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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Good Sign

The speed with which the House
passed the Districts $112.2 million pub
lie works bill is further evidence of the
fine groundwork laid by the Senate
House committee which prepared the
measure Ordinarily local bill as i'm
portant as this one could have been
expected to provoke long and heated
debate. But it sailed through without
a dissenting voice-deSpite its provisions
for an increased Federal payment and
for an unprecedented District borrowing
program.
We hope the favorable action on
the authorization for $50 million Fed
eral payment will be more fruitful than
the previous authorization for a $23
million payment. Congress has failed
to honor the latter obligation in full.
Unless it honors the higher AUTHORIZE
ton, the splendid efforts in the Districts
behalf by the joint committee, of which
Representative Howard Smith of Vir-
ginia was the head, will have failed to
achieve their vital objective of putting
the Districts fiscal affairs in orde1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Primary Surprise

The most surprising aspect of Mary
lands Statewide primaries was the
sweeping victory of the Democratic
senatorial candidate, Mayor Thomas
D,AleSandro of Baltimore. 1t had been
more or less taken for granted that his
running mate on the unity and Victory"
ticket, the veteran campaigner Willard
TaweS, would win the nomination for
Governor Mr.. TaweS had little more
than token opposition in the primary
race. But Mayor D'AleSandro was pitted
against another seasoned campaigner,
George P. Mahoney, who avowedly was
in the race to win at all costs. Yet, in
the final showdown, the Baltimore
Mayor captured 83 of the unit votes as
compared with Al for Mr.. Mahoney.
That the Tawes-D' Alesandro ticket
is strong one, combining as it does
two political experts, is Self-evident.
Whether it will suffer in the election
campaign by the factional strife that
has bedeviled Statewide Democratic
politics in recent years is question
that will depend largely on how success
fully the unity and victory" idea can
be carried over into the main election
contest. The defeated Mr.. Mahoney in
dicated his willingness to let bygones be
bygoneS when he congratulated Mayor
D'AleSandro and extended "my best
wishes to him and all Democratic
candidates for success in the general
election"
The election will find Mr. Tawes
competing against popular war hero,
Representative James p S. Devereux,
and Mayor D'Alesandro running against
the incumbent Republican Senator j.
Glenn Beall. Mayor DAleSandro has
heavy city backing, but may have diff
f1culty selling himself to voters in the
rural counties. The stage thus is set for
lively and interesting campaign be-
tween now and November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Everybody's Bumps

President Eisenhower offered some
temperate advice TO everybody-to busi-
ness and industry, to labor, TO consumers
and to politicians - in his economic
address in New York this week. The gist
of 1t was that all these groups have their
share OF responsibility, as well as their
opportunity for constructive action, In
influencing the course OF the national
economy. And although Government can
and should take, and indeed has taken,
a leading role 1t alone cannot guar
antee prosperity"-or take all the
bumps out Of the road"-by any set Of
DEGREES or actions.
"our economy" Mr.. Eisenhower re-
minded his audience, sis not the Federal
Reserve System, or the Treasury, or the
Congress, or the White House. This
Nation of 43 million families, TIA million
people-what we all think and what we
all do-that is our economy"
Addressing himself primarily to
management audience, the President
spelled out his most specific counsel to
that segment of the economy. He urged
it, as he has done before, to intensity its
research activities, to abandon timidity
on inventory buying, to invest in plant
and equipment while money and mate
rails are available on favorable basis,
to design price policies to bring increas-
ing volume of production and consump-
ton. To labor and management jointly
he warned that wage and price decisions
must be consistent with stable dollar,
not the guarantees of another dismal
sequence" in the inflationary spiral.
For those who are necessarily de-
manding greater Government interven-
ton, the President recited the actions
already taken and the proposals pending
before Congress. He promised certain
decisions" soon in the field Of taxation,
after consultation with congressional
leaders, but not as a subject for political
competition"
There are some, perhaps, who feel
that Government in these days of "big
government" has the ultimate reSpon-
Sibility and the power to go with it to
keep the economy constantly booming.
Mr.. Eisenhower nominated "for oblivion"
a batch of widely held ideas. This is one
that might be added, while some thought
is given to his more serious advice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Kennedy's Money

william S. Whites column
In The Star is always inter-
esting. The one about John
F. Kennedy and his Money"
was Of special interest to me
as / am concerned about the
next President Of our coun-
try.
The good points" Mr..
White listed we're excellent,
but I think he cut them
short. The bad points" were
not bad at all, they could
have been listed with the
good points.
Money doesn't diSqualify a
man for this high Office of
President of the United
States, nor does the lack Of it
qualify him. You do not
judge men by their bank &C
counts.
I am not a Catholic, but I
feel that being faithful to his
religious beliefs is an asset
to Mr.. Kennedy. We all be-
lieve in the same God, and
I'm sure there will be some
of all faiths in Heaven. If
our people should hold a
mans religion against him,
and I don't think they will,
our country is in trouble.
More power to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy.
What is wrong with rearing
a family to shoulder respon-
Sibility?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22

and by a total vote Of more than TOO
900. Both senatorial nominees had II
easy, Republican Representative Hugh
Scott and Democratic Governor George
Z. Leader running away from their OPP
position with totals exceeding 100000
votes each.
Bracketed with California as the
second largest State in electoral vote
strength, Pennsylvania carries lot OF
influence into presidential conventions
and subsequent campaigns. In that cir
cumstance, control OF the State admin
istration has substantial value well In
advance Of presidential year, and the
national party leaderships will be keep
Ing a watchful eye on Pennsylvania next
November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
keystone State Votes

The Pennsylvania primaries have
ended as generally predicted, but have
left some major political questions in
their wake. One concerns the future
of Harold StaSSen, whose bold bid for
the Republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton was Steam-rollered by the States
COP. organizational ticket. The other
is how Pennsylvania itself, key State
in the balance of Nationwide politics,
is likely to choose between the two big
parties this fall and in the presidential
race in 1860
For anyone with less political re-
siliency and determination than Mr..
Stassen, this latest in string of set
backs might mean the end of the road.
He entered this primary with slight
prospects and only shadowy support.
His was mostly one-man campaign
and yet, while defeated by nearly
quarter million votes, he was still the
choice of approximately $4,000 Penn
sylvania Republicans To question on
his future, Mr.. StaSSen'S answer was
that of an experienced and still-active
WALL, AlC OAHU, AOAlOW AAAo
lifelong devotion to public service and
the Republican Party And he left the
door we'll ajar for further political ad-
ventures when he added that many
things can happen in the four years
between elections"
AS for the State, it was notable that
Republican and Democratic primary
totals we're not far apart-particularl
when allowance is made for the con-
tests within each party. In beating Mr.
Stassen and two other COP. candi-
dates, Arthur T. McGonigle, beginner
in politics, rang up well over $4,000
votes. On the other side, Mayor David
Lawrence of Pittsburgh, veteran cam
paigner and consistent Democratic Win
ner, earned his party'S gubernatorial
nomination against lesser opposition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22

There has been a great deal of criti-
cism In Latin America and here at home
about how the United States-Govern-
ment and people alike-tends to meg
lect" or take for granted" its rela-
lions with the republics south Of us.
Actually, however, although Vice Presi-
dent Nixon's rough experiences in Peru
and Venezuela have had the effect Of
intensifying it, such criticism seems to
be a bit distorted when measured
against the record of our good neigh
Dor" policy.
At any rate, at his latest news con-
ference, Secretary Of State Dulles has
presented persuasive case against the
idea that our country has been in
different to the other Americas or has
been treating them as neighbors or step
cousins deserving only secondary or
minor consideration. On the contrary, as
he has put 1t, our relations with them
"have never been in any Subordinated
category. In many respects, we have
given them primary Importance, partic-
ularly over recent years"
Why then, the persistent and sharp
criticism? Perhaps one answer can be
found in the fact that our cooperation
with all the members of the Organiza-
ton of American States is centered
here in Washington, where the GAS it
self is headquartered. This means, in Mr..
Dulles words, that such cooperation
goes on in this city quietly-contin-
uouSly and Systematically but in way
that is less conspicuous, less likely to
attract attention or win headlines, than
the periodic ministerial meetings held
abroad by alliances like NATO or
SEATO. Yet, despite this, our hemi-
Spheric collaboration is a decidedly
major thing without parallel elsewhere
In the world.
In fact, according to Mr.. Dulles,
our country devotes as much time and
thought to the problems of the Americas
as to the problems of any other region,
and our dealings with these sister
republics involve tremendous volume
of trade, big flow of our private
capital to them, and large-scale loans
by our Export Import Bank. Certainly,
as the Secretary has said, eff you take
all those things into account, you will
see that the interest and concern of the
United States with Latin America is
very great indeed"
1t is true, of course, that there
are serious differences-especially eco
nomic-between us and some of our
neighborS to the south. But such differ
enceS occur in the best of families, and
even If our Government seems to have
handled them less effectively than they
might have been handled, they do not
mean that our country has downgraded
the Importance of Latin America. Mr..
Dulles has made that much quite clear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Mrs. Ethel Poole.
Vocational Wizord'

If I were asked to give a
name to the Wizard of o."
1t would be Miss Susan Hen
bricks of the Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation,
who has devoted her life and
love to her fellowman.
Through her rehabilitation
efforts she has shown those
VINO have come to her for
help that they have heart
inside that shell they built
around themselves, wisdom
and capabilities useful to
others and courage to carry
their own weight in the
world.
Best of all, she unites en-
ployer and employe on an
equal standard of usefulness,
one to the other. She brings
new meaning to the words.
'life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness"
This organization rates a
big hand and all due CO.
operation.
TiIv II CnhuarV,a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Tributes to Stokes

I believe that I will be
among The Star readers who
will mourn the passing of
political columnist Thomas
Stokes the most.
Mr.. Stokes, along with the
late former Vice President
Alben Barley, was an idol
of mine. Mainly, I believe,
because he was a white man
of Southern birth who was
educated and able to triumph
over the apparent cultural
lag of the Southern milieu
thinking and beliefs. Mr..
Stokes, a Southerner like Mr..
Barley, was able to fight
within himself the beliefs
thrust upon him that the
Negro was subhuman and,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

This is the "crow court"
with final judgment, often
read about in books.
1t is a good story.
The truth is nearer to this.
that the bird, for one Of a
hundred reasons, was set
upon. In nature, the differ
ent specimen is always I'M
wanted. In the Antarctic.
the all-white penguin baby is
turned upon by its own
mother.
The crow is no special
danger to smaller birds.
Maybe at nesting time, but
not in the usual days Of the
long year.
Those observers who think
this big blackbird is to be
feared have seen a victim,
sometime, and think all
crows are as mean.
AS a matter of fact, the
crow is not half as mean as
the purple grackle. The
grackle loves to tear of legs
and heads of baby birds Of
other species. Not nice, that
is true. but nature is often
not nice in the human sense.
Americas crow is not given
to frequenting the great sub
urban areas that surround all
her greater cities.
A few Of them may fly in,
mostly in early morning. set
up a noisy gathering for q
time. then fly away.
The crow is more likely to
come to country club neigh
borhoods, where the wide
expanses Of golf links appeal
to them. They like real turf,
managing to find grubS and
insects, and thus making
themselves assistants at no
salary except the food they
take.
If it is possible the crow
deserves some of the blame
attached to it, but to the
watcher Of the evergreen, the
big bird seemed pleasant and
happy enough, and attractive
through coloring, glisten and
habits.
Not every bird can be as
cute as the chickadee. as
bright as the male cardinal.
as altogether charming as
the wood thrush. For best re-
suits in modern bird watch
ing, the observer needs them
all. Even a turkey buzzard,
properly vulture, is a good
visitor, upon occasion. And
a red-shouldered hawk. too:
the watcher need not fear
harm to his precious native
birds from an occasional
intrusion. And II there is q
more beautiful bird than a
hawk, really, one will have
to 90 q long way to see 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
Sheer Nonsense

In your editorial. "Shrill
BarkS-Wrong Tree" you re-
port dissents to the sending
Of Marines toward Venezuela
and then add:
ITO all of which we say:
"Sheer nonsense! Let's re-
member that the troops were
sent to American bases to
await a possible call for help
from the Venezuelan authori-
ties"
To which I say: Speaking
Of sheer nonsense, let's really
put our political knowledge
to work and try-by the
widest stretch of our imagi-
nations-to think of Vene-
zuelan authorities actually
inviting United States
Marines to enter their coun-
try at this time.
last WnOf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
LETTERS TO THE STAR

consequently, inferior intel
lectually. socially, and, Of
course, politically. He tri-
umphed oyer this great myth
to become one Of the great
est humans to fight for the
rights of men in the truest
human tradition. No one
could find q more aggressive
iconoclast of racial discrim-
nation and segregation than
Thomas Stokes.
Mr.. Stokes, along with Al
ben Berkeley. was opposed TO
all indignities and prohibi-
lions because of race, and the
whole world knew he was,
too. He did not play the
game of back office" or
"cloSed door" friend Of the
Negro. a game played so
skillfully by white South
erner politicians for ages. Mr..
Stokes was a friend Of the
colored man in the Office be-
hind the closed doors, where
others could not see him; he
was this friend in all his writ
ings, and he was a friend on
the streets and in the public
places where all could see
him-whether they, his OBJ
servers, were Southern = or
Northern whites. He just did
not care. What mattered and
did care was that he was
doing what was right and to
him what a true Christian
should do to feel right with
in his own self.
Leonard s. Brown.
4 \ \
1t is with deep sorrow and
regret that many of us
learned of the death of
two stalwart newspapermen.
Elmer Davis and Thomas
Stokes. Both were South
erners, native or adopted,
who we're bold enough to
hold up for the principles
upon which our Nation has
founded, despite the emo
tional hysteria of the times.
Stokes in particular was
the columniSt to whom this
and many other readers of
The Star turned daily to
get a liberal point of view
on public issues. He never
failed to point out how the
traditional Southern moreS
kept the South the weakest
section of our Nation. We
hope The Star will soon get
a writer to keep us informed
on issues from the stand
point Of those who believe
that all citizens Of the United
States should have equal
rights and privileges in any
State in which they reside.
David Lawrence is impoS-
sible, Gould Lincoln and
Dorothy Thompson seldom
interest the average citizen;
only Doris Fleeson occasion
ally makes sense to the
grass-roots people. White
is too new. Please find us
another columnist like the
late Tom Stokes.
z N u.-L...on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22

A big crow few into the
tall evergreen and vanished
from sight of the bird
watcher.
Instead of the usual re-
action of such people; this
one was glad.
A crow, to him, is a bird,
too, and a very interesting
one.
Few species have been more
prosecuted, both by humans
and other birds.
In this instance, the jays
and starlings ganged up to
fly in and around the tree,
yelling and squawking.
The crow did not bulge.
Neither by sight or sound
was he to be grasped by
ordinary human sense. One
sense, knowledge, knew he
was still there.
4 + 4
After q time, the attacking
small birds gave up and went
back to their more pleasant
duties, whatever they were
at the odd season when
nesting has not commenced
and winter still hung on.
The crow finally decided
1t was safe to come out.
He stuck his black head
through the boughs, looked
around, then with a flap Of
wings, went out Of the neigh
borhood.
This is one of the Tapping
birds.
Some of the smaller species
seldom flap. They manage
to get along with much less
wing motion, often gliding.
The crow, it seemed to the
watcher, rather specializes in
Tapping. This big relative
of the blue jay is expert in
almost everything he does.
So expert. in fact, that
country people, to whom
birds are common place and
everyday things, attribute
special powers to him.
The crow, according to
legend, holds courts, renders
verdicts and carries them out.
The crow court is often told
about, but specialists say
there is not a word of truth
to the idea.
What is true is that some
times one lone crow is q
part Of a noisy gathering OF
crows, wherein first one speci-
men and then another sets
UP a great clamor.
The one specimen is silent,
and does, indeed, look very
guilty. Probably it is Ill.
Finally, the din stops, and
the action begins.
One crow flies at the silent
one, and gives it a peck.
One after another pecks at
the poor bird. which finally
is killed, or driven away In
mad flight. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22

The report recently pub
lished by the Maryland Com
mission on Interracial Prob
lens and Relations recon-
mended that the Legislature
pass legislation to compel all
public places to open their
doors and serve Negroes as
well as whites.
I feel that this recommen-
dalton of the Interracial
Commission is something
quite contrary to the wishes
of the vast majority of the
people Of Maryland, both COL
ored and white, who wish to
remain to themselves and
are opposed to any forced
indignation.
The Commission on Inter-
racial Problems and Rela-
tions was created in 1851 Ito
promote in every way pos
sible the welfare of the COL
ored race and the betterment
Of interracial relations" AS
a white man, I consider this
as the rankest sort Of dis
elimination.
If public monies are being
spent for the betterment and
promotion Of one race, why
should not the other races
have public money spent to
promote their welfare also?
And / do not know of any
similar law under which pub
lie monies are being spent to
promote either the welfare Of
the white race or the welfare
Of both colored and white
who prefer to be by them
selves and be members Of
their own race.
C. Maurice Weidemeyer.
Annapolis, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-22
THE POLITICAL MILL
New Primary Warnings for G. o. P.
By GOULD LINCOLN

succeeded In nominating Mr..
Mc0oniele. the organization
would be In for another lick
ing next fan.
Lawrence Popular
The Democrats have nom-
mated 6e-year-old Mayor
David L. Lawrence for Gov
ernor. He won an easy race
against Ii. Gov. Roy Z. Fur
man. Mr.. Lawrence Is q
Catholic and Pennsylvania
has never had q Catholic
Governor. He Is confident the
religious issue will not inJure
his chances In the general
election. His followers expect
him 10 win, claiming he viii
have strong labor support,
and that many Republicans,
particularly In the Pitts
burgh area. viii vote for him.
In his four terms as Mayor
OF that city. Mr.. Lawrence
has done an excellent Job OF
cleaning up and improving
Pittsburgh - with the Mel
Ions working right along
with him. His Republican OPP
ponent is a novice In politics,
never having run for ONCE
before. For q year Mr.. Nc
Gonigle has been Republican
finance chairman Of Penn
sylvania. He is q successful
businessman at 81 - having
come a long way since the
days when he was a poor boy.
The race for Senator In the
Keystone State may be more
dificult for the Democrats TO
win. Gov. George Leader,
Democrat, is not as popular
as Mayor Lawrence. Clarence
p. Bowers. who ran on the
Furman ticket, rolled up
some 250,000 votes against
Gov. Leader in the senate
rial primary. Representative
Hugh Scott won the Repub-
lican senatorial nomination
in q walk over Weldon B.
Hepburn, who ran on the
Stassen ticket. Mr.. Hepburn
had something over 10000
votes to Mr.. SCOTS 100000.
Mr.. Scott has been 2 member
of the House for many years
and a former chairman OF
the Republican National
Committee. Indeed. the Re-
publicans are counting on a
Scott victory, no matter how
the race for Governor goes.
The Democrats are relying
heavily on the recession and
unemployment in Pennsyl-
vania to help them to victory.
Democratic Unity
In Maryland, the Demo-
Gratis show signs of greater
unity than in the last dozen
years. Since the registered
Democrats there outnumber
the registered Republicans
by almost 3 to /, it is clear
that only when the Demo-
Gratis have factional diff
culties, as they have had,
can the Republicans hope to
win. Mayor D'Alesandro Of
Baltimore, the Democratic
candidate for Senator, will
be a formidable foe indeed
for his Republican opponent,
Senator Beall. j. Millard
Tawes, the Democratic can
didate for Governor. may be
an even tougher opponent
for Representative James P.
S. Devereux, the Republican
nominee.