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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Entrance to GEORGETOWN

The swap of land between the Federal Gov
eminent and the American Oil Company In the
vicinity of Twenty eighth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue is the sort of deal that would
benefit all concerned and do a lot to make
attractive what is now very unpreposseSSing
approach to Georgetown. AS the swap involves
Government property, it requires legislation and
this is embodied in bill now awaiting action
by Senate subcommittee under the chairman
ship of Senator Kerr of Oklahoma. 1t has been
carefully studied in hearings just completed
Everybody who uses the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. approach to Georgetown and M street is
familiar with the old red-brick church building
which stands at the apex of the blunt triangle
formed by Pennsylvania avenue M street and
Twenty-eighth street. The building is aban-
doned as a church and is owned by the Boys Club
of Washington. The oil company owns a filling
station to the east of the old church. If the
Government will give it small strip of park
land on the east side of it's filling station, on
the edge of the Rock Creek ravine, it will buy
the old church from the Boys Club, tear it down,
provide adequate landscaping for a park and
turn the property over to the Government. 1t
will rebuild its filing station according to designs
approved by the Fine Arts Commission. The
entrance" to Georgetown will be marked by
an attractive commercial building and q small
park, in place of the unSightly structures now
occupying the site.
Everybody seems to be in favor of this
proposition which seems to be unique in that
it will cost the taxpayers nothing. The Govern
ment land involved is not disable as park now,
but the land the Government would acquire
would add touch of pleasant green grass and
shrubbery between rivers of concrete flowing
with automobile traffic. The bill ought to be
approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Politics and Defense
M. Mullins.

1t appears that many Republican
leaders are increasing their efforts to
get Gen. Eisenhower to run for Presi-
dent on the G. o. p ticket in 1852.
Gen. Eisenhower has the most i'm
portant job in the world today, namely,
to unity and create in Europe the
strongest possible armed defense against
Communism. No other man could COM
mand such deep respect, confidence and
cooperation of our European Allies. AS
a good American soldier, he should re-
main at his present post.
Furthermore. has the Republican
Party become so bankrupt for leader
ship that it cannot find at least one
good candidate within it's own ranks to
run for President? Are the Republican
leaders so determined to win in 1852
that they are willing to sacrifice our
European efforts to gain their ends?
If so, then the Republican Party has
neither the leadership nor the ability
to take over control of the Federal
Government in 1852. and this control
should not be placed in its custody.
Charles F. Martin.
Minneapolis. MINI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Russia and the Japanese Treaty

Secretary Acheson has good ground for his
suspicion that the Soviet Unions latest peace"
geStures-p particularly it's proposal for five
power conference.-the likely to be followed by a
number of others in the weeks Immediately
ahead. In his Judgment such moves, when and
if they are made, will be designed solely and
simply to sabotage the japanese treaty. which
is scheduled to be signed by dozens of nations
at special ceremonies in San Francisco early
next month.
The suspicion is we'll founded because the
Kremlin has long since made clear that it would
like nothing better than to undo the initiative
of the United States and leave the Japanese
question as much up in the air as the German
and Austrian questions. Thus, last spring, at
lacking the projected treaty as illegal" and
invalid" it demanded that our Government and
all other cooperating governments stop the
drafting negotiations and turn the whole prob
lem over to special big-power conference in
which Communist China, along with the Soviet
Union would have the right to veto anything
agreed upon by the overwhelming majority of
nations still technically at war with Hirohito'S
shattered empire.
In other words just as in the case of Ger
many and Austria, what the Soviet Union has
called for is an arrangement under which both
itself and Red China, besides forcing all the
~
would be free to delay japanese settlement
indefinitely by paralyzing the negotiating pro-
cedureS The main purpose of this, of course
would be to prevent the United States Britain
and Hke-minded countries from concluding a
pact aimed at inSuring that the peace will not
leave Japan as vacuum of power in Asia
vacuum exposed to infiltration, subversion and
eventual domination by Red totatarian forces
controlled by the Kremlin
Accordingly, since Stain and his Politburo
undoubtedly are still dedicated to this objective
nobody should be surprised if they resort to
actions bearing out Mr.. Acheson's suspicion.
Nobody should be surprised, that is, if between
now and the Forthcoming treaty conference they
make spectacular propaganda moves and ges-
lures calculated to diSSuade India and as many
other countries as possible from signing the
japanese settlement that the United States and
Britain are jointly sponsoring. Indeed, as has
been suggested in some quarters, it is not incon-
ceivable that the Kremlin may even send
delegation to San Francisco to throw the pro-
ceedings into turmoil with flaming speeches
and preposterous demands.
BY this time however, the free nations are
so familiar with Soviet obStructionism that they
are not likely to be caught off guard or seriously
divided by it, India and some others are not
too happy about certain aspects of the japanese
treaty, but the rest of the interested countries
seem overwhelmingly in favor of it. In the
circumstances, regardless of what the Kremlin
may do 1t seems reasonable to expect that the
vast majority will sign at San Francisco At anv
rate, we must hope So for too many OBJECTIONS
would be a great boon to the Soviet propa-
gandists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Premier PIeven's Prospects

Rene Pleven, who resigned last February
after having held the office for seven months,
is back again as Premier of France. However,
although the National Assembly has voted him
in with the strongest backing given any chief
of the French government since 1947, there is
no certainty that he will be able to form a
cabinet or succeed in holding the reins very
long if he does form one.
This is so because of the nature of the
Parliament on which he must depend for support.
The volatile character of the situation is pretty
much the same as it was prior to the national
elections in June At the extreme left, Mr.. Pleven
faces the Communists. Though now markedly
reduced in the number of their Assembly seats
they are mplacably opposed to him and are still
capable of causing him great deal of trouble
AS for the extreme right he must reckon with
the powerful De GaulliStS, who abstained from
the vote making him Premier and who can be
counted upon to be a constant thorn in his
side. Hence, if he is to remain in office for any
appreciate length of time he must hold to-
gether and retain the backing of the Socialists,
the Popular Republicans the Radicals and other
moderate or center parties. These have all the
power they need to govern in coalition against
the extremists. But the fly in the ointment is
that they represent numerous claShing interests
and full of internal political tensions-so
mucn SO that the QuraDl1Ly OF any caDlneC Cney
may approve, whether under Mr. Pleven or
somebody else, cannot be guaranteed from one
week to the next
Mr.. Pleven, however, is vigorous and ex-
tremely able man, and if he can persuade all
the center leaders to participate in the cabinet
he must now form, he may manage to stay in
office longer than most French Premers have
done in recent years. But his prospects are
anything but certain; France will continue to
be subject to sudden changes in government as
long as the moderates making up the parlia-
mentary majority remain an uneasy coalition
of multiplicity of parties that find it only too
easy to split wide apart over domestic political
issues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

brochure frankly points out, smuggling.
Andorran's prefer to say, 1--WE sell
things" and think that the term BLACK
market" is both unkind and unrealistic.
1t is unrealistic, they think, to have silly
political snarl-ups, such as current re-
striction on trade between France and
Spain that brings Spaniards f1ocking
into Andorra to buy the goods they can
not get directly.
Such a tolerant attitude in Andorra
toward the free flow of goods and
money results in such phenomena as
American cigarettes at 20 cents a pack
less than half the price elsewhere in
Europe. And there are automobiles and
flatirons and watches, and, above all,
the inexpensive living that is making
Andorra the biggest little boom country
in Europe.
While border officials elsewhere fuss
over what is being brought in and out
OF their countries, the Andorran border
guard puts down his garden spade and
raises the barrier with a smile. He
> knows that goods entering or goods
leaving, goods bought or goods sold, all
mean a profit for his purse sized coun-
try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Knows His City

A letter by George M. Goldberg re-
Gently told of the social straits of people
not native to Washington. It was a
touching story of cold shoulders" and
repulSed overtures and the hopelessness
of making friends.
am in similar predicament. A
Washington native, I find myself in
exactly the position of Mr.. Goldbergs
outsider" There are probably more
New Workers in Washington than Wash
ingtonians. In fact, there are probably
more Alaskans here also.
Mr.. Goldberg pictures select group
of natives who go about just looking for
outsiders to snub. We don't do that for
a number of reasons. Most of us work
during the day. and are too tired after
hours to snub effectively. Many of us
are suspicious of strangers. and would
never snub any one we did not know.
And for the life of us we couldn't tell
stranger from native if we had to- .-
Mr.. Goldberg errs in not differentiat-
ing between WashingtonianS. We have
l0-year men, Swear men, 3-year men
and. lastly newcomers.
The 10-year man is, for practical pur-
poses, native. He has seen. more of
Washington grow up than a native, say,
who left for two weeks back in 1913.
The Swear man is exactly like the
native and 10-year man, except that he
does not have sinus trouble yet. The
3-year man still fits into the ma
tive" category. Newcomers envy his
cosmopolitan bearing and listen breath
lessly while he tells them what's wrong
with this town. The newcomer has lived
here three years or less. He has read
Washington Confidential without a
finch. If he has not brought his cow
boy hat, soeaster, or sunglasses with
him, he can easily be mistaken for a
native. Perhaps he gets his avenues
mixed. But. as with natives, he doesn't
get to vote. And he still would like to
know why.
1t is to be doubted that Washington
lacks warmth and intimacy any more
than any city of comparable size. If
loneliness is more prevalent in this city
than in others, it isn't the fault of the
natives, because we're in the minority.
We are lonely, too.
Morton L. King.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Boy and Seq She'll

Only this minute he had heard the sea.
Holding a shell against his DUN
shell ear,
But this sound held for him no mystery.
1t aoas knoton oceans that he seemed
to hear.
Sea Dird 1Uas his and sail and the
North Star,
And surgiug tuaUeS, and Uhite sand,
dashed tOith spray.
And those far places Dhere spice islands
are:
Those places Dhere he, too, Mould 90
some day.
He did not know that his DUN bone and
blood
Was giuen to him By sea- tnring men,
Who set course from, land and found
1t good,
Nor that he must repeat this course
again.
He only knew that this pink shell had
bloaDn
Winds from a sea Which he had always
knotUn.
\ Anobel Armour 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Military Law
Morton L. King.

feel called upon to answer the letter
of Miss Dorothy Newgard regarding
military law.
am sure Miss Newgard would find
that our military courts are handled in
much the same manner as our civilian
courts, except that the parties involved
are in uniform. believe she would find
also that, in practically every case, both
prosecutors and defense counsels not
only hold hard-earned law degrees, but
are members of the bar of their respec-
tive States. believe, too, that she
would find that the board of review is
quite thorough in checking every pos
Sible means of relief for the convicted
person in every case which comes before
them.
am no authority on our military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Letters to The Star

court system. nor am in the armed
forces or working for the Government
But 1 feel it is my duty as a private
citizen to speak up in defense of our
military courts. think the magazine
article she mentions was not only badly
timed but an unjustified attack on our
military court system. One magazine
article could not, under any circum-
stances, tell more than small part of
a story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any question Of fact by either writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
NV. WASHINGTON 5, D. c., and incloSing 3 cents
: return postage BY teIephoning ST 1863.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

@. What Secretary of War refused to
resign when requested to do so by the
Presidential. G. H.
A. Edwin Stanton, holdover from
Lincoln's cabinet, refused to resign when
Andrew Johnson requested him to do so.
He claimed protection under the Tenure
of Office Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. What animals are included In the
term "game"?-R. o. K.
A. Game refeKs to all wild animals
that are killed by hunters for food, fur
or the sport of hunting. 1t includes a
variety of creatures ranging from tigers
and bears to game birds and small ami
mails such as rabbits and squirrels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

@. When was the custom of exhibiting
pictures at a large exposition intro
duced? F. l.. B.
A. The Royal Dublin Society spon-
sored an international exposition in
1853. For the first time a display of
paintings was a regular feature of an
exposition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

@. Is there such a thing as a green
rose? L. MEG
A. The Green Chinese Rose Rosa
chinensis viridifora) was introduced in
1856. Its flowers are not true flowers
but strange and quite unexplained
freak of foliage; the buds open to double
leaf green flowers" edged with bronze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

Pen-nanaes may be used If letters carry
Driters' correct names and addresses.
AL letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-10

Old Man Bidly surveyed his back.
Ought to watch out" he complained.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-21
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. IDA SMITH

Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Ida Smith, s6S st. Anthony,
Tuesday, December IL, in Okla
homa CITY, Okla. The body was
shipped to Oklahoma City by
Brooks Funeral Home, accompan-
led by J. A. Smith and Mrs.
Smiths Niece. Miss Revoida
Wright. Mrs. Smith died suddenly
at her home on December 5,
while waiting for a doctor.
Twilight services were held at
Pilgrim Baptist church Saturday
December at Z p. m. Rev. Floyd
Massey Jr., officiated. Musical
selections were rendered by the
senior choir of Pilgrim.
Additional survivors include
Mrs. Jennie Logan and Mrs. Ger
trude Thompson of Kansas City.
Mo. Mrs. Edna Hobbs of Okla
homa City. sisters; Fred and Ed
ward Wright of Oklahoma City,
brothers; Mrs. Leola Clark and
Mrs. Lula Watkins of St. Paul,
cousins, and other relatives and
friends.
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Additional Social and
Personal News
Minneapolis

EEBP Club: The EEBP Bridge
Club met at the home of Mrs
Viola Madden, 1909 Clinton Ave
So, Tuesday evening, December
IS. The members exchanged gifts
Senior Usher Club: The Senior
Usher Club of st. Peter AME
church held its regular Christmas
party at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Wade, 1921 Fourth Ave. So.
Wednesday, December 10.
Ill at Home: Mrs. Leila Smith,
21O9 E. 29th St. is confined to her
home with illness. Her condition
is somewhat improved
Leaving For Missouri: Mrs. s.
o. Harris and daughter, Leslie
Lame, 1897 Fourth Ave. So. will
leave the city Wednesday, Deem
Der 26. for Kansas City, Mo. Mrs.
Harris will attend the 50th we'd
ding anniversary of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Payne Sr.,
who will celebrate the anniver-
sary on Sunday. December 30.
House Guest: Mrs. Ada Bludsoe,
AIS Colfax Ave No, has as her
house guest, her sister, Mrs.
Maude Jones, of Des Moines. Ia.
Mrs. Jones arrived in the city Fri
day, December 81, and will be here
for about two months.
Guest S0loist: Mrs. Lorraine f.
Chivers. 4Ol7 Clinton Ave. So.
was guest soloist for the Mother
Singers Wednesday, December II
at Warrington elementary school.
Zion Christmas Party: The
Children's Christmas party Of
Zion Baptist church, eleventh and
Lyndale Ave. No, will be held
Friday, December 81. The party
will begin at I p. m.
Week End In Rochester: Mrs.
Theresa Warren, SOP Fremont
Ave. No, spent the week end visit
ing friends in Rochester. MINI.
Mrs. Warren was a guest at the
Avalon Hotel.
Baby shower Held: A baby
shower was held Monday, Deem
Der 10, honoring Mrs. Lyle Wright
and given by Mrs. Mario Peterson
at her home, l07l Emerson Ave.
No. Among those present were
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Election of Officers: The Senior
Missionary Society of Zion Bap-
list church met at the home Of
Mrs. Mamie Battles, 1928 Port
land Ave, Wednesday, December
5. The meeting was wen attended
with several members present who
have been unable TO attend. Rev.
James Duluth was a visitor. The
following officers We're elected
for the coming year, Mrs. Celeste
Fraction, president; Mrs. Jimmie
McDaniels, first vice president;
Mrs. Matte Owens, second vice
president: Mrs. Velma l.. Will
liams, secretary; Mrs. Emma
Wallace, assistant secretary; and
Mrs. Mamie Battles. treasurer, A
lovely luncheon was served by the
hostess. The next meeting will be
held al the home of Mrs. Velma
Williams, 939 Aldrich Ave. No.
Dinner Guests: Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Lee Ross, 500 Aldrich Ave.
No, had as their dinner guests
Sunday, December 9, Mrs, Birdie
Austin and Mrs. Velma l.. Will
Hams,
Returns Home: Mrs Birdie
Austin, mother of Mrs. Velma l.
Williams. 939 Aldrich Ave. No,
left the city Sunday evening, De-
cember IS for her home in Mem
phis, Tenn. Mrs. Austin attended
the wedding of her granddaugh-
ter which took place on Thanks
giving Day.
Christmas In Missouri: Miss
Marion Cunningham, 3S41 Clinton
Ave. left the city Tuesday, De-
cember Is for her home in Kan
sas City. Mo, where she win spend
the Christmas holidays with her
parents and other relatives and
friends Miss Cunningham is ex-
pected to return to the city the
first or second of January.
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home in Manly. Iowa. Miss Tate
will spend the Christmas holidays
at home with her mother and
other relatives and friends.
Returns From Chicago: Mrs.
Alonzo Thompson. 749 st. An
thony, returned to the city recent
ly after spending several days WIS.,
iting friends in Chicago.
Christmas Party Held: The
Widows Club held their Christ
mas party Saturday, December
Is at the home of Mrs. Josephine
Parks, $50 Rondo. The party was
held from until p. m.
Roller Skating Party: The
Boots and Saddle Club held
roller skating party Thursday,
December 20 at the Coliseum in
st. Paul
Home For Holidays: Miss Mar
cheta Allen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Allen, 973 Iglehart,
arrived in the city Friday, Deem
Der 81, to spend the Christmas
holidays visiting her parents and
other relatives and friends. Miss
Allen is a student at Rockford
College, Rockford, Ill
Spends Holidays In Memphis:
Mrs. Freda Harris, sos Carroll.
left the city Saturday, December
Is, for Memphis, Tenn. where
she will spend the Christmas holi-
days with her son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Foster
Harris.
Marriage Announced: Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Beck. 994 Iglehart
Ave, have announced the mar
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and Mrs. Willis Gates. S947 Sec
ond Ave. So. arrived in the city
Sunday night, December IS, from
Walker Air Force Base, Roswell,
New Mexico, to spend the holi-
days visiting relatives and friends,
Sgt Gates will be in the city
about two weeks.
Leaves For Home: Miss Myra-
dean Williams, 1916 Fourth Ave,
So, will leave the city Sunday,
December %, for her home in OF
tumwa, Iowa, where she will
spend the Christmas holidays Wis.
iting her parents and other rela-
tives and friends.
Credjafawn Club: Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Pierre, 1924 Fourth Ave. So,
were host and hostess TO the regu-
lar meeting of the Credjafawn
club, Wednesday evening Decem-
Der 10.
Leaving For California: Mrs.
Theresa Warren, 500 Fremont
Ave. No, will leave the city Sun
day, December %, for California.
Enroute she viii stop in Mexico,
for a short visit. She will visit
relatives and friends in Los An
geles, San Francisco, San Diego,
and Long Beach, and will be out
of the city the month of January.
Christmas Gard Committee: The
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Helpers Club Christmas Card
Committee will meet at the home
of Mrs. p. S, Jackson, 370s Fourth
Ave. So, Sunday, December 20 at
p. m.
Entertains Guests: Mr. and Mrs.
William Warder, 1921 Fourth Ave.
So, had as their guests Saturday
evening, December 8, Mrs. V. l..
Williams, Mrs. Birdie Austin OF
Memphis. Tenn, Miss Rauby VIII
Hams, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert War
der, Mr.. Wallace Williams and
Mr. Raymond Cooper
Visiting Daughter: Mrs. Nina
Williams, 1919 Clinton Ave. So.
left the city recently for Des
Moines, Iowa, where she is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Thompson, who is expecting an
other blessed event. Mrs
Thompson has one other child,
Lowell Deane Thompson. Mrs
Williams will remain In Dies
Moines until the child Is born.