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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

The millions Of Americans
who hoped that Santa Claus
would have a package for them
to be opened next July, con-
tanning some sort Of tax relief.
may just as well forget about
1t. It was sufficient for the
Bulganin-Kh rushchev team to
give Prime Minister Nehru o
secondhand plane and make
some vague promises to the
Afghans that they would re-
ceive a loan of 500 million to
get our supporters OF buy
friendships" in a new spending
mood-at the taxpayers ex-
pense.
Secretary Dulles. who until
recently was favoring q go
easy spending policy. had to
yield to the pressure Of the
spendthrifts. He explained
that while Congress viii be
asked to appropriate $2.2 bill
lion more than for the present
fiscal year. the actual expendi-
ture will be increased by only
5000 million.
In this election year the Sec
rotary OF State will have the
unenviable task Of asking Con-
gress for nearly IS billion In
appropriations for foreign aid.
when the administration had
limited last year that these
giveaways might be substan-
TALLY reduced. Military aid.
Mr.. Dulles said. win remain at
the present levels. Economic
assistance, however. would be
raised by some 5000 million to
nearly 50 billion-20 times the
amount vaguely promised by
the Kremlin to the Afghans.
There have been In the past
strong efforts on the part Of
such American representatives
to India as former Ambassador
to India Chester Bowles and
the present envoy. Sherman
Cooper, to overlook the antics
of Messrs. Nehru and Krishna
Menon and give India as much
money as possible to increase
its standard of living. Mr.
Bowles had pleaded for ct least
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
DORIS FLEEsoN
Stealing Democratic Thunder

"They are stealing Lyndon
Johnson's Clothes" mourned
one, referring to the Senate
majority leader who has been
priding himself on his own
state Of the Union message
outlining q moderate legisla-
tive program. Maybe Eisen-
hover has joined him but Eli
senhower will get the credit"
That is how it will work out
politically. And the decision
of the administration TO step
I'D its actions in politically ap-
pealing fields could also have
the effect Of forcing the Dem
ocrats. especially their candi-
dates for President. further to
the left.
Since most. observers feel
that the country is in . mod
crate mood. that would be an
extra dividend Of considerable
Importance to Republicans.
whether Eisenhower runs or
not.
Republicans would like to
see Adlai Stevenson in par
ticular forced into more ex-
IRENE positions. He is the
Democrat they fear because
he Is personally conservative
and more moderate in action
than other avowed candidates.
The COP. right wing will
flnd some Of the Eisenhower
moves unpalatable but can be
expected to 60 along for
victory's sake. Democrats in
their turn may be able TO prove
that they suggested most Of 1t.
as indeed they did. but it win
avail them little to complain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
One Might Guess Proposal OutIoys
Could Be Tied Up With Election Year

ments to corporate and factory
farmers.
AS for highways. the admin
istration now Is coming around
TO the pay-as-you-go principle
upon which Democrats are
insisting. instead Of the bond
financing scheme originally
recommended by the admins
tration which Democrats de-
nounced as q bankers relief
bill" In the social welfare field
the administration will urge
further extension Of coverage
of the minimum law, an orig
inal New Deal reform. Also it
has devised an expanded pro-
gram to relieve unemployment
in distressed areas, chiefly coal
mining and textile, which will
approach the program offered
in vain to the last session OF
Congress by q Democrat. Sem
ator Paul H. Douglas Of Illinois.
What we shall see is q con-
test for political credit between
the administration and the
Democrats. In that the admin
istration has q psychological
advantage, even though Demo-
Gratis control Congress.
To understand this, we must
recognize that 1t is the Pres
ident, rather than Congress,
who gets the credit for what
finally comes out Of the mill
here-and also the blame II 1t
works out that way. He Is one
figure. singled out constantly
by the spotlight, while Con-
gress is many figures. confused
and shadowy, and 1t is hard
to Ak responsibility and con-
sequently to assess credit or
blame.
President Eisenhower has got
himself identified with what
has come to be called "the
Eisenhower program" which
now appears in the public mind
to be his own invention, though
much Of it. especially social
welfare feasures. were Of New
Deal-Fair Deal origin. Sensing
the tide Of the times, he was
foresighted to espouse such
measures. They were popular
and for long vote-getters for
Democrats. Now. because he
Is President. they become hia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
SOP. Proposing Action in Fields
Heretofore Left to Opposition

cal research expenditures as
to 80 per cent" higher than
current OUTLAWS. He also said
he would propose Federal aid
for construction Of research
facilities and for medical edu-
cation.
The administrations strenu-
Gus efforts to expand the farm
relief programs Of perhaps its
most stubborn conservative,
Secretary Of Agriculture Ben
son, have been in the news for
some time. Benson is to stay.
together with his flexible price
supports, despite his g. o. P.
critics but they have won their
fight to force him to suggest
new remedies at the next ses-
sion Of Congress.
The Benson reply is not yet
ready but apparently 1t will
include o soil bank and .
surplus disposal program Of
genuine proportions. sugges-
lions originally pressed by
Democratic Senators Hum
phrey and Anderson.
Treasury Secretary Hum
phrey has not yet committed
himself to q tax cut. But he
is holding out hope in public
and privately drafting plans
for one that will bear the
Eisenhower stamp.
The significance Of all this
is not lost on Democrats who
in the recent past have man
aged to get a great deal OF
campaign mileage out Of SINH
lar moderate proposals Of their
own,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

cool to both sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
DORIS FLEEsON

Recent developments show
the Eisenhower administration
proposing action in many
fields where they have hereto
fore been content to hold the
line and leave the initiative to
the Democrats.
In the space Of one day
(last Tuesday, three cabinet
members disclosed to press
conferences new spending pro-
grams. These programs not
only contradicted past en-
'phasis on budget-balanctng
but in discussing them the
three Secretaries implied that
the direction they were taking
had become a matter Of ma
tional policy.
Secretary Of State Dulles
confirmed the administration
plan to ask Congress Just
under IS billion in new for
eign aid money, which is 81
per cent more than now spent.
He explained that the money
was needed to "replenish the
pipelines" so that assistance
could 60 on "for a considerable
period of time"
Secretary Of Defense Wilson
confirmed forecasts that his
budget would be about 81 bill
lion higher than at present.
The extra billion will 60 chiefly
for the wonder weapons" and
the total defense budget will
be about $35.5 billion.
Secretary Folsom Of Health,
Education and Welfare prom
ised to ask Congress for medi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Buyinq Friends, Influencing People

in the Near and Middle East
which could be helped is UNI
deniable. Last years appro-
priations are more than suf-
ficient for that purpose, how
ever. The State Department
mentions Asia in a general
way. But some countries ike
Indonesia, where the anti
Western parties have just won
an impressive majority at the
polls. have already indicated
that they do not want our
economic assistance lest the
Red bloc-the USSR and Com
munist China-interpret 1t as
a sign that they are going over
to the ''colonialists." And this
country, which has exercised
a good deal of pressure on the
British and the Dutch to give
India and Indonesia their
complete freedom, is listed by
the Communists as tops among
the rapidly disappearing breed
of nations.
Pakistan, Ceylon, Thailand,
Iran, Laos. Cambodia and
Southern Wet Nam can absorb
only a limited amount OF as
sistance lest they undergo an
economic crisis similar to that
in Turkey-for which we are
partly responsible.
The more unpleasant aspect
Of this haste to match" Rus
sia's new policy Of helping the
Asian and African people eco
nomically is that we are now
giving the impression that we
are mere copycats. For several
years we piddled around with
Egypt's request for help to
build the Aswan dam and did
nothing about it. But as soon
as Red arms began to pour into
Egypt and Soviet experts ar
rived in Cairo to study the
project, we. rushed into the
picture and granted the de-
mands of the Cairo govern
inent,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Dulles Must Ask for S. Billion After
ItWos Hinted Cuts Were on Way
CONSTANTINE BROWN

81 billion over q period Of 10
years.
Mr.. Dulles statement that
much Of the increased eco
nomic assistance would go to
Asia lends credence to the re-
ports that there will be serious
efforts on the part Of the adj
ministration to aid Mr.. Nehru's
land, despite his open antag-
onism to the United States and
everything we stand for. The
belief that this will be the
strongest contention in Mr..
Dulles drive for additional
economic help is strengthened
by the fact that all European
countries which have benefited
by the American bonanza are
in at least as good economic
shape as this country.
Britain, France, Germany,
italy, Belgium and the Neither
lands are at least as well of
as-if not better than-before
the last war. There is full en-
ployment in all those countries
and commerce and agriculture
are at the highest peak. The
taxation burden on the in
dividuaf taxpayer is far below
that Of the American citizen.
This applies particularly to
those in the lower brackets
who pay next to nothing COM
pared with their American
,counterparts.
The nearly 800 members Of
Congress who visited Europe
this year are fully aware Of
present conditions on that con-
tinent. They are also aware
that the cost Of living for
the Europeans is considerably
lower than that in this country.
Thus more than token resist
ance is expected to be offered
to continuing economic aid to
Europe. even II some Of the
executive branch's strategists
and the supporters Of Europe
first" try to put the label OF
''isolationism" TO the legis-
lators who will oppose further
giveaways to our European
allies.
That there are some areas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22

To put into perspective the
foreign aid" issue-whether
the United States should spend
between 81 and IS billion q
year for the benefit of dozens
of countries in the world
much more information will
have to be provided to the
American people than they
have at present.
The issue could become po-
litical, although both parties
have within their ranks pro-
ponents and opponents OF the
foreign aid program.
AS for spending" proclivi-
ties, the Democrats started it
all with the Marshall Plan un-
der the Truman administra-
ton, and it would be incon-
sistent for them to accuse the
Eisenhower administration OF
extravaganza when the latter
merely continues what a DEM
ocratic predecessor began.
So far as the American pub
lie generally is concerned, 1t
never has been fully persuaded
that foreign aid is q good
thing. Only when top officials
begin to point out that eco
nomic and military aid is es-
sential as a means Of building
American defenses throughout
the world and avoiding q war
does the subject become pala-
table at all to the voters in this
country.
Some 81 billion q year
which is what the expenditure
has been averaging during re-
cent years-is q lot Of money
in terms Of what the American
people could do with such .
sum. It is twice what is spent
to help agriculture. It is many
times what Is spent on high
ways by the Federal Govern
ment. It Is far more than the
total spent each year for the
operations Of all the civilian or
nondefense agencies and de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Much More Data Needed to Decide
Answer to Foreign Aid Question

partments Of the Government.
AS for tax relief, 81 billion
would go a long way toward
giving taxpayers quite a break.
But the answer usually
made to all these points is
that. If America is plunged
into another world war, con-
trolls would become necessary.
excess profits taxes would be
re-enacted and many domestic
programs would 60 by the
board.
So the issue turns not on
whether the principle of aid
ing foreign countries with
loans and grants of an eco
monte and military nature is
right-for it is approved by
all parties in the main-but
whether the money is being
effectively spent in the right
places and whether it must be
increased or decreased.
This, in turn, leads into a
realm Of great uncertainty and
doubt because in modern polit-
ical life a government in the
Middle East or in Asia that
receives aid this year may be
out of power next year.
Basically. the purpose of for
eign aid granted by the United
States is to fight the influence
of Communist Imperialism in
all parts of the world. The
Communist rulers in Moscow
and Peiping have been trying
recently to extend their infiu-
ence into India and Southeast
Asia, as well as in the Middle
East and North Africa, by
promising economic aid. 1t is
being assumed in the Western
countries that a kind Of com
petition" is in progress and
that the United States must
pay the bill for the contribu-
tions made by the West to win
over so-called neutral" coun-
tries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
THOMAS [. STOKES

The Eisenhower administra-
ton Is putting Q slightly DIFF
ferent twist on the old political
axiom which says III you can't
lick EN-, join EN-" It is:
IF you want to lick 'em.
join EN- and raise EN-"
BY which we refer to the
hasty-and, indeed. almost un-
seemly--way in which key adj
ministration officials are fig-
ureatively elbowirig each other
aside these days, in advance
Of the opening Of Congress,
to boost proposed OUTLAWS for
various projects education,
highways, agriculture, health
most Of which they adopted
from New Deal-Fair Deal pro-
grams Of the Democrats orig
inally.
You might guess that this
has some connection with the
election coming up next year
and in that you would be
exactly correct.
With some concern about
the political effects Democratic
leaders have watched the
hectic bidding-up by the ad-
ministration Of propose
spending on such projects be-
yond what President Eisen-
hover and his Budget Bureau
would stand for in the last
session Of Congress.
The most recent example Is
the support for increased APP
preparations for health pro-
grams by Secretary of Health.
Education and Welfare
Marion B. Folsom. He also
made 1t plain that the admin
istration likewise will now back
larger Federal contributions
for construction of schools
than ever was tolerated by his
rieidly States rights minded
predecessor, Mrs. Oveta Culp
Hobby.
Before that, In o process oil
gradual retreat, we saw Secre.
tary Of Agriculture Benson ir
one reluctant concession after
another agree to an enlarged
agricultural program. This will
include the so-called soil bank
expanded aid for low-inconns
farmers and limitation oi
amounts Of price support pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
Soviet at Greek Fair

MOSCOW, Dec. ~ R.-The
Soviet Union reports 1t will take
part In the 1855 international
fair ut Salonika, Greece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-22
|Murtino to Visit Asia

ROME, Dec. % R.-Italy's
Foreign Minister Gaetano Mar
tino will tour Pakistan, Ceylon
and India December 29-January
! 9 on q good will mission.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Missouri Flag
ToBeCurriied
At Service

Missouri will be remembered
in prayers at the Washington
Cathedral tomorrow and the
State flag will be carried in the
ecclesiastical professional.
The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre, jr., cathedral dean, will
Ibe preacher at the II am. serv-
lice.
Holy Communion will be ce1e-
brated at 8 am. in st. Mary's
Chapel by Canon Charles Mar
tin and at $50 am. in Bethle-
hem Chapel by Canon Theodore
o. Wedel.
Two baccalaureate services
will be held in the cathedral to-
morrow.
The Rev. Edward Gardiner
Latch, minister of the Metropoli-
tan Memorial Methodist Church,
will give the sermon at the 4
pm. service for the graduating
class of Woodrow Wilson High
School.
The graduating class of Will
son Teachers College will hear
the Rev. Canon Luther D. Mil
Ter deliver the sermon at their
baccalaureate exercises at s
pm.
The regular 4 pm. evensong
service will be omitted tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Guests 10 Fill
Area Pu|pits

Guest speakers will appear In
a number of Washington area
churches tomorrow.
DR.. John Thompson Peters
Secretary Of Stewardship and
Promotion of the General
Council of the Presbyterian
USA, will speak on 1.-THE Colder
Age of the Church" at the $3.50
and IL am. services of the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church, 583s
Chevy Chase parkway NV.
Other guest speakers tomorrow
include:
Howard Reese, Baptist Student
Union Secretary for all of the
universities and colleges in the
District, who will speak on
Discipline in Marriage. at 8
pm. in the Congress Heights
Baptist Church, 621 Alabama
avenue Sc.
DR.. M. Chandler Stith, execu-
tive secretary of the D. C. Baptist
Convention, who will speak at the
8:45 and liam. services of the
National Baptist Memorial
Church, Sixteenth street and
Columbia road NV.
The Rev. w. B. Oglesby, pro-
fessor of Pastoral Councilling at
Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, Va, who will preach
at the II am. service of the
Bethesda Presbyterian Church,
Wilson lane and Clarendon road,
Bethesda.
The Rev. Jay Warren Rowen,
associate pastor of the Drayton
Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Detroit. will be guest speaker at
the $3.50 and II am. services in
Arlington Presbyterian Church,
Columbia pike and South Lin
coin street, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
CHURCHES ON THE AIR

The following religious pro-
grams will originate in stations
here tomorrow:
TeIeviSi0n
/ am, WRC-TV - "Inspira-
tion," the Rev. Cliff johnson of
Westminster Presbyteria n
Church, Alexandria.
10 am, WRC-TV-"Give Us
This Day" discussion on the
building of a suburban church.
10 a. m, WTOP-TV THE
Mass for Shut-Ins." sponsored
by the John Carroll Society OF
Washington.
Radio.
! am, WRC - Inspiration, y
same as above.
7::30 am, WWDC-"Mass for
Shut-Ins," from Georgetown
University.
8 am, WPGC-The Rev. Ju-
lian Pope. of the District Heights
Baptist Church, speaks.
8:45 am, WOL-"Light for
Evening star., 1955-06-11

Life" presented by the Washing
ton Area Church Commission.
9:15 am, Station WMAL-
I'How Christian Science Heals. "
! 9:55 am, WGMS-"A Sunday
Talk" by the Rev. C. Leslie
Glenn of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Lafayette Square.
II am, WPGC-The Rev
Robert Davis, of the First Bap-
itist Church of Suitland. speaks
| II am, WOL-"Jewish Herit-
| age and Vision" presented by
the Washington Board of Rab-
bis.
| II am, WFAN - Petworth
Baptist Church service.
! II am. WDON-W A S H
Grace Reformed Church service
IL am. WARL-First Presby-
terrain Church service.
/ 1870 am, WEAM-Bon Ali
Baptist Church service.
| 11:30 am. WWDC-The Rev.
James H. Miers, of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, speaks
Again at 8 pm.
1880 am, WOOK - First
Trinity Lutheran Church service
Repeated over WAN at 1905
pm.
| 3:05 pm. WMAL-"Hour OF
Power" from the Central Union
| Mission.
6 pm, WMAL-The Rev. j
Walter Carpenter, of the Metro.
politan Baptist Church. speaks
$3.50 pm. WOOK-The Rev
Evening star., 1955-06-11

Millions" the Catholic Inter-
racial Council discusses the sub.
ject THE Supreme Court Decree.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
VFW Post to Give
Citation to Mission

Walter Reed Hospital Post
2S4, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will present the Central Union
Mission with a citation for out
standing community service dur
ing an 8 pm. service tomorrow
in the MISSIONS chapel, 624 In
diana avenue NV.
DR.. Herbert E. Eberhardt, mis-
sion superintendent, will accept
the framed citation from Albert
Armstrong, chairman of COM
munity service for the VFW post.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Lundover Buzuur

The Landover (Md.) Christian
Church has scheduled an out
door bazaar from 10 o'clock this
morning to 10 o'clock tonight at
the junction of Routes 2O2 and
TIC. Proceeds from the bazaar
will go to the church's building
fund.
Evening star., 1955-06-11

THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. G. A-9
II,
Evening star., 1955-06-11
India Industry Up

India's industrial activity re-
Gently hit new peak of 152, up
So per cent from the 1946 level,
New Delhi reports.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Dublin Housing

A firm of Dublin, Fire. builders
has launched a housing develop
ment which eventually will con-
tain 1,180 homes.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
THE HUMAN SIDE OF RELIGION
Richmond Church Luuded
For Hospitality at Session

For Is years, we had thought it
wonderful to see our Junior
Choir come marching and sing
ing into the church. He said this
was all wrong and changed it.
And now we have no Junior
Choir.
"Then came Grange Sunday
when all the members went to
church in a body. So they got
together in the vestibule Of our
church. Mr.. Smith forbade them
to march. and they had to steal
into the church on the sly. Now
we have no more Grange Sunday.
Then came the Harvest Fes-
tival. Our people all brought in
basketfuls of canned goods to be
sent to some orphanage. think
the angels in heaven sang for
joy, but not our pastor. When
he saw them put the gifts on the
altar rail as sweet offerings to
God, he was Mortified and
now there is no Harvest Festival.
Game Christmas. For rs
years our former pastor had seen
to it that Santa would appear to
jolly the children. Smith for
bade Santa to appear. He called
it buffoonery. And what is the
outcome? No Christmas activi-
ties for the children.
For years every Sunday we
had a beautiful basket of flowers
on the altar. But Smith was
Mortified at such sacrilege and
ordered the flowers away. Now
it looks like a funeral and de-
feat, not like life and victory. ]
think we should be relieved. We
have stood punishment enough"
Il ~
"Nice to Little Children"
The other letter said:
Dear Sir: My name is Fred
die Hammer. I am 10 years old
and live in Smithtown. My
preacher is Rev. Brown. Rev.
Brown is nice to the little chill
dren. He also helps older peo-
pie. He is the incest preacher
we've had. He sticks to his SER
mon and teaches us a great deal.
would like him to stay. I know
others want to have him stay
too. ! would appreciate it if you
would let him stay here longer.
Will you let him stay?"
Evening star., 1955-06-11

Roosevelt Mcintyre, of Meridian
Hill Baptist Church. speaks.
10:15 pm, WOOK-"Faith of
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