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Evening star., 1958-05-08
THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Presidents Coll to G. O. P. Timely

better co-ordinated command
has changed the picture al
most overnight. so far as that
measure Is concerned.
Antagonism on the part Of
some Republicans IN Con-
greSs 10 the mutual aid bill
and the bill for a five-year
extension Of the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act has
been increased. IN some
cases, by the business recess
sion. The money. however.
that might be saved through
sharp cuts In the Presidents
requests for aid 10 foreign
nations, militarily and eco
nomically, would not help 10
stimulate economic recovery.
It's effect, on the other hand.
would be 10 raise a question
In our allies minds whether
this country was really ready
TO go through In the effort
TO build a strong defense
against Soviet Russia and Its
Communist satellites. Also. a
failure to extend the recipro-
cal trade actin an effort
TO curb foreign imports into
this country-would be a dis
astrous slap at freer trade
and at our friends abroad.
who, like ourselves, must
trade 10 live.
Blpartisanship Present
Bipartisanship. in the in
terest Of the country. raised
its head in the House last
week. Democrats Joined Re-
publicans to defeat by a sub
stantial vote the dole" bill
reported by the Ways and
Means Committee. and then
to pass the administrations
measure for an extension Of
unemployment insurance for
an additional thirteen weeks.
This bill. strongly urged upon
Congress by the President
for many weeks, has been de-
layed when it should have
been passed promptly to meet
the situation In which many
workers have found them
selves out Of jobs. 1t has still
to pass the Senate, where a
fight has been promised to
write into the bill many Of
the provisions of the Ways
and Means Com mittee
measure. The prospects, how
ever, are that the bill as
passed by the House will pre-
vail.
President Eisenhower's
speech to the Republican
members of Congress had
been billed as an opening gun
of the campaign to elect a
Republican Congress next
November. The President did.
indeed, predict victory for
the G. o. p. candidates for
House and Senate, provided
the party conducted a fight
ing campaign and the Re-
publicans made a record in
support of the program he
has advanced. He promised
to fight for the election Of
Republicans who carry for
ward the never-ending battle
for peace and wise govern
ment at home. He did not
say what he would do about
those who failed.
Evening star., 1958-05-08

President Eisenhower's
strong appeal 10 Republican
members OF Congress. deliv-
cred at a dinner Tuesday
night honoring the Congress
men. 10 support his legislative
program for peace and ma
tional security Is well timed.
Within q brief period Con-
greSs must vote on this three
pronged program - for de-
tense reorganization. for mu-
tual security. which means
financial aid 10 our friends
abroad. and for a iive-year
extension OF the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act. with
provisions for lowering tariffs
10 aid foreign trade. Too
many Republicans. short
sightedly II appears, have ex-
pressed opposition TO one or
more OF these measures. The
President warned the Repub-
licans In Congress-and out
side Of that body-that the
United States and all the rest
Of the free world face the
threat Of the leaders Of inter-
national communism 10 over
run US. He warned. too, that
a war today. when weapons Of
destruction have been devised
TO a point that whole peoples
and civilization can be wiped
of the face Of the earth. is
in the making II the United
States lets its guard down and
also fails TO aid our foreign
friends.
Signs Of Democratic Okay
The President spoke as
head of the United States
Government as well as Of the
Republican Party. AS Pres
ident. his appeal wisely was
aimed at bipartisanship-
Democratic as well as Repub-
lican support-to bring his
program successfully through
the Congress. Since the
Democrats hold majorities in
both House and Senate. the
President obviously must have
Democratic votes to pass any
of these bills. Fortunately for
the country, there is evidence
that Democrats will go along.
Notwithstanding the coming
political campaign to elect a
new Congress. leading Dem
ocrats-among them former
President Truman and Adlai
Stevenson. titular head Of the
party as its last nominee for
President-have spoken out
strongly in favor of the mu-
tual security and reciprocal
trade measures. And Repre-
sentative Cannon of Missouri.
chairman Of the powerful
House Appropriations Com
mittee and an ardent Dem
ocrat, has championed on the
floor of the House the Presi-
dents bill for the reorganiza-
ton of the defense organiza-
ton, declaring it is time to
end ''insane pickering be-
tween the services" Mr.. Tru-
man, too, has commented that
when he was President he
proposed a similar reorgan-
ization. This evidence OF
stRong bipartisan support for
the Presidents bill for changes
in the Pentagon setup and a
Evening star., 1958-05-08
If Schools Close

1t is very interesting to
note that the PTA groups in
Northern Virginia are franti-
cally calling for support of
their Don't let anybody close
the schools" campaign. Some
of these same people have
been the leaders in the move
ment to integrate the schools.
Now they ask that the
schools not be closed. as re-
quired by Virginia law, if
the schools are integrated.
If any school in Virginia is
closed, due to integration, the
blame will be on the lin
tegrators."
Segwgationists will not do
anything to cause a school to
be closed. The NAACPites
are the ones who will close
the schools.
If schools in Virginia are
closed because of integra-
ton the United States Su-
preme Court and White
House should be blamed, not
Virginia.
Virginian.
Evening star., 1958-05-08
School Fund Shortage

The Parent Teacher Asso-
Citations of the District of Co.
lumbia are pleased that the
Joint Congressional Commit
tee on District Fiscal Affairs
saw fit at long last to rec
ommend an increased Fed
eral payment to the District
OF Columbia and the authori-
zation of Federal loan.
However, at it's meeting
Tuesday evening, April 90.
the Executive Board of the
Francis Scott Key Parent
Teacher Association ex-
pressed deep concern with
the recommended slash in
the school construction item.
We cannot believe that the
gentlemen who serve on this
committee are as aware of
the needs of our school sys-
tenn as those of us who
have children attending our
schools. or that they realize
the immediacy of these needs.
This year the District
Commissioners finally came
to a realization of the need,
long expressed by parent
teacher groups and the Board
of Education, for a ratio of
80 pupils to one teacher in the
elementary schools. In spite
Of our present ratio of 33.4
to l, we know of many
classes in the city where
there are As. AZ, or even 40
pupils in classroom under
one haraSsed teacher. How
can these As, At. 49 boys and
girls learn even the elements
OF education-reading writ
ing and arithmetic? How can
we expect to develop future
leaders when we are not even
creating happy children? It's
simple arithmetic: This adds
up to a need for more teach
ers, which in turn takes more
classroomS, which in turn
takes more school buildings,
which finally takes more
money. We do not like the
position, as taxpayers, Of be-
ing told our money can't be
spent for our children. We
need money for school con-
Struction now - money for
teachers now. Our children
pass this way but once and
that is now.
In the next Is or 20 years
our country will demand
from every individual the
best talents he has. These
individuals are our children,
who are now crowded in un-
derstaffed classes-many Of
Evening star., 1958-05-08
Threatened Trade Policy

Our Governments international
trade policy is facing its most critical
challenge in quarter of century. De-
pending upon how, or even whether, the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act is to
be extended, the outcome may have
deep effect on the American economy,
on the future pattern of world commerce
and even on the course of the cold war.
1t is an issue in which politics is a
major element, but in which orthodox
party lines have virtually been oblit-
Grated.
Originally Democratic conception
when enacted in the New Deal year of
1884, the act is receiving its strongest
Endorsement and defense today from
President Eisenhower and his Republi-
can administration. In determined and
increasing opposition, however, is hard
core of So-called old line Republicans,
who have never approved this close an
approach to free trade, and a newly
developed bloc of Southern Democrats
influenced by induStrialization of their
region. In addition, the recession has
nurtured revival of protectioniSt Senti-
ment-through tariff increases, import
quotas or other reStrictionS-in scat
tered sections of the country, regardless
Of party affiliation.
AS it happens, the lines for the
showdown were drawn most clearly this
week. On Tuesday evening, the, PreSi-
dent made one of his most vigorous and
persuasive appeals for support of his
Aa
tended for another five years, with addi-
tional authority to lower American
tariffs by Is per cent in return for fa-
vorable foreign concessions. He pointed
out that American exports last year
amounted to $40 billion and that our
two-way trade involved as million Jobs
in this country He estimated our i'm
ports at $l3 billion, mostly in essential
raw materials And he warned that if
we do not practice reciprocity, we will
suffer retaliation. Some of the retalia-
tion, he continued, will take the form
of diversion of the trade of other free
nations to Communist controlled parts
of the world.
On that same day, however, the
leadership of the House Ways and
Means Committee abruptly suspended
consideration of the trade agreements
act. And at the same time, the ad-
miniStration was informed that its rec
concentrations must be modified or it
must risk the grave danger of the law
being turned into protectioniSt meas
ure. Polls of the House membership were
cited to support this view.
The next move, evidently, is up to
the President. He has left no doubt
about his personal views. But the prac-
tical question is how or where to get
the votes. The opposition on both sides
of the party aisle has powerful and
well-organized backing outside of Con-
gresS. If ii cannot be defeated by
frontal attack, as the White House has
been informed, there may be no accept
Evening star., 1958-05-08

It was no wonder Thomas
Wolfe said you can't go home
again.
If you touch on the least
foible of another human, he
never forgets it, and often
never forgives.
We do not. as human be-
ings, like to see ourselves as
others see us.
The poet who pined for
that gift was all wrong, as
poets often are. They get
ideas into their heads, and
write from there, when all
the time the original idea
was wrong or something.
The human spirit loves
publicity only when it is on
its own terms.
Publicity, yes, but con-
trolled publicity, my friend,
else you are no friend OF
mine.
The trouble with writing
about real people, as many
have found out over the CEN
turies. is that you can never
tell just exactly what will
offend them.
They are, to a man-and
to a woman, too-holding
themselves erect for fear Of
being knocked down, and
every touch, especially the
good touch, means they tot
ter in their own self esteem.
1t is this esteem. not
protein. vitamins or minerals,
that keeps humanity afloat.
The plain fact is that
people are people, as the wit
said, and not just monkeys in
clothing.
We may be such stuff as
dreams are made of, as the
playwright-and what a play
wright-said, but also we are
built Of bones, muscles, meat
and gristle, and every cell of
it can be hurt, and offended,
and made to feel unwelcome.
From such mighty mixtures
comes all that psychology,
civics, what used to be called
ethics, and psychiatry have
taught us, and it is plenty.
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The big trouble with using
any of your relatives, friends
or acquaintances as material
is that you never know their
hidden fears, sorrows, points
of distress, hidden meanings,
sad inadequacies.
You never know, and you
never will know, because
mostly they are hidden from
the people themselves, by the
master hand of that famous
unconscious mind.
1t might seem that human
ity had enough to do to keep
track of it's conscious mind,
the mind so busy in learning
how to read, write and do"
arithmetic.
Not so.
The human mind is a
double sort of thing.
The top drawer layer we all
know something about, but
the sad doings of the lower
Evening star., 1958-05-08
Question of Morals

1t is not my habit to write
letters to newspapers, but l
feel compelled to do so in
order that I may protest the
recent decision by the Court
Of Appeals for the State of
Maryland, wherein it is
stated that adultery does not
necessarily show a woman to
be an unfit mother. If this
is true. what on this earth
could possibly be more in
dicative of unf1tness than
adultery? To me, the basest
of all immortality is adultery
because, unlike any of the
other commandments or
laws, it is purely premeditated
and done with full knowledge
of the individual. 1t is not
a result of anger, need or
accident when such a thing
occurs, but is done with COM
plete consent by the indivi-'
dual(s) concerned.
No woman with any self
respect or morals could pos
sibly place herself in that
position, especially if she is
a conscientious mother. No
woman can be fit to rear her
children as decent citizens
if she so refuses to live by
any moral code herself. After
all, why does the natural"
mother possess such a strong
right? AS statistics on lille
gitimate children will show,
it is no difficult job for a
woman to have a baby, but
why does the mere act of
having a child make a
woman a real" mother?
Why is she any more quail
fled after the child is born
than she was nine months
before? She is not. 1t is an
acquired qualification, based
on her own rearing, moral
code, possible religious train
ing, and the thousand and
one other things that make
up a warm and intelligent
mother. Why should a child
be reared by a woman if she
apparently does not possess
even the bareSt minimum of
morality? 1t certainly is true
that the natural father is
more qualified, in certain sit
uationS such as above, to
possess such a right.
What good does it do to
try and teach children right
from wrong, moral from i'm
moral, when all they have to
do is read any medium and
see that some people, and
now the courts, say that all
this is right after all. One
might as we'll teach children
how to be excellent bad"
children instead.
Evening star., 1958-05-08

step in. This would seem to
be particularly supportable
with regard to the Nations
Capital.
We suggest one alternative
to the legislative proposal
which may have more to
commend it than even the
proposal to provide continued
civil service status, under
Howard management, TO
those Freedmen's employees
now enjoying such status.
This alternative is to estab-
lish a much-needed District
University, which would in
corporate Howard Univer-
sity and Freedmen's Hospital
"a new hospital, if an up
to-date study reafirms the
need for one.
Samuel VernOff,
President. Local One,
AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
Editors note: The unions
views are at variance with
those of a commission of rep
resentative citizens of both
races which recommended
changes embodied in pending
legislation. The provisions in
the bill to safeguard en-
ployes' rights were worked
out Jointly by the Depart
ment of Health, Education
and Welfare, Howard Univer-
sity and Freedmen's Hospital.
Officials of all three agencies
regard the safeguards as sat-
lsfactory. On the subject of
Federal control the commits
sion said: There will be a
diminishing need for Federal
control as integration is ac-
complished. The commission
feels that this is the key to
the future support program.
and that as this hospital
moves toward complete inte-
grafton, Federal support
should be correspondingly re-
duced.")
Evening star., 1958-05-08
One Parting Look

One parting look; ah, all is tOeH!
The country lUtH not 90 to hell;
The Capitol lUiH stand in glory,
To tell to all its perfect story.
Our land by DallS lUaS neUer made,
But By each heartbeat waS it laid.
1t 1OiU SurUive, its bounds unShrunk,
All epitaphs of riming bunk.
GET.
Evening star., 1958-05-08
Dangerous Potomac
Philip L. Graham.

Spring is here, clearly noted
by the already mounting
death toll of boaters and
fishermen at Great Falls and
other places on the Potomac
River.
Each year needless deaths
are caused by inexperienced
people who do not realize how
dangerous the currents of the
Potomac are.
This is a plea to the Vir-
ginia. District and Maryland
State authorities to develop
a suitable fishing area and
strictly enforce where boat
ing shall be permitted in this,
area.
nOrOthy &. Clark.
Evening star., 1958-05-08
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE

@. Do the teeth of a shark
last through its lifetime2 C. L.
A. A shark has several rows
of teeth. When those Of the
outer row are worn down or
broken, they are replaced by
those of an inner row which
continually grow forward to
fill gaps. Each shark may shed
thousands Of teeth during its
lifetime.
Evening star., 1958-05-08
Future of Freedmen's

Your April 20 editorial,
New Era for Freedmen's,"
was most welcome, particu-
larly to those of us who de-
voted so much of our time
and effort to the hospitals
future.
C. Thomas Clifton.
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On behalf of the employees
of Freedmen's Hospital,
whom We represent, we should
like to take issue with your
editorial of Tuesday, April 20,
entitled New Era for Freed
mems" We take exception to
the conclusions and the mis-
leading editorial title on sew
eral grounds, namely:
Our intensive study of the
transfer proposal has led us
to doubt that any great bene-
fit will accrue to the hospital
or to the university, other
than the benefit of new facili-
ties-a benefit wholly unre-
lated to the hospital owner
ship-management issue. Your
attention is called to the re-
cent Steinle report on District
hospital facilities, a report
based on much more recent
data than the 1855 report
which recommended the
transfer of Freedmen's Hos
pital to Howard University.
This report makes no mem
ton of any of the problems
which you believe the trans
fer would remedy, and which
you therefore support.
We are equally concerned
that your editorial places you
in the position of supporting
a proposal which needlessly
sacrifices employe interests in
the alleged interest OF the
greater good" The storm
of employe protest" to which
you attribute the lag in con-
gressional approval of the
transfer is more intense now
than when the proposal was
first made. The revised leg
islation has not met the origi-
nal objections, as any Star
reporter can readily ascertain
from interviews with Freed
mems employees. Moreover,
the special benefits of re-em-
ployment privileges are more
illusory than real. There are
no provisions in the proposed
legislation that guarantee
civil service rights and bene-
fits as now enjoyed by the 700
employees; and the re-em-
ployment privileges are not
guarantees that other jobs
will be found for those not
employed by the hospital, if
the transfer is effected.
We cannot agree that there
is anything to correct in the
fact that Freedmen's, is Fed
orally administered. Nor does
your editorial say why. Ger
tainly you did not expect your
readers to accept the simple
statement that Freedmen's is
the only such hospital facility
Federally administered as a
valid reason for the legisla-
tive proposal. What is wrong
with having such an arrange
ment for community hos
pitals where necessary? The
Nations Presidents, includ-
ing the present incumbent,
have repeatedly asserted that
where communities fail their
citizens in areas of grave need
the Federal Government must
Evening star., 1958-05-08
ConqrotuIotory Note

I would like to congratulate
The Star on the Pulitzer
Prize award to George Bev-
eridge of your staff.
Every newspaperman IA
miliar with the crisis of
American cities will be heart
ened by the recognition of
these problems. They will
also be pleased by the recog-.
milton Of George Beveridge's
craftsmanship.
Philip L. Graham.
Evening star., 1958-05-08

able alternative to a compromise In
which at least the principle and the
framework OF reciprocal trade may be
salvaged.
Evening star., 1958-05-08

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23

MISS AMANDA Ely is
spending a two weeks vaca-
ton with her mother in Cor
NTH, Miss.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23
GREENWOOD NEWS

Mr.. AND MRS. WILLIE
HENDERSON and three child
rem of St. Louis, Mo. were
in the city last week visiting
relatives and friends They
also visited Laredo, Texas and
New Mexico. They report an
enjoyable vacation.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23

MRS T. c. SMITH and Mrs.
c. c. Sawyer of M e m p h i S,
Tenn, were in the city last
week visiting Rev. and Mrs.
Geo. A. Harper, their brother
and uncle and also visiting
other friends in the city. They
left Sunday for Louisville and
Meridian, Miss, to visit other
relatives and friends.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23

MRS. DORIS ANKTON and
little daughter, Edweena are
vacationing in Chicago with
Mrs. Ankton's sister, Mrs
Jenetta Wilkes Greene.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23

MANY OF THE MINIST-
ERS and S. S. & B. T. u.
workers of this city are at
tending the S tie Sunday
School and Baptist Training
Union Congress in Jackson
this week.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23

SR., of McComb, Miss. spent
two days as guest of his sister.
Mrs. Bertha Hilton of Stone
Street.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-08-23
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FRIENDS OF w. j. BISHOP
will be happy to know that
he is much improved after
recent illness. Mr.. Bishop, well
known and well liked thruout
the state is a District Deputy
of the Mississippi State Elks
He is also prominent in bust
ness affairs of Greenwood.
THE MEMBERS OF THE
STRANGERS HOME BAP-
TIST CHURCH were sadden-
ed to hear of the wreck that
injured their pastor and his
wife, Rev. and Mrs. David
Matthews as they were en-
route to Greenwood, Sunday
morning. They were unable to
be present for the services
morning or night. Members
and friends wish for them a
speedy recovery.
MISS LORETTA COLLINS
a recent graduate of Howard
University, who also received
a Scholarship to do six weeks
study in Europe, is at home
with her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. J. d. Collins of Avenue
|. Miss Collins told brief
but interesting story of her
experience on this study tour
to the Sunday School at the
5 tr myers Home Baptist
Church, Sunday morning.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. LOUISIANA SINGLE
TON will be h ED at the
Strangers Home Baptist.
Church Sunday, August "a at
2:3O o'clock, Rev. David Mat
thews, Pastor will officiate.
AMONG ELKS ATTEND
ING THE NATIONAL CON
VENTION IN WASHING
TON, D. c., are the Honor
able Edward V. Cochran.
State President and Bill
Percy, Gardner, Special De-
putty.