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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
A New BEGINNING

We add our commentator to those
expressed by others yesterday Of SEN
ator Kefauver's decision to hold hear
ings on the Beall- Case Heating consti-
tutional amendment, even though the
days Of this waning session Of Congress
are numbered.
Yesterdays hearing on the proposal
to give Washington residents a vote for
President, Vice President and represent
tation in Congress was productive in
several respects.
4, It started the resolution for the
amendment on the long road 1t must
travel. 1t produced from witnesses, in
GLIDING number of influential SEN
ators, singular unanimity of favorable
opinion In support Of the principle in
volved. It revealed a sentiment more
inclined than in the past to take it
for granted that the reasons for this
amendment are self-evident, and that
the form rather than the substance Of
the amendment is the subject of testi-
mpny and discussion. Regardless Of the
amount Of further progress which can
be made at this session, a beginning has
at least been made in an atmosphere
that makes the outlook for continued
progress brighter than it has been for
many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
Hawaiian Dream

The "hilarity and exuberance OF
spirit" with which Senator's have greeted
the proposal that they take, en- rnasse, a
free junket to Hawaii is, to say the least,
understandable. We'd love to 60, too
especially at the taxpayers expense.
It isn't difflcult at all to visualize
the scene as the Republican Policy Com
mittee received the Governor of Hawaii's
kind invitation for the Senate to par
ticipate in an on-the-spot celebration
of the island paradise's newly gained
statehood. Here were group Of weary,
sweltering warriors, battered and bruised
by the lengthy session, eager to fee this
Capital City and, we have no. doubt,
thoroughly fed up with the sings and
arrows OF presidentialveto fights, Wayne
Morse, Nikita Khrushchev civil rights
and dozen other Illustrations. Sud-
denly, the clouds lift. Visions appear Of
tropical palms. swaying hula skirts and,
as Minority Leader Dirksen noted, "blue
waters tapping on the white beach"
The fascinating thing, however, is
that Senator Dirksens actually has
drafted a resolution, calling for
100000 public outlay to cover the trip.
If the resolution ever comes up for
vote, which is most unlikely, the polit-
ical scurrying about would be something
to see. Its passage would be the sur
prise Of the year-and the most sur
prised-and embarrassed man in the
Senate, we suspect would be Mr..
DirkSen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
Not Hurting Enough

President Eisenhower's latest APP
peal for settlement Of the steel dispute
appears to have been another exercise
In futility. For 1t has produced nothing
except statements from both union and
industry statements in which each side
says it has been doing precisely what
the President says should be done.
This strike Is entering its ninth
week. 1t has choked OF IS per cent
Of the Nations steel production. 1t has
idled some 100000 steel workers and
about t50.000 people in other industries.
That this should be matter Of real
concern 70 the President is quite un-
derstandable.
For our part, however, we doubt the
wisdom Of presidential intervention,
especially when Intervention takes the
form Of fact-finding reports such as
that issued recently by Secretary Of
Labor Mitchell and this weeks direct
appeal to union and industry heads.
Presumably the purpose of these moves.
or at least one purpose, is to stimulate
public demand for a settlement. The
trouble with them is that they are
neither fish nor fowl-they add nothing
significant to the fund Of public infor-
nation and they do not put the finger
on the guilty party in the stalled nego-
tiations.
In saying this, we are not implying
any thought that the President should
intervene in this strike at this time for
the purpose of fixing guilt or response
bility. The case would be different in
time of war or great national emergency.
But this, although Of exceptional mag
nitude, is just another strike. In this
country, short of a national emergency,
there is supposed to be right to strike
and a right to resist strike. If and
when a national emergency develops,
the President will find his remedy in the
Taft Hartley Act.
Meanwhile, in our opinion, the sort
of thing the President has been doing,
although his intentions are Of the best,
will accomplish nothing and may dimin-
ish the influence Of his ONCE. This
strike will have to run for while
until it begins to hurt enough SO that
all concerned, steel workers, industry
and the public, viii really want to settle
It, As of now, no one is hurting very
much and this is why exhortations are
Intellectual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
Back on the Track

The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, with proper concern for the in
tegrity of Washington's water supply,
has put the House-derailed Chantilly
sewage disposal fund back on the track
in commendable final effort to get 1t
passed before adjournment. An amend
ment to restore the $25 million appro-
priation needed to avert serious threat
to the areas drinking water has been
tackled onto the last chance" supple
mental appropriation bill being rushed
through Congress. An opportunity thus
will be afforded the House to correct the
bad mistake 1t made when it insisted on
allowing only enough money to build
much-criticized sewage treatment plant
at the new Dulles Airport The Senate
earlier had agreed, reluctantly, to the
reduction.
The enormity of the error Of dump
ing treated sewage into the Potomac
River above the District water intake
has become so apparent, however, that
President Eisenhower has joined with
Federal, District and State authorities
in protesting such misguided economy"
He has blocked construction of the sew
age plant pending a study of the airport
sewage disposal problem. Plans for a
regional conference on the Chantilly
crisis are being made under sponsorship
of the Public Health Service. This con-
ference should consider the broad prob
lem of safeguarding the water supply
from a developing pollution threat as
satellite communities grow around the
new airport. An airport pipeline alone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
Broyo, Bernstein!

The degree to which the artS--in
this instance, music-travel easily across
political barriers is being proved again
In the wildly enthusiastic reception given
the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
and its Americar1-born conductor, Leon
ard Bernstein, in Soviet Russia. That
Russians, Communist or not, understand
and love the finest In music is not, of
course, a new discovery. Their own con-
tribution, in composition and perform
ance,, rates with the highest in Western
history-a fact which makes all the
more meaningful the approval, despite
sour note struck by one Of their official
cultural organs, which they have be-
slowed upon Mr.. Bernstein and his mu-
sicianS.
From our own standpoint, the news
accounts from Moscow make 1t evident
that particular commentator is due the
youthful Mr.. Bernstein. He has, for one
thing, given to his Russian audiences a
series of programs that reflect virtually
every facet Of orchestral composition
classic and modern, Russian, German,
French and American. He has displayed
his own talents as pianist, as well as
conductor and composer, and even as
commentator on the works performed.
He has dared, among other things, to
present compositions long banned in the
Soviet Union-and won stormy applause
for SO doing.
Travelling as part of the Soviet
American cultural exchange agreement,
the New York organization has provided
one more convincing testimonial to the
wisdom Of that particular effort at two
way penetration Of the Iron Curtain. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
Missing Link?

While Governor Rockefeller and
Mayor Wagner skirt cautiously around
New York City's appalling juvenile
crime problem, an obscure story in the
newspaper may point to the missing
link, to the real explanation of what is
wrong.
More than 1000 police officers are
being added to the New York force in
crash drive against youthful gangsters
and hoodlums.. But listen to Chief Judge
John Warren Hill of the city's Domestic
Relations Court. This is what he says:
have been campaigning for more
State schools for delinquent boys for 10
years without success. Our Judges are
forced to turn loose hundreds and hun
dreds Of boys to families unit to control
them. The private institutions are full to
the brim all the time, and the public in
situations make some room only by dis
charging boys who should be kept under
supervision much longer.
Yet in this situation the New York
police say that all they can do is arrest
offenders, that punishment Is up to the
courts" But what can the courts do,
assuming willingness to punish, II they
have no place to send convicted delin-
quentS? There has been some talk Of
youth camps, more detention homes and
the like. Perhaps some consideration
should be given to institutions to which
the more vicious hoodlums-the knifers,
the stompers and the gangsters-could
be sent for substantial terms at hard
labor. The chain gang has been frowned
out Of polite society. But the prospect
Of few years at real hard labor might
do good bit to discourage the young
savages who kill a man, or another boy,
then laugh about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES {. TRAcEWELL

Above all. don't look down.
or away.
This is rudimentary lore
gathered from everyday ex-
perience.
It is said that you must
always look a gypsy in the
eye.
Once they get you TO be
looking far away. with up
raised arm and hand point
ing out some place they have
asked directions to. your
pocketbcok is gone.
A second rule Is to. have
some idea in advance as to
what you are going to do, or
at least might try to do.
II suddenly attacked from
the rear. the thing to do, ac-
cording to the experts. is to
raise the right foot as high
as you can. and slide 1t down
the attackers leg as hard
as you can. bringing the foot
squarely down on his toes.
This. If carried out prop
erly. ought to cause him to
loosen his hold.
Then swing the right foot
forward in a strong kick at
the attacker from the front.
If this doesn't catch him,
make a feint with the left for
the stomach. bring the left
foot behind his right heel.
and suddenly slam the butt
of the right hand into his
jaw.
He then ought to tumble
head over heels. The ques-
ton is. win he?
Once you get him down.
can you keep him down?
This is the big question, one
that ought not to be asked.
and would not. If foot po-
licemen were on their beats,
as in the old days.
It was q sad day for Amer
lean civilization. Temp Jones.
thinks. when the foot pa
trolmen were withdrawn into
squad cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10

Your columnists David
Lawrence. Constantine
Brown. Ralph McGill, Will
liam s. White and Doris Flee
son are tops-masters in
their field.
I value and appreciate
their comments on the news,
their opinions and alignment
Of the. facts. Somehow ! am
convinced they present the
truth as they see it-and up
on careful reading / do not
ind their views too far afield.
I md their opinions some
times progressive, sometimes
liberal. sometimes mildly
conservative, sometimes con-
sentative. but fortunately
never ultra-conservative.
If there's anything I detest
it's an ultra-conservative
columnist: one who sees ev-
erything as perfect" every
thing as fine" and who
wants his readers to .humbly,
meekly. submissively and
complacently embrace his
rosy views and. ever there
after crawl through life In
Thanksgiving for having been
so well" informed.
This half-baked world of
ours is a place Of turmoil and
constant change, and liberals
and progressives are needed
to lead us through these
changing times. Ultra-con-
servatives would only sue
coed in placing millstones
around our necks.
Walter Fielder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10

will not meet this threat. The Star will
discuss this potential future danger in
later editorials.
But the airport's immediate d.
lemma would be solved If Congress now
should reverse It's ill-advised approval
Of the dangerous treatment plant.
Granting of the $2.5 million item would
permit piping Of airport sewage across
the river and thence TO Blue Plains,
where there would be no possibility Of
communicating the water supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
OMISSION By TIE FOUNDERS
DC. Voting Rights Long Withheld

make q State out OF the Dis
trict--another bugbear we
sometimes hear about.
It does not impinge In the
slightest degree upon the
concept Of the Federal City.
with the wise assignment to
Congress Of jurisdiction over
it in all matters whatsoever.
What 1t would do is to
create something new. for
which there is no precedent
q political area or district Of
the United States which does
not have the attributes Of
statehood, or State sover-
eighty. but whose people are
permitted to vote In the Sc
lection Of q President, a Vice
President and for some rep
resentatives Of their own
choosing in the Congress
their exclusive legislature.
That would. Of course, be
something new. 1t would be
unique.
But what is wrong with It?
On what rational grounds
can it be opposed? Can it be
argued that it Is wrong, be-
cause there is nothing like
it now?
For this new condition
would replace another con-
dition which for nearly 100
years has been the extraord-
mary exception in a Nation
which governs by the consent
Of the governed: a condition
which is also unique, a condi-
ton which finds American
citizens more completely lack
ing in representation now
than we're the embattled COL
onists Of the American Revo-
luton.
Many forms Of this resolu-
ton have been proposed in
the past-each form repre-
senting somebody's opinion Of
what Congress would be most
likely to accept.
II this present form is the
only form that Congress will
accept, ! say let it stand.
! hope, at the same time.
Mr.. Chairman, that your
committee viii give considera-
ton to- amending the reso-
luton to the extent that it
will permit delegates or rep
resentatives of the District In
Congress, with such powers
as Congress may provide,
rather than placing them as
does this resolution in the
House alone. thus closing the
door to any future possibility
that q Congress might see
At to seat a representative
Of the people Of Washington
In the Senate as well as in
the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10

does 1t not stand for gener-
osity and goodwill. such pre-
cepts as 'love thy neighbor'
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who tres
pass against u.s.? Yet COM
munism has been considered
q religion in itself. and a
deadly rival to be destroyed
for Christianity's own safety.
Where we should find help
we find only hindrance.
It is thus no wonder that
we see this outpouring Of Wit
riolic hatred and opposition
to the visit Of Khrushchev:
It is natural, understandable
and deserves sympathy. Yet
it cannot be allowed to stand
in the way Of the path to
peace. The terrible lesson Of
history, not yet sufiiciently
realized. is that those who
insist on revenge and isola-
ton are not pacifists-they
are In the end the worst kind
of warmongers.
Herbert J. Holland.
=
The very least that Amer
leans and foreign guests on
our shores can do is to treat
this man with courtesy and
reserve dignity. Many Hun
garian refugees among US are
not citizens, and they have no
right to light an explosive fire
right under our noses in the
country that has befriended
them. They do not march as
citizens. but as foreign agita-
tors. Their allegiance is not
to America yet and they are
selflshly not interested in
Americas safety. The Federal
Bureau Of Investigation. the
Secret Service, every police
and other protective agency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10

@. What is the difference
between a passport and a
visa?-E. j.
A. A United States pass
port is q document, in the
form of a small notebook,
issued by the United States
Government and identifying
the holder as an American
citizen for purposes Of travel
in other countries. A visa 10
a stamp of approval entered
on a page Of the passport By
an ofheial Of q country the
holder intends to visit. It In
dicates that he has been
given permission to enter the
country provided he meets
health and immigration re-
quirements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
Khrushchey's Visit

One Of the painful lessons
Of history is that 1t is much
more difficult to make peace
than TO make war. After a
long peaceful inteflude, war
has often been welcomed and
been begun enthusiastically.
perhaps as a relief from bore
dom. A long bitter war, how
ever. brings with 1t q bar
rage Of propaganda and hate.
and a spirit Of revenge caused
by the awful suffering. To
switch from the fierce mood
of war to the sanity. pru-
dence, foresight and gener-
osity that the making Of a
lasting peace requires Is a
most difficult task, and has
rarely been accomplished.
The result, as In the peace
settlement following World
War /. has been to SOW the
seeds Of another war.
The comparison is not ex-
act. but perhaps there is a
similarity with the problem
Of how--at this critical juno
ture---to deal with commu-
nism with which to all in
tents and purposes we have
been at war. We have seen
some CHASTITY evils, and as in
all wars, bitterness is under
standable. There has been
the usual wartime phenome-
non of hysterical propaganda
on both sides. and super
patriots have had a field day.
That communism was "athe-
istic" was enough of q def
milton, and II anyone dared
to delVe further into its
makeup. such terms as Ffel-
low traveller" were quickly
applied.
Here we are again at q
point in history when there
seems to be a chance Of find-
ing a path to peace. but with
the terrible handicap to over
come of the bitter hangover
Of war. At a point like this.
religion ought to help, for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10

THE folloiDtng statement
BY the Editor OF The Star
yesterday iDas made before
the Subcommittee on Con-
stitutional Amendments OF
the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary at a hearing on
a constitutional amendment
to giue the people OF the
District OF Columbia votes for
President. Vice President
and three delegates to the
House OF Representatives..
NTH such poiDers as Con-
oress may determined
I do not appear here as the
representative or the spokes-
man Of any group. but as the
Editor Of The Evening Star.
q newspaper which for more
than 70 years has been adj
vocating the general PROPOSE
ton embraced In the resolu-
ton before you. The fact
that this advocacy is stiIl
short OF its objective. after
all these years. may not be
q striking example Of the
power Of the press. But no
one can say that we have
not set for ourselves a worthy
objective-and some day 1t
will be reached.
1t seems to me there is
something approaching in
suit to the intelligence Of
United States Senators. not
to mention their patriotism.
to present in ariy great detail
the reasons supporting a
contention that some 800, 900
American citizens. resident
at the seat Of government Of
the United States. should be
entitled to voting representa-
ton In their Government.
The reasons speak for them
selves. The condition this
resolution seeks 10 remedy
is utterly foreign TO every
thing we preach.
The mere circumstance Of
our presence here today. in
this year Of 1859. the 1880 year
. of our independence as q
Nation. meeting with Sena-
tors Of the United States to
discuss the question whether
an intelligent community Of
American citizens should be
represented by those Of their
own choosing in the Ameri-
can Government. is perhaps
the most cynical political
anomaly Of our times.
The purpose Of this resolu-
ton is to remedy an omission
in the Constitution. the
failure Of the founders to
provide q method by which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR

in our shores should warn
these people that they shall
not march or demonstrate
against this man within our
shores. His crime against
Hungary is one that he must
settle with God in purgatory
when the dark curtain falls
on his life.
Hall Dumyille.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-10

1QNs Ne MCAAAtCA WAiAUAAA1
Of Michigan. whose political
fortunes have been sagging
because Of the financial mess
In his State. due to a lack
Of SUFFICIENT income to pay
the States bills. seems to be
at another crossroads In his
career. Before his last VIC
tory-for a sixth consecutive
term--the Michigan Governor
was considered very much in
the picture for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Presi-
dent or Vice President in
1850. His victory in 1858,
while by q substantial mar
gin. was less than his victory
two years earlier and i'm
mediately was seized upon
as showing he was on
the political toboggan. Then
his struggle with the State
Legislature for added taxes
to bring In sufficient revenue
to get the State out Of the
hole was also used to beat
him down.
After eight months in ses-
sion. during which the Re-
publicans. particularly in the
Senate, would not accept the
Governors recommendation
for a graduated State income
tax and for an increase In
business taxes. Gov. williams
finally accepted a COM
promise tax bill--a COM
promise between the Senate
and House. The Senate Is
strongly Republican in make
UP and the House virtually
equally divided between the
two parties.
This compromise, which
provides for a per cent
"use" tax-which really Is
an increase in the States
present 3 per cent sales tax
to 4 per cent'-has immedi-
ately come under attack In
the courts. Taxpayers charge
It violates a provision Of the
State constitution which de-
clares no sales tax above 8
per cent shall be levied. They
claim the term "use tax" is
a mere subterfuge.
If the State Supreme Court
holds it unconstitutional, the
financial situation of the
State win revert almost en-
tirely to the mess in which 1t
has been for the last year.
1t remains to be seen wheth-
er the Republicans in the
Senate or Gov. williams will
then ret the blame. The
Republicans already are con-
Quoting a campaign to pace
the responsibility on the
Governor. Whether they can
make 1t stick is another mat
ter.
Strange Situation
The new tax law is ex-
pected to raise from $40
million to $50 million more
tax receipts and get the
State out Of its difficulties.
A majority Of the State Su-
preme Court members are
Dem ocrats-by one. The
Democratic Attorney General
OF the State will 60 into court
to argue that the new tax
Is unconstitutional, while his
chief assistant will argue the
other side of the case. It's
q strange situation in any
mans language. in which