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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
Support for School Loans

1t is significant that the Commits
sioners' committee Of citizens, reviewing
the public works program, recommends
more borrowing to finance construction.
The original public works program
included borrowing. But 1t was restricted
to highway, sewer and water plant i'm
provement. Now the recommendation Is
that the same principle be extended to
construction projects financed from gen.
eral revenues, the schools in particular.
We think this makes sense and have
advocated the same thing. The citizens
committee not only thinks 1t makes sense,
they see no sensible alternative. It is
out Of the question to build what needs
to be built In time to meet pressing needs,
by paying for it out Of current revenue.
The current revenue is not available.
And unless we resort to borrowing, con-
struction Of new schools will never be
able to keep UP with demand for such
facilities.
The Board of Education, and Super
intendent Of Schools Corning, should take
great satisfaction from the recommends
tons Of the citizens. For up to this time
they have been unable to get any support
from the District Building In their adj
vocacy Of borrowing program. Now
comes group Of businessmen, selected
largely because Of their financial knowl-
edge and ability, to back the school
people. Not all the way, perhaps. for the
school people want more than the citi-
zens' committee is willing to recommend
at this time. But such differences are
trifiing and unimportant. The important
thing Is recognition, by an influential
group of citizens, that the only way to
get needed school construction under way
is borrowing program, spreading the
cost over the years. That is precisely
what the school people have been saying.
The borrowing would be through
Treasury advances, or loans. There can
be no rational objection to such q pro-
gram, II viewed, as 1t should be, as
necessarily Joint undertaking between the
people Of this community and the ex-
clusively controlling National Govern
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
Unrecimented Farmer

Shame on you for burying
the story Of Farmer Stevens
growing wheat on his farm on
page %. Such criminals should
be exposed on the front page!
What does he think this Is
anyhow? A free country? Does
he think he can grow as much
food as he wants on his farm
and not even let the Govern
ment snoop around to see II
he is obeying its orders?
They ought to throw the
book at that guyl Or at least
that part Of it which they
are not using to search for
technicalities to keep hood
lums. rapists, and thieves from
being punished. The courts
may also wish to retain q few
pages to protect extortionists
who charge union members q
regular fee for the privilege Of
retaining their jobs and earn
ing q living. Otherwise, his
punishment should be swift
and severe.
If vicious people like Farmer
Stevens. who produce goods,
are not stopped. the practice
will spread; and soon there
viii be more and more. cost
ing less and less-until. be-
fore you know it. even the COM
mon people can afford to live!
Calvin G. Dietrich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
MAKING Them Clean

Together with Chairman Strauss Of
the Atomic Energy Commission, three
distinguished scientists now have virtually
guaranteed the advent of clean" nuclear
weapons that will have practically no
radioactive fallout. The scientists, all
from the University of California Radia-
ton Laboratory, are Drs. Mark Mills,
Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller, often
referred to as the father of the hydrogen
bomb. In effect, what they have Just
told reporters at the White House
amounts to news of prime importance for
the whole world, and it is news Of an
essentially reassuring nature.
For these men have made clear that
our American tests of A and H weapons
have shown us how to lessen the fallout
hazard to vanishing point. This possi-
bility was first suggested in the spring and
summer OF last year, when Mr.. Strauss
announced that the Eniwetok expert
ments Of that period had confirmed the
theory that radioactivity from such ex-
plosions could be minimized and localized
ito an extent not heretofore appreciated
Since then, a great deal Of work along
that line has been carried out by scien-
lists like Mills, Lawrence and Teller, with
the result that President Eisenhower him
self has said, as recently as three weeks
ago, that I'VE have reduced fallout from
bombs by nine-tenths."
However, progress in this field has
been so rapid that Mr.. Strauss and the
three scientists now describe the Presi-
dents figure as very conservative" In
deed, although guarded in many respects,
and although purposely vague as to
whether all this applies to megaton as
well as to kiloton bombs, their White
House remarks leave little room for doubt
that something exceedingly close to
ten-tenths, or total, reduction Of fallout
will be achieved "if we can continue to
work." In other words, they envision the
near-future prospect of producing nuclear
weapons that would in a sense be "juSt
like" TNT-almost as non-radioactive in
their overall effect, though Of course
tremendously more powerful"
Because of security restrictions, the
scientists-who apparently want to con-
finue experimental detonaupns regardless
III the current disarmament talks-have
not told US Just how this can be realized,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
Plight of Pensioners

1t Is strange indeed to note
that passage Of legislation to
aid retired Federal annuitants
seems to be hopelessly dead.
Government employees received
a raise in salary and retire
ment benefits In 1856. and 1t
was q staggering blow to those
who had retired prior to Oc-
tober. 1856, not to be included
in the bill. But all we're hope
full that this Congress would
see to 1t that the retirees would
be taken care Of. Instead, we
learn that Chairman Neuber-
ger and others are throwing
their weight to aid those
who received aid last year.
Some time ago The Star
carried an article which said
that Congress recognized the
plight Of the retirees, but to
grant them an increase from
the retirement fund" would
weaken 1t. and to vote such an
increase was out Of the question
at this time. Why not give II
to the people who are in de-
sperate need and pass those
who are getting a comfortable
income?
Former virginia Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25

existing among all companies
in the research and engineer
ing field. Locating q branch of
the University Of Virginia near
Burke. where 1t would be sub
ject to the annoyance and
hazard Of q Jet airport If one
were located there. was ap-
parently too much Of q gamble
in the minds Of those charged
with making the decision as
to location Of the branch.
Thus, not only did that locality
lose out on q fine community
asset. but the very kind Of in
dustry we want to attract re-
ceived q setback. as well.
II the mere threat Of a Set
airport at Burke has this kind
Of an effect. we hope more
than ever that we can be
spared the real thing. Keep
up the fine work. Mr.. Broyhill.
Ernest w. Relsner.
Chairman. Home Owners OPP
posed TO Jet Airport in
Fairfax County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
ToIerotion Act

lie IOlioWlng statement al.
tributed to the Rev. c. Stanley
Lowell appeared in The Star
Of June 10. 1857: THE Mary
land Assembly which passed
the famous Act Of liberation
was overwhelmingly Protestant.
In the year 1850 there were.
in fact. only four Roman
Catholic members Of the as
sembly. and three Of them OBJ
jected to the act"
This statement Is incorrect
on all counts. First, the Assem-
bly, Of l649. passed the Act
Concerning Religion" COM
monty called the federation
Act. This was q different group
Of men from those which made
up the Assembly Of 1850. Sec
ondly. the Assembly of 1649
was not overwhelmingly Prot
estant, nor that Of 1850 for
that matter. Thirdly, no one
knows how the members of the
assembly voted on the Act. If
the Rev. Lowell has discovered
some new evidence on this
third point, every student OF
early Maryland history will
appreciate learning Of his
source.
Actually. as George L. Davis
a Protestant. established in hi;
book, THE Day-Star Of Ameri-
can Freedom" published in
1855. the members of the 164s
assembly were: Robert Clarke
Thomas Greene. John Pile
Cuthbert Fenwick, George
Manners. John Mansell. VIII
liam Peake (Pakes), William
Breton. Catholics: William
Stone. Thomas Hatton. Johr
Price. Robert Vaughan. Phillip
Conner. Richard Banks. Prot
estants; Richard Browne
Thomas Thornborough. religion
unknown.
In the century that has in
tervened since Mr.. Davis pub
lished his book. no one hal
been able to controvert the re-
suit Of his thorough research
Also, 1t is an established fac
that the Roman Catholic Pro
prietary. Cecilius. Lord Balti
more. originated the Act Con
corning Religion" (Hall. TIL,
Lords Baltimore and the Mary,
land Palatinate: Ives. The Arl
and the Dove). and Genera
Bradley T. johnson in his I'm,
work. 1.-THE Foundation o
Maryland" makes a good cas-
: that the author OF the Act
was Father Henry More, tn
Provincial Of the Society o
Jesus in England.
Edwin w. Bethel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25

Joseph Young's item IN the
Federal Spotlight Of June 10.
in which he outlined the Gov
ernment's %. tough policy
governing the dismissal Of
employees in non-air-cooled
buildings on sweltering days"
generated quite Q little addi-
tional heat In this Federal
worker.
My ire. however. does not
stem primarily from the selec-
ton Of temperature-h humidity
combinations. however ridicu-
lous these may be, but from
the selfish and senseless atti-
tudes held by most Congress-
men who steadfastly refuse to
appropriate funds for air.
conditioning which would pro-
vide the only realistic answer
to the problem.
II these Congressmen were
willing to stir outside Of their
own aforementioned ofnces
and venture into some Of the
steaming. sitting Federal Of
fees on almost any summers
day. ! think they might be
enlightened. They would see,
amidst q jungle Of whirring
fans, employees trying hard
not to notice the noise of
fans. the trickle Of perspiration
at their backbones and the
fact that they are sticking un-
comfortably to their chairs. II
the visiting Congressmen were
particularly discerning, they
would notice o gross shortage
in the days production, even
though IL appeared that these
employees had been working
steadily all day. Day-dreaming
is so easily mistaken for
thought. as is paper-shufiiing
for productive action. To de-
grees which vary with the
temperature and humidity.
production suffers. and. over
the course Of q summer. suffers
badly. Add to this the loss suf-
fered when the magical for
mula for dismissal is reached
and thousands Of dollars in
employee salaries stream out
Of Federal Office doors. When
this coup d'etat is inflicted
upon him. every taxpayer
should feel an invisible tug at
his purse-strings.
It is difiicult to imagine how
this annual loss can continue
to be ignored by q Congress
and an administration which
so diligently apply themselves
to reducing the Federal
budget. however mysteriously
they go about these reductions.
Congressman who would be
willing to advocate openly the
expenditure Of money for air
conditioning in the face Of
possible criticism from their
constituents would be even
more refreshing in the WASH
ington scene than the elusiv,
cool summer breeze which
Federal employees search fol
when the temperature climbs
above 90 degrees but not
quite as high as IS.
Roger A. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
Web in the Wind

Web In the tDind,
! match you stDGy on the fine
0oSSdmter thread
The sun makes Uisible.
win pour prehensile, tdut-
drdtDn fldment hold fast
From distant leaf to leaf. iDeb
IN the iDind,
Seeming to yield as eUen steel
must Oive
With the stern impact on It's
molecules?
Do I distend you TO a cosmic
round.
Seeking to find that tohdt Is
slight endures,
Euen your frdilty.
Web In the iDind7
Alice Clear Motthswy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
Planners Groqqy?

The front-page article In
The Star of June 10 entitled
Planning Unit to Urge Glover
Parkway to 240." by George
Beveridge. coming at the peak
OF deadly heat wave, almost
knocked me out.
For years now, city planning
councils have been making
every possible effort to route
through traffic around cities,
and all truck traffic which
must enter the cities through
commercial areas. It would
seem our National Capital
Planning Committee is also
groggy from the heat wave.
/. among many thousands,
with thousands more to come
as Federal installations move
into Maryland. must travel out
Wisconsin avenue, onto Rock.
vile pike or Old Georgetown
road. morning and evening, to
and from work. This traffic
added to the through truck
and tourist travel coming down
Wisconsin avenue onto Idaho
avenue. through Glover park
way. would merge with Canal
road traffic. local Virginia
traffic and enter already over
burdened traffic arteries across
the river.
Wouldn't 1t make sense to
bring this traffic across the
Potomac over the proposed
bridge at Great Falls, give the
travellers the opportunity to
see the beautiful and refresh
ing sight Of our lovely scenic
area at that point. and let 1t
flow into all the southern
routes above the congested
roads Of the greater Metro
politan Area?
Knowing The Star is q cru
sader for good. I beg you to
put your effort behind q better
solution Of this problem and
bring these planners" to their
senses.
Many citizens of Washing
ton will be most grateful.
Inez M. DemOnet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
BroyhiH and Burke

1t is to be hoped that by
now the poor judgment The
Star used in attacking Rep
resentative Broyhill for his OPP
position to an airport at
Burke will be as evident to you
as 1t is to others. There seem
to be quite a few individuals
in the 10th congressional dis
trict Of Virginia who are more
than pleased with the repre-
sentation they are getting on
that subject, as perusal Of
recent d itions Of The Star
has shown. The most striking
indication Of this. Of course.
was provided by the open let
ter to Representative Broyhill
appearing June IA.
The six individuals who
signed that letter. run as an
advertisement. are executives
Of Melpar, Inc, one Of Fair
fax County's new and promi-
nent industries-and Just the
kind we want and need. In
addition to not wanting to see
their homes ruined, these gen.
tlemen are probably chagrined
that the blighting effects OF
the mere threat Of a large Jet
airport have already made
themselves known In q manner
uniquely harmful to companie;
such as Melpar. Engineering
and research organizations
like to have educational insti.
tutions nearby. because Of the
opportunities for specialized
study thereby afforded theil
employees. Such opportunities
are frequently cited as an In
ducement for employme In
the present strong comp flor
for technical personns aov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25

but we can take their word for It. In
that respect, the American tests of the
past year and those now taking place in
Nevada have justification that speaks
for itself. Their significance consists not
merely Of their contribution to our de-
fensive potential but also of their role
in terms Of making nuclear bombs far less
inhumane than they are in their "un-
clean" form. We can only hope that
the Russians are striving for progress in
the same direction as they build up their
own arsenal Of A and H weapons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

r. @. B. Of 8 street wants
to know about q strange bird.
"A few days since" he
writes, coming out Of a door,
I saw not many feet away but
at q point not easily accessible,
a bird Tapping violently and
evidently in serious trouble.
ITS movements slowed
down and in a minute or two
ended in death. I thing 1t had
probably collided with an I'M
noticed wire.
II am fairly familiar with
most Of the birds that at any
season inhabit this part Of the
country or even pass through,
but I had never seen such q
bird; nor could I find q picture
resembling 1t in any bird book
possessed by me.
= 80
Unfortunately, I saw 1t
very briefly and under very
unfavorable circumstances. It
was necessary for me to catch
q bus almost Immediately,
another like which would not
pass for 40 minutes. So I had
to leave the vicinity very
quickly and was never able to
examine the bird close at hand
and when not In movement.
1T seemed to me rather
larger than a robin. It's
breast was bright yellow like
that Of q meadowlark and this
yellow continued UP about the
head. being there broken by
markings Of black somewhat
as with the hairy or downy
woodpockers and I think there
was a sizeable black mark at
the throat.
THE wings were spotted
with yellow and black and the
back streaked longitudinally
with black and white or yell
low much as with the mark
ings Of the birds above men,
toned.
1.-THE bird presented an al
most gorgeous appearance
but had no other colors any
where upon its plumage ex-
cept those mentioned. The
beak or bill seemed short, un-
like those Of the meadowlark
or flicker that might be sug-
gested by the color.
IF you can identify this
bird by the necessarily poor
description, I will be much In
terested and obliged.
THE place OF the occurrenc,
was Silver Spring. It has &C.
CURED to me as possible 4
might have been an exotic
bird escaped from the roo Of
elsewhere IN captivity"
- ~
This bird might have beef
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25
Governors Scan Ranks for Candidates

ing Hartman for the COVER
norship Of New York, and their
candidate be q strong figure,
he might enter the presi-
Dental picture. As Of today.
there is q wild scramble for
the Republican nomination for
Governor under way. Gov.
Meyner Of New Jersey is likely
to have strong support for q
Democratic presidential nomi-
nation II he wins reelection.
He Is an attractive figure
who has made an excellent
record as Governor and has
appeal TO some Of the Repub-
lican voters.
Big Story In California
The California story Il the
big story Of the day on the
Republican side. Gov. Knight
is telling reporters he is not q
candidate for the 1860 presi-
Dental nomination. Neverthe-
less, 1t seems entirely clear he
is anxious to run for another
term as Governor. although he
has made no public announce
ment Of his candidacy so far.
With Senator william r.
Knowland, Republican leader
Of the upper house, breathing
down his neck as q probable
contender for the gubernatoriai
nomination next year, knight
has something to think about.
He insists. however, he is max
ing no deal with Vice Presi-
dent Nixon to defeat Know
land for the gubernatorial
nomination and for his.
Knights. support Of Vice Presi-
dent Nixon for the 1860 presi-
Dental nomination.
The three prominent Repub-
lican leaders. however, con-
tinue to cloud the @. o. p.
picture in their State. Know
land Is now promising to an
nounce his own plans within
the next couple Of months. If
and when he does. Gov. Knight
will be on the hot spot, If
he hasn't announced his own
candidacy for reelection in ad-
vance Of Knowland. It seems
obvious that If Senator Know
land runs for Governor and is
elected. he will toss his hat in
the ring for the 1860 presiden-
tial nomination when the prop
er time comes. Indeed, he is
fast becoming q leading can
didate Of conservative Repub-
licans for that nomination.
Neither Gov. Stfattbn of
Illinois nor Gov. O,Neill Of
Ohio is now regarded as q
strong potential candidate for
q presidential nomination. o.
Neill succeeded q familiar and
prominent figure at the Gov
errors Conferences over the
last decade-Frank j. Lausche,
now q Democratic Senator, but
f1ve times q Governor. The
list Of Senators who may aspire
to q presidential nomination
may be extended to include
Lausche. He would be accept
able to many conservative
Democrats. AS Of today. he il
only a freshman Senator, and
on the Democratic side Sena-
tors Kefauver Of Tennessee,
Kennedy Of Massachusetts, and
Humphrey Of Minnesota all
appear to have stronger sup
port for a possible presidential
nomination.
The Democrats in California
viii make q strenuous effort to
elect a Governor and q Sena-
tor next year. Gov. Knight has
expressed an opinion that
Knowland's candidacy for
Governor with a potential hard
fight in the Republican pri-
mary might lead to Democratic
victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-25

Three years before the pres
idential nominations Of 1860,
prominent Democratic and Re-
publican Governors meeting
at the 49th annual Governors
Conference in Williamsburg,
Va, are showing signs Of their
deep interest in potential
candidates - themselves in
cluded.
Both major political parties
have been prone to nominate
Governors Of States for Pres
ident. This is especially true
Of the Democratic Party for
the last IS years. And today
the crop Of potential candi-
dates for the Democratic pres
idential nomination contains
Gov. williams Of Michigan,
Gov. Meyner Of New Jersey,
and Gov. Leader Of Pennsylva-
mia. On the Republican side
there are three Governors from
big and key States-Gov
Knight Of California, Gov.
Stratton Of Illinois, and Gov.
O'Neill Of Ohio. Gov. McKeldin
Of Maryland and Gov. Thorn
son Of Wisconsin may be in the
picture for q place on the ma
tional ticket. too.
At this early date none of
the Governors are announcing
their candidacy. However, 1t is
no secret that some Of them
are running and have been
ever since last year. For ex-
ample, Gov. g. Mennen Will
"Soapy"-is not hiding
his light under q bushel. even
though when questioned by re-
porters In Williamsburg he was
unwilling to 60 beyond q state
ment that he would be a candi-
date "for something" in 1858.
His intimates.; however. are
firmly convinced that he will
seek q sixth term as Governor.
that he will be reelected and
that he viii use the ONCE as q
springboard for the 1860 pres
idential nomination Of his
party. He could, Of course, run
for the Senate against the Re-
publican Senator Potter. Pres
idential candidates in the
Senate. among the Democrats.
are almost q dime q dozen and
no Democratic Senator has
been nominated for President
for years and years.
Meyner Has State Fight
Gov. Meyner Of New Jersey
is equally silent about 1860
He has q big Job on his hands
today II he is to stay In the
political picture. He is run
ming for reelection next No
vember against q Republican
opponent, Malcolm Forbes
Q likely campaigner. Gov
Leader Of Pennsylvania. un.
able to succeed himself in thai
Office under the State law. may
run for the Senate next year
But even should he win, h;
would find another Democratic
Pennsylvania Senator-Clarl
with q prior claim to con-
sideration for o presidential
nomination.
For the first time in years
there is no Governor Of New
York raising his head as {
potential nominee for Presi'
dent. Gov. Averell Hartman
made q bid for the Democrat,
nomination last year and go
nowhere at all. He will ruI
for reelection as Governor
next year, but even should HI
win. the odds are all agains
his obtaining q presidential
nomination. His poor run TO
such q nomination In 1856
plus the fact he will be 6!
years old in 1860, seems t,
eliminate him. Should tn,
Republicans succeed in defeat