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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
BY GARRETT ID. HORNER
Star Staff Writer

President Eisenhower came
out fighting on two fronts to-
day in defense of the powers OF
his Office.
He told a news conference
that his successors could have a
tough time"-unleSS moves to
encroach on the powers of the
presidency as a co-equal branch
of Government with the legisla-
tive and judicial branches were
"batted down" every time they
came up.
His fire was aimed specifically
at a provision in a IVA bill
passed by Congress that would
evade budgetary control by the
President and an information
amendment written by the
House into a foreign and ap-
preparations bill.
Mr.. Eisenhower. red-faced,
snapped angrily at a reporter
who referred to what he called
the Eisenhower adminiStra-
tons secrecy policy in a ques-.
ton about the information
amendment.
Entertainment Charged
The amendment would cut
off funds for any part of the
foreign aid program. except
military assistance, on which
the administration refused to
produce information requested
by congressional committees or
the Controller General.
The President described the
amendment as an unconstitu-
tional attempt to encroach on
the executive authority. He
said he did not believe it would
ever get through Congress be-
cause he could not believe that
members would be so careless
about the Constitutional bal
ance of powers as to give it
final approval.
Mr.. Eisenhower added force
fully that he believes each OF
the three branches of the
American Government must re-
spect the others if they are
going to make the Government
work.
please Sit Down"
He angrily told the reporter
who raised the question-Clark
R. Mollenhoff of the Des Moines
Register and Tribune-that Mr.
Mollenhof had implied a fact
that is not a fact" in speaking
of the administrations "secret
policy" When Mr.. Mollenhofl
appeared about to interject, the
President snapped, please sill
down." and Mr.. Mollenhoff sal
down.
Mr.. Eisenhower asserted thai
no administration in his mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

House Monday night for a
group of newSmen.
He replied that they talked
about everything. at least every
thing he was asked about. He
refused to be specific. When his
queStioner started to ask some
thing else about the dinner, the
President cut him off and
turned to another ouestioner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
President Says He'll Fight Threats
To Encrooch on Executive Powers

DRY of Washington-and he ha:
known this city since 1926
had gone so far as his towarc
making information available
so far as it did not impair ma
tional security.
His quarrel with the House
amendment to the foreign aic
bill is that it would try to pr!
out such things as interoffict
memoranda and recommends
tons which the executive
branch additionally has refused
to make available to Congress
Veto Considered
The President made it cleal
that he is seriously considering
vetoing the IVA measure
because of its one objection.
able provision even though t
docs a lot of things I think
necessary"
He likes provisions in the bill
which would authorize iva
financing through its own bono
issues, subject to Treasury con.
troll; limit expansion of the
area served by IVA, anc
require eventual repayment Of
funds already appropriated tt
the agency.
The provision he objects tc
would strip the President anc
his Budget Bureau of any
control over the IVA budget
Under this provision, the Presi-
dent could make recommends.
tons to Congress about the
iva budget but could not cut
it himself. The IVA bulge
would go into effect automatic
ally unless disapproved by &
concurrent resolution of Con.
gress, which is not subject Il
Presidential veto.
Source of Anxiety
Mr.. Eisenhower asserted that
no matter how beneficial any
bill might be temporarily, any
time a measure purportS tt
encroach on one branch of the
three co-equal branches Of
Government it is a very, very
serious mistake"
He added that this provision
could not agect him personally
but could give his successors
"otugh time"
He considers this so serious,
the President said, that it is
causing considerable anxiety
He said he would like to have
the same bill with its Other
provisions come back to hin
without the one "unwise' pro-
vision.
But, he added, he does not
know yet whether his objection
to the one provision is suffi.
GENTLY strong to cause him tt
veto the measure. He explained
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Earned Honor

The Enrico Fermi Award, which
consists of presidential citation, a
handsome medal and check for $50 900,
we'll becomes DR.. Glenn T. Seaborg,
Chancellor of the University of Cali
fornia. 1t has been bestowed upon him
with good reason-in recognition of
his pioneering work in discovering
plutonium and otherwise contributing
baSically to the advance of nuclear
science.
There have been three other recip-
tents of this award since Congress first
established it in 1954-the late DR.. John
Won Neumann, the late DR.. Ernest o.
Lawrence, and DR.. Eugene Wigner, all
giants in the field of the atom. DR.. Sea-
borg's stature is comparable to theirs,
and the honor just accorded him, as a
token of the American peoples appre-
citation, is therefore altogether fitting.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
'SchIock' Droqnet

There are several fascinating as
poets of the unusual dragnet approach
used by the Federal Communications
Commission in its latest circular. to
broadcasterS, and not the least of them
Is further public education into the
mysterious lexicon and practices of the
airways.
Every licensed radio and televiSion
station in the land, under the order
and there is grand total Of 5,236-
must submit aff1davitS by January 4
reporting either "payola" or violations
during the last year of the FCC'S
"Sneaky commercials" rule.
"Payola," of course, is old hat.
Everyone must know by now that this
term refers to payoffs to disc jockeys
for plugging records. "Sneaky CONNER
cialS," however, brought us up short.
Quite few commercials impress us that
way, although we've never doubted for
a moment that they were commercials.
What the FEC is talking about, however,
Is the identification of a product, for
which remuneration is received, with
out making it clear that payment is
involved. 1t apparently is perfectly all
right, for example, if TV personality
displays a product, and Identifies it
with praiSe-as long as no payment is
involved. But If it is, the law says,
that fact must be disclosed. This prac-
tice, we are informed, also is known
as "schlock meistering" ("schlock" is
a slang term for junk, and "hitch-
hiking" and repeatedly is not uncom-
mon.
The FEC says frankly that it has no
idea what kind of responses to expect
or what will be done about them. Up to
this point, the agency never has revoked
q broadcaSter's license, but quite fire.
quently it issues reprimands for past
miSdeeds at the time of license renewal.
Whether purposeful or not, however,
one major effect of the new order should
be to alert broadcasterS everywhere to
the letter of the law.
Even the mechanics of how they
will respond, however, is a mystery.
Since they must swear to their prac-
ticeS, will the stations in turn require
oathS of their employees? Will it be
possible otherwise for them to make ac-
curate reports? These details, the FEC
says, are up to the individual broad
casterS-which indicates only that there
should be a considerable increase in
activity around the 5,236 stations dur
ing the next few weeks.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Sign of the Times

Just as the conversion Of the old
Naval Gun Factory into the Naval
Weapons Plant was Symptomatic of the
changing nature of warfare in this
atomic-electronic age, so the Navys Gre
alton OF new Bureau of Naval Weapons
marks further advance in naval mod
ernization. The venerable Bureau of
Ordnance and the World War II era
Bureau Of Aeronautics are no more
casualties of the faSt-moving transition
OF the Navy from conventional guns of
the battleShip period to guided missiles
with atomic warheads.
The Bureau of Ordnance and Hy-
biography, as it was first known, was
established in 1842 and given the re-
SponSibility of developing arms and ar
NOR for the fleet. The bureaus experts
provided the growing fleet with bigger
and bigger guns until the 16-inch
masterpieces of the Second World War
battleshipS were produced. With the
decline of the battleShip and the advent
OF rockets, the bureau had adjusted it.
self to the requirements of missile ships,
Meanwhile, the Bureau of AeronauticS
o'ASO "oo OCCOI44AlS COIlCeEueQ WIN rock
cts and missiles.
This gradual overlapping of func-
tions finally brought about the consoli-
dation which has been entrusted to Rear
Admiral Paul David Stroop, erstwhile
chief of ordnance. "It had been obvious
for several years." Admiral Stroop said,
that the efforts of the two (former)
bureaus were coming closer and closer
together. For instance, the older gun
weapon systems of the Bureau of Ord
nance were being replaced to some ex-
tent by guided missile systems and, SINH
larly, in the Bureau of Aeronautics both
fighter and attack aircraft systems were
being supplemented by guided missiles
to some degree"
While there have been no predic-
tionS of substantial savings through the
merger, the co-ordinated weapons pro-
gram should result in less red tape, more
efficiency and greater speed in the de-
velopment and production of the newer
types of weapons needed by Americas
nuclear- edition Navy.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
End of the Lines

The elimination next month of three
OF Washington's oldest and most popular
Streetcar Wisconsin avenue, Geor-
gla avenue and Cabin Johns being
greeted with mixed emotions, and under
Standably so. A substantial number of
transit riders have remained uncon-
Vlnced as to the economic need for the
swift Scuttling of StreetcarS decreed bv
congress three years ago. To this, in
the case OF the Cabin John line, is added
sentimental regret. The route along
the Potomac bluffs Of the District and
Maryland has been the most picturesque
and pleaSurable available to Washing
ton1ans over the years, and too MANY
residents recall the enjoyment of past
excursions to note its passing without
genuine nostalgia.
District officials, however, appear to
be IN full agreement with a conclusion
reached in city after city across the
country-that the Streetcar belongs to a
bygone era, and that the conversion to
buses will bring valuable benefits to
transit riders and motorists alike.
Especially welcome is the prediction
OF traffic officials that the removal of
tracks and loading platforms will, in
effect, add two critically needed traffic
lanes to Wisconsin and Georgia avenues.
We presume that they do not mean two
completely free-f1owing lanes, for buses,
too, have habit of stopping at inter-
sections. The Highway Department is to
be commended for its plans to remove
the platforms the minute the need for
them ceases, however, and also to i'm
prove traffic signals on these two major
thoroughfares.
Removal of the Cabin John line.
meanwhile, will untangle another trans
portation problem which generally has
been overlooked. For several years now,
plans for the George Washington Me-
mortal parkway in Maryland have called
Tor two lanes Of that road to occupy the
Streetcar right-of-way on the precipitous
bluffs between Brookmont and Glen
Echo. With the Streetcar line in opera
tion, the National Park Service has been
forced to bypass that area in the park
way construction now under way, It's
elimination next month should pave the
way for successful negotiation between
park and transit officials on use of the
land.
Evening star., 1959-12-05

the two tell-tale lamps in "the highest
window in the wall"
DR.. John Nichols Booth of Second
Church now says that it has all been
a miStake-based upon a poor job of
research by a Boston citizens commits
Sion-and that the signals were hoisted
in the belfry of his own church. AS
part OF his case, DR.. Booth asserts that
Christ Church was pro-Tory while Sec
ond Church was center of patriotic
Yankee sentiment. So what? 1t would
have been more in keeping with Paul
Revere's derring-do, which he displayed
on several other occasions, to "subvert"
Tory Steeple.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
SoIutes Admiral

I commend your paper for
publishing the letter of
Charles M. Cooke, Admiral
U. S. Navy, (Retired). 1t is
refreshing that an Admiral of
the Navy has the boldness
and candor to call to the
attention of the American
people the folly and the
stupidity of those in the high
est places in our Government
IN donating to our potential
enemies the lands and the
citizens of Eastern Europe
and North Korea. That folly
was great in itself, but when
you consider that the gift
package contained German
submarines, German rockets
and a large part of the Ger
man top scientists, then we
must come to the belief that
all our former summit con-
ferences have been the means
of selling us down the river
and, as the admiral states,
the betraying of so many
millions of innocent people,
that the thought of another
summit conference is the
cause of righteous fear and
opposition.
1t is many a day since we
have heard from a man who
can be compared to Admiral
Cooke in his Americanism.
o. ii. OSterman.
Evening star., 1959-12-05

although the lighting is below
standards used in small
towns. They got rid of the
cobblestones, and they will
be happy with the passing of
another relic, the streetcar.
They want to see some of
the blighted areaS-yes, we
have them-razed and re-
placed with structures in the
classic style. Any attempt to
restore" a few of the exist
ing buildings with a dubious
history will find it financially
prohibitive.
Several years ago a public
law was enacted which, if
effective. would have, to a
great extent, halted change.
1t was soon discovered that
this law could never be up
held in the courts because
1t makes special conditions
which could not be applied to
the city as a whole. George
town to us, although unique,
Is just another section of the
city in the year 1860. Some
Of the finest shops in the city
are located here. Others are
coming to our commercial
areas as soon as buildings
can be made attractive
enough for occupancy.
Georgetown as a residential
area will be maintained with
all its history. The CONNER
cial areas will reflect the
progress of those working for
it. 1t will be an interesting
place to see as always.
Old GeOrgetowner
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Deadly Intersection

At 4:30 pm. on November
80 a man was killed in a
traffic accident at Connecti-
cut avenue and Manor road.
Residents of the immediate
area have tried unsucceSS-
fully for three years to have
a traffic light installed at this
intersection. The commercial
area here serves several sub
divisions in addition to the
residents east and west of
Connecticut avenue at this
intersection who are several
hundred families.
Connecticut avenue is a
heavily Travelled commuter
artery of fast-moving cars.
Morning and evening traffic
peaks make crossing the
street, either as a motorist or
a pedestrian, close to impos-
slble. At other hours, when
the traffic thinS, the high
speed of the cars increases
this hazard. For highways of
this type, stop-and-go lights,
properly spaced, are an abso-
Lutte necessity.
Highway engineers and
public officials are properly
concerned with design and
economics of the superhigh-
ways now being constructed
in the Washington area, but
attention to human values
must take precedence over
traffic movement.
Hazel Steinhardt,
President, Chevy Chase
Hills Civic Association.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Moral Laws Lax

l have just checked with
the Post Office Department
to determine what restrictions
exist on undesirable material
sent through the mails. I find
that the law forbids the mail
ing of pornographic material:
licentious literature, filthy
pictures, etc. However, the
law says nothing about ma
terial that is sacrilegious. An
author of a novel can profane
the name of God or that Of
Jesus Christ to his hearts
content and get away with it.
Congress should pass a law
prohibiting this latter trans
gression as well as the former.
Lewd pictures are offensive
to the senses. But repeated
violation of the Third Com
mandment has a corrosive ef-
feet on religion which hits at
the very basis Of our moral
law.
I have recently read two
best-selling novels, in both of
which the hero, or some other
character for whom the
reader is expected to show
sympathy. repeatedly utters
sacrilegiouS oaths which are
most offensive to anyone who
has any belief in the Third
Commandment. Apparently
the author and publishers be-
lieve that there is something
beguiling or cute about such
blasphemy which will enhance
the sale Of books. In my
opinion, they are wrong. But
right or wrong, such material
should not be sent through
the mails.
I also call upon Washington
theater owners to forbid the
use Of such language on the
stages of the Nations Capt.
tai. Hearing it is even worse
than reading about it. And
any theatergoer, whether he
is in Washington or New
York. knows that he must suf-
fer through such blasphemy
at many of the theaters.
Robert S. Triplett.
Evening star., 1959-12-05

The statement attributed
to Congressman Phil Weaver
that the philippine govern
ment is haraSSing United
States troops and permitting
large-Scale looting of Ameri-
can property" is unfair, fan
tastic, malicious and very
unbecoming of an American
legislator. Any American
with a sense of justice who
has resided in the Philippines
will bear me out on this.
Having stayed in the Phil
ippineS only three days, Con-
gresham Weaver, apparently
gathered material for his re-
port from mere hearsay and
from diSgruntled and un-
happy ugly" Americans
whose desire is to see Phil
ippine sovereignty trampled
by their Well-meaning coun-
trymen and Government. Had
he stayed longer and made
on-the-spot observation, he
would surely have noted that
conditions are just the oppo-
site to his charges.
1t is common knowledge
among FilipinoS and Amer
leans in the Philippines
alike that a good number of
United States servicemen are
peddling United States dol
lars in the black market;
smuggling automobiles, elec-
trical appliances, cigarettes,
alcoholic beverages, clothing,
and other merchandise in
gross violation of local laws
and are thereby depriving
and cheating the Philippine
government of thousands of
pesos in taxes. One will also
find some American service
men selling firearms, ma
chinery and equipment, ex-
ploSiveS, etc.-all of which
are United States Govern
ment properties. In short,
Americans themselves are
the ones who loot their Gov
ernment and are rampant
violators of Philippine laws.
AS for Congressman Weav-
er'S recommendation to shift
American bases in the Phil
ippineS to Thailand, 1 be-
lieve the Filipino people will
be eternally grateful to him
if he can do something to
achieve this end. I person.
ally feel that the presence
of United States bases in the
Philippines is doing more
harm than good to the Island
Republic as a whole. 1t makes
the Island a logical target for
Communist nuclear attack.
Moreover, some United States
Servicemen in the Islands are
abusive because of lack of
Philippine jurisdiction over
crimes committed by them.
And as though this were not
enough, some colonial-mind-
ed Americans would even add
insult to injury by sheltering
the guilty parties and insist
ing on demanding territorial
rights in the Philippines.
Jesus c. ROa, Jr.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Riqhts of Protection

e., In declining to prosecute a Wash
mgton bus driver on charges of carrying
gun, United States Attorney Oliver
GaSch has exercised a discretion which,
In our opinion, was entirely proper, and
which leaves little room for criticism.
1t is we'll, at the same time, that Mr..
GaSch strongly emphasized that his &C
tion was dictated solely by the facts in
this case, and implies no general relaxa-
tion of the legal ban against carrying
q concealed weapon without a license
The facts, briefly, were that the bus
driver, who had suffered a previous
assault on the job, armed himself, and
very possibly saved his life with the
use of the gun during a second brutal
attack. A jury conviction, considering
these circumstances, would be difficult
to imagine.
If there was Justification in this
instance, however, there may we'll be
considerations of equal merit in iSo-
lated cases in the future, and the United
States Attorney wisely recommended
that the District Commissioners prepare
for such an eventuality. In doing so,
they should make it clear that no person
has the right to carry weapons without
a licenSe-including the drivers of buses,
taxicabS or other vehicles. What should
be considered is a careful review of
licensing policies, to make certain they
afford protection to citizens when ex-
ceptional conditions warrant, without
sacrificing basic safeguards for the rest
of the community.
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Divided Georgetown

whenever / read a letter
or a news item in your worthy
newspaper on the subject of
Georgetown, I am struck by
the fact that the vocal mem
berS of either of George
towns two citizens groups
seem consistently against
something which, if trans
lated to other parts of the
city, would stand for prog
reSS.
I am a professional man
who lives and works in
Georgetown. My father came
here many years ago; I ar
rived in 1907. I went to
Georgetown schools and
played with Georgetown
kids - wonder why there
aren't many kids here any
more?
I remember the stories my
father used to tell and have
seen the changes which have
occurred here in my lifetime,
and they have all been to the
good. I am amazed, however,
at the great amount of
resistance to change which
has sprung up within the
last few years, and also by
the fact that the most vocal
objections come from resi-
dents of the area who have
arrived here within the past
is years. Their objections go
to such extremes as refusing
to buy from Georgetown
merchants because they are
members of the group which
wants improvement.
The Georgetown Business
and Professions Association
has been in Georgetown
since it had the distinction
of being the Port of Wash
ington. The association
believes in preserving the
beautiful residential area and
the historic homes because
they are tied closely with the
history of our city and coun-
try. The Old Stone House,
for example. could have been
torn down long ago but for
their intervention, but there
is no logic behind any at
tempt to preserve the Federal
style on the two main streets
in the area. M street and
Wisconsin avenue have been
access streets to the city
from their beginning and
have long ago lost any his
torical character they may
have had.
The association is rarely
discussed in the press, but
their work shows. They were
influential in getting M
street lighted as 1t is,
Evening star., 1959-12-05
Battle of BeIfries

With all due respect to the pastor of
the Second Church of Boston, Unitarian,
1t seems bit late to be relocating the
lanterns that sent Paul Revere on his
midnight ride over Middlesex to warn
that the British redcoatS were coming.
For in the years since IT'S, countless
thousands of young and old have visited
Christ Church, Episcopal, on assurance
that it was "the old North Church" from
which Revere's collaboration suspended