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pledge support. in advance. for
the Democratic presidential nonni-
NEE, said Mr.. Truman Is not ac-
|ceptahle to him, and added that
|a change In the national trend Is
necessary. He said he would be
surprised II Mr.. Truman runs. but
he thinks the President viii try
TO name his successor. The Gov
|ernor.s own choice Is Senator
Russell. with Senator Byrd q sec
|ond choice. OF Senator Kefauver,
he said: II don't know what he
stands for except being against
crime. The faction working for
the President is headed by the
Loyal Democrats of Texas. They
have been organized since Oc-
tober. and they want an instructed
delegation. but claim they are
concerned only that Texas Demo-
|crats line up behind the party
nominee, The Governor. national
committeeman and national COM
|mitteewoman favor an uninstruc-
tied delegation.
UTAH t12)
State leaders hold divided opin-
ions about Mr.. Truman's inten-
tions, and have refrained from
making any commitments. State
Chairman Grant MacFarlane said
he believes most of the Utah
Democrats would support the
President If he does enter the
race. No other trends have been
|diScernible.
VERMONT f6l
Traditionally Republican, Yer
mont has seen virtually no Demo-
cratic activity and no trends
have appeared.
VIRGINIA 1887
Senator Byrd has some oppo-
sition in his home State. The
leaders are Martin Hutchinson,
who opposed him for the Senate
in 1916, FarnciS P. Miller, candi-
date for governor in 1850. and
Robert Whitehead, of the House
of Delegates. They said Senator
Byrd will have opposition in the
primary which names candidates
for State Offices. Among other
party leaders. no sentiment has
developed for Senator Kefauver
and no formal commitments have
been made.
WASHINGTON t22)
The sentiment for Senator Ke-
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lis made to build up q Democratic
candidate III Oregon, he believed
Gov. Stevenson has the best
] potential. 7s.'
! PENNSYLVANIA l5Ol.
The State Committee has ON
1cially urged the President to run.
and its 20 delegates large, each
with one half vote. win back him.
The. State party has no second
choice, but would 60 along with
amy Truman designate. Observers
said there is some grass roots sup
port for Senator Kefauver but no
/ 1organized activity.
RHODE ISLAND (12).
It's all Truman. Gov. Roberts
has said he believes the President
will run and be elected, and there
is no apparent activity on behalf
lof anybody else.
SOUTH CAROLINA l16)
Prominent Democrats do. not
believe the President will run.
Senator Kefauver is regarded as
"too New Dealish. and such sem
timent as can be noted seems to
| be for Senator Russell. but there
have been no commitments. Gov.
Byrnes recently said he would do
Everything in his power to support
Senator Russell.
SOUTH DAKOTA (S1
State Chairman Ed Downs Is
fairly certain that there will be
a slate of delegates pledged to
the President in the June 8 pri-
mary The andidate's approval is
necessary for this. Mr.. Downs said
some members of the State party
doubt that Mr.. Truman will be a
candidate. There is some un-crys-
tallized support for Senator Ke-
lfauver.
TENNESSEE (2S)
This is Senator Kefauver'S home
State, and probably his strongest
area Of support. The campaign to
nominate him has the backing
Iof Gov. Browning, who said Sen
ator Kefauver is entitled to the
Tennessee delegation if he wants
lit. It may be instructed as a unit
to vote for him.
TEXAS (52)
A factional battle. raging be-
tween pro- and anti Truman
groups, is raising the political dust
lall over Texas. Nominal leader of
the opposition to the President is
Gov. Allan Shivers. His decision
to seek reelection instead of
running for the Senate has been
generally interpreted as designed
| to free him to lead a possible
South wide rebellion against the
President. In announcing Tor re-
election, Gov. ShiverS refused to
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|fauyer has been described rs
strong" ID WASHINGTON. apd q
Tacoma headquarters may be
Opened soon for him. The State
delegation. however. Is expected
Ito go for Mr.. Truman on the flrst
ballot. il he runs. Leaders say
mo commitments have been made
lat the top level.
WEST VIRGINIA (2o1
Party heads believe the Presi-
dent would like to stay out of
the race. but that he win have to
run. The Kefauver movement has
made little headway. No commit
|ments have been reported.
WISCONSIN t28l
Kefauvef sentiment is growing
lin Wisconsin. and the group
|organized for him includes some
Democratic legislators. National
Committeeman Cary Thompson Is
guessing" that the President will
not be a candidate again. OF
Senator Kefauyer. he said, I've
run into very few who are opposed
to him." Mrs. Daniel w. HOan,
national committeewoman, said
"Kefauver seems to have some
strength, " but added that most
Democrats seem to favor Mr..
Truman il he runs. A Presidential
candidate must give his consent
by February 90 to enter the pri-
mary. April !.
WYOMING i10)
Tracy S. McCracien. national
committeeman, said the State is
definitely for Mr.. Truman. A
movement has started among
young Democrats to form Kefauver
clubs. but 1t has reached no major
proportions.
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would run only If Senator Taft Is
the Republican nominee.
NEW YORK (94).
Democratic leaders were de-
scribed as being pretty firm' for
the President. and largely con-
Ivinced that he will be a candidate
again. There are reports that
Senator Kefauver is planning to
open a headquarters in New York
City. but observers said they had
noted no great sentiment for him.
Gov. Stevenson is "well liked, =
they said in top Democratic circles.
w. Averell Hartman. now director
of the Mutual Security Agency.
might emerge as a New York ia
vorite son." they said.
NORTH CAROLINA 1927.
Gov. Kerr Scott and National
Committeeman Jonathan Daniels
are for the President, but some
other top Democrats have ex-
pressed the hope that he would
mot run. There has been no sign
of movements for Senator Ke-
fauver or any favorite son.
NORTH DAKOTA (S).
Party heads have held back
from definite commitments. Most
|of them believe the President will
be elected If he runs again.
OHIO (54).
The organization slate is pledged
to former Senator Robert j. Bulk
ley of Cleveland, but the general
understanding is that he will
merely be the stand-in for Mr..
Truman or his designate. Mean
while, the Kefauver faction is
active, and promises to put a
partial slate in the primary.
May 6.
OKLAHOMA (24).
Gov. Murray and several other
party leaders are against an in
structed delegation and may be
able to block it. However, Sena-
tor Kerr, a possible candidate for
either the presidential or vice
presidential nomination, may seek
the "favorite son" vote. So far,
there has been no activity to-
ward Endorsement of any candi-
date.
OREGON ((12).
Most party leaders are nom
commital until some word comes
from the White House. Walter
Dennis, president of the Young
Democrats. is heading the Ke-
fauver committee. and said he
would stay with the Senator, re-
gardless of what Mr.. Truman
does. Petitions to put Senator
Kefauver in the May 16 primary
are being circulated, and senti-
ment for him was described as
modest but general" State Sena-
tor Richard L. Neuberger, how
ever, said there was no real en-
thusiasm for any candidate evi-
dent, except possibly Gen. Eisen-
hover. He said that if an effort
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NEW MEXICO (12l.

Grass roots sentiment has been
reported for both Senator Ke-
fauver and Mr.. Stevenson, but
leaders have made no commit
ments. Some party leaders ex-
pressed the belief the President
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MINNESOTA (26).

ator Kefauver when he announced
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Glass Flowers Draw
Tourists to Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Every
year some 100000 visitors come to
Harvard University to see an
amazing display of flowers. These
blooms, looking fresh and beauti-
full as if just picked. are halt a
century old.
They have not withered because
they are made of glass, down to
the tiniest petal. They form the
celebrated Ware collection of glass
flowers, filling many cases in the
university museum.
More than 100 families of flow
Iering plants have been created in
|glass-from cornf1owers to orchids,
from apple blossoms to strange
tropical vines.
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night, but there are hundreds of
hotels, motor courts and cabins
within a few minutes run of both
Federal domains. Whole towns of
resorts are sprinkled along the
outskirts of the parkway. Gatlin-
burg, headquarters of the park, has
plush hotels and attractive motels
capable of housing about five
times it's native population.
The American Automobile Asso-
citation. the National Park Service
and commercial interests catering
to tourists have documented the
region for recreational purposes
perhaps as we'll as any in the
United States. Booklets are of the
practical kind, listing hundreds of
places to stay and to eat, to rest
to inspect. and where to buy ma
tive crafts.
The seasons, with floral attrac-
tions prevailing each month, are
described. For instance, Arthur
Stupka, the parks eminent nat
uralist, has compiled a calendar of
the blooming seasons that is
printed by a department of the
Tennessee State government. Fec
July he lists species of coreopsis,
rosebay rhododendron. spotted
snapweed devils walking stick
wildbergamot beebalm, maypop
passionf1ower, orchids and noun
tain stewartia, among many
others.
Sources of Material-Histories
of the town of Gatlinburg. which
once was no more than a country
store that blossomed out with the
establishment of the park. divert
the reader with outlines of trips
by motor, shanks' mare or by
horses schooled to the terrain.
A little letter-writing can bring
a flood of material that will per-
NIT the Great Smoky-Blue Ridge
parkway motorist. to anticipate
the attractions that lie ahead and
help him decide on the accom-
modations he wants. Best loca.
sources of such material at the
National Park Service and the
American Automobile Association
One of the most convenient
ways of arranging for hotel anc
tourist camp facilities in citie'
and towns near the park is out
lined in a National Park Servic,
folder on Great Smoky Park. L
suggests that requests for accom-.
modations be addressed to tn.
Knoxville Tourist Bureau, Henley
street, Knoxville, Tenn; East
Tennessee Automobile Club. Knox.
vile, Tenn, and the Chambers o.
Commerce of Gatlinburg anC
Maryville, Tenn, also at Asheville
Waynesville, Bryson City ane
sylvia, in North Carolina; thu
Cherokee Association, Cherokee
IN. c.. and Government Services
Inc. Fontana Village, Fontana
IN. c.
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By Jacques FutreIIe, Jr.
The Stor's TroveI Editor

the Western parks. There, too. are
such fascinating things as geysers
and boiling pools, and grotesque
evidences Of volcanic action. But
the most popular of all National
Parks lies within an easy two-day
drive of Washington. It is the
Great Smoky, stradling the rising
and dipping North Carolina Ten
nesSee border.
One Of the largest and also
youngest national parks, it at
tracted nearly 2 million visitors
last year. And the tourist count
this year indicates that round fig
ure will be topped.
There are several reasons for
this popularity. One is that it is
within easy access, these motoring
days, of about two-thirds of the
Nations population. Another, that
its nearly 100000 acres have a
virtually unmatched diversity of
trees, shrubs and native flowers.
Another, that it embraces one of
the Oldest. If not the oldest, noun
tain ranges in the world. Many of
these peaks climb above the 5000
foot level.
But one of the most practical
reasons for its popularity with
Washington motorists is the scenic
and smooth approach over Skyline
drive and the Blue Ridge park
way. Like the steamship lines say
in their vacation ads, getting there
is half the fun.
Good All the Way-Perhaps
the greatest barrier to travel over
this route is the occasional re-
statement of the fact that the
Blue Ridge parkway is not yet
finished. This leads the motorist
to believe he will come to a dead
end, or be shunted onto a rough
and dusty detour.
This fear was allayed for a
group of American Automobile
Association travel officials and
counselors and travel editors on
a trip conducted by the Carolina
Motor Club last month.
They found some links not
opened: also, that extension of the
parkway beyond Asheville, N. c., to
the border of the Great Smokes
National Park is a matter of years
away, not weeks. But where gaps
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exist, connections with improved
State highways are so smooth and
natural that the motorist barely
notices he has left the parkway.
AS it is now. he travels on about
300 miles of the 380-mile route
from Zero Milestone at Rockfish
Gap, Va. to Oteen, just outside of
Asheville. Major departures from
this asphalt ribbon that skirts the
mountain tops are at Roanoke,
Va, and Asheville. When COM
pleted, the parkway will bypass
both these cities.
Gypsylike Travel-H you are
like some travellers on the park
way, you will perhaps note the
absence of guard rails and stone
fences at some places where the
road borders on steep plunges
down the mountains
The answer is that Park Service
money has not been too plentiful
for these safeguards. And, in a
way, they are not essential to the
purposes of the parkway. It is not
designed nor maintained as an
expressway. Instead, it is a quiet
way through a distinctive part of
the American scene a road in
tended for gypsylike travel on a
ride-awhile. stop-awhile basis"
AS a matter of fact. the road
gives rise to fewer BUTTERFLIES in
the stomach than the descent on
the eastern end of the Bear Noun
tain Bridge over the Hudson River.
And park rangers and authority
for the statement that virtually all
persons who come to grief on the
parkway are those natives Of the
region who disregard the speed
limit OF As miles an hour.
~ ~
Highway Through Heart-To
get to the Great Smokes from
Asheville, the motorist takes U. S.
highway 10 for the most di-
rect route. That takes him to
Soco Gap, N. c., and the Cherokee
Indian Reservation. Along the
road, within the reservation, are
places where Indian handicrafts
are sold. The central store is an
interesting break in the trip.
At the town of Cherokee, the
motorist leaves highway 10, turn
ing right onto U. S. All, which
cuts through the heart of the park
to Gatlinburg. Tenn.
The Blue Ridge parkway has
prepared the motorist for what
lies ahead-peaks of 5000 feet or
more. For nearly 40 miles, the
range reaches into the sky for
5000 feet. Clingman's Dome high
way, touching an altitude Of 6,311
feet, is the highest road in East
ern America.
, Unlike the bare rock crags that
characterize most of the spectacu-
lar mountains of the West, these
lofty SUBMITS are forested and
their rocky foundations are evi-
dent only where man has
scratched the hillsides to lay a
road. Virgin forests cover nearly
half Of the plunging, soaring land
scape.
Against this background is
found the phenomenon that the
Cherokees lived within these hills
for centuries before the coming
Of the white man, and gave the
name to the Great Smokes.
Motoring along the road or from
the vantage point Of the superb
overlooks. visitors see, hanging
above the valleys, small clouds of
blush haze. At times, this haze
thickens to become like smoke.
Although whispy clouds and some
times fogs sweep up the valleys
toward the mountain tops. the
smoke is a cloud of a different
color.
X \ \ 4
Stopping Overnight-There are
few places on the Blue Ridge
parkway and in the Great Smoky
Park for the visitor to stay over
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e Miles From Quebec

QUEBEC CITY. Quebec, Can
ada.-Only 6 miles from Quebec
City are Montmorency Falls.
These 274-foot falls, which con-
tinue to be a major attraction for
visitors to Quebec City, are &C
cessible via paved highway.
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B8 THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
he raveIers Notebook
Anoerir ne Moe+Po DoI<I / E.


Comparing the National Parks
IS somewhat like comparing apples
with oranges or grapes. There's
no such thing as a representative
park-one that has everything.
Acadia is not similar to Yellow
stone. nor is Yosemite the Ever
glades. And those who experience
the scenery, the flora and fauna
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One Of several stories stemmins
from recent tour Of the Blue Ridge
Porkwoy and the Greet Smoky No
tionoI Pork.
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of any one park have a long way
to go before catching up with all
the beauties and each degree of
satisfaction within these domains
Of unspoiled nature.
The highest mountains are in
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Springs Ugly Side
Albert C. Schwarting.

April 6 marked the 35th anniversary
of our declaration Of war in 1917. What
Is more, the first breaths OF spring
almost additionally in our countrys his
tory have been the harbinger either OF
war or rumors of war.
It was on April 10 that the first shots
of the American Revolution, heard
around the world" rang out at Concord
and Lexington. The guns at FIT. Sump-
ter marking the oncoming war between
the States belched forth on April II,
1861.
After earlier signs of an oncoming war
with England in 1912, the conflict
started on June 10 before spring had
elapsed. And with Aprils showers still
falling, as tangle with Mexico seemed
certain in 1846, this war was declared on
May 10 of that year.
It was on April Is that the United
States declared war on Spain in 1898,
giving us such national military heroes
as Dewey, Hobson and Teddy Roosevelt.
Though we did not take part in World
War II until the Japanese struck Pearl
Harbor on December 7. 1941. President
Roosevelt on May 81 declared IAN I'M
limited state of emergency"
L. H. d.
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Faith of Our Futhers'

An analysis of expressions regarding
Faith of Our Fathers" discloses some
inconsistencies. A group of residents adj
jacent to the Carter Barron Amphi-
theatre has objected to the production
on the grounds of noise, dust and loss of
parking places in front of their homes
on Colorado avenue. Certainly, the
sound of the production would not be
greater than that of some similar pro-
duction that would take its place. The
dust will be eliminated by the proposed
surfacing of the parking area. The
streets are not private parking areas for
any particular persons and others
should be permitted to park two or three
hours out of tWenty-four.
The North Washington Council OF
Citizens Associations originally favored
the project but recently reversed itself,
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PRAYER for White House

The new White House will never be
fully completed until over the front
portals is placed that short prayer by
President John Adams. Four Presidents,
from Coolidge to Truman. were asked
to have this prayer Inscribed Not one
replied. Their respective wives were then
appealed to. Same result. Which leads
one to wonder If the Bard's conscience
makes towards of u.s. might apply IN
these instances.
John Adams, the first President to
occupy the first White House, in letter
to his ailing wife back in their Quincy
home, wrote: Heaven bestow the best
of blessings on this house. and on all
that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none
but honest and wise men ever rule under
this roof"
Perhaps the present White House
architect will see in this suggestion his
coup de grace.
Gridley Adams,
United States Flag Foundation.
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This and That

fire and smoke, or was 1t a mere CO.
incidence?
Incidentally, I find that all the holly
berries on the tree first mentioned, and
also those on one in my own yard, have
disappeared in the last, two weeks or
more although there were lots Of them
on the trees.
II have also noticed a pair OF cow
birds on my feeding board this week
is this early for them, or have I just
not seen them earlier?
"You have also mentioned mourning
or turtle doves-there have been two
pairs around my place all winter, in adj
dition to the usual quota of cardinals,
Jay birds, Knockers, red-bellied wood
peckers, titmice, black-capped chicka-
dees, and Others I have also been
seeing and hearing flickers, and red
headed woodpeckers for some weeks.
IT wrote you last year and the year
before about the albino squirrel that
was so tame. think wrote you of its
appearing at my window one day obvi-
ously badly wounded, I have since
learned that neighbor saw it on her
lawn, apparently helpless, and she
took it to a veterinarian. who said 1t
was too nearly gone to help, so he put it
out of it's misery.
Very truly yours, G. L. S."
Cowbirds come around here about the
middle of March, as a general thing.
Disappearance of holly berries may be
laid to the bills Of the waxwings, as a
rule.
We know one tree in Georgetown
which was stripped clean in few hours.
It is a big tree, for holly. taller than
two-story house.
AS for the cedar waxwings liking to
watch the FIRE, that may be laid to the
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By Charles E. TroceweN

eternal fascination which fire has for
all living creatures.
It possibly may be that the birds liked
the warmth engendered, too.
Who knows? Bird life is strange, and
much yet remains to be discovered about
them. Not only is there no agreement
even among the experts. on many facets
of bird life, but no two sees them in
exactly the same way.
There is a great divergence between
the way a trained ornithologist (and
those who would try to ape them and
the ordinary observer. who does not
feel that catalogue of feathers means
the bird, watch and think and talk
about birds.
Each species not only has its own
character, but each individual bird is
different from every other one of the
same species, with it's own individual
way of handling life. Perhaps we should
say, "clawing life" since they have no
hands Surely they claw (and bilD
their way through it the best they can,
as we all must do, beSet not only by the
forces of nature, but also by others
from whom we had every right not to
expect an attack. This is life. and the
birds must face it the same as humans,
and it is the very facing. and the pos
sible victory, that keeps the process
interesting 1t is good to feel that
somehow, IN their tiny brains, the birds
know all this, in their way, as we'll as
we do. The picture of the waxwings
literally agog at the spectacle Of the fire
has had its human counterpart at every
great fire in the history of the world.
This fact brings us closer together, and
speaks volumes, we believe, for the
brotherhood Of man, birds and beasts,
and the God Who made all. The day
will come. let US feel sure, when this
brotherhood will prevail.
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Standards of Art

I was very much interested in Mark
Gladstone's indignant comments on the
Society of Washington Artists exhibit
ton.
I wonder if Mr.. Gladstone will favor
us with his version of the universal
standards of art? A palpitating world
is waiting breathlessly for Mr.. Glad
stones list Of artistic absolutes.
The need for such immutable, infal-
lible standards has been evident since
the Cro-Magnon man first scratched the
walls of the caves of Dordogne in a
crude resemblance of man and beast.
Grandma Moses does the same today.
Please, Mr.. Gladstone, do not withhold
these wonderful measures Of esthetic
excellence supreme from our eager view.
Stake our parched Threats. End forever
this Illustration and confusion. Give
us the true word on art from your
Olympian heights.
Selah! Gino j. SINH.