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Smyrna times., 1955-10-27
CheswOld

A bazaar, sponsored by the w.
S. c. s. of Cheswold Methodist
Church will be held in the Fire
Hall Saturday evening, Nov. 10th.
There will be booths of fancy
work, cakes, pies, candy, and flow
ers; also a platter supper will be
served of ham, potato salad, bak-
ed beans, pickles, rolls, butter,
Smyrna times., 1955-10-27
wesleyan Methodist Church Notes

Wesleyan Methodist Church,
West Commerce Street, the Rev,
Stanley S. Taber, pastor, announc-
es services for Sunday as follows:
Sunday School, 10 am; Worship,
IL am; evening worship, 7:3O
pm. Prayer service Wednesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. Mission
ary meeting, Thursday, Oct. 27 at
7:30 pm at the home of Mrs.
Harry Kinsey on DUPONT High
way.
Smyrna times., 1955-10-27

County Achieve
ment Day. 1t
will be held in
Capitol Grange
Hall, in Dover,
from 1000 to
800.
Rev. Robert
Duke, pastor of
Peoples Chris
tian Congrega-
Smyrna times., 1955-10-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday
The subject of the Lesson-Ser-
mon in First Church Of Christ,
Scientist, 1901 Van Buren, Street,
Wilmington, the Christian Society,
Grange Hall, Milford and the
Christian Science Society, VIA.
Building, Rehoboth Beach. Sun
day, October 80, 1855, will be Ev-
erlasting Punishment. The way
to overcome sin-its causes as
well as it's effects-through the
understanding of God will be
brought out at Christian Science
Smyrna times., 1955-10-27

1913 only. 12-14). Scriptural read
ings include the following (Psalms
37:27): Depart from evil and do
good; and dwell for evermore."
Smyrna times., 1955-10-27

Have you circled Wednesday,
November on your calendar?
Yes, that's the date for the Kent
Smyrna times., 1955-10-27

there viii be a service Of Holy
Communion at 10 am.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Weeks S Store SoIes
.17% Ahead of "a

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
last week edged l per cent above
the previous week and were II
per cent higher than those in the
comparable 1854 week, the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Of Richmond
reported yesterday.
Sales in the four weeks ended
May % were II per cent above
those of a year earlier. and those
for the year to date were up 5 per
cent. \
Without their suburb a n
branches, the downtown depart
ment stores alone had a sales de-
crease Of per cent from those
of the previous week, but gain
of 16 per cent from the compar-
liable 1854 week.
Their sales in the four weeks
were 10 per cent above those OF
q year earlier and, for the yeal
Ito date, were up 2 per cent.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Neck Not Out

Curtis A. Mckay deserves
an answer to his questions in
a letter to The Star regarding
Aviation Weeks exclusive re-
port on the Russian air display
over Moscow during late April
and early May.
Mr.. Mckay questions the
propriety of Aviation Week
providing the full and COM,
plete details on the Russian
f1y-bys to the American public
before consulting the proper
authorities" presumably the
Defense Department. The de-
tails Aviation Week published
on this Russian air display
were available to the Defense
Department and any other
organization that had aero
nautically trained observers in
the Russian capital between
April "a and May 7. Aviation
Week published its complete
story on this display after it
became apparent that the De-
fense Department was not
going to tell the American
people the complete and accu-
rate story. The day after
Aviation Weeks story was pub
lished, the Secretary of De-
fense, in a formal statement,
confirmed the accuracy of both
the numbers and types Of Rus
sian planes cited by us. I think
this makes it crystal clear that
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Steon1s Over IVA

AT TeCcnC press conference
the President emphasized that
his administration would never
wreck iva and declared that
not many people would quar-
rel with the purpose for which
it was established. The osten-
sible purpose Of the New Deal
Socialists was ITO improve the
navieability and provide for
flood control Of the Tennessee
River" In 1S45, the iva off,
cially announced that "the
Tennessee River is harnessed."
Thus, by the literal and legal
Interpretation Of its official
purpose, 1945 should have
marked the end of TWAS con-
struction and expansion. How
ever, the real purpose for
which 1t was established was
just beginning - to produce
and sell steam-generated elec-
trio power at such low rates,
subsidized by all United States
taxpayers. that iva would be
able to undersell and drive out
all of It's privately owned COM
petitors In the Tennessee VAL
ley area. When the additional
steam plants planned and
building are completed, rs per
cent of iva electric power will
be illegal. It is not surprising
that many Of the biggest in
dustries in the country built
plants in the Tennessee Valley
where they can obtain electric
power at 4.3 mills per kilowatt
hour. about one-half of the
rock-bottom industrial rate
from a typical investor-owned
company. because you, I and
all 1ther American taxpayers
subsidize their electric-power
bills. With this real purpose
of iva millions of taxpayers
who foot the bills do quarrel.
If we are really determined
about our worldwide fight
against socialistic slavery, why
is the President afraid to face
the fact that at home iva is
not creeping" but galloping
socialism? Although Mr..
Eisenhower has been induced
to accept the fundamentally
un-American philosophy OF
peaceful co-existence" OF
freed ON and Communist
slavery. it is to be hoped that
he will recognize the fact that
Government-financed socialism
and private enterprise can
not co-exist in the Tennessee
Valley or elsewhere in the
United States.
Old Reactionary
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Good Investment

AS mother of two children
Of school age, I am deeply dis
turbed about the Montgomery
County managers proposed
cut in the school budget.
Wilbur Baughman, a mem
ber of the Montgomery County
Council. has said, I'm for
progressive education, ade-
quately housed. I'm for we'll
paid teachers, free kindergar-
tens and a full program for
handicapped children. Educa-
ton is an investment"
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
but II 1t is a question of choos-
ing between paying a few
extra dollars per year or low
ering our school standards in
the county, my choice is the
former.
Irene Orkin.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
View on Segregation

May ! say a word about the
troublesome question Of segre-
CATION? ! am a Virginian by
birth, as my people have been
for many generations. / be-
lieve that the time has come
to abolish segregation in all
public places such as restau-
rants. theaters and the like. ]
do not base this conclusion
upon any Supreme Court de-
cision. I base 1t upon the fol-
lowing facts.
In the War Between the
States, when the men Of the
South marched to war they
left their women and children
in the care Of the colored
people. We all know how
faithfully the colored people
took care Of the women, chill
dren and old people. entrusted
to them. sharing with them
the scanty supplies which they
could rustic up" from the
woods and rivers.
When Russia declared re-
ligion to be merely the opiate
of the people and made it clear
that she proposed to drive
God out of the hearts and
lives of men, she counted
strongly upon the colored peo-
pie to help her in creating di-
vision and trouble in America.
But the word went back to
Moscow that the American
Negro would have nothing to
do with q world with no God
and no religion in it and that
he was too much interested in
his churches to go along with
communism.
Thus. twice within the his
tory Of this Nation the COL
ored people have stood the
highest test of good citizen
ship, to wit. the test under
which a man subordinates the
lure of immediate gain to the
fundamental decencies of life.
My business is in Washing
ton, where in places of public
assembly I see Filipinos, Puerto
Ricans, Arabs, Chinese, Ital-
ians and every other nation
ality received without anyone
even taking notice of it. Is it
just to, theoretically, slap in
the face the people who have
done the dirty work through
the formative years of the
building Of the Nation and who
have done 1t with a laugh and
a smile? I think not. I do
not base any of these conclu-
sions upon the decision of the
Supreme Court. I think we
must look to the higher law OF
Whatsoever We would that
others should do unto you dc
We even so to them"
I feel that the State of Vir-
ginia would be on solid ground
in saying that we propose to
abolish segregation because
we conclude that it is the right
and proper thing to do but
that it viii be done in an or
derly fashion and as we deem
wisest and best. because VIZ
reject the theory that the Fed.
eral Government has juris-
diction In this purely intra.
State matter.
Frank G. Campbell,
Evening star., 1955-06-04
LETTERS TO THE STAR

future bond issue. The real
property rate could be 10 cents
lower If this item were elirni-
mated. but ] believe that most
taxpayers prefer to have
public improvements made
promptly. especially when the
cost is relatively small. and
to reduce as much as possible
the need for borrowing to
finance such projects.
Grant HiIIiker.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
RAIL L
Continued From First Page

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ion which ordered its 27,000 men
lin railway workshops not to
service locomotives or rolling
stock while the strike is on.
So far, only so AEU men are
reported to have needed their
unions call which was promptly
condemned by the British Trans
port Commission.
Another 1850 provincial po-
licemen were brought into Lon
don today to cope with the traf-
fic rush which has been snow
balling since the strike began.
Police headquarters reported
traffic was still moving fairly
smoothly" but warned that cer-
tain types of vehicles might have
to be banned from the city CEN
ter if the volume grows much
greater.
Few More Trains Run
| Nearly 1000 trains ran in the
"a hours ending yesterday, plus
4,171 passenger and 2.781 freight.
The figure showed a slight in
crease today. The British Trans
port Commission reported that
1872 trains were operated in the
"a hours ending this morning
This included 4,205 passenger
|and 2.927 freight trains.
Normally some $4,000 trains
run each day.
ASLEF members are demand
ing a raise of SLIP a week over
their present base pay of $27.30.
They said the increase is nee
essary to preserve their custom
larry differential over wages OF
less skilled workers. The margin
was narrowed by a new wage
scale which went into effect last
January.
The dock strike grew out oi
an interunion feud over bargain
ing rights. The striking National
Amalgamated Stevedores and
IDockers Union is claiming ar
equal voice with the rival Trans
port and General Workers Union
in waterfront labor relations.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Civic Associations
To Hear Candidates

Fourteen civic associations ir
Mason district of Fairfax Coun.
ty will sponsor a public meeting
to hear talks by the two Demo
cratic candidates to the Board
of County Supervisors from that
district.
The meeting will be held at {
pm. Tuesday at the Weyanoke
School on Braddock road. The
two candidates seeking the Ma.
son district nomination to tht
board are Mrs. Anne wilkins. in
cumbent, and w. C. Wills. Each
candidate will be permitted tc
make a 20-minute talk and have
|10-minute rebuttal periods.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Recommended Reading

A reply to the lady who re-
Gently stated in letter to
The Star that she could find
nothing of interest in the
Bible to read:
Let her begin with the thrill
ing story of Joseph Genesis,
chapters 37-47: or better
still, begin with Abraham
Genesis, chapters 1897:
then read the beautiful love
story of Ruth, and the wonder
full account of David. as told
in Samuel, first and second
books. Let her read Proverbs,
chapter 81, for the account
of a virtuous woman; also
Psalms 10. 90 and 46; Isaiah.
chapter SIS; Matthew, chap
ters two and five through sew
en-; Luke, chapter two; John.
chapter IA; First Corinthi-
ans. chapter Is; Acts, chap
ter nine.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
BUDGET 'UnreoIistic'

The school budget recon-
mendations of the new Mont
gomery County manager, M.
L. Reese, seem to me to be un-
realistic in terms of the facts
about the county's school sit
uation.
In studying Mr.. Reese's
budget requests. ! find that
they incorporate some remark
able innovations in county
MANAGEMENT and planning. I
believe Mr.. Reese should be
given due recognition for these
imaginative moves in admin
istration.
I do not believe, however.
that the manager had suffi-
cient time to study the school
situation thoroughly before
presenting the school budget.
It is my guess that Mr.. Reese.
desiring to hold the line on
the tax rate. cut from the
school budget whatever
amount was necessary to do
this.
I believe Mr.. Reese is on the
weakest of ground in arbi-
trarily setting a school popula-
ton figure lower than that
carefully arrived at by a year
of study by the Board Of Ed
ucation, and by, setting a per-
pupil expenditure figure and
saying that he is using it to
arrive at his budget. Amounts
of money needed cannot be
arrived at in this way, any
more than they can by arbi-
trarily setting a tax rate.
All of us who are county tax
payers sympathize with econ
omy, but we also know that
there are considerations in
volving the welfare of the
county which transcend a few
cents on the tax rate.
Montgomery's position in
employing sufficient new teach
ers and in retaining the ones
we have is very serious. There
aren't enough teachers to go
around. If other communi-
ties offer better pay in the
early years of teaching tas
they do now, we will not get
those teachers and we will lose
more of the ones we have.
Therefore, I consider It the
primary essential of this years
budget that all teachers be put
on the salary scale adopted
last year.
Anything less than this
would strike the most seri-
Gus kind of blow to teacher
morale and retention. Failure
to employ enough additional
teachers would also heighten
turnover because of the in
creased class sizes which would
be imposed. Double sessions
because of insufficient class
rooms would multiply the
damage.
Eric Rhodes,
Executive Secretary, Mont
gomery County Education
Association.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Nixon Associate
Sees NoConfIict
lin View on Big 4

Vice President Nixon sees no
conflict between his recent state
lment on the Importance Of the
lpending Big Four meeting and
President Eisenhower's admoni-
tion to the American people not
to expect too much from 1t.
This was reported today by Q
close associate Of Mr.. Nixon
after an Associated Press story
said State Department officials
were "astonished" by the Vice
Presidents belief that the four
power conference could be the
worlds last chance to settle dif-
ferences peacefully and to avoid
q catastrophe war"
The story said that the State
Department had Sharply re-
fused" to back UP what Mr..
Nixon said in q speech to the
Rotary International convention
in Chicago on Thursday. 1t add
ed that diplomats privately were
tastonished and that the Vice
Presidents remarks indicated:
That either he was speaking
with a personal excitement about
the prospects of the Big 4meet-
ing not shared by Mr.. Eisen-
hover or Secretary of State
Dulles, or that the latter officials
ATTACH more Importance to the
session than they have so far
seen fit to disclose publicly.
Mr.. Nixon's associate, who
asked to remain anonymous, said
that the Vice President feels that
the story made something out of
nothing. He added:
THE Interpretation is forced.
The Vice President did not say
that the future of the world rests
on this so-called summit meet
ing of President Eisenhower and
the top leaders of the Soviet
Union, Britain and France.
He referred to the entire ef-
fort to ease world tensions
which. Of course include the
various meetings Of the foreign
ministers before and after the
short session to be attended by
the President"
This source made one other
point. He said that no one at
the White House or the State
Department had called the Vice
President to ask for a clarifica-
tion or an explanation of the
views he expressed at Chicago.
The administration line has
been that nobody should ex-
Ipect any miracle solutions"
from the session at the sum-
init. On the negative side the
line has been that should the
conference fail to achieve any
constructive results. it would not
be a momentous failure calling
for drastic actions.
The Nixon comment was read
to State Department Press ON
Ger Henry Suydam yesterday.
He was asked what he had to
say in view Of the administration
line that the top level session
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Rockefeller Gives
Brown u. Million

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. June .
(P>. - A gift of $1,000,000 tt
Brown University by John D
Rockefeller, jr.. an alumnus Of
the class Of 1897, was announced
last night at the annual Brown
alumni dinner.
The gift was announced BY
Harold B. Tanner, chancellor
and may be used "at the dis
cretion Of the trustees"
Mr.. Rockefeller said in o let
ter he made the gift as q tribute
to the accomplishments Of DR.
Henry M. Wriston. university
president,
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Senate Unit 0Ks
Minimum Wage
Increase toS1
By J. A. o'LEARY

The minimum wage law in
crease from rs cents to 81 an
hour voted yesterday by . five
man Senate subcommittee win
Igo before the full Labor and
Welfare Committee for approval
next week.
Senator H. Alexander Smith.
Republican, of New Jersey, who
sponsored the administration bill
for q 90-cent minimum, cast the
lone dissenting vote in the Al
subcommittee action.
But he said today he was not
prepared to predict what he will
do when the issue reaches the
Senate floor. Asked If he would
offer the administration pro-
lpoSal, he said he was making no
prediction. He explained that
he simply wanted to be recorded
in the subcommittee as supports
ing the bill he had introduced.
The 81 rate was offered by
Senator Douglas, Democrat, Of
Illinois, after a motion calling
for the s1.25 minimum requested
by original labor had been de.
Ifeated, 3 to 2,
Senator Douglas, subcommit-
tee chairman, said the contro-
|versial issue of extending cover
age was put off for further study
next year. This is expected to
expedite passage of the higher
minimum rate.
Senator Douglas estimated the
ISL minimum would mean pay
increases for more than 2 million
of the % million covered by the
law. It would take effect Janu-
airy /. A House committee is
still holding hearings.
Evening star., 1955-06-04

our story on how many and
what kinds of Russian planes
flew over Moscow was abso-
lutely accurate.
Mr.. Mckay also questions
how observers on the ground
determine performance char
acteristics Of aircraft in the
air. The Russian planes made
a total Of IS flights over Mos
COW at extremely low attitudes.
While 1t Is not possible for
anyone to establish a complete
and accurate performance
yardstick from a view OF this
sort, there is q good deal OF
information that can be ex-
tracted by q trained aeronau-
tical observer and later. elab-
Grated by engineering analysis
of pictures t AIKEN from the
same vantage point. For ex-
ample, no designer would use
so degrees of wing sweepback
or q low-slung horizontal tail
unless his aircraft were built
to fly faster than the speed OF
sound. These characteristics
on the newest Russian fighter
are sound evidence that 1t is
supersonic. Similarly, the big
Bison bomber has swept wings,
but a straight conventional tail
design, indicating it is defl'
nitely subsonic.
Mr.. Mckay has apparently
accepted the myth so often ex-
pounded by Defense Secretary
Wilson and other administra-
tive officials that the Russians
do not have the productive
ability or capacity to back their
admitted aeronautical design
ing ability, and that the types
displayed over Moscow in for
nations of up to SO aircraft
are really just prototypes"
This is hardly acceptable in
view of the Russian record OF
producing $4,000 MIG-l5 fight
ers, while the combined F-80
Sabre production Of the United
States and Canada totaled
only 5000, and the later record
of several thousand MIG-17s
produced while we were build
ing several hundred F-100 Sup
er SabreS. The recent USAF
announcement of a 35 per cent
acceleration in B-52 produc-
ton is also evidence that Rus
sian production of its Bison
heavy jet bomber is no myth,
either.
True, we must not easily be-
come frightened by the growing
strength of modern Russian
air power combined with
atomic and hydrogen weapons.
even though this combination
represents the most dangerous
threat to this country in his
tory.
The American people must
be told the facts on this threat
to their future fully and accu-
rately If they are to formulate
and execute policies that will
effectively counter it.
Robert B. HOtz,
Editor, Aviation Week.
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Falls Church Taxes

At the Falls Church Council
meeting on April 25, I pro-
posed the practical elimina-
ton of the personal property
tax on household goods, for
consideration at the annual
budget hearing on June 6.
The personal property tax
as 1t now stands applies not
only to household goods, but
also to other personal property
of individuals (notably auto
mobiles, business firms and
public service corporations.
The present rate in Falls
Church is $2.75 per 500 of
assessed value; prior to 1854
1t was $40 per $100. My
proposal is for reduction of
the rate on household goods
alone to a minimum figure,
for example, five or ten cents
per $l00 of assessed value.
The rate on other personal
property would remain at $2.75.
With no reduction in pro-
posed expenditures, the drastic
decrease in the household tax
rate would require an increase
in the real property rate OF
about 13 cents (that is. from
$2.52 as first proposed to $2.65
per $1,000. But the tax bill of
the average resident now pay
ing the personal property tax
would be reduced by a shift to
another tax which is paid by
all who benefit.
For example, on a house as
sessed at $4,000 (market
value Of $22, 900 in 1954), this
change would mean a real
property tax rise of $13. The
corresponding drop in this
persons personal property tax
bill would be more than $13,
unless he declared less than
$500 worth of household goods
in his $4,000 house. If he
followed the formula suggested
by the Commissioner of Reve-
nue., this homeowner would
declare $1,000 worth of house
hold goods Go per cent Of
assessed value Of real property
occupied; on that basis his
personal property tax would
drop by $27 ($2.75-0.05X
$1,000 while his real property
tax would rise by only $13.
For those who may be con-
cerned about the level of taxes
on real property, the city
manager will be presenting
comparative information at
the public hearing June 6. In
addition, l must emphasize
that the budget this year in
cludes an increase of $22,500
for street and storm drainage
constructions pay-as-we-go
method of financing minor
improvements which might
otherwise have to await 9
Evening star., 1955-06-04

should be a short, procedural
meeting.
SIll make no comment" Mr.
Suydam replied briskly.
He was then asked whether II
was not true that Mr.. Dulles had
made a statement warning
against the danger of too great
expectation. He said that, OF
course. Mr.. Dulles had made the
statement but II don't think
should repeat it at this point in
another context"
Evening star., 1955-06-04
Hunsuker Approved

President Eisenhower signed
Friday a congressional resolution
providing for the reappointment
of DR.. Jerome C. Hunsaker a.
citizen regent of the Board Of
Regents of the Smithsonian In.
| Stitution,
Evening star., 1955-06-04
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

New plaque hotel in Belgrade. Yugosavia "comrade
Khrushchev slept it off here"
The White adds two small cabin planes fly Ike
Gettysburg Republicans making They're getting
the Government out of the busnesand into the airline
business.
The Russians did such good job Of cemenng relations
with Yugoslava that Cousin Khushchev got pasered
Congress commission to supervise the Repub
can loyalty 1t getting bad that II asked
Government empoye the time of day. he'd ask what day.
There's rumor that White House Assistant Sherman
Adams promoted to major generaand placed in
mand Of the White House air force.
Tax Boss Andrews gives graduation diplomas to 100
tax That's modern education for Using the tax
payers money train the enemy.
Soviet Khrushchev little tight and invited foreign
newsmen There's doubt whether it's best to
the conference by opening the German question
of vodka.