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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Anoqonce Unlimited

Even in this wondrous age, it comes
as something of a surprise to read that
concern" has been expressed that the
White House and the Department of
Labor might" be preparing to ask Con-
greSS for more legislative authority to
deal with such things as the renewed
longShoremen'S strike.
The particular dispatch did not reveal
who is concerned by this possibility.
The proposition, however, ought to be
turned around. What concerns us is
that the White House and the Labor
Department might not be preparing to
ask Congress for tougher strike legis-
lation.
This strike by the longShoremen has
run through the 80-day cooling off"
period which a Taft-Hartley Act injunc-
ton can insure. There is no law now
in any book which prevents the long
shoremen from keeping the ports closed
until doomsday. And this is true, no
matter how grievouS the injury to the
public, or national, interest.
The result, we think, is an intol-
cradle situation. We do not say this
merely because a spokesman for the
strikers, Thomas w. Gleason, has de-
scribed Federal officials, including the
Secretary of Labor, who have tried to
arrange a settlement as real amateurs"
and "dramatiStS" Maybe they are. We
do not say it simply because strong
arm tactics have been used by the
International Longshoremen'S Associa-
ton to lower the boom on longshoremen
In Charleston, S. C. These Charlesto-
mans are not strong" union men, and
they wanted to unload banana boats
and ship carrying seed potatoes. The
bananas, for unclear reasons, appar-
emily were unloaded. But not the seed
potatoes-despite pleas from hard-hit
South Carolina farmers and Charleston
local union officials. A spokesman for
the local said I'VE felt that the farmers
had a hard enough time as it u.s." but
In the end the local yielded to pres
sure from top union officials. The seed
potatoes will be left to sprout and rot.
What the Carolina farmers will do, we
do not know.
Our feeling that this is an intol-
cradle situation does not even stem
entirely from the Galveston situation.
There, group Of independent long
Shoremen - formerly members of the
LA crossed picket lines to unload
a fruit ship. Mr.. Gleason calls them
"ScabS" and says that lila will boycott
this particular shipping line - not the
"Scabs" - throughout the United States
and Puerto Rico after the strike ends.
How arrogant can you get?
Offhand, we have no ready answer
to this question. We are convinced, how
ever, that the economy Of the United
States, or an essential segment of it,
should not be left to the harsh mercieS
of this labor dispute. Let's
forget the Carolina farmers and the
so-called scabs in Galveston. The unde-
niable fact is that this strike, If 1t runs
long enough, will wreck the economy
of the United States. There is nothing
more that the Taft-Hartley Act-that
"Slave-labor" law-can do. 1t has run
its course. Consequently, we have some
hope - but no great confidence - that
the politicians who make our laws will
at last move in and enact some legis-
lation which will deal effectively with
a diSgraceful situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28

INSULT. BY Forrest McDon-
aid. $50 PIP, illus. (Univer-
versity Of Chicago Press;
$4.95.)
On Tuesday, october 2,
1884, Samuel insults trial for
mail fraud began. Most Of
America felt that q day Of
reckoning had come for one
Of the great 'robber baronS. 4"
Though insult was acquitted,
he is remembered primarily
as q predator rather than
the builder Of electric power
systems and the developer Of
legitimate economic concepts
under which the industry still
operates.
Forrest Mcdonald, asso-
ciate professor of history at
Brown University, does not
take the position that Insults
contributions are so great
that his transgressions ought
to be overlooked. He says
that he is mot concerned =.
by your judgment Of
whether his existence was, in
the long run. for better or for
worsei
Yet it is hard to put much
faith in the disclaimer. While
Prof. Mcdonald does not say
markedly - in Just so many
words - that insult was
framed, he conveys the strong
impression that, in the end,
this is what he believes. He
does say that what was on
trial was not really insult but
the old order-that kind Of
unregulated capitalism that
met its end In the enactments
Of the early New Deal. His
opinion Of insults acquittal
is succinct: For his So years
Of labor to make electric
power universally cheap and
abundant, insult had his re-
ward from a grateful people:
He was allowed to die out
side prison" The last few
words Of the book are still
blunter: Samuel insult
was robbed. and nobody got
the story straight"
1T WILL BE SOMETHING
Of a shock TO most readers.
And most will be In no posi-
ton to take sides except in a
general way. since detailed
Judgment requires not merely
moral principles, but the
ability to master some highly
technical material on the Or
ganiZation OF holding COM
panies and the like.
In any case. insults end as
q businessman Is not more
interesting than his begin
nings and his work until that
celebrated trial, by the time
Of which he was we'll past
what now counts as normal
retirement age.
insult was born in England
In 1859 In humble circum-
stances and worked his way
up with exemplary Victorian
diligence. He came TO Ameri-
ca in 1880 as q general fac
totum for Thomas Edison. In
due course, he moved TO Chi
cago and began building a
power network that covered
not only that city but sub
stantial portions OF the Mid
die West as well.
He was, then, one OF the
developers OF a new industry,
Prof. Mcdonald says that "he,
more than any other man,
was responsible for founding
the business OF centralized
electric supply; that he Or
ganized the Edison General
Electric Company tpredeces-
sor Of the industrial giant OF
the same name, sans Edison) ,
and worked out q model OF
nationwide product distribu-
ton that virtually all Ameri-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Matter of Economics

Your december 10 eolUorlal,
I'VE Can Afford Action"
reminds us of the serious
dialogue" on national eco
nomic problems which Presi-
dent Kennedy invited some
months ago. You find his
speech before the Economic
Club of New York a valu-
able contribution to this
dialogue" because Of "the
most reasoned and persua-
sive arguments for tax reduc-
ton and reform-plus a care
full control of Federal expen-
ditures."
The President said: "Our
practical choice is not be-
tween a tax-cut deficit and
a budgetary surplus. 1t is
between two kinds Of def
icits-a chronic deficit Of in
ertia, as the unwanted re-
suit Of inadequate revenues
and a restricted economy -
or a temporary deficit of
transition, resulting from o
tax cut designed to boost the
economy, increase tax reve-
nue. and achieve q future
budget surplus. The first type
Of deficit Is a sign Of waste
and weakneSS-the second re-
fleets an investment In the
future"
Compare this with my
statement, in The Star of
June 19: 1.-THE essential
choice is between temporary
deficit permanent surplus
and temporary surplus per-
manent deficit. Aiming di-
rectly at a budget surplus
can produce a long-run def
icit. II demand is deficient,
a further withdrawal of pur-
chasing power by means Of
a budget surplus can only dis
courage investment and re-
tard growth. This is not the
way to balance the budget
and make 1t stick. Those who
look only at the Government
and neglect the economic
budget of the Nation defeat
their own aims. The real
enemy Of a balanced budget
is insufficient produc-
ton. Putting more pep into
the economy would make
concern for a balanced
budget unnecessary, since the
budget would be self-balanc-
ing"
According to Prof. Alvin H.
Hansen challenge, The Mag
azine Of Economic Affairs, Oc-
tober, 1892 the argument
that tax reductions produc-
ing a temporary deficit even
tually creates a budget sur
plus may be q dangerous
delusion contrived TO appease
fiscal conservatives" mean
ing people like you. However
Prof. A. P. Lerner (The Eco
Monies Of Employment, 1851
says: when the national
debt has grown so large that
people feel themselves SC
wealthy that they spenc
enough TO provide full en-
ployment, there is no need
for any further deficits
Some fiscal conservatives
have failed TO notice that
while increasing nationa,
debt makes some Govern
ment spokesman feel poorer
II makes the holders OF more
Government securities fee
Weather. and more like
splurging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-28
Answers to Questions
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
Finkbine's Auto
Injuries Mon
In Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug.
IL (AP). - Robert Finkbine,
husband of Sheri Finkbine,
Phoenix television performer,
who has come to Sweden to
seek legal abortion denied her
at home, was involved in a
minor traffic accident here
Friday, police disclosed today.
The 31-year-old high school
teacher. driving q borrowed car,
bumped into a man stepping
off a streetcar in central Stock
holm. The man sustained minor
head bruises, one of the couples
American friends told a report
er today. Stockholm police con-
firmed this but disclosed no
further details.
But they said it appeared,
pending investigation, that the
injuries were too minor to war;
rant prosecution. Consideration
may be also given the fact that
Mr.. Finkbine is unaccustomed
to Swedish lefthand traffic and
rules, a spokesman added.
The Finkbines were unavail-
able for comment. They APP
peared very late for q news
conference Friday night, Mr..
Finkbine explaining they had
been delayed by q medical ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

Much Of the entertaining is
done outdoors, which cuts down
the anguish over unmatched
silver and inadequate. china.
In the blessed darkness no one
feels the winters need to be
bright or definitive about the
great cares of the world.
If a bore gets the floor, the
guests can yawn unobServed
and rest their eyes by looking
out at the great trees, Of which
Washington has more than any
other city in the country.
If a guest feels like not laugh
ing at some sally, he can get
away with it, observed only by
the fireflies.
The city is green and peace
full, If warm. There are worse
places to be, and even the Con-
gressmen who lament the loud
est about being detained here,
know it, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

animation for his wife. They
are planning a Quiet week end
because Mrs. Finkbine needs
rest and relaxation, Mr.. Fink
bine said.
Mrs. Finkbine. IL weeks preg-
nant, completed yesterday the
last of four compulsory exam
nations by Swedish doctors for
obtaining an abortion she wants
to avoid giving birth to a child
she fears may be deformed be-
cause she took thalidomide
early in her Pregnancy.
Formal application for an
abortion is expected to be in
the hands of the Swedish state
medical board by Monday, to-
gether with the doctors recon-
mendations. The board will
then decide on the case at its
regular weekly meeting next
Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
Big Four PorIey
Held Likely Here

BONN. Germany. Aug. II
(AP)-The West German Fore
ign Ministry said today a West
ern Big Four foreign ministers
conference may be in the offing
A ministry spokesman took
this position when questioned
about a report from Washing
ton in the West German press
saying such a conference would
take place in the United States
capital in the second week of
September, with Berlin as the
main theme.
The foreign ministry spokes-
man said a British, French,
German, United States FORE
ign ministers conference lies
tiers last met in Geneva In
that details of time and place
have not been discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

pm. Fairfax Village. 1853
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
August 20-21: 10 am.-I2:30
pm. and 1:15-6 pm, 1400
Good Hope road Sc.
August % and "a: 10 am
1880 pm. and 1:15-6 pm.
August %: 1850 pm, 6:15-s
pm, Sears Parking Lot, 2845
Alabama avenue Sc.
August 27-28: 10 am.-12:30
pm. and 1855 pm. Stanton
Dwellings, Alabama avenue and
Stanton road Sc.
August 1890: 10 am.-12:30
pm. and 1:15-6 pm, A & P
Food Store, 1898 S. Capitol
street.
August 81: 10 a.m.-12:30 pm.
and l:15-6 pm, Highland
Dwellings recreation center, 676
Yuma street Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
WY LEAVE CAPITAL?
Summer Living Is Easy
By MARY McGRORY
star staff Writer

One Of the Phenomena of
August in Washington is the
homesickness Of the Congress
H1ah.
As Napoleon on Elba, as
prey-fus on Devils Island, he
longs. If you can believe his
pAints In the Congressional
Record, for his native heath.
He wants, he says, to go back
to Pocatello.
The question is. what is he so
anxious to get away from?
Is Washington intolerable in
summer?
The answer Is no.
1t is true that the weather In
Washington is not in a class
With that Of Ravello, Italy, or
even Putney. Vermont. Some
times, it is true, humidity
crowns the city like a wet WOOL
en- cap. A few seasons ago, the
Weather Bureau instituted a
Tdiscomfort index" so people
would know they had a right to
feel as miserable as they
thought they did on certain
days. The practice was aban-
dqned when it was decided that
teri
Washington in all weathers
isia prim city, very strict with
lawmakers and sidewalk drink
e1S, The city fathers after sew
eral years Of soul-searching de-
eided that it was all right to
stand up to a martini. pro-
Yided the drinker was screened
from people virtuously eating
in'tthe same establishment a
few feet away.
But in summer, its starchi-
ness Wits a little.
Its numerous park benches
are filled with sun-bathers and
idlers all day long. Fishermen
stand patiently on the banks of
the odorous Potomac, urchins
splash in the downtown foun-
tains.
Some of the stodgiest apart
ment houses along the great
avenues put benches on their
front walks, and the folks sit
out and gossip and stare at
the passing traffic Just as they
would back home in Indiana.
It is true that Congressman
nj the aforementioned Capitol
undergo a personality change
as the thermometer goes up.
Senator's become garrulous and
testy. House members get mis-
chfevouS and truant. The more
philosophical. however, console
themselves with the reminder
that as long as they are here
voting, they are not out in the
hot sun of their constituency
explaining why they voted as
they did.
Stay at home Washington
hostesseS love the summer.
The Capitals most oppressive
social problem, the availability
ofthe extra man, makes a sea-
sonal disappearance in July
and August. Many Washington
wives take off on July 4 and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
9. Chiefs Contend
Recovery Is 'Sub-Por'

duction is just one Of a num-
Der Of steps needed to stimu-
late the economy.
He set forth his views in a
letter to Charles r. Sigh, jr.,
executive vice president Of the
National Association Of Manu-
facturers. The two have been
conducting a public debate over
the nature of steps which
should be taken to spur the
economy.
Enlightened public and pri-
vate actions are now needed to
prevent q fifth postwar recess
sion in the short run, and to
create the basis for sustained
job and business growth for the
long rum" Mr.. Meany wrote.
The Government role must
now be a major one. Most i'm
portant, a tax reduction of q
kind that quickly and substan-
TALLY stimulates consumer sales
is essential.
"Concurrently, public works
expansion is imperative. BY
this means wasted resources
in idle men and machines will
be put to work building needed
public improvements and fur
ther demand will be generated
in the economy.
These stimulative public
actions are now vitality neces-
sary to invigorate the private
sector and to restore its up
ward momentum once again.
BY these measures more jobs
can be created, the incomes
of millions will rise, and higher
profits can be sustained"
Senate Minority Leader Dirk
sen Of Illinois and House COP.
Leader Halleck of Indiana
who form the core of the Re-
publican leadership group
also have come out for tax
cuts. But they have insisted
these should be balanced by a
in Federal spending.
they don't expect the Kennedy
administration to make.
In their review of the eco
nomic situation, the COP.
leaders said Mr.. Kennedy has
no reason to crow" over the
dollar gain of 1912 per cent in
gross national output over the
low quarter of 1960-61. They
said under Mr.. Eisenhower
there was a gain of Is per
cent in 1954-57 and of 10.4
per cent in 1958-6O.
They said the ratio Of I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
Free Chest x-Ruy
Service Offered

The annual Southeast chest
X-ray survey, sponsored by the
District Department Of Public
Health and the D. c. Tubercu-
losis Association, will be avail
able free Of charge to those
over Is during the last two
weeks Of August.
The schedule Of time and To-
cations for the mobile units in
cludes the following:
Tuesday and Wednesday, 10
am.-12::30 pm. and 1:15-6
pm, 1929 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc.
Thursday and Friday, 10
am.-12:30 pm, and 1:15-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
By the Associated Press

Congressional Repu blicans
contended yesterday that eco
nomic recovery under President
Kennedy has been "sub-par. !"
Some Of them called for i'm
mediate tax cuts.
AFL-CIO President Meany
also renewed his plea for a
tax reduction as one measure
ito prevent a fifth postwar
recession. j"
The Senate-House @. n. P.
leadership suggested in a state
ment that Mr.. Kennedy hadn't
examined the figures when he
told an August ! news con-
ference he was willing to COM
pare the record under his adj
ministration with "the recess
sion which was in effect when
/ took office"
The Republican group inter-
preted this as a challenge to
compare the 1958-1960 recovery
under former President Eisen-
hover with the l96l-62 re-
covery under Mr.. Kennedy.
Debate He Can't Win"
''It is not easy to see why
the President should have in
vited this comparison for he
must know that the recovery
since February, 1861, has been
a weak one by almost any SEN
sible comparison" the G. o. P.
statement said. This is a
debate he cannot win
Senator Case, Republican of
New Jersey, said on a tapped
television program that the
present tax structure puts a
brake on the economy"
Senator Case said an immedi-
ate tax cut would stimulate
business to make new invest
ment, would give the people
confidence in :. the Govern
ment's willingness to take eff
fective action" to counter a po-
tential recession.
Mr.. Kennedy is expected to
announce IN a nationally tele-
vised and broadcast speech to-
morrow night a decision on
whether to ask for such a tax
cut. There have been some in
dications that the President
might suggest some other al
ternatives for an economy he
has said doesn't satisfy him.
Mr.. Meany. who conferred
with Mr.. Kennedy at the White
House on Friday, said a tax re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12
YMCA Lists Course
In Speed READING

The Central Young Mems
Christian Association at 1746
G street NV. is accepting reg
istrations for a six week speed
reading course which will start
on Monday. September 10.
Glasses will be held on Mon
days from 6 pm. to 8 pm. More
information may be obtained
from the US program office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

employment declined 26.6 per
cent in the Kennedy recovery
whereas in the 1958-60 period
it was 1877 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-12

do not return until after La
Dor Day. Their husbands, sum-
mer bechelors, after the first
few heady days of freedom and
possibly a few turndowns from
their old girl friends, exhibit
a pathetic eagerness to join any
family circle that will take
them in.
Many Men Available
Many q hostess who has
vainly invited the mighty in
January finds herself able to
pick and choose among the
names in town come July. She
may be able to partner her old
school friend with a Senator
or a cabinet member.
Also, she is not haunted by
the thought that some glorious
fete is being held at the White
House to which she has been
unbidden. The official social
season is over.
Arizona tribune., 1962-09-07
RACE PROBLEMS
GROW AT COCOA

COCOA, Florida This small
town of people numbering ap-
proximately 10000 is suffering
from racial tensions, according
to Mrs. Ruby Stone, a Negro
civic leader.
Because of job and school
opportunities and a serious hous =
ing problem facing 5000 Negro
inhabitants. pressures are build
ing daily.
Sam Gillis said, I'VE can get
a loan to buy car, but not
a home."
Negro families are being
forced to live in the swampy
areas and Negro leaders accuse
the city planning boards and real
estate companies of manipulating
zoning' and building codes.
Many Negroes employed at
construction works near Cana
veral are forced to live in trail
er camps without adequate drain
age or sewage.
Arizona tribune., 1962-09-07
HAZING DEATH
STIRS TUBMAN

MONROVIA, Liberia The
death of Liberian student Cha rles
Ledlum who was a victim of
college hazing activities at Book
er T. Washington Institute at
Kakata, 45 miles from the cap
ital city, may end club initia =
tion ceremonies at the school.
Resident William V. Tubman
described the students hazing
activities as form of juvenile
delinquency. The death of the
l8 year old student caused a
probing of other injuries report
ed from similar activities.
He died in the United States
where he had been sent to re-
ceive special treatment after his
severe beating last April.
A fellow student, Joseph Gbol-
lie faces trial on a manslaughter
charge.
Atty. General Chesson urged
the closing of the schools if
students are not properly sup
a or-xyiCo6
Arizona tribune., 1962-09-07
u. S. DAY ESSAY
CONTEST PLANNED

A United States Day essay con
test has been announced by Mrs.
Kroh Ter Huen, 23I S. Hayden
Road, Scottsdale, chairman of
the Arizona United States Day
committee.
Pupils in grades five through
high school are eligible to enter.
The subject is "The United
States, My Precious Heritage. 4"
Entry blanks may be obtained
at the office of the Maricopa
County superintendent of schools
at ii N. Second Avenue.
All entries must be sent to P.O.
Box 7242 before Oct. S.
Winners will receive United
States Savings bonds.
A winner from the elementary
school and the high school section
will be chosen.
Arizona tribune., 1962-09-07
WARNING FOR FLU
SHOTS ISSUED

WASHINGTON The u. S. Pub
lie Health Service urges all Cit
liens to begin getting vaccina =
tions in September to avoid in
fluenza epidemics this winter.
Surgeon General Luther Terry
said recent and past patterns
show many outbreaks of Asian
flu will occur this winter.
, 1962-08-23
APPRECIATION

The family and r~elatioes Of
the late Emily Richardson
wish to thank the many
for expressions Of sympathy
on her passing,