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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
COMPROMISE on Housino?

1t is not surprising that Majority
Leader Lyndon Johnson has chided some
Of his liberal" Democratic colleagues
in the Senate for their unsuccessful
drive to override the veto of the omni-
bus housing bill. He knew in advance,
and they did too, that the effort was
bound to fail for want of enough votes,
but they insisted on having the show
down anyhow. They did so because they
felt that 1t would be politically advan-
tageous to them and their party-espe-
cially in our big citieS-to go on record
as having made the brave but futile
gesture.
This is one Of the chief reasons why
Mr.. Johnson went along with the fore
doomed effort. However. although he
himself voted to override, he has made
clear that he does not believe that the
Democrats are likely to gain any politi-
cal ground as a result of the maneuver,
which he has likened to billy goat
butting its head against stone wall. In
any case, the Presidents key arguments
namely, that the vetoed bill was ex-
travagant and highly inflationary-have
prevailed, and the time has come now
for the liberals" to forget electioneer-
ing considerations long enough to help
in the enactment of substitute legisla-
ton. AS Mr.. johnson has put it, with
admirable SuccinctneSs, they must de-
eide whether they want an issue or
want housing"
If they want housing, then some
thing like the new bill just reported by
the Senate Banking Committee should
serve to get sound and reasonable
program Started-an effective and non
inflationary program of the sort the
country needs. In its present form, the
bill contains certain features apparently
Objectionable to the President, but he
has indicated that he is in a mood for
fair compromise, and Congress should
therefore be able to work one out that
will be acceptable to ITSELF to him and
to the American people in general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Highway Green Liqht

The House Ways and Means Com
mittee'S compromise tax plan for f1nanc-
Ing interstate highways gives the green
light to the far-reaching road conStruc-
ton program at critical time. The pro-
gram, accelerated by Congress last year
as an antirecesSion measure and then
slowed down by serious fund shortage,
has been threatened with complete stop
page by October unless the highway
trust fund is replenished.
While the temporary one-cent in
crease in the three-cent Federal gas tax
and the subsequent transfer to the high
way fund of part of the excise taxes on
automobiles and automotive parts would
not produce all the money needed to
operate the program at full speed, the
plan would enable the States to make
good Roadway in the immediate future.
The threatened shutdown of conStruc-
ton would have had serious repercus-
SionS throughout the country.
The administration had urged Con-
gress to raise the gas tax by ~ cents
a gallon and thus avoid any type of
financing that would tap the general
fund of the Treasury for highway
purposes. Highway users organizations
fought this plan Strenuously, however,
and the Ways and Means Committee
had SHE'D away from the tax plan. IN
the end, however, it became convinced
that there were no satisfactory alterna-
tiveS. The arrangement for diverting
part of the excise taxes back to the auto
motive field between 1861 and 1864 will
deprive the Treasury'S general fund of
some income at time of prospective
fiscal stress. Under the committees pro-
posal, half of the revenue from the 10
per cent excise tax on automobiles and
about two thirds of the per cent levy
on parts would be withheld for road
construction.
The committees recommendation is
a reasonable one, considering the forces
at work for and against the tax boost.
We hope there will be no further legiS-
lative tieups to threaten scheduled
progress on the 41,000-mile highway
network.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Plea for Pets

Montgomery County's new
dog-control law is making it
hard on the dogs. Many dog
owners apparently do not
know that if their dogs run
away, they will likely be
picked up by the dog catcherS
and impounded at the Mont
gomery Animal Shelter. To
get back a dog. the owner
must pay SIS and $3.50 for
each day the animal is held.
Many persons will not or
cannot pay to get their pets
out, and after five to seven
days the animal is destroyed.
1t is saddening to see so
many nice dogs doomed.
Those finding a loose dog
should take it home and call
the shelter and ask if a dog
of that description has been
reported lost. I kept a stray
dog in my basement and was
happy to find the owner. The
newspapers also are kind
enough to run free classified
found" ads on lost pets.
Dog Lover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
cans for Democratic Ac-
ton.
Poyinu for Roads

Russell E. Singer of the
AAA talks about highways,
but it is the superhighways
that are costing so much
money and causing the tax
problem. And who needs
these superhighways? Sure
ly not the average motorists
who make up the membership
of the AAA. No! These super
highways are built to serve
the selfish interests in De-
troit and elsewhere who are
concerned only with pro-
ducing longer and more pow
erful cars and trucks as big
as freight cars.
Every day the papers re-
port accidents on these su-
perhighways, many caused by
the jacknifing of these i'm
mense trucks, killing whole
families. many Of them mem
bers of the AAA, no doubt.
Don't worry, Mr.. Singer.
the nonuser of highways will
be soaked for the cost of
the superhighways. too. In
our tight little city. with al
ready over so per cent of its
area in streets, parks and
tax-free property. he will
have to make up the loss on
the millions of dollars worth
of property taken off the tax
rolls to make way for inner
loops and outer loops and
freeways.
Mr.. Singer is on slippery
ground, too, when he talks
about subsidies. The rail-
roads get no subsidies. but
have to pay taxes on their
rails, I am told. And the
trucks running on super
highways are fast putting
them out of business.
And the only transit sub
sidy in Washington is the
remission of taxes on motor
fuel for the D. C. Transit
System, the largest consumer
in the city. And they are
promised other favors when
they complete the conversion
to buses. This is a rank in
justice to the average AAA
member. And what have
they ever done about that?
G. M. KOOckOgey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Arctic Explored From Drifting Ice
BY THOMAS R. HENRI

most entirely by this long
range radiation from its
surface. Winds and con-
densation Of water vapor,
or frost, on the snow con-
tribute relatively little. Dur
ing this period long-wave
radiation from the air and
clouds is only occasionally
large enough to balance the
outgoing radiation.
During the summer. temp
erature decreases with slti-
tude in the air layer immedi-
ately above the ice are so
small they hardly can be
measured. In the winter a
temperature inversion is
characteristic Of this layer.
The cheat" is coming from
below-the ice itself-rather
than from the sky. Magni-
tude of the temperature
changes vary from almost
nothing to as much as 80
degrees per meter.
Curious Phenomenon
The observers report the
curious phenomenon of "dia-
mond dust" This is the all
most constant presence in
the air above the pack OF
tiny ice crystals. They EVIL
IDENTIFY are formed by direct
condensation of water va
por in the lowest few hum
dred feet of the atmosphere.
Some possibly form at higher
levels, the observers report,
and fall very slowly, grow
ing as they fall. They are
always so small, less than a
tenth of a milimeter in
their longest extension. that
they seldom can be seen UNI
less strongly Illuminated by
a searchlight. This falling
diamond dust" it is call
culated, adds about as much
to the growth of the pack as
direct condensation of va
por. The aggregate deposit
seems to be made up Of
many tiny crystals bonded
together with condensed va
por.
These studies will be con-
tinued during the fall and
winter by the new team. In
addition they have an eX-
tensive program, to start with
the beginning of darkness.
of observations of the north
ern lights and the electrical
potentials of the earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

- including Representative
Davis, chairman of the Dis
trict Home Rule Subcommit-
tee-actually signed and sup
ported during the last Con-
gress a petition identical in
terms of debate limitation to
the one they now denounce!
Further, in the floor debate
triggered by introduction of
the original home rule petit
ton, one of them declared
he had never heard of a
worse gag rule" Yet this
was the identical discharge
rule that the member sup
ported during the last Con-
greSS.
Maybe such a performance
is clever politics. But I be-
lieve the people of Washing
ton will be gratified that
House members seeking to
restore our citizenship choose
to depend on the democratic
processes of the rules of the
House of Representatives in
preference to such supposedly
clever politics.
Walter POZen,
Legislative Counsel, Wash
ington Home Rule Com
mittee, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Wary of Khrushchev

commenting on the Soviet
dictator's impending visit to
this country, former Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover said that
Mr.. KhruShchev could bring
with him 1.-The greatest gift
mankind has received in 1000
years-peace." This brings
sharply to mind the classical
line in Virgil: "Timeo Danaos
ct dona ferentes." or fear
the Greeks even bearing
giftS.~
In the past year or so, Mr..
Khrushchev finessed away so
skillfully that many notable
Americans who visited him
had reported of his shock
ing ignorance" about this
country's real strength"
Thus, the prevalent view has
been that Mr.. Khrushchev
will come here to begin a new
education, in a new country
and perhaps with a new pur-
pose. The only trouble with
this line of thinking is that it
undertakes Mr.. Khrushchev'S
intelligence and it is a down.
right insult to his vast, eff
cient spy-rings in this coun-
try.
What is likely to happen
is that he will come with a
mission to exude all the
charm and consideratenesS
in re-educating us to his
brand of peace" all art
fully calculated to leave many
converts behind to echo and
re-echo his mellifluous words
long after his return TO MOS
COW. BY that time. we will be
debating against ourselves
and among the Western al
lies. Are we really such
mollycoddles and dupes?
Lest we forget, Mr.. Khru-
shchev's is a materialistic
world and its dialectic will
never wait for rational or
compromised solutions. The
better we remember this the
better we will be able to deal
with such a guileful and
truculent man with inordi-
nate ambitions!
Timothy T. Mar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
New Eisenhower

We hear a great deal these
days about the new EiSen-
hover" who. it is said, has
abandoned his former politi-
cal posture Of passive affa-
bility and now undertakes
to provide strong political
leadership to Congress and
the country.
If this were true. it would
be good news indeed. But
the new Eisenhower, as he
appears in two Of his most
recent attempts to influence
legislation appears instead
as the truculent partisan of
class interest, speaking in
language that is not only
misleading but calculated to
mislead.
I refer to the veto of the
housing bill and the speech
on the pending labor union
legislation.
1t was the usually mild and
temperate Senator Sparkman
who. in commenting on the
housing veto, exposed the
"innuendo, half truths, err
ror by commission and omis-
sion and the sly use of words
more properly found in ad-
vertisements concocted on
Madison Avenue. Repub-
lican Senator Capehart added
that some things in the
veto message, at least" had
been written in a way to
mislead the American peo-
pie" Both charges were
amply documented in the
Senate committee hearings,
which showed the admins
tration and the President as
its spokesman to be speaking
in the interest of the build
ers and financers of high
priced housing and against
programs of low and middle
income housing and slum
clearance.
The televised speech on the
pending labor union bills was
cut from the same piece. One
would have to go back 80
years to find a speech from a
high official so markedly anti
labor in tone and content.
1t contained not even the
most perfunctory recogni-
ton of the value of free,
strong, responsible unions in
a democratic society. or of
the role of the labor move
ment in economic and social
progress in the United States.
1t was as If the President
were saying that since unions
were condoned by law and
were therefore inevitable,
they might at least be honest
"a view, no doubt, to which
the President is frequently
exposed by his exclusive So
cial associations with i'm
portant businessmen.
In difference to the Office
of the presidency. it is often
said that the President is
being misinformed by his
advisers. This may we'll be
the case. since it is unlikely
that the President has mas
tered the content of housing
law and labor law. But GER
tainly this does not exonerate
the President from RESPONSE
bility if, under the guise of
"exerting leadership" he al
lows his Office and himself to
be used for demagogic serv-
Ice oI narrow class interests.
Edward ID. HOllander,
National Director, Ameri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Fairfax Gets Ready

With 26 Negro children seeking
admission to white schools in Fairfax
County, it is foregone conclusion that
there will be some indignation in the
near future. 1t seems to us, therefore,
that the Fairfax School Board has done
the sensible thing in preparing and
adopting plan of desegregation.
1t is feasible to do this now because
the courts have rather clearly defined
the criteria which can be used in max
ing pupil assignments. And since this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

Walk is a promenade atop
the East River drive, extend
ing from 81st to seth street.
DR.. Finley, an editor of the
New York Times and a pres
ident of City College, was a
noted pedestrian.
@. When did gypsies first
come to America?-L. D.
A. In the latter part Of
the 18th century. They came
from England where they had
first appeared two centuries
earlier. According to recent
studies. gypsies are the de-
scendantS of the Sudras and
Jat tribes of northwest India,
which fed their homeland
because of the invasion Of
Alexander the Great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

some old fat startling on a
hospital roof, on the roof
across the street.
We have told here more
than once the story of such a
bird, and have always felt it
is a story worth repeating.
Some stories are.
y =
Our correspondents letter
points out that any one, any
where. can have birds.
Sometimes, alas, there are
difficulties. especially in
apartment house living. Ones
neighbors are so close, all
around, on each side, often,
below and above. and some
times across the court.
Then one needs diplomacy.
as somebody who has not yet
felt the urge toward birds
declares they are nuisanceS,
and worse.
In times, even such little
braWls may be ironed out.
and the other person taught
how to become interested in
his or her turn. Usually it is
hers.)
Birds offer as many con-
facts with human beings.
They come at dawn, or even
before, and seek their beds
only as night draws on.
They teach us many les
sons, most of which we never
learn, such as going to bed
early and getting up with the
chickens, which means the
birds.
We are so used to think
ing of wild birds as helpful
to mankind that we seldom
stop to think of them just as
birds intent on their own
lives.
They live their lives along
side ours, and the fact that
they devour inimical insects,
as We say, makes no differ
ence to them.
The horned lark, some
times seen hereabout, eats
quantities of inimical in
sects. and does even better
with weed seeds. He loves
weed seeds.
Other species entertain us
with their beauty and music
and actions. Sometimes we
call these actions antics"
a statement that enlists
their entertainment value.
We cannot escape from
birds, even in apartments.
At one time the ugly but in
tereSting buzzardS roasted on
a Swank apartment roof on
Connecticut avenue.
They got rid of the birds
at last, but the watchers
along the street are the
poorer, as they no longer
have first-eye views of some
OF the greatest gliders in his
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

Thirty-tWo Americans, in
GLIDING 10 Navy scientists,
are drifting a few feet a day
towards the North Pole on
a 25-square-mile ice foe.
This foe now is 500 miles
north Of Point Barrow, Alas
ka, northernmost spot under
the American flag.
The station. Drift Station
Charlie. is the second of It's
kind to be inhabited by this
country for scientific observa-
tons. The first, Drift Station
Alpha, was established two
years ago as part of the In
ternational Geophysical Year
program, but abandoned aft
er six months because the
ice started to break up.
Joint Undertaking
The present project is a
joint undertaking of the Navy
and Air Force. The Alaska
Air Command is providing
the operating personnel while
the Office Of Naval Research
administers the scientific
program. The chief scientist,
under Navy contract, is DR..
Kenneth o. Bennington, ice
expert of the University of
Washington. Several univer-
sites are participating in the
program.
OF special interest to the
Navy, says an ONR report,
are relations Of the sea and
the atmosphere to the drift
ice Of the great Arctic pack.
Previous determinations now
are being studied and some
curious paradoxeS uncovered.
For example, according to a
report from Drs. Norbert
Untersteiner and Franklin I.
Badgley, of the University of
Washington. who were mem
bers of the 1947 party, during
clear summer days with
bright 24-hour sunshine there
is a tendency for the ice
pack to build up with more
freezing of melted puddles
formed on the surface. On
the other hand, on cloudy
summer days when it seems
colder. there is rapid melting.
This is due, the report points
out, to the mira red, or heat
radiation, of the sun to whose
passage clouds are no obstacle.
The corollary is true in
the winter buildin-up period.
Cooling of the pack is al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Johnson and Judoes

1t has been reported that
Senator Lyndon johnson is
holding up many of Presi-
dent Eisenhower's appoint
ments to judgeships until he
acquiesces in Senator john
sons demand that he reap
point Milton S. Kronheim,
jr.
If true, I feel this is an
unconstitutional invasion of
the executive branch'S re-
sponsibilities and rights to
which, I trust, the President
will not succumb.
1t reflects on Senator
Johnson's qualifications for
the presidency.
c. T. Hellmuth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
SILVER SPRING, Md

OA9V GAS 06 AOA4N0S NA0s
Dear Sir:
Il find it possible to make
friends with birds even if one
lives in an apartment.
Il started putting out rail-
sins on my window sill. The
mockingbirdS discovere
them and soon become reg
ular visitors.
"Catbirds and robins also
found them. I put out a feed
ing station with seed, and
chickadees and tufted titmice
came. Cardinals enjoyed the
sunf1ower seed.
Il won over bluejays by
throwing out peanuts in the
shells. They now perch on
the telephone wires and wait
for me.
Doves come every day and
fight each other with their
strong wings.
x x 4 X
"The Knockers have been
feeding their young with raj
sins. They eat one or two
themselves and then pick up
some and fly of with them.
Nov the young birds come
and feed themselves. All l
have to do to bring them to
the sill is to whistle, and both
parents and babies come to
get their share.
"Cowbirds, grackleS, star
lingS and English Sparrows,
white throated sparrows
come from time to time.
Winter before last six blue
birds came frequently.
II have been amused after
I have. thrown out nuts to
see a jay and a chipmunk
trying to get possession of
the same one.
Il have seen a cheWink
and a partridge on the
ground below my window.
Il have come to realize
that if one is genuinely in
terested in birds, he can find
them wherever he goes,
whether in the city or coun-
try, in a garden, or on an
apartment window sill.
Birds are real friends
that give us real pleasure
wherever we see them.
Very sincerely yours,
E. D. B."
y y
Helpful friends, indeed, are
our Songbirds. They do not
wait to be asked, but come
when we are we'll or i'll. They
stand on no ceremony, but
arrive on schedules we'll
known to most people.
Whether one is at home
or in the Office or in the
hospital, there will be birds,
If we look for them. Some
times we must look, first. to
be sure, but we will find
them if we do.
Many a person has been
entertained by the antics of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry UriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

@. When did sailing ships
first have figureheads?-B. K.
A. The use of figureheads
began so long ago that his
torianS do not know who first
used them. or when. The
Vikings, the Phoenicians,
Egyptians, Chinese and East
Indians all used figureheads
which ranged from eyes
painted on ships prows to
elaborate figures. Even the
American Indians carved an
imal f1gureheads on the stems
of their seagoing canoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Questions and Answers
81 THE HASKIN SERVICl

e can get an ange by mail question fact by
bureau b35 W.
ase ncose return postage self stamped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

@. What and where is the
Finley Walk in New York
City?-K. A.
A. The John H. Finley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

ers, skillets and work at counters
open on three sides with fourth
side visible from an overhead walk.
A description Of the food in prep
aration will be given in Russian,
and to make things doubly clear
both the food container and its
original contents will be on view.
The food companies are COM
bining their products to show how
American women adapt our nu-
merous time saving foods for gour-
met creations. Variety enough -
10 different food items, 1850
packages, have gone to the fair.
Checking the list, counted 30
Birds Eye fruit and vegetable prod
ucts. Corn on the cob will rate
the most interest,"" according to
Barbara, asparagus next" She
should know! Two years ago she
was invited by the Government to
supervise frozen food demonstra-
tons at the International Trade
Fair in Poznan, Poland, and Salo-
Mica, Greece.
Also in the shipment are seven
flavors of fruit juice concentrate,
including lemonade. There is fish,
also poultry packs and many spe-
cialty products such as the frozen
cooked main dishes - ID of these.
General Mills is sending cake,
pie and cooky mixes and such sur
prises as their new mixes for me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Soviets will get samples
of capitalist cooking

ringue and cream puffs. Also few
refrigerator items will be on hand
just for amazement. Example: bis
cults rolled, cut, packaged and
ready to bake.
On the grocery list we noted
chocolate chips, fake coconut, in.
slant coffee, pie filling and pudding
mixes, Jello and instant salad dress
ings. Included in the shipment are
soap, pencils, scouringpads, freezer
paper, freezer gloves, birthday can
dies, colored sugar.
Dinner porfy for RUssions
In addition to the food demon.
stration the Government invited
the Whirlpool Corporation to ex-
hibit its ''RCA-Whirlpool Kitchen
ofToday" and its Miracle Kitchen
of the Future" In charge of the
miracle kitchen is Mrs. Anne
Anderson, Associate Editor Of
Kitchens and Equipment for BET
ter Homes and Gardens Magazine, -
Des Moines, Iowa. Anne, the
American-born daughter of Rus
sian emigr6s to the US, speaks
Russian fuently, and so will do
her own talking.
She too has food project in
planning, little dinner party for
the nine members of the Russian
Farm Delegation which visited
Iowa in 1855. The Des Moines