Writer Notes Washington's Life
By ARTHUR EDSON
AP News features Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Offi
cially, this is the looking back
ward season.
The nation, led by the Repub
licans, has had a long look at
Lincoln. Now, with George Wash
ington’s birthday coming up
Tuesday, it’s his turn.
In the House, Rep. William C.
Cramer, Flordia's only Republi
can congressman, will repeat
Washington’s words of advice and
farewell, first spoken 158 years
ago. In the Senate, Sen. Prescott
Bush (R-Conn) will honor Wash
ington.
Washington interpreted
Statesmen ot ail sizes and de
scriptions will peer intently at
Washington, interpret what he
said in the light of what they now
think, and conclude that the first
President is happily sitting in
their comer.
It’s a little comic that they
should do so, for Washington
never cared much for that game
himself. Anyone who reads Doug
las Southall Freeman's six vol
ume biography, “George Wash
ington,” will be impressed with
this:
Washington was a man who
never—well, hardly ever—looked
back.
Valley Forge was one of his
darkest hours. Ten years after
that nightmare of a-winter, he
Potter Gives Talk
And Demonstration
Marguerite Wildenhain, world
famous potter, will lecture Tues
day at 2 p.m. in room 107 in the
Architecture and Allied Arts
building on the subject "The
Potter in the New World.” Her
lecture will be illustrated by a
short movie in which she dem
onstrates various methods of
“pottery throwing.”
On Wednesday, Feb. 23, she
will give a demonstration in the
ceramic laboratory at 3 p.m. The
ceramic lab has a limited seating
capacity so students are urged to
come early to be assured of a
seat.
had his first chance to visit the
place in peacetime.
A Break
There was a break in the con
stitutional convention, and he
and Gouverneur Morris rode out
to what now is one of the na
tion’s historic shrines. While
Morris fished. Washington looked
over the mouldering fortifica
tions.
He met up with some farmers
who were growing buckwheat,
with which he also was experi- :
menting at Mount Vernon. When |
the time came to set down his \
observations in his diary, farmer j
Washington held a 4-1 edge over
soldier Washington.
Reflections Not Mentioned
Washington made no mention
of his reflections as he revisited
Valley Forge, and devoted four
times as much space to the buck
wheat conversation as he did to
the fact that he had returned to
the scene of his ordeal.
A week later, he went fishing
for perch near Trenton, N.J. Here
again was a fine spot for dust
ing off old memories, but, Free
man said, "Not a reminiscent
word of this did Washington put
in his diary. As always, tomor
row interested him vastly more
than did yesterday.”
Accomplished Much
One difficulty with Washing
ton — and the Feb. 22 oratory
Final Tryouts for
'Kiss Me Kate' Tonight
Final tryouts for the prin
cipal singing roles for “Kiss Me
Kate,” the University theater’s
spring musical, will be held in
room 102 Villard at 7:30 p.m.
tonight. Newcomers will be wel
come.
Air Line Stewardess , j
To Show Movie Today
Betty Hanneman, United Air
Lines stewardess representative,
will show the film "Scotty Wins
Her Wings" today from 2 to 4 I
p.m. in 138 Commonwealth.
After the movie Miss Hanne
man will interview women inter
ested in further information.
Income Taxes Reduced
In House Action Monday
WASHINGTON (APj — The
House Ways and Means commit
tee, over the strong protests of
Secretary of the Treasury Hum
phrey voted in favor of a $20
income tax cut for everybody
Monday.
Humphrey accused Democratic
members of the committee of
working “completely contrary
to the public interest” in pushing
the bill to give each taxpayer a
$20 reducation on income earned
after next Jan. 1, plus $20 for
each dependent, including his
spouse.
The committee was reported
to have voted 15-10 for the cut.
Democratic leaders planned to
send the bill to the House floor
for debate on Thursday.
Closed Door
At its closed-door session, the
committee also was reported to
have approved by top heavy mar
gins President Eisenhower's re
quest to postpone for one year
a reduction , of about three bib
lion dollars in corporate income
and excise taxes.
Members said that they decid
ed to wait until Tuesday to take
final action on a composite bill
incorporating all the provisions.
Rep. Harrison, D-Va., was re
ported to have been the only
Democrat on the committee
voting against the $20 tax slice.
Rep. Baker, R-Tenn., was the
only Republican voting “yes.”
The committee is made up of 15
Democrats and 10 Republicans.
Some of those taking part in
the closed session reported that
I it was a rough one and that
Humphrey did not mince words
in opposing the cut. He was
quoted by one member as having
told the Democrats:
“This is a political move,
and you know it.” Charges of
“insincerity” were exchanged
by both sides.
Chairman Cooper, D-Tenn.,
said that almost three-fourths
of the tax reductions from the
$20-per-person cut would go to
taxpayers with annual incomes
below $5,000.
He said that it would relieve
five million taxpayers from pay
ing any federal income tax bill—
and all of these would be persons
making les3 than $5,000.
$2,300,000,000
Humphrey, in a statement
handed out to reporters after
his session with the committee,
said that the proposed $2,3000,
000,000 cut would "just about
wipe out” the progress that the
Eisenhower administration is
making toward a balanced bud
get.
“This move is playing fast and
loose with the welfare of 160
million Americans by deliberate
ly increasing deficit financing—
with all its inflatonary dangers
—instead of continuing the ad
ministration’s responsible finan
cial management which has been
so beneficial for all Americans
during the past two years,” the
treasury chief said.
usually increases this problem
is that he accomplished so much
it is hard to see him as a human
being.
It takes a side issue for the
human traits to peep through.
For instance, President Eisen
hower has a precedent for his
trips to Augusta, Ga. Washington
went there on his southern trip
in 1781.
He was feted all along the
way. At Tarboro, N.C., he noted
in one of his few attempts at
humor, "We were received by
as good a salute as could be
given by one piece of artillery."
Co-op Women Select
New Board Members
Four new members were elect
ed to the board of trustees of
Co-ed Cooperatives Inc., at the
group's annual meeting Monday
night.
Elected to the board were
Judy Counts, Rebec house; Jean
Holznagel, Rebec house; Sharon
Finchum, University house, and
Harriet Hornbeck, Highland
house. The four will serve two
year terms.
Other members of the board,
with a year left to serve, are
Annell Anderson, University
house; Marian Winters, Highland
house; Pat McCormick, Rebec
house, and Maureen Rice, Uni
versity house.
Madrigal Chorus
To Present Songs
Off Early America
The Madrigal chorus under the
direction of M. D. Risingcr of the
music school, will give a concert
of early American music at 8
p.m, this evening in the music
school auditorium.
Participating in the chorus
will be Mary Lou Teague, Ann
Stearns. Shirley Toby, Jo Anne
Rogers, Audrey Mistretta, Carol
Arneson, Rosa Lee Bllckenstaff,
Bill Veatch, Ray Hill. Dick Bar
bour, John Moseley and Bob Kel
jly.
Numbers on the program are
"The Toast to George Washing
t ton," by Francis Hopklnson, writ
ten in 1778; "A Virgin Unspot
ted," by William Billings, writ
ten in 1778; "When Jeaus Wept,"
by William Billings, composed
in 1770; and a group of American
folk songs. These songs will be,
"The Erie Canal," and early
American folk song; “Chariot
town," a Deep South American
folk tune; "The Black Oak Tree,”
by John Jacob Niles; a well
known tuna—"Listen to the
Mockingbird," by Gail Kubik, and
"Black is the Color of My True
! Love's Hair."
The average annual precipita
tion at the Portland weather sta
1 tion is 42.04 inches.
Trueblood Gets*
Department Head
Paul Q. Trueblood, hhhoHuU;
professor of English, has accept
ed a position as head of the
English department at Willam
ette university.
Trueblood, who Is at present on
leave from the University of
Washington, will take over his
new post In September,
Former teaching positions held
by Trueblood have been at Hol
lins college, the University of
Washington and the University
of Idaho. He wns nlso a Pendlde
Hill fellow In Philadelphia and a
fellow in the Amerlcun Council
of Learned Six-letles.
He received an AH degree from
Willamette and AM and Ph.D.
degrees from Duke university.
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