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Thurtday, January 2, 19S8
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BY FRANK ELEAZER
Washington HJ Rep. Har
old C. Osterdag (R-N.Y.) says
the word for the coming ses
sion of Congress undoubtedly
will be "more." More defense
is mostly what Ostertag had
in mind for the new year
He might have added more
noise, more bickering, more
investigations, more viewing
with alarm; more efforts by
more members to hook more
pet projects onto the de
fense bandwagon; more of
ficial inspection trips, along
about the end of winter to
sunny places like Hawaii and
the Panama Canal.
Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturaliir
Probably the. most Impor
tant units of time that govern
our lives are the months of the
year. Here are the stories of
the words which stand for
the months.
January. This month is
named for the Roman God
Janus who was always rep
resented with two faces
one that gazed at the past
end one that looked to the
future. Ar.d so, when the
clock strikes 12 on New
Year's Eve and December
passes into January, we say
farewell to the year just gone
and hail the New Year ahead.
February. This month got
its name from an ancient rite
During the middle of this
month, the women of Rome
when barren were beaten wit
sacred thongs called februa.
Struck by these "instruments
of purification" they would
rfb longer be barren. February
had 29 days but the Roman
senate took away one day and
gave it to August so that Aug
ust would not be inferior to
July.
March. This month was de
dicated to Mars, the god of
war, and named after him.
Before the time of Julius Cae
sar, the Roman New Year
began with this month.
April. This month being the
time when the first flowers
open was given the Roman
name Aprilis which is based
on the Latin word aperio,
which means "open."
May. The origin of May
is uncertain. It may be from
the Latin word Maia, the
mother of the god Hermes.
Although this is the "time of
the singing birds" in Roman
days it was not considered
a romantic month. In fact,
it was considered an unlucky
month for marriage for on
this month fell the festival
of the unhappy dead.
Protectress of Women
June. Some scholars believe
June came from the goddess
Juno who was the protectress
of women, since June has
been the favorite month for
marriages all the way down
from earliest Rome. (Possibly
the ancient taboos against
May marriages caused the
June rush to the altars.)
Others think that the name
c?me from Junius, the name
of a Latin family to which
the murderers of Julius Cae
sar belonged.
July. The name of this
' month was proposed by Mark
Anthony in honor of Julius
(July) Ceasar. The name came
Into use the year of Caesar's
assassination.
August. This month rec
eived its name from Octa
vian. the nephew of Julius
Caesar. The Roman senate
had given him the official
title of Augustus in honor of
his distinguished services to
the state. . . and although
born in September, he chose
the month August on which
to bestow his name.
September. Because th"
Roman year originally oca.
in March, September was the
7th month and the name is
taken from the Latin word
"septem" which means seven.
When the calendar was
changed and September be
came the ninth month, the
name was not changed.
October. Octo in Latin
means eight and this is the
eighth month of the old Ro
man year.
November. Since Emperor
Augustus had his month and
Julius Caesar his, the Ro
mans thought it only proper
to proposed that November
be renamed for Empero"
Tiberius. But fortunately Ti
berius objected saying: "What
will you do if you have eleven
Caesars?" So the name re
mained November from the
Latin "novem," meaning
nine.
December. Emperor Lucius
Aelius Aurelius Commodus
of Rome once asked his girl
friend, "Amazonius" how she
would like to see her name
on the calendar. Even though
he tried, the Senate would
not go along with him and
apparently told him to go and
watch the gladiators and lions
instead. So -December remain
ed December which stands
for "decern" the Latin word
for "ten," the tenth month of
the year.
(Copyright. 1957,
by Eugena Burns)
Also, more of a gap than
ever between hope and per
formance on economy, a bal
anced budget and a tax cut.
None of this is any reflec
tion on the 435 House mem
bers (less five vacancies as of
opening day) and 96 senators
who will be returning to their
desks Jan. V for the second
session of the 85th Congress.
It's just the way the seltzer
fizzes. Like most everything
else it all can and will be
blamed first on Sputnik and
second on Republicans or
Democrats, as the case may
be, depending on which party
you happen not to belong to.
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So as of today here is the
congressional outlook in an
aspirin box:
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ers. Scientists once again will
be spoken to, and kindly.
President Eisenhower wants
to spend about $40 billion in
the new fiscal year on de
fense. What's already worry
ing him is how to keep the
Congress from giving him
more. Last year it was just
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the other way around. Soviet
party boss Nikita Khrushchev,
obviously, is Ike's best lobby
ist. Too bad he isn't around
to answer some of the ques
tions at the innumerable hear
ings into how come Russia was
first. -
Tax cut: Quit kidding your
self and each other. Count
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abled Nazi leader Hermann
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noteworthy criminal trials in
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budget at a peacetime high
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ining, there's no room for a
tax cult, no matter what the
wishful thinkers are saying.
Benson in Trouble
Offsetting economies: This
Is another laught, April 1
style. Congress claimed to
have cut the President's mon
ey requests last year by bil
lions, and what came of it?
Nothing. Spending rolled
along. And last year the word
was "economy." This year,
remember, it's more."
Farm price supports: Ben
son wants authority to lower
them. The farm bloc doesn't
know what it wants except
that this isn't "it. Dairy state
congressmen hope tq repeal
Benson's recent order cut
ting supports under milk. As
for the deal they may have
to make with other farm in
terests to put that one across,
your guess is as good as any
body's. One thing is certain.
It will cost money.
Postal rates: They'll go up
for sure this time. You may
as well lay in some of those
pretty new red, white and
blue four cent stamps for let
ters of complaint to your con
gressman. Blame this one on
Sputnik II. Uncle Sam will
need the extra half billion
dollars yearly which a rate
increase would produce.
Civil rights: Plenty of talk
about this, with a Sputnik
angle here too. The idea is
that rights abuse in this coun
try -plays into Communist
hands and that Little Rock
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But no new civil rights legis
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Tariffs: Boring as it sounds,
this is important, and one of
Congress' hottest battles this
year will be what to do about
them. Ike wants continued
authority to negotiate mutual
reductions, so trade with our
friends will be freer. But Con
gress has been listening lately
to the protectionists who say
the home folks are beginning
to hurt. For the outcome see
your newspapers about next
July.
Education: Eisenhower has
twice taken a licking on fed
eral aid to build schools. Now
he's back with a plan for fed
eral scholaships, and other
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Sputnik again. The senators
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Statehood: This plum will
be dangled, as usual,-, before
Hawaii and Alaska. As usual,
it will be snatched away in
the nick of time to prevent
passage. However, this won't
be done without due consid
eration. One or more inspec
tion groups will certainly
make an on-the spot study at
sunny Waikiki, probably
sometime near Easter. Alaska
they will turn down without
even looking.
Presidential inability: This
one already has rolled up
plenty of oratorical mileage
and is good for lots more.
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