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Evening star., 1953-01-23
Tribute to d Pioneer Neqro Leader

tions OF this small effort. Accordingly,
he with others among whom were
George Bell, Moses Liverpool and John
F. Cook, carried petition to the Mayor
OF Washington laying before him the
problem Of free schools for Negro chill
dren. With the aid Of stanch friends.
this measure was pushed through the
Common Council and finally reached
Congress. In 1867. Congress passed a
law appropriating funds to build the
f1rst public school for Negroes.
Mr.. Bowen donated the site for the
school and eventually it was named
Anthony Bowen in his memory. This
action was taken by the Board of
Trustees Of the Colored Schools of the
District on July 26, 1871, on motion
OF James Wormley. Mr.. Bowen had
passed on just four days before at
the age Of 50.
In 1858. he was the leading spirit
IN the organization Of the first YMCA
Tor Negroes In America, and became
It's nrst president. This organization
was the parent Of the present Twelfth
Street Branch at 1916 Twelfth street
NV.
Mr. 6OWen was natural leader He
Spearheaded activities along political
lines In the 7th ward. From 1901.
he served as q member Of the
6Sth Common Council. These were
the days when Washington had local
self-government.
Always jealous religious worker,
Mr.. Bowen was ordained as an elder
in the African Methodist Episcopal
Church and performed many marriage
ceremonies, He founded and estab-
Hshed st. Pauls A. M. e. Church in
1856. This had previously been known
as the E Street Mission st. Paul So
ciety and st. Paul Chapel, respec-
lively.
Mr.. Bowen was an ardent worker in
the underground railroad" and housed
many fugitive slaves in his home and
mission. st. Paul's Church served
as an underground railroad station"
as well as a place for worship.
One son of Anthony Bowen, James
L. N. Bowen, after serving in the
United States Navy, was among the
first medical students of Howard Uni
versity. He graduated in 1871 and
practiced in his fathers community
until his death.
Evening star., 1953-01-23
The Commissioners

District citizens rely solely upon
their Commissioners for wise and pro-
gresSive administrative policies per-
tanning to city government. It seems
only fair and right to select a native
of Washington, or at least resident
of many years, for such an important
post. However, this is only superficial
requirement. A position of such great
responsibility calls not only for man
of high caliber, but a man who loves
our beautiful city with all his heart;
and most Of all man. loving the peo-
pie who live. work, hope, and aspire in
that city.
We respectfully suggest such q man
for consideration to fill the forthcom-
ing vacancy in the ranks Of our Com
miSsioners. The man of our choice is
Leo A. Rover. Mr.. Rover served as
United States Attorney for the District
during the last Republican adminiStra-
ton for six years. Prior to that he
served for four years as Assistant
United States Attorney.
Mr.. Rover is an outstanding citizen,
Of whom the community is justly proud.
Mrs. John Reachmack.
Secretary. Brookland Citizens Associ-
alton.
AS an unreconstructed Roosevelt
Democrat. have been watching with
Joy, not untouched with sympathy, the
dilemma posed to the new Republican
administration by the resignation of F.
Joseph Donohue as president Of the
Board of Commissioners.
It seems to me that President Eisen-
hover will gain most merit in the
political doomsday books by asking
Commissioner Donohue to remain in
Office. If his resignation is accepted,
the Nation will believe that the most
obvious prime motivation would be to
create a vacancy political plum"
for deserving" Republican. Even to
the most superficial observer of Wash
ington affairs it is apparent that Com
missioner Donohue is as close to the
Eisenhower ideals of public service as
any Republican who might be chosen
as his successor.
Jessie B. Solomon.
Evening star., 1953-01-23
Living in the Post

AS loyal Georgia Democrat, I am
sure that speak for all good Democrats
of the 18th Original State. The float
which purported to represent Georgia
in the inaugural parade represented
only the Emperor Of Golf, few of his
millionaire friends and Republicans,
plus a very few renegades.
No float in any Republican inaugural
represents the sovereign State Of
Georgia, the land which suffered most
from Sherman's barbarous march to the
sea. God forbid! We are indeed, to
use the expression of that eminent
symbol Of the great depression; Her
bert Hoover, "overstuffed with the
virus Of Southern hatred for Repub-
leans" And might add, with good
reason and proud Of it.!
GAnr4iam
Evening star., 1953-01-23
ForIey as Prophet

i notice that James Farley, one-time
campaign manager for the Democratic
Party, predicted after. farewell visit
at the White House that mfr. Truman
would go down in history as. one Of our
really great Presidents"
However. after a visit to the same
place. some months before the last elec-
ton. the same Mr.. Farley told reporters
that the Democratic Party was sure to
win the presidential election. Because,
said Mr.. Farley. ''the Republicans have
no ISSUE"
So as prophet Mr.. Farley has no
standing.
Bernard L. Henning.
Evening star., 1953-01-23
School Prayer
Jessie b. Solomon.


An editorial In The Star Of January
II states that more than q year ago
the New York Board Of Regents pro-
posed that public schools open with
these words by the children, Almighty
God, we acknowledge our dependence
upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings
upon us. our parents, our children and
our country"
That suggestion has been debated
and argued until now when COM
promise has been reached which permits
schools to open with-instead of the
prayer-the singing of the last verse
of America.
Who in the United States but Soviet
atheists would object to this simple
prayer?
Parents who bear the children, feed
Evening star., 1953-01-23
Letters to The Star !.

and clothe them, and pay teachers
salaries. have no say that their
youngsters shall be taught in school
that there is an Almighty God, that
the Bible is the greatest literature in
the world and that the Ten Command
ments is the foundation Of all law.
Jennie Esmond Wright.
Evening star., 1953-01-23
Appraisal Of Acheson

A writer to your esteemed paper
praises Secretary of State Acheson and
concludes by saying "Tt is believed by
many that he will be recorded in
history as one Of the greatest Secre-
taries Of State to date"
have been resident of the District
for so years and have seen many Secre-
taries Of State come and 60. meas
ure them by the amount Of good they
do these United States and also by the
amount Of harm they do the country,
I have examined the records of the
last ten previous Secretaries Of State
and do not flnd that one Of them
brought upon the United States such
disaster as the Korean war-a dis
aster so costly to this country in lives,
wounds, material and enormous
expense.
If all these blunders Of Mr.. Acheson
will cause history to regard him as zone
Of our greatest Secretaries of State"
then indeed history will exalt the in
competent. The American people viii
have lost their sense Of true values.
Roy Sontag.
Evening star., 1953-01-23
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer to
1ns snH SestslGn sanr oi ioeS RI either writing the
street NV, Washington 8. d. c.. and inclosing
cents return postage. or by telephoning
Evening star., 1953-01-23
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. When did English sovereigns
abandon the custom Of touching people
to cure the Kings Evil"? What disease
was this?-M. w. O.
A. The custom persisted until the
reign Of Queen Anne. According to
some, the power did not descend to
William III but the Office remained
in the Prayer Book until 1719. The last
person to be touched in England was
DR.. johnson, at the age of 2h years, by
Queen Anne. The disease was scrofula.
@. Who acted as Handel's amanuen-
sis when his sight became affected?--
r. WI.
A. John Christopher Smith, the Ger
man musician. was summoned to Eng.
land In 1751 to take Handel's place
at the organ during the oratorio per.
formances. Smith also served as Han
del's amanuesis. The latest compost
tons were dictated to him.
Q. Why are the fishes, Pisces, used
as sign Of the Zodiac?--L. B. sa
A. The period. roughly corresponding
to our month Of February, was sacred
to the Babylonian fish god. The Baby
lonian calendar had but $50 days and
every six years the calendar was ad-
justed by inserting an extra month
after February. and that, too, was
sacred to the fish god, so two fishes
we're used to signify the double month.
Evening star., 1953-01-23

Pen-nGn1es may be used it letters carry
tOrtters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1953-03-31

move from the leave law all
cabinet officers, agency heads
and other top political ap-
pointeeS.
The bill would not deny cash
leave payments for leave already
accrued, but would prohibit such
accumulation in the future.
Workers Cash Leave, Favored.
At the same time, Mr.. Young
said the administration favored
continuation of cash leave bene-
fits for unused leave for the rest
of the Government employees. He
said leave accumulation serves
to take the place of unemploy-
ment compensation benefits that
Federal workers do not have.
The commission chief asked
that the bill be broadened to
preclude leave coverage to the
chiefs Of the Federal Civil De-
fenSe Administration, the Mu-
tual Security Agency, the Small
Defense Plants Administration
and other officials in similar po-
litical-appointive jobs.
Evening star., 1953-03-31
krs..R. 5. Lloyd Dies;
Wife Of NH Official

Mrs. Ralph S. Lloyd, wife of
the director of dental activities
at the new clinical center of the
National Institutes of Health,
died Sunday at the United States
Public Health Hospital, Balti-
more, following a brain opera
tion.- She lived at 1909 Sleaford
place.
Mrs. Lloyd, the former Mary
Wilson, was born in Portsmouth,
N. H. She was educated in Mo-
bile, Ala, and studied nursing in
Richmond, Va.
Mrs. Lloyd was married in 1884.
She and her husband lived in
Baltimore where he was director
of the dental clinic at the Public
Health Hospital before they came
to Bethesda last July.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a daughter, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Lloyd. student
at Leland Junior High School;
her father, William j. Wilson of
the Bethesda address,: sister,
Mrs. Melvin Beisel, 1882 Colum-
bia road NV, and a brother,
William J.. Wilson, ir., San An
Evening star., 1953-03-31
Thomas Leave Rider
Called UnWorkabIe;;
Young Asks Repeal

Chairman Philip Young of the
Civil Service Commission today
told Congress that the present
law denying Government en-
ployes the right to accumulate
additional annual leave is un-
workable and should be repealed.
Mr.. Young said the so-called
Thomas leave rider is unfair to
employees and also hampers the
efficient operation of the Gov
ernment's departments and
agencies.
The rider requires Federal en-
ployes to use all of their Leave
earned in a calendar wear by
Jnne 80 of the following ear.
under penalty of losing the un-
used portion. For example.
Government workers have to use
their 1852 leave by June 80 of
this year.
Mr.. Young testified before the
House Civil Service Committee
on the bill to deny leave pay
ments to top political officials,
but disclosed his views on the
Thomas leave rider upon ques-
tioning by committee officials.
Top Officials Exempt.
Mr.. Young urged Congress to
remove the Governments top
political officials from provisions
of the annual leave law.
He indorsed the measure
sponsored by Committee Chair
man ReeS which would re-
Evening star., 1953-03-31

American Ordinance Association
and the Institute of Radio Engi-
neers.
His elevation to director Of the
bureau was born of controversy.
He succeeded DR.. Edward u.
Condor, who resigned in Oc-
tober. 1851. after a long feud
with the House Un-American
Activities Committee.
The committee once asked the
Government to withhold all con-
fldential information from DR..
Condor on grounds he associated
with people Of questionable
loyalty. DR.. Condor denied any
misconduct but resigned as
bureau director and became re-
search director for the Corning
Glass Corp.
Evening star., 1953-03-31
Astiin
Continued From First Page.)

Commission and the Bureau of
Standards had held the battery
fluid to be without value.
The Senate Small Business
Committee then had the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
test the fluid. This test indi-
Gated the fluid would double the
life Of a battery, committee
members said.
Today, Bureau of Standards
officials would not discuss their
tests on battery fluids.
DR., Astin was noted for help
ing develop the proximity fuse
during World War II. For his
war work, he received the Presi-
dents Certificate of Merit, the
War Departments Certificate of
Appreciation and a British deco
ration. His Majesty's Medal for
Service in The Cause of Freedom.
DR.. AStin belongs to the Amer
ican PHYSICAL ociety, the Wash
ington PHILOSOPHICAL Society. thu
Evening star., 1953-03-31
New Yorker Indicted
In H,653 HoIdup at
Roger Smith Hotel

A 25-year-old New Yorker was
accused in an indictment yes
terday of the 1858 holdup-rob-
berry at the Roger Smith Hotel
here last July II.
The defendant is James Will
liams. colored. He is now serv-
ing time in New York for an
other offense. according to a
spokesman for the United States
Attorneys Office. Police said
Williams had an unidentified
accomplice in the robbery.
Carmen Moore, a bookkeeper
for the hotel. at Eighteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. and two other hotel en-
ployes were made to lie on the
floor during the course of the
robbery. Williams, spokesman
for the United States Attorneys
Office said, was identified through
police pictures by a hotel en-
ploye who saw him enter.
William Collins, 30. colored,
was indicted on two first-degree
murder charges, accusing him
of fatally stabbing his mother
in-law. Mrs. Virginia Whitehead,
AZ. and her friend, Edward S.
Smith, 81. colored. The defend
ant and the two victims lived in
house in the 200 block of F
street NE. where the stabbing
occurred last January Ia.
The killings were said to have
followed a card game and took
place on a morning of which Col
Inns was to appear for a hearing
on an assault complaint made
by his wife. Mrs. Josephine Col
Inns, according to the United
States Attorneys Office.
Records at the United States
Attorneys Office indicated that
Collins was still at large. He was
seen by a roomer at the,F street
address shortly after the fatal
stabbingS. police said.
The indictments were among
a total of 28 returned by a grand
jury before Judge Alexander
Holtzoff of the U. S. District
Court for the District of Co
lumbia.
Evening star., 1953-03-31
Jury Weighs Verdict
On Perjury Charges
Against MerI Young

The case against e. Merl
Young, former Reconstruction
Finance Corp. examiner charged
with perjury. was given to the
jury at 1903 am. today by
Judge Matthew F. MCGUIRE.
He is accused Of lying three
times to a Senate Banking sub
committee investigating inf1u-
ence peddling in the ,RFC and
once to a grand jury.
Closing the Governments
arguments in the u. S. District
Court for the District of Column
bia, Chief Prosecutor william A.
Paisley argued that the issue
had resolved itself into a ques-
ton of . intention. not a question
of falsity of the statements
made by Young. Mr.. Paisley is
special assistant to the Attorney
General.
In final arguments to the jury,
yesterday, Defense Attorney
James F. Reilly characterized
Young as "a man racked and
ruined by a fur coat episode,
that, ladies, he gave to his wife
and nobody else!"
The lawyer was referring to
a $9.450 white mink coat, sud-
denly sported in 1850 by Young's
wife, then a White House secre-
tary. The coat was paid for
by Joseph H. Rosenbaum, a
Washington lawyer, described by
Senate probers as having had
unusual success in getting RFC
loans for clients.
Then With LustrOn.
At the time the coat was
bought Young had left his
$7,500-a-year job with RFC for
q $4,000 yearly vice presidency
with the Lustron Corp, a heavy
RFC borrower. His salary was
raised to $4,000 a few months
after he Joined the corporation.
Both Young and Mr.. Rosenbaum
have said the latter paid for the
coat as a loan to Young.
Mr.. Reilly told the jury the
charges against Young amount
'to a political persecution.
take the fur coat out of this
case, and there isn't any case"
The coat episode has no direct
bearing on the trial. Young is
charged specifically with lying
to the subcommittee when he
told it that, while employed at
the RFC, he never had anything
to do with a loan application
made by Lustron; when he tes-
tif1ed. that, since leaving the RFC
in 1948. his sole income had
been in salaries from employers
and that he had not received
81 cent" in the form of fees or
commissions; when he failed
to include two alleged loans in
answering questions of that ma
ture, and when he said he re-
ceived no pay to make contacts
for firms with Government
officials.
Evening star., 1953-03-31
ZAP WirephotO.

tonic, Tex.
Memorial services will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow at st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Bradley ane
and Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda.
Mrs. Lloyd's ashes will be buried
in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-03-31
New ZeoIond Mobile Units

New Zealand has provided
three mobile chest .X-rayA units
to enforce its fight against tuber-
culosis, Wellington reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Berckenneyers Going
.On West Coast Trip.
I'D Cuban Envoy Honors Gen. ContiIlo;
FureweIIs BEING Soid Other Notes
By Katherine M. Brooks

Friday from q visit in San Fran
cisco.
The new Syrian Ambassador,
DR.. Farid Zeineddine, was Joined
Friday by Mime. Zeineddine and
their infant daughter NADIA, who
was born February IL. The
Zeineddines came to Washington
in the late summer. the Ambas-
sador being the first representa-
tive Of his rank from Syria.
Their other daughter Is Amira,
who is 8 year old.
Swiss Visitors
Swiss Minister and Nine.
Bruggmann have had as their
guests for a week Mr.. Jean Wag-
Mere, who has been Switzer-
lands observer at the United
Nations. and Nine. Wagniere.
The Wagnieres are returning to
Berne where the former will be
on duty at the Foreign ONCE.
Nine. Wagniere is the former
Miss Peggy Warner and during
their stay the Minister and
Nine. Bruggmann had several
small and informal parties for
them.
Lebanese Minister and Mrs.
Charles A. Malik are expected
back the end of the week from
a visit in their homeland.
New Ponomo Attoche
Panama has added another
woman to its Embassy staff in
Washington, Senorita Gloriella
Calvo, who is serving as attache.
Sonora Graciela Mendez de Villa,
also an attache, has been at the
Embassy several years, and for
more years Senorita Anita RAM
irez-DuQue has had diplomatic
status at the Embassy. Senorita
Ramirez started as attache and
has been promoted several times
until she now is First Secretary,
and on more than one occasion
when the Ambassador has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
Crystal Decor Back in Fashion

lamp Of glass has the stem as a
spiral Of Dubious designs. each
with dainty floral figures: then
the spray Of lights-I can think
of no better description than
SPRAYS backed by floral and
leaf motifs. all detachable for
washing.
The age-old art of the Italian
craftsman relives in these mod
ern achievements. Children help
in their making. and so the
method passes on to the next
generation.
Spanish designs also are
elaborate and some are much
more reasonably priced than
those from Italy. From else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22
By Louise Petrie

LONDON (NANA-Kemnews)
Crystal chandeliers, Shimmering
in 100 facet lights, have become
the latest thing here in electrical
fittings. These seem a long way
from the simple pendants which
made electricity the popular
thing in every home.
When womenfolk shook free of
Victorian fuSSiness-or at least
when the designers decided it
was high time a change should
take place-it was case of going
to the opposite extreme. Plain
fittings uShered In a new era.
Now all this is on the way
"out," If I'm to judge by some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

where come carved wooden
fittings.
British productions in this
new trend include some superb
metal work. characterization in
figures and flowers and with
gilt and silver coloring all show
that we're steadily heading away
from the era Of simplicity.
The West Tin this case the
United States alone keeps to
the strictly modern" note.
Close-to-the-ceiling bowls are in
frost glass with rings of small
colored flowers. Also from the
United States are standard
lamps with the light sunk IN
the center of fiat, circular glass
tops, like a flattened lily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

Of the newest designs. gathered
from the east and the west. It's
the eastern influence which re-
suits IN the fanciful shapes and
gorgeous touches I've seen. Much
of the work is Venetian.
Imagine a central light blown
and twisted in exquisite style to
form five lights, each with a
matching glass shade. And
imagine a filmy haze of gold
throughout. This is obtained by
real gold dust being blown into
the crystal.
Another centerpiece in the
same artistic character is in
warm pink which made me think
! Of the rising sun. A standard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

Peruvian Ambassador and Sc
nora de Berckemeyer gave an
other in their series Of dinner
parties last evening, their guests
numbering 20. They will be
hosts again Tuesday evening at
q similar party.
The Ambassador and Sonora
de Berckemeyer will leave later
this week for trip to the West
Coast and on their way back
will be in Fargo, N. OAK, March
Is for the Fargo Open Forum.
The Ambassador will speak
there that day and they will
return to Washington immedi-
ately afterward.
Cubon MiIitory Feted
Cuban Ambassador Aurelio
ConcheSo was host at dinner
last evening honoring Gen. Eu-
logic Cantillo, vice chief of staff
of the Cuban Air Force, who
arrived the afternoon before for
a three-day visit. Accompany
ing Gen. Cantillo is 1t. Col Car
los Tabernilla, inspector gen.
eral of the Air Force, and 1t.
Roberto Collada, aide to the
general. They were included in
the dinner company. The visit
ors will be in the Capital until
Tuesday.
Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas Mann was at the din
ner and also Deputy Director
Roy r. Rubottom, jr., of the
Middle American Affairs divi-
sion of the State Department.
Others at the dinner were Maj.
Gen. Roger w. Remey, Maj. Gen.
Robert L. Walsh, Maj. Gen. Rob-
ert NJ. Webster, Brig. Gen. G. c..
Stewart, Col. Fred G. Hook. chief
Of the North American Military
Mission in Cuba: Col. j. D. Cor
bett. Col. Francis Hill and 1t.
Col. w. E. Hill.
From the Embassy staff there
were Minister Enrique Patterson,
Financial Counselor Oscar Diaz
Albertini. Col. Ramon M. Bar
quin. military and air attache:
Comdr. Julio S. Feijoo, naval
attache; Comdr. Enrique Car
rera. 1t. Carlos Rodriguez Alon-
so, assistant naval attache, and
Capt. Jorge Gutierrez, assistant
military attache.
Cuban Ambassador and Sonora
de Concheso win entertain at a
buffet supper Wednesday eve
ming following the concert of
the National Symphony Orches-
ira. Honor guest at the after
concert fete will be the Cuban
pianist, Jorge Bolet. who will
be soloist with the orchestra that
evening.
NetherIonder ForeweIIs
The Press and Cultural Coun-
selor of the Netherlands EN-
bassy and Nine. Friedericy and
the First Secretary and Baroness
van Boetzelaer will be joint hosts
Tuesday evening. The party,
which will be given in the home
OF the Van Boetzelaers, will be
a farewell fete for the retiring
Second Secretary of the Embassy
and Mime. Quarles van sUfford.
Mr.. Quar1es has been trans
ferred to duty at The Hague and
will go home by plane, taking
of Friday Nine. Quarles and
their children will go later by
boat. To succeed Mr.. Quarles
will come Mr.. John Dolleman,
who with Nine. Dolleman is ex-
pected to arrive in Washington
early in March.
The retiring Military Attache
OF the French Embassy and
Nine. de la Boisse will give a
farewell party Saturday before
leaving early in March to return
to their home in France.
News Of Other Diplomats
IndOnesian Ambassador Ali
Sastroamidjojo is expected back