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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
House Committee
Opposes Cutbock
IOfReserves, Guard
BY the Associated Press


A recommendation that the
Army Reserve and the Ma
tional Guarde be retained at
present levels has come from
a House armed services sub
committee.
The group also urged that
sufficient appropriations to
maintain the personnel levels
100000 for the Army Reserve
and 100000 for the National
Guard-be made available in
the year beginning July /.
The Pentagon has proposed
that the Army Reserve be cut
to 100000 and the National
Guard to 100000. The proposal
has been opposed by soIAe
members of Congress, the
Governors Conference, the
American Legion and the Re-
serve officers Association.
The committee proposed an
additional $28 million for the
reserve, plus a SIS million APP
preparation for the Army to
support the reserve program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
DORIS FLEEsoN

The Senators who have
been named Is intercessors
for constituents before the
Federal Communications
Commission do not need to
form q protective society.
They already belong to one
by virtue Of their member
ship in the Senate. It's BIZ
partisan, too.
Nor is q constitutional
question involved. The House
would never seriously con-
tend It had the right to de-
mand the presence Of Sena-
tors before q House forum
and vice versa. Politicians
learn In infancy not to fuss
around with such two-edged
swords.
But the Harris subcom-
mittee has been. pushed into
the question Of congressional
interference with the regula-
tory agencies, exactly as pre-
dicted. The embattled hold
ers Of the Channel 10 license
"a victory for which FEC
Commissioner Mack has now
paid with his head - are
crying You're another" at
Senator's Kefauver, Magnu-
son, Monroney, Holland and
Smathers. all Democrats.
All five acted In the open
and have q rational and de-
fensible basis for their &C
tons. Nonetheless, they have
been dragged into q sticky
situation which win inevi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
Unfair Penalty ON Circulation

a large circulation" He
added:
IF q publishing firm is
able to build up a circulation
Of one of its own magazines
to 8 million or 5 million
copies, should we penalize
it because the public wants
to buy the magazine? I,
do not believe Congress
should legislate in that way"
Publishing companies of all.
kinds, Of course. must pay the
same general taxes as any
other proflt-making enter
prises. There is no doubt that
the Post ONCE Department
needs more money, and GER
tainly the newspapers and
magazines should pay the in
creased costs for transporta-
ton of their issues In the
mails when 1t is conclusively
ascertained by an impartial
commission Of accountants,
authorized by Congress, just
what such costs actually
involve. But discrimination in
postal rates as between pub
locations Of the same kind is
q violation of the Constitu-
ton, not only because it de-
prives them Of equal protec-
ton Of the laws under the
Fifth Amendment, but be-
cause it is also an infringe
ment on the First Amend
ment.
The weight per copy-and
not the total circulation
says Senator Monroney is the
only sound way to measure
the rates that should be paid
for postage by publishers.
It is significant that in the
debate last week there were
various references made by
Senators to the editorial
views held by publications
which they dislike, and the
inference was left that some
Senators were voting in re-
prisal against certain pub
locations Of larger circulation
of whose content they dis
approve for political reasons.
Thus is the Bill Of Rights
trampled upon by some Of
the very men who take pride
in calling themselves 'liber-
ais"
Reproduction Rights Reserved.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
DOROTHY THOMPSON
New York's Gripping Snowstorm

One must conclude that the
more formidable and expen-
sive the organization, the
more likely 1t is to break
down in even a small "emer-
gency."
The only expeditions and
efficient response came from
the maintenance crews Of
most apartment houses and
the few inhabitants of pri-
vate homes, who were ordered
to clear entrances, side walks
and paths to the street with
in four hours. Most Of them
did so. Then cars parked
before the cleared entrances
with the utmost inconsidera-
ton Of tenants.
Across the street from US
is a municipal building. Its
walk and entrance were never
cleared. The snow was half
heartedly shoveled of q base
Of ice, which remained until
nature melted It.
There was no panic, only
much grumbling. II was
their" business. not ours"
We are asked to believe
that "they" could deal with
general panic among masses.
who. with all hell breaking
loose. would efficiently follow
orders-or that any reason
able orders would be given.
Personally, ! doubt ito
understate the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05

further narrowing the space
through which trafic could
move. making it almost i'm
possible to dig out snow
buried cars. Thus, the on
cial response to emergency"
was to compound it!
The city, having insufii-
Gent trucks, hired them from
contractors-at vast expense
but in view of the car sit
alton their work largely con-
sisted in pushing the snow
around. Again. nobody or
dered the car owners to dig
out and move their own cars,
or suffer a heavy penalty.
There is considerable I'M
employment in New York,
and tens Of thousands Of
people are always living on
relief. Shovelers were hired.
But in the next 10 days, dur
ing which I had numerous
engagements in uptown New
York, I never saw a man
working, except when, occa-
sionally, a uniformed inspec-
tor briefly appeared. Then
the men would go through
the appropriate motions. only
to lean on their shovels and
engage in conversation after
he passed. or disappear into
service entrances.
There was no spirit Of mu-
tual aid. no voluntary enlist
ment. or even the suspension
Of red tape. An able-bodied
employed man Of my
acquaintance who applied
for a snow-shoveling job was
refused because he had no
high-school diploma!
Every district has a high
school where students are
educated at the public ex-
pense. But nobody dreamed
Of mobilizing Is to 10 year
old male students to work
out Of civic pride, for the
reward Of special citations
for especially patriotic
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05

In reply yesterday to a
Council request for more con-
troll over public spending.
Prince Rainier said: II cannot
tolerate any pressure whatso-
ever which might undermine
my complete rights"
The prince added that he
already had asked a panel Of
jurists to study the possible
reforms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
All Five Seen as Having Acted in Open
But Dragged Into a Sticky Situotion

tably get stickier and it re-
quires some handling.
Except for Senator Hol.
land, always o lone wolf,
they have now met together
to discuss what they should
do. Their immediate purpose
is to establish a common
front, acting in concert
and processing the same
principles.
They are also mindful Of
their sacred duty to the
greatest gentlemen's club in
the world. One put it roughly
as follows: LIS
"You know those fellows
In the House have q habit
Of wanting TO come to the
Senate. We're not going to
run over there and justify
ourselves before potential
rivals Just because some dis
satisfied witness takes our
names in vain. II we set
such q precedent, it might
occur to a lot Of House mem
bers that this was q good
technique Of embarrassing
the Senators they want to
run against.
BY coincidence, all four
were formerly in the House,
and three defeated incum-
bent Senators for the jobs
they now hold.
However they solve their
problem and set q pattern
for many others as yet un-
named, the Harris hearings
now seem destined for q long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Presidential Assistant viii Try to Resolve
u. NJ lmposse Caused by Red Boycott

to force the Soviets out Of
their self-impoSed isolation.
To do this, the United States
probably will propose shortly
that the Disarmament Com
mission meet. The Soviets
will boycott the meeting, it is
expected, thus affording the
West q chance to report to
the General Assembly that
nothing can be accomplished,
and formally requesting that
the assembly do something
about the matter. Thus the
assembly president can make
q direct approach to the Rus
sian delegation, and the
current atmosphere of the
Kremlin's drive for a summit
conference may. 1t is hoped,
cause them to rescind their
boycott, probably in return
for some token concessions
on the character of the
Disarmament Commissions
membership rolls.
Much Of this disarmament
agitation is the purest of
pish-posh on both sides. No
one really believes the Soviet
Union is ready to yield any
thing of substance in the
arms race. At the same time,
no one really believes that
the West, especially the
United States, is about to
make any agreements on
arms limitations while the
Soviets seem to be somewhat
ahead of us in modern
weaponry.
Inside the administration,
Mr.. Dulles, Atomic Energy
Commission Chairman Lewis
Strauss and all. the highest
military officials, including
the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
are adamantly opposed to
any real relaxation of the
arms effort so long as the
Soviet camp remains the
same militant and aggressive
bear it always has been. They
were able, last summer, to
wean the President away
from his favorable attitude
toward a ban on testing of
nuclear weapons. More than
that, they were able to set
forth so many conditions as
prerequisites to any arma-
ments agreement with the
Soviet Union that the London
talks deadlocked. with the
Soviet intercontinental mis-
sile achievements underlin-
ing the good sense of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05

The Presidents letter to
the newly named chief Of the
United States disarmament
effort, James e. Wadsworth,
repeats Mr.. Eisenhower's
long-reiterated belief that
the disarmament issue is the
most vital one of the times.
About q year ago, Mr.. Eisen-
hover was telling his news
conferences Of his determines
ton to achieve q FIRST step"
toward a disarmament agree
ment with the Russians. But
when the first step" appeared
to be in sight, the President
cooled and the looked-for
agreement vanished, to end
in the usual deadlock.
Mr.. Wadsworth, who has
had experience in dealing
with the Soviet Union in
many matters. including the
painstaking effort of setting
up an International atomic
energy agency. will be no
Harold E. Stassen. For one
thing, he does not share Mr..
Stassen's starry eyed opti-
mism that an agreement with
the Soviets is really possible.
For another, he has been
under no illusions as to
Soviet sincerity in observing
an agreement, even II con-
summated. For a third, Mr..
Wadsworth will be working
directly under the watchful
eye Of Secretary of State Dull
les. and will possess none Of
the prestige held initially by
Mr.. StaSsen in his role as a
special presidential assistant.
In effect. Mr.. Wadsworth
will continue to do what he
has been doing all along as
a deputy to Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge, our rep
resentative at the United
Nations. In that capacity,
he will be trying to resolve
the impasse in the U. N.
created by the Soviet boy
colt of the newly broadened
Disarm a m mt. Commits
sion, which now includes Is
member nations. The Rus
SLAMS have charged that the
composition of the larger
commission is, too heavily
loaded in favor of the West.
According to reliable
sources in the State Depart
ment, the initial task con-
fronting Mr.. WadSworth will
be to maneuver in the q. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
Senator'S in the FEC Picture

run. With each passing day.
the possibility Of cover-up
becomes more remote, the
probability that Republicans
will tell on Democrats and
vice versa, more assured.
Already clear is the gelat-
nous pace at which the reg
ulatory agencies have been
making their decisions and
the extent to which they are
subjected to pressures that
would be thought intolerable
If done to courts. The reform
of separating their admins
trative actions from their
judicial powers has suggested
itself.
That the agencies are
weakly stated is nothing new.
The deterioration of their
top personnel since their
early, more crusading days
was already beginning when
war broke out. In the post
war. easy money period when
opportunities for making big
money in private business
multiplied, the changes for
the worse, with rare excep-
tons. snowballed.
The White House has now
been forced to look at the
caliber Of one Of its APP
pointees. Mr.. Mack. He is
an Eisenhower Democrat, but
no Democratic leader was
consulted about him. The
Democrats didn't complain
either; they have been con-
flrming such appointees with
the merest. most perfunctory
look. This indifference will
be remedied at least for Q
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05

Only 20 years ago the SUI
preme Court Of the United
States, in q unanimous
opinion, ruled that govern
mental authority in America
must never be used under the
guise Of the taxing power to
penalize publications OF large
circulation as against those
of smaller circulation To do
this was held to be a VIOLA
ton Of the First Amendment
to the Constitution. which
forbids the enactment Of any
law that abridges the free
dom of the press.
Yet last week in the United
States Senate, % Democrats
and i've Republicans voted
to do that very thing when
they demanded higher postal
rates be imposed on publica-
tons Of larger circulation
than on publications Of
smaller circulation. Fortu-
nately, 80 Republicans and
10 Democrats combined to
defeat the attempt. But there
still remains q provision Of
the same kind in the bill
originally passed by the
House Of Representatives
and which soon will be con-
sidered by q conference COM
mittee Of both houses.
This correspondent remem-
bers well the 1885 decision
of the Supreme Court because
It was a big news story at
the time. The State Of LOU
isiana, under the pressure Of
its Governor, the late Huey
Long, had enacted as a re-
prisal against the larger
newspapers of the State q law
dividing all newspapers into
two classes-those with less
than and those with more
than 10000 circulation. A
special tax Of 2 per cent was
levied on the gross receipts
on all advertisements pub
lished in the newspapers of
larger circulation. but this
was not applied to the news
papers Of smaller circulation.
The Supreme Court Of the
United States said the effect
Of the tax would be ito
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
Discrimination Seen in Mail Rate Plan
Based on Number of Readers

curtail the amount Of rev.
enue realized from advertis-
ing" and would involve "a
direct tendency to restrict
circulation" and then added:
1T might well result in de-
Stroying both advertising and
circulation"
What is most interesting
to note about this form Of
censorship is that it has been
tried many times before. in
fact as early as -l712 when
the British Parliament inn
posed a special tax on all
newspapers and upon adj
vertisements. Justice Suther-
land, who wrote the Supreme
Courts opinion in 1886, re-
viewed the history of such
laws in England and said
that these taxes constituted
one Of the factors that
aroused the American COLI
onists to protest, and that
, the American Revolution
really began when, in 1765,
the British government sent
stamps for newspaper duties
to the American colonies"
Justice Sutherland referred
to such impoSts as "taxes on
knowledge" Speaking Of the
Louisiana laws attempt to
classify newspapers by circu-
lation and to put q special
tax on advertising, the Su-
preme Court opinion says:
1T is seen to be a deliber-
ate and calculated device in
the guise of a tax to limit
the circulation Of informa-
ton to which the public is
entitled by virtue OF the con-
stitutional guarantees. A free
press stands as one Of the
great interpreters between
the government and the
people. To allow it to be
fettered is to fetter our
selves"
Senator Mike Monroney Of
Oklahoma, Democrat. said
bluntly to the Senate last
week that the imposition Of
higher postal rates on large
circulation magazines than
on smaller ones would penal
lie q magazine because it had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
Failure to Solve Crisis Quickly
Called Poor Augury for a Bombino

Those who think It pos
sible (provided sufficient
funds are appropriately to
defend great American cities
against thermometer bombs
should consider what hap
pened in New York City in
mid-February when, during
"a hours. there was a heavy
snowfall.
Snow in New York is a call
culable probability. and for
the fall on February 1915
there was ample advance
warning. The storm blew I'D
from the south and news
papers and radios reported
quite accurately when it
would strike the Nations
largest metropolis. Yet moth
ing was done by State or mu-
nicipal authorities to prepare
for it.
In every condition Of this
kind the greatest problem
is created by bumper-to-
bumper parking Of private
cars on the streets. One
might have thought that an
alerted administration would
have ordered every private
car Off the streets on Sat-
urday on pain Of a heavy
fine. But this was not done.
When snowplows got to work
they pushed through street
centers, and cars parked on
both sides Of streets were
buried in snow, creating walls
that could not be dispersed by
machinery.
Thousands of cars are per-
petually parked illegally by
the use Of many devices such
as moving them around the
block and back again, and
the palm-passing Of currency
to police and doormen. But
tickets were suspended dur
ing the emergency" and
continued parking was al.
lowed. So in two or three days
four rows were parked even on
cross-town thoroughfares,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
Atomic Spy SobeII
Shifted From AIcutruz

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. S
(R.-Morton sobell, convicted
atom spy. has been transferred
from Alcatraz Prison in San
Francisco Bay because Of a
Sufficient record Of good work
and good behavior" prison Of
flcials reported.
sobell left Alcatraz February
"a for the Federal penitentiary
at Atlanta. Ca. Acting Warden
! J. B. Latimer said yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-05
Rainier Contends
He Runs Monaco

MONTE CARLO. March S
R.-Prince Rainier III has
curtlT told Monaco's 18-member
parliament, the National Coun-
Gil, that he alone has the last
word in his 370-acre princi-
pality,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-26

machinery. He has two full-time employees and
eight part-time helpers. and he keeps hustling from
May 70 October with the peas. corn. cattle and
other cash produce.
As sidellne. he Is part-owner-with John Clark
Adams and Polly Adams-of q gun club on Onon-
daga. 256-acre farm where the Pearsons low live.
Paul and John Adams. with several others. own the
farmland, but he and John the proprietors Of
the gun club. Here they maintain 1000 pheasants
and 600 mallard ducks for the nimrods who belong
10 their club
The farm has II springs two-thirds Of a mile
Of Muddy Branch, and Is gently rolling land partly
wooded with poplar, oak and sycamore Last year
on his farm. Paul planted 100 acres Of and six
OF peas.
In addition. he and John Adams a Bethesda
insurance man. planted large areas in sorghum.
corn and Sudan grass TO provide and feed for
the pheasants The ducks live on a one-acre pond.
which they could leave but never do because they
are well fed and comfortable
Polly Adams and Nicole Pearson officers Of
the gun club and help their husbands with the
books and. arrangements
All in ALL the days and the years are busy ones
for the farming Pearsons.
Have they ever regretted their retreat to the
soil? Paul Pearson leaned on the goad with which
he was attempting to herd into his pen 7O0-pound
champion Duroc boar Seneca Ace Baronet and said
Not for a split second. I anDmy own man. a
farming man. and there's not an ulcer on the place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
How MiIk-Bone helps
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

Send rs cents for reprints Of first u flower panels in sblod size Mail
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
ROMANCE
OF FLOWERS
M Eugene q 4A Pert

DoGBANES take their odd name from an ancient
superstition that dogs feared these plants Certainly grazing
animals avoid them because of their poisonous, bitter Juice,
a trademark of this family.
Best known and prettiest in America is the SPREAD
ING DOGBANE that grows in thckets and fields most
everywhere Some cali it honey-bloom' bees make
good honey from the in its fragrant pink blooms
Another NAME "fytrap dogbane refers the way the
flowers trap and often kill flies that try steal the
without carrying pollen Westerners call the plant noun
tainhemp because Indians made cord from strong
fibers
POPULAR Periwinkle
The PERIWINKLE has had host of descriptive names,
though the for perwnkle is still in doubt In the
days of witches oIet credited with power
in love potons Romans called it Eisenhower and made
funeral wreahs from its pliabe stems Both the English
"oy-ofhe ground" and American "traing-myrte" refer
to the evergreen foliage and long stems that make the
European periwnke popular ground cover
Early Romans named their native OLEANDER after the
olive Oie1 because of leaf simartes Despite being
dangerously poisonous, the oeander has been favorite
garden and house plant for centuries With its woody stems
that live from year to year looks quite unlike herbacious
dogbanes and perwnkes but all have the SPARED flowers
double oleanders cultivated orm and scrid juices
typical of this family
Fragrant FyGHgibani
Though it bears an Italian nickname and French
proper name, the FRANGIPANI is native of tropical
America European settlers in the Caribbean named the
fragrant flowers for the familiar frangpan perfume of Italy,
while scientists decided PIHmeS honor the French
botanstmonk who explored in the West Indies Wherever
the climate enough for this tropical ranks
favorte In Ceylon it the sacred temple tree and
in Guatemala the beloved flowerohecrosS Some misca
it jasmine often applied fragrant flowers.
Another fragrant but misnamed beauty is the STAR.
JASMINE Confederate jasmine southerners) This woody
vine from China has lush, evergreen leaves and delicate
flowers with petals in the pinwheel arrangement often
in this family The plant will climb tres trail the
ground or form a bush. depending its training
In addition garden beauty the dogbane family gives
rauwolfia, relaxing medicine taken from India
and the stimulating drug ophanthus of corizone
Some African rubber plants and the tasty Natal um
(Carissa also belong to this varied, far-fung family.
Next Week: Clecer MILKWEED, american wildflotcey