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film inserts Of London under
attack and in flames.
There are plenty Of movie
clips of atomic explosions. de-
vastation and special effects
available. Thirty seconds Of
film might have made all the
difference in the world in the
impact of Atomic Attack" Still,
it was provocative and we're
glad Motorola and ABC-TV went
to the trouble to bring it to us.
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DEFINITION PLEASE-A new
series titled Cheer Television
Theater" will fill in for five
weeks for Paul Winchell on
NBC-TV on Sunday at Z. The
plays will be:
May 80: "Pablo's Well" story
of a deeply religious custodian
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Of a desert well who matches his
faith against the evil desperation
Of an escaped convict.
June 6: THE Chinese Stick"
story of a mortgage shark and q
confidence man entangled in
double-crosS.
June 13: Pride Of the Force"
story of a bitter feud between
a young patrolman and a police
lieutenant, almost ending in
tragedy.
June 20: Man on the Bluff"
Western about how some ruthless
cowmen attempt to obstruct the
law and the course of true love.
June 81: "The Boss Comes to
Dinner" story of young house.
wife who tries to impress her
husbands employer and does it
too well.
This is cheer?
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On tne AT
This Is the Way Thot Bomb
Falls on TV:: Not With a Bunq
By Harry Macarthur

/, just as she was rushing out
to seek her two daughters In
school.
Stay where you are, advised
the radio. The housewife did and
so did Producer Herbert Brod-
kin's cameras. The children
came home and the days passed.
AS they did some refugees from
the blast turned up - a woman
terrified by the thought that she
had been soaked with radioac-
tive rain, a woman lost in grief
for her husband, and a retired
sea captain.
$50
There also was an atomic-sci-
entiSt-turned- -high-school teach
er because Of his pacifist be-
liefS, in refuge because he had o
vague notion that this labeled
him q traitor. He promptly for
got his pacifeism when looters
turned up and he was handed q
squirrel rifle.
More hints of the H-bomb
entered the Westchester home.
The radio reported that the
enemy had dealt us a crippling
blow, but not a fatal one. Retail
alton had taken place. The house.
wife learned that her husband
had been at his desk talking on
the telephone with his secretary
when the blast came. The young
est daughter took the stage next
to come down with symptoms of
radiation sickness.
For all of this, however, the
off-stage bomb remained some
how unreal. It almost might have
been an escaped circus lion loose
in the woods that was keeping
these people indoors.
Il *kH
This is not to say that atomic
Attack" was not an absorbing
narrative. It was that, all right,
as a reminder that it could hap
pen to you (and also as a Sneaky
commercial hint that you'd bet
ter have a battery operated
portable radio on the premiSes) &.
Atomic Attack" was we'll acted,
too. Phyllis Thaxter, especially,
was completely believable as the
WestcheSter housewife, and so
was Robert Keith as the scien-
tist, despite a bit of wispy mo-
tivation.
What Producer Brodkin and
company did in concentrating
on one family and realism was
lose the realistic drama they
could have achieved by making
fuller use Of the pictorial me-
dium. BY coincidence, a late
movie turned up on one of the
channels to demonstrate the
point. It was about a couple
of reporters in London during
the war. It was no Academy
award contender, but it was
made more effective by actual
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On the Air

There are some things with
which you can't come to grips
within an hour of television
drama. One of them. apparently.
is the hydrogen bomb. You'd
come to grips with it a lot more
quickly than that, of course.
should some one lob cne in from
left field, but while the H-bomb
is still a vague threat to the
future its off-stage presence does
not lend realism to drama
This. at any rate, seemed to
be the case when "Motorola TV
Hour" (WMAL-TV - Tuesday,
$3.50 p.m0 presented Atomic
Attack" this week. Designed to
demonstrate the impact on
American family life of a sur
prise H-bomb attack on New
York, Washington and other
major cities, this TV drama ex-
ploded with rather a soft pop.
What it added up to was a
polite lesson for those who scott
at civil defense: The message
that scoffers may some day need
civil defense aid along with
every one else. There is nothing
wrong with the message, but
Atomic Attack" demonstrated
it in a fairly pat charade.
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In his teleplay suggested by
Judith Merril's novel, Shadow
on the HEARTH" David Davidson
undoubtedly followed the wisest
course. He concentrated the
terror of the H-bomb in its
effect on one Westchester County
family. The devastation wrought
by the bomb, however, remained
an off-stage terror, somehow
remote.
It was represented by a flash
in the sky one morning, by a
shock wave that shook the West
chester home a few moments
later. and by the following fall
out of radioactive rain. The
radio switched to- Conelrad fire.
quencies and stopped the mother,
the central figure in the drama,
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On migrating Virginia Schools

The Arlington County Board might
have had the courage to take forth
right stand in it's resolution on the
school segregation issue. Instead Of
hosting the Stars and Bars and pro-
claiming itself in rebellion against the
Supreme Court, it raised the shibboleth
of States rights.
Apparently the purpose of the reso7
luton was to weaken the standing Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell. chairman Of
the Arlington County School Board,
before Gov. Thomas B. Stanley's hand
picked legislative Commission on Public
Education, which recently held hearings
in Richmond.
1t appears, however, that the County
Board is less representative of public
opinion on the question of desegregat-
ing Arlington public schools than is the
School Board.
The resolution of the County Board
represents the views of its members
only. Mrs. Campbell, when she APP
peared before the Governors Commits
sion on Public Education, spoke not
only for the School Board but also for
the committee of representative citizens
who were appointed to study the prob
lens of school indignation in Arlington
County.
County Board members should know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Honors for Oscar Wilde

The centennial of the birth Of Oscar
Wilde, Irish poet, dramatist and master
of the art Of conversation, is being cele-
brated in Dublin, Paris and London. Prob
ably the commemoration in the latter cap
ital is the most important because it was
there that he suffered disgrace and was
punished not only according to the law but
also by the mob. A plaque has been set up
on the front of 81 lite street, Chelsea,
where Wilde and his beautiful wife, Con-
stance Holland, had their home in their
happy days.
What happened at that address in 1895
deserves to be remembered If only in the
interest of it's correction. DR.. G. J. Renter,
IN one of the Appleton biographies, tells
the story in these words: Oscars arrest
was the signal for his creditors to demand
settlement. Judgments were given and
the bailiffs were put in at lite street. A sale
of the contents of his home was held. A
crowd invaded the house, few OF whom
were genuine buyers. The authorities did
nothing to preserve order or to protect the
isoner's property Doors we broken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Scrooqe in Memphis

A sad little pre-Christn1as story has
Just come out of Memphis, Tennessee, where
Lieutenant j. E. Chennault, veteran detec-
tive, bears witness to the truth of the fam
Gus old observation that policeman's lot
is not happy one.
The lieutenant, at any rate, has had
most unhappy experience, and he has been
moved to tears by it. In line of duty, despite
all the dictates of his heart, he has been
obliged to play Scrooge to two pretty little
girls named Sandra and Barbara. Feeling
like monster shattering their sweet mo-
ment of delight, he has had to take away
from them wonderful heap Of Christmas
gifts worth $7816. He has had to do this
C'the most pitiful thing ever had to do')
because their misguided young father, who
wanted to make them happy, bought the
gifts with a forged check in store whose
manager felt reluctantly impelled to get
back the somewhat tragic merchandise.
Sad as it is, however, this story is not
yet over, and one may still hope for a happy,
ending. For Detective Chennault has re-
vealed enough to suggest that these two
little girls will not be forgotten on Christmas
Day by certain good citizens of Memphis,
including himself. Yes, Sandra; yes, Bar
bara; there is a Santa Claus. Just wait
and see
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04

Don't give up the ship" celebrated
American advised his countrymen.
Templeton Jones would amend it,
for ordinary occasions:
"No matter how ill you feel, never
give up between and o'clock, in the
morning"
Those hours. Jones says. are de-
ceivers ever.
During that period, and perhaps just
before and after, the physical and
mental apparatus of man are at the
lowest ebb
No doubt many poor soul has given
up, thinking his hour came, when all
would have been right in few hours,
or at least comparatively so.
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The sensitive person. in particular,
must take care to realize. in advance.
that the low point is reached during
the hours mentioned.
Shakespeare spoke of them, and
many another, but all they said is
wasted, if the individual does not of
himself and by himself think Of the
matter at the very times he needs it.
Templeton Jones, like most persons,
has special interest in figuring out
matters that may lead to bettermert,
one way or another.
This often amounts to no more than
making ones self more comfd table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04

open, drawers were forced, manuscripts
and letters were strewn over the floor.
Many valuables were stolen. . Furniture,
books and prints went for next to nothing"
It is reminiscent Of John GalSworthy's
play on a similar theme that Wilde's name
should be perpetuated by the London
County Council at the very spot where he
lived in his prime. He wrote "The Impor-
lance Of Being Earnest" 1.-THE Happy
Prince and 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol"
all great achievements his influence
upon literature the theater and even
sociology still is constructive That he was
guilty of offenses against the laws Of his
time is unquestioned and unquestionable,
but he paid for his sins the hard and cruel
way, and 1t now is proper that his good
qualities should be acknowledged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
By Charles E. TroceweN

the matter, and wondered if her frugal
budget would stand the strain.
Then-and this is the point--she an
nounced that Miss Smith, her compan-
ion, would love the record.
Miss Smith would love it," she
would say. II think I will buy it for
dear Miss Smith"
So Miss Smith got the music, and so
did Miss Mamie. without once really
admitting it. even to her dear self.
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Even such indirect souls can profit
by thinking directly about themselves
at times, and one of the times is when
one is i'll, and feels very. very low.
If pain is greater, or the ills of hui
mainly seem to have concentrated
themselves into one small body, do not
give up the ship, If the time is in the
early morning.
Wait till the sun shines, and in most
cases one will feel better, not only
physically, but also mentally.
The early morning hours are filled
with treason to the human mind and
heart. They are liars by nature, and
cannot be trusted. i
It is then that the Ill person must
remind himself that the morning
scometh, and with it the truth of be-
ing. which is. that over all are the
eveTlaStinA arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
AU. N. Responsibility

The United Nations has no physical
power to exert in behalf of the Americans
who have been imprisoned as spies in
Red China-for terms ranging up to life.
However, although the Soviet veto probably
would block any kind of action by the
Security Council, the General Assembly is
capable of exercising legal and moral pres
sure for their release, and some concrete
good may therefore result from what our
country, with the full backing of all it's
U. N. allies in Korea, is now doing to that
end.
In any event, as President Eisenhower
has declared, the United Nations cannot
shirk it's responsibility in this matter and
still retain its Self-reSpect. For eleven of
the thirteen Americans involved (the two
others are in an uncertain status because
of having been captured as civilian en-
ployes of the Army were taken prisoner,
in full uniform, after their plane had been
shot down while on a legitimate military
mission during the Korean war-a war in
which they were soldiers of the u NJ as
well as of our own country
1t is for this reason-the fact that they
were captured in uniform while serving
under the United Nations Command-that
the President has described the imprison-
ment of these airmen as a completely
indefenSible action that the General Assem-
bly,, If not the Security Council, must deal
with in one way or another AS he has put
1t, Red China, which should have treated
them as prisoners of war and repatriated
them long ago in keeping with the Korean
armistice, has grossly violated their rights,
and the u N. accordingly has moral duty
to do everything it can to restore them to
freedom.
OF course, it would be wishful in the
extreme, to suppose that the General
Assembly, merely by passing condemna-
tory resolution or initiating special negotia-
tions, can bring about the prompt liberation
of these men. STILL such action, especially
If it is voted for by an overwhelming
majority of the member nations, can have
salutary effect-at least in terms of giving
Red China and the Communist world In
general a SOLDERING example of the UN.'s
solidarity on the side of international law
and. simple human decency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
Service Academies Not Gagged

Some critics of the decision of the
service academies to forgo participa-
ton in intercollegiate debate this year
have drawn unwarranted conclusions
from this decision. Their unfamiliarity
with the academic program of the
academies explains their failure to view
the decision in perspective.
What has been banned is public
attack on the foreign policy of the
United States by members of the armed
forces. The decision does not prohibit
and I am sure it was not intended
to discourage-full examination and
free discussion of our foreign policy
by midshipmen and cadets in sur
roundings other than public forum.
Having been member of the Naval
Academy's civilian faculty for eight
years, can affirm that neither pro-
feSSorS nor students there need fear
to investigate or to discuss any subject.
The freedom of the faculty member to
speak his mind-in public or in pri-
vate-is indistinguishable from the
freedom generally enjoyed by the fac
ulty member at civilian institutions.
Midshipmen are as curious and as dis
putatious as college students elsewhere.
The academic program and procedure
at the Naval Academy do not curb
their hankering to find things out or
to argue things out.
Lamentation over the death of aca-
demic freedom at the service acade-
mics, then, is premature. Even without
participation in intercollegiate debate,
midshipmen and cadets will learn at
least as much as do students elsewhere
about Communist China and American
foreign policy. There is no real danger
that their minds will be closed to con-
troversial subjects. that they will be
ignorant Of their country's foreign pol
icy, nor that they will fail to make up
their own minds about the wisdom of
that policy.
It should be made clear that though
I am member of the Naval Academy
faculty on leave, I speak for no one
but myself.
William b. PrendergaSt,
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Condemnation Proceedings

II come to bury fMcCarthyl. not to
praise him:
The eUa that men do liUes after them:
The good is oft inferred NTH their
bones:
So let it be Nth (McCarthyJ."
Let his passing be warning to I'M
scrupulous politicians of any party that
in America the people will not long be
deceived by charlatans who parade as
superpatriots, who ignore the rules of
the game in favor of self -made dictates,
who cleverly set themselves up as sole
champions of a cause which all good
citizens sponsor and then try to gain
their ends by methods of tyranny and
abuse, who play for support upon the
prejudice of religious sect or of a
political pressure group and who, when
the going gets rough and they feel
themselves about to be consumed by
their own arson, pose as righteous
martyrs about to be burned at the stake.
There will be ashes enough on his
funeral pyre: need add no more. All
I ask now is surcease from the most
firing episode of congressional melo-
drama it has been my fate to witness.
C. N. Smith.
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The reprimand of Senator Mccarthy
by the Senate shows that truth and
justice will eventually triumph in a
truly democratic country. Many of us
think the Wisconsin Senator should
have been censured and severely re-
buked long ago, since his actions and
deeds were far below the dignity of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-04
| letters to The Star.

that 1t is now the law of the land that
racial segregation in public schools is
unconstitutional The only question
before the Supreme Court now is how
and when its decision shall be ordered
carried out.
The County Board members should
tell Arlington citizens, without equivo-
cation, whether they favor compliance
with the decision against racial segre-
CATION in the public schools, or whether
they believe Arlington County should
join in resistance to that decision.
In urging adoption of uniform plan
for the entire State, the County Board
showed lack of sound Judgment. It's
members must know that conditions
vary from locality to locality. The prob
lens of deSegregation in Arlington are
quite different from those of backward
counties in Virginia. There is no valid
reason why indignation in Arlington's
ties which will seek to evade the SUI
prerne Court decision or delay putting
it into effect
Some of the members of the County
Board are neutrality-suspicious. They
should familiarize themselves with the
position of the Eisenhower administra-
ton on the question of segregation in
public education. 1t is stated in the brief
filed in the five school segregation cases
before the Supreme Court on November
"a by Attorney General Herbert j.,
Brownell, jr. AS collateral reading I
would also commend to the County
Board members the history of the Re-
publican Party which came into being
to establish freedom and equality for
Negroes. Louis r. I,autier.
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This and That

Every human has his own devices
and ways and schemes.
There are. it iss a true. a few self
sacrificing individuals, as they are
called, who actually work their fingers
to the bone," as the old saying has it,
without thought of self.
Even such dedicated souls manage
at times to think of themselves indi-
rectly.
Templeton Jones recalls old Miss
Mamie.
Thoughtless of self to point, she
nevertheless managed to get what she
wanted
One of her great delights was the
old-fashioned Red Seal photograph
record. This was in the days when
these fragile discs. containing so much
loneliness. cost from 50 to $3.50 apiece,
and it was all gone with plop If you
dropped it on the floor.
Not always, it was true. Sometimes
one Of the records, when dropped
would strike on edge, on the hardwood
floor, and bounce away unhurt.
The very next one dropped would fall
on thick rug-and shatter into pieces.
Miss Mamie loved these records, but
like all good souls, was trifle, shall We
say. hypocfitical
When she happened to want new
one. she thought lons1and seriously Of