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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Friend of Pigeons

What new depravity will
the mind of man dream up
next. It was with horror and
revulsion that I read of the
plan to exterminate the pige-
ons Of Washington. (Star,
May 81. First the beautiful
trees of Washington are
sacrificed on the altar Of So
called progress and expedi-
ency," and now the pigeons
are to be done away with be-
cause some people find them
to be pests" Yet, Mr.. Trace
well in his column has writ
ten tenderly Of the pigeons
many times and has called
them the natural scavengers
of the debris that people,
not pigeons, drop daily into
the streets of any large city.
Have Americans so lost
their affinity with the earth
and nature SO surrendered
their souls to materialism
and selflshness, so lost their
capacity to find Joy in the
flight of a bird or the noble
beauty of an aged tree that
they will sit complacently by
and permit a small clique Of
powerful people to desecrate
the earth again and againP
'oF
Therese Ann Olson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

which must be Initiated by the House
Ways and Means Committee 10 provide
the interim" money needed 10 replenish
the trust fund, starting in 1861.
There Is no indication yet a. TO
where the essential interim" funds are
coming from. Certainly. President Eli
senhower's suggestion for ih-cent
boost IN the Federal gas tax. 70 last
through 1864. has met with no favor.
But the highway program, requiring
huge labor forces and long periods Of
planning and design before constrhc-
ton, can't afford the luxury Of even a
single years disruption. AS one witness
testified. the threatened cutback would
be disastrous In It's immediate impact
on the economy. In the irreparable
damage done 10 the orderly progress OF
the interstate and defense program
and In the delay Of the dement's OF the
completed network to the Nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
What One Pays For

Having received the objective study
by the diSinterested firm of Booz, Allen
g. Hamilton on the need for a tax
supported city college, the tendency of
members Of the District Board of Educa-
ton may be to rip it apart. and stuff
the remains in a dark hole. This is
understandable. It is upsetting to feel
that one failed to get what one paid for.
In this case, the board turned over a
gift Of $4,000 to the consultants with
the hope they would find plenty Of ma
terial supporting its position that the
city Is in dire need Of unsupported
city college.
Actually, the board got exactly what
1t paid for: An objective study which
held there was no pressing need for a
city college at this time and strongly"
recommended the creation Of a two-year
junior college.
The report could be put to good
use. While the board must forget its
desire to Jump Immediately into the
college field, it has in its possession for
the first time substantial evidence the
city should provide something more
than it now has in the way Of educa-
tional facilities. The report can be used
as springboard toward this end--with
careful planning of the junior college
project and with more community sup
port than the board now enjoys on the
city college proposition.
We still feel, however, that the
school board, as well as administrators
Of the District schools, should devote
their main efforts to improving and
refining the existing school system.
Taxpayers, like school boards, like
to get what they pay for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Poor Diiomocy?

An Associated Press qlS-
patch in The Star, May Z,
quoted Sam P. Gilstrap, dep
uty Of the United States EN-
bassy in Seoul, Korea. as
warning the Koreans "indi-
rectly" that their civil liber-
ties are being endangered by
the Mccarthy idea"
Since when does a United
States diplomat have the
right to voice his disapproval
Of the internal affairs Of the
country to which he is ac-
credited He is quoted as
stating that Senator McCar-
thy's fight against commun-
ism was in the eyes Of many
Americans "the greatest
threat to individual rights in
America in a century"
/ submit that communism
itself. and its adherents and
sympathizers in and out of
their country. have been the
greatest threat to our in
dividual rights. 1t shocks me
to imagine that Mr.. Gilstrap
would not agree. Apparently
the Far East desk at the
State Department has re-
verted to its wiil-o-the-wisp
visage Of the 1905. God for
bidl
Diplomat Gilstrap states
that Senator Mccarthy "ad-
vocated q campaign against
Communist subversion which
resulted in q threat to indi-
vidual rights and liberties Of
the mainland Chinese. If
Communist domination is no
worse than Chiang's "fas-
cism," why do we support
Chang? Mr.. Gilstrap would
probably say: "Why, indeed?"
Subversion means by def
milton an attempt at up
heaval from within, whether
or not it is fostered by an
external power. 1t must be
checked primarily from with
In, for the mightiest possible
defense posture, rotten from
within, Is q mere facade.
This lesson our oriental
sages at the State Depart
ment, our Supreme Court, our
rnisled liberals and too many
hoodwinked Americans have
yet to learn.
Mr.. Gilstrap states that
"before his death, (Senator
McCarthy's) cause was lost.
This was Americas crisis
decision" I submit that
Americas crisis decision has
been, is and will be to resist
Communist world domina-
ton, that this cause is far
from lost, and that a diplo-
matte representative of this
country in a highly sensitive
post should subscribe to it or
resign in favor Of one who
will.
John P. ROdIer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

Although It contains no surprises,
the report on this years Soviet census
the first since lo3o-draws an interest
ing and significant picture Of the post
war growth and distribution Of the
USSRs population.
Thus, as far as growth is concerned,
the report shows that the people Of the
Soviet Union, despite their tremendous
wartime casualties, have increased In
numbers from III million to nearly 200
million over the past 20 years. More
over, as the worlds third most populous
nation, after China and India (the
United States ranks fourth), they are
continuing to multiply at an annual rate
Of 3 million, which is roughly the same
as our American rate.
Equally meaningful, II not more so,
is the great change that has taken place
in the distribution Of this population.
In. 1889, for instance, only 80 per cent
Of the Soviet people lived in urban areas,
but now the total Is up to 40 per cent
a citifying transformation that is still
going on at fast clip primarily as a
result Of the Kremlin's about emphasis
on high-speed industrialization, and
also, although to lesser extent, as a
result Of steadily expanding agricultural
INFLAMMATION.
But perhaps the most significant
fact Of all in the new Soviet census is
one confirming that the people Of the
USSR have been engaged in a vast
movement eastward to what used to be
the wide-open spaces, many of them
desolate, of the Urals and regions far
beyond--all the way to Siberia. The
movement, which apparently is con-
tinuing without let-up, is reminiscent
Of our own American trek westward in
the 10th century, and 1t is full of i'm
niense economic potentials.
Further than that, the men of the
Kremlin have reason to regard this mi
grafton as defensive asset. For 1t is
pushing great numbers of Soviet citizens
into areas which, If left unpopulated,
might one day become tempting prizes
to covetous and aggressive Chinese
regime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Truman and Franco

Referring to Constantine
Browns column on Presi-
dent Truman and his hatred
of Gen. Franco, let me point
out that it reveals something
of the ex-President'S char
acter to know that one of his
closest friends in this city
happens to be Charles Pat
rick Clark, the internal
tional lawyer and most i'm
portant representative of
Gen. Franco in this country
next to the Spanish Ambas-
sador. That my friend, Mr..
Clark, has been the legal
representative of Gen.
Franco for the last 10 years
in Washington is well known
to Mr.. Truman.
While in Office, Mr.. Tru-
man once made an insulting
remark about Gen. Franco
which almost ruined negotia-
tons then going on between
Admiral Sherman and the
Spanish government. At no
time has Gen. Franco an
swered these gratuitous in
suits from an ex-President
of the United States with an
equal remark. On the con-
trary, Americans are es-
teemed and respected in
Spain, and Spain is today a
stronghold of American mill
tary might, thanks to Gen.
Franco and the friends OF
the Spanish government here
like Charles Patrick Clark,
who himself has felt the
abuse of some columnists
here because he has repre-
sented a friend of this coun-
try in Washington.
IoSenh L Puente.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Hovens for Aged

What price nursing home
care for our senior citizens?
1t was frustrating to many
of us charged with the re-
sponsibility of obtaining good
care for our aged to learn
that a group Of nursing home
operators paid a lobbyist at
Annapolis to oppose a bill
sponsoring State aid for non
profit nursing homes.
Is there not a need for both
types Of homes? Many OF
the nonprof1t type of homes
sponsored by churches or
fraternal groups are models
of kind and reasonable care
for those who wish to turn
their money over and can
fulfill certain other qualif1ca-
lions as to health and habits.
Most of these homes have
waiting lists Of several years
duration.
Our elderly citizens have
different tastes and pocket
books. Some can afford 5000
q month or much more and
prefer to handle their own
funds. G. Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Rescue of Mr.. Chips

I wish to thank you for
publishing on May 5 the
plight Of the unfortunate
freed kitty. mfr. Chips" I
am sure that all animal low
ers deplored the situation
and hoped that In some way
the cat could be rescued. I
was so gratified when / read
in your issue of May 6 that
an unselfish, brave teen-ager,
Robert Gary Ford, had res
cued the kitty. Moreover, I
was delighted to see that The
Star also published an &C
count of Roberts deed. Rob-
ert will hear from me and /
suspect he will hear from
other animal lovers.
Mrs. F. w. DunmOre.
+ y 4 y
Whether or not he realized
1t, Robert @. Ford, who
rescued little Brenda Haven
er's pet cat from its four
day tree-top ordeal, was
helping to celebrate Kind
ness Week with one more
kind deed to one of Gods
little creatures and a child's
pet. Kindness Week and
ane Sunday, which
opened it on May 8, occur
annually to remind mankind
of his obligations of appre-
citation, humane treatment
and protection Of the animal
life which God has allowed
him to enjoy as friends and
helpers. The Animal Pro-
tective Association Ito which
the freed cat was not re-
ported hereby extends
heartfelt thanks to Robert
for expressing his sympathy
for a frightened animal
through courageous action.
We wish to invite him and
Fred Adjoodani who helped
to become two of our older
Junior Animal Protec frs,"
q group of young people who,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

through appreciation Of their
own pets and/or kind deeds
to other creatures in dis
tress, prove themselves
worthy of the designation.
Robert and Fred each will
receive a special letter Of
commendation and invita-
ton from us for rescuing
little Chips"
Virginia w. Sargent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Good Springtime Reading

Current economic indices justify
confidence in the state Of the Naticn's
business health. Among these indices,
furthermore, are factors supporting
belief that the recovery which set in
somewhat hesitantly approximately a
year ago, now has the strength to con-
tinue well into 1860, and possibly longer.
Most cheering of the recent indica-
tors have been the figures on unemploy-
nient, and employment, for the two con-
secutive months ending in nid-April.
Following a much better than seasonal
improvement in both categories for the
February-Ma period, even sharper
gains have now been announced by the
Commerce ana Labor Departments for
the month ending on April is. In that
period, unemployment fell by $4,000,
while employment jumped by IL million.
For each category, the improvement was
about double that normally recorded in
the first spring period, and the total
of IS million jobs filled was a new record
for April. The drop in unemployment
brought this figure down to 3.6 million,
compared with the jobless total Of So
million at the depth of the 1888
recession.
Coincident with these Government
figures, the Commerce Departments
Business Advisory Council few days
ago heard an industry Industry run
down on the favorable prospects in
virtually all major lines of activity.
Most impressive of these were reports
that automobile sales-a generally re-
liable barometer of the economic
weather-had reached an annual rate
In April of 6.S million, and that manu-
facturers are now confident that 1859
deliveries will exceed earlier estimates.
Bearing particularly upon the flu
ture, however, are two other considera-
lions. The recovery. thus far has pro-
crossed with capital investment for new
plants and equipment only a little i'm
proved over the recession level. With
the 1859 first quarter reports showing
impressive gains in net earnings, and
with the recovery trend fully confirmed,
there already are signs that capital
spending will pick up. The second ia
vorable factor for the future is that the
recovery thus far has taken place de-
spite marked decline in our export
trade, but that here again there are
reasons to expect improvement. West
ern Europe, for example, recorded mild
recession somewhat later than our own
prompting drop in their purchases
from the United StateS-but recovery
already is well under way in those
countries and there is expectation that
our sales abroad will pick up through
the remainder Of this year.
There have been many predictions
that the decade Of the 1960s-if 1t is
period Of peace-will be highly pros
porous one. Currently, the signs are
good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Tribute to q Friend

The death Of Daniel Lying
Boland at the height Of his
useful career com m IN d s
gratitude for the gifts Of a
true man to the society Of
which he was q vital part.
To his skill as a lawyer he
brought the humility Of a
deep and constant piety and
a good will from which all
meanness had been washed
away. He was born in
Pennsylvania of distinguish
ed Irish stock and was, him.
self, a shining son Of that
great race. He went to the
bar in New York City,
whence he entered Govern
ment service and later joined
the armed forces. At the wars
end he entered anew on the
practice Of law here. He died
in his middle fifties. Many
Of his distinctions were with
out heralds, but were none
theless noteworthy and valu-
able. His tolerance Of the
convictions Of others, as Of
human weakness as well, was
striking and he was i'm
patient only of exploitation
and hypocrisy. His good life
will live after him. His ex-
ceptional children, with their
courageous and gentle
mother. are fine bearers of
his heritage. They and his
many warm friends may find
comfort in the requiem Of
the ancient poet who unused:
do not weep that your
friend is dead. Rejoice that
you had such a friend"
Alan tombstone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Crisis for FreeWoys

No problem on Capitol Hill is more
urgent than the crisis threatening the
national highway program, concerning
which House subcommittee has begun
hearings. At least a stop-gap solution to
the programs financial dilemma during
this session of Congress is essential, not
only to attack critically growing traffic
problems but also to safeguard vital
segment of the national economy.
Provisions for financing the multi
billion-dollar interstate highway system
have been Inflated since Congress
adopted the program in 1855. The
initial estimated Federal share Of the
coast-to-coast freeway system, for ex-
ample, was based largely on horseback
gueSSeS. The estimates have risen 81
per cent since. In addition, eXpendi-
lures from the Federal Highway Trust
Fund were set up in such way that
borrowing, at certain periods during the
13-year program, was essential. When
Senator Byrd insisted on pay-aS-you-
go basis, therefore, the initial concept
deteriorated further. Now, as Secretary
of Commerce Strauss has announced,
the trust fund is running so dry that no
Federal aid ALLEGATIONS at all will be
available for the 1861 fiscal year.
In 1861, Congress will reconsider the
programs entire financial structure, to
provide revised spending formula for
subsequent years. To attack the i'm
mediate financial crisis, Congress is
expected to act this year in two steps.
The first is simple measure, now before
a House Public Works subcommittee,
which would authorize continued high
level of expenditures for the 1862 fiscal
year. We hope this bill is approved.
The current hearings, however, also are
providing basic information for the
second essential step-a revenue bfil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
Critic Criticized

It is too bad that your
music critic, Day Thorpe, ex-
ercises such narrow views Of
piano playing at the expense
Of gifted young artists such
as John Browning. A Myra
Hess or Clifford Curzon need
not worry about a review
er's foibles, but those who
are beginning their climb up
the ladder Of fame deserve
better from q great news
paper.
The audience at Lisner
Auditorium last Tuesday
night was jammed with
reputable music teachers and
musicians, who evidently did
not agree with Mr.. Thorpe's
views. Music is more than
Just notes played with timid
exactness as set down under
the limitations of our system
Of rotationI
Vera Shea.
4 4 4
John Browning's recital
was more enjoyable and more
thrilling than any I've heard
this year. including Rubin
STEMS. The only accurate
sentence in Mr.. Thorpe's re-
view was "Mr. Browning
chose for himself a long and
taxing program"
Richard Kidweu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

@. What are the dates for
National Newspaper Week in
1880. K.
A. October 1921. National
Newspaperboy Day will be
observed on Saturday, Oc-
tober II.
@. Who said, 1.-THE masters
eye makes the horse fat?"-
H. N.
A. This is only one of many
similar proverbs in various
languages, in which the
masters "eye" means the
masters attention or super
vision. A 18th century YER
sion is, THE masters eye
fattens the horse, and his
foot the ground" The person
who sees that his horse is
cared for will have a healthy
horse; the owner who per-
sonally attends to or super
vises the planting Of his lan1
will get good crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12

Someone wants to know
what Templeton Jones thinks
about Daylight Saving Time.
His thought is just as it
always has been, that it is
a waste of time, a fraud and
a snare and a delusion.
What distinguished him
this year from past years is
that he has at last seen the
futility Of struggling against
it.
In the past, Jones one year
refused to set any Of his
clocks and watches ahead.
The next year, he refused
to change the alarm clock in
his bedroom, but changed the
big clock downstairs.
Then he tried ignoring the
whole thing, as Mr.. Glencan-
non did the war, but here he
failed again.
* 4 4
Now Daylight Saving Time
has triumphed at last.
All Jones' clocks and
watches are running on Fast
Time, as it is called.
1t is this, we feel, that
causes Mr.. Jones to repudiate
the whole thing.
Just another instance, he
snorts, of classifying things.
Americans, he says, like
to fool themselves.
And Daylight Saving Time
does a fine job of it, no doubt
of that.
What inks Jones the most,
however, is the phrase Fast
Time"
While it is accurate enough,
it makes natural time, real
time, as Jones calls it, seem
slow time.
This is the actual result, a
sort of smearing of the old
honest time in which we all
live and breathe and have
our being.
Thus smear tactics. as they
are called, are applied not
to human beings, in this case,
but to something intangible,
in q sense.
Time is both tangible and
intangible.
We know it. yet cannot
grasp it.
The animals, particularly.
as shown by animals in ZOOS,
show this very plainly.
The lion poses, apparently,
hour after hour, scarcely
moving. and the sympathetic
watcher thinks how, dole
full it must be, to pose there
hour after hour and day after
day.
Nature, however, has made
the animal so that it does not
worry about the passage Of
time. The animal simply has
no knowledge of time. This
is because it has no self-
knowledge.
Self-consciousness, appar-
emily, was natures great mis-
take.
4
Temp Jones knows per-
fectly we'll now that he is OPP
Grating on false time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
SOP. Vice Presidential HopefuIs

accept q vice presidential
nomination. He would have 10
determine for himself wheth-
er he would be willing 10 run
for Vice President 10 aid the
Republican Party. whatever
his own personal inclinations
might be. II Is obvious that
the New York Governor
would strengthen the COP.
ticket. This IL q decision
only the Governor can make.
He could take the nomina-
ton without relinquishing
his governorship and finish
out his term should he and
Mr.. Nixon be defeated In the
national election. His term
as Governor does not end
until 1858.
Theodore Roosevelt Case
sixty years ago next year.
another Governor . Of New
York-Theodore Roosevelt
accepted a vice presidential
nomination to run with Pres
ident Mckinley. When Nc
Kinley was assassinated,
Roosevelt moved into the
White House. Even had Nc
Kinley served out his second
term, the probability Is that
Roosevelt, a young man,
eventually would have won a
presidential nomination, al
though in those days the
vice presidency was con-
sidered the graveyard OF
presidential aspirations.
However, should both Mr..
Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller
take themselves out Of the
vice presidential picture,
there are q number Of able
young Republicans who may
be chosen for second place on
the national ticket. Their
names showed up in the Star
poll and included Secretary
of the Interior Fred Seaton Of
Nebraska, Secretary Of Labor
Mitchell of New Jersey, At
torney General Rogers OF
New York and Maryland,
Ambassador to the United
Nations Henry Cabot Lodge.
jr, of Massachusetts,, Gov.
Stratton Of Illinois, Sena-
tor Morton Of Kentucky.
Representative Halleck Of
Indiana. Senator Goldwater
of Arizona would be the Sc
lection Of conservative Old
GuardSmen. If Mr.. Nixon is
the nominee for President,
the second place on the ticket
might well go to Rogers Of
New York, Mitchell Of New
Jersey, Stratton Of Illinois.
Seaton of Nebraska or Lodge
Of MASSACHUSETTS. Gov.
Rockefeller, for his part,
could run conceivably with
Seaton, Stratton, Morton,
Halleck, or Lodge.
Attorney General Rogers is
a close personal friend Of Mr..
Nixon. But, indeed. so are
several Of the other vice
presidential possibilities. 1t is
interesting that the Repub-
leans, who at present are
considering only two candi-
dates for the presidency.
have such q large supply Of
potential and attractive can
didates for second place on
their ticket.