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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Logical Transfer

The Commissioners have shown
good judgment In transferring the Dog
Pound from the Police Department to
the Health Department. 1t was illogical
to put the pound under police jurisdic-
ton in the first place. On the other
hand, health officials have an interest
in checking stray dogs for rabies. A
veterinarian has been stationed at the
pound for that purpose.
Chief Murray had commended since
1858, when he fell heir to the pound
under a reorganization of the District
government, that the dog impounding
business was not properly police func-
ton. Certainly the police have enough
to do catching criminals without the
added burden Of catching dogs. And
eventually, Of course, mad dogs caught
by the police would be released from
the pound on the contention that there
was unnecessary delay in bringing them
before a magistrate. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Aiding the DeceitfuI

Referring to the recent
news item in which Secre-
tary Of State Dulles justified
aid to Communist countries,
it would seem his conclusion
that Yugoslavia sis still in
dependent Of Moscow" is not
a satisfactory reason for aid
ing Communists, who deny
that man has inalienable
rights that come from our
Creator.
We spend huge sums try
ing to convince the world
that we believe in the dig
nifty Of the human person
and yet we support tyrants
who brutally suppress free
dom.
After reading ]. Edgar
Hoover's book, Masters of
Deceit" it is incredible that
those with a knowledge of
atheistic communism and a
love for their fellowmen
would want to contribute
financial aid to the cruel
masters of deceit.
Joseph p. HlgginbOtham.
Winthrop, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Safety on the Job

President EiSenhower's characteri-
cation Of the industrial accident toll as
tragic" is supported by statistics Labor
Secretary Mitchell, who, with the Presi-
dent, addressed the opening session Of
the Presidents Conference on Occupa-
tional Safety, disclosed that each year
accidents disable, temporarily or per-
manently, more than 2 million Amer
lean workers. Some $4,000 workers are
killed during an average year. And
deplorable aspect of this tragic situa-
ton is that many Of the accidents are
preventable-the result of carelessness
on the part Of the victims or of their
fellow workers.
1t was because of these heavy losses,
both in human values and in dollars,
that the President called the confer
ence here Of public and private safety
organizations, business groups, labor
unions and others concerned with the
problem Of industrial accidents. The
Federal Government can give only
leadership in the safety drive. The &C
tual educational work, engineering safe
guards and other measures must be
carried out at State and local levels
and with the cooperation Of employers
and workers alike. And, as Mr.. Mitchell
told the conference, the need for such
safety measures is becoming more i'm
portant as we enter the age Of nuclear
machines rockets and other hazardous
developments. Safety should be some
thing more than slogan in times like
these.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

that certain juvenile delinquents had
been released by the court.
Under the new plan, the court will
supply the police with data on the COM
mitment or release of juveniles referred
to the court by the police. The infor-
nation will be held in confidence by
detectives assigned to the Juvenile Di-
vision. This kind Of teamwork between
the court and the police in the field of
teen-age crime should help materially
to curb the sporadic outbreaks Of law
leSSnesS by young hoodlums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Diplomatic Note

Please refer to the story.
india Breaks Canal
Ground" published in your
issue of March 81. wherein it
was stated that India has
agreed to a World Bank sug-
gestion that she pay for new
canals to link the Western
Indus rivers with Pakistan's
irrigation system. These
rivers are not involved in the
canal project. Pakistan re-
jected this solution and has
warned that she will consider
the shutting OF of the water
as aggression"
May l please point out
that Pakistan has not re-
jected the basis proposed. by
the bank? She has, in fact,
accepted 1t. and moreover has
offered arbitration on all
questions disputed by India
in this regard. Furthermore.
Pakistan has put in a plan
OF replacement. linking PAX
istan's irrigation with the
Western Indus rivers. the cost
Of which is. under the bank
proposal. to be borne by
India. Until India pays for
the works. substitution of ir-
rigation supplies is not pos
sible.
In the negotiations in De-
cember last for an ad hoe
agreement initiated by the
World Bank. Pakistan offered
to run existing links built for
her own development par
TALLY for replacement. The
talks failed because India re-
fused to pay the running ex-
penses as proposed by the
bank. India has since been
threatening to take unilateral
action, the latest being the
construction Of the Rajas-
than Canal reported in your
paper. Pakistan has warned
that this would be a viola
ton Of midas obligations.
8. M. Haq,
Press Attache. Embassy Of
Pakistan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. We are planning to buy
a mortgaged house. How can
we estimate monthly cost, to
compare 1t with our present
rent? B. @.
A. To the monthly mort
gage payments - including
both principal and interest,"
add the monthly cost Of fire
insurance and taxes, and also
an allowance for maintenance
and repairs. This allowance
is sometimes figured as at
least NV Of the purchase
price, annually; divide by
twelve to get q monthly es-
innate.
@. What is the final score
II a baseball game is for
feited? M. @.
A. The score is always 90.
A forfeited game is one
which is declared ended by
the umpire-in-chief in favor
Of the offended team. for
violation Of the rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Tricky mix

RusSia's announcement Of
"discontinuance" Of nuclear
tests is termed by Senator
Humphrey and others as q
tremendous propaganda vic
tory against us. The Soviet
has broken or disregarded
since the end Of World War
II more than so treaties.
agreements. pledges and the
like. Russia is no more apt
to keep this promise than
Nikita KhruShchev is to
apply for membership in
Alcoholics Anonymous.
Jay Jerome williams.
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Constantine Browns OUT
burst over Russia's announce
ment Of the cessation Of nu-
clear tests is a rather sorry
mixture. After clubbing it "ob-
viously phony" and q "propa-
ganda trap" he characterizes
1t as the Reds cleverest trick
so far" and a gigantic Lie"
Well. that's something! II
the phoniness is obvious
which. Of course, it is not.
then it is certainly not very
clever. And II it is a gigantic
lie." it can very easily be dis
proved.
But why get so steamed up
about this simple announce
mept? Why shouldn't we be
perfectly serene as we con-
tinue to 60 about our busi-
ness? Has 1t come to pass.
after all the billions we have
spent on defense against real
and imaginary enemies. that
We should shudder in our
boots at something Russia
does or does not?
If we have been worrying
about Russia's nuclear tests.
such worry should hardly be
increased by an announce
Of their cessation, whether
true Of not. II Russia con-
siders 1t worthwhile to utter
q gigantic lie," that can
easily be disproved, 1t is an
evidence Of weakness, not to
say utter stupidity, on her
part and must sooner or later
react to her discredit.
Everett L. James.
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The "atom-test halt" an
nounced by the Soviet gov
eminent through the mouth
piece Of Andrea A. Gromyko
appeared in papers all over
the world and was read by
hundreds Of millions Of peo-
pie. I wonder how many Of
those readers noticed the
date on the newspapers: April
flrst-April fools day.
Montgomery M. Green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Ezra Pounds

Simon Broder replays the
same old anti-Pound disc
that has been confuted again
and again. He says: mo one.
to my knowledge. has denied
that Pound committed the
offenses Of which he stands
accused" Mr.. Broder's
knowledge" Of such denials
seems no broader than his
acquaintance with the Pound
case as a whole. Pound denies
1t. And all those who have
even vaguely acquainted
themselves with the facts Of
the case deny 1t.
Pounds first radio broad
casts were in 1899 when he
made the acquaintance Of
several prominent Senators
on Capitol Hill. One Of these
Senators said: What do you
expect me to do when he's
(Roosevelt) packed the Su-
preme Court to declare every
thing he does constitu-
tional?" To Pound, when the
Senator Is impotent. the duty
to act falls back upon the
citizen. This duty is the key
to the Pound broadcasts. He
broadcast for return to Amer
lean constitutional govern
ment. which he considered
to have been undermined by
the Roosevelt administration.
Ernest Hemingway re-
marked that Pound couldn't
betray anybody. and postwar
revelations that the betrayal
was in Washington. and not
in Rapallo. have disconnected
those who framed the absurd
indictment. The bestial treat
ment afforded the aging poet
during his incommunicado
detention was fragrant viola
ton Of the Constitution by
an administration sworn to
uphold it.
T. d. Horton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Khrushchev in Hungary

It is curious that Nikita Khru-
shchev, now on his first trip abroad as
Soviet Premier, has chosen to visit Hun
gary. He has done this for the ostensible
purpose of marking the 18th anniver-
sary Of that country's liberation from
Nazi control. But the real reason for
the junket, which will continue for the
next few days, is certainly more signifi-
cant than that.
Since he is accompanied by a high
powered Soviet delegation, some sources
feel that Mr.. Khrushchev-in addition
to playing the role Of folkSy and
friendly fellow, without horns or cloven
feet-may be planning to announce GER
tain economic and political measures
calculated to take the curse of the
Kremlin'S crime against the Hungarian
people. Another guess, however, is that
he is visiting their country primarily to
subject them to even tougher Commu-
mist domination and to emphasize, with
complete brazenness, that he has no
intention Of satisfying their mass yearn-
ing for individual freedom and national
independence.
Exactly what he has in mind, of
course, is Mr.. KhruShchev's secret, and
presumably he will give no inkling of 1t
until he feels good and ready. But
meanwhile, putting guesswork to one
side, the world at large can be sure Of
one thing-namely, that all but rela-
lively tiny fraction of the Hungarian
people remember with the deepest Bit
ternesS, with an inner rage that will
not down, how the Kremlin, Just Is
months ago, struck at them with naked
armed power and savagely suppressed
their uprising for liberty. The enormous
evil Of that deed cannot be undone by
bluff, bluster, toughness or mere anna
bility from the Soviet Premier. Actually,
1t calls for nothing less than a far
reaching act Of contrition in the form
of full Russian withdrawal and res
toration Of Hungary's right to be its
own master.
This is the judgment that the
United Nations itself has handed down
against the Kremlin. Emphatically
reaffirmed by the General Assembly
last September (by vote of so to 10,
with the Communist bloc alone dis
senting), 1t is judgment still in force.
Under it, the USSR continues to stand
condemned for having brutally attacked
the Hungarian people, and both the
Soviet government and its puppet regime
in Budapest bear the stigma of defying
the Assembly'S resolution calling upon
them to "desist" from their repressive
measures against those people.
So today, as he visits Hungary, Mr..
Khrushchev visits it as the top repre-
sentative of government whose hands
are covered with guilt in relation to that
country. Nor can he diminish the guilt
just by trying to talk it away. Nothing
can diminish 1t except amends Of a
sort that will give back freedom to
the Hungarians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Report Gard Case

In your April 3 article en-
titled Report Card Hearing
Ends Inconclusively," 1t is
noted your writer gaze a
l4-word sentence to the bond
issue matter before the Ar
lington County Board and
columns to the kangaroo
court hearing on Mrs. Helen
Lane who showed intelli-
gence by ignoring the hear
ing.
Our county is also for
tunate in having the intelli-
gent Mrs. Leone Buchholz,
a woman who knows that the
General Assembly of Virginia
appoints Arlington's excellent
judges who hold court and
empanel grand juries in
order to dispose Of all viola
tons of law.
I am sure the General
Assembly would not have APP
proved the Mann-Stone bill
raising the County Board
salary to $4,000 had they
known it was going to spend
It's time (the peoples money!
in mock proceedings concern
ing a matter which properly
belonged before the Arlington
County School Board. They
held the mock proceeding in
opposition to advice of our
Commonwealth Attorney.
These unwarranted attacks
on citizens Of Arlington Coun-
ty by Messrs. Kaul, Krupsaw
and Brown certainly place
Arlington County in an un-
tenable light In the eyes Of
peoples all over the United
States.
Elizabeth r. MagrudeF,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
For a Third Party

The wise and beneficial eff
fectS Of good government are
SO evident in a country such
as ours that the baneful
tendencies of bad govern
mental actions or policies are
apt to be condoned and en-
dured. Yet the acceptance Of
the bad without protest would
be as unwise a course as that
Of a would-be orchardist who,
because he had obtained
apples from his trees in pre-
vious years. neglected to
prune the suckers this spring.
A couple Of months ago
Senator Hill, Democrat of
Alabama. delivered q sermon
to the Young Democrats Of
Birmingham on the wicked
ness Of deserving the Demo-
crat Party. Senator Hill
sought to slay the infant
third-party movement right
there in the cradle. The DO
litical woods are full of
learned gentry who will swear
that the Holy Bible calls for a
two-party system here in
Utopia. but they never get
around to citing chapter and
verse.
Is a third party desirable
at a time when Republicans
and Democrats are standing
for the same things and bid
ding for votes with the public
treasury? ! say "yeSl"
Where is that Constitu-
tional party, where the Dixie
crat party. where the other
groups that call for reforms?
Let them combine and knock
the Charley Mccarthy party
and the Mortimer Snurd
party. now operated as by a
single mind. into q reasonable
resemblance Of individuality.
Richard L. Feldman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

meet aboard a bus or street.
car.
We know it. and they know
it.
So we do not have to work
at it to make any kind of
impression.
Some irrepreSsible people
who have tried the other
plan-to work up acquaint-
ances aboard buses-might
tell you that the thing has
been q failure.
They have never made a
really worthwhile acquaint-
ance that way. though they
may have sat and talked for
q half hour for many months.
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Just why is this?
1t may be. one may think,
because there is no real point
Of communication.
After the small chitchat of
everyday is exhausted, it
usually is found that one
party to the conversation is a
talker. the other noncom-
municative. It almost always
works out that way.
The talker talks, and the
other listens. In time, the
talker realizes that he has
spilled his LIES history and
got nothing in return.
Maybe he just grows tired
Of talking, who knows?
He finally freezes up, and
what appeared for q time to
be a beautiful friendship be-
comes Just what it was at
first. o passing acquaintance,
and nothing more.
Where does Mrs. Busybody
fit. in this scheme Of things?
Maybe she's Just an honest
soul trying her best to be
friendly in the heart Of the
lonely crowd, Gin an area of
critically" as a famous per-
sonage recently said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Rickover in Dutch

Being a former Dutch
schoolgirl. ! was greatly
interested in Admiral Rick
overs recent comparison Of
the American and Dutch
secondary school systems. /
now have four small chill
dren. one by one falling into
the clutches of progressive
education; which means
that in the third grade they
cannot read one word they
haven't seen before. and the
multiplication tables are an
unknown realm. Any white
stationed hero for better
American learning has me
squarely behind him.
Too often. however, !
encounter research on for
eign matters that shocks
me. The prevailing opinion
among not a few of the
upper-layer Americans seems
to be that, as far as
foreign conditions are con-
cerned. anything goes. since
the public cannot check the
facts anyhow.
! hate TO suspect this atti-
tude on the part Of my hero
Rickover. but ! wonder which
Dutch schools he has in mind
in making his comparison.
I myself. some 20 years ago.
attended a Dutch college,
prep school. the hours Of
which we're In line with
those Of other secondary
schools. / have no reason to
believe that either hours or
curriculum have changed
considerably.
Admiral Rickover states
that the Dutch school day
is 20 per cent longer than
the American school day. !
went to school from o TO
1920 and 1880 to 4: the
American high school day is
on the order Of o to $3.50,
with some so minutes of for
lunch. which leaves 81 hours.
The Dutch school week
lasts six days. indeed; but
we had of on Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons.
which again is the equivalent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

Of the American school week.
OF course gym and art
(drawing) were the only
nonacademic courses taught,
at two hours each a week.
and all in all I would not
exchange my own education
for that Of the average
American. But I was taught
that truth Is more important
than proving a point at any
cost.
Let's hope / have the
wrong information and the
admiral was right all the
time.
I0hanna w patterS0n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

picked a whole slate Of can
didates which will be pre-
sented to the Democratic
Nominating Convention. The
expectation is that the Demo-
cratic meeting will take all
or nearly all of this slate,
since the Non-P artisan
League a couple Of years ago
moved over to the Democratic
Party-that is, the more
radical wing Of the league.
The conservatives stayed with
the Republicans. The leagues
other candidate for the House
is Ralph Dewing, who. like
the younger Mr.. Burdick, is
a Democrat. For Senator, the
league selected Raymond
Vendsel. q farmer and State
Senator who once ran for the
House against Mr.. Kruger
and lost by a wide margin.
Quentin Burdick, running on
the Democratic ticket for
Senator in 1856 against Sen
ator Milton r. Young. Re-
publican. was defeated by 1861
305 to 87,949.
LANCER Expected to Fight
Unless he should change
his mind, Senator LANCER is
expected to make a hard fight
to win the Republican nomi-
nation for Senator in the
coming primary. Barring that,
he might even run as an in
dependent. He will be seeking
his fourth term in the Sen
ate, to which he was first
elected in 1910. Senator Lam
ger has won many q hard
fight in the past-and he
could do so again. A large
question is whether he is able
to stand a tough campaign.
He was seriously i'll some
months ago, but now seems
in good health. He still has q
strong following in the State
the same supporters who
elected him Governor and
Senator in the past. But it
has been pointed out that he
lost in the Republican Nomi-
mating Convention to 1t. Gov.
Duffy when the showdown
came between the two men,
and also that the Non-Parti-
san League-with which Lam
ger was associated strongly
for years-failed to put him
on their slate which is to 60
to the Democratic convention
this week. Nevertheless, Sen
ator LANCER is not to be
counted out until the cam
paigning and the voting is all
over. Mr.. Duffy is not so
closely identified with the
farmers. He is a director of
q power company and an at
torney for an oil company.
Senator Young. who was
appointed to I'LL a vacancy in
the Senate caused by the
death Of North Dakota's last
Democratic Senator, John
Moses, in 1945, has been three
times elected. He is keeping
hands of In the coming SEN
atorial primary.
The Democrats will have
the support Of the leaders of
the Farmers Union-the larg-
est farm organization in the
State today-in the elections
next November. But they
3 have had such support in the
past, and still the Republi-
cans have been able to win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Bus character:

Mrs. Busybody took up her
favorite seat near the front
door.
More air there. she thought.
There were two large over
stuffed gentlemen on the
long seat across from her.
They narrowed the third
place on the long seat so
considerably that nobody had
dropped down in it.
A passenger got aboard. q
nice slim lady.
There's q seat" smiled
Mrs. Busybody. pointing.
The thin woman ignored
her. and went to the back, as
the transit company desires.
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Mrs. B. was not stopped in
the least.
A fat lady came in, and
Mrs. B. pointed out the seat
again.
There's a seat for you."
she commented.
The fat woman looked at
the narrow opening - and
went to the back.
At the next stop, q man
with q cane hobbled aboard.
He had to stand, refusing
the seat also. and his cane
stuck out at an angle.
Mrs. Busybody was on the
job.
Unless you pull back your
cane" she insisted. some
body is going to get hurt"
The man looked a bit sur
priSed, but he pulled in his
cane.
Mrs. B. was pleased.
A passenger started to get
of.
You forgot to get Q
transfer" said Mrs. Busy
body.
The woman looked sur
prised.
"A transfer?" she queried.
YES" said Mrs. B., you
forgot to get your transfer"
But I don't want q trans
fer" said the lady. getting
of at last.
It is difficult, sometimes, to
tell whether such suggestions
are made In a desire to help,
or just for amusement.
other passengers some
times forget that some people
never meet the dear old pub
lie except aboard a public
vehicle.
Then they may carry their
own personal habits into
outer space. II they comment
at home. they comment here.
Probably the best way to
act, on board, is to draw into
ones shell, and remain that
way all down town.
It is the safest.
\ Il 4 4
City living has done that
to US.
We never see again, In
most cases, the people we