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Until We Are Sure =

General Twining, our Air Force Chief
OF Staff, has been making good use of his
time in Russia. Wholly apart from what
he may or may not be learning about
Soviet aviation, his visit over there has
already served worthwhile purpose.
1t has done so by enabling him to re-
emphasize directly to his hosts-Nikita
Khrushchev, Premier Bulganin, Marshal
zhukov and all the reSt-that it will re-
quire much more than mere smiles from
them, or mere declarations of peaceful
Intent, or mere announcements of I'M
verif1able military cuts, to persuade our
country to undertake any major reduc-
ton of its arms and armed forces.
This timely restatement of Amer
lean policy has been made in response to
cascades of Soviet toaStS singing the
praises OF disarmament. The toaStS have
added up to kind of vodka-laden prop
uganda barrage suggesting much
conviviality-that the Kremlin is leading
the world in efforts to cut back on armed
power and that our own Government is
retarding the advent of good peace by
refusing to emulate the Russian example.
remarks at the Moscow reception the
other day, has effectively demolished
them with pleasantly polite but firm
reminders of why it is that the United
States has no present intention of sharply
reducing its military strength in the
teeth of existing world conditions.
The reason for this attitude is simple
An0n0h-SirnY1lo Yad mi
ence has taught our country a bitter
lesson. After the Second World War, we
completely dismantled all our enormous
and unrivalled military power. As General
Twining has told the Soviet leaders
THAT was real disarmament"-a act
dramatically demonstrating the peaceful
character of the American people. But it
was not an act that led the men of the
Kremlin to go and do likewise. Instead,
far from decreasing their armed strength,
they steadily expanded it in a way that
gravely imperiled the entire free world.
And it was not until the Communist ag-
gression in Korea that the United States
fully snapped out of its SomnambuliSm
and began to rebuild its forces on the
scale demanded by the great dangers of
the times.
But what of today2 Has anything
happened since Stains death that would
make it prudent for us to effect major
cut in our military power? The answer,
of course is mo" In General Twining'S
words, having rebuilt our defenSeS at
immense cost, 1--WE are not going to bring
them down again until we are sure of
worldwide arms ontrol"-genuinely eff
fective control, including reciprocal aerial
surveillance, of the sort that the Kremlin
continues to reject. Certainly, without
such control, without policing system
thorough enough to verify announced
reductions and guarantee against VIOLA
tons and evasions, there can be no real
or safe disarmament for America, and it
is fitting that that fact has been emphat-
ically reStated to RusSia's leaders by the
chief of our Air Force.
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MONTGOMERY School Tax


Our home in Montgomery
County at Rockville, Md, is a
small brick Colonial with three
bedrooms. We do not have a
recreation room or a garage.
In 1948 our school tax was
$93.77. In 1855 it was $161.99.
This 1855 rate represents an
increase in school tax of 72.75
per cent over the 1913 rate.
Our family income has de-
creased during this same
period.
What is the big issue in
Montgomery County over the
school tax? 1t concerns the
councils proposed action on
the budget-whether it will
approve the School Boards
request, which will mean an
increase in school tax, or ap-
prove the county managers
position to reduce the School
Boards request. This will mean
maintenance Of the present
school tax rate.
There isn't one person in
these United States who does
not sincerely want to maintain
the current standard of educa-
ton in his community, or even
better the existing standard.
Can we look at our school
system to see if we can reduce
the frills without reducing the
standards? Are we camoufiag-
ing welfare" items in the
school budget? Could we or
ganize a citizens committee to
investigate the budget and the
educational standards? Isn't
there an extra layer of super
vision at the top level in the
county superintendent office?
Is there truly a teacher short
age? If there has been such
an influx of families into the
county, why would not the
taxes from those families COM
pensate for the additional
cost? What is the effect of
density population on the tax
payer? Should the parents who
want all of these special serv-
ices place their children in
private schools? Does the PTA
actually control school tax APP
preparations through pressure
techniques? Are statistics pre-
sented by the PTA distorted?
Will the budget next year in
clude money for eyeglasses and
teeth bridges?
Could we have a referendum
vote on the proposed tax in
crease?
Let us not sacrifice adequate
salaries for the sake of econ
omy Efficiency may be the
answer-less elaborate school
buildings, reduction Of luxury
items such as interior deco
rators, etc.
Taxpayer and Voter.
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Strotegist

The recent airpower versus
land-and-sea-power feuds in
Washington should be of in
terest to every American. Since
the adequacy of our defense af-
fects the future of this country.
they should be viewed from
every possible angle.
I have been studying the sit
uation for a long time, and I
feel that only a global air force
with the Army and Navy rel
egated to secondary duties
can protect this country from
war.
There are three primary
phases in what I feel should
constitute our main military
force. They are:
Cd An enlarged strategic air
command. with ability to gain
control of the skies anywhere
in the world and batter an enc
my to submission. For this,
larger numbers of B-52 bomb
ers and F-101 fighters are
necessary, with the crews who
must handle them.
90 An air defense force sim
liar to that we now possess,
but equipped with very long
range fighters of high perform
ance. to intercept an enemy's
bombers over the Arctic Circle.
90 Increased emphasis on
the military air transport serv-
ice. In time of war, submarines
will constitute a menace to our
shipping, and aircraft will have
to do as much cargo-hauling
as is physically possible. I'm
fortunately, the huge Douglas
C-132 transport. which could
form the nucleus of an over
seas airlift, has been delayed
by lack Of funds, and the de-
velopment Of this plane should
be speeded.
The three-part air force I
have described could make it
possible to destroy an enemy
from the air-even without
nuclear weapons-doing away
with the need for land action.
I believe that only such a force
can properly defend this coun-
try.
Two additional comments,
which I feel are of prime i'm
portance; We must continue
nuclear tests despite criticism,
and we must grant the addi-
tional 1913 billion which Gen.
Curtis LeMay has requested
for B-52 bombers. 1t will be
too late to build these planes
after the next war starts, but
II we build them now, we can
prevent such q war.
Robert r. DorT.
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The Tree

In Uieto. beyond the lake,
t1here in myriad colors
With uoices unJdthomdble to
mankind
Stpim ducks from shore to
shore. there toaDers
A tree. serene, shddo,uing
the buildings far behind.
In utew. betpeen the present,
nultitudinous qudck-
inOs
And the distant, unredch-
able human monument
To man, the tree is centered,
betDirt noW and yearn-
inos
For the future; one tree,
peaceful, still. content.
Jone WeIdoy cIoussn
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well discussed in your feature
article on the subject not too
long ago., everyone seems to
have forgotten that, the justi-
fication for construction of the
Dupont Circle underpass and
the 14th Street terminal was
the point that these facilities
were designed to be integrated
into future subway system. I
still contend that a subway
system is the only final answer,
and the streetcar system is the
nucleus for such a system. We
will spend millions of dollars
to facilitate the movement of
automobiles land buses along
with them, but will not adj
NIT to the necessity of spend
ing some tax money to improve
rapid transit.
Constructive.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Well, here we go again, the
old argument about how much
damage the 17-year-locusts
do in their viSitations.
This column announced that
the real damage is very little,
after all, no more than that
done by a good afternoon
thunderstorm. not as much as
10 minute hailStorm.
CAV. of Fairfax, Va, does
not agree, and writes:
This evening I read your
article on the cicadas. Your
article was interesting, but you
are surely wrong when you say
they will not do extensive dam
age to trees.
II operate a fairly large
peach orchard and the last
time we had the locusts I lost
many hundreds of bushels of
peaches by the twigs break
ing where they split the bark
to deposit their eggs.
Senator Harry Byrd had
the same trouble in his apple
orchards. He had new and
powerful insecticide brought
from California by airplane,
and I got some of this insecti-
eide from his foreman at one
of his orchards, but 1t only was
partially effective.
y
"A short while after the in
sects were gone. the orchard
looked pitiful. broken twigs,
the fruit drying UP, and the
leaves turning brown all over
the orchard.
Have you ever examined a
twig into which they have de-
posted their eggs?
They split the bark with
the sharp point on their tail
for a distance Of one-half to
2 inches long. and they pack
eggs one against the other
under the bark in the split.
"A day or SO later the twig
breaks at this point and then
or a short while later falls to
the ground.
This letter is not meant to
criticize you but thought you
probably want to know this.
as I speak from first-hand
knowledge"
1t must be admitted that an
orchard with withered leaves
is dismal looking to its owner.
The twigs which our CORE
spondent repeatedly mentioned
are really no more than ter
minal pruning, as it might be
called.
Sprays and insecticides, as
he discovered, are mostly a
waste Of money, labor and
time.
After the harvest, we are
convinced, the total take" Of
fruit is almost as much as
would have been o normal
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harvesting. since the twigs af-
fected are seldom of bough or
branch lengths.
Owners of all types are very
likely to become upset over
even the smallest infringe
ment. Recall how neighbors
grippe about cats, dogs, and
even the intrusion of small
children.
One who works on plot Of
ground, and grows anything
on it at all, will naturally
enough feel upset when some
one or something happens to
mar 1t to any extent whatever.
Because of our personal in
terest in these strange insects,
the locusts, or really cicadas.
we investigated a number Of
damage incidents, both in
1858 and II years before, and
each time could find no extern
sive damage.
1t is mostly, we think. the
Drowned and withered leaves,
showing among the undam-
aged and green twigs and
leaves, that upset people so.
Nobody likes to see such
damage, and a small amount
Of it is soon magnified into a
very large amount.
People who grow things are
subject to many hazards, which
they know better than people
who do not grow things.
The point is, we believe, the
cicada hazard has been much
overplayed, with all the nat
ural fury and despair of the
man looking at broken twigs,
the fruit drying up and the
leaves turning brown all over
the orchard.
Some loss, no doubt, but by
no means as much as 1t seemed
at the time. What loss there
was is no more than that in
fiicted by other natural hap
penings, when the telltale
leaves are left green.
Let us plead. again, for the
1870 visitation:
There will be some damage,
but actually not much, really.
Think mostly Of the wonder
Of these insects, their six-week
hymn to the sun and the mys-
terry Of their strange burial
and return to life again.
All this is worth many
peaches.
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Sick Presidents

1t is not surprising that
Democratic politicians are
doubling the ethics Of the fine
medical men who have been
attending the President when
it is remembered how they all
covered up for Roosevelt when
he was a physical wreck and
incapable of performing his
duties as President for many
years. How could they trust
anyone after their own per-
Torrance? David Lawrence's
article Of June 81 states the
whole case fairly and decently.
Grace WOOding.
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for him, has gone SO far over
board for Stevenson that he
is trying to sink Kefauver
by heading an uninstructed
Tennessee delegation to the
party's national convention.
Should that happen, Kefauver.
whose chances already have
been greatly diminished by
successive primary defeats by
Stevenson. would really be
down and out. A candidate
who does not have the back
ing of his own home State
delegation is in a bad way.
On Thursday. the Democratic
State Convention of Tennes-
see will decide whether the
delegation is to be instructed
for Kefauver or not.
Happy" Chandler, who
points out that Stevenson
carried Kentucky four years
ago by a scant 700 votes over
Eisenhower. insists that Ste
venson would be weaker next
November, and that Eisen-
hover might take the State.
Chandler is engaged in a war
with the Clements Wetherby
faction of the party in Ken
lucky, to determine whether
Chandler shall go to the ma
tional convention as a ia.
vorite-son candidate with the
Kentucky delegation commit
ted to him.
With an engaging frank
ness, Chandler told the press
here that he himself wants
to be the presidential candi-
date. and barring that, the
vice presidential nominee. He
admitted the chances for his
presidential nomination do
not look too good, and no one
has yet offered him a vice
presidential spot. But" he
added, II am the only candi-
date who could defeat Eisen-
hover in Kentucky. I have
never been defeated in a gen.
eral election in my State, and
I have been elected Governor
twice and Senator twice"
Talking With Hartman
With an eye to his own
ambitions, Chandler is willing
to go along in an effort to
tie up with the convention.
He admits he is talking to
Hartman; but. he said, with
a broad smile. 1--WE haven't
got down to brass tacks yet"
He was asked if this meant he
was ready to make a deal"
with the New Yorker. mo-"
he replied, and added: II just
want to discuss with him the
political facts of life."
No one else at the conference
seems to take Chambers am
billions for a place on the ma.
tional ticket seriously. The
Kentucky Governor, however,
is serious. He wants to be
President and, as he says, he
doesn't want to wait until he
has one foot in the grave. At
81. he insists he is full of vim
and vigor, and now is the time
for him.
Gov. Clement, for his part,
is believed to be just as am
bilious to be a vice presidential
nominee-with Stevenson-al-
though he denies it. To achieve
that end, he must first sink
Kefauver. And he is going
about that job as efficiently
as he can.
The political goings on of
these two Democratic Gov
errors have been set down to
exemplify the fight which still
goes on for the Democratic
Yoresidnntia1 nomination
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Does the United States
Government store all its gold
at Fort Knox, Ky.2-P. c.
A. No, only about half OF
the Nations gold stock is de-
posted there. The MINIS and
the United States Assay ONCE
in New York take care Of the
rest.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Democratic Governors Uncertain
BY GOULD LINCOLN

ATLANTIC CITY, June 26.
Solidarity Of the Republic
cans-for Eisenhower and the
G. o. P. platform-presents
q vivid contrast to Democratic
uncertainty over q president
tial candidate and a party
platform at the 48th annual
Governors Conference. This
same contrast is likely to pre-
vail up to the opening of the
national conventions of both
parties in August-unless the
President should pull the rug
out from under his followers
by deciding that he cannot,
for physical reasons, seek a
second term.
AS of today, the Republican
Governors-21 of them-ex-
pressed their confidence that
Eisenhower will make the
race and that he will win.
Nearly all of the Democratic
Governors also expect the
President to continue as a
candidate. And nearly all of
them admit publicly or pri-
vately that Eisenhower will
be a hard man for any Demo-
crat to defeat.
Shy at Predictions
And as of today. the Demo-
cratic Governors-25 of the
~ are here-are leery about
predicting the presidential
nominee Of their party. Ste
venson, the party candidate
in 1852, still continues the
front-runner for the presi-
Dental nomination. Rather
desperately, the supporters of
Gov. Hartman of New York,
Senator Kefauver of Tennes-
see, Senator Symington of
Missouri and Gov. williams of
Michigan are casting about for
some means of hating the
band-wagon drive for the for
mer Illinois Governor.
All deny the existence of a
"stop Stevenson" movement.
But it is obvious that only an
alliance Of these other cam
didates, plus other favorite-
son candidates. can place a
barrier in front of an early
ballot Stevenson nomination.
The Stevenson supporters
just as assiduously are work.
ing against an effective anti
Stevenson coalition. James
Finnegan, Stevenson campaign
manager, and William Blair,
Stevenson's personal assistant,
have opened headquarters in a
hotel just a couple Of blocks
away from the conference
headquarters, with the object
of gaining additional adj
herentS among the Governors
for their man.
Gov. Hartman is on the
spot. conducting his own poll
ticking. Conspicuous is the
absence of a Kefauver mana
ger, although the Tennessee
Senator today has more dele
gates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention listed for
him than any other candidate
except Stevenson.
Two Kentuckians Split
Two Democratic Governors
from neighboring States,
Frank Clement of Tennessee
and A. B. Happy" Chandler
of Kentucky, are on opposite
sides of the fence when it
comes to the nomination of
Stevenson. Clement is for
Stevenson - Chandler against
him. The Tennessee Cover
nor, who has no more use for
Kefauver than Kefauver has
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LETTERS TOTHE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-10

It's matter OF opinion. Some people think stOcky
looks best 10Th a corona thinner man 10Th
cigGrilIO. Yet often the opposite is true What really
counts in cigar is flavor and freshness. Here at
Peoples you'll find the cigar flavor you like best.
I've 'cOuld be mighty surprised if you didnt.) We
carry the largest Uariety Of cigars in toUn.
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And the only sCay to get fresIer cigars than tho
you'll find at Peoples is to roll your O,cn. We b.
them fresh, keep them fresh and sell them tres
You hare seen the humiditiers in display case
They keep cigars in the peak Of condition i
the brief time they are there.
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Dean Has d Quip
For Set Visitor

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. IS (R.
Dean Martin is playing OPP
posite Anna Maria Alberghetti
in 10000 Bedrooms. Prac-
tically every Italian character
actor in town is in the movie,
which has a Rome background.
A reporter visiting the set
spoofed Dean (real name Dino
CrocettD:
What have you got against
Italians in this picture?"
Dean looked around and
quipped:
Il think we got enough
Italians on this picture to con-
quer Ethiopia again."
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Benny Settles on Age,
He'll Just Stoy 80

disillusioned TV producer.
told me If the filming goes
over three days, there is no
profit. In fact, there is a loss.
I'VE filmed one show on a
canal in Venice, that was
pretty expensive" Jack con-
tinued. The filming expert
ence has swung Benny into
the live-show camp. For every
filmed show I do, there1l be
three live. When I came back
from my So-called European
vacation I was so exhausted
that I went to Hot Springs for
10 days. I had a good rest and
I feel pretty good now" Jacks
European trip lasted two
months. Half of it was sup
posed to be fun, but I worked
every single minute"
Mary Returning
Wife Mary Livingston, who
SHES away from appearing
live on Jacks shows, will be
seen in four of them this year
two filmed in Europe and
two here. Benny has some big
stars lined up for this season.
Ronald Colman has already
filmed a show and Nanette
Fabray and Giselle McKen-
zie, who made such a big hit
with Jack last season are on
his schedule.
To my question, do you
worry much?" Jack replied:
mo, but I don't sleep much.
/ get about five hours: then
I'm wide awake. I wish I was
groggy-then it would be
easier to go to sleep again.
The earlier I go to bed the
better I sleep. Sometimes I'm
in bed at 6 or 7 in the evening,
have my dinner in bed and
read and rest.
I've been too busy to do
much gol11ng lately. (He used
to play every day. Colts q
habit like everything else. If
you play every day, you want
to play every day. One Of
these days I'll get back to It,"
Room for Comics
Jack discussed why so few
English comedians make good
in America. "They don't get
encouraged or pushed the way
we do over here" he explained.
For instance, they're record
crazy in Europe and yet they
don't have a Dinah Shore or
Frank Sinatra. Here we seem
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strolled away to d rehearsal,
looking calm. cool, and he GER
tainly collects. He'd be richer,
but he gives a lot of time and
money to charitable causes.
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to have room for everybody
with talent. 1t doesn't make
any difference to me If II new
comedians suddenly appear
who are younger than I am.
There is room. And there are
so many outlets in America,
including televiSion."
Jacks first disappointment
Of the new season. was 60
ing to do a parody on The
King And T. but Sid Caesar
beat me to it," He's had q
hassle with Metro over his plan
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JULIA SAYS HER SALES TALKS
GIVE HER POISE ON STAGE

NEW YORK. Oct. 10 lF9-One of the best known
blond charmers the TV screen has a sure cure for
that old Broadway bugaboo stage fright.
do commercials teevision first" says Julia Meade
On Tuesday night Miss Meade, sometimes bit
player and model prior to her video stnts
first major stage role when the comedy Double
opens at the Golden Theater.
She's relaxed-comparatively relaxed. anyway-about
that premiere.
THE only thing in show business that really terrifies
me is getting for hatcommercal confesses shapely
Julia you have minute-and there's just you all
alone"
In Double in Hearts," Miss Meade reports she be "a
many-angled blond who isn't at all what she appears
to be-"
Beyond that, Julia is vouchsafing no information
about her hespic outing But Miss Meade does confess
real-life secret.
while back, of her friends dropped fluffy kitten
in her lap"t matched complexon-and thereby Gre
ated most ardent cat fancer
Now she'd like nothing better of these days than
to establish catnip heaven with policy
all feline wanderers.