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Evening star., 1956-03-31
Lonqer Arm for Law

AS president Of the zonta
Club, I want to thank you for
the fine story in The Sunday
Star calling to attention the
need for an expanded police
force for residents protection.
I feel pretty sure that this
story played an important
part in the passage of the
police bill in the House. It
seems to me that Miss Often
berg did a splendid job in
pointing to the necessities and
covered the important bases.
Vera nj. Lundquist,
President, Zonta Club OF
Washington.
X X \ \
Consistent with our devo-
ton to civic duties, for which
the American Legion is dedi-
Gated, the District Of Columbia
Department of the American
Legion, at its regular meeting
March %, unanimously adopt
ed a resolution urging the
D. C. Board of Commissioners,
Congress and all other in
terested parties to fully sup
port expansion of the Metro
politan Police Department to
a 2,500-man force, and fur
ther, that such funds as may
be necessary be appropriated
by Congress in the 1857 hudg-
ct for the Police Department,
so that immediate steps may
be taken to expand police ac-
tivities to meet the 2,500-man
objective and to deal with the
constantly growing demands
for police services.
Louis G.. Zindel, Jr.,
Department Commander.
District Department,
American Legion.
X Il X X
Why can't we get protection
on the city streets Of our
Nations Capital? When we can
literally give billions of dol
lars to foreign nations. you'd
think we could provide police
force large enough to protect
the people who live here. Don't
forget, Congress, we keep an
eye on what you give away.
Jimmy HudginS,
Evening star., 1956-03-31
BACKGROUND Material

The background of William
G. Carr, who criticized the
school proposals of Gen. Lane
in your issue Of March Is, may
have escaped some of your
readers. who's Who in the
South and the Southwest"
shows that he was born in
Engand in 1901 and came to
the United States in 1915.
hence had no United States
primary pupil experience at a
time when sixth-graders could
read, write and spell, and were
held back a grade, if deficient.
Since 1916 he has been a
member of the U. S. Commits
sion of the much-criticized
UNESCO. He was the author
of Education for World Citi-
zenship," of Education and
the Peoples Peace" and of
"One World in the Making"
He was editor of Frontiers
in International Education"
He seems to be foreign
born one-worlder who has not
absorbed sufficient American
fundamentals to qualify as a
critic of Gen. Lane.
L. b. Moody
X * X X
We are highly pleased that
The Star published a reply to
some of Commissioner Lanes
statements regarding educa-
tional policy in the public,
schools of the District of Co
lumbia. We are referring to
the fine professional state
ment in Sundays Star by DR..
William G. Carr, executive
secretary of the National Edu-
cation Association.
Such a clear analysis of the
Commissioners st a t e m n S
cannot but win praise from
every citizen who would like
to see the public schools in
the Nations Capital outstand-
ing and, indeed. an example
for others to follow. Education
is the biggest and most i'm
portant business in the Nation.
1t is the birthright of every
child. Let's insist that the chill
dren here in Washington are
provided with the type of edu-
cation suggested by DR.. Carr.
Congratulations to DR.. Carr
and to your fine paper for
publishing his answer to Gen.
Lane.
Harriet M. Chase
Eva G. Pinkston
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Life at Forty Plus

The members of Washing
tons Forty Plus organization
read with interest and sympa-
thy Jhan and June Robbins
article, II Can't Get a Job Be-
cause I'm 49," in The Sunday
Stars magazine section Of
March 25. We were interested
because we have to meet every
working day in the year the
problems Illustrated by the
case of Mr.. 46-of mergers and
reorganizations putting men of
executive or professional cali
ber out on the street; of PEN
sions and retirement plans
which serve as grim barriers
to men in the older age cate
gories; of forced retirements;
and, above all. of the current
emphasis on youth in hiring.
We were sympathetic because
our members, all of whom are
40 or over, have experienced
much that the subject of this
gripping human interest story
has gone through and have
found assistance, both prac-
tical and PSYCHE ological.
through their participation in
the activities of Forty Plus.
Right here in the Nations
Capital there is dynamic,
progressive club in the Nation
wide chain where men over 40
who are temporarily between
good jobs" find inspiration
and the road to renewed con-
fidence and unemployment in
a cooperative, nonprofit Or
ganization W hose members
help one another and thereby
help themselves.
Located at $40 Eighteenth
street NV, Forty Plus Of
Washington accepts new mem
bers each week who meet the
qualifications. The candidate
must be an American citizen
over 40 years Of age who has
received substantial remunera-
ton in an executive capacity
and who is well-educated and
of proven ability and integrity.
We put them to work. Each
new member, upon admission,
is assigned at once to one of
the several committees Of the
club-marketing, membership.
public relations and so on -
and is pledged to devote at
least two days each week to
the activity. The consequence
is that, instead of being cut
of from the busy, work-a-day
world like Mr.. 46, and isolated,
he finds himself a member of
a humming organization, work.
ing inside the Office on the
daily chores. like tipping, an
swering the telephone, prepar-
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Daylight Saving?

Is it not possible that day.
light saving time is more costly
and time-consuming than it
is thrifty and time-savlng?
Every summer, the railroads,
airlines, shipping lines, ETC.,
find people mystified by their
schedules as a result of their
(the people) not being sure
where they stand relative to
the time of day. If we must
have DIST, can we not have
it all year long as the Rus
slams have done for a number
of years?
To suggest that, anything is
being saved by such nonsense
is itself nonsense of the most
obvious sort.
Should this type of saving
be carried to its logical t?)
conclusion, we may well find
someone suggesting that we
move the days ahead in the
spring so that we'll save some
thing in that way. too. for II
we can save one hour, why not
twenty-four?
N. S. M.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
THE POLITICAL MILL
Winning Votes Despite Party Bosses
By GOULD LINCOLN

147.000 write-in votes in the
Illinois preference primary.
Senator Taft and Mr.. Stassen
were both officially entered in
that primary. Senator Taft
rolled up 936, 900 primary votes
and Mr.. Stassen 155.000. nli-
nois was the very center of
Taft support = along with
Ohio.
In New Jerseys preference
primary. Gen. Eisenhower re-
ceived 390.000 write-in votes
as compared to 228. 900 for
Senator Taft. Mr.. Eisenhower
was entered in the Pennsyl-
vania primary and polled $685.
600 votes-and Senator Taft
had $4,000 write-in votes. In
Massachusetts neither candf-
date was entered in the pref
erence primary, but Mr.. Eisen-
hover received 254, 900 write-in
votes to 10000 for Mr.. Taft.
Big Victory in Oregon
In the Oregon presidential
primary. in which Gen. Eisen-
hover and Earl Warren, then
Governor of California, were
both entered, voters gave Mr..
Eisenhower 172,000 ballots to
$4,000 for Gov. Warren. In
South Dakota, Senator Taft.
who was officially entered with
his name on the ballot. won
over Gen. Eisenhower, 64,695
to $3.50, for an unpiedged
delegation known to favor Mr..
Eisenhower.
These primary results four
years ago demonstrated one
thing-that Gen. Eisenhower
was a peoples candidate. And
so did races in some of the
Southern States like Texas,
Georgia and Louisiana, where
Senator Taft had the support
of the Republican organiza-
tions.
Kefauver's showing to date
has been amazing. Undoubt-
edly his successes will bring
him more and more supporters
If they are continued. If it
were not for the popular votes
SO far cast. 1t would almost
seem that nobody's for the
TennesSeean. How many
Democratic governors of
States, how many Democratic.
Senators and members of the
House. how many Democratic.
National Committeeman have
declared for him-aS compared
to the scores who have come
out for Stevenson? The an
swer is mighty, mighty few.
A poll of all Democratic
State chairmen and members
of the Democratic National
Committee, conducted by The
Washington Star and pub
lished April 10. 1855, on
preference for the 1856 DEM
ocratic presidential nomina-
tion, showed Mr.. Stevenson
well out in front--but indi-.
Gated he would have to fight
for the nomination.
OF these party leaders
replies came from every State
-43 said they wanted Mr..
Stevenson and six said they,
preferred Senator Kefauver.
In case Mr.. Stevenson de-
clined to run, however, IL
wanted Gov. Hartman of New
York, and only seven, Kefau-
yer. Seventeen said they did
not want Mr.. Stevenson and
10 were undecided. Clearly,
Senator Kefauver was not an
Organization" choice-aS he
contends he is not.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Worth a Serious Look

new line of attack on the farm
problem, uniformly recognized as the
number one headache in the national
economy, has been proposed to Congress.
It is, in brief, greatly expanded and
intensified research program to find new
industrial uses for farm products. Leg1s-
lation to launch the program, under
full-time administrator, has been intro
duced by Senator Capehart, Republican
of Indiana.
The idea of research in agriculture is
not, of course, new one. The Depart
ment of Agriculture, through its expert
mental stations and in cooperation with
both public and private agencies, has
engaged in research for many years. And
Senator Capehart proposes that his vastly
broader program should be built upon the
foundations of this existing activity To
large extent, however, past research has
been directed at improving production
methods and quality of crops rather than
seeking new uses for the products them
selves 1t is in this proposed change in
emphasis, perhaps, that a substantial
increase in research offers its greatest
promise for utilization of our continuing
and costly overproduction.
There are, in fact certain lines OF
research under way-but with limited
funds and attention-that might provide
important new agricultural markets. One
is the extraction Of metallurgical oils and
another of paint oils from grain. A third
is the manufacture of synthetic rubber
through the use of ethyl alcohol extracted
from grain, or in the use of grain derived
ethyl alcohol for other industrial pur-
poses. The petroleum and chemical in
dustries as examples, have demonstrated
particularly in the last decade-the un-
limited horizons that can be discovered
through research The chemical compa-
nies already are directing attention to the
possibilities in agricultural products. The
farming community itself, however, is not
able, through organization or financing,
to undertake research on any effective
scale. The proposed program would be
long-term one and relatively costly in the
first instance. 1t might, however, bring
much greater dividends than those de-
rived from spending money for the stor-
age of surplus crops or for holding land
out of production. The plan is worth
careful look.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Easter Eve

This is the eDe OF erpectn-
This is the ddy-the night
tDe EnotD,
Tomorrow, past all tribuld-
tion,
Life's Lord shall ,odlk aDhere
lilies groD
And April grasses blithely
bloU.
Sure prelude, this, to Resur-
rection---
Brief poSttude to long agony
Untroubled preface to pertec-
tion
When all belieUerS' eyes shall
see
The datDn-glow OF Eternity.
Violet AIleyn Storey
Evening star., 1956-03-31
"3Oth STREET.

Dear Sir:
"Since being housebound
with arthritiS these past 10
years, l have had much pleas
ure, with the guidance of your
column, watching and feeding
the birds, squirrels I'VE have
three black ones) and chip
munkS.
Since the middle of Janu-
ary a lost" parakeet comes to
the feeding tray. He is green,
with blue tail feathers, and
has a blue band on his right
leg. Have heard parakeets will
enter a cage if it is put out
for them.
Would like to get him back
to his owner, especially since
in the last week or two he is
losing many of his feathers
and is scratching as though he
had acquired a parasite. He
could surely use some atten-
ton.
"Your admirers are legion
but may I add a small bou-
quet? Your column is like a
kind friend who, taking our
hand, leads us down Towering
and fragrant pathways. You
inspire. us to a greater aware
ness and appreciation of the
unchanging beauties and
values of this old world.
Sincerely, N.D.B."
X y i X
"36th STREET
Dear Sir:
THE thought occurred to
me that perhaps Templeton
Jones could get Hysteria to
help him with that typewriter
ribbon, or vice versa.
II have used a typewriter
off and on but l have never
yet learned to put a ribbon on;
it always seemed to run back
ward.
VERY sincerely, D.H.B."
X y X II
"KENSINGTON, MD.
"Dear Sir:
Last fall we had a large
flock of grackles eating some
thing in my dogwood trees.
"On examination I found
what I feared--they had eaten
all the buds which would have
matured this spring
II never heard of such a
thing, have you?
Nov there are few buds
on my three large trees, such
a disappointment.
Yours truly, G.C.S."
AT. writes:
Your article in regard to
people who let their puppies
run in traffic was much appre-
ciated by your readers who
care about dogs, and there are
many.
How about an article to put
address tags on dogs?
who is more unhappy than
the owner of a lost dog2 The
poor frightened dog.
Evening star., 1956-03-31

Adlai Stevenson complains
bitterly because Senator Ke-
fauver calls attention to the
fact he, Stevenson, has organi-
zation support and names Mr..
Stevenson as the candidate of
the bosses. :"
1t seems perfectly plain that
Mr.. Stevenson does have the
support of the Democratic or
ganization and their leaders
call them bosses or what you
will-in many of the States
and particularly in California.
He had the same kind of
support in Minnesota'S preSi-
dental primary. where he was
badly defeated by Senator
Kefauver. Mr.. Kefauver goes
further and calls himself a
peoples candidate" in oppo-
sition to Mr.. Stevenson, the
Organization candidate"
If Senator Kefauver is cor
rect, it will be devastating for
Mr.. Stevenson and no criticism
by him of Mr.. Kefauver will
avail. The Tennessee Senator
has an opportunity to prove
his point, first in the Florida
primary and later in the Cali
fornia primary where he meets
Mr.. Stevenson head on.
Mr.. Stevenson has done
nothing to discourage organi-
zation support of his candidacy
for the Democratic presidential
nomination. On the contrary,
he picked Minnesota and Cali
fornia, where he was assured
of the support of the party's
organization and party leaders,
in which to enter presidential
primary contests. Senator Ke-
fauver entered these primaries
in the face of this strong oppo-
Sition.
Chambers Victory
Other candidates for high
political Office have hucked
organization-boss support
and won. A typical example is
the victory which Gov. A. B.
Happy Chandler won in the
Kentucky primaries last sum-
mer. He had against him
the Governor and both United
States Senators. His cry was
he had nobody with him
except the people.
Certainly he had enough
people with him to win this
uphill battle. He went on to
win the general election with
a tremendous vote.
President Eisenhower in 1852
had the opposition of many of
the party leaders, who favored
Senator Bob Taft of Ohio. This
was true in States of the North
and of the South. But Gen.
Eisenhower quickly developed
the fact he was a peoples
candidate" People rallied to
him in sWarmS.
He won the New Hampshire
primary although he did not
personally take part in the
primary campaign - he was
still in Europe. He was not en-
tered in the Minnesota pri-
mary, but 100000 persons took
the trouble to write in his
name on the presidential pref
erence ballot-as compared to
10000 who voted for Harold
E. Stassen. d former Governor,
whose name was officially on
the ballot.
In Nebraska, where Senator
Taft had strong support. Gen.
Eisenhower came off second
best-79.000 write-ins for MIR.
Taft and $4,000 for Mr.. Eisen-
hover. The latter received
Evening star., 1956-03-31
New Hampshire Primary

Someone should tell letter
writer Orren Beatty that voters
in New England are registered
as Republican or Democrat or
other party designation, and
cannot cross over to vote in
the camp of opposition. That
would automatically answer
<the question he asked of "a
1t. Col. Something or Other"
about how many Democrats
and Independents voted for
Vice President Nixon in the
New Hampshire primary. If
the "Lt. Col. Something-or-
Other" will forgive me for
answering the question. 1 can
tell Orren Beatty the sum total
of Democrats and Indepen-
dents voting for Nixon was
exactly 90" Charles Coulter
Evening star., 1956-03-31
THIS AND THAT
Bv CHARLES f TPATEWEII

MANY people stop to look
for the address on a dog and
often telephone or return the
dog to the owner, but if there
is no address tag, it is such a
problem that too many people
just let the dog go on his sad
way, until he is hit by a car.
Look in the Lost and Found
column and see a small frac-
ton of the dogs lost every day.
Lost dogs can't talk to help
themselves but the owner can
do it in advance, by attaching a
tag with address and phone
number, to his dogs collar, and
he owes it to his dog to protect
him."
The best thing to do, when
one finds a lost parakeet, is to
lure him into a cage, then
assiduously watch the lost and
found ads.
People with lost parakeets
are commonly much upset.
They do everything they can
to get back the little wanderers.
Fortunately for the lost"
they usually fall in with a band
of common sparrows which
take care of them by showing
them where to find food.
Much has been said against
the English sparrow. But let
us keep the record straight.
and give credit where credit
is due.
The first aid" given by the
sparrow bands to hundreds of
flyaway parakeets has resulted
in many of them at last find
ing their way back home. g
When Gagged, the wanderer
can be given treatment and
food, as demanded; in time,
If the owner cannot be To-
Gated, the kind person has a
new pet, usually a very good
one, able to win the hearts of
all, as these little birds al
ways do.
The parakeet. is from a cold
country, and seems to be able
to survive in our winters.
He could not do this, prob
ably, without the aid of the
sparrowS. which show him
good roosting and eating. ;
Evening star., 1956-03-31

Sdtion.
ing resumes and interviewing
candidates for membership, or,
working outside, on job OPP
portunities, listing the require
ments of Government agencies
or firms, presenting the pur-
poses of the club to prospec-
tive employers and in general
breaking down the prejudice
which has proved such an
obstacle, and is more wide
spread than is generally ad-
mitted, to men like Mr.. 46 who
have passed the 40-year mark.
A visit to Forty Plus would
repay Jhan and June Robbins
with living testimony that the
morale of the men who are
ION the job" is high, that they
are hard at work and that they
find their new field" not only
interesting but inspiring. They
would see the heartening pro-
fession of men from active
membership (those who are
out of employment tempor-
arily) to associate membership
(those who are temporarily
employed to senior member
ship (those who have found,
through the members joint
efforts, permanent employ
ment). They would realize that
these men are enlisted in a
high purpose, without fee or
other compensation, and are
playing a constructive part in
a practical group endeavor to
put high-calibre men back on
the job, thus implementing
effectively the Forty Plus slo-
gan: "There Is no substitute
for experience.
C. F. COn0ver,
Executive Vice President.
Forty Plus of Washington.
Evening star., 1956-03-31

Northern Virginia, including Loudoun
County In weighing these proposed
sites, the uniyersity's regional council
must consider distance from population
centers, transportation and other access
facilities, availability Of public utilities
and other pertinent factors. OF these
factors, convenience of access Is espe-
cially important. we believe, for a uni
versity center designed to serve the
congested area across the river.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Wory of the Hook

In his report the other DAY on MS
Far Eastern trip. Secretary of State Dulles
made special point of declaring that the
leaders of the free Asian nations "are
quite aware ;. of the fact that Soviet
and Chinese Communist economic lures
generally go with hook and line that
leads to Moscow or Peiping." And now,
as If to demonstrate that they share his
view, the top authorities Of Pakistan-
which has just established itself as a
republic within the British Common
wealth-have been at pains to emphasize
that the Kremlin's offers of trade and aid
can have no effect on their country's
adherence to the Middle East Baghdad
pact (METO) and the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization (SEATO).
The Soviet offers have been made
with great deal of propagandistic fam
fare. Indeed, in an all-out wooing effort
aimed at breaking up free ASia's defensive
alliances against the threat of Red sub
version and aggression the Kremlin has
sent to Pakistan high-powered 40-man
mission headed by First Deputy Premier
AnastaS Mikoyan. Mr.. Mikoyan has put
on his best possible smile, and he has
sought to persuade the Karachi govern
ment that it can have Russian economic
assistance without any strings attached.
But the Pakistani leaders, with good rea-
son, are taking nothing for granted. Con-
ceivably, just conceivably, the USSR may
really be ready and willing to trade with
them and extend technical and other
types of help in a purely businesslike
p11f hof &c
a baited hook hidden somewhere in the
proposition, and they are therefore pro-
ceeding with large and proper measure
of caution.
Such caution, Of course, is wholly
justified. After all, while on their barn
storming tour of Asia few months ago,
Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev
sided with India against Pakistan on the
delicate Kashmir issue. They also sup
ported Afghanistan's demand that the
Pakistanis surrender large part of their
northwestern territory for conversion into
separate Pathan state. Further, Marshal
Bulganin is on record as having recently
suggested that they should withdraw from
the Baghdad and SEATO pacts, and
otherwise neutralize themselves, in eX-
change for a trade-and-aid agreement
with Russia. Quite obviously, against
background of this kind, the Karachi
government has good cause to look twice,
and even three or four times, at Mr..
Mikoyan's assurances that it can do busi-
ness with Moscow, and accept economic
help from it, without having to fear being
hooked in one way or another.
Accordingly, both the President and
the Prime Minister of Pakistan have made
it emphatically clear that they are sus-
picious of Russia bearing gifts. They have
made clear, too, that their country will
not enter upon any commercial or aid
arrangements requiring it, in return, to
quit the purely defensive METO and
SEATO alliances. In short, the Pakistanis
will accept the Kremlins offers only il
those offers are actually as stringless as
Mr.. Mikoyan says. Otherwise, "no SALE"
This is an admirably firm and fortnight
position, and it should commend itself to
every other free Asia nation now being
wooed by the Soviets.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Questions and Answers
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. By whom was the Medal
of Honor designed?-L. w. T..
A. Christian Schussel, a ma
tive of Alsace, France. who
emigrated to Philadelphia, de-
signed the medal. He became
a professor of drawing and
painting at the Pennsylvania
Academy. The engraving of
the dies was done by Anthony
c. Paquet, a skilled employee
of the Philadelphia Mint.
Paquet was born in Hamburg,
Germany. Both men left their
native countries in 1848.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
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