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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
Business Tax

IL is understandable that
some Arlington business lead
ers are in violent opposition
to any increase in the coun-
tvs business privilege tax. for
very few people enjoy paying
taxes. Yet, spokesman Of the
Chamber Of Commerce have
put themselves In the incon-
Sistent position of demand
ing very large expenditures
for county improvements to
promote business and at the
same time resisting increases
In the taxes on business.
The hard fact is that Ar
lington must raise for the
coming fiscal year at least
> 81 200, 1000 more than the
revenues which present taxes
would bring in. The question
arises as to whether the ad-
dltional funds will be raised
solely by taxes on real and
personal property or at least
in part by q limited increase
In the business privilege tax.
During the five years in
which the now repudiated
AIM group held a majority on
the county board. taxes were
raised sharply every year and
all Of the additional taxes
were levied against real and
personal property. No adjust
mentS were made in the BUSH
ness privilege tax in spite Of
the fact that Alexandria now
has a basic rate Of 20 cents
per 500 OF gross retail re-
ceiptS and Arlington charges
only Is cents. AIM also COM
pletely ignored a study by the
University Of Virginia in 1851
which found that q rate COM
parable to that Of Alexandria
could be levied without harm
to the business community.
The Chamber of Commerce
has organized intensively to
forestall any additional In
crease in the business tax.
and has raised q $1,000 fund
to finance its efforts. The
owners Of residential prop
erty do not have comparable
financial means or organ
tzation. but they are inter-
ested in reasonable equity
and balance in the Arlington
revenue system. They know
that II the chamber can
browbeat the County Board
into leaving business taxes at
their present level, the home
owners will have to foot the
bill for a still larger share Of
the costs Of local government
than they already bear. I am
confident that the three ABC
members of the County
Board, who have tried 20
serve the best interests OF the
county residents as a whole,
will insist that new taxes be
fairly distributed among the
various revenue sources, in
Guiding the business privi-
lege tax.
Arlington needs and will
have q healthy business COM
munity II the leaders OF BUSH
ness realize that it costs a lot
OF money to provide them
with a market for their goods
and that these costs justify
reasonable levies on the re-
ceipts Of local businesses.
Alan L. Dean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
Put Up or Shut Up

. 1t is becoming increasingly difficult
TO believe that the Kremlin really wants
an early meeting at the summit De-
spite Premier Khrushchev's loud and
repetitious calls for such a conference,
recent Soviet maneuvers-such as the
queer complaint to the United Nations
against our Strategic Air Command
suggest that Moscow actually may be
trying to back away from the whole
idea. However, II that Is the truth of
the matter, the reason for 1t is far from
clear. The only thing any outsider can
be sure OF is that Russia's leaders have
suddenly begun to act as II they have
lost interest in a heads-of government
gathering right now.
This suspicion has been strength
ened by the fact that the Kremlin, after
having agreed to preliminary diplomatic
talks in Moscow, has declined thus far
to conduct those talks in a business
like manner. Instead, Foreign Minister
Gromyko has insisted upon speaking
separately to the French, British and
American ambassadors, despite our sides
ACAuCob bAiaI lac LACCJ JIMMY Will bAACIll
That request now has been formally
re-emphaSized in a new note from the
Western Big Three, but the indications
are that the Soviet answer will be neg
ative, and the same holds true for other
points made in the note-points reas-
sorting that the preparatory work should
be of sort designed to guarantee that
summit conference, when and II held,
would succeed in making at least little
progress toward easing tension and pro-
noting just peace.
Certainly, if the Kremlin has moth
Ing to offer but another "nyet" in
response to this latest Anglo-French-
American statement, the world will have
good reason to assume that Mr.. Khru-
shchev and his colleagues are not Seri-
.ously seeking a summit conference, but
are interested solely in practicing the
art Of double talk for propaganda pur-
poses. In any case, their current be-
havior casts the gravest kind of doubt
on their good faith, and they ought to
KNOWN case they think otherwise
that their self-righteous and windy let
tiers to the West are beginning to be-
come tiresome in the extreme. Sooner
or later, to state the matter bluntly, they
should put up or shut up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26

and this is continuously In
creasing. No doubt the we'll
OF members Of the Board Of
Trade have no difhculty in
paying these charges. These
are the universities that the
Board Of Trade had the gall
to ask for help in formulating
their opinions on the future
OF the D. c. Teachers College.
But what are the bulk Of
lower-income and middle
income families. who desire a
college education for their
youngsters, to do? We can
do one Of three things. We
can sit back and accept what
the Board Of Trade has been
dishing out and forget about
q college education for our
boys and girls or we can move
out OF the District OF Column
bia. I would prefer the third
alternative. It is now time to
stand up and be counted
among those who are ready.
willing and able to work for a
better District Of Columbia.
We should at this time indi-
cate vigorously that We sup
port action which will result
In an expanded d. c. Liberal
Arts College. one which will
offer all kinds Of undergrad
uate work as well as teacher
training. one which will offer
graduate as well as UNDER
graduate degrees and one
which all the voteleSs citi-
Gems Of the District Of Co.
lumbia will be proud to have
helped build.
Hflda G Karr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
important People,

I am writing to you about
the difficulties between the
teen-agers and the things
they have done. I don't think
you should put on the front
page the difficulties between
the teen-agers. because that
Is what most Of them want.
When they read about them
selves in the paper they think
they are important people.
That's why I think you
shouldn't put those things
In the front OF the paper.
Elmer Harris,
Eighth Grade. Hoffman,
Boston High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
Route 240

II Route $40 from Cabin
John to the center OF Wash
ington is developed for pas
senger traffic only, and huge
trucks will still roar through
our city, some through the
incest residential sections
where there are thousands Of
little children and old peo-
pie, this will be carrying
estheticS TO the extreme Of
criminal responsibility and
cold-blooded indifference to
traffic accidents and deaths.
The George Washington me-
mortal parkway on the Vir-
ginia side Of the Potomac
should be enough. instead Of
parkways on both sides, when
high-speed roads are so badly
needed.
There are thousands OF
acres Of virgin country along
the Potomac which could
carry this traffic more safely,
quickly and efficiently. And
with all this empty space.
there is no good reason why
any houses should be torn
down. II necessary, the ele-
waited Whitehurst expressway
could be continued until there
is sufficient room to avoid
eliminating any homes; or it
could be used for half the
road.
The Nebraska avenue
Loughboro road-Arizona ave-
nue. approach to Chain Bridge
is a main interstate express
road. with none Of the safe
guards, and 1t goes through
one Of the incest sections in
Washington. Huge trucks be-
gin grinding UP the long hill
from Chain Bridge at 6 am.
and continue all day. The
noise, dirt and traffic hazard
here will cause more people
to move out Of Washington
to get the safety, peace and
quiet they originally moved
into this location for. and
where they have spent mil
lions on homes which con-
tribute much to the beauty
Of our Capital City. and much
in taxes to It's expenses! Same
have moved already. p
Isabel c. Moore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26

In sending in q colored
sketch Of birds at a feeding
station. a correspondent said
the pictures I have drawn
of the male and female aren't
exact but the birds won't
stand still"
No, birds won't stand still.
That is one of their charms
to us armchair set.
They are utterly nervous,
yet need no tranquiliZers.
Birds might be termed food
motors.
They are as super-active
as hyper-kinetic children, the
sort you want to bop.
Two small girls stand out
In our memory over the
years.
The one loved to throw
herself from a second-story
porch into the arms of her
father.
He was a catcher, so moth
ing happened.
The other ran up and down
our block all one Sunday.
hundreds and thousands Of
times. beautiful and alert.
and completely unrestrained.
At the end Of running hun
dreds of miles, certainly, she
was a picture no artist could
paint, and even her father
and mother said they couldn't
keep UP with her.
y $3.50
Birds are that way.
Their nervousness is essen
tial to save their lives.
They do sometimes really
become still, but even then
those restless little eyes are
taking in one complete arc
OF the landscape.
Birds have wonderful eye
sight.
Their ears, though con-
cealed, do a good job of in
forming them of danger, too.
They can hear the soft i'm
pact Of q wing on air where
no human ear could hear,
and they sense the writhing
Of worms in the soil.
This is what makes the
robin (everybody's favorite)
stand looking at the ground
before he thrusts his beak in.
He is not looking so much
as he is listening, and does
a good job Of both.
The restless activity OF
birdlife is predicated on the
absorption of enough nu-
trients to keep going.
Moles. those birds Of the
earth, are said to die If they
cannot get food every 10
minutes.
Personally, we doubt this
story. but we have seen 1T
given on very good authority.
Maybe 1t is true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Birds can 60 for long
periods without eating, but
the moment their heat units
begin to decline, they begin
to die.
Normal heat Of various
species ranges from 1903 de-
grees to Ill degrees. This
puts them away ahead Of
man. with his normal tenn
perature, so called. Of 98.6
degrees.
Some people run a sub
normal temperature all the
time, and probably some
birds do. .
That old bird, Templeton
Jones. invariably has a sub
normal temperature when he
catches a cold.
He has never taken his
temperature at any other
time. despite his addiction to
medicine. pills. rubs and
cremes Of various healing
sorts.
He loves pills with all the
love Of any honest English
man. Gilbert and Sullivan
should have done something
on this, and probably did.
The English people love to
take pills, potions and medi-
cines Of all kinds. That is the
real reason, no doubt. for
their medical setup of today.
The medicine of birds has
not been studied much, but
there can be little doubt
that they peck at various
herbs. now and then, when
they feel out of sorts.
They have the whole field
Of herbal medicine to draw
from, and sample various
berries and new vegetable
growths with a sure knowl-
edge of inner needs.
Though birds know Moth
ing of vitamins and min
erals, as such. they do know
when a bright colored berry
attracts them, and they do
eat what Mother Nature puts
before them.
They seldom eat anything
inimical. Just how they know
is an interesting field for
speculation. Not all living
things possess this sense.
Cows and others eat poison
Gus herbs and suffer the fate
reserved for living creatures
that eat the wrong things.
Birds are sensible in this
respect as in many others.
They are among the Oldest
living creatures, and over
the centuries have amassed
q great store OF knowledge
Of what is good for them and
what is bad for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
THE POLITICAL MILL
The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson.
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Great differences exist be-
tween the world conditions
which confronted Woodrow
Wilson when he went TO Paris
for the peace conference and
those which confront Presl-
dent Eisenhower. Mr.. Will
sons Job was 10 help make
a Just peace and 10 provide
for the establishment OF an
international agency 10 main
tain peace. Further. the al
lied nations had pushed Ger
many 10 her knees until a
dictated peace was In the
cards. Today there is no
shooting war-only a cold
war between the West and
East. Neither side has been
pushed 10 It's knees. Also. a
peace agency. the United Ma
tons. exists, TO which both
sides belong. The seriousness
Of the situation derives from
the fact that the arms race
Is devouring the wealth and
resources Of both sides and
weapons have been perfected
which. II used, threaten the
extinction of civilization.
Urged Not 10 Go
Woodrow Wilson was
strongly urged by some Of his
closest friends and advisers
not TO go TO Paris for the
peace conference. Mr.. Hoover
was one. The argument used
was that he would lose all
the power which distance
and detachment gave him in
Washington. where he had
the ear OF the whole world.
No one was able. however. TO
stop President Wilson from
performing what he con-
sidered his principal duty
to bring about a just and
enduring peace II 1t we're hui
manly possible.
President Eisenhower must
make his own decision as TO
the need Of his presence at a
summit conference. Former
Secretary Of State Dean
Acheson has recently strong
ly opposed the idea Of the
President Of the United States
attending such a conference
as now proposed. giving APP
pealing reasons for his posi-
ton.
Presidential attendance at
international conferences
from Wilson to Eisenhower
have been fruitful of disap-
pointments. President Eisen-
hover. like Mr.. Wilson. has
a strong sense Of duty. He.
too. is a crusader for world
peace. II he is convinced that
only by attending a summit
conference can anything be
accomplished toward that
end. undoubtedly he will at
tend. But he must be con-
WINGED that real accomplish
ment is possible, not just talk
and propaganda.
THE Ordeal Of Woodrow
Wilson" carries through the
terrific struggle Mr.. Wilson
put up for the League Of Ma
tons Covenant when he re-
turned to this country to face
the Senate. Mr.. Hoover
points with praise to gains
which President Wilson made
at the Paris Conference, de-
spite ultimate failure and
tragedy - among them. for
the first time in history, a
systematic and powerful or
ganization of nations to
maintain peace. and his con-
tribution to the rights Of
peoples to political independ-
ence and Self-determination.
These are his monuments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26

In the midst OF demands
that there be a summit con-
ference" with President Eli
senhower attending, along
with the administrative heads
OF Soviet Russia. Britain,
France and perhaps o num-
Der OF other nations, "The
Ordeal OF Woodrow Wilson"
a book by Mr.. Wilson's adj
wiser. aide. admirer and loyal
friend, former President Her
bert Hoover. Is published to-
day. An intimate, intensely
interesting and thoroughly
documented account OF Wood
row Wilson's crusade for a
peaceful world, II could not
have been published at a
more opportune time. In
volved In any conference at
the summit today is the dou-
ble-barreled question: Can
such a conference contribute
TO an end of the present
cold war" between the free
nations and the Communist
bloc, and should the Presi-
dent of the United States
personally attend such q con-
ference. or direct an Ameri-
can delegation from Wash
ington2
The ordeal which President
Wilson faced when he went
TO Paris TO make the peace
after the armistice which
ended the fighting Of World
War I is one OF the major
topics OF Mr.. Hoover's book.
which so poignantly points
out the difficulties and the
failures which finally broke
Mr.. Wilson physically. though
never morally. The war Of
the Allies with Germany.
Austria and Turkey had been
finally won with the aid OF
American money. supplies
and fighting men. As Mr..
Hoover points out. President
Wilson had been able to i'm
pose his fourteen points" as
a basis for peace on the al
lied nations and on the Ger
mans-sitting In Washing
ton. For q moment at the
time Of the armistice." says
Mr.. Hoover, "Mr. Wilson rose
TO intellectual domination OF
most Of the civilized world.
With his courage and elo-
quence. he carried a message
Of hope for the independence
Of nations. the freedom Of
men and lasting peace. Never
since his time has any man
risen to the political and
spiritual heights that came
to him."
Deterioration Sets In
From that point, however,
and from the time of his
arrival In Paris for the peace
conference. the deterioration
set In. Mr.. Wilson faced
head-on the demands of the
European allies, most of them
greedy for territory. and the
hatreds which had come
down through centuries Of
strife. Mr.. Hoover, in Paris
at the time and serving Mr..
Wilson in vitality important
capacities. some Of them
dealing with relief Of starv-
ing peoples. tells Of the
compromises which were
wrung from President Wilson
by his allied associates at
the conference. compromises
which took no account Of the
fourteen points. Mr.. Wilson
accepted them. Mr.. Hoover
insists. with q firm hope and
conviction that through the
operation Of the League of
Nations they would later be
rectiiied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry iOriterS' correct
names and addresses. Al
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

l.. isoloted almost three months with
o band Of motives on o Joponese-
occupied South Poetic island.
Ron Hooerthy. Strother Martin.
Dale Cummings.
9-Plpyhouse 90. Dromo.
va Hours. Point of No Re-
turn." BY J. P. MorQuond. A
bankers ombitions bring him to
point Of no return" in his
struggle with his conscience.
Charlton Heston, Hope Lonoe.
kotherine Bord. John Williams.
Edword Andrews.
1000
4-kosemoFy cIooney Show.
COLOR. Guest: comedion Don
Adoms.
10. Henry Playhouse.
"SeNice of Love"
1880
4-The Jone Wymon Show.
Tunnel Eight" A year otter
ME Civil War on engineer is
colled in by General Gront to
oversee the construction of roil-
roads westward. Preston Foster,
GFcnt WilIionns.
7-Sf0te Trooper.
Diamonds Come High" Rod
Comeron.
1900
4-News end loeoI News.
Horkness. Word.
5-EIeven O'Clock Movie.
Ia Hours. Killers Children"
1913. Tim Holt, Bonito Gron-
VILE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

7-News. Weather. Sports.
McCoffrey. Allen. Pickett.
9-News. We0ther. Sports.
Richards. Dou9Ios. DonieIs.
4-Weethes. Sports.
Strineer. Simpson.
9-The Lote Show. Movie.
IA Hours. blue, White and
Perfect" 1912. Detective
Michael Shoyne gets in on the
war effort BY chosino foreign
ooents who'Ve been steolino In
dustriol diomonds. Lloyd Nolon,
Many Beth Hughes.
7-Town and Country Time.
Hour. Country and Western
music. Storing Elton Britt, Roy
Clark and his bond. lLive.D
ll:25
4-Som and Friends. Arnold.
1880
4-Joek Poor Show. Variety.
IA Hours. Guests: Cliff Ar
quette, Dave Gardner.
I2:20.
1.-The LORDS Proyer.,
loo
4-lnspiEotien.
9-Meditotion. WeotheF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
How To Tell a Handy Story

your children's story hour is ball-point pen,
pocket handkerchief, and your magma
ton. On this page and Page 7, Shari gives
you three ideas, but they're just for starter.
You can invent faces for the characters in
your chiIdren's story books. or you can spin
new tales around your own inkspots. And
then why not let the kids try their own hands?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01
See Page 7

Shari Lewis is twinkle-voiced gamin who
won two SO Emmy awards for having the best
children's program and the most outstanding
female personality on New York TV (WRCA).
But her oldest talent is with inkSpotS like
''Hand Some" left, and "Thumbkin, below.
Here she shows you some of the tricks of her
trade. All you need to use to brighten up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-01

Why spend more when you can't
buy betteFl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
Sunday. April ~. 1858

e SECTIONS Pages
Amusements, RodiO. Music,
Books.
Stage and Screen Ell
Radio E.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

:. COMIC SECTION
Ed 10 Poses Of Fun and Action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

on the premise that q postal
rate increase would also be
enacted.
The Governments classified
employees, meanwhile, appar-
emily must walt until the final
outcome Of the postal pay rate
bill Is determined until final
action is taken by Congress on
their pay raises. The Senate
has approved a rs per cent
classified pay raise. while the
House Civil Service Committee
has amended the Senate bill 70
provide q 10 per cent raise.
Compromise Expected
There IL q difference Of opin-
ion on the proposed retroactive
portion Of the raises. In the pay
bills that have advanced thus
far In Congress, the increases
would be retroactive 10 Janu-
airy /. 1858. But the admins
tration is cool 10 this feature.
President Eisenhower In his
pay raise message 10 Congress
last January asked that the In
creases become effective July J..
1858.
The administration now APP
parently has modified Is posi-
ton TO make the increases ef-
fective on date Of enactment.
Some further compromise
probably will be worked out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27
Hopes for Sowing Arm
Of Cardinal Brighten

Cardinals general condition
good, but the condition Of the
arm was considered grave.
The 70-year-old Cardinal
was taken TO q hospital shortly
after his arrival 10 assume his
new post Of proprefect Of the
Vatican's Congregation for
Proposition Of the Faith-the
highest Vatican curia assign
ment ever given an American
prelate.
Pope Plus XII was TO have
received Cardinal Stritch In
private audience In the next
few days. The pontiff sent his
blessing and wishes for the
cardinals prompt recovery.
Top Surgeon Attending
Attending the prelate was
Or. Pietro Valdoni, one Of Eu-
ropes most noted surgeons
and q cardio-vascular spe-
cialist. The cardinal was in
DR.. Valdoni'S Sanatrix Clinic.
DR.. Valdoni and Dr.. Filippo
Rocchi Of the Vatican. who
was first summoned. consulted
early today and decided on
immediate disqualification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-27

District and vicinity--Cloudy
today, highest near 80. with oc-
casional rain by afternoon or
night. Lowest tonight about
50. Winds east or southeast 10
to Is miles per hour. Tomorrow
cloudy and mild. showers likely.
Maryland - Cloudy today
with showers beginning this
afternoon or tonight. Highest
today IS to "a. Not as cool
tonight. Tomorrow cloudy with
showers. little change in tenn
perature.
Virginia-Cloudy today with
showers in the southwest
spreading TO eastern and north
ern portions. Highest today IS
to 80 in the north, so to IS In
the south. Showers tonight. To-
morrow cloudy and mild, show
ers likely.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Cloudy today with
rain by afternoon or tonight,
winds east to southeast 10 To