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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Turninq on the Heat

The AFL-CIO Executive Council is
keeping its own record straight at least,
in ordering three of its affiliated interna-
tional unions to clean up their admin
iStration of welfare funds or face the
threat of expulsion from the Federation.
And while all three-repreSenting indus
trial, diStillery and laundry workers.
have been quick to deny charges of cor
ruption, 1t is an interesting coincidence
that the Secretary-treasurer of each
union recently has resigned from that
Office. There is the further coincidence
that each of the officials has retained
leadership of important locals with much
influence in the international unions.
Administration of union welfare
funds has become "big business" in every
sense of the term. Estimates of the total
amount involved go as high as $25 billion,
and investment of these funds has raised
problems that go far beyond mismanage-
ment and corruption within the unions
themselves. Federal and State govern
mentS have taken increasing interest in
recent years. One Senate Labor Com
mittee study covering 26 funds found six
questionable practices" In recommen-
dations for revising the Taft-Hartley Act,
President Eisenhower in 1854 proposed
legislation to protect and conserve these
funds for the millions of working men
and women who are the beneficiaries."
In the same period, the AFL and CLIO
separately have undertaken to crack
down on unions charged with looting
their own funds, or using them for I'M
desirable and unattended purposes.
The teamsters' union, incidentally, is
one of those that has been target for
public inquiry in the past-just as it is
today on the docket for investigation by
special Senate committee Charges of
misuse of welfare funds are among those
made against teamSter officials, and al
though the union has promised to CO.
operate with the special Senate commit
tee, President Dave Beck now has left the
country. The AFL-CIO Council, reacting
to earlier teamster recalcitrance, has
ordered affiliated unions to cooperate in
the Senate inquiry. In the teamster case,
as well as in those 1t Is attempting to
discipline itself, the Federation leadership
is following a wise and commendable
course. There is little doubt that the
Senate committee, armed with new and
broader powers, intends to bring in Mr..
Beck, and also to dig deeply into some
of the alleged abuses The rank and
file of organized labor should be gratified
that this two-way attack on corruption
within union leadership is under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07

trict is. of course, more diff
cult. The plan needs to be
considered from both points
of view. Copies of the general
plan are available in branches
of the public Libraries in
both Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties and at the
offices of the Park and Plan
ming Commission in Riverdale
and Silver Spring.
On February Is in Mont
gomery County and on Feb
ruary 20 in Prince Georges
County there will be public
hearings on the plan. Until
March 20 the commission will
receive written statements for
its consideration. To protect
the public interest it is i'm
perative that a great many
individuals and groups study
this plan and be prepared to
express their views to the
commission. Shortly there
after the plan in its final form
will be adopted by the
Commission.
Mrs. Harold Hayes,
Public Relations Chairman
Prince Georges County Leagu,
of Women Voters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
BeIoted Aid for Hungary

With the Hungarian mas
sacre evidently in mind, DR..
Frederick Brown Harris writes
in Spires of the Spirit" jan
uary 81: THE idea that peace
demands that calculated dew
iltry be allowed at will to
trample Righteousness into the
mire whenever it Is powerful
enough. while the forces of
good stand impotently by, is a
tragic travesty of justice and
judgment and the base be-
trayal of freedom"
On the same theme, former
President Theodore Roosevelt
wrote: Peace is not the end.
Righteousness is the end ).
and peace a means to the end;
and sometimes it is not peace,
but war which is the proper
means to achieve the end. :.
A just war is in the long run
far better for a nations soul
than the most prosperous
peace obtained by acquiescence
in wrong or injustice.
To our everlasting shame.
we stood "impotently by" deaf
to the cries of the tortured
Hungarians for military aid in
their righteous resistance to
Communist tyranny. Now we
try to salve the national con-
science with relief drives.
What chance would your soul
stand for salvation if you
stood impotently by, armed to
the teeth. while a. friend was
murdered. and then proffered
a contribution for the sup
port Of his widow?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Noise Relief

Noise haraSsed residents of North
Arlington and Georgetown will welcome
the relief from airplane din promised
by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
They have been asking for relief for sew
eral years, as air traffic has increased
and the size, power and racket of air.
liners have grown apace. In response
to the appeals, flight paths have been
altered and various rules and instructions
issued-but the roar of low-fying air
planes over residential sections on both
sides of the Potomac above Key Bridge
has continued. Now, however, new
plan for abating the noise nuisance has
been adopted.
The plan involves the installation
near Chain Bridge of beacon light to
mark the turmoil point for airliners
leaving the Washington Airport for the
North and West. This bridge long ago
was designated as the point over the Po-
tomac River where commercial aircraft
should begin their break from the airport
take-off pattern, but many pilots either
do not know where the point is or dis
regard it. The Chain Bridge turmoil
point was selected in a move to keep
climbing airliners, with their laundering
engines, over the river until they are
past the thickly congested Arlington and
Georgetown areas and high enough to
reduce the noise at ground level
In the belief that most of the off,
river flying of which so many citizens
have complained has been due to pilot
confusion or forgetfulness, the CAA has
announced that a fixed signal light will
be placed in the vicinity of Chain Bridge
as a combination guide and warning to
flyers. This system at least will elm
mate excuses that uncertainty over the
exact turmoil place caused reported de-
viationS from the approved flight path.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Serenodes Critic

Regarding Irving Lowens'
perceptive review of the beau
tiful concert by the Quartetto
Italiano, I was reminded that
I have wanted for some time
to congratulate The Star for
its fine coverage of musical
events. While I have no wish
to depreciate your other re-
viewers. it is Mr.. Lowens who
strikes me as having a partic-
ular fair for translating the
feeling of a musical experience
into printed words.
This is not a common gift.
The reviews Of his which /
have enjoyed are far too
numerous to list here, but
one which will always stand
out in my memory is his
report on Marion Anderson'S
last recital in Washington. The
task he had to perform re-
quired the utmost delicacy-
for the lady's art has deterio-
rated in recent years-and it
was done with a skill which /
would not have imagined to
be possible.
Morton s. Raff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Maryland Planning

The League OF Women Vot-
erS Of Prince Georges County
wishes to express its apprecia-
ton to The Star and Reporter
Charles Hoffman for the ex-
cellent series of articles con-
corning the general plan for
the Regional District of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties prepared by the staff
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
In spite OF the efforts of the
press and the planning COM
mission to publicize the con-
tent of the plan and its inn
portance to the residents of
suburban Maryland, the re-
Spouse of the citizenry has
been alarmingly apathetic.
The plan Is, of course, of
obvious interest to property
owners, real estate developers.
business proprietorS, indus
trialists and local government
officials. To date only q hand
full of such people have shown
any interest in this proposal
which will inevitably affect
them. However, as Mr.. Hoff-
man has pointed out, the
usefulness Of the plan as
guide to future growth will
depend on public understand
ing and support. Presumably
the staff of the commission
has tried to develop a plan
which provides for a kind Of
orderly development which is
consistent with the public in
terest as they see it; but in
the long run only the public
itself can define its interest.
II informed and articulate
segments of the public do not
concern themselves, the case
for the general public interest
may be lost by default: and
the groups which represent
special interests will deter
mine the pattern OF growth.
The general plan is not diff
cult to understand. The text
is written clearly in nom
technical language. III an
evening any interested literate
person can get a general
understanding Of the purposes
and detectives OF the plan and
methods used to prepare 1t.
Detailed analysis Of the Plans
proposals for each neighboi
hood within the regional dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Rugged IndividuoIist

The Star says editorially
that Charles E. Wilson is
Charles E. Wilson, and we
don't believe that anything is
going to change him." would
like to suggest that this is a
very fine thing.
In these days Of the organi-
zation man, the corporation
man. the party man, the So
cial man and the group man.
it is almost impossible to find
the individual man.
We not only are failing to
cultivate individuality. but we
are enthusiastically haraSSing
the few individualists we have
left.
In 1864, Lincoln may we'll
have said of Mr.. Wilson. I'm
very truth. he is the noblest
work of God. an honest man"
Cyrano, the most heroic
individualist Of all time, proba-
bly, would have liked Charlie:
"A soul clothed in shining ar
NOR hung with deeds for dec
grafton. twirling thus a bris-
ting wit, and swinging at (hisl
side courage, and on the stones
OF this old town making the
sharp truth ring like golden
spurs"
Or like another great indi-
vidualist of recent times who
occasionally has been on the
hot spot. it could be said of
Mr.. Wilson that:
HE shuns the drab, the
neutral. the cautious and the
cocoa -blooded. Among his
political opponents at home he
has aroused fury. bewilder-
ment, exasperation-but sell
dom hatred and never indiffer-
ence." This of course refers to
Winston Churchill.
It may seem ironic. but
based on Mr.. Wilson'S obvious
ability to declare his position
briefly. directly and clearly:
his acknowledged honesty.
courage and ability; his I'M
wavering protection OF indi-
viduality. he appears to be
most logical candidate for the
position of Secretary of State.
Here indeed is a man who
everybody, especially the
British and Russians, can un-
derstand and respect.
Yes, Charles E. Wilson is
Charles E. Wilson. You can't
hardly get these kind no more.
Omar Kelly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
THE POLITICAL MILL
It's Time to Act Together on Initiation
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Business can, If 1t will, halt
price increases: and labor, II
1t will, can put the brakes on
ever-increasing wage demands
which add to the cost Of
production. The general pub
lie can, If 1t will, use sense
about spending its money.
To the ordinary man in the
street, it's astonishing that d
Federal budget should be
handed Congress and at the
same time a warning should
come from the Secretary of
the Treasury that it should be
cut, and the President should
suggest that there are many,
many ways in which the ex-
ecutive departm ents and
agencies can save money-by
not spending what is actually
allotted them. It seems rather
like putting the cart before
the horse, like permitting q
huge spending and then tell
ing the Government people not
to spend.
$l03 Billion From Taxes
Federal spending, as Hoover
pointed out, is much larger
than the figures in the annual
budget. There is spending on
various governmentally con-
Quoted pensions and on some
trust funds. And there is in
direct spending on projects
financed by guarantees and
loans. In addition, there is
the spending of State and
local governments. Hoover
said the total has been esti-
mated at S103 billion-the Fed
eral budget is around $72
billion. All this money for
spending has to come out of
the pockets of the people and
businesses through tax levies
of one kind or another. And
it has to do with imitation.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton has balanced the budget.
It expects to keep the budget
in balance during the next
fiscal year, as well as this one.
1t is violently opposed to adj
diCional or new deficit spend
ing by the Government, and
properly SO. Yet it is perfectly
obvious-and has been so in
dicated-that should imitation
bring in its train depression,
the Government-and by that
is meant the Eisenhower adj
mlnlstration will go to
greater Government spending,
even if it means greater
deficits. Taxes are high-but
with business and employ
ment and production as great
as they are, the A m erican
people are getting along. II
any part of this act falters,
however, the fat will be in the
fire.
Hoover's warning is espe-
cially timely. AS he COM
mented. his hair was once
"curled" by a depression that
followed great imitation. He's
against having it curled again.
He doesn't want the Govern
ment to just sit by again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
reader by
D. G Please tnclose for

@. Is 1t legal for a clubs
executive board to take an
action decided upon unani-
mously, but by telephone, be-
tween meetings?-J. j.
A. In an emergency this
must sometimes be done, but
the action does not become a
legal one until it is ratified in
a subsequent formal meeting.
II money is expended, it IS al
the risk Of the person who ex-
ponds it. The club is under
no obligation 70 approve the
payment. and the auditor NAV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07

President Eisenhower, for
mer President Herbert Hoover
and Secretary of the Treasury
George Humphrey each have
issued warnings that Big BUSH
ness. Big Labor. and Big Gov
eminent must watch their
step. along with the common,
run-of-the-mine citizens, lest
this country should expert
ence a disastrous imitation.
The President and Secretary
Humphrey seem to be saying
that such a catastrophe may
be somewhere In the future
not just around the corner
If 1t occurs at all. Hoover Is
more blunt. Addressing the
National Reorganization Con-
ference in Washington a few
days ago, the former Presi-
dent said:
mo one here needs to be
told that we are in the midst
Of an imitation movement.
Both President Eisenhower
and Secretary Humphrey, as
well as a host of nonofficial
persons, have called full warn
ing of it. You do not need to
be told that unless imitation
is stopped. the end is a bump.
While Secretary of Commerce,
I witnessed a growing inf1a-
ton movement. protested at
its promotion by Federal ac-
tivities. Then / had to live
through the agony Of its inevi-
table consequences. Secretary
Humphrey says that unless we
change some Of our ways, we
will see a depression that will
curl your hair Mine has al
ready been curled once-and
I think I can detect the
signs" r.
It's Up to Everybody
The danger. as Hoover indi-
Gates, is that everybody will
continue to talk about imitation,
and nobody will do anything
about it. 1t is discouraging to
some members Of Congress and
to a lot Of people outside, that
the new Federal budget turns
out to be the largest peace
time budget on record. mean
ing. II carried out, tremendous
Government spending. No one
doubts that this is inflationary.
But in defense of such spend
ing. it is urged that the coun-
try is enjoying the greatest
prosperity, the greatest pro-
duction an dthe greatest en-
ployment on record.
The people who can really
do something about imitation
If they will-are Congressman,
the officials of the executive
branch of the Government,
businessmen, labor-particu-
larry their leaders-and in
deed, the consuming public.
This includes practically
everybody. The danger is that
each group will 'let George
do it." Congress can, if it
will, cut the appropriations
and authorizations. The ex-
ecutive can, if it will, cut the
actual spending of money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

time. and enjoy the deepest.
most refreshing slumber.
Templeton Jones is not with
out knowledge, of course, Of
the intense preference of the
average producer for his pro-
duct. You can't blame him. he
is an enthusiast, too!
1t is part of what makes the
world go round.
But Jones takes all such
pharmaceutical products with
grain of salt, as it were.
He knows that there some.
times is a great difference be-
tween the cup and the lip-er,
between the bottle and his own
gullet.
He tests 'em out on that
best of testers. himself, and is
willing to abide by his own
verdict.
Some of the across-the-
counter sleeping potions do a
good job of putting one to
sleep. Not so good, usually,
in keeping one asleep.
And those dreamsl
1t took our friend Jones sew.
eral nights to get onto the
plain fact that it was the pills
which were causing the
dreams.
Jones knows this, because
he seldom dreams, otherwise.
These new dreams were
mostly Of the Illustration type.
peculiar to the high powered
competitive American.
He found himself a young
man again, determined to
make a go of it in the business
world, and succeeding, but at
a cost.
This cost was the dream
which upset both his mind and
heart-and his sleep!
One usually and mercifully
wakes up when a dream gets
too frustrating. when you are
away across the city and can't
get to where you are going, or
when you are at the Office and
simply can't get out the work
you must get out. or when the
old debbil boss is laughing at
you before the whole staff.
Such dreams are caused in
profusion by the antihista-
mine, and after a few nights
of them, one is willing to stay
awake, if necessary, to avoid
them.
There are worse things than
sleeplessness.
The cure, in other words. is
worse than the disease, but it
includes, fortunately, a self
limiting factor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07

Some earnest persons feel
that the sale Of tranquilizers
to the American people has
reached such a pitch that
something ought to be done
about it.
Unless there Is, they assert.
we are in danger of raising a
race Of tranquilized sisSies.
Well. maybe.
Others are convinced that
nothing of the kind will result.
Templeton Jones is one of
these.
He holds that usually there
is a self-limitation to all such
chemical wonders.
Just as the germs got onto
various miracle drugs. !"
and are now able to cope with
them without harm to them
selves. so human takers of
"tranquilizers" will probably
find something inimical to
them all by themselves.
y
Jones says it is the same
with these across the coun-
ter" sleeping tablets and cap
sules.
Anybody with SO cents can
purchase them. but after he
has tried them several nights.
he usually is willing to let
them alone.
And do you know why?
Because they cause such
horrible dreams. Jones says.
He has tried them in blue
and white tablets. purple cap
sules, pink capsules, and in
various other colors and COM
binations of the same.
Mostly they are all alike.
having as their basic ingre-
dent an antihiStamine which
causes sleepineSs.
Most of the antihistamines
have this popularity as a side
effect. as the doctors call an
unwanted reaction.
A few of them have it in an
intense degree. And the Gov
eminent. which is supposed
to watch out for all of us. per-
mits the use Of one of them
as a sleeping pill.
This one really is a knock
out, but can be given even to
babies.
Temp Jones has one in
which this Ingredient has been
placed in syrup for admins
tration to children by dropper.
With his usual enthusiasm,
Jones felt that he had at last
conquered insomnia when he
took home his first bottle of
capsules.
All one had to do, the box
said, was to take one at bed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Middle East Views
Morton S. RAN.

SSAAAS w W oAAOnGA W lIVub oil
almost unanimous world opin-
ion? Six times the U. N. has
called for Jewish Withdrawal
from the territory Of Egypt.
Seventy-two nations have
called upon Israel to end her
act Of aggression! And yet
Israel is planning to stay put
a policy that is as arrogant
today as it would prove suicidal
tomorrow.
AS Briton who knows the
Middle East. may I warn my
American friends that the
consequences of American hesi-
tation at this moment will
certainly be catastrophe.
Whether We like it or not, this
much is certain: Only America
has the power. the prestige
and the moral right to prevent
these vast, strategically and
economically vital Moslem
lands from gravitating toward
the Soviet camp.
Mr.. Eisenhower's historic
Middle East doctrine will come
to naught unless it starts out
with the successful enforce
ment of an Israeli withdrawal
from Egypt. In assessing the
value of American leadership,
the Moslem world in its pres
ent crisis will be far more
influenced by Americas han
ding of the Israeli problem
than by promises of future
economic aid and military
guarantees.
Pro-American Briton.
If the political responsibility
of the United States toward
Israel has not yet become clear,
then certainly the moral re-
sponsibility should long ago
have been established. Who
are the million and a half Is
raeiis who populate the state of
Israel? Can it be possible that
in the space of one short
generation the conscience of
the world feels no remorse over
its inability to have stopped
the murder of 6 million Jews
in Europe? Has its ears
stopped ringing with the cries
of those for whom there was
no help? Has the memory Of
the sights in Auschwitz. Maid
anek and other concentration
camps been blinded from its
eyes? For the most part the
ISraelis are those who re-
manned; and are those who
are presently gathered from
fears Of new prosecutions. And
they came to their little land
of Israel with the full blessing
of the Western world.
And now. why do these same
nations. and our own United
States. look with askance on
those who have achieved, if
not the full strength, at least
the full dignity of self
preservation? Preferring to
cultivate and reap the harvests
of peace. the Israeli-man,
woman and child-has also
found 1t necessary to culti-
vate the techniques Of war.
For who would deny to them
and their nation the right
never again to sink. unpro-
tected. into the mires of pitt
less persecution and death?
Seemingly defiant because OF
its independence in the pro-
lection Of its million and a
half citizens, Israel now brings
all its force to bear to high
light its problem Of existence
and TO extract from the con-
gress Of nations naught but
guarantees OF promises long
given. Loretta Goldberg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07

resentative Mcmillan of South Carolina
is chairman. They are Representatives
Multer of New York, Matthews of Florida,
(Mrs.) Granahan of Pennsylvania, Dowdy
of Texas and Holt of California. All in
all, there is reason to expect that WASH
ington's many, varied and difficult prob
lens. from bridges to schools, will receive
careful and intelligent attention at the
new session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07

not pass the account unless 1t
is approved at a formal meet
ing.
@. How far is it by sea from
New York City to Los Angeles.
California? E. Il.
A. BY way Of the Panama
Canal The distance is about
1890 nautical miles: via
Magellan Strait. it is l2.818,
These figures. determined by
the Nays Hydrograpllic OF.
fec. represent The shortest
navigable routes between the
two ports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
jamestown, 1857

A rugged Uolor springs to lite,
Articulatc. the past
Reveals, through Intervening
time,
The splendid mold II cast.
The history the tom en-
ShTtaeS.
A legacy Of hope
10 millions SceIino liberty,
Presents a 'Didcaino scope.
Florence Pedieo Jonsson