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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
Advice From Portugal

Portugals Foreign Minister DR.. Paul9
Cunha, was offering timely advice to the
Western world when he told National
Press Club audience that the free nations
should undertake an urgent reappralsai
of the political tides in Africa. For it is
DR.. Cunha's view that the great natural
resources Of the African continent-for
the most part still undeveloped and not
even fully -measured-amount to bal
ance of power between East and West.
Their loss by Communist capture, polltl-
cally If not militarily, would deprive the
industrial nations of Western Europe OF
a rich storehouse of essential raw mate
rails. The fact that so much OF Asia
already is under Communist control lends
strength to Dr. Cunha's evaluation OF
Africas Importance. And the fact that
the Soviet Union is stepping up its activ-
tiles in the Middle East-a gateway into
Africa-indicates that Moscow places a
comparably high value on domination of
the so-called Dark Continent.
To meet this threat. the Portuguese
Foreign Minister is PLEADING with the
West in general and with the United
States in particular to beware OF an in
flexible anti-colonial position. 1t is his
opinion that African nation alisms which
are completely artificial and premature"
are being exploited by Communist agents,
and that the attempted breakdown of
Western influence on the continent Is
only another step in the planned COM
munization of the world"
DR.. Cunha makes a distinction be-
tween good and bad colonialiSm. 1t Is
his view, in effect. that good colonialism'
can help Africa to reach its political and
social maturity" but that a thoughtless
abandonment of all Western colonial in
fuence would leave the continent dan
gerously vulnerable to Communist sub
version He believes Africa is "indis-
pensable" to the survival of Western
power. In that light, his appeal for a
careful look at what is going on merits
equally careful attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
A Neglected Field

We have observed with deep
est interest the research and
articles that your writer, Earl
H. VosS. has undertaken in
the past few months.
The stories that have ap-
peared in The Sunday Star
on a number of occasions. that
have been concerned with the
need in the United States for
increased technical training
facilities. have been excel
emily handled.
Needless to say. they are of
vital Importance. and we GER
tainly congratulate you on
your foresight in bringing this
matter to the attention of your
readers. NJ. ID. Mobley.
Executive Secretary Ameri-
can Vocational Association,
Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
Men at Work

Walter B. Reuther, president
Of the CLIO United Auto Work.
ers Union. has been quoted as
saying that the American con-
sumner is the forgotten man"
in the national economy. He
claims the wage incre ase
given the auto workers this
year should have been alb
sorbed by the manufacturers
and not passed on to the
consumer. Auto manufacturers,
Reuther also said. ought to
lead America down the road
to lower prices. bigger mar
kets and more prosperity.
Now who does Walter Reu-
ther think he is kidding? He
knows that any union wage
increase is always passed on
to the consumer and that the
high cost of living is a crea-
ton Of labor unions.
I am not ignorant Of all the
good labor unions have done
for the working man. neither
am I so stupid that I cannot
see that all this good Is being
destroyed through the labor
lords lust for power. To me
it is obvious that the labor
bosses real aim in life is to
get control Of American in
dustry by controlling the labor
vote. 1t is indeed pathetic,
and an American tragedy, how
the working man each day
is passing another milestone
down the road to becoming
a slave of the labor leaders,
and closed union shops Is their
main weapon.
Nish Showers.
II the Secretary of Defense
should attend a large meeting
Of veterans and urge them to
exert every possible measure
to influence and gain control
Of the Government, public in
dignation would most certainly
manifest itself. If the Secre-
tary of Commerce attended a
large meeting of industriajlsts
and manufacturers and urged
them to strike for control OF
the Government, reaction
would be violent. Or, If the
Secretary of Agriculture should
lash the farmers into a frenzy
to grab for control of the
Government, there would be
most significant repercussions.
Why then should Secretary Of
Labor Mitchell be permitted
to get away with the extremely
biased remarks made at the
CIO-AFL merger convention?
He exhorted labor to grasp
for the reins of Government
through vigorous political &C
tiyity. He stated in effect
that no man has the right to
work unless he joins the un-
ion. Should high Govern
ment official take such a stand?
Private Worker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
Chorted Course

Without a definite program, Federal
construction in the Washington area has
wandered aimlesSly for years. Not since
completion of the Federal Triangle prof.
ect, begun in 1926, has the Government
been committed to an overall plan for
orderly Federal development in Washing
ton and its suburbs. Small wonder that
much of the temporary construction OF
World War II and even of World War
remains blight on the landscape. The
only new construction has been OF the
piecemeal sort. There is good news,
therefore, in the announcement that
new building program is being charted.
One of the principal objectives of the
proposed Federal program will be-as 1t
should be-the removal from the Mall
and other park areas of the "tempos" left
over from the wars Razing OF the tempos
long has been the hope of all who live
and work here, but, in the absence OF
positive plan for their elimination, the
unsightly structures have fingered on,
year after year. Now, however, with
White House backing, Federal building
authorities have set out on a course de-
signed to rid the city of the remaining
Federal Shacks and transfer their occu-
pants to permanent buildings in proper
locations. Some Of these new buildings
will rise on sites long earmarked for them
in the heart of the city, or on new sites,
such as In the redeveloped Southwest or
in suburban areas.
A preliminary report on the new pro-
gram will be made to the House Public
Works Committee at the forthcoming
session of Congress. This committee
helped to get things moving last session
when it called for such report 80 we
can have some order and system to plan
ming for Federal buildings in the Dis
trict." Drawing up of the plan is only
the first step, of course, but it is vital
step toward orderly development OF the
Nations Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13

actual or threatened hardship
on the applicant. The seven
teen exceptions which the
board has granted to date will
not measure to this standard.
MI. Fox knows this; his fell
low supervisors know this;
and the public knows 1t.
The moratorium on coming
can help expedite work on the
county master plan while pro-
tecting the public from unfor-
tunate coming actions which
will be regretted in later years.
Arlington County successfully
invoked this procedure in 1850
when its present coming law
was being formulated. There
is no reason why Fairfax
County should go back to the
vicious circle OF delays which
have held up approval Of a
master plan for over a year
since its presentation to the
Planning Commission. In the
last month of their term. the
Fairfax supervisors should not
destroy one of the most con-
structive steps that they have
taken to keep the work on a
master plan from begging
down completely.
Ross ID. Netherton,
Chairman, Fairfax County
Citizens Committee for
the Master Plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Johnson Proves Extremely Moderate

Kefauver is himself Q South
ernor. However, he has been
looked upon by many Of the
Southern leaders as q bit too
New Dealish.
Nevertheless, Senator Ke-
fauver may split the Southern
delegates with Stevenson
certainly, few If any will 60
for Hartman or williams. And
If Kefauver takes enough Of
the Southern delegates. he
might be a factor in tying up
the convention-deadlo Hooking
it-at least temporarily.
Senator johnson declined
fatty to express a preference
for any of the candidates for
the Democratic presidential
nomination. He said he him.
self was a candidate for no
office next year-he was re-
elected to the Senate last year
for a six-year term. Before he
suffered a heart attack last
summer, johnson was fire.
quently mentioned as a presi-
Dental possibility.
It appears that, for the pres
ent at least, the Democratic
leader Of the Senate is taking
a leaf out of the Eisenhower
book. He believes that the
Democrats should offer to the
country a program so well de-
signed and so beneficial to the
American people that, per-
force, the country will place
the Democrats In control Of
the White House as well as Of
Congress. Eisenhower has re-
peatedly declared that If the
Republicans will put through
his dynamic = conservative"
program, they not only will
deserve to win next years
elections, but win win them.
Senator johnson has already
come up with a 13-point pro-
gram which he will seek to
have the Democrats embrace.
In his list of proposals are q
number that parallel proposals
by Eisenhower. There are
others, however, which 60 be-
yond the Presidents recon-
mendations.
He's Looking Well
Senator johnson, who has
been recuperating since his
heart attack, looks well. He
made 1t clear he is not giving
UP the Senate Democratic
leadership, but that he will
not be as active as he was
during the last session Of Con-
gress. before he was stricken.
When asked whether he
thought that President Eisen-
hover would and should run
for the presidency next year,
he expressed a hope that the
Presidents health will be such
that he can run. If he wishes
to do so. Senator Johnson's
attack occurred several months
before that Of President Eisen-
hover, and he is in q better
position to predict his own
activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
0. and A. Stuff

Secretary Of Agriculture
Benson has stated that the
person with the answer to the
farm surplus problem can
write his own ticket. o. K,
Mr.. Benson. here is my an
swer to the $4,000 question:
The solution to the farm
surplus problem is a program
Of graduated parity. Let the
Government guarantee each
farm owner 1000 of parity on
the first $4,000 worth of farm
products, 9C% parity on the
next $1,000. 800 on the
fourth $1,000, 70% on the
fifth, 500 parity from $4,000
to $4,000, and nothing over
this figure
Such a program would
guarantee a living to the
small farmer, discourage
over-production by the big
operator who creates the farm
surplus. and save the Govern
ment millions and millions Of
dollars. Paul McIlvsine
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Misery Loves Company

Eric Stork wants to know
what services the District fur
nishes to citizens of Maryland
and Virginia who. it has been
suggested. should pay an in
come tax to the District gov
eminent. The answer is very
simple. 1t is: The same serv-
ices the State of Maryland is
now furnishing to those citi-
zenS of Washington from
whom 1t is collecting income
taxes.
] fail to see how Eric Stork
and the Maryland Congress
men figure it is all right for
Maryland to tax Washing
tonians who work in Maryland
and yet it is wrong for the
District to tax Marylanders
who work in the District.
Perhaps it is wrong for
Washington to impose a pay
rol. tax. If so. it is just as
wrong for the State of Mary
land to impose an income tax
on Washingtonians who work
in Maryland.
WaShingtonian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13

squirrels are making 9
comeback In our neighborhood
The rumor was that some
one had been trapping them
and taking them away to the
forest.
The someone, Of course
was not specified. nor was
the forest.
Somebody said that the man
wasn't trapping them, he was
shooting them. but since no
shots had been heard, this
was discounted.
At any rate. there had been
few squirrels for several years.
something to rejoice over by
the hard hearted one, but a
thing not so good to others.
= 4 y
The latter realized that
the gray squirrel. above all
other animals, made the sub
urban community what it is
to the nature-minded.
Not every person who moves
to the great American suburbs
is nature-minded.
Some of them pine for curbs
and cutters. and even want
alleys. just as they had back
in the city.
They rather resent the birds
and the squirrels and the wild
rabbits. They grow red in the
face because a beautiful. happy
cardinal wakes them early in
the morning. Usually, in a few
months or years, this hate dis
appears, and even these dumb
Dummies begin to realize that
birds are assets to life, not
detrimentS.
The greatest hate of these
people, next to that for the
startling and the common SPAR
row. is Americas gray squirrel.
This festive rodent is no
festive animal to its foe.
1t is. to such a person. only
a nuisance, at best, and a pos
tive danger, at worst.
He will tell you how one got
in somebody's attic and simply
couldn't be gotten out.
To listen to him go on, you
would think that no such pest
had ever been known in the
history Of the world.
The various plaques of the
Bible. so tellingly described
there. were nothing compared
with what one lone squirrel,
seeking shelter from the storm,
could bring on q household.
The noise it made, for one
thing, was past endurance.
And the way the brute ate
his tomatoes in summer
time
Why, the whole bonus army
never did so much damage
or the hosts Of Xerxes' army
either, for that matter.
If you reminded the pesSi-
mistic one that termites could
do a great deal more damage
than all the squirrels in Chevy
Chase. he grew tomato red In
the face. which was not his
best coloring, and replied thai
termites don't eat tomatoes
do they?
If you said, why, no, Of
course they don't, they eat
wood" he would unwrinkls
the wrinkles of wrath, and re.
place them by an idiotic grir
Of triumph.
You really have to see thi,
particular grin 10 understand
what the human spirit u Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13

Senator Lyndon johnson Of
Texas, Democratic leader Of
the Senate and regarded as a
powerful voice from the South.
yesterday threw more than q
bucket Of cold water on the
presidential candidates. Of
Gov. Averell Hartman Of New
York and Gov. G. Mennen
(Soapy) Williams Of Michigan
who have denounced the
moderation" stand of another
candidate, Adlai Stevenson.
All for the Moderates
The Texas Senator, when
questioned at a press confer
ence about this controversy
between Hartman and Will
liams on the one hand and
Stevenson on the other. said he
did not know what Hartman
had said. nor did he, johnson.
intend to get mixed up in this
conflict. But then johnson
went right ahead and, in his
own right. placed himself in
the moderate corner" He
said he hoped he was not "im-
moderate" and that to him
moderation meant tolerance"
"a failure to embrace ex-
tremes." In his own conduct,
he added. he always thought
Of himself as moderate"
II Senator Johnson's atti-
tude is symbolic Of the atti-
tude Of Southern Democrats
generally. the Governors Of
New York and Michigan, who
have gone out on q limb as
"immoderates," in their at
tacks on Stevenson-Mr. Har-
riman going so far as to say
there is no such word as mod
Grafton in the Democratic
electromagnetic in a bad way.
The States Of the solid South
have more than Is per cent of
the total number Of delegate
votes in the 1856 Democratic
National Convention. And If
the votes Of Kentucky and Ok
lahoma are added, the conven-
ton strength of the South will
approach 20 per cent Of the
total vote. Should these
Southern delegates rally to
Stevenson-regarded as the
more moderate candidate-it
would take only % per cent
more delegates to give Ste
venson a majority in the con-
vention.
OF course, it is not certain
that all these Southern dele
gates will go to Stevenson. The
South did not care for Steven
son in 1852. He lost four of
these States to President Eli
senhower and ran a mighty
close race in a number Of
others. But next year. If Of
fered a choice between Steven
son and the "immoderates, "
the South may settle for the
former. Up to date their only
alternative is Senator Estes
Kefauver Of Tennessee-who
is expected to announce his
candidacy almost Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-13
Summary

| am in lore NTH WindS that
bLoU,
With Summers rain and Win
ter'S SnoD
With April skies and new
ploughed earth,
With singing logs upon a
hearth.
With lonely gullS aboue the
shore,
With sand and shells and
breakers roar.
With teeming streets and quiet
toWnS,
With saint and sinner, 1UiSe-
men. cloDnS.
With marching music. drum
and fife.
But mostly. I'm In lope NTH
Wel
Whey Wilder
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses All
letters are subject to cOnden-
Sdtton.
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to any factual question BY writing The
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Government has lost an outstanding
public servant.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
Howard U. Religious School
Lists Convocution Meetings

The Howard University Schoo
Iof Religion will hold Its 39tf
annual convocation tomorrow
through Thursday and have a.
its theme, Gods Need for Mer
lin the Ministry Of His Church.
convocation sessions. which
will be held in Carnegie Halls
Fellowship Room. win take uI
different aspects Of the theme
Tonlorrow,s discussions viii
center around .Crisis and chal.
llenge." Or. Frank r. wilson
dean Of Howard's School OF Re.
ligion. viii preside at the morn.
ing session: the Rev. James b
Foy of Asbury Methodist Church
will head the afternoon discus.
lsions; and the Rev. Robert r
johnson Of Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian Church will pre-.
side at the evening meeting.
On Wednesday. the topic viii
be Men for These Times The
Rev. Hiram E. Smith Of Mt
Lebanon Baptist Church. Balti.
more. viii preside in the morn
ling and the Rev. John M. Cox
presiding elder of the Baltimore
District OF the African Methodist
Evening star., 1955-11-07
Two-Doy Institute at CIV
To Study Housing Lows

A tWo-day institute on recent
developments in the housing and
urban renewal fields, sponsored
by the George Washington Uni
versity Law School. win start
here Friday.
The institute, open to the pub
lie. win give residents of this
area an opportunity to learn
about laws pertaining to hous-
ing and urban renewal and other
developments directly affecting
Metropolitan Washington. uni
Iversity officials said. The regis
tration fee is $10.
The meetings. to begin at 8
lam. Friday and Saturday. viii
be held In the Law School build
| ing at 720 Twentieth street NV.
Sessions viii be recessed both
days at 1918 pm. and resumed
two hours later. They win end
at 1 pm.
The first day will be devoted
entirely to Federal developments
in the housing and urban re-
neWal fields. Saturday win be
spent examining Developments
at the local level here.
Evening star., 1955-11-07

Speakers the flrst day will in
Iclude Charles NJ. Haar, professor
Eof law at Harvard University;
Robert r. Kneipp. District as
sistant corporation counsel.
Frank ]. Meistrell, deputy adj
Iministrator Of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency. George
r. Riseling. general counsel of
THE Districts Redevelopment
Land Agency. and Herman /.
Orentlicher. associate professor
of law at the university's Law
School.
Saturdays speakers will in
|clude 1t. Col. Robert E. Mathe,
District assistant engineer COM
missioner for urban renewal; Ma
thaniel s. Keith, former director
Iof slum clearance and urban re-
development under the Housing
and Home Finance Agency, and
David Macdonald. a member Of
the Montgomery County Md.)
bar.
Two panel discussions, led by
MIR. Keith and Mr.. Kneipp, also
lwill be held Saturday.
Evening star., 1955-11-07

i Episcopal Church. will be In
charge Of the afternoon session.
Toward Meeting the Need
will occupy the Thursday ses-
Isions. Or. James D. Tyms. as
sociate professor Of religion at
Howard. viii preside in the
morning and the Rev. Marcus @.
Wood Of Providence Baptist
Church, Baltimore. in the after
noon.
DR.. Mordecai w. johnson,
president Of Howard University,
win deliver the annual convoca-
tion address at the banquet at
10 pm. Wednesday in Baldwin
Dining Room.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
New Pill Gives
|Duy-Lonq Effect

NEW YORK.--An extended
action medical pill has been de-
lveloped that produces its effect
evenly throughout the night or
day and eliminates such dosag-
ing as "one every 4 hours. 7
The tablet consists OF two
parts: The outer shell, which dis
solves Immediately and contains
zone dose effective for three or
-four hours. and the inner core,
equal 10 two ordinary-type tab
lets, which takes hours TO dis
solve.
Evening star., 1955-11-07
Fellowship Speaker

Morris Milgram. executive vice
president Of Concord Park
Homes, Philadelphia, a non-seg-
regated suburban housing devel-
opment for middle-class families.
will speak at a dinner sponsored
by the Washington Fellowship
at 6 pm. tomorrow IN the New
York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
Evening star., 1955-11-07

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Evening star., 1955-06-17
NAMES
IN THE NEWS
DUp DUDLEY
MAC DIVoT
THE TooDLEs
BY CONSTANTINE cHEKREzI

The United States Ambassa-
dor to India and Nepal (Neh.
PAID. John Sherman Cooper
rode to the palace Of King Ma
hendra (Mah-HEN-drah) in q
horse-drawn state coach. in or
der to present his credentials.
Katmandu (KUT-Mun-DOO)
capital Of Nepal. announced that
a British mountain-cli
team has conquered 28.l46-foot
Mount Kanchenjunga (KUN'
chen-DJOO-ngah). the third
highest peak Of the Himalayar
(High-mah-LAY-un) range
Mount Makalu (Mah-kah-LOO)
was climbed the week before.
The United Nations Postal
Administration has released a
stamp honoring UNESCO (Oo-
NESS-koh). the United Nations
Evening star., 1955-06-17
Educational, Scientific and cul-

Educational, Scientific and Cul-
tural Organization.
In Paris, American torch
singer Amy Gould nearly col
lapsed when she mistook French
Premier Edgar Faure (Ed-GAR
Fawrl for a barber and handed
him a 81 tip. The Premier had
slipped quietly into Jean Gle
ment's (Zhun Kleh-MUN shop
for a quick shampoo.
On his way to Moscow, India's
Prime Minister Nehru (Neh-roo)
made a 24-hour stop in Prague.
He was greeted by Premier
Villain SirOky CVee-lee-um
SHEE-roh-kee) and later talked
with Czech President Antonin
Zapotocky (Un-toh-nin Zah-
Ipoh- -TOH-tskee).
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Evening star., 1955-06-17
Answer. to Our Presidents

President Herbert Hoover
signed the Tariff Act Of 1880 on
June II, 1890. (To TAD,l
2-U. s. Grant was appointed
colonel, June II, 1851.
3-Jonn Quincy Adams was an
eyewitness of the Battle of
Bunker Hill, June II, l776.
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