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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-05
Our Italian Visitors

The visit of President Giovanni
Gronchi of Italy has left us with better
understanding of him and his country.
Does Mr.. Gronchi, a Christian Democrat
of the liberal persuasion, favor IAN OPEN
ing to the LETT as reported in an inter-
view on the eve of his departure? We
don't know. In speech to the National
Press Club, he spoke of his hopes of
further Stabilizing the government by
broadening its base. But he also gave
reinsurance that no such move was
contemplated through spurious COM
promise which was heartening, indeed.
Presumably in his two White House
appointments, Mr.. Gronchi enlightened
Mr.. Eisenhower further as to Italys do
nestle political structure. In his public
addresses delivered in fervent musical
Italian, Mr. Gronchi pleaded his coun-
try's cause in the family of nations with
dignity and candor.
He dryly acknowledged the "stereo-
typed" American dubiousness about Latin
ability to cope with the complexities of
modern government. He invited study
Of Italy's postwar performance, pointing
out that her recovery, with our help, had
embraced restoration of a democratic re-
gime, increase in production and the
initiation of a program of social reform.
He gently reminded the Congress that
the income of an American family is five
or six times that of an Italian family,
and that political freedom means some
thing less to man with an empty Stom-
ach. For poorer nations, he said, modern
warmaking is "a tragic luxury" He re-
pledged Italy's allegiance to the West.
and whenever he could, urged broader
Interpretation of the NATO pact as an
instrument to create not only military
alliance, but also real community of
people," On Italy's postwar record, at
home and abroad, he asked, not for re-
newal of grants but for loans and invest
ment of foreign capital. Everything he
said, in fact, was quite unexceptionable.
Mr.. Gronchi himself turned out to be
a vigorous 67-year-old man with grey
hair brushed straight back, who made
the ceremonial rounds in the company
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maintenance. the streetcars
will be so worn out they will
be Of little use thereafter. Al
ready they wobble at high
speed and start and stop by
jerks.
And for the benefit Of the
Congressman who must pass
the pig in a poke that we
might not get, let someone buy
them a few San Francisco
newspapers and let them see
how that smaller city than
Washington is getting ready
to spend $700 million for a
combined local and suburban
transportation system.
Charles B. Philibert.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

"They would discard ribbons,
once and for all, and go in for
some other type of gadget
that would permit people who
are Indifferent with their
hands TO handle the ink supply
easily.
This is a day of ease.
Housewives are appealed to
every day by ready-made pies,
cakes and other edibles.
"They are told it is a shame
for them to wash dishes, or do
anything, in fact, that ma
chine can do.
"They are reminded that it
takes time to do anything by
hand, so why not wash every
thing automatically. We have
positively wonderful washers.
But no one has done any
thing at all about this blamed
ribbon" And Jones gave the
machine a shake. losing one OF
the little pins, or whatever you
call them, that hold the rib
bon.
The tiny pin rolled across
the floor, and vanished.
Jones came up very red
faced, without the pin.
Somebody ought to do
something about this, too" he
growled.
1t was the second time he
had said it, and twice was
enough.
From then on he remained
silent, and finally fell to ham,
mering his machine as If to
take out his spleen on a whole
line of timid inventions.
Templeton Jones idea has
merit, we think.
Someday, surely, someone Is
going to do something about
it.
If you add up all the time
Office boys take running around
to find the right ribbon for the
right machine, and then put
ting it on, it adds up to a CO.
lossal economic waste.
Life is becoming too fast
paced to permit messy, snake
like ribbons to gum up the
wheels of progress any longer.
1t was William Blake, again.
who said, in one of his rhap-
sodical books:
II have come to question the
Questioner, who sits with a
smile on face, like a thief in a
cave, and never has any an
Swers."
Who was the QueStioner?
If Blake were alive today.
one might feel he was refer
ring to the tax collector, or
maybe the man who invented
the various missionaries
which clutter up modern life.
If the poet had watched
Templeton Jones put a ribbon
on a machine, he probably
would have known who the
Questioner is.
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A Friend Speaks

The American people have reason to
be pleased that our long and close friend
ship with Canada has been marked by
an ever-increasing appreciation of COM
mon interests that far overShadows occa-
sional differences of opinion. And it Is
timely, in view of Prime Minister st.
Laurents scheduled visit to Washington
this month, that this unusual relationship
between sovereign Nations has just been
reviewed in clear and friendly perspec-
tive by Canadas Ambassador, A. D. P.
Heeney.
Addressing Montreal audience, Mr..
Heeney placed particular emphasis upon
the emergence of the United States as
dominant world power in the past
quarter century. 1t has been, he pointed
out, a responsibility without parallel in
history and its acceptance should COM
mand the respect of free men everywhere
and perhaps of Canadians most Of all"
Where many others remain questioning
and critical of our behavior information
ally, Mr.. Heeney sees the United States
as strong, confident giant :. very
different to our worried and inward
looking neighbor of Is years ago."
In speaking in this friendly fashion,
the Ambassador was not CLOSING over
the Emergencies that crop up between the
two countries. To the contrary, he urged
that there should be neither embarrassed
silence nor meek consent" He proposed,
indeed, complaint and protest where
there are policy differences at issue His
proposal, however, is that these be dealt
with in IAN adult responsible manner"
that does not play into the hands of those
who would divide us and that recognizes
that, "for good or i'll, the destinies of the
two countries are mixed up together, in
extricably and forever"
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No Tax Immunity

The Star performed a real
service to the people of Ar
lington, in publishing the
letter signed flames K. Hall"
Mr.. Hall expresses the view
point of a number of older
Arlington residents and an at
titude towards the county's
new residents of which many
of those new residents do not
seem to be aware.
A certain amount of resent
ment on the part of estab-
lished residents, when a rapid
influx of newcomers takes
place. is to be expected in any
community. But I doubt this
resentment is accompanied
anywhere else by the degree
of naivete that exists among
some "old" Arlingtonians, and
is we'll demonstrated in Mr..
Halls letter.
A reasonably bright school,
child knows that owners of
apartment houses pay real
estate taxes just as owners of
individual homes do, and that
the taxes are passed on to the
tenant in his rent. The apart
ment dweller also pays taxes
on his personal property, of
course, and pays in Virginia a
rather high income tax. But
Mr.. Halls letter seeks to give
the impression that apartment
dwellers do not pay any taxes
at all. A surprising number of
such people apparently believe
that, which may suggest that
the Arlington authorities were
late rather than premature
in improving the county's
schools.
The tragedy of Arlington,
which actually has one of the
Nations highest educational
and personal income levels, is
that such a small proportion
of its new residents register
and vote. If more of them were
made aware of the enmity
borne towards them by such
as Mr.. Hall, I believe they
would see the Importance of
being active citizens as well as
taxpayers in Arlington, and
make their influence felt in the
way politicians best under
stand.
Douglas Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-05

@. Has it ever been proved
that the textile known as fire
pearl actually comes from the
moon?-G. v.
A. The origin of textiles has
long been a subject of con-
troversy. Some years ago the
theory was advanced that they
are bits of the moons surface
thrown off by the impact of
crashing meteors, but this
belief is not accepted by other
scientists, who maintain that
textiles are terrestrial in
origin. Always identical in
composition, these curious
CLASSY objects are found only
in a few places in the world.
including Bedias, Tex. They
come in three colors-brown,
green and black. The fire pearl
is considered to be a magic
gem, a talisman of good
fortune.
@. Are the HarZ Mountain
roller canaries bred in Ger
many?-R. G.
A. Yes. these birds are bred
by the country folk Of the Harz
Mountain region of central
Germany. and brought to COL
lecting points every season.
Agents of the big dealers buy
them by the thousands and
have them sent all over the
world by ship and plane.
@. When an Army draftee
marries, how much is his pay
increased? May his wife &C
company him after his basic
training is finished?-A. F. r.
A. The Department of De-
Tense says that II q draftee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-05

William Blake, the mystic,
never worried more over the
poor little chimney sweeps of
London than Templeton Jones
did over putting a new ribbon
in his typewriter.
He was red of face, black
handed, and wore a big
smudge on his forehead like a
sacred symbol.
"All these years have gone
by since the invention of the
typewriter" he swore, land
they haven't done a thing
about the ribbon.
1T is the same old ribbon
Bertha, the Sewing Machine
Girl. used long ago, after she
gave up sewing.
"Since then, mankind has
invented many ways to kill
large numbers of people at a
time.
Inventors spent billions Of
dollars perfecting the atom
and H bombs to blow up whole
nations at one clip, even the
world, If need be-" grated
Jones.
But nobody, positively no.
body, has come up with a
one-package deal in a type
writer ribbon.
Here 1 am. stuck with the
same old thing in the same
old way.
1T seems to me that some
bright person might have, by
this time. invented a neat
little gadget into which you
threw another neat gadget, to
wit. the ribbon, and there you
are!"
Jones leaned back from his
labors.
II don't see," he went on.
"why it has to be a ribbon at
all.
Surely some roller might
be invented, just as they have
on big presses, so that ink
might be rolled onto the type
faces.
There could even be a fan,
to vaporize a bit of the ink,
anything, in fact, that would
get rid of this blasted ribbon"
He went back to work, but
somehow the ribbon was
twisted. so that the machine
wouldn't work at all.
whoever invented this
thing" he growled, Ought to
have his head sandpapered. or
something.
Anybody with an inventive
turn of mind could do better,
If he tried.
1.-THE trouble is, nobody
seems to have tried.
Nobody has given a whoop,
because there is always some
body around to do the job.
IF the people who sell type
writer's had to put on their
own ribbons, they would soon
do something about 1t.
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marries he will be eligible for
a Glass @ Allotment, which
will be an additional $3.50
per month (Quarters allow
ance). His wife may go along
with the draftee after his
basic training, at her own ex-
pense. The Army does not
pay for the wife's transporta-
ton, supply housing. etc. This
is only for Grades E-4 lover
four years service) and above.
@. What specialized training
is given to candidates for
special agent positions in the
FBI?-J. S. Y.
A. They receive Is weeks OF
preliminary training in the FBI
Training Academy. During this
time they must learn to shoot
all the various firearms used
by The FBI and become skilled
in handling them. In addition,
they learn the Federal viola
tons which the organization
handles. and the techniques
and mechanics of searching
for evidence and of arrest.
@. What names were added
to the Hall of Fame in 1862
G. c.
A. Those of Wilbur Wright.
co-inventor of the airplane;
Gen. Thomas Jonatha n
"Stonewall" jackson, Confed-
crate hero, and George West
lnghouse, inventor of the air
brake. The Hall of Fame for
Great Americans is located on
the campus of New York Uni
versity in New York City.
Names TO be inscribed are
chosen every five years.
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frustrated Motorist

Pity the newcomer VINO
drives a car!
Perhaps nowhere is bureau
cratic inf1exibility and ineffi-
cheney better illustrated than
in the automobile licensing and
inspection bureau. Witness my
frustrating experience.
I carry Michigan tags.
Therefore, I need a D. c. in
spection and D. C. plates.
Simple enough. After several
tries I succeeded in supplying
inspection officials with suffi-
Gent documents to secure the
coveted windshield sticker. On
to the license division. There I
was given two alternatives:
!. Transferring title and
purchasing D. C. tags good for
five days Gin the meantime, of
course, the Michigan plates
have not EXPIRED. Appearing
again on March LIST. purchas-
ing new plates, and receiving
instructions for another in
spection.
2. Garaging the car on Feb
ruary 20. Taking a bus to the
license bureau March l and
waiting out the creeping line
up. Transferring title, buying
plates and receiving instruc-
lions for another inspection.
So, in actuality. there really
are no alternatives. And ap-
parently there is no way in
which one can avoid the fan
tastic waste of time necessary
to securing tags on March l.
In any civilized province,
thoughtful citizens can secure
new license plates anytime
after January / and avoid the
last minute rush. Here, appar-
emily. it Is not only pointless
but impossible to do so.
Tain't right.
X. M. ChrysIer.
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Transit Mess

When hundreds of thou
sands of us were walking our
selves lame or spending SIS q
day for cab fares during the
transit strike: when the Wolf
sons were contemptuous Of
public authority and of the
public; when Capital Transit
was being MIXED of its con-
vertible assets-where was this
man billiard Goodman, who
now pleads, by implication, to
save the Wolfsons the cost OF
taking up their tracks when
their death sentence is finally
imposed?
I could go much further and
say that after travelling for 40
years over 40 States and some
400 cities, nowhere in the
United States has there been
: better surface transportation
than the local service CnaC we
had before the Wolfsons. And
even today the streetcars are
more comfortable than even
the big intercity buses. And,
honestly, everyone feels safer
in them.
But, to board a streetcar be-
comes a more dangerous ven
ture every day. The hazards
of standing on narrow plat
forms is frightening, and in
creases in wet weather with
splashing. Further, one sees
the slipping and wobbling Of
auto wheels on the slick car
tracks, adding to the hazards
of drivers.
Another thing, by the time
August comes, from neglected
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Treatise on Races

decision banning school segre-
cation, a great deal of nom
sense has been spoken and
written about what we call
race. AS in all great debates"
that rage through a nation.
there are certain basic confu-
sions, not only in the terms
used in controversy, but in
varying conceptions of the &C
tual subject of the debate. A
dispassionate review of the
term race" should be required
Of all participants.
When used in q literary
sense, race can refer to a spe-
cific family ("What a race the
MacFoozles were!"); to the
members Of a specific nation
(the French race), regardless
of varying ethnic origins. or
even to different generations
Care we breeding a new raceO.
When used in q biological
sense. race denotes separate
groupings within the same
genus which can interbreed
but cannot produce fertile Off
spring. This is not a definition
Of race: it is the one sure sign
Of the existence of two sep
arate races. AS regards whites
and Negroes, the term obvious
ly does not apply in this BIZ
illogical sense. The term was
misapplied, originally, in an
effort to indicate differences
that do not in fact exist. The
assertion that Negroes consti-
tuted a separate race (not to
mention Chinese, Indians, etc.
was originally made in order
to justify treating them as
inherently inferior. In spite
Of the fact that all the evil
dences on which the assertion
was based have long since been
disproved, the concept persists
even among those called in
tegrationiSts. Some of the sup
posed evidences were differ
ences in size of brain, different
blood chemistry, and even the
inability to read or write. back
in the days when, in this coun-
try, few Negroes had the OPP
portunity to learn either art.
A further difficulty with the
term race, in this application,
Is the total inability to define
both white and Negro so as to
give us two mutually exclusive,
nonoverlapping groups, and
still satisfy more than a small
minority of those who care
about such things. Skin color
will not do it. for many segre-
gationists will insist on CLASH
flying as Negro many whose
skin is lighter than some
whites" Ancestry is made
quate, too. One cannot very
well define a Negro sim
ply as one with some Negro
anceStcrs-i.e. define one I'M
known in terms of another.
The term race. in other
words, is not a scientific one
when applied to whites and
Negroes. Neither group. by the
widest stretch of imagination,
can be regarded as ethnically
pure The term is one of So
cial recognition. Observed diff
ferences in the social behavior
and achievements of the
groups we call white and Ne
gro are the result of social,
not biological factors. Out
side of skin color and, in some
cases, physical traits, there
are no inherent differences.
With interbreeding, these few
differences soon disappear.
There are no known biological
disadvantages to interbreeding.
The arguments in favor of
segregation are dishonest ra-
tionalizations, advanced by
people with an emotional, So
cial, or even economic stake
in a status quo they secretly
know is unjust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-05
Good Deed

I would like to call your at
tention to a good deed done by
an honest man who works for
The Star. James H. Conner,
one of your circulation agents.
one night recently returned my
daughters wallet, which she
had dropped on her way home
from school. Money-wise it was
not of great value, containing
only q dollar for her weekly
defense stamp purchase and
10 cents left from her lunch.
But the important fact is that
Mr.. Conner took the trouble to
hunt us up in Alexandria and
return it. In a time when the
papers are full of robberies
and wrongdoings. it is crafty
ing to know that there are men
like Mr.. Conner in the COM
munity.
Virginia G.. Morse,
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generals In the cases Of those
"a Air Force POWs.

generals in the cases Of those
"a Air Force POWs.
In view of the sound and
fury created by the Schwable-
Bley case, followed by the &C
ton of the Army in the Dick
enson court-martial proceed
ings, 1t would seem that the
public should be informed as
to what happened in the cases
of those "a Air Force POWs.
O. E. Cleveland.
Editors Note: The Air
Force disposed of It's POW
cases more than a year ago.
A board Of senior officers re-
viewed the records Of SO Of 222
repatriated prisoners and rec
commended that IA be sepa-
rated from the service. Six of
these resigned. Eight elected
to appeal. Four Of these won
their appeals. OF the remain
ing four, three were ordered
separated and one resignedo
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Of his attractive wife. with smiling good
will that suggested enjoyment. Now he is
indeed more than a name to us, and
perhaps that In itself promises better
understanding for the future.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used ~
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdti0n.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

THE HASKIN SERVICE
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
Delaware Food Market
Report
BY ANNE HOLBERTON
Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Delaware

Frying chickens leads the list
of good meat buys. Prices are down
penny to A cents, and even
cheaper as weekend specials.
Little change in meat prices ap-
pear this week. However, with the
many weekend specials featuring
chuck roast, let's play smart and
build economical forequarter beef
in our menus.
If you haven't tried cabobs out
of u. S. Grade, Choice Chuck
Roast, do try it sooni Cut in 1 to
u inch squares and either lay on
the grill or put on a skewer and
roast slowly. Brush with fat or
barbecue sauce and turn frequent
ly. They are delicious. Also keep
in mind the many uses there are
for ground chuck.
Now is the period of greatest
abundance and best quality among
fresh vegetables. The sweet corn
which you will find ON most local
food counters is in good supply
and prices are low. New cabbage
is quite plentiful and useful now in
menus for cooked dishes or cold
salads. Home grown tomatoes are
down in price, but weather damage
(cracks) is evident. Salad items
rank high ON the good buy list as
radishes, cucumbers, green peppers,
celery and salad green's remain
moderate i'm cost. New potatoes con-
tinue a gradual decline in price.
Local peaches are ripe and prices
low enough for everyone to enjoy
this good fruit. Plan to can. pre-
serve and freeze peaches this week
and next as the peak of supply
will be during this time.
News To Use = Chicken and
turkey pies bearing the federal i'm
spection mark will after Septem-
Der 1, contain IA per cent or
more cooked poultry meat, accord
ing to a new requirement recently
announced by USDA. The IA per
cent cooked meat is equal to 25
per cent, deboned raw poultry meat.
About 325 million frozen poultry
pies were sold last year, according
to industry estimates. About S5
per cent of the pies are now COW
cred by USDA's voluntary inspec-
ton and grading problem. 1t pays
the customer to watch for the fed
eI'al inspection mark.
One large food chain has intro
duced recently, its tender cuts"
meat line comprising five new
types of boneless roasts and steaks
prepared through new cutting
process. In the line are a plank pot
roast, heart pot roast, top eye pot
roast, petite steak and crown oven
roast, each solid beef sold without
stringing or rolling. ALI cuts have
a minimum of fat and are quicker
to cook Another advantage claim
ed is that meats can be cut "as
small as you please" something
you can't do with rolled meat, the
officials say.