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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-04
The Dispossessed

Two years ago ! spent some
time in the Near East and
had the opportunity of con-
ferring with a very able
American who had spent
years there. He suggested
that the solution of the dis
possessed peoples problem
was necessary to peace and
estimated that it would cost
Israel and its friends hun
dreds of millions of dollars
to relocate these people and
establish a really peaceful
basis for the Jews and their
neighbors in that part of the
world.
I wrote this suggestion to
Senator Lodge at the United
Nations. After so long a time,
he wrote that it belonged to
the State Department. I
wrote the State Department
and received no answer but
several months later some
one there issued a public
statement that the State
Department was considering
this idea. Evidently nothing
was done. In the meantime
the Suez Canal crisis and
war has been followed by
Communist penetration Of
the Near Eastern States and
the expense to our Govern
ment alone has been many
times what the cost of set
ting this problem would have
been. This dispossesSed peo-
pie remained dispossessed,
and it would probably cost
more now to solve their prob
lem than it would have cost
under peaceful conditions.
AS ! feel that there will be
no peace in the Near East
until this problem is properly
solved, I wonder If it is too
late to aid the Jewish State
to raise the money to solve it.
James M. Thomson.
Gaylord, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-04
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Clifton street. who loves
them.
Until I learned better
from your column, I did not
have much sympathy for
starlings. but now I have!
Some have been and are
being Of much amusement
to us.
Last summer, in the OPP
posite wing, we noticed that
some birds had a nest under
the roof in a hole in the
brick wall.
1--WE noticed the birds
clinging fiat to the wall,
which made us think briefly
that they must be chimney
swiftS.
"In due time we noticed
young birds, and put crumbs
and water on the balcony.
It took them some time to
find the supply. but finally
the young birds began to
arrive-the parents seemed
to have left them early.
These youngsters had
thoroughly spotted breasts;
their bills were black, and
their coloration all sorts Of
shines.
Nov I know-they are
starlings."
Nov their spots are all
gone, they are almost shiny
black and their bills are yell
low, and they walkl They
have kept coming, and meet
great opposition from the
pigeons. They do not fight
back. Does the mature star
ling fight back?
During the freezing wealth.
er they have especially en-
joyed the water. On one of
the coolest days. it seemed
unbelievable, but one Of the
little fellows went into the
pan Of water and gave HIM
self a real bath-not just a
dip. but fluttered around for
some time.
They have gotten accus-
toned to breakfast, lunch
and supper, and come regu-
larly. We wonder where they
are at night. At first they
were completely silent, but
now they twitter and even
give an embryonic whistle.
you have been a great in
structor about the birds
wish I could congratulate you
upon Temp Jones, but
with thanks and all best
Wishes" etc.
Alas, poor Jones. we know
him.; a fellow Of infinite
jest
One has to be a bit old to
appreciate Temp Jones. Our
guess is that this correspond
ent is not yet 80 years Of age.
Starlings prefer to eat at
8 o'clock in the morning, at
noon. and at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. This is a peculi-
arity Of the species. on which
our correspondent has prop
erly put her finger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-04
THE POLITICAL MILL
Pressure for Tax Cut Increasing
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Senator Paul H. Douglas.
illinois Democrat with q
reputation as a fighter for
Government economy. partic-
ularly in days Of prosperity,
has declared for q 81 billion
cut in Federal taxes i'm
mediately" as the quickest
and best opportunity for re-
versing the present serious
recession" In his opinion,
neither an expansion Of pub
lie works nor an easier credit
and relaxed monetary policy
will do as much, as quickly,
to revive the country's econ
omy, although he is not OPP
posed to either Of those pro-
grams.
The illinois Senator's
statement was made almost
simultaneously with an ad-
dress by former President
Hoover who said a tax cut
would be the greatest possible
stimulant to recovery. Mr..
Hoover, however, coupled
with a tax cut an offsetting
reduction in Government ex-
penditures, In order to pre-
serve a balanced budget and
to avoid big deficit spending.
Senator Douglas, who has a
consistent record in favor Of
Government economy and has
in the past broken strongly
with some Of his Senate col
leagues on large proposed
appropriations, does not go
along with the former PreSi-
dent in his demand fer cut
ting Government expendi-
lures If there is to be a tax
cut. Indeed, Senator Douglas
would not cut the Federal
budget now, To do so, he con-
tends, would be to take out of
the economy the equivalent of
what a tax cut would put
into it. He holds to a theory
that when times are good,
the Government should save
as much as it can-by cut
ting expenditures where pos
sible and by always avoid
ing waste-in order to COM
pensate for the bigger ex-
penditures the Government
may be compelled to make to
bolster the economy in times
of recession or depression. In
this way, he believes too that
Government revenues in good
times can be used effectively
to reduce the public debt.
Douglas an Economist
Senator Douglas is nc
stranger to the subject OF
economics. He was a men,
Der Of the economics de-
partment of the University Of
Chicago. In 1947 he was
president of the American
Economic Association. He is
a ranking member of the
Joint Congressional Economic
Committee. His recommended
tons for immediate tax re-
auctions are contained in a
dissenting opinion from the
majority report of the Joint
Committee. Here are his tax
cut proposals: (a) In the
income tax, either raise
the personal exemption from
$500 to $500 or tax the first
$1,000 of taxable income al
is per cent instead Of 20 pei
cent as at present, (b) repea,
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Gated to a public park. recre-
alton and wild. life refuge.
In addition. 300 acres have
been assigned for a 36-hole
golf course. The areas pro-
vided for future residential
use have been planned so
that there would be less
than one residence per acre
Of the 1000 acre property.
! will stake my profess
sional reputation that when
this fine property lying with
in Is miles of the District
line is developed as shown
on the master plan, it will
be a tremendous asset not
only to Fairfax County but
to all of Northern Virginia.
Seward H. Mott,
Mott and Hayden Asso-
ciates, Registered Land Plan
ming Engineers.
4 4 \ \
Where is there a better
place in Northern Virginia
for Thomas Jeferson's uni
versity than on what was
once part of the estate of
George Washington. his COM
patriot and fellow Virginian?
Fort Hunt, now owned by
the Federal Government,
consists of approximately
$50 acres and is located on
the banks Of the Potomac
just of Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway, only a
short distance north Of
Mount Vernon itself. The
price Of the land. If any.
should be nominal, and the
site Is easily accessible be-.
cause of the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway and all of
the other highways leading
to it from Alexandria, Airing
ton. Falls Church. Mclean,
Annandale, Springfield and
Prince William County. This
area is also served by public
transportation.
Fort Hunt would afford the
answer to the quandary of
where to locate the Northern
Virginia Branch of the Uni
versity of Virginia, not only
as to price and convenience
but also as the most beauti-
full and appropriate campus
site anywhere.
J. C. s.
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Are birds nice?

Are DlrQS nice?
Mrs. r. w. doesn't think
so. She writes:
Perhaps my creates t
pleasure during the winter is
feeding the birds, of which ]
have a large variety, and
watching their manners. CD
"And I am more and more
convinced that birds are
simply not nice people.
THE worst offenders are,
of course, the starlings, who
squabble and gobble, and the
blue jays, with whom nobody
agrees.
But the Knockers are
nearly as bad, kissing and
dive-bombing one and an
other away from the food.
"And when replete with
meat, raisins and other de-
licacies, they perch all pulled
out like old King Cole and
police the place so nobody
else can get any.
4 4 \ \
II even saw Mrs. Cardinal,
one Of my pets, viciously peck
on the head a little sparrow
who tried to feed near her.
mo doubt it is the age-old
law of the survival Of the
fitteSt, but in this instance
there is plenty for all, and
all kinds Of food for all kinds
of birds.
Certainly live and let live
is not their way of life, and
mans inhumanity to man is
matched by our feathered
friends inhumanity to each
other"
Birds are so much like peo-
pie that they furnish an
amusing commentary on our
perplexed lives.
Live and let live may not
be their way Of life, as our
correspondent says, especially
II the observer stops at the
daily watching.
If he thinks back over the
history Of these oldest Of
creatures. he will realize that
live and let live," in a very
good sense, has been their
philosophy.
There would not be so
many Of them left, after all
these centuries, II they had
not managed, somehow, to
leave each other alone. in the
main.
The facts speak for them
selves.
Only one species, the
hawks. really assails others.
Only one species, the cow
bird. plays a neat little trick
on others by putting her eggs
in other nests to be Matched
out.
The little peckings and
chasings away from food are
just tri1es, in regard to sur
vival, Just as petty quarrels
are among humans.
Il \
AS to the startling being
che worst, listen to A. v. Of
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the excise taxes on consumer
durable goods. such as radios,
television sets. refrigerators.
conditioners, gas and oil
appliances. luggage etc., (c)
cut in half the excise taxes
on transportation Of property
and persons, and on commu-
nications, and I'd reduce by
so per cent the manufactur.
er's excise tax on automobiles.
If the automobile industry
agrees to pass along such a
cut in lowered prices. Sen
ator Douglas insists the i'm
mediate need is a tax cut for
lower and middle income
groups in order to increase
demand purchasing power.
He believes, too, that unem-
ployment benefits for those
out of work should be in
creased to approximately half
Of the average wage, instead
Of one-third which is now
the case.
Some Hearings Held
The House Ways and
Means Committee already has
held five or six weeks Of hear
ings on the question Of tax
changes. 1t has taken no ac-
ton, preferring to wait and
see what the tax collections
will amount to April IS.
whether there will be some
upturn in the economy in the
next two months and how
much the appropriations are
likely to total. President
Eisenhower has gone so far
as to say a tax reduction may
become necessary to Stimu-,
late recovery-but he also has
said he hoped that the en-
ployment situation would be-
gin to improve in March and
so help the economy along.
There is a definite impress
ssion on Capitol Hill, however.
that If things do not pick up
by the end of April, the Ways
and Means Committee will
go ahead with a tax cut bill.
All tax legislation has its
start in that committee. Sew
eral hundred tax cut bills al
ready have been introduced
in the House and are now on
the committee calendar. Rep
reSentative Baker of Tennes-
see, a Republican member of
the committee, recently Of
fered a bill for a 10 per cent,
acroSs-the-board cut in per-
sonal income taxes, and a 20
per cent temporary cut.
One thing which inclines
some Of the congressional tax
experts to go slow is the fact
that if a tax cut is now made.
and later it should become
necessary to restore the tax,
it would be a tough job to put
through the necessary legis-
lation, even though the
money might be needed for
national defense. Politically.
tax increases are not popular.
However, it would be possible
to write a bill providing for q
temporary tax reduction-for
a year, or two or three years.
At the end Of the specified
period taxes would go back TO
the higher rate. Pressure for
tax cuts will mount in this
election year unless the econ
omy makes q rebound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-04
'CopitoFs East Front

I read your editorial, 1.-THE
Capitol's East Front" with
amazement. You imply that
there has been little "justifi-
able force of public opinion"
against the destruction of the
historic walls of the central
portion Of the east front of
the United States Capitol. In
the same paragraph you adj
nit that the law which per-
mitS this horror was adopted
without public hearings"
and that the deliberations of
the Commission for the Ex-
tension of the Capitol are
"shrouded" with an undue
degree of secrecy"
Exactly so. The Architect
Of the Capitol, who is not,
in fact. an architect, does not
want the opinion Of the
public. He said so at the
hearings before the Senate
Subcommittee on Public
Buildings on February II.
1.-THE plans" he said. do not
belong to the public"
But he is mistaken. The
United States Capitol really
does belong to the public. And
public opinion is already
making itself felt in a SWELL
ing tide of letters and news
paper editorials from all over
the country. For instance, the
directors of 81 of the State
historical societies already
oppose the projected destruc-
ton of the historic east front.
Great newspapers in cities
such as Pittsburgh st. Louis,
New Orleans, Boston and
New York-to mention only a
few--are on record in OPP
position.
Who wants to tear down
the east front besides the
Architect of the Capitol?
Never mind his talk that
"the Capitol is neither a
painting nor a museum.
Saying this doesn't alter the
fact that the Capitol really
is a national monument and
a symbol of our history on
a par with the Washington
Monument, the White House
and Mount Vernon. Shall we
shorten the Washington
Monument by 70 feet on the
ground that it is a menace
to, airplane navigation?
The proponents of the east
front alterations would have
a leg to stand on If the space
they would gain for the needs
of Congress amounted to any
thing. Actually Congress will
get $4,000 square feet of
disable space at a cost of
100000 BY the Architect
of the Capitol's own report
of August, 1857, three times
this much space can be gained
at the west front, along with
other very important advan-
tages such as private corridors
for the use of Congress, ample
restaurant space, and so
forth.
AS for the deterioration"
of the stone on the old east
front, what of it? The White
House walls, made of the
same stone. and exactly as
old, were very carefully re-
paired and restored in 1949-
81 for sentimental reasons.
Let's spend some money to
restore the historic east front
walls of the Capitol, and let's
leave them just where they
have been for $50 years.
Sentiment and patriotism
are facts. The plan of the
Architect of the Capitol is a
tissue of trivialities. The
American public will choose
between them.
Wilbur H. Hunter, Jr.,
Director, The Peale Mu-
scum, Baltimore, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-04
Sounds or

The Stars cartoon Febru-
airy rs showed Ike reassurine
the public about the Ma
tons economy, saying Don't
Worry, He's (the economy
Sound as a Dollar" It is my
understanding that the dol
lar now is worth around 40
cents. This is "sound2"
II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-04
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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By Bill Prouty

recently gotten the vote, and now the
most daring Of them even smoked Gig
erettes in public In short, woman, who
had been mans superior, had now be
come his equal; and her immediate re
action was to prove it by clothing her
self in manner she calculated would
dispease rather than please him.
Yet, if I'm right about then, I'm
wrong about now; because I'd have bet
every penny | could scrape up that
when the ladies' sacked the sack in
favor Of the first new look, they had
realized the enormity of their affront
to masculine dignity and had half
masted the hens Of their skirts and
cast away forever the flat-chested
blouse and the skull-tight hat in defer
ence to mans sense of proportion.
Not So This stuff the girls are
wearing today is even worse than their
mothers and/or grandmothers ever
trotted out. At least, the flapper's had
flair, and elan and distinction
Today's styles, it seems TO me, don't
know which way to go There are def
mite attempts at the sack and the
chemIse lines, but very few Of the dres-
,scs seem TO go all the way in either
style. And which tack they will take
is anybody's guess.
The other day saw what was to me
the ultimate in zany designs. The mat
erlal, though it must not have been, re-
sembled nothing so much as bed tick
ing, the stripes, mercifully, running
horizontally The collar was pulled
tightly around the neck and the skirt,
which was Of conventional length, was
slit short way on either side, in a
watery imitation Of the oriental dress.
There were no sleeves.
Nothing showed from inside the
dress except the hips, whose breadth
was accentuated for lack of sight of
the hidden natural curves. The girl,
who was very pretty, and her ensemble
resembled an animated pear, walking
along briskly on well-shaped stems. She
seemed quite happy
Now, what does all this prove
Nothing except that Pm wrong as usual
when IL comes to figuring out the
ladies' Obviously, women are not wear
ing the sack as reaction to their be-
ing equal to man. This they are bor-
ingly aware Of. I'm convinced they
do it to see the perplexed and discon-
certed looks on the faces of the men,
or they wear these outlandish fashions
to make the men appreciate more the
conventional dress they win soon slip
back into.
In either event, it's the women
who're having the fun, although the
men are doing the laughing. The women
have always been one jump ahead Of
the men. and. ! guess, always viii be-
az onffsaidr 4g.sn
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-07-10

to church with her father and amen
with the of car when she went to
church with her mother, 5H( H
That was in Kansas. ! doubt if
child of parents split between two
churches in Chapel Hill would have the
same difficulty. / can't be sure but my
recollection is, from the occasions on
which have attended services, marri-
ages, and funerals in the Protestant
churches here, that in all of them amen
is pronounced with the sound of in
car. win inform myself about this by
inquiring Of neighbors, Mrs. Booker
(Presbyterian), Robert B. House
(MethodisD, and Kay Kyser Christ
Ian Scientist), and when | meet him
at the post office, as | frequently do,
the Reverend Samuel T. Habel (Bap-
tASLl,1 1ol 9aoi. la aoaa ~ bed oaA ssn.
- g 81.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-07-10
Now and Then

One Of the tragedies Of my child
hood was that. just when | was be
ginning to appreciate the beauty Of
women, they began to clothe them
selves in those hideous styles which
have since become descriptively known
as the sack and the "chemise
Just when | beg thinking that the
ladies were "out Of this world" they
sure enough went that way by putting
on some Of the zaniest clothes ever to
mar the divine beauty Of womankind.
You may recall even more vividly
than | some Of these nightmares worn
by the ladies Of the late l920s and the
early 1930's. Most of them consisted
Of tight fitting, flat-chested upper
garment, with or without sleeves, and
knee high skirt which flared out from
the waist, giving an overall pear shape
to the ensemble.
Then, there was the inverted jar
dinisre, helmet-like hat which clunQ
to the head in such form-fitting man
ner, both fore and aft, as to make it
difficult at distance to determine
whether its wearer was coming or go-
ing.
But worst Of all, it seems to me,
were the below the e-eenter-of- gravity
belts (or Wristbands, or whatever you
call them) which made wearer going
away look as though she were sitting
toes-to-the-ground in a jostled swing.
Small wonder, then, that |, at such
an impressionable age, would be repuls-
ed by those weird getups and would go
back at full blast TO all things mascu-
line without so much as a second look
backward.
In later years, however, and from
a more detached viewpoint, I've come
to the conclusion that the women of
the 'flapper" age dressed as they did
as a natural reaction to their "emanci-
patton" after WV |. They had only
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1958-07-10

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HdrrisApo|ogy
Sent Lawrence

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 81
(AP). Representative Harris,
Democrat of Arkansas, chair
man Of a House special sub
committee which has been in
vestigating television license
grants. says Pennsylvania DEM
ocratic gubernatorial candidate
Davis L. Lawrence has not
made any improper contacts.
Mr.. Harris yesterday tele-
.graphed an apology to the
Pittsburgh Mayor for a staff
members error in presenting
information in the Pittsburgh
Channel 4 investigation.
Mr.. Harris message was in
reply to Mr.. Lawrence's protest
against the committee pro-