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Evening star., 1952-04-23

his retirement in January, 1891, he was president
OF the A. S. Abel Company, publishers of the
Morning and the Evening Sun.
Through all of this career, much Of it de-
voted to the executive side of newspapering, he
remained primarily interested in news-in the
assembling and the writing of the news. The
fine Washington bureau of the Sunpapers, and
their excellent foreign correspondence are
monuments to Mr.. Patterson's zeal for finding
the right men to gather the news and put it
together His death takes from the scene
newspaperman who has served with high dis
tinction, not only the Sunpapers, but all that is
best in journalism.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Before Our Very Eyes

Owing to technical transmission difficulties,
the atomic bombs first public appearance on
television has fallen far short of the awesome
Yet, despite the relative weakness of its visual
impact in that medium this latest in the Nevada
series of A-weapons tests has taken its place in
history as the most powerful explosion of its
kind thus far set off in the continental United
States-an explosion whose grimly spectacular
effects will be long remembered by its on-tke-
scene viewers, including the soldiers who were
dug in uncommonly close to it.
In fact, no matter how mild a face 1t may
have shown on televsion, the Nevada detona-
tion, 1t had been directed against city,
would very probably have far outdone the ter
rible devastation caused by the A-bombs that
shattered Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Each of
those fearSome wartime weapons unleashed de-
structive force equivalent to 10000 tons of INT
but the one that blew up yesterday has been
officially described as deadler still-perhaps the
equivalent of as much as $4,000 tons of INT.
This is something that the TV cameras were in
capable of depicting, but it was nevertheless
there, as awesomely real as the great mushroom
that billowed up, higher and higher into the
sky, above ground zero.
Further, point worth stressing is that the
Nevada series of detonationS involves the "mlder"
tactical and strategical nuclear ornaments being
uCNCAOpcu dAO pTOQuCeO IOr our american
arsenal. The tougher weapons-for safety's
sake-are tested far out in the Pacific at
Eniwetok, where there has been at least one
explosion several times more powerful than the
Hiroshima -Nagasaki type There is reason to
believe, too, that progress steadily continues to-
ward the day when the atoll will rock with the
superdeadly blast of an experimental hydrogen
bomb-a bomb that could conceivably be 1000
times as destructive as the destroyer that ap-
peared yesterday on the Nations TV screens.
Actually, every test Observation-Disclosures in
Nevada or Eniwetok-represents some new de-
velopment, some new advance in the field of
nuclear ornaments. Apart from the Hiroshima
and Nagasaki explosions, the United States has
staged about Is such tests, whereas Russia-if
our Government has announced all that have
been detected-has staged only three. This sug-
geStS that we are still far ahead in the race,
but we have no reason to feel complacent For
the televised atom, If it has done nothing else,
has at least served to remind all of us, in all
countries, that tremendous military revolu-
ton is taking place before our very eyes and
that this revolution is converting military science
into thing capable of carrying war beyond the
last limits of human endurance.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Deep in the Forest

Deep In the forest. the children
Are picking their tDay through fern.
Gathering foaDers in handfuls
By a brook tUhere broken log
Spans rushing mater.
They gather uiolets and fern
The yellotD uiolet, the blue
Beneath a dogUood tree.
Beyond them budding dzdleas
Glinner like pink coral.
They are deep in the Woodland. laughing.
Splashing their hands in t0ater.
Telling OF gnomes and witcIles.
Lost in the fragrance OF fern,
Lost in a forest of dream 80.
Antonio Y. Schwob
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Art or Rot?

Referring to Gino J. Simi's recent
letter. it is evident that beneath his
verbosity is hidden patron of the arts
who stalks galleries with a completely
open mind. So open and so innocent Of
artistic standards, in fact, that it Sus-
poets greatness may lurk behind every
ugly cubistic blotch of paint.
- No, Mr.. Simi, it is not necessary to
invoke either Cro-Magnon men scratch
ing on walls Of Dordogne Caves or even
Grandma Moses, to see that the bulk
of what desecrates the walls of present.
day art galleries is just so much rot.
scrawled for precisely such open minds
as yours.
Please, Mr.. Gladstone, do respond to
Mr.. Simis entreaties for ideas on the
subject Of art. Even a very simple one
may help alleviate the discomfort that
gentleman suffers as the drafts whistle
through, his open mind.
w. C. Reynolds.
Wilton johnson gave your defender
of modern art just about the answer he
could expect. In his Screed against all
that is new and unproven, Mr.. johnson
has laid bare very small mind. His use
of such phrases as child minds" "kin-
dergarten pupils" and the like, is, Of
course, an expression of his own lack Of
understanding, and his shift to criticism
of clothing fashions seems to indicate
that his attitudes on art pervade his
whole outlook. He should be reminded.
although am fairly confident it will do
no good, that just such blasts as the one
he has written have been leveled at
Rembrandt, Beethoven, and a great
number of the men now acknowledged as
the masters. Schools of painting, musical
composition, or literature grow by test
ing and trying; their traditions did not
pop. full-blown. upon the scene.
From the beginning of human culture,
men like Mr.. Johnson have craWled their
safe distance after the seekers and the
doerS, daring only to praise and accept
that which time and greater minds have
tested for them, hating change because
they fear it. fearing it because it asks
them to exercise their own critical
faculties. Granted, ninety-nine per cent
of today'S efforts will fade to leave the
precious legacy of tomorrow's MASTER
pieces to add to the rest; but our body
of masterworks would never have grown
at all but for the f1ourishing of new
ideas and schools of thought
Mr.. johnson, in asking the original
correspondent to "get out of his ivory
tower" vigorously abuses the term, since
that writer was asking for open-minded-
ness. Mr.. johnson is the one who is in
a tower, but not an ivory one-rather, a
moss-covered, windowless tower, from
which the sun is cautiously excluded,
lest its rays reveal the barrenness Of the
furnishings inside.
Outdoor Man.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
The Arab Refugees

Reported immnence of an agreement be-
tween the Jordan government and the United
Nations relief agency for Palestine refugees
offers encouragement on an issue which has
played bitter part in the Middle East troubles
Of the past four years.
Between 100000 and 100000 Arabs, residents
of Palestine before creation of Israel have been
living during these years in refugee camps in
other Middle East states. The largest group,
more than half of the total, are within Jordanian
territory The whole problem of the refugees fu-
ture has been clouded in controversy; whether
some would be permitted to return to their old
homes in the new Zionist state, whether compen-
Sation would be paid to others for homes and pos
sessions lost and whether permanent resettle-
ment could be arranged in the neighboring Arab
countries. Inability, or unwillingness, of the
Israeli and Arab governments to reach agree
lnent on the overall problems has left it at this
point in the hands of the United Nations.
The present U. N. program, voted by the
General Assembly last year includes $3.50
million three-year land development project by
which the refugees might be made self-support-
ing in nearby Middle East countries. The door
was not closed on possible repatriation of some,
or on compensation to others, but the primary
emphasis was directed at what was described
as refrigeration of the refugees into the eco
I1onic life" of the Arab states. fund of $50
million is available for the present fiscal year.
The initial Jordan project calls for creating
farming communities and establishing small
industries the cost estimated at about $12 mil
lion. If successful, it is hoped to expand this
particular program to care for ABOUT 100000
Of the displaced people but there are many in
tangbles that make such planning hazardous
The potential for land development in the Arab
states is great one but the low morale of a
refugee population and the conviction of injus-
tice which is held by many of them leave a
high degree of uncertainty.
The Jordan program is a major test, how
ever, and is being undertaken on a constructive
basis.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Prison Policies and Riots

The prison riots in New Jersey and Michi-
gan bring to mind warning issued by Federal
warden at a conference here not long ago.
Warden Clark Schilder of the Federal Reforma-
tory at Chillicothe, Ohio, expressed worry about
where the country club" trend in prison man.
agement was leading and said: "Appeasement
cannot work with the aggressive greedy, socially
unconscious person."
The warning is pertinent to the pres
ent situation because news stories have said
that the recent riots in protest over the rela
lively stern prison standards in State prisons as
compared with food and privileges available in
Federal penitentiaries Warden Schilder sug-
gested, however, that privileges are coming to be
regarded as rights. And he urged a go-slow
policy in making things easier for hardened
criminals sent to prison for punishment.
The charges Of the Jersey prisoners that
they have suffered brutal treatment have a
hollow ring. Sanford Bates, head of the New
Jersey prison SYSTEM is not one to tolerate bru-
tality in prison administration. AS one-time
director of the Federal Prisons Bureau he in
stituted many of the reforms which have been
criticized in some quarters as "mollycoddling"
of outlaws. Mr.. Bates knows when to be firm,
however and he has manifested proper firm
ness in dealing with the rioting convicts at
Trenton and Railway. He has refused to promise
immunity from complete disciplinary action for
the ringleaders. The Michigan rioters on
the other hand, have been promised full i'm
munity. The gravity of the plight Of the hos
tages held by the prisoners must be considered
in such crises as confront penal authorities in
both affected States. But it is a mistake to make
any promises that are not to be kept-and if
they are kept the inevitable effect will be to en-
courage similar uprisings in the future.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Good Old Duys' Before Unions

I would like to inform readers of The
Star about the So-called, good OLD
days" before labor unions were organ
lied. Surely you have heard or read
about the sweat shops of American in
dustry. The conditions under which a
man worked were pitiful and tragic.
But, as the country grew industrially,
a need arose for the working man to
organize so that he would not be
crushed by the wheels of production.
United as one voice. the working man
could protect himself against 1915
hour working days. and unhealthy work.
ing conditions. Thus, he extended his
life span and helped create the high
est living standards in the world today.
Naturally, these conditions did not come
easily. The struggle was bitter and
gradual. But the will to organize was
necessarily strong. and soon the labor
union could bargain for and receive
decent working hours, fair pay. pension
plan, disqualification and other impor-
tant benefits for its members.
union member is not slave, as
stated by one reader, who merely pays
dues and follows the whims of some
lazy business agent who has nothing
to do but call strikes. The labor union
is a democratic organization, run on
similar basis to the way our country is
run. The members nominate and elect
officers, formulate a constitution, and
abide by decisions made when a majority
votes for it. The union is the united
voice of its members. It speaks for
them across the bargaining tables all
over America. If the union shop were
banned, eventually the union would
lose its bargaining power, and the work.
ing man would become just another
pawn in the chess game of industry.
III. S. G.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Contrast in Procedures

The bill to reorganize the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission represents a
good example of the type of careful approach
to governmental reform that accords with demo-
cratic principles. This bill is the outgrowth of
more than two years of study and conferences
by Federal and local authorities within the
Washington Metropolitan Area Even So it will
be the subject of public hearings at the Capitol
before it reaches the floor of Congress. This
properly deliberative procedure is in sharp con-
trast with the Budget Bureaus effort to rush
through Congress a District reorganization
scheme which the citizens know little about and
which they would be handicapped in fighting
under the 60-day Reorganization Act procedure.
The bill just submitted to Congress by the
NCPPC is substantially the same as the one
sent up last fall. Because of criticisms voiced
about some features of the original measure
the commission Sensibly decided to meet with
the critics and try to iron out differences
Nearby areas were especially concerned over
their voice in the overall planning of Greater
Washington The proposed legislation the COM
mission emphasizes, now has the approval of all
major planning agencies in the Metropolitan
Area.
The bill. in BRIEF would create new joint
planning authority, to be known as the Regional
Planning Council consisting of four representa-
tiveS each from Virginia and Maryland planning
agencies and two from the reorganized National
Capital Planning Commission. The latter would
coordinate planning of Federal and District
authorities and the council would coordinate
Federal-District planning with that of the Vir-
ginia and Maryland planning bodies
The Budget Bureau has approved the bill,
an action which seems to be inconsistent with
the bureaus plan for abolishing the commission
form of government in the District of Columbia.
It seems inconsistent because the planning bill
provides that the Engineer Commissioner of the
District will be member ex-off1cio of the new
National Capital Planning Commission Gas he is
of the present NCPPC), whereas the bureaus
council-manager proposal for Washington ap-
parently would scrap the Engineer Commission
ership. It would be a mistake to do away with
this valuable link between the Federal Govern
ment and the District This is point which
it is to be hoped the President will consider
with due care before making up his mind on a
reorganization plan for the District government.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Certainly There's Doctor in the House

banishes the fears that beset many of
us In these uncertain times. Since my
patients are mature people carrying
heavy burdens, they realize am trying
to help them and they seldom fail to
follow my advice"
In his years Of dealing with con-
greSSional temperament, DR.. Calver has
developed kindly tolerance for human
shortcomings. IT have found that what
sometimes appears on the surface to be
pure cussedness is really a maladjust-
ment of some sort, often in the indi-
viduars bodily makeup. I recall an ex-
perience Of this sort shortly after
came up here on the Hill.
'My first Office was locker in the
Democratic cloakroom. where kept my
hat and bag. From there I was moved
into a small cubicle divided by parti-
ton which did not reach to the ceiling.
A House member had come to see me,
man who was rapidly courting un-
popularity even among his friends. with
his thorny disposition. I found that
the man was really i'll, and gave him the
treatment felt his case called for. AS
he went out the door there was another
House member waiting to see me. Over
the partition he had heard everything.
When he greeted my outgoing patient
he offered his apologies Why, Jim.
he said, I had no idea you were in such
bad shape physically. We all just
thought you had a naturally bad temper
and just being mean because you wanted
to be- Ordinarily, patients consulta-
tion with his physician is sacredly conf
dental, hence I was somewhat disturbed.
But this breach Of custom proved an ex-
ception, for it not only resulted in a
better understanding of the man on the
part of his colleagues, but in more
modious-and private-quarters for
myself"
DR.. Calver appreciates joke on him.
self. He tells of attending q medical
conference in Boston shortly after he
had taken on his Capitol duties. II was
a newcomer" he relates, land as took
my seat in the assembly was called
upon to identify myself and my speciality.
Before had chance to reply. some one
who recognized me informed the dis
tinguished body Of surgeons that He's
a veterinarian It was an embarrassing
moment until the speaker added that I
took care of the Sons of the Wild jack
ass For the benefit Of those whose
memories do not 60 back as far as the
Coolidge administration, that was the
term applied to certain members OF
Congress by Senator Moses of New
Hampshire when they did not agree with
his views"
Evening star., 1952-04-23
By THE HASKIN SERVICE


By THE HASKIN SERVICE
O. When did Polaris become the pole
Star?-W. H.
A. PolarlS came near enough to the
axis OF the skies only within the last
1000 years to be used to determine
north, and it will not reach the point at
which it comes nearest to the pole for
about another $50 years. Polaris will be
the pole star for centuries more.
@. Did Booth Harrington write all
his novels and plays by hand?-L. r. Y.
A. Until he lost his eyesight he wrote
everything by hand, on violently yellow
paper, hunched over a drawing board
for IL to IA hours at stretch. Although
he regained sight in one eye he had to
dictate his later work.
*. D. S.
definitely but they are usually developed
within few days If this is possible.
Prints have been developed successfully
months. and occasionally years. after
they were first made.
@. How long is a painting done on
canvas expected to last?-M. M.
A. Art experts reports that canvas
usually deteriorates in 200 years. When
this occurs the painting has to be re
lined" with an extra layer Of canvas
or removed entirely and applied to a
new canvas.
@. What Is the assessed value Of land
and Improvements in the District Of
Columbia?-J. I. N.
A. For fiscal 1852 the total taxable
value is $1.72S,912,993 OF this $567,-
826,976 represents land and $1,161,-
086,017. improvements.
@. What does the name "daffodil'
mean?-S. D. K.
A. It is variant of "asphodel" which
comes from a Greek word meaning
kings spear" Other old forms of the
name are affadille, affodylle, daffadown-
dilly.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Letters to The Star
Pen-1aan,es may be used If letters carry
tDriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

self recommended specific reductions in
the advertised budget. .-.
In my opinion, the 1853 Arlington
County budget is the most informative
and best presented county budget we
have ever had. It is not perfect, but it
is we'll above most of the other budget
documents with which we compared it,
including the budgets of Alexandria.
Montgomery County. Norfolk, Kansas
City, San Diego and other cities. The
one respect in which we think the coun-
ty budget still needs major improvement
is in the inclusion Of a more complete
statement of the work program of each
organization unit. The county manager
deserves praise for the beginning this
budget made toward program or per-
formance budget. The budgets OF Rich
mond, Va. and Denver, Colo. could well
serve as models in further work to i'm
prove the managers work program pres
entation in next years budget. g. y
Howard Cannon,
Chairman, Revenues and Expenditures
Committee, Arlington Civic Fedora
ton.
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the .nsvsr "a
any question OF fact By either writing The
EEysning EW StaE inior~ation Bureau 1900 ! street
return postage or BY telephontn1 6T 7a6a
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
Norict

Because of an increase in ne number of delinquent ac- cunts and the time consumed q collecting these accounts ,he Kodiak Electric Associa- on will disconnect WITH )UT NOTICE any account de- inquent two months or over, In addition, a fee of $500 will be charged for re-connecting a meter that has been dis connected because of a de- linquent bill.
 Isl Kodiak Electric
 Association.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
CARD oFrHANKS

We wish 10 extend our heartfelt thanks and apprecia- ton for the acts of kindness, messages of sympathy and beautiful floral offerings re- ceived from our many friends in Kodiak and Kodiak Naval Station during the illness and
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21

passing of our beloved dap4l ter and sister, Dathene Offutl Bellman.
 Mrs. D. c. Gillum
 Larry Otfut Mrs. Merrill Coon leaves today for Seattle to take her son Carl outside for specia medical attention.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
PAGE 8

The first 1 Like Ike pin ap- peared in Kodiak this week.
 It was worn Monday by Marshall Crutcher, Bank of
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
Summons for Publication

PU0buS0tuOU THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: ! GREETINGS:
 YOU ARE HEREBY RE- CURED to appear in the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Third Divi-
 sion, at Anchorage, Alaska, within thirty (SO) Days after the last Publication of this Summons, or within forty (4O) days after thedate of it's
 service upon you in case this
 Summons is served upon you personally. and answer the Complaint of the above named Plaintiff on file in said Court in the above-entitled
 action.
 Said Plaintiff in said suit demands that the bonds of matrimony subsisting between ! Plaintiff and Defendant be forever dissolved, that Plain
 tiff be awarded the care, 1 custody and control of the
 minor child of the marriage;
 that Defendant be required to pay for the support and main- tenance of said child; and for such other and further relief
 as the Court may deem just
 and proper.
 And in the event of your failure so to appear and ans
 wer, Plaintiff will take Judg- ment against you for want
 thereof and will apply to the
 Court for the relief demanded in her Complaint, as hereto fore stated.
 | WITNESS the Honorable
 Anthony J. Dimond, Judge of said Court and the Seal of |said Court hereunto affixed Ithis 13 day of May, 1852. { Isl Clara Rhodes Deputy Clerk, District Court.
 Paul A. Dupler
 Attorney for Plaintiff
 P. o. Box 902
 Kodiak, Alaska
 First Publication: 5-31-52
 ] Last Publication: 6-2l-52
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21

Kodiak president. He has promised to obtain a supply of them for other GOPs-for- Eisenhower.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
NOTICE

Game night at the VFW is now Wednesday and Fri day nights.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
NOTICE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, AT ANCHORAGE GALLINA JARYJ,
 Plaintiff
 VS. GREGOR JARYJ,
 Defendant CIVIL ACTION FILE NO.
 K-7449
Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
Lower, slower depreciation

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Kodiak mirror., 1952-06-21
Model for model-costs less

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Evening star., 1952-08-29

Washington
Dolly, $50 to s
Thursday,
1870 TO 9
Arlington
Dolly, 10 to 6
kondoy, Fridoy.
1870 to $50