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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Investment in Safety

Mr.. Eisenhower has made another
strong and persuasive appeal to Con-
gress on behalf of military and economic
foreign aid. For the total Mutual Secu-
rity Program, he has asked the legisla-
tors to appropriate slightly more than
$50 billion as IAN investment In our
present safety, in our future strength
and growth, and in the growth of free
dom throughout the world" OF this
sum, he has marked SIG billion for direct
arms assistance and another $685. mil
lion for defense support The balance for
economic aid is divided among a number
Of programs-including $700 million for
the Development Loan Fund and $l79.5
million for technical cooperation.
Fully aware, of course, that there
is strong sentiment in this Congress as
In the previous one to slash our expendi-
lures abroad, the President still served
notice that the $50 billion total may not
be his final top figure. The arms aid
sum, he pointed out, is far below "our
share" in providing essential mainte-
nance of the collective military shield
and is only "a minimum figure necessary
to prevent serious deterioration" He will
ask more, he implied, when the biparti-
san Draper committee makes its indi-
Gated recommendation for greater COM
mitments-primarily for added weapons
to NATO.
Throughout his lengthy message,
Mr.. Eisenhower hammered perSistently
at two points, namely, that the "fa-
matte" Communist conspiracy of the
Sino-Soviet bloc is determined to win
world supremacy and that our own mill
tary position and economic prosperity
are interdependent with those of the
rest of the free world. AS an alterna-
tive to strong allies, he drew the picture
Of America turned into an armed camp
at cost in manpower and dollars inf
nitely greater than present levels-and
perhaps still lacking security.
Certainly there are no grounds on
which to question the magnitude, the
power or the source of today's threat
to world peace and to the survival Of
freedom. The philosophy that we alone
could be secure and prosperous in a
Fortress America" is recklessnesS in
its most dangerous form. There is, OBJ
viouSly, no magically precise figure in
dollars by which safety can be guaran-
teed. But in relation to the sum of more
than $40 billion asked for our own de-
Tense expenditures, the Presidents rec
concentrations for our contribution to
the collective security effort are modest
and the potential return on the invest
ment" all-important.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Costly Campaign Promise

7. In an effort to keep his campaign
promise to Maryland'S teachers, Cover
nor TaweS has proposed a complex pay
increase program designed to require no
tax increase in its initial stage. Thus,
he can say that he is keeping, also, his
campaign promise that teachers pay
could be raised without necessity of
tax increase.
That there Is something wrong with
the impression which one might get by
cursory glance at the plan is evident,
however, when the details Of the propos-
al are examined. Although the first
year cost of the four-year hike program
would be relatively small, and this pre-
Sumably could be absorbed as predicted
surplus revenues come in--the cost in
subsequent years would mount until the
entire estimated cost of $3l million in
State funds had been covered. And
there is no expectation that increased
revenues would meet the future cost I'M
less there were substantial tax increases.
1t is not surprising, therefore,
that Senator Northrop Of Montgomery
County, who was the Governors own
selection for floor leader in the upper
chamber, has expressed concern about
any long-range spending commitment
when the revenues are not In sight to
finance it," The States ability to pay
the bill now should not be controlling
factor in deciding to embark on a pay
program that will have heavy i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Misses Us

The corner at Pennsyl-
vania avenue will never be
the same again. We win miss
the gentle purr Of the presses
as they rocked and rolled
along, shaking the old Star
Building from top to bottom.
And we win miss the fasci-
mating sight Of the daily
trafiic scramble as delivery
trucks leap-frogged each
other for positions at your
loading platform.
We suspect that you will
miss the vantage point from
which you watched all of
those inaugural parades.
We also know that you will
miss that short walk to the
Press Club.
But progress does have its
compensations. There can be
no regret over leaving those
cluttered old Offices for all
Of the conveniences Of mod
ern living and air-condi-
toned splendor. However, I
presume that all hands will
still have to sweat out dead
lines as usual.
Angus Sinclair,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Vanishing Trees

They're going one by one.
Soon they will all be gone.
The trees which used to line
the streets Of Washington are
being cut down and carried
away. The trees are dead. the
streets are bare. The lives Of
the people on these streets
are barer.
Spring should be a time Of
bursting life. seen in the bud
ding trees and heard in the
singing birds. This spring
there will be fewer birds to
sing and fewer trees to bud.
The streets will be bare,
but they will be wider. Big
ger cars will be able to go
faster yet. This will be safer.
The people will sit ON their
steps in Washington and stare
at the bigger cars going by
faster on the wider streets.
Not one tree will block their
vacant Stares.
Marion Westgate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15

Sherman were sworn in as
President and Vice President
Of the United States, re-
Spectively, at the Capitol
today. :. This is a calamity
That remark by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts. ex-
pressed the sentiments of
everybody at the Capitol
this morning, when the lead
ers charged with the ar
rangements for the Inaugural
ton reached the Capitol
and looked over the expanse
Of Snow-covered seats and
stands, and contemplated the
rigors of the weather to
which those participating and
witnessing the ceremonies
would be subjected. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Is Years AGO

A man who fled jail with
John Dillinger was shot and
killed in a gun battle with
police Is years ago. The Star,
on March 16, 1884, reported
in a story from Port Huron,
Mich: Herbert Youngblood,
partner of John Dillinger in
his escape from the Crown
Point, Ind, Jail a fortnight
ago, died in a hospital here
this afternoon of bullet
wounds received in a battle
with sheriff's officers who had
trapped him in a Moak ave-
nue. store. He died of bullet
wounds in the chest and alb
domen. shortly after he had
been identified by Capt. Matt
Leach of the Indiana State
Police, thereby squirting a
search for Dillinger, desper-
ado and bank robber. :"
Winter was reluctant to
leave Washington IS years
ago. On March 8, 1884, The
Star said: Three inches of
snow was being plowed and
flushed from downtown
streets this afternoon as
District officials decided tn
get the jump on a storm
that promises additional snow
or rain tonight. With the
mercury we'll above freezing,
sprinkler trucks equipped
with high-pressure outlets
were found more effective
than plows in disposing a
the snow. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15

sioners. both political parties"
inasmuch as they have all
Endorsed and supported ma
tional representation pro-
poSalS.
Your editorial Of the same
day was a devastating re-
Spouse to Mr.. Van Arkel's
pessimistic and erroneous
views on the subject Of ma
tional representation. / must.
however. take issue with your
apparent position that ma
tional representation is q sub
stitute for home rule. The
fact is that it has nothing
TO do with home rule. II
there Is, in fact. a need for
home rule. national suffrage
will not dispel that need.
Likewise. passage of home
rule legislation. regardless Of
whatever local voting rights
1t grants, will never reduce in
the slightest the urgent need
for national representation.
The home rule supporter
should not be led to believe
that passage Of national suf-
frage legislation viii imperil
the chances Of home rule, or
will be a substitute for home
rule.
One aspect of national suf-
frage. the vote for President
and Vice President. has an
excellent chance of passing
Congress within the near fu-
ture. Representative Broyhill
and Senator Case have both
introduced enabling legiSla-
ton for this amendment In
this session. Unlike other
suffrage proposals. such an
amendment is free from rea-
Sonable argument, free from
controversy. 1t has been
equally Endorsed by sup
porters Of home rule and foes
Of home rule.
Home rule advocates in no
way undermine home rule eff
forts by supporting such an
amendment. It would be
tragic. indeed. If legislation
to grant the presidential
vote were stymied by the mis-
understanding of those who
are working so hard to give
the District residents a voice
In government. The passage
OF this amendment would not
be a defeat for home rule,
but its obstruction most Ger
tainly would be a defeat.
Timothy ]. May.
Chairman, Vote for Presi-
dent Committee. D. C.
Junior Chamber Of Com
inprcp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
100 Years Ago

Disease among the shade
trees was not as much of a
problem as horses a century
ago. The Star, on March II.
1859, reported: For a day or
two past the workmen under
the direction of the public
gardener have been removing
such trees upon the Avenue
as have not flourished dur
ing the past season, and are
preparing for the planting
Of others in their stead.
There appears to be some
difficulty in securing the
growth Of young shade trees,
at certain points, especially
near the market, in conse-
quence of the carelessness Of
persons in tying horses and
other animals to them,
which. by friction of leather
straps, chains. ETC.. girdles
the trees by cutting away
the tender bark. :"
There was no hysteria
about flying saucers 100 years
ago when strange lights were
observed in the sky. On
March II, 1859, The Star re-
ported. calmly; "A singular
atmospheric phenomenon was
noticed last evening about
half past seven O'Clock, and
at times afterwards, until
near midnight. in the shape
Of a light in the north and
eastern sky, which some
times took the shape of a
silvery halo, and at other
times that Of a finely out
lined bar of light, extending
from the path of the moon
to near the horizon"
Freed slaves from other
areas were something of a
problem in the District a
century ago. The Star, on
March 10. 1859. reported:
This morning a colored
man. named Clement jack
son, was arrested by Officer
Zimmerman as a non-resi-
dent, not having complied
with the law which provides
that each nonresident free
colored person coming to
this city to reside shall pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15

despair into optimism. No
other book except the Bible
has been a more permanent
source Of JOY and comfort
and hope" Voltaire. always
on guard against spurious
spiritual connections, once in
a chance hour read the book
and its truth. passing into his
soul. as he put 1t, found a
lodging in one tiny corner
where no sneering scepticism
could Danish it,"
George Eliot, who certainly
was no propaganda for con-
ventional religion. in "The
Mill on the Floss" makes
clear that it was to her a
sensational experience when
she first listened to this voice
out of the far-off Middle
Ages. She said it turned bit
ter waters into sweetness
while expensive volumes new
ly issued leave all things as
they were before" The sacred
volume became her lifelong
companion and was by her
side on her pillow when she
died.
During those bleak days
when nurse Edith Cavell
languished in her wretched
prison at Brussels awaiting
execution she cherished as
her greatest treasure and
solace her copy of this pre-
cious little book which came
out Of a monastery garden in
the vanished yesterdays. In
her last moments this i'm
mortal nurse, whose statue
stands now in the midst of
London's traffic with the one
word Dawn" engraved on its
stone pedestal, begged that
when it was all over her copy
of the book be sent to q be-
loved cousin.
1t is because this devo-
tional package has proved to
be a spiritual A-bomb in its
power to destroy the low.
the sordid, the mean, that we
recommend this voice out of
500 years ago be given a
hearing amid all the noisy
blasts Of today. 1t speaks
not to the 14th nor the 18th
centuries alone, but to the
Goth, to the universal heart,
to all centuries and to all
men. 1t is q broadcast Of
nightingale's song from a
monastery's garden.
Is Thomas a Kempis
among your companions? For
your own sake this lenten
time reach out from the
trivial and the temporary
and give him a place in your
inner circle. This titanic
little book could redeem this
fear-haunted world-cleans-
ing individual hearts and
social and international re-
lations-if it were but heard
and needed.
Make this mystic monk
your daily friend. And If this
tiny volume on the cure Of
souls does nothing more than
introduce you to the wise,
deep meditations and the
spiritual signboards of a holy
man of God, you will give
thanks all your days that the
Spires Of the Spirit" pointed
you to SO great a treasure.
Shall we turn from this
urgent recommendation of
the book and reach for the
Imitation itself and from
one of its pages read a beati-
tude written there by Thomas
a Kempis, Blessed are those
who are glad to have this
time to spare for God"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Unworthy and Unfair

y. BY deliberately creating revenue
deficit in the pending District budget,
the House Appropriations Committee
hopes to force the Commissioners to
hike the real estate tax rate. The actual
money involved is not as important as
the vicious principle represented.
:, For the device is a new low in fiscal
misgovernment of this city. 1t is not
only grossly unfair to local taxpayers.
It is an arrogant trespass on the juris-
ldiction of the House and Senate legis-
lative committees which supervise the
local tax structure, and whose members
have worked hard and intelligently in
recent years to make 1t conform to local
conditions.
Ans We hope the House will rebel against
a singularly vindictive piece Of shenani-
gans and refuse to accept 1t. Certainly
the members Of the House District
Committee will recognize that what
the Appropriations Committee has done
Is essentially dishonest and otherwise
unworthy.
y Referring to some proposed tax in
creases in nearby Maryland and Viz
ginia counties (whose total tax burdens
are sometimes compared with those in
the District) the Appropriations Com
mittee makes this statement:
- THE committee can see no reason
why the District of Columbia cannot
meet more Of its own financial burdens
in a like manner other than relying
solely on the Federal Government to
provide additional revenue"
The implications of that snide piece
Of nonsensical demagoguery are utterly
false, and those who prepared and &C
cepted the report must know very well
that they are false
For the report wholly ignores the
extraordinarily heavy tax increases that
have been levied in this city-$38 mil
lion, or "a per cent--in the past four
years alone, not including an additional
81 million annually to result from a
higher reassessment Of real estate.
The report misrepresents the def
icit" as resulting from inadequate local
AAA ICFCLluS Ills SO-CducU ucI1Cll ID
created by repeated reputation, by the
appropriations Committee, Of the tacit
agreement written into law under
which higher local taxes were to be &C
scDmoanied by substantial increase in
the Federal payment.
IS. The report pays no attention what
s0ever to the serious attempt by the
commissioners to marshal the factual
evidence relating to the alarming trends,
In population shifts and problems re-
-sulting therefrom, which threaten grave
injury to this Capital City.
:. We have no particular quarrel with
the committees decisions on cutting the
budget. That is what the committee is
supposed to do. But in dealing with the
Federal payment, in respect to local
taxes and the financial obligation of the
nn-powerful Congress toward its own
seat of government, the Appropriations
Committee once more perpetuates dis
credited and diScreditable policy, and
adds new wrinkle of its own that is
petty and mean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
FROM THE STARS FILES

to the (city) Corporation the
sum of $50 annually. and
give bond and security that
he or she will not. become
chargeable to the corpora
ton. The law of Virginia is
so strict upon the subject of
manumitting slaves that it is
almost impossible for one to
remain there. Consequent
ly, as in this case, they come
into the District of Column
bia. The municipal law was
enacted in self-defense I"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15

pact on future spending and probably
on future taxes. Certainly the full effect
Of any such commitments ought to be
fully understood by the Legislature and
by the taxpayers before decision on
the fate Of the proposal is reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used "
letters carry icrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject 20 conden-
sQki0n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Mistaken Identity

! am 10 years old and in
the 5th grade at Barnard
Elementary School. In your
article, Know Your Smith
Sonian," in the March 8
Sunday Star, the caption
of the picture in the begin
ming of the article conflicts
with some Of the facts I have
learned in school and other
books I have read. I think
the prehistoric animal you
said was a Diplodocus really
is related to the Stegosaurus
or is the Stegosaurus. Refer
ences "All About Dinosaurs"
by Roy Chapman Andrews
and THE Book of knowledge
Encyclopedia"
Kenneth Hum.
Editors note: Thanks to
Master Hum and a dozen or
so other youngsters who
called this inexcusable boner
to our attention. our caption
writer's now know our Smith
Sonian better.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
Tommy Ryan

The late Tommy Ryan was
more than a golf pro to the
kids caddying at the Town
and Country Club years ago.
He was an alert, friendly.
husky young athlete. with a
keen interest in even the
smallest kid-our hero.
In my early twenties, Tom
my offered to select my first
set Of steel-shafted woods,
according to my weight,
height, stance. etc. For a
dozen years I appreciated
his gesture with the ecstasy
that comes with consistently
shooting straight down the
fairway. He really knew his
stuff" He taught the rudi-
ments of the game to many
top golfers. All the kids were
the better for having known
him. BrightwoOd Caddie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-15
so Years AGO

washington so years ago
was moving against persons
who made public dumps out
of public alleys. On March
l6, 1909, The Star reported:
Clean the alleys!' That is
the slogan Of a crusade in
augurated today by Commits
sioner Henry L. West. The
campaign for clean alleys has
been started as a result of
personal inspection tours
made by the Commissioner
during the past few days. He
visited many alleys in all sec
tons of the city and found.
he says, private property in
the interior of improved
squares used as dumps :"
The Senate was having fill
buster troubles so years ago.
On March 2, 1909, The Star
reported: Another we'll Or
ganized and persistent fill
buster is on in the Senate,
which so readily lends itself
to that form of legislative
delay. 1t is to prevent
the adoption of the confer
ence report on the penal code
bill, containing all the old
reconstruction or 'Ku Klux'
legislation, enfranchiSing the
Negroes in the South and af-
fording them Federal protec-
ton at the polls. most of
which has long been a dead
letter on the statute books.
that the filibuster is under
way. :"
The Nation inaugurated a
new President so years ago.
The Star, on March 4. 1909,
reported: william Howard
Taft and James Schoolcraft
, 1959-10-07
Virqin Islunds Gets
I~nvitution to Attend
Howuii Celebration

The Virgin Islands has beer
invited to participate in formal
ceremonies in connection with
the admission Of Hawaii as z
State of the Union.
The ceremonies will IKE
place al. Honolulu, Hawaii Or
Thanksgiving Day this year
and it is expected that the
Virgin Islands Legislature will
send one or two persons =
take part in the celebrations.
, 1959-10-07
Delegation Deports
For Conference
In Colorado

a. delegation from the Vir-
gin Islands is attending the
Legislators Conference at Den
yer, Colorado. They left on
Saturday.
In the delegation are Sena-
tors Aubrey a. Anduze, and
John +. Maduro. They are
accompanied by Francisco
Corneiro, Legislative Consul
tant; Leroy Arold, Chief Clerk
Of the st. Croix Office of the
Legislature and Mrs. Floria
Ortiz Of the St. Thomas Office.
The conference Is sponsored
by the Council Of State Gov
ernments, and are attended by
legislators and staff members
Of States and Territories.
, 1959-10-07
Pldnning Bodrd Isl
Seeking Site for
New P~enitenfdrY

Plans for a new prison to
replace Richmond Penitenti-
ary are now being studied BY
administration officials.
Members of the Virgin Is
lands Planning Authority were
in st. Croix recently looking
over several possible sites for
the new prison,
, 1959-10-07
Gordon Fowles Of
South Africa Here to
Visit His Son

Gordon Fowles, native Of
Johannesburg, South Africa,
arrived here on Monday Of
this week to visit his son,
Robin, whom he had not seen
since 1862.
Robin Fowles is proprietor
Of the Marine Paint Shop
located on Queen Cross Stree.
in Christiansted.
Mr.. Fowles said he had some
difficulty finding st. Croix on
the map but he IS happy to be
here with his son and daugh-
ter-in-law.
, 1959-10-07
C'sted High School
Poultry Prof. Mukinq
Good Progress

The Christiansted H g h
School is happy to announce
the progress being made by
the Agriculture Departments
Poultry Project, according to
Principal Arthur A. Richards,
Three hundred day-old chicks
were received in late August
these, only seven were lost
by miscellaneous causes. Pre-
sently at age five weeks each
weighs approximately 0 n E
pound. 7 h project has
sroused m u c h enthusiasm
Continued on page Al
, 1959-10-07
Eleven Registrdnts
Going 70 Induction
Center October 9Th

Subject to qualifying On.
complete physical examina-
ton, the following eleven re-
gistrants will be inductad into
the armed services at the IN
duction Station in Puerto
Rico, the Director Of Selective
Service for the Virgin Islands,
Colonel Christmas, announced.
Those from ST Croix are;
Carlos Z. Perez, Jr., Angel =.
r o 5 a, Pedro Rivera-Rosa,
Frederick E. Sheriff, Alfredo
Petersen and Ray H. Jasper.
From st. Thomas: Gerardo
"A. Rivera, Jr., Evans A. Peter
sen, Leslie T. Rhymer, Luis
Torres a n d Christian "A.
Plaskett.
, 1959-10-07
Equity Corporation
Completes Pocket
Supplements 70 Code

Meldrim Thomson, Jr., Pre-
sident Of the Equity Publish
ing Corporation, h a an
nounced that the new 1859
pocket supplements to the
Virgin Islands Code have just
been completed and shipped to
the Government Secretary,
A new feature of these sup
plements which contain the
current laws Of the Virgin Is
lands from 1857 to June 18th,
consists Of the 'Legisla-
tive Summary"
The new pocket supplements
are divided into five units and
manufactured so thai, each will
conveniently slip into t h e
pocket at the back Of the par
ent volume, thus bringing It
to date. The five supplements
total 388 pages, cost $500 per
set.