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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Auto Insurance

insured Taxpayers" letter
raises points that have been
in the minds Of many Mary
land residents ever since the
unSatisfled claim and judy
ment fund bill was enacted
by the State Legislature in
1857.
In enacting any financial
responsibility law the single
overriding consideration must
be the protection from finan-
cial loss of an innocent VIC
tim of an accident involving
one or more automobiles. At
first glance compulsory in
surance would seem to be the
best solution, since the cost
would be borne by the indi-
vidual driver and no addi-
tional levy would be imposed
on the insured motorist.
The State Legislature con-
sidered compulsory insur-
ance and discarded it as not
adequate because compulsory
automobile insurance does
not completely meet the de-
mands for financial protec-
ton Of an innocent victim of
an automobile accident. If
Maryland adopted compul-
sorry insurance tomorrow, no
resident of this State would
be protected in event of an
accident with an out-of- State
motorist. There would be no
protection If one were the
victim of a hit-and-run driv-
er. There would be no pro-
lection If the car had been
stolen. or was being oper-
ated illegally. or the insur-
ance had been cancelled. This
last instance is the one that
causes greatest concern in
New York State, which adopt
ed compulsory insurance in
1856. The insurance COM
missioner there states that
thousands of motorists OBJ
tain insurance long enough
to apply for their tags, after
which the policies are cam
celled and the motorist oper-
ates for months before the
State can take any action.
All of these objections are
met under the terms of the
Maryland unSatisfied claim
and judgment bill. Insured
Taxpayer" is not being taxed.
He's buying a real bargain.
I sincerely believe that the
slight additional cost is a
small price to pay for solv-
ing the critical problem Of
human suffering arising out
of the operation Of motor We
hicles by financially irrespon-
sible people.
John L. Palmer,
Past President, Mont
gomery-Prince Georges
Association Of Insur-
ance Agents.
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wolves blood is ever going to
be settled amicably.
And of course a point at
issue in winter is always the
radiators, whether they are
steaming. or cold. No wonder
managers of all types like
round-the-year air condi.
TONERS, to take such matters
out of the hands of so many
warriors.
Skiers, these modern viz
ingS, are noted for their de-
mand for fresh, really fresh
air.
In every office there is at
least one skier, and she
thirstS for fresh air as the
harts did for the water
brooks. -
III you see a tall young lady
putting a window up, you
may be fairly sure she skis.
If you see a little dumpy one
hauling it down instanter,
you may feel sure that she
has never got any closer to a
mountain slide than the pic
lures in the papers.
4 + = 4
The beauty Of this office
picture is this:
If one can raise a window,
another can close 1t.
Few actions are met so
swiftly by reaction.
Large books have been
written on human conflicts
Of all kinds but never one
about this little and daily
Office drama, in which the en-
counter is intense enough.
and seemingly never to be
solved.
The hot-faced one will al
ways want air. and the
shivery-faced viii ask for all
windows down and the
radiators rocking.
There Is no release In this
war.
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THIS AND THAT.
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
II goes on AM the time.

1t goes on all the time
In every office, somebody
is always putting a window
up-and somebody putting it
down!
Maybe this practice is one
of the best reasons for air
conditioning.
If there simply aren't any
windows. there will be moth
ing to put up-or down-or
will there?
Maybe there will be some
thing you can turn, when you
demand more air, something
you can twist the other way,
when you pine for less. This
conflict will never end.
4 4 4
Thermal capacity of in
dividuals differs, evidently. as
much as the color vof their
hair or their salaries.
Do brown haired people
make the most money?
Some people say no, but so
far. no one has ever gathered
any statistics on the matter
Over our way. we believe it
is the red-headed guys who
make the most. somehow.
Out there on the air waves.
it is a red-haired fellow who
makes so much money that
he can pay $4,000 for a
bull. and then give it away, a
lordly gift. indeed.
\ &&
Once we knew an English
family just moved to Amer
lea.
y They didn't start the
furnace until January. Fact!
Then they found 1t too
hot, and turned it off.
Something on the order Of
putting a window up and
pulling it down again.
The blood of many persons
seems to collect close to the
skin, and these are not so
subject to that cold feeling.
"Shivering feeling" would be
better. for it is more a shiver
than anything else.
Other people seem to have
all their blood withdrawn To
the inner depths, so that
when the slightest breath of
air touches them. they shiver
Between these extremes
there are many degrees OF
personal coldness, so that at
least rs per cent of modern
city jewellers would agree
that being cold is far worse
than being too hot.
\ 4
The womenfolks in Offices
60 in for this sort Of inter-
necine strife more than the
men. although we don't know
some Of the biggest fellows
pale at the touch of air from
an open window.
We have seen them come
from the very other end Of
the building to snap closed a
window incautiously opened
by a seething office mate.
Sometimes they almost
come to fisticuffs, over some
thing that might be settled
one would think, amicably.
Probably nothing that IN
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End of q Hoax

Our attention has been
called to a letter which APP
peared in The Stars March S,
1858. Noon Edition.
The writer of the letter
stated that the National Re-
public had informed him
that one Israel Cohen, a
British writer, was author Of
Communist pamphlets"
AS publishers of q magazine
which also serves as a center
of information on subjects
pertaining to communism
and other subversive move
ments, we are frequently
called on for information. We
have received several tele-
phone calls from individuals
concerning the possible exist
ence of one Israel Cohen. In
each instance we have ad-
vised the inquirer that the
British who's Who" carries
the name. describing him as
a writer. While it lists many
of his writings, 1t does not
include the pamphlet referred
to in the recent letter in your
column.
We have not read any of
Mr.. Cohen's writings and
know nothing more Of them
than appears In Who's
Who" We have never In
formed anyone that Mr..
Cohen is the author Of the
pamphlet which is the sub
ject Of so much controversy.
Neither have we stated that
he has written on the sub
ject Of communism.
But It appears from all
available evidence that Mr..
Cohen never wrote the PAM
phlet In question and that
the staten nt allegedly
quoted from It Is the Pigment
of someone's Imagination,
This letter Is merely TO
keep the record straight con-
corning the National Re-
public.
Walter 8. Steele,
Editor, National Republic.
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Cuba Under Arms

Tnank you Tor a nne piece
of objective editorial writing
in Cuba Under Arms"
Articles and editorials pub
lished by some Of your con-
temporaries have indicated q
reluctance to expose the true
facts concerning the current
disorders in Cuba.
President Batista has been
accused of being a ruthless
military dictator, yet beyond
the charge. little concrete
evidence Of a dictatorship
has been presented by the
American press. The failure
Of more than q handful Of
Cubans to support Castro has
been interpreted as evidence
Of oppression by the govern
ment rather than in the true
light Of the loyalty Of the
Cuban people to the govern
ment. John E. Kieffer.
4 - 4
The writer Of your editorial.
Scuba Under Arms" doesn't
know the facts on the Cuban
situation. It Is not true that
Batista was willing to CO.
operate with the mediation
commission. Ratista Is too
clever. Neither is 1t true
that constitutional guaran-
tees were suspended because
the commission failed, fol-
lowing Castro's refusal to
negotiate. They were sus-
pended for three main rea-
sons: (a) To crush by force
the revolt Of the masses: (b)
to keep the press from in
forming the people, and tc)
to prevent the courts from
trying high military and po-
lice ofiicials (henchmen) ac-
cused Of terrorism. killings
and tortures.
Your editorial is objective
to the point Of being cold,
callous and Indifferent.
J. A. OssOria
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22

York's Governor. Out in CAL
ifornia, the labor leaders are
planning to back Attorney
General Pat Brown for Gov.
ernor in this years election
against Republican Senator
William F. Knowland. In
Pennsylvania, they viii 60
down the line for Mayor
Dave Lawrence of Pittsburgh.
Democratic candidate for
Governor, as they viii for
the Democratic candidate for
Governor Of Ohio, where at
least seven candidates, In
Guiding Mike Disable, have
filed for the nomination.
How potent organized labor
and its leaders have been
when it comes to Democratic
presidential nominations for
President and Vice President
has been demonstrated. The
late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's succinct recon-
mendation to his Democratic
leaders at the 1914 national
convention, dealing with the
vice presidential nomination
was, Clear 1t with Sidney"
"a reference to labor leader
Sidney Hillman. And clear 1t
with Sidney they did-re-
sulting in the nomination Of
Senator Harry s. Truman Of
Missouri. Also, eight years
later, when Vice President
Alben w. Barkley-the popu-
lar ''Veep"-was seeking the
presidential nomination, a
group Of labor leaders issued
a peremptory statement that
Mr.. Barley would not do,
resulting in Barkley's with
drawal from the race.
COP. WOOing Labor
The Republicans are fully
aware of the drive the labor
leaders are making against
COP. candidates this year.
Their hope is that they will
be able to separate the rank
and file of labor from its
leaders. persuading the work.
ing men and women they will
be better off under Republic
can rule. In a speech de-
livered by Republican Nation
al Chairman Meade Acorn,
Wednesday in Columbus,
Ohio. Mr.. Alcorn pointed to
the campaign schools which
are being set up for women
trade unionists in virtually
every State of the Union, in
order to get the important
woman's vote for Democratic
candidates, and to drives
which will be made by labor's
leadership in the major in-
dustrial cities of the country.
The Republican chairman
said pointedly:
Il believe the Republican
Party today has an excellent
opportunity to broaden the
support it has won lin the
Eisenhower elections) from
the rank and file of organized
labor in recent elections. II
would be a tragic mistake for
us to, advocate antiunion
policies which would ALLEVIATE
this vast potential reservoir
of Republican votes"
The COP, obviously, is
out to prove to labor 1t is an
even better friend. certainly
q more effective friend, than
is the Democratic Party,
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their resentment against our
use of the A-bomb on two
of their cities based not so
much on the use Of the A
bomb itself as upon its first
use against q member Of q
nonwhite race? incidentally,
it was not necessary at the
time to have invaded the
main body of Japan and
sacrificed all the lives needed
for such a campaign. Japan
was already defeated, and its
blockade could have been
continued, and the Japanese
were aware of this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-22
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Among the big Arms.
which group spends more
money on outdoor advertis-
ing-automobile manufacture
eFs, beer and liquor produce
ers, or oil companies? F. d.
A. Twenty-seven United
States firms are estimated TO
have spent over 81 million
each in outdoor advertising
in 1857. Twenty-one Of these
firms were in the three cate
gories mentioned. The three
automobile producers among
them spent a total Of about
$l6.6 million; the 10 beer and
liquor manufacturers among
them spent $l9.7 million: the
eight oil companies spent
1854 million.
@. How many kinds Of APP
Piles are there7-F. G.
A. Nobody knows. Several
thousand varieties have been
developed In the United
States alone. OF these, about
100 varieties are grown COM
fnercially.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry priters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

but were beaten to the draw by
the May Is plotters whose revo-
luton brought Gen. Charles de
Gaulle to power.
Regardless of this, the fact
remains that the French career
officer corps here is split into
two opposing factions-those
who fought in Indo- China and
those who did not.
To most Frenchmen. Indo-
China is a symbol Of doom. a
warning for the future. Those
French officers who fought in
the Indo-C China war are partic-
ularly concerned that Algeria
should not meet the same fate,
They claim the French Army
could have won this war long
ago if France had made a full
| fledged effort to fight it.
Some liberal-minded French
men predict the Indo-C China ell
ements will not stand by idle
# France ever decides on a COM
promise agreement for Algeria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20
PoIicemun's Son
To Face Inquest
In Traffic Death

The son of a Metropolitan
Police inspector today awaits
"a coroner's inquest and a cor
poration counsel's hearing in
connection with the death of
a 69-year-old woman in a
traffic accident last night.
Released in the custody of his
father on a technical charge of
homicide after the crash was
c. Joseph Sullivan, jr., 81, of
1905 Urell place NE. He is the
son of Inspector Charles ],
Sullivan. Pvt. Matthew F. Lee
of the Police Accident Investi-
cation Unit said the crash
killed Mrs. Marguerite Ravens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

million pounds. The problem
is that Indian exports are too
small to pay for needed i'm
ports.
The Washington talks are to
be informal.
Indian Finance Minister M.
Desai is to arrive in London
next Tuesday and discussions
viii start with him immediate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

Of 7617 Lynn drive, Chevy
Chase, Md. The accident oc-
Cured at 5:55 pm. at Forty
sixth and Van Ness streets NV.
Mrs. Ravens was riding with
her husband, Harry A. Havens,
70, a retired State Department
employe and now an insurance
man. The Sullivan car, police
said, was in a collision with the
Ravens vehicle, which then
went out of control and struck
a tree.
Mrs. Ravens was pronounced
dead at Georgetown University
Hospital. The inquest has not
yet been scheduled. The corpo-
ration counsel's hearing will be
held September IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

officers of the French Army
fighting the Algerian war.
Col. Bigeard's sole aim was
to serve his country as war
rior. He fought always be-
You'd the call of duty and when
he had to surrender in Indo-
China, he refused to raise his
arms.
Some time ago, after a series
of successful operations against
Algerian nationalist rebels at
the head of his Sd paratroop
regiment. Col. Bigeard was
named to hea da special anti
guerrilla school for officers.
Shared Mems Lot
He shared his mems incon-
veniences and every morning
practiced foot racing to keep
in form. Col. Bigeard was the
iron paratrooper, the perfect
soldier.
The legend grew and with it
Bigeard.
But about six weeks ago,
French military authorities in
Algeria issued q ban on inter-
views with Col Bigeard. He
talks too much" a staff officer
CURLY told an American re-
porter.
Yet an enterprising French
newsman succeeded in seeing
him. He wrote a story that was
q picture Of an embittered col
onel who felt too many men
were attached to desk jobs. not
enough effort was being made
to bring the. Algerian nation
alists to their knees.
Several days after the publ
cation of the article, Col. Big
cards case was something more
than a breach of discipline by
talking to a reporter.
Own Coup Plan Reported
They say Col. Bigeard and q
number of other highly placed
officers in the French Army
here had been planning a coup
against the French government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

has been mentioned unofncially
Some financial quarters said
Britian-in advance Of a meet
ing called by the World Bank
In Washington next week.-Mrs.
already given India word thai
the loan will be forthcoming.
The United States. Britain
West Germany and Japan will
be represented at the Work
Bank meeting.
India needs about 400 millior
pounds ($1.176.000,0O0) to cover
its foreign exchange gap until
March 1861, when its second
five-year plan ends.
midas present sterling bal
ance stands just under $50
million pounds ($420 million)
and its needs in the coming
year are expected to total 200
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

" afte rthe end Of the WASH
ington talks.
So far the British govern
ment appears to have reached
no firm conclusion on the exact
form the aid viii take. But
financial sources stressed that
Britai nwill want to keep a
substantial part Of any loan on
10 short-term basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20
Printing Devices

BERLIN.-Seventy per cent
of the printing machinery West
Germany produced last year
was exported - $50 million
worth. The United States and
Great Britain were the main
customers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20
Big Cities Sit Low

LoNDoN.--Little more than
one-tenth Of the worlds popu-
lation lives at elevations above
$500 feet, Most Of the worlds
largest cities are in valleys and
low plains not more than 500
feet above sea level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20
Britain Plans
Loan 10 India

LONDON, Aug. 20 tAP).-
Britain is planning a big loan
to India to help Prime Minister
Nehru's government over q
foreign exchange crisis. sources
close to the treasury said today
And If Britain comes for
ward with a helping hand, adj
ditional aid is expected to be
provided by the United States
Japan and West Germany.
A British loan ranging from
rs million to 100 million pounds
($2l0 million to $3.50 million)
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French Colonel Recall
Puts Algeria in Focus

ALGIERS Aug 90 (AP-A lean muscular colonel in the
uniform Of French paratrooper few of to Paris the other
day.
He was Marcel CBruno) Bigeard known the first
trooper Of France.
His case dramatzes dissatisfaction the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-20

The simple beauty Of blends with while the
graceful traditional
And choose from lovely coos including
leach right have trouble choon9 g. II and IS foot
| widths but not all coIor in each type all widths
finished
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EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Worlds Fair Here in $50?
Horse Show, Ball in Fall
By BETTY BEALE

will actually take place this
coming october 10 through
the 18th.
II will be as important and
fine a show as the annual
Madison Square Garden one,
only Washington has the
equipment 10 make II much
better. says Eric Atterbury.
who's been running the New
York show and has now
switched 10 washington. Fol-
lowing his marriage last
December, he moved here and
Is living at the Roosevelt
Hotel.
The first Washington show
will include teams from Cuba.
Canada. Mexico. West Ger
many and the United States.
West Germany should pro-
duce the best team. thinks
Mr.. Atterbury. who named a
gold medalist and Olympic
champion among their riders.
AS customary In New York.
there will be a horse show
ball In the middle of the show
week to offer some kind Of
glamorous entertainment for
the visiting teams. The
ball will take place the night
Of October Is and the
Sheraton Park Hotel has
already been reserved for the
horsey to-do.
This means that there will
be two International, horsey,
social and charitable balls
within one month next fall.
The Fourth International
Ball held In conjunction with
the International Race at
Laurel for the benefit of the
Children's Convalescent Hos
pital will take place NoVem-
Der Z.
THE INTERNATIONAL
HORSE BALL, as well as
the show itself, will be fol
the benefit of the Crippled
Children's Fund Of the WASH
ington Lodge Of Elks which
is underwriting the whole
to-do.
There are so many COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-25

II you can't get TO the
Worlds Fair in Brussels this
year, don't fret.
There win be a Worlds
Fair right in your Nations
Capital In 1868. II the city OF
Washington has Its way.
Washington's live wire
Board Of Trade is trying to
talk the administration into
backing legislation that will
put at It's disposal the 1000
acres Of soon-to-be-aban-
doned Boiling Air Force
Base.
The Washington Worlds
Fair Is one Of the three
brand new non-profit max
ing corporations being
formed in this town. Judged
by the successful progress OF
the other two, the fair is
apt to become a reality.
One Of the other two is
the Washington Festival OF
Arts that is planned for Sep
TENDER "a. 1860 and is al
ready coming along SWIM
mingly :. The brainchild OF
Ralph Becker. 1t has every
body. from Johnny Walker.
director of the National CAL
lery of Art, and Leonard Car
michael, secretary Of I he
Smithsonian Institution, to
washington hostess Mrs. M.
Robert Guggenheim work.
ing on 1t Polly has come
UP with the idea Of erecting
a stage over the Reflection
Pool in front Of the Lincoln
Memorial for ballet perform
ances so that every exquisite
leap will be reflected in the
still water, and the Festival
Committee has embraced 1t
wholeheartedly. 1t is also
planning to commission musi-
clans, poets, dramatists. ETC.,
to produce world premiers
for the extraordinary fes-
tival.
THE THIRD NON-PROFIT
CORPORATION Is the first
Washington national
Horse Show which, mind you.
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plants as q rule about WASH
ington and its facilities or
lack OF them. that II win
please you 10 know that the
dapper Mr.. Atterbury. horse
show expert. thinks the Ma
tional Guard Armory here Is
the best place In the country
for an international show. ..
And he's managed some OF
the best shows throughout
the country and ridden in
any number. including the
Fort Myer Horse Show In the
late thirties when Enrol Flynn
also rode.
The ring In the Armory can
be half again as big as Madi-
son Square Gardens and be-
hind a block of 1000 seats
at one end there can be q $50
by IS feet warm-up area. /.
Downstairs there are mar
velous facilities for stabling
rorses,-light. airy and with
urains."
At the Garden In New York
there Is no room for a warm
up area which is particularly
hard on jumpers. and there
are no drains In the base
ment Of the Garden, where
$50 portable stalls have to be
squeezed in.
The Armory's also better
than the Cow Palace In San
Francisco because the horses
can't be stabbed inside there.
On top Of all the above.
Washington's mopolitan
atmosphere makes It ideal