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How Deep?

Just how deep are the wounds?
Economists are in general agree
ment that current conditions are
more serious than they were in
either of the mild recessions of
1949 and 1854.
But nobody yet is ready to say
that the Nation is about to be
thrown into a long full Pledged
depression. For one thing, most
of the unemployment is to be
found in the durable goods in
duStries-autos, home appliances
and the like. The service indus
tries-those which sell not goods,
but services-are remaining en-
couragingly stable, and in some
areas even still booming. If the
recession spreads to this section
of the economy. then. the experts
warn, we'll be in real trouble.
Another promising factor is
what appears to be a beginning of
a decline in inventories. In jan
uary inventory stocks were cut by
$500 million.
Whenever it ends-or by what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-16
LEGISLATION DOUBTFUL
LEGISLATION
KohIer Strike Hearings Split Mcclellan Committee

who quite frankly want nothing to
do with organized labor.
1t is easy for Senators to be
for the Kennedy bill, just as it is
easy for them to be against sin.
AS Senator Erwin, Democrat of
North Carolina, expressed it last
week. "the politician makes the
general statement, I believe in
the greatest good for the greatest
number and I'll do what I can to
achieve it,"
But when it comes to remedial
legislation in a matter Like the
Kohler strike, one departs from
the field Of penal law and gets
into the arena of political con-
troversy. Any law repressive Of
the rights Of one side or the other
in a Kohler-type dispute. could be
described by its enemies as ID
socialistic or (O n-busting.
That it might be neither is quite
beside the point. So is the strong
possibility that antigoon legisla-
tion-directed against both sides
might be a highly desirable adj
dition to the statute books.
If 1t is probable that nothing Of
legislative nature will result
from the JAW hearings, what
does the public get for its money?
Entertainment, for one thing.
With the arrival Of television on
the scene last week, that aspect
Of the hearings was broadened
considerably.
Another product, it appears, is
a certain amount of public educs-
ton = though 1t is questionable
whether it is the kind Of educa-
ton the committee would have
wanted.
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means it is ended-the halt down.
ward is expected to be gradual:
the longer it lasts the more
gradual the upturn.
The recession, of course, is
playing hob with Mr.. Eisenhower
current budget. This was the
budget which he presented TO
Congress in January, 1957-bal-
anced by an anticipated surplus
of $1.8 billion. BY January, 1858,
this surplus had become a deficit
of $500 million. Now, with 3l2
months of the fiscal year still
remaining, the deficit is running
close to $500 million.
The upcoming budget, presented
in January and effective on July
/. was never balanced except in
the dreams of Budget Bureau
officials. Increased spending for
both defense and civil benefits
could add several billion dollars
to its cost in the face of dwindling
revenues. Added to this tax cut
. of from IS billion to 81 billion
would push the 1859 budget
into the red by as much as $40
billion or more.
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publican conservatives frequently
look bad along with the concern
that they champion.
Senators Mcclellan, Erwin and
Kennedy in the past three weeks
have not acted so much as re-
acted. Had they not offered only
token resistance to the Goldwater-
Curtis-Mundt onslaught, it is diff
flcult to know what kind of pic
ture of the Kohler strike might
have emerged.
Pot and Kettle
The union, in many respects,
has looked at least as bad as the
company. In defending the union
Democrats have on occasion laid
themselves open to a charge of
being sympathetic to labor mis-
deeds.
This charge, Of course; is no
more justified necessarily than the
anti-labor tag would necessarily
be justified against the Republic
cans.
Senators Mcclellan and Erwin
can hardly be regarded as parti-
sans Of Mr.. Reuther. They come
from "right-to-work- States
Arkansas and North Carolina-and
abhor the New Deal. ADA, egali-
tartan views Of the JAW presi-
dent. They are, in a word, stuck
with him.
Senator Kennedy is a special
case. He is popularity regarded
as an aspirant for President in
1860; therefore. he labors at the
committee table under disabilities
which do not affect the other
members. He cannot antagonize
so powerful a figure as Mr.. Reu-
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Their. but by the same token. he
cannot give the impression of
being overly sympathetic to him.
Now the battle lines, being
drawn. are being defended val
iantly. The vigor that has gone
into their defense has given rise
to a certain amount Of tension
hard feeling if you will-within
the committee.
The result Of the split into
major" and minor" STATS is
that the resulting group, in the
Kohler hearings, is now operating
not as one committee but as two.
The likelihood of its ever operat-
ing again as single bipartisan
body seems remote.
This situation is ironic because
it grows out of Senator McClel-
lan's solution to a Democrats VS..
Republican deadlock.
The deadlock was over what to
do about Mr.. Reuther. The Repub-
licans insisted that his appear
ance be deferred until late in the
hearings. The Democrats wanted
the union leader land his oppo-
site number from management.
Herbert Kohler) to open the
hearings with sworn statements
and supporting evidence.
To crack the impasse, Senator
Mcclellan voted with the Repub-
licans. Immediately afterwards
he told reporters he did so to
preserve the unity and usefulness
Of the committee.
Now three weeks after. many
observers are wondering whether
there is any unity-or much USE
fulness-left to preserve.
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Rightly or wrongly, the impress
sion is abroad that the COMMITTEES
is more interested at present in
politics than in labor.
From Prepared Positions
That the two sides on the COM
mittee started from well-prepared
positions can hardly be doubted.
The Democrats 0ess Senator Nc
Namara of Michigan) went into
the hearings with an all but
avowed desire to make the small
est possible mole hill out of the
mountain at hand. The Republic
cans 0ess Senator Ives of New
York; were out to get JAW Pres
ident Walter Reuther at all costs.
Senator Ives, coming from the
liberal East, could hardly afford
to have himself bracketed with
the GoldWater-C urtis-Mundt axis.
And Senator Mcnamara. If not
exactly sympathetic to Mr.. Reu-
Their, was beholden to him and
could not afford to be as de-
tached as the other Democrats.
From these starting points, the
various Senators have been forced
into the points Of view they now
appear to hold. Senators Gold
water, Curtis and Mundt would
argue heatedly = and quite pos
sibly with justification-that they
are not anti-labor. But in order
to make Walter Reuther and all
his works look as bad as possible,
they have been forced to defend
the company against attacks from
all sources.
And since-as even friends Of
the Kohler Co. admit privately
the company looks unbelieveably
bad in many ways, the three Re-
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vada last summer had been de-
tected on seisrnographic instru.
ments 1920 miles away in Alaska.
The confirmation took the form of
a correction of an error in an Acc
statement on March 6.
The incident had important i'm
plications in the controversy over
disarmament and the hating Of
nuclear bomb tests. This was its
background:
The Acc last September ex-
ploded the device deep in a cave
in Nevada while seeking. among
other things. a safe method Of
detonations that would permit
testing devices for both military
and civilian potentials.
On March the Acc released
part of its findings to the public.
In its statement it noted: The
earth waves were recorded by seis-
biological stations at Los Angeles.
about $50 miles. air line, from the
shot mesa. This was the maximum
distance at which the shock was
recorded"
If that statement had been
correct it would have been an in
dication that, contrary to the
claims of many persons who want
to end tests, nuclear tests could
be conducted secretly by any ma
ton regardless of any ban that
might exist.
After the Aces statement some
doubling scientists took their
doubts to Senator Humphrey,
Minnesota Democrat and chair
man of the Foreign Relations
Committees Disarmament SUBJ
committee.
Senator Humphrey on Tuesday
noted that Harold Stassen, the
Presidents former disarmament
adviser. had told the subcommittee
that the blast had been recorded
on every seismic instrument in a
thousand-mile radius. On the
same day the Acc deleted the
sentence referring to the 250-mile
maximum detection and substi-
tuted the following in its March s
statement:
archaeological stations of the
United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey as far away as College
(near Fairbanks, Alaska, about
1890 miles from the shot mesa,
recorded the earth waves"
The backtracking. said Senator
Humphrey. gives the impression
that scientific facts are being used
by someone to prove a political
point" The Joint Atomic Com
mittee in Congress, however, abb
solved the Acc of playing politics
and said the error was an honest
one.
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Where We Stand

BY last week, however, there
was less effort to Ak blame and
more effort to find a solution
and soon.
The pressure for action, with its
increasing note Of urgency. was
building up with these facts as
a background:
. Unemployment, numbering So
million workers. was at 19-year
peak.
. Latest figures showed February
to be the slowest month for hous-
ing starts in nine years.
. Industrial production was down
in February for the sixth straight
month.
. Business failures we're at the
highest level since World War II.
. A Federal Reserve Board sur
vey showed that the number Of
persons planning to buy new homes
and cars in 1858 had dropped sub
stantially. Also, the board said.
industry spending for plants and
equipment this year will be of
Is per cent from last year.
. Rail freight loadings were
down 1871 per cent from the same
time last year.
. The steel industry was operat-
ing at barely so per cent Of its
capacity.
The search for a way out was
shaping up as a. major political
issue to be taken to the hustings
in this falls elections.
The political jockeying was over
tax reduction VS.. public works,
Both parties want credit for pro-
viding the cure, but neither wants
to be saddled with the blame for
a hasty action that could bring
a new spiral of imitation.
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said. They contain, in addition
to the nuclear materials, COM
partmentS of TINT.
Before an explosion can occur
the bombs, components must be
assembled and triggering device,
also containing INT charges,
must be inserted. The trigger is
kept by the planes navigator and
it. the bomb proper and several
other devices necessary to the
assembly, are kept widely sep
arated on the plane. each in the
custody of a different crew mem
Der. The parts are assembled,
after countdown. only when the
mission is test drop or a war
time drop.
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Decision Deferred

President Eisenhower, for the
time being at least. is standing by
his position against tax reduce
ton. He met for two and a half
hours with his cabinet on Friday
and the decision was to defer any
tax cut proposals until the figures
are in on the economy's March
performance. The administration
has been depending on a healthy
seasonal upturn in employment
this month to justify its position.
1t has been reported, however,
that If March statistics-due in
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ginning to see the first symptoms
of recession.
One Of the things that troubled
them was a persistent stability in
figures on industrial production at
a time when the figures should
have been moving forward. This
leveling off, due in part to peak
inventories. was occurring despite
. the fact that production capacity
was being increased by confident
business community. The econo-
mists feared that unless inven-
tories could be reduced and pro-
duction gains resumed, many in
dustrial facilities would soon be
idle. - which would mean, of
course, idle workers also.
There were other danger signs,
too: The uto market had been
slower thaI expected all summer,
and there was little reason to hope
for strong recovery. Our net for
eign investment position showed q
distressing weakening. There had
been a sharp drop in worldwide
commodity prices.
1t wasn't long before leading
economists, both in and out Of
Government, were suggesting that
Uncle Sam had better take some
action to forestall possible trouble
in the winter. One of these was
Arthur Burns, former chairman of
the Presidents Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, who thought that
the Federal Reserve Board ought
to consider looser credit.
But economic statistics just can't
keep up with the facts, and the
statistics the board thought it
needed to justify looser credit were
not in. For instance, as late as
November the Government still
did not have the figures on cor
porate profits for the third quarter
of 1857, which would have given
some insight into future business
expansion or contraction.
Despite the misgivingS, as sum-
mer ended it was not hard for
many economists to stick to their
position that the big problem still
was imitation. And certainly the
consumer, facing steadily increas-
ing costs of living, would have
agreed. 1t was at about that time
that the Federal Government took
two courses which many observers
have since claimed were harmful:
The Federal Reserve Board, ap-
parently convinced that the real
danger was imitation, further tight
ened up on money. And the adj
ministration, under pressure from
both parties in Congress to keep a
balanced budget, ordered cutbacks
in planned spending for civil and
military projects.
By December, the "leveling off,
had become an admitted recession.
Industrial production as a whole
was still dropping, and steel and
autos-two vital segments of the
economy-were especially hard hit.
Personal income was moving
downward, unemployment was up
sharply and the number of average
hours worked in manufacturing
was falling rapidly.
The blame has been widely dis
tributed. Overexpansion by BUSH
ness as a result of overconfidence
has been given as one reason.
Wage demands of labor unions
have been blamed. Some say that
money was held tight too long.
Others, particularly in labor's
ranks, say the culprit was an adj
ministration policy that encour-
aged business investment while
discouraging expansion of con-
sinner. hilvinO Oower
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
The Recession Search for Quick Cure

Early the Joint Committee Congress
rounded 80 economists representing all the major schools
thought their opinion on the state of the
The virtually unanimous their opinion that all
going WELL and that the only possible for the
continuing infatonary trend
But by many those economists be-
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Blast Detection

In another atomic development,
meanwhile, the Atomic Energy
Commission confirmed that an
underground nuclear blast in Ne
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Action, Too

All was not merely argument
at the Capitol last week. Congress
started administering some pre-
liminary treatment and was pre-
pairing more. These were the ma
jor steps taken:
. The Senate unanimously passed
$l.8 billion emergency housing
bill designed to provide jobs for a
half million workers.
. BY a Stool margin the House
passed, against the Presidents
wishes. bill authorizing SIS bill
hon for improving rivers and har-
bors and controlling floods.
. The Senate. with one dissent
ing vote. passed resolutions call
ing on Mr.. Eisenhower to step up
spending on military and civil pub
lie works projects for which funds
already have been appropriated.
Gas of December 81. there was a
backlog of more than 81 billion
worth of military and civil works
projects on which appropriated
money had not been spent.)
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mediate improvement in business.
Actually, the contest over a tax
cut versus public works spending
may be no contest at all long be-
fore November's elections. If
those who argue that recovery will
be extremely difficult are correct,
then it is likely that the ailing
economy will get a strong dose of
both measures.
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.

ALEX, BY owner going overseas
3-bedrm., Semidet, IL baths.
comp. kit, I'm. rec. rm., storm win,
dows, fenced yd., IL mos. old.
$3.50 dn., take over payments; to-
tai price, S14.S71. so. S-9ls5.
ALEX. AREA = split-level; 3-bed.
rms, 2 baths, nm. rec. rni.; Sla,-
$50 so. $3.50,
ALEX bedrm. semidet,: bsnt- :
fenced-in yard: wish TO sell eaui-
ties Tor $500: buyer TO assume
N6t mo. pyts. G1 loan. so. s.
ALEX.;s SOS dn., assume 4i9c,
loan bedrmS, sep. din. rm.,
nm bSmt. with rec. rm.. semidet .
convenient TO Pentagon. Belvoir'
craze and high schools, so.
5-45b5
ALEXANDRIA. 3 miles south. of
Hte. lLt-,bedrm" newly remod
CAPE Cod; liv, rm.; din. rm. mod
ern kitchen: . tiled baths; storage
attic. FURMAN BUILDERS, oil.
ALEX.--RUSSELL RD.-On beau
tliul lot, i,bedrms.,. > baths. large
center hall, large liv. RIM. sepa-
rate din. RIM. oil h.-w. heat, walk
Churches: sis,95O. TE' s-O5 Az
ALEX, Rose Hill; officer transfer
red - 2-year-old split-level; new
outside paint: 2 firepls.. paneled
daylight rec. rm.: CENTRAL AIR
COND.. space for 4th bedrm.
roughed-i in for Ord bath: walk TO
school, pool and club: cow. 10
Pentagon and Belvoir: 4Aec Oh;
S2O,500. OWNER, SO. 5-S35O.
ALEX.-Sl0, 800: 1925 dn., s75 mo.
incl all. Lovely 2-bedrm.. liv. rm.,
din. area. equip. kit. full bsmt.
beaut. fenced yard. Conv. to every
thing. ROBERT A. BARRY, REAL
ESTATE, SO. S-7553.
ALEX. mr.. TT. Belvoir and new
Jones Point BRIDGE rm. semi
det.. furn.; ground-level bsmt. /;
AZ trust; must sell: 1880. Will
take less II cash is suffieient. IA.
2-SSs0.
ALEXANDRIA - BY OWNER: .
bedrm. semidetached brick; assume
CT loan. so. 5-7016.
ALEX.-Brick house, 5 years old,
quiet street. rural setting, up
stairs large liv. rm.. kit, tile
bath, 2 bedrmS downstairs, un-
usually large rec. rm. or bedrm.
with fireplace and full bath, utility
and storage room. FLA appraisal
$1,000. GO5 Norton I'd, on
Franconia I'd. first right turn
after telegraph I'd. so. 5-3g84
Open Sun. 20.
ALEX.-- For Sale By OWNER
Virginia Hills. 3-bedrm. rambler
Ice. knotty-pine family rm. 30
VI. FHA avail $500 down, Sl3.-
500. so S-1S25, Is Dorset dr.
ALEX.--Compl., air cond.: 2 bed.
rms, . baths, Ice. liv. rm with
firepl.: CARPETS and draperies. sep
din. rm., big kit. equip GE stove
refgr disposal and dishwasher;
also GE washer and dryer. Rec
rm. with frepl: garage. 1889.
50. It. Handicapped lot. Perfect fol
outdr. living. Membership in COM
munity pool available. 'CL, 6-5456.
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FOR GROWING FAMILY

Nom viii love the modern, fully
equipped kit; The kiddies will enjoy
playing in the full daylight bsmt
haYfoS-mau type. he will probably
state II did IL myself" when he
completes the roughed-in . bed
rms and bath on End n. Beau
tifully Handicapped lot for the
green thumb" member Of the fam
lily You'll agree with US after
seeing Il, that this is the home
OF the year. at the price Of the
OFFICE OPEN 1875 PM.
LAUREL REALTY co.
$50 WASH. BLVD. PA. B-15OO
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EXTRA EXTRA
NO MONEY DoWN-GI

sos FLA. convention loans also
homes ramblers, split-levels and
cape Gods. Fully equipped kitchen
full basement, all utilities and "
acre lots. Prices range from sl5''
800 up
Directions Drive out Indian
Head hwy. to oxon Hill I'd; to larg!
Rosecroft Raceway sign, turn left
and follow our signs to mode
homes. Always open. Call CY
HOMES BY M. D. HARRIS
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OPEN TODAY. / TN GNeW
and charming Coli Club Manor
area Of N. Arl. 4 bedrms.. 8
full baths, paneIed rec. rm., true
center hall. formal din. rm.,
everything" kit. with table space,
screened porch: lovely shaded
lot. Priced at S35,950. DIR: out
Lee hwy. to N. Glebe rd.. right
past country club to Upland St,
left to 40th St, right to next
S fSERfg a GO right sss to h9 ssIa T w
son blvd Ia h-a2Q2
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NEW HOMES

For spacious and gracious living,
don't fail to see this charming
3-bedrm. rambler; ideally situated
on a beautifully Handicapped lot,
75xl90; close to schools, churches
shopping center and tranSp,; fully
equipped modern kit, ceramic tiled
bath: ample closet space: full day
light bsmt. Reasonably priced al
XlA.n5O.
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ARL.. Ne spacious rms: you
won't End a. much space any.
where Tor the. price. bedrms
fruit trees. plentiful shrubbery
bet. Parkington and : Corners
mr.. churches. buses, pub. and
peroehial schools. picnic and
piaysrounds. Buy from OWNER
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EAIRE ,,;,3 NO DoyN P s,Ig,T Y
loan = AIR-coND.. 3:BEDRM
RAMBLER: SIP DIN. RM., ELEc
KIT, DISPOSAL. DISHWAsHrR
AUTO. WASHER AND DRIER
FENCED YARD SI3,950. ARCHER
REALTY. DU. $4,000.
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OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME

Prom owner to YOU. $4,000 down
Ss7 so per mo. 2 miles from Fall
from Pentagon. Holmes Run Acres
JE. 3-ll53. One level contem.
porary, 9 or 3 bedrms. plus double
bed in wall Of another added room
wall.to-wall carpeting, Venetian
garbage disposal. auto-defrost re-
friserator, new glass-lined watei
heater, fireplace screen and equip.
beautiful trees. Towering shrubs
private pool membership
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HOLLYWOOD Assume lge.
49, loan. 500 mo. pays every
thing: 3-bedrm. brk rambler: rec.
nm patio, nr. public and parO-
chial schools.
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bN UWNFNs BTen MAT PhFk--1'
bedrm brick rambler. ful lhsmt
with rec rm.; , yrs. old Leve
lot fully Handicapped Assume O.
loan on SI3 500. Down payment
Out Shirley hwy. TO Edsall I'd
right past bowling falley TO 8aHi
Indian Run parkway FL. 4-615l
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acknowledgements 3-btdroon
home on beautiful corner "a acre
ideal home for children Largs
living room with fireplace. sep.
arate dining room, beautifully
equipped kitchen with huge break
fast bar, . full baths; prlgso 10
sell AZ Sla,15U. VIII take OIL con-
tract Call today. ARFAx REAL
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BROADNONT-FALIS CHuRCH

4 bedrms.. ia baths; eTacious
large split-level: center-entranee
hall. LARGE dining room. . Are
places. recreation room: fully
equipped, modern kitchen; iiag-
stone patio. OWNER. II a-SQ0n
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RAMBLERi Alexandra. lincoln

HAMBLFRi Alexandria, Lincolnia
Hills. Va 3-bedroom. 2-bath
house: fully equipped. OF
kitchen, full bsmt with finished
room; partially hoored attic for
flre-alsrm system. automatic gas
furnace corner lot Convenient
10 schools, stores and commissary;
S"l.S70; on Gil loan. =. O0O will
handle. FL. i-123R Isl
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WOODLAND Pretty dream
home: S-room. briCS-and- shingle
BUNGALOW lovely fenced yard. bar
becue pit, patio Only $1,000.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES =

bedrms, lge. den, Il baths. rec
rm., picture windows. huge porch
DE luxe kit, eye-level oven. Won
derful view. About $1,000 down
FILA avail. DUNN tReal Estatel,
IA. b-Sffb1