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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
Local Air Congestion

Additional proof Of the urgent need
for a second airport in the Washing
ton area was disclosed at the congress
sionally ordered hearing on air-trafac
requirements of the Washington-Bal
more region. An oficial of the Civil
AeronauticS Board testified concerning
stacking up" conditions at the Ma
tional Airport. Air liners are stacked
up"-delayed in landing when facili-
ties at the Gravelly Point terminal
are overloaded, as they are too fire.
quently. This means that aircraft
loaded with passengers must circle in
definitely, pending clearance Of the
trafflc jam by control-tower operators.
And such conditions inevitably increase
the risk of accidents.
w. Ralph Williamson, air transport
examiner for the CAB Bureau of Air
Operations, reported that one airline
(Eastern) experienced 108 delays in
landing or taking on during q recent
two-week period, out Of more than 1000
arrivals or departures. The delays
ranged from is minutes to two hours.
There we're 239 other delays of about
I'VE minutes duration. The reason for
the delays, the examiner said, was "air
traflc problems" Weather was an oc-
casional factor, of course, but overload
ing of the traff1c pattern because Of
inadequate facilities was q persistent
cause Of trouble.
The CAB is checking, too, on the
adequacy Of service and facilities at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
RombIer Fan

One Of the most entertain
ing and educational features
Of The Star is 'gThe Ram
bier" column. Articles on
occupations. famous per-
sons, historical buildings and
places, industries, recrea
tons, and other topics are
written in clear and correct
English. The rambles take
place not only on the earth's
surface but also below. in
caverns. and above. in hell
copters.
The Rambler's description
Of the large bread bakeries.
for example. gave q glimpse
Of the complicated process
Of the production Of some
thing We use daily without
realizing the care and skill
required for its production.
The "reminiscences on horse
shoeing. local fairs. trolley
cars. help us to relive and
enjoy the past.
Fortunately The Rambler
makes no attempt to exhaust
his topics. He never tells too
much. but just enough to
start the mind Of the reader,
which then goes on to con-
tribute its own experience
and views.
George Frederick Miller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
ReUtheT's Plan

Your editorial of August
~, bargaining on Imitation"
seems to lean toward prais-
ing Walter Reuther for his
proposal that automobile
manufacturers cut prices at
least 800 per automobile as
a step toward hating infia-
ton. Also you appear in
clined to take GIN President
Curtice to task for not ac-
cepting Mr.. Reuther's gran
dose offer TO do nothing II
automobile manufacturers
will agree to do something.
However. it seems to me
you have missed the point in
Mr.. Reuther's proposal. What
he actually is proposing is
that price making become
part Of collective bargaining
between management and
union leaders-all in the
name Of "halting the present
infationary spiral"
OF course. permitting union
leaders to take part in the
setting Of prices Of products
is entirely contrary to our
capitalistic system and is
against existing law.
This is socialism of the
Fascist type-as Mr.. Reuther
well knows, or should know.
But socialism-Fascist, Nazi
or Communist type-means
death to the capitalistic sys-
tenn and individual initiative
and will not halt imitation.
Imitation wakes healthy under
any form Of socialism because
Of its bureaucratic waste and
It's strangling Of individual
initiative.
Let's not be trapped by
trick proposals TO halt In
fiation."
Mrs. H. A. Pickering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
Federal Pay

Every civil servant who
values American democracy
more than his pay check
will applaud the Presidents
veto Of the pay bill. The
reasons emphasized in your
editorial Of September Q,
that is the increased inequi-
ties in the pay schedules and
the inflationary effect, al
lowed him no alternative.
Is 1t not time Congress
ceased legislating details OF
salaries, excepting those for
political employees, and dele
gated the responsibility for
adjusting pay schedules to
the executive branch, which
Is necessarily responsible for
finding personnel and get
ting the work done? Con-
eress might still establish
the principles upon which
salaries are fixed, but 1t need
not search far for a basis
for these.
The essence Of American
democracy is equal oppor-
tunity for all. and fair COM
petition is its corollary. The
only alternative to competi-
ton is arbitrary decision.
Such decisions can never as
sure rewards proportionate
TO either ability or effort,
and II by coincidence they
should do so, those TO whom
the decision was unfavor-
able would still believe them
selves the victims OF preju-
dice. With only one en-
ployer. competition within
the government cannot be
used to determine the rela-
tive salaries for different en-
pigments. but government
salaries can be determined
by correlation with those Of
private employment where
many employers must COM
pete for the same workers.
For per diem employees. this
principle has long since been
accepted. Let the principle
be extended 10 insure ell
government employees against
imitation without each cor
receive increase an excuse for
Z new round OF imitation.
p. Chaplin Breckenridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17

Such q severe change
within q social system as
integration is bound to cause
upheaval. However, when !
read Of q small Negro child
In North Carolina being spat
upon and stoned by gesticu-
lating white students and
other inferior citizens / i'm
mediately think Of the reac-
tiOns Of this child and those
Of her parents. We now have
school bombings, Negroes be-
ing beaten with chains, the
State Militia In Little Rock
being called out to enforce
segregation and almost every
other conceivable form Of
persecution against q minor
ity group. The responsible
ity for all Of these atrocities
rests seolely upon the domi-
nant white race in this coun-
try. Negroes, like the 18th
Century Italian and Irish
immigrants, are q ''have-not"
group and until such time as
they are provided with a
brand Of equality acceptable
70 them the problems viii
continue iIlsurmOuntable and
eventually reach even more
serious proportions.
Il is often stated that a
law, to be valid, must be ac-
cepted and respected by the
majority involved. In many
cases such remarks have
overtones Of convenience to
the majority in question. We
preach democracy and prac-
tice persecution. The crime
seems to lie within the basic
intellect Of the mob" who
seem set against the advance
Of civilization throughout the
world. The press and public
in this country were quick to
condemn the Nazi atrocities
against the Jews in Germany.
II anyone has ever believed
we are more susceptible to
good moral conduct than any
other potential barbarian, he
should take immediate stock
Of the current situation.
Our energies should be di-
rected against the utopian
myth Of communism. not ra-
cial prejudice.
The ultimate answer Of a
satisfactory world civilization
can only come through the
words Of Benjamin Franklin
becoming reality - God
grant that not only the Love
Of Liberty but a thorough
knowledge Of the rights Of
man may pervade all nations
Of the earth 50 that q philos-
Opher may set his feet any
where on its surface and say
This is my country"
Frank b. Christopher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17

Baltimore's Friendship Airport. But,
whatever the fnal verdict on Friend
ships operations may be. the need for
a second air terminal in the washing
ton Metropolitan Area has been fully
established by numerous studies. The
designation Of Friendship as an alter
nate airport in emergencies would not
solve Washington's air-congestiOn prob
eni-Maryland politicos to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
THIS AND that
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

Dear Sir:
What do l do about opos-
sums?
Il have q live one which
comes to our porch every
evening.
MY wife Is afraid Of it,
but I tell her 1t will not hurt
anybody. ! read it In your
column.
80 II this thing bites me.
we are both out Of luck.
II would like to know what
to do with 1t, now that I
have il.
Should I feed it. and
what?
Il got q good look at its
teeth. and ! think It could
give one q nasty bite IL it
had q mind to, which / hope
1t hasn't.
I'm the meantime, one of
my neighbors who ought to
know better says 1t is q rat.
and swears she is going to
kill it II 1t comes to her
porch.
LET me know what to feed
it. ! believe that If / can
please it. it will stay away
from my neighbours place,
which would be a good thing.
for she is rather on the,
shall we say, vindictive side.
VERY truly.
HENRY L. K"
~
The best foods to feed q
wandering 'possum are bread
and meat.
The bread can be any sort,
but he likes white bread best.
The meat he prefers is beef.
hamburger or otherwise.
II both bread and meat sfe
handel out to him, he will
invariably eat the meat FIRST,
then take the bread. II Is not
necessary to crumble The lat
ter. for he holds It's dalntily
in his handlike forepsws. But
the meat is best cut up.
One very cold ftll night a
very good specimen came to
our own back porch, and was
proceeding TO eat some bread
left there for the birds.
The opened door did not
brighten hisn away.
His presence was made
known b. the odd humping
noise he made climbing the
wooden steps.
4
When we opened the door
to see the source Of the
Clamping. there he was hold
ing the bread Is described.
Wishing TO see what he
would do, II given a choice.
we took him out some choice
beef.
While the saucer was
being placed, he went down
the steps again, and we
could see him stop. not far
from the porch.
As soon Is we went In, he
came up the steps again.
NOW came the payoh.
He took the meat
After he had cleaned up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17

his saucer, he went back to
the bread.
Probably the latter Is the
best food for this animal in
the cold, as it helps build
up his fat reserves.
In human nutrition, the
big problem is building up
ones protein reserves. II this
is not done, If the average
consumption is not at least
so grams Of pure protein a
day. according to modern
science, a human being runs
some chance Of depicting
these reserves, so that the
body draws on the protein in
heart. liver and other organs.
The wild creatures Of the
outdoors seem to have no
trouble this way, since some
Of them are geared to meats.
others to grains and seeds,
and still othsrs to fruits.
The pure animal need,
even in Information, is for
carbohydrate. which contain
plenty of heat units per ca
lOrie. Sometimes. in human
nutrition, calories which do
not also SUPPLY protein, vita
minis and cHaories are called
empty caloIses. but this is
only relative. There are calo-
ries and cssories. of course.
but no honest calorie can be
called empty if it contains
necessary heat units.
= \
Our correspondent need
have no fear that the opos-
sam will bite him.
It seldom goes that far,
preferring to retreat If at
tackled. II cornered, 1t might
put up a fair fight.
Members of the cat tribe
seldom attack it. but dogs
often do. and some humans
dislike It. That long naked
tail unfortunately makes
them believe it is a rodent.
Actually. it is a beautiful
animal, with fine dark eyes.
and two Of the most marvel
lous paws in the animal king
dom.
Any neighborhood with
opossums in 1t is to be con-
graduated A few still survive
In Chevy Chase. and some
even come to Georgetown,
The latter must come up the
Potomac River basin spread
ing out through the Rock
Greek valley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats Split Clearly Shown
By GOULD LINCOLN

The Democratic Advisory
Council - Northern and
Western m e m b ers - and
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler are seek
ing desperately to retain the
Negro vote in big pivotal
States. Their latest move was
to assail President Eisenhow-
er's course in the Little Rock
school desegregation case.
While expressing a pious hope
that the negotiations" be-
tween the President and Gov.
Orval Faubus Of Arkan-
sas would be followed by
peaceful compliance" by the
Governor with the law and
court orders that Negroes be
permitted to enter school
this term, q statement issued
in the name of the council
declared that president FL
senhower has lost an oppor-
tunity to exert leadership in
behalf Of law and order" 1t
added: He (the President)
has failed To Use the pres.
tige Of his ONCE to rally the
moral forces Of the country
against the defiance Of law"
Chairman Butler, in q tele-
vision interview, went 50 far
as to declare President Eisen-
hower's handling Of the stu
alton had been tragic" and
that the President was
weaker" than President
Grant.
President Eisenhower has
from the start insisted that
the Arkansas school case. in
Guiding the action Of Gov.
Faubus in calling out the
National Guard to preserve
order and at the same time
prevent Negro children from
entering Q white high school,
should be handled in q
lawful and legal manner by
the courts-and that the de-
cisions Of the courts must
be upheld. And this. appar-
entity, is what he told Gov.
Faubus at their meeting
in Rhode Island. The Ar
kansas Governor later indi-
Gated he would obey the de-
cisions Of the courts.
Threats Preferred
The Democratic Advisory
Council majority and Butler,
apparently, would have pre-
ferred some saber rafting
some kind Of threats by the
Chief Executive. directed
against the Arkansas Gov
ernor, beyond the President'i
stand for an orderly ham
ding Of the case by the
courts. The Democratic Adyi-
sorry Council set up by the
Democratic National Com
mittee as q kind Of policy.
making body for the party
includes former President
Truman, Adlai Stevenson
the 1852 and 1856 Demo.
cratic presidential candidate;
Governors Hartman Of New
York, williams Of Michigan
and MacFarland Of Arizons
all Of whom subscribed II
the statement attacking FL
senhower.
At the same stime thii
group was attacking Presi-
dent Eisenhower, it criticized
severely Gov. Faubus, assert
ing that the Governors &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17

ton does not represent the
position or policy of the
Democratic Party. Southern
members Of the council de-
clined to 60 along with the
statement issued by the ma
jority. This fact again DEM
onstrates the wide difference
between the Northern and
Southern wings Of the party.
It's a difference that keeps
cropping up. despite the many
efforts made to conceal it.
Gov. Faubus by his action
in the Little Rock school
situation brought gloom to
many important Democratic
leaders, including some from
the South. They could see
an anti-Negro label being
plastered on the Democratic
Party. The statement now
issued by the advisory coun-
Gil and concurred In by
many other Northern and
Western leaders is designed
to remove the anti-Negro
faint, and at the same
time make 1t appear that
President Eisenhower has
been at least lukewarm in
supporting desegregation in
the public schools of Little
Rock.
Eisenhower Undertaking
A lot Of guessing and shoot
ing from the hip is going
on as to what may happen
in the Arkansas school stu
alton. President Eisenhower
has never deviated from his
position that patience must
be exercised in racial deseg-
regation in Southern States
where feeling has run high,
and that you cannot legis-
late morality. He has given
no suggestion, however, that
the law Of the land and the
Constitution of the United
States and the Federal courts
are to be fouted-by the Ar
kansas Governor or anyone
else. Nor will they be while
Eisenhower remains In the
White House.
The Federal court in Little
Rock. presided over in this
case by Judge Davies, has
set next Friday for a hearing
on q court Injunction order
ing the Governor and high
National Guard officers not to
interfere with the attendance
of nine Negro children in the
Central High School. The
Governor has said he will re-
spect court orders, and at the
same time he intends to per-
form his duty-as Governor
to preserve the peace. At
this hearing, it is presumed
that the Governor will state
his reasons and produce evil
dence that the peace was en-
dangered when he threw q
National Guard Gordon
around the high school and
ordered the guardsmen to
deny Negro children admis-
sion. and that the reports
Of the FBI on its investiga-
ton of the facts win be sub
mitted. Then the court will
rule. Until it does, the course
Of Gov. Faubus and Of the
Federal Government may
not be revealed. In the end,
Eisenhower win increase, not
diminish. in stature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17

I wish to congratulate you
on your fine editorial, "TV
Service Racketeers."
Your series Of articles on
TV service has been extreme
" factual and truly un-
biased.
I know Of no industry in
washington where licensing
has been so necessary. The
reports from cities where TV
service Is regulated indicate
only favorable response.
Norman r. SellngeF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Who was the first per-
son in the United States to
have accident insurance?-
N. d
A. Accident insurance IN
this country began in 1864
when the president Of the
Travellers Insurance Company
orally insured James Bolter
for $1,000 against accidental
death while the latter walked
home from the Hartford post
ONCE. the premium being two
one-cent pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-17
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry ,Driters' correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to conden-
satton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20
First HOlStein
DHIA Average

A new chapter in the history
Of the Holstein COW has been
opened by the D1IA lactation
average of 1857 lbs. of milk and
400 lbs. of butterfat just COM
pleted at Moncony Farms, Spen-
cerport, New York.
The Moncony average is the
first to be announced by The
Holstein-Friesian Association of
America since the launching of
its program for the acceptance
of DHIA records.
The figure represents the aver
age mature production of the "a
registered Holsteins at Moncony
Farms which have both started
and completed lactations since
the herd was entered into the
program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20
Returns from LIP Gas
Convention in Chicago

The nations gas industries are
in step with the trend toward
out-ofthe-cty living, Mr.. C. J.
McAllister, Vice President and
General Manager of The Parlett
Gas Company, Rockville, said af-
ter his return from the annual
convention of the Liquefied Pet
roleum Gas Association in Chi
cago.
Mr.. McAllister said that speak
ers at the annual meeting and
trade show, pointed to the new
wave Of interest in out-of-town
construction and the move by LIP
Gas dealers and the gas utilities
to insure that modern gas serv-
ice is available wherever a home
owner wishes to live.
Mr.. McAllister heard an adj
dress prepared by Albert M.
Cole, administrator Of the Fed
eral Housing and Home Finance
Agency, telling how Highway ex-
tensions will encourage suburban
living. Later he listened to Jack
H. Mikula of the Milwaukee Gas
Light Company, Milwaukee, tell
how his company and the LIP
Gas dealers in his area sponsored
a program telling home owners
that they could buy gas conven-
fences wherever they lived.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20
To Make Wheat
Acreage Payments

Many Maryland farmers par
ticipatlng in the Acreage Reserve
Program on 1857 crop wheat will
receive their reserve payments
this month according to Leonard
c. Burns, chairman of the Mary
land Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Committee. Ar.
rangements have now been com
pleted to make these payments to
farmers who have placed all or
part of their wheat allotment in
the Acreage Reserve on those
farms which have wheat allot.
ments only or wheat and tobacco
allotments.
Farmers having wheat and
corn allotments on the same farm
will not receive Acreage Reserve
payments for wheat until the
acreage of corn has been deter
mined later this summer. This is
being done because farmers oft.
en- overplant their corn allotments
Mr.. Burns advised.
Farmers having tobacco acre.
age. in the reserve program will
receive their tobacco payments
after the tobacco acreage has
been measured and found to be
within the allotted figure. This
procedure will also be followed
for farmers who have allotted
acreage of corn in the reserve
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20
Demonstration
Leader Named

Miss Margaret divers appoint.
ment to the position of State
Home Demonstration leader was
approved June IA by the Board of
Regents, DR.. Wilson H. Elkins,
University of Maryland president
announced.
Miss Oliver will come to Mary
land August Is to replace Mrs.
Florence w. Low who is now
dean of home economics at Texas
A & M, College Station, Texas.
Miss Oliver has been district
home demonstration agent in
Alabama for the past II years.
Before that she was home agent
in Lee county, Ala, and as assist
ant in Covington, Pike and Shell
ly counties in Alabama. She was
a home economics teacher before
entering the extension field.
She has her BIS degree in home
economics from Huntington Col
lege, Montgomery, Ala, and her
MA degree in extension education
from Columbia University, N. Y.
Miss Oliver will head the Uni
versity of Maryland extension
program for women, carried out
comparatively by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and county
governments. Over $4,000 home
makers are enrolled in home
demonstration clubs, through
which most of the home econom-
les extension is conducted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20

In four out of five fatal traffic
accidents, one or more driver vio-
lations are involved, according to
state accident records.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20

program Mr.. Burns pointed out,
except that the corn and wheat
payments on these farms will
both be made at the same time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-06-20
All Record Book
Training Meeting
By JUDITH b. KOENIG
Asst Home Demonstration Agent
Telephone POplar 2-2121

What is a All record? What
goes into a record? Why bother
to keep records?
4-H'er Betty UmStead, Olney,
will show other Alters in Mont
gomery County her giant size rec
ord book and what goes into it at
Record Training Meeting June
&c, from 1000 am. TO 1900 noon
in the Home Demonstration Of
flee.
Included in her talk is de-
scription of her "trip to the All
Club Congress in Chicago last
winter, and a showing of her own
record book which was respon-
sible for her trip.
I Bette has been visiting individ-
ual All clubs throughout Mont
gomery County to give this rec
ord training. The meeting June
18th is designed for those Alters
who have not yet heard Bette,
and for those who would like to
have Bette check their record
books.
Keeping records is an impor-
tant phase in All Club work.
This training meeting for records
win help 4-Hers in keeping good
records for future use in County,
State and National competition.