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Without Clean Hands

! Using Pravda as their mouthpiece, the
post-Stalin men of the Kremlin have now
delivered a moralistic lecture to France
on the subject of Algeria. In effect they
have told Premier Mollet's government
to lose no time in granting full indie
pendence to this strife-torn region Of
North Africa. And they have based their
opinion-handed down in pious tones,
as from high and clean-handed place
on the ground that such action is de-
manded by "the spirit OF the times" and
simple human justice.
In other words, to quote them di-
rectly, Nikita Khrushchev and his collec-
TWEED colleagues feel as follows: Though
citizens, in actual fact they are sub
jected to colonial oppression" Accord
ingly, as "the lawful masters of their
land" they mo longer wish to tolerate
their unequal position"
Although France has reason to dis
pute their applicability to Algeria, these
certainly are noble sentiments. But one
must ask why it is that the Kremlin itself
does not practice as we'll as preach them.
Soviet empire (having been forcibly
dragged into it), the EStonians of Estonia,
the Latvians of Latvia and the Lithu-
anianS of Lithuania are in actual fact
subjected to colonial oppression of the
worst kind, which is Communist-styl i'm
perialiSm. And the same holds true,
though in a different form, for all the
satellite peoples trapped behind the Iron
Curtain.
Clearly, since these peoples loathe
their present enSlaved status, it is only
natural for them to yearn to be their own
masters, and their yearning unquestion-
ably has the sympathetic support of free
men everywhere. But the Kremlin, far
from letting them have independence,
seems as determined as ever to hold them
prisoner. How strange, therefore, and
how Supremely hypocritical, for imperial
Red Russia to moralize in Pravda about
the French and Algeria, which actually
is place far better off-politically and
economically-than any of the captive
Baltic or satellite states
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Pliqht

I am an American who has
long had a great sympathy
and admiration for Poland
and the Polish people, for this
nation, our gallant wartime
ally. is all but unique in the
world today as one which has
consistently refused to COM
promise with evil.
How tragic are these days of
uprising. street fighting and
death for so many OF these
brave people for whom World
War II has never ended.
AS an American l particu-
larly feel a deep humiliation
for the part our country played
in abandoning these people to
the Soviets, thus placing them
in the agonizing predicament
they suffer from today.
In spite OF Yalta, the Polish
people still turn to the United
States for truth in the ardent
belief that democracy still ex-
lists and freedom is not vet
extinct. And so it would seem
that the very least we can do
for them now is not to repay
faith with indifference and a
distortion of the true facts,
for the real meaning of the
struggle in Poland today can
only be obvious to every one
of us.
A population which raises its
voice with such cries as "Qut
With the Russians" "11ng
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Eisenhower Believed Set to Run
By GOULD LINCOLN

Only a bad physical setback
for President Eisenhower will
take him off the Republican
ticket. That has been the be-
lief OF. party leaders for weeks.
1t is now sitting down to the
voters generally. Over the last
week end, two happenings
strengthened the belief still
further. First, the Presidents
press secretary, James c. Ha-
gerty, with a broad grin on his
face volunteered the fact that
the President had been talking
politics with him and with
Sherman Adams, assistant to
the President. Second, Am
basSador to India John Sher-
man Cooper, at the Presidents
personal request, changed his
mind and agreed to accept
Republican nomination for the
late Senator Barkley's Ken
lucky seat in the u. S. Senate.
1t looks very much as though
Adams took up the matter of
the Cooper candidacy with
President Eisenhower, and
that Eisenhower promptly fell
in with the suggestion he urge
Cooper to run for the Senate.
The Presidents appeal to
Cooper followed his talk with
Adams almost as quickly as
day follows night.
Other Side of Argument
1t could be argued that the
Presidents conversations, first
with Adams and then with
Cooper, had to do only with
the Kentucky political situa-
ton and the great need for
the Republicans to win there
with Cooper; that they really
did not reflect a decision by
Eisenhower that he is going
right ahead in his race for a
second term in the White
House, despite his month-old
abdominal operation. Two
seats are involved, for Demo-
cratic Senator Earle Clements
of Kentucky is up for re-
election. The Republicans have
nominated Thruston Morton,
former Assistant Secretary of
State, member of the House
and Mayor of Louisville, TO
oppose Clements. With Coop
er in the race too, the G. O.P.
could pick up these Senate
seats. which might make it
possible for the G. o. P. to con-
troll the upper house in the
next Congress. 1t could be
argued that the President had
been actuated, in his call to
Cooper, only by a desire to
help the Republican Party.
The Presidents request to
Cooper to change his mind
the latter had first said he
would continue as Ambassador
to India-has been generally
interpreted, however, as clear
indication that Eisenhower has
made up his mind to stay in
the presidential race. 1t is quite
true that, if Cooper were to
run for the Senate, something
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plants about increasing and
discriminatory taxation. These
complaints certainly are not
unjustif1ed, although in part
brought about by our insati-
able demands for special serv-
ices and privileges. Taxation
is substantially increased by
farm subsidies. not to men,
ton the resultant higher
prices We pay for goods; by
Federal aid to education, not
counting the prof1igacy it en-
genders; by the heavy cost OF
Federal bureaus to handle
these programs.
But the really heavy costs
are for foreign aid and de-
Tense. The recent congress
sional fight over how much
should be added to the Pres
ident's budget for aircraft
really uncovered the political
nature Of most of these spend
ing programs. To the man in
the street. it must appear that
the astronomical sums already
spent for defense should have
been sufficient to make us in
vincible not only in the air
but on sea and land. If we
are not impregnable now, then
We might better put those
funds to work where they will
do more good-for old-age
pensions, debt and tax reduc-
tons. into State treasures
where they can be used with
out Federal strings and where
the handling charges are less
exorbitant.
The road-building program
alone is estimated to add
100000 Federal employees to
the already bullying bureauc-
racy. The States themselves
probably could handle the
same program without great
increase in existing stats.
Why not let them do so under
Federal supervision?
To my mind, justification
for today's swollen budgets
and bullying bureaucracy ex-
lists mostly in the minds Of
those who administer or par
ticipate in their largesse. For
my part, I should like to cast
my vote for a presidential
candidate pledged to cut Fed
eral costs in half, place local
affairs back in the States
where they belong. kick out
NATO and UN, restore the
United States Constitution to
its proper place in our system
and return the Federal Gov
eminent to its proper status
as servant instead Of master
Of the American people.
Charles w. Carter.
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All Kinds of People

Police authorities have arrested two
men who are said to have made the hoax
phone call which sent Mrs Beatrice
Weinberger on futile journey Sunday
night in hope of recovering her kidnapped
baby.
One of those under arrest is the
father of three children, the other a
married man. They are quoted as saying
they made the call to Mrs Weinberger
because they wanted to see the cops run
around
We hope there is some law in New
York under which this despicable pair
can surely be given the punishment they
deserve. But there may not be. Perhaps
this is an incident which does nothing
more than prove the truth of the old
saying that it takes all kinds Of people to
make a world II that is the case, there
is some comfort in the thought that
there are not many as depraved as these
two.
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HIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Templeton Jones expert
ment with sun tanning" cap
sules blew up in his face.
Securing a small supply of
the much publiciZed powder.
he read the directions. and
found that the stuff was mar
keted by its manufacturer
only for a skin malady.
Reading the various side
effects that might ensue, Sun
Tan Addict Jones discovered
that these include nausea.
nervousness, and sleepless-
ness.
Besides, there is supposed
to be a liver test every now
and then.
Temp Jones looked long
ingly at the capsules, and
shook his head.
Not for me-" he said. II can
get stomach upsets enough in
summer, without capsules.
Already, I am nervous: and
my sleeplessness is always
with me-"
Sadly our friend went back
to the sunshine, of which he
is very fond.
A little longer in the sun.
We assured him, would give
him as good a suntan as any
body could get.
You don't need capsules, in
fact the manufacturer dis
claims their use for this pur-
pose, in a two-page ad in the
Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association.
So. it's back to the real giver
Of tan, old man sun himself
just rolling around up there
all day long.
A little extra time under
the rays, bit of suntan lotion,
or oil, and the thing is done.
One then doesn't peel, the
bane Of the old days.
Temp Jones says he can re-
call, as a child at Ocean City.
Md. sleeping for the first few
days with his arms out
stretched on pillows, he was so
sunburned.
In those glorious days, gone
past all recall. people thought
they had to peel, first. in order
to get brown, as they called it
then.
Today the brown as a berry"
slogan has changed to tan.
One is supposed to tan, not
to get brown.
Only country people, and
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had to be done last Friday, for
the Republican State Central
Committee of Kentucky was
meeting the next day to nom
mate a senatorial candidate.
Adams saw the President Fri
day and the Cooper announce
ment he would run was pub
lished Saturday. A feeling per-
siStS, however, that the PreSi-
dent has a personal stake, and
the country with him, in having
Republican-controlledS Senate
in the Congress which takes
over next January. Certainly,
If the President is to succeed
with his program, which he
has described as both progress
sive and dynamic, he must
have Republican Senate and
a Republican House to back
him up, and put through the
necessary legislation. He has
been hampered and ham
strung by the present Demo-
cratic Congress.
Keeps Pushing Ahead
The President so far is go
ing right ahead, doing more
and more work as he conVa-
lesceS, with no suggestion he is
getting out of the race for re-
election. When he announced
his intention of running again
last February 30, he told the
country that if at any time he
felt he would not be physically
up to handling the job, he
would withdraw. Apparently,
he feels that with a proper re-
covery from his operation. he
will be fully up to it. Why
not? Plenty of other men at
his age and older have made
complete recoveries from abb
domlnal operations and con-
tinued to work for years.
The President plans to at
tend the Pan-American Con-
ference at Panama City July
81, less than two weeks away.
If he takes the conference
and the trip-in his stride, he
will have given evidence he is
well and strong again. A
month later, the Republican
National Convention opens its
sessions in San Francisco, to
write a party platform and
nominate its candidates for
President and Vice President.
While the President does not
have to decide before the con-
vention meets what his own
course will be, it seems entirely
unlikely he will leave the
G. o. P. leaders firm in the
belief he will continue as a
candidate, and at the eleventh
hour pull the rug from under
their feet.
1t has been argued that
Eisenhower will continue to
run from sense of duty; that
if he followed his own desires
he would withdraw. Only the
President can answer that one.
1t can be said, however, that
Presidents of the United
States do not give up their Of
flee gladly.
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sailors, get brown as berries
anymore.
City folks tan, and do ii
properly, with the prior appl-
cation of one of the popular
lotions.
There are about a dozen
best sellers. seen on every
beach. and perhaps a hundred
more.
One popular at Miami con-
tains cocoa butter and lanolin.
Most of the others are made
with a chemical sun screen.
A certain per cent, probably
l or 2, of one of these screens.
flltering out some of the burn
ing rays, gives a lotion that
will not pick up sand. This is
supposed to be an advantage.
Put in more screen, say up
to 5 per cent, and you have a
sum block lotion or cream for
the hundreds of people who
simply can't take the sun.
Everybody seems to be taken
care of. nowadays, by the
wonder Of modern cosmetic
chemistry.
There is certainly no excuse
at all for getting blistered.
Peeling is out.
just little common sense
is even more important than
the modern cosmetic lotion.
Nothing quite takes the
place of common sense, after
all. here or elsewhere.
If one insists on staying un-
der a broiling sun all day long.
the very first day. one Will
probably get as red as a lob
Ster and really be burned. To-
ton or no lotion.
Progressive exposure is the
thing, and with it, directed by
a bit of common sense, any
one except a few medical
cases. can suntan beautifully
without injury to ones pre-
cious skin.
Tan, not burn, is the idea.
No capsules are necessary,
fortunately. The sun, like
Portals quality of mercy. falls
upon the just and the unjust
alike, but the man or woman
or child or baby protected by
the marvels Of chemistry soon
sports nice suntan. If a girl,
it makes you look like a bath
ing beauty, even if secured in
your own back yard. II man.
YOU look like the boss. and
that is saying a great deal in
this commercial-political era
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Jaws Of Mars

o, Middle East look up, observe
the stars.
Let not Jour tensions rob the
earth OF rest.
Yield not to tCarrino influence
OF Mars,
Lest uorld suffer in the
manifest
Destruction Of mans hopes.
When raid plants
And lOouHded pride both
tester like a plaque
That springs from lUellS fed by
emotional tdintS.
Hope dimS and peace is far.
% the future udoue.
Defer not to the darkness OF
the ntoht,
But to the messengers
bedmed lone AGO
From countless suns. When
man is lost this ioht
Points out his course. and
truly SldgS his foe.
Then seek the MONDAY sun Uell
past the ddUn.
Behold the Jars OF Mars, they
droop aud ydDn.
Ruth {. Fleming
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gress to study all aspects Of this question:
and to- recommend such legislative and
administrative changes as it deems de-
sirable. In short, its report will cover
pretty much the same ground as that of
the BonSal committee. Together they
should give clear and comprehensive
picture of what can best be done to i'm
prove the security program. Meanwhile,
it seems to us that it is desirable to con-
tinue the old program, as applied to all
jobs, provided Congress is willing to enact
the necessary legislation.
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@. Who was the last left
handed catcher in the major
leagues? Please name some
others,--J. B.
A. The last left handed
catcher in the major leagues
was Joe Wall, who played for
the 1902 Brooklyn Dodgers.
He got into only five games
that year, batting .l76. He
also caught three games for
the New York Giants in 1901
and played six games with the
Giants as an outfielder in 1902
before moving to the Dodgers.
That was the extent Of his
major league career. He died
in 1885 at the age of SO. The
Sporting News list Of other
lett-handed catchers ineRldes
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SteeLs Himself

If the Government contin-
ues its tacit approval of the
continual union labor strikes
for increased wages, steel
workers will soon be receiving
IS per hour, with a minimum
wage law Of So hourly pay.
1t will then require dollar
bill to pay for quart Of milk
a loaf of bread, a local bus
fare. or a copy Of a daily
newspaper, while wages and
the cost OF living will continue
TO rise.
Henry Ware AllPn.
Chlckasha, Okla.
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Live Democracy" such actions
as storming the jail and liber-
ating the prisoners, the attack
on Communist headquarters
and the wrecking of the radio
station used to jam broad
casts from the free world. these
are not the actions of a people
in search of bread alone. They
represent all too clearly the
unbroken spirit of a proud ma
ton whose very life blood
through the centuries has been
and is still freedom and de-
mocracy.
F. n SimnSOn
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Pans Road Plan

Your editorial, History
Making Program" July u,
brings to mind P. T. Barnum's
famous observation: The peo-
pie like to be humbugged."
The overwhelming vote in
Congress for the highway bill
also brings to mind another
observation by an unknown
author: The majority is right
only once in a while and then
for a wrong reason"
This Nation needs 900
more miles of Superduper
highway as much as cat
needs two tails-even less. be-
cause the cats economy would
not be as much upset by the
useless addition as will the
peace and quiet of the Nation
by the bedlam incident to the
creation of this highway sur
plus. With the present high
ways and railroads. we now
have transportation facilities
ample for all the legitimate
business that can be carried on
in the country for many years
to come. Our mechanical ca
pacity is sufficient to produce
in three months all that the
Nation can consume in II
months. and as John L. Lewis
told the workers in Detroit a
few years ago. War is the
only thing that keeps your
jobs going" So. with the Rus
sian hobgoblin fading into a
paper tiger, the inflationists
had to find something else to
keep prosperity" on the
march.
With over 80 per cent of our
people living-trying to live
on mechanical industry and
taxes We have a dangerously
lopsided economy. Rather than
spending so many billions on
war goods and foreign aid it
would be far better to take a
few of the billions to re-estab-
liSh on family-size farms a few
million of the people now
crowded into the cities, at
tracted by the lure of high
wages in manufacturing
plants. The Government now
owns millions of acres of graz
ing land and forest land, much
of which is leased to those
who wish to Craze their live
stock or cut timber for their
sawmills. The Government
could well go further and ac-
Quire farm land and lease
not Sell-at a nominal rental,
family-size farms to those who
wished to live on them, and
who met the qualifications
established by the Federal
agency in charge of the
project.
The highway legislation is a
purely WPA inflationary
scheme, supported by both
parties in Congress because it
will mean jobs for their con-
stituentS everywhere, paid
from taxes. 1t means that in
f1ation will go on and on, and
the dollar will continue to buy
less and less. All in accord
with the battlecry Of the poll
tician seeking election:
We must not stop New Deal
imitation,
For that. you see, is oul
salvation.
Howard B. Smith.
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Calvin Brouphton, Cleveland,
1893; John Clements, Phillies.
l884-87 John Donoh ue,
Pittsburgh and Chicago Ma
tionals, 1900 Edward Tate,
Boston Nationals. 1867,
Fred Tenney Boston Ma
tionals. l894-96.
@. Is it correct to say that
the bones in the human body
are stronger than steel?--
w. p. s.
A on a weight for weight
basis bones are stronger than
steel Bone construction is
comparable to reinforced con-
crete The strongest portions
of a well-deyeloped mans leg
could support a light auto.
mobile!
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Mode of Transit

In The Star of June 26 APP
pears under the caption
Transit Angles a very log
zeal and commendable letter
regarding the situation by
George w. Hodgkins. May 1
quote a brief excerpt, as fol-
lows:
.. many citizens who
want streetcars to stay on
heavy Travelled lines are en-
titled to more of hearing
than they have had so far.
Alleged Xpensiven ess Of
Streetcar operation and other
arguments of the all-bus adj
vocateS have been met cas- in
the February report of the
Federation of Citizens Asso-
ciations) by facts and argu-
ments directly opposite. in
Guiding grave suspicious about
motives of the bus, tire and
gasoline interests which have
pushed the elimination of
streetcars elsewhere. Until
such conflicting views are
cleared up, cars and buses
should both 60 on without any
irreversible commitment that
might be regretted"
Mr.. Hodges position is I'M
aSsailable and cannot be re-
peated too often. Besides, as
l understand it, the cost Of
removing the streetcar tracks
and repaving where they were
will cost some 81 million. In
view of the dubious wisdom
of the tracks removal and the
supplanting of the streetcar-
bus operations with all-bus
operation. why not permit the
status quo and thus save 81
million which could have con-
siderable bearing on the cost
of fares by transit throughout
the District of Columbia and
its environS? Also there is a
safety factor to be considered,
and while l have not seen sta
tistics on the point. l have the
impression that the record of
safety as between the two
kinds of transit favors the old
reliable Streetcar.
Also the qualifications of
operators for the respective
methods of operation are not
conducive to interchangeable
ity, and this fact would pre-
sage a readjustment of force
assignments which, in many,
many cases would bode no
good for the present streetcar
operators, many of whom are
at a standpoint in life'S eXpe-
rience where the changeover
would involve teaching old
dogs new tricks a good many
of whom might not survive
such teaching" and thus be-
come involuntarily factors in
the local unemployment prob
lem. If their labor union is
not averse to dealing with
fundamentals it should take a
stand on this matter!
Ennis NJ. Nichols.
II the statement by Morris
Fox that within seven years he
will have an all-bus system of
aforementioned buses operat-
ing in Washington was meant
TO cheer the D. c. transit
rider. l am afraid that he
OH uCh Oul.
AS has been demonstrated
time and time again in the
past year. the citizens Of
Washington do not want an
all-bus system. AS a resident,
Mr.. Fox must realize this.
Let us hope the new owners
of etc will have more regard
for the public interest than
the d. C. Commissioners have
shown in the last year.
1t should be apparent to
anyone. including the new
owners of the transit system,
that we do not want an all
bus system here. ! am sure
that the above comments
speak for the great majority
of Washington citizens.
Rnharf Z CronLatt
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Land of Free-Spendinq

E. d. Simpson.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-12-01

The Detroit Lions intercepted
as many passes in the first six
games of the 1856 season N5)
as they did in the entire 1855
campaign.