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Evening star., 1954-11-19

city's 30-year-old zoning regu-
lations.
Other moves viii come later.
Mr.. McCallister said, warning
that he cannot plan definitely
too far in advance for fear work
ers may not be available to make
necessary changes exactly when
planned.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

Yakss Riddles records, else
stundord "" sizes, on sI2"
turn table. Hos hcloneed tone
arm 10 protect records. Sturdy
carrying edss covered with
simulated ollieateT.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

lorse sire upholstered In dvfaa
plastic in q tweed design.
Non-scs spring sect, orm-rssts,
hish back. Red, ehoreooi es
ehorsreuss with noiI-hsod trim.
Motehins ottoman-
Evening star., 1954-01-16
This and That

blue, the best of all grasses for this
climate, costs more, and the average
planter does not relish the sparrows
eating it. Cheer up! Enough will
escape to do some good.
The whole philosophy of the lawn in
and around Washington lies right there
some good. One cannot expect too
good lawn here. We do not possess
the exact relationship of humidity and
low temperatures in spring and sum-
mer
The homeowner can do very well,
however, if he Cd does not expect too
much, and (2) if he keeps at it.
X
Persistence, vigilance, are the true
backbones of the local lawn.
No matter how much money is put
on this work, it will not go well unless
it is backed by persistence, eternally
keeping at it. -#
This means that some seed ought to
be put in at the best times, notably in
autumn and spring. But it does not
mean that good seed cannot be planted
at other times.
More timorous neighbors may think
your efforts misspent, and bewail your
waste" of grass seed as If the cost
came out of their pockets.
Yet little growth here, little there.
and in time the lawn looks better.
It seems that good green lawn is
appreciated by certain persons more
than by others. This is true, just as it
is true that certain types of honeown-
Evening star., 1954-01-16
What Goes On in India

In reply to my recent letter in The
Star. Charles c. Anthony rather iras-
clbly took issue with my statements,
His representation of Nehru's atti-
tude toward the United States and his
propensity to depict India as an i'm
perlallStlc nation are acrimoniously
preposterous and have no basis in fact
or fiction.
Mr.. Anthony either misunderstood
or misinterpreted my letter. I did not
state that India's existence as a free
and sovereign nation is threatened
by Pakistan alone. In fact. I have a
deep conviction that the present ten
sion between India and Pakistan is
only passing phase and that the two
countries will soon join hands in
common friendship. However. 1 re-
1terate that military aid to Pakistan
will threaten the existence of India as
free nation because it would provide
the Communists in India with propa-
ganda ammunition to infuriate the
masses and gain greater following. BY
forcing India toward communism,
military aid to Pakistan defeats it's
own purpose. The letters I receive from
India show that Communists in India
are actually rejoicing over it, Such
arms aid, therefore, would lead to moth
ing more than Pyrrhic victory. India
Is not the only country to express its
alarm. Almost every country in Asia
and in Africa. if you include Egypt
and other Arab countries, has criti-
cized 1t.
Mr.. Anthony accuses Nehru of being
soft toward communism. To my knowl-
edge no other country. not even the
United States. has taken such stern
measures to combat Communist vio-
lence as India has under Nehru's leader
ship. That is the reason why some
papers in India criticize Nehru as a
puppet in the hands of American i'm
perialists." Mr.. Anthony refers to
Robert Trumbull of the New York
Times as writing that Nehru has mobil-
lied popular sentiment and is respon-
sible for the wave of anti-Americanism
This is an incorrect Interpretation.
For better and clearer understand
ing Of Nehru's attitude toward the
United States, would refer him to
Robert Trumbull's article of January
81. 1853. Nehru is desperately fighting
to save India from communism. The
problems of raising the standard of
living and educating the teeming mil
lions in democratic traditions demand
that India better not get involved in
any alliance that might bring trouble
to her doors.
M. b. A. KOneri.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
1t Passed the Test

Washington's snow-emergency plan passed
its first big test with commendable success.
Until the major snow storm early this week
the Traffic Departments carefully planned pro-
gram for keeping improperly prepared auto
mobiles off the streets during such emergencies
remained in the experimental stage. The
skeptics have been given an impressive demon
Stration of the worth-whileneSS of an emer-
gency traffic-control plan with teeth in it.
Repeated appeals for voluntary cooperation
of drivers in avoiding practices that contribute
to traffic Snarls during snow storms had proved
futile in years past. It was not until car own
ers were threatened with arrest for venturing
on main streets without snow tires or chains
that drivers generally paid much attention to
the problem While some motorists with prop
erly equipped cars sensibly left their cars at
home last Monday, many others tried their
special tires or chains and found them very
effective. Apparently most cars not legally
prepared to cope with emergency conditions
were kept out of the restricted area The few
drivers who forgot the ban or who ignored 1t
were dealt with firmly but considerably by
police, who incidentally, worked overtime to
assist motorists and pedestrians on the slippery
streets.
More snow is predicted in the near future.
If motorists will continue to cooperate in max
ing the new regulation work-a matter of self
interest-the city need have no fear of
repetition of the paralyzng traffic jams that
have developed in times past, even during light
snowfalls
Evening star., 1954-01-16
By Charles E. TroceWeN
M. b. A. Koneri.

ers value the neat yard more than
others.
One failure in local lawnmaking lies
in the upcropping of stones. Often
these do not show for years, yet lie
high enough toward the surface to
cause grass to die out at the first touch
of summer heat.
We can recall getting boulder as
big as bathtub out of a yard over in
Georgetown. It did not show at all, but
no grass would grow there.
After the boulder was dug up. it was
plain to see why the grass would not
grow But small stones also cause bad
patches, and these normally come to
the surface, where they may be taken
out with trowel. Until they do so,
however, they cause patches of drying
grass.
There are certain local soils that dry
out so rapidly after a rain that it is
almost impossible to keep a good lawn
on them. Here again there is nothing
to do, if one values as good lawn as
possible, except to keep planting seed,
and keep watering in hot weather.
If a regular grass mixture is used in
that way the planter will not be heart
broken when most of it fails to germi-
nate
It is amazing how much better a
lawn looks if only part of the bare
places are covered. In this climate, we
must be happy with half-succesS.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
On Being Real Smart

President Eisenhower and former President
Truman are pretty smart fellows. They each
think that woman, unidentified, could be
smart enough to be President. President Eisen-
hover may be just little bit smarter than
ordinary smart because he added, under press
conference questioning, that maybe women are
too smart to want the job. OF course, both Of
these fellows are being smart in not identifying
some smart individual woman. There could
have been trouble If they had named somebody
other than Mamie or Bess-ea of whom has
demonstrated with crystal clarity that they are
smart enough to be President or even for the
tougher job Of beine q Presidents wife.
Evening star., 1954-01-16

cause for real fear" Sometimes in out
right peddling of gloom.
Republicans have no cause to allow
themselves to be forced into defen-
sive position in regard to so-called
slump" Actually, they can be
blamed for such a situation only to
the extent which they should be COM
mended" for bringing about a cessa-
ton of fighting in Korea and for the
present hope of peace; statistics having
clearly shown that there is direct re-
lationship between boom times" such
AS We had last year and war. Ger
tainly, few of us would choose war
economy in order that We in this
country might live little easier while
hundreds of thousands of our young
men fight and die.
We have had public assurance that
standby plans have been drafted to
protect us against any possible
emergency. Should we not examine
closely this unnecessary and over
solicitous attention to our economic
health? 1t could be colored by self
interest. Lila d. SOnnemann.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Stronger Than Goodby

Goodby is not a measured absolute
OF sudden emptiness, a uoid untitled:
The heart can give the 1Dord an
attribute
That ,Uarms sense so circumscribed
and chilled.
The Word pronounced tphen fond
companions part
Escapes fndlity and gains content
OF treasured whispering from heart to
heart,
Retnting all its s7lollowness has meant.
The out,DGrd sign OF separation holds
No Dithered longing set In time and
space;
From, miles the hearts unspoken pledge
entolds
One Dith another In q DGrnt embrace.
Though friends must part. strong.
enduring tie
Transcends and nsocks the very tDord.
goodby.
Florence Pedieo Jonsson S.,
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Plant grass seed in winter?

Why not?
With our alternating cold and fairly
warm spells, we have every chance OF
getting some stand of grass before
spring.
Even if only few blades germinate,
those few blades win help.
Keeping a good lawn in Washington
and its vicinity is matter OF eternal
vigilance. Not only freedom, but a
fairly good lawn, depend upon it.
Italian rye is good seed to sow at
this time.
Look at the lawn from second-story
window.
That is where the bare spots show up
best.
Then mentally note just where the
spots are, in relation to certain shrubs,
the garage, corner of the house. etc.
A handful of this rye Git is used at
the White House, will do wonders if
the weather moderates.
It may grow lushly, and keep green
all winter until it dies in the spring.
Even If it does not sprout, it serves
the sparrows and other small birds.
They love to eat grass seed; that is
why it should be raked in fairly well;
even then they find 1t, but it makes no
difference. Any one who loves the birds
will not begrudge them half handful
Of seed out of every handful planted.
Rye is cheap, and worries nobody,
} not even the more frugal. Kertucky
Evening star., 1954-01-16
D. c. Pays and Pays

have been reading for some time Of
the plight Of the children in the Re-
ceiving Home: Of the state of affairs at
Blue Plains Home for the Aged: the
riots at the Industrial Home: the lack
of policemen to patrol our streets; the
supposedly low salaries paid to police
men, f1remen and school teachers; the
low priority given to many Of our local
and neighborhood projects: the lack Of
funds to install traffic lights on many
storm sewers in many parts Of the city,
etc.
suppose you know better than do
of many more local items and projects
which the people and taxpayers Of
Washington need and would like to see
become realities instead of ideas and
blueprints and, empty promises. Yet
day after day Washingtonians pick UP
supposedly local papers and read of the
need Of more bridges over the Potomac
River and sewers through Rock Greek
Park to carry the sewage Of Maryland
through our city and to our sewage dis
posal plant.
The taxpayers Of Washington have
largely built and paid for four bridges
of the Potomac. Chain. Key and two on
Fourteenth street. The Federal Govern
ment has built one darlington Memo
riaD and Virginia none. The people OF
Washington really do not need any
more bridges over the Potomac. I. for
one, have been driving about is years
and I have not been over Chain Bridge
Is times, yet helped pay for 1t and
the VirginianS who use it twice daily
paid nothing toward it. believe that
if Virginians need more bridges, then
let them pay for what they need. The
District is now building and paying for
a sewer through Rock Creek Park.
Could you tell me why? Do the people
of Washington need it? Or do our
neighbors in Maryland need it? re-
Gently read that our sewage disposal
plant should be enlarged and that our
water system needs to be enlarged. Do
the people of Washington need those
improvements or are they in order to
supply others.
believe that the people Of Washing
ton have enough to do to carry some
of the burdens of the Federal Govern
ment without carrying the burdens OF
our neighboring States. Let us pay Tor
everything which we need and let our
neighbors carry their own burdens.
Rocco FiOramonti.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Economic Outlook

Our greatest danger for 1854 might
be that we allow ourselves to become
infected by economic hypochondria, :"
which could lead to actual economic i'll
health by fearful and oversolicitous
attention to symptoms of normal
adjustment.
In the barrage of opinion from So
called economists, one fact stands out
clearly. There is no reason why 1854
should not be very good year. We do
not expect to be operating on a war
economy" basis, so naturally we do not
expect that it will be so good as 1853,
which topped all records for produc-
ton.
Certainly there appears no reason
for alarm. Yet that same old specter
of depression" which has made such
a regular appearance during election
years for 20 long years has popped up
again. Often it shows up in the in
verted disguise of persistent and sancti-
monious insistence that there is no
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Potomac Tunnel

For wears, man and boy, have been
following with mounting puzzlement
the perennial hassles on the erection OF
bridges over the Potomac.
have never been able to understand
why no one has stepped forth with the
obvious solution to this apparently
eternal wrangle: Vehicular tunnels.
Vehicular tunnels are the one solution
that should please every one, and the
one solution that will meet future cross
river traffic problems up and down the
Potomac.
Baltimore, after years of pro and
con, finally realized that tunnel was
the only proper solution for an other
wise impossible traffic problem. New
York and Boston and countless other
cities have found tunnels the thing.
Washington also has been expert
menting with the tunnel idea. For what
are our various underpasses but baby"
tunnels?
Tunnels have definite advantages
over bridges. Esthetically, tunnels can
not interfere with the natural beauty
Of landscape. For instance, tunnel
under Roosevelt Island couldn't pos
sibly affect it. But it could possibly add
something to it by improving the land
scaping on either side of the river bank
around the tunnel entrances.
Navigationally, tunnels could not pos
sibly interfere with river navigation.
Meteorologically. bridges are made
serious traffic hazards by snow, ice,
sleet, wind storms. heavy rains. floods,
etc, whereas tunnels actually offer pro-
lection against the weather
Entrances to tunnels can be located
to draw off heavy traffic before it
reaches the river side, thus speeding up
traffic and reducing traffic hazards and
accidents along the river bank
From civil defense point OF view,
in case of bombing, tunnels can become
effective shelter areas
Bridges are something Of an anach-
ronism in the Goth century.
Gino J. Simi.
Editors note: The idea of tunnel
ing has been considered by officials
every time new bridge was proposed.
but has always been abandoned as
too costly. For instance, it would
cost nearly three times as much to
tunnel as it would to erect a span at
the site of the proposed E street
bridge)
Evening star., 1954-01-16
The Bible Made Real

The exhibition of archaeological treasures
from Israel now current at the National History
Building of the Smithsonian Institution Is pri-
marily bringing together Of works OF human
genius which once were lost Practically every
object on display shows evidence OF having been
hidden in the earth or in the sea. Most OF them
have survived and been retrieved by accident.
Many have been damaged. But each testifies
to the vast wealth of Mediterranean clvlllza-
ton through 500 centuries.
In terms of chronology, the exhibit begins
with the skull of a woman found at Mount
Carmel in Palestine during excavations between
1929 and 1884 BY processes of strictly scientific
reasoning the reassembled fragments have been
estimated to be $4,000 years old. The skull
represents different human type than any
of those prevailing in the area today, but the
broken bones speak out for people already
far along the path from savagery to the heights
of culture.
Walking about the gallery, the visitor finds
these continuities dramatized in approximately
$500 individual articles, ranging from tiny
coins to huge carved Intel and capital stones.
Each tells story, and the stories are related
one to another like carefully matched pearls
on string. The Ark of the Covenant, for ex-
ample, appears again and again. So does the
famous narrative of how Abraham was saved
from sacrificing Isaac by the miracle Of the
ram caught in the bushes. The Judgment OF
Solomon has similar repetition.
Thus the exhibition From the Land of
the Bible" makes the Bible real. It's component
parts have come from many different sources,
public and private; but they all add up to riches
OF beauty and wisdom well worth seeing, well
worth thinking about, since they symbolic
the common heritage upon which modern
civilization is built
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Somebody Lost Humility

It is too bad that Arthur Godfrey has got
himself in jam with the New York Port
Authority for buzzing-intentionally or other
wse-the control tower at Teterboro Airport,
New Jersey. Mr.. Godfrey says the wind did it.
The Port Authority says Mr. Godfrey did 1t. It
is too bad because the incident plainly shows
a loss of humility-by Mr.. Godfrey, If the buzz
ing was intentional; by the Port Authority, II
1t was unlntentional The unhappy dispute
between them will end up before the Civil Aero
nauEcs Administration, where the dispute will
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Changing Monpower Picture

Latest evidence of the gradual shifting of
emphasis from men to machines in modern
warfare is to be found in the report to Presi-
dent Eisenhower on military manpower needs
of the near future. Calculating the risks care
fully, our military leaders have begun to stress
quality rather than numbers of men under
arms. The changing concept is apparent in
recommendations of the Committee on Man
power Resources for National Security, released
by the President with his agreement Gin
general"
"The old concept of military manpower in
terms of sheer numbers" the committee de-
clared, ''is being replaced by the concept of
manpower in terms of special aptitudes and
skills-a concept which is fully germane to
building the strength of the national civilian
economy. While military strength is still de-
termined in part by the number of troops
available, the decisive factor is the capacity
and training of military manpower to cope
with the increasingly complex technology of
war" This is not just the thinking of the out
standing citizens who composed the advisory
committee. The group cited as its authority
Admiral Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, who recently said that combat effec-
tiveness was being improved by employing more
new weapons and techniques and fewer men.
The effect that the new defense theory is
more noticeable with every public pronounce
ment on the subject from administration quar-
ters. In the end, the so-called new look" is
likely to extend to present and planned pro-
grams for building up armed strength, from
selective service to the aS-yet-unlaunched uni
versal military training system. If the advice
of the committee is adopted, selective service
will become more selectiye, with a view to
picking men capable of being trained to oper-
ate the technical devices on which major re-
lance for defense is to be placed in the future.
UNIT, being essentially designed for mass in
duction and service on quantity, rather than
quality, basis, is to be laid aside, temporarily
at least, pending further study.
Mobilization Director Flemming sees the
need of far longer training and service under
the chronological warfare concept, need that
may lead to reconstruction of present draft
and enlistment policies. Electronic and atomic
techniques of Waging war cannot be mastered
in short cram" courses He has urged re-
vision of the reserve program to provide for
thoroughly trained atomic-era reserviSts who
will be subject to immediate call, plus an
auxiliary "selectively callable' reserve, subject
to orders on an individual basis, according to
skillS
The President has ordered the Defense
Department and other agencies concerned to
draw up a detailed reserve plan along these
lines, for consideration Of the National Security
Council. Of course Congress will have to pass
on any "new-look" manpower program eventt-
ally recommended. Since the prospect is for
fewer men on active duty-barring another
War-and more men in reserve, the reaction
at the Capitol is apt to be more favorable than
that accorded past proposals for the draft or
for UNIT.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Why This Bridge Fight?'

It was q relief to see, in George
Beveridge's article Of January 10, en-
titled "Why This Bridge Fight?", The
Stars return to a more rational temper
Of mind than was evident in it's editorial
OF January Z, entitled 'No Way to
Bridge the Arguments"
With the exception OF one statement,
Mr.. Beveridge'S article contains the
kind Of objective review of both sides
OF an important question which, were
the District faced with q vote on
bridge bond issue. would be Of real
value in helping her citizens to decide
how to vote.
The one exception is Mr.. Beveridge's
statement that the concept Of the
Reaches Run bridge"-which the plan
ming commission indorsed at its meet
ing Of January chad undergone
great change-and. in effect, was an
entirely new idea" It seems fair to
state that there can be no more i'm
portant single factor in a bridge "con-
cept" than the bridge location itself.
The proposed location Of the Reaches
Run bridge has remained as originally
conceived, south Of the railway bridge,
ever since 1t was first described to the
commission some 10 months ago.
The only new element in the scheme
presented at the meeting was the pro-
vision OF a revised approach to the
bridge from the south which did two
things: It recognized-and answered
satisfactorily to commission majority
"a major objection of highway au-
thorities to previous studies, i.e., that
the Pentagon network approach to the
bridge could not be modified economi-
cally to feed enough traffic onto the
Reaches Run bridge so that it would
be used to its designed capacity; and it
recognized the recommendations of the
Regional Highway Planning Committee
and Virginia's highway experts, Wilbur
Smith & Associates, by providing an
efficient direct connection between their
proposed circumferential route (Four
Mile RUM and the bridge.
This readiness on the part of the
planning commission staff to correct
possible weakness in an earlier scheme
and to recognize the desirability Of the
proposals Of others has salutary quail
1ty. Such an attitude, II more often
present on both sides, might 60 q long
way toward reconciling the differences
OF the city planners and the highway
authorities.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
Toxpoyer's Loment

Tax relief. by elimination of SUBJ
governments such as counties and town.
ships. has been subject of interest and
discussion for several years.
AS temporary resident of Alexan-
dria, Va. which boasts of being one of
the few cities in the United States not
located in a county, find my local
taxes we'll over 200 per cent higher than
in my home State with county and
township governments.
Moreover, Alexandria suffers by COM
Evening star., 1954-01-16

receive hearing. no doubt The hearing offi-
Ger should be julius La Rosa, with the MCGUIRE
sisters sitting as jury. Mr.. La Rosa may not
be an expert on aerodynamics. But he knows
about humility.
Evening star., 1954-01-16
"DOn't Be Silly-Of Course
/ Can COOk!"

population. In this atmosphere there
is real hope that the many prayers for
Punishment Of the atomic bomb may
indeed be transmitted into an agree
ment among the nations.
Janet Gordon.