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BienniuI Exhibition

Not every visitor to the nineteenth
biennial exhibition Of contemporary
American oil paintings at the Cor
coran Gallery will like every pic
ture he sees. Some of the works on
display are intended for small,
more or less definitely professional
public. Others, just as frankly, are
designed to appeal to an undiscrim-
mating multitude-and for that very
reason may not be appreciated by
everybody.
But the trustees of the gallery
never assume responsibility for such
differences of taste, such prefer
ences and such prejudices as people
attending the exhibition may wish
to develop. 1t has been explained
on previous occasions, and should be
stated again, that the duty of Sc
lecting the pictures to be displayed
is committed into the hands of a
jury of artists who freely choose for
showing those works which they be-
lieve reflect the trend of contem-
porary painting in this country,
illustrate as completely as possible
what American painters today are
doing and exemplify the various
schools and phases of painting as
they now exist.
The result may seem chaotic. If
so, American life as a whole Is sub
ject to the same criticism. The
biennial exhibition is not divorced
from the history of the Nation or
the epoch. On the contrary, it is
instinct with the vitality of the
present changing era-an era which
admittedly is filled with horrors and
sorrows and yet manifestly brims
with the elements of progress in
every department of human enter
prise. The war, naturally, Is a fac
tor in the show. With equal logic,
however, peace of mind and heart
is conspicuous in it. John c. johann
sens study of the Oakes children is
beautiful achievement which long
will be remembered. The portrait
of Mary in. the Petrified Forest" by
Edward Laning, has reverence and
a devotion which likewise are men,
orable.
For visitors who want imagina-
tive art, Harold Sterner offers his
curious and engaging ''Da Vinci-
ana" To accommodate those who
prefer social Recommendation, Ed
ward Hopper tenders his Summer
time" Admirers of the scrupulous
craftsmanship of Luigi Luciani will
enjoy his Design for Color" A pic
ture entitled "The Stiffness of Au-
gust" by Constance Richardson, is
a veritable medicine for the soul.
The same may be said of E. w. Red
fields Center Bridge in Winter"
Perhaps the biennial proves once
more the accuracy of the adage that
he who would find the wealth of the
Indies must carry that wealth with
him. The exhibition will be what
people see in it, and they will see
what they are prepared to see. An
authentic law of life is involved
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Competitive Bombino

Relaxation of British censorship
regulations discloses more accurate
information concerning the German
rocket projectiles known as V-2s
and the damage they have caused.
For nearly five months these lethal
monsters, forty-six feet long, weigh
ing over thirteen tons and carrying
a h1gh-explosive charge of a ton,
have been descending on London
and other points in Southern Eng
land from a stratospheric height of
seventy miles, travelling faster than
sound and therefore precluding
either interception or advance
warning. 1t is now admitted that
the V-2s are highly destructive and
have caused heavy loss of life.
Furthermore, they are the success
sorS of the flying robots, known as
vi, which, though somewhat less
damaging, are even more trying on
the nerves. And they, in turn, came
on top of the Luftwaffe's "blitz"
bombing, which extended through
1940-41. The cumulative loss in
property alone is indicated by the
fact that fully one-fourth of all the
houses in England have been either
destroyed or damaged. And Britain
will presumably not be free from
long-range air bombardment until
organized resistance ends in Ger
many.
That is one side of the grim COM
petition in mutual destruction
waged for the past five years be-
tween Britain and the Reich. For
the last three years the scales have
been increasingly tipped against
Germany, which is fast being turned
into graveyard of dead cities, with
vast loss of life and total of home
less persons running into the tens
of millions. The ultimate balance
sheet should therefore leave Ger
many deep in the red.
Statistics of human and property
losses, however, do not tell the whole
story. Psychological factors are
involved which, in the long run, may
be even more noteworthy. The
first of these is the ability of both
Britons and Germans to take It,"
The human species appears to be
adaptable to the most terrible con-
ditions, provided there is enough
time to evolve what psychologists
term behavior patterns" The
mere fact that people have lost
everything seems to engender q
stole fatalism which enables them
to 60 on without . breakdown In
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The liturgy Of Passiontide places
before the devout Christian, in
dramatic emphasis. the cross on
which Christ died for the redemption
and salvation Of all men everywhere.
There is stern cruelty about this
crude instrument Of execution that
sobers ones mind even after 20 cen
turtles. In pain and bitter sorrow, in
privation and agony, the cross be-
comes far more than Z symbol-it is
literally our book of knowledge, ex-
planning to the Christian heart mys-
terfes that no merely human wisdom
or philosophy can penetrate. II what
st. Augustine called the mystery Of
evil' Is great, far greater Is the cross,
the mystery Of divine love.
The cross teaches eloquently the
basic spiritual truths man must learn
If he is to live Christlike Life. Do
you seek an example of perfect
charity? Behold Christ dying on the
cross for you-"greater love hath no
man for another than that he lay
down his life for his friend" Each
time you see the cross let 1t remind
you that Christ proved His love for
you by dying to redeem you.
Do you seek an example Of patience?
Patience Ii demonstrated in two
ways-by bearing suffering calmly or
by submitting to punishment which
perhaps could have been avoided but
was not. The torment Of death by
crucifixion was borne by Christ with
superhuman calmness: "An ye that
pass by, behold, and see II there be
any sorrow like unto my sorrow" AS
lamb led to slaughter. without COM
plant, Christ voluntarily bore His
torture to teach me to be less querul-
Gus and complaining. He might have
escaped the ordeal had He so desired
''Thinkest thou" He said to those
who came to seize Him in Ges-
themane, that I cannot beseech My
father and He shall even now send
Me more than IL legions Of angels?"
Suffering voluntarily undertaken for
others is a spiritual discipline of
inestimable value to mans interior
life. OF this, too, the cross silently
reminds us.
Most of the troubles from which
man suffers are caused by pride. AL
men are proud and remain proud to
a degree that they have not learned
to practice humility. Do you seek an
example of humility? Behold your
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erty are to be restored wherever they

erty are to be restored wherever they
have been suspended.
AS in other countries south of the
Rio Grande, there may, of course. be
some elements in Brazil to whom the
forthcoming election might be
signal for disturbances. President
Vargas, however, emphasizes his in
tention to see to it that the voting is
carried out in a calm atmosphere"
in which violence or aggression"
will not be permitted to banner tha
peoples choice. His stand is heart
ening one; if everything is done as
he promises. the restoration of Bra
lillian democracy may well have
tonic effect on the status of freedom
elsewhere in the hemisphere.
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Iwo-And Beyond

The formal raising of the Stars and
Stripes over Two Jima on Wednes-
day, Pacific Time, officially signifies
the conquest of that incredibly
tough little island. Sporadic fight
ing still continues in the caves and
crags of Iwo's rugged northern tip,
where isolated parties of japanese
keep up their struggle to the death.
Nevertheless organized resistance
has been broken and only mopping
up remains to be done by our Ma
rineS.
Casualty estimates for both sides
indicate grinly the costly nature of
this miniature yet deadly campaign.
Our high command gives a total of
10000 for the Japanese thus far
killed or hopelessly trapped in caves
whose entrances have been sealed.
Since our intelligence service put
the original Japanese garrison on
Two Jima at $4,000, that leaves some
5000 still to be accounted for. Our
own casualties have been 1888. OF
these, 4,189 were killed That is a
heavy price, but it has purchased
valuable objective. Already one air
strip has been reconditioned suffl-
ciently for a take-off by Army fighter
planes to bomb Chichi Island, in the
nearby Bonin group. That group is
the next logical objective. Chichi
Jima possesses harbor adequate for
light naval craft and submarines,
while it and its neighbor, Haha Jima,
are both large enough to furnish
several additional airf1elds which
are needed to mount the consider
able medium bomber and long range
fighter protection necessary to step
up and intensity mass raids on the
japanese homeland which have al
ready proved so disastrous to the
enemy.
The Volcano and Bonin groups
should be considered as rungs in
long island ladder which begins back
on Guam and Saipan. and which ex-
tends northward for fully 1900 miles
until it reaches literally to the
mouth of Tokyo Bay. The last rungs
in that ladder consist of the Izu
Islands, the last of which is within
sight of the headlands which mask
Tokyo Harbor. incidentally, there
are two other island ladders to the
Japanese homeland. These are the
Ryukyu Islands which reach from
Formosa to the southernmost part of
Japan proper, and the Kurile Islands
which extend from the tip of Kam-
chatka southwark to the northern
most tip Of the japanese homeland.
Very likely, all three ladders may be
climbed by our fighting forces as a
preparation for the decisive blows
slated to be struck when the end of
the war in Europe releases Ameri-
can, British and other Allied troops
aggregating millions for the final
destruction of Japan. Two should be
visualized as one more step in a
process which began long ago at
Guadalcanal and whose end is Tokyo.
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crucified Savior! Christ the King,
tried and judged by q temporizing,
minor public oticial; condemned by
mob hatred to the shameful death Of
an ignominious criminal-He dies to
save the wretched beings who kill
Him. The cross makes me ashamed
Of my anger at those who displease
me; what outrage have eyer suf-
fered that Il even remotely compar-
able to the indignities 50 humbly
born by Christ on the Cross7
Do you seek an example Of obedi-
ence? Behold Him who was made
obedient unto death, even unto the
death of the cross. As through one
mans disobedience (Adam, all men
were made sinners, so through the
obedience Of one man Christi, many
shall be made righteous. A neurotic,
shallow-minded, willful world SCOTS
at obedience and admires brutal ar
rogance; but no trust Is more certain
than that great constructive achieve
ment is the fruit Of patient obedi-
ence rather than brazen might.
Do you seek an example Of the
proper evaluation of earthly stand
ards Of success and prestige? Then
behold the Lord Of Lords, in whom
are all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge, hanging on the cross,
naked, scorned, blinded with spittle
and blood, crowned in mockery with
thorns, and toasted in Jest with gall
and vinegar. From His blood-stained
pulpit of the cross, He speaks Of the
treachery and f1ckleness OF wealth
and material goods-"They cast lots,
dividing His garments among them
selves; the vanity Of honors and dig
nities-"They plated crown of
thorns and pressed it into His head;
the delusion of physical pleasure
They gave Me gall for My meat and
in My thirst they gave Me vinegar
to drink"
The cross IS no easy book to read;
in fact, the 'unspeakable tragedy of
these war years is almost needed for
men to begin to understand its real
and terrible meaning. During Pas
siontide, let us examine the charity,
the patience, the humility, the obe-
dience and the contempt OF earthly
things that the cross exemplifies in
relation to our own souls and our
own problems of life. Then only can
we count ourselves followers of the
Prince of Peace.
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The Facts Would Help

A congressional investigation of
this country's food problems-if
properly conducted-would serve
useful purpose.
There can be no doubt that there
are serious shortages in some food
lines and that these will grow more
serious as the war progresses. A
few months ago the tone of official
comment was reassuring. We were
told that, while Americans might
not be able to get as many steaks
and roasts as they would like to
have, the overall food picture was
not bad and that there would be
enough to insure a good healthful
diet. It is now becoming difficult
in many areas to get any cuts of
beef or pork, and the indications
are that the shortages in these
lines, as well as others, will get
worse before they get better.
Nevertheless, the President is
right in saying that the people of
some other countries are faced with
infinitely more serious conditions
They are looking to us for help, and
1t is both right and sensible that
we should aid them to the extent
that our own resources permit.
This is not, as the President i'm
plies, essentially question of de-
cency on our part. It may be
doubted that all, or even most, of
the people in this country who are
opposed to further reduction in our
own food consumption are inf1u-
enced by any lack of a sense of de-
cency or justice. More probably
they are victims of the enormous
confusion that has come to surround
the whole question of food produc-
ton and supply-past, present and
prospective.
This is where the right kind of
congressional inquiry could serve a
constructive purpose. 1t could sift
down the mass of conflicting state
ments and arrive at the approx
mate truth as to what we have on
hand in the way of food, how much
food can be produced and what.is
necessary for minimum needs at
home. It could profitably look into
the question of why our production
in some lines is falling OF and de-
termine the extent to which faulty
policies and poor administration
may have contributed to shortages.
It could determine whether other
nations have built up excessive
stock piles at our expense and
whether some are still drawing too
heavily on the American larder. 1t
could appraise the validity of sug-
gestions which have appeared that
other nations-Canada, for ex-
ample-could contribute more food
to those who are in need.
An intelligent and nonpolitical
investigation of these and related
matters might point the way to
more production and better use of
what we have. But if it did no more
than establish the facts so that the
American people, when called upon
to tighten their belts, could know
whether the sacrifice was really
necessary, it would have served
very sound and desirable purpose.
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might be used as temporary shelters
for displaced families. But one thing
is certain. The experiment would be
incomplete II, after redevelopment, the
pioneers who live In Marshall Heights
were not offered first opportunity, on
the best Of terms. to regain their status
as property owners.
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The Cross OF CALVARY

By the Reu. Paul r. Tanner,
Secretary, National Catholic Welfare Con
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zen. They were drawn there by the
elemental urge to own q bit OF land
themselves. Some of them built shacks
out of lumber scraps, and living there
built better one Of corrugated iron
sheets, and, steadily progressing, built
still better one of cinder or concrete
blocks, timber or brick. There are some
attractive little homes, and there are
some unbelievable novels. But the resi-
dents have something in common. They
are home owners, with a little land
around them that belongs to them.
There are many children and there are
many dogs-signs Of contentment. And
they. are far better of than in crowded
rows on city streets, and they enjoy
more independence than the tenant of
Government" housing, no matter how
spic and span that housing might be.
Marshall Heights is in Southeast
Washington. It is bounded by Southern
avenue, Central avenue, Fifty-sixth
street and meandering line formed by
Forty-ninth street, st. Louis street and
Fitch street. The area surrounding it
Is rapidly developing as neighborhood
OF good homes, but Marshall Heights will
remain a desolate island, practically un-
improvable unless the Government can
buy all the land and the development
started over again, with properly graded
streets following natural contours and
with sewer, water, sidewalks and other
utilities.
Whether and when this will be done
Is hard to say. Nobody knows what
would happen to the families who live
there now during the process. Col.
Kutz thinks that some Of the portable
war housing, eventually to be removed,
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Adkins Extends Date
For Vacating Hospital
Site 10 February I

District Court Justice Jesse c. Ad-
klns today extended to February 2
the final date for vacating the entire
square at Washington Circle &C
quired by the Government for a new
4o0-bed hospital. to be operated by
George Washington Hospital.
The court also ruled that Writs of
assistance would be issued on that
date authorizing United States mar
shals to evict any one still residing
in the square The square is bound
ed by Pennsylvania avenue. Twen-
ty-second. Twenty-third and I
streets NV.
Representatives Of the Govern
ment, who had requested the court
to issue writs of assistance today
authorizing eviction on January is,
had promised that the Government
would move furniture of residents
and provide free storage for 80 days.
This offer was made on a supposi-
ton that people would move now.
Plans had been prepared for de-
molition to start Thursday morn
ing on all vacant houses, H. ]. Nc
Nerney, Federal Works Agency at
torney, told the court prior to the
judges ruling. When Justice Ad-
kins extended the date for vacat-
ing the property, Mr.. McNerney
said further conferences with the
contractor would be necessary to
decide whether it would be feasible
to begin razing Thursday.
Some of the rows of houses are
only partly vacated, Mr.. McNerney
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Many Agencies Probe
Michigan Staying Of
Graft Witness
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich, Jan. 12.-The
shots that killed State Senator
Warren G. Hooper, key witness in
a legislative grand jury graft in
quiry, on a Jackson County road
last night has set of one of the
most intense manhunts of recent
years in Michigan.
County and State police and Spe-
cial Prosecutor Kim Sigler of the
grand jury co-ordinated today their
search for the killer of the 40-year-
old Republican legislator and' for
clues to the motives.
Shot from such close range that
powder burns ringed the bullet
wounds in the left side of his head,
Senator Hooper was found slumped
in the burning front seat of his
automobile. which had skidded off
the pavement of highway M-99 3
miles north of Springport.
Jackson County authorities sought
Ia possible witness of the killing this
morning after receiving a telephone
call that two boys in the neighbor-
hood reporAed they had seen the
car stop"
Mr.. Sigler, who said Senator Hooper
had been granted immunity by the
grand jury for his testimony, con-
ferred with Circuit Judge Leland w.
Carr, head of the grand jury, and set
his staff of investigators to aid in
running down the killer.
Capt. Harold Mulbar of the State
police detective division said, I'VE
are working on this case with no
preconceived ideas of why Senator
Hooper was killed. We are working
on all angles. No motive has been
established and we are not making
any blind guesses about it,
One avenue of investigation being
followed was to determine whether
Hooper might have been carrying
any valuable records pertinent to the
graft investigation,
He was Ell route from Lansing,
where the Legislature had recessed
for the week end, to his home at
Albion when he was slain.
State police, who said they still
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said. This presents a problem as
to whether it would be worth while
tearing down part of a row before
all houses are vacated
Justice Adkins attempted without
success to work out some compro-
mise whereby people in houses who
could not find new shelter now could
move into the Plaza Apartment
House at Washington Circle. Rob-
ert r. Mcleod. the Justice Depart
ment attorney, said he would rec
ommend to the FWA that such an
arrangement be worked out. Objec-
tions of residents being moved caused
the plan TO be abandoned.
Only about 20 Of about so who had
been summoned appeared at the
hearing.
The hearing was ordered by Jus
tice Adkins for the so to show cause
why eviction by January Is should
not be authorized.
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ice nearly five years ago. He was a
member of the Maryland National
Guard and has been overseas for
two years.
Pvt. William ii. Scott, 81, infantry
whose wife and 15-month-old son
live at Auburn Court, Alexandria,
Va, was wounded by shrapnel in
the hip November Is in France, ac-
cording to the War Department.
He is recovering in hospital in
England.
Pvt. Scott attended Marshall Col
lege, Huntington, w. Va, and
worked for the District Grocery
Stores before entering the Army
last April. He went overseas in Oc-
tober. His wife operates the Scott
Shop in Alexandria.
Pfc. Frederick o. Leaman, 81. in
fantry, whose wife Bette lives at l4l
Garrett Park road, Kensington, Md,
was seriously wounded November
18 in Germany, the War Depart
ment announced today. His moth
er, Mrs. Roberta Leaman, lives at
Ills Georgia avenue NV.
Pvt. Leaman previously was
wounded August IL in France. He
was returned to combat late in Sep
tember, his wife said He now is in
hospital in Wales, recovering from
shrapnel wounds.
A native of Washington. Pvt. Lea
man attended Business High School.
He worked at United States News
before entering the Army in October,
1943. He was sent overseas last
April.
Pvt. Philip o. Curtin, "a, infantry,
son of Philip L. Curtin of Upper
Marlboro, Md, was wounded in ac-
ton November 10 in Germany. the
War Department said. He is in a
hospital in Paris.
Pvt. Curtin attended st. Mary's
School in Upper Marlboro and
worked for the Interior Metal Erec-
tion Co. in Chevy Chase before en-
tering the Army in October, 1912. He
went overseas two years ago. His
brother, Allen, is with the Navy in
the South Pacific.
COrpl Raymond A. Fink, "a, field
artillery, was wounded December 10
in Belgium, the War Department in
formed his wife, Margretta, who
lives at 1347 Irving street NV. He
Is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert G.
Fink, 1901 F street NV.
Overseas since August, 1912, Corpl.
Fink took part in fighting in North
Africa, Sicily. Normandy, France,
Belgium and Germany He was
awarded the Bronze Star for gall
lantry at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia.
Corpl. Fink attended Gathers
burg Md High School and worked
for the Mizell Lumber Co. in Ken
sington before entering the Army
the day after Pearl Harbor.
Pvt. Floyd d. Brown, whose next
of-kin was listed as Mrs. Lou Brown,
Upper Marlboro, Md, was reported
wounded by the War Department
today.
Tech. Sergt. Edward B. Burnell,
with next-of-kin given as Mrs. Lii
liam M. Burnell, IL West Grove ave-
nue., Alexandria, was on the War
Department list of wounded.
Corp. Vernon T. O'Meara of
Cherrydale. Va, was also on the
War Department release of wounded