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Evening star., 1952-10-30

who wish to remain on duty and whose services
are needed
In the past the commission has been reluc-
tant to permit any Federal employe to continue
in service after he has reached the age of 81.
Exceptions have been made in only few in
stances. The new policy will encourage reten-
tion of more employees beyond the retirement
age not only as an act of fairness to the workers
but in the interest of improving governmental
efficiency. Too often, it has been found, en-
ployeS whose knowledge or skills are hard to
duplicate have been sent into retirement and
replaced by young and inexperienced workers.
There are some jobs, of course, such as those
requiring physical exertion, which can be per-
formed more efficiently by the younger workers.
But it is manifestly a waste of manpower to
force older persons off the rolls if they doing
their work more efficiently than younger en-
ployes could do it, even after years of training
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Questionable Project

The opposition which has developed to the
District Highway Departments tentative plan
for reconstructing Ohio drive, in West Potomac
Park, as link in the so-called inner belt l1gh-
way is based on some sound considerations. The
arguments against this phase of the program
city deserve to be weighed carefully
The Highway Department had suggested
that Ohio drive be used as a link between the
proposed Southwest Freeway and the area north
west of the Lincoln Memorial In order to
provide such link it was planned to extend
Ohio drive onto a structure in the Potomac
River that would carry the drive under the
first water span of the Memorial Bridge and
thence northward Objections to this encroach-
ment on the river have been voiced by the
Army engineers and by park officials The
engineers are concerned with keeping the river
free of any impediments to the natural flow
of the water, especially any obstruction that
might contribute to flood conditions The park
authorities contend that extension of Ohio drive
would destroy the usefulness of the Watergate
for open-air concerts and would draw more
traffic into the Lincoln Memorial area, whereas
the aim should be to divert traffic away from it.
The comprehensive highway plan of the
National Capital Planning Commission envisions
independence avenue as the connecting link
between the Southwest Freeway and the North
west. The recent Bartholomew report strongly
criticized the Ohio drive route and said: Every
effort must be made to avoid the mistake of
funnelng any more traffic through the Lincoln
Memorial area" Presumably the problem of
agreeing on a suitable route through West
Potomac Park will be discussed by the inter-
agency committee appointed by the NCPC. A
solution should be agreed upon that will not
detract from the beauty Of the Lincoln Memorial
or its surroundings.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
The Lowest Blow

There may be room for honest difference
OF opinion as to whether Senator Nixon has
made an adequate accounting of his personal
financial status. But there can be not the
slightest doubt that the Democrats, in attacking
the Senator's parents and brother have stopped
to the lowest of low Smears.
This attack appeared in an article in
The Democrat, the partys official newspaper
Through news releases, 1t was spread across the
country.
Here are some of the more shameful excerpts
from the article in The Democrat:
The Senator dn his recent television &C
counting) did not speak of his fathers new
grocery store in Whittier, California, four
year-old edif1ce on the site of the family grocery
store which his parents and Donald (the
Senator's brother) operated until four years
ago. and which Donald now owns
The Senator did not mention that his
parents bought 59-acre farm in York County,
Pennsylvania, in May, 1947, paid $4,000 down,
and year later-two days after the Senator's
electlon-paid off the $4,000 mortgage in full.
The Senator did not mention that in
December, 1949 his parents bought three
bedroom home with detached garage in
Lakeland Florida, for $500, on which they
paid down 81, 2,50O-nor that the Lakeland house
Is now appraised at $4,000.
Nor did the Senator discuss the swanky
new drive-in restaurant now owned by brother
Donald in Whttier-a structure which has
been appraised at $175,000.
What rotten smear this is! Senator Nixon's
father is rs years old. He and his wife have
worked hard all their lives, running a grocery
store and rearing family. Is it crime that
they may have accumulated a few thousand
dollars, that they bought 59-acre farm, or that
they paid $4,000 down on a three-bedroom Florida
house with detached garage that is now ap-
praised at $4,000? Is there something dishonest
in the fact that the brother now owns the new
grocery store, for which, indeed he may have
paid some of the money that the parents used to
buy the small farm in Pennsylvania and the
modest Florida home?
Senator Nixon says the Democratic claim
that his brother owns the $175,000 restaurant is
a "lie"-that actually the brother rents It, He
also refuteS the inSinuation in The Democrat
that he paid for his parents farm and Florida
home. They bought this real estate, he says,
from their lifes savings which they earned in a
lifetime of hard work-that he contributed
nothing, directly or indirectly, to its purchase
No man in public life should be called upon,
however, to deny such vicious innuendoeS as
these. Senator Nixon Is a candidate for Vice
President. His record and his own financial
affairs are legitimate objects of political attack.
But when this attack, without shred of valid
evidence, is broadened to include Senator Nixons
parents and brother, a new low has been reached
in American politics.
The Democrat, to repeat, Is the official organ
of the Democratic Party. More than few voters
who has rightly denounced Republican smear
attacks will have to say about this smear
emanating from his own political household.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Abortive Fix Attempt

Offsetting the disclosure Of an attempt to
"fx" Maryland University football players is the
gratifying fact that the players who were ap-
preached were prompt in reporting the attempt
to university officials And it is to the credit of
the university that no effort to cover up the
matter was made. Instead, State and county
authorities were notified and so was the athletic
director of Louisiana State University, whose
team was to play the Terps in the game on which
the "fixer' had his eye. The press co-operated
in an unsuccessful plan to trap the accused
youth-Who later surrendered to District police.
According to Jack Scarbath Marylands star
quarterback; Tom Cosgrove, center, and Frank
Navarro, guard, the approach was made by a
Maryland student, with offers ranging from $100
to 81 900. The proposition was to keep Maryland's
point spread" (margin of victory against the
under-dog LSU team to less than 81 points. This
point spread" plan figured in last years college
basketball scandals. 1t is term we'll known to
professional gamblers. The idea is not to ask a
college player to throw game, but to win by
a smaller margin than would be the case if an
honest effort to win were made. If this is done,
the gambler using point handicap system can
win his bets. The plan, unfortunately, worked in
a number of cases in the collegiate basketball
field bringing disgrace to several athletes and jail
sentences to the fixerS.
Use of the point spread" term in the abor-
tive Maryland case suggests the possibility that
professional gamblers were behind the attempt
to fix the Maryland-LSU game. The amount of
money involved in the reported offers supports
this view, too. 1t would not be surprising If the
big-shot gamblers have become interested in
Maryland's football activities for the Terps now
are rated No. among the Nations leading grid
iron teams. The situation calls for constant
vigilance on the part of Maryland and other
universities against further efforts by gamblers
to invade the campuSeS.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

ny 1HE HASklN SERVICE.
@. How old is Ted Shawn? How long
has he been dancing?-B. M.
A. Edwin M. Shawn professional
name, Ted Shawn was born in Kansas
City, Mo-, on october 81, 1891. He be-
gan his career as a teacher and pro.
fess1onal dancer in Los Angeles in 1912.
after receiving his bachelor of arts from
the University of Denver. He married
Ruth st. Denis on August 13, 1914, and
they founded the Denishawn School the
following year. Ted Shawn formed the
first company of man dancers in 1888.
and toured with it for seven seasons.
He Is the founder and director of Jacobs
Pillow Dance Festival, Inc. and Univer-
sity OF the Dance at Lee, Mass.
Q. What was the first democracy?-
H. r.
A. The Greek city-state. The first
clear example Of political democracy
emerged from the classical civilization
OF Greece, several centuries before the
christian era. In some of the city,
states. notably Athens, a high degree of
social and political equality existed
among the free citizens. Slaves were
OF course excluded.
Q. When and where was the first
womans club started in the United
States?-E. P.
A. Anne Hutchinson Of Boston. a
Colonial leader who held meetings of
women in her home in the 163Os. is
honored as the founder of the womans
club movement. The first permanent
womans club organized was the Sorosis
in 1868.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
FIuoridution

It would seem that number of self
appointed judges are prematurely pro-
nouncing gratuitous and unsolicited
opinions on the rights and wrongs Of
f1uoridation Of our public drinking water.
Now we have the National Institute of
Municipal Law Officers blandly announc-
ing that it has decided incidentally on
the basis of information furnished by the
Public Health Service and other avid
proponents of this program) that this
form of mass medication does not in
fringe in any way upon the conStitu-
tional rights of the individual citizen.
In fact, their implication Is that actually
the individual American citizen no
longer has any definite constitutional
rights in the original meaning of that
term, as the Public Health Service has
benevolently enfolded him in it's all
protecting and fondly smothering ten
tacles, for his own good, of course, Of
which he is not supposed to be any
longer competent to judge for himself.
The point to be especially noted by
the public in all this campaign of educa-
ton on the subject of f1uoridation is
that this stream of propagandistic infor-
nation now appearing in the press goes
back directly to the Public Health Serv-
ice as its fountain head, and rests upon
deliberately assumed conclusions.
Vera E. Adams.
X
Those who have opposed fluoridation
have apparently lost their battle. Already
city and nearby county authorities have
exercised their power to dump free So
dium fluoride into our drinking water
in an ostensible gesture of devotion to
the dental health of young children.
However defensible their action may be
from the standpoint of f1uoridated water
as dental germicide, the sinister effects
of this caustic poison when it is ingested
by the human body are being passed over
with a wave of the hand. There seems
to be nothing conscientious minorities
who oppose medication of public water
can do except to buy bottled spring
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Experience Is Valuable

An employer does not ordinarily get rid of
an experienced employe without good reason
Yet the Federal Goevrnment, by too-rigid ad-
herence to the policy of retiring employees at g.
has deprived itself of some public servants whose
long experience in certain jobs would have been
extremely valuable. Hence, the Civil Service
Commission has taken sensible step In relaxing
the retirement rules in cases of veteran employees
Evening star., 1952-10-30
RoofIess Amphitheuter

The Sesquicentennial Commission re-
Gently allocated 100000 to complete the
Carter Barron Amphitheater before
turning back to the Treasury the re-
mainder of it's original So million con-
gressional appropriation.
The 100000 will be used, it has been
announced, to furnish new curtain.
light battle, and orchestra shell; to
sound-proof the promenade; to water
proof the coping at the proscenium; to
pave the roads, walks, and parking area;
to provide additional lighting and
needed drainage: to surface the stage,
and heat and dehumidify the dressing
rooms; altogether some 10 items.
Discussion has been going on in musi-
cal circles in Washington for years,
Evening star., 1952-10-30

believed that it is not always mans
profession or job that counts, but how
he uses his God-given qualities of sound
character and intelligence in the exc
cution of his responsibilities.
Gen. Eisenhower has proven that he
has all the good qualifications neces-
sary to becoming a great President In
every job assigned to him he has more
than justified the trust that was placed
in him.
Martha Griffin.
In travelling about the country, the
writer heard objections to making Gen.
Eisenhower President because he was
a military man.
Most people lose sight of the fact
that George Washington served in the
French and Indian War and became
Commander-in-Ch Chief of the Continental
Army during the Revolutionary War,
but made an excellent President.
A. Ueland.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Revised Bible

Revised Bible
To me, the greatest sacrilege of
modern times is now being perpetrated
by changing the King James version
of the Bible. If, as all who attend Sun
day school and church are taught, the
Bible represents the Words of God,
why should mortal man be allowed to
so utterly change that which has served
its purpose for over 1900 years? The
King James version is presumably the
nearest translation of the original and
1t reflects upon the intelligence of the
present day that the wording must be
made clearer and simpler" that people
may adequately understand the Bible.
have heard it said Americans in
general and Washingtonians in par
ticular are the most conceited, ego
tistical and opinionated people and this
current action certainly bears out that
statement. Any man or woman, minister
or laity, who propounded such an altera-
tion Is detrimental to the teachings of
Christ and any minister who in any
way furtherS change in the Bible is
not fit person to preach the Word of
God. AS to the pros and cons as far as
segregation Is concerned-how can any,
one who pretends to know anything of
the Bible question the fact that there
should be segregation? That subject
should not be open for discussion in
tnese times, as segregation was estab-
NShed at the Tower of Babel.
VILLA Luce Barber.
n
The Elders, in revising the King
.1onnag UorSinV1 ho1 e%o
rhythm. Rhythm aids memory. Even
IN the King James version, some reports
OF the same event are more rhythmic
than others.
In Matthew 1914; Jesus said, Suffer
little children and forbid them not to
come unto me, for Of such is the king
dom of heaven"
Mark 1O-14 reports the words as hav-
ing been. Suffer the little children to
come unto me and forbid them not, for
OF such is the kingdom of heaven" The
latter is the remembered and often
quoted wording and the one we recall
when we need Solace.
NOW that we have a clarified Bible we
need clarified Shakespeare.
Instead of Romeo, Romeo. where
fore art thou, Romeo!" Juliet will cry.
Romeo. Romeo. why amt you some
body else?" This is much clearer.
It is high time that we were clarifying
some Of the inscriptions on monuments
about town. At the Archives Building
there is one which reads: "The Past Is
Prologue" How about-"You amt seen
nothing yet" I for one, am not trading
in old lamps for new.
Laura X. Pollock.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Educator Gets Around

Amidst the current turmoil in the
District school system, occasioned by
recently publicized criticisms, it is in
deed encouraging to find at least one
member of the Board of Education who
is taking the time and trouble to obtain
some first-hand information about the
schools. Today. for the first time in my
Is years OF teaching, a member of the
Board Of Education visited the school
where teach to see the school in action,
Speaking for several of my colleagues as
well as myself, wish to commend WAL
ter N. Tobriner for this constructive ac-
ton in fulfilling his obligation as
member Of the board. It seems reason
ably obvious that such visitations would
provide broader and firmer back
ground for the consideration of the
many difficult problems which beset the
school system. Although it will require
a sacrifice Of considerable time, let us
hope that others will follow Mr.. To-
briner's fine example.
Franklin Padgett.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
This Is to Live

To work INCREASINGLY Without success,
as the uorld reckonS it:
To see the vision tDhere others see only
fact;
To find the goal Dhere none is assured;
To hear the tDord ,Dhere there Is no
sound;
To Dalk quietly among the blatant;
To seek and to find His Presence In a
profdne day.
This Is to Luel
Alice Hutchins Drake
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Thunk You Note

The excellent results Of the feature
story on the need to enlarge the nursery
school laboratory" Of the University of
Maryland is something your paper should
take a great deal of pride for.
The day the article appeared, and for
several days following that, received
many telephone calls from parents of
handicapped children, and from various
civic organizations and parent-teacher
groups, all anxious to help the program
for teacher training of nursery school
and kindergarten children, and for the
handicapped, exceptional, cerebral palsy
and rheumatic heart condition children
as well. They all stated that they real
lied that before programs could be ex-
panded to meet these special needs,
teachers must first be trained, and that
the University of Maryland was the
place to start with. All the callers were
especially anxious to know how they
could help, In order to insure that the
necessary funds were obtained by the
university to build the larger facilities
for training these teachers.
Mrs. Reuben Bogdanoff.
President, University of Maryland Pre-
School Parent-Teacher Association.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
McCurthyism

I listened to Senator Mccarthy and,
as an independent voter, was deeply
appalled, by his speech. Could it be, I
asked myself, that any party would
accept man whose fact-twiSting and
intellectual dishonesty is so blatant?
Garbled truth, significant omissions,
shifty slips of the tongue, guilt by asso-
citation and diSassociation, and outright
Misrepresentation, flowed through Nc
Carthy's speech with practiced ease. I
have listened to great many political
speeches, and can truly say that never
in my entire experience, have I heard q
speech by an American that was so can
cerously evil Is it not time for all of
us who love freedom, regardless of party
af1liation, to disassociate ourselves from
and condemn with our minds and hearts
the intellectual corruption that is NC
Carthy?
Esther Million Seeman.
am astonished at the leading edi-
torial Same Old Stuff" in The Star Of
october %. read the whole Mccarthy
speech and also Gould Lincoln's column.
also know Archibald MacLeish. think
Mccarthy quoted chapter and verse for
all his statements, and made them tenn
perately. Those ghost writer's and ad-
viserS for Stevenson that he listed and
quoted from are not the kind of peo-
pie I want to see around the next adj
miniStration. feel that if the Steven
son-Truman association wins, it will be
a mighty sad day for the future Of
America.
I've read Hoover's three volumes of
memoirs lately. He certainly shows up
the F.. D. r. administration I believe
F. D. r. did more harm to this country
than anyone who ever lived, and the
election of Stevenson will continue that
horrid trend and lead us down to de-
cline. misery and eventual bankruptcy
followed by revolution.
DIR. Charles G. Abbot.
Shame on any man who would place
himself before an audience and try to
poison minds so near the end of an al
ready outrageous campaign. I cannot
imagine man belittling himself so.
The eyes of the world will look down
upon Mccarthy instead of Stevenson.
If I had never planned to vote for
Stevenson. would do so now. Now I
have seen and heard all that can be
stopped to in order to obtain votes.
S. A. Richardson.
AS sat waiting for McCarthy's "cold
Recommendation" of "cold facts" I heard
the end of newscast. The commenta-
tor told of an elephant in the jungle
whose leg had been engorged by an
overly ambitious snake. The elephant
could not go forward because his leg
was encased in the snakes muscular
body. The snake could not swallow the
whole elephant-no matter what tactics
he used! It remained for bystander
to do away with the snake, and so give
the elephant it's freedom to move for
ward once again.
The people of Wisconsin could, with
their ballots, do for the Republican
party, what the bystander did for the
elephant.
Kathryn Eager.
How Joe with his big black mustach
must shake his old fat sides as he lis
tens to our Junior Senators Mccarthy
and Nixon as they beat their heads
against stone wall trying to think up
lies and half truths that will cause the
American people to hate one another.
A. Adams.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer n
any question sts Of fact by either writing The
NV, Washington 3, D. c.. and inclosing 2 cents
return postage or by telephoning ST 1868
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Resents Democrats Hornino-in

assume that many riders besides
myself were angered at being captive
listeners to the Stevenson -Sparkman
Club. Obviously, an election appeal
over transit radio is as Grass as one to
buy merchandise.
However, the use of transit radio
had not been authorized either by the
candidate or national headquarters;
the blunder was only that Of the local
club. Those who arranged for it have
promised that they won't do it again.
Jerome Sh0enfeld.
Evening star., 1952-10-30
Letters to The Star. .

water or drive as do five miles to
certified source of untampered water.
Along with a lot of other informed
people, will bathe in poisoned water if
necessary, but refuse to drink it.
H. M. T.
First in War ...'
President Truman stated that there
have been only two generals who were
Presidents, and that both were failures.
How about our very first President,
Gen. George Washington? I'm sure Mr..
Truman would not classify him failure.
Mr.. Truman was once an Army man
himself; a captain I think, I have
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-02-02

mortal Building with bishop
Richard S. Enrich. Episcopal Do
cese of Michigan. acting as CHAIR
man. Later he was elected chair
man OF the committee.
The study committee VIII sur
vey the field OF medical training
and service and the facilities Tor
the care of the i'll. II Will as
sembIe and document all facts
which will indicate existence or
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-02-02

Medical Services Under Survey

non existence OF differentials IN
treatment and in opportunities
for professional training ana
practice accorded TO minority
groups. particularly Negroes. The
Committee will also do likewise
ON adequacies or inadequacies OF
serves and facilities available.
A statement of findings and
recommendations for action VIII
the task Of the Study
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-02-02

\ An investigation of dis
termination and segregation
policies of ospitals and med
ical services is being read
led IN the City of. Detroit.
The probe will be in form of
survey by a study committee
under sponsorship of the
mayors interracial Committee.
Need Of such a survey is be-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-02-02
Detroit CT Reported
Missing Was Dead

A Detroit serviceman formerly
listed as missing was reported
killed in Korea.
He is Pfc James NJ Short 10.
son Of Boiling Short OF $50 Oven.
who was reported as missing IA
October. 1850 now reported as
having been killed al that time
He enlisted in Detroit in June.
l948 and was stationed in Korea
about a year ago.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-02-02

cause OF numerous reports.
through years of its existence. OF
differential in service and oppor-
tunities for training and practice
based on color, ancestry or race
the Mayors Committee revealed.
Bishop Is Chairman
Formation of Study Commit
tee on Hospitals and Medical
Services to make the survey com
pIeted last Thursday at Vets Me