davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-04-15
ETA and the Firms

Although the Kremlin may not
entirely approve, Finland is establishing
new ties with the West in undertaking
to associate itself with the so-called
Outer Seven-the trading group made
up of Britain, Portugal, Austria, Swift
zerland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
This bloc, officially called the Euro
pean Free Trade Association, or ETA,
is converting itself into a common
market whose member states are COM
mitted to the progressive abolition of
various types of export-import restric-
tionS against each other. In that respect,
it is in rivalry (Which must end in
merger if the West is not to suffer a
grave split) with the Six-otherwise
known as the European Economic Com
munity, which consists of Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, France
and West Germany.
Like so many others in free Europe,
the Firms undoubtedly are in favor of
having the Six and the Seven get to-
gether in setting up among themselves
an all embracing common market,
rather than divided one as at present.
Meanwhile, however, because of Fin
lands past pattern of trade, the Hell
Sinki government has acted logically in
linking itself with ETA. In economic
terms, what this means is that Finnish
eXportS-notably forest productS-will
now be able to compete on an equal
footing within EFTAs boundaries.
This is so even though Finland has
been careful not to sign up as full
member Instead, its status among the
Seven is to be that of an associate lest
the Kremlin accuse the Firms of allying
themselves with the Atlantic commu-
nifty. Still, the fact remains that their
agreement with ETA constitutes
wholesome and not insignificant link
with the West, politically as well as
economically.
Evening star., 1961-04-15

provide an incentive for raising prices in
some instances. We see no more such
danger in this proposal, however, than
in the tax credit plan which might, in
some cases, inspire price rises to provide
the added income to take advantage of
the credit. Furthermore, while some i'm
mediate measures would certainly help
warm the economic climate, we hope
they will not serve to delay review by
Congress of the whole income tax
system.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Economic Incentive

by what device can business and
industry in this country best be induced
to make the expansion that can speed
our recovery from the relatively de-
pressed conditions of the immediate
past?
This is the question the admins
tration will attempt to answer in the
tax message due to go to the Capitol
in a few days.. Businessmen would
advocate either cutting the 500 corpo-
rate income tax rate or liberalizing the
rules on depreciation. The President is
repeatedly leaning toward some tax in
centives for businesses that would spend
more for expansion in given year than
the amount of their annual depreciation.
While the whole structure of the
income tax needs an overhaul, not so
much to reduce the overall take as to
eliminate the determinations as between
taxpayers that have crept into the
system, there is little chance of rate
reduction at this time. Therefore, we
believe the most immediate incentive
can be provided by amending the tax
laws to liberalize depreciation. If the
administration wants to tie incentive
to expansion, what better way than
through depreciation, which is directly
related to plant and facilities? In addi-
ton, such liberalization would put our
industry on more equal terms with
foreign mpetitors-Japan, England
and Sweden, to name just a few
countries where authorized first-year
write-offs are much greater than ours.
Still another reason is that, in contrast
to the tax credit suggestion, the cash
provided by liberalized depreciation
becomes Immediately available for ex-
pansion. Under the credit proposal, ex-
pansion would have to take place first
before the tax credit would be applicable
Thus, companies short of cash or with
out access to liberal borrowing credit
could not take advantage of it.
1t has been suggested that the
effect on corporate earnings of in
creasing depreciation allowances would
be reduction in earnings, and would
Evening star., 1961-04-15
FoIksy Plug

The Congressional Record
of March %, 1861, carried
the annual report of the
board of directors of the
National Cultural Center.
The members of the National
Folk Festival Association
were extremely pleased to
find in that report the fol-
lowing statement.
"They should preserve our
rich national tradition and
enable our heritage to be
better known. We should
make Americans aware of
their regional diversity, from
the ballads of the northern
lumberjacks to the chanteys
of Cape Cod fishermen, the
songs of Pennsylvania coal
miners and the laments of
Texas cowboys. Country
dancing and singing groups
should be recognized, ma
tional and regional festivals
of folk, popular, classical and
contemporary art forms Or
ganized, and consideration
given to nationality groups
and tn cir fast-vanishing
musical and folk traditions.
Finally, the music and dance
of the American Indian
should receive special atten-
ton"
The National Folk Festival
Association subscribes COM
pletely to these detectives. In
fact our organization is now
at work on the practical
implementation of this pro-
posal through our plans to
produce the 25th annual
National Folk Festival a
Evening star., 1961-04-15

In relation to the much
publicized problems of the
aging, a suggestion comes to
my mind.
Some people are going
down the river" at SO, while
others do their best work
after the age of so. If there
were some way that people
could get their age officially
set back, if they could prove
themselves fit, then these
people could continue their
productive years and society
would be much benefited.
Hoping that this sugges-
ton will find root some
where, I am
Pamela p. Steinlein.
Evening star., 1961-04-15

In your editorial of April
II on "Eichmann's Trial"
you say the two grounds for
concern are whether the trial
court is impartial and
whether Eichmann really has
been given a chance to call
witnesses to testify in his
behalf.
Why should these be ques-
tionS of concern?
AS to your first point, is
there a thinking mans Judge
in any nation who can be
impartial towards a defend
ant said to be the murderer
of six million human beings?
A change of venue or judges
would assure nothing in this
case; one which stands
alone. Also, how can there
be a fair trial regardless of
where the case is held and
under whatever judge since
no nation ever conceived of
a crime so huge? AS a result,
no nation ever wrote laws to
anticipate the legalisms that
should prevail in this
instance.
On your second point, what
difference does it make,
again, if Eichmann really
has had an opportunity to
obtain witnesses? His victims
were without witnesses, with
out jurieS, without a court,
without specific charges,
without individual Grim e S
punishable by death, without
right of appeal, without pre-
vious knowledge of what if
any alternative sentences
they might face. Should we
now all bleed because Eich-
man may not have a chance
to call witnesses?
If the Israelis had simply
tortured Eichmann for sew
eral years, that would be a
matter between that nation
and Eichmann; not a prac-
tice to be condoned generally
but perhaps justified in this
instance in which no nation
can fully appreciate the ven-
geance which must be in. the
hearts of the Israelis. That
Israel chooses to try him
rather than burn him with
out trial is to its credit.
There is too much hand
wringing over the form of
the Eichmann trial. He had
his chance to kill all of his
current tormentors. Too bad
for him that he was a mud
dler. He may be hanged but
at least he will get a trial first;
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Crime Confessions

Juvenile Court Judge Ket-
cham's opinion that confess
sions obtained at police sta
tions from juveniles are not
acceptable is one more way
to encourage crime and de-
linquency. These children,
and their parents, who know
that their crimes are rarely,
if ever. punishable, now have
additional assurance that
they will not be interrogated,
that anything they say can
not be held in evidence.
Recently my home was
entered and robbed. ! spent
over two hours at No. 10
precinct where two boys
aged eight and eleven, with
previous records of robberies,
had first admitted and then
denied, robbing my house.
The detectives handled them
with kindness and patience.
and with an obvious desire
to set them straight. These
two were impervious to ap-
peals to mind, to conscience
or to the consequence of
crime. Their parents knew
they were at the precinct but
did not appear.
Perhaps some children not
already hardened to crime
by the age of eight or eleven
could be reached by these
officers. But now that such
confession is to be dis
counted unless a parent or a
lawyer is present nothing can
be done. We can look forward
to living in a community
where a minor can and will
commit every crime in the
book with complete immu-
nifty. The parents either en-
courage such behavior. or
condone it, or are oblivious
of it. Their homes cannot be
entered and searched for
stolen goods. The police can
not act although they have
repeated evidence that these
children are present and po-
tential criminals.
The. injured citizen will
lick his wounds and wait for
more and worse attacks upon
his person and possessions.
A fine picture this is of
citizen-building and protec-
ton!
Gaw&-,,1m AHa-zL
Evening star., 1961-04-15
Eternal Youth

Gertrude MenSh.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used If
letters carry iDriterS' correct
names and addresses. All let
terS ore subject to condenSd-
tion. Those not used will be
returned only Uhen accom-
panied By self = addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1961-04-15
THE POLITICAL MILL
Politics VS.. Economy in Woqe Bill
By GOULD LINCOLN

stretched still further to per-
nit regulation in intrastate
and local commerce. But it
is not certain the court
would do so. Some members
of the present court resent
an attitude by Congress
which enacts into law meas
ures which seem to violate
the Constitution - and then
let's the court hold the bag.
Different Economic World
One of the arguments ad-
vanced in support of the
Kennedy bill (by Senator
Mcnamara of Michigan,
chairman of the Senate
Labor and Public Welfare
subcommittee handling the
measure is that within four
years the measure would place
So billion more IN the hands
Of the working people, ex-
panding the country's pur-
chasing power by that
amount. The idea is that
this increased spending will
stimulate production and
greatly assist the Nations
economy. However, if pro-
duction costs and prices
should increase in proper
ton, as they well could, the
purchase of goods and Serv-
ices would not be aided.
Senator Mcnamara arg,ies,
nevertheless, that mas
purchasing power is still, as
always. the key to the Ma
tion'S prosperity. Our econ
omy will expand only if its
products are consumed at a
growing rate" This is true,
but it does not give the whole
picture.
A factor which business
men. labor and the people in
America must take into ac-
count is that the United
States faces a new and
vastly different economic
world today. We have poured
some $26 billion into for
eign countries between the
close of the Second World
War and up to three or
four years ago which have
been used 70 rebuild and IN
dustrialize these countries
until they have become COM
petitors, no5 only IN the
world market but in our own
market. They are pouring
goods into both, produced at
far lower costs - and costs
are mostly for labor.
This is pointed out graphi-
cally by E. j. Hanley, presi-
dent of the Allegheny Ludlum
Steel Corp. For a generation
in the recent past, Mr.. Han
ley said, American industry
and labor dWelt on a virtual
economic island. Our econ
omy stood alone-stronger,
more productive and more
efficient" This has been
vitality changed by the indus
trial reSurgence in the free
nations, and also by the
economic development behind
the Iron Curtain. This must
be- seriously considered by
responsible labor and busi-
ness, and by the Congress.
The Kennedy supporters
in the Senate feel now that
they have the upper hand on
this minimum wage bill. They
believe they can defeat hand
lily an effort to substitute the
House bill, as proposed by
Senator Dirksen of Illinois,
Republican leader of the
Senate. But they are not so
sure they can defeat several
amendments (Which they
consider crippling amend
ments) to be offered by other
Senators, some of them
Democrats. A crucial test will
come on an amendment to
be offered by Senator Mike
Monroney of Oklahoma, de-
signed to limit the minimum
wage control to workers in
interstate commerce.
Evening star., 1961-04-15

in conflict over the Kennedy
minimum wage bill, which
would increase the minimum
wage of millions of workers
and bring millions of addi-
tional workers under the
Federal law - from 81 an
hour to $1.25 in two jumps,
an immediate increase to
$1.15 and later to $1.25. This
is the measure on which
President Kennedy suffered a
defeat recently in the House
(Which substituted a bill rails
ing the minimum wage to
$1.15 an hour and sharply re-
duced the number of addi-
tional workers the Kennedy
bill would have covered. The
administration and its lead
ers in the Senate will do their
utmost to get favorable &C
ton on the Kennedy bill,
and to get House concurrence
in the Senate bill. Indeed, the
minimum wage bill has be-
come an issue of the greatest
Importance - a measure of
the power of the new Presi-
dent to win adoption of a ma
jor part, if not all, of his
domestic program.
The President was defeated
in the House by a single vote
on this minimum wage bill.
If he can get a substantially
favorable vote in the Senate,
he may be able later to pres
sure the House, with the
backing of the Senate, into
reversing itself.
Time for Decision
The Senators must now
decide whether President
Kennedy and his economic
and social program shall get
a black eye, or whether the
economy of the country is to
receive the black eye. Despite
the humanitarian arguments
of supporters of the admin
iStration's minimum wage
bill, it seems clear that the
measure, If enacted into law,
would be inflationary, would
lead to a new spiral of in
creased labor costs and in
creased prices, and would be
a long step to placing all
employment in this country
under Federal jurisdiction
and regulation. In addition,
the Kennedy bill would run
the risk of being declared
unconstitutional by the Su-
prenne Court-the fate which
overlook President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt's NRA ma
tional Recovery Act) in the
very early days of the New
Deal. For the Kennedy bill
strains the Interpretation of
the commerce clause of the
Constitution, which gives the
Federal Government control
Of commerce between the
States but not intrastate
commerce. The Kennedy bill
proposes to extend the mini
mum wage to retail stores
and laundries, even though
they do no interstate busi-
ness, depending on the size
of their gross business per
annum. AS Senator Goldwa-
ter of Arizona and others
have argued, if this bill
should be enacted into law,
and held constitutional, it
could later be amended so
as to include workers in small
businesses, and indeed in all
business, whether interstate
commerce were involved OF
not.
The pporters cf the
Kennedy bill may be relying
on the fact that the makeup
OF the Supreme Court has
vastly changed since the
early days of the New Deal
and FDR. and on the fact
that the welfare clause of
the Constitution might be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
Club Honors Past Presidents

Six members of the Woman's
Club of Chevy Chase received
double honors at a meeting on
April 10. Besides being past
presidents, the six women have
been members for 40 years or
longer.
The special double recogni-
ton was given to Mrs, A.
Bruce Bielaski, Mrs. Howard S.
Paine, Mrs. Thomas E. Robert
son, Mrs. Elizabeth w. Merrill,
Mrs. Alexander Ashley and Mrs.
r. Harvey Sargent.
Honored as past presidents
were Mrs. Frederick M. Kerby,
Mrs. Henry Dec. Adams, Mrs.
Mason Leming. Mrs. Robert ].
Dannemiller, Mrs. Arthur Dav.
export, Mrs. Howard Hosmer,
Mrs. Roy C. Bowker, and Mrs.
O'Neal Johnson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02

The Woman's Community
Club of Kensington, with the
aid of other community organi-
cations, will sponsor a Red
Cross Bloodmobile visit in Ken.
sington on May % at the War
ner Memorial Presbyterian
Church, from 2-7:30 pm.
Mrs. Ann Quisenberry, co-or-
dinator of the Montgomery
County Red Cross Community
Blood Donor program, recently
met with representatives of the
participating groups and ex'
planned that before the blood.
mobile with its complicated
equipment can be placed in a
city the prospect of $50 pints OF
blood must be assured.
Chairman of the project is
Miss Adelaide Barker of the
Woman's Community Club. She
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02

The club also honored the fol-
lowing as 40-year members:
Mrs. William B. Greeley, Mrs.
Horace Alexander, Mrs. William
Blum, Mrs. Joseph A. Burkart,
Mrs. John S. Cotton, Mrs. J..
Howard Dellinger, Mrs. Russell
Mcbride, Mrs. Frank Meloy,
Mrs. Louis S. Murphy, and Mrs.
Elmer r. Weaver.
Brief talks were given by two
American Field Service exchange
students. Maria Barbarosa de
Sousa from Brazil, living with
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harris,
while studying at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, and
Barbara Bedoe speaking for
Kate Regain, who studied in
France and is completing her
work at Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
SUMNER CAMPS
ROLLING HILLS RANCH

The Riding Camp for girls, s. is
years. First term starts June 25.
Small groups. Register early. Write
for brochure. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
C. Wiley, Rolling Hills Ranch, Berry
Vile, Va. Phone Berryville 12s-W-3.
15t-266-6-3
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
Kensington Organizations
Sponsor BLoodmobiLe Visit

is being assisted by Mrs. Bruce
Foster, Kensington Citizens As
ISOLATION; Robert Monkey, Ken.
sington Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Walter Davidson, churches;
Thomas Liedy, Rock Creek XII.
wants Club; Richard Weiss,
Kensington Lions Club; Thomas
Day, Whea ton Kensington
Chamber of Commerce; Paul
Uoremsky, Masons; Mrs. Alys
Spealman, schools; and Mrs.
John Waters, Woman's Organ
izations.
Babysitting services during
the program will be provided by
the Woman's Community Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

1858 PONTIAC-Catalina; r. &
H.; auto. trans; excel. cond.,
$245. Call GA. 1888. 2t-5-2
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
Mrs. Lovett Is New
OAR State Regent

Mrs. Eliot c. Lovett, former
Regent of the Chevy Chase
Chapter, OAR, was installed
Maryland State Regent at the
10th annual Continental Con-
gress of the National OAR So
ciety in Constitution Hall, on
Friday.
Mrs. Robert L. Jarnagin, re-
gent of the Chevy Chase chap.
ter; Mrs. George Monk, vice re-
gent; Mrs. Albert Bruffey, dele
gate; and Mrs. Lovett were
among those attending the
colorful opening night cere-
monies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
Association. to Meet

Members of the Montgomery
County Press Association will
be guests of Montgomery Blair
High School and the school
P-TA at a 1890 pm. luncheon
meeting at the school May 5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
Notice of
Public Hearing

THE KENSINGTON FIRE
BOARD will hold a public hear
ing on the proposed 1961-62
Operating Budget of the Ken.
sington Volunteer Fire Depart.
ment at the Kensington Fire
House, Kensington, Nd, on
THURSDAY. MAY Is, 1861
AT 500 PM.
Copies of the proposed budget
may be obtained at the Ken
sington and Glenmont Fire
Houses. 2t-26S-5-9
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
COMING EVENTS

MAY s & 6-Rummage Sale
Old Postoffice Building, Dia-
mond Ave-, Gaithersburg, Md,
Fri. 10 am. to 8 pm; Sat. 10
am. to s pm. Sponsored by the
Women's Group, Flower Hill
Church of the Brethren, Red
land, Md. 2t.5-4
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
To Elect Officers

New officers will be elected
at the regular business meeting
Of the Women's Club of Wood
side to be held at the home of
Mrs. George H. Butler of Ger
mantown on Wednesday, May
3, at noon. Co-hostess will be
Mrs. S. ] Solomon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
County Hadassah
Attends Conference

Members of the Greater
Montgomery County Chapter of
Hadassah are participating in
the Hadassah Seaboard Region
al Conference which will con-
tinue through May 3 at the
Sheraton Park Hotel in Wash
ington, D. c.
The Montgomery County
women are among the 1000
delegates from Virginia, North
Carolina, Delaware, Washing
ton, and Maryland, attending
the four-day conference.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
Ann Sueg Elected
Sorority Officer

Miss Ann Sugg of Silver
Spring, senior at East Carolina
College, Greenville, N. c., has
been elected doorkeeper of the
Alpha Omicron Pi, social soror-
ity.
She graduated from Mont.
gomery Blair High School in
1857.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-02
McKAY'S NURSERY
1910 LAYHILL ROAD

GLENMoNT, MD.
Azsleas - 6 to 8 inches, SIC each.
or II for $1,000.
Azaleas = large. S1.49 each.
Spreading jumpers - all varieties,
$1.95 and up
Retinstora P1umos 2is TO g.,
S2.95 each.
lex Rotundifola, $50 and up.
Geraniums all colors, SOC each.
Geraniums - heavy plants, sc each.
Blooming Petunias, Sl.5O dozen.
Scarlet Sage. $3.50 Dozen
All double Petunias 4" pots, 45c ca.
2t-9O2s-5-2
Evening star., 1961-09-15
Mrs. Reid, 'HiII'
Ex-Secretury

Mrs. Ilene T. Reid, former
secretary to retired Representa-
tive Clifford R. Hope, Republi-
can Of Kansas, died yesterday
at Doctors Hospital. The cause
Of death was not Immediately
determined. Mrs. Reid under
went a spinal operation about
two weeks ago.
A native of Eagleville, Mo-,
Mrs. Reid was raised in west
ern Kansas and came here be-
fore the war with her husband
to work for the Kansas Repre-
sentative.
The former Ilene Thomas,
she was married to Clifford
Reid, and lived at 70S Ferry
Landing road, Alexandria.
Besides her husband she
leaves a daughter. Mrs. Betty
Shawn, of 1905 Old Mill road,
Alexandria.
Funeral services will be at
LAS pm. Monday at the old
Presbyterian Meeting House,
321 South Fairfax street. Alex
andria. Burial will be in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-09-15

the day-into-night operation,
half a dozen night flying
squirrels cavorted about on tree
limbs in the artificial dark
ness. A rusty spotted genet-a
cat-like animal-paced wide
awake along a tree limb. Moholi
galagos-Small South American
primates-peered from their
cages with wide-open brown
eyes.
Night monkeys, kinkajous, q
cacomiStle, an Indian pangolin
all night prowlins mammals
also ran through their PAGES
under the deceptive red lights.
But a bushy olingo, a South
American import, wasn't taken
in by the hoax. He curled up
on a tree limb, wrapped his
tail around his face to shut
out the red lights and started
to Snooze.
Just a catnap." alibied a dis
mayed zoo keeper.
Evening star., 1961-09-15
Miller Advises COP.
ToWooC CityMinorities

ual party leadership, Mr.. Miller
said, "if he did not run for
Governor"
The G. o. P. leaders spent
most of yesterday in closed-door
meetings discussing things that
went wrong for the party in last
years election and how they
can make a better showing in
1862 and 1864. y.
Mr.. Miller made some barbed
comments about two former
Connecticut Governors Alsra-
ham Ribicoff and Chester
Bowles, both Democrats-athis
news conference.
RibicOff Criticized
He said his attitude toward
Mr.. Bowles. nov UnderSecretary
Of State, is the same as Presi-
dent Kennedy - I'd say he's
there only temporarily"
He said Mr.. Ribicoff-now
Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare-made q, bad i'm
preston on some members, Of
Congress in his efforts to win
passage of the Federal aid to
education bill. ..