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Here is a letter received from
q physician in Washington
D. C. 1t presents the doctor
viewpoint on doctor-patien
relationships. In all fairness
readers of this column shoulC
be open-minded to the othel
fellows views.
Dear DR.. SteincrOhn: II Is
now some weeks ago that /
made a clipping from your
column, about which / was
interested. In 1t you wrote:
Routine charge for q check
up? The doctor may say $40
to SIS. II the former, ask
him what II includes. II the
latter, ask II that covers the
cost Of microscopic, electro
cardi0gram, X-ray and blood
count tests"
This reads very much as
thOugh-certain the infer
ence Is there--a fee Of SIS
should cover some or all of
the mentioned tests. Certain
~ many readers will likely
take 1t rs much.
An, adequate history re-
quires an hour. sometimes
more, occasionally less time.
A physical examination with
pelvic and microscopic study
requires an hour. At any rate
l am willing to learn how
each may be done adequate
" in less time on the average.
Can any internist perform
the above examinations for
q fee Of SIS, pay Office over
head and have something for
= living remaining? / do not
include the cost Of the cleo
trOcardiOgrams and X-rays.
Asking q few questions,
looking at the tongue and
taking the blood pressure is
not a complete examination.
though sometimes it passes
as such by some physicians.
One of the most common
complaints I have from pa
tients is that, II could not
talk to the Doctor" An
other is that, "The doctor
would not take time to talk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-21

Mondoy: Obscene literature be.
comes o fomily problem.
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EE47uRz Rcr
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Jewels and Happiness Recovered

It was early in January
Helen Kane left the apartment
at TILL Thirty fifth street
jackson Heights, N. Y, and
went to the corner candy store
She gave a IS check to the man
and bought a paper. He was
turning the check over and
over as she read a column about
how poor she was. She looked
at the man and began to laugh
"Is it about you?" he said,
"Let me see." She laughed
harder. IF ! showed you this
writeup." she said. you wouldn't
cash the check"
After that. things began to
happen for the one-time Boop-
Boop-a-Doop lady. And for the
husband who idolizeS her: Dan
Healy. Letters began to come
In. They came from all over
the country. They were from
strangers. Some had dollar bills
Some had fives and tens. Some
had prayers. Some had mass
cards.
Offers Of Help Pour In
Phone calls offering help
came from Walter O'Keefe and
Lila Lee. Harold Arlen sent
500. So did Abe Berman and
Seymour Weiss Of New Orleans
and Richard Jacobson and
Charley DAILY. william Lengel
Of The Lambs arranged for an
actors group to send Mr.. Healy
$50 q week for six weeks. Dimes
and quarters came in little
apologize letters and they
totaled 1910.
Ralph Edwards phoned Dan
and arranged to put Helen
Kane on This Is Your Life, il
the secret could be kept from
her. 1t was. Mr.. Edwards main-
tanned the Healys in luxury in
Hollywood and gave Miss Kane
$500. More than 40 million
people saw the show. This gen.
erous man also went out and
got Miss Kane a job at Holly
woods Moulin Rouge at $1,75O
. week for two weeks in April.
Woman Remembers Jewels
Still, to my way Of think
ing, the person the Healys will
never forget is Mrs. Florence
Valentine of 374 Eleventh ave-
nue., Salt Lake City. Utah. She
read the column and wrote:
please write and tell me
how much it would take to get
your jewels out of hook. / once
had a diamond ring I used to
hook for $50; one my mother
gave me for my 18th birthday.
She never knew how often !
used her loving gift to keep
going. She would have been
hurt.
I'm neither rich nor i'm
portant. I don't want to be
mentioned in any publicity.
But I have a soft spot in my
heart for wives who go all out
for their husbands-and huS-
bands who appreciate it. -
There was a check for 500
In the letter. Helen Kane read
1t twice. Tears came. How can
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people be this good?" she said
to Dan. II never met this
woman. She sounds like she
hasn't got much herself"
Era Of Christmas
A week later Florence VAL
entine phoned Helen and Dan.
She said that she had q check
for $4,000 which the Govern
ment had sent to settle a claim.
TITS a down payment on a
house I'm buying for my chill
dren." she said. II need 1t
badly. Miss Kane. But I thought
that if you could get your jew
els out Of hook, and then sell
them, you'd have some extra
money and I'd get my money
back"
That night neither of the
Healys could eat dinner. Helen
told Mrs. Valentine not to do
1t, that the jewelry came to
her easily when she was rich
and famous. and she didn't
mind watching 1t go now. 1t
would cost $1,000 to get the
rings and bracelets out Of the
pawn shops.
A letter arrived with a check
two days later. II thought you
might have other pressing
needs. so I am sending $4,000
instead Of $4,000. If you don't
need it-flne. If so, use 1t. The
500 is for q new hat or dinner
on the town or anything you
might want to splurge on. I
hope that this may give you a
new lease on your dreams. :"
1t did. They got the jewelry
out and sold some of it and
sent the $4,000 back to Mrs.
Valentine. and I went around
niumbling to myself that the
era of the great Christians is
far from over. 1t may be just
beginning.
Generosity Returned
The lady from Salt Lake City
did not burden the Healys with
her own hard luck. Her daugh-
ter Judith. 10. and her son
Richard. IA, were in a car on
an icy road. 1t skidded and
tumbled $50 feet down an en-
bankment. The car stopped
upside down, wheels spinning.
In return for Florence's mir
acle Of goodness, miracle Of
goodness happened. Judith
crawled out of the car with
bruises. Richard had a cut
finger. You give lot; you get
q lot.
Helen Kane has now proved
something of Importance. At
the age Of So she is fat and
funny. On televiSion she will
be a great Coincidence and she
still has the big round face. the
tiny mouth, the squeaky voice.
All that is needed is for a tele-
vision producer to call her at
Havemeyer 9-1576 and say,
Come on over. We have q
part for you"
Florence Valentine Is the one
I shall remember. The great
est
(CopyriEht. 1858, King Features
Syndicate. Incl
paFtv thot turned into a browl.
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THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Girl Wants to Marry
Widower With Family
THE PROBLEM
FREDA FL am in love with an older man.
MR.. L. F.-They look ridiculous together,

The FemiIy Council consists Of q
judge. o psyehiotrist. three clergy
men. o newspaper editor. q wOm-
ems editor and two writers. Eoch
ortieIe is q summary Of on octuoI
eose history. The council reports on
problems thot hove been deolt
with by responsible agencies.
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|MineruIooicuI Society

DR.. John r. Totter Of the
Atomic Energy Commission
will speak at a meeting of the
District Neurological Society
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
Smithsonian Institution.
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THE DETAILS

Freda FL am q young
woman of "a. 1 have always
been fairly popular and have
had several offers of marriage.
Some Of them have been from
quite nice men, but / never
felt seriously drawn to any of
them.
Not long ago I met a wild
over of 40. He has two children
of Is and Is. ! met him in con-
nection with business and he
didn't think of asking me out
until I made pretext to have
dinner with him. We discov-
cred that in spite of the diff
ference in our ages, we have a
world Of things in common.
He wants to marry me, but
is worried about the difference
in our ages. I feel now that !
can never love anyone else, but
my parents are making the
most tremendous uproar and
have even made threats against
this man.
Mr.. L. F.-What right has a
man that age with two nearly
grown children to. make ad-
vances to a girl who looks
closer to is than her real age?
Our daughter is still a young
ster. She knows nothing about
life. Surely, she'll want a fam
lily. This man looks as though
he just wants to be free to
enjoy himself. They look ridic-
ulous together.
Ny wife and I have been in
a state of near collapse over
this. Freda has had so many
good opportunities for mar
riage. Why should she choose
a man who looks old enough to
be her father? I would be
ashamed to say he is my SON.
in-law.
We have refused to let this
man enter our home again a.
.Freda meets him outside. Wha.
kind of man would put up with
that?
THE COUNCILS VIEW
The hysteria of these parents
is driving Freda straight into
the arms Of the man they OPP
pose. What alternative has
she when the person she be-
lieves she loves is excluded
from her home?
This same hysteria also pre-
vents both Freda and her par
ents from seeing some of the
very real problems involved in
this relationship.
Mr.. L. F.. speaks much of how
things look" Freda clocks"
i6, the man looks" as though
he doesn't want a family. they
"look" ridiculous together. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
In New York.:
G. 0. P. Race

A hard-fought scramble for the
Republican gubernatorial nominal
ton in New York was developing
last week as four candidates beat
the political bushes for pledged
delegates to the nominating con-
vention on August IS and 26.
In both parties. two multi
millionaires were out front in the
race for the highest-paid political
job-except for the Presidency
in the Nation.
The Democrats. of course. are
staying with incumbent Averell
Hartman. Republican Nelson A.
Rockefeller was we'll ahead OF
three other Republicans, claiming
3l9 pledged delegates of the $50
needed for nomination.
Gaining on Mr.. Rockefeller was
State Senator Walter Mahoney
of Buffalo, who claimed 253 dele
gates. Leonard Hall, former Re-
publican national chairman was
poor third with 1853 pledges. Paul
Williams. former United States
attorney. had no delegates, but
indicated that he would not be
averse to accepting the nominal
ton for the Senate seat being
vacated by retiring Senator Irving
Ives.
AS yet. there are no announced
Republican candidates for the
Ives seat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Recession:
Big Deficit

The worst economic setback
since the depression cost the Gov
eminent $2,813.388.66l through
June 80.
That sum represents Uncle
Sans budget deficit for the 1858
fiscal year which ended last
month. While expenditures were
Just about what they were ex-
pected to be-$71.9 billion-reve-
nues were $50 billion, considerably
lower than the progression esti-
mates Of 10 months ago.
There was every indication that
the current fiscal year, 1883,
might see the Treasury 60 much
deeper into the red ink. The opti-
mists say the deficit on the cur
rent budget may run about So
billion to So billion; the pessi-
mists land they have been the
more accurate forcasters in this
recesSion) fear a deficit Of $40 bill
lion, or possibly as high as $l2
billion.
AS a result. the administration
Is planning to ask Congress to-
morrow for an immediate increase
of So billion in the legal debt limit.
The permanent limit is now SITS
billion. raised temporarily only
last February to $3.50 billion.
Treasury Secretary Robert B. An
derson is expected to ask that the
permanent ceiling be put at $685.
billion, with the added SO billion
for the temporary" limit to ex-
pire next June 30.
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though desolate, the island has a
Shangri-La of its own. Green
Mountain" highest point on the
rock, ascends nearly 5000 feet
above sea level. On the very top
OF Green Mountain grows a lush
small jungle. thanks to the fire.
quent rains. Several officials Of
a British cable company have
dwellings in or near this SEMI
tropical jungle.
Advantages Seen
After the Pearl Harbor attack
the United States military PLAN
ners quickly saw the advan-
tages Of Ascension. With this
island as a base the allies
could fly aircraft to Europe and
the Far East. which otherwise
would have to be Grated and trans
ported by sea. subject to Hitler's
deadly U-Boats. The island also
could be used as an anti-sub-
marine patrol base, not to mention
the transporting of troops and
battle casualties by air.
Just before the invasion of
North Africa in 1912 the base on
Ascension was in full operation.
Protecting the secret base was an
infantry outfit Of several hundred
men, P-38 Air Force fighters and
BIS Billy Mitchell bombers.
Until the Navy became stronger
in air power, this Air Force bomb
er outfit on Ascension few daily
anti-submarine missions over this
section of the South Atlantic area.
But Of the several hundred
thousand fighting men who either
served on or were transported
through Ascension. not one was
ever reported to have said I'D
like to make my home here after
the war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

House voted last month. The
action came amid Democratic
criticism Of the administrations
manner of meeting the challenge
presented by Soviet sputniks and
missiles.
. Senate passage of a farm bill
which. while retaining the prin-
ciple of parity payment. gave the
Agriculture Department authority
to lower price supports and relax
acreage controls.
Standing at least a fair chance
for enactment in the closing days
of Congress were these items:
Federal aid scholarships for
science students; a labor law re-
vision that will be greeted by
business as too little and by labor
as too much; Federal aid for
local public works projects, and
slum clearance legislation.
Likely to be lost in the home
stretch logjam are liberalization
of social security, subsidies to the
hard-pressed minerals industries,
and Federal recession aid to So
called distressed" areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Texans Vote

Meanwhile back at the ranch in
Texas. once again it was the old
fight between the liberals and con-
servativeS as Democrats went to
the polls yesterday to nominate a
Senator and a Governor.
In the Senate race, conservative
William A Blakley, who briefly
was an interim Senator. chal-
lenged incumbent Ralph Yarbor-
ough, hberal-as Texans go.
Incumbent Gov. Price Daniel, a
conservative. faced three oppo-
nents. two of whom offered a seri-
Gus challenge. One was w. Lee
"Pappy" O'Daniel, former Senator
and Governor. who is an "old
school" Southerner. The other
was State Senator Henry B. Con-
zalez. a liberal who opposes seq
regation in any form.
In Arkansas. voters were pre-
pairing to go to the polls on Tues
day to decide whether to keep
Gov. Orval Faubus for a third
term. Gov. Faubus faces two
formidable opponents in a race
that will have wide significance in
the South. (See story by David
Koonce on Page A-28).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
MIDDLE EAST TREND
Nasser Holds Trump Cards

Lebanon and TO organize larger
forces led by the cadres trained
In Syria.
Rebel. Jumblatt's military adj
wiser for the Beirut operations
is said 10 be Mai. Gen. Abu Nu-
war. former Army Chief OF Stan
In Jordan who fed 10 Syria after
the abortive plot 10 overthrow
young King Hussein. The ex-Sy-
rian chief OF staff repeatedly Is
advising another rebel group In
Lebanon.
Col. Nasser's organization has
similar strong connections with
potential subversive groups In
Jordan. The United States and
Britain believe these elements
we're ready TO strike last week
when British troops we're flown
in TO thwart them. Now the Jor-
dan move apparently has been
postponed. II Is said. until the
Iraq merger has been completed.
No Showdown Seen
Middle East diplomats here do
not expect Col. NaSser to stop
with consolidation OF the
Middle East-including the oil
rich sheikhdoms on the fringe Of
the Arab peninsula. They look
upon Yemen as his springboard
to Africa. His radio propagan-
dists are already at work among
British colonies and In u. N. trust
territories. agitating for quick
independence.
The Prime Minister of Sudan
and the King of Libya are re-
ported to fear assassination plots
against them. Emperor Halle
Selassie in Ethiopia also reacted
with alarm to the bloody coup in
Iraq.
Russian influence in the Arab
world increases. meanwhile. So
Wet technicians are still training
Col. Nasser's army, and while he
is trying to keep Soviet influence
to q minimum, Soviet military
doctrines already pervade his mill
tary forces. Most of the battalion
commanders in the Egyptian Army
went to Russia for advanced train
ing after the Sinai campaign.
What is the counter to the
Nasser tide?
His foes are now seriously study
ing the possibilities of an alliance
between Turkey, Iran and Israel.
Their combined armies would be
more than a match for any overt
military adventures the Arab
world might plan. at least in the
short-range future.
This would give the anti-NaSSer
forces more time to work out a
counterplan or attempt to divert
Arab nationalism into more mod
crate hands.
But Middle East experts expect
to see many more Nasser victories
before he suffers any severe set
backs. And the Turkey-Iran-
Israel alliance is still only a
dream. To make it an effective
force. the United States would
have to provide it with arms and
economic aid, partisans of the
plan believe.
State Department officials have
been approached on the idea. but
so far there has been no public
reaction.
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Defense Bill Action

One Of the Big Three items on
the Presidents program. reorgan-
iZation of the Defense Department,
completed the legislative mill on
Thursday and was sent to the
White House.
1t did not include everything
Mr.. Eisenhower wanted, but it
was sufficient to elicit from him a
statement of congratulation to
the Armed Services Committees of
both houses for a bill he con-
sidered adequate"
Mr.. Eisenhower could thank the
shrewd persuasive powers of Sem
ator johnson for getting his OK
tension Of the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act through the Sen
ate. which earlier had appeared
ready to cripple it with protection
ist amendments.
But the best Senator johnson
could do was to provide bill ex-
tending the act for only three
years. compared to the five years
voted earlier by the House. A con-
ference committee working on the
differences was expected to come
up with a compromise version ex-
tending the Presidents authority
to lower tafiff barriers for four
years, and there was little doubt
but that this would be acceptable
to both House and Senate.
Mr.. Eisenhower got an unof-
fetal assist from Nikita Khru-
shchev and Canal Abdel Nasser
on his foreign aid program. which
not too long ago was in consider
able danger because of a recession
that has been all but forgotten in
the swirl Of global events.
The Senate was expected to re-
store much of the $597.3 million
which the House cut from foreign
aid appropriations after the world
situation was offered as the most
potent argument in behalf of the
program known officially as "mu-
tual security" The House passed
version called for an expenditure
Of $3,078, 092, 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
BY MAI. w. J. LOOKADOO

When United States ships and
planes comb the waters around
Ascension Island for the nose
cones of long-range ballistic mis-
siles. they are searching an area
Of more than passing importance
to American history.
Today. men of the Armed
Forces at the Air Force Test Gen.
ter. Cape Canaveral, Fla, are
working with intercontinental
missiles which one day will be in
test flights toward Ascension.
From this missile testing will
come invaluable knowledge to the
defense of the West.
This small deSolate island, a
volcanic peak of a submarine
ridge between South America and
Africa, has also been the base for
other important military opera
tons which have changed the
face of the globe.
ASSSAioiOil, d blCdk Cllll w -ClSlI
square mile island. under British
sovereignty, played a strategic
role for England until the Suez
Canal was opened in 1896.
This volcanic island, populated
only by sand crabs and sooty
terms, was then a station on the
main shipping route to the East.
The advent Of World War II
again cast Ascension in the role
of one of the most strategic islands
Of the world. During the battle Of
North Africa, when German Gen.
Erwin Rommel had the American
expeditionary force against the
wall. Gen. Eisenhower called for
every available fighter and bomber
aircraft to be expedited to the
African theater. Fighter and light
bomber aircraft were flown from
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rection of safeguards against the
summit meeting becoming an all
out propaganda battle. The United
States, in its reluctant replies to
Mr.. Khrushchev. has stressed that
the New York meeting was to
be a U. N. production in its en-
tirety. In taking this position,
President Eisenhower and Mr..
Dulles have so far avoided the full
implications of a meeting at
which the United States, as such,
would be the host. BY keeping
the international character of the
gathering to the fore, it is ap-
parently hoped at the State De-
partment that the West can realize
the full advantage of its pre-
ponderant voting strength in the
Security Council. while at the
same time avoiding the onus of
appearing to be an unwilling and
coerced host.
At the U. N. Mr.. Hammarskjold
Is reported working hard to insure
a summit meeting of integrity and
importance. He is said to feel
that the future of the U. N. as
an effective international body
hinges on its success in sponsoring
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Continued from Page A-25
why and why not. were in their
usual hectic homestretch last week
with hopes for adjourning within
the next two or three weeks.
Majority Leader Lyndon john
son, the exacting taskmaster of
the Senate, hoped the Eighty
fifth, decidedly a "do-something"
Congress, could close shop by Au-
gust 8, and if not then. certainly
by week later.
All in all. President Eisenhower
could be pleased by the way the
vital parts of his program have
Jared at the hands of a Congress.
which. he warned in 1856, would
be impossible to work with If con-
troIled by Democrats.
That program didn't do badly at
all in the first session. and in the
second session. Mr.. Eisenhowers
three most important requests
have been granted. or are in the
process of being granted. These,
Of course, are not letter perfect in
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Other Progress
other congressional ACT

other congressional action last
week included:
. House passage of a $3.50 mil
lion tax relief bill for small bust
ness.
. Passage in the House of
bill extending and expanding the
farm surplus disposal law. The
extension of one year provides
for the continued sale overseas of
farm surpluSes in exchange for
foreign currencieS.
"a Senate Appropriations
Committee vote for SAC, O32 .000, 900
for the Defense Department in
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1859. This was $l.2 billion more
than the President had requested
and SIS billion more than the