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the guests the feeling they're getting their
moneys worth.
For the finale, an iSinglass- and -silver-kid
elevator is lowered from hole in the roof,
and the cancan is on. The dance is designed
primarily to show off the gay-nineties under
clothing of the dancers, and consists of series
of steps called the corkscrew, flying splits,
petit tonr, the cathedral, the caper and the
present arms, fine soldier-like drill in which
the dancer holds one leg straight up in the air
and makes believe it is a musket.
The cancan has been a steady draw for
the last half century, and the manage
ment doesn't even bother to advertise it.
But tourist agencies tout lie French Can
can," as they fondly believe the number is
known in the us, and rubberneck buses by
the dozen arrive loaded with American college
youths, maiden lady schoolteachers and
white-haired captains of industry. A success
full show may run two years.
The cancan is said to have originated 100
years ago in the famous Montmartre dance
halls, the Moulin de La Galette and the Mou-
lin Rouge. The dance developed from the
fantastic acrobatics the professional dancers
would do after the customers had left
wild and Rakfish
NINE BERGEs predecessors were wild and
raffish lot. The first cancan line, THE Real
istic Quadrille. was composed of Gold Stripe
and three contemporaries called "Grasshop-
per-" "Man-Hole Cover" and "Claire-de-
Lune" Other charmers were The Cheese
Babe" Mini Paws-in-the-Air" and the cele-
brated Louise Weber who was known as
La Goulue," or The Glutton.
LaGoulue used to walk around Montmartre
with goat and she set fashions for the whole
of Paris. She wore blonde bangs and bun,
whirled with 60 yards of lace on her petit
coats, heart embroidered on the seat of her
pantalets and cabbage roses made of rib
bons on the knees of her adorable, agile,
spiritual legs" She came to sad end. work.
ing as an animal trainer in the Bois de Bou-
logne, and finally hanging around the doors
of Montmartre cafes selling sweets. She was
about 60 when she died in 1929.
The bawdy. picturesque, semi-criminal crew
who inhabited Montmartre at the turn of the
century were delight to the emerging genera
ton of modern French painters. and the great
Toulouse-Lautrec painted cancan girls as
Degas painted ballerinas Lautrec was par
ticularly fond of La Goulue, and when her
fortunes fell in the world even did the scenery
for her pathetic carnival show.
The cancan has become respectable now -
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these haIlowed halls herself MY legs are
very long, and one time kicked the pince-
nez off a fat man at a ringside table. He was
furious"
Her introduction to the dance was bit
abrupt On June 7, 1882, the day of her
marriage to Marcel Berge, the ballet master
at the Tabarin, she was seated in the night
club waiting for her bridegroom to finish his
chores when word came that one of the cancan
girls was i'll and the doctor wouldn't let her
go on. Il got into the costume, said Nine.
Berge, land had fve-minute rehearsal"
With this training for the fastest and most
furious routine in the world she went on, and
was such success she kept on kicking for six
years.
Learn In Week
Now she brings up two small daughters
and husband and trains the dancers. "A
good dancer with ballet background and
supple legs can learn the cancan in week.
You don't really need good dancers, just
rhythm and kicking A girl must have long
legs and she must be timber for the kicks and
splits.
Although a nineteenth century cancan
dancer called Gold Stripe" was killed by
fall while doing the flying splits, they are
mainly matter of physique and can be
learned little by little. Any full-fedged can
can dancer can leap into the air and come
down in what looks like death-defying posi-
oh A
pationai disease is the black and blue
mark ON the left knee or inner thigh,
caused by the girls catching their heels
in the fluffy ruffies of their petticoats.
The world in which Dorothy Berge found
herself was queer one. In the night-club
belt of PigaIle - the Pig Alley of song and
story - walters hang about in little claques,
clapping listlessly at the unending parade of
undraped exotic" dancers. Outside trick
nude photographs of the showgirls wink at
the passersby, and the doorman does every
thing but pull customers in by the nape of the
neck.
Moneys Woxth
/ HE Bal Tabarin is different. An enormous
beige-and-silver barn of hall, it specializes
in what Parisians call an American show:
a big, fast, fossy spectacle with headline
variety acts; mannequins stalking around in
furs, feathers velvets, sequins, and some
times just their suntans; and stage machinery
worthy of Radio City. Things slide around
and disappear. merry-go-rounds pop through
the floor, and steam effects, Stimulating fire.
works and fountains squirting real water, give
Evening star., 1951-10-14

5 TABAN GID pointer from Dorothy Berge Mdes g to
Paris's top expert at this gay dance turns out
to be a long-legged blonde from Chicago who
once kicked the pnce-nez off ringside guest
by Oden and Olivia Meeker
Photographs Car Perutz
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28
Brondeis Students
4O06 More Than
Lost Year

While colleges from coast to
coast are beginning to feel the
pinch of decreasing enrollments.
little Brandeis University enters
its fourth academic year this
month by increasing its student
body more than 40% over last
years figure. Not only are its
students increasing in numbers.
but its faculty roster is keeping
pace while the campus resounds
with the rumblings of bulldozers
and the pounding of hammers as
one after another building nears
completion.
Starting in 1913 with a pilot
class of 107 freshmen, Brandeis
has grown each year as additional
dormitory space was added to
house the influx of students. In
1949 the student body grew to
$50 Last years roster listed 460
students. When classes begin for
this month, nearly 700 students
will be on hand and for the first
time the University will have a
full complement of four under
graduate classes.
Keeping pace with the growth
of the student body has been the
expansion of the faculty. which
now numbers Y members, an in
crease of fifty per cent over last
year. The University opened in
1948 with Is instructors.
Course offerings are too being
expanded. While the University
retains its three academic divi-
sions, the schools of Science, So
cial Science, Humanities, inten-
sified offerings are being given in
the physical and biological
sciences, as well as in the foreign
languages such as Russian, Arabic
and Hebrew.
Evening star., 1951-04-12

Orig. NOW
1850 Easy Sprindriers with QUITO
notic spin rinse and exclusive
Spirolotor woshine action. Model
BOSS 2Oo IS I54.ss
1850 Easy Spndrers with power
flush rinse and exclusive Spiro-
lotor washing octon. Model
sos -. .------- ---ls9.95 1898
1850 Eosy Automatic Electric
lroners. Model $50 .- l8o o5 1888
1850 Westinghouse Electric
Clothes Dryers. | 10 volt. Model
D3A 1895 l4s.s5
1850 Emerson IN" tube TeIe-
vision. Mahogany veneered con-
sole cabinet. Model 664 -24o o5 I6e.95
1850 Copehort Is" tube Con-
sole TV Model 332 1895 1885
Rebuilt Eosy Spinner Washer 4e.oS
Rebuilt Eosy Wrineer Washer -3e.e5
Rebuilt Zerozone Refrigerator 5000
LANSBURGH'S Major Appliance Store
Entrance at 41S Seuenth ST., or
Through Arc1a,oay in Main BldgJ
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MEMS CLOTHING

Orig. NOW
Fomous Brond Seersucker Suits; bro
ken sizes for reeulors and stouts---- 1875 Ills
u Fomous 6rond Royon Cord Summer
Suits; broken sizes for reeuors and
Famous Brond Summer Suits; sizes
36 long, so stout -------------- 1875 100
All Wool Worsted Suits; sizes IS and
81 regular. 36 short, so stout Less
then y Price 5000 1000
a All Wool Worsted Suits; sizes IS and
and 81 regular. 36 short Less thon
"a price :~~-.-- ~---- 1000 le.s5
LANSBURGHS-MenS Clothtng-Street Floor
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BIouses and Sweaters Holf-price

ORIG. NOW
l3 Wool Shoulderettes in vorieN Of eolors l9o s7e
IA Royon BoucIe Sweoter-Biouses, boat
neckIne; broken colors and sizes 80 395 ls7
9 Royon BoucIe Sweater Bouses jewel
and boot necklines; some with rhne-
stone trims; broken eoors ond sizes o9o Z.4I
II Royon Tissue FoIe BIouses. hond-
detailed; jewel neck; tonoerine,
white; broken sizes ------------ o9o Z.7
IS NyIon Tricot Bouses in jewel neck
line and classic styles; white; sizes
81 to So ------------------ o95 z.F
Observation-Disclosures Floor
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plus savings o. special purchases
MEMS FURNISHINGS

IS All Wool PuIlover Style Sport Shirts
Solid coors: sizes sno and medium
only S.OU S.IS
II Fomous Make InitioI Belt Buckles, .5o
broken nitio range to25O 79es
81 Fomous Moke Poionos in fine cottons
or royons, in solid coIors or stripes;
sizes to in group. Slightly
voter stained 3e5 l.9s
LANSBURGHS-Men's Furnishinus-Street Floor
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Junior-Miss Dresses Greatly Reduced

IS Ensembles, eoot and dress, check and 4.o5to
solid royon; to IS ------ 1926 8.ss
20 FormoIs, bolerino and floor lengths.
Royon net, toffeto, morquisette, chit 22e5to
fon; 9 to IS included --------- 2o.75 7.SS
z Net formoIs, bouffont skirt, brocode
bodice. Sizes II and 3 ------- S35 1888
LANSBURGHS-Junior-M Miss Dresses
Second Floor 80.
Evening star., 1951-05-05
Mr.. 9th AND WEBSTER
"NR. 18th & EMERSON"

AN excellent detached home with !
large bedrms.: > baths: on a Iev9l
Mell-landscaped lot Close to schools
stores and transp. Owner wants
immediate sale. Cali ME lI43
until Il pm. j. WESLEY BUCHANAN
Realtor - nav
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BRADLEY HILLS
5522 BRADLEY BLVD.

~4S1 ~ III Z III 10
Near golf clubs and Bethesda recre-
alton park. walking distance to Wis.
ave; ideal interior appointments;
trance hall, din. rm., kit, den or
bedrm. and lavatory on 1st floor;
3 twin-size bedrooms, 2 baths on
End A.; recreation rm. with firepl.
copper water pipes. furred; side
GriVe attached garage with large
living porch above with aluminium
JalousieS: Rryant gas furnace.
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ANACOSTIA
1903 10th ST. Sc.
2-FAMIIY HOME

LIST floor apt has living rm.. 2 bed
rooms. kitchen. dinette and bath
Built-in garage: front porch. 2nd-
A. apt. has living rm.. bedroom,
kitchen. bath and porch. Private en-
trance to each apartment New
awnings on entire building Property
in perfect condition. Private owner.
No brokers. Price. S15.950. For ap-
pointment, call AK. 23l6. -6
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RE 0736

NORTH WOODBRIDGE
Immaculate 7-room. detached home,
with liv. rm.. din. rm.. large kit,
sun parlor. powder room on Ist a !;
3 bedrmS. and bath. porch, storm
windows and doors, full bsmt.. oil
n w h.. garage: owner must sell
because of illness. Price. Sl6.95O,
Call Mr.. BISHOP, JU. $500 Ewes.
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HIIICREST

Located on Westover dr.. with a mag
nificent view of the city-a home
you will be proud of. Det. stone and
brick. 10 lovely rms, 2la baths. ,
frepls., bedrms., oil h.-w h.. built
and features that must be seen to
be appreciated. Don't fail to phone
FIR 1857 tn inso this lovely home.
ANNENBERG REALTY
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Rockville Bungalow

CONTINUED on Next PAGE
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DET. 4-BEDRM. CORNER

Vacant; redecorated; large rooms
throughout; in fine residential peigh-
borhood. Very reasonably priced at
SIS. 500. with $500 cash
HOME REALTY CO., REALTORS
1726 Penna. Ave. NV, RE 1897.
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HOUSES FOR SALE-MD.

CHEVY CHASE RAMBLER
Two-year-old brick, 8 bedrms., .
baths, liv. rm.. l5x25, with fireplaCs
and picture window; all-elec. kit;
gar: Handicapped lot; choice neigh
borhood. Owner transferred. Oh.
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HoUsEs-sALE-s.E. tcont.)
HILLCREST

| S.room, 2-story bunsalow; oil h.-W.h.
fun bsmt. 2410 33rd st, Sc.
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CHEVY CHASE. MD.

This charming home. 2 blocks from
west of Conn. ave, consists Of lee.
liy. rm., beautiful din. rm. with bsv
window. kitchen. excellent bedrms.
and 2 baths on the end foor. Fin
iShed rm. with running water on 3rd
floor. Gas heat An attractive wooded
lot also affording a lovely Garden.
2-car garage. Price, S32.500 Call
Mr.. Leigh, MA. $500; ewes, WI.
1899
BOSS & PHELPS, INC.
1417 K st. NV.
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ANACOSTIA

I1IN11OOD 1XA
OPEN SUN, . TO PM.
1S-foot tapestry brick with 3 bed
rms, plus 3 porches and extra rm
and bath in bsmt; conveniently 10.
Gated within . blocks of schools
shopping and transp. Price, S13,500
terms. 1892 T st. Sc. Directions
Cross 11th St. Bridge s.e.. left or
Good Hope rd. to 14th, left to I
H. G. SMITHY co.
s11 18th st. NV, ST. $500.
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CONGRESS, HEIGHTS
FAIRI LAWN

1915 22nd st. Sc; detached Colonial
porch brick; 1st floor, lge, liy. ,rm..
rms, and incloSed porch; 2-cal
garage; oil h.-wh.; full cellar;
conv. to schools, transp. and shop
ping. Shown by appt. only. FRED
ERICK A. BLUMER CO., 617 Penna
ave. Sc. FIR. 10SS; ewes. and Sun
days, 10. 3-4777 -6
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HIIL.CREST AREA

Det. center-hall brick, just 2 yrs
old; 1st A., lge. hv. rm. with firepl
din rm., all elec. kit. with gar.
bage disposal and dishwasher, pow
der rm.: End A., 3 bedrms. and bath
rec. rm.; garage, gas. h.-w.h.; lot
50x110 FREDERICK A. BLUMEF
CO., GIT Penna. ave. s.e., FIR. 10SS
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HOUSES FOR sALE-s.E.
OPEN SAT. e. SUN,
. TO Z PM.

Sl3. 500
New semidetached brick house. 6
rooms. tile bath. full basement. spa
ciouS lots: Schools. shopping and
transportation very convenient. Mr.,
BeaSley, VI. 0906.
MARSHALL J. WAPLE CO.
1924 14th st. NV. NDI. :346
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Only IA Out Of 1O3
Fail in Swim Test

Only IA Of the 1o3 beginners
who attended every class Of the
Mems Learn-to-Swim campaign
failed to pass swimming tests,
YMCA Aquatic Director Frank E.
Martin. jr.. said today.
Successful candidates have been
awarded both Red Cross and Spe-
cial ''Y" certificates. The six-day
classes were held June 25 through
80. The program was sponsored
by The Star and the ''Y."
This special course for begin
ners resulted in SO passing sthe
minimum test Of ability to swim
so feet. OF this total. 81 men also
passed the more difficult YMCA
minnow and Red Cross beginner
tests.
Enrolled in the classes were 209.
Total number of registrants who
attended one or more classes was
174.
In addition to the regular "Y"
staff, eight volunteer instructors
and assistants conducted the
classes.
Mr.. Martin, who was in charge
of the swim campaign, pointed out
that "even those who did not pass
the final 50-foot test at least be-
came more familiar with the
water and elementary safety
measures. They are now better
able to take care Of themselves in
the water and have a good start in
becoming swimmers.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Gypsy Held in 81 900 Swindle
From Mother of Dead Soldier

lin Korea. She refused to believe
it.
The gypsy accosted her from q
phrenologist's booth at Coney Is
land last May 13--Mother's Day.
The mother told her troubles. The
gypsy suggested that her money
was a curse-that If the curse
were removed the son might re-
turn.
AS test. few days later, the
mother placed 5000 in a heap of
lsweepings surrounded by candles
and watched for the appearance of
la snake that would prove the
money cursed.
A Snake-a realistic mechanical
Ione-appeared. police said. The
distraught mother yielded the
$500.
She surrendered the last of her
bad" money after another visit
when hen, which police said was
Ismothered under the gypsy'S arm,
somehow was regarded as proof
her son was alive.
A package of her sons personal
belongings arrived at Mrs. Solo,
mons home last week. Her hose
finally died. So did her gullibls'ty.
She notified the Brooklyn district
attorneys Office.
Police said Mrs. Lee had a rec
ord Of II arrests. Her husband,
George, IS, a coppersmith. was
charged with acting in concert in
fraud in the Solomon case.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

NEW YORK. July 25.--A gypsy
princess" was accused today of
swindling a Brooklyn mother OF
her $7,0l1 life savings with weird
incantations on the pretext o1
bringing her dead soldier son
home alive.
Police identified the gypsy as
Mrs. Hazel Lee, 35, of Coney Is
land, and charged her with grand
larceny.
They said Mrs. Virginia Solo
mon of Brooklyn told this story:
The Defense Department noti-
fed her in January that her son
| Arnold had been killed in action
Evening star., 1951-07-25
Estote Left to School

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, July
rs (SpeciaD The will Of Mrs
Jane Page Sandridge, who dice
July Is, leaves most Of her estate
to the Blue Ridge School. Hel
estate includes a house and lot ir
the city and four acres Of land ir
! lAlbemarle.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
|SyIvon Theoter Lecture

Paul G. Favour, naturalist Of
Shenandoah National Park, will
give an illustrated lecture on the
park at 8:15 pm. tomorrow at the
Sylvan Theater on the Washington
Monument Grounds.
Evening star., 1951-07-25
|chiId-Cure Problem

With 7,397,o00 British women
on fulltime jobs. the eagerness Of
others to take evening jobs in
factories to forget" their duller
household duties has created a
|child-care problem.
Evening star., 1951-05-21

street NV, and Pvt. Charles e
Hymes. 18, Of 1915 w street NV
Pvt. Chambers, nephew of Gar.
vim Chambers of the Sixth street
address, was wounded April 2:
while serving as an infantrymar
with the Oath Division. He il
reported in a field hospital in
Korea.
Pvt. White, only child Of Mrs
Annie D. White. was wounded
April "a and has been returned tc
duty in the fighting zone. his
mother said. He had been in q
Korean hospital.
He is native Of Stafford Coun-
ty, Va, and was a truck driver
here until he was drafted last
September. After a brief assign
ment in Japan in April, he was
transferred to Korea.
Pvt. Hymes, who has written
his parents he is now a corporal
related he is back in a foxhole
and doing fine" in a letter re-
ceived here May II. His parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hymes, said
he enlisted last August and left
for Korea in December. Mrs
Hymes said she had not heard
from her son until the letter came
this month. He Is one Of six chill
|dren.
The Defense Department also
listed as missing in action in Ko-
Evening star., 1951-05-21

District GI Missing Wounded in Korea Jessups Man Killed

A 22-year-old Washington artil-
leryman is missing in action in
Korea, the Defense Department
said today.
He Is Pfc. Nicholas v. Tosques
Of 1908 Eighteenth street NE. His
father is a plate printer at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
and the missing soldier was near
completion Of apprenticeship In
the craft when he was recalled to
the Army.
The Defense Department also
announced Jessups (Md.) soldier
has been killed in action and listed
three Washington privates as
wounded. Two Virginia GIs, from
Lorton and Front Royal, were re-
ported missing in action. In addi-
ltion, Broadway (va.) soldier has
died of wounds. a Hagerstown
(Mdo man is missing In action
and five other Maryland and Vir-
ginia men are wounded, the de-
lpartment said.
Was Artillery Gunner.
Pvt. Tosques, who served in the
Army for six months at the end
OF World War II, was attached as
a gunner to a 155-mm. battery of
the oath Division in Korea. He
was recalled in August and sent
overseas in September, according
to his mother, Mrs. Grace Tosques.
A native of New York, he at
tended st. Anthony's School here
and learned the printing trade att
Bell Vocational High School.
Later. he worked as an apprentice
at Woodward & Lothrop and Gar
finckel's.
A Howard County CT, Corpl.
William H. Wehland, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry w. Wehland of
Jessups, was listed as killed In
action.
Three Slightly Wounded.
Reported slightly" wounded
were three young washington
men. two Of whom already have
returned to action. They are Pvt.
Clarence Chambers, %, Of 1904
Sixth street NV; Pvt. Elmore Al
White. rs, of 1925 Thirty ninth
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fea Corpl. Lewis d. Mowery, son
of Mrs. Katherine 4. Mowery, OF
Front Royal, Va, and Pfc. Ben
jamin r. Terrell. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed L. Terrell. Of Lorton. Va
The department said Pfc. Syl-
Wan A. Meyers, Of Broadway. Va,
has died of wounds. He was the
brother Of Harold X. Meyers, OF
Route !. Broadway. Reported
missing in action was Pfc. Lacey
H. Lockley. son Of Herbert Lock-
ley. Of Hagerstown, Md.
An 18-year-old Warrenton (Va.)
soldier, Pfc. Robert II. Lunceford,
jr., is in an Army hospital in
Tokyo for the second time since
he arrived in Korea in January,
relatives said. In March, Pvt.
lLunceford was hospitalized with
|frostbitten feet. and five days
after returning to action. last
month he was shot through the
meek while on a two-man patrol
at the front.
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casualty lists Of the war were Pfc
Thomas r. Holland. ward Of Mrs
Sarah v. J. Brown Of Annapolis
Md: Pfc. Harvey 3. Knapp, sor
of Mrs. Sylvia A. Berkey. and Pfc
Robert j. Hare, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chuck John Hare, both OF
Cumberland. Md. and Pfc. Charles
II. Thomas, son of Mrs. Fannie E
Thomas Of Harrisonburg, Va.
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A former student at Warrentor
High School. Pvt. Lunceford en-
listed last July. He is the son o1
mfr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lunceford
|of Warrenton.
Others reported wounded In the
Korean fighting in the Defense
Departments 307th and 308th
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Moroccan Miners Set
New Anthracite Record

RABAT, Morocco.-The Djerada
coal fields in Morocco reached the
record output of $40, 600 tons 81
anthracite in 1850.
That was $4,000 tons more than
in 1949. In the past five years
the daily output of the Moroccan
miner has almost doubled.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
Truman Pays Tribute
To 'Exemplor of JUSTICE

President Truman paid tribute
to Ernest Bevin yesterday as "ever
the exemplar of justice and the
powerful advocate of the cause of
the oppressed.
In a message of coincidence to
Prime Minister Attlee, Mr.. Tru-
man said:
Lovers of freedom the world
over will share the sorrow of the
British government and people in
the loss OF faithful public serv-
ant who was a valiant defender
of human rights"
Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, said
Mr.. Bevin was a great foreign
minister who came up from the
bottom ranks through merit and
his own endeavorS."
SECRETARY of State Acheson. a
friend and frequent conference
colleague of Mr.. Bevin, paid trib-
ute to him as "a gallant gentle
man, a great Englishman, a
fighter for the freedom of all
men"
Sir Oliver Franks, British Am
bassador to the United States.
said:
Il learned of Mr.. Ernest Beyin's
death with the deepest regret, not
only for personal reasons, but also
because of the notable part he
played in the great contribution
which Britain has made to the
effort of the free people every
where to maintain the sanity of
the postwar world.
X X X \
His will was stronger than his
body. He gave his health, and
finally his life, for Britain. He
was a great Foreign Secretary" /"