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Evening star., 1953-11-01

fact. When we see our friends making mistakes
or our children faltering and mismanaging their
lives, we long to step in and set them straight.
We forget that none of us knows enough about
other human beings - even about our own chill
dren - to risk tampering with their lives We
forget, too, that the gatherings and mistakes,
whether they be those of individuals or of ma
tons, are an essential part of growth The chances
are that when Browning's bereft lover recovered
from the loss of his wanton lady, he set out to
find her replica. For each man must live through
his own mistakes
ACTUALLY, we all know this If we ignore it at
times it is, perhaps, because it seems easier to
manage other peoples lives than it does to man.
age our own. All of us are afraid and uncertain
and often our problems are so burdensome that
it is a relief to turn away from them and try our
hand at solving someone else's It's relief and
it gratifes our egos but it's neither wise nor
brave. Help, encouragement, friendship and love
we can give other people to the utmost of our
capacities. But. when it comes to playing with
souls, surely. it's matter enough to save our own.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
PLAY GOD
by Barbara Cary

/ is an GVktcGrd thing to play with SO'tls,
And matter enough to SGUe ones OCa."
ROBERT BROWNING
ID oBERT BROWNING, if you remember. wrote
IL these lines about man who deliberately
lured woman away from his best friend. He
did it with most excellent intentions. The woman
was light and wanton and inconstant. ".. saw
him tangled in her tolls. A shame. said l. if she
adds just him to her nine -and-ninety other
spoils." Perhaps it was shame, but the result
of the meddling was disastrous.
Disaster isusually the result of meddling with
other peoples lives. Yet the world is full of we'll
intentioned meddlers. They range all the way
from people who interfere in the personal lives
of their friends to fanatics who try to impose their
religious beliefs and political faiths on entire
nations. Convinced that they are doing good,
they force their ideas on Others in much the same
way that an impatient mother forces cod-liver
oil down the throat of her protesting baby.
Unfortunately. good" unlike cod-liver oil,
cannot be administered by force. There are
times when all of us find it difficult to accept this
Evening star., 1953-11-01

GUY GILLETTE PHOTO
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uLTERIOR MOTIVE. Before

ULTERIOR MOTIVE. Before writing his
recent THIS WEEK article, 1T Pays To Be
Tall" Leslie Lieber unearthed a great mass
of statistics on the relationship of mans
height to his earning power. 1t appears.
though, that he didn't dig quite deep enough
and in the right direction - to satisfy
determined young lady from New York
Gould you advise me-" she writes, "as to
where and how to obtain the following data:
In which city, or two or three cities, in the
us. is there the greatest number of tall.
single, well-educated men, between the ages
of 80 and 5O?' In postscript she adds
Your first guess as to why want the infor-
nation will probably be right
EXALTED VISITOR. Army full-dress uni
forms aren't as fancy as they used to be- but
they can still excite the imaginations of small
fry. Recently high-ranking officer called on
some friends in Southern town. The little
daughter of the family answered the door and
ran to her mother. Who is it, dear?" the
mother asked. The little girl burst out, 81
don't know, Mama but think it's Godp'
VICTOR. Thousands of people in the US.
are fighting bitter - and too often losing
- battle against alcoholism. Many find that
neither psychiatry nor the so-calIed cures"
can help them. Such was the case of noted
New York businessman, whose frightening
20-year struggle with drunkenness seemed
futile - until one day he discovered a simple
and unexpected weapon. Next week he tells
about it in ''One Mans Miracle" "a true
story which might help Others as it did him.
Also next week. How Career Girls Should
Pick Husbands" by radios Martha Deane";
The Private Lives Of Danny Kaye" by
Movie Editor Louis Berg; another hilarious
fiction story by Matt Taylor about Dan
McGarry, the plain-clothes cop. plus many
other features. TIE EDITORS
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1953-02-01

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BY ERNESTO A. MANGAOANG
In one of the recent issues of
the Forum, we have read about
the financial status of our COM
munity organization. 1t has Great
ed quite stir amongst our
friends and neighbors. While it
is not financially bankrupt the
report carries with it some SEM
blance of uneasiness. Some spec
ulate that we should have more
money. Some say we should have
not done this and that. All of
these may or may not be true.
The important thing is, it has
concerned our community peo-
pie to the extent where they
have made comments about our
community one way or another.
This is a very good sign. We
should, however, concern our
selves with some of the impor-
tant problems confronting the
community. With a real under
standing of those problems we
can be prepared to resolve them.
Community House
the community is the building
of a community house. This prof.
ect has started long ago. Great
sacrifices were made. Despite
difficulties, considerable sum of
money has been collected and
the site for the building is now
available. Credit should and
must be given to those who have
made the sacrifices, big or small.
While it is true that we have all
these assets in preparation for
the erection of the building, we
find that it is not enough. We
have to dig deeper into our
pockets and make more sacri-
fees. The goal must be set to
erect the building by this year
1868. With what we already
have, this is not Just wishful
thinking. 1t can become a real
ity if all Of us will do our
share.
Community Affairs
It has been our experience that
many if not all of the community
undertakings have not been very
we'll attended. When this state Of
Continued On Page 8
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1953-02-01
FILIPINO LABOR LEADER DISCUSSES
PROBLEMS OF FILIPINO COMMUNITY

fOpnons signed orioles published the FORUM do not
necessarily reflect the policy of this paper, and the solely
responsible for the ideos and opinions contained their orioles
JHorl
Evening star., 1953-09-17
By J. |. Michoel
Stor Stoff corresnondent

SUNDERLAND, Md, Sept. II.
For sheer power, dependability
and economy, nothing equals a
good yoke of oxen.
That's the opinion of William
S.. Turner, who uses his we'll
trained work steers for all sorts
of heavy-draft work on his farm
near here.
Mr.. Turner's smooth-pulling,
sure-footed beasts, weighing l.
500 pounds each, are among the
few such power sources still left
in Southern Maryland.
Back in Colonial days and, in
fact, until recent years, roads of
the area were alive with OK carts
Hard-surfaced highways spelled
the end for oxen. Their unshod
split hooveS soon became worn to
the quick and packed with gravel.
Capacity Unexplored.
But on the fields and espe-
cially in muck and mud, they
have no peers" their owner
proudly claims. How much ton
mage they could move on good
terrain he doesn't know because
the cart won't hold that much.
In rough going, oxen pull
smoothly, steadily, in sharp con-
trast to horses, which often
snatch and jerk and sometimes
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Fight Won 10 Prevent
Commercial zoninq

NeighborS have won fight to
prevent re-Zoning to commercial
of property adjoining the Safe
way grovery in Hyattsville on
Baltimore boulevard between
Kennedy and Longfellow streets.
The supermarket chain wants
to expand its parking lot onto
the land. The chain said it still
can put up the parking lot but
would prefer to have the prop
erty zoned for commercial use
because the store intends to sell
the site, and commercial classi-
f1cation would increase its asking
price.
Residents of the Longfellow
street block adjoining the store
opposed the re-classification at
a hearing in Hyattsville yester-
day.
The parking lot exit would be
in that block.
They were led by w. P. Blake,
5705 Baltimore avenue.
Jerrold v. Powers, lawyer rep.
resenting Safeway Stores, Inc.
pointed out that zoning regula-
tions permit the store to use
the disputed property for park
ing lot.
He said the chains policy is
to sell the property it occupies,
since the firm is not in the real
estate business. The chain then
leases the ground. Mr.. Powers
said.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Trial Magistrate Decides
10 Drop Silver Spring Post

John M. Miller, recently ap-
pointed full-time trial magis-
trate at Silver Spring by Gov.
McKeldin, has decided not to
accept the post.
Mr.. Miller took over duties of
the post last Tuesday but after
one days service wrote the Re-
publican State Central Commit
tee that he would not accept the
job.
Mr.. Miller is a substitute trial
magistrate now. He said he was
rejecting the Silver Spring post
because of my health"
The Silver Spring judgeship
formerly was held by j. Fendall
Coughlan. He resigned last June
but agreed to fill in until a sue
cessor could take over this
month.
Mr.. Miller said he had agreed
to accept the post in July but
shortly afterward had suffered a
heart attack. He said he would
continue to fill in temporarily
until another person can be Sc
cured by the State Central Com
mittee.
Mr.. Miller. who lives at 219
Baden street, Silver Spring, is
a trade association attorney in
the District.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Slow but Powerful Oxen Still
Have Place on 7 his Farm

rear. Besides, they are stronger
than most horses.
Since their only gear is the
yoke, hooking them to the cart
is quick and easy. Unlocking is
just as simple, and the animals
can be turned out to Craze with
the yoke on. While they are a
little slow, they have many fea-
lures pleasing to efficiency eX-
pertS.
When it comes to food, they
can get along pretty well on
roughage, such as fodder, and
thus are inexpensive boarders.
Mr.. Turner's oxen, Spot and
Red. are 6 years old. He began
training them five years ago.
After about IL months, they were
ready to begin work.
Know Their Masters.
Ok drivers use no lines to steer
their charges. They carry a whip
to accelerate action but depend
solely on shouted words and
voice intonations to get desired
results.
It's a strange language. "Aye"
or 'go way!" means forward.
"Haw!" signifies stop. Back up!"
means just that. But you need
experience if you try to drive
oxen. They will hearken to an
old hand, even if they don't rec
ognize him, but will ignore a
greenhorn, even if he knows the
passwords.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Spot Ban on Sale
OF Beer on Sunday
Reversed by Court

The Prince Geores Liquor
Board exceeded its authority
when it banned Sunday beer
sales by a Capitol Heights Ii
censee, the county Circuit Court
has ruled.
Judge Charles c. Marbury re-
versed the boards decision yes
terday. after hearing arguments
on an appeal filed by Mrs. Sara
Rose, operator of a delicatessen
at 10 Sixty-first street.
Some such restrictions might
have been in the county's inter-
est. the court remarked, how
ever, had they been imposed be-
fore any permits were issued and
made applicable to all licensees.
The county liquor board, in
July. ordered Mrs. Rose, who has
managed the place since 1941. to
cease selling beer on Sundays
for one year. Board action fol-
lowed protests Of town officials,
civic groups and persons who
live near the delicatessen. They
complained that weekend dis
order and congested. traffic in
nearby streets was caused by
Mrs. Roses beer-buying patrons.
ID. G. Drinkers Blamed.
Most of the cursing, bottle and
can-tossing trouble-makers come
from the District and other out
side points, the delegations said.
Through her counsel, Ignatius
j. Keane, Mrs. Rose contended
that street disorders and traffic
jams are caused by customers of
the eight other alcoholic bever-
age spots in the neighborhood.
Board Attorney Ernest A.
Loveless cited testimony of COM
plainants to the effect that trou-
BILE near the delicatessen was
caused by persons coming from
the store.
did the board take any action
against the other eight places?"
the court inquired. .
Mr.. Loveless replied that one
license in Capitol Heights was
revoked several months ago
when it was shown that disorder
occurred in the establishment
and on adjoining streets. He
conceded that all complainants
described Mrs. Rose as a woman
of excellent character and that
there was no evidence of bolster
BUSINESS in her store.
Off-SaIe Only.
The attorney explained that
Mrs. Rose is licensed to sell beer
for consumption on and off the
premises but has confined her
business to off-sales.
Judge Marbury observed that
the law gives the liquor board
the right to revoke or suspend
permits for 10 specific reasons
and general authority to so act
in the interest of peace and
safety.
Il feel" he said, that the
board does not have authority
to restrict Sunday sales by a
means called suspension.
Perhaps. these Capitol Heights
places attract people across the
District line, but it is wrong to
single out Mrs. Rose and say we
will shut you up and do nothing
about the other eight.
unless 1t is clearly shown that
Mrs. Rose is responsible for the
disorder, it would not help much
to restrict her sales privileges.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Hobbs Ends Long Tenure
OF Sandy Spring Fire Chief

Donald r. Hobbs was elected
chief of the Sandy Spring CMd.)
Volunteer Fire Department last
night. The defeated incumbent,
Spencer J. H. Brown, ST., was
running for his 14th term.
Douglas Cashell was elected
secretary and Harry H. Stabler
won the assistant secretary post.
Reelected were Frederick S.
Gilpin, president; Treasurer
Francis Snowden and Vice Pres
ident Kenneth c. Hobbs, the new
chiefs brother.
The new chief, the former
chief and j. j. Myer are among
those named to the fire board.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Rockville Purchase
OF Home for Council
Finds Few Enemies

The Rockville City Council last
night heard little opposition to
it's projected purchase of a pri-
vate house for conversion to a
city hall.
The property under cohSidera-
ton is the j. Vinson Peter home
at 100 South Washington street,
consisting of a large house and
1.3 acres of land. The council
has an option to buy it within
the next 10 days for $4,000.
The IS citizens present at the
hearing agreed that the city
government needs it's own home.
Offices of the mayor and coun-
cilmen now are housed in rented
quarters at 10 Commerce lane.
Businessman Morris E. Stern
raised the question about COM
mercial parking lots in the busi-
ness district, which he said it
is up to the council to provide.
Pointing to the $35, 900 building
and parking lot fund the coun-
Gil has accumulated over the
last three years, Mr.. Stern said
that if the money is used to buy
a municipal building only you
must give the merchants some
assurance that you will take
care of us, too."
Mr.. Stern suggested that mer-
chants might be subjected to
a special tax to help pay for
commercial area parking lots.
He also advocated use of park
ing meter receipts to build park
ing lots.
James A. Buchanan, chairman
Of a special parking lot COM
mittee of the Rockville Board
of Trade, delivered a resolution
from the trade groups board
Of directors which recommended
purchase of the Peter property.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Safe Driving Urged
BY Arlington Official

Safe driving practices through
out Arlington County was urged
by 1t. Frank c. Palmer, county
safety patrol officer, last night at
a meeting of the Walter Reed
Elementary School Parent
Teachers Association.
Cautious driving is particularly
important now that some 10000
children have returned to school,
he said. The officer cited women
as the chief traffic violators and
said mothers especially seem to
forget safe driving rules as soon
as their children have been de-
livered to schools.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Judge SobeIoff to Talk

Chief Judge Simon E. Sobeloff
of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals will be heard in a Consti-
tuition Day address at 7 pm.
today over Radio Station
WGAY. Judge Sobeloff will
speak at Constitution Day cere-
monies sponsored by the Mont
gomery County Bar Association
at Constitution Day ceremonies
on the Rockville CMd0 Court
house lawn this afternoon.
WGAY will tape-record it for
broadcast tonight.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Class on SuIesmunship

Statesmen in Arlington retail
stores and service establishments
will have an opportunity to study
how to improve their selling
techniques when a class in "Sug-
gestive Selling" will open next
Tuesday from 1880 to 10 pm.
Miss Betty Sponaugle, head of
the distributive education de-
partment at Washington-Lee
High School, will teach.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Polling Place Changed
In Arlington Precinct

The voting places in Arling-
tons Glebe precinct has been
changed to Bauserman's Service
Station at South Glebe road and
Columbia pike.
Circuit Judge Walter T. Nc.
Carthy signed the order chang
ing the polling place to larger
quarters.
Other county polling places
on November 3 will be the same
as in previous elections.
Absentee ballot applications
will be received by the central
registrar until six days before
the election.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
Fairfax Completes
Work on Water Tank
And Sewage Plant

The town of Fairfax, Va. has
completed two large municipal
facilities to help ease the grow
ing pains of the Fairfax County
seat.
One is a 900,O00-gallon water
storage tank scheduled to be
put into operation by the end
of this week.
The other is a new sewage
treatment plant built to accom-
modate 5000 persons. It already
is in operation under supervision
of the contractors who con-
structed it until the town gets
engineering personnel to take
over.
Built With Bonds.
The two utilities were built
with money obtained from a
$450.000 bond issue authorized
by the Fairfax Town Council
last year and on which town
taxpayers will be repaying over
a 30-year period.
The new water tank. raising
the towns storage capacity to
/ million gallons, will bring to
an end restrictions imposed on
town water users because of a
shortage, according to Town En-
gineer Irwin H. Mason.
Actually, the town has had a
sufficient supply in deep wells,
but had difficulty regulating its
use with the limited storage ca
pacity of only 100000 gallons,
Mr.. Mason said.
The date for putting the new
water tank in operation will de-
pend on the time it takes to fill
it, probably three days, Mr.. Ma
son said.
Growth Increases Need.
The sewage plant replaces one
built in 1885 to accommodate
only 500 persons. Fairfax, how
ever, now has a population esti-
mated at between 5000 and a.
600, necessitating new facilities
to keep pace with the town. S
growth. The new plant has a
capacity Of 100000 gallons a day.
The water tank is located on
Route 81 just west of Camp
Washington, on the outskirts of
town. The sewage plant, for
which there still is some grad
ing work to complete, is on
Schurman road, about a quarter
mile from Fairfax Circle.
Evening star., 1953-09-17
barcroft Area
Rezoning Ba|ks
Cheaper Homes
Decision Upsets
Builders Plans
For Dowden Truct

A builders plan to construct
an initial group of more than 30
homes for $4,000 each near
Lake Bancroft Estates, yesterday
was upset by rezoning decision
unanimously voted by the Fair
fax County Board of Super
viSorS.
Some Is housewives from the
Lake Bancroft area, where the
price of homes runs as high as
$4,000. were made happy by the
boards vote. They and repre-
sentatives of several neighboring
civic groups had told the super
visors that if the area in ques-
tion were not rezoned from ur-
ban to suburban. community
values would depreciate and resi-
dents would be faced with the
disheartening sight of rows Of
smaller. cheaper houses, closer
together"
Bancroft Terrace. Inc, the
group planning to put up the
comparatively low-cost homes,
was anything but satisfied at the
outcome of the hearing.
Rules ON D0wden Tract.
The board ruled on the zoning
classification of the l09-acre
John Dowden tract directly
across from the entrance to Lake
Bancroft Estates.
Arthur Walters and william
Warfield, associates in the
planned project, were present at
the meeting. When citizens ex-
pressed the fear that urban zon-
ing would allow apartment con-
Struction on the tract-twice de-
MED by county authorities-the
builders said they would sign a
guarantee they would not pro-
pose the land for apartment
projects.
The builders attorney, John
c Webb, in a heated exchange
with Board Member Maurice w.
Fox, said to Mr.. Fox:
IF that's your attitude, you
ought to retire from this board"
Mr.. Fox had questioned the
attorney as to why the building
firm had invested so heavily in
property still legally in the name
of Mr.. Dowden,
Court Move Indicated.
Mr.. Webb argued before the
board that the urban zoning
under which his clients sought
to build was granted in 1850.
Since then, he said, the county
has filled up and become more
urban.
To rezone the tract to subur-
ban, the attorney declared,
"would be a low blow this board
should not strike"
Most of the residents who ia
vored the change, he said, have
moved into the county since
1850. Many of them, he said,
although living in a suburban
zone, own lots that would not
conform to the minimum stand
ards required for urban zone
properties.
you may anticipate you will
be in court if the tract is re-
zoned." Mr.. Webb told the board.
It was brought out at the
hearing that Bancroft Terrace.
Inc. had obtained building per-
mits and plat approval from the
county earlier yesterday.
Mr.. Webb said, however, the
project has been planned for
months and that his clients have
invested some $4,000 in the
project already.