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unexpired term of Thomas j.
Walsh back in 1884 he has
been reelected for three full
terms. He appears to be hard
to heat.
The greatest outside interest
in Senator Murray's unusual
announcement probably is
that of the private power COM
panies in all parts of the
country. This is an active
political year for them. Press
ing in every way to obtain a
reversal of the public power
policies Of the New and Fair
Deal eras, they seem to be
operating on the theory that it
is now or never. They have
no cause to complain of the
course being followed by the
executive branch Of the Gov
ernment, the Interior Depart
ment seeing eye to eye with
them on most issues, as does
the Presidents Commission on
Reorganization Of the Govern
ment. headed by Herbert
Hoover. And they haven't been
doing too badly in Congress,
particularly in the House. They
are well satisfied with the In
terror Committees in both the
Senate and House, but to nail
down their legislative achieve
ments they will need at least
two more years Of the present
political control in Congress,
which means they are not
overlooking any part Of this
years election. Their influence
was felt in Alabama Tuesday.
although 1t was not sufficient
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Life in the u. S.
Take 1t Eusy,.
Our B0zooku
She'll Is Lost
By the As.eeiated Pres.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May g.
The watchword at Mrs. j. L
Laswell's house these days might
we'll be take it easy"
That's because there's a bomb
in the house.
Mrs. Laswell has just learned
that the three funny-looking
gadgets found in her basement
are fully armed. explosive ba-
zooka shells. The Army uses
them to stop enemy tanks.
Mrs. Laswell said she found
the bombs when she moved into
the house last November.
But when she called police,
one of the shells was missing.
It's believed still to be in the
basement-a place where Mrs.
Laswell'S grandchildren often
play-buried amid boxes and
crates.
Police turned the other two
shells over to the military po-
lice
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Lowell Menett-
Murray Invites Power Fiqht
Senotor Says if He and Enough Democrats Are Elected
He'll Loke Choirmonship Of Interior Committee

to defeat Senator John Spark
man.
They are not likely to miss
the significance of the pledge
in Senator Murray's nominat-
ing petition to "reactivate and
expand the public power and
REA programs.
On farm and tax legisla-
ton Senator Murray goes as
far as any Democrat and far
ther than most. He advocates
100 per, cent parity price sup
ports for all agricultural prod
ucts and he would raise per-.
sonal income tax exemptions
from the present 5000 to
$1,000 for individuals. How far
he could go toward achieving
those aims is another matter,
despite his legislative skill and
persistence. Senator Murray
obtained the passage of the
Full Employment Act when
it's enactment had seemed i'm
possible.
Expected to oppose the
three-termer for the nomina-
ton is Arnold Olsen, the
States Attorney General.
aided by the long arm of for
mer Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, now practicing law
in Washington. Mr.. Wheeler
is frankly for anybody who
opposes Senator Murray. The
Republican nomination seems
assured to Representative
Wesley A. DEwart. Which
additionally assures a real
fight over the power issue. Mr..
D'Ewart's views being in line
with those of the admins
tratton.
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Lowell MeHett-

A political announcement
OF more than ordinary in
terest was made this week
when Senator James E. MUIR
ray fled for the Democratic
nomination in Montana. The
veteran legislator told his
constituents in a radio-tele-
vision speech that if reelected
he intends to take the chair
manShip of the Senate In
terror Committee. He will, that
is. if the Democrats regain
control of the Senate in No
vember. Senator Murray is
now the ranking Democratic
member of the committee and,
under the conditions sug-
geSted, he can be chairman
II he wishes. He is also rank
ing member of the Labor
Committee. having been its
chairman before the last elec-
ton.
This purpose of the Sena-
tor will be of interest far be-
yond the border Of Montana.
There, of course, it may mean
a good deal since the Interior
Committee has very great i'm
pact on that State. It handles
legislation affecting public
lands, mineral resources. for
est reserves, Indian affairs,
rural electrif1cation, oil con-
Servat1on, irrigation, reclama-
ton and power development,
all matters of direct concern
to Montana. The Senator's
record in these closely related
fields has accounted for much
Of his political strength. Since
being elected to complete the
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of the cabinet In France. it's
a general election in Australia
and. Of course. a constant
effort by the British Labor
Party to unseat the Churchill
Eden government.
None of this, however, handi-
caps the Communist side. In
deed, the Communists get an
abundance of news space not
only in Europe but in Amer
lea. The obsolete propaganda
statements of Chou En- Lai
got equal if not better news
treatment in some of the large
newspapers in America than
the remarkable address by
Secretary of State Dulles on
the same day. This is a battle
of publicity to influence public
opinion, and it is tragic that
the American press has in
some instances been giving the
impression that the. chief of
the American delegation was
diScredited back home. In fact,
one headline from an Ameri-
can newspaper that made a
deep impression at Geneva
said that Secretary Dulles on
his return faced in Washing
ton the Stormiest criticism of
his career, and there were RET
erences to defeat" and "fail-
ure," all of which is utterly at
variance with the facts of
what actually happened.
This conference hasn' t really
gotten started. There have
been the usual propaganda
statements and some informal
discussions of ideas and proc
posals. Any impression that
the United States doesn't want
to stop the blood-letting in
Indo-China is false. Any i'm
preston that the United States
wants to intervene militarily is
also false. Any impression
that America wanted to go
into Indo- China with the Brit
ish alone is also wrong. There
was from the start a basic
plan to line up the allies on a
policy that would confront the
Communists with an alterna-
tive if they didn't make peace
in Indo-C China. That policy
was conceived as a means of
getting strength at the nego-
tiating table. Great Britain
approved the policy and then
backed out just on the eve of
the Geneva Conference. but
since then there has been a
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international position. They
have apparently decided that
their best interests would be
served in placating the Com
muniSts from Moscow and
Peiping at Geneva. They have
already turned down. at least
temporarily, our proposal for
a Pacific pact on the pattern
of the North Atlantic pact.
In the light Of Prime Min
lister Churchill's speeches, and
the tone Of the House Of Com
mons and the mood Of the
French National Assembly.
there are legitimate suspicious
that NATO itself may soon
become a thing Of the past.
Under these conditions re-
appraisal of our own foreign
policy has become necessary.
Fears have been expressed
that we may have to "go it
alone" An evaluation of the
international scene shows that
despite the defaulting on the
part of the allies we have
helped most over the years, we
still have some faithful friends
who are willing to be tied to
us because of the common fear
of Communist Imperialism. In
the last few months we have
established without any ex-
travagant outlays a new solid
front in the Middle East ex-
tending from Turkey to Paki-
stan. While the industrial i'm
portance of this group is neg
lgible. its strategic and man.
power Importance in the event
of a conflict in the Far East
exceeds by far that of our
doubtful Western European al
lies. There also are more COM
bat-ready and fanatically anti
Communist divisions in South
Korea and Formosa than there
are in Great Britain and
France. There is a stronger
potential for effective assist
ance in Japan. with its 80 mil
lion people, than anywhere
else across the Atlantic.
It is in the light of these
possibilities that the adminis-
tration is now prepared to re-
appraise our international
position.
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Doris FIeeson-
Doris Feeson-
The Sturdy Missourion Returns
Harry Truman, at Three Score and Ten Has MeIowed
He Sees Bit of Poetic Justice in G. O P Troubles

The Man from Independence
always wore a soft collar and
his 10th birthday will find him
with his faith comfortably in
tact. his spirit free and his
roots as Steadfastly as ever
anchored deep in American
earth.
Harry Truman, having near
ly reached the Biblical allot-
ment of three score and ten, has
melloWed under his new free
dom. To those who come to
him for counsel and advice he
breaches his confidence in the
ultimate good judgment of the
American people.
Let the river run it's
course" he says. 'Trust the
American people,"
Mr.. Truman's lack of bitter
ness is the more remarkable
because of the sharpness of
the attacks upon him which
continue to a lessened degree
to this day. His relaxed atti-
tude and good humor arise not
so much from sentimentality
as from his admitted shrewd-
ness as a down-to-earth poll
tician who once made one of
the greatest comebacks in
American political history.
What he thinks and says is
OF Importance because he is
still a living force in national
politics, a fact as disagreeable
to some Democrats as it is to
Republicans.
While avoiding personalities,
the former President does not
keep it precisely a secret that
he believes a certain poetic
justice is at work in the pres
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Mrs. SegaI Heads
Hadassah Unit Aqain

Mrs. Henry 6egal. 1922 VAR
mum street NV, has been re-
elected president of the Seaboard
Region Hadassah Conference
which ended its annual meeting
yesterday in Annapolis.
Other Washington-area wom-
en- elected included: Mrs. George
Newman, 1414 Rittenhouse
street NV, and Miss Anne Ru-
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1882 and will remain so, but
he cautioned:
II don't want to pose as a
political prognosticator, be-
cause I don't have any use
for them"
The powers and responsible
ties of the presidency are still
very much to the fore in the
Truman thinking. Without
mentioning criticisms of his
successor for refusing to be a
strong President, either in re-
lationships with the legisla-
tive or in the direction of the
executive branch. Mr.. Tru-
man said:
"The presidency is the
greatest Office in the world and
what the President does or
fails to do is the greatest
single influence affecting the
peace of the world. I spent
my time protecting it's pre-
negatives and keeping it
strong"
The sturdy Missourian enters
his eighth decade in excellent
health, his broad smile and
firm handshake intact, and
weighing only two pounds
more at ITO than he weighed
when he entered the Senate
in 1886. In achieving the last
mentioned, Mr.. Truman's
early-morning walks, no longer
necessary as a reaching for
freedom, are an important
matter Of self-discipline.
With a happily self f-c0n-
Scious smile, he said:
"And every time I walk
down the street it's a hand
shaking party"
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ent troubles of the Republic
can administration. They are
dong badly, he says bluntly.
For example, he sees in
President Eisenhower's difficult
ties in o-China a reflection
of the same baleful problems
which beSet him in China and
Korea. And he adds with a
wary smile:
"The President can be very
certain I won't take a trip
to Indo-China."
Still jealous of the dignity of
the body in which he enjoyed
his happiest time of public
service, he comedies a wide
area Of agreement with Re-
publicans when it comes to the
McCarthy-Army hearings.
ut is one of the most dis
graceful things that ever
happened in the Senate" he
says crisply.
But the fact that it's public,
since it had to happen, is a
fine thing. You know the great
est thing Lincoln ever said
was: You can fool all the
people some of the time and
some Of the people all the
time, but you can't fool all the
people all the time
when the people know the
facts they can't be fooled.
That's why J made my whistle
stop campaign"
Mr.. Truman, who personally
fooled all the political prophets
and loves to recall it-per-
sonally declines to be one. He
expressed his conviction that
the country has been over
whelmingly Democratic since
Evening star., 1954-05-06
It's Worth 1t to Richard

LOS ANGELES (P).-It
was worth the pain and dis
comfort to Richard Roberts.
2, to see the beautiful fire en-
gine.
Little Richard got his feet
caught in the hollow of con-
crete blocks under a redwood
picket fence behind his home
yesterday. When the firemen
arrived and used hammer and
chisel to free him, Richard
didn't cry-he just kept his
eyes glued to the fire appa-
ratus. His mother, Mrs. David
Roberts, said:
What some kids won't do
to see a fire engine!"
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ference representing five States
and the District asked:
/. Continued support Of the
United Nations and that the
United States Senate adopt the
u. N. Genocide Convention and
Declaration of Human Rights.
2. That the McCarran-Walter
Act be amended or repealed.
8. The United States to exert
its efforts through the U. N. to
promote by direct negotiations
between the Arab states and
Israel an early and peaceful set
tlement and permanent political
stability throughout the Near
East.
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binstein, 119 Ingraham street
NV, vice presidents; Mrs. AL
bert Preisman, GIG st. Andrews
lane. Silver Spring. correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. William Ar
kin, 1913 North Galveston street.
Arlington, recording secretary;
Mrs. Benjamin Kirsch, 1924
Cameron street, Silver Spring.
treasurer.
Also. Mrs. Joseph Freedman.
1923 Everett street NV, region
al advisor; Mrs. Paul Eanet, 4847
Illinois avenue NV, board mem
ber at large. %71 I'd
Resolutions adopted at the
final session of the four-day con-
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leaflets which proclaimed: "This
might have been a bomb"
If they'd been bombs they
might have hit Cincinnati.
Since they were leaflets, a
brisk wind carried them all out
of town before they hit the
ground.
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Ball to Aid Fund

The District State Council Of
the knights of Columbus will
hold a benefit ball for the Arch
bishop O'Boyle Educational
Fund at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in
the Knights of Columbus club
house, 918 Tenth street NV.
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Bombs Miss Turqet

CINCINNATI, (R.-Civil de-
fense officials sent airplanes over
Cincinnati yesterday dropping
Evening star., 1954-05-06
Just q Dull Session

JUST q OuII session
NEW YORK (P). - Walter
Smart and Morton Brilliant
were arraigned in night court
last night. But magistrate
Louis Kaplan had all the an
SwerS.
Brilliant, 80, an accountant
hoping to take a bar exalnina-
ton soon, was held in $500 for
traffic court on the basis of 81
pending traffic Summonses.
Smart, so, drew six months on
a disorderly conduct charge.
Case for the Chupluin
GASTONIA, N. c., GA
registrant wrote to the CASTOR
County draft board:
Dear sir:
81 am suffering from RO-
MANTTC fever and my wife is
pregnant. Please excuse
me from the draft"
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COLLEGE Drops Shades

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (P.-
Radcliffe College, just across
the square from Harvard
University, is drawing the
shades on the girls.
Bare midriffS, extra short
shorts, and bare shoulders are
banned in q directive last
night. In additions. the girls
sunbathing is restricted to
roofs of three college build
ings.
1--WE must remember" a
Radcliffe official said, that
we are in the middle of a city
and dress accordingly"
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
Church of the Nazarene

The Rev. J. C. Reedy, pastor OF
the Church of the Nazarene, an
nounces services as follows: A
Watch Night Service on Friday,
Dec. 81, which will begin at 1880
pm. Services for Sunday, Jan. 2
will begin with Sunday School at
10 am. The lesson 1.-THE Bible,
Our Authority" is the first of IL
lessons which show what the es-
sential Christian doctrines are,
and only we believe as we do
The Golden Text: But these are
written, that We might believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God; and that believing ye
might have life through his name
John 20:31). Worship service
at IL am, with the pastors mes
sage Gods Open Door, reveal
ing that the better things await
the person who love God and keep
his commandments. The Young
Peoples service at z pm, offers
a challenge tc youth and will be
followed by the evangelistic SER
vice.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
REV. O. C. JONES
ROTARY GUEST
Tell ROtarians of Christmas
Symbols and Their
Meaning
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR

The Rev. o. C. Jones, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church,
was the guest speaker at the din
ner meeting of the Smyrna Ro-
tary Club on a program arranged
by Leslie E. Wheatley. Christ
mas was the theme of his talk
and he told of it's meaning and of
the kinds of celebration prevalent
hundreds of years ago. He talk
ed of symbols and their meaning:
home decorations, a symbol of
Christian worship; candles the
sybol of the Light of the World;
mistletoe a symbol of dependable
ity on a greater power. All life
is symbolized by some higher
power, he said. with brotherhood
symbolic of good will and the
Star of Bethlehem, the symbol OF
Christ's birth. The response was
made by Harold E. Wickham for
his address so appropriate to the
season. Howard Pletsch directed
group singing, George E. Bryson
presided and birthday greetings
were extended to Leroy Piper.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
RISE IN COLLEGE
| ENROLLMENTS
DR.. John A. Perkins, q. d.
President, Warns of Prob
lens Faced by Schools
REPORT TO LEGISLATURE

DR.. Raymond Walters, Univer-
sity of Cincinnati president, has
joined the chorus of educators
who for some time have been pre-
dieting tremendous problems for
our universities and colleges be-
cause of rising enrollments. DR..
Walters study supports state
ments made earlier this year by
University of Delaware president,
DR.. John A. Perkins, who was
one of the first educational lead
ers to warn of the problems of
increasing enrollments throughout
the nation. In his 35th annual
college-university survey for the
educational journal, School and
Society, DR.. Walters reports in
creases of 6.8 per cent in full
time students, 81 per cent in part
time students, and 7.6 per cent in
grand totals over the past year.
That the problem is one of ma
tion-wide concern is revealed by
the advances in full time enroll
ments in every state except Ver-
mont, despite the fact that recent
freshman classes are drawn from
the diminished human reservoir of
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Smyrna times., 1954-12-30

Williams. The production was a
very moving presentation of the
Biblical injunction: "Inasmuch as
we have done it unto the least of
these, we have done it unto Me-"
1t was presented before a charm
ing background of the living
room of a wealthy, self-centered
family and told of their change
of heart on Christmas Eve. Dur
ing the program a phonograph
was presented to Marie Rehak,
winner of the local Voice of De-
mocracy contest. The prize was
given by Boulevard Electric Sales
& Service, and was presented by
Mr.. Tabb. chairman of the Jay
cee-sponsored contest. Ronald
Stevens, president of General Or
ganization, presided at the as
sembly.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
st. Peters Church

The Rev. F. S. Bancroft, rec
tor, has announced that there will
be celebration of Holy Com
munion at 10 am. on Saturday,
January 1, the Feast of the Cir
cumcision. On the second Sunday
after Christmas. January 2, SER
vices will be as follows: Holy
Communion, 500 am; Church
School, 10 am, Holy Communion,
II am; Nursery School, IL am.
The Feast of Lights pageant will
be held at the church on Sunday,
Jan 9 in the evening. Confrma-
ton classes are held on Tuesdays,
at four o'clock for school children,
and eight pm. for adults.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
Christmas Gifts
PLAY PRESENTED AT
ASSEMBLY BEFORE HOLIDAYS

At the final assembly at the
Smyrna High School before the
holiday recess, attended by sever
al hundred students, a short play
was given, there was music by
the high school band and senior
chorus, with Beth Denney as vo-
cal soloist. The senior chorus
sang from the balcony. Leon Tabh
directed both groups. Robert Reed
was piano accompanist. Due to-
the sudden illness of Hal Bodley,
one of the principals of the cast
of the play. "a Sign Unto You"
the part was read by Tommy
Price. The roles of newsboys
were played by Danny Marsh and
James Pritchard. Other members
of the cast were Mary Ann Nor
man, Carolyn Marsh, Luz Kerr,
and Richard Price. The play was
under the direction of Mrs. Ruth
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Ryan,
of whispering Pines Farm, Smyr-
ma, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Patricia Ami
Ryan, to Mr.. Bruce B. Clark, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Clifford Clark,
of Kenton. Miss Ryan, a gradu-
ate of John Bassett Moore High
School and Goldey-Beacom Col
lege, is now associated with In
ternational Latex Corporation in
the Engineering Department. Mr..
Clark was graduated from Dover
High School and is engaged in
agriculture and dairy farming. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
GEOLOGICAL
REPORT MADE
Delaware Geological Survey
Issues Annual Report
For 1953-54
WORK BEGUN IN 1852

The Delaware Geological Sur
vey, which began its important
work three years ago, has issued
its annual report for 1953-54 and
it's third significant study of Del
aware's geology, Marine Upper
Cretaceous Formations of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Preparations of the report and
technical bulletin have been car
ried out by State Geologist Johan
j. Groot, Mrs. Donna M. Organ
list of the Delaware Geological
Survey, and Horace G. Richards,
associate curator of geology and
paleontology at the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
The Delaware Geological Survey
has now gathered sufficient data
to make interpretations of the
geology and ground-water re-
sources of many parts of the
state possible. Each year, the
Survey makes it's new findings
available to the people of Della
ware through it's bulletins. In
addition to the preparation OF
these publications, the Survey
answers numerous requests for
data, primarily with regard to OBJ
tanning ground-water supplies for
domestic, industrial and irrigation
use. Requests for rock samples
from schools throughout the state
are answered as promptly as
possible. Members of the staff
frequently speak to members of
service clubs on subjects related
to the Surveys work. During the
past year, Mr.. Groot made a study
of the possible effects of addition
al diversion of water from the
Delaware River by the City OF
New York on Delaware's ground
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Smyrna times., 1954-12-30
st. Joseph's Church, Clayton

The Rev. Louis q. Pastorelli,
pastor of st. Joseph's Church, ex-
tends to all his most heartfelt
good wishes for a happy and
prosperous New Year. May each
day of the New Year, Gods mes
senger of hope and faith and love,
hold something in it of higher
and holier deeds and nobler
thoughts, of patience under sore
trial, of a clearer understanding
of our duties to God and our fell
low men; of kind deeds and
gentle words which Danish dis
cord and bring peace. May every
record of the New Years still
virgin page be for you one of
good work well done. work done
for God, for our country and for
our fellow man. New Years Day
is a Holy Day of Obligation, one
on which all Catholics are bound
to attend Holy Mass. The hours
of Masses in our church will be
6-7 and 8 o'clock in the morning
and at 7:30 in the evening. Those
who may wish to receive Holy
Communion at the evening Mass
must be fasting for three hours
before the beginning of the Mass.
Confessions will be heard on
Thursday evening and before each
Mass. May the coming year
bring to us all the blessings of
God, and may He, the Giver OF
time and Ruler of Eternity, de-
scend upon us and give us all a
Happy New Year.