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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05

The seminannual report of the Small
Business Administration supplies some
interesting information to refute charges
that President Eisenhower has been run
ming a pro- big business government.
Profits and sales of small business
nterprises-officially defined as COM
panies having total assets below 81 mil
lion-were up substantially in the first
quarter of the year, the SBA reported.
Furthermore, the number of failures was
down from the comparable period of 1854
and 28.4 per cent more small businesses
were incorporated in the comparable six
months of 1855 versus 1854. Interpreted
as indicating more favorable climate
for small business were statistics showing
that investment capital had been raised
more easily and in larger quantity than
year earlier.
Equally impressive was preview OF
some of the recommendations and actions
the SBA has in mind for the further
benefit Of small firms. Included are pro-
poSalS for various forms of relief in the
tax field-more simplified reporting, for
example, to reduce the accounting re-
4u14 -oAAu 1dNO1 db1C gAGoe-
ment by the Federal Trade Commission
and the Antitrust Division of the Justice
Department. 1t is proposed, also, to
simplify procedures for making small
loans to very small enterprises-such as
single-unit retail and wholesale estab-
lishments. Furthermore, an effort is to
be made to give small concerns larger
share of Government procurement and
subcontract work,
In terms of dollar volume, of course,
the small business field is dwarfed by that
occupied by the giant corporations Actu-
ally, however, each compliments the
other and the national economy would
suffer gravely if the thousands of smaller
enterprises were Disseminated against
in terms of Government regulation or
protection. The SBA said that further
sharp upturn in small business health
is plainly indicated in the period ahead"
1t will be good for the Nation if this
proves to be the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
William MONTGOMERY

Sixty-two years ago, in the year 1893,
William Montgomery became secretary of
the Masonic Mutual Relief Association.
He was "a years old His election as Sec
retary-and sole employe-of the asso-
citation followed meeting of its board
of directors. They had decided to close
up the business and call it quits. Mont
gomery urged them not to do it. LET
me see what can do with it," he said.
They did.
When he died late Saturday night,
at the age of IS, William Montgomery
had seen what he could do with it. From
the Masonic Mutual Relief Association,
he had built the Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Company, one Of the great
names in the world of insurance and one
OF the great institutions Of Washington.
In peculiarly apt sense, the story of
Acacia is the story of william Mont
gomery. More than any individual, he
made it out of nothing and gave it the
it the stamp of his own personality and
rugged character.
Much will be written about Mr..
Montgomery, for his life and accomplish
ments became legend while he lived.
America has produced many such sue
cess pf'ries' but there al few that can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
The Will

To Emmy I shall ledve the sky,
And mountains fastened Nth
q sigh
TO clouds that float In endless
1OGys
To MI with beauty all her days.
A sedsheu picked up by the
shore
When she iDas scarcely halt
past four.
A tDish that every year toiu
bring
Contentment, and the ,D,ll to
sing.
And to David I beQuenth
Christmas, and a holly ,Dreath.
Magic In the silent night
Bringing reDerent delight.
The toys rue Saped for Ddpid's
son,
or a daughter II he has one.
A hope hen face life like a
man
And Glwdys do the best he can.
These are the fortunes ! Mould
glue
To keep mn children phile
they live.
Potrieio Robinson King
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vorite by a sort Of divine
right.
The next, as Jones recalled,
was strawberry, with vanilla
running it close. He can re-
call no other f1avors.
The old drugstore looked
even more crowded than it
did in his memory. The table
where the magazines lay was
gone. but he could see no
other differences.
After all. the memory of an
eight-year-old is not very
precise.
What he will remember is
the taste of that first .choco-
late soda.
Over the years, the taste
has dwindled away. 1t has
been Is years. maybe 20, since
he had a chocolate ice cream
soda anywhere.
The loss is due to the people
behind the fountain, he be-
lieves, not to any lack in his
own faster.
The new hurry-up tactics
have replaced the leisurely
way of life. There simply
wasn't anything, then, to
cause even a child to hurry,
with the exception of a run
away horse and wagon, now
and then, or a dog fight.
Templeton Jones went
around the block, and down
the alley behind the old home
of his childhood.
The change was dishearten-
ing. The gallery back porch
was crowded with two old
refrigerators, barrels. boxes,
pieces of old pipe. pans and
other cooking utensils.
In the old days, people re-
fused to live that way. They
sought cleanliness, at the ex-
pense Of labor and soap and
water.
The old board fences, which
gave a certain sense Of neat
ness long ago. were gone. or
almost gone. In most yards,
there was no division between
the yards and the alley.
Templeton Jones gave one
last look, and turned away.
His word of advice, to any,
one thinking to repeat his
journey to a childhood place
in the heart of the city:
Don't do it. Keep your
memories fresh and clean.
Don't let time soil them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
Hope in North Africa

Against the background OF troubles IN
Morocco and Algeria, the final orderly
step in granting large measure OF SELL
rule to TuniSia must be hailed as some
progress toward peace in North Africa.
1t was a step taken, in Paris last week
when French and TuniSian officials
Joined in formally recording the conven-
tions by which the protectorate Will nave
internal political autonomy with its de-
tense and foreign affairs remaining under
French jurisdiction. BY agreement, the
present Tunisian caretaker government
will resign soon--to be replaced by one
representing broader political base.
And, coincidentally with the Paris cere-
mony, General Pierre de Latour, who has
been Resident General in Tunisia during
the final successful stages of the negotl-
atoms there, flew to Rapat to undertake
a similar mission in that territory.
In several respects there is promise
that the Moroccan crisis may be resolved
to the reasonable satisfaction of all
except the extremists on both sides.
Frances Premier Faure, while delaying
unfortunately beyond the August 20 dead
line that touched off week end OF
bloody disorders, not only has worked
out compromise formula with Moroccan
leaders but has forced It's acceptance by
the French cabinet. To accomplish the
latter, he staked the political life of his
own government on persuading the con-
sentative faction of his cabinet to go
along with solution comparable to that
effected in Tunisia. To win agreement
from some of the Moroccan nationalist,
he approved release of Sultan ben Yous-
SET from exile-to 60 to France first and
later, perhaps, back to Morocco-and the
forced resignation of Sultan ben Moulay
Arafa from the Moroccan throne. Al
though the latter currently is baking,
his public support appears to have les
sened materially in the past fortnight
Finally, to appeaSe the conservative
French faction in the protectorate, Mr..
Faure agreed to the resignation" Of
Resident General Gilbert Grandval, a
principal architect of the compromise
formula.
A deadline of September IL now has
been set for forming representative
Moroccan government empowered to
carry on the self-rule negotiations. It
would be unrealistic to minimize the
difficulties still remaining, but Mr..
Faure's display of firmness toward the
richards on both sides and of support
for a middle way comparable to that
found in the Tunisian case offer encour-
agement. Both France and Morocco can
benefit from, agreement, without further
violence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05

equal the story of this Irish immigrant
boy who came to. America, alone and
friendless and without money when he
was II, absorbed his only formal educa-
ton at the night school of the WASH
ington YMCA, and in his lifetime built
a monument that stands as a reflection
of his own great courage, vision and
belief in his adopted land.
He was one of our great citizens of
Washington, and great American. He
loved this city and its people. And peo-
pie loved him-loyed his Irish brogue, his
bright blue eyes, his passion for straight
dealing and his hatred of fakery, dis
loyalty and petty meanness. To have
known him was to have known man,
and there are many here in Washington
who are better men for having known
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
North Pole Mountains Split Arctic
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

may. however, eventually prove
of great practical importance,
DR.. Maxwell pointed out.
There has been much discus
sion of the possible danger to
the world which may come
with disposal of radioactive
wastes in the sea. The parts
of the world which would be
affected depend largely on
ocean bottom water circula-
tions. The circulations in the
ALPHABETICALLY not an ocean
at all but a southwark extern
sion Of Atlantic, Pacific and
Indian Oceans-and in the
two Arctic oceans may control
to a considerable degree the
calculations in the other oceans.
During the past few months
there has been an increasing
protest against proposals to
dispose of radioactive materials
in this way with the possibility
of poisoning ocean waters
which might be considered the
blood" Of the physical world.
Admittedly the problem is not
serious at present but might
become very much so with any
large-scale industrial utiliza-
ton Of atomic energy.
There can be little question,
1t was pointed out, that Rus
sian scientists have been con-
siderably more active than
American in the Arctic but
there has been no indication
OF anything wrong about their
activities, since apparently
they have revealed everything
they have found. The great
difficulty. it was said, lies in
the scarcity of persons able to
translate Russian scientific
literature and the consequent
SlowneSs with which these
TRANSACTIONS appear.
Ice Pack Surveyed
On the American side, 1t
was announced by Capt. j. B.
Cochran. photographer of the
Navy, a program of ice observ-
ing and ice forecasting in the
Arctic, started in l947. is
reaching a climax of activity.
More than a half million miles
of the Arctic have been sur
veyed from the air by ice OBJ
servers.
The major problems for de-
termination, Capt. Cochran
said. are the directions in
which the Arctic ice pack cir
culates, and the stability of
the ice for holding planes and
gear which may be placed on
1t.
Capt. Cochran pointed out
also that almost the entire
northern coast of Canada and
the Canadian islands has not
been surveyed adequately to
ensure the safe passage of
ships. The Importance of this,
he said. is stressed by the fact
that more than 100 American
ships now are in the area.
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A high mountain range
which extends from the north
ern coast of Ellesmere Land
to Siberia almost directly
across the North Pole splits
the Arctic Ocean into two
oceans. essentially equal in
size, between which there is
hardly any undersea COM
munication.
This was revealed by DR..
Arthur E. Maxwell, ocean,
ographer of the ONCE of Naval
Research, at a meeting spon-
sored by the Arctic Institute,
here for discussion of Inter-
national Geophysical Year
programs.
The course of the North
Pole mountains. which may
be one of the great ranges Of
the world, now has been al
most completely charted by
Russian geophysicists, cred
tied with the original discov-
cry, by means of long series
of sonic depth-finding OBJ
servations taken through the
ice. Depths can be determined.
by means of a somewhat
complicated formula due to
the difference in the speeds
of Sound through ice and
water, by the time taken for
sound echoes to come back
from the bottom.
Soundings Through Ice
The findings have been
made, it was revealed. by a
long series of airplane land
ings on the Arctic ice and
setting up of temporary sta
lions from which surface
journeys with full scientific
equipment could be made for
short distances, All the find
ings, it was reported, have
been published freely in
Russian geographic publica-
tionS.
A hint of the actual condi-
ton was obtained three years
ago by geophysicists attached
to the Office of Naval Research
Operation Skeejump when the
two-ocean hypothesis was de-
duced from different water
temperatures.
Surface waters, above the
highest peaks of the North Pole
mountains, intermingle freely.
giving the appearance of a
continuous ocean. The great
bulk of the water in both seas,
however, lies below a rather
thin strata of surface water
covered with thick ice. and
probably never gets from one
sea to the other.
Each ocean, the Russian OBJ
servations have determined, has
its individual pattern of bot
tom water circulation and there
is little similarity between the
two.
The finding has no easily
seen strategic significance. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
Security Breaches

An article in your newspa-
per September !, by John A.
Giles, commenting on a White
House brochure entitled "Ad-
ministrative Achievements of
the Eisenhower Administra-
tion," contains an erroneous
statement concerning a Senate
Republican Policy Committee
staff report of last March.
The report referred to was
entitled National Defense I'm
der the Republican Admins
tration - Today and Tomor-
row." Mr.. Giles wrote that this
report received publicity when
it was found to contain
errors and even some security
breaches"
Just because a Democratic
Congressman, Melvin Price of
Illinois. charged this report
contained security breaches
doesn't make 1t so. In a letter
to Carl VinSon, Chairman of
the House Committee on
Armed Services, dated April
20, 1855. Robert Trip Ross,
Assistant Secretary Of Defense,
said. "As the document con-
tains no significant technical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES (. TRACEWELL
One of the values of a city
Is semipermanence.

One of the values of a city
is semipermanence.
Not complete permanence.
for that exists nowhere. but
the fact that change is slow.
in a city.
Templeton Jones was visit
ing the old drugstore where
he consumed his first choco-
late soda.
That is an event in any
child's life. Perhaps it would
be better to say it is a sort
Of event, for certainly it is
not momentous.
If a kid doesn't get a soda
one place. for the first time,
he will get it another.
1t may be that today he
will receive his first taste of
ice cream in liquid at home.
given him by a doting mama.
In the old days, there was
nothing to it but to go to a
drugstore. Most of them. in
the old times, were Just that.
The modern idea Of an en-
porium, where many different
things are sold, had not
arisen.
The soda fountain. just
recently invented, was the
first real break. Before that,
a drugstore dealt in drugs,
mainly, with school supplies
sold on display once a year,
and a rudimentary cosmetics
sale.
There were a few toilet
soaps, the first of the baby
soaps and powders. and such
staples as sticky fly paper, to
catch flies.
The soda fountain was so
called because in the begin
ming soda made the fizz.
But toward the turn of the
century, carbonated water
took its place, and the soda
industry was on its way to
It's modern gigantic counters,
where one can get anything
from q soda or milkshake to
a full meal.
All that was left Of the
drugstore of Jones' childhood
days was the building an old
red brick affair. and the name
which still chung to some
faded awnings above the win
dowS.
The original owner had
been gone for many years.
Sons ran it for several dec
AIDES, then 1t passed into
other hands. but the old name
persisted.
Jones' memory does not
run back to the way 1t looked
so many years ago.
All he recalls is the taste.
Chocolate flavor was then,
as now, the big outstanding
taste with all the boys and
girls.
Five cents was the price.
then. Today it is several
times that-but is the taste
any better?
One thing Jones remembers
about the old connection. the
ice cream seemed to stand up
better in the liquid.
\ 4 \ Il
The taste
How can one compare the
taste of childhood with the
taste of many years later?.
Chocolate seemed the a.
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Seventh Day Labor

u ike W COllBi dtuldtC,
somewhat belatedly, your re-
porter, Gene Goodwin. for his
very logical column in the
August 81 issue of The Star
under the headline Blue
Laws Might Hurt Many
People" I am especially appre-
ciative of his opening state
ment, since ] am Seventh
Day Adventist. That means a
good many things, but pri-
marty, in this instance, it,
means that / observe the
seventh day Saturday as the
Sabbath. I realize that some
folk would want to argue with
me on that point. but that's
not what is under discussion
here. The Maryland Declara-
ton Of Rights states that "aS
1t is the duty of every man to
worship God in such manner
as he thinks most acceptable
to Him. all persons are equally
entitled to protection in their
religious liberty" Let's simply
say that / am sincerely follow
ing my conscience In this act
of worship. as / believe are the
majority of Sunday keepers.
Having observed the seventh
day as sacred unto my God. I
am then free to work on the
other six days of the week,
according to the Ten Com
mandments, or to seek recrea-
ton If work is not necessary to
livelihood. But, along comes
the State with a man-made
law saying that mo person
whatsoever shall work or do
any bodily labor on the Lords
day, commonly called Sunday"
Well, / personally can arrange
my work program, perhaps, so
that will not need to do any
formal work on Sunday as well
as on Saturday. But I know
other Seventh-Day Adventists
who will suffer real hardship
If they cannot pursue their
means of livelihood six days a
week.
This whole interest in Sum
day legislation has come up as
a result of some auto dealers
remaining open seven days a
week. The incentive for lodging
a charge against them, as I
understand it, is to preserve
the union working hours for
statesmen. Why cannot special
arrangements be made among
the statesmen SO that they will
observe the union work week,
rather than bark back to a
law that is so obsolete 1t has
some 20 sections listing excep-
lions to it?
incidentally, I saw no excep-
ton to the favorite pastime of
thousands of Marylanders-
fishing on Sunday. which is
forbidden by law. What about
that?
Maybe Marylanders should
get busy with their little ballots
and make themselves law
abiding citizens. The law could
be amended to read, Zone day
in seven people should refrain
from working, etc." The Dis
trict solved its barber shop
problems with such a law:
"All such establishments shall
be required to remain closed
one day in severn"
This should satisfy the
unions and fair trade organiza-
tions without working a hard
ship on people who worship
God on another day than Sun
day. Let's help Monday to re-
tain its reputation as the blue
day OF the week--not Sunday.
M. Carol He eell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
Dumping Milk

Your newspaper should print
pictures Of the dumping of
milk that is going on. When
! worked at a dairy in Mary
land the milk was hauled in
tank trucks to a farm where
1t was dumped on the ground
or stored in open oil drums
where 1t soured and was fed
to hogs. What wasn't eaten
by the hogs was wasted. Did
you ever hear Of such cock
eyed times?
In Washington. the transit
company is chiseled into haul
ing the kids at a loss and in
Virginia, for the good of the
public" premium prices are
forced on the retailer Of milk.
II. s. Long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05
Arms Plan Weakness

Our Constitution does not
authorize the Federal Govern
ment to grant to any interna-
tional, or other foreign. organi-
cation the right to inspect a
private manufacturer of arms.
or anything else, in any State
of the Union.
This is an inherent weakness
in President EiSenhower's re-
ciprocal inspection offer to
Soviet Russia; and also in the
proposed international inspec-
ton by the United Nations. or
other organization. in a dis
armament plan.
Charles J. Fox.
La Jolla, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05

O.. Which State has the
most State-park visitors?--
P. M. L.
A. In 1854, the six States
which reported more than 8
million park visitors each were
California, Illinois. Michigan.
New York, Ohio, and Pennsyl-
vania.
@. Who got more bases on
balls in the 1854 season, Duke
Snider or Willie Mays?--
v. N. B.
A. According to Sporting
News, Duke Snider was walked
81 times and Willie Mays 66
times In 1854. A
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food could be eliminated. the
cash contribution could be APP
piled demonstration and re-
Mobilization.
! can think Of no better way
in which our surplus of foods
can be utilized than in such
emergencies as now confront
US. I hope you will agree with
me.
Grin denote Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-05

The Government should give
to the Red Cross, for distribu-
ton to the victims Of the flood
in New England and out Of
its surplus food supply, now
stored in Government ware
houses, all the eggs, butter,
milk and other edibles neces-
sary for the relief of the
stricken districts, as q free
gift from the people of the
Nation.
II the expense Of buying
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Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtion.
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

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Evening star., 1955-10-03
.PoIsy Show
Gets $33 900

A 17-hour "Telerama" show
Saturday night and yesterday
brought In about $4,000 In con-
tributions for cerebral palsy, it
was announced today.
The show was broadcast and
teleeast simultaneously over sta
tions WTTG-TV and VOL from
IL pm. Saturday until 4 pm.
yesterday. Sponsored by United
Cerebral Palsy chapters in the
District. Montgomery County.
Prince Georges County and Falls
Church. Fairfax County, the
show featured a long list of
movie and television entertain
ers.
The donations were broken
down this way-$l6,805 from the
District: 5000 from Montgom-
cry: $4.25l from Prince Georges;
$5.i40 from Falls Church Fair
fax and an estimated $4,000 in
the studio ''fishbowi" to which
the audience contributed.
OF the proceeds. Mrs. Adele
Field. information officer Of the
District organization. said 10 per
cent would go to the Theater
Authorities Welfare Fund, 25 per
cent to the National United
Cerebral Palsy organization for
research and about $1,000 for
expenses Of the show. leaving
about $4,000 for the local
agencies to further their work
with sufferers from cerebral
palsy.
Evening star., 1955-10-03
Sidney F. Harris,
[Knnsns Publisher

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 8 R.-
Sidney r. Harris. 50. publisher Of
the Ottawa tKan.l Herald. died
last night in q Kansas City hos
pital,
Mr. Harris, who underwent an
operation in Philadelphia last
April to correct a heart condi.
ton. was brought to st. Luke's
Hospital q week ago. He was be-
lieved to have been getting along
satisfactorily and had returned
to his duties on the Ottawa news
paper when he suffered q relapse
Mr.. Harris and his brother
John p. Harris, Of Hutchinson
Kan. were the principal owners
Of the Harris Publishing Co.
which publishes the Ottawa
Herald, the Hutchinson News
Herald, the Chanute Tribute. the
Salina journal and tbs Garden
City Telegram. all in Kansas. and
the Burlington tIowal Hawk Eye
Gazette. The company also oper-
ates Radio Station KIUL at
Garden City. Kan.
Mr.. Harris became publisher
of the Ottawa Herald after the
death of his father, r. A. Harris
August z, 1880.