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Evening star., 1953-09-20
Benefit Concert
Is SAnnOunCed

Mrs. Olive Geiger Faircloth,
president of the Women's Board
of the National Homeopathic
Hospital, has announced that the
board is sponsoring a benefit
concert on November "a in the
grand ballroom of the Shoreham
Hotel. Madame Camille Chau-
temps, wife of the former Pre-
mier of France and a distin-
guished pianist, and Miss Catha-
leen Parker. a mezzo-soprano
daughter of Vice Admiral and
Mrs. Clark Howell Woodward,
will be presented at the concert.
Proceeds of the concert will go
toward the building fund for the
hospital.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Miss Joyce Ann Carrigan,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
B. Carrigan of Falls Church. be-
came the bride on September 10
of Mr.. Albert Joseph Walsh. He
is the son of Mr.. William P.
Walsh of Boston and Chicago
and the late Mrs. Walsh.
The ceremony took place at
st. James Catholic Church in
Falls Church, with the Rev. Paul
v. Heller officiating. Following a
wedding trip to Daytona and
Miami Beach, Fla, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walsh will reside in Jackson
Heights, Long Island, N. Y.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
Georgia Vacation

Washington area couples who
have been vacationing at The
Cloister at Sea Island, Ga. in
clude Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Creme,
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Dunlap
of Chevy Chase and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Bradley Edelblut of
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1953-09-20

Miss Barbara Jean Payne,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
Payne of Washington, became
the bride on September 19 of Mr..
Richard Scott Penkert. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence j.
Penkert, also of this city.
The ceremony took place at the
Nativity Church, with the Rev.
Walter j. Norris officiating.
There was a reception at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Payne.
The neWlyweds will make their
home in Washington.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
-Loeb's Photo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Gibson
Jones of White Oaks farm at
Middleburg. Va, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Sally Howe to Mr.. Clinton Heath
Johnson, jr., whose parents live
in Baltimore.
Miss Jones attended Mary
Washington College in Fred
erickSburg, Va, and her f1ance
is a graduate of Lehigh Uni
versity and member of Delta
Tau Delta Fraternity and the
Paint and Powder Club of Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1953-09-20
It's a chignon from

One minute you're on Roman HoIidoy-the
next, you're rononticoIIy sveIte in chic chignon
from Charles of the Ritz. It's as though your own
hair grew overnight. Natural shades, 2OOO
25.OO Let our Charles Of the Ritz chiqnon COM
PIete your fashion picture for fall.
Only at downtown salon, End floor.
District 7-53OO
Evening star., 1953-06-29

ministration leadership toward the proposal,
indicates that the Senate will uphold its Finance
Committee recommendation. Representative
Simpson already has served notice he will con-
tinue his fight in conference, If that is the case.
AS compromise which might avert con-
ference deadlock, the Senate committee did
approve . substitute proposal that in event OF
a commission deadlock on petitions for higher
tariffs the issue could be resolved by the
President
With the Trade Agreements Act already
expired, it would be unfortunate If this issue
over the size of the commission should serve
to kill the pending legislation President
Eisenhower has recommended creation Of a
seventeen member bipartisan legislative -execu-
tive study group to make a thorough examina-
ton during the next twelve months of our
foreign-trade policy. Authorization of this
group is contained in the pending legislation.
During a period when we are trying to
build up the economic strength of the free
world, primarily for mutual defense purposes,
the American policy on foreign trade is signifi-
cantly important. The Communist bloc is trying
desperately to increase East-West trade and
several of the free nations have been openly
disturbed at signs that our own policy toward
accepting their exports may be frightened up.
Continuance of the reciprocal trade pattern
for another year implies no new or serious risks
to American industry and would be justified
pending the overall study requested by the
President
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Tariff Commission Issue

The high-tariff bloc in. Congress appears
to have encountered a serious setback in the
action Of the Senate Finance Committee in
rejecting House approved proposal to increase
the Federal Tariff Commission from a six
member to q seven-member body
The House took its action in the form of an
amendment to legislation extending for one
year the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act The
accepted Interpretation at the time was that
the increase in the commission membership
would permit the appointment by the Republi-
can administration Of a fourth Republican
member to that body. The amendment was
sponsored by Representative Simpson, Republic
can, of Pennsylvania, who favors the "protec-
tive" theory of tariff-making and, presumably,
the added member would be some one agreeing
with that philosophy. BY present law, enacted
In 1915, the commission may not have more
than three members from any single party, a
requirement that has made the agency q BIZ
partisan one
Although the Senate committee action un-
doubtedly win be contested on the floor, it Is
significant that Republican Chairman Millikin
was one of the majority opposed to changing
the character of the commission. This fact,
plus the GOODNESS already shown by the ad-
Evening star., 1953-06-29
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
writing fan letters is alien to my
nature. but rs O reader Of This and
That have found much that interested
me intensely and, naturally, some
things that did not particularly appeal
to me since none of us has identical
tastes, enthuSiaSms, or opinions. How
ever, do want to congratulate you on
being the outlet for expression Of many
ideas which might be designated un-
popular and which it is difficult to
find published elsewhere today.
Specifically. what prompts this COM
munication is the letter from L. F.. Of
Falls Church. For some time ]. too. have
thought that schools today are over
emphasizing group participation. My
opinion is usually attributed to the fact
that I am an old sfuddyduddy Of 40.'
am consoled that L. F, is a parent Of
an 8-year-old and presumably (but not
necessarily may be somewhat younger
than I.
ANY criticism of progressive educa-
tion provokes almost hysterical oppose
tion from educational groups and young
parents as well. This, ! believe, is partly
due to the fact that they themselves
indulge so frantically in group partici-
patton processes to such an extent that
they are unable to distinguish between
the abolition Of progressive education
and its moderation. There are very few
good things in life which cannot be car
ried to excess and thereby become
detriment rather than an asset. Even
the necessary and pleasurable process Of
eating can be overdone, yet nobody
would be so foolish as to advocate the
abolition of eating.
"As an impartial and silent observer
Of numerous children Of varying ages In
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Weather Theory
w. T. S.

Apropos the torrential and devas-
tating weather which followed A-bomb
tests, and whether or not it is possible
for said tests to be directly responsible
for said weather, I have this to point
out:
With the now known facts of indiS-
putable force of the A-bomb 1 have
with logic thrashed out step by step the
why, the how and the what, when two
impregnable forces come together.
Excepting scientists, few people are
familiar with-or even know of the ex-
istence of-the Heaviside layer ESQ
named after Oliver Heaviside, British
physicist, 1850-1925) which is a region
of ionized air beginning about IS miles
above earth, which prevents electro
magnetic waves spreading out into
space. Modern TV waves also bounce
back to earth after hitting the Heaviside
layer, ct cetera.
What else does the Heayiside layer
appear to prevent? This region appears
to be the ceiling which prevents
earth's atmosphere from sailing of into
space. It was caused to be there by
the Creator in His scheme of life on
earth. And if ever earth's atmosphere
makes its escape into parts unknown,
we're dead ducks as a planet. Thus
do know that the Heaviside layer is
indestructible.,
I have been told that the A-bomb
has not the power to contact this
ionized layer above EARTH.
But if the mere side-kick power from
the A-bombs shattered windows 200 or
more miles away, obviously those
A-bombs smacked into that ionized
layer.
Thus two powers locked horns and
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Jefferson on Press Abuses

The article in The Star for June 13
from Cumberland Falls State Park,
KY, by the Associated Press headed:
do Basic Job First, Report Local News,
Editors Are Warned" was surprising
but very gratifying. I am glad to know
that at least one editor realizes the
public is fed-up with propaganda and
untruths.
Thomas Jefferson warned the press
in 1904, and his warning would apply
the same today If he were still In our
midst, as follows: "The flrmness with
which the people have withstood the
late abuses of the press. the discern
ment they have manifested between
truth and falsehood, show that they
may safely be trusted to hear every
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Patchwork in France

After an unedifying fve-week failure to
agree upon replacement for the fallen Mayer
government, the clashing factions OF the French
National Assembly have at last worked out a
compromise to end the country's POLITICAL
paralysis. As a result Joseph Laniel has be-
come Premier, and the chances are that his
cabinet selections will be approved tomorrow.
However, although this should restore meas
ure of stability to France, there is no assurance
whatever that the new regime will last any
longer than its predecessors.
Mr.. Laniel - relatively obscure figure
despite years of activity in French politics-is
businessman and member Of the right-wing
Independent Party. The complexion of his
proposed cabinet, which includes such out
standing veterans as former Premiers Bidault,
Reynaud and Faure, suggests that he contem-
plates making no appreciable change in foreign
policy and that he will try his best to solve or
ameliorate Frances internal and external
economic problems. To that extent his ideas
and intentions seem essentially the same as
those of his predecessors. To that extent too,
they probably will receive the National As
Sembly's customary rough treatment
ment of a sort that could topple the new
government in a matter Of weeks, though a
longer-ived tenure is expected.
This uncertainty stems primarily from the
fact that France is plagued with multiplicity
of political parties whose representatives in the
Assembly are acutely sensitive to powerful
pressure groups far more interested in them
selves than in their country'S welfare. Through
out the postwar period, because of these divi-
sve influences no government in Paris has
ever been able to depend for very long on
majority parliamentary support, and the result
has been dizzying and profoundly discourage
ing merry-go-round of cabinets being voted in
and out That is why there is reason to wonder
whether Mr.. Laniel, even If Prime Minister
Churchill RECEIVERS sufnciently to permit the Big
Three Bermuda Conference month or so from
now, will still be in Office at that time or
whether the meeting will have to be postponed
again for want Of a French Premier.
Such uncertainty and instability will con-
tinue to exact heavy toll of France, in terms
of prestige and power, as long as the French
balk at amending their constitution to give
greater strength to the executive, and as long
as they fail to reduce their partisan divisions to
a point where cabinets in Paris will be able to
count on the support of clear-cut parliamentary
majorities. Meanwhile, all that they can have
is a patchwork kind of governmental process
doing harm to them at home and abroad and
mocking their fine aspirations to leadership in
free Europe.
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Need for More BRIDGES

The need for more Potomac River bridges
to serve downtown Washington is clearly indi-
Gated by the recent traffic survey made by the
District Highway Department.. The findings
show that morning rush-hour congestion on
the four river crossings is such as to call for
several measures of relief-including not only
a central-area bridge but spans at Alexandria
and Nebraska avenue as well.
Engineer Commissioner Prentiss disclosed
that more than two-thirds of all the automo-
bile traffic coming into Washington from
virginia during the morning peak period is
headed for the central business district here
Only per cent of the traffic on the day of
the spot check was headed for points outside
the Metropolitan Area. About "a per cent was
aimed at points within the Washington bound
aries.
The inbound morning survey did not give
a full picture OF traffic movements across the
Potomac bridges, of course. Only Sc per cent
of the QUESTIONABLE cards were returned. High
way officials do not believe the picture would
change materially if a full check were prac-
ticable. 1t is also likely that more through
tratt1c crosses the bridges between the rush
hour periods. AS General Prentiss pointed out,
bridge from Jones Point to Alexandria un-
doubtedly would take much of the heavy
through traffic which now traverseS the city
and adds to traffic jams here.
But the immediate problem worrying the
engineers and traffic authorities is the growing
congestion caused by local automobiles trying
to get in and out of the city. The traffic study
shows that another bridge to carry Virginia
motorists to the downtown section each morn
ing and back home again in the evening is
urgently needed-whether it be placed at E
street, Constitution avenue or in some other
location. And certainly there should be
fringe" structures that could bypass through
truck and other traffic around the city. I'm
fortunately, there is not enough money to build
as many bridges as are needed. The big ques-
tion yet to be decided is that of priority.
Evening star., 1953-06-29
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.


O. Why is it important to sit di-
rectly in front of q television set?--
E.M.N.
A. If you watch from an angle OF
more than 80 degrees, the distortion
produced will make it hard for your
two eyes to work together properly.
The Better Vision Institute also points
out that when children watch TV from
the floor their eye muscles tire after
looking UP for any length Of time.
@. Why are people who cross streets
.Arelessly called jaywalkers?-J.HI.
A. Jay" is a contemptuous term
applied to q stupid person. Some au-
thorities believe it to represent simply
the letter a." the initial letter Of one
Juggins, man who. in 1887, made a
fool of himself by losses on the turf.
1t could also have come from Jake"
a person from the country who Is un-
familiar with city ways.
@. How much mail does the Presi-
dent of the United States receive every
day?-ELJ.
A.. At the beginning Of the new
administration, mail was arriving at
the rate of about 10000 pieces q day
for the President, and $4,000 for Mrs.
Eisenhower. 1t will probably level of
at between 1000 and 5000 pieces a
day.
@. Why are women employed ex-
tensively as pearl divers in Japan
SP.
A. One important reason Is that they
can hold their breath longer than men.
Evening star., 1953-06-29

In our negotiations toward truce.
was it Willful intent or stupidity when
we ignored the nationalistic aspirations
of Korea? ("South Korea" is Korea.
The Communists of North Korea no
more represent Korea than the Com
munists of East Germany represent
Germany
Is there not a parallel between this
and our expedient sacrifice Of Poland
and other European peoples after World
War II?
What will be the effect on freedom
loving people now behind the Iron and
Bamboo Curtains who live in the
shadow Of Red power?
believe the Communists want a
truce In Korea because they know it
will cause q rift between their two
strongest opponents south of the battle
line, the United States and the Re-
public of Korea.
A truce, once signed, would be pro-
longed in order to lower the efficiency
Of non-flghting allied force and
create problems of morale, especially
among United States troops. Bring
the boys home" will be heard again.
When their stockpiles are high
enough, when their airf1elds are stocked
with fuel, ammunition and bombs.
when the morale of our troops is low
enough or they are no longer in Korea.
when the split between America and
South Korea is wide enough, then the
Communists will strike again. This
time they will have the potential not
only to take South Korea, but to make
our position in Japan an extremely
Shaky one.
What of our investment of blood and
treasure?
Air Force Wife.
Evening star., 1953-06-29

has built up housing project around
the campus? Are the late comers to
control the actions of the fist settler
(the college,?
A recent letter says that Washington
is suffering from creeping blight
which must be stopped. implying that a
modern hospital would ruin modern
housing development. What about
blight Of soul, or whatever it is that
provokes the constant complaints: LET
heavy traffic shake the houses Of other
neighborhoodS, let noisy airplaneS fly
over other peoples gardens. let laws be
passed Quietly. if possible) which will
remove from our eyes, ears and noses
everything we find Objectionable; other
neighborhoods must take their chances,
but ours is something special" These
attitudes revolt me.
For eight years I lived on q campus
in a building adjoining hospital and
medical school. In each of three cities
have deliberately sought and bought
residence facing the grounds of a
large hospital. I knew that the care
takers would not leave town for months
at time, as some neighbors do. letting
weeds grow and papers blow in their
absence. I knew that quick first aid for
youngsters or oldsters would be avail
able in case Of need. i knew there
would be no loud parties at night. !
knew that the doctors and nurses were
dedicated crew: and although saw
little Of them. liked the idea of their
being nearby.
It has been said that hospital am
balances are dangerous to school traffic
On Capitol Hill two grade schools, one
public, one parochial, are across mar
row street from large hospital. The
children cross at specified times and
places, and there is no slaughter of the
innocentS.
Evening star., 1953-06-29

Chicago goons have about liquidated
the G. o. p. They couldn't deliver on
single major campaign pledge, SO the
New Deal took over. Lets look at
the record"
Without New Deal support in Con-
gress-and New Dealers nominated and
elected him-Eisenhower would be
total political flop. It is undeniably
true that the President is carrying out
the Truman-AcheSon-U. N. foreign
policy-and that policy includes the
Korean debacle. And when EiSenhow-
er's "non-partisan" foreign aid bill
came to vote in the House, SO Repub-
licans voted against it while 1876 Demo-
Gratis voted for it! Without strong
New Deal backing, therefore, the bill
was doomed to overwhelming defeat.
Representatives Brown Of Ohio and
Reese of Tennessee, former Republican
National Committee chairmen, and 10
House committee chairmen opposed the
bill Like Brown and Reese, these COM
mittee chairmen were loyal G. o. p.
party men for decades before Eisen-
hower's New Deal goons blitZkrieged
the Chicago convention, and they will
not surrender to any New Dealer by
whatever name. But that's just small
part Of the record.
Because of Eisenhower's insistence
that the New Deal tax program be con-
tinued, Chairman Dan Reed of the
Ways and Means Committee is in open
rebellion; Chairman Short of the
Armed Services Committee has killed
UNIT; Chairman Reed Chauncey Of
the Judiciary Committee will not
permit liberalization of the McCar-
ran-Walter immigration law; Chair
man Mcconnell of the Education and
Labor Committee has done nothing
about FEPC, Taft Hartley, or Federal
Aid to Education, and Chairman VOL
colt of the Banking and Currency Com
mittee is violently opposed to all New
Deal controls. It follows, therefore.
that most Of the Eisenhower program
is hopelessly bottled up in these House
committees; and unfortunately for
Eisenhower. his New Deal cronies can't
invade these committees and force
favorable committee action on his New
Deal measures.
It is, therefore, perfectly obvious that
Eisenhower can't even approach politi-
Cal success until he can get New
Deal majority in both Houses Of Con-
gress to enable him to control the COM
mittees. Then does it not follow that
we do not have party Government?
Indeed not. You actually have Govern
ment by an Eisenhower-New Deal
coalition with Republicans in Congress
playing a minority role.
Will the Democrats nominate Eisen-
hover in sc? The old-line Republicans
want no part of his program.
A. l.. McGrannery.
Evening star., 1953-06-29
Patronage and Civil Service

President EiSenhowerS drastic "unblanket-
ing" order for Schedule civil service employees
Is being criticized by Democratic Senators
as patronage grab" It is interesting to
recall that the Republicans applied similar
label to the Truman order which "blanketed"
these key workers into the protective scope of
the civil service system. The truth of the
matter is that neither the blanketing nor the
impending unblanketing operations can be said
to be based primarily on a desire to improve
the merit system 1t is no secret that political
patronage was and is an impelling factor in
both instances
The Schedule group includes many en-
ployeS who won their jobs without necessity
of competing for them in accordance with
usual civil service procedures It is true that
large number Of these employees had attained
civil service status as clerks or in other capaci-
ties and that they took competitive examina-
tionS for the lower posts. But they did not
compete for the higher-level jobs to which they
later were appointed. good many Of these
men and women were in policy-making jobs
which ordinarily are not considered the career
type. Yet they were given civil service security
by the Truman order, just as though they had
been chosen through the regular competitive
processes.
There is no point in beating around the
bush regarding the Presidents new order,
however. It will pave the way for the custer
of some political appointees to make way for
others. There is no plan yet revealed for re-
quiring the new appointees to compete for the
Jobs through civil service routine. Civil Service
Chairman Young has promised a careful study
to insure that bona f1de career employees are
not affected. But the new administration
certainly has the right to pick It's own public
servants for policy making and similar key
posts not usually protected by civil service
safeguards against dismissal.
Evening star., 1953-06-29
By Charles E. TroceWeN
Hattie Belle Graham.

lecting for charities, attending commit
tee meetings of civic and church groups,
doing their work without maids, and
also embarking on considerable enter
tainment' Of guests.
"They assume program that would
tax the physical endurance Of an OK.
Among them I find an almost total
lack Of rejection on any given subject.
Their ideas appear to be predigested by
what they hear or read or learn in their
own particular groups.
Now, admittedly, children should be
taught to get along with their fellow
men, as all Of US have to have contacts
with first family. then playmates,
neighbors, co-workers and other groups.
But is it being overdone? Are children
being prepared for those moments when
they must exercise independent thought
and Judgment, or for the times when
companionship may not be readily
available?
els juvenile delinquency on the in
crease partly because children are not
taught to think for themselves and con-
sequently become the easy prey Of more
dominating undesirable companions?
Are they perhaps too anxious to do what
the gang does because they have had
an over emphasis on group participa-
tion and have not the ability or desire
to be different?
every truly yours. L. b. ."
These are good questions which de-
serve the serious attention of every one.
since we are all trying to make America
the land of the free and the home OF the
brave. Being free also means having
unhampered minds just as being brave
also means being strong enough to
Withstand popular opinion when we
think it is wrong. Sometimes to be diff
ferent is to be both brave and free.