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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
BROKE THE ICE
Turks Prime Minister
Scored Coup on METO

A popular leader at home,
Mr.. Menderes' one chink in his
armor is a marked sensitivity
to criticism. This has not been
a drawback in connection with
his handling of foreign policy
principally because the nation
is united behind him. But SEN
sitivity may be an element in
voled in the domestic political
storm he is attempting to ride
out at the moment.
His METo Role
Mr.. Menderes engineered in
large part the diplomatic step
that paved the way for the
Baghdad Pact and METO. To
build an unbroken defense line
from Istanbul to India, an
agreement with Pakistan was
necessary. Top officials of the
young. potentially powerful
nation Of 80 million persons
were invited to Ankara by the
Premier for discussions. Later,
President Celal Bayer of Tur-
key made a state visit to Kara
chi. Not long after a Turk
sh-Pakistani treaty was con-
cluded-in April. 1854.
Now. with two ends of the
line secure. the busy Mr..
Menderes looked to the impor-
tant middle section. He went
to work on Iraq first. This was
no simple matter. Although
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Said
recognized the danger of Com
munist expansionism. there re-
NAMED in his country skeptic-
ism toward the West and a
residual resentment toward
Turkey--the product of 400
years Of Ottoman domination.
Mr.. Menderes, however,
skillfully allayed Iraqi mis-
givings and dramatized the
Importance Of an anti-Com-
munist coalition in the Middle
East. Nuri Said was ready to
take the courageous step of
breaking with traditional Arab
neutralism and inviting the
wrath of Egypt. The pact was
signed in Baghdad last Febru-
airy. Pakistan formally ad-
hered soon after.
forget: Iron
This left Iran as the only
void. Mr.. Menderes trained
Turkeys diplomatic sights on
Tehran. Speculation per-
sisted, however, that Iran was
content TO play an independ-
ent role.
Hopes were raised last win
ter when the Shah visited the
United States. But he came
and went and no announce
ment followed. Finally, this
fall. following talks between
Mr.. Menderes' foreign Office
and Tehran. President Bayar
visited the Shah at his capital.
Not long afterward. Iran an
nounced that she would sign
the Baghdad Pact-complet-
ing the northern tier" defense
line.
An astute American observer
summed up the Menderes tri-
umph on the Baghdad alliance
this way: He got his neighbors
to do what they knew they
should have done in the first
place.
Mr.. Menderes' work in be-
half of METO was not his first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
German Lufthonso Bids
For Old Air Eminence

Us carriers Will ny into f1ve
German cities and Lufthansa
will have the right to fly to
New York, Boston, Chicago.
and by the polar route to San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
Moreover, Lufthansa planes
are allowed to 60 from the
Eastern Seaboard to points in
the Caribbean and South
America.
It was this last clause which
caused special resentment. The
airlines charged that the State
Department, in its eagerness
to court a former foe, had
made extravagant concessions.
The State Department ex-
planned that the German Fed
eral Republic. a full-fledged
member Of NATO. was entitled
to commercial aviation. which
is as much part and parcel Of
a modern economy as rails and
ships.
TWA supported the agree
ment. It took the stand that
more and more people travel,
more and more by air, and that
all airlines would profit from
competition In this expanding
market.
Actually the threat to United
States airlines Is somewhat re-
mote at present. Lufthansa
owns only eight Lockheed SUI
per Consultations and four
Convair laos. This compares
with PAA's 140 planes or Brit
ish European Always 127.
Aside from scheduled flights In
Europe, Lufthansa flies only to
New York, making six trans
Atlantic round trips a week, a.
compared with As OF TWA or
PAA.
Line Has Ambitious PIons
However, Lufthansa has am
bilious plans. BY spring, 1855.
service will be inaugurated be-
tween Chicago. Montreal and
Hamburg, increasing the North
Atlantic round trips to IL. In
the summer the network will
be expanded to the Middle
East, as far as Teheran, a route
which the German carrier first
surveyed 20 years ago. BY
fall of 1856. Lufthansa will fly
again to Buenos Aires, via
Dakar and Rio de Janeiro.
A board of directors meet
ing on October 4 agreed to
raise the capital from so to 80
million marks-the new funds
to be used for expansion of
the more profitable trans-At-
lantic service.
Since prices are fixed and
airlines all fly the same types
Of planes and according to the
same regulations, Lufthansa
can hope to compete only by
excellence. AS a lure to Ger
man travellers in North and
South America, typical Ger
man meals are offered, along
with German beer and German
Rhine wine. Plans are afoot
to let a traveller pick his meal
from a menu when he buys his
ticket, so that he can decide
beforehand whether he wants
saurbraten or wiener schnitzel
between Dakar and Rio.
Lufthansa follows the come
back trail of the Japan Air
Lines which started its trans
Pacific runs-also with Amer
lean pilots-early in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
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and Aubusson designs SOFT uttede po 10 different
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and each outstanding value Predomons beige blue rose
black green.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
By The Assoeiofed Press

Senator Butler. Republican, of
Maryland, yesterday said estab-
lishment Of Friendship Interna-
tional Airport as another National
terminal for the Washington
Baltimore area would mean
about $50 million in annual reve-
nue. and approximately 7.000-job
opportunities for Baltimore citi-
zenS.
The same benefits would ac-
cure to the Washington area, he
said in a statement, If a second
National Airport is built on the
proposed Burke site in nearby
Virginia.
Under these circumstances is
1t any wonder that the business
interests of Washington area al
most unanimous in their opposi-
ton to friendship" he asked.
and added:
THE strange thing is that
many of our own Baltimore city
officials are also opposed.
Il think the people Of Balti-
more should know what their
city officials are passing up.
Indeed, this is not the first
time that Baltimore has been
deprived of additional revenue
and job opportunities because Of
the lack of vision Of its city ads
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Plans Begun for 18th Annual
Soap Box Derby, Set for July

Plans for the running Of the
14th annual Washington Soap
Box Derby sometime in July have
been started, it was announced
yesterday by Howard P. Bailey,
Derby general chairman.
An annual schoolboy classic,
the coaster derby affords boys
between the ages of IL and 16
years an opportunity to win one
Of five college scholarships.
More important than prizes,
however. is the experience of
sportSmanship and self reliance
each boy gains from participat-
ing in the event.
Each year boys from $50 cities
in the United States. Canada
and Western Germany enter the
race. The final race, the All
American Soap Box Derby, is
held during mid-August at
Akron. Ohio. on a specially con-
structed race course.
The Derby is sponsored by
the Chevrolet division Of Cen
eral Motors Corp. and the
country's leading newspapers.
The Star and the Chevrolet
Dealers of Metropolitan Wash
ington will sponsor the local
race.
Entry blanks and new rules
books as well as official wheels
and axles soon will be available
Evening star., 1955-02-13

at each of the IL Chevrolet
dealerships throughout the area.
Eligibility requirements state
that to enter, a boy must reach
the age of IL by August IA,
1855; his 18th birthday must
occur after that date.
Each boy must build his own
car and all materials he uses
to build the car, exclusive OF
wheels and axles and may cost
no more than $40. Last year,
Chevrolet dealers sold the wheels
and axles for Sc, less than half
their actual cost.
Some important changes in tbs
rules Of the derby are contained
in the new, official rule book
which each entrant is given
when he signs up at the dealer
ship. This year axles may be
reinforced by wooden axle trees
only. The steering wheel must
operate to swing the front axle
only by means of a cable at
tached directly to the front axle
assembly. Any type Of tiller-
bar Is prohibited. The floor
board must be made of wood
only, not less than "a Of an inch
thick. Bulkheads may be made
only of wood.
Last years Washington derby
was won by James Potter. is. Of
2049 Thirty-fourth street Sc,
one Of $50 boys who competed.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Butler Sees Friendship Airport
As Great Boon to Baltimore

ministration. About two years
ago. the Military Air Transport
Service was interested in Friend
ship. But this interest was cold
shouldered in Baltimore. thus
MATS finally located at MCGUIRE
Field in New Jersey. This project
involved an annual payroll Of
$3,850,000.
Unless the people of Balti-
more intervene. they could be
deprived Of 10 times that amount
by the failure of their officials
to get behind the Friendship Ma
tional Airport proposal"
Senator Butler said the Wash
ington opposition to making
Friendship another national air.
port is not based on the travel
time between Friendship and the
Capital.
1T is because they (the Wash
ington Board of Trade, news
papers and civic organizations
realize that Friendship would
take approximately $50 million
a year and thousands Of Jobs out
Of the District Of Columbia and
the adjacent Virginia area.
"It is quite obvious that in
their own self -interest they favor
the Burke site which Is closer
to Washington and within their
own economic sphere !"
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Valentines Day Will Come Again Tomorrow,
With Note That Cupid Rhymes With Stupid
Hearts Are Bigger
But Verse Is Worse
On This Lovers Duy
BY lack Jonas

All will be sweetness and light
tomorrow, except for the post
man. He has to deliver all those
valentines.
He will be delivering, on st.
Valentines Day tomorrow, some
new, arty styles in greeting cards.
but for the most part they will
be the traditional ones bedecked
with hearts and flowers.
A tour of the downtown shops
at weeks end showed the biggest
clusters of potential buyers
around the old-fashioned. senti-
mental greeting cards - those
with verses like this:
II hope you kno,o HON dear
you are
To this louing heart of mine
And HON many fond, unSpoken
thoughts
Are in this UGlentine =.
Ihope you kno,D tuhat it means
10 Tue
To loDe you as do,
And to tuck my heart In this
Ddlentine,
As I send it, Dear, to your
For a MOdernist.
There was interest, however,
in the long. slender, arty cards
when in their envelopes they
look like letters-featuring TOM
cats, rabbits, imitation gems
and bees and flowers.
One such pictures a filing
station attendant filling a tank
and proclaiming that he isn't
lust gassing" when he asks his
one and only to be his valentine.
The greetings on the modern
cards are pithy. One pictures a
woebegone girl in long black
gloves saying, I'm just a sad
sack, but please be mine"
OF the once-popular single
sheet comic" valentines that
poked fun and were sometimes
cruel. there were none to be
found in the stores surveyed.
But the do 1t Yourself" craze
Evening star., 1955-02-13

has invaded even the valentine
field. One shop featured red
cut-out hearts, lace and ribbon
for making your own.
Worst Terse Verse.
Western Union. with an i'm
plicit shudder in its announce
ment, points out that verse such
as this may be sent by wire:
cupid, the ballet dancer.
Is dltDdys on his toes,
So quickly does he catch you.
And ho,D. you may not k'rotD.
But I'm the one to tell you,
Because, my Valentine,
Evening star., 1955-02-13

tine greeters take advantage Of
Sundays cut-rate toll.
And for the poStman Charles
Lamb penned this lament:
"The weary and all-for-spent
two-penny poStman sinks be-
meath a load of embarrassments
not his own. 1t is scarcely cred
ible to what extent this ephem-
eral courtship is carried on in
this loving town."
Evening star., 1955-02-13

He is that most obligiug friend
Who asked you to be mine"
And then, the announcement
continues:
"Of course, this kind of thing,
II continued unchecked, could
set the verse business back a
billion light years"
The telephone people are ex-
pecting a minor rush in business
today, as laSt-minute valen-
, 1955-06-18
LARGE POWER SERVICE


Availability to consumers located on or near Sellers
threephase lines for all types of usage, subject to the es-
.tablished rules and regulations of Seller.
Type
$3.50 per month per XIV Of billing demand, plus
, 1955-06-18
roc per XVIII
soc per XVIII
soc per XVIII
SOC per XVIII
First 40 XVIII per month
Next so XVIII per month
Next 900 XVIII per month
Over 1000 XVIII per month
Availability
Minimum Monthly Charge


The minimum monthly charge for single phase service
is $1O0. The minimum monthly charge for three phase SER
vice is $3.50. For customer requiring more than 3 u VA of
transformer capacity the minimum monthly charge shall not
be less than IS cents times the KVA Of transformer capacity
required to serve the customer. Where the minimum charge
is increased in accordance with the terms Of this section, adj
|ditional energy shall be included with the foregoing rate x
Conditions Of Service
() The rated capacity Of single phase motors shall not
be in excess of ten 10 HP)
lJ The rated capacity of single phase motors shall
be in excess Of ten GO HP1
CD Service under this schedule is limited to- con-
suners whose load requirements can be met
by transformers having a capacity not to ex-
coed 25 KVA
() Service under this classification is subject to
the Rules and Regulations of the Power Division
Payment
Above rates are net, the gross bill being so higher. In
event the current bill is not paid withinsthirty (3) days after
reading date, the gross shall apply, # the bill is not paid
forty (N) days after the reading date service will be discon-
tinued.
Effective July /, 1856
, 1955-06-18
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

In order to encourage the greater use of electricity by
our consumers and to help improve and enhance the economy
of the island, the Power Department of VICorp. is Offering
another reduction in rates on bills effective July1, 1855. This
is the third reduction since VICorp. acquired the power IA
cihties. Further reductions will be made as conditions war
rant.
1t is hoped that everyone will take advantage Of this
reduction by buying additional electrical appliances and US
ing more current at the lower rates.
The reduced rate schedules will be printed in the news
papers and will appear on our bills as usual for information
of all concerned. We wish especially to bring to the attention
Of consumer the change in terms Of payment of bills. Under
our new policy if the current bill is not paid thirty 800 days
after reading date, the gross bill shall apply. If the bill is
not paid forty 40} days after reading date, services will be
discontinued.
We ask for your cooperation.
Leonard S. Martin "
Manager, Power Department
Virgin Isladns. Corporation
June 9, 1855
, 1955-06-18

Availability
Available to domestic customers for residential or farm,
the major use of which is for lighting an dhousehold ap-
planes for personal comfort of those residing therein or
for bonafide farm use.
Type Of Service
Single phase or three phase where available.
Rate
First 40 XVIII per month Toe per XVIII
Next so XVIII per month Goo per W
Next 100 w per month 5Oc per XVIII
Over 300 XVIII per month Csc per XVIII
Minimum Monthly Charge
The minimum monthly charge for single phase service is
$1OO
The minimum monthly charge for three phase service is
$3.50.
Single Point Delivery
The above rates are based upon the supply of service
to the entire premises through a single point Of delivery at q
single voltage. Separate supply for the same customer at
other points Of consumption or at a different voltage shall
be separately metered and billed.
Payment
Above rates are net, the gross bill being so higher. In
event the current bill is not paid within thirty CN) days
after reading date, the gross rate shall apply. # the bill is
not paid forty (4W days after the reading date, service will
be discontinued.
Service under this classification is subject to the Rules
and Regulations of the Power Division.
, 1955-06-18
VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION
st. Croix, ". /.
- Power Division Is
SCHEDULE BIS

Commercial and Small Power Service
Availability
Availability to commercial consumers, small industrial
consumers, and three phase farm consumers, for all uses in
Guiding lighting, appliances, cooking, heating, and motors,
all subject to the established rules and regulations of the
Corporation covering this service.
Service under this schedule is limited to consumers
whose load requirements do not exceed IS KVA Of transform
er capacity.
Type Of Service
Single phase, and three phase where available at avail
able ~voltages.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
200 and 800

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Evening star., 1955-04-22
Drop in Job Bios
In MARYLAND Noted

BALTIMORE. April % (P).-
A group keeping score in the
struggle to eliminate segrega-
ton has reported that job oppor-
tunities for racial and religious
minorities in Maryland are
"grea,er today than they have
ever Ieen."
But the community self sur
vey Oh human relations reported
yesterday that Negroes are still
barred from most restaurants
and hotels, about half the hos
pitals and that the percentage
of substandard houses among
Negro families continues higher
than among whites.
The self survey was formed
in 1858 by the Maryland Com
mission on Interracial Problems
and Relations and the Baltimore
Commission on Human Rela-
tions. Sixty-seven organizations,
representing civic, labor and
religious institutions, co-spon-
Sor it.
Robert PaSsano, committee
chairman. released the report.
The CIO and teamsters unions
were praised for not practicing
discrimination.
But of the APL trade unions,
the report said: "Colored men
seem to be able to qualify to
become diplomats, doctors, law
yers, businessmen, etc. but not
plumbers or carpenters"
Evening star., 1955-04-22
Russia Doesn't Have to Worry About Allies
Who Cannot Be Trusted to Act in Concert
CONSTANTINE BROWN

with us. But no sooner was
Mr.. Diem installed in Office
than Paris began pulling wires
behind our back and playing
with elements opposed to the
Wet Namese leader. French
representative Gen. Ely. on or
ders from his superiors in
Paris, undertook a chain of re-
actions based on doubletalk
and doublecroSs. The French
authorities supported the dis
sident elements and Commu-
mist subversives until they
managed to undermine the in
f1uence of Mr.. Diem and the
. prestige of President Eisen-
hower's personal representa-
tive, Gen. j. Lawton Collins.
When private" dissident
armies raised the standard of
rebellion against the legiti-
mate government. Mr.. Diem,
who controls a force estimated
at some 10000 men, was ac-
tually ordered by the French
not to repel or retaliate
against these rebels.
According to the Geneva
agreements of last summer,
the French representative at
Saigon still has the authority
over the military actions of
the Wet Nam government. We
still support Mr.. Diem and the
French are still pulling the
rug from under his feet. This
direct conflict between Amer
ica and France over the re-
naming free portions of Indo-
China stems from French
willful thinking. They are con-
vinced that the Communists
soon will be in full control of
Indo-China. The French trad
ers and counting houses in
Saigon still dictate to Paris.
They seem to believe that If
France can ingratiate herself
with the Communists now by
opposing the American pup
pet" Diem, the exploiters of
Indo- China from the days
when it was a mere French
colony might have a chance
to survive and do some real
business with the Commu-
niSts.
An equally disturbing situa-
ton exists in connection with
Britain's opposition to our
policies toward Nationalist
China. The British, like the
Evening star., 1955-04-22
Two Alert Policemen
Suve Mon in River

A 26-year-old man who
plunged into the Anacostia River
from Sousa Bridge was saved
last night by two quick-thinking
policemen.
Rescued was James Wilson OF
the 800 block Of Fifth street
NV. He was taken to District
General Hospital for mental OBJ
servation and for treatment OF
exposure and bruises.
Pvt. James Magnotti and
Frank Czita Of No. IA precinct
saw a topcoat on the pavement
on the downstream side as they
were crossing the span in their
scout car. Then they spotted
Wilson floundering in the water
While Pvt. Czita shouted en-
couragement to the thrashiny
man. Mr.. Magnotti drove TO q
filling station at the end of the
bridge. grabbed UP q tire tube
inflated II and returned.
Wilson clutched the tube until
q harbor police boat arrived.
Evening star., 1955-04-22
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Latest Peace Move Seen Hopeful

Mr.. Dulles and his State De-
partment are equal to the task
and that Congress will allow
them to be equal to it.
1t will certainly not be
solved by that form of public
relations" which consists Of
reiterating stands with an eye
on American voters, on the as
sumption that the rest of the
world is deaf; or of rejecting
any appeasement from our OPP
ponents on the ground that it
requires some appeasement
from ourselves; or by uphold
ing the myth Of 100 per cent
good and 100 per cent evil
states, an apocalyptic notion
that, in the name of liberia
ton, can lead to world ruin.
The Soviets appear to be
more conscious of the implica-
tions to war and peace Of the
thermonuclear age than we
are.
They know, at least. what
H-bombs are not useful for.
They are not weapons for
winning public opinion in
either Europe or Asia.
Evening star., 1955-04-22
DAVID LAWRENCE
The Volatile European Situation

States Air Force and the
United States Navy, the Amer
lean people have been paying
for an alternative bastion-
one that can be relied upon if
the bases in Britain nd
France should some day be
withheld from our use. This
could result either because OF
fear of atomic reprisals from
Moscow or because of an ill
conceived program of appeaSe-
ment of Soviet Russia which
has its progenitor in present.
day talk of peaceful cock
istence."
1t is not to be overlooked
that the British Labor Party
insists that the British gov
ernment must hold a veto
over the possible use of the
atom bomb by American forces
stationed in England. If the
Parliament has to debate
whether planes carrying the
atom bomb shall be started
from British airfieldS toward
Russian territory once an at
tack has come to some part
of the United States, the de-
lay might be a fatal one. Yet
involved in these very political
uncertainties is the fate of
the American people and
their capacity to retaliate in
an atomic war.
In these days when a
journey to Europe by ship is
Just a long week end and by
air is only overnight, the OPP
portunity is given without loss
of much time to cross the
Atlantic and make a first
hand examination of the fac
tors that can mean unbal-
anced budgets, continued high
taxes, and military service for
American youth at almost a
moments notice. For in Eu-
rope, with Soviet Russia
stretching her authority over
a vast area. is the key to many
an American problem Of legis-
lative policy.
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