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Evening star., 1952-03-28
'Video's Growing Poins'

Have been following William j. Moy-'
er's interesting articles on "Video's
Growing Pains" which bring out In glar-
ing detail the chaotic conditions the
teievision industry has brought on itself.
Seems to me that the televison manu-
facturers. in setting up radically new
industry with q wonderful potential fu-
ture, wrecked it at practically its incep-.
ton, with very low saturation usage. by
cutting prices and i1stigating no end OF
price wars from which it. as unit in.
cluding distributors and dealers, can
never economically survive without q
drastic about-face change In policy and
procedure.
Years of experience in the electrical
appliance industry prove that the manu-
facturer should insist. as part Of the
distributors franchise and function, that
he provide centralized service on all ap-
pliances sold by his dealers. The same
policy should be followed by the tele-
vision distributors In the Washington
area which would reduce the is tele.
phone classified pages Of television re-
pairmen and companies to q dozen or
more financially responsible distributors.
Any article as complicated as televis-
ion should not be sold without service
and installation contract backed up by .
responsible distributor. the cost OF such
contracts to be included in the cost to
the dealer and in the selling price to the
consumer or purchaser.
When bought my telepision. ! care
fully investigated the particular make
set on which Icould be guaranteed SER
vice at q nbrniuAlS fair cost. which mar
rowed my selection down to several diff
ferent makes. Then select from these
!. the set which W0nld senerate best under
conditions existing III the apartment
building in which I live-and then
bought this setsevenSt though the cabinet
styling did not particularly suit my
fancy. The results have been 1909
satisfactory.
After reading Mr.. Meyers interesting
articles, which may lead to no end Of
local regulations, licensing, additional
taxes and fees, and some regulatory
group to screen no end Of complaints, I
still am of the opinion that 1t can all
be solved by the manufacturers andfor
their duly appointed, financially respon-
sible> distributors. in q manner salts
factory and equitable to all concerned
including, Of course the eventual owner
whose television set is of no use or
value Il it does not function properly.
Ross r. Smith.
4
Your series Of articles on "Video's
Growing Pains" contains complaint
that would like to elaborate on. It Is
one that may be lodged against any
service man or organization, no matter
how honest. The complaint in question
is the one appearing in the first article
Of "the Chevy Chase man who paid
$14.83 repair bill only to have his set 60
bad again in few hours"
The life Of part. in many cases, cam
not be predicted either by measurements
or physical appearance. The part is sub
ject to failure at any time without pre-
vious notice and often does so at time
most embarrassing to competent repair
men. The service man chalks 1t up as
bad luck and the customer as bad job.
A conscientious service man will ex-
anime set visually to determine II
Evening star., 1952-03-28
Seeds for Democracy Confounds Reds

ing house and handles distribution to
school garden clubs and individual farms
lin the Philippines. Already committed to
help are hundreds of organizations like
the Boys Clubs Of America. Boy Scouts.
Girl Scouts. chambers Of commerce,
garden clubs, church societies, and other
organizations and individuals.
The idea shows III the earmarks Of
catching on. Since the Chicago Daily
News originated it IN 1850. newspapers
and radio stations ia several American
cities have taken over local sponsorship.
Seed companies are working up special
packages and displays: they now in
clude an adrnonition in their advertising
to buy an extra packet for Filipino
family
Some cities and towns in this country
have plans to adopt" cities Or towns
their own size In the Philippines and
then will collect Seeds for Democracy as
civic job. Some localities are even
thinking about Q package o person"
campaign.
The sponsors encourage donors to
include messages Of their own for the
Filipino who gets the packet.
Seed packages may be mailed In any
container which meets United States
postal regulations for domestic mail.
They should be addressed simply: Seeds
for Democracy. San Francisco II. Cali
fornia.
With food the acknowledged power It
Is in Tending OF communism, and with
Asiatics independent as they are about
accepting expensive gifts. this program
could be the forerunner of new and
more successful approach.
Evening star., 1952-03-28
L etters to The Star.

there are loose pieces Of solder dropped
during manufacture or repair that may
cause shorts. softened insulation around
wiring, resistors that are discolored and
may have changed value under high OPP
Grating temperatures, condenserS whose
electrolyte or potting compound has
leaked out. parts with bare leads that
may have been dressed too close to other
parts with the possibility Of producing
shorts, microphonic tubes or one short
ing upon shock caused by movement Of
the set. A tap on the tube with a
wooden handled screwdriver may show
up the latter. AS an additional precau-
tion, service organizations with sufficient
space will let the set play several hours
so that all parts may reach maximum
temperatures. Some parts may fail at
the higher temperatures but function
normally when cold.
To service men Of my acquaintance.
the foregoing checks are routine and
delivery. Some parts that can cause fu-
ture trouble are weeded out by the
checks but they are not positive insur-
ance against some resistor opening up.
. condenser shorting out, or the heater
of tube failing even few moments
later. Z
The question Of how long trouble-free
operation may be had after repairs is
one that can be answered by no one in
terms of months. weeks or even minutes.
Service people should be Held liable for
later failure due to poor workmanship
during repairs but not for the later fail
ure Of some part not replaced by them
during repairs It would be hard to
imagine q service station guaranteeing
a car against fiat tires after repairing
one tire-neither could one imagine an
unconditional guarantee Of q television
set by . service organization after re-
pairing one failure.
Evening star., 1952-03-28
'Tho,It Il Space Ship Ideo'

For down-to-earth realists, you seem
to have done q good job Of missing
one OF the basic facts of modern life;
namely. that we may expect the tln-
expected today-tomorrow, the impos-
7 am referring to The Star editorial,
THAT Space-Ship Idea" in which I
detect a sneering tone: 80. it may be
that DR.. Won Braun still has his feet on
the ground" Indeed! DR.. Won Braun
is considerably closer to solid reality
than you are. Laugh If you will, but
when he predicts space travel in 10
years at an outlay Of $4 billion, can't
help wonder what makes him so pes
simistic. My own estimate would be
closer to five years and mere several
dozen millions.
But millions or billions, we're still
going to get the artificial satellite, and
soon. Contrary to popular opinion, the
satellite has enough value as solid
business project to justify itself. One
station alone could replace all the radio
and TV relay stations, all the ships Of
the iceberg patrol, and myriads Of
weather stations. In any one Of q dozen
ways, the artificial moon is q paying
proposition.
It will be even more valuable as a
laboratory, and the satellite as mill
tary base will be of unparalleled value.
The power that owns it rules the world.
Attacks launched from it are, for all
practical purposes. Irresistible. They
can be guided all the way to the target
by telescope observation: launched
with veritable touch of the finger.
Robert Macarthur.
Evening star., 1952-03-28
Questions and Answers
By Thomos R. Henry

The stars readers can get the answer 70
H, sny question s ,o} fact By either ,yfitirs The
NV, Washington. D c., and inclosing 3 cents
return postage or by telephoning st. 5363.
Evening star., 1952-03-28

@. When and by whom was midas
Congress Party founded?-C. w.
A. The All-India Congress Party was
formed in 1885 under the leadership of
Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal
Nehru, and backed the campaign Of
Indian independence. Most members
are Hindus.
Evening star., 1952-03-28
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. Why is the Rock Of Gibraltar 80
named?-B. Mob.
A. The name Of Gibraltar is traced to
the one-eyed Moorish conqueror. Tarilk,
who landed there on April 80, AID. I'll.
and who, to commemorate his first vic.
tory called the rock by his own name.
Gebel-al-Tari "aill of Tarik."'
Evening star., 1952-03-28

materially assisted In getting some funds
to make the place habitable. In this
movement, which was backed by all the
organized groups In Chevy Chase includ-
ing the churches. the citizens associa.
tion, the Home and School Associations,
the children In the form of the student
councils the Boy and Girl Scouts, we
saw perhaps the finest group action of
citizens that could be desired.
The building which includes the public
library. accommodates and serves about
700 to 800. people per day - all age
groups. from the retired adult to the
tots who I'LL several Of the rooms with
their preschool activities.
This same group raised $500 in the
community and used the money to equip
the place. It is q thriving and active
concern which because of its uniqueness
has attracted not only city-wide but Ma
tion-wide attention,
AS see 1t. the property perhaps can
not be used for commercial purposes
because Of the restricted covenants, and
certainly no one would put q private
residence there. One has but to look to
the north or south Of the property, all
Of which Is vacant, to see that 1t would
be somewhat of an idle gesture to at
tempt to use 1t commercially.
venture the comment that II they
take this activity away. from Chevy
Chase, 1t would provoke deep resentment
on the part Of . very substantial group
Of our citizens and deprive a worthy
community OF its lone recreation and
library facility.
Edward T. Stafford.
Treasurer. Chevy Chase Community
Council. @s....~..
Evening star., 1952-03-28

Pen-nnnaes may be used If letters carry
iDriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Officials Will Study
Regional SewageP Plan
In Alexandra FRIDAY

The governing bodies of Alex
andria, Arlington, Falls Church
and Fairfax have been called to-
gether for a meeting at pm.
Friday in the Alexandria Council
chamber to hear a report on the
Northern Virginia regional sewage
survey.
Engineers have advised officials
of the interim committee which
arranged the survey that this re-
port will provide good estimates"
of the cost of various sewage dis
poSal plans for the nearby Virginia
communities.
Details Due Friday.
Details of the report are not. to
be made public until the Friday
meeting. Members uf the Inter-
state Commission on the Potomac
RiverRiver Basin also have been
invited to attend.
The 100000 survey was begun
about six months ago on recon-
mendation of the interim commit
tee. set up by the four nearby
Virginia jurisdictions. 1t was con-
Quoted jointly by the engineering
firms of Greeley & Hansen and
Alexander Potter Associates.
May Guide Others.
Members of the interim COM
mittee expect the report to include
sufficient data to guide nearby Vir-
ginia in solving pollution prob
lens.
Alternatives of sewage disposal
that the engineers were asked to
consider included piping Virginia
sewage to the District plant at
Blue Plains for treatment; con-
structing one regional plant in
nearby Virginia; constructing sew
eral regional plants in nearby
Virginia, or constructing separate
plants in each community.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

March of Dimes booths will be
opened in front of two Washing
ton theaters tomorrow to aid in
the current polio fund drive.
One booth will be opened at
1890 pm. at the Capitol Theater
on F street. A few minutes later
a similar ceremony will be held
at the Republic Theater, 1343
U street NV.
The booths will accept contri-
buttons from passersby toward
the Districts $250,O00 goal. The
money goes to the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis.
A young polio victim, 7-year-
old Larry Jim Gross, son of an
Air Force warrant officer, will
participate in the opening cere-
monies. His picture is on the
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Driver Says He's Unhurt
After Crash, Then Dies
BY the Associated Press

LYNCHBURG, Va, Jan. S. -
Blinded by the lights of an on
coming car. William Andrew Var
brough crashed his automobile into
a tree on U. S. Route 20 today, 4
miles north of here.
The 50-year-old resident of
Kinston, N. c., emerged from the
tangled Wreckage, asked onlook-
erS for a match to light his pipe,
said he was unhurt-then fell
on his face.
He was pronounced dead at
Lynchburg General Hospital. DR..
R F. Hawkins, coroner, said death
was due to a ruptued liver.
This is a perfect example :"
DR.. Hawkins said, "as to why per-
sons involved in an accident
should not get up and walk around
afterward. If this man had lain
down until the ambulance had
arrived, We might have had a
chance to save him"
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Brltons' Savings Are Up
Despite Money Crisis
Ry the Associoted Press

LONDON, Jan. 5.-Despite the
British governments high-level
financial difficulties, the individual
Briton's bank account finished in
better shape than ever in 1851
the National Savings Committee
reported today.
The amount stacked away in
savings accounts increased by g.
100000 pounds ($9,800,00O to a
total of 6,092 .OO0, 900 pounds ($17,-
057 800, ,000).
Lord Macintosh, chairman OF
the committee-a government
sponsored organization to encour-
age anti-inf1ationary savings. said
he was fairly satisfied.
"It has been a difficult year but
we have more than held our own, .
he said.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

posters being used to call public
attention to this years drive.
Larry Jim was stricken when
he was Is months old while his
father was stationed in Tampa,
Fla. He formerly wore braces and
used crutches, but with the aid
of previous March of Dimes funds
he improved to the extent that
he can run normally now. .
His family is in Wiesbaden,
Germany, where his father is
stationed.
Mrs. Alben w. Barkley, wife of
the Vice President, will partici-
pate in the ceremonies, along
with Commissioner F. Joseph
Donohue and Basil O'Connor,
president Of the national foun-
dation.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Broadcast Series
To Tell Story of
Voice to America
BY HE Assecieted Press


The Voice of America, which
speaks out abroad but is mute at
home, is about to have it's story
broadcast domestically.
The State Department and an
organization Of private broadcast
ers announced yesterday series
of 13 quarter-hour programs
leach dramatizing a different
phase of the international broad
casting organization" The pro.
grams will be offered to domestic
stations.
Preparation of the series was
arranged by Associated Broad
casters, Inc, which owns a mum.
her of West Coast stations.
The State Department is for.
hidden by law from using any o!
Evening star., 1952-01-06
Trio Jailed al Snow Hill In Calf Theft and Sale

ford, jr., Of Worcester County said
he will recommend they be held
in $1,000 bail apiece for action of
the grand jury in March.
The three men arrested after six
calves disappeared from the farms
of Glen Massey and James B.
Widgeon in the Berlin area.
Mr.. Sanford said they admitted
hauling the calves to livestock
auction at Dover. Del. The prose-
cutor said they sold two of the
calves for $50 but were caught
before the other four had been
sold.
Evening star., 1952-01-06

the Voice" funds for domestic
purposes. Officials said the de-
partment bore none of the ex-
penses of the new dramatic series
for domestic use, but made avail
able the material on which the
series is based.
Evening star., 1952-01-06
BY the Asseeioted Press

W HtW VSSOSIuIUu FTGBB
SNOW HILL, Md, Jan. S.
Three men accused of cattle rus
tling are being held in Jail here.
Charged with grand larceny are
James Powell, 10, James Bradford,
q, and Harold Tyndall, jr.
States Attorney John L. San
Evening star., 1952-01-06

Complete, compact de-
signed to function as a single
unit, with emphasis on econo-
my. Heats hot water for the
home the year round.
, 1952-07-23
CONTINUED from Yesterday

1t was not until in Novem-
Der, 1915, after years Of pro-
tests to the then Finance
Minister Edwards Brandes
that a change in the choice Of
appointees was made, and the
governor was ordered to APP
point three crown members
from among the native bust
ness people. Credit for this
political victory was due en-
tirely to a man Of truly patri-
clan qualities, the late Cornell
Grove, who was interchangeable
in his fight for the rights Of
his people. Indeed he was the
Ashley 1. Totten Of an earlier
movement to protect the hui
man and political privileges OF
natives under t h Danish
regime. Few people are aware
that it was Mr.. Grove who
conceived and m~asterminded
David Hamilton JackSOn'S trip
to Denmark and established
the contact which made his
audience with the king posi-
bic. It was information fur
nished BY Mr.. Grove about
the deplorable state Of affairs
then existing in st. Croix that
marshalled the support OF out
standing politicians in Den
mark behind Jackson, and
caused Hans Nielsen, Socialist
member Of t h Folketing
dover house Of the Danish
p~arliament) to attack the en-
tire political system and ulti-
matelv force the Finance
Minister to order appointment
Of crown members f + Q m
among the natives TO give
them some influence in the
management Of their affairs"
.3 enpears that 81 years
, 1952-07-23
H. r. 1898 Nemesis Of
Y. /. Politicians
s.. CHARLES {. REUBEL
By A r G. REUBEL

later similar action is neces-
sary to make a
living fact in the American
Virgin Islands so that ALL OF
THE PEOPLE shall have
some influence in the man
agement of their affairs" This
can be done, perhaps, by urg-
ing the people through some
means Of public information to
clear their legislative councils
of the deadWood and parasites
that cucumber their useful
ness as a constructive medium
toward respectful and scienti-
fic government in the Islands,
and to elect only such citizens
that are thoroughly acquaint-
ed with and capable Of pre-
senting to any future Congress
sional Committee practical
plans for Improvement of the
Islands economy that are
based more upon the Islands
potential resources and brains
than upon return Of the inter-
nal revenue taxes.
THE AMERICAN VIRGIN
ISLANDS CIVIC @
TION, INC, the only organi-
cation on the mainland that is
capable of aiding American
citizens anywhere in protect
ing their rights, will join
forces with any group Of COM
patriots in the Virgin Islands,
regardless Of color or creed,
which is unafraid to organize
a campaign to wrest the Is
lands, political leadership
from the clutches of habitues
of @rath-skellers' and peddlers
of undemocratic slogans and
malicious statements against
eolloyr-A Americans who seek to
re-establish the Islands self
, 1952-07-23
respect.

will no longer remain silent
about, nor extend a hand Of
welcome, nor undertake as
sistance to any politician or
leader who sponsors any prac-
tice, or provisions in any bill
to revise the Organic Act of
the Islands which is intended
to discriminate a S t
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Mainland Virgin Islanders
are bordering the question
why $4,000 Of their fellow
countrymen residing in the
Islands, comprising property
owners; merchants; men and
women holding prominent po-
sitions and public offices Of
trust; tradesmen and WORK
ERS, all Of whom reflect an
intelligence that is second to
none in the Caribbean, have
chosen to remain Indifferent,
as if drugged by some mysteri-
GUS opiate, while a small band
of adventures are engaged in
demoralizing their govern
ment to a state that requires
the Bentsen Bill as a solution
to their problems.
Mainland Virgin Islanders
E asking themselves: if.
among their compatriots IN.
the Islands today there are no
Prettos; Levys; Stakemanns;
James Canegatas; Coulters;
Abramsons or Smiths, then
W h a t has frightened the
Brows; Leaders; Flemings;
'LaWaetzes or de Chaberts?
Gentlemen, YOUR IDENTITY
AS A FREE PEOPLE is AT
WAKE UP TO THE
YOUR COMPA
TRIOTS ON THE MAIN
LAND ARE BEHIND YOU.
You have stood by idly
while men, unframed in the
art Of political science, pro
ceeded to use t h newly
acquired franchise as a cruci-
bic for experiments with the
government of your Islands
and your freedom. They I'M
willingly created a Franken-
stein by choosing such harmful
ingredients a S PERSONAL
gre E d; VULGAR DISRE-
E toward those placed in
authority; CONTEMPT for
established standards of pro-
nr;ntv and a HIGHLY DE
, 1952-07-23

word: But to-
gether with their monster will
go even those rights that were
yours under the Danes.
Before closing I propose to adj
dress myself to the Virgin Islands
Press. / desire to ask you, as
guardians Of the peoples rights,
WHAT are you doing about the
Bentsen Bill, FIR. 1898? 1t IS true
that you have expended time be-
yond computation writing critical
" and often contemptuously Of
mainland Virgin Islanders. You
have accused them of not being
able to create a common ground
Of agreement among themselves.
even though it is a fact that there
are not two newspapers in the Is
lands, or hardly two persons, who
agree upon any one subject. At
least one editorial scavenger has
eked out a pitiful reputation for
himself writing scurrilously and
maliciously of mainland Virgin
Islanders, and it is left to be seen
now if he will turn the venom Of
his editorial insolence on the Con-
gressional Subcommittee, or if
he will spray mainland Virgin
islanders for the political debacle
that can truly be blamed on the
natural idiocy of amateurs who
have muddled the affairs of the
Virgin Islands people in a manner
that may set them back many
years.
Also, q word to CounciImen
Omar Brown, Henry Rohlsen and
Samuel Chase. Gentlemen: You
are recognized as the outstanding
representatives of the people in
the American Virgin Islands. You
command the respect and conf
dence of a majority of the people
in the Islands and it is believed
among mainland Virgin Islanders
that you possess the potential
qualities necessary to lead the
people in your Island homes out
Of the political mire that imperils
their freedom and their right to
pursue a way Of life suited to
their own tastes and customs. The
time is NOW, gentlemen. Will you
accept the call to duty?
Finally, a word of explanation.
Please permit me to make it very
clear that wherever in this article
1 have alluded to MAINLAND
VIRGIN ISLANDERS, it should
be understood that I have in mind
only the usassuming, welI-mean-
ing people from the Islands who
are not ashamed of or confused
by questions Of origin. | do not by
thought OF word include the social
factionists and snobs who regard
their dislike for Mr.. Totten as be-
ing of greater importance than a
new organic act for the Virgin
Islands and the danger to the po-
litical heritage of the natives
that turks within H.R. 1898. do
not include fhn tsnoordinntad al
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-06-27

The Minneapolis Civil Service
Commission announced last week
that applications for the position
Of Fire Fighter are now being
accepted. with midnight, June
goth as the deadline for filing.
Applicants must be men be-
tween the ages OF 81 and 80 in
elusive (age requirements waived
for veterans, have a high school
diploma or it's equivalent and be
residents of Minneapolis for at
lease one year. They also must be
United States citizens and
registered voters in Minneapolis.
Along with a rigid physical ex-
maination. applicants are given
written and agility tests, plus an
oral interview.
Those interested may contact
the Civil Service Commission. 100
City Hall, or the Minneapolis Ur-
ban League, Atlantic 1912.