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REPAIRS AND SERVICE

basement to roof. Nothing down.
yssrs ySor IS to pay; pay HAMILTON coNsT,
AbDirEfo5Nss.4 bi III s41oi porch enclosures; Is bsm..
9ep9 pseSe oI &c IN SeF ss0P q, +
Nh. WILSON, AT. 4ioo. -1s
ALUMINIUM AND STEEL TILE for
your bath, kit, recreation rrn.. vestt-
bule, etc; many pleasant eolors to
terms; work guar. ST.. 35ol, PINEY
BRANCH TILE CONTRACTORS.
ANTIQUE FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED
Large selection of fabrtcs. expert
ssos.. 1ss4 fSitR' I4tR St iSvs NV. Ma: as ssss
BRICKWORK. plaster and general
repair work; all work guaranteed.
cal PAUL ANDERSON, Ii. S-ssSs.
BRICK WORK. walls, garages, ARE
places, repairing. ist-class work
manship. MI. 611s after pm.
CARPENTRY. rec. rms, attics.
porches. screening. gen, repairs.
Ma 70 snSTsT EsInss esll after 8 p,m,' sd GE.
CARPENTER. alterstions and re-
small. Cali OW. 5527. -19
CARPENTER-Rotted steps, porches,
windows, repaired, screens made to
c9sPENTERF RsasHSsi FIR; ,.moas,,ru lSss: r.n.,r,,,
white mechanics. AINsWoRTH. RA
CARPENTRY-Attics finished. reere-
alton rms, .porches incl, stairways.
dopmsr eTnis ElnsoES Sn TssidsRsal Ip Il, or eom
CARPENTEkING, plasterinc. paint
ing, remodelins, building new
homes; quick service. WILLIAMS,
cAkpEsTRY-oen. Ell remodel: sS cabs.
I2WRENseeTEss fsaEs RSseTss "A sasiyss sSa serssps m MR
CARPENTRY. general remodeiins,
9 :. 81: DENIS. Iu, 1852 's1. msI
CARPENTRY. general contracting.
fremodeling: repairs Of any kind;
CARPENTRY AND PAINTING. re-
modelling Or ,vr repairing; reasonable.
CEMENT GRci PoRcHEs. g. walks. walk; S drive
ways; brick and fiagstone work; 20
rgSrNT grsi exp; xyo1T work guar: AT. 1870.
stone terraces. walks, chimneys. are
places; cement driveways, porches.
retaining walls, pipe drainage: ali
kinds Of waterproofing F. MAR
GUCC1O Route 5. Horners lane
,!5 R9ckyills, %a!y Nd; Phone Rockyille 1888.
caly :aZor-kleened or no charge.
RoTO- -ROOTER. Phone RA ssSa
anv day. any night
- Brick and repair
work; reliable service: no Job too
small, vi. S027, GEORGE W.
DIGGING AND POURING FoOTINGs
Cement work of any kind. CH.
DRIVEwAYs. PORCHEs and base
ments, built or repaired. JA. S-5959.
K. A. ZIMMERMAN.
install, repairs, rewir-
ing stores, homes, duor. fixtures: IL
censed contractor. RA. 1922. -24
ELECTRICAL REPAIRS, installations
prompt. courteous, guaranteed serV.
ice A G: ELECTRIC Co. RA 5a5S
FENCE
Galvanized, chain link. all posts
In cnIlcrefe LINN nediafa ereetinta .,
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DOOR CANOPIEs, sI5 EACH
We are overstocked on famous all
metal eanopies, originally priced to
sell at S37 so: We offer these, first
come first served, at SIS, at our
ONCE. Cover your doorway against
the sun and weather
AMCO PRODUCTS co.
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Service RepreSentative

Service Representative
be expert on touch-up and uphol-
stery repairs for fne furniture
store Must know Wash. and vicin-
ity. Permanent position for quail
fed man; excellent working condi-
tions and salary. Apply to Mr..
II. II. JOHNSTON, service nianager.
MaVer & Co.
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PAINTING AND PAPERING, com. and
res: salts. customers for over 25 yrs,
LAWRENCE, RA. 9T03, TU. .1131.
PAPERING, 5-rm., 2-story, hall house,
SS5: do own work: white mech. MA.
5734. ME. 1887 after 5, and Sun.
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BUILDING MATERIAL,

Remodeling? See ACE first.
Flooring, S25 per M. Framed
lumber, complete. windows, IS:
and tanks, complete. S13; iron fence,
75c a IT.. steel beams, angle iron,
pipe for fences, modern radiators;
many carved mantles. S5: built-in
and 1eg-tubs, cast iron pipe and
f1ttings. and many other items at a
great saving. New rolled roofing.
$l.79; also new asbestos shingles,
S5.96 per square. FILA plan, 3
years to pay. Free delivery. Open
all day Saturday. ACE WRECKING
a. BUILDING MATERIAL CO., AOO2
Mimi II A.nEnn %
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TYPIST FOR ARLINGTON
We have an opening for a good typist.
Must be eficient; 5-day wk., steady
employment; sal. open. Call OW.
7703 Monday. go
TYPIST WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE
OF BOOKKEEPING. PERMANENT
POSITION. GOOD SALARY. JU.
$4,000. -19
TYPIST-CASHIER - Knowledge Of
automobile titles and contracts; ne.
section; quick increases for the right
person. Box 2s0-G, Star.
WAITRESS-White, day work, no
Sundays; tipping experience. Good
pay and tips. CASEY'S CHOP
HOUSE, $40 18th st. NV.
MATTRESSES WANTED-No night or
Sunday, work. Apply in person at
wAITREssEsEcurb girls and coun-
ter girls, white; night work; no
experience nee. Apply DIXIE PIG
BARBECUE, Marlboro pike and
Benning rd. Sc. HI. 4333. go
YARD GOODS SalesWoman
Experience helpful; 5-day week. sal
ary plus commission, discount on
purchases free disqualification and
other employe benefits. Apply Per-
sonnel once 5th floor
GOLDENBERG'S
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SALESMAN

TN and d StS. NV. -ZU
sALES Observation-Disclosures
ern virginia's leading used car deal
Representatives with the following
qualifications: Age 30-45. married,
sober, Va. drivers permit; at least
s yrs. exper. In buying and selling
automobiles. For appointment, call
Mr. DIAL. XII 2.6k0h Ia
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LUMBER AND BUILDING
MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS
Open every Saturday and Sunday all
free delivery to adjacent beaches
FLA home ifnpvmt. loans. No cash,
80 mos to pay. Hours daily $50
to 8 p.m.; sunday. o till 3.
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For Quick Mobilization

If there should be another war; it will prob
ably come to this continent suddenly. Quick
mobilization of our manpower will be necessity.
That is why the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee has voted in favor of an unrestricted
selective service law as urged by the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, the Secretary of Defense and the Presi-
dent. The bill which it has reported is far
more realistic than the restricted one passed
by the House.
The House measure would extend the draft
law for two years after its scheduled expiration
on June "a, but would make inductions impossible
until Congress had given the green light by con-
current resolution. In event of a devastating
atomic attack on this country, such q delay
could have serious consequences The Senate
bill would provide for q three-year extension,
with full authority-as at present-for immediate
conscription of necessary forces.
Less realistic, however, is the amendment
which the committee tackled on to permit in
ductees to express their wishes regarding racial
segregation in the services. The amendment
ignores the fact that the armed services are
dealing with this difficult problem now with
considerable success To inject the racial ques-
tion into the draft law would be extremely in
advisable. 1t might even imperil passage of
the legislation. The amendment should be
eliminated before final action is taken by the
Senate.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
BY Charles E. TroceweN
Liberty. N. Y

book called Huekleberry Finn and to
a book called Treasure Island"
So you see. kids. you have a real au-
thority behind you.
The joke Of the matter. however, is
that the great writer wouldn't have had
to collect the stories for his imaginary
son to read.
That imaginary son would have been
reading 'em all the time!
No doubt there is a certain spice in
being forced to read on the sly. Even
adults know it. Often there are books,
not really immoral. which have built up
a certain air of being bold. etc.
Perhaps that is the charm of paper
cover jackets, that they tend to hide
the names of some Of the stories, not
really bad, but bad In the too-severe
eyes Of others.
We notice that some Of the ascent
books of today resort to the old dodge Of
putting highly indammatory picture on
the cover. II you read the book, you find
little If anything In 1t to justify the pic
ture.
So it goes down the ages. In ancient
Rome the "censorS" had a lot to do In
looking over the scrolls Of the latest
stories, wedding out the really bad ones
from those that some persons thought
bad
There Is enough evil in the world with
out reading it into places 1t really isn't.
Perhaps this may apply to most Of the
comics. We have seen and read q num-
ber Of them, and they are relatively
harmless. Most children shed such things
as o birds feathers do water.
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To Correct An Injustice

The Federal annuity bill which finally has
received congressional approval will rectify
wrong that should have been righted long ago.
The measure grants to Federal employees who
retired prior to April l, 1948, and to their sur
vivors the same survivorship annuity benefits
enjoyed by employees who have retired since that
date. The discrimination, resulting from liberal
ization of the retirement law for active employees
has affected about 125,000 retired Government
workers and their dependents.
Under the liberalized law, employees who have
retired since April 1, 1948, have been entitled to
an increase in annuities and also have been
given the right to designate their wives as bene-
fciaries Of survivorship annuities not to exceed
$780, But employees previously retired were given
the hard choice of one or the other of these
advantages-instead of both Because of high
living COSTS about 80 per cent of the older retired
group elected to receive increased annuities-
leaving their spouses deprived of survivorship
payments. 1t was manifestly unfair for the
Government to force this group to make so diff
cult a decision. The new legislation will insure
that all retired employees receive equal treatment
Passage of the measure is an act of fair play
that will correct the shortcomings OF the present
retirement law.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

sented by other American scientists in key cities
abroad and by corps of scientific attaches"
serving at our various diplomatic missions. Rus
sia's Iron Curtain, of course, initiates against
the undertaking. but such an organization,
besides tending to dent the curtain. could be
fruitful even If confined to the nations Of the
free world.
For the truth is that those nations are not
doing nearly enough to stimulate each others
scientific thinking. AS far as our own country
is concerned, we have no reason to be complacent.
Although we excel in technology and the prac-
tical application Of abstract theories, we have
Jagged behind in many phases Of pure research,
and we can still learn great deal from scientists
abroad. After all, much of our progress in many
fields, notably atomic energy, has been based
primarily on their original discoveries.
In principle, the soundness of the Berkner
proposal is thus hardly open to dispute. Though
it raises big practical question as to whether
we have enough scientists available and willing
to divert their talents to such project, the
whole idea deserves serious study. lot Of good
could come from it.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
The Berkner Report

There is a good deal to be said in favor of
the report recommending that Science Ofice"
be established in the State Department to pro-
mote worldwide exchange of information on
non-military research and chronological develop
ments Of kind that could be mutually beneficial
to our own and all other countries.
Drafted by DR.. Lloyd v. Berkner-one of
Secretary Acheson's special consultants and him
self distinguished scientist-the report is in
line with suggestion made some time ago by
a task force of the Hoover Commission on Gov
ernmental Reorganization. What it calls for is
concrete and systematic action to encourage
great international flow of ideas and data bear
ing solely upon non-classified discoveries and
advances in the field of pure research and the
applied sciences.
To that end, the report urges that a top
ranking scientist be named to head the proposed
sscience Office" and that the Office be repre-
Evening star., 1950-06-09

DURING the last three years. the
IL citizens Of Berlin have enacted
drama of civic courage that is unique in
German history. An island surrounded
by q Russian sea. they took their stand
for freedom long before 1t was certain
that they would and could be backed
by the Western Allies.
This extraordinary feat Of mass morale
could not have been performed without
an extraordinary leader to rally and
embody the resolution of his fellow
citizens Berlin has found that leader IN
the person of Ernst Reuter-, its effective
mayor since 1947 and its Official mayor
since December, 1s48-a large, gray
haired man of so, who moves slowly
with slight limp. talks with massive
deliberation and simplicity and oc-
has nothing Of the hashy demagogue in
his makeup.
Three years ago. the defense of Berlin
was not an established Allied policy. If
it had not been for Reuter-, it never
would have become one.
Before he intervened so decisively in
the affairs of the post-Hitler world,
Reuter- had gone through no less than
three separate political careers-one in
Russia, one in Germany, and one in
Turkey.
The first great test of his independence
Of mind and strength of character came
in 1914, when. at the age of "a, he be-
came cofounder and secretary of a
pacifist and subversive society and set
himself to writing and distributing leaf
lets which attacked the imperial govern
ment for its share in causing the war.
That government, for all its great faults.
was not brutal tyranny: the young
rebel. when discovered, was not shot or
imprisoned. but simply put into the
army. He was sent to serve first in
France, then in Russia.
A chance bullet in his thigh-the cause
OF his present limp-made him fall into
czarist captivity. This happened a few
months before the 1917 revolution.
Working In mine as prisoner of
war, he learned Russian and made
friends with his workmates. Then the
revolution freed him.
He went to Moscow and Petrograd, met
Lenin. and became an active member of
the Bolshevik Party. In 1918 Lenin picked
him to become the first peoples COM
missar' for the Volga Germans. His
immediate Russian superior was the
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This and That

Reade, and would buy certain paper
backed volume dealing with the life Of
the James boys-not Henry and William,
but Jesse and Frank-and would con-
fer the whole lot Of them upon that off,
spring Of mine and would say to him:
Here, my son, Is something for you;
rare and precious gift. Read these vol
umes openly Never mind the crude style
in which most of them are written. Read
them for the thrills that are in them.
Read them, remembering that If this
country had not had pioneer breed of
Buckskin Sans and Deadwood Dicks we
should have had no native school of dime
novelists Read them for their brisk
and stirring movement; for their spirit Of
outdoor adventure and life which crowds
them; for their swift but logical process
sions Of sequences: for the phase Of
pioneer Americanism they rawly but
graphically portray. and for their moral
values. Read them along with your
Coopers and your "Ivanhoe" and your
Mayne Reids. Read them through, and
perhaps some day. If fortune is kinder
to you than ever it was to your father.
with background behind you and
vision before you, you may be inspired to
sit down and write dime novel Of your
own almost good enough to be worthy
of mention in the same breath with the
two greatest adventure stories-dollar-
sized dime novels is what they really are
that ever were written, both of them
by sure-enough writing men. who, I'm
sure. must have based their moods upon
the memories Of the dime novels which
they, In their turn. read when they were
boys Of your age. ] refer. my son. TO
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"NINTH STREET NE.

NINTH STREET NE.
"Your column few days ago about
dime novels sent me scurrying around to
find little book have. and to read
again the following paragraphs. Il knew
I'd find the page turned downD
"Just thought you might like to read
it. For many years. don't know just
how many-we've enjoyed your articles.
It was 1918 when we came to Washing
ton. and we've always read The Star.
Sincerely, c. N"
The quotation follows:
"The reason little boys love the Nick
Carter stories (and this is not as far
jump from great poetry and great prose
as it seems, as you will discover If you
read to the end Of the paragraph is be-
cause they can see themselves In their
hero. and the reason they hate so many
Of the books they are told to read is
because they are too remote from what
they know about life and from what they
hope life is going to be like when they
get out where they can see more OF 1t.
In one Of his most engaging books. A
Plea for Old Cap Collier (and the work
of Old Cap Collier. if you never heard
of it, belongs on the shelf with Tomb
stone Dick 'Redtop Rube.' The Desper-
ate Dozen Arizona joe and Old Griz-
ely Adamas, the Bear Tamero. Irwin S.
Cobb makes plea for the dime novel or
nickel library. If had a boy 1--WE para
phrase Mr. Cobb about Il or IA years
old. would give him the best of the COL
lected works Of Nick Carter and Cap Col
lier and Nick Carter. jr. and Frank
Evening star., 1950-06-09
More on Toy Weapons

congratulate you for publishing j.
E. Wright's thought-provoking letter
on toy weapons.
The State Humane Society of Wash
ington State Is urging all humane So
cieties, parents and teachers to take
part in having the law forbidding sale
of toy pistols to children enforced. The
society," in a release dated January.
1850, says: ''To those of us who have
taken particular care to observe, it is
narrowing to find that toy guns fo-
sale are in such abundance; some SO
realistic that they would easily be taken
for the real article" The release goes
on to tell about case Of juvenile de-
linquency in Los Angeles, in which the
youth confessed, II thought of the times
I had frightened folks with my toy
gun, so I got a real gun and did this
holdup"
A pamphlet issued by the Illinois Con-
gresS of Parents and Teachers says:
What reasonable argument can be ad-
vanced for the toy gun? We must face
the fact that the deplorable habit Of
giving children toy weapons Is en-
trenched in our midst. We are compelled
to recognize that 1t is undesirable. We
owe it to our children to remedy this
pernicious custom"
It might be added that not only is it
undesirable, but unnecessary.
I. with Mr.. Wright. cannot under
stand why parents allow their children
to use toy firearms. Children become
immune to the idea of destroying life
an act which should be abhorrent
and revolving.
1t seems to me that there is need for
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too independent" Reuter-, in turn, was
to comment to an interviewer in 1948
that Stain was a much overrated man
He has the mind of drill sergeant"
The interviewer jokingly replied that
this still put him one rank higher than
Hitler. Exactly" replied Reuter-.
In 1919, his Volga- German job COM
pleted, Reuter- was sent by the Bolshevik
Party to Germany and within two years
rose to be secretary general of the Ger
man Communist Party. At the age of
80, he had reached the top.
But he ended his career suddenly
After only half year. he resigned his
post. left and denounced the Com
munist Party, and rejoined the Ger
man Socialists. What caused this breach
was the inside knowledge which his
elevation had given him of the manner
in which German Communist workers
were even then sacrificed to the i'm
mediate interests of Moscow.
What followed was ten years Of
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Ernst Reuter-, the Defender Of Berlin

highly normal and undramatic career
in German municipal politics. When
Hitler became chancellor IN January.
1898. Reuter- was the Socialist mayor OF
Magdeburg. His reaction was to stand
as Socialist candidate for the Reichstag
in his city. In March. 1888. q week after
the Reichstag fire. he was elected with
q majority Of 10000. A few weeks later
he was taken OF TO q concentration
camp.
After about half q year. the inter-
cession Of churchmen got him released
He made his Magdeburg home Q center
Of continued political activity and oppo-
sltion. Within few months he was back
in concentration camp.
This time. the intervention OF the
British Quakers secured his release. When.
in 1895, he got warning that he was
to be arrested again. he knew that this
time he could not hope for release or
even survival. He secretly crossed the
Dutch frontier. and made his way 10
Britain.
The following year. the Turkish gov
ernment offered him an appointment
as adviser on municipal government.
This started his third career. Borrow
Ing the 1aIG, ne SCI Out IuE AIlhaIa.
He was a success in Turkey-so much
SO that the Turkish government for
more than o year after the end Of the
war would not let him go. But all
the time his mind was following the
unfolding tragedy of his country.
Back in Germany. he deliberately
chose to live in Berlin although 1t was
obviously a dangerous place. He wants
to see Berlin made "the shop-window
of freedom" not only for the people
of Eastern Germany but also for those
of Warsaw and Prague-and beyond.
He profoundly believes that the to-
talitarianism of Moscow. which he knew
SO well from the inside. is. and has been
for 80 years. spiritually dead-"a soul
less bureaucratic machine. in which ma
tions. peoples, individuals count for
nothing that it can be overcome
without war If the West develops the
dynamic of freedom with conviction
and self confidence.
When history comes to be written.
it will name the mayor and defender
of Berlin among the handful Of men
who saved Europe in these dark years.
And it may record that the climax of
his career was not yet reached at this
stage.
Uondon Observer Forsisn service)
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Good Man Beaten

Major public interest has centered on the
California primary, which brought four nation
ally known figures into the picture. But the
politically minded, especially those who must
stand this year for election, will certainly not
be less interested in the results of the Repub-
lcan senatorial primary in South Dakota.
That contest brought defeat to Chan Gurney,
who, though not well known to most people, was
an able, conscientious, hard-working member of
the Senate. Senator Gurney was the ranking
Republican on the important Military Affairs
Committee. He was its chairman during the
Republican 80th Congress- and In that capacity
he supported number of administration meas
ures relating to national security, although he
knew he was risking his political future by
doing so.
His opponent in the primary was Representa-
tive Francis Case, an effective political figure.
Mr.. Case went out to South Dakota early and
waged vigorous campaign. He pictured himself
as one who stood for balanced Federal budget,
even at the price of trimming national defense
and foreign aid expenditures. Senator Gurney
stayed here at his job too long. When he got to
South Dakota it was too late to make up the
ground that had been lost. So the next Senator
from South Dakota, in all probability, will be an
economy first man instead of Senator who had
given top priority to his concept Of what was
pest Tor the security or the Nation. That would
be cause for concern if it represented swing
in national as distinguished from local, senti-
ment which it probably does not. Other men,
bers of Congress facing reelection contests are
apt to attach more Importance to the fact that
Senator Gurney remained in Washington while
Representative Case was back home campaign
ing. And as result, it will be harder than ever
to hold them here during the summer.
If there was any surprise in the California
primary, it lies in the size of the vote rolled up
by Republican Governor Warren. His opponent
was James Roosevelt, whose principal asset was
the family name. Both men cross-flled, and
while Governor Warren did not win both the
Republican and Democratic primaries, as in 1916,
he nevertheless piled up combined total almost
twice as great as Mr.. Roosevelts. The other
major California contest saw Representative
Helen Gahagan Douglas, Democrat running
against Republican Representative Nixon for the
Senate seat vacated by Democratic Senator
Downey. AS slow counting of the returns went
on: Representative Nixon, who had much to do
with making the case against Alger Hiss, was
making a strong showing. But his prospects
against Mrs. Douglas in November are not nearly
as bright as those of Governor Warren in his
bid for reelection against the son of the late
President.