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LUMBER
MARBLE

Several colors. At 1905 X st. NV.
ARROW. EX. 1856; Ii. 3-2602.
MATTRESS. Red Cross, king size,
inner spring: and box springs: new
condition: $50. Call HO. SS06
MEAT CASES. frozen food cases, l
walk-in ice box, meat grinders, meat
scales, etc. UN. 1865. "a
MULTILITH, model so, perfect con-
dition; $500. Please call MRS.
SAGER. ST 1922. %
OFFICE EQU1P.-Desks. chairs. Hies,
safes, add. mach; reas. CIRCLE
liz l4th st. NV, DI. 1872.
OFFICE FURNITURE-Large selec-
tion OF used walnut. oak and ma
hogany desks. chairs, files. etc, H.
BAUM & son GIG E ST n "
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kUGS, imported Persian Oriental
design; heavy closely woven for
good wearing; 9x12 S4o.5O: Sxll
$39. other sizes proper priced.
MAYFAIR SHOP 1928 @ ct NV.
SAW. MALL, chain type. 36-in
blade. Good condition. BY owner
$3.50. OW. O506 -o3
SEWING MACHINES. Singer electrics;
sale or rent We also electrify ali
makes sewing machines Open ewes
3109 l4th st NV CO 222l
SEWING MACHINES, used electric
porta6les from $40 to $50. SINGER
SEWING MACHINE CO. 1910 G st.
NV MA OlS4 o.
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OFFICE FURNITURE

l Wo OlpIOmaIlc Agcy.,S Proc.
Lge. assortment desks. tables, chairs,
bookcases, files. costumers; recond.
New Jersey ave. NV Ii. 7-9SlO.
Priced right. Free parking on prem
ises. D. C. SURPLUS SALES. 5I1
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Aisc. WANTED (cont.)

ANTIQUES BOUGHT
furniture, stlverWare. jewelry
and Chinese art objects Any guam
tity Call Louis SeRal CH 1898:
ewes EN- 6765
BEDRM., DIN. RIM. AND OTHER
FURNITURE BOUGHT
CALL TILL o PM, CO. 1866.
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TELEPHONE 10. e-s55o. 10. s-s7so

CoLoRED-5O3 9th ST. N.W--2-
bedroom apt; immed. occup. SSI so
mo-; adults only. Call ST. 1881.
COLORED-1315 CLIFTON ST. NV.
select clientele only; completely re-
mode!ed bldg; . rms kit. and bath;
from SSS up. Just a few left.
superintendent on premises. Cali
THOS J FISHER g. Co, NC
RRealtors6 73s 18th st. NV, al
CoLoRED - APT. UNFUR.. 1900
henliWorth ave. n.e.-1 -bedrm, ant.
Giving room, dining room, Kitchen
ette, bedroom bath: utils. included.
except phone; rental. $3.50. CO.
LoElAL st y a INVESTMENT CO. s17 9th
COLORED-132I MONROE ST. NV.
Ethciency units, $3.50 and $500:
I-oedrm. units. S9950 and Sll5;
2-bedrm. units. Sl25. All utils. in.
eluded, FRANCIS A. BLUNDON
co. INC, sos H St NV. NA. o514.
$50 MT. OLIVET RD. NE.
APT. |
Colored--New corner bldg with com-
plete Kitchen. > rms, bath. raS
heat; nice closet space. Conv. 10
IVY City busline HOHENSTEIN
BROS. 652 H st. ne. FR. 1000.
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UILDING MATERIAL
BUILDING MATERIALS

Large stock OF good used lumber
hoorinE, doors windows. plumbing.
pipe. boilers and radiators al
bargain prices. HECHINGER CO.,
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Evening star., 1951-03-18
Eorthquoke in Germany

~. That recent disturbance in Europe was
not an atomic bomb explosion experimental or
otherwise. The theory that it might have been
made to order by Moscow finds little support
among scientists entitled by training and expe-
rience to entertain opinions in such matters.
After checking reports arriving in London and
in New York, they agreed that the earthquake
was just an earthquake.
There may be further developments of the
same character The entire planet is active
A volcanic outburst in New Guinea may seem
to have no relation to an avalanche in Austria,
yet the two events are very likely to be con-
nected. Our earth is mobile It always has been
30. For at least ten million years its surface
has been wrinkling. The Alps and the Rockies
are among the results of that process Both
systems of mountains are rising. The same
observation applies to the great hills of Asia.
The tremors in the triangle of India, China and
Burma few months ago conceivably were
caused by the increasing weight of the water
In the Pacific BASIN
A similar proceeding is certain to be dis
serned In Europe. The phenomena in the Rhine
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Economical School Design

Montgomery County is adopting an economi-
cal type Of school construction during the present
emergency that other counties, particularly Ar
lngton, might find worth investigating The
new pattern, while eliminating many desirable
features is said to provide all the essentials of
modern elementary school. considerable saw
ing in cost is expected to result.
First building of the new design will be the
Avenel Gardens School on New Hampshire ave-
nue. extended. 1t will provide 10 classrooms, an
all-purpose room, library, kitchen, health
room and an Office. To save Steel the school will
be reinforced concrete rather than steel beam
construction. This plan, incidentally, is in line
with the suggestion of the Virginia Bureau Of
Public Administration in its recent report on Ar
lington schools. Steel not only is expensive but
is becoming increasingly hard to get. There will
be no frills on Montgomery Countys new schools
They will be trimmed down to bare necessities
It is unfortunate, of course that conditions
today are such as to discourage the building Of
the finest type of public schools Our children
deserve fine schools. But soaring costs and
scarcity of materials require the stretching Of
school funds as far as possible Of
course, with minimum educational standards
That is what Montgomery County is trying to
do and what other communities will have to
do for the time being, whether they like 1t or
not.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
De Seversky and Eisenhower

I question the wisdom of a quotation
from the newest book by Mai. Alexander
P. de Seversky. The statement appeared
In Richard Calvert's letter of March IL.
I'VE do not have enough productive
. capacity" writes Mai. de Seversky. ito
industrialize and rearm Europe, and at
the same time create both adequate air
force for defense of our continent and
invincible. long range striking air force
tor victory"
Both Mai. de Seversky and Mr. Calvert
fail to realize that Europe has her own
great industrial capacity. Gen. Eisen-
hover has said that Europe has the
largest pool of skilled labor in the world,
and an industrial capacity second only
to the United States.
Gen. Eisenhower says: "If we take
that whole complex. with its capacity
for military exploitation. and transfer
1t from one side to another side. the
military balance of power would be-
shifted so drastically that our safety
would be gravely imperiled >"
This is convincing proof of Europe S
industrial capacity. The generals words
are a strong argument for defending
Western Europe with whatever men and
arms our military leaders deem adequate.
Certainly, Maj. de Seversky's claim
that we shall have to "industrialize"
Europe is not a valid one.
Marvin F. Brotman.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
In Proise of Mules

Intermittent, but significant, stories
in the press regarding the progress of
the Korean tug-of-war reveal that ter
rain and weather may force us to unleash
a terrible and devastating weapon. I
speak of the mule.
Battlefront reports indicate that next
to tangible rotation policy and letters
from home. our fighting forces could
best use few mules. Apparently these
longings are not based entirely on
farm boys bucolic nostalgia, but rather
on military expediency. A mule, it seems,
can get more places with less trouble
than anything in Korea.
have a faint suspicion that II Mule
Day mobilization becomes necessary,
our high brass military leaders will be
sure to face an embarrassing problem.
Years Of technical training for super
weapons such as atomic warfare, germ
genocide and guided missiles hardly
qualify one for leadership of the in
domitable eQuus cabalius Z asinus.
Imagine the terror that would strike
the heart Of, say, supply officer or an
ardent armored man. Why, mules do
not even conform to good logistical
procedures. You need no mule pool, as
supply problem is practically non exist
ent, for who has ever heard of a mule
starving to death? A forager and
scrcalnger of the first order. he thrives
on Negligence, grows sleek on non-sup-
port and fattens on menial labor.
Finance officers are never asked for
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Labor in the Emergency

The March IL letter signed by c. z.
Malone. in which he attempted to JUS
tify the recent walkout by labor union
representatives in all mobilization agen-
cies, has its good points. However. I
feel that Mr.. Malone. like the labor
union leaders. has failed to recall that
on December Is, 1885, President Truman
proclaimed a national state of emer-
gency.
Mr. Malone states that "labor's re-
fusal to serve on Government boards is
very sound gesture to get favorable
action" I would like to remind him
that labor has never gained anything in
the end by resorting to force, particularly
in time of crisis.
I suggest that Mr.. Malone review the
records of the labor union leaders who
served in top economic posts during
World War II and the recent railroad
strike. He will find that these leaders
have shown disposition to retain their
previous ties with their own unions, in
stead of relinquishing them and assum-
ing the responsibilities pursuant to their
new appointments.
Apparently, the labor union leaders
and Mr.. Malone have not discovered as
yet that this Nation, in a state of ma
tional emergency. has interests which
far transcend the narrow problems of
the union leaders.
Evening star., 1951-03-18

On March 6. 1901, The Star reported
that Andrew Carnegie, having been So
licited for a gift for an
Mr.. corneoie's organ for q church in
RefusnI financial distress, had
replied: II will not give
a cent of my money to any church that
cannot meet its business obligations.
conduct my charitable affairs in busi-
ness way. A church which obligates
itself to carry out enterprises and then
fails can get no assistance from me or
sympathy either. In fact, think such
practices in church institutions should
be publicly denounced" The house of
worship turned down by the canny Laird
of Skibo was the Eastern Presbyterian,
900 Maryland avenue NV, and it OBJ
tanned funds for an organ elsewhere
without much difficulty. Mr.. Carnegie
himself finally did help. The organ was
built and dedicated and Nellie Sacrey
played on it for many years-including
that Easter Sunday of 1918 when Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson and his family
came to service unannounced Charles
w. Guest. the famous orchestra con-
ductor. was choirmaster for three dec
ades and his sacred concerts still are re-
membered.
Another mystery is that Of Chapman
Shenandoah. He was mentioned In The
Star Of March 8, 1901,
Chapman as being ''the only Amer
Shenandoah ican Indian in the
Navy" and 1t was indi-
eated that he was serving on the cruis-
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Pen-1anaes may be used If letters carry
,Oriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to condensation.

Of the American way of life as we have
known it.
Some aspects of the future are easy
to forecast because other nations have
been over the route before. The United
States is not as unique as we have sup
posed. Americans are made of quite the
usual clay. It will be impossible to main
tain permanent army of to millions
in the style to which we have been accus-
toned. with all the equipment and politi-
cal overhead and extravaganza, although
We can be sure it will be attempted.
The economic losses completely de-
stroy supply and demand economics, and
substitute for them Government-con-
trolled economy that necessarily smacks
Of totalitarianism. If the deplorable
situation is reduced to terms of money.
as Americans love to do. it means the
issuance Of billions of dollars in Govern
nlent bonds to be absorbed by individ-
uals, banks, insurance companies, etc.,
with no prospect in sight of their being
amortized. But, as the late President
Roosevelt declared, we will owe it to
ourselves, If that is any satisfaction.
Many nations have trod the path be-
fore. They were forced to a low stand
ard of living. nominal pay for their
soldiers and government dictation over
their economy. while the military took
the major portion Of national thought
and effort. 1t appears that the United
States will be no exception.
Evening star., 1951-03-18

middle of Boston Common az MONDAY.
cannot say how, more and more, that
seems to me the glory of young mans
life. It's an awful hour when the first
necessity for hiding anything comes"
That moral giant was pleading with
those of his generation to keep honor
bright.
What standard to lift up in Govern
ment departments in sports arenas, in
market places: Never do anything you
would not do under the scrutiny of a
crowd.
All. honor bright, how glorious thing
1t is wherever we see it! If what we
think Of as our way Of life is to survive,
somehow there must be brought back
great moral imperatives, belief in ulti-
mate values which cannot be bartered
for the allurements of temporary ex-
pediency.
But what has all this to do with Palm
Sunday? Everything! Behold the Man
Gods Man-riding into Jerusalem's
streets with honor bright Palm Sun
day Is the eternal refutation that every
man has his price. Cynical and crafty
Romans could not understand Him.
Shrewd. bribe-taking ecclesiastics, to
whom religion was a racket, could not
abide Him. His friends, who in the test
ing hour forsook Him and fed. could not
Evening star., 1951-03-18

land may have originated in the Arctic or in
Africa. 1t also may have been reaction to seis-
mic incidents in Tibet or Turkey The af-
fected area stands on the edge of an earthquake
belt which circles the globe. Incredible as it
may seem to lay readers geologists know that
Southwest Germany is included in a chain which
runs to Alaska at one extreme and New Zealand
at the other. A much stronger disturbance oc-
Cured in the Eifel area in May 1948
The coincidence of windstorms and torrential
rains In Britain, France and elsewhere was
nothing more than coincidence Even Wash
ington got taste of the same bad weather.
To see In any such business the Red hand of
the Kremlin is to credit the Russians with a
power they do not have.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Too Much Experience
H. b. Green.

Maybe I didn't hear correctly-I
understood there is critical shortage Of
typistS in Washington.
have passed tipping and clerical tests
for several Government agencies, but
the minute they see my Form 81 they
are reluctant to hire me. It isn't case
OF lacking experience - unfortunately,
it's just the opposite. Since I am re-
quired by law to tell the whole truth, I
had to admit that have several years
Of university training, fluency in two
foreign languages, experience as an in
telligence research analyst, that I have
been chief clerk in an Army Office and
have done a considerable amount of
work on large newspapers. The universal
answer get at Government agencies
when I apply for typing job is I'VE
don't think you'd be happy in a monot-
onous typing job after all the experience
you've had" The implication invariably
is that there would be no point in hiring
me because I wouldn't stick with the
job.
Did you say, try private industry?
The story there is just little different
There am asked with suspicion, why
do you want to work for us when you
could get so many nice jobs in the Gov
ernment with your qualifications"
feel like a puppy chasing its tail.
Maybe should never have admitted I
have more than an 8th-grade educa-
ton.
Evening star., 1951-03-18

er Atlanta on the date referred to. He
previously had been on board the San
Francisco and the New York during the
War with Spain. A member of the
Oneida tribe, he was widely known as q
mechanical genius. It was affirmed that
he built a steam engine out of scraps of
metal after having seen such contrap-
ton only once. Illiterate at 18, he had
attended Hampton Institute and later
been an assistant in the machine shop
there. The New York Tribune consid-
cred him "a fine, stalwart fellow"
There was reason to believe that he was
born in 1872. If anybody can give
further information about him, the Navy
History Division would be happy to
have It.
Under date Of March 8, 1901, The Star
announced that Count Leo Tolstoi. ia
nous Russian nov
Tolstoi elist. had been ex-
Excommunicoted m mum / c ed
from the Orthodox
Church. 1t printed cable from st.
Petersburg quoting the Holy Synod as
having condemned his "anti- Christian
and anti-ecclesiastical teachings" Spe-
cifically, Antonius, Metropolitan Of the
Russian imperial capital, and four of his
colleagues declared that the celebrated
writer and reformer "has. by speech and
writing. increasingly striven to separate
himself from all communion with the
Orthodox Church." and they further set
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Keep Digging, Gentlemen

1t is rather ridiculous for any one to suggest
that Senator Fulbright's desire to conclude his
investigation of the RFC is inspired by a desire
to whitewash anything. The Arkansas Senator
and his subcommittee have unearthed too many
shady deals, most of them embarrassing to his
own political party, to be fairly accused of that
If the results of the investigation at this
stage refute the charge of whitewash, however
they also clearly establish that this probe should
be continued-if not by Senator Fulbright's COM
mittee then by some other agent Of the Senate
And if support for this contention is needed, it
can be found in abundance in Thursdays debate
on the Senate floor.
The debate was mostly wrangle between
Democrats and Republican members of the Full
bright group. Here are some OF the excerpts:
Senator Douglas: The chairman fSenator
Fulbright has leaned ouer backwards to protect
members OF the opposition party ,pho might haze
been accused, justly or unjusty, OF trying to get
tauoritism In RFC loans. But If any members
of the opposition party might have been Justly
accused on this score, why should Senator Full
bright have leaned in any direction to protect
them?
Majority Leader MacFarland: UiH fight to
the last ditch any attempt to Investigate the
ethics or morals OF members OF the Senate. Why,
Senator? The ethics and morals of other men
have been investigated. Why this special i'm
munity for members of the Senate?
Senator Douglas: large portion of this loan
Termass) Uas used to bail out three groups, the
John Hancock Life Insurance Company of Bos-
ton, the Massachusetts Mutual Company, and "a
group of Boston inUestors organized in a peculiar
kind OF Investment organization, 1ohose names
read like a list of the blue-bloods of Boston"
Again, if this is true why shield the parties?
There is much more to the story than this.
But this is enough to show that the Senate, far
from dropping this investigation, should dig, and
dig and dig. There can be no excuse for doing
otherwise, regardless Of who may be hurt.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
The Book of KeIIs

One of the most beautiful things In the
world made by human hands is the ancient
Book of Kells. Created by the brothers of an
Irish monastery about the eighth century after
Christ, 1t now is the principal treasure Of Trinity
College in Dublin. Thousands of pilgrims have
gone there to gaze upon its delicately Illuminated
pages. The text is the four Gospels of the
Vulgate. 1t was lettered and decorated with
a precision unexcelled in any similar work at
any place or any time The geometrical SYM
metry of the entire volume has been compared
to single breath of celestial song. Examining
its loveliness, one takes pride In sharing the
devoted humanity of the unrecorded artists.
Their names are lost, but they were men to
make all men glad to be men.
Kells was called Ceanannus thousand
years ago. The retreat where the book was put
together was pledged to Saint Columbia 1t was
founded In $50, and 1t drew scholars like the
proverbial magnet through thirty generations.
How great was the wisdom of the friars Is proved
by the variety of their subject material Their
learning embraced everything-all classes and
conditions of people, vast menagerie of animals
and birds, flowers, inanmate forms Of reality
and much that simply was imagined with rare
poetic artistry. The 678 pages the monks COM
piled are an encyclopaedia of the universe. Their
faith was an ardent force, reaching from the
dust to the stars, conceding no barrier to the
power of their love for the Master Artist.
The brothers were deliberately all-inclusive
Their work shuts nothing out. Within 1t all
forms are inter-laced. The book assembled at
Kells is as closely knit as good tapestry or
good carpet Some hint of distant Byzantium
may be discovered in the designs yet they are
as Irish as Ireland. Their coors are as brilliant
as the rainbow even now after whole millen-
mum. Perhaps 1t was because of the challenge
OF this circumstance that all early attempts to
copy the volume fell short. The version produced
by the Urs Graf-Verlag in Berne, Switzerland,
in recent months represents the best skill avail
able in Europe in our day. An example of this
edition is the gift of the government of Fire
to the Library of Congress Sean MacBride,
Irish Minister of External Affairs, made the
presentation. DR.. Luther H. Evans, Librarian
received the precious offering and expressed the
gratitude of the American community for 1t.
The book is tie Of sort between three as yet
free nations-1reland, Switzerland and the
United States
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Letters to The Star

partial payments, the quartermaster is
never irked by clothing requests, and the
first sergeant is seldom harassed for
three-day pass. Genetically speaking,
the non-existent love life of our four
footed ally should please the provost
marshal, man often perturbed by the
romantic entanglements OF two-footed
warriors.
All in all. am looking forward to the
activities of our rediscovered ally. Ger
tainly he is ideologically equipped for the
penetration Of Red-infested areas. His
dissonant bray can offer morale e-shatter-
ing resistance to the tiddling toot of an
enemy bugle.
One slight warning, though. Let the
high command make mandatory the
punishment by court-martial of any
muleteer who speeds his steed into
battle with the now quiescent, but not
lamented, strains of that once popular
bit of Americana, Mule Train"
Even democratic mule can stand Just
so much, and the Yalu River is not an
insurmountable barrier to determined
deserter.
H. b. Green.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

forth that: "All attempts to dissuade
him from this conduct have proved
without avail" Until he should repent.
the church. they told the world. mo
longer considers him to be one Of It's
members"
Quoting the Atlantic Constitution The
Star, for March Z. 1901, said: Some
days ago para
Boron's Interest graph appeared in
in Mosby's Men the newspapers to
the effect that Bar
on Massow of Germany had asked for a
list of the survivors of Mosby's famous
command and that it was his purpose to
leave something like 50 million for dis
tribution among these men. 1t was ex-
planned that Baron Massow was one of
Mosbys men and that his heart was as
warm toward his fellows in these days
OF his great prosperity as their hearts
had been toward the young German SOL
dier who shared their trials and hard
ships in the days Of civil strife. When
this report reached the ears Of Col. Mos
by that gallant old warrior sententiously
remarked that If there were anything
like 81 million In sight, the number Of
survivors Of his command would be sure
to grow to the proportions Of an army"
Baron Massow then was zone of the
highest comanding generals Of the Ger
man Army" He had served as court
chamberlain to the King of Prussia. Does
any reader know If his good intentions in
regard to Mosby's men materialized2