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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

prosperity. We have been able
to encourage this prosperity.
Through the flexibility of
monetary and fiscal policies, the
Government has been able to
adjust to the rapid changes in
our economy. We have moved
forward toward our goals and
demonstrated the great capac-
ity of a free economy to correct
imbalance and to maintain
growth with a high degree OF
stability.
We have accommodated the
reduction in wartime Govern
ment spending. accompanied by
Irecord-breaking tax reduction
and Offset a threatened decline
in employment and business &C
tivity in 1884. We have en-
Icouraged an expansion of enter
prise to new high levels, and
through expenditure and debt
reductions. as well as debt man.
agement, we have slowed the
growth Of inflationary credit. We
have encouraged a rapidly ris-
ing economy which has brought
more wealth. more purchasing
power. more comfort. more jobs,
more homes. more luxuries, more
leisure. more education, and
more security to our people than
they have ever enjoyed before.
Gentlemen. / take great pride
in making this report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Initiation Called Mol
Problem by Humphrey

income levels dropped to the level
of only two years ago, the Federal
budget surplus would become a
So billion deficit.
with the Federal debt at its
present precarious heights, mis-
cue in its management can be
costly" Senator Byrd added.
THE same sort of tremendous
responsibility rides on every ac-
ton through the Federal Re-
serve System.
1T is easy for a nation in
dulging in excessive expendi-
lures, taxation. debt and credit
to close its eyes to reality. 1t is
easy to charge the whole mat
ter OF to growth. But our
growth is not commensurate"
Senator Byrd pointed out that
since 1882 the country has been
virtually on deficit financing in
all but five years. The present
direct Federal debt of $275 bill
lion is about even with the
statutory limit, and, in addition,
there are more than $3.50 billion
in contingent liabilities.
Senator Byrd pointed out that
all debt in the country estimated
as of last December 81 totaled
1913 billion, with Federal, State
and local accounting for 1925
billion.
Expenditures Rising Since "a
Federal expenditures have
been rising continually and since
1854. Senator Byrd said. the
greatest increases have been in
strictly domestic-civilian pro-
grams and not military and for
eign aid, Combined Federal,
State and local expenditures
from tax revenue, other receipts
and borrowing. the Senator
pointed out. are running to a
total of more than $132 billion
annually.
Federal taxes, the Senator
said. are at an all time high.
both in rates and take, and
State and local taxes are rising
steadily. Total tax receipts
Federal, State and local-were
estimated at $110 billion for the
fiscal year 1858 as compared
with the pre-World War II total
of $l4.6 billion in 1910, or nearly
one-third the national income.
This committee is vitality con-
cerned with the question as to
how long our economy can absorb
taxation of these proportions and
still provide the stimulus of the
profit motive necessary to the
free enterprise system" Senator
Byrd said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Man Facing Quiz
In Housebreukinqs

Police said today they expect
to solve an imposing series OF
Northwest Washington house.
breakings with the arrest of a
40-year-old man who took a
pistol away from an apartment
house employee at gunpoint yes
terday.
Detectives Lennie Daniels and
Clark Hamm arrested George
Eighnie at his home. 1918 Sixth
street NV, yesterday, and
charged him with holdup and
robbery in connection with the
pistol theft. He was ordered held
in $4,000 bond by United States
Commissioner James Splain.
The detective said Eighnie had
his own .38 caliber pistol and the
% pistol owned by William G.
Smith, 43. an employe of the
Ontario Apartments, when they
seized him. They said Eighnie
took the gun after Mr.. Smith sur
prised him in the apartment
house at 1858 Ontario road NV
yesterday. He was traced by his
auto license plates.
Eignie admitted having been in
the apartment house twice be-
fore. Detectives Daniels and
Hamm said. committing total
of five apartment break ins
there over a period Of time.
He will be questioned further
today and police said a number
Of cases are expected to be
cleared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Head of Chs Denies
Report 'BIuckout'

NEW YORK. June 10 (R.-
Frank Stanton. president of the
Columbia Broadcasting System
denies that CHS suppressed news
of a House Judiciary subcommit-
tee report critical of radio and
television networks.
Mr.. Stanton says There was
no blackout" and there was nc
censorship" by CHS on the SUBJ
committee report.
The report. he adds, was COW
cred by CHS on two radio net
work broadcastS on Sunday and
Monday. June 8 and 10. and ION
our main CHS television network
news broadcasts on Monday,
June TO-"
Mr.. Stanton made the denial in
a letter to playwright Moss Hart
winch was mace pubic yeSter-
day.
Mr.. Hart made the "blackout'
accusation against the radio
and television networks last week
as president Of the Authors
League of America. composed Of
playwrights and other writer's.
Thus far. other television and
radio networks have not made
public any reply to the Authors
League.
The league complaint noted
that the subcommittee report
charged the networks with a
variety Of monopolistic prac-
tees in the music industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

in 1856. a gain Of 20 per cent.
and an estimated $S40 billion for
1857.
Labor income has not only
risen in dollars, it has increased
from 67.2 per cent of national
income in 1852, to 69.8 per cent
i'm 1856 while corporate profits
declined from 1877 per cent of
national income to l1.9 per cent.
Striking achievements have
been made in housing. The 5
million dwelling units that were
constructed exceeded the num-
Der built in any previous four
year period and substantially en-
larged the housing stock avail
able to the American people
There were improvements in the
Fsize. design and equipment of
new homes. and stable OUTLAWS
for repairs and alterations added
to the comfort and convenience
Of existing homes. A growing
proportion Of our homes were
owner occupied--60 per cent in
1856. compared with IS per cent
In 1850.
This is z gratifying record of
the improvement in the level of
living that can be achieved only
through a vigorous competitive
free market economic system
which offers both individual
freedom Of choice and the stim-
ulation of initiative through per-
sonal incentive. In particular, IL
shows the capacity of such q
system to bring about confidence
and. daring in enterprise, and
widespread participation in the
benefits Of economic expansion
This is in sharp contrast to the
artificial restrictions, interior
ences and controls of a paternal-
istic bureaucracy.
High Living Standards
The past four years have DEM
onstrated the ability Of the Ma
tons private economy to ex-
pand. to provide an increasing
number Of better jobs, at better
pay, and to raise levels of liv-
ing. These four years have
tested the capacity of our econ.
omy to adjust to large changes
in the pattern of demand anc
the effectiveness Of public poll.
cies designed to promote growth
lof individual freedom and sta
bility in the economy. Because
the problems are continually
changing in a dynamic economy
policies aimed at promoting
stable growth must be flexible
This fact was well illustrated in
the past four years of the Eisen-
hover administration. Our prob
lens have shifted from those OF
a controlled wartime economy to
those of a rapidly widening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Ex-District Man /
Asks New License,
Tiger Got Old One

A former Washington man liv@
ing in Pakistan has asked the
District for a new drivers license
because a tiger swallowed his old
one.
The man. James D. Haase, for.
Imerly of 3217 Connecticut ave-
niue NV. wrote Traffic Director
George Keneipp asking for the
duplicate license and explaining
how he lost the original.
He said that on a tiger hunt
he wounded a tiger with ora
shot. The tiger was tracked To
its cave, he said. and a watch
posted until it was believed dead.
Then. Mr.. Haase wrote, he en-
tered the cave. But the tiger
lroared in the darkness and
frightened Mr.. Haase out of the
cave, apparently dropping his
wallet as he ran.
The tiger was later killed and
the wallet found inside it, Mr..
Haase wrote. Since he is return
ing to the United States in six
months, he wants his drivers
license to be in good order.
Traffic Director Keneipp said
Mr.. Haase will get his license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Union Vote Books
Gas Strike Here

The Washington Central La
Dor Union last night voted to
indorse a strike at the WASH
ington Gas Light Co.. with the
deadline for a walkout 10 days
away.
Meanwhile. a two-hour nego-
tiation session between company
representatives and members Of
the Chemical Workers Local So,
broke up yesterday with both
sides reporting mo progress"
The Chemical Workers, mostly
production employees. slast Thurs
day overwhelmingly turned down
a company offer Of a 5La per
cent wage increase. They have
been working on a day-to-day
basis since their old contract ex-
pired on June /,
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Opposes Higher Rates

Opposes Higher hateS
The Secretary said Interest
rates may decline or may e
higher and then added:
i would be disappointed tt
see them go higher, but if thai
is the price we must pay to pre-
vent the growth of excessive
credit and consequent imitation
it will well justify the price"
Secretary Humphrey, while
emphasizing the relative price
stability during the last four
years. said imitation is not
stopped. but only slowed down. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18


/ have attempted to review
for you the conditions existing
when the Eisenhower admins
tration took Office. the goals that
the President set for US, and our
progress toward those goals.
We have not achieved perfec-
ton. We have been unable to
fully accomplish some of our
debt management detectives
We have perhaps checked, but
not entirely stopped inflationary
Ipressures. In the process, some
of our citizens, some of our mu-
inequalities. and some of ouI
businesses, have been unable to
obtain all of the credit they
would have liked. We have had
q large measure of success In
encouraging the initiative of ouI
citizens. but not every business
has prospered as much as II
might, nor every citizen had all
of the comforts he would enjoy
/ acknowledge imperfectioni
in our accomplishments. but
entertain no doubt as to the
propriety of our goals or the
wisdom Of our policies. To aid
you In your consideration Of the
alternative cources. and to help
you measure their promises
against the actual results Of the
last four years. let me remind
you Of some Of our achievements
National Income
When we took office in 1858
the Federal debt was equal tc
SO per cent of our national in
come-in December. 1856, it was
70 per cent.
For the fiscal year 1858, bud
get expenditures were STAB bill.
lion. and for the year 1857. they
are estimated at $68.9 billion
and $71.8 billion for 1858.
For the fiscal year 1858. the
budget resulted in a deficit OIL
$9.4 billion-for 1857, it win re.
suit in q surplus.
From 1889 through 1852, the
cost of living increased ar
average Of 7 per cent a year
for the past four years. the
average increase has been only
$40 Of / per cent.
In the past four years. civilian
employment has risen 6 per cent
average weekly earnings Of pro.
duction workers in manufactur.
ling have risen 10 per cent, anc
after allowance for the "a pei
cent increase in consumer prices
which occurred between 1852 anC
1856. the gain in workers earn.
ings. after taxes. amounted tt
about $40 per week. or more thar
is per cent.
Individual Earnings
Personal income of individual:
has risen every year. from $27s
billion in 1852, to 1925 billion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

which called for payment of $50
instead of $78.
Under questioning by Commit
tee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy
Mr.. Mann said he did not know
where the $50 went beyond the
fact that he paid 1t to a Chicago
bank. Mr.. Kennedy asserted that
investigation showed the bank
received the $50 each month, de-
Quoted 81 as collection fee and
deposited the remaining $40 into
the bank account of George
Stuart.
Regarding the gun which
Stuart had on the morning OF
January 81, 1855. Mr.. Mann said
he had had it in his desk. II
belonged to his brother, he re-
lated.
Mr.. Mann's brother. a bache-
Tor. had some time before been
taken to a veterans hospital at
Hines, ILL.,, and had left his per-
sonal effects with Mr.. Mann.
Except for a string of broken
promises. Mr.. Mann testified, he
received nothing from the Bak-
ers Union. He said resignedly
that all his benefits now had
gone by the board except for a
$500 insurance policy.
Tax Delinquencies Charged
At the outset Of today's hear
ing Chairman Mcclellan read
into the record some information
which he said his investigators
had found out about two figures
In the Bakers inquiry.
Senator Mcclellan said that
one witness. John D. Nelson,
international trustee in Los
Angeles, was found to have
neither filed nor paid income tax
for the years 1852 and 1853 and
only filed income tax returns
for 1854, IS and Sc since he
was served with a subpoena by
this committee"
He said also that Max Kral-
stein. a vice president Of the
union. had paid no income tax
on about $4,000 which he re-
ceived after a testimonial din
ner in his honor in 1856. Con-
tributors to the Kralstein fund.
the Senator said. charged of
their contributions as business
expenses. Therefore" the Sen
ator declared, Uncle Sam was
bearing a large amount Of the
cost Of that dinner"
Dictatorship Charged
The other witness Of the
morning. Mr.. Kane, charged
that Cross had made the Bakers
Union into a tight dictatorship.
He charged that a number of
unions from such widely sep
arated points as Moose Jaw,
saskatchewan. and Atlanta, Ga.
had submitted to the 1856
Bakers convention at San Fran
cisco identical amendments To
the constitution. These amend
ments, he charged. diluted the
democratic process practically to
the vanishing point.
Mr.. Kane said that the con-
vention was filibustered to death
while Mr.. Cross consolidated his
position.
We listened to speeches from
employers. we listened 10
speeches from politicians. we
listened to speeches from
phonies for three days until he
got himself elected" Mr.. Kane
said.
Mr.. Kane represented himself
as one OF a corps OF opponents
OF Cross. As a result of his
opposition, he said, he and other
anti-Cross elements were beat
en- up.
Under questioning by Senator
mcnamara, Democrat Of Michi-
gan, Mr.. Kane conceded that the
beating was rather trivial. but
said he objected particularly &c
the fact that George Stuart had
held a gun on him while he was
forcibly moved from one hote
to another. This Stuart wa:
the same person represented by
Mr.. Mann as holding a gun or
him in Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18

ALGIERS. June 10 up. A
military vehicle loaded with SOL
diers struck a mine near ITEM
cen in Western Algeria and 10
were killed. French officials re-
ported today. The incident took
place on the main road leading
north from the ancient city near
the Moroccan border
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-18
Combines Needed

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 10
l(R.-Urgent calls for more COM
bines in all areas were received
yesterday by the Oklahoma
State Employment Service as
farmers, fearing heavy rains,
worked full steam harvesting
their wheat. Some wheat has
been cut in % of the 38 counties
in the Oklahoma grain area.
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Continued from First Page

Il Continued from FIRST rag
union funds to pay large per
lsonal bills you ran up at hotel
including bills for liquor?"
\ But Mr.. Mann said the bill
were not personal in nature. anC
were run up with the knowledge
of the executive board either IL
the course of union negotiation
or at times when it became i'm
possible. due to weather, for hin
to get to his home at RounC
Lake, Ill.
Mr.. Harris indicated at thu
conclusion of the morning ses-
sion that he would have ques'
lions to ask of another witness
Joseph G. Kane. president o
Bakers Union Local 525 in New
York.
The right to cross-examin,
the witness was given to Mr.
Harris following agreement tina
Cross would not take the Fifth
Amendment on any question:
put to him by the Senate com
mittee.
Earlier. Mann told the com
mittee. that he resigned under
pressure" as president of Bakers
Union Local 100 in Chicago or
January /, 1855. The man WHIT
forced him out. Mr.. Mann said
was George Stuart, internationa
vice president Of the Baker
Union.
I Held Gun in Hand
At the time Stuart relieved
Mr.. Mann from duty, Mr.. Mann
] testified, Stuart held in his han,
a nine-shot .25-caliber auto
matte pistol.
i Stuart's authority for remov
ing Mr.. Mann was a Telegram
from international Presiden
Cross appointing Stuart a specia
trustee over Local 100.
4 Mr.. Mann, who is now 70 year
old. said no charges Of wrong
, doing had ever been levele
, against him. He quoted Stuar
as saying he had orders to &c
rid Of me and that was what h
was going to do"
Mr.. Mann said Stuart told hir
he would be given Is week
severance pay and a welfare in
, surance policy for the rest O
, his life.
Then they took the offic
keys out of my overcoat an
took my car. They took m
, home and that was that" MI
| Mann said. He testified tina
the Is weeks pay never ma
, terialized nor did any Of IN
!, welfare benefits promised him.
Mortgage Payment
Running out OF funds. MI
Mann applied for social secur
ity, which brought in $98.50
month-his total income the
and now. He ran into difficulty
|, however. when confronted witt
! the problem OF paying $78 Of
his house out OF this social Sc
curity payment.
Mr.. Mann complained I
Stuart that he was unable b
make ends meet. and Stuar
agreed to arrange for a re
financing Of the house.
AS a result, the witness ties
titled, he got a new mortgaR,
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HUMPHREY STATEMENT
Inflotionory Pressures
Checked He Declares

Following is the tert of the conclusions Secretary of
the Treasury Humphreys prepared statement to the Senate
Nosna ffnnk odna.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01
Too Many IFS Face New Year

Britain and France are
definitely through in the Mid
die East. What little prestige
they had left has been COM
pletely destroyed by the in
vasion of Egypt. a folly that
has strengthened Egyptian
dictator Nasser to the point
where he can truly claim the
moral leadership of the entire
Arab world.
America will attempt to re-
pair the damaged fc";.'ic C rs
Big Three alliance, anu val
have at least some surface Sue
cess. But the relationship will
never be the same as it was
prior to the Suez crisis; the
forces of neutralism in West
ern Europe have gained inn
measurably as result of re-
cent events, and the alliance
is weakened to the same ex-
tent as those neutral senti-
ments have gained.
Chancellor Adenauer of West
Germany will face a real chal-
lenge to his policy of alliance
with NATO. He is in grave
danger of losing. If his
enemies win, the Russians will
have gained a great strategic
victory.
The prospects for 1857 are.
in brief, more of 1885,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01

Southeast Asia Treaty Or
ganization (SEATO) in that
vital area. The Red tactics will
vary to suit the situation; at
times they will feature a car
rot. at other times a stick.
Chances of improved rela-
tions between the United
States and the Soviet Union
are not promising; they will
probably deteriorate rather
than be eaSed. Chief reason
for this will be the very real
concern inside the Kremlin
over the satellite unrest. The
Soviet army. in particular,
fears the threat to it's COM
munications inherent in a
hostile satellite population,
and the Communists blame the
United States propaganda
agencies for most of their
troubles.
In the Middle East, disunity
rather than unity will feature
the relations of the Arab ma
tons with each other. They
will remain, however, united
in implacable hostility to
Israel. and that little inter
loper" land can safely be said
to be in grave danger.
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Hope for Steodier Peace
Comes With New Year

rift in Anglo American relation.
French Premier Guy Mollet
said he hoped the New Year
would find France and Poland
bound by closer ties. In a sep
arate message to Israel. Mr..
Mollet said: France vibrates
with admiration at the deeds Of
your army and the audacity Of
your soldiers"
West German Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer. in New Years
message. called for his country
to stand by his policy of Euro
pean unity and partnership with
the free world.
SPANS Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco said it was 1 mis-.
take to believe that tine Soviet
Union is weakening,
Soviet President Klementi Y.
Voroshilov said that the past
year has been marked by the
active peace-loving foreign poll
icy of the Soviet state"
In India. Prime Minister Nehru
and Red China's Premier Chou
Gn-lai ushered in the New Year
by drinking toasts to continued
friendship of the two Asian
nations and to world peace.
On FormoSa Nationalist Chi.
nese President Chang Kai-shek
delivered his eighth New Ooar
message OF the nation since he
quit mainland China in Deem
Der. 1919.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01
BY the Associated Press

The world celebrated the ar
rival of New Years Day against
a backdrop of unsteady peace
but with hope 1857 will bring ar
easing of international tension
New Year eve revelry was 6
quilt of contrast throughout the
globe.
In Japan, the advent Of New
Year meant a time for paying
homage to ones ancestors ano
renewal of religious faiths. II
was a solemn occasion and many
of the country's 80 million inhab-
itants donned bright new XII
monos to greet 1857 in accus-
toned style.
New Years eve in Hungary
stood out in marked contrast tt
celebrations in happier parts Of
the world. There was no cele.
bration for the unhappy popu-
lace of the revolution-shaken ma
ton. The people had to be OF
the streets by the 10 pm. cur
few or before.
In Europe, most statesmen
looked to the New Year with
some misgivings but with a de-
sire for peace uppermost in theil
minds.
Sir Winston Churchill took the
occasion to praise the "heroism
Of the brave people of Hungary
and to call for a healing of the