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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05

1uC ICpOIIS, dppdIcuL1y OlIlCldlly ulSplIcu,
that General Eisenhower has come home to
plead for a change of emphasis in the West
European rearmament program add up to the
disturbing suggestion that the NATo project
has been failure.
This so-called change of emphasis, accord
ing to the reports, looks toward the creation by
next summer of a small but battle worthy force
of perhaps 20 divisions Once this has been
done, it is said, the work of building the pro-
jected larger force Of possibly 60 divisions can
be resumed
There is nothing reassuring in this. 1t is
true that progress in arms deliveries from the
United States has been disappointing 1t is
also true, although it certainly comes as no
surprise that the Western European countries,
suffering from initiation and political instability
are finding it difficult to meet their NATO
commitments. But there is little prospect that
the inflatonary problems of these countries
will have been eased by next summer, and still
less prospect that the political situation will
have improved. If they cannot, or will not
meet their commitments now, there is little
reason to suppose that they will be better able
or more willing to meet them six or eight months
from now.
force of 20 battle-worthy divisions, while
it would be useful, would not be adequate for
the defenSe OF western europe against Russian
attack. It could fight delaying action, but,
barring some miracle Of new weapons, it could
not stop an aggressor. And unless an aggressor
could be stopped, not merely delayed 20
division force would be little better than no
force.
Certainly General Eisenhower has not ia
vored and in all probability does not now favor,
any compromise Of the NATO plan which would
undermine the effective defense of Europe. 1t
Is possible, however that circumstances beyond
his control such as the failure of some OF our
NATO partners to meet their commitments, has
forced an abandonment or a modification of
the original plan
If that is the case, the cards should be put
on the table. 1t has been understood from
the beginning, of course that the NATO under
taking was gamble, and that 1t might not pay
off despite the best efforts Of all concerned.
But the American investment in Western
Europe was made in the belief that there was
a reasonable prospect Of success If that is not
now the case, If political, economic or other
factors, make it unlikely that the goal of
defensible Europe can be attained by 1854, the
American people should be told the facts. They
should not be asked to continue to pour Amer
lean resources into Europe If, in General Eisen-
hower's judgment, the outlook now is for failure
rather than success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
All Voters Should Be Interested

1t would be unfortunate if the apparent lack
OF general interest in Montgomery Countys ref
erendum on the question of eecting the school
board were to be reflected at the polls tomorrow
The question is of sufficient Importance to war
rant careful study of the citizens for the decision
made tomorrow, whatever it may be, could have
lasting effects on Montgomery schools-for good
or bad.
Failure of many citizens to attend scheduled
discussions of the issue may not be evidence of
disinterest, of course. Most of the countys civic
organizations have Endorsed the elective school
board idea. There has been no organized oppo-
sltlon to the plan, although there have been
number OF outSpoken critics. 1t may be that
majority of voters made up their minds on the
pros and cons of the proposal long ago and are
merely awaiting chance to express their views
at the voting machines.
The Montgomery school board, like all others
In Maryland is appointed by the Governor. De-
spite this political aspect, the county board is
of bipartisan membership 1t Is not on trial in
the campaign for board eections-only the sys-
TEN which created it. Advocates of an elected
board claim that the traditional appointive sys-
tenn opens the way for possible political parti-
sanShip and hence is bascally risky. Critics of
the proposal fear that elections, themselves will
tend to put the school system into politics, with
good citizens being reluctant to campaign for
board posts. Neither political party has taken a
stand on the election plan. But the citizens of
Montgomery County are required by law to take
a stand on the question-and since it affects the
future control of their school system the decision
should be made by more than the handful of
citizens who have turned out for recent mass
meetings on the subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
By Howard [. Dutkin

HE consumer, who today sees the
l. spectre OF imitation in $1-a-dozen
eggs or SIPS haircuts should have
been In Berlin in the summer of 1928
There he could have observed real in
fiation-a huge bubble. pulled up. some
say. purposely by German financiers and
government officials to avoid paying
reparations to the Allies following the
Central Powers defeat in the First
World War.
In the summer Of 1928 New York
businessman ordered beefsteak in the
Adlon Hotel. Berlin, at the quoted price
of l million marks.
BY the time it was served it was
worth IL million marks and half hour
later when the check was presented the
price was up to IL million marks.
So rapid was the depreciation Of the
currency that wage scales were readjust-
ed every three days. The government
printing presses and so private printing
concerns operated ID hours a day turn
ing out paper money that had lost much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Slogan for Taft Compoien

notice as I go about town every
day. you never see anybody laugh or
smile any more; everybody seems
worried and no wonder-what with in
f1ation, high taxes, scarcities, scandals
and corruption in high places, etc.
So, in order to eliminate this present
low morale of the people. so that they
may laugh and smile again, would
suggest this campaign slogan: Feeling
blue? Laugh with Taft-in So"
r. B. Murphy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05

wake of the general breakdown of moral
fiber, and the Literary Digest of that day
reported hanging in the Cologne Ca
thedral a sign Beware of pickpockets"
Charges were made that influential
personages made vast fortunes for them
selves in real property by promoting the
infiationary spiral. 1t was said they OBJ
tanned options on plants and equipment
at certain figure and then, by further
depreciating the currency, would, when
it came time to honor the option pay for
an entire plant with a sum that was
then equal only to weeks pay for
Workingman.
1t was charged that the workers had
to submit to income tax deductions be-
fore they got their wages but that the
industrialist could sell millions of dollars
worth of goods abroad and keep his
money in a foreign bank where it appre-
ciated in principal but did not work for
the German people.
Those charges may or may not have
been true. but undeniably they led to
the formation of the Nazi Party, which
then was beginning its hobnailed tread
into the vitals of German culture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Epitoph

/ carved a name upon a tree
Seventy years ago, wlaen / Was ten:
Today that name tDas carved on stone 4.
And / loue you noaD as y did then.
Vireinia Evans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05

of its already negligible value by the
time the ink was dry.
What a headache our Public Utilities
Commission would have had operating
under conditions described by an Amer
lean traveller in letter to the New
York Evening Mail during that period.
In one week, he said. gas and electric
rates jumped thousandfold.
Last month";" he wrote, bills for my
Berlin apartment were less than 10000
marks a month. This month ] paid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05

tors as being better dressed, better
housed and possessing more personal
property than ever before.
The answer to this was simple. Seeing
the continued devaluation of the cur
rency. the nation went on a gigantic
buying spree and amassed possessions
while scorning savings accounts.
This dumping of the time honored
ideal of thrift was one of the most
vicious. from moral standpoint. of the
by-products of that great debacle.
Crime, of course, followed along in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05

The voters OF Arlington County VINO
60 to the polls tomorrow will find five
proposals to bond the county in the
amount Of $4,827 900 submitted for their
approval or rejection. They are:
/. For construction of mini
mum of SIS important
storm sewers 81, 1892 900
2. For building vital connect
ing sections OF major
county thoroughfares.
widening streets in the
vicinity of new shopping
centers. and providing con-
tinuous sidewalks along
major thoroughfares, par
ticularly along major
streets and approaches to
schools and recreational
areas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $4,000
3. For the acquisition Of 210
acres of land for parks and
Fairgrounds ------------- $4,000
4. For new administrative
buildings and a new Courts
Building. etc. ------ sos 900
S. For parking lots in the
Clarendon business area 100000
Total of all five
propositions ----- $4.827 900
The proposition to issue the bonds of
Arlington Sanitary District to provide
motor vehicle parking lot systems in the
Clarendon business area Of the county.
to say the least. seems stretching the
laws Of Virginia to the breaking point.
Voters who approve this project may
be voting for a lawsuit.
The $685.. 900 for storm sewers may
be needed very badly. However. during
the past 10 years. real estate developers
and builders have been allowed to
change the face of Arlington County.
by shifting millions of tons Of dirt and
changing the contour of the land SO
that storm waters no longer seek their
natural drainage beds. but rush down
to smsu and improperly constructed
sewers, frequently causing flood condi-
tions in areas far from the original
sources of the rainfall
The 1882 900 for the acquisition of
land for parks and Fairgrounds is the
best proposition of all. Arlington County
land is getting scarcer and higher priced
each year, and delay in acquiring sites
would result in eventual higher cost.
The new proposals, if approved. will
shoot the bonded indebtedness of Airing
ton County to 21.71S,072 This amounts
to approximately a bonded debt OF
$14470 per capita.
Considering that the bonded debt of
the 48 States of the Union in 1850
amounted to but $31 33 per capita and
the small State of Delaware with the
highest per capita debt had been bonded
for only $36 1898 900 or $122.79 per capita.
the people of Arlington County ought
to inquire as to how and when our
bonded debt will be retired
Paul o. Peters.
X
Tomorrow the people of Arlington
will go to the polls to vote for county
and State officers. There are three fac
tions-Republicans Democrats and indie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Questions and Answers

The stars readers &c. the answer to
any question OF fact by either writing The
Evening, Star Information Bureau. 1900 street
NV, Washington 5, D. c., and inclosing cents
return postage or by telephonng ST. 1863.
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How did folio acid get its name?
R. N.
A. This B vitanin was so named
because of its high concentration in
green leaves. The word comes from
the Latin "folium" which means "a
leaf"
@. How many world records did
Paavo Nurmi. the long distance rum
ner. break during his Olympic career7
H. j. S.
A. Between 1921 and 1925 he broke
eight world records. Nurmi developed
his particular rolling gait by running
behind streetcars in his native Finland.
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Pen-nan,es may be used If letters carry
10riters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
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Arlington Politics

The voters of Arlington County who
60 to the polls tomorrow will find five
proposals to bond the county in the
amount Of $4,827 900 submitted for their
approval or rejection. They are:
I For construction of q mini
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-11-05
Hint of Failure in Europe

The reports, apparently officially inspired,
that General Eisenhower has come home to
plead for change of emphasis in the West
European rearmament program add up to the
disturbing suggestion that the NATO project
has been a failure
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Red Cross Drive Captains
Named in Prince Georges

The following persons have been
named captains for various dis
tricts in the 1851 Red Cross Fund
campaign for Prince Georges
County:
Mrs. Milford H. Davis, Vans
vile; Mrs. David Fisher, Laurel;
Snyder-Farmer-Butler American
Legion Post, Ira Wheatley and
Col. H. T. McClay, Hyattsville:
the Rev. Charles Wallace, Chill
lum; Mrs. Albert I. Pioso, River
dale; Louis Kutsch, Lanham; Mrs.
Clarence Pearce, University Park;
R. A. Donley, Bladensburg; Mrs.
Guy Bell, Bowie; Edward F. Rob-
erson, Seat Pleasant; Mrs. Geary
Eppley, Berwyn.
Also, Elmer G. Pyles, Brandy
wine. Aquasco and Nottingham;
the Rev. Preston Peach, Queen
Anne; Richard Zantzinger, Mel
wood and Marlboro; Mrs. Rich
ard Kenah and Mrs. c. j. Shafer,
Piscataway; Mrs. Victor Skinner
Oxon; Mrs. Luther Winstead
Surratts, and Dewey Freeman,
Spaldings.
The fund campaign opens
March /. Quota for the Prince
Georges County Chapter is $27.-
620. The money will be used tc
finance chapter activities for the
coming year.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Show Tonight 10 Benefit
|0xon Hill Church Project

A group of Washington area
entertainers will present a two
hour show at 7::30 o'clock tonight
to help raise funds to rebuild the
Oxon Hill (Md.) Methodist
Church, destroyed by fire last
month.
The show, to be held in the
parish hall of Anacostia Methodist
Church. Fourteenth and U streets
Sc, will feature a number of
acts. including a ventriloquist, a
pantomimist, an accordian duet
and hill-billy band. Lennie
Blush is to be master of cere-
monies.
The Rev. William C. Harpold.
pastor of the Oxon Hill Church,
announced a building committee
has been named, and contribu-
tions for that purpose will be ac-
cepted at the door.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Fairfax Man Arrested
On Gambling Charges

A Fairfax (Va) man was to be
given a hearing in Upper Marl-
boro Police Court today on gam
bling charges preferred after his
arrest yesterday in Mount Rain
ier (Md) garage.
He is Kenneth H. billiard, SO,
who was held in the Prince
Georges County jail in lieu of
$1,000 bond. billiard, listed by
police as bricklayer, was arrest
ed by County Detective Charles
L. Perrygo after Clarence Vincent,
a desk clerk at the Hyattsville
sub-station. allegedly placed a
numbers bet with him. The arrest
scene is in the 1900 block of Rhode
Island avenue.
billiard was charged with oper-
ating a lottery and possession of
numbers slips.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
McKeIdin Announces
He Favors Expansion
OF Morgan College
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 2.-Religious
and racial questions involving the
University of Maryland have
brought forth two policy state
ments by Gov. McKeldin.
/. He said he is in favor of build
ing up Morgan State College be-
cause he feels Negroes would
rather go there than to the Uni
versity of Maryland.
+ 2. He denounced the university
school of medicine for declining to
admit two Seventh Day Advent
lists because they would refuse to
attend classes on Saturday, the
Sabbath Of that faith.
Protest Made by Hyde.
Gov. McKeldin suggested in a
letter to Dean H. Boyd Wylie of
the medical school that the uni
versity reconsider the two appli-
cantS and work out plan under
which these young men will not be
barred because of the practice of
their religion
The Governors letter followed
protest by State Senator Hyde of
Montgomery County over the
schools rejection of Kenneth
Cruze, %, and Ralph E. Snider,
%, of Takoma Park.
The schools action "smacks of
religious discrimination, and such
discrimination has no place in the
United States - particularly in
Maryland with its long tradition
of religious toleration," Gov. Nc
Keldin declared.
Admitted at College Park.
In the other matter, he told
newsmen that he is in favor of
building up Morgan State Col
lege in Baltimore because Il be-
lieve Negroes would prefer Morgan
to College Park"
The Governors expansion plans
for Morgan were disclosed a day
after the University of Mary
lands Board of Regents an
nounced the university would
admit it's first Negro undergradu-
ate at its College Park branch
Immediately"
The board said that it can do
nothingNelse. as the State is not
supplying equal facilities for
Negroes as required by the Con-
stitution if segregation is to be
practiced.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Dates Set for Virginia
Poultry Meetings

BLACKSBURG. VA, Feb. g.
R-A series of poultry meetings
will be held in Virginia this month
to discuss feeding and manage
ment.
The dates are: February S,
Leesburg; 6, Centreville; 7, Berry
vile and Harrisburg; 8, Fincas-
tie; Is, Suffolk; Is, Kenbridge and
Charlotte Court House: 81, Rocky
Mount; %, Richmond.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Man Trying 10 Warn
Neighbor Is Killed
by Dynamite Blast

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Feb
"A Halltown (W. Va.) man LOST
his life yesterday while trying to
warn his neighbor that a truck
loaded with Is tons of dynamite
was about to explode.
State police said the man, Billy
Bates. was standing in the door
way of his neighbor's home
when the flaming tractor-t trailer
on the highway exploded. Mr..
Bates was blown through the door
way and fatally injured.
The truck loaded-with dynamite
caught fire just before dawn on
United States Route $40 about
four miles east of here when
sparks from a broken tire chain ig-
nlted the gas tank, police were
told by the truck driver, Edward
Schade, 33. of Gloucester, N. j.
Mr.. Schade told police the fire
broke out just after he stopped
the truck to investigate the sparks.
He said he quickly awakened his
companion, Fred Schappert of
Paulsboro, N. j., who was sleeping
partially clad in the cab of the
truck. Mr.. Schappert, in his bare
feet, and Mr.. Schade then began
banging on doors of nearby houses
to warn residents.
One of the residents they
aroused was Mr.. Bates. After wax
ing his wife and 3-year-old son,
Mr.. Bates ran next door to the
home of Mrs. Estella Cobb lust
as the flames reached the explo-
sives.
The blast, which was felt in
Sharpsburg. Md, Is miles away,
injured at least nine persons and
damaged several homes in the
Hallstown area. Mr.. Schappert
was treated for slight frostbite of
the feet.
A preliminary inspection show
ed about 10 homes, some brick
and some of frame construction.
were damaged, according to
Corpl. C. A. Hehle of the State
police.
Virtually all windows facing the
road were shattered, doors blown
from their hinges, furniture up
set and plaster torn from walls
and ceilings.
At Charles Town General Hos
pital, Mrs. Cobb and Mrs. Bates,
both q, were said to be in seri-
GUS condition. The Bates son.
Jimmy, was treated for minor in
juries and released, as were four
members of the Ernest Lewis
family.
Mr.. Lewis, 40, suffered chest
injuries and the hospital said he
might remain for treatment.
Also treated and released was
Mrs. Pauline Hinkle.
State police said traffic was be-
ing rerouted over Route 9 to
Martinsburg then over Route 257
to $40 at Potomac Wayside Park
in Maryland.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Gardiner Renamed Head
Of Fuirfux Child Clinic

Arthur z. Gardiner, a special
assistant in the State Department,
has been reelected president of
the Fairfax County Child Guild
ance Clinic of Falls Church.
Other officers reelected are F..
Shield McCandlish, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. James S. Lay, secre-
tary, and Mrs. Owen E. Williams,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Civic Federation Asks
Early Prince Georges
Survey Of Government

The Prince Georges County
Civic Federation today was on
record as favoring immediate
steps by the county commissioners
to initiate a professional survey
OF the local government.
The federation also has called
for immediate establishment" by
the county commissioners and the
Prince Georges legislative dele
cation of a special committee to
initiate and guide" the survey.
Both actions were taken last
night by the federation at it's
regular monthly meeting in the
County Service Building, Hyatts-
vile. They were proposed in a
resolution offered by William R.
Turner. executive secretary of
the Citizens Committee for Good
Government.
Three Member Group.
Under the resolution. the spe-
cial committee would be made up
of county commissioner, a
member of the legislative delega-
ton and person with a profess
sional background in the field Of
local government. The latter
would be picked by the Executive
Board of the good government
group.
The all-Republican Board of
County Commissioners promised
the survey as part of the election
campaign which eliminated with
the G. o. P. candidates taking
control of the traditionally Demo-
cratic Maryland county.
Another resolution directed at
the county, commissioners was
adopted last night on motion of
Mrs. frr11a r. BogdanoH, chair
man Of the local government COM
The measure calls for the
commissioners to:
Set a definite date for a public
hearing on the proposed county
budget for the coming fiscal year;
publish the proposed budget in at
least two county papers at least
two weeks prior to the hearing;
arrange the proposal by "func-
tional headings" so that it may
be more easily understood, and
have spokesmen for each county
department explain their budget
requests before citizens present
their views.
School ALLEGATIONS Asked.
The Defense Production Admin
istration and the National Pro-
duction Administration were
called on in another motion by
Mrs. Bogandof to set aside a def
mite percentage of building mate
rails solely for school construc-
ton throughout the United States
to adequately meet the school
construction program. The reso-
luton, which was adopted by the
federation, declared the ALLEGATION
of such material is critically
needed.
Temple R. FARRELL, director of
the county recreation department,
explained the departments opera
ton and plans to the federation.
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Virginia Chamber Told
Budget Could Be Cut
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 2-.The
research director of the Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce says
President Truman's $71.6 billion
budget contains between and 10
billion dollars in non-military ex-
penditures that could be routed
out"
DR.. William T. Stauffer told
Chamber directors here yesterday
that the Presidents budget was
unprecedented" in that it in
cluded $41.2 billion for military
purposes with mo supporting JUS
tification."