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They Deserve q Break

The new Youth Corrections Center
soon to be built at Lorton Reformatory
can play an important role in reducing
crime among youth in Washington. This
will not be country club for young
hoodlums who ought to be getting stern
punishment It is designed to be reha-
Utilization center for young persons who
have made their first venture in lawless-
ness and who, officials believe, are ca
pable of being reformed. Such violatorS
deserve break.
Before passage of the Youth Cor
rections Act several years ago there was
no place to send youthful f1rst-offenders
against Federal laws except to prisons
where they came into contact with hard
ened criminals. Many Of these youths
emerged with the brain-washing effects
of close association with killers, robbers,
rapiStS and other confirmed convicts.
Under the Youth Corrections Act the
youthful novices in crime are isolated
from such convicts and given special
treatment, planned to make them useful,
law-abiding members of society.
But at present the District has no
place to carry out such a rehabilitation
program. BY arrangement with the Fed
eral Bureau of Prisons, however, num-
Der of likely prospects for the reform
program have been sent to Federal
Youth Corrections CenterS elsewhere.
The Department of Justice agreed to this
plan only on condition that the District
eventually would build its own center.
The building program soon to begin at
Lorton will fulfill the Districts part Of
the understanding. If properly ad-
ministered, the new center could be a
valuable weapon in the fight on youthful
criminality in Washington.
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Pleads Howoii's Case

The shades of King Kala-
kama, Queen Liliuo Kalani,
King Kamehameha III, and
the countless Hawaiians who
died at Pearl Harbor and
other battle points, will haunt
this Congress.
Alaska was acquired by
purchase from Russia; Hawaii
was free and independent.
just like Texas, before 1t was
voluntarily annexed to the
United States. In fact, Hawaii
made repeated overtures to
the United States for annexa-
ton before it was finally
annexed. First a kingdom
and later a republic. both
houses Of the Hawaiian Leg
islature voted unanimously on
May 81. 1896. for annexa-
ton to the United States.
The Act Of Congress of July
z, 1898, annexed the Hawaiian
Islands.
We have treated Hawaii
shabbily in comparison with
our treatment of Alaska and
Puerto Rico. Alaska, by act
of Congress, is to be a full
fledged State Of the Union.
Puerto Rico was elevated to
the status of a free common
wealth associated with the
United States. effective July
Is, 1852. Hawaii, the Para
disc of the Pacific" is still
a mere Territory.
Members of the S5th Con-
gress, hang your heads in
shamel
Thomas J. Reidy.
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Cyprus Truce

The truce ordered by Colonel George
GrivaS, elusive leader of the under
ground on Cyprus, has come in answer to
high official appeals from Greece, Tur-
key and Britain for an end to bloodlet-
ting on the island. In itself, Of course,
this amounts merely to a ceaSe-fire Of
uncertain duration, but 1t creates at
least a small measure of hope that pas
sion will be held in allegiance and reason
brought into play in another effort to
negotiate a peaceful settlement of the
crisis.
That is why the Greek, Turkish and
British governments have warmly well
coined the development as one OF the
most encouraging in long time, and
some key authorities in Athens have
suggested that the way now may be
open for talks of kind that could lead
to definitive agreement satisfactory to
all parties caught up in the tragedy.
This is so because, with violence Sus-
pended, precious time will be available
for the negotiating process. And in the
end, even though the issues involved
may seem at the moment to be almost
inSoluble, that process can succeed in
giving Cyprus a decent and lasting
peace.
Such peace will require formula
that will satisfy the Greek CypriotS,
who want union with Greece, without
at the same time inflaming the Turkish
Cypriots who demand that the island
be partitioned. Moreover, any settle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-07
How to Go Broke

IN voting to increase the statutory
limit of the national debt TO $288 bill
hon-a Jump of SIS billion-the House
has acted In keeping with necessity.
But 1t has done so In an unusually
somber spirit generated by ever-multi-
plying signs that our country Is heading
fast into period Of immense imitation
airy danger.
This danger, as Chairman Mills Of
the Ways and Means Committee has
warned, is inherent in the prospect Of
huge Federal deficits for years to come.
The situation is attributable not merely
10 essential military and foreign OUT
lays, but also to heavy domestic spend
ing that is not truly essential spending
of a kind that could be markedly
reduced If only the executive branch,
Congress and the American people as a
whole would make up their minds to put
an end to the profiigacy and substitute
reasonable frugality for a budgetary
policy that seems to be based largely on
partisan politicking and what's-in-it-
for-me philosophy.
Mr.. Mills, however, does not expect
any such reform in our national fiscal
thinking. And so, quite gloomily, he
has predicted that Federal spending over
the next five years will amount to about
$50 billion annually, with virtually no
chance that enough revenues will be
raised to pay for the OUTLAWS. Thus, as
he sees the future, we are in for long
period Of deficit financing that can
hardly fail to initiate against the idea
Of tax relief for either corporations or
the general public. More than that, In
Mr.. Mills words, ut will loose imitation
airy pressures here that in turn will be
emulated by industry and labor. The
result may well be, In the next several
years, that we will see rises in prices
such as we have not seen before In
peacetime."
Warnings Of the same sort have
been voiced repeatedly In the past, no
tably by Senator Byrd, and they need
to be needed now more than ever. For
the new debt limit approved by the
House is symptomatic of continuing
inflationary trend that could cause an
other great shrinkage in the dollars
acutely shrunken purchasing power.
Beyond that, unless it is checked and
reversed, the trend could ultimately
shatter public confidence in Federal Sc
curitieS and wreck the Nations credit at
home and abroad. These are not mag
mary perils. On the contrary, as en-
phasized by Mr.. Mills and other close
students of the subject, they are real
perilS, and they can readily materialize
II nothing is done to head them of.
This matter, with all its aStronom-
zeal figures, may seem to be dull to most
of us Americans But 1t is important
for us to keep in mind that our pres
ent national debt is about seven times
greater than in was in 1910, and the
interest we must pay on it each year is
roughly as much as an entire Federal
budget in the early 1930S. Clearly, If we
keep on spending as we are, without bal
ancing income and outgo, we will be in
danger of waking up one day to find our
country quite diSastrouSly broke.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

makes the skin at the site
more tender than usual.
And many of the bites,
probably at least 80 per cent,
are at thin-skin areas.
This comes about because
the biting mosquito is both
canny and practical. She
we think it is she-is not
going to do any more work
than necessary.
So a thin-skin area is
chosen, such as the ankle.
One jab there. and she's in.
In addition to her own
poison" probably some in
imical germs on the skin sur
face are taken into the lower
skin areas, too.
These all add to the itch.
The person really allergic
to ordinary insect bites sell
dom has the sympathy Of
those not so afflicted.
Some persons claim never
to be bitten. Some investi-
gators say their blood stream
is high in vitamin B-1.
We believe that vitamins
have nothing at all to do with
it.
Putting on insect repellents
may help, but it is a nuisance
to some, and the mosquitoes
will bite wherever 1t is not
applied.
To use hot water as a
counter irritant. proceed as
follows:
/. Boil a small amount OF
water In a pan.
2. Fold a kitchen towel TO
make a neat compress, and
submerge 1t into the water,
then press on side Of pan TO
remove excess water. This is
essential.
3. Now comes the crucial
point: Hold the steaming
cloth aloft while you count
"one hundred and one, one
hundred and two" and so on
to the count of four.
4. Now dab the bite swiftly,
barely letting the cloth touch
the skin before pulling it
back.
S. II the cloth is pressed
down, 1t may blister, in fact
usually will around the
ankles. where so many bites
occur.
6. Renew the heat by i'm
mersing the cloth again. Go
through the same procedure
Of getting rid Of excess water
and letting the cloth sizzle
for at least 4 or s seconds.
Dab repeatedly in short
swift blows.
II these directions are adj
hered to, the chances Of burn
ing oneself are minimized.
The idea is not to burn the
skin. but to stop the itch.
Hot water win do it II applied
conservatiyely.
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COLLEGE Necessary?

Perhaps the reason the
Russians are one hundred
times bigger and ahead Of us
in the satellite missile field
is that the 10 OF their de-
signers, engineers and tech
nicians is not limited and
held back by the necessity
of holding a degree" what
ever that is.
Recently your paper pub
lished q Help Wanted" ad
from a California concern.
The ad was illustrated with a
spiral evidently based on the
distances apart of the sun
and planets Mercury, Venus.
Earth, Mars and Jupiter. The
writer. who has spent years
in calculating the planets.
orbits and places both geo.
centric and heliocentric, was
told that unless he had a
college degree he would not
be considered even for an
interview.
No doubt the same ruling
would be applied to the
Wright brothers, Henry Ford.
T. A. Edison, Firestone, and
others, If they we're with
us now. The closed shop
of the unions has moth
ing on these college degree
boys who form tight, exclu-
sive little clubs to keep out
those who have better los
than they have. Perhaps a
few plumbers helpers. or
Bourbon gauge repairmen
would be of help in prevent
ing the appalling loss of mis-
siles and downright incom-
potency evident at Cape Ca
naveral.
The writer helped build the
Panama Canal, the Yuma
and other great dams. rail-
road tunnels. shipyards and
munition plants with other
engineers of the highest 10.
A few college degree engi-
neerS were tolerated then.
But now that they have got
in control, they are rewriting
Government job specification
so that none but college de-
gree holders can apply.
American college people come
mainly from the respectable
classes. and roughnecks such
as Hoffa's boys are not ad-
mitted. In Russia it is exactly
the opposite. Nv
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liked at Lawrence

AS expected, David Law
renee gloats over the fact
that Faubus won the nomina-
ton for Governor. He credits
the voters Of Arkansas with
knowing more about what is
the law Of the land than the
nine members of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Mr.. Lawrence writes that the
people of Arkansas, in a free
and fair election, have defled
the Supreme Court and there
by show that they have de-
cided what is and what is
not constitutional.
What Mr.. Lawrence seems
not to remember is that near
ly 100 years ago the people
Of many Southern States,
over such an emotional issue,
voted to defy the Government
Of these United States and
thereby paid a bitter price.
Today, for the sake Of denial
Of Federal rights to the Negro
citizens, Southerners are
again defying the laws of the
United States as defined and
interpreted by our judicial
system. 1t must be remem-
bered that this was not a split
decision. such as was the
bred Scot ruling. but a unan-
imous court that decided
segregation Of public school
children was unconstitutional
Mr.. Lawrence makes much
Of the fact that education is
a function Of the State. such
as is the police power, but
when a State violates the
civil rights of a citizen Of the
United States in its State
function the Federal courts
have always ruled against the
State. He also intimates that
the people Of Arkansas would
have obeyed a law desegre-
eating schools II passed by
Congress. What is his basis
for this assumption? People
of the South voted to destroy
the union of States in 1860
to retain the right to hold
slaves on the ground Of
States rights Just as they now
use the doctrine to keep Ne
groes bound to practices OF
segregation. 1 wonder where
we would be as a Nation TO-
day If each separate State OF
group had seeded because Of
Supreme Court decisions?
Z. B. Henderson.
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CHEVY CHASE.

Dear Sir:
II hope sometime you will
tell us about the best way to
handle mosquito bites.
I seem to be one of these
persons who suffers i'm
mensely from such things.
Il have tried practically
every anesthetic in the drug
store, purchased all the rubs
and ointmentS supposed to
be helpful. and have even
tried injections.
Nothing stops the itch.
II have tried athletics, sun
tan, philosophy and the New
Deal.
AT one time / even made
a desperate trip to the tropics,
but there I found the mos
Quitoes bigger than ever.
y 4 \
IT thought perhaps you
might have run onto some
remedy.
II suppose I am Just al
lergic to mosquitoes.
Several years ago I read
a book about the old yellow
fever epidemic that ravaged
Philadelphia not so many
years after the Revolution.
AT that time, Of course.
they had no idea that mos
quitoes had anything to do
with it.
1T was more than a
hundred years before they
found out what caused yellow
fever.
MY mosquito bites, with
their almost intolerable Itch
ing, remind me of that awful
time in Philadelphia, at least
what I have read about it.
Sincerely. j. l.. W."
The best remedy for the
itching Of mosquito bites is a
counter irritant, but not the
ordinary sort.
Counter irritants in a tube
usually offer little help to the
person who, for. some reason
Of internal chemistry, itches
more than his share.
What is needed is some
thing more direct and power
full.
Hot water is the answer.
Dabbed on sharply, for a
few seconds. hot water will
stop the itching for as long
as 6 hours.
A warning. however, is
necessary:
A careless person can burn
himself rather severely II hi
overlooks the necessary care
in using this remedy" If &C
1t may be called.
80
It seems that the injection
which u Q mosquito bitc
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almost three Negroes TO one
white, the number Of Negro
members TO white members
continues to be the same as
Is years ago. I do not believe
that the members of a Board
of Education should be APP
pointed on the basis Of race.
Rather it would be better for
all concerned If these individ-
uals were elected by the COM
munity. But, If the hidden
persuaders are going to con-
tinue to adhere to a specific
ratio based on pupil distri-
button, let them be at least
r0r,oietaVf
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Paul b. COrnely, MD.
Parkway Extension

In reference to the letter
from Gail s. Wood on the
George Washington Memorial
parkway extension, may I
comment on the question
concerning q handful of peo-
pie scrapping visionary plans
of long standing? My own
case is typical Of several.
I purchased a domestic
during the summer Of 1856 in
an area which was in the
process Of becoming an APP
proved subdivision. The plat
was approved by the Prince
Georges Department of Pub
lie Works in october, 1856.
and finally recorded in No
ember, 1856. In the spring of
1857, after the plat was fully
approved and recorded, / de-
cided to build a home on the
lot. At this time. 1 was also
assured by the National Cap
ital Planning Commission
and the Department of Pub
lie Works that the subdivision
would not be affected by the
proposed parkway. In July.
1857, / started construction
of my home which I occupied
in December, 1857.
The first rumor that ]
heard about the change in
the route Of the parkway was
in March, 1858. Since that
time I have been trying to
get some firm statements
about the proposed route and
its effects on the property
owners involved but have not
received any cooperation
However, / understand that
several houses will be taken
which were not even started
IA months ago when the
commission and the county
advised that the subdivision
would not be affected.
We of this subdivision also
want a modern safe artery
from home to work" so why
don't we get together and
figure out the best and most
economical way to achieve
it? There may be a long de-
lay in achieving this desire
if the presently employed
tactics are followed. because
we still believe in the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitu'
ton and are willing to t1ght
to protect our property.
James w. Winchester.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-07
THE POLITICAL MILL
Outlook Shifts for Both Parties
BY GOULD LINCOLN

HYANNIs. Mass.-Political
leaders and strategists Of
both Democratic and Repub-
lican Parties are taking a
new look at the situation and
the issues. Election day. No
vember 4. Is still almost three
months away and much can
happen In that period-just
as II has since the beginning
OF the year.
Earlier the Democrats were
riding high. wide and hand
some. The big issues which
they counted on 10 make big
gains In both houses OF Con-
gress and 10 elect Democratic
Governors Of States have
somewhat faded. First there
was an uproar over the Rus
sian Sputniks. The Demo-
Gratis claimed the Republican
administration had permitted
the United States TO fall far
behind the Soviet govern
ment In the matter Of scien-
tific discovery and accom-
plishment; that this coun-
try was in imminent danger
Of becoming a second rate
power militarily.
But now we have success
fully launched four earth
satellites Of our own. In ad-
dition, and most important
from q national defense point
Of view, we have Just had
remarkable success with an
tntercontinental missile, de-
signed to hurl q tremendously
destructive hydrogen warhead
more than 5000 miles.
Recession Measures
Second. according TO Dem
ocratic prophets earlier, this
country was on its way to a
depression that would rival
that Of the early l930s. AL
kinds Of panaceas. costing
billions Of dollars, were pro-
posed in Congress.
President Eisenhower and
his advisers, however. re-
fused to be stampeded into
these huge spending pro-
grams. The administration
went TO work on a saneI
course. It declined to recon-
mend a reduction in taxes
which some of the Demo
cratic economists demanded
too. The economy has taker
a distinct turn for the bet
ter. And most Unexpectedly
from the Democratic stand
point, American farm income
has gone up and up, unit
in the first half Of this yeal
the net income Of agriculture
has increased about So bill
lion. The Democrats MAJ
have to make q new estimat'
of their party's pulling powel
in the agricultural States o.
the Midwest. the East anC
South.
Also. earlier in the year
and, indeed, more recently
President Eisenhower's for.
eign policy was under heav!
fire from the Democrats.
They charged that thu
President was exerting M
leadership: that things werI
at skies and sevens, anC
that we had lost both pres
tige and all our friends, /.
we had ever had any
abroad. The sudden further
development of the Middle
East crisis, however. brough
prompt and immediate &C
ton by President Eisenhower
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who ordered the Marines
into Lebanon. Even after he
had taken this necessary
step. he was harshly criti-
cized for impridence which
might hurl the world into
a third world war. But that.
too. has now changed. The
Communist nations have
taken no steps toward armed
conflict. although Khru-
shchev ordered military ma
neuvers on the borders of
Iran and Turkey. In a fur
Their effort 10 brighten the
nations Of Europe and the
United States. II did not work
The British sent their troops
into Jordan.
U. N. situation Changes
Now there is strong likeli-
hood Of q special meeting
OF the United Nations Cen
eral Assembly on the Middle
East issue. possibly attended
by heads Of governments.
Should such q meeting be
attended by a measure Of sue
cess in settling the Middle
East problem. and the world
can breathe easier. much Of
the credit will go to Presi-
dent Eisenhower. And another
Democratic issue for the clos
ing campaign will have faded
into insignif1cance.
Since this country became
immersed In the Middle East
situation. the sherman
Adams-Bernard Goldfine in
cident. rated by the Demo-
Gratis as q first-class issue
against the Eisenhower adj
ministration and the q. o. p.
has assdmed more correct
proportions. The House in
vestigating committee has
tried desperately to tar Mr..
Adams, the Presidents first
assistant at the White House.
But 1t has failed to show any
corrupt action, or attempted
action by Mr.. Adams.
Mr.. Goldfine, the Boston
industrialist and the giver
Of many presents to many
men. Democrats as well as
Republicans. is still under
strong attack. However, Mr..
Goldflne has testified that he
contributed even more lib
orally to Democratic cam
paign funds than to Repub-
lican.
So far, the Democratic at
tempt to prove there is a
mess" in the Eisenhower
administration has not pro-
crossed. Undoubtedly the
House committee will keep at
it. Up to date, what it has
disclosed is a pale picture
as compared to the mess in
Washington during the last
Democratic administration,
when even the head man in
the Internal Revenue Bureau
was found to have trans
crossed.
The Republicans, who were
down in the dumps-far
down-a few months ago
have plucked up courage.
Democrats are wondering il
everything is as rosy as
they had believed. Early in
1913 and far into the sum-
mer the Democrats seemed
in for a terrific defeat at the
polls. Things changed in the
last few weeks of that cam
paign. 1t could happen
again.
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ment win have 10 take into account
what the British regard as their vital
strategic interests. The problem thus
is an exceedingly complicated one. but
the truce gives craftsmanship a new
chance 10 work out a mutually accept
able solution. For that reason the OUT
look In Cyprus today Is more hopeful
than II has been for months past.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry iDriterS correct
names and addresses. An
letters are subject to eoHden-
sdtion.
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from downtown stores at q
meeting of the ministers. He
proposed. instead, that their
complaints about store hiring
policies be. submitted to q new
human relations council.
Mr.. jackson said he will lead
services with a prayer drawn
UP by the committee. It reads
in part:
I'm an hour of deep distress,
We come to Thee once more,
asking Thy guidance and wis
dom as We pray and work for
the breaking down of barriers
Thy children face so constantly.
On this day Of prayer for new
avenues of employment for Thy
creatures, we beSeech Thee to
help us soften the hard hearts
of those who leave undone
those things they ought to do;
who by their neglect of and
sometimes hatred of men of
different races, colors and
creeds deny to themselves and
us the larger and more album
dant blessings Of Thy world. "
The committee listed these
services:
From noon to 1890 pm:
Asbury M ethodist Church.
Eleventh and X streets NV;
Greater New Hope Baptist,
1916 Eighth street NV: John
Wesley A. M. E. Zion, Fourteenth