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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06

the abstract proposition: Resolved, that every
child has the right to four years schooling beyond
the eighth grade" This was fight.
The voters who believed the town could never
raise the extra money required for building and
upkeep were sincere in their mournful conclu-
sions. What with that wretched train service, and
the lack of automobiles, the nearest existing public
high school might almost as well be fifty miles
of, rather than the actual tlrelue miles of unplowed
winter snowdrifts, and spring mudholes. With
bitter sincerity, they listed the communitys urgent
material needs. The hill roads should be resur-
faced, they would wash out to stony trails. Care
for the sick and the poor was more costly every
year. But above all = the bridges!
In mountain town with RashAoods roaring
over the banks after hard rains, bridges have an
imperious priority. Our bridges needed reinforce
ment, not only from recurring high water, but
against the great tonnage of modern traffic. 1t
would be dangerous not to rebuild them. IL scOuld
take all the resources Of poor mountain tOsCn to
keep bridges in repair. To add to that expense
the enormous cost Of a ne,C school - insane!
The tangible needs of the body and the impal-
pable needs of the mind stood up to see which was
the stronger. The material needs real and actual,
outshouted the ideal The little Pickering fame
of responsibility for the future of the towns chill
dren died down to faint glimmer in the hearts of
the men and women whose votes would in few
moments make the decision. Those who had
longed and worked for the school sat silent - the
crashing Of the bridges loud in their ears. What
could be said against that?
Then up sprang Patrick Thompson =
yes, you are right in guessing from his name that
he was Irish. He was only one generation away
from those who drank shrinking water from the
ships barrel, as they struggled on towards the
New World and Vermont. He had worked his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-06
Then up sprang Patric

TINS WEEK Meso.r". / s.es..b.s s. 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Good News for City

1t is good news that Washington
will continue to have the services of
Commissioner David B. Karrick for an
other year or so, at least. President
Eisenhower is to be commended for urg-
ing Mr.. Karrick to stay on the Job at
the District Building and Mr.. Karrick
deserves the thanks Of the community
for accepting the appointment rendered
him by the Observation-Disclosures with
the proviso that he might have to resign
toward the end Of next year.
Commissioner Karrick's knowledge
Of District affairs and his valued adj
ministrative ability are needed in these
crucial days, when vast public works
projects are under way or planned and
when increased governmental services
are in demand, despite continuing
financial crisis. 1t would have been a
serious blow to the city If Mr.. Karrick
had insisted on returning to private life
at the expiration Of his term on April 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Montgomery Taxes

This years tax raise for
Montgomery County people
may be the biggest ever. It's
occasioned by even wilder
school spending than in the
past. In other years. Mr..
Reese, county manager,
vigorously opposed such tax
hikes. But this year he didn't
even offer token opposition.
He wants a hidden" tax
placed on our, utility bills.
This would deprive us of even
deducting the tax from Fed
eral income taxes, as is
usually allowed. And finally,
he has suggested that we can
save enough to pay his new
tax by using less light and
heat. He suggests we sit in
cold, dark homes.
1t seems that the contempt
Of our politicians for their
constituents knows no
bounds.
Bertrand Reichert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
AKin's No Fool

Alvin, as every chipmunk lover must
know by this time, would rather play
the harmonica than sing And so it is
that an exasperated director in the
chipmunk rendition of "Alvin'S Harmon
lea" throws up his hands and shouts:
"All right, Alvin. Make fool of yourself.
Play the harmonica."
But Alvin, by any standard of
measurement which is recognized at the
counting house, is far from being fool.
He and his fellow chipmunk choriSters,
Simon and Theodore, first turned out the
"Chipmunk Song" 1t sold million
recordings in six weeks, thereby setting
a new record. Over a million recordings
Of their second effort, "Alvin's Harmon
ica," have been sold and it is still going
strong. Including such SidelineS as
chipmunk T-shirts, pajamas, ETC., Alvin,
according to the Wall Street Journal,
expects to earn about 81 million this
year. He's foolish all right-just like
fox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14

mittee all steps that should be taken"
This is sensible and realistic view.
The subcommittee, which is to be headed
by Senator Symington, is made up of
capable men, and 1t can render valuable
service to the Nation by exercising what
Mr.. Johnson has called Continued sur
veillance" over organizational and other
aspects Of our spatial operations. Such
surveillance, of course, must be carried
out not merely as a safeguard against
things like wasteful Implications, but
also as a guide to Congress in enacting
legislation in this field.
Although our space program is in
its infancy right now. 1t is growing fast,
and the day Is not too distant when 1t
will be vast and enormously complex
enterprise. The new Senate subcom-
mittee is therefore very much needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Space Wotchdoq

Acting under the Craftsmanship of
Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, the
Senate Space Committee has done
good and timely thing in setting up
special seven-man subcommittee to serve
as kind of watchdog against waste,
unjuStif1ed competition and overlapping
efforts in our country's spatial ventures.
There can be no doubt about the
desirability of having such congress
Sional unit in operation, assuming it
will not function on a partisan basis.
This is clear from the fact, as Senator
johnson has pointed out, that there
are at least IA different agencies and
commissions now participating, with
varying degrees Of responsibility in our
national space program. AS a result,
evidences of confusion have already
appeared, and there have been some
warning signals of IAN incipient roles
submissions struggle" between the
military and civilian groups involved.
1t is on the basis of these and SIM
liar considerations that Mr.. Johnson has
brought the new watchdog unit into
NCilS Willie Jul cPdCAdI OPCldCOlo oCIll
are in the fiedgling stage. Thus, as he
has told the Senate, "If we act now, we
can head of conflicts in responsibility,
which, If allowed to develop unchecked,
could become vested interests impossible
to change. Rivalry, of course, is inevi-
table, and it is not in all instances bad.
1t frequently can become valuable
spur to achievement. But wasteful
rivalry and duplication must be guarded
against, and it will be the duty Of this
subcommittee to report to the full COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Milk Dispute

II the District Commits
sioners should lower their
standards and invite i'm
portation Of milk, they will
be very unfair to District
citizens and to the best dairy
farmers Of Maryland and
Virginia.
/ am not a farmer, but I
know hundreds who have
made expensive improve
ments in their buildings and
equipment in order to be able
to ship to 1.-The Washington
market" I know farmers who
work overtime and with extra
care and energy in order to
meet the requirements of
cleanliness and low bacteria
which would bring them the
best return-on the WASH
ington market. I know others
who have to ship their milk
to Pennsylvania and other
sections because they can't
pass the inspection that our
inspectors give them.
A farmer with a dirt floor
In his barn, with little CAPT.
tai investment and not much
pride in his product naturally
will be willing and able to
sell his milk more cheaply
than the man with a milking
parlor where the inspector
is welcome at any time. In
the past. such low-invest-
ment farmers have not been
able to ship to Washington,
whether they have produced
in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Maryland or Virginia.
Before the Commissioners
change the rules, let them
visit some Of the farms in
volved and see the difference
between the farmer who ships
to the preferred" Washing
ton or Baltimore markets and
those who ship to some of the
States from which we might
get some Of the cheap" milk.
Ill bet they won't want it.
Edward d. Storm.
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No matter which squeeze
and-grab monopoly wins this
Madison Avenue operated
milk war, this voteless COM
munity will foot the bill. We
stand helpless between the
dairy coop using hypocrit-
ical health fictions as eco
nomic weapons and the Ma
TONS largest interlocking
dairy professor and distribu-
tor piously pleading it has
abandoned the profit motive.
We plead with Congress
not to let this unfranchised
community become the con-
venient dumping ground for
seasonal SURPRISES in summer
and an area Of milk famine
when profits are minimal or
even nonexistent in winter.
At least the present arrange
ment has the virtue of de-
pendability without too much
imitation.
The most important fact
for Congress to recognize to
guarantee fair and free COM
petition between qualified
milk producers is that the
butter fat content of fluid
milk determines both its real
food and its money value. BY
juggling milk's nutritional
gold, profit margins are in
creased or decreased. By.re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
American Mosoics'

On March 6, at the Ma
tional Housing Center, my
husband and l saw a novel
experiment in motion pic
lures and slides. called PRO
noting Better Understanding
Among Nations on an In
dividual Basis" presented by
a young Hungarian. DR..
Istvan Temessy.
DR.. Temessy emigrated to
the United States in 1851
after being uprooted from
his homeland during World
War II where he was
wounded and sent to Ger
many. After obtaining his
doctorate from the Univer-
sity of Munich, he was APP
pointed chief Of the dental
clinic for the International
Refugee Organization there.
While in the United States.
he worked with the National
Academy of Sciences.
From his experiences with
refugees, DR.. Temessy began
to search with his camera
for those elements in culture
which add dignity and mean
ing to human life. The result
was American MoSaics" on
Hungarian refugees finding
their way Of life in America;
a series of breath-taking and
aesthetic views of Washing
ton. D. c.. and New York
City "a refreshing expert
ence even to long time resi-
dents of these cities; and
an excellent coverage of
European paintings in Ameri-
can museums which brought
these lovely classics to life
in detailed closeups. The
musical accompaniment pro-
vided an excellent foil
Gregorian Chant, Vivaldi,
Bartok. Hindemith, Ives and
Gershwin.
Talented artists, such as
the Doctor should be en-
couraged by Americans in
their quest for solutions to
promote understand ing
among all peoples.
Anna III. McKenna,
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

cannot be seen, but it is there,
and much depends upon it.
Even medicinal preparations,
especially cosmetics, must be
made with this surface film
in mind.
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GullS and terms and the rest
Of the water birds make many
beholders use their imagina-
tions, always a good thing.
They remind one Of alba
trosseS and the greater fell
lows of the South Seas, and
far-away places and lovely
ladies in nothing much, with
great hibiscus blossoms in
their slightly greasy hair.
In the old legends, alba
trosses were said to gather
around a man in the water
who might have been at.
tackled by sharks.
With their great wings, the
big birds faithfully beat back
the attackers, and saved
many an honest mariner
from being cut in two.
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GullS love bread. as many
a landlubber has discovered,
much to his own delight and
that of the birds.
Feeding the gulls is a pop
ular amusement at all places
where they gather, and the
fine thing about the game is
that no human is ashamed
to feed them. as he may be
to feed pigeons in the city
parks.
Perhaps if we think of
pigeons as gullS of the land
many of us may lose our self
consciousness, and be willing
to feed them without en-
barraSSment.
Big city pigeons are getting
bigger every year, testifying
in feathers and meat to the
fact that some persons, at
least, are going around and
doing good in this way.
Common pigeons are the
best scavengerS we have.
They pick up and dispose of
tons of stray bits of foods
of many types in a years
time. and help keep our city
clean. Without them, the
terrain would be dirtier than
it is.
Gulls are birds. pigeons are
birds, perhaps this basic re-
lationship should be kept in
mind by those disposed to feel
slightly ashamed when they
think of feeding pigeons.
1t is here as with all good
deeds, there is always some
body to sit in the scorner'S
seat. Do you know where
that expression came from?
Right out of our Bible. And
do you know to whom it re-
ferred? 1t meant, specifically,
the cultured Romans, pa
ganS all, who sat at the
public spectacles and turned
thumbs down" on the
Christian martyrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14

insists, Is ample-all the
money he can spend and b.
lieves he should spend. He
arrived at this budget after
conferences with the best
military brains In the coun-
try-and after taking an
overall look. Indeed. a bal
anced budget is In reality an
important part Of national
defense. II the credit Of the
Nation goes up in the smoke
Of overspending, the Nation
becomes weak economically
and less able to defend it.
self or aid its allies. The
Berlin "crisis" is the i'm
mediate reason around which
the Democrats are building
their clamor for billions more
for defense. The President
replies that we have to learn
to live with such crises for
years to come, indeed, as long
as the Russian Communist
dictators wish to create crises.
Rockefeller Sets Example
However, If the Democrats
in Congress are intent on big
spending, far beyond the
present and expected Federal
income. they should not let
politics interfere. They should
submit a program Of taxation
which will bring in increased
revenue to meet their pro-
posed expenditures. They
could well take a leaf from
the book of a Republican Gov
ernor, Nelson A. Rockefeller
Of New York.
Mr.. Rockefeller, recognize
ing that increased revenue is
needed to pay the debts in
CURED by the Democratic
Hartman administration Of
the last four years and also to
meet Expenditures for some i'm
proved services to the people
Of New York, came forward
Immediately after the OPEN
ing of the Legislature with a
State budget In excess Of 81
billion dollars-the first such
in history-and at the same
time proposed a program Of
increased taxes. This took
courage. He realizes as well
as any other political leader
that spending Is always popu-
lar and taxation is never
popular.
Gov. Rockefeller, despite
the means of the taxpayers
and the gloomy prognosti-
cations of the politicians,
has won a material victory.
He has reduced his spending
budget a few million, but
he has won nearly all the
increased taxes for which
he asked. He is more for
tunately situated than Pres
ident Eisenhower. He has
a Republican-controlled Leg
islature. The President has (
Democratic controlled Con-
gress on his hands. But if
the President had a Repub-
lican Congress to deal with.
he still would maintain his
position that the fiscal poll
cies of the Government Of
the United States must be
sound as we'll as its programs
for national defense. The
present Democratic program
for Federal spending could
cause great imitation. and
great imitation could be the
ruin of us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Driver Education

Critics of school driving
courses should secure from
the AAA a pamphlet entitled
''Driver Education Proves Its
Worth" 1t summarizes some
80 studies which compare the
accident records of trained
high school students with
their classmates who had
no such training. Generally
speaking. the trained stu
dents had only half as many
accidents as the unframed
for comparable periods Of
time.
Driving involves more than
learning to push and pull a
few levers. There are now
available four or five full
sized textbooks on the SUBJ
ject. I wonder how many
parents teaching their chill
dren to drive have cracked
the covers of one Of these
textbooks to see just what
should be taught. II the pres
ent accident rate continues,
one out Of every two children
will be injured or killed in a
traffic accident during his
lifetime. Does that sound like
parents of the past have been
doing an adequate teaching
job?
Schools should prepare us
for living. The typical male
adult spends the equivalent
Of eight 40-hour work weeks
behind the wheel of a car.
How many students will use
Latin or Shakespeare more
extensively? Furthermore, a
mistake in Latin probably
will cause only a little en-
barrassment. A mistake while
driving may literally be a
matter of life and death. But
why continue the argument?
Driver education Is here to
stay. About 5000 high schools
teach about 100000 students
annually how to drive and
become better citizens by
learning to respect the rights
of others. The subject has
proved Its worth in cold sta
tistical studies. Can the same
be said for many other sub
jects that have been in the
curriculum for years?
Earl Allgaier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Cross in the Window

Easter season is fast APP
preaching. Why shouldn't
each Christian family put a
cross in the window during
Holy Week or at least on
Good Friday?
Let's make the cross a SYM
boil of Easter as the tree and
the star are symbols Of
Christmas.
Mrs. X. Y. Nicholson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Chalk Fdrinq Well

Just how fast does Roy
Chalk expect to mine gold
here in Washington by means
Of D. c. Transit riders?
1t Is outrageous to read
that he now expects to push
for a Is per cent increase in
regular fares, a boost from
20 to Is cents! And all on
the pretense he's losing"
money on the pupils 10-cent
fare. Pupils are a minority
Of riders.
Why not order Mr.. Chalk
to cut fares to Is cents? Or
else condemn the transit sys-
TEN and turn it over to a
national transit authority to
be operated on a nonprot1t
basis?
Even at 20 cents, the aver
age rider, travelling two miles,
pays 10 cents a mile. higher
than luxury Pullman travel
or plush airline flights. And
at is cents for adults, 10
cents for pupils, transit will
still make coolies of money.
Are the Public Utilities
Commission, the District
Commissioners and, most i'm
portant Of all, Congress 60
ing to let Roy Chalk get
away with it?
Let's not be naive. Transit
is reaping it in aplenty. It's
time for a reduction-and an
increase in patronage-not a
boost in fares.
Charles p. Beazley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
Lost in q 'JunqIe'

IL mas become increasingly clear
that this years battle of the budget is
a struggle reaching far beyond the rela-
lively simple question of whether the
Federal ledger as of June 80, 1860, will
have an end figure written in red or
black ink. Clashing concepts of bigger
and bigger Government spending versus
prudent" management Of public funds
have aroused an theological fervor on
both Sides Virtually every expression on
the subject Is examined, If not actually
designed, for its political implications
and its effect on the 1860 presidential
and congressional campaigns.
Shaping up as one Of the sharpest
fights within the battle area is another
effort to restore to Congress a real and
effective control over Federal spending.
Two veteran Virginia Democrats, Sena-
tor Byrd and Representative Howard
Smith, are playing leading roles, but
they have on their side strong and de-
termined associates in both parties and
in both branches of the Congress. Sena-
tor Thurmond, South Carolina Demo-
crat, was the first to introduce reform"
legislation in that branch and Chair
man Cannon, Missouri Democrat, of the
House Appropriations Committee has
been a leading supporter of Smith
resolution in the House. Twenty-Five
Senators-21 Republicans and eight
Democrats-joined Senator Byrd in
sponsoring somewhat broader measure.
The common objective is to close of
some heavily travelled short cuts to the
Federal TreaSury-Short cuts that Con-
greSS itself has authorized in what
Senator Byrd describes as Fiscal leg
iSlation Jungle" There are several de-
viceS-including creation of revolving
funds, granting the right to spend for
eign currencieS and so forth. But the
widest Of these "back door approaches"
has been that of authorizing expendi-
lures from public debt receiptS-money
which the Treasury itself must raise
by borrowing, rather than through tax
revenues, and which the agencies are
then permitted also to borrow directly
from the Treasury. The effect of this
procedure is to bypass the appropria-
tons committees.
Senator BYRD estimates that APP
proximately 5000 billion has been pro-
vided for expenditures by this method
since the technique was first approved
in connection with the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in 1880. Numerous
agencies have the privilege today with
out yearly review by congressional APP
preparations committees or by Congress
itself. The General Accounting ONCE,
Congress own watchdog agency over
spending, recently said the device "tends
to perpetuate programs that might not
otherwise stand the test of continued
Federal scrutiny"
The reforms proposed are not by
themselves a guarantee of economy. It
is possible, at least, that appropriations
committees would be just as generous
or that Congress in the showdown would
make available as much money for
spending. They would, however, permit
examination and control over the yearly
OUTLAWS in way that could make budget
making a more exact and responsible
process than at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14

Gulls, terms, sandpipers-
These and other water
birds intrigue many nature
lovers.
ED.B of Silver Spring
writes:
"A few weeks ago I saw
hundreds Of gullS at the Nc
MILAN reservoir. / wondered
what kind of food they
found there.
my bird books said the
ring-billed gull likes angle
worms. and that the birds
will follow the pillow in spring
picking up worms. They
will also eat grasshopperS
and even mice.
Several years ago I saw
a flock of gulls on the large
grass plot between Union
Station and the fountains.
They were busily searching
for food.
Evidently gullS have their
place, even in a city. in help
ing to keep natures balance
on land as we'll as at sea.
II have been reading your
interesting column for a good
many years"
Ring-necked and herring
gullS at the Army War COL
lege eat centipedeS and mil
lipedes, favorite foods with
them.
Since it is difficult to see
what good these crawlerS are
from any human viewpoint,
the gulls may be said to help
mankind.
Humans have divided the
creatures into two main
groups, those which aid us,
and those which are neutral
or harmful.
With man, nothing can be
neutral, however; they are
either for US, as the dog, or
against us, as the rat.
So the creatures must be
amazed at us, being greeted
one time with open arms, an
other with a gun.
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The various waterbirds
form a group all by them
selves, one including much
beauty and grace of person,
and much wonderful flying.
That these creatures hover
over the water plays a part
in their beauty, for water &C
centuates whatever is good,
and makes evil more so.
Music sounds extremely
beautiful over the water, at
least it did in the old DAYS.
which were the young days.
Young people always love
to play music in a boat, be-
lieving and saying it sounds
better that way.
Perhaps it does.
Water acts as a sort of re-
flector. notes bouncing off the
surface film Just as spray
does.
The surface film of water