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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
A 1885 PecuIiority'

1t is probable that abuses, or at least
faulty administration, may be uncovered
IN almost any type Of Government aid
to-individuals program. It becomes even
more probable when the emphasis is on
haste. And so it is not too surprising
that the House Agriculture Appropria-
lions subcommittee has reported "lax
handling" Of soil bank payments during
the summer and early fall of 1855. In some
cases they report crop failure insurance
paid on the same land for which farmers
received soil bank payments not to grow
crops. In others, farmers were paid for
not planting crops on land on which
they already were legally forbidden to
plant crops.
The soil bank plan was enacted by
Congress near the end OF the 1855 plant
ing season. Coincidentally, 1t was only
few months before national election
campaign and Subcommittee Chairman
Written, Mississippi Democrat. has sug-
gested that money was "dished" out hur-
riedly to the farmers before election day
with November votes In mind. Depart
ment OF Agriculture spokesman acknowl-
edge that all this was 1885 peculi-
arity' that won't happen again."
We do not doubt that there was
politicking on both sides of the fence in
connection with the soil bank program.
In the long run, however, no political
party will beneflt by "lax handling" Of
public funds. Those in charge Of admin
istering aid to agriculture this year will
have no excuse of haste, or other special
circumstance, for further "peculiarities."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
Dave Beck's Rhetoric

There is every indication that the
AFL-CIO intends to do thorough job
OF cleaning house in the Transfers Union.
The gist of the accusation, as set
forth in an eight-count statement by the
Ethical Practices Committee, is that the
Transfers Union is dominated, controlled
or substantially motivated by corrupt in
fiuenceS. Dave Beck and some of his key
associates have been given until May "a
to study and answer the complaint, after
which the parent organization will take
such further action as it deems advisable.
Mr.. Beck, speaking for his own execu-
tive board, has commented in character
istic fashion. "We deeply resent" he said,
land we vigorously deny this malicious
and unfounded SANDER on our member
ship and our official family, national and
local"
This, we suppose, was addressed more
to the rank and file of the Transfers than
to the AFL-CIO. For it is a statement
which is essentially of the diversionary
smokescreen variety. The general public,
and, we assume, the AFL-CIO will not
be interested in Mr.. Beck's deep resent
ment. It will take note. however, of his
generalized vigorous denial, and will
await with real interest the day on which
he may come forward with detailed and
specific answers and explanations But
1t might be good idea not to hold ones
breath while waiting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
The Eagles

When eagles on monuments
no longer mean any
thing.
When the rosy millennium is
here that choirs sing.
When this sorry fret OF shabby
0ppressedness Is done.
When men ,giH all be brothers
and all earthly peoples
one.
When iOe votD the Lords peace
so the red beasts reign
is ended.
From that time on hurt from
folk need neper more be
Tended.
Is that not time enough TO
then press home our
sharpcst dirk,
To dtsprtse, disprdise, despite
dblise his Job - our
iDork?
I speak OF soldiers out OF
Americas homes Of
DoUe.
Is he not entitled TO one brief
iDord OF lope2-
That he uses his head, Is
tmmoudble In defense.
Wards nell, presses home the
fcht = Is terrible m
o6ense?
Roy Jones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

most sensitive. while the other
show was replete with off,
color jokes, songs and dane
ing.
There was. indeed. a Bohe-
milan atmosphere to the bur-
lesque shows which set them
apart.
Most Of the entertainment
was a sort of broad farce,
scarcely more, such stun as
one comedian saying, Il
haven't seen Nellie for q year,
but here she comes now" and
a type of joke that came down
in direct line from the Eliza
bethan plays Of Shakespeare,
John Ford and others Of that
great day.
The singing was never great,
but often enough 1t was &C
ceptable.
The orchestras were always
first rate. Evidently they al
ways got good players. and
kept them.
Treatment may have been
rather heavy. at points when
the comedian fell down, but
otherwise the music was well
played.
1t was only at a later day
that the "strip-tease" came to
give this form Of entertain
ment a bad name. But in the
old days, of which our corre-
spondent has such vivid mem
cries. the ladies Of the chorus
seldom went farther than
tights or short skirts.
The free and easy atmos-
phere of the shows struck q
chord beloved of all show
goers. No dressing up, the
bane Of theatricals, but come
as you please. Now and then
there would come q rumble
and you had to draw your feet
up to let q bottle roll down
uninterrupted.
Every so often a rapid gray
shape would scurry along the
main aisle and it would be a
rat. These little excursions of
the animal world made every
one feel at home.
Burlesque does not deserve
the i'll fame 1t has today. In
the old days. when it was right,
1t bred UP all the comedians
and many of the good actors
for vaudeville and musical
comedy. The strip-teasers
ruined it.
1t was impossible, however,
to convince the mothers OF
that day that it wasn't a very
evil thing.
One famous official was
lectured by his wife for going
to the old Kernan's. :
"A man Of your promi-
nence." said this virtuous lady,
should be ashamed to be
seen there by other prominent
men,"
why, the other prominent
men," he laughed. ARE there.
too"
But she didn't believe him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
e! ;. But the Republicans Are Still Around
LETTERS TO THE STAR

and regret from our Nations
leaders directed to the widow
Of Senator Mccarthy should
be recognized as badly and
totally insincere.
Senator McCarthy's crushing
experience will some day be
revealed as directly compa-
rable to that Of Billy Mitchell.
Sacrifice Of his political and
social prestige to uncover Com
munist infiltration within this
Nation. to fully protect our
Government and its citizens,
has strangely resulted in the
hatred and contempt of lead
ers Of both our Democratic and
Republican Parties. They are
now carefully diverting public
attention by centeringson the
vital necessity of cleaning up
the situation over in Egypt,
Arabia. Israel, Jordan and a
few other locales, 10000 miles
away-continuing to ignore the
gravity Of Communist infiltra-
ton here in the United States.
Rawley C. DOnOhue.
The repetitious observations
OF commentators implying that
since the censure action of his
colleagues in the United States
Senate, the late Senator
Joseph r. Mccarthy had been
successfully made impotent in
his defense Of God and coun-
try compels me to say a few
words.
A higher power is now pass
ing first judgment. His judy
ment will be based on to what
extent he was q good and
faithful servant. There is no
question tnat ne was q faithful
citizen. For what. actually. was
the honorable Senator from
Wisconsin censured Ito put it
mildly? Was it because he
was, verbally. a little unrefined
IN seeking the enemies Of God
and country?
Authenticated reports tell Of
tortures Of the astoundingly
brave Hungarians. Would these
human souls have felt Joe
Mccarthy was q little harsh.
or were they praying for more
Joe McCarthys to fight the
good tight?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
Te0msters and Court

Al Accepting Win q peerless
tradition Of party irrespon-
sibility, the Democrats are now
blaming President Eisenhower
for labor union rottenness-
more specifically. for cod
ding" the infamous Mr.. Beck.
Quite q few years ago, while
that great Democrat. James
Byrnes. was q United States
Supreme Court justice and
before Eisenhower" was a
household word, the Transfers
Union in New York City de-
cided that the truck farmers
from nearby New Jersey were
no longer capable Of driving
their trucks to market, al
though the farmers had been
doing so for years. So the
union ambushed the truckers,
beat up a few and threatened
to beat UP the rest, unless the
farmers hired union teamsters
to drive their trucks once the
trucks got into New York City.
The union. Local 8O7, was
indicted for labor racketeering
and the Government obtained
a conviction. To the union
bosses. 1t was inconceivable
that any law should interfere
with a unions divine right to
beat UP people or destroy their
property, so the union appealed
to the Suprmeme Court, nicely
packed with a majority of de-
serving Democrats by another
great Dem ocrat, Franklin
Roosevelt.
Justice Byrnes wrote the
majority opinion. The court
accepted as established fact
that intimidation and beatings
had taken place. However, said
Justice Byrnes, "the Jury was
bound to acquit the defendants
II 1t found that their objective
and purpose was to obtain by
the use or threat Of violence
the chance to work for the
money ="
Thus, in United States VS..
Local 807, International
Brotherhood Of Team sters
t3l5 U. s. SID, the Democrats
laid down the rule in 1912 that
1t is all right for a union to
force people TO hire union
members, beating UP the peo-
pie II necessary.
The most fantastic feature
Of all this mess Is the spectacle
Of an incredibly stupid Con-
gress being surprised that labor
unions are run by q bunch Of
thugs. After the decision by
that great Democrat, Justice
Byrnes. what did they expect?
Name withheld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07

weapons for his woefully i'll
equipped army, he turned,
along with Syria, to the So
VETS who. in granting them.
started a pro-Russian move
ment among the people, If not
the governments. Of all the
Arab countries-first and FORE
most, Of course. among the
Palestinian refugees. Among
these (and almost exclusively
among these where the
opportunities were custom
made. communism had made
real Roadway, as this column
has been warning for years.
Most of these refugees are in
Jordan.
The Egyptian pattern Of
Arab revolutionism now began
to take shape. among officers
of the Arab armies. That pat
tern called for the overthrow
Of monarchies and seizure of
power by the military-or in
republics, the domination by
the military Of civilian gov
ernments.
If this went on, three
thrones were eventually
doomed-those of the Sauds
of Arabia. and of the Hash
imites in Iraq and Jordan.
But these kings are not
Farouks, and were forewarned
by the Egyptian example.
The back of young King
Hussein was stiffened by the
fact that he is a direct de-
scendant of the Prophet Ma
homet. Months ago, while I was
in the Arab world, was given
what purported to be an in
side account of a meeting in
which "the little king" re-
minded a participating Syrian
of this fact in proud and even
insulting words. King Saud,
though he has had a long feud
with the Hashimite dynasty
Ito which Hussein and Faisal
belong), is equally endangered
by military relationships and
as guardian of the holy places
of Islam is the recognized Is
lamic leader.
Hence the alliance Of the
kings. Primarily their action
is to save their thrones and
prevent Egyptianism mot
Arabism) from spreading-be-
ginning with Jordan.
American support helped, OF
course. together with assur-
ances undoubtedly given that
the United States intends to
check Israel's nationalist-ex-
pansionist ambitions.
The United States has in
volved herself far more than
Russia. which took what adj
vantages it could from q situa.
ton essentially not Of her max
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
Time Is Runninu Short

With most Of the States already en-
barked on road programs made possible
by the 1856 Federal Highway Act, Con-
gress ought to act promptly If the new
interstate highway system is to be safe
guarded adequately against roadside eye
sores Legislation to control erection of
billboards and other scenery-destroying
construction along the Al ,000-mile net
work is pending, but so far has made
little Roadway through the committee
mill. We hope an effective control meas
ure will be enacted before it Is too late
to protect the whole system.
1t would have been better, of course,
II Congress had included a billboard
control clause in the original highway act.
Apparently sponsors of the law felt its
chances of passage might be imperiled
If the controversial signboard provision
were written into the bill. We indorse
Federal Highway Administrator Bertram
Tallamy's recommendation that the 1856
act should be amended so as to encourage
the States to take immediate steps to
protect the new highways from roadside
DETACHMENT. It is proposed that this be
done either by curtailing funds to States
which do not Cooperate in a control
program or offering incentive funds" to
those which do cooperate. Billboard
regulation itself should be left to State
and local authorities.
We are not impressed with asser-
lions by the billboard industry that its
big signs are relaxing to drivers or that
they help to keep sleepy motorists awake.
Mr.. Tallamy has testified that commercial
signs competing with official directional
and warning signs, are a safety hazard,
reduce highway efficiency and lower the
value Of the Governments investment
in interstate roads. We agree. Time for
preventive action is running short.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
ON THE RECORD
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON
Three Arab Kings Oppose Egyptionism

The dispatches and COM
ments from Jordan do not
quite clarity the reasons for
developments there. They are
pictured as essentially an East
West struggle between WASH
ington and the Kremlin, with
Canal Abdel Nasser and the
Syrian government and army
acting as Russia's agents and
King Hussein's stand as pro-
Western. This, I think, is too
simple.
The pan-Arab nationalist
movement began with the COL
lapse of the Ottoman Empire
after World War I and was
enormously inflamed after
World War II by the creation
of Israel which. with unlimited
immigration. copious foreign
funds, an extraordinary inner
will, and compact organiza-
ton and goal-consciousness,
rose within less than a decade
to be the strongest military
power in the Arab complex.
Fear of the Zionist state
gave the opportunity for pam
Arabic leadership which was
seized by Egypt's Nasser.
That the leadership should
come from Egypt was natural.
OF the IS to so million Arab
speaking peoples, % million.
or nearly half, are Egyptians.
Egypt had contacts in every
Arab country, for the simple
reason that with the exception
of little Lebanon she alone
had surplus experts to export.
Tens of thousands Of students
are graduated from Egyptian
universities every year. They
went as teachers, doctors,
lawyers. journalists to the
more primitive but often
richer Arab states. largely on
their own and because oppor-
tunities presented themselves.
=
The Egyptian press, with
voluminous publications Of
all kinds, including popular
magazines. fashions. sports,
covers the Arab world, because
it is the most professionally
presented. Arabs can be
taught. informed, educated
and entertained only in
Arabic.
Nasser headed a military
junta that had swept away
a corrupt and unpopular
monarchy overnight. The ex-
perience was heady and
infectious. A naive revolu-
tionary, he nevertheless en-
barked on a land reform and
social welfare program very
advanced for an Arab country,
which won him the support
of young Arab intellectuals
in all the Arab and Western
educational institutions.
Frustrated l.. obtaining
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07
ALEXANDRIA, Va.

AA4GAA4N%Ee4As Nos
Dear Sir:
II can remember, and no
doubt you can, too. when this
thriving city on the Potomac
was the butt of comedians at
the burlesque shows.
They could always get a
laugh bys making some state
ment about Alexandria.
1T seemed to be classed, in
the popular mind. with Podunk
and other outlandish places.
Nov all that is changed.
This city is on the up and
UP. teeming with cars. business
and homes. We are in all
respects a perfect American
city. replete with the very
latest of everything.
II saw an eagle the other
day, as I wandered along the
banks Of this historic river.
ut was a bald eagle, the
symbol Of America.
Are there many of these
eagles in this vicinity?
With best wishes. ! am
Sincerely yours. E. ]. p"
There are some hundred
eagles along the river.
Sometimes one of their eggs
is found on the ground.
The eagle egg is approx
mately the size of a hens egg.
rather dark, with a somewhat
pebbled character of shell.
Occasionally some one fears
that q pet cat will be taken
by one Of the big birds, but
as far as known this has not
occurred.
Eagles are not very brave,
after all, despite their preda-
tory look. which so impressed
the founding fathers.
4 y
Our correspondent refers
to old-time burlesque shows,
of which Washington once had
three-the old Gayety, the
Bijou and Kernan's.
The FIRST was on Ninth
street. the Bijou at Sixth and
B streets and Kernan's on
Pennsylvania avenue. south
side, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
Despite the unsavory rep
utation they had among the
better class ladies of the city,
these theaters supplied a form
Of entertainment liked by
many males who would have
been just as shocked as their
wives at anything really bad.
The truth was that these
shows were often as clean as
anything shown at the Ma
tional.
The writer here definitely
recalls two shows. one at the
old Kernan's. and a big mu-
steal at the National the same
week.
He found that the show at
the burlesqlie theater was
clean from hrst to last, with
not q word to offend even the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07

@. May the executive board
Of a club delegate its powers
to an executive committee
chosen from among the board
members?-L. z.
A. Not unless the clubs by
laws permit 1t to do so. The
club has delegated authority
TO the board. and the board
may not delegate this power
10 any other person or body
unless the club so authorizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07

preoccupation, In other words, with any
effort to raise the standard of living
and across-the-board price increases are
not likely to bring any new improvement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07


would not have been such a
noble warrior as combat flyer
during the last war. Like so
many veterans, brainwashed
by superior officers who never
understood the meaning of n
true democracy's armed force.
he may have developed facio-
communistic tendencies him.
self.
Senator Mccarthy shouted
loud enough to awake America
to the threat Of communism.
That is his great star IN
Heaven. We need another
Senator to lead the fight and
shout the threat Of communism
but more so the threat Of
any facio-communistic think
ing.
Hall Dumville.
The passing away Of Senator
Mccarthy has not brought an
end to McCarthyism, which is
aimed not at new principles.
but at Communist principles
that are new or untried. The
American people. whose deter
mination to restrain commu-
nism cannot be dismissed as
playful. confirmed anticom-
munism long before Senator
Mccarthy came into the pic
ture. His purpose was to harden
this anticommunism.
Communists and their SYM
pathizers have become unac-
ceptable in our society. because
they promote particular ideas
which Americans have probed
and decidedly rejected. and
because the promotion of these
ideas strengthens a relentless
foreign power bent on the
destruction Of American lib
erty. Communism cannot be
defeated merely by claiming
the merits Of democracy and
Christianity as obvious truths
and letting them 60 at that.
McCarthyism is q weapon that
should be used until our
American foreign policy is re-
solved to crush communism.
When this is accomplished,
then we can do without Nc
CarthyiSm.
When misfortune strikes one
who has been In the limelight
for Communist connections,
even though his guilt may be
well established. we can usually
expect from the left-wing bril-
gade a strong implication. OF
even downright charges, that
the illness or death Of such
persons should be laid directly
at the door of investigators
who brought such connections
to light.
We wonder then, II our left
wing friends should not be
asked to shoulder some Of the
responsibility for the illness
and death Of Senator Joseph
Mccarthy? Surely. no man
was ever the subject of a more
powerful. virulent, and sus-
tanned public barrage from this
group. who. not too subtly
played every innuendo key
from abnormality to misuse
OF public funds. The charges,
we note, had very little II any
basis Of fact.
Lila ID. SOnnemann.
Publication Of messages ex-
pressing profound sympathy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07

The board may. Of course. APP
point a specific committee to
investigate or report on or
carry out something which the
board has decided on.
@. What kind of drug Is
Raisnomycin?-M. c.
A. It Is an antibiotic, first
isolated In 1856 from a new
species Of soil mold. Strepto-
nyces kentuckensis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-07

Pen names may be used II
letters carry writers' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdti0n.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


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Publication Of messages ex-
pressing profound sympathy
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19
Findlay Oilers
TOpple Defiance

Findlay college muddled the Mid
Ohio conference standings Tuesday
evening as they stopped defending
champion Defiance 1884.
The game was nip-an-tuck until
midway in the second half when Les
McGlothan tipped in fielder to send
the Oilers off to a 1888 lead which
they never gave UP.
Senior Connie Walcutt tossed in 2s
points and former Cory-Rawson star
George Keller, now eligible for
league games, scored % more to
pace the Oilers. Veteran Joe Hocken.
berry had Is for Defiance
Findlay now holds first place in the
moo with a 20 record. Wilmington
is second with 10 mark. The Bluff
ton Beavers are presently last with a
0-3 record.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19

A Christmas pot luck was held al
Beaverdam town hall at 6:30 p. m
on Wednesday, December 18 with
members and their families partici-
pating.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-12-19

August Is: 1.-THE Bluffton Beavers,
bigger and better than ever, VIII be
out to improve their 81 record OF
1856. They lost their first two games.
Also in August: Columbus Grove
is in the midst of a downward dip
and should not be a Northwest con-
ference title threat this season" They
finished second to Elida, and ran all
over Bluffton in defeating the Pirates
14-13.
Bringing the circle to a close, it
was noted on December A that a lack
of size would handicap the Bluffton
Beavers in their basketball season.
They won their first game and came
within hair of upsetting one of the
better small college teams in the
state during their second game. With
only one or two breaks in two games
they would now have a al record
to take home for Christmas. d
Wait till next year. sea