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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-31
Girl Found Alive
In Refrigerator

CINCINNATI, Aug. 81 (AP)
-Debby Tucker, 6-year-old
girl who police say spent half
a day jammed inside a running
refrigerator, is recovering at
General Hospital today.
And detectives said they plan
to file charges today against
Charles Thomas Crawford, 81,
who they said admitted molest-
ing the girl before stuff1ng her
into the refrigerator.
Hospital aides said the
youngSter was unconscious
when brought in early yester-
day, but revived about three
hours later.
Her stepfather, Kenneth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-31
Byrd Scores Royburn for Using 'AlibY
In BottIinq Up Bond Interest Rise Bill

the newspapers as saying
that the House will not con-
slider Federal interest rate
ceiling legislation at this ses-
sion, as requested by the
President, because, said Mr..
Rayburn, There is not the
slightest chance the Senate
will do anything this year.
1T seems to me to be some
what inconsistent for the
House to alibi itself around
this very important matter
when IT has allowed the SEN
ate no opportunity to act.
Under the Constitution and
custom the House originates
legislation relating to taxa
ton, debt. interest, etc. AS
the House. after weeks Of
consideration, has passed no
interest rate bill, the Senate
has had no opportunity to
act.
LAS chairman Of the SEN
ate Finance Committee. I
want to say to the distin-
guished Speaker that should
the House pass such legisla-
ton, I will Immediately call
a meeting Of the Finance
Committee for action on it.
I do not pretend to speak for
what either the Senate FL
nance Committee or the Sem
ate will do, but I regard some
legislation as vital in the ifs
cal crisis involving the sale
Of Federal bonds which now
confronts us.
I'VE must be realistic. We
know interest rates on near
ly all non-Government issues
of securities have increased,
and the Government must
meet the prevailing interest
rates. I deplore this, but such
is the case. :.
within the next twelve
months the Government must
borrow at least $85 billion,
and. under present legisla-
ton, this enormous sum
must be sold in short-term
securities. -.
There is not a single
Treasury bond selling at par.
and some are selling as low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-31

For reservations anywhere,
see your Travel Agent
or phone
Sterling 3-5454
A. X FIRST WITH JETS IN the U. S.A.
GhATso
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-31

Secretary Of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson has be-
come top boss Of the home
front and incomparably the
most powerful man in the
Cabinet.
President Eisenhower'S in
creasing preoccupation with
high foreign policy, as he
prepares for historic meetings
with Nikita Khrushchev Of
the Soviet Union, has left
Anderson in all but sole
charge of the Administra-
tons domestic tone.
The Secretary's conServa-
tive fiscal views have long
since wholly captured the
Presidents mind. The Ander-
son budget-balancing philos-
ophy has dominated the
Administrations rela tionS
with the Democratic Con-
gress. And this Anderson
philosophy is, in the end,
perhaps more responsible than
any other factor for the
Presidents newly tough" line
with the Capitol-including
his vetoes of unwanted bills.
This, however, for all his
enormous force in American
affairs, is one of the least
known of all the Eisenhower
Cabinet ministers. Who,
really, is this man of such
large and little-appreciated
power?
He is, first of all, an ex-
Texas Eisenhower Demo-
crat" from 1852 who has gone
the whole way in personal
transformation. He has
moved his official residence
to Connecticut and is now a
registered Republican. Very
few native Texans ever, in
any circumstances, become
officially ex-Texans.) He is
tall, rangy, family stopped,
quiet almost to the point of
inaudibility except when he
wishes it otherwise. His thin,
academic face reflects a
studious and sensitive private
nature.
The ironical fact is that
the most orthodox Re-
publican now in the Cabinet
was born and brought up in
a Southern Democratic State.
Anderson's predecessor as
Secretary of the Treasury,
George M. Humphrey, is a
member Of that wing of the
G. o. P. which historically
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-31
Ludd's Son Is Wed

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 81 (AP).
Alan Laid, jr., 21-year-old
son of the actor, and Patricia
Ann Beazley, %, who met while
attending the University of
California, were married yes
terday in a church ceremony.
Young Laid is an actors agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-31
New Thriftair fare to MIAMI 49,

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Opposes Third Term

I Fundamentally agree with
President Eisenhower and
others who disapprove the
move to repeal the Twenty
second Amendment, which
wrote into the Constitution
the previously "unwritten
law" barring election for
more than two terms, which
all Presidents before Frank
lin D. Roosevelt wisely had
observed.
Had the Twenty-second
Amendment been in effect in
1914. FDR would not have
been elected President that
year. and so could not have
made. with Stain in 1945,
the Yalta agreement which
has ever since worked great
evils on all the world and
which already has cost Amer
lea many lives and much
misery and is still costing us
much grief and will for years
to come. The two-term
amendment should never be
repealed. We never know
when another vain individual
like FDR will come along and
feel that If he should leave
the White House, America
will go out of business.
Nish Showers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
.PHzewinner

a The top Lenin Peace Prize for 1858
(not to be confused with Nobel's) has
just been awarded to none other than
Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the So
Wet Union. According to the Kremlin's
official news agency, the honor, which
includes handsome stipend worth
about $4,000, has been bestowed upon
him because he is an outstanding public
leader and statesman" who has Strug-
gled brilliantly and valiantly against all
warmongers everywhere.
Thus, in the words of the citation
reported by Tass, Gin his work for the
benefit of peace Nikita Khrushchev en-
bodied In most full and striking man
ner the peaceable policy" of the USSR
and the Communist Party (which always
regarded the safeguarding and strength
ening of peace as their main goal"
That is why he has seen to it, for ex-
ample, that Soviet guns continue to be
trained on the Hungarian people lest
they attempt warmongering repetition
OF their 1855 revolt for freedom. That
is why, too, he has been busily stirring
up things in the Middle East and max
ing all sorts of tranquility promoting
moves in relation to Berlin and Ger
many as whole. Clearly, as should be
obvious to even the most witleSS of us
among the bourgeoisie, he has been, still
is, and always will be white-plumed
champion of all that is good and beau
tiful, knight in shining armor, tire
less laborer in behalf of mankind'S right
to enjoy as much liberty and happiness
as the Kremlin deems advisable.
All this would have been wryly
appealing to the late George Orwell.
Too bad he is not with us still, with
his superbly mordant genius, to write
another of his wonderful upside down
books about it. AS for ourselves, we
find the whole thing just bit too ironic
for words. About the only thing we
can say is that we hope, quite forlornly,
that Mr.. Khrushchev will invest some
of his prize money in personal study
OF the true nature Of peace and freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Dealing With Russia

The penetrating speech OF
Secretary of State Herter on
the eve Of his departure to
Geneva would be flawless
but for one exception.
Mr.. Herter said: I'VE will
not deviate from our basic
principles. But we are will
ing to negotiate about their
application. provided that
concessions from us are
matched by equivalent coun-
ter-concessions from the So
Wet Union"
This but" weakens our
basic stand and leaves room
for speculations about the
type of concessions we might
be willing to grant to the So
VETS
Our British allies have been
trying to sell to us their OPP
portunistic idea about the
status quo in Eastern Europe.
In order not to be squeezed
out" of Berlin, Anthony Nut
ting, former British Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs,
says the British government
stands ready to recognize the
status quo in Eastern Europe.
Thus. instead of meeting
the Soviet challenge and in
stead of making the Berlin
crisis a turning point for the
Western cause. we are urged
to accept a flexible scheme,
leading to our surrender in
the long run.
Peace can be accomplished
only through law. There is
no nobler mission that our
nation could perform. Upon
its success may depend the
very survival of the human
race" These serene and warn
ing words of John Foster
Dulles still ring in our ears.
Karlis Kalnins,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
For Fair Trade

Your newspaper in the past
has criticized fair trade leg
islation. / cannot understand
how so good a newspaper can
overlook the basic tenets of
fair trade with all of its ram
if1cations. The newspaper in
dustry here is a perfect ex-
ample of these principles in
action. The three local dailies
are in active competition. You
maintain your price Of 5
cents per copy, another sells
at the same price and the
third at 10 cents. You do not
set this price as a ceiling,
but as a floor that you ex-
pect your vendors to adhere
to. This is the principle of
fair trade.
The manufacturer produces
a trademarked item, sells it
to a wholesaler at a reason
able markup. and the whole
saler sells 1t to a retailer, who
uses the fair trade price as a
fair basis for profitable trans
action of his sales. Here is
the basic way of giving a liv-
ing profit to the retailer in
order that he may give a
decent wage to his employees,
in order that the employees
may purchase the products OF
other manufacturers and the
services of the newspapers
who create and build national
products that are easily rec
ognized and ultimately con-
sumed.
With a vicious price war
raging within the District, is
it any wonder that more and
more small businesses are 60
ing bankrupt or failing? I'M
less the National Fair Trade
Act is enacted, as introduced
by Senator Harris, we can
only look forward to a further
decline in business for the
small independent wholesaler,
retailer and businessman,
resultant vacant property,
unemployment and reduction
in advertising by individuals.
william Gross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Complex Problem

Frederick d. Hunts letter.
Special School Funds" over
simplified an extremely COM
pick problem. His statements
seem to be predicated upon
the universally of the happy
and well-integrated family in
which judicious padding of
youngsters may on occasions
be justified and desirable. APP
parently he disregards the ex-
istence of a large number of
families in which, irrespective
of economic status, the love,
support and understanding
which are essential if with an
optimum chance a child is to
grow up to adulthood are for
many reasons and in varying
degrees not forthcoming. The
reSult--of course, not in all
cases-is an emotionally Grip
pied youngster who requires
not paddling-but a special
degree of understanding, pa
thence and treatment.
The school. it seems to me,
is the first place to which we
should look for help in solving
this problem. Thanks to DR..
Hansen and the Board Of
Education. Washington has
taken a significant step in
this direction. Incidentally,
from the taxpayers point of
view, 1t is the cheapest. Mr..
Hunt would have such cases
handled by the Department
of Public Welfare, which may
have a concurrent role to per-
form and at a later stage
which we hope to avoid an
even more important one.
There are still later stages:
the training school, the adult
correctional institution and
the mental hospital. All OF
them involve an ever-growing
burden upon the taxpayer en-
tirely aside from any human
itarian consideration.
Given our present way of
life in the United States, we
have to accept the fact that
an appreciable number of
youngsters for one reason or
another cannot m axe the
grade. Our task is by utiliz-
ing all of the resources at
our command to keep that
number down as closely as
possible to an irreducible
minimum. The attitude of
punishment has not worked
in the past. There is no reason
to believe that 1t will work in
the present or the future.
G. Rowland Shaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Cuban Prisoners

Six weeks ago in Cuba a
lea ding anti Communist
writer for the newspaper Ell
Mundo was secretly arrested
by the Castro police and i'm
prisoned without charges in
La Cabana fortress. AS of
April Is he was still incom-
municado. His name is Juan
Luis Martin.
Prior to this, another
highly respected anti-Com-
munist newspaperman, long a
critic of Batista, was SINH
larly imprisoned and is now
under sentence of death. His
namn is Ernesto de la Fe.
The crime" these men
committed was to criticize
Fi'"' Castro's Red-run die
tatorship.
The press in this country
is certainly aware of these
abuses. In spite of this I have
yet to see any editorial de-
nunciation Of Castro's anti
press outrages in a major
newspaper here. Whyp
Eleanor M. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Turnobout Is Fair Play

Commissioner Karrick has indicated
that he may not wish to serve out
the full three-year term at the District
Building, to which he has been reap
pointed and unanimously confirmed by
the Senate. There will be new Presi-
dent in the White House within two
years anyway and the next President
VIII have the opportunity to select his
own civilian Commissioners. So il Mr..
karrick wishes to end up his final service
as president of the Board of Commits
sioners it would be gracious act on
the part of Mr. Mclaughlin, who has
hlled that office for the past three years,
to step aside voluntarily and support
him in his desire.
The Board of Commissioners must
reorganize when Mr.. Karrick is sworn
IN. Its three members will either elect
Mr.. Karrick as president of the board.
or re-elect Mr.. Mclaughlin. If both
civilian Commissioners want the job,
the Engineer Commissioner casts the de-
gliding vote. But as Mr.. Mclaughlin has
had his turn, and if Mr.. Karrick wishes
tptry his hand for the time he remains
illsoff1ce, he should have the privilege.
Tqrnabout is fair play.
Talk about change in the presidency
Ofsthe Board of Commissioners having a
'disruptive" effect on the local govern
rhent is pure nonsense. The Commits
Sioners assign themselves to the munici-
ral departments they supervise, such
assignments being purely discretionary
and matter of convenience. A change
tnSthe presidency of the Board of Com
rniSSioners would not necessarily mean
any change in the supervision of de-
paTtments. On the other hand, there are
advantages in switching supervision of
the departments assigned to the two
civilian Commissioners giving each of
thefn q new look at equally important
functions OF the city government. When
M Mclaughlin succeeded Mr.. Spencer
as president of the board we recall no
disruption" due to the accompanying
transfer of the departmental super
vision.
!. At any rate, the Commissioners
should decide the matter between them,
as they are fully capable of doing. Mr..
Karrick has the votes if he wants the
job. But we would prefer to see him
made president on the motion of Mr..
Mclaughlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

1t has always been an en-
riching experience to be in
the Nations Capital in the
spring. But this experience in
1859 seemed to surpass all
other years. The parks and
gardens of Washington, with
flaming azaleas. delicately
tinted tulip trees and fra
grant magnolias, made this
spring in Washington a place
of beauty and inspiration.
The little multicolored PAN
sizes had a place in the pat
tern, too. Their tiny, velvety
faces looking skyward seemed
to bring new courage and
faith after winters cold.
No words could describe
the breath-taking loneliness
of our famous cherry bios
SONS. Each year we who live
in the city or nearby suburbs
thrill when the blossoms re-
turn in April. Tourists from
far and near gaze for the
first time in wonderment at
this manifestation of Gods
natural beauty.
Certainly, those agencies
Of the District government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Senate Vindictve?

The Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee wants Og-
den r. Reid, former president
and editor of the New York
Herald Tribune, to face stiff
questioning as to his quail
fications" for the Office of
Ambassador to Israel.
Since journalism is hot
after Senators to disclose
their own shortcomings as
to qualifications" such as
honesty. integrity and the
abuse of their privilege of
immunity when it comes to
disclosing facts about their
nepotic plundering Of the
public payroll, it is pretty
certain that Mr.. Reid. a for
mer newspaperman, will find
the going rough.
M. Bryant Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Which Trap?

James r. Hoffa, Teamster Union
president, repeatedly is spreading the
word that the AFL-CIO has been
trapped" into supporting labor reform
legislation that is punitive rather than
constructive" He is spreading this
alarm, furthermore, not only on Capitol
Hill where the Senate-pasSed bill is
awaiting House consideration, but with
In the ALL CLIO itself. "This is not a self
serving campaign for the benefit of the
Transfers" spokesman for Mr.. Hoffa
explains piously, "we're trying to protect
the whole labor movement"
1t is matter of record, of course,
that Mr.. Hoffa'S union was expelled by
the AFL-CIO in late 1857 on grounds of
corruption, and that it was largely the
sordid story of Teamster corruption re-
vealed by the Mcclellan Committee that
has led to congressional interest in re-
form legislation. In this light, it is not
surprising if Mr.. Hoffa would like to
embarrasS the federation leadership or
that his brotherhood should be against
reform legislation on one flimSy pretext
or another.
Actually, the measure passed by
the Senate with only single dissenting
vote was relatively mild one-even
as amended on the floor The AFL-CIO
had supported it as reported from COM
mittee. The federation's executive coun-
Gil, meeting here this week, is expected
to recommend some revisions- primarily
in the amendmentS--in the House. It
will be strange chain of events, how
ever if the federation walks into Mr..
HoffaS trap" to the extent of letting
him call the signals on how "to protect
the whole labor movement" And it
would be disgraceful indeed If Congress
now allows itself to be trapped" into
eliminating any further substance from
legislation that decent unioniSm, as well
as the public interest, needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

1.-The candy eater is back"
said the nice cleanup woman,
with a smile, as she looked
in the wastebasket.
Candy, at least, is clean,
and it doesn't make a man
lose his mind and soul, or
his lungs.
Today's bars usually are
not sticky. Come to think
Of it, candy in the past was
rather on the gooey side.
1t didn't keep well, SO the
modern candy manufacturer
had to devise ways and means
and formulas to get around
this.
He managed well, except
with chocolates. These, even
held in the hand, grow soft.
= 4 =
Chocolate candy, therefore,
should not be eaten while one
is reading.
Every now and then a
reader, if addicted to choc.
olate bars, finds traces of
some violator of this rule in
a library book.
Candy is not something to
be handled with printed
paper. We prefer crackers!
People who drink hard
liquors usually sneer at candy
eaters, claiming they are
getting their alcohol" but
this is based on a misunder-
standing.
The chemistry of food
handling in the body results
in many kinds of alcohols.
In fact, acids and alcohols,
not alkalies. predominant.
The alcohols, however, are
not ethyl alcohol,
+ X 4 y
Candy has a high caloric
content, and this is against
it in an age devoted to
reducing.
Happily in the old days no
body knew anything about
calories, so everybody ate
anything they pleased and
could get, in any quantity.
In this happy way. they
got the daily quotas of vita
minis and minerals, though
they didn't know it.
Such was the happy eating
past!
Now we shudder at the
thought of adding 800 CAL
cries to a meal, and renounce
something good to eat be-
cause, of all things, it is
fattening.
+ \ +
The candy eater has the
happiness of knowing that
his addiction. if it can be
called that, does nobody else
any harm.
He eats of his own free
will. and if he piles up fat on
his miserable carcass it is
he, alone, who will have to
remove it, if possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

spike wounds and q mysterious virus
sidelined, simultaneously, no less than
seven stalwarts. And finally, last week
infielder Reno Bertoia surrendered to an
aching wisdom tooth although his home
run yesterday showed that he has had
happy recovery.
Next, we suppose, it will be chicken
pox or measles. All we can hope is that
the remaining able-bodies continue to
hold together and that fabulous "Killer"
Killebrew keeps crunching those home
runs until the health hex runs It's
course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18
Recess Appointees


On the matter of the Presi-
dent appointing ad interim
Justices of the Supreme
Court, the Constitution, par
agraph 2. Section II, reads:
He (the President) shall
nominate and by and with
the advice and consent Of
the Senate. shall appoint >,
Judges of the Supreme
Court" Paragraph 3. Section
II, reads: THE President
shall have power to fill up
all vacancies that may hap
pen during the recess of
the Senate, by granting
commissions which shall ex-
pire at the end of their next
session." That is, If the va
cancy existed before the re-
cess began, 1t does not happen
during the recess, and the
President does not have pow
err to fill it. The wording is
not a vacancy that exists
during a recess; and even
when a vacancy happens
during a recess the President
only has power to fill it. He
is not required to do so, as
he is under paragraph 2,
where he shall nominate and
with the advice and consent
Of the Senate appoint JUS
tees.
Each section emphasizes the
necessity of advice and con-
sent of the Senate when JUS
tees and other high officers
of the Government are nomi-
mated, before they receive
their commissions and enter
upon their duties.
Not a. word is said in Sec
ton II about appointment Of
Supreme Court Justices. The
trainers saw the necessity for
recess appointment of other
high government officials and
knew no harm could result
from appointment without
confirmation, because the
President could correct their
mistakes and even remove
such officials. But not so with
justices. Moreover, the need
for quick appointment of a
justice to flll a vacancy has
never existed and it should
not be done. Many Presi-
dents are not learned in the
law; many members of each
Senate always are. Thus the
advice and consent of the
Senate is more important in
the appointment of Justices
than in that of any other
Federal officials.
Robert b. HardisOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-18

responsible for efficient plan
ming and tender care of
these beauty spots deserve
much credit for making
Washington the lovely city it
is. Our many visitors may
well take home with them a
pleasant memory Of what
they beheld in Washington
in the springtime. The sum-
mer may hold in store days
of humid and pressing heat,
but they can be endured by
remembering the refreshing
beauty and gorgeous color
Of a spring in Washington!
Ona Lee Sans.