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eminent bought out the Com
monwealth & Southern at a
price highly profitable to the
stockholders.
Before he allows his philo-
sophie approach to carry him
much further the President
should take a look at what it
has meant for another section
of the country-New England.
A task force of the Hoover
Commission has been taking
such a look.
New England in recent years
has been threatened with the
label once worn by the South,
the Nations Economic Prob
lem No. /. It has not kept
pace with the national indus
trial growth. Public power adj
vocateS attribute this largely to
the fact that it has failed to
develop its power resources. 1t
is the only large geographic
region in which there is no
Federal power development Of
any kind, despite an abun-
dance of faSt-falling rivers.
The hydro-electric potential
of these rivers has not been
fully utilized by the private
utility companies and the
companies have thus far
fought of every proposal. for
Federal cooperation.
The result has been limited
power production and high
rates. putting New, England
industries at a disadvantage
with their competitors in
other sections. Many plants
have closed or moved away.
Unemployment is a serious
problem.
Some figures furnished the
Hoover task force by the
United States Census Bureau
illustrate what New England
is up against. Power costs are
So per cent higher than in the
country as a whole, 80 per cent
higher than in North Carolina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-22
DonS FIeeson-
Both Had Deep Unhoppiness
Wyomines Senator Hunt and Howos Delegate Furrnqton
Are Mourned by Official Woshinqton

quoted Senator Mccarthy, was
that IF one was ever ap-
preached by another person in
a not completely friendly FASH
ion, one should start kicking at
the other person as fast as
possible below the belt until
the other person was rendered
helpless"
Senator Hunt feared that
his misfortune might be used
against him and his party.
How much it preyed on his
mind his friends realized only
after he withdrew from his re-
election race. alleging i'll health.
He certainly thought he was
i'll; perhaps he was by that
time.
Last Saturday morning Sen
ator Hunt fatally shot himself
in the head as he sat at his
desk in the Senate Office
Building.
The Hunt tragedy is a light
ming flash, affording a mo-
mentary glimpse of what the
present atmosphere of fear and
suspicion can mean. The
Senator was not himself, of
course; yet the truth is that
perfectly well, sensible men are
being demoralized by the pos
sibility of brutal personal at
tack of the Fred Fisher variety
which shocked the Mundt
hearings.
The late Jimmy Walker was
not much Of a Mayor of New
York, but when he told a critic,
III match my private life with
any MANS" he had hold of a
profound reality which deserves
attention here and now.
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scientists at the laboratory
where during the last war the
atomic bomb was being de-
veloped. 4
The special board which re-
Gently heard the testimony of
DR.. Oppenheimer and which
was headed by Gordon Gray,
president of the University of
North Carolina and formerly
Secretary of the Army in the
+. last administration, had this
comment to make on scien-
lists with particular reference
to some who testified in be-
half of DR.. Oppenheimer. The
special board in its final re-
port declared:
!. the board has been
impressed. and in many ways
heartened by the manner in
which many scientists have
sprung to the defense of one
whom many felt was under
unfair attack. This is impor-
tant and encouraging when
one is concerned with the vi
tally of our society. However,
the board feels constrained to
express its concern that in
this solidarity there have been
attitudes so uncompromiSing
in support Of science in gen.
eral, and DR.. Oppenheimer in
particular. that some witnesses
have, in our Judgment, allowed
their convictions to superSede
what might reasonably have
been their recollectionS."
What undoubtedly Is re-
ferred to here is a conspicuous
instance in which a scientist
fatty contradicted the testi-
mony Of two other witnesses,
but the board chose not to
specify publicly which ones
were meant. While scientists
as a body cannot be con-
demned, some of their number
didn't show up so well in the
hearings as believing in whole
hearted cooperation with
their Government except as
they themselves interpreted
the obligation.
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Foreign Nations Increase
Gold and Dollar Reserves
BY the Assosioted Press

Foreign nations trading with
this country added half a bill
lion dollars to their gold and
dollar reserves in the first three
months of this year despite the
business decline here. the Gov
eminent reported yesterday.
The Commerce Department
report on the balance of pay
ments between the United States
and the rest of the world acted
to discount fears often expressed
that any decline in economic
activity here would be reflected
promptly abroad.
The rise in gold and dollar
reserves, held mainly by the
United Kingdom and Western
Europe. continued an uninter-
rupted two-year climb, bringing
them to $23.5 billion.
Much Of the increase, however,
could be attributed to a con-
tinuing flow of United States
arms aid to foreign nations, even
though at a reduced rate.
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To achieve this objective Lon.
don would be prepared to pay
almost any price, including
possibly the return Of Hong
Kong which London knows Il
is holding only on sufferanco
from Peiping.
With the exception Of o few
officials in the middle echelons
of the administration who have
long been advocating an un.
derstanding with Peiping. none
of the top policy makers in the
administration are subscribing
to the British arguments.
A break between Commu-
mist China and the U. s. S. r.
is described as a "MidSum-
mer Nights Dream" The
Peiping government is thor
oughly Communist and il
aiming at the destruction, of
the free world in general and
America in particular as much
as the Kremlin. The Soviet.
Chinese aggression through.
out Eastern Asia is a reality
and not a mere nightmare. It.
is aimed Immediately at the
conquest of Southeast Asia
ana ultimately at the incor-
poration Of Japan into the
Communist orbit.
We. and far more mod
erately our British friends,
have fought q war in Korea
not only for the purpose of
Furnishing aggression but also
to prevent the Reds from
conquering that peninsula and
thus holding a dagger at the
heart of Japan. And while We
realize that there is little the
free world can do henceforth
to save Wet Nam, we are still
hoping to save the rest Of
Southeast Asia, the Korean
republic and the rest Of the
free nations in that area.
There is some vague hope
that Churchill may join US In
an academic warning to the
Reds. Serious fears are enter
tanned, however, that the
British Prime Minister will
not go beyond an academic
warning. And the Communists
have long ago learned how
meaningless such gestures are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-22
Billy Graham breaches
To $4,000 in Denmark
By the Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, mark
June 22.-American Evangelist
Billy Graham, on a whirlwind
tour of Europe, gave two SER
mons last night to a total of
some $4,000 persons. His SER
mon was broadcast over the
Danish state radio.
Mr.. Graham'S first sermon was
delivered in an auditorium,
crowded to it's 1000 capacity.
About 800 of these listeners fol-
lowed Mr.. Graham's appeal at
the close of his sermon to turn
to God"
Mr.. Graham then rushed to
an open-air meeting at the fruit
market, where some 10000 per-
sons were packed together to
hear the dynamic preacher.
The sermon was interrupted by
a downpour. Thousands of UNI
brellas went up. But at Mr..
Graham's question, Shall the
meeting be discontinued" there
was a rousing mol" from the
crowd.
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Doris FIeeson-

Official Washington mourns
today for two of its loveliest
and best-Senator Lester Hunt
of Wyoming and Joseph R.
harrington, the delegate from
Hawaii. AS delegate. Mr.. Far
rington had non-voting House
privileges: it was considered
certain that he would be
elected Senator when Hawaii
became a State as one day it
will.
A special kind of grimneSs
marks private discussion of
their passing. For their friends
know that to these two ami
able men, in separate ways,
the current trends here had
brought deep unhappineSs.
Joe harrington died of a
heart attack while still strug-
Cling to pierce the cynical
inertia which has thwarted his
devoted efforts to win state
hood for his people. With his
wife, Betty. like himself a
prominent Republican leader,
he had worked patiently on
the Democrats who gave lip
service to his ideal and wal
lowed in his wonderful hos
pitality.
When their own party at
last gained control, the Far
ringtonS thought they were
home. There are, of course, al
ways reasons" why the often
made pledges of statehood by
both parties and recent Pres
idents are said not to be at
tainable. The politicians select
them according to party. But
somehow in the end nobody
goes through.
It was a cruel diSappoint-
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ment to Joe harrington that in
two sessions of a Republican
Congress which are not exactly
crowded with achievement, no
body was willing to fight the
statehood issue through to a
conclusion.
Senator Hunts story is at
once more personal and more
ominous as his melancholy sui
eide indicates. Mr.. Earring
tons cause will one day pre-
vail. The atmosphere which
poisoned life for Senator Hunt
seems to be long-lived.
Senator Hunt had a family
misfortune of the kind which
might happen to any parent.
But it is out of fashion now
in Washington to say there
but for the grace of God,
go l."
For this is the Indian Charlie
Congress, as described by AS
Sistant Secretary of Defense
HenSel in a sworn affidavit.
Mr.. HenSel was charged by
Senator Mccarthy with mas
ter-minding" the Army'S case
against Mccarthy, a charge
dismissed by the Mundt sub
committee without public ex-
animation.
Mr.. Hensel now swears that
he asked Mccarthy May 3 last
why he ever made charges
against me when he knew he
did not have evidence to sup
port the charges. The Sena-
tor replied, said Mr.. Hensel,
that 'he followed a maxim"
taught him by Indian Char
lie" with whom he had worked
on a farm.
This maxim, Mr.. Hensel
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Vincent Motor. Company
5013 Georgia Ave. NV.
washington. D. c.
Duke 8 Cooksey
1896 Bladensburg Rd. NE
Washington. D. c.
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MoryIond Motors, Inc.
219 East MONTGOMERY
Rockville. Nd.
Polk Motor Co., Inc.
4 1915 King st.
Alexandria. Va.
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Mason Motor Co., Inc kichoFd 8 Davis
34th and Benning Rd NE. 62S Pennsylvania Ave
Washington. d. c. Washington. D. c.
Peoke Motor Company l. P SteuoTf, lne.
45O3-9 Wisconsin Ave NV. 1440 p Street NV.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Washington. .. g.
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Joyce Motors
270O Wilson Blvd.
Arlington. Va.
FoIIs Church Garage, Inc.
Lee Highway and Hillwood
Pals Church. Va.
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coIverf Motors, Inc.
1141 East-West Hwy.
Silver Spring. Nd.
PyIes Motor Compony, Inc.
Silver Hill. Nd.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-18

culed for instituting another school
survey through the state confer
ences, since some S3,000,000 has
been spent over the past three or
four years for that purpose, and
all the facts are in hand.
But it seems apparent that the
conferences are designed not so
much to find out what is needed in
the way of school construction as
it is to force state consideration of
the problem and to impress upon
state authorities the new admins
tration approach to the problem.
In the meantime the teacher
shortage which has plagued the ele-
mentary and secondary schools has
now reached the high school level.
Thirty states have reported to the
NEA that they expect to run short
of high school teachers in the next
three years.
Some $4,000 new teachers are
needed this year to fill vacancies
and meet expanding enrollments.
The number Of teachers coming out
Of misunderstanding institutions this
year will fall 1875 900 short of meet
ing the quota.
Much more will undoubtedly be
heard about the situation with the
coming of new Congress, and the
pressure of federal aid-to education
advocates
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-18

cate them properly"
Many, it has been testified, arc
now going to school in makeshif
quarters, such as garages, churc'
buildings, basement rooms, ar"
Railways, some of them described
as dangerous "firetraps."
The administration itself has es
timated that school constructio:
ION a large scale" Is necessary
provide the needed 100000 new
classrooms. The probable cost 70
this has been placed between $40,
100000. and Sl5,000,000,000.
States Prodded
But, despite all criticism, admin.
istration leaders in the educational
field, such as Mrs. Oveta Culp Hob
by, Secretary Of Health, Education
and Welfare, and s. w. Brownell,
Commissioner of Education, hold tc
the view that the first move in the
school crisis should come from the
states and local communities where
the crisis exist.
States are being prodded to this
action through the state confer
ences proposed by the President.
Following these, there will be
White House conference on educa-
ton, now scheduled for November
1855, to assess the willingness and
capacity Of states to help them
selves.
Then, and then only, the admin
istration has made clear, will 1t
commit itself on federal aid to
education program.
1t is obvious from what admins
tration spokesman have said on the
subject that one reason for the
luctance to move on school aid has
to do with taxes.
Authorities are convinced that it
is going to require additional taxes
to raise the money necessary for
new school buildings. The admin
istration is averse to making any
increase in federal taxation, pre-
ferring to move in the other direc-
ton if possible.
Commissioner Brownell has more
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-18

in continually proposing to Con-
gress the kind of "all or nothing"
program which has again and again
resulted in the nothing" result.
The issue of federal aid to educa-
ton has always ended in stalemate
over the question Of whether this
aid should include religious as
well as public schools.
The administration has been ridi-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-18
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1854

climbing, and learning the leaves,
wild flowers and birds.
ITO go to the ravine before sun
rise and listen to the birds get
out Of bed Is one OF our greatest
adventures" the leader writes.
MANY of our blind. girls have
learned to identify birds by their
sounds. Also the various leaf
hikes have led to compiling scrap
books, making leaf suiz games,
and achieving the Tree Badge"
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Continued from Page One)
without regarding themselves as
interracial he said.
In the second place, he said, the
church is the first to regard its in
terracial status as permanent.
The church has the largest
buildings and facilities of any
Methodist institution in the city.
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ginia.
"The girls who have left school
and now are making their way in
life write back that they feel they
have learned as much in scouting
as in all their school subjects"
writes Mrs. Holley.
The village in which the group
is located is fortunately near
streams, trees, and hillsides, she
says, and the day camp site af-
fords a place for cook-outs, tree
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-18

than limited that it is up to the
states to impose the extra taxes
needed for the purpose The fed
eral reduction in taxes has already
provided d greater margin Of tax
capacity, he told Congress not
long ago.
School Survey Hit
Secretary Hobby has also made
the point that there is no purpose
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-18
Blind Girl Scouts
Adventures Listed

NEW YORK.-The success and
adventures of Girl Scout Troop
consisting of deaf and blind girls
is told by Mrs. Minnie c. Holley,
Negro leader Of the troop, in the
current issue Of The Girl Scout
Leader. This unusual group is
Troop Sc at Institute, West Vir-
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Democrats TO-.
CONTINUED from Page One)

this as "the eighth year" Of try
ing to keep up with influx of "more
and more school children and not
enough personnel or space to edu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Health Aide, IS, Retires
OnSpot Where Life Began

William e. Branch yesterday
retired after working for years
In a building that occupies the
site on which he was born SIS
years ago.
His birthplace, long since de-
molished, was located at the
southwest corner of Third street
and Indiana avenue NV. The
job he, leaves after SO years is
tnat of senior messenger of the
District Health Department, To-
Gated in the Municipal Center
Building.
Well over a 100 wen-wishers,
including his five grown chill
dren, honored MIR. Branch at a
farewell party in the Health
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III ! statf Ceres ondsn. 81 Ihs ssar

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. While
scarcely an old mans club be-
fore. the Maryland General AS.
senibly now Is so rejuyenated it
may appear to be d Boys,
State, J not so very long past
the shaving age.
The young blood that is ex-s
pected to give the Legislature q
shot in the arm is most notice
able in the quartet Hartford
County is sending to the Horse of
Delegates.
The average age is slightly
over 26., That's the age of both
Joseph .. Tydings, q Hayre de.
Grace and Baltimore attorney,
and Thomas J.. Hatern, a Bel Air.
attorney.
The sgranddaddy" of the
group is 30-year-old Charles M.
Moore. editor and publisher of
the Democratic Ledger in Havre
de Grace
The youngest is w. Dale Hess,
"A, a successful farmer, father
and president Of the Hartford
Young Democrats. Mr.. Hess Is
the only married man in the
delegation.
The youthful group is not in
the General Assembly simply by
chance.
We shook more hands and
met more people than our OPP
ponents." said Mr.. Tydings, son
of former United States Senator
Willard e. Tydings.
The group also capitalized on
their being 'footloose and fancy
free" Much of their campaign
ing was done at; dances, where
they made q point of dancing
with as many Of the ladies as
possible. "
Members of our team some
times attended six or seven
dances a night" Mr.. Tydings
said. He added many d vote
was won to the tune of q fox
trot.
Hartford County has no rnonop-
oily on youth and new faces in
the Assembly.
Sixty-one OF the l23 members
of the House viii be new on the
job when the 1855 session opens
on January S. Fourteen of the
20 Senator's and newcomers.
In the under 4O'' bracket are
20 legislators, and most Of them
are under IS.
The 20 are active in the Young
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Department Mr.. Branch was
presented with q TV set. His
children. all but one of whom are
Government workers. too, re-
Eceived a huge bouquet
Commissioner Renan r. CANA
her handed him a framed certifi-
cate of merit.
Health Director Daniel q.
Seckinger told Mr.. Branch his
cheerfulness will be missed.
mo matter how rough the
going would get. William always
saw the bright side. OF things
DR.. Seckinger said. wen miss
that laugh Of his booming down
the corridors. !" &
y Mr.. Branch lives at sI3 Forty
fourth street NE.
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Maryland Group Opposes Andrews Civil AirfieId

The Intercommunity Council
of Southern Maryland last night
drafted declaration Of prin-
cipIes in opposition to CONNER.
cialization of Andrews Air Force
Base.
Fred Spinks. president of the
council, said increased opera
tions at Andrews would endan-
ger The safety of citizens adjacent
to the airbase.
The group also moved to talk
to residents of Burke, Va, TO-
see If some compromise could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

related to operations. Mr..
Owens said the report Is only 8
preliminary one, and 8 iinal re-
port BY the Middle States assoc
citation may differ Id many re-
lspects.
Judge William T. Cole. presi-
dent of the ulaiversity's regents,
emphasized at yesterdays hear
ing that the Middle States in
spection group repeatedly made
sit clear its findings were to be
kept confidential. a large por-
ton of the report already Is out
of date because conditions re-
ferred to have been changed. lie
said.
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be worked out In establishing
an alternate field there.
Mr.. Spinks told the council
conversion Of Andrews to private
use would mean great eco
nomic loss since much of the
monthly payroll from Andrews
is spent in the area.
Representatives from Clinton,
Morningside. Suitland, Camp
Springs, District Heights, Forest
vile and MelWood attended the
meeting, held in the Suitland
Community Hall.
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father and uncle were prominent
in Southern Maryland politics.
Senator Louis 1. Goldstein Of
Calvert County, last sessions
majority floor leader, said he
expects the youngsters to come
up with new ideas and new legis-
lation that will make the COM
ing session zone Of the best In
history"
The new members feel that is
the reason they have been sent
to the Legislature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

Democrat Clubs throughout the
State. All State officers of the
organization except one were
elected to the House Of Dele
gates.
Mr. Tydings is president OF the
group. Hervey G. Machen Of
Prince Georges is vice presi-
dent, william +. Burkley Of
Cecil County, secretary, and
Lloyd L. Sinpkins of Somerset.
national committeeman.
The only State officer of the
Young Democrats not elected,
Miss Dorothy Stockett, didn't
run for anything except for Miss
National Young Democrat. and
she won that.
While some Of the old timers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

may no longer be around the
State House, the same family
names will be prominent.
Besides Mr.. Tydings, there is
28-year-old Lansdale CT. Esas-
seer. jr.. son Of the veteran
Southern Maryland political
leader; Blair Lee III, SO, chair
man Of the Montgomery dele
cation, whose family for the last
century has been in the middle
of State politics. and John r.
Parran. jr., 28. whose grand