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Evening star., 1955-05-22
Lawmakers Still Sinq
Their Own Tax Tunes

the District. The technique Is
a favorite of Representative
Taber, Republican. Of New
York, chairman during the Re-
publican Congress Of the
House Appropriations Comit-
tee and now its ranking mi
nority member.
The point is YEARLY con-
ceded by District officials. who
have heard 1t innumerable
times. They point out. how
ever, that the city has q wide
variety of taxes which produce
a total burden on local rest
dents quite comparable to that
in other cities.
Unlike Mr.. Passman, Mr..
Taber has no record Of COM
pairing total tax burdens. He
sticks to comparing the real
estate tax rate Of his home
town, Auburn, N. Y, with that
Of the District. The District
invariable comes out on the
short end.
And. while he insists that
Suntaxable Federal holdings
there compare with those in
the Nations Capital, he makes
no mention of the industry in
Auburn which helps provide
excess tax revenue that the
District does not have because
of congressional policy.
Once burned-Mr. Passman
seems to have adopted the
same technique of avoiding
any comparison Of total tax
burdens.
Not One Dime
But, he insisted in debate,
"if it were left up to me, the
Federal Government would not
contribute one dime Of the
taxpayers money to the Dis
trict of Columbia government
until such time as legislation
is enacted placing the District
tax rates on a par with tax
rates in many other cities of
the Nation"
More balanced criticism of
affairs in the District came
from Representative hatcher.
Democrat, of Kentucky, also a
member of Mr.. Rabaut'S sub
committee. Demanding an i'm
mediate reassessment of WASH
ington's real estate, he COM
pared assessed land values
with what the city had to pay
Evening star., 1955-05-22

mission to sell at prices un-
der those the State forces them
to charge. It is not unusual
for such requests to 60 un-
needed.
lrote Citizen
Last week a Falls Church
citizen vented his spleen in a
letter to the Governor.
II am addressing this to
you," he wrote Mr.. Stanley,
because you must bear the
responsibility for the citizens
growing agitation at the i'm
possible milk price situation
which your milk commission
has created.
"It is my personal opinion
that 'fed-up' milk consumers
will not again vote for a Dem
ocratic administration in Vir-
ginia. 1t would we'll be-
hoove you to bestir yourself
and bring some degree Of san
ity to this situation.
"On the front window of my
dairy store in Falls Church
is a huge sign advising me
that the dairy regrets it can
not sell me a gallon jug of
milk for 73 cents, but if I will
drive to nearby Washington,
D. c. or nearby Maryland.
they can let me have it. They
tell me. on this huge sign, that
the Virginia State administra-
ton forbids them to sell me
milk for some 20 cents less
per gallon, much as they
would like to do So"
Arlington's delegation to the
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in two recent condemnation
cases to acquire school sites.

cases to acquire school sites.
"The court awards" he said,
amounted to 200 per cent and
300 per cent of the assessed
value Of the improved prop
erty with an average of $50
per cent"
He said nine lots at the site
Of the Dunbar school, con-
demned in 1852, ranged in as
sessment from $2,756 to 6,507.
The court. however. awarded
payments for the lots ranging
from $1,000 to $4,000.
For the Van Ness school,
acquired in 1854, he gave these
figures:
Lot 13. assessed valuation Of
$2.375 as compared to an
award of $4,000; lot IA, $2,230
as compared to $4,000; lots 23-
26. $14,818 as compared to
$4,000, and lots So, $9,354 as
compared to $27, 900.
House opponents of the full
Federal payment didn't use
the figures, but they made full
use in their arguments of the
situation they imply. They'll
do it again next year. if they
can.
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General Assembly has sought
for years to abolish or curtail
the commissions powers. Fail
ing that, they have sought to
have a consumer representa-
tive added to the body.
But the Legislature, domi-
mated by representatives of
rural Virginia, never lets such
a proposal see the light of day.
At the last session. a study
resolution by Delegates j.
Maynard Magruder and Har-
rison Mann of Arlington, was
killed in the Appropriations
Committee by a vote of 10 to
5.
Choin's Cost Estimote
Mr.. Magruder said the rec
ord of a previous hearing
showed that Safeway Stores
Co. stated it could profitably
sell milk for one-half cent less
a quart than the commission
forces 1t to charge.
Delegate John Webb of Fair
fax, a member of the commit
tee, said, Considerable testi-
mony was produced before
the committee indicating, to
my mind, real necessity for
a test study of the activities
of the milk commission.
"The commission, however,
had many friends in the House
of Delegates and on the Ap-
preparations Committee. :.
They objected to any investi-
cation. 1t was my position
that no State agency was
beyond Investigation, :"
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District OF Columbio-Woshinston
BEAL MOTOR co.
l40l Rhode Island Ave. NE.
FRANCIS & PARSONS, INC.
2l0O Nichols Ave. Sc
HALEY'S, INCORPORATED
First and M Sts. Sc
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Some things you can see right oway that tell you this
is the year Of the big Dodge Saes have doubled
over last yearD
You can stack the Dodge up against other cars in
its field, and how much larger and luxurious
it is: Up to 9 inches longer than competition
You can see the distinction of new Dodge styling with
eager lines that are stealing the "OHs" from the
Evening star., 1955-05-22

District Of Columbio-Woshinston
KAPLAN & CRAWFORD
1920 Chomplon St. NV.
TORREY MOTOR COMPANY
1918 Connecticut Ave. NV.
TREW MOTOR COMPANY
1925 l4th St. NV
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6 Pc. Sofa bed Group
l6995

A roon1fuI Of fine furniture at one low price, It's
octuolly the major Furnishings for an efficiency
den recreation room or Summer cottoge! The
innersprine sofo bed sleeps two comfortably, has
O separate bedding storage compartment.
Charming Colonial style with q cleaning mople
finish. Upholstered in provincial print.
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1925
Reg. 1926! Lm,sburgh's O,U,,
ThOr-O-Rest
HeadbOard Bed
- Twin Size

Comfortable, Thor o. Rest innersprine
mattress is firm yet resiIent-hos q soe-
resistont, pre-buiIt border. Matching box
spring on 4 legs. Upholstered plastic heod-
board, eeesheII, rose. blue, ehorreuse.
Lansburgh's- Floor
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Reg 1929 Smart NeO Shadow Box Effect Bookcase Bed
3-Pc. Modern Double Dresser Suite
A handsome
bookcase bed Dower and dvetoled
myhs-FURuT MNar
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Imported
Hand-HOOked
9xl2' Rugs
6995

Charming, eoIor-rieh rugs in American
Colonial or contemporary potterns,
hond-hooked by skilled Oriental crofts-
men. Thick, tightly packed pile in
blend of'wooI for resiIeney plus royon
for eolor-rchness and ronie for extra
durability. Oval or obIone with black,
green or rose border. Also obIona
with brown border.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Floor
Evening star., 1955-11-06
REVIEW WEEK
Big 4 Talks on Germany Sink into Old Rut

yorced man whom she obviously
loved.
She gave two reasons: THE
Church's teaching that Christian
marriage is indissoluble" and her
duty to the Commonwealth"
The first was reference to the
fact Group Capt. Peter Townsend
is q divorced man. The Church Of
England does not countenance re-
marriage Of q divorced person, even
though he may be, as in Capt.
Townsendis case. entirely the "in-
nocent party" Margaret is re-
ported to be deeply religious per-
son, and her sister. the Queen, is
Supreme Governor of the Church.
These facts taken in context Of
the Princess duty to the Common-
wealth as she sees it--a duty TO
be q personal example of old-fash-
ioned virtue-apparently made her
choice inevitable.
The British press seemed to feel
the result Of her decision would
be to weaken the stand OF the
Church against remarriage Of di-
yorced persons and to make 1t dif-
ficult for the Princess to becoEne
once more an eligible single girl.
But there was widespread ap-
plause for her courageous SELF
sacrifice on tl1ealtar Of duty, where
lip-service Is all too often deemed
SUFFICIENT.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
MIDEAST
Ben Gurion's $ Return
In Israel Comedies
With Heavy Fighting

David Ben Gurion, aging patriot
Of Israel who Is widely suspected OF
advocating an expansionist policy.
returned to the premiership Thurs
day evening amidst new and fierce
lighting along the el-Egypt bor-
der.
The West promptly accused So-
Wet Russia Of stirring up the rela-
lively quiescent Arab-Israel war by
arranging the sale Of Czech arms to
Egypt earlier this fall. Whatever
the reasons for the latest fiare-up,
there was no telling this week end
whether the fighting would die
down, whether it would ignite into
full-fiedged Arab-Israel war again.
or even whether the big powers
might eventually be involved.
Secretary Dulles is reported to
have warned Mr.. Moiotov In Geneva
Of the possibilities Of big power In
volyemerit. In Washington. mean-
while. the State Department was
trying TO calm down both Egyptians
and Israelis In stern talks to their
Ambassadors.
They were told the United States
strongly supports new United Ma
tions proposals for marking out
demilitarized zone from which both
Israel and Egypt are asked to
withdraw.
One worry In Washington last
week was that Israel. which has
made little effort to- hide its belief
that eventually it win need more
territory, might decide the time Is
ripe to 60 after II now.
Egypt. BY threatening to reduce
the gap between Its own armed
strength and Israel,s. had provided
q pretense. And American inter-
vention against Israel 20 close to an
election year would be most un-
likely, the Israelis may reason. In
spite Of the 1850 Tri-Partite Pact
guaranteeing the truce-set borders
between their state and their Arab
neighbors.
Whether the current shipments
Of Communist arms to Egypt would
seriously alter Israels advantage
In military power was questionable.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Bonds Preserved

France. apparently, had settled
for much less than 1t had been pre-
pared to accept earlier-close eco
nomic ties with a more independent
Moroccan government.
There have been two nationalist
factions at work in Morocco, one
oriented to the Arab league, the
other to France. Pronouncements
Of the past few days have shown
that Ben Youssef is perfectly con-
tent to continue the eiose economic
and cultural ties with the French.
He publicly approved the con-
cept Of ''interdependence' between
Morocco and France. Foreign Min
lister Pinay, who left Geneva to
visit his majesty on All Saints
Day last Tuesday, said he was de-
lighted with the @happiest pros
poets" for friendly relations.
The Istiqlal Nationalist Party,
meanwhile. was marking time un-
til Ben Youssef actually returned
to Rabat.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

to become self -suficient within it.
self.
Red Chino Blockade
Other Soviet proposals were
aimed at lifting Nationalist China's
blockade Of Red China, and at al
lowing Red China to participate in
specialized conferences like those
sponsored by United Nations agen-
cies. But they were not likely to
get far. The Molotov suggestion
that another atoms-for -peace con-
ference be held next year also
seems to be superseded by . United
Nations decision to hold the next
one ii 1857 or 1858.
The wide area OF agreement on,
this akenda item indicated, how
ever that substantial progress
could pe made BY the Big Four be-
i0f0 they adjourn sometime around
November 10. The only section Of
the three-part agenda not yet dis
cussed Ii that dealing with dis
armament. The ministers should
get TO that BY the middle Of this
week.
They are taking Monday on to
allow Mr.. Molotov to attend Mos
COW celebrations OF the Bolsheyik
Revolution. Mr.. Dulles took adj
vantage Of the long week end to
see the opening of Vienna's famous
opera house last night, and to see
Yugoslayia's President Tito today.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
FRANCE
Assembly Approves
December Elections;
Senute Test Is Next

Premier Edgar Faure won an
other vote Of confidence early last
Thursday morning, this one Civ
ing National Assembly approval to
his plan for December parliamen-
tary elections, six months ahead OF
the deadline. The margin was 800
to 2i1.
The Communist bloc cast its 81
votes for M. Faure and early elec-
tions. thus becoming an important
factor In the Premier,s victory.
In the heated parliamentary de-
bate that preceded the vote, AZ.
Faure,s feud with his fellow Radical
Socialist linoderate) ex-Premier
Pierre Mendes- France. erupted on
the floor.
M. Mendes- France told the packed
house late wednesday evening that
the present electoral law Is unjust.
immoral and obscure" IT permits
coalitions OF minority parties to
pool their votes and thus win seats
from single parties. M. Mendes-
France also needs more time to
translate his popular appeal into q
nationwide vote for lower house
candidates Of his persuasion.
The former Premier contends
that If the old electoral law Is al
lowed to stand. the same old
splinter groups which have para
lyzed the present assembly will re-
appear in the new one. He also
foresees possible Communist gains.
II they are able to ally themselves
with the Socialists.
AS soon as the lower house battle
was lost, M. Mendes- France made
preparations to carry the fight to
the Senate. How soon the upper
chamber will act Is uncertain.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
MOROCCO
Stage Set for Return
OF Ben Youssef After
Fronce's Man Quits

After making elaborate prepare
tions all last week. France ate crow
on the Moroccan issue yesterday.
How much self-government the
Moroccans will achieve In the proc
ess is still in doubt.
Ex-sultan Sidi Mohammed ben
Youssef. whom an earlier French
government had deposed for his
moderate nationalist tendencies, re-
turned to France from exile In
Madagascar last Monday. Next day
Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay and
other French disnitaries gave him
an extremely polite welcome In q
suburb Of Paris. Yesterday the
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Iron Curtain

Last July,s chiefs-of of-state commu-
nique instructed the Big -Four for
eign ministers TO study measures.
including those possible In organs
and agencies Of the United Nations,
which could ta) bring about pro-
gressiye elimination Of barriers
which interfere with free commune
cations and peaceful trade between
peoples and tb) bring about such
free contacts and exchanges as are
to the mutual advantage Of the
countries and peoples concerned
Az n the case of Germany, 80
also On this issue II Is the Soviet
Union which hopes 10 preserve the
essential elements of the status quo.
The reason the West advocated d
Evening star., 1955-11-06
The Background

t3cl 1UuSSeI bOfbu01S s1EtHIh tE1p
TO power started last August 20, on
the second anniversary Of his exile.
Moroccan Tiationa1ists rioted and
naassacred French colons Ia many
parts 0f the country. Some 1000
persons died.
MOrDccRns demanded the removal
OF Mohamnaed ben Arafa. who had
been installed as sultan, and the re-
turn Of Ben Youssef. They also
sought d bigger say In the govern
n1ent.
The Half Loaf
French Premier Edgar Faure inn
mediately opened negotiations with
the Moroccan nationalists. Togeth-
er they worked out q compromise
plan for giving the people more self
government.
The new French resident-general,
Henri Granval, was to be res
moved to appease irate French res
idents. Sultan ben Arafa was to be
deposed to appease the nationalists.
Ex-Sultan ben Youssef was to be
brought back to France where he
would be accessible to Moroccans.
A three-I1an council Of the
throne was TO replace Ben Arafa:
this trio would pick Cabinet TO
make Morocco ready for the cleo
ton Of provisional National As
sernhly of its own.
After prolonged hennming and
having. the plan was put into eff
feet. In the process. however. Ben
Arafa merely vacated the throne
and moved to Tunis. He did not
resign, as Moroccan nationalists
acidly demanded Moreover the
three-rnan council grew TO . quar-
tet, In which French sympat thizefs
seemed to oltnumber Moroccan ma
tionalists.
The Istiqial. leading Moroccan
nationalist party. refused to CO.
operate In setting up the Cabinet.
The throne councils candidate for
premier. Fatmi ben Slimane. had
difiiculty getting nationalists TO
work with him.
1t was at this point week before
last---that Frances staiwart ally In
many a previous Morocco embroglio.
THANH el GlaolIi. the powerful
Pasha Of Marrakesh. suddenly de-
serted the French and joined the
nationalists. He called for the inn
mediate return of ex-Sultan ben
Youssef. whose exile he himself had
engineered in 1858.
Frenchmen were still absorbing
the shock OF this apparent double
cross when Ben Arafa, from exile
In Tangier, turned in his resigna-
tion as Sultan to President Rene
Coty. He also backed Ben Youssef,
Before the tinarlimity Of q we'll
loved people" Ben Arafa wrote last
Sunday, before the will of that
nation to which France has given
unity and prosperity, we deem 1t
our duty. after having removed
ourself from our capital. to re-
iloufce all our rights. In urging our
subjects to rally to the person OF
Sidi Moharnmed ben Youssef with
out any obstacle barring their
path
The Full Louf
That made the ex-Sultan's return
to France an occasion for special
exultation among the Moroccans.
The cabinets action came faster.
however. than most Of them dared
hope.
The recently organized Council
Of the Throne now is most likely
out Of a Job. Its Premier designate.
Ben Slimane, held consultations
with Ben Youssef late last week to
try to, figure out where ne stood
The Istiqlal came out against Ben
Slimane Thursday. Whether Ben
Youssef would accept him was not
Immediately known.
y- Moroccan natlonaiists had come
d long way since last August. They
had forced the ench-picked Sui
Evening star., 1955-11-06

French cabinet restored him to the
throne.
Preparations are said to be under
way for Ben Youssef's triumphal re-
turn to Morocco by November Is.
anniversary of his first accession
to the throne in 1927. II he doesn't
get back by then. French authors
ties fear new violence In their tur-
bulent North African protectorate.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Princess Renounces
Divorced Man Amid
Widespread d Applause

Princess Margaret, in statement
Of admirable hrevity and clarity,
which recalled another succinct
statement by her uncle i6 years
ago, told the Commonwealth last
week she would not marry the di-
Evening star., 1955-11-06

the cold war adversaries agreed
their people ought to be seeing
more Of each other these days. But
when the statesmen reassembled
wednesday after the All Saints Day
observance, they sank quickly into
the old bog Of fruitless. hopelessiy
divided conversation about how to
unity Germany while preventing .
revival Of Nazi-type militarisnn.
The subject occupied them until
they adjourned Friday for . long
week end.
on the surface, this meeting is
turning into q most forgettable,
colorless affair, Beneath the sur
face, however, there are two new
currents which probably win gather
momentum In the months and years
ahead.
First, by their utter failure to
make any progress toward unifying
Germany, big-power statesmen are
losing the initiative to the Germans
themselyes-by default. II Ger
mans Of East md West really seek
unification as eagerly as they pro-
fess. 1t should be perfectly clear 70
them now that they viii have to
build the fires themselves.
Second, 1t appears likely after
last Mondays session that the
breadth Of the Vests campaign TO
penetrate the IRON Curtain win In
crease. This loosening Of the
mental straitjacket in which
Communist and satellite countries
have been living could lead TO
changes in Soviet national policy
which neither the Kremlin nor its
cold-war rivals can now foresee
or control.
Despite the apparently imminent
failure on German reunification,
there probably win be an effort on
both sides to preserve at least q
facade OF Geneva spirit" gem
Grated at last summers meeting
at the summit"
Both sides would benefit from 1t.
the West by a general dilutioIi Of
the sterile Communist atmosphere
inside the Iron Curtain, the Kren-
lin by whatever military and
psychological relaxation the spirit
could induce among their cold-War
adversaries.
In the new, competitive CO.
existence" phase Of world diplomacy
the outcome win depend on how
vigorous q defense each cornpeti-
tor can throw up while still sup-
porting his offense.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Foreign Ministers Of Britain France the Soviet Union
and the United States doned through four sessions Of
their oowup conference at Geneva last week. The general
expectation was they would fail the acd test for
them by their chiefs of state last summer R
There was mildly pleasant interlude last Monday when
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Germany

Z
When secretary Of state John
Foster Dulles went to Geneva his
/ private, realistic goals were said to
have been two:
Propaganda. To confirm for AL
the world that the Soviet Union.
not the West, Is blocking German
reunification and thus Is running
the risk that this fostering wound
will some day cause another Euro
pean war.
Substance. To achieve some
modest increase In the exchange Of
persons. ideas and perhaps even
peaceful trade across the Iron Cur
tain.
This week end Mr.. Dulles seemed
to be In the advanced stage OF
! achieving both ohjectiyes.
Single Party BoIlot
Mr.. MoiotoV's remarkable defense
of the naonolithic ballot gave the
VESTS propaeandists all the anl-
muniticn they win need TO expose
the fraud In the Soviet Unions
advocacy Of free Alderman
elections.
'sIn the Soviet Union," said Mr..
MoIotoyl '.the single list election
system is used and 1t works very
well. We have conducted many
elections in this manner and have
never had any reason to regret It. 8
As The Stars European corre-
spondert. Crosby s. Moves. pointed
out, the czars held multi-party elec-
tions and look what happened to
them.
Descending from the philosoph-
ical to the substantive. Mr.. Molo-
: TOYS principal aim last week seemed
To be to push all-G German elections,
of whatever type. as far into the
future as possible.
Molotov Plan
The Soviet foreign minister pros
posed establishment of an All-s
German Council composed Of nen1-
bers Of the East and West German
parliaments.
It would be q consultative body,
only. It would appoint mixed COM
nittees to discuss economic and
cultural ties between the two Ger
man states,s and matters relating
to German currency and intra-
German financial transactions.
customs, post and telegraph. trans-
port, ETC.
The Council also shall bring
about accord on matters relating to
the strength, ornaments and To-
cation Of the units required to In
sure the defense OF frontiers and
territories Mr.. Molotoy's proposal
a said.
His provisions for eventual eIec-
tiOns were q masterpiece Of COM
rn1nist rhetoric massively booby-
trapped and all boiling down 10 one
word: STALL. "The ll-German
Council shall bring about accord 2
Mr.. Molotov proposed. ION matters
relating to the participation Of the
German Democratic Republic and
the German Federal Republic in
measures designed to consolidate
European security and shall con-
slider BY mutual agreement qucs-
tons pertaining to the bringing
about Of prerequisites for the uni-
fication Of Germany, as d peaceful
and democratic state.
Western diplomats were carried
back to 1855, when al 0f them,
younger and less wise, had agreed
no the Lublin coalition plan for re-
turning sclf-governnaent To Poland.
Ncn-C Communist Poles who had
Evening star., 1955-11-06

tan out; they got their own choice
back as Sultan: and they had got
French approval. in principle. for
an increase in self-goyernment.
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