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Evening star., 1953-01-26
BY Charles E. Trocewen

Temp Jones spun his way to Fifteenth
and H streets, where the two boys en-
gagged in regular spinning contest.
Think Of two boys playing at Fiji
teenth and H streets! It was so, in
those days.
To get back to the joke store:
Templeton Jones, now old enough to
know better, purchased an imitation Of
the famous black widow spider.
Creates a real scare, and can be
used for Jokes without number" said
the card to which the villainous looking
creature was pinned.
Jones took it home, placed 1t on q
curtain, and awaited results. When Mrs.
Jones saw it, she screamed, Look at
that spider! Look at that spiderT" and
dashed away for the vacuum sweeper,
but when she saw Jones grinning. she
saw the joke, too.
The next day, when the old man
was reading his paper. Mrs. Jones sud-
denly cried out, Watch out, Temp.
there is one Of those spiders on your
sleeve!"
Calmly he looked down. who's afraid
; Of big black spiders?" he joked.
II think it's real," said Mrs. Jones.
'Tell that to the Marines" jauntily
said Templeton Jones.
Then he saw the spider move! Such
yell as could be heard down to Chevy
Chase Circle went up from the brave
man. Needless to say, there are no
more Jokes abaut spiders at the Jones
home. -A
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Senator SuItonstoII on the Droft

Senator SuItonstuII on the Droft
In your January II edition you pub
lished q letter headed Changes in
Draft" signed "Heartsick Mother" It
carried the following statement: II was
heartSick to read in The Star that Re-
publican Senator Saltonstall and Re-
publican Representative Van Zandt
want to extend the draft period from
"a months to 30 or 36 months"
would appreciate it very much If
you would inform the lady who wrote to
you that have never made any such
statement. The statement which have
recently made and which appeared in
the United States News and World Re-
port Of January 2, 1858, is as follows:
"Q.-Do you think that two years Of
service is too long? Al have felt
that the two-year term was as long,
certainly, as Congress would make it.
personally would like to see it short
ened, but, with the places where the
men must go so far away, much less
than the two-year term becomes aw-
fully inefficient, ineffective and expen-
SiVe."
This represents my thoughts on the
subject of the draft and is quite con-
trary to the statement which was
quoted as having been said by me in
the letter written to you.
I make this request because Of the
unfortunate and completely erroneous
impression which was given by the ar
ticle originally published in the press.
Leverett SaltOnstall,
United States Senator.
Evening star., 1953-01-26

now some 800 less letter carrier walks
in operation than there were during
the year 1851"
I was advised that the reductions
were made to save money and that the
Canadian government believed that one
residential delivery was sufficient.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers tried to make it appear that
under the .one-trip system carriers
were overburdened and were prevented
from having proper lunch periods. They
well knew that such statements were
erroneous, as the carriers were not re-
quired to carry a heavier load under
the, one-trip system than was carried
under the two-trip system. They were
given anywhere from one-half hour to
two hours for lunch. AS a matter of
fact, no hardships were created by the
change in the number of trips per-
formed. Letters have received from
many letter carriers serving residential
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Good News for Motorists

There is good news for motorists OF the
Washington Metropolitan Area in the highway
program just presented to Marylands General
Assembly by the State Roads Commission. The
recommendations of the commission show that
the State, after long lag, has decided to give
proper attention to the urgent road needs in
the vicinity Of Washington -along with needs
of the State at large.
In fact, more than one-fourth of all the
highway construction work planned by the State
during the next IL years is allotted to Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Counties. Nearly
$152 million is earmarked for Improvement OF the
approaches to the Nations Capital, with suit
able interchanges and cross-county links. Most
of the projects already have been outlined in a
general way by the Regional Highway Planning
Committee and by the State Roads Commission
in previous reports, but now priority schedule
has been announced and more details as to
routes and costs provided
Among the more important and perhaps
the more controversial of the plans have to do
with the Washington National Pike and the
intercounty belt highway. The pike, the first
unit of which, near Frederick, has been par
TALLY built is to intersect the belt highway just
outside the Districts boundaries. A tentative
route through Montgomery County for the last
unit, linking the pike with the District, has
owners and State surveyors. A hearing has been
promised before final determination of the
route is made. Rights of way for other connec-
tions between the dual-lane pike and the Wash
ington highway network have been obtained.
The pike will lead into the long-planned belt
highway around the District. In Maryland this
belt is to curve from the proposed Jones Point
bridge opposite Alexandria through Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties to a pro-
posed bridge across the Potomac River near
Cabin John. Thus, through traffic from Fred
erick and beyond would be able to bypass WASH
ington en- route to Virginia and farther South.
The Virginia highway program includes SINH
lar belt road connecting the proposed Cabin
John and Alexandria bridges.
There are numerous other important high
way improvements planned for the two counties
during the next decade, as has been previously
disclosed by the commission and other planning
groups The major obstacle to fulfllment of
the program within any reasonable period is,
of course financing. The commission has asked
the Legislature to approve one-cent raise in
the present hve-cent gasoline tax, to increase
automobile registration fees and to grant the
commission authority to charge tolls on certain
major thoroughfares. All of these financing
suggestions are likely to run into varying
opposition at the Assembly. The commission
Marylands inadequate highway system is now
squarely up to the Legislature. 1t will be more
costly in the end If action is deferred or if what
action is taken fails to meet the financing
problem boldly.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
KEEPING a Good Man

The decision Of Budget Director Dodge to
retain his predecessor, Frederick ]. Lawton as
his special assistant in the Bureau Is definitely
In the public interest.
Mr.. Lawton is q career technician in fiscal
matters He started his government service in
the Treasury Department in 1921 and trans
ferred to the Budget Bureau in 1885. BY 1889
he had risen to the top Civil Service post in
the Bureau, that OF Executive Assistant to the
Director, and he remained in that capacity
until lo4o. He gave up his Civil Service status
In THAT year to become Assistant Dieector' .
Evening star., 1953-01-26

routes indicate that the one-trip service
has made their jobs easier.
The reduction to one delivery in resi-
Dental sections has now been in effect
two and one-half years. The patrons
have become accustomed to it and it is
very seldom that the department re-
ceives a complaint from the patrons
because of this reduction in the number
of trips performed. We serve popula-
ton of approximately 100 million, and
If we had a million complaints, there
are still 159 million people we have not
heard from. Therefore, there is con-
siderable justification for the statement
made by the late Louis Ludlow of In
diana. chairman of the House Subcom-
mittee on Appropriations back in 1947,
when he suggested that since the people
had become accustomed to one delivery
in residential sections during the war
perhaps we should not go back to the
two-trip basis.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Fairfax School Crisis

Citizens of Fairfax County are weighing
the need for another bond issue to continue
construction Of new schools. AS in the past
there Is opposition to the orrow-and-tax pro-
gram, largely from the more rural sections of
the growing county, where the classroom
shortage is less acute. Against the background
of makeShift facilities with which many of the
countys children still must contend, however,
the urgency of further school construction be-
comes evident Without additional borrowing
the handicapS under which both pupils and
teachers are confronted in some sections of the
county today will remain indehnitely-and
probably will become worse.
Despite the relief afforded by $1O.5-
million bond issue voted in 1850, some of Fair
fax County'S children still are being taught in
QuonSet huts, fire halls and similar improvised
classroom quarters This is because the previous
bond issue provided only enough classroom
space to take care of the increase in school
population. There was no surplus Of space to
permit abandonment Of the temporary facilities
The county's population is growing SO fast that
q continuous building program has become
necessary to keep pace with educational de-
mandS. Some of the countys high schools
cannot obtain accreditation from the Southern
Association Of Colleges and Secondary Schools
because of substandard conditions.
The proposed $11-million bond ISSUE to be
voted on on February 8, would provide 231 ele-
mentary and 66 high school claSsroomS over
three-year period. A $4-million spending limit
for each of the first two years would prevail
with So million allocated for the third year of
the program. Civic groups supporting the plan
say that present taxes would repay $6 million
Of the loan. The remaining S. million would
require an increase in the real estate taxa
prospect that is especially alarming to the
farm owners whose taxes have risen steadily
as the value of land has increased in recent
? years. These rural citizens are facing repeti-
tion In Fairfax County of the metamorphosis
which transformed neighboring Arlington
l County from an essentially rural community
: to busy urban center. Their resistance to the
1 changing conditions is understandable. They
! do not relish the sort Of progress that en-
! croacheS on their farms and their way Of life
I. with subdivisions and higher taxes and urban
developments.
Such problems as education and sanitation
and the like cannot be evaded, however. AS
the needs expand and the costs multiply, Fair
fax County must find way to pay the bills
without putting too much of the burden on
any one class of taxpayers. The time seems to
be ripe for study of the county's taxing sys-
tenn, with view to finding, If possible, addi-
tional sources of revenue. Otherwise, the county
will find it difficult in the future to finance
many of the school and other needs that
cannot, in good conscience, be put of in
definitely.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Neighbor

Say neUer that she died year ago.
But only tOent GiDGy Nntindered. leGUin0
With US Ulso loved her memories that
Olo1D
Warm as the sunlight, lopelier than
OTieDtn0.
For 1t Is beautiful to hear her cali
Good morning" dotDn the iDind, and
see her raise
Her arm In greeting, and remember
small
Things that she talked about. In other
days.
she lfves In rs sclto knew that she pas
good,
In US iDho matched her loving kindness
spread
In larger circles than her zeigtborltood,
And so sag neUer. seUer she Is dead.
A Eloine v. Emons.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Van Fleet and 'Mr. Attack

One very fine soldier will be replaced by
another very fine soldier when General James
A. Van Fleet hands over to Lieutenant General
Maxwell D. Taylor command of the 9th Army
in Korea.
General Van Fleet, now 60, is scheduled to
retire on March 81 after almost 38 years OF
service as a commissioned officer. However,
although special law requires his retirement,
an exception can be made "for the convenience
of the Government" and there are some indi-
cations that his West Point classmate-Presi-
dent Eisenhower-may decide on such an
exception.
In any case, the President, through Press
Secretary James Hagerty, has made special
point of declaring that the retiring 9th Army
leader "is probably the best-qualif1ed combat
officer we have in the armed forces" and that
"time alone e"-regrettably- resulted in the
loss of his services in Korea" The record
amply supports this tribute. For General Van
Fleet, wholly apart from his splendid work in
his present post during the past ~ months,
has long since monStrated-notably in the
Second World War, and afterwards in Greece
that he has few peers as fighting commander.
Nobody should be surprised, therefore, II he is
placed in an important new assignment where
his outstanding military talents and rich and
varied experience will continue to contribute
AS for General Taylor-who is already
headed for the Far East after his Saturday
conference with the President-it is difficult
to think of any American officer better equipped
to carry on from where General Van Fleet will
leave OF. At the age of ST. as outgoing Deputy
Chief of Staff for Operations and Administra-
tion, he is rated as one of the Army's brightest
stars, not merely because of his exceptional
mental qualities and executive ability, but also
because of his remarkable and daring perform
ance as a leader of our airborne forces in
Europe during the Second World War. 1t is not
for nothing that he has been called "Mr.
Attack" Certainly, in addition to what he has
in his background from his service in Japan
and China in the 19S0s, he is superbly qualified
to handle the all-important responsibilities OF
commander of the 9th Army and allied forces
In Korea.
This change in the Korean command may
or may not foreShadow new operational devel-
opmentS in the near future. President Eisen-
hover, of course is not going to say "yes1 or
mo" on that score, and the same holds true
for Generals Van Fleet and Taylor # any
new moves are In the making, in terms OF
military action, time alone will reveal them.
Like everybody else, the Communist enemy will
Just have to wait and see.
Whatever may happen, however, the fact
is that General Van Fleets replacement has
been ordered primarily because the law requires
it, and not because of any inadequacy on his
part. The President, who is his good friend,
has been at pains to make that point very
clear. "Mr. Attack" has big shoes to I'LL.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Records in Travel Trade

One form of international unrest appears
TO have provided an unmixed blessing to most
Of the world in 1852. It was the habit Of travel
ing-moStly Just for fun, to see new things and
old places in the tourists favorite countries all
over the globe As usual Americans contrib
uted heavily in the setting of near or new
records.
France, always popular locale for travel
ers Of many nationalitieS reported dropping
OF Of Britons and most other neighboring Euro
peans but an increase in Americans from 1885,
600 in 1851 to about 100000 last year. Little
Switzerland, which offers lake travel in sum-
mer, skiing in winter and mountains all the
year round, not only had more guests but they
stayed longer. American guest nights" in
Switzerland we're up by So per cent. 1talys
record surpassed even the 1850 Holy Year mark
and The Netherlands, where prices were low
enough to provide a one-dollar dinner, had its
biggest year in history Britain, expecting the
coronation ceremonies to make 1858 its biggest
tourist year, still was close to record levels in
1852. Austria, where the overall economic pic
ture was somewhat dismal, received postwar
record $50 million from tourist sources
Canada had a record number of visitors
from this side Of the border but its net profit
was cut by comparably heavy flow of Cana
dams vacationing in the States. The exchange
problem, resulting from the Canadian dollar
having a higher value than the United States
dollar, also served to cut down some of the
American spending in Canada. The Latin Amer
ican countries received their share Of the vaca-
ton travellers and Bermuda ranked as one OF
the heavy dollar earners in the sterling bloc
as q result Of its one-way tourist business.
AS the world, grows smaller in terms Of
travel time needed from point to point, only
peace is needed for even greater tourist records
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Independent Morse

Proceeding on the assumption that
Senator Wayne Morse Of Oregon was
dissatisfied with the amount Of pub
licity he received as result Of his
courageous bolt from the Republican
Party, Delmer G. Wright attempts to
interpret the Senator's motive for
showing up at the Senate's opening
session with folding chair as merely
another attempt to gain wider audi
ence for his seemingly senseless
antics"
The gentleman from Oregon is, in
my opinion, an outstanding example of
uninf1uenced Americanism which does
not cover in the face of partisan dicta-
tors. 1t the people of our country
would send to the Senate more states
men like him, who can be independent
Of party bosses while doing their jobs
well, we all might be able to appreciate
such independence q little more.
william Charles Kloman.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Couts Of Cloth and Mink

was appalled, before and after the
election at the attitude of what we call
a free press" We should call it q
"one-party press" It has come to the
point where all news is distorted. The
Star of January 81 stated that Mrs.
Nixon was the only one on the preSi-
Dental platform in cloth coat Give
years ODD. Who cares about such
trivial things in such serious times, and
might add there were several cloth
coats on the presidential stand. I was
very close to them as I personally was
on the presidential stand. Do not feel
that am writing this as a member
of the opposition party. am a Re-
publican, but 1t annoys me to see such
trif1eS so exaggerated, and besides /
know Mrs. Nixon has fur coat! Ike
is a fine man. However, am not proud
Of our v. p, so why give him publicity
on such trivial matters?
Agatha Wilson Moore.
Easton, Pa.
The inaugural circus was a typical
Republican Hollywood ballyhoo. It was
too long, too loud, and altogether too
overdone. It appeared that after they
had elected Eisenhower they were de-
termined to kill him before he could
get inside the White House.
The mink coats were very much in
evidence, too. to say nothing of the
sables and diamonds. It is all right
for the ruling class to wear them; but
for a little White House secretary to
have one is a scandal.
I cannot refrain from contrasting
this vulgar show with the solemnity of
the occasion 20 years ago when that
greatest Of all Presidents took office.
No one had the money to put on a
Hollywood extravaganza then.
Loyal Democrat.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Letters to The Star

Penanes be used letters carry wters correct and
addresses. All letters subject to condensation
Evening star., 1953-01-26

paper advertisements, paid radio shorts,
handbills. phone calls and other means
used to attract persons to the conference.
John T. L. Harper.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-03-07
OBITUARY

The funeral of Mr.. Walter McRatth, r..
f. D. No 5, who ded early Sunday morn
ing, February %, was held at Jordan's
funeral Home Wednesday, February %,
a p. m. with Rev. Theodore Journett Of
ficiating, assisted by Revs. Lindsey Mar
tin, Albert Prince, and Robert Andrews.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Neal Nc
Rath, two daughters, Mrs. Rosa Mary
Read, Mrs. Inez Preston; one son, Harry
Lee; two brothers, Erich and Edward
Thompson of Tennessee. Interment was
in Springwood Cemetery, Jordan Funeral
Home in charge.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-03-07
Virginia Division Of A. {. S. Offering
Scholarships To Workshop On
Cancer Education

College. Applications for Scholarships
from teachers of biology, health and pbvs
ical education, home economics, and social
science should be received prior to Nav
at the Virginia Division Office, Albemarle
Hotel Building, Charlottesville. A schol-
arship includes the cost of tuition and fees
and room and board at the college. Trans
portation costs are to be born by the recip
tents of the scholarships.
Dr. j. A. Moore, Director of Health and
Physical Education at Virginia State, will
direct the Workshop. Other leaders in
clude DR.. Mason Romano of Petersburg.
Director of the Bureau of Cancer Contro..
Virginia State Health Department, and
members of the staff of the Virginia Divi-
sion.
Funds for these scholarships have been
made available by voluntary contributions
throughout the Commonwealth to the Vir-
ginia Division of the American Cancer
Society, which supports three phase pro-
gram of Education, Service, and Research
Stressing the Importance of the educa-
phase of the Society, Dr. Cooper Jr., Of
the University of Virginia Hospital, and
Medical and Scientific Director of the
Virginia Division, stated, physicians es-
the more than 5000 Virginians who died
innate that the lives of at least third of
of cancer last year could have been saved
by early diagnosis and adequate treat
ment.''
THE Virginia Division believes that one
of the most powerful weapons we have in
the crusade against cancer is educators
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-03-07

and knowledge. 1t is expected that this
Workshop will bring the latest facts on
the nature of cancer and the means now
used to control the disease.
Questions concerng the Workshop may
be addressed to the Virginia Division,
American Cancer Society, Inc, Albemarle
Hotel Building, Charlottesville, Va.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-03-07
Personal

A-3c Alto Mae Brown of the U. S. w.
A. c., niece of Mrs. Durant Boyce, SlI
Madison Avenue, n. w., visited relatives
and friends over the week end. Airman
Brown is clerk typist at Andrew Air
Force Base in Washington, d. G.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1953-03-07

THE PINE FORGE INSTITUTE CHOIR
will give a concert at High Street Baptist
Church, Thursday, March IL, at 8 p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-31
Life in the Country
Cats Family Delivered Twice Daily
In Farm Station Wagon Style

Tweed HowSer carries his kit
tens with him in the old sta
ton wagon he uses around the
farm.
Tweed was going to town the
other day when he heard a COM
motion in the back of the wagon.
He didn't pay much attention
at the time, and it wasn't until
he was home again that he dis
covered that the old cat had
used a nook beneath the spare
tire to house her new family.
Tweed and the cat have
worked out an agreement. The
kittens stay in the station wag-
on, and he gets home promptly
at noon and a S in the eve
ming so that the cat can take
care of her family.
1t is a good baby-sitting ar
rangement for the cat, and. I
expect, leads to more mouse
catching efficiency around the
barn. While Tweed takes care
of the kittens. the cat is free
to go about her business. Tweed
hopes it is catching mice.
Anyway. the kittens are doing
fine and seem to like their dailV
rides.
Il
Art Wilson is finding out that
life in the country is not all ease
and relaxation. He came in the
other day complaining about his
back. Seems he had been build
ing a chicken house and found
it more than he had expected.