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Secret Agreement

Winston Churchill really stirred up a hor-
nets nest when he revealed in the House of
Commons his secret" atomic bomb agreement
OF l943 with Franklin D. Roosevelt
Actually the secret agreement was made
pubic IN 1852 with the publication of the pri-
Vate papers of the late Senator Vandenberg.
apparently however the revelation in the VAN
denberg papers had been more or less forgotten.
In any event, the announcement by Mr.
Churchill has met with surprise, confusion and
controversy
Former President Truman says the 1913
agreement is still in effect. The White House,
using guarded language which suggests that
there may be some new agreement says "the
1913 agreement is not in effect at the present
time" According to the Vandenberg papers
and also according to Senator Hckenlooper,
VINO at the time was chairman of the Joint
congressional Committee on Atomic Energy the
agreement was Cancelled in l948. Mr. Churchill
says the late Senator Mcmahon who sponsored
our Atomic Energy Act, knew nothing of the
agreement at the time Mr.. Truman says he
renewed the agreement with Canada included
In l945. British Foreign Office spokesman
says the British gave their consent to our use
of the A-bomb against Japan. What would Mr.
Truman have done, it may be wondered, if they
had refused to consent? Would thousands per-
diers have been sacrificed in a non-atomic in
vaSion of Japans homeland?
Perhaps one should not unduy beabor the
wartime aspects of this agreement. We needed
Britains help and Britain needed ours But
what earthly excuse could there have been for
the fourth provisional provision presumably
extended by MIR. Truman in 1915?
This provides that any postwar advan-
tageS Gas result of the atomic program) of
any industrial or commercial character shall
be dealt with as between the United States and
Great Britain on terms to be specified by the
President of the United States to the Prime
Minister of Great Britain"
In this clause there are green pastures for
the Bricker amendment advocates. BY what
possible claim of authority could the President,
in 1943, pretend to say how the POSTWAR advan-
tages of the atomic program should be divided
between ourselves and Great Britain? How
could Mr.. Truman pretend, in 1945, to renew
this agreement, which he says is in effect today?
And if the White House announcement means
that similar agreement is now in effect from
what source does President Eisenhower derive
his authority?
1t ought to be made clear that the fruits of
our atomic program are not the private prop
erty Of the President, to be divided with our
allies as he may see fit to divide them. They
have been purchased with billions of dollars of
tax money, and the people, through their rep
resentatives in Congress, should have some say
as to their disposition.
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Background for Optometry

In his recent remarks before a con-
gressional committee DR.. James S. Dry
den took the position that professional
recognition should not be accorded
optometry because they (the optome-
trists) lacked knowledge of ocular
pathology. Granting the lengthy
schooling needed to acquire a mastery
of therapeutics and surgery, are we to
infer that only men of Dr. Drydens
designation have monopoly on this
knowledge? Surely we would not sub
scribe to the medieval view that the
secrets of a trade or field of endeavor
much be hidden from the uninitiated.
Optometry has come long way from
the itinerant vendors spectacle cart
just as medicine has emerged from
blood letting and the barber shop. To-
day, anatomy, physiology and pathol-
ogy are taught to all those who would
learn it, to psychology. dental and OPP
tometry students, as we'll as to medical
students.
At Columbia University where I at
tended Optometry school, in addition to
most rigorous training in optics, ORTIZ
optics and refraction (Prof. P. C.
Southall, eminent physicist and au-
thor of the basic text on geometric
optics. bluntly stated that the most
skillful refractions were performed in
the Columbia U. laboratories) we we're
given intensive instruction in ocular
pathology by an ophthalmologist on the
staff of the Wheeler Eye Institute of
the Medical Center. Clinic was a neces-
sity and the operating amphitheater
was open to us at all times. Many of
us supplemented our store of informa-
ton by attending out-patient eye elm
les and by service in armed forces hos
pitfalls. If this be ignorance, we plead
guilty to it.
Dr. Dryden. apparently as an after
thought. indicated that even if an OPP
tometrist could diagnose a pathology
ical condition, he would be loath to
refer the case because of the possible
loss of prestige. Does every general
practitioner Cor specialist) in medicine,
before calling in colleague on case
or referring patient, have to engage
in soul searching activity to ascertain
how much his pride will be hurt-if
at all? The fearless physician, I'm sure,
does not hesitate in his duty and the
honest optometrist does likewise. The
records on these matters speak for
themselves.
If DR.. Dryden has any argument, it
is with the unethical practitioner in any
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Virginia April

Dogwood and redbud on the mountain
slopes.
And in Tidewnter totDns sweeter
pink
On old brick walls and sideUdlks. The
heart OropeS
To grasp so much of beauty; the eyes
blink
And whether Gloucester County daro-
dis.
or colts beside the Chickdhonttry.
or greenin0 Valley fields. or blossontn0
hills
Are lovelier. please do not ask of me.
But this / know: pisterid In the rain
Can change from Lavender to misty
blue
or. hkelier, gray, and stir the ancient
pain
OF tired and footSore armies march
ing through
These selfsume scenes, beneath this
same sky's tears -.
1t has been so, In spring. for ninety
years.
Minnie Hite Moody
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Letters to The Star.

OF the healing arts and 1t is lamentable
that the facts have been so distorted
as to malign the professional body of
Optometry before Congress and the
public.
M. ID. Rein,
OptometriSt.
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Questions and Answers

The reader can get the answer to any cues
ton of fact by writing The Evening Star lnfor-
nation Bureau, 1900 Eye ST., NV, washington
S b c. Please tncose three .t3| cents for
return postage
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BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE.

c. Please tnclose three .f3) cents tor
BY THE HASKINS SERVICE.
@. Please give some information
about the new air-entrained concrete
that is being used to build highways.
r. F.
A. Each cubic foot Of this concrete
contains billions of microscopic air
cells which relieve internal pressure on
the concrete by providing tiny chambers
for the expansion of water when it
freezes. It is highly resistant to severe
frost action and prevents scaling where
chemicals are used to melt pavement
ice.
@. Whose idea was the Rushmore
Memorial in the Black Hills of South
Dakota?-H. H. B.
A. The sculptor, Gutzon Borglum.
conceived and designed the memorial.
but he died in 1941, before it's compile
ton. According to his conception, the
heroic figure of Washington signifies
the founding of the Republic. Jefferson
represents the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. and Lincoln the indissoluble
Union. Theodore Roosevelt was in
cluded in the memorial because during
his term the Panama Canal opened q
seaway from Europe to Asia.
@. What great American was hailed
as the "Favorite Son of Liberty?-F. w.
A. George Washington, in the May
/. 1889 issue of the New York Daily
Gazette.
@. Was DR.. George Washington
Carver, the great Negro scientist and
inventor, also an artist Of note?-
B. Moo.
A. Yes, he was especially skilled in
painting flowers. His pictures were
exhibited in the United States and
abroad. DR.. Carver made his own
paints.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

M. ID. Rein,
OptometriSt.
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WOOD DISCOVERS.
j GYP

Howard Hawks has just directed for Warner
Brothers. This tells the story of the build
ing of the Great Pyramid. and uses as
many Egyptian extras as Khufu lCheops)
did slaves.
Others scheduled are Joseph and His
Brethren" which Columbia will film partly
on the banks of the Nile. and Cecil DeMille's
threatened epic, The Ten Commandments !"
which will also be filmed in the land where
Joseph dreamed and from which Moses fed.
Big-Nazne Cast
HE EGYPTIAN" is the most supercolossal
of the lot, even if it was filmed n Hollywood.
It has an impressive cast Jean Simmons.
Michael Wilding. Victor Mature when last
seen he was Roman gladiator Peter
Ustinov, John Carradine. But the main bur-
den seems to rest on two newcomers Bella
Darvi, protege of MIR. and Mrs. Daryl
Zanuck. and Edmund Pudom. an English
actor who after two years in Hollywood seems
destined for stardom
Darvi = the girl with the blue wig is the
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real test. Sheis Polish girl - real name Bella
Wegier who fled with her mother to France
when World War II started, was put in con-
centration camp when the Nazis took over,
survived to marry socially prominent French
textile manufacturer, from whom she has since
been divorced. Her stage name is a contrac-
ton Of Daryl and Virginia Zanuck.
She resembles Theda Bara, is exotic looking
rather than beautiful. seems to be able to act,
is still struggling with the English language.
Her main difficulty in the picture was with
cat named Tuffy. which lived UP to its name.
Miss Darvi. who is temperamental. did not
take. to Tuffy. Tuffy did not take TO Miss
Darvi. He rejected her caresses, and scratched
and squirmed when she tried to pin him down
with her hands and knees It is estimated
that the set-to cost 10th Century-Fox some
thing like $4,000 in re-takes
Cats are sacred to Egypt; they are less
loved in Hollywood. being the most tempera-
mental of all actors. But Miss Darvi survived
the battle She is still under contract to 10th
Century-Fox. Tuffy is not LOUIS BERG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
By Romon Coffmon

the river. They made camp for
themselves on the other side.
At the end of the winter, before
returning to France, they built
large cross and set it up.
We are told that the cross was
IS feet high, and that it carried
the name of the. French ruler,
King Francis I.
There is a good-sized monu-
ment in Quebec today. with q
statue of Cartier on the top. An
other Frenchman, however, Is
given more honor in the city.
The people speak Of Samuel de
Champlain as the Father Of
Quebec"
One year before John Smith
and his companions settled at
jamestown, Va. CHI a mplain
founded Quebec. Later he be-
came the governor of the colony.
A 15-foot statue Of Champlain
now stands on q tall pedestal
here.
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Uncle Ruy's Corner

QUEBEC, Quebec.-There are
several ways to address letters to
residents of this old French
Canadian city. Sometimes a per-
son puts Quebec, Pc" on the
envelope. The Pc" stands for
Province of Quebec. Other per-
sons write Quebec, Que" or
Quebec City, Que"
Those addresses bring out the
fact that there is a province of
Quebec, as well as a city with
that name. The province has the
second largest population in
Canada. ranking behind Ontario.
There is some doubt as to the
origin of the name Of Quebec.
and at least three ways have
been suggested to explain it. The
best seems to be that Quebec
came from the language Of In
dams living in the area: the
meaning is narrow place." and
Q narrow part Of the st. Law
renee River exists beside the city.
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Word to the Wise By Mrs. Frank Cobb,

Careful speakers should be-
ware Of syllables that hitch
hike.
The word athlete and athletic
are seldom heard with two and
three syllables respectively. An
extra syllable usually thumbs a
:ide, wedging itself firmly between
9Th" and a." thus: "ath-a-lete;
ath-a-letic."
The same hitchhiker fire.
quently rides with "prevent-at-
i've" and "offer-a-tory."
These four words are correctly
pronounced:
ATH-leet. ath-LET-ik, pre-
VEN-tiv, AWF-er-Toe-ree.
Another notorious hitchhiker
Is the zee" sound in "mischiev-
ee-ous," "hein-ee-ous." The in
truding syllable should be firmly
rejected. Better say: MISS-chi-
vuss, HAY-nuss.
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EaSS bOuDlS NcQUl. 4 hearts
Pass Pass Double All pass
Here is another important con-
sideration on the subject Of re-
opening the bidding. When the
opponents bidding indicates
they have no long suit Ga suit of
eight or more cards in the two
hands,, it is better than two to
one that your side doesn't either.
In today's deal, Mr.. Truck de-
eided since his opponents appar-
emily couldn't go anywhere, his
side probably could. They did.
They went down 500 points.
Mr.. Truck overlooked the prin-
ciple mentioned above. Mr.. Dale
had denied clubs. Mr. Champion
had denied diamonds. And Mr..
Dale had denied spades. On this
sequence of bidding it was al
most certain that the North
South hands did not contain a
combined holding of eight cards
In any suit. 49,
So the odds were very much
against finding an eight card
holding in the East-West hands.
When there are no long, suits
around, you don't belong in the
bidding except in the rare case
where you hold a clear prepond-
erance of high cards.
II Mr.. Truck had passed
throughout the auction, he would
have lost only few points. plus
the value of a part-score. After
he re-opened the bidding on the
third round with a double, there
was no way to get out of the
trap. If the opponents played
one no trump, redoubled. they
! would make an extra trick, plus
game.
Mrs. Keen tried for a better
spot with a two heart bid. But,
as might have been expected, size
was working with a trump suit of
only seven cards and could not
avoid a three trick set.
Copyright. 1854. General Features Corp,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
Famous Fables
By E. {. Edgar

ON THE FARM-One day
in 1886. when he was cam
paigning for President, for
mer Kansas Governor Alfred
M. Landon played host on
his ranch to an Eastern
politician. The latter, q
stranger to the open spaces,
was particularly impressed
by the livestock.
After watching the ami
mails for some time, he
pointed to one of them and
cried:
will you look at that!
That COW has no horns!"
That's not unusual" said
Landon. Cows may not
have horns for a number of
reasons. Some lose their
horns in accidents, some are
dehorned and some have
only stunted horns to begin
with"
II don't suppose you'd
hazard a guess as to why
that one is minus horns"
said the visitor.
That's easy" smiled Lam
don. THAT COW is minus
horns because that COW hap
pens to be a horse!"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Novelist w. Somerset Maug-
ham reached his 18th birth
day. he was asked by a
friend what his plans were
for retirement.
II had plans when I was
20 years DID," replied the
novelist. "At that time, I
had made up my mind to
quit when I was so, and en-
Joy a life of ease. But when
I reached SO. I decided to
postpone my retirement un-
til I was TO-"
And at TOP" inquired the
other.
"At TO-" sighed Vaughan,
II realized how right I was
when I was 90"
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The most. enterprisins and per-
sistent thumb belongs to one
Ed" who swings on behind
"drownd-ed, attacked-ed," and
"broadcast-ed."
The correct past lenses Of the
words drown. attack and broad
cast are drowned. attacked ana
broadcast, pronounced: drownd,
uh-TAKT, BRAWD-kast.
@. VIII you please advise us
how DR.. Jekyll's name should be
pronounced? We've been refer
ring to stevenson's character o.
DR.. "JECK-ull."-Mrs. r.
A. The name is syllabified thus:
Je-kyll. Hence, the first syllable
is open lends with q voweD.
In accented open syllables, the
vowels usually are long in sound.
Best usage: JEE-k1.
distributed BY McNausht synd., Incl
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Our Presidents

lin 1848, a future Presi-
dent who was then in Con-
gress, was a m e m Der of
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By Honore M. CotudoI
Frunk Beck

the congressional committee
which accompanied a dead ex-
President to Quincy. Mass, for
burial. Who were they?
2-An ex-President wrote,
"The trouble with us is that
we talk about Jefferson but do
not follow him." The writer
was not a member of the party
Jefferson founded. Who was
he?
3eWhom did President Tru-
man appoint to succeed Gen.
Marshall as Army Chief Of
Staff?
ANSWERS on next page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
Word Game
Find 43 or more words in
RDATE,

CO RDATE,
meaning, "heart-shaped." Az
erage is 20; time limit, 80 min
utes.
Rules Of the game. Words must be
acquire four letters by the addition OF
s." such as bats" cats" 0are not
used. 3. Only one form of a word ID
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer to REJUVENIZE.
revue. rein, reeve, revenue, riven, ruin,
eerie, even. ever, rune, jeer, vein, veer
venire, envier, venue. veneer. vier. vine,
nerve, never. neve, inure, injure.
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80 THE EVENING STAR

washington, D. G.
FRIDAY, sEPTEMBKR II, 1854
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Arched gateway in Quebec,
which used to be q walled city.
At this point the st. Lawrence is
less than q mile wide.
The first white explorer Of the
area was Jacques Cartier. He
visited the spot while in COM
mand of two French sailing
vessels.
Cartier and his sailors found
an Indian village on one side Of
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Contract Bridge
By EosIey Blockwood

I have already pointed out
that when the bidding indicates
your opponents have misfit
hands. it is extremely likely that
you and your partner hold mis-
hts. too. And remember that
misfit hands usually play better
defensively than extensively. It
follows, then. that when the en-
envy drops the bidding at a low
level after obviously failing to
hnd good At. it is wise to stay
out Of the bidding. Let them
play the hand. They won't like
It.
North dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
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Triplett Quintet
Closes Season
With Tiffih Loss

Triplett's basketball team ended
the season last Saturday when they
were defeated by 9iffin in the Tiffin
YMCA Invitationa tournament by a
1890 score in the quarter-finals of
the meet.
Paced by six foot, six inch Bill
Rohrbach, all-Ohib center from Tiff
fin Clavert, whd hit the nets for
81 points, the Tiffin team overcame
four-point first period deficit and
were never headS d in the contest.
Don Schmidt with 19 points paced
the Triplett team followed by Fred
Hermann and Keith Kirkland each
with Is.
The defeat en- fded the season for
the Triplett team and gave them a
record of Al wins and 10 losses.
Triplett captured first and second
round honors in 4 the Lima National
league during tho season and reached
the semi-final round in the Ada
Rotary tournament, the District
AAU tournament held in Lima and
the Lima City tournament.
A trophy received for winning
National League Aonors is on display
in the Bluffton News Office window.
The box scores
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tered ten men in the first annual
Livingston Relays at Dennison uni
versity a week ago and while the
Beaver thincladsI gave very good
account of themselves in their first
competition of the season, they fail
ed to score a pSint during the meet.
Dedicated tol Walter Livingston,
athletic directo emeritus at Denni-
son university, the invitational meet
listed such schools as Ohio State,
Central Michigan, Wayne, Miami of
Ohio, Ohio WeslSan, Ohio University,
Muskingum, Bowling Green, Cincin-
natl, Western Reserve, Baldwin Wal
lace, Mt. Union and( Central State.
In such powerful competition the
Beaver thinclads, while not finishing
among the first fY / in any event,
showed observers they are to be
reckoned with DURING the coming
campaign.
Accompanying Mast to the Denni-
son meet were $tan Naylor, Dick
Cripe, Reldon Slfrick, Martin Stray
er, John Basingkr, and Dick Yeck,
holdovers from East years squad, and
freshmen Geors se Bailey, promising
hurdler from Lima Central, Jim
Gundy, who Cbach Mast feels has
great promise, ihd Jon Cook.
Other candidates who will be avail
able to Coach Mast for the coming
campaign include Dick Hechathorn,
Dave Bertsche, Paul Selman, Vernon
Werely, Charlie EIsass and Karl
klassen.
The schedule:
April 8-Class Track Meet.
April 1O-Adrian, Michigan (tenta-
tive) at Bluffton
April 21-at Ohio Wesleyan, tri-
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ing the regular season. But Uncle
Sam grabbed Fred Hermann, stel-
lar center, ami the team dropped their
first game inn the Celina tourney to
Lima st. johns which went to the
tournament finals before losing to
Akron Elicit.
This team also featured Neil
Schmidt who amassh 354 points for
24-point average for the season.
The last great keam to represent
Bluffton high school was the 1947 club
which won II straight games over the
regular season. and averaged 65.s
points per game. Paced by all-Ohio
Neil Schmidt, the Pirates were de-
feated 5O-4S BY Lima st. Rose in the
Exempted Villa &c and Parochial
tournament at Ada.
Looking back over the years to
great cage teams (which represented
Bluffton high school and to the many
records they est ablished, Bluffton
partisans need no hang their heads
in shame. And tl icy can look for bet
ter things in the future. Basketball
fans around the state will again hear
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in the first roufd by a score of 1924.
The TalIest Pirates
In 1887, with one of the tallest
teams ever to represent Bluffton high
school-the team averaged six-foot,
two-inches in height-local fans felt
this was the year\as Coach Gar Grif-
fifth, an alumnus of\Bluffton took his
charges to Columbus for the Sweet
sixteen" affair.
After defeating LucSsville 1890 in
the opening round, tie Pirates fell
victim to the scoring Fizardry of one
frankie Baumholtz and his Midvale
mates and were defeated 1892.
Baumholtz sizzled the nets for 27
points in a great on oman display.
Midvale proved a iinx to the
Pirates again in 1910 as they defeat
ed the locals 4S-33Iin the first round.
Coach Dwight Iiller carried six
sophomores on this squad which was
to be reckoned with two years hence.
Six Times Fer BIuffton
In 1912, the sixth time the Pirates
attempted to bring home state laurels,
record to that time for Class B
schools competing in the state tourna-
ment, Coach Diller guided Bluffton to
the classic held in Springfield. The
Nsite of the tournament was shifted as
Ehe National Bowling Congress was
being held in COLUMBUS.
With probably lkhe strongest team
according to locAl observers, to rep
resent Blufftons Since the 1929 squad,
local fang agfn felt this was the
year and that they could mot be
denied this tine. i -
Bluffton i fet< the strong Xenia o,
$. S. d. hoR oRa in the first round and
defeated thf southeasterners 1851 to
establish themselves as strong
tourney coHtenders.
In the sedond round the Pirates de-
feated gdod Yorkville club by a
score of 35-27 and to shouts of "ya
got de toinament" appeared we'll on
the road to CAPTURING their first state
crown.
But the tournament jinx caught
up with theqt in the third round as
the locals fen victim to Bremen and
were defeatqd 1881 on a desperation
| shot in the hast Is seconds.
Perhaps bne of the best teams ever
to represent Bluffton on the hardwood
never reached the state tournament
The 1914 squad won Is straight anc
averaged some 80 points game dur