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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
Appeal for PoIitickinq

Gulf Oil Corporation has spoken out
with unusual frankneSS in asking its
employees, stockholders and dealers to
join in fighting 'labor's political power"
It's thesis, in brief, is that American bust
ness has failed to organize its strength,
or even sufficiently to interest itself, in
politics whereas labor has steadily built
up its power and influence through
direct participation.
eff we are to survive" the company
warns, "labor's political power must now
be opposed by matching force, and there
is no place where such force can
be generated except among corporations
that make up American business" For
this purpose, the company asks more
active participation in local politics and
promises its people guidance through
periodic analyses of the records of indi-
vidual members of Congress.
1t cannot be disputed successfully
that labor has indeed become power
in national politics. Matched perhaps
in the field of lobbying by industry
efforts, labor has carried on far wider
program of direct participation in poll
tics at the level of helping nominate and
elect candidates for either local or.na-
tional Office. The record of achievement
on this score is clear enough, and it is
reflected in the end results in govern
mental policieS-State and Federal.
Politics divided sharply on special
interest lines is not welcome concept.
What is good for the country should
prevail, rather than what is good only
for one segment-labor, business, agri-
culture or whatever. And what Is really
good for the country should be good for
all. In the circumstances which actually
prevail, however, there is no doubt that
CONFERENCE.-THE to labor's growing polit-
ical strength is needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

cause the Kremlin gives every evidence
of wanting to aggravate them and keep
them alive as things that serve to
weaken and divide the free West.
Still, not everything happening in
the world is discouraging. A case in
point is the recent -East-West agreement
on the feasibility of effectively policing
a ban on nuclear tests Similarly, 1t is
heartening that the Kremlin has agreed
to the proposal for holding technical
studies on the problem of safeguarding
against the danger of surprise aerial
attacks. And the current ambassadorial
talks in Warsaw, though they are not
too promising, hold out at least some
hope of medus vivendi between Red
China and our own country.
SO the U. NJ Assembly, as 1t con-
venes now in its 18th annual session,
ought not to be too much disturbed by
numerical superStitions or the tensions
of the moment. 1t can be confident 1t
still has significant promoting
role to play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

est merit lies in the So-called Route B,
running almost directly eastward from
the airport This route would interSect
the circumferential freeway near TySons
Corner and proceed eastward to connect
near the Arlington County line with
Route 66-the new Interstate Highway
System radiaI which eventually will lead
to the Constitution avenue bridge.
Route B has the obvious advantage
of providing the shortest route down.
town, major factor in the airport's
effectiveness. 1t would pass through
land which now is largely undeveloped.
But, at the same time, it would provide
a major new freeway through an area
which is certain to require such facility
in years to come, and which is not pro-
vided for in any other highway plan.
Fears have been expressed that
Route B would stimulate private devel-
opment prematurely, before water,
sewers and other public facilities can be
provided. Development controls, how
ever, can be maintained through strict
county coming and subdivision reStric-
tionS, and by limitation of the number
of access points to the new airport road.
The contention also has been made that
a different route, farther to the west,
would speed up construction of inter-
state Route Sc. But the early conStruc-
ton of this important radial is vital to
the success of any of the airport routes.
And the CAA should take steps to insure
that adequate provisions are made with
Virginia highway officials for such a
connection as early as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
ChontiNy Highway

The Civil AeronauticS Administra-
ton faces a difficult decision on the
location of major access road to the
Chantilly Airport. There is unanimity
among citizen and oflcial groups
based on sound reasoning-on only one
point: The new highway should not
utilize northern route connecting with
the George Washington Memorial park
way designated as Route A on the
map. For this not only would overload
the parkway, it would encourage harm
full development in the critically
important Potomac watershed above
Washington'S water supply dam at Little
Falls. Beyond this, there is sharp d.
vergence of opinion, and all the other
alternatives under study involve con-
troversy.
We believe, however, that the great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

Those who retired October
/. 1856, or after, and were not
included in Sz72 annuity in
creases, shaved away the best
years of their life. I think
those retireeS should have
been rewarded for their
loyal and long Government
service by better treatment.
They should have been in
cluded in S-72 annuity in
creases. 1t would help them
a little to beat the high cost
of living.
In consideration for the
future, the annuity of every
civil service retiree should
really be proportionately in
creased when salaries Of
Government employees are in
creased by Congress.
Jacob Knofef
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

AS the United Nations General As
sembly begins its 18th regular session
today, people who tend to be Supersti-
tiouS can hardly be blamed if they keep
their fingers crossed in a mood OF mis-
giving. For the portentS surrounding
this meeting, wholly apart from the
unlucky number, do not look very good.
At any rate, the international atmos-
phere is more tense than it has been for
the past couple of years. and the Soviet
led East seems bent upon preventing
any improvement.
Thus, judging from what is being
said and written in Moscow, the Krem-
lin apparently intends to do everything
possible to exploit the FormoSa crisis
in an effort to have the United States
condemned as an aggreSSor for striving
to disSuade Red China from resorting
to armed force. Moreover, while giving
full vent to this thoroughly mendacious
and incendiary propaganda, the Soviet
delegation-headed by Foreign Minister
Gromyko-is expected to cut loose with
a flood of harsh and even threatful
oratory designed to browbeat the As
sembly into voting to admit Peiping as
a member of the U.N.
Further, as if all this were not
enough, the new Assembly must still
reckon with the Middle East, where the
situation continues to be enormously
complicated and explosive. And also
to be reckoned with, apart from organi-
rEational matters and such other rela-
lively noncontroversial problems as ex-
tending technical aid to underdeveloped
countries, are numerous tension-laden
questions like the disarmament dead
lock, the Greek Turkish-Br i'm
broglio over Cyprus, and Frances deal
ings with rebel-ridden Algeria. These
issues, far from lending themselves to
easy settlement, seem to grow more diff
ficult as time goes on, particularly be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
For Cleaner Streets

the city sanitation Depart
ment should be commended
in its efforts to keep our
streets clean. It strives val
iantly and does a good job.
However, it fails in one res
pect that most other cities
have exploited to the utmost.
namely, in enlisting the aid
and cooperation of the citi-
zens.
New York City, with one Of
the highest density popula-
ton ratios, keeps its side
walks amazingly clean by the
simple expedient Of provid-
ing for pedestrian litter bas-'
kets at short intervals, and
even supplying public ash
trays on all important streets.
What is more amazing is that
these facilities are scrupu-
lousy used by New Workers
who. incidentally, are not
noted for docility or leisurely
pace when walking. The i'm
portant point to note is that
when facilities are provided
the public soon learns to use
them.
A block group, to which I
belong, asked the Sanitation
Department to provide litter
baskets for our streets, but
we were peremptorily refused
on the ground that house.
holders would not want them
in front Of their properties.
However. the reason many
persons do object to them is
because baskets are permit
ted TO become a nuisance.
The department collects this
trash but once a week, and
baskets become overloaded
with trash overflowing onto
the pavement. These baskets
ought to be emptied more
often. If this we're done it
would simplify the depart
ment's job of keeping the city
clean. In the end, the city
would save money because
it would be enlisting the aid
of every citizen. To my mind.
this is the only method for
keeping the streets and side
walks Of the city clean and
rid Washington Of the ubiq-
uitous empty liquor bottles
found along every pavement
of the city.
Frederick P. MasciOli.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
Keep the Schools Open

Virginia, Tor the nrSt time, is face
to face with the wisdom, or the I'M
wisdom, of closing public schools as a
solution to the problem posed by the
Supreme Courts deSegregation ruling.
Warren County'S high school for
white children is closed down. Some
thing more than 1000 white children,
who should be embarkedNon new school
year, are barred from their clasSrooms.
Within few days the same thing, or
something similar, may be true in Ar
lington, Charlottesville and Norfolk. Is
this an acceptable answer to the inte-
grafton problem? We do not think so,
and we do not believe that the people
in many sections of Virginia will accept
It as tolerable solution.
Indications that this is the case are
multiplying. In Warren County, the
chairman of the board of supervisors
says he doesn't believe the people
will wait very long before demanding
that the school be reopened, even if on
an integrated basis. The president of
the local PTA says mach the same thing.
In Charlottesville, a citizens group.
comparable to but not connected with
a similar group in Arlington, has been
formed to pursue every legal means"
of keeping the schools open. The Nor
folk School Board, refusing to heed the
advice of Governor Almond, evidently is
preparing, under Federal court order, to
assign II Negroes to white schools II
this results in the schools being closed,
it will mean that all Of the city's white
high schools and three of Its four ju-
nior high schools will be shut down. We
do not believe that this will be tolerated
for long in Norfolk.
The State authorities, who are in
difficult political situation, must also
know that closing schools is not the
answer to their problem. They are
caught between maintain segregation
sentiment, at almost any price, in some
parts of the State, and an unwillingneSS
in other sections to prevent Indignation
at the price of destroying the public
school system. Obviously, it seems to
us, the solution lies in local option
plan, and it is significant that at the
last session of the State Legislature II
of the 40 members of the Senate voted
for referendum proposal under which
a majority of the voters in any locality
could reopen closed school on an in
tegrated basis If they desired to do so.
This is the direction in which Vir-
ginia must look for rational solution
to its problem. If the people of given
locality would rather abandon their pub
lie schools than accept any indignation,
that is their affair. But school closing
policy with all of its destructive effects,
a policy which is bound to fail in the
end, should not be imposed by the State
upon a locality against the wishes OF
the people in the affected community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

The Mcclellan committee
has disclosed the ignoble and
nefariouS deeds of the labor
barons. Through their power
full propaganda operations,
however. attempts are being
made to place a quietuS on
the communicating and sordid
revelations.
A letter to The Star from
an official of the Communi-
cations Workers of America
recently extolled its. humani-
tartan activities in various
communities throughout
America. Let's look at the
record. An Associated Press
dispatch from Portsmouth,
Ohio, that appeared in The
Star on October II. 1856,
stated that rocks and bottles
were thrown at the telephone
exchanges in order to compel
the company to unionize it's
plant. Another dispatch from
Columbus. on February Is,
1857, stated cables were
slashed which knocked 1900
telephones out of service, and
the strike lasted 226 days.
The CWA had another
strike affecting the extensive
operations of the Southern
Bell Telephone Co., lasting
" days, as reported in The
Star on June 10, 1857, and
the article revealed an in
teresting item that the CWA
borrowed $4,000 from the
United Steel Workers Union
to aid in financing the strike.
1t would seem prudent that
organized labor should be
made amenable to legislation
similar to the Clayton, or
sherman, Antitrust Acts.
The Fe deral Government
should prescribe a uniform
system of accounts for labor
unions, and they should be
required to file annual re-
ports available for public in
spection the same as any
other corporation vested with
a public interest. 1t should
also prescribe regulations for
the preservation of records.
A II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

Tor us 10 abandon FormoSa.
Like President Eisenhower.
Mr.. Truman EN-. ,hasized the
fact that our military forces
in the Formosa Strait area
are there primarily for peace
and to see that the Red Chi
nese do not embark on q mad
adventure. But, he said, there
should be no retreat on our
part as long as Communist
aggression threatens in that
area.
Indignation Splits Democrats
The Supreme Courts unan-
imous decision TO compel
immediate desegregation in
Little Rocks Central High
School and the immediate
defiance OF Gov. Orval
Faubus OF Arkansas (who or
dered the high schools in
that city closed has been
followed by similar school
closings in Virginia against
court desegregation orders.
What effect this will have on
elections in New York and
Pennsylvania. where the Ne
gro vote is large, remains to
be seen.
One thing this situation
has already developed: A Bit
ter dispute between the
Northern and Southern wings
OF the Democratic Party.
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler again
has announced he does not
subscribe to the views and
actions of Gov. Faubus
and the school closings in
Virginia. Further, Mr.. Butler
insisted that the great ma
jority of the members OF
the Democratic Party do not,
either.
On the Republican side.
National Chairman Meade
Alcorn, taking note of Mr..
Buffers statement, predicted
that the segregation issue
will put a third political party
in the f1eld-or else a third
ticket-when the national
elections take place in 1860.
OF immediate importance,
however, is the attitude of
the Negro voters when they
go to the polls in November.
The Republicans, down.
cast after their sweeping de-
feats in the Maine elections.
are catching their second
wind. They declare their
willingness to fight the
Democrats on every issue, in
Guiding the recession and
unemployment, farm econ
omy, foreign relations and
peace, and the charge of
corruption in the Eisenhower
administration. Mr.. Alcorn
already has indicated the
kind of campaign the Re-
publicans will wage-stress-
ing peace. despite the present
crisis; prosperity. despite the
recession; and charges of
Democratic softnesS toward
the Communists in the past
and corruption in the Tru-
man administration.
From now until November
4, the campaign will be in
full swing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

more harm than good, or at
least have the potential Of
harm in their roots.
The locusts, for one, are
very dangerous trees, by rea-
son of their size and their
shallow roots.
Often they begin to pull
away from the soil at one
side, and then it is only a
matter of time before a
heavy afternoon thunder
storm topples them.
In addition, all trees too
close to a home offer possi-
bilities of danger, and at the
least they keep so much
moisture in the air around
the house that they build up
mildew inside.
\
The smell of even the best
kept homes in a muggy
summer is something often
Sive to sensitive noStrils.
Mildew, consisting of small
forms of life, is responsible
for most of this smell.
Open doors and windows
help keep air circulating,
and it is moving air, as
whipped up by a fan, for in
stance. that tends to cut
down on the formation Of
fungi.
Careful wiping of widowed
books with tissue may be
tried. Chemicals or even a
damp cloth are dangerous.
Once widowed, a book
will be always stained, and
there is not much you can do
about it. An electric fan
played on the cases for sew
eral hours a day will be a
help.
The dust jacket, while a
boon in some ways, helps
build mildew by keeping
moisture between the jacket
and the cover.
In the old days when books
did not come with paper
jackets there was not so
much damage from mildew.
Now that practically every
book comes equipped with
jacket, garish or otherwise.
there is more stain. Books
with green and red covers
seem to suffer the most.
We would advise rotating
books in cases near windows.
so that the same volumes are
stored at some period in
cases as far away from win
dowS as possible. This breaks
up a vicious cycle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16

AS b m6ulUST OI OTSdul1Cu
labor for 48 years, and as a
32-year member of the In
ternational Association of
Machinists, now retired. I'd
like to reply to David Law
rence's column of Septem-
Der 8 on Right to Work"
First. Mr.. Lawrence uses
the term right to work"
when the proper title of this
antilabor legislation spon-
sored by Senator Knowland
is compulsory open shop.
The real issue in the Know
land campaign in California
is whether by confusion and
deception it will be possible
to enact a compulsory open
shop law in California this
fall.
Every informed union
member knows that behind
the propaganda term used
by David Lawrence is the old
NAM open shop campaign
which dates back to 1908.
It's purpose was clear then
and is clear today, namely,
to keep the working man
from organizing so he can
be exploited with low wages
and long hours and I'M
healthful working conditions.
In the 1920s the NAM
tried sugar-coating their
antiunion program. They
hid behind the State and
local chambers of commerce
and called their open shop
program the American
Plan" Organized labor was
painted as an un-Anerican
movement composed of an
archists and bolsheviks. The
manufacturers agitated the
veterans organization S
against labor and, as a World
War overseas veteran, I
saw this hate campaign from
both sides of the fence. No
question that it hurt labor.
The real purpose of Mr..
Knowland's campaign to
free" labor in California is
to enact restrictive and pu-
nitive laws against organized
labor. while the powerful
manufacturers of this coun-
try have no legal control at
all.
They want no curbs at all on
the employer or his associa-
tions.
Mr.. Lawrence should bring
these points out rather than
pushing the propaganda
smokescreen Of right to work
when the real issue is COM
pulsory open shop laws and a
double standard for workers
and employers.
John H. Renneisen.
Louisville, KY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
Nomination

The Montgomery County
Council has a unique oppor-
tunity September Is to APP
point a thoroughly qualified
candidate to the vacancy on
the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Com
mission. The candidate is DR..
Harold P. Morris of Silver
Spring.
In the past 20 years, DR..
Morris has earned the conf
dence and respect of the
community through his ear
nest and effective devotion to
civic and public affairs. Of
particular significance is his
service in the fields of plan
ming, coming and schools. In
1850 he was awarded The
Evening Star Silver Cup for
studies of land use in the
county: during the years
1954-56 he was president of
the Montgomery County
Civic Federation; in 1856 he
served as chairman of the
Civic Federation's Committee
on Bi = County Agencies,
namely, the Park and Plan
ming Commission and the
Washington Sanitary SUBJ
urban Commission; presently
he is first vice president of
the Montgomery County Citi-
zens Planning Association.
A distinguished biochemist,
DR.. Morris has been with the
National Cancer Institute
since 1888. Since 1850 he has
been the head of the section
in biochemiStry. At the pres
ent time he is attending the
International Conference for
Peaceful Uses of Atomic
Energy in Europe as the rep
resentative of the National
Institutes of Health.
A citizen with integrity,
wisdom and experience, with
no conflict of interests, DR..
Morris could render particu-
larry effective service if
appointed to the Maryland
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
Mrs. James v. Bennett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
Dismal FIoq-Roisinq

In a photograph in The
Star September 8. the flag
of the Nation is raised over
George Washington High
School in Alexandria.
All those concerned with
the morale land morals) OF
American youth should have
a look at this revealing
picture.
Two male youngsters
hardly younger than those
who were so easily BRAIN
washed out of national pride
by their red captors in Korea
stand unconcernedly by,
hands in their pockets. One
of them watches idly the
mechanism or the operation;
the other one does not bother
and turns his back on the
symbol of the Nation. while
some young female Ameri-
cans continue to chat happily
away.
Shame on those youths.
Greater shame on their par
ents and teachers who failed
to teach them more respect
for. and awed devotion to,
the colors Of their country.
Or did flag-raising in
schools become such a matter
of routine that it does not
deserve a gesture of respect;
that a salute to the flag
should not be a natural trib-
ute to the Nation as a first
thought an the part of the
future, citizens at the start
of the new year of learning?
Then why raise it at all?
What significance did it
retain?
N, de ROchefOrt,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-16
Worth q Salute

In these days of so much
gouging of the housewife. it
was a pleasant surprise when
I took an American Flag to
be cleaned at the National
Institutes of Dry Cleaning
in Silver Spring and was told
No charge.
H. Nj. Marshall