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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03

Senator william F. Know
land of California, Republican
Senate leader. who has be-
come a controversial figure
because of his differences with
President Eisenhower over the
handling Of the Formosa
Strait problem, is firmly con-
WINGED the way to peace is to
yield no more territory or
peoples to the Communists.
That goes for Communist
China as well as for Commu-
mist Russia. He would be the
first man to deny he wants
war-or that he is a leader of
a war party" But he sees in
concessions to Red China only
future demands by the Com
munists. It is for that reason
he speaks again and again in
opposition to direct negotia-
tions by the United States
with the Communist Chinese
involving the Formosa Strait.
particularly without the pres
ence Of representatives of the
Nationalist Chinese govern
ment. If such negotiations are
entered into by the United
States, he feels that the Com
munist demands for the Mat
SUI and Quemoy Islands-the
so-called offshore islands-will
force their way to the front.
Their surrender to the Chi
neSe Reds will only be fol-
lowed. in his opinion. by de-
mands for Formosa itself.
Unpopular. Argument
The California Senator, how
ever. has the unpopular side
of the argument. In the first
place, the great majority of
the American people have con-
fidence in the President. In the
second place. the great major
ity are for peace and will go
along with the Governments
entering into negotiations de-
signed to bring about a cease
fire arrangement in the For
mosa Strait-the major trou-
BILE spot in the Far East today.
Mail received by many of the
Senators indicates the over
whelming sentiment in sup
port of President Eisenhower's
efforts to ease the situation.
Senator Knowland's Repub-
lican colleagues-with few ex-
ceptions-regret extremely that
the Californian has spoken.
and continues to speak, in such
strong terms in opposition to
the President on this Formosa
Strait issue. They have made
it known-as evidenced by the
statement issued over the past
week end by IL Republican
Senators-they intend to sup
port the President and not
Senator Knowland. They would
be glad If Mr.. Knowland would
refrain from discussing this is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Why Do 1t Yourself?

I see by the papers that
Carey Winston, president Of
the Washington Real Estate
Board, has urged an intensive
two-week cleanup campaign
here. People are urged to
include yards, fences. streets
and parks in the annual spring
housekeeping.
Please tell the folks. if
they need help with the above,
with garden works daytime
child care or car washing, to
phone the Twin Oaks Play
ground, MA. $4,000, Ext. 1854.
and they can get a teen lager,
either sex, from IA to Is years
of age, to assist for go cents
an hour. Child care. so
cents an hour.)
This is a project Of Area
G Board of the Commission
ers' Youth Council. to give
teen-agers a chance to earn
and learn"
Mrs. Edward AarOnsOn,
Chairman, Odd Jobs Project,
Area G Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Hungory's Imprisonment

When Imre Macy, Hungarian Premier,
announced in 1858 policy for his govern
ment OF greater emphasis upon production
of consumer goods and upon efforts to
raise the standard of living, Georgi Malen-
kov was Premier of the Soviet Union. Mr..
Malenkov was advocating similar policies
for the chief Communist state. Last Feb
ruary, Mr.. Malenkov stepped down after
pleading guilt and responsibility" for
failure. The successor team of Marshal
Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev-the lat
ter already had been openly critical of the
Malenkov soft" line-immediately an
nounced new emphasis on heavy industry
and agriculture. In satellite Hungary, Mr..
Macy became 'ill" and shortly was being
accused of neglecting heavy industry and
farm collectivization. 1t was clear that
Mr.. Nagy's time was up. Last week his
Communist Party Jobs we're taken from
him; this week he was replaced as Premier
by Andras Hegedus, former Minister of
Agriculture and ardent Communist Party
worker since 1899.
In this cycle of Hungarian political
developments there is little to warrant
Red Russian troops in World War II. In
l947, the Communist Party formally took
over the government and it has been a
faithful satellite state ever since Through
most of this time, the strong man of Hun
garian communism has been Matyas Ra-
kosi, who was Premier in Budapest before
Mr. Malenkov came to power in Moscow.
There is speculation now, and probably
with solid foundation, that Mr.. Rakosi
again will be directing Hungarian affairs
behind the scenes-much as Mr. Khrush-
chew is believed to be doing in Moscow.
To the West, then, the latest change
has little significance beyond confirming
Hungary's state Of political imprisonment
behind the Iron Curtain. To the Hungari-
ans 1t surely means tougher times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Bravo for Hayes

The warmly welcomed per-
formances of la Traviata"
and Faust" by the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company in Wash
ington are an asset to the cul-
tural and commercial life of
our city. Thousands of people
were responsible for the sue
cessful return of the Met to
the Nations Capital and for
the assurance of its annual
temperance. They include
the visibly and audibly de-
lighted audiences, the vast
opera company. committee
of the Washington Board of
Trade, other committees.
sponsors and the local man
agement.
OF all of these, it is possible
to recognize one person whose
enterprise and business dar-
ing brought this happy COM
bination of fine art and fine
entertainment into our midst.
He is the Washington concert
manager. Patrick Hayes, who
undertook great personal f.
nancial risk against a pros
pect of only modest gain in
the event of complete success.
This sort of high risk Low re-
turn financing is ironically
characteristic of concert and
opera presentation at the local
level.
We are fortunate that we
have Jealous individuals like
Mr.. Hayes who are willing
to take frequently unrealistic
CANDLES in the course of pre-
senting musical attractions of
the highest caliber. Without
him and his counterparts we
would be the poorer by many
worthwhile cultural events
and Washington would be a
somewhat less pleasant place
in which to live.
M. Robert Rogers,
President, WGMS, the Good
Music Station, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Cancer Crusade

I read with great interest
the editorial Cancer Crusade"
which was published in The
Sunday Star April "a. My con-
CALCULATIONS to the writer for
his intelligent and calm ap-
proach to the most battling Of
all diseases, and disease" is
the proper word.
AS one who underwent sue
cessful surgery for the number
one killer of women AZ years
ago, can fully appreciate the
words, Research and educa-
ton constitute one aspect of
the drive; diagnosis and
prompt treatment represent
another" The latter phrase is
the most important in COM
batting the disease at this time,
and always: for all the re-
search that is being done now,
and will be done throughout
the world day after day, can
not help the person who
suspects that he may have the
disease, but either through
fear or ignorance waits too
long before seeking medical
advice.
was stunned but treasured
on the hot sunny afternoon a
prominent surgeon said to me
in answer to my question, Eyes,
you have cancer, but you are
lucky, it's in the early stage.
If you have faith in yourself
and faith in me, we'll get along
fine" We did. I am in perfect
health today.
The editorial writer states,
Progress has been accom-
plished in each separate field.
But the overall problem still
is unsolved. 1t does not fol-
low that people should be
pessimistic about the cruelest
of all mortal diseases. On the
contrary, they have abundant
reason to be cheerful as well as
courageous" In so saying. he
has sown seeds of hope for all.
Reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Supplying SoIk's Vaccine

DR.. Leonard A. Scheele, surgeon Gen.
eral of the United States Public Health
Service, has done good and timely thing
in calling upon the American people to
display their usual patience and common
sense in connection with the problem Of
distributing the Salk vaccine against polio
myelitis. During the past few days there
has been a great deal of inexpert and
extravagant talk on this subject, but all
such talk-as DR.. Scheele has indicated
seems clearly to do violence to the facts
of the situation.
Thus, by way of example, there have
been rumors to the effect that many doc
tors have been giving the vaccine to adults
in violation of priorities voluntarily agreed
upon for the present temporary period
of limited supply-prioritieS under which
children in the most susceptible age groups
are supposed to receive it first And so,
acting on the basis Of these rumors, and
accepting them as evidence of widespread
"black marketing" operations, more than
few people-including Democratic Rep
resentative Celler of New York-have de-
manded the immediate enactment of a
stringent Federal policing law to control
the flow of the great new antipolio agent
latorS.
But DR.. Scheele, with the support of
other health authorities here in the Dis
trict and elsewhere throughout the coun-
try, has kept the situation in perspective
by declaring that there is nothing to justify
the fear that significant "black market"
may be built up in this field. True, tiny
minority of unethical doctors and mean
and selfish adult coconspirators may
break the voluntary rules, but that is
possibility that can and should be dealt
with effectively by medical societies and
similar local and State agencies new
Federal law could hardly be of much help
in that respect. On the contrary, it could
easily do more harm than good. Further,
as rightly emphasized by Republican Rep
resentative BrownSon of Indiana in
debate with Mr.. Celler, such a law would
not produce single additional cubic cent?
meter of the vaccine.
Actually, as DR., Scheele has declared,
the Salk vaccine is now being turned out
at rate that should make enough of it
available to take care of all American
children, aged between l and 8, by August
l. And by November /, or December at
the latest there will be sufficient amount
of it for everybody in the older groups, up
to 19 years. Thereafter, within relatively
short time, its supply will be as abundant
as needed. Certainly, despite the alarm
lists, such situation adds up to something
less than an emergency or "crisis" re-
curing extraordinary Federal action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
THE POLITICAL MILL
Why KnowIund Stands Firm
By GOULD LINCOLN

sue-at least until the admin
istration has had opportunity
to explore to the fullest the
possibility of a fruitful con.
ference.
One thing Senator Know
land has done. He has effec-
tually disposed of the specu-
lative stories that his resig-
nation as Republican leader
Of the Senate is in the i'm
mediate offing. He pointed
out that he had no RESPONSE
bility for these speculations.
He added: ''I have no present
intention of resigning as Re-
publican leader of the Senate"
Nor, he said. has he ever men,
toned resignation to the Pres
ident. Resignation Of his
Senate Republican leadership
would accomplish no good,
either for Senator Knowland
or for the Republican Party
in the Senate and out. He,
himself. would Immediately
lose influence.
Unity at Premium
His Republican colleagues
would be faced with the prob
lem of picking his successor
at a time when unity and CO.
hesion of the G. o. p. are most
needed to advance Mr.. Eisen-
hower's domestic program as
well as those measures relat-
ing to national defense and
foreign policy. Senator Know
land has shown himself an
able and interchangeable leader.
BY his drive and hard work,
he was able to get through the
upper house during the last
Congress far more of the Ell
senhower program than was
believed possible. AS minority
leader of the Senate in the
present Congress he has con-
tinued to support that pro-
gram.
Senator Knowland inherited
the Republican Senate lead
ership from the late Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio-who
personally picked the Califor-
MAN when his last illness COM
PEELED Senator Taft to relin-
quish the leadership duties.
He was confirmed in the lead
ership position later by the Re-
publican Conference of the
Senate. His attitude toward
the policy to be followed in
the Far East has been his
major difference with the
White House. In q Senate
which was organized by the
Republicans in the last Con-
gress by a whisper, a Senate
which in this Congress is con-
trolled by the narrowest Of
Democratic margins, he has
been able to work to advan-
tage with the Democratic
leadership. It seems incredible
he would cast all this aside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Not q Fatal Setback

Southwest redevelopment has received
a setback with the withdrawal of a Norfolk
investor-builder from the so-called Area
B project It is a setback, however, from
which recovery should not be too difficult.
It is unfortunate, of course, to have to
start over in this pioneer SUM- clearance
phase of the overall reconstruction pro-
gram. For this means more delay in an
undertaking already marked by much slow
motion.
John r. Searles, jr, director of the
District Redevelopment Land Agency, told
a Senate Public Works subcommittee that
the Virginia builder lost interest in the
Southwest "B" enterprise when the Federal
Housing Administration adopted new
ground rules" governing insurance of
FILA loans for such projects. The rules,
he said, included bar on further loans,
in effect, to investors who reaped wind
fall" profits under previous FHA-insured
contracts-unlesS the investors agreed to
return the excess profits. While there was
no testimony that the Norfolk man was
among the "Windfall' recipients, the DRLA
director said the builder voluntarily has
withdrawn and new investor is being
sought.
The desire of FILA to tighten its rules
in an effort to protect the interest of the
Government is understandable, but there
is no evidence that the rules have been
drawn so tight as to exclude all contrac-
tors. OF immediate local interest, of
course, is the fate of Area B, first step in
the broad Southwest rebuilding plan.
Since no contract had been signed on this
project, there should be no legal compli-
cations in the search for new investor.
There is some possibility that William
Zeckendorf might be interested in taking
on the Area B job as part of the general
redevelopment program. In any event,
there is no reason to believe that either the
Area or the larger Zeckendorf program
has been imperiled by the withdrawal of
one prospective investor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
GEORGETOWN.
Dear Sir:

Lear oil
my flowers won't come up
right. I put them in with high
hopes, but when they bloom
they do not fill the space set
for them, or they do not bloom
together, so I have some In
bloom and some not: all in all,
! am a very disappointed gar
dener.
What can I do to raise my
hopes? Should I raise my
sights to the hills, should I
try other flowers, or even vege-
tables? I do not know whether
I have a green thumb or not.
and l do not care, but my in
ner vision Graves the Joy Of
growing things.
What shall I do now?
Sincerely, not Willis Wade
but Mathilda j."
The thing to do is to do
nothing.
Often in this our life the
thing to do is to stay still.
Just let things alone, and
they right themselves.
In the garden, the flowers
that refuse to bloom to ones
personal order, will turn next
year into blooming marvels,
at the order of nature.
It is impossible to hold
nature down. She knows what
she wants, and has been work.
ing over her plans for thou
sands and millions of years.
All things are possible when
nature takes over.
That is what letting things
go means.
Stop worrying is the best
plan. unless one happens to
be one of those persons who
somehow manages to combine
worrying with success. There
are such people, and they act
as a tonic to the rest Of us.
They fume. they rant, they
even go wild, but in the end
they bend man and nature to
their will. Ordinary everyday
mortals may look at them
with amazement, but they
hold a good lesson, not to be
initiated, exactly, but just to
keep in mind.
1t is a good thing to have
such personal examples close
at hand, so that ope may study
them closely. Maybe the office
shows one or more.
But the average person,
gardener or otherwise, is not
so.
He or she is much more
likely to be one, as Mathilda,
who tries and fails.
After all, there are failures
and failures.
One of the finest points
about gardening is that failure
Is not momentous.
1t is always a good thing,
when what one wishes in the
small garden does not occur.
to think of what 1t would
mean If ones living depended
upon the crop.
The man with his peach
trees. who thought the poor
cicadas were going to ruin
them, could be excused both
for his ignorance and his be-
liefs.
The cicadas did not ruin last
. years peach crop, as every
one knows today. but the sud-
den cold snap has spoiled this
years crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
HIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

The home gardener, working
on a small scale just for
beauty's sake. has a great ad-
vantage, we feel, over the
grower Of food crops. The lat
ter must look upon every
gathering cloud as a wrecker
Of himself as well as his crops.
A sudden hailstorm. gather
ing and blowing and ending
in 10 minutes, can undo the
work Of weeks and perhaps
months, and cause a monetary
loss Of hundreds and possibly
thousands of dollars.
The sudden storm, striking
a small yard, can do no more
than spoil a few personal
plans, and maybe dreams.
These are important. but
not to the point of despair. The
small garden can be regarded
as q place where dreams can
not be killed. 1.-THE Killer Of
Dreams" was the name Of O
book Of o few years ago; the
weather is often a killer Of
crop dreams Of wealth, but 1t
seldom hurts much In the very
small place.
- a 81 -
That Is one of the best fea-
lures in taking the small gar
den with a philosophical bias.
To raise ones hopes. as the
question is. means to take
things as they come.
More and more, in this
strange world of ours. we are
confronted with thoughts Of
disaster. and If we listen to
them to the exclusion Of hope.
we will be comfortless. indeed.
Let us, rather. take the
small garden as a very small
thing, indeed, and refuse to
worry over 1t, especially as to
whether one thing we planted
comes up or not.
Really. what difference does
it make?
The real crop is not In the
ground, but In our own heads,
and If we realize this at the
very time, and refuse to be-
come upset because our tiny
plans have miscarried, we will
be the wiser and happier.
So to Mathilda, we say, take
it easy. lady, and let the in
ner vision crave the Joy Of
growing things. because this
Joy is composed of part-failure
and part-success, not 100 per
cent failure or 100 per cent
success.
II we can catch the vision
Of happiness in partial sue
cess, we have a much better
chance Of being happy, and
to carry 1t into all the walks
Of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Offshore Islands

Ever since the Communists
took over in China their terror
istic regime has been hanging
on by a narrow margin. Less
than 2 per cent are reported
members of the party. Whole
sale killings of many millions
of the literate have not con-
solldated their position to any
great degree.
Unless Chou En-lai gets
U. N. recognition, or shows his
muscles by either actual or
propaganda conquest, such as
by taking Quemoy and the
Matsus, the Communist re-
gime In China proper will be
In dire straits.
Let's not be naive! The half
billion people Of suffering China
do not want communism. II
the Chinese on the mainland
get the chance they'll throw
out the Red dictatorship and
all its "agrarian reform"
In the United States, the
Communists, leftists and their
liberal allies know this. The
conspiracy. therefore. Ii TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Propaganda Victory

Pointing out that the Com
munists have shown that they
alone can decide if and when
peace is to be made with Aus
tria, Constantine Brown con-
cludes that the Kremlin has
achieved another spectacular
propaganda victory"
This is a victory. if it be VIC
tory, for a debtor, heretofore
defaulting on his obligation.
to pay a patient and long
suffering creditor. The latter
has been willing, even anx-
ious, to have the matter closed.
Does the default then, by en-
phasizing the defaulter's uni
lateral control, contribute to
a propaganda victory? Pre-
sumably, the greater and more
brazen and prolonged the fall
ure, the greater the defaulter's
victory!
Would we employ the phrase
propaganda victory" II a
gang proved that we could not
bulge (it) by force" and
thus made us admit a state Of
anarchy? The language used
connotes praise. Certainly 1t
has a wave-of- the-future i'm
plication: The power is ire
sistible, why struggle?
1t is the fault of our lead
ers If the people, our own and
those in other countries, be-
lieve that. The people should
be made to understand, they
need to be educated to a cor
rect appraisal Of all the facts.
Education is part of the lead
ers' duties.
Lloyd Buchanan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Ten Percenter

The editors note on Will
liam D. Garvey's recent let
ter on Federal pay raise is
not indicative of a positive
point of view on the dragged
out and when are-we-ever-to-
get-it-if-you-should-l ! v ESQ.,
long pay raise. White House
and congressional discussion
is now well in its second year,
with the outlook for. a decent
raise (which you naively state
Mr.. Carney does not def1ne)
just as remote as ever.
The Star supports the COM
promise rate of increase be-
cause, as you say. it offers
the best hope of final enact
ment. You seem to be roofing
for the administration to get
it's way. I am for this admin
istration too, very much so.
but I cannot see, along with
the majority of the members
of both the Senate and the
House, wherein a paltry per
cent increase for classified
workers is a decent raise. I
cannot believe you think so
either.
Why don't you boost a real
decent increase of 10 per
cent in a determined forth
right manner? You certainly
can muster sufficient data and
reasons in support of such
a rate.
Only recently the Govern
ment informed us the cost of
living index is 114.3 per cent
of the 1947-1949 base, and
that it costs $1.14 today for
what a dollar would buy in
1949. Does not IA per cent
increase in cost of living JUS
tify a 10 per cent pay raise?
You don't think for a mo-
ment that the last raise the
classified workers received in
the fall of 1851 took into
consideration any part Of the
Jump in the index between
1949 and 1851. or do you?
That 1851 raise was then
three to four years behind in
catching up with the increased
cost of living prior to 1947.
The raise now under Gonsid-
Grafton is already three years
behind.
You know you don't feed a
hungry man by rubbing a
loaf of bread on his "tummy."
So far that is all that has been
done about this raise.
iChristian Gutmann.