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Evening star., 1951-09-22
Realty
Revue

Conventions mean different
things to different people. To a
number of WashingtonianS, the
Structural Clay Products Insti-
tute's annual sessions at White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va, are 60
ing to mean they'll have to make
speeches.
The meetings will be held Octo-
ber 20 through 81. Washington
mans scheduled to speak are Will
liam F. Nelson, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Mason Contractors Association;
Harry Bates, president of the
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers
International Union; Walter Ache
son. head Of OPS's masonry ma
terial section, and John Haynes,
administrator of NPA's Facilities
and Construction Bureau.
Edward B. Wise, an FILA en-
ploye for 16 years-the last six
with the District oflce-has been
appointed Maryland representa-
tive of the Arlington Realty Co.
First meeting of the season for
the Society of Residential ,Ap-
praisers will be held at $50 pm.
Monday. The place: Burlington
Hotel. Speaker: Blair Lee III,
technical director of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission and former chairman of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
The topic: Plans and Viewpoints
of the Commission. All this was
announced by William M. Throck-
morton, the society's vice presi-
dent.
4 X X
Frank L. Hewitt Co. yesterday
opened new offices at 8487 Fenton
street, Silver Spring. Frank L.
Hewitt, jr.. president of the firm,
is secretary treasurer of the Mont
gomery County Real Estate Board.
X
Naomi Worthington, executive
secretary of the Montgomery
County Board, says the board is
sponsoring an essay contest for
high school students. The COM
mittee in charge is headed by
Thomas L. Phillips.
II you want to build a house
with a roof overhang-to keep out
the summer sun and let in the
winter sun and thus hope to make
the house more comfortable-you
need a four to-f1ve-foot overhang
depending on the height of the
ceiling. So. at least, says one
Washington architect who has de-
signed some of them.
Lloyd B. Wheeler, jr.. who has
been with the H. L. Rust Co. since
1935-the last five years as man
ager OF the mortgage department.
has been named sales manager of
the Griffith Consumers Co. Mr..
Wilson, a graduate of Dartmouth
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in 81, was a lieutenant command
ler during World War II.
The pipeless furnace is rapidly
.emulating the dodo-it is becom-
ing extinct. the Federal Housing
Administration says Forced warm
air heating systems are most used
by builders.
The Prince Georges County Real
Estate Board will hold its fall din
ner meeting at 7:30 pm. next
Wednesday. preceded by a social
hour. Blair H Smith, executive
secretary, reports.
Joseph H. Greene of Washington
was elected vice president of the
National Association of Real Es-
tate Brokers at its recent conven-
ton here. Arnett G.. Lindsay was
ire-elected editor of the Real Estate
Bulletin and James E. Scott was
chosen a director. Both are also
from Washington. National presi-
dent elected was William H. Aiken
Atlanta, Ga.
X II + 4
! The Gelman Construction Co
has moved its Offices to the Invest
lment Building.
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Carr Is Scheduled to Succeed
Bethel as Realty Board Head

Edward R. Carr, former presi-
dent of the National Association
of Home Builders and of the
Washington Home Builders AS
sociation. next week is slated to
succeed j. Garrett Bethel as
president of the Washington Real
Estate Board.
Mr.. Carr. who is vice presi-
dent of the organization, is sched-
uled to be elected at the 3Oth
annual meeting at $50 pm. We'd
nesday at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Six directors will also be elected
for two-year terms.
After the business meeting, the
organization of brokers and realty
statesmen will hold a testimonial
dinner at 6:45 pm. for Mr.. Belt
.zell, as retiring president.
In charge of arrangements for
this dinner is w. Baird Dunlop,
III, Charles j. Rush, executive
secretary of the board, said.
At the same time, Mr.. Rush
announced that the District Of
flee Of Price Sterilization has ex-
.empted the services of real estate
dealers from price-control regu-
lations.
Services Of real estate brokers.
agents and appraisers no longer
are subject to price control and
such persons are not required to
post a schedule of fees in their
offices, or file such a schedule
with OPS, he said. ..
Vincent A. Holmes, District
price administrator, advised the
board that services of mortgage
brokers and mortgages in con-
nection with negotiating, place
ment and securing mortgages are
likewise exempt from OPS con-
troll.
Evening star., 1951-05-15
LoWeH WeIett
They Say They Prefer Truman
Republicans Pick Democratic Candidate, but
Continue Uncertain Concerning Their Own

great pull with the people a year
from now?
Well, it is clear that Gen.
Macarthur is not going to give
his favor lightly. His thinly
disguised rebuke to Senator Taft
for undertaking the role of mill.
tary expert could be a warning
to all other candidates. It could
be a tip-off to the Republican
managers that if they expect to
make use of the Macarthur
popularity they will have to pay
a price for it. The price could
be high. Aside from the presi-
dency what might it be?
The highest elective Office
within the gift of a grateful
President is that of the Secre-
tary Of State. Gen. Macarthur
is now wearing a Homburg hat,
virtually a badge Of that Office.
And, judging from the pictures
in the newspapers, he's as hand
some in a Homburg as any Sec
retary we ever had, as handsome
as Dean AcheSOn!
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Doris Fleeson:
Administration Is Den0oroIized
Little Effort Made to Put Nation on Military Footing
Congress Also Retreotinq Behind Probe Fronts

No serious effort is being made
here to put the country in step
with the ambitious military de-
signs which it is so passionately
debating.
The Truman administration
is demoralized and most of the
Congress has retreated to we'll
prepared positions behind a gilt
tering facade of Investigations.
They apparently believe that the
public will accept such enter
tainment in lieu of action.
There are honorable excep-
tions. Stubborn Carl Vinson is
maneuvering the manpower bill
through a difficult conference
between House and Senate. In
dividual members are working
hard to avert actual mayhem
aginst the departments and in
dependent agencies. The Tru-
man mobilizers, Messrs. Wilson,
Johnston and Disable, are TAX
ing correct positions and striv-
ing with obvious sincerity to
maintain them.
So far the help they have
been getting from the White
House and party channels has
been negligible.
Congress, of course, is taking
q chance. President Truman
made one do-nothing Congress
bite the dust. They seem to
figure that he is too deeply in
the trough this time to emerge
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De GouIIe in New Bid for Power
Would Include Germany in Western Europe Del
In Realistic Program to Speed Preparedness
Europe Defense

The threat to the free world,
he says, can be lessened only by
real show Of strength and de-
termination to meet force with
force. Under such conditions
Frances fears Of It's neighbor
across the Rhine should be sub
ordinated to the actual advan-
tages which can be obtained by
creating a sovereign Germany,
which would eagerly join in the
Vests defense effort.
2. In the same vein, Gen. De
Gaulle believes strongly in the
inclusion of Turkey and Greece
in the Atlantic Pact. His think
ing is military rather than politi-
cal. So far. the French and Brit
ish governments-for reasons
which are still obscure to the
average observer-have prevent
ed these two Mediterranean ma
tions from joining the North At
lantic Treaty Organization. in
spite Of the pressing requests
from Ankara and Athens. This
stubborn refusal has given the
Turks the impression that the
great powers have in mind some
appeasement proposal to Russia
at the expense Of the Turks.
Gen. De Gaulle apparently
does not follow the tortuous
thinking of the diplomats when
he favors inclusion of Turkey
and Greece in Western defense.
The only thing he has in mind
is that these two countries COM
bined have trained military
forces in being which exceed
considerably that of the entire
NATO.
3. Gen. De Gaulle is reported
also to favor the inclusion of
Spain in the Western European
defense system. He appears less
interested in the totalitarian
form of government which ex-
lists across the Pyrenees than In
its manpower potential.
AS soldier, he places politi-
cal ideologies, in time Of near
war. far behind the military
necessities Of the free world.
Spain has never threatened
France militarily: Spain is
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and do it again but they have a
year and half to go before the
election.
Meanwhile, the President, seen
from Capitol Hill. is virtually
immobilized. His domestic pro-
gram Is a shambles and he
hardly discusses it with any one
except his titular leaders and a
very few old Senate friends. The
up-coming Democrats whose
names are before the public are
never before the Presidents
desk in the famous oval study.
The Democratic National COM
mittee has been reduced to er-
rand boy status and further
damaged by the RFC troubles of
its White House channel, Dom
aid Dawson. Many Democrats
feel that It would help If some
skilled veteran who had the con-
f1dence Of the public and the
party would take over but no
one thinks it any use to propose
the change to Mr.. Truman.
The international program is
being shored up by the unusually
strong Pentagon team Of Gen.
Marshall. Deputy Secretary
Lovett and the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. They are doing for Mr..
Truman the job that Secretary
Of State Acheson can't do at
this point even though the pro-
gram is largely his.
The monotonous batting Of
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Lowell MeHett:

In the penultimate year Of
any administration there is
nothing the professional poll
tician enjoys so much as picking
what he calls his favorite presi-
dental candidate for the other
party BY this he means the
candidate he considers the
easiest to beat. In the past
dozen years the Democratic pro-
fessionals have come up with
Senator Taft's name oftener
than any other. In this they
have been encouraged somewhat
by the Republican professionals.
The latter have had, or they
used to have, a habit Of saying
that while Senator Taft would
make a great President he might
not make good candidate:
that he lacked political "it."
Just now you are not hearing
much of that kind Of talk from
the Republican king-makers.
Probably because it has begun
to look as if they may be stuck
with Senator Taft next year
and there is little sense in cut
ting the ground out from under
him in advance. It seemed to
be agreed among those who
gathered for the National Com
mittee meeting in Tulsa last
week that Senator Taft now has
a long lead over all other party
regulars. AS for party irreeu-
lars, of course. the name of
Gen. Eisenhower has not lost
it's fascination, even though the
General continues to be an
elusive person politically. for
perfectly obvious reasons. Gen.
Macarthur? No, for the equally
obvious reason Of his age and
the less obvious reason Of his
unpredictability; the regulars
regard him as a little too hot to
handle. s@
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sardonic account of a disarm-
ament conference among the
animals. in which the tiger,
eyeing the eagle, called for the
abolition of claws, the eagle
countering with a demand for
the abolition of fangs. etc.
The Soviet peace" petition
was of such an order. The So
viets want to disarm the air,
where they are weak, but not
the land, where they are strong.
This hypocritical maneuyering
has nothing to do with peace.
Neither has Mr.. Truman's
doctrine to deter aggression by
the threat or use Of armed
force.
The test in Korea has brought
not peace, but hideous war, with
the almost total destruction of
the country and appalling cas-
ualties among soldiers and civil
ians alike.
Every government today
speaks in the name of democ-
racy. and pretends that its peo-
pie are sovereign. Are they?
Pose the question: would
Gen. MacArthur's disarmament
recommendation, if put to vote
in every country, win major
ity?" We know the answer.
It would win an overwhelming
majority-in the Soviet Union,
no less than in the United
States!
And If the people, nowhere,
can determine the fundamental
issue of their life or death,
wherein are they sovereign?
The theory of our Govern
ment is that fear alone keeps
the Soviets from launching all
out war. We differ. Fear is
the basic cause of war. Fear is
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But the Republican commit
teemen were fairly unanimous
in their choice Of a Democratic
candidate. They named Presi-
dent Truman. You could say
they were merely promoting the
idea that he would be easy to.
beat in order to frighten the
Democrats: that actually they
consider him the strongest con-
tender the Democrats could Of
fer But that is not necessarily
so. For them to think that
would be to admit that they
have spent six years trying to
tear Mr.. Truman down all to
no avail. It is more likely that
most Of them believe Mr.. Tru-
man will be the nominee and
that therefore they must pre-
tend to like it.
Matter Of fact. it could be that
they do want Mr.. Truman.
Suppose that next summer Mr..
Truman should suddenly choose
not to run and the Republicans
should find themselves con-
fronted with Douglas or a Ke-
fauver or some other Democrat
who had been busily building up
political magic of his own. not
too closely identified with the
administration. That might
make things a little harder.
They couldn't do to anybody in
three or four months what
they've done, or hope they've
done, to Mr.. Truman in six
years.
Returning to the question of
the Republicans own candidate,
a new factor has been injected
into that problem. That is:
whom would Gen. Macarthur
like, assuming it is some one
other than himself: whom could
he or would he give the most as
sistance, assuming he still has a
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Mr.. <Acheson continues. When
ever the administration seems
to be scoring. as with the week
OF Marshall testimony, the at
tack breaks out, because Mr..
Acheson is vulnerable. A careful
check fails to disclose that in
the new crop Of Acheson-must-
go reports there is anything
more than has long existed. This
Is the conviction among all
shades Of opinion that the Sec
retary Of State has died in the
trenches of this war, politically
speaking, and should be re-
placed.
It will not make any differ
ence how well or how badly he
does when his turn comes before
the Russell committee. A bril-
liant lawyer, the Secretary will
make his case well but he is not
going to change any opinions,
The Democrats will fight of the
attackers to the exact point that
they feel their own enlightened
self-interest dictates and no
longer.
The public will begin to realize
next month when appropriations
are due and so much important
legislation. including the Defense
Production Act. expires, just
how much Of a stalemate exists
here. And there are no in
vestigation fireworks on tap to
hide it.
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Action Put Up to Macarthur
Truman Message Of January l3 Was Not q Direct
Testimony Of Marshall in Probe Partly Reveals,

sage to mean that he should
continue indefinitely to resist
and that evacuation was not to
be considered at all. He
promptly notified Gen. Ridg-
way of this decision.
The interesting thing about
the episode is that, despite the
presence in Washington Of most
Of the high officials who COM
pose the National Security
Council, including the Presi-
dent, the administration here
declined to take the responsible
ity for making the real decision
Of policy at that time in Korea.
While this very important
conference was going on in To-
kyo, Gen. Collins had with him
a copy Of the January IL recon-
mendationS of the Joint Chiefs
Of Staff covering the four points
first mentioned in Gen. Mac
Arthur's address to Congress
concerning blockade. the use
of Nationalist troops. and air
reconnaissance over Manchuria
and China's costal areas.
1t was mentioned in the con-
ference but no copy Of this
memorandum was left with Gen
Macarthur. Nothing was said
to him to the effect that, when
he did get the January IL COM
munication-as he did two
weeks later by mail-he was to
disregard 1t or to consider it
as having been modified by the
very general observations made
in the January 13 message of
the President.
The foregoing illustrates why
Senator Russell of Georgia,
Democrat, chairman of the SEN
ate Armed Services Committee,
notified Gen. Marshall on Mon
day that the committee had
been getting information and
message in "dribbles" and that
it wanted a complete and COM
prehensive account of the mes
sages exchanged and not Just
portions Of the messages.
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Constantine Brown:

The stormy petrol Of French
politics, Gen. Charles de Gaulle,
is making a serious bid to re-
turn to power as head Of the
government this summer.
The French elections are
scheduled for June II. All par
ties are determined to put up a
serious fight to reduce the mem
bership Of the Communists in
the new National Assembly. The
Communists in the past have
been the largest single political
group In the Assembly.
Most non Communist poll
ticians are fearful Of Gen. De
Gaulle, who is stubborn and un-
compromising in matters Of ma
tional defense.
At present he is believed to be
the only French political leader
who can approach the problem
of Europe's defense realistically.
In conversations with a number
Of Americans Gen. De Gaulle
appears to present a far more
constructive program to hasten
preparedness than any other
French politician.
He Is said to favor strongly
the following program:
Cd The inclusion of Germany
In Western European defense on
a far more equitable basis than
previous French governments
have indorsed it. He is less fear
full of a resurgence Of Germany's
military might. While not dis
counting German military re-
vival, he believes in first things
first.
Gen. De Gaulle apparently is
convinced that we shall have a
war in very short time If pres
ent conditions persist In Europe.
The only deterrent to Russia is
a strongly rearmed free world.
Diplomatic solutions. attempts
at cooperation with Moscow and
appeasement in whatever form
are no longer Of avail and. In
his opinion, will result only in
an increase Of the Kremlin's de-
mands.
Evening star., 1951-05-15
Henry WcLen1ore:
Men Would Rather Have
Hair Than Riches in Oil
Henry McLen1ore:

Up until a few weeks ago I
had always felt that women
were the ones who considered
hair their crowning glory, but
know better now.
Men are just as crazy about
having hair on the top, sides.
and back of their heads as gals
ever were. If you doubt me, drop
by my home some afternoon and
wade through the mail have
received since I wrote a column
a couple Of weeks ago about a
new recipe for growing hair.
It was given to me by Car
toonist Ham Fisher, creator Of
Joe Palooka. and Hams head
is getting as fuzzy as a prize
winning peach. You couldn't get
him to wear a hat these days,
his pride In the fuzz being so
great. whereas a few months
ago he wore a hat even when
taking a shower. The playing
Of the "Star Spangled Banner"
was all that could make him re-
move his chapeau.
Letters have come in from
practically all walks of life
steeplejacks. subway guards.
bankers, shooting gallery pro-
prietors. and politicians. In the
first column I didn't give the
name Of the laundry soap that
is supposed to help in restoring
your hair, for fear newspapers
wouldn't like to give it free ad-
vertising.
But right now I am going to
say that the soap is Fels Nap
tina. and the procedure is to
give your head a good scrub
bing with it three times a week.
I do this not to give any free
advertising but purely to bring
happiness to the men who have
implored me for this informa-
tion.
! believe the American man
would rather have a bushy head
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the justification for the present
rearmament everywhere - fear
OF one power of another.
It is not true that commu-
nism and democracy cannot
exist in the same world. But
armed communism and armed
democracy can hardly continue
Indefinitely to confront each
other in acute and fearful ten
sion.
The United States should call
for the most radical disarma-
ment ever proposed, and do so
day in and day out with all the
publicity at its disposal.
For war. in the Goth century,
has become the supreme lunacy.
It can accomplish nothing for
an theology, for it crushes every
idea 1t is the discover Of all
social orders, since it is the dis
solver of life itself.
tReleased by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
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strongly anti Communist. These
two considerations are ample for
this Frenchman to. believe that
the neighbor across the Pyre-
nees, with an army Of some
half million men under arms.
should not be left out Of Eu-
ropes defense coordination.
"a Gen. De Gaulle is said to
have expressed strongly the view
that France and the other
Western nations are marking
time and are not doing all in
their power to mobilize their
military potential. The politi-
clans who have headed the
French government since the
crisis became acute still hesitate
to increase the compulsory mill
tary service from IS to "a
months. Gen. De Gaulle is said
to be determined to force this
increase if he becomes head OF
the French government.
These revolutionary" views
of Gen. De Gaulle will be
strongly opposed by the nom
Communist parties. which in the
past have contributed greatly to
the showdown of French rearm-
ament. Their inactivity has been
followed by the other nations Of
continental Europe. to the dis
tress of Gen. Eisenhower.
While public opinion in the
United States has exercised a
sufficient pressure to force the
administration to change its
tactics in regard to European
rearmament. the present gov
ernments of France and Britain
have been the major handicaps
in the inclusion of Spain, Tur-
key. Greece and Germany in the
defense setup.
The State Department met
the criticism of being too ideo-
logical, at a time when aggres-
sion by Russia may be expected
any day. by saying that it could
do nothing, since Paris and
London were irrevocably op-
posed to further broadening Of
NATO.
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of hair than be President, or
win the national golf cham
pionship, or strike 1t rich in oil.
This craving for hair is not
easy to understand. Not for me,
anyway. With the price of hair
cuts what they are today, a
bald man would save enough
in a few years to buy himself a
small yacht, or take a luxury
cruise around the world.
remember when the best
barber in town worked for
thirty-f1ve cents, and for a buck
you got the works, including a
SINCE. an oil shampoo, and
enough lotions to keep you
smelling to high heaven for a
week.
It has been amazing how
many letters have come from
women pleading for the recipe
for their husbands and sweet
hearts. They frankly admitted
that they didn't get much Of q
thrill gazing on shiny pates, or
running their fingers through
nothing.
Why this feminine adherence
of bald heads? The gals go for
diamonds, just about the cold
est, barest thing imaginable,
and I never heard of one turn
ing down an automobile be-
cause it didn't have a fur-cov-
cred hood.
The Fisher treatment hasn't
worked on my head. Perhaps
my head is a strange one that
will only respond to fall plant
ing.
! have been eyeing a snappy
little wig in a window to use
until I get some results. It is
coal black and wavy, which will
be a delightful change from the
straight red stuff I have been
wearing all my life.
Well, here's wishing you luck.
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