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Evening star., 1948-09-26
Good News At Lost

In this gloomy age, when mankind seems
to be tottering on the very brink OF eA-
termination, 1t comes as good news 10
learn that someone is trying to save our
heads.
Out in the Laboratories OF CorneN Uni
versity men of good will, scientists nlleo
with the milk of human kindness nave
embarked upon research program tnaC
Is chock full of interesting possibilities.
They have two main objectiVes. one Is
To find out how much of a crack on tne
head a man can take without fracturlng
his skull. The other is to develop furniture
for airplanes which will make it possible
for him to take harder lick than ne can
stand now and still stay on this side OF
the Great Beyond. The outlook Is promis-
ing. If all goes well, If no unforeseen al
ficulties are encountered, these benefactors
of the human race hope to be able 10
develop airplane furniture of such resll-
iency that a man can knock his head on
the seat in front in plane crash at loo
miles per hour and still survive.
Halleluiah! Happy days are here again!
Woe unto the scoffer who will now deny
that even the darkest cloud has its silver
lining!
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Make 1t Permanent

AS we revert to standard time after
another satisfactory experience with day
light saving, one wonders how long it will
take to convince Congress that permanent
legislation should be passed on this subject.
year to authorize the District to join with
other enlightened communities in the
popular plan is utter nonsense. It just
makes more unnecessary work for the
legislators and it creates annual indecision
and confusion not only in the District but
in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
This year the legislative situation was
even worse than usual. The Senate ap-
proved bill giving permanent authority to
the Commissioners to issue daylight saving
proclamations but the House baked. 1t was
only after most of the country already had
gone on daylight saving that the House
passed a one-year authorization measure,
to which the Senate agreed on the theory
that half loaf is better than none. Mean
while nearby Maryland and Virginia COM
munities were kept waiting, too, since, as
a practical matter, they invariably tie In
with whatever time prevails in Washington.
Now we are back where we started before
Congress debated daylight saving last
spring. The law, in effect, expired simul-
taneously with the end of this years day.
light saving period. The new Congress
will have to go over the same old ground
and listen to the same outmoded argu-
ments from a few politically minded die
hards 1t is high time that this time
wasting legislative repetition should end.
Congress can do it by enacting the NC
rr,+b hill af tho mast session
Evening star., 1948-09-26

The whole inclusive composition of stone
and glass, marble and oak and bronze, has
compelling appeal to the natural esthetic
instinct of average folk. 1t draws pilgrims
of every faith and of no faith at all.
But it does not connote beauty alone
The practical value of the Cathedral has
been demonstrated repeatedly as the fabric
has grown through the years. When the
entire edif1ce has been finished its purpose
as a facility of religion, education and
charity should be fulfilled in harmony with
the vision of its premier sponsor, Henry
Yates Satterlee, first Bishop of Washington.
He saw it as place where the spiritual
and cultural character of America would
flower in deeds helpful to all mankind
His successors in the work have called the
enterprise "a power house" in the sense
that it will be useful to multitudes.
What remains to be done in construction
is but fraction of what already has been
accomplished. The Patriots Transept is
key factor in the design. Completing 1t
will be an achievement in itself.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
New Mobile Rudio Network

1t is easy to see why the Army is mani
Testing interest in plans of the American
Association of State Highway Officials for
creation of a Nationwide radiotelephone
network for exclusive use of State and
municipal highway departments. Such
system of communication, conducted
largely through mobile transmitting and
receiving units, would be valuable ado1-
ton to the country's radio facilities IN
event of war or other great national
emergency.
A nucleus for such a countrywide net
work already exists in several States. The
State of Washington pioneered the plan
more than fifteen years ago. Its 5000 miles
of roads are patroled by radio-equipped
highway cars and trucks, comprising ESQ
units, including number of fixed stations
The emergency value of this system has
been demonstrated repeatedly-most re-
Gently during the disastrous Columbia
River floods. Every winter the mobile
broadcasting outfits help to save lives and
alleviate distress during snow and ice
storms in the mountains. California, Ohio,
PENNSYLVANIA and New York also have in
stalled highway radio systems.
So impressed are AASHO members with
the results reported from these areas that
the association has prevailed on the Fed
eral Communications Commission to re-
serve certain frequencieS for an expanded
network. Plans for this expansion were
discussed at the annual convention of the
association at Salt Lake City recently. The
FEC has called a hearing for October on
a proposed set of rules for operation OF the
system, which the FEC has named the
Public Safety Radio Service. Major Gen
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Spires Of the Spirit ;sssa
Burning Up Heritage
Forest Fires Waste the Nations Trees Mocng the Words
of One of Americas WelLoved Hymns
By the Req Frederi Byow Harrs,D d., D..
Harris, D. d., Litt. D.

the stake by human carelessness. villages and
towns are wiped out, wild life perishes in the
agonizing inferno from which escape Is impOs-
sible. Millions Of tons of paper never will be
processed for press and magazines and books,
because there are ashes for beauty in q heart
breaking panorama of scorched ground. Even
the beneficent equilibrium of watersheds is
upset by these fiery blasts, with an irretrievable
loss Of the good earth.
Who is to blame for this annual national
calamity? Not bolts of lightning, not sparks
from passing trains. not the perversity of un-
balanced minds These account for but, per-
haps, 10 per cent of forest fires. Three out Of
four are lighted by sheer carelessness; they
could be prevented IT, somehow, Indifferent
thoughtlessness could be changed to patriotic
caution-if all Americans would but mean what
they sing IN one line Of hymn we all know by
heart, II love thy woods"
Last week there met in the Post Once of
the Nations Capital large company headed
by prominent officials of the Government.
The occasion marked the mobilization Of the
vast postal army Of Uncle Sam to fight this
fiery scourge and to dedicate new canceling
dies as the symbol of their enlistment as fire.
fighters. But while the alarm was sounded SO
impressively there, the smoke Of this awful
waste was rising from more than 80 fires in
the State of Maine alone
+ 4
The solemn summons is upon all to protect
these green tents Of the Almighty from the
destruction that wasteth at noontide and at
midnight. No wonder the plea is also prayer
1t was beneath the shadows Of trees that in
the dim yesterdays the Druids worshped and
built affairs In the sheltering shade of our
trees. whose leaves are for the healing Of
the Nation, shall we too raise an altar Of
dedication, and this our prayer:
God of all growing things, save us from the
hypocrisy of singing I love thy woods with
out solemn sense Of our stewardship as pro-
tectors Of the friendly trees which are the
benefactors Of all the songs of men and Of the
creatures who seek the refuge of their spread
ing branches. From selfish indifference, from
culpable carelessness, from thoughtless negli-
gence which may leave noble forests but black
ened ruins and on the scorched earth the bodies
Of slain trees, good Lord, deliver u.s.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

There's feeling among some State Depart
ment experts that Russia may agree to lift the
Berlin blockade rather than have the issues
surrounding the city brought into the United
Nations Assembly at Paris. AS they see it,,
Moscow can jump only one Of two ways: l. 1t
can agree to lift the blockade. We might
agree then to using the Russian mark in all
Berlin-if all four occupying powers had
say-so on control of it. 2. Or it can refuse to
lift the blockade, whereupon Berlin's troubles
would be turned over to the United Nations
Moscow has shown dislike of world criticism.
And this U. N session seems stacked for just
that Not single Russian got elected to
chairmanship of major U. N. committee
the first time this has happened in U. N.
history
Evening star., 1948-09-26

trodden, the arsenal
of democracy, the
bulwark against ty-
ranny.
I love thy sentinel
rocks, defying the
blows of the aeons;
thy ripping rills and
wide flowing rivers,
making glad the fer
tile soil; thy tempted
hills clothed in living
green, where cattle
Craze.
So sings a patriot
ism pure and unde-
Evening star., 1948-09-26

We don't seem to recall anyone back in
the home town who corresponded to to-
day's man of distinction, unless it was the
fellow who kept his own pool cue.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

Had he but known when he was Secre-
tary of Agriculture, Hank Wallace might
have spared the pigs and decreed instead
a slaughter of the little chickens.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

Carrie and Edith Merrilees Bessie Dunn and
Perdita Hudspeth The galleries applauded and
whistled and in every other convenient way In.
dicated that they thought the production "ths
thing"
Evening star., 1948-09-26
It's the Nuts!

Some Government lumber experts say home
builders are overlooking good bet in pecan
wood flooring. They report pecan is a relatively
good buy today, but that most Americans won't
consider it over the conventional oak. The re-
sulting slack demand for pecan has led the
Commerce Department to remove it from ex-
port control, except to Europe. All shipments
to Europe are restricted so as to control ex-
ports to the Russian bloc.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

Eventually, with further refinements OF
the process of converting wood into food,
we look for the wizards of the laboratory
to come up with the steaked plank.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Spires Of the Spirit
By the Req. Frederl

My country-I love thy starry flag. thy
spiritual foundations, thy stirring history and
thy storied shrines. My country-I love thee
as citadel Of freedom, the refuge of the down.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

Putting one brick on top of another gets
you $27 a day in New York; but it isn't
quite as easy as it sounds. The bricks
have to come out even.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Steel Sef.A sides

Government-sponsored steel set-asides for
designated essential industries" have lot OF
other industries including autos - worried
about being left out in the cold. Steel was
short even before the set-aside programs got
under way recently and the programs are now
taking 10 per cent of production. Some OF
the outsiders are attempting to have set-asides
set up for them, too. Icebox makers will talk
to the Commerce Department about it this
coming week.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
John L. and the G. o. p.

John L. Lewis probably won't make public
declaration in behalf of Republican Candidate
Thomas E. Dewey unless it looks like COP
landslide by the time the miners hold their
convention in Cincinnati, beginning October 5.
Mr. Lewis is bitterly anti-Truman, but his
union, the United Mine Workers. also is out
to beat Senators and Representatives who voted
for the Taft-Hartley Act, which he also hates,
and that means the coal diggers will be trying
to defeat many Republicans. Mr.. Lewis re-
tirement as president of the UNIV could come
at this convention. but it's hardly likely. He
permitted himself to be renominated, and
there's at least one more major objective he'd
like to accomplish before he hangs up the
gloves: To give the Federal mine inspectors
power to enforce their safety recommendations.
Congressional action would be required for that.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Snbercarrier

Look for the Navy soon to disclose som
details and an artists conception Of its 5000
ton supercarrier Also two-engine Jet all
weather or night fighter.
ReIeiou Cabinet
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Political Calendar

Wednesday-Rhode Island Democratic pri
mary selects candidates for United States Sem
ate Green seat, two United States House
seats, Governor, State Offices
Evening star., 1948-09-26
T OOkino Ahead Some Shadows of Coming Events
Are Noted Here and abroad

found that only -fourth~of couples under
rs own their own homes, mortgaged or un-
mortgaged, but that two-thirds of those over
65 do.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Neu, Air Lab

The National Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics will name its great aircraft propulsion
laboratory at Cleveland in honor of the late
Dr. George W. Lewis, for many years leader
of research work.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
BeIeian Cabinet

Brussels-Dopesters look for Prime Minister
Spaak to reshufie his cabinet soon. They say
some Socialist Ministers will be dropped be-
cause of press criticism of the governments S
progress in rehousing.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Chinese Farms

Two American experts on Chinese agricul-
ture will leave for China within a few days
to begin study with Chinese authorities
on a program of rural reconstruction. 1t
will be part of the Economic Cooperation
Administrations China-aid program and may
cost around s25 100000 before it is finished.
The United States experts are DR.. Charles
R. Meyer and DR.. John E. Baker.
Evening star., 1948-09-26
N0rse-RuSs

oSLO.-Norway is expected to open trade
negotiations with Russia and several other
countries soon. The authoritative newspaper
Arbeiderbladet says talks will begin early in
November
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Home Owners

II you don't buy a house before you're Is,
the odds are you never will. So says the
Fedora, ,,Reserve Board, which has just -
some research on the subject. The
Evening star., 1948-09-26
Fifty Years Ago

The new store of Parker Bridget g. Co.,
Pennsylvania avenue at Ninth street NV,
was opened to the public on Sep
Porker, tember 81, 1898, and The Star for
Bridget tnas aa.s catft.u 10 al on sApSsv
Evening star., 1948-09-26

worker who did so would be viewed with dis.
favor. Thus in several instances the board
has found that for an employer or supervisor
to interrogate a man as to whether or not ne
has Joined the union amounts to coercion. In
some of these cases the question was not
ACCOMPANIED by any express threat OF reprlsai'
The implied threat was deemed sumcient.
Mr.. Roysters Justification Of the intimatlon
that the workers who do not join the union
would lose their jobs Is also subject TO criticism.
He points out that under the law II the union
became the bargaining representative and won
a union shop election 1t could bargain lor
contract which, If accepted by the employer.
would pose all the workers with the choice OF
belonging to the union or being fired Ihere
are board decisions dealing with employer
misconduct, however, which indicate that q
mere statement of intent to follow legal
course OF conduct is not DEFENSE
Under the Wagner Act, for example, 1t was
no breach of the duty to bargain to refuse to
grant any wage increases or any form OF COM
nulsory union membership Nevertheless there
are numerous board decisions which hold 1t
improper for an employer to tell the workers
in advance that he Is determined not TO MAKE
any concessions to the union. The rationale OF
those cases is that worker might be unfairly
deferred from Joining a union II he knows that
his employer prior TO any bargaining negotia-.
tious is adamantly opposed to granting any
BENEFITS If his shop Is organized. ...[.
Under the new act unions also have DIZZY
to bargain, which means approaching the con-
ference table with an open mind. Logically IL
might appear that a fixed determination TO
secure a compulsory membership clause In
contract also betrays an intention not TO bar.
gain in good faith. Y.
Evening star., 1948-10-14

Down Stairs Store.
Evening star., 1948-10-14
\XE;;:Ti i 5;

DANCING.
Latin, ,Amsricsn Dance Sisht' d .rs.ta !swisa
Community ,Csr Center, s,sS, SSteenth ana stree's
Kappa Alpha Order. Wsshinston Alumni
Madrillon Restaurant, 1880 pm. tomor-
National Homes Foundation, Hotel Stat
Ter, 1890 pm: tomorrow.
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
avenue. silver spring. Nd; open daily
and sTSn .tehnas as.v ps Tros a'sf MsIshs sGGl
Bache and Thomas Yanosky, through No
Coreoran Gallery Of Art, seysnteenth
10 to 4;30 pm, Mondays. 10 am. to 4:3O
'ass sstusasss sasSssa and F!ds' e. % sua
At the. corcoran Gallery Of Art, through
s ioG st1 Oy
Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV; open an to .., . pm MONDAYS e!,asss
Pan American Union. Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV: open 8
until noon Saturday landscape of Qua
tsmalss oils by HumSerto oaravito'
'AiGS Hibrars 'tSSet II Congress. First and East
Monday threash SATURDAY. and Y1:so am.
le en. p sandY sxt a. osnsn Tert
"a h. II 9as
isem ns s .shbss
centenary Of the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science, including rare
STEMS STEM: theory theory of relstivity. throush tomor-
tSs iaa 0. for an IN.
Nationsl Archives, exhibition hall, Con-
stitution avenue. between Seventh and
Eighth streets NV; ops open s;4s am IT, to
holidays; exhibit eommemOra ting Ihe CEN
Of the n
ments, % for I an indennits period
ana s'ons Gisr, .v:nu. s open
am. to 5 pm weekdays and 2 to 10 pm.
SUNDAYS, paintings and SCULPTURE compris. is :.
collections and gifts from other donors.
for an. indefinite period. Also new exhibi::
tion Of American prints and consisting OF Of
Of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution
and the National Gallery of Art, through
Phillips Memorial Gallery. 1900 Twenty.
FIRST street NV: open daily II an. to 4. .
pm: modern French and American
ElsR ana Wu0Hfe Bervice, unQer main
lobby in Commerce Department Building,
Fourteenth and e streets NV; open 9
and fresh-water FISH, for an indefinite
Smithsonian Institution, Division Of
Graphic ,Arts. Ninth street and Jefferson
drive NV; open 8 to 4:30 pm. weekdays
and Sundays; color photographs by Charles
Eliot Perkins, through october 81.
Studio Group Show, Hillyer court
NV; paintings and seulpturins BY local
artists, open Sundays, 4 to Pm. for
an indefinite period.
FOR SERvICEMEN.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club.
ing desk. billiard tables. radio. -
Pennsylyania avenue NV: free canteen.
open daily noon to midnight,
Ofncers' Service Club. 1874 Twenty -hrst
street NV. binso party. $40 o'clock to-
Armed Services YMcA. 1855 q street
NV; VARIETY programs in lounge, dancing.
Penthouse Service Center. Seventeenth
and K streets NV; crafts. . o'clock: in
formal games and informal dancing,
o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Electric
Appliances
At Very Losc Prices

At very LO1O TfJCeS
I General Electric Hot Water
Heater. Floor sample. Capacity:
66 gallons. Was $l77.s5. Now.
s11s.S5
] Clark Electric Hot Water
Heater. Capacity: 30 gallons.
Was $129.95. Now $97.45
1. Bendix Gas Clothes Dryer.
Floor sample. Was $249.50
NOW 9l7S
5 Universal Eton Gas Ranges.
Were S1s2.75. Now ------S137
Morton Corner Wall Cabinet
Was $685.. Now------s1e.S5
/ youngstown Sink. Floor sam
pie. Size: 4s inches. Was
$169.s5. Now S1eS.S5
youngstown Sink. Floor sam
pie. Size: 81 inches. Was
1895. Now $685.
I Apex Foldamatic Electric
Ironer. Floor sample. Console
type. Was $22s.95. Now. S169.s5
I Thor Wringer-type Washer.
Floor sample. Was $l29.s5.
Now 1888
I Permagias Lined Gas Hot
Water Heater. 20-gallon ca
pacity. Floor sample. Was
$l19.95. 37S.95
5 Infralectric Glass Heaters.
Were $29.s5. Now Sl.SS
1 Toastwell Automatic Pop.up
Toaster. Was $19.95. Now, S9.S5
I Continental Electric Ovenette.
Was 1896. Now $24S5
I Markell Heater. Was $l1.95.
Now $5.S5
Samson Two-burner Electric
Hot Plate. Was $1e.95. Now,
Ss.95
. Electric Heaters. Were 1857.
NOW N.SS
W&L-Eectric Appliances,
Down Stairs Store
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Living Room and Dining Room
Furniture Reduced

/ Occasional chair, mahogany
with cotton tapestry upholstery.
Was $3.50. Now ----.-- $3.50
1 Occasional pull-up chair, ma
hogany with blue cotton uphol-
stery. Was $50. Now $39
; Occasional chairs, mahogany
with cotton upholstery. Were
$69.50. Now $3.50
. Burbank armchairs, mahog-
and with blue rayon satin up
holstery. Were STA. Now $50
1 Armchair, hardwood in dawn
finish. yellow plastic upholstery.
Was SAT. Now-----$35
Drop-leaf table, mahogany.
Was 1850. Now $3.50
1 Buffet, modern lined oak.
Was 500. Now -----$56
1 Table, modern lined oak. Was
$91. Now $56
1 Coach table, mahogany. Was
$54. Now -----------------$zS
1 Occasional chair, mahogany
with lime colored cotton uphol-
stery. Was 4ss.50. Now $74
/ Lamp table, poplar. Pennsyl-
vania Dutch. Was $45. Now s2S
W&I-Furniture, Sixth Floor
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Bedroom
Ensembles
Reduced

8 Bedspreads, printed sail cloth,
for single beds. Were S14.s5.
Now $10.S5
~ Draperies, printed sail cloth,
~ yards in length. Were $12.95.
NOW S.So
"a Vanity skirts, printed sail
cloth. Were $8.75. Now, S4.75
IL Pillow Covers, printed sail
cloth. Were $4.95. Now $2.S5
$40 Short lengths Of cretonne
and other printed fabrics, also
materials for glass curtains,
short draperies. u to "a less
than regular price.
100 Yards printed light weight
plastic fabrics, 36-inches wide.
Imperfect. Much less than half
price Of perfect goods. Now,
W&L-Curtains, Seventh Floor
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Box Springs and
Innersprins
Mattresses
Reduced

: Twin size Innersprlng Mat
tresses. Were $49.50. Now, $37
I Twin size Innerspring Mat
tress. Was $3.50. Now $2S
; Double size Innerspring Mat
tresses. Were $3.50. Now, $37
; DoubIe-size Box Springs. Were
$40.50. Now ----$2S.5e
I Mahogany Lowboy Cedar
Chest. Was $50. Now $4s
l Hand-painted Dover Storage
Chest. Was 4121. Now $3.50
1 Twin size Hollywood Bed. On
legs. Was $ll3.50. Now ---SS5
W&L-Bedroom Furniture,
Fifth Floor
Evening star., 1948-10-14

I Half round table, pine, Penn
sylvania Dutch. Was $3.50.
Now $22.50
l Prayer bench, pine, Pennsyl-
vania Dutch. Was $35. Now,
sas
1 Bench, pine, Pennsylvania
Dutch. Was $45. Now. $22.5o
/ Drum table, mahogany with
leather top. Was $90.50. Now,
s67.5o
1 Lamp table, maple. Was
$3.50. Now ---$2 $3.50
/ Gard table, metal with imita-
ton leather top in brown. Was
$12. Now ------$6.95
/ Gard table, hardwood with
imitation leather top in red.
Was SIC. Now -----------$9.s5
I Gard table, aluminium, red.
Was $3.50. Now -------S9.Sa
I Lamp table, mahogany with
brass accents. Was $35. Now,
e2l.So
I Coffee table, hardwood, green
lacquer finish. Was $3.50. Now,
s24.So
I Sewing rocker, pine, Pennsyl-
vania Dutch inspired. Was
94S.60. Now ------------S1S.S0
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Bedroom Furniture Reduced

4 Chest, hardwood, chateau bois.
hnish. Was sls5. Now--s7s.s
1 Vanity Base, lined oak. Was
$3.50. Now $69.50
I Vanity and Mirror, modern
walnut. Was Sis. Now---Seo
I Dresser Base, hardwood, sun
tan finish. Was 500. Now,
ss4.5o
I Single Bed, modern walnut.
Was $50. Now-----$29.5o
/ Single Bed, oak. Was $61.
Now $42.50
1 Double Bed, oakmist. Was $50.
1 Double Bed, hardwood with
mahogany finish. Was $35. Now,
s24.5e
Double Bed, maple. Was $26.
Double Bed, walnut. Was 80.
NOW $z9.S0
W&I-Bedroom Furniture, Fiftl
Evening star., 1948-10-14

l Double Bed, blonde mahogany.
Was $3.50. Now $31
1 Single Bed, maple. Was $62.
SoW $f0
1 Single Bed, blonde mahogany.
Was $3.50. Now $44.5e
Single Bed, blonde mahogany.
Was $68.50. Now --- $3.50
3 Double Beds, hardwood with
mahogany finish Were $33.75.
NOW SIS
Night Table, maple. Was
$3.50. Now -----S2 S24.5e
Night Table hardwood with
red lacquered finish. Was $3.50.
Now $3.50
Night Table, hardwood, cha
teau bois finish. Was $45. Now,
$2s.5e
. Night Stands, blonde mahog-
any. Were Sal. Now $27.50
1 Night Table, mahogany. Was
$3.50. Now --------.$ $27.5e
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Aroentino Lifts Meut Price

Argentina Agricultural Minister
Carlos Emery announced that Brit
ain will be required to pay higher
prices for meat, as Argentina con-
siders 1t has done its share toward
Britain's rehabilitation"