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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18
ON THE RECORD
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
PurposeIessness of the World STRUGGLE

Congress spanked by the budg-
ct without realizing that we
cannot follow ours. ad infini-
tum, either.
Each side is. however. forced
or thinks 1t is-to continue
its policies through fear Of the
other. both being thereby each
others prisoners. The idea
that there might conceivably
be q common interest between
the two permitting an opera
ton on the unhappy Siamese
twins hardly finds expression
in this country.
No Purpose Seen
This cold war, with the atom
still looming as the final ar
bitter, thus reveals itself as
lacking In any philadelphia
sophical content. One cannot
discern a reasonable or defin-
able purpose. Therefore, even
public interest In foreign policy
wanes.
But may not this lack of
purpose expressing itself in
universal but impotent anxiety
be caused by the atrophy Of re-
ligious insights and instincts?
There is. a widespread but
largely inarticulate feeling
among mankind that the poll
cies Of the great powers are
wicked. But modernity SHES
at the mere words wicked or
evil as corollary to failure to
perceive the good. Yet every
great religion has definite
good in one simple axiom. 1t
is ito do nothing to others
that you would not desire
them to do to you" Christ
went farther by making a neg
alive into an afirmative-"Do
unto others what you would
they should do unto you"
Is it not likely that If only
one great nation should begin
acting upon this principle 1t
would truly begin the great
revolution for peace and hui
man culture?
It would not deter. but dis
arm aggressive instincts. ALI
actions are determined by the
content Of beliefs or by the
lack of any content. If this is
not so, our individual and
corporate lives are meaning
less and the disintegrating
power Of the atom only con-
firms a disintegration that has
already occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18
In Need of Overhaul

Concurrence Of the Civil Service
Commission In congressional proposals for
modernization Of the laws governing Fed
eral employment strengthens the prospect
OF an early overhaul of civil service laws.
The House Civil Service Committee Is the
latest study group to find the present
conglomeration of personnel laws and
orders outmoded and confusing. The
Hoover Commission, too, was impressed
with the need for bringing the statutes
up to date.
AS the Hoover Commission pointed
out in its civil service report of February,
1855, the civil service system grew from
the bottom up" The report added: 'Ini-
tally, the system included and in many
respects was designed for appointment Of
persons In the lower grade clerical posi-
tions. BY successive acts Of Congress and
orders Of the Presidents, the rights and
safeguards, II not always the merit prin-
ciple, were applied to broadening variety
OF positions in the levels of top manage
ment. Many Of the infirmities Of the
present civil service system arise both
from the strain Of this rapid and extern
sive growth and the attempt to apply
uniform personnel techniques to such
broad ranges Of dissimilar positions"
The House committee has recon-
mended that the best remedy for this
situation Is complete replacement Of the
present civil service laws, which have
their basis IN the Civil Service Act of 1883.
By rewriting the law, the committee says,
inequities resulting from the haphazard
growth Of the civil service system can be
corrected, the authority of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission can be clarified and ex-
tended II necessary and the relationship
between the departments and the COM
mission more explicitly defined. Both
houses Of Congress ought to give this
matter careful attention at this session,
with a view to agreeing on legislation
which will accomplish the reforms that
so many authoritative groups assert
should be adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18

Preliminary TO a move to re-
vive the small loan business in
the District Of Columbia, out
lawed some 80 years ago be-
cause Of abuses. an effort is
underway to modify the gar
nishment laws which now per-
NIT q comparatively few credit
firms to exploit the courts as
q collection agency.
The newspapers have given
considerable space to the SUBJ
ject. But so far no one has
said anything about the corol-
larry abuse practiced by these
same firms in deluging Gov
eminent agencies with bill COL
lecting demands against the
lower salary bracket Federal
employees.
Every Government agency in
Washington-and there must
be about l50--is q collection
agency for credit Arms selling
jewelry. furniture, or clothing.
for 81 down and the remainder
when the Government agency
hears about 1t. and the near
by Maryland and Virginia small
loan companies.
Four hundred to 500 letters
q month. and as many more
telephone calls. from creditors
and collection agencies is mere
ly normal routine for one Fed
eral establishment which has
5000 employees. In that agency
three officials and five clerks
spend about 80 per cent Of
their time on that task alone
and seem to enjoy It.
It Is quite an expensive
method Of keeping these small
credit Arms in business. The
cost--roughly about $4,000 q
year or more for that one agen-
cy--is your privilege to share
with other taxpayers-and II
the small loan companies move
back into the District II Is q
privilege that Is bound to in
crease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18

@. What is the present esti-
mated population Of New York
City?-J. c.
A. It is believed to be be-
tween 8,050,000 and 8.075. 900.
Since the city's share Of State
aid depends on population. the
city is conducting an interim
census this summer to find out
how much It's population has
actually increased since the
1850 census report Of 1891 ,957.
@. II q person sets fire to
his own house, on purpose. is
this considered arson2-W. F.
A. The definition Of arson
varies widely from State to
State, as well as from one
country to another. Under
old common law. arson was q
wilful and malicious burning
Of the house Of some other
person, and was q felony pun
ishable by death. II is now
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Pupil Guidance

AS Q parent. ] attended are
cent meeting Of the Alice Deal
Junior High Home and School
Association at which the sub
ject for discussion was pupil
guidance and counseling. Two
important facts were brought
'out in the course Of the even
ing:
/. The existing counseling
program in the secondary
schools is inadequately stated.
2. Services of child guidance
personnel are urgently needed
in the elementary schools,
where most problem flrst
manifest themselves and where
they can be handled and
solved more easily and effec-
lively than II left untouched
until after the child reaches
the seventh grade.
At Deal. the current enroll
ment is about l,2l0. with only
one counselor available for all.
1t is my understanding that
professional opinion regards
a ratio Of $50 pupils per coun-
selor TO be satisfactory. It Is no
wonder that the Deal COUNSEL
or stated that she was not
able to keep UP with all the
demands for her services.
However. Deal students are
more fortunate than most
Washington junior high stu
dents since the Home and
School Association has UNDER
written the one-day-a-week
services Of q trained clinical
psychologist. This has been Of
great assistance to the coun-
selor and to the students. The
Deal parents seemed unani-
nous in their appreciation Of
the program and Of the excel
lent work done by both.
The principals Of two Of the
elementary schools sending
their graduates TO Deal. and
three members Of the Board
Of Education. were members Of
the panel on this subject. All
were in favor Of expanded
services in the area of COUNSEL
ing and child guidance on all
levels. In fact, one Of the
members Of the Board has re-
Gently requested a report on
this area Of operation in the
Washington system. from the
school administration.
It seems unfortunate to me
that q school administration
has to be urged to take the
lead in such areas. making 1t
necessary for the citizens and
the Board members to point
UP a need which has already
been accepted as vital and
routine in most metropolitan
communities.
Here again, however, is an
other area where the niggardly
sums allowed for the operation
Of our schools by the Commits
sioners and the Congress
force US TO deny our children
help they urgently need to
make them well adjusted,
happy, effective future citi-
zens Of our community. When
will the holders Of our purse
strings recognize this fact?
Doris Foster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18

The struggle for the world is
not, I think, centered in the
Middle East, but In Europe
where the great powers meet,
and neither the USA nor the
USSR will win it.
As one reads and ponders.
both parties to this struggle.
which is consuming like q
vampire the labor Of their peo-
Piles and the resources Of their
countries, have reached an i'm
passe only breakable by war.
which both sides admit to be
unthinkable:
The political weapons Of both
are unreliable. The earlier
Communist regimes thought
their chief weapon was revolu-
ton, but already under Stain
there was recognition that rev.
olutions cannot be exported
and tend, once started, to take
on q life Of their own. The chill
dren Of the Communist moth
erland learn to tug at mothers
apron strings. Also q revolution
made In Moscow and installed
by. Russian arms is, in fact,
occupation, and the spark to
any real revolution Is the pas
sion to get rid Of 1t. Mass rev.
olution anywhere outside
Russia is the last thing Russia
should desire. (
A Kind Of Backfire
The United States and the
Western allies have countered
international communism by
support for radical nationalist
movements. But these, too, get
out of hand. National socialism
in Yugoslavia, Poland or Hun
gary is one thing, in Egypt it is
another. Communism and or
nationalism must. in the long
run, be justified by their
works. They are not self
justifying.
Both sides and two world
wars have, therefore, unleashed
forces that the rival powers
cannot control. and the at
tempt to do so affects, with
increasing seriousness, the
economies and lives Of their
own people.
No one can read the trans
lations Of the Soviet press
without realizing that Russia
cannot afford her traditional
revolutionary foreign policy.
No one can follow the revolt in
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Turkish Reioinder

In his May 8 letter, Leonidas
Dertilis, former Greek Minister
Of Finance. voices q strong
opinion In favor Of the prin-
ciple Of self determination.
However, Greece has not
always been in favor Of self
determination. as the learned
former Minister Of Finance
should easily remember. The
shoe was on the other foot in
1923. when Greece demanded
Western Thrace, which was
predominantly Turkish in
population.
The late Premier Eleutherios
Venizelos, seven times Premier
Of Greece and q dominant
figure in goth century Greek
political thinking. dismissed
the importance Of population
In, determining the disposition
Of lands then in dispute. This
is how Venizilos put 1t:
The right of self-determin-
alton does not constitute the
only fact which affects the
solution Of q question concern
ing the ALLEGATION of territories
inhabited by mixed popula-
TONS"
Our Greek friends would like
us to believe that Greek Cyp-
riots are fighting for their in
alienable rights Of freedom and
self-determination. II that is
the case, why is 1t that the
terrorists are mainly killing
Greek Cypriots?
In the first Is month period
since terrorism began, q total
Of l60 persons have been killed
and $50 wounded by EOKA. OF
the killed and wounded. $50
were British: the remaining
$50 were innocent Cypriots.
Who would under these cir
cumstances believe that it is
q movement Of independence?
Ihope our Greek friends will
put flrst things first and
remember that nothing pleases
Russia more than to see free
nations quarrel among them
selves.
Metin Ergin.
Special Correspondent of
Cumhuriyet Newspaper in
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18

The greatest lack in our
neighborhood at present is
rabbits.
It is safe to say that these
happy rodents were here for
hundreds, even thousands Of
years, when the county was
mainly farmland.
Now what has happened
that we have no more bum
MES?
The explanation. Of course,
Is too many people.
And what people have, in
GLIDING houses, cars and dogs.
People who live In q given
suburban neighborhood long
enough to recognize trends
when they see them know how
even the closest built block
can grow more houses.
We were figuring up the
other day that at least 10 more
homes could be put in our
block, and probably IS more
in the next.
People with double yards
sell on one lot-and UP goes a
house.
This is exactly the sort Of
thing the cottontails do not
like.
The dog, Of whatever species.
finds the rabbit fair game.
These and other factors
finally bring them to an end
in an average suburban place.
where IS years ago there were
scores Of them.
= =
There are few wild creatures
which give q better picture Of
happiness.
In these days Of threats and
counterthreats, on the inter-
national. national and commu-
nifty levels. 1t is good to have
the happy creatures of field
and forest.
There is nothing particularly
happy about q bobcat, or
American wildcat.
This is q meanie from birth.
But the little rabbit is diff
ferent, and so Is the squirrel.
the possum. the raccoon, and
the fox. Each Of these. though
in differing degrees. exempli-
fies the hidden resources Of fun
in creation. Out of rays, steam
and some solid matter. has
come. somehow, this sense Of
fun, to be ours for q time.
We should treasure 1t.
Just because q fox does not
60 into commissions over a book
or paper is no reason to say
that It does not have fun, in
very good sense.
Any one who has ever seen a
fox outwit dogs knows he en-
Joys the process.
y 80
The opossum may not seem
exactly q comic, 1t il true. but
here again a careful consid-
GRAFTON reveals some rudi-
mentary sense Of things comic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18
The Budget

In David Lawrence's recent
column. Clear Thinking on
Budget Needed" he does not
follow the counsel Of his cap
ton. His column Is pretty
sound day by day, but in this
case he bears down on one
foot-and the wrong one I
think. He says: The first and
most important point to be
settled is whether tax reduce
ton should come in times of
prosperity. Most economists
think 1t should not" This is
the view Of many, perhaps
most, Of the responsible polit-
ical leaders in the present sit
uation. It happens to be in line
with the theories Of John
Maynard Keynes who, while
often q ballet dancer in eco
Monies. basically advocated
free governmental spending in
. bad times and curtailed spend
ing with sharp taxation in the
good.
We do not know, as is OBJ
vious from the conflicting
statements. attributions, etc.,
from the executive branch,
what economic base the adj
nninistration thinks from,
whether it is the depression
expenditure and prosperity
surplus principle, or some other
principle, or none at all. In
practice, It appears that we
are to have increased spending
in both good times and bad,
without any counterpoise what
ever. In fairness, it should be
said that the opposition itself
has announced no clear cut
principle Of action.
The vital point In the budget
question Is not tax reduction,
but the magnitude and useful
ness Of Government spending
at this juncture. I feel that in
condemning tax reduction, Mr..
Lawrence has unclearly related
1t to q defense Of spending.
Evidently the majority of
Americans in this tax revolu-
ton think that public expend-
lures are inflated and they are
doubtless guided by good sense
alone. without the tempting
bait Of tax reduction. What is
now troubling the mass Of tax
payers Is the plain vista Of UNI
curbed increases In taxes with
in all budgets. Federal, State
and local. as far. as the eye
can see.
Further, It is ofiicial tempo
rizing to say that expenditures
are now greater In amount be-
cause the value Of the dollar Is
less. when the Government it.
self expands its own projects
with the years, thus providing
example and impetus for the
downhill roll Of our "soundest
currency In the world" The
effect internationally Of our
economic whiting was well
expressed In the recent state
ment by Per Jacobson of the
International Monetary Fund,
remarks which derived special
force from their restraint.
II. L. Perkins.
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former Governor Earl Warren
in the late '40s. More Of 1t is
justified everywhere.
A guilty mind is not a free
mind and q free mind does not
flee when no man pursueth. /"
If you want q FIRST barrier
against an increase Of delin-
quency, perhaps the inculca-
ton Of such knowledge Is it.
even II 1t could not be q com
plete panacea.
Earl (ScOOp) Shutz.
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Higher Postage

Why are Americans averse
to paying q minimum Of four
cents for q letter? Canada has
been doing IL for years. Cana
dams have something of the
English spirit Of obligation.
and individual responsibility
for their government. Ameri-
cans want none Of that-let
George do 1t. The richest coun-
try in the world. and we still
object to paying what we
should pay for postage.
Me- NJ VvnoSa;v~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names nGv be used u
letters carry tDriterS correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sntion.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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BALTIMORE
LIVESTOCK

BALTIMORE. April o R-tUsDAI,
Gettle: COMPARED last week: slauehte,
steers and heifers mostly 50-i 90 higher
stock cattle .25- 80 higher spots Ne mors
man 30 on stock cattle. Choice anS
prime .o4O-1.150 10. slaughter steer,
81, 10; good and choice steers in.
sooa gt Az $50 lbs. = o9-23 90; most
enolee d95-l .OS5 ID. heifers is. 0O-52 : :;
sird and good mostly i5.O0- : 30,
I Is'n Ivy ana standard e55-l 900 lbs
Ia" w. 20 20; Gamer 6o0-e5O b. heifer,
cows 4 .00-17 30. scattered head com.
meIcial ana standard l6,5O-I7.O0: can.
neIs ana cutters l0.00-l35U: strong.
s Te.Ens hoIstein cutters up to 400 ant
and commercial grade bulls IL 90 : 10
GOOD bulls II ,7b-lgO0; odd lots cutter
and utility 12.00-i4 80; Gamers down
70 pp Bulk good and choice 4sO-97h
22.5g; medium and good 430-sso IFS lis
l4.0O-lI.55; load mixed medium Ia
choice $50 10. stock heller calves liz 40
Calves: Compared last week Gem
ers showed 90 advance at 1900. bulk
cnoice and prime 70. 0O.2S. 90; good and
choice 20 OO-2B 90; some utility and
standard l3.0O-l0.00: odd culls down TO
Hogs: Compared last week: Barrows
and gifts uneveniy 25-l 90 higher. sow
20 up. Thursdays quotations included
mixed lots 3 Grade lS0.23O Id barrows
and gifts lD.OO-1925; around 30 head
sorted sorted no I and 2 ls5:2l0 lbs to city
1900: few 270-30O lbs 1900 / s 90;
few 10000 lbs 17,OO-I7.bO, 100 isG
lbs ~ 90 1873 Mixed grade lots Of
under 800 10 sows l6.2b.l5.75, odd head
around $50 lbs and lighter up 70 10. 90;
100000 lbs l4bO-15.25 100000 lbs
1880 l425, Stags discounted unevenly
from zoo to 100 from prices paid for
same weights sows.
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IUtiIityAccountonts
Open Conference
Here Tomorrow

Utility accountants from every
part of the Nation will gather
here tomorrow for the national
conference of Electric and Gas
Utility Accountants at the Sher-
aton-Park and Shoreham Hotels.
More than 1900 delegates are
expected for the three-day meet
ing. which is sponsored by the
accounting division OF the Edi-
son Electric Institute and the
accounting section of the Ameri-
can Gas Association.
At the opening session tomor-
row afternoon President Everett
J. Boothby Of Washington Gas
Light Co. and President r. Roy
Dunn Of Potomac Electric Power
Co. will welcome delegates. Their
companies are hosts to the con-
ference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. APRIL 6, 1857
Quotations Furnished by the Associated Press
- 1857 Stock and Sales Net
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Peoples Drug Sales Up
S.6 Pet. In Quarter

Sales Of Peoples Drug Stores
Inc. in both March and the FIRST
three months Of this year sci
new records for those periods
President q. B. Burrus an
nounced yesterday.
First quarter sales jumped Il
1892 .404. up e.6 per cent from
sl4.212.936 in the same 1856
period and nearly 20 per cent
ahead Of $12.953.774 in the same
1852 period. just five years ear
lier.
March sales totaled $5.353.s42
compared with $4,000. 1859 in
February and were 5.3 per cent
ahead Of S5.085.273 in March
last year. In view OF the fact
that practically all Easter trade
was In March last year and not
until April this year, the March
showing was unusually good. The
company operated l65 stores in
March, compared with 100 in
March last year.
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HOW WALL STREET JOURNAL
READERS WILL LIVE BETTER
IN 1857

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CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, April o tFI.--Winter wheat
farmers wanted some moisture. and they
really have been getting IT, In fact.
they're getting about ready to beg for
mercy.
This moisture. which has greatly i'm
proved the winter wheat outlook, has
kept wheat futures from getting UP much
steam despite some favorable export
news, However. prices were not sub
Stantiallv lower for the week on the
Board OF Trade
The nearby soybean contract gained
some ground, but the distant futures
were lower Corn was off more than
two. cents for the week despite rally
Friday Oats generally showed frac-
tional gains
Wheat closed Friday Y TO lss lower
than week ago Friday Corn was 2ss
to 2sq down, oats - higher to 81 lower
rye. "a lower to u higher. soybeans ia
higher TO 2t2 lower. and lard Is to 81
cents a hundred pounds higher
The Quaker Oats Co said In a crop
| urinary that the improvement in the
moisture situation In the winter wheat
belt rs nothing less than miraculous.
Range OF prices for the week:
WHEAT---HiRh Low Close ClnRa
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