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Evening star., 1951-12-28
BY Charles E. TroceweH

your recent appreciation perfect de-
scription Of why one enjoys taking her
path.
II quite agree with you that she
should be approached without a guide.
"She just doesn't need explaining.
May say that to me she has always
been the perfect tale teller of the most
delightful period of living, and what an
interior decorator and dramatist!
Nor does she disappoint me in her
humor. am sure she laughed at her
self for taking her heroines SO seriously
when she tucked them behind such nose
gays of discretion. To me her one sin
of omission lay in not giving us one
really lovable child. They are there.
but only as backdrop for the heroine.
Doubtless you get much extracur-
ricular advice on how to run your COLI
umn and what to say; this is not for
that
"Toss 1t in the scrap basket or paper
salvage pile but en- route let 1t express
our Appreciative haridshake for your
whole article, from M. r. r."
Templeton Jones and the writer here
wish to thank these kind friends and
many others who sent cards and express
sions of Christmas good win, not omit
ting special thanks for the card showing
the mare and foal at the fence.
The Christmas season quite properly
takes in the animals. On many Of the
old classic paintings Of the Christmas
story these friends of mankind appear.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Greece on the Council

BY a margin of two votes in the General
Assembly, Greece has won the two-thirds
majority necessary for it's election non-
permanent member Of the 11-nation Security
Council of the United Nations Succeeding
Yugoslavia for two-year term, it has come out
on top against the bitter opposition of the Soviet
Union, which has rallied against the decision as
another example of how the U. N. is dominated
by the United States.
Actually however, the closeness Of the vote
is in itself an argument against the Soviet
complaint. Greece, the candidate backed by the
United States, has won over Byeorussia, the
Kremlins candidate, only after 19 separate
ballotings in which the latter had the support
of numerous Latin American Arab and Western
European members The Greeks would have lost
the contest had it not been for last-minute
switches by countries like France and Britain.
Byelorussia, of course. is not true nation
in the sense that Greece is It is an integral
part of the Soviet Union, and it has far less
independence than any of the States of bur own
Evening star., 1951-12-28

vaults with alright and watertight
floors, walls and ceilings of concrete
laced with steel The vaults, ranging
from $50 to $4,000 cubic feet in size,
line the corridors like hotel rooms, and
each has 400-pound combination lock
steel door.
They are designed to provide COM
plete protection for vital business and
personal records and papers-stocks,
bonds. wills. court rulings etc.-art
works and jewels against the blast of
atomic or other bombs, atomic radiation,
submersion by flooding, theft, fire, and
natural catastrophes. Twenty-Five of the
vaults-30 per cent of those now avail
able. with the other two main shafts
sealed off-have been rented to concerns
in the United States and Canada and
contract is in the mails to firm in
Belgium.
"They're pressing u.s." Mr.. Knaust
said OF the many industries, museums,
banks. insurance companies, State gov
ernments and educational institutions
here and abroad which have inquired
about the availability of space in his
project. known as the Iron Mountain
Storage Corp. He is confident there will
be more than enough customers for the
total of 1.8 million cubic feet of storage
space inside the mountain. the equiva-
Evening star., 1951-12-28
This and That
Templeton Jones takes a bow.

Templeton Jones takes a bow.
That hardy soul, a product Of modern
civilization, takes many brickbat.
Now is his time to crow.
He will be pleased, we hope, with the
following, written in the true Christmas
spirit by friend of this column:
First, please let me tell you how
much enjoy your work. have become
very much interested in the gray squir-
rels, blue jays, cardinals and sparroWs
in our back yard.
"As a very lonesome man, disillusioned
with almost all my childhood ideals, L
have had very little to look forward to
until started to read about Mr.. Tenn
pleton Jones "a very good Welshman.
preSume), and how he loves and treats
his wild friends.
"I am SO grateful to you for every
word you write.
"As former addict Of the editorial.
sports, financial and the like, columns,
now, when I come home after a hard
days work, turn to my favorite
column.
cit is not only that you write in simple
English, in the classic style, but the
point is, you always tell a complete story
in very few words.
I'm my spare time practice writing.
IF you don't mind, am trying to copy
your facility with words: however, it
appears now that do not have the in-
teAlectual equipment.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Fun on the Ice
Mrs. E. A. Stratton.

The report in The Star December II
that over 200 persons were seriously in
jured by falls on icy streets should draw
attention to the Importance of learning
to walk on slick pavements.
Many adults never consider the pos
sibiiity of any such learning. They seem
to think of the ice as an act Of malevo-
lent fate, hopeless situation in which
they can4do nothing but complain. "It's
terribly Slick" the fatalist says, "I1l slip;
I'll fall; just can't walk on it; can't"
Oh yes, you can. Look at it this way.
Here is something new and different-a
break In monotonous routine. welcome
the challenge to learning an interesting
trick and the opportunity for applying
the principles Of science and to an exer-
else of intelligence and reSourcefulnesS.
This is going to be fun.
First be convinced that you can learn
to travel on foot on slick ice. Then stand
still on both feet. Next slide one foot
little forward. Stop. Slide the other foot
forward ever so little. keeping both feet
fiat on the surface all the while. Repeat,
lengthening the sliding pace a few
inches. You will notice that you are
skating forward, gaining self confidence,
and that the forward momentum pre-
vents much slipping in other directions.
the challenge to learn an interesting
direction, lift it and put it down where
it should be.
Lift both feet and put them down
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Iron Mine Turned Into oAton-Proof Vault

barred like prison, is set well back into
the hillside.
The interior, conditioned and
equipped with electric alarms, is sup
piled with electricity by public power
lines but 1t has standby power plant
for use in case Of emergencies. Com
plete telephone equipment is installed
throughout and there is small radio
transmitter to supplement the phone
service should that become inoperable.
Customer access to the vaults will be
strictly limited. according to Mr..
Knaust. In most cases, packages to be
stored will be inspected as a precaution
against the bringing in of any explo-
sives or material that might ignite by
spontaneous combustion. Equipment for
photostating, microfilming, loading IA
cilities for safe handling Of all yaluables.
and other administrative work are pro-
vided in a building adjacent to the main
entrance. Emergency and special cou-
rler services are available daily between
Iron Mountain and New York.
The Bureau of Mines has advised Mr..
knaust regularly during construction of
the vaults. and atom experts say the
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Rehoshing History

A branch of the u. NJ, 1t is announced.
is sponsoring q modern version of the
history of man. The project is estimated
to cost well-nigh a million dollars
That is a lot of money to rehash the
old hash.
Many histories of mankind are already
on the shelves Of the worlds libraries.
Most of them were written by scholars
representing developed brains of both
ancient and modern races. And what
has mankind learned: hatred, savagery,
war.
No history Of mankind will serve to
bring peace on earth and good will to-
ward all men, If these histories, as usual,
include traces of the caveman and the
evolution of the brute. which have
taught humanity to destroy divine crea-
tion and butcher one another with in
fernal weapons-machine guns, tanks,
bombers, and the atom bomb, invented
only the animal brain of that section
of mankind that questions the all-per-
yading presence of Divine Providence.
DIR. william ArgentO.
New York City.
Evening star., 1951-12-28

lent OF the space in the Empire State
Building in New York, where the corpo-
ration has Offices.
How Mr.. Knaust got into this venture
is story in itself. Early in the pro-
hibition era he owned small wood and
coal business In New York. A brewery
converting its premises for mushroom
growing ordered from Mr.. Knaust a
supply Of wood for trays it needed to
grow the fungi. From this order, Mr..
Knaust became familiar with the need
OF controlled temperature in nursing
along their growth. He went into the
business himself. first in old icehouses
and then in cool. damp caves His search
Tor more OF these caverns led him to
IRON Mountain and, with his business
proSpering- is still head of Knaust
Brothers. Inc, which produces and cans
some 20 per cent Of the mushrooms that
wind up on American dinner tables-Ee
bought the medium sized mountain with
its abandoned iron mine in 1899 to use
Its shafts for the cultivation of Ynush-
rooms.
terested in his church's work in helping
refugees Of his faith escape from Soviet
dominated Baltic lands to the United
States in 1948, and guaranteed to en-
ploy up to $50 Of them. On learning
from his displaced-person employees how
some Of Europe's safest vaults had
proved inadequate during World War II
for the protection of priceless records
and documents, his idea for q vault
against the atom" was born.
According to q road marker on the
nearby highway. IRON Mountain was
mined at the rate of 1900 tons OF ore
daily between 1875 and 1898. The mines
single shaft. now in use as an under
ground bank vault. has several levels
from 100 to 800 feet below the surface
OF the mountain, which is of 40 per cent
iron rock. This surface will be camou-
haged against aerial attack with scrubby
woodland, grass, rocks and dirt.
The premises fairly bristle with
safety precautions. Such parts of the
shafts as reached too near the surface
have been plugged with concrete IL feet
thick. (The sealed-off shafts, Incl
dentally. will be converted into storage
vaults later, as needed) A 38-ton steel
door with four time locks has been
concreted into the main entrance which,
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Messages to Czechs

Christian leaders who beam Don't
Despair" messages to their fellow Prot
estantS in CZechoSlovakia refer rather
too glibly to John Huss and Comenius in
their So-called messages of freedom.
American Christians have constantly re-
pudiated the teachings and beliefs Of
Johannes Amos Comenius. the great
Czech religious leader and father of
public education. Although Comenius
was born over 800 years ago, civilization
as we know it has Jagged far behind the
progressive ideas Of this practically un-
known bishop and scholar.
If one foot starts to slip in wrong
euqality of humankind. He opposed the
imperial ambitions and wars Of the
major powers, declared himself against
human slavery In any form and dreamed
OF uniting all Christian sects, Catholic
and Protestant. in a common religious
faith. Were Comenius living today, he
could hardly approve our racial war
against the Asiatics, nor would he ad-
vocate the violent overthrow of certain
European governments as some of our
religious and political leaders do in a
not very subtle manner.
The Czechs appear to be well satisfied
Comenius believed in the absolute
would do American Christians no harm
to set their own house in order before
they start wrecking other peoples homes
in the name of religion. It would do
Christians in general no harm to read
the writings of Comenius, especially his
Labyrinth of the World" since it is
obvious our religious leaders know this
great man only by name.
J. Wilbur POtherby.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Mr.. Stossen's Hat

Harold Stassen, who only last month called
upon Senator Taft to join him in a move to
draft General Eisenhower for the Republican
presidential nomination, has now decided to seek
the prize for himself However, although his
speech announcing his candidacy enumerates
many great blessings which he says will befan
the Nation and the world if he is named and
elected, there is more than reasonable doubt
that his party will be much excited by his having
tossed his hat in the ring.
This is so because Mr.. Stassens hat, in the
current political circumstances, does not look
very impressive alongside MIR. Taft's or even that
of Cahfornias Mr.. Warren-not to mention, of
course, the extremely formidable but still uncom-
mitted headgear of General Eisenhower The
truth is that the former Governor of Minnesota
now president of the University of Pennsyl-
vania-has lost a lot of ground in the Repub-
lican Party. Over the years he has offended
certain factions with what they regard as his
bumptiousness. In addition, within recent
months, not few of his former followers have
been bored by his coy and somewhat presump-
tuouS off-again- on again attitude in making up
his mind to run. 1t seems safe to say, more
over, that the catch-all quality of his speech
last night is not likely to enhance his chances
for the nomination.
As matter of fact barring kind of
miracle, it is improbable that Mr.. Stassen will
get anywhere near to being nominated. He has
been in politics long enough to realize that him
self. So there is reason to wonder just why he
has decided to bid for the prize only short
while after indorsing and talking with General
Eisenhower. Unless he really feels he has a
chance, it may be that he is merely out to win
delegates whose votes he could shift to Ike if
Ike decides to run against Mr.. Taft. That may
be the chief significance of the present posture
Of his hat
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Lotto crobtree
Walter S. Steele.

! was much interested in the remarks
OF K. Y. z. in your issue of December
10 on 'Tampering With History" Al
though forewarned by The Stars re-
view Of the movie dealing with Lotta
Crabtree, of inadequate treatment of
her later life and many philanthropies,
1 ventured to see it in the hope Of en-
lghtenment as to her early days.
agree with x. Y. z. that no mis-
representations were necessary because
of a lack of colorful incidents OF un-
doubted authenticity. So far from hay-
ing the romance of her own" of which
he speaks, it was found on her death
that she had left the bulk of her fortune
of well over half a million dollars as a
fund to enable graduates of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College to estab-
lish themselves in farming. This gift
had not only been unsolicited but came
as a complete surprise to the institution,
now greatly expanded in scope as the
University of Massachusetts,. There
was no record that any one in authority
had even talked with her about it, al
though there was rumor that she had
once visited the campus very unostenta-
tiously.
Howard Lawton knight.
Westminster, Md.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Polar Library to Dartmouth

Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Canadian
explorer, has given his valuable library of books
pamphlets and documents relating to the polar
zones to Dartmouth College at Hanover, New
Hampshire. This means that new center of
Arctic and Antarctic study has been established
there. Scholars already are at work on the
scene preparing material for an Encyclopedia
Arctica, to be issued under DR.. Stefanssons
editorial management
Everybody interested in the polar areas will
be glad to hear about these developments. Born
of Icelandic stock at Arnes in Manitoba in 1879,
DR.. stefansson has spent the best part of long
life making friends" with territory which previ-
ously had been considered hostile to most human
beings. Basing his convictions on his own expert
ence, he has taught three generations of people
to look upon the top and the bottom of the
globe without fear His eleven years of explora-
tion of the far North brought forth long list
of publications, technical and popular, in which
that portion of the earth is revealed in a light
different from that of earlier writers-a kindlier
view of the Arctic.
Since 1918, Dr. Stefansson has devoted him
self to educational activity as distinct from
actual labor in the field, but he has kept in close
touch with men travelling in both polar zones.
.Coincidentaly, he gathered the library which
now he has consigned to Dartmouth Much of
the accumulation is unique. Many of the $4,000
books and the $4,000 pamphlets are out of print,
and many of the manuscripts exist only in un-
copied original form.
Dartmouth Is an appropriate place for the
preservation Of DR.. Stefansson's treasures The
college already has creditable record in polar
enterprise. It owns the tops of two of the White
Mountains and uses them for study of Arctic
conditions. Groups of faculty members and
a4~~
research Ship Blue Dolphin What DR.. Stefans-
son has done is to implement this activity. His
generosity surely will be appreciated by all polar
enthusiasts. -
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Substitutes

Her oi1n grandchildren are far nwug,
But the neighbors' children follotD her.
Wedding the garden, feeding the
chickens,
They tag along. She can hardly stir
Without stepping, almost, on a little bog
With sDide broDfs eyes, or little girl
With Jreckles scattered all ouer her tuce
And hair that tUiH neper learn hop
to curl.
She tells them stories, she uiues then,
= cookies,
She does all the things that grand
mothers do,
And longs for girl iulsose hair Is ct.yly.
And q little bog sDbose eyes are blue.
jane H. Merchont.
Evening star., 1951-12-28

''Well, Mr.. T.: You give me an en-
joyment (if there is such world, that
I would not miss The Evening Star for
one evening.
"I think that Mr. Templeton Jones is
the best salesman that The Star ever
had.
'Tns1928 wrote a public letter to the
Minneapolis Star.
ST was then crusader for good foot
ball teams for Minnesota.
ST am now, thanks to you, crusader
for squirrels, cardinals, jays, sparrows,
stray dogs and cats, and men who have
no place to sleep except the Salvation
Army, Volunteers of America, etc.
NOW that the holiday season is COM
ing on, am not only going to feed the
squirrels, but am going out to see that
Gas long as my $100 lasts) our wild hui
man friends will have place to sleep
and a good Christmas.
May God bless you, Mr.. Tracewell.
AL my friends depend upon your column.
In fact, in my car pool, they all ask,
What does Templeton Jones say?'"
Another good friend of this column,
Miss Jane Austen. is not forgotten at this
season, either.
Here comes a resident of Connecticut
avenue, to say:
Having for years enjoyed retreating
into the books of Jane Ausssn, ] found
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Co-ordindted Storm Proorom

Encouraging progress is reported on two
major phases of Washington's snowtime traffic
control plan. These are the ARRANGEMENTS for
obtaining Federal cooperation with the program
and for co-ordinating District and suburban
police and highway efforts in winter storm
emergencies. However skeptical one may be of
the controversial skid-chan edict, there is no
question about the urgency of effecting better
teamwork among District Federal and county
authorities in the event of another sudden snow
fall. 1t is absurd that there has been no effec-
tive coordination in the past.
This getting together of the various govern
mental representatives is mutually beneficial
1t is to the interest of the Federal Government
10 avert such a transportation tie-up as i'm
mobilized traffic for hours during the recent
sudden SnowStorm Thousands of Federal
workers were victims of the area-wde jam. And
many SuburbaniteS were stalled inside the Dis
trict by traffic jams which developed outside
the Districts boundaries and soon backed up
into Washington. The whole Metropolitan Area
suffers in storm emergencies and it is only
logical that the whole area should integrate its
plans and pool its resources for the benefit of
all who live and work there.
As was pointed out at yesterdays conference
OF District, Virginia and Maryland officials, the
best cooperative efforts of traffic police and
of Government departments to regulate the
release of Federal employees. This was painfully
evident during the big pre- Christmas storm.
Traffic control must be participated in by Fed
eral administrators as well as by local author
tiles. Haphazard release of Government workers
without regard to Snow-cleaning and street.
sanding problems should not be permitted to
occur again. If White House authority is needed
to prevent a recurrence, it should be sought
Immediately.
The whole program agreed upon at the
nterjurisdictional conference will depend in
large measure on communications system that
will flash emergency warnings to all parts Of
the Metropolitan Area. As indicated yesterday,
the police radio network would be ideal for this
purpose. The two-way system would keep emer-
gency crews informed of new developments
requiring special attention. Had there been
teamwork of this sort during the recent storm
there is good reason to believe that conditions
would not have become as critical as they were.
Evening star., 1951-12-28

overhead rock is equal to SO feet Of lead
against radiation.
MIR. Knaust disclosed that, last sum-
mer. Swedish engineer. inspecting the
project because Of his governments in
terest in locating much of Sweden's in
dustry underground, was. so impressed
by the Iron Mountain layout that he
said: Had the Nazis thought of doing
this with their war industries they'd
have won the war"
ITS the safest place in the world, !"
Mr.. Knaust contends. CAS- symbol of
security. it could well be called the Gil
braltar of America"
North American Newspaper Allaneel
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Architect Neglected

Reading In The Star about the elab-
crate ceremonies connected with the
dedication and formal opening Of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
with the description of the new building.
the notables attending and all that, I
looked in vain for some mention Of the
architect who was responsible for the
design and construction of the building.
Surely he is entitled to praise. for he
has done good job.
Delos Smith of this city was the
architect and he should have his name
somewhere on the building to let the
public know who the designer was. The
architect should sign his work II it
is worthy. just as much as the artist
who paints picture.
Edward w. Donn, jr.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Montgomery Bus Service

Your article December 81 was the first
Information that the citizens Of Mont
gomery County had concerning the pro-
poSal OF the Capital Transit Co. to dis
continue, among other lines, the bus
route from the District line to Montrose,
via Old Georgetown road.
II you viii glance over the files Of
your paper several years ago, you will
f1nd that the transit company. to gain
permission to discontinue the electric
line service to Montrose, contracted to
assure an even better service through
the use Of buses, and to never discon-
tinue same.
The population Of the area served is
now SO times what it was then. It is
rapidly building; some i've new prof.
ects are either completed or under con-
struction. Luxmanor at the time was
composed Of only eight homes, now
1t has some 60 or more and more under
construction.
This Is one-car community, as are
the others, Wildwood, Berlin, George
town Estates, etc. Women and children
and servants depend on the service.
The traction line claims $4,000 loss.
1t does not account for the contribute
ing service it renders beyond Alta Vista,
where 1t operates over another line,
However, the utilities are operating on
peoples property, on special franchise
which they can only obtain because of
its value to public interest, and none ex-
cept the new management ever expect
ed profit on each and every opera
tion. but on the whole operation, which
latter no citizen would deprive them of.
They should be forced to continue this
service or lose all their franchise for
Maryland.
Walter s. Steele.