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British Guiana
Votes Monday

GETOWN, British
Guiana, Aug. 10 (R.-British
Guiana, where Communism
won and lost a foothold four
years ago. will come up for an
other election test Monday.
An estimated 100000 persons
in this crown colony on the
north coast of South America,
will vote to fill IA elected seats
in the new legislature. Fifty
six candidates are competing.
Five political parties are in the
running and a few candidates
are competing as independents,
1t marks the first direct
vote in the colony since 1853
when East Indian dentist
Cheddi Jagen. 80. an avowed
Marxist and his partisans won
control of the legislature and
hid it until the British moved
in troops 1873 days later.
Racial conflicts have been in
jected into the campaign in
this country of half a million
people where the dominant
groups are Indians. who total
48 per cent and Negroes, AZ
per cent.
Some have charged during
the campaign that the racial
issue was raised by Jagen and
his white, Chicago-born wife,
Janet. The British government
claims both are Communists.
When Jagen moved in four
years ago. fears were expressed
that because his Peoples Pro-
gresSive Party opp had Com
munist backing. the Reds might
be trying to gain a foothold on
the approaches to the Panama
Canal some 1900 miles away.
The British finally charged
the PIP was trying to set up a
Communist state and wrested
control from the Jagen PARTS
ans. Since then, there has been
no election. The British gov
ernor. Sir Patrick Renison, has
appointed the legislators.
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vate Negro college at Tuskegee
has received State fund appro-
priations for decades.
At Knoxville, Tenn, John
Kasper, segregationist. is seek
ing a new trial in the Clinton
High School case on grounds
that the jury that convicted
him Of criminal contempt of
court was tempered with and
that members of the jury had
read newspapers during the
recent trial.
Kasper. who is from Wash
ingtor. D. c.. and six residents
fof Clinton. Tenn. were con-
victed of violating a permanent
injunction issued by United
States District Judge Robert l..
Taylor against interfering with
racial indignation at the school,
which had proceeded under
court order.
The other six who were con-
victed with Kasper said they,
too. would seek a new trial.
At Dade City, Fla, Sheriff
Leslie Bessenger continued his
investigation into the wound
ing Of a white baseball player
who was riding in a motor car
in which both white and Negro
players were passengers.
Pitcher Shot in Arm
A shotgun blast Wednesday
wounded Dick Colgan, a pitch
er, in the arm. No one else
was hurt. and Mr.. Colgan was
hurt only slightly. The three
Negro players have been men,
bers Of the Tampa club in the
Florida State League all sea-
son. Their presence on the
team had brought no previous
incident.
At Birmingham. Ala. an at
torney accused the Justice De-
partment of seeking to frighten
Southerners from joining or
CARNATIONS pledged to MAIN
tanning segregation and from
associating with known segre-
gationists.
Grover S. Mcleod. one Of the
defense attorneys at the Gin
ton High School trial, had this
to say on the subject:
1.-THE Justice Department
now has a program designed
to intimidate the people of the
South. to scare them from
joining segregation organiza-
tons, and from associatine
with known segregationists be-
cause they may wind up in jail
as a result therefrom."
This was so. he said, be
cause they might wind up as
a party to a contempt CASE
and he added:
Merely belonging to any
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tate with co-operatives and
other public power groups for
atomic power supplies.
Representative Holifield,
Democrat of California, pro-
tested that killing the CO.
operative provision might bank
rupt some co-ops, forcing their
sale to private utilities. He
said small co-operatives have
tried unsuccessmully ITO make
a deal" with Acc.
The House also added to the
bill research funds for a fast
breeder reactor near Monroe.
Mich. planned by the Power
Reactor Development Co., a
combination Of private utilities.
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DOROTHY THOMPSON
Lower Down Payment on Loans Cited
As Increasing Mortgage of Buyer

digiously high for homes or
apartments satisfying pres
ent concepts of the Ameri-
can standard of living. There
are decent dwellings avail
able at really cheap rents in
most communities, but if
occupancy involves climbing
two or three flights of stairs,
or having to install a heater
for rooms and/o water, both
of which are available in
safe and inexpensive models.
even a young couple, start
ing in life. scornS them.
In debt for their shelter,
the average American family
is also in debt for a car, a
television set preferably.
with hi-fi and radio combiI
nation. a washing machine
(and, II possible, a dryer,
and other labor saving" de-
vices. But to meet the pay
mentS plus interest for this
saving of labor inside the
home. both man and wife
often labor outside the home.
Where there are children,
this makes an additional de-
mand upon the schools for
ever-extended recreatiorRl
facilities. dining rooms
(where children increasingly
eat the main neal, larger
stats, and heavier mainte-
nance costs. Even quite small
communities are building
million-dollar schools, thus
raising real estate taxes, and,
of course, rentals.
Meanwhile, our magazines
have a plethora of articles
dealing with sudden deaths
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Whatever the Federal Gov
ernment's new policy on home
buying may do for the Ameri-
can economy as a whole. and
for the building industry in
particular, it will certainly
increase the indebtedness Of
American families with mod
crate incomes. It Is proposed
to reduce down payments on
FILA and VA loans in order
to spur home buying. and. at
the same time, raise the in
terest rate on mortgages in
order to decrease inf1ationary
pressures. Buyers of a $10,-
900 property will have to put
up only 3 per cent of the
price; of $4,000. S per cent:
of $4,000, ia per cent; Of
$4,000. Is per cent. Or
converSely-they will mort
gage themselves for 81 per
cent, 95 per cent. 921a per
cent. or 50 per cent of the
cost Of their homes. with in
terest at 5la to 6 per cent.
Since a $4,000 dwelling
for comfortable family habi-
tation and with any prospect
Of durability for the length
of the mortgage is difficult
to find, people of even mod
crate incomes spurred to buy
by the low initial payment
will go in for $4,000 and up.
and pay the heavy interest
plus amortization, together
with real estate taxes, MAIN
tenance and repairs, and in
Surance.
One reason they will do
1t is because rents are pro-
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Most OF the funds would go
for military projects.
Before final passage. a scat
tering of Democrats joined
forces with Republicans to
strike from the measure au-
thorization for two expert
mental reactors to produce
electric power. That same
coalition voted to delete a
provision which would have
directed the Atomic Energy
Commission to build reactors
to produce steam for sale to
public power installations.
G. o. p. Hits Power Plan
The two prototype reactors
would have cost about SIS
million. One would have been
a natural uranium, gaS-cooled
unit. The other would have
been a plutonium recycle
reactor.
Democrats on the Senate
House Atomic Energy Commit
tee maintained the reactors
were necessary to keep the
United States in the lead in
development of atomic power
But some Republicans on the
committee had said the plan
was public power advocacy
run rampant"
Authority for the two re.
actors was deleted by a roll
call vote of 211-188. But the
House left in the bill, by g
201-197 vote, SO million fol
preliminary work on a reactol
to produce special materials fol
the weapons program.
Drop ReactOr Program
The House voted. 213-185. tt
remove the provisions which
would have directed Acc tt
build reactors to sell steam II
these public power groups:
The Consumers Public Power
District of Nebraska, the Ell
River Mimi Rural Co-opera.
tive Association, the Hershey
(Mich.O Wolverine Electric Co.
operative. the City of Piqua
Ohio, and the Chugach Elec.
trio Association at Anchorage
Alaska.
Thus, the commission retains
its present authority to nego.
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ator Kefauver would have to
ask the other producers why
they raised prices. but that the
industry had a uniform labor
contract and he imagined other
companies costs "were going
up the same as ours"
Mr.. Blough told the Senators
the recent z per cent freight
rate increase approved by the
Government will cost us be-
tween IS and 70 cents ton"
Senator Kefauver asked Mr.
Blough II he had needed q
plea by President Eisenhower
to labor and industry to holo
down wage and price boosts
to help check imitation.
I'VE did," Mr.. Blough re-
piled.
Boost Held Unneeded
The union publication :
which was prepared before Mr.
Blough's testimony-contended
however. that the wage anC
fringe improvements Of 49,
cents an hour which we're effec'
tive July could have beer
absorbed by the industry "ou
Of profits and rising outpu
per man-hour of work"
And the paper also referred
to the Presidents request Il
hold down imitation. saying:
United States Steel's action
raising the price Of a basi,
product that is used by almos
all United States industry
came one day after Presiden
Eisenhower at a news confer
ence, asked business to US
restraint in its pricing policies.
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which would be effective in 80
to go days. raise the total dis
ability rate from the present
$181 monthly to 1925. A 10
per cent disability payment
would rise from SIT to $19. a
so per cent disability from $91
to 500, an 80 per cent disa-
bility from $145 to $160.
with similar hikes in other
categories.
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1IlCI cdo6.
These views were set forth in
Economic Trends and outlook,
published monthly by the ALL
CLIO Economic Policy Commit
tee. There was no immediate
reaction from the steel industry.
Probe Under Way.
The union criticism comes at
a time when the Senate Anti
trust subcommittee headed by
Senator Kefauver. Democrat Of
Tennessee, is investigating
what it calls administered"
prices, as opposed to those set
by supply and demand.
The inquiry, which started
Thursday. is presently probing
a Sc a ton price increase put
into effect several weeks ago
by steel producers.
For the past two days, Roger
M. Blough, board chairman Of
United States Steel Corp, has
been a witness before the sub
committee. He said the steel
price increase. which became
effective July l. fell 2R per
cent short Of a 6la per cent
wage increase which was effec-
tive the same day. The United
Steelworkers Union, which rep
resents production workers in
the steel industry. belongs to
the AFL-CIO.
Didn't Consult Competition.
Under questioning Mr.. Blough
said he had not consulted with
competing firms before United
States Steel posted the price
increase. Other steel firms fol-
lowed United States Steel, the
largest producer, in boosting
prices. Mr.. Blough said Sen
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establishing their own city
The vote for the bill yesterday
was rs to 3.
Negroes began their boycott
several weeks ago in the wake
Of a law that changed Tus-
kegee's boundaries and placed
all but 10 of the 420 Negro
voters outside the city limits.
2. At Miami. Fla, the Ma.
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored Peopl:
told Negroes to sit wherever
they wanted to sit on city
buses. ride wherever YOU
like" said the NAACP.
The announcement followed
an order from United State.
District Judge Emett Choatt
that said segregated bus seat.
ing in Florida's largest city
must end by September /.
No FlOcking to Front
No immediate flocking of Ne.
groes to the front seats wal
reported. however, nor wert
there any reports of friction
or disturbances among whit
and Negro riders.
Actually" said the Rev
Theodore Gibson. president Of
the Miami Chapter Of thu
NAACP, Negroes have beer
riding at the front of buses ir
Miami for the past severa
months without any major in.
cident."
Judge Choate twice had sale
from his bench that bus segre.
cation laws we're not constitu.
tional. His ruling came as M
surprise.
City Attorney George Okel
said he planned to appeal thu
judges ruling.
Other Developments
Elsewhere, these develop.
ments we're noted:
At Nashville, the TENNESSEE
Board of Education ruled ou
indignation this year in schools
under its jurisdiction. The few
Negro graduate students al
ready enrolled will not be az
fected.
A Federal court Of appeal
recently turned down a stair
step" plan for beginning inte'
grafton at Memphis State Col
lege. The board said yesterda!
it would name a committee II
draft a new plan.
outside the boards jurisdic.
ton is the University of Ten
nessee, where Negroes wer'
admitted to the graduate
schools several years ago.
At Philadelphia. Attorne!
Raymond Pace Alexander salt
he planned court action to en-
roll two Negro boys at GirarC
College, set up decades ag'
under the will Of the 19tl
century merchant Stephei
Girard as a school for poo
white orphan boys"
The United States Suprem,
Court ruled the school mus
admit Negro boys because it 1
administered by a public body
the Philadelphia Board Of Cit,
Trusts.
100000 Grant Approved
Also in the sphere Of educa
ton, the Alabama House whicl
passed the bill to keep tn
boycotting Tuskegee Negroe
from incorporating their owl
municipality, at the same tim
approved a grant Of 100000 b
Tuskegee Institute. The pri
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Disabled Veteran
Benefits Approved
BY the Associated Pres

BY tne Associated Press
The Senate has approved
benefit increases of about $40
million a year for some two
million disabled veterans and
their dependents.
The measure, shouted through
the Senate last night, now
goes back to the House for
consideration of some minor
Senate amendments. TIL e
House passed the bill unani-
mously May 10.
The increased payments,
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Beauty Boil Slated

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Aug. 10 Especially The Char
lottesville Lions Club will hold
its annual Beauty Ball on Sep
TENDER 6 at Fry's Spring Beach
Club. Paul Payne. club presi-
dent. announced. The ball is
held each year in conjunction
with the Apple Harvest Festi-
val Miss Albemarle" is cho-
sen from the contest partici-
pants to represent Charlottes-
vile and Albemarle County In
the festival Oct, "a.
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segregation organization may
make you a party suspect"
Mr.. Mcleod said he himself
was member of a prosegre-
cation group.
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SINGER Improved

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 R.-
Singer Marion Marlowe was re-
leased last night from Doctors
Hospital, where she was treated
for q virus infection Of the
chest. She was taken to the
hospital August 3.
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Linking Of Steel Prices
ToWoges Hit by Labor
By the Associated Pres

An AFL-CIO publication said today the steel industry
pioneered the technique of announcing price
the time of a wage increase.
Ihe scapegoat under this procedure made-the
union and employees that union
publication added
said did justify the latest steel price
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House OKs Atom Fund
Kills Reoctor Program
By the Associated Press

The House has approved 1897 million in atomic con-
sucton projects but it refused to order the Federal Govern
ment to build atomic reactors for public groups
By rocall vote of 1924 the House passed the Atomic
Authorization Bill yesterday sending to the Senate Appro
pration OF actual funds will be made in subsequent bill
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New Law, Court Ruling
Stir Segregation Issue
BY the Associated Press

At scattered points throughout the South develop
mens hghghted today the complex and controversial problem
OF segregation These two developments seemed to outweigh the
others in Importance:
l. The Alabama House passed bill that would prohibit
Tuskegee Negroes stunning white merchants from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-14
BY RAY HE&RY

More and more World War
veterans are retiring because
of age. And. as a result, more
and more are looking for sources
Of retirement income.
Yet, it seems as if relatively
few are aware that they may
be entitled to monthly pension
payments for their war service
from the Veterans Administra-
ton.
To be sure, not all are eligible.
The VA makes a veteran show
that he meets certain require
ments before it'll give him a
pension.
But, for most veterans who've
reached IS and retired, the re-
quirements are not too tough
to meet, particularly if their
other income isn't large.
Basic Requirements
There are three basic require
ments:
l.. He must have an income
of $l,400 or less a year, if he
has no dependents, or $2,700
or less, if he has dependents.
Just what's considered as
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SECURITY FOR YOU
Veterans Pensions
Often Overlooked

income by the VA under this
requirement is a. matter for
the VA to decide after a veteran
applies for a pension.
There are, however, some
general rules covering the
income requirement.
For example: The pension
itself isn't counted as income
against the limits. Neither is in
come his wife might have.
Here are the major types of
income which are counted:
Retirement payments from
the Federal or State govern
ments or from private business
organizations. This includes
social security payments. But.
payments from retirement
funds, including social secu-
rity, doesn't count against the
limits until the amount of the
veterans personal contribution
to the funds have been repaid
to him.
Total income from wages.
salaries, bonuses. earnings, in
vestments and rents. Income
from businesses and profess
sionS.
Gifts and charitable dona-
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dfugs in the treatment Of

dfugs In the treatment Of
obesity? Sincerely, Mr.. E. e.
The basic treatment in weight
reduction is to decrease caloric
intake. Most persons who de-
velop the will to lose can shed
poundage without the aid of
drugs. For those who need a
crutch to lean on the first few
weeks of dieting. appetite
diminishing drugs like the one
you have mentioned help cut
the appetite.
Lately doctors have also been
adding small doses of sedatives
to weight re ducers on the
theory that increased tension
and nervousness tend toward
nibbling between meals and
overeating at the table. How
ever, it is important that the
sedatives are not too strong. I
have found that too-heavy sed-
alton cuts down the efficacy of
the appetite-reducing drugs.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Tomorrow: Don't advise the elderly
to chonqe their hobits.
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lions from any source. Proceeds
from requests or inheritances.
Served 80 Days
2. He must have served at
least 90 days in one of the
military forces Of the United
States. with some part Of the
service during the World War I
period. and received a discharge
under other than dishons fable
conditions.
8. He must be considered by
the VA to be totally and per-
manently disabled.
Whether q veteran qualities
under this requirement depends
on a physical examination given
by a VA doctor when the
veteran applies for his pension.
If the doctor finds that any
part of the body isn't func-
tioning properly, he'll decide
how much the disability bothers
him and how much it limits his
ability to make a living.
After the VA gets the doctors
report. it will rate the disabil-
ity ranging from zero to 100
per cent.
Up to age IS. the VA must
find that the disability is 100
per cent disabling for the vet
eran to qualify for a pension.
If the veteran is more than
SIS, the VA considers advancing
age, itself q disabling factor
and doesn't require thed isabil-
ity to be 100 per cent.
Between IS and go, the VA
See SECURITY. Page Gil
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course when they needed him
badly; or refused to come out
one night when little Jerry
was taken with crampS.) There
are exceptions to every rule.
AS for Osler's word well
trained: Every general prac-
titioner is well trained in the
fundamentals or medical care.
And in the past few years the
Academy of General Practice
sees to it that its members keep
abreast of everything new" in
medicine. I would not expect
your general practitioner to
have the qualifications to re-
move the lobe of a lung or
operate on the heart. Realiz-
ing his own limitations is, I
think. one of the first require
ments of the sensible" prac-
titioner. If your doctor knows
when to call in the specialist
on problem that is out of his
depth. you can be thankful
that you have a fine family
doctor.
AS to your direct question:
Which is more important, gen.
eral practitioner or specialist? I
will answer that by asking you
one: Mrs. K. D. K, which is
more important. forearm or
fingers. 1t is evident that one
cannot function without the
other.
Sedatives in Obesity Treatment
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: Why
is 1t necessary to take seda-
tives in addition to dexe-
drone-like appetite-reducing
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FEATURE Rcz
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Doctors Termed Community Asset
By DR.. PETER } sTEINcRoHN

1 believe that the general
practitioner is well qualified
to handle his patients. Never
having seen this problem dis
cussed in your column, DR..
Steincrohn, 1 would appreci-
ate knowing your feelings in
the matter.-Mr. X. ID. X.
When American medicine
loses its general practitioner
I predict that its strongest
prop will have fallen--and with
it, the high level of medica
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achievement that we can offer
the public today.
Herbert Hoover, according to
"a quotation / have taken from
the Journal of Lifetime Living,
said:
1.-THE species of the country
doctor is not extinct. With
urban life paved roads and
the automobile, he has changed
his name to that of the family
doctor. He is better equipped to
fight disease and accident, but
the family doctor has the same
qualities of moral strength,
friendship and family guidance
of old"
I agree unreservedly with
Sir William Osler. who wrote:
"A well-trained, sensible fam
lily doctor is one of the most
valuable assets in a community,
worth today, as in Homer's
time. many another man. .
Few men. live lives of more
devoted self sacrifice"
1t is not necessary to dwell
on the words devoted self
sacrifice. Most readers have
had proof during their own
lifetime of the around-t the
clock devotion of their family
doctor. Sleep interrupted,
meals delayed or missed en-
tirely. and daily pleasures or
vacations postponed. All be-
cause there was a job to do.
Il make these statements,
realizing full we'll that some
readers will point out that
their doctor was on a golf
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Dear DIR. SteincrOhn: I
should like you to settle a
difference of opinion: Be-
tween the relative importance
of family doctors and spe-
cialists. A friend of mine
argues that only the spe-
cialist is really equipped to
master the advanced meth
DDS of diagnosis and treat
ment that have been dis
covered in the past quarter
century. On the other hand,
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Reincurnution Is Topic

Gina Cerminara, author and
lecturer. will speak on REIN
carnation: An Idea Whose Time
Has Come" at 8 pm. tomorrow
in Pierce Hall, All Souls Uni
tartan Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV.