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Evening star., 1960-01-31
Record Reodinq-In Part

The man who said that beauty is
altogether in the eye of the beholder"
might properly have applied this truiSm
to voting records of gentlemen in pub
lie office. For in this year of political
evaluation, voting records already are
getting hard and cold look Surpris-
1ngly, what one man sees is quite diff
ferent from what pleases the eye of an
other-even though both may be looking
at the same thing.
Senator Symington, for example,
tickled Democratic audience recently
by finding no beauty in the congress
sional voting record Of "the able (sic)
agile gentleman from Whittier, Califor-
nia," Vice President Nixon. He relished
the chance, he said, ito lay Sir Richards
record before the people" and he then
taxed Mr.. Nixon with voting in 1948 ito
remove 625,000 people from social secu-
rity coverage" and in 1949 against i'm
proving social security benefits"
Be that as it may, Congressional
Quarterly-which is not running for
political off1ce-produces this record on
the Nixon record: In 1948, he voted to
increase Federal old-age payments and
aid to the blind (and) in favor of legis-
lation increasing pensions and annuitieS
OF retired railroad workers. In 1949
for social security bill also providing
for broader coverage and benefits" Ad-
ditionally, CO reports that in 1850 Mr..
Nixon favored the adoption of the So
cial Security Act extending coverage to
an additional 10 million persons and in
creasing benefits by 10 to 100 per cent"
Presumably implying that the Vice
President is some sort of an isolationist,
Mr.. Symington likewise points out that
Mr. Nixon in 1949 voted to cut military
aid to Europe by so per cent. But Edi-
torial Research Reports also points out
that in 1949 Mr.. Nixon voted for extern
sion Of the trade agreements act, ex-
tension OF the Marshall Plan and for
the foreign military aid bin.
1t is understandable, of course, that
Mr.. Symington should be so highly Sc
lective in picking over the Nixon record
and no doubt the also able gentleman
from Creve Occur, Missouri, will have
help in this paStime. In fact, Democrats
already are threatening to play the
same game against other Democrats.
Senator Humphrey has announced, for
example, that he is going to make Sena-
tor Kennedys voting record-which, in
the Humphrey eye, apparently is no
beauty either-an issue in the Wiscon-
sin primary campaign. All good clean
fun, no doubt, in the course of asking
the voters us this what you want for
American"
Evening star., 1960-01-31

that ratified pleasantly over SIS miles of
pleasant Welsh countryside - skirting
the shore of Swansea Bay between
Swansea and the village of The MumbleS
itself. In between, it stopped at Black
pill and OyStermouth.
When C-Day (for conversion to
buses) arrived recently, everything was
up to date on The Mumbles. 1t had
thirteen double-decked cars and the last
two to make the run were crowded to
capacity with railroad bluffs" while an
estimated 5000 additional "mourners"
followed by automobile In its way, As
sociated Press reports indicate, it was
as much gala day as the occasion IN
the 1870S when the management expert
mented with rail locomotion by sail
The experiment failed because the wind
blew only one way, and presumably the
train was unable to tack into the breeze.
From Washington, our only message
to the good people of The Mumbles is
that we stand with them in regretting
progress-especially by bus.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
He Does His Duty

Charles de Caulle'S critics have COM
planned that he is a stubborn man, a
man who is both inflexible and unyield-
Ing in pursuit of what he believes to be
right as we'll as best for France And yet,
today, it is these very qualities which
serve him-and France-so well.
Early last week General de Gaulle
served notice that he would "do his
duty in the Algerian crisis. Now he
has done it. In speech which COM
bines persuasion with toughneSS, but
with the emphasis on the latter, the
French President has read the riot act
Algiers.
1t was a speech in which Charles
de Gaulle reStated and reaffirmed his
determination that the Algerians shall
have "a free choice of their destiny"
which called upon the army to obey
his orders, which branded the leaders of
the insurgent movement as liars and
conSpirators," and which, finally, stated
bluntly that II will not back down."
This is the right course, and. indeed,
the only rational course for General de
Gaulle to take. Any showing of weak
ness would have led to certain disaster.
Firmness, clear manifestation of re-
solve to assert his authority, may turn
the tide in favor of a sensible solution
of the Algerian problem. There are
already some indications that events are
moving in this direction, and that Gen.
.eral de Gaulle will prevail All of us
most certainly should hope that this will
be the case.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Answers Query

The lady who wrote so
caustically about the 20 off,
spring of Confederate vet
erans who are receiving pen
.sions from the Federal Gov
ernment asked what she
should do to get a pension as
the daughter of a Union vet
eran.
She should be advised that,
under the law, children of
war veterans who become
permanently incapable of
self-support because Of q
mental or physical defect be-
fore reaching age 18 may re-
ceive Federal pensions as long
as the condition exists or un-
til they marry.
1t is under this provision of
law that the 20 offspring of
Confederate veterans are re-
ceiving their pensions. If the
lady feels that she qualities
for a pension under this law
she should file her application
with the Veterans Admins
tration.
Uohn D o;In.I
Evening star., 1960-01-31

In his speech before the
Press Club, Senator Kennedy
reverted to the outmoded
Roosevelt political technique.
He promised big thingS-on
borrowed money. But people
are beginning to catch on.
The liberal party now means
liberal spenders and wasters
Of their hard-earned money.
Anyone can make a big
show for a short time on bor-
rowed money, but the day Of
reckoning always comes, and
the longer it is postponed the
worse it is when it arrives.
1t takes honesty and courage
to pay your bills as you go.
Every time a newborn
baby utters his first cry, we
thrust into his tiny hand a
bill for $l.606.9l. which is
what he owes-his share Of
the national debt.
Mrs. J. Cummins.
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Where Our Taxes Go

Whether or not we reduce
taxes, when a nation plans
to spend over SIS billion for
research and development on
defense projects" 5000 mil
lion on space projects" and
only about one-third billion
on humanitarian health re-
search, and nothing-so far
stated-for the arts or crea-
tive research, it could be that
our world is topsy-turvy.
Daniel w. Millsaps III.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Is Years Aqo

A sensation rocked the
trial of Bruno Richard Haupt-
man in the Lindbergh kid
naping Is years ago. In a
story from New York on jan
uary 81, 1885, The Star re-
ported: jeanette Rivkin, AZ
year-old proprietress of a
Bronx beauty parlor, who had
offered to testify for the
prosecution in the Hauptman
trial, was found today gagged
and trussed in her burning
establishment, the apparent
victim of an attempt at mur-
der. She was rescued by the
superintendent of the build
ing, who noticed smoke COM
ing from the beauty parlor,
and entered to find the woman
lying unconscious on the
floor, a rope tight around
her neck, a metal gag in her
mouth, and her hands and
feet securely bound. :"
A vaccine against infantile
paralysis was reported effec-
tive rs years ago, In a story
from Bakersfield, Calf, on
February 3, 1885, The Star
reported: "One hundred per
cent effectiveness in immu-
nizing human beings against
infantile paralysis was re-
ported here tonight in large
scale experiments with a vac
cine made from the spinal
cords of infected Indian mon
keys. With an epidemic Of
the disease prevailing here
and 127 cases recorded so far,
several shipments of a serum
developed by DR.. Maurice
Brodie of New York were sent
by airplane and TOO persons
inoculated. DR.. Joe Smith,
Kern County health officer,
reported no person inoculated
had developed the disease. :"
Contents of an old District
Landmark went on the block
25 years ago. The Star, on
February 4, 1895, reported:
THE doors Of the brownstone
turreted castle in which the
late Mrs. John B. Henderson
reigned for many years as
the Empress of Sixteenth
street swung open today to
an auctioneer and his bargain
hunting audience as dusty
treasures of bygone days were
knocked down to the highest
bidder. :"
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Castro Red Puppet'

President Eisenhower,
speaking at his press con-
ference on the tragic Cuban
situation, expressed himself
as being "perplexed over the
anti-American campaign now
going on in Cuba" against his
Government and his most
distinguished administration
officials, as carried out by
Fidel Castro and his publicity
organs.
The answer is very simple:
Castros government is a
Communist regime. obeying
orders from Moscow and
Peiping. This great Nation
the United States Of America
and its people are not be-
ing insulted elsewhere because
there are no Communist
regimes in the remaining
Latin American states.
In Europe, the satellite
states act likewise, under the
same pattern as Costro, but
not the non-Communist ma
tionS.
In Asia, Japan, not being
Communist, does not follow
such a master plan, but Red
China does exactly what
Castro Is carrying out.
Castro's accusations can
not be explained unless you
start from the premise that,
less than 80 miles from the
coast Of the United States. a
Popular Socialist Republic
has been established. Until
such a sad truth is recog-
nized, it will be impossible to
explain the conduct of Castro
and his comrades.
DIR. Emilio Nunez POrtuOndO,
Editor of Latin American
Events and Former Pres
ident Of the Security
Council U.N.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Brosh Macarthur

Your piece by Col. Allison
Mid was dramatically told,
but, for Gen. Macarthur, a
brush with death in the field
was no new experience. Dur
ing World War I he insisted
on dressing, as an officer in
the front lines, In shiny
leather belt and boots, clean
uniform and usually q scarf.
He was arrested Cor invited
to accompany my intelligence
police on two and perhaps
three occasions when he wan
dered near our sector. On one
occasion. the arresting scout
was a young soldier Of Scan
dinavian origin. Gen. Mac
Arthur tried to brush him of.
and the man unbuttoned his
holster and convinced the
general that he had better
go along with him. When
asked why he had taken Gen.
Macarthur into protective
custody he replied: He
didn't look like an American
officer in the front lines, to
me, SIR"
When the then Col. George
c. Marshall issued, by direc-
ton, his curious order for the
march on Sedan-an order
that said the men of the 5th
Corps would be glad to help
their brothers Of the 1st
Corps-the 1st Division
started a march that led the
troops across the face of the
77th and 42d Divisions to
Sedan. A patrol, under COM
mand Of Lieut.. William
Black, 18th Infantry; hearing
a noise in the bushes nearby,
challenged. There was no re-
ply. Black, a former noncom-
missioned officer, gave his
men orders to prepare to fire.
then announced that If there
was no reply to his challenge,
he would rake the bushes with
bullets. At that, Gen. Mac
Arthur stepped into the open.
Charles Coulter.
Evening star., 1960-01-31

That is the kind of thing
that happens in any age
when tyranny is in the saddle.
In the reign of the big idea
democracy insists that every
question has two sides and
that each side must have its
day and its say. However,
in leaning over backward to
be fair there is always the
dire danger that one may be-
come so tolerant of every
thing that he will defend
nothing. The modern man
seems to have many opinions,
but few convictions. Trying
to be liberal enough to see
all sides of the question, we
may attach ourselves to none.
Trying to be all things to
all men we may end up by
being nothing to any man.
The difference between a
man who is just a politician
and one who is a statesman
is that a statesman has his
eyes more on the next gen.
Grafton than on the next elec-
ton.
In reply to a letter from
a distant city asking him for
his lecture topics and terms,
Wendell Phillips wrote, II
will come and lecture on an
cient civilizations for $500
and expenses. I will come and
lecture on the abolition of
slavery for nothing and pay
my own expenses" All, free
dom of the slaves was the
big idea which had taken
charge of his whole being.
What supremely counts in
the final record of any per-
son Is not what happens to
him; it is what happens
through him. The final YER
dict on any life must be
based upon what causes have
used it, what powers have
surged through it, what big
idea has mastered it.
1t is not necessary that
we in ourselves be great in
order to give the hospitality
Of our minds toRa great idea.
The immortal Gospels were
penned by such ordinary
people as tax-gatherers and
flshermen-the most potent
ideas of their time used them
for the ages. The one glori-
ously thrilling thing about
you and me Is what we can
be linked up with. wired up
to, used by, in the eternal
struggle between light and
darkness. One Of Americas
most useful citizens, looking
back on his life work, said
with the deepest satisfac-
ton, II am grateful for the
ideas that have used me-"
He had been the transmitter
OF big ideas. With his eyes
upon that paean of graft
tude. a nationally known
minister commented, when
a man must see his life in
retrospect, as the shadows
gather in the western sky,
it would be a triumph in
deed, looking back, to be able
to say, I am grateful for the
big ideas that have used
me-" That means that
being Of the earth, earthly,
we may flame with celestial
fire, and shine with the glory
Of the lighted mind.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Why Discriminate?

WaShington'S private hospitals, al
ready faced with financial troubles, have
good reason to protest their treatment
at the hands of the Districts budget
makers. Although no provision is in
the submitted budget for any increase
in District payments for the care of
1ndigentS in the private hospitals, ad-
ditional funds were asked to meet the
rising cost of treating patients at the
Glenn Dale, Freedmen's and st. Eliza
beths Hospitals.
Indicative of the general trend is
the fact that the per diem cost of care
at the District General Hospital is cur
rently $29 and will be $32 next year.
according to figures given a House Dis
trict Appropriations Subcommittee by
James H. Lemon, chairman of the conf
mittee on indigentS Of the Hospital
Council. Yet the District at present is
paying only $21.20 a day to private
hospitals for medical charity" cases.
This has resulted in loss of about
$850,0O0 during the present fiscal year.
The private hospitals are making a.
reasonable request for an increase to
$32 day. Unless the higher payment
is granted, solvent patients of the citys
private hospitals must continue to share
the burden of paying for charity pa
tientS. This is palpably discriminatory.
disqualification of indigents is properly
the responsibility of the whole COM
munity. To impose a substantial part
of the cost on paving patients of the
hospitals is inequitable and unfair.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
City of Horrors

I wish to congratulate The
Star on printing the fine
story by George Wilson
Sunday, January I'D on the
growing horror of modern
Washington architecture.
AS one Of the many who
share the attitude Of DR..
Richard Rowland toward the
invasion Of faceless and
depersonalized buildings.
Margaret Lipchik.
Evening star., 1960-01-31
To Win the Race


AeronauticS and Space Administration
now have placed before Congress and
the American people ten-year program
designed TO enable the United States
not merely to catch up with the Rus
slams, but to wreSt leadership from them,
on the roadway to the stars.
AS presented to the House Com
mittee on Science and Astronautics, the
program is. truly breath-taking in scope
and vision. Calling for expenditures
likely to add up to total of we'll over
SIS billion, it sets forth timetable for
no fewer than 260 major ventures into
space between now and 1870. Involving
progressively heavier payloadS and in
creasingly difficult missions, the projects
to be undertaken cover tremendously
far-reaching range of experimentation
and exploration. They include the
launching of extraordinary new satel-
liteS, the orbiting of men around the
earth (Scheduled for next year,, new
lunar shots, deep interplanetary probes
in the vicinity of Mars and Venus, and
numerous other fantastic operations
laying the groundwork for human fight
perhaps early in the next decade-to
the moon and beyond.
OF course, as pointed out by DR.. T.
Keith Glennan, chief of NASA, it is true
that the Russians, because of "our very
real deficiency" in the propulSive power
of our current booster systems, are going
to stay ahead of us for "a considerable
period of time" in terms of putting up
heavy payloads into space. However,
I'VE should be able to match their
present weight-lifting capabilities with
in the next IL to 18 months" and there
Is good reason to hope that we will
attain superiority over them in another
five years or SO, when the Saturn-a
cluster Of rockets with is million pounds
Of thrust-iS expected to be ready for
regular use. And after that, by 1868,
we should have the Nova, which is to be
a single -chambered engine whose is
million pounds of thrust can be in
creased to million through clustering
arrangements that promise to make
possible the greatest kinds of achieve
ment in the high heavens.
So this race between the Soviet
Union and our own country is far from
over. Actually, 1t is just beginning even
though the Russians have scored a
number of spectacular "firStS" against
us, and even though they are likely to
score some more in the years immedi-
ately ahead. In short, we are still very
much in the running, but if we are to
win in the end, if we are to achieve
permanent leadership in this field, we
will have to undertake-and stick to it
with conStancy, with unbroken conti-
nuity and with unWavering determina-
tion-the sort of long-term program
that NASA'S best experts have Just out
lined. Certainly, as Dr. Glennan has
testified, there is no other way to re-
gain the ground we have lost by letting
the Kremlin get the Jump on us several
years ago; there is no other way for
the United States to become second to
none in space.
In such circumstances, one fact
seems clear above all: Despite the
enormous costs entailed, there is every
reason why Congress and the American
people should feel driving compulsion
to go forward with NASA'S proposed
ten-year program-and to do so, in DR..
Glennan's words, "dilligently, urgently,
relentleSSly."
Evening star., 1960-01-31
FROM THE STAR FILES.

the best balanced English
Opera Company here since
the Seguins. There were nee
essarily some defects in q
first performance which we
may expect not to meet
again /"
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Wage Laws Scope

Recent statements by emil
nent persons who really
should be better informed
show that there is very
general misunderstanding of
what is proposed in the leg
islation now before Congress
to broaden the coverage Of
the Fair Labor Standards Act
and to raise the minimum
wage to $l.25 per hour.
Roughly "a million people
are now covered by the Wage
and Hour Law; but another
20 million who should be
covered are still denied the
protection of both the mini
mum wage and overtime pro-
visions of the Fair Labor
Standards Act. The bills
sponsored by Senator Ken
nedy IS. 1046) and Represent
ative Roosevelt III. r. 4488)
only propose at this time to
extend coverage to some 712
million Of the 20 million ELI
gible. The largest group out
side the law are retail en-
ployes.
Most retail workers are not
now protected by the Federal
Wage and Hour Law. The
law exempts retail workers
on the outdated and no longer
valid theory that they are
local business.
The Kennedy Roosevelt
bills recognize this. They
would extend the Federal
Wage Law to the large retail
firms, which do annual busi-
ness Of $5OO,000 or more. in
order to remove this unfair
exemption. Small "mom-and
pop" stores would be specif-
ically excluded.
/. Large retail firms are
big business. The retail in
dustry crossed over 5000 bill
lion in sales during 1858. In
1854, 3 per cent of the estab-
lishments-or those with a
volume Of business Of $500.000
or more-accounted for more
than 40 per cent Of the sales.
All retail sales constitute 42.9
per cent of our gross national
product, according to the
most recent census figures.
2. Large retail firms are
very much in interstate, not
local business. Chain retail
establishments are found in
every State in the Union. The
giant chain enterprises op-
crate through centralized
headquarters with close con-
troll of buying, warehousing
and distribution.
3. In the absence Of Fed
eral minimum wage protec-
ton, retail workers are paid
abysmally little. A survey OF
retail workers three years
ago found that 10 per cent
of all retail workers were re-
ceiving less than rs cents an
hour. Even today, some are
working for less than so cents
an hour.
4. The cost of extended
coverage and raising the min
imum to $l.25 is small. 1t
would be less than one cent
per dollar of payroll for all
workers covered by the Ken
nedy-Roosevelt bills.
5. State minimum wage
laws have not done the job.
Half the States have no min
imum wage laws whatsoever
for retail workers. Other
States have found that this
industry can adjust to mini
NUNS Of 81 and SIPS.
6. Extension of coverage to
large retail trade firms would
mean protection for 4 mil
lion additional workers.
These would be in firms
doing $500,000 or more busi-
ness a year.
Other sections of the Ken
dy-Roosevelt bills relating
to the service industries
similarly exempt small busi-
ness and apply only to chain
operations.
John w. Edelman,
Washington Representa-
tive. Textile Workers
Union Of America.