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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRACEWELL

MASSACHUSETTS AVE.
Dear Sir:
Il see where sometimes you
praise the cat, and ! am in
clined to agree with you, with
one exception.
why is it these pretty
and interesting little animals
build up such feuds amongst
themselves?
II once had 10 of them.
and no one Of them seemed
to like the others. with the
result that there was a con-
slant Squabble going on.
Il tried separating them,
keeping one in one room, and
others. the more peaceful. in
another, but this didn't work,
because the belligerent one
would get loose and make an
assault on the others.
Il found that one certain
cat would even fight his own
brother on sight.
How can you explain this
in an animal that deserves
praise in a general way?
Yours truly, A. D. M"
-
The cat is no exception to
the traits of all living things.
1t shows affection in q
sense-and it shows hate.
This hate complex is of the
essence, evidently, of living
creatures.
Today, unfortunately, this
thing Of hate has grown to
terrific proportions.
We now witness it bloom
ing. literally. in all the ma
tons of the earth. as an ex-
aggerated nationalism grows
red in the face and demands
its place in the sun.
Il 4
The members Of the cat
tribes, one of the greatest
among the mammals. are no
exception.
Hate. spleen. anger, choler
call 1t what one will
seems necessary, in such a
world as this.
Even the mildest indi-
vidual. in certain situations.
finds a need for some bit Of
pure and essential hating in
his life.
1t may not be Christian.
but who ever called q cat
Christian?
A pure animal, 1t must re-
spond as nature has taught
1t to respond.
At times, the creatures
seem to be directly ordered in
their movements by q higher
power. or at least something
outside and beyond them.
Take a sick cat.
Its taste for food is cut of
as Immediately as II 1t had
received orders not TO eat.
The animal refuses to look
at the best food, even when
1t Is put before him.
II the owner insists on try
ing to force-feed 1t. as this is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
Recession 'Cure-AHs'

The divergence Of opinion
among our professional econ
omists. as regards the cure"
for the current recession. is
nothing short Of astounding.
I've read arguments for in
creased public works, argu-
ments for more aggressive
Federal Reserve action. argu-
ments for tax cuts and argu-
ments for doing nothing at
all.
Is it being naive to rec
ognize all "cure-alls" must
ultimately be boiled down to
the basic premise that all
economic activity revolves
around the balance struck
between incentive and risk?
Individuals do not spend
their disposable income on
goods whose prices may come
down. Corporations do not
raise production schedules
and inventory requirements
on any other assumption
than existing demand repre-
sents a market potential for
making money.
Couple this axiom with
some other economic facts
of life. No one type of Fed
eral Intervention affects all
business and all individuals
in the same manner. There
is no chance of maintaining
a homogeneous relationship
between purchasing power
and the particular types of
production no matter what
type of economy you en-
brace. There will always be
a scarcity of some products
and an oversupply Of others.
Doesn't it. therefore. be-
hoove our economists and
legislators to seek an eco
nomic climate which places
a premium on business 'as
well as individually working
out their own economic SAL
vation-through their own
recognition Of the right kind
of incentives?
This would seem to me to
be in the area Of tax revision
but the right type Of revi-
Sions.
Doesn't it seem reasonable
for the legislators to provide
the tax incentive for business
to seek its own panacea for re-
newed prosperity? If the in
centive (the opportunity for
more profit after taxes) out
weighs the risks 1.-THE like
lihood of decreased demand
and spendingl our Federal
Government will find less
need for having to play the
role Of Big Brother.
John o. Painter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05

Let homeowners be on
guard against itinerant re-
pairmen roaming the city
and suburbs soliciting roof
repairs under the guise and
threat that II their recon-
mendations are not followed
Immediately severe damage
to life and property may re-
suit.
We had an example of the
alarmism these Pied Pipers
create when the newspapers
reported a few days ago Of
the bilking Of several hun
dreds Of dollars from an eld-
erly woman. These nomads
have been coursing the
streets from door to door for
years. but currently they are
far more numerous and
ruthless than formerly. Their
pitch follows the old pattern;
there is loose slate, or in
secure cutters or downspouts.
or chimney bricks In danger
OF falling on somebody's
head; the matter cannot wait
until tomorrow: but must be
remedied today and now.
These fellows operate from
an unlettered truck or from a
car. with a ladder tied on top;
they have no business adj
dress. they pay no business
taxes. they give receipts on
demand only on scraps Of
blank paper and disappear
into thin air after they do as
little work as possible and
get as much for 1t as they
can scare out of their VIC
Tins. Solid citizens who
smirk at the gullibility Of
their brethren who fall for
the old pocketbook gimmick
prove themselves to be blood
brothers when they subscribe
to the Vaccinations Of these
rover boys who are on the
prowl every working day.
Why don't we tighten our
laws on soliciting to require
that these gypsies pay a
fixed fee and establish q
stable address?
John q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used n
letters carry iDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
'Pompered' Engineers

"9s
The Civil Service Commits
sion. in continuing 10 pamper
the varied engineers in the
Government service by juSti-
flying their recent pay in
crease and prOclaiming their
rights to a full share of the
forthcoming Federal pay raise
by constantly mentioning the
difficulty in trying to retain
competent personnel i'll these
"shortage-category" jobs. has
deeply hurt the morale of
non-profesSional career white
collar employees. Why is a
specific privileged class
chosen to eat high up on the
hog in these high cost Of liv-
ing days? And why is it COM
pelling for the Government
to try and keep the many
handbook" variety engi-
neers that clutter its roster?
The solution TO it all would
be to give them the same
written test as the new en-
gineer applicant would take
and. If a passing grade Is at
tanned, give them the forth
coming pay raise as well de-
served. Is 1t customary fer
csc 10 throw good money
after bad?
Federalite.
1t is disconcerting TO be
reminded by Joseph Young
in The Federal Spotlight"
of March 81 and backed up
by Milton Lunch of the
National Society of Pro-
feSsional Engineers in his
letter to the editor of
March 81, that our engi-
neers and scientists should
receive the full proposed
Federal pay raise plus
the top y Of the grade in
creaSes granted by the Civil
Service Commission.
The previous progress
made by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission for career
employees has gone backward
instead of forward with its
preferential treatment to en-
gineers and scientists. The
term scientist is used rather
loosely-it should refer in
stead to chemists and phys
icistS, because not all scien-
fists receive the top-of grade
increases. I work in a Fed
eral department where all Of
the employees are research
scientists, yet two of the
scientists do not receive the
top-of-grade increases even
though they contribute as
much or more to the same
line project as the preferred
scientists. / have seen no
more chemists or physicists
leave the Government in the
last year than any other
year. II the engineers and
scientists we're not SO gra-
ciously granted the top-of-
grade increases in pay. I
know Of not one in our group
who would leave. except for
the scientists who have been
morally Disseminated against
for working just as hard.
just as long and contribute
ing just as much.
The Civil Service Commits
sion, the National Society Of
Professional Engineers or any
other professional society will
have to dig long and deep
for any kind Of legitimate
testimony to prove that en-
gineers and scientists de-
serve a salary over ard above
that Of other equally quail
fed employees.
Cnfas.NaaN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
Fan Mail

What a blessed relief in
these days Of recession. Sput-
niks. Soviet propaga n d a.
Reuther's oratory. Cuban re-
volts and all that the flesh
Of man is heir to. to read
again Mary McGrory's SPAR
king contributions Thanks
a thousand times for what
she is doing for our hearts
and minds.
NJ. Edmund Speare. Ph.D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-05
AIerts Homeowners

John o. Painter
Arizona tribune., 1958-10-03
Car Price Hike
Seen By Rhodes

Higher 1859 car prices will
be the result of new contract
made by the Ford Motor Com
pany with United Auto Workers.
Rep. John Rhodes (R-Ariz.) has
commented.
He said the increase was forced
by threat of a strike and that
it will not actually amount to
a raise for workers because 1t
will result n''more initiation and
increasing purchasing power.
walter Reuther says this
new agreement WON'T add any
fuel to the inflation fire but l
must disagree with him on that
point. Rhodes said during atalk
in Litchfield Park. "When a wage
increase does not come about
from higher production but in
stead is forced upon an employ
er by threat, it doesn't really
amount to wage increase for
anybody"
Arizona tribune., 1958-10-03

FASTER FILA LOANS. Home
buyers in many parts of the coun-
try now can get Federal Housing
Administration loans much faster
than possible a year ago--and
about as quickly as they could
obtain a conventional loan. This
is due to the FHA's certified
agency program, which enables
local bank to have appraisals
made and approve applications
without clearance through dis
trict office of the FILA. The new
program is for communities that
are distant from a district Of
flee of FILA. Applications now
are approved in four to five days,
compared with two to four months
under the old procedure.
POISON IVY. A tablet contain
ing extract of leaves of poison
ivy gives immunity to poison-ivy
rash in high, percentage of
cases.
Arizona tribune., 1958-10-03
u@Gsa5fARt!lEYs,
" ~Epi$rins"
RURAL DELIVERY

Some fellers never turn over
new leaf till they git out on
a limb.
It's hard to flatter a gal who
gifts fatter.
When the church music went
sour the flat was in the choir.
Jr. Hinch says that even
when day breaks. they blame
it on him.
Yep, many a chicken has
come home to ROAST.
Lots of fellers pop off who
amt got any steam.
How come baby sitters amt
ever on a diet?
Arizona tribune., 1958-10-03

The Ridge Corner preacher
says he likes to talk Parson
to Person.
Mulish Men Make Miserable
Mates.
Since the gals have gone
from slacks to sacks, o. Bro
ther!
Loose talk kin sure git a
teller in a tight place.
One thing about bein' nice.
it never hurts.
Minutes In the dinin' room
won't make you fat but Sec
onds will.
REV. CHARLEY GRANT
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Arizona tribune., 1958-10-03
By AL SMITH
By AL SONDERS
By ART BEEMAN

Arizona still has one of the
nations highest infant mortal
ity rates--as of 1857 it was
$50 per 1000 births compared
to United States average rate
of 26.0 per 1000 live births.
Arizona tribune., 1958-10-03

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
For Good or Ill


lite, is sending back messages that leave
little or no room for doubt about the
existence of an intense and deadly field
of radiation high above our planet, about
800 miles up. What this suggests, of
course, Is that human travel through
space may prove to be considerably more
difficult and hazardous than has been
depicted in lot Of romantical books,
articles and comic strips on the subject.
Thus, as noted by some down-to-
earth scientists even before Explorer Tvs
confirmation of the presence of exceed
ingly hot radioactivity in the high
heavens, an ordinary mortal moving
through such region probably would
be flirting with death If he remained in
it for longer than i've hours a week.
That is to say, he would succumb to an
overdose of lethal rays unless he were
properly shielded "a thing more easily
said than done), or unless his lunar
or interplanetary flying ship plowed
through the danger zone fast enough
at speed, say, of $4,000 miles an
hour-to get him out of it before he
suffered excessive exposure to the killing
radiation.
Similarly, as regards future space
platforms travelling in a fixed orbit, it
seems obvious that the crews aboard
would be in great danger of being fatally
radioactivated unless the orbit itself
were established outside the "hot" area.
The actual extent of that area, in terms
of both length and breadth, still remains
to be determined, but Explorer w is
helping to clarity the problem, and the
regions exact boundaries probably will
be defined in due course with informa-
ton transmitted by other artificial
moons likely to be launched in the
months and years ahead. Meanwhile,
the actuality Of this belt of radiation
should serve to sober anybody inclined
to think that interplanetary travel is
Just around the corner.
Despite all this, however, even the
most conservative Scientists-the ones
who have been studying the matter with
the greatest care-Seem to have no doubt
that man eventually will travel to the
moon, and beyond there to places like
Mars and Venus. In short, for good or
i'll, and regardless of barriers like radio
activity in space, humanity is very def
nitely beginning to break the chains Of
gravity and moving toward that time
perhaps faster than is apparent to itself
when 1t will cease to be earthbound
and start literally voyaging among the
stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Change of Leaders

With the resignation of George L.
Hart, jr, the District Law Enforcement
Council has lost an able and energetic
campaigner in the cause of law and
order. During his three-year chairman
ship Of the co-ordinating group Mr..
Hart worked hard for legislative and
administrative reforms to invigorate
and strengthen the forces against crime
in Washington. He and the council
played an important role in bringing
about changes in the narcotics, criminal
.insanity and other measures that have
improved law enforcement here.
Fortunately, there will be no lapse
in the councils aggressive leadership,
thanks to the elevation of United States
Attorney Oliver GaSch from vice chair
man to chairman. Mr.. Gasch has col
laborated closely with Mr.. Hart and the
other members in the councils program
and may be expected to carry on the
good work effectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31

the coveted star. not only because of his
distinguished record IN the Army as q
wartime and peacetinie ofihcer in many
parts Of the globe but also because OF
his impressive efforts TO build a greater
National Capital.
Taking over the engineer commits
sionership from Major General Thomas
A. Lane Just year ago, Colonel yelling
plunged with characteristic energy into
the midst Of some particularly trouble
some locafproblems. including the bridge
dispute, the routing Of 240 through the
District, etc. He has played a major
role In solving the bridge and highway
dificulties, In addition to devoting
attention to many other District and
Metropolitan Area matters. We are
pleased 10 salute OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
yelling as he continues his fine work
for Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Time Is GROWING Short

Congress has supreme opportunity
to provide the National Capital with a
long dreamed-of auditorium for the per-
forming arts. This sort Of cultural CEN
ter graces virtually every great capital
in the world and many smaller cities.
Washington's lack of such hall for the
opera and other musical and dramatic
spectacles long has been deplored by
statesmen and private citizens here and
elsewhere. Yet there is real danger that
legislation to bring the fine dream to
reality may get lost in the rush to wind
up the affairs Of the current session.
More than month ago the Senate,
approaching the urgency of the project,
passed bill to place the center on
nine-acre site in Foggy Bottom. This
action followed an agreement by various
District and Federal agencies that ended
a long controversy over a site. Hopes
were expressed then by many civic
groups and individuals that the House
would join quickly in approving the COM
promise plan and thus open the way for
prompt start on acquiring land for the
center.
But nothing so far has happened on
the House side to fulfill those hopes In
fact, House Public Buildings subcom-
mittee in charge of the companion bill
has scheduled no hearings. If this
apathy Of the subcommittee is based on
a feeling that the center plan is still
controversial and that it does not have
wide public support, the members of the
subcommittee holding such views are
badly mistaken. The Star has found that
there is strong national and local sup
port for the proposal, as now embodied
In the Senate-approved measure.
Economy is not an issue, since the
$25-million auditorium is to be built
with funds subscribed by the public. All
but about an acre of land for the site
already is owned by the Federal Govern
ment and the remainder can be bought
with Capper- Cramton money-all of
which the District is obliged to repay.
Everything is ready, in fact, to make the
plan a reality, once final congressional
approval has been obtained. 1t would be
most regrettable If, after getting so close
to passage, the legislation needed to
give the Capital splendid cultural
center were to die for want Of action
by the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31
Not Much Choice

There appears to be little or no room
for argument about voting another in
crease in the statutory debt limit. AS
of last June 80, when fiscal 1858 ended,
the national debt exceeded $276 billion
with the ceiling then fixed at $3.50 billion.
BY present law, the ceiling would drop
next June 80 to SITS billion, but an
assured deficit for this year now
estimated as high as $12 billion-makes
1t clear that the Government will be
unable to bring the debt down to this
level President Eisenhower, on advice
of Secretary of Treasury Anderson and
Budget Director STAINS, has recommended
the fixing of new permanent" ceiling
at $285 billion, plus an extra margin Of
So billion for fiscal 1860.
Increasingly costly defense require
mentS, stepped up Federal spending for
civil and social programs and substan-
tial drop in receSsion-period revenues
explain the current deficits. If there Is
any way to keep spending within income
1t has not been found by either the
executive or legislative branches. In
this circumstance, statutory freedom to
increase the national debt offers the
only alternative to crash program of
higher taxation or to defaulting on obli-
cations when due. both Of which are i'm
practical to say the least.
The United States is one of the few
countries in the world that has made
real effort to pay off its national debt
whenever it could Advocates Of a statu-
tory limit argue persuasively that this
restraint encourages the practice. There
seems no doubt, however, that we are
in period when no substantial reduc-
ton is likely in the near future and
when the mechanics of Government
financing would be adversely affected by
lack Of SUFFICIENT margin for borrowing
operations. For this purpose, even the
administration recommendations offer
only minimum Of leeway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31

A detachment Of United States Ma
rines has been ordered to guard the wa
ter supply for our Guantanamo Naval
Base, and this has brought forth cries
of alarm In this country which must be
audible at least as far away as Cuba.
For our part, we doubt that the heavens
are going to fall or that all Of Latin
America is about to be lost
Guantanamo gets It's water from
pumping station on the Yateras River,
about four miles from the base. With
the consent of the Cuban government,
the Marines were assigned to guard
the station and the pipelines after
Cuban troops on guard duty had been
withdrawn.
The Marines were ordered to take
over for fear that the Cuban rebels
might destroy or cut the water supply,
which is essential to our Guantanamo
base. And the recent rebel exercise in
kidnapping Americans, military as well
as civilian, would seem to be ample
justification for this fear.
1t is possible, though unlikely, that
rebel troops may try to drive of the
Marines now on guard duty. If this
happens we think there should be no
hesitation in using whatever force is
necessary to safeguard the water sup
ply. The United States has let itself be
pushed around long enough, and If we
are not willing to use troops to safe
guard Guantanamo's source of water we
had better pack up and come home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-31

How to read your news
paper:
Some of the best articles"
writes l.. A. C. Of Ninth street
Sc, ARE the ones most folks
miss.
"One has to be alone, burn
ing the midnight oil, to get
the best tidbits in the paper.
And think Of the many who
throw the paper away the
day after gettingl
My Sunday paper I always
keep at least a week. and as
for magazines - you should
take q look at my basement,
my stairs, my floors.
do you know. l just can't
stand to throw away a maya
zine, or even the supplements
with the Sunday papers -
teeming with information
and stories Of interest and
do you know that when one
looks over the old ones, good
articles formerly missed are
found"
This is true also Of opera.
Even the greatest opera
lover, on his first hearing,
misses something.
On second hearing. he is
amazed to hear" at last a
melody he completely missed
the first time.
On third and fourth hear
ings, no matter how far
apart in time, he will hear
still more he did not seem TO
catch the other times.
This is a wonderful fact.
and the reason why every
music lover should attend as
many performances as pos
sible.
There was a story Of a
man recently who had gone
to "a separate performances.
as we recall, Of Tobacco
Road" This is not opera, of
course, but plays lend them
selves TO the same amazing
fact, though in a different
way.
Novels are another depart
ment of culture, shall we
say. where repeated readings
always give something more.
A critic recently said that
the first reading Of STEM
dal's The Red and Black"
left him fairly cold. but that
later repeated readings each
time made him see and ap-
preciate more and more
beauties.
The writer and reader here
feels smugly that he Is glad
he comprehended the won
ders Of this marvellous tale
on first reading.
From the opening scenes