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Evening star., 1951-10-06
Miss Helene Repetti,
Native Of Washington

Miss Helene Repetti, So, native
Washingtonian, died yesterday at
Garfield Hospital after a years
illness. She lived at BIT Third
street Sc.
Miss Repetti was the daughter
|of Joseph and Victoria Repetti
Her father owned and operated
an undertaking establishment at
.317 Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
which he later sold to the James
T. Ryan funeral home. now op-
Grating on that site.
A lifelong parishioner OF St
Peters Catholic Church, Second
and c streets Sc, Miss Repetti
was a member of the church's
Junior and senior choirs and be-
longed to the Blessed Virgin s
jSodality and st. AIMS Auxiliary
She was educated at st. Pat
rick'S and st. Cecelia's Academies
here and Visitation Convent
Frederick. Md.
She is survived by two brothers
Paul Repetti of 318 Third street
Sc. and Leo Repetti of SAC
Thirtieth place NV; a nephew
the Rev. Paul Repetti of the
Shrine Of the Sacred Heart; a
niece. Sister Julie. st. Teresa, S
N. D.. Wyncote. Pa, and a cousin
the Rev. William C. Repetti, S. J..
director of archives, Georgetown
University.
Funeral services will be held al
g am. Monday at st. Peters
Catholic Church. Burial will be
in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Mrs. AtaIa N. Lamar,
Member Of Renowned
Bayard Family

Funeral services for Mrs. Atala
Nicholson Lamar. "a, a member
Of the renowned Bayard family
which holds the record for having
sent more men to the Senate than
any other family in the history OF
this country, were to be held at
l pm. today in Gawler's Chapel,
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Burial was to be in the Nichol-
son family plot in Oak Hill Gene
terry, Georgetown.
Mrs. Lamar was the widow of
Lucius @. C. Lamar of Mississippi,
former chief of the Land Office of
the Interior Department and
doorkeeper of the Senate at the
time of his death in 1886 at the
age of SO.
Her father-in-law was the late
Supreme Court Justice Lucius @.
c. Lamar. ST.
She was the daughter of the late
Col. and Mrs. Henry w. Nicholson,
longtime residents of the District.
Before her father -in-law served
on the Supreme Court bench, he
served as Secretary of the Interior
under President Cleveland and,
before that, as a Senator from
Mississippi during the Civil War.
He was the first minister from the
United States to Russia.
Mrs. Lamar's mother, the late
Mary Bayard Janvier Nicholson,
was a first cousin of the late
United States Senator Thomas
Francis Bayard of Delaware, who
served from 1922 to 1929.
Five members of the Bayard
family became Senators, and one
of them, the father of the late
Senator Bayard of Delaware, was
ambassador to Great Britain.
Mrs. Bayard's mcther-in-law was
the daughter Of Confederate Cen
eral Longstreet.
Mrs. Lamar died in her sleep at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Alton A. Lessard in Lewiston, Me.
She is also survived by three
sons. Mirabeau B. Lamar of Deale,
Md: Janvier N. Lamar of Engle-
wood, Calf. and Henry N. Lamar,
assistant director of athletics at
Harvard University.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Fletcher Knebei:
Potomac Fever

Turney says while official he got $11
Bill part while Democratic chairman.
all above board The RFC job paid his board and Boyle did
whatever he could above it,
Leutenans will to Senator Taft Wednesday
whether the Republicans They're
pected report that the is Tafts the
asking-ask Ike and pray he says mo"
Atomic Boss Gordon Dean
to lick Russias That's comforting
fellow feeling days almost tempted
to put off building his A-bomb shelter until next week.
st. Louis insurance admits he paid Fnnegan
$500 month while Fnnegan tax collector there
hand out while in, for the outs be in again.
The barenders union asks President Truman
President again. They just couldn't more
years OF people trying to drown their
Assistant Defense Secretary Rosenberg give
all members Of the armed forces per
increase Imitation is awful national and the armed
services don't want to be shg of the
load.
Army Secretary Pace speak to 600
people in Galveston next week. Now there's trying
to save The Federal spendhrift
sage for the Nation would probably hire hour
the radio networks
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Fuddy buddy Military Thinking
HushedUp Diplomacy Won't Help Nations Security in Any Way
Many of Our Present Headaches Are Due to Covering Up

tains some political advantages.
A typical instance was the
leak" last spring to q reputable
newspaper with Nationwide cir
culation. giving out the minutes
of the Wake Island conference
between President Truman and
his advisers and Gen. Douglas
Macarthur. This was a secret
document and the reporter who
published it-a highly honorable
man-did not fitch it from any
Government file.
There have been numerous
instances since the outbreak of
the Korean war when "favorite"
newspapermen received top-se-
cret military information which
could have come from no other
source than the White House,
the Pentagon or the State De-
partment. Yet. despite the clas-
Sif1cation of top secret or "for
the eyes only" the information
did not affect the security of the
Nation in the least. Newsmen
who have access to information
by this "back-scratching" proc
ess are sufficiently conscientious
to decide whether or in what
form it should be used.
President Truman probably is
not aware that the best way to
assure the Nations security and
prevent publication of news
which might turn out to be
damaging is to take reporters
into the confidence of top au-
thorities; to tell them honestly
and sincerely the situation and
caution them about the risk
of indiscretions. This system
worked satisfactorily-with very
few minor eXceptions-up to the
time when the administration
became deeply involved in some
tragic diplomatic mistakes dur
ing the last war.
1t was after the Ottawa con-
ference in 1943 that our policy
makers clamped news censorship
on what was going on behind
the scenes on the ground that
they could not divulge conversa-
tions and decisions taken with
foreign countries. The security
of the Nation was not helped in
any way by that hushed-up di-
plomacy and many of our pres
ent grave headaches are the re-
suit of that covering up of vital
information.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Dr.. Clifford RodIun,
Former Member Of
Georgetown Faculty

DR.. Clifford N. Rodlun, SO. for
imer associate professor of opera
tive dentistry at Georgetown Uni
versity, and retired District den
tist, died Thursday Of a heart at
tack at his home in Vero Beach,
Fla.
A dentist here for more than &c
years. he had maintained Offices
at 1885 I street NV, until his
retirement last July. He had re-
sided in Locust Hill Estates
Bethesda.
He was born in Willmar, Mimi,
the son of Lewis and Cecilia Rod.
lun. He was graduated from the
College of Dentistry. University
of Minnesota in 1924.
DR.. Rodlun practiced dentistry
for q years, first in Minnesots
and later here.
He was a member of the Colum.
bia Dental Society, the Ameri.
can Dental Association, Ps
Omega Fraternity, Masonic Order
Columbia Study Club and the
Columbia Country Club.
He is survived by his widow
the former Frances Newton whom
he married in 1881, and two
brothers. Edward v. Rodlun o.
Minneapolis and Troy M. Rodlun
1885 Thirty fourth street NV.
Funeral services will be held a
II am. Monday at Humphrey
funeral home, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1951-10-06

President wishes to enforce
now covers many other items
than actual military informa-
ton, which the enemy has
available in any event. 1t would
be childish to imagine that with
the capture of some of the top
spies, who have given Moscow
vital information about the
manufacture of the A-bomb,
the military security of the Ma
ton is henceforth on solid
ground.
If those in charge of security
were free to talk, they would tell
an unpleasant story. Much of
classified information reaching
reporters comes from "unquali-
fed" sources usually found at
cocktail parties or dinners.
While the information is being
used by some merely as back
ground, it is certain that it
also reaches other "ears" which
send it abroad to be carefully
sifted by specialists. So long
as our espionage laws are as
loose as they are now and their
enforcement as Ineffective, the
idea of "self-restraint" which
Mr.. Truman wishes to impose
on newspapers and reporters
will keep the American people
ignorant of what their Govern
ment is doing but will not pre-
vent hostile foreigners from
knowing much more than the
average American.
The relationship between high
Government officials and ews-
papermen, particularly in re-
cent years, has been one Of
scratch my back and I will
scratch yours" This means that
in exchange for an exclusive
story an official expects in turn
a pat on the back from that
particular newsman or his pa
per. The stories which are thus
spilled seldom have any peril
nent effect on the security Of
the Nation. They deal with do
mestic or diplomatic matters,
quarrels between high officials.
or disclosures of what happen
ed at certain closed door meet
ings.
The White House itself is not
immune to this tendency to pass
on a story stamped secret to
newspapermen, provided it OBJ
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Mrs. Myrtra Howell, Is,
After Long Illness Here

Mrs. Myrtra Mae Howell, 78,
died Thursday night at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Elmer A.
Lewis at the Westchester Apart
ments, after long illness.
Mrs. Howell had two sons in
Government service here and a
Ison-in-law, Elmer Lewis, who is
superintendent of the House Docu-
ment Room.
One son, William D. Howell,
lis employed at the National
Archives, and the other, Gopher
Howell is an official of the Sen
ate Document Room.
A daughter, Mrs. E. r. Lucke:t
Of Tyler, Tex, also has been in
Washington for some time in at
tendance on her mother.
Another survivor is DR.. r. L,
Howell, a son who lives in Troy
Mo-. where Mrs. Howell is to be
buried. Z
Evening star., 1951-10-06
AnotherBoyon the BurninqD Deck
Stossen Does Agon-Decdes to Join Taft McCorths
Witch-Huntng Expedition, Now About to Founder

Connecticut. Mr.. Bingham. now
head of the Loyalty Review
Board, which has worked back
ward and forward with a fine
tooth comb on Jessup's record.
fatty contradicted the sugges-
ton that the board still has
some reservations concerning
JeSsup's loyalty.
Finally. Mr.. Jessup himself
reminded the committee of the
forgotten fact that he was. Of
all things, an American Firster
in the days when that term was
a synonym for 100 percent
American!
All in all, Mr.. Stassen appears
to have picked the wrong time
to get into the act, a time when
the act has begun to go sour.
Or. to get back to the boa1 he
should have left Senator Taft
alone in the role of the boy on
the burning deck. Senator Taft
is struck with that role. He
can't desert Mccarthy now. al
though some of his best edito-
rial advisors are urging him to
do so. But Mr.. StaSsen, he
should have stayed on the dock.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Hayden Bartlett Harris,
Resident Of Leesburq
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Hayden
Bartlett Harris, sc, former vice
president of the Harris Trust g.
Savings Bank, Chicago, died yes
terday ct New York Hospital. His
home was at Leesburg, Va.
Mr.. Harris was the son of N. w.
Harris, founder of the bank, and
retired as vice president in 1899
During World War I he served
as an official of the United States
Treasury Department in Europe.
Mr.. Harris was stricken three
and a half weeks ago while pass
ing through New York en- route
to his home in Leesburg.
A funeral service will be held
at Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago,
on Monday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lima Small Harris; their sons,
Lincoln S. Harris of st. Paul,
|Minn., and Huntington Harris of
ILeesburg, and a daughter, Mrs.
James Symington of LeeSburx
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Daniel B. Grisso, 78,
Carpenter, Contractor
In Area for 50 Years

Daniel Bergman Grisso, 78
carpenter and contractor here fol-
80 years. died Thursday of a heart
attack at the home of his son
John H. Grisso. 403-A Hume ave-
nue., Alexandria. He was the
father of IA children, 10 living
and eight of them residing in the
Washington area.
A native of Catawba, Va, Mr.
Grisso for many years had farm
there. He resided elsewhere in
Virginia and came to Washing
ton in 1921. For years his home
here was a 204 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc. His wife, the former
Naomi Ruth Bennett of Catawba,
died in 1941.
In addition to John, Mr.. Grisso
is survived by these other sons:
Paul B., a battalion chief with
the Washington Fire Department,
who lives at 238 Tenth street NE;
Jacob c.. 139 North Carolina ave-
nue. Sc. assistant foreman of the
Washington Post composing room;
David B., plumber of 331 Eight
eeth place Sc. and James w. K
Grisso, a carpenter of Berwyn
Heights. Md; also five daughters,
Mrs. Pernie Profit, Shipman, Va;
Mrs. Clyde Whetzel, Hollywood
Fla: Mrs. Pearl Palmer, Route l
Alexandria: Mrs. Ruth liner
Chesapeake Beach. Md, and Mrs
Margaret Gill. 346 Thirty-seventh
place Sc: a brother, Joel P
Grisso. Catawba, and a sister
Mrs. Lessie Cameron, Salem, Va.
and Is grandchildren and Ia
great-grandchildren.
On Monday at 2 pm. a funeral
service will be held at the Church
of the Bretheren, Fourth street
and North Carolina avenue S.E
Burial will follow in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Lowell MeHett::

For a man who travels as
much as he does, Harold E.
Stassen has demonstrated re-
markable talent for missing the
boat-politically, that is. He gets
there after the boat has gone.
Or he leaps aboard the wrong
one, one that's not headed for
the White House. which is the
destination the young Mime
sotan always has uad IN mind
Now he has done it again.
The president of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania-by the
way, what are the duties of the
president of a great university?
The retiring president of a
small but celebrated college
once told me that in his job he
was expected to be a scholar, a
teacher, a business administra-
tor, a money-raiser, politician,
a janitor and foster parent
or wet nurse to the children
committed to his care. 1t didn't
give him much spare time, he
said. Apparently it is not like
that in a great university.
Pennsy's prexy, for example,
seems to have plenty of spare
time in which to pursue his
higher ambition. which has
nothing to do with higher
education.
1t was this pursuit, obviously,
which led him to leap aboard
the G. o. P. witch-hunting craft
piloted by Capt. Mccarthy. The
intrepid young educator" failed
to observe that the boat was
in a bad way, actually in dan
ger of foundering, with nothing
much functioning except the
whistle and many members Of
the crew quietly slipping over
the side. On the other hand,
maybe he did observe all those
things, and decide that he was
the man to save the ship and
the witch-hunting expedition.
In any case he is now aboard,
seeking to lend a hand to the
disorganized ships company.
His first contribution is an
oblique attack on Prof. Philip
Jessup. United States Ambassa-
dor-at-Large, now awaiting con-
firmation as United States dele
gate to the United Nations As
sembly. He asked for and was
given permission to recite to the
Senate committee all his con-
lectures and suspicious concern
ing Mr.. Jessup, which added up
Evening star., 1951-10-06
DrathH

BABCOCK. BEULAH E. On Thursday, Oc-
tober 4, 1851. BEULAH E.. BABCOCK,
cock: sister of Dr.. Ernest Parsons and
L. Lee Parsons, sister-in-law of Mrs.
Anna L. Parsons. aunt of Albert B.
Parsons. Funeral from the W. w. Deal
Funeral Home. 1912 Georgia ave. NV.
on Monday, october s, at l pm. Rela-
tiyes and friends invited. Interment
Glenwood Cemetery.
BERRY. SHERMAN LEE. JR. Suddenly.
On Friday. October s, 1851; on Jefferson
Of Alexandria, Va. Notice of funeral
ton Co.. morticians, 1922 You st. NV.
Family in mourning at II Randolph
TOBY. On Thursday, october 4.
1851. TOBY BONAS of 415 Farragut st.
NV. beloved wife of Samuel Bonas and
devoted mother of Mrs. Sol C.. Snider.
Mrs. Samuel Tauber. Mrs. Maurice Ber-
man. Mrs. Isadore Beiser of Washington,
.. G.; Mrs. Samuel Gordon and Miss
Cecil BonaS of Kansas City, Mo. She
is survived also by sister. Mrs. Elias
Karolchick of Kansas City. Mo- Funeral
services at the Bernard Danzansky B.
Son Funeral Home. 3501 18th st. NV,
on Sunday, October z, at | pm. In
terment Beth Sholom Cemetery. Please
omit flowers. Memorial week. 416 gar
ragut st. NV. a
Evening star., 1951-10-06

Mrs. Koehler was born in Paris,
H.. the daughter of William H.
and Ella F. owen. She spent
her early years in Charlottesville,
Ind, where she was married in
1917 TO Mr.. Koehler. She was
the former Miss Mai Owen.
Mr.. Owen is secretary of the
National Association of Motor Bus
Operators.
Besides her husband, she leaves
a daughter. Miss Patricia Frances
of the Beech street address, and a
son. Walter Owen, of Richmond.
Funeral services were to be held
|at 2 pm. today in the Birch fu-
neral home, 3034 M street NV.
Burial will be in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Constantine Brown:

Col. Blimp, the famous comic
character of fuddy duddy mill
tary thinking. would certainly
indorse President Truman's
statements of last Thursday
about what constitutes military
security information and who
should enforce it.
The Soviet and satellite prop
aganda organs doubtless will
play up the Chief Executives
obscure statements and his ear
lier censorship executive order,
to classify information in all
civilian Government agencies.
as final proof that this coun-
try'S press is Shackled by war;
mongering Government officials.
The White House has COM
plicated unnecessarily the ques-
ton of security. Throughout
the last war there was a volun-
tary censorship by newspapers
which on many occasions exer-
cised far better judgment than
most officials. For many years
there have been leaks from Gov
ernment agencies to newspaper
men. But seldom-if ever-have
these leaks injured the Nation.
If the President of the United
States considers the present sit
uation far more dangerous than
any in our history, he should
start by ordering the Pentagon
to clamp down on everything
that may be of use to the
enemy. For instance, he should
order that no more casualty
lists be issued because they give
information about our losses in
Korea.
The Communists have a gen.
eral idea of the losses they are
inf1icting on us. The publica-
tion of casualties gives them an
excellent check on their eSti-
mates. Throughout the Korean
campaign the Reds never have
given out their losses. This is
unnecessary because it does not
matter how many Chinese and
North Koreans are killed and
wounded. But in a free country
like ours, people have a right
to know exactly what a cam
paign is costing us in terms Of
human lives. Yet, although the
Pentagon issues regular reports
on our losses. the newspapers
should never print them if they
followed Mr.. Truman's logic.
The strict censorship our
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Nnurilittns
MAIZELS,

MAIZELs. AARON. The unveilins of a
monument to AARON MAIzELs will be
held on SUNDAY, October Z, 1851. at, :
Cemetery: Relatives and friends invited
to attend.
RASNEK, CLARA. The unwilling of the
monument to CLARA RASNEK will be
at the George Washington Memorial
Cemetery, Friendship Lodge. Relatives
and friends invited. EZE RASNEK. 2
Evening star., 1951-10-06

Mr.. PreiS S,
until early this
year, resided at
6109 T W e n t y
ninth sire e t
NV.
He was the
son of Mrs.
CT are ce E.
c ter an d
the Stepson of
the late DR..
Clarence Car
ter, former De-
p a r t m e n t of
Agriculture Off
cial, who died
here in 1910
Evening star., 1951-10-06

Mr.. Preiss was born in Cali
fornia, but until moving to Chi
cago, had lived in the District
since a child. He was graduated
from Alice Deal Junior High
School and Woodrow Wilson High
School.
During World War II he served
in the Navy. A 1949 graduate of
Northwestern University, he had
been engaged in radio educational
work with the Comet Studies in
Chicago at the time of his death.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Malvina
Preiss; a 2-year-old son, Edward
Wayne. and his mother, all of
Chicago.
Funeral services will be held
Monday in st. Louis.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Henry R. Thompson,
Former Engineer in
d. {. Schools, Dies

Henry R. (Spin) Thompson, 78,
who was one of the first manual
training teachers in the District
public schools, died yesterday of
Ia heart ailment at the home of
his daughter. Mrs. c.. D. Johnson
of Falls Church. Va.
Mr.. Thompson, a lifelong resi-
dent of Falls Church, lived at
I67l6 North Washington boulevard,
East Falls Church.
He was retired as chief engineer
of all white schools in the District
in 1888, after a half century of
service in the public schools here.
He began his teaching career as
manual training instructor of
woodwork and metalcraft at old
Tech High School here.
Held Switchbox Patents.
When Mckinley Tech High was
tbuilt. Mr.. Thompson became chief
engineer of all white schools in
the District and maintained an
Office in the new Tech building.
Mr.. Thompson. who had been
handy with machines and tools
since childhood. made and assem-
bled the parts of one of the first
gasoline automobiles to appear in
this area around the turn of the
century. AS an inventor he held
several patents on devices used in
electric switchboxes. At the time
of his death, he was working on an
Invention to improve the power
lawnmower. .a-s
After his retirement from the
schools. he went back to work
Iduring World War II buildix-
sound machines used by the Navy
during the war.
He maintained a workshop at
his home and was widely known
in the Falls Church vicinity as a
man who could repair or construct
almost anything. During the
Christmas season. little red wag-
ons, designed and constructed by
Mr. Thompson. made their ap-
pearance in a Falls Church hard
ware store and eventually under
the Christmas tree of many a child
in that area. He also drew the
plans for and constructed his own
home.
Born in Falls Church, he was
the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs,
George c. Thompson, also life
long residents of this area. His
father, for many years was
blacksmith in Falls Church.
Was Bicycle Club Member.
AS young man he was a mem
Der of the Georgetown Bicycle
Club.
His wife. Mrs. Annie E. Thomp-
son, died about 1895.
Mr.. Thompson is survived by
four sons, Philip R. Thompson of
IStauntonr Va. John B. Thompson
Iof Arlington. George S. Thomp-
son OF Richmond. Va, and Henry
F. Thompson of Falls Church;
three daughters. Mrs. w. L. Mitch
ell OF Lakeland. Fla, Mrs. w. w.
Wltte OF Phoenix. Ariz., and Mrs.
johnson of Falls Church, and
three brothers and a sister.
Funeral services will be held at
y pm. Monday at his Falls
IChurch home. Burial will be in
lOakwood Cemetery.