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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21
Arlington St. Georges
Offers Scored Concert
By FRANK c. CAMPBELL

Mary Alice Bennstt. mezEe so
prana Robert stiEaiL organi Ralph
1euthln. organ accompauiel. ~.
1ssrEs ss,.s q. as f1 R.Ie1. Asi' 6,
- nSjcr. Bseh; Neui Prsia1ss
ssistsTsm INDIAN. Elssi.
st. Georges in Arlington Is
usually an oasis in the dreary
desert Of music usually found
in q small parish church. The
Sacred Concert offered there
last evening had apparent
promise.
Credit for choosing good and
unhAckneyed works and COM
bining them into Q well-bal-
anchd program must 50 to the
young musicians in last nights
concert. Less can be said.
though, for the success Of the
performances.
Nh Stigall has fast. II some
times Inaccurate, feet. as he
demonstrated in the Bach F
major Toccata and the List
Fugue. He also has the faculty
however, Of playing rapidly and
simultaneously creating q static
effect. which blighted the Toe
cata and the Fugue. and made
the short opening Chorale Prel-
ude seem endless. The minus
cule Preludes Of Milhaud.
though hardly revealing Of
playing ability. were given
skillfully vivid registration.
A few moments last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21
Georgetown vespers
Again Fecture 0rgon

town Fresbyisfiff Church. PrcsfsSn:
Ihfse ChoFale Prelndes. 0pis iki,
ArAnms, 0fe9ofian paraphFase, Ie
sI!si's 4 CONS PsslSas b E.asl-.
The vesper service at George.
town Presbyterian Church yes
terday afternoon again featured
the artistry Of william watkins
and the bright. clean sound OF
the excellent new organ re-
Gently dedicated.
Mr.. Watkins offered music BY
Handel. Brahms. Lanelais and
De Lamarter, all Of which
showed on different aspects Of
the Instruments expressiveness
Perhaps most satisfying from
Q strictly musical point OF view
were the Brahms Chorale Prel-
udes. These were tenderly and
chastely registered and ac-
curately played. The Handel B
nat Concerto. one Of this re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21
NEWS or MUSIC
~ WENDELL MARORAvE

N.,iensl gallery Orchestra. Mich.
ard BALES, ,eond.uel ~; - ne National
q ~ 9es iar s elns esselise Day.
IS .rssSi sum nef 4 to bas.Nschil.
W. suite. HFokoflaif; Ansfrlsn
v,iisse sWailowa 4tleuas; Overture
~ Cinderella, Nosztni.
Last nights concert BY the
national Gallery Orchestra fea-
,~red two unfamiliar works. the
Third symphony Of Robert
ward and Mr. Bales own ar.
ranseInent o. Q set Of pieces
nv Henry Purcell.
It is apparent that Mr.. Bales
understands the role OF the
orchestra which does not have
10 depend upon gate receipts
for survival. He recognizes the
privilege and the responsibility
n presenting new works. "a
stimulate the product OF the
creative imagination Of today.
and the need. Is well. to play
sisnincatlt music Of the past
that, for one reason or another.
has dropped from the attention
o. program builders. OF course,
snclher influence Il present:
The direct appeal o. popular
works. 70 provide an audience
for the more serious fare.
The Purcell music q / good
opener, Il Is direct and noble,
With the archaic splendor Of
trumpets and drums used SIM
ply. The scoring Is clear and
unpre.entious. The largo Sec
ton appeared to be rather too
fast far the breadth Of style
indicaIed by the tempo mark
ing, but otherwise the perform
aIlce vns effective.
The Ward symphony does
not Constitute = serious threat
to the established repertoire. Il
Is skill.nl and slick. but Is made
up Il unimportant color effects
in praise Of warmed-over musi-
cal ideas. Much Is heard Of
the English horn. the piano,
II piccolo. and % on. but there
IS title staple orchestral sound.
Elective theater music. but
s,rcely symphonic.
1.-The balance Of the program
tes for the audience. Prokoii-
a. IN his little suite for chill
dren seems to consider chill
dEen highly sophisticated little
imneciles. II Is clever and
smart-aleck. but completely
misses the target the same
composer found so expertly In
Peter and the Wolf"
The Josef Strauss waltz Is
like several hundred other
walizes By the Strauss family.
but amused the audience
misAtily IN Introducing. here
and there. solo passages for
the bird whistle. ! wonder how
many pet canaries and para.
keeti were awakened after the
performance to be told. i
heard q bird IN the orchestra
that sounded Just like you
The program closed with .
reusing performance Of Ros-
sini's overture to La ceneren-
tola, decked out with excellent
little solo passages for oboe.
clarinet. and piccolo. There
was much applause and many
curtain calls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-21
NEWS or MUSIC
TwoUnfomiIior Works
Top Gallery Program,

were pleasant reminders Of
Mary Alice Benefits best
singing. which many times Ia
the past was remarkably fine.
HAD she been content with less
taxing music than she chose
last night. her voice might not
have shown 50 clearly that II
u Is not at this time up TO the
heavy tests Of agility tone
ana endurance found in large
works of Handel. Mozart and
Purcell. z. a.. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

es fighting liberal speech top Republicans completes
his capture Of the New and Fair Deals started
spending like Truman. Now he's talking like Roosevelt
Democratic Senator Kennedy says he's running for
President in 1860 Can't spare the time Too busy working
on his acceptance speech.
The United States promises Red Poland SOS Million but
the Poles want we're going to be that sngy Khr-
shchev may renege his promise-and doom grand
children capitalism.
Bakers union officers showered money q pretty bru-
nette Gangsers call this giving tomato lots Of
lettuce Among the bakers it's known dough for
q cool cookie
Senator Godwater good the genius
Of the Republican Party not Ike Republican
genius last fall to keep the folks happy by losing everything
but the White House.
Democratic Senator Mcclellan the labor rackets prober
doomed for President He conquered nursery trio
1.-The teamsters. the bakers. the jolly Fifth takers"
Secretary of State Dulles emergency one-engne
landing OIL leak First Dulles 1--WE years that didn't
wind up exclusively in the New York Times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Red Scare Tactics on H-Tests

be stopped. The campaign is
under way and its objective is
to spread fear among Ameri-
cans and thus eventually dis
arm our country"
In Britain the same thing is
happening. Viscount Cherwell,
a leading scientist who is a
member of the British Atomic
Energy Authority. said to Par
lament recently:
THE ringleaders in this cam
paign against British nuclear
tests are certainly a very cur
ious collection. Oddly enough
none Of them seems to worry
very much about the Russian
tests. These. they seem to as
sumo, will do no damage to
anyone. 1t is the British tests
they insist will poison the
world"
Also SelWyn Lloyd, Britain'S
Foreign Secretary, in a nation
wide broadcast in England q
few weeks ago. said that "a
great deal of the agitation
against our tests does come
from Communist sources which
want to prevent Great Britain
from emerging as a third nu-
clear power"
Former President Truman a
few days ago said that the
dangers from "fall-out" tests
involved "a small sacrifice"
compared to the advantages,
and added:
I'VE must not be panicked
by the Soviet campaign of fear
incitement either through
threats of the use of the
bomb or by their propaganda
Of the horrors of the 'fallout'
intended primarily to cripple
the defense efforts Of the
West"
Why, it might be asked.
should it be assumed that
President Eisenhower, former
President Truman, the mem
bers of the United States
Atomic Energy Commission
and the outstanding scientists
of the National Academy Of
Sciences. are not as solicitous
about guarding the future
health Of everybody's children,
including their very own,
against any harmful effects
from the tests as are the self
appointed spokesman for all
the scare stun? Conceding
that all Of the critics are loyal
in every sense, they have not
given q logical or convincing
answer to that question.
Reproduction Rishts, Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
DORIS FLEEsON
Idaho Power and Tax Write-OHs

Francisco Stock Exchanges,
This week it will begin q study
Of all transactions in an at
= tempt to see who. If anybody,
had inside information and
took advantage Of it..
The committee is also ex-
pected to ask for q list of
Id no Powers stockholders.
Idaho Power. despite its name
and area Of operation, is q
Maine corporation.
The name Of Presidential
Assistant Sherma n Adams
which often figured in the
Dixon-Yates case has entered
the Idaho Power controversy
as well.
Senator Kefauver drew from
Mr.. Gray the fact that the
latter had conferred with Mr..
Adams relative to the an
nouncement Of the grant of
rapid tax amortization, but
beyond that Mr.. Gray pleaded
executive privilege.
Mr.. Adams may again be
asked to testify although the
committee is certain he will
refuse tp do so.
Since the committee is un-
likely to get Mr.. Adams as q
witness and since other Gov
eminent officials refuse to
testify as to conversations they
have had with Mr.. Adams,
Congress may never learn the
part he has played in the cd
ministration's approach TO
power problems.
Nevertheless 1t Is Mr.. Adams
intransigent attitude on the
question Of public versus pri-
vate power which many Sena-
tors blame for. the administra-
tons consistent difiiculties In
this field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10

A determined drive by some
members of the administration
and a handful of Senators to
follow Europe's example in re-
taxing the present restrictions
on trade with Communist
China and enlarging the list of
items exportable to the USSR
and satellite countries is gain
ing impetus.
President Eisenhower, who
only recently admonished the
Republicans to follow faith
fully the 1856 platform, is now
on record as favoring a change
in the trade policies of the
country.
The platform on which he
was returned to Office by an
overwhelming majority says:
I'VE are against trade with
the Communist world that
would threaten the security of
the United States and our
allies"
Those words, expressing
fundamental Republican poll
icies. were given to the Ameri-
can voters and the world less
than a year ago. The votes
cast for Mr.. Eisenhower show
that the American people fully
Endorsed them.
Nothing has happened since
last November to indicate any
real Communist change. There
is. Of course, an intensive
Kremlin campaign for com
petitive co-existence." But we
have seen this type of propa-
ganda of and on for years.
The men in the Kremlin be-
lieve in hot and cold thera-
peutic treatment. 1t often pays
dividends.
Our European allies. hipped
on expanding trade at any
price-even at the possible
cost Of their own security
are now more concerned with
bartering the products Of their
factories for whatever the
USSR. Communist China and
their satellites are willing to
offer.
In the past we have philo-
sophically accepted this in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
THOMAS [. STOKES
Propaganda Gimnick Exposed

changed their plans TO do
that.
The Government would
have lost the taxes on almost
50 million II all contributors
had claimed the deduction"
the report said.
Quite a number, however.
did deduct their contributions.
as the committee discovered
in the report it got back from
the Internal Revenue Bureau
to which 1t had sent a tran
script of the hearings.
Another variation on the
principle of "the public pays"
was discovered by the Sub
committee on Public Works
and Resources of the House
Government Operations Com
mittee.
This had to do with the
publication and distribution by
several electric utilities Of two
booklets attacking the Federal
power program. One was en-
titled Turn On The Light"
the other "The Federal Power
Program, It's Background,
Growth and Consequences"
The Federal Power Commits
sion, which investigated the
two booklets at the request Of
the House Subcommittee. re-
ported that the companies
charged of the cost to various
operating expenses, including
advertising, employees welfare
expenses and pensions. de-
monstration, general ONCE
supplies and expenses, and
miscellaneous general ex-
penses.
Though not a large sum was
involved-$23. 562-this might
have developed into quite a
widespread lodging device
had the subcommittee not ex-
posed 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Some u. S. Leaders Favor Joining
Britain in Relaxing Restrictions

evitable trend" But insofar
as this country was concerned.
its leaders insisted that they
would not become party to
increasing the power Of the
Communist dictatorship.
The executive and legisla-
tive branches were convinced
that the Communist system
would fall of its own weight.
They felt that people could
not take hardships for an in
definite time. The outbursts
in Eastern Germany. the up.
risings in Poland. the revolu-
ton in Hungary and con-
firmed discomfort within the
USSR were definite support
for our thinking.
Recently there has been a
change of heart among some
members Of both Government
branches. 1t is argued that
since it is no longer possible
for us to convince our Eu-
ropean allies to refrain from
full trade with the Communist
world We might just as we'll
do the same.
Trade with Com munist
China can, however, seriously
endanger our vital security
system in the Pacific. The
argument heard so frequently
in Off the-record talks with
Washington officials that we
have no means to coerce our
allies in Europe and cannot
interfere with their sovereignty
doesn't apply to the Far East,
where our chain of alliances
may fall to pieces.
In that area the words of
the Republican platform that
trade with the Communist
world would threaten the
security of the United States
and our allies" applies today
as fully as in 1856.
The Peiping radio itself has
admitted that economic con-
ditions. particularly south of
the Yangtze River, are very
bad. That Britain and other
Western European countries
want to rescue the Peiping
regime is their own business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Trade With Communist Nations

Most Of our European allies do
not depend on foreign aid as in
the past. Hence the Battle Act
which provides that aid shall
be denied those countries
which export certain strategic
products to the Communists
does not actually apply any
longer. But insofar as we are
concerned a relaxation of the
trade embargo means that we
would be strengthening a
regime with which we not only
are at war but also which has
designs on our allies in the
Far East.
The governments of Korea.
Free China, the Philippines,
South Wet Nam and Thailand
have all registered protests
against the British decision.
Also they have made unofficial
representations in Washing
ton warning us that a change
in our policy would seriously
endanger their independence.
The past American attitude
toward Communism in the Far
East has made it possible for
these allies of ours to main
tain themselves. Any change in
this policy-even if it were
applied to the economic side
only-would have fateful re-
percussions throughout Asia.
1t would mean not only the
likely demise Of the present
free governments through
subverSion but the eventual
extension of the Chinese Com
munist empire over the whole
of the West and South Pacific
as well as the Indian Ocean.
The Koreans, Chinese and
the other American allies and
sympathizers in the Far East
have resisted the Communist
drives and have suffered real
hardships because they felt
that they had Americas might
and moral support behind
them.
Should we change our policy
and renege on the platform
which the Republicans adopted
in 1856, these countries will
lose their faith in our pledged
word. And unless we really
mean to share the Com.
munists' bed. our isolation will
be complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
DAVID LAWRENCE

VIII the Communists be sue
cessful in their conspiracy to
scare America into hating
tests Of weapons vitality neces-
sary for the protection and
survival Of the American
people in a nuclear war?
The answer is that they will
not succeed If President Eisen-
hover and the officials Of the
Atomic Energy Commission
can have the help of loyal
Americans in exposing and
refusing to participate in the
propaganda which Communist
sympathizers, as well as their
unwitting stooges here and
abroad in the scientific world,
have been stimulating now for
more than three years.
Over and over again repu-
table scientists with access to
all the official data and infor-
nation derived from the tests
and from authoritative reports
on the "fallout" have as
sured the American people
that the risks involved are
negligible compared to the
knowledge gained to assure the
defense against nuclear weap-
ons of the enemy. But, despite
this. the propaganda of con-
fusion has persisted. Members
Of Congress and leaders of the
British Parliament have de-
nounced it as Communist
propaganda.
President Eisenhower him.
self told his press conference
last week that there are many
honest people engaged in the
controversy but many of them
seem to be out of their own
field of competence" and that
it looks almost like an organ
lied affair" He said that he
would rather accept the report
Of the National Academy of
Sciences, which has no axe to
grind of any kind and is not
looking for publicity" This
report. after an exhaustive in
vestigation, stated that the
dangers Of "fallout" due to
tests were not as much as from
ordinary X-Ray and such
radioactivity as results from
the suns rays and other nat
ural phenomena.
Attention has been called by
high oficials here and abroad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Toxpoyers Paying for Lobbying
Of Utilities, Oil and Gas Companies

pressly support or oppose
legislation. but tend to accom-
plish the same result indirectly
by subtle means, the cost OF
which is also treated as a busi-
ness expense"
Both the electric utilities
and the oil companies are
doing a lot Of this.
Some time ago Senator Estes
Kefauver, Democrat OF Ten
nessee. asked the Internal
Revenue Bureau to investigate
this lobby and propaganda de-
vice that is charged of as
business expense" The Senate
Lobby Committee made the
same suggestion in its final
report a few days ago.
In that report is a review Of
another tax deduction gadget
used by many Of the oil COM
panies. some Of them big ones.
that created the Natural Gas
and Oil Resources Committee
to campaign for enactment Of
the bill TO exempt natural gas
producers from regulation by
the Federal Power Commission.
That measure. killed in the
last Congress by President Eli
senhower's veto, is being re-
vived, and the President has
Endorsed 1t in general principle
with the condition that the
consumer be protected. The bill
as 1t stands does not do that.
Most OF the companies that
contributed the nearly So
million for the education
campaign for that measure
originally had planned 10 de-
duct their donation as "busi-
ness expense" they testified
before the Senate committee,
but, after the investigation
got under way. some OF them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Sherman Adams Role in Case Probed;;
Kef0uver Pressing Senate Inquiry

commission that the dams
would be built at no cost to
the Federal Government. Yet
Idaho Power Immediately
sought quick tax amortization
for the costs Of the dams under
the defense emergency.
Director Of Defense Mobil-
ization Gordon Gray granted
the quick tax amortization
privilege although. as Senator
Kefauver drew out, Secretary
Of the Interior Seaton had
written q letter to Mr.. Gray
strongly protesting the award
to Idaho Power.
The chief Of the accounting
division of FPC testified that
by virtue Of the fast write-off,
the cost to the taxpayers would
amount to more than $50 mil
lion. Idaho Power. he testified.
might eventually benefit as
much as 1899 million through
its tax privilege.
In the face of this, Chairman
Kuykendall said that the COM
mission had made a mistake"
Now the Kefauver Commit
tee is looking into the furry Of
activity in Idaho Power Co.
stock on April Is. the day on
which Mr.. Gray had approved
the fast tax write-off.
The decision was not an
nounced publicly until more
than q week later. On that day
$500 shares Of Idaho Power
changed hands as against a
previous average daily sale Of
TOO shares.
The committee has issued
subpoenas for the records Of
both the New York and San
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
DORIS FLEEsON

The Eisenhower administra-
ton once again has stubbed
its toe on the power issue. In
no other field has its perform
ance been so consistently
clumsy or its results so ILL
fated.
The administrators neme-
sis, as it was in the Dixon
Yates case, is again Senator
Estes Kefauver. Leading a
pack Of determined senatorial
investigators, he took up the
unpromising looking Dixon
Yates contract last year.
BY the time he was through
the Government was forced to
back out hurriedly. The Dixon
Yates combines claims for
compensation are still pend
ing before the U. S. Court Of
Claims.
Senator Kefauver Is now in
vestigating the circumstances
under which the Idaho Power
Co. was granted permission to
build three low dams on the
Snake River in preference to
the single high dam which
public power advocates had
hoped the Government would
construct at Hell's Canyon
The logged inquisitor has
already drawn an embarrass-
ing amount Of the administra-
tons blood.
According to the testimony
Of Jerome Kuykendall, chair
man Of the Federal Power
Commission. Idaho Power got
its certificate Of convenience
and necessity for construction
of its three low dams on the
basis of understanding by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-10
Campaign to Ban Experimental Blasts
By Britain, u. S. Laid to Communists

to the fact that the agitation
against nuclear tests grows
vociferous only when the
British and Americans engage
in them and not when the
Russians explode their test
bombs.
The reading public as a
whole doesn't know one scien-
fist from another, and the
newspapers. of course. have to
print the news as it arises.
Just the other day big head
lines announced that 1000
scientists had signed a petition
against further tests, and a
few days later DR.. Joel Hide
brand, professor emeritus of
chemistry at the University of
California and a past presi-
dent of the American Chemical
Society, said that not / per cent
OF those who had signed the
petition has a specialists
knowledge Of the subject.
Last week Representative
Lawrence H. Smith, Republi-
can Of Wisconsin, and Repre-
sentative Francis E. Walter of
Pennsylvania. chairman of the
House Committee on I'm
American Activities, dashed out
at DR.. Linus Pauling, head of
the chemistry division of the
California Institute of Tech
nology. who announced the pc
tition Of the 1000 scientists to
the press.
Mr.. Walter read into the
proceedings Of the House of
Representatives data showing
DR.. Pauling's relationships to
petitions signed in behalf Of a
list of organizations alleged to
be Communist fronts. Among
them was a petition he signed
in behalf Of the civil Rights
Congress-" which was cited by
the Attorney Generals Office
as "subversive" in December,
ls47. and was included in the
list issued by the Department
of Justice as late of Sep
TENDER. 1854. Representative
Smith also denounced DR..
Pauling's activities and made
this statement:
THE Communist conspiracy
is seeking to disarm America.
BY clever propaganda 1t is
seeking to create q national
hysteria so the people will de-
mand that our H-bomb testing