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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Judicial Restraint

There does not seem to be much
doubt that Judges Edgerton and Pretty
man were right in refusing to restrain
the distribution of a congressional book
let attacking the Methodist Federation
for Social Action.
The ruling brought a vigorous and
eloquent dissent from Judge Robert NJ
Wilkin, retired member of the District
Court bench who was the third Judge
of the special tribunal which heard the
case. Judge Wilkin commended: "If the
plaintiff (the federation) is Communist
front organization, it should be proceeded
against according to the law which Con-
gresS has enacted 1t should not be pill
loried as SubverSive agency before it
has had an opportunity to be heard"
Judge Wilkin thinks that natural" law,
Stemming from inherent knowledge of
right and wrong, should be the real basis
of Jurisprudence. And, in this case, he
thought that the Public Printer and the
Superintendent of Documents should be
judicially restrained from publishing and
distributing the challenged booklet.
The majority of the judges, In an
opinion written by Chief Judge Edgerton,
held, however, that the court had no
authority to interfere. The booklet was
issued by the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee. 1t contained this state
ment: With an eye to religious groups,
the Communists have formed religious
fronts such as the Methodist Federation
for Social Action. f. Sometimes fronts
will merge to avoid exposure or prosecu-
tion At times they have been known to
assume name similar to some we'll
known and respectable organization. An
example is the Methodist Federation for
Social Action, which has no official con-
nection with the Methodist Church :"
Judge Edgerton said that the courts
have no authority to censor congressional
language which they may think libelous
no more so than they would have au-
thority to forbid publication of the Con-
gressional Record. "If," he added, lit
unfortunately happens that a document
which Congress has ordered published
contains statements that are erroneous
and defamatory, and are made without
allowing the persons affected an oppor-
tunity to be heard, this adds nothing to
our authority. Only Congress can deal
with such problem"
This is another way Of saying that If
1t was wrong to list the federation as a
Communist front without hearing, and
wa think it was, the RENE by lies with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Postal Cog Rule

Your issue of May l8 carried
an Associated Press dispatch
asserting that Postmaster Cen
eral Summerfeld declares his
department has not instituted
gag rule for postal workers
in relation to the mail service
changes" The story carries the
further comment: Depart
mental officials said the record
indicated that this restriction
stemmed from the activities OF
some individual railway post
Office clerks in opposing or
advocating certain changes in
mail train schedules to meet
their own convenience"
The National Postal Trans
port Association takes excep-
ton to any allegation that
there has been any appreciable
activity in the realm of mail
service. such activity being
predicated upon self-interest
and convenience of the in
dividual. We have been dis
tressed by deteriorating postal
service under the guise of i'm
provement. We have taken
up the cudgels against curtail-
rnent, not for our convenience
but for the convenience Of the
public.
We are unimpreSsed by any
attempt to shift responsibility
for the obnoxious gag rule" to
the shoulders of our members.
The release declared that
post Office management in
1949 issued a restriction on
campaigns for mail service
changes on the part of postal
transportation service en-
ployes." Just as we are unim-
pressed by an attempt to shift
the blame for the gag rule"
upon our members, so too are
we unmoved by relating the
present condition to a preced-
ing administration. The pres
ent administrators have full
responsibility for existing
regulations. and they have
this to no less an extent than
they should understand their
requirement to explain fairly
to the public any deterioration
in the quality Of postal service.
Paul A. Maggie,
President Designate, Ma
tional Postal Transport
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
To the DondeIion

Ddndelion on the ldwn,
Why iDdSte your golden charms
upon
Those tcho scorn and tear you
up?
Go spread out in the open field
A 0loDin0 carpet that ,DiH yield
Cheer for the soul. ptne for
the cup.
Mekkin S. Perkins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Fairfax Taxes

About half the taxes COL
lected in Fairfax County are
paid on real and personal prop
erty. But three quarters of all
taxes go to schools and other
public burdens related only to
population.
Within the past 10 years.
all real property in Fairfax
County has been reassessed on
the basis of fair market values.
These values have been adj
justed to reflect sales of land
for sub div iSion purposes
throughout the county. So,
owners of undeveloped land to-
day pay large tax assessments
based directly on market VAL
ueS of land for residential pur-
poses.
To cite a case, the owner of
a tract of land bought Is years
ago for farming is today un-
able. because of adjoining SUBJ
divisions, to use his land for
farming. dogs run riot in his
fields, neighbors climb and cut
his fences, and children de-
spoil his woodlot.) Yet through
recent reappraiSals, the county
is demanding over SIS per acre
in taxes on his idle land.
This kind of taxation is con-
f1scation. The tax is more than
SIS per acre. 1t is SIS per hum
dred dollars compared with its
farm value, the only use he has
ever been able to make of it.
There have been many cases in
Fairfax County in recent years
where an owner had no al
tentative but to sell in order
to pay taxes.
Restrictions on subdivision
of land to three acres, one
acre, or even half-acre mini
NUNS as proposed, and which
prevent an owner from max
ing the best possible use of
his land are, therefore. bald
faced attempts to deny the
owners of undeveloped Land
the right to participate.
through the sale of land for
subdivision purposes, in the
use of schools, sewers and
other public improvements
their taxes help to create.
1t is time landowners awoke
to the consequences of the
deal the residents. citizens
associations" and "homeown-
erS" of the county are Saddling
on them under the guiSe Of
master plans" and coming re-
strictions. Having succeeded
in having undeveloped land
reassessed on the basis of
highly speculative subdivision
values, thereby loading it with
taxes for schools, sewers and
other burdens which result
only from population, they
now seek to make it practically
impossible for the owner of
undeveloped land to benefit
in any way from the taxes he
has paid.
Retired Farmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Another instance of animals
understanding daylight saving
time comes from M. B. F. of
Wheaton, Md.
Did all cats change to day
light saving time when it went
into effect?" she asks.
How do they know about
the change. anyway?
Our black Persian kitten,
not quite a year old now. used
to awaken us at quarter to S
every morning by jumping.
playing, meowing. scratching
and anything else that might
arouse either my husband or
myself from sleep.
MY husband would let her
out, and usually she would not
be out very long before she
would be at our window climb
ing up the screen, meowing,
or playing with the awning
cord SO we would let her in the
house.
"At this we did not give in,
and now she understands the
truce-she can go out early,
out cannot come in right away.
X
When daylight saving time
took place with all the human
race, Toffi went right along
with them.
THE very first morning on
the new time she awakened
US at quarter to S.
I'VE were rather looking
forward to the time change
because We thought she would
get up at a quarter to 6,
which we feel is not quite SO
bad.
we really have reason to
believe she is a witch. anyway.
when she was S months
old, and a real tiny thing, she
climbed the very peak of our
80-to-90-foot oak tree out
back.
MY husband tried to get
her to come in early in the
evening and couldn't find her.
After several attempts, he
heard a faint meow.
He had a hard time locat-
ing it; after all. who expects
a cat that size to take to the
sky?
when he looked UP, he saw
two shiny specks peering down
at him. He came in to tell me,
and try to see what we could
do to get her down, but when
we went out back. there she
was, sitting on the fence wash
ing her paw.
"She had got down by her
self, and having learned that
art there is no stopping her
now. Another favorite haunt
OF hers is our roof. And come
the full moon. she seems to
ride her broom.
"She is still a little cat
weighing not much more than
4 pounds. SO maybe she can
ride the wind at witches time.
DO you suppose she'll re-
turn to standard time with the
rest Of us?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29

Cats have their own ways
OF handling these problems.
Templeton Jones six animals
simply accepted their dinner
with no prior pacing around,
as they sometimes do.
In other words. they were
Indifferent.
Jones. himself. has had to
adopt their attitude.
To him daylight saving is
mildly insane.
Not completely so, because
it does get people up and out
in a lazy world.
But to our friend Templeton
Jones, this method of securing
a good result is really losing
touch with reality.
And. as any psychologist can
tell you, not to be in touch
with reality is to be insane, in
some degree or other, or, at
least, TO have a mental aber-
ration of some sort.
X ~
At mental hearings they ask
patients three questions:
/. What is the date?
2. What is the time of year7
3. Who is President of the
United States?
Not to be able TO answer
these questions is adjudged to
show mental confusion, at
least.
One is. in other words, out
OF touch with reality.
Templeton Jones believes
that daylight saving time is
untrue. and that when a thing
is untrue, it is not in touch
with reality. therefore, insane.
IN some degree.
Maybe this is going a bit
TOO far. but Templeton Jones
loves to go a bit too far. He
believes he may in time reach
the truth of every situation.
or at least he hopes so.
False clocks and watches
do not fool the birds and the
beasts in the least. Their time
is sun time. the old standard
OF the world. 1t ought to be
ours all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29

MIAMI, Fla.-The presiden-
tial primary campaign of 1856
which officially ends June S
may make or break a candi-
date for the Democratic nomi-
nation in a choice between
Adlai Stevenson and Senator
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. 1t
could even destroy the chances
of both these candidates. But
whatever it does for or against
any candidates, the primary
campaign has given the people
a chance to see, to hear and to
evaluate these candidates. In
addition, it has given the candi-
dates a chance to see and to
meet the voters-the people.
That's not bad.
AS of today, 10 States, the
District of Columbia and
Alaska have held presidential
preference primaries. Thirty
States elect their delegates to
the national conventions via
the district and State conven-
ton method, and some of these
conventions instruct the dele
gates to the national conven-
tions for which candidates to
cast their ballots. The first of
these primaries was in New
Hampshire on March 10, and
the last will be in California.
New York and South Dakota
on June S.
Suggests Universal Primary
Neither Senator Kefauver
nor Stevenson entered all these
primaries, but both of them
have been campaigning since
early last winter. While both
say they feel all right, the week
after week of travel, speaking
and meeting people has been
a terrific strain. If all the
States held presidential pri-
maries, staggered through the
preconvention months, the de-
mands on the candidates for
time and appearances, par
ticularly in the big, key States.
would be great. But even that
does not mean the presidential
primary is either an evil or I'M
workable.
One remedy would be to fix
a date in June on which the
primaries would be held in all
the States. Candidates could
then make one campaign, going
into key States in each section
OF the country. In this man.
ner and by the use of television
and the radio, candidate
could effectually present him
self and his cause to the coun-
try. A favorite-son candidate
still could make his pitch in his
own State, if he desired, and
avoid other State primaries.
and he still could have his
name presented to the national
convention of his party for a
presidential nomination.
In some quarters, it has been
proposed that a national presi-
Dental primary be held to
nominate candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President-and
SO do away with the national
convention method of making
these nominations. Bills for
such a Nationwide primary
have been introduced in Con-
gress. A candidate receiving
the largest popular vote the
country over would win nomi-
nation. The better plan, how
ever, seems to be for each State
to hold its own primary cleo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
THE POLITICAL MILL
State Primaries Serve Purpose
By GOULD LINCOLN

ton for presidential preference
and the election of delegates
to national convention,
where the actual nomination
of candidates for President
and Vice President would be
made as at present. A national
convention to write a party
platform still would be neces-
Sary, whatever method of
nomina ting candidates is
adopted.
Critics of presidential pri-
maries insist they are incon-
elusive. that they have never
or very rarely - brought
about the nomination of a
candidate for President; that
they are a waste of time,
money and effort. These criti-
cismS are open to argument,
even under present conditions.
They would pass away COM
pletely if every State in the
Union held such a, primary,
and on the same day.
Test Necessary for Stevenson
Take. for example, the pres
ent primary race for the
Democratic presidential nomi-
nation between Stevenson and
Kefauver. 1t is in its final
stages. If Stevenson should
win both the Florida and Cali
fornia primary. those victories,
along with successes in pri-
maries elsewhere. may assure
him nomination in the national
convention next August. On
the other hand, if Kefauver
should win one or both of these
primaries. his chances of NOM
nation would be increased,
and Stevenson would be cor
respondingly weakened. The
suggestion-or even fiat state
ment--is made that the Dem
ocratic National Convention
never would nominate Kefau-
yer, whether he wins the pri-
marieS or not; that the party
bosses would turn thumbs
down. Success and evidence.
of vote-getting strength with
the people impress delegates at
national convent o ns-and
even bosses. 1t is true that
defeat in these primaries would
destroy the chances of either
Kefauver or Stevenson-but at
the same time the victor. who-
ever he might be. would be i'm
mensely strengthened.
Presidential primary cleo
lions early in 1852 gave Pres
ident Eisenhower a running
start for the Republican NOM
NATION which the late Senator
Taft of Ohio ana former Gov.
Stassen of Minnesota and Earl
Warren. now Chief Justice.
were never able to overcome. A
primary victory in Oregon by
the then Governor of New
York, Thomas E. Dewey, over
Stassen, knocked down the
chances of a strong anti-Dewey
coalition in the Republican Ma
tional Convention in 1948. and
Dewey went on to win his Sec
ond presidential nomination.
1t seems clear that if Ste
venson, the Democratic pres
ldential nominee in 1852, is I'M
able to show voting strength in
the primaries, he is not the
candidate for the Democratic
Party in 1856. 1t is a test he
had to undergo certainly for
the sake of his party, if not
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29

@. In book manufacturing,
does the grain of the paper
run crosswise or lengthwise OF
the page? @. c.
A. Usually 1t is specified that
the grain in the page is to run
lengthwise. parallel to the
shelf-back Of the book. This
makes for flexibility. and for
neater folding Of the paper.
However, il the book shape is
oblong or the page wide, having
the grain run across the page
helps avoid limpness. If paper
OF light weight or low strength
Is used for the book, 1t is better
TO have the grain run cross
wise Of the page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
Staff of Life

We have an overpowering
wheat surplus. Wheat is rot
ting in the holds of ships and
in makeshift outdoor storage
tanks. At the same time. bread
companies are lamenting the
fact that the American people
eat less bread per capita. And
why do people eat less bread?
Because they are watching
their weight.
INTENTIONALLY. the situation
doesn't make sense. People
should eat more bread, but it
should be the whole grain type.
Then there would be maximum
nutrition for every calorie. If
the bread companies would
only use a new approach and
concentrate their advertising
guns on the necessity for some
whole grains each day. it is
my belief that the great ma
Jority Of the American people
would reverse the trend in eat
ing less bread. If each person
in the country ate one extra
slice Of bread a day, we would
not have a wheat surplus. The
nutrition Of the country would
take a good step forward, the
farmers would be happier, and
the bread manufacturers would
make more money, especially
since they get premium prices
for whole wheat.
When 1t comes to the basic
facts Of science and nutrition,
we take expensive steps to
short-change ourselves. How
long can we afford to be so
unintelligent?
Peter SammartinO,
President, Fairleigh Dick
inson College, Ruther-
ford, N. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29

cannot agree that the Supreme
Courts order forces integra-
ton. 1t merely affords equal
opportunity for all citizens to
attain an education. This
country's economic system
allows most of us to buy the
things We can afford. Should
any of our citizens de-
sire to send their offspring
to a So-called segregated
school, certainly it is their
privilege to do so if one
is available. In these times
our democracy can ill af-
ford to utilize unsupported
institutions to perpetuate a
system which tends to dis
criminate against any one of
its citizens.
Theodore A. Shell. ID. ID. S.
4 X X
I'd like to observe one truth
which seems to me a little more
elementary" than two cited by
Mr.. Bates in a letter to The
Star. While horses and cows
may not mix in a field, just as
men and monkeys don't in
society-white horses and
black horses and white COWS
and black cows seem to mix
very well indeed.
Segregationists seem to miss
one point. People don't have
to be friendly with everyone
with whom they work or go to
school. I've found that it's far
more satisfactory-in inte-
grated school Systems-to
choose my friends on a basis
of interest rather than color of
skin.
Robert F. Phelps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29

Congress, not with the courts. In its
proper sphere, Congress is the Judge Of
its own actions and must correct its own
excuses. There would be little left of leg
islative independence If the courts could
exercise veto power in matter of this
kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
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Mixing the Races

Despite all that has been
said and written to the con-
trary, the white people of the
South who resent the Supreme
Courts decree that public
school education must be on
an integrated basis are neither
disregardlng the Constitution
nor the Bible by such resent
ment.
There is nothing in either
the Constitution or the Bible
that intimateS the white and
colored races are to be mixed
in public schools, or in any
other place. by authority or
force. Also, there is no EVIL
dence that nature seeks to
amalgamate the varieties of
any species.
1t would be hard to convince
the writer that the Supreme
Courts decree was designed
primarily to secure equal edu-
cational opportunities for the
races.
J. J. Sperry.
Woodstock. Va.
Upon reading the letter on
"Integration" by Henry A.
Bates. / find I must disagree
with his premises. All must
concur with his statement that
white and colored are two diff
ferent races and that civility of
each toward the other is most
essential for understanding.
However, l question the state
ment, stop trying to mix
them" AS an example, in his
attempt to clear the issue he
mentions the separation or
congregation Of two different
species in an open field. Mr..
Bates is aware of the fact that
horses and cows cannot be
grouped as he implies, whereas
all human beings are members
Of the species homo sapiens
and naturally tend to associate
with each other.
In a serious vein. however. /
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-03-16

BY Clarence j. Brown Member Congress- District

Republican Ohio including ten from the 7h
generally were
Washington week attending the Republican Wonens NaonaI
Eisenhower paid surprise visit to one OF ner
and made a IS minute impromptu address
selling Government
abroad world competition with cot
planned sell at least mil
of cotton each Benson under pressure
of Goernnentowned sur
plus wheat to foreign countries. -
in 1947 for every
dollar by the American for food the farmer or
profits amounted to cents all other costs otaed io cents
the dollar
ped to only 395 labor received 5 cents handlers took
all other
totaled 1913 cents
Public Committee last week its approval to
bill which previously passed the House to authorize OF ne
which the million
The legislation provides for 27oot channel west OF Lake Erie
Ways Committee holding hearings
this week LEGISLATION to authorize United States IN the
miistratye agency for General Agreement and Trade
tween nations and the tariffs duties and restrictions thereon
10 days has been referred to made up OF Members
instructions differences
between the House and Senate versions of the and present
compromise bill for further consideration.
outlook fimng bit
there will IL million
million
will this
home modernization
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-03-16
IT'SLATER THAN YOU THINK
1926 THIRTY YEARS AGO - 1926

Madison Press contract to print 2OOOO0 copies
of Sparks Circus T.
Madison Road London general
MARCH Drygoods Store London announces Spring
Fashion for Women"
commercial teacher London High
School smallpox home in Washington c. Mrs Marjorie
Tanner substituting.
MARCH County an" Literary Society meets at
Oak and High Streets
with Is enrolled leads entire
cooperating with OSU keeping farm accounts
according Folsom Madison County Home Demonstration
Agent.
MARCH 25 that by April
London office will be rearranged Only
motorized county
o Henry Tyler for longest drive
Robert Tanner, Judge and Mrs j. r. Tanner
advertising department Dispatch accepts
1916 TEN YEARS AGO 1916
MARCH 20 Ralph Av arrives in London as assistant to F.
Am superintendent London Prison Farm.
R NJ Cheseldne, Mrs Charles Chesedne,
u. where
AMG Will remain in service General Staff in
Washington D. c.
MARCH Boy banquet by Mt Sterling Troop
MARCH % Richard MerTman West Jefferson discharged from
MeTman Cement Factory West Jefferson
Club special trophies
standing Boy and Girl in County according Marcus Corn
Rotary president.
MARCH Prugh Overrf prominent Madison County reres
Madison County AAA c. Harsh
succeeds him.
MARCH who Worlds
organization Mrs Harold Welsh named
airrnan