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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
Amateur Can Handle
Mortar Joint Pointing

A plasterer's trowel. q rec
tangle Of steel with q large
parallel handle, makes an ex.
cellent hawk for carrying the
mortar to It's point Of use.
However, a hawk can bt
easily improyised by screwine
or mailing q wooden grip per-
pendicularIy in the middle Of
q piece Of Hs-inch tempered
cardboard about 10 inches
square. You should also have
q small pointing troweI with q
kite-shaped blade about Z
inches long.
AAgood mortar mix for tuck
pointing can be made from
one part Of Portland cement,
two parts Of hydrated lime OF
plaster mortar. and four OF
i've parts Of fine, clean sand.
II hydrated tslacked) lime
is used, It's best to mix It into
q paste an hour or so ahead Of
time, to take up as much water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
BY HAROLD SMITH

crumbling mortar Joints in
exterior masonry walls should
be repaired promptly. The
rot. II neglected. often spreads
with increasing speed as rain
seeps deep into the wall.
Tuckpointing. the name APP
piled to repair Of such failures,
requires little in the way Of
special tools and equipment
and usually can be satisfac-
torily done by an amateur OBJ
serving q few fundamental
rules.
The main tool requirement
Is q nat tuckpointing trowel,
o tool with a blade about 6
inches long and u inch wide.
its handle Offset to keep you
from barking your knuckles.
The blade should be narrow
enough TO At fiatwise deep
into q mortar joint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

as It viii. and mix 1t with the
cement and sand as required.
The lime in the mortar will
retard its setting and give II
a buttery consistency. The
Portland cement makes for
permanent hardness.
All loose and soft mortar
should be scratched and
brushed from the Joint to be
repaired. just before tuck
pointing. the Joint should be
moistened by splashing water
into 1t from q pan. or spraying
water on with the hose or an
insecticide gun. 50 the dry
material won't drink the NOR
tar dry before II has a chance
TO set.-
! With the pointing trowel.
put q cupful or so Of mortar
on the hawk and flatten 1t 70
q thickness OF about q half
INCH. Holding the loaded hawk
close to the Joint to catch any
spatter. cut q slice Of mortar
with the tuckpointing trowel
and push It on the hawk and
into the Joint. jabbing 1t in
well with the trowel tip to
make sure 1t is firmly packed.
When the Joint is full Of
mortar and no more, smooth it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14
Metal 10th Serves
MunY Home Needs

Metal lath, the same ma
terial that is used as a plaster
base, lends itself to many
handy uses around the house.
One sheet Of this material
can serve for several projects
Easy to cut with timers ships,
1t can be shaped by hand to
serve as a magazine rack. or
framed for a versatile tool rack
above the Sorkbench. One full
sheet can be framed for a room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

Ioff with firm pressure to make
sure 1t Is bonded tightly with
the brickwork.
Joints can be made more
water repellent If they are in
! denied slightly by a final
smoothing with a short length
of curved rod or pipe. This il
done an hour or so after the
Joint is completed, for while the
mortar is fresh it is likely to
stick to the striking or smooth
ing tool.
Plain mortar made by the
above formula viii dry to an
on white. If the mortar is to
be matched to an existing Joint
color. use masonry colors, OBJ
tainable from building supply
yards. It win help you get q
good match to remember that
colored mortar when freshly
mixed is brighter than after
It sets.
As you tuckpoint. keep spat-
tiers on the wall as much as
possible. Any remaining spat-
tiers should be scraped on as
soon as the joint Is finished,
followed by a wash within the
next couple Of hours with !
stiff brush and water.
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is q sign Of quality
all thru the house,.

Leading builders choose the leading brand RCA
WHIRLPOOL, the kitchens most wanted by most
women! So in your house-hunting during National
Home Week, keep sharp eye peeled for the equip
ment in the kitchen RCA Whirlpool is mighty good
sign Of quality all thru the house. not to mention
the wonders you'll enjoy for years to when the
heart of your home is equipped with the smartest-
looking wife-savers ever made in wood or steel, in
color or your choice of finishes!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-14

divider. or cut to form panels
in the doors Of an open cabinet.
BY sandwiching metal lath
between q double frame for q
tool rack. the lath is held far
enough from the wall to per-
init the insertion Of wire hooks
to hold the tools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Economic Aims Are SuppIonting theology

between the masses and the In
tellectuals. We are safe and
mean to stay that way"
Valid or not, the rule has been
accepted. In the satellite coun-
tries as well as in the Soviet
Union, care is taken to increase
the production of consumer goods.
However incomplete, the new
picture Of East European COM
munism indicates that its man
ayers have accepted one of the
unavoidable laws Of the atomic
age: The policy Of gradualism.
Economic struggle seems to have
won precedence over political and
military conquest. The new
policy in Eastern Europe has some
points in Khrushchev's favor.
Yet. as any totalitarian policy, it
also has its inherent weaknesses.
1t oversimplifies human nature.
1t does not account for immense
forces Of social change sweeping
through Communist and nom
Communist countries alike. It
seeks to control too many UNI
controllables.
Mid-European Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
By zDENEK sLoUKA

The Tito-Khrushohev accord Of
August 3 Is but q little step on
the freshly repaved road of East
ern European politics. Political
visibility over the area is still far
from perfect. But the heavy mist
Of uncertainties. produced by the
1856 revolutionary splashes. is
settling down. At least three
trends have become visible:
. The need for theological unity
Of the Communist bloc is be-
ing subordinated, with Moscow's
blessings, to the more pressing
demand for greater domestic
stability.
. The stage is being set for q
massive program Of economic in
tegration and growth.
. The Communist strategists
have discovered that Stalinism
neglected one important political
entity: Man himself, his needs
and demands.
In sum. East European COM
munism rebuilds its house on q
foundation Of economic rather
than theological togetherness. Po-
litical power is still the ultimate
aim. Methods differ: What Stain
wanted to seize, Khrushchev
comes to buy.
BY early 1913. the westward
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relations deteriorate gradually. In
sum, they would rather keep the
Arabs sick and dissatisfied as long
as it is possible.
The main objective of the Soviet
Union is to force the Western
powers, especially the United
States, into accepting ultimately
Russian participation in the af-
fairs Of the Middle East. This is
the basis of their present strategy.
Husseini a Factor
A man to watch in the latest
United States-Syrian crisis is Col.
Ibrahim Husseini. the Syrian
military attache in Rome whom
the Syrian government accused
Of completely id the alleged
American plot" against Presi.
dent Kuwatly. He was Syria's
military attache in washington
in 1954-55 and has been closely
connected with political Develop
ments in Damascus. He Is con.
sidered one Of the best officers in
Syria: dynamic, intelligent and
astute. When the revolt against
President Shishekly began. he
boarded q plane, without orders,
and rushed to Damascus. On ar
irving there the coup d'etat was
already an accomplished fact and
the new junta promptly sent him
back to Washington. He has been
the head of the Syrian military
police. and the chief Of Army In.
telligence. One Of his former SUBJ
0rdinates is Syria's present strong
man, Col. Serial. If, as indicated
in recent reports, he is now willing
to join forces with the Shishekly
forces. it could be assumed that
there is q strong core Of opposition
within the Syrian Army to the
present regime.
Not to be discounted also, In the
camp Of the opposition, Is the
Syrian National Party. whose
leaders were brought to trial last
year on the charge Of conspiring
against the state. The Syrian
Nationalist, whose membership
far exceeds any other organized
group in Syria, has always been
staunchly anti Communist and
are strongly opposed to the pres
ent Serraj-dominated regime.
If all factions Of the opposition
could join forces. then a success
full revolution against the present
regime would seem more than q
mere possibility. For, in spite
Of the Soviet Unions deep in.
Movement in present Syrian af.
fairs, and despite Egypt's support
of the present government, 1t Is
a remote possibility that these
two nations would care to be.
come directly involved in internal
strife in Syria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
CANADIAN REPORT
A Dollar Worth Too Much?

encourages Canadians to spend
money in the United States, both
as tourists and to buy American
goods. Imports from America
have scared, so that Canada had
q trade deficit with the United
States Of nearly $1.3 billions last
year. On the basis Of figures for
the first six months, It appears
that this deficit will at least be
equaled in 1857.
Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker. has stated his alarm at this
growing deficit. He has advocated
a buy British" program to reduce
the national indebtedness to the
United States. But such are the
intricacies Of international eco
Monies that the success of such
a program would only tend to
make the dollar disparity greater.
1t would reduce Canadian demand
for American dollars, which is
the counterbalancing factor to the
American demand for Canadian
dollars TO invest in Canadian re-
sources, the root cause Of the dol
lar disparity.
A possible solution, but one Of
which all economists are under
standably wary, is an arbitrary
'pegging" Of the Canadian dollar
TO the United States dollar. either
at parity or at a predetermined
level. This appears an easy and
attractive solution on its face, but
such Is indeed far from the truth
of the matter. Such an action,
taken without a thorough and de-
tailed consideration Of every area
in which the two standards OF
currency abut each other, could
raise unmitigated hob with the
entire delicate machinery Of mon
etary exchange.
Optimists in Ottawa are In
clined to take the view that the
discrepancy in time win resolve
itself; that inevitably the United
States dollar will reassert It's SUI
premacy, 1t least by q comfortable
cent or two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
YugosIoyio's DisiIIusioned DjiIos
Hosn't Dismoyed His Old Boss

stances are already qualifying
their earlier fulsome praise of the
Djilas contribution to political
and economic theory. Naturally,
the appearance Of so severe q
castigation Of the very foundation
Of the Communist world revolu-
ton by one Of its own former
high priests was startlingly well
come. Initially, the plaudits Of
the non-C Communist world saw in
the books simple clarity and
pounding accusation q uniquely
powerful weapon in the free
worlds forensic arsenal.
Cautious Reservations
But subsequent reflection has
tempered to some extent the
original evaluation. The temper
ing has not been caused by any
lowered estimate Of Mr.. Djilas'
condemnation Of communism, but
rather by considered analysis Of
its possible results on the future
course of the East-West compete
ton for the control Of the minds
Of men.
Most noteworthy Of the cautious
reservations. one found unofficially
but definitely in important diplo-
matte circles. is the fear that the
Djilas attack could be something
Of q boomerang to the Vests de-
sire to encourage independent ma
tional communism" similar to that
Of YngoSlavia's. ANY weakening
Of ''Titoism," this reasoning goes,
tends to strengthen "Stalinisrn."
Thus an attack seeming TO fortify
the free worlds defenses against
communism could bring Q purely
negative result.
Another impression talked about
among close students Of the ideo-
logical ferment long so apparent
In Communist ranks is that the
ideas expressed by Mr.. Djilas must.
Of necessity, have wide acceptance
already among intellectuals behind
the Iron Curtain. Thus vigorous
dissemination Of the Djilas arHu-
ments in Central and Eastern
Europe would be less effective than
originally supposed.
But in the so-calIed "neutralist"
areas Of the world. uncommitted
to either East or West, the Djilas
book ought to prove q heavy weap-
on. Whatever the final validity
Of the courageous Montenegrin's
analysis of the system he himself
helped to fashion. there can be
no doubt that he has contributed
q major document to political,
social. and economic thought. He
sees communism as "a form Of
latent civil war between the gov
eminent and the people" but he
also sees hope: "In any case. the
world will change and will 60 in
the direction in which 1t has been
moving and must 60 on-toward
greater unity. progress and free
dom. The power Of reality and the
power Of life have always been
stronger than any kind Of brutal
force and more real than any
theory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
SENATE

HR 6517. Raise from 5 per
cent to SIS per cent the contribu-
tons Of District police and firemen
to their pension system and pro-
vide for nonservice disability
benefits after five years Of police
and fire service. Motion to re-
commit the bill. Rejected, 19-47.
AGAINST; Beall. Republican Of Maryland.
NOT VOTING; Byrd and Robertson, Dem.
0crats Of Virginin. and Butler, Republic
can Of Maryland.
HR 6517. Passage Of the bill.
Passed, 45-19.
FOR, Beall
NOT VOTING; Byrd. Robertson. Butler.
HR 1895. Atomic Energy Con-
struction Program. Authorizing
appropriations for the Atomic
Energy Commission to acquire
and construct certain facilities
and assist in peaceful and military
development Of atomic energy.
Amendment deleting provisions
authorizing a total of SIS million
TO construct two experimental
atomic reactors. Rejected 34-42.
rOR; Byrd, Beail, Butler.
NOT voTINGi Robertson. paired for.
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There has been no oficial reac-
ton In Belgrade to the publca-
ton In New York August II Of
Milovan Djilas' philosophical in
dictment Of communism. Nor Is
there likely to be, ct least from
any. high government sources IN
the Yugoslav Federal Republic.
But informal comment has been
considerable, and it has for the
most part been couched in terms
Of sorrow more than anger.
"The New Glass;" published BY
Frederick Praeger from Q manu-
script repeatedly smueeled out Of
Marshal Tito's domain after Mr..
Djilas was sentenced to three
years In the Srerca Mitrovica
prison. Celebrates with brilliant
use Of Marxist dialectic on an old
truism perhaps best described BY
Lord Acton in 1SeT-"Power tends
to corrupt; absolute power corr
rupts absolutely"
According to Mr.. Djilas. . con-
WINGED Communist from his stu
dent days, Q World War II parti-
san leader close to 'Josip Broz
Tito, and after the war Vice Presi-
dent and one Of four top men In
the new Communist government,
communism In practice Is naked,
self-perpetuating power. Before It,
he says. "ideas, philosophical
principles, moral considerations.
the nation and the people can
be changed and sacrificed. but not
power. Because this would signify
communism's remuneration Of It
self. Of Its own essence"
Yugoslavian sorrow over the
clear, sharp attack on the entire
foundation and fabric Of world
communism. including its detailed
dissection Of President Tito's "in-
dependent socialism" rests for the
most part on . sense OF bitter sur
prise that such an Indictment
should be leveled ct q nation that
has successfully defied Moscow's
control since 1913. Comment
available to Western sources In
variably protests that Yugoslavia's
communism Ii charting its own
path, that It il necessarily In
q period Of painful transition. and
that characterization is proceed
ing deliberately and successfully.
Why, then. should Mr.. Djilas
undertake to condemn the Yugo-
slav system along with the en-
tirety Of world communism, In ef-
feet to tar al the comrades with
the same brush?
Cite Radical Departures
Since 1913. when Marshal Tito
broke with the Kremlin and struck
on on . Marxist path Of his own,
the Yugoslav regime has departed
from the Moscow blueprints in
many important instances. Col
lectivization Of agriculture, for
example, has been all but aban-
doned. In industry, Q system Of
Workers Councils shares manage
ment, and in theory dominates
plant management completely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

For himself, Senator Kennedy
has said that he Is not a candi-
date, an animation uttered in
Arkansas in early June. But after
his Southern tour, he said in
Philadelphia in late June that.
while he would not seek the cam
didacy, he wouldn't reject it,
either.
There was no doubt that the
South had accepted him as one
Of its own. Georgia loves him."
commented the political editor Of
the Atlanta Constitution. He got
a presidential boost from Arkan-
sas' stony-faced Senator. John
Mcclellan, and former Gov. Fuller
Warren Of Florida suggested q
ticket headed by Senator Ken
nedy and Florida Senator George
Smathers.
Certainly his voting record and
recent public statements have
given him the appearance Of q
candidate that is running hard
in the South. North and East.
He came out for self-determina-
ton in Algeria. to the pleasure
of the liberals in the interna-
tionalist set, but he had some
thing. too. for the economizers
and the isolationists when he
voted for drastic cuts in the
United States Information Agen-
cy's budget.
When he was in Atlanta he
refused to comment on the civil
rights bill. But he wound UP by
voting for 1t after splitting with
his Massachusetts colleague, Sem
ator Saltsonstall, and voting for
a jury trial amendment.
That he faces a reelection CAM
paign in Massachusetts, in 1858
could hardly be called a hurdle
in the way Of presidential aspira-
tons. for he is regarded as sure
to win. !,
There are many today who be-
lieve that the only obstacle to
John Kennedy's ambitions is an
other ambitious young man named
Richard Nixon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18

within the broad outlines of ma
tional industrial policy. Russias
Nikita s. Khrushchev saw At in
the course Of his journey to
Prague last month to berate the
Yugoslavs for this deviation,
among others. And In another de-
parture from the Soviet brand Of
communism. the Yugoslay party
has been emphasizing q political
decentralization. aimed to insure
that the leadership of the ruling
Communist Party comes from the
grass roots, rather than from an
intrenched bureaucracy in Bel
grade.
In the light Of al this. the Yu-
goslav reaction seems to say. why
does Mr.. Djilas fail to take into
consideration the full extent Of
the basic theological differences
between the Russian and the Yu-
goslav systems? Most Yugoslav
publications, from the authorize
tive newspapers Borba and Po-
litika to the provincial journals.
trade papers and party organs.
have stressed decentralization and
characterization for many months
as an antidote to top-heavy bu-
reaucracy and built-in corruption.
But Mr.. Djilas. perhaps fore
seeing the nature Of the Yugoslav
reaction to his scathing charges,
brushed on the Workers Councils
and other official manifestations
Of independent socialism" as
frauds. Clearly in an unfree So
ciety. nobody can freely decide
anything" he wrote. adding "de-
Capitalization in the economy does
not mean q change in ownership.
but only gives greater rights to the
lower strata Of the bureaucracy
or Of the new class"
There Is perhaps q fiaw in the
latter reasoning. since 1t could be
commended logically that any sys-
TEN that regularly assured an
CAtC1hotou Va BACutCK IA8AAto W
flower strata" would assuredly
30 broaden the base Of the bu-
reaucracy that. in time. the worst
evils Of the new exploiting class
would be neutralized. Such is
indeed the gist Of the Yugoslav
defense against the Djilas indict-
ment. An organized and pro-
gressive movement toward decen-
tralization win, in time, reduce
more and more the need for bu-
reaucracy and with it the need
for strict control. by secret police
or otherwise, Of the national life.
But the Djilas dissection is
thoroughly gloomy. The rosy flu
ture predicted BY the Yugoslav
theoreticians who are proud Of
the sociological advances they are
sure will stem from their ''practi-
cal Marxist idealism." to employ q
most un-Marxist phrase. just can
not happen. THE Communist
revolution cannot attain q single
one Of the ideals named as its
motivating force" writes Mr..
Djilas.
Western observers In some in
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the basic needs and desires Of the
people--also has primarily eco
nomic ramifications.
The revolutions Of 1856 had
strong economic overtones. In q
private discussion, q stalwart
Czechoslovak Communist travel
ing in the West elaborated on the
point:
Nothing much can happen in
Prague. There is admittedly much
unrest among our intellectuals-
probably more than We know
about. Re-education takes time.
But they are impotent ab long as
the living standard continues at
its present level. To stage q revo-
luton you must have q much
greater force than a group Of
dissidents, q few slogans and
intrigues. You must have people
so badly underfed and UNDERGRAD
that they viii become receptive to
revolutionary slogans. that they
will embrace and carry them out
either by force like the Hun
garians or by reclamation as the
Poles, We in Czechoslovakia do
not have that essential connection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-18
HOUSE

HR 1886. Postal Rate Increase
Act Of 1857, raising FIRST, second
and third class mail rates. Pas
sage Of bill. Passed 256-l29.
NOT VOTING: smith, Democrat Of Viz
einia, paired for
FOR. Broyhill, Republican Of virginia;
Harrison. Democrat Of Virginia; Lank.
ford, Democrat Of Maryland: Hyde, Re-
publican Of Maryland.
HR 1902. Mutual Security APP
preparation Bill for fiscal 1858.
Motion TO recommit the bill with
instruction to restore SITS mil
lion Of committee cuts. Rejected
l29-254.
FOR; Hyde.
AGAINST. Bfoyhiil, Harrison. Smith, Lark
ford.
HR 1902. Passage Of the bill.
Passed 252-l30.
FOR. Broyhili, Landlord, Hyde.
AGAINST Harrison. Smith.
CIV Confessional ouartsriy)
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United States dollars II the ex-
change rate swings the other way.
The dollar differential has
brought depression to Canada's
gold mining industry. While the
mines operating costs have been
rising, the value Of their product.
pegged by the United States
Treasury at 935 Omitted State)
per ounce, has been falling in
terms Of the Canadian funds they
need to pay miners and buy equip
ment, supplies and services.
The strength Of the Canadian
dollar has hurt Canadian exports
in two ways. In general. 1t has
made Canadian goods less corn
petitive on the United States and
other foreign markets, since the
price Of those goods is directly
related to production costs which
must be paid in Canadian funds.
But even those exporters on whom
the United States Is largely de-
pendent for raw materials such
as asbestos, nickel. newsprint and
wood pulp feel the effect. Their
customers complain about rising
prices. and there Is q danger that
substitutes may make inroads In
their markets.
Tourist Income Off
Reports seem to conflict on
what the dollar disparity is doing
TO the. $500 million q year tourist
industry. Government tourist ON
cials report q Q per cent in
crease in the number Of Ameri-
cans entering Canada this year.
But the foreign exchange desks
Of the commercial banks are COM
planning that their business with
American tourists has fallen on
sharply. This raises speculation
that while the number Of tourists
may be up, individual tourists
may be spending less money be-
cause Of the discount Of more than
per cent on their dollars.
In reverse, this dollar disparity