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Evening star., 1951-12-09
Europe's Position

Last month, in Strasbourg, the
idea of European federation got a
strenuous workout. Twenty mem
bers of the European Assembly
served as audience to an eager, If
unofficial, American congressional
lecture team, extolling the fedora
tive process and urging Europeans
to get on with it.
Almost since the days when the
13 original Colonies achieved union,
Americans have been impatient
with suggestions that a similar ac-
complishment might be more diff
cult for other, less homogeneous
peoples. Senator Green and his
colleagues were no exceptions to the
rule. They felt the Europeans were
dragging their feet-and they said
so. They noted that our Mutual
Security Act, providing foreign aid
funds, has as one of its objectives
the unifcation of Western Europe.
We are, they implied, getting tired
Of waiting.
Second Thoughts Necessary
Now 1t may be that Europeans
are, in fact, dragging their feet un-
necessarily. But it also is true that
any developing project eventually
must graduate from the pipe dream
stage to the stage of hard second
thoughts. This transition is not
necessarily a backsliding.
The reality of the problem of
West European federation, so far as
most Europeans are concerned, is
that no good end will have been
served if the resulting union is
dominated by Germany. West Ger
many, potentially, is the strongest
element in the European picture.
This means that If the European
union is to be strong enough to
stand its ground with Russia, Ger
many must become a part of it. 1t
also means there is a danger that
the union eventually will become,
in effect, part of Germany.
There are other reasons why it is
harder to form a United States of
Europe than it was to form the
United States of America. There
is the wide diversity of cultural
backgrounds. There is the language
barrier. There is the rivalry of long
established currencies and trade
patterns. But the danger of German
domination overshadows all other
difficulties.
Bosic Feor
Awareness of this danger under
lies the European approach to the
federation idea. 1t is basic, for ex-
ample, to all the pickering over the
proposed European army and the
Schuman-plan pooling of coal and
steel production. Europe's fear of
Germany is firmly rooted in recent
experience. No pep talk can dis
pei it,
Looking at the federation prob
lem from this point of view, CONT
mental non-Germans outside the
iron curtain seek their safety in
numbers. They want to dilute"
Germany's strength in any fedora
ton which emerges, just as they
want to balance Russia's strength,
by bringing in as many other strong
states as possible.
u This is why they are so concerned
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Union Soon?

Obviously, the cards of tradition
are stacked against federation, so
far as Americans are concerned.
There is no need to belabor this
point. But there are certain fac
tors in the picture which make 1t
seem likely that our historic OBJ
lection to Union-Now schemes, as
they apply to us, is in for some
serious re-examination.
For one thing, it is clear that
the pressure toward a federation
at least as wide as the Atlantic
community comes from something
more than the realization that the
smaller European federation we
have been urging may be possible
only in this framework. The pres
sure toward Atlantic union comes
mainly from the fact that the job
which already has been undertaken
by the Atlantic community has a
better chance of being accom-
plished if we federate than if we
do not.
To put it another way, a strictly
European federation would not be-
gin to solve Gen. Eisenhower's prob
lem. There is a serious question
whether cooperation between three
power groups-the United States,
the British Commonwealth and the
West European bloc-would be any
easier than it is under the present
setup. Quite conceivably, it might
be more difficult.
Which Approach Is Proeticol?
Another facet of the step-by-
step theory has been taking beat
ing of late in the hard school of
experience. This is the argument
which holds that political union is
to be approached through practical
cooperation in specific fields-that
the time to talk about federation
is after unified armies have been
put in the f1eld-after production
has been pooled, currencies made
uniform, customs unions estab-
lished, and so on.
The Western world has been
learning the hard way that this
may be the hard way to go about
the job. What has been happening
in Europe suggests, in fact, that it
is practically impossible to take
these practical first steps" in the
absence of some form of political
integration.
These are some of the argu-
ments which are bound to be con-
sidered in a future great debate,
of which only the merest advance
rumblings so far have been heard.
Dreom Versus Necessity
To describe the elements of this
debate in these terms is not to
suggest that Union-Now is right
around the corner. But it is to
suggest that Union-Soon is being
taken as a serious proposition by
more thinking people today than
ever before.
The reason is not hard to find.
Union no longer is being talked
about as some desirable but misty
ideal, which ought to be persued
simply because it obviously would
put the final cap on civilization.
1t is being studied, instead, as per-
haps the only practical solution to
hard, immediate problems prob
lens of life-and-death urgency.
The free world may not be ready.
for union, psychologically speak
ing. But in terms of the problems
that must be solved, it Is more than
ready for union. It is screaming
for 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Arlington Youth Is Held
On Shop Break in Charge

An 18-year-old boy is being held
under $4,000 bond by Arlington
police on charges of trying to
break into Clarendon dress shop.
He is Kenneth Charles Spence,
of the 500 block North Piedmont
street, Arlington.
Police Pvts. Ralph Keys and Le-
roy RASMUSSEN arrested the youth
at 1880 pm. Monday on the root
Of the business establishment in
the 300 block of Wilson boule-
ward. They said he had attempted
to force his way in through sky
light.
Detective Dudley Rector said
Spence has admitted seven break
ms in recent months at business
establishments in North and South
Arlington.
Spence will have a preliminary
hearing in Arlington County Court
at $3.50 am. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Alexandra, Fairfax
Reach Pupil Accord
In Annexation Area

Alexandria and Fairfax school
officials have reached an agree
ment that will allow students in
the area to be annexed January l
to remain in their present schools
the rest Of this academic year.
Alexandria School Supt. T. c.
Williams said he had agreed with
Fairfax Supt. w. T. Woodson that
each jurisdiction would pay tuition
for its students at the others
schools.
The city has been awarded 1865
miles Of county land.
1900 Students Affected.
Mr.. Williams estimated there
are about 1000 students living in
the annexation area, and he esti-
mated nearly 300 more come into
1.-THE area from other parts of Fair
fax. About 200 students living in
the area attended high school in
parts of Fairfax not affected by
annexation.
Alexandria will pay Fairfax a
per capita cost for transporting
its students within the annexed
area because the city has no bus
system. Alexandria has agreed
to assume the lease of the Shirley
Duke Apartments classrooms and
will take over the contracts of
all Fairfax teachers in the area.
Mr.. Williams said any Fairfax
teachers who do not choose to
enter the Alexandria system will
have the privilege Of remaining
with the county.
Fairfax County textbooks will
remain at schools in the area
through the rest Of this school
year.
Mr.. Williamson said he and Mr..
Woodson tentatively agreed to the
distribution of State aid funds.
He said the State pays $45 per
pupil and half of the payment is
made before the school year is
half over. Therefore, Fairfax
would receive money for educating
some of Alexandria's pupils after
January /. The agreement be-
tween the two school heads is that
Fairfax will pay Alexandria ap-
proximately $1,000 to $500 for
these students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Cab Fares Going Up
In Prince Georges

Taxicab fares will be higher in
Prince Georges. beginning jan
uary l.
A prosperous New Year greeting
was extended the cabbies yester-
day when the county commission
ers lacked up the minimum first
mile rate from 80 to 40 cents.
Six taxi companies and several
individuals had asked for a So
cent minimum.
The action came at Upper Marl-
boro on a motion offered by Com
missioner Daniel A. Abbott and
agreed to by two of his colleagues,
Thomas E. Latimer and w. Everett
Marion. The other board MEM
bers, H. Wilson Spicknall and Ed
ward j. Waters, were absent.
Under the new schedule, one or
two passengers will pay a total Of
40 cents for the initial mile and
10 cents for each additional one
third mile.
When more than two persons
occupy cab, the minimum for the
first mile will increase 10 cents.
Mr.. Marion said he investigated
the taxi situation in the county
and found that some drivers have
been carrying as many as five
passengers at two-passenger rates.
Despite that, he added, the cabbies
average from $40 to $40 a day.
exclusive of tips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Credit Restraint Hearing
Called on Arlington Bonds

Arlington officials are preparing
arguments to offer the Voluntary
Credit Restraint Commission
which has recommended against
sale of a county bond issue for
purchase Of recreation sites.
The commission notified the
Board yesterday that it will hear
county spokesman at 1890 am.
January 4 when it meets at the
Federal Reserve Bank building IN
New York City.
The commission recommended
that the bond issue of 1882 900
which was approved by county
voters last month should not be
sold because of it's initiating ten
dency. The commissions action is
not binding but it is beli"' that
the bonds would not be re-
|ceived in financial circles ,-lout
the commission backing.
Board chairman Mrs. Florence
Cannon has been authorized to
appear before the commission.
Representatives Of the County
Planning Commission and the Ma
tional Recreation Association, OF
which the County Recreation De-
partment is a member, will also
appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
District Man Dies
Of Injury Suffered in
Hitch-Hike Mishop

A Washington man died last
night at Arlington Hospital of in
juries received when he was struck
by a car whose driver said he was
trying to "hitch-hike" a ride. The
accident occurred near the High
way Bridge on U. S. Route /.
Enos Morrison, colored, Of the
300 block of Ninth street, NV,
had been under treatment for a
fractured leg and extreme shock
before he died.
Arlington polise reported that
Samuel A. Emigh, "a, of Auburn
court, Alexandria, said he stopped
his car at a stop sign yesterday
Afternoon and Mr.. Morrison mo-
toned for a ride.
Mr.. Emigh said that when he
started his car. Mr.. Morrison
made a grab for the door handle
and missed" striking the side Of
1.-THE car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Republican Poll Backs HYDE
For Congress in Montgomery

Marley of Frederick and State
Senator David j. Mclaughlin of
Washington County. State Sena-
tor Robert B. Kimball of Allegany
also has been mentioned.
On the Democratic side William
Prescott Allen has announced his
to seek the nomination.
The seat in Congress now is held
by Representive Beall, Republican,
Of Frostburg.
Mr.. Beall Is giving up his seat
in the House to run for the Senate
seat now held by Senator O'Conor,
Democrat.
Mr.. Hyde. Il, an attorney, lives
at 5304 Elm street. Bethesda. A
native Of Washington. he moved
to Montgomery County in 1899.
He was elected to the Maryland
House of Delegates in 1916 and
to the State Senate in 1850. He
served in the Navy during the
war and spent 20 months in the
South Pacific. He left the serv-
ice with the rank Of lieutenant
commander.
He is member Of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. the Bethesda
Lions Club and the Board OF
Trustees Of Christ Lutheran
Church, Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Falls Church Seeks
Name for High Schoo|
Under Construction

The Falls Church School Board
must start q new search for a
name for the high school under
construction at Leesburg pike and
Haycock road.
Yesterday. the Fairfax County
School Board rejected a sugges-
ton by Falls Church School Supt.
Irwin H. SchHlitt that the county
consider remaining the present
Falls Church High School which
is in the city but operated by
the county.
The city school board. at its
regular meeting tonight, is ex-
pected to reconsider proposed
names previously submitted by
students and citizens.
Name Change Opposed.
Fairfax Supt. w. T. Woodson
said Maj. Gen. William S. Rum
bough, U. S. A. retired. principal
of Falls Church High School, had
expressed opposition to changing
the schools name and reported
that students and the PTA also
were against the suggestion.
In other business, the county
board voted, to request prelimi-
nary architectural plans for a
$780, 900 addition to Fairfax High
School. Construction of the pro-
posed clinic and three or four
classrooms would be the final step
in development of the million
dollar high school, Asst. Supt. j.
H. Rice told the board.
Cafeteria Bid Accepted.
A bid of 1851 for completing
equipment Of the Groveton Ele-
mentary School Cafeteria was &C
cepted. The bid, lowest of four,
was submitted by the Cooper
Equipment Co.
Total enrolment in county
schools on December was 1880
Mr.. Woodson reported.
Moving of two quonset huts
from Groveton to Willston Ele-
mentary School was approved. The
change, designed to eliminate
double shifts in the third grade al
Willston. will be made when the
Groveton addition is completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
.Morbury Rops Liquor Board
In Ban of College Park License

Edward j. Buffalo. vice president,
and Charles w. Costanzo, secre-
tary-treasurer.
Attorney j. Frank Lillard, IT,,
representing the trio, contended
that denial Of the permit would
inconvenience travellers and tend
to foster monopoly.
Withdrawal Denied.
Mr.. Lillard asked for permission
to withdraw his clients applica-
ton, but Judge Marbury refused.
Among those who voiced OBJ
jections yesterday were Mayor
Davis, Walter F. Mulligan, Coun-
Gilman at large and president of
the County Civic Federation, and
Mrs. Miriam Holmes, principal of
the College Park Elementary
School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Bus Service Cut Opposed
By Prince Georges Heads

Opposition to proposed curtail-
ment of Capital Transit Co. bus
service in Prince Georges County
was announced yesterday by the
County Commissioners.
The commissioners, in a letter
to the Maryland Public Service
Commission. asked that the COM
pany's request that it be per-
mitted to reduce service on some
lines and discontinue service on
others be denied.
The commissioners asked that
If the company request is to be
granted the commission first grant
some other busline permission to
take over the routes Capital
Transit seeks to abandon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Warwick Manager Rejects
$4,000 Fairfax Post
BY the Associated Press

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec. IS.
An offer of $4,000 a year to
serve as county executive of Fair
fax County has been rejected by
Warwick County Manager j. C.
Morris.
J. Wallace Carper, chairman of
the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors, reported Mr.. Morris
had been considered foremost
among applicants for the job of
being first county executive when
the new executive form of govern
ment goes into effect in Fairfax
January l.
Meanwhile, the Fairfax Board is
continuing its search for an ex-
ecutive. About IL or 10 applicants
are under consideration, Mr.. Car.
per explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19

The Prince Georges County Liq-
uor Board is studying sharp pro-
cedural suggestions given by Cir
cult Judge Charles c. Marbury in
a decision reversing its action in
granting a controversial College
Park license.
Public sentiment should weigh
heavier in your scales" the court
admonished yesterday in canceling
Ia permit issued to Five Brothers
Restaurant, 7031 Baltimore ave-
nue..
The Glass B on-sale beer-and-
wine license was approved Sep
TENDER 20 over objections of the
University of Maryland and oppo-
sition from College Park authori-
ties.
At least 70 per cent of the towns
residents also frowned on an addi-
ton to the 10 permits already in
use in the municipality. Mayor
Charles r. Davis said.
Court Questions Action.
when these things are con-
sidered," the court remarked, lone
might question whether your &C
ton was arbitrary, capricious and
contrary to the public interest"
"You should consider the feel
Iings of the people" Judge Marbury
added, "in fact you must do so,
otherwise the court will determine
whether you have ruled wisely"
Judge Marbury's decision fol-
lowed a hearing on an appeal filed
by the town and several of its res
idents. Among those joining In
the action were DR.. H. c. Byrd,
president Of the university, and
Geary Eppley. its dean Of men.
+ Blair H. Smith and Nicholas
Orem, counsel for the town, in
formed the court that they had
recently learned that the restau-
rant firm, organized under Del
aware corporate statutes, had not
qualified in Maryland when the
permit was issued.
| Reason for Override.
Judge Marbury made 1t clear
that he overruled the liquor
board for this reason and that
his suggestions" were "paren-
thetical."
Three officers Of the firm signed
1.-THE license application. They
lwere Anthony ]. Buffalo. president;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19

pOu 70 deter
mine which of
|three county
candidates for
Congress shall
seek the Repub-
lican nominal
ton from the
Sixth District.
The other two
candidates are
John r. Reeves.
S ecre tary of
State, and Dun
can Clark, a
former delegate
Ito the General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Westinghouse High
To Offer YuIe Concert

The Washington Lee High
School Choir will present it's an
nual Christmas concert at $3.50
pm. tomorrow in the school audi
forum, 4035 North Thirteenth
street, Arlington.
The program will open with a
candlelight procession of 100
carollers. The cnocert is under the
direction Of Miss Florence Booker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
Arlington Bar Studies
Anti-Red Resolution

A committee of the Arlington
Bar Association is studying q
proposed resolution that would
call for custer of association
members who belong to the Com
munist party or have Communist
sympathies.
The resolution was adopted by
the American Bar Association and
was recommended to all local
bar groups. Committee members
who will report to the Arlington
group December % are Griffin T
Garnett. Iverson Almond and
Robert Coleburn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-12-19
DC. Boy, 4, Is Killed,
z Are Burned When
Home Boiler ExpIodes

A 4-year-old boy was killed and
his mother and 6-year-old sister
were seriously scalded yesterday
afternoon when a hot-water
boiler exploded in the kitchen OF
their home at 1877 Sixth street
NE.
Burns received when he was
sprayed with scalding water
proved fatal four hours later in
Casualty Hospital to Carl Broom,
colored. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Broom.
His sister, Elizabeth, is in Cas-
ualty Hospital. Her condition is
critical. His mother. Mrs. Ernes-
tine Brown, q. is in Freedmen
Hospital. painfully burned on her
right side and leg. Her condition
is undetermined.
Two Children Unhurt.
Two other children were in the
room when the coal-flred boiler
blew up. but they escaped injury
Cause Of the blast has not been
determined. The coroner, the fire
marshal and the Homicide Squad
are investigating.
Miss Madeline Haggerty, 81, OF
GIG E street suffered first and Sec
ond degree burns on her face and
hands last night in a flash back
from an oven which she was
lighting in her home. She is in
Casualty Hospital. Her condition
is not serious.
-Four persons were driven from
their blazing Halls Hill home
early today. the Arlington County
fire department reported.
The house, at 1921 North Nine.
tenth road. was virtually de-
stroyed. firemen said. The occu-
pants of the house were taken In
by neighbors.
A family of five was left home
less when a fire yesterday after
noon swept the five-room bunga-
low OF Lloyd Connolly on Travilah
road near Rockville, causing dam
age estimated by police at $4,000.
All Possessions Lost.
Mr.. Connolly. a carpenter, said
he had called his wife and their
older son. II. to help him start the
family car, when they noticed
smoke pouring from the house.
He rescued the two younger
children, Patricia Ann, 2, and
Larry. 4. from the kitchen.
The Connellys lost all their
possessions except a television
set.
John w. Bennett, S., of Boni-
FAINT road. Colesville. Md, yester-
day saw his garage and 1947
model car destroyed in a blaze
that began while he was warm
ing the motor.
Mr.. Bennett said he started
the car and left the motor run
ming while he returned to the
house. Firemen said they believe
a bale Of hay was ignited by
sparks from the exhaust pipe.
A kerosene stove was blamed
for a fire which caused $4,000
damage at the Bilt-Rite Uphol-
|sterers and Decorators Co.. 4103
Forty eighth street., Bladensburg,
yesterday.
The interior of the frame build
ing which serves as a shop fol
the company was badly burned
and extensive damage was done
to supplies stored in the building