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ell concluded he was "sorry this
picture has to be unveiled"
Mr.. Durkin replied that the
picture ceremony was something
that a few months ago he hadn't
anticipated would come so rapid
ly. But he said he still felt the
circumstances surrounding his
resignation justified what
did"
Durkin Pays Tribute.
Then, Mr.. Durkin paid a trib-
ute to Mr.. Mitchell. He de-
scribed him as a credit to the
country" and added he was as
sured labor could rely on Mr.
Mitchell ito do his best for
them" If he had had the au-
thority to name a successor, the
former Secretary continued, "Mr.
Mitchell would have been one
Of the top men I would have
considered"
Mr.. Durkin followed this up
with an argument for an in
crease in the national minimum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
|Durkiin' S Portrait Unveiled
In Labor Department Tribute

Secretary Of Labor Mitchell
and his predecessor, Martin P.
Durkin, the only cabinet cas-
ualty Of the Eisenhower admin
istration. snapped compliments
yesterday at the unwilling of a
portrait Of Mr.. Durkin in the
Labor Department.
Mr.. Durkin. the seventh Sec
rotary of Labor. resigned amidst
some heat last September
after serving nearly seven
months. He charged that Gen
Eisenhower backed down on a
promise to recommend to Con-
gress 10 changes in the Taft
Hartley labor law.
The atmosphere at the un-
yelling ceremony was entirely
different. Mr.. Durkin's portrait
was hung beside those Of Secre-
taries who preceded him. Many
OF the high and low. both from
organized labor and the Labor
Department. were on hand to
pay him tribute.
Marvellous Appointment"
Mr.. Mitchell said he consid-
cred Gen. Eisenhower's selection
Of Mr.. Durkin as q marvellous
appointment" and he was sorry
he had to come along sort OF
second string" He said that
as Secretary, Mr.. Durkin per-
formed his duties with great
intelligence, spirit of devotion
and sense of responsibility which
the cabinet and officials readily
recognized"
With some sadness, Mr.. Mitch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
News Of Music
BY Doy Thorpe

Howard Mitchell and the Ma
tional Symphony said goodby to
the school children Of Washing
ton yesterday in Constitution
Hall and $500 children. repre-
senting the $4,000 who have
heard their own symphony con-
certS this season, returned the
farewell with a burst Of clapping,
whistling and stamping more
dangerous than applause for the
Lone Ranger music which DR..
Mitchell often plays for them.
DR.. Mitchell told the boys and
girls that they were his favorite
audience, and there Is little ques-
ton that the conductor is one Of
their favorite entertainers. The
music heard on the children'S
concerts Is usually the same as
that played on the regular series
program, with now and then the
'Marche Slav" thrown in. A
movement or two Of q symphony
Is given. rather than the whole
work. At no concert I have at
tended this year has the music
outlasted the general interest
and attention Of the audience.
Yesterday, after Mozart, De-
busy (not a transcription Of the
"Golliwog's Cake Walk" but the
last movement of LA Mer," no
less), and Tchaikovsky, the or
chestra went into the pit, the
stage was cleared, and the Wash
ington Ballet put on some excel
lent dances. There is nothing
amateurish about the perform
anceS Of these young artists. List
Gardiner and Mary Day, direc-
tors Of the ballet, have taught
their children the elements of
the art. but what is more, they
seem to have instilled in them
showmanship and a remarkable
degree of Self-poSSeSSion.
This was the last of this years
concerts for school children.
There were 80 this season, and
we can hope, with DR.. Mitchell,
that there are even more next
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26

AAOA4 AAAS0 AoOAp OS4S0AAs
Few people realize that Wash
ington's service bands often in
clude, in addition to some very
fine wind players, the cream Of
the music schools players Of
other orchestral instruments.
Many Of these young musicians
are given chances to perform in
their true element only when
they appear as soloists with their
bands orchestras. Last night
the Marine Band Symphony
Orchestra presented as violinist.
S/Sergt. Paul Makara, who prob
ably plays clarinet, baritone
horn. or almost anything else in
the performances Of the Marine
Band.
Sergt. Makara handled the
thorny difficulties Of the Brahms
concerto with commendable skill.
His playing was most assured
in the outer movements, where
his accuracy and facility were
often close to the dazzling. With
less Of the push of fast tempo,
his poise was occasionally ruff
fed, and the long, attenuated
melodies of the adagio were
sometimes marred by q mis-
placed finger or a thin, tenta-
tive tone. When he left his
nerves and inexperience behind,
though. Sergt. Makara gave
ample evidence that he is well on
the way to becoming a very fine
player.
In their orchestral playing, the
Marines seldom let you forget
how good their wind players are.
It is such a pleasure to hear
their beautifully rich and as
sured playing that one tends to
overlook their tendency to over
whelm strings at little or no
provocation. Enjoyment of their
"Meistersinger" music is not so
much of Wagner's as it is of
COINS OF Kings making.
Last nights program included
music by two contemporary
Americans with much in COM
mon. Conrad Bernier, a Wash
1ngtonian for many years, and
John Powell, a Virginian by birth
and residence, both write music
pleasantly suggestive of rural
scenery by means Of large, color
full, sometimes slightly obese or
cheStras. Bernier's Moods"
would serve beautifully as back
ground for a travelog through,
say, southern France-Powell's
I'm Old Virginia" literally de-
mands a Scarlet and a Rhett
lolling on an impressive. Techni-
colored veranda (transplanted
from Georgia. of course).
The orchestra seemed to play
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wage which now is rs cents an
hour, a step the administration
has decided to forego because of
economic conditions. Both Mr..
Durkin and Mr.. Mitchell advo-
Gated the higher wage, but the
latter was overruled recently by
the Presidents economic ad-
visers.
AFL President George Meany
and Msgr. George c. Higgins of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference were among others
who spoke. Mr.. Durkin has re-
turned to his old job of president
Of the AFL Plumbers Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
Sisterhood Sponsors Film

The Sisterhood of Congrega-
ton Shomrai Emunah will spon-
sor a film festival at $3.50 pm.
Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Pauline Tauber, Is Sheridan
street NV. Feature film will be
one issued by the Israeli EN-
bassy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
NAACP to Open
MEMBERSHIP Drive

The District branch Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People
will open a membership drive at
5 pm. Sunday in the Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church.
DR.. Margaret Just Butcher,
chairman of the membership
drive, said the chapter is aiming
for $4,000 new members. The
drive will continue through
April IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26

The sixth in the current Sc
ries Of concerts being presented
jointly by the Army Band and
the Freedoms Foundation at
Valley Forge was given last night
before q near-capacity audience.
The conductor Of the evening
was Capt. Samuel Loboda.
whose Prince and the Mer-
maid was publicly presented
for the first time.
Due to the indisposition Of
Igor CORN, who was unable to
appear due to an attack of in
f1uenza, the Army Band
Chorus was featured in a pot
pourri of patriotic airs which
served as background music for
a reading of an editorial on
the nature Of American free
dom.
Unfortunately. Capt. Loboda's
new fantasy for harp and band
proved overlong, poorly conceived
in terms Of the concert band. and
extraordinarily watery-particu-
larly for an Army man-in both
subject matter and texture. Pvt.
Lloyd Lindroth executed the solo
harp part with considerable skill.
but he was poorly served by a
work Of such small substance.
Sir Thomas Beecham appeared
on the program in the novel
guise of composer. OF his March
for Band" I can only say that
I am profoundly grateful that
we are to hear him with the
National Symphony Orchestra
only as conductor.
Only the two movements from
Morton Gould's cleverly written
Family Album" suite demon.
strated the bands real potential
tiles as a muSic-making group.
In "Old Romance" Gould
sounded pleasantly like a poor
mans Aaron COPELAND; in the
"Horseless Carriage Galop." he
detonated a battery Of sound eff
fects such as auto horns, back
fires, blowouts. etc.-all Of which
delighted the audience and this
reviewer.
One can have nothing but
praise for the excellent musi-
cianShip Of the instrumentAlists
in the band. many Of whom are
clearly Of virtuoso caliber. and
for the precision and dash Of the
organization as q whole. It is a
pity, however, that these men
are not called upon to play music
Of better quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
Children in Boisterous Farewell
As Concert Series Ends

with their most genuine pleas
ure when they inserted an encore
just before intermission. Strauss
"Chit- Chat Polka" which they
gave a really spiffy performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
Marine SoIoist Shows
Promise as VioIinist
Bv Eronk G. Campbell

United states Marine Band Sym
per. assistant leader, conducting.
gram: Prelude to Third Act and Dance
of the Apprentices from Die Meister-
singer. Wagner: Moods. Bernier: In
Old Virginia, Rowell; Violin Concerto
in D, Brahms: Polovetzian Dances,
from Prince Igor, Borodin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
Army Band Presents
Lobodo's Harp Fontosie
Bv Irvinu lowens

United States Army Band. Capt.
Samuel Loboda, conducting. and the
United States Army Band Chorus.
SoloiSt, Pvt. Lloyd Lindroth, harp.
At the Departmental Auditorium.
Program: Shield of Liberty March,
Richards; Overture to Der Freischutz.
Family Album. Gould; Harp fam
taste, The Prince and the Mermaid.
Loboda; March for Band. Beecham;
From the west March; Meditation
from That's, Massenet: Song Of Free
dom: Procession to the Cathedral,
from LohenRrin, WAGNER,
Evening star., 1954-10-29
ud0pest Quartet Recital
Includes Two Novelties

that comes TO grips with con-
ventionality much like the weil
known adagio for strings Of SAM
uel Barber. and II II were suit,
able. like the Barber. for popu~
larization by the string sections
Of symphony orchestras 1t would
probably have . wide appeal.
The quartet opened It's pro-
gram with the second Of Haydn
quartet's Opus T6 (all six are to
be played this season.. and con-
cluded with the Schumann A
major quartet. It is somewhat
odd that the Schumann piano
works have large and enthu-
siastic public, while the chamber
music. with the exception Of the
quintet, is seldom heard. The
quartet played last night Is q
stunning work. well written for,
the strings. and instinct with the
most warm and moving melody
of the romantic period.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
D. {. Lawyer Acquitted
OF Forging Client 5 Check

A lawyer was acquitted late
yesterday by a jury in the United
States District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia Of charges Of
forging and uttering a clients
back pay Army dependents
check for $548.
The attorney cleared is Irwin
Barnes, 81, colored, who has
Offices in the 900 block Of U
street NV. Mr.. Barnes testi-
fed he had obtained authority
from his client to receive and
cash the check as counsel fee and
produced q notarized statement
to prove his contention.
The jury also acquitted Mr..
Barnes of charges of changing an
address Of his client so the check
would be mailed to his Office and
Of removing the check from the
mail before 1t was delivered to
the client.
Mr.. Barnes was represented by
Attorneys Curtis P. Mitchell and
Henry Lincoln Johnson. jr. Judge
James w. Morris presided at the
trial.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Chevy Chose chonters Give Concert Mondoy

The Chevy Chase Chanters,
one Of Washington's oldest and
most respected male choruses.
win give their second annual fall
concert In the Wilson boulevard
Christian Church Ii Arlington at
$3.50 pm. Monday.
The ensemble, Of which Louis
L. Maser is director and e. Earle
Ferguson accompanist. will sing
three groups. including the prayer
Evening star., 1954-10-29

It's light, it washes and dries the nnirocle
way, II pocks eosiIy u. does all the Won-
derful nyIon things, and it's opaque! Its
sculptured texture is iridescent, floats
gracefully to the floor in our coochmon-
cut robe lovely enough for downstairs.
In pink or blue; sizes II to 20.
JelleRs Necroee shop-Forth Floor Street ond at
Bethesdo, shirlnoton, Silver Spring, Upper Conn., Ave-
Evening star., 1954-10-29
News Of Music
By Doy Thorpe,

Kgoyt. yiclas Msscha Schneider, cello.
Lihrery ef Congress. Program: Quartet
concertinc ior Strins M Z: quartet. M ssrsvisa sssssn
sky; Two Sketches on American Indian
Themes. Critics; Quartet In A. Opus
Il. No. 3. schumann. +
Two works written each for
the famous Flonbaley Quartet
were the novelties on the Buda-
pest Quartet program last night
at the Library Of Congress. The
Sketches Of the American COM
poser Critics was written Ia
1918. the Stravinsky Concertino
in 1920.
The Stravinsky is q short, one
movement piece Of no particular
consequence. The Critics, on
the other hand. is an interesting
experiment in the use of popular
American tunes. given to him by
Adolfo Betti Of the Flonbaley
Quartet. The themes came
from a '.book from Washington"
containing Negro and Indian
music. They sound like authen-
tic mood music for q Pocahontas
extravaganza produced by Paul
Green, but the simple. moving,
completely unbanal treatment
given them by Critics is entirely
successful.
The "Sketches'i is a warm work
Evening star., 1954-10-29

Block velvet for your blouse . beautifully simple
design todd It TO long formal skirts, too and to mad
ponts) with squore of neckline in front and back
little coyer-.lp sleeves Sizes 70 to 10. Sl0o5
Ple0ts, pleots. peots for your skirt forever crisp
royon fnffet1 TERED to give them more biIloW and fan
Eostcized block velvet nps II to your woist Sizes @
to~l6. Slzo5
Jeefps seporoes sp7hrd Floor Street and at shtnotcr
Silver Spring, Upper Com. Asnus
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Three Fruits in One

The garden of Alfred Stevens
OF Melbourne. Australia, con-
tains q 12-foot Monstera Deli
ciosa plant which provides q
fruit containing distinct layers
with pineapple. watermelon and
peach flayors.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Eastern High Yearbook
Wins Honor Rutino

The Punch and Judy, yearbook
OF Eastern High School, has re-
ceived an All-American rating
for 1854 by the National Schoias-
tic Press Association.
One Of three yearbooks In the
Nation to earn the honor. 1t is
Eastern's sixth consecutive ALI
American rating.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Student Weekly Pruised

The Tower. Catholic Univer-
sity's student weekly. received
an honor rating by the As
sociated Collegiate Press for
second semester college papers
during 1953-54.
Evening star., 1954-10-29

from "Lohengrin." several spirit
uals and some sea chanteys.
Miss Anne Parsons, contralto,
will appear as soloist.
Evening star., 1954-10-29
Helped BY Red Cross

Red Cross clinics aid more than
100, 900 Gold Coast mothers and
children yearly. Minister Of
Health T. Hutton-Mills reports
In ,Accra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21

Of the spirit. then we can exclaim, as
another gem Of hymnology suggests:
Zen though 1t be cross that raiSeth
me, still all my song shall be. nearer
to Thee" Or. as In another song which
tells Of the treasures that may be hid
den in trouble: "Blest be the tempest.
kind the storm. which drives us nearer
home" Here Is enShrined the vital
truth that troubles may be turned into
triumph.
The first thing to insist on with
regard to all that as humans we put
into the category Of trouble is that God
does not send it. That fact once known
and realized eliminates a grievous- and
bathing problem. We must get that
conception as straight as Job did on
his suffering bed of ashes. God never
picks out anybody as the victim of
special suffering. Even so far as our
iniquities are concerned, we are pun
iShed not so much for our sins as
by them. We are Gods children. And
yet many people seem to find a strange
comfort In ascribing to Him dealings
with us that we would recoil from in
our treatment Of children we love.
When some crushing sorrow or loss
comes, the answer to the question.
why did God send this to me?" Is "He
didn't" To picture the God who is
love as deliberately designating certain
Of his creatures as the targets for His
guided missiles. bringing pain and an
guish, Is to dishonor the best instincts
In ourselves and to impugn the very
character of the Almighty.
We are in a world where conse-
ouences. which ofttfmeS we cannot
trace, bring certain results. Sometimes
these results, physical, mental and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Fifty Years Ago in The Star .

teriously charging the words with sor-
row, like. some beautiful interpretative
voice, and it is this subtly mimetic quail
ity. endlessly adaptable, which is the
raison d'etre of meter and the secret
of its power over mankind. Perhaps it
may help us to attempt here definition
Of poetry-though it is bold, even fool
= hardy thing to do, for there has never
yet been definition of poetry that sat-
isf1ed any one but the man who made it,
We may recall one fashionable in it's day
Matthew Arnold's Poetry is a criti-
cism of life That a poet should have
made such a narrowing definition is
amazing though one. of course, under
stands it In the light of the fact that
the inspiration of Matthew Arnold's
muse was almost entirely that of
philosophical criticism of life. Far from
being criticism of life, poetry is much
more like recreation of it. It is life
in words. But let me timidly launch
my own definition: Poetry is that i'm
passioned arrangement of words
whether IN verse or prose) which en-
bodies the exaltation, the beauty. the
rhythm and the pathetic truth of life"
The girls of the Sidwell Friends
Select School gave IAN exhibition of
g., .a, athletics" in their gym
SidwelI Girls nasium, 1911 I street
On Porode NV. March %, 1904,
and The Star of the fol-
lowing day told how Annie r. Hughes
had been in charge of the demonstra-
ton. herself giving a display Of skill
with the Indian clubs, and Amelia
Ware, daughter of the commissioner
of pensions, and Jennie Brownlow,
daughter Of Representative Brownlow,
also had taken leading parts in the
show. Margaret Stanton led a march
and Margaret Larner a wand drill.
while Beatrice Bulla performed with
dumbbells and Roberta Gilbert cap
tanned parade of the first and second
classes. Other girls sharing in the pro-
gram were: Naomi Thompson, Helen
Gilbert, Elizabeth Maddox, Maude
Simpson. Charlotte Harding, Miriam
Sterner, Christine Fox and Virginia
Hammond. Miss Thompson grew up to
marry Capt Fred White Holt and to
collaborate with him in the hobby" Of
transcribing, books in Braille for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Spires of the Spirit

Hymns on the speaking air are
among the choicest gifts of the miracle
we call radio. Often they prove golden
chalices filled to the brim with comfort
and challenge. To the troubled won
dering how to meet some problem which,
clouds the path ahead: to the toiler,
with meager strength Unequal to the
demand, facing the days task; to the
broken in spirit standing in the midst
Of ruined rainbows. to the af1iicted laid
low by the ravages Of bodily disease, to
the aged as with diminishing physical
resources there GIBBS out LIES little
day. some uplifting hymn Of the
church, waited even through closed
doors, Is like an elixir to those who
faint.
Stealing so softly into the common
place rounds Of the home life q paean
Of faith and hope and confidence Is
like q spring Of crystal water in Q
thirsty land. It revives dropping spir-
its. It sets the heart singing as lonely
room is flooded with melody divine. A
radio hymn. lifting its petaled fra
GRANGE in the midst Of wearisome COM
rnercials and the latest outburst Of
some swain's love-Smitten passion, Is
like water lily invading with white
loneliness the murky waters Of a scum
covered pond.
With all It's faults. broadcaSting
brings so many rich gifts that no cyni-
cal criticism of the unworthy must
make us forget all its benefits. And
one Of the most rewarding is that 1t
turns drab rooms in myriads Of homes
into cathedral choir lofts. A certain
radio program recently started the
day for Its multitude Of listeners with
a loved hymn, the favorite of many in
Guiding Theodore Roosevelt: How
Firm Foundation. Ye Saints Of the
Lord!" What a depth Of meaning
there is in some Of its winged words.
welded to such stately melody! For one
who heard its cadences at the beginning
OF a day. two phrases leaped out Of the
old hymn applicable to every test life
can bring. Here they are: Thy trou-
bles to bless" and "sanctify to thee thy
deepest distress" They are lifted up as
the promises Of the Father God. In
finite love Is pictured as declaring: II
will make thy trouble q channel Of
blessing: ! will turn thy sorrows into
a pageant Of triumph: ! viii take thy
deepest distresses and hallow them.
Now, if we can be sure Of that. moth
ing else matters very much. II we can
be sure that the sharpest and steepest
steps we are ever called upon to climb
are lifting us to new viStas and
stretching out for us greater horizons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-21
Pen-n1n1es may be used if letters carry
1DriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

trade" legislation in Maryland has re-
suited in the creation of druggist vigi-
lantes who take it upon themselves to
inform upon fellow members of their
profession who fail to comply. Such
information is then used by the manu-
facturer as an excuse to fine and or
remove his products.
Thus we see the makings of private
police state that could threaten to con-
troll the entire field Of trade. First the
druggist, then the baker and candle
stick maker. Thus we see also the pos
sible and complete Generalization of
man. Even our children are being versed
in the evils of competition" They
are now taught to conform to the
standards of the group.
It has long intrigued me how so
many could claim that laisSeZ faire has
been discredited In reality we have
never known such a state. To those
who would preserve America, suggest
that they study the works of the physi-
ocrats, and particularly of Henry
George, for it is only in the extension
of freedom that we can have lasting
faith. Robert E. Allen, Jr.