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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
Accident chosers

] was involved In Q colli-
sion recently on q Washing
ton street. My car was badly
damaged. but fortunately
neither / nor the other driver
was injured. However. ! was
not given the time to dwell
on this happy realization be-
cause no sooner had the &C
cident occurred before ! was
pounced upon by several
men. either drivers or crew
members Of two or three
wreckers which suddenly
converged upon the accident
area.
One Of them thrust q call
ing card into my hand. an
other whispered the reasons
why I should let his firm re-
pair the machine, while a
third persuaded me to sign
q form which would only au-
thorize him. he said. to tow
my car to his garage.
All of this was going ON
while I was trying to recover
from the shock Of realizing
how close ! came to being
seriously injured or worse.
Even in the midst Of ques-
tioning by trafiic investiga-
tors, who arrived on the
scene much later, they con-
tinued their harassment. 1t
was disgusting.
It seems to me that there
would be less confusion II
repair garage owners and/or
employees are prohibited from
attempting to sell their serv-
ices TO traflc accident victims
at the scene Of the mishap.
Towing and other services
needed to clear trafiic or
otherwise move disabled We
hicles should be made avail
able only upon the request
Of the police or owners Of
DAMAGED cars.
Jose M. Torres.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES z. TRACEWELL

depending on the part Of the
country you are In, but also
on the bread used.
Toast Is one thing in In.
diana, quite another in New
England, and heaven knows
what it is in the deep South.
Probably popovers.,
The very word, toast, is
odd.
The word comes from the
Latin, tostare, to brown or
roast.
The popover name comes
from what the delicacy does.
Jones was getting old, in
this worlds years, before he
had ever eaten one.
Somehow, in the Midwest
family from which he came,
the popover had no place.
There 1t was pancakes, as
griddle cakes were called.
The Midwest still lived on
corn, or maize, when young
Temp came along.
No breakfast, in winter
anyway, was thought proper
or real unless it had PAN
cakes, preferably corn cakes.
There was a soothing, I'LL
ing rightness to these, I'M
known in the popover family.
Jones thought.
4 80
His mind ran back to the
big dining room when dining
rooms were dining rooms,
not breakfast hooks, as nice
as these can be at times.
In those days, nobody had
ever heard Of calories, and
therefore no one put any lin
itation on the number of
pancakes q hungry boy could
eat.
A dozen?
Two dozen?
At this late date, Temple
ton Jones could not remern-
Der. but he rather thought It
nearer the two dozen mark.
Nor was this all, by a long
way; there were at least two
glasses Of cold milk, and all
the butter one wanted, which
was q great deal.
The butter cost 10 cents
a pound, and the milk prob
ably as much, and the whole
meal was served without
hurry or fuss. and spotlessly
clean.
That was why Temp Jones,
as q young man, became
finicky when he had to eat for
a time in any old restaurant
he came across.
Just plain finical, as the
dictionary says, quoting
Wordsworth to justify itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
Metropolitan Area Study

Representative Hyde of Maryland is
quite right in saying that great care must
be exercised in organizing the forth
coming congressional study Of WASH
ington's metropolitan growth problems.
The success or failure of the whole am
bilious project, in fact, may be deter
mined largely by the initial approach Of
the joint House-Senate study committee.
Among the organizational problems
worrying the members is the selection of
a capable research star But a much
more basic need, before anyone dives
headlong into the metropolitan morass,
is Tor the committee to set some Specific
goals and limitations for itself. Ger
tainly it Is important for Congress. with
Its exclusive control over District affairs.
to interest itself directly in the problems
OF the area Of which Washington is the
hub. The committee, nevertheless, must
spell out at the outset the precise
purposes and extent Of its inquiry, max
ing 1t plain that the Federal Govern
ment is not seeking to get its nose under
the tent with the aim Of interfering In
State, county and city jurisdictions in
this most politically complex Of all met
ropolitan areas. Unless there Is COM
plete understanding and cooperation
from the local areas, the study certainly
will come to nought.
The neighboring counties, as brought
out in Senate discussion, have approved
the study in principle. Properly con-
ceived and administered, this study could
complement number of moves already
under way by area ofiicials to work to-
gether on their common problems. For
tunately, the six committee members
(three each from the House and Sen
ate District Committees) have q basic
knowledge Of Washington's problems
and the makeup Of its region. They
have the opportunity also to look for
ideas that may help in the relief Of
similar growth pains plaguing urban
regions all over the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
Vaccine

The Star Is to be thanked
for promptly debunking the
claim Of the National Drug
Co. in Philadelphia. that
District doctors have been
very well taken care Of" in
respect 10 Asian fiu vac
cine. The Star debated this
false optimism by reporting
an authoritative denial.
Surely DR.. Daniel L. Finu-
cane. District Director If
Public Health, and Harold c.
Kinner. executive secretary
Of the District Pharmaceuti-
cal Association. should know
the truth. And. that truth APP
pears to reflect little credit
on those who imply that
there are ways and means for
the doctors TO obtain q critI-
cal commodity In alarmingly
short supply II they make
the right deal with the right
manufacturer. BY dealing d.
rectly with the manufacturer
instead Of q consolidated
agency which pools all ASH
an iiu vaccine and distrib-
utes 1t In strict compliance
with q Nationwide system Of
priorities, some doctors are
beating the gun.
The United States Public
Health has pushed the panic
button on Asian i1u. It
has modified an a1l-out crash
program to provide mass in
EQUATIONS. And. very wisely.
1t has established q system
Of priorities for giving the
vaccine to essential public
services. But It Is not enough
to panic the public and not
provide dependable discipline
and authority to enforce and
guarantee a system Of priori-
ties.
Already patients are put
ting pressure upon their doc
tors to give them priority
ahead Of that defined by
sound public policy.
II the national emergency
Is as grave and threatening
as USPH has lead q jittery
public to believe, then the
Federal Government must
accept both responsibility
and purposeful leadership.
This would mean USPH pool
ing and distribution Of every
bit Of Asian influenza vac
cine manufactured under its
license. Because the vaccine
manufacturers are meeting a
grave national emergency,
they should be guaranteed
Federal reimbursement for
the fair cost Of all vaccine
they have been urged to
manufacture. There should be
no more Of this business Of
private enterprise taking
bankruptcy losses resulting
from overproducing q COM
modify whose need was less
than USPH estimates. And
equally important, the UsPH
should publish q maximum
fee schedule binding upon all
doctors allotted vaccine from
the USPH pool. II the doctor
believes the fee schedule Is
unfair. he may exercise his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
THE POLITICAL Mill
CONSERVATIVES MoyPuMG. or. Down
By GOULD LINCOLN

for Troast. It is doubtful,
however, that Troast could
have won anyway. A conserv-
alive Republican ran for the
House seat left vacant by
Case after he was denied the
gubernatorial nomination and
was defeated, too, In o dis
trict which had been Repub-
( lican for years. And to cap
this series Of events, In 1854
Case won the senatorial pri-
mary and was elected US.
Senator over q strong Demo.
cratic opponent.
This year another Eisen-
hover Republican, State SEN
ator Malcolm B. Forbes, is
running for Governor against
Gov. Meyner. Forbes ap-
parently has the backing of
the COP. conservatives and
modern Republicans" alike.
While Meyner Is popular,
Forbes Is reported to be maxi
ing q good race and may up
set the Democratic Cover
nor in the November election.
Perhaps 1t would be as well
to wait and see what hap
pens to Forbes before she'd
ding too many tears over the
Eisenhower Republicans.
Some Turn Their Backs
It is noticeable that the
Old Guard Republicans, even
those who oppose important
parts Of his program, speak
with respect Of the President
himself. Some Of them even
insist that what the President
means by Modern Republic
canism is largely confined to
spreading the base Of the
party. to precinct work to get
out the voters and organize
them. For example, this APP
peared the opinion Of Senator
Goldwater Of Arizona in his
appearance on Meet the
Press"-a televised interview.
But when it comes to the Eli
Senhower program, some of
the Observation-Disclosures. 4
material number Of them
turned their backs on the
President during the session
Of Congress now closed, as
they did in the $50 and S4th
Congresses.
It is clear to Republican
National Chairman Alcorn
and to the President that un-
less the Republicans can close
ranks and work together in
the elections Of 1858 and 1860
they viii have no chance of
winning those contests. II
conservative Republicans take
the view they want to con-
troll the @. o. P.-or ct least
the @. o. p. in their particu-
lar States and congressional
districts-to q degree they are
willing to have their party
defeated in the congressional
and national elections, Just
to have their own way, then
their party is in for . lick
ing.
OF course, some Of these
conservative Republicans in
sist that there is q conserva-
tive trend in the country, but
recent elections do not indi-
cate tn at-neither Esen-
hower's last year nor Prox-
mire's, In 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

Just how dead Is Eisen-
hover Modern Republican
ism? To Judge from the
chorus which has gone up
since Senator William Prox-
mire. Democrat, defeated
former Gov. Walter Kohler,
Republican, in q special cleo
ton last Tuesday to MI the
Senate seat left vacant by the
death Of the late Senator
Joe" Mccarthy Of Wiscon-
sin, it is deader than the
proverbial doornail. If 1t Is,
the Republican Party Is In q
bad way. Modern Republic
canism, as explained by the
President. means q Republic
can Party which will 60 along
with q program that looks to
returning to the States some
Of the powers and response
bilities which In recent DEM
ocratic administrations have
been transferred to Washing
ton and the Federal Govern
ment, that viii 60 along with
reforms. where the Govern
ment Is needed to do things
that people cannot do, or do
SO wen, for themselves, and
that win 60 along with q n
nancial program capable Of
balancing the Governments
budget. The President Is sat-
isfled that the program he
has presented to Congress
looks to these ends: that it
Is the best program that has
been advanced. and that the
Republican Party should
stand for 1t. Indeed, the pro-
gram is based on the O. D. p.
national platforms Of both
1852 and 1856 on which the
President ran and swept the
country twice.
Kohler ran as an Eisen-
hover Republican, It Is true.
He was defeated largely be-
cause the conservative Re-
publicans In Wisconsin did
not turn out to vote for him
and because the Eisenhower
farm program-al1d Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Benson
have left many Of the farm
ers dissatisneos Incidentally,
1t may be mentioned that the
farmers in Wisconsin would
not have voted for a conserv-
alive Republican. II he had
been the nominee in place Of
Kohler.
All Il Not Lost
The defeat Of Kohler-the
defeat Of one Eisenhower Re-
publican-does not necessa-
rily mean defeat Of ali Eisen-
hover Republicans. It may
be recalled that four years
ago the conservative wing
OF the COP. in New Jersey
insisted on the nomination
for Governor Of their own
particular candidate-Troast
instead Of Clifford P. Case,
an Eisenhower Republican.
Troast was badly beaten in
the election BY Gov. Meyner,
Democrat. It Is true that
Troast was revealed as
having written q letter to
Gov. Dewey Of New York,
suggesting that he give con-
sideration to the case Of Joey
Fay, q convicted labor extor-
ZIONIST serving q term in a
New York jail--a black eye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

In q letter, Myron w.
Chamberlin echoes L. L. Col
bert. president Of Chrysler.
who said that Walter
Reuther's proposed 500 re-
duction in automobile prices
has q logical counterpart in q
JAW agreement to take .
wage cut for its members,
which the companies would
then "takc into considera-
ton" in pricing their 1858
automobiles.
This fails to take into &C
count the difference between
the commodities sold by the
workers and by the COM
panies. The workers sell their
time and energy to which
there Is an upper limit. There
are only - hours in o day:
no mass production can in
crease them. We can't tell
workers to make up low
wages by working longer
hours. This is no longer re-
garded as their calling"
which Is also 10 enjoy life.
But the companies can
compensate for the lower
prices they receive by means
Of increases In sales volume.
There Is rightly q public
pressure on them to sell as
cheaply as possible. There
Is not, and should not be. q
similar pressure TO pay as low
wages as possible.
Sidney KOretz.
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Mr.. Reuther's reaction to
Harlow Curtice's statement
lett me somewhat confused.
Realizing that there are
various solutions to most
problems. I can't understand
Mr.. Reuther's attitude to-
ward Mr.. Curtice's counter
proposal. II Mr.. Reuther is so
concerned with the public
welfare. how can he take
such . paradoxical position?
I think he Is being rather
hypocritical-its o. K. for
General Motors to combat
imitation. but the same course
Of action by the United Auto
Workers would be a Shock
ing disregard" Of public well
fare. I am not impressed by
Mr.. Reuther. Let him prac-
tice what he breaches.
w. Nelson Props.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

The County Council for
Montgomery County Is ready
to widen Arlington road 70 a
feet from Wilson lane TO near
Bethesda avenue.
This street In the midst Of
Edgemoor Community has
been selected as Q thorough
fare because II provides d.
rect connection between Old
Georgetown road and Brad
ley boulevard. Also II Is ia
vored BY motorists living
west Of Wisconsin avenue
who work In the District.
The council said proper
ties on Arlington road will be
specially benefited by the
proposed improvements.
The project cost is esti-
mated at $225, 400, Of which
40 property owners on Ar
lington road win be assessed
$49.652 and the county will
pay the balance.
Disadvantages Of convert
ing Ellington road into a
thoroughfare have not been
presented to the public.
At the beginning Of Ar
lington road is an elementary
school. To make this street
a thoroughfare would en-
danger the lives of children
and make it an undesirable
location. Home values would
depreciate and serve as an
excuse to rezone for COM
mercial.
Homes along Arlington
road are now valued at $780,
600 and UP. They do not
have too much depth In
front. The county viii take
a 15-foot strip for the road
and another 8 feet for paving.
This will place some homes
a few feet from the highway.
Home owners have been as
sessed 1920 per foot for the
new paving which will mean
that from $500 TO $1,000 will
be paid by home owners 70
the county for their own
land.
Plans are under way 70
connect Glenbrook road at
Bradley boulevard with Little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Falls Branch parkway.
When this is done there will
no longer be heavy trafic on
Arlington road since motor
lists will use the more direct
route into the District.
It seems q waste Of money
to provide a thoroughfare
which would be used for only
q short time and then revert
to its normal now Of trafic.
Montgomery County Tax
payer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Where can / md a small
Hawaiian English diction-
ary?-A. D.
A. A good one is in
Thrum's Hawaiian Annual,
81, put out by Honolulu
Star Bulletin, Ltd, l25 Mer-
chant St.. Honolulu 2. Ha.
waii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

Of us In time to foil the virus completely.
there Is no real reason for alarm. In
sum, like peoples elsewhere throughout
the world, the American people must
grid themselves for the advent Of this
noxious visitor, but they should md It
not too dificult to cope with, and they
may even be able to grin as they bear it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

The Earl Of Sandwich Is
supposed to have been In q
hurry, slapped q slice Of meat
between two slices Of bread,
and so the sandwich came
into being.
Templeton Jones, for one,
has always doubted this story.
The ubiquitous meat sand
wich seems such q natural,
in the eating world, that he
does not see how 1t could
have failed Of invention CEN
turtles before.
Undoubtedly the Chinese,
who are always inventing
things before anyone else,
must have had some such
form Of rapid consumption.
Jones has q sandwich
book. giving scores and even
hundreds Of sandwiches, but
too many Of them are too
exotic for his taste.
He likes best. as most
people do, the plan, simple
sandwich.
He remembers the Jelly
CONNECTION Of his childhood
days. and before that he even
liked . plain bread and
butter sandwich. If it could
be called that.
The essence Of the sand
wich. It seems, Is the slice Of
something between bread.
There is nothing in q sand
wich which cannot be eaten
ingredient by ingredient.
Probably the most popular
Of all is the ham sandwich,
but the hot dog takes the
cake, somehow, with Ameri-
cans.
And what's become Of pork
tenderloin?
When young Temp Jones
was travelling around his
home State in overnight
stands, he could never get
anything to suit him but
pork tenderloin.
It was in those days that
he began to build up eating
habits which his friends
tended to call finicky, what
ever that means.
1t means, Of course, finical,
affectedly fine, unduly dainty,
from fine"
Young Jones was pushed
into this. he claimed ever
after.
He had come from a good
clean home, where everything
was really nice, and he
couldn't get over the coun-
tryside eating places he
found.
They couldn't get over him,
either, as many q proprietor
found out.
If things got too bad, Jones
ended UP by simply ordering
q poached egg on toast.
There is a pair hard to
beat, and difncult to make
bad. II the egg is, 1t shows
UP at once.
4 \
Toast is a different matter.
There are all degrees and
conditions Of toast. not only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
Bock-to-SchooI Issue

The back-to-school issue Of
The Sunday Star Magazine
was extraordinarily good. For
over 80 years ! have followed
closely your education issue
each fall and found them all
helpful and interesting.
This issue. however, Is q
real contribution TO the edu-
cation Of young people. Be.
lieving as ! do that the exam
pie Of adults is the most
powerful force In the educa-
ton Of our children, your
carefully planned interviews
with those that the children
themselves have chosen are
lessons In themselves.
The up-to-date informa-
ton such as Solving the
Teacher Shortage" should in
Splre some older women 20
return to teaching, and thus
help them and the teaching
profession.
] could go on. but ! viii
Just express my appreciation
to The Star for another
example Of your intelligent
treatment Of the educational
problems Of our city and our
Nation.
Marion Wade Doyle.
-
Congratulations on the fine
Sunday magazine issue Of
August Is. youth Picks It's
Heroes-Gets Their Counsel"
by Doris Kanter. Is an unusu-
ally fine piece Of work, ad-
mirable from the standpoint
Of every age.
Rea G. Shower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

disapproval without prejudice
by refusing to participate
In the program.
Thomas Z. MattIngIy. MD.
No one-sided program by
which the Government pro-
vides cheap immunization
vaccine to some, such Is that
which is being made avail
able for polio and Asian fiu.
while physicians are allowed
to charge whatever price
they see ut for administering
the vaccine, should be toll
Grated. This is like giving
away baskets Of apples to all
but charging S. for each con-
tainer. For q man who must
protect himself. his wife and
Q couple Of children by inn
munization shots-not Just
one shot but two or three.
and for each disease-at IS
Q shot his annual immuni-
cation shots, alone, amount
To a tidy medical bill under
the present program.
just as we have provided
for social measures Is old
age pensions. social security.
unemployment compensation.
farm and small business re-
lief and various disaster aids.
our national leaders owe 1t
TO the American people TO
provide some measure Of d.
rect disaster health aid.
Lee w. Welnrieh.
- = =
Another wave Of telephone
calls from our patients foi-
lowed the announcement by
one Of the newspapers that
it has begun an Asian nu
vaccine innoculation pro-
gram for its own employees.
Patients cannot understand
why newspaper employees are
receiving innoculations prior
to the private physicians Of
our city. Most patients are
now fully aware there will
be little or no vaccine for
effective innoculation Of the
public before the epidemic
breaks. However. they strong
" feel that private physicians
deserve vaccine priority over
newspaper personnel. These
physicians - not newspaper
employes-will be needed to
treat the stricken!
Helen Goddard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

Pen names mag be used II
letters carry sDrtters' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to condeH-
sgtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03

Toast is a different matter.
There are all degrees and
conditions Of toast, not only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-03
Street Project

Helen Goddard
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-02-13
SoItanima Sirom Amerike
! Kanade do znania

Elektricna struja, koju proiz-
vodi velika elektricna hidro-cen-
trala ma Gubavici povise Omisa,
nalazi Sc ma solti. Izmedju Braca
i Solte postavljen je mjesecu
junu pomorski kabel pomocu ko-
jeg je Sofia vezana sa tom veil
kom elektricnom centralom. Ti-
me je najvazniji dio posla do
vrsen, ali elektrifikacija soltan-
skin sela time jos nije svrsena.
Ovu elektricnu struju sada
treba provesti kroz sva nasa Sc
la cd Livke do Maslinice, j tako
omoguciti nasima kod kuce da
sa istom rasvjetle svoje kuce
domove. Ma tome Sc poslu sada
radi, te je u tome pravcu vec do
sta ucinjeno. Potrebna bakrena
zica, koja &c razvoditi struju u
glavnom je osigurana i djelomi-
emo vasim doprinosima placena.
Kazemo djelomicno, jer jos nije
podpuno placena. Nemojte susta-
ii sada pri koncu, nastojmo ONO
guciti da Sc ia malenkost do
vrSi. -
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1957-02-13

Vidi Sc IL samog opisa, da in je
najvise umrlo izmedju so 70 60
dina. Ia njihov pogreb je potrose-
no wise nego SUI bill osigurani kod
HBZ. Tako barem pogrebni tro-
Skovi dokazuju.
Odsjek 423 ucinio je svoju duz-
most naprama pojedinim pokojnim
clanovima, te i'm polozio lijepe vi
jence odnosno cvijece ma odar, gdje
Sc je nalazilo ostalo cvijece cd
rodbine prijatelja pokojnih, kod
nekih wise kod nekojih mamie, vet
prema rodbini vetem prijatelj-
stvu.
Braca sestre su in sproveli do
njihovih hladnih grobova uz cr-
kvene obrede pojedinaca, vec ko-
joj su vjeri pripadali, sto Sc mo-
ze vidjeti ma l1ojim SUI grobljima
sahranjeni.
Neka nasim pokojnicima bude
mir pokoj vjecni, a njihovoj rod
bini prijateljima nase iskreno
duboko sauceste.
Oko pokojnih brace sestara BIZ
10 je cuvara II sestara nosata 19
brace. Nosaci SUI najvise nasa u
mirovljena braca.
Ivan Babich, tajnik