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Evening star., 1957-12-21
To Meet the Challenge

In announcing that his department
win ask Congress for q supplemental
appropriation Of about 81 billion for the
second half Of the current fiscal year.
Defense Secretary McElroy has left little
room for doubt that the administration
is beginning to move into high gear to
counter the threat implicit in Soviet
scientific and military advances.
The additional money. according to
Mr.. McElroy, viii be needed for missiles
and other things especially missiles.
Assuming that it Is made available by
Congress, as seems more than likely, It
will be spent on q production speed-up
aimed ~ at improving our own ma
tional security vis-a-vis Russia and (2)
at strengthening the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization In keeping with
some Of the decisions that have Just
been reached at NATo's summit meet
ing in Paris
But this represents only q start. For
the administration, as Indicated at the
recent bipartisan get-together In the
White House, also plans to call upon
Congress for q marked increase In the
military budget for the 1scal year be-
ginning next July !. The increase would
entail an additional outlay Of at least
50 billion. It would lift our annual arms
expenditures to total Of more than $40
billion. and 1t would be invested In the
development and production Of inter-
mediate-range and intercontinental bal
iistic missiles, new antisubmarine weap-
ons. and projects involving outer-spacs
science.
Thus, coupled with Mr.. McElroy's
projected bid for supplemental funds
to cover the coming six months, the ad-
ministration's military spending plans
for the next fiscal year involve an In
crease Of s. billion over the total con-
templated prior to the advent Of Russia's
Sputniks. Further, judging from all
the signs, Congress-some Of whose
members feel that even more should be
done-will lose no time In voting for
such an increase.
In these circumstances, pre-Sput-
niks talk about possible tax cuts now
seems utterly wishful and unrealistic.
Indeed, If we are to avoid deficit spend
ing, some higher levies may become nee
eSsary. But this Is . prospect that the
American people can and should face
without complaint In view Of the mag
nitude Of the Soviet challenge.
Evening star., 1957-12-21
Christmas Croft

For the girl who shops the year
round, Christmas Is the moment Of
truth. Fifty weeks Of window-shopping
and q process known as "henning
around" have prepared her for this
climactic encounter. She cuts through
the Yuletide throngs like flaming
arrow, flies straight to the right de-
partment in the right store for the right
gift at the right price.
For her sister who never shops, it
is a different story. Jostled, bewildered,
indecisive, she is like Siberian peasant
on a first trip to Moscow. Dazzled by
the display Of so much consumer goods,
she tends to forget her mission. When
she should be busy in the knick-knack
department, she wanders into the hat
department. She argues that she will
probably never get there again and the
red velvet beret is a bargain. She goes
steadily downhill and soon Is laden with
goodies for that most deserving person
on her list, herself
It is at the moment when money has
gone and remorSe has set in, that the
erring one falls into the clutches Of
kind, competent neighbor who hand
made all her Christmas presents at a
cost Of So and had them In the mail
the week before Thanksgiving. From
walnuts and coat hangers she has fash
ioned Christmas wreaths; from pipe
cleaners, whole menageries of engaging
animals. Anyone can do IT," she says
persuasively to the ruined creature.
Gentle reader, It Is not so. Inept
shoppers are inept crafters, It follows
almost as the night the day. Our hero
Inc who has seen an exquisite, elegant,
ever so chi-chi gold Christmas tree
manufactured from a 2o-cent dollsize
tree and a securing pad, and who tries to
do the same, will inevitably end up with
exactly the same elements. That whole
ness, symmetry and radiance which st.
Thomas Aquinas says are the essentials
Of a beautiful object ever elude her.
Moreover, her kitchen floor will be sticky
with glue; she will for weeks be trip
ping over tiny ornaments; she will get
gilt paint all over her clothes. Her
nerves will be frayed, her inferiority
complex renewed.
II we were the girls psychiatrist,
" would advise her7p settle Gown With
Evening star., 1957-12-21

A letter by Robert s. Trip
lett advocated establishment
Of q department Of science
and engineering. Such q de-
partment Is sorely needed
TO give added stimulus to
scientific discoveries within
our Government and TO keep
track Of what is going on In
private industry.
After all. our post ofiices
are represented at cabinet
level. Certainly the areas Of
science and engineering are
as important to the Nation
as our mail.carrying service.
Furthermore. the Triplett
plan Is on solid ground
In wanting TO establish a
healthy career program for
Government scientists and
engineers - comparable TO
that In private industry. Ger
tainly that is lacking In our
defense establishment.
Small wonder that enei-
neers and scientists bypass
the Government when look
ing for careers. The good ca
reers are in industry.
Congress should immedi-
ately establish this new de-
partment and provide about
10 assistant secretary posi-
tons for the career scientist
and engineer. Then the 35.-
900 engineers and scientists
In the defense establishment
tmany Of whom would trans
fer TO the new Department.
would have something 10 look
forward 70.
Enhlla narVnnA.
Evening star., 1957-12-21
Aptitude Test

As the cry goes up for SCI
entists we md our govern
mental agencies stuffed with
hordes Of economists, ana.
lysts. advisers and the like.
who secured their Govern.
ment jobs on the strength Of
college degrees in the liberal
arts"
Merely boosting salaries all
along the line will accom-.
plish nothing except 10 COM
pound the waste and folly of
the past Is years.
Every person holding q po-
sition In the so-called scien-
tiflc force should be required
to take q qualifying exami-
nation II he entered the Gov
ernment service under q lib
eral arts degree and then
shifted from department to
department until he landed
in q department requiring
technically educated people.
Frank g. Campbell.
Evening star., 1957-12-21

Your editorial Of II De-
cember interprets my testi.
mony before the johnson
committee ~ belittling the
importance Of space pro-
grams. I certainly did not
mean to imply this. Ny only
concern Is that the emotions
OF today may result In the
wrong relative priorities be.
tween the missile and space
programs In those areas
where they may not be COM
Elementary.
The stenographie record Of
the hearing shows that I
stated: I'VE have been hear
ing q great deal In the
last few days and few weeks
about how We should 60 into
Q tremendous satellite and
space program. ! do not be-
little the Importance Of satel-
htes and space matters one
bit. but what I want to en-
phasiDe iS let's get the iirst
thing done FIRST"
! believe that We are In
essential agreement on this
point.
Garrison Merton,
Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy for Air. .
Editors Note: The edi-
torial questioned whether the
importance Of the missile
program necessarily placed
the space vehicle program In
second place. I'VE should do
BOTH" said the editoriai.)
Evening star., 1957-12-21
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E., TRACEWELL

Reading in bed IL Q happy
effect Of such civilization as
we have. Probably the cave
men had some approach to 1t
in prehistory-they at least
thought . bit beside the
smoky fire.
Mostly men read In bed.
which Is because they are ap-
propriately lazy, as their
families might or might not
say.
To read in bed it is neces-
Sary to be comfortable in bed,
and this means Q good spring
and mattress and pillows.
especially pillows.
Bed readers may be any
age, but it Is when they are
over 50 years Of age that the
pillows count.
It Is the neck, OF course.
Up until age so. the neck
seems to take care Of itself.
After that. 1t obtrudes it
self on the attention. and
then 1t Is too late.
II one wants to read neatly
: and comfortably In bed. at
any time Of day or night. the
pillows must be right.
Or. let US say. as right as
they can be. because some
how they are never exactly
right any more.
The neck muscles impinge
on the shoulder muscles. and
the shoulder muscles on the
chest. and before the reader
knows it he Is getting tired.
It is O long way from TIP
perary. the song said
And It is an even longer
way from the reading mus
cles Of youth. for 1t takes
muscles to read as well as
to run.
The reader can recall.
easily enough. the famous
summer he spent slung under
q porch roof ct Ocean City,
with the brisk sea breeze
blowing his hammock. and
Rider Haggard's stories In
his hands.
Then. muscles were mus
cles. and stories were stories.
The breeze ruined ones hair.
and the hammock swayed.
and nobody from the board
walk suspected the small boy
going breathlessly through
She" and king Solo
mons Mines" and "Swal-
low" which he liked best Of
all.
That was reading. that
was. with the breath of the
whole wide world In It.
It Is useless to say to such
q man, after he has grown
up. why don't you get q
television set?"
He has books.
So, reading In bed is moth
ing, after all. but an extern
sion Of hammock reading.
The reader recalls the
story Of another good and
born reader. o sailor, who
spent his spare time on his
trips reading the great au-
thors Of his day.
At each port he purchased
Q complete Get. Dickens,
Evening star., 1957-12-21

Thackeray. and 20 on. when
sets were sets. and people
were not ashamed to read
and to own sets.
He had true deep sea
breezes to spur his reading.
There Is something about
sea airl
At home, now. the sailor
may recline in luxury. but
never quite recapture his own
hammock days.
1t makes no difference.
The core Of reading in bed
is q good book. and II the
reader wants Q good story,
let him get the new Russian
novel. straight out Of the
USSR, Not by Bread Alone"
It's q good story. first Of
all. and one wonders how
and why it got written and
above all printed In that
strange land. Now we have
1t. and 1t instantly takes its
place with other great Rus
sian novels. whose humanity
is basic.
Do not forget the pillows,
however. If reading in bed.
They must be lined up cor
rectly, in order to ease the
neck. not the back or legs.
One reads with the eyes,
but 1t is the neck that calls
the turns.
II the reader cannot quite
capture the old fantasy, it is
his neck's fault. probably.
The mind is or ought to be
the same, the eyes still func-
ton without too much dim
Guilty. and the arms and
hands hold as well as ever.
What Is wrong then. If the
old fantasy cannot be cap
tured?
It must be the neck. The
Grecian hero has his failure
in his heel. but the modern
reader has his Achilles
heel" In his neck. and only
pillows. properly piled and
arranged. will help him.
Evening star., 1957-12-21
u. S. Pay Adjustment

After many years Of ignor-
ing the acute shortage and
attrition Of scientific person.
mel in the Federal service
due to the noncompetitive
salary position. 1t now ap-
pears that some action Ii
actually imminent. II Is pro-
posed to increase salaries
in Grade IL and above to the
top Of the respective grade.
This undoubtedly Is q con-
venient stop-gap measure. but
q fragrant ineQuity Of such
q plan Is that the salary in
crease Is greatest for the en-
ploye with the shortest serv-
ice-the advantage being in
versely proportioned to years
Of service. In the grades in
question. engineers and sci.
entists with as much as 7la
years difference In service
will receive equivalent sal-
ary. This Is q real penalty
and cannot but affect the
morale Of the older employe
who has remained In Federal
service against the allure
ment Of higher salaries In
industry. And should this
proposal come to pass. where
do we go from there? What
future provisions are consid-
cred for in-grade advances?
We cannot be deceived that
this ill-conceived expedient
will correct the problem for
all time. Regular in-grade
advances viii be expected
which cannot be granted
under the established salary
maxima.
Now Is the time TO make
q realistic adjustment while
still retaining Q pay struc-
ture properly based on length
OF service.
Evening star., 1957-12-21

sustaining Q slight stroke
some three weeks ago, was
again acclaimed by our Euro
pean allies. It was his deter
mination TO attend this SUM
init" conference Of heads Of
state Of the Is nations in
volved that paid OF. Already.
however. there are signs the
Democratic chorus Of Eisen-
hover critics in this country
Is tuning up-like q chorus In
ancient Greek tragedy. Even
as Mr.. Eisenhower was going
to his plane for the trip back
TO this country Democratic
Senators on Capitol Hill were
sniping at the NATO confer
ence and it's accomplishments.
Indeed, they were not slow to
insist that the accomplish
ments were really nonexist-
ent. and that the conference
had merely called into bold
relief the mistakes in foreign
policy Of the Eisenhower ad-
ministration and failures of
Secretary Of State Dulles. To
some Of them the conference
agreement In regard to the
placing Of nuclear missiles on
European bases and in Tur-
key meant nothing. and they
did not hesitate TO say 50.
Mr.. Stevenson's Case
Perhaps-probably - these
Democratic critics felt more
free to attack because Adlai
Stevenson, the titular head Of
the Democratic Party, did not
go TO Paris as q member Of
the United States delegation,
as he was invited to do by
President Eisenhower. Mr..
Stevenson,s declination to at
tend the conference seems all
the more inexplicable, since
the decisions reached by the
NATO nations appear en-
tirely in line with Mr.. Ste
venson's own position on
some Of the problems. It was
urged, when ne declined TO
90 to Paris. he might be put
in the position Of appearing
to agree to programs and de-
cisions with which he dis
agreed. a Now. like other
Democratic critics Of the
President and his admins
tration, Mr.. Stevenson may.
too. feel freer to criticize. But
this seems q poor excuse for
not attending and giving the
conferees the benefit Of his
presence and advice. Anyway.
the readiness with which the
Democratic critics have
sprung to the attack is sig
nificant.
When Mr.. Stevenson was
here In Washington being
briefed at the State Depart
ment regarding the coming
NATO conference and writ
ing out his own proposals for
q program, and President
Eisenhower was taking q
brief vacation in Georgia. the
question was asked: Who
was elected President in
1852" When Mr.. Eisen-
hover went to Paris and Mr..
Stevenson to Chicago. every
one understood who was
elected and Why.
Evening star., 1957-12-21
Shoppers THOUGHTS

Last night hundreds Of
other Americans and / en-
joyed the privilege Of Christ
mas shopping. My purchases
centered around the dreams
and expectations Of two
small boys and their mother.
A red tricycle. for four-year-
old Charlie: q little wagon
for tow headed Marx, who Is
Just two: and . new coat for
Mommie. As I left the warm
and friendly atmosphere Of
the gaily decorated stores, q
biting gust Of wind brushed
my face. sending o distantly
familiar ripple Of chills
through my frame. walking
toward the parking lot, my
thoughts wandered.
Suddenly 1t was December.
1850. and I was waiting on
the cratered. rubble- -strewn
Korean road that snakes its
way from Chosin Reservoir
to the port Of Hungnam.
North Korea. Waiting for the
lead elements Of o group Of
twenty-odd thousand besieged
Americans. knifing . path
through the Chinese Com
munist hordes down the last
desolate mountain Of q So
mile highway Of death.
misery, and subsero cold. As
the frst group entered the
comparative safety Of the
Hungnam perrin eter, one
could hear the distant rum
BILE Of artillery and the spo-
radio crack Of rife IRE. BE-
meath the dirt, boards and
aged eyes Of the youthful
faces. one could also detect
that American something
which seems to say "semper
fidelis." 1t was an unprec-
edented and inspiring privi-
lege to absorb this spirit Of
Americanism in force. In
reminiscence, / scanned the
entire ten-mile column Of
gallant men (their machines
carrying dead and wounded.
and couldn't iind Q single
face. living or dead. that
wasn't mirrored in the eyes
Of every gift-laden American
on Main Street.
As my senses returned
slowly TO the gaiety Of the
season. the subconscious
echoed the voice Of that
buddy-Bing Milstead-who
didn't come down the noun
tain. He seems to speak, as
did Robert Falcon Scott.
Had We lived. I should have
had q tale to tell Of the
hardihood, endurance and
courage Of my companions
which would have stirred the
heart Of every American
(sic). These rough notes and
our dead bodies must tell the
tale"
Indeedl There Is q spectre
the spirit Of Americanism
and II surely Is haunting
the Kremlin.
Thanks. Bins.
Evening star., 1957-12-21
AN Hail, Joe Biggs!r

After reading your editorial
AN Hail. Joe Bisesl" I be.
iieve 1t would be simpler TO
say. "Mr. Joseph Biggs. part
time Post Once employe. Is
qualified TO carry the mes
sage to Garcia" Some SUM-
day when you have q spare
page you might reprint that
excellent work. "A Message
TO Garcia" Its message is
not out Of place in these de-
generate times.
william J. PuIlin,
Evening star., 1957-12-21
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Aakion.
Evening star., 1957-12-21

. catalogue the Gay after New Years.
she won't DO 1t. The ersssAoppers Of
the Christmas season We have always
with as.
Evening star., 1957-12-21
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source In every meeting attend
in that state the youth are directed
in their thinking along those lines.
1t goes something like this:
Americans take to the road in
summer We've got the scenic
beauty to attract them But tourists
want more than beauty. They de-
mand good food, comfortable beds
and fastidious sanitation"
Then these leaders 90 on to
pointing the way for this youthful
thinking by adding; It's not a get
rich quick scheme, but a fine way
to supplement income"
We may have to wait for the
state to build lodge, but we could
start right now building the right
attitudes in our youth for what may
be Garrett countys number one
resource in their adult years.
To Our Guests
We are friendly people If you
are not greeted in a friendly man
ner in our churches it may be that
those close to you are strangers
also
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Miss Sherry DERRICK spent sever
al days with relatives at Mans
field, O.
Mrs. Cecil Schroyer returned
home after visit with Mr. and
Mrs. John Hamilton and son, at
Kent, O.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Capel and
son Johnny, spent the weekend in
Baltimore with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs Glen Selby returned
to Alexandria, Va, on Thursday,
after several days visit here with
relatives.
Mrs John Moser and daughters,
Leila and Betty, and the latter's
husband, White House. Pa, and
Mrs. Molly Fike were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Harold
Fike
Mr.. and Mrs James Lininger and
son Jimmy, and Mrs. Henrietta
Lininger visited from Thursday
until Sunday evening in Washing
ton. D. c., with Mr.. and Mrs. f. d.
Brown and in Baltimore with Mr..
and Mrs Donald Chisholm and
other relatives and friends. Mrs.
Elizabeth Selby and Ruth Anne Lin
niger who had spent the past week
in Baltimore returned to their
homes here Sunday with them
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Fikc were S/Sgt. and Mrs.
Winston Teats and sons, Barney
and Ronnie, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Knauff and daughter Debbie. of
Dayton O. The formers son, Gary
Teats, returned home with his par
ents after several weeks visit here
with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs Fike
Mr. and Mrs Allen Fike and
daughters, of Mill Run. were recent
visitors of the Fixes too.
Monthly WSCS
The monthly meeting of the
WSCS was held Monday evening.
July 1st in the church. Mrs. Law
renee Friend, vice-president, pre-
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FRIENDSVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Nick LeichIitter
and Delbert Lee, of Bittinger Mrs.
Harold Fike and Gary Teats we're
picnicking at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Fike and son Byron. on
Thursday evening. Delbert Lee re-
manned here for few days visit
with his aunt, Mrs. Harold Fike and
Gary Teats.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Miller and
children visited her mother, Mrs.
Hetta Timney, at Sacred Heart
hospital, Cumberland. and with
Mr. and Mrs. George Cooper and
sons, at Homecoming. on Sunday
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EVANSVILLE

Mrs. Donald Swauger and Mrs.
Clyde McCurdy will demonstrate
hair styles and care at the July 8
meeting, to be held at the home of
Mrs. William Bender. Mrs. Willard
Layman will be assistant hostess.
Walter Ramp recently returned
from Memorial hospital in Cum
berland after undergoing a major
operation.
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ENGLANDER'S Gft4I.I N1
PHARMACY IIlIIltlIIIu NRlIIH
a Message from
Clinton w. Highlander,
"Your Pharmacist

You have to live in your body the rest Of your
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If you neglect your body just like any good md
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sIeepIess nights, wake up tired, and more often
quire colds.
How much is healthy body worth to you? Of
course it is priceless Therefore, it will puy you to
make small investment to insure your continuous
good health
Follow this proved plan. Visit your physician
twice year for body check-up He knows whot
trouble spots to look for Perhaps you need one of
the new medicines that will help you ease excessive
nervous tension If he thinks your resistance to infec-
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potency vtomin. Your present diet might not be the
best for your particular body. He has the knowledge
to properly guide you
1t is your body and you might as we'll enjoy it
In our pharmacy the medicines, vtumins end
heuthuids that your body may need to you best
EngIander's Pharmacy
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The Maryland Society of Akron,
Ohio, will hold its 10Th annual
picnic at Memorial park in Wads-
worth. o., on Sunday. July 81, it
has been announced by II. j, Bit
ner, president of the group.
There will be a basket lunch at
1890, followed by contests for all
age groups. A bathing beach is
available. Prizes will be awarded.
Mrs w. ID. Stark is secretary of
the organization.