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Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08

Advertising is good for business
it's even good for our business!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Thomas n. Macdonald

The death recently of Thomas H.
Macdonald probably was noted by few
OF the Nations motorists. Yet everyone
who drives motor vehicle anywhere in
this country is indebted to Mr.. Macdonald
for his leading role in the development
OF Americas interstate highway system.
For he, as head of the Federal Bureau
of Public Roads for more than 80 years,
devoted his energies to the realization
OF his dream of a coast-to-coast and
border to- border network of paved roads,
built by the States and counties with
Federal aid.
When Mr.. Macdonald became first
head Of the bureau In 1919 there was
no real national highway system worthy
Of the name. There we're approximately
272,000 miles Of passable automobile
roads, of which only tenth we're hard
surfaced. There were almost as many
ferries and fording places as bridges.
When he retired "a years later he had
the satisfaction of knowing that the
country was spanned by some 3.5 million
miles of paved highways-most Of them
built with the aid Of Federal funds
granted under programs recommended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Bad Faith Credit

We agree completely with Municipal
Court Judge Kronheim that legislation
is needed to stamp out the bad faith"
credit racket in this city.
When any court has to contend
with some $500 garniShmentS a month.
there is no need for further evidence
OF the existence of a credit racket,
or OF the use of the court facili-
ties as an instrument of that racket.
Perhaps it may be said that people should
have better sense than to purchase more
than they can pay for. But p T. Barnum
coined a phrase which covered these peo-
pie. They don't have better sense, but
the merchants who overSell them, with
out making any real effort to ascertain
their ability to pay, do know better. And
1t is upon this type of merchant that
some new legislative restraint should
be laid
The exemption provisions of the ex-
listing law have proved unsatisfactory.
This being so, there are compelling argu-
mentS for adoption of a plan worked
out by committee of the District Bar
Association and approved by the Munich
pal Court judges. This plan, patterned
after New York statute would limit
salary attachments to 10 per cent for
family head and Is per cent for a
single person. If it were in effect here
the bad faith credit racket would be
knocked on the head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13

governments should get all
their needed revenues by a
single tax-on land. In the
18th and 18th centuries a
French movement, physioc-
racy. advocated thu "impost
unique" or single tax. on land
since 1t was the ultimate
source of the nations wealth.
In modern times the single tax
is associated with the doctrine
and writings of Henry George
1889 = 1870, Philadelphia
born economist. He argued
that all men have equal right
to use the nations land. and
that no man should have
greater wealth than others
simply because he owned land
yielding valuable resources
(oil. gold. etc. or in a choice
location New York City. for
eXample).
@. What was the first news.
paper published west of the
Allegheny Mountains?-O. T.
A. This was the Pittsburgh
tPaJ Gazette, published by
John Scull and Joseph Hall.
Its first issue appeared on July
90. 1886.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Cousin VS.. Cousin

Another of Maryland's recurrent
Democratic primary fights, with the
usual factional fireworks, is in sight. now
that Controller ]. Willard Tawes has
entered the gubernatorial ring against
the first entry, H. c. (Curly) Byrd. Mr.
Tawes and DR.. Byrd are cousinS-but
hardly OF the political kissin' type. They
both come from the Eastern Shores Girls
field. But both have made it plain that
their kinship will not prevent them from
waging about campaigns to succeed
Governor McKeldin-subject, of course,
to the May, 1858, primary.
Since both Mr. TaweS and DR.. Byrd
are seasoned political campaigners, the
stage is set for lively primary battle
during the ensuing year. The prospect
OF several added starters, including pos
sibly Baltimores Mayor D'Alesandro,
State Attorney General Ferdinand Sybert
and State Senator John Grason Turnbull
OF Baltimore County. heightens interest
in the contest. Mr.. Tawes has expressed
a willingness" to sit down and talk with
other potential andidates-presumabl
with view to clearing the field for
himself. 1t will take a lot of talking,
AAOWCFSAb w CIiu Tic ldCLlOIldl Suite JIldC
has plagued the party and that has hurt
Its chances in several recent elections.
There have been suggestions that Mr..
TaweS might try to induce Mayor DALE
sandro or George P. Mahoney to become
running mate" for the senatorial
mountaineering no confirmation of the
rumorS has been forthcoming
One thing is apparent-the under
standing which led Cousin Willard to
withdraw as potential primary candi-
date in 1854 so that Cousin Curly would
have clear sailing for the gubernatorial
nomination no longer exists. DR.. Byrd
won the nomination but lost the COVER
norship to Republican Nominee McKeldin.
This time the only understanding between
the two relatives (they are second cousins)
is that each is in the fight to win. 1t
should be an interesting battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Sprinqtime PoIitickinq

There is strong odor Of politics
surrounding the announced plans OF the
House Democratic leadership to sponsor
tax relief legislation this year. Although
hedging the proposition with conditions
that action must await the outcome of
budget-cutting efforts and a measure
ment of the April Is income tax returns,
Speaker Rayburn clearly put his partys
leadership on record as bidding for the
favor OF 60 million individual income tax
payers. Under consideration, he explained
after strategy conference" with Demo-
cratic Floor Leader Mccormack and
Democratic members of the Ways and
Means Committee, are such Simplified
and familiar proposals as increasing
personal exemptions by 500 or by giving
a straight tax reduction of $40 for each
taxpayer and dependent. No estimates
were offered as to what either would cost
the Treasury, or even what levels of
budget-cutting or income tax revenues
must be met to justify the proposed
relief.
There is, of course, no legislative
need for preparing or publicizing tax-re-
duction plans at this tome. It will be
some time yet before the fate Of the 1858
budget is really clear, and the cuts made
thus far in the House may not survive
Senate consideration. In any case, the
cuts are still long way short of the
three or four billion dollars generally
believed necessary If any significant tax
reduction can be granted without a new
round Of deficit financing. And since it
is proposed that the reductions should
not apply until 1858, there is no require
ment for haste.
There remains the political consider
alton. The Republican administration
has expressed its hope that there will be
sufficient surplus in sight next year to
warrant tax cut. 1t will be congress
sional election year, and both parties
will be eager to please the voters and
also to claim the credit. Mr.. Rayburn and
his colleagues appear to be stalking out
their claim first. This may not be ire
sponsible, but it certainly is political.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Right You Are, Nikito!

Nikita Khrushchev is proving again
that they do things in really big way
in the Soviet Union. While little thing
like borrowing 100000 interest-free dol
lars warrants Senate committee investi-
CATION in the United States, Comrade
Khrushchev has just decreed that Soviet
workers must lend their government SOS
billion - at no interest. Furthermore,
there Is to be no repayment of principal
except for a small amount to be deter
mined on lottery basis-for the next
20 years. BY that time, actuarially,
good many of the workers who have been
loaning their rubles to the government
through compulsory bond purchases
undoubtedly will have gone to their last
rest.
All of this would seem little harsh
in capitalistic society II Mr. Khrushchev
had not explained it for us. In the first
place, he said, the impounded billions
are to be used for financing certain
amenities" which will make life in the
Soviet paradise even more wonderful
than at present. In the second place,
it is "the soul of the Soviet people" that
demands this generosity toward their
own government.
Mr.. Khrushchev let his guard down
a bit, however, when he told his subjects
more in sorrow than in anger that the
decadent capitalists will never believe
you are doing this of your own free will"
For once Mr.. Khrushchev is right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Bear by the ToiI?'

Your editorial about the
District having grabbed a bear
by the tail in proposing to set
up agencies to see that there
were no hungry children in
the District was excellent.
However. 1t seems to have
fallen upon deaf ears among
those who hold that any prob
lem can be solved by appro-
priating more money.
When the District and the
Federal Government deliber-
ately encourage the wholesale
breeding of illegitimate chill
dren by giving the mothers of
such children grants. based
upon the number of children
they have produced and when
the records show many of the
relief checks being cashed in
liquor stores. 1t is hoping too
much that those mothers will
see that their children are al
ways so well fed that they will
never be hungry. The difficulty
in making the fathers support
the children Is that In many
cases the mother cannot name
the father because she has
several different children by
different fathers.
One remedy would be to deny
relief to any mother having
children whose father she
cannot name. Another rem
edy would be to deny relief
to. so-called. able-bodied un-
employed except upon very
conclusive proof that such
persons have been unable
to find work. In a case
within my knowledge, an en-
ployer needing a couple Of men
went into a suburban store
where a large number Of
laborers were Hanging out"
He said. do any OF you men
want to go to work?" One
answered. mo. We are waiting
for the numbers to come out. !"
The farm labor from Virginia
and Maryland has been drawn
to the District Of Columbia
where 1t is subsidized to loaf
or to render such Indifferent
service that no employer can
afford to use 1t. The farms lie
in idleness or are being worked
as well as possible by those Of
the older generation who are
cussed out because the prices
OF milk and other farm
products are high.
Senator Morse is we'll mean
ing but he will find that in
the end there is no substitute
for common sense.
Frederick v. Gordon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13

of the Tuckahoe and Williams
burg schools are bringing home
memos from the schools, sent
by the PTAs, conditioning the
minds of the parents, BE sure
to register so you can vote on
the bond issue for the new
high school,"
There has been no official
announcement by the school
board that there will be a
bond issue. However, the
school board has accepted a
loan from the Federal Govern
ment to pay for the plans for
a school not yet authorized by
the voters. Is this chicanery?
The homeowners, by and
large, have come to the con-
clusion that they don't want
someone else always reaching
in their pockets for expendi-
lures by a group which be-
lieves that the cure to all
evils is spend. spend. spend.
Are the homeowners expected
to continue without protest
this system of the school board
having complete control of the
expenditure of tax money, once
the county board has set the
amount? BY what reasoning
does this County Federation
Of PTAs, CCSI. ABC, Com
munity Council for Social
Progress and other allied
groups feel they are the sole
judges Of what is best for the
county?
Karl o. SpiesS. Sr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Thorpe vs.. Brahms

Day Thorpe has removed
all doubt as to his qualifica-
tions as a critic of music in
his critique Of April 5. There
he found the collaboration Of
Rudolf Serkin and the Buda-
pest Quartet in the perform
ance Of two Brahms works a
shameful Reputation of
taste" and stated that except
In the category of songs
tBrahms) wrote relatively
little music"
Ooops, my dear! There go
the four symphonies. the vio-
lin concerto. the piano con-
certos. ct cetera, ct cetera. I
shall not pit my prejudices
against Thorpe's.
It suffices to note that the
great Won Bulow long ago
placed Brahms amongst the
three Bs," that in 1897 Sir
Hubert Parry gave the "high-
est place in honor and loving
reverence to the work Of the
last of the great German
heroes of musical art" and
that in 1856. the revered Pablo
Casals said that Brahms is a
great composer amongst the
great ones"
A poll Of great conductors,
pianists and violinists would
unquestionably confirm these
hastily gathered quotations.
To belittle Brahms. therefore,
as surely reveals the critics
own limitations as TO deride
Shakespeare.
When The Star makes such
a person a music critic" when
he tells listeners that they
should not conclude from
these (Brahms) monsters"
that "all chamber music is.
after all. a fraud 1t is time
to assure them that II is
Thorpe, not the listeners. who
is "long-eared" and TO adj
monish you to pull up the level
Of your music criticism to the
level of the rest Of your paper.
Raoul Berger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Land on White House

There apparently is an as
sumption on the part of the
White House that anyone and
everyone there is above re-
proach or question. Granted,
Mr.. Eisenhower was nettled at
the question about the pur-
pose for which the two special
helicopters are to be used. But
that's part of the price any
public Notwithstanding the
President of the United States
must pay for holding public
Office. He must be open to
question-public question-at
all times. 1t is fitting and
proper that the American peo-
pie know why public funds
have been spent for these
special helicopters, and how
they're to be used.
Unfortunately. get the
ever-stronger impression that
Mr.. Eisenhower and his staff
somehow regard themselves in
much the same manner as did
the reigning monarchS Of times
past. Apparently they feel that
the king now is in the White
House, and that the king can
do no wrong. Or is this lust
part Of the natural way of life
OF a high-ranking general, who
brooks no back talk from any
officers beneath him-and par
ticularly not from mere ci-
villains?
The statement in your April
Z article. to the effect that Mr..
Hagerty issued strict orders
to the Pentagon that nothing
further would be said about
the purchases" strikes me as
being the height of effrontery.
Just who does Mr.. Hag-
erty think he is, deciding
in his infinite wisdom Just how
much of what information he
will permit the American peo-
pie to have?
Surely If Dave Beck can and
must be held accountable for
his use Of the money of others
entrusted to his stewardship.
Mr.. Eisenhower should also
be willing to undergo such
scrutiny.
The mere fact that we voted
for him for President does
not in any way imply that We
gave him an unlimited hunt
ing license.
Kurt Rand.
A hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars for two plush hell
copters and 100 million United
States citizens to go with
out mail on Saturdays.
This is economy? We hold
our President in highest esteem
but wonder at times If the
presidency is becoming the Of
fice OF a figurehead.
Citizen and Voter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
Serious Charges

No less serious than the maladmin-
istration charges against the District
General Hospital are those directed by
a House Appropriations subcommittee
against the Health Departments Bureau
of Food and Health Engineering. For,
according to the subcommittee report,
the public has not been adequately pro-
tected against the dangers of improperly
inspected food in local establishments.
Here, again, is a Health Department
weakness that requires prompt action
by the new Director of Public Health,
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane
1t is true that DR.. Finucane already
has reorganized the bureau to a limited
extent, as result of recent disclosures
in the press of diScord between food in
spectorS and the bureau chief, Walter
Burdette. The published stories concerned
the overruling by Mr.. Burdette of adverse
inspection reports on catering eStab-
lshment doing business with the White
House. The reorganization removed Mr.
Burdette from immediate supervision Of
food inspections, which were placed under
William H. Cary, jr, who headed the
~NAAAGA 0ApAoAOAl Va I1CdltI EIlRl"
neering at the time of its merger with the
Food Inspection Division into the new
bureau. Mr.. Burdette remains in charge
OF the bureau as whole.
However, the House subcommittee
criticized Mr.. Burdette for the bureaus
"erratic enforcement of regulations"
poor public health practices" poor
morale" and other deficiencies At the
same time 1t was told that Mr. Cary
is better qualified by training and expe-
rience" to administer the bureau. This
is personnel matter that only DR.. Finu-
cane and the Commissioners are author
lied to deal with, of course But the pub
lie deserves assurance that any shakeup
OF the bureau resulting from the House
subcommittee revelations will be such
as to guarantee that the food inspection
regulations are properly enforced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

from Calypso, the sea nymph
who kept Odysseus seven years
on her island.
The island" part of it does
1t; somebody, who was in
quisitive. educated and musi-
cal, listened to these boys and
their steel bands" play and
sing, and then named them.
Calypso 1t has been ever
since.
Typical Latin American
drums and other instruments
are held to a minimum.
Perhaps they didn't have
enough money to buy them.
They didn't need them.
since the typical rhythns are
all through their songs.
Daily small topics are en-
shrined in these songs as
small flowers in amber.
But it is the way the talk
is put over, the odd express
sions. and the accents mis-
placed, that give the songs
their special treat in educated
ears.
For it cannot be gainsaid
that If these songs were sung
in good English, as we say,
they would lose something.
Latest examples of calypso
music to be given the Ameri-
can public are smoother, and
more sophisticated.
If one wants the true calyp-
so. he will have to do as Tenn
pleton Jones did, go back to
the old IS cent blue records
on which they were first pre-
Sented to this country.
In addition to the songs,
there are calypso rhumbas,
and calypso waltzes. The
rhumbas are very strictly &C
cented, and have an appeal
Of their own. The waltzes are
what have been always known
as Spanish waltzes, in strict
tempo, with many repetitions.
The songs remain outstand-
ing for the good tunes and
good will which shine through
them.
They assure us anew that
music grew first in simple
songs the world over, and fin
ally were built into greater
compositions, and into works
Of art; but at bottom, folk
song is primary because it
somehow touches the human
spirit as nothing else can.
The long hair" musician,
and the sophisticated music
lover. including the hi-fi adj
diets. will do we'll to listen to
calypso. 1t may teach them
something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13

Young people talk as If they
invented calypso music. but
Temp Jones started to collect
the genuine Trinidad records
as long as is years ago.
He swept the local record
stores clean, and then ordered
some from New York.
The happy. ingratiatine
melodies and rhythm quite
won our young friends heart
next to the accent.
Today calypso singers are
modified, especially when they
are Jamaicans, but the real
thing is from the Isle of Trini-
dad. where they talk as no
other people on earth.
1t is q sort of affected Eng
liSh. the hoity-toity sort, with
oxford accents, coming from
dark faces.
The music is q typical
Spanish-American rhythm
with a modified beat.
Maybe that doesn't explain
it, but it is the best Jones can
do. and. after all, the secret
of any music is something
which is always a mystery.
You can talk about Bee
thoven until the cows come
home. but you still cannot put
your finger on the exact quail
ity which makes him great.
Folk music is different,
granted. but 1t, too. savors of
a secret.
Simple melodies Of the
Hawaiians. for instance, clutch
at the heart.
Dissected. a tune may be
just two notes. repeated, but
the way the notes are used
is what counts.
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Something of this same
plaintiveness is distilled from
the better hillbilly numbers Of
our mountain sections.
1t is said that in Germany.
after the war, the favorite
songs of the Germans. as
heard on our juke boxes. were
the hillbilly numbers. This is
strange. of course. since Ger
many was and perhaps is the
greatest musical nation in the
world, and many Of its folk
songs have found their way
into the various art songs and
even into symphonies.
Nobody seems to know Just
where the calypso" comes
from, as used in connection
with the popular music of
Trinidad and Jamaica and
some of the other West Indian
countries. such as the Ba-
hamas.
1t is a fair guess that 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-13
ON THE RECORD
FoIIocy of Massive Retaliation :
By DOROTHY THOMPSON

nuclear guided missile war
fare is preventive war; to de-
stroy the enemy's power to
retaliate. or force him into
the retaliation of a cripple.
This fact, Of course, must
haunt the minds of all mill
tary planners, whether West
ern or Russian. The democ-
racies (although they can
provoke a war; cannot, for
internal reasons, make the in
itial attack. They dare not
take the responsibility.
Soviet Warning Questioned
The Soviets are also now
warning Of massive retalia-
ton" But do they really
mean retaliation" or, if con-
vinced that the POLITICAL
military situation was turning
against them and time was
running out. might they make
the initial bombardment? If
they did. how vulnerable
would they be domestically or
in the satellites?
The chief reason of state for
opposing the attacks on Egypt
was to crack down on the right
OF any state to wage preven-
tive war to break a Gordon of
hostility. But will that deter
another. and more powerful
state from waging war for
similar reasons?
The Russians. if they decide
that war is Inevitable. would,
Of course. prefer to fight it
with the massive manpower Of
the Communist bloc plus "con-
ventional weapons. But they
would not be allowed so to
fight it. hence their own de-
velopment Of nuclear weapons
and robot missiles. The ne
cessity Of keeping pace and
superiority is. therefore, in
escapable for the United States
under the present political cir
cumstances. But the more
these weapons develop, the
more urgent will be the
temptation to the initial at
tack-not now, but from 1860
onward, when the guided
missile programs are expected
to have reached a high state
Of development.
Mutual respect for the
rights and necessities Of other
states becomes, therefore,
more urgent every day. Deter
rents" are not enough.