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Evening star., 1960-06-26
100 Years Ago

BY this time a century ago.
the strife torn Democrats
had at long last chosen the
political warriors who would
lead them into battle at the
polls against the Republicans
in November. After much
blood-letting among them
selves, the Democrats mus
tered a thinly spread. two
platoon outfit that for a
while threatened to provide
a chief for every Indian. The
Star. without Sunday edi-
tions then, had to wait un-
til Monday, June rs. 1860.
to relay to the Capital results
of balloting at the Democrat
ic conventions Eyes. there
were two) on the Saturday
before at Baltimore. Senator
Stephen Arnold Douglas Of
Illinois had succeeded in
Maryland where he had failed
in South Carolina. He re-
ceived 1917 of the 19412 bal
lots cast and was declared the
presidential nominee of the
Democratic Party main wing
from which most Southern
delegates had seeded. Ken
tuckian John Cabell Breck-
inridge, 'already vice presi-
dent under James Buchanan,
was the choice of the Dixie
Democrats, who hired anoth-
er Baltimore hall for their
conclave after boiling the
parent body. The Star called
the result "the pretended
nomination of Douglas. .
With the exception of per-
haps 10 electoral votes, there
were no real delegates from
the South taking part in the
action, the bogus Southern
delegates Chose who didn't
walk out) having no constit-
uencies whatsoever, being
self-elected, every mothers
son of them" The Star quot
ed Douglas acceptance e
speech: ITO be the chosen
standard-bearer of the only
political organization
conservative and powerful
enough to save the country
from abolitioniSm and dis
union is indeed an honor.
Our beloved country is
threatened with a fearful
sectional antagonism which
places the Union itself in
imminent peril. This antag-
oniSm is produced by the
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Castro and Sugar

For long time now our country
has been buying Cuban sugar at two to
three cents pound above the normal
world market price, and this arrange
ment has had the effect of giving Cuba
a highly important bonus or subsidy
amounting to upwards of $3.50 million
a year.
At present, however, in view of what
has been happening under Prime Minis
ter Fidel CaStro'S whirling- -derviSh re-
gime in Havana, Congress is seriously
considering President EiSenhoWer'S re-
quest for flexible, discretionary author
ity to cut the Cuban sugar quota if he
should find such a cut to be in the
national interest. Needless to say, if he
so found, Cuba'S Red-tinged "revolu-
tionary" government would feel very
severe economic pinch.
Fidel Castro has reacted accordingly.
Noting that the Presidents request may
be granted, he has made another of
his numerous television apprenticeship
military uniform and with quivering
beard, as uSual-to spew forth 100 min
uteS of utterly irresponsible and poison
Ouo Ool1h dS d4AAoC OI4C O1lAGCO 0bdUCo' SuA
Government, according to him, is guilty
of economic aggression" because of
preSuming to give even consideration to
the idea OF reducing or ending the
Cuban sugar largeSSe. We have no right,
it seems, to object to the Havana re-
gime's outrageous conduct toward US;
nor have we any right, in view of that
conduct, to re-eXamine the policy Of ex-
tending special benefits to the regime.
At any rate, Cuba'S loquaciouS young
dictator has been at pains to declare
that we have no such right. More than
that, he has been at pains to threaten
us with the complete seizure of all
United States business interests down
there if we dare to curtail or eliminate
the sugar handout He thus combines
blackmail of sorts with his altogether
shocking campaign of hate propaganda
against our country
All this may seem to be kind of
madness, but there is method in it we'll
designed to serve the cause Of commu-
nism in Latin America The President
in such circumstances ought certainly
to be equipped with discretionary power
to deal with Cuban sugar in a way that
might help to sober Fidel Castro.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
AppIouds Brown

1t has always been my
pleasure and often edifica-
tion to read the columns of
Constantine Brown. Particu-
lar reference is made to his
June II article, whittier
Heritage of AmericanS?"
Only a true American, who
among other things deteStS
handouts" could qualify
to write on a subject that la
mentbly too many of our
citizens fail to understand;
that this country was found
ed by hard work.
The cradle-to-the-grave
andjor welfare t a t e
throughts are most piouS,
but never imagained by our
practical founding fathers.
The genuine American is
a service and hope to man
kind. Let us produce more
non-conformists like Con-
Stantine Brown, who pre-
fers the dignity of his coun-
try to individual self1shness,
MahIOn Ashford.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
so Years Ago

A dly-cleaning plant for
filthy lucre was giving tired
old money a crisp, new look
at the Treasury so years ago.
The Star of June 26, 1910
disclose d: Paper money
laundrieS in our Sub-treas-
uries and in the redemption
Office at Washington may cut
in half the present cost Of
printing United States green
backs. One Treasury official
predicts the innovation will
save the Government perhaps
a million dollars annually.
The money laundry is the
invention of j. E. Ralph, pro-
gressive director Of the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Print
ing, who already has devised
several ingenious devices for
lessening the cost of manu-
featuring paper money and
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Urban Renewal

AS a property owner in the
Kalorama Triangle area for
more than thirty years. I am
thoroughly in accord with the
sentiments expressed by G.
M. Koockogey in his letter,
regarding the Adams-Mor-
gan Demonstration project
and the part it has played
in urban renewal in this area
(Area Al.
In addition, l wish to ques-
ton the accuracy of state
ments made that acting on
the wishes of the residents,
the National Capital Plan
ming Commission yesterday
designated the Adams-Mor-
gan neighborhood as an ur-
ban renewal area" for the
obvious reason that a large
number of residents and pro-
perty owners of Area A do
not belong to the block Or
ganiZationS of the Adams
Morgan Demonstration pro-
ject and therefore did not
vote for urban renewal.
1t would seem to me that
there are many other ways
in which our tax money could
be spent to better advantage.
I. C. p.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
France and AIqeriu

In his Informative dispatch
of June 20 discussing the re-
action in Paris to the deci-
sion by the leaders of the
Provisional Government of
the Algerian Republic to
accept General de Gaulle's
bid for talks regarding a
ceasefire and the application
of determination in Al
geria, your European CORE
Spondent states:
"It is possible that the
leaders of the FIN have
agreed to come to Paris in
confident certainty that nego-
tiations for a ceaseflre will
fail. In all their maneuvering
to date, there has been a
large element of propaganda.
Their main purpose now may
be once again to unload onto
the French responsibility for
continuing the war"
Subsequent press dis
patches have now confirmed
the obvious, i.e., that such a
line of thinking has been
deliberately propagated by
enemies of a peaceful nego-
tiated settlement in France
and Algeria. There are, in
deed. no grounds for question:
ing the French responsibility
for the war, and to assume
that a historic move compar-
able to the one taken by the
Algerian nationalists is one
of propaganda is without
basis or justification. The
Algerian nationalists are
anxious for peace and the
opportunity to begin the re-
construction of their country.
And while the French peoples
desire for peace is also on
the whole sincere, it still
remains to be seen whether
or not the craftsmanship of
President de Gaulle is Wig
orous enough to bring about
a just and honorable solution
to this conflict. JamaI A. Sad
Acting Director, Arab Infor-
nation Center.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
rs Years Ago

A new heavyweight cham
pion of the world was en-
throned 25 years ago in a
boxing shocker. Cinderella
Man" James ]. Braddock, a
"has-been," who had been
on relief. won the title from
"Playboy" Max Baer. The
Star of June IA, 1885 said:
1.-The man who couldn't win.
the 10 to / shot who didn't
have a chance, is the heavy
weight champion today in
the most astounding upset
since John L. Sullivan went
down before the thrusts Of
Gentleman Jim Corbett back
in the gay 90s. Baer was
unable to dispel the jinx
that has pursued every
champion to stake his title
in the sprawling Long Island
City Arena, including Max
Schmeling, Jack Sharkey and
Primo Carnera. :"
Evening star., 1960-06-26

effort of one section of the
Union to use the Federal Gov
ernment for the purposes OF
restricting and aboliShing
slavery, and a corresponding
effort in the other section for
the purpose of extending
slavery into those regions
where the people do not want
it. (CrieS of That's true!D
The position of all conserva-
tive and Union-loving men is,
or at least ought to be. that
of nonintervention by Con-
gress with slavery in the Ter
ritorieS. An attempt is
now being made to divide
and destroy the Democratic
Party (because it would not
abandon) the doctrine of
nonintervention. Seces-
sion from the Democratic
Party means secession from
the Federal Union. The
Union must be preserved.
(Cheers.) The Constitution
must be maintained invio-
late :"
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Aid for Aged

Inc eI1ortS Delng mace IN
Congress to obtain better
care for the aged through
liberalization of the Social
Security laws seem doomed
to failure because Of the in
creased payments to the fund
required and the direct ap-
propriationS out of taxes that
would be needed to supple
ment them. A far simpler
method to make life more
endurable for aging citizens
and one that would cover the
millions outside of Social
Security is available without
the serious drawbacks of the
plans advanced.
At present every taxpayer
is allowed an exemption of
5000 year on income tax
able as such. An additional
$500 is allowed one over the
age of IS. This additional ex-
emption could be raised to
$1,000, giving those over 65
a total exemption of ST.
600. This additional sum
would not cover even the
loss in purchasing power of
money since the figure was
fixed at 5000. But the situa-
ton has changed in another
respect since the tax laws
were written. People are liv-
ing'longer so that age IS does
not mean what it did in
terms of the number of peo-
pie living beyond that age.
Every period of five years
will mean a group requiring
more for living expenses than
in the previous period. De-
ductions for dental and med
ical expenses do not meet the
situation. The older one gets
the more personal services
are required and these are
more and more expensive.
For example an elderly lady
who has always done her own
work becomes partially para
lyzed or suffers from a Grip
pling disease like arthritis
and is unable to perform the
simplest task, perhaps is bed
fast or confined to a wheel
chair. There may be no ex-
penditure for medical care
and no deduction allowable
but the cost of the services
required will cut deeply into
whatever income she has. The
remedy here is to raise the
exemption by $1,000 every
five years, so that at 70 the
additional exemption would
be $4,000; at rs, $4,000; at
80, $4,000; above 85, $1,000.
This would require no appro-
priationS from taxes and
would cost little relatively
in loss of taxes. G. C. H.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Last Honorable Mile

Surely, the continuation of
illiterate-type insults direct
ed at belittling our President,
the sight of Communist-or-
ganized students" intimi-
dating orderly government
procedure, and the openly
Senseless Soviet wrecking of
summit" attempts to settle
problems must have con-
vinced all but the most blind
ly prejudiced that our enc
mics are not interested in
cooperating, but hope to
confuse, blackmail and divide
the Free World into submis-
sion.
Perhaps, too, some of our
so-called "idealiStic" dream
ers might now throw away
their happy-pillS and wake
up to what j. Edgar Hoover
and others repeatedly tell
us: that Communists are in
dead earnest in their stated
determination to possess the
world, and actually do have
a working network of little
helpers throughout the world
who dance happily when the
Red string is pulled.
If such explorations had to
be made, it was fortunate
for the welfare of America
that they took place under
President Eisenhower. With
his unquestionable back
ground of devoted service to
country and conservative ap-
proach to government, few
Americans would believe he
could Stoop to "appease"
our enemies. Thus we man
aged to remain largely un-
divided in order that he
might explore the last hon
orable mile in his earnest
quest for world peace.
Lila d. SOnnemann
= X
Mr.. Eisenhower has un-
fortunately fulfilled his per-
Sonal ambition for a last trip
in an official capacity. Gould
we now get on with the
business of government?
Daniel MilISanS
Evening star., 1960-06-26
FROM THE STAR FILES.

stamps His laundry re-
stores and permits reissue of
the greater part of paper
money formerly chopped UP
and boiled into pulp :"
Prominent people made
pithy paragraphs so years
ago. The Star of June 26,
1910, perhaps to prove the
world had a sense of humor
of sorts. reported: "The late
King Edward was urged to
arrest a notorious poacher on
his preserves. oh, let him CO.
said the King. If he really
were a bad egg, you know,
he wouldn't poach.'
George AIDE, discussing Amer
lean humor in England, said:
If we draw our American
characters like comic valen-
tines, the English think us
funny. Our own native humor
they don't quite understand
over there. So, never try to
be funny in London, for it's
like making faces in church
- hardly anybody smiles,
while a host of good people
are annoyed and shocked
:. Reginald Vanderbilt in
quired of a friend: Are all
three of the Van Twiller
girls still unmarried?' Yes.
They're rich and pretty, too.
It's odd they don't go off,
Isn't it?' observed Wander
bilt. They use enough pow
der"
Evening star., 1960-06-26
Time for Chonqe?

Three Pre- 81 d e n tS were
elected by a popular vote, but
were defeated by the Elec-
toral College. In the early
history Of our Government,
the electoral system was ef-
ficient. But with the organiza-
ton of the political parties
and a greater number Of
States with very large popu-
lations, too much advantage
was given to some of the
States which were carried by
as small a majority as 1/l0th
of the popular vote. In a re-
cent election, 100000 votes
were cast for one candidate
and 100000 for another.
The candidate receiving 27,-
100000 received 523 electoral
votes, whereas the candidate
who received 100000 re-
ceived 8 electoral votes. This
resolved itself into a very
difficult situation. The one
with 523 electoral votes re-
quired $4,000 popular votes
for l electoral vote, whereas
the party who received 8
electoral votes required 2,080,-
900 popular votes for l elec-
toral vote. This electoral
method of tabulating votes
is destroying American loyal
ty, as many voters refuse to
vote because their vote is
given to the opponent.
The American voting sys-
tenn counts the votes in each
precinct; then at the county
seat. There the county Off
cials are elected. The votes
for the State officials are sent
to the State capital and there
counted, and the State Off
cialS are elected. From that
we go to the selecting of the
President. The President and
Vice President are the only
national candidates elected,
and for that reason the popu-
lar vote should be sent from
each of the so State capitals
to Washington. D. c., to be
counted by Congress.
TiviS Nelson.
Evening star., 1960-06-26

try village, he afterwards
wrote to the one living in
what the visitor called a
"wretched country town:
How can you continue to
live in miserable Goshen
where, all the year, folks talk
about little things, and even
plant their cabbage by the
moon?" The one who across
long years had dwelt in the
small place, thus derided,
replied in verse:
I do not Hue in Goshen,
/ eat here, sleep here, work
here.
/ liUe in Greece Uhere Plato
taught
And PhidiGS cdrUed, and Epic
tetuS lUrote.
/ liUe in Rome tUhere Michel
angelo drought
In color, form and mass:
Where Cicero penned i'm
mortal lines
And Dante sang undying
songs.
A thousand souls haze left
for me
Enchdntment that trdnScendS
both time and place,
And so I iUe IN Paradise,
not here.
What a suggestive answer
that to the question, What
is your address,"
After all, it is our imagi-
nation rather than our loca-
ton that really determines
where we live. Our imagina-
tions can join us with vul-
lures or with eagles. The
question as to living quarters
is really answered by the
lovely things that attract us,
or by the smutty things that
amuse and please us.
In a recent novel a young
girl turns scornfully from
certain Salacious scenes in
modern fiction. She was re-
PEELED by pages offending
good taste and all the pro-
prieties, and reeking with
obscene descriptions with the
label realism" Referring to
certain books of this school
of writing, she remarked: TO
read them is like washing
spinach. One has to put it
through so many waters to
wash the dirt out-and l do
like clean spinach" One feels
like saying, "Hurrah, for
herr"
What a profound word that
is in the old drama Of Job
where, IN a striking sentence
we are told "There is a path
which the eye of the vultllre
hath not SEEN" The vulture
is a bird with keen eyes,
which goes to and fro over
the earth, and the magnet
which draws it is carrion. II
is at home only in the realm
of decay.
The music which finds ar
echo in your soul, the books
: in which you revel, the poem!
, which set the harp of youl
, inner life vibrating, the pic
| lures you hang upon the
walls of your home and II
the gallery of memory, are
all answering the question
. Where do you really live
What is your address,"
Evening star., 1960-06-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used ii
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
denSdtion.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Your Address, Please
innfth limited States Senats
By DIR. FREDERI
Chanlain of the

LAO 40 q 4OOOASoo NAo W
far as human habitations are
concerned. Never did so
many move so often. Where
once succeeding generations
lived in the same house, now
most addresses are subject to
frequent change. In Ameri-
ca the housing situation is
fluid. The number changing
their abode each year is
enormous. The record is a
modern Book of Exodus. The
population is a procession
across all State lines. Into
the social conditions that to
some extent are factors m
this moving phenomenon we
cannot go here. We are deep
ly interested in the answer
to the query, Where do you
live? What is your address?"
A tiny little miss with
golden hair, adorable in her
fluffy pink summer frock and
whose wide. trusting, blue
eyes were windows out of
which looked the whitest in
nocence in this world of
blackeSt sin, recently asked
the writer, Where do you
live?" Little did she realize
how superficial was the play
full answer which satisfied
her curiosity.
What is your address?
How often the question is
asked-perhaps of some new
acquaintance met at a re-
ception or a banquet. Some
times a breezy individual
says, Here is my card" On
it may be printed his place
OF business or residence. IT
is all there, street number
and city and State. But,
after all, how little is actu-
ally there! A guest filling
in the registration blank at
a hotel desk asking for his
address does not tell where
he really lives.
We find in the account oi
the brief earthly ministry oi
the Great Galilean the rec
ord that one day He was
suddenly asked Where de-
you live?" And He replied
Come and see." The litera
truth was that that Match.
less One had no permanent
address. He had nowhere tt
lay His head. But, seeing
where He whose comine
broke the ages in two &C.
tually lives, one finds him,
self peering at a stately
mansion of the soul, lofty il
its reach and range as tht
love of God, and ample in it!
understanding sympathy a.
the need of man. And so W,
begin to glimpse that ther,
is vastly more involved il
this question of ones ad
dress than at first appears.
After long yearning
friend of mine went to Sc
where his father had lived
Afterward he confessed, a
he gazed at the now dilapi
dated old house, that h
brought away more disap
pointment than JOY. He sale
II had not truly seen wher
my father lived. 1t was NO
in those little and unattrac
tive rooms. He lived reall
out on the hills where Go
talked to him; down tn
rough road where he ono
travelled as mail messenger
in the meadows bright wit
buttercupS; by the forg
where God made him stal
wart of body and soul; touch
ing the hem of the eterns
in the little white Churc
nearby; under the stars b
= the sea when it ragged; theI
he lived" That all NEAR
that you can put into
visible dwelling only a Sma
fraction of the total life
any son of the eternal.
When one from afar visit
ed a friend in a little cour
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Hill County Electric
Continued From Page One


Harold G.. Ebaugh and employees As
people. all residents of this area, hav-
ing payroll in excess of 100000
annually.
Hill County Electric Cooperative
headquarters is located in HaHre with
maintenance men situated /. in Big
Sandy and Rudyard for more prompt
and efficient service to the consumer.
There are 83 miles of transmission
lines at $4,000 volts, to seven strateg-
icaiiy located substations throughout
the service area. Also there are 2,514
miles of 1920 volt distribution lines
with 1,911 consumers served, which
adds up to 1885 miles of line between
consumers.
, This cooperative is one of over
a Thousand locally owned and oper-
ated electric co-operatives throughout
the United States and it's possessions,
striving to bring to the rural areas
better standard Of living with cleo
tricity at the lowest possible cost.
More proof that, Rural Electrified
ton IS Good for ALL Americans"