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John R. Van Fossen,
Retired EmpIoye Of
Federal Reserve, Die,

John Raymond Van Fossen, CT
retired Federal Reserve Boarc
employee, died Friday at his home
1904 Butterworth place NV.
after a long illness.
Mr.. Van Fossen had been with
the Federal Reserve Board since
1917 and at the time Of his retire
ment in 1913 he was assistant
director of the Division Of Bank
Operations.
A native of Lisbon, Iowa, he was
la graduate of Cornell College, Mt
Vernon, Iowa. He later studied
at Iowa State College and George
Washington University here.
From 1906 to 1908. he was en-
ployed as a civilian bookkeepel
with the Navy in Guam.
He came to the District IS years
ago and for the next year worked
as an examiner in higher mathe-
mates with the Civil Service
Commission.
Mr.. Van FoSsen was a member
of the National Presbyterian
Church and was active in the
merger of that church with
the First Covenant Presbyterian
Church in 1881.
He served IS an elder in both
churches for many years.
Mr.. Van Fossen is survived BY
his widow, Mrs. Josephine Waight
Van Fossen of the Butterwortf
place address; a daughter, Miss
Mary c. Van Fossen. student
at Maryville College. Tenn; two
sons, Richard w. Van Fossen, ar
English instructor at Clemson
College, S. c.. and David r. Van
Fossen of the Butterworth place
address: three sisters, Mrs. Matte
L. Piper and Mrs. Flo Argotsin-
ger. both of Lisbon, Iowa, ano
Mrs. Ella G. Achenbach of New
Brunswick, N. j., and two broth.
ers, A. L. Van Fossen of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and H. E. Var
Fossen of Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be held at
q pm. tomorrow at the National
Presbyterian Church, 1894 N
street NV. Burial will be in Nat
ional Memorial Park Cemetery
Falls Church, Va.
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d. {. Student 7 MiIIionth
In Armed Forces Institute
BY the Associated Press

MADISON, Wis, May 26.-The
United States Armed Forces Insti-
tute reported today it had en-
rolled it's two millionth student
this week.
The institute began operations
here April l, 1912, as a correspond
Ience school for military personnel.
Initial offerings included those on
second and junior college levels.
Today it offers 800 courses, be-
ginning with basis education and
Extending through junior college
work.
Enrollee 2 million was Elec-
tronics Technician Chief Gail E.
Wilkes of submarine service, Po-
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tomac River Naval Command. Mr..
Wilkes, SO, whose home is in
Washington, enrolled in English
composition.
The institute also offers 5000
courses through IS colleges, in
GLIDING Wisconsin. The institute
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Lions Elect {. v. Cooke

Edward v. Cooke, a member OF
the Arlington Host Lions Club
was elected district governor OF
the Virginia Association of Lions
Clubs in the State convention in
Richmond yesterday.
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Att,frtlittu

BARON, HILDA. The unwilling Of q mon.
ument to my beloved wife ana our dearest
mother, HILDA BARON, will be held SUM-
day. May 81, 1851, at 2 pm. at George
Washington Cemetery, at the Friendship
Lodge. 81
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lis a field activity of the Armed
Forces Information and Education
Division. offices of the Secretary
Iof Defense.
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In mrntnrtaiit

ANDERSON. T/sERGT. THOMPSON L.
- 5FotasE r ! sssssFoT T. THoSfP "a i
@ l. ANDERSON AMP who wi. was lille eilied
WIZ May ~. 1945.
Six years have passed away,
Another sun has set
And still love and long for you.
,oJ HST can sTsT I ever M toTset a.sxrNs
ANDERSON, T7sERGT. THOMPSON LEVI.
Ha T r re T 14xe; ax 0ro Levi
LIS ANDERSON, who gave his life
S six years ago today, May 81,
There is Joy in my heart for knowing you,
Gladness that we are SO near:
SISTER H Ro' JANET zSSEt ANDERSON SOa + FFLETcHER
CARRINGToN, sALLIE ANN. In sacred
mesheF sA1 LIZ p ANN cAR Rs sssa
who fell asleep seven years ago today.
The love you gave us for many years
Shall never from US depart.
Though YOU have gone beyond our reach
You are always in our hearts.
DE AWF1I AMI RAq q1TTY ch LINE B.
CoNTEE. THE REV. GRANT r. tribute
our loved one, THE REV. GRANT r.
CONTEE, whose earthly career was ended
ten years ago today. May 81, 194l.
Your life OF service is ended,
Your heavenly crown has been won,
We shall meet you again IN heaven,
When, When our work here below is done.
HILL. SARAH E. tribute Of love and
mother, SARAH E. HILL, who departed
this life seven years ago today. May 81,
1914.
Remembrance is the rose that blooms
Eternally year by year;
Sweet memories clinging to our hearts
Keep mother always near.
And tender thoughts that linger on
our loving mother with those she left
BEaTRieE y H, HAYDEN GE yE ,2lav BAILEY
HILTON. EVA, ARNOLD. In loving mem,
ago today; May Il; 1881. sr,,,rs
JOHNSON. T Ella "a mn In GS memory OF
| our dear wife and mother, ELLA JOHN
SON. who departed this. life fifteen
| years ago today, May ~ 1886.
Our love and remembrance for you
pEv T5!r sHs' HUSBAND. FRENCH. AND
CHILDREN, ALPHoNso AND OLIVIA.
| our dear brother. AUGUSTUS R. MAS
| SINO, who passed away nine years ago
| today. May ~, 1912.
/ We are sad with our memory,
| Lonely are our hearts today,
For the one we loved SO dearly
Has fG ggTt been s ssIlsd sasTERs
MCCLELLAN. VICTORIA. In loving mem
DRY Of our. beloved mother, VICTORIA
MCCLELLAN. who passed away six years
ago.
They say time heals all sorrow
And helps us to forget.
/ But time so far has only proved
/ How much we miss her yet.
DEVOTED FAMILY.
} RANDOLPH. MARY A. X. In loving
memory of my dear mother, MARY A. Z.
RANDOLPH, who departed this life nine
teen years ago today, May ~, 1882.
No fortune or fame can ever compare
TO mothers love or a mothers prayer
And of all Gods gifts, there isn't another
So precious and wonderful as you
HER LOVING DAUGHTER, BLANcH
|, TIBBS BUSCH.
i lSNOWDEN, GEORGE r. In loving mem
! ory Of our father, GEORGE r. SNOW
! DEN. who passed away three years age
today. May 81, 1913.
, Death shall never end our love
AS long as life and memory lasts.
We will always think of you,
All the long years. through,
HIS CHILDREN GRACE, ALICE ANL
!; my father. CHARLES S. PIPER. who lief
me 10 years ago today. May III. 1941
We part to meet again:
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Corn suffers from liz different
diseases.
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Draths

BENJAMIN r. All oficers
and members of Washington
Post 2194. v. F. W.. are
requested to attend funeral
services for our departed
comrade.< BENJAMIN +.
LAMBERT. at the s. H.
Hines Co. Funeral Home,
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PIPER. CHARLES s. In loving memory OF
my father, CHARLES S. PIPER. who left
me 10 years ago today. May ~. 1941.
We part to meet again.
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BKUWN, UEACUN UEURUE. Oh IhuTS-
day. May "A. 1851 at Gallinger Hospital,
Deacon GEORGE BROWN CT 1913 4Sth
st. ne. beloved husband Of Alice Brown,
father OF George. jr; Henry and Cnaries
grandchildren, two brothers-in law, one
sister -in-law and other relatives and
pntI From Mo n99R s Ma9 y MAY friends
may call at his late residence; thereafter
body will lie in state at the First Bap:
list. Church, Deanwood, Sheriff I'd. and
WhfttinRham pl. ne, until time Of 'sery-
ices at 80 pm. Rev. A. j. Allen Of
hciating, Relatives and friends invited
1nterment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Arrangements by Henry s. Washington d.
Sons. 81
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- ton Of Social Lodge. No. /.
N F. A. A. NJ, will be held on
IN Monday. May 90, 1851. at
>NN 11:30 am. at the temple.
xxx 1000 You st. NV. 20 arrange
NY for. and attend at. the fu-
W neral of our late brother.
ENpnE ppOUN Funeral Monday
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BY Charles E. TroceweU
It Is not too difficult.

It Is not too difficult.
One simply refuses to give UP what
one knows.
It is the same in the garden as in the
political field.
We do not give up the dooryard. if we
like dooryard, even if the trend is for
eyergreens and shrubs at the front of
modern house
Foundation planting may give way to
flowers, even ANIMALS, if the individual
home owner sees it that way.
In politics we recall that one famous
American once declared that the United
States could not possibly win against
Germany. But we did. Today we refuse
to bow low just because some one pops
up to say that we still are "soft" and
cannot possibly win against the Russians.
Let shrinking of the heart give way
to our good American habit of Dragging.
What we need. at this hour. is more
boastfulness. Be Of strong heart and
loud mouth.
April in Americas month. Then blue
jays squawk loudly to the heavens, and
the lilacs come into flower, and memories
Of President Lincoln blend with those
of President Washington to keep our
pride up, our hearts warm and our de-
termination strong.
We need not suffer from low moaning,
il we keep in mind such famous men,
and determine to do our best to live up
to the heritage they left us.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Necessity, and Mr.. Dawson

The President seems to feel that If there
were any necessity for Donald Dawson, his White
House aide, to appear before the Fulbright Com
mittee, he would appear.
1t is not necessary for Mr.. Dawson to appear.
He is not violating any law by not appearing.
The committee does not need his testimony.
The public does not need it, They know what
has been said about Mr.. Dawson.
The only people who need that testimony
are the President and Mr.. Dawson If they feel
that they can get along without it. or get away
without having to give it, that is their business.
The dismal part of this matter involving
Mr.. Dawsons failure to testify, to demand with
righteous indignation that he have an opportu-
nifty to testify is that neither he nor the Presi-
dent seems to feel that there is any obligation
on their part to see that such testimony is given.
If they do not fee that obligation instinc-
lively, there is little that anybody can do
about it.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
This and That

If one likes lilacs. one plants lilacs.
We have all sorts of flower organiza-
tions, one boosting one species, another
some other flowers.
This is the right spirit. -
We must not be stampeded by those
who try to stampede us, or, probably
more correct, have first stampeded
themselves.
The person confronted by new situa-
ton will be inwardly nonplused, for a
time, perhaps; if he must speak out, his
pronouncements may be on the lugu-
brious side.
When others listen to him, they should
discount some of what he says, because
things may not be as bad as he says.
Even if they are, and we are all saps,
as he insists, it would not be good to
admit 1t! There are certain situations
in life where keeping stiff upper lip.
as the old folks say, is good thing.
Let us never be upset too much by
these people who insist that we all are
"soft," and that our enemies all are
hard. We have seen some Of those enc
mics, at work and play. and they are no
different from us.
a@& X X
We must not be stampeded. therefore,
for our own sakes.
How does one keep from being upset.
overturned, made unhappy by the plants
Of others, whether in the gardening, Or
the artistic. or the political field?
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April is lilac time In Washington.

April is lilac time In Washington.
1t was then Walt Whitman wrote
when Lilacs Last in the Dooryard
Bloomed. :" s ass ~
That title, suggests one change from
1866 to the present
We no longer have dooryards.
The whole conception of what might
be called exterior decoration has
changed. e s ST.
Now we treat the whole grounds small
or large, as unit.
Then the 'dooryard" was just bit
of yard at the door.
It came into being because flowers, as
such, were not regarded as quite proper
for householder to grow by themselves
and for themselves, except at the door.
A bit of garden at the front door
that was all right.
LilacS, here and there. But no effort
to go into the production of flowers and
nothing else.
Nowadays we grow what we please,
except during wartime. when there al.
ways goes up hue and cry for vegetable
gardens. / ,
Even then many obdurate persons go
right ahead raising flowers for flowers
sake. They find that flowers fill a soul
need, vegetables merely body.
Gardening, in its proper spirit, is done
to suit the Individual
Evening star., 1951-03-31
No More Permanent 'Tempos,' Please

There is nothing new to the idea of building
semipermanent Federal Office structures in
Washington during emergency periods, as sug-
gested by Public Buildings Commissioner
Reynolds to the House Appropriations Commit
tee. The Navy and Munitions Buildings on Con-
stitution avenue are prime-and sorry-examples
of such policy. Both buildings went up on
park land under false pretenses. They were de-
scribed as temporary" offices, scheduled to be
torn down promptly after the end of World
War l. Constructed of concrete, they have
proved to be durable Mall fxtures-as perma-
nent, apparently, as the Monument and the
Lincoln Memorial, -
Mr.. Reynolds told the committee he will
never recommend construction of any more tenn
porary buildings of wooden frame type, they
represent capital loss" He said he favors
buildings "at least with concrete Shells" so that
some permanent use could be made of them.
That policy aneeds some explanation, however.
It the Government is going to continue to requi-
sition park land for emergency offices, only tenn
porary wooden structures should be built, even
though they constitute capital loss in the end.
The less concrete and steel used in them, the
better. If any more concrete shells of the
Navy and Munitions type are to be inflicted on
washington, they should be kept off the Mall
and out of other park areas. Judging by ex-
perience, there is no such thing as temporary
concrete Federal Office building.
Perhaps the proposed concrete-sh build
ings would fit into the Metropolitan Area dis
persal program. Cheap construction could be
rushed to take. care of immediate needs and
finishing touches could be added later if per-
manent occupancy becomes desirable. Under
no circumstances however, should semiperma-
nent structures be permitted again to usurp park
space. Any dispersal program, incidentally,
should include assurance that all temporary
Offices now on park land will be removed as
rapidly as new Offices in the dispersal belt
become available.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Our First Frenchmun'

President Truman, riding down Pennsylvania
avenue with President Auriol Wednesday after
noon, may have mentioned to his honored guest
the fact that the Capital of the United States
was designed and laid out by Frenchman. The
architect and engineer responsible for the over
all plan of the city, Mr.. Truman could have
explained, was Major Pierre Charles LEnfant
a native of Paris, born in 1854, who came to
America to serve with distinction in the Cont
mental Army in 1777. His talents impressed
George Washington and, when new govern
mental center on the north bank of the Potomac
was decided upon under the Constitution he
engaged LEnfant to make the drawings for it.
The assignment, as it happened, was diff
cult one L'Enfant labored over it in 1871 and
1892 and then because of financial stingency, he
was dismissed. But the excellence of his ideas
persisted in the minds of his successors in town.
planning, and the main features of his concep-
tion have been carried into effect or at least are
in reasonable prospect of being realized. LEnfant
was qualified to set such an example. He pos
sessed intelligence of high order as well as
an ardent, enthusiastic spirit which gave
vitality to his dreams. The haphazard, acci-
dental growth of European communities was
familiar to him; and, when he had the chance
to create an American capital to order, he strove
to make the most of his opportunity.
LEnfant's central principle was that of
lopical distribution of public buildings and pri-
vate residences over the available area in such
fashion as to maintain balance of arrange
mers. The hill on which what he called "the
House of Congress stands was his starting point.
He sketched gridron of streets cut by diagonal
avenues and dotted with circles which he visual
lied as small parks adorned with statues and
other appropriate monuments. The effect he
anticipated was that of a garden. Probably he
was inspired in some respects by Versailles in
his native France In any case, his vision was
Classic and accorded with the view of Washing
ton and Jefferson that the new Federal City
should be "a new Athens in the New World
The design he developed still has obvious merit
It has influenced the designers of New Delhi,
the capital of India and Canberra, the capital
of Australia, as well as many other communities.
OF course, LEnfant did not live to see the
full fruits of his toll. He died in 1925 and his
asass finally found = resting place Ct Arlington
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Job for the RFc
Estes Kefauver.

Let's not abolish the RFC. May sug-
gest work which that agency-after
having its ears washed-can do for the
American economy?
In the Patent Office are millions OF
ideas, some wise, some foolish Among
them doubtless are many inventions of
astonishing ingenuity. A large portion
of these are now in the public domain,
available to any enterprser who cares
to put them on the market. For lack of
funds or for other reasons the inventors
of these never put their ideas into pro-
duction. Getting these onto the market
would serve the public interest Who
knows? Devices comparable in historical
significance to the printing press, the
airplane or the telephone may lie buried
there.
Why couldn't the RFC comb these
files to select patents, now available to
any takers, the development of which
would serve the public interest? It could
establish companies to start production
of these. Once an article was in produc-
ton and the Government had it's invest
ment back, the business could be turned
over to private capital. Each business
thus established would continue to pay
taxes in years to come, so the United
States Treasury would be an important
beneficiary of this proposal. The RFC
itself would be operating on self-sus-
tanning basis, and the public would
benefit by having access to new
products.
]. Milton Stanford.
Evening star., 1951-03-31
The Peronisto Atom

The great skeptcism that first greeted Pres
ident Peron's weekend atomic announcement
has been more than justified by the subsequent
remarks of the Argentine scientist whose sup
posedly revolutionary discoveries were the sub
ject of all the Peronista trumpeting. The Scien-
tist a former Austrian named Ronald Richter,
has now made clear that he guarantees nothing,
that his laboratory experiments may fail to
yield practical results and that he cannot be
sure about the real meaning OF his work until
he can test it further-a test that apparently
will require the construction of lot of build
ings, installations and "big reactor."
Yet, as recently as last Saturday. General
Peron-complimenting himself on "the serious
ness and veracity which is my custom"-gave
the impression that it was an accomplished
scientific fact that Argentina had succeeded in
manufacturing atomic energy without uranium.
More, he gave the impression that in achieving
this-with an unnamed but relatively inexpen-
sive and abundant raw material and through
much simpler processes than those used in the
United States-his country had zoomed ahead
of all others active in the field of nucear sci
ence Finally, describing the event as a thing
of "transcendental" Importance for the whole
world he strongly suggested that Argentine
scientists were at point where they could
manufacture hydrogen bomb but that he had
ordered them to concentrate exclusively on har-
Messing the atom for near-future use as a large
scale source of peacetime industrial power.
In response to all this spectacular talk,
scientists throughout the world were quick to
point out that the whole thing, if not completely
impossible, was improbable in the extreme, and
more than a few political observers voiced the
suspicion that 1t was propaganda stunt de-
signed to boost General Peron's prestige on the
eve of the Inter er-American Conference. Where
upon the Argentine dctator-in the making
waxed indignant. Presumably, DR.. Richter's
latest remarks will make him even more indig-
nant At any rate, they seem to reflect bit
on the seriousness and veracity" which he says
is his custom. "A 1
Evening star., 1951-03-31
Gurden Toad

Beneath his gorgeous jade umbrellas OF
nasturtium leGpes
And brilliant lanterns OF flame and
crimson bloom
He b1sks like any Oriental potentate,
His 5e1Ueled eyes contemplating sunlit
emerald gloom.
And ,Dealthy is he beyond all tabled
panoply
In this green palace in the sundidrs
shade:
Yards of de,oy pearls on spiderpebs are
his .. t
And acres of diamond fire on the
morning grasses laid.
Obese, benign, his placid padoy hands
ere braced,
He listens as his shimnlerizg garden
empire sings;
In evenings golden frefies perform for
him,
Black crickets strum upon a thousand
strings.
Frederick Ebrisht
Evening star., 1951-03-31
By Belmont Fories

1--WE YEARS AGO the United States,
l. victorious in the Pacific, thought
it could look forward confidently to a
long period of relative stability in Asia.
Japan, the troublemaker, was beaten
and diSarmed. There was good reason
to believe that Chang Kai-shek, pledged
the support of the United States and
the Soviet Union, would be able to con-
solidete his authority and unity the
Chinese people. Liberated Korea was to
be placed under the tutelage of the
United Nations. The swift rise of ma
tionalism throughout Asia presented
problems, but there was hope that
peaceful means could be worked out to
give independence to areas such as
India, Indonesia and IndosChina.
Today American military forces.
fighting under the banner of the United
Nations. have lost more than $4,000 men
battling Chinese and North Korean
Communist troops up and down the
devastated Korean peninsula. All of
emma except the island of Formosa is
controlled by Communist leaders who
are Systematically whipping up hatred
s OF the United States. Everywhere in
Asia there is fear and panic.
Why did all this happen?" Sumner
WeiieS asks In new book, Seven De-
cislonS that Shaped History" (Harper,
SD. Was It, as the Roosevelt -haters
cnarge, because Of decisions made at
Cairo. Teheran and Yalta? Was it be-
cause OF changes in American foreign
policy since President Roosevelts death?
was 1t because of the drastic shift of
Soviet policy in 1945, ending the war;
time collaboration with the West?
Mr.. Wefles. who was President Roose-
velt's Undersecretary of State and
trusted adviser, argues convincingly that
the fault does not lie with the wartime
decisions of the Allied leaders. He
touches only lightly on the Soviet policy
OF expansion. He is sharply critical of
the Truman administrator record of
inefhciency and vacillation" in the Far
East.
Mr.. Welles is a professional diplomat.
writing OF high-level military and polit-
1cal decisions. One question that he
does not seem to consider Is whether
the real cause of our difficulties may
not go little deeper than supposed
flaws in our policy. They might, for
instance, be the result of a massive
social revolution that has all Asia IN
a ferment of unrest. The decisions that
shaped history in the last five years
are perhaps more likely. in other words,
to have been made in thousands of small
Chinese villages than in Moscow or
Washington.
Writing of our wartime aims, at any
rate. Mr.. Welles recalls a talk with
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park in