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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Accent on Simplicity

It is provocative, If not necessarily
significant, that for the fourth year in
row the highest award of the Motion Pic
ture Academy has gone to small screen,
black and white film production.
In this line of subdued distinction,
Marty now takes its place with such
of it's predecessors as "The Country Girl"
"On the Waterfront" and From Here
to Eternity"
A quick deduction to be made from
this is that the technical Celebrations in
film making over the last few years are
less fruitful artistically than economically.
Like most quick assumptions, this one
probably is incorrect.
What it much more likely signifies is
that Hollywood's judgment of the proper
treatment of its themes has improved. In
other words, if it has slice-of-life story
to tell, it chooses the simplest and sharp
est of frames in which to place it. This
leaves its more extravaganza processes for
the larger, gaudier subjects such as Neros
Rome or contemporary Las Vegas.
Marty" and its companion winners,
then, could be encouraging to those who
believe less in packages than in their
content Yes, encouraging even to the
man who still prefers black automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
CIoshinq School Theories

Having printed the text OF Commits
sioner Lanes memorandum on the public
school system in last Sundays Star, we
are printing on the opposite page today
an article by william G. Carr, executive
secretary of the National Education Asso-,
citation, which takes the other point OF
view.
We find a lot of good sense in what
both of them say. But if General Lanes
theory were applied, we suspect that it
would create as many new problems as
1t would solve And if the theory Of the
professional educators is applied, and we
accept as the only solution more and more
teachers, higher and higher salaries,
smaller and smaller classes, bigger and
bigger school buildings, we are apt to
go broke.
AS for Washingtons own situation, we
have gone so far and so fast that 1t is
time to take cold look at the results,
and decide how to deal with them. we
applaud the Board of Educations decision
to get the facts and put them down, ana
DR.. Corning's suggestion for more special
meetings of the board-to find some
acceptable program and the means to
apply it's a sensible one. We are deal
ing with an entirely new situation in the
public schools, and it may be that an
entirely new approach is necessary to
cope with 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
The Party Line Changes

Further indication OF the direct tleup
between the American Communist Party
and the Kremlin can be seen in the cur
rent efforts of party members to appear
less conspiratorial and more respectable.
The party's Transformation" dates from
the Geneva Conference, according to teS-
timony given House Appropriations
subcommittee by FBI Director Hoover.
Responding, puppetlike, to the pulls OF
the strings from Moscow, the party has
begun to emerge from its underground
hiding places and to exude the Geneva
spirit of friendlineSs.
Mr.. Hoover testified: "The Commu-
mist Party is currently streamlining its
underground apparatus and present plans
call for a reduction in the size OF the
underground operations, with the expec-
tation that they will be able to come out
into more open activity by reason OF
the general political atmosphere created
by the Geneva Conference and what
they characterize as growing under
standing of communism in this country"
He said the plan is to convince the public
and Congress that their organization is
Just another political party They hope
to mobilize left-wing and other sympa-
thizers behind drive to repeal the Smith
Act, the Internal Security Act and other
anti Communist legislation.
That the FBI' has authoritative
knowledge of this new program cannot be
doubted, in view of recent disclosures as
to the extent of FBI inf1ltration of inner
most Red circles. Experience has shown
that the American party alters its policy
in line with the policy variations in Mos
COW, but the basic objective has remained
unchanged That objective, Mr. Hoover
emphasized, is the commanding OF
America - by propaganda and other
peaceful means, if possible, but by force
and violence if necessary. Until the
basic objective changes, the surface in
dications of change of heart should fool
no one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Time to Tiqhten Up

The District ought to tighten up on
the issuance of automobile drivers per-
mits It is too easy under the present
over the-counter system to get away with
frauds designed to evade driving controls
or further criminal activities.
AS was pointed out in an article in
last Sundays Star, anyone who can pass
q driving test can get drivers permit
here under false name or address. There
is no checkup by traffic officials. AS a
result, accident victims sometimes find
that the name or address on the permit
exhibited by an offending driver is ficti-
tious. Moreover, swindlers have used
fraudulently obtained permits as identid-
cation cards in passing bad checks. In
one recent local case, bad-check paSSer
had been issued eight permits in six years
all with different names and addresses.
Virginia and several other States have
discouraged the SwindlerS and other mis-
users of permits by issuing permits only
by mail The cards are reiSSued every
three years, also by mail. Thus fake
names and addresses usually will result
In return of the mailed permit to the
Motor Vehicle Department. And in the
case of delivery to an assumed name, a
means of tracing the swindler will be
provided. Since Virginia uses photostatS
of the application, including signature,
In the permit, no subsequent alterations
of name or address are possible. There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Asia and Aid

Secretary of State Dulles has given
the Nation timely and enlightening re-
port on his recent journey to ten coun-
tries in Asia and the Western Pacific.
Despite what some critics have said to
the contrary, the report shows how such
trips promote invaluable mutual under
standing between the United States and
lands where there have been serious mis-
conceptions of American foreign policy
AS indicated by Mr.. Dulles, one of
the results of his face-to-face talks with
leaders like Prime Minister Nehru of
India is that there is now better appre-
citation in the Far East of our country'S
attitude toward colonialism. He has
summed up that attitude in these words:
1.-THE future belongs to independence, not
domination; to freedom, not servitude: to
diversity, not conformity. Acceptance of
that fact will create between the Asians
and ourselves solid basis for fellowship.
It will enable us, as mutual friends, to
pursue hopefully the destiny that we
share in common"
Mr.. Dulles, for his own part, has re-
turned from his trip with strong con-
viction that the leaders of the independ-
ent Asian nations, in line with this
American view of the future, are well
aware of the Communist danger and de-
termined to stand firmly on guard against
it. But 1t is danger that must be coun-
tered with something more than mere
good intentions. That is why, in addition
to- maintaining adequate military de-
lenses, the former colonial countries must
build up their economies. At their present
stage of development, however, they cam
not make satisfactory industrial and
agricultural progress without support
from the outside, and it is therefore
of prime Importance for the United
States-as matter of enlightened self
interest-to offer whatever aid it can. In
MIR. Dulles words, IF we wish to see the
free world preserved and enlarged, we
must help, or forces of deSpotism will
take control The day is past when the
peoples of Asia will tolerate leadership
which keeps them on dead center eco
nomically and socially"
It is because of this basic reality that
the Presidents foreign aid program is
indispensable to the success of American
foreign policy And the same reality as
Mr. Dulles has said, calls for greater
fiexibility in the programs administration
and for long-range commitments to carry
out special developmental projects (such
as dans) in friendly countries needing
our help Cor if not ours. then Russia's) to
achieve economic and social betterment.
Chairman George of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee and some other
highly influential legislators 'have voiced
opposition to the idea of long-range aid.
But the idea itself-which would involve
an outlay Of only about $1e0 million
year-seems so eminently sound on its
face that it ought to be adopted. In any
event, Congress cannot prudently cast
aside any instrument likely to be effec-
tive in countering the Communist eco
nomic and political drive in Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25

In many a teeming city the
slurns deny the spires. THE
Adventures of a Stun Fighter"
by Charles F. Palmer, an eS-
teemed citizen of Atlanta, no
mean city, is the saga of a
crusade. 1t is the stirring mar
rative of a modern knight who
rode forth in the face of
formidable odds to challenge
fostering slums - those breed
ers of vice and vermin. disease
and decay. There was a time
when the author on his way
from the respectable resi-
dental part of the famed
Southern metropolis to his own
modern business Office, looked
in the opposite direction from
the squalor he passed. It was,
he knew, a foul blot on an
otherwise fair picture. But
what could be done about it!
Then somehow voice from
this perversion of civilization
began to ask a searching ques-
ton, rs it nothing to you, all
We who pass by?" There came
a haunting realization of the
wicked human waste and
of the fearful cost of this
foul contamination. poured
into the arterial blood of
the entire city by the cru
cifixion of all that was fine and
fair in the depressed" areas.
When more closely he studied
the actual conditions in these
blighted sections his new eyes
blazed with a passion to elimi-
nate them and to make these
wastes of human habitation
gardens of life and light. Out
of the murk and mire was
lifted, a heavenly vision to
which he could not be dis
obedient.
He carried that vision
across the Atlantic as he gazed
at the human hell-holes in
many a European city. En-
couraged by the progress being
made in a. number of projects
overseas. he vowed that such
open sores in the congested
areas Of his own loved Amer
lea must be transformed by an
informed and aroused public
sentiment. But, alas. he found
that his adventures with hos
tility were not just with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
'UnpredictobIe Voter

Your March 81 editorial,
1.-THE Unpredictable Voter"
asks a question about the out
come of the Minnesota pri-
mary; Why the Tennessee
Senator instead of Mr.. Ste
venson?
Senator Kefauver demon
strated his vote-getting abil-
ity in the 80 primaries and,
as everyone knows, the Demo-
cratic convention ignored his
popularity and allowed itself
to be persuaded by Harry
Humans ambitions for Mr..
Stevenson. Why have prima-
ries If not to determine the
popular choice before the con-
vention?
Though Democrats, my
family Crossed over" on cleo
tfon day in '52-and we will
again this year if the Demo-
Gratis close their eyes again to
the desires Of the people. who
after all make the votes count
on election day.
Jane Taylor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
SIums and Spires
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

tives still dripping from the
darkroom" crying to high
heaven for drastic action.
That action involved both
elimination and substitution.
The problem Of the slums is
suggested by the Biblical
prophesy ''in the habitation Of
dragons where each lay shall
be reeds and grasses. That
operation called not just for
the digging Of graves. but also
for the planting of grass. The
need was for underwriters as
well as for undertakers. The
ground where the dragon lay,
while polluted and poisoned.
was good ground for the sower
who goes forth to sow. After
the dragon had been killed the
ground where 1t lay must be
titled. In the habitation Of
dragons where each lay must
be grass and reeds and rushes.
And so, with the Slums,
where were ruin and destruc-
ton. must now be found
restoration and recreation.
Where the defiling dragon lay
must be growing things. reeds
and grasses. green and sun
kissed-swaying and singing
with the breath of a more
abundant life. The parable Of
the dragon and the grass is
coming to pass in city after
city in new adventures Of slum
fighters as loathsome creatures
of selfish privilege. indiffer-
ence and complacency have
been slain. Still new adven-
lures beckon as. in the spirit of
the Master of Men. who wept
over the city, new fighters ride
forth needing a voice which
said, and says. Arise, go into
the city and it shall be told
thee what thou shalt do"
1.-THE Adventures of a Stun
Fighter" tells graphically of
exploits. of faith. In its chap
tiers sound the trumpet of
a battle that must never know
retreat-till at last 1.-THE Bitter
Ballads Of the Slums" give way
to the paeans Of redemption
when earth's "alabaster cities
CLEAN, undimmed by human
tears"-cities of a better to-
morrow where the spires shall
not be shamed by the slums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25

decreasing pagan profits when
those who lived by making
images of Diana charged the
apostle with being unfair to
their idol racket. Property
interests in every city scheme
to thwart the detectives of
Missionaries who would do away
with vile sources of gain.
There were even public Off
Gals who. with tongue in
cheek, "reckoned" that in the
slums were cultivated virtues
of endurance and strength
like white water lilies adjoining
a putrid lake. And so, in the
fighting adventures, alleged
, decency often voted with in
EQUITY.
But gradually influential fig
ures in government. civic,
State and national, especially
those committed to- better
housing projects. harnessed
their consciences to an idea
whose time had come. Pictures
of actual conditions which dis
graced the boasted beauty of
proud cities were seen with
incredible eyes as top officials
even in the Capital of the
Nation were shown mega
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Nixonrs Write-In

You printed a brief letter
March l6 from a 1t. Col.
Something or Other concern
ing politics, government and
newspapering.
Seems this uniformed ex-
pert on what is news and what
is left-wing was upset because
some loyal Americans don't
like Nixon and some news
papers failed to get hysterical
over the Spontaneous" Leon
ard Han write in for Nixon in
New Hampshire.
How many Democrats and
independents, colonel, voted in
that Republican primary that
produced your "upwelling of
popular support" for Brother
Dick?
Just another bit of evidence
that military men should
leave politics alone.
Orren Beatty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Out of This World

DR.. Fritz Zwicky has proposed Great
ing hundred new planets like the earth,
to be peopled with men and women from
the earth, as a solution to the worlds ills
of overpopulation and discord. Such Is
physically possible, he says, through the
use of atomic energy.
The California scientist may we'll
have a solution to overpopulation, but II
he is counting on cutting down discord
by moving people to the new planets, we
are afraid he is in for rude awakening.
If there are going to be people IN DR..
Zwicky'S new worlds, there is going to be
discord. It will come when the dog bites
the postman, when the backyard grill
sends smoke across the Monday wash next
door, and when summer baseball crashes
through the cellar window.
There will be discord when the family
next door buys new rocket car that
overshadows the old twin-jet buggy; when
it is suddenly discovered that ones garage
juts six inches over the property line next
door, and when the lawn is trampled by
hundreds of small feet. These small
things, one suspects, will lead to larger
discords Neighborhood cliques will be
formed, and from these will grow political
parties, where real discord begins. One
can almost see the ornaments race, ana
letters exchanged by heads of state.
Dr. zwicky is'going to have to make
some changes in his proposal. Perhaps
he could people the new planets with Ash
which the evolutionists say was one Of
the early forms Of life on our present
planet-and let them take 1t from there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Snow and SIush

Spring was long in coming
a half a century ago. After
an unexpected snowfall, The
Star reported. on March 10,
1906: e. the appropriation
for removing snow and ice
from crosswalks and cutters in
the District has long been
exhausted, and this mornings
storm was the third scare that
has come into the life Of
Superintendent Twooey with
in as many weeks. With no
money to clean away the snow,
the slushy combination of snow
and rain was allowed to lay
on all the streets in the city
today, the District authorities
having determined not to
move hand, foot or shovel un-
less Congress should provide
the necessary cash In q spe-
cial appropriation. The only
hope for a return of comfort
able traffic conditions for
pedestrians in the Capital lies
in plenty Of rain and then o
clearing away of the clouds
and generous activity on the
part Of Old Sol. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25

As April Is approaches,
practically every adult citizen
in the country is-or ought to
be-extremely tax conscious.
On that day the first install
ment of the Federal taxes for
1856 becomes due. On that
day we again feel keenly the
burden of a nation almost in
credibly in debt; a Govern
ment that for more than q
generation has been living far
beyond its means.
This burden is shared by
rich and poor. Hardly anyone
escapes, except those who
cheat-and they do so at great
risk. One way or another we
cough up" painful proper
ton of our earnings and in
vestments to sustain the Gov
eminent.
Lack of Protest Amazing
No one, of course, likes this.
Nearly everybody is pinched
and punished. A great many
are really hurt. Literally mil
lions are vastly annoyed by
the terrific red tape involved
in making their returns, and
at the extraordinary contra
dictions and inconsistencies in
the law, at the resulting in
creased cost of living. Consid-
ering all these things. the lack
of protest upon the part of the
American people Is almost UNI
believable. Most of the time
there is hardly a whimper
about 1t. To be sure, there Is
an awful lot of talk in Con-
gress and out about balancing
the budget and reducing taxes.
Countless speeches have been
made and editorials printed on
those subjects. But 1t cannot
be truthfully said that the
people as q whole are aroused
or even informed. Efforts have
been made for years to arouse
and inform them with only q
moderate degree Of success.
They remain lethargic and
apathetic.
OF course, all taxes are I'M
pleasant, but one can easily
understand the popular willing
ness to bear them without re-
sentiment If they are clearly
essential to the economic
health Of the country and to
its protection against a poten-
tial enemy. 1t is easy to believe
that excessive, and even cruel,
taxation can be tolerated dur
ing a great crisis or in time Of
war so long as the affairs of
the Government are efficiently
and economically conducted.
What cannot easily be under
stood; what, in fact, is almost
unbelievable. is that such a
state of affairs should be borne
with patience, why it does not
stir the people to anger and
action. when instead of econ
omy and efficiency we have
inefflciency and waste upon a
scale more massive than ever
dreamed of in the history of
the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
Easter Pets

The special joys Of Easter
come but once in a long year
for children, and parents can
undoubtedly afford to suspend
the battle against badly bal
anced breakfasts and dental
devastation in honor of the
day. But what is the misguided
sense of indulgence which
leads adults to purchase live
gifts for children's amuse-
ment at Easter? If any think
ing parent can fail to be APP
palled by the needless cruelty
of the practice. he should then
look at the other aspects.
Normal h ealth precautions
cannot be maintained in the
case of Easter pets placed in
markets and stores for sale.
They are overcrowded, care
lessly tended, and often be-
come diseased. Official health
reports list five diseases which
can be transmitted from fowl
to children. For the child who
receives the pet, it has the
brief charm of an animated
toy. He cannot realize its deli
cacy, and is apt to suffer keen
ly If 1t dies as a result of his
innocent mishandling. If it has
the good fortune to survive.
it will mature rapidly, and its
eventual disposition may mean
painful separation. Keepers
of park ponds each year face
the double problem of having
an overabundance of young
ducks and an oversupply of
unsuitable food thrown to
them by visitors.
This year more than 10000
tiny animals. taken from trade
channels where they would
normally become food poten-
tial. will be Easter casualties
in Washington alone. What is
there in the concept Of resur-
rection which suggests this
savage rite?
Alicia Melgaard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Toxpuyers Victims of Federal Waste
By FRANK R. KENT

Yet, that is exactly the situa-
ton. Moreover, it has existed
for years. Moreover, it grows
more menacing with every year.
1t has been pointed out, ex-
planned and proven over and
over again. The second Hoover
Commission puts the annual
waste that can be eliminated.
without affecting any appro-
priation for defense or weaken
ing any important Government
function, at a minimum Of
SIS billion. Aside from Her
bert Hoover this commission
and its task forces include
many Of the ablest and most
patriotic men in the country,
men who are making real
sacrifices in time and money
to pull the Nation out of a
hole that ultimately will engulf
us all unless some preventive
steps are taken.
That SIS billion saving is
not just a claim. It has been
documented and pinpointed,
first by the commission itself
and recently in an autliorita-
tive book by Frank Hanighen,
editor Of the weekly news let
ter, Human Events. In addi-
ton, just q few days ago Sem
ator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia
again raised his voice to point
out the national peril involved
In continued unrestrained
spending. Long ago Senator
Byrd, who for years has been
the one consistent and power
full advocate Of governmental
economy, detailed how annual
savings Of over $5.5 billion
could be made without impair
ing our military power or any
material Government function.
In the Hanighen book the
manner In which SIS billion
could be used for the benefit
OF all the people Is graphically
detailed.
Lobby at Bottom Of Il
At no time have the state
mentS, the figures or the con.
illusions Of the Hoover Com
mission been successfully criti-
cized. The same is true Of SEN
ator Byrd's statements, figures
and conclusions. No one pre-
tends to doubt that II the
waste which they point out
were eliminated, the Nation
would be infinitely stronger
and our institutions sounder.
Many Of the Hoover recon-
mendations have been adopted,
but there remain some 40 or
more major ones which should
be acted on at this session.
And the cuts which Senator
Byrd proposes should be made.
Yet the prospects are not
good. Why? The answer is be-
cause they are opposed by the
most powerful lobby of all
the bureaucratic lobby of job
holders. The further answer is
that the people, in whose in
terests these proposals so
clearly are, lack the energy
and gumption to demand ac-
ton.