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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Subordinate K. c.
Councils Elect

The subordinate councils Of
the District knights Of Column
bus last night held its annual
elections. The results were
Washington No. 224-V. L. q.
|Matelis. grand knight; Nicolaus
Bruins. IT,. deputy grand knight:
Martin ]. Ryan. chancellor;
James Gatens, recorder, and
Lester Moss, treasurer.
Keane No. 353-Robert Kirby,
grand knight; George Parker,
deputy grand knight; Anthony
d'Ambrosio. chancellor: James p.
McGrath. recorder, and Harry
Utz. treasurer.
Carroll No. 377-Frank v.
Garcia. grand knight; Bernard
Donald. deputy grand knight;
Joseph M. Basso, chancellor; Gil
bert z. Wiser, recorder, and
Justin j. Mccarthy, treasurer.
Potomac No. 433-Robert L.
Sheridan. grand knight; william
T. Herman. deputy grand knight;
q. Francis Daw, chancellor;
James F. Miller, recorder, and
A. w. Neale, treasurer.
B. Byrne No. 3e77-T. Earl
Noe, grand knight: Henry j.
Franks. jr., deputy grand knight;
James j. Glennon. chancellor;
Orlando c. Caciola, recorder,
and Frank Tucci, treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Governors Viewed as Not Expecting
Anything From Stotes' RIGHTS Speech

than Eisenhower does. They
are professionals who have
formed their own judgments
about his strengths and weak
nesses. They guess he viii not
give the energy and time to
the enormously difncult and
tedious process Of directing
planned reversal Of present
trends. So they ask: Why get
excited?
Some side effects Of the
speech are possible and could
be important. The President
has consistently rebuffed eff
forts by Negro leaders to in
duce him TO visit the segrega-
ton backgrounds of the
South and there put his pres
tige behind the Supreme Court
ruling. Now he has made q
speech in Virginia, leader Of
the antisegregation States, and
1t Is an appeal to join him In
the restoration and preserva-
ton Of States Rights.
Southern Governors promise
that the Eisenhower plea will
get much attention in what
they refer to as "the extended
debate" on his civil rights
program. They also suggest
that they have heard it be-
fore-from the President when
he campaigned in the South.
In the same way. the President
has hurt the Federal aid for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
DORIS FLEEsoN
No Fight Over FederoI-S State Issue

education bill. though he again
urged its approval. But the
partisan fever Is low. It's hot,
and the Governors dol try to
keep this conclave reasonably
unpolluted.
The party politics, In fact,
moves to Washington where
the White House has taken
advantage Of the presence In
the vicinity Of the 10 Repub-
hcan Governors to do some
fence-mending. All are invited
to lunch with the President
and strategy huddles with the
stan.
The effort is wen worth their
while. From an organization
standpoint. Republicans are as
deeply handicapped, If not
more so. by the fact that 20
Statehouses are In Democratic
hands as they are by the loss
OF control Of Congress. They
have q chance to improve that
situation next year when 80
Governors are up for re-elec-
ton, 20 Of them Democrats
and Is Republicans.
Twelve Of the Democratic
held States and eight Of those
controlled by Republicans are
doubtful. It is in this area that
Democrats have been making
uninterrupted gains since 1858.
II the trend is not checked
next year. it could 60 hard
with the Republican nominee
to succeed President Eisen-
hover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Promise of The Clean H-Bon1b

What was back of the COM
munist strategy on testing?
One motive was to get testing
outlawed so that public opin-
ion would inevitably outlaw
the bomb, itself. For, If the
peoples Of the world became
convinced that testing was
dangerous. how much more
dangerous would the use Of the
bomb itself be in war? To ask
the question Is to answer It.
If and when the use Of H
bombs and other nuclear
weapons in war is prohibited
by mutual agreement, then
what? How can their manu-
facture be prohibited also?
How can America be sure that
the Communists. who have vio-
lated their pledges beforehand
are doing so this very year in
Korea-would hereafter keep
their promises? 'Fool-proof"
methods Of inspection are
talked about, but they cannot
overcome every conspiratorial
plan to evade an agreement.
Until there Is good faith,
therefore, no agreement by the
Communists is worth the paper
1t Is written on. Good faith
can only be established II there
are free governments in Mos
COW and Peiping. Until then,
the free world has to maintain
q nuclear defense.
For II the United States and
Britain did give up the manu.
facture Of atomic weapons or
II the use Of any big bombs
were outlawed, then Commu.
mist Imperialism could readily
conquer the world. Its ground
forces could overrun any coun-
try In Europe and Asia. Under
this threat, together with the
system Of indltration the Com
munists have perfected, there
would be no certainty that
overseas bases now granted to
America for nuclear warfare
defense would be available for
our use.
The Communists have been
playing Q clever game In mill
tary strategy. But the develop.
ment Of the "clean bomb" is
Q turning point In the cold
war;" It comes very near to
assuring absolutely the sur
vival Of the free world. Il is a
great victory for science and
for humanity.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
DORIS FLEEsON

WILLIAMSBURG. va.-The
Presidents States Rights
speech to the Governors. Con-
ference was real vintage Eisen-
hover.
It dealt in earnest generali-
ties with q familiar but COM
pick subject having q high
emotional content. 1t proposed
nothing specific to be done any
time soon that could possibly
hurt anybody.
The Governors applause was
perfunctory and their actions
viii be likewise. They will not
fight over it; they Just don't
expect anything to come Of 1t.
The President. himself; did
not seem entirely happy with
his own m a n uscript. He
wrestled doggedly with 1t amid
the Governors dense silence.
Belatedly realizing he was not
getting any applause ct all. he
rather desperately interpolated
that he really meant what he
was saying and would lobby
for 1t.
A few Of the more alert Gov
errors clapped sympathetically.
The President gave 1t UP then
Is q bad job and raced to the
end.
The simple truth Is that the
Governors think they know Q
lot more about this subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Kish1s Fruitful Visit to u. S,

ton and all It's terrors. The
same can be said about the
Republic Of Korea which looks
at Tokyo with utmost suspi-
cion.
Twelve years after VI day
the Korean people and their
government strongly suspect
that Japan, as soon as it has
built itself up as the main
free Asian power. may have de-
signs on their sovereignty and
independence.
The Indonesians were irked
by a remark attributed to
Kishi in which he is said to
have implied that Japan need
not be in a hurry to settle its
reparations problems with that
country. because Indonesia's
internal crises would soon COM
pei q settlement on Tokyo's
terms. As a result Of these
situations, Kishi avoided ia
karta. Manila and Seoul In his
swing through the free Asian
countries.
Moreover. ask these skep-
tical officials who have far
less enthusiasm for Japan's as
suming the leading role in the
recovery Of free Asia, would It
not be wiser for us to await
further developments in that
country? Kishi is undoubtedly
q well-meaping man. He may
even be q sincere friend Of
America and what we stand
for. But the domestic situation
in Japan is still nebulous. The
anti-American feeling among
the Japanese people has been
IN alarming proportions In the
last few years. A prime min.
lister in q newly democratic
country like Japan Is no more
certain Of his Office than the
Premier Of France. What will
happen If, perchance, some
member Of the younger super
nationalistic intelligentsia
comes to ONCE and directs the
policies Of his country toward
cooperation with the Commu.
mist bloc?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26

in the wastepaper basket. The
FPC eventually approved the
Idaho Power plan, though
Its examiner held that one
high dam, such as the Army
Engineers recommended, was
the best way to utilize all the
potential. Stepping out Of his
province, he said he did not
think Congress would approve
that, and so recommended the
Idaho Power plan. He is likely
to be proved wrong about
Congress.
You know the recent story.
The quick tax write-on for
Idaho Power. q tax abate-
ment: then, just as the SEN
ate was about to vote, Idaho
Powers eleventh-hour request
for cancellation Of that tax
favor. And. weeks after the
fact, revelation that Secre-
tary Of Interior Fred II. Sea-
ton had strongly urged against
this tax privilege for Idaho
Power, indicating his suspicion
Of the wisdom Of this whole
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Action for Single High Dam Viewed
As Upsetting Power Vaccinations

For another similarity In
Dixon-Yates and Hells Cam
yon. there are the snide,
sneaky, backstairs methods that
have been revealed in con-
gressional investigations.
Since Congress still has q
way to correct the wrong done
IN the Hells Canyon case
through House passage Of the
bill which was approved q few
days ago by the Senate, it seems
timely to take q look at the
behind-the scenes maneuvers,
all Of which are documented.
Dixon-Yates first. That starts
with the Detroit banker,
Joseph w. Dodge, director Of
the budget early in the first
Eisen h w er administration.
He wanted q complete change
OF Government water resource
policy so that iva and even
tually other huge public multi
purpose projects would be
turned over to private utility
combines-though that was no
more his business than It is
the business Of your Uncle
Dudley.
One day he was talking to
q friend, George D. Woods.
chairman Of the First Boston
Corporation, about his plan.
Woods had Just the man to
draft his plan, one Of First
Boston's own men by name Of
Adolphe Wenzell. So Wenzell
came to Washington, drew I'D
an overall plan and then an
other which would be the first
step to take care Of iva. That
was the scheme to contract
with q couple Of big utility
magnates with Southern hold
ingS doing business at 2 Rec
tor street. New York. Edgar
H. Dixon and Eugene A. Yates.
They would build q plant Of
their own In West Memphis,
Ark. and produce power that
would be sold to iva, an en-
tering wedge. supposedly to
compensate for power iva
would furnish TO the Atomic
Energy Commission at Padu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
THOMAS L. STOKES
Senate Action on HeIIs CANYON

cab, KY. When you devise such
q devious scheme-you can be
sure there's something fishy.
There was. But did the pub
lie know anything about It?
No-not for several months.
Then Senator Lister Hill,
Democrat Of Alabama, q spon-
sor Of iva, exposed In a Sem
ate speech how Wenzell was
involved. An investigation con-
Quoted by Senator Estes Ke-
fauver, Democrat Of Tennes-
see. showed that Wenzell was
q consultant of the Budget
Bureau and, at the same time,
working for First Boston Cor
poration, which was doing the
financing for the Dixon Yates
scheme. That is known as con-
fiict Of interest. II Is against
the law. You never saw so
much scurrying around in the
administration. and wringing
Of hands In righteous indigna-
ton, which ended up by the
Government cancelling the
contract 1t had originated.
Now for Hells Canyon. Tho
opening scene Is the office OF
Secretary Of Interior Douglas
Mckay. himself from the Pa
cific Northwest, from Oregon.
The time-early in the Eisen-
hover administration. On his
desk before him is q paper he
has prepared TO back up a
memorandum that his prede-
cessor in the Truman admin
istration, Secretary Oscar
Chapman, had submitted to
the Federal Power Commits
sion. It recommended one high
Federal dam at Hells Canyon
as the way to develop the full
potential there. as found by
the Army Engineers. The tele-
phone rings. The White House
calling-Mr. Sherman Adams,
the Presidents alter ego. He
instructed Secretary Mckay to
withdraw the Chapman men,
orandum, which would be
notice that the new admin
istration supported the Idaho
Power Co proposal. Douglas
Mckay put down the phone,
reached for his paper. tore It
INTO little pieces and threw It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26

regardless Of how much you
may be willing to spend. It
is not your fault. out those
people regard you as colonial
lists" Unless you give us not
only your confidence but also
the necessary cash, you will
not be able to overcome the
persistent drive China and
Russia are making in that
area. You will lose not only
the countries which have be-
come independent since the
end Of the war, but you may
md that Japan, also forced by
circumstances. might eventu-
ally go the Red way.
These arguments, 1t is said
In knowing quarters, made the
expected impression. The idea
Of saving Southeast Asia by
moving Japan to the forefront
was appealing In view Of the
difficulties the administration
has encountered in some Of the
Southeast Asian countries.
Much was made Of the recent
statement by the Ceylon am
bassador in Tokyo that had it
not been for Japan entering
World War II when 1t did,
"Ceylon would not have gained
its independence" And Kishi
left Washington with what
may be a promissory note for
half o billion dollars.
There were. however, some
doubling Thomases in. the
administration who did not
buy" Kishi's arguments as
readily as some Of their col
leagues. They pointed out that
the prestige and understand
ing Of the Japanese by the free
Asians are not Is the Japanese
Premier tried to represent. The
peoples Of the Philippines. for
instance. are strongly pro-
American and anti ommu-
mist. But they are also anti
Japanese. They have not for
gotten the japanese occupa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26

II you know what's been
going on behind the sleek.
shiny front Of Eisenhower ad-
ministration peace, prosperity
and social welfare" there Is
ironic justice. in the admins
tration's defeat by the Senate
and its Democrats on the Hells
Canyon dam issue.
For this exposes to public
view the acknowledgements
Vaccinations by the admins
tration. and for the second
time on q big scale. to hand
over valuable natural resources
to politically powerful utility
interests. The attempt In this
case Is to turn over this last
biggest undeveloped water
power site on the continent
this one located In the Pacific
Northwest-to q private corr
poration, the Idaho Power
Company Of Augusta, Me.
The other case was. Of
course, the notorious Dixon
Yates scheme designed TO de-
stroy the great iva in the
Southeast.
The pattern is similar in two
ways. For one thing. the adj
ministration was severely re-
buked In both attempted raids
on the public domain that be-
longs to all Of US. In Dixon
Yates. 1t confessed It's own
guilt by cancelling the con-
tract. Now, in Hells Canyon,
the Senate, in q clear afiirma-
ton Of majority public opinion
in the Pacific Northwest, has
voted to authorize the Federal
Government to build one high
dam at Hells Canyon in the
Snake River along the Idaho
Oregon border. That Is In
keeping with the Army Engi-
neers' plan for integrated de-
velopment Of the great Column
bia River system, in contrast
with the three small dams pro-
posed by the daho Power
Company, which already has
started work under license by
the Federal Power Commits
fOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
DAVID LAWRENCE

Virtual perfection Of the
'clean bomb" which has Just
been announced. is the most
sensational development In
the atomic age.
II means that "fall-out"
will. for all practical pur-
poses. be eliminated hereafter
II O nation uses clean bombs"
It helps to assure the safety
Of the United States from de-
struction by o powerful enemy.
It assures the civilian pop
ulation Of all countries against
the hazard Of "fall-out."
1t removes all logical rea-
sons hitherto advanced against
the testing Of nuclear weapons.
u vindicates the testing that
has been going on for several
years, for without the tests the
clean bomb" could not have
been developed.
It gives the United States q
really effective deterrent
against war. For It means that
America can and win use the
clean bomb" to thwart an
aggressor and that there viii
be no danger Of "fall.out"
to the peoples Of either the
enemy country or our allied
countries or to the neutral
peoples.
The United States will re-
tain the so-called "dirty bomb"
for such use as may be neces-
sary II an enemy uses that
kind Of weapon but otherwise
the policy win be to use only
q clean bomb" Its power to
destroy an enemy target is as
great as that Of any other
bomb.
The fact that the scientists
working for our Government
have been developing Q big
bomb that Is somewhere be-
tween IS and 100 per cent
clean" has been intimated in
press conferences by ofiicials
here for many months. There
has been a tendency In some
quarters on Capitol Hill To
ridicule the idea that any
such bomb was likely to be
developed soon. But the visit
Of the top nuclear scientists to
the White House this week
and their announcements
afterward serve to emphasize
the great strides that have
been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Perfection Is Called Sensational Event
And Victory for Worlds Humanity

President Eisenhower has
said all along that the testing
was needed to get q "clean
bomb" Before Harold Stassen
went to London for the dis
armament talks. he was well
aware Of the development. In
deed. 1t may be that what the
American Government knew Of
the successful experiments be-
ing carried on Influenced its
determination to offer a dis
armament agreement to Mos
COW.
The crux Of the disarma-
ment problem Is the need to be
sure that the United States
will not give up her safety on
the basis Of a paper pledge
from the Communists.
It becomes quite clear now
what the Communist strategy
has been. First q propaganda
for the outlawing Of the bomb
was initiated. This failed.
Then the Communists turned
their energies toward foment-
ing q worldwide propaganda
against testing. This failed.
too. because the British and
American governments saw
through the maneuver.
The Russian propaganda
was Internationally aided by
many loyal and sincere scien-
lists and others here and
abroad who felt that fall
out" from tests could be dam
gerous to future generations.
Neither side. Of course. in the
controversy among the scien-
fists. could prove conclusively
what the future would or
would not bring from fall
out" so the argument man.
aged to scare q. lot Of by.
ISLANDERS who couldn't UNDER
stand the gobbledygook Of the
scientists, anyway.
But now, with the virtual
completion Of the clean
bomb" there win be no fall
out" problem. either from the
tests or from the actual use
Of this "clean bomb" In war.
A 05 per cent "clean bomb"
Is said to be the equivalent Of
. small nuclear weapon Of the
dirty" type. which means Q
negligible amount Of RADIO
activity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-26
Lightning JoIts els

MDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. June
20 @.-Two bolts Of lightning
struck an artillery range here
yate yesterday. Twenty two
Army reservists were hurt. none
seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-27
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

/ How would you like to add
some valuable words to your vo-
cabulary--and have fun doing IT.?
Here are 10 interesting and use
full words. You'll know the mean.
ling of some of them-but Others
may prove puzzling. For each
numbered word you will find a
term of almost the same mean
ing among the definitions fol-
lowing it. For example, the word
numbered 2 may have practi-
Ically the same meaning as the
definition lettered C. Write this
down as &C.
When you have written down
Iall the answers, check the cor
rect pairings at the bottom. Score
10 for each correct answer-l00
lis excellent: 80. good; 10 or 30.
flair. II you score below 10. bet
tier look up the words you missed.
l. Prelude: ca Office of prel-
ate: (b) preface or introduce
Ition; Co Peruvian primate.
2. Gonfalon: (a) banner hung
from pole: tb) boat used in Ven-
lice; (c) Oriental bird.
;. Category: ca bloody fe-
lime; (b) medical instrument:
Co group or classification.
| 4. Artifact: (a) early sample
lof handicraft; CD modern artist:
(c) truth about modern art.
| S. Altimeter: (a) fear Of high
places: (b) device to measure
attitudes: Co a timekeeper.
s. Prolix: (a) intense anger:
(b) wild beasts Of Australia;
Co internal organs.
Z. Viscera: ta) intense anger;
(b) wild beasts of Australia; (c)
internal organs.
| 8. Saturnalia: (a) constella-
tion of Saturn; (b) orgy; (c)
Saturday night in Rome.
9. Servitor: (a) attendant;
(b) kind of refrigerator; (c) nap
kin.
20. Testator: (a) administra-
tor Of tests; (b) hard-shelled
animal; (c) one who leaves a
will.
Answers
LIB (PREL-yood) ga (GON-
lfuh-lon): &C (KAT-uh-gor-ee) ;
4-A (AR-tih-fakt); 5-B (al-
TIN -uh-ter): ga (proh-LIKS) ;
&c (VISS-er-uh); 8-B (sat-er-
lNAYL-yuh): GA (SER-vih-tor)
: 10-C (tess-TAY-ter).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-27
Answers to Our Presidents

Answers to Our Presidents
abraham Lincoln. Febru-
airy 81. 1860.
2--Henry Wadsworth Longfel-
low was born In Portland. Me-,
February q, 1907. while Thomas
Jefferson was President.
3--Blaine delivered a eulogy
of the late President James A
Garfield on February 81. 1882.
Questions on Preceding Page)
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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1957-06-21

But besides being a fine art,
lacquerware has more ordinary,
practical uses. 1t is acid, stain
and alcohol-resistant and can
stand a temperature as high as
$50 degrees fahrenheit. Modern
science has yet to come up with
anything that equals the COM
bined usefulness and artistry of
this 2,000-year-old craft or the
clean beauty of its high-gloss
finish. And now comes the news
that lacquer masters are expert
menting with new methods and
materials and coming up with
new designs for modern Ameri-
can homes.
Most people are acquainted
with attractive cigarette boxes
and trays or charming pieces
of furniture. Not so many know
the elaborate boxes for jewels
or highly ornamental decorative
screens. Many American SER
vicemen who brought home
beautiful specimens from Japan
now cherish them as their most
priced possessions. With them
grew a taste and demand for
more and now leading stores
everywhere import a variety of
interesting lacquerware.
Lac is the sap of the tree
Rhus Vernicifera, and similar
trees which grow in the Orient,
principally Japan, the only
country which today manufac-
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1957-06-21

lures fine lacquerware. Japan's
climate lends itself to the pecu-
liar needs of lacquerWare.
Pine wood is most commonly
used as the base. One of the most
complicated of arts, lacquerware
requires forty different steps for
the completion of gold lacquer
ware and as many as one hun
dred and fifty layers of lacquer
to provide perfect piece. And
because fine specimens must
still be made by hand in this
electronics age, it is becoming
scarcer. The most expensive and
elaborate lacquer work may re-
quire hundreds of coats and
several years of tedious work.
When dried, the surface is pol
ished with pulverized burnt
hartshorn in a dust-proof room.
The coats of lacquer are carved
through in a design which show
up in relief the delicate shadings
of colors.
Today, as 500 years ago,
Japanese craftsmen still turn
out fine lacquerware, which may
cost anything from So for a
charming ash tray to $500 or
more for an elaborate jewel
chest. Since output is limited,
buyers regard their purchases as
treasures, to be cherished in the
same way as precious heirlooms.