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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
Home Visits
Total $4,000
In 1st Week
Big Foil Festival Tours
Sturt Second Week Today
BY ROBERT ]. LEWIS
Real Estate Editor Of The star

big second week end anticipated for The Stars
annual Fall Festival of Homes opens today and con-
tnueS tomorrow until dark.
Many thousands of persons are expected this
week to visit this years SO exhibit hones-largeSt
number be included In the annual fall observance
Visits to the homes since the opening last Saturday were
estimated surprising $4,000 total This attendance
based on returns an estimated 10000 coupons by
wishing thus to become eligible to win weeklong stays in
Bermuda offered by The Star to exhibit home visitors
E;..a paaa IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

A Buchanan q Gingery
builder; minimum price
915,950: three bedrooms; APP
proximately ESQ houses; Hun
gerford Towne; north on Rock
vile Pike Route 240). to sign
on left at Richie parkway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-17
Room Service On A Raft

WTINTER vacationers are more likely to
w be sneaking few extra days of
than summer tourists and whether they've
gone to Florida, California or, as here, to
the lush Caribbean island of Jamaica,
they try to take in as much. sunshine as
they can The idea, frequently, is to get
a deep tan in hurry so friends back home
will know you've been away. This happy
group of vacationers in Half Moon, Jamaica,
decided they wouldn't come in out of the
sun and sea, even for lunch. Instead, they
decided to stay on the diving raft and call
for room service.
Food was carried from the dining room to
the edge of the beach by white-coated
walters, loaded aboard long canoe and
rowed out to sea by crew of two. On
reaching the raft. about 100 yards offshore,
walters unloaded the food, spread table
cloth and stood by to serve SumptuouS
picnic lunch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30
Senate Cloakroon
BY J. GLENN BEALL
United States Senator from
Maryland

Our entire postal system, which
additionally has weathered such
Universities as SNOW, g.. rain,
heat" and gloom of night, might
eventually be disrupted by fl
nancial ill-winds.
Behind the situation is this ques-
ton which has been debated for
more than a century and half:
Is the Post Office Department to
be operated as public service or
self-sustaining business?
The Senate Post Office and Civil
Service Committee is now holding
hearings in an effort to reach a
solution.
Advisory Councils Report
In support of the public service
philosophy" the Citizens Advisory
Council, which was appointed as
result of action by the Saith Con-
gress, has prepared a special re-
port which includes a series of
statements designed to show that
historically the Post Office has
been operated primarily to serve
the public"
Also in the report is an analysis
Iof current postal operations which
inspires the conclusion that "a
business could not perform so
many services without reimburse
ment if it planned to break even"
Views of Postmaster General
Arguing the other side of the
question is Postmaster General
Summerfield, who also has cited
numerous references from history
but who, in keeping with his own
beliefs, has chosen announcements
supporting the theory that his de-
partment should be "self-sustaining
to the fullest extent possible"
In the opinion of Mr.. Summer
lIclu, tuc IliSJ pl u CHulSllc lOl
such an operation is "a positive
statement on the question of 4
permanent Congressional policy on
postage rates"
The policy which Mr.. Summer
field has suggested includes pro-
visions designed % to make the
users, not the general taxpayers
pay for postal services, ~ to as
sure operations conducted accord
ing to the highest standards OF
business efficiency" ~ to guaran-
tee that all costs should be re
ported accurately, and (4D to en-
sure that all postal subsidies APP
proved by the Congress should be
reimbursed to the Post Office.
Three Essentials
1t is my belief that in any con
| sidcration of these problems VIC
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30
PAGE TWELVE

Many Representatives of Federal
classified and postal employee
groups visited my office last week.
| was delighted to renew acqauint-
anceships, and to talk with old
friends. These representatives of
Federal employees were in Wash
ington to press for Government
pay increases.
| told my friends that | agree
that Government salaries should
be increased. There are, though,
political realities and practical as
poets of the problem that must be
taken into consideration in this
session of Congress. The issue of
a pay raise in 1857 has popped up
in the midst of an economy drive
and a political attack on the budg-
ct.
Congress has been scOlding the
President on the size of his budget.
The President has come back at
Congress saying the budget repre-
sents the best he could do in view
of programs enacted into law by
Congress, and in light of the ma
tons defense needs. He also has
said that in view of the present
state of the nations economy, pay
raises should be kept at a mini
mum. With that sort of an eX-
change going on between the Presi-
dent and Congress, lawmakers will
find it difficult TO justify putting
a pay raise bill in the lap of the
President.
Some of my visitors asked me TO
sign discharge petition on postal
pay raise bill. | have not signed
a petition since | have been a
member of Congress, it is not a
good way TO legislatc. When bill
is taken from committee and
sent directly TO the floor of the
House, members are deprived of
the benefit of the committee re-
port and the facts and information
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

must work toward the three goals
that are absolute eSsentials-an eff
ficient postal system, a realistic
wage schedule for employees of the
Post Office Department, and
reasonable mailing rates.
To achieve these detectives, it
might be necessary to adjust GER
tain postage costs, and | intend to
support such changes if they will
result in clear-cut savings for the
tax-paying public
Replies to Postal Question
| am not member of the Post
Office Committee, and | do not
want to speculate about proposals
which might develop from the cur
rent hearings.
l sincerely hope, however, that
the committee members will de-
velop a just and workable formula
for our postal operations.
In conclusion, | would like TO
note that SIS per cent of the Mary
landers who replied to my recent
QUESTIONABLE said they were in ia
vor of an increase in postal rates
to cut deficits and provide better
equipment; 305 percent were OPP
posed to a raise, and the rest eX-
pressed no specific opinion on the
matter.
Notes from My Appointment Book
In addition to my work on Capt.
toll Hill, | had the privilege of at
tending a dinner honoring the
Montgomery County members of
the Maryland Savings and Loan
League, the Founders Day cele-
bration at LaSalle College, the
ceremonies during which Charles
II. Borcherding, Sr., was sworn in
as director of the Federal Housing
Administration for Maryland, and
the traditional running of the
Preakness, at which l was a men,
Der of Vice President NiXopS Of
fetal party. l also spoke at cele-
bration in honor of the 50th ami
versary of the Washington SAM
tarium and Hospital, in Takoma
Park.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30
Accident Personals

Recent visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Whit Dewitt have been Mrs. r. B.
Friend and son Montell Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Savage, Mrs. Hattie
Glotfelty, Mrs. Lola Harvey, Mrs.
Walter Hamill, Mrs. Fred Glotfelty,
Mrs Charlotte Wilburn, Gene Glot-
felty, Diane BOwser, Mr. and Mrs
Adam Lucas, Barbara and Adam
Lucas, Jr. Dinner guests on Sum
day were Rev. Frederick CraW-
ford and Shimar Darr while other
Sunday guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Dewitt and daughters, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Dewitt and sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dewitt and
children left Accident Monday
morning for Chattanooga, Tenn.
where they visited the formers
grandmother, Mrs. II. W. Gillespie,
until Thursday Mrs. Gillespie re-
turned with them to visit her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Whit Dewitt, and also her grand
sons, Charles and Harold Dewitt,
and their families for several
weeks.
The Ladies of Zion Lutheran
church will hold their annual
bazaar and serve plate lunch
from to 8 p. M. DIST, Saturday
evening June LIST.
Mrs. Harold GeOrg is patient at
the Garrett County Memorial hos
pital, Oakland.
Mrs. Leola Davis, of Indiana,
Pa, visited friends and relatives
here over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Margroff
and family visited Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Zehner, of Somerset, Pa,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

recently.
The piano students of Miss Jane
Guard will present a recital to
the public in the Accident Ele-
mentary school on Tuesday eve
ming, June a, at p m. The public
is invited. Vocal numbers will be
rendered by the Speicher girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Speicher Wis
tied Rev. and Mrs. Walter Otto, of
Springs, Pa, on Saturday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Richter
were in Meyersdale, Pa, one day
last week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brobst, Mrs
Carrie Brobst and son, Mrs. Guy
Broadwater and son visited Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Brobst, of Hur-
lock, Md. over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haenftling and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30
CARD OF THANKS

We desire TO express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to all our
friends and neighbors for their
kindness and hclpfulncss during
the illness and following the death
of our mother, the late Mrs. Ella
May Echard.
We also want to thank all who
gave flowers and contributed the
use of their automobiles for the
funeral service.
Son and Daughtcr-in-Law.
Adv. II
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on which il is based may add, ii
is often impossible to come to
sound decisions without committee
reports. This is particularly true in
the complex matter of just compen-
sation for Federal workers.
An incident during the House
Judiciary Committees final review
of the Celler pre-merger notifica-
ton bill illustrates how careful we
must be in our study of the
language of a bill. Buried in this
bill was a sentence that permitted,
under certain conditions, waiver
of notice. 1t was clear that the SEN
tence provided means of defeat
ing the purpose of the proposed
act and | therefore offered an
amendment that makes prior
notice mandatory This amend
ment was accepted by the commit
tee.
| have introduced bill to amend
the Social Security Act extending
to Maryland the privilege of social
security coverage for State and
local police and firemen now I'M
der the State retirement system.
The Allegany Ballistics Labora-
tory in Cumberland has been
awarded grant of S35 million for
engineering and testing of pro-
pulsion systems for guided mis-
Siles.
The House Ways and Means
Committee has approved bill
which eliminates the excise tax on
admissions to privately operated
swimming pools am hopeful that
the repeal of the tax will be made
retroactive when the bill is before
the House.
The Senatc'S action in locating
the new National Culture Center
in Washington's Foggy Bottom is
an expensive mistake | am OPP
posed to placing an excessive land
purchase burden on the taxpayers
The cost, estimated to be between
SIS million and $40 million, is
wholly unnecessary since suitable
land is available in southwest
Washington land that is already
owned by the Government or OBJ
tainablc at a fraction of the cost
of Foggy Bottom property.
The Army Corps of Engineers
will hold public meeting at tho
Richard Montgomery high school
in Rockville on June 25 on a com
prehcnsivC water development
plan for the Potomac River Basin
The Engineers want the views OF
the people on requirements fol-
water supply, pollution abatement
and related problems. | urge all
interested to attend.
| hope that my friends and
neighbors of my Congressional dis
trict will have the opportunity OF
tuning in on WRC-TV's Four Cor
ners News program on June /, al
$50 p. m, Channel d. | will be in
tcrVicWed by Dave SOthen and
John Connolly on the proposed c
q o Canal National Historical
Park.
ON MY CALENDAR
Thursday, May 30, II noon
Speech, Memorial Day exercises
Antictam American Legion, Antic
tam National cemetery.
Monday, June 3, 7:45 p. M, Par
ticipatc in dedication of the Ia
bona Darly DnctoI Cfntion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

family, accompanied by Mrs
Haenftlings mother who had Wis
tied here with her son-in-law and
daughter for several weeks, spent
the weekend in Baltimore. Mrs
Cora Kolb also accompanied them
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

to Baltimore, and visited Miss
Clara Georg.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Seggie and
family, visited friends and relatives
in Youngstown, o. over the week
end.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30
End With Victory

Southern High iiighlanders
ended their 1857 baseball season
with win by defeating Northern
High Huskies 8 to l last Thursday
The win gave the Rcd and White
a sweep of their series with the
IIuskics, having won the opener
April 26, to 3.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

Secretary of Labor Mitchell fore
cast a rosy future for this years
college graduates.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

A giant roller-coaster-like air dip
in the skies was declared response
bic for peculiar weather affecting
nation this spring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30

Two air force officers will ascend
to $4,000 and 100000 feet soon in
tests exploring outer reaches of
space.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-05-30
ON MY CALENDAR

Thursday May 30, II noon,
Speech, Memorial Day exercises,
Antictam American Legion, Antic-
tam National cemetery.
Monday, June 3, 7:45 p. M, Par
ticipatc in dedication of the Ia
koma Park Postal Station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19

In electing Sir Leslie Munro as
president of its 18th annual session,
the United Nations General Assembly
has chosen one of its ablest and most
experienced personalities. A New Zea-
lander of great vigor and attractiveness,
he has rendered distinguished service to
his country for the past five years both
as Ambassador to the United States and
chief delegate to the world organization.
In the latter capacity, he has come to
be recognized as a lawyer and former
editor gifted with exceptional diplo-
matte talent, and few can match his
knowledge of the ms and outs of the
U. N. and all the problems that trouble
1t. In his new post, whether as presid-
ing officer or as a behind-the- scenes
negotiator seeking to smooth out the
rough spots, he can be counted upon
to do a first-class job. The Assembly
has placed itself in good hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
Food for the World

Statistics on world food production
probably mean very little to the person
who sits down to well-laden table-or
to the person who may lie down hungry
at night. Obviously, production by itself
is not necessarily measure of whether
the worlds more than two billion peo-
pie are assured of being we'll fed. The
factors intervening between production
and consumption are numerous, complex
and almost impossible to generalize
upon. In itself, the economics of food
distribution poses problem that no
civilization ever has fully resolved. The
politics of today'S world merely has made
that problem more intricate.
Nevertheless, setting aside all the
collateral questions, there is the basic
one of whether the world as whole is
producing enough foodstuffs to supply
its total population. 1t is a question
which has deeply disturbed those who
have looked beyond hot and cold wars,
theological conflicts and the relatively
superficial obstacles Of trade barriers.
Some have taken an exceedingly dark
view-that the mounting birth rate and
increased longevity through advances in
the medical sciences are carrying the
world to point where its population
will outstrip its food supply and there
will come a period Of mass starvation.
Others, comparably qualified, offer hope
that improved agricultural methods and
the crossing Of new chemical horizons,
for example, will provide great store
houses of additional foodstuffs.
Meanwhile, there is encouragement
for the moment in the findings of the
Food and Agricultural Organization Of
the United Nations that world produce
ton Of food in 1856 increased by per
cent and maintained a slight edge over
population growth. In an analysis of
Its statistics, two Of the most hopeful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
School Bond Troubles

The financing of further school con-
Struction is becoming problem of wide
spread concern. Communities in the
Washington area are not alone In won
dering where the money is coming from
to carry out the construction programs
deemed necessary to meet classroom
shortages. For example, a report Just
prepared by New York State Education
Commissioner James E. Allen, jr., has
disclosed that bond issues for schools
are having increasingly heavy going in
New York, especially in the smaller cities
and towns. Nearly one-fourth of all
school bond issues proposed during the
past fiscal year in that State were re-
jected by the voters
The report is of interest locally be-
cause of agitation for more bond issues
in nearby areas Arlington last Novem-
Der voted for freeholders' "checkrein"
on bond issues voted in general refer
endums. The constitutionality of this
So-called "freeholderS' law" has been
questioned by the Virginia attorney gen.
eral, and the Arlington School Board
has employed counsel in an effort to
settle the question before another bond
years has rejected school bond issues
that were considered too large. SUBJ
sequently, smaller issues were approved.
Currently Falls Church is engaged in a
school bond controversy, growing out of
refusal of the City Council to let resi-
dents vote on a S750,000 bond issue. The
council acted after a bond expert had
warned that such an issue now would
hurt the citys credit standing 1t was
contended that another bond issue would
raise the bonded indebtedness too close
to the debt limit.
Judging from the New York report,
similar troubles are being experienced
generally. DR.. Allen told the New York
State Council of City and Village School
Superintendent that there is "a grow
ing tendency on the part of the public
to question more closely and weigh more
deliberately the decisions Of their school
administrators" He stressed the duty
of educators ito. demonstrate the true
meaning Of economy-to economic is
to use to the best possible advantage"
He favored type of economy that
would mean prudence in the use of
available funds. but not necessarily
reduction in the amount of funds made
available.
This is good advice for all school
boards. If there had been a wider dem
onstration of this sort Of economy in
+. the past, much of the controversy over
further expenditures for schools might
have been avoided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
The Finding of Guilt

The AFL-CIO has taken another
determined step toward a showdown test
Of its prestige and authority in submit
ting toSthe Transfers Union a prelim-
mary finding that leadership of the big
transport outfit is guilty of corruption
and should be thrown out. The finding
was contained in report of the Ethical
Practices Committee to the FederationS
Executive Council, and will be the basis
for further action at a council meeting
early next week. TeamSter officials have
been invited to defend themselves at
that time against the charges, but there
is no evidence yet of any change in
their disdainful attitude that their be-
havior is TeamSter business only. If
this attitude prevails, there is no doubt
now that the council will order the
union to take specified steps to clean
up its affairs or face suspension and
possible expulsion.
Apart from the Transfers own de-
Tense, if any, two other impending de-
velopmentS almost surely will bear upon
the Federation'S eventual decision. On
Tuesday the Mcclellan committee of
the Senate resumes hearings on Team
Ster Union practices, with further en-
phaSis promised on the affairs of Vice
President James r. Hoffa. 1t has been
implied, at least. that Mr. Hoffa will not
benefit. The committees feelings about
Mr.. Hoffa may have been reflected
rather clearly when Chairman Nc
Clellan this week charged the labor
official with fragrant, willful and con-
temptible perjury" when he was on the
committee stand. On September 80 the
Transfers will open their own conven-
tion-at which time they will re-elect
a successor to President Dave Beck and
very likely make some gesture at polio
ing their own troubles. Unfortunately,
if Mr.. Hoffa still emerges as presi-
dent-elect the genuine effectiveness of
any self-policing will be discounted
and will make it more certain that the
showdown will be an incorporating
one as far as the Federation is con-
cerned
There is still a possibility, of course,
that the Unexpectedly strong tone of
the AFL-CIO committee report will shift
the current course of TeamSter internal
politics. Several officers not involved in
the union scandals are announced can
didates for the presidency. The record
against Beck, Hoffa and their closest
associates and supporters-plus the
clear evidence that the Federation is
in no mood for temporizing-may swing
substantial rank-and-f1le sentiment to
another choice of leadership. Obviously,
it would be to the best interest of the
union and of the labor movement as a
whole if this should happen The
Transfers have both an opportunity and
a responsibility to recognize these
interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19
Olympic Open Door

The State Department has acted
Sensibly in announcing that Red China,
even though we do not recognize its
government, will find Americas doors
open to any bona fide athletic group it
may wish to send to the 1860 winter
Olympic games at Squaw Valley, Cali
fornia. The same policy will apply as
well to North Korea, Albania and Bull
garia. despite the fact that we have no
diplomatic relations with them.
Moreover, these four countries like
all others, including the Communist
states with which we maintain relations
have been informed, in effect, that
their athletes will be admitted without
having to be fingerprinted. That re-
quirement, which heretofore has been
mandatory for every nonof1cial foreign
visitor, now can be waived under our
recently amended immigration law, and
Secretary Dulles has made clear that 1t
will not be applied to any Of the Olympic
competitors. They will be obliged only
to go through a normal, nondiScrimi-
natory checkup covering such matters
as health and security.
OF course, in taking this line, the
State Department has not changed its
attitude toward people like the Chinese
Communists. 1t has merely moved in
accord with the Olympic rule that all
nations should be free to compete ire
Spective of race, religion or politics. To
have flouted that rule would have placed
the United States in an untenable
propaganda position, and the interna-
tional committee in charge of the games
might well have decided to stage them
in some other country. Certainly, in
these circumstances, Mr.. Dulles adop-
ton of an open-door policy adds up to
simple common sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-19

trends seen are that the rate Of increased
production has moved up significantly
in the less-developed regions and that
world trade in agricultural products,
after remaining unchanged for several
years, increased in both 1855 and 1885,
While the percentage variations are
small, the critical ones are on the favor
able side. The problem Of mankind tax
ing care of itself on this deeply troubled
globe quite obviously is continuing and
many-sided one. but currently we are
not losing ground in the area of provid-
ing the essential foods.