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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Britain Lowers Taxes

Faced with tidy treasury surplus and
a general election next month, Britain's
Conservative Party government has rec
commended broad program of tax reduc-
ton in its 1856 budget Most sweeping Of
the proposed concessions is one raising
exemptions to point calculated to free
an estimated additional rs million persons
from any income tax liability at all. In
addition, all individual income tax rates
are reduced and certain purchase taxes
are lowered. The revenue loss for full
year is figured at about $434 million.
Even so, there are good and obvious
reasons-fscal and political-for the gov
eminent decision. The year ending last
March 81 produced $1.2-billion surplus.
After allowing for the estimated drop in
revenues in the new fiscal year, Chancellor
of Exchequer Butler figures there still will
be an excess of more than $500 million
in government income over expenditures.
Reduction of the purchase taxes, mostly
on textile products, is expected to increase
domestic consumption and to benefit the
textile industry enough to relieve current
unemployment. Politically, personal tax
reductions always are popular and the
British voter certainly is no exception to
the rule. British income tax rates, incl
dentally are considerably higher than our
own and the proposed lower base rate still
will be 42k per cent with smaller allow
ances than are granted here.
But while Mr.. Buffers plan in these
respects may be logical and justiiable,
there is one dangerous potential in reduc-
ing taxes at this time. In it's current pros
perity, Britain is suffering from imitation.
Generally high, employment and wage
level that is good by British standards have
brought a relatively heavy demand for
consumer goods Imports have been rising
faster than exports and the price index has
been climbing for more than year. In
creasing the purchasing power of millions
of people, especially in the lower income
brackets, is almost sure to add to these
inflationary pressures.
Still, as the Investors Chronicle asks:
IF you can't reduce taxation when there's
433 million pounds surplus, when the devil
will you be able to reduce it?" Mr.. Butler
and his party have the answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

VVdSSAVC 4 ANpOhnt Shhut Us
credit for all acts of Franklin
Roosevelt which were believed
to be meritorious, it is not to
be charged with collision in
any acts by Mr.. Roosevelt
which were justifiably repre-
hensible and, therefore, Frank
lin Roosevelt alone was guilty
of the Yalta "sellout." This
conclusion presupposes that
there was no discussion of the
conference agenda between
Mr.. Roosevelt and Secretary of
State Acheson or any other
party leader and ignores the
fact that during the New Deal
regime Franklin Roosevelt was
the Democratic Party and any
party follower who dared to
oppose his views on any ques-
ton was likely to be purged.
BY such reasoning The Star
asserts that: Senator George
is on firm ground in saying the
Yalta continuance will prove to
be a political dud."
1t is also said that "the
American voter can be bam-
boozled." In every election for
the past Is years the New Deal
Democrats attempted to bam-
boozle the voters by charging
the Republican Party with full
responsibility for the fictitious
sins of Herbert Hoover. Sen
ator George will discover that
they will not be bamboozled
by his announcement that the
Democratic Party must be abb
solved Of all responsibility for
the fully established sins COM
mitted by Franklin Roosevelt
at Yalta. The Senator was
merely whistling in the dark.
Old Reactionary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
a Need for Golf

It was most gratifying to
find in your editorial. "A Need
for Golf" that some one rec
ognizes President Eisenhower's
right as a member of the hui
man race to share the same
needs as other such beings.
The President. dealing with
the trials and pressures of to-
days confused world, has a
vital need. as have all men, for
relaxation.
1t is not altogether fair to
assume that the President en-
tirely dismisses from his mind
all executive problems while
playing golf. 1t would seem
that the solitude of the golf
course would tend to induce a
deeper sense of concentration
and a more problem-solving
frame of mind than the White
House Office, which is fire.
quented with numerous inter-
ruptions and distractions.
Perhaps we Americans be-
lieve that the election of a
man to the presidency of the
United States automatically
provides him with superhuman
endurance, and even a gift for
infallibility. Our mental insti-
tutions are filled with people
who failed to recognize the
bounds of mental endurance,
and who pushed too hard.
Considering the many times
that President Eisenhower
must practice extreme diplo-
macy and thoughtful tact, we
should be most thankful that
he chooses to tee off" only on
the golf course.
S. ]. Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Good!

The General Services Administration
wants Government letters to be short 1t
wants them to be simple. 1t wants them
to be strong. 1t wants them to be sincere.
1t hopes not to encounter difficulties" in
"expediting" this assistance" to Govern
ment letter-writers And to make its point
1t is circulating 47-page booklet entitled
plain Letters" to those who write an esti-
mated billion letters yearly on Govern
ment business. Last year It circulated one
entitled Form Letters" Soon 1t will cir
culate another entitled Guide Letters"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
The System Is Wrong

Congress, as we'll as the District Com
missioners, ought to consider the dis
criminatory system under which some
commercial interests, but not all, are re-
quired to pay for special police protection.
The system was established by law In 1948.
But so far only three places of public as
sembly have been affected by the extra
assessments They are Griffith Stadium
and Turner's and Uline arenas. This is
manifestly unfair.
Both the law and its application, as
a matter of fact, need to be reexamined
not only because of the discriminatory
effects but because the law is basically
wrong in principle. The sports arenas and
other licensed establishments" presum-
ably are paying for police protection and
other public services when they pay their
taxes and license fees Why should they,
any more than other places where the
public gathers for sports events or other
attractions, be billed extra for the cost OF
police protection?
Police Chief Murray is UNDERSTANDABLE
concerned over the drain on his patrol
force of the extra details. He has pro-
posed that If the assessment system is to
be continued, it be extended to cover the
Armory and other places where COM
merciaI' events call for extra police assign
ments And he would like to have the fees
set aside for employment Of policemen on
off-duty hours for the special details-thus
eliminating the necessity for using on-duty
officers who could be employed more ad-
vantageously on street patrol work. His
arguments on this score are persuasive.
But the better way would be to drop
the extra-assessment plan altogether and
provide the Police Department with suff1-
Gent men to afford the baseball, sports
and other spectators the police services to
which they are entitled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Soiutes Copt. Thomon

1t is with heightened respect
for your newspaper that I
write to second the recent
editorial, entitled "He Earned
Public Respect"
If all the policemen Of
Washington were as good men
as Capt. Thoman obviously is,
the Capital would be a better
and more inspiring place.
ClarksOn j, Beall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
YoIt0 Dud

In the recent editorial,
"Yalta Dud," The Star argues
that while the Democratic
Party never failed to claim full
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
LET TERS TO THE STAR

Pen-nGmeS may be used II
letters carry ,oriters' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to con-
denSution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Nostalgia Label

Following is a copy of a label
which appears on the inside
cover of copy of "A Short
Course in Astronomy" by
Henry Riddle, A. M. published
New York, 187D:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

Perhaps the shortest, simplest, strongest
and most sincere comment is Good
spoken hopefully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21

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MIR. Canute BrodhurSt
st. Croix Avis
Christiansted
Dear Mr.. Brodhurst:
Allow me to congratulate you
upon your recent editorial, rela-
tive to- the imperative need of
constructing a real highway
across this lovely Island. The in
creasing accident rate clearly in
dictates the need for such CON
truction, and ! believe that we
owe it to ourselves and to tour
lists to create a less hazardous
way.
Good luck to you and your
crusade. All good wishes.
Sincerely yours
Victor Gilbert
, 1955-04-12
NEWS

The S. S. "Alcoa Roamer"
sailed from Baltimore March
goth New York, April 1st and
is due at Frederiksted : via
Puerto Rico and St. Thomas
April 9th, accepting freight
from the above ports and for
San Juan and New York.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19

full Implications of new weapons
in the possession OF other ma
tons as we'll as the United
States. to consider future prob
abilities Of ornaments. and to
weigh the views of the military,
the civilians and the officials of
our Government and OF other
governments"
So far as could be recalled at
the White House today no such
Office, especially one with cabinet
rank, has ever been esta blished
in the history Of the United
States. Nor does any other coun-
try have any comparable posi-
ton so far as is known here.
The Presidents statement fol-
lows:
1.-THE massive resources re-
quired for modern ornaments,
the huge diversion of materials
and of energy, the heavy bur-
dens of taxation, the demands
for years of service of vast num-
bers of men, the unprecedented
destructive power of new weap-
ons and the international ten
sions which ornaments aggra-
vate, have been of deep concern
to me for many years.
"At the same time the tragic
consequences of unilateral dis
armament, the reckless moves OF
Hitler when the United States
was weak, the Korean aggression
when our armed strength had
been rapidly diminished, and
the vast extent of the armament
(See STASSEN, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
Eisenhower Appoints Stossen
Assistant With Cabinet Rank
To Form Disarmament Policy
Newly Created Post
To Cover Problems
Of Atomic Weapons
By Robert K. Walsh

President Eisenhower today
appointed Harold Stassen as his
Special Assistant. with cabinet
rank, to handle matters dealing
with disarmament.
MIR. Stassen. the White House
announced, will continue for the
time being as director Of the
Foreign Operations Administra-
ton. He will start his new duties
Immediately, however, and is ex-
pected to leave FOA as soon as
he completes presentation of the
proposed 1856 mutual security
program to Congress.
The newly created position,
the White House explained, will
cover problems. connected with
international control of atomic
weapons. It also will include a
vast range of studies and other
activities relating to all advis-
able methods of disarmament.
Stassen's Job Described
The President, in a brief state
ment, said Mr.. StasSen will be
expected to take into account the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
Carriers Back in Manila
After China Sea Run
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Mar. 19.-Aircraft
carriers Midway and Essex. es-
corted by three destroyers. re-
turned early today from their
routine operational area" in the
South China Sea, a Navy spokes-
man said.
The ships are part of the It'll
Fleet, which guards the Chinese
Nationalist island of Formosa'
Manila is their base for opera
tional exercises.
Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride,
7th Fleet commander. arrived
from Formosa yesterday aboard
his flagship, the cruiser Roches-
ter. for a visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
Three More Killed
In GAIA incidents
BY the Asseeiafed pFsss

JERUSALEM. Mar. 19.-Mixed
armistice commissions in the
troubled Holy Land had two new
border shooting cases before
them today. Three persons were
killed and one wounded in the
incidents.
Egypt and Israel both COM
planned to their commission over
shooting yesterday near the
frontier Of the Egyptian-held
GAIA strip. An Egyptian spokes-
man said the victims were two
children, a boy aged IL and q
girl 10, who strayed over the
border while playing and were
machinegunned by an Israeli
military patrol.
An Israeli spokesman, how
ever, said the two killed were
among a group of infiltrators
harvesting in Jewish fields. He
said they we're shot in an ex-
change of fire between the patrol
and Egyptian positions across
the armistice demarcation line.
The incident occurred only a
few miles from the scene of an
Egyptian-1sraeli clash February
20 in which 80 Egyptians and 8
Israelis were killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19

sion to Bangkok to help improve
relations.
The mission turned out to be
mostly boxers who couldn't spell
Marquis of Queensberry-and
didn't need to, as everyone was
shortly to see.
To illustrate the practice Of
culture in Rangoon, two Burmese
climbed into the ring at the
stadium wearing the accepted
Burmese boxing attire-polka
dot diapers but no shoes or box
ing gloves.
You can't have culture with
out music. so a band burst into
a throbbing Oriental tune.
The combatants tremendously
folded their arms, made some
clapping sounds-and rushed at
each other. One raised his knee
and kicked the other in the
stomach. The kicked boxer re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
By james E. Roper
Stor Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

BANGKOK, Thailand. - The
gentleman from the Burmese cul-
tural mission kicked the other
fellow smack in the stomach.
The people of Thailand. how
ever, can be as cultural as any,
body. So one Thai kicked an
other in the face.
All of this--and more--tran-
spired at a cultural exchange
meeting in the boxing ring of
Rajadamnern Stadium here.
Somehow or other, 1t had to
do with the cold war. The United
States is trying to weld the peo-
Piles of Southeast Asia into a CO.
hesive anti Communist bloc. So
the Americans cheered when
Burma announced that 1t was
sending q 33-man cultural mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
3 Men Killed
In 2 Stafford
Auto Crashes

Three men were killed in two
separate auto accidents in Stat
ford County, Va, today.
Pfc. Larry A. Mas, 10, as
signed to the Marine Air Station
at Quantico, died instantly in a
crash at / am. on Butler road,
a quarter-mile from Route /.
He was a passenger in car
driven by John Henry Shuey,
another Quantico Marine.
Claude F. Tate, 60, colored, of
813 Taylor street NV, and
Nathaniel Spurgon, As. also
colored, of 1904 South Glebe road
Arlington. died as the result OF
injuries received in an accident
on Route SOB, five miles east OF
Fredericksburg. at 2 am. today,
Spurgon was the driver of the
car.
Culpeper barracks of the Vir-
ginia State police reported that
the crashes resulted from the
cars running off the road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
The Mysterious East: Culture Is Bloody Nose

taliated by ramming his elbow
into the other fellows face.
The Burmese were permitted
to do anything except use their
bare fists. At the end Of the
first round. the face Of one of
the boxers was rather a mess.
During the rest period, how
ever. he had no seconds to sue
cor his wounds. Somebody just
tossed him a towel to wipe the
blood out Of his eyes-and then
the second round began. More
of the same. BY the end of the
third round, culture had been
served and the fight ended with
a few kicks on the shin.
Then came the That's. On
balance. they seemed little less
cultured. for they used gloves.
The band plays for both Bur-
mese and Thai boxing, keeping
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
. Senate Subway
Car Jumps Rail
And Injuries 2

The Senate's subway car on
one of the worlds shortest I'M
derground rail routes jumped the
track today, slightly injuring
two persons.
John w. Lehman, staff men,
Der of the Congressional Joint
Committee on the Economical
Report, was unhurt when he
leaped off before the monorail
car struck a barrier and left
the track.
Capitol police said the other
two persons aboard were Rich
ard T. Butler, a messenger for
the Senate Disbursing Office,
who was treated at Providence
Hospital for a leg injury, and
Fred Brown, IS. the operator,
who also had a leg injury.
The two-car line connects the
Capitol with the Senate Office
Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19

tempo with the action. A right
kick to the ear, for instance,
sends the band into a delighted
frenzy.
If boxer is knocked fiat, the
band stops instantly.
After six bouts Of Burmese
and Thai boxing, there was an
exhibition of Western culture.
This was a bout between Leo
Espinosa and an aspiring Thai
boxer by the sole name Of Snong.
Espinosa knocked Snong un-
conscious in four rounds, but it
was all very dull.
The boxers fought under the
Marquis Of Queensberry rules
with gloves, shoes and seconds.
They didn't use their knees, feet
or elbows. They didn't have a
band. They just punched each
other with their fists. 1t didn't
seem cultural at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
Davis, Coolidge Opponent
Reported Seriously III
By the As.oeiated Press

CHARLESTON, S. c., Mar. 10.
John W. Davis, 81. the Demo-
cratic candidate for President in
1924, is quite sick" at hospital
here. his physician said today.
Mr.. Davis has been a patient at
st. Francis Xavier Hospital for
nearly a week. The nature of
his illness was not disclosed.
The physician said This condi-
ton as of today remains about
the same as yesterday. There
has been no essential change for
the past "a hours"
Mr.. Davis son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
P. Healy, have been spending the
winter here with the widely
known constitutional lawyer at
nearby Yeamans Hall, a resort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
BY the Associated Press

LONDON. Mar. Borrowing
prospects Of a general British
election this year spanked fresh
reportsatoday that Prime Minis
ter Churchill may step down be-
fore the strenuous campaign
begins.
Three London newspapers
the pro-Churchill Daily Express.
the liberal News Chronicle and
the independent Evening Star
all carried reports that the 30
year-old leader was about" to
retire as Prime Minister. but re-
main as a member Of the House
of Commons.
But both the Express and the
Chronicle left open the POSSIBLE
ity that Sir Winston might
change his mind.
The Star said the Prime Min
lister already let Queen Eliza
beth II in on the secret and that
an announcement was expected
in another week or two"
Sir Winston has been thinking
and talking about retiring for a
long time. But his deep feeling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
Mop on pose AZ

Mop on Pose Al
last night when asked for
comment on reports from Istan-
bull, Turkey. that the Strategic
Air Command had moved unan-
nounced into the new base near
Russia.
The reports said the base,
only about 600 miles from
a Soviet fighter air field. was
being occupied under agreement
with the Turkish government.
They said the agreement, still
to be announced. provides for
joint Turkish-American use of
the field.
The Defense Department con-
fined its comment to this brief
statement:
mo fighter or bomber units
of the Air Force are stationed
at Adana. Turkey. The United
States Air Force does not have
support elements stationed there.
Aircraft of the Air Force Stra-
tegic Air Command of the United
States forces in Europe have
landed at Adana on training
flights as they have at other
bases in the NATO area"
The Turkish reports, quoting
sources not directly identified,
said United States planes already
had staged training flights from
North African bases to Adana,
and that movement of mainte-
nance personnel to Adana
started two months ago. They
said 600 maintenance men even
tually would be stationed there.
Turkey has a half, dozen good
jet fighter fields built with United
States money. The Adana base,
which has a 12.000-foot runway
of heavy-impact concrete, was
built by United States Engineers
at an estimated cost of $l8
million.
1t was 1900 miles closer to
Russia than Wheelus Field,
Libya, which has been the closest
MAJOR bomber base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-19
Churchill Is About to Retire,
New London Reports Indicate
Growing Prospects of General ELECTION
Set Off Latest Rumors He'll Step Down

for what he regarded as his duty
has always kept him from such
a step.
He has repeatedly expressed
the hope of browning his long
politicar career by setting the
stage for lasting world peace. F"
For two years he looked for
ward to dramatic meeting with
Russia's leaders as one way to
achieve East-W West understand
ing.
The chances of top level East
West talks have dimmed. how
ever, and at home the time for
another general election is draw
ing nearer. Sir Winston must
call such an election by the fall
of 1856.
There have been increasing
signs that Sir Winston may be
ready to step aside and turn over
the leadership of the Conserva-
tive Party to 57-year-old Foreign
Secretary Sir Anthony Eden.
Such reports have circulated
before but those carried in to-
days press seemed to carry more
(See CHURCHILL, Page AID