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Evening star., 1954-01-07

Maybe you would like a bat story"
writes e. M. D. Of Van Buren street.
"One morning I came downstairs
before daylight and turned on the light
in the kitchen.
II was suddenly aware of something
going by me in flight.
"A bat had come up from the base
ment.
IT opened the front door. which is
at right angles to the rooms on each
side Of its short hallway.
"I turned on the lights in the rooms.
Mr.. Bat Immediately left the kitchen
and did some fancy flying through the
full length of the house but didn't
seem interested in the front door, even
though I tried to head him of by
holding up coat.
"Then discovered had two bats.
"Mrs. Bat had come in the front
door,"
Mr.. DIS twin bats were much better
behaved than the average.
Usually, no matter how many doors
are left open, or windows, or lights
turned out or on, the nocturnal visitors
do not seem to know how to leave
We have often wondered what con-
fuses these capable creatures. whose
ability to escape hitting anything In
flight is proverbial.
They operated the first radar sta
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Recommended Reading

AS one last hope, I wonder if some
how the 20-odd Americans refusing
repatriation in Korea might not be
furnished for thoughtful reading Ed
ward E. Hale's classic THE Man With
out a Country"
This novel, as many who have read
1t will recall, tells through Lieut..
Nolan the mental torture experienced
by man who has renounced his coun-
try. Through Nolan the story points
out the Importance and meaning Of a
nation and emphasizes that one cannot
successfully cut himself of from the
ties of his nation.
Published in 1863 in our Civil War
era-which outdates the baby monster
communism at least as we know it
today-the novel could hardly be called
capitaliStic propaganda. While I don't
think the story is as much read in
school today as it should be. was
fortunate enough to read it while
attending a small rural school in
Pennsylvania, and I am still young
enough to have served in Korea.
Perhaps some organization Of q pa
triotic bent could at least attempt to
get copies Of the novel to Korea, for
possible reading by would-be Nolans.
George r.. D0wdell.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Associated Press Photo.

but to an entire broadcast! Times may
not always 60 80 favorably for Mr..
Eisenhower: realistically it must be
faced that presidential popularity goes
up and down. How will the broad
cast conference go then? There
have been episodes already-not at
all abnormal in a Presidents trying
experience where White House
attaches would think twice before
permitting broadcast. On Sep
tember 30, the formidable Raymond p.
Brandt, Washington news chief of the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch, asked a series
OF questions on the Brownell news
leak" Of the Warren appointment. Mr.
Eisenhower flushed and hardly seemed
happy. Again on November II, when
the Brownell attack on Truman In the
Harry Dexter White case was UP, the
President faced a rain of tough ques-
tions and seemed far from at ease if
not angry. It was not the kind of sit
uation that either the press or Presi-
dent would find advantage in broad
casting.
speak only for myself in airing
'AAoSC 'AC"o' ycI WACI4OuL cACcpClOH Cne
experienced newsmen with whom I have
happened to talk on the subject have
much the same feelings. Personally
think 1t is too bad that the transcript
Of the questions and answers Is made
available for publication at ALL To
broadcast the performance on top of
that seems to me a serious mistake. I
am afraid we will go back to the COM
pletely formalzed system of Calvin
Coolidge. remember seeing him stand
behind his desk, thumbing through
sheaf Of written questions submitted In
advance with an expression Of wizened
distaste on his acerb features, throwing
each question aside one after another.
and finally saying. in effect: There
were no questions today"
Evening star., 1954-01-07

other. It will be argued that the fresh
ness and spontaneity Of the press con-
ference are what give 1t special radio
appeal. The trouble is that broadcast
ing land later perhaps television) will
destroy this very spontaneity. Courts
of law ban radio and TV. and so far
at least it is kept out Of formal sessions
Of Congress. Kleig lights seem just as
much out of place to me at the informal
give-and-take of White House press
conference.
Finally, let me say that don't think
the broadcast press conference is going
to work for reason not yet considered.
I think for the Presidents own self
protection he will not want some press
conferences broadcast, nor some pas
sages of other conferences. The old
method of paraphrasing helped to fill
out colloquial elisions and syntax. It
also softened the jarring impact Of ex-
temporaneous comment on domestic
and foreign affairs. Some Of Mr.. Eisen-
hower's friends have already complained
at the sharp questions put to him.
Actually, believe the questions do not
compare in sharpness with some thrown
at Messrs. Roosevelt and Truman. The
latter dealt with them satisfactorily,
and Mr.. Eisenhower is we'll equipped
to do the same. Questions to the Presi-
dent should always be courteous, but it
would be tragedy if this rule were
interpreted to bar candid. frank queries
Of the kind that millions of Americans
might like to ask themselves II they
were able.
But If the White House starts to edit
the tape-record, or If it decides it is
safe to put out one performance but
not another. reporters will Immediately
point out the omission, or that the
whole conference was considered un-
suitable. Won't this defeat the very
purpose intended? This will be mo
comment" not to particular question.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
No Way to Bridge the Arguments

After deliberating Is months on where to
build new bridge across the Potomac River,
the National Capital Planning Commission
devoted about 20 minutes yesterday to brand
new scheme for bridge at Reaches Run, then
voted seven to five to support it. Discussion time
was limited, the chairman said, because two
members Of Congress who were present had to
rush back to the Capitol for the opening of
Congress.
This action was more surprising than the
Commissions seven-to-four vote against the E
street location. For it has been evident for
some time that there were enough non-Wash-
ington votes on the commission to put the
commission formally on record against the
street site, and these votes were influenced by
considerations that have little to do with the
facts of traffic needs
The Reaches Run site, it is believed will
eventually be disqualification it has been pulled
like rabbit out of hat It has received no
serious study from an engineering or traffic
point of view. It raises more questions than 1t
answers. While it protects the artificial wilder
ness of Roosevelt Island (which would be
crossed by an E street bridge) it would play
hob with East Potomac Park, Washington Chan
mel and the Mall. Engineering studies will
doubtless bring many objections into focus
including cost to local and Virginia taxpayers
that have received little or no attention up to
now, because they have not been seriously con-
Sidered up to now.
In the meantime, Mr.. Broyhill has intro
duced his bill for bridge at street. If it
receives proper hearing, the pros and the cons
Of the various sites will be properly aired, and
the members of Congress, who will have to
approve any site for any bridge, can decide
between fact and nonsense The chief victims Of
delay will be Mr.. Broyhills constituents, but 1t
will not be long before the traffic jams at exist
ing bridge crossings will become so intolerable
that action will be forced.
The National Capital Planning Commission
heavily weighted down by non-residents who
have no fixed responsibility for meeting local
needs-has been proved wrong before and will
doubtless be proved wrong again.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
The Threats to Free Men

Governor Dewey of New York used an ap-
propriate occaSion-the 200th anniversary Of
Columbia University, an institution with
proud record in the fields Of academic freedom
and accomplishments spell out simply the
threats which face free men today. He said
The first is the Communist totalitarian
ideology, which would place all men on
Procrustean bed, physically and mentally.
The second comes from the Impoverished
Of mind and spirit, who distrust all learning
and fear to face the future. The third
comes from the small but vocal group who
would sacrifice liberty in order to defeat its
enemies.
To meet these, he appealed for under
standing by Americans of the differences be-
tween liberty and license, of the necessity for
recognizing that stresses and strains are inevi-
table even between friends, and Of the tragic
error which would come with miStaking material
superiority for cultural superiority. The Gov
ernor sees an opportunity for the universities
In q country where they have not been placed
"under a mental straitjacket imposed by one
form Of absolutism or another"-to make
great contribution to meeting the threats he
listed above.
Presumably he was answering those who
fear that intellectual liberties are being attacked
or perhaps warning those who might con-
template such attack-when he said that the
elimination Of traitors and those who are
subject to a foreign discipline must and can
be accomplished without Injury to the reputa-.
ton of decent people, or to the untrammeled
exploration of intellectual or scientific inquiry
or teaching"
AZ leader and unqueStionably influential
figure in the Nations political life, Mr.. Dewey
should continue his own efforts to see that the
nature Of todays menace is understood and
that the lighting Of 1t must not be simply
another course toward our own destruction.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Identification for Annuitunts

hereby submit for adoption by the
Government Of the United States the
following proposal
That the Government of the United
States shall issue to all Federal annui-
tants retired for service disability and
age an Identification card similar to
the identification card issued to regular
employees of the United States Govern
ment and which Federal annuitants can
use as means Of Identification to cash
their Government pension checks.
Lewis Kanick.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
60 1t Alone CoIumnist

1t is regrettable that in such times
as this when we need strong and faith
full allies. that David Lawrence insists
on criticism Of the foreign policy of our
Government, which tends to ALLEVIATE
our allies slowly but surely. Mr.. Law
renee even finds fault with the recent
atomic speech" of our President. Why?
Because President Eisenhower did not
use Mccarthy language and, therefore.
according to Lawrence, gave the i'm
Evening star., 1954-01-07

non-professional thief enjoyed In getting away
with major crime-temporarily calls for a
reappraisal Of security procedures and facilities
at the Governments big money factory here.
Had it not been for tip to Virginia police
the New Years eve crime might still be unsolved.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Size Tens q Brierrose

Sise tens no longer little girl:
Waist deeper. longer hen, and curl
A trifle more particular:
Look tDisttully at her.
For though her laughter Is a tanole
OF brierrose. and colt legs dangle
From your INADEQUATE lap. a thorn
The innocent fabrics torn.
Size ten is sudden tears prolonged.
High interest In emotions thronoed
Against the unprotected heart
With most betDildering art.
Look ,Uith compassion on her Uiles,
LoUe thunderStornls and rdinbow
smiles
So fleet this beauty: flicker tDingino,
And sholDer of gold d0tOn- fin0in0.
So tDild a rapture 1DiH not linger:
Lay on it no OBTAINING finger.
Appreciate and let 1t pass
As deiD on April grass.
Amo Roberts Giordon
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Questions and Answers
By Gould Lincoln

A reader can get the answer 70 any ouestion
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Informs
ton Bureau 1900 Eye st., NV. Washington
return postage
Evening star., 1954-01-07

@. How much does it cost to operate
a professional football team?-A. B. Y.
A. A pro football team costs about
100000 a season.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

return postage.
By THE HASKTN SERVICE.
Q. When eggs are hard boiled, the
yolk Is not always at the center. Why
u th1s2-K. @.
A. In the highest grades the white
Of the egg Is thick and holds the yolk
In place. but as quality deteriorates
from ageing or lack Of refrigeration the
white becomes thinner and allows the
yolk to float.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
The Press Conference Becomes a 'Show
By Riehord Strout

(Mr. Styout is a Veteran Washing
ton correspondent for the Christian
Science Monitor. His observations on
the use OF tape recorders at presi-
Dental press conferences iDere made
IN an article for the NetD Republic.
The article Is reprinted In part NTH
the magazines perntission.J
Evening star., 1954-04-19

youn a~1H g, get t.'15 the lift of your 1iss-,n,
on Pont;se.u Ga sun another when you cbect ecu
around I n.sf price Americas great an
few de'1s Performer actually costs you ;'s, ".'
readv ,.h lars you can buy! The cav =
Evening star., 1954-04-19
Fnst-Rote Arlington Symphony
Draws Poorly at Free Concert

envy Of Music. Program: Sonata in
A. Op. 5, No. 8, Corelli; Sonata No.
2, for violin solo. Ysaye; Sonata No.
2 In g. Op, IL, Grteg.
Hendrix Essers and Wendell
Margrave, members Of the fac
ulty of the Arlington Academy
of Music, played an evening of
chamber music in the recital
room of the Academy last night.
The atmosphere was of informal
but absorbing interest in the
musical matters at hand, prob
ably close to that for which the
first work on the program was
primarily intended by its COM
poser, Arcangelo Corelli.
The Corelli Sonata in A, from
the same opus as his well-known
la Folia" Sonata. is a beauti-
fully balanced sample of the
kind Of writing with which
Corelli profoundly influenced
music for the violin and other
stringed instruments in the
classical period that followed
him.
Mr.. Essers introduced /, the
Ysaye Sonata for solo violin that
followed with a few remarks
sketching the musicians brilliant
career as violinist, pedagogue,
and conductor.
In addition to the ingenious
fiddle tricks one would expect
from a virtuoso violinist-com-
poser. especially in its variations
on the 'Dies Irae," the work is
filled with melodic and harmonic
imagination and experimental
ton that must have seemed
ahead Of its time when it was
first performed in public.
The Grieg Sonata No. 2,
which closed the program, is
pleasing enough in its lush way,
but only in spite Of its deter
mined attempts to pull in folk
elements at regularly spaced in
tervals. Mr.. Essers and Mr..
Evening star., 1954-04-19
FOR FOLKS
A"LITTLE DEAF"

An interesting booklet For Folks
o Little Deaf" will be sent to any
one who writes Mrs. e Bayliss,
Audio Research Division, The
Maryland Hearing Center, Dept.
FOL, Ill N. Charles st., Balti-
more, Md.
This booklet recognizes the fact
that some people are not nearly as
hard OF hearing as others, and
makes definite, helpful sugges-
tions-approaching the matter
from the human practical side of
how to find out whether you need
hearing help, what to do, how to
live with your defect, how to act.
Written in ordinary easy-to-under-
stand language. To obtain your
FREE copy of For Folks a Little
Deaf" write Mrs. T. Bayliss, Dept.
Fol, The Maryland Hearing Cen
ter, Ill N. Charles St., Baltimore,
Md. Mailed in plain wrapper.
Evening star., 1954-04-19
News Of Music
By Day. Thorpe

a1d Arlington sonaSstS, ciytS oass s'd Eau
TONE s0fl Murray, Sa a hoans; saHa comSinsd s9 c5o
partment Of Recreation and Of the
ETnssoS john and Ee5SEm Totten dlseton
Program: overture to Der FreischutZ.
Weber: Concerto for. -Four Horns.
Washinston-Lee Auditorium. schu-
%san 5esn paIestrina: nlasc rSon Wit Keep Him
: in Perfect Peace, Holloway; Open Our
Eyes, MacFarlane; Lord. For Thy
phons 6oasf No. ef' I in 5 nat. OPUS 60,
Beethoven: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep
Silence. Hoist; Hallelujah Chorus,
from The Messiah, Handel.
The Arlington Civic Symphony
under Paul Cianci yesterday
showed itself to be a first-rate
amateur orchestra. That its
free concert at the Washington
Lee Auditorium was very poorly
attended means either that Ar
lington doesn't know about its
orchestra or, as experience has
led me to believe, cannot trust
itself to value concerts for
which no admission is charged.
OF more than ordinary in
terest on a program of a high
level throughout was the Schu-
mann concerto for four horns.
Played by SoloiSts from local
service bands, the romantic
Schumann'S tribute to the most
romantic of instruments, while
musically not comparable to one
of the symphonies or the piano
concerto. was a novelty of more
than passing interest. It was,
given a good performance by
both SoloiStS and orchestra.
The fourth symphony of Bee
thoven, the most ambitious work
attempted by the group, was
produced in good style and with
some notable solo passages, but
the piece was often too difficult
for the string band, which was
frequently ragged.
The combined forces of two
Arlington choirS, under John v.
Totten, sang robuStly and well
in tune, but without a developed
sense Of phrasing, and without
much dynamic variety. Also,
the uninspired pieces Of Hollo-
way and MacFarlane. seemed
curiously out Of place between
the beautiful q cappella works
of PaleStrina and Farrant,
Evening star., 1954-04-19
French Botkyscophe
Makes 2,310-Ft. Dive
By The Associosed Press

DAKAR. French West Africa,
April 19.-The French bathy-
scaphe made a 2.310-foot re-
search dive yesterday 20 miles off
this port.
1t. Comdr. Georges Houot,
who commanded the crafts
world record 13,288-foot dive last
February. took the vessel down.
this time with French Scientist
Theodore MOnOd.
Monod. director of the French
Institute Of Black Africa. is in
charge of undersea experiments
being made with the bathy-
scaphe. At least three more dives
are planned within the next few
days.
Evening star., 1954-04-19
Lody Reading to ToIk
On Home Protection

The Dowager Marchioness of
Reading. founder and present
head of the Woman's Voluntary
Service Of Great Britain. will
speak on home protection in
Civil Defense at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Interior Department Au-
ditorium, Eighteenth and c
streets NV.
Lady Reading headed the
British civil defense unit which
once numbered more than 3 mil
lion women.
Evening star., 1954-04-19

emy Of Music. Program: Sonata in
A, Op. 5, No. 8. Corelli; Sonata No.
2. for violin solo, Ysaye; Sonata No.
2 In g, Op, 13, Grieg.
Evening star., 1954-04-19
Montgomery Players
To Give Our Town

The Montgomery Players will
present Thornton Wilder's Our
Town" at $3.50 pm. Friday at
Leland Junior High School.
The performance is sponsored
by st. Columbo'S Church and the
Church of the Redeemer.
Evening star., 1954-04-19

Margrave played this work with
spirit and affection, if perhaps
without the finish. particularly
at the piano, that would have
made for a really polished and
first-rate performance.
Evening star., 1954-04-19
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Evening star., 1954-04-19

There's an expert tailor to
alter and re-deSign clothing;
SeamStresSes for turning hens
and doing alterations on
dresses; they turn collars and
cuffs on mems shirts, cover
buttons, belts and belt buckles,
do reweaving, install and re-
pair Zippers. Here is also the
most talented man in the city
for repairing and refinishing
leather handbags, brief cases
and suit cases. 726 18th st.
NV. Ma. 8-6595.
Evening star., 1954-04-19
String Trio Held Best
OF 4 Contemporary Works

The The american University Quintet:
yiolins; Leon Feldman, viola; Morris
piano National Gallery of Art. PRO: Pro.
gram: Trio for violin. viola and cello.
Opus 42. Kurt George Roger: Piano
String ouarfet. opus | i, ssrSer; SeHof Piano. i0
quintet in One Movement. Opus AZ,
Gardner Read.
The third concert Of Director
Richard Bales Eleventh Amer
lean Music Festival at the Ma
tional Gallery last night pre-
sented four solid, conservative
and interesting works by con-
temporary Americans. The first,
and to my ear the best, was q
string trio Of Kurt George Roger,
an intricate and carefully de-
veloped piece. somber and power
ful IN feeling, and very effect
lively written for the three
instruments. Mr.. Roger, a WASH
1ngtonian, was present to ac-
knowledge warm applause. CAL
though it is generally assumed
that contemporary unknown
music does not attract large
houses, the Gallery was full, with
a bigger audience than any other
I have seen there this season.
Evelyn Swarthout joined the
American University Quartet in
Ulysses Kay'S piano quintet, a
lyric and idiomatic piece the
last two movements of which
scarcely measure up to the un-
restrained and unselfconscious
cheerfulness Of the opening
movement. Miss Swarthout
handled the difficult piano part
with the greatest ease and free
dom.
The Festival will continue
next Sunday with Richard Bales
conducting the National Gallery
Orchestra.
2 Arlington Instructors
In Informal Recital
By Fronk c. Campbell
Hendrix Essers. violin; Wendell
MargraVe, piano. The Arlington Acad-
Evening star., 1954-04-19

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Evening star., 1954-04-19

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Evening star., 1954-04-19
2 Arlington Instructors
In Informal Recital

MOVES 70 FIRST FLOOR
NEEDLECRAFT SERVICE.
a well known and be-
loved Washington firm has
at long last acquired a first
Evening star., 1954-04-28

m a n in the
Soviet hier-
archy. to get
to the top. AS
secretary gen.
e + a / a n d
spokesman for
the Commu-
mist Party
the job for
merly held by
Joseph Stain
(St him -
Kru S h C h e v
has ou t d j S.
tanced Vya-
cheSlav MOlO-
Evening star., 1954-04-28
Names in The News
land how to pronounce them.)
By Constantine chekrezi

A new struggle for power
within the Kremlin is evidenced
by efforts Of Nikita Kruschev
(Nee-kee'tah Kroosh'chef) third
Evening star., 1954-04-28

TOW (Vee'ah 'ah-cheh-slav Mohloh-
tof), whose last name means
hammer" He also vies with
GeOrgi Malenkov (Geh'or-ghee
Mal-yen -kof) the top man.
The Kremlin radio says Ho
Chi Mimi (Hoh-shee- MINI, head
of the Wet Mimi Vee'eht MINI
rebel forces in Indo-C China, is
disposed to negotiate a truce.
South Korean President Syng-
man Rhee (Sing'mahn Ree) has
decided to participate in the
Geneva Conference with a 10
man delegation, headed by For
eign Minister Pyun Yung Tai
(Pee'yoon Yoong Tah'ee).
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