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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Undermining the Capital

The reported decision to relocate"
the Weather Bureau and the Coast and
Geodetic Survey in Montgomery County
is indicative of trend over which the
District Bankers Association juStitiably
has expressed deep concern" The aSSoci-
alton and the public generally have cause
to be concerned over what seems to be
happening to the. original concept of
Washington as the Nations seat of Gov
eminent. That time-honored concept is
seriously threatened by a movement in
some Government circles toward aban-
doning the District as site of Federal
activities, in favor of "decentralized" To-
cations in the suburbs or beyond. The
bankers have performed a public service
in focusing attention on this trend.
Francis G. Addison, jr, chairman of
the DBA's law and legislation committee,
has stressed the deleteriouS effects of such
Federal flight to the suburbs" Aside
from the economic repercuSsionS, there
is the impact on the long-range program
for building greater Nations Capital.
Especially disturbing, as the DBA resolu-
ton adopted at Hot Springs pointed out,
is the apparent lack of national policy
governing so called relocation" (the
term now used in place of decentraliza-
ton and dispersa) Heads of agencies
have been given free rein, as rule, in
choosing sites for their new homes. It
is all very haphazard, with planning
agencies often assigned to subordinate
roles.
The bankers are right in holding that
the time has come to review present plans
and procedures in the Federal building
field and to establish definite overall
policy and program. If the fundamental
plan for an orderly development of Wash
ington as the home of the Federal estab-
liShment is to be abandoned or revised,
It should be done by proper legislative
and executive processes, not by gradual
undermining. Certainly the fine plans
for more beautiful and more prosperous
Capital are being undermined by the Fed
eral relocation movement so much In
evidence of late. The ultimate effect
could be the destruction of Washington
as It's founders conceived 1t and as many
Presidents and Congresses have sought
to build 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Bad News in Turkey

In 1945, the ruling Republican Peo-
pies Party in Turkey granted full polit-
ical rights to the opposition 1t was under
those rights that Adnan Menderes, now
Premier Of his country, was able to take
a leading role in forming the Democratic
Party. In 1850, the Democratic Party
won control of the government and 1t
has remained In power since that time.
One OF its first pledges was to govern by
the letter and the ideals of the 1924
constitution-guaranteeing, among other
things, freedom of the press.
For more than year past, however,
there has been a progressive restriction
imposed upon these freedoms. 1t has
reached climax now in a tough new
press law permitting imprisonment of
either domestic or foreign newsmen and
suspension of newspapers for publishing
false news" Freedom for newSmen or
for newspapers does not imply, in any
country freedom from moral and legal
responsibility. And abuses of an extreme
nature have been reported in the Turkish
press. Even so, however, there is grave
danger of greater harm to Turkeys long
term national welfare i'm Subjecting the
press to stringent government control of
what can be written and how it must be
printed. Democracy has made real adj
vanceS in Turkey in the past quarter
century. 1t should not be endangered
now by repression to censorship in most
Expressive form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Decision Viii Be Eisenhower's
BY GOULD LINCOLN

hower's continuing as a candi-
date grows out Of the desire
and hope of the Republicans
that he win remain in the race,
and a desire and hope on the
part Of the Democrats that he
will not. Some Democrats are
inclined to believe that doctors
are Republicans. The state
ments made by Eisenhower's
physicians that if the Presi-
dent continues to make q sat-
isfactory recovery there is no
reason why he should stop
running for a second term are
responsible for this. It happens
that Eisenhower is the only
Republican the Democrats fear
in the coming presidential
race.
Two Democrats Operated On
Two of the active candidates
for Democratic presidential
nomination have undergone
just as serious operations as
that through which the Presi-
dent has passed. One Of them,
Gov. Averell Hartman of New
York. had a prostate gland
operation a few weeks ago.
The other. Adlai Stevenson,
within a year or two has had
two operations. one for kidney
stones and later for gallstoneS.
No one has suggested that
either of them should give up
running for the presidency, on
account of che operations. Gov.
Hartman seems to recognize
the fact that a serious opera
ton does not necessarily in
capacitate a man for running
for the presidency. For he
said he saw no reason why the
President should withdraw.
Presumably the President will
delay no longer than necessary
in stating whether he will con-
tinue to run. If he Is to with
draw, the situation for the Re-
publican Party will become, at
least temporarily, chaotic. All
its plans have been laid for an
Eisenhower reelection cam
paign. All the presidential
preference primaries have been
held, and Eisenhower is the
choice of the voters in those
States. All except $50 of the
1928 delegates who will COM
pose the Republican National
Convention have been chosen.
Among the States still to name
their delegates are Arkansas,
Indiana, Louisiana, Connecti-
cut, Virginia and Washington.
Virginia is due to pick its dele
gates July 2l--the latest of the
lot.
Time. under these condi-
tions, necessarily is important,
if the Republicans are not to
go into their national con-
vention in confusion. The Pres
ident will be guided by his own
feeling of what is the right
thing to do. and his own con-
viction that he can do it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

1t was with great dismay
that I read Of the school prin-
cipal who has been drawing
$50 per diem from the Board
Of Education in Montgomery
County, the same county in
which beginning teachers are
paid only $4,000 per year and
are expected TO live respectfully
in the community. wear white
shirts and contribute $50 per
year to the Montgomery Coun-
" Educational Association.
Realizing the exacting de-
mands that are placed upon
the shoulders Of our color CO.
ordinator in performance Of
her official duties. it is small
wonder that our tax depend
ency allotment for wives and
children has been cut from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Endless Bridge Debate

Congress authorized Six-lane bridge
over the Potomac, near Arlington Memo
rial Bridge, In 1854 Ordinarily, that
would have settled things. Last year,
however, at the urging of the Interior
Department and other groups, the Dis
trict agreed to accept new location a
little further upstream from the Lincoln
Memorial. City officials did so with mis-
givings. Engineer Commissioner Lane
specifically asked representatives of the
Interior Department whether they were
acting in good faith, or were merely seek
ing to delay the bridge. They assured
him of good faith.
Since then, all other agencies con-
cerned-while StreSSing that they prefer
a tunnel to a bridge-have gone along
with the new bridge location, across the
tip Of Roosevelt Island. But not the In
terror Department. Despite the Senate'S
approval of the new location, Interiors
park officials started the drums beating
again this year for a four-lane tunnel.
They have refused even to answer Dis
trict inquiries about the bridge.
This week, House District subcom-
mittee, headed by Representative Davis
of Georgia, will hear the tunnel propo-
nents. Aside from financing and other
practical construction problems, traffic
experts doubt the capability of a tunnel
to handle anticipated traffic volume. In
view Of this, vote for the tunnel by the
Davis Subcommittee would appear only to
enhance the prospects of no relief at all
from ever-increasing congestion caused
by inadequate bridge facilities.
other witnesses will oppose the Dis
trict's plan to build low bridge with no
draw span. A low bridge would doubtless
inconvenience the few private interests
which use the Georgetown harbor for
shipping, but is esthetically desirable.
Army Engineers, after full hearing,
ruled that upper river use by commercial
craft is so slight that the increased cost
Of draw span would not be in the public
interest. 1t seems to The Star that the
Army Engineers, traditional protectors of
inland waterway navigation, are in the
best position to make this determination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

So they go to the other
extreme.
They speak slowly, in q low
voice. so that often you have
to ask them again what they
said.
Modern Office practice, no
doubt. has had a part in this.
The exuberant personality
often finds himself frowned
upon.
The boss tells him not to
whistle. and even his mates
frown upon the practice.
He is reproved if. by chance,
he happens to laugh loudly.
The clicking of machines is
enough. everybody seems to
say.
Watch your step. and keep
your big mouth closed"
That's motto enough for
most places.
49,
So something of Joy goes
out of life.
But even worse is the prosti-
tuition Of our lovely speech.
It is said that when q real
expert reads Chaucer's Eng
liSh as he thinks 1t was spoken,
(for no one really knows it is
a thing Of beauty and q joy
forever. with a majestic roll
and poetic beauty unknown
today. somewhat resembling
Italian, the happy language.
and, amazingly enough. the
ordinary everyday talk of the
Hawaiian people.
~
We cannot go back to
Chaucer's time, but we can
stop. now and then, and
quietly determine to do some
thing about this.
One need not yell, to be
forceful.
One need not declaim, or 90
in for "elocution." as people
did in the old days. to add
something more to everyday
speech-even in an office.
Think about the thing, and
when somebody asks q ques-
ton. speak up as il you
meant it.
Come to think Of it, that
seems to be where we fail most
to make our speech resound
with happiness, lack Of fear,
and JOY as we ought as chill
dren of God in the greatest
nation in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

President Eisenhower must
now decide a vital question
not whether he will run, for
he already is running, but
whether he will continue to
run. In this respect, there is
considerable difference in the
situation that confronted the
President in Denver last fall
and THEREAFTER, and the situa-
ton which confronts him to-
day. Before Denver, he was
not a candidate. He had never
said whether he would seek
a second term or not. He be-
came a candidate February 20,
when he said he would run;
that he felt his recovery from
his September heart attack
was such that he could per-
form the duties of President
for another full four year
term.
The decision now will be the
President's-as it was last Feb
Iuary. Until he makes his own
statement, however, specula-
ton will continue at fever
heat. Republican leaders, en-
couraged by the favorable news
of the success of the operation
on the President. and the ex-
pectation Of his physicians
that he will be well again in
a short time, are predicting
that the President will stay
in the race-and win. Some
Of the Democratic leaders not
only believe he will not run
but say he should not run.
The wish may be father to
the thought, in each case.
No Wish to Pressure Him
The Republicans, quite nat
urally, do not wish to press
the President for a quick de-
ciSion-they want him to have
full opportunity to convalesce
and regain his strength; full
opportunity to prove to him
self that he can carry on the
work of the presidency, and
continue to do so for another
four years. He reached such
a conclusion following a longer
period of convalescence after
his heart attack. They believe
he will reach similar decision
now. They do not believe that
the fact he has gone through
an operation - successfully
will lessen his strength with
the voters. One of them pointed
out that abdominal operations
occur in almost every family,
and after convalescence are
considered no handicap.
And the Republicans argue,
too, that the fact the President
was able to undergo a major
operation-under anesthesia-
without a flutter of his heart
proves that his recovery from
his heart attack has been COM
plete.
Great difference between the
thinking Of the Republicans
and the Democrats on Eisen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
The Presidents Future

1t seems to us that a great deal OF
nonsense is being written about the eff
feet the Presidents operation will have
on his political future.
Some of the self-appointed experts
are suggesting that, as result of the
operation, the President will bow out of
the race. Others assert confidence he
will run again. A few, drawing on sources
Of information closed to most of us, even
profess to be able to calculate the votes
they think the President will lose if he
seeks another term.
The British press seems especially to
excel in this cryStal-ball form of journal
ISM Thus, the Washington correspond
ent of the London Daily Mail reports that
there is deep disquiet" in the United
States over the Presidents health despite
the optimistic and almost ebullient
statements of the DOCTORS" This same
correspondent, taking in considerable ter
ritory, asserts that "the American public
would be less perturbed if even one of the
Is or more doctors" had counseled eau
ton or restraint.
The Daily Mirror also heard from it's
Washington correspondent He wrote that
public confidence in the medical opin-
ions has been shaken by Saturdays oper-
alton, and it will take much more than
publicity about Ike'S golfing proweSs to
convince them (the voters) that he is fit
enough for another term" And the Daily
Herald expressed the view in a dispatch
from Washington that millions of Amer
lean voters may "feel little Sickened,
perhaps, if they feel, or know that Ike's
expectation of life is being sacrificed on
the altar of the Republican Party ma
chine"
To repeat, we do not know the sources
OF information on which these free
wheeling correspondents rely. 1t may be
worthwhile, however, to take a somewhat
more objective approach to this matter.
In the first place, the Presidents
doctors have not expressed any opinion,
in the political sense, as to whether the
President should run again. They were
asked whether they thought there was
any medical reason, related to the ailment
which led to the operation, which would
affect the Presidents physical fitness to
seek another term. They said they did
not think so.
Beyond this, 1t is our guess that all
the exporting and specializing is so much
shooting in the dark. The President is
still sick and very uncomfortable man.
We doubt that he is giving any thought,
three days after his operation, to second.
terms or voter reactions. And we do not
see how he, or how any sensible voter,
could possibly have any firm opinion now
as to what Mr.. EiSenhower's situation will
be in August or in November.
Our suggestion would be to put the
political guessing game in mothbalis until
after the President has recovered from
his operation and is back on his feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

500 to $50 per year. AS for
me. I am torn with indeciSion:
Should I remain in our pro-
fession, hoping someday to at
tain a position where 1, too,
could be the recipient of such
a bounty? A more practical
answer. however. would seem
to be locating a job outside of
the field of pedagogy.
I would be happy to teach in
any classroom. be it brown,
buff, or conventional glareless
green, if / were able to take
home a decent salary.
DemOralized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

@. What are the topmost
layers Of the earth's atmos-
phere called-those above the
stratosphere2-H. H. T.
A. The atmosphere and the
exosphere. The atmosphere,
where the air is 10 million
times rarer than the air at
sea level, is the main target
Of the earth satellite project,
but it is TO travel also in the
exosphere. This begins at a
height Of about 400 miles and
continues upward to 10000 or
$4,000 miles TO interplanetary
space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

They never once raised
their voices in anger, fear or
Joy. They seemed to talk
among themselves only when
the necessity arose.
Their life was, indeed, one
Of basic. joylesS existence"
So speaks an explorer of an
almost lost and vanishing
tribe in a far-away place.
The strange thing is that
this devastating description
too often fits many people
everywhere, in or out of civili-
cation.
Sometimes one is almost
forced to feel that people,
many people. are much too
quiet for their own good.
They go around with panied
expressions on their faces,
speaking in monotones, never
lifting the voice, nor sinking
it much.
Our modern life, perhaps, is
the cause of most of this, re-
sulting in a fiat voice, so
marked in contrast with the
British accent.
II \
One good thing the war did
was to bring many English
people over here.
1t was always a Joy to hear
them speak.
Even while talking to them,
a candid one noted the diff
ference.
American talk" is very fat,
without accent. utterly lacking
the deep vowels of true Eng
lish.
Our language is English all
right, but you would never
know IL!
\ 4
Sometimes one listening TO
radio is panied by the exuber-
ant way advertised products
are described.
At the same time, he must
admit that a little more Of
this "all out" tone would help
a lot in everyday conversation.
Our tongue is beautiful. if
1t is used properly.
Perhaps the urge to be mo-
notonous is an attempt to keep
from attracting notice.
The loudmouth. as he has
been called. has attracted too
much attention in America.
that most proper persons. If
there are any Of them left.
feel that they would not under
any circumstances wish to
walk in his shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

Bleeding-hedrt and columbine,
Shepherds purse and reed;
Rambler-rOSe or trailing zine,
Maple. chestnut, OAK. or
pine.
Daisy, mustard, Deed.
I can name them I can sing
Songs again and oUer
TIL the moods are echoing;
But the magic sight OF
SPRING
White and red-top clover.
Catherine Hoydon Jacobs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Nondiscriminotion

AOOOa WOO q A1AAACobOA4C
in District history. It marked
completion Of the seven years
effort. begun in 1949, to revive
four 10th century District nom
discrimination laws. The 1872
and 1873 laws prohibiting
racial discrimination In restau-
rants. hotels. barbershops and
bathing houses were upheld
by the Supreme Court in June,
1853 in the Thompson Restau-
rant case. The laws of 1869 and
1870 prohibiting racial dis
elimination in licensed places
of public amusement, but only
in the old city of Washington
were upheld this year by the
Municipal Court of Appeals in
the Central Amusement Co.
bowling alley case. On May Is,
the United States Court Of APP
peals rejected an appeal from
that decision. The regulation
by the District Commissioners
extending the 1869-1870 laws
to the whole District became
effective on June 7.
These events blend naturally
with the ending of segregation
elsewhere in the District.
Racial bars are gone from pub
lie schools, Fairgrounds, rec
reation centers, theaters and
most other places of public
accommodation. Color alone no
longer excludes a qualified per-
son from the professional as
sociations of doctors, press,
architects, nurses, teachers, So
cial workers and optometristS.
The District Bar Association
overwhelmingly dropped its
white only" clause last month.
The long-established nondis-
elimination policy Of the Fed
eral Government is increasingly
being applied; and the District
Government has, since Novem-
Der. 1858. made progress to-
ward honoring its nondiscrim-
nation obligation. The tele-
phone, gas, electric and transit
companies. as we'll as others in
the District, are beginning to
employ people on merit rather
than ancestry and skin color.
Some of these steps have been
sturdy and some very halt
ing. But all have been accom-
panied by vast improvement
in human understanding and
cooperation as our citizenry
cleanse their minds of race
myths and see each other as
people instead of as colors.
Even the few who still hold
their prejudices are accommo-
dating to the new community
pattern.
Our Nations Capital now
reflects more clearly Americas
democratic tradition than it
did Is years ago. Most people
recognize this progress as good,
for the community and for
themselves. spiritually and ma
terially. Thus there is abund-
ant reason to expect that both
the letter and the spirit of the
laws Of 80, 10. 70. and '73
will be followed, not only in
places covered by the laws,
but in all public and semipublic
places.
Phineas Indritz,
Special Counsel, American
Veterans Committee,
Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Seasonal EMPLOYMENT

AN a. dAAACAAI VI A1CS uldI
or seasonal employment to JUS
tify substantially above-aver-
age wages for the building
trades is hoary with age. In
recent years. of course, no ar
guments at all have apparently
been needed to realize a con-
Stantly rising wage scale, for
the same or less production, in
these lines. Building contrac-
tors. figuring profits on a per-
centage basis, and with Uncle
Sam one of the biggest GUS
toners, have certainly not re-
sisted, if they have not well
coined, the unrelenting pressure
of the unions for more and
more. But the actual argu-
ment. of seasonality, has been
developed and used repeatedly
over long years back, to make
the case for the demands of
these workers. 1t is pretty
threadbare.
There are many lines where
employment is seasonal. Take
those engaged in growing, pro-
cesSing or warehouSing various
food products, fruits and vege-
tables, products of the water,
oysters. crabs, shrimp, etc. Or
take those in the vacation or
tourist trades. The difference
between these people and
building tradesmen is that they
operate in a competitive econ
omy while the construction
field has the most powerful
monopoly. so far as labor is
concerned, in our economic
history. In a competitive econ
omy, where charges are too
high, substitute products are
used, or people just go with
out. In a monopoly economy
there is no substitute and peo-
pie can't do without. Shelter
is a basic and universal need.
So we pay through the nose,
year after year, no matter how
unreasonable or unfounded are
the demands of workers in this
industry.
There are various ways in
which the seasonal element
could be overcome, so far as
concerns its impact on con-
struction labor incomes and
on building costs. When the
weather is favorable, a six
day week could be used. In
this field the straight-time
scale must be at least as high
as the overtime scale for other
workers. Certainly 1t is far
above the scale Of most white
collar workers, regardless of
whether salaried or not. Or the
various restrictions on output
could be lifted and in that
way, lower costs and high
wages both could be had. Is
there any record of these
things being done? Hardly.
Labor never yields. Labor just
takes.
However, it is a long lane
that has no turning. Workers
in the auto industry are find
ing out that they have been
pricing themselves out of jobs.
Not so many people as for
merry are clamoring to buy
$1,000 automobiles for $4,000.
And the 400 drop in resi-
dental contract awards in the
Washington area, as reported
III The Star, would seem to be
evidence that the number of
people able and willing to pay
$4,000 for a $500 house is
declining. If reason and a
sense of public responsibility
had controlled. one would
think that this condition would
have given pause to the brick
layers in their recent success
full negotiations" for an
hourly wage scale of $3.50
instead of $3.50. But it is
the history of all monopolies
that they lose contact with
reality and become insensitive
to those policies which best
serve the common good.
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