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Evening star., 1958-07-01
Back to Red Ink

This is the first day of new year,
money-wise, for Uncle Sam, and the
budget figures are being written strictly
In red ink. 1t may be several weeks be-
fore exact totals are known, but the best
estimates now are that Government
spending in the IL months that ended
last midnight exceeded revenues by close
to So billion. For the next IL months,
the deficit is estimated as high as $40
billion. And the public debt, now close
to $276 billion, is expected to go higher
In the near future-to level requir-
ing that the legal debt limit be raised
substantially beyond the present $3.50
billion.
None of this comes as a surprise; it
is hardly even news in a strict sense of
the term. In January, President Eisen-
hover hopefully estimated that the fiscal
1858 deficit would be only $40O million
but several developments in the mean
time destroyed that hope. On the rev.
enue side, the estimate was predicated
upon belief that there would be a
marked business upturn before summer
and that the years tax income would
total about STA billion. There are en-.
couraging signs in the business picture
today, but they did not show up soon
enough or strongly enough to lift rev.
enueS to the estimated level. They prob
ably will run about $40 billion. Expan-
sion of defense programs and speedup
of such civil spending as that for ma
tional highways, for housing and other
public works involved some extra out
lays in fiscal 1858 and will run much
higher than originally planned for fiscal
1859.
AS practical matter, it is hard to
place the "blame" for this return to def
cit living. After bipartisan rejection of
the theory of broad tax relief as an anti
recession measure, there. was interparty
cooperation on holding the tax line to
preserve revenues. The sole exception,
up to now, has been repeal of the per
cent freight excise tax, but the important
revenue losses are traceable to general
business conditions. What Mr. Eisen-
hover described as 'the swiftly moving
character of the time" referring pri-
mar1ly to the tempo OF the cold War-haS
almost automatically dictated stepped
up defense expenditures.
Fiscal 1858 is over and it is too late
to change anything. The current picture
of fiscal 1859 is deeply disturbing one
particularly in its threat of strong
revival of inflationary preSsures. 1t may
well be the number one problem by
the time new Congress comes to
Washington.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Losing Work Time

I would like to bring to
your attention what it is like
for a 17-year-old boy to get a
work permit in order to do
physical work.
First. you have to get a
} blue sheet Of paper and have
your employer fill it out.
Then you take this with your
birth certificate to an author
lied doctor and he checks
you for disease and other
things. He then makes out a
duplicate form and sends
that to Baltimore to be proc
essed. Finally. after days of
waiting you get a work per-
NIT.
/ am losing a full week of
work because Of this ridicu-
lous process. How about a
place where you can get a
work permit in a couple of
hours instead of a couple of
days? This would help a lot
Of boys find work faster in
the summer and avoid a lot
of unnecessary confusion.
A Reader.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Outrage in Cuba

More than 40 innocent bystanders,
most of them Americans, have now been
kidnapped by Fidel Castro'S rebel bands
in Cuba'S So-called civil war. Apparently
this has been done to dramatize charges,
which our State Department has branded
as false, that our base at Guantanamo
has been made available to President
BatiSta to enable him to launch air at
tackS against CaStro'S mountain hide
outs. Although the seized men, includ-
ing ~ United States sailors and Marines
taken captive while on picnic, prob
ably are being treated well enough, they
are nonetheless victims of an outrageous
form of brigandage. In fact, in other
times and under different circumstances
such brigandage would almost certainly
have been answered with force strong
enough to put an end to it.
In this day and age, however, in
various part of the world, there has
developed the phenomenon of what has
been called the tyranny of the weak
over the strong. The tyranny is one
compounded of pinpricks, insults and
numerous types of trouble making that
relatively puny diSSident elements feel
safe in carrying out against powers like
our own-powers that feel there is more
to be gained than lost by responding
with restraint to provocationS. The kid
napings in Cuba are part of this picture,
and our Government is reacting to them
accordingly-by negotiating with the
rebel force rather than taking punitive
Cfn ck DC fIa cft
thing to do, of course, but Castro and his
followers ought to be told in no uncer-
tain terms that their lawlessneSs Of re-
cent days has tried American patience
to breaking point.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
All Deliberate Speed

What the Supreme Court actually
has done in the Little Rock case is to
abide by its own advice to the lower
courts-that the judicial elements of
public school desegregation should be
carried forward with "all deliberate
speed"
For the court to have agreed to hear
the direct appeal from Judge Lemley's
order granting delay of 21a years to
Little Rocks Central High School would
have been to invoke power rarely used
and reserved for emergency situations.
1t certainly would not have been con-
Sonant with "all deliberate speed" what
ever the precise meaning of that term
may be.
Instead of following an extraor-
dinary course, the high court has sent
the case back with suggestion that the
Eighth Circuit Court Of Appeals rule
upon the application for a stay or the
appeal itself "in ample time to permit
arrangements to be made for the next
school year."
Undoubtedly, the Circuit Court can
act on the NAACP request for stay-a
motion urging that the effective date of
Judge Lemley's ruling be suspended until
a final decision can be obtained. The
Circuit Court may also be able to hear
the appeal itself, which, as distinguished
from the requested stay, asks that Judge
Lemley be overruled.
In any event. the Supreme Court
was justified in refusing to take the case
at this time. A great deal is at stake in
the appeal from Judge Lemley'S decision.
1t may very well determine the pace of
desegregation in the South, if not the
fate of deSegregation itself. Therefore,
the Supreme Court, which will have the
last judicial word, is entitled to the bene-
At of the Circuit Courts consideration of
the case, and this really is what it was
calling for in yesterdays action.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
This Trip Necessary?

In keeping with the mag
unanimous spirit Of the Air
Forces Brig. Gen. Paul l..
Barton, who agreed that "a
United States Air Force
plane will drop a wreath and
flask of sake of Saipan to
honor members of a Japanese
submarine squadron who
perished fighting Americans
13 years ago." would it not
be fitting to designate De-
cember Z as a national holi-
day to honor the japanese for
their sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor?
1t is inconceivable that
citizens, widowed and or
phaned by the war with Js-
pan, want their tax dollars
to support such fiaScos.
Mary r. Canary.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Racket HEARINGS

The Star is to be COM
mended for its policy Of CIV
ing front-page coverage to
the highly important and
significant hearings of the
Senate RacketS Investigat-
ing Committee. 1t is only
through communications
media such as the news
papers that the full impact
Of the hearings can be
brought to bear upon the
public. When a newspaper
plays down a news story by
carrying 1t on an inside
page in q brief and sketchy
account, its readers are
likely either to miss the
item entirely. or to attach
small Importance to it.
Sometimes this is the effect
desired by the newspaper.
1t takes real courage for
the metropolitan press to
buck the labor union bosses.
The public interest must be
weighed against the business
interests of the paper. Labor
union bosses have it within
their power to suspend the
publication of a newspaper,
or even to run it out of busi-
ness. They have not hesi-
tated to use this power.
Harvey H. Hewitt.
Is everybody so preoccu-
pied with the Sherman
Adams affair that Congress
is going to be allowed to
adjourn without passing a
labor reform bill?
Just a few months ago
there was a lot of screaming
about Dave Beck, then
Jimmie Hoffa, and the great
outcry was that something
had to be done about such
wicked men in powerful
positions.
Senator Mcclellan and his
committee worked tirelesSly
to uncover enough evidence,
it would seem, to convince
any and everybody that some
reform legislation was long
overdue. Was it all wasted
time, effort and money? Are
our legislators too spineless
and lacking in courage in an
election year to put into law
such labor reform measures
as the public and all decent
labor elements want? How
short the memory is! Next
year this will all but be for
gotten.
This legislation is a service
to the country that only Con-
gress can perform. Let's see
to it that it does. Get busy
all you people who are lucky
enough to have a Congress-
man and a vote!
VOteless d. c. Resident.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Still Likes Andrews

Washington'S second air.
port is built and waiting
awaiting only a transfer of
management. The access
roads are. built and are
awaiting nothing.
The airport is Andrews Air
Force Base at Suitland, Md.
1t is five miles from WASH
ington as against I8 for
Chantilly.
II my memory serves me,
1t was in the '30's that a
committee (the first) was
appointed to recommend
sites for a Washington air.
port. The committee re-
commended several. Their
first choice was Camp
Springs. Md. Oater to become
Andrews Air Force Base) and
their second was Gravelly
Point, Virginia (soon to be-
come National Airport) .
However. President Roose-
velt already had the Army
Engineers working on his
first choice, Gravelly Point,
alias National.
Some time later the Air
Force moved into Camp
Springs. Now why does the
Air Force want this airport?
Several reasons: 1t is a very
convenient location for the
Air Force brass to show Con-
gresS its hardware. An
drews Air Force Base is close
to the Nations Capital, a
large and pleasant city. From
the last enlisted man to the
General in command, this is
very pleasant. 1t also makes
it far easier to recruit civilian
personnel.
Meantime, National Air
port is hanging up new
records Of flights handled al
most daily, each added flight
reducing the margin of safe
ty. Chantilly Airport is years
from completion as well as
miles away while Andrews
Field could be handling
flights a few hours after some
papers were signed.
Cushing Daniel
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Lotvio's Lot

Some of the statements in
Bruno Albats' letter on the
U. N. and human rights call
for refutation, for candOr's
sake.
History shows that, for
centuries, the State of Lat
via, as an integral part of
Russia, underwent suppress
sion under the German
barons and the czars With
the collapse Of the czarist
monarchy. the people of Lat
via. after ousting the German
overlords, established a truly
democratic republic. For
some IA years the country
prospered and many social
reforms were effected. How
ever, in May, 1884. the dem
ocratically elected govern
ment was. by force Of arms.
overthrown by Karlis Ul-
manis, who set up an iron
dictatorship over the coun-
try, his motto being Silence
is Golden" This dictator
ship lasted until Hitler and
his Nazis took over Latvia
during World War II.
With the approach Of the
Russian armies, on their
march to Berlin in l945,
many Latvians, either spu-
porters of the dictator Ul-
manis or collaborators with
the Nazis, displaced them
selves and fed to Germany
to escape the retribution Of
the Latvian people. They
were thence helped to come
to the USA as displaced
persons. The Latvian Mis-
sion in the USA represents
the erstwhile Ulmanis gov
ernment to this day and
celebrate May is, the anni-
versary Of his seizure Of pow
er, as their national day.
In 1858, the people of Lat
via are governed by Latvians.
they speak their own Ian
guage and have their own
culture. They enjoy a very
high and extensive educa-
tional system and q prosper
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Compliment

May / compliment The
Star on its lead editorial of
June 81, what About To-
morrow"
There is no need to wonder
how much denunciation of
Communist brutality (if you
will pardon the redundancy
does really add to the inter-
national stature of this coun-
try" That problem may
arise. not because of "those
resounding declarations" but
out of our willingness Ito
treat with (these countries)
tomorrow" and to turn
back to business as usual"
Lloyd Buchanan.
Evening star., 1958-07-01

ity such as they had not be-
fore. Riga. the capital, one
of the great ports of Europe,
is free (anyone, including
Mr.. Albats. may visit there)
and maintains the same flow
of trade with Western Eu-
rope that it has for centur-
les.
If this is the result of sop
preston" then what does
Mr.. Albats want for his
forsworn homeland? A re-
turn to dictatorship such as
UlmaniS'? The clock can
not be turned back.
I am neither a Latvian nor
a Communist, merely a
searcher for the truth.
George w. Moore.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Proisinq DR.. Lands

A news note OF June "a
states in effect that the
Montgomery County School
Board has formally approved
County School Superinten6-
ent C. Taylor Whittier's re-
cent failure to renew the con-
tract of DR.. Mildred M. Lam
dis, principal of the Wood
Acres Elem tary Public
School, Bethesda. The thing
that makes this noteworthy
seems to have been missed.
This is the first evidence of
an active part being played
by the board with respect to
the situation at Wood Acres.
Previous articles (like The
Star of June IL under the
caption, "PTA Votes Con-
fldence in DR.. Landis") sug-
gested that until now the
board was just listening.
1t is appropriate at this
point to note that the county
school administration has
still not given any credible
explanation of its failure to
renew DR.. Landis' contract.
BY contrast to the school
administrations vague gen.
eralizations, the record of DR..
Lands achievements during
these past three years as
principal at Wood Acres is
specific and clear for all to
see. Careful study Of achieve
ment test results from year
to year, for sixth graders as
an example, shows that in
nearly all subjects the prog
reSS Of Wood Acres pupils
during those three years has
raced forward at an extraor-
dinary rate.
I am glad that my children
had the benefit Of three years
under DR.. Lands principal
ship. For the sake of the
children. I am very sorry to
see her 60. John N. Hughes.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

ties. Big Brother may be
hearing you.
Another axiom-the 4th--
is:
Never talk in elevators.
The brand Of human talk
in elevators is rather ridicu-
lous except when its called
kidding" Then it's sillier
than ever.
Nothing is ever | to be
gained by talking in an eleva-
tor.
Anything you say viii be
turned against you, and, be-
sides, you can never be sure
who is standing there behind
that fat girl.
Axiom No. S:
Keep your coat on all the
time.
Not only is the uncoated
male hard to take, but he is
in no position to slip out at
will. Always coated, one can
walk around without exciting
remarks and glances, but
when one must attract at
tention by putting on . coat,
some one is sure to ask,
Where you going? Home?"
Sixth and last axiom for
the day:
Talk on two phones at
once, three If you can. Moth
ing makes such a good inn
preston as this. II is the
ace In the hole Of the true
experts at this sort Of thing.
Even when everybody
knows the thing is a bluff,
especially the triple play, it
makes a grand impression,
and gets everybody to watch
ing you.
And, of course, spurn a
chair. One looks vastly more
important and knowing
standing up to a phone rather
than sitting down to it in an
honest and sensible manner.
That's old hat. Don't forget.
Axiom. No. 6, and make it
three phones at a time, II
you can. 1t cbnfuses the op-
position.
Evening star., 1958-07-01
THE POLITICAL MILL
Choice Of Dodd Clears the Air
BY GOULD LINCOLN

votes In the election four
years ago, when Gov.
Ribicod won by the narrow
margin already mentioned.
Republicans say the Demo-
cratic claims Of Ribicoff In
vincibility are unfounded. II
the COP. really gets It's
strength out.
Mr.. Dodd. the Democrats
senatorial candidate. win be
running against Republican
Senator William A. Purtell,
who defeated Democratic Sem
ator Benton in 1852 by 10000
votes. That was a presiden-
tial election year, with q big
vote out and President Eisen-
hover heading the Repub-
lican ticket. It looks like q
close race between Senator
Purtell and Mr.. Dodd next
November. There viii be no
religious issue in this contest
both candidates are Cath
olics. Mr.. Dodd lost in q pre-
vious try for the Senate to
Senator Prescott Bush, in
1856, also a presidential year,
and Senator Bush's margin
Of victory was 13l, 1863. This
was an exceedingly large
margin in a State noted for
its close elections. The DEM
ocrats had expressed great
confidence early in 1856 that
they would defeat Senator
Bush--hut it did not work
out. His first election to the
Senate came in 1052-to I'LL
a vacancy caused by the
death Of Democratic Senator
Mcmahon. In that election.
Senator Bush defeated the
present Gov. Ribicoff by
10000 votes.
Dodd Stronger Candidate
Notwithstanding the fact
that Mr.. Bowles has been
Governor and an Ambassador
to India, Mr.. Benton has been
Senator, and Mr.. Dodd has
never gone beyond member
Of Congress, 1t is believed
that Mr.. Dodd viii prove a
stronger candidate than
would either Mr.. Bowles or
Mr.. Benton. Mr.. Bowles,
during his. term as Gov
ernor, made a number OF
enemies, which materially
aided in his defeat when he
ran for reelection. Also he
carried q left-wing tag, which
would not have helped. The
race for the senatorial nomi-
nation just before the State
convention last week ap-
peared to be between Mr..
Bowles and Mr.. Dodd, with
the former perhaps in the
lead. Mr.. Benton's only
chance seemed to lie in q
deadlock between the other
two candidates.
This contest for Connecti-
cuts Senate seat will be
fiercely fought next fall. 1t
is one of the seats the Demo-
Gratis must have if they
are to make the big gains in
Senate majority they predict.
The Republicans, for their
part, are not letting up in
their fight to retain it. The
Democrats believe that recess
sion and unemployment will
aid them in the campaign.
On the other hand. some
parts of Connecticut are
flourishing. ss
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Lo, the Poor Indian

For many years. in movies
and on TV. we have seen
battles between cowboys and
Indians. Invariably, the In
dians come out second best.
Why. in all this time. have
we not heard a single pro-
test from these super sensi-
tive souls that the Indians
might develop an inferiority
complex? Could it be be-
cause there is no scramble
for the Indian vote?
Elmer c. Helm.
Evening star., 1958-07-01

COunccLlCuJ OemOCrhbo ap-
parently have avoided q
promised bitter row over a
senatorial nominee and
united in support Of former
Representative Thomas j.
Dodd. Indeed, Mr.. Dodd
showed surprising strength
in thesD Democratic State Con-
vention in Hartford on Sat-
urday in the face Of oppos-
ing candidates. former Gov.
Chester Bowies and former
Senator william Benton.
He had enough votes 10
win the nomination on the
first ballot-a clear majority
Of 400 votes to 322 for Mr..
Bowles and 9s for Mr.. Ben
ton.
When 1t was clear that Mr..
Dodd had the necessary votes
and before the result Of the
roll call could be announced.
Gov. Ribicoff and Demo-
cratic State Chairman John
Bailey moved quickly to swell
the Dodd vote to such proper
tions that Mr.. Bowles and Mr..
Benton neither would be able
to nor wish to demand q pri-
mary election for the sena-
torial nomination. Gov.
Ribicoff and Mr.. Bailey,
delegates to the convention,
had not voted on the roll call.
The Governor obtained rec
ognition first and cast his
vote for Mr.. Dodd, and he
was quickly followed by Mr..
Bailey. With the States two
principal Democratic leaders
taking such a stand. other
delegates began changing
their votes to Mr.. Dodd. The
upshot was that Mr.. Bowles
asked that the nomination be
made unanimous, and the
nomination went over with a
bang. It was a smooth opera
ton. Any candidate having
20 per cent of the convention
vote, under the Connecticut
law, can demand a primary.
A primary fight for the sena-
torial nomination, with Mr..
Dodd and Mr.. Bowles at each
others throat, might have
inflicted serious wounds in
the Democratic Party in a
State which is usually q close
battle ground between Re-
publicans and Democrats.
Close DecisOn
Gov. Ribicoff, a former
Congressman who four years
ago defeated the then
Republican Governor John
Lodge, was renominated
without opposition, as ex-
pected. Democrats claim he
is unbeatable. The fact re-
mains, however, that he was
elected over Mr.. Lodge by
only 3,100 'votes-and Mr..
Lodge was disliked, it is said,
by a lot of the State en-
ployes.
This years Republican
candidate for Governor is
Fred r. Zeller, a Stonington
businessman who has been
State controller for a long
period. He is not a colorful
candidate. He is, however.
widely known, has many
friends gained in his long
service as controller and.
observers say, is no push
over for his Democratic op-
ponent. After all, Connecti-
cut cast more than a million
Evening star., 1958-07-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry Driters' correct
names and addresses An
letters are subject to conden-
s1tion.
Evening star., 1958-07-01

Success, in office work, de-
pends upon a number of un-
written maxims.
If any worker is so thought
less as to state one, right out,
he will find that nobody,
agrees with him. But
The first one is:
If you see anything you
want, take it.
Simple, isn't it?
You covet one Of these nice
gum erasers on an associates
desk. You might ask him for
it, and be refused.
So what do you do?
Well, you recall Axiom No.
/, and when he isn't at his
desk, you drift by and that's
that.
Drifting is a good tactic.
Often it yields unexpected
information needful in the
daily life.
Axiom No. 2:
If you want to know what
is going on, never crudely
ask right out.
Just drift by the desk,
casual like, and cock the ap-
propriate ear to windward.
Often just one word. right
ly caught, and properly inter-
preted, will tell you all you
need to know.
+ 4 II \
AS for telephone books,
even the half witted employe,
and there are many Of these,
knows they belong to no one.
Telephone books, IN most
Offices, come q dime a dozen
and not even dollars will
buy one.
But you can get one easy
enough, applying the axiom
about drifting.
You just ease by a desk,
and soon the big book is gone.
You know where it is, ha,
ha, but nobody else does,
especially the rightful owner,
though he may suspect.
At least you presume he is
the owner, because his name
is scrawled over the book.
If the name is on the cover,
it is easy. It Is when the
stingy owner puts his name
on the sides Of the pages that
the trouble comes in. Then
you have to be very meticu-
lous, and it is a question
whether any telephone book
even the largest, Is worth it
An easier solution is tc
slash the book, name and
all, in q drawer under loci
and key, but be sure nobody
else has a duplicate.
+ -
Axiom No. 8:
Never talk in the wash.
room.
This is safest, but II yol
really insist on talking, let il
be about books, m usic
flowers, and bees.
These are usually SAT-
Evening star., 1958-07-01
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How many calories are
there in a hamburger and in
a hotdog served in q roll?
LIS.
A. The calorie value de-
pends on the size Of the roll
and the weight Of meat. The
average may be from ESQ to
800 calories. A frankfurter
contains 100 calories, as does
one ounce Of hamburger. A
4 inches plain roll has $50
calories.
@. What sweetener Is used
in toothpaste? A.V.
A. Toothpastes are usually
sweetened with saccharin but
some contain sugar. Glycertn,
or glycerite Of starch, and oils
used to provide flavor also
help TO produce the sweet
taste.
Evening star., 1958-07-01

Axiom No. 8:
Never talk in the wash
room.
This is safest, but II you
really insist on talking, let it
be about books, m usic,
flowers, and bees.
These are usually safe
topics, free from personali-