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Evening star., 1946-06-27
BY the Assoeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, June 27.-A Sc
lect group of Richmond business
and professional men, beset by the
creeping drought in State liquor
shops, leveled their glasses hope
fully ct an oasis in the distance a
few weeks ago.
The oasis, alas, one OF the group
confirmed yesterday, turned out to
be mirage. Cost of mirage-$3, 800.
It all happened when a glib
talking gentleman came along.
mingled with some of the better
families, mentioned his hotel con-
nections and casually remarked he
knew Of q Washington dealer who
had some so cases Of the finest con-
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Alexandria Committee
To Continue in Politics

Benton T. Boogher, chairman of
the Alexandria Citizens Com
mittee which successfully spon-
sored r. Samuel Luckett as a write
In candidate for the Alexandria
City Council in the general election
June II, said yesterday in a con-
gratulatory statement to the voters
that the committee will remain
organized for political action in the
interests of better government.
The people. of Alexandria are
to be congratulated for their in
terest and their action In going
to the polls and writing in Mr..
Luckett's name. 1t was a great
victory for democracy in Alex
andria,"
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Planners Study
inflated Prices
On Park Sites
Lund Costs Reported
Well Over Amounts
Authorized to Pay
By Rudolph Kouffmonn II

Land imitation problems which
face the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission in its program
OF land purchases for parks, park
ways and Fairgrounds were dis
cussed by the planning group today
as it opened its two-day June meet
ing.
Norman c. Brown, the planning
agency's land purchase officer sub
mitted a report of instances in
which general real estate imitation
has run land prices well over
amounts the commission is author
lied to pay.
Todays meeting of the planning
group is scheduled to be featured
by a first hand report by District
Engineer Commissioner Gordon R.
Young on the Districts projected
$225 100000 postwar Capital i'm
provement program. Gen. Young, a
member ex-offcio OF the commits
sion. made public the program a
week ago.
To Plan 1913 Budget.
Thomas S. Settle, commission sec.
retary, said the group will plan the
l948 budget and program of future
land purchases during the current
meeting. Members of the commits
sion are to inspect land which the
group hopes to purchase.
Other matters which the commits
sion was scheduled to consider to-
day are:
l. Latest plans of the chief of
! Army engineers for the Army Medi-
cal Library to be built on East
Capitol street between Third and
Fourth streets.
2. Zoning proposals heard by the
District Commissioners yesterday
which would affect public projects.
3. Progress in setting up a joint
Maryland-District body to consider
zoning changes near the District
line which affect property owners
on both sides.
Action Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the commission In
scheduled to take up the follow
ing:
/. Proposals of the District Com
missioners to close certain streets.
District hearings on the proposals
already have been held.
| 2. Progress to date in planning for
an Alexandria Shepherds Landing
bridge. The bridge would link the
Virginia city with South Capitol
street, but is in a preliminary PLAN
ming stage only.
3. A letter which the National
Park Service plans to write to the
City of Alexandria containing
future policy toward Washington
street. The street carries the Mount
Vernon Memorial Parkway through
town, and running controversy
has taken place between COM
mercial interests and park officials
over the type of building which
should be allowed to front on the
memorial drive.
4. A report drafted by Maj Gen.
U. S. Grant, III, chairman of the
commission. on the District trans
portation plan prepared in 1914 by
j. E. Greiner and De Leuw Gather
g. Co., transportation engineering
consultants, which recommended a
s56, 100000 underground streetcar
system for Washington. Gen.
Young's capital improvement pro-
gram also calls for a subway system.
Gen. Grant has said he feels a less
expensive solution to downtown con-
gestion can be found.
| 5. Facilities for landing private
seaplanes on waters within the
| District.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Radcliffe Refuses
10 Concede Defeat
Pending Count Today
Dy the kssocioted Press

Election supervisors throughout
Maryland began today the ofncial
canvass Of ballots cast In Mondays
primary elections.
Some counties were not expected
to complete the official count before
tomorrow.
The canvass was not expected to
change results indicated by unofi-
cial counts, which showed that Will
liam Preston Lane, jr., won the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor. Mayor Theodore r. McKeldin
of Baltimore the Republican guber-
aatorial nomination, D. John Markey
the COP nomination for the United
States Senate and Gov. O'Conor the
Democratic nomination to the
Senate.
However. Senator Radcliffe has
declined to concede the nomination
to Mr.. O'Conor and said last night
he was waiting for things to clear
up"
Scattered Returns Awaited.
Unomcial returns indicated that
the 49-year -old Governor captured
l02 Of the 152 convention votes.
But the O'Conor margin In several
counties was still very close, and at
a late hour last night there were a
few scattered polling places which
had not reported.
Gov. O'Conor said he had received
hundreds of letters and kilograms
congratulating him on his apparent
victory. including wires from Sena-
tor Tydings and Secretary of the
Navy James v. Forrestal.
The conventions, to be held within
two weeks. will mark the end Of
political activity until September,
when campaigns in preparation for
November's general election will get
under way.
With only 10 Of the States 1881
precincts unreported. Gov. O'Conor
polled 116,339 votes to Senator Rad
cliffe's 93,670. The Governor car
ried IL of the % counties, with
convention votes totaling 81, and
five Of Baltimore City's six legis-
lative districts, with IS convention
votes.
Figures for 1899 precincts gave
Mr.. Lane l03,22 votes, while State
Controller J. Millard Tawes had
"a ,347, and Representative Baldwin,
48.254. The convention vote was:
Lane. IS; Tawes. 40; Baldwin, 18.
Mr.. Lane won nine counties and
five legislative districts in Balti-
more. Mr.. Tawes was high in 10
counties and one city district, Mr..
Baldwin led in four counties.
Mr.. Lanes opponent in the gen.
eral election, Mayor McKeldin,
scored smashing victory over Her
man L. Mills, the Hagerstown mer-
chant who deplored extensive gov
eminent regulation of business. Re-
turns from 943 precincts showed
primary vote Of 36,979 for McKeldin
against 1914 for Mills.
Mr.. Markey maintained his COM
manding lead. In 936 precincts he
received 21,220, Joseph A. Wilmer,
11,734, and Roscoe F. Walter, 4,894.
Meanwhile, legislative returns
showed that whoever takes over as
Governor in January will have a
much-changed General Assembly
with which to work.
Approximately Is members OF the
present House of Delegates who
sought denomination were defeated
and numerous others did not seek
another term.
New Senators will occupy more
than half the seats of the upper
house.
OF the % members of the State
Senate 2 failed in their bids for
denomination and 13 others retired
from politics or sought other State
Offices, leaving only IA present mem
bers as candidates for reelection
in November.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Steinberq Reuppointed

Dean S. S. Steinberg of the Uni
versity of Maryland College of Engi-
neering yesterday was reappointed
by Gov. OConor as member
OF the State Board of Registration
for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Fowle Heads Legion Posts

WINCHESTER, Va, June q
(Specian Philip R. Fowle of the
Conrad-Hoover Post here has been
elected commander Of American
Legion posts Of the 7th congressional
district. Present district member
ship is 5000, compared with $1,000
veterans 4 year ago.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Medical Examiner Named

DIR. John T. Maloney, Cheverly,
will be acting deputy medical ex-
aminer in Prince Georges County
until July IA, in the absence Of
DR.. James I. Boyd, Forestville, who
is going on his vacation, DR.. Boyd
announced today.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Gospel Services Planned

The gospel team of five students
OF the Westminster Theological
Seminary, Philadelphia, will con-
duct the services Sunday morning
of the Knox Orthodox Presbyterian
Church, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1946-06-27
Church Plans July School

The Pershing Drive Christian
Church, Arlington, will hold a vaca-
ton church school starting July 8
to 10. Children of any denomina-
ton between the ages of and II
are invited to attend.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Barney OIdfieId

1t is interesting but not surprising
that the man who pioneered in driv-
ing an automobile at mile minute
speeds lived to be an outstanding
campaigner for safer driving. In
fact, not long before Barney Oldfield
died at his Beverly Hills, California,
home he told friends that the
sizzling pace of today's cars, espe-
cially those driven by youths in
their teens, frightened him.
The man whose name became
synonymous with speed was fright
ened because the dangerously fast
velocities which were confined to the
automobile race track in Barney's
early racing days now have become
almost commonplace on the public
highways. Cars have been vastly
improved, of course, since 1902, when
he grasped the bicycle-like handle
bars OF Henry Ford's first racer, old
999, and sped around dusty track
near Detroit at better than sixty miles
an hour-for the first time in auto
motive history-or when, a year
later, he established the first official
speed record for automobiles.
The mania for greater and greater
speed in automobiles soon spread to
the passenger automobile industry.
The perils were not so pronounced
in the years when thirty or forty
miles an hour was considered tops
for private cars, but Mr.. Oldfield
became more and more worried as
highways and cars were improved
and serious accidents increased at
an alarming rate. Perhaps he felt
that he had played an unwilling
part in this craving for speed. At
any rate, he devoted his later years
to advising car manufacturers on
ways of making automobiles safer
and to lecturing on the perils OF
making race tracks out OF the Ma
tion's boulevards. But 1t is IS the
speed demon of the early motoring
Evening star., 1946-10-06

and the magnificent grove Of elms In
the grounds north Of the Executive Man.
sion was almost ruined. The build
ings OF the city suffered more heavily
than ever in the past" One wall Of
new structure at 1918 Pennsylvania ave
nue. was shaken down, crushing the roofs
of two adjoining restaurants. The
steeple of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church and the tower Of the
Grand Opera House at Fifteenth and
E streets were demolished. st. Aloysius'
Church and the Pension once were par
TALLY unroofed. A portion OF the Metro
politan Street Railway Co. car shed was
blown down with upward Of 50 cars
caught in the debris. The velocity Of
the hurricane was estimated at ga miles
an hour. Some observers thought it
reached 80 at its worst.
- X X
Shopping must have been q pleasure
in great-grandmother's day. Quality
clothing, for instance, was
borouins available at prices which
Plentiful now seem ridiculous. Ad-
= vertisements In The Star
of September 20, 1895. showed 8. Kann.
Sons & Co., offering: Fruit Of the Loom
bleached muslin at AZ cents yard.
ladies' eiderdown dressing sacques IN
light blue, pink and silver gray at SO
cents each, and ladies' Maco yarn ribbed
vests at is cents; Kings Palace dis
playing Kersey Beaver jackets, all wool
with storm notched collars, at 1898.
and ostrich feather boas, full 50 inches
long, at $498; the Palais Royal pro-
claiming 81 figured taffeta silks at 50
cents a yard, SIS black satin and moire
silk skirts with 10 cores at SO and $1.25
fedora hats, scratch and plain French
felt, at IS cents, and Hecht g. co. chal.
lenging all competitors with boys
double breasted cashmere and chevfos
suits for s2.4o and boys golf caps 1t u
cents each.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Organic Architecture

Waldron Faulkner, past president
of the Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects,
contributes to the journal of that
organization discussion of the
phrase organic architecture" which
should prove reassuring to the lay
public, habitually puzzled by such
made to -order" terms. The words,
in substance, are being used to apply
to buildings which 'in some mystee
rious way (have) achieved a living
quality" and are studied best against
background of biology. Expressed
in other language, they relate to
structures which have obvious form
and purposefu1 function. What may
be known as 'heredity" and what
may be known as environment in
style and landscape adjustment have
"sonaething to o@do with the case" 81.
The formula thus summarized iss
appealing. Mr.. Faulkner certainly
is right when he contends that "or-
ganic architecture" cannot be limited
to "a few examples selected by the
extreme modernists" and that it can
be and should be used in reference
to all construction present, past
and future" Classic styles-both
Greek and Roman-"grew" from the
ground. The same affirmation often
has been made for Gothic. Pre-
sumably, even Byzantine extrava-
gances had natural source some
where sometime: The trend in Con-
stantinople simply went too far,
continued too long.
Mr.. Faulkner sees a parallel be-
tween the diversified skyscrapers of
our own era and the monstrous
Saurians of very ancient days. Both
represent, in his opinion, "old age"
ih the sense of lost vitality, dis
persed survival capacity. He be-
lieves that architecture, like almost
everything else under the sun, fol-
lows "a basic pattern" not vastly diff
ferent, perhaps, from that sketched
by Shakespeare in the oft-quoted
Seven Ages of Man." At the close
of his essay, he stresses the i'm
portance of the Cosmic Architect.
IF cathedral must have a plan
before it can be built" he says, sit
seems reasonable to suppose that
this must hold true for all other
organic structures, such as the wild
flower or the seashell, which are
developed according to the same
natural laws" The same elemental
principles self-evidently are in
volved.
And their association is matter
of common human experience. The
geometry" of the snowfiakes is of
a piece with that Of the crystal
prism. Mr.. Faulkner's last sentence
is a question, asking: "Is it not
logical to believe that there is an
underlying plan for the development
of life itself?" The atom and the
universe are unity, according to
that philosophy.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
HeIicopter Exploits

It is a new and thrilling chapter
which has been added to the history
of helicopter development as a re-
suit of the role it played in the two
recent air crashes in Newfoundland.
This is not the first time, of course,
that the odd flying windmills" have
proved their worth in difficult rescue
operations, but never before have
they been called upon to undertake
q bigger job than that which con-
fronted them when Canadian and
Newfoundland authorities called to
America for help after the Belgian
air liner crashed in rocky wilder
ness, with forty-four passengers
aboard. Because neither Canada nor
Newfoundland was equipped to con-
duct helicopter operations, the
United States Coast Guard gladly
sent two dismantled helicopters to
the scene in Army transport planes.
Hurrtedly reassembled at Gander
Airport, Coast Guard pilots flew the
helicopters to where Army men and
trappers had carried the injured to
q small clearing not far from the
wreckage. BY ones and twos the
victims were flown to the airport.
Not long thereafter the helicopters
were sent for to enable investigators
to examine the wreckage of the
second plane to crash in Newfound-
land in three weeks.
The lowering capabilities of the
helicopter make it peculiarly valu-
able continuance in such emergencies
as those in Newfoundland. During
the war, especially toward the close
of hostilities, it became a regular
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Owner vs.. Union Control

There are many collateral issues
and shades of issues In the current
maritime strike. But the nub of the
controversy is whether the unions or
the ship operators are to select the
officer personnel for the ships.
The unions are naturally thinking
of the time when hundreds of ships
now in commission will be tied up
and when there will be fewer job
opportunities than there are now.
They want agreements with the ship
operators for preferential hiring, in
various degree. The preferential
hiring principle means that the
captain, chief engineer and other
licensed, or officer, personnel will be
hired by a ship owner on the basis
of seniority and other union condi-
tions which have little or no rela-
tionship to personality or ability.
The opposition of the operators,
which is more determined on the
West Coast than in the Eastern and
Gulf ports, is understandable. The
ships captain and chief engineer are
in every respect the agents of the
owners, and upon their skill, their
Judgment and the confidence re-
posed in them by the owners de-
pends-in greater degree, perhaps,
than in any other business activ-
ity-the difference between a profit
able and losing operation. The
situation is comparable in some re-
spects with factory owners insist
ence on the right to select his fac
tory managers, except that the
authority which law and tradition
place with the master of a ship at
sea is not duplicated in any other
calling.
If the unions win, in this particu-
lar phase of their strike, they will
have brought about a condition
which on its face is prejudicial to
efficient ship operation. 1t is little
wonder that the Maritime Commits
sion hesitates to throw the weight of
its influence, in the operation of
Government-owned vessels, on the
side of the union in this most sig
niflcant point of controversy.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Sbiritual A1Uakening or War
By the Rep. J. Raymond Nelson,
Pastor OF the Bethesda First Baptist Church.

81 The world wants no more war.
Christian people throughout the
world are praying for spiritual
awakening. Significantly, Roger
Babson in recent forecast implies
that nothing short Of great spiritual
awakening can certainly avoid World
War III. Which is more likely to
come, the awakening or the war?
Many years ago q lonely Figure,
seeking to bring peace to the world,
faced dozen men whom He had
chosen as His key workers (Matthew,
xvi.2l-25l. How will He proceed
with His great enterprise? First,
they must understand that the issue
is clearly drawn within Himself. He
was enough like them to feel the tug
of worldly ambition; but His victory
over the flesh is complete and they
must be prepared to see Him endure
the sacrifice that victory entails
His complete submission, and later
His death. Second, they (and all
who would be His followers) likewise
must renounce selfish desire and
consecrate themselves wholly to
spiritual ends. He already Is bearing
His cross-they must bear their
crosses. each for himself!
4 ~
What was the cross to Christ? 1t
was more than the instrument upon
which He ignominiously was done to
death; 1t was more than death itself.
The physical cross under which He
staggered on the crucifixion morn
must have been a relief compared
with that other cross, albeit meta
phorical, which had brought Him to
Calvary. No doubt the darkest hour
to Him was not the period Of dark
ness as He hung on the cross, but
the night in His soul as in Geth-
semane on the previous evening He
wrestled for the last time with the
more burdensome cross.
What is the cross to the disciple
of Christ? Some consider it poten-
Evening star., 1946-10-06

tial Calvary, as If to say. II am ready
to die for Christ II need be-; yet for
most part we know the need will
not arise. Some, more or less will
ingly, accept many crosses in the
form OF sorrow, suffering, losses,
which cannot be avoided; but accept
ing burdens under compulsion and
voluntarily bearing loads that could
be avoided-these are long way
apart. II Christ was enough like us
to be under the necessity OF con-
quering worldly ambition, we must
be enough like Him to renounce self
and win a like victory. We must
take up our crosses every day. Com
pare Luke, ix23.)
What has this to do with peace or
war? The strongest force for peace
is the Christlike spirit Of the fol-
lowers of Christ. But so many are
such poor examples OF His spirit
hence the apparent weakness Of
Christianity to cope with the present
world situation. To renounce every
thing that the world holds most dear
is to gain everything that has value
with Christ; it sounds trite to say
so, yet how few they are who live
daily in accordance with. this prin-
ciple! This is the need of the hour.
A worldwide demonstration of
crosses, Of the victories Of unself-
ishness in the name of Christ, would
vindicate the claims Of Christ and
show the strength of Christianity.
More, it would win large numbers
OF disciples for Christ from among
His enemies, as also from among the
Indifferent. 1t would open the way
for better understanding among the
nations of the world. That would
bring, yes it truly would be great
spiritual awakening. A statement
attributed to Napoleon proclaims: In
this world are two forces, sword and
spirit; the spirit always has con-
quered the sword" Let Christians
show that he was right.
Evening star., 1946-10-06

part Of equipment OF the air-sea
rescue service. It was used in Burma
on one occasion to save wounded
flyer in part OF the jungle that was
almost impenetrable. Many other
uses are being found for 1t in COM
mercial and pleasure flying now that
the war Is over, but If 1t had no other
possibilities than those typif1ed in
the Newfoundland disasters its place
in aviation would be secure.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
One Certain Method
Ru JOseuh II. Foe
n the Toronto evening Telegram.

From the Toronto Evening Telegram.
One certain method Of increasing de-
linquency among juveniles and crime.
among young men is to instill in them
disrespect for police officers and conf
dence that they can override the law by
sheer force of numbers. One certain
method of inculcating the theory that
might is right and that the end justifies
the means is the demonstration OF
massed force repeatedly achieving its
purpose by succeeding against the efforts
Of the law to maintain the rights OF
others. One certain method of teaching
the young to evade the law is to set the
example where police constables are
treated as enemies of society to be over
come, servants Of reactionary forces to
be fiouted, or mere nuisances to be dis
obeyed or avoided