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Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-07-01
How About That Scrap Pile

Every pound Of scrap which gets back to
the steel mills helps to make about two
pounds Of new steel.
The government is strongly urging farm
ers and ranchers to take all available scrap
metal to town and sell it to the scrap deal
ers. # you have an unusually large supply
you may be able to arrange to have the
scrap dealer come and get it. The important
thing is to get it started toward the steel
mills just as soon as possible. It will help
increase the supply of new steel for the de-
Tense effort and for the farm equipment and
other essential industries.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-07-01

THAT pile Of scrap on your farm or ranch,
= and on the other farms and ranches all
over the country, is tremendously impor-
tant to the defense effort-and to the pro-
duction Of farm machinery and other essen
tiaI equipment in this period Of metal short
age.
Steel mills and foundries require about
1000 carloads Of scrap iron and steel every
day to maintain capacity production An inn
portant part Of this huge supply must come
from the farms in the form of old tools,
worn out parts of tractors, trucks, culti-
vators, plows and other equipment.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-07-01

"A good grass year would enable Montana
and Wyoming stockmen to avoid some of the
loss resulting from the beef roll-back. Grass
fat cattle that can go direct to the packing
plants should be in strong demand at prices
considerably higher than for regular feed
ers But such animals will naturally carry
less flesh than if they went to market via
the feedlots So there will be less beef avail
able for consumers.
Whether in the field Of international re-
lations or domestic policy, the American
people, in the words of Bernard Baruch,
stagger from crisis to crisis" Like the pitch
er who throws two or three balls before put
ing strike across the plate, we seem always
to be behind the event instead Of abreast
of it. Perhaps this is the inevitable price
that must be paid by free men for the de-
mocracy they enjoy. IF so, we should at
least strive to "stagger" little more skill
fully as we acquire experience.
Fire is an ever present danger to farm
and ranch people. George Gustafson state
co-ordinator of Montana Rural Fire Fighters
service, reports that IL lives have been lost
in farm and ranch fires in Montana since
Jan. l. And that property losses due to 80
rural fires in the month of May alone re
suited in property loss totaling $150,0O0.
Ninety five percent of the people of the
United States got Sc percent of the national
income in 1929 while the top 5 percent got 81
percent, reports the National Bureau Of Eco
nomic Research. Today, the 95 percent get
81 percent of the national income The top
5 percent get only 10 percent. That's quite q
change in 20 years.
Consumption Of petroleum fuels on U. S
farms and ranches has increased about ter
percent year since 1947, reaching tota
of 9,800,0O0,0O0 gallons in 1885, Montana
ranks second among the states in consump
ton of petroleum fuels per farm with al
average of 2,318 gallons in 1947 compared
with national average of 1,0S9.
Evening star., 1951-12-22

vent this is to have a dampproof.
ing course installed in a wall tt
stop dampness from rising above
the basement level.
Some authorities recommend
this dampproofing course to be
placed 6 to 18 inches above grade
1t can be in the form of a copper
or other metal sheet. serving the
double purpose of termite shield
IOr it can be layer of slate, OF
heavy roofing felt laid fiat on the
masonry. embedded in mortar and
extending from one face of the
wall to the other.
4 4
Sometimes a dampproofing
course is placed directly over the
footings of a foundation. This is
done especially when the outside
of foundation is to be water
proofed. 1t stops capillarity at the
footing, so it can go no higher.
Evening star., 1951-12-22
Here's How You Can Detect Copoy Basement Walls and Floor

| with a sheet of metal foil. Bond
it securely to the wall or floor
A very thin coat of plaster OF
paris will bond it. If moisture
forms on the surface, you know
lit means condensation, because
the foil is a vapor barrier and
takes on the temperature of the
masonry.
You can detect capillarity by
placing a rubber mat. piece of
linoleum or other water-tight ma
terial over a suspected area. If
the underside of the mat becomes
damp. it shows that moisture IS
coming through the floor or wall
by capillary action.
Capillarity is especially a prob
lem because it works upward. It
can carry moisture up through the
foundation wall above grade to
where it can attack and rot the
sill of a house, The Way to pre-
Evening star., 1951-12-22
By David Boreuther

Houses could be much nearer
perfect if building materials would
perform only the duties we give
them, without trying to do other
jobs. Wood. for example, would be
wood and not a dinner for car
penter ants or termites. And base
ment walls would not be sponges,
virtually stealing drinks right out
of the mouths Of nearby roots.
In fact, that sponge action of
basement walls and floors is one
of the toughest problems you en-
counter in trying to keep base
ments dry. Engineers call it capil-
larity. They blame it on made
quate soil drainage, improper
masonry work and imperfect
waterproofing.
There are two ways to tell if
dampness on basement walls or
floors is caused by capillarity or
condensation. Cover a damp area
Evening star., 1951-12-22

manship in working it into the
forms, combined with keyed walls
floors and footings. normally pre-
vent both capillarity and leakage
*A
There are various patented
coatings on the market which are
supposed to make Easements
Iwatertight when used on~fhe in
Iside-especially checking capil-
larity Except upWard. The most
effective of these are integral
waterproofing compounds to be
mixed with cement and sand in
pargeting walls.
A miniature basement, built of
regulation hollow concrete blocks
and coated with one of these
waterproofing compounds on the
inside surface only, f1oated in a
tank of water at the Architects
Samples Corp. in New York for
four or five years before it was
removed from the exhibit. No
Evening star., 1951-12-22

Iwaterproofng Of any kind wa.
used on the outside of the porou!
blocks. Still the inside of the
little basement remained perfectly
dry at all times.
There are other materials that
are merely brushed on walls, in
stead of being troweled on. These
apparently are adequate for mild
cases of capillarity. One is now
shown at the Architects Samples
Exhibit coated on the outside of
|cinder blocks while the hollow
cores stand full of water.
The Portland Cement Associa-
|tion. however, lacking sufficient
practical tests of such products,
has not indorsed them, but recon-
mends cement pargeting.
In very mild cases of capillarity.
heating and wentilating used to
combat condensation should be
adequate to keep a basement dry.
distributed by the Associated Press,)
Evening star., 1951-12-22

You can often keep walls dry
against capillarity by lining you,
basement with a parget coat o1
cement or stucco. This is keyed
into the floor by cutting trench
2 inches wide and an inch deep
along the bottom of the wall. In
mild cases a cement-grout coating
may work. But such Innings only
keep moisture out of the basement
and do not retard it's upward
course-in fact, they actually in
crease it. Engineers tell of cases
of hollow masonry walls filling
with water up to the floor level.
Weepholes on the outside may
combat that.
Honeycombing of poorly mixed
concrete and high porosity of
some masonry units contribute to
as well as to direct
leakage in Easements. Properly
mixed concrete and good crafts
Evening star., 1951-12-22

tSee LEWIS, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1951-12-22
Carlton House Plans
Daily Programs Of
Transcribed Music

One of the newest of the large
apartment buildings in the Wash
ington area is the Carlton House
a 485-unit, nine story building al
$500 Wisconsin avenue NV.
The building was known as the
Whitehaven Apartments during
the two-year construction period
but when recently completed was
rechriStened.
The explanation for the new
name, the owners said today, is
that the building contains an elec-
tronic carlton to be played for
the first time tomorrow to mark
the holiday season.
The carlton will be a sort of
trademark of the apartment de-
velopment, giving it not only its
name but contributing to its iden-
tity, Waverly Taylor. the owner
said today.
CnrlStmaS music Will be played
on Christmas eve and on Christ
mas Day. In the future, brief
daily carlton programs will be
held at noon and at 6 pm. They
will last for about three minutes
each. On Sundays, sacred music
will be played.
The apartment buildings caril-
lon music is electronically pro-
duced and then amplif1ed by loud
speakers on the roof of the build
ing and in the lobby.
The electronic instrument is
said to produce chimes virtually
indistinguishable from those pro-
duced by true carlton bells.
The master rolls which will
"play" the music were cut by DR.,
(See APARTMENTS, Page B-2.)
Evening star., 1951-12-22
|GI Home Loan Picture
Called Far From Rosy
By Industry Sources
By Robert J. Lewis
Reel Estofe Editor Of The Stor,

The mortgage picture for CT
home loans in the immediate fu-
Iture is darker than for some time,
builders, lenders and Federal Off
cials in this area indicated today.
For the present. at least, it ap-
lpears there will be very little
money available for VA-guaran-
teed loans at 4 per cent, though
how the situation will shape up
a little later is not clear.
"a great deal depends on how
fast the supply of mortgage money
backs up, and what other outlets
lenders will have for loans" one
VA official said.
Builders Suspect Collusion.
Some builders believe lenders
have "got their heads together
as one expressed it-with a plan
of withholding VA mortgage
funds to force up the interest
rate.
| IF there is such a plan and I
personally am convinced there is,
the outcome will hinge on whether
the pressure generated by the
money supply is going to force
them to take more loans at per
cent" one builder said.
ut all depends on whether they
can continue to hold out. Some
people believe the pressure of
money coming in in the form of
savings, life insurance premiums
and from other sources is going to
force them to make more VA
loans. hope so"
Another builder went so far
as to say he hoped Congress
would look into the situation and
if it's found that money is de-
being withheld from
VA mortgage financing, authorize
more direct lending to smoke out
tSee LEWIS, Page B-2)
Evening star., 1951-12-22

HAS BUILT-IN CARLTON
This apartment building at
$500 Wisconsin avenue NV.
was named for the instrument
which has been installed to
play music for the neighbor-
hood three minutes twice a
day. The chimes will be played
tomorrow for the first time.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
FeIdin to Appear
In Gallery Recital

Dodia Feldin, cellist, will make
his American debut in q recital in
the Phillips Gallery tomorrow
night at $50. During the war, he
took refuge in unoccupied France
where he was found by his cousin
Maxim Olefsky. of Chicago, who
was on a USO concert tour fol-
the armed forces.
The artists professional career
was launched in Berlin when, al
18, he was selected as solo cellist
of the Opera. He has played as
Isoloist with symphony orcnestras
in Leipzig, Dresden, Cologne, .Dus-
|seldorf, Dortmund, Paris, Copen-
hagen, Luxembourg and through
out Central Europe. At the close
of the war. he toured Europe as
Ico-artist with Tito Schipa. Mr.
Feldin studied in Germany with
Hugo Becker and Julius Kleingel
Tomorrow he will be assisted BY
Selma Bickweat at the piano.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
.AACCOrchestru
To Give Proqrunn

The National Association fol-
American Composers and Conduc-
tors. D. C. Chapter, will present
the Washington NAACC Chamber
Orchestra, George Manos. con-
ductor, this afternoon at 5 ir
the Queen Elizabeth room, Raj
eigh Hotel. David Baker, bari
tone, is the soloist. Mildred Abenc
and Ronald K. Arnatt are at the
piano.
The purpose of the organization
is to encourage and develop Amer.
lean musical talent and to provide
opportunity for the presentation
of American music. Application.
for membership should be ad.
dressed to Mrs. Parker Dove
chairman, 4700 Connecticut ave.
nue..
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Music Teachers
Form 3 Awards

The Music Teachers ASSocia-
ton, meeting July 10 at the Du-
pont Plaza Hotel, voted a series OF
yearly awards to students of ar
association member through the
establishment of a fund to be
known as the Washington Music
Teachers Association Scholar.
ship Fund. Three cash awards oi
$50 each will be available to stu.
dents Of voice. piano and instru.
mental, selected by competitive
addition in a solo performance
The three students chosen will bt
presented together in May in ar
honor recital.
Attendance at three of the regu.
lar scheduled yearly meetings O.
the association by the member
teacher will insure eligibility O.
the student to compete. The as
ISOLATION elected Florence K
Hamilton to the Office of associat,
membership chairman.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

Conference Of Area B. Of which
the Department Of the District Of
Columbia is q member, has been
scheduled for Charleston, w. Va,
February and 2, 1852, accord
ing to local Department Child
welfare Chairman Martin A.
Schubert.
Evening star., 1951-07-22


Columbia distinguished from its capacity National legisa
but but not % M with the as @ S Of 1 M
reservation its right time exercise
provision Constitution regarding the
of the Government such reservation would to be
necessary.
understood that the proposed delegaton Of legislative
made Leading s ANALYST ah at he OF
this legal advice be settled only through resort
late Theodore W Noy his writings and arguments held
the idea that courts Of the present day might be more
District of Columbia permit the creation
ay after getting national petition the
review Of the question Of delegaton of such power
local home rule national for the District Of
He firmly believed that no worthwhile Improvement
of the District Columbia possible until its people
electors of President and Vice President Then with
liberal to delegation by Of its
and improved local government to be created
legislature in which duly Representatives
from Columbia would play an important part
substitute bin the election
gentlemen are both ardent Of full voting
these isolated Americans of the District These sena
be the of delaying true representation There general
might consider granting of delegate
satisfaction Of the long campaign national
aton.
voting slight modification the provision
the Kefaver BILL is feature of the substitute BILL The
would only bar as electors in the District State citizens residing here
Columbia This would that the large number of
elections back
All of these people vote in State and National elections
also
the electors President and Vice President
These citizens Of the States Americans
unrepresened de-Americanized bona fde
the District Of Columbia their fundamental
They the
burdens of citizenship denied participation in the
their country for which they required fight
bleed and die.
Of this bill has been available for too short time to
analysis should have full hearing by the
Committee before being approved by the full
Senate With the bill before the
belief that the committee
serious consideration there will be full hearing
contain nothing which that committee
I would be warranted in a change of attitude
Evening star., 1951-07-22

The Peabody Conservatory Of
Music in Baltimore will open its
second out-of town branch in
Towson, Md, in the American
Legion Building, Willow avenue
and York road. The subjects:
Piano, violin and voice will bel
taught at the beginning OF the
fall term.
The first suburban studio was
opened last year in Glen Burnie,
Md. Plans are under way to add
still others, available to students
who cannot travel the distance to-
the main school in Baltimore. En-
rollments in all of the schools, in
cluding the main one, are under
way.
The Campbell School of Music
presented James Reistrup, Mid
western composer-pianist, during
the week of July 9, in lecture on
the Physical Aspects of Artistic
Performance" The visitor played
several of his compositions during
the week in classes.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Haitian Dancer
With Marine Band
At Pan American

The Marine Band, under the
direction of Mai. William r. San
telmann, will give a program in
the Aztec Garden Of the Pan
American Union Thursday night
at 9. This is an invitational con-
cert.
Appearing as soloists will be
Jean Leon Destine, renowned
Haitian dancer. assisted by
Jeanne Ramon of Barbados and
the Haitian drummer, Alphonse
Climber. Mr.. Destine, called "the
ambassador of Haitian folklore, y
made his first appearance in the
United States at the National Folk
Festival in this city in 1941. After
graduation from the Ethnologi-
cal Institute of Port-au-Prince
he won Rockefeller Foundation
Scholarship for further study In
this country.
He has performed at Carnegie
Hall, Times Hall, The American
Museum Of Natural History ir
New York and on radio and tele.
vision programs. He was guest
artist with Katherine Dunham ir
coast-to-coast tour of her "Ba
Negre" and has appeared a.
choreographer and soloist with
his company in the New Yorl
City production of William Gran
Stills Troubled Island" His in
depreciation Of Haitian danc'
combines the two cultural tradi
tions of Haiti-the African ant
the French.
Mr.. Climber, who accompanie
the dancers and appears also a
soloist in Destine's. company, !
known as the King of the Drum.
He has been seen in many Broad
way productions including SHOW
h0of
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Legion Anticipates
Active Year With
Close Of Convention

With the election of a new de-
partment commander and staff,
and delegates and alternates to
the National Convention in Miami,
Fla, October Is to. IS. the De-
partment of the District of Co
lumbia. American Legion, closed
its 33d convention at the Shore
ham Hotel last night.
The new commander win ap-
point a new department adjutant,
finance officer, membership officer,
historian, sergeant at arms. as
well as several assistant adjutants
and sergeants at arms in addition
to some SO committee chairmen
to set up an entirely new pro-
gram.
New clubhouse with full club
facilities and q concerted drive
to increase the local membership
stand high on the agenda. The
formation Of a Veterans Advisory
Committee and the holdings Of
annual service officers and vet
erans' preference seminars are also
on the program. A new Veterans
Preference Committee composed
i of veterans in each Government,
agency is contemplated. The de-
partment will endeavor to pro.
mote an enlarged athletic pro-
gram. A decided effort will alst
be made to obtain q closer con-
tact between the various post
and the department and in ordel
to encourage q more effective par
lticipation in the departments pro
grams.
Membership plaques have beer
presented to the George s. Patton
washington Building and Con
|struction Trades and Kenneth Il
Mash Posts for having attaine'
1.-THE highest percentage Of quot'
during the past year, by Depart
|ment Membership Officer Georg
ii. Burkett.
The runnerup posts receivin
Ihand-turned gavels were tn
Navy Department, George Wash
Iington, White -Whitmire, Jane A
Delano, Augustus P. Gardner an
1.-THE Army and Air Forces Posts.
The American Legion is no'
sponsoring a Nationwide letter
writing contest in which $1,000 i
prizes will be distributed at il
national convention at Mian
Fla.
The contest is open to disabled
lhonorably discharged veterans {
both World Wars ! and II, an
lof the Korean conflict. All en-
tries, explaining in not more tina
500 words How I Overcame M
Physical Handicap" should be &C
dressed to Operation Comeback
the American Legion. 1908
street NV, postmarked befoi
midnight September l.
The 1852 Annual Child Welfal
Evening star., 1951-07-22
News Of Music
Passing of Composer Schoenberg
Leaves Controversies Still UnsoIved
By Alice Eyersmon

Nearly 20 years ago, Arnold
Schoenberg found refuge in this
country from Nazi persecution
Last week, his notable career end
ed in California. The passing OF
this composer has left unresolved
the controversies that Stormed
about him his entire life. Now the
record is closed on the events OF
his existence but his music re-
mains to be adjudged by future
generations. His sojourn in the
United States has left deep i'm
preston on our musical life the
extent of which cannot be eSti-
mated for many years.
Although almost unanimously
accorded the epitaph great, "
Schoenberg remained an enigma
Not all musicians can accept his
theories of composition unreserv-
edly. He provoked unbounded
admiration and dislike in equal
measure. One of his most bat-
fling aspects was his personal as
surance that it was all completely
simple. Whereas the public, per-
forming musicians and erudite
students, for the most part, found
complexities and unorthodox nov
elites in his method, he himself
saw only logic and clarity. He has
said many times, Il have never
had a theory in all my life. I gel
a musical idea for a composition
and I try to clothe it in a type
O. music that exudes from me nat
urally and inevitably. don't
consciously create atonal, poly
tcnal or polyplanal music. I write
what feel in my heart-and wha'
finally comes out on paper is wha'
first coursed through every fibel
of my body"
Not many people will agree thai
so much driving emotion goes intt
his works. When still under the
influence of the romantic era, HI
had the public's acclaim. Hi:
turning to new paths and the re-
sulting changes in system was moi
understood by his closest friends
Gustave Mailer, who once wa!
ready for a fist fight with a mar
who hissed Schoenberg at the
performance of his First String
Quartet, said: II don't under.
stand his work but then. he:
young and he may be right. Tn
old and perhaps I don't have ths
ear for his music.
Directed Other Composers.
Not only is it necessary to have
the ear but also the mind to grasl
his ideas. The proof is already
here as to the benefit conferred
on music by his revolutionar!
system and those who have &C
cepted him have sought to carr!
on in his spirit. In Europe, sew
eral of his students have gon'
even further after having assimi
lated his theories and been recog
nized for their talent and musica
contributions. Since settling Il
California. and before his retire
ment, he directed many buddiEi
composers and advised those al
ready known. In his teaching h
stressed the value Of a classi
background and refused to agre
Evening star., 1951-07-22

The Catholic University Band
Clinic will give an outdoor cam
pus concert this afternoon at 4
under the direction of Lloyd Gels
Ter, first trumpet of the National
Symphony Orchestra and faculty
member of the University Music
Department. The public is in
vited.