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American People Want to Know

to the best interests Of the
United States Government to
play ball with Israel and, if
necessary. to furnish military
aid as in the case Of Iran,
Iraq, Pakistan. Turkey and
Greece. For Israel, unlike
Egypt. has not tried to play
the Western alliance off
against the Kremlin in a sort
of bidding match.
The policy of standing by
Americas friends and allies is
well illustrated in the state
ment made by Secretary Of
State Dulles about Portuguese
provinces" which has been
criticized by some Democratic
politicians as indiscreet. But
Mr.. Dulles, in his implicit OPP
position to aggression either
with respect to Goa. the Por-
tuguese colony on the west
coast of India. or Macao, which
is off the coast Of Red China.
was rightly positive and not
indiscreet at all. He might well
have gone further and bluntly
reminded the Indian govern
ment that Portugal is our ally,
and holds the AzoreS-a very
vital base for our Air Force
and our Navy in the Atlantic
Ocean. 1t is a thousand times
more necessary to stand by a
longtime friend like Portugal
than to worry about hurting
feelings in New Delhi. where
the steady TRADE of insults
against the United States dur
ing the last few years has not
gone unnoticed in this coun-
try.
Not only is America unable
to afford large expenditures of
taxpayers money to buy"
allies in Asia, where hundreds
Of millions of people still live
under primitive conditions
but Russia cannot really do 1t
either. 1t may better policy.
moreover, to let Russia try to
take on the job. The larger the
external burdens Moscow un-
dertakes with heavy drains on
capital goods, the greater the
internal pressures. Likewise.
the longer the needed con-
sumner goods are withheld from
the Russian people the sooner
will come the day of the crack
up Of the Kremlin.
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Postal Clerks Act
To Speed Mailing

The National Federation of
Post Office Clerks has announced
a nationwide drive to expedite
handling of Christmas cards and
packages.
Leo E. George. president of
the postal workers union, and
last-minute pileups of Christ
mas mail can be avoided if the
public will follow a few basic
rules:
/. Mail early.
2. Write plainly in ink. Do not
abbreviate names of cities and
States.
3. Put stickers and decora-
ton on the back, not on the
address side.
4. Wrap packages tightly in
strong, reinforced containers and
tie. them with heavy cord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
DORIS FLEEsON
Attackers May Well Be Creating
What They Fear From Union Leaders

Up to two months ago. labor
by and large was politically
sleepy and apathetic. The
labor force was luxuriating in
full employment and down
payments on the golden flood
of comforts and convenienceS
it was helping to produce.
The labor press and labor
leaders continued to warn that
the Eisenhower administration
and its big business allies did
not really like labor. But the
rank and file was proving
much less than responsive and
was decidedly allergic to prod
ding Some of the leaders
themselves were only going
through the motions without
much real conviction.
Since then. Republican poll
ticians and businessmen have
mounted a steadily rising Of
fensive against labor leaders
and their unions. 1t was kicked
off course by the merger Of
the AFL and CLIO but it has
spared none; sturdy and
stable George Meany, the con-
ciliatory senior statesman of
the AFL, has been be-labored
as hard as the creative intel
1ectual, Walter Reuther.
What the attackers may we'll
be doing is helping to create
the thing they fear and what
they fear is that union leaders
can and do dominate their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Russio's Effort to Unleash Strife
Thworted By Allied Diplomacy

The chances of avoiding a
blood bath in the Holy Land
have improved recently. There
still is intense feeling between
the Israelis and their Arab
neighbors, as evidenced by the
bloody fight Sunday night be-
tween the Israelis and the
SyrianS. But the threat Of
a major clash of arms which
could have involved the West
ern nations, and particularly
the United States, has sub
sided.
AS result Of improved han
ding Of the extremely explo-
sive situation by London and
Washington. it also appears
that Russia's spectacular effort
to inject itself strongly into
the situation may have been
frustrated.
Despite the bitter hatred Of
Egypt and Israel for each
other, they seem to understand
that by unleashing a large
scale war they would take a
chance of losing much and
gaining little. The Israelis
might hope for a quick victory
if they attacked their neigh
bors before the Arabs had be-
come fully familiar with the
weapons sent by the Soviet
Union and its satellites. But
the aftermath might be very
costly to Israel's own existence.
The Tel Aviv spokesman who
several weeks ago threatened
to undertake a preventive war
were prompted in their decla-
rations by the impact Of the
Soviet Egyptian arms deal.
Now. it appears. Washington
and London have been able to
appease these fears and the
Israeli government is adopting
the more moderate attitude Of
wait and see.
The Egyptian government
which leads the majority Of
the Arab states sees more adj
vantage at present in obtain
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Little Time Spent in Crowded Housing;
People Meet at Clubs and Public Baths

Moscow is a place where one
eats and sleeps. Foreigners who
have lived in Moscow for
years. and have many Russian
acquaintance. complain that
they have never been invited
to a Russian home. When I
mentioned this. casually. to an
Intourist translator. she denied
that any prejudice was in
volved. I'VE don't visit each
others homes" she said.
Foreigners incline to think
the reason is because Moscow
housing is too cramped for
visitors and unlikely to make
a good impression on foreign
ers. This is unquestionably
true. From what I could
gather from a limited amount
OF questioning, there appears
to be hardly such a thing as a
living room" in all Moscow.
A man and his wife whose
joint income puts them in a
quite high bracket share a
seven-room and kitchen apart
ment with three other fami-
lies. For themselves. their
child, and the wife's mother,
they have two rooms, and
their own gas stove and re-
frigerator in the common kitch-
en-. This means, of course,
that there are beds in each of
their two rooms.
Another family of four, also
in a high income bracket,
whom I questioned in Lenin-
grad, have three rooms in a
new apartment house. The
husband volunteered the in
formation with the air of be-
ing extremely fortunate.
On the other hand, rents
are only nominal. The first
apartment I have mentioned
costs IS rubles per month, less
than / per cent of the couples
Joint income. The Leningrad
apartment costs 100 rubles, or
less than S per cent Of the
family income. Nobody pays
more than 6 per cent Of income
for rent, something that GER
tsinly should be considered in
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ing important and realistic
support for its economy and
the welfare Of its people from
the Western nations. If it
went on a rampage. as the
Muscovites hoped it would
after supplying Cairo heavy
military equipment at bargain
prices, it might eventually win
some spectacular victories. But
the price to be paid by the
Egyptian people could well
prove excessive.
The danger Of a war in the
Near East awakened the United
States and Britain from their
previous torpor and made them
realize that the Russians could
spark a war in other areas
than Europe and the Far East.
After having dilly-dallied for
so long in helping Egypt's
economy and entrusting the
solution of the Arab-Israel
problem to the ineffective
United Nations they have now
reached the conclusion that it
is necessary to take these
matters into their own hands.
Washington and London are
also seriously considering I'M
dertaking construction Of the
Asawam dam at a cost Of close
to 81 billion. This changed at
titude has made Egyptians
realize that the two major
Western powers no longer ig-
more them and are willing to
give them a helping hand both
economically and politically.
In the meantime there are
reports that the arms which
the Soviets rushed to Egypt
from Czechoslovakia are moth
ing but secondhand junk. The
men in the Kremlin seem to
have repeated the trick they
played on Marshal Tito soon
after the last war. They bar
tered tanks. guns and motor
lied transportation for what
ever food supplies Yugoslavia
was barely able to afford to
send to Russia. After Tito's
break with the Kremlin we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

members politically in favor Of
the Democrats.
For a favorite legend Of the
Republicans says that these
leaders empty union treasures
for Democratic candidates
and then drive their members
to the polls to vote as directed.
The legend has been disproved
many times by John L. Lewis.
by the late Senator Taft who
was Mister Republican him
self and by President Eisen-
hover, among others.
The dramatic merger in New
York last week had the power
to revive it. however, and the
drum beats Of the attack have
produced a steady stream of
headlines featuring leading
Republican Senators. a mem
Der Of the Presidents White
House family Harold Stassen) i.
and industrialists who under
write G. o. P. campaigns.
Democrats couldn't be hap
pier. IT'S as if the Repub-
licans dropped a few million
dollars in our Golfers and nre-
sented us with some of their
TV time" one declared. IF
we had said that this was how
most Republicans felt about
labor. 1t would have landed
back with corn cures. It's been
a wonderful week"
A labor brain truster also
felt relaxed.
Here I've been struggling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12

Moscow have spoken
Of the Russian will to power"
as it expresses itself in the
giganticism of its modern
buildings and the grandiosity
Of its city plans. The new
Vorobyevsky boulevard is being
constructed from the center
of Moscow out beyond the
new university, to the highest
point of land in greater Mos
COW. Throughout it's several
miles of length. this land
scaped throughway, all Of
which is elevated above the
former road, is as wide as the
average city square.
Every building along it is
scheduled to be torn down and
some of the log houses still
standing that prior to 1914
were characteristic of TO per
cent of Moscow dwellings
and are all inhabited-have
their roofs almost level with
the new street. Here it is
planned to build apartments
to house IA million people. 1t
will eliminate in a gigantic
park of culture" or dynamo"
and sports arena. with a ski
run, and a stadium to seat
100000. (There is already in
Moscow a stadium to seat
100000 For all-year-round
use it is planned las for the
similar stadium in Leningrad)
to put 1t all under glass, and
to surround the whole with a
forest some is miles in depth.
What will these new apart
ments be like? And who will
they house?
One can be reasonably sure
that they will be small, and
that they will be assigned to
the elite"
They will be small because
life in the Soviet Union is
lived in public, and private
life is absolutely discouraged.
In this respect Gas in many
others) 1t resembles ancient
Rome, whose inhabitants met
at public games and in sump-
tuous public baths. Home" in
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Middle East War Threat Wanes

provided the Belgrade govern
ment with economic and mill
tary assistance. Our tech.
nicians reported that the Rus
slams and Czech military
equipment looked impressive
but was actually reprinted
junk. The tanks and half
tracks were breaking down
every few miles.
The arms sent to Egypt may
be of a better quality, but still
they are reconditioned stuff
nowhere near as good as the
Israeli equipment. This intel
ligence allayed somewhat the
Israelis' uneasineSs.
So long as Premier Nasser
felt that his country was being
ignored by the English-speak-
ing powers he had no alter.
native but to strike a bargain
with the Reds-whoSe atheis-
tic ideologies neither the Egyp-
tians nor the other Arabs have
ever shared.
Besides military equipment,
the Muscovites suggested that
they undertake the building Of
the Asawam dam and other
economic projects. Nasser was
inclined to accept until Wash
ington and London stepped
into the breach and indicated
they would help Egypt. This
move relaxed the tension which
threatened last month to throw
the entire Near and Middle
East into a turmoil whose
consequences were difficult to
gauge.
The political crisis between
Israel and her Arab neighbors
is not solved yet. But the
threat Of a shooting war, with
all its consequences on the
brittle fabric of the present
world structure, seems averted
for the time being. We are
talking earnestly to both an
tagonists. and there is a glim-
mer of hope that some solu-
ton may be found. In any
event, we have gained time
and have temporarily sue
ceeded in countering the
Kremlin'S moves to start q
shooting war in the eastern
Mediterranean.
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COP. Labor Stand DeIiqhts Foe

to put the issues Of the cam
paign In form so that our peo-
pie would understand what
we've been UP against in this
administration and ! was get
ting nowhere. We can for
get the explanations. II some
one is beating you over the
head with q meat-ax. the
thing ceases to be academic.
You know he doesn't like you
and you aren't going to re-
spond with any love or af-
lection either"
The Eisenhower Secretary Of
Labor. James P. Mitchell. has
opposed from the start the
violent G. o. P. onslaughts and
the inclusive nature Of such
statements as that Of Senator
Goldwater, chairman Of the
Republican Senate Campaign
Committee. Senator Goldwater
accused labor leaders OF plot
ting "a conspiracy Of national
proportions"
Mr.. Mitchell continues to be
conciliatory; his influence pro-
duced a cordial greeting to the
New York merger meeting from
President Eisenhower. But he
has not been able to compete
with the food of G. o. P. elo-
quence in the other direction.
When it is considered that
the party in power is in serious
trouble in the farm areas, its
apparent willingness to take on
a bruising fight with another
large segment of the voting
population becomes ever more
puzzling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
DAVID LAWRENCE

The American people have
not yet been given the facts
of international life" particu-
larry in connection with the
new formula Of competitive
co-existence" which is sup
posed to describe the battle
of the East and West to win
"neutralist" countries.
The discussion at present is
confined to the inner councils
of the administration. but
Congress is bound to bring
it all out in the open in the
coming session.
The point at issue is this:
How long can the American
taxpayers be expected to spend
billions of dollars abroad with
out getting some direct bene-
fit in the way of national Sc
curity?
Should the United States.
for example. by furnishing
economic aid. bid for the
friendship of India and other
Asian countries or of Egypt
in the Middle East? Is it the
duty of the Asian countries
themselves to ward off COM
munism or is it the obligation
of the United States to per-
Suade and cajole them with
dollars to do what they ought
to do anyhow? Why should
it be necessary to bride ma
tons to be realistic in the
face of the record of Commu-
mist aggression?
These questions go to the
heart of the controversies that
have arisen in Asia and the
Middle East where America
now is placed in the position
of either agreeing to furnish
billions of dollars of help or
else seeing the various coun-
tries allegedly being pushed
into the arms Of Moscow"
What is difficult for the
average observer to under
stand is why the government
of India, for instance, has to
be urged with dollars to choose
the West instead of the East
and why Egypt thinks her in
dependence could ever posi-
bly, be protected by the Soviet
Union.
A policy that is bound to be
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Facts of International Life Are Sure
To Be Brought Into Open By Congress

given consideration here is
whether it wouldn't be a good
idea to let India know that If
Nehru and his sinister handy
man-Krishna Menon - want
to embrace Communist i'm
perialism and allow themselves
to become the puppets Of Mos
COW in the international field,
the United States may say:
Go ahead, put yourselves I'M
der the Communist yoke and
when you have experienced its
Joys long enough and see the
dangers to your independence.
come back to us-if you can
then get Northumberland
we will welcome you as q loyal
ally"
Indications are that "neu-
tralist" countries like India.
which cannot seem to make up
their minds whether they want
to tie up with gangster gov
ernmentS or with free govern
ments, will have a hard time
getting economic aid from the
Congress Of the United States.
Democrats as we'll as Republic
cans think very much the same
about it. The American policy
is bound to be selective.
Everybody knows that Israel,
on the other hand. is innately
imbued with Western ideals.
There is naturally a strong
pro-American sentiment in
Israel and a strong pro-Israel
sentiment in the United States
just as there have always been
strong ties between Americans
of Irish ancestry and Ireland.
The first allegiance Of the
American Jews Is to the United
States, but 1t is natural for
many of them for sentimental
reasons along with many non
Jews to be deeply sympathetic
with the efforts OF the infant
republic Of Israel to preserve
her independence in the
troubled Middle East.
The principle involved is not
a Jewish question" In fact.
in recent months 1t has become
an American defense question
due to Egypt's peculiar be-
havior.
1t looks now as II 1t will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-12
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The wedding of the AFL and CLIO a beautiful affair
Democratic Chairman Butler the bride away-and Re
publican Chairman Hall thinks maybe he the election
They shortened Sugar Ray Robinsons after his
middleweght championship comeback The from Internal
Revenue took away the Sugar.
Senator OMahoney finishes his investigation Of General
Motors Neighbor to GIN executive with Cadillac Couldn't
the question huh?" Executive: mo Refused
to answer ONahoneys question"
Senator Russell Of Georgia more foreign aid
Russell hates to have the government broke foreign SOIL
It's much cozer to do it at home among friends
Senate Republican Knowand says shouldn't be
afraid to risk conflict with Russia Knowand Is the first
candidate to take sight the White House from the top Of
tank turret
Republicans may join together to collect
campaign funds AS reward contributing than
500 to the Joint fund will be allowed against both
candidates
, 1955-08-15
BANK BOOK LOST

Savings Bank Book No. 1845
having been reported lost or
stolen, the holder thereof is
hereby requested to present
it to the Bank within az
weeks from this date, as 9th
erwise the Book will be can
celled and a new one issued
in its place at the expiration
of this period.
, 1955-08-15
FOR SALE

Half Ton Chevrolet Pickup
Truck in perfect condition g.
new tires.
inquire: Alexander Hamilton
Hardware store.
, 1955-08-15
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Of the us.
DIVISION OF SAINT cRoIx AT cHRIsT1ANsTED
In the matter Of the estate of
AVID ANDREWS. decsd Probate No. 4 I 1855
Probate No. 4 1855
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ALMERIC Z. CHRISTIAN, having been appointed Ad-
ministrator Of the above entitled estate, does hereby give
notice to all creditors and all other persons having claims
against the said estate to present such claims with proper
vouchers within six Q) months from the date hereof. Per
sons indebted to the said estate are likewise requested to
make payment within the said time to the Administrator or
his Attorney. 81
Dated August 10, 1855
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$3.50, 900 for Relocating
Auto Test Station Asked

Of operators for taxis. au1bu-
lances. sightseeing and funeral
vehicles.
Two others also would be
added to the Driver Improve
ment Section to handle the
growing workload under the
Districts point system Of keep
ing track Of traffic. violations
Three more workers also would
be assigned to the testing sta
lions.
Meanwhile, the Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency requested per-
mission to spend $347.72l of the
$i.2 million collected from park
ing meters now in the Motor
Vehicle Parking Fund.
New Fringe Parking Lot
The agency disclosed 1t ex-
poets to open o third fringe park
ing loton Columbia Island near
the Virginia end Of Memorial
Bridge In the second or third
week Of October.
Also. o l87-car lot with dual
mechanism parking meters Is to
be opened late this month along
New York avenue between Six
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the asency's spending si7s.sss
over the current year.
The Department of Buildings
and Grounds asked for $3.50. 900
to plan construction Of the long
proposed West Administration
Building ct Municipal Center,
with the prospect Of abandoning
and selling 10 buildings now used
by the District for adrninistra-
tion--perhaps even including the
old District Building.
Increase Of $1.0s7.5es
This was the high light Of .
request for q budget Of $3,034. .484
for fiscal l957--$1.O87, ,563 more
than the department expects to
spend this year. While only $780,
063 Of the increase was sought
in the departments operating
budget tincluding the addition
Of Is workers to the force Of 800
the bulk of the In
crease was requested for an
1857 500 boost in the building
program.
The biggest immediate item
was q request for $475. 900 to per-
init construction Of 0 warehouse
with shop facilities ct 2200I
Adams place NE. and abandon
ment Of the present warehouse.
built originally as o. pumping
station in 1870.
Also requested was $25. 900 for
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Ford Building. 5000 to put q
Sounds absorbing ceiling and fiu-
crescent lights In the District
building board room, $4,000 to
vacuum clean the District
building heating and ventilatine
ducts and install air washers
In them. 100000 to put q new
elevator In the Recorder Of
Deeds building and alter an
other. $4,000 for elevator al
terations ct Juvenile Court.
$1,000 to replace the roof on
the Library building at 400
Pennsylvania avenue NV, and
10000 to renovate public toilets
in the District building.
The District Surveyor asked
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for q budget of $174.600. an in
crease Of $3.50 over the amount
he expects TO spend this year.
Most Of the funds would 60 to
hire . craftsman and two car
tographic survey aids to catch
up with the backlog Of copying
recorded plats in. special vol
umes to avoid wear and tear
from use Of the original files.
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cleaning the outside Of the old
District building. The request
said:
at has been subjected to the
abuse Of the elements. roosting
Of birds. and discoloration By
SCOT to the extent that the an
nual washing by the Fire De-
partment is no longer effective. "
Other Items
In addition. the department
asked $4,000 to replace worm
out floor coverings, 5000 to In
stall acoustic tile ceilings, $685.
900 to repair Municipal Center
elevators, $4,000 to renovate
toilets and plumbing In the