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Evening star., 1955-06-05
StorerCoIIege
Closing Doors

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va,
June 4 (Special) )-Storer College,
established after the Civil War
to educate freed slaves, will hold
its final commencement exercises
Monday.
The graduating class numbers
six, only one Of them from West
Virginia. Three are from Virginia
and one each from Georgia and
North Carolina. Arthur G. Dem
son, Of Morgantown, w. Va,
tops the class scholastically, win
ming cum laude honors.
The Supreme Court ruling out
lawing segregation spelled the
doom Of the little college perched
on a bluff overlooking the con-
fluence Of the Potomac and She
nandoah rivers.
The State now enrolls Negroes
in its nine colleges and universe
ties. As q result, the $40, 900
annual State grant to Storer was
withdrawn by the legislature.
No plans for future use Of the
school buildings have been made
by the board Of trustees. l.. E.
Terrell, president. has suggested
that the school be used for care
and training Of maladjusted
Evening star., 1955-06-05
Baltimore Methodists
Move Nearer Integrotion

law Of the land. and since we.
believe that integration has
never been other than the law
Of the Kingdom, we recommend
that our local churches now give
every effort and every means
at their disposal to assist in
the harmonious and peaceful
enactment Of this decision in
their communities" the motion
stated.
The amendment. which was
passed 199 to lot, also urged
"the local church to view and
to meet its own racial problems
in the light Of Christian prin-
Iciple."
The nearly 800 lay and minis
terial delegates also approved
Ia resolution supporting Presi-I
dent Eisenhower's request ask
ing Congress to iberalize the
present immigration law.
Six ministerial and six lay del
egates elected by the Baltimore
Annual Conference to attend the
denominations quadrennial Cen
'eral Conference at Minneapolis,
Mimi, in April. 1856. were an
nounced today. Three Washing
ton area ministers chosen were
DR.. Philip C. Edwards, execu-
tive secretary Of the Confer
ences' Missions and Church Ex-
tension Board: DR.. Asbury Smith,
Washington West District Super
Iintendent, and DR.. Robinson,
who was appointed Washington's
East District superintendent yes
terday.
Four Washington area laymen
elected were D. Stewart Patter-
son, executive secretary Of the
Methodist Commission on Chap
lains; w. Carroll Beatty, Hyatts-
vile attorney; Mrs. Stella Wer-I
ner, of Bethesda, and former
Judge Charles w. Woodward, Of
Rockville.
The four-day meeting will
close tomorrow with the reading
Of ministerial appointments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06

a parole from a visit to the cleaners
Tomorrow may be soon enough, or even
the day after, lest one be looked upon
askance for having crease pressed into
ones sleeve. One cannot recall whether
the particular tailor to whom he sends his
suits is in the habit Of creasing the sleeves
or leaving them without crease.
All that one can be sure Of Is that
there is no crease now, Just as there Is
very little crease in the trousers. Perhaps
the trousers could be sent alone to the
cleaners. thereby halving the cost, and
leaving the coat in the height OF fashion.
One must, In these days Of uncertainty,
cling to something, and 1t may as well be
creaseless sleeves. Perhaps it would be
well to make discreet inquiries Of ones
own tailor. seeking his views.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Still Gets Around

1t appears to me that Wash
ington can function without q
city-wide bus system. by i'm
proving the taxi service and
introducing a jitney system.
The current emergency has
demonstrated that Washingto-
mans and nearby residents have
adjusted themselves to a most
unusual set Of circumstances.
In these days Of capital gains
operators, regular and extra
dividend payments and articu-
late unions well organized. the
taxpaying public does not have
a choice but to pay the bills.
through increased fares and
poorer bus service due to cost
minded bus owners.
One recommended solution
to the present difficulty is
establishing Metropolitan
Transit Authority; which is a
polite way Of saying that the
taxpayers Of Washington will
support another public institu-
ton in addition to buying of a
group Of capital gains opera
tors and spectators in COM
mon stocks.
I say dissolve the Capital
Transit Corp, sell the assets.
and with the receipts pay off
the employees for years of
seniority, and distribute the re-
mainder to the stockholders. I
am confident that we subur-
banites and the majority Of
D. c. residents can get around
with our automobiles. The jit-
ney service and taxicabs would
take care Of non-auto owners.
especially during the morning
and evening rush hours.
The economic savings to the
public would outweigh by far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Trouble in Virqiniu

It looks as though the taxpayers Of
Virginia are about to learn that fiscal
problems cannot be solved with mirrors.
According to information leaked
from report by the Governors Capital
Outlay Study Commission, the State is
some 500 million behind in urgently
needed capital Improvements. Where is
the money coming from?
One proposal is understood to be the
scrapping OF the Byrd automatic tax
refund law. This is a sound proposal
which should be put into effect in any
event. But it will produce only small
fraction of the needed money. Another
proposal-of the Sleight-of-hand variety
lis to make June 80 instead Of December
5 the date for payment of personal in
come and gross receipts taxes. In other
words, the State, by this maneuver, would
get six months ahead of the game in
collecting these taxes.
Even If this would produce the neces-
sary money, however, and leaving aside
the harsh impact on the taxpayers. 1t is
not an answer to Virginia's fiscal prob
lem. The tax-advancement scheme Is a
one-year windfall proposition. 1t would
not continue to produce additional reve-
nue., but the new institutions to be built
would have to be stated and maintained
on an annual basis Furthermore, a
$100-million capital program is far from
being the whole answer to the problem.
Like other States, Virginia is faced with
the prospect of increasing costs in the
foreseeable future, and a new source of
revenue-not Juggling acts needed.
This new revenue can come from
only one source-a State sales tax The
study commission apparently was not
willing to look squarely at this distaste-
full fact, but the time is coming, and
coming soon, when 1t will have to be
faced up to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Pressing Matter

A letter writer has taken to task the
tailors of this town who press creases into
the sleeves Of mems suits. This causes a
quick, furtive look at ones own coat
sleeves to determine If they are so pressed.
AS one has suspected, they are not. But
It Is diflcult to lay the blame, or, one
hastens to add, the credit. Is the state of
the press due to the fact that the tailor
belongs to the school which abhors a
crease in the sleeves, to ones own tardi-
ness in sending the suit to be cleaned and
pressed, or to the nature Of Washlngtons
weather.
If, as the letter writer indicates, 1t is
the height of fashion to wear ones sleeves
impressed, perhaps one may be permitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
How to Veto the Transit Bill

The President has about a week in
which to make his decision on what to
do with the transit legislation.
The best argument and evidence that
the legislation is unnecessary would be
an agreement between the company and
the union-a signed contract that will
bring the men back to work and get the
buses and streetcars rolling again.
There can be no reasonable argyll
ment as between the relative merits of
the legislation and voluntary contract.
The legislation will put the union
as well as the company out of business.
It will produce flood Of long drawn-out
litigation. It will eventually, by painful
but sure stages, inflict on this city the
disadvantages Of public ownership and
operation. If public ownership is inevi-
table in some future, it is a step that
requires careful and deliberate conSidera-
ton and intelligent planning. It is not
step that should come under the duress
Of an emergency, forced by bad legisla-
ton.
A contract signed between the man.
agement and the union-bringing the
men back to work-will permit the pres
ent management, If some substitute own
ership is found, to get out of Washing
ton. It will mean that the union,
composed of men who have worked hard
and faithfully for many years, will pre-
serve a contract containing many adj
vantages, including good pension plan.
1t will serve to stimulate public interest
in the problems of both sides, problems
that must be solved by sympathetic
public agencies If mass transportation
is to be provided by private ownership
and enterprise.
We urge the company and the union
to take advantage of Anal opportunity
to straighten out this transit mess them
selves, even If it requires gamble as to
the Presidents decision on the legislation.
We do not believe that the President
would sign the bill, which must be
utterly repugnant to him and all he
stands for, If the strike is ended volun-
tarily. If it is not ended, he may have no
choice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Progressive Education

The Progressive Education
Association is disbanding. it
says.
Granting that the decision is
an honest one and not Just a
change of name. typical Of
these Fabian organizations.
the benefit to education and
youth should be threefold. 1t
should mean a tightening OF
discipline, for the progreSsiv-
lists believe discipline is bad
for the child; the introduce
ton of the three Rs plus SPELL
ing. something now discour-
aged by the associations fol-
lowers: and a reduction in
juvenile delinquency, much of
which is due to a realization
that education is inadequate.
Progressive education does
everything but educate. In Arl-
ington. thousands Of parents
are beginning to realize this.
for they have had it. Johnny.
say the progressivists, must
not learn to read or write be-
fore going to school; he must
not be disciplined; he must not
experience competition. These
things are bad for Johnny:
worse. indeed, than going
through school unable to read
or write.
1t has been suggested to the
Arlington Independent Move
ment, which hopes to control
the School Board after No
vember's elections, that pre-
school learning of these four
subjects be encouraged and
supervised. The cost could be
covered by shortening the pc
riod spent in the primary
grades in cases where such
training had prepared the
child. Since the cost of a years
schooling in Arlington is over
$500. the savings in money and
space could be extensive.
One remedial teacher has
suggested that children who
enter school with q knowledge
Of the four subjects seldom
experience difficulty in the
higher grades. She believes
that If every child were taught
these subjects thoroughly in
the primary grades, there
would be few If any cases Of
Johnny can't read"
Arlington parents are begin
ming to realize there is more
to education than palatial
buildings. AIM will. therefore,
strive to provide education to
match our beautiful schools,
II it can break che 10-year
stranglehold of the non
partisan experimenters on
education.
Charles w. Carter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06

The s4th Congress-unless
President Eisenhower calls it
to meet In special session this
fall-has only one session to
make or mar its legislative
record. Before it lies Q fat
program in any mans Ian
guage. This Democrat-con-
trolled Congress has received
many pats on the back because
it actually did complete some
important legislation. As q
matter Of fact, II turned away
from many important items,
among them highway legisla-
ton, school legislation, health
legislation, water resources leg
islation, statehood for Ha-
wall and Alaska, and amend
ment Of the Taft Hartley la
Dor law.
With national elections just
around the corner-what will
the Democrats do when Con-
gress meets again? They can
go ahead and pass some Of
these major items In the
Presidents program - which
win tend to increase his pres
tige-a Republican Presidents
prestige-or they can play
politics and use up their time
fully.
Apt to Tackle Taxes
This Congress will in all
probability have to tackle tax
legislation in the session OPEN
ing next January. II the pres
ent high economy Of the coun-
try continues, the revenues
may be large enough to assure
q balanced budget within q
brief period. II that holds
true. the President win, it Is
expected. recommend . tax
reduction. And II taxes are
reduced further-during this
Republican administration-it
means another feather in the
Eisenhower cap. Naturally.
the Democrats will try to 20
beyond the Eisenhower tax re-
duction program when pro-
posed. They gave q taste of
that tactic during the last
session, when they tried hard
to have inserted q $40 tax re-
duction for all income tax
payers. thinking to gain the
favor Of millions Of small tax
payers. They viii undoubt-
edly try some similar project
next year-even II the admin
istration does not recommend
tax reduction.
The Democrats have given
notice, too. they will seek to
return to the old rigid 30 per
cent Of parity farm price sup
ports. which were instrumental
in building up huge crop sur
pluses but which failed in the
Truman administration to keep
farm prices from dropping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Takes 1t Back

With interest read Thomas
G. Walters letter stating that
he would be greatly interested
in knowing the reasoning that
prompted Mr.. Coll to make the
statement, relative to Congress
handing out easy money to
Government workers"
Apparently there was no
reasoning at all that called
for the rider on my letter
praising the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department for outstand-
ing and unself1sh work in the
transit strike. So interested
was I in heaping praise on
those poor fellows standing out
in that humidity and heat that
Inadvertently included a re-
mark not seriously believed
even by myself.
So, through The Star, Mr..
Walters and his Government
Employees Council, ALL, I offer
a retraction Of that portion Of
my letter which referred to the
meager increase given the Gov
eminent employees as "easy
money" and hope the thou
sands of Government employees
offended will accept my
apology. Tom Coll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Note to Bonn

In its note proposing that Chancellor
Adenauer Of West Germany visit Moscow
at the end of this month or early in
September, the Kremlin seems to have
ruled out the possibility of discussing
identification at the projected talks. At
any rate, the note plainly indicates that
the Soviet Union will be prepared to
negotiate only about establishing diplo-
matte, trade and cultural relations with
the Bonn government. And this has been
interpreted as evidence that the Russian
leaders are following policy aimed at
''legalizing" the existence of two Ger
manys-a policy of delay and do
nothingism designed to keep the country
partitioned for at least as long as DR..
Adenauer is In office.
However, although such a policy
would be in line with the Kremlin's past
position, the fact is that Germany's re-
unification-even If the Russians do not
want to talk about 1t with DR.. Adenauer
is not question that can be deferred
indefinitely. On the contrary, as agreed
upon at the Geneva summit" meeting,
the issue will be high on the agenda Of
VIC oAe FOuA AOAClBA
ence in October. Not until then will 1t
be possible to determine whether the
Soviet leaders want to deal constructively
with the problem or whether they just
want to keep on doing nothing about It,
Meanwhile, 1t would be premature to
regard their note to Bonn as sure indi-
cation that they favor kind Of perpetual
partition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
THIS. AND THAT
Rv THARIES + TPACEWEII

our water, and this is called :
progress.
Now we move out into the
country, where the air is fresh.
and some strange fellow in,
sists on starting a roaring
bonfire every night just as.
Temp Jones and family sit
down to dinner. y.
Suddenly great clouds Of
smoke roll through the win
dows.
Sometimes the smell is of.
paper, later it will be leaves.
occasionally 1t is of rubber, :
especially nice for dining. T..
This, too, Is called progress.
The man gets exactly the
same trash collections as ev-.
erybody else, but he has to,
stink up his neighborhood.
just the same.
What do you do to such
people?
Nothing. You can't. =
You grin, we hope, and bear"
it, asking yourself all the
time, What was the use of
moving out here, If the very
air we breathe is going to be
polluted?"
Los Angeles has the same
trouble. if the thought is any
help. which it isn't.
Out there they call 1t Smog.
Come. out. some time. y
writes the kind correspondent.
and have some Of our honey
water coffee" n
Temp Jones, who refuses to-
drink hydrant water. buys bot
tied water. and likes it much
better, but it is expensive.
He has tried making coffee
with 1t, but does not find it
any particular improvement.
Perhaps he should put honey
in it.
After all, a bottle isn't a
spring. the real thing, coming
straight from the good eartn,
filtered by stone and gravel
and maybe some sand.
Dip in the old tin dipper, :
folks, and let us drink to the
American that used to be;
maybe it wasn't so sanitary,
but it was a great deal more
fun. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
A Pediutriciun Is Born
I'm oiDino np mn practice

I'm oiOino up nv practice
With oroDn- ups and their
ills.
They tend to slight mn
treatments,
And Overlook my bills.
Old age tDin overtdke them
In spite OF all my lore,
Which means a losing venture
That ri indulge no more.
III specialize in infants,
With rules for food and care
Which neD and anxious
mothers
viii tollotD to the hair.
Life beckonS to q baby
From eDery nook and turn.
And 50 RI cast my lot NTH
A going young concern.
Russell Pettis Askus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Congress Left Much Undone

This farm legislation, II It Ia
tried. In company with tax leg
islation, viii take q good slice
Of the time Of the next regular
session Of the S4th CONGRESS.
The pressure for an adjourn
ment Of Congress by the first
week in August next year will
be intense. The Democratic
national convention is to meet
in Chicago August 10; the
Republican national conven-
ton In San Francisco, August.
20. After brief interval. the
campaign will be in full blast.
One-third of the Senate and
the entire membership Of the
House win be up for election.
along with the candidates for
President and Vice President.
All Of this limits the time Of
the Congress for important.
legislation. It also may infiu-
ence the President when he :
comes to the question Of
special session call for next.
October or November.
No Action Likely ON Taft-Hartley
The Democrats probably will
keen all labor LEGISLATION bot.
tied up. They seemingly have
no desire to improve the Taft
Hartley law, which they have
called q slave labor law"
They want it, apparently, for
an issue in the 1856 campaign.
and will talk of repeal" For
some seven years that law has
been on the books. Instead Of.
proving q slave labor law. it.
has worked to the advantage
Of both labor and business
management and labor's wages
have continued to advance.
Indeed. labor, like business,
has never had 1t so good.
While President Eisenhower
can recommend legislation to-
Congress, that body itself must.
draft it and send it to the Chief
Executive for his approval. All
the standing committees Of the
House and Senate are headed
by Democrats and all Of them
have q Democratic majority
They are the agents which put
in shape the bills that are laid
before the two bodies. So. II
there is sidestepping Of i'm
portant problems they viii be
in large measure responsible.
Also, If the New Deal-Fair Deal7
Democrats are in command In
some of the important commit :
tees. they may bring in legisla-,;
ton that goes far beyond the
proposals Of the President but
which cannot be written into .
law because of a combination
of conservative Democrats with
Republicans. -
Democrats and Republicans
alike will strive for political
advantage-but the record will
tell the tale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-06
Takes Strike in Stride

In all the talk about the
transit strike, 1t has been as
sumed that the employees must
receive an increase In pay be-
fore any settlement can be
reached. Now, what / am going
to say will not be popular with
the employees, but it will be
with the much larger group
who are forced to walk. or pay
taxi fare to get anywhere.
It has been stated that the
employees have been receiving
$50 an hour. That amounts
to 1870 a weeks days, at
8 hours a day. or $5.054 a year.
This is the fifth week of the
strike. At $97.20 a week, that
makes $486 pay lost by each
employee. Now this is the way
it looks to me: Any man who
can afford to take q five-week
vacation without pay and
thereby lose $486 is not in need
of any increase Of pay.
Some of the strikers have
stated that their wives have
jobs. and they get along on
that. I'll bet that makes the
wives happy-to have to get
out in this hot weather and
work so the family can eat.
while the husband sits around
home wearing out the seat OF
his pants. Suppose that by the
end of this week the employees
go back to work with an in
crease of Is cents an hour:
1t will take 243 days for that
increase to earn the money
lost by the strike; eight months
to get back where they started!
1t sounds silly-and it is silly.
am q retired Government
employee charter member Of
a labor union that never
strikes. I am over 80 years
old. and I walk.
All over the country the high
scale Of pay demanded by bus
and streetcar operators has
forced the fare UP to q point
where the public is unwilling
TO pay, resulting in loss OF
transit riders and consequent
loss of revenue for the COM
panies. The cold fact of the
matter is that the job of bus
and streetcar operator is not
worth the wages asked. I very
much doubt II one-fourth OF
the carpenters, bricklayers. or
plasterers, etc, receive an an
nual wage equal to that re-
ceived by the transit operators.
after having spent years in
perfecting their trades. while
the transit operators can
qualify for their jobs in a few
months at most.
Transit fare should not be
over Is cents cash, with school
fare one-half the regular rate.
with free transfers; and wages
of transit employees should be
fixed at q rate that would make
these rates possible. The situa-
alton in Washington is no diff
ferent from that in other large
cities. 1t is time the public
gets a break. Get the wheels to
rolling. ]. r. s.