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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Mr.. Nixon PIunues

Vice President Nixon has burned
some political bridges in his budget speech
to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
It Is a speech in which he ranges
himself unequivocally on the side Of the
PreSident-and against those Republi-
cans, Old Guard and otherwise, who have
been whetting their pruning knives.
Essentially, this is not a new tack for
Mr.. Nixon to be taking. He has not hesi-
tated in the past to identify himself with
the Eisenhower Republican philosophy,
but this speech probably marks his sharp
est, cleanest break with the G. o. P.
right wing.
The speech was vigorous and persua-
sive. Mr.. Nixon said that the admins
tration's budget cannot be cut deeply
unless Congress decides to discontinue
previously approved domestic programs,
or unless 1t intends to reduce national
defense. And any substantial cut in de-
tense, he said, would be "a reckless and
foolhardy action which on sober refiec-
ton the American people will not and
should not support" With respect to
foreign military aid, he said that despite
mistakes I'VE are getting more for our
money in security for the United States
in what we are spending abroad than
we are in what we are spending at home"
Finally, with regard to the approximately
81 billion earmarked for foreign economic
aid, Mr.. Nixon declared: II can state with
complete conviction that know of no
expenditure being made by our Govern
ment which is more essential to our
So much for the speech. It may not
change anyone's mind. But it fixes Mr..
Nixon's political position. He has chosen
to cross swords on this issue with Senator
Knowland, who is advocating q s. billion
budget cut, and the chances are that
these two rivals for the 1860 q. o. p.
presidential nomination will tight 1t out
mainly on this line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25

II ! had the means, I would
buy q piece Of ground high on
a hill. with grass for pews, the
sky for an altar, and the
sounds Of birds for music.
I would ask only this: That
those who sought peace
through God would be well
coined to hear the simple
teachings of our Lord. There
would be collections. yes, but
these would be used to help
the sick and needy and not to
add to an inanimate object.
Simplicity. humility - how
far We have strayed from
them! Our churches and
church ofiicers harp more
about the costs of maintaining
the church than they do about
their real purpose of exist
ence-bringing peace to mems
souls. They harp on bringing
more members to q certain
"ism'-Protestantism Catholi-
cism. ETC., but isn't this a
tendency to build church
power instead of love for all
men?
I have sat on a log in the
forest. alone. and there I have
met God. ! needed no elab-
crate ritual to remind me OF
Him, or that ! had sinned.
Someday men will cease
playing with buildings and
whole congregations in which
none are actually known ex-
cept the ushers. and seek to
win souls through acts Of kind
ness and gentleness. mercy and
understanding. Christ did only
this, but 1t was all needed
then. and 1t is all that is
needed now.
Martin Buxbaum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25

Referring to your editorial,
Strengthening Formosa," in
the May IL issue of The Star:
Imagine for a moment the
China-America situation re-
garding Formosa reversed.
Suppose a powerful Chinese
feet were patrolling the waters
Of the Gulf of Mexico, while
Picking supported financially
and militarily q defeated
American leader who had es-
tablished an exile government
in Cuba. Picture q string of
Chinese military bases within
easy bombing range Of our
port cities. Now comes word
that Chou En-lai Is sending
guided missiles to Cuba, which
could be used against the
United States. What would we
be saying and doing about such
q situation?
On April %. Secretary Dull
les, addressing the Associated
Press In New York, said that
the concepts Of peace. justice.
liberty underlie the foreign
policies Of the United States. I"
Wed like to think that this Is
true. but the frequency with
which Washington's perform
ance contradicts its profess
sions creates doubt. It's concept
Of peace. justice. liberty"
seems to be that Of q militant
Uncle Sam astride the world,
with q gun In one hand aimed
at Russia. and one in the other
pointed ct China.
This Is by no means intended
to condone the conduct Of the
Chinese Communists toward
US. It Is merely to raise the
question whether we as q ma
ton aren't losing our tradi-
tional love Of justice and fair
play-whether something sin
lister isn't happening to the
soul Of America.
Stuart Innerst.
Pasadena. Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Helping the YugosIovs

The administration has done well In
deciding to resume military shipments to
Yugoslavia. Senators Knowland, Bridges
and others Of like mind are against the
idea, but their approach to the prob
lem-just as to the problem Of extend
ing economic aid to Poland-is distin-
guished chiefly for its do-nothing infiex-
Utility.
In Yugoslavia's case, there can be no
reasonable doubt that President Tito and
his government have stayed outside the
Soviet fold ever since their spectacular
break with Stain in 1913. True, they
profess to be Communists, but they have
demonstrated time and again that they
are nationalist-minded, which means
that they refuse to- take orders from
Moscow or to ally themselves with 1t
politically or militarily. Certainly, de-
spite their so-called reconciliation" with
Russia's leaders in 1855, they have re-
peatedly shown that they are resolved
to maintain their countrys independence
and sovereignty. And equally noteworthy
is the fact Of their outspoken criticism of
the Kremlins savage suppression Of last
falls Hungarian uprising for freedom.
1t was because of considerations of
this sort that President Eisenhower ruled
last October that economic aid to the
Yugoslavs should be continued But at
the same time, in difference to congress
sional suspicious growing out OF Marshal
Tito's Reconciliation" with the Kremlin,
he ruled that our military shipments to
the country, including shipments of let
planes, should be withheld until the
situation can be more accurately ap-
praised" That appraisal has now been
made, and the substance of 1t, according
to the State Department, is that "Yugo-
slavia is and firmly intends to remain
independent, and that 1t is in the interest
OF the United States to support this Yugo-
slav resolve to be free of foreign control"
Moreover, the department has empha-
sized that Belgrade has been subjected
to renewed harassment from Moscow,
that neighboring Communist satellites
are being re-equipped with modern Soviet
military supplies, and that our suspen-
sion OF such assistance has produced
serious disadvantages" for both the Yugo-
slavs and ourselves.
SO the decision to resume the mill
tary shipments promised to the Tito gov
eminent constitutes an act Of realism
and enlightened self-interest. The oppo-
sition led by Senator'S Knowland and
Bridges, like their comparable opposition
to Polish economic aid, seems to amount
to little more than sheer negativism for
negativisms sAks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Old Marlboro House

The Star reports that the
First National Bank Of South
ern Maryland plans to pull
down the 200-year-old MARI
boro House to make room for
a parking lot. Has it not oc-
CURED to the directors Of the
bank that If they would re-
model this historic structure
and use 1t as their own bank
ing house. they would have the
most notable banking edifice in
the Free State or, perhaps,
elsewhere?
I am familiar with the old
Marlboro House having
stopped there Gas did George
Washington in his day. and
regard its destruction as I
would the demolition of the
Calvert Mansion at Riverdale.
To use it as its own counting
house would add immensely to
the banks already sound capt.
tai position. The cost of its
adaptation would be q small
fraction Of the worth it would
be to the bank.
Homer Joseph Dodge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Crepe Hangers Are Premature

Republican Party's 1856 plat
form on which that program
is based. Those Republicans in
Congress who are opposing the
President-and unfortunately
there are too many of them
accepted his denomination with
gratitude last year. Some of
them rode to victory because
he headed the G. o. p. ticket.
They also accepted the Repub-
lican platform without choking
in the slightest, but some Of
them object to being modern
Republicans. They insist they
want to be "just Republicans"
For 20 years the Republicans
struggled against "moderniz-
ing" their party, and where
did it get them? And where
= will it get them If they take
part in ditching Eisenhower's
program?
Third Term Ban Pieases Some
AS for the Democrats, their
greatest cause for Joy is that
Eisenhower cannot run for
another term. Unlike the late
President Franklin D. Roose-
welt the President faces a con-
stitutional provision limiting
him to two terms in the White
House. Some Of the Democrats
did not wish to be Roosevelt
New Dealers. any more than
some Republicans wish to be
Eisenhower modern Republic
cans. They did not neglect,
however, to ride to victory on
F. D. RS coattails-not once.
but four times.
Up to the present, the Eisen-
hover program has made slow
progress in Congress. Indeed,
the predictions have been that
little will be accomplished at
this session of Congress; that
school aid legislation, civil
rights legislation, labor legisla-
ton and other important parts
Of the program will fail Of
action. Whatever happens dur
ing the present session. which
is expected to close in July
or early August, it seems in
credible that most Of the
Presidents program will fail
to be enacted before the con-
gressional election Of 1858. The
Democrats. in control of both
Senate and House. can scarcely
afford to go to the country as
a do-nothing Congress. Nor
can they afford to enter the
campaign as opponents Of the
liberal and much-needed meas
ures which have been declared
essential for the welfare of
Americans by President Eisen-
hover.
A favorite pasttime Of the
Democrats in recent days has
been to deride the Republican
Party because Of the split in
the @. o. p. and the Republic
can critics Of Eisenhower. It
remained for Senator Wayne
Morse Of Oregon to drive the
Republicans together in sup
port Of the President when he
compared Eisenhower to Dave
Beck-the man who invoked
the Fifth Amendment to avoid
testimony before q Senate
committee. Morse's statement
hurt only one person-himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Bored Stiff

1t has been common knowledge for
some time now that In the Soviet Union,
as we'll as in other lands behind the Iron
Curtain, great numbers Of students are
showing a singular lack Of attentiveness
to theological subjects. In fact, according
to special official survey Just published
in Moscow, they cut classes in droves
whenever the classes involve lectures on
Communist history, dialectical material
ism or -Leninism in general. And
equally bad, If they happen to show up.
they often And their teachers so dull
and uninspiring that they close their
ears to al the dry-as-dusk doctrinal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
'Outbreok of En1otion?'

The Chinese mob attack against
American personnel and property in Tai
pei was outrageous. In expressing to the
State Department the "profoundest re-
grets" Of the FormoSa government, Chi
nese Ambassador Hollington X. Tong has
described the violence as IAN outbreak
Of emotion" not involving any deep anti
American sentiment" One hopes that
he is correct, but the prolonged and
destructive nature Of the rioting arouses
both misgivings and questions.
The toll, in brief, has been injury to
at least nine Americans, the partial
wrecking of the American Embassy, the
wrecking and ransacking of the United
States Information once, tearing down
the American nag and the roughing up
or threatening Of other American person.
mel. Hours after the violence began,
United States Ambassador Rankin and
Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister Yeh
were stoned by mob when they visited
the damaged embassy.
All of this resulted, presumably, be-
cause Of ian outbreak Of emotion" in
protest against acquittal of an American
sergeant charged with the death by shoot
ing Of Chinese 'peeping Tom" discov-
cred outside the window Of his home.
Testimony in the sergeant's trial before
an American Army court was that the
prowler had made a threatening motion
toward the sergeant when the latter
rushed outside the house to chase him
away. The shooting followed and the
court voted acquittal Of the charge of
voluntary manslaughter."
Aside from questioning the extreme
violence Of the mob's behavior over such
cause, however, further question may
be raised about the extent and the time
required for adequate police protection.
The attacks on the embassy and the infor-
nation ONCE went on for several hours
before enough military and civilian police,
reinforced by troops, were able to halt
them. Martial law finally was declared
and three Nationalist Chinese divisions
were ordered into the city to establish
order.
1t is understandable, perhaps, that
there should be troublesome incidents
when even friendly troops Of one coun-
try are stationed in another. The For
mosa explosion, however, is much more
than an incident" and requires more
than the formalities of expressing regrets
II relations are to be continued as in
the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25

@. Where in Pennsylvania
is there . garden especially
designed for blind people?
p. Y.
A. At the John J. Tyler Ar
boretum near Lima. in Della
ware County. there is q garden
especially intended for visitors
without sight. Plants have
been chosen for their odor, tex
ture, and shape. and visitors
are encouraged to pick them.
Plants are identified by mark
ers with information written
in Braille.
Q. What special things do
protein foods do for the body?
IS. T.
A. Proteins build and repair
muscles. glands, blood and
other tissues: they furnish ma
terials for substances which
regulate body processes: and
they furnish energy for body
activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

1t Is true that just before
nesting time the robin males
engage in fights and the
Knockers at times chase other
species.
One Of the most quarrelsome
birds Is the mamma cardinal.
During the nesting season
she lives up to Kipling's sar-
castle opinion that the female
of the species is more deadly
than the male.
= = H'&
At other times she is q very
sweet bird. Actually there
are few birds prettier. Many
watchers are overcome by her
fiaShy mate.
Truly the male redbird Is q
beauty and one Of the strong
est creatures in feathers.
But the female cardinal
has q loneliness all her own.
We often recall (sometimes)
here) the specimen We saw
one winter, seated on q rhodo-
dendron. with Q bead Of Ice
on her head.
This festive touch gave her
an added appeal, scarcely nee
essary. 1t Is true. for one %
beautiful in her soft shawl.
The female cardinal colora-
ton is different from that Of
her glowing mate, but all In all
she is q marvelously wonder
full bird. and well worth any
amount Of words-and looking
one can devote to her.
Sometimes people who look
at birds as a hobby and an
art tend to think of them a.
cute. and some Of them are,
indeed, but most are truly
beautiful and wonderful pieces
or natural machinery. intent
on very practical lives in q
world either too hot or too
cold. That all the species. in
GLIDING the robins and red
birds, manage to do very well
for themselves, speaks volumes
for nature and her teeming
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Taxing the Disabled

Three recent Star editorials.
"Our Hungry Commissioners"
mo Windfall." and Equity
No Bonus" deserve the highest
commendation possible for
their courage and Fortnight
ness. They are tops.
I am disappointed. however.
in one respect. At no time
have you focused attention on
the difference In treatment
between income received by
members Of the armed services
retired for service-connected
disability and veterans who re-
ceive similar BENEFITS or COM
pensation from the Veterans
Administration. am sure the
latter group would be in favor
of eliminating this difference.
For example. excluded from
District taxable income are
payments made under laws re-
lating to veterans. while dis
ability retirement pay received
by members Of the armed serv-
ices is includable and there
fore taxable. Even a disability
resulting from combat wounds
is not exempt. Why this dis
criminatory and illogical dis
tinction between two groups Of
veterans-the regular service
man and the noncareer serv-
iceman?
The offlcials responsible for
this situation ought to be very
proud TO note that the legisla-
ton they advocated last year
and helped push through Con-
gress has now brought them
a windfall Of over five and one
half million dollars. Conceiva-
bly,, part Of this windfall was
made possible by taxing those
who were disabled in the serv-
ice Of their country. and Of
this the officials can also be
very proud.
Many States, including the
nearby ones Of Maryland, Vir-
ginia and South Carolina, ex-
clude from taxable income that
portion OF a serviceman's pay
based on q service-connected
disability. Similar exclusion
applies to veterans whose dis
ability pay Is based on injury
or sickness resulting from ac-
tive service In the armed forces
Of the United States.
One wonders. therefore. why
the capital of the richest
country in the world finds II
necessary to reach into the
pockets Of the disabled serY-
iceman for q portion Of :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Political Spot

As q novice member Of Ar
lington's Independent Move
ment who attended my FIRST
meeting last week ] certainly
cannot speak for AIM officially.
But as one political worker to
another would certainly like
to take issue with Miss Cana
days account Of the meeting.
In the FIRST place. the meet
ing was not open, any more
than the huddles Of the Red
skins are open to the Bears.
II was q meeting Of the AIM
General Committee, and in
vitations we're sent only to
that group.
The ladies' answers to ques-
tioning did not gain them
admittance. They apparently
sneaked in and seated them
selves at the back Of the room.
Finally they were asked
what precinct they were from,
to enable the AIM captain Of
that area to enlist their aid.
There was no parliament
tary maneuvering" whatso-
ever. An invited member Of
the group made the motion
that all unauthorized persons
be asked TO leave. and the
motion was seconded and
carried.
Then came the giveawayl
One Of these ''innocents"
demanded: viii you ask US
to leave?" The chairman re-
piled politely that the ruling
had been made. and called q
short recess so that the ladies
could exit with little enbar-
rassment Eleanor NJ. SmiI |.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Backs Foreign Aid

I am a. eager for economy
in government as any other
American whose pocketbook
nerve has so long been frayed.
But when / try to think criti-
cally Of that part Of the Presi-
dents new budget destined for
foreign aid ! find the logic
formidable.
Military aid: Obviously the
United States and other free
nations, in the face Of the vast
and grim Soviet menace, must
be strong. whatever the cost:
must be prepared to stand at
Armageddon II need be. and
battle for the independence Of
nations and the freedom Of
individuals. 1t is bound to be
cheaper in the long run, to
enlarge and strengthen the de-
tense team by arming our will
ing friends than to invite at
tack by permitting weak de-
tense areas. To me it's lust as
simple as that.
Economic aid: The rapid
economic progress whic h
characterized today's Western
world Is q deep-felt aspiration
everywhere Of peoples free to
express themselves. In associa-
ton with such q Western eco
nomic grouping. nations. large
and small. can expect their
efforts to produce an ever
widening diffusion Of material
benefits and ever higher
standards Of living. From the
expanding economies of the
United States and other friendly
nations will come the mutual
benefits Of wider markets and
increasing supplies Of raw ma
terials. From peoples In this
condition will naturally follow
a strong resistance to outside
subversive forces such as
would sacrifice their societies
and their economies 70 dis
ruptive Communist detectives.
It Is therefore in the United
States national interest to
foster and encourage economic
development IN countries bent
on maintaining their political
independence and to have
them intimately identified and
associated In q modern. pro-
Rressive, anti-communist free
world community.
- ~ N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25

The crepe-hangers, it now
appears. have been a bit pre-
mature. They have predicted
drastic defeat for President
Eisenhower in the budget fight.
They have again and again
shed crocodile tears over his
so-called diminishing leader
ship and the probable defeat
Of his legislative program.
The President. however. is
now reasserting a leadership he
never relinquished. The Re-
publicans and the Democrats
in Congress who oppose him
are beginning to realize that
he remains the strongest fig
ure in the United States today.
Another rather widespread
effort to discredit the Eisen-
hover administration has been
an attempt to show the Vice
President. Richard M. Nixon.
as a dodger seeking to elm
mate himself as far as pos
sible from the contest, pre-
sumably to curry favor with
both sides. Nothing could be
further from the fact. The
Vice President has spoken out
unequivocally in support Of
the Presidents budget-par-
ticularly in support Of the ma
tional defense and foreign aid
items. Four times has he gone
to the front in this fight in
the last three or four weeks,
first when he addressed the
United States Chamber Of
Commerce; second, when he
delivered an address in Chi
cago April 80; third. in an ad-
dress in Hartford. Conn, May
IA. and finally, Thursday night
in New York where he spoke
to the American Iron and Steel
Institute. He was particularly
strong in his New York speech
in support Of the national de-
tense and foreign aid pro-
grams.
Right In Statements
He could not have been more
correct when he told his lis
teners this is no time to reduce
our national defense effort
when we are seeking some ar
rangement with Soviet Russia
for arms limitation. He was
correct, too, when he pointed
out that the foreign aid pro-
gram is saving this country
billions Of dollars which it
would otherwise have to ex-
pend to increase our own mill
tary forces and equipment.
Obviously he was right. too.
when he pointed out that the
Advisory Council of the Demo-
cratic Party is charging that
the Eisenhower administration
is probusiness, and on the other
hand certain business groups
have charged that this is q
New Deal administration bent
on spending the Nation into
bankruptcy-and he said that
obviously both these charges
cannot be true. Indeed, Nixon
correctly declared. neither Is
true.
Much has been said about
modern Republicanism." and
what 1t may mean. There Is
just one yardstick-President
Eisenhower's program and the