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Evening star., 1949-05-15

alliance between the two nations.
Auguste Bartholdi. noted French
sculptor. conceived the idea of
erecting a huge statue of the God
dess Of Liberty in the New York
Harbor. This idea was enthusi-
astically received. Aided by the
famed Edouard de Laboulaye, a
committee raised funds for the
project.
Bartholdi used the heroic kind
OF repousse method in which mod
els were successfully enlarged to
the final full-sized figure. The
statue consisted of a shell of cop
per. three thirty seconds of an
inch thick, and a central tower
structure. The framework was
designed by the noted engineer.
Gustave Eiffel. who built the
great tower In Paris bearing his
name. The statue was compare
lively light and could be trans
ported without difficulty. 1t was
completed in 1884.
The United States had greed to
build the pedestal. After much
difficulty in raising funds, Joseph
Pulitzer came to the rescue by
sponsoring a campaign in the New
York World. It was successful
Evening star., 1949-05-15
Legion Auxiliary
To Participate in
Welcome for Dutra

Ths American Legion Auxiliary
Department Of the District oi
Columbia, viii participate IN the
reception TO be held on wednesday
for President Enrico Dutra oi
Brazil.
Unit and department colo,
bearers will report al the reviewing
stand. which will be located or
the Veterans Information Center
Fourteenth street and Pennsyi-
vania avenue NV.
The auxiliary also will join with
the Legion In celebration Of L Am
an American" Day, on May %. on
the steps OF the Capitol. Color
bearers should be present by 2pm,
United States Maritime Unit. No
~, will hold its monthly meeting
on Tuesday when the ritual team
Of Eight and Forty will initiate
the following members: Helen NJ
Waters. Faith Windsor. Twilla
Jenkins. Janet Macon. Pearl Gates,
Catherine Hazen and Jilus r.
Du Fore.
Katherine Ruth and Shirley
Taylor have been accepted by the
unit into membership. The pres
ident. Clara Davis. will preside.
At the last meeting of Woodbridge
Unit. No. so. Mrs. Rose Perkins
was unanimously Endorsed for the
office of department president.
GAO Unit, No. 48, will hold
its monthly meeting tomorrow at
I8 pm. at the Raleigh Hotel. with
Mrs. Ida Orr. president, presiding
Plans are being made for the
preconvention dinner Of the Past
Presidents Farley. Mrs. James
De Force has been appointed
chairman Of the dinner by Mrs.
Pearl Heagerty. parley chairman.
The program for the depart
ment convention La In process.
with Mrs. Pearl Heagerty as pro-
gram chairman.
1t Is requested that all units
taking q page In this program
arrange to send the material in
as soon as possible. All checks
should be made payable to Mrs.
Sarah Deery. department treas
urer.
The opportunity bond campaign
Of 1919 will start tomorrow and
carry through June 30. Members
of the auxiliary are requested to
participate and send information
on the bonds purchased to Mrs.
Pearl Heagerty, 500 North Capt.
tol street.
The building fund is growing
short and bricks" are still needed.
Plans are being made for another
drive for this project. Mrs.
Heagerty. chairman, is arranging
for a meeting of the committee
some time in June.
George E. Killeen Unit. No. rs,
will hold a card party Wednesday
at pm. in the Killeen clubroom
1904 M street NV. Mrs. Gladys
Jones. ways and means chairman,
will be in charge.
Eight and Forty.
Memorial services will be held
by the District of Columbia Eight
and Forty. Salon Departmental,
for its departed partners at the
Hamilton Hotel on Wednesday at
8 pm. Mrs. Ann Goldwyn, chair
man, will be assisted by Mrs. Lii
liam Judd and Mrs. May Hilleary
ip Me memorial arrangements.
Mrs. Frances F. Snow, chapeau
u
Evening star., 1949-05-15
Portrait of Mother
Prise Cosfyibafies
By Jeonne Rembert. IS
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Menseemsry Bioir High S<heel
To paint you I'd mix stardtlst
With q family perfumed breeze,
And blend In silvery moonbeams
With the sound Of grooming
trees.
I'd take O fleecy cloudlet;
Add o warm ray from the sun.
And courage from q red. red rose
And blending into one
I'd make q frame Of tenderness
And love with utmost care.
Then mount you on the highest
peak
For all the world TO share.
Evening star., 1949-05-15
Local Ben Hur News

The next meeting Of Potomac
Court will be June 20.
Mckinley Court will meet Tues
day in Pythian Temple.
Congress Court will meet We'd
nesday at the home of Elmer
johnson.
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| lust Between
Yourselves
BY Philip n. Love-

"u8t WASlllI1k tOu Il8A 1S1AVo4
has the prettiest girls?
Mckinley. according TO that
schools student newspaper. Tech
Life.
Representatives from one Of
New York's outstanding modelling
agencies, after observing Tech
girls, have decided they are the
prettiest in the CITY," the paper
reports. They plan to establish
a branch Office Of their modelling
school right here at Tech"
Aside to students of Anacostia,
Central, Coolidge. Eastern, Roose-
velt. Western and Wilson: Is it
true what they say about Nc
Kinley?
Tech also boasts two sets of
identical twins, all with first names
beginning with -" .And. judging
from their pictures, what they
say about Mckinley could be-
could be. I say, not is (because,
frankly, don't know, and be-
sides, I'm neutraD-true.
Anyway, the four Us are Joan
and Jean Bernardo. 16. and June
and Jane Swartz. II. The brown
haired Bernardo twins are en-
thuSiastic members Of the Girls
Sports and Archery Clubs and
plan to enter the University of
Maryland. Joan's ambition is to
become physical education
teacher. but Jean has not yet de-
cided on her career.
The authenticated Swartaes
also plan to attend Maryland
They are Is enthusiastic about
roller-skating as the Bernardis
are about the Sports and Archery
Clubs. but can't agree on rinks
Jane prefers Riverside; June holds
out for National.
II Mckinley girls are all that
Tech Life claims, perhaps one OF
them will be chosen queen of the
month" at tea dance to be held
May 20 at Service Club No. !
Fort McNair. At any rate. Techs
Dolores Smith is busy rounding
up candidates.
The competition promises to be
keen, however, for candidates also
are being lined up at other high
schools-by Paula Zamasky at
Anacostia: Connie McCarty. Cen
trail; Helen Fontana, Eastern. and
Joan Wagner, Wilson. Younger
teachers as well as students are
eligible. according to 1t. Willis H.
Caples, service officer at the fort.
Dances are held at McNair on
Sundays at $3.50 pm. and on
Wednesdays at 8 pm. The queen
to be selected the afternoon OF
the 29th. along with king" and
members of their court" will be
installed that evening at a dance
aboard the steamer Bear Noun
tain.
One of my 1avorite pastimes ir
spring is ke-hunting.
Poke, in case you don't know. Ii
a poisonous weed. But love it.
1t grows along roadsides, fol
what reason. I don't know-bu'
certainly not to watch the auto
mobiles go by. because 1t did the
same thing in horse-and-bIggS
days. AS a boy. I knew it as the
"inkberry bush." and maybe
you're acquainted with 1t by the
same name. I was warned many
times that the berries are deadly
They are black, or very dark pur-
pie, and once took their nick
name so literally as to try to make
link" out Of them. OF course, the
experiment was a failure.
In spring. when pokeweeds first
shoot up-to q height Of, say. 6
inches-they are delightful to eat
I like them better than kale. broc-
coli, sprouts, spinach or any other
green.
In Europe, where food is often
scarce, the pokeweed lis often
cultivated" according to the
Encyclopedias Britannica. In
this country. comparatively few
ueople even know that It's edible.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-19

district offices of the U. s. Geologic Survey, with Alaskan headquarters at Juneau, opened in Palmer's Neal Wright Build ing last week. Present office per- sonnel, although the staff is still incomplete, includes Mar win J. Slaughter of the Surface Water branch and R. T. Riser of the Quality of Water branch. MT. Riser is on detached service, and does not expect to be per- manently stationed at the Pal mer office.
 w. H. Krabler, on duty at An- chorage, also is attached to the Palmer office.
 The Palmer office will include a laboratory for testing and analysis of both ground and sur face water. This laboratory, which will not be ready for a week or two yet, will be the only one of it's kind in the Territory.
 It was explained that this water analysis project will not be conducted through indivi- duals, but will be carried on in cooperation with the Territori- al Department of Health and with municipalities.
 MT. Riser said that although the work of mapping the terri tory is the job of Geologic Sur vey crews, that work is not to be conducted through the Palmer office. Three work parties al-
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-19
Geologic Survey To Have Only Lab In Territory Located In Palmer

ready are in the field, to con- tinue the mapping begun last year. They are stationed at Taz- lima, Copper Center and Tok Junction. It is expected that several more years will be need ed to finish the project.
 The Palmer office of the Geo. logic Survey is to be permanent, MT. Slaughter stated. It has been established as a part of the Alaskan development program now being pushed throughout the territory.
 Mrs. Slaughter is with her husband in Palmer. The couple have purchased the Stanley Bal loun home in North Palmer, and will make their home here.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-19
Commissioner Finds
 Records Aren't Complete

Valley folks are neglecting to complete legal actions with re- spect to property, which have been initiated in the commits sioner'S records but never fol- lowed through to completion, according to Mrs. Dorothy Sax ton, U. s. Commissioner. Mrs. Saxton reports that there are many instances where real es- tate mortgages, chattel mort gages, and conditional sales con- tracts have been recorded in her office, but have never been re- neWed or released.
 Anyone who has a release or a satisfaction is asked to bring it in," Mrs. Saxton said. "I'll be more than happy to check it for them, and help get the records straight"
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-19
PAIR PLAN WEDDING

Mrs. June Granger and Albert E. Withey this week filed notice of wedding intentions with Com missioner Dorothy Saxton. It is not known when the ceremony will take place.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-19
GRADE GRADUATES DINE

Graduates of Palmer'S eighth grade were entertained at a din- her held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. George Geiwitz last week. The GeiwitZ' son Lewis is one of the graduates.
Evening star., 1949-01-28

definitely. On Christmas eve, however,
our Government sent identic notes to the
three other powers proposing that the
negotiations be resumed. And Soviet ac-
ceptance indicates their resumption early
next month.
Although the reasons behind our diplo-
matte initiative have not been fully dis
closed, 1t is understood that Moscow has
indicated willingness to compromise on
the economic issues, while 1t Is hoped in
the West that the rift between Yugoslavia
and the Cominform may render Moscow
less disposed to back Titos claim to Aus
trian territory. These assumptions will be
tested when the negotiations are resumed
in London. A peace treaty for Austria
would be welcome development. But it
should be in accord with Allied pledges.
Unless genuinely free and sovereign Aus
tria can emerge, continued four-power
occupation would be the lesser evil.
Evening star., 1949-01-28
For Better ReqionuI PIonninq

Just as the National Capital has out
grown It's original boundaries, the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
has outgrown its statutory limitations. AS
the city has spilled over into the surround
ing counties the need has grown for more
adequate planning on regional basis. A
great deal has been accomplished toward
this end under voluntary arrangement
among planning agencies of the District,
Maryland and Virginia. But all three
jurisdictions recognize the desirability of
a more effective integration of park, high
way and zoning plans than The present
system affords. 49,
1t is to make possible better regional
planning in the whole Metropolitan Area
that the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission is seeking legislation to
widen the scope of its activities. Such
legislation was proposed by the Budget
Bureau in 1914, but failed of passage then.
President Truman revived the idea in his
recent budget message when he said that
the role of the commission should be re-
defined and "a stronger statutory basis
established for proper development Of the
District of Columbia and nearby areas in
Maryland and Virginia" General Grant,
chairman of the commission, amplified the
proposal last night when he suggested
enlargement of the commission to include
representatives of Maryland and Virginia.
Onicials in both States have indicated their
approval of such representation.
With both States having membership on
the commission, there is every reason to
kali hot hat of
gional planning would result, with the
Federal Government, the District and the
two States sharing in the benefits. The
time long since has passed when the Fed
eral, District and State authorities can 60
their own ways in developing plans for the
future growth of this area. Only the,
closest sort of cooperation, the most in
telligentA sort of integrated planning, can
avert mistakes today which will be costly
in years to come. This cooperation, as a
matter of fact, might well be extended to
other fields, as, for example, public utility
regulation. The Star believes that Met
ropolitan Area Public Utilities Commission
would be able to solve some of the problems
common to the three jurisdictions. And
General Grant advocates creation of
tri-State administrative and construction
agency to deal with projects which are of
interjurisdictional concern-such as the
proposed bridge to Alexandria.
Such q forward-looking program of
development will require support not only
of the citizens of the areas affected but of
Congress Unfortunately, Congress has not
given regional planning all of the support
IL needs It has allowed the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
only $4,000 for preparation of master
plan that, General Grant says, would cost
several times that amount if undertaken
elsewhere. Until more adequate funds and
more statutory authority are available,
the commission will be badly handicapped
In planning for the orderly development of
the WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN Area
Evening star., 1949-01-28
Letters to The Star
Afterthoughts on Inauguration

Afterthou9hts on Inauguration
To the Editor of The Star:
The obvious snubs given Cows. Talmadge and
Thurmond by President Truman in the in
augural parade seem to be a rather crude
and unmannerly way for the leader OF the
country to act.
I hope that Mr.. Truman hasn't forgotten
that all the Governors in the parade were
present to honor the President as Chief Execu-
tive of the United States and not necessarily
personally.
The past administration did not do every
thing to the liking Of all the people, as was
evident in the large Republican vote, and these
little incidents during the inaugural cere-
monies did not gain any friends for Mr.. Tru-
man. Instead I believe, quite few persons
will feel the same as do that such acts do
not show good breeding.
Maybe Gov. Dewey knew the kind of re-
ception he would receive from Mr. Truman
and didn't want to give him the pleasure, If
you'd call it that, of snubbing him. However,
I am sure that If Mr. Dewey had been in the
procession he would have received big ova-
ton. Other Republican Governors received
cheers and applause.
A man in service salutes his superior officer
because he wears the uniform representing the
ofhce. He does not salute the man personally
who wears the uniform.
DAVID j. GARRIQUEs
To the Editor of The Star:
We have noticed some criticism that ca vet
erans groups were in the last division of the
inaugural parade and that 90 Negro groups
were assigned to the rear section of the parade
We would like to answer that criticism.
First, every division of the parade was just
as important to the Parade Committee as any
other. The 9Th Division, since it was the long
est in the parade, probably was planned with
greater care than any other.
Somebody, obviously must march last in a
parade. Since this is so, the Parade Committee
sought in the beginning to prevent any ill feel
ing about relative positions in the parade by
following strict protocol. The Presidents Divi-
sion naturally marched first. It was followed
by divisions headed by cadets of the various
services, since traditionally cadets precede reg
ular service units. Then followed the divisions
headed by service troops in proper order. That
left one division for veterans and patriotic and
civic organizations. Had protocol not been
followed, the Parade Committee justifiably
would have been open to all sorts of criticism
for having treated certain groups and services
preferentially
AS for Negroes, the Parade Committee made
quite sure that they would be distributed
throughout the parade, as they were. There
were Negroes marching on an unsegregated
basis in the Navy Division There was a large
contingent Of Negro troops in the Army divi-
Evening star., 1949-01-28
The Giesekinq Affair

The Department of Justice, acting
through the immigration authorities, may
have had good reason to ban the concert
which had been scheduled in New York
Monday night by Walter Gieseking, cele-
brated German pianist. But on the basis
of information which has been made avail
able, there is reason to doubt that this
was the case.
The complaint against the pianist was
that he had been Nazi sympathizer And
1t was on the basis of this contention that
certain individuals and groups, the latter
including the Jewish War Veterans, the
American Veterans Committee and the
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and
Professions, demanded that Gieseking be
barred from any appearances in the
United States.
Gieseking, of course, denies that he was
q Nazi or a sympathizer. And the record
shows that, after first being blacklisted by
the American occupation authorities, he
was later cleared by German denazifi-
cation court, and was then permitted to
play before American troops in Germany.
There is the further fact that the State
Department last week approved visa for
him, after checking with the Justice De-
partment and finding no evidence that he
was inadmissible under the immigration
laws
1t may be said that this is inconclusve
that Gieseking nevertheless had been a
Nazi. But it Is not so much the dispute
as to fact which is disturbing, as the man
ner in which the case was handled.
The immigration authorities had ample
notice that the pianist was coming to this
country. Yet as late as the afternoon
of the scheduled concert, the district i'm
migration director in New York said he
had no intention of interfering with Giese-
kings concert tour.
What happened in the next few hours?
Did the immigration authorities discover
some new and significant evidence? Or
did they merely bow to the clamor of pres
sure groups in New York-some of
which would have been among the first
10 protest If the same action had been
Evening star., 1949-01-28

G . tbs this B. "si sn. S r.. ta If Ts san %
81 e .rsss IN Psmh may
It Is almost certain to take new revenue
legislation to balance the 1850 District budget.
This is because:
l. 1t Is going to prove almost impossible to
cut from the budget items totaling $8,000,0O0-
the amount Of the expected deficit by June 80.
1a5O-without seriously hurting public services
here.
z. While Federal loans for new construction
may permit reallocation of funds now allotted
to these projects in the budget, in the end new
construction is going to add to the operating
costs Of the city. This will require stable tax
support rather than temporary relief 1t is
clearly unsound to use borrowed money for
operating expenses.
This new revenue legislation could be sales
tax, combined sales-income tax increased
excises such as the liquor tax, an increase in
the annual Federal payment toward city ex-
penSes, or a reasonable combination of all these.
The Commissioners are counting on the sales
tax as the one levy they know Of that can
definitely raise most of the money they need.
They are also believed likely to pair with it a
new income tax to replace the unsatisfactory
one they got from the last Congress.
This combination would eliminate the pres
ent exemption of Federal employees who claim
legal residence elsewhere. 1t would also
sweeten the unpopular sales tax for its op-
ponents, the city heads hope.
At present District officials are talking in
terms Of q 2 per cent sales tax with tax on
incomes over 5000. Their bill, which passed
the House in the last Congress, called for a
similar sales tax rate but tax on incomes
expressed his feeling that any one making
$4,000 ought to pay an income tax. The Com
missioners 50 far have not acted on this
The device Of the combined sales-income
levy originated in 1888 with DR.. Chester Pond,
New York tax expert, whs made study of the
situation here.
At the time 1t was thought his solution was
ideal for the Capital in that the sales tax would
reach the large transient population which
uses city services and pays nothing toward
them. At the same time the income tax would
levy against ability to pay and thus temper
some Of the objection to a sales tax His orig
inal exemption, however, was $14 1000, which he
figured, would eliminate the controversy over
taxing Federal employees locally since Federal
salaries rarely reached that level
Notifications Of this plan, consisting chiefly
of lower exemption figures, were defeated then
and in the last Congress.
Labor and liberal groups-traditional foes
Of the sales tax-are expected to renew the
tight. In general they may be expected to