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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Test for Mr.. Reuther

The contract negotiations which
have gotten under way in Detroit will
provide severe test for Walter Reuther
and perhaps for the national economy
as well.
Only few weeks ago strike talk
was in the air, and the JAW head was
calling for shorter work week with
increased pay. Later Mr.. Reuther came
up with his profit-Sharing plan, and it
has not been entirely clear whether this
was put forward as substitute proposal
or as supplemental demand. At this
stage of. the game it doesn't matter
greatly. For the auto industry has been
hit hard by the business slump, and the
guessing in Detroit is that none of these
things will see the light of day when
the new contract is written.
The greatest obstacle facing the
union negotiators looms up in the form
of $4,000 new cars filling the dealer
ShowroomS and lots. There may be
several reasons for the slump in sales.
But a key reason, certainly, is buyer
resistance to the high price tags on the
cars. So Mr.. Reuther's problem, when
boiled down, is to get contract which
will include some new benefits for his
union members, but which, at the same
time, will not lead to further increase
In the selling price of automobiles. His
alternative is to strike in support of
demands which the industry in the pre-
vailing economic climate will resist to
the last ditch. The betting is that Mr..
Reuther, fully cognizant of the threat
which such strike would entail for
both the union and the employers, will
not go to this extreme. If this is
correct, and if a reasonable contract
emerges, the stage may be set for at
least temporary national restraint on
the wage-price spiral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

The styles of dress designer Claire
McCardell who died last week end at
the age of So, have been described in
variety of technically flattering terms.
But it could be that the best description
for both Miss McCardell and her crea-
tionS was that they were "as American
as apple pie"
For this native of nearby Frederick,
Maryland, who had many personal
friends in this area, sensed early in her
chosen career as designer of women'S
clothes that there is very wide market,
if not in fact need, for styles that are
smart but functional, classic but simple,
and, in short, representative of broad
cross-section of the American way of
life. Miss McCardell applied this theory,
and with great success, but not without
first qualifying herself in Paris, the fash
ion capital of the Western world. Intent
first upon becoming fashion illus
traitor, she studied in Paris and for APP
proximately decade was influenced in
a conventional way by the trends of
French fashion. 1t was about 1910 that
her own American individualism came
strongly to the fore and that she broke
completely with the Partisan style die
tateS.
To countless American women, and
to their male admirers, Miss McCardell
was on unquestionably sound ground
when she decided that French styles
were impractical and much too fussy.
Instead, she designed clothes affording
comfort in the rain, in the sun, comfort
for active sports, comfort for sitting still
and looking pretty" With these speci-
fications, her creations had timelesS-
ness that kept them "in'style" year after
year.
1t was compliment to her artistry,
and perhaps to an even deeper percep-
ton Of taste in her time, that she was
known as the "all-American designer for
the all-American girl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Good Luck, Corky

1t is heart-warming to read that
"Corky" Kelly has decided, for himself,
that he would like to enter the United
States Military Academy at West Point.
This is not so because America is eager
that its youths should prefer a career,
or even an education, in soldering to one
more identified with the pursuits of
peace. 1t is so because destiny conferred
upon Corky unique heritage when a
wartime President, Franklin D. RooSe-
welt, asked of his then unknown sue
cesSor IS years hence to give special con-
Sideration to this young American "aS
token of the Nations appreciation of the
heroic services of his father"
Corky Kelly was 16 months old when
Mr.. Roosevelt addressed this appeal
under date of December II, 1941. Only
ten days before, the japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor had drawn our country
into the worlds greatest war. On De-
cember 10 of that year, Captain Colin P.
Kelly, jr., West Point graduate, had flown
his BIZ out of Clark Field in the Philip
pines to attack japanese naval squad
ron. He was credited with an effective
strike on the enemy, but neither Captain
Kelly nor his Bit returned
In the years since, Colin P. Kelly III
has grown up as so many other Amer
lean boys "of goodly heritage" He is II
now, high school senior at Chester
Heights, Pennsylvania, president of the
student body, a good scholar, an Eagle
Scout and star on the school soccer
team. He has made his decision that he
would like to attend his fathers school.
His mother says she hopes he can "enter
West Point like any other plebe." All of
us will join in these hopes of mother and
son, and in wishing Corky the best of
luck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

planning done by someone
across the river is a little too
much to ask the people of
Northern Virginia to swallow.
Fern Mcmahon.
Editors note: The Star
editorially supports Northern
Virginia planning on a re-
gional basis (See editorial,
Regional Blueprint" of Feb
ruary 81. but, as stated in the
March 81 editorial, believes
that it should be closely CO.
ordinated with Metropolitan
Area planning. so as to avoid
conflict and confusion. We
are glad that the Northern
Virginia Planning and Eco
nomic Development Commits
sion recognizes the impor-
lance Of such teamwork
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

@. Is New York the largest
city in the world in popula-
tion?-J. X.
A. Probably not, although
1t is difficult to say definitely
because no uniform census
taken at the same time has
ever been available. Census
taking methods vary from
country to country. Tokyo
now claims to be the worlds
largest city, with a count Of
8.471,637 as Of June /. 1857.
In 1855, London had an esti-
mated population Of 8,289,9l0
A special census in New York
in the summer of 1857 showed
the population Of the city
itself to be only 77l,509-a
drop of over 10000 from the
1850 census flgures-but the
New York Metropolitan Area
(which includes suburbs apA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
High Cost of Living

A furious race to speed
Federal action on business
recovery is on. Four-point
anti-recession progra S,
seyen-point programs, cuts
in taxes, cuts on excise taxes
on automobiles, etc., are dis
cussed; all this and more to
give the economy a shot in
the arm" for another year
or two, with prices going UP
and up for the past two years.
I'm not an economist. but I
believe the real reason why
we have a depression (re-
ceSsion to some) is that prices
have been too high. I need a
new car, but can't pay $500
for a low-priced car. The
same goes for some of my
friends. My wife buys a can
of groceries for 81 cents one
day, the next day the same
can is marked q cents, up
to 80 per cent increase. To
the Labor Department statis-
ticians it is Il of / per cent
increase. I can't figure them
out.
The only way we will have
lasting prosperity is to take
measures to clamp down
wage, price and material
freezes; otherwise two years
from now we will have the
same recession" all over
again. I wish we had listened
to Bernard Baruch when he
advocated price controls 10
years ago. AS you know, bank
deposits are at an all-time
high, more United States
Savings Bonds have been sold
last year than in any other
year, which means there is
plenty of money in the hands
of consumers. So why a re-
cesSion?
It would be interesting to
see the results of a ques-
tionnaire asking the public
the following question: IF
prices were lower, or if prices
and wages are stabilized,
would you buy more?" I be-
lieve they would. I know 1
would.
Joseph Rice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Troubled Waters

The old adage that an or
ganization is as good as the
men who staff it was GER
tainly confirmed in Fairfax
when the water authority
chairman gave his first So
called progress report" to
the county board.
It was a shock to realize
that, despite some very
smooth talk about I'VE are
considering" and I'VE are
looking into" the things that
need to be done to build a
water system for Fairfax,
nothing substantial has re-
ally been done by the au-
thority in the six months of
its existence.
The movement which gave
the authority its birth-pur-
chase of the Annandale Wa
ter Company-is still in "the
study stage" However, the
six months Of study" should
have been spent in develop
ing some kind of overall plan
of which the Annandale Wa
ter Co. is but a small part.
We've got to know where
we're going, and how fast we
have to get there. A good
water system takes a lot of
planning and lots of time to
build it. We can't wait for
the problems to fall on top
of us before deciding to do
something about them.
An authority seems a good
idea for developing a water
system. But it's as good as
the men who run it. Let's
hope the authority will be-
gin to look ahead, instead of
having it dream up smooth
apologies about why they
haven't yet moved forward
with a full county program.
Robert Adams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Ocean Secrets Studied From Towers
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

The next level is the main
deck below which are living
quarters and recreational
and messing facilities. The
lowest deck houses the power
plants and storage rooms.
On the bottom deck also is
located the oceanographic
observatory. This is a COM
partment Of Is by 20 feet.
About half this space is taken
up by the instrument lower
ing facilities and the other
half by recording equipment.
Most of the instruments used
record data automatically but
two men on continuous call
are required to take care of
them.
Most Of the instruments
are extremely delicate and it
was necessary to devise an
ingenious elevator system to
get them into the observa-
tory without injury. Most Of
the recordings made are
such as could not be made
from islands anywhere, and
otherwise only from ships.
Hard to Install
The Nays major problem,
says the report, was getting
these man-made islands in
place. 1t was necessary to tow
them to sea 'out of Boston
when ocean conditions were
most favorable. This required
the most accurate possible
predicting on the part of the
graphic Office in
Washington. At times waves
are 35 feet high and winds
blow at go miles an hour over
the shoals of the New Eng
land coast.
Tie photographers gave
the signal to go only after a
study of the wave pattern in
this area over a period OF
many years, so far as this
was possible from the insult
ficent records available. In
stallation of the second tower.
about so miles southeast OF
Nantucket, barely beat the
unexpected arrival Of hurri-
cane Betsy last year. A few
hours delay in timing might
have been fatal to the project.
AS it was, the hurricane
waves rolled harmlessly
against the structure.
Even if any threat Of at.
tack vanished, say the hy-
drographers, the towers would
probably be retained per.
manently as scientific observ-
atories for, in the words Of
the report, 1.-THE more we
know about the ocean the
more likely we are to succeed
in the enterprises we UNDER
take on or under her sur.
face"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Presidential Disability

AZ wac 4dAOC 4llJC1 CobAIlS W
note the proposals of two
physicians to remove the
President from Office on ac-
count of disability. While DR..
Thomas E. Mattingly's pro-
posal is more rational and
understanding than that of
DR.. Charles K. Bush, neither
treats the Office of President
properly.
The President is not mere
ly someone appointed, as
would be commissioned mill
tary personnel. The President
is elected by the people of the
United States. The people
through their elected rep
reSentativeS (Congress) have
the sole power to remove the
President. AS long as the
President is able to decide
his own continuance in Office,
so should it be. If the Presi-
dent is in such bodily condi-
ton mentally or physically
as to be unable to carry the
office. the Vice President
should be the sole individual
to so decide. Should the Vice
President make the decision
to assume the Office, he should
retain that Office on an in
term basis subject to the
confirmation of three fourths
of both houses of Congress.
If within three months the
disabled President is unable
to reassume the Office on his
own declaration-then the
Vice President should become
Internationally the new
President.
A. E. TOmkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
In Defense of Youth

I thoroughly sympathize
with the views expressed in
the March 81 letter Of Paul
j. Dudeck, president of the
Hi-Torques Hot Rod Club
Of Maryland. We oldsters
have a nasty habit of being
cynical about youth and its
ways could this be the green
eyed Monastery and we have
actually made Juvenile" and
"teen-ager" into slightly dirty
words.
What II we stopped heap
ing moral scorn on our young
people, examined our own
lives. and asked Gods for
giveness for our sins?
James F. Rettget,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

stands on end a bit, not very
much, and chills run down his
backbone.
Probably this goes back
through the centuries to one
time when the Old Man Of
the tribe caught little Oogie
coming out of the cave with
a big smear on his mouth.
You ate my bone!"
screamed the o. M.
Little Oogie trembled.
He had not eaten the bone.
it was too big. and. besides.
he didn't like the taste.
Look me in the eye." COM
manded the Old Man. "Ah.
you can't do it, eh?" Etc,
etc.
Being stared at, In some
people. Immediately releases
these ancient fears.
The more honest they are,
the more guilty they look.
They are so honest, in fact,
that they have never learned
the simple arts of disSimula-
ton known to all peoples in
all nations the world around
since long before the pyra-
mids were built.
The eye is not the mirror
Of the soul. or anything else.
1t is simply an eye, which
is wonderful enough.
One part Of it is a direct
prolongation of the brain.
subject to all the clash Of
facts and fancy, poetry and
fact, control and lack of con-
troll, the entire mind and
body and soul are subject to
IN all OF us.
The more of a liar a man
is, the more need for him to
subdue all these things to his
inner necessity, and the
quicker he is to take control
of the factors Of psychology
for his own benefit.
He knows, as the whole
world knows, that 80 people
out of 100 believe that
1.-The honest man looks you
squarely in the eye" etc.
This is a perfect setup for
him.
Look" he seems to be
saying, "see how perfectly I
look you in the eye. Not a
quaver. not a flicker; it
means I am completely hon.
est. the honestest man ever
seen on earth"
"Hokum," somebody ought
to say to him, and police Of
f1cials often do. They know
you can't tell a rascal by his
eyes. or an honest man,
either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE
BY THE HASKIN

northeastern New Jersey
had an estimated population
of almost double this figure
(l4,066,000)
@. How many teachers
have taken part in the teach
er exchange program?-W. j.
A. Including those involved
in the current school year
exchange, a total of 4.273
teachers from the United
States and 81 other coun-
tries have participated in ex-
change teaching arranged by
the Office Of EDUCATION under
the State Departments in
ternational education ex-
change program. The first
exchange teachers we're "A
American and "A British
teachers who exchanged posi-
tons during the school year.
1867. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
Sales Resistance

Could it be possible that a
contributing cause of the
so-called recession" in this
country is the fact that the
manufacturers are turning
out goods that we consumers
do not like? Have you
noticed the increasing num-
Der of foreign-made cars on
our streets. Do you like to
bend to the floor to see
what's cooking in the new
stream-lined stove? No?
Well neither do /, and / am
one consumer who is strik-
ing.
Why can't the automobile
manufacturers give us a
higher, more comfortable.
conservative car with less
chrome and less length and
palmer colors and without
those ridiculous looking fms,
so that it would not be
necessary to build an addi-
ton to the barn or garage to
house 1t?
For years I have been try
ing to buy a new gas stove
with a high oven and six
burners, made as one unit
and movable as a whole.
But can ! find It? Mo-!
/ either have to take one Of
the low, streamlined models.
II / want it all in one piece,
or I must tear UP my kitchen
to have a high oven built in.
These are just two Of my
pet gripes about what the
manufacturers are asking us
to buy today. I'm keeping
my old car and my old stove.
I have the asking price
but I'm not buyingl
Anne c. Kilburnf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

One of the great fallacies
is that an honest man can
look you squarely in the eye.
1t would be a great deal
nearer the truth to say that
the crook, the dishonest man,
and the sneak can look you
in the eye.
Straight vision means Moth
ing at all, when it comes to
portraying honesty, but SO
out of 100 people think it
does.
The bold, brassy individual
thus finds SO out of a 100
people directly playing into
his hand.
He looks 'eln in the eye, as
the saying goes, and they
think he is honest!
X X X X
There are a hundred differ
ent reasons that may make it
impractical if not downright
impossible for someone to
look you in the eye.
This fake measure of the
honest and open heart and
mind is taught in all the
schools. however.
Look me in the eye, john
ny" bellows teacher, land
tell me the truth"
That, of course. is the way
it is taught. not by visual
instruction on the black
board.
Mother and Daddy at home
have the same sort of meas
urement, too.
They have heard some
where that the sneak and the
untruthful cannot look you
in the eye, and they believe
implicitly in this piece of
pSeudo-science.
X 4 4 X
There is psychology in it.
all right, but not in the way
most people think.
What happens is that
the really truthful person
is very likely to be a sensitive
individual. Maybe the pSy-
chiatrists could explain it..
His nervous organization is
much more likely to show it.
self by mere surface symp-
toms.
This type Of person alone
can know Just how viciously
wrong the old saying can be.
that you can tell an honest
person by the way he looks
you in the eye.
The moment someone
stares at the sensitive one.
especially a child, things be-
gin to happen to him.
His skin creeps, his hair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

The "Texas Towers" three
man-made islands off the
New England coast estab-
lished as part of the country's
early warning system of air
attacks, are not just waiting
idly for the next war.
They have Navy scientific
teams aboard, are loaded
with recording instruments
and are yielding knowledge
of ocean phenomena, says a
Navy report. at a fraction of
the cost of similar data OBJ
tanned from ships. The SCI
entific program is conferred
on tower two, located in go
feet of water about l60 miles
southeast of Boston. This
constitutes a well-equipped
oceano graphic observatory
operated by the Navy's Hy-
geographic Office.
Value of Studies
at now is being utilized, I"
says the report" for study of
problems growing out of the
undersea warfare program.
such as the effective range of
sonar devices and mine
conference.-the problems. 1t
is leading to an understand
ing of many environmental
phenomena, such as the phys
ical processes Of the ocean.
AS the data are being OBJ
tanned from a platform that
is relatively free from inter-
ference they present a clear
er picture of the ocean and
its processes than do those
obtained from other types of
platforms, such as the I'M
dulating deck of a ship"
The towers" So-named
because Of their superficial
resemblance to oil well plat
forms installed off the coast
of Texas, are in the shape of
equilateral triangles with
sides about 1876 feet long.
Unlike islands that occur
elsewhere, they literally
stand on the sea bottom, by
means of three legs that are
imbedded in the shoals that
: underlie the ocean in their
areas. The legs, steel and
concrete pillars ten feet : in
diameter, support the plat
forms at a height of more
than so feet above the water.
They are the largest struc-
lures ever installed so high
above the sea and so far from
land.
On the four decks that
make up the giant triangle,
more than 70 men live and
work throughout the year
On the top deck is the radar
equipment for detecting ap-
preaching planes or rockets,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26

fertile fields of exploitation-green
fields and valleys and forests which
motorists should be permitted to enjoy
free of interference from signboard
curtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sltiOn.
Diario las Américas., 1958-09-04
Crisis Economical
de ZEE. w.. Afecto
Mercudo Mundiul

WASHINGTON sept. g.
UPD- Segun I'm analisis esta-
distico del DEPARTMENT. de Co
me.cio, dado a conocer esta Sc
mana, la crisis economical mum
dial que Sc lnicio a mediados
del ano pasado y que, en- eStoS
molrentos esta daudo muestras
de disminuir, provoco una per-
dida dc mas o menos ell ocho
por cicnto en- ell total de las ex-
portac.ones mundiales.
LueGo de reducir las estadis-
ticas comercidles de todos los
PASSES del mundo, a SUI equiva-
lentc en- dolares norteamerica-
nos, ell Departamento calcul6
que las exportaciones de todos
los paises, en- ell primer trimes-
ire del ano en- curse, alcanza-
ron una proportion annual de
90. 1850. 900 de dolareS.
La proposition annual ara Ell
prime" trimestre del ano pasa-
90, fue de 100.460.0 00. 600 de
doldres.
III total real de las exporta-
clones mundiales para ell ano
calendario de 1857, fue de 100.-
300.000.00 de dolares y de 3d.
594.000.000 para ell ano calen-
dario de 1856.
Los graficos estadisticos re-
lativos al comercio, durante ell
primer semestre de 1857, no
muestran todavia un aumento
del volumen total de las expor.
t~aciones o de las importaciones
muhdiales, pero la tendencia
mas favorable en- la perspecti-
va del concrete de Estados Uni
dos, ha movido a algunos peri
toS a alimentar la esperanto de
unS pronto mejoramiento gene
raj de la situacion. La pr6rroga
-(Pasa a IA pag. 81
Diario las Américas., 1958-09-04

ZainlentoS
en- las Sec
clones de la
espina dor
sal, elimi-
nacion i'm
propia de
d e s p e r
d c i o S
y perdida
de fuerza
vital en- los
nervioS.
Su Quiro-
Diario las Américas., 1958-09-04
Veneciu Tributu Bienvenidu a Ia
Actriz Frdncesa Brigitte Bardot

hotel en- que Sc ALOHA. Con
Disted TODD Ell tempo a 81 la
do, Brigitte Sc neg6 obstina.
damente q contestar a todas
las preguntas que Sc lie hicie-
ron Sobre SuS prOpositoS ma
trimonialeS.
"IEsta pr6ximo a anunciar-
Sc sI compromise con Dis
tel?," Sc lie pregunt6.
"Tendran la respuesta a esa
pregunta cuando Sc haga Ell
anuncio," replica Brigitte.
Brigitte asistio anoche a la
exhibition de su pelicula "En
Case de Desgracia" Cen Cas-
de Malheur), siguiendo des-
pues una reunion con caviar
y champana en- ell palacio Ba.
rabo, a la orilla del Gran Ca
nal, que lie ofreci6 Ell produc-
tor Raoul Levy.
Durante toda SUI breve per.
manencia en- un hotel de la
playa veneciana de Lido, Bri-
Cite Ia c-.s6o en- su aparta-
miento acompanada de Distel.
Y en- cada oportunidad que Sc
la ha visto en- publico, siem-
pre- la ha %acompanado Distel.
Y en- la lancha autom6vil es-
pecial en- que lego a la re-
cepcion, en- ell palacio de los
Dux, ALI estaba tambien Dis
tel.
Entire tanto, los funciona-
rios organizadores del festival
-(PaSa a la Gag. 8,