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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Backward Bar

The District Bar Association still
clingS Stubbornly to the past in a way
that makes little or no sense. In an
other of It's mail referendumS, it has
failed-by vote of LAO for and $40
againSt-to achieve the two-thirdS ma
jority required to change its bylaws to
allow the admission of qualified Negro
lawyers into membership. Clearly, the
BEST that can be said of such decision
Is that it seems altogether backward
and unrealiStic.
BY way of contrast, it is interesting
and instructive to recall that the Dis
trict Medical Society-which for years
had no Negro doctors as members, al
though there was no specific ban on
them-voted two to one in 1851 to admit
Them, and it later backed up this de-
ciSion with a three-to-one confirming
vote. AS a result, in September of 1852,
the first group of these physicians be-
came part of the Society'S active roster,
and the time certainly has come for our
lawyers to take the same sort of action
The issue will come up again for
consideration in October, and at that
time the necessary tWo-thirdS majority
ought to be attained AS matters stand,
judged by all reasonable and common
sense standards, the District Bar ASso-
citation is in an untenable position which
it must abandon eventually, and the
sooner the better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
LouicoI Traffic Reform

The reorganization of the Districts
Highway and Traffic Departments or
dered by the Commissioners is logical
step toward giving Washington a more
efficient and more economical system
of traffic engineering and control, The
transfer from the Traffic Department
to the Highway Department of traffic
Engineering functions was recommended
as a part of the 1858 reorganization of
the District government, but was re-
iected at that time because of fears that
traffic engineering might be Subordi-
mated to the planning and construction
of highways, There need be no ground
for such fears, however, if the Commits
asioners see to it that traffic engineering
is given a status coordinate with that
of construction, design and maintenance
of highways.
The report to the Commissioners
by the Automotive Safety Foundation
provides persuasive evidence of the need
,stor better COORDINATION of activities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12

of these prospective "stu-
dents"
Mr.. Rathbone's plan is,
actually, far less charitable
than tit-for- tat-or, to use a
more ancient expression, an
eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth. The Negro stu
dents are asking to attend
the schools, not to close them.
Closing will come about only
as a result of massive re-
sistance." This policy is not
a tit-for-tat but a dog-in-
manger one. Those unwill-
ing to attend schools not
racially pure (Shades of
Adolf HitlerD also refuse to
let anyone else choose in
tegration in preference to
ignorance.
Insofar as Mr.. Rathbone
and his cohorts are successful
in closing the Negro schools,
the ones to suffer will be those
who did not apply to white
schools. 1t seems to be a
natural tendency to blame a
whole race for the real or
fancied sins of some. (Of
course this doesn't apply to
the sinners of our own race.)
Mr.. Rathbone has pursued
this fallacy to its ridiculous
conclusion.
l.. X. LOSee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Heading for Henley

A Well-deserved honor is in sight
for Westinghouse Highs champion
rowing crew, thanks to the civic spirit
and enterprise of the Arlington Junior
Chamber of Commerce The JCC has
promised to raise the $1,000 needed to
send the standout Arlington crew to
England'S famous Royal Henley Regatta
on the Thames next month. The trip
would climax record of events which
has led to the winning by the local boys
of the national championships for high
school junior and senior eight-oared
racing craft.
Scholastic rowing had become vir-
tually forgotten activity on the Po-
tomac River until AlexandriaS George
Washington High and Arlington'S Wash
ington-Lee revived the strenuous sport
nearly decade ago. Many years ago
Tech High had a prize-winning crew
and Georgetown University also had
crews in collegiate competition. Boat
club crews often were seen on the river,
too. Westinghouse became interested
in the sport in 1949. Using a borrowed
SHE'LL the Little Generals trained that
spring under an unpaid, volunteer coach,
Charlie Butt, and, much to nearly
everybody's surprise, that first team won
the national scholastic championship.
1t has been winning championships of
one sort or another ever since. Last
year the WI crew had the best season
of ALL collecting eight straight varsity
victories in addition to the national
titles.
The crews record certainly qualities
it for competing in the Thames regatta.
However, there are obstacles to be over
come before the crew can be cleared
for enrolment as an official American
high school entry. Permission must be
granted by the National Federation of
High School Athletic Associations, by
the Virginia High School League and
by the Arlington School Board. Even
If this clearance should be withheld for
technical or other reasons, however, the
WI crew is assured of participation
in the Henley contest, for the JCC
has said that if necessary ii will send
the team as a representative of the Po-
tomac Boat Club. That the whole COM
munity will be pulling for the Arlington
boys next month is certain. A
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Victory for Freedom

Much more than an administration
victory was scored when the House over
Whelmingly approved a flve-year extern
sion OF the Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act. For this was striking reaffirma-
ton of our American resolve to adhere
TO a policy of enlightened international
commerce for the security and pros
perity of both the United States and the
free world at large In effect, it was a
reafdrmation ruling out any form of
tolationism or high protectionism that
would turn our ports and our markets
into one-way facilities and thereby make
US acutely vulnerable to what Secre-
tary Dulles has described as the danger
Of economic encirclement and ultimate
strangulation" by the Communists.
. For nearly quarter of a century
the principle of reciprocal trade has
been one of our country'S key policies.
Through its operation last year, for
example, our exports amounted to $40
billion, and our two-way commerce as
aiwhole made jobs for an estimated AS
million Americans Our imports, largely
In essential raw materials, were valued
at $l3 billion. To abandon this sort of
worldwide business, or to hobble it with
restrictive amendments, would obviously
do grave damage to a vital segment of
our economy. Furthermore, at time
when the Soviet Union is making formi-
dable efforts to spread its domination
through tempting and entangling offers
of trade and aid, reputation of our
own past policy could hardly fail to
force many other nations to seek off,
setting commercial opportunities with
the Communist bloc.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee did an admirably thorough Job
in preparing this legislation, holding
long hearings involving exhaustive tes-
timony from all sides. AS expected,
party lines were broken completely when
the showdown came in the House, and
1t is tribute to the great majority of
the members that they recognized the
real national interests and voted ac-
cordingly. The Senate should do likewise
without any "ifS," "buts" or "maybeS,"
but with full awareneSS that this is a
matter that bears very significantly on
the well-being and safety of our coun-
try and the entire free world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12

In William S. Whites re-
cent article entitled "Kefau-
yer: Political Enigma" he
lists four marks by which
Kefauver might be known:
He is independent, indefatiga-
BILE, indestructible. and mex
plicable. 1t is the fourth word
"inexplicable," with which l
am concerned.
/ have before me a clip
ping from The Star of Sep
TENDER "a, 1855, showing Mr..
Kefauver shaking hands with
Mr.. Tito. The caption reads:
"Shake Hands, Mr.. Tito
"Beljen, YugoSlavia.-Sena-
tor Estes Kefauver, Democrat
of Tennessee, greets YugoSlav
President Tito at the latter's
hunting lodge here. The Sem
ator, touring Europe, called
Tito "A dependable friend
and ally of the West. -AP
Wirephoto via Radio"
1t is inexplicable why Mr..
White should consider MIR.
Kefauver as likely to figure
in go reckoning"
Nelly 0'Shea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
'Step-ChHdren'
O. r..

Your June S editorial, For
gotten Remembered" con-
corning increased annuities
for retired Government work.
ers, failed to mention that
they still are treated as STEP
children.
The retirees are the vic
tins of constantly rising liv-
ing costs, with much less in
come than active employees
with which to meet their
needs. Yet, while the raise
given the active workers was
retroactive to January. 1858,
the raise for retirees does not
become effective until August
l, which means they get no
increase until the September
! check.
Why the discrepancy?
Reader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12

tor kennedy. Senator Ives Is
not running for reelection,
and the Democrats are hot on
the scent in New York to elect
his successor next November.
AS of today. it looks as
though the Senate viii pass
the Kennedy bill very much
as reported. Senator Nc
Clellan is going along with
it. What the House will do
remains to be seen. 1t may
be stalled there, unless the
public pressure becomes too
great.
Issue for Campaigns
So the issue is on its way
into the campaigns Of many
candidates for Congress. The
incumbents will have-at
least in the Senate--an OPP
portunity to make their rec
ords. Other candidates will
state their positions in their
campaigning. One thing APP
pears sure: The issue is not
going to die. The labor lead
ers will see to that, and per-
haps the general public. Big
labor, it has been discovered,
can have as many faults as
Big Business. AS of today,
many governmental curbs
placed on Big Business are
not placed on Big Labor. Big
Labor can and does force a
businessman to its will or
run him out of business. It
can force the economy of
the country into a tailspin,
with higher and higher prices.
1t can and has tied up public
utilities. 1t can and does use
violence and geh away with
it, with little or no punish
ment.
For years organized labor
has gained in influence with
the Democratic Party. 1t has
forced the nominations of
candidates in many States
and districts. 1t has played it's
major part in selection of the
party's nominees for Presi-
dent and Vice President.
Many Democrats appreciate
the support given by the Ia
Dor leaders, but many do not
like the dominance of the
party's affairs by these lead
ers. Labor reached its high
est level of influence in the
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Truman administrations. And
labor intends, if possible, to
elect a Democratic admins
tration in Washington in 1860
and resume its march to
greater power. All this, de-
spite the fact that labor has
made greater advances in
wages and working condi-
tons and many kinds Of
benefits during the six years
of the Eisenhower admins
tration than ever before.
The economic recession Of
recent months is playing into
the hands of both Democrats
and the labor leaders. be-
cause of unemployment and
the high cost of living. 1t will
be a miracle if labor and the
Democrats are frustrated in
their present aims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Peace at ANY Price,

After watching President
Eisenhower place the Con-
gressional Medals of Honor
on the caSketS of the I'M
known heroes, I was unable
to miss a recurring
thought. In the light of re-
cent events are the mothers
of our known and unknown
heroes asking themselves:
did our boys sacrifice their
lives in vain?"
However, they have the
consolation of knowing that
their sons we're spared the
humiliating knowledge of the
dissertation of the American
Flag, the violent assault upon
the Vice President of the
United States and his wife
while on a goodwill tour of
good neighbor" countries,
and the reaction of their
Government to such insults.
On his return, the Vice Presi-
dent abjectly confessed that
we were to blame because of
our niggardly treatment of
the nations which had per-
mitted these acts of disre-
spect, and suggested that, to
avoid future insults, they be
given a larger share of our
"foreign-aid" tax dollars,
while we hasten toward a
friendly summit chat with
the maSter-thug who inSti-
gated the attack.
In a similar situation the
reaction of our forefathers
was quite different. When
North African raiders dishon-
ored our flag and harmed
American citizens, 1t. Ster-
ret, without explicit orders
and on his own initiative,
captured a Tripolitan cruiser
latter a heavy slaughter of
her men, without the loss of
a single one on our part"
President Thomas Jefferson
applauded the deed and
scornfully rejected the argu-
ment of "those who expect
us to calculate whether a
compliance with unjust de-
mands will not cost us less
than a war" No "peace-at-
any-price" President was he.
Where, o where, are the
American patriots of yeSter-
year!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Tree SLAUGHTER

I know I shall never see
a truck as lovely as a tree.
But from all reports 1 am
going to have to try.
The District Highway De-
partment in the name of
progress proposes to destroy
some lat trees between Is
and so years old, all healthy
and in good condition, thanks
to care. These trees line Por-
ter street between Connecti-
cut and Wisconsin avenues
and are to be removed in
order to widen the present
28-foot street by 6 feet on
each side.
A once attractive resi-
dental street, along which
many small children walk to
school, will become a free
way for speeding vehicles.
Walks in a semitropical eli
mate to the nearest shopping
center and transportation to
Offices will become an ordeal
without the shade: houses
will be hotter; noise and dirt
will increase; the streets will
be ugly.
When the American InSti-
tute of Architects held their
Tooth anniversary celebra-
ton in 1857 in Washington,
some of the 1900 architect
visitors were taken to view
Washington from the air.
Many released statements to
the local press condemning
the developers of adjacent
suburban areas for their
wholesale destruction of
trees. And the District it.
self was complimented on its
beautiful parklike appear
ance.
Involved in this proposed
raid on Porter street are a
number of families who own
their own homes and who
had intended to remain in
this location the rest of their
lives. Now, For Sale" and
Rent" signs are appearing.
II the plans are carried out.
the District will have changed
the character of the street,
destroyed property values
and have on its hands an
other area on the down
grade.
There must be a possible
compromise (say, no park
ing signs for one thing be-
tween comfort, safety, beau
ty and speed, which are the
issues involved. Surely, there
must be someone who can
stop the modern-day high
wayman with an appropria-
ton on his hip.
Mrs. Beverley Robinson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Pulling for Buz

We're sorry that Buz Saw
yer may have hurt the feel
ings Of a couple Of your read
ers who don't want to hurt
those mean old Communists
feelings. but honest I just
like fearless old Buz and I
sure hope he gets that man
out Of Russia soon. So,
p-l-e-a-s-e, Mr.. Editor. don't
ever take Buz out of your
paper Buz Sawyer Fan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Bah to Reuther

Walter Reuther and his
purchasing power" talks
BAIL Is it better for a few to
have all the purchasing pow
er, or is it past time to cut
taxes. prices and wages so
the many who now have little
or no purchasing power get a
much-needed break?
Crime and charity drives
are expensive, but these also
are going up" because the
"have-nots" will take or try
to take or have to be taken
care Of under our present
purchasing power" limita-
tons.
Ards Hawley Snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

The man who likes blends
may end by liking brunettes
the best, you never can tell.
His initial enthusiasm made
him lopsided, when it came
to the ladies.
So, with friends and &C
quaintances.
The booklover may begin
by selecting as friends only
those who like books, too.
He may end by finding
them slightly pedantic, or a
nuisance in some other way.
Whereas, and it is a Won
derful whereas, he discovers
that some old buffalo of a
friend with a taste for music
is nearer to his hearts de-
sire.
You never can tell.
4 x x
And this might seem an
argument for meeting more
and more people, out of the
rapidly mounting world pop
ulations, but it isn't. Not
really.
The point is, one may think
that even the variations will
be just the same as other
variations.
The record collector knows
this. Despite the hoopla
about the latest Big Name
pianist, the records he cuts
are not much different, actu-
ally, from the ones the Big
Name pianist of 20 years ago
did for the same company.
Collecting human beings
may be different. more excit-
ing. and sometimes almost
unhuman in its intensity, but
the time comes, ere the golden
bowl is broken, when the
whole thing grows stale and
tiresome.
You don't want to meet the
celebrated person who pines,
you are told. to meet you.
You have had enough. You
are becoming a hermit, mod
ern style, complete with car
and television, and you say,
ITO hell with him"
Fortunately, nobody blames
you today. You are, as a mat
ter Of fact. strictly in the
swim. Let me sell you a fancy
new TV set. mister, since you
have stopped collecting hu-
mans. You have to collect
something, don't you?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12

The courts of Virginia will
doubtlessly be asked in Sep
TENDER to adjudicate the le-
gal aspects of desegregation.
' Why should this action wait
until September, with the
threat of possible school clos
ing at that time?
The attorney for the Arl-
ington School Board should
be instructed to prepare i'm
mediately a test case as fol-
lows: Admit a Negro child or
children to a summer school
class attended also by white
children. This class should be
in the regular summer school
which opens in a few weeks
in Arlington.
Such action will force the
hand of the State authori-
ties in Richmond and give
time for legal action before
all the schools may be closed
for a time in September by
State action.
1t is to be hoped that this
suggestion will be followed
for the purpose of preventing
any interruption of our chill
dren's education. Each day
our children are on the
streets and not in school may
cost the life of a child in a
traffic accident. to say Moth
ing Of the loss in educational
efficiency.
Robert N. Walker,
Parent and Teacher.
= y
Jack Rathbone has an
nounced what he calls a tit
tor-tat pollcy. Members oil
the Defenders" will seek to
enroll their children in Negro
schools in order to close them.
Should this scheme be car
ried out and the junior grade
Defenders be assigned to the
schools of their choice" I
earnestly hope that the
students there will apply the
golden rule and not try to
retaliate for all the injustices
to members Of their race.
This will be doubly difficult,
I know, in view of the motives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Top Lake SUPERIOR

The Government is inter-
ested in finding an economi-
cal way to convert ocean wa
ter to fresh water for irriga-
ton and other purposes.
Unfortunately, ocean water
is at sea level and always
would have to be pumped up
hill.
For our dry Western plains,
why not tap Lake Superior
with its limitless supply of
fresh water 600 feet above
sea level?
X. ID. VasS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. When a State legal
ICES pari-mutuel betting at
race tracks and shares in the
"takeout," does the State or
the track get the larger part
Of the "takeout"?-F. o.
A. This depends on State
laws. Some States split even
with the tracks, some take
a higher percentage than the
track, and some take less.
Twenty-four States now le-
galize pari-mutuel betting.
which amounted to about
1925 billion. in 1857. The
total "takeout" is usually 10
TO is per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
THE POLITICAL MILL
Big Labor Fights u. S. Controls
By GOULD LINCOLN

When Senator Mcclellan
of Arkansas and his COM
mittee revealed the astound-
ing amount or racketeering
and corruption going on in
some important labor unions
it was certain that a major
issue had been thrust into
the political campaigns Of
1858 and 1860: Recent de-
velopments have only served
to prove this. Labor union
leaders, who wished to be let
alone-just as they wished
to be let alone before the pas
sage of the Taft-Hartley
Labor Relations Act which
they labeled a slave labor
act"-realized that something
would have to be done. They
did move for improvements
and for ethical standards of
their own. But it also be-
came certain that Federal
legislation to deal with the
evils exposed would be pro-
posed. The problem Of the
labor leaders has been to
limit that legislation--a prob
lem which still is knocking
at their door-to limit or to
prevent legislation at this ses-
sion of Congress, and to as
sure the election of more
members of the House and
Senate favorable to the labor
leaders in order to deal with
labor legislation in the future.
The union leaders are going
about to elect as many
Democrats to the next Con-
gress as they can, and to elect
a Democratic President in
1860. This is not a new at
titude. Organized labor has
moved further and further
into partisan politics in the
last quarter-century, and in
the great majority the candi-
dates it has Endorsed, and put
up money to elect, have been
Democrats. The funds they
have raised for political
education" have been con-
tributed to the campaigns OF
Democratic candidates-and
rarely to Republicans. Not all
members of labor unions are
Democrats-but whether they
are or not. the funds collected
(some of them voluntary
and some not so voluntary
are used for Democratic
candidates.
Labor Bill in Limelight
The present. controversy over
the Kennedy labor bill, which
the Senate is soon to debate.
will bring the labor issue in
politics still more into the
limelight. The Eisenhower
administration, through Sec
rotary of Labor Mitchell, has
declared the Kennedy bill a
weak affair, which gives only
the Semblance of correcting
some of the abuses which the
Mcclellan committee turned
up.
Not all the Republicans are
going along with this criti-
cism. Foremost among the
Republican defenders of the
measure is Senator Ives OF
New York, a member of the
Senate Labor Committee, who
worked on the bill with Sena-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-12
Good Question

The Rambler on June 6,
1853. in his column stated:
you speed up to 10 miles per
hour" to pass a truck on U. S.
No. /. Why is this necessary
if the truck speed limit is
As miles per hour and the
passenger car speed limit is
SIS miles per hour?
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