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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
BY ED GRIFFITH
City Editor, Bakersfield Californian


BAKERSFIELD, Calf, Oct. q
IP.-Janice Anderson of McFar-
land is a little girl with big
question.
And. like another little cir.
who received the answer to hel
big question in the famed Dear
Virginia" editorial of the New
York Sun many years ago, Janice
directed her query to a newspa-
per.
Here is the question she ha:
posed to the Bakersfield Cali
fornian:
Dear Editor:
my name is Janice Anderson
I am 10 years old. I would like
to know the difference between
Democrats and Republicans. MY
mother and father are Republi-
cans and my neighbor is a Demo
crat.
My father and mother ex-
planned it, but I still can't under
stand it.
THANK you. Yours truly
Janice Anderson"
Editor Seeks Help
The young Virginia of a gene
ration ago was informed by a
wise editorial writer that Eyes
Virginia. there is Santa Claus
But, the Californian's editor
found out he wasn't wise enough
to give a simple answer tc
Janice'S question.
Managing Editor Jim Day
asked Kern County party leaders
for help. The best he got was
Nov, that's a tough one tc
answer"
Consulting the dictionary, he
found these definitions:
Democratic Party-"It has ad-
vocated a strict construction OF
the Constitution, sharp limita-
tons of powers of Federal gov
Iernment and a broad conStruc-
ton of reserved rights of States
1t has generally pronounced in
favor of a low tariff, practically
| for revenue only"
/ Republican Party-"among the
policies with which the Repub-
lican Party has been identified
are liberal construction of the
Constitution, esp. in the direc.
ton of Federal power, mainten.
ance of the gold standard, and 9
protective tariff system"
The editor wondered: /.
Webster really accurate?
Next he wrote to President
Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson
After some delay, Murray
Snyder, assistant press secre.
tary to the President, replied
for the Republicans and Mr.
Stevenson himself answered fol
the Democratic Party.
Mr.. Snyder wrote:
1T is not possible for us Il
give you a presidential state
ment" on Janice's question. H,
offered what he termed IAN ex
cellent exposition on the sub
iect." delivered in Minneapolis
last month by Arthur Larson
Undersecretary of Labor. 1t wa
two long pages of single-spaceC
typing.
AS his answer, Mr.. Stevenson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
Stumped by Girls Query,
Editor Asks Politicians

sent directly to Janice a seven
page, double spaced copy Of a
speech he delivered in August
to members of the United Auto
Workers meeting in Washington.
He said he hoped that perhaps
your mother and father will be
able to help you understand
the difference between Demo-
Gratis and Republicans by sim
plifying some of the more diff
cult passages"
Private Decisions Urged
The official Republican state
ment started out by saying there
lis an underlying cleavage in
philosophy between the two
parties. Democrats. said IN
dersecretary Larson, have "a
tendency, as to all sorts Of hui
man problems. to try collective
and governmental remedies as
against relying on individual,
lpluralist and private activities. "
His party believes that the
private and individual remedy
should be tried first in all prob
lens, with the Government
stepping in only if the job is too
big for private. State or local
efforts" Mr.. Larson concluded.
Declared Mr.. Stevenson: ut
lis the Democratic faith +. that
the Government of a democracy
must trust all the people it
serves, that it must be made up
of representatives Of all the peo-
pile, and that its obligations
cannot be to any special interest
but only to all the people"
Meanwhile. Janice figures her
search for uncomplicated truth
has not been completely fruit
less:
She has Mr.. Stevenson's auto
nrra Mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
Stevenson Endorsed
By Florida Puper

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Oct
rs (P.-The st. Petersburg
Times has Endorsed Adlai Steven.
son for President and Estes Ke-
fauver for Vice President.
The Times said in an editorial
"Stevenson's humor, his courage
and the breadth of his knowledge
and vision Of what America and
the world can do in the atomic
age has provided a mass assault
on political and economic trivia
and ignorance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
BY the Associated Press

Representative Celler, Demo-
crat of New York, has asked
Attorney General wnell
whether there was a conflict Of
interest in the stock dealings OF
Edward A. Foote.
Mr.. Foote. formerly second
ranking official in the Antitrust
Division of the Department OF
Justice. resigned September Is.
Mr.. Celler said several days
later that Victor r. Hansen, head
Iof the Antitrust Division, was
quoted as stating there was nc
connection between Mr.. Foote's
resignation and an investigation
into his activities.
PrObed in August
The investigation was con-
Iducted in August by the staff OF
the Antitrust subcommittee OF
the House Judiciary Committee
MIR. Celler is chairman of both
groups.
Mr.. Celler's request for more
information on Mr.. Foote'S stock
dealings was in a letter he wrote
ito Mr.. Brownell, dated October
%. Mr.. Celler made the letter
public yesterday.
In the letter Mr.. Celler asked
Mr.. Brownell whether he con-
Isidered Mr.. Foote's participation
in certain stock transactions
ethical or unethical," proper
Ior improper" and if the partici-
patton violated any policy or rule
of the Justice Department.
May Be Affected
Mr.. Celler asked whether the
department had a regulation
prohibiting its antitrust officials
from securing or maintaining a
financial interest in any COM
pany that may be affected by
their official actions" or prohib-
Iiting them from investing in
stock of companies that come
under the scrutiny for possible
violation Of the antitrust laws. "
IF not, why not? Mr.. Celler
asked.
He said the investigation dis
closed that Mr.. Foote while an
official in the antitrust division
used his wife's account to engage
in stock speculation and invest
ment in numerous companies, a
number of which were involved
in Investigations or other mat
tiers pending before the antitrust
division"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-25
Transit Mediation PushedBroWne|I Asked
As Union Votes to Strike Aho,t Fy.Aidp

arbitrate if his right to 612
per cent return was recognized
by the arbitrators, if the thirc
and neutral arbiter were a locaI
resident. and if arbitration was
limited to disputes involving moi
more than 100000.
The union has made a major
issue of the arbitration disagree
ment. 1t commended during its
52-day strike last year, which
led to cancellation of the old
Capital Transit franchise, that
agreement on binding arbitra-
ton would have prevented the
strike.
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Continued From First PagI
pany's) ability to fulfill these
commitments and at the same
time earn the rate of return
designated in the franchise
arrangements"
Congress. in the 20-year fran
chise granted to Mr.. Chalk, saic
he was entitled to try to earn 9
return Of 6l2 per cent on his
investment.
Mr.. Chalk also said that 1.-THE
management expresses very
strongly that these are the maxi
mum limits of the benefits
which can be offered to the
workers at this time. The
management has expressed the
hope that the workers will
understand that these offers are
the ultimate which can be
offered and that the workers
will JON with the management
in a three-year contract incor-
porating these terms so as to
effect uninterrupted service and
a basis for a long range program
of progress.
The Chalk offer was submitted
through r. w. Donnahoo, Phila-
delphia regional director of the
Federal Mediation and Concilia-
ton Service, who heads the
three-man mediation panel. His
partners are James A. Holden OF
Washington and Gilbert r. Lee
of Baltimore.
Operating on Extension
After the closed-door meeting
in Constitution Hall. Mr.. Bier
wagon said Mr.. Chalk's offer of
wage increases docs not mean
that the raise would be retroac-
tive or effective on the date of
signature.
Mr.. Chalk has been operating
on a 75-day extension of the ole
Capital Transit Company labor
contract which expires next
Thursday. In excahnge for the
extension. he promised that any
contract improvements would be
made retroactive to the date or
which he bought out Capita
Transit. August Is.
Bernard Cushman, union coun-
sci said 1t was his understand
ing that the first wage increase
would be effective April /. 1857
seven and half months from
now.
He said he understood the next
increase would go into effect
November /. 1857, and that the
third and final pay raise under
the proposed contract would take
effect November /. 1858. He saic
the contract was intended to ex-
pire on August Ia, 1859.
Mr.. Cushman said his i'm
pressions resulted from bargain
ing discussions and that he die
not feel free to explain them.
He insisted the proposed wage
increase would represent ar
average of 8.3 cents per houl
when calculated over the &c.
month period of the contract.
Base Pay Rise Offered
Transit operators now receiv,
a base pay of sos an hour. plu
two cents received over the las
six months in costs Of livinl
increases,
The Chalk proposal would rails
the base pay at the end of tire
years to 1922.
The arbitration provision wa
not acceptable to the union
which has desired unlimite,
arbitration OF future contrac
renewals.
Mr.. Chalk told the Congress
sional conference COMMITTEE
which gave him his franchis
that he favored binding arbitra
ton 10 settle any disputes un
resolved by collective bargain
ing negotiations.
Since then. he has agreed +
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Remember "Whommie"? +. :.
Scientific Equipment Aids
Patrol In Nabbing Speeders

RALEIGH - In North Carolina
the State Highway Patrol bears
down on wilful speeders aided by
scientific speed devices k n o W II
coloquially as "whammieS."
Extensive use of the sensitive
Instruments along North Caro-
lina's 10000 mile road system give
occasional rise to accusations of
speed trap" and the like from
irate motorists who run afoul of
the speed law.
Some tourists and some natives
complain that it isn't cricket for
patrolmen to hide their electric
tattle tales. In North Carolina
state law permits troopers to con-
ceal the devices from public view.
But their furtiveneSS is easily eX-
planned. Patrol officials say know
ingly that if whammy stations are
pin pointed, 10 mph 81 e e d ers
would have only to lift their foot
a mile away and glide srnugly
across at legal speed. The law
abiding motorist, they say, gives
not a hoot where the whammieS
are, OF may be.
The hidden ball tactics occa-
sionally bring on speed trap COM
plants too, mostly from out OF
state motor club patrons. Speed
trap. phrase abhored by en-
forcement officials. seems a matter
OF definition to Tar Heel Motor
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Country Club
NEWS
(RepOrted)

A good crowd attended the
smoreaSbord dinner served at the
Country Club to members Sunday
from 1890 to 200 pm.
Following dinner a Scotch four
some was held. Competing were
Mrs. Bill Barineau and Reuben
Ford. Jr.. first place winners. Mr.
and Ms. Henry Spears Mullen,
second place winners, also Mr.. and
Mrs. julie Ward, Mr.. and Mrs, Sid
McCutchen II d Mn. n d MIS-.
Everette Henley.
The Pro announces that be-
ginning Tuesday. June 5 class OF
free golf instruction will be given
children II years old and under
and on Thursday a similar class
will be neld for boys and girls II
to l6 years of age. All children are
invited to participate whether
members of the club or not. Class
es will be held from . to 4 O'Clock
III the afternoon.
Tuesday. May s. the regular
ladies golf tournament was held,
followed by luncheon at the club.
Congratulations to Robert Nc
Crary for being a winner in golf
tournaments in Charlotte and to
Henry Spears Mullen. a winner at
the CataWba Country Club.
The board of directors will meet
Monday. May Is at the Country
Club. All directors are urged to be
present.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheidt
1T is not a speed trap" says
ex-FBI agent Scheidt. unless an
officer Intentionally lures a motor
ist into a violation and then ar
rests him"
CAUTION SIGNS
In the Tar Heel state no road -
even lightly travelled ones - could
be considered lures. All are con-
SpicuouSly posted with caution
signs reading Speed Electrically
/ Timed" And few Tar Heel troop
ers have the time or the inclina-
| ton to goad travellers into a vio-
lation. CHARGES of arrest quotas
are complete fiction says patrol
headquarters.
Most North Carolina newspapers
share the opinion of enforcement
officials that speed trap accusa-
tions originate largely from ar
rested speederS as a sort OF re-
taliation effort. Saving face the
OrientalS call it.
And that would seem to suggest
some formula to avoid arrest - or
losing face. Tar Heel safety au-
thorities. to a man, suggest: Al
ways drive at legal - and COM
mon sense - speeds"
Those whammies. They first
came to Tar Heel highways in
1852. Patrol officials. ordered by
Scheidt to stop speeding, put them
to immediate use. The electric
timing gadget twhammy) is ia
miliar to motorists travelling Tar
Heel roads. The highway patrol
operates so such pieces Of equip
ment. which are switched at ram
dom on roa S throughout the
state.
The first sign of a whammy is
quarter-inch black rubber cable
stretched across the highway and
anchored at each end by slab Of
metal. One hundred and thirty
two feet down the highway II 40th
of mile is an Identical cable.
Linking the two is an electric cord
attached through me ercury
switches to a recording head To-
Gated some distance from the set
uo. A black box, about the size Of
two cigar boxes. contains the
whammy's brain. Set in the middle
of the box is a stop watch and
around the Oerineter of the watch
gradations in miles per hour
4 An approaching vehicle striking
/ the first cable starts the witch
( ticking. When the vehicle strikes
/ the second cable the watch is
stopped. Its hand points to sc
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Valuable Awards
Provided For
Al Members

All-eXpenSe trips to the National
All Club Congress in Chicago
19-jewel watches. pen and pencil
sets. and gold-filled medals are
among the awards to be given IL
three National All Award Pro-
grams Just announced by the Ma
tional Committee on Boys and
Girls Club Work.
County, state and National
winners will be honored again this
year in the Identification of Home
Grounds, Dairy Foods DemonStra-
ton and Forestry programs.
In the Beautification of Home
Grounds program. four medals OF
honor are provided for winners in
each county. The state winner will
be presented a 19-jeWel WrlS
watch. and eight national winners
will receive all-eXpenSe trips to
the National All Club Congress
in Chicago. These incentives are
provided by Mrs Charles R. Wal
green of Chicago.
Dairy Foods Demonstration
awards are provided by the Car
nation Company. They include
gold filled medals for the winning
individual and team demonstrat-
ors in each county. and 19-jewel
watches for the high individual
and each member of the high
team in the state Eight national
winners in the program will be
the guests of the donor at the
National All Club Congress.
American Forest Products In
dushies. Inc. provides a medal of
honor for the county Forestry
winner. a pen and pencil set for
the state winner. and y all-eX-
pense trips to the Club Congress
for national winners selected from
among state champions.
All All programs are conduct
ed by the Cooperative Extension
Service. and the awards coordinat-
ed by the National Committee
Complete information is available
from county Extension offices.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
Did YouKnow
That t----

Quality products have always
been a great means of security for
any manufacturer?
Antiseptic for surgery was dis
covered by Sir Joseph Lester in
1867?
President Andrew Jackson was
born in what is agreed to be Wax
haW. S. c.. on March l5,l767?
Compounds with fatty base
sometimes used for poison ivy
remedies should be avoided? They
tend to spread any poison remain
ING on the skin. Photographic hypo
used in a 10 per cent solution is
usually considered the best remedy.
A moment spent in safety today
pays god dividends tomorrow?
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

mph, 63 mph. 90 mph OF what
have you and troopers go into
action if the hand is over SIS mph,
the states legal speed limit.
The watch's accuracy is un-
affected by the weather. Where
manufacturers permit variances of
seven to 10 per cent III auto
Speedometers, the whammy is cali
brated 20 within a fraction over
one per cent accuracy. The stop
watch is inspected, cleaned and
regulated once a month by a
railroad watch inspector. Periodic
ally. it is further checked by radio
with the Bureau of Standards
master time signal in Washington.
D. c.
Though still a bitter pill to the
motorist who drives at Illegal
speeds. the Tar Heel whammy re-
mains at its concealed post, its
influence applicable only to the
lawbreaker.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
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decision is now in your hands where
it rightly belonged from the begin
ming. You are perhaps the first
people the world has known with
both the power and capability Of
governing yourselves.
Certainly. today. our enemies the
communists are watching us care
fully for signs of inner turmoil and
weakness. The avowed purpose of
our enemies is to first divide us,
then weaken us. enslave US and
then destroy us.
This is reason number one why
we must resolve this race issue
quickly-and without a minimum
Of fuss among ourselves.
While it goes without repeating
that we have enemies in the world
thankfully, we have friends also.
And they too are observing us
carefully, anXiouSly. For never
before in the worlds history has
freedom been so perilouSly close
to eclipse Without the support OF
this nation-freedom would die
before tomorrow Sun-except
in mems hearts.
Today after two great con-
ficts-and concerned as we are
with the daily struggle Of making
a living, we find it rather easy to
Just sort of drift with the tide
making only token objections tc
the principles and ideas which
| we know aren't quite right-bu'
we let them pass-vowing to look
after them tomorrow.
This attitude will no longer suf
flee if freedom is to live.
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10

From the Houston Herald.
Dothan, Alabama: Men of reason
and common sense. dedicated to
the idea of seeing that everybody
gets a square deal-will tell you
thst there are never less than two
sizes to an issue-lille the racial
problem facing us today. Men
devoted to the task of preserving
freedom ard the equality for all
races. colors and creeds in this
country-are the first to observe
and to urge US TO obServe-both
sides carefully and without preju-
dice.
The south must take the lead in
looking at THE OTHER SIDE OF
this problem-even in the face of
charges on insincerity- which no
doubt will be made The danger
lies in those radical elements OF
both parties-who, while devout and
sincere themselves in what they
are doing-let their emotion be
come a powder keg which car
fan a spark into ar out-of-contto,
conaa grafton. This must never
happen for many reasons.
This newspaper urges every
one to stop a minute-and give
thought to the issue. Search YOU
heart-ask ourself-what do real
ly believe here? How do l feel abou
integrating the races-right here
in Alabama-in my home town-il
my school?
The answer must come from you
This newspaper cannot answer it
any more than the nine men VIII
make up our supreme court. TIL
The Lincoln times., 1956-05-10
THE F. D. ROOSEVELT

The 974-foot-long aircraft car
rier Franklin D. Roosevelt has re-
joined the fleet after S48.000,000
remodeline job at Br m l II,
Wash. The Nays second largest
carrier is headed for the Atlantic
after trial runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18

Americanism in European social
ism, explained in no small meas
ure by our steadfast support of
cooperative" right-center gov
ernments throughout the entire
postwar era. Closely allied to
this is another Socialist char
acteriStic: An emphasis on in
dependence. particularly in the
field of Easily West relations and
political vocabulary in which
"neutralism" is not banned as a
dirty word.
Reds Read Picture
This is a setup which the
Communists, both inside and
outside Russia, hope to exploit
to their own advantage. If the
new era of peace and interna-
tional understanding has the de-
sired results-if the national
Communist parties in France and
Italy get their second wind and
achieve something like political
responsibility, the barriers might
be broken and European COM
munism come into its own.
1t also might not, since
Europe's Socialist leadership is
not nearly as soft-headed as it
has sometimes been made out
to be. But short of outright VIC
tory, there are a number of 'ele-
ments in the picture which the
men of the Kremlin can read
with a satisfaction that seems
rather more justified than the
complacency of the West.
Tomorrow: The Red offensive
in the Middle East
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Conferees Approve
Atomic Cargo Ship
BY the Associated Press

A Senate House conference
committee has agreed on a bill
authorizing the Government to
build an atomic-powered mer-
chant ship-the worlds first, so
far as is known.
The Senate and House previ-
ouSly had passed separate bills
that varied in some details. The
version worked out by the con-
ference committee now must be
approved by both branches Of
Congress.
The measure sets no cost limit
on the project. but Senator
Magnuson, Democrat of Wash
Iington, chairman of the confer
ence committee, said the cost
has been estimated at about $40
million.
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion is to contract for the con>
struction of the ships atomic
power plant. while the Maritime
Administration will order the
hull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-18
Meeting Will Mop
Bows Comp Plans

Plans to send another $50 boys
to summer camp will be drawn
up at a meeting at 4 pm. tomor-
row of the Merrick Boys Camp
Committee at 1888 G street NV.
More than 260 boys, from 8 to
Is years old, already have at
tended or are attending the
Merrick Boys Camp at Nanjemoy,
Charles County, Md. which is
supported by voluntary contri-
buttons.