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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
Mory|onders May Have to Smoke
Their State Budget Into Balance

for them. It would mean less. also.
to the four other Maryland coun-
ties with cigarette taxes-namely
Hartford, Montgomery and Wicomi-
CO which have 2-cent levies and
Garrett, with its cent levy.
One of the key questions in the
tax debate will be whether or not
the tobacco tax would aversely af-
feet Maryland tobacco farmers.
The 1855 report of the Legisla-
tive Councils committee on taxa
ton, headed by State Senator Ed
ward S. Northrop of Montgomery
County, argued that "the relation
ship between tobacco growing and
cigarette taxation is just about as
dim as the relationship between the
growing of rye and the taxation of
WhiSkey."
Maryland tobacco is sold all over
the world and only a minute guam
tity Of the annual crop finds its way
back to Maryland in the form Of
cigars and cigarettes" the report
added. The imposition of tobac-
co products tax in Maryland could
not possibly affect the volume or
price of sales of tobacco grown in
the State"
Feors Effect on Growers
One Of the leading spokesman for
the opposite view is Delegate Lans-
dale c. SasScer, jr., who comes from
Upper Marlboro, hub of Maryland
tobaccoland.
He claims that a Safe tobacco
products tax or county tax, such
as the Prince Georges County Com
missioners have requested of the
legislature, would have bad pSy-
Geological effect on tobacco grow
erS."
Maryland's tobacco, priced for its
burning qualities, now comprises
about per cent of the tobacco in
American cigarettes. If enough
growers are scared out of the bust
ness in Maryland, Mr.. Sasscer
maintains. tobacco manufacturers
are apt to turn to chemical sub
stitutes for this burning quality,
spelling doom for the industry in
this State.
Rejection of the Governors to-
bacco tax plan by the legislature
undoubtedly would mean that the
badly needed 81 million would have
to come from some other tax source.
This realization led one resident
of the Maryland suburbs of Wash
ington to comment that he was all
in favor of the McKeldin scheme
because he could buy his smokes
in D. C. and let the rest of the
State balance the budget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
Role of Preparedness

In conclusion, 1t would be un-
natural for me to talk about the
possibility Of a future nuclear war
without coming to the question Of
war itself.
am sure there is no doubt in
anybody's mind. that the purpose
OF all this preparedness is just one
thing-to avoid a war. 1 believe
that preparedness is absolutely
necessary in order to avoid war. In
the long run, believe preparedness
is not sufficient to avoid war.
Something else is needed, and this
something else is international law
and order.
How to establish international
law and order is question which
is the business of the diplomats
which is the business Of every
citizen. 1t is the business of every
body who is thoroughly convinced
that in some important matters he
is, and must be, his brothers
keeper, because this world has be-
come too small to allow the
functioning of completely independ-
ent and irresponsible units.
1t is becoming absolutely neces-
sary that we should find some
way in which all nations can live
together in peace and In free
dom. In some way or other, this
will be accomplished, perhaps not
in ten years, but perhaps within
the lifetime of some Of us.
All this cannot be accomplished
in complete safety. We will have
to continue to live. at least for
some time. in a dangerous world.
But, after all, the living world
has been living for 500 million
years, and each individual in
this living world has so far died,
or faces inevitable death sooner.
or later. For the past few thousand
years we have not only been living
with the necessity of death, but also
with the knowledge that each Of
us must die and that any one
among us may be hurt-and fatally
hurt--at any time.
This world is not secure, and
for the individual. probably never
will be secure. The fact that 1t
has become insecure in other and
additional ways must be considered
as q great challenge, which, in my
mind, cannot be resolved easily.
It can be resolved eventually II
we have intelligence and courage
and understanding for people-not
only for our own kind Of people,
but for other people a. well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
Compromise Attempt

With the controversy over Rule
XXI, which permits filibusters,
still simmering. Majority Leader
Lyndon johnson Of Texas, along
with Minority Leader Knowland
submitted resolution which they
hoped would satisfy both the South
erners who frequently use the fill
buster to kill civil rights legislation.
and antifllibuster Northerners. 1t
was already evident that the COM
promise would encounter opposition
from both factions.
The Johnson Knowland proposal
would Cd permit cloture, or limi-
tation Of debate. by two-thirds of
the Senators present and voting,
rather than the two-thirds of the
entire membership (64) as Is cur
rently required; ca permit cloture
by majority Of the membership on
a motion to change the rules, and,
(3) decree that the rules Of the
Senate continue" from one Con-
gress until the next unless they
are changed by the Senate.
While the first and second pro-
visions are aimed at pleasing
Northerners. and the third de-
signed to quiet Southern fears, the
resolution as q whole does not
give in as much to the Northerners
as would appear on the surface.
The machinery for invoking clo-
ture is unchanged. That is, upon
the motion Of 16 Senators. the pre-
siding officer must submit the ques-
ton Of cloture to the Senate, with
the vote on cloture coming auto
matically ct pm. on the second
day after the motion Is filed. This,
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been in something of a deep-freeze
on account of the distractions of
the campaign, but they are thawlng
out rapidly now. Mr.. Stevenson
will return soon to the litigation in
which he unsuccessfully argued
preliminary point before the United
State Supreme Court about a year
ago. +
This suggests to some that as a
defeated candidate he resembles
John w. Davis, who after his defeat
in 1924 by Coolidge launched on a
long and distinguished career as a
leading constitutional lawyer.
Moy Write Column
He is more like Mr.. Davis than
Alton Parker or Charles Evans
Hughes. whose judicial backgrounds
prior to nomination suggested flu
lures on the bench, but he does not
classify too exclusively as a lawyer
on account of his newspaper back
ground and interest. He is known
to be considering an offer to write
a syndicated political comment
column. and in any event. he will
write many magazine articles, sew
eral Of which he has been putting
in finished form during recent
weeks.
Although he touched printers ink
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
STEVENSON TODAY
Our We||-Adiusted AIso-Ron

early at the family newspaper, the
Bloomington Ill). Photograph, he
does not classify as newspaper
man along with the two prototypes
who ran and lost, Greeley the edi-
tor and Cox the publisher. Rather
this merely seems like just another
string to his bow.
1t is assumed that he will con-
tinue and perhaps deepen his in
terest in world affairs, and this
suggests that some future President
might name him a Secretary Of
State. That post has seemed
uniquely suited to presidential also
rams, including Hughes. Blaine,
Cass and Bryan.
He gives no sign whatever Of
emulating Al Smith, who retained
considerable bitterness toward party
leaders. And he brides at the
suggestion that he might not
work as hard now as he did four
years ago to erase his party's debt.
He makes it clear that If he is
a drawing attraction at fund
raising dinners. he will be avail
able.
A Porty Adviser?
Tilden, after his photo finish
loss to Rutherford B. Hayes, never
let his name be offered again, but
for 10 years was the sage of his
party Seymour, after losing to
Grant under circumstances strik-
ingly parallel to the present, also
was a valued party adviser for the
rest Of his life. Mr.. Stevenson may
see himself in such role.
Well OF financially, he is back
to taking buses rather than taxis.
and riding the commuter trains to
the office, instead Of limousines.
Since his divorce, he has largely
lived alone and managed to like
it," He has hugely enjoyed his
sons being with him this Christmas,
and his joy over becoming a grand
father almost on election eve was
deep and genuine.
Although "egghead" became
political label In his campaigns. the
academic group at the universities
here do not accept him as one of
them. And although intellectuals
in his tendencies, he has had no coy
glances for Halls Of Ivy seeking
campus head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

has three phases. The first phase
is to provide shelters. 1 have in
mind deep, underground shelters
which can accommodate at least
thousand persons per shelter. I
have in mind such a number OF
shelters that in any densely popu-
lated area in this country. people
can walk to a shelter within Is
minutes. A plan of this kind is
costly. but not prohibitively so.
Such shelters should be so con-
structed that they will stand up
under the impact of the biggest
weapons that we can think about.
Their entrances might be destroyed.
but in a big shelter of this kind it
will be a relatively easy matter to
have available both mining equip
ment and some people who know
how to use it. They can dig them
selves out again. These shelters
could provide protection. not only
against the radiation hazard, but
also against the biggest immedi-
ate hazard-the fire-storm.
These shelters should have sup
plies of food. air, medicine and
communications equipment so that
people in the shelters can be in
formed when it is safe to come
out.
With such a system of shelters,
there Is no need to anticipate,
even under the most serious
attack, that the casualties in a
future war will be much greater
than the casualties that have
been experienced in past wars.
Casualties in past wars we're ex-
ceedingly heavy, and know
that what l am saying is not
ultimately reassuring-it cannot
be reassuring. But at the same
time we do not have to face a
catacIysmic picture.
The second phase is the equip
ment for the cleanup Job which
will allow us to decontaminate, in
the least possible time, areas which
have to be entered again. This is
a big technical problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

a rather dull vehicle, as a matter
of fact. alongside some of Great
Britain's special efforts in the di-
rection of luxury. If, for instance.
you expect to be on the road for
some time, mixing business and
pleasure, the Armstrong Siddely
Sapphire 346 saloon may be just
what you need.
According to The Queen: "A
luxurious 'Countryman' adaptation
of the limousine includes pic
mic tables housed in the rear doors
and boot floor, accommodation for
spirit TASKS and glasses. also Rem
ington so electric shaver, in the
nearside front door. pigskin Gig
arctic case, notebook and clothes
brush in the back offside front seat,
and Grundig 'Stenorette' tape re-
corder and microphone under the
facia panel"
And Boudoir Clock
The Jaguar, one of the more IA
miliar British makes in this country,
goes bit posh, too, in its new Mark
VIII model. Externally" reports
The Queen, "its appearance has been
given added elegance by radiator
grille of new design, and wide range
of two-tone colours: internally. by
walnut flush folding tables, boudoir
clock on bench-seat models, deep
pile rug and extra deep Dunlopillo
upholstery
The Rolls Royce. of course. is still
far ahead as far as luxury is con-
cerned. Here is The Queens man on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
Ross Incident:
A Family Affair

Another Job made vacant, at
least temporarily. last week was
that Of Robert Trip Ross, Assist
ant Secretary Of Defense. He de-
cided to take a leave Of absence
while Congress investigates an Army
contract granted to a company
headed by his wife.
Mr.. Ross wrote Senator John Nc
Clellan of Arkansas, chairman Of
the Government Operations Com
mittee, that "a complete document
tation Of the facts" would show that
the contract was awarded "in ac-
cordance with normal procurement
procedures" He said that. since
severing his connection with the
company, he had received from it
no compensation or remuneration
Of any kind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
A Vacancy
In the G. P.

The Republicans last week began
looking about for a man to flll the
shoes of National Chairman Leon
ard Hall. who announced that he
would resign on February /.
Mr.. Hall, the most energetic and
successful national chairman the
party has had in recent years, was
believed to be in line for appoint
ment high in the administration.
He is also expected to become
candidate for Governor in New
York in 1858.
Mentioned in speculation as pos
sible successors we're Judson More
house of New York, H. Mead AL
corn, jr., of Connecticut. Fred
Scribner of Maine, and former Gov.
Howard Pyle of Arizona. who is now
one of Mr.. Eisenhower's assistants.
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continued from Page A-25
nedy Of Massachusetts,, Junior by
four years to Senator Estes Kefau-
yer Of Tennessee, who also wanted
the seat. The explanation: Seniority
or no. Senator Kefauver just isn't
zone of the boys"
Then. with only Senator Paul
Douglas, Democrat of Illinois, 6:s-
senting, the Senate confirmed the
anti-integration Senator from Mis-
sissippi. James o. Eastland as
chairman of the Judiciary Commit
tee.
Senator Hubert Humphrey, DEM
ocrat Of Minnesota, subsequently
said that in view of the two
actions he would introduce a reso-
luton asking the Senate to for
mally reconsider the sanctity of
the seniority system.
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Rebuilding the Plant

Then there is third phase,
hardest to visualize and most ex-
pensive. In an all-out attack, we
can save all but a relatively few
unlucky people. but we cannot save
our industrial plant. A vital portion
Of our industrial plant will be
wrecked, and it is possible that it
will be practically wiped out.
The necessary reconstruction and
rebuilding of the essentials Of
civilized living is likely to be an
exceedingly costly enterprise. But
there is glimmer Of hope. 1t is
an enterprise which I believe we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
BY HARRY MACARTHUR

The Middle East is not the only
area where the British have mem
aced our serenity. They are attack
ing on the automotive front. too.
The American motor car is the
symbol OF the American dream. 1t
roars with power nobody needs. 1t
flashes with chrome. 1t is loaded
with gadgets. 1t is lower, longer,
heavier, faster and costlier than the
private vehicle OF any other country
in the world.
It's pre-eminence in at least some
of these fields is now being threat
ened, and by, of all people. the Brit
ish. The British long were conserva-
tive in the matter of their motor
cars. 1t seems to have been their
idea that dependability and economy
were the big items, and that there
was no point in making a car
capable of 100 miles an hour for use
on roads where more than so miles
an hour would be suicidal.
But several years ago the British
auto manufacturers TOOK a deSper-
ate step. They adopted the dollar
grin" the face full of chrome which
made their motor cars more readily
salable here. And this year they
are in there shouting right along
side of Detroit.
They are selling Big Styling Ad-
vances, Big Power Step-ups, Excit-
ing New Models. Luxury in
Good Taste and sundry other things
including Elegance and Perform
ance. 1t is The Queen (the maya
zine, not Elizabeth III from which
this information comes.
A copy of this magazine. obviously
obtained by slow and devious route,
contains a report on the British
motor show of several weeks back.
Its news is that the English auto
makers are battling Detroit with its
own gimmicks.
Available now on many British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

Judge Walter z. Hoffman, was
clearly q dodge and. therefore. I'M
constitutional. Judge Hoffman
noted that Virginia's Governor.
Thomas B. Stanley, had made no
effort to hide the States intent
when he vowed that there would
be no Indignation in Virginia's
public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

Arkansas and North Dakota-have
Scent levies.
The Federal levy is 8 cents
per pack, which is about what it
costs to produce pack of ciga-
retteS.
Within the Maryland legislature.
orTonents of the Governors tax
plan have been the most outspoken
so far
Opposition stems chiefly from:
. The tobacco growers themselves.
who fear that they might be
harmed at the market place by
possible reduction in cigarette sales.
Maryland's $40 million annual
tobacco crop is grown in the
southern counties of Anne Arundel,
Calvert, Charles, st. Mary's and
Prince Georges.
. Merchants in border areas, who
believe they will lose business to
neighboring States. Retailers adj
jacent to West Virginia and Penn
Sylvania, where s cents per pack
taxes prevail. feel they would lose
customers now coming across the
border to save money. This also
is the complaint of merchants adj
jacent to Delaware, where the tax
is 5 cents, and the District.
where it is . cents.
. Some Baltimore city and county
officials concerned about losing an
other of the dwindling sources of
revenue not already taken over by
the State.
. Democrats who Just plain don't
like anything proposed by Mr. Nc
Keldin
A Sueor-Cootine
Gov McKeldin sugar coated
his tax plan by providing that an
estimated $96 million of the SIT
million a year that it would raise
be related to the % counties on
the basis of where the retail sales
were made. The State would take
STA million.
On the cigarette levy alone. for
instance. he proposes that the State
take 2 cents with cents going
to Baltimore City or the county in
which the pack of cigarettes is sold
But the Governors proposal
would take away the power of the
counties TO tax tobacco products.
and ADDS that tax to the long list
Of levies effected and collected by
the State.
Since Baltimore City and Balti-
more County now have Scent
cigarette taxes. the Governors
plan would mean no extra revenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
Virginia Rebuffed

Virginia's unabashed efforts to
circumvent the ruling Of the United
States Supreme Court were set back
by Federal court judge In Nor
folk who said, in effect. that the
State Legislature wasn't fooling
anybody when 1t set UP its pupil
assignment plan.
The legislation, said District
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the Silver Wrath: THE superb
comfort Of this magnificent car is
now rendered positively sybaritic by
a refrigeration unit. which will keep
the air inside at pleasant tempera-
ture, even in the hottest conditions.
1t would be possible to motor from
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the North Cape to the Equator (this
thing must be seagoing, too with
the windows closed, and the system
could still cope comfortably with
the varying temperatures!
"a 9-inch television set is in
stalled in Silver Wrath limousines
on the Hooper and Park Ward
stands; it is portable and runs of
the mains or the car battery, so that
it can easily be viewed outside at
some sporting event, or taken into
a hotel ROOM"
Whot No Teapot?
Some of the new automotive "trip
peries are not for Britons, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
REVIEW OF THE WEEK

Of course. serves as ample warning
or notice that the cloture vote is
upcoming, and consequently would
bring all members available to the
floor. which more often than not
would mean that at least 80 Sena-
tors would be present and voting.
In practice then, rather than per-
mitting cloiture by 80 Senators
(two-thirds of legal quorum. the
effect of the resolution would only
slightly change the present cloture
requirement of "a Senators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
BY GENE GOODWIN

ANNAPOLIS.-If Gov. Theo-
dore r. McKeldin has his way,
smokers will balance Maryland's
budget next fiscal year.
In order to raise an estimated 81
million he needs to finance state
expenditures, the smoking Re-
publican Governor proposes a State
cigarette tax of cents per pack.
2 to cents apiece on cigars
ana a penny for each 20 cents
worth of pipe or chewing tobacco.
Spokesman for tobacco whole
sa!ers say this would actually mean
price increase of 6 to Z
cents on each pack of cigarettes to
make up the cost of collecting the
tax.
This is drastic medicine for a
tobacco-growing State. 1t also rep
resents turnabout for the Gov
ernor. who only two years ago re-
jected a proposed cigarette tax be-
cause he said he did not want to
create any hazards, even if only
mental hazards" for a part of the
States economy.
Reminded of this former posi-
ton the other day when he dis
closed his still -to-be approved TO-
bacco products tax plan, Gov.
McXeldin quoted a line from James
Russell Lowell's Present Crisis;
"New occasions teach new duties"
Whether the Democratic con-
trclled legislature is as ready as
the Governor to learn new duties"
is one of the most important
questions to be answered in the
90-day session that opens February
2.
All but 6 Stotes Do 1t
Actually, Maryland is a johnny
come-lately in the tobacco tax
field. The Federal Government and
all but six of the States have
levied cigarette taxes since the
precedent was started by a short
lived>taX on snuff in 1884.
The other States still without
State cigarette taxes, according to
the tax research firm Of Com
r? Is C.@4:.., House, are Colorado,
Oregon. California and the tobacco
growing States of Virginia and
North Carolina.
The other AZ and the District of
Columbia levy cigarette taxes
rcnglrP from cents PACK in
the District and three other States
to cents pack in louisiana.
Thirteen States now have the 5
cents per pack levy proposed by
Gov. McKeldin. Two others
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years preceding the time OF the
war. The actual fighting will be.
think, a matter Of days or weeks.
Evening star., 1957-04-29
Girls OutcIoss Boys
In CYO Spelling Bee

The girls outspelled the boys
yesterday in the finals of the
Catholic Youth Organizations
siyth annual spelling bee.
Twelve year 4 old Lucy b.
Burch. q sixth grader at st,
Mary's School. Bryantown, Md,
was the champion in Section
(fifth and sixth grades).
Winner in Section Q tseventh
and eight gradesl was Mary
Ducy, l3. an eight grader at st.
AIMS School.
Section runner-up was Diane
Potter. IL, a fifth grader at ST.
Peters School. Waldorf. Md
who missed first place when she
misspelled "grotesque." John
Zurad. II. q fifth grader at Mt
Calvary School. Forestville. Md.
won third place after he mis-
spelled 'naphtha." John was the
only boy among the winners.
Fourteen-year-old Mary Anne
Bryce. an eighth-grade student
Evening star., 1957-04-29
13 MILLION GALLONS BIG But JUST p,,, !. ,HE ,ckE,

The ESQ WASHINGTON slid down the ways on Febru-
AIRY IS, 1887 the newest of the 10 oceangong tankers
in the ESQ fleets.
She can carry $4,000 barrels Of oil l3 million GAL
Ions But that's just drop in the bucket compared with
the 40 billion gallons that Jersey Standard afacs de-
livered TO customers last year.
AS economies expand as populations grow as
o.power factories to fuel farm machinery to drive ships
and planes and motor vehicles to heat and light homes
and Offices.
Last year supplied than twice the oil We did ten
years ago. During 1856 alone sales rose per cent This
year our customers will need still more.
It's big job and it requires vast amounts Of costly
equipment AS our Annual Report 10 shareholders points
Evening star., 1957-04-29

all Federal criminal laws with
view to Increasing penalties
for violations.
Senator Butler said the 1913
per cent increase In major
crimes during 1856 was a ma
tional disgrace" which calls for
State and local levels.
The increase was reported