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Evening star., 1952-04-27

This is not the year, the de-
cade or the century for COM
petitive nationalism. especially
among NATO nations. But
when, recently, American news
papers printed a dispatch from
England headlined, "Electronic
Brain Sings God Save the
Queen" this reporter presented
himself within the hour at the
National Bureau of Standards
and asked the obvious question.
Can our local electronic brain
sing The Star Spangled Ban
ner,'" he demanded, land if not.
why not?"
DR.. Ralph Slutz, in charge Of
SEAC, the bureaus extraordi-
nary electronic brain, scruti-
nized the news dispatch closely.
II quoted the Earl of Halsbury,
managing director of England's
National Research Corp, as
stating that Manchester Uni
versity's electronic brain "con-
Structs the necessary waveform
to give effect to its interpreta-
ton of God Save the Queen
There is no sort OF recording or
rhonograph in the machine"
"SEAC," said DR.. Slutz, choos-
ing his words with care. "can
sing any song the Manchester
brain can sing, but we wouldn't
dream of wasting its time in
such a non-productive activity"
Sines and Cosines
SEAC. at the moment, was
deep in the process of solving an
Air Force problem involving the
impact of aircraft tires In a
crash landing, with assorted en-
bellishments of sines. cosines,
wave functions, diophantine
equations and lattice parameters.
But it was impossible to escape
the feeling that SEAC was
simultaneously eavesdropping on
the conversation and that. given
the chance. it was eager to show
off a little.
SEAC fills two rooms. It con-
sists (to simplify a bit) of panel
upon panel of bulbs set in hand
some, floor to ceiling, gray
doored cabinets. Miss Ida
Rhodes, a mathematician. was
seated at a specialized sort Of
teletypewriter-now tipping ESQ
teric sequences of numbers, now
sitting back with a faraway
expression while SEAC typed
esoteric sequences of numbers In
reply.
Singing in the Bruin
II suppose" said DR.. Slutz
"that you are wondering how
SEAC could do this singing?"
Eyes"
Hear that hum? That come:
from the ordinary little radio
you see over there on the shell
"a standard Hallicrafters table
model. We keep it turned on Il
monitor SEAC's functionine
SEAC's pulses, which operate II
trains at the rate Of q million
o second, are in the short-wav
band, and therefore cause tone
to sound in the radio-like al
amplitude -modulation broad
cast, with the transmitter an
receiver in the same room.
Evening star., 1952-04-27
By Hugh Humphrey

closed shop, the door is locked
against all non-union workers
when they seek jobs. They can
unlock the door by joining and
applying again. The union
shop let's a non-union worker
walk through the door and then
closes it behind him, thereby
gaining a new member.
When the Taft-Hartley Act
was passed in 1947, the closed
shop became an outlaw. Unions
were unable to require union
membership of a worker before
he was hired. The closed shop
has been a long-established in
stitution in many trades, with
benefits to both sides. The
printing industry, the building
trades and many other indus
tries operated under it profit
ably.
Trial Period
Before the Taft-Hartley Act,
union shop clauses permitted
management to hire any one it
wanted, but required all new
workers TO join the union after
a certain trial period-usually
80 to 80 days. If a worker
after joining a union-defaulted
on his dues and other obliga-
tions, the union could demand
and get his dismissal by man
agement.
New, under the Taft act,
these firings have been curbed.
If a worker pays his initiation
fee and his dues to a union. he
can flout every other union rule
in the book. He can defy his
labor leaders on any issue and
still keep his job. But he must
continue to pay his dues. If he
refuses this, the union can de-
mand his removal.
In the early days of the Taft
act workers were required to
vote on whether they wanted a
union shop. A few years of such
elections demonstrated an over
whelming approval of the union
shop. so the ballot requirement
was dropped from the law. That
seems to be the Wage Stabiliza-
ton Boards reason for recon-
mending the union shop along
Evening star., 1952-04-27

The tragedy of the great de-
preston lay not in the bitter
experiences millions of Amer
leans endured, but in the fact
that it opened the door to
Socialistic doctrines.
That is what the reader
gathers from 1.-The Memoirs
of Herbert Hoover: The Cab
met and the Presidency" pub
lished this week by Macmillan
at SIS. The book is the second
volume Of the former Presi-
dents memoirs.
The collapse heralded by the
stock market crash of October
20. 1929, need not have been
the end of an epoch. Mr..
Hoover asserts. Nor need it
have marked any striking diff
ference between the future and
the world we had known up to
then. Mr.. Hoover writes:
II am so immodeSt to believe
that had we been continued in
Office we would have quickly
overcome the depression and
approached economic and So
cial problems from the point Of
view of correcting marginal
abuses and not of inflicting a
collectivist economy on the
country. We would have bet
ter preserved personal liberty to
which the Nation was dedi-
Gated"
Another Story
But most of the events of the
depression are another story.
MIR. Hoover says he will tell that
in his next volume. This one
takes his career from 1920
through 1888, but gives only a
practical account of the events
of his administration.
Any book by an ex-Presi-
dent-or a Presidents an
important historical document.
In this one, Mr.. Hoover dis
closes for the first time an offer
he made to British Prime Min
ister Ramsay Macdonald to
buy Bermuda, Trinidad and
British Honduras. The first
two were wanted for defense
purposes. If the offer had
been accepted it might have
made unnecessary President
Eoosevelt'S 'destroyers for
bases" deal.
Mr.. Hoover pointed out to Mr..
Macdonald we could give Brit
ain in exchange a credit on the
World War I debt which would
20 far toward settling that is
sue. But, Mr.. Hoover writes,
he "had a hunch" Mr.. MacDon-
aid did not take payment of
the debt too seriously.
RoiIrood Reorganization
Also disclosed is a memoran-
dunn prepared in connection
with a plan drawn up in con-
nection with a wholesale reor-
ganization of the railroads. In
it, Mr.. Hoover advocated con-
Solidation of the roads into
smaller number of systems to
cut costs. 1t involved recog-
milton that the railroads had
been rendered partly obsolescent
by other forms of transporta-
ton.
Since he publishes this plan
now, presumably Mr.. Hoover
still favors it. sas....
Mr.. Hoover also tells of diff
ferences over Japan with the
late Henry L. Stimson, his Sec
retary of State. Inferentially,
Mr.. Hoover lays to Mr.. Slim
son the applications of sanctions
in the Roosevelt administration.
When Japan invaded Man
churia. Mr.. Hoover relates, Mr..
Stimson urged economic sane
tions even if We had to apply
them alone. Mr.. Hoover oh
jected that this would lead to
war and overruled him.
When Japan renewed aggres-
Evening star., 1952-04-27
Interview With on E|ectronic Broin

ly cross-checking its own re-
suits" said DR.. SlutZ, "a single
faulty tube may cause a NAL
function. So we dump out the
entire memory onto magnetic
tape every hour, then reload the
memory with the dumped in
formation. And that rounds out
my description of SEAC, except
to add that we give it its prob
lens on an input tape and it
gives us the answers on an OUT
put tape - using, of course.
hexadecimal notation on Base
16."
Warm Skinned
A pregnant pause ensued. The
reporter put his hand reverent-
ly on SEAC's svelte, gray-metal
body and jumped a foot because
it's skin was humanity warm.
Then the Hallicrafters radio
gave an odd little gulp and fell
silent, indicating that SEAC had
finished its Air Force problem.
DR.. Slutz said to Miss Rhodes:
"Er-before you start the next
problem, we might let SEAC
give us some prime factors"
Miss Rhodes nodded.
1--WE occasionally test SEAC
this way" explained DR.. Slutz.
mot long ago. SEAC determined
in 80 seconds that 99. 1893, ,999. .977
has no factors and is therefore
a prime number-this required
dividing the number by $4,000
different trial divisors, which it
generated within itself. Take
a number, any number"
1888, ,297."
Miss Rhodes typed 1t on the
input tape.
"19 x $685." SEAC typed on
the output tape, in less than
four seconds.
Curve Ball
And then it was that your re-
porter had the bright idea that
almost wrecked the place.
"One." he said.
But the prime factor Of one
is one" objected DR.. SlutZ.
II know it," the reporter said
smugly.
Miss Rhodes shrugged and
typed 81"
49," answered sEAC, un-
expectedly.
DR.. Slutz' forehead broke out
in perspiration, Miss Rhodes
clapped her hand to her mouth
in dismay.
"Oik!" squawked the Halli-
CRATER.
"Is the solsimator trax-
waxed?" cried DR.. Slutz.
us the railbrankS lined up
with the fledderis?" walled Miss
Rhodes.
"Is the dreel sprail sanfor-
lied into the glutgobbles?"
screamed the reporter.
81 know what happened!'
shouted DR.. Slutz above the din.
"The Counter Clear buttons
weren't pushed!"
He pushed them. Miss Rhodes
typed 81" again. And the fab
ulous machine, in 1f100th Of q
second, but with an unmistak-
ably reproachful expression,
answered: 81"
Evening star., 1952-04-27
Hoover's Memoirs
Former President Publishes Second Volume,
Covering EventfuI Years in Washington
By Froncis P. DouqIos

sion in China in 1887, Mr.. Stim-
son, then in private life. pro-
posed sanctions again and set
up a propaganda organization
to that end. Mr.. Hoover writes.
Thereafter Mr.. Stimson became
Secretary of War in June. 1910:
embargoes on goods to Japan
were increased in intensity un-
til. in July, 1941, full sanctions
were applied. And. according
to Mr.. Hoover, they probably
had some part in precipitating
war.
Comments on Associates
Not the least interesting parts
of the book are Mr.. Hoover's
estimates of and comments on
his associates in Government.
President Harding, he writes.
had neither the experience nor
the intellectual qualities for the
presidency, but the White House
gave him a real spiritual lift.
The story told of Mr.. Harding's
final trip to Alaska and his
death in San Francisco is stark
tragedy. He had come to
realize what bugs crawled about
under the paving stones" of his
administration.
Mr.. Coolidge was not Silent
Cal" except when he wanted to
be, and then with a purpose.
Many times he summoned Mr..
Hoover after dinner just to talk
an hour or two.
He told Mr.. Hoover that nine
out of 10 of those who came to
the White House wanted some-
thing they ought not to have.
Here was his way of handling
them: IF you keep dead still
they will run down in three or
four minutes. If you even cough
or smile they will start up all
over again."
Mr.. Hoover never did learn
from Mr.. Coolidge if his Il do
not choose to run" statement
was meant to be conclusive.
Tribute to AL Smith
The author pays tribute to AL
Smith. He says it was not reli-
gion which defeated him, but
rather prosperity. prohibition,
the farm tariffs, Tammany and
the smuggling up" of the So
cialists. Had he (Smith) been
a Protestant. he would certainly
have lost and might even have
had smaller VOTE" Mr.. Hoover
says.
OF Charles Evans Hughes:
"He was the most self-contained
man in my acquaintance. but
it was not selfishness. If he had
possessed more capacity for re-
ciprocal friendship he would
probably have been President"
OF Andrew w. Mellon: HE
was in every instinct a country
banker. He had no use for
certain varieties of New York
banking. When the boom
broke he said. They deserved
it,"
Mr.. Hoover's Is q divided
personality when it comes to
writing. The visit of King Al
bert of. the BelgianS to Cali
fornia is a hilarious story as he
tells it. But Government is a
serious business, and few light
touches are allowed for relief.
Although denied two terms in
the White House, Mr.. Hoover
tells of two other terms, each
lasting IA years. The first was
a period of popularity which,
he says, he did not allow to fool
him. The second was one Of
unpopularity. And then some
people began to think I was
right and life became more
complimentary"
But that's a personal item,
so Mr.. Hoover sinks it in q
footnote.
The guardian., 1952-05-17
War Bonds Will Be Given AS Prizes
At 9Th Annual Model Plane Contest

er as near as possible to the
plane. Judges award points for
successful attacks as well as for
adroit evasion of attack.
Mayor John B. Hynes and
Park Commissioner Frank Kel-
ley, who have assisted the Ply
mouth Dealers sponsoring the
annual show, will be on hand to
present trophies to the lucky
winners. Some of the winners
will be sent on an all expense
trip to the International Model
Plane Meet in Detroit late in
August.
Representatives of the Ply
mouth Corporation will also be
in Boston for the contest and
make presentation of trophies
and assist in awarding the $1,000
in war bonds to lucky spectators.
John K. Ross of Wellesley,
Contest Director, has announced
the following events: rubber
powered duration; glider hand
launched duration; free-f1ight,
Glasses A, B, C, and D; control
line speed jet models; control
line, Glass B, team racing; con-
trol4line precision stunt "a, B,
C, and d.; control-line novice
contest.
The guardian., 1952-05-17
18th Grand Opera
Performance Thursday,
May q. BIS.
N. {, Mutual Hall

Acts from 8 operas: - Romeo
and Juliet" Gounod; Der Frei-
schultz" Weber; "Das Rheingold,"
Wagner. DR.. William Andrew
Rhodes, Conductor, given by
William Rhodes Opera Society
The Nations Finest Colored
Opera Project, and Recognized
as New England's First Estab-
lished Colored Opera Society.
PRINCIPAL OPERA ROLES
SUNG BY: Mildred jenkins,
Victor Mascoll, Joseph Duncan,
Ruth Plenty, Fred Wright, Gill
bert Hutcherson, Herbert Will
liams, Vera Carney, Ella Martin,
William Sexton, George Will
liams Bailey, Ethel Woodhouse
Taylor, Angelyn DeVaughn, Err
nest O'Banyoun. VOCAL EN-
SEMBLE: Una Bell, Beatress
Moody, Irma Grey, Matte Can
non, Mary E. johnson, Goldie
Tyler, Dolores Murray, Louise
Smith, Hazel Walker, Lois Mum
roe, Ruth Banks, Maurice Will
born, Amelia Myrick, Margaret
Wallace, Hona Thornton, Jean
Simington, Ellen Scott, Mabel
Walker, Inez Rose, Esther Rid
dick, Berthel Crowder, Laura
Freeman, Clarence Washington,
Edward Reid, Walter Williams,
Lloyd Wright - DRAMATIC
COACH: James Henderson.
CHOREOGRAPHY by Wesley
Romaine. SCENERY by Semitic
Art.
THURSDAY NIGHT, MAY %,
1852 AT 8:15 O'CLOCK, NEW
ENGLAND MUTUAL HALL, 225
Clarendon ST., Boston, Mass;
Seats including tax: $1.20, $1.80,
$2.40 - on sale at box office.
The guardian., 1952-05-17

Ten $100 war bonds will be
given away as attendance prizes
at the Sixth Annual Model
Plane Contest of the Plymouth
Dealers of Greater Boston on
Sunday, June l, at Columbus
Park.
c. Norman Fay, President of
c. E. Fay Company, and Chair
man of the group which includes
more than one hundred Plym-
outh, Chrysler, DeSoto and Dodge
dealers, has placed only one re-
striction - the holders of the
lucky tickets must be present.
Already more than fifty of
the model fliers who competed
in last years contest, which at
tractad fifty Thousand people to
Columbus Park, have signed up
for this years show. Applica-
ton blanks may be obtained
at any Plymouth, Chrysler, De-
Soto CT Dodge dealer.
Ore Of the high-IightS of this
years contest will be a dog
fight" by planes of two contest
ants. The model planes flown
by control Lines have long paper
streamers attached and the idea
is to cut the opponents stream
The guardian., 1952-05-17
Strand Theatre now Showing
Fabulous Film, Quo Vodis'

Never in the history Of motion
pictures has a picture been.
brought to the screen with the
breathtaking spectacle, scope,
gigantic cast, color and pagean-
try as that presented in MGM's
much heralded Technicolor pro-
duction of "QUO VADIS", now
showing at the Strand Theatre
at Uphams Corner, with Robert
TAYLOR, Deborah Kerr, Leo Gem
and Peter Ustinov heading cast
of 10000!
Based on the celebrated novel
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, filmed
against the grandeur of historic
Rome in a prodiguous undertake
ing which required more than
twelve years of preparation and
actual filming, this thrilling dra-
ma of the birth of Christianity in
a pagan world and the love of
a Roman warrior for Christian
hostage is unfolded with glitter
ing splendor and tremendous
dramatic impact.
Here we have the corrupt and
extravagant imperial court of
Emperor Nero brought to life in
scenes of staggering immensity,
with its spectacles of thousands
The guardian., 1952-05-17
BLUE EAGLE NEWS
Bv BoFbeT Shop Chord

Now in its 50th year of service
the Guardian is inviting all to
join in celebrating the birthday
of the Guardians founder-editor
and pioneer advocate of equal
rights, William Monroe Trotter,
Tuesday night, May q, at Peoples
Baptist Church. Scores of sub
scribers still owing on their sub
scriptions are urged to pay up
in full by that date. Get on
board, readers, and let the world
know you value the champion
journal for Equal Rights and
want it to continue as long as
injustices based on color are to
be fought and overcome any
where in the nation.
Shaw, Scott, Swain, Morgan,
Lewis, Gaines, Williams, Latti-
more, Geraldine Trotter, Bessie
Trotter Craft, M. Cravath Simp-
son, Lillian Feurtado, Mary Glib
son, William Monroe Trotter, and
others are heaven-blest as inn
mortals who lived as exponents
of true manhood and true wom-
anhood. All of them looked up.
They never looked down on their
racial brothers and sisters. Sue
ceeding generations should emu
late Trotter's faith in a battered
and down-trodden people.
We tonsorial contenders crave
a peaceful world whereby nations
The guardian., 1952-05-17

of triumphant warriors, led by
Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor),
making a triumphant entry into
Rome along the garlanded Appi-
an Way; the scenes of the popu-
lace salutinC the vestal virgins
as they pay homage to the 40
feet-high statues of the pagan
gods; the bacchanal in Nero's
ornate palace as the Emperor
holds a banquet in honor of the
victorious Vinicius; the burning
of Rome in spectacle scenes
never before equalled on the
screen as they depict the terri
fled populace screaming and
trampling on each other in their
frenzied attempt to flee the city;
the racing chariots; the matyr-
dom of the Christians as they are
torn apart by the lions and burn
ed on crosses; and final gripping
climax, in which the Christian
hostage, Lygia Deborah Kerr,
is saved from being killed by a
ferocious bull when her giant
bodyguard, Ursus, kills the beast
in. a blood-curdling show given
by Nero in the huge Circus Max
linus.
The picture has been brilliant
ly handled, both in the sweep
ing and incisive direction of
Mervyn Leroy and in its eye
filling production details super
vised by Producer Sam Zinba-
list. It will be a long time before
the screen sees another such pro-
duction as "QUO VADIS". It is
an offering which raises the STAN
dards of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
and the entire motion picture in
dustry to a new high.
The guardian., 1952-05-17
K. Of P.
and
{. of {. NEWS

Grand Chancellor DR.. w. o.
Taylor and the Grand Worthy
Counsellor Mrs. Sarah A. STRAIT
man, and other members will
accompany Brig. General Sir
A. G.. R. Mitchell to Springfield,
Mass, to Organize the William
and William Uniform Rank No. l,
also the Calanthe Drill Corps and
Nurses Unit Sat. evening, May II.
Sunday, May IL, there was a
good attendance for their regular
meeting. The Grand Chancellor
spoke on Pythianism and asked
all Sir Knights and Calanthes
not to forget the TEST, but to
come forward and help to get
ready to entertain our Supreme
Officers in July.
The Honorable John B. Hynes,
Mayor of Boston, will attend the
opening exercises Thursday eve
ming, at the Union Meth
odist Church, corner of W. New
ton st. and Columbus ave-, to well
come our guests to Boston. The
public is invited to attend. On
Thursday evening, May Is, in
Providence, R. l., a banquet was
given in honor of Sister Anna M.
Walker, Past Deputy, by Queen
Esther Court No. 1. The Grand
Chancellor and Grand Worthy
Counsellor and other members
attended.
The Entertainment Committee,
Sir w. T. Dorsey, chairman, is
meeting to make plans to enter
tain our Supreme guests. One
of the highlights will be a sight
seeing bus to tour the city and
environs, we have many histori-
cal spots of interest to visit.
The tickets for the banquet
given in honor of DR.. w. o. Tay-
| lor, can be obtained by calling
1the chairman, Mrs. Lugenia Aus
tin, co 7-O069 or Mrs. Pearl
Litthcut, secretary, KE 6-2664.
Mrs. Cora v. Alden, treasurer
for the July session, is present
at all meetings and gives an ac-
curate account of all monies.
Mrs. Alden is bonded treasurer,
having held that Office for many
years for the Grand Court and
Benefit Department, Order of
Calanthe, K. of P.
Our next regular meeting will
be Sunday, May 18, 2:3O PM,
Calanthe Home. The Gran d
Chancellor has some good news
for the members - come out and
stand by your leaders. LIMB.
The guardian., 1952-05-17

can evaluate all creeds and races
as common humanity, Arma-
ments should be discarded. Men
and women, our youth, should
not be enrolled in armies for
cannon fodder. Wars and rum
ors Of war with the United States
the capstone of financial response
bility, with the taxpayers bear
ing the load, do not make sense.
William E. B. Dubois this week
comes upon the scene with his
ideas to promote peace. Sound
leadership is greatly needed in
government and out to create
and promote better
way Of life.
More next week.
The guardian., 1952-05-17
REEAHE " W VEN
Nz7z lee lszz,S
Buf+erscOfch Brownies

cup sifted, teaspoon vanilla
all-purpose -four l slightly beaten egg
Is cup brown sugar yolk
" teaspoon sat IA cups brown sugar
y cup soft u cup chopped nuts
shortening ] stiffly beaten egg
u cup Pet Milk white
Mix -four, y cup brown sugar and
salt in bowl. Work in shortening
with fork. Stir in " cup milk and
vanilla. Put into a creased .9-inch
square pan. Bake in moderately hot
oven (400) IS minutes, or until light
brown. Meanwhile, mix egg yolk, "
cup milk, ~ cups brown sugar and
chopped nuts. Fold in egg white. Re
move pan from oven and spread with
sugar mixture. Then reduce heat to
moderately slow (350) and bake 30
minutes longer, or until brown. Cut
into ] a inch squares. Cool thorough
y before removing from pan. Makes
. brownies.
The guardian., 1952-05-17
Dubois Reception

The public is cordially invited
to a Tribute and Reception in
honor of DR.. w. E. B. Dubois,
Historian, Champion of Human
Rights, Peace Advocate, Sunday
afternoon, May 18, at 800 o'clock
st. Cyprian's Episcopal Church
Hall, (Walpole and fremont sts)
Refreshments, Entertainment, no
admission charge.
The guardian., 1952-05-17
LILLIAN sHUMAN DREYFUs

Brookline, Mass, Marcia Nutting
of Boston, and Leo Bromley of
New York. Present also were
the happy grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett c. Yates of Walnut
ave-, Boston. Other Bostonians
attending included Barbara Hill,
Norma Kilson and Nadine Lane.
Mr.. Simms, a graduate of Bos-
ton University where he served
for while on the teaching staff,
is the director of public relations
for the Urban League of Greater
New York.
The guardian., 1952-05-17

NEW YORK NOTES - BABY
SIMMS CHRISTENED. Little
Jennifer Simms, tiny daughter of
the William R. Simms (the for
mer Janis Yates of Boston, was
christened here Saturday after
noon, April 10, rat st. Luke's
Chapel-in-the-Village. F a III er
Floyd Preston oficiated. The
proud parents were married in
the same historic chapel on Hud-
son st. by Father Preston last
summer. God parents sharin7
honors were Betty Fitzgerald Of
The guardian., 1952-05-17
SOCIAL CALENDAR
THE SPRINc
By ALMIRA PARK

Last night peered into the dark, but spied
Naught save the winters visage, and the rim
OF steel about the tethered moon that, dim
And cold, loomed mid its shadows, defied.
Today awake and bark! robins bride
Rivets the breeze with one long, joyous note,
A strain outpoured SO swift, no ear can quote,
No conscious heart can fathom! Far and wide,
Proserpine, the home-enhungered sows
Green questionings to stir each bursting bough,
The miracle or resurrection glows
Within the sunshine-freighted air, where now
Throbbing desire spreads prism wing,
And morning heaves with breaths of perfumed
Spring.