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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-13
Real Test on Civil Riqhts

The strength Of forces behind OBJ
posing moves to kill or to enact a civil
rights bill at this session Of Congress
should be revealed before the end Of
the week.
It is possible that some Republicans
can see more political gain in dead bill
than one which owes its life to Demo-
cratic leadership in the Senate. Joined
by enough Southern Democrats, who
make no bones about preferring a dead
bill, they may have the votes to kill the
bill now or delay the execution cere-
monies until next year.
But If the Republican leadership,
from the President on down through
the Congress, really throws the weight
Of its influence behind the Senate bill
with modification of the jury trial
amendment, applying its provisions only
to cases arising under the civil rights
legislation-the bill should become law
before adjournment.
That should be the objective of
members of Congress, regardless of
party, regardless of who won what pre-
liminary Skirmish, If they are interested
IN having strong civil rights law on the
books now, new civil rights division
In the Department of Justice led by all
Assistant Attorney General, and a Ma
tional Commission on Civil Rights oper-
ating from Washington with broad
powers of investigation and report.
The attitude of Republican Leader
Knowland and other Republican and
Democratic Senators who fought the
jury trial amendment and were defeated
is admirable They know that this bill
is more than merely half loaf. They
know it is the strongest civil rights bill
that has ever reached, in modern times,
the possibility of immediate passage
Joined by some of their colleagues in the
House, who took the same position on
the jury trial amendment, they are anx-
iouS that the bill be passed.
But the attitude of Republican lead
ership at the top has become so con-
fused by the extravagant statements
emanating from the Department of Jus
tice regarding effects of the jury trial
amendment, that what happens in Con-
greSs from now on is anybodys guess.
If the bill is killed for this session,
however, it should not be diff1cult to
identify the aSSassins.
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Fractured Grammar

Though / am neither an
educator nor much of a
grammarian, l am never the
less appalled, by the constant
misuse Of the English Ian
guage on our TV programs.
l know this is only one
phase of the problem pre-
sented to educators and par
ents by widespread use of
radios and television sets. Vet
because these mistakes are so
frequent they stand out like
a sore thumb crying for at
tention.
These errors do not occur
in regular movies-no doubt
because of extensive rehear-
sails and close supervision.
I have little to suggest as
to what might be done to
remedy this situation. It
seems likely, however, that
the broadcastfng companies,
if this were brought to their
attention, would want to
improve the situation. A few
of the most frequent mis-
takes. according to my list,
are:
/. Use of an objective noun
after the verb to be, as 1t
was me, instead of II was 1.
2. Using an adjective to
modify a verb, as He only
ran a mile, instead of He
ran only a mile.
3. Use Of the verb in a
sentence where the poten-
tial is used. as If I was home.
instead of II l were home.
4. Using the word rout
Wnere Jney mean route. YOU
can rout an army but not a
road.
S. Use of the verb don't
when they mean doesn't, as
He don't know the difference.
l have one suggestion which
may be entirely impractical.
If prizes were to be offered
by the broadcasting COM
panies to television listeners
who would report on such
mistakes, there might be a
quick response and actors
and broadcasters would has
ten to improve their grammar.
J. Blaine Gwin.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Congress Drops Economy for Votes
By GOULD LINCOLN

80 is $685. million. And if the
new postal pay bill should
become a law, the deficit at
that time would be almost q
billion dollars-$951 million.
Postmaster General Sum-
merfield, backed by President
Eisenhower, has urged for
years an increase in postal
rates, to help pat the postal
service on a decent pay-as-
you-go basis. Congress, how
ever, has taken a dim view
of postal rate increases, and
Sum m erfield has been
checked again and again in
his efforts for adequate pay
for the service rendered the
public. Now, however, the
postal rate bill has been TAX
en- out, busted off and laid
before the House. 1t would
increase postal revenues by
about $464 million in the
first year of its operation
and $515 million at the end
of the fourth year. The sud-
den squirt of interest in the
rate bill, it appears, grows out
of the interest In getting the
postal pay bill enacted into
law. So far. however, there
has been nothing done about
the rate bill in the Senate.
Taxpayers in the Middle
OF course, the rate increase
measure, if it becomes law.
will help to reduce the def
icit of the postal service,
and it will more than Offset
the $500 million which the
present pay increase bill will
add to the cost of operating
the service. But who is get
ting caught in the squeeze
play? Just the American peo-
pie. They will be taxed to
pay the postal employees
higher wages and they will
have to dig down in their
jeans to pay the increases in
mail rates. What the admin
iStration desires is the enact
ment of the postal rate bill.
to help bring the annual def
icit down at least to a rea-
sonable figure, and a defeat of
the postal pay increase meas
ure. That defeat is now up
to the President-and then
to the Congress if it tries TO
override a veto.
When a stentorian shout
went up soon after the open
ing of the present session of
Congress in the name of econ
omy, it was echoed in many
parts of the country. The Eli
senhower administration took
a shellacking from many
quarters because of the $7l.2
billion budget which it pre-
scented to Congress. Congress
has pared the budget, not
withstanding the earnest
pleas the President has made
for the mutual aid and de-
Tense appropriations. But
Congress takes another look
when spending money comes
close to its own interests, and
those of large blocs of Gov
eminent employees and other
constituents.
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Economy, so far as Con-
gress is concerned. does not
begin at home. Undoubtedly
arguments can be advanced
for this position. The econ
omy advocates on Capitol
Hill have been vociferous this
year. attacking the Eisen-
hover budget. with their aim
directed particularly at for
eign aid, which is part of the
national security program,
and at the appropriations for
national defense directly. But
when it comes to expendi-
lures for Congress itself, and
for items which conceivably
could gain members Of Con-
gress votes for reelection,
Congress sings a different
tune.
Not only is Congress going
ahead with expenditures to-
falling something like $3.50
million to provide an addi-
tional Senate Office building
and a third House Office
building "a tidy sum - but
the House has just passed two
bills to increase the pay of
postal employees and about
is million civil service en-
ployes outside that service.
The cost to the Government
which means the cost to
the American taxpayers--of
these two pay bills, If they
become law, will be pretty
close to a billion dollars q
year-and every year.
The Eisenhower admins
tration is opposed to both
these pay bills. The Presi-
dent, it has been predicted,
will veto them both. Then
the question will arise: Can
they be enacted into law,
Notwithstanding the Presi-
dents disapproval? So far as
the House of Representatives
is concerned, it looks very
much as though these pay
bills can obtain the necessary
two-thirds vote to override
a veto. The postal pay bill
originally passed that body
by a 10-to-l vote. Hope for
sustaining a presidential veto
lies so far in the Senate.
See-Saw Operation
Take a look at the postal
deficit. 1t has been huge. 1t
reached a total Of $720 mil
lion in 1852, the last year
Of the Truman administra-
ton. The Post Office Depart
ment. under the direction of
Postmaster General Summer
field. has fought hard to re-
duce the deficit through i'm
proved methods of opera
tion-and it has succeeded
in cutting costs. 1t has, how
ever, had increased costs of
operation forced upon it,
some Of them by Congress.
to the tune Of $504 million.
OF these increased costs. 1929
million were postal pay in
creases and S134 million re-
tirement fund contributions.
Notwithstanding all this, the
estimated deficit at the end
of fiscal year 1858 next June
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-13
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Did you ever see a cat
faint?
Very few ever have; cats
usually are not the fainting
kind.
Cats are rough, generous
fellows. with minds of their
own and well-knit muscles
and sinews.
Mostly they like 10 be ac-
tive in spurts, with long
sleeps in between.
If confined. they snooze on
the sofa, or on the bed in
the masters room.
If let run, as cats really
should. they snuggle up for
hours in fence corner. wait
ing for night, the high time
of feline life.
-
Stubby, he of the 4-inch
tail. and bold orange and
black tiger stripes, the real
thing, seemed all right at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
1t was that particularly
muggy day, when a human
being felt as If he hardly
could breathe.
The girl with the grating
voice said it would shower.
possibly with thunderstorms.
Since we had been watt
ing for rain for a month,
and it had rained but a
few drops. We received this
weather information with
suspicion, later justified
1T did not rain)
Stubby was curled up by
the front door. trying to get
as much air as possible.
His 20 pounds demanded
some oxygen.
Il -
After a time. a sound was
heard from the kitchen.
Stubs was missed, and a
search revealed him with
spraddled legs, and wild eyes,
staring as if never having
seen his friends before.
Evidently some kind of At.
In the old days all animals
had fits at times and nobody
thought anything about it.
Stubby finally made his
way into the living room,
and took up his position by
the door again.
He purred easily at touch.
Cats sometimes can do
this when very bad of. even
dying. so in itself a good
lusty purr may or may not
mean anything.
The big cat finally got up
and walked across the rug.
It was at this point his
slow motion fainting tool
place.
A long lifetime Of expert
ence with these animals had
never seen its like.
Stubby fell TO the floor on
one side.
He did not flop, but Just
lay down, then the slow
motion part began.
His head went back, slowly
as by quarter inches; his
legs extended slowly, gently
Then he lay still.
There was no sign of life
about him.
Gentle prodding elected nc
movement.
He was gone, II seemed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-13
County School Tax

My husband and l are
residents of Montgomery
County. We have no children.
Each year a school tax is
assessed against us as prop
erty owners and paid. We
have no objection to this tax
as such, but we and many of
our neighbors strongly feel
that the method of appor-
tioning it among residents is
decidedly unfair and inequi-
table.
Homeowners. whether or
not they have children, bear
more than their share of the
burden, such as my husband
and /, where over three
quarters Of our tax is for
school taxes, whereas apart
ment house jewellers who
share in the benefits of the
tax pay but a comparatively
small sum in the form of in
creased rent.
1 do not pretend to know
the answer to this problem.
1 am. however, one of many
constituents who feel that the
time has come when the
members of our State Legis-
lature should devise another
method of apportioning this
school tax among families
who derive benefits from its
imposition as we'll as among
those families who do not
reap any benefits therefrom.
Measuring the amount of the
tax by the value of property
owned clearly is unfair to
persons who are struggling to
purchase homes.
I seems to me that a much
fairer method would be either
to prorate the total tax
among families who have
children of school age, or to
prorate 1t among all families
whether they do or do not
have children and provide for
a reduction in tax in the case
Of families who have no
children Of school age.
Frances Il. Tennepberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-13

Poor old Stubby. the best of
cats, has gone to the happy
catnip land.
A fan was promptly placed
to blow over him, while the
carrying case was gotten out
Of the garage.
While there's life, there's
hope" was the old medicine
mans slogan. But in this
case. was there any life?
There did not seem to be any.
The cat was put in the
case, and felt again, with no
signs showing.
In such cases. it is good to
put an animal a few feet
from the refrigerator and
open the door wide for a
time, but this was not
thought of in the general
excitement.
Suddenly, in the car. as
Stubby was being taken away
to the veterinarian, there
came a movement from the
case.
Old Stubs evidently had
revived. because he had
changed his position COM
pletely around!
This was encouraging, and
so was the purr which issued
forth.
For a few days after this
episode. the cat was placed on
a restricted diet, and not al
lowed out Of the house except
on a leash.
Now, this is a chapter all
by itself, because cats do not
like to wear a collar or har-
ness and leash. Ali such wear
is made for dogs, and the ca
nine construction is not the
same as the feline.
Today. Stubby seems OK.
but his friends have their
fingers crossed. After all, it
is not the usual thing for a
cat to faint, even in Wash
ington's heat.
This column would like to
know about any other faint
ing cats known to readers.
Not just fits-this second part
Of the seizure plainly was not
a At.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

used space over the highways
for any desired size and also
provide the best possible
bomb shelter, when and if
needed.
The above may seem fan
tastic. During the war our
President was derided when
he stated this country would
have $4,000 airplanes. AS Of
today, You amt seen nothin'
yet"
Allyn c. Breed.
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Pen names may be used n
letters carry tDrtters' corTec;
names and addresses An
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
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long run, and, In the meantime, bad
policy cannot be made into good policy
by punishment or threats Of punishment.
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@. Which was the first
American vaudeville house?
p. o.
A. The first Am erican
vaudeville house was the
Gaiety Museum in Boston,
Mass, which Benjamin Keith
opened in 1888. A midget.
Baby Alice" was one Of its
chief attractions.
@. How did Hovenweep
Castle, in Utah, get Its name?
p. /.
A. This building. largest Of
the II different ones in the
Rum Canyon group of pre-
historic ruins in the Hoven-
weep National Monument,
has as its name the Indian
word (hovenweep) which
means deserted valley"
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MARYLAND
Continued From Page AIS

Continued From Page Ais
Bob O'Brien with l4.l points
per game. but the poker-faced
senior is capable of hitting for
far more than his average on
one of his good nights.
Nick Davis, dangerous with
the set shot and tricky against
a press, is next on the Terps
with l2.l. John Nacincik, the
defensive ace who may draw
Rosenbluth, carries an 11.8 av~
erage while Jim Halleck has Ill
and Perry Moore 8.5. Halleck
spots Quigg eight inches in
height but is bruising of the
boards, while Moore sacrifices
scoring for rebounds and play
making.
Neither team has much In re.
serves. The issue is. Can Mary
lands Top five or q real good
night put enough pressure on
the Tar Heels 70 spring an up
set7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-05
BY DICK SLAY

To hear Coach Arnold Thur
mond tell it. his Parker-G Gray
team was not concentrating on
stopping Ducie Smith last night
Parker-Gray didn't stop him,
either. but the Fairmont Heights
ace probably took less shots than
in any previous game this sea-
son.
Ducie let fly 20 times and q
couple shots were forced but he
still hit 10 baskets plus eight free
throws for % points, three below
his average. However, Parker
Gray won its 25th straight as IL
pleased, 72-57.
A gathering Of $500 TANNED
the Parker-Gray hall last night
TO watch the areas leading
scholastic scorer perform against
the areas hottest team. It is not
quite correct to say that one boy
took on an entire team, how
ever. because Ducie did not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-05
Roanoke Takes
Second Place
BY Beating All

The Mason-Dixon Conference
basketball scramble is so tight
that practically every game re-
suits in a drastic realignrnent
of the teams.
American University, not long
ago the first-place team, dropped
from a tie for second all the
way down to sixth place last
night merely by losing one game.
$3.50. to Roanoke at Roanoke.
The winner took undisputed pos
session of second place behind
Mount st. Mary's, which is safely
in first at least until it plays
its next game.
Last nights results left AU
with a Az record and Roanoke
SCI.
Dick Sperger with 35 points
for Roanoke was the big scorer.
Frank Weiss Of American scored
% and increased his career total
Ito l.031.
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Red Sox See
Hope Of Trade

BOSTON, Feb. 5 R.-The Red
Sox still are looking for trade
and General Manager Joe Cro-
min believes there is a little more,
interest now ON the part Of the
other American League clubs.
Cronin was unable to COM
|plete q deal in New York last
week but he thinks he detects q
slightly different attitude.
II can't promise that any Of
the discussions I had will lead to
Ia trade" Cronin said yesterday,
but I do believe there was more
interest in some Of the deals ]
suggested than there was when
! tried to do something at the
winter meetings in Chicago"
II talked trade possibilities with
every other club in the league
over the week end and this time,
! found somebody who was at
least slightly interested. It's pos
sible some Of the discussions we
had will lead to something"
Cronin would not say which
clubs we're interested nor what
Red Sox players were discussed
as possible trade material.
However. it is known that the
Red Sox need a shortstop and a
tlefthanded starting pitcher.
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BOWLING
WITH ROD THOMAS

Her ISL for six games was on
top and looked quite safe. But
two of the last to roll beat it,
Eloise Gumm. proprietor of the
host establishment, with 773
and Elaine Perrin with 1853. In
stead Of hoped for 500. Miss
Siegel got $50.
Bobbie Jones was the only
other Of 10 Washington en-
trants to collect. She received
% high-game award with 100.
Miss Perrin. incidentally, was
second in the Mary Stapieton
Memorial, formerly the Rather
inc Wick Classic. the day before.
In this. Washington's Lyn
Kuczek was third.
Peculiarly, most Of the en-
tries in the Stapleton and
Simmons events were from
Washington and Baltimore, and
Myrtle Liphard Of Baltimore
won the minor awards in both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-05

If Bobby Lockhart can hold
his pace of the last several
weeks as a duckpin shooter, he
may monopolize a spot on
"Duckpin Derby" the new Fri
day night show at WMAL-TV.
Lockhart beat Clete Pannell in
the inaugural match with a all
score. The next day, rolling
with Chevy Chase Chevrolet
against Bethesda Forty Alleys in
| a postponed District Major
League match, he rolled 436 with
games Of l27, las and 1874.
This showed his league-lead-
ing average to 1868.
Chevy Chase won two games,
with Woody Winslow's 1872 a
help. The same teams clash
again tonight.
Tranquillino Aquino's Filipino
parents named him well, so far
as Washington bowlers are con-
cerned. Tranquility is a mark
of the tallish, handsome Federal
economist who won the Green
way Bowl Handicap over a large
and classy field. 1t was a popular
victory, not begrudged Frank
even by the several bowlers who
but for a few inaccuracies, might
have beaten him.
These Aquino watched, in the
late stages of their performances
and he not only was tranquil
but managed a bit Of applause
from time to time as they tried
desperately to top his score. d
one of these he said: 1T woulc
have been nice If BusS Downey
had won, because / won last
year, and it would have meant
more to Buss." Downey was
second.
Even in action, Aquino appears
limperturbable, noticeably wher
working on a big game. Three
times this season he's beaten 18C
in tournament play-182 in the
Greenway Bowl, 1873 in the
ISherbahn Memorial and 1877 In
the Walter Cunningham Memo
rial.
/ While their husbands bowled
in the Greenway event. the wives
of Downey. who earned SIS, and
Emil Rykoskey. who collected SIS
for fourth, chatted at the Downey
residence.
After Buss and Emil finished
their boasting. the girls, as if in
a joint breath, said:
Gimme"
For the record: Norman Titus
was the only Washington entrani
who landed a prize in the Mary
land Open. but he didn't know
it until he received a check fol
ninth place. He rolled 1924 fol
Is games. Bud Bollinger Of
Westminster. Md, ranked No.
nationally. won with 2.028.
| \ ~
Ginnie Siegel left Norfolk
Sunday night a probable win
Iner Of the Ida Simmons Classic
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Porker-Groy Wins Easily
Despite Ducie's % Points

receive all of the hosts attention.
Fairmont Heights opponents
this season seem almost unani-
nous in letting Smith to his worst
but being wary OF one of his
teammates getting hot. IF we
could stop the other four boys
we figured we could outscore
IDucie." Thurmond explained.
The first development was
that John Byrd was tossed out
OF the game for fouling inten-
tionally, eliminating Fairmont's
best rebounder before halftime.
Alfred Gamble replaced Byrd
and scored II points, but Fair
mont could not compete with
Walter Griffin and Perry Lyles
of the boards thereafter.
Rebounding and the ball.
stealing OF John Price, Roland
Scott and William Thompson
gave Parker-Gray a 7l-53 edge
In shots attempted and the Bull
dogs sank 81 baskets to Fair
mont's 10. That was the game.
for both teams were just average
from the free-throw line.
Parker-Gra was behind lust
once, at 8-6. but went ahead at
the end Of the first quarter, IA
IL. Price hit twice to start the
second period, Parker-Gray
picked up the pace and Fair
mont never got within four
points again.
With Price, Scott and Thomp-
son operating a whitening fast
break and Griffin scoring on
hook shots and tap-ins, the hosts
moved to a 1926 advantage at
Iintermission, 48-41 entering the
last period and led by 68-47 with
three minutes remaining.
A pressing defense which col
lapsed into what Thurmond calls
q modified l-3-l. zone" kept
everyone but Smith and Gamble
out Of double figures. Thompson
got 10 points, Scott and Griffin
II each and Price 10 to top
Parker-Gray. Fairmont's record
now is 5.e.
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Cage Ace Ineligible

Totals 80 % 50 Totals IS 2S 81
Halftime-50-39 Roanoke.