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Evening star., 1952-03-01
By Dovid G. Boreuther

Here comes the spring clean
up, fix-up season.
You can't say $50 what?" be-
cause it Is going to yank more
householders out of their easy
chairs this year than ever before
The more difficult it may become
to get new house, the more imA
portant it is to take care Of your
home,
II you haven't already decided
this, you've certainly heard a
neighbor say, II could get a nice
profit by selling my house now.
but / wouldn't be any better OF.
I'd have to pay as much to get
another house like it. So I might
as well fix it up"
A nice thing about this spring
cleanup idea is its sociability.
You aren't the only one with these
chores to do. You'll see all your
neighhors getting busy, so you
won't feel sorry for yourself. But
the best way to look at It is to
consider how 1t Is going to benefit
YOU.
The benefits are fairly certain.
In the cleanup phase-getting
rid Of q winters accumulation Of
ruhhish-ohvious fire hazards are
eliminated. Then when you paint
up. you not only extend the
durability and life Of the house,
by preventing rot. but you increase
the value Of the house. And when
you fix up the old place you give
yourself and your family more
INABILITY out Of the house and a
lot more enjoyment than you get
with rickety cellar stairs, over
flowing eaves-troughs or windows
and doors that stick.
y y y
We raked the yard several times
last fall and now have to do itI
again. But that's the way it goes
Where all the soggy leaves and
sticks and general rubbish come
from Is not always a mystery. The
other day the refuse collector came
by with an open truck. A blustery
wind blew newspapers all over the
nelghborhood. There's no use
worrying about a lawn or garden
until this is cleaned UP.
Accumulated leaves and papers
around a house dry out quickly
In spring winds and offer sinis-
ter invitation to fire as soon as
o neighbor's grass-burning gets
out of control. The National Board
OF Fire Underwriters says grass
nres and brush burning rank
among the leading causes of home
fires. especially in the outlying
rural locations.
The fact that fire insurance
companies don't want your house
to burn down, because it will cost
them money, doesn't mean that
you can risk a fire. Therefore.
some of their suggestions, based
on very sad experiences, can be
q big help.
For the spring cleanup season,
the underwriters recommend that
you start with the basement where
Evening star., 1952-03-01
q Ihe Assoeiated Press

MANILA. Mar. New out.
breaks Of Hulk violence claimed q
lives In Central Luzon yesterda,
and today as Defense Secretary
Raymon Magsaysay attempted tc
negotiate a truce with Huks ir
lLaguna Province.
The defense department re-
ported 20 members of a Commu.
Inist-led Hulk band and four SOL
diers died In a battle between two
Philippine battalion combat teams
Evening star., 1952-03-01
INew Hulk Outbreaks Claim Lives Of Is

about 1000 men-and $50 Huks
early today in Pampanga Prov
ince.
Two Huks were killed and sew
eral civilians were wounded in an
other clash with government forces
in Pampanga.
Evening star., 1952-03-01

Sunshine

A cheerful, sunny bedroom has
walls and woodwork Of Q clear
|citron yellow. The rug is spring
green. The ceiling is white and
$50 is the background Of the yellow
|and-green patterned fabric fol
the draperies and bed covering.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Good Setting Helps

Lovely new furniture deserves
the proper background to show II
OF to best advantage. Old furni-
ture, too, can be made to look
much better with a new setting.
Evening star., 1952-03-01
Mexican Tronsit

The Mexican governments 1852
budget discloses plans to purchase
the Mexican Tramway Co.
Evening star., 1952-03-24
s killed and / Injured
Ii Muine Hotel Blaze
BY the Assosiotsd Press

= y 81 + =
BINGHAM, Me-. Mar. "a
Wind famed flames roared
through l30-year-old wooden
hotel and business block yester-
day. killing three persons and In
juring seven.
Some IS other screaming occu-
pants Of the Dutton Hotel
jumped into snowbanks from
second and third floor windows
|crawled to safety along smoke
filled corridors or made their way
down IRE department ladders.
The dead were identified as
Forrest Beane. rs; Mrs. Jennie
Robinson. 30. and Mrs. Edith
Hunter. 80.
Evening star., 1952-03-24
Reports Of Millions
Waste on Greenland
FAirbase Probed
sy he AssoeIa..d Pres,

j Reports that millions Of dollars
have been wasted on super
secret airbaSe In Greenlandde.
lscribed as near the North Pole
land on an air route to Soviet Rus
|sia ARE under study by Senate
investigators,
/ Public hearings may be ordered
this week by Chairman Lyndon
johnson Of the Senate Armed
tServices subcommittee on Pre-
Iparedness.
Senator Johnson's criticism Of
waste, ineficiency and down.
right graft" on an airbase project
| in North Africa brought q drastic
IPenatgon order for reforms on
Friday.
/ Secretary Of the Army Pace di-
rected the chief Of Army engineers
| to relieve the top officers In charge
Of the North African construction.
Called 'Bluejay' Project.
Hhe Greenland airbase. which
goes under the code name "Blue-
jay" already has come under
sharp criticism by the Senate
group.
Work on IL is limited to q few
months q year when the ice
locked polar region opens up for
ships bringing in materials. equip
ment and workers.
Senator johnson hopes to air
criticism Of the Bluejay project
before the new work season gets
underway.
Col. Harry E. Reed. chief Of the
Army Audit Agency, has promised
him that I'VE will have q report
on Bluejay within q few days"
The colonel testified that the
North African airbases job ''is
the smelliest. one we have ever
had" Senator Johnson asked II
similar reports on Bluejay "are
happy"
mo. SIR" Col. Reed replied.
Paid While Awaiting Orders.
The subcommittee already has
heard testimony that thousands
lof "Bluejay" workers collected
more than 100000 pay while at
home awaiting orders to report
for duty.
Senators also heard that con-
Istruction crews collected more
than So million In wages while on
ia ship en- route to the project and
before doing any actual work.
Army engineers explained ice de-
Ilayed the ship for ~ days on q
voyage expected to last only Is
days
Premium wages paid at Bluejay
also have come under question.
Some laborers and mechanics have
been able to collect from $255 to
$3.50 o week by working 70 hours.
Meanwhile, Representative Shep-
pard, Democrat. Of California said
on MICS Forum Of the Air yes
terday that the waste in defense
procurement Is mot to the degree
that has been publicized in the
press"
Solution Is Argued.
The vice chairman Of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on
Armed Services added he agreed
there was certain waste, but he
took the position as opposed to
that Of Representative Hebert,
Democrat. Of Louisiana. who also
appeared, that the answer to
waste is not the use Of q single,
combined procurement service for
the armed forces.
Mr.. Hebert said Air Force testi-
mony before o subcommittee Of
the House Armed Services COM
mittee. which has been investi-
eating military procurement,
showed that procurement Of mill
tary items under o single cata-
logue system would result In sub
StantiaP savings,
Evening star., 1952-03-24
By n. A.seeiossd Press

KARACHI. Pakistan, Mar. 24.-
United States Ambassador to
lPakistan Avra NJ. Warren said to-
day that the United States, in
two years, has provided approx
limately half q billion dollars in
economic aid to countries Of South
and Southeast Asia.
The countries getting this help,
he said are those associated with
Evening star., 1952-03-24
Humphrey to Speuk

Senator Humphrey, Democrat,
lof Minnesota, will speak on
planning for Health and We'll
fare Needs at q meeting Of the
Montgomery County Community
Chest and Council General AS
Isembly at 8 pm. tomorrow In the
Chevy Chase Women'S Club.
Evening star., 1952-03-24
Welding Society Will Meet

Roger w. Clark Of General
Electric Co. will address meet
ing Of the American Welding So
Iciety. Washington section. at 7:45
pm. Wednesday in the Potomac
Electric Power Co. auditorium.
Evening star., 1952-03-24
Film Fete Attendance Low

The expected large number OF
tourists failed to attend Uru-
guay's recent Second Annual Mo-
ton Picture Festival at Punta del
Esta. famed beach resort.
Evening star., 1952-03-24
Aid 10 South Asio Equols Hall Billion il Years

the British Commonwealth Co
lombo plan for economic develop
'ment Of those Asian areas.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
.AAUW Meetino
In Baltimore

DR.. Winifred G. Helmes, a mem.
Der Of the American Association
of University Women headquar-
ters staff, will be the principal
speaker at the AAUW Status
Of Women" Workshop meeting
tomorrow morning in Baltimore.
The workshop will feature the
winter meeting Of the board Of
directors of the Maryland State
Division to be held at the Col.
|lege Club.
Mrs. Isabelle Coopersmith Of
Silver Spring, State chairman Of
the Status of Women Committee,
will be in charge Of the morning
program. Mrs. william Maltbie
lof Baltimore. State president Of
the Maryland Division. will bo
in charge in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Supper Series
Starts Sunday
IAtYWCA

Commissioner F. Joseph Dono.
hue will open a series Of Public
Affairs Sunday Suppers to be
sponsored by the Washington
YWCA beginning on Sunday at
$3.50 pm. at "Y" headquarters,
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Commissioner Donohue viii talk
lon the subject, Local Govern
|ment."
+ MRS. Jack Steele Is chairman Of
the Public Affairs Committee
which has announced q roster Of
distinguished speakers for subse-
lquent Suppers.
Representative Katharine st.
George, Republican. Of New York.
will be presented at the February
8 supper. She has selected as her
topic, Spiritual Values and Amer
icanism."
| DR.. Luther Evans, Librarian OF
Congress. will speak on February
IT on the subject, Freedom Of
knowledge"
Comparative Governments" In
the topic selected by Paul H. Gore
Booth. who will be guest speaker
for the March 2 supper.
The final program, scheduled
for March Is. will be q political
forum on the issues Of the 1852
campaign. Participants will be
Senator Nixon. Republican, Of
California. and Senator Hum
phrey, Democrat. of Minnesota.
Bert Andrews of the New York
Herald Tribune's Washington bu-
reau will be moderator.
i Members of the Public Affairs
Committee, who will serve as hosts
and hostesses at the opening sup
per. will be Albert w. Atwood, Mrs.
Lynn Eldridge, Paul Howard. Mrs.
Walter Judd, Mrs. Armistead M.
Lee and Miss Aletha Pearson.
Miss Mary Dark, soprano, viii
be guest soloist on the musical
portion Of Sundays program. Res
Iervations for the supper are being
taken at the Information Desk
in the "Y."
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Forum Slated
On Jobs for
Older Women

A luncheon forum on "Job Op-
portunities for Older Women" will
be sponsored by the Education and
Vacations Committee of the Dis
trict Business and Professional
Women's Club at 1890 pm. TO-
morrow in the Fairfax Hotel.
Mrs. Meta Fay Is chairman of
the job opportunities project which
was initiated by the club early
last fall.
Speakers on the forum will be
Miss Helen Ringe. labor economist
with the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics. and Miss Jane Hoey, director
of the Bureau of Public Assistance
lof the Federal Security Agency.
Miss Hoey will discuss social Sc
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Many Faiths, Occupations
Found Among Volunteers

meals. and do dishes, too, with
Everybody lending a hand. Their
headquarters is Fisherman's Tenn
Iple at 800 r street S.W. Friday
and Saturday nights are spent in
the dormitories there, with talks
and discussions each evening
designed to help evaluats their
practical experience.
Forty Per Cent Return
Forty per cent of the partici-
pants come back again, Mr.. Gut
kind reported. Many couples
come. and teen-age children often
accompany them. I'VE always
try to get at least eight, girls each
week end" Mr.. Gutkind explained
the ratio last week was eight
women to six men-because they
seem particularly successful in
making friends with the tenants,
especially when there are children
in the house. They give mothers
data on child care while working,
too. AS q matter Of fact, more
women than men turn out regu-
larly. although men are well rep
resented.
Some girls who are afraid to 60
up the ladder two steps when they
first come will 60 up IS feet the
next time" according to Mr..
Gutkind. Miss Mary Jane Hay
craft, a teacher in the fourth
grade of the Stewart Elementary
School in Arlington, was helping
to plaster the living room of the
Naho James home when we ar
rived. Untutored In that skill,
Miss Haycraft was following the
time-honored method of learning
by doing, and Mr.. James was the
teacher. This was her second
week with the project. which she
plans to attend regularly.
Miss Ruth Nelson, Is, q Junior
at Northwest High School in
Hyattsville. and q psychology
student, believes a project such as
this is "the best way to get practi-
cal experience in understanding
other people"
Miss Nancy Robson, 20, of the
University of Maryland was back
for her fourth week end. A major
in crime control. she is partic-
ularly interested in community
self-help projects such as this.
Miss Robson cited one situation
in which the group returned from
lunch, to discover that the tenants
had painted an entire room them
selves in the meantime.
Children as well as adults help.
And in return for the kindness
shown them, tenants sometimes
serve snacks to those working In
their home.
Mr.. Gutkind sums 1t up this
way:
'"This experience makes the fact
real that human nature is every
where the same"
Evening star., 1952-01-18
Radcliffe Tea

Mrs. Kathleen Elliott, director
|of admissions at Radcliffe College,
will address a gathering Of Rad.
'cliffe alumnae Of the Washington
area tomorrow following Q tea at
4:30 pm. In the home Of Mrs. 8.
Douglas Cornell, 3155 Highland
place NV. Mrs. Hugh 8. Elsbree,
club president, will conduct q bust.
ness meeting preceding the talk.
Evening star., 1952-01-18
By Betty Miles


For most working women, Sat-
urday Is O day for shopping or
snoozing. But Saturday finds
some each week at work painting.
plastering. fixing window sashes,
and holding their own with the
men In the group in helping to
repair homes in the much publi-
cized slum area Of Southwest
Washington.
The fruit of a Quaker idea, these
weekend projects. which were
started last October. were begun
by popular demand after the suc-
cess of a similar summer-long
work camp last year conducted in
that area by the American Friends
Service Committee. The weekend
work camps are sponsored by the
Friends Meeting of Washington,
the Young Friends. the Southwest
Community Council, and DR.. John
r. Pate Of the Southwest Health
Center.
A genuine attempt at under
standing-of the problems of the
tenants. Of the problems Of the
realtor@has distinguished this
project. conducted with malice
toward none. Persons of different
faiths, ages, races and occupations
have been drawn by its aim for
better citizenship and brother
hood. The group will work with
white and Negro families.
I'm a very real sense it's a COM
munity project" Mr.. Peter Gut
kind. the dynamic young director,
explained. The group made one
stipulation-that tenants must
help with the work, and help
they have. Almost all Of the
material has been supplied by real
estate men who own the property.
Mr.. Edward r. Carr, president Of
the Real Estate Board Of Wash
ington, has been a regular at
tendee at meetings. And the
Junior Chamber of Commerce is
planning to present a set Of tools
to the workers, Mr.. Gutkind
reported.
Mixed Emotions
At first people were as amazed
at this concrete expression of
Christian principles as the early
Romans, Mr.. Gutkind explained,
and suspicious to boot. Once the
group had convinced those con-
cerned that they came as friends
working at brotherhood, they were
accepted. Encouraged by i'm
provements to their homes. for
the most part consisting Of two
rooms. many tenants went on with
further work themselves. From
these improvements often comes
the desire to move to O better
neighborhood altogether, and the
Quaker group tries to help there.
too.
Community minded Mrs. Jesse
Yeager of 321 G street S.W.,
past president of the Bell Elemen-
tary PTA. has welcomed the prof.
ect as one that will better the
area. One of those whose house
was painted inside and out with
the help of the group, Mrs. Yea
ger added curtains and furtherl
improvements herself.
This sort of project is more
apt to happen in America than in
England" Mr.. Gutkind, an an
thropologist and an English
citizen, who leaves Washington
tomorrow for England, believes.
There is a pioneering spirit on the
part of all concerned in the prof.
ect, he feels. in this work designed
to help people help themselves.
Mr.. Gutkind will be succeeded by
Bill Mackensen of the Quaker
Meeting in Lincoln, Va.
Workers pay $3.50 to come for
the week end, although no one is
turned away for lack of the fee.
They buy and cook their own
Evening star., 1952-01-18

curity as it affects the older
person.
Miss Ringe will speak on the
outlook today for women who are
in the 40 plus age group, and out
line some of the career problems
of these older women. She also will
Evening star., 1952-01-18

point out what types Of occupa-
tions and industries can most ef-
fectively utilize their skills and
capabilities.
Miss Ruth Green and Mrs. Fay
are In charge of reservations for
the luncheon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
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