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Evening star., 1953-06-06
A Good Airport Compromise

The compromise plan for Joint use of
Andrews Air Force Base by civilian and military
aircraft offers q satisfactory way out of the
airport dilemma confronting Washington. With
the Burke project apparently dead and Mary
lands advocacy of its Friendship Airport making
no headway, the urgency Of finding some
feasible alternative to the Burke plan has be-
come acute. Air-trafic congestion at the Ma
tional Airport poses flying hazards that ought
not to be long tolerated.
Commerce Secretary Weeks deserves much
credit for bringing reluctant Air Force authori-
ties around to his view that the Andrews base,
now only partly used should be made available
in part to civilian airliners In the past the
military flyers have resisted successfully every
suggestion that Andrews be abandoned as an
active military base or, at least, be shared with
non-military transport planes. study by the
Civil Aeronautics Administration revealed that
the big base in Prince Georges County could
accommodate much more traffic than 1t is
handling today. At present it is being used by
Military Air Transport craft and an interceptor
squadron Of fighters
Conditions stipulated on civilian use Of the
base seem reasonable enough. The Air Force
reserves the right to approve location of a new
civilian terminal building to restrict traffic to
scheduled airliners only, to limit the amount
OF Cramc penang construction OF new runway
and to avoid any part of the expense of con-
verting the base for CAA purposes. It will cost
far less to convert this field than to build the
new airport and approaches at Burke, Virginia.
Automobile travel time to downtown Washing
ton will be about the same, an important
consideration in the opinion of the Doolittle
Airport Commission.
That there already are civic protests against
any increase in air traff1c at Andrews was to be
expected. AS was evidenced in the Inflated
Burke undertaking, no community relishes the
prospect Of heavy air traffic in its midst. Nor
should such protests be ignored. Every effort
should be made to reduce the hazards and the
noise Of an enlarged Andrews operation. Mean
while, the liquidation Of the Burke project is in
order. Not all Of the money already spent
there can be recovered, of course-money, for
example, used for engineering surveys, plans
and so forth. But most Of the money spent in
acquiring land for the site is recoverable,
through resale of the land to former owners or
others. So the Burke Airport investment will
not be total loss. It has meant dangerous
delay IN relieving traffic congestion at Gravelly
Point however. The longer the delay, the
greater the risk which air travellers must
undergo IN the Nations Capital.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Observations From q Hospital

This letter could well be titled "Obser-
vations from hospital ward" as it Is
written from Garfield Memorial Hos
pital, where have been convalescing
after major operation. From my win
dow directly above the streetcar stop at
Eleventh and Clifton streets NV,
have had an opportunity to observe the
conduct of the pupils Of Cardoza High
School every morning during two
week period, as they arrive and depart.
BY actual count, have arrived at the
figure of TOO pupils alighting from the
streetcarS at this point and have never
witnessed such decorum among school
children in my entire life, both as a
student myself and as citizen. There
is an absolute absence of loud talking,
horse play or other annoying features
so prevalent in youth of this age group.
hence this letter Of commendation to
the officials and teachers who are re-
sponsible for this phenomenon.
would first of all give due credit
to the principal, Robert C. Mattingly;
the assistant principal, James N. Saun-
ders; the dean of girls, Miss Jennie
Mustapha, and the others of the faculty,
upon their vision at time when the
transition from Central High to Car
doza" was effected, and they realized
the necessity for training in behavior
to make this move with the least
amount Of friction among the students
and the citizens Of the community.
Then, secondly, I would commend in
the highest terms, the students them
selves, who have co-operated whole
heartedly In making this transition ef-
fective., In this connection, would
also commend Mr.. Kirk, and his fine
staff Of cuStodianS, for the physical
appearance Of the school particularly,
the beautiful Handicapped grounds with
their well-kept terraces and walk
ways.
During these crucial times, when we
are: experiencing so many cases OF
vandalism and destruction OF school
properties by our juveniles. 1t Is very
refreshing to notice this fine example
Of appreciation for beautiful sur
roundingS, as evidenced by the pupils
of Cardoza High, School. am quite
aware of the fact that there are other
instances of youths cooperation in
keeping their schools and grounds clean
and watching their behavior on the
premises, such as the Langley High
(Junior) School, under the leadership
Of Miss Valerie Chase, and am glad
to include them In this letter Of COM
mendation. These examples argue
eloqlently for our children, when we
- D-a.. 80.
integration in the school system Of the
District Of Columbia.
Frank d. Mckinney.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Mr.. Toft's Qualification

Senator Taft has done useful thing both
for himself and the country, In clarifying the
meaning of his recent Cincinnati speech on
foreign policy-the one in which he created the
widespread impression that he was in favor of
having the United States "go it alone in Asia.
This impression Sten1med from the fact
that Mr.. Taft's speech affirmed the belief that
Americans might as well abandon any idea of
working with the United Nations in the East
and reserve for ourselves a completely free
hand" The speech also declared that If the
Panmunjom truce talks failed, our country
should "let England and our other allies know
that we are Withdrawing from all further peace
negotiations in Korea
These statements, coupled with others in
the speech, led UNDERSTANDABLE enough to the
Interpretation that Mr.. Taft, the Republican
majority leader, advocated a policy sharply
opposed to President Eisenhower's. Indeed,
that Interpretation appeared to be so well
justified that the President himself felt i'm
PEELED to speak out against the Ohio Senator's
seeming espousal of "go-t-alone" American
program both for Korea and the Far East as
a whole. But Mr.. Taft, in his Qualification, has
emphatically disavowed favoring any such
course. Actually, according to his explanation,
the points he sought to make in Cincinnati
were as follows:
% That the United Nations, with the veto,
is powerlesS against aggression; (2 that we
ought to "disentangle" ourselves from it in
Korea in case the Panmunjom negotiations
collapse; and 60 that we should have "free
hand" in any event to organize firm Asiatic
alliance with Britain and other interested
powers eff we possibly can do so"-an alliance
more or less like that of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, which Mr.. Taft now ap.
parently values despite having voted against its
ratification.
Although this explanation raises very
arguable points that need to be clarified, too,
it at least has the virtue of taking the "go-it-
alone" label of Mr. Taft. It is unfortunate that
he did not use careful or precise language in
his Cincinnati speech. Had he done so-which
he should have in view of his position Of
great responsibilities lot Of needless national
and international confusion would have been
avoided.
Evening star., 1953-06-06

Among the stars who have accepted their invi-
tations are: Eddie Fisher. Percy Faith, Morton
Downey, Eddie Condor, Hugo Winterhalter, Cab
Galloway, Enroll Garner, Ossy Renardy, Lee
Wiley, Florian Zabach and Muggsy spanier. The
expenses of the benefit have been underwritten
by p. Ballantine & Sons. This means that all
the proceeds from ticket sales will 60 to the
National Symphony Fund.
Such an unusual and engaging enterprise
certainly merits notice both as frst-class enter
tainment and as worthy musical philanthropy.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Objects to E Street Bridge

am greatly distressed to learn from
the first editorial In The Star Of May
IS that your paper has been miSled into
advocating q location for the much
needed bridge across the Potomac
River which would be contrary to the
best interests Of the District OF Colum-
bia. Although am no longer q mem
ber Of or in any way of1cially connected
with the Planning Commission, as long
as it expresses the sound views Of the
best city planning practice am i'm
PEELED merely as good citizen and city
planner to rise to its defense and to
point out that it has made definite
recommendation for two bridges. but
wisely does not favor the bridge at E
street. For reasons that are not sound,
the Highway Department and Engineer
Commissioner are trying to push
through this e street bridge in viola
ton of existing law and of long stand
ing official agreements. as well as
against the best planning advice in
the country.
The location Of such q structure.
which will cost the people Of the city
many millions and necessarily ties in
with the whole highway program, is a
city planning problem and not one Of
bridge design. In addition to the Of
f1cial planning agency Of the city, four
planners of national repute have stud
led the program Of our need for ad-
ditional bridges across the Potomac
River and have unanimously reported
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Associated Press Photo.

TV and newsreel cameras are operated
from behind this curtain.
Murray Snyder, Mr.. Hagerty'S assist
ant, who strongly encouraged the latest
improvements in the broadcast facil-
tiles, said there is psychological and
aesthetic advantage to having the cam
eras operate from behind the curtain.
THE President is thereby spared the
sight of cameras lined up like ugly one
eyed monsters on their tripods" said
Mr.. Snyder. "Also he is spared the dis
fractions of noisy grinding Of newsreel
cameras and the sight Of maneuvering
technicianS"
The broadcast room is likely to be-
come familiar scene to most of Amer
lea in the months ahead. For his ef-
forts in getting the room in readiness,
assistant press secretary Snyder got an
unscheduled tribute just before the
President went on the air in his recent
tax talk to the Nation, Lew Shollen-
berger, Columbia BroadcaSting System
neWsman, informed the air audience
that it was about to hear message
from the President of the United States
speaking from Murray Snyder's room
in the White House." The President
laughed approvingly.
Evening star., 1953-06-06

@. Can q person who owns stocks
and bonds and property still collect
from social security?-M s.
A. Yes, ownership of stocks and
bonds and property does not affect
ones right to social security benefits.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Transit Rudio Signs OFF

The streetcar may be crowded or hot
or slow or jerky, but with the radio off
it is reasonably peaceful. Thanks to
Capital Transit for permitting us once
more to think our own thoughts, poor
as they may be compared to the
thoughts Of radio announcer.
r. A. Seelig.
It was with sense of gratitude that
read in The Star of the ''decease" of
the Transit Radio as of May 80. and
hope it will never rise again. could
never believe that an institution so of
fensive could prevail indefinitely and !,
for one, would avoid patronizing the
companies using such medium of adj
vertising.
I live on the Cabin John streetcar
line and have always enjoyed the ride
through the scenic area during the
summer. One day last summer my
mother and boarded the Cabin John
car downtown for q round-trip ride but
before we had gotten to Georgetown we
were so annoyed with the raucous mu-
sic and offensive commercials that we
had no desire to continue the trip. It
is good to know that we can enjoy the
scenery on the Cabin John line sans
radio.
ArYome g Rrnun
Evening star., 1953-06-06

O. What is the meaning Of the name
Sheila? A. r. w.
A. The name Sheila Is allied to Celia,
which means heaven"
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer 70 any
question OF fact BY either writing The Evening
star Information Bureau 1900 ] street NV,
Washington 8. D. c.. and inclosing 8 cents re-
turn postage. or by telephontnR Sterling 3-7303.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
Letters to The Star

against Cne T. SGfeeG location. AS Tar
as know no qualified planner has
concurred in this location.
Beside its recognized harmful effects
upon traffic, the said location would
violate an agreement between the
Government and the Theodore Roose-
velt Memorial Association, explicitly
expressed in the Act of Congress ap-
proved May 81, 1882. and will destroy
the special character and value of an
important memorial feature of the CEN
tral area of the Nations Capital.
Surely, The Star. which in the past
has contributed so much to the proper
development of our city, is not now
going to start advocating the violation
of our great memorials and of the
agreements under which they were
donated to the public, especially when
expert technical opinion is united in
the view that this project will be in
furious to the best utilitarian interest
OF our city and will aggravate the very
traffic conditions 1t is intended to al
leviate.
q. S. Grant, 3rd.
Maj. Gen., q. S. A., Ret, President,
American Planning and Civic
Association.
editors note: The E street site for
Potomac River bridge has been in
dorSed by number of groups or in
dividuals in the engineering and plan
ming field. Among them are the firm
of Modjeski & Masters, consulting en-
gineerS; Lloyd B. Reid, traffic consult
ant; the District Highway Depart
ment'S Planning Section, and the Re-
gional Highway Planning Committee,
which includes highway planners of
Virginia and Maryland and the u. s.
Bureau Of Public Roads.).
Prefers Burke for Airport
cannot understand why the Burke
site for the airport should be aban-
doned. This site was selected as the
best by the Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration after long and thorough sur
vey Of all available locations. The idea
OF sharing Andrews Field with the mil
ttary is little short of criminal.
The estimated cost of converting part
Of Andrews, temporary makeshift at
best, is $40 million, or more than the
first estimate of the cost Of real, air.
port at Burke! The few citizens Of that
part Of Fairfax County have nothing to
fear from the location of an airport in
their locality but everything to gain.
Glen Burnie, located less than miles
from the Friendship Airport. is the
faStest-growing town in Maryland and
almost all Of its growth has been since
the opening Of the airport. Land values
in the neighborhood have increased
greatly on account Of IL. With MANY Of
the houses already torn down or moved.
Burke has become q wilderness. Il
]. A. Smith.
Evening star., 1953-06-06
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What gold coin made in the
United States was largest in size?-
L. B. M.
A. The largest gold coin manufac.
tured by the United States Mint for
monetary use was the double eagle or
$40 gold piece. %
Evening star., 1953-06-06

Pen-ndn1eS may be used If letters carry
1Oriters' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
KiaUaniS Club
Delegate To Go
To Matt Meet

The regular dinner meeting Of
the Key West KiwaIis Club was
held at GAS p. m, Tuesday June
2, President Glynn Archer presid.
ing.
Report of the last board of direc-
tors meeting was made and the
action Of the Board was approved.
This included proposed expendi-
lures for underpriviIeged children.
President Archer stated that one
member of the Kiwenis Sponsored
Key Club would attend the Ma.
tional Convention of the Kiwanis
Club in San Francisco this sum
mer. Part of the expenses of this
delegate Joe Pineds, are being
borne by the KiwaniS Club and the
Key Clubbers have put on several
projects to raise the additional
funds.
Father John Armfield, chairman
of the progress Committee con-
Quoted an amusing program which
consisted of several members des-
eribing the best meai they ever
ate. The locality of the meals re-
ported ranged from southern fried
chicken in Georgia to French cook
ing in a small French town in
World War / as described by Ma
jor Dillon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08

HostesseS for the event were
Mrs. Anthony Aibury, Mrs. Don
Tucker and Miss 0ndina Pita.
The serving table was decorated
in the wedding colors of pink and
white with an attractive and in
genius centerpiece made of two
old fashioned garden sprinklers
filled with flowers. They were
flanked by pink candles.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Marie
Pinder and Mrs. Eugenia Pita
Miguel Mariscal, brilliant young
Key West pianist, played selections
throughout the evening.
The bride elect received many
lovely presents. Attending were
guests Mesdames Rudolph Bona,
Jack Newcomb, 7. Martinez, Har.
~ Lariz, P. j. Moore, John j. Ra-
nero, Jr., Norman Artman, AMI
bel Perez, N. Vidal, Arthur Rob-
ertS, Ray Peacock, E. La Fe, jeff
knight, Marie Pinder, Eugenia Pi-
ia and Kay Yaccarino.
Also enjoying the evening were
the Misses Mary and Eloina Cato,
Kitty Elias, Doris Hargrave, Gene
dolyn and Josephine James, Eliza
beth Aeheson and Coridad Barre
70.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Second Recital
OF Music Pupils
Thursday EUe

A second recital viii follow the
Wednesday night performance at
Poinciana school auditorium by
the music students of Mrs. Emf.
line Bodler and Kathleen Logan.
The list of the second group stu
dents for the June IL recital fol-
lows:
Richard Collins, Carole Albury,
Deanna Sawyer, David Adams,
Cerez Munoz, lka Munoz, Emily
Harris, Carmen Lopez, Patricia
Tanner, Yolanda Harris, Martha
Salinero, Betty Jean Russell, Ma
~ Herrick, Nancy Comfy, Christy
Pinder, Shirley Fernandez, and
Millicent Taylor, advance pianist.
The Old Island Choral Group
viii sing Outs "orientale" and
Wilson'S "Carmena."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Miss Faye Curry
To Be Married To
Robert Richardson

Mr.. and Mrs. Fremont Curry,
1405 Albury st. wish to announce
the engagement and approaching
marriage Of their daughter, Faye,
to Robert NJ. Richardson.
Mr.. Richardson Is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul B. Richardson Of
this city. Miss Curry Is q member
of the 1853 graduation class Of Key
West High School.
The wedding win take place at
the Fleming Street Methodist
Church on June q at 500 D. m.
Reception, Immediately following,
at the church annex. Al relatives
and friends are invited.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Child Is Rescued

NEW YORK R-An hysterical
mother pulled her unconscious s.
month-old daughter from a bath.
tub and ran screaming into the
street.
The cries by Mrs. Lucrezia Rod,
eriquez attracted Patrolman Thorn.
as Sommers, who grabbed the
baby from the mothers arms and
gave the child artificial respira,
ton.
In this way Sommers yesterday
saved the life of tiny Marta Rod.
eriquez, who nearly drowned when
her mother left her in a bathtuh
and stepped out of the room mo.
mentarily.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Sharp Cutbaeks
Will Be Asked
In Vet Spending

WASHINGTON Up - The House
Appropriations Committee is ex-
pected to recommend sharp cut.
backs in government spending for
veterans to curb what some men,
bers regard as abuses and non-es-
entail services.
The move, it was reported yes.
terday, win come June is when the
committee sends to the House a
81, 300, 100000 money bill to finance
the Veterans Administration for the
fiscal year starting July /.
Cutbacks would not apply to
medical care and disqualification
for veterans whose ailments are
Service-connected. The committee
already has said the hospital pro.
gram viii be allotted more money
than either President Eisenhower
or former President Truman re.
quested.
Informed sources said the COM
mittee will propose that:
/. Unlimited free dental care to
veterans be ended, at an estimated
annual saving of 20 million dollars.
2. Applications for free hospital
and medical care by veterans, ex-
cept those unable to pay or those
with service-connected ailments,
be rigidly checked.
3. "Gratuity" payments. to give
veterans getting a CT home loan a
financial breathing spell, be elimi-
mated at an estimated annual saw.
ing of so million dollars.
(. Fees paid schools for reporting
their CT bill students be cut from
$3.50 to 81 per month per student.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Labradas Waiting
Key Vest Relatives

Fernando Labrada Of Tampa and
New York Is visiting his mother
Mrs. Marina Labrada, Porter Place
and his brother Gerald. SIS Pro-
spect Lane. He is a native Key
Wester but In recent years has
made his home In New York and
now in Tampa.
Max Labrada. and his wife and
son are also visiting in Key West.
They are seeing Mrs. Elaine Saw
yer and Gerald Labrada and other
relatives here. This hranch Of the
Labrada family came from Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
1t. Merrill Speaks Al Owe Luncheon,
NaU0L Station Ladies IRE HOstesses

One of the most delightful and Informative programs
of the Officers Wives Club was given Friday beginning at
12:30 pm. at Fort Taylor The afternoon began with
cocktails, was followed by luncheon business session.
instructive speech by It. Ralph Merrill United States
Naval Base Aide, and bridge game. Attendance was
1OO Hoesses for the day members of the Nav
al Station Wives group headed by Mrs. C. L. Chapman
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08

erning rules, plus list of the faci-
lities offered by the Navy from the
commissary store through enter
tainment features.
The menu for the luncheon was
cold sliced canteloupe, tomato stuff
ed with chive filling, shrimp
with sauce, potato chips, rolls,
butter, iced tea or coffee and
strawberry shortcake with delici-
Gus topping.
Bridge games were enjoyed by
those who spent the rest of the
afternoon at the club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
Red Trade Curb

WASHINGTON R --- The U. s.
government has frightened It's
euEhs on trade with Communist
China by issuing an order. effec.
tive July 6. denying American fuel
70 ships Or planes beaded for Red.
held ports il The Orient.
American traders are prohibited
from calling at Red Chlna parts
and the government Ia urging IT,
Allies net to send strategic goods
to Communist countries.
A rev export enntrns rseglation
announced yesterday VII require
special Commerce Deparsment ap-
prevail before any fcreign an CT
rlane K0Gng 20 Red China eAn Get
ael fran q u. S. ter.
The Unssea States Secretary c.
Commerce said.
Applications for xssh appeeval
vi o. EensEaglg - 1rants9
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-08
THIEVES MISS LOOT

DALLAS (R) - Somebody stole
the car of a New York salesman
in Dallas. The salesman, w. F.
Stewart, was pretty worried about
it because the rear trunk compart.
ment contained imported lingerie
and linens which he valued al
100000.
Police found the car two days
later. Stewart anxiously opened
the trunk compartment. The mer.
chandise hadn't been disturbed.