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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Sound Vote on Mail Rates

The House has taken proper and
courageous election-year action in voting
to raise postal rates enough to bring in
an estimated $430 million annually. We
hope the Senate, which thus far has shown
little interest in the matter will concur.
Operations Of the Post Office Depart
ment consistently have been run at a
loss-in recent times approaching half
billion dollars year. The explanation
has been simply that those using the
mails the most have not been paying a
fair price for the service received. The
net effect, of course, is that the taxpayers
as a whole have been substituting Gov
eminent venture that benefits some
groups far more than others. The formula
contained in the bill just passed would
correct this inequity by putting the serv-
ice on approximately fair pay-as-you-
mail basis. Ordinary f1rst-class-mail
rates would be raised from cents to 4
cents-bringing in an estimated addi-
tional 1926 million. Domestic air mail
rates would be raised from cents to 7
cents an ounce-calculated to bring in
another SIG million. Small increases in
several other categories would yield about
$120 million more.
President Eisenhower and Postmaster
General Summerfield have been strong
advocates Of the postal increases as a
matter of good business practice. The
opposition has been primarily partisan
and political, headed in the House by
Democratic Leader Mccormack of MasSa-
chusetts on grounds the increases would
6,,r Iapcipacc o,aL
age families Fortunately the House Post
ONCE Committee and the Rules Commit
tee-both under Democratic chairman
ship-broke with the party leader on the
issue in order to permit vote on the
floor. The result was not only victory
for the administration, but for respon-
sible management in the Federal Govern
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Reputation Aqoin?

It the House Appropriations Com
mittee is inclined to hornswoggle local
taxpayers on a money deal, it has the
power to do so. 1t has happened in the
past and can happen again. Yet we hope
there are members in the House who will
not remain silent in the face of the crude
half-truth offered by the committee to
rationalize its reputation of an agree
ment approved by Congress less than
four months ago.
The agreement relates to the author
lied SO million increase in the Federal
payment, written into legislation last
winter as part and parcel of $40 million
hike in local taxes. The tax increase
was necessary to avoid deficit in the
local budget, threatened by the spiraling
costs of city government. The SO million
increase in the Federal payment was the
amount chosen by Congress as the Fed
eral Governments share.
In reporting out the bill which would
have made this increase effective, the
committee explained that such an in
crease would have caused a surplus in
the District general fund. That is, of
course, highly misleading if not down.
right dishonest. The surplus would not
have been caused by appropriating the
money that Congress previously agreed
to make available. The temporary sur
plus would have been caused by elimi-
nation of items that the money was to
pay for. The apparent surplus itself
would have been without significance as
an indication of financial position
What the committee does not explain
In It's report is that the SO million in
crease in the Federal payment is neceS-
sary in financing the Federal Govern
ment'S share of a public works program
approved by Congress after long study; it
is, In effect, an obligation by Congress,
written into the same legislation that
brought about new and heavy increase
in local taxes. The House Appropriations
Committee is making hash of the public
works program. 1t is driving the Dis
trict into another deficit position, which
will add to the spreading blight already
threatening this Capital City.
There are good men in the House
who know the problem and have worked
hard for solution. We hope they will
not take this additional blow to Wash
ington lying down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

ton of The Evening Star in
publicizing the series of public
meetings recently conducted
by our subcommittee on liaison
with the public. Without your
assistance, the success of these
meetings would not have been
possible.
We particularly want to
commend the work of George
Beveridge. His series of news
articles was exceptionally we'll
done. They were most helpful
in educating the public in the
issues involved. He has always
been cooperative, and from
time to time has made valuable
suggestions so that we can
better perform our functions.
Our work is far from COM
pleted. but we know that we
can continue to count on the
support of The Star in seeing
that the public is kept advised
Of developments.
Thomas J. Groom,
Chairman, Commissioners
zoning Advisory Com
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
A Basket of Summer Fruit
By DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

Straight from the trees and
the vines, what is more de-
lectable than a basket of sum-
mer fruit? The golden
phrase which is the caption of
this "Spire" is not freshly
coined. The prophet Amos
used it almost 5000 years ago.
So the basket is an antique
but the fruit it holds is peren-
nially fresh. In order to simu-
late the pleasing effect which
this handful of words conjures.
artificial fruit, often skillfully
shaped and colored, is every
where offered, lifelike remind
ers for all the year of the
reality of which they are
prototypes.
But the old phrase forever
new, "a basket of summer
fruit" lifts up a colorful,
luscious exhibit of natures
best. No deepfreeze has held
back deterioration. No mod
ern method of preservation has
stolen today's flavor which so
delights the taste buds. No
lapse of time has caused the
delicate skins, in which the
heavenly nectar has been
poured, to wither. Here it is
freshly plucked, a basket of
summer fruit.
There is compasSed in that
basket the red of the rasp-
berry, the strawberry and the
cherry; there is the white and
purple of the grape and the
plum. and the velvety blush
of peaches: and there, too, the
pastel green in apples and
pears. What an ambrosial
medley to enrapture the cpl
curean! To such a newly picked
basket of summer fruit no
ferment has injected its poi
son-no invisible but ubiqui-
touS deStroyers have pushed
back the glory from the peak
of perfection. Here is the acme
Of natures recipe mixed in
the laboratory of a million
years, just off the production
line of the long centuries. each
separate bundle packed in its
distinctive covering and flavor,
the fulfilled prophecy of pink
and white spring blossoms-the
browning glory of orchard and
garden.
The fruit, golden to the core,
but awaits the container fur
nished by man who tolls as
Gods partner. And. 10, a bas-
ket of summer fruit! ST. Paul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

upon Him, Jesus said to His
disciples that His deep desire
was that His joy might re-
main in them, and that their
JOY might be full. And here is
peace" which no outward cir
cumStanceS can diSturb-aS
deep as the peace which reigns
far beneath the wild confusion
of the oceans surface, where
peaceful stiffness dwelleth ever
more. And "pdtience"-not
Just a quiet waiting for some
thing hoped for but the I'M
ruff1ed endurance of pain and
trouble and opposition and
hopes deferred = sure of the
future. And, of course kind
ness" There can be no basket
Of Christian fruit without that.
Did not one of our great
preachers keep saying from his
pulpit, BE kind, be kind.
Everybody you meet is fighting
a hard battle"
And here is goodness" That
always wears the diamond
among virtues, sincerity; but
it is never a claim. always a
climate in which nothing mean
or hateful can grow. And,
after all, it's only noble to be
good. And "taithtulneSS," in
dicating dependability. Said
one. of a friend. mo matter
what my need might be. 1
know l could put my hand out
in the dark and touch him
he'd be there!" And. of course,
"Selt-control." Without that.
all the rest Of the fruit in the
basket would be blighted. The
principal problem with each of
us is ourselves. If we can but
control ourselves through the
restraints of divine grace, then
all other problems will find
their solution.
And so, holding UP this per-
feet basket of summer fruit
kissed by the sunlight and
baptized by the showers and
dew of the divine resources
love, JOY, peace. patience. kind
ness. goodness. faithfulness.
self-control-Paul Immediately
adds, before he closes his let
ter to these immature Chris
tians called to be saints, but as
yet far from that shining goal:
Don't grow discouraged with
welldoing; for if you do not
lose heart. in due season you
shall reap these fruits of the
spirit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

THE fruits of the spirit are
love. JOY, peace, patience, kind
ness, goodness, faithfulneSs
and self-control." What a Sc
lection! But as one gazes at
that basket of fruit it brings a
deep discomfort. 1t is a long
leap from what one sees there
to the defective and knotty
specimens that so often hang
on the branches of our own
lives. But, there is another
summer yet to come; there will
be fairer fruit if we faint not;
and always there is the prom
Use: "Ye shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water,
that shall bring forth its fruit
in its season"
Paul puts "loUe" first be-
cause it is first. For. as Drum
mond says, it is the greatest
thing in the world. 1t is the
final solution for all problems.
To be able to live in a better
world without becoming a Bit
ter person is to be growing
the fruit Of the spirit. And
Joy" grows in the same or
chard. It's the candle of an
inward happiness that the
blast of failure and discour-
agement can never blow out.
With the shadow of the cross
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
A Writer'S Writer

Earl Voss study of Indian
Prime Minister Pandit Nehru
in your Sunday magazine Sec
ton should be required read
ing for all who want to UNDER
stand this complicated man
and his influence in world
affairs.
I found it one Of the most
absorbing stories / have ever
read. 1t contains a great deal
of material l have never read
before, the end product, l am
sure. Of a considerable amount
of painstaking research. Earl
is one of those rare birds who
not only has mastered his
subject. but knows how to in
terpret what he has found.
Please pass on to him my
sincere congratulations.
Jim &. LucaF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
The Loot of Heodwoiters

And now another headwaiter at New
York's Waldorf-AS Hotel has been
indicted for failure to pay his proper
share of Federal income taxes. Of course,
In our good American system, this man
must be presumed to be innocent unless
or until-like his predecessor, who is
currently serving a little time in jail
he is found guilty by jury of his peers.
Meanwhile we can only speculate on the
matter. And we can also applaud the
Internal Revenue Service for its an
nounced resolve to ferret out the situa-
ton (Which involves lots of "swanky"
eating places) and crack down on any
tip-receiver suspected of playing fast and
loose with our trusting Government.
AS for the Waldorf's latest suspect,
he is accused of having paid much less
in Federal taxes than he should have
paid on a gratuity income of we'll over
100000 year above his annual salary
of $4,000. Here is something that ought
to interest anybody who has ever been
extravagant enough, or cowed enough, to
give headwaiter a handsome personal
fee for the dubious privilege of winning
his mechanical smile and implied aSsur-
ance Of reasonably good table in
reasonably good (but not necessarily very
good) dining room. Certainly those of
us who may have had this experience
of being awed, shamed or spiritually
browbeaten into offering such tribute to
a naughty character in a dinner coat, or
white tie and tails can hardly fail to
be pleased and even elated by the news
that his imposing and formidable breed
faces the prospect of thorough going
over by the Internal Revenue Service.
But let none of us gloat too much
or be too self-righteous. After all, wholly
apart from the fact that it is still pos
Sible TO find many inexpensive and al
together accommodating headwaiters, we
must ask ourselves: Whose fault is it
baSically-that we are plagued with those
Of the other kind? The answer is clear
The customers themselves, especially the
ones with big expense accounts, are pri-
marily responsible. Quite obviously, as
long as they lack the gumption to refuse
to pay lavish brides to be seated ostenta-
tiouSly at tables of doubtful value, the
racket they support will continue to
thrive. And all one can hope for in the
circumstances is that Uncle Sam will be
shrewd and hard-boiled enough to get
his fair share OF the great and prepos-
ferrous loot involved. !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

the perils of boating and often disinclined
to carry such fundamental safety equip
ment as life preservers, anchors or fire
eXtinguisherS. Lives are being lost un-
necessarily every year as result
Admiral Richmond was Skeptical OF
proposals that all owners and operators
of small craft be licensed by the Coast
Guard or some other agency. He said the
plan seemed to be impractical from an
administrative standpoint Coast Guard
inspection and control at present extends
only to boats over 16 feet long These
must be registered, numbered and
equipped with minimum safety gear
Even this degree of inspection and control
is difficult to carry out, because of the
large number of craft involved and the
inadequacy of inspection facilities.
But much could be done to improve
the safety situation on our offshore and
inland waters. Admiral Richmond urged
Federal leadership in bringing about
uniform system of boat regulations
Federal and State laws and regulations
for larger craft differ widely today, re-
sulting in confusion among boat owners
and operators. Then, he said, all govern
mental agencies should join in an educa-
tional program to inform the growing
number of cupboard and inboard power
boatSmen of the dangers of careless
cruising. Basic "ruleS of the road" and
safety precautions should be dissent
mated And, with the rapid rise in out
board boating in recent years, the time
may come when public safety will require
some form of licensing of all such craft
and of their operators, There is no evil
dence that such drastic step is necessary
or advisable now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Security Dilemma

We doubt that anyone fully under
stands as yet the precise consequences
Of the Supreme Court decision in the
Kendrick M. Cole case-the ruling which
killed the Federal security program as
applied to "nonsensitive" jobs.
This uncertainty seems to be reflected
in current comments by two Government
officials Both Attorney General Brow
nell and Philip Young, chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, have Endorsed
the Walter bill. This measure would, in
effect reverse the courts decision by de-
claring it to be the intent of Congress
to apply the security risk program to all
Federal jobS-nonSenSitive as we'll as SEN
sitive. Mr. Brownell's Endorsement was
given in brief letter to the committee
considering the bill. The giSt of it was
that Congress has the power to extend
the scope Of the program, and that he
has no objection if Congress wishes to
exercise the power.
Mr.. Young was much more emphatic
In his Endorsement. And his views carry
considerable weight, since it would be
his responsibility to get rid of the non
sensitive risks under the normal Civil
Service procedures. The court majority
thought this could readily be done. Mr..
Young does not agree. He told the COM
mittee that the decision, if it stands, will
have drastic" effects on the security
program, and the reversion to the So
called normal procedures would be
clumsy, expensive and unsatisfactory
The next move is up to Congress. If
the legislators accept Mr.. Young'S judy
ment, determined effort undoubtedly
will be made to get the bill through dur
ing this session. If it is passed, however,
the measure should be for an interim
period" as suggested by the Attorney
General. This whole question is now
under study by the Commission on Gov
eminent Security, which is expected to
make report next year. No permanent
overhaul of the security risk program
should be undertaken until this report
can be given careful consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
THE GAME OF POLITICS
The Anti-Eisenhower Extremists
By FRANK R. KENT

AS the November election
draws closer, the character of
the Democratic campaign
against President Eisenhower
becomes increasingly clear.
The poverty of real issues is
driving those who oppose him
to unprecedented extremes in
the discussion of his health, to
really vicious denunciation Of
Vice President Nixon and a
general disregard Of the facts.
To be fair about it, this
strategy did not originate with
the Democratic National Com
mittee, though the committee
has embraced it with consid-
cradle enthusiasm. Certainly
it helps cover up the intellec-
tual bankruptcy of the Demo-
cratic management and gives
it a line" when none existed.
Actually the sponsors of this
rather low-grade program are
composed of the small but new
ertheleSs midely read group of
New Deal-Fair Deal columnists
and commentators. They were
all Roosevelt worshipers, Tru-
man partiSanS and very leftish
in their slant. There are
plenty of persons opposed to
Mr.. Eisenhower in the country
but this group seems to be the
only one which genuinely har-
bors hate toward MIN.
Health Issue Pushed
1t is this group that accuses
his doctors of politics when
they agreed there was no
physical or mental reason why
he should not continue as
candidate. 1t was they who
originated the phrase part
time President" and who dis
cuss him as though he were a
feeble minded child whose
CLOSE advisers" for their own
evil and selfish purposes, are
keeping him misinformed. All
of which, of course, is ridicu-
lous. The really distressing
thing about this to the EiSen-
hover enemies is that the
more bitter they become and
the more they bleat about the
Presidents health, the stronger
the President seems to grow
with the people-as shown by
the Gallup polls since his oper-
alton, by the reaction of the
Democratic Governors at At
lantic City, and in other ways.
Leaving discussion about
this special group of anti
Eisenhower publicists and TAX
ing up the attacks from indi-
viduals, it is unpleasant to
report that one of the most
inexcusable recently came
from Senator William Full
bright, of Arkansas. Senator
Fulbright is one of the out
standing members of the Sen
ate. His integrity is beyond
question, as is his intelligence.
He is a friend and supporter
Of Adlai Stevenson and is rec
ognized as a man of culture,
character and courage. All of
which makes it more disap-
pointing to those who expect
such a man to keep his cam
paigning on a high level, de-
void of phony statements and
unfounded charges.
Yet a short time ago Sen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Flag Code

Mr.. Barrows, in a recent
issue of The Star, complained
of absence in the market of
the American flag. The lack
of demand, to which he refers,
is not without cause.
And the cause. l fear, is to
be found in the code for han
ding of the flag published in
the United States Statutes at
Large.
We common people are
afraid Of def1ling the flag If
we happen not to follow the
flags code meticulously.
We Americans are not fond
of formulating our enthusiasm
for flag and country. But the
old days of hurrah ana lemon
ade, where the speakers pull
pit was spread with Old Glory,
set with glass pitcher and COB
let for the orator of the day
TO knock over, are gone Where,
too. are the starched flags in
the fists OF the little innocents?
Well-intentioned as the franz
ers of the code we're, they
doubtless did not realize that
they were taking the flag out
of our hands. The flag has,
as a matter of fact and not OF
fancy, disappeared from COM
mon use. If anyone knows of
any reason for its evanishment,
let us hear from them. But
first let them read. digest.
memorize. study and interpret
the code. How many of us are
going to do that, run the risk
of desecrating the flag, how
ever unintentionally? con-
fess ! do not even know
whether the use Of a mop
handle is proper
What is the remedy? l have
often thought of that. If there
came into common use a diff
ferently shaped flag, let us
say, with a lone device such as
US" a flag that we laymenr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

ator Fulbright in a Senate
speech assailed Mr.. Eisenhow-
err for the Cancellation" OF
the visit here of Indian Prime
Minister Nehru and called the
poStponement Of the confer
ence between them a "delib-
crate Snub." He also used
the word tragic" in this con-
nection, and in an alarmed
voice referred to the can
collation." as a shocking set
back to our international re-
lations." Now certainly SEN
ator Fulbright knows better
than this. Certainly this is
the sort of thing he ought
to leave to Chairman Paul
Butler and his less scrupulous
journalistic friends. This is
the sort of distortion of truth
which Mr.. Fulbright ought to
be above. 1t is distressing to
find he is not.
1t is impossible to believe
that Senator Fulbright did not
know that Mr.. Nehru, and not
the President, initiated the
exchange of messages that led
to the postponement of the
conference and that it was
prompted by his thoughtful
ness concerning the Presidents
condition. His note was not
only courteous but cordial,
and the Presidents reply was
warm and friendly in the
extreme, extending a new
urgent invitation" for a
meeting in the near future and
expressing his grateful thanks
for the thoughtfulness of Mr..
Nehru; it also declared he was
looking forward eagerly" to
the visit of Mr.. Nehru in the
near future. How anyone could
interpret this exchange as q
deliberate Snub" is hard to
understand. To speak of it as
a shocking setback to our
international relations" seems
an absurd eXaggeration. 1t is
on a level with the alleged
effort of the staff" of the
Republican Policy Committee
to intimate that the Com
munist influence is in favor
Of the Democrats-an intima-
ton promptly repudiated by
leading Republican Senators.
Worse Attacks Coming?
No signs of indignation
about this So-called Shocking
setback" were evinced by other
Stevenson supporters who APP
peared willing to let Senator
Fulbright have all the credit
for his discovery, nor was there
any evidence of excitement
among either the politicians
or the public. The only effect
seemed to be regret among
some of Mr.. Fulbright's friends
that he had made such in
temperate charges with so
much finality and so little
foundation. OF course the
question was asked that if this
sort of attack could come from
Mr.. Fulbright, unquestiona bly,
one of the best of those sup
porting Mr.. Stevenson. what
can be expected from the
Mitchells, the Buffers. the
Reuthers and, for that matter,
the good Adlai himself, when
the campaign is really on?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
SmoH-Boot Safety

Vice Admiral alfred c. Richmond Of
the Coast Guard has cause to be con-
cerned over the increasingly serious prob
lem of safety on our waterways in this era
of small-boat popularity. He told the
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee that although there are about
% million boating enthusiasts in this
country, most of those with smaller
pleasure craft are under no governmental
controls Many are novices, unaware Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
A Female Creature

In clearing out my scrap
book, l came upon this verse
from The Star, which dates
back quite way. 1t was
printed as one of the deflni-
tons of "sutiragette" in a con-
test sponsored by The Star:
A female creature, queer and
quaint,
Who longs to be just what
she amt
A hen that will cackle but
never set
Is the woman they call the
suffragette.
We can't efface her, we can't
forget her,
We love her still, the stiller
the better
T. McCariney