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Evening star., 1956-03-31
LETTERS TO THE STAR

somewhat optimistic in regard
to the ease with which wills
are broken even when there
is evidence that actions sur
rounding the execution of the
wills are not in conformity
with the law. There is need
for an article titled Don't
Make Your viii Wher Tor
After You Are Old" The COM
munity should provide some
safeguards which prescribe
doctors. ministers. nurses and
nursing home operators serv-
ing as beneficiaries, admins
traitors or witnesses to the
making Of the will of any per-
son to whom they hold pro-
fessional relationship, and who
is very elderly, whether sick
or not.
Observer.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Only Voters Like Him

1t seems that everyone is
against Senator Kefauverl He
is called a political dolt: an
opportunist, catering to pres
sure groups. He is being used
to diScredit the meritorious
Stevenson. The pundits, great
and small, have thrown UP
their hands in horror. Not
that, they seem to say.
Give us a blown-up figure
head to manipulate. Give us
an unscrupulous cynic we can
buy. Or give us an arrant fool.
we can deceive. But-Ke-
fauver? There must be some
mistake.
Yes, there is a mistake, and
a serious one at that-the
mistake Of undertaking. the
American voter.
The American voter is not a
common man." as the Marx
lists would have us think. He
is not a creature of appetiteS,
to be wooed with bread and
circuses." Shrewd, upright,
fair-minded, he expects his
President to personify those
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Rude Awakening

I was interested in your fea-
ture article on the Dalecarlia
Reservoir tunnel in The Star,
March "a. l hope my SYM
pathies for the diggers lasts at
least until they again blast
at two o'clock in the morning,
waking all of Sumner High
lands, Brookmont and other
nearby communities.
Clark Moore.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Law in the News

I read with interest the
article Don't Make Your Will
When You Are Scared" in the
column Law in the News" I
am gratified to note that your
paper is attempting to meet a
need which many people feel.
for Information about law be-
fore they suffer from their
lack of knowledge of it. Law
yers themselves would benefit
by having their services sought
by persons who wish that their
acts in drawing up wills. con-
tracts and other legal docu-
ments should be in keeping
with local laws and express
their intent. Indeed, lay peo-
pie should be informed of the
need for legal services when
ever considering obligating
themselves to paying money or
disposing Of their possessions.
This article In The Star Is
Evening star., 1956-03-31
ID PCT. DROP IN FOREST FIRES
REPORTED ON FEDERAL LANDS
BY the Associated Press

Forest and range fires burned acres of Interior
Department lands during 1885, spectacular
the 162401 corched in 1854 Secretary Mckay re-
ported today.
Mr.. Mckay said there 1851 fires on Interior lands
during 1885, decrease of 323 per cent from the 1854
total.
He said the burned area last year compared with an
annual burned of 064 during
10 The number of fires SAT than O-year
average
The worst fires in 1855 three at the Okefenokee
National Widlife Refuge in Georgia which burned
284 ,230 acres.
The number of caused fires toaled 1166 last year.
compared with 1,444 in 1854.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Exposure to Democratic Apathy

sion but which is now stalled
in the Senate; bills to expand
our hospital program and
medical research, some of
which are through the Senate
but hung up in the House:
civil rights bills to remove dis
criminations on the ground Of
race, color or national origin;
bills for public development of
two great waterpower sites
Hell's Canyon in the West and
Niagara in New York State.
Incidentally, at the same
time that National Democratic
Chairman Butler called the
party gathering here for mid
April, he made a gesture to-
ward getting the party in
Congress back on the track.
He sent around an appeal for
action on those two water re-
source projects, as well as for
adequate appropriations for
iva and for rural electrif1ca-
ton.
Mr.. Stevenson and Mr..
Kefauver are reminding the
voters about all these things.
on the theory that they are
matters in which the party
should be interested. You OBJ
serve from the reaction of
their audiences that these
are. indeed, things in which
members of the Democratic
Party are interested and about
which they would like to see
something done.
1t may be disillusioning for
those who come here for the
party conference to learn the
dreary truth: That most of
those aspirations are still in
cold storage and that the
record, after Congress has
been in session for nearly
three months, shows in the
way of major legislation a
natural gas bill, from which
consumers were saved only
by President Eisenhower's
veto, and a patchwork farm
bill, full-fashioned to catch
votes, from which only an
other veto can save the
farmers and consumers.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Interpretinu the Law

The Fifth Amendment to the
Constitution has not been
officially repealed and every
part of it still means exactly
what it says: g. nor shall
any person be subject for the
same offense to be twice put
in Jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled in any
criminal case to be a witness
against himself :" How
could the English language be
clearer?
But the Supreme Court has
now, by a 7-to-2 decision.
amended the latter clause by
attaching the provision that
a witness must testify against
himself if he is first promised
immunity from conviction.
That decision opens the way
for evading any other part OF
the Bill of Rights without the
trouble of amending the Con-
stitution. For example, the
clause: mo soldier shall. in
time of peace, be quartered in
any house without the con-
sent of the owner !" could
be evaded by a law of Con-
greSs promising compensation
to the owner for possible dam
age as a result of such quar-
tering.
It should not be overlooked
that in approving such a law
the court is not merely inter-
preting the Constitution but
supplementing and amending
it.
If resentment against non
conformity and independent
thinking has reached sufficient
strength, we should acknowl-
edge frankly the opposition to
intellectual freedom and re-
peal by a legal method the
clause which still protects a
witness from testifying against
himself. The immunity law up
held by the court decision OF
March 26 is only a flimsy
veil of sophistry. This illogical
law is one OF the unfortunate
results of the contagious jit-
tiers which have afflicted a
large segment of our popula-
ton.
George Frederick Miller
Evening star., 1956-03-31

The split personality of the
Democratic Party econ e S
vivid to anyone who leaves the
sedate halls of Congress where
seldom a Wilsonian or Roose-
veltian or Jacksonian or JEFF
fersonian idea is allowed to
ruff1e the synthetic harmony.
1t is indeed refreshing, as
this reporter discovered re-
Gently. to get away from here
and listen to two Democratic
Party leaders who recognize
that there are issues today and
who have something to say
about them. Also, they are OBJ
serving the lively and eager
interest of Democratic rank
and file and party workers.
At least it gives the appear
ance that the country does
have a healthy two-party sys-
tenn. which is not exactly the
impression here.
There are two entirely diff
ferent worlds for Democrats
the world outside, where Adlai
Stevenson and Senator Estes
Kefauver are discussing the
issues day after day, and the
world back here. Two Demo-
cratic Party leaders who direct
the party in Congress-Speaker
of the House Sam Rayburn
and Senator Lyndon johnson
spend a good deal of time
and energy trying to shush any
disc usSion of controversial
issues and sidetrack bills deal
ing with them.
That's what has happened to
the bill for needed school con-
Struction, which got shunted
aside because of the school in
tegration issue; bills to expand
minimum wage law coverage
to embrace some 4 million more
workers; a bill to improve our
social security laws, which
Speaker Rayburn did get
through the House last ses-
Evening star., 1956-03-31

at the County Jail here yester-
day after learning the warrants
had been issued.
Blames Political Foes
He blamed his troubles on
Representative Robert H. Mollo-
han, Democrat of West Virginia,
who also is seeking the guberna-
torial nomination. M. Mollohan,
Mr.. Viller said. Joined forces with
Robert B. ziegler, Harrison Coun-
ty prosecutor, who is acting as
attorney for my former wife TO
eliminate me as a candidate"
This morning in court, Mr..
Viller's former wife said William
G. johnson, not Mr.. ziegler, was
her lawyer. II have no other
attorney" she said.
Il charge that Bob Mollohan
is mugwump. Mr.. Viller told
newsmen, explaining that a mug
wump "is a bird, as you know.
with his mug on one side of the
fence and his wump on the
other"
Representative Mollohan called
Mr.. Viller's charge absolutely
and utterly ridiculous. I have
only the most casual of acquaint-
ances with the prosecuting at
torney of Harrison County.
Il have no desire to get any
out of this race. We
are devoting ourselves to a posi-
tive campaign"
Mr.. Viller indicated yesterday
he would not post bond to OBJ
tain his release. He told news
men he had only $12 in his
pocfet and although he prob
ably could raise the money owed
his former wife, 1--WE got to
force this issue through"
Campaign Tour Halted
Mr.. Viller's sojourn in Jail
interrupted his campaign tour.
But he passed out campaign
to jail officials and
fellow prisoners.
His second wife, Mrs. Ger
aldine Viller. visited him twice
yesterday carrying reports of
campaign support from voters
IN this area.
Mr.. Viller said he divorced his
first wife last June at Las Vegas,
New, and has been paying $3.50
4 month for the support of two
Mr.. Viller has been unem-
ployed since losing his labor job
last year.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Good Show

I was impressed by the
courtesies the Shriners extend
ed crippled children at their
circus. Shriners met cars and
carried children to and from
their seats. All during the pro-
gram they handed out goodies.
lollipops. stick candy, etc.
After the circus. they held the
children until our cars came.
And If no cars were coming,
they got taxicabs and placed
the youngsters in them. This
was my first contact with the
Shriners and it was a pleasing
one. One Shriner told my
friend that this was the day
they look forward to each year.
Laura r. ButcO.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Russia on RocioIism

In proposing U. N. adoption
of a resolution against racial
discrimination in the educa-
tiona1 field, the Soviets act
like men who see the mote in
the eye of their neighbor, but
do not see the beam in their
own eye.
The Soviet Russians in all
Soviet Asiatic republics and in
the Asiatic regions of the
RSFSR have special. segre-
gated schools for their own
children, which are off limits
to their colonial peoples.
Segregation of schools in
the European part of tn e
USSR is not necessary since
by passport and labor book
regulations Asiatic citizens are
prevented from leaving their
homesteads and living in Euro
pean Russia.
Furthermore, university edu-
cation is open only to mem
bers of the Komsomol Com
munist Youth Organization) /,
which the Soviets do not con-
slider discrimination.
The Soviets have been very
ingenious and active also in
the forcible justification of
other languages: The Cyrillic
alphabet has been introduced
for a number of Soviet nation
alities; the Soviet Academy Of
Sciences is very helpful" in
developing pathological rules
for other languages. a process
of mass conversion of Ian
guages which we can call 'lin-
guoclde." Karlis Kalnins,
Former Member of the Lat
Wan Delegation at the
A.
Evening star., 1956-03-31

get the nomination in the end"
j. Howard McGrath, former
United States Attorney General,
principal speaker at the johnson
City dinner. predicted that if
Senator Kefauver goes to the
convention with the number of
delegates we now foresee, no
power can deny him the nomi-
nation"
Senator Kefauver was slightly
hoarse from the effects Of a
minor cold. Associates said he
was showing some strain" from
his heavy campaigning.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Transit Plan

A ray of hope in the deep
ening transit crisis is that
those in authority may realize
that the conventional system
of monopolistic. mass trans
portation is obsolete, at least
for Washington, and that the
answer must come from ex-
ploring the possibilities Of
individually operated. small
business" transportation, of
which the taxicab industry is
an example.
The present crisis is trace
able to following outmoded
economic and financial theo-
rieS of "manpower efficiency"
through the operation of larger
and larger vehicles.
The overhead costs of mo-
nopolistic transport have been
ignored, or have escaped scru-
tiny. Again, the life of a great
city'should not be at the mercy
of the throttling power of a
transport monopoly or a trans
port union.
The serious national prob
lem of growth of monop-
oily and closing of opportu-
mites to small business dictate
that fresh look be taken at
what the little fellow" can do
to meet the transportation
needs of the city. 1t is certain,
for anyone who has studied
the local situation, that here
are immense untapped possi-
bilities. What the taxicab in
dustry did to meet the trans
portation demand during the
strike is only a partial exam
pie of what individual opera
tors are capable of doing under
a proper transit policy.
Elgin GrOseclOse.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Farm Mess

The farm problem Is just
like so many other things
spawned during the Roosevelt
Truman regimes which turned
out to be a mess in the end.
Since the birth of the farm
price support plan, the Gov
ernment has succeeded only
in amassing an $8-billion
hoard of food and fabric which
can't be eaten, used, sold or
given away. The rent bill
alone for storing this hoard
comes to 81 million of tax
payers money a day, to say
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Dulles Report

Secretary Dulles, in his re-
port to the Nation on his Ash
attic trip, said:
"Our desire is a world in
which peoples who want po-
litical independence shall pos
sess it whenever they are ca
pable of sustaining it and dis
charging its responsibilities in
accordance with the accepted
standards of civilized Nations.
-. The future belongs to in
dependence, not domination;
to freedom not servitude; to
diversity not conformity"
These are beautiful words.
But unfortunately they are
words only, when one thinks
of the 100000 Greek Cypriots
oppressed by the British in a
fashion that. so far, neither
the Nazis nor the Communists
have ever used.
John COnstantinides.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Gagged Strophongers

If District officials would
pause in their headlong fight
toward an all-bus system. and
heed the advice Of experts,
the city as a whole would
profit.
An outstanding example of
progressive rail rapid transit
is the fine system of Toronto,
Canada. which recently opened
q 41a-mile. $50-million sub
way. With the Yonge street
subway such a huge success,
plans are being made for the
construction of the Bloor street
rapid transit line.
Construction of the Toron-
to Lakeside Expressway viii
cause, not abandonment, but
relocation Of 1 " miles Of street
railway.
Chairman F. G. Gardiner of
the Municipality Of Metropoh-
tan Toronto stated publicly on
January 10 that the proposed
Spadina Expressway may be
temporarily Shelved and the
funds used for rapid transit
instead. The chairman said
further that Metro in its
budgeting must put public
transit ahead Of motor ex-
pressways" and lone dollar
spent on rapid transit is worth
five dollars spent on more ar
terial highways and parking
facilities"
The citizens of Toronto are
to be envied by the neglected
residents of the District who
are suffering under a Dictator
ship and have no voice in pub
lie affairs.
Robert s. Crockett.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Hungarian Reds decide they iquidated four
ago innocent after ALL Bdey Murphy has been chosen
deliver his pardon to him.
Stevenson eats lunch twice in half California
No fool he. He's filling while he still has campaign
mttee to pick up the tab.
Hecoper sales reported booming Helcopters
vehicles for election forward backward
up down. sideways and wind up right where started
Kefauver addresses rally by telephone Apparently Estes
has figured out how to make the the hook and
shake hands with the at the other end
Republicans charge the Democratic Congress dragging
its feet The G. O. wants bills passed sent to the
President so he veto them.
Malenkov says he wants to Churchill who growing
old gracefully The things going in Russia Malenkoy
needs advice on how to grow old period.
Texas Democrats start private war; Well maybe not
exactly prIvaten Texas soldier least
star general
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Cruise Service Opens
To Black Sea Ports

MOSCOW, Mar. 81 (P).-The
Greek passenger ship Ionia ar
rived at Odessa yesterday on
the first postwar cruise service
from the Mediterranean to
Soviet Black Sea ports.
The liner carried 231 tourists
from France who will visit Yalta
and other resorts.
Evening star., 1956-03-31

NSOoAioy ooAS W14CAC 1AC 11dh SkCl1t
the night.
Undecided Over Future
II don't know whether I'll give
bond or not" Mr.. Viller said. II
hadn't had time to think this
thing over"
Magistrate Morrison had is
sued the non-support war
Clarksburg.
!. Mr.. Viller agreed he owed his
former wife $40 in support pay
mentS.
He blamed the warrants on
one of his political opponents.
Magistrate Morrison said Mr..
Viller had been free under $4,000
bond on a previous arrest for
non-support about eight months
ago.
Mr.. Viller. 41-year-old former
president of the West Virginia
State CLIO Council, surrendered
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Alien Property

Recently Senator johnson
of South Carolina announced
that a Judiciary subcommittee
he heads will resume hearings
on the matter of returning to
German nationals their prop
erty that was seized by the
United States during World
War II. The Office of Alien
Property reports there are
more than 10000 claimants
with assets still frozen to-
falling half a billion dollars.
Since the war has been over
for nearly II years it certainly
does seem high time to- settle
this problem. How can we ex-
pect to make friends and in
f1uence people iii Germany
and other countries when a
German mother or father
whose son was killed fighting
Tor the United States is not
even permitted to receive his
insurance?
We are asking Germans to
be our allies in the struggle
against world communism.
Yet on the other hand we still
treat Germans who had prop
erty in the United States as
enemies. Such an inconsist-
ency endangers our alliance.
We must not further delay re-
turning this property to its
rightful owners. Not only po-
litical expediency, but justice
itself demands this.
l.. Cullen.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
DeIequte Cominu

UNITED NATIONS. Mar. 81
ItP) Ambassador Jose Felix de
ILequerica, Spain's first delegate
to the U. NJ, is expected to ar
rive in New York Monday. Spain
was one of Is countries admitted
Ito the u. N. last fall.
Evening star., 1956-03-31

qualities Of integrity and lead
ership that have made Amer
lea great. Frequently, he is
thwarted-in the complexities
of political maneuvering. But
where his voice can be heard,
he speaks up, a thousand
strong for the true, the just,
the genuine.
Yes, everyone is against Sen
ator Kefauver-everyone ex-
cept the American people.
We're for him, two to one!
Della X. McKneW.
Evening star., 1956-03-31
Candidate Back in Jail
On Nonsupport Charge

CLARKSBURG w. Va, Mar. 81 lF1.-Albert D. Viler his
Democratic campaign for Governor interrupted by bout with
the law faced the choice today Jail raising
bond and $265 to settle nonsupport charge
That the choice given the former labor leader
trate Harry Morrison at hearing this his Office
After the hearing Mr.. Vier
Evening star., 1956-03-31
For Friendship

George Frederick Mill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

CHICAGO. May Z @-UsDAl.--
salable hogs, 10000: market slow early;
later trade fairly active, butchers weak
to rs. mostly 1925 lower: sows fairly
active and steady; most mixed grade
lots No. 2 and 8. 10000 pound.
butchers, 15.00-25: numerous sales
200-260 pounds, 15.OO-l5.15; severa
lots No. / to 3. mostly No. .. 190-22C
pounds, 1890; a SO head lots. 22G
pounds at 1850; 44-head lot No.
and ,. 220 pounds at 1855; severa
lots 270-310 pounds butchers, 1925
1900; and a few lots 33O-35O pounds
13.50-14.0O; larger lots sows, 100000
pounds. 1l.50-13.75; with most 400
425 pounds at l2.50-75.
Salable cattle. $4,000: sAlable calves
400. good and choice yearlings steers
90O-1,05O pounds fairly active; othel
steers slow: market steady to so highel
compared last weeks low close; heifer
steady to % higher; bulls. $3.50 higher
vealers and stockerS and feeders steady
few loads prime. 1,190-l $3.50, pound
steers, %. 5o-25.QQ;, load held aboe
bulk choice steers, 2O.00-2l 90; loat
lots mixed good and choice steers
l lse0 most good steers. LOO
Holstein steers. 1850; most good Il
high choice heifers. 16. 10000; loat
lots mixed choice and prime, 81 90 ant
21.25: utility and commercial cows
II .00-13.50; a few hish commercial VI
to 1900; Gamers annd cutters. 900
11.75. utility and commercial bulls
14.00-16.25; good and choice vealers
23.Q0-2600; Gull to commercial. 1900
N. fafn IL -
ling stock steers, 1900: a few gooc
yearling stock heifers. 1923.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN

Some increase in prices this
year, to 3 per cent-and a
normal growth in the economy,
but without rampant imitation
or a business break. was pre-
dicted by an outstanding analyst
here today.
The prediction was made by
Allyn P. Evans. president, Lionel
. D. Edie & Co., New York, in
vestment consultants, in an adj
dress to the National Association
of Mutual Savings Banks at the
Shoreham Hotel. The three-day
convention got under way today,
with more than 1000 savings
banks executives from all over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
'' RI BUSINESS
Sovings Bank Chiefs Hear
Steady Growth Predicted

the Nation participating. 1t is
the seth annual meeting of the
organization.
Mr.. Evans declared the Federal
Reserve Board will loosen its
grip on the current "aggres-
sively tight money policy" and
supply sufficient credit to enable
business to grow normally. He
said it will either resume pur-
chasing Government securities
from banks, affording more
Ilendable funds, or will reduce
the deposit percentage require:
as reserves.
Long-range commitments are
unwise, predicated on the as
sumption inflationary pressures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
FOREIGN EXCHANGE CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

NEW YORK, May OP.-Foreign ex
change rates follow Great Britain II
dollars, others in cents unbalanced un
less otherwise noted:
market 1882 per cent premium Of
100.5 3h in United States cents.
Europe: Great Britain pound
50 .s0ls; 3o-day. futures $3.50 1882
..79ss; Belgium tfrancl, 2.001s; Franc
Urancl. .2Sss Of a cent; Germany twest
ernl (Deutsche mark, $3.50; HOLLAND
(guilder), 26.12. of 01l7: Italy tliral
Sweden (kronal, 1894: Switzerland
tfrane) free). 1884; Denmark (krone)
1880
=, Latin America Argentina free
LIS, up .;0l: Mexico S.02; Venezuel'
Far East: Hong Kong dollar 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

matters. Mr.. Euler was honored.
officials said. because of the
award of Aetna Life Presidents
Trophy to the Sleeper g. Euler
General Agency for outstanding
achievement during the pre-
ceding year. He has been asso-
ciated with Aetna Life for the
last Is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

A native Of Newton, Kans., she
came to the Navy Department
here in 194l. She graduated
from Benjamin Franklin Uni
versity here and received hel
certified public accountant GER
tificate in the District in 1858
She is a senior accountant with
the accounting firm of Peat
Warwick and Mitchell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
Southern Railway Names
Van Hook to Post Here

Ray M. Van Hook, assistant
to the freight traffic manager OF
the Southern Railway System
has been named commerce
counsel. His headquarters will
remain here. Sidney S. Alder
man, vice president and genera
counsel, made the announce.
ment.