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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15

present, only 257 Boeing Jet
tankers are on order, a number
which I believe should be
doubled. We also should have
large numbers of escort fight
ers such as the Mcdonnell
F-10l currently being tested.
For the last five years, our
fleet of Bats has been our
principal deterrent to war. The
BAT was conceived by rare
stroke of genius more than a
decade ago, and has been our
only weapon to be markedly
superior to Soviet equipment.
But the BAT is approaching
obsolescence. and it lacks the
range necessary for transpolar
warfare. To supplant the
Bats, this country needs
B-52s. We are fortunate in
having this airplane, which
even the Russians admit is the
most formidable bombing air.
craft in the world. We should
put it to best use to defend
our freedom!
Robert F. DOrr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

robins can come, in their sea-
son, and look for worms.
People love to watch robins.
An enthusiast was telling us
recently of watching a robin
catch worms.
He ate one, pulled up six
more. and threw them aside.
Why was this?"
~
We believe that the simplest
explanations in nature are
often the rightest, which means
best.
The robin simply was dis
pleased with some of his catch.
A robin has the same right
to be diSpleased that a human
being has.
There are worms and worms.
and not all of them are good
eating. evidently.
Some OF them are long and
tough, with stout rings around
them. almost impossible of
swallowing, even by the largest
bird.
Sometimes two robins will
fight over a tough one, one
bird taking the head, the other
the tail.
This is an amusing tug-of-
war to watch. to all except the
worm. Often he. too, is dropped.
after some lively pulling.
y
Keep a spare corner for a
soil bank, as the politicians
call it.
This bank" will come in
handy for many home garden
tasks. such as potting plants.
filling in low places. setting
out plants, and a hundred
OLner small cnOreS.
1t is not fun, really. to have
a nice place and suddenly
realize that so simple and basic
an ingredient as the good
earth cannot be got except by
visiting a vacant lot or calling
a dealer.
Lots are now at premium,
and one hates to bore ones
neighbors. at times.
If you have to call a dealer.
be sure to ask what is In the
stuff. and take a good look at
it before you pay for it and
are done dirt, so to speak. II
you know your dirt, you can't
be fooled too much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
South Leans to Stevenson
By GOULD LINCOLN

fer Senator johnson of Texas,
or probably Senator Stuart
Symington of Missouri. They
realize. however, that the
chances of a johnson nomi-
nation for President are Of the
slimmest variety ~ simply be-
cause the New Deal-Fair Deal
Democrats of North and West
would never go along, and they
outnumber the Southern Dem
ocrats. Symington's nominal
ton. if it came at all, would be
the result Of compromise after
a bitter convention battle.
The Southerners will have
in the neighborhood of 20 or
20 per cent Of the delegate
vote strength in the Demo-
cratic National Convention. 1t
is easy to understand that such
a bloc Of votes, if handed to
Stevenson. could aid enor-
mously in a quick nomination
of the 1852 standard bearer.
The Americans for Democratic
action, a vocal adjunct Of the
Democratic Party, has given
its blessing to Stevenson along
with Hartman and Kefauver.
So, Stevenson appears to be
solid with the Northern Dem
ocrats-except for the fact that
Hartman. Williams and Ke-
fauver, who has Northern
support if not Southern, and
their friends will all be in
there fighting for their own
man at the convention.
'52 Defeat Is His Weakness
Stevenson's weakness in the
North and West lies in the
fact he was badly defeated by
Eisenhower in the last presi-
Dental election. Some of the
Democrats there do not believe
he could win next November.
They do not believe he has
caught on with the run-of-the-
mine voters in their sections of
the country. However, Steven
son has with him. in large
measure, the party leaders in
big key States of the North
and West. Unless he comes a
cropper in the Oregon, Florida
and California primaries
where he is matched against
ACCOMPLISHMENTS chance
for the nomination will grow
brighter as time passes.
The hope of Hartman and
Co. is that enough State dele
cations will stick to Kefauver
and the favorite-son candi-
dates to block an early Ste
venson nomination. Whether
former President Truman is
inclining away from Stevenson
and toward Hartman is still
a guess-but one in which the
supporters of Hartman are
taking satisfaction. They an
swer it their way. Truman has
gone to Europe-after giving
Hartman generous praise. He
could be a power in the ma
tional convention when he gets
back, and he has not yet ex-
pressed preference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15

Adlai Stevenson is the
South's preferred candidate for
the Democratic presidential
nomination over Gov. Harri-
man of New York, Senator
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee,
Gov. Williams of Michigan,
and that darkest Of dark
horses, former President Harry
S. Truman. Only a defeat for
Stevenson by Kefauver in the
May 90 presidential primary
in Florida could revise this
Stevenson trend in that section
Of the country. In a measure,
this is a warning to the Demo-
Gratis of the North and East
and West.
Two significant happenings
one in Texas and the other
in Washington D. C.-during
the last ten days have lifted
the hearts of the pro-Steven-
son Democrats, the leaders Of
the Stevenson drive. The first
was in Texas-a State which
went for President Eisenhower
in 1852 over Stevenson. There
Senator Lyndon B. johnson,
majority leader of the Senate.
wrested party leadership from
Gov. Allan Shivers who bolted
Stevenson and supported
Eisenhower four years ago. In
so doing, Senator johnson
became the favorite-son can
didate of Texas for the presi-
Dental nomination as well as
the chairman or leader Of the
Texas delegation at the Demo-
cratic National Convention
next August. johnson sup
ported Stevenson in the 1852
election.
Acceptable to Talmadge
The second incident. which
seems clearly to indicate
Southern preference for Ste
venSon-at least over Harri-
man ct al.-was the fiat state
ment made by former Gov.
Herman Talmadge Of Georgia.
now expected to succeed Sen
ator George in the Senate, that
if Stevenson is the Democratic
nominee for President he will
support him. He coupled with
this a statement that he pre-
ferred Stevenson to Hartman
or Kefauver-and he declined
to say he would be for either
Hartman or Kefauver, leaving
that for future consideration.
Talmadge made his comments
during his appearance on
Meet the Press" (NBC tele-
vision show originating here.
Because the Southern Dem
ocratS prefer Stevenson to
Hartman and the others does
not necessarily mean that he
is their enthusiastic choice.
Rather. it appears. he is the
least of several evils. in their
minds. They have not forgot
ten that he failed to carry
Virginia, Florida and Tonnes
see, as well as Texas, in the
presidential election four years
ago. Southern Democrats pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Powell Amendment

The insistence of the NAACP
on the Powell Amendment to
the Kelley school construction
bill is fundamentally unsound
regardless of ones views on
segregation.
1t is unsound because it does
not comply with the methods
of desegregation prescribed by
the Supreme Court itself. and
because it would bring Federal
administrative inter ference
with education.
The amendment is punitive
and unreasonable. 1t would
never desegregate a single
school. 1t would only defeat the
school construction bill itself,
to the delight of its die-hard
opponents who are urging the
NAACP on. Queer political
bedfellows, these!
Fortunately, the Powell
Amendment is being unmasked
and recognized for what 1t is.
Americans now oppose it by a
large majority, whether they
favor segregation or desegrega-
ton. They realize that an en-
tire social system was ruled
unconstitutional less than two
years ago, and cannot be
changed other than gradually.
The gradual method of de-
segregation prescribed by the
Supreme Court is being fol-
lowed. Within two years,
nearly 10 per cent Of all Ne
gro pupils in the II States and
the District Of Columbia where
segregation prevailed have
moved into desegregated
schools. Nine Of the States and
the District have begun
desegregation. The Powell
Amendment will not hasten
the process. but will make it
more dificult. 1t is an unsound
approach from any viewpoint.
even for those who demand
immediate desegregation.
Edgar Fuller,
Executive Secretary,
Council Of Chief State
School Oficers.
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Prods CONGRESS

BricklayerS of this town
have just received an increase
of 40 cents an hour. This
comes to sic weekly, $64
monthly, $768 annually. 1t
boosts the total wage to $156
a week, 1924 a month and
$7,488 a year.
Meanwhile Congress stalls
around with a bill to increase
the incomes Of retired Govern
ment workers, of whom there
are many thousand existing in
this area, by an amount equal
to from So to So weekly, or
500 to $500 a year. Even If
the bill goes through, the in
crease which the bricklayers
have just received will alone
be equal to close to one-half
the total average retire. in
come of around $1.500-S1, ZOO
a year.
No one would deny that the
worker is entitled to a fair
wage. No one would allege
that the retiree needs, or
ought to have, as large an
income as the individual still
producing. But the spread be-
tween relative income and
relative purchasing power Of
these two groups is out Of all
reason, particularly since the
market for houses in this area
has already started down,
with contract awards 40 per
cent below last year.
This is the stuff of which
business depressions are made.
But the fantastic greed Of or
ganized labor and economic
ignorance Of supine employers
have made both groups stone
blind to the inevitable con.
sequences Of their policies
Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Questions Bishop

Referring to the fact that
the Episcopal convention of
this diosceson area was being
held for the first time in a
Negro parish, the Right Rev.
erend Angus Dun, Bishop of
Washington, is quoted by Cas-
per Names in The Star of
May z as saying, Our meet
ing here is a vivid reminder
that in the church we bridge
one of the most stubborn and
difficult separations in the hui
man community"
This is indeed an interest
ing assertion. 1t leaves one
wondering how "the most
stubborn and difficult situa-
tions are bridged." What hap
pens after a one-day meeting
in the physical setting of a
church. which was transferred
to a Negro congregation as
recently as five years ago?
Reference to the meeting
seemed less of bridge" than
a poignant reminder that the
Episcopal church continues
to recognize separate churches
for its parishioners.
I make no attempt to ig-
more or diScredit the good
work of Bishop Dun in the
area of race relations, neither
do I doubt his personal sim
certify. Nevertheless, the state
ment accredited to him tends
to obscure existing practices.
The Episcopal church thus far
has no CLEAN to leadership in
solving this stubborn and diff
ficult separation in the human
community. Some of the other
denominations have bridged
the gap in Christian church
worship and church school
policy. It is to be hoped that
in our time the Nicene Greed
will be a living reality.
Raymond B. Thomas, ID. ID. S.
Member, Calvary P. E. Church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15

@. What is the worlds largest
seed firm? 20. q.
A. Ferry-Morse Seed Co. is
believed to be. 1t sells over
100 million seed packets each
year, of more than 1900 vari-
cites Of vegetable and flowers.
@. What is whiskey made Of
in Ireland? @. w.
A. Irish whiskey 10 distilled
from mash made from home
grown grains, Of which barley
is the principal one. 1t is ma
tured in sherry casks. The
word whiskey is itself Irish
derived from the ancient Gaelic
"uisge beatha." meaning "the
water of life" Ireland made
whiskey long before the Cru
sades, and is recognized as its
place Of origin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Middle East Views

In her latest column on the
Middle East, Miss Dorothy
Thompson once again makes a
number of categorical State
mentS which are untrue.
While Sympathizing with the
Egyptians who ARE prepared
to go along indefinitely with a
truce" she puts in the mouth
of Israelis peace conditions"
which have never been pro-
posed. Not only Israel but all
members of the United Ma
lions, with the exception of
the Arabs themselves, have
appealed for Arab recognition
of Israel. 1t is indeed strange
that your columniSt should
have found it unreasonable for
a member of the United Ma
tons to hope for recognition
of its very existence by an
other member state.
Miss Thompson's statement
that Israel is prepared to
make mo territorial ADJUST
mentS" is false. Israel does
not agree to cede any of its
5000 square miles to the Arab
states which own some two
and-a-half million square
miles, but Israel's leaders and
official representatives have
stated on numerous occasions,
both within the KneSset
(ISraers Parliament) and
from the forum of the United
Nations, that Israel is pre-
pared to make mutual adjust
ments to her borders with the
Arab states. Israel has fur
thermore announced her
readiness to pay compensation
to the Arab refugees for their
abandoned property.
AS for the original parti-
ton plan," Miss Thompson is
certainly aware that it was
the Arab states which went to
war to prevent its implement
tation. Since the signature of
the four armistice agreements
in 1949. the majority of the
U N. member states, as well
as informed opinion through
out the world, have recognized
that these agreements freely
negotiated between Israel and
Arab representatives and rati-
fled by their governments as
we'll as the q. N. itself, have
replaced the original partition
plan. This resulted in part
from the fact that the greater
part of the independent Arab
state" envisaged in 1947 was
swallowed UP and incorpor-
ated within the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt
following the Arab invasion of
1948. Both Israel and the
Arab states have been advised
by leading members of the u.
N. to go forward towards
peace on the basis of the only
documents to which the joint
signatures of Israel and the
Arabs have been appended.
The tendentious statements
of Miss Thompson and the So
called American Friends of
the Middle East" over whom
she presides have been a
source of comfort and en-
couragement to the intransi-
gent Arab leaders who refuse
to negotiate a peaceful settle
ment with Israel. Biased and
false reporting and comment
can only endanger the peace
Of the area.
H. L. Orgel,
Information Attache,
Embassy of Israel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Sanctuary

When life croUds in around me
And iDetghS my spirit do,Dn.
! close my eyes against the
great
Activity IN toDn,
And HE me to my garden
Where. underneath the sky,
I kneel among the needs and
foUers
And match the World 90 BY.
Kitty Persons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
Airpower

I disagree with the Presi-
dents views on airpower,
which were presented in your
May 6 editorial. Perspective
on Air Power" In my opinion,
the Nays striking force does
not counteract our need for
B-52 bombers in large num-
bers.
/ understand that only 46
B-52s are operative at this
time, and that less than 500
are on order. Across the Iron
Curtain, Russia has larger
numbers Of Bison bombers and
may have as many as thou
sand in two years. The Soviets
also are mass-producing two
other large bombers, known
as the Badger and the Bear.
Our ability to hit the en-
emys homeland in any future
war will depend largely on
land-based bombers. Russiu's
submarine feet poses a serious
threat TO the Nays attack
carriers. but there is little
doubt that our bombers can
get through the interceptors
they will meet.
To back UP the 800 to 1000
B-52s which ! feel we need,
we should have large numbers
Of aerial refuelling tankers. AZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry DriterS correct
names and addresses AL
letters are subject to conden.
S1tt0n.
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Questions and Answers
By THE HASKlN SERVICE

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Milford chronicle., 1956-07-06
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ridge Gold -

The summer will go by quickly and
downtown merchants can give bet
ter vacations than can shopping
center merchants.
Homes And Autos
Many of the new homes are now
offering complete air conditioning.
1t will soon be fairly economical to
buy q new heating arrangement
which will provide also for air
conditioning. At present. such com
plete installments are rather ex-
pensive, but | am sure that the
prices of these combination units
will be reduced, especially in the
sections which are enjoying natural
gas. AS a practical matter, most
homes desire only one or two
bedrooms, living room, and kit
chen air conditioned. (There GER
tainly is no reason for air cOndi-
tioning the bedrooms of children.)
These few rooms, can be air con-
ditioned with individual machines
attached to windows. Almost every
home will have at least one room
air conditioned. Probably the new
generation will insist upon more.
Until this past week | felt that
air conditioning of automobiles
was more or less of fad. Yet
| remember this same comment was
made when self-starters were first
introduced. General Motors seems
to be able to accomplish almost
anything by sufficient advertising.
never expected to see parking
lot look more colorful than pc
tunia bed! Many auto dealers are
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-06
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Eloins Townsend pick.r.an

- she pool sounded like trouble to
81 .e' even with three adults along
SuhsFVlslon. | sat by tho adpo
u sne pool as soon as we arrived
anu hleW there would be No suri,s,
snins Ior this one. Foolisblv ! ua
lastened my bathing suit str.,s
couiu get a better tan and a.Ty
Was Just about ready tn so.t-
some Vitamin ID | noticed ono -
the children seemed in distress
dove IN after her, held her nod
above water with one hand and nas,
bathing suit up with the other r
felt chilly sitting by the pool af-
ter my unexpected dunk, so coy-
cred my shoulders with a towel
Soon / was wet again, towel and
all. There was. little, little one
bobbin' up and down and some
child threw her an inner tube. She
was too hysterical to use it. l grab
bed her over one hip and took her
TO her mother, who thought she was
in the children's wading pool! 1t
was busy afternoon. And do you
know | didn't get rested from that
excitement for several days after
ward. How life guards stand the
strain | just can't understand.
Wednesday evening we were in
vited from this neighborhood to
meet Liz Wright's parents who had
just returned from a three months
trip around the world. Mr. c. o.
Slyfeld is sound director for Walt
Disney so he is always interesting
to hear, but that evening he and his
wife's recent trip just held our at
tention all evening. Their jewelry,
and gifts to the Wrights were just
lovely :. pearls from Japan, saris
made. into dresses from India, a
gorgeous diamond watch from
Switzerland, trick rings from Is
tanbul. queens ring with many
stones from Egypt-oh! how env-
ious we all were.
Thursday night Jack was pleased
that Teen Town had been revived
after brief summer respite. Jack
was interested in how the boys out
here Utter bug. 1t seems each sec
tion of the country has it's own
version.
Now | must get This in the mail
to you for the paper this week.
Happy Fourth
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-06

now asking about $500 for INSTALL
ing air conditioning. | forecast that
this price will be very much re-
duced
Thoughts For Investors
1t is probably too late in this
season to buy good air conditioning
stocks Investors had better wait
until next winter before doing so.
If too many investors do not try the
same trick, it might ;be smart,
whatever the trend of the market,
to buy air conditioning stocks dur
ing snowstorms and sell them dur
ing the hot summer weather! Air
conditioning products offered by
General Electric, Westinghouse,
Chrysler. Philco, and others of the
big electric appliance companies are
to be recommended. The air con-
ditioning business of these big
companies, however, is small com
pared with their total sales.
Therefore, such companies as Ad-
miral Corp, Borg Warner, Carrier
Corp. Fedders-Ouigan. Trane Com
pany. York. Holland Furnace. and
Worthington Corp. which specialize
in air conditioning, might be better
to buy or sell at the above sug-
gested times. In closing. let me
forecast that air conditioning will
be very helpful to your local elec-
trio power company. The dav will
come when its peak load will be
in the summer from air condition
ing and gravity neutralizers ra-
ther than from lighting as AZ pres
emf
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-06
Washington Letter : BY Robert Nelson Taylor

Our Everyday Roads Need Help
There are two systems of roads
in the United States.
Best-known is the network of
dream highways-the four and
six-lane superhighways that are
our Sunday best, for the occa-
sional long-distahce trip. Less
known-but carrying nine-tenths
of all traffic-is the system of ex-
listing smaller roads. These are our
everyday" roads !. the ones you
usually travel when you go to
town that your wife uses to
go shopping that factory
workers use to get to work.
Congress has just appropriated
multi-million dollar program for
both of these systems. The 10000
miles of superhighways to link our
big cities together will be built.
But in dire need of immediate at
tention are the everyday roads
that represent SO per cent of total
mileage-and that accounts for
most of the fatal accidents, even
though most trips on them are the
everyday short rides.
These roads were built in the
'2O's and '30's when traffic was
light ard few people ventured on
to them at might. They are toe
narrow have dangerous
curves and need signs and
warnings that will be brightly
visible "a hours a day, to cars
moving at modern fast speeds
While the super roads are building
and afterward, the need for saving
lives and moving traffic is des-
perate on these everyday roads o.
ours.
Congress, recognizing the neei
for improving state and county
roads, has provided funds to aiC
states and counties. These fedora
| funds, however, can be used only
| If the local governments also ap
propriate funds to cover the res
of the cost.
Bringing our roads up to OH
needs eliminating deatl
traps marking them with re-
f1ectOriZed signs and markings al
depend On public support of loca
officials in their Efforts to give u'
a complete modern road system
Let our state officials know yoI
surnort them . S. :. that you wan
local roads that are safe and ade
quate for our vital everyday use.
@Pease Porridga Hot, P"ase P0r
ridge Cold :"
In our continuing effort to keel
abreast of Progress a publi,
service-we learn that our inven
tive minds have now come no will
the nainlnss picnic The 1888 mode
deluxe picnic comn1ete with ho
foods and cold drinks (Or vice
versa) and liberated from the bother
Milford chronicle., 1956-07-06
WHO'S TO BLAME?

The National Education Associations
nationwide survey of teachers seems to indi-
cate that drinking, assignment failure, inso-
lence and theft among pupils in the public
schools have increased during the past 20
years.
1t would be sad mistake, however, to
draw hasty conclusions from this aspect of
the report. For the teachers also said some
heartening things-that only a small per-
centage of pupils fall into the "troublemak-
er" class, for example; that student behavior
is not as bad as widespread stories about
juvenile delinquency might lead one to be-
lieve.
There is plenty of food for thought in this
report. Parents, especially, need to null over
the teachers concensus that irresponsible
parents and poor home conditions rank high
on the list of reasons for student misbehav-
ior in school.