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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Time for Restraint

An unusual situation prevails In the
giant automobile industry today as the
Big Three companies and the powerful
United Auto Workers go on with the
business Of manufacturing cars without
nanagement-labor contract. For
General Motors, largest in the industry,
1t is the first time in 20 years that the
assembly lines have moved without
contract in effect. Ford and ChrySler,
other car-makers involved, have been
covered almost as long.
The background, in brief, is this:
When negotiations opened two months
ago, the union asked minimum wage in
creases of 10 cents per hour, initiation
of prof1t-sharing plan and other bene-
fits bringing the total package to an
estimated added cost Of about 70 cents
per hour. The companies, negotiating
separately but maintaining virtually
Identical positions, offered two-year
extension of the existing contracts-in-
Guiding provision for pay increases
which would total Is cents hourly during
the added period. Eventually, the union
demands were scaled down to approx
mately a Accent total but the COM
panies have held the line on their
original proposal
On the surface, at least, negotia-
tons have been conducted with less
rancor than usual. Almost simultane-
ouSly, the union announced that it
would not call strike on expiration of
the contracts and the companies an
nounced they would continue operations
on existing wage and working condi-
tons. This is not, of course, merely a
gesture of 'brotherly love-" 1t is, instead.
an acknowledgment of some of the
realities of the day In the receSSion-hit
industry strike this summer would not
be heavily damaging and, consequently,
would be relatively weak bargaining
weapon for the union. On the other
side, an industry shutdown in the abb
Sence OF strike threat would be poor
public relations and probably would en-
gender bitterness making eventual
settlement much more difficult.
Fundamentally, there is an impor-
tant economic problem involved in the
impaSse. The constant pressure of in
creaSing labor costs in major industries
has been accompanied by higher prices
and continuance Of the infiationary
push. In automobiles, there is consider
able belief that the product is being
priced out of the market-atl least to
the point of cutting new car sales far
below boom-year levels. Presumably. car
prices could be kept relatively stable
under the two-year contract extension
but would move higher if union de-
mands were met. This is, indeed, time
for restraint on the wage price front. In
the long run, not only the industry and
the union but the economy in general
should benefit if such restraint can pre-
vail to a point where the two parties,
without the diSruptive effects of closed
factories, can work out their problem to
mutual satisfaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Rhode Island avenue.
"Dear Sir.

Rhode Island avenue.
Dear Sir:
II was glad you spoke up
recently for the starting, a
much-maligned bird.
II. too, watched them dur
ing the big snow, and found
them interesting, capable and
beautiful.
What more can one ask?
Those who harbor grudges
against this and other spe-
cies need to wear rose-col-
ored glasses, or something.
II think what they need is
a change of heart.
MY experience of life, ex-
tending 70 years. shows me
that as a people we grumble
too much, and often about
peoples. animals and things
which do not deserve criti-
ciSm.
THE starting, as others.
has some bad points, but
who or what does not?
I'm England, where I spent
many years, the startling is a
respected and esteemed bird.
Barrie made it an integral
part Of his Peter Pam
II think our Nation and
the world is so full of prob
lens that we ought to devote
our criticism to them, rather
than to poor creatures whose
crime is that they, too, are
hungry in a world Of hungry
things.
Respectfully. G. L. p"
+ 4
Connecticut Ave.
Dear Sir:
From what I can see,
looking out my apartment
windows. the startling is a
bully and a vandal, and a
threat to the really beautiful
birds.
He is ill-mannered, as
well as messy in his habits.
Buildings, trees, autos are be-
smirched.
And they seem to be in
creasing in numbers daily,
crowding out the robins,
tanagerS, and the others.
They sure get all the food,
and I think that's too bad!
Sincerely, c. L. F."
4 4 +
So there you are, the pro
and con Of a mooted subject.
Some people would not re-
gard 1t as much Of a ques-
ton, 1t is true. They would
laugh. maybe, or become red
in the face over the "pesky
Starlings."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
u. S. of Europe

The official languages of
Switzerland are French, Ger
man and Italian. Since Swift
zerland is surrounded by
France, Germany and Italy,
it would be a wonderful thing
If these three countries
Joined Switzerland in a
United States Of Europe to
which other European states
could be admitted.
X. d. vass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02


A city whose ruins cover
more than 40 square miles,
which apparently fiourished
for more than 2.000 years
undoubtedly the largest pre-
Columbian city in the New
World-will be explored and
partly excavated in a Joint
enterprise Of the National
Geographic Society and
Tulane University.
This city was the Maya
Indian metropolis Of Dzibil-
chaltun in Yucatan. 1t is de-
scribed in a letter from the
field, where preliminary work
already is under way, by DR..
Edward w. Andrews Of Tu-
lane to the Explorers Club Of
New York.
Dzibilchaltun apparently
greatly exceeded in size the
great Magyar city Of Tikal in
Guatemala. more than 100
miles to the south, which
hitherto has been considered
the largest Of all Indian
settlements and which now
is being excavated by the
University of Pennsylvania.
1t was first visited in l941
by a Tulane party led by DR..
Andrews and a hurried
examination in ten days
convinced him Of its OUT
standing Importance. War
interviewed before further
work could be done. Only
two years ago he returned to
the site.
Earliest Known Site
DR.. Andrews describes the
place: "Dzibilchaltun, about
eight miles north of Yucca
tan's capital city of Merida,
is an area of roughly so
square kilometers packed
with major architectural re-
mains which we have only
started to explore. In the
Maya area, it is unique in
many ways.
mo known site is earlier,
none lasted as late, and
occupation appears to have
been continuous through
1000 or more years of history.
The cities of the lowland
Maya in Guatemala were all
abandoned, roughly by 1000
A. D. To the north on the
Yucatan peninsula a diluted
Maya culture lasted through
various phases until the
Spanish conquest. But no
northern sites were occupied
for more than a brief period
in history. 1t has not yet
been possible to assemble the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

Your article May rs,
Prosecutor Shuts Eyes to
Living Space Code" shocked
D. c. taxpayers who were
told. when endowed with the
new District law against
overcrowded houses and
apartments, that it would
prevent the spread of slums
into good neighborhoods.
Possibly we shall now be
able to dispense with one
assistant corporation counsel
if the consensus is that it is
unwise to prosecute an
owner and cruel and useless
to proceed against occupants,
but that still leaves us with
creeping slums and migra-
ton from the District. over
crowding leads to the three
main causes of both ills,
namely:
l. Unnecessary noise. eSpe-
cially during normal sleeping
hours;
2, Slovenliness:
8. Violation of personal
safety and of property rights.
Recently we D. c. home
owners were advised not to
sell. but to remain here to
educate underprivileged new
corners so they will meet the
standards of our neighbor-
hoods, which advice implied
that it is we who are re-
sponsible when residence
streets deteriorate! What can
a few owners do when the
combined efforts of the
Police. Fire and Sanitation
Departments, diligent as
they are, cannot keep abreast
Of the lazy, selfish and evil
element fiocking into good"
neighborhoods? This type of
newcomer rejects friendly
advice with an insult whether
it is offered by a white or by
a colored neighbor, and
often cites his rights and ex-
presses open contempt for
city ordinances. Maybe the
churches, women's clubs and
the NAACP should have
a go at this education idea.
But a word Of caution. Mem
bers who attend meetings are
not the ones who need civic
lectures. Those who need
help never read the news or
go to meetings. The only way
to reach them is for the
members to walk through
streets and alleyways selling
the idea that it is stylish"
to live properly and point
ing out that they are creating
more i'll will against integra-
ton by carelessness than all
the efforts Of advancement
programs can Offset.
In other words, now that
We cannot prosecute to cure
overcrowding we must see
that the overcrowded them
selves are taught that it is
possible and desirable to live
in crowded quarters without
disrupting a whole block of
residents who desire and
have a right under the
Constitution to live in peace,
cleanliness and safety. When
that Utopia is reached. who
will want to move out of the
District Of Columbia?
HOmeOwuer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Clover Collector

Having noted the picture
IN The Sunday Star of the
little boy with the five-leaf
clover, my son. Gary, 10,
would like you to know that
he has fair-sized collection
OF unusual clovers. He has
one six-leaf, two f1ve-leaf
and ten four-leaf clovers
which he has found during
the past few years. This is
a hobby with him and he
can't pass a patch of clover
without carefully inspecting
1t.
Mrs. Wendell r. Cook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

it, we have the handsome
red brick Pension Building
which likewise could readily
be made part of the Smith
Sonian's Air Museum with
out the cost of millions
of dollars that would have to
go into a building on the
Mall. If the Smithsonian still
insists on an Air Museum in
the city, then here is the
place for it and one that is
comparable in size to the one
they want to build on the
Mall.
L. J. EsunaS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

Q. In typewriting speed
contests, when we're the rules
revised so that strokes rather
than words were counted?-
o. c.
A. Up to 1924. champion
ship typewriting contests
were held under rules which
counted every word as one
word. no matter what its
length. The word a." for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02

@. Is a water heater nee
essary for a home aquarium?
w. L.
A. This depends on the
location Of the aquarium and
the normal temperature of
the room. In any event. tenn
perature of the water should
be carefully checked as it
cannot safely be allowed TO
go below 10 degrees F., and
should be maintained at rs
30 degrees F. An electric
water heater with thermo-
static control often simpli-
fles the job of maintaining
correct temperature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKTN SFRvTr

reader any factual oy.,o, -. ,
D Please incCse ~ W" washington
Evening star., 1958-07-07

(Which means Washington
scrvicel Tor Boeing 7o5 opera
tons By April /. The lirst Of
80 TOTS ordered by American
rolled out Of the Boeing plant
last week. Service win start
initally on the New York-Los
Angeles run and New York
San Francisco II the CAB mods
It's head in the right direction.
s&s
Joseph I. Gnstlns. r.. man-
ager Of Aircraft Industries Utll-
nv Airplane Council. reports
shipment Of $50 i-to-lO-placs
Utility and executive aircraft
by nine companies during May.
|. More than 5000 military
personnel and dependents cver-
seas win be flown to the United
States BY TwA during this
month in one Of the largest
peacetime airlift contracts
awarded 3 single carrier.
North Americans 2,O0O-mile-
an-hour Air Force B-70 bomber
has been named 'VaIkyrie, =
after rnaidens Of great beauty
who decided the outcome Of
battle in Morse mythology. !.
Chevrolet claims the industry
sales lead in convertibles and
Va autos. Douglas has de-,
livered the l.000th airliner OF
the DC-6 and DC-7 series. this
one with United Air Lines
marking. -.
Evening star., 1958-07-07
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, July = 0P (UsDAl--
HOGS 1000: moderately active and un-
even; mostly 25 lower on butchers; tn-
stances as much as so lower on weights
s0fs ioTss sgo SSasSce fSSs SeaR h e uscS.ls Ssy
ceipts; 2-3 1DO-24u Ib. butchers "a. .O0-
"a rs; several hundred 1-3 mostly la
195-220 lbs. "a 26-s4 so; several lots
Essh %Hss and sasSe sasss SeIss sSrssS ouss sSs
l75; head at 24.65; go 25Q-2e0 ib.
.23.50-24, 90; q few lots mostly 3s up
TO. $40 lbs. down TO % rs: larger lots
mixed grade 400-4T5 lbs. sows 10 .00-
20 90; . few selected lots !. around 400
20 .5O-2l. so; a few small lots 2fb-500
lbs, Fl ;75-22.0O; bulk 500-55O lbs.
Cattle $4,000: calves 200; receipts
steers slow; steady to so lower than
last. weeks low close; most downturn on
steady to SO lower; cows steady to Is
lower; bulls steady to strong: vealere
steady; stockers and feeders steady TO
90 lower; 3 load prime .1,26O.l ,275 lb
steers 1880: bulk choice and prime
mixed sood ana low choice SS..aS-se G W. .ss:
9 ew loads and lots standard and GOOD
"a .00-26. .O0;- few loads high choice
and. prime heifers .27,75-2g .25; most
good to Average choice 24.50-27: 80;
Gamers and cutters 15.50-1S.5O; q few
light Gamers down to 400: utility
and commercial bulls % .25-24 rs; good
and choice vealers .2s.OO-31 90: cuIls
down d W., to ZOO: 2 fey loads and lot
ieedins steers s4.SotsS'o 90. N 's
iz1 ,2downto
Evening star., 1958-07-07

fluent Society" by Harvard's
well-known economics profess
Isor, John Kenneth Galbraith
(Houghton Mifi1in Coz.
Rarely does an economic and
social treatise make the best
seller book lists. Rarely does q
book Of this nature become a
subject for TV shows. Rarely
does q book about ideas in eco
nomics arouse intense debate
beyond the limited circle of
economists.
All this is happening to ''The
Affluent Society,""
One reason. of course, is the
charm of Galbraith's writing
a rarity in itself in economics
books.
But the superb writing is
only a bonus for the reader.
What is riveting attention on
DR.. Galbraith is his challenging
thesis. Immensely abbreviated,
here are a few highlights:
Cd Virtually all the eco
nomic theories we worship were
worked out for a world of pow
erty and scarcities-in which
production of goods was log
ically the great goal. But the
United States today is a soci-
ETY. of abundance and afiiuence
without precedent in civiliza-
tion. In this society the prob
lem is not quantity Of produc-
ton. It is quality Of production.
90 We must achieve a better
balance between types Of pro-
duction. Our wants are not
more and more goods. Our
wants lie in the fields of
schools, highways, airways,
clean rivers, parks, research,
redevelopment Of cities, health.
etc. We are far from saturated
in these areas!
CD An excellent way to A.
nance these wants is through a
much expanded use of the
sales tax Tin addition to the
income taxi.
"a To curb imitation and
Evening star., 1958-07-07
Record Assets Reported
BY Perpetual Building

On June 80, the Perpetual
Building Association, largest
organization of its kind east OF
the Mississippi River, had
record breaking assets Of $274,-
$780, 1853.
President Edward C. Baltz
declared this compared with
$247, ,474,035 a year ago, repre-
senting a 10.9 per cent advance.
Controller william H. Rip
pard said all the figures were
at new tops. Savings were $780,
72s,830. some 1873 per cent
above last years $216,294,533
Mortgage loans were $238, ,970,-
309 contrasted with $212,S36,-
805: reserves were $40, ,629, 1928,
an increase Of $1,O3l,l10.
Dividends totaling $2,125, 600
were given depositors for the
years second quarter.
Evening star., 1958-07-07

keep production under contro
we should admit high" un-
employment is tolerahle from
time to time and handle II
through q new system of job
less benefits. Under the new
system the scale Of jobless
benefits would rise sharply ,as
unemployment rose. would fall
sharply as unemployment de-
|clined.
Controversy Cited
Shamefully over simplifieo
though this is. it suggests why
DR.. Galbraith's book is stimuli.
taneously infuriating and de.
lighting thoughtful people oi
just about every shade OF
opinion.
Gas a personal note, / salute
Galbraith's ideas about a better
balance between output of
goods and public services, but
I'll strongly challenge his point
about overproduction Of goods
as long as hundreds Of millions
Of people outside our borders
live in abysmal poverty.l
From time to time books by
economists - ranging from
Adam Smith to John Maynard
Keynes-have marked turning
points in civilization. With
"The Affiuent Society" DR.. Gal
braith is making a bid for the
greatest book list Of them all
Distributed 1858 BY the Hail syndi.
cate, Inc. AL Rights Reservedl
Evening star., 1958-07-07
ID. C. Gasoline Sales
Lag Behind Year Ago

District gasoline consump-
ton in the first five months Of
this year aggregated 76,402,552
gallons. a decrease of 3 per cent
from 78.796,531 in the same
1857 period, a report from the
District Tax Office indicated.
May consumption amounted
to 16,352.802 gallons decline
of only .07 per cent from 16,-
464,l73 in May last year.
Evening star., 1958-07-07

moderately above s4O.sSo. .sss or
last March 4 and contrastec
with S34.l93,705 on June 80
1858, five years ago.
Net loans amounted to t1e,-
770,074 on June 20, compared
with $18.946,163 in June last
year and l9,e24.777 last March
4. They were ahead Of $17.042,-
652 on June 80, 1858.
AS reported previously, de.
posits totaled $37,290,674 or
June %, compared with $34,-
9l5,546 a year ago and $50, $685.
OCT last March. The total fol
June 80, 1853 was $31, ,246.59l.
Evening star., 1958-07-07
Industrial Bank Has
Further Increases

Industrial Bank Of Washing
ton had record assets of So
215,542 on June %, compared
with $7.798,069 a year earlier
and $7,032.14f on the like 1858
date, a statement from Presi-
dent B. Doyle Mitchell revealed,
Net loans totaled $3,252, ,60S,
compared with $3,048, ,729' a
year earlier and $2.866,292 five
years earlier.
Deposits amounted to $7,279,-
SIS, compared with $6,96S, ,3Se
in June last year and $685.
93l on the corresponding 1858
date.
Evening star., 1958-07-07
METAL PRICES

NEW YORK. July q B.-spot nom
ferrous metal prices today: copper 25.
261a cents q pound, Connecticut valley.
Lead IL cents a pound, New York. Zine
10 cents q pound, East st. Louis. Tin
silver SSss cents per troy ounce, New
York At Pittsburgh scrap steel No. 1
heavy was quoted at 37.00-3s 90.
Evening star., 1958-07-07
WINGS & WHEELS
D. cAARLEs YARIRoUeH

Undismayed BY 4 disapp0int-
ing year. auto builders have
put the brakes on production
lines for the change lovers to
the 1859 models. most Of which
win be on sale In October.
The industry has spent about
SIS billion In retooling and
the picture. generally, Is for
some models still longer and
lower. ss
From Detroit. the Associated
Press veteran observer David
J. Wilkie reports that new car
inventories are approaching
manageable proportions, with
about 100000 new cars in
dealer hands. He attributes
modest sales Improvement and
continuing tight control Of OUT
put to the inventory condition.
June sales were estimated at
about 395,0O0. an increase Of
1000 over May.
Mr.. wilkie says most Of Gem
eraI Motors lines will be en-
tirely new for 1859, including
q completely re-styled Chevro-
let. ChrysIer will retain its dis
tinctive fms. EdseI's gull-wing
rear lighting effect win be
adopted with notifications by
several other makes-fulnllin
a prediction Of some months
ago by Ford's stylist George
Walker.
American Motors, which
emerges from the 1888 season
the healthiest of all, plans to
retain basic styling and engi-
neering on the Rambler.
\ i ~
The air taxi service is good
and getting better, Helen C.
Camden, assistant secretary
treasurer of Potomac Air
Transport, Inc, reported last
week.
A member Of the National
Air Taxi Service operating out
Of National Airport, Potomac,
using BOnanzas. completed IT,
284 revenue miles during last
year-98 per cent of them made
up of business executives and
members Of Congress.
Total passengers last year ran
81, ,540-a gain Of almost $1,000
since 1854.
An earth bound object trav-
cling 500 miles an hour is a
terrifying sight but Coleman
Evening star., 1958-07-07
''s'. 3 BUSINESS
NADAAnnounces Plan
To Extend Building
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN
star stan writer

The National Automobile Dealers Association win con-
suc an extension It's building at Twentieth street.
NV that win double It's capacity It is slated to be ready
for occupancy In the fall Of next year.
President Chan said construction win
as detailed plans have approved John H. Graham arc
Evening star., 1958-07-07
AnacOstia National
Reports New Growth

Anacostia National Bank had
assets of $24,551, ,0OS on June %.
date of the recent call, an in
crease Of 2.3 per cent from $23,-
1880 on June 6 last year and
29.3 per cent ahead Of $685.
1877 on June 80, 1858, President
A. Scott Offutt announced.
Net loans Of $10,716,528 were
UP 10 per cent from $9,691, TAO
q year earlier and SIT per cent
higher than $7,0o6.ol3 Ave
years earlier.
Deposits amounted to $22,-
Stalls. an increase Of 2.S per
cent from $22.366,613 in June
last year and 20 per cent ahead
Of $17,936,5s6 five years ago.
Evening star., 1958-07-07
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
Picnic by a. Polluted Stream
~ SYLVIA PORTER

Don't you feel that something
must be out Of balance IN our
society when you go for a drive
in your elaborate, high-pow-
cred car through cities that
are badly paved, made hideous
by litter, bbghted buildings" in
order to "Micnic on exquisitely
packaged food from a portable
icebox by a polluted stream?'
Don't you vince q bit when
you realize that 'our houses are
generally clean and our streets
generally filthy" because an ac-
cepted attitude in our land is
that vacuum cleaners to in
sure clean houses are essential
in our standard of living" but
street cleaners to insure clean
streets are an unfortunate ex-
penSe
Don't you at times wonder
whether we're correct in gear
ing our economy so closely to
an ever-rising production OF
goods that even a modest dip
in production throws millions
out of work and forces us into
a tense, humorless effort to re-
yive production simply to pro-
vide jobs for our workers?
Lots of you obviously do feel
something is out Of balance, dc
vince and do wonder-for you
have done a most extraordinary
thing in the past few weeks:
Evening star., 1958-07-07
Weinschel Engineering
To Extend EIectrOnics Plant

B. O. Weinschel Of Weinschel
Engineering & Manufacturing
Co., at 10501 Metropolitan
avenue, Kensington. Nd. said
today the firm has purchased
three and a half acres for ex-
tension of his electronics plant.
The new property lies south
Of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road tracks adjacent to the
eastern boundary Of the town
limits and extends south to
near the Daymude Shopping
Center on the Kensington
Parkway. The firm specializes
In precision instruments. Com
pletion Of the new electronics
plant is slated for the fell Of
1859.