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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-11
Gerber 'MisIeodinq'

On October 4 you published
a story to the effect tina t
school investigator William E.
Gerber made an error in a
statement. concerning the
school population in the Dis
trict of Columbia. That wasn't
the only misleading statement
Mr.. Gerber made.
On the last day of the
hearings, october l, Mr.. Ger
Der questioned School Super
intendent Hobart M. Corning
regarding teachers salaries in
the District of Columbia. The
latter commended that income
had to be high here because
living costs were high. Mr..
Gerber alleged that this was
not the case and offered some
statistics to support his argu-
ment. He referred to the
Monthly Labor Review" for
September, 1856, as the source
of his information I presume
that he was using Table D-3
on page 1882, entitled Con
sumner Price Index-all' items
indexed for selected dates. by
city" The latest data shown
for Washington were as Of
May. 1856, when the index
number was 114.4. For that
date, numbers for nine other
cities were shown and seven of
them were in excess of 114.4.
Mr.. Gerber read several of
them-I don't recall which,
specifically-and implied that
living costs in these cities were
higher than in Washington.
The figures he used do not
prove his point-and were not
meant to do so. The figures
Mr.. Gerber read showed the
relationship between. current
price levels in any given city
in May, 1856, and average
price levels in the same city
during 1919. Comparisons
cannot be made between cities
because the basic dollar values
in each city are not published.
There is no com m on base
available for comparison.
The most recent dollar
figures know of were pub
lished in the May, 1852. issue
of the Monthly Labor Review"
and covered a city workers
family budget for october,
1851. They show that the
highest estimated annual costs
we're to be found in Washing
ton. D. C.-$4.454. The second
highest costs were in Milwau-
kee-$4,387. Costs in Memphis
were $4.190. OF the "a large
cities studied, Is (including
Washington showed higher
costs.
Harry Merican.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
How State PoIiticos EvoIuote Nominees
BY GOULD LINCOLN

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf,
Oct. 11.-A swing across the
country demonstrates pretty
clearly how the Republican and
Democratic Parties evaluate
their presidential candidates.
In State after State of i'm
portance President Eisenhower,
by reason that he heads the
Republican ticket, is expected
to help pull through to vic
tory the party candidates for
Governor and Senator. And
how do the Democrats look at
Mr.. Stevenson, in these States?
Why, they count on the Demo-
cratic candidates for Governor
and Senator to pull Stevenson
through.
This is true in Michigan,
where Eisenhower, the Repub-
licans say. will give a lift to
Mayor Cobb of Detroit, the
party nominee for Governor
against Gov. G. Mennen Will
liamS, four times elected and
seeking fifth term. And by
the same token, the Democrats
in Michigan believe that their
popular Governor will be an
aid to Stevenson.
1t is equally true in Wash
ington. There Gov. Arthur B.
Langlie. Republican. IS waging
a desperate and perhaps losing
battle against Senator Magnu-
son.
Magnuson has been very
popular with many Repub-
licanS in his State as well as
Democrats. The hope of the
Republicans is that Eisen-
hover. on his coming visit to
Seattle, will start the ball roll
ing strongly for Langlie, with
Republicans voting the straight
ticket this time. Democratic
leaders. on the other hand,
say a big vote for Magnuson
will be an asset to Stevenson.
In other words, they figure
that Stevenson is a weak can
didate, as compared to their
senatorial nominee.
Questions Strength
Largely, this state Of affairs
indicates a certain feeling
among many Democrats that
Stevenson as oppose to
Eisenhower - is not a strong
drawing card, certainly not
quite strong enough.
Another State in which this
feeling crops out is Oregon.
There, Senator Wayne Morse,
an ex-Republican now running
as Democrat for the first
time. is the fair-haired boy of
his new party mates. If it
wasn't for Morse, whom they
expect to win reelection over
former Secretary of the In
terror Douglas Mckay by a
wide margin. the Democrats
wouldn't have any hope of
carrying the State for Steven
son.
Take a look farther East.
In Pennsylvania, the Demo-
Gratis are setting great store by
their candidate for the Senate,
former Mayor Clark of Phila-
delphia. Clark is running
against Republican Senator
Duff, and Democrats believe
they can elect him. Also that
Clark, who is popular, will add
strength to Stevenson.
In New York. the Democrats
have nominated Mayor Robert
F. Wagner, jr., to run for the
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Doctors Incomes

On August 26 you ran fea-
ture in The Star Magazine en-
titled Doctors in Demand"
DR.. Brian Blades of George
Washington University was the
source of your information.
The statement was made
that according to the Depart
ment of Commerce the average
yearly income of all persons
filing tax returns in 1850 was
$3.416. For the same year ac-
cording to Commerce the aver
age gross income of physicians
was $20,713."
Please note that gross income
and net income are not the
same. At about that time the
Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
ported that the average net
income of physicians was about
$4,000 for general practi-
TONERS. Both your writer and
DR.. Blades should realize the
difference between gross and
net income.
The writer further quoted
that "A top-flight doctor in
Washington can make up to
100000 a year or more" This
was the answer given by DR..
Blades. Perhaps DR.. Blades as
a top-f1ight surgeon could gross
that much. but he certainly
would not net that amount.
Furthermore, the average gen.
eral practitioner in this area is
fortunate ii he can gross one
third the amount stated by DR..
Blades.
Edward o. Shaner, D.M.D.
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Senate seat Senator Herbert
Lehman. Democrat, is giving
up. His Republican opponent is
Attorney General JavitS, who
defeated Franklin D. Roosevelt,
jr., two years ago by some ia
900 votes, while Hartman was
being elected Governor.
Not only do the Democrats
wish to hold on to this inn
portant seat in the Senate,
but they believe Wagner will
be a decided help to the Demo-
cratic national ticket - A
ticket which may well need
plenty of help this year in the
Empire State. Eisenhower car
ried it in 1852 over Stevenson
by 100000 votes, a huge margin
any way you carve it.
Wagner's name is good
name to run with in New York,
for his father was a judge and
Senator, and gave his name to
the National Labor Relations
Act, passed during the early
Roosevelt New Deal admins
tration. in Washington. This
is the act whose return the
union leaders are demanding
and which was superseded
by the Taft-Hartley Act.
Strange Ohio Situation
In Ohio, a strange situation
exists. The Democratic nomi-
nee for senator is Gov. Frank
Lausche, five times elected
Governor. He is the greatest
vote getter the party has had
in years-and many of the
votes he has gathered in have
been Republican votes. The
people like Lausche in Ohio,
but the Democratic organiza-
ton has little use for him. And
he for it.
Lausche has made no bones
about admitting, in the past.
that he prefers Eisenhower to
Stevenson for President. 1t
could be he might take some
democrats along with him if
he votes for Eisenhower this
year. But it is entirely I'M
likely that LauSche will take
any Republicans into the Ste
Venson camp-no matter what
Lausche does.
On the other side of the pic
ture, Senator George Bender.
Republican, who was elected
TWO years ago by a narrow
margin to fill the seat made
vacant by the late Senator
Bob Taft, is expecting to be
aided greatly by having Essen
mower at the head of the
ticket. He may need that aid.
TOO. for Gov. Lausche was re-
elected by several hundred
thousand votes over his Re-
publican opponent four years
ago, while Eisenhower was pill
ing up a half million vote lead
over Stevenson in Ohio.
It's always a question
whether the popularity of any
candidate can be carried over
to the other candidates on his
party's ticket-and usually it
is answered. NO" It is a fact.
however, that when a voter
decides to vote for the strong
candidate on a ticket, Repub-
Acan or Democratic, he NAV
be inclined to vote the ticket
straight. And this year the
Republicans are putting on a
strenuous campaign to get a
Republican Congress to sup
port Eisenhower.
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"MACOMB STREET

MACOMb STREET.
Dear Sir:
Il had been playing the role
Of Mrs. Robin for three days.
and was quite proud of the
progress of my adopted baby.
Luckily we have an almost
unlimited supply of worms
from our leaf mold pile down
in the ravine behind our
house.
HE demands so many, but
what are a few skinned knees?
About two dozen a day, or
more.
AT first I chopped them
up, but now he gets them
whole and wriggling.
Il don't dare to let him out
in the yard unless I'm in at
tendance because suddenly
many strange cats have APP
peared.
so he hops around our
screened porch. and in and
out of the kitchen, and the
minute I come in sight he is
right under foot.
49,
THE first day had vain
hopes that his real parents
would come around to take
over.
"A robin with a worm in
her mouth did appear and
make a great to-do, so I got
out Of sight and watched.
"She finally worked her way
within a yard of the baby and
then turned and few away and
has shown no interest since.
mot her baby?
my main problem now is
TO teach him that worms don't
. come from heaven. that he
must look for them himself.
IN try your suggestion OF
putting down a crawling beetle
for him If I can find one.
Maybe he'll look down for a
change.
HE flies out Of his bushel
basket now.
when do set him free?
He certainly has disrupted
our routine, but I'd hate TO
think my time has been spent
just preparing a luscious tidbit
for some cat.
Sincerely, M. j. B."
49,
Cats are funny about birds.
Some won't pay any atten-
ton 10 them, others are bad
bird cats.
Old Creamo. the white one.
had not been out Of the house
for two years. when one after
noon he managed 10 escape.
He smelled the earth tenta-
lively. then went across that
curious stuff. the grass. which
he had forgotten about.
He lifted his paws high at
FIRST, but II took only a few
steps to get him back 70 the
feel Of grass.
He sampled a few blades.
then crawled through the
fence.
There was q small shrub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-11
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

there, and in it. at a height Of
about 3 feet, sat a baby cat
bird. Creamo leaped into the
air and captured it. The bird
was dead before it could be
rescued. This was a sad pay
ment for a few minutes Of
freedom.
The white cat, in extenua-
ton, had lived on the town
before he found a home, and
probably had been forced to
catch things to live.
The fact made the catching
no better.
49,
Robins and others brought
up by human hands instead
OF by their parents bills need
a little preparatory watching
before they are released.
1t takes only a few hours
at most to condition them for
the great outdoors, but for
that small period they are
very vulnerable.
Bringing them up by hand
makes them less fearful of
both human beings and their
pets, notably the cat and dog.
They are best released, there
fore, in a large public place,
such as the grounds Of the
National Geological Park.
where such animals are for
hidden.
1t takes about three weeks
OF indoor feeding TO get a baby
bird ready to take to his
wings.
He is best taken outdoors
daily for small flights. At first
he returns TO hand readily,
but as the days go by he
remains aloft longer and
longer and then comes the
time when he almost refuses
to come down at all.
This is the signal for his re-
lease.
The next time he Is taken
out should be in the park.
You give him back to nature.
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effectiveness that only three of the
Dodger batters were able to connect with
the ball at all, and then without tally.
So there is no Joy in Flatbush today. In
Brooklyn Bum is Bum is Bum. The
Dodgers gave it the Old Pro try. But you
can't beat the Yankees with one run and
seven hits in % innings of play.
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Transient Leaves

They fan in secret through
the night,
S,DishtnO NTH the breeze
And kiss my tDindotD in their
flight
OF farewell to the trees.
] kroto tphen morning DM
haze come,
nv path I nth not find.
And as ! tDdlk IN crush the
Leaves
That tonight haze been 90
kind.
Morie Stene Nelson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-11

Q. How many foreign made
typewriters and other business
machines do we import
T. o. r.
A. In January 1856 we i'm
ported 1873 typewriters-as
compared with 2.2l0 in jan
uary 1851. The value Of jan
uary 1856 imports OF electric
adding and calculating ma
chimes amounted 70 nearly ~
million-about 4 times as
mucn as In January 1851.
Q. Which college has the
biggest stadium on It's campus?
M. O.
A. The University Of Mich
igan. rs stadium AZ Ann Ar
Dor will seat 100000 people.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses. All
letters are subject TO conden-
Sdtion.
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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Iactunl question ~ writing The
Evening star Information bureau.
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For Capitalism

Edward o. Shaner, D.M.D
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-21

war, but each day sees the land
and the people become more firm
ly established and more closely
unified. And outwardly, recent
international events have streng-
thened it's position with regard to
its Arab neighbors and the West
ern world.
We here in the United States
look forward to new growth and
new achievements in Jewish life
and Jewish activities. On every
side we see evidences of greater
attachment and loyalty to the
Temple. to Jewish tradition. and
to the Jewish community.
May the New Year bring us
joy and peace, health and
strength, and renewed loyalty and
devotion to the synagogue and
our people.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-21

We approach the New Year, in
accordance with our tradition,
with thankfulness and heightened
expectation with thankfulneSs for
the past and with optimism for
the future.
But in this year of SLY, we
face the coming days with strong
er hope and greater trust than
in any year since the end of the
last World War.
The land of Israel is still beset
by difficulties, still threatened by
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-21
Lake Worth, Florida
PLAIN TALK
(continued from Page 81

and American as one of peo-
pie who came here impoverished
and made a great good life :.
not only in what we gather for
ourselves but also in all the good
ness we have contributed to this
land the goodness of arts,
sciences and of healing the
goodness of our part in social
services, in politics and in admin
istration of laws.
For those reasons we can walk
with high dignity enough as Jews
and Americans. Our experience
tells us that full Jewish life can
be lived here. and not only in Is
raeL as you say. There's really no
separation no split at all -.
in the identity of Jewish Ameri-
can. We believe we are better
Americans by being good Jews
that is. good Jews in the
ethical and spiritual sense of
being Jewish.
And I needn't tell you, sir, how
Jewishly well we have done as
Jews here: Our religious institu-
tions, our vast philanthropies for
depressed Jews, our outpouring. of
immense help to Jews in Europe
ever since the first of World War
I, our millions upon million given
toward making a good land for all
Jews who may come to Israel.
Aren't we well fulfilled as Jews
then?
This is not the way of pitiable
exiles in Galuth. as it is called.
Yes. we are fulfilled Jews even
far from Israel. Most of US think
of Israel as a national home for
those who go to live there: our
own national home is right here
in America. Of course. we are
particularly concerned with the
citizens Of Israel because they are
religious brethren Of ours. nur-
tured out of the same Book :.
fellow-travelers of ours with
Moses in that remote.
So, please sir, don't be sorry for
us as homeless exiles wan
derers in dire need of a secure
home. Between you and me, I
myself feel so comfortable up
here on the seventh floor of this
apartment house. AS write this,
I look out to the trees that stand
higher than my window ;. to the
green hills to the west . and I
am content to dwell in this lovely
scene. This is no Galuth.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-21

FREEMAN SHORE Temple Beth Ell in Great Neck L. and Dr.
Maurice Eendah president of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations display huge Uniongram appealing the
world hasten the coming Of universal peace on the
National Temple YOUTH eenage branch of the UAC
to President Dwight Eisenhower Ada Stevenson Prime min
Anthony Eden Guy Moe Marshall BulSann Premier Mas
ser, Nehru and David Ben-Guron.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1956-09-21
Lake Worth Rabbi's S
New Year Messaqe
BY RABBI HARRY "A. COHEN
Temple Beth Sholom, Lake Worth

As The first Rabbi Of Temple Beth Shoo Of Lake WORTH
greetings heariet good wishes for
coming Jewish communities of Lake Worth and
neighboring cities.
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Hiehwoycost
Figure Scars
In Maryland

BALTIMORE. Nov. 7 R.-
Three years ago, Maryland
launched a 12-year roads pro-
gram expected to cost 1858, 225,-
600.
That cost figure is now $780,
264, 900.
Chairman Robert o. Bonnell of
the State Roads Commission ex-
planned the big jump in cost
estimates in a speech yesterday
before the Baltimore Rotary
Club.
To the original 1858 ,225, 900
the Legislature added projects
estimated to cost another 81
million. The Legislature also
authorized creation of a SIS
million emergency fund.
That raised the cost to $780,
225,0O0.
Then the roadmakers took an
other look at their original cost
estimates. and decided they were
too low. Experience in the first
two and two-thirds years of the
program showed that construc-
ton costs were up "a per cent,
engineering 20 per cent, rights
of-way 81 per cent.
So the $590,225. 900 became
$748, 900, 900.
Then came the new Federal
aid highway program. To qualify
under that program, Bonnell
said, Maryland has had to raise
its design standards to meet
Federal qualifications and to add
certain projects to its interstate
system that we're not included in
the original 12-year program.
So the cost went up to $780,
264, 900.
To meet this cost. Bonnell
said, the State has SEAS, 277. 900
in. estimated income and can
expect $500, 1872 900 from Federal
funds, for a total of $945, 482, 900.
600.
The difference between costs
and funds available is $4,782,-
O00." Bonnell said. This can
come from the emergency fund"
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Truck Crash Kills
Baltimore Driver

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Nov.
Z (R.-A Baltimore truck driver
was killed yesterday in the COL
lision Of two tractor-trailers in
Spotsylvania County. His death
raised Virginia's 1856 highway
traffic toll to $40. a total II under
that on the same date a year ago.
State Police identified the
Baltimore victim as Charles
Alexander McNish, 30,
The two trucks collided on
U. S. / two miles south of Fred
ericksburg about 800 am.
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Gonzales Back
In Sp!ot|ight.a at
.UIine Tomorrow

A 6-foot-3 tennis powerhouse.
who appeared headed for obliv-
ion in his pro career at the ripe
old age Of 81, viii be back in the
big time here tomorrow and FRI
day nights when Jack Kramer's
tennis troupe moves into Uline
Arena for a two-night stand.
Richard Chg Pancho) Con-
zales, now ~, has made an i'm
pressive comeback since his first
Nationwide tour in 1919 when
he was completely outclassed by
Kramer, 96 matches to 81.
Gonzales at the moment Is
top dog in the professional ten
mis- world. He not only owns the
world title. but also holds a
formidable lead in the current
tour over Tony Trabert, 25-year-
old former worlds amateur
champion from Cincinnati.
Segura Plays Hartwig
Gonzales will meet Trabert in
the beSt-two-of -three-set feature
match here both nights. The
action will open at $50 pm.
when Francisco little Pancho)
ISegura, the Ecuadorian giant
killer, faces Rex Hartwig, for
Imer Australian Davis Cup star,
in an eight-game pro" match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-18
HAWKINS PULLSOU7
WRITERS IN QUIZ

A clutch performance by
Burt Hawkins. The Stars
baseball writer. enabled the
sports writer's to defeat the
sports casters, 1917, in the
annual Sports Night quiz Of
the Silver Spring Lions Club
last night at Indian Spring
Club.
The score was 17-all when
Jimmy johnson. the moder-
ator, and Calvin Griffith,
judge, reached the final
question.
Hawkins moved out Of his
league and without hesita-
ton gave the prices of the
richest daily double payoffs
in Mexican and United
States horse racing down to
the penny. clinchiHg victory
for his team. Arch Nc
Donald. the losing captain,
did not protest.