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Evening star., 1958-07-10

been disappointed in the way
the services have co-operated
with the Secretary Of Defense. +
In his support Of the Presi-
dents proposals. Gen. Spaatz
said that under the House bill
I'VE win continue to have the
services clinging to traditional
weapons systems to separately
win the next war"
Evening star., 1958-07-10
Brood Support
Voiced for Area
PurkIond Funds

A House-passed bin TO save
more parkIand in Maryland
has weathered q Senate hear
ing without opposition. Five
witnesses from the District and
Maryland hailed the measure
yesterday as a boon to the
metropolitan area Of the Capt.
tai City.
They testified before a Dis
trict subcommittee. expected
Evening star., 1958-07-10
Compromise Foreseen
In Pentugon Measure
BY L. EDGAR PRTNA
star star writer

The Senate Armed Services Committee has completed its
hearings Pentagon reorganization clearing the
probable vote the controversial legislation late
Some sort Of committee compromise between the
approved bill and the major changes President Eisenhower has
demanded in II appears likely,
But the compromise may for the part involve Lam
Evening star., 1958-07-10
Presidents Brother Hit
As Mooching' Planes
BY the Associated Press

Use military planes to bring Dr. Milton Eisenhower
the Presidents brother back from wisconsin fishing trip
criticized yesterday moochng the Govern
ment."
The charge was leveled by Proxme Democrat of
Evening star., 1958-07-10

But the compromise may,
guage changes which stiI win
retain the principles Of the
House measure.
1t seems almost certain that
the Senators will reject the
Presidents plea to terminate
the right Of a service secretary
or a member Of the Joint
Chiefs of STAFF TO appeal" di-
rectly to Congress.
No Blank Check
And most observers predict
that the committee will retain
for Congress a substantial voice
over changes in roles and mis-
sions and combatant functions
of the Armed Forces. Mr.. Eli
senhower would give the De-
tense Secretary pretty much OF
a blank check in this area.
The Presidents best chance
for success probably lies in his
request that a ''legalized bottle
neck" in administration be
averted by eliminating the
House bill requirement that the
Defense Secretary's authority
be exercised through the Sec
retaries of the three military
departments.
Senator Russell, the Georgis
Democrat who heads the Armed
Services Committee, and Other
members are said to be seek.
ing a compromise which woulC
delete the words "exercisC
through" but keep a measure
of administrative authority anc
prestige for the service Secre.
taries. Any such change, how.
ever. would doubtless lead to 9
fight later on with House con-
ferees.
Advice Conflicts
The Senate committee yes
terday received conflicting ad-
vice from three retired military
chiefs on whether to give more
power to the Secretary of De-
fense.
Admiral Robert B. Carney,
Chief of Naval Operations,
1885, argued that the Secre-
tary now has all the authority
he needs. He said the Presi-
dents recommendation for fur
ther downgrading the service
secretaries carries with it built
in confusion.
Admiral Arthur w. Radford,
chairman of the JCS, 1887,
and Gen. Carl Spaatz, for
mer Air Force Chief, told the
Senators that restrictions on
the Defense Secretary's au-
thority must be removed if
waste and inefficiency are to
be cut down at the Pentagon.
They supported all three
changes which Mr.. Eisenhower
has advocated in the House
bill.
In a 19-page analysis of pro-
posed legislation. Admiral Car
ney warned against giving the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Stability in Italy

Italy's fourth general election since
World War II confirmed again the coun-
try's preference for pro-WeStern gov
eminent dominated, as it has been since
1916, by the Christian Democratic Party.
In record turnout of voters, the Chris
tan Democrats increased their percent
age Of the popular total to 424, compared
with 401 in 1858, and gained II seats in
the 596-member Chamber of Deputies.
While the party once more fell narrowly
short in both the Chamber and the Sem
ate of winning an outright majority, the
assured support of several minor parties
of the center guarantees continuity of
control.
On the whole, this gravitation to-
ward the center in politics was recorded
at the expense of the extreme right. The
MonarchiSt and Fascist Parties, for ex-
ample, lost most heavily percentagewiSe
while dropping more than 20 seats Of
their combined minority bloc. At the
other extreme, the Communists lost
three of their 143 seats but held their
popular vote total at almost exactly the
level Of 1858. The big gamers on the
left were the Nenni Socialists, who have
Joined the Communists on some legisla-
tive issues and who picked up nine seats
for total representation in the Cham
Der of "a. But while this leaves stable
left-wing bloc in the assembly, observers
of the Italian campaign attribute its
gain in popular strength more to purely
domestic issues-notably the church VS..
state controverSy-than to any disagree
ment with Christian Democratic foreign
policy
With neighboring France in political
upheaval, the demonstration of relative
political stability in Italy has timely
significance. Both as member Of NATO
and as an increasingly attractive area
for American business investment, po-
litically strong Italy is important to the
Western community. American private
business investment in Italy currently is
estimated at we'll over 5000 million-of
which nearly $100 million originated in
the last two years. And while unem-
ployment in the country remains high
a chronic ondltion-induStria produc-
ton and all other indices show a steady
improvement in the national economy.
In short, italy today shows reliable
signs of good health and robust maturity
economically and politically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Lost Penny?

Several days ago the
Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association had a
page in The Star telling us
what a fine value milk is on
the present market. I agree.
but
Their curves showed ham,
burger and other common
foods have all risen in price.
The curve showing milk price
was as fiat as a Kansas
superhighway.
1 regret that their mem
ory was so short as to not
remember the one cent per
quart increase we all paid
last summer due to the ex-
IRENE drought. That penny
should show as a slight bump
in their curve. By the way,
milk producers, when do we
get the penny back? Then
your curve could look even
better by taking a downward
plunge. Possibly the grass
in the fields is too high for
the cattle to feed on.
Right now, it sure looks
like "The lost penny"
Harry Kriemelmeyer, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29

by automobiles during the holiday week
end. This toll Is about 80 higher than
normally would occur from pm. today
TO midnight Sunday. II Is expected that
some 40 million cars will be on the high
ways during the 7S-hour period. Many
of the drivers will exercise proper care
and caution on the road. Many others.
however, will take needless chances with
their own and others safety.
SO certain are the safety experts Of
the recklessness Of these chance-takers
and so certain are they OF the tragic
results that will accrue that It is rela-
lively easy 10 estimate the weekend
death toll. Nothing would please the
statisticians more, however, than TO have
the number Of deaths fall far short Of
the $50 estimate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Mr.. Sans Analysis

Speaker Rayburn, who often has
been accused Of manipulating the Capt.
tolls east front extension from behind
some mysterious veil Of secrecy, laid the
facts on the line before National Press
Club audience this week. There was
no false modesty about his considerable
powers, and no timidity in saying how
he intends to use them.
What Mr.. Rayburn said, in plain
and simple language, is that the extern
sion is going ahead. Then he said why.
He cited the deterioration which, ia
miliar to everyone by now, slowly but
surely is destroying the historic values
of the old sandstone facade. He said
that since this condition must be cor
rected in any event, the sensible way
to correct 1t is through an extension
which will provide some of Congress
additional needs for space, remedy an
eSthetic problem which has bothered
Capitol Architects for hundred years
and reproduce the present east front
of the Capitol so faithfully that the
average American will never know the
difference.
Mr.. Sam did not pose as an archi-
tect. He did say, however, that he has
learned great deal more about the
Capitol than he knew when he blocked
the extension project 20 years ago. In
deed, his present knowledge Of the Capt.
toll and its needs may even be greater
than that of some other nonarchitects
who accuse Mr.. Sam of trying to be an
architect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
GIoboI Baseball?

Vice President Nixon re-
Gently mentioned the posi-
bility Of extending baseball
franchises to Latin America
to Great good will. Mr.. Larry
MacPhail made a similar sug-
gestion as a remedy for the
ailing national sport. Per-
haps both purposes could be
accomplished. The game is
highly popular south of the
border and elsewhere. More
over, Havana, Mexico City
and Caracas have larger pop
ulations than the majority of
major league cities in the
United States.
Possibly, with distance an
initiated, big league repre-
sentation could be expanded
to include Tokyo, a city Of
seven million, the third larg-
est in the world, thereby de-
veloping better understand
ing on a global scale and
making the term world
series" a more accurate one.
Robert z. Hurley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
A Good Kind of War

In his address to the Minneapolis
meeting Of the United Nations World
Health Organization, DR.. Milton S. Eisen-
hower-speaking as the personal repre-
sentative Of his brother, the President
has set forth challenging program to
promote the physical well-being of peo-
Piles everywhere, on both sides of the
Iron Curtain.
The program, in effect, calls for
specific action to make reality of what
the President proposed in his state
of-the-Union message last January. At
that time, as may be remembered, he
urged the Soviet Union to pool its efforts
and resources with those of the United
States and other countries in carefully
planned International war against the
diseases that are the common enemy Of
all mortals"
Spelling this out in considerable
detail, DR.. Eisenhower, head of Johns
Hopkins University, which is one Of the
worlds great centers Of study bearing
upon human health, now has defined
his brothers idea as one that would
start the war" with an about research
attack on cancer and heart disease, with
other serious illnesses to be dealt with
later. AS he has told the WHO gather
ing, there is every reason to believe that
man is moving fast toward the conquest
of these terrible killers, and there is
little doubt that progress in that direc-
ton can be greatly Speeded up if nations
like the United States and the Soviet
Union join in a systematic exchange
of information, frequent face-to-face
meetings of the interested medical SCI
entiStS and general program of CO.
operation to make 'use of the world as
a testing laboratory"
Up to now, although it has been
doing good work in many areas, WHO
has had neither the personnel nor the
financial resources to promote and CO.
ordinate large-scale international re-
search of the sort outlined by Dr. EiSen-
hover. But he has made clear to the
organization that our country is ready
and eager to support such project with
both men and money, which is some
thing that can really get the war"
started.
Encouragingly enough, moreover,
the chief Soviet delegate to the Min
neapoliS meeting has indicated that the
Kremlin is keenly interested in giving
extensive support to such war" If
this presages full-scale Russian collabo-
ration in great international offensive
against cancer and heart disease, then
the battle may be already half won.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
On Teacher Morale

Congratulations TO some
Teachers" whose letter in
The Star on May 7 explained
partially the reasons for
low teacher morale in the
District. We should like to
further elaborate on the
situation.
When many of us sought
employment in the District
schools, we we're attracted
by the fact that four classes
and a section were the nor
NAL teacher load for English,
science, language, and math-
metics teachers. Now it has
arbitrarily become five
classes and a section. Teach
ers who are conscientious
find this a heavy burden, as
class preparations, grading
of papers, and keeping Of
records require a major por-
ton of their time.
True, it is now proposed to
give additional pay to those
who carry on assignments,
such as coaching sports,
sponsoring the school paper,
the school annual, dramatics
and such other major activi-
ties in addition to their So
called normal teacher load.
Any honest teacher knows
he cannot physically. men,
tally, or emotionally do JUS
tice to this amount of school
work.
The common classroom
teacher, who merely wants
to do q good job of teaching
her classes, is opposed to this
proposed extra pay. She
feels, and rightly, that, If
others are granted extra pay
for doing the portion Of their
work which does not fall in
the school day. she should
also be paid more for the
hours she puts in after
school working on records,
grading papers. and prepar-
ing her materials. She recog-
nizes the need for some COM
pensation for extra duties
but feels that she should be
compensated, not only by ad-
ditional pay, but by a reduc-
ton in the number Of classes,
so that teacher assignments
would be fairly equal.
We were all employed for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29

a 1S0-day school year. but
the next year with five days
added at the end and an ex-
ira day for meetings at the
beginning Of the school year.
we win have at least 1856
school days without any ad-
ditional pay provisions.
Moreover, Just a few years
ago the teachers voted to
have school begin one week
earlier in September, so 1t
would close one week earlier
in June. This was done be-
cause many we're unable to
reach the summer schools Of
their choice in time for en-
rollment. A week was lost
during the summer that that
change was made. Now it is
certainly adding insult to in
jury to add that week again
at the end Of the school year.
The administrators in their
ivory tower at Franklin
have not consulted the
teachers in these matters nor
accepted the expressed opin-
ions Of some groups.
Indeed, yesl Tea h e r
morale is low! Does anyone
in an administrative position
care? If so, why doesn't he
bring the teachers in on the
planning level?
Some Other Teachers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
UN Police Force

Current tensions in Leb-
anon and other parts Of the
world point up the urgency
Of changing the present state
Of international anarchy to
a set-up where law and order
in international relations are
comparable to law and order
within a single nation.
Conflicts of interest -
economic and otherwise -
are bound to arise in any
community, large or small.
But in a well-ordered soci-
ETY. these conflicts are settled
through recognized proce-
dures. Similar procedures
should undoubtedly be set up
in the international field.
The next step in this direc-
ton should be to make per-
manent the United Nations
Emergency Force, so that it
may be available to reduce
the number of instances in
which one group tries to
impose its will on another
group by the use Of military
force. Such an international
police force should be under
the control Of the U. N. Cen
eral Assembly rather than
the Security Council, in
order to prevent its complete
Illustration by a Soviet veto.
Walter II. McCIenOn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Money and Schools

AS a teacher, / am en-
couraged by the amount Of
publicity the public schools
are now receiving. OF course,
the quality Of this publicity
is greatly varied but even the
poorest Of it is an improve
ment over the journalistic
silence Of previous years. The
public schools can stand
criticism-even unskilled and
unfair criticism. What they
cannot stand is indifference.
The thing that discourages
me. however. is that the jour-
nalists and the public are not
paying enough attention to
the most critical issue. AS a
Nation, we are like a home
owner busily repairing a
leaking roof, then descending
to Ak a loose board in the
porch steps without noticing
that while he is performing
these worthwhile tasks, his
house happens to be burning
down. While we rush around
discussing purposes and ar
guing about the curriculum,
we are almost ignoring the
fact that our school system
is being Quilted by the flames
Of poverty. Lack Of funds for
construction is placing more
and more children in made
quate and even, in some
cases. dangerous classrooms.
And underpaid teachers are
leaving the profession in
droves.
While very little effort is
being made to save the
schools, the flames Of destruc-
ton are being famed vigor-
ouSly by many people-poli-
ticians who feel that their
personal security depends on
their efforts to reduce taxes,
inferior teachers afraid Of
being replaced by more COM
petent ones If salaries should
be increased, pressure groups
of highly-taxed businessmen
and landowners and, prob
ably the biggest group, mil
lions OF citizens who don't
think education is important
enough to justify their giving
up any Of their cherished
luxuries to support it.
The Nation can't survive
without good schools. Schools
can't survive without drastic
increases in funds. That's the
part of the problem that is
urgent. If it is not considered
soon, there will be nothing we
can do about any part Of the
problem.
Kenneth M ScOIIOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Owls in old Virginia

Owls in old Virginia
IF you have anything spe-
cial on owls" writes R. j. B.
of Alexandra, 'let us have
them.
Before the owls came. We
had a plague of squirrels,
some IL or Is, digging con-
stantly around the house and
in the garden.
Last Monday two large
owls appeared, literally from
out of the blue, and took
over the branch Of a pine.
some so feet from the
ground. This in thickly popu-
lated Alexandria.
1.-THE next day all but one
Of the squirrels had disap-
peared, also the cardinals.
els it possible that the dis
appearance is due to the
presence Of the owls?
incidentally, they do some
talking during the daytime,
but really turn loose around
midnight. calling to others at
a distance.
"Neighbors are complain
ing among themselves at the
sleep disturbance.
-Four bluejays have been
tussing at the owls off and on
during daylight. The latter
pay no attention. However,
it is of interest that they turn
their heads and follow us
with their eyes from their
height as we circle their tree.
ALSO Of interest, this am,
these two, really very large
birds, are sitting close to-
gether, beaks together, court
ing. They look ridiculous, but
come to think of it, birds and
men must court.
1.-THE whole family rushed
to the kitchen side of the
house to see one Of the owls
devouring a bird.
"Only about 30 feet from
the ground, he paid no at
tention to us.
mo one saw him swoop
down from his perch but did
see pieces Of the bird and
feathers going into his beak
bit by bit. Disgusting.
1--WE could do nothing.
who says that an owl
does not see and hunt in the
daylight?
This was a great brown
creature-dark with no color
ings-no so-called horns"
4
Investigations Of the eating
habits of owls were made by
the late DR.. A. K. Fisher at
the Smithsonian, famous for
many years as a sort Of owl
sanctuary.
Owls are not at all par
ticular about what they eat,
A half-grown barn owl was
given mice. 1t swallowed
eight, one after the other,
and tried for . ninth, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Louds PRINCIPAL

AS a professional man and
an avid reader Of The Star
for many years, I feel that
I must state that, in my
opinion, the recent featured
article concerning the pend
ing retirement of Mrs. Elva
c. Wells. principal Of Roose-
welt High School, did neither
justice to Mrs. Wells nor
credit to The Star.
The author, in his manner
of levity, failed to stress the
salient fact of the tremen-
dous influence and impact
Mrs. Wells has had upon the
school system of the District
Of Columbia and upon the
countless students who have
reaped the benefits Of her
untiring efforts in their be-
half. Mrs. Wells philosophy
of education and her ability
as an administrator have re-
ceived wide recognition in
many newspaper and maya
zine articles throughout the
country. Her achievements in
the educational world are
widely recognized throughout
the secondary schools.
1t is well known that Mrs.
Wells runs a tight school"
and has no peer in her abil-
ity to maintain discipline
nevertheless, this is only one
facet Of her great success in
the educational world.
X. B. Hamilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Cost of a Holiday

1t is a grim and ironic fact that
many persons bent on paying tribute
to the Nations honored dead on Memo
rial Day will themselves become casual
ties of an enemy as deadly as war itself.
The enemy is recklessness on the high
ways-a formidable killer and crippler
of rlen, women and children.
This year, according to an estimate
by the National Safety Council, approx
imately $50 persons will be slaughtered
and hundreds of others seriously injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-29
Against Wire Taps

The Senate Constitutional
Rights Subcommittee is now
investigating the important
subject Of wire tapping. Your
issue Of May % describes a
statement to this subcom-
mittee by Thomas F. Eagle
ton, a prosecuting attorney of
st. Louis. Calling on Con-
gress to strengthen the legal
ban on wire tapping and to
resist any move to legalize 1t.
Mr.. Eagleton points out that
wire tapping "endangers the
constitutional rights of citi-
zens to privacy in their con-
versations." I applaud his
stand.
BY way of contrast. your
issue of May 10 reports the
statement of another law
enforcement official, ]. Edgar
Hoover, head of the FBI. Mr..
Hoover is quoted as publicly
admitting the existence Of 80
FBI wire taps, with the At
torney Generals approval. In
this connection, it should be
recalled that Section sos of
the Communications Act Of
1884 makes wire tapping a
criminal offense, subject to
severe penalties. Both the
Truman and the Eisenhower
administrations urged Con-
gress to permit the Justice
Department to make wire
taps under certain conditions.
Both times Congress wisely
refused to do so. Yet the
Justice Department goes
right ahead.
The Senate subcommittee
would do the country a serv-
ice by inquiring into the le-
gality Of these 80 wire taps by
the FBI. At the least, they
would seem to run contrary
to the twice-expressed will Of
Congress. But even If these
wire taps are legal, in my
opinion they should be halted.
Mr.. Hoover and the Attorney
General both proceed d, no
doubt, with the most worthy
of motives - they desire to
catch criminals. But in their
zeal to do so, they may unin-
tentionally seriously impair
the rights of innocent citi-
zens. Our Governments in
Movement in wire tapping
seems to me to be too high a
price to pay for any benefits
wire tapping is alleged to
bring.
Sydney s. Asher, Jr.