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Evening star., 1953-10-22
American Troops Abroad

Although certain confusion seems to have
followed in the wake of their remarks there
really is nothing contradictory in the seemingly
contradictory comments by Defense Secretary
Wilson and Secretary of State Dulles on the
question of maintaining American troops
abroad
Secretary Wilson was asked at press con-
ference whether, as result of the development
of new weapons, he had any specific plans for
substantial reduction in the number of Amer
ican troops stationed overseas. He answered
that he thought substantial reduction would
be possible in the long run, but that he had no
specific plans that 81 can talk about here
today" The reporters rephrased the question
in this way: "Do you think next year it might
be possible to reduce the number of United
States divisions in Europe, the ones that are
there now?" Mr. Wilson replied: "That becomes
question of time on down the road and what
happens in the world. I don't think would
like to answer that one specifically at this time"
The next day the scene shifted over to Mr..
Dulles Office. At press conference he was
asked about the Wilson statement concerning
the withdrawal of American troops from Eu-
rope. Mr.. Dulles replied that he was not famil-
lar with any plan in that respect that he was
quite certain that there is no such plan.
The contradiction-if there seems to be
one-iS more apparent than real Mr. Wilson
did not say that there is "plan" in any i'm
mediate sense of the word. And it is quite
understandable, therefore, that Mr.. Dulles
would not be familiar" with non-existent
plan.
This is an oversimplifcation, however,
which could be misleading. Our friends in
Europe, for instance should not be encouraged
to believe that the approximately six ground
divisions which we now have on the continent
are going to stay there indefinitely or even for
very long. The chances are that in the not
too-diStant future-perhaps within the next
year-Some of those divisions will be brought
home and disbanded
The controlling considerations are the
remarkable advances in the development of
atomic Weapons-one fighter plane today, for
instance, can deliver a blow comparable in
power to that which destroyed Hiroshima
and the cost of supporting both modern and
a traditional defense. If we are even to dream
of balanced budget, we cannot for long afford
the luxury of conventional weapons designed
for conventional warfare plus the whole galaxy
of new weapons that commonly are grouped
under the atomic family. 1t will become nee
eSsary to make choice, perhaps in the rela-
lively near future, and when that choice is
made it certainly, or almost certainly, will be
in favor of the latest methods of waging war,
or of discouraging war. Perhaps the essential
point is that this country cannot and will not
continue indefinitely to meet the cost of main
in Europe, Asia and elsewhere around the world.
Evening star., 1953-10-22

What have we Americans done? Yes,
what are we liberty-loving people allow
ing to happen by sheer inertia? Are
$4,000 human souls to be diveSted of all
human rights and suffer the tortureS
of madmen? Are we to sit idly by and
allow this to happen? A promise was
given that deserters from the Red
camps would be given freedom. Alas,
they were thrown into compounds in
stead. Now they are being forced to
walk the plank into no-man'S-land.
Their choice is to choose the land they
hate and fear or have no land at all.
No atrocity has ever been so great, and
the United Nations sponsors it. What
is the assemblage of the United Nations
anyway? Fiends? NeroS? Inhumans?
Every liberty-loving American should
rise up in fury and demand that the
United Nations allow no inhuman
treatment of those helpless men or
else the United States will withdraw
its membership from such an ungodly
organization forever.
Frances Ray.
Evening star., 1953-10-22
Progress on Public Works

Discussions between the District Building
and Budget Bureau stats concerning public
works program for Washington are continuing.
Such discussions are not conducted in public
Precise details on all points at issue are not
available. They involve differences of opinion
over the extent of local tax increases necessary
to finance the Districts part of the program,
the size of the program itself, the number of
years involved in the program and the actual
necessity of some of the items to be included
These are details, all of them important,
10 be sure, but not as important at this stage
as certain principles which the Budget Bureau
has stated it is willing to support.
The Budget Bureau, for example, recog-
nizeS "the deSrability of more adequate and
comprehensive public works program" reuuir-
ing additional assistance from the Federal
Government in the form of Federal grants and
loans.
Inc Budget Bureau approves of the eXpan-
sion OF the water and sewer systems as outlined
in the public works program, and the method
OF financing. These methods, in addition to
higher water taxes and a new sewer tax, include
payment by the Federal Government for the
water and sewer services it receives and Fed
eral loans
The Budget Bureau recognizes that to carry
out the remainder of the program-incuding
highways, bridges, schools, hospitals and other
general cOnStruction-it will be necessary to
increase the annual Federal payment to the
neighborhood of $40 million year Cinstead of
the prevailing S12 million) and to make avail
able additional Federal loans.
These principles have been accepted by the
Budget Bureau and are spelled out in COM
munication from the bureau which is part of
the proposed public works legislation sent to
Congress last spring With Budget Bureau
support it should not be too difficult to obtain
congressional acceptance of the same princi-
pies. And if these principles are applied, it
should be possible to work out the details of the
program that Congress must consider and pass
on this year.
There iS therefore, every reason for graft
hcation at progress already made on the public
works program. And when the Districts reg
ular budget goes to Congress in January, the
necessary capital improvements which cannot
be included in the regular budget for want of
funds will in themselves provide a powerful
argument for the public works program.
The Budget Bureaus whole attitude toward
the public works program has been helpful and
constructive. 1t promises new deal in main
tanning and developing the American Capital,
overcoming some of the most conspicuous
deficiencies in needed public facilities If there
are remaining differences of opinion between
the Budget Bureau and the Commissioners on
the details of legislation, congressional hear
1ngs will provide the opportunity to iron them
out.
Evening star., 1953-10-22
This and That .

''It seems to me that a great many
modern authors would do we'll to re-
fresh their story telling art at these
great writer's, instead of sneering at
them.
I'm my new attic library have a
good collection of all the great OF yes
terday, and many of the best OF today.
"Our family rather specialized on
novels. I have often thought it sort
of reaction of my father against the
simple faith of his younger years, when
card playing and even dancing and
simple home games were frowned upon.
Perhaps it will come as surprise
to young people that half century ago
many devout persons, good men, and
women, thought both writing and read
ing novels was a pastime inspired by
the devil.
II remember that in my family an
aunt was widely Sneered at because she
spent her time on a couch reading
novels! I was never sure, then, and am
not still, whether it was the couch or
the books that were abhorred. Certainly
it was working era, when to be still,
for any length of time, was somehow
regarded as morally wrong. Most per-
sons. Of course, had to work. and work
hard, and that included the home
maker; my mother was busy from be-
fore dawn to a very late hour, cook
ing, cleaning and doing the thousand
and one chores the women of yesterday
did without complaint At least, if
they complained they never let the
children hear them.
II look around at my cosy library,
and revel in its depth of understand
ing. as displayed in modern novels,
along with the best Of the old. The
novel holds up a mirror to life even
Evening star., 1953-10-22
By Charles E. TroceWeN

better than the stage. A story is,
think, story, no matter its form, The
simple narrative is as old as mankind,
and often embodies the best that man
has managed to do.
II want to thank you as the inspira-
ton for my new library. When the
sun slants in, in late afternoon, and I
read the books I love. find time to
remember you, as well as my authors,
for wonderful time.
"Very truly. E. L. H"
The attic library has several advan-
tageS. One of them is that it usually
is above the dust line. Also, the insect
line. Both considerations are worth
while, because they help maintain books
in good condition. Another factor is
that an attic library is almost above
the noise line. Cries of children at
play, of motor mowers and the like,
come family, and are mixed with nat
ural sounds such as the cries of birds
and various insect choruseS.
This summer there have been tink-
ling bells in all suburban blocks, as the
bell crickets, as some call them, tinkle
away in shrubbery. These are happy
insects made to sweetly chime the time
while they unheedingly go to their
death. Mankind is rapidly learning
how to go to his with a great bang and
much vapor. If the good God looks
down upon mankind's atomic folly, He
must regret the intelligence He planted
in His favorite creature. Perhaps as
good way as any to be blown up will
be while reading. Readers everywhere
will hope that when they go, their
books may be spared. Maybe the sur
vivors will come to their senses, and
nothing will help them back to. sanity
more than books.
Evening star., 1953-10-22
Districts 10000 Trees Didn't Just Grow
By Molly Geiuer

TT is NO accident that Washington's
i broad avenues Of stately trees are
famous throughout the world. They
have not, like TopSy, "just growed." For
over eighty years the planning, plant
ing and maintenance of the 10000
trees along the streets and in the parks
Of the District Of Columbia have been
a municipal function.
Although you as an individual may
have had no contact with the tree de-
partment Of our city government, its
services are available to all. If perma-
nent curbing has been laid on your
street but there are still no trees, you
may ask to have the street put on the
fall planting list. You may request
treatment or replacement for dying and
dead trees in your neighborhood.
There are, of course, few things
that the Districts horticulturalists can
not do. Recently woman urgently re-
quested that the glorious maple in front
of her house be stopped from losing its
leaves prematurely. Early turning and
deleafing are common this fall, result
of the extended summer drought, and
nothing can be done about it.
The tree department responds
promptly to calls for aid to dying trees,
although in many cases the victims
are beyond help by the time symptoms
are apparent. This is particularly true
when gas has affected tree.
Gas leakage is partially the result
of the constantly increasing heavy
traffic. Buses and trucks set up vibra-
tionS through the concrete that cause
cracking in aged gas pipes. The eScap-
ing gas suffocates nearby tree roots so
quickly and effectively that by the time
the branches begin to show effects,
the tree is dead. The gas company
pays for replacement Of such trees.
after repairing or replacing the defec-
tive pipes. But in the past few years
the problem has become so acute that
no new planting is now undertaken
without a clear go-ahead signal from
the gas company.
In the first years of this century the
commercial production of ice cream
caused its share of troubles. After
sharp increase in tree casualties from
salt water a clause was added to police
regulations restraining manufacturers
and retailers of ice cream from dumping
salt or dripping salt water in the
vicinity of tree spaces.
Disease, too. has taken its toll Of
trees in Washington, most recently in
the loss of some of our most stately
elms to the Dutch elm disease. Such
tree sicknesses seem to occur in waves,
however, and the Dutch elm disease has
almost run it's course. To help prevent
a recurrence, the District tree nursery
has invested in Augustine Elms,
patented variety Of the tree that seems
specifically resistant to the disease.
Systematic planting of trees in Wash
Evening star., 1953-10-22
Modern Smithsonian Approved


I disagree with Reader" who
objects to the modern design of the
proposed new Smithsonian Building. 1t
is one of the most functional and beau
tiful buildings ever designed for the
Mall and is quite suitable for our ter
rain, climate and age. There is nothing
native or beautiful about the National
Gallery of Art and other semi-Greek
boxcars that adorn the Mall and help
to make Washington an architectural
nightmare. 1t is a moot question
whether the jefferson and Lincoln
Memorials would even look good set
upon Grecian landscape.
Were it not for the Potomac and our
park system, Washington could not be
considered beautiful in the sense of
Rome, Paris or Edinburgh. Greek
architecture, So-called, does not make
Washington beautiful. The non-func-
tional Government Office buildings that
resemble barracks or jails, so poorly
designed for temperate zone of much
sunlight that artificial light has to be
used for working, are not beautiful and
compare unfavorably to similar build
ings in Europe and South America.
Local pride should not blind us to the
fact that men like Frank Lloyd Wright
consider Washington an ugly city. The
new Smithsonian Building is a step
in the right direction, for it is beau
tiful functional and reflects the time
we live in. Let us hope the new Smith
sonian Building Is soon erected to
temper those monstrous horrors from
the past that represent only ignorance
and bad taste.
J. Wilbur Potherby.
In The Star of October Is a reader
expressed concern over the proposed
new Smithsonian Institution Building.
This building-of good modern design
was described as "squatty," and
plea was made that classic structure
"of lasting design" be built instead.
Classic design, with its huge col
umns, many steps, grandiose propor-
tions, ETC., is meant to impress the pub
Evening star., 1953-10-22
BETHESDA.

Dear Sir.
'You once wrote about the books in
your attic. I have refurniShed ours,
on your plan, and want to tell you that
the results are stunning.
II have put unpainted cases around
the walls, where trunks sometimes are
showed, and few chairs, and reading
lamp.
I'm this way have achieved some
thing we had no place for in any other
partsof the house, library, in fact as
we'll as in name.
when was a small boy, my mother
and father had q house in the older
part of town. The house had large
room at the front, second floor, which
we called the library. but it was really
a bedroom.
1.-The library, as we called it, con-
sisted of some bookcases, of the old
fashioned kind. They were filed with
books, with bust of Dante on the
center one.
THE shelves were back in the alcove,
as it was called, a depression evidently
made for the placement of a bed.
"In this alcove, fondly called the
library, we children used to gather at
night, to read and study.
THE light we had was an old gas
mantle, but it made fine light. The
gas came through a thick rubber tube
from the ceiling.
"On the table there was dolly. or
whatever my mother called it. and then
the green lamp, with the white glass
shade That is, the dome was green,
and the lower part white.
1T was around this light that ! got
my first taste of Dickens, Thackeray
and Scott. Also Fielding, and q bit of
Goldsmith.
Evening star., 1953-10-22

cabinet ministers and the King himself will still
retain a veto power. Cabinet sessions will be
held monthly, or more often on call by the
Premier. While the controls thus set forth
make it clear that the King is not yet sur
rendering any ultimate authority, it is equally
clear that he is relieving himself Of much of
the continuing burden of running the govern
ment In his manner Of doing this. in the
twilight of his long career, he has seemingly
turned to formula that will preserve the
family authority while supporting 1t with a
more modern structure of government.
Evening star., 1953-10-22
Star Stan Photo.

the not too distant future gingko rep
resentation on Washington's streets will
be exclusively male.
Commercial nurseries transplant
trees with a ball of earth wrapped
around the roots, but the District does
dry-root planting. At the beginning of
the fall planting season the roots of
trees to be removed from the nursery
are carefully cleaned and dipped in
solution called root-tone, hormone
food that encourages further roofing.
The trees are then transplanted along
the city curbS in troughS containing
approximately so cubic feet of new soil
This soil gives the trees room and
nouriShment to take hold. BY the time
the rootletS have pushed beyond the
confines of the troughs they are strong
enough to go it alone on city soil under
the sidewalks.
Washington is particularly famous
for the trees planted throughout the
downtown business area. Here trees
deaden traffic noises as we'll as shade
the streets and purify the air. Par
ticularly for this noise-prooflng, we'll
planted streets are desired by hotels
and hospitals. ShopkeeperS, too, are
becoming increasingly tree conscious.
And so, despite continual narrowing
of sidewalks and an ever widening OF
streets, Washington's 70-year-old tree
program will continue to flourish and
add beauty. shade and comfort to one
of the worlds loveliest cities.
Evening star., 1953-10-22
TwiIiqht on the Desert

One of the worlds Weathiest kingdoms
moved a short step from autocracy last week
end when Add al-Aziz bn Add al-Rahman Al
Faisal Al Sa I'D, King of Saudi Arabia, issued
decree establishing the first cabinet within his
government.
1t was in 1902 that Ibn Saud, young desert
warrior and devout member of the puritanical
Wahabi sect of Islam, captured the city of
Ryadh and with it the beginning of an absolute
control over all but some coastal fringeS of the
Arabian peninsula. More than 20 years of
fighting followed this first significant conquest
and Ibn Saud'S f1rSt-born son was one of the
casualties, but when it ended in December Of
1925 there were no enemies left to contest
seriously the authority Of the Saud family
Opponents who had not been defeated in COM
bat driven from the country had become
loyal followers of a leader whose proven heroisn
in battle was matched by his tolerance and
generosity in victory.
At that time, the arid and barren peninsula
yielded little to its people. Agricultural produc-
ton, even at the oaseS, was low and there was
no industry except of the most rudimentary
sort. The annual pilgrimage of the worlds
MoSlemS to Mecca provided most of the revenue
and it wasn't until the existence of oil was
proved in 1882 that self-Suff1cient economy
could be foreseen. Today, Saudi Arabia is one
of the great petroleum producers, and the
annual income to the Saudi Arabian govern
ment from this production is estimated at more
than 5000 million.
Meanwhile, Ibn Saud ruled his people as
would tribal chieftan, dispensing justice and
charity by personal decision and keeping in his
own hands the final judgment on all matters,
internal and external affecting his kingdom.
Foreign advisers, mostly from Syria and the
Lebanon, were brought in, and some of the
older Saud sons were brought along in advisory
capacities. The oldest living son was designated
as the Crown Prince Saud and his training has
been concentrated on the administration of in
ternal affairs. FaiSal. the second son, was
intruSted with jurisdiction over foreign affairs
but in each case the ultimate major decisions
have been left to the King himself. There has
been speculation in recent years on whether
rvalrieS within the family might upset the line
of succession but the King has now named
the Crown Prince as Premier, to head the new
cabinet and the oldest sons concentration upon
domestic affairs of the peninsula is expected to
strengthen his position with the tribespeople.
As Premier, the Crown Prince must approve
any contract or agreement proposed by the
Evening star., 1953-10-22

have only themselves to blame for fail
ing to pass a law requiring that the
vacancy be filled at the November
election this year."
The point Lawrence was making
has to do not only with the fact that
the people of Ohio will not be repre-
sented in the Senate by person of
their own choice, but that Gov. Lausche
had helped materially to bring about
that result by long delay in making
the appointment.
Lawrence raised the question of
whether Lausche had not waited as
long as possible SO as to prevent the
pressure of public opinion from being
effective in demanding an extra session
of the Legislature so that law could be
passed providing for special election
this autumn" The column did not in
any way question the Governors right,
under the circumstances. to appoint
whom he pleased.
l. ID. III.
Evening star., 1953-10-22
First in Favor

Though gears tOere fen between us and
the tea
And cake lDe shared. before you said
good bye
You smiled and ventured, "WM you
marry nle?"
Then gaze my GnSiUer to the listening
sky.
With time our o,On to cherish and to
turn
To as tDe orew awdre of hurrying
things.
We let the chGngeling lights of child
hood burn
Unnottced; ice had laid aside our
Ui1gS.
Yet you are mine for all remembering
For WGS first in tdUor before heduen
And in your eyes q queen 1Dho croDned
you King
The day the candles on my cake 10ere
SeDen.
Helen Boxer WolleT
Evening star., 1953-10-22
Interprets Columnist

Two recent letters in The Star took
David Lawrence to task for what they
considered adverse comment on Gov.
Lausche's appointment of Democrat
to succeed the late mfr. Republican"
Apparently these writers didn't read
the dispatch very carefully, because
they missed the point. Mr.. Lawrence
specifically said:
This is, of course, a recognized
right of the Governor in office-to fill
vacancies-but on this occasion the Re
publicans in the Legislature of Ohio