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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-25
No-Integrotion Stand

Virginia'S Governor Stanley has
hitched his chariot to policy of no inte-
grafton anywhere in the States school
system. There is considerable doubt,
however, that he can put this plan across.
The Governor proposes to move along
two main lines. ~ He will ask for legis-
lation authorizing and directing him to
withhold certain State school funds"
whenever it is determined that "the pub
lie interest, or safety, or welfare so re-
quires." What this really means is that
the funds would be withheld from any
locality which integrateS its schools, and
in some localities the State contributes
more than half of the school funds SO
this club is big one. (2) He is opposed to
the pupil assignment plan recommended
last November by the Gray Commission
The assignment plan would authorize
local school officials to assign pupils to
particular schools on a variety of grounds
race being excluded. 1t also sets up an
appeals procedure which would require
a suit to be brought initially in the State
courts, the effect being to deprive Fed
eral court of Jurisdiction until after the
State-court remedy had been exhausted
This, presumably, would result in some
eventual indignation, but it is key part
of the Gray program and many VirginianS
believe it is essential.
The matter now goes before the full
Gray Commission, which reconveneS in
Richmond tomorrow. 1t may indorSe,
modify or dissent from Governor STAN
ley'S proposals In the end, the dispute,
and there is very hot dispute, will be
settled in the special session of the LegiS-
lature, which has been called for August
81
Much depends upon what is really in
the minds of Governor Stanley and the
powerful political leaders who have sided
with him. If they are merely trying to
discourage voluntary Indignation 1t should
be possible to work out some compromise.
But If they are serious in their announced
purpose to prevent any indignation any,
where, we see nothing ahead but a bitter
fight in which the public school system is
bound to suffer
Large areas of the State are not going
to close down their schools, and they will
fight to the last ditch against any plan to
withhold funds. Furthermore, we have
seen no plan advanced which would
effectively put these areas beyond the
reach of Federal court orders. Suppose
local school board in Northern Virginia,
where public sentiment would accept
some degree of indignation, should be
ordered by Federal judge to admit a
Negro child to white school. Is Governor
Stanley saying that such locality must
choose between closing down its schools
or losing State financial support If the
court order is obeyed? If that is what he
is saying, and it seems to be, then the
public schools in much Of Virginia are in
greater danger than most people realize.
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BUDGET Goal Reached

Although there had been confident
official predictions since last January
that the Federal budget would show
surplus when the fiscal year ended on
June 80, the actual attainment of this
objective for the first time in five years
is deserving of favorable comment. The
Treasury Department has now released
its final figures, showing that receipts
exceeded expenditures by SITS billion
only slightly less than Secretary Hum
phrey'S last estimate in nid-May Of
$1.83 billion surplus. At the same time,
there was a reaff1rmation of the Govern
ment's calculation that the current year
likewise will end in the black-and prob
ably by wider margin than the $435
million predicted by President Eisenhower
in January. The fact that only four times
in the last quarter century had the Fed
eral books been in balance makes the
present achievement of two consecutive
SURPRISES more impressive.
One factor, state of national pros
perity that brought record-breaking
flood of tax revenues to the Treasury,
accounted for the surplus in the year
Just ended. With individual income taxes
being the most productive single source,
revenues totalled $68.1 billion to show
healthy gain over. the previous years
intake of 1904 billion. At the same time,
expenditures of 1854 billion reflected only
a relatively modest increase over the $64.6
billion actually spent in 1855.
1t is understandable that adminiStra-
ton spokesman should describe the final
score as meaning "a great deal to the
people of this country" in terms OF
financial stability and sound fiscal condi-
tionS. There have been clear signs in
recent months that inflationary preSSures
again are mounting and one of the best
counter-forceS to such trend is bal
anced Federal budget. 1t is not quite
enough, however, to rely upon ever
increasing revenues to maintain this
condition. Every effort must be made for
real economies in Government operations
with a view to lowering the expenditure
side Of the budget books.
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ranges from 9 to IL feet mini
mum depth.
@. Is the Council Of State
Governments a Federal agen-
cy? B. w.
A. No, it is a Joint govern
mental agency established by
the States, supported by the
States, for service to the
States. Each of the 48 States
has passed legislation provid-
ing that the council sis a joint
governmental agency OF this
State and Of the other States
which cooperate through It,"
The council is a medium for
improving legislative, admin
istrative ana judicial prac-
tees within the States, and
an agency for finding inter-
state solutions to regional and
national problems.
@. In what graveyard is the
headstone with the words
"Haine haint"? S. O. o.
A. The stone is in City
Cemetery, Vancouver. Wash.
t marks the burial place Of
Arthur Haine, who died in
1907 and directed in his will
that since he had lived as an
infidel he must be buried as
such without any monkey
business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-25

Since I moved into Mont
gomery County in 1910, / have
regarded county politics with
interest, but calmly, until the
present uproar over the A.
nancing of the proposed Sill
yer Spring Hospital.
The proposal to tax only
property owners of the 18th
district, excluding those in
incorporated towns and in the
rest of the county, puts tax
burden on less than half of
the people who will be served
by such hospital. The effort
to secure a referendum vote
on the financing sends officials
Of the Hospital Association
into such hysterical rage that
they advertise that submitting
the bond issue to the voters
will be the death warrant"
of the hospital. A very strange
admission, since nobody is OPP
posed to hospitals! Evidently
the financing. arrangements
are really as fantastic as they
seem.
Also, the distraught spokes-
men for the Hospital Associa-
ton, while complaining about
"misstatements." describe the
Silver STANDARDIZATION area
as being served by mo hospi-
tai" There are in the county
the Washington Sanitarium,
Suburban Hospital, and Mont.
gomery County General.
Within a six-mile radius of
the intersection of Colesville
road and Georgia avenue there
are six hospitals: SUBURBAN,
Washington Sanitarium, the
new Providence, the WASH
ington Hospital Center, Walter
Reed. and the Naval Medical
Center-the last two for mill
tary personnel. Within the
same radius will be the new
Sibley on the campus Of Amer
lean University. The new Sib-
ley and the Washington Hos
pital Center are both sched-
uled to De in operation long
before The proposed Silver
Spring hospital can be built.
1t seems to this writer that
the voters need time to get
the facts Of the situation and
should have an opportunity
to vote on the SO million bond
issue-since they have to foot
the bill.
Mrs. Montgomery Coz.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

get children to wash their
hands before eating, nobody
had ever heard Of anything
but germs.
Probably the word is good
enough for most people.
They know that a germ is
something that causes a lot of
trouble, and they have been
told that hand-washing is
good to get rid Of some of
them, not all Of them. II
you get rid Of all of them.
you would be more than SUI
gically clean. Even the sur
geons, after their scrubbing,
find that there are still layers
Of germs in their skin.
1t Is very confusing, and
Temp Jones, for one, wonders
why those left do not hop out
and cause trouble.
Maybe they like their deeply
imbedded position, and would
not leave it for anything.
Germs are stubborn things.
4 y
After he washes his hands
for lunch, Jones has found that
some one is sure to come up
who wants to shake hands.
They insist on shaking
hands, so what can he do?
Yes, he does it = he goes
right back and washes his
hands all over again, hoping
this time to get to the lunch
room before some other friend
ly person spots him.
Then he settles down to COB
BILE his food.
Even here, some one has
comes up with terrible tales of
what happens to those who eat
too fast, and they are all true.
Jones has several friends
who spent months in hospitals,
just because they wolfed their
meals.
Wolves have terrible repu-
tations at tearing and'gorging.
Why be like a wolf?
Temp rather distrusts wolves,
since he read somewhere that
they never. well hardly ever.
leaped onto horses drawing
Russian sleighs. or troikas, as
they say.
Don't wolf your food.
Slow down, take a whole
hour, If need be.
Jump into the elevator, II
you must; rush along the
street as If something was
after you, if you will; but for
your stomach's sake. eat slowly
and placidly, like an honest
COW. not a wolf.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

president Of the CLIO United
Auto Workers union and num-
Der two man in the AFL-CIO,
do you believe the candidate
should give permission to an
organization like yours, say, Or
to any committee or group be-
fore receiving their backing?"
Mr.. Reuther's answer to this
question was IT think that this
is really fundamentally a mat
ter of free speech and free
expression because if you have
to get clearance from a person
to express your point of view
whether your favor them or are
in opposition to them, then It
seems to me that that individ-
ual is circumscribing your right
to free expression. I appreciate
that if a group comes out and
endorses a candidate and he
doesn't want their endorsement
he can repudiate that endorse
ment but certainly he can't
deny them the right to support
or oppose his candidacy.
Otherwise you would get an
individual vetoing someone's
right. to express their point of
view. don't think you can do
that. I think the protection
there is that if the wrong
people endorse a candidate in
his judgment he can repudiate
them forthwith"
I am bringing this to your
attention merely for the sake
of accuracy and so that Miss
Fleeson will have the benefit
of all the facts in this i'm
portant matter. The record will
show that I have long held
that there are certain situa-
tons existing in the field Of
Federal elections which are
morally wrong, so laws should
be passed. to remedy them.
However, I am firmly con-
WINGED that a haphazard law,
which fails to cover such an
important issue as political use
Of compulsory union dues,
might well be worse than the
present situation. Therefore, /
believe the solution is COM
prehenSive study of all aspects
of elections in order 70 arrive
at a bill which will truly pro-
tect the individual liberties of
all Americans.
Barry GOldwater.
Senator from Arizona.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-25

A new highest spot has been
determined for the Western
HemiSphere-a peak named
OjoS del Salado in the main
backbone of the Andes on the
Argentine-C Chile border.
Its altitude, as determined
by barometric determinations,
is 23,235 feet as against 49,
091 feet for Mt. Aconcagua,
just over the Argentine border,
whose summit has previously
been considered the greatest
altitude in the New World.
OjoS del Salado has just been
climbed for the first time by a
Chilean army party led by
Capt. Rene Gajordo. The an
nounced altitude, however, has
not been checked by geogra-
pliers and errors of a few feet
are easily possible.
Aconcagua, one of three
massive peaks which are ex-
tinct VOLCANOES, has been
scaled several times, most
recently by a team Of four
Peruvian mountain climbers
last February. Shortly before
they had climbed Mount
Huascaran. whose altitude of
22,205 feet is the highest in
Peru and probably the third
highest in the Americas.
North Americas highest peak,
Mount Mckinley in Alaska, is
about 10000 feet high. All the
New World mountains, how
ever, are dwarfed by Mount
Everest in the Himalayas.
whose altitude now is being
predetermined.
Everest May Be Higher
The figure ordinarily quoted
is 29,002 feet. The determine
tions are reviewed in a recent
issue of the Geographical
Journal, organ of the Royal
Geographical Society, with
recomputations which lead to
a somewhat greater altitude
somewhere between $4,000
and 29.040 feet. Any deter
mined height naturally de-
ponds to some extent on what
allowances are made for the
snow cover of the peak. An
average of the two figures, &C.
cording to the Journal de-
termination, probably is the
best available with present
means of measurement.
While attention has been
focused on the Himalayas, New
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Clean Elections Bill

1t was with a great deal
Of interest that I read Doris
Fleeson's column in the July 10
issue of The Evening Star.
1 have always known Miss
Fleeson to be interested in
accuracy, thus I am sure she
would want the facts to be
straight and the record clear
on this important matter Of
the So-called clean elections
bill, S. 1908.
I appreciate the compliment
Miss Fleeson gave me in say
ing that I have the power to
stop the passage Of a clean
elections bill" However. the
truth Of the matter is that
neither Majority Leader john
son nor Minority Leader Know
land has ever discussed the
progress Of this bill with me.
Senator Curtis and intro
duced a bill, S. 3074, aimed at
stopping the practice of GER
tain labor bosses who use COM
pulsory union dues for polit-
ical purposes. In effect, they
nullify the vote of an indi-
vidual worker who must pay
union dues in order to earn a
living for his family, and then
sees part of his compulsory
dues used for a candidate
whom he would vote against.
Neither Senator Curtis nor I
believe in such practices. We
do not think the present law
is effective in stopping them,
judging from court decisions
on it. Therefore, we intro
duced S. 3074 and would I'M
doubtedly offer a similar
amendment to any elections
bill which came up for con-
sideration before the Senate
of the United States.
AS far as any disagreement
on labor with the Eisenhower
administration is concerned, !
am proud to be in full agree
ment with President Eisen-
hower's statement of Deem
Der 5. 1855, that "the rights
of minorities holding differing
social. economic and political
views must be scrupulously
protected and their views ac-
curately reflected"
I was happy to note that
Miss Fleeson praised one pro-
vision of S. 1908 that, accord
ing to her column, would re-
quire every candidate to give
written authorization to any
money-raising group that
operated in his behalf. This
would make IL Impossible Tor
candidates to disavow smear
committees only after the cleo
ton was over"
This is provision in which
I am greatly interested, as I
am in general agreement with
its principle, although l think
it deserves a full study as to
its effects on purely state and
local committees.
A reading of the hearings of
June % before the Special
Committee on Political Activi-
ties, Lobbying and Campaign
Contributions. of which l am a
member. shows who is really
objecting to this provision.
which you term worthwhile. /"
1 asked Walter Reuther,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-25

@. What is the 1ntracoastal
Waterway? L. o. r.
A. This is the official name
for what is sometimes called
the Inland Waterway-the
connecting, protected water
routes along more than $500
miles Of our Atlantic and Gulf
Coasts. The Waterway con-
sists of a series of bays,
inlets. sounds and tidal rivers,
dredged and improved, con-
nected by canals. Since the
route is protected from the
open ocean practically all the
way. it offers safe passage for
yachts and even small boats.
The waterway is maintained
by the Army Corps Of Engi-
neerS. The navigable channel
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The Beautiful Dawn

Each morning brings the sun
to Otue us light.
And eUening spreads the glory
OF the night,
Then Silrer stars tlDinkle above
the ddleS
As merging shadows Uedue
their duSkg UeilS
To coUer up the daytime color
glow
Where brookletS run and tDild-
rood blossoms groW,
Blossoms that wdtt enticino
fragrance. on
The minds OF night into APP
preaching ddWn,
The lovely ddiUn that everyone
can see
The magic ddDn so beautiful
and free.
Annette Barrett Dewey
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Sherman Adams Role

1t is difficult to follow the
reasoning of Dorothy Thomp-
son (Star of July 16) in urging
the nomination of Sherman
Adams for Vice President,
rather than Mr.. Nixon. Miss
Thompson builds up Mr..
Adams as the indispensable
man, operating as White House
chief of staff and acting Pres
ident. If this is true, why shift
him to a position where it
would be impossible for him to
perform the services which
make him indispensable? Does
Miss Thompson have some In
side knowledge, denied to 9TH
ers, that, assuming the success
of the Republican ticket, the
Vice President is certain to be-
come President during the next
term? Or does she think the
probability of that event is so
great that she is willing to add
to Mr.. Eisenhower's burdens in
the meantime by depriving him
of his indispensable chief of
staff?
Obviously. if Mr.. Adams were
presiding over the Senate,
which is the constitutional duty
of the Vice President, he could
not also be presiding over the
White House at the same time.
But, it may be said, Mr.. Nixon
does not always preside over
the Senate. Sometimes he
travels abroad. Ordinarily,
Miss Thompson is a depend
able internationalist, but here,
in one of those shifts Of posi-
ton which come so easily to a
news commentator, she speaks
sneeringly of Mr.. Nixon's trips
around the world, meeting
heads of state, holding press
conferences, and making
speeches" Were these trips,
which Mr.. Nixon has carried
off incomparably well. just a
useless boondoggle, undertaken
at his instigation and for his
own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, over the
diSapproval of the rest of the
administration, and should
they be discontinued? If not,
does Miss Thompson think Mr..
Adams could perform such
duties equally well?
But perhaps the duties of
the Vice President should be
changed so that Mr.. Adams, in
the event of his election, could
continue to function as at
present, until he would step
into the presidency in name as
well as in fact. mo need to
bother to amend the ConStitu-
ton in the conventional way.
Just get the Supreme Court to
amend it,
Miss Thompson is concerned
about adding strength to the
Republican ticket. She is
taking a large dose of self-de-
fusion if she thinks Mr.. Adams
will spark no negative votes.
The admirers of the late Sem
ator Taft have not forgotten
the slick political maneuvering,
credited to Mr.. Adams at the
time by the jubilant Eisen-
hover press, by which the New
Hampshire primary in 1852
went against the Senator. Nor
were they greatly delighted to
see this political debt paid off
by the appointment of Mr..
Adams to his present position.
These voters, who have no par
ticular reason to like Ike"
anyhow. will sit the election
out if Mr.. Adams is on the
ticket. Furthermore, one might
suggest to Miss Thompson that
she ask the Democratic HER
archy which man they would
rather campaign against, and
she will have the answer as to
who will strengthen the ticket.
c. Glenn WhitlOck.
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ence to increases in nurses
salaries.
LaureStine Gravely, R.N.
Editors Note: The
article reflected no attitude.
favorable or unfavorable, by
the writer, who reported the
facts as announced by the
Hospital Council and the
Graduate Nurses Associa-
finn
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Pen names may be used u
letters carry tUriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SutiOn.
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@. How many full-blooded
aboriginals are now left in
Australia? S. c.
A. Probably close to $4,000
but only part of them are
living in tribes. Australia's
policy is to assimilate these
primitive people into citizen
ship as rapidly as the transit
ton can be made. Many are
in the cities, some on cattle
stations. some in missions and
government settlements.
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Children shouldn't gobblo
their lunch.
Neither should other people,
If adults may be called people.
Temp Jones was watching
some people eat the other day.
and was struck with the speed
with which they were slowing
it away.
Then he stopped to realize
that he, himself, was eating
just as quickly, pouring down
iced tea at an alarming rate,
and going through q three
quarters of an hour lunch In
about Is minutes.
Right then and there he
slowed down.
Pipe down." the old slogan,
came to his aid.
Slow down is Just - good,
and applies to eating better.
Something is in the very air
that makes one hurry.
Even an old slow poke feels
the influence.
People who don't have to
hurry, do so, nevertheless, be-
cause of the times. Let us place
the blame on the times. 1t
should go somewhere.
Perhaps the very worst place
to scurTy is at meals.
Children have been told that
for centuries. probably, but it
seems to do little good.
The marvels Of play are out
there waiting. and so much
time has been wasted, wash
ing ones hands in q skinny
fashion.
If there ever was a day when
handwashing was in order, it
is this one. with millions of
terrible germs, we are told,
lurking on all doorknobs, and
especially on hands.
Not only germs. but there
are billions of other skulking
living particles, all ready and
eager to jump on us. unless We
send the postmaster a sum of
money for the use Of some
one who is investigating the
matter.
Today the bacteria have
turned into at least six other
forms of life, all unknown until
the present busy age, when
whole groups Of eager beavers
are investigating them, with
the aid of everybody else's
money.
In the old days. when a red
soap put on q campaign to
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Hospital Tax

Senator from Arizona.
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DR.. Ernest Hagen,
Retired Dentist

DR.. Ernest r. Hagan, IS, a re.
tired dentist, died yesterday Al
Leewood Lodge Nursing Home
Annandale, Va. He'had lived al
1896 Wilson boulevard, Airing.
ton, for many years.
DR.. Hagan came to Arlington
in 1914 from Berryville, Va. HI
was a native of Loudoun County
and practiced dentistry in Pur-
cellville and later in Arlington
He graduated from George
Washington University, where hi
taught dentistry many years
ago.
He was president of the Mon.
arch Club, Arlington; president
of the Northern Virginia Dental
Association and a Mason. He
was a trustee of Clarendon
Methodist Church.
DR.. Hagan was the husband OF
the late Emma S. Hagan anc
father of the late Charlotte II
Clough. He is survived by three
children. Ernest C. and Robert
S. Hagan. both of Fairfax, anc
Mrs. F. Alex Kerr, 210l North
Eighteenth street. Arlington, anc
seven grandchildren.
Services will be held at / pm
tomorrow at the Ives funera,
home. 2847 Wilson boulevard
Arlington. Burial will be in Co.
lumbia Gardens Cemetery. The
family asks that expressions oil
sympathy be made in the form
Of donations to the Heart Asso.
citation of Northern Virginia.