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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

One thing to keep in mind
In autumn is dust.
There always is dust, but
the first winds Of fall swirl
it around, here and there.
With some persons, the
there and there" means their
eyes.
Such sensitive souls per-
hapS lack the necessary eye
lashes to keep dust out.
Accordingly. they are likely
to get a grain right in the eye.
from which it is difficult to
dislodge.
Saw a man on a bus the
other day poking at his eye
with a handkerchief.
This is better than to use
the bare finger. but still not
good.
The best thing to do, in such
a case. is to close the eyes, and
hope tears will wash the Of
tending particle out.
X
Eye-care in autumn, then,
demands both common sense
treatment and prior under
standing Of the hazard.
Knowing daily hazards in
everyday life helps a lot, in
nothing more than in eye
care.
BY realizing that dust
particles are on the blow in
the fall, the careful person
can avert much Of the nui-
sance and danger.
Some particles of steel, COM
ing from heaven knows where.
offer a real threat since they
cannot be dislodged by I'M
skilled hands.
This is just where the poking
around, used by the average
person, causes trouble.
The more you poke, the more
the particle scratches the deli
cate tissues Of the eye.
The best thing TO do Is TO go
TO the company nurse. or an
oculist. Unfortunately. the
average eye man is so busy
that it is pretty hard to get
to see him.
The best plan is that Of
avoidance.
BY realizing that dust will
blow. and that ones precious
eyes are traps for it, the pedes-
TRAN can manage 10 keep his
eyes partly closed as he walks
In a windy street.
Our streets and avenues are
not as clean as they once were.
This comes about because Of
increased population, mainly.
The dust is there, and when
a wind hits 1t. especially at
some corners, 1t blows every
where.
The susceptible individual
can. therefore. keep his eyes
partly closed, so that they can
close faster when dust strikes.
Also, he may realize in adj
vance, when' 1t may do some
good. that the most danger
Of getting dust in the eyes Is
when one looks sideways.
Opening the eyes full. 70
look ahead. Is not as danger
Gus a. taking a side glance at
some pretty girl, for instance.
Looking at the girls has
always been regarded ~ .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Crime Studied

An Evening Star editorial of
September 81, coincident with
the release of the FBI Uniform
Crime Report, pointed out the
fortunate position of Wash
ington. which indica e d a
downward crime trend while
the Nation as a whole had re-
ported an increase.
In this editorial you point
out areas in which Washing
ton lags in convictions of neg
ligent manslaughter. negligent
homicide and aggravated as
sault, and suggest that a study
by the Washington Criminal
Justice Association would be
worthwhile.
The Washington Criminal
Justice Association is conduct
ing a study of all homicides
committed in the District of
Column bia for five-year
period Q950-1955). The rate of
convictions is one of the pri-
mary phases being studied, es-
pecially those convicted of an
offenSe less serious than the
original charge. 1t is hoped
that we can have this report
completed for release by the
end of the year.
The Washington Criminal
Justice Association has long
been concerned about the
complex problem of aggra-
waited assaults in the District
OF Columbia. We hope to
direct more study to this Of
Tense category in the WASH
ington Criminal Justice Asso-
cations Annual Report cover
ing 1856.
The association is apprecia-
tive of the confidence of The
Evening Star and the public.
in its continuing research and
study of ways and means of
improving the law enforce
ment processes for a more
effective administration of
criminal justice in the District
OF Columbia. AS a Red
Feather Agency sharing in the
United Givers Fund, the
Washington Criminal Justice
Association benefits both the
fortunate and the unfortunate
by serving the public in this
manner.
Ralph d. Pittman,
President, The Washington
Criminal Justice Associa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

which the labor leaders are
interested.
The eventual outcome Of a
Democratic victory is not diff
cult to foresee. The left-wing
Democrats would play "footsie"
with the Communists both in
foreign and domestic affairs.
The wage-price sophisticated
by the Democrats-will be &C
tolerated, resulting in lower
purchasing value for the dollar
and more imitation. There
would be more Government in
business with the eventual ma
tionalization of industry. start
ing with the electric power
industry. Corporate taxes
would be increased to the point
where they would stif1e the
growth of free enterprise.
More Government spending,
more taxes, more business
batting, more double taxation
for investors and more social
istic experiments would be the
order Of the day. That's the
choice which is up to the
voters.
Henry c. Parker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Warning to Israel

The government of Israel will be
serving its own best interests If 1t takes
to heart the warning of United Nations
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold.
The warning, contained in a brief letter
to the Security Council, declares simply
that the IsraeliS cannot continue to boy
colt the United Nations truce organiza-
ton, and decide unilaterally on what
should be done about border violations,
without further endangering the peace
In situation that is already much too
tense for comfort.
At the moment Jordan is asking the
Council to punish the ISraeliS with diplo-
matte and economic sanctions for their
recent retaliatory attack on Jordanian
police post The attack, which unques-
tionably has intensified the exploSiveneSs
OF the area, was carried out on a rela-
lively heavy scale without any prior
reference to, or regard for, the armistice-
policing machinery of the U. N. In the
past nine months, there have been enough
Of these incidents of violence and coun-
terviolence to cost the lives of 1919
Arabs and SO civilians and soldiers of
Israel. And some of the latter's reprisals
have been carried out, in effect, as If
the truce commission of the United Ma
lions were useless or nonexistent.
1t may be that Premier Ben-Gurion
and his government sincerely believe that
this is the best and only course for Israel
to follow in view of the persistent Arab
policy of active hostility. But they ought
not to shrug off yesterdays British
Soviet backing of JordanS complaint.
This is time when they should practice
as much restraint as possible. Certainly,
If they keep on acting Independently
of the U. N. truce setup, they are not
likely to win friends or influence people
anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

hazard, Of a sort, but nobody
has pointed out before that
it Is peculiarly dangerous
from the standpoint, or should
it be viewpoint. of dust par
ticles In the eye.
X y +
A very careful person car
ries an unfolded handker-
chief in the left hand, to have
it ready on the instant to
slap over the eyes when a
scurry OF wind sets the leaves
and dust-dancing.
Less careful people may re-
gard him as something OF a
fuddyduddy, whatever that is,
but ne knows from experience
what his problems are, and
dust in the eye is one Of them.
BY having a handkerchief
ready on demand, he is able
at times to forestall a trip
to the oculist.
A necessary detail:
Have the handkerchief I'M
folded. in a loose mass in the
hand.
Folded, 1t is too unyielding
TO do much good as an eye
cover.
Unfolded, it will cover both
eyes at once, and help ire
mendously to prevent infec-
ton.
The eyes are worth all this
trouble.
Such habits become second
nature and need cause no
extra precautions except prior
thought. always a good thing,
though 1t may not work 100
per cent. Of course.
Poking at the eye with the
pare niger, no matter now
clean the poker thinks 1t is, Is
distinctly insanitary and
causes trouble later.
Use q clean handkerchief II
you must poke.
Eye care. as q thing In It.
self. does not receive the at
tention 1t demands, even from
people who ordinarily regard
themselves as careful.
Eye health is so precious
that every one, no matter the
age, should take the ordinary
precautions here instanced.
They will pay of. especially on
a windy day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

and progress, raised by Eisen-
hover and the Republicans.
These are powerful Repub-
lican issues. Peace-the most
powerful Of them all in the
West-and Eisenhower as q
symbol and advocate Of peace.
are more persuasive in the
farm areas than is lower farm
income. Many q farm wife,
as well as those in the towns
and cities, will cast her ballot
for Eisenhower, even II the
husband either votes for Ste.
venson or does not vote at all.
1t Is this carefully nurtured
issue-that the Democrats are
friends Of the poor and the
Republicans friends Of the rich
that has largely, and per-
haps entirely. been responsi.
BILE for Democratic victories Of
1858. 1854 and 1855. Steven
son. himself, began the cam
paign again as soon as EiSen-
hover took his seat in the
White House. The Stevenson
charge was that the Eisen-
hover administration would be
an administration by, of and
for big business. His charge
was that Eisenhower had
placed in his cabinet men Of
great wealth, because they
were men Of wealth.
Eisenhower properly replied
he had picked men of expert
ence to run the biggest BUSH
ness in the world-the Gov
eminent of the United States
to assure that the billions
which were being expended for
national defense and for other
governmental functions should
be expended with care, and
fruitfully.
Democrats Harp on Theme
Never for a moment in the
congressional and State cam
paigns for public Office have
the Democrats and their allies,
the labor bosses, failed to ring
the changes on this Stevenson
charge during the last three
and a haK years.
There were local issues. Of
course, which greatly affected
some of the campaigns for
Governor-as in the cases of
New York, Maine, Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey, where
Republicans were tossed out
and replaced with Democrats.
But underlying in these cam
paigns was the theme that the
Democrats stood for the little
man.
The axiom for Democratic
victory laid down by James A.
Farley in the early days of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt regime
was: Get the labor vote and
the Negro vote, and you win.
This year the labor bosses
and the Democratic leaders
are doing their best to follow
out the Farley idea. There are
signs that some Of the labor
vote will go Republican, and
that the Negro vote will divide
up, too. But If the Democrats
win this election, the chances
are for Democratic-Labor
Party in the future, with the
probable inclusion Farmer"
in the title-aS in Minnesota
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Jet Airports
Henry C. Parker.

My wife and I have Just re-
turned from 10000 miles of
travel to nine countries of
Asia. We were whisked by air
to the heart of the so-called
"underdeveloped" areas of the
world over the Great Circle
Route.
Our farthest point was the
mountain village of Kaplan
in the center of IndoneSian
Timor. One week from the day
we left Timor, after a leisurely
trip via the Philippines and
Japan, we were fishing on the
Kenia River near Anchorage,
Alaska!
Flying time from Washing
ton, D. c., to Tokyo Is now
"a hours. BY 1860, when jet
airlinerS will be in use, the
flying time will be 1872 hours!
One of the things that i'm
pressed us most on this trip
was the preparations which
the Asian countries are max
ing for commercial aviation's
jet age.
Every country in Asia now
has, or will have by 1860, an
airport capable of handling jet
traffic.
The only national capital
where we failed to see airport
construction in support of the
Jet age is in the Washington,
D. c., area.
AS residents Of Fairfax
County, we are not impressed
by the horse and buggy"
thinking and local politics
which have stood in the way
of the United States keeping
up with "underdeveloped"
countries.
We believe that the horse
less carriage is here to stay
and that jet airliners are on
the way.
We believe that the people
Of Fairfax County are for the
jet age.
We believe that it Is not too
late to construct the finest,
best-planned and most prac-
teal international airport in
the world on United States
Government property which
was purchased for that pur-
pose in Fairfax County.
= We believe that the people
Of Fairfax County and the
United States should plan now
for a worlds fair featuring the
atomic and jet age, to open
in 1860 at an airfeld which,
for many reasons, might be
christened Byrd International
Airport"
Lloyd S. Millegan,
Research Associate in In
ternational Relations,
The American University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Democrats Glass VS.. Glass Theme
By GOULD LINCOLN

CHICAGO.-Adlai Steven
son. the Democratic campaign
orators and most Of the labor
bosses have tried increasingly
for weeks to convince the
voters that Stevenson and the
Democratic Party are the
friends of the little man
worker and farmer-and that
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the
Republicans are the friends
only Of the rich.
It's the old technique Of the
late Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Of former President Harry s.
Truman. After travelling for
three weeks in the West, the
Southwest and the Midwest,
the conclusion becomes definite
this Is the only technique, the
only issue which could bring
Stevenson victory In the pres
idential race.
Stevenson, Senator Estes Ke-
fauver, Truman and others
have told their audiences that
the Eisenhower foreign policy
has been ineffective and dumb
but without any evidence
that these criticisms have
caused a ripple.
Other Efforts Fail to Score
They have tried to make out
this presidential race is a race
Of Stevenson against Nixon
and that. too. has been a dud.
They have tried the use of
invective in such exaggerated
form that 1t has disguised
many independent voters.
They have tried to build up
Adlai Stevenson as a popular
figure-but that hasn't worked,
particularly in the Midwest.
They have tried to convince
the people they know better
how to assure peace-by doing
away with the military draft
and the hydrogen bomb test
and that, too. has not caught
on. They have tried to con-
vince the people they are not
really prosperous under Repub-
lican rule.
They have told the farmers
they are ruined-but many of
the farmers haven't been able
to swallow that. either. Nor
were they able to convince the
people that Eisenhower's adj
ministration has been a give
away" of national resources.
Finally. they (the Democrats
and Stevenson) are left with
the one hope. the one tech
nique. of making the laborers,
the small farmers, and every
one in the lower income
brackets believe that what
they need is to put Stevenson
in the White House. 1t could
workout there has been no
proof, so far, that it will.
Stevenson and the Demo-
Gratis tried this same technique
four years ago, but it bounced
back against the issues of
Korea, corruption and COM
munism-raiSed by the Repub-
licans and Gen. Eisenhower.
And today, in their drive to
divide class against class in
the presidential campaign,
Stevenson and the Democrats
find themselves up against
the issues Of peace. prosperity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

A correction in your editorial
Of October is, entitled Demo-
cratic Action" is in order.
The Columbia chapter Of
Students for Democratic Ac-
ton was not cracked down"
upon for refusing to indorse
Adlai Stevenson for the presi-
dency. An SDA chapter is
not obligated to indorse any
one. even though the national
organization may have voted
for such Endorsement. It may
refrain from public support of
the candidate; it may choose
not to work for his election.
1t is, however, a violation Of
the SDA national constitu-
ton for a chapter. using the
SDA name. publicly to oppose
a basic policy declaration of
the SDA National Convention.
The Stevenson-Kefauver ticket
was overwhelmingly Endorsed
at the SDA National Conven-
ton in September. and thus
became part Of national policy.
Second, the chapter was not
"angrily condemned to outer
darkness" 1t was merely sus-
pended temporarily until the
National Board Of SDA has
had time to review the case.
This means that until action
is taken by the national board,
the national organization has
disavowed the actions and Tor
statements Of the Columbia
Chapter. -.
National Chairman, Stu
dents for Democratic
Action.
Editors note: Semantics to
one side, it seems to The Star
that Mr.. Shadows letter does
not correct, but rather con-
firms. the substance OF the
editorial he objects to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Borrowed EIoouence?

The assertion of the London
Evening Star, as quoted by Ed
Sullivan in your newspaper,
that Sir Winston Churchill
took over the phrase of blood,
toll, tears and sweat" from
Garibaldi is to be doubted.
1t can be assumed with GER
tainty that one source Of the
four words for Sir Winston was
George Bernard Shaw. Sir
Winston wrote Is years ago a
book Great Contemporaries"
in which one essay deals with
George Bernard Shaw. There
can be no doubt that Sir Win
ston read Shaw's first Fabian
Essay, THE Basis of Socialism,
Economic" Shaw's description
Of the economic conditions at
that time-1899-contain the
four words blood, toll, sweat
and tears"
so that, in the end, the SUBJ
ject of the one boast that pri-
yate property can make-the
great accumulation Of So
called wealth which it points
so proudly to as the result of
its power to scourge men and
women daily to prolonged and
intense toll, turns out to be a
simulacrum. With all its en-
ergy, its Smilesian 'self-help.'
its merchant-princely enter
prise, its ferocious sweating
and slave-driving, its prodigal-
ity of blood, sweat and tears,
what has it heaped up, over
and above the pittance of its
slaves?" Fabian Essays in So
cialism, p. %. London, 1920
But it may be that Shaw
himself made use of another
source wherein these four
words were used.
Samuel Igra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

@. Where was the island on
which the original Of Robin
son crusoe" lived?-R. II.
A. Daniel Defoe got the idea
for his famous story from the
experiences Of Alexander Sell
kirk, who spent five years
alone on the island Of Mas-a-
Terra, some 365 miles west Of
central Chile. Seikirk. Scot
fish quartermaster on a pirate
ship. was abandoned on the
island In October, 1904. after
an argument with the captain.
In January, 1909. an English
ship rescued him and returned
him 10 England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

street bridge, which passes over Kingman
Lake, and the current flood-control work
at Bladensburg and adjacent points. The
bridge necessitates new look at the lake
development plans, and the flood-control
undertaking also affects the proposals for
improving boating and recreational facil-
tiles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-26
Wang Solves Formosu Question

hesitation and vacillation to
our policy-m kers. But
whether or not America de-
tends Formosa, and with or
without vigor in that defense,
the Chinese Communists ap-
pear willing to take any risk
to obliterate Nationalist China
once and for all.
The Formosa question, then,
remains a brink day by day,
and Secretary Dulles, whatever
his wisdom in choice Of words,
describes the situation accu-
rately. And if the United
States should be so misguided
as to abandon Chang Kat
shek's little island Of freedom,
or even to work out some sort
of Communist compromise with
the Peiping Reds, the cause of
the free world will be disas-
trously weakened if not de-
stroyed in the eyes of millions
on both sides of the Iron Cur
tain.
There is no course open to
the United States today save
that of f1rmness and deter
mination on the mosa
threat. Peiping has made clear
the Communist terms, which
are simply the entire and
abject surrender of American
rights and responsibilities in
that area. Then. say the Reds.
there will be peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-26
THOMAS L. STOKES
Douglas Challenges Johnson

get them to support this gi-
gantic "give-aWay." Senator
Douglas summed this all up,
thus:
Huge profits are at stake
in this legislative proposal to
nullify effective natural gas
regulation. If the gas pro-
ducers succeed. it will cost
consumers of this country
from $500 to 5000 million an
nually. 1t will increase the
value of the known gas re-
serves of the Nation from
$l2l2 to $50 billion. 1t
is no wonder that big oil is
working and spending to put
this bill through Congress"
The scene in the Senate re-
flecting the apathy and SYM
cism of the elected servants has
about it a thiS-is-where-I-
came-in" reminder to this re-
porter. 1t carries him back
to the l920s when big money
was moving the pawns about
here in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-26
BuIgonin's Note Arrives as Pentogon
Studies Charges of Aerial Inspection

hospitalized in Denver, Eisen-
hover had a communication
from Bulganin complaining
about what United States rep
reSentatives on the United
Nations Disarmament Com
mission were doing. The Presi-
dent replied automatically and
promised fuller consideration
of Soviet ideas when he
himself was restored to
health. Since then Soviet
spokesman have denounced
the Eisenhower proposals in
harSher terms.
Any discussion OF what the
United States and its allies are
doing TO determine the state
Of the Soviet military Of course
falls largely within the realm
of security. An occasional in
cident lifts the curtain slightly
and apparently such incidents
have been recurring.
Asked if the Soviets were not
making similar efforts to re-
connoiter the Vests defenses.
an American expert replied
with some bitterness: why
should they? We publish
everything we're doing and
print pictures with it to make
it easier for them"
There has been no evidence
here that the administration
fears hot war" Trouble spots
are conceded, with the Middle
East leading all the rest. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-26
DORIS FLEESON

The Soviet Union has COM
planned to the White House
that United States planes were
making aerial "Reminiscences
over Soviet territory and the
Pentagon is preparing a report
on these allegations for the
President.
This became known to mill
tary circles about the time that
the Soviet Ambassador was
calling on the President to de-
liver in person a message from
Marshal Bulganin, Soviet Pre-
mier.
The question Immediately
arose in the Pentagon as to
whether Bulganin was taking
the supposed incidents so seri-
ously that he not only sent the
President a letter. which has
happened before, but took the
unusual step of having the So
Wet Ambassador deliver it, The
President seemed remarkably
cheerful at his press confer
ence Just before the Ambas-
sador's visit, which would indi-
cate that he at least was not
alarmed over the situation.
According to the public rec
ord, it is the President who
owes Bulganin a letter on the
general subject of disarma-
ment, which has been sug-
gested as a possible topic of
the present exchange.
Late in September, while