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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
Haven for Pensioned

On several occasions re-
Gently the administration has
proposed consolidation of the
u. S. Civil Service Retirement
System and Fund with social
security.
The 1854 Report tJune 80.
1854 OF the Civil Service
Commission shows a balance
Of nearly Sc billion ts5.912,-
604, 490.32) in the civil service
fund. II the two retirement
systems are combined. it will
mean that all OF this vast sum
of money will 60 to the bene-
At of persons who had nothing
to do with creation of said
surplus or fund.
Although the Federal Gov
eminent has contributed to
the Civil Service Retirement
Fund. the contributions of
civil service employees out Of
their salaries to pay a fund
far exceeds the Government
contribution and more than
covered the payments to re-
tirees to date tl92l-l9541.
Salary deductions amounted
to S4.549 ,642. 868.74 and total
retirement payments amounted
to but S3.733.019.S22,06 or
surplus over employe contri-
buttons of nearly 81 billion.
In addition to this surplus
there is credit due the retire
ment fund on interest on in
vestment Of $l.7l1,607 ,426.86.
Therefore, the balance in the
retirement includes nearly SO
billion Of employees mon y
after paying all annuities and
benefits to date t192l-l954l.
The balance in the Civi'
Service Retirement Fund CT
nearly Sc billion seems q
mighty attractive grab TO b.
dissipated by throwing 1t into
social security. This fund
was created solely for TAG
benefit of those who put their
hard-earned money into it
each pay day by salary deduc-
tons and any surplus over reg
ular annuity payments and
benefits should be used for the
use and benefit of those who
created said surplus and not
be swallowed up in social Sc
curity or otherwise dissipated.
/. therefore, recommend that
a substantial part OF said sur
plus be set up as a trust fund
to create two or more homes,
similar to national soldiers
homes. where superannuated
retirees may find refuge for
body and soul during their
twilight years and not be
tossed hither and yon by the
storms Of pfesent-day turmoil.
A parcel of the grounds of
the United States Soldiers
Home in Washington would
make beautiful, ideal and
convenient site for one of such
homes and could be allotted by
the Government for such pur-
pose even as 1t has allotted a
parcel of said Government
ground for the new hospital
being erected thereon.
Edward M. Schwartz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
THE POLITICAL MILL
Another Bomb in Horrirnon's Path
By GOULD LINCOLN

crates" are out of date for
Democratic presidential nomi-
nations. These recurring ev-
dences of real support for
Stevenson among outstanding
New York Democrats, however,
are doing Hartman no good.
They also seem to be fore.
runners of q bitter struggle be-
tween the Harriman-DeSapio
faction of New York Demo-
Gratis and the faction led by
Senator Lehman. Mayor Wag-
ner and the old Roosevelt New
Dealers, when it comes time to
select delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
Mr.. Stevenson. backed by Leh-
man and Wagner and the old
Roosevelters, including Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, widow
of the late President. has ex-
pressed his own confidence he
will have delegate support from
New York.
II there is a serious split in
the New York delegation to
the Democratic National Con-
vention, with a sizeahle group
supporting Stevenson, the New
York Governor will be in a
weak position. If Stevenson
cannot make the grade, and it
becomes evident early in the
convention, the whole New
York delegation may swing in
back of Hartman. But even
that is not certain. Some Of
the old Roosevelt followers feel
extremely bitter toward Harri-
man and particularly toward
DeSapio. With the aid Of
DeSapio, Hartman was nomi-
mated and elected Governor In
1854. Hartman took the nomi-
nation away from Franklin D.
Roosevelt, jr., who thought he
had it sewed up.
Double Crossed?
But that is not all. He and
DeSapio persuaded young Mr..
Roosevelt to accept the Demo-
cratic nomination for attor-
ney general. At that time the
odds against Harriman's cleo
ton as Governor seemed great.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his friends
thought he, Roosevelt, would
make a better showing at the
polls than Hartman; that he
would be elected attorney gen.
eral, and so be in a command
ing position to run later for
Governor or an even higher
Office. But Roosevelt lost and
Hartman won. Many of the
Roosevelt followers feel that
their man was double-crossed
by the Tammany boss, Mr.. De
Sapio.
Meanwhile, Adlai Stevenson
is making no deals with any
one for a vice presidential
nomination. He doesn't have
to. at this stage. But If later
the going gets tough, at the
time of the national conven-
ton. an agreement to take
Wagner as his. running mate
could be mighty effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

observed. make it very strong
and probably suffer accord
ingly, but no doubt it tastes
more the same day after day.
We wouldn't know. It has
been years since we drank tea.
Who can imagine a tea
break?
The coffee break, so popular
in modern industry, giving a
breathing spell, turns out
more or less the same cup.
Coffee is standard, after its
fashion, in a busy world where
standardization is growing by
leaps and bounds.
Perhaps that is why we
should all drink tea. now and
then. You cannot standardize
it. Tea remains individualistic
to the end. No two cups taste
the same. no two boxes or
canisters look quite the same.
Tea has its own way of tast-
ing one way, one time, quite
another the very next cup. In
this it resembles the quixotish
character who refuses to be
pinned down by the currently
fashionable labels.
Everyone knows some one
or other who ought to be liv-
ing in the 18th century, or
maybe 18th century.
Such a man is his own man.
and maybe tea would be a
better drink for him than cof-
fee. which has swamped the
modern taste with a deadly
uniformity that brooks no
difference.
If we ever are to be lone
World" as Wendell Willkie so
loudly proclaimed, maybe it Is
Just as well we switched over
to coffee in time.
Tea is too individual for one
world. 1t is brew of many
worlds. many places, many
peoples. Try it, sometime. You
may like it, but you probably
won't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06

Mayor Robert F. Wagner. jr.,
of New York has dropped
another little bomb in the path
of Gov. Averell Harriman's
drive for the Democratic pres
idential nomination. The first
was tossed by Senator Herbert
H. Lehman of New York, who
some weeks ago announced his
support of Adlai Stevenson
not Gov. Harriman-for that
nomination. Mayor Wagner
said he would be glad to have
a vice presidential nomination.
to run with any good Demo-
crat."
Hartman Excluded
Gov. Hartman is excluded
from that category Of Demo-
cratic presidential possibilities
not because he is anything
but a good Democrat, but be-
cause under the Constitution
New York presidential electors
are barred from voting for a
presidential candidate and a
vice presidential candidate
who both hail from New York.
The provision In the Constitu-
ton is: "The electors shall
meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot for Presi-
dent and Vice President, one
of whom shall not be an in
habitant of the same State
with themselves" Further, it
would not be good politics for
any political party to name its
candidates for President and
Vice President - Constitution
or no Constitution-who are
from the same State.
Mayor Wagner has several
times in the past expressed ad-
miration for Adlai Stevenson
and his willingness to support
him. Presumably. he had
Stevenson in mind for the
1856 Democratic presidential
nomination, when he said he
would be glad, himself. to ac-
cept a vice presidential NOM
ination. Some of Stevenson's
ardent supporters firmly be-
heve that Stevenson should
have a running mate next year
from the East. The two
fasteners most frequently
mentioned as available are
Mayor Wagner and Gov. Rob-
ert B. Meyner of New Jersey.
Mr.. Wagner has now an
nounced his willingness to run
for Vice President. Gov. Mey-
ner, at least through his
friends. has so far turned a
cold shoulder toward a vice
presidential nomination. He
might be persuaded. however.
If President Eisenhower is not
to head the Republican ma
tional ticket of 1856. Meyner
does not come up for reelection
until November, 1857.
Gov. Hartman Is doing his
best Just now to slow down
the Stevenson bandwagon. He
tags Mr.. Stevenson as a mod
erate"-and says that mod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
Somebody wants us to write

Somebody wants us 10 write
about tea.
"You often mention coffee"
she says. "but never tea. Have
you a prejudice against tea?
What's the matter with tea?"
Well, there is nothing wrong
with tea. except tea.
Tea is a sometime drink,
One time it will taste Won
derful. the very next time have
no particular taste at all.
We recall the old joke about
the man in an armchair res
taurant.
This tea" he said to the
waitress. tastes like kerosene"
IF it tastes like kerosene"
she replied, sit is coffee. Our
tea tastes like turpentine."
We never knew if this was a
true story. or just somebody's
idea of fun. Anyway. 1t rings
true.
Tea is a sometime dish.
We recall many years ago
having purchased a set of diff
ferent teas, and solemnly try
ing them, one after another.
Tea, as most people don't
know, is the same. but differs
in the time of picking and the
way of handling.
Black or green. one name or
another. it is supposed to be
the same old tea.
What is done to it, and how,
makes the difference.
Tea has theme, a form OF
caffeine-like alkaloid, and
tannin. .....
The tannin sometimes up
sets stomachs, and the theme
makes them suffer from coffee
nerves" beg somebody's
pardon. from tea nerves"
The English people are ia
nous the world around for
their tea drinking. but in re-
cent years they have gone
more and more for coffee-a
better drink any day OF the
week, we think.
**
,Tea-making is held to be a
sort of rite.
The brewing must be just
$3.50, the pot this way, the
water that way, and even when
all the commands are OBJ
served, the resulting drink may
turn out fiat.
Those who insist on cream
in their tea are not supposed
to be real tea drinkers.
Still, if you like cream in
coffee, you probably will like
cream in tea, but not so much
Il y
We recall one night in At
lantic City, having arrived
there after a long trip, as was
necessary in the old days.
The hotel served tea. and we
took a cup.
1t was out of this world.
Inquiry revealed the sort of
tea and the brand name.
Days later, when we got
back home, we rushed off to a
store to get some of that
wonderful tea.
Alas, it never tasted the
same again.
It was brewed this way. that
way, and in between. but never
once did 1t in any way re-
semble the precious taste of
the Atlantic City connection.
Real tea drinkers, we have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
@. Who originated the phrase

lost generation" PA. G.. o.
A. Gertrude Stein, the Amer
lean author who lived mostly
in France. When she remarked
to Ernest Hemingway in
Paris, you are all a lost gen.
Grafton" Hemingway thought
the comment so apt that he
wrote it on the flyleaf of his
novel 1.-THE Sun Also Rises"
G926D. The term "lost genera
ton" is used to refer to the
men and women who came to
maturity during World War I,
and as a result of their ex-
periences in the war and the
social changes following it be-
came disillusioned and neu-
rotic.
@. What are the character
istics OF the Aberdeen-Ang
cattle that President Eisen-
hover has on his Gettysburg
farm?-L. s.
A. Aberdeen Angus are sleek,
black, hornless aristocrats of
the beef cattle world. Their
characteristics include short
head, stocky, well-proportioned
body. fine quality Of flesh. and
a low percentage of waste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
Mr.. Eden's Visit

Many things have happened, andrew
of them for the better, since last July's
Geneva summit" conference. So it is
fitting that Prime Minister Eden OF Brit
ain has accepted an invitation to come
here at the end of next month for
meeting with President Eisenhower. For
these two men, as leaders of the Atlantic
: community's keystone powers, are bur-
dened with great problems of mutual
concern, and face-to-face talks between
them can do much to promote solutions
and perpetuate the kind of Anglo
American solidarity that is indispensable
to the safety of the entire free world.
The problems to be discussed range
around the globe. There is continuing
turmoil In North Africa. In the Middle
East, Owing in large measure to Soviet
sponsored arms sales to Egypt, Arab
Israeli tensions have reached new
danger point. In Asia, wholly apart from
the ever-present menace OF a possible
fiare-up in the Formosa area, Russian
Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev
still are busily spreading hate-breeding
anti-WeStern propaganda and seeking to
entice the "neutralists" with vague but
alluring offers of economic aid. And In
Europe, where the Communists are
ceaselessly engaged in subversive activi-
ties, the men of the Kremlin apparently
have signalled their East German puppets
to resort to threatful actions designed to
create serious difficulties for free Ger
many and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organizations
These are only some of the actual
and potential troubles now confronting
the Western world, but they are enough
to show how badly the spirit OF Geneva"
has Jared since last July. Like the barren
results Of the recent Big Four foreign
ministers conference, they plainly indi-
cate that Russia's leaders, far from being
interested In easing international ten
sionS, have launched new offensive in
the cold war. Indeed, as II there never
were summit" meeting, the Kremlin's
present line seems so hostile that Mr..
Eden, when he confers with Mr.. Eisen-
hover. may well bring up the question OF
whether or not to cancel the projected
Bulganin -Khrushchev trip to Britain
next spring In any case, the President
issues to talk about, the chief Of them
being how best to counter the new Soviet
effort-an effort whose ultimate objec-
tive is to shatter the Atlantic alliance and
pave the way for great additional Com
munist victories in Europe and through
out the globe.
Meanwhile, more than month prior
to the Prime Minister'S visit here. Russia's
rubber stamp legislative assembly (the
Storeme Soviet) will hold an extraordi-
MIR session In Moscow. This will take
phce two days before Christmas, and 1t
may give the West a clearer picture Of
what to. expect from the Kremlin in the
months ahead As matters look at the
moment, the things to be expected seem
to aed up to great deal of trouble, and
Mr. Eden's meeting with the President
will therefore be timely event OF first
Importance. Presumably there will also
be the closest Anglo-American consulta-
ton with France and free Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
Plain People

Frte1ds ! hare had, starlit
and tey,
But the comfortable ones are
everyday.
Delight IN pirie souls Ppe
found,
But the plodding ones are sure
and sound,
Those quiet ones, Dho bake
their bread,
And make q smooth, un-
tDrinkled bed.
Who pay their bills. and say
their prayers.
And Wouldn't recognize the
airs
A teasing piper played to
call
I think I loue these best OF all!
Lee Avery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-06
An Honorable Career

A creeping sickness is weak
ening our national defense in
its most vital part-the morale
OF its officers and men. I
refer in particular to the
thoughtleSs but increasing fad
among men in the military
services to say there are no
opportunities in the armed
forces and to think that fame
and fortune await them ION
the outside" In the Navy
especially. young officers seem
to have fallen victim to a rage
to get out of the Navy"
Probably there are several
reasons-tougher service. much
of It away from home; glow
ing accounts of private SAL
aries and big profits. and the
influence of selective service
''conscripts" who have not
chosen the Navy as a career
and whose eagerness to COM
plete their military services
and. quite UNDERSTANDABLE. re-
turn to the preferred private
careers, has influenced the
morale of regular professional
military personnel.
The public and often friends
Of men in the service fail to
distinguish between the nat
ural desire OF selecteeS to get
out Of the Navy" and the feel
ing that should characterize
the career military officer. Let
us never forget that service
in the defense of ones coun-
try is one of the oldest. most
respectable and most devoted
professions in the world. I
hear some thoughtless and
uniformed youngsters speak
disparagingly about military
officers professionally in COM
parison with other professions,
doctors. lawyers. engineers.
These also are honorable and
respected professions. but if we
must descend to compar sons
let US not forget that tie ca
reer professions of naval off,
Ger or any of the career
military services. as far more
deeply rooted in history, fine
tradition and nigh standards
Of ethics than any of the
newer, modern professions. The
unself1Sh services of a military
man in accepting the limita-
tons in salary. while at the
same time performing indis-
pensable duties in standing as
a protection of home and
country, are not surpassed in
any other profession. In COM
pariSon the all-too-common
practices i'll medicine and law
nowadays of charging exorbi-
tant fees for bread pill"
services fades in responsibility.
Naval officers, for example.
have responsibilities and asso-
Citations at home and abroad
that place them among the
most esteemed and most i'm
portant official persons in the
world. In some countries.
many of the wealthiest fami-
lies seek career service In the
army and navy for the oppor-
tunities. the responsibilities
and associations these careers
give - greater opportunities
than those in the other popu-
lar professions of engineering
law and medicine. Present.
day. money-mad and thought
less youngsters seem to forget
these facts when they Join the
rage ito get out of the NAVY"
w. r. Smith, USN (ret.)
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Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21
NylOn Cord Tire
Sales Doubled
During Last Year

Twice as many persons are rid
ing on nylon cord tires tOdayS as
we're a year ago.
This was indicated by a dupont
Company survey, reported at the
annual convention of the National
Association of Independent Tire
Dealers. 1t showed that the retail
dollar volume of nylon tires has
more than doubled in the last year
and has quadrupled in just two
years.
Acceptance Of nylon as the SUI
perior reinforcing material for
tires is indicated even more spec
tacularly by reports from the in
dustry. Just a year ago, there were
SO brands of nylon cord tires on
the market. Today, there are 241-
an increase of more than 500 per
cent. Every tire manufacturer now
has nylon cord among its lines of
both passenger and truck tires.
A breakdown Of those figures
shows an increase in passenger tire
brands from three in 1853 to % in
1854 and sc this year. Truck tire
brands, during the same period,
increased from four to II, to 155.
The poundage Of nylon cOnsum-
ed in tires tells the same story.
Nylon's development as an in
dustrial textile began during World
War II when the armed forces need
ed bigger bombers, and fighter
planes were landing at higher
speeds on imprOvised battlefront
runways Neither cotton nor ray-
on could withstand the tremend-
Gus impact and speed of landing
those planes. Nylon was found
more than able to do the job.
NylOn reinforced tires made
possible the operation of B-29's and
other heavy bOmbers, just as they
are permitting the high speed jets
and heavy planes of today to take
off and land safely. Now every one
pof the nations major commercial
airlines is 100 per cent on nylon
cord tires.
Nylon now has replaced rayon in
virtually all Off-the-rOad tires be-
cause of it's tremendous strength
and ability to take bumps over just
about any kind Of terrain without
bruise damage.
Thousands of the cOuntry's heavy
trucks are rolling on nylOn tires
because truck operators have found
them safer and more economical.
Where service is severe, nylOn
tires are more and more in demand
because they offer safety and econ
Omy Highway police who fire.
quently travel long distances at
high speed, as on turnpikes and
expressways, are insisting on ny
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21

Ion. For example, all patrol cars
operated by the New Jersey Turn
pike police are equipped with NY
lon tires on all its cruisers. Many
other police agencies are going to
nylon.
The Studebaker-Packard Com
pany last March conducted a test
on its 21k-mile track in which
Packard was driven $4,000 miles at
an average speed of 1O4.7 miles an
hour. with stops averaging only
49- seconds to change tires and re-
fuel. Top speed was 120 miles an
hour. The tests were possible only
with nylOn tires, because it had
been found that conventional cord
tires failed in a relatively few
miles. During the test, the nylon
cord tires were removed an aver
age Of every 1000 miles, with the
amount of tread remaining indi-
eating a projected tread life of
about 5000 miles. Only one tire
failed. The cause was not known,
but after the failure, the driver
was able to drive a mile and half
back to the pit at IS miles an
hour!
Race drivers, especially, rate
safety the most important factor
in tire performance. In the last
two Indianapolis Memorial Day
Races, nylon reinforced tires have
contributed to new speed records.
After the 1854 race, the first in
which nylon tires were used, the
late Wilbur Shaw, three-time IN
dianapOlis winner and former pres
ident of the Indianapolis Speedway
Corporation, hailed the fiber's con-
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21

Milford. Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21
Introducing A BIC AND VITAL
GENERAL MOTORS
AUTOMOTVE FIRST!

Hydra Motto that delivers this terrific go
Uitb a smooth surge of pOtOer at any speed.
You now sweep swiftly from take-off to top
performance with the silent ease of a sailplane.
You slow down for traffic, speed up for pass
ing, OF. gun for high hill with the changing
pressure of your toe on the accelerator the only
sign of effort.
You may have had it smooth before-but
never like this! Here's action so different it
literally must be experienced to be believed.
That's plenty-but there's much more news
to make this date that you'll long remember.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21

There's smart, new beauty and luxury for
America s most distinctive car . the safety of
big improved brakes :. the security of a smooth
new ride and sure-footed cornering.
There are many, many other things which
mark this beauty as the gIamorous pattern
for tomorrow's cars But come in and see for
yourself. Take long look at the six luxurious
new Four-door and Two-door Catalina hard
tops. Sample. in person, the fabulous results
of the great new General Motors First
Sure as you enjoy thrilling action, here's your
next car! Optional a' extra '''s !.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21

tribution to overall speed, and
added:
Far more important, to my way
of thinking. is that the new tires
will make a major contribution to
the safety of the race"
The same nylOn is being used in
passenger and truck tires.
Tire manufacturers will continue
to get improved flbers. American
manufacturers have already adopt
ed improved products whenever the
opportunity permitted And the
public will continue to have better
tires at reasonable prices.
Milford chronicle., 1955-10-21
GET A HORSE!

ROCK ISLAND, III. up =
Milkman H. A. (Ole) Palmgren,
who retired after delivering milk
on the same route for % years, says
wagons drawn by horses were best.
''The horses were easier TO han
de-" he said. "They knew the route
and didn't have to do any driV-
ing"