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Evening star., 1952-06-01

Reading the nat statement
last week, that "the greatest
concentration of Choeropsis
Hberieasis in the country is in
Washington" this reporter. who
reacts rather violently to fiat
statements, started checking.
First, he called up DR.. Will
liam M. Mann. director of the
Zoo, and asked II this was true.
Couldn't be truer," said DR..
Mann, land I'll go even further.
Washington is the pigmy hippo
potamus center of America"
1--WE heard this town called
a lot of things" said the re-
porter, "but never"
well. look at the record"
said DR.. Mann. Right now,
we've got Billy the old gentle
man: his two mates. Hannah
and Mathilda. and six of their
IL living children"
Missing Gumdrops
which six?"
Lets see now" said DR..
Mann. We've got Gumdrop
III-Gumdrop I we traded to
the Cole Brothers Circus, you
know. and Gumdrop II went to
hiladelphia-and - ah - we've
got Gumdrop ". I believe"
what about Gumdrop IV?'
"Why. he went in on q part
trade for some kangaroos, to the
best of my recollection. AS I
was saying, we've got Gumdrop
v and Gumdrop VII"
what happened to Gum
drop VIZ"
Tell you what" said DR..
Mann. why don't you drop
around to the Zoo and talk to
Ralph Norris? He knows more
about pigmy hippopotamuses
than anybody else. He'll tell
you all about them, and take
you around to see each and
every one. You can get it all
Strengthened out right on the
scene"
And so it was that your re-
porter found himself, later that
day. in the elephant house.
Gentle Expletives
Ralph Norris, an assistant
headkeeper. is q man with gray
Evening star., 1952-06-01

or another. Individual govern
ments are discouraged from
making a hearty effort unless
their neighbors are trying, too.
FAC conferences now have
provided the plans necessary for
such an approach. Point-four
is contributing technical knowl-
edge and the means for effective
attack. Point-four also is carry
ing out control work in Iraq,
PakiStan and Jordan today.
Insecticide for ground control
has been given to Lebanon.
India and Afghanistan will re-
ceive aid when they need it as
the plague moves on to them.
Swift, mobile air units of
point-four, working as a team
with the ground organization,
will move with the locust cycle
in the future, striking them in
their breeding grounds. Such a
strike Is planned this fall and
winter in Africa.
Woter for Oil =.
Learning is reciprocal in this
venture. After last years work.
Evening star., 1952-06-01

knew how nightly he had
helped a long line of future
Democratic presidential candi-
dates when he "solidified" the
South. He died In 1886.
He did see the South demon
strate the power of it's new
found political solidarity in 1884,
when Grover Cleveland. the
first Democratic President since
James Buchanan, was elected.
Cleveland gave the Solid South
executive recognition by ap-
pointing two Southerners-the
Attorney General and Secretary
Of the Interior-to his cabinet.
Only twice since 1880 have the
ranks of the Solid South been
weakened in presidential elec-
tions by defections to the Re-
publicans. The first break came
in 1920, when Harding carried
Tennessee. At that time. po-
litical seers predicted the Solid
South was split for good.
Hoover Corried 5
In 1923, Hoover. carried five
States of the former Confed-
eracy-Florida. North Carolina,
Virginia, Texas and Tennessee
and all the border States. But
this detection was short-lived.
In 1882, the truant States all
came back into the fold. Four
years ago, Of course, the Demo-
Gratis were weakened by the can
didacy of Strom Thurmond on
the third-party ticket.
Theodore Roosevelt, in his
time, confidently predicted the
disintegration Of the Solid
South, but he didn't say when.
Said Teddy, Thousands of
Southerners want to break it.
but they are timid about the
first plunge. Once they realize
they can vote for a Republican
with safety to their local condi-
tions. there will be break away
from the Democratic organiza-
tions that will make several
Southern States as doubtful as
the Northern States"
That was 43 years ago. But
there Is no indication Of a major
breakup yet.
Evening star., 1952-06-01
How Did the Solid South Get Thot Wov?

Every four years-when aspir-
ing presidential candidates start
counting votes before they hatch
political soothsayers come up
with vague intimations that the
breakup of the traditionally
Solid South may be at hand.
Gov. John Battle of Virginia
recently made a comment with
similar overtones when he pre-
dicted that 'it's possible" the
Old Dominion might slip her
political anchors to the Solid
South and go Republican if
Gen. Eisenhower is nominated.
Nevertheless, the Solid South,
now in its 72d year, is still
solid. And the candidacy of
Georgia's popular Senator Rus
sell seems to augur a continu-
,ance Of that solidarity.
! The little-known and unex.
spected origin of the Solid South
goes back to 1880. 1t was engi-
Ineered by Union officer named
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Han
cock. "the Superb" running for
President on the Democratic
ticket that year. A statue of
him sitting aStride his horse,
gazing patiently toward the
White House he failed to reach,
stands at Seventh and Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
AS a soldier, Gen. Hancock's
record will ever be bright and
shining, although it hardly could
be expected to evoke hosannahs
in the South. At Gettysburg he
commanded the I'd Corps of the
Union Army that repulsed
Pickett's spectacular charge and
crushed the last hope of South
ern independence.
Six Little Words
Politically he is best remem-
bered by six injudicious words,
"The tariff is a local issue"
They have dogged his memory
ever since. Actually, his sue
cess in lining up the South
had a much greater long-range
effect on history than his un-
polite remarks about the tariff.
The South had entered the
1880 campaign with a rebel yell
that echoed to the skies. 1t
was determined to avoid the
"rigged" kind Of an election
which had put Rutherford B.
Hayes into Office a year before.
Ulysses Grant. who had con-
quered the South in 1865, had
just returned from a round-the-
world trip with hankerings for
a third term. But after 36 bal
lots the Republicans had nomi-
mated dark-horse James A.
Garfield. who had a creditable
war record.
To oppose Garfield the Demo-
Gratis, meeting at Cincinnati.
picked Gen. Hancock. In spite
Evening star., 1952-06-01

Taxing an author with his
work can be a thankless busi-
ness. The famous anecdote
about Mr.. Browning and God is
the perfect Illustration of the
abyss between the moment of
inspiration and conformation.
In the case Of Whitaker Cham
bers, whose Witness" Is the cur
rent sensation. the gap between
the man and the book seems so
wide they can hardly be seen in
the same focus.
Journeying to Mr.. Chambers
farm in Westminster, Md, any
one fresh from q reading Of
Witness" might reasonably ex-
pect to find a man of grave, not
to say downcast. demeanor, a
man who. according to his as
sertion, has been crushed by his
experiences In the Hiss case.
In the last chapter of "Wit-
ness" by way of showing his
state of mind. Mr.. Chambers
told how he and his wife rue
fully contemplate their weed
choked garden. knowing they
will do nothing about it. II do
not think we SHALL" he wrote,
unless time itself can lift from
us the sense that we have lived
our lives and the rest is ma
lingering"
The first thing q visitor has
to overcome is a tendency to
address Mr.. Chambers in the
portentous manner of his book.
AS a writer. he deals in sonorous
abSolutes; he Is ever conscious
Of his role in history. In con-
versation he is deprecating and
casual. He writes about his
emotions with determined flu
ency, but he does not care to
talk about them.
Revival Of Spirit
He will tell you, however, that
he Is relaxed" When you ask
him about his present outlook
on life, he says. 1--WE dug up
the garden and my wife is do
ing over the house" If these
are signs Of a revival Of the
spirit or a turning of the tide.
he noncommittally invites you
to make the most Of 1t.
Witness" was written In a
little yellow house with broken
front steps, lying at the edge Of
Mr.. Chambers rolling 300-acre
farm. He worked in a ground
floor kitchen which is ap-
preached through a heavily
Overgrownr grape arbor, where
swallows and goldflnches end
lessly rustic and sing. His pa
pers are on an old kitchen table
over which a length Of beaver
board has been unevenly laid.
The room is full of tobacco cans
in various states of supply and
an odd bumblebee buzzes
through a cobwebbed screen
door. The only new and shiny
object in the room is the Cham
berS typewriter.
Fan Mail
Readers OF the book need
hardly be reminded that Mr..
Chambers speaks again and
again of being one man against
the world during his ordeal.
One Of the ironies of his present
situation is that he is now
swamped by correspondence.
The kitchen table is strewn with
letters from people who have
written to express sympathy
and appreciation. OF the boxes
and piles of messages that clut-
ter his house, only a handful,
from diehard Hiss supporters,
are hostile. One recurring let
ter comes from the head of a
splinter atheist group whose
handwriting he now recognizes
and does not bother to read.
Does this great outpouring
reasSure Mr.. Chambers? Not
too much, it would appear. That
is part and parcel of his atti-
tude. He has survived battle
which he was sure would de-
stroy him, but he does not re-
gard this as a victory. To him.
it Is q miracle. His personal
makeup, he thinks, was an aid
to survival. II am an equable
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kept up throughout the Middle
East, I think that within five
years this age-old problem will
be brought under control" VIII
liam B. Mabee, director Of
American activity in that area,
declared. "The only way to sue
cess is to wipe out the pests in
the entire Middle East and that
is what we are working to-
ward"
Mr.. Mabee, an entomologist
with the Department of Agri-
culture. is working under point
four, the State Departments
technical assistance program
abroad.
Ironion PIeo
The seeds for the present
effort were sown last year. The
Iranian government, faced with
a severe locust invasion, ur-
gently asked for aid from the
United States, Britain and
Russia.
Within IL days this country's
point-four program sent small
spray planes on their way to
Iran. With the cooperation of
the Department of Agriculture.
tons Of a powerful new insec-
ticide, aldrin. were shipped by
plane and boat. Specialists and
pilots went. too, to carry out
crop busting and spraying.
In all, about $4,000 acres of
widely separated areas were
treated, and vast quantities of
crops were saved. The danger
to India and Pakistan, where
aerial spraying operations also
were conducted under point
four. was reduced. Enthusi-
Evening star., 1952-06-01

astic over the project. FAC
Joined with point-four to press
locust control on q wide scale.
This year, four United States
spray planes and four pilots are
at work on the Iranian-Pakistan
border. Two other United
States planes are operating
within Iran. Nine tons Of al
Evening star., 1952-03-20
FinoIists in 1851 North-South
Meet Again in Second Round

toehold on the match with an
opening 38.
Mrs. Richard D. Chapman Of
Pinehurst, pushed Pat Garner Of
Midland. Texas, to 81 holes before
going down.
Fav0rites Advance.
Otherwise, the favorite did az
expected. Mary Lena Faulk.
medalist from Thomasville. Ga:
Curtis Cup player Grace Demoss
of Corvallis, Greg, and Mrs. julius
A. Page. jr., of Chapel Hill. N. G.,
cup alternate. led the parade.
Today's upper bracket matches
sent Miss Faulk against Miss
Jansen, Mrs. H. S. Covington,
Orangeburg, s. c., against Pat
Garner, and Mrs. Page against
Sonia Wise, York, Pa.
The lower half feature sent
Miss Demoss against Edean An
derson, Helena, Mont; another
interesting match paired Barbara
Romack. Sacramento (Calif.)
teen-ager, against Eileen Stub
of Athens, Ga. Mrs. Holbrook
Platt. Pinehurst, against Mary
Agnes Wall, Menominee, Mich.
and Mrs. Faquin against Ida Nc.
Dowell, Camden, S. C.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
By Robert B. Phillips
SpseicI corrsspondsnt Of The Stur


UPPERVIILE. Va. Mar. 20.-
Two members Of the Blue Ridge
Hunt held the principal trophies
today after the annual Piedmont
Hunt oint-to-point races on Paul
Melons Rokeby Farm.
Sidney Culver OF White Post
rode his Reynolds Town to a leg
on the famous Rokeby Bowl in a
driving victory over five other
starters. Richard E. Dole of Boyce.
aboard his Jordan. never was
headed in a 3-mile gallop over
post and rail fences in winning
the heavyweight race. The Gus
tomary 41a-mile course was short
ened because Of heavy overnight
rains which made the footing
sloggy.
In the ladies' race, there were
only two starters, but the honorS
again went to an invader when
Mrs. Anne Fadeley Of Water
ford. a member Of Loudoun Hunt.
rode Fenton, Fadeley's big-strid-
ing Head Agent to an easy victory
after the only other starter, Mrs.
Dulany Randolph's Frank Thomas.
tumbled over the last fence.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
New Captain Sought
After Shields Quits
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 20.-The
United States Davis Cup team will
have a new captain this year. and
American tennis bigwigS were
scratching their heads today try
ing to decide who should get the
sometimes thankless job vacated
by Frank Shields.
The handsome international
tennis star Of two decades ago
held down the post for one year.
but announced last night he was
not available this time. His team
dropped a 3-2 decision to Aus
tralia in the challenge round last
year, and Shields found himself
the center Of one Of the biggest
controversies In American tennis.
It all centered around his selec-
tion Of the veteran Ted Schroeder
over young Dick Savitt for action
against the AusSieS. Savitt was
annoyed and said so. When every
one arrived back in the United
States, Shields got up at the
United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation meeting and blasted Savitt
Yet Shields said that was not
the reason for his dropping out Of
the running. Admitting that he
didn't like to quit while under
fire, he said it was his only re-
course because Of his various busi-
ness investments.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
FIeshmun
Continued From Page CID

Dodgers wanted to sign him. bu.
wouldn't produce any money.
That was year In which Buck
whose first name Is Levi, won Is
games and lost only one pitching
half a season for Snug Harbor in
the Prince Georges County
League. Tony Baker. father OF
the little lefthander who used to
he a between-games attraction at
Griffith Stadium Suneay double
headers as an 8-year-old who
could throw a curve, took Flesh
man to the ball park for a trial.
Clark Griffith liked what he
saw and signed the gangling
Fleshman. Buck received nc
bonus, but he got a satisfactory
graduated salary arrangement and
was sent to Concord Of the North
Carolina State League. where he
finished the year with SIS mark.
First 2O-Game Winner.
Buck returned to Concord in
1850 and in his first full season in
organized baseball won 10 games
and lost IL.
Last year he became the first
20-game winner in the abbreviated
history Of the Tri-State League.
Buck came back to Hyattsville
last fall, pitched one game with
Lees Tavern and was beaten but
not embarrassed. Seven errors
behind him accounted for the de-
feat, he says.
He's calm almost to the point
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Blue Ridge Hunt Riders Score
Double in UpperviIIe Features

f, Mrs. Randolph, the daughter Of
Mrs. r. p. Sears Of Boston, shared
a days hard luck with her mother,
who sent Flying Tourist to the
post in the Rokeby Bowl. saw the
horse swing out on top in the
last third Of the race. only to
crack into an in-and-out fence
and roll over jockey Mike Smith
wick. Smithwick came out Of a
rough spill with mere cuts and
bruises.
Until the final fence, the Roke-
by feature seemed to be a toss-up
between Mrs. ]. T. SINNERS
Polinchinella, William Rochester
jr.'s Black Slave and Mr.. Culver's
|clean-fencing Reynolds Town. AS
they drove into the last barrier,
Polinchinella hit hard and took
out a rail. The other two forged
ahead, but Reynolds Town held
Black Slave safe as they swung
past the judges.
Ladies' race-Firxt. Head Agent, Mrs
Fenton Fadeley; second, Frank Thomas
eds. MTs. Duiany Randolph; Frank THOMAS
$50.
Heavyweight race. for riders carrying
ridden BY Richard 3. Dole; second. Lassie,
Henry Loomis, owner-rider; third. Climb
High Cyrus Manntere. owner-rider. Time
Rokeby Challenge Bowl. First. Rey-
nolds Town. Sidney Culver. owner-rider;
second. Black Slaye. William Rochester,
j. T Skinner. owner, Lewis Murdoch,
rider Also started, Grey Prince. DR.
Farms. Flyinr Tourist fell. Time. 7:3S' 4
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Three Seeded Teams Left
In Catholic Tourney ),
by the As.oeio,edp,es.

TROY. N. Y, Mar. 20.-Three
seeded teams and one spoiler play
IN the semifinals of the National
Catholic Invitation basketball
tourney tomorrow night.
Marquette, seeded No. 2. ad-
vanced last night by defeating
Iona, $3.50, but third-seeded st.
Joseph's (Pa0 went down before
unseeded st. Francis (Pa.). $3.50.
Marquette will meet fourth
seeded st. Francis Of Brooklyn.
the defending champion. st. Fran
els Pa.) takes on top-ranked
Siena.
Maurice Stokes. 6-foot-6 center.
led dark-horse st. Francis in its
surprise win over st. Joseph's. He
scored 10 points and was q work.
horse under the backboards. Mar
|quette started slowly, but pulled
ahead, 1926, at the half and never
again trailed.
Tonight is an open date. The
finals are set for Saturday night.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PINEHURST, N. c., Mar. 90
They replayed the 1851 women's
North and South Golf tournament
Ioday-only this time it was in the
second round.
Thanks to the United States
Golf Association numerical draw,
Pat O'Sullivan and her dearest
friend, Mae Murray, met head on
in the feature match of the upper
bracket.
A year ago, Pat, from Orange,
Conn.,, won her second successive
North and South in a thrilling
1-up final with Mae. the Rutland,
VT. miss, who two years ago was
national runnerup.
Today's meeting VISA their sixth
in match play. with Mae holding
the edge, 80.
Both Win With Ease.
Yesterday Pat had little trouble
handling Mrs. George Billowick,
Butler Pa. 6 and S, iii the first
round. Mae scored a z and 6
victory over Mrs. s. H. Patterson
of Pinehurst. matching par 81 for
the front nine.
Yesterdays matches produced
two major surprises. Mary Patton
Jansen of Charlottesville, Va,
whipped Carol Diringer. a tourna-
ment-tested Tifin, Ohio. girl. S
and 4.
Mrs. Clay Faquin Of Durham,
N. c., trounced Betty Rowland,
National Collegiate champion from
Lexington, KY. 5 and 4, getting a
Evening star., 1952-03-20

distinction Of having been rated
the two 2-year-old Of 1851 In three
countries. He was champion OF
the Irish. English and French turf.
although he had to share the
honor with Auriban in France.
Windy City II is owned by Mrs.
Petite Luellwitz of California. who
purchased him from a fellow
Californian. Ray Bell. The latter
bought the colt when he was q
yearling, and raced him abroad as
a 2-year-old. Bell Is reported to
have received $165. 900 for the colt
from the present owner.
Mrs. Luellwitz started Windy
City II four times during the Sam
ia Anita meeting. He won two
straight after finishing fifth in
his initial race in this country.
The imported colt was a big fa-
vorite in the Santa Anita Derby,
in which he ran second to Calu-
NETS Hill Gail.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Derby Preyiews
tAnother Of . Series.l

Speeiol Dispcseh 10 The Stor
LOUISVILLE. Mar. 20.-In 1917
Omar Khayyam, a colt foaled in
won the Kentucky Derby
and thus evened the count for
England since Pierre Lorillard had
won the English Derby in 1881
with Iroquois, a colt bred and
foaled at Erdenheim Stud in
Pennsylvania. Many efforts have
been made since 1917 to repeat
Omar Khayyam's foreign" VIC
tory. but none with success.
This year a new invader Is
scheduled to make another effort
to tip the scales in favor of the
invaders. Moreover, the new
challenge comes from a colt
which already has proved that the
American-breds will have to dc
some powerful running to turn
him back.
The foreigner" is Windy City
II, a colt which has the unique
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Snead 5 Three Brides
And Eagle in 4 Holes
Win Seminole Open
BY the As,oeio,ed Pres,

PALM BEACH, Fla, Mar. 20.-
In one brilliant four-hole stretch,
Sammy Snead won the pro di-
vision Of the $4,000 Seminole
Golf tournament yesterday and
gave his admiring gallery a
glimpse Of golfing genius.
There were nine holes to 60 and
Snead trailed Johnny Palmer Of
Badin. N. c.. by a stroke. He
birdied the 10th and lIth with
long. difficult puts. He Clipped in
from 40 feet of the green for an
eagle 3 at the 18th, and birdied
the 18th with another long putt.
That demoralizing burst shot
Snead far past Palmer, who
Topped to a SO on the homecom-
ing stretch, and earned Sam a
total Of $1,858.33 for his work in
the 36-hole event.
Sneed Collects $1,8OO.
He collected $1,000 for his VIC
tory in the pro section and $50. .33
for teaming with Arthur o. Well
man Of New York City to tie for
nth place in the pro-amateur
best ball competition.
Snead's 36-hole total Of 1873, six
under par for the tough, 1000
yard Seminole Golf Club course,
gave him q six-stroke margin
over Palmer and three others
Doug Ford Of Harrison, N. Y;
Marty Furgol Of Lemont, Ill, and
Claude Harmon Of West Palm
Beach.
Gusty March winds baked the
seaside course throughout the
tournament and so bad were
playing conditions that only
Snead among 81 pros broke par.
Two Teams Tie.
Two teams tied for first with
best-ball scores Of 129 in the pro-
division-Bob Toski Of
Northampton, Mass, and Reginald
Boardman. jr., of Palm Beach
and Furgol and Ronald B. Balcom
Of Palm Beach.
A favorite Of the galleries dur
ing the two days Of play was the
Duke OF Windsor. The Duke and
his partner. Vic Ghezzi of Inwood.
N. Y, were 59th in the team
standings with a best ball la.
MnIanu-Hrrira,ai,,rr sn,.nc.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Champion Stogs Bow
In Court Tourney

The Stays, defending cham
pions Of the Recreation Citywide
Basketball Tournament, in prog
resS at the Kelly Miller School
gym. were on the sidelines today
after a quarter final loss to Office
Of Chief of Finance, $3.50. YMCA
defeated Navy Cyclones. 74-65.
Semif1nals tonight will pit Gen.
sus Bureau and YMCA at z and
OCF and Bee Gees at $3.50. Finals
will be played tomorrow night
with the consolation game at z
and championship game at 8.30.
Evening star., 1952-03-20
Wolf, New Tulone Coach,
To Keep r. Formation

NEW ORLEANS. Mar. 20 Dr.
Raymond Bear) Wolf, Tulane
University's new head coach, plans
to continue use Of the '"T'' forma-
ton but will probably add varia-
tionS, including some double wing
back formations. he said today.
Appointment of Wolf, Tulane
line coach for the last two years,
was announced last night by DR..
Rufus c. Harris, Tulane president,
a few hours after the resignation
Of Henry Frnka.
Frnka, coach since 1946, re-
signed to become executive vice
president Of Austin College at
Sherman, Tex, ending a 25-year
coaching career. Frnka's Tulane
teams won 81 games, lost % and
tied four.
Wolf said he had not yet had
time to consider who would be his
line coach.
Frnka's resignation becomes
effective June 80, but with spring
training already in progress, he
suggested his successor take charge
Immediately.
Wolf was a lineman at Texas
Christian University in 1924-26.
He coached the TCU line from
1929 until 1885, serving also as
athletic director his last two years
there.
He then became head coach at
North Carolina and in six seasons
his teams won 81, lost IL and tied
three. He entered the Navy in
1912 and after the war went to
the University of Florida where
his teams won 13, lost "a and tied
two.