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IN ACTION

Continued from Page J;
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Music
DR.. Smith Gives
First Miller Fund
Lecture Recital
H,. EI l. c.
By EIeno de Soyn

The Library of Congress pre-
sented Carleton Sprague Smith,
chief of the Music Division, New
York Public Library, in a lecture
recital last night. 1t was the first
event given under the auspices
of the Dayton c. Miller Fund. be-
queathed to the Library recently
by the late DR.. Miller, noted sci
enlist and amateur fiutist. In
addition to the fund, the donor
left a large collection of flutes
and music.
DR.. Smith, an authority on the
subject, illustrated his talk by
slides and selections played on
the fute. He was accompanied
at the piano by Vera Brodsky.
Beginning with the 18th century,
he covered considerable ground,
supplementing his talk with in
teresting examples of music as he
went along. Names of historical
personages, many of whom had
played as well as composed for
the flute, passed in review.
The talk was interspersed by
anecdotes about Frederick the
Great, his sister, princess Amalia,
Of no mean ability as a composer;
Lord Abingdon. General John
Reed, Jean Jacques Rousseau and
John Jacob Astor. whose names
came up alongside with those of
Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven,
Weber, Debussy and many others.
A special exhibit of flutes was
on display at the conclusion of
Dr.. Smiths lecture-recital.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Hondshoke Ends
C0mer0m0n and
LoWmoker Tiff

Representative Plumley, Repub-
lican, of Vermont exchanged
angry words with a newsreel
cameraman in the Pentagon yes
terday, but they ended up by
shaking hands.
The cameraman shouted, Get
the hell out of the way" when
the 74-year -old legislator stepped
in front of his camera during the
presentation of an award to CO.
median Bob Hope in Air Secre-
tary Symington's office.
Representative Plumley retorted
that the cameraman should be ex-
cluded from such public gather
ings If he could not be gentle
man."
After the cameraman apollo
gized, the Representative shook
hands with him and said he con-
Sidered the incident closed. The
cameraman would not give his
name. Mr.. Plumley later told a
reporter he obtained his name
elsewhere. but he would not re-
veal it.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Homeless Sunday School
Joins Western PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday school classes tomorrow
at the Western Presbyterian
Church, 1906 H street NV, will
be swelled to twice normal size by
students from the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church.
Dean Longfellow. superintend-
ent of the Western Sunday
School, said he expects about 300
children at $50 am. classes to-
morrow. His usual classes in
clude $50. The New York avenue
congregation will meet in Lisner
Auditorium, Twenty-flrs and G.
streets NV, during razing of the
old structure at H street and New
York avenue NV. and construc-
ton of new one on the same
site
Evening star., 1950-02-04

to rob. He explained yesterday
that he would not receive any
pay for arguing the case. The
Nebraska Supreme Court recently
turned down his petition for a
reversal.
The Hawk case has been argued
in the courts for years and it
has been before the Supreme
Court, but that was before Mr..
Matthews was appointed to de-
fend him.
Mr.. Matthews was selected to
defend Hawk in Omaha at the
latter's request. Hawk has been
in jail for II years,
Evening star., 1950-02-04

pie and picking its own President.
And it would seem to assure the
election of the man getting the
most votes.
Some Doubt on Point
But there is some doubt on this
last point. Senator Taft, who Is
considered to have a personal in
terest in the subject, is full of
doubt. He took the new method,
applied it to some past elections
and was Mortified to discover that
in 1900 it might have made Will
liam Jennings Bryan President
instead of William Mckinley, even
though Mckinley had half a
million more votes. For another
thing, he argued, if a Republican
(not named) in an election under
the new method should carry Ohio
by 125, ,000-a reasonable expecta-
ton. he intimated, although Gov.
Dewey lost it by 1000 two years
ago-the votes of the sovereign
State of Ohio would be more than
offset by, the votes of the smaller
but equally sovereign State Of
Georgia. His argument is too
complicated to set forth in full
here and. in any case, Senator
Lodge argued to the contrary and
almost half of the Republican
Senators went along with Sena-
5or Lodge rather than Senator
Taft.
The one thing made clear by the
ong debate is that the proposed
new election machinery won't be
imple nor its effect certain. That
t offers a real improvement over
he present machinery seems sure
1t may even break up
he one-party situation in the
south, as is claimed. and let the
have a look in, but
or some reasons most the
southern Democrats voted for it.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
This Changing World
Paris Still Toys With Idea of Breaking
Off Soviet Relations Over Indo.C China

minds of those who have kept
abreast of recent developments in
the Far East that the Russian
puppet government at Peiping
will order it's troops-now on the
Indo- Chinese border-to enter
Indo-China to help "liberate" that
country and place it behind the
Iron Curtain.
There are some 100000 French
troops in Indo- China today. They
will resist the Chinese "libera-
tors" The French premier
thought that under these circum-
stances he might as we'll show up
Soviet pretenses and, in accord
ance with international law, break
relations with a country which
not only was helping the enemies
of France but had rejected in
brutal fashion the French protest
against that country's hostile at
titude.
For the time being the Kremlin
action has helped the French gov
eminent. According to available
reports, the curt rejection of a
diplomatic note by the U. S. S. r.
has affected seriously the rank and
file of the French Communist
Party. Since this happened there
have been hostile demonstrations
against Moscow on the part of
French Communists. Their leader,
Maurice Thorez, who was not in
formed of Russia's action, can
find no plausible explanation and
fears that his organization may
disintegrate. An overwhelming
number of French Communists
are fundamentally nationalists.
Evening star., 1950-02-04
On the Other Hand
Proposed Change in Electoral System
Retains Resemblance to Groundhos Day

his picture in the paper. We
don't like to let 60 of our super
stitlons.
Legal Superstition.
This is said in face of the fact
that the United States Senate
has just undertaken to rid the
country of a long established and,
so to speak, legal superstition
called the Electoral College, un-
der which no President is held to
have been elected until that body
comes to Washington, sees it's
shadow and solemnly casts the
votes of its members as in
structed by the States they rep
resent. 1t is clumsy, outmoded
and usually, although not neces-
sarily, meaningless performance.
So the Senate has finally agreed
10 give the State legislatures an
opportunity, If the House concurs,
70 amend the Constitution and
abolish the Electoral College
But the Senate wasn't willing
20 substitute anything simple in
It's stead. The declared purpose
Of the proposed change is to as
;ure that the candidate receiving
he most votes thereby becomes
he President and no nonsense
about it. But the Senate voted !
ioWn, So to %, a very simple |
of achieving this and sat- |
SIZED itself with a method almost |
Is complicated as the present sys-
EN-. 1t would abolish the Elec-
oral College, of course, removing
he ever-present danger of that |
,ody defying the will of the peo-
Evening star., 1950-02-04

sunshine on that date forecasts
the said six cold weeks-which
of itself may or may not be sup
ported by Weather Bureaus rec
ords. But, assuming it is true,
why bother about the ground
hog? Why not our own shadows
or the shadow of the nearest
tree or telephone pole? Why not
merely observe whether the sun
is shining?
Nope. can't do anything like
that. Too simple. Somewhere in
the remote past somebody got the
idea that the grounding has
something to do with it and we
refuse to give up the notion. If
he sticks his neck out he gets
Evening star., 1950-02-04

ton was taken and it was de-
ciced to give the Soviet govern
ment another chance to accept
and answer the French protest
to the Kremlins unprecedented
provocative action against an Al
lied government.
British Foreign Minister Bevin,
who stopped in Paris overnight
on his way to London from the
Ceylon conference had long
conversation with top officials of
the French Foreign Office and
prevailed on them to delay any
rash action" Britain is still
strong for Soviet appeasement in
the Far East, in spite of studied
insults from the Chinese Com
munists, who have received the
hurried recognition of his ma
jesty's government.
Enlightened Liberal.
French Premier Bidault used to
be an ardent advocate of friend
ship with Russia when he was
foreign minister in earlier cabi-
nets. He was one of those en-
lightened liberals who believed
that the West had misunderstood
the U. S. S. RS government,
which has a natural inclination
to be suspicious of the motives
Of its wartime allies.
His friendship cooled off some
what after the Moscow confer
ence of 1947, but he still con-
tinued to support any schemes of
rapprochement because he real
lied that France was no longer
a great military power and could
not afford to offend a country
which had such vast armed
forces.
While he fully indorsed Frances
adherence to the Marshall Plan
and the Atlantic Pact, he was
busy devising ways and means of
breaking the deadlock between
East and West.
But when the Soviet govern
ment, which has a treaty of alli-
ance with France, recognized Ho
without any previous consultation
with Paris, Mr.. Bidault decided
to throw caution to the winds.
He proposed an action which
neither Britain nor the United
States ever dared suggest when
provoked by Soviet aggressive
ness. He wanted to recall the
French Ambassador from Moscow
and give the Russian Ambassador
in Paris his passports.
The Russians showed such scorn
for France and for existing
treaties of friendship that they
recognized as de facto a fictitious
government in Indo-C China. The
Communist Wet Nam has neither
a capital nor frontiers. 1t is a
guerrilla outfit, even less organ
lied than the Greek Communists,
who were operating from hideouts
in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and AL
bania.
At the inSistent suggestion of
Washington and London the
French gave full autonomy to a
large portion of Indo-China and
placed at the head of its govern
ment former Emperor Bao Dai,
who soon will be recognized by
the United States and probably
Great Britain.
Premier Bidault is reported to
have explained to his colleagues
in the cabinet and to members
of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee of the National Assembly |
that RuSSia's move was not |
prompted by any theological con-
siderations. Moscow, he is re-
ported to have said, recognized
the Wet Nam guerrilla leader
after the Peiping government did
so in order to help the Chinese
Communists intervene legally"
in Indo-China.
There is little doubt in the
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Matthews Will Argue
Case in SupremeC Couri

Navy Secretary Matthews will
appear before the Supreme Court
next fall to argue for a writ of
error in the Nebraska life SEN
tence conviction of Henry Hawk.
Before being named to the Navy
post, Mr.. Matthews was appointed
by the court to defend the man,
of murder with intent
Evening star., 1950-02-04

In some tribes it is believed that
man is not likely to beget chill
dren until he has killed another
man In combat.
Evening star., 1950-02-04

ber OF the rat
family in the
making e &c h
year of a long
range weather
prognost l C a =
ton? Why do
we say that If
he ees is
S h a d oW on
Candlemas Day
or February
second we will
have six weeks
more of cold.
All tn a t IS
nncnf iS that
Evening star., 1950-02-04

recognition OF
the rebel Wet
nameSe Com
munist, Ho CHI
Mini.
According to
reports from
Paris, Premier
Georges Bidault
put the ques-
ton of a break
with the U. S.
S. R. to the
members of his
C a b inc t last
Thursday. No
nOnpl,,civn on
Evening star., 1950-02-04
French and German
Tension Over Saar
Now 0uieting Down
Press of Both Motions
Helps in Restoring More
Reasonable Atmosphere
By Dorothy Thompson

1t is. warmly to be greeted that
the tension between France and
Germany over the Saar is quiet
ing down. In restoring a more
reasonable atmosphere. great
service has been rendered by part
Of the French and German press.
When the Saar government re-
Gently proposed a decree (since
dropped prescribing fines and
prison sentences for anyone criti-
cising the status of the province.
the Paris lie Figaro wrote a sharp
editorial. saying it would be
"sheer hypocrisy" for France to
pretend that this is none of her
business 1t comments:
"A state in which the laws
planned by the Saar government
were in force could not claim to
enjoy freedom of the press or
assembly or indeed freedom
itself. -.
1T is up to France to repudiate
clearly and firmly methods
tending to invest political opposi-
ton with the notion of guilt. :.
Whatever the final status of
the Saar . we believe that if
q Saarlander wants his country
to form an integral part of the
new Germany, he has a right to
express his opinion, because 1t
is an opinion. and opinions are
free"
49, Clarified Solutions.
Also, that admirable French
newspaper, LIE Monde, has c1ari-
fed foS French readers what. the
two solutions for the Saar, pro-
posed by the German govern
ment, really were.
lie Monde reveals that the Ger
mans proposed economic interna-
tionalization and a plebiscite on
political aff1liation. They did not
propose detaching the Saar from
France economically but widening
the integration of the whole in
dustrial area.
by internationalization the
Germans presumably mean that
grouping of the heavy industry
of the Ruhr. the Saar, Lorraine
and Luxembourg which is con-
sidered one of the foundations of
European economic union. The
current discussions concerning
the integration of Europe are not
sufficiently advanced. however, to
permit an immediate solution of
the Saar question along such
lines.
The same is true of a plebis-
cite. Is it not more prudent
to let the situation crystalline, in
the Saar as we'll as in Germany,
before reopening the whole Ques-
tion?"
Moderate Line i'm Press.
Leading German newspapers
also take moderate line and ex-
press the Importance of having
the chancellor's policy properly
understood.
Frankfurter Allgemeine - the
most influential West German
daily-says:
Neither the chancellor nor
Germany's authorized spokesman
have let the smallest doubt sub
sist, that except for giving up
German territory, Germany is
prepared to make sacrifices in
order to put cooperation with
France on a secure footing. The
internationalization of the Saar'S
economy along the lines of the
Ruhr statute constitutes such a
sacrifice. Acceptance of this So
luton would make completely
available to France the Saar's
coal and other industries. :.
The plan refutes the wide
spread theory that economic CO.
operation with the Saar is i'm
possible unless the territory is
detached from Germany. The
Ruhr's economy Is also interna-
tionalized, though the Ruhr ter
ritory continues to belong to
Germany"
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1950-02-04
By LozpeH MeHeft

Some curious streak in US
makes us do things the hard
way. Take Grounding Day. Why
do we utilize a funny little men,
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Bp Constantine BrO,On

The French government still is
toying with the idea of breaking
off diplomatic relations with
Moscow because of the latter's
Evening star., 1950-02-04
Rehabilitation Program
For Arub Refugees OKd

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday approved a
$27. .450, 900 works program for re-
habilitating Arab refugees in
Palestine.
The money would be used for
building highways and an airport,
terracing farmland and develop
ing water resources.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Dill 10 Address
Building Congress

Richard S. Dill, chief of the
heating and air conditioning Sec
ton, Bureau of Standards, will
speak at 1890 pm. Monday at a
luncheon meeting of the Wash
ington Building Congress in the
Mayflower Hotel.
P. Y. K. Howat. president of
the building congress. will pre-
side.
Mr.. Dill will report on current
laboratory research in domestic
heating equipment. He will dis
cuss, particularly, experiments now
in progress in the Northeastern
United States in this field.
Mr.. Dill has been associated
with the Bureau of Standards
since 1923, and became chief of
the heating and air conditioning
section in 1947. He lectured at
the University of Maryland for
four years on refrigeration and
air conditioning. and is the author
of several studies in this field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11

ting as a rule, but it only amounts
to cutting the carpet covering one
step and riser and when the fit
ting is done it is quite unnotice-
able as the seam will be at the
back of the step.
The entire run of stair carpet
Is simply changed so that the for
mer edges are now at the back of
the treads. Where there are chill
dren in the family, the wear will
be found along the banister side.
and in these cases the carpet
should be completely turned
around so that the worn edge will
be next to the wall. Carpet thus
treated will last for many years.
The use of throw-rugs over a
good rug at points of contrast or
unusual wear. will save them
greatly and is highly recommend
ed for the house with an active
family.
Drying Is Problem.
Cleaning or washing rugs and
carpets is quite simple. The main
difficulty with washing a rug is
not the washing itself, but the dry
ing. A few months ago, we
watched man wash an Oriental
rug of considerable value, and
were quite astonished at the re-
suits.
His first step was to wash off
the garage cement floor, and lay
the 9 by IL rug out upon it. The
next was to play the garden hose
on the rug until it was thoroughly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
By Douglas Tuomey

One of the things that makes a
house look shabby and rundown
is the worn or soiled condition of
the living room rugs or carpet and
the condition of the stair carpet.
Although you may not be aware
of it, your eyes promptly sweep
the floor of any room you enter,
and when you are going upstairs
your eyes are intent upon the
edges of the steps you mount.
A rug should be changed every
six months and turned so that
the wear on one particular spot
will be distributed among the four,
or at least two, of the sides. Every
housewife will notice how a rug
or carpet wears down just inside
the front door, or in front of a
couch or chair which is a family
favorite. II the rug is changed
often enough, the wear will be
more general.
Stair carpets take an unusually
severe beating for the reason that
95 per cent of the wear is upon a
surface only two inches deep from
the front edge Most of the sur
face of a stair carpet gets no
wear whatever.
Change Every Two Years.
The remedy for this condition
is to change the carpet every two
years. so that the portion which
had previously been at the edge
will be back near the riser. This
involves a bit of cutting and fit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Subdivision Builders
Urged 10 Consider
Traffic Safety Needs

The American Automobile As
sociation's District division wants
developers, planners and builders
of new residential subdivisions in
the Washington area to avoid the
mistakes that many past devel-
opers have made in adequately
falling to consider traffic and
safety needs"
Many of our present residen-
tial areas containing fine and
valuable homes are unduly haz-
ardous and inconvenient from a
traffic standpoint because original
design failed to take into account
traffic and safety" w. I. Cleve-
land, manager of the District divi-
sion, said yesterday.
While it is possible in present
subdivisions to use traffic engi-
neering techniques now, and make
some corrections, they may be
costly and of a makeshift type.
1t Is much better to build into new
residential subdivisions modern
methods Of traffic handling which
will result in greater convenience.
additional safety especially for
children and elderly pedestrians,
and more desirable living condi-
tons.
Recently the National Commit
tee for Traffic Safety, through a
special committee representing
transportation, civic and home de-
Velopment and traffic safety or
CARNATIONS, prepared a booklet.
Building Traffic Safety in Resi-
Dental Developments" Mr..
Cleveland added.
This manual is guide for use
by developers, subdividers, plot
ting officials and planners to help
them provide. from the traffic
standpoint. safer and more desir-
able residential subdivisions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11

saturated, and the water running
off showed deep discoloration from
dirt and dust.
The third step was to mix a
bucketful of warm water, and
soap flakes, and scrub the rug with
the mixture, using a long handled
scrubing brush, and continuing
until the suds we're almost brown.
He then hosed off the rug gener-
ously, turned it over twice and
rehosed both sides. The hardest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11

part of the job was hanging it to
dry. because of the weight. 1t
took four days of good dry
weather before it was dry enough
to return to the house. but con-
sidering the saving, the effort was
well spent.
Released by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-01-12
FIRST ROyND CPEnS nEXT MOEDAy AT RIFLE RANGE

The second annual Merchants Handicap Shoot sponsored by the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen will oren on Monday Jan. Is, com mittee chairmen Pi1l, Smith. san- nounced today Shooting begins at the club range beneath the Rec Hall at 8 p,am.5 $a
 There were si>sntes sp1s entered at press-t time, but entry lists will not close until Monday evening, MT. Smith said: Any merchant interested in sponsoring a team is requested to be at the range on Monday. An entry fee of $10 is required of each merchant spon- sor. Valley firms who had an- nounced their sponsorship of a team by Wednesday afternoon, included:
 Coop Fountain. MVFCA, Gras- ser's Hardware Mob Hill Coal Coal Mine, Valley Frontieraman ar1 the Sh9mrock Bakery.
 Is is possible that the latter two sponsors will select their shoot CTS from the Clubs junior rifle men, if enough juniors are inter ested in participation.
 The shoot will continue for six weeks, with one round being shot off each Monday evening. At press time, it was not definite whether competition would be of two or three-man teams.
 Merchants may select their marksmen from the club roster, or may draft non-members, MT. Smith said. However, the clubs management requests that a membership be purchased for any non-members who wish to partic- ipate in the shoot.