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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Not Pulled off a Tree

In opposing a $32 million Federal
payment toward the cost of running the
Nations Capital, Chairman Rabaut of
the House Appropriations Subcommittee
on the District Budget has said he does
not know where they got that $32 mil
lion figure" He added: Someone just
reached up and pulled that plum off
tree"
Mr.. Rabaut is mistaken. The figure,
since authorized unanimously by Con-
gresS, was not picked off tree or out of
hat. 1t was arrived at after careful
study of the Districts financial prob
lens by a citizens committee, by the
Commissioners and, finally, by joint
Senate-HouSe committee headed by Rep
reSentative Howard Smith of Virginia.
1t represents what the Commissioners
and Congress have agreed is rea-
sonable Federal share of the Districts
expenses.
The citizens committee, of which
Richard P. Dunn, local businessman,
was chairman and which included IA
other leading citizens, reviewed the Dis
trict'S public works program and recon-
mended means of financing a revised
program. The committee found mo
room for tax increases which can be
placed on the District taxpayer" 1t
pointed out that property constantly is
being removed from the tax rolls, with
the Federal Government now owning 43
per cent of the city's total land area
all tax exempt. The Dunn group pro-
posed that Congress lift the annual
Federal payment to $23.5 million for
operating expenses, that an additional
81 million be granted annually for capt.
tai Improvements and that accumulated
deficits in the authorized payment, to-
falling then SIS million, be made up
promptly. The Commissioners Endorsed
the committees recommendations in
general and, on the basis of balance
sheet of estimated revenues and ex-
penditureS through 1864, urged $32
million Federal payment. This figure
was found to be necessary to bridge
the gap between anticipated tax reve-
nueS and the cost of the Six-year public
works program, assuming that District
taxes were not to be raised.
Inc joint congressional committee,
composed of Senators and Representa-
tiveS familiar with the Districts fiscal
plight, agreed that $32 million Federal
payment was justified. Both houses of
Congress accepted the considered opin-
ion of the joint group. President EiSen-
hover is expected to sign the higher
authorization into law. 1t would be an
act of utter responsibility and bad
faith If Congress now were to renege
on its implicit pledge Of $32 million
Federal payment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Clean Scheme

A novel scheme to clean up munic-
ipal transportation problems has been
put into contract form in New York
City. The Transit Authority in our big
geSt metropolis has agreed to take soap
coupons for subway and bus riding.
The deal, in brief is this. The cou-
ponS will be attached to soap and GER
tain other detergentS marketed by the
contracting company. Three coupons,
acquired while buying the soap, will be
worth a free ride. In due time, the
Transit Authority will collect five cents
per coupon from the soap makerS-work-
ing out to the present 15-cent charge
per ride. The authority thinks it will
gain riders, the company is confident it
will sell more soap.
One of the first questions to be
asked is how the transit employees might
feel about the extra chore of handling
coupons. Mike Quill, president of the
Transport Workers Union, whose ca
pacity as humoriSt had not previously
come to our attention, really cleaned
up on that one I'VE are not going to
work ourselves into a lather," Funny
man Quill said, but the authority
should know that we will not be soft
soaped out of asking more money and
additional time for the added duties"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05

ship to the senatorial race. AS far as
campaigning is concerned, Mr. Know
land plans to make his big push in the
fall, and he has displayed great energy
and effectiveness on the stump in the
past. His position on labor, however,
will remain critical issue in the au-
tumn AS for the prospects of greater
Republican harmony, the only new clue
was Mayor -Christopher's appeal that
I'VE all close ranks"
California, growing fast and per-
haps some day due to have the largest
population in the Union, is rich polit-
ical prize The outcome Of the COVER
norship fight this year may determine
the States partisan preference for much
of the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Housing Bill

I hope that the housing bill
now being formulated in
Congress will contain provi-
sions which will be of help to
the owners of existing homes
who want to sell their houses,
In the District. it is hard for
the owner of a medium priced
or lower priced house to make
a satisfactory sale at the
present time. 1 feel that
Washington is a special case
and that some extra help is
needed for both the buyer
and seller, due to the chang
ing pattern in many neigh
borhoods. Under conventional
financing for such property
the seller is faced more often
than not with two alterna-
tives: Either sell to a spec
ulator at a considerable loss
or sell with a big second
mortgage on the house
which means that it may
take years to get ones equity
out of the property, if at all.
I hope that Congress will
make FILA and CT insured
loans as readily available to
buyers of existing homes as
to buyers of new homes-a
discrimination which does
now seem to exist. Several
weeks ago State Senator
George P. Mahoney Of Mary
land submitted a plan to
CONGRESS which was designed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
KnowIond Setback

The Democrats have good reason to
feel highly pleased with the primary
election results in California. They went
into the campaign with a comfortable
edge over the Republicans in regiStra-
lions. And they nominated Attorney
General Pat Brown for the governorShip
by bipartisan vote some 100000 higher
than that cast for Senator Knowland. In
addition, while winning the Democratic
senatorial nomination, Representative
Clair Engle piled up healthy lead over
the Republican winner, Governor Good
win Knight. In the latter contest, how
ever, the strong showing of Republican
Mayor George Christopher gave the
G. o. P. pair total vote exceeding that
cast for Mr.. Engle.
The key tombstone that COM
manded great national interest and
which may have significant bearing on
Nationwide politics in 1960-waS the
popularity race for gubernatorial favor.
Each of the winners was unoppoSed in
his own party. Both had demonstrated
in previous elections that they were the
strongest vote-getterS in their respective
parties. Both croSS-filed to seek votes
in the opposition party. But whereas
Mr.. Knowland in 1852 won the senate
rial nomination of both parties and went
on to record the largest vote ever polled
by any candidate in California, he drew
fewer Democratic votes this time than
Mr.. Brown picked up among Republican
regiStrantS.
There are some possible explana-
lions, of course. Mr.. Knowland, busy
here as minority leader in the Senate,
was unable to do much primary cam
paigning in California. In addition, his
fortnight stand for labor union reforms
and his Endorsement of a So-called right
to-Work law for the State resulted in an
about fight against him by organized
labor. Finally, there is no clear measure
yet of how much the Knowland vote
might have been cut by the rift in
G. o. P. ranks created when Mr.. Knight
was forced to shift from the governor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Anne Frank TRAGEDY

I wonder how many of the
people who have been to see
the tragic play now being
given at the National Thea
ter, THE Diary OF Anne
Frank" are aware that the
house in Amsterdam where
the eight Germans took ref
uge is to become an Interna-
tional Youth Center called
the Anne Frank Founda-
ton" in her memory?
Mr.. Frank. Anne's father,
happened to be out of the
house when the Gestapo
came so his life was saved.
1t is he who collected the
diary written by his young
daughter and it is he who
hopes to promote her ideals
that even such a world of
cruelty as she knew will even
tually be overcome by kind
ness and goodness.
Anyone interested can
send a contribution to the
Anne Frank Foundation
Prinsengracht 263, Amster-
dam, Holland.
Virginia L. Hunt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
New Traffic Chief

The passing of George B.
Keneipp, director of the Dis
trict Governments Depart
ment of Vehicles and Traffic.
was a profound shock. AS
yet he has not been replaced.
Understandable as this may
be, George Keneipp was a
sufficiently good executive
and administrator to leave
behind a prize legacy to the
people of the District-ca-
pable assistants.
One of these assistants is
Anthony L. Ellison, at pres
ent Safety Education officer
for the District and Execu-
tive Secretary to the Com
missioners' Traffic Advisory
Board.
Mr.. Ellison is an intelli-
gent, vigorous. resourceful
man who r0'''d cepably fill
the job of Department Di-
rector. He would continue
the record of superior &C
complishment set by his
predecessor.
Horace White.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Crowded Air Space

After reading your edito-
rial of May % and the letter
signed Camera Obscura, I
would like to put in my two
cents worth about the cur
rent Juror concerning mid
air collisions, civil airwayS,
the Presidents Air Co-ordi-
mating Committee and So
called military stupidity.
First. AS has been sug-
geSted by other writer's, it
might be we'll for your staff
and the other uniformed
critics to take a look at a re-
gional or sectional chart of
this or any other congested
area and see how impossible
it would be for military flights
to stay off of civil airways.
This would be the equivalent
of asking a cab driver to take
you from the Capitol to Ken
sington without crossing any
main streets.
Second. l am fearful that
the action of the Presidents
committee will be confined
to making studies of various
proposals which will in the
end offer no real solution to
the problem unless we are
prepared to give up our air
defense. I'm not. Are you?
OF course a lot of talk about
fancy plans will tend to stave
off the public wrath until
something better to talk
about comes along, and this
is of some value. +
Third. Camera Obscura
seems to have the idea that
military pilots don't value
their own lives. I can assure
you that they do, and the
families they leave behind
are no less grief stricken than
the families of those who per-
ish in airlinerS or automo-
biles.
I wish I could offer a solu-
ton to the problem of over
crowded airspace and its in
herent dangers. Putting all
planes on instrument flight
rules will help some. but in
order to handle the volume of
traffic we have today, civil
and military, it will be neceS-
sary to reduce the horizontal
and vertical separation of
planes flying on instrument
rules and you will still have
collisions.
Our military pilots have to
use the civil facilities for
practicing instrument flying
in order to remain proficient.
1t takes a highly skilled pilot
with plenty of training to
bring an aircraft into the
complicated Washington Area
Control under actual instru-
ment conditions. They can't
learn how to do this by praC-
ticing their letdowns out in
the middle of Montana or
some other isolated area.
II an enemy sends bombers
our way in the middle of a
black, rainy night 1 hope that
our Air Force boys at An
drews Field will be able to
shove their fighters through
the night sky across airways
at 1000 m.p.h. if necessary
to make the interrogation.
They surely wouldn't be able
to do this unless they were
able to practice it every day.
David F. Oyster,
Former Aviator, Airline
Passenger, Interested
Citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
De GouIIe's Bio Test

The bands played and the crowds
cheered when Charles de Gaulle stepped
from the sleek jet airliner which had
carried him from Paris to Algiers. But
neither the tumultuouS welcome nor the
speechmaking which followed served to
obscure the fact that the big test, the
crucial test, of the De Gaulle regime
had begun.
General de Gaulle's afternoon in
AlgierS was devoted to what may best
be described as a massive attempt to
reconcile what has been thought to be
the irreconcilable. He praised the lead
erS of the inSurgent movement which
started him on the road to the premier
ship He paid tribute to the courage Of
the leaders of the Algerian Nationalist
rebels, and said that he had come to
"open the door to reconciliation" FL
nally, he pledged that within three
months the 10 million 'Frenchmen" in
Algeria will have an opportunity to de-
termine their future in an election with
equal voting rights for all.
While this was being said, the
crowds continued to cheer. But it will
be astonishing indeed if the French set
tiers, outnumbered 10 to l in Algeria
by the MoSlemS, and who have kept
the upper hand through rugged terri
torial legislature, will quietly acquiesce
in equal voting rights. If they swallow
this dose, it will be because they find
themselves left with no other choice.
Furthermore, it has been indicated that
the rebels may reject the De Gaulle offer.
This, however, is not the time for
outsiders to borrow trouble. From all
appearances, General de Gaulle is max
ing a bold, imaginative and generous
effort to settle the Algerian problem. If
he is successful, it certainly will serve
the interests of France and of the
friends of France. Those who cannot
help in this effort certainly ought not
to hinder it.
Since May IS, when it first appeared
that De Gaulle might return to power,
his critics have enjoyed something of
field day. They have pictured him as
bent upon the destruction of France.
The Specter of a De Gaulle dictator
ship has been raised. Every possibility
of future conflict between a France led
by De Gaulle and the allies of France
has been raised and explored. Perhaps
events will vindicate the doubterS and
the critics. But the new Premier, up to
this point, has handled himself with
skill, restraint and considerable cour-
age. 1t is time, we think, for the critics
to pipe down. If the general should
fail, what are the alternatives? An
out-and-out military dictatorship? A
popular front regime dominated by
the Communists? Civil war? For the
time being, the critics would do we'll
to ponder these poSSibilitieS-and give
De Gaulle a chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Zoo Funds

I wish to congratulate The
Star and Jerry O'Leary. jr.,
for the front-page article on
the National Zoo. The ma
tional Zoo" is not national.
Congress does not provide a
dime for its upkeep. All ex-
penSes are paid by District
funds,
The director of the Zoo is
required to face two budget
hearings. the first before the
District of Columbia, the Sec
ond before committees of
Congress. Even the rent of
the Zoo restaurant, now $43,-
600 a year, does not go to
the Zoo. 1t is credited to the
District of Columbia.
More visitors throng the
grounds of the Zoo than any
other attraction in Washing
ton, in excess of three mil
lion a year, 1t is remarkable
in two respects: 1t has one
of the best collections of ami
mails, housed in the worst
buildings of any first-rate
zoo in the world.
In the nearly $40 billion
voted for foreign aid by Con-
gress, millions have been
spent on foreign ZOOS. but
not one cent on the alleged
National Zoo" 1t is time
for a change. The Govern
ment should share equally
with the District. 1t should
provide funds for decent
buildings, or the Zoo should
be transferred to National
Capital Parks and be COM
pletely Federalized.
Frank Mulkern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

IT am a sort of Office
overseer," writes ]. F. L.,
land I thought you and your
readers might be interested
in some of my discoveries.
while I do not believe
that most Office forces waste
time. I do say that a few
time servers have thought
up some nice gags to look
busy while really doing moth
ing.
"One bright young lady in
my encourage has a list of
acts and deeds of the inStitu-
ton, and she has discovered
that when she has nothing
to do. but still wants to look
hard at it, she can go back
and put rings with a pencil
around all the letters Il in
her manuscript.
There is a certain salts
faction to doing this, evil
IDENTIFY, for she spends hours
at it.
She also rings each period.
1T is amazing. the amount
of time that can be con-
Sumed by this artiflce
y *
IT have another hard
worker. a male, this time,
who specializes using the
telephone as a sort of gag.
He dials his own home
evidently knowing nobody is
there, then pretends to hold
a long conversation with no.
body.
ITO all except old sharp
eyed James Francis, the
meanie. he seems to be work.
ing hard all the time, but
j. F. knows better.
Il let them get away with
their lodges, most of the
time. They might as we'll
be doing these things as look
ing out the window and
yawning.
Maybe in time they may
learn how to work. 1 don't
know"
The usage of spare time in
Offices is always a problem.
Ask any honest hand!
Management is sometimes
to blame, if the truth were
known. There are too many
people, and not enough work
for them to do.
This is regarded as one OF
the glories of the century. OF
the reverse. depending upon
which side you sit.
Everybody has his owr
personal philosophy, and un-
til you solve this puzzle, YOU
cannot pass judgments.
Perhaps the girl who rings
the 81" and the period doe:
it out of sheer nervousness
People today keep blank
faces. so that it is difficult
to tell what they think. This
is called the poker face, usu-
ally held in esteem.
Don't wear your heart or
your sleeve, we are told.
The penalty. Of course, il
to be "kidded." the great in
door sport of America anc
points west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05

The personal philosophy Of
daily action of many persons
is to save their nervous
states as much wear and tear
as possible.
Now we delve into psy-
chology and psychiatry. the
two "enfants terrible" of
modern life.
There is more than one
way to save t he personal
sanity.
Take an Office worker.
If facing the daily grind
reminds him of a squirrel in
a cage, or If somebody is after
him, or if some one in power
has bawled him out. as the
expression has it, what can
he do?
He may take to drink, the
old time solution, and not a
very good one.
Or he may put rings around
the letter Il wherever he
finds it..
1t may be as simple as
that.
We would suggest to James
Francis l.. that he may be
right-and he may be wrong.
Perhaps the person he
watches is not just killing
time, as he thinks, but is
saving her soul in her own
fashion.
The soul, as an institution,
has a variety of faces. One
is in the New Testament, an
other in the Old Testament.
Another is in every single
human being the world
around.
The human soul. as dis
tinct from the animal soul, is
its own judge, in the final
phase, and no other soul can
speak for it.
Let us not judge too harsh
ly, lest we be judged. Other
peoples soul soothing devices
may look odd to us, but if we
look long enough, we may see
why and how they work.
Start ringing the Il, your
self. James Francis. and learn
how to mind your own bust
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05

backgrounds from now un-
til November when the gen
eral elections are held. The
Democrats believe that IL
they can carry the State con-
vincingly for Governor and
Senator they will deal Vice
President Nixon, leading pos
sibility for the @. o. p. presi-
Dental nomination in 1860, q
black eye. Mr.. Nixon, who
has grown in popularity, the
Democrats would like to dis
credit as quickly as possible.
and they see a chance in
these California elections this
year. Primary elections, as
forecasts" of general elec-
ton victory, are tricky
things, not always to be re-
lied on. There will be a big
reservoir of voters next No
vember who failed to partici-
pate in the primaries.
Mr.. Brown, who has twice
been elected attorney gen.
eral as a Democrat, formerly
was a Republican. A kind of
middle-of- the-roader, he has
received many Republican
votes in the past, as well as
Democratic. This year he is
lined up with the liberals Of
the Democratic Party, which
may lose him some of the
conservative wing of the
party.
Bigger Democratic List
The Republicans have been
accustomed to winning major
elections in California despite
the fact that Democratic
registration has exceeded Re-
publican by more than a mil
lion. Today, the Democrats
retain this advantage in reg
istration by $4,000 to o.
$4,000 for the Republicans.
How little difference this SUI
perior Democratic registra-
ton has made-in favor OF
Democratic candidates-was
illustrated by the vote cast
for Governor in 1850 between
the then Gov. Earl War
rem and James Roosevelt, son
of the late President Frank
lin D. At that time the DEM
ocrats registered 1,117.000
more voters than did the Re-
publicans, but Mr.. Warren
defeated Mr.. Roosevelt with
a lead of 1927 900 votes in
the general election. Senator
Knowland in 1852 was re-
elected by a huge vote, too.
Since that time, however,
the Democrats have been
more successful in keeping
their registered voters in line.
For example, Republican
Senator Kuchel won in 1856
over his Democratic oppo-
nent, Mr.. Richards. by 447.-
900. This was a material VIC
tory for Mr.. Kuchel but a
comedown as compared to
earlier Republican victories.
Anyway you look at it. the
California elections this year
are of major political inter-
est. If Mr.. Brown wins and
by a large margin, he may be
considered for a place, per-
hapS first place, on the Dem
ocratic national ticket two
years from now. Also. if labor
is able to knock off Senator
Knowland, its grip on the
political situation will gain
in strength.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05

to ease the housing situation.
1t had many good features in
it which could be incorpo-
rated into the new housing
bill. 1t would also help to
increase the flow of mortgage
money if Congress would
agree to insure the top 20 per
cent of conventional loans on
medium and loWer-priced
houses. In any case some
thing needs to be done in
this field. r. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-05
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How much moisture Is
there in paper?-I. E.
A. The normal moisture
varies from So per cent in
superintendent book paper
up to 81 per cent in newsprint
paper. Normal moisture is as
sumed to occur at a tempera-
ture of 10 degrees F. and so
per cent relative humidity,
which is the condition main
tanned in the testing rooms
of paper manufacturers. The
process of drying machine
made paper is an important
operation, since paper on
leaving the press rolls still
contains about SIS per cent
of its weight in water and
must be dried uniformly.