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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
Amends in Poland

AS part of its Discrimination pro-
gram, the Red regime at Warsaw has now
announced that it intends to restore
pensions and honors to the survivors OF
the Communist Polish Home Army.
In effect, this means that some amends
are at last going to be made for one OF
the blacklist and most ignoble of Soviet
deeds in the Second World War.
For the Polish Home Army was that
brave force of resistance fighters who in
1914 staged great uprising against the
Nazi occupierS of Warsaw They did this
on the umption-backed by MoScow's
radio broadcasts-that they would have
help from the massive Soviet military
might that was then idly deployed within
a stones throw of the city. But their
appeals for aid went unanswered, except
for what little the faraway Western allies
could send them by air. AS for Stains
Russia, it deliberately turned deaf ear
to them, callouSly letting them be crushed
by Hitler's troops-and 1t did SO for a
brutally Machiavellian political reason.
The reason was simply this: That
Stain had already worked out his plan
to convert Poland into an enslaved Red
satellite country when the peace came,
and so he saw to it that the heroic nom
Communist Home Army was decimated
in keeping with that plan. Moreover, in
the postwar PERIOD he and his henchmen
in Warsaw seized, deported and jailed
many of the officers and men of that
army, and through all the years that
have since passed these patriots, together
with their families, have been treated as
enemies Of the people," There have been
few baser acts in modern history.
But now, according to the Warsaw
Reds, this great wrong is to be righted.
1t cannot be righted, of course, although
the mere fact that it has been acknowl-
edged, and that compensatory action is
to be taken, should be of some comfort
to the victims. AS for the overwhelming
majority of the Polish people, they Bit
terly remember the evil done their Home
Army, and they will not be satisfied until
the overall crime Of their forced comnu-
nization is wiped out and their country
made free again. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
Proctor Anecdote


It was with sincere regret
that ! read in The Star of the
death of John Clagett Proctor.
I came to Washington in 1888
and, as a newcomer. thor
oughly enjoyed Mr.. Proctor's
Sunday Star contributions on
the historical background of
Washington.
For years I did free-lance
photography and spent much
time in Photographic shops
near the Justice Department
where am an attorney. Dur
ing one visit to shop in the
900 block of D street NV, 1
met an elderly gentleman who
seemed to enjoy sitting in the
shop and talking with its
customers.
This gentleman showed me
an illustration that accompa-
MED Mr.. Proctor's article in
The Star of April 81, 1885,
about District boys competing
in a bicycle race at Petersburg,
Va, in the late sos. My friend
identified himself in the pic
ture and asked me if it would
be possible to copy it from the
newspaper page. / told him
that while it could be done,
it would be better to try to
obtain a print from The Star,
and with that purpose in mind
/ visited The Star. The person
With whom I spoke told me
that he would like to accom-
modate us but since the photo
graph was the personal prop
erty of Mr.. Proctor, The Star
had no print available from
which a COPY could be made.
The gentleman suggested I
get in touch with Mr.. Proctor.
One evening shortly there
= after ! telephoned Mr.. Proctor
at his home and explained
what I had in mind. I was i'm
mediately invited to come to
his home. Mr.. Proctor greeted
me in a very friendly fashion
and invited me up to his den,
which was filled with source
material for his writings. I
told him about the man in the
photograph and he seemed
pleased that one of the cyclists
had enjoyed the article about
the formation in 1880 of the
League of American Wheelmen
and explained that bicycling
actually started in Washington
about 1869. Mr.. Proctor said
the photograph in question was
the only one of which he knew
and he would not like to lose
it. When I assured him that
I personally would make the
copy and assume responsibility
for it's safekeeping he handed
it to me and I left very pleased.
When ] returned the picture
a couple of evenings later, to-
gether with extra copies l had
made, l was again taken up to
Mr.. Proctor's den. He recalled
that ! worked for Justice and
arranged some Of his material
regarding the block between
Ninth and Tenth streets and
Pennsylvania and Constitution
avenues. For hours he told me
of the history of this block, its
markets. saloons and spots Of
various types of entertainment.
That evening was one of the
most enjoyable and best re-
membered of my life in Wash
ington. 1t is my sincere hope
that his writings as well as his
source material may be pub
licly preserved for the educa-
ton and enjoyment of future
newcomers"
Charles G. Mulligan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
1t was a long dog.
1t looked exactly like

1t was a long dog.
1t looked exactly like a
dachshund but wasn't.
The tail. for one thing, was
two feet too long.
1t was mostly white, car
ried at what the dog fancier
calls a gay" height.
This funny-looking fellow
attached himself at once to
Templeton Jones when the
latter came down his steps in
the morning.
Jones was walking along.
the sun shining, the cool
breeze whipping what was
left of his formerly long hair.
Temp Jones now goes in
for what is called, or was
called, a crewcut.
In the old days, oarsmen
had theirs cut short so that
the wind on the river would
not blow it around too much.
Then came the fiat top,
and now only old-timers go
in for the crewcut.
Jones says this is the best
way to have the hair after
one begins to get old.
Notice Jones does not say
he is old.
No sir, he Just says that he
is beginning to get old.
And so. ones precious hair
thins.
There has been a great mis-
understanding about the term,
thin hair.
1t does not always nor
necessarily mean that one is
growing bald. Not at all.
Nothing of the sort.
1t means just what it says,
among the masculine set, that
each hair is thinner than it
used to be.
y y \
So, and here is the point, 10
get it to stand straight up, II
one has been used to wearing
it that way. it must be cut
short, because otherwise it is
too limp.
\
Where were we?
oh yes. the funny-looking
dog was accosting Temp Jones.
Jones held out his hand for
a smell, in the best approved
fashion of the doggy set, back
Of hand up. not down.
This dog had a long, friendly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
THE POLITICAL MILL
Race for Senate Control Appears Close
BY GOULD LINCOLN

The race for party control
of the Senate in the 85th
Congress threatens to be closer
than was expected a month
or two ago. Thirty-five Senate
seats will be at stake-18 now
held by Democrats and II
by Republicans. Two of the
Senate contests will be in
Kentucky and two in South
Carolina.
1t is a foregone conclusion
that Senator Olin D. johnson
and former Senator Strom
Thurmond. both Democrats,
will be elected. In Kentucky,
the Republicans are believed
to have a chance to win one
seat, or perhaps two seats, due
to the death Of the late Senator
Alben Barley and a split in
the Democratic forces. The
present lineup of the Senate
is 40 Democrats and AZ Re-
publicanS.
OF the 81 other Senate con-
tests, II will be for seats now
occupied by Republicans and
IA by Democrats. Six of the
Democratic seats are held by
Senators from the Solid
South" where the Republicans
have no chance of election.
The eight Democratic seats
outside of that area offer sew
eral chances for Republican
victory. The eight are held by
Senators Bible of Nevada,
Hayden Of Arizona, Hennings
OF Missouri, Lehman of New
York, Magnuson of Washing
ton, Monroney of Oklahoma.
Morse of Oregon and Laird of
West Virginia. Republican
hopes center particularly on
the races in Nevada, New York.
Oregon and Washington.
G. o. P. Outlook
The Democrats, for their
part, point to 10 States in
which they hope to wrest seats
from Republicans. These are
held by Senators Bender of
Ohio. Bush of Connecticut.
Butler of Maryland, Capehart
Of Indiana, Duff Of Pennsyl-
vania. Hickenlooper of Iowa.
Kuchel of California, Millikin
OF Colorado. Welker of Idaho
and Young of North Dakota.
This Democratic hope seems
like wishful thinking-partic-
ularly because President Eli
senhower will head the Repub-
lican ticket and in all these
States the President retains
great popularity.
Indeed, the Democratic
predictions that they will pick
up the farm vote in many of
these States do not appear as
reasonable as they did a month
ago. There are grounds for
believing that the farmers,
who are no fools, are beginning
to doubt the sincerity and
Judgment of the Democrats in
dealing with the farm problem.
The long delay of the farm
bill by the Democrats, coupled
with President Eisenhower's
program for immediate help
to the farmers in a number of
fields, has made some of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
Bermuda Souvenir

I found a Starfsh on the sand;
The peridnth OF any foDer
10 might hare seemed.
But / ,Dhom schooling WeH
redeemed
From sentiments suoeScent
potGeT
Saw in its place a severed
hand
Whose splaying bitter fingers
screamed
To reach revenge tDithin the
hour.
Happy the eye the culture
trains to see
With such a skilled inverse
felicity.
Frances He'll Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
Russio's Industry

Allen w. Dulles gave a
frightening account of Russian
industrial power in The Star Of
April 20. He drew a portrait Of
an economy that is investing
nearly one-quarter of its an
nual product and is growing,
by implication. at a rate of 8
per cent per year-a rate
greater than that attained by
any free economy over a sus-
tanned period.
When a man of MI. Dulles
eminence and distinction pres
ents a case that so strongly
sustains Soviet claims of SUI
perior economic organization
and efficiency-and he presents
a case ultimately supported by
a massive accumulation of Sec
ret intelligence-little doubt
can remain in the minds Of
most readers of the extraordi-
nary efficiency of the Soviet
economic machine.
And yet, persuasive as is Mr..
Dulles statement on the eff
cheney of the Soviet economy,
there must be many who will
stubbornly doubt that a slave
economy can achieve the levels
of efficiency that characterize
a free economy under sound
conditions.
There will be others who
may doubt the Soviet produce
ton statistics Mr.. Dulles cites
There may even be doubt of
Mr.. Dulles authoritative state
ment that Russian "automotive
production is about S per cent
of ours"
Some things are known. So
Wet agriculture, after 80 years
of Soviet planning, invest
ment of billions in equipment,
assignment of thousands of
engineers, agronomistS and
other highly trained scientific
talent, and with a population
10 million greater than in 1926.
nov is producing less than it
did in that year.
There are also reports that
Soviet machinery doesn't work
very we'll. that only a small
fraction of \the total farm
equipment is operative during
periods of peak demand.
Mr.. Dulles presentation
may also be misleading in that
it omits important qualifying
facts in making comparisons
of United States and Soviet
industrial capability. David
Granick, writing in the Amer
can Machinist of April IL, 1855,
carefully analyses the Soviet
machine tool situation and
concludes, on the basis of pub
lished Soviet data, that while
the number of machines in the
USSR has increased remark
ably partly through imports
and war BOOTY. their total is
now only Sc per cent of the
United States total. Moreover,
machine productivity is less
than half the United States
level. average obsolescence is
as great and in other respects
quality and versatility lag de-
spite acute Soviet awareness
of the need to expand and
modernize.
The necessary conclusion
from Mr.. Dulles statistics is
that Russian official figures
are regarded by his great
agency as sound and unaf-
fected by any propaganda in
tent.
RaInh McCaha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HASKN
By THE HASKIN SERVICE
n
j

House of Commons and i've in
the l02-member Senate. In
Canada, Senators are appoint
ed for life. The first woman
Senator has now been in Office
rs years.
@. Please give me the origin
Of the saying, This, too, will
pass away."-N. E.
A. The idea has been ex-
pressed in several different
forms, and in prose and poetry.
The origin is not known. One
story is that long ago a king.
seeking a motto short enough
to be engraved on a ring and
suitable alike in prosperity and
adversely. finally chose the
motto, This, too, will pass" .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

prizes, but I cannot earn my
living with my art.
They worry about the
farmer and his plight. I know
many farmers, and they all
have enough to eat (much
more than u, nice homes, cars,
etc.. and except in rare in
stances sell their wares to a
very good market.
But 10, the poor artist. We're
still starving in our garrets.
Margerye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

Thanks to George P. Lamb
for having been willing to take
the time and trouble to open
our eyes and make us think.
We who had the good fortune
to serve at Lamb headquarters
know that what was accom-
plished by him and his hackers
in about two months has laid
the groundwork for revitaliza-
ton of the Republican Party
in the light of President Eisen-
howers leadership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry 1DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

Q. Are there now more black
automobiles on the road than
in recent months, or do / only
imagine IT'D. L. S.
A. A trend back to black and
dark gray has been noted
throughout the industry. In
January. 1856. 20 per cent OF
all cars turned out by United
States plants were black. as
compared with l6 per cent in
January, 1855, and IL per cent
In mid-1954.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07

@. Are there any women
members in the Canadian
Parliament?-L. P. p.
A. Yes, nine. There are four
women in the 265-member
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-07
Follows Lamb

r. A. Mattmueller
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02
Presidents Soil Bunk--A Billion
Dollar ''Boondoqq|e"

Dlsmay growing proarmer senators at the
pect of spending billion dollars the Eisenhower so bank
plan without getting improvement in farm income out of it,
There strong in this election however
sheer politics. rather than sober consideration of the welfare
of farmers and the country to assert itself the so bank
issue.
Profarmer senators know perfectly we'll that the soil
bank won't improve farm income But they fear what Admins
tration political strategs hope that farmers won't
through the 'sol bank until after election.
The Republican parys nationwide advertising campaign
has already served notice that Administration politicians will
claim the sol bank would raise farm income though
there is not shred of economic logic evidence support
such claim Senators who vote against the soi bank would
they fear be subject to political attack for Withholding it's
mythical 'benefts' from farmers.
So there strong disposition to shrug off the so bank
plans COST and to let Eisenhower have what he has
requested letting time what intelligent analysts already
knowthat the soil bank scheme will waste billion dollars
worth year of farm surpus commodities without helping
either farm income the national nterestNFU WASHING
TON NEWSLETTER.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02
Fl MORE peas BECOME
1907 FARMER OWNED

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)--
Farmers became the sole owners of
27 more production credit associa-
lions last year. They have now paid
off all government capital in 440
PCAs-or 1870 of the total number.
Most of the other So peas that
still haven't repaid the government
for it's initial investment are rapidly
approaching the goal of 1000 farmer
ownership.
At one time, peas had 500 million
of government capital. Now this has
been cut to So million, and farmers
have invested $98 million of their
own funds in these credit co-ops.
A farmer must own capital stock
equal to SO of his Pea loan. Many
have voluntarily kept their stock after
their loans were repaid, and others
have bought additional stock.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02
SURPRISES and
Drinks OF WAR

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
With Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles marching this nation to "the
brink of war" and back three times,
Congressman Lester Johnson ID
Wis., thought he should ask how long
so-called farm SURPRISES would last
if the nation had toppled off the brink
any time.
Agriculture Undersecretary True
D. Morse, who was testifying before
the House Agricultural Committee
February %, said he didn't know. "No
such calculations had been made"
So Johnson answered his own ques-
ton. He reeled off a list of Commod-
ity Credit Corporation holdings, as
of December 81, and showed how long
they would last at the Korean War
(1952) rate of consumption.
Wheat stocks would last
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02
FARM PRICE SQUEEZE
ALL ONE-SIDED

CHICAGO-(CNS)-Farm people
are 15% worse off financially than
they were when Ezra Benson became
Secretary of Agriculture in January
1868.
Parity-the ratio of prices re-
ceived by farmer to prices that
farmers pay for family living ex-
penses, production expenses, wages
of hired help, interest, and taxes
has dropped from ga in January,
1858, to 80 just three years later.
In a San Francisco speech, Febru-
airy 16, Benson blamed most of this
1870 decline on higher prices that
farmers pay and nninimized the drop
in farm prices. He blamed the higher
prices that farmers pay on higher
wages, Ground after round of soft
wage settlements"
Actually, farmers are paying
slightly lower prices for what they
buy than when Benson took office.
His own departments index figure
of these prices has declined from
284 to 279 in the three years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02

DES MONIES = (CNS) = When
General Motors raised wages 21c an
hour last year, it was making a profit
of $500 for every hour worked by
every one of it's 100000 production
workers in the United States, a labor
leader told the National Farm Insti-
tute here, February IS.
Andrew J. Biemiller, former Wis
consin congressman and now ALL
CLIO national legislative committee
member, noted that GIN said it must
raise new car prices $50. "It was
saying that it could not absorb 21c
an hour out of a profit of $500 an
hour"
Editors Note: 100000 workers
times 1000 hours each equals $780,
100000 manhours in a year. GINS
1855 pre-tax profits exceeded So Il
billion.)
Ford, Biemiller said, earned $500
in profit for every hour worked bv
its production workers. 1t too raised
prices SO on cars and 100 on trac-
tors. This price increase was worth
$197 million and the 21c wage in
crease cost only $45 million, he said.
Another example of "disgraceful
profiteering Biemiller said, was U.
S. Steel's $7.50-a-ton price increase
after it signed a wage increase last
year. "The price increase was al
most three times as much as the cost
of the wage increase" he said.
This price increase, he said, was
worth sos million in the second half
of 1866, while the wage increase for
the six months cost $34 million.
"The indisputable fact is that U. S.
Steel has been, and still is, using the
1855 wage contract to fatten its prof
its at the expense of it's customers
the industries that convert steel into |
the things you and I buy"
Biemiller denied the oft-repeated |
claim of Agriculture Secretary Ezra
Benson that higher labor costs in
meat packing are responsible for
lower hog and beef prices received
by farmers.
In 1862, wage costs per 10 pounds
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02

on wheat alone, and feed grain and
livestock prices will trail along.
"Pondera county produces four to
six million bushels of wheat annually.
If Eisenhower vetoes the Democratic
Farm Bill, he will be taking around
two million dollars out of Pondera
county farmers income on wheat
alone. That is two million dollars
that won't circulate through the cash
registers of our merchants and bust
nessmen."
Concluding their statement, the
younger people comprising the Pom
dera organization, urged all readers
of the INDEPENDENT OBSERVER
to contact our congressional delega-
ton requesting establishment of
80 per cent supports on basic COM
modities, and to write the President
asking that he sign such a measure
into law. In so doing, they pointed
out that the farm bill currently re-
ceiving senatorial consideration, when
passed by the House last year, found
Cong. Lee Metcalf voting for re-
establishment of 80 per cent supports
and Cong. Orvin Flare voting against
measure, which, if enacted, will do
much to stop the decline in Montana
agricultural income.
Senate voting on the Democratic
Farm Bill is not expected to get
before Wednesday March
7th.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-03-02
succeed in its efforts to make town
people mad at farmers?

"News releases state that the Re-
publicans have ear-marked a quarter
of million dollars to popularize Ben
son and his program.
Benson leads the pack that is try
ing to blame the high cost of living
on the farmer and the working man.
Here in Montana we don't think his
propaganda is going to get far Resi-
dents of Pondera county and, indeed,
of Montana, whether they live in
town or in the country, know that
Main Street can prosper only so long
as the farmer receives a fair price
for what he produces.
"In Pondera county nearly every
dollar in circulation and ringing the
cash registers in Conrad, Waller,
Brady, Dupuyer and Ledger comes
here in payment for crops or livestock
produced by the farmers and ranch
ers. Our housewives know that the
farmer is getting less and less of the
food dollar she spends for food.
Town people as well as farmers
will be interested to know that the
Democratic Senate Farm Bill goes
long way toward reducing SURPRISES
by providing 900 of parity shall
apply only to top quality products.
This will discourage production of
low grade products to add to the
surplus. Pondera county is not con-
tributing to the wheat surplus as our
high quality milling wheats are al
ways in good demand"
Taking note of frequent assertions
bv high Administration sources that
the President will veto any farm bill
replacing 80 per cent price supports,
the Pondera YDs then asked:
SHOULD Eisenhower veto the
Senate Farm Bill just because Ben
SON thinks it gives the farmer too
good a price guarantee?
"a veto will drop billion dollars
from American farm income.
Montana produces close to a hun
dred million bushels of wheat a year. |
IF Eisenhower vetoes the Democratic |
Senate Farm Bill he will be cutting |
Montana's income around $40 million