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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07

Pressure for a gas tax in
crease of about a half-cent or
one cent to meet an emergency
in the interstate highway pro-
gram was building up in some
congressional quarters today
because of Senate and House
attacks on a compromise"
bond issue plan.
The House Ways and Means
Committee proposal to issue
up to 81 billion in highway
revenue bonds was vigorously
and unequivocally opposed" by
Senator Byrd, Democrat Of
Virginia, chairman Of the Sen
ate Finance Committee.
Requested by Works Group
The committees overall plan
also was rejected yesterday by
the House Public Works Com
mittee which stood firm in
recommending $2.2 billion in
1861 fiscal year ALLEGATIONS to
States to keep the program
going. The Ways and Means
Committee agreed tentatively
10 days ago to recommend al
locations of only $500 million
for that fiscal period.
ALLEGATIONS in each instance
would be made this year. The
greatly reduced Ways and
Means Committee total. how
ever. would cause a major
showdown in construction of
the IL, 000-mile interstate high
way network authorized by
Congress in 1856. Some officials
have declared such a slash
would mean virtual halt in
construction, at least for next
year.
The Eisenhower adminiStra-
ton has suggested a ~ cent
increase in the gas tax to cope
with a growing deficit in the
highway trust fund for the
program financed 80 per cent
by the Federal government and
10 per cent by the States. The
administration has opposed
any bond issue or transfer of
money from the Governments
general tax revenue fund to the
highway trust fund.
The House Public Works
Committees proposal yesterday
for $2.2 billion in annual allo-
cations to States beginning with
the 1861 fiscal year and con-
tinuing through 1875 was ar
authorization measure that put
it up primarily to the Way;
and Means Committee to de-
wise a method of obtaining the
additional revenue.
Would Fall Short
It was evident the Way
and Means Committees presen
compromise proposal would fal
far short of raising anywherI
near $2.2 billion. Several mem.
bers of the committee indicated
today they will renew efforts Il
obtain a recommendation of ;
gas tax increase of one cent O.
less.
Ways and Means Committe,
Chairman Mills, Democrat o
Arkansas, had no immediatr
comment. Representative Fal
lon, Democrat of Maryland
spokesman for the Public Work
Committee, indicated represen
tatives of both committee
might confer informally to see
a satisfactory solution for pre-
sentation before Congress ad
journS.
Mr.. Fallon told reporters tn
Public Works Committee pla
would permit the interstat
program to continue at abou
the same level" The committe
took substantially the sam
position last May in recon
mending $2.5 billion in allocs
lions to be made this year fc
the 1861 fiscal year. 1t vote
yesterday to stretch out tn
highway building program &C
four years beyond the l97
expiration date. The Ways an
Means Committee plan Gale
for a six-year extension.
Senator Byrd's opposition
g highway bond issue devit
was well known at the Cap
toll. Ms statement last nigi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-07
BY the Associated Press

The House Appropriations
C om mittee today criticized
Pentagon construction policies
as it whacked $27s,l87,300
from the 63,200,000 re-
quested for military building
programs for the current fiscal
year.
The $l,284,Ol2,70O it recon-
mended, subject to House &C
ton next week, is about Is
per cent less than the Presi-
dent requested to finance hun
dreds Of construction projects
in the United States and
abroad.
The committee gave the Air
Force $777, 066, 900 Of the $9l5
million 1t sought. The Nays
request for $3.50 million was
cut to $685. 37. 900, while the
Army's bid for 1912 million
was trimmed to $272.564,l00.
Missile Funds Okayed
The committee approved all
funds requested for air defense
missile facilities and electronic
ground environment facilities.
but voted to prohibit the use
of funds for Bomarc missile
sites in the northwestern part
of the country between the
Great Lakes region and the
Pacific Coast. 1t said the funds
should be withheld until con-
sideration has been given TO
moving these installations far.
ther north. KS
Much remains to be done,p
| the committee said, ito assure
the proper planning and pro-
gramming of the construction
of military facilities.
The committee cited an
empty Air Force hospital at
Evereux, France, constructed
recently on a high priority
basis. as an example Of "the
/ piecemeal and short range
planning which has marked
this program.
AS other examples. 1t cited a
big housing project at Fort
Polk, La, and Army ownership
of 70 acres fronting Waikiki
Seach, Hawaii. 1t said the
Army authorized the Fort Polk
project in July. 1857, and four
month later Fort Polk became
excess to the needs Of the &C.
tive Army.
Waikiki Beach Costs
The Waikiki Beach property
at Fort Derussy, the committee
said, has a commercial value of
S43 million but the cost OF
Government Improvements has
been less than So million.
The committee said a COM
parison of the costs of civilian
and military medical facilities
shows that the cost Of the lat
ter is far too excessive"
Defense installations in
Maryland and Virginia figure
in the projects recommended
today.
The measure lists the facili-
ties and amounts approved fol
them but gives no details OF
projects. National Guard items
generally are for armories ano
the reserve items generally are
for training facilities.
Regional Projects
The breakdown shows, ir
Maryland:
Army: Aberdeen Provin
Grounds, $4,000: chemical
center, $2,104.0o0; Fort DERRICK
81 ,437 900; Fort George G
Meade, $1,133,OOo; Fort Rit'
chic, S43, 900.
Navy: Patuxent Air Station
81, 100000: Naval Academy
$1,025,O 900; David Taylor Mode
Basin. $4,000; Indian Heac
propellant plant, $972,OO0
Towers Field Air Station, ST.
1000.
Air Force: Andrews All
Force Base. $17,9S0,000; Army
National Guard, Baltimore
S215.000; Army Reserve, Cum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
Wos 1t Really Three Months?

DEAR ABBY: Does a sixth
grade teacher in q country
school have the right to take
q student home with her and
haye her yard man give him
q hath? This Is what hap
pened to my sonl
He said his ankles were o
little dirty and when his
teacher asked him when he
had q bath last he told her
It had been three months.
Now you know as well as /
do that kids II years old
can't keep track Of time.
/ Just want to know what
my rights are as there is
going TO be plenty Of trouble
In the principals ONCE to-
morrow morning.
BURNED UP
Your rights" can be clear.
" defined IL you want to
make . Federal case out Of
Il. IL the boy said he hadn't
had . bath In three months
and the teacher could believe
IL. perhaps you should thank
her land the yardman) for
having performed . vital
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
DEAR ABBY
" ABIGAIL VAN sUREN

DEAR ABBY: Ny father
got mad at my sister and me
around Christmas time. He
refused our Christmas gifts.
He accepted the gifts from
all the other kids, but not
ours. It hurt US more than q
slap in the face. He is still
pretty mad at US. Should we
re-wrap them and give them
to him for Fathers Day?
HURT CHILDREN
Rewrap the gifts and give
them to your father for IA.
TIERS Day. But make no
mention Of the fact that they
are the rejected Christmas
gifts.
DEAR ABBY: Seven years
ago I married q girl with q
l-year-old son. She told
me her husband was q no.
good drunkard and she di.
vorced him before their baby
was born. I adopted her son.
I found out recently that
she was never married. She
promised me when ! mar.
ried her that we would have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
Brockmon's Pionism
Is Gallery HiehIight

in observance Of Flag Day.. Of
q bit Of mid-l9th century bal
defdash. The American Qua
drille," by Louis Antoine Jul.
lien. Sandwiched between, i'm
mediately following intermis.
sion. was Mozart's symphony
No. 80 In Z fiat, X. 543.
The faintest praise Is due the
orchestra's account Of the Mo-
Fart symphony. for. despite the
genius Of the music. the effect
Of the reading was inSensitive
and perfunctory. The Hinde-
NTH pieces were well worth a
hearing, but the performance
was hardly an affair Of polish.
1t reminded the listener that.
with the players Of the Ma
tional Symphony dazzling South
American audiences. the nu-
cleus Of first-rate players gen.
orally available for the Ma
tional Gallery Orchestra Is
badly missed in these concerts.
Faced Audiences
Julien, the composer Of the
American Quadrille," was a
virtuoso conductor who SPELL
bound audiences with his fair
for leading an orchestra wear
ing white gloves, using a jew
eled baton and confronting his
listeners with electrifying IA
cial expressions calculated to
wrench reactions from every
soul In range OF his command
ing gaze. His career spanned
European capitals and even in
cluded q triumphant conquest
Of audiences here.
Among the many misfortunes
that beset Julien was the loss
Of the orchestral scores Of most
Of \his own musical creations.
But, from the 'extant piano
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

Your Attic" there are often
wide discrepancies In the
prices asked by various deal
ers for the same title. These
differences usually are &C.
counted for by the factor Of
condition. Fine copies bring
high prices; poor copies. poor
prices.
Mrs. M. w.: Your Henry
Georges Progress and Pow
erty" (San Francisco. 1879 is
q first edition. worth roughly
SIS to 500. The first issue
did not contain the slip re-
ferring to the reviews.
j. D.: Among the modern
writers whose early books are
most likely to bring high
prices In the future, ! would
nominate William Faulkner,
Robert Frost. Ernest Hemine-
way. T. g.. Eliot and the late
Dylan Thomas.
Miss N. q. r.: Your Oliver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
FAMOUS FABLES

Charity: Theatrical Man
ager Lee Shubert made freS
quent contributions to char.
liable organizations and at
tended more charity ban
quets than play openings.
Once, when he was busy in
his ONCE, q friend came in
and invited him to his home
for dinner.
mo, thanks, I can't make
it tonight" said Shubert.
without looking up from his
work. But here's my check
for $1,000"
Glamour: Portrait Painter
John Singer Sargent had
little patience with female
sitters who complained that
his paintings did not CLAM
orize them sufficiently.
On one occasion a buxom
matron took o look at her
finished portrait and pouted:
mr.. Sargent, ! look plump
In this picture. ] wanted you
to make me slender"
Madam" replied Sargent,
II am a painter. not ahmas-
seur." -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

In almost every family.
there Is q self-eifacing one:
the one who figuratively
scrubs the floors for ali Of
the others. Among the Bish.
ops. that one Is my kid sister
Adele. She's the best. She
never had Q dime and she
has been hit by hard luck so
many times that she feels
nervous when things 90 well.
but she win do anything for
the others.
She's Q little woman. blond
turning gray. She was al
ways pretty. with q trim
figure, except for o time in
her early married life when
she ate all her Illustrations
and looked like q tiny bal
loon. She was o neat dresser.
too. and, once in q while.
when I whispered: you look
real sharp tonight, kid"
she'd look up in surprise and
say: This dress? I've had 1t
four years."
There were two boys and q
girl In our family: Jim. John
and Adele. spaced about az
years apart. My mother was
always strict. always reli-
gious. and always worried
about her one daughter. The
boys-well. what can you do
with boys? But Adele. that
was something else. MY
mother burdened the child
with so many lectures about
morality and purity that
! could never understand
where the kid got the nerve
to 60 out on o date.
BUT SHE WENT. And
she fell In love with o skinny
kid who was trying to coax
q few hairs to emerge on
his upper lip. She married
him when she was too
young.
They had three children:
Robert and Jean and Elinor.
The boy was still an infant
when he developed q rash.
Adele. not much more than
o child herself. put him in q
hospital. In two days Bobby
was dead. She shed scald-
ing tears and kept saying:
why? Why? Why?"
She required q long time
to recover. Her husband
developed q neurological dis
ease. He was q naval
draughtsman. q good one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Don't lust Stay Mad at Doctor
Dy Or. PETER }. sTElhcRoHN

how you feel about it.
rather than let resentment
take hold.
! think he will appre-
ciate your frank complaint.
Chances are the next time
you come to see him, he win
not let you sit there long.
ARE YOU ANGRY because
you have been surprised by o
large bill? Next time before
operation or prolonged medi-
cal treatment) you should
resolve to talk over finances
and expenses"--before and
not after. This frank dis.
cussion win save both you
and your doctor any un-
pleasantness.
Won't he make house calls
or night calls? Does he
charge for telephone advice?
Are you peeved because he
has ordered expensive x-rays
and laboratory tests?
Don't blame him before
talking 1t over. Before you
engage q physician you
should discuss the matter Of
fees, service, and what he has
to offer in diagnosis and
treatment.
Be sure you turn to the
right doctor for the right
problem. You shouldn't 20
to q skin specialist for o heart
complaint, or to a heart spe.
cialist for q chronic itch.
The trouble with many
patient-doctor relationships
Is that patients don't speak
their minds to their doctors
directly. You often grippe be-
hind his back-and the poor
fellow has no idea why you're
angry at him. Il Next time
you are dissatisfied. tell him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

children Of our own. but
now she refuses. I have
begged and pleaded but she
says that one Is enough and
she Is too old now. (She is
go Should I 90 on work.
ing for q woman who cares
only for the security Of her.
self and another mans
child?
HOOKED
II what you said h true.
this woman married you
under = false pretense. Talk
TO your clergyman or an At.
tOrney.
why don't my parents
trust me?" For What Every
Teen-ager Wants to Know,
send Csc and q large,
stamped. self-addressed en-
velope to ABBY, care Of The
Evening Star.
IS
For a personal reply. tDrite
to ABBY IN care OF The Eue-
ming Star. Inclose a SELF
addressed. stamped envelope.
Distributed By MeNaueht
Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

Wendell Holmes "Oyer the
Teacups" Boston. 1921 is q
FIRST edition, worth roughly
$50 in fine condition.
o. o.: Your Lee Nelson's
Three Years Among the
Comanches" (Albany, 1887
is q rare paperbound Indian
captivity item. It IL worth
roughly $50 in fine condi-
ton. Ask o dealer for half.
L. J. s.: Your Female Life
Among the Mormons" New
York. 1850 Is mildly scarce
and worth about $40 retail.
The author was Maria Ward.
Selected reader questions
tDilI be answered in this
column. Address them to Van
Allen Bradley. IN care OF
The EreniRg Starr
copyTishs 1859. General Features Corp
Next Mendsy: More on Ruba.
iyei.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
jim BISHOP:
REPORTER
Adele Is Praised for Service

But he had no faith in medi-
cine and said that he would
be all right II everybody
would leave him alone and
permit him to work. He col
lapsed several times. His ILL
ness brought on RACES.
He died. Adele Parnlelee
took Q job with the telephone
company. She had to sup
port two daughters. She
worked hard all day and did
the laundry and the house.
cleaning at night.
The girls grew up and
married. They got the same
lectures their mother lis
tened to. It looked as though
life was about over for
Adele. Then she met Emil
Steencken. . giant Of Q man
who was q widower. He
worked In q maintenance
gang on the West Shore
Railroad. Once again Adele
married.
EVERYTHING was going
fine. when my mother began
to lose her sight. Dad was
working every day. and Nom
was alone In their apart
ment. He made breakfast
for her. and cooked the din.
ner and did the dishes. This
could not go on. Who was
elected to take over? One
guess.
It was a long tedious job.
Nom was blind, feeble. and
just as much the boss as
when we were all children.
Adele had to take 1t.
My mother Is gone, and
my father has retired. Adele
takes care Of him.
Today, I've been riding q
train south and ] looked at
the date on the newspaper.
1t Ii Adele's 47th birthday.
Copyright. 1859. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

about it-not your next door
neighbour
I'VE BEEN ASKED by q
few readers recently: "Just
how dangerous Is an opera
ton to repair O venticular
septal defect in the hearth"
The advances Of diagnos-
tic and operative techniques
in congenital heart disease
have been amazing. II you
have q child Tor grown adult
In your family who suffers
from an interventricular sep
tai defect ! think you can
consider 1t with much greater
optimism than you can con-
servatiye "do-nothing" treat
ment.
For example, in q recent
Minnesota series, there were
only two fatalities in so such
operations.
RELEASED By The Bell syndicate. Inc.
Tomeuew: cslm miad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

Louise Thai Thi-Lang, born
In South Wet Nam, q graduate
Of the National Conservatory Of
Music in Paris and now q resi-
dent Of Washington. gave q
piano recital yesterday at the
Phillips Gallery. She played
Mozart, Schumann. Debhssy.
Ravel and her own compo-
Sitions.
AS In candor one can only say
that she was completely unpre-
pared for a public recital, and
as 1t is probable that she. q
Washingtonian. will be heard
here again in the future. ! feel
1t a good thing to postpone a
formal review. d. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

Have you ever gotten mad
at your doctor? Even though
you honor him, respect him,
and even "love" him for all
he has done for you and
yours?
IT'S DIFFICULT to stay
angry at q man who has
saved your husband from his
coronary attack; brought
Jimmy through the infec-
tons Of childhood. and per-
haps brought all Of your
children into the world.
Nevertheless. patients do
get angry at their doctors
even though 1t may not
last long. Because Of the
nature Of our work, we doc
tors often naturally assume
the authoritarian role OF
parents, and. therefore. pa
tients, like children, dislike
us at times.
There are many reasons
why patients fall out with
their doctors. People have
given them to me over the
years. Sometimes they have
been justified; at other times
the doctor was not at fault.
For example, are you angry
because your doctor keeps
you vegetating too long in
his waiting room? II this
happens only occasionally
you should forgive him. Doc
tors can't always run on
.ehedule like trains or planes.
Sometimes they are tied up
by unavoidable emergencies.
However. II such inter-
minable waiting Is the rule
rather than the exception. I
believe you have reason to
complain. But don't just
Say mad" Resolve to talk
II out with him and tell him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

Thomas Brockman's dis
tinguished performance Of the
Beethoven first piano concerto
with the National Gallery Or
chestra last night was the
high point Of the concert. With
out resorting to any Of the
cheaper extra musical tricks
that seem to tempt the less
secure young players nowadays,
Mr.. Brockman turned In q per-
Torrance that was technically
assured, musically conceived
throughout, and brought the
audience to q cheering response
at its conclusion.
Mr.. Brockman's articulation
Of the fiorid moments Of the
piece was clarity itself, with
out attempted dazzlement. His
handling Of the rather sprawl
ing phrases of the slow move
ment brought cohesion to the
music. and his account Of the
scherzo was pointed with sharp.
salty Beethovenian humor. He
deserved every cheer that re-
sounded in the great hall Of
the East Garden Court.
. Novelties
Mr.. Bales opened the evening
with an interesting novelty. the
Five Pieces for Strings Of Paul
Hindemith, and closed the con-
cert with another unusual Bit
his own orchestration (pro-
duced and premiered last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15

score. Mr.. Bales arranged the
American Quadrille" In a bril-
liantly effective version for mo-
dern orchestra.
The piece Is q potpourTi Of
popular American ditties strung
together in sprightly fashion
and, in Mr.. Bales Infectious
orchestration, is q humdinger
Of q swashbuckler for ending
concert in q roar Of rousing
good humor. The orchestra last
night did itself proud in this
finale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-15
COUNCIL
Her Friend
Is Worry
ToPorents

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Eseh article 10 . sammsr Of On
setssl esss history. The eouaeil
reports On problems thst have
bees dssIt with ~ responsible
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