestic manufac-
turers have continued to put
out mostly the balloon-tired
model in the face Of demand
for lightweights.
. How the new middleweight
bike might affect the future.
. Why the lightweight bike
has become SO popular.
The importers, who gain
from the popularity of the
English bike, say they don't
know the answer to the last
question.
One factor might be, they
add, that a lot of American
soldiers became familiar with
lightweight bikes during the
war. They say also that many
tourists are bringing light
weights home with them.
"And if you get one light
weight bicycle in neignbor-
hood, everybody wants one." a
spokesman for the importers
said. Its like arfS other fad"
The American manufactur-
ers, however. stick to their
view that price is the major
reason, and say they can't
meet the competition unless
tariffs are raised.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
BY JACK JONAS

The American bicycle max
ers' 60-day bike race with the
White House turns on this
point:
Why has the lightweight
English bicycle so suddenly
become popular here, and why
can't American makes of the
same type compete with the
imports?
The prize at stake is the
American market, a shaky
thing at best but a prize
sought with vigor and high
priced legal talent by both the
importers and the domestic
firms.
President Eisenhower gave
the Tariff Commission, which
after a nine-months study
recommended higher tariffs.
go more days to find answers
to the questions of popularity
and competition. The dead
line is July ID.
This year, for the first time
since the bicycle was invented
in 1877 (Moscow says it was
invented in 1903 by a Russian
named Artamanov in the Ural
Mountains) sales of imports
are outstripping those of
American make.
Import Boom
During the first three
months of 1855, foreign makers
were selling So per cent of all
bicycles sold here. Last year
it was 80 per cent and five
years ago, 3 per cent.
The bicycle makers of this
country say they are all for CO.
existence with Our foreign
friends. But, they say, the in
ternational bicycle trade has
become a one-way affair, with
the Germans, English, Aus
trians and French maintaining
high tariffs while they capture
the low-tariff American mar
ket.
To keep them from going
out of business, the domestic
firms say, the tariff should be
upped to 80 per cent so they
can meet the competition of
low wages abroad. They add
that the lower price of the i'm
ports is responsible for their
phenomenal sale.
The importers say price has
nothing to do with it, and that
the American manufacturers
could produce a lightweight
English-type bike that would
be just as cheap as the imports
if they would modernize and
streamline their factories. At
any rate, they say, the English
bike is only about so cents
cheaper than the American
balloon tired variety.
Who Wos First?
The importers claim they
created the market here, and
are entitled to it. The Ameri-
can manufacturers scott back
that they were making the
English-type bike long before
any were imported.
From there on, a haze set
ties over the track. with con-
hicting statistics and opinions
that gave even the White
House pause.
In 1890, under the Smoot-
Hawley Act, the tariff on BIZ
cycles was 80 per cent. In 1889
it was cut to Is per cent. The
effect of that reduction was
difficult to determine because
the war interviewed and most
bicycle makers turned to other
products.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Building Gives Chicago
Needed Shot in the Arm

tower, however, will make the
Prudential actually the high
est thing in Chicago.
PIushy Offices
The building was erected
with one eye on the future and
the other on the almighty dol
lar. In Chicago as elsewhere,
of course, the two items are
closely linked. The Prudential
headquarters will be as plushy
as possible-because amenities
are the coming thing in Office
space. And it pegged the rents
high ($6,25 to 81 a square foot.
compared with $3.50 to $3.50
for nonair- conditioned space
elsewhere). The thinking on
the rental scale was that there
is plenty of cheap space in the
Loop. not enough really first
class Office room.
One feature that will make
the Prudential Building a
perpetual conversation piece
will be its observation tower
and lounge, from which it will
be possible on a clear day to
see across Lake Michigan. In
obvious mimicry of San Fran
cisco's famed Top O. the
Mark" this lofty perch will
be called Top O. the Rock"
This will be a built-in adver-
tising plug, since Prudential's
symbol is the Rock of Gil
braltar.
One of the most remarkable
things about the new build
ing lis that it is literally a
castle in the air." It's first
door area is reported to be 80
acres. Yet its foundations
cover only about an acre of
ground. 1t is built up, over
a maze of railroad tracks, on
$50 caissons sunk to bed rock
in as many tiny lots" of land.
This is not a new idea, this
scheme of buying "air rights"
but it seems to be carried to
an extreme in the Pruden-
tails case.
Special Street
So big is the new structure
that it has its own street
Stetson aven ue- running
ramp-like up one side of the
building fiom the intersection
of Michigan boulevard and
Randolph street. One of the
Prudential's architects - who
thinks of the building as a
living thing-says, This is just
another evidence of its con-
siderateness. The building
tries not to step on the toes
of its neighbors."
In undertaking a gigantic
project like this, there is al
ways the element of risk. And
an insurance company is as
entitled as any one else to
guess wrong. Does it look as
though the Prudential has
made a wise investment in
placing a huge building near
Point Zero of a potential H
bomb target?
Other people seem to think
so. Rental agents are having
no trouble filling the Pru-
dential's office space. And
another large insurance COM
pany - the America Fore
GROUPS following Pruden-
tails lead. America Fore an
nounced recently that it will
build a skyscraper of its own
in the same general neighbor-
hood.
City planners, in Chicago
and elsewhere, are wonder
ing cautiously whether the
turn-around point has been
reached; whether the flight
of business to the suburbs is
about to stop, and a new
and better - urbaniZation
about to begin.
Evening star., 1955-05-29
BY JOHN F. SEMBOWER

BY JOHN F. SEMBOWER
CHICAGO. - Things are
looking up in Chicago-'way
up.
Near the shore of Lake
Michigan, near the craggy
complex of Tribune Tower.
Wrigley Building and Shera-
ton Hotel that gives the Windy
City its famous skyline, new
skyscraper is nearing compile
ton. 1t is the 601-foot, Al
story Prudential Building,
whose rapid climb to the
clouds has made it a symbol
of hope for downtown Chi
cago.
Until the big and cautious
Prudential Insurance Co.
started building its new home
Office just off Michigan ave-
rue, there hadn't been a first
class skyscraper built in this
Midwest metropolis since the
early depression days. Many
people were seriously worried
about Chicago, fearing that it
was dying on the vine.
New Hope
Then Prudential moved in.
and the Windy City took new
hope. And while the building
is not inside Chicago's mori-
bund Loop" proper, its pres
ence nearby is proving a shot
in the arm to Loop business
men. State street merchants,
eying with concern the flight
of purchasing power to the
suburbs in the past decade,
now see a new lease on life
downtown ahead of them.
The Prudential Building,
quite aside from its effect on
mid-Chicago's outlook, is a
story in itself. A POLITICALLY
minded Chicagoan has sug-
gested that its shape-a tall,
fiat eXpanse with a shorter
excrescence at one side-makes
it look like a great, white
palm, raised in a gesture of
reassuring benediction.
Be that as it may, it's an
unusual building, constructed
with speed, safety. good taste
and charming modeSty.
Speed: Construction on the
Prudential Building began in
September 1858, and the huge
pile will be virtually completed
by this coming September
only two years after the start
of work and about six months
ahead of the original target
date
Safety: Hundreds of men
have taken part in the con-
struction job-aS many as 700
were working on it at one time.
The most hazardous work was
done by 159 structural steel
workers, pounding in 100000
rivets at dizzy heights above
the windy lake front. Yet to
date not one man has been
killed-an enviable record for
any m ajor construction job
and a happy omen for a safety
conscious insurance company.
Good taste: The building
reflects the advanced, but not
extreme, styling ideas of the
Chicago school" of architects.
It's limestone faces were carved
from the same Indiana quar-
ries that produced so much
stone for Washington's Fed
eral Triangle.
MOdeSty: If Prudential had
wanted to be piggish about it,
the building could easily have
been the tallest in Chicago.
But its roof was placed 600.89
feet above the mean level of
Lake Michigan, leaving the
statue of Ceres atop the Board
of Trade Building (6l2 feet
up) as the city's No. / emil
nence. A 304-foot television
Evening star., 1955-05-29

The votes of nearby Mary
land and Virginia area legis-
lators on major roll calls in
Congress during the last week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14
Engagements Announced
...na1hraeh rhosa

Carolina state College last
June.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mrs. George Mandates an
ncunces the engagement 81 her
daughter Alice TO Mr.. John
James Tiches, son Of Mr.. and
mrs. Charles Tiches Of airing
ron. No wedding date has been
Set.
Miss Mandates II employed
BY the Navy Department and
Is attending George Washing
ton University. Mr.. Tiches u
also attending George wash
ington University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14

ms. JACK W. REDDICoKD
The tIsrmer Mis- Patricia
Arm Squires.
Miss Patricia Ann Squires.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gardner squires Of
Chevy Chase. was married
September il to Mr.. Jack wiz
liam Peddicord. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer !. Peddicord
Of Baltimore.
The Rev. William r. Bruen-
ing performed the ceremony
IN Christ Lutheran Church. a
reception was held following
the ceremony at Kenwood
Country Club.
After : wedding trip to New
York City the couple nov
make their home iii silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14

Of Technology in Pittsburgh.
a summer Wedding q planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

MI. ana MIS-. EDWARD j..
Mahoney Of Takoma Park an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Carol Ann to
Mr.. Richard Francis Hrissette.
son 81 Mr.. and Mrs. Camille
+. Brissette OF Washington.
formerly Of Edmonton. Alberta.
Canada.
Miss Mahoney Is . graduate
Of the Academy Of the Holy
Names and attended Tinmacl-
lata Junior College. She is
now employed 81 Johns Hop
kins University. Mr.. Brissette
Is i graduate Of st. Johns
College High School and now
attends the Carnegie Institute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14

Of Technology In Pittsburgh.
A summer wedding Is planned.
McMAHAN-RAMsAY
Col. and Mrs. Thomas =.
McMahan Of Kelly Air Force
Base, Tex, announce the en-
eagennent Of their daughter
Ellen Calhoun or to Mr.. Aston
Ramsay, III, son Of Capt.
Ramsay. UsN, and Mrs. Rain-
say Of Salisbury. N. G.
Miss McMahan was gradu-
ated from Randolph Macon
Woman,s College. Mr.. RAM
say attended the Porter Mill
tary Academy In Charleston,
s. G., and received his BIS.
degree in textiles from North
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-14

Like all Sold Stripe stockings,
Mysterle is d Jelleff exclusive,
Complete style, size, shade
ossortments olwoys at + Street
and at all JslIeff bronch
stores!
Evening star., 1955-07-25
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There's plenty Of the wide spacious asIes of this modern
store designed with your shopping convenience in mind
Check stands Of the latest development time saving and
raey Of fast and service And you'll
always find ample parking space the gigantic parking lot in
front Of the store.
Evening star., 1955-07-25

homemukers Of
BaIsys Crossroads
Bancroft Terrace
Beverly Hills
Brad-Lee
Braddock-Lee
Brsddock Heights
BrookvilIe
Burgundy Village
Cameron
Cameron Valley
Chapel Hill
Chinquspin Village
Clarenont
CuInnore
Delta
Dowden Terrace
Duke Gardens
Fairland
Franconia
Fair Haven
George Washington Park
Huntington
indian Spring Village
Jefferson Manor
Kenwood
Lake Bancroft
Lncolnia
N North darlington
III Oakcrest
M ParkIawn
~ Parkfarfax
RosehilI Farms
81 Shirley Duke
South darlington
Springfield
Strawberry Hills
Sunset Manor
Wakefield
Wsyanoks
Evening star., 1955-07-30
REAL T Y
REVUE

Metropolitan Washington had
the highest dollar volume in
future construction contract
awards during the first six
months this year of any like
period in history, according to
the F. w. Dodge Corp. construc-
ton news and marketing spe-
cialists.
The six-month total was $685.
623, 900. which was 72 per cent
over the first six months of 1854,
according to the firm.
Record awards for June of
I$74. .534, 900 were 152 per cent
over the corresponding month of
1854.
Construction contract awards
for residential work during the
first six months Of 1855 amounted
to $l53.647,000. During June,
residential contract awards
amounted to $50, $3.50. 900.
A*A
J. II. Carmichael, president Of
Capital Airlines, viii discuss the
Burke Airport question at dinner
meeting Of the Northern Vir-
lginia Builders Association which
gets under way at $3.50 pm.
Tuesday in the Washington Golf
and Country Club.
/ X u
| Stephen Zarpas has Joined the
staff of Sidney 2. Mensh to
/ handle commercial properties,
| the firm has announced. A ma
tive of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Zarpas
has been in Washington since
1885.
I X y 4 y
! An organization named the
| Associated Subcontractors and
Suppliers has recently been
formed in Washington, Sylvan
B. Aronson, executive director.
announced today.
| Aim of the group is to gain
certain legislative changes de-
sired by subcontractors and sup
pliers, Mr.. Aronson said. It's
membership numbers some $50
firms in the District and Mont
Evening star., 1955-07-30


to builders through commercial
banks this fall will have an ad-
verse effect on the whole coun-
try's construction industry"
This warning was issued today
by James w. Pearson, executive
vice president of the Home Build
Iers' Association of Metropolitan
Washington.
Home builders can't build
without short-term commercial
bank credit" he said. "If the
Nations builders 1856 plans are
pared down this fall by lack of
credit. there will inevitably be
Evening star., 1955-07-30
gomery and Prince Georges
|coijntieS. he added

gomery and Prince Georges
counties. he added.
President of the new organi-
zation is G. Leonard Daymude: }:
vice president is John D. Poole.
The board of directors includes:
r. r. Richards, James o. Hen
nessey, Harvey w. Hotel, A.
Myron Cowell, Magnus LARSON,
Francis B. Harding, John G.
Fitzgerald and Roberts E. 'Lati-
mer.
X 4 n X
Stanton Kolb and William B.
Dortch, District representatives
of the National Institute of Real
Estate Brokers, have announced
publication of a 1954-5 Mem
bership Roster Supplement.
II \ y X
Recent action by the New
York area Federal Reserve Bank
aimed at restricting the loan
warehousing facilities available
Evening star., 1955-07-30
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fewer people employed in the
construction industry next
spring"
\ X y n
Frederick w. Berens, Jr. &
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Wisconsin avenue NV. Princi-
pals of the firm, which operates
in the District and nearby Mary
land, are William E. Ryan and
Frederick w. Berens, Jr.
Evening star., 1955-07-30

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Evening star., 1955-07-30

Sketches by zans Auerbach, Star stan Artist.
Evening star., 1955-11-10

cinated against salmonella pull
lorum, or chicken typhoid.
That was chosen because it Is
q disease against which the
human body does not build anti
bodies. But at the end Of the
four-day test antibodies against
salmonella pullorum were found
in DR.. Petersen's blood stream.
After that, similar findings
were culled from experiments
performed by DR.. Campbell and
q score Of other persons. includ-
ing graduate students. The tests
showed also that animals-rab-
bits. pigs. sheep and cats among
them-could acquire disease Inn
through drinking the
protective milk.
The report. published this
month in the Journal Lancet, a
magazine. said vaccina-
ton of q single COW can provide
immunization against as many
as eight diseases and that any
kind Of COW may be used.
Milk used for home cooking
viii not provide protection, but
that pasteurized or dried under
carefully controlled conditions
viii. Injections neither harm
the COW nor detract from the
milk's nutritive qualities.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
By WILFRED FLEIsHER
North American Newspaper Alliance

STOCKHOLM, Nov. TO-
Burma has made a deal with
Yugoslavia to exchange Yugo-
slav ornaments for Burmese rice,
u Nu. Burma Premier. has re-
vealed.
The Premier also revealed that
his minister Of supplies had gone
to Moscow to make a barter
agreement with the Russians.
The Asian leader explained
that his country has a large rice
surplus, some Of which has been
sold to Japan, China and Ceylon.
Since Marshal gEIto's visit 70
Burma earlier this year. U Nu
said, the two countries had de-
veloped a common outlook on
foreign affairs and had agreed to
exchange 10000 tons Of Burmese
rice for Yugoslay arms.
For Defense Only
U Nu hastened to assure a re-
porter that the arms would not
be used for aggression but solely
for defense"
He refused to disclose the
quantity of arms Marshal Tito
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Milk of Voccinoted Cows
Seen Disease Weapon

tain that such milk could be
used to immunize humans
against, such diseases as strep-
tococcal infections, measles,
smallpox. tuberculosis and diph-
liberia. But they cautioned that
much work remains to be done
before the protective milk be-
comes generally available.
DR.. Petersen and DR.. Camp
bell also said at a press confer
ence they believed protective
milk would be effective against
polio. the varied infections that
are forerunners Of rheumatic
fever and such diseases as hay
fever.
"A cows udder is the greatest
known producer Of antibodies. "
their report said. "A COW vac
cinated for disease viii produce
these antibodies."
The two scientists said that
research started 10 years ago
produced q key result only last
January Is. At that time DR..
Petersen. serving as a guinea
pig" drank Just over q quart Q
day of milk from q cow vac
Evening star., 1955-11-10

the agreement. He stressed that
he deals only with top policy,
leaving the details to his sub
|ordinates.
Eyes Swedish Aircraft
U M added that he had In
structed the supplies minister
to visit Helsinki after leaving
Moscow for talks with Finnish
leaders. Similar talks, he said,
could also be held In Stockholm
III he finds a favorable response
here.
It Is rumored here that U Nu
is interested in exchanging Bur-
mese rice for Swedish aircraft.
The Premier said the Com
munists are no longer "a serious
threat" in Burma. When they
abandon their armed activities
against the Burmese govern
ment. he added. he will rescind
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Burmese to Swop Rice
For Yugoslov Weapons

had agreed to supply Burma OF
give any details beyond saying
that q large number Of rifles and
ammunition for them Is included.
U M. who came to Stockholm
from Moscow and Helsinki. said
he met all the top Soviet leaders,
including Premier Nikolai Bull
|ganin. Nikita Khrushchev. Com
|munist Party First Secretary
and Vyacheslav Molotov, Foreign
Minister.
The Premier said the Bur-
mese Minister of Supplies Bonn
inguang was in Moscow to nego-
tiate an exchange agreement
with the Soyiets. But U MI said
he was unaware Of the nature Of
Evening star., 1955-11-10

MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 10 (R.--
Two University Of Minnesota re-
searchers have come up with
findings indicating Americas
dairy cattle may be potent
weapons in the fight against dis
ease
Experiments show that cows
vaccinated for certain diseases
have the power to produce milk
which can protect its drinkers
against those maladies.
Drinking Of the so-called pro-
tective milk produces only pas
sive, or temporary immunity to
disease and the protection con-
tinues only so long as such milk
is consumed regularly.
But Drs. William e. Petersen.
professor Of animal husbandry,
and Berry Campbell. associate
professor of anatomy. said that.
on the basis of findings to date.
sit is possible to expect that
through proper development and
distribution Of protective milk.
whole populations can be pro-
tected from disease"
The two said they were GER
Evening star., 1955-11-10

the ban against the Communist
Party.
The government. he explained:
is still fighting 5000 rebels and
9, 900 Nationalist Chinese in the
country's northern mountainous
region. But the fighting cur
|rently Is mainly only a mopping-
up operation, he said.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
The Droft in Kunsus

TOPEKA.-Kansas had the
highest acceptance rate for men
called to military service. with
1914 per cent approved. accord
ing to draft board statistics.