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THE EVENING STAR
Waihington, D. C., Thuridoy, November 5, 1959
She May Not Get Wish,
But Evelyn's in Spotlight
She may not reach her White
House goal, but there Is none to
dispute today that 9-year-old
Evelyn Rudie stirred up quite
a fuss by her unannounced
2.300-mile flight from Holly
wood.
Insisting it was no publicity
stunt but her own imagination
working overtime, Evelyn
scraped together some piggy
bank money, hopped a four
engine jet plane yesterday, and
before she could say Mamie
Eisenhower, was right here in
Washington.
It was a desire to see Mrs.
Elsenhower. Evelyn said, that
prompted her to push off from
home. Things have been rather
slim for the child actress since
her TV roles as Eloise, and 6he
thought maybe Mrs. Eisentow
er might give her caretr a
boost.
Note to Her Mother
Now it is rather question
able whether ,®velyn will see
Mrs. Elsenhower, but she is still
here trying, and hasn’t there
been a lot in the papers about
her?
Evelyn’s solo performance ac
tually began when she wrote a
note to her mother. Mrs. Emery
Bernauer, although she failed
to leave it in her haste. The
note said:
"I went to Washington like
I told you I would. The ticket
was $125.90. I hope you are
not angry with me but I had
to empty my other piggy-bank.”
By the time she arrived at
Baltimore, airport police and
a dozen newsmen were waiting
for her after her mother put a
frantic cross-country telephone
call to a friend here, Jacob
Mogelever, a Treasury Depart
ment publicist.
An Eye for Effect
Mr. Mogelever, who had ac
companied Evelyn while on a
Savings Bond promotion trip
two years ago, couldn’t go to
the airport and had to dis
patch hi« wife to meet their
unexpected guest.
Admittedly “a bit tired” after
the long trip and with her
blond hair corned in a “French
roll,” she greeted a second
group of newsmen here.
She cuddled her 4-foot-2
frame (“I weigh 60 pounds”)
on a new couch at the Mogel
evers’ residence. 2636 Colston
drive, Chevy Chase, and told 1
reporters:
"I didn’t write to Mrs.
Eisenhower before coming!
because I thought it would be
more effective if I talked to her
personally.”
Feels Career Lagging
Pulling at a piece of gum
she chewed while talking,
Evelyn said she was afraid
Mrs. Eisenhower’s secretary
would have intercepted the ,
letter, had she written it.
“When I saw Mrs. Eisen- ,
hower the time I was here
'December 12, 1957) she told
me that she and the President 1 ;
enjoyed my acting,” the brown-! ;
eyed girl actress said. “So l!|
decided to come and see if she ,
couldn’t help me get a part in
a television series.”
Evelyn said she has been 1
playing roles, starting with a
bit part on “Daddy Long Legs” ;
starring Fred Astaire and Leslie :
Caron, since she was 4 and
feels her career has hit a snag. 1
“I told my parents I wanted
to see Mrs. Eisenhower and ask
her to help me and they said,
‘Sure. Go ahead.’”
Afraid they might changefi
New Centers Cut Price
Os Drugs for the Aged
Some 15 million Americans
over 65 will now be able to buy
drugs at a 25 per cent discount,
the American Association of
Retired Persons announced
yesterday.
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, pres
ident of the Retired Persons'
group and the National Retired
Teachers Association, said the
organizations have set up two
mail order centers to handle
the purchases.
One is at 4934 Wisconsin ave
nue N.W. and the other is in
Altadena, Calif. Other centers
are scheduled to be opened
shortly.
Dr. Andrus said the new
service is open not only to the
nearly 200,000 members of her
organizations but also to all
persons 65 and over. She called
on all pharmacists in the coun
Harman Voices
Hope for Peace,
Arms Reduction
The new Israel Ambassadore
to the United States said last
night that his people hope for
a lessening of tensions in the
Middle East that would make
disarmament possible.
Ambassador Avraham Har
man said Israel would like to
disarm so that it could spend
additional funds for develop
ment of the country.
He was speaking at a welcom
ing dinner given by 600 Wash
ington community leaders at
the Indian Spring Country
Club. 13501 Layhill road, Glen
mont, Md.
Ambassador Harmon said the
people of Israel continually
pray for peace with the neigh
boring Arab states. .
The Ambassador was pre
sented a silver candelabra by
Abe S. Kay. chairman of the
d'nn<'>\ Mr. Kay and Dr. Sey-
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EVELYN RUDIE
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their minds, she called the air
line office Monday and made
reservations.
The next day she broke open
her piggy banks—her parents
have given $5 per performance
for the last five years—and paid
for the ticket while on a shop
ping trip with her mother.
She went home, packed a
trunk with “an old-fashioned
blue dress” she wants to wear
to see Mrs. Eisenhower, and set
the alarm for 5:45 a.m. At
that time she called a cab which
took her to Los Angeles Air
port.
On the plane she met a
friend, Stewardess Beverly
Boyer, who lives near her home,
and "helped her serve lunch
and with the passengers.”
At the Mogelevers, answering
a phone call from “some radio
'station,” she denied she was
under a $1 million contract.
Wants to Be Astronomer
She discussed everything, in
cluding her personal life, freely.
A “tiger eye” stone she had
dangling from her neck was
“a present from my boyfriend,
Johnny Crawford. He is 13 and
plays on ‘The Riflleman.’ We
don’t date. He just visits me at
home.”
; She wants to be “an actress
and an astronomer” when she
| grows up. And she wants to
get married and have “just two
children—a boy and a girl.”
Evelyn, who now has her
parents’ permission to stay
here for a couple of days, hopes
Mr. Mogelever can help her
arrange an interview with Mrs.
Eisenhower.
Mr. Mogelever, who said he
believes the girl arranged the
trip completely on her own,
doubts the White House will
open its door to Evelyn.
But she wants to hear it
from the White House itself.
try to extend similar price re
ductions on drugs to the aged.
This, she said, would follow
the lead of the American Medi
cal Association, which recom
mended that physicians reduce
their fees for patients over 65
who are living on modest in
comes.
Dr. Andrus said non-mem
bers of the NRTA and the
AARP need only write to the
nearest drug-buying service
center for price lists in advance
of ordering. All orders will be
filled the same day they are
received and sent to purchasers
by first-class mail.
The greatest medication needs
of persons over 65, Dr. Andrus
said, are for stabilizing blood
pressure, heart troubles, body
fluid withdrawal and arthritis.
The centers will handle no pre
scription narcotics, however.
mour Alpert, chairman of the
Washington Committee for Is
rael Bonds, gave welcoming
talks.
Mrs. Joseph Cherner, na
tional chairman of the woman’s
, division of the Israel Bond
' Committee, welcomed Mrs.
' Harman and gave her a bouquet
■ of yellow roses.
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Brush Fire Interrupts
| Synagogue Meeting
1 A brush fire outside the
Shaare Teflla Synagogue at 405
Riggs road N.E. temporarily
- halted a meeting of the “Dots”
- club there shortly after 8
t o’clock last night.
f An officer of the congrega
tion said some 40 girls, mem
bers of the club, went outside
; while two adult advisers used
f hand extinguishers on the
- blaze. Firemen arrived to fin
ish the job.
’ The fire was in a ceremonial
e arbor built of boughs for last
- month’s Succoth holiday
Dillon Sees
U. S. Export
Gains Soon
By th» Auoeitted Prill
Undersecretary of State
Douglas Dillon said that within
the next few months important
progress will be made in re
ducing trade discriminations
against the United ptates.
He told newsmen on his re
turn yesterday from a three
week Far Eastern trip that
progress in removing trade dis
criminations will be of substan
tial benefit to American export
ers.
Mr. Dillon represented the
United States at the 34-nation
meeting of the General Agree
ment on Tariffs and Trade.
He said that during his visit
to Japan, Korea. Formosa and
Hong Kong he "found no indi
cations of any easing of ten
sions with Communist China.”
The Chinese Communist at
titude, Mr. Dillon -said, re
mains the same.
Mr. Dillon also appeared
strongly in favor of Increased
military assistance to America’s
allies in South Korea and For
mosa.
Asked about reports of a
sharp reduction in aid planned
by the administration next
year, he said that if military
Today's Inflation Tied
To Steel Price Rises
By th« Associated Press
A study prepared for the Senate House Economic Commit
tee says labor, management and the Government all have had
a hand in forcing up steel prices.
The report said the effect of rising prices in the last decade
was strongly inflationary. The increase in steel prices was
found to have accounted for 40 per cent of the rise in whole-
sale prices in 1947 through 1958. t
The study traced the rapid ■
| rate at which steel prices have!
risen, particularly since 1952,
primarily to four factors.
Listed first was what the (
study called an extraordinary .
rise in wages. In the 1953-58 j
period, it qaid, average hourly
earnings in the steel industry
rose 30.9 per cent, compared
with 20.3 per cent for all manu- 1
facturing.
“Strong” Union, Industry
This larger - than - average
increase in wages was described
as the result of bargaining be
tween a strong union and a
management with strong power
to market its products.
The staff specialists who
made the study said there can
be little doubt the effect of
Government intervention in
past labor - management dis
putes in the steel industry has
been to increase the rate of
wage increases.
As a second major factor In
the price climb, the report
listed “a conscious effort to
maintain and perhaps increase
profit margins in the industry.
The other two chief factors
set forth in the report were:
1. “A rapid increase in the
costs of replacing facilities and
providing additional capacity,
together with management’s
attempt to raise the required :
funds for the desired expansion i
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assistance continues to be re
duced over a period of time,
it will raise very serious prob
lems.
Both Korea and Nationalist
China, he said, are struggling
with programs he described as
smaller than adequate this year.
A continuation of this trend
would mean delay in the re
equipment and modernisation
of Korean and Chinese Na
tionalist forces, Mr. Dillon said.
2 Area Policemen
Get FBI Diplomas
Washington Police Lt. Charles
L. Pemberton and Park Police
Sergt. Samuel Hower were
among the 97 men who were
graduated yesterday from the
FBl’s National Academy.
Lt. Pemberton is attached to
the general assignment squad,
and Sergt. Hower heads the
Park Police reservation patrol.
The graduates wore addressed
by American Legion National
Commander Martin B. Me-
Knealy during the ceremony at
the Departmental Auditorium.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
was made a member of the
American Bar Association.
Bazaar at Triangle
A bazaar will be held Novem
ber 13 at St. Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church in Triangle,
Va.
j through Internal financing"—
'that is, out of retained earn
ings and depreciation.
(The report said that about
one-third of the price increase
in steel is attributable to rjsing
costs of industry purchases.)
2. “A state of demand which,
while not strong enough to ac
count for the exceptional price
and wage rises, nevertheless
was strong and inelastic enough
to permit these increases to
occur without immediate and
telling decline in the demand
for steel.”
Authors of Report
The report on steel and post
war inflation was written by
Otto Eckstein, technical di
rector of the Joint Committee’s
study of employment, growth
and price levels, and by Gary
Fromm, who is doing graduate
work at Harvard University.
It was published by the com
mittee, without its approval or
disapproval, as part of a series
of background papers.
At the same time, the com
mittee released an analysis of
inflation in machinery prices.
Thomas A. Wilson, a member
of its staff, found in this study
that the major factor in a 19
per cent runup in machinery
prices between 1954 and 1957
was the pressure of heavy de
mand brought on by a capital
goods boom.
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