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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
Crash Program

It was interesting to note
Bernard Baruch's recommen-
dalton for O tax increase as q
means Of financing anti-re-
cession programs at q time
when both Congress and the
administration are consider
ing q tax cut as one method
Of stemming the recession
now so apparent. While Mr..
Baruch's position may have
some further defiationary
aspects. it is a more realistic
approach than the plan now
pending to push" a tax cut
over in an election year. A
cut. together with the other
antirecession assures
planned. viii surely bring on
additional infiationary pres
sure and form the basis for
another round Of labor in
creases and finally higher
costs Of living.
What guarantees does the
country have that the tax
benefits obtained by the people
will all go into the channels
and areas mosG affected by
unemployment? What basis
is there to believe that the
potential consumer viii begin
to buy hard goods" and fur
ther reduce inventories. rather
than continue to add to the
already mounting savings in
banks and similar financial
institutions? Failure on the
part Of the people to respond
Fundamentally may have the
effect Of delaying recovery
and force the country fur
ther into debt.
Personally. 1t Is believed
that q crash program" in
the form Of Federal, State
and municipal public works
in the areas most affected by
unemployment and resulting
decreased purchasing power,
will maintain more positive
control Of antirecession
measures than a "cross-the-
board" tax cut. Improve
ments in our educational ia
cilities have been showed
back for years-our commu-
nifty recreation projects and
programs have been neglect
ed (while juvenile delin-
quency increases), and our
roads no longer meet the de-
mands required Of them.
1t is better that we forget
a tax cut at this time and
concentrate our financial re-
sources and efforts in the
areas that we can effectively
control and provide the most
direct assistance.
However. a crash pro-
gram" is the only way that
we can deal promptly with
the problem. There are or
ganization plans-lead times
on projects-effective par
ticipation Of States and mu-
nicipalities-all necessary to
get the ball" rolling. Firm,
accurate and fast action on
the part Of the administra-
ton and Congress is needed
to prevent a further decline
into the "well Of depression"
Let's get going-and now.
Richard H. StringfellOw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
Dealing With Russia

The Communists are many
sided. and right now there is
a peace side showing. We
must. however, remember
that there is a dominant
guiding force for the Com
munist Party that is not in
favor Of any country outside
Of Russia. The attitude, or
the concept" Of the Com
munist is that Russia is his
"fatherland." and that in
case Of war every Communist
must destroy any property
belonging TO the enemy II
It is impossible for him to
return to his homeland.
1t has been over ten years
since Russia was on our side
to subdue Naziism In Ger
many. Since that time Com
munist Russia has been adj
vancing. They have won
many lands in the East. all
Of China, including Tibet.
Indo- China, and surround
ing Asiatic islands. to say
nothing OF Communist-domi-
mated Eastern Europe. In the
United States they inf1l-
trated our Government, our
churches-in fact every or
ganization In all walks of
life.
On the United States side
we must admit that we have
done nothing but try to APP
pease the people Of every
country who are against us.
Appeasement on our mart is
considered q weakness Y the
Russians. Therefore, tere u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Is church membership
In America on the rise?--
r. B.
A. Yes. Figures from the
National Council of Churches
released In September, 1857,
showed 81 per cent Of Ameri.
cans were members Of o
church or synagogue. com.
pared with about SO per cent
in 1900. Census Bureau fig-
ures released more recently
indicate that an even higher
percentage-96 per cent
subscribe to some form OF
religion. The Census Bu-
reau figures (which excluded
youths under 14) do not,
however, refer to formal
afnliation with Q religious
body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15

we are still fighting, though
the claw has given way to the
tongue, and the dripping
fangs to the retort inimical.
At this point In civilization.
so called. there is no foresee-
able change likely in human
conduct.
In fact, push-button war is
likely to be more inhuman
than war with bayonet and
rifle.
We claim q great deal for
the species. but our sad his
tory since 1914 shows that for
true civilization maybe we
will have to 60 to the moon.
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Our poor old friend Tenn.
pleton Jones belongs to the
race Of men. but that is about
as close as he comes to the
human norm.
He is too honest for some
to like, too clear.headed, and
much too kind.
Gentleness without mawk.
ishness is something the hui
man species has been work.
ing at for centuries and cen.
turtles, with the goal still far,
far in the distance, except for
individual specimens. now
and then.
Temp Jones is one Of them.
We suspect that Nose who
do not like him are killers at
heart, though they may not
know it or look upon them.
selves in that way.
The portrayer of a beauti-
full red fox on the cover Of
a popular magazine had to
make the fox the finest look
ing creature in the scene,
which also showed an old
virago Of o lady sneakina
around the corner Of the
house with q shotgun and
some silly looking old hens
In q cage.
Jones. looking ct his pic
ture, saw only the fox about
to be slain. and he felt sorry.
No wonder the old lady
with the gun wouldn't like
him.
That damn fox" gritted
she, in her ladylike way, "is
going to eat my hens"
"And what, madam" asked
Temp Jones. "were you going
to do with them?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

THE lady" We told Temp
Jones, doesn't like you"
TOO bad" replied he. II
would like for all the ladies
to like me. What Is her kick?"
We let the old fellow down
gently.
She doesn't specify" we
said. Actually, she had writ
ten that he was a duffer, o
buffer, and q sad bore.
These ill-assorted facts Of
life we kept from our friend,
for fear he would rise in pro-
test. Jones in protest is some
thing to see.
y 49,
Lack of specifications In
such matters Is what makes
them so difficult to handle.
always.
Somebody doesn't like you,
you can see it, feel 1t. but he
or she hands out no list Of
complaints.
Sometime the wight ought
to like you: you come from
the same State, and that usu-
ally makes a difference, but
not in his case.
The fact that you both hail
from the same section Of our
Broad Land means nothing
at all to him.
He still is suspicious.
Often It Is no more than a
matter Of suspicion.
This gets back to the
primal animal nature.
Animals, going on all fours,
must be suspicious to survive.
Even their own relatives
are creatures to be viewed
with concern except at GER
tain stated intervals.
The animals live in our
world, too. but at a different
level, closer to the ground,
in both physical and mental
aspects.
The ready claw and the
bristling fang mean just what
they say. They may be watt
ing for you in the most UNI
expected places and at pre-
cisely the most inappropriate
time.
You never can tell, II you
are an animal.
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We humans thought we
had arrived at a state Of az
fairs better in many ways,
but 1914 ended all that.
From then on. we have
known this sad truth: We
are nothing but animals. aft
err all, and not very good an
imals. either.
Honest old dogs or tomcats
on the fence can still give US
pointers in conduct.
These sometimes despised
living forms need not bow
their heads before us lords
of creation who are aspiring
to rule the moon when we
can't even rule our own back
yards.
Suspicious animals, we
think
But suspicion still rules
the ways Of man as well as Of
beast. The looking eyes be-
tray. the snappy retort and
luncheon club joke mean that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15

Max Chesy's.concept about
the moon and the dark side"
Of the moon needs clarifying.
II we always see the same
side Of the moon. that Is be-
cause 1t has rotation. The
moon accomplishes one turn
around its own axis at the
same time as 1t accomplishes
one turn around the earth.
One movement compensates
for the other. thus account
ing for our seeing only one
side Of our satellite.
It stands to reason, there
fore. that there are lunar
days and nights. One lunar
day lasts approximately IA
days, and a lunar night has
the same duration. During
the day. the temperatures on
the surface exposed to the
sun are very high. During
the night. the temperatures
are very low. The tempera-
ture changes are quite con-
siderable.
One more word about the
dark side" We actually see
three-fifths of the moons
surface due to the fact that.
while the moon is DRIFTING
around the earth. the earth
is rotating. The moons ro-
tation does not compensate
completely. and enables us TO
see part of the hidden half.
Science fiction writers still
have two-f1fths left. Plenty
enough to get drunk.
Felix Monat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
New Post Offices to Fiqht Slump
BY GOULD LINCOLN

the handling Of the public's
m all. Postmaster General
Summerfield has pointed TO
the benefits which will derive
under the present program.
Much. he says. is bound UP
in the fate Of the postal rate
bill, now pending before Con-
gress and expected to pass
during the present session. II
it goes through without
amendment, the extra ! cent
Of the proposed temporary
scent rate for out-of-town
letters will provide SITS mil
lion a year for q three-year
period to buy new equipment
for the thousands Of badly
needed new post once build
ings and for undermining
presently occupied Federal
buildings. Other rate in
creases carried In the bill
the increase from 3 cents to 4
cents on letter mail, and an
approximate increase Of so
per cent on second-class mail
magazines and newspapers)
and third-class mail (adver-
Using circulars) viii bring in
about $525 million q year.
This will be used to reduce
the current huge postal def
felt. which now exceeds %
million each working day.
Places to Get Buildings
Among the 10 new post
offlces which the Government
win obtain under the Lease
Purchase Act are buildings
to be erected In Denver,
Colo: Newark. N. j.: Brook.
Ign, N. Y. and Scranton, Pa.
Bids for these buildings are
now being solicited. The 9O6
buildings which will be con-
structed under the depart
ment's leasing program are
scattered through the States.
the District Of Columbia and
the Territories. The District
Of Columbia buildings will
be for the Connecticut ave-
nue. station and the Benning
station. North Dakota. among
the States, will get I'VE
Of these new buildings,
estimated to cost sos. 900
at Fessenden, Grand Forks
university Station, Par
shall. Rola and Walhalla.
Another example is Ohio.
which viii get Al OF these
new buildings, to cost $1,77e.-
600. New branch stations viii
be constructed in Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Dayton. A
third State. Massachusetts,,
also gets IL buildings, in
GLIDING eight in the Boston
area. estimated to cost
$1.s20.000.
Not only does the post
Office program provide Jobs
without an immediate great
outlay Of capital by the Fed.
eral Government but 1t aids
local communities. pays local
real estate taxes on new
buildings and gives investors
safe opportunities. Also. It
helps to keep the mail service
In step with the rapid growth
Of the country. g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15

In the midst Of debate over
tax reductions and big Fed
eral spending for various
kinds Of public works, the
Post Once Department, I'M
der its so-called leasing pro-
gram, is continuing to make
jobs for many industries and
manufacturers. particularly
the building and related in
dustries, when jobs are needed
to fight the economic recess
sion. The leasing program,
in operation now for five
years, derives from the Lease
Purchase Act. Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summer
field reported last week that
918 new post ONCE buildings
have already been started or
will be under construction by
fall, costing an estimated
$40, PAS, 900. The program has
been used 70 provide nearly
2,200 new postal buildings.
1t is also the basis Of Presi-
dent Eisenhower's recently
proposed 81 billion post Of
fee construction program
with SIS billion provided by
private investors. II Is the
kind Of building program
which viii not require great
sums Of money raised by
taxation. 1t is also the kind
Of program which will pay
OF in better service to the
public.
Thirteen Of the new build
ings to be constructed, cost
ing 5000, 900, win be bought
by the Government, which
win pay for them over a Pc
Rod of years, as q private
citizen pays for . home un-
der the Federal housing reg
ulations. The 905 other postal
structures will be built by
private investors according to
the departments speci11ca-
lions and leased by the Gov
eminent for a period Of
years. These leased buildings
are uniformly small in size,
serving many communities.
The funds needed to equip
these buildings already are
available in appropriations
authorized for the. depart
ment by Congress.
Better Service to Result
The value Of the building
and leasing programs Of the
department win be found in
greatly improved postal serv-
ice, Mr.. Summerfield insists.
These 905 new leased post
ONCE buildings" he said,
represent less than 10 per
cent Of the departments
need for new facilities. The
big bottleneck to faster mail
service is in the larger post
Offices where mail is still
sorted and distributed by es-
sentially the same slow and
costly hand methods used In
Ben Franklin's day"
Obviously. II the Presidents
new proposal for q 50 billion
lease-purchase program goes
through, 1t would serve the
twofold purpose Of stimulat-
ing private industry and pro-
viding great improvements in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
Pounds Poetry

May I commend the writer
Of the editorial. The Case
Of Ezra Pound" for a real
teaser? He points up, but
does not 60 into. an interest
ing case regarding justiflca-
ton for the $1,000 Bollingen
Prize in Poetry awarded to
Ezra Pound for THE Pisan
Cantos." Whom is he i'm
plicating, Mr.. Pound or those
responsible for the award?
Perhaps he will forgive a re-
minder that the ends Of
justice may not best be served
by poking uniformed and
misleading fun with good in
tent. May / suggest that his
reading public (if not Mr..
Pound and the award COM
mittee) deserves the retribu-
ton Of a short feature article
explaining the value of Mr..
Pounds lines. as understood
by a qualified interpreter?
Having aroused our curiosity,
keep us not in ignorancel
C. COrnwell.
4 4 y
Your editorial Of April 10
supporting the popular move
ment to free the distin-
guished poet Ezra Pound is
timely and deserves to be
cowplimented. I believe 1t to
be a fair summation of the
facts and indeed an honor
able conclusion in view Of
the entire history.
Yet ] believe it also un-
worthy Of The Star to quote
from The Cantos without
supporting text. This is an
extremely difficult and UNI
usual work whose under
standing is worth the effort.
It is q giant and steady
bridge flung across time
which sways because Of its
greatness. The unwary read
er is baffied and alarmed;
but the master engineer does
not fail.
Consider then another ele-
ment from The CantoS, again
hardly worth quoting with
out the entire work:
Hast 'ou seen the rose in
the steel dust Tor swansdown
ever2 SO light is the urging,
SO ordered the dark petals
OF iron we who have passed
over Lethe."
Canto LXXIV, The PiSan
Cantos. III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15

first as a prosecutor and as an assistant
attorney general in his native Virginia
and later as Federal attorney and
chief of the Justice Departments pub
lie land division. It was trait that won
him the respect of his fellow bar men,
berS in particular and of the public in
general. The city has lost venerated
citizen, counselor and friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15

one way only to deal with the
Russians, and that Is to use
force. That is the only Ian
guage they understand. All
the meetings at Geneva and
elsewhere have accomplished
nothing; they were just talk.
We can and should insist
that the Russians sign a
peace treaty good for 100
years now, and only on a
basis fair to both parties.
vv,a,,. N wL. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
SGtion.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-04-10

craftsmanship, fishing. m e t a
craft, photography, and stamp and
coin collecting, Mr.. Cleveland
said. And mothers are not being
overlooked either, he remarked
There will be demonstrations OF
cooking. basket weaving. and 9th
er types of handicrafts. Nature
lovers. Mr.. Cleveland said, should
be at home in the booths on rocks
and minerals, wildlife, tree prun-
ing and grating, reptile study and
demonstrations of campcraft.
.Me Orange County units which
will participate in the Exposition
are Troop 8, Troop SO. Troop 826.
Troop S35, Troop l07, Pack l07,
Pack 42l, and Pack $50, all of
Chapel Hill; Pack S45r of Carrboro; {;
Troop 803 of White Cross; Troop
45O of Efland: and Troop ll6 and
Pack 438 of HillSboro. Cub Packs
42l and $50 of Chapel Hill and Pack
845 of Carrboro will have entries
in the Pinewood Derby Race.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-04-10
Boy Scouts From Here to Take Part In
Exposition This Saturday In Raleigh

the presentation Of the 1858 Eagle
Scout class by Governor Hodges
at $50 pm. About go boys are
in the group TO be designated the
Governor Hodges Eagle Class of
1858.
The cubs, scouts and explorers
in the Council currently are pre-
pairing for their participation in
the Exposition which win consist
of live demonstrations of various
activities and skills. The Raleigh
Rotary Club is planning the affair
in cooperation with Scout Execu-
tive John l.. Shut and the Deco
neechee professional staff.
There will be attractions for
every member Of the family at
the Exposition, said Gordon
Cleveland of Chapel Hill, dis
trict activities chairman. A total
of l60 demonstrations in booths
will be erected on the Coliseum
floor.
Fathers viii be interested in the
demonstrations of home repairs,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-04-10

This command was because gaso-
line was being dumped to tighten
the load and assure a safe land
ing.
The plane came down at the
Shannon airport at 5 o'clock in
the morning. Learning there would
be a wait of several hours, Mrs.
Olsen telephoned the Pan Ameri-
can station and told the chief
there that, since there was all this
time TO kill, she and three other
passengers would like to join in
financing an automobile tour of
the Irish country. Would he please
arrange it?
Yes, indeed he would. And
they would have no financing to
bother about. They would be
the guests of the Pan Am. A ma
tive Irish chauffeur took them on
a tour of three hundred miles
over charming countrysldes in
perfect weather and had them
served with a delicious midday
dinner at a quaint old inn. They
boarded a plane at Shannon at
Z 80. had a smooth flight over the
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-04-10
Plane Forced Back Over Atlantic, So
Mrs. Olsen Had Her Visit To Ireland

Mrs. William A. Olsen left Lon
don by plane for New York at II
o'clock on Wednesday night OF
last week, Her 49-day visit to
Europe had been a beautiful sue
cess, but it had had one flaw Not
enough of one to mar her mem
0ries, yet a flaw She had yearn-
ed to 60 to lreland-and here she
was about TO fly over it in the mid
die of the night at a height of
about ten thousand feet.
When the Pan Americans giant
Viscount was a third of the way
across the Atlantic she looked out
and noticed that the wing opposite
her window had an abnormal tilt.
A moment later the moon changed
its position in the sky. She was
shifted sharply in her seat-and
then she knew the plane had turn
ed about
Presently the captain called
Attention" and told the passen-
gers they were headed back to
Shannon. Ireland. He instructed
them to fasten their safety belts
and commanded No smoking
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-04-10
Fine Arts Festival
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page /
/ Hiroshima Diary . Curtis Cans
newly elected editor of the Dally
/ Tar Heel, will moderate the panel
/ A foreign film also will be shown
at Z 80 pm this evening in Car
roll Hall 1t is "Ten Days That
Shook the World, a Russian film
directed by Sergei EIsenstein, one
iof the great pioneers Of film dl-
irection
Beginning at 10 Am Friday and
continulnla until ) pm the side
walk art show will be held in the
vacant lot on Franklin Street next
to the University Methodist
Church The exhibit viii also be
shown duringNthe same hours on
Saturday From 8 to Y midnight
the Beaux Arts Bail viii take
place at the Carolina Inn. The
theme OF the costume ball will be
"A Trip 10 Outer Space, " and tic
kets for $3.50 per couple are
available at the Graham Memoir
al.
The Naval Cadet Choir from
Pensacola, Fla. will give two per
formanceS at pm and 3 p m on
Saturday in Hill Hall The con
certs will be free to the public.
"Antigone." an adaptation Of
Socrates tragedy by Jean Anouilh
will be enacted by the Petites
Dramatlques in Gerard Hall al
8 o'clock on Saturday and at the
same time on Sunday evening.
The Festival ends Sunday with
a concert in the main lounge Of
the Graham Memorial by William
Leland, pianist, under the spon-
sorship of the Petites Musicales
Committee.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-04-10
School Merger Vote
Continued from Page y

Continued from Page u
days and in Orange County six
months are eligible to vote in this
election
The voting will take place be-
tween $50 I'm. and $50 pm. on
May 20 on Shall the Chapel Hill
School City Administrative Unit
be enlarged to include Carrboro
and White Cross School Districts
of Orange County and school tax
of the same rate as levied in 9TH
er portions of Chapel Hill City
Administrative Unit be levied in
the area consolidated with said
City Administrative Unit?"
Since the enactment of the
School Attendance Law Of 1855, a
law which legally freed the Cha
pei Hill Unit of responsibility of
having the Carrboro and White
Cross school children attend Cha
pei Hill Schools, there has been
pressure from people in all the
school districts concerned to have
Carrboro and White Cross resi-
dents vote on whether they want
to merge their school districts with
that OF Chapel Hill Chapel Hill
lians wanted the vote to be taken
because at present they are pay
ng d Is cent special school tax
while the people of Carrboro and
White Cross use the same schools
and do not pay such a tax. Many
OF the Carrboro and White Cross
residents want the vote because
they feel that it is to their advan-
tage to keep their children in the
Chapel Hill Schools (all high
school children and all Negro
children OF their districts are cur
rently attending Chapel Hin
Schools
Ii the Carrboro and White Cross
residents vote Not TO have their
school districts merge with that of
Chapel Hill, they will have to
make arrangements for the edu-
cation of their children Their
Negro elementary school children
viii II have to 90 to HillSboro.
~ Carrboro and White Cross VIII
have to make facilities available
IN their respective communities
or 3 a special arrangement wnl
have to be made with the Chapel
Hill Unit to continue sending the
children to the schools they are
The same possibilities
are open for the education OF their
high school children.
Ii the people of those districts
vote to have a merger of school
districts, the schools in Carrboro
and White Cross will Immediately
be brought up to the standards OF
the Chapel Hill schools they will
have full time principals, full
time librarians and other special
facilities.