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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

Q-What is considered full,
time training is a Korean CT
Bill trade school course that con-
sists largely of shop practice?
A-Full-time training consists
Of at least 80 hours a week for at
least five days a week.
Q-I surrendered my perma,
nent National Service Life In
surance policy for cash when ]
went back on active military
duty. I'M about to get out, and
want to know if I can reinstate
my permanent policy.
Ayes, you have the right tc
reinstate your permanent policy
but you must act within 100 days
from discharge. It may be rein,
stated as of your original age and
effective date, without medica.
examination, upon payment OF
the required reserve and the cur
rent premium. Any VA office can
tell you how much you'll have to
pay.
Q-I recently obtained a VA
grant for an automobile, since
am a double leg amputee. VIII
VA also pay for@maintenance ano
repairs of the car?
A-No. Under the law, VA is
not authorized to pay for repairs
or maintenance of the car.
Q-VA has provided me with
an artificial leg, and also a pros
thetic service card that | can
present to a repair shop for re-
pairs. What is the maximum
cost of repairs my card will
cover?
A-The maximum is $35.
Q-Tm planning to convert my
World War II term insurance
policy to a permanent plan. May
| convert just part of it, rather
than the whole amount?
Ayes. You may convert part
Of your insurance not less
than $1,000, in multiples Of $500.
O. understand that Korea
veterans in school have the right
to finish their semesters if their
entitlement runs out after they
have reached the halfway points
of the semester. Does the same
privilege apply to veterans TAX
ing on-the-job training under the
Korean CT Bill?
A-No. Under no circum-
stances many entitlement be ex-
tended for veterans taking on
-the-job training under the Kor-
can CT Bill.
Q-MuSt a veterans blindness
be Service-connected, in order for
him to qualify for special VA
aids for the blind?
A-NOt necessarily. But he
must have a service-connected
disability emitting him to VA
compensation. This disability
need not be his loss Of sight.
Q-Are peacetime veterans en-
titled to "wheelchair housing"
grants, if they meet the eligi-
bility requirements of the law?
Or is the benefit limited to war
veterans?
A-Veterans of either peace
time or wartime service may
qualify, if their service-connect-
ed disabilities are such that they
can't get about without the aid
of wheelchairs, crutches or
braces.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

Q-What is considered full
time training is a Korean CT
Bill trade school course that con-
sists largely of shop practice?
A-Full-time training consists
of at least 80 hours a week for at
least five days week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

In cases where plants in cold
frames or hot beds turn yellow
ish green due to nitrogen defici-
ency, l ounce of Is percent nj
trogen carrier dissolved in a gal
lon of water and then sprinkled
over the plants until the soil
surface is wet, will correct the
trouble.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

Almost any excuse is good en-
ough for the tightWad who does
not want to make contribution.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

Milk production is on its way
to a new record in 1856. The
total probably will be between
l26 and 127 billion pounds for the
year, compared to 1925 billion
pounds in 1865.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

If crackers are placed in
sealed plastic bag before they
are broken up into crumbs, they
will not be scattered all over
the floor and can be stored in
the same plastic bag.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

When a homemaker buys a
new carpet she should not be
alarmed by the excess wool
which comes off in her vacuum
cleaner at first. The more that is
swept off. the better the carpet.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-05-31

Q-I recently obtained a VA
grant for an automobile, since l
am a double leg amputee. Will
VA also pay foramaintenance and
repairs of the car?
A-No. Under the law, VA is
not authorized to pay for repairs
or maintenance of the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
VIRGINIA
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

Like a man putting his head
inside a lions mouth. Vir-
ginia's State Highway Com
mission has bravely announced
a policy for building limited
access highways in the future.
Commissioner James A. An
derson says the subject is "the
most important problem con-
fronting the Highway Depart
ment today"
The question Is a delicate
one. Just how far should the
State go in meeting the needs
of through high-speed traffic
versus the needs of the lower
speed local traffic?
The limited-access highway
creates problems similar to
those Of the bypass routes
around cities and towns. yet
the functions of the two are,
in many ways, different.
The bypass serves to carry
high speed through traffic
around the bottlenecks Of
urban development. The free
way, which denies access for
relatively long distances, is
designed to carry heavy traffic
to and from downtown popu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
MARYLAND
By GENE GOODWIN

Comebacks can be tough for
politicians, too.
This is true even for an old
war-horse like 66-year-old Mil
lard Evelyn Tydings. who has
been in public life longer than
most Marylanders can remem-
Der.
Today he is attempting a
comeback against a younger
man, 52-year-old George Perry
Mahoney. who was making his
first bid for public Office the
year of Mr.. Tydings' defeat in
the Senate race of 1850.
II he gets by Mr.. Mahoney
and three lesser candidates in
the May 7 Democratic sena-
torial primary. former Senator
Tydings then, in all likelihood.
will get a crack at the man
who defeated him in a bitter
contest later described by a
Senate subcommittee as a
"despicable back street type Of
campaign"
That man. Of course. is the
Republican incumbent, Sena-
tor John Marshall Butler. who
seems assured OF re-nomina-
ton In his own primary.
Some Of Mr.. Tydings' sup
porters have argued that he
should be given the Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination
so that he will have a chance
Ito right the wrong" OF that
singing 1850 defeat.
No one can tell. Of course,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
MARYLAND
Political Comebocks Can Be Tough.
Tydings Finds in Bid for Senate

investigated the 1850 Mary
land campaign at the demand
of Mr.. Tydings, found that
this tabloid, "disregarding
simple decency and common
honesty. was designed to Gre
ate and exploit doubts about
the loyalty of former Senator
Tydings."
AS a result OF evidence
brought out in the hearings
before the subcommittee, Sem
ator Buffers 1850 campaign
manager. Jon M. Jonkel, was
convicted of violating Mary
lands Corrupt Practices Law,
in that he failed to properly
report campaign finances and
was a resident of Illinois in
stead of Maryland. He was
fined $4,000.
The subcommittee did not
feel, however. that it had UNI
covered sufficient cause for a
recommendation that Senator
Butler be unseated.
Senator McCarthy's staff
helped put together the tab
loid, called For the Record"
and aided Senator Butler in
enough other ways to cause
the subcommittee to conclude
that Senator Mccarthy was
a leading and potent force in
the campaign against Senator
Tydings."
McCorthy's Vengeance
The Wisconsin Senator was
after Mr.. Tydings because
earlier that year the Mary
lander had headed a subcom-
mittee which investigated Sem
ator McCarthy's charges that
Communists had infiltrated
the Government. The sub
committee concluded that the
charges were "a fraud and a
hoax" and Senator Mccarthy
called the investigation a
"whitewash."
II Mr.. Tydings does become
the Democratic nominee, you
can be assured that the 1850
campaign-and possibly Sem
ator McCarthy-will become
major issues.
But before he can start
worrying about Senators But
Ter and Mccarthy. Mr.. Tyd-
ings has got to contend with
the formidable Mr.. Mahoney.
There is evidence that the
former Senator has made in
roads into the organized sup
port rounded up over the past
year by Mr.. Mahoney. But
Mr. Tydings was late getting
into the race and has been
campaigning for little more
than month. II is too early
TO tell whether he has yet
attracted enough backing to
assure victory on May Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
Availability

When and where to get vac
cine are still plaguing ques-
tons.
When released by the Public
Health Service, vaccine is dis
tributed to states on the basis
OF their population of chill
dren and women in the prior
ity group. States vary in sys-
TENS of distributing their
shares. and what special pri-
critics they may set.
A State may buy all or part
of its allotment, using some
Federal funds for this, and
some OF its own money, too, II
1t chooses. The portion that
the State doesn't buy goes into
regular commercial channels
for doctors to buy and give TO
patients on their waiting lists.
A State may use all the vac
cine it buys in free clinics, or
turn some Of its purchase over
TO private physicians. In the
latter case, there is no charge
for the vaccine, but the doctor
can charge for his services.
Demand will probably con-
tinue to exceed supplies for
some time to come" DR..
Scheele says.
In time, officials expect
enough vaccine for everyone
needing II. with polio vaccina-
ton made as regular a routine
as shots for diphtheria, tetanus
and other diseases
In time--but not this year
experts recommend that
adults take II also. For polio
is hitting more and more at
adults, and usually ii strikes
adults harder than children
Mothers or fathers may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
The Future

Is the Salk vaccine the
answer? 1t could be. DR.. Salk
is working at present to in
crease its potency, putting
more killed virus into it, in
hopes of making 1t IS to 100
per cent protective.
Time will show how long
protection lasts. whether
boosters are needed - and
when or whether the vac
cine can confer lifetime pro-
lection.
Research is going ahead on
vaccines using living but
weakened strains Of virus that
cannot cause polio. but might
stimulate long-lasting anti
bodies. This could become q
vaccine swallowed as q tab
let, or in milk.
In separate research, some Of
these "attenuated" strains Of
virus have been fed to human
volunteers. The volunteers de-
veloped antibodies. without
sickness.
Time might bring a COM
bination Of the two kinds of
vaccine. Other scientists are
working on a vaccine using
virus killed by ultraviolet light,
Drugs are in prospect to kill
polio virus safely within the
human body, or even stymie
the virus after 1t begins attack
ing nerves. DR.. Thomas Fran
els, jr., Of the University of
Michigan, who headed the field
trial verdict, is one Of a group
which has found that an anti
botic, helenine. can protect
monkeys safely. This drug is by
no means ready for human use.
There are other clues to other
kinds Of drugs.
A faster test is being sought
to determine, perhaps within
a days time or less whether a
child who appears to have polio
really does have II, or is suffer-
ing from some other infection.
Right now, the Salk vaccine
is already protecting millions
Of children and expectant
mothers from paralytic polio. "
says DR.. Scheele. II believe
that never before in medical
history has a new health meas
ure benefited so many so
soon"
tBy the Associated PrssS)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

usually came down to a Ques-
ton of inadequate funds and
how best to use what there
was.
The diSSension. though, has
been endemic and has chroni-
cally broken into public con-
troversy about the time the
city's annual budget has been
working its way through Con-
greSS.
Part of the problem. per-
haps. arises from DR.. Seek
myers habit of asking virtual
ly for the moon when annual
departmental requests go to
the District Commissioners.
This technique bypasses the
hard problem of evaluating one
program or service against
another within the money
limits imposed by the city's
financial situation, and forces
the Commissioners - all lay
men-to take oyer the job of
cutting the departments
budget into balance with the
rest of the District spending
program.
Irreverently KIN a m e d
"Curley," the balding Dr.. Seek
niger, whose fringe of white
hair recently turned brown.
has won a reputation among
some District budget makers
as an empire builder. This
nearly brought him into direct
conflict with Mr.. Mclaughlin
recently when he by-passed
the Commissioners in filing
with the House Appropria-
tons Committee a statement
of needs they already had dis
allowed.
Mr.. Mclaughlin. though.
stuck by DR. Seckinger last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
DISTRICT
Seckinger's Rule Of Health Bureau
Comes Under Fire on Two Fronts

week in replying to the Medi-
cal Ohicers' criticism, con-
tending that the answer was
largely a matter Of money.
when you rob Peter to pay
Paul, he insisted. you can
expect Peter to holler."
How Mony Potients
One other budgetary conflict
appeared with publication Of
House Appropriations Commit
tee hearings when it was dis
closed the Health Department
had filed a considerably higher
estimate of the number of Dis
trict patients who would 60 to
st. ElizabethS Hospital next
year than had st. EliZabeths.
The city must pay the Fed
eral institution $3.50 a day for
each District patient there.
And, where the hospital eStl-
mated it would have a daily
average of $3.50 such patients,
the Health Department esti-
mated it would have to pay for
a daily average Of 5.453-a
money difference of 1855, 900.
Disclosure of this discrep-
ancy came only a few weeks
after city officials had discov-
cred they were spending less
than had been anticipated for
District patients at st. Eliza
beths. and had therefore trans
ferred 100000 allocated for
that purpose to the use OF Dis
trict General Hospital.
Perhaps a lasting solution
could come next year if the
District Medical Society would
survey carefully, the entire
Health Department program as
DR.. Seckinger invited it to do
this year. but too late to affect
the current budget hearings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
Proqress Report

Unanimously the producing
companies now report no dif-
flculties in testing or produc-
ton, and give this word on
coming supply:
Q Eli Lilly Co., Indianapolis:
Production approaching" 6.8
million cubic centimeters a
month, and a goal of so mil
lion by July l. One C. C. makes
one dose of vaccine.
Q Parke-DayiS Co., Detroit:
Expecting l million doses a
week within a month or so.
and 2 million weekly by mid
summer. Parke-Davis halted
production last June while in
stalling a different system OF
preparing vaccine by using
both formaldehyde and ultra
violet light to kill the virus.
Q Pitman-MOore Co., Indian
apolis: Expects Is to 80 mil
lion doses this year.
. Wyeth Laboratories, Phila-
delphia: Producing at the rate
of 3 million doses month.
. Sharp & DOhme, Phila-
delphia: Expects its first lots
of vaccine to be released this
month.
. Cutter Laboratories, Berke-
ley, Calf, has not announced
its future plans concerning
vaccine.
From start to finish it takes
100 days to produce one lot or
batch of vaccine. Production
started now would not bring a
finished, tested lot until Au-
gust.
Since last April. 43,809,204
doses of vaccine have been re-
leased. Just short of 80 mil
lion we're distributed during
1855. This January saw $685.
900 doses released, February
2,627,000, and 7,936,155 in
March.
1t is being used as fast as it
becomes available. Probably
IS to 20 million children have
already received l to 2 shots,
and some have had 3.
With vaccine in drastically
short supply right now, the
first priority is for children up
to IS years, and expectant
mothers, since these two
groups are most susceptible to
polio attack.
There are 81 million Ameri-
cans in these two groups. BY
June or July, If manufac-
turers' expectations are real
lied. two shots could be given
to all of them, DR.. Van Ripper
says. If this is done, the &C
tual number of cases of para
lytic polio could probably be
cut in half this summer, by
protecting many children and
women who otherwise would
be victims of the disease
Shots can be given safely
during the summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

whether Mr.. Tydings might not
have been due for defeat no
matter what type Of campaign
his Republican opponents put
on. He obviously was taken by
surprise, but there were these
other factors: A Republican
trend at the time. a'strong feel
ing against the Democrats on
the State level for starting the
sales tax and a lot of talk about
how Mr.. Tydings had gotten
too big for his britches" in
his concentration on interna-
tional affairs.
Memory Of q 'Smeor'
But Mr.. Tydings and many
of his friends feel the defeat
was caused by a smear cam
paign" put on by the Butler
camp. which at the time in
cluded Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican of Wisconsin. and the
old Washington Times-Herald.
That campaign probably is
best remembered for the COM
posite photograph, which gave
the false impression that Mr..
Tydings was whispering into
the ear Of former Communist
Leader Earl Browder. The
fake picture was published in a
four-page tabloid newspaper
printed at the old Times-Her-
aid plant and distributed to
Maryland mailboXes in the
closing days of the contest.
The Senate Privileges and
Elections subcommittee, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
BY ALTON L. BLAKESLEE

One great burning question
remains about the Salk polio
vaccine: When can millions
of children get it?
The prospects are fairly
soon, because supply is rapidly
swelling. Estimates are for
100 to $50 million doses or
more to be produced this year.
A year ago headlines pro-
claimed that the Salk vaccine
is safe, potent, effective. :"
That verdict is still sound
and valid on this first ami
verSary.
Leading experts have no
question about its safety. LAS
safe as we can humanity guar
antee," says DR.. Leonard
Scheele, Surgeon General of
the United States Public
Health Service. LAS safe as
any biological product can
possibly be-" adds DR.. Hart E.
Van Ripper. medical director of
the National Foundation for
1nfantile Paralysis.
AS for effect, last summer it
cut paralytic polio rs to 80 per
cent among vaccinated child
rem, and kept an estimated
1850 children from becoming
paralyzed, even though most
had received only one shot.
One tragic accident marked
the vaccine's first year, bring
ing confusion, doubts, and in
terruption Of supply.
Installation of rigid new
safety regulations has been one
bottleneck in supply. but that
now is largely overcome, DR..
Scheele reports. Manufacturers
had to expand testing facilities
and train more personnel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
DISTRICT
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

Criticism from the ranks
mounted last week against
administration of the District
Health Department under DR..
Daniel L. Seckinger.
1t came almost simultane-
ously on two fronts. One was
in the form of a letter to
District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin from the
medical officers of District
General Hospital, complaining
about his intention to string
along with the present ad-
ministration of the Health
Department"
The other was an attack on
''inertia" and insufficient CO.
ordination in the department
as reasons for the lack of an
effective tuberculosis out
patient control program by DR..
Donald R. Sickler, chief Of
the tuberculosis control di-
vision.
Thus, what had appeared to
be a spirit of rebellion at
the hospital against Health
Department administration
seemed to be growing into out
right revolt.
Publicity Sought
For several years, most news
paper reporters who have come
into contact with the hospital
have been invited by officials
there to take on the job Of
telling the world how bad
things are.
Generally, such chores have
been Intellectual because the
charges have revolved largely
around differing professional
judgments and, in the end,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
ITALY

Possibly the most serious
economic and social results of
a winter so unusual that Rome
had considerable snow in mid
March, is the fact that thou
sands of farm laborerS, par
ticularly in Southern Italy and
Sicily. have been jobless for
several weeks. Normally Italy
has 2 million unemployed and
an equal number of partially
unemployed.
Present estimates indicate
that about so per cent of the
orange and lemon crop. 20 per
cent of the almond crop and
half the olive crop have been
destroyed. Fresh vegetables
and vineyards also have been
seriously damaged. 1t will not
be known for some time how
many orange. lemon and olive
trees have been killed by the
frost. Even if the trees are
only damaged. their slow
growth requires several years
before they can bear fruit
again.
In 1855 fruits and vegetables
counted for about IS per cent
Of all Italian exports-or the
equivalent of $3.50 million.
Since Italy already has a trad
ing deficit in the European
Payments Union. and most
Italian fruits and vegetables
are sold In Europe, a loss of
this magnitude will probably
place a serious strain on
Italian gold reserves. Usually
reliable sources indicate that
there has been no serious
damage to wheat and grain.
This balance Of payments
problem plus the social unrest,
aggravated by the increased
unemployment, shows how I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
By GEORGE w. CAKES

LONDON.-Spring is at
last bursting forth throughout
Western Europe but the dam
age of the most severe winter
in more than twenty-five years
has inflicted deep wounds on
the economies of Italy. Spain
and France. In Northern Eu-
rope-including the British
Isles-the cold weather mainly
has retarded crops and trans
portation but has not left
many indelible scars.
The Italian people probably
have suffered greater personal
hardship than any other
Western Europeans. On March
IA, police had to quell riots
at Barletta near Bari in
Southern Italy, where a crowd
of 1000 unemployed broke into
a store containing food pack
ages that the Papal relief or
ganization was to distribute.
Several thousand people had
been begging for food in below
zero temperatures for several
hours.
In general, however, the i'm
portant and lasting results of
the coolest winter since 1929
will be the impact on produc-
erS and distributors of food
especially the fruit. vegeta-
BILE and olive crops in Italy and
Spain and the winter wheat
crop in France. The trade po-
sition of these countries is in
many ways dependent on the
production and export of these
foods. This kind of loss can
not be made up by the gift of
American farm produce.
How seriously the income of
these Mediterranean countries
will be affected cannot be de-
termined until it is known to
what extent spring crops may
partially compensate for. those
lost during the winter. But as
the seasonally warm weather
gradually returns the following
appears to be the overall
situation in the countries most
damaged:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08
Europe ToIIies Damage
After Gripping Winter

seasonable and continued cold
weather can weaken the econ
omy of a country that ever
since the war has been most
precariouSly balanced.