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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Extend the Act

While about three-fourths of the
nearly 500 recommendations of the
Hoover Commission have been adopted,
in whole or in part, there are number
OF additional reforms that ought to be
authorized by Congress before the re-
organization book is closed President
Eisenhower is justified, therefore, in
urging both houses to give earnest con-
sideration" to passage at this session Of
five pending bills-including one to ex-
tend his reorganization authority for
four years.
Meyer Kestnbaum, Mr.. Eisenhowers
special assistant on Government reor-
ganization. reported recently that the
executive departments have accepted all
or parts of 367 Hoover Commission sug-
geStions for improving Federal efficiency
and effecting savings. He advised the
President that many of the most i'm
portant recommendations will have the
effect OF improving the performance Of
necessary Government activities rather
than reducing expenditures" The bills
for further reforms which the President
wants passed now are in the better per-
Torrance" category. They are the Ken
nedy bill to put Federal budgeting on
an neutrality-suspicious. basis (already
passed by the Senate), bill to permit
the training Of key employees at uni
verSities or in industrial establishments
(also passed by the Senate), bill to
repeal the requirement that the execu-
tive branch clear real estate tranSac-
tons with congressional committees and
a bill to discontinue the postal savings
system.
All OF these changes would result
In economies, directly or indirectly, &C
cording to the Hoover Commission and
Federal officials. The reorganization
task begun in ls49 with passage Of the
Government Reorganization Act will not
be complete until Congress enacts the
additional legislation requested by the
President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Court Critics

Senator Knowland is sad
dened" by Senator Byrd's
criticism Of Supreme Court
decisions. And Senator Jaw
its tells us I'VE must support
the Supreme Courts integ-
rity.'
How about those Of us
who have been "saddened"
by Supreme Court deci-
sions? Are We supposed to
be ashamed to raise our
voices in protest when law
of : the land edicts are
handed down which seem al
most entirely concerned with
upholding the right" Of in
dividuals or minority groups
to flaunt their contempt Of
principles. laws and ideolo-
gieS which we believe in and
try to live by?
Isn't adverse public opin-
ion in such cases actually
about the only recourse we
have. since this all-powerful
group Of men. unlike other
public officials who mould
national policy. need never
submit their political philos-
ophies to examination by
the majority Of the people7
As for supporting the
integrity" Of the Supreme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Near Tragedy

Trying something new is usu-
ally fraught with danger. II
was that way so years ago. in
the Potomac River, when an
inventor tried out his new div
ing gear. On July 20. 1907. The
Star reported: While trying to
give an exhibition OF a diving
apparatus OF his own invention
from the United States monitor
Puritan yesterday afternoon
about $3.50 o'clock. Takao
Iwanami. a young japanese.
narrowly escaped death. In the
presence OF a hundred friends.
who were invited 10 witness the
test, he was removed from the
diving apparatus unconscious
and heroic remedies we're APP
piled TO keep life in his body.
After treatment by DR.. /. Hug
gins OF the Washington bar
racks, the inventor was carried
TO the naval hospital and will
remain a patient there several
days. The inventors close call
was due TO suiiocatlon. caused
by the failure Of the air pumps
TO furnish sufhcient air to his
apparatus. The production Of
his brain failed at q critical
moment and had It not been
for the prompt work Of his
assistants. Iwanami would have
lost his life. =. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

When he makes Q mistake he
admits 1t and his motives are
not really questioned save by
the lowest grade politicians
who have always opposed
him. AS to his influence in
the 1860 campaign, few ex-
perienced politicians in either
party have any real doubt
that the Presidents wishes
will be paramount in the Re-
publican convention. that his
choice for the presidential
nomination will be chosen
and that his support will
mean a great many votes in
the general election.
AS to his choice no one at
present. has any indication.
His intimates say that the last
thing he wants is to assume
the role Of party dictator.
Nevertheless. there is no
doubt that he will have a
preference and at the right
time, will make 1t known. At
this time there are but two
recognized Republican can.
didates for the presidency,
both from California. which
now has 80 convention votes
Senator William Knowland,
the Republican leader Of the
Senate. and Vice President
Richard Nixon.
Two Strong Men
AS announced some time
ago Mr.. Knowland is about to
retire from the Senate. The
almost unanimous presump-
ton is that he will run for
governor in 1858 and should
he win over the present Gov
ernor Goody knight he will
be in position to control those
80 California votes in the Ma
tional Convention. This would
make it more difficult for Mr..
Nixon. who would be greatly
handicapped not to have the
support of his own State.
What the Eisenhower position
would be under those con-
ditions no one knows. Both
Mr.. Nixon and Senator Know
land are strong, able, clean
men. Normally one would ex-
pect the President to throw
his weight to Mr., Nixon who
twice has been his running
mate. who has been a con-
sistent and vigorous supporter
of his policies and is person.
ally close to him.
On the other hand, the
President has both respect
and liking for Senator Know
land. who, except occasionally
on foreign policy, has effec-
lively supported his legislative
program and has considerable
strength in the country. Other
than Knowland and Nixon
there do not appear to be any
recognized and available Re-
publican presidential aspir-
ants on the horizon. In the
meantime the name callers"
are doing their best to dam
age the personal reputation of
the man upon whom either
must count for nomination
and election. If they were a
little less vicious and extreme
they might get farther in
their derogatory campaign
but not much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Alien Property

Prestd ent Eisenhower
stated over a year ago that
he wanted us to get out of
the alien property business.
The basic principle Of COM
munism is confiscating pri-
vate property. We are hold
ing over $500 million Of such
property, although we are
supposedly at peace with
Germany and Japan.
Even American citizens who
have claims are helpless.
Ninety per cent Of same are
for less than $4,000. The
claims commission set UP for
this purpose is so limited in
its scope that it will take
over Al years for them to ad-
judicate their program.
Many with claims have died
in the past ten years. Private
bills introduced in Congress
are always stalled by the
Alien Property Custodian Of
flee because they cannot
permit precedence"
Although President Essen
hover agreed with Chancel-
lor Adenauer that something
would be worked out imme-
diately in this matter. after
months have passed no re-
suits have been apparent.
Z. PomerOy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Good Deed

We are giving you the fol-
lowing because we believe
people are interested in Mr..
Meany's actions.
Providence Hospital CO.
lumbia. S. c. received the
first $1,000 check towards the
hospitals building fund from
Mr.. George Meany, president
Of the American Federation
Of Labor and the Congress
of Industrial Organizations.
Mr.. Meany received the
check. together with an
award Of merit, for outstand-
ing achievement, and asked
that the check be drawn TO
the order Of the Sisters. after
learning Of their work with
the poorest Of the poor in
the South and their dire
need for doubling their bed
capacity.
Sister Rose Therese.
Providence Hospital,
Columbia, 8. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

Its vigorous protestations
are simply baby-language for
give me-" 1t is using its chief
weapon. disagreeableness, to
force its demands. Now when
a grown-up is a perennial
babysitter in the playroom of
his own immature behavior,
such a one may not actually
below. but the technique is
the same. However, it is said,
that in many a feminine box
of tricks. a trusted key guar
anteed to unlock the door to
her own desires, is a pair of
teary eyes or even convulsive
sobs. An observant man who
had watched more than one
child in her forties. declares.
How many a woman gets
her way by the tyranny of
tears But then Immediately
he turns on juvenile males he
has known who have never
really left their own playpen.
He characterizes them as
complaining, sulking. pout-
ing grown-up bawl-babies.
When confronted with stu
alton which tests their mettle
and threatens their fond OBJ
jectives they display peevish
characteristics pardonable in
a child of six, but unforgiv-
able in a big muscular hulk
of forty-six. Another trait of
childhood is the inordinate
desire for attention-to show
off-the hunger to be in the
limelight-the passion to be
noticed. A child usually seeks
the stage. But for an adults
eyes to be always on some
egotistic pedestal is the mark
Of a distorted personality.
Well has it been said Of this
desire to always outshine
others that it is cunning
enough in little Mabel in
short dresses and baby curls.
but when Mabel becomes
Mrs. @. K. Philander Jones.
age IS. and is president Of
the parent-teachers associa-
ton, and mother of four chill
dren and the wife of a lead
ing merchant of the town. it
becomes her nightly to put
away childish things and es-
pecially the desire to preen
and prance and occupy the
spotlight. Surely modesty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
THE GAME OF POLITICS
President Unhurt by Nome-CoIIers
By FRANK R. KENT

II Mr.. Eisenhower were q
candidate for q third term
(which. of course. he is not)
he could hardly ask for O
better break than he is get
ting from his present OUT
standing political and jour-
nalistic critics. The person.
atty and the record Of these
is not such as to do him any
harm-quite the contrary.
What they seem to have
adopted is a strategy Of name
calling" and what they seem
trying to do is to make him
out an uniformed boob. What
they hope to gain by this is a
little vague. They cannot,
of course, hurt Mr.. Eisen-
hover who is not running
for anything. They are not
violently antagonistic to his
legislative program. Nor do
the more intelligent Of the
name callers, themselves, be-
lieve the things they say
about him. The best guess
is that they want to dis
parage Mr.. Eisenhower per-
sonally in order to diminish
his influence in the 1858 and
1860 campaigns. This Is a
natural performance for poll
ticians with personal presi-
dental aspirations, though 1t
hardly excuses the bad man
ners and distortions which
mark their dealings with the
President. One expects this
sort of thing from Senator
Morse of Oregon. his col
league Senator Neuberger.
Senator Hubert Humphrey of
Minnesota. Senator Kerr of
Oklahoma. and others Of the
so-called liberals" who still
cling to the "giveaway" and
other policies of the New and
Fair Deal. which clearly are
responsible for the imitation
that now afflicts us.
Eisenhower Keeps Temper
Two things about this
name-calling campaign de-
signed to make President
Eisenhower appear weak. I'M
informed and negligent of his
duties particularly irritate
those who participate IN it.
One is that Mr.. Eisenhower
keeps his temper. He not
only does not abuse those
who speak or write abusively
of him but he does not, in
underhanded and vicious
ways, attempt to injure them
as the late Mr.. Roosevelt re-
peatedly did. Nor does he
appear to cherish grudges.
The second is that nothing
they say or write appears to
hurt Mr.. Eisenhower with
the people. He remains popu-
lar and respected.
The extraordinary thing is
that so many professional
politicians and writer's seem
to prefer the Presidents who
extensively patronized them
and evaded direct answers to
questions and who were often
vindictive and wholly lacking
in candor. to a reasonable.
ood-tempered man of gen.
orally admitted ability who
neither lies nor equivocates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

something physically wrong.
give it what it is crying for
and at once it has all the
unruffled complacency Of the
proverbial contented COW
which gives the nourishing
product advertised by a GER
tain brand of canned milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

Babysitting is as old as
babies. In the cave age some
body had to be left behind
to guard the cave baby. A
babysitting story which be-
longs to the ages has to do
with the sister of Hoses who,
when Pharaoh's daughter
found him in the bull rushes,
contrived to provide a paby-
sitter in the person Of the
future lawgiver's mother.
That choice swayed the flu
ture. But this topic has
nothing to do with the honor
able profession which in
scribes on its roll of honor
grandparents, older brothers
and sisters. friends. teen
ayers who watch dollars as
well as infants, and neighbors
who, to their mutual con-
venience, trade back and
forth their offspring.
If any are interested in the
technique of this ubiquitous
avocation, Dennis the Men
ace, in "A Babysitter's Guide"
will enlighten with delicious
glimpses of what goes on in
a baby's brain. with Salutary
bits of philosophy and with
hilarious pictures 1t is a
volume which we fear likely
to increase the price of such
services as its pages tend to
put the calling in the category
of the very hazardous where
fools rush in.
Be that as it may-we are
thinking of those for whom
the birthdays have mounted
until perhaps the silver is in
the hair, if any. yet who are
babySitters in the nurseries
of their own yesterdays.
That is to say. this has to do
with those who. alas, never
go on to maturity. In a de-
plorable sense they are their
own babysitters across all
their earthly years. James
Barrie tells about Peter Pan
"a boy who refused to grow
UP. In a story that is anus
ing; in real life it is down.
right tragedy. After looking
at all kinds of humanity for
many studious years, a keen
observer writes as his delib-
crate judgment, About nine
tenths of what we call sin is
mere childiShness, undevel-
oped morality. arrested eth
ical growth, a persistent child
longing for gingerbread and
gee-gaws." That means that
a tragic proportion of those
labeled adults" are really
babysitters as they perpetu-
ate their own juvenile char
acteristics.
One of the badges Of this
type of babysitting is un-
bridled emotional outbursts.
No matter what his age. this
sort of person wants what he
wants when he wants it.
Now, to get what it wants an
infant and often children be-
yond that stage will use their
lungs as bellows and their
mouths as megaphones. With
red distorted features. the
usually sweet young thing
will fly into a spasm Of rage.
Unless. of course. there Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

and humility ought to come
with adult years.
Then one of the symptoms
of the fatal failure to grow
up is a lack of curiosity to
push on to wider areas of
knowledge. Instead of ex-
ploring great frontiers that
stretch out to the horizon,
beyond the fragmentary con-
ceptions of youth, there are
those who live in a reminis-
cence of their own early
years. They. too, are baby
Sitters.
In his novel. H. M. Pull
ham, Esquire, j. P. Mar
quand has a perfect picture
of this kind of babysitter as
he described Bo-Jo Brown,
the eternal undergraduate.
No matter what was being
discussed regarding world
conditions, Bo-Jo could al
ways be counted on to make
a sudden leap back to the
time when he was 81 and
in the game with Yale, he,
a Harvard man. or rather,
child, went around left end
for 80 yards. That after
noon on the gridiron doomed
larger than anything else in
his life. At an early age,
SO far as his interests were
concerned, he was stricken
with infantile paralysis. OF
many a nostalgia babysitter,
Hartley Coleridge's lines
would be a fair epitaph of
arrested development:
And still I am a child
Though ! grow old.
st. Paul bemoans the ne
cessity for having to deal
with babysitters. With a
sense of Illustration he says
to early Christians II could
not speak unto you as those
mature, but as babes in
Christ. I have had to feed
you with milk. not with meat,
for up to now We have not
been able to bear it. Strong
meat belongeth to them that
have grown up" The New
Testament makes it clear
that the old-time religion is
not enough If it takes one
no further along than the
comfortable prayer. Now 1
lay me down to sleep" A re-
ligion which is awake goes
on from strength to strength.
The religion Of the crib and
even Of mothers knee and
the primary department is a
starting place. not a haven
of rest. 1t will not suffice for
the expanding spaces of adult
life. For that we must build
more stately mansions OF
faith. There is nothing more
lovely than childlikeness.
There is nothing more ugly
than childishness. But let us
give Paul the last word about
this matter regarding which
he felt so deeply. When !
was a child I spoke. I acted.
/ thought as a child. but
when l became a man I put
away childish things He is
saying to us all grow up,
grow up. Don't be forever
tethered to your own cradle.
Quit babysitting with your
eelf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Court. that is something
which only the justices
themselves can do. To ask
us to support those whose
political ideologies are abb
horrent to us is to ask US
to sacrifice our own integ-
rity. Lila ID. SOnnemann.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Services?

Public transportation has
forever. 1t seems. been a mat
ter Of complaint. On July "a.
1907. The Star reported: AT
a meeting of the Congress
Heights Citizens Association
last evening there was a dis
cussion Of streetcar service.
due to the enforcement Of
the regulation Of the Com
miSsioners prohibiting more
than forty passengers being
carried across the Anacostia
bridge at any one time in q
car Of the single-truck pat
tern or more than nifty in q
car Of the double-truck type.
Everyone knows. said
President o. A. Emmons.
that the Anaeostia bridge u
~ safe - 1t ever was, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

foreign capital and skills in the develop
ment of the Peruvian manufacturing
and mining industries. On its anniver-
sary, Peru is deserving Of friendly sa-
lutte from other members of the Amer
lean community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

The indications. so years
ago. apparently were errone-
Gus. On July 30. 1907, The
Star reported: Unless the
indications are erroneous
this city is to have, by next
spring, the finest amuse-
ment park south Of New
York, comprising all of the
eighty acres Of Analostan
Island. in the Potomac
River west of Georgetown.
and conducted by the men
who have made successes of
Luna Park at Coney Island,
N. Y, Willow Grove and the
White City, near Philadel-
phia, and the largest amuse-
ments on the Warpath at
the jamestown Exposition.
Four hundred thousand dol
lars is to be expended in
improving the island and
putting up the amusements,
and work is to be begun as
soon as the papers transfer
ring the property to the
Island Park Company are
signed. 1t is expected that
the deal will go through in
a few days, :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
Menace

The President Of the United
States faced a crisis a half
a century ago at the summer
White House at Sycamore
Hill. Long Island. Invasion
seemed imminent. On July
Is, 1907. The Star reported,
in a dispatch from that place:
Sycamore Hill is excited to-
day over the news that the
malicious army worm is again
on the rampage and moving
straight for the Presidents
fine farm just outside the vii
lage. Fearful that the pest
will create the havoc that the
San Jose scale did a couple
Of years ago, Mr.. Roosevelt
gave orders to his superin-
tendent. Noah Seaman, TO be
prepared to spray the lawns
with a solution Of paris green.
The worm first made its APP
pearance this year in Hunt
ington. L. /. a few days ago
in large numbers. and did
considerable damage. Lawns
that we're seeded last spring
have been completely de-
stroyed and garden stuff. par
ticularly the growing corn.
will be a total loss. ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

everyone knows, too. that If
this bridge spanned Rock
Greek or was located along
Connecticut avenue and was
pronounced unsafe it would
be strengthened without de-
lay and no such ridiculous
order issued to the inconven-
fence of a growing suburb. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28

The completion Of Union
Depot a half a century ago
presaged the end of a land
mark in the Capital City. On
July 81, 1907, The Star re-
ported. According to Joseph
Crawford. general agent OF
the Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington Railroad
Company. the old railroad
station at 9Th and B streets,
commonly known as the 9th
street depot, will be aban-
doned for railroad purposes
on or about october is next.
When that action is taken
all the trains Of the Pennsyl-
vania. Seaboard Air Lines.
Southern. Atlantic Coast
Line. Chesapeake 81 Ohio.
and the Richmond, Fred
erickSburg ana Potomac rail-
ways. which now run into
the depot. will go to the new
Union Station. The old sta
ton is one Of the historical
landmarks Of the National
Capital. When 1t was con-
structed in 1873 it was re-
garded as a great building.
and was considered one OF the
largest and most modern rail-
way stations in the world.
Probably the chief reason for
its distinction as a historic
landmark. and for which 1t
is known the world over. is
the fact that II was the scene
OF the shooting Of President
@A-NA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-28
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Bubysitters

BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-05
Last Days! Thursday, Friday and Saturday!

Lost call for those who
still droteoIy reduced
$50, A%, sou, oe included
regular
No oyuwoys CO. D. mail All
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-02-07
New Store Front
To Be Displayed

The Oakland Radio and Electric
Service, on Alder street, will pre-
sent an entirely new store front
late this evening or tomorrow.
The front was demolished sever
al weeks ago when an automobile
became uncomfortable in the hands
of William Sleeth, a juvenile
driver, and crashed into it. caus-
ing damage estimated at $500.
Sleeth's case is still under con-
sideration by Associate Judge Neil
c. Fraley.
Workmen have been engaged
for about two weeks in rebuilding
the store front, and the plate glass
was expected to arrive today.
Agreeable settlement was made
by the insurance company which
will take care of the expense of the
new front and will repay Orris
DeBerry, owner, for the loss of
items of merchandise on display
in the windows which were de-
molished or damaged.