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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
Worried Industry

The recent petition by Washington
based Capital Airlines for restoration Of
Government subsidy to meet Critical
financial condition" dramatizes plight
faced by virtually all of the Nations
airline industry. Traffic and gross rev.
enues have increased sharply during the
postwar period, but since the third
quarter of 1855 net profits have declined
steadily. For some industries the mar
rowing of profit margins does not neces-
Sarily mean an Immediately Critical"
situation. For the airlines, the squeeze
is becoming king sized headache that
involves other considerations than the
dividend return to stockholders.
Publicly regulated but highly COM
petitive, the airlines are facing the di-
lemma of how to finance their own
costly expansion and improvement. To
do their job, the domestic trunk lines
must shift to jet-powered planes. To
make the shift, they have made COM
mitments already for 50 billion in jets
and turbo-prop ships by 1861. It is a
commitment four times the estimated
net worth of the carriers today and
another 50 billion in capital investment
may be required in the succeeding four
years. The money has been hard to
find, and industry spokesman contend
that current net earnings-for some
lines net losses-do not even give them
leverage for sufficient borrowing.
At this point, the industry is stalking
much of its hope on a request to the
Civil Aeronautics Board for fare in
creaSes. Hearings will open before the
board tomorrow and the proceedings are
expected to take months. A petition
for temporary increase of per cent
was turned down by the board last sum-
mer although one member, former Sem
ator Quincy, warned that the delay in
relief may be calamitous to the indus
try" Along with its showing Of need,
the industry is counting heavily on two
other arguments. One is that airline
fares are virtually unchanged since 1888
since which time firSt-clasS rail fares
have increased so per cent, rail coach
fares SO per cent and interstate bus
fares 81 per cent. The other is the role
that air transport plays in national
defenSe. The Department OF Defense
has filed a statement with the CAB that
there is greatest urgency" for mainte-
nance of strong, modern and econom-
ically sound air carrier industry"
There may be alternatives, other
than fare increases or subsidies, by
which airline earnings can be brought
to the level of requirements The Blu
reau of Air Operations of the CAB al
ready has recommended against a fare
increase. And within the industry,
American Airlines, calling the increase
essential to finance its own large pro-
gram for conversion to turbine powered
aircraft, already has opposed retura to
the subsidy plan for domestic lines. The
coming inquiry offers an opportunity to
explore all possibilities Both the CAB
and theNindustry should expedite the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

Of the years so enriching.
Every radio dial is an invita-
ton not to insult ones intel
ligence by deliberately turn
ing to moronic drivel, but to
tune in to cultural voices who
are on the side of the better
angels of our natures, that is.
the white angels rather than
the black.
Let us say without camou-
fiage, leisure should be used
for culture. When time Is in
your hands and not in the
grip of some employer, grasp
it eagerly as an opportunity
to see things you as yet have
never mounted high enough
to see, to know things Of
which your readin', 'ritin'
and 'rithmetic are but the
outer vestibule to the vast
temple of learning, to feel
things for which now. per-
haps, you have no faculties to
appreciate. Thank heaven we
are emerging now from the
period when one might be
afraid of being called an
"egghead" or a "highbrow."
Such epithets from moles do
not detract from the de-
lectable excursions in the
upper air of hummingbirds
and butterflies. Contrasted
to the inane amusements in
dulged in by those who al
ways have oceans Of time to
kill, the joys a music-lover
has, or a student Of the APP
probation of art, or one
really informed in the de-
lights of literature. or one,
perhaps, who is really an ex-
pert gardener, is the differ
ence between glitter and gold.
For altogether too many.
leisure is just a chance to
be entertained. A very dear
and cultured friend of mine,
who is alive at so many
points. gives this wholesome
advice: BE on your guard
against always wanting to be
entertained. Learn to enter
tain yourself. Have a mental
life of your own. There is
bound to be something grand
for which you have a latent
aptitude. Get the bit Of edu-
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cation it requires to apprecf-
ate the better things, and
work at it yourself" That
suggests a do-it-yourself de-
termination to build more
stately mansions for your
own personality. And what
priceless opportunities lei
sure gives to cultivate the
things Of the spirit! For. as
Robert Louis Stevenson once
declared, mo man can truly
say he has made a success Of
life until he has written at
the top of his journal Enter
Cod" But let a man shut
himself up with selfish am
bition, with trivial preoccu-
pations. and gradually the
whole spiritual universe will
take its revenge by rendering
him insensitive and blind to
higher things, incapable Of
approaching the beauty Of
holiness or Of discerning the
reality Of God.
The story is told Of an old
hermit who. lived many
years ago in the mountains Of
Virginia. He was respected
and thought Of as a sage. He
had plenty of leisure and he
used it, not to just sit vege-
tating in the sun. BY keeping
open his eyes, and with alert
ears and sensitive heart.
though unlettered in the lore
of the schools. he sought and
found the secrets known only
to real lovers of nature. And
so, while he had a reputation
of being a queer" individual.
he was known as a man Of
wisdom, of rare insights,
whose judgments and APP
praisals were often sought.
But the boys Of the nearby
village poked fun at the old
patriarch. One day one lad
said to another. They say
he always sees through
things, but I've thought of a
way to fool him" "How?"
said the second. Replied the
first. It'll take a live bird and
hold it in my hands and ask
him what it is. When he
answers. I'll ask, is it alive
or dead?' If he says dead I'll
let it fly away. If he says alive
I'll crush it," So up the
mountain they went and
found the always friendly old
man at the door Of his hut.
"Old man." said the boy,
without much respect in his
manner for the venerable
philosopher, what is it I
have here in my hand?"
well, my son, it looks like a
bird you have caught"
Right. Now tell me. is it
alive or dead?" The wise one
fixed his eyes upon his young
questioner until the young
ster was embarrassed by the
steady stare. Then came the
answer. 1T is as you will, my
son." So is it with leisure
tablets upon which you can
write your own destiny
leisure which can be the
stairway to the skies and the
stars. For you the time in
your hands, which nobody
owns but yourself. can be
dead or alive. 1t is as you
will.
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crisis to have a united coun-
try behind him that had Mr..
Stevenson declined, he un-
doubleday would have APP
pealed to Mr.. Truman, and
very few think that Mr.. Tru-
man would not have accepted
with a good deal more alac-
rity and heartiness than did
Mr.. Stevenson. Incidentally,
anyone who does not think
that Mr.. Truman deeply en-
joys his position as q Demo-
cratic "elder statesman" just
does not know the facts.
Deep as is his personal dis
like Of Mr.. Eisenhower, he
would unquestionably have
jumped at the sort Of invita-
ton that Mr.. Stevenson
almost turned down. And
that would have left the good
Adlai well UP a tree, which
would have panied Mr.. Tru-
man about as little as it
would have panied Mr.. Eisen-
hover.
AS things now stand. Mr..
Eisenhower has made the
sort Of sincere, magnanimous,
nonpartisan gesture which
was expected Of him. AS for
Mr.. Stevenson, he will garner
q great deal Of publicity from
his personal publicity agents
and the anti-Eisenhower COL
umnists. In addition. he'will
have established more firmly
his position as the "titular"
party leader, which certainly
needed strengthening. And
he will have insured q posi-
ton Of influence in the next
Democratic National Conven-
ton Of 1860. where he pos
sibly might be nominated for
the third time-though, It
must be admitted. not many
Democrats think 50. For one
thing. there are quite q few
younger-and smarter
Democrats already In the
field. with important support.
Has Three Advisers
As to what help he will be
to Mr.. Eisenhower in formu-
lating and promoting Ameri-
can policies in NATO remains
to be seen. He will be guided,
Of course. by the eminent
Messrs. Acheson, Finletter
and Schlesinger. jr., all Of
whom are very anti-E isen-
hover personally, and really
all three Of them-much
more forceful and persuasive
fellows than the good Adlai
himself. These gentlemen are
not only smart and willy but
experienced.
It is very unlikely that Mr..
Stevenson will say or DO any
thing, as a "helper" to the
President not approved by
these three advisers who have
the same warm feeling toward
the President they have
toward a rattlesnake. 1t is
perhaps fortunate that Mr..
Eisenhower will have as tough
and experienced an old boy
as Secretary of State Dulles
by his side. John Foster is not
too easy to push around.
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proceedings and seek most earnestly for
an answer that is in the national
interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

Engineers a half century
ago found the new tracks
into Union Station difficult
to navigate. On November
20, 1907, The Star reported:
Emerging from the darkness
Of the terminal tunnel at its
south entrance at Is minutes
to 6 o'clock last evening, and
while proceeding at the rate
of about 8 miles an hour,
Southern Railway train No.
Is. southbound, ran head
on into Southern Railway
train No. 3, northbound. The
result of the collision was
injury Of 81 persons, none
fatally. The accident &C.
CURED at the south end Of
the new tunnel, at D street
and New Jersey avenue
Southeast. and the most &C.
cepted cause given for the
disaster is a confusion Of or
ders resulting from the new
ness Of the situation, the
tunnel and its connections
having been in active use
only since last Sunday morn
ing. :"
Sogey
Seemingly endless rain in
Spain. mainly on the Galician
coast. so years ago caused
considerable damage. The
Star. in a story from Ma
drid on November 10. 1907,
reported: "Advices from Viii
lagarcia on the Galician
coast say it has been rain
ing there for forty-three days
without intermission. The
vintage has been ruined and
the maize crop is hardly
worth harvesting. Moreover.
thousands of fishermen, who
compose the bulk of the pop
ulation, are reduced to beg
gary, owing to the scarcity of
fish. and are invading the
towns and imploring public
charity. Emigration to Amer
lea is assuming alarming pro-
portions. The rate war be-
tween the rival steamship
companies and the monetary
cheapness Of transatlantic
passage are inducing the
poor to try their luck over
the sea. :"
Cool
Labor unions Of so years
ago we're struggling to estab-
lish a universal eight-hour
day. In a report Of a meeting
Of the American Federation
Of Labor at Norfolk. Va, on
November 20, 1907. The Star
said: THE American Fedora
ton Of Labor today, declaring
q universal eight-hour day
paramount to all questions,
even to an increase in wages
except in such trades and
callings where the earnings
are so meager as to make 1t
difficult to maintain a fair
standard Of living'-called
for a campaign Of education
and organization among all
afiliated organizations that
will aid in bringing about the
desired end. The Federation.
determining that II would be
impossible 10 secure q uni
versal eight-hour day by any
sudden or radical concerted
step. issued a call for the ac-
emulation by all tradesmen
Of a sufiicient fund TO make
them fully prepared for the
fight when opportunity ell
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success with the least de-
gree Of suffering and priva-
ton -"
EARLY
The perennial problem of
what to buy for whom was
beginning to plague WASH
ingtonians so years ago. On
November IL. 1907. The Star
reported: Washington mer-
chants are gratified to find
that this year more persons
than usual are taking time
by the forelock and doing
their Christmas shopping be-
fore the big rush and while
the choice is still great. It
would seem an inevitable
conclusion that shoppers who
had year after year struggled
through Christmas crowds
and emerged flushed and
painting u. would learn by
experience and avoid the
next year what they had gone
through the year before. In
many cases, it is true, the
burnt child breads the fire.
but it so happens that human
nature is endowed with q
mysterious tendency to pro-
crastination and willingness
to let the morrow take care
Of itself. Conditions are
improved this year. however.
and already the shops -.
find they are filled with fore
handed buyers. :"
FIuttops?
Combining Of air and sea
in tactical warfare was FORE
seen a half a century ago. In
a story from New York on
November IL, 1907, The Star
reported: capt. T. T. Love-
lace of the Aero Club Of
America, one of the men who
participated in the success
full flight Of the balloon
Pommern from Philadelphia
to New York Saturday, pre-
diets that within five years
American men-of-war will be
equipped with airships. Capt.
Lovelace said: Now that the
United States Government
has become interested in
aerial navigation as an aid
to naval operations, ! do not
hesitate to predict that
within five years every fleet
Of warships belonging to
Uncle Sam will be equipped
with an auxiliary feet OF
airships.' -. :"
Honor
The remains Of the man
George Washington hired to
design the Nations Capital
were still in an unmarked
grave so years ago. On No
vember 20. 1907. The Star
said: ITO have the remains
Of Pierre Charles L'Enfant
removed from an unmarked
grave to Arlington Cemetery
and to have erected there a
proper memorial to his life
and work was the purpose in
view by the Washington So
ciety Of Engineers at a meet
ing held last night In Hub
bard Memorial Hall, Sixteenth
and M streets. Members Of
the society regard him as an
engineer primarily. and there
fore think 1t is q duty that
the local engineering society
owes to take the initiative
In such n movement,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

favor the most immediate
success with the least de-
gree Of suffering and priva-
tion.' .. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Ortiz 81 Fuvorite
In TV Bout TONIGHT

CHICAGO, Jan. % P.-The
international Boxing Clubs
youth movement unfolds on Ma
tional television tonight when
a pair of 20-year-old light
weights, Carlos Ortiz of New
York and Chicago's Bobby
Rogers, meet in a 10-round bout.
The Chicago Stadium attrac-
ton (The Evening Star Sta
ton WMAL-1v, Channel Z, in
Washington at 10 PM marks
Rogers first Tv appearance. Or
tiz has had several such shots
and is we'll known in the East
after registering 10 straight VIC
tories as a pro.
Ortiz, mainly because of his
record, rules 2 to / favorite
but Chicago ring experts
wouldn't be surprised to see an
upset by Rogers, who has won 10
fights, lost two and fought two
draws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Lions Find Option
To Toronto Burs
Use of DubIinski

DETROIT, Jan. 90 (P).-Coach
Buddy Parker of the Lions says
he has eliminated Quarterback
Tom Dublinski from 1857 plans
because Dublinski still is under
option to the Toronto Argonauts.
Parker said lawyers examining
.Du5linski's contract found an
option clause binding him to
Toronto in 1857.
Commissioner Bert Bell of the
National Football League has re-
fused to honor transfers from
Canada without a release.
Dublinski jumped to Toronto
in 1855 for a two-year contract
repeatedly calling for $17,500.
Detroit had an option clause in
IDublinski's contract and sued.
The Ontario Supreme Court
last week upheld Detroit's claim
and ordered Dublinksi to pay the
Lions $3.50 and to settle court
costs. Dublinski said Toronto
was obligated to pay the judy
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Several Changes
Made in Fridays
Interhiqh Slate

The Interhigh League basket
ball schedule for Friday has
undergone a complete change foi
the dual purpose of averting q
heavy crowd at Eastern High
and taking advantage Of a half
day Of school.
Hardy Pearce, league director
announced these changes today;
Wilson VS.. CORDOBA at Rsose.
welt at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in.
stead Of 1880 Friday;
Western at Coolidge at 1886
pm. Friday instead of $3.50;
Dunbar at Roosevelt at 1876
pm. Friday instead of $3.50.
Phelps VS.. Chamberlain al
Eastern at 1880 pm. Friday in
stead of $3.50; :.
Tech at Eastern at 3 pm. Fri.
day instead Of at Tech, and
Armstrong VS.. Spingarn al
Tech at 1880 Friday instead OF
4:30 at Eastern.
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cit would be miracle" If he is
able to repeat his accomplish
ments in 1857.
II only beat out Ted Williams
by 3 percentage points for the
batting title" he pointed out,
and got only three more RIBS
than Al Kaline."
Mrs. Mccormick also arrived
yesterday and reviewed the last
Olympics. She said athletes who
participated are not in favor oil
tabulating unofficial team totals
"All the athletes felt bad about
the way the newspapers put
country against country" she
said.
Mrs. Mccormick also was crit
ical of the judging in the mems
diving competitions at Mel.
bourne. She felt there was some
discrimination against American
divers.
The principal speaker tonight
will be Air Force Gen. Emmett
Rosie" O'Donnell.
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|Cunisius Win
II ops Limited
Gage Action
By The Associated Press

Don't get impatient. Only three
more days and the big boys OF
college basketball will be back al
lit again.
North Carolina, Kansas. Iowa
SUBSTANTIALLY all major school:
in the country - have beer
spending the last week or 10 days
testing their classroom talents ir
imidterm examinations.
Until they're over and CON-
petition picks up, there will be-
the type Of limited fare such a:
offered around the country last
night.
Only six of the games played
could be considered major and Of
the combatants, only one-Cani.
sius-had made any sort of ar
impression this season.
The Golden Griffins, as they're
called by the homefolks in Buf.
falo, won their 18th game in II
starts-pulling ahead in the clos.
ing minutes to defeat st. Bona.
venture, 70-63, at Buffalo's Me.
mortal Auditorium. Hank Nowal
had rs points for Canisius
ranked 14th in this weeks Asso.
Iciated Press poll.
Georgia Tech defeated Auburn
l81-74; st. Francis of Brooklyn
routed Siena, $3.50; Id h c
whipped w ashington State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Owner of Hawks
Denies He Offered
Job to Mckinney

ST. LOUIS, Jan. % (R.-Ber
Kerner, owner of the st. Louis
Hawks. says 1T is utterly ridicu-
lous to say that l have Offered
Bones Mckinney or anyone elst
the Hawks coaching job fol
next season."
Mckinney, assistant basket
ball coach at Wake Forest Col
lege, confirmed last night at
Winston Salem, N. c., that he
had been offered a two-year con-
tract as Hawks coach after the
Winston-Sabm Journal said ii
had learned from reliable
source Kerner had made such
an offer.
II have made no offer to any,
one, for next year. for two years
or anything else" Kerner de-
clared. If Bones has a two-year
firm offer from me. / challenge
him to name the terms of the
contract. what money I will pay
him or any other details"
Kerner said he ran into" Nc
Kinney at the National Basket
ball Association All-Star game in
Boston a week ago and I'VE
talked less than five minutes.
"At that time, I told him we
might have something open next
season, that if we did. it would
be on a two-year basis and he
wouldn't have to worry about
getting paid. 1 told him that
there was nothing in the wind
at this time but that / might
check with him after the sea-
son."
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Citadel May Name
Football Aides

CHARLOTTE. N. c., Jan. %
I(P.-Pride Ratterree, Davidson
College line coach, and Mack
Erwin, baseball coach at Ca
tawba College, may join The
Citadel's new football coaching
staff, the Charlotte Observer
said today.
The Observer said Ratterree
was considering an offer from
Eddie league, the military
schools new head football coach
and athletic director, to become
line coach. Erwin would become
backfleld coach and head base
ball coach, the story said.
At Charleston, league con-
flrmed that Ratterree and Erwin
had visited The Citadel. He had
no comment on offers.
league recently left the Uni
versity Of North Carolina to
take the Citadel job vacated by
Johnny Sauer. He is lining up
a new staff. Yesterday, Fred
Montsdeoca, Citadel baseball
coach, resigned to enter business.
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Pat Mccormick and Mantle
Get Awards in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE. Jan. % Up
Mrs. Pat Mccormick, Olympic
diving champion, and Mickey
Mantle. New York slugger. will
be honored by the Fraternal
Order of Eagles tonight as the
top female and male athletes OF
1856.
They will receive the Frederick
C. Miller Memorial Trophies at
the second annual awards BAN
iquet. They were selected for the
honors by sportswriters and
broadcasters in a poll conducted
by the Associated Press.
Mrs. Mccormick won Olympic
honors in both the 1852 and 1856
games. The 26-year-old Cali
fornian announced her retire.
ment following the 1856 games.
She is the mother of a To-
month-old son.
Mantle, Is. the American
Leagues most valuable player
last season. arrived yesterday
from Commerce, Okla, and said
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Hawks Hurtinq
For Someone 10
Give Petit Hand
BY the Associated Press

The st. Louis Hawks, for all
their dealing in coaches, have
still failed to come up with a
stopper for what looks to be
their major weakness-someone
to help out big Bob Petit.
Another sparkling Petit per-
Torrance was wasted last night
Jas Fort Wayne, with far more
balance, defeated the Hawks,
97-87, to strengthen their grip
on first place in the National
Basketball Associations Western
Division.
Petit. bidding for his second
straight league scoring title, had
80 points but Fort Wayne over
came it with a diversified attack
that had five players in double
figures. George Yardley, with 81
was tops with help from Bill
Kenville, who had 10; Bob Hon.
bregs and Gene Shue, with IL
apiece. and Chuck Noble with 10
Veterans Carl Braun, Dick Nc
CURE and Harry Gallatin stalled
Ia Syracuse rally just in time tc
save a 90-88 victory for New York
and over the Mats in the leagues
other game.
The three old pros scored &c
Iof the Knicks' last % points tc
offset the shooting of Ed Conlir
and Dolph Schayes, who COM
bined for IS Syracuse points in
the second half.
1t was New York's eighth VIC
tory in its last II starts ano
moved the second-place Knicks
within Az games Of Boston
Eastern Division.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
z Nebraska Aides
Join Pete Elliott

LINCOLN. Nebr.. Jan. % up
Dee G. Andres and Gene
Stauber, assistant football
coaches at the University of Me-
Ibraska, resigned today to accept
similar positions at the Univer-
sity of California.
They accompany Pete Elliott
who has left his head coaching
job at Nebraska to become head
coach at the West Coast school
Andres and Stauber both came
to Nebraska when Elliott he
came head coach year ago.
Bill Jennings, named Nebraska
coach after Elliott left. now mas
three assistant coaching spots to
fill; the third being the post
he left vacant when he moved
up to the head coaching JOB.
Earlier the university had an
nounced that assistants Don
Strasheim and Don Scarborough
would remain on the Nebraska
coaching staff.