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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-23
Inside Red China
Many thanks to David Lal

Many thanks to David Law
renee for his May II article.
~. S. Side of Red China Press
Ban"
The past few months have
seen an effort to convince the
American people that closer
economic and diplomatic ties
with mainland (Communist)
China would be desirable. In
the April Is issue Of Look
magazine. millions of subscribe
ers we're given what was pur-
ported to be the first true
report on Red China by
Am erican correspondents.
There were photographs of
seemingly happy Chinese
workers. peasants and chill
dren. Perhaps the most start
ling was q full-page photo
graph Of q smiling and be-
nign-looking Chinese woman
who serves as "block chair
man" In q teeining workers
district Of Shanghai. This
woman. designated in the cap
ton as "a combination social
worker, friend in need, prob
lem solver and Communist
boss Of 1000 people," is ac-
tually q symbol Of the lower
echelon of Communist func-
tionaries who keep the people
under them in a state Of abb
ject terror and are directly re-
sponsible for the murder. tor
ture. and enslavement Of mil
lions Of innocent Chinese.
Interposed with these
photographs was a text by
Edmond Stevens. Mr.. Stevens
wrote that "the Communist
regime Is firmly in the saddle
and is there to stay" and that
Living standards are rising"
The whole implication Of the
Look article was that Commu-
mist China is firmly and for
ever entrenched. and that 1t
isn't so bad after all.
The assumption that the
Peiping regime is a permanent
fixture in mainland China is
false. The Chinese have no
love for their Communist
masters. and are ready to
overthrow them when the
time is ripe. However. II our
Government recognizes the
Peiping regime. the key will
be turned on the prison that
is mainland China. and q blow
will be delivered to the hopes
Of the Chinese people for ulti-
mate freedom.
EIRaP Smith.
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They Deserve Better

Your recent editorial, They
Deserve Better" urging action
on legislation to alleviate the
financial distress Of elderly
retired Federal employees, and
the reply Of John Edwin
Stark. have appealed to me,
as the present situation is
clearly stated. We are indeed
the group Of forgotten men
and women. contributors for
many years toward our pro-
lection.
Now is the time. it seems,
with living costs mounting and
expenditures of Government
increasing. to suggest that
Charity begins at home" to
the end that a larger number
of these contributors share in
these annuities in remaining
years. Their fixed income GER
tainly is related to the cur
rently- deprecated purchasing
power Of the elusive dollar in
the Nations Capital.
Mary Evans.
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Eisenhower Strikes Blow for Peace

billion, So billion or IS billion
from the Presidents budget
understand quite well that
such cuts must come from the
big items-the items of ma
tional military defense and
the foreign aid appropriations.
Indeed. the foreign aid pro-
gram has been the main tar
get of attack. AS originally
presented, the Presidents for
eign aid program totalled in
the neighborhood of $4.4 bill
lion. In his latest message
to Congress on the program,
the President scaled this down
by $685. million. To cut below
this figure. the President said,
might easily lead to war and
atomic devastation, and he
added: ITO try to save money
at the risk of such damage
is neither conservative nor
constructive. 1t is reckless"
How Foreign Aid Has Helped
The President showed that
the money we have expended
Tor foreign aid since 1850 has
increased the military strength
OF our allies tremendously. For
example, in that year allied
strength totalled 1000 combat
vessels. exclusive Of the United
States. 3.5 million men in their
ground forces, and 500 let
aircraft, This year the allies
have $500 combat vessels. S
million men and $4,000 Jets.
II this country withdrew its
financial aid. some of these
allies would have to cut their
armed forces materially and
would become targets for re-
newed Communist pressure.
The alternative for the United
States would be to increase
our own military strength
enormously or else permit this
country to become increasingly
vulnerable.
The far greater part OF the
foreign aid program is for
military aid to the free ma
tions. But equally important is
the smaller sum for economic
aid If these countries are
to remain free Of communism.
At the close of the First World
War. our allies owed us be-
tween 81 billion and $40 bill
lion. It would have been far
better to have wiped those
debts of the books and to have
extended foreign economic aid
and so have prevented finan-
cial chaos and depressions
which, in the end. we ourselves
were unable to avoid. Instead,
not only did we urge repay
ment of these debts on the
ground that they hired the
money" but, to boot. we tackled
on higher tariffs which pre-
vented the debtor nations from
selling their produce in this
country. The policy which the
United States adopted at the
close Of the Second World War
was far more enlightened. We
went to the aid Of Greece and
Turkey. saving them from
communism. We adopted the
Marshall Plan with remark
able results. This is no time
to kick these policies into the
aShcan.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

well. dunno" said the
man. his beard quivering. Jest
thought I would travel a bit.
Now 1 ct up all my money.
and amt got nothin' left 'cept
this watch"
At this renewed bid for in
terest Temp Jones turned q
stolid face toward the Capitol.
This did not deter the other.
Its a good watch" he said,
and pulled it forth.
The watch was gold. or
seemed to be. You always
have to be careful when
people offer watches for sale
on the street.
Jones recalled an incident
years ago at $3.50 at night on
the northwest corner Of
Fifteenth and H streets.
A young fellow sided up to
him and asked-in q casual
voice-"Say. mister. you want
to buy a ruby ring?"
NO" Jones has answered.
II don't want to buy a ruby
ring"
So the man faded into the
shadows and almost from
Temp Jones memory. but not
quite.
Big Beard wagged in the
sun.
You sure you don't want to
buy this watch?" the man said.
II got to git me out of town.
old Sport is missin' me, I bet"
II hope" smiled Templeton
Jones. Now about that
watch"
You want it, mister?" The
tone was eager. II want to get
out of here quick"
Temp Jones pointed a hand
vaguely down the Avenue.
Go that way. one block" he
advised. "Then turn to the left.
not Pennsylvania avenue. but
the other street. There is q
place in there where they buy
watches"
The old man smiled, and
said, quick like. "Thankee, I
sure want to get out Of this
town."
Somehow. the old mans
watch had made Jones think
Of the thick gold watch his
father had brought him from
Switzerland when he was 10
years old.
A gold watch-don't you
want q gold watch. mister?
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He was an old man with a
big beard and a big hat, and
Templeton Jones wondered
what he was doing in WASH
ington. d. c.
Not since the days Of Walt
Whitman. the poet. who at
tracted the attention of Abra-
ham Lincoln. had such a fluffy
beard been seen on Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Temp Jones looked. and adj
mired. and was astonished to
have the old man accost him.
do you want to buy a
watch?" the man asked. IT
want to get out Of this town
quick"
Jones looked at the worn
clothes of his interrogation, and
at the rather kindly face. and
decided the fellow was honest.
"Whatsamatter?" asked
Jones, in his best casual voice.
Police after youP"
The man spat tobacco juice.
Nav" he said. as casually
as Jones. Il Jest don't like
this town nohow."
Temp Jones felt a little put
out.
Here the man was standing
in the National Capital. pride
Of the Nation. to which an
nually thousands and thou
sands Of boys and girls come
to see the various shrines.
Here he was. right in the
middle Of the city dedicated
to national and international
peace. and he didn't appreci-
ate it.
He wanted to get out Of 1t
as quickly as possible!
why. / like the CITY," said
Temp, quietly.
The big beard quivered in
the wind.
II aim to get me out as
quick as can" he said. Got
a old dog back there ! got to
take care Of"
He said "a old dog" not IAN
old dog" It was almost too
good to be true.
Dogs name is Sport" he
said. HE lives with me in a
cabin, 'cept when ! am away"
Nobody there to care for
Sport?"
Nav. me an old Sport live
by ourselves.
Temp Jones wanted to
know why he came to WASH
ington.
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President Eisenhower Tues
day night struck a real blow
for peace-and for his foreign
aid budget.
The bipartisan drive in Con-
gress to cut drastically the
Presidents program he de-
scribed as a reckless gamble"
And he added, II do not in
tend that your Government
take that gamble" This was a
bold challenge to the Congress.
1t was an appeal to the COM
mon sense Of the American
people.
Unfortunately, in the past
Americans have blindly gam
bled for immediate personal
gain, unwilling to take a long
range view. when it came to
the issue of peace and Of ma
tional defense. The outburst
against the Presidents budget
last January was immediate
and reminiscent. The record
made by Americans through
Congress in support Of national
defense with a view to main
tanning peace has not been
good. This was true before
World War I. 1t was true be-
fore World War II, and 1t was
true before Korea.
In dollars and cents, and in
human life, the CANDLES taken
by America have invariably
failed to pay of. The national
debt at the close of World
War Ia war which might
have been avoided had the
United States been strong mill
tarily-was approximately $26
billion. After World War I the
United States not only reduced
its military strength almost to
the vanishing point, but it al
lowed its allies and, indeed, the
rest Of the world. to go into an
economic tailspin which even
tually caught up with us. The
result was devastating era Of
depression. In consequence, at
the time World War II got
under way. our national debt
had increased to approximately
$40 billion. And at the close of
World War II the national debt
had reached the fantastic size
Of almost $3.50 billion. Here
again a strong United States,
cooperating with Britain and
France. might well have
stalled of World War II.
Will Oppose Gamble
President Eisenhower is de-
termined now to prevent such
foolish CANDLES as this coun-
try has taken in the past.
1t seems incredible that the
American people will let him
down. The attack on the
Presidents budget. which came
at a time of great prosperity
and great employment and
production, was delivered by
big business. by men Of wealth
and so-called conservatives. A
reduction Of taxes was one Of
the main detectives.
No one likes to pay taxes.
But taxes for peace and ma
tional defense are far prefer
able to the payment Of huge
war costs in dollars and blood.
The would-be budget cutters.
when they speak of cutting 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-23
Censuring Mr.. Morse

We do not know why there should
be any talk Of formally censuring Senator
Morse because he compared President
Eisenhower's morals with those Of Team
ster Boss Dave Beck. After all, some Of
Abraham Lincoln's contemporaries used
to compare him with a baboon. And
there was no need to censure them. The
mere making Of such remark carries
Its own censure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-23
On Benny's Rescue

May God bless and reward
all the men who worked fran
tically to save the little boy
from the 24-foot well.
I hope he is young enough
to forget in time the horror Of
such an experience, yet will
be able to remember the good
ness Of men who worked with
only the thought of getting
him out alive.
Mary E. Yates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-23

@. Who said. THE soul Sc
lects her own society"?--A. N.
A. This is the opening line
Of a three-stanza poem by
Emily Dickinson (1830-l886)
It begins. THE soul selects her
own society, Then shuts the
door :"
@. How old should o Shet-
land pony be before it is broken
to ride?-A. w.
A. At least 2 years old. II
ridden much before this age.
q pony may suffer from back
or leg injuries. NOTE: A MINI
eographed circular on feeding.
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breaking and training q Shet-
land pony will be sent to any
reader. on request. accompa-
MED by a stamped. self-ad-
dressed envelope, sent to this
newspapers Washington In
formation Bureau. 1900 I
street NV. Washington 8,
d. c.
Q. Was our foreign-born
population much greater In
the 1910 census than In 1850?
G. b.
A. In 1910 It totaled ll.419.-
1873: in 1850. 1t was l0.16l.l6S.
n drop Of some II per cent.
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churches long before the Su-
preme Court ever dreamed of
legislating on this moral
question.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

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names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
s1tion.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Defends Post Office

EIgar Smith.
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R. E. II.
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Three Top Riders
Exceed 81 Million
In 1856 WINNINGS

ARCADIA,CALIF., Jan. 3 (P).
Three of the Nations top
jockeys, Eddie Arcaro, Willie
Shoemaker and Bill Hartack,
each rode horses that won more
than 50 million in 1856. The
Jockeys cut of 10 per cent in
dicates that they will pay
healthy income taxes.
But they are the exception.
There are n jockeys registered
at Santa Anita but only II have
been winners there and by the
time the winter meeting ends in
March that number won't be
increased appreciably. There
were only 81 jockeys with win
.ners at last years Santa Anita
meeting.
The competition is keen and it
is hard to get mounts with such
capable riders on hand as Ar
caro-, Shoemaker, Johnny Long
den. Ralph Neves. Ismael Va
lenzuela, Jack Westrope, George
Ray York.
Many of the lesser lights take
of for other tracks after a few
weeks.
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I touchdown Club Honors
Sooners as op Eleven

and took the first game Of the
World Series against the Yankees
His regular-season victories in
cluded a no-hitter against the
Phillies September rs.
Maglie also lost a Series game,
but it took a perfect performance
by Don Larson to take the play
away from the veteran. who gave
up only five hits in losing that
historic 20 decision.
This award, the Touchdown
Clubs official recognition that
baseball exists, honors the late
Clark Griffith and was first pre-
sented last year to the famous
Red Sox slugger. Ted Williams.
Eight days after picking UP
his award here, Maglie will re-
ceive another in Chicago, where
he has been named the Come
back Star" Of 1856 by the Chi
cago Baseball Writers. He'll re-
ceive the William Wrigley. jr.,
award at the 18th annual dinner
of the association.
The Touchdown Clubs selec-
ton board had little to debate
in picking the top college foot
ball team. The Sooners breathed
hard only against traditionally
tough Colorado. winning that
one, 27-l9, but trouncing all of
their other nine opponents. The
Sooners outscored their oppo-
nents, 10 touchdowns to 8, for a
total Of 466 points to 81.
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Lions PerpIexed
As High Scoring
Goes 10 Waste

The Washington Lions are
wondering how many goals they
have to score to win a hockey
game after last nights 8-6 de-
feat at the hands of the Eastern
Hockey League-leading Char
lotte Clippers at Uline Arena.
In the past two Charlotte
games, Washington has Melted
IA goals. normally enough to
win three or four contests, but
has wound up on the short end
on both occasions.
The EHL schedule offers no
solace to the Lions as they face
the third-place Philadelphia
Ramblers Saturday night and
the same Charlotte Clippers
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
both at Uline's.
Charlotte picked up last night
where it left of last weekly
sailing through the Lions de-
lenses to take AZ lead in the
first period.
John Brophy. the leagues No.
2 bad man, who added 8 minutes
of penalties to his previous total
of II, got the Clippers of in
front. and other first-period
Charlotte scores we're registered
by Stan Warecki, former Lions
player-coach. Herve Lalonde and
Rick Hogg. while Norm Dowdall
and Jean LeClerc were scoring
for Washington.
LeCierc scored again in the
second period and Roy Ham,
mond tied it up early in the
third. Then after an exchange Of
scores the Lions got a break
when Warecki protested a g
minute penalty for tripping
Steve Kuzma of the Lions and
was handed a 10-minute mis-
conduct penalty in addition to
beng thrown out of the game.
joey Formica took advantage
of the penalty to give the Lions
the lead at 6-5. but then the
roof fell in as John McNulty tied
1T and Doug Adams iced it with
a pair Of scores.
The victory was the Clippers
21st of the season. putting them
two full games ahead of Phila-
delphia. 1t was their sixth
straight victory over the Lions.
vino slipped to fifth place as
Clintonb Comets defeated the
Johnstown Jets, 7-3.
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Won Hess. Murphy
.WrestIe Tonioht

The return wrestling match
between Karl Won Hess and Skull
Murphy at $50 tonight at
Capitol Arena will bring a
grudge, simmering for two weeks
to the boiling point.
The last time out the two
engaged in a no-contest match
which grew out of Murphy's
skull-butting tactics that caused
a cut on Won Hess head and
angered him so that he almost
wrecked the arena. The Prus-
sian will be out for revenge in
tonight's one-fall-to-the- finish
match.
The supporting card has Son
Stevens VS.. Arnold Skaaland;
Hickey Starr VS.. Johnny Held
man; Cowboy Rocky Lee VS..
Jerry Gordett and Herb Larsen
VS.. Tom Bradley.
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Title Defense
With Romp Over Baylor

school record Of Al points in an
1888 job on Mississippi South
ern. And Auburn. another
Southeast Conference entry
surged past 100 points for the
first time in history with a l0l-
70 decision over little Howard
(AlaD.
Canisius. which won the
Queen City tournament and is
ranked No, Is. led virtually all
the way in an 1910 victory over
Detroit. the Motor City tourney
champion. Greg Britt and Henry
Nowak combined for 40 points
Tor CaniSius. which hit only SO
per cent Of its shots. Detroit hit
Just 20 per cent, but had the
scoring leader in Bill Ebben,
with 30.
spring Hill Tops Furman
In late finishing - and late
starting - holiday tournaments
it was:
Amherst 81, New Hampshire
SIS. as the Lord Jeffs built a 81
point lead in the first half to
win the first New Hampshire In
vitational. Bowdoin defeated
Trinity Comm. 1883, for third
place.
Spring Hill 81. Furman Sc and
Morehead tKyD 81, Florida
State rs in the first round of
the Senior BOWL tourney at
Mobile. Spring Hill, the de-
tending champion. made it to
the finals on the out-court
shooting of White Barnes. who
hit eight of II for is points
Steve Hamilton scored 30 points
for Morehead as Florida State
lost It's ninth in a row.
In other games, Villanova de-
feated Muhlenberg. 7l-67. as AL
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Wallace Still Tops
ACC Scorers, But
Faces Stiff Tests

GREENSBORO. N. c., Jan. 3
P.-South Cardinals Grady
Wallace and North Carolina s
Lennie Rosenbluth continue to
run one-two atop the Atlantic
Coast Conference individual
basketball scoring standings, but
Wallace faces his stiffest chal-
lenge of the season in the next
two weeks.
According to ACC Service Bu-
reau compilations through games
of last Saturday night, Wallace
is averaging 30.3 points a game,
Rosenbluth 26.5. ClemSon's Vince
Yockey is third with an average
of 1872.
In a nine-day period begin
ming Saturday. Wallace will 60
against two Of the conferences
defensive giants. Maryland and
Wake Forest, playing the Terps
at home Saturday and away
January IA and Wake Forest at
Winston-Salem. N. c., January
IL. At the same time, Rosenbluth
goes up against William g. Mary,
Clemson and Virginia, the latter
two on his home court.
Wallace also tops the confer
ence in individual rebounding
with an average Of 15.2.
The scoring leaders.
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Ry the Associated Pres,

Time was when the Southwest
Conference was upset-prone in
basketball. But Southern Metho-
dist apparently has changed all
that.
The Mustangs, beaten only by
Kentucky this season. opened
defense of their conference
crown by mailing their 18th con-
secutive league victory with an
easy 1854 decision over Baylor
last night.
Baylor tried a zone against
the Mustangs. ranked fourth in
the Associated Press poll of their
ILL record. Sut SMU simply
shot over it.
1t was a relatively light night
on the college scene. with VAN
derbilt the only other member
of the top 10 in action. The
ninth-rated Commodores crack
ed William 81 Mary. 1905, with
Joe Gibbs canning 81 points.
Alabama Scoring Record
Houston junked brakes hopes
for a winning debut" in the
Missouri Valley Conference as
Andy McElveen whipped in a
layup and foul shot in the
final 80 seconds for a 74-72 VIC
tory. Drake. which pulled out of
the league over the "slugging''
incident in a football game with
Oklahoma AIM a few seasons
ago, just missed upsetting the
defending champions on Ken
IGaer's desperation shot with 6
seconds left. The ball spun in
and out of the hoop.
Alabama's little Jack Kubiszyn
hit II of 80 field attempts for a
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Oklahoma's football team,
which hasn't lost a game since
early in the 1853 season, will re-
ceive the Touchdown Club
award as the top 1856 team Of
the Nation at the clubs annual
dinner January IL at the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel.
Coach Bud Wilkinson, whose
Sooners have run up a record
number of 40 straight victories,
will be on hand to accept the
trophy. Jerry Tubbs, his ALL
American center, will be there,
too, to receive the Knute Rockne
Memorial Trophy as college foot
balls outstanding lineman.
John O'Brien, chairman of the
dinner, made the announcement
today as the clubs selection
board returned to its main dish,
football, after a brief but i'm
Iportant crossing into the ranks
of baseball.
From the summertime sport,
the club yesterday plucked 80
year-old Sal Maglie, morale
booster for middle-aged men
everywhere, as its choice to re-
ceive the annual Clark Griffith
Award.
Maglie. considered washed up
as a pitcher, was sold by the In
dams to the Dodgers and il
turned out to be a bargain. The
Barber won Is games. six of them
lin the crucial September drive.