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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
One-Woy Trend Only?

vi IA1c UdS1S VI STATISTICAL research
and analysis, President Eisenhowes,s
special economic committee has con-
f1rmed what most Americans have found
by struggling with the family budget.
1t Is, in short, that the relatively steady
increase in prices during the past quar-
ter-century has every appearance Of
being permanent and cumulative" re-
heved occasionally by periods of stabil-
ity but not offset by any material down.
swing. For the record, the committee
points out that this one-way price
movement is a break with the pattern
OF our economic history Of more than
200 years-during which there has been
a tidelike rise and fall Of the price level.
With this alternating movement, prices
doubled in two centuries. without it,
despite two wars and several recessions,
they have doubled again in Is years.
While the committee, which Is
headed by Vice President Nixon, SEEM
ingly feels that "defiationary periods"
have been permanently eliminated from
the economy and halls this development
as IAN important step toward reason
able price stability" 1t recognizes that
this makes even more imperative the
necessity to devise and apply anti-infla-
tionary policies more energetically than
ever before. It promises recommended
tions-"a comprehensive program for
price stability and economic growth
in subsequent report.
As far as public policies are con-
cerned, there has been vigorous and
at least partly successful effort to blunt
some Of the infiationary pressures. The
President has, for example, vetoed ex-
tra-budget legislation and has insisted
on pay-as-you-build revenues to cover
cost Of the big highway program. The
Federal Reserve System has applied
monetary restraints. At the moment,
one important anti-inflationary weapon
is being withheld from the Government,
namely, the authority to adjust interest
rates on Treasury bonds to permit long
term borrowing. The only available
alternative, that Of refinancing large
amounts Of the public debt through
short-term bills and certificates, has
serious infiationary effect. If Con-
greSs adjourns without action on this
administration request, as now seems
certain, the Treasury'S debt manage
ment problems as well as the price trend
of the immediate future may force an
other showdown in the autumn on this
issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
'Crime-Not Delinquency

The vicious attack on pair Of New
York policemen by mob Of teen-age
hoodlums wildly illustrates the type Of
violence which Mayor Wagner correctly
Classics as Juvenile crime-not delin-
quency." And this latest OF series of
youth-gang outbreaks thoroughly justi-
ffes the stern breakdown ordered by the
Mayor on the perpetrators of the OUT
RACES, however young they may be.
The two patrolmen were set upon
by crowd Of about 800 persons armed
with bottles, sticks and stones when
they ordered the dispersal of gang in
the Hell's Kitchen area. The leader of
the gang, several members of which
have been accused of the recent play
ground Staying of two l6-year-old boys,
defled the police and announced: "This
is a free country" When the boy was
told he was under arrest, he lunged
for the policeman's nightstick and that
precipitated mass assault on the two
officers that lasted an hour before REIN
forcements cleared the street and re-
stored order. A similar assault on a
patrolman had occurred a few days
earlier.
New York City plainly is faced with
law enforcement crisis Of unprece-
dented proportions-on that calls for
extraordinary control measures. Cover
nor Rockefeller has joined with Mayor
Wagner and other local authorities in
seeking immediate and long-view meth
DDS Of coping with the juvenile crime
problem. Whatever the long-view solu-
ton that may be proposed, the cur
rent wave Of teen-age violence demands
tough suppression tactics lest the situa-
ton get completely out of hand. Kid
gloves have proved of little effect against
switchblade knives, zip guns, bludgeons
and similar youth-gang weapons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-12
MendeIssohn Jubilee

The two great sesquicen-
tennials we are celebrating
this year, namely, those OF
Lincoln and Darwin, have
somewhat obscured another
very important one, the 150th
anniversary Of the birth Of
the great composer Felix
Mendelssohn- Bartholdy. Yet
we have a double reason to
observe this jubilee Of the
creator Of the immortal
music for Shakespeare's
"Midsummer-Night's Dream"
and so many other unique
works. He was not only one
of the masters whose music
will always be played as long
as our Western civilization
exists, but, while triumph and
recognition were heaped upon
him during his short lifetime,
his memory was besmirched
after his death by the Nazis
on their chauvlnistic pred
ecessors in Germany.
Henry Walter Brann.
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Lets Get the Focts

= The death of Sonny Lohr, 19-year-
old University of Maryland sophomore,
may have been one Of those tragic
things that can happen on any football
field, and for which no one can properly
be blamed. But the doubt which has
been raised on this latter point cries out
for full and impartial investigation.
>. University spokesman deny that
Lohr was required to do extra training
work on the afternoon that he collapsed.
But this, it seems to us, begs the issue.
The real questions are whether Lohr
was driven by one Of his coaches to do
more than he was physically able to
do, and, perhaps of greater Importance,
whether the whole truth of this matter
has been told.
(. It Is impossible to reconcile the
versions given by university spokesman
and by three eyewitnesses. These three
were unacquainted with one another
and told their stories independently.
One of them says that two friends,
whom he would rather not identify for
publication, were with him and could
confirm his account.
All three have told substantially the
same story-that Lohr collapsed after
being driven beyond the limits of his
physical endurance by an assistant
coach. One of these witnesses, naming
names, said one assistant coach APP
pealed to another to ease up on Lohr,
stating that the boy doesn't know
where he is" This witness also quotes
the unrelenting assistant coach as
saying to Lohr: 'Take a lap (around
the field) and go in, or turn in your
uniform"
Alta press conference, all Of this was
denied by the coaching staff and by
other members of the squad. Neverthe-
less, there is ring of truth to the
Independent accounts given by the wit
Iesses, and at least the two additional,
but unidentified, witnesses presumably
would be available for questioning. In
these circumstances, we think that the
University authorities, Maryland being
9 State university, should call for an
D4icial investigation. All witnesses and
participants, on both sides, should be
questioned separately in an effort to
establish the truth. For the tragedy of
tl1is boys death will be compounded If
the doubts raised by the conflicting YER
siOns are not cleared away-at least as
lar as possibility a thorough and in
dependent investigation of all the YER
EionS and all the facts.
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LibroryCritic

This writer in an earlier
letter discussed q situation
which is generally known
throughout the Library Of
Congress. It is most regret
table that Robert M. Holmes.
director Of personnel at the
library. did not see At to
discuss the relevant issues in
reply to my letter.
Mr.. Holmes sought to di-
vert attention from the basic
issues by attempting an In
accurate and malicious per-
sonal attack on the writer.
The distorted picture con-
veyed by Mr.. Holmes Is in
dicative Of the slanted library
policies which he formulates.
This writer maintains, as
he has before, that there Is
q very wide gulf between the
professed policy and the
practical application insofar
as Negroes are concerned in
the Library Of Congress.
Samuel l.. Banks.
Editors Note: The "rele-
want issues" to which Mr..
Banks refers. we're his
charges in a previous letter
that the library discriminates
against Negro employees. Mr..
Holmes denied this, stating
race is not q consideration in
hiring or promotion and that
appointments and grading
are made solely on the basis
of training and ability.)
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FoItering Leap

-, Although there has been lot Of
bDastful propaganda about it, Red Chi
mas great leap forward" in economic
development appears thus far to have
amounted to little more than a medi-
6cre broad Jump. At any rate, by their
own admission, Peiping's planners have
grossly overestimated the country's ca
pacity for rapid agricultural and indus
Trial expansion on massive scale. Ac-
cordingly, having learned that grandiose
bheprintS are one thing and reality an
pther, they have been forced to make
drastic cutbacks in all their major pro-
4nction goals.
81. AS applied to the current years out
put, the reduced detectives include the
following: Grain, down from 525 million
tons to 275 million; cotton, down from
~ million tons to 2.5 million, and steel,
down from Is million tons to IL million.
The larger figures were the ones orig
inally planned for 1859, and the striking
contrast between them and the much
smaller revised goals serves as a measure
Of how greatly the Mao Tze-tung regime
has miScalculated the natural, human
and technical factors involved in the
effort to build rich and powerful
Chinese economy.
=, A specific example of this miscalcu-
iation can be found in the much touted
attempt to increase steel production with
crude little backyard home furnaces.
These have worked only in the most in
ancient way, and their output has been
pfvery poor quality. As result, the Gen.
tral Committee of the Chinese Commu-
mist Party nowehas announced that they
are to be abandoned as impractical
things whose operation entails a waste
d time, money and manpower. SINH
lAfly, there have been signs recently
that the Mao regime-which seems to be
experiencing potentially serious internal
dissension-may be beginning to recog-
uze the unworkability of its dehumaniz-
Ing commune" program under which
vast numbers Of men, women and chill
dren have been cruelty regimented for
the great leap forward"
- With its $50 million people, China
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

goldfish once called Whitley.
Blackie, the dog, lived
around the corner. in a big
brick house, but he usually
spent his time on the park
ing, or lying in the middle Of
the street.
Jones met Blackie by adj
monishing him to come out Of
the street.
Blackie refused to bulge.
Jones gave him a gentle
prod with the toe Of his
shoe, but the black animal
kept his place.
Argument did no good. The
spot Blackie had chosen
suited him from the ground
up, and there he remained.
After that, Temp Jones
never tried to make Blackie
do anything the dog didn't
want to do. 1t was no use.
Blackie was gentle and
kind, and stubborn.
When other dogs tried to
fight, Blackie would lie on his
back with his paws up in the
air and no belligerent animal
could get at him.
He was afraid Of cats, and
was to be seen almost every
day being driven along the
sidewalk by Jones pet Mindy.
One bright day, when
Blackie had reinforcements,
he jumped his tormenter. his
teeth barred, and would have
made mincemeat Of Mindy If
Jones hadn't been there to
drive him and his canine
allies away.
*& 50
Blackie got so he would
follow Jones home every day
as he came from the bus
whistling La Vie en- Rose"
At the first strains, though
Temp was a. block away,
Blackie would pick up his
ears. and follow him home.
Calls from his own folks
did no good. The Labrador
is a stubborn animal.
One day Jones whistled in
vain.
The familiar black shape,
the intelligent eyes, the long
easy lope over the ground
were all no more.
Blackie bad gone to the
heaven where all good dogs go.
Jones never whistled la
Vie en- Rose" along there any
more. 1t is no use. Blackie
would come out from be-
tween the hedges If he could.
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certainly is sorely In. need Of economic
progress, and the faster the better. How
ever. although 1t is rich in natural re-
sources, 1t faces an immense task in try
ing to modernize its agriculture and
establish a strong industrial base. This
is something that will require decades
Of effort. It simply cannot be accom-
plished in overnight leaps, no matter
how grandiosely the Communists may
plan or how brutally they may drive the
masses.
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Uqh!

I am profoundly shocked
that you have even one cor
respondent who views with
tolerant acceptance the pros
pect Of drinking the treated
effluent from O Chantilly
sewage plant. I am sure that
q kindly Providence has a
particular punishment re.
served for him in the here
after. He will be dunked
twice weekly in the efiluent
Of a similar plant. He viii, Of
course. smell to high heaven.
I know whereof ! speak. I
live on the banks Of O Vir-
ginia stream polluted and
damned by Q sewage-treat-
ment plant. It gurgles its
brown and turgid way under
the bridge below my house.
In the eddies below the rocks
telltale suds mutely testify to
the humiliation that has
overwhelmed the stream.
Years ago we swan there.
We swim there no longer. No
informed parent living on the
banks Of the stream win al
low his children to play in its
foul waters. During q period
Of low water / compared the
stream with the contents Of
the sewer line that parallels
its banks. The color and the
assault on the nostrils Of both
were about the same.
Not long hence. many Of us
will land at Chantilly Airport
from Jet planes costing mil
lions. The airport itself will
cost as much as many air.
planes. Even the access roads
will cost several million dol
lars. But we will drink
the rectified essence Of hui
man sewage in our coffee
since, obviously, we can az
ford nothing better.
So. We citizens Of the Dis
trict. Of Virginia and of Mary
land! Fill I'D your glasses.
The disease-bearing organ
isms will undoubtedly be
killed as long as the system
works. The odor Of putrefac-
ton will be covered by chlo-
rine. Bottoms upl
Edwin M. Fitch.
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ALEXANDRIA, We.
Dear Sir:


Dear Sir:
you haven't written about
dogs for some time. and I
always like to read about
dogs. Birds bore me. Cats
irritate me. Parakeets annoy
me.
II like dogs.
IT own a beagle. the best
little dog in the world, and
am thinking of getting a re-
triever. one Of those black
ones.
Dogs offer so much be-
cause they have lived with
people so long. They join us
in our houses, and go with us
in our cars, and will even
swim with US.
II prefer o swimming dog.
that is why I am going to
get q Labrador retriever. To
me. this is a fine dog.
II would like to know what
you think Of this breed.
yours truly, s. L. p"
&c &H
Strong, intelligent. beauti-
full. faithful
These are some Of the good
points Of this best of dogs.
Few persons who become
acquainted with q Labrador
escape the charm Of the
beast.
A bit stubborn, it Is true,
5ut loyal to the core, this
all-black dog with the silky
coat is admired and loved
by all who know him.
Some way or other he
seems all dog. Some dogs are
almost human, but not this
one. He is q dog, and let's
nobody forget it.
You may think you have
him in hand, are making q
nice little gentleman out of
him, but suddenly he will
show you how wrong you are.
Templeton Jones, who loves
all good dogs, and even has
a sneaking sort of admira-
ton for those not so good,
made friends about two years
ago with a Labrador re-
triever.
This dog he called Blackie,
even If that wasn't his name.
Jones has always thought
there are no better names
for animals than ones point
ing up their color.
He even had an albino
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likely to be satisfactory to
the liberals.
The Democratic leadership
In both House and Senate
has sought to steal the
economy issue from Presi-
dent Eisenhower. At the same
time, 1t has tried to get
through some appropriations
In excess Of the Presidents
budget. some that will not
cost much for the first year,
but viii force the spending
OF money for many years in
the future. It has cut many
Of the items In the Presi-
dents budget. thereby claim
ing its own record Of econo-
my. Also. they have cut such
bills as the housing bill, the
airport construction bill and
the public works bill.
Foreign Aid Funds Cut
And now, In q final effort
to prove that they have ac-
tually cut the Presidents
budget. the Democrats in the
House and Senate have lop-
ped between $500 and $500
million OF the Presidents
original request for foreign
aid. The House did the az
work on this measure, and the
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee restored only q small
sum. Without such a drastic
cut in the foreign aid bill, it
would be impossible for the
Democrats to make it appear
that they have spent less
money than the amount
the President requested.
1t is unfortunate that they
operated so sharply on this
important measure, which en-
ables our allies abroad to
build UP their strength
against Communist agrees
sion. It is particularly UNI
fortunate that this should
have been done on the eve of
the visit Of Russian Premier
Nikita s. Khrushchev to dis
cuss international relations
with President Eisenhower.
Here. indeed, partisan poll
tics really raised its head,
although the Democrats had
some help on the foreign aid
cuts from . several irrecon.
cilable Republicans.
The President can chalk
up another victory-the pas
sage Of q much stronger anti
racketeeering and reform la
Dor bill than had been pro-
posed by the Democrats. The
President went to the mat
on this measure with q radio
and television appeal to the
people for support not long
before the vote in the House
which passed the Landrum-
Griffin bill. OF course, he had
the support Of some of the
Democrats. Nevertheless, the
bill as it ultimately went to
the White House for the
Presidents signature was a
blow to literal Democrats
and their allies, the leaders
Of organized labor. Even some
Of the liberals were forced to
vote for the bill, because Of
the public demand for q re-
form measure. When the
Congress met no one dreamed
that such a strong bill could
be passed. A
The Senate. by its vote
against the confirmation Of
Admiral Lewis L. Strauss to
be Secretary Of Commerce.
struck the President q blow.
1t could. however, turn out to
be q political boomerang in
the campaign next year. In
deed. the political scoreboard
of the session as a whole
gives the President and his
party the advantage.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
Session Ending in BIoze Of Politics
By GOULD lincoln

The first session Of the seth
Congress is--unless present
plans for an early adjourn
ment change-winding up In
Q blaze Of, political activity.
For that matter. however,
politics has played an impor-
tant part during the whole
session. beginning last Janu-
airy. The Democrats, frus-
trated In many instances on
their program since the ses-
sion opened, are engaged In
hitting back at Republican
President Eisenhower. The
President has again and again
checkmated them, despite
their overwhelming majorities
In both Senate and House,
through his personal appeals
TO the country and through
the use Of his veto power.
The flrst real slap at the
President In these closing days
was the vote Of both houses
overriding his second veto Of
the public works bill-the
pork-barrel bill so dear to
congressional hearts. His first
veto Of this measure had been
sustained by one vote In the
House. The total carried In
the bill was reduced, but
starting sums for 81 new
projects to which the Presi-
dent objected in his veto
message were retained.
This vote by the Demo-
cratic Party will remain
an issue which the President
may use in the campaign next
year to argue that the Demo-
cratic Party Is an irrespons-
sible spender Of Government
funds. The Democrats are re-
joicing, however, because they
have been able to override an
Eisenhower veto, the first Of
his las vetoes In seven years
as President to be overridden.
When the session opened
last winter. flushed with VIC
tory at the polls in the 1858
congressional elections, many
Of the Democrats considered
they had a mandate to boost
the economy Of the country
by big Government spending.
The liberal wing Of the Dem
ocratic Party also was intent
upon forcing through much
stronger civil rights legisla-
tion-particularly to speed
integration Of the public
schools.
Democrats Run Into Trouble
All idea Of q big spending
jamboree soon faded, ale
though some Of the more
liberal Democrats continued
to clamor for large sums for
pet projects, including So
called welfare legislation.
President Eisenhower seized
the economy ball and ran
with it. It struck q popular
note. He was greatly aided
by the improvement in busi-
ness and employment which
began in earnest and has
continued.
The liberal Democrats, too,
ran into quick trouble when
they sought first to amend
the Senate rules so as to
prevent long filibusters in
that house. Their effort was
to declare that the rules Of
the Senate had to be adopted
at the opening Of each new
Congress, instead of continu-
ing on from the former Con-
gress. The majority leader Of
the Senate. Senator Lyndon
johnson Of Texas, spiked
their guns. Further, he ad-
vanced q proposed civil rights
bill Of his own which fell
far short Of the drastic meas
ures proposed by the liber-
ais. Civil rights legislation
still Is an unfinished bust
ness. II any goes through
before adjournment IL is mt
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
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NEW Arm. bungalow, cleo. lights,
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apt, sos mo, Cottage City; al
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5OLORED. I?43 INDEPENDENCE
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SllO mo-: KEYS in l24l Call DI.
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CHEVY CHASE New detached
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room Priced in upper 3Os. Call
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HOUSES TO SHARE
HOUSES WANTED TO RENT
HOUSES FOR sALE>N.W.

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Center hall. brick, lge. lIv. rm
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kitchen, 3 bedrms. up. Rear
screened porch facing nice fenced
yard with patio. Recreation room
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FM Asst
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HOUSES FURNISHED

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3 lge. bedrms., den, . baths, gar
lovely wooded lot and strm. Swim
membership Lorcom Lane area
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ia. 7-S3OS.
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screened porch; center hall plan
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1112 18th ST NV,

liz l6Cn 81. NV.
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