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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

such speculation. "Vast sums" Of money
could have been saved the taxpayers had
there been more effective controls, the
Assembly was told. The proposed legiS-
lation would adopt a price freezing"
system that has been used successfully
In several other States, notably Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey. Under this plan
real estate values included in proposed
right of way would, in effect, be stabilized
for one year, during which negotiations
would be undertaken for State purchase
of the land. The State. meanwhile,
would have to deposit with the Circuit
Court check in the estimated amount
OF the right-of-way costs. If the States
appraisal were unsatisfactory to property
owners, the court would appoint board
to survey the land, hold hearings and fix
price. Appeals to the courts could be
made from the boards findings. This
plan is designed to protect both the State
and the owners OF property. 1t would
be bad medicine for highway land specu-
lators, however, and that should COM
mend the measure to the favorable con-
sideration of the Legislature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Best for America

Secretary Of State Dulles had a
rather good day for himself before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The proof of this does not stem from
the spectator applause which was evoked
by some Of his testimony. It is found,
rather, In certain facts which Mr.. Dulles
put squarely on the record.
One thing which he, and his assist
ant, Herbert Hoover, jr., managed to do
was to present the Saudi Arabian tank
deal in proper perspective. The sale OF
10 light tanks to the Saudis Is not in any
sense military threat to Israel. The
temporary suspension of the export per-
NIT was not evidence Of panic" within
the administration. Instead, this tank
shipment merely censummated an agree
ment made in good faith, and carried
through after a check to be certain that
no corners were being cut in the trans
action. This, 1t appears, is just about all
there was to the sensational" tank story.
Mr.. Dulles major point was con-
cerned, however, with the larger question
of the proper relationship Of the United
Sbdtco W bltC CAkJ1Uc1NC az citu-
alton in the Middle East. Warning
against any partisan approach to this
problem of tremendous delicacy and
complexity," he said this: 1T is the de-
termination of this administration to
deal with the problem) in manner
that is best for the United States. hope
that in the political campaign ahead the
discussion will be on such level as to
dissipate the idea that United States
policy is dominated by local domestic
politics"
This plea made little impression on
some of the Democratic members Of the
committee, notably Oregon's Senator
Morse. But 1t will make strong appeal
TO the intelligence Of the American peo-
pie, who understand that those who
would play politics with this Middle East
question are trifiing with dynamite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Glamour Metal

There was time, little more than
five years ago, when there was wide
spread doubt that enough uranium could
be found In the world to support the
development Of atomic energy for indus
trial and other peaceful uses. But today
there is no doubt at all. For this prime
source OF nucleat fuel-wholly apart
from thorium and the possibilities inher-
ent in hydrogen fusion-has been dis
covered In such abundance that the atom
unquestionably can be exploited on
very large scale for decades and decades
to come. And this holds true not merely
for weapons, but for tremendous nom
military projects, including particularly
the production of electrical power.
The latest expert to offer assurances
on that score Is Jesse c. Johnson, the
Atomic Energy Commissions director for
raw materials. Speaking in New York
to the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, he has pointed
out how relatively scarce "the glamour
metal" seemed to be as recently as 1948
and how the picture has since completely
changed as result of individual and
group prospecting activities. These &C
tivities, the greatest Of their kind since
the l849 gold rush to California, have
led to major discoveries in North Amer
lea, and because of them, as Mr.. Johnson
has said, "the United States and Canada
each soon will be producing more ura-
mum than was expected from the entire
free world only few years ago.
Coupled with developments in South
Africa and elsewhere on the free side Of
the Iron Curtain, this vastly increased
American Canadian output of uranium
provides all the wherewithal needed to
make the most of the nonmilitary atom
for generations to come. Indeed, con-
sidering other actual and potential
sources of nuclear fuel, the supply seems
virtually inexhaustible. In that sense at
least-especially in view of the 'Presi-
dents historic decision to earmark 10000
Kilograms Of U-235 for beneficent uses al
home and abroad the United States and
like-minded nations should find it not too
difficult to demonstrate the fallacy of
Premier Bulganin's claim that the Soviet
Union is ahead of the West in peaceful
atomic developments and that 1t will
keep on staying ahead until communism
triumphs everywhere In the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
important Vote Comma

The Upper Colorado River Storage
Project has been cleared for debate and
an early vote in. the House this week.
Indications are that the vote will be
close Despite the removal from the
measure of the controversial Echo Park
dam project, and the absence Of any
public versus private power issue, oppo-
sition of the lower basin States led by
California continues, while many East
ern and Midwestern lawmakers are re-
ported dubious as to the justification for
the relatively large expenditure involved.
The House bill, as presently consti-
tuted, would authorize series Of dams
and storage reservoirs at strategic points
along the rivers of the Upper Colorado
Basin. The chief immediate purpose Of
the project is the control Of the i'm
mensely valuable waters Of the great
inland drainage area to permit regu-
lation of the rivers flow, now highly
variable and, in many years, largely
wasted.
President Eisenhower and congress
sional leaders Of both parties have urged
approval Of the project as a needed con-.
tribution to the national interest. The
value of dependable source Of water
and power In the four-State area-Colo-
RADIO, New Mexico, Utah and wyoming
has been greatly increased in recent
years as result Of the important dis
coveries in strategic minerals, notably
uranium, In the region.
Now that any possible threat to ma
tional parks and monuments has been
YT~H> ne 1e
dam site and inclusion Of definite safe
guards for the Rainbow Bridge National
Monument, the national interest In gen.
eral and the needs of the great inter-
mountain empire in particular call for
approval Of this legislation We hope
that sectional interests in California and
disinterest on the Eastern seaboard will
not combine to defeat measure Of such
great Importance to the future of the
entire Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

trumpets TO the imperilled
Nation! For there at Valley
Forge one gazes almost in
credulously at that fiimsy tent
in which Washington him.
self risked his very life as
three thousand Of his men
died around him that awful
winter. This tent. exposed to
the fury Of the elements in the
dead Of winter, he chose as
his habitation instead of the
stately Mount Vernon he loved,
where. in warmth and comfort,
he might have been the PAM
pered lackey Of the oppressors.
Here, Freedoms Foundation
asks Of Americans. not what
they want from freedom, out
what they are willing to give
to 1t that 1t may not perish
from the earth: not what they
are against, but what they are
for. This inspiring channel Of
patriotism reminds all under
the Stars and Stripes that the
question of questions in this
grim day is not do you live in
a democracy" but Does de-
mocracy live In you"
Freedoms Foundation, nom
partisan and nonsectarian, 10
saying to every American.
THE foundation Of all we have
is Cod; and upon its banner
is the great affirmation Of
Archbishop Temple, 1.-THE
great and profound difference
between Christian civilization
and the kind of civilization
which the Communists are
aiming at lies In our affirma-
ton that the primary fact of
the world Is God--that each
individual Is the child Of God.
that at the root OF his being
he is the child Of God. and
that he is a child OF God be-
fore he is a citizen of any ma
tional community"
And so the bugles are blow
ing for the greatest battle Of
the ages--for the bodies, the
minds, the souls Of men. The
moral, spiritual and material
arsenal Of this global struggle
is America. The fight is on.
the issues are momentous, the
odds against us are terrific.
Henry w of France. in the
sixteenth century. wrote a let
ter to Crillon, his friend. who
had failed to show up for q
crucial battle. This Is what
Henry said to him with biting
scorn: go hang yourself,
brave Crillon. We fought at
Aoues and you were not there"
OF any American who. in this
day Of desperate battle, is bent
ON personal success or pleas
ure--the most damning thing
that could be said to him or Of
him would be. 1--WE fought in
America for the survival of
freedom and you were not
there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
THE GAME OF POLITICS
On Pulling the Court Into Politics
BY FRANK r. KEN

defeated in the Senate. but
which he packed" Just the
same during his subsequent
term as President. Mr.. Roose-
velt's attack upon the court
and its then Chief Justice,
Charles Evans Hughes. was
violent, virulent and unre-
strained. Yet 1t cannot be
recalled at the moment that
there came from either the
Democratic National Commit
tee or any Of the other DEM
ocratic leaders now bowling
to high heaven about MIR.
Nixon. any protest or even
criticism Of the then Presi-
dent. On the contrary, with
the exception of a few OUT
ragged Democrats, who could
not tolerate the packing, the
party organization as a whole
went along with Mr.. Roosevelt
in what was one of the most
historic feuds in our history.
More fragrant Case
A still more fragrant effort
to involve the Chief Justice
of the court In politics has re-
Gently been made public by (of
all persons) Mr.. Truman In his
memoirs. Here, Mr.. Truman
tells in detail of his personal
attempt In 1850 and 1851 to
induce Chief Justice Fred Vim
son, whom he had himself ap-
pointed, to leave the court and
become q candidate for the
presidency. Mr.. vinson first
rejected the suggestion on the
ground that he. did not feel he
should use the court a. O
'steppingstone to the presi-
dency." But Mr.. Truman con-
tinued to insist until. late In
1851. Mr.. Vinson refused on
the ground Of his physical
condition"
Considering these undisputed
acts Of the last two Demo-
cratic Presidents In the mat
ter Of the Supreme Court. it,
Chief Justice and politics, the
present Democratic outcry
against Mr.. Nixon appears
ridiculous. Granting that Mr..
Nixon's remark was unfortu-
nately phrased. it is still In
credible that the charge can
be effective except on the the
DRY that If you keep on repeat
ing a lie it is bound to stick.
OF course, If the Republicans
let their opponents get away
with that they are too stupid
to bother about-and ought to
be beaten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
To Avert Scandals

Legislation proposed by the Mary
land State Roads Commission and the
States Attorney General would help to
safeguard Maryland from further right
of-way scandals Of the sort that were
uncovered in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties. Up to now land spec
ulators have had free hand in ex-
plotting plans for highway extensions
throughout the State. A highway official,
indicted on collision charges, still is
being sought.
In letter to the General Assembly
urging remedial legislation, the Attorney
Generals ONCE pointed out that under
existing laws there is no way to prevent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

Our America Is In mortal
peril. The threatening dam
ger is not simply in a foul
conspiracy from the outside to
SNUFF out freedoms glorious
light. The graver peril is
disease which. II not checked.
will fasten itself fatally upon
the body polite. Its chief
symptom is to make the VIC
tim look in the ether direction
from that In which q deadly
enemy plots TO strike. Another
symptom Is the deluded in
sistence on business and pleas
ure as usual. Avowed enemies
have sworn by their false gods
to rip to shreds the very fabric
Of our boasted liberties. Yet.
oblivious TO a growing pre-
ponderance Of might by those
who respect nothing but physi-
cal strength. our republic Of
the free, the one bastion in
all the earth which has the
resources to make tyranny
tremhle and tumble, debates
how much defense it can "af-
ford" In the encroaching
shadow Of the Red menace,
the marriage Of freedom to
adequate defense is denied and
refused unless the fair Column
bia can 60 on living in the
lavish style to which she has
been accustomed.
One Of the dire signs OF this
disease. "complacency." which
Toynbee tells US has killed
more than a score OF ciyiliza-
tons. is blindness to the fact
that when q fully prepared
bully system is In a position
to say do our bidding or else"
q hothouse-nurtured economy
viii be smashed in the dooms-
day Its foes are plotting. 1t
was purposely and rightly a
colossal understatement when,
at Valley Forge. on Washing
toms Birthday, the head of the
Joint Chiefs Of Staff Of the
United States. solemnly and
with apparent conviction, de-
clared. Americans are not
doing enough to protect their
freedom" He knows full well
that those responsible for the
actual striking power of each
branch Of our armed services
are crying More! More!
For safety's sake. morel" II
the stark truth Of the present
situation, threatening the very
survival of America, were
known 1t would be enough to
blanch every patriotic cheek
and to raise a deafening de-
mand from ocean to ocean.
Arm to the teeth" II Is i'm
perative now that we harness
our total strength which. once
modified, would be invincible.
There is yet time--but not
much. The sands of that OPP
portunity for impregnability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Bridge HossIe

The perennial controversy
over proposed construction Of a
bridge to Assateague Island was
aired again last week in testi-
mony before the Ways and
Means Committee of the Mary
land House of Delegates.
Opponents even tried to get
the State of Maryland or,
incidentally, our taxpayers
throughout the State. to foot
the bill to the extent of several
million dollars to build toll
bridge to an island which is
presently owned by 1000 people
who are ready and willing to
spend their own money for
their own toll bridge.
Various arguments have been
offered by our opponents in
their frenZied efforts to delay
the project and In the hope of
eventually forestalling develop
ment Of Assateague Island by
the people who had vision
enough to buy it.
The proposal to build a
State park on the island as
an excuse for the expendi-
ture Of millions OF dollars of
State funds is, In my consid-
cred opinion. simply a smoke
screen to obscure the real OBJ
jective. which is clearly an
effort to balk private initiative
and freedom Of enterprise.
We have offered to turn our
private bridge over to the
State at any time. during or
after It's construction, at &C.
tual cost Of the facility less
a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Man Looks Up

The military men were fore
casting fearful new weapons
Of war a half a century ago.
On February 10. 1906. The
Star reported. in a story from
London: Field Marshal Sir
George White presided at the
Royal United Service Insti-
tuition this week when Col.
Capper. RE, lectured on mill
tary ballooning. Col. Capper
said that the dirigible balloon
was a problem that would
have to be faced in the next
great war. Lebaudy's balloon
in France. which had gone
forty miles in two and one
half hours. and for which a
speed of twenty Ave miles an
hour had been claimed, had
shown that such balloons could
In light winds proceed to dis
tant points and return. When
one could journey 500 miles
and stay up in the air twenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
Best Dressed Women

I write to protest the recent
selection Of Washington's "Ten
Best-Dressed Women. Not
that / object to any one of
them being on such a list, but
where, in a world capital such
as ours. are the names of the
exquisitely gowned wives of our
Eastern embassies? Surely
some of the women who see
these beautiful women every
day must appreciate the care.
perfect taste as to color and
material. and perfect work.
manship which go into their
elegant gowns. Has no one
realized that there is high
fashion in saris as we'll as in
Dior? Certainly, the members
OF the many Eastern embassies
must raise eyebrows question:
ingly at the drab suits worn by
our women day after day and
learn that these suits help
make them among the best
dressed!
The fashion editors rhap-
sodize over what designers do
with saris for the women
of the Western world and ig-
more completely the women
who know how to wear them
best and who always look ele-
CANT and graceful in them.
I do not mean to find fault
with what was done In the way
of selection, but only to find
fault with the names left of
the list.
Mrs. L. M. Gary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
FIiqht From Tyranny

In Geneva, Switzerland, represent
alive OF the Austrian government has just
made strong appeal to the Council OF
the Intergovernmental Committee for
European Migration. His country, 1t
seems, Is sorely in need Of help to cope
with a problem that has been growing
steadily worse ever since the Soviet
and Anglo French American occupation
ended last year. The problem Is made up
Of human beings-refugee men, women
and children-who have been pouring
into Austria in large and ever-increasing
numbers and who urgently need to be
settled in new homes overseas.
And where have these refugees ned
from? Well, not wishing to offend any
body too much, the Austrian representa-
tive has stated the case rather delicately.
As he has put it, my country Is bordered
by Peoples Democracies where economic
conditions are still bad and people are
still prosecuted for political reasons" In
other words. the influx consists Of indi-
viduals and families who have found life
unbearable in the captive lands behind
the Iron Curtain and who have been
lucky enough (now that the Russians are
out of Austria) to slip through frontier
guards and escape to the world of
freedom.
There is nothing sensationally new
about this. of course. Throughout the
past decade there has been steady fight
of refugees from enslaved East Europe to
free West Europe. But the phenomenon
still is novel experience for Austrians,
whose independence has been only re-
Gently restored, and 1t is particularly
noteworthy. particularly deserving Of spe-
Nikita Khrushchevs recent emphatic
boast to the world that latter seeing for
themselves the advantages that commu-
nism holds out, all working men and
women on earth will sooner or later take
to the road" Of Red totalitarianism.
Could there be a more devastating
commentary on that boast than the APP
peal made by the Austrian representa-
tive? Mr.. Khrushchev should And the
whole business rather embarrassing. Ger
tainly, until the refugees "take to the
road" that runs from West to East-until
they completely reverse themselves and
flee from this side of the Iron Curtain to
the other-his prophecy about the whole
world embracing the advantages" of
communism will look tremendously silly.
And free men, II they remain vigilant
and adequately armed, may safely ven
ture the prediction that 1t will keep on
looking that way from here to eternity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

At Valley Forge, where
Freedoms Foundation, with
thrilling ceremony. made its
annual awards to those who
are defending the American
way OF life. the contemporary
danger was faced. not only Of
determined foes without. but
also Of the deterioration OF
the democratic tradition with
in. It ought to be added that
the eyes Of the head of
Americas armed forces were
not just on the gathering
might of our enemies under
the hammer and sickle. For
this. too. he said, American
opposition to Communist aims
must be more than military
strength to resist aggression"
On the very day these words
were uttered at Valley Forge
by this voice from the Pen
tagon. new defenders Of the
cause for which Washington
and his troops braved peril
and pain had been summoned
from all parts OF the Nation
to be awarded the Freedom
Medal with the inspiring i'm
print Of the Father Of His
Country. sword aside, kneeling
in agonizing prayer on the
frozen ground Of that testing
winter, a spot hallowed forever.
These new soldiers Of free
dom. thus recognized by the
Foundation, are fighting with
tongue and pen and brush and
deed. The humblest citizen of
this dear land of liberty may
be designated by impartial
judges. as well as those whose
names are in Who's Who. for
some effective blow struck ioi
liberty. What a setting foi
such a recognition. as Free
dom's Foundation sounds the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
New School

The former Business High
School was dedicated so years
ago. On dedication day, Feb
ruary 81, 1905, The Star said:
Fond expectations are at last
realized and the students of
commerce and business have a
building OF their own dedi-
Gated to their interests. Today
at noon the formal exercises
of dedication of the new Bust
ness High School we're carried
out before a large audience,
consisting of members Of the
board of education, business
men, high school principals,
educators, friends of the pupils
and the District Commission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

So close are we now to the
big decision" that there is no
sense In guessing. The only
thing that can be done is to
report that the new delay has
added to the virulence of the
attacks on Vice President Nix
on and at the same time in
creased the difficulties Of his
opponents In making him their
prize whipping boy. Just as
they had to drop the effort to
make the alleged calling Of
Harry Truman q traitor" and
the Democratic Party "the
party Of treason. 1t now seems
they have got to drop another
effort Of the same kind. The
first was dropped latter Mr..
Nixon's fiat and vigorous de-
niaD because Mr.. Truman,
who sponsored it. when chal-
lenged failed to substantiate
his charge In any way, shape
or form.
The second Is the allegation
that in his latest speech Mr..
Nixon called Earl Warren q
great Republican Chief JUS
tice." thus smearing Mr.. War
rem and pulling the Supreme
Court into politics. This
seemed, indeed, q dreadful
thing for Mr.. Nixon to have
done and the Democratic
propagandists seized upon 1t
with avidity. Even the mod
crate" and relatively cautious
Adlai Stevenson was shocked"
though In q somewhat half
hearted way compared to the
Democratic National Commit
tee wizards Of the pen. Now.
1t seems. that this viii have to
be dropped. too.
New Deal Attitudes
However. If this line Of at
tack on Mr.. Nixon seems too
trivial there is another and far
more adequate answer. All 1t is
necessary to do Is recall the
attitudes Of the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt and ex-Presi-
dent Truman toward the SV-
preme Court and its chief to
make Mr.. Nixon's "offense"
seem insignificant and absurd.
For example, In a Baltimore
speech on October Is. 1882.
Mr.. Roosevelt publicly charged
that the Supreme Court was
under complete control of
the Republican Party" He
followed this up with his out
rageous effort to pack the
court" which was narrowly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Freedoms Foundation
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
chsplain Of the United states Senate

are running out. II America Ii
not thus alerted. one does
not have to be a congenital
prophet of gloom to discern the
handwriting on the wall. "the
refusal OF denials and the in
sistence on indulgences today
will be the rope by which
Freedom win be strangled to-
morrow"