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Evening star., 1960-01-02
Transit Riders Hop On ChoIks Policies

missioners have a duty to the
riding public. It's time they
performed 1t now!
Charles p. Beazley.
=
Did D. c. and P. u. c. on
cials consider the following
before they forced substitV-
ton Of buses for streetcars?
If so, where is the improve
ment to be found?
To replace streetcarS on
Routes 20, 80 and 10 with
100 buses that are being
served with 100 cars now will
increase street traffic 20 per
cent. Where is improvement?
Replacing Route 20 street.
cars, now using private
right-of-way. will throw ad-
ditional traffic on Macarthur
boulevard and Conduit road.
Where is improvement?
Taking streetcars of pri-
vate right-of-way on Penn
sylvania avenue Sc. between
Second and Seventeenth
streets, and putting buses on
this already choked up street!
What improvement?
Robert E. Wallich.
have recently seen in The
Star a half dozen protests be-
sides my own against the i'm
pending destruction Of the
remainder of our fine street.
car system, which as I recol-
lect. will begin with the
Georgia avenue line. The loss
of that line will be a calamity
to patrons Of Walter Reed
Hospital, and the many resi-
dents along that line and in
Silver Spring.
In lieu Of that efficient car
line we will have a con-
fusion Of buses, taxicabs and
private cars, higher bus fares,
smog equal to that of Los An
geles, and last but not least,
a marked increase in street
accidents. Why do not our
substantial citizens take steps
to stop this destruction until
Congress can remedy its mis-
take?
Oldster.
Evening star., 1960-01-02

Or by what legal right, ex-
plicit or implicit, can Mr..
Chalk exact this tribute out
of Washington's Federal en-
ployes and others? Why must
they pay 5 cents more for
each trip they make. just to
give their operator a raise
with all due Difference to the
fine, courteous group Of oper-
ators who serve the public?
Already Transit fares are
outrageously high, for a city
with a steady, dependable
riding public, unaffected by
economic cycles as an in
dustrial city might be. The
average ride today is about
two miles. At 20 cents a trip
that's 10 cents a mile. If the
raise goes in, it will be about
1917 cents a mile!
Those fares will be higher
per mile than on the most
de luxe, jet-propelled air
liners with champagne-filet
mignon service from WASH
ington to San Francisco,
which charge about 10 cents
a-mile.
The most expensive public
transportation out Of Wash
ington is the Pennsylvania
Railroads sleeper to New
York, $27.24 for the 226-mile
journey ($10 more than first
class airline fareD or about
1914 cents a mile. 1t is one
Of the highest fares in the
world. Only the rich, privi-
legged few can afford the
Pennsy's fiercely high rates,
which have about priced 1t
out Of business.
And yet Mr.. Chalk seeks to
impose what is one of the
worlds highest transport
rates, 1914 cents a mile, on
the riding masses of Wash
ington's population!
If Mr.. Chalk can't operate
on the fares he has. perhaps
a Federal transport author
ity is the answer (mueh as
this patron objects to the
Government in business).
The Public Utilities Com
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Rockefeller Decision

Doris Fleeson has again
rung the bell with two recent
columns of astute analysis of
the Rockefeller decision not
to be a candidate for the
1860 Republican presidential
nomination. In stating that
this quick capitulation en-
phasized the rough, tough
treatment Rockefeller re-
ceived from the party leaders,
she places the cause squarely
where 1t belongs: This was
due to the direction Of the
Vice President and was as
subtle as a kick in the teeth"
Again Miss Fleeson makes
the point. mo mystery at
taches to the Rockefeller de-
cision. His arm was twisted
in virtually every State he
visited. sometimes politely,
often insolently and always
obviously"
So in the coming weeks.
in whatever role Mr.. Nixon
will present himself to the
public, whether that Of the
chosen, the heir-apparent, or
the appointed one. no one
will be taken in, for here
is still the Nixon we have Of
old.
A. L. H.
believe the country would
be q better place If Gov.
Rockefeller were drafted into
the Democratic Party. We
do not have q man strong
enough to compete with the
Nixon clique, and since Mr..
Rockefeller has been in the
Republican Party he knows
all their faults. AS a liberal
strongly against the ideas Of
the Old Guard, he would give
Mr.. Nixon the political battle
Of his life.
Herbert Cook.
Rockefeller made the finest
decision in his life. The next
President will be q Demo-
crat and that's why he de-
cided not to seek the Repub-
lican nomination.
Edward Savory.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Seeks information

I am publishing q five-
volume World War II his
tory, EN- Route to the Re-
doubt" based on the 3l8th
Regiment (including 314th
FA Bn).
I would like to hear from
anyone who can give me in
formation on: A. j. Bianchini,
Richard Brenner. r. s. Hy-
man (killed in action, ]. B.
Long (killed in action), c. w.
Mullican (killed in action)
r. E. Spear, Johnny Wilson
or anyone else who served in
the 314th or 31Sth.
Ralph e. Pearson,
Col. U.S.A.
l8 Dyer st.
Fort Bragg, N. c.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

was using the BIB gun as a
means Of learning to use a
lethal weapon, perhaps.
Maybe the BIB was not
exactly a lethal weapon, but
1t was on the way.
Did you know that one
can now buy air guns that
cost as much as $3.50? It
is a fact. They are very
popular abroad.
Jones was trying to break
up a gang of common pigeons
coming into his bird feed,
ing stations.
Actually, it wasn't the
pigeons he objected to. AS
a matter Of fact, he rather
i liked pigeons, valuing them
for fine flying and scavenger
abilities.
The trouble with this grouu
Of 20 was that they sat on
his neighbor's roof, and the
neighbor didn't like it.
Neighbor Jones couldn't
blame him, either. So he
borrowed the BIB gun.
Ordinarily, this "toy," as
it distinctly is not, will
scarcely go through paper.
This time, in one shot,
Jones laid low a pigeon.
He felt rather bad about
it, since he had thought only
to frighten the birds away.
But he was finding out, what
all people find out, sooner or
later. that a gun is a killer.
The pigeon Topped over,
dead.
Temp Jones. muzzle-con-
scious to a degree, handed
the gun back to the boy.
Here, buddy" he said.
you take it. But be careful.
1t can kill. I am sure it is
not intended to kill, but it
does. A mean and dangerous
little weapon, really. Put it
away in the closet and for
get it.
"a gun," continued Jones,
sententiously, is a lethal
weapon. Any gun, son. It
has no other use in the world,
primarily. except to kill. Even
if used to protect yourself,
that is its function. To kill.
Don't ever forget that"
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Tobacco and Cancer

A very large percentage Of
the American people are
smokers. Therefore, how can
our Public Health Service
say that lung cancer is at
tributable to smoking? There
are many people who suffer
with cancer Of the lungs who
never smoked in their life;
and there are many chain
smokers who are now living
who are over sixty.
Do we know the effects Of
chlorine in our water on our
bones and organs? In many
communities the chlorine is
so strong that the water Is
distasteful and it almost
burns the throat to drink 1t.
Do we know what fluoride
will do to bones and internal
organs? Do we also know
what all the chemical syn
thetics in soft drinks, food
and synthetic flavors do to
our bodies?
We know that such chem
icals are widely used but are
we aware Of what ailments
they might cause through
constant use?
Today we have many
bodily diseases that were
never heard Of in years past.
There must be q reason for
them.
To say that the use Of to-
bacco is q primary cause Of
lung cancer seems absurd.
1t might cause 1t in some
people but with so many
constant smokers in this
country 1t certainly cannot
be the only or possibly major
cause.
Chester M. Way.
st. Petersburg, Fla.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
Safety Suggestion

Please relay this message
to your newsboys and to other
children who. for one reason
or another, ride a bicycle at
night: Equip your bike with
a light. perhaps one that is
generator powered, or a SIM
pie fiashlight. Also, be sure
that you have several large
Evening star., 1960-01-02

button refiectors on the rear
fender. These simple and in
expensive precautions may
prevent serious injury or save
a life.
I am frankly amazed at
parents who allow their chill
dren to ride under such con-
ditions without these elemen-
tary safety features. 1t is
extremely difhcult to see
anyone, walking or riding, on
a narrow road. particularly II
it is a dark, rainy night. The
driver of an automobile. un-
der such conditions, is mostly
preoccupied with the imme-
diate roadway and may not
see q person until 1t is too
late.
Yours. for more visible
newsboys.
John p. Zedalis.
Evening star., 1960-01-02
THE POLITICAL Mill
Rockefeller Nod for Nixon Awaited
By GOULD LINCOLN

won election in 1858. just as
Gov. Rockefeller did. Mr..
Keating served as O member
Of the House Of Representa-
tives for q dozen years before
going to the Senate. ...
Those who have been men
toned as Republican vice
presidential possibilities in
clude also Minority Leader
Of the House Charles Hal
leck Of Indiana, Senator
Hugh Scott Of Pennsylvania,
Attorney General william P.
Rogers Of New York and
Maryland. Secretary Of the
Treasury Robert B. Anderson.
q native Texan but now a
resident Of Greenwich, Conn;
Secretary Of the Interior
Fred A. Seaton Of Nebraska.
a former Senator; Secretary
Of Labor James P. Mitchell
Of New Jersey. and U. s. Am
bassador to the United Ma
tions Henry Cabot Lodge Of
Geographically. any one Of
these possible nominees could
run with Mr.. Nixon who halls
from the Pacific Coast-and
usually geography enters into
the makeup Of a national
ticket.
Up to Convention
Mr.. Nixon, according to his
associates. will leave the
selection Of q vice presiden-
tial nominee to the Republi-
can National Convention next
July: Even so, he may be ex-
pected to have a veto power
should it appear the con-
vention would name q man
who ran counter to his own
political philosophy and pro-
gram. Traditionally, a presi-
Dental nominee exercises his
own judgment when it comes
to naming a running mate.
Mr.. Halleck is a strong, Wig
orous leader on Capitol Hill
from a Middle West State.
Senator Scott, who won a
remarkable victory in his race
for the Senate in 1858, is
from the old Keystone State
with its large vote in the
electoral college. Attorney
General Rogers, a close per-
sonal friend Of Mr.. Nixon,
worked with former Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey Of New
York when Mr.. Dewey made
his reputation as a racket
busting district attorney in
his home State.
Quite naturally, Mr.. Nixon
at this stage of the game is
not saying a word about his
preference for a running
mate. 1t would be the height
Of political folly. And, in
deed. none Of the potential
candidates would expect him
to do so. The Vice President
left the door wide open, too,
for a draft Of Gov. Rockefel-
Ter for the vice presidential
spot.
II the national convention
finds itself left with the job
Of selecting a nominee for
Vice President, the contest
might prove a highlight of
the convention. Adlai Steven
son, after his nomination for
President by the Democrats
in 1856, announced q hands
on stand on the choice of q
running mate. The result: a
dramatically close race be-
twen Senator Kefauver Of
Tennessee and Senator Ken
nedy Of Massachusetts,. Once
at least, a Republican Ma
tional Convention took the
matter of nominating a vice
presidential candidate into
its own hands. That was in
1920 after the party leaders
had dictated the nomination
Of Warren Harding for Pres
ident, and had planned to
nominate Senator Lenroot Of
Wisconsin. With a roar, the
convention put across the
nomination of Calvin Cool
idge Of Massachusetts,. The
delegates had decided appar-
emily they would be bossed
M VraA,.A
Evening star., 1960-01-02

Whatever the new year
may give the Democrats In
the way Of q presidential
candidate, it Is certain-as
certain as anything may be
in the field Of politics-that
Vice President Richard NJ.
Nixon of California is to be
the 1860 Republican presi-
Dental candidate.
His chances Of success will
depend (a) on himself, (b)
on domestic economic and
international conditions as
the new year develops and
(c) on the loyalty with which
Republicans rally to his sup
port, plus his ability to at
tract independent and DEM
ocratic votes. That he win
give q strong leadership,
himself, is to be expected.
He has the necessary quail
fications age and
brains and knowledge Of
government and the needs
Of the country.
Economic conditions in
this country and interna-
tional conditions remain very
much on the lap Of the gods.
The loyalty Of Republicans
will depend in part on the
attitude Of Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller of New York.
Mr.. Rockefeller and some Of
his supporters have still to
declare their full and hearty
support Of a national ticket
headed by Mr.. Nixon. II
they give the Nixon candi-
dacy a cold shoulders
they appear to have done to
date-it could hurt Mr.. Nix
on's chances. 1t seems in
credible, however, that New
York's Republican Governor
will continue such a course.
1t seems time for Gov. Rock
efeller to make his position
clear.
The Governor has reiter-
ated in even stronger Ian
guage that he will not accept
q nomination for Vice Presi-
dent, to run with Mr.. Nixon,
1t has been the dream OF
many Republicans that a
Nixon Rockefeller ticke {
would carry the G. o. P. ban
ner in this years election
campaign. On the surface
it would appear that Mr..
Rockefeller's belief that the
Eisenhower admin q istration
has been too wrong on. too
many issues has been at the
bottom Of his candidacy for
the presidential nomination
now abandoned and his
reluctance to go along with a
Nixon ticket. His sniping at
the Eisenhower policies and
programs failed to help him
politically.
Mr.. Rockefeller probably
was Just as sincere in his at.
titude toward the Eisenhower
leadership as was former
Senate Republican Leader
William Knowland Of Cali
fornia, who differed with the
administration. too. Neither
was helped politically by this
attitude.
Many Possibilities
Even with Gov. Rockefeller
out Of the picture, the Re.
publicanS have an array Of
vice presidential possibilities
as large as the Democratic
troop Of presidential aSpir.
ants. But some Republicans
will do their utmost to per-
suade Mr.. Rockefeller tc
change his mind about &C.
cepting second place on the
ticket. New York is Of vast
importance to any Republi-
can candidate for President
Indeed, it would be tire.
mendously dif1icult for the
G. o. P. to win a presiden-
tial election If the Empire
State should go Democratic
II Gov. Rockefeller de.
clineS to change his mind
the @. o. P. might turn tc
another New Yorker as g
Nixon running mate-Senatol
Evening star., 1960-01-02
WeII-We've Agreed on Something!
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry DrtteT's correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion,
Evening star., 1960-06-07
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, June z (AP) CUsDA -
Hogs, 5000; butchers weighing under
go lbs moderately active. steady;
over go lbs 25 lower; sows steady TO
% lower, downturn mostly on weights
over 400 lbs: good shipping demand;
mixed lots 1-2 190-220 lb butchers
sorted for weight and grade II 90
1900. mixed lots > and % 1aO-
250 lbs l675-l7 so; few l-2 33n-
240 lbs 1851 so; few % and 3s
2.5O-2S0 lbs l6.25-l6.75; mixed lots
% and IS 2S0-300 lbs 1575-l625,
hipment mostly IS 1913 Id butchers
l5.50; mixed grade 30 and 3s 800
27Q-33O lbs 14.75-1525 mixed %
and 3s 4OO-55O lbs l275-1425.
Cattle, 1000: calves, 100; slaughter
steers and heifers slow, steers about
steady, heifers steady to % lower;
COWS steady to strong; bulls steady;
vealers steady to LOO higher; stockers
a,nH feeders steady; few loads mixed
choice and prime 1,200-1 300 ID steers
steers 27.oO-27.75: most f average "sM iSe ehOiee
25.5O-26.75; load lots mixed good and
choice 25.00-2525; most good 30 .a5-
2475; some good under l.1o0 lbs
22 90; load mixed standard and good
mixed breed steers 22.00; load mixed
choice and prime $50 ID heiferS $3.50;
gcrA to choice u 50-25.50; choice
24.50 up; utility and standard 1900
Evening star., 1960-06-07
Treasury Offers
Advance Refundinq

Taking advantage of ad-
vance refunding legislation
passed last fall. the Treasury
is for the first time offering
holders of a specific issue of
marketable bonds and option,
we'll in advance of maturnity,
to exchange their bonds for
either a marketable note or a
bond of longer maturity.
1t is offering holders of
$1l,l77,152,000 of outstanding
2l2 per cent bonds maturing
November Is, 1861, the option
to exchange them during the
period from June 8 to June 13
inclusive, for like face amounts
of either 334 per cent Treasury
Notes maturing May Is, 1864
or 37s per cent Treasury Bonds
maturing May Is, 1868.
Exchange subscriptions tc
the 334 per cent notes of May
IS, 1864, are invited up to an
amount not to exceed $3.5 bill
lion, and subscriptions to the
'37s per cent bonds of 1868 are
invited up to an amount not
to exceed SIS billion. How
ever, if subscriptions to the
respective issues exceed these
amounts by more than 10 per
cent, they will be subject to
allotment.
Evening star., 1960-06-07
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
More Real Income Than Ever
SY SYLVIA PORTER

Words aren't necessary tC
dramatic these percentages
The extent to which the middle
income bracket is swelling is
phenomenal.
Illustration No. 4: The mum.
ber of families and individuals
in the over-$10,000 class has
increased from 5 per cent in
l947 to IA per cent now. At the
same time, the number in the
under-$2, 900 class has shrunk
from rs to IA per cent. (Both
before income taxes.O
There is no missing the up
ward shift in income.
Illustration No. s: The aver
age real family income in the
postwar period has risen by
fourth, and since 1855 the
rise has averaged IA per cent
a year.
OF course, the fundamental
explanation has been the gen.
eral climb in paychecks. But
vital forces also have been the
Skyrocketing number of work.
ing wives, the mounting i'm
portance of income from divi-
dends and interest, rising pay
ments via social security, re-
tirement programs, etc.
Every statistic in this report
pounds home the great middle
income revolution of our gen.
eration-one of the most spec
tacular social economic up
heavals of all time. And within
the framework of our system OF
private capitalism.
Distributed 1860 by the Hall Syndi.
cate, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1960-06-07
d. Bankers Puzzled
By Cut in Fed Rate

Some leading bankers here
have profeSsed puzzlement over
the Federal Reserve Boards ap-
proval of a cut in the discount
rate to 3l2 from 4 per cent by
the Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco Federal Reserve Banks.
Actually, most banks in the
country, especially on the East
Coast, are almost fully lent up
and it is hard to understand
why the board felt it advisable
to reduce the rate at this time,
it was said. Washington banks
are lent up to here, said one
banker, pointing to his neck.
Directors fo the Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank, which
governs banks in this area. will
meet later this week and may
consider the discount rate ques-
ton. A change in the dis
count rate at any of the banks
often is followed by the others.
but this has not always been
true.
The Federal Home Loan
Bank Board recently cut it's
rate on borrowings Of savings
and loan associations and this
may have had some effect on
the Federal Reserve Boards de-
ciSion, it was suggested.
Evening star., 1960-06-07

ended December 81 earned ST.
265,657 or $5.52 a share.
Daystrom, Inc, in year end
ed March 81 earned $2,271,278
or $2.48 a share VS.. $l,206,846
or $1.32 in 1859.
Western Union Tel. Co. in 4
months ended April 80 earned
$3,8l5,074 or so cents a share
VS.. $4,870,042 or II cents in
1859 period.
HORNED & Co. in 6 months
ended April 30 earned $1,915,-
495 or $1.62 a share VS.. ST.
l56,504 or SO cents in 1859 pc
riod.
Spalding g. Bros. in IL
months ended April 80 earned
81 5000 or $l.55 a share VS..
$791 900 or SO cents in 1859.
Ryan AerOnautical Co. in 6
months ended April 80 earned
1881 ,0l0 or 81 cents a share VS..
81, 1,154,229 or IS cents in 1853
period.
Baltimore Transit Co. in 4
months ended April 80 earned
$2S5,536 VS.. $298,1l3 in 1853
period.
Evening star., 1960-06-07
Building Starts
AT Big Center
In Annanda|e

Construction of the first build
ing in the Little River Regional
Shopping Center at Annandale.
Va, began this week along with
extensive grading of the center's
56.5-acre tract.
FootingS are being poured
for the first building, a 48-lane
bowling alley, and other build
ings are to be started shortly,
but completion of the center
will require at least three years,
a spokesman for the center said
today.
Two large department stores
are planned for the center, but
no contracts have been signed.
Rumors were as thick as the
dust from the grading equip
ment, but executives of two
large department store chains,
which one county newspaper
said were coming into the CEN
ter, declared emphatically they
were not even negotiating for
locations in the center.
Bordering Little River turn
pike for around 1900 feet and
the Falls Church-Annandale
road for 750 feet, the center
probably will be somewhat
larger than the Seven Cor
ners Center's 100000 square
feet, but officials said many
problems such as the parking
ratio remain to be settled with
county authorities and that
the exact size has not been
finally determined. The
Wheaton Plaze Center has a
little more than million
square feet.
The new center will be only
about $500 feet from the
cloverleaf for the freeway and
developers are not anxious to
complete the center much in
advance of the freeway's COM
pletion, it is understood.
A number of stores will be in
operation within a year, how
ever. The two larger stores
will come a little later, it is
expected.
John C. Webb, Fairfax
County lawyer and Delegate
in the Virginia General Assem-
bly,. is trustee and general part
ner in the group which is de-
veloping the center. He also is
board chairman of the Bank
Of Annandale.
Evening star., 1960-06-07

II you're an average Amerl-
can family or single, you have
more real income now than at
any time in your life.
This goes for your income
after the Federal Government
has taken its tax bite as well
as before.
This applies to your income
in terms of constant" dollars
as well as in terms of cur
rent" dollars-meaning it ap-
plies after your income has
been adjusted to the decline
in its purchasing power as well
as before any consideration of
what the rise in the cost of
living has done to the value
of your dollars since World
War II.
You have distinctly more
buying power than in the So
called good old days before you
were hit by the heaviest in
come tax load in American
history and before the cost of
living started on a prolonged
climb.
Here are the latest facts just
released by the Commerce De-
partment to underline this
significant tale of American
life.
Illustration No. 1: In con-
slant dollars-in dollars which
eliminate the impact of price
lincreases-the average per-
Sonal income of American fam
lilies and unattached individu-
ais today before taxes is $6,52O
compared with $500 in 1947
and $4,100 in 1929.
Obviously, the average
American is better off before
taxes, for. mind you, these fig
ures are expressed in terms of
a dollar which has been "cor-
rected" so that it's purchasing
power today is about the same
as in 1947 and 1929.
Illustration No. 2: Also ex-
pressed in constant dollars, but
after taxes, the average in
come per family and individual
today is $3.50 against $4,77O
in 1947 and $4,070 in 1929.
Clearly, before or after taxes,
the average American is ahead.
Illustration No. 3: Today IS
per cent of Americas families
and single individuals have
before-tax incomes of more
than $4,000, and AZ per cent
have before-tax incomes Of
more than $4,000. AS recently
as 1947. the comparable fig
ures were 81 per cent and a
scant II per cent.