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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

All but settled is one of the
eternal wars going on among
human beings.
1t is the conflict among
men between belts and sus-
penders.
There was a time when the
suSpenderS, or galluSes, as
commonly called, held all the
cards.
Then the belt crept into use
from France, and the war
was on.
Today there are very few
sets of suspenders left. except
among those who fancy the
odd and unusual.
4 4 4 4
Most men no longer like
the feel on the shoulders.
The narrow shouldered, too,
find suSpenders, no matter
how fancy, not equal to the
belt.
The few gallus fans left
complain bitterly about those
who wear belts. Their trou-
sers. these assert, always give
the impression that they are
about to fall off, which would
be a dire thing, indeed.
Actually, there is no danger
of this, unless the belt
breaks.
Temp Jones, who is for
once among the majority on
this question, had his belt
break one day just as he was
going into the library at his
institution.
Clutching the remnants in
his left hand. he held a book
casually in his right.
At least, he hoped he was
casual about it.
In this day, to be casual
is to be on top of fashion.
If ones hair is lank, then
it is called casual.
II ones shoes are dirty,
then they are delightfully."-
casual.
Clothes that fail to fit are,
Of course. casual.
II is a useful word, able to
conceal almost any defect
or lack Of planning, or, &C.
casionally, small cost.
4
So there was Temp Jones,
old and grazing, with his
trousers threatening to fall
of were 1t not for his strong
left hand.
A hasty call for a bit of
rope helped. The rope made
a belt, of a sort; the diff
Guilty came because there was
no buckle.
The buckle is one Of the
most useful Of human inven-
tons.
1t came into being about
1900 AID. when an old monk
wanted to keep his robe UP
without tieing q knot.
Brother Ambrose, as he
may be called, was no hand
at tying a knot. even the
simplest, 90 he invented the
buckle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
/ THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
G. O. p. Can't Win Split on President

President Eisenhower at his
latest press conference vir-
tually told Republican mem
beers Of Congress seeking re-
election it's time to fish or
cut bait. II they want his
support, they must not turn
their backs on principles and
policies and programs which
he considers Of vital import
ance to the security of this
country and the free world.
Certain leaders of the Repub-
lican Party feel the President
is entirely justified in this
position; they believe he
should, as head Of the party,
bear down sharply on those
Republican members Of Con-
gress who refuse to support
the administration on these
issues. Further, they believe
that II the President exerts
such leadership. it will help
to unity the party for a de-
termined fight for victory at
the polls next November.
These same party leaders
are convinced that the Re-
publican Party in the coming
congressional elections can
not run half pro-Eisenhower
and half anti-Eisenhower,
with any chance Of success.
They look askance at the
advice which has been given
by Senator Schoeppel Of
Kansas. chairman of the
Republican Senatorial Cam
paign Committee, and Repre-
sentative Simpson Of Penn
sylvania to candidates for
reelection. Senator Schoep-
pei, in a recent television
interview, said it would be
detrimental In some States"
for Republicans to base their
campaigns on support for
President Eisenhower's pro-
grams. He went on to say
that some G. o. p. candidates
are not going to take the
same position as the Presi-
dent on some questions such
as foreign aid and foreign
trade"
Simpsons Comment
Mr.. Simpson. speaking in
New Mexico last October,
said: Nobody is going to
reject a leadership CEisen-
hower's) that has brought to
the country peace and pros
perity. On the other hand,
not everything undertaken in
Washington (by the Eisen-
hover administration has
met with general voter APP
proval 1t is up to candi-
dates for Congress within the
ranks of the Republican
Party to make known their
dissents and to work to
change or eliminate unde-
sirable policies when elected. !"
Senator Schoeppel ex-
pressed hope in his interview
that the President would take
an active part in the coming
campaign-but added he did
not believe a presidential
blessing could be given to any
one candidate and have that
the sole contributing factor to
the candidates victory.
President Eisenhower has
made 1t evident he considers
his foreign aid-mutual aid
and foreign trade policies
OF very great importance in
the struggle for security
against Communist military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08

At least, this is what leg
end states, and legends are
always delightful, even when
untrue.
X \ 4
Construction of the old
fashioned suspenders across
the shoulders led to round
shoulders.
Fifty years ago, there was
nothing the average parent
feared more than round
shoulders.
Offspring were admon-
ished, day in and day out, to
stand up straight" and
hold your shoulders back"
Various instruments of hor-
ror, popularity called braces,
were inflicted on the growing
generations. That these in
terlaced contraptions ever did
any good, in any real sense,
is doubtful.
They were an effort, and
not a very good one. to make
linen take the place of
muscles.
The cult of physical cul-
ture, as it was called, put the
braces out of the picture,
just as it probably had a
great deal to do with the
abandonment Of suspenders.
Carriers, or suspenders for
male socks, lost out so COM
pletely that it is doubtful II
a pair could be purchased in
Greater Washington. Ger
tainly few men today wear
EN-; they prefer to let their
sox, as they like to spell 'em,
wrinkle freely.
These are good new days
Of freedom, and the conflict
between suspenders and belt
Is about over, with the belt
waving triumphantly around
the male midsection,
Maybe. in time. freedom
from the collar will come as
completely. Already. the
young buckaroos refuse to
button them. In an age Of
high-speed motor cars and
missiles. men ought not to
have to worry with collars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
Great Depression

In the article, Roosevelt
Depression Recalled" Mr..
David Lawrence recalls so
wildly some of the financial
events Of the great depres-
sion that 1t may seem cap
tious to raise any question
concerning any of his state
ments. Mr.. Lawrence argues
that the bank holiday"
should never have occurred,
that real leadership on Mr..
Roosevelt's part would have
prevented it and that Amer
lean banks on the whole
were really solvent.
I do not propose to argue
these points; in fact / might
be inclined to agree with
them. But Mr.. Lawrence's
statement did not quite tell
the whole story. It is true
that banks on the whole
were really solvent" But
many were not. Or put it an
other way, there were far too
many banks, too many weak,
unneeded and badly man.
aged banks. They had sprung
up over a period of half a
century with too little regu-
lation. many of them wholly
unwarranted by community
needs. Many were bound to
fail, if not in one depression
then in another.
The great depression of the
1929-30s did one great serv-
ice-it cleaned up the bank
ing situation to a very large
extent. Whether it could have
been better done than by the
New Deal policies is a ques-
ton. These policies have their
warm defenders and their
ardent critics. But I do not
think Mr.. Lawrence or any
one else should give the i'm
preston that the banking
crisis of the early 30s was
wholly the fault of the par
ticular administration of that
or any other time; it was
largely the pay-off for care
less and loose forming of
banks which had been going
on for decades.
Albert w. Atwood.
I do not blame you for
employing writers to show
both sides of a live" issue.
But, must we subscribers be
forced to put up with stu
pidity as reflected in David
Lawrence's column entitled
Roosevelt Depression Re-
called?
In the first place, it wasn't
a Roosevelt depression" it
was a Hoover depression"
as everyone knows. Then,
after Is years of reflection
on the matter. David Law
renee decides that the 1888
"bank holiday" was unneceS-
sary-stabbing one of our
greatest Presidents of all time
in the back when he's not
here to defend himself. It's
not only stupid, it's cowardly.
Just what purpose lid the
article serve? Whal is he
trying to do? Cover up the
Eisenhower depression as he
was trying to cover UP the
Hoover depression, by blam-
ing 1t on someone else?
VIM. S. Halsey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08

and economic aggression. Yet
Senator Schoeppel and Mr..
Simpson appear to be telling
Republican members of Con-
gress to avoid the Eisenhower
record on these and other
policies, and run on their
own opposition to them. For
example, in a certain district
or State. a Republican candi-
date should campaign as an
opponent of mutual aid. or
as an opponent of the Eisen-
hover reciprocal trade pro-
gram, or as an opponent Of
the Presidents farm pro-
gram.
The Presidents View
The President, a modest
man, took occasion to remind
his press conference, when
questioned about the Scheop-
pei statement, that the Re-
publican national ticket had
more people voting for it in
1856. only a year and four
months ago. than ever sup.
ported a Republican presi-
dental candidate before. He
added: "And I don't believe
that Is very conclusive evil
dence that it is better to repu-
date the national ticket Of
1856 than it is to support it.
On the contrary, I think it
would be better if they would
support it."
He might have gone further
and called attention to the
fact that he did better in the
election Of 1856 than he did
in the election of 1952-when
a Republican Congress was
elected with him-while the
Republicans lost ground in
Congress, even more than
they lost in 1854. And to that
could be added the fact that
ever since Mr.. Eisenhower en-
tired the White House, there
has been a material number
Of Republican Congressman
who have opposed his pro-
grams. even though those
programs were based entirely
on the Republican national
platforms of 1852 and 1856.
The Presidents position, he
made clear, is that a Republic
can member of Congress does
not have to agree with him
100 per cent. Indeed, he said:
There can be a hundred
things where a man can dis
agree with me and still, to
my mind. belong to the gen.
eral political grouping which
/ belong to-" He draws the
line. however, to opposition to
him on 1.-THE big things" in
which he believes with all
his heart. He explained: Eve
must be amply secure in our
own right; We must help to
build up countries. both mill
tarily and economically. if
the tide OF communism is to
be checked and turned back:
we must in this country,
federally and in all proper
ways, be watchful of the
economy. to keep it pros
porous. and to keep our pros
perity widely shared"
1t looks as though the Re-
publicans must get together
for a fighting campaign. If
they don't. if they adopt a
sauve qui peut style of cam
paign for Congress leach
man for himself-they may
be in for disaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08

WeAAS AAAACC4 AAotA4 1AA1A
to note that The Star had
taken an editorial position in
favor Of the so-called peoples
choice" view in the pay-TV
controversy Such a pious
attitude indicates a deep mis-
understanding Of the basic
issues which underlie the con-
troyersv.
The fundamental basis up
on which pay-TV must be
opposed is that the radio-TV
spectrum. as it was originally
conceived. is the property of
the American people and, as
such. should not be given
away to special interests who
would charge the people for
the use Of their own property.
This, coupled with the fact
that more than 40 million
Americans bought TV sets,
within the past IL years on
the basis that, aside from
electric power and mainte-
nance. there would be no other
charge to them to view pro-
grams, should be sufficient
reason for opposition to pay
TV.
In actually. pay-TV gains
its impetus. not from any real
desire to improve Americas
cultural standards, but from
electronic manufacturers who
have found a way to meter
the airways, and from movie
producers and sports promo
tiers who see in it a way to
jack up their revenues. It is
conceivable that some firm
might some day develop g.
device for metering the air
which we breathe, and. 10 and
behold, a pressure group will
develop to try and persuade
the American people that me-
tered air is better than free
air. There are quite enough
meters in American homes
today. Unfortunately, the
great promise of a cultural
revival through the MeSSianic
miracle of pay-TV is more a
myth than anything else.
Does anyone for one moment
delude himself into thinking
that these great harbingers of
culture to what is snobbiShly
called the minority audience"
will be interrupted by the
profit motive?
The dollar will triumph, as
always, with the networks
crawling over one another to
get in on the bonanza, while
the American people find
themselves paying whatever
the tariff will bear. From the
piety of your editorial view
one would assume that you
are also willing to let the
people" make the choice on
the matter of taxation, gas
rates. utility franchises and
the like.
Certainly, II. we are going
to rely on the democratic
spirit as envisoned by our
Constitution, we must allow
Congress, which represents
the people, to make a decision.
Warren Adler,
President, American Citizens
Television Committee, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08

to ease the trafIic troubles Of the city's
motorists and make the streets safer for
everybody. The many awards and cita-
lions which have come to Washington
from numerous national and local or
CARNATIONS attest the effectiveness Of
the work he directed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08

noted a precedent was estab-
lished years ago by the ces-
sion Of the original grant back
to Virginia.
\. Rising from the ruins Of
this captive and degenerate
city Of crime, confusion and
slums. a free and self-gov-
erning Greater Washington
might emerge to again be-
come the pride of the Nation
and the free world.
Retired.
Secret Servants
An article in Look maya
zine by v. M. Newton, Jr.,
managing editor of the
Tampa, Fla, Tribune, says:
"In Washington, D. c., Fed
eral agencies are using more
than 80 subterfuge censor
ship claSsifications to with
hold legitimate information
about Government operations
from the people. And, in Con-
greSS itself, more than 1000
committee meetings are held
each year with the press and
the public barred"
There is little difference
between the secret procedures
of the government of Soviet
Russia and the secret opera
ton Of many an American
school board. city council or
congressional committee. In
each instance, the real deci-
sions are made behind locked
doors. Politicians have a
preference for doing the peo-
pies business when the peo-
pie are not around. More and
more are getting away with
it.
The only way to keep our
freedom is through open
Government meetings and
open Government records.
Federal spending of mil
lions and billions takes place
behind a suffocating curtain
of secrecy. Most of the 200
House Appropriations Com
mittee meetings last year, in
which our public servants
tinkered with Eisenhower's
billion-dollar budget and
decided how to spend the
peoples money. were held in
secrecy. There is juStifica-
ton for keeping some con-
greSsional executive commit
tee hearings secret-particu-
larry those dealing with basic
national security-but there
are other areas in which
there is no reason for secrecy.
1 believe that secret gov
eminent in Congress is the
most dangerous threat to
American freedom of infor-
nation in our times.
M, d, E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What was the name Of
the first religious sect founded
in this country? A. j.
A. The earliest American
sect was the Nothingarians,
also known as Gortonians.
founded in 1886 by Samuel
Gorton. who emigrated to
the Massachusetts Colony
from England and later set
tied in Rhode Island. The
name Nothingarians came
from the fact that the mem
bers rejected nearly all the
outward observances Of re-
ligion.
@. How many counties are
there in the State Of Texas?
~. @.
A. Texas has 254 counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
Our Fair City

AILeT having Deen away
for a number of years. I
lately returned to the Wash
ington area. In company
with an out-of-town visitor,
I had the occasion of con-
Quoting an extensive tour Of
Metropolitan Washington and
what a jolting disappoint-
ment it was! Decadence, dirt
and slovenry were apparent
everywhere few blocks away
from the Capitol. Sections of
the city once presenting a
scene of neatness and thrift
have in a few years deterio-
rated to a point where they
are now a national disgrace. A
person, upon first seeing the
results Of such gross indif-
ference and negligence. could
not help concluding that If
the citizenry had the right to
vote the situation would be
improved.
In view of the foregoing. It
is suggested that except for
the area around the Capitol
and other important Govern
ment buildings, the Tidal
Basin and Potomac Park. the
presently constituted District
Of Columbia be coded back to
the State of Maryland. It
cannot be denied that the
original concept Of a Federal
District was discarded in the
30s. For example, the Penta-
gon, the Bethesda Naval Hos.
pital and many other impos-
ing edif1ces were and are now
being built outside the Dis
trict while at the same time
slums infest the Capitol Hill
area. Further. II may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry writers correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sGtion.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15
DIXIE STILL IN REVOLT
AGAINST PROGRESS IN RACE
RELATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS

Washington-The South still IN revolt, and the revolt
has loHgrangc political consequences
II improves the chances Of Republican victory IN 1860
probably under the Of Veeesdent Richard Nixon
II reduces the prospect u Senator Lyndon johnson o.
Of Texas any other southern middle becoming the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15
AGAINST HORSE THIEVES

The operation Of horse thieves
around Fergus Falls caused a
group Of local citizens 10 form a
vigilance committee in February,
1872 The committee drafted
constitution and called itself the
Fergus Falls Anti-Horse Thief As
ISOLATION.
The associations constitution is
fun OF strong words on the proper
punishment for horse thieves For
example. one Of the bylaws says
that ~ shall be the sworn duty OF
any and all members Of this SOC
lety havisg captured horse thief
with the stolen goods in his pos
session, ito promptly execute the
said horse thief, by hanging. or in
the absence OF facilities for hang
ing, by shooting
II Is probable that meetings Of
the Anti-Horse Thief Association
provided the members with a well
come social diversion during the
long winter months and that horse
thieves had little 10 fear despite
the hlood-thirsty words Of the con-
stitutiOn
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15

Painting doors2 Keep metal
hinges locks and knobs clean by
coating with petroleum jeIly, Paint
comes off with jelly after door has
dried
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15

costing $3.50 900 were erected in
ninety days, and IN September,
1888. the frst fair wna held on
the present grounds IN the midway
district between Minneapolis and
ST paul
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15

The Minnesota state Fair has
a long ana honorable history, dat,
ina back 10 territorial days From
1870 10 1888. however, vs. growth
ana success were held back BY
rivalry between St Paul and Min
ncapols
81 Paul had the fair from 1871
through 1876. and each year ac-
cused Minneapolis OF failure 10 CO.
operate Meantime, Minneapolis
complained bitterly about the way
display space was allotted, and
about the Judging o. entries by
1874 feeling had reached such a
pitch that Minneapolis threatened
10 boycott the fair, claiming that
az had become nothing bat Ram
Soy County event
Handicapped by this attitude
and by me hard times that fol
lowed 1874, the fair lost money,
and In 1877 its sponsor, the Min
nrsota Agricultural Society, WAS
three thousand dollars IN debt
The sorlety then ioinel forces
with the Minnesota stock Breed
eya Association go hold fair az
Minneapolis that featured horse
racing beer stands and sidrshows
Financially s. WAS . triumph. but
many people Wondered whether it
dtd mueh o. advance agriculture
~ 1878 and 1879 The two cities
held rival fairs 81 Paul was the
site 81 the official state cVrosi
ton, but Minneapolis managed
each year 90 sponsor a larger fair
A a result, the state fair moved
south and in 1850. 1881, and iss2
q was held AZ Rochester Owat0Hna
had Il IN 1888 ard 1854. bat feeling
was strong that Il should ~ re-
tutnst 70 The Twin Cities
In lsSS che state legislature
accepted a gift % a hundred acres
ffom Ramsey county for a per
manent fairgrounds. Buildings
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-15

Among the traders who pene-
tratsd the Minnesota country dur
Ing the early years N the nine
taenth century ana thus made
places Tor themselves on the roll
u Minnesota trhll blazers was
Gabriel Franchsre
RE left New York on the Ton
q1in" IN the fan ~ 1910, made
the voyage around Cape Horn and
finally 10 the spring Of 1871 en-
tered the Columbia River and
landed 70 help establish tho fur
trading post u Astoria on The
Pacific coast
This venture met with failure
as a result of the War ~ 1912
ara in 1915 tbo newly founded
post fell into the hands Of Brit
ion traders Franehers vas strand.
"a there until tho spring Of lstt
when be went east overland with
q trading brigade
The trip of which he later wrote
"a detailed description. took him
through The Minnesota Ontafio
border waters from the Lake of
the Woods 20 Fort william on
Lake Superior Though the party
almost starved. they eventually
reached the British poat At Fort
William, whore they were hospit
ably received
FrnucherH vent on 70 Montreal
where he VIA for some years the
representative 81 Astora American
BUR Company lie was later con.
Hccted with Pierre Choutenu, u.
= Company Of 81 Louis and en-
tered tho fur trade IN his own
name De died In ~ Pau Ia 1868
while visiting his step-aou J 3.
Prince. mayor ~ the town
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CYCLES TO RACE

AMERICAS Busr motorcycles
racers viii ho ~ the Minnesota
state Fair. Saturday. Aux 90, Cor
q series af sprint events The
cyclists will be featured on tha
zane program with a toolHp stock
ar race More than Es1o h bsius
sHerrd to drivers ot late model
tock cars. speedway ears midget
autos. and motorcycles az the Cen.
eunlal tair, AuF sa thru Sept I
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elsewhere IN the world 80 that they
do not see us In the distorted
image they now perceive, and Of
SO developing ourselves scientific
ally, educationally. culturaily ec-
nnomically. and iudustrialy that
we can meet the Communist chan-
enge and convince the friendly the
neutral. and even the hostile people
Of the earth OF the greater ultimate
effectiveness and satisfaction OF a
democratic life"
Robbie depicts the CommuHis,
menace az being greater now than
ever before and promised In filing
that he viii conduct campaign
based on the issues win out
line my views on foreign policies
needed % achieve peace and DOM
estic meaarer required stabilize
our economy and combat the re-
cesslon az the campaign progress
SEES the candidate said