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Evening star., 1952-03-06

COLoRED-8s5 4Sth PL. Ne
conveniences. GEORGE Y. WORTH
IMGToNs q SON. 1719 Eye st. NV
CSHoRED-se1aA Sni RED EADs ST. Ne
as, ns See See Ms. iAWkEscE. SsEa alsss1 lssS
COIORED-SMALL APT. for man
and wife only. La. 6-9047.
CoLoRED
406 L st. NV, Apt. /: l rm.. kit,
bath; S75. RAYMOND r. RUP-
PERT, 1917 9TH st. NV. "a
COOPERATIVE APTS. SALE
1 BEDROOM. new modern kitchen;
good NV. location; excel. transp.; /;
$500. $4,000 cash. DE. 1885 eyes.
NORTHUMBERLAND, 2o39 N. H. ave.
NV, Apt. 702--Two-bedroom unit;
good view. Resident Manager viii
show between 200 and 400 pm.
IN week days. For special appoint
nlent, write Nib, 700 Wyatt
Building. liz
2nd-FLOOR 3-RM. APT.
WITH LGE. DINETTE
NEAR BOILING FIELD
TOTAL PAYMENT. S59.61 A MO.
Never before have we offered such an
unbelievable value at such q low
price. Large living room. dinette.
fully equipped kitchen, tiled bath
and twin-size bedroom. 8 large
closets; paruuet floors and outside
television antenna. Just redeco-
rated in the finest taste. Located In
q 4-year-old brick cooperative Just
so yards from s.e. largest shopping
downtown; SS9.6i per month COW
ers all payments including princi-
pal, interest. taxes, insurance, heat,
light, gas and maintenance. Priced
ridiculously low at lust $3.50.
It's q rare dnd. Phone imnae-
diately,
CALL MR.. NICHOLS. NO. 21l7. EWES.
days, call at National 5000)
FREDERICK w. BERENs SALES. INC.
1920 X st. NV. -
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CHESAPEAKE TERRACE

Garden-type Apt. Near Boiling Field
Express Bus Service
One Bedroom - $40 so
Utilities Included
4242 4th St. s.E. 10. 2-s57e
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TAKOMA PARK, MD.
cne-bedrm., liv. rm. dinette. kit. and
bath; $3.50 per mo-; all utils. incl.
CAL BOSS & PHELPS, INC. Ma.
$500. "A :
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2nd-FLOOR 3-RM. APT.
WITH LGE. DINETTE
NEAR BOILING FIELD
APARTMENTS WANTED

Derrick w. BERENS SALES. i
1920 X st. NV. -,
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406 L st. NV, Apt. /: 1 rm.. kit,
bath: $40. Apt. 2: 3 rms. kit,
bath; $75. RAYMOND r. RUP-
PERT, 10Y 9TH st. NV. "a
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NEAR MARYLAND UNIV.
Attractive 2-bedrm. bungalow in quiet
residential section; rent, 500 per mo.
FRED BURGESS, VI. 2S02, TILL 8
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GEORGETOWN
NEW APARTMENTS
2153 CALF. ST. NV.

EFFICIENCY APIS.
One block west Conn: ave: (car bus)
Bed-liv. rm. 15x19, 9h-ft. CELL,
new b.. kit. dinette 6 rms); $50
up. Remod.. redec., elev. bldg.l
Evening star., 1952-10-28
Murder Indictment
Accuses Man in Fatal
Stabbing Of Woman

A 37-year-old man was indicted
here yesterday on a charge OF
flrSt-degree murder in which he
is accused of fatally stabbing q
42-year-old woman last Septem-
ber 80.
The man indicted is Woodrow
w. Carr of the 200 block of D
street NV. The victim was Elva
L. Lam, also of the D street ad-
dress, with whom police said Carr
lived.
Police quoted Carr as saying
the woman hit him with a bottle
during an argument. Carr told
police he was holding a knife and
the woman fell against it.
Cruelty to Boys Charged.
Carl H. McKelvey, AZ, of the
1900 block of U street Sc, was
indicted on charges of cruelty to
children in which he is accused
of beating his 4-year-old twin
nephews with a belt. McKelvey
denies the charges. The two boys
are Edward D. and James L.
Smythe, both of the U street ad-
dress.
George Alfred, colored, A., of
the 1900 block Of Fourteenth street
NV, was indicted on charges Of
breaking into the Office of Tur-
ner's Arena three time within two
weeks and stealing $255 in cash.
Narcotic Charges.
The indictments were among a
total Of 80 returned by a grand
jury before Chief Judge Bolitha j.
Laws of the U. s. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
Several persons. all colored, were
Indicted on narcotics charges.
They were:
Melvin j. Chase, IS, and Alber-
ia Chase. 80, both of the 1900
block of Riggs place NV; Daniel
Gatewood, 38, of the 1900 block of
Monroe street NV: Wilbur U.
Ward, 80, of the 1000 block of Gil
rard street NE.
Also Irving M. Mathews, 81, 900
block OF Rhode Island avenue
NV. and Lloyd Davis, 81, 200
block Of Charming street NE.
Evening star., 1952-10-28
Lumber Plant Damaged
By Fire at Winchester
BY the Associated Prsss

WINCHESTER. Va, Oct. ga
planning mill and lumber shed of
the Glaize Brothers Lumber Co.
suffered 100000 to $95, ZOO damage
when fire swept through them
Sunday.
Flames threatened buildings in
the downtown business district
but were quelled by local and
r1eighboring fire companies. A
portion Of building owned by the
Winchester Milling Co. also was
burned.
Evening star., 1952-07-10
Many Still Sleepy After Seeing
Show That Had Everything

physical encounter, as PennSyl-
vania's Gov. John s. Fine ragged
to the platform to demand a As
minute recess before the Georgia
roll call started. He charged that
Chairman Hallanan had broken
faith in refusing this delay to per-
NIT the Pennsylvanians to caucus.
The chairman pointed out that
the convention had rejected q
recess motion, but Gov. Fine was
mot satisfied and continued to
argue. He lost.
The Georgia debate often was
|punctuated by boos, with Senator
Dirksen, of Illinois. a Taftite and
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New
York, an Eisenhower leader. get
ting their share.
Evening star., 1952-07-10

TeleviSion OF the Republican
National Convention made its big
gest hit as good show last night.
BY conservative estimate, more
than a quarter million people in
the Washington area sat up past
midnight watching the show that
had everything-dramatic tension,
suspense, spellbinding oratory and
humor.
Power Above Normal.
A Potomac Electric Power Co.
spokesman said electricity con-
sumption in the area served by
Pepco-the District and the met
ropolitan areas of Montgomery
and Prince Georges County in
Maryland-was $4,000 kilowatts
above normal in the hour from
midnight until l am. today.
The normal Pepco load for that
hour is 100000 kilowatts. That's
what it was Wednesday morning
when the convention show
wasn't so drsmatic-and what
was estimated IN advance for this
morning. But 1t shot up to $685.
900 kilowatts.
Pepco estimates the average
television set uses about $50 watts
some less and some more. Figur-
ing another 100 watts for lighting
the televiSion viewing rooms, the
$4,000 kilowattS extra conSump-
ton means that more than 10O,-
900 television sets must have been
on in the Pepco area between
midnight and am. In most
cases groups Of people were watch
ing each set.
Falls OF After 2 AM.
Some of them went to bed be-
tween and 2. The electricity
consumption fell off then but 1t
still was $4,000 kilowatts above
normal. This indicates more than
10000 sets remained on.
All over Washington, people
we're complaining of being sleepy
today. A laundry routeman told
one of his customers that at most
of the homes from which ne col
lected laundry this morning, he
heard reports of oversleeplng and
the man of the house getting Of
late for work.
Among those who stayed up
watching the show, most of the
talk today was about laughter
provoking incident that broke
some of the tension built up by
strife between the Eisenhower and
Taft factions in the convention.
That's the first time I've seen
that man laugh" remarked one
Washington housewife early this
morning.
She was talking about Walter
s. Hallanan, the long-lastine
temporary" chairman Of the con-
vention who joined the convention
delegates and millions of televisior
viewers in hearty laughter over
the antics of a Puerto Rican dele.
gate at the wind-up Of the Georgis
Aght.
Laughter over the incident, ii
which the television camerai
showed the Puerto Ricans joining
came. as a welcome relief to Re
publican leaders who had beer
worried over the tension built III
in the Eisenhower-T TAFT strife.
Earlier, it had seemed that tn
audience might be treated to
Evening star., 1952-07-10
Delegate Lineup
TubuIotion Gives Tuft
486, Eisenhower 514
By The A..oeio,ed Pres.

CHICAGO, July 10.-The latest
Associated Press tabulation Of del
egates to the Republican National
Convention based on delegates
pledged. instructed or willing to
express a preference; on candidate
concessions, and on the outcome
of contests that have now been
settled:
Taft. 4S6.
Eisenhower, Sl4.
Others, 10.
Uncommitted, D6.
Total, l,2O3.
Needed TO nominate, 6O4.
Evening star., 1952-07-10
Iroq to Hove New PIunt

lraq will have a plant near the
Kirkuk oil field to make ammo
MUM sulphate, sulphur and carbon
black from natural gas and gyp-
sum.
Evening star., 1952-07-10
rotal 1,2o8)

Tetal u,2e6) -. 4S6 514 I10 06
California, and 8, Wisconsin): Stassen
tColorade. 4; Minnesota, al; MacAr-
thur tOklahomas 3, West virginias ~.
Evening star., 1952-04-20
Lobby
Senators Morse and Mcmahon Are Asking
How Much 1t Influenced Our Policies
By EorI II. Yoss

Senators who have been look
ing back at our postwar China
policy SO Searchingly might
profit from rereading the story
of Lots wife. whom God turned
into a pillar of salt for looking
back at Sodom and Gomorrah.
There has been so much hunt
ing for past iniquities in our
China policy that current and
future plans are hardly getting
the attention they deserve.
There was more talk Of post
mortemS on China policy last
week, but on another aspect.
Since China lell into Com
munist hands in 1949, most of
the looking has been over the
left shoulder, in the direction
of alleged Communists and fell
low travellers suspected of ma
nipulating American foreign
policy to the advantage of the
Kremlin and Peking.
Recently, however, Americans
have been glancing over the
right shoulder, reviewing the
activities of group Of Chinese
Nationalist sympathlzers loosely
identified as the China lobby.
Evening star., 1952-04-20

public man who finds himself
without public Office. In or out
of the Senate, of course, he
would never be without a public
platform.
1t would, moreover, save him
the expense of further cam
paignS and the embarrassment
Of possible defeat. should he
still aspire to office holding. 4
Conflicting opinions on just
what the Nation owes former
occupants of the White House,
and vice versa, will be aired at
hearings on the bills. An in
formal poll of congressional
sentiment, meanwhile, revealed
that. generally speaking, pro-
fessional politicians are hard
ened to the occupational haz-
ard of overnight oblivion and
unWelcome inactivity. They
point out. too, that while the
presidency is democracy's most
crushing office, it is also it's
greatest prize Survivors spoil
ing for more political activity
should take their chances with
the rest, they say.
They may sound ungrateful.
Evening star., 1952-04-20
Clara Borton Brought Kindness to the Battlefield

the international Committee
for the Relief of the Wounded
in War;" adopting as its symbol
the reverse color scheme of the
Swiss flag (white cross on a red
field. BY 1864 twelve nations,
not including the United States,
had adopted the celebrated
Geneva or Red Cross Conven-
ton, based on Dunant'S recon-
mendations.
Growing Achievement
The moment she read "A
Memory of Solferino" Clara
Barton determined that Amer
lea must join the Red Cross
movement. Consecrating her.
self to this goal, she never
tagged until, in 1882, President
Arthur signed the Geneva
treaty. Thus the United States
became partner in the great
est humane movement the world
has ever known. 1t was the
crowning achievement in Clara
Barton's remarkable career.
Evening star., 1952-04-20
By Mary McGirory

A movement to be kind to ex-
Presidents seems to be gaining
ground at the Capitol. No less
than five bills are pending
which would give former Chief
Executives lifetime membership
in the Senate. Under the most
generous of these retirement
plans-one sponsored by Repre-
sentative Roosevelt, Democrat,
of New York-the Vice President
would also be taken care of by
a Solicitous Congress.
President Truman has told his
biographer, William Hillman
that when he leaves the White
House, he wants to enter the
classroom as q teacher of
American history. In a jocose
moment the other day., he told
the editors some people feel
has-beens should be lowered
into the Potomac with a rock
around their necks. Old friends
in the Senate feel, however, that
he could be prevailed upon to
rejoin them. Back on. the Sem
ate floor. Mr.. Truman would
have all the privileges and pre-
negatives of the most exclusive
club in the world, without any
of the responsibilities Of COM
mittee service Or voting.
Proponents of the move to
bring this about say they feel
the country should not be de-
prived of the wisdom and coun-
sci of an ex-President repre-
senting the country at large.
ToctfuI Pension
Actually. beneath this rather
pious statement seems to be a
genuine desire to be nice to the
two living ex-Presidents, one
from each party, whom we will
have accumulated by next Janu-
airy. Lifetime membership in the
Senate would be a tactful means
Of giving to Mir. Hoover and
Mr.. Truman and their success
sors the pension many people
feel they richly deserve-if only
for having served as Com
manderS in Chief.
It's most important psyche
logical effect would be to spare
ex-Presidents that fish-out-of-
water feeling that aff1icts the
Evening star., 1952-04-20

who went into partnership with
Whiting Willauer to buy out
the Chinese governments in
terests in two Chinese airrlines
just after the fall of China.
Earlier he appeared frequently
before Senate committees in
support of large aid appropria-
tions for Chang to hold China.
William J. Goodwin. backer
of Gerald L. K. Smith who
spoke kindly of Hitler and
Mussolini before the war. He
presently is a figure in Senator
Taft's New York State cam
paign for the presidential nomi-
nation. He served as paid
lobbyist ($30.000 a year, for the
Chinese, and entertained about
100 congressman year. He
thinks he influenced so of them
to back more aid for Chang.
David B. Charnay, public re-
lations man hired by the Bank
of China at a high five-figure
annual fee. One of his former
employees says he worked on the
China account" by aiding the
senatorial campaign of Richard
M. Nixon in California.
Congressman Judd of Minne-
sofa and Henry Luce. publisher
of Time, Life and Fortune mag
azineS, also are sometimes
linked with the China lobby.
They are considered to be
scrupulous and sincere advo-
Gates of support for Chang as
a Channel to resist communism
in Asia and to save the
Chinese people from Communist
tyranny.
Senotoriol Fringe
On the fringe of this group
of Chang advocates known as
the China lobby are the names
of a number of Republican Sem
atorS. So far there is no clear
evidence that any of these men
or others in Government have
developed their pro-Chiang
records out of anything but
conviction. Among them are
Senators Nixon. Bridges of New
Hampshire, Mundt of South
Dakota, Mccarthy of Wisconsin,
Knowland of California and
even Taft of Ohio.
Neither these Senators nor
Secretary Acheson is believed
to have much taste for China
lobby probe, as suggested by
Senators Morse and Mcmahon.
Secretary Acheson seems to rely
here on the let-sleeping dogs
lie theory. This dog isn't asleep
yet, but it may just possibly be
doing off. Mr.. Acheson un-
doubtedly wants to give it every
announcement.
Evening star., 1952-04-20
Bird-Proofing
Mons Latest Weapon in the so Years War
Against StorIings in the Nations Capitol
By ChorIes Cooke

Europe's famous Thirty Years
war between Catholics and
ProtestantS, which was termi-
mated in 1648 by the Treaty of
Westphalia, wasn't a patch on
Washington's Sixty Years War
between starlings and men-no
termination of which, as we go
to press, is in sight.
The starting is defined by
WebSter'S as "any paSserine
bird belonging to SturnuS or an
allied genus" Turning to pas
Serine," you find that it means
"of or pertaining to the passeri-
formes." Turning to "passeri-
formes," you find that they are
"the largest order of birds, in
Guiding 1000 species or sub
species" Webster's then gives
us a more specific definition:
1.-The passeriformes are altricial,
lack the ambiens muscle and
have the vomer well developed;
they truncate anteriorly, the
forked poSterior embracing the
basisphenoid."
Non -ApposobIe HoIluxes
On the other hand, Man,
genus Homo" says Webster's,
belongs in the class Mammalia,
with modification of the feet
for walking instead of prehen-
sion, the halluX, or great toe,
being non-apposable."
Between two such formidable
opponents, it was probably in
evitable that a long and bitter
war would be fought. But the
starlingS, by the millions, are
boldly determined to roost from
dusk to dawn in Washington'S
trees and buildings, especially in
the citys business district and
most especially during the win
ter. And the men, by hundreds
and thousands, are grimly deter
mined to rout out the roosters,
or root out the roistererS.
Historically, it all goes back
to 1890. In that year 40 Eu-
ropean Starlings, released in
Central Park, New York, by an
unknown bird lover. spread rap
idly through the country. They
loved Washington at first sight.
The towns many neo-classic,
Romanesque, rocco. and ba-
rogue buildings provided, and
still provide, millions of STAR
ling-size roosting places.
Weapons of War
In Washington, to date, the
following weapons of war, none
of them overly successful, have
been used by man against the
airboIne hordes: Drenching
with fire hoses, rafting tin
cans, dlScharglng blank car
tridges,' ringing bells, clapping
hands, firing Roman candles,
cracking whips, lighting smudge
pots. decorating stink bombs,
honking KlaXons, spreading
itching powder, deploying stuffed
owls and calling out the riot
squad.
Other weapons seriously dis
cussed but rejected by embat-
tied man for one reason or an
other have been; Releasing
poison gas, sounding ultrahigh-
frequency waves, raising barrage
balloons and, as a tactic of
sheer, final desperation, stealing
Evening star., 1952-04-20

ment seems to have been heav-
lily veiled in a tricky network of
financial blinds. Most investi-
gators who have studied the
lobby'S. operations doubt if any
accounting is kept or ever can
be made. But a sample Of the
size of the operation is the re-.
port, backed by one of % Chi
nese cables Senator Morse has
made public, of a 1949 offer to
Gen. Wedemeyer of SIS mil
lion to go to work for Chang.
Members of the China lobby
in this country are. top-draWer
Chinese Nationalists, many of
them related to. Chang, and a
varied assortment OF Ameri-
cans. Two influential Chinese
members are T.. v. Soong and
H. H. Kung, brotherS-in-law of
Chang who fled to America
with their money when China
fell. Both are former Chinese
Ministers of Finance and long
time stalwarts in the Kuomin-
tang, although bitter personal
rivals.
$lOO Bills
Working with Mr.. Kung are
his two sons, Louis and David.
The latter is in charge of the
Kung family finances. Louis is
a contact man allegedly dis
pensing lavish ($30,O00 to $75,-
900 a year, salaries and fees.
He is said to be the kind of a
man who pays the check with
500 bills.
Chen Chih-mai, Minister
Counselor in the Chinese EN-
baSsy here, is one of the WASH
mgton master minds of the
group. Senator Morse has re-
leased information indicating
Mr.. Chen may have overstepped
the bounds of propriety even
for diplomatic activity.
Among the Americans in the
China lobby are several fac
tions. Alfred Kohlberg, i'm
porter of Chinese embroidery
and Self-styled pro-Chiang,
anti-Communist propagandist,
is usually the first American
mentioned. He was the first
to attack the Institute of Pa
cific Relations, from which he
resigned in 1947 for its alleged
pro-communism. Senator Nc
Carthy admits he got much of
his material on alleged Com
muniStS in the State Depart
ment and in the IPR from Mr..
kohlberg. Insofar as this served
to exert pressure for the custer
of Secretary AcheSon and people
in the Government who shared
his views, this coincided with
the China lobby's objectives.
Other Americans who have
espoused the Chang cause in
clude:
Frederick C. Mckee. Pitts
burgh businessman, who denies
getting any financial support
from any Chinese source. He
headed private pro-Chiang
groups but apparently is sin
cerely dedicated to the fight
against communism in Asia.
Claire Chennault, commander
Of the wartime Flying Tigers,
Evening star., 1952-04-20

So has the Republic on occa-
sion. A term or two in the White
House has never been a guar
antee of subsequent success at
the polls.
The tradition of ex-Presidents
running for lesser Office has
rather died out in the last 100
years. The last to regain his
Senate seat, Andrew johnson,
had to fight So hard he may we'll
have stif1ed such ambitions in
his successors. After his re-
tirement from the White House
in 1869 he made two futile tries
to rejoin his congressional COL
leagues. He finally was elected
to the Senate from Tennessee
in March, 1875. He died three
months later.
History's most oft-cited ex-
ample of a man who settled
for less is John Quincy Adams,
who contentedly served nine
terms in the House of Repre-
sentatives following departure
from the White House. MI.
Adams sense of proportion is
so admired it is often over
looked that at one point during
Evening star., 1952-04-20
The Core and Feeding Of Ex-Presidents

his congressional tenure he
made a bid for the governorship
of Massachusetts, - and was
turned down by the voters.
His father, John Adams, was,
at IS, a delegate to the consti-
tutional convention. James
Monroe was a member and the
president of the Virginia Con-
Stitutional Convention, His
predecessor, James Madison was
a member of the same conven-
ton. John Tyler, was a dele
gate to and president of the
Peace Convention in Washing
ton in 1861, and later became
a delegate to the Confederate
Provisional Congress and a
member of the House Of Repre-
sentatives of the Confederate
Congress.
Strange Fascination
Martin Van Buren, and Mil
lard Fillmore both tried to get
back into the White Housetwice,
both times under different aus
pices. Which just goes to show
that no matter what men say
about the presidency they have
always-at least until recently
been powerfully drawn to it.
Theodore Roosevelt. after spell
of hunting and literary work,
drew a bead on the presidency
under a new banner, but didn't
connect.
Seven of the 80 men who have
been President died in office. A
dozen genuinely retired for good
and all from the public stage.
Senator Taft's father withdrew
to the judiciary. Several. like
Jefferson and Madison, con-
cerned themselves with educa-
ton. Washington and Jackson
returned to farming. EXPIRES
ident Hoover, without holding
Office, has done valiant service
as head of the Hoover commits
sion to reorganize the executive
branch. :..-
So whatever President Tru-
man wants to do, he has prece-
dents. If he has his own ideas
of how he might want to spend
these years outside the White
House, then presumably he could
veto the proposals of this un-
usually concerned Congress.