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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL

is seeing it just as it is. If
memory paints the picture
brighter, the intelligence,
which is supposed to know all
things, puts in a restraining
hand and tones down the
brightness.
In the final production, the
life tones were probably Just
about as one remembers
them.
Life, as does the failing eye,
tends to dull the tones. Some
call this cynicism. Perhaps
1t is just truth in a different
guise.
Truth does not come all
equipped as the poets show
her.
Truth is one picture to one
observer, another to a second,
and still another to a third.
That is why truth is so diff
f1cult to find.
What is TRUTH" asked a
wise man. and people have
been asking the same ques-
ton ever since.
4 4 +
The truth of the skating
picture was much as our
correspondent paints it.
The wide asphalt streets
made fine skating Kinks. and
it was only after the auto
mobiles pushed the skaters
off the streets that the fad
came to an end.
The skates were really
professional roller skates,
some attached to skating
shoes. Others were put on
each morning.
Scores of the younger
Government workers skated
to work and home each day.
1t was too good to last. In
creased traffic spelled the
doom of this pleasant way to
get downtown and back.
Since the skates made for
speed, there was some dan
ger, too. in the hobby, or
fad, as it was called in the
years Just after the turn Of
the century.
BY 1910, there we're no
street skaters left. and an
other picturesque chapter in
the history Of the National
Capital was at an end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
FLORIDA AVENUE.
Dear Sir:

@SANAA(A1 a. @@@N - A@e
Dear Sir:
II love to look back into
the old days when life was
simpler and death seemed
easier.
I'm doing so, I often come
to a point in my life where
a sort of veil hangs down
over the scenery.
$50 I am asking you, is
it true that I once saw
flocks Of people skating to
work here?
Through the mists of the
years I seem to see my
father donning glistening
two-wheeled roller skates.
Away he went, then.
down Sixteenth street, as
broad then as now, and as
well paved, but without the
jams Of cars.
X Il 4 4
"Other skaters came, scores
Of them, hundreds of them.
But now that I look back,
the curtain comes down over
it all, and I wonder if am
remembering what / actually
saw. or something somebody
told me.
II find that the real and
the imaginative work to-
gether in my mind to paint
pictures of the past.
Il know that somehow the
past. to old people, CLOVIS
with color. whereas the pres
ent is in dull-gray monotone,
despite the worry and ex-
element of the age.
II like to relive the past,
mostly because of the color
of it.
Sincerely, ]. c. r."
The past comes and goes.
1t forms a part Of every
life, no matter the hurry
and worry of the moment.
This is because the past is
good. no matter how it was
in actually.
That color, Of which Mr..
r. speaks, CLOVIS much as
does distant scene when
certain types Of magnifying
glasses are donned.
An ardent worker yanked
off his glasses. and held
them out to an associate.
Put them on" he or
dered. Nov" he continued,
what do you see?"
II see" said the other,
more brightness, for one
thing"
That's it," said the first.
"You need glasses"
The second man demurred.
But / don't" he said with
the conviction OF one who
knows his own life. II do not
want to see life artificially
brighter, but just as II is"
Maybe he was right.
Perhaps seeing life whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
Tax Plan

Strange as it may seem,
the following will not bene-
fit me one cent.
Parents are granted a fiat
$500 exemption for each
child regardless of age. I
propose that our Internal
Revenue Act be amended to
grant a 5000 exemption for
from seven through IL, and a
$1,000 exemption for each
child IL and upwards, with
the same provisions at $1,000
for ages after 10 as now set
up by law for those attend
ing college.
This parent group of neces-
sity constitutes the spending
group, and I honestly believe
they will have more to do
with business recovery than
any other segment Of our
population.
Not only have food bills
been increasing. but the
need to purchase everything
in larger quantity as the chill
dren grow has been stag
gering.
In meeting these costs,
parents have had to decrease
their personal expenditures.
hence they have not pur-
chased clothing for them
selves. new or used car. re-
placements in the kitchen,
laundry, house furnishings or
an air conditioner. etc.
1t is this decrease in pur-
a chasing power that has
caused a fall-off of sales.
Factories receive fewer orders
and this means layoffs.
Let's put more money into
circulation from those who
will spend the dollars given
them in tax relief.
What will this mean in
way of decreased revenue to
the Federal Government? 1t
might mean a shrinkage Of
approximately SO billion a
year in tax revenue. But
the pickup in revenue from
businesses will more than
Offset this.
Jerome b. Mckee,
Past President. Federation
Of Business Mems Assn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Can trilliums be grown
in an ordinary flower gar
den?-P. v.
A. Specialists in wild flow
ers report that each type OF
trillium has its own require
ments as to shade and soil.
Trillium grandiflorum
large Towering. white) is
easily established in average
soil If it is moist. drained,
and lightly shaded. All tril-
liums require shade - rang
ing from deep TO light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
THE POLITICAL MILL
California Political Picture Clarifies
By GOULD LINCOLN

showed gillings receiving 27.4
per cent of both Republican
and Democratic ballots and
Weinberger 10 per cent.
Counting Republican ballots
alone, Killings had 52.9 per
cent and .Weinberger II per
cent.
California is this year the
particular prize the Demo-
Gratis are striving for. Months
ago. Democratic National
Chairman Paul M. Butler de-
clared the political battle of
1858 would be fought and
won in California, with great
bearing on the national cleo
ton of 1860. They are con-
WINGED they are putting for
ward their strongest ticket
in years-for Governor and
Senator. Candidates in Cali
fornia still may cross file, for
both major party nominal
tons - although the ballot
now bears the name of the
party to which the candidate
actually belongs.
Pat Brown will do his ut
most to roll up as large a
vote as possible in the pri-
mary, both for the Demo-
cratic and Republican nomi-
nation. The last time he ran
for the Senate-six years ago
Senator Knowland won
both Republican and Demo-
cratic nominations. The Sem
ator will be handicapped
because he must remain on
the job in Washington during
the primary campaign, while
his opponent, Mr.. Brown, is
running about the State seek
ing votes.
Labor Fights KnOwland
Not only are the Demo-
Gratis intent on electing a
Governor, but the labor union
leaders are determined to
slaughter Senator Knowland
if they can. Senator Know
land has said that. if elected
Governor, he would sign a
properly drawn right to
work" bill, should the State
Legislature present one to
him.
A right to work law, if
enacted, would abolish the
union shop in California.
Under the national Taft
Hartley Labor Act the union
shop is not interfered with,
but the States are left free
to deal with the matter if
they wish. The Taft Hartley
Act abolished the CLOSED
shop" which required mem
bership in a union before an
employe could be given a job.
Under the union shop con-
tract an employe is COM
PEELED to join a union after a
certain period.
This issue will be, it is. said,
a major one in the Knowland-
Brown race, with Mr.. Brown
taking the union side. The
labor leaders, it is predicted,
will wage their most active
campaign to defeat Senator
Knowland since the campaign
of 1850 when they tried their
best to beat the late Senator
Bob Taft, Ohio Republican,
and failed by some 100000
votes. Senator Knowland has
had considerable support
among the rank and file of
labor in the past. Gov. Knight
has opposed a right to work
bill-which divides the Re-
publican ticket, at least on
this issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
Reminder in the Heavens

After having tasted the NORWOOD
of two blast-off failures, DR.. John P.
Hagen and all his associates in the
Nays Project Vanguard must find life
rather sweet today. The heat is of them.
The jokes about their past Illustrations
no longer apply. Their jinx is gone, and
now, as they well deserve, they have
the congratulations of Americans every
where. For their sleek rocket, in per-
haps the most beautiful firing yet seen
at Cape Canaveral, has at last succeeded
in putting aloft tiny moon" to keep
company with RuSsiaS Sputnik II and
our Army-launched Explorer I.
To be precise about it. this "moon"
(about the size of grapefruit) is test
vehiclk rather than one of the bigger,
fully Instrumental earth satellites that
are still to be sent up by Vanguard.
Nevertheless, along with the third stage
Of its launching rocket (the two to-
gether weigh in excess of so pounds),
1t is orbiting around our globe-at dis
tanceS ranging from 400 to $500 miles
in manner that makes any technical
distinction between it and Sputnik or
Explorer seem of little consequence.
More than that, its two radio transmit
tiers are functioning with fine clarity as
they give us added information about
outer space.
The chief immediate significance of
this traveller, however, probably lies in
the fact that it has demonstrated the
workability of the Vanguard rocket. All
along, of course, despite its failures, the
people working with it have refused to
lose faith in the missile, and they have
had good reason for that feeling. For
they have known, just as Army experts
like General Medaris and DR.. Won Braun
have known, that Vanguard's highly
sophisticated" qualities, at least for the
purpose of launching satellites, are far
superior to those of instruments like the
Jupiter-C, which put up Explorer I.
So it is not surprising that DR.. Ha-
gen has struck a note of strong conf.
dence in announcing, on the heels of
Vanguard's first success, that the project
will try very soon" to launch one of its
full-fledged earth satellites, whose size
is roughly equivalent to basketballs.
Moreover, at any moment, the Army
may manage to put another Explorer
into orbit, and the Air Force may do
something mparable-possibly even
attempting to hit the real moon-with
the missile hardware now at its disposal.
Meanwhile, too, the Russians can be
counted upon to undertake some spec
tacular spatial projects of their own.
Accordingly. the fact that VAN
guards "moon" represents mans latest
move into the high heavens may be re-
garded as yet another reminder that
our world is already in an age whose
revolutionary potentialities constitute
an enormous promise and an enormous
threat. Clearly, as President Eisenhower
has warned-and as the Kremlin itself
has acknowledged, but with its usual
unacceptable conditions-it is an age in
which nations must either control outer
: space for peace, and otherwise Coop
crate as good neighbors, or take the risk
of drifting into an all-annihilating war.
The choice before humanity is as simple
and as grim as that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18

CALIFORNIA; political pic
ture comes further into TO-
Gus. Both the Republicans and
the Democrats have COM
pleted their Endorsements"
Of candidates for Governor
and Senator and other i'm
portant Office. These are not
final. Not until the June 3
primaries will the party nom
nations have been officially
made. But as far as the NOM
nations for Governor are
concerned. it is all over but
the shouting. The Repub-
lican nominee will be Sem
ator Knowland, G. o. p.
leader Of the Senate who was
unopposed at the meeting
Of the California Republican
Assembly, held over the week
end. The California Demo-
cratic Council, meeting ear
lier. gave its wholehearted
Endorsement to Attorney
General Edmund G. (Pat)
Brown.
In the matter of senatorial
nominations, the Democrats
also are in the clear. Rep
resentative Clair Engle is
their man. The Republican
assembly has now given its
Endorsement to Gov. Good
win j. Knight-by a vote of
100 to A. The dissenting
votes were cast for Mayer
George Christopher of San
Francisco, and the Mayor
insists he is going to make a
primary fight. If he sticks to
this, a bitter primary cam
paign is in sight, which will
bring joy to the Democrats.
However, if the Republicans
can bind up their wounds
after the primary, the con-
test may do them no harm
since it will have stirred the
party voters to go to the
polls this year.
Christopher Hits Tactics
Mayor Christopher h a s
charged the Knight support
ers with a low form of cam
paign, attempting to make
fun of his Greek birth. He
referred particularly to a
circular headed 1.-THE Political
Odyssey of George Chris
topher," circulated in South
ern California. The Mayor
said the Knight forces were
reaching back into Greek his
tory and literature to ridicule
him. A series of drawings in
the circular showed Mr..
Christopher first aS.a Repub-
lican, then a Progressive. a
Democrat and since 1913
again a Republican. 1t called
the Mayor "Old Weathervane
George"
The Republican Assembly
also followed the recommen-
dalton of its candidates and
ct-flnding committee for
attorney general. 1t Endorsed
AsSemblyman aspar w.
Weinberger Of San Francisco
for that nomination, instead
Of Representative Patrick j.
Killings of the 25th congress
Sional district-the district
in which Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon got his start in
politics and which Mr.. Nixon
represented in Congress be-
fore his election to the Sem
ate. Mr.. Killings is not TAX
ing this lying down-he is
going into the primary to
fight for the attorney general
nomination. A recent poll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18

stone Point, near Woodbridge, Virginia.
The Maryland legislators showed good
Judgment in thus removing an irritant
that has aggravated long standing diff
ferences between Maryland and Virginia
over the formers ownership of the
Potomac River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
Wants Poy " Triol

observer of radio and televi-
sion practices and policies
and as q participant in the
legislative aspects of these
vital media from infancy to
maturity. may ! congratulate
The Star on its excellent
editorial in favor Of permit
ting the people to make a
choice as to whether they
want pay TV or not? 1t seems
to me that nothing could be
fairer. Those who oppose
the application of democratic
principles to this important
field are in grievous error.
They are either misled by let
tiers such as that of Warren
Adler, president Of the
American Citizens Televi-
sion Committee. or like the
television networks fear the
consequence Of q plebiscite
on this issue to their vested
financial interest in present
television programming.
While I enjoy some of the
programs on television. I
think they not only could be,
but would be vastly improved
If pay TV is authorized. To
urge as did Mr.. Adler that
the people should not be per-
mitted to play a part in the
decision on this important
issue because the air-waves
belong to the people is Alice
in Wonderland nonsense.
Every television station
licenSee receives from the
Federal Communications
Commission q monopoly lin
tied in time and area on the
air waves that belong to the
people. These licenses are
frequently worth millions Of
dollars because Of the sale Of
use Of the air waves to adver-
tisers. Adler's contention that
television programs are now
free" ignores realities.
Everyone of us pays for tele-
vision programs today. We do
it now in our role as con-
sumers of advertised products.
If the people would prefer
to pay directly a few cents
20 see an elevating program
with symphonic music rather
than see long advertisements
Of cosmetics to the accom-
paniment Of rock and roll.
should they be denied that
opportunity?
The television and radio
networks who strongly oppose
pay Tv both before the Com
mission and Congress have
long exercised too much con-
troll over both radio and tele-
vision. With their Nation
wide coverage, through own
ership of stations in many
important cities. and their
news commentators they ex-
ercise an influence which is
second to none on the execu-
tive, the congressional and
the regulatory agencies Of
our Federal Government.
I think the Federal Com
munications Commission is
to be commended for the in
dependence it showed in au-
thorizing pay TV on an ex-
perimental basis, thereby
affording the people an OPP
portunity to choose whether
they prefer to pay directly
for programs Of their choice
or pay indirectly for pro-
grams chosen for them by the
advertisers and the networks.
In conclusion I wish to
reiterate my agreement with
your editorial. In q demo-
cratic republic the people
should be given an opportu-
nifty to say whether they want
to stop progress.
Burton X. Wheeler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR.

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-04
Continued from page 9
Cities Must Help

would all be part of the service in the plant"
The whole thing would cost fortune. wouldn't it7
'Sure, it would cost fortune" Prick said But
SO does one-Sport ball park. Why spend something
like ten million dollars for park you can't use in
winter or bad weather when, for few million more
you can build the kind of plant have in mind? 1t
would pay for itself in few years.
How would you finance thing this big7
ION cooperative basis, he replied. "As base
ball man. you'd go to a city and offer to pay your
share. You can't say, IF you don't build sports
palace, In take my ball club somewhere else But
it's the best plan for assuring both the club and the
city profit
Would New York have lost its two National League
teams u Il had had . sports paIacs2
Certainly not BOTH Prick said. The team in
the sports palace would want to leave il. The
two teams moved out of New York because they
both had old ball parks and bad parking facilities
Zone proposed solution for New York is radically
designed aluminium building, Olympic City," COW
ering IS city blocks. See below)
There are other clubs faced with the same prob
len" Frick went on. He named no names but he
might have mentioned Philadelphia, Washington,
Pittsburgh, Kansas City and the Chicago White SoA
All have ancient baseball plants and have had park
ing headaches. He might also have been thinking
of Cincinnatis troubles. The parking there was so
bad the Redlegs ready to leave town this year.
Some fans had to hike a mile or more to get from
their to their gTandStand The city saved the
ball club only by promising immediate improvement
12-CIub League2
Several cities want to go big-league," said Frick
81 only hope they approach the problem in pTac-
teal way and that the baseball people they
approach use tact and intelligence in dealing with
them. Our men have no right to demand that tax
payers build park that won't bring profit to anyone
outside of baseball. And city authorities must be
careful not to make rash promises they can't keep"
Not only do fans deserve better facilities but the
old fair-weather parks terrific wastes of money
The covered sports palace is a sheer economic
necessity for us. cities today.
Prick is convinced that such stadiums would give
a terrific boost to the slipping national sport. He
has predicted that given palaces to play in major
league baseball will soon expand either to two IL
club leagues or to three eight-club circuits.
The idea is obviously no crazy dream. Sports
palaces can be built. When as and if they arc both
baseball and cities will benefit. The End
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-11-29
Judge Cobb
Leaves Estate
To HOw0rd d.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Judge
lanes A. Cobb. who died here
ON Oct. IA. left the bulk OF his
estate TO Howard University for
the establishment of scholar
ship fund for law school stu
dents.
Ne tsveht law In the How.
ard University Law School from
1918 10 1898.
The value of his estate has not
vet been determined. II is ex-
pccted to run into six figures.
lie owned the building at 6lS r
q northwest, in which the Of
fees of his law firm, Cobb. How
ard and Hayes, were located.
In addition. he was known to own
some gilt-edge stocks.
All of the remainder OF his
estate-rcal. personal and mixed
he gave to Howard to estao-
lish a scholarship fund for law
students to be Known as The
James A. Cobb Scholarship fund
The income from this fund, he
directed, may be used by the uni
vcrsity for one or several stu
dents at the discretion of the
Board Of Trustees.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-11-29
U Of m Professor Says COP Must
Seek Liberals For go Campaign

eeiing in the unions, not on any
attempt to cut down the eco
nomic, social and political power
of the labor movement. Slosson
added that the Kennedy-lves bill
aimed at racketeering passed the
Senate last time and this time
will pass the House, perhaps in
a slightly altered form.
A. Foreign aid expenditures.
These probably will continue at
a fairly high level, because the
L S. is committed to this policy,
the professors agreed.
81 Taxes. These will remain
heavy, SloSson said, because Of
Increased expenditures, I h {
growing national debt and the
large deficit. White added, IF
there is any redistribution of the
tax load in the coming Congress,
il will fall on the upper income
groups rather than the lower
ones, +"
All agreed that the recession
issue affected voting behavior
throughout the country. White
said that the recession tended
TO cot across and supplement
other issues. Peek said the one
reason the recession played a
bigger part in this election than
many people feel is that in an
off-yesr election. il is hord 10
identify Eisenhower with the
Republican Party.
Rightto-work proposals were
not serious issues in some states.
while in others they were hot
and definitely affected the clcc.
ton, White said. For example.
SloSSon added, in Kansas, il was
a votc.gctting issue, while in
Ohio. il was a votcloSing one.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-11-29

WASHINGTON. ID. c. (CNS)-
Washington political correspon-
dents feel il is almost certain
that Attorney General Rogers Will
ask the new Congress to increase
the subpoena power of the Civil
Rights Division.
Because he has lacked this
power in the Division. he has
been hampcrcd in many eases.
For instance in Minden County.
La, local officials refused to
turn over their voting records to
the Division.
Under the present law. the
division may subpoena wit
nesses and records only IN
criminal prosecutions End
through the grand Jury process
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1958-11-29
4 Happy
7hanksgipHgs
10 All
Ask For Powerful
Civil Rights Laws

But TO convict a state official
on a criminal charge of depriv-
ing citizen of constitutional
rights takes time and can only
come after the violation has been
made. II the Department could
handle such cases on a civil
level. then continued violations
would be cut down.
Rogers is very much Interested
in enlarging the jurisdiction of
the Civil Rights Division TO in
Guide prosecution in bombings
of religious and educational cen
iers. He spoke also that he finds
the integration picture in Vir-
ginia very much brighter by
helpful signs in the people them
selves"