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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
THE COURAGEOUS EIGHT

or two of their soldiers.
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THE COURAGEOUS EIGHT
When the chips are down a
statesman always rises above par
ty politics. This was again demon
strated, as men of courage have
demonstrated over the years, on the
floor of the Senate of the United
States last week when eight Dem
ocrats refused to go along with
their colleages to further socialize
electric power in America.
In spite of strong party pres
sures, starting with Paul NJ. But
ler, Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, these Demo-
cratic statesmen voted as their con-
sciences dictated and stood with 43
Republicans to defeat, by a 51-41
vote, a bill which would have COM
mitted government to the building
of $500 million dam at Hells Can
yon on the Idaho-Oregon border.
The Hells Canyon issue, in itself,
is not of major Importance except
as a part of the whole picture of a
great and expanding American
economy These men were voting
for Americans everywhere-of ev-
cry political conviction-not for a
campaign issue for a few politi-
clans.
Mr.. Butler has made federal de-
velopment CT Hells Canyon one of
the four pieces of must" legisla-
ton, enactment of which would be
vitally important in our retaining
control of the Congress for the next
| two years"
A federal Hells Canyon dam was
also-according to his plans-to be
key factor in helping to re-elect
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon
next November Morse has long
been a leading advocate of federal
power expansion in the Northwest
and the Democrats had counted
heavily on a federal dam at Hells
Canyon to give him an. impressive
campaign issue.
But the eight Democrats refused
to be coerced. For them country
came first, politics second. They
would not vote to spend half bill
lion dollars of your money to re-
elect Senator Wayne Morse, turn
coat Democrat of Oregon.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
Washington Letter : By Robert Nelson Taylor

Now the Idaho Power Company
can go ahead with the construction
job it started on the Snake River
last November under the Federal
Power Commission license so that
the people of Idaho and the great
Pacific Northwest can have much
needed power at the earliest poss-
ible moment-at no cost to you and
me, the people who, except for the
courage of eight Democrats, would
have had to foot the bill.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
Migrant Welfare

The Home Missions Division of
the National Council of Churches
has placed two full time pastors to
work in our area Rev. N. M. Rates.
P. o. Box 155, Bridgeville, (pbone
7436), will work with Negro mi
grants. Rev. Naftali Lopez, 205
Highland avenue, Clayton, (phone
Smyrna 9630) will work with Span
ish speaking workers. Both of these
gentlemen will concentrate on a
social and welfare program but will
be available for any pastoral work.
We welcome them to the area and
are certain they will have cooper
alton from the community.
Current Activities
The big job for the immediate
future is the potato harvest of close
to three million bushels. Early
snap beans will last two more
weeks. Picking early apples with a
very good crop reported. Peaches
to start this week. Small picking
of sugar corn and cucumbers. Sea-
sonal workers lin the area total
1864 of which 1896 are southern
migrants and 468 Puerto Ricans.
Coming Events
National Farm Safety Week
July 222S--Be Careful! Accidents
are co5tlyl
Kent and Sussex Fair, Hariing-
ton-July 1928.
University of Delaware Annual
Farm Field Day-Georgetown Ex-
perimental Station, Wednesday, Au-
guest 8.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
Coming Events
Average Lawn

The average lawn is moved 2c
times during the growing season
with total of about 80 inches of
growth being cut from each plant.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
WHEN YOU BUY GASOLINE

On July /, the price of gasoline went up.
The reason was a one-cent-a-gallon increase
in the federal gasoline tax, raising it from
two to three cents, as provided for in the new
highway construction bill.
Good highways are highly desirable. But
we do feel that motorists should realize that
the new tax rate on gasoline is the highest in
the nation on any essential commodity.
The total gasoline tax paid by motorists
has now risen to 40 per cent of the retail price
of gasoline The combined national average
state and federal taxes have now climbed to
88 cents on every gallon of gasoline. On the
average for instance, when motorists buy a
Is gallon tankful of gasoline . +. about S1.25
of what they pay is taxes for highways, not
for the supplier's products.
A motorist should look on these taxes as
an investment in building better highways
for his own use. The average motorist, who
uses about $50 gallons of gasoline a year,
pays about $66 year in state and federal
taxes on it.
There has been, and will continue to be-;
much debate as to how the huge federal road
programshould be financed. There are many
who believe the higher gas tax is not the
right way. But, whatever you believe, one
thing is sure: that tax is entirely beyond the
control of the oil industry and the industry
has no choice but to add it to the price of
your gas.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
WONDERFUL PLACE FOR THE
HOUSEWIFE

"The United States must be wonderful
place for the housewife"
That, according to the president of an
American food chain company, was the COM
ment most frequently made by Italian house
wives who visited a complete American
Way" supermarket which was an outstand-
ing exhibit at a recent international food
congress in Rome.
There's no doubt that those same Italian
housewives, if they'd had chance to visit
an American Way" variety store, depart
ment store, speciality shop, or any other mod
ern u. S. retail outlet, would have made SINH
lar comment. And that would be true of
housewives in most of the other countries OF
the world.
The point is that the American system of
mass distribution-like the American sys-
TEN of mass production which it compile
ments-has no counterpart elsewhere on the
globe Even in the most advanced European
countries, generally speaking, retail stores
which even fairly approximate American
standards are found only in the large cities,
and are few in number. Here in the United
States the people in the small towns get the
same kinds of goods, at about the same
prices, along with the same standards OF SER
vice and sanitation, as do the people In any
metropolis. And the take-hOrne pay OF the
average American family will buy far more
of the necessities and luXuries than IS the
case with the average European family
due in considerable part to intense retail
competition.
Yes-the United States is a wonderful
place for the housewifep'
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27

of Red China, the Kremlin masters
could send home another million
or two of their soldiers.
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
THE BALLOONS WORK

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Nehru Says He Asked
Eisenhower to Visit

NEW DELHI, Mar. / R.--
Prime Minister Nehru told a
questioner in the upper house
today that he wrote twice last
year to President Eisenhower
urging him to visit India.
Mr.. Nehru said the President
replied a visit would be difficult
lowing to his heavy responsible
tiles"
Foreign ministry and parlia-
mentary sources reported Mr.
Nehru is anxious to have Presi-
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower tour
India. They said he wants to
show them that their welcome
would be as big as that given
Soviet Premier Bulganin and
Communist Party Boss Nikita
Khrushchev.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

The United States is lone Of
the unhealthiest countries in the
world today" DR.. Paul Dudley
White, heart consultant to Presi-
dent Eisenhower, told a House
Appropriations subcommittee ir
testimony made public today.
DR.. White pointed out that
while coronary thrombosis is in
creasing in this country. two
noteworthy changes have taken
place in the American way OF
living.
He declared that 1--WE now have
so many pushbuttons that we
have stopped the use Of our mus
Giles, and that may be more i'm
portant than anything else. -.
"Also," he added, "our diet
has become richer and richer,
We have increased the fat con-
tent of our diet from 80 per cent
to over 40 per cent in these last
80 years"
DR.. White, who asserted that
the stress and strain of the
presidency was not the cause Of
Eisenhower's arterio-
sclerosis, recalled that when he
was a youngster I'VE used to
crank the ice cream freezer for
the Fourth of July; now we get
ice cream two or three times q
day in any drugstore. That ia
one indication Of the change
that has come"
He added, however. that while
these changes have occurred
simultaneously with the increase
in coronaries. it has not been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Pushbuttons Peril Health
Of u. S., Dr.. White Says

proved yet that they are causes
Iof the increase.
Researchers throughout the
country, though. have been
working on the theory that ex-
cessive blood fats in the circula-
tory system have something to
do with hardening of the ar
teries, particularly the heart
arteries This, of course, makes
the heart prone to a blood clot
|or a bursting of a vessel. and
subsequent damage to the heart
He pointed out that the Presi-
dent was in excellent apparent
physical condition when he ex-
amined him last August /. He
passed, he added, with flying
colors, electrocardiogram and
everything. He was in excellent
health the day before the at
tack"
DR.. White declared that only
If daily ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS were
to be taken of a person might II
be possible to catch a patient
who will have it."
DR.. White declared that "hard
work never killed any man, hard
work both physical and mental
Most cardiacs not only can work
but should"
He declared that exercise Is
beneficial to most persons and
declared that II have a suspicion
that 1t may be protective Of the
coronary arteries. too"
Last night President Eisen-
hover told the Nation that work
and exercise - within limits 49,
were prescribed for him by his
doctors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01

Fl
urged all citizens Of the District
to fly the Red Cross flag for 30
days. Signalling the Red Gross
theme of People Helping People,
The big flag was presented tt
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
by Charles H. Tompkins. chair
man of the Washington area
campaign, and Daniel w. Bell
chairman of the District Red
Cross chapter. 1t will fly in front
of the District Building through
out the campaign.
The month long drive in the
District and the six suburban
chapters has a goal of 81. 523, 474
About $4,000 volunteer solicitors
are taking part.
The first report luncheon OF
the campaign will be held to-
morrow in the United States
Chamber Of Commerce Hall OF
Flags.
Report luncheons will be held
each Tuesday and Friday by diff
ferent campaign divisions.
These are the, division quotas
for the campaign:
Government employees, $685.
914; general business, 1881 ,413;
residential 1927, 500; downtown
buildings and small business,
$92,629; special events, $7,087;
Alexandria. $40.321; Arlington.
$45,770; Fairfax, $41,955; Mont
gomery, SGT. 564; Prince Georges,
$35. 962. and Prince William.
S4.359,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
GONZAGA SENIOR
TAKES ESSAY PRIZE

STORY Of A sTREET-Top win.
ner in The Stor's onnuoI essay con.
test is Gabriel 6. Koieekos. For more
about him. for the winning entry ond
for q run down Of all prize winners
see pose BIB.
LOVING BUT sTRIcT-Thot.
Joon Crowford's recipe for bringing 10
her four odopted children. The movie
stor folks obout her youngsters in
todoy's instollment Of her story on
poee B-3.
OUR HUMAN WEAKNESS-Froneis
J. Garner reflects on the weakness Of
mon and the forsivins nature Of
Jesus in "A Thought for Todoy" on
page AS.
WILL IS STILL At IT-When il
comes to on officer, Will StoekdoIe
sees nothing but bross-mueh to the
discontinue Of Serst. King. His Iotest
adventure in the best-seIline mo
Time for serseonts," appears todoy
on The Stors Feature Pose, BIB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Legislator Is Fed Up With Bon
On Breud in House Restaurant

much for baking and also re-
quire the serving of butter.
Banning of free bread in the
House restaurant, Mr.. Burdick
said he was told, resulted from
the conduct of some members OF
Congress who used to come in
and order a cup of coffee, grab
all the bread they wanted and
not buy anything else"
Mr.. Burdick said he could see
the managers point and also
the estimated $500 annual cost
of dispensing bread freely. But
he added that the argument
seemed overdone.
IF a Congressman filled up
on bread he would not be apt
to buy any of the string beans. I"
he surmised. cit is too bad that
because we might not eat string
beans we cannot have bread"
Mr.. Burdick announced he does
not eat bread. While refusing to
yield In his defense Of the right
of other House members to have
it. he did not go so far as to
suggest they patronize the Senate
restaurant where rolls or corn
bread 60 with most meals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01

cies so that the displaced en-
ployes may be hired.
6. Simplify Classification Act
procedures by reducing the pre-
sent 10000 types Of job classifi-
cation titles and standards to
about 800.
Rights Issues Review
Z. The csc should review the
lack of appeals rights on per-
sonnet matters for non-veteran
employees, such as are enjoyed
by veterans. The committee asked
the commission to submit to Con-
gress proposed legislation for an
equal basis of appeals rights for
veterans and non-veterans alike.
8. Establishment of a new
Board of Appeals to expedite ac-
ton on employe appeals.
9. New financing of the Civil
Retirement System, whereby Con-
gress would appropriate funds
for this purpose to individual
agencies each year.
The committee was extremely
critical Of the Federal employees
security program, but refrained
from making recommendations
for needed changes. It declared
that such action should await
results of the current study be-
ing made by the Commission on
Government Security.
The committee declared, how
ever. that Congress never in
tended that the arbitrary firing
procedures should be used in in
stances involving non-loyalty
type cases. Unless disloyalty or
security of the country is in
volved, employe dismissals should
be handled under regular Civil
Service procedures, the commit
tee said,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
D. {. Gets New
Transit Plan
Would Buy etc;
Kompelmon Out
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

Top District officials today
turned down the application Of
one would-be private transit
operator, and Immediately were
promised a new bid by another
applicant.
The District Commissioners
and the Public Utilities Com
mission rejected the bid of at
torney Max M. Kampelman. He
represents the new District
Transit Co., and Minneapolis
investors and bus operators wing
want to run an all-bus system
here when the operating fran
chise and charter of Capital
Transit Co. die by act of Con-
gress next August IA.
After reporting this at q
House Commerce Subcommit-
tee hearing, the District officials
heard attorney Edward F. Cola
day testify that he would sub
NIT to them Immediately three
proposals to buy out the Capita
Transit Co. on behalf of Morris
Fox and Louis Brodsky, owners
of B. g. F. Transportation Co.
"a Washington trucking Arm.
To Consider Proposal
Chairman Oren Harris of the
subcommittee adjourned the
hearings until further notice tc
let District officials consider the
proposition. The hearing was
the fifth in a series on the Com
missioners' proposal to set up a
Government authority to own
and operate the transit system
A key element in the Colladay
plan concerned willingness OF
present CTC owners to sell
After the hearing company rep
resentatives would say only that
the matter is being considered
Mr.. Kampelman said, after re-
lection of his application was
announced, that he would carry
the case to Congress. He
charged that the District Off
Gals involved are too emotional
ly involved by their support Of
Government ownership to judge
fairly his proposal.
Would Buy CTC
Mr.. Colladay said his clients
were ready to buy Capital Trans
it stock at $14 a share. He listed
three different proposals.
One is aimed at purchase Of
the controlling stock interest
owned by Florida multimillion-
aire Louis E. Wolfson and his
associates. This, through ar
rangements now actively pending
See TRANSIT, Page A-10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
School Hit by Fire,
Closes for One Day

The $50 students of Seat
Pleasant Elementary School,
Md, had an unexpected holiday
today after an early morning
fire damaged the building.
Flames burned cloakrooms on
the first and second floors and
damaged the roof of the Prince
Georges, County school. The fire
started before children arrived
for classes.
School was called off for the
day, but classes were scheduled
to resume tomorrow.
Prince Georges County Fire
Marshal Lawrence Wolff, esti-
mated damage to school supplies
and the building at about
$4,000. The probable cause. he
said. was spontaneous combus-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01

Man does not live by bread
alone but Representative Bur-
dick, Republican of North Da-
kota, is fed up with the bread
less policy of the House restau-
rant.
He complained today that the
restaurants refusal to serve
bread, free with meals is even
less palatable than its practice
of dishing out string beans with
practically everything on the
menu except ice cream.
This is not the first time the
North Dakotan has been burned
up about congressional eating
facilities. He disclosed that he
offered to have a grain elevator
in his State send wheat to
Washington to supply solons
with the staff of life gratis at
lunch in the Capitol. This might
not "solve the Benson surplus
wheat question but would be a
national gesture in the right
direction" he said.
But he was informed by the
House restaurant marAger. he
said, that this would cost toe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Expels
Negro Coed
At Alabama
Action Is Agreed On as Result
Of Improved Plot Charges

BIRMINGHAM Ala, Mar. (E9.-Autherne Lucy,
Negro coed today was expelled from the University OF
Alabama for improved charges that school authorities
conspired in mob action against her.
There was no official announcement from the Board
Of Trustees, but members confirmed that the action
was agreed upon at meeting last night. They asked
that their names not be used.
The action came within hours after United States
District Judge Hobart Grooms yesterday ordered the
board to vacate order excluding the 26yearod Biz
mingham woman from the campus for safety reasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
In1passe Stalls
Probe
Deadlock Threatens
To Stymie Inquiry
By j. A. O'LEARY

The Senate'S much-heralded
broad lobby investigation by a
bipartisan eight-man commit
tee was in danger today Of dying
before it gets started.
Made UP of four Democrats
and four Republicans. it ran
into an impasse at it's first meet
ing yesterday afternoon over
rules of procedure to govern the
inquiry.
One member said today he
believes the investigation al
ready has fallen apart, unless
the Democratic and Republican
leaders who proposed a BIZ
partisan set-up step in and un-
tangle the controversy.
Although it had been expected
the committee would elect Sena-
tor Gore. Democrat of Tennes-
see. as chairman and would
begin planning the scope Of the
inquiry yesterday. it held a 90
minute session without reaching
any decisions.
Senators Mcclellan, Democrat
of Arkansas, and Bridges, Re-
publican of New Hampshire,
were delegated to inform the
press that the committee thought
1T advisable to define rules Of
procedure first. and that Sena-
tors Gore and Bridges had been
named a subcommittee to do
that.
No Plans to Meet
But it was learned today that
those two Senators have no plans
for a conference. Indications
were that the inquiry may be at
a standstill, unless Democratic
Leader johnson and Republican
Leader Knowland take a hand.
Meanwhile, the separate
George committee investigating
the activities of John M. Neff. an
oil company attorney. in con-
nection with the natural gas bill,
is in recess until tomorrow. 1t
heard conflicting testimony yes
terday as to whether Mr.. Neff
offered a $4,000 contribution to
the campaign of Senator Hicken-
looper, Republican of Iowa.
Mr.. Neff's offer of a $4,000
contribution to the campaign of
Senator Case. Republican OF
South Dakota, touched off de-
mands for the proposed broad
lobby inquiry.
Senator Bridges told reporters
the eight-man committee wanted
See LOBBY, Page A-l0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Rhee Warns World
On Communist SLOGAN

SEOUL, Korea, Mar. l (P.-
President Syngman Rhee warned
the free world today against
''the Communist phrase re-
taxation of tension because the
Communists themselves never
practice it."
Mr.. Rhee spoke to a huge
crowd massed in the Seoul
Stadium to celebrate the 37th
anniversary of the declaration
of independence" signed by a
group of Korean patriots in
1919. The Japanese crushed the
movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Alaska Sights
Soviet Balloons
Joint Program Asked
In Note to Moscow
Nv JAMES r.. ROPER
BY JAMES E. ROPE

The United States disclosed
today that Soviet weather
balloons have flown over Alaska
The revelation came in ar
American note to Moscow pro-
posing that the United States
Soviet Union and any other in
Iterested governments work out
a joint program for the use OF
balloons to gather weather in
formation,
The American note was in re-
lply to a Soviet message of Febru-
airy 10 renewing Communist
protests over the flight of
American balloons across Sovie!
territory. The Soviet note OF
February Is salso proposed that
Moscow be allowed to exhibit the
American balloons in Washing
ton and European capitals to
demonstrate the Soviet conten-
ltion that the American balloons
were intended for espionage pur-
poses.
Brushed of BY u. S.
Today's reply by the United
States brushed off this sugges-
Ition as propaganda.
The American note said that
at the time the Soviet govern
ment was objecting to the tran
sit of United States balloons over
the U. S. S. R., ''its own balloons
were passing over and landing
on the territory of other coun-
tries"
ut is noteworthy" the Amer
lean note continued, 'the Soviet
balloons have flown over United
States territory and that anthem
ticated reports have been received
! of the recovery of Soviet balloons
on the territory of several coun-
tries including Japan, Turkey,
Iran, Finland and Germany"
State Departm emit Press
Spokesman Lincoln White told
reporters that the mention of
Soviet balloons over American
territory referred to Alaska.
Mr.. White said he did not
know whether the Soviet bal
looms arried Photographic
equipment such as those carried
by some American balloons.
Note Delivered in Moscow
The American note delivered
in Moscow today said:
"There would appear to be no
scientific or other reasonable
purpose which would be served
by exhibits of the nature pro-
posed by the Soviet government.
The United States Government
can only assume that pursuit of
this matter through exhibits or
other means would be for propa-
Iganda ends apparently intended
to exacerbate the international
atmosphere.
while perceiving no construc-
tive purpose in the type of ex-
hibit proposed by the Soviet gov
eminent, the United States Gov
eminent, in order to promote
progress in an area of interest
to all governments. is willing to
work out internationally through
cooperative arrangements with
the Soviet government and other
interested governments, a joint
program for the utilization of
Itechniques and equipment, in
Icluding the type of balloons re-
ferred to in the Soviet note,
which it (the United States has
developed in meteorological re-
search"