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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
THE POLITICAL MILL
Get OF Uncle Sans Back
By GOULD LINCOLN

cuts could be made in Federal
spending for the next fiscal
year without impairing any
Of the essential Government
services to the people.
Senator Byrd's economic
philosophy differs radically
from that Of the free SPEND
ers in Congress and from that
Of the Democratic Advisory
Council and the Americans
for Democratic Action. More
and more. 1t appears certain
that the issue of fiscal re-
sponsibility In Government
will 60, into the national polit-
ical campaign next year. And
the Democratic Congress can
and apparently is bent on
making 1t an issue. Senator
Byrd sums UP the situation
In this way:
The President says ball
ance the budget and the
spenders say spend more.
Sometimes the Illustration
descends to complete fiscal
responsibility. In the Sem
ate during recent weeks we
have heard the spenders say:
Disregard the budget when it
interferes with our projects;
revert to a capital budget
and hide the spending: do
away with the budget-if you
Just spend enough. the rev.
enue (of the Government)
will increase"
Proposed Steps
The only way to halt our
march along the road to
financial ruin, in Senator
Byrd's opinion. is for pubic
opinion to exert itself In OPP
position to this ever-increas-
ing demand for bigger and
bigger Government expendi-
lures. The first step. TIE
Senator said, is to support
President Eisenhower in his
battle for a balanced budget.
Other steps he outlined are
opposition to all new legisIa-
ton for nonessential Federal
spending, pressure on the
President to hold down
spending under adminIstra-
tive control of the Federal
agencies, and pressure on all
State and local governments.
on business and labor organ
izations, on agriculture ard
veterans organizations and
on individuals themselves to
reduce their demands on the
Federal Treasury
Senator Byrd called atten-
ton to the fact that. con-
trary to the general belief.
recent great increases in Fed
eral spending have rot been
for defense but foi domestic
civilian programs sometimes
called social programs. To
prove his point, Sena' " Byrd
said that expenditures out
side defense, atomic energy
and foreign aid, since 1854,
increased from $19 billion
to $34 billion estimated III
the current year.
The Senator's voice has
been raised against huge
Government spending-defi-
cit spending-for more than
a misunderstanding With
the Federal debt approach
ing the $500 billion mark, it
is time the people and the
Government should listen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

@. Was Christian A. Herter
born abroad? *. E.
A. He was born in Paris on
March %, 1895. son Of AL.
bert and Adele McGinnis
Herter. His parents. Bosto-
mans and both artists, were
sojourning in Paris at the
time. They Immediately re-
ported his birth to the Amer
lean consulate. so that his
American citizenship by birth
might be placed on record at
once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

to be observed Nationwide in 1861. This
would provide unique human interest
touch to the ceremonies commemorate
ing tragic era in American history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

Senator Harry F. Byrd Of
Virginia, chairman Of the
powerful Senate Finance
Committee. has issued q call
for Americans to get of
Uncle Sans back and save
our present democratic form
Of government. The Virginia
Democrat has produced an
alarming array Of figures and
facts, which show that the
Federal Government is being
rapidly showed into a state
Of insolvency. He shows, too.
that State and local govern
ments and the people and
their businesses are doing
their share TO bring about an
intolerable financial situa-
ton, cheapening tie dollar
and causing more and more
initiation. Addressing the Ma
tional Taxpayers Conference
Tuesday the Senator warned:
when governments be-
come insolvent, their money
becomes worthless and they
60 through a revolution
wringer. The nature and
process Of the revolutions
may vary, but invariably the
form Of government is
changed. There is no reason
tn believe that our free
enterprise democracy as we
have known 1t could survive"
Senator Byrd also said:
by the process of cheaper
ing our money (the dollar
is now worth 40 cents by the
1899 INDEX and centralizing
power in the Federal Govern
ment, we have descended to
a level Of state socialism
which is obvious. If not ad-
mitted."
In support Of this conten-
ton, he pointed out that the
Federal Government is now
substituting business, indus
try. private finance, agricul-
ture. transportation. power.
health. education, States and
localities.
$3.50 Billion Public Debt
The Senator said that total
public expenditures in this
country-Federal, State and
local-will reach the stagger-
ing total Of $50 billion this
year-with the Federal Gov
eminent spending slightly
more than half of the total.
He predicted that deficit
spending Of the governments
will total SIS to $40 billion
in the same period, and that
public debt will approach
$3.50 billion. Private debt, he
said, now runs at more than
$500 billion.
The Virginia Senator did
not mince words in speaking
about the spenders in his
party in Congress who are
seeking-and apparently &C.
complishing their end-to
upset President Eisenhower's
precariously balanced SIT bill
lion Federal budget. He ac-
cuSed them Of cynicism and
worse in their proposals to
spend the country out of debt.
Instead. Senator Byrd urged
that the Democratic-con-
trolled Congress and the Pres
ident combine to cut the
Federal budget by some SIS
billion or Sc billion below SIT
billion. He insisted that such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Gray days of winter

People who have no special
fondness for sunshine Or
dinarily do not realize how
gray winter can be.
They think because there
Is sunshine now and then
that this is enough. whereas
the sun lover knows better.
He or she realizes that
gray days do something to
you
Ask any doctor.
The medical man will tell
you that some people. espe-
cially older ones, never get
we'll until spring comes.
Part of this is psychic, no
doubt. but part purely phys
ical.
The Russian lunic, now
turned into a sole. as it goes
around the sun, did some
thing for all of US. in direct
ing our renewed attention to
the orb and its great product,
shine.
There is moonshine, too,
but sunshine is best. eSpe-
cially for certain persons.
Millions of such wait i'm
patiently for the first warm
suns Of spring.
II they are very impatient,
and have the money, they
go South to bask for a few
days or maybe weeks.
The rest of us just wait.
The small artificial suns of
the lamp do better than Moth
ing. perhaps, but that is about
all.
Il y X Il
Gray days, haze days
These impinge upon the
spirit, so that Sun-loving
people must do something
special to keep their spirits
up.
Light helps.
They find that indoors.
especially. they do well for
themselves if they put all the
shades up to the top. or roll
up the venetian blinds.
The day has long gone by
when houSeholders are afraid
of sunlight.
Thousands of old-fashioned
folk. in the gay '90s, made
dollhouse plants out Of them
selves by depriving them
selves of sunlight in their
houses.
The careful housekeeper.
especially, would not allow a
ray Of sunshine to go across
her parlor floor.
The result was that each
such room had a musty. for
bidding smell which a little
sunshine might have dis
PEELED.
X 4 4
Today we are not so afraid
of things being faded by
sunshine.
Most of this fear. in the
old days, was based solidly
on costs.
People then did not have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
Coaches and Teachers

AA4CdOCAICu Will having 70
give up inter-high school
competitive athletics, the
Board Of Education Of the
District of Columbia has
bowed to the ultimatum of
the athletic coaches that they
receive more pay than the
academic teachers or thew
will quit coaching. A bill is
being introduced into Con-
gress, with the backing of the
Superintendent Of Schools, to
give as much as 81 900 q year
extra to some physical educa-
ton teachers. The basis Of
the demands Of the physical
education teachers is that
they work after school. What
academic teacher does not
work after school? In addi-
ton to teaching q full load
every day. the academic
teacher supervises 90 per cent
OF the extracurricular activ.
titles and then staggers home
under a load Of papers to
correct.
! am speaking from expert
ence. In the twenty-five years
that ! taught English. I aver
aged never fewer than fifteen
hours a week correcting
papers from septic m b e r
through June. I finally had to
quit teaching because my
eyes had given out.
1t is a natural misconcep-
ton that the public has that
the athletic coaches put in
more hours than the aca-
demic teachers, because they
see the games that are put
ON for the public. but they do
not see the behind the-scenes
life Of the academic teacher.
MANY academic teachers are
teaching between $50 and ITS
pupils q day. Now, I would
like for any one of you to
correct $50 papers, marking
all errors in spelling, punctu-
alton, sentence structure and
content and see how many
hours you have consumed. I
think you would arrive at the
conclusion that the academic
teacher puts in as many
hours Of after-school work as
any athletic coach.
For years. these coaches
have been given compensa-
tory time by being allowed to
come to school at II am.
and teach only three classes
during the season their spe-
cialty is being featured. The
academic teacher has no
special season. His or hers is
a never-ending grind from
September through June.
There are already a large
number Of temporary teach
ers in the schools who are
inadequately prepared for the
positions they are holding
Many Of the best-qualified
teachers are planning to re-
tire at the earliest possible
moment. Where are you going
to get requirements for these
fine teachers? Isn't it an
absurdity to expect that our
brightest young people
will step into such a trap?
Would you advise your gifted
son or daughter to enter such
an unappreciated and un-
remunerative profession?
could not conscientiously dc
so.
Nearly all teachers are
overworked and underpaid
but how much attention
would be paid to an academic
teacher who threatened to
quit because of after-school
work? Are athletic programs
this important. Isn't the en-
phasis on competitive sports
an anachronism in this time
Of crying need for the best
academic training?
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19

Government. doesn't have
any relatives on his payroll,
and probably never did beat
Mrs. Bennett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
LETTERS TO THE STAR

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letters carry iortters' correct
names and addresses All
letters are subject to condeI-
sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-04
They win Have 3.4 Children


Lois would like to have four children The average
figure, according to sampling made by Alvin Scaff,
in the american Sociological Review. is 81. The
last child win probably be born while she is still
under thirty The next decade will be a strenuous
one, but Lois and Don will be young while their
children are growing up and in the prime of life
when they begin new and wonderful relation with
the grown people the children in their turn have
become
The year we moved into our new house had
three Of them all in diapers at once" said woman
in Winnetka, translatng the socologsts figures into
practical fact bill helped me all he could of course
poor SOUL he finally took the third six am. feeding
But were beginning to catch our breath now and
we know this is going to be wonderful place to
raise our family"
Science reporter Earl Ubell agrees. Summing up
the sOciologsts' findings in recent series called
Marriage in the Suburbs" he says:
Children in the suburbs are more likely to be do
ing constructive and oudoorsy kinds of things than
are children in the city. Taking it all together it
seems that the suburban boy land his sister, tool spend
their time in activities that reflect home life COM
munity life and small group life He mirrors his par
ents' concern for what he is and does"
Their Marriage Should Prosper
Marriage" as John Marquand said "is damnably
serious business, particularly around Boston"
Those who have been married longest would be the
first to agree In addition to the usual hazards around
Boston or anywhere else suburban marriages have
the dulling routine of committing to contend with,
and the endless chores of owning and managing prop
erty on a comfortable but nelastc budget. Another
special hazard may be the side of suburbia 50 ia
miliar in recent noyelssome very entertaining NOVELS
II must be admitted-where life over the week-ends
seems to turn into huge adulterous cocktail party
But when the University of Michigans Institute for
Social Research made comparison of marriages in
city and suburbs they found that the destructive
effects of suburban living had been greatly overrated
The rate Of divorce lower the tables show among
people who are better educated. make more money,
have more children and own their own homes and,
as you might expect from this the rate of divorce is
lower in the suburbs The way of life in suburba,
according to the latest statistics, tends to make mar
raees more secure In the years ahead Lois and Don
and the other millions Of young suburban families
viii have slight edge city people in their chances
for marital happiness.
They Will Simplify Their Lives
From the beginning, Lois and Don are going to
have less leisure time than their young married friends
in the city, and much of the free time they have will
be spent in action-eardenine cooking, eolfne read
ing they had chosen to live in the city they would
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-04
They will Simplify

From the beginning, Lois and Don are going to
have less leisure time than their young married friends
in the city, and much Of the free time they have will
be spent in action-eardenne. cooking. eolng read
ing they had chosen to live in the city they would
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-04
Both win Share in Making Decisions


In spite of glib talk about "domitory suburbs"
where the wife operates as head of the house, the
studies made by the University of Michigan show that
the suburban husband is more than holding his own
He is usually the one who decides what car to buy
how much insurance to get, and-once the children
grown whether his wife will go back to work. II
has been demonstrated that dominating husband
if he is not too dominating, produces happier
family than the one in which the wife is boss. How
ever the overall tendency in this country today is
toward marriages in which both husband and wife
share in making the decisions, and the suburbs are
no exception.
They Will Not Save Much Cash
Half the families in suburba today have less than
900 in cash savings according to the University Of
Michigan survey, although there have been large in
creases in income in recent years. Another survey
made for the Federal Reserve Board, showed that as
homeowners, they spend 5% more of their income
cars, household equipment and repairs than they
would If they we're renting apartments. When Don
is thiny-fve or forty his outlay these durable
goods may be one and half times as much as it
would be If hewere renting But the goods durable
in the literal His equity is in his house and land
And the fact that the savings situation among home
in the city is just bad The Survey Research
Center reports:
1T doesn't make any difference whether the house
is in city suburb People who live in houses spend
about the same wherever they are II still costs more
than renting But in the suburbs the homeowner gets
more living space, and he seems to want it,
So It is homeowning that accounts for the increased
expenditure rather than where the home is And since
DR.. Harvey J. Locke Of the University of California
has found that homeowners have fewer divorces than
Continued page n
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-04


have been more likely to the time for activities
classified as sedentary and passive-gong to movies
and plays and concerts entertaining and being enter
tanned
As time goes on over the week-ends and evenings,
Lois and Don win cut down their social activities to
make time for things that bring them personal salts
faction. Among married people who have made the
third move" in suburban Winnetka, the favorite
Pastimes are reported to be oil painting swimming
eolng, skiing and playing the piano and guitar and
singing Such active and uncomplcated of leisure
socioloeiss believe make for cheerful and rewarding
family life As socoloest Robert Hess puts it, "Fam-
lies must do what is comfortable for them"
Tomorow's families will be young together
the Lan of the 81 children will probably -
be born while his mother Is AL
still under thirty. ~ZO/
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04
TIE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Diplomacy Takes Wait and See Turn

irving. send someone to the air.
port TO meet me-"
There has as yet been no formal
French response to the Algerian
acceptance Of the principle of the
De Gaulle program. But in Paris,
responsible sources say that the
official silence is not an indica-
ton of rejection. Recognizing that
both sides had already taken
major steps toward solution of the
vexing Algerian problem, the
French government at the same
time must proceed with caution
lest the angry and embittered
French colons in Algeria take &C
ton which could wreck all pros
poets for peace.
On Wednesday, French Foreign
Minister, Maurice Couve de Muir
vile told the United Nations Gen.
eral Assembly that combat, vio-
lence and terror" would never
bring independence to Algeria.
In another significant develop
ment, President Bourguiba's son,
Habib, jr., abruptly left the U. N.
fact-flnding mission in Laos to re-
turn to his post as Tunisian Am
baSsador to Paris. The younger
Mr.. Bourguiba has served as an
unofficial link between the French
government and the Algerian ma
tionalists, and his return to the
French capital was interpreted
as a sure sign that important de-
velopments were Just ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

declared, should not be discussed
at all with the Russians. "All the
trouble in Berlin is caused by Mr..
Khrushchev. The situation there
could endure for the indefinite
future. But he decided to upset
the arrangement a year ago."
Mr.. Acheson'S views reflect the
thinking of those diplomats who
see only setback for the West If
the political situation in control
and Eastern Europe is Stabilized"
which would mean in effect that
the West recognized as permanent
the Communist regimes in the So
called satellites and the present
partition of Germany. In this
view, Moscow's major goal in the
present peace offensive" is just
that recognition, which would re-
move an annoying situation and
permit the further strengthening
of the satellite Communist regimes
by removing the threat of Glib
Grafton"
At his press conference. Presi-
dent Eisenhower confirmed that
he had postponed his planned trip
to Moscow until spring. The COM
ing of cold weather to Russia, plus
an unusually heavy schedule in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

q. so long as tDe are going
to negotiate, there is progress
because tDe are not on an I'm
pdSSe."
With words such as these and
other characteristic phrases Presi-
dent Eisenhower last Monday in
dicated quite plainly:
That his personal reservations
on the propriety of summit con-
terence with the Soviet Union
had been removed.
That Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev had satisfied him that
there was no Moscow ''ultimatum"
or threat hanging over West Ber-
lin.
That the Kremlin's highest
emissary had been "a dynamic
and arresting personality; and
that he was also a persuasive
grandfather with other peoples
grandchildren.
Mr.. EiSenhower's remarks at his
press conference were, on the
whole. a positive, satisfied report
on his conversations with the So
Wet Premier at last week ends
Camp David sojourn. They pro-
vided an effective background for
the predictions, made almost
everywhere last week in diplo-
matte circles, that an early sum-
NIT conference was virtually GER
tain as a result of the successful
Khrushchev visit to the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-04

two men for a one-man job) and
loafing" company officials assert
now goes on.
The unions have repeatedly
stated that they will not go along
with work changes because, they
charge, the companies simply
want to re-establiSh an industrial
dictatorship" over the working
men. Lest management every
where press labor in this area,
other unions are helping to stiffen
Steelworkers resolve with contri-
buttons of money and moral
support.
But late yesterday, an an
nouncement by Mr.. Mcdonald
indicated strongly that the Steel
workers top brass was not going
to reject the companies offer
out of hand.
He told reporters that the
unions international executive
board had been summoned for a
situation report" today on nego-
tiations and that its 170-man
wage policy committee, which has
the power to accept or reject a
new contract proposal, would
meet in Pittsburgh tomorrow.
There is an outside chance that
a quick settlement could follow.
Meanwhile, the effects of the
83-day-old strike were beginning
to hit the economy hard. New lay
offs of workers in industries de-
pendent on steel were expected to
swell the total to nearly 100000
by the end of the week. Steel sup
plies we're dwindling and short
ages of some items were seriously
pinching individual manufacture
ers. The dock strike is jeopardiz-
ing deliveries of imported steel.
Jobless pay claims are swinging
upward and the balanced" Fed
eral budget is being threatened as
Government income is cut back.
If no settlement is reached by
the time Mr.. Eisenhower returns
from California on Thursday, he
probably will, however reluctantly,
seek an Injunction.