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Evening star., 1949-03-27
CivicCuIendur
School Experts
To Give TuIks

A round table discussion on
school needs, with four authorities
in the field participating, will be
held by the Burroughs Citizens
Association Wednesday night.
Speakers include Dean James H.
Fox Of the George Washington
University School Of Education,
DR.. M. Virginia O'Neil of Wilson
Teachers College, John Riecks,
associate superintendent of schools,
and Miss Mary Titus of the Ma
tional Education Association.
Thomas Gillespie Walsh, chair
man Of the District Court Com
mission on Mental Health. will
address the Society of Natives
tomorrow night. =.
This weeks schedule follows:
Monday.
GeorgetoWn-St. Johns Parish
Hall. Potomac and o streets NV,
pm.
Mid-City - Thomson School,
Twelfth and l. streets NV. pm
North Capitol-Atonement Lu-
theran Church. Rhode Island
avenue and North Capitol street
8p.m.
Northwest Council-Home OF
Mrs. Leslie Wright, 1920 Thirtieth
street NV 8pm.
Shipley Terrace Stanton
School, Good Hope road and
Twenty nth street Sc, S:15 pm
Society of Natives-Mayfiowel
Hotel, Sis pm.
Wednesday.
Burroughs-Taft Junior High
School, Eighteenth and Perry
streets NE, 8 pm.
River Terrace-River Terrace
Church, Anacostia avenue and
Clay street NE, 8 pm.
Saturday.
Federation - District Building
hoard room pm
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The Children's Theater will pre-
sent The Play-Bill' Saturday at
2:3O pm. in Wilson High School.
The Clare Tree Major Children S
Theater will present the last play
of this season Saturday at 10:45
am. and 2 pm. in the Virginia
Theater, COL First street, Alex
andria, Va. The play. Little
Women"
Orr School PTA will hold a
bazaar Saturday from 10 am. to
10 pm. at the school. Twenty
second and Prout streets Sc.
Health PTA meeting Tuesday
at pm. David Amato. chief of
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
of the District Of Columbia. will
speak on Vocational Guidance;
Helping the Crippled Child to
Find Place in Society"
Stuart Junior High PTA Execu-
tive Committee meeting Monday
at pm.
Mckinley PTA Study Group will
meet Thursday at 8 pm. Mrs.
Andrew Weaver, first vice presi-
dent of the District of Columbia
Congress of Parents and Teachers.
will lead the discussion on Extra
Curricular Activities.
Woodbridge PTA Study Group
will meet Wednesday at 8 pm. at
the home of Mrs. Carl Engel, 1921
Central avenue NE. DR.. Edna
McNaughton, head Of Nursery
School Department. University OF
Maryland. will be guest speaker.
The topic. Little Fidgets Have
Big Needs"
The Shrine Circus will be in
town March 20 through April /.
Consult your school about the date
for the children to attend.
Evening star., 1949-03-27

dV v IL 9 4lollO
or of ! the
Con 6 ressional
Club.
The member
ship of this
club Is limited
to the wives Of
m e m b ers Of
Congress a n d
of the cabinet
and the Su-
preme ur t ,
a n d t h e | r
daughters in an
associate ca
~ l.
Evening star., 1949-03-27
By Jesse G. Suter

family will be shown in action in
full size replicas Of all rooms in a
large house. Also on the program
will be a talk by Dan Clark of
South Bend, Ind.
Other meetings this week:
Monday.
Electric Motor Service Associa-
tion-Burlington Hotel, $50 pm.
Thursday.
Northeast Businessmen's Asso-
ciation-American Security IL
Trust Co., Eighth and H streets
NE, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1949-03-27
Business Groups
Restaurant Men
To See Lighting

The Washington Restaurant
Association will see the latest in
home lighting fixtures at meet
ing at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
Potomac Electric Power Co. au-
ditorium, Tenth and E streets
NV.
- In Q "Pepco Playhouse" skit. .
Evening star., 1949-03-27
By Jessie Font Evans

In this, one Of the most politi-
cally minded cities in the world,
politics by an unWritten but
meticulously observed code, stops
Evening star., 1949-03-27
[ob's DAUGHTERS

Jobs Daughters
Bethel No. 6 will hold a spa
ghetti dinner Tuesday from to
= pm. at st. Luke's Church,
Thirty fifth street and Wisconsin
avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

of the stake flush and even with
the edge Of the lawn.
II the lawn Is three inches tthe
average, above the roadbed. three
inch strip LIS high enough TO use,
and the top of the curb will be
even with the lawn surface.
The stakes should be set at
6-foot intervals and each length
/ of the curbing strip should end at
The center of q stake and be secure
~ nailed with two pinch galva-
nized nails. 1t is proper to use
strip IL feet long and have il
span three takes, but it must be
we'll nailed into the stake it crosses
viii Last Many Years.
| Both stake and curb will last for
| q great many years If they are
given two coats of good paint be-
fore they are set in the ground or
laid along the grass edge. Green
paint of q dark shade makes the
best looking application and leaves
a sharply defined. clean-cut edge.
The road topping should be
pushed back against the face Of the
Icurbing when the job is finished.
To insure a solid backing for the
curb, it Is well to fill any small
spaces that may exist between the
lawn edge and the back Of the
curb with loose earth. and lamp
! it down firmly.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18
Congress Members
Asked 10 Tour Area
Minimum Houses

The Home Builders Associ-
alton Of Metropolitan Washing
ton has invited members Of Con-
gress and District area of1iciais 70
visit its two experimental mini
mum houses" on Delano avenue
District Heights. Md. this week
end.
\ The houses we're built by the
association to test public reception
TO the low-cost house such a.
these repl esent.
The one bedroom house was de-
signed 30 that 1t could be built at
today's costs to sell for s7.lS0.
The two-bedroom house would
cost 1880.
The houses will be open TO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

new dwellings, sere started tn May
an Increase O. . 900 over the nun
Der put Gncaer construction q
April and within 8 per cent Of the
record lo1S0o units ra; under
construction sn Mas. is&S
Preliminary cxiEr& .es sssox that
builders have started s+S 900 rea
dwelling gnIx IN the srg Ave
months Of tbs yea. and even
though the nGnheg q. sxnsix STAR q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

Montgomery Counties. In Mary
land
Average construction costs. a.
used In the survey report. exclaos
sales profit. selling costs. the cos
Of land and site Improvements
and all such nonconstruction en-
penses as architectural and en-
cheering fees They cover only
the cost OF labor. materials anc
subcontracted work and that par
Of the builders overhead and profi'
chargeahle directly 10 the con
struction project. BIS explained
In the Nation as a whole. BIS
reported earlier this week. ss ooe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

public between Z and Q pm. today
and tcmcgruw.
An omeiai Of The association
said some families In the District
Heights area objected 10 possthae
heavy use OF the area by aufossts
and removed street Signs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

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signs fog new aesI2w.s. "a he saGI
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cs SO 600 families
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

Actual installation Of the curb
ing is started by pulling the road
topping of crushed stone or gravel
away from the lawn edge with q
rake, SO as to expose the road-bed.
The next step is to drive sub
stantial stakes of 2x2 into the
ground for about q foot. and in
such manner as to have one face
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18
PIywood Strip Found
To Make ServiceabIe
Curb on Lawn Edge
By w. Wodswerth Wood

The man whit. takes care of his
own grounds Is well aware that
one of the things which contrib
utes most to the neatness of his
place is the clean-cut edge OF
lawn and road. He also knows
that careless driving and other
incidents often necessitate re-
edging Of the turf or laborious re-
building Of the edge.
/ The steel or wrought-iron edg-
ing which we see on estates and
show places is far beyond the
average persons means. The
same effect can be made with lit
tie expense and small effort by
using wood strip which is properly
staked and painted. Damage is
repaired easily and inexpensively
1 The ideal material to use is ply
wood strip about six Inches wide,
because 1t Is far stronger, more
pliable and more enduring than
the same thickness and width in
straight wood strip. There is a
large supply available from manu-
facturers who use plywood sheets
from which a waste strip has been
! cIIt
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
Continued from Page l

,Dith others - elect to represent them in Con-
ventionS and in the elected bodies of the or
ganizdtion.
This has not allUdyS been so. And the his
tory of mankind is filled lUith myTiddS Of he
roic struggles around this great issue. AlI is
sues great and small are decided by
men. And eUer too frequently, men lUho rep
resented others In Congresses, PdrliamentS and
other representative bodies, lUoltId haze been
only too pleased to coUer up their respective
Uotes on issues for fear Of the reaction Of
those ,Uhom they represented.
TNHE FRENCH Constitution of Sept 3, 1871
(Sec. 3, art. ~, attempted to skirt this
problem by providing that 'The representa-
ttDes chosen In the departments electoral dis
trtctS) shall not be representative of q pdrti-
cuLar department. but of the entire nation, and
no one may give them any Instructions"
Clearly, this l0as an attempt to separate
the representatives in the French Chamber of
Deputies from those lDho elected them
And eUen before that in England Edmund
Burke, in his famous address to the sher-
ifs Of Bristol argued for the same principle
EUery effort tDas made to seUer all direct
responsibility betlUeen those elected and those
tUho elected them.
But IL didn't tDork. People are elected to
positions of potUer for certain reasons Work
ers and small businessmen elect for one red-
son. They seek protection from those elements
In society toho 1Oould harm them politically
and economically. Big Business the class
OF special privilege elect for a totally diff
terent reason e6en though they may not sag
so. They tDant to perpetudte their special in
tereStS.
Is it any lUonder that the Uoting citizen
began to fight for the roll-cdll uote; the
open ballot? They tOanted record. They de-
mdnded to knotO hotU their representatives
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
Employment Levels Threatened
By Lack Of Resources Policy

100000 more this can best be done by
basin-wide development in our great rivers
such as the Columbia, Missouri and Colorado.
"We have to restore the usefulness of hun
dreds of thousands of acres of forest land &. :.
thru replanting and reseeding.
"For electric power we will need 80 000,-
600 kilowatts of additional power capacity by
1870. OF this, at least 5000, 900 kilowatts
should be hydroelectric capacity provided by
the federal government. We should encourage
research in long distance power transmission.
For oil in the long run we shall have
to depend in large part on synthetic sources
for our liquid fuel We must build the expert
mental commercial plants and continue our
study m this field.
THE Presidents proposal to share our
technical knowledge with other peace-loving
countries and to press for delevopment of
other areas of the world is not only far
sighted foreign policy but also sound resource
conservation and utilization policy"
Krugs testimony was backed up in more
detail by other Department officials. Upder-
secretary Oscar l.. Chapman told the commit
tee that power output should be doubled with
in ten years.
"Over the past few years" said Chapman,
I'VE have had preview of our future. Steel,
lumber, aluminium, power and other basic re-
sources have been short" Because of this, he
explained, prices went up and small business
suffered
'We want to do everything we can," he
declared, "to find and develop enough Ameri-
can resources to not only prevent shortage
prices but also to make certain that American
industry will continue to grow on a sound
basis"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser, Vice President
International UAW-CIO

ONE OF THE greatest programs privileged
to present to peopeand that being pubcized in
our union these past few plan for
conSumer-oWned retail shopping ceners in Toledo.
Your union officers have discussed coop idea for
long time would not have been practical to begin such
program during the shortages raonng
plus the fact that grievances and
negotiations We had fight together
we hadn't things would be tougher they today
1t is very simple principle figure that
thousand people get better price by buying collectively
Whether dealing bananas Shoes hams
So why don't we?
The simple We are going to- We're organized
Tor collective bargaining with employee but were not or
ganized Tor collective buying So when we dime raise
someone jacks the cost of living up thirty didn't
We lost twenty cents We've
hundred pennies were going anything That's where
the coop in.
There isn't anything complicated about the cooperative
way OF doing business just any business
except that instead of another fellow making profit off each
of us when deal store OUR store
we give that profit back to ourselves The other
price land quality when he feels like because those pennies
are gravy to him. something for pockebook The
coop people don't shortWeght us deceive in way
because he just works for Weyou everyone
who invests $25 of the owners
get vote, and than apiece silly
enough to cheat ourselves It's OUR store Get the idea?
Without the there is absolutely practical defense
against the people who gougng public years
The only is your With
ing people there Toledo super
markets overnight The only problem getting them
geher.
Figure it out We $4,000 CIO members
immediate And don't forget that and MESA
the amount of people spend for groceries,
meats and the necessities of life Buying your
like buying things wholesale Being buy wholesale
prices that buy for money And
grade labelling you top quality for your money
Twenty-Five dollars in share of stock in the
coop the best investment could make have been
member of the Toledo Consumers Cooperative for quite
time and have urged union officer have in
contact with to join and help this worthy project.
would like to take the opportunity each
and member to join the Immediately It's great
thing I'm sure we will all be glad joined and proud of
our stores too!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
BALLOTING..

Uoted on issues UitaI to themselves. And the
Uery fact that legislative representatives are
elected from certain specified areas in itself
is inherent proof that these representatives are
to represent those l1ho elect them.
But it did not stop here. LdtDS tDere proUided
to make possible the "recdIt' of those rep
reSentdtiUes lUho, in the opinion of his electors
cease to properly represent them. 1t is knotDn
that many Of our states and most of our local
communities haze such legal provisions
EUen the President of the United States is
subject to Impeachment By our Congress.
WHERE WOULD WE be if there 1uere only
w secret ballots In the Congress? Ho,D ,Uould
tOe knotD t1here Taft stands? Or Bricker
or RaThcin?
And so it is lUith great union organizations
such as the JAW. ConStitutionally the rank
and file members are protected in their basic
rights OF secret ballot. More than that, 1Dhen
it comes to such serious issues as strike, a
secret ballot - requiring a t,0o-thrds ma
jority - is absolutely mandatory.
Not so I1ith respect to conUention delegates.
Here a delegate is Uotng for himself and at
least 80 other other tUorkers And the 80 other
tOorkerS haze right to knolD hotD their rep
reSentative used the pot1er that they INFESTED
him lOith. That Is t0hy an open ballot is nee
eSSGry. Fear? Intimidation? Perhaps, but dem
ocracy itself is q constant challenge. And timid
people l0ouLd no more knol0 to rise in defense
of their sacred rights and duties lDere
the balIoting done secretly. But ,Ohat is of
basic and fundamental Importance, the JAW
conUention provides eUery possibility for the
delegates assembled TO alter change their
Constitution = including the method of BAL
lottng by delegates - as they see tit.
II has been lDell said that the price OF
Liberty and Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.
And in this instance timidity, shrouded By the
secrecy of ballot, tUouId hardly afford us the
necessary bulDarks to perpetuate our free
doms.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
TOO Young To Die !"

DRESIDENT WALTER P. REUTHER
n in a recent address to an overflow
audience in Cleveland arranged by the
Americans for Democratic Action, elabo-
rated extensively on our Unions impend-
ing fight for pensions and social security.
1T is high time, he declared forcefully,
ITO begin to do something for those of
our people who are too old to work, but
too young to die.
From time immemorial workers have
feared old age. Old age. has always meant
unemployment, dependence on our chill
dren, destitution and frequently the Poor
House Over the Hill For few workers
make enough money during their years
OF labor to provide for their old age.
And now - led by the mighty UAW
- the unions have served notice On our
employers that in the coming agreements
we want to provide for decent pensions
for our old workers. Not much, Just
around $l00 to $3.50 per month. But
enough 10 assure decent security to our
people; TO make sure that at the twilight
of lifetime of hard work, they will not
be compelled to accept charity from their
children or to beg for aims from the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11
BY BRADFORD v. CARTER
LPA COIumnist

WE MUST have long-range resources de-
w velopment program for this country if we
are to avoid disastrous production shortages
in the future, Interior Secretary j A. Krug
told the Senate Interior Committee last week.
Committee Chairman Joseph c. O'Mahoney
3D., Wyo), opening hearings on the Interior
Department program, said that his group is
seeking an improved policy" for natural re-
sources. On the whole, the daily press ignored
his hearing.
Taking chance of being labelled in the
"scare school, of conservationiSts, Krug warn
ed that during the last year the nation con-
sumed over two billion barrels of OIL over
500 million tons of iron and steel and about
800 billion kilowatt hours of electric power"
These enormous demands" he explained,
"have brought us face to face with shortages
of many critical materials which are serious
and will affect our output, our employment
levels and our standard of living if they are
not handled with the utmost intelligence"
According to the Interior head, these short
ages can be licked.
Il am not satisfied that we in government
are doing all that we are able to-" Krug ad-
mitted "Stockpiling of strategic and critical
materials are necessary expedients rather
than permanent solutions" he pointed out.
Advocating the long look" to overcome
shortages before they are upon us the Secre-
tary listed the following steps we must take:
I'VE need to redouble our efforts to find
out the extent of our mineral ores and what
metals we can get out of them
I'VE can add 100000 acres of good farm
land by irrigation and increase Yields on
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11

Headline in local newspaper: "Bricker
Renews Fight to Block Public Housing"
What else can we expect of Taft's chum?
Cyrus Ching, formerly high official
of the United States Rubber Co., and now
head of the U. ;. Cancellation Service,
spoke out in opposition to President Tru-
mans plan - as expressed through Sec'y
of Labor Tobin - to incorporate his out
fit into the Labor Department where it
was origionally set up many years ago.
Mr.. Ching fears" that employers would
lose faith" in the impartiality of the
Cancellation Service if the Presidents
plan were adopted by Congress.
We don't want to seem presumptuous,
but we think it's time for Mr.. Ching to re-
turn to the folds of the u S. Rubber Co.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-02-11

County Poor House. Surely, workers are
entitled to at least that much Especially
since they are the ones who create all
the wealth of this great nation of ours.
Industrialists - without exception -
have long ago made ample provisions for
their own pensions. Why not treat work
ers in the same manner?
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Two District Men Held
In Robbing Of Miner

Two Washington men were being
held by Montgomery County police
today in the assault and robbery Of
Robert J. Reed, 80. coal miner Of
Spangler, Pa, in Chevy Chase yes
terday.
Mr.. Reed, who was found uncon-
scious at a bus stop on Wisconsin
avenue, just outside the District, Is
In serious condition at Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda, with possible
skull fracture and other injuries.
Police said they had arrested
John L. Rudd, "a, a painter, on q
charge of assault and robbery. and
Malcolm Samuel (Slugger Kidd,
"A, caddy at Congressional Coun-
try Club, on a charge of assault and
battery.
Both live at a hotel in the 400
block of Ninth street NV. Bond
of $4,000 was set for Rudd and
81 900 for Kidd.
Detectives said Mr.. Reed has been
working part time at a downtown
service station and was waiting for
bus when he was assaulted by the
two men. They added that Rudd
had pawned Mr.. Reeds watch and
that they found the victims pocket
book on Rudd. 1t had contained
324.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Chile and Venezuela
Near Break in Dispute
Over Political Refugee
BY the AssocIofed Press

The Council Of the Organization
of American States may consider
at a special meeting at pm. to-
day whether Chile or Venezuela is
right in a dispute over a political
refugee.
But it won't make any difference
to the refugee, Romulo Betancourt,
since he is now safe in British
owned Jamaica, waiting for
United States visa.
Tempers fared over the week end
in the smoldering Betancourt row.
Venezuela recalled her Ambassador
to Chile. Chile may call her man
home today.
Diplomatic relations are "very
close" to being broken, Venezuelan
sources said.
Right to Act Uncertain.
The council a sort of board of
directors for the 81 Western Hemi-
sphere nations, will first have to
establish its right to act as umpire.
If it gets over that hurdle. which
seems doubtful, it can weigh an
argument that goes like this:
Mr.. Betancourt, who seized power
in Venezuela in 1945. had trouble
leaving his country after another
group grabbed the reins last No
vember. Romulo Gallegos, the
legally elected President who took
over from Mr.. Betancourt, went into
exile.
But Mr.. Betancourt had to stay
in the protection of the Columbian
Embassy in the Venezuelan capital
of Caracas for almost two months.
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry
said arrangements were carried out
harmoniously" last Monday to let
Mr.. Betancourt leave the country.
Chile Chides Venezuela.
Chile, worried about the revolu-
tionary example being set for neigh
boring Bolivia and nearby Uruguay,
chided Venezuela. 1t asked the OAS
council to consider Venezuela's S
negligence" in holding Mr.. Betan-
court.
Venezuela promptly charged Chile
with "unfriendly conduct" and re-
called her Ambassador.
The whole thing, says Venezuela,
is an internal matter between her
and Colombia. And she told her
Washington representative to tell
the council politely to mind its own
business.
Meanwhile. Mr.. Betancourt, his
wife and daughter, went from
Caracas to Curacao to Kingston,
Jamaica. He refused to talk there,
but is waiting for permission to
enter the United States.