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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
ANLsForQiyen

Some 1000 Cornell University stu
dents staged a demonstration" last
month in protest against an anticipated
change in university rules. They pelted
the university president with eggs and
threw rocks at his house. AS result,
five ringleaderS were suspended.
But all has been forgiven. First, the
Cornell Student Council, an undergrad
uate group, decided this was legiti-
mate form of protest. And now the Com
mittee on Student Conduct, a faculty
body, has upheld the council. The five
offenders are back in class, and one is
preparing to receive his degree.
Cornell is private institution, and
maintenance of discipline there is Cor
nell's business. We do not think anyone
should be surprised, however, that this
world seems to be passing through an
age in which the rule of reason is being
superseded by the rule of riot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Medical Research Pays

There is a move in Congress to
increase moderately the money available
to the Veterans Administration for med
be justified from the economic aspect
alone is evident from the savings, due
to research, reported by the VA during
the past three years. For example, rec
ordS show that approximately $38 mil
lion was saved in the cost of hospitaliz-
ing VA patients as result of research,
in VA laboratories and elsewhere, on
antituberculosis and other miracle"
drugs.
Yet the VA annually spends only
about per cent of its appropriation on
research projects. More was asked for
these studies in the proposed budget, but
the Budget Bureau cut the estimate
down to this years figure of $40 million.
This was the sum approved by the House
in the pending VA appropriation bill.
However, efforts are being made to have
the Senate raise the research fund to
around $18 million.
Supporting the plan for increased
research funds is the National Health
Education Committee, headed by Mrs.
Albert D. Lasker and composed of many
other prominent citizens, including
number of doctors. The committee has
just published booklet detailing how
the VA is saving not only dollars but
lives through its special, though limited,
research activities. Surely If more lives
of veterans can be saved by expansion
of the VA research program, the money
invested will be well spent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03

Mai. Gen. Louis w. Prem
tiss, speaking for the Wash
ington Board of Trade. calls
for a halt on setting up ma
chinery for further studies
and keeping the area regional
transportation survey find-
ings up to date, until the
transportation report is COM
pleted, to give time to decide
whether the recommended
tons are "in our opinion in
the best interests of the city"
A rapid transit system
would certainly free the area
from dependence on only one
form of transportation, that
is, road vehicles.
Since Gen. Prentiss is also
executive secretary of the
American Road Builders AS
ISOLATION. the possibility of
an Endorsement of a rail sys-
TEN by the Board of Trade at
any time appears to be ex-
tremely remote.
Alfred S. Trask.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Protests Cruelty

I am certain that everyone
knowing how brutally ami
mails are slaughtered to pro-
vide us with meat would wish
wholeheartedly to protest in
their behalf. There is no need
for sheep, pigs, and COWS to
suffer such inhuman treat
ment, especially when meth
DDS such as gas and the
electrical stunning rod are
available.
1t is up to each one of us
to take a few seconds and a
post card to write immedi-
ately to our Senators to vote
favorably on the Humane
Slaughter Bill" which is
Bill No S1497.
Ruth Ellen Scott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
The Paris Orchards

The observation that the Old Guard
may die but never Surrenders was not
designed to At the case of the Paris
politicians. But they come close to fill
ing the bill.
At the eleventh hour yesterday the
die hardS in the French Assembly chose
to challenge the Premier they had voted
into Office only few hours before. The
revolt f1ared on the issue of conStitu-
tional reform-a key item in the De
Gaulle platform and an indispensable
step in curing the ills of French politics
This was not expected, but it could
hardly have come as shocking surprise.
For the reform which General de Gaulle
proposes would strengthen the execu-
tive at the expense of the powers which
the legislators in Paris have so long
enjoyed and so thoroughly abused. And
no politician, of whatever nationality,
will willingly divorce himself from
power. 1t was one thing to let De Gaulle
try to settle the Algerian problem, which
had proved far too tough nut for the
Deputies to crack. But it was quite
different thing to take from the Deputies
and bestow upon the Premier the pow
erS required to govern France. At this
point, if the Deputies were to retain the
means of reducing government to chaos,
a stand had to be made. And the
Deputies, acting through the Committee
on Universal Suffrage, made it. The
committee tore up the De Gaulle bill
and wrote one of its own, which would
have left things just about where they
were-in the bungling hands of the
Assembly.
But General de Gaulle met this
challenge with a resourcefulneSS and
a f1rmness which augur well for the
future. He told the Deputies that he
woula resign unless given the powers
he HAD demanded at the time he was
voted into Office. This, with its accom-
panying prospect of military interven-
ton, was too much for the reluctant
Deputies. The revolt collapsed and the
Assembly, voting $50 to 161, gave De
Gaulle what he wanted.
Events will now move swiftly. The
Assembly will embark upon long vaca-
ton while De Gaulle tries to clean up
the Algerian situation. 1t is by no means
certain that he can do this. But he at
least has reasonable chance of push
Ing through his constitutional reform,
and If nothing more is done this will
be notable gain for France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
County BUDGET

AS a Republican candidate
for the Maryland House of
Delegates from Prince
Georges County, I heartily
agree with the views ex-
pressed by the executive
committee Of the Prince
Georges County Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
in The Sunday Star.
The county board of edu-
cation had close to 100000
Topped from its request for
funds for the 1958-59 budget
by the county commissioners.
over half of which sum sliced
was to be for teachers SAL
aries. The county school,
building program is definitely
inadequate as well as the
school operating budget.
Many children throughout
the county still attend
schools on a part-time basis.
The inadequacy of teacher
salaries and salaries for
coaches has resulted in a
large turnover of teacher per-
sonnet. There is no kinder
garten provided for in the
county school system as in
other suburban counties in
this area. To top it off, the
county commissioners turned
down fatty the proposals of
the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Com
mission for funds to buy land
to develop recreation centers
and facilities in areas like
Chillum. Langley Park, Avon
dale and Carole Highlands,
Maryland Park. Fairmont
Heights, Hampshire Estates.
Landover Hills, Boulevard
Heights, Rogers Heights.
Beaver Heights and Carroll
ton. This, despite the ad-
monition of the park and
planning commission that
the timely acquisition of park
lands was absolutely neces-
sary before land becomes
scarcer and more expensive.
Not only has such haphaz-
ard budgeting by the Prince
Georges County Commits
sioners deprived school chill
dren Of a first-class educa-
ton to which they are en-
titled, but the commissioners
refusal to provide funds for
sorely needed recreational
facilities is certainly a step in
the wrong direction for curb
ing ever-increasing juvenile
delinquency. 1t malFs me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
If Schools Close

This being election year,
even unimportant issues will
be magnif1ed out of all pro-
portion. One may only
imagine then the walls of
anguish that will follow the
closing of some Virginia
schools from the very people
who will do the forcing-the
membership, If any, Of the
Preserve Our Schools outfit,
for instance, and the follow
ers of NAACP.
My own thinking on this
subject has changed, perhaps
along with others. I no longer
contemplate this probability
with apprehension. Rather
than a catastrophe, such
forced closing will present the
people of Virginia an oppor-
tunity to uncover the pro-
fesSional educationists and
their associations for the
frauds they are. 1t will re-
store to the people of Virginia
the pioneering spirit for
which they are famous. And
it will demonstrate to all
America that Virginia will
still fight for a principle.
Virginia is just as de-
termined as the Supreme
Court oligarchy. She has
said with disarmingly quiet
determination, I'VE will never
integrateI" and she means
exactly that. When the time
comes, probably next Sep
TENDER, the Old Dominion
will be prepared and the re-
suit of that preparation will
be an interim private school
system which will make to-
days gold-plated school
house and their Lilliputian
product as obsolete as the
Model T. Virginia will, in
short, lead the Nation as she
so often has in the past.
VirginianS have many
things for which to be thank
full. Not the least of these
may be the. United States
Supreme Court, NAACP and
the latter's white camp
followers. If Virginia has the
CUTS I believe she has, she
will shortly be given the OPP
portunity to prove she still
circulateS the red blood of
our American pioneers.
Charles w. Carter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Has Crystal Ball

RlcnarQ NIXON Will DC
nominated for President.
That has long been an &C
cepted fact. Republican poll
ticians and some writer's
would go further and say
that he is just as sure to be
elected. I can't go along with
that.
The Republicans are still
the minority party. This was
shown by the election of a
Democratic Congress despite
the Eisenhower coattails, and
the expected greater Demo-
cratic victory this year when
the Republicans will run
sans coattailS. This and the
current recession make it
likely that 1860 will be a
Democratic year in any case.
But Nixon could not win
anyway.
In 1948 things were re-
versed. BY all odds it was a
Republican year. But the
pollsters overlooked one
thing. For some intangible
reason MANY people could
not vote for Dewey. This was
especially true Of women.
The same factor is operat-
ing against Nixon. If it de-
feated Dewey when the odds
we're in his favor, one can
easily guess what it will do to
Nixon when the odds are the
other way.
In the last three years /
have talked to thousands OF
housewives. I have not yet
heard one express a warm
feeling or liking for Nixon.
though some concede that he
has ability.
I. too, concede that he has
ability, and l give him credit
for what he has done. But
his coming nomination will
show that the politicians are
not up to the television era.
In it the likableness of a can
didate is as important as or
more important than issues.
So. unless the Democrats
find another Nixon, this one
will be the worst defeated
candidate since Landon.
Stephen PerrOw,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
EquoI Raises for All

The prompt and unanimous passage
by the House of classified pay bill call
ing for 10 per cent increase, retroactive
to January IL, should have a persuasive
effect on the Senate members of the
conference committee. The Senate pre-
viously had approved raise of only rs
per cent-alSo retroactive. But in the
meantime the President has signed leg
islation increasing postal pay by 10 per
cent, although he earlier had favored
smaller percentage for all employees. In
fairness to the classified workers, num-
bering more than a million, Congress
should make the 10 per cent raise ap-
plicable generally. The President I'M
doubtedly would sign such a measure,
in view of his acceptance of the postal
pay plan.
There are other differences between
the Senate and House bills that will have
to be resolved in conference. They af-
feet salaries in certain highlevel po-
sitions Although the number of persons
involved is relatively few. it is i'm
portant that the scientists, key execu-
tiveS and other specialists should receive
proper attention The House bill treats
scientists and engineers more literally
than the Senate bill. The latter, on
the other hand, provides additional pro-
motion opportunities needed to induce
key men to stay with the Government.
A tit-for-ta compromise by the confer
eeS, accepting the Houses more gener-
Gus benefits for technical employees and
the Senate's added opportunities for
advancement, would assure greater sta
bility in the executive establishment, at
present weakened by an exodus of valu-
able employees to private industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Fitness Week

Here in America every week OF the
year is designated by somebody or other
to sing the praises of so many things
doughnutS, shoes, hats, laughter, per-
manent waves, etc, etc.-that the GUS
tom has become a sort of tireSome joke.
Yet there is much to be said for the idea
when put to work to promote worthy
causes, such as the betterment of hu-
man health That is why this current
National Youth Fitness Week, as pro-
claimed by the President, deserves to
be taken seriously bt all the people Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Chevy Chase, Md.
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
do you think I should
fence in my place?
My next door neighbor
doesn't think I should, and I
don't want to irritate him,
since he is a man easily ir-
ritated.
Il would like to have the
fence, though, because I am
interested in growing herbs
of various kinds, some of
them medicinal, and they are
all low growing. and easily
stepped on.
Il thought of hedges, but
hedge plants usually do not
keep small feet out, and it is
the small feet I want to keep
out.
1T is not the children
alone, however, who have no
understanding of these low
growers, and how many dol
lars worth Of plants can be
ruined by little feet.
X +
81 find that the adults
have no more idea than chill
dren of the money, time and
patience that can go into
such work.
at is a work that pleases
me, and I feel the need Of
fencing of some sort.
Have you any suggestions
about the proper sort Of
fence?
do you think one Of these
high sapling fences is good?
please let me know about
this at your convenience. l
want to keep both my herbs
and my neighbors on good
terms with each other and
with me.
Sincerely, EMILY D. D."
4
The trouble with a high,
opaque fence is that you
can't see what is going on
behind it.
Therefore, we advocate a
wire fencing of some sort.
with plenty of vines on it,
and shrubs in front Of it.
This sort Of thing, in time,
assumes proportions Of beau
ty as well as utility.
It safeguards the small
plants, above all.
The herb garden once was
an integral part Of eveF?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

home. The herb doctor, then.
was not looked down upon, as
he is today.
M dicinal herbs were
called "simples," and women
who grew them we're usually
known as herb women"
Many such unorthodox
practitioners Travelled long
distances over the country
side looking for strange roots,
leaves and seeds.
From these were made the
powders and other forms used
as medicines.
~ ~
Today. some of the bene-
fits of the old herbs are being
rediscovered.
One of the most prominent
is an old root from India used
to lower blood pressure.
The fun of dabbling with
such things is not known to
all persons, even very intel
ligent ones; perhaps one must
have a certain combination
of the adventurous mind. the
keen appreciation Of beauty,
and a firm sense Of utility Of
everyday things.
Today too many people take
medicines for granted.
You get them at drug
stores, don't you?
1t is here much as with the
slum child, who honestly
thinks milk comes from glass
bottles.
*Ss
Fencing is an integral part
of the small city or suburban
plot.
1t may be done with a wall,
a hedge or a wire or wooden
fence.
No one who honestly wants
a fence ought to be deferred
by the likes or dislikes of
another, even a neighbor.
A fence is integral.
1t means good neighborli-
ness. in the long run, be-
cause it helps to stop dis
putes, not make them.
Wildfowers, including the
herbs, grow best where they
are loved enough to be pro-
tected in growth.
Nature takes care Of this by
her wild places, where the
fewneSs of human beings
makes up for the lack Of
fencing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Grim Humor?

I protest that the strip
called Buz Sawyer has over
stepped the bounds of good
taste.
Depicting the Russians by
words and pictures as weak
and stupid and showing "our
side" as putting over trick
shenaniganS on them is not
my idea of a funny"
The general situation is
very serious and I think
should be presented, espe-
cially to our young people,
with thoughtful dignity.
This strip smackS of the
popular sneering words about
the Huns" in World War I.
and the jingle about THE
Sneaky Japs."
This is unsavory propa-
ganda fraught with seeds of
jeering hate for our young
minds. And enough of that
kind of thought force-is
war. Do we have to deliber-
ately spread such seeds?
Let Buz wake up" from a
bad dream and go home.
Mrs. ]. P. TOrbert.
y 4 Il
The Star publishes a comic
strip which is in genuine bad
taste and which contributes
to the i'll will now existing
between this country and
Russia.
I refer to the "Buz Sawyer"
strip in which the author.
having run out of original
ideas, contrives situations in
the field of espionage and
counterespionage involving
tensions between this coun-
try and Russia in a crude
effort to win an audience.
Surely there are enough
genuine issues between our
country and the USSR to
avoid this childish method
of antagonizing the very ma
ton with which it is most
important that we find some
just basis for peace.
Jesse E. Aiken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
A Candidates Faith

A recent letter by Mrs.
Ethel Poole, "Kennedy's
Money" extolled the merits
of people, collectively, not
holding a mans religion or
financial background against
him if he is seeking high po-
litical Office. People in this
country should follow this
thinking generally, but must
first always analyze whether
or not a political aspirant'S
religion is aligned with the
principles upon which this
great country was originally
founded.
One of the prime facets of
our Constitution, as set forth
by Thomas Jefferson, is di-
rectly concerned with reli-
gious freedom and the right
to believe or disbelieve as die
tated by a mans intellect.
Persons addicted to dogmatic
beliefs, whether communism
or a specific form of orthodox
Christianity, are provided
with the means of never be-
ing able to transcend their
dogma regardless of what
new knowle dge prevails.
While adhering to various
creedS and rituals may we'll
be an asset to the believer,
as Mrs. Poole suggests, I
doubt if such a person, hold
ing the highest Office in the
land. could always act in the
best interests of this country
and still remain faithful to
his beliefs.
AS for a mans financial
background, I agree that be-
ing rich or poor should never
play a part in his acceptable
ity as President. However,
when vast sums of money
are exercised to mentally con-
dition the people on the mer-
its of a specific aspirant for
high political Office, then I
must cock an eyebrow and
take a skeptical view of the
proceedings. A good public
relations program has done
wonders for certain people in
the theater who, in fact, pos
Sess little talent. The same
correlation can be made to
politics and we must remem-
Der that the adult intellect
of this country is a meager
II years of age and suscept-
ible to a high degree of men
tai maneuvering.
Frank b. Christopher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
Lunch Cost Up

At lunch today I found that
my favorite restaurant had
raised prices by about 10 per
cent. I can, of course, trans
fer my trade to a less favored
spot, but where is the justi-
f1cation for price increases in
the midst of a depression?
A. F. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03

wonder whether the commits
sioners in denying such budg-
ct items were thinking of the
best interests of the citizens
of the county, or more of the
fact that this is an election
year.
Albert A. Rapport,
Republican Candidate from
Prince Georges County
for Maryland House of
Delegates,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-03
THE POLITICAL MILL
Always More Ships Our Need
By GOULD LINCOLN

q brief note from President
Roosevelt thanking the ad-
miral for having sent the
Lindbergh letter to him for
his information. Col. Lind
bergh's attitude was that
everything possible should be
done to prevent the outbreak
of war. Obviously. President
Roosevelt was aware Of the
colonel's position long be-
fore he ever uttered the criti-
cism that forced Col. Lind
bergh to resign his colonelcy
in the Air Force reserves.
Ships His Life
Admiral Land, the record
shows, could we'll say: "Ships
is my business" Indeed, he
might say the same thing
Of transportation by air. For
most of his mature life he
was engaged in designing
ships, building ships and, at
Intervals, in promoting naval
and civilian aviation. As Sec
ond in command Of the Bu-
reau Of Aerona utics, he
fought to develop an ade-
quate air arm Of the Navy
and aircraft carriers. He left
the bureau in 1888 to work
for the Daniel Guggenheim
Fund for the Promotion Of
Aeronautics. After the war
he was president of the Air
Transport Association. He
went back to his naval duties
in 1880, which led to his be-
coming Chief Naval Con-
Structor.
He retired as rear adj
miral in 1897, but in Feb
ruary, 1888, he was appointed
by President Roosevelt a
member of the United States
Maritime Commission, which
he eventually was to head.
From that time until 1916,
Admiral Land was engaged
in the building, manning and
operation of the merchant
fleet that amazed the world
and made possible the win
ming of the world war. This
means a fleet of $500 large
merchant ships totaling more
than Sc million tons. Before
the war, American merchant
shipping was estimated at
los million tons.
No one knows the story Of
American shipping in the
war so well as the man who
was so Immediately respon-
Sible for carrying out the
huge program. He has told
it well. He gives credit to
the men who worked in the
shipyardS for their great con-
tribution-although he was
violently attacked on many
occasions by the heads Of
the maritime unions-and to
the men in industry who pro-
vided the money, the. yards
and the Shipbuilding man
agement; and last, but by
no means least, to the sea-
men who manned these ships,
thousands of whom gave
their lives to keep the tide
of supplies flowing to war
areas.
Admiral Lands life story,
which runs through the
book, begins with his birth
IN Canon City, Colo, carries
him to the University of
Wyoming and to the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, where
he helped to make football
history. Indeed, in addition
to his charming wife, of
whom he writes so feelingly,
and the Navy, football is one
of the loves of his life-both
as player and as official at
many games after he left
the academy. His has been
an active, hard-fighting life
and it still proceeds with
him in the position Of di-
rector of General Dynamics.
He looks forward to a ire
mendous revolution in the
development of ships, naval
and merchant, through the
use Of atomic power.