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she pu6e aaeen Ifq s4eas
TwENT StfHiS1sI d BAY Yo Of March AE
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In the District OF Columbia. and
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4 feet Of Lot 20 and the West 10
feet Of Lot 90 in the American
Security and Trust Company, ct
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the once OF the Surveyor for the
District of Columbia In Liber County
s at folio 90. Now known for the
purposes Of assessment and taxation
as Lot S07 In Square 4540.
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approximately S4,6l25O further
particulars. Of which viii be an
nounced at time of sale; the pur-
paid in cash. A deposit Of $4,000
required. Conveyancing. recording.
etc.. at purchasers cost. Adjust
ments made as Of date OF sale.
Terms to be complied with within
thirty days. otherwise deposit for
feited and the property, may be ad-
WILLIAM Y WATTS,
WILLARD w. WHITMORE.
IS20,23.25,2 Trustees.
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STORY BRICK DWELLING BEING
KNOWN AS PREMISES NUMBER
81 ELEVENTH STREET. NORTH
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded. in Liber No 1884.
Follo 10 ct sea-. OF the land records
Of the District of Columbia. and at
the request of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees
VIII sell. at public auction in front
o. the premises. on FRIDAY THE
TWENTY-SIxTH DAY OF MARCH.
Pm. the following-described land
OF Columbia, and DESIGNATED as and
of lots in Square 3I3. as per plat
recorded in the once Of the Sur
in Liber W F at folio Gig
Terms: Sold subject to q prior (build-
ing association) deed OF trust for
approximately S7.240.45 further par
ticulars of which will be announced
at time of sale; the purchase price
above said trust to be paid in cash.
deposit Of $4,000 required Con-
Veyancing. recording. etc, at pur-
chaser's cost. Adjustments made as
Of date of sale. Terms to be COM
FLIED with within thirty days, ether
wise deposit forfeited and the prop
erty may be advertised and resold at
the discretion of the trustees.
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velopment?" and "Why Is Cath
ole ymn-Singing So Awful?"
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Foreign Relations

AS Mr.. Knowland has chosen
the field of foreign policy to fight
1t out with Mr.. Eisenhower, Ameri-
can relations abroad certainly will
be affected.
First, other nations will hear this
country speak with two voices on
foreign policy. While the Secretary
of State urges, Zig the Senate
Republican leader will be crying.
"zag!" AS the party leader is in his
own right powerful man and as
he ordinarily speaks for the Presi-
dent and for his party in the Sem
ate, Mr.. Knowland will get wide
audience abroad. In fact. he already
has this big, puzzled audience.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, capi-
talizes on the dispute in the West.
Also, Mr.. Knowland's dissenting
stand will make it more difficult for
the President to get his foreign
program through Congress. Legisla-
ton designed to implement the
administration policy increased
economic aid and lower tariffs, for
instance--may not set we'll with the
Republican leader. And II the
Bricker amendment to curb the
Presidents treaty making power
Evening star., 1954-12-12

minority leader hews faithfully to
his Presidents line and also enjoys
the confidence and good will Of the
majority side. Democratic Senator
Alben Rarkley functioned well in
this role during the Republican
dominated 80th Congress.
But Senator KnoWland is not an
administration man nor does he en-
JOY free and easy relationship with
the Democrats.
In the broad and most important
field of foreign policy Mr.. Know
land apparently will actively OPP
pose the President. And on domestic
policy. though Mr.. Knowland prob
ably will support the President, his
effectiveness in working with the
Democrats and moderate Repub-
licans win be diminished by his as
sociation with the anti Eisenhower
cCarthy wing" Of the Senate.
Without the help Of a smooth
functioning Republican leader in
the Senate, congressional White
House relations are bound to suffer
In the next two years.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Everybody Gets Into the Act
Ankuru Governments Christmas Message Thut Suntu Turk
But Russiu He's Soviet Hero Named Grundfuther Frost

bassy here did not deem the SUBJ,
ject of Grandfather Frost worthy Of
comment last week.
Sonto in EngIond -
At the British Information Serv- :,
ice, however, spokesman talked at
length, with never reference to
the troubles st. Nicholas had irac
getting under way in England. 4;
Father Christmas" she said,
"gets even more attention in the
department stores In England than
here. There, he lives on kind Of
magic isle"
Parliament, in 1914, did away with
Christmas by passing a law. but 1t
turned out to be about as effective
as American prohibition. Father.
Christmas was bootlegged right back
in before H. NJ. Government knew 1t.
The Dutch lay claim to bringing
Santa Claus to America, and the }
Netherlands Embassy doesn't deny,
it. They brought him to New Am
sterdam as "Sant Nikolaas," but
that was too much for the English
tongue. and 1t became Santa
Claus" J.,
-
A DWorf Nomed 'Tomte' 10
In France he is "Pere Noel,' In
Finland "Wainamoinen," in Den- :
mark "Jule Nissen" and In Sweden
a dwarf named "Tomte." n
True, st. Nicholas got his start in,5
Turkey. ~.
True. although the Russians didn't
invent him. he was for centuries
their patron saint. =
True. most Of his remains are en- ].
shrined at Bari, Italy. -,
And true, the Dutch brought him
here. 20
And. as every little girl named
Virginia knows. yes. there is Santa
Claus. But let's not get involved
In this international debate about .
who owns him. It's too contro-i
yersial. -
Evening star., 1954-12-12

We hate to mention 1t in this time
of peace, but there's a war of in
,ternational proportions brewing over
Santa Claus.
It's more akin to cold war at
present. although the latest broad
side comes from sunny Turkey.
North Pole? Bah! Santa's Safe
In Turkey" is the ecstatic title of a
story which came in last week from
the Turkish Information ONCE.
Slipping in a sly reference here
and there to the advantages Of Tur-
key as tourist haven, the writer
from that country says:
'It was here that est. Nicholas0
reputation for generosity got its
start. A tale tells how he endowed
three worthy, but poor. unmarried
girls with the dowries that enabled
them to find husbands. This act
seems to have made strong i'm
preston on our ancestors"
Pointing out that st. Nicholas was
the Bishop Of Myra. the Turks say
some relics Of the saint still are
housed there, and send along pic
lures to prove 1t.
Pirotes Or Merchants?
The Turkish Information ONCE
adds sadly. but automatically:
In the year 1907. the Church Of
st. Nicholas at,Myra was broken
into by pirates, who carried back to
their home port most of the saints
remains which were buried in sar-
cophagus in the church."
The reference books state 1t more
generously. They say it was italian
merchants who transported his re-
mains from Myra to Bari, Italy,
where his tomb is a national shrine"
The Italian Embassy said it would
be disposed to agree with the refer
ence books.
But If there are any Tsarist Rus
slams left they will be among the
first to get into the dispute with the
Evening star., 1954-12-12
White House-Senote

Trouble between the executive and
the legislative branches is built into
the American Constitution. The
founding fathers wanted to fore
stall tyranny by either the execu-
tive or legislative arms, so they sep
arated them and gave each power to
check the other. But the founders
set up few channels for contact or
for cooperation between the equal
branches.
AS DR.. George B. Galloway Of the
Library of Congress Legislative Res
erence Service has put 1t:
"One of the basic problems in
volved in the American system is
that of building better bridge
over the gulf between the legislative
and executive branches Of the Ma
tional Government. Created by our
inherited system Of separated pow
ers, this gap has caused rivalry,
suspicion and hostility between
Congress and the President at In
tervals throughout our national
history"
Principol Bridge
One OF the principal bridges
which has evolved is the institution
of the majority leader. In the Senate
the majority leader is the Presidents
spokesman and in the White House
he Is the Senate's spokesman.
He has become the key Senator
In the legislative process He guides
the program Of his party through
the Senate. He organizes backing
for administration bills and advises
the President on shaping the bills to
suit the complexion of the Senate.
When he speaks on the floor, his
voice ordinarily Is that Of the Presi-
dents representative.
But this important channel be-
tween Executive and Congress will
be both crooked and clogged during
the coming Congress. First, the
Republican leader viii not be the
majority leader as the Democrats
will take over. The President will
have to speak through the minority
leader-still Mr.. Knowland-and
will have to work out some method
of consultation with the majority
leader. who. of course, will be
Democrat.
Such a working arrangement Is
not too difficult to maintain II the
Evening star., 1954-12-12

have to shake the hayseed out Of
Mr.. Buffers graying hair to groom
him for the political big time.
He is poised. confident. an in
cisiye thinker and competent
speaker. He is ambitious for the
Democratic Party--and for Paul NJ.
Butler.
He is virtually unknown to Demo-
Gratis outside the national COM
mittee. However, he brings to his
new job sound experience in political
organization work. In Indiana the
track is brutally fast one every
day in every year. Hoosiers don't
run quarter -horses in political stake
races.
In 1852 MIR. Butler beat Frank
McfIale for national committeeman
from Indiana. On December 4 in
New Orleans he racked UP 10 of
+, the los Democratic National Com
mittee votes in the face Of
undercover opposition from Frank
Mckinney, another Hoosier. Mr..
Mckinney had been President Tru-
mans hand-picked chairman, who
arranged the 1852 convention that
nominated Adlai Stevenson for
President.
Early Adloi Mon
Mr.. Stevenson did not keep Mr..
Mckinney to run the campaign, but
gave the nod to Stephen Mitchell.
AS national committeeman, Mr..
Butler was an early Stevenson-for-
President Democrat.
Mr.. McHale, big, tough and
shrewd, had been Democratic boss
in mdiana-in alliance with Mr..
McKinney--for nearly 20 years.
When Mr.. Butler toppleds big
Frank" politicians hereabouts
asked:
what does Butler want?"
After his smashing victory in the
race for national chairman they
asked:
How did he do it?"
Hard work Is one answer. But
just hard work is not enough to
simply lift a man from political
obscurity to head Of his party's
Evening star., 1954-12-12
German Armed Forces Have Anti-Bross' Man at Helm

bounced several officers who ignored
his warning.
Unimpressed by BFass
Not even beribboned allied gener-
ais awe Herr Blank. He told one:
Il know you generals. You're the
biggest trade union In the world,
and If ] had my way I wouldn't let
anybody who served in the old Ger
man army back in"
Emphasizing he means business
about ridding the new German
armed force Of the old Prussian
spirit, Herr Blank has prepared q
new German military code. Among
other things 1t reduces drills to q
minimum.
One old general snorts: "Why.
Herr Blank will have top sergeants
serving tea to the privates in their
hunks every morning."
But Herr Blank says: I'VE plan a
new kind of citizen soldier army
trained in democracy. Government
and Parliament must, and will, re-
tain in their own hands the direc-
ton and control of military affairs.
1.-THE future German soldiers will
be guaranteed the right to vote, to
religious freedom, to petition their
Superiors and to personal opinions.
The freedom Of the soldier wiz be
limited only so far as is absolutely
essential for the performance Of
military tasks"
Herr Blank has emerged as the
outstanding salesman Of this new
type German army. In broadcasts
and at public meetings he is telling
the German people they must re-
arm or risk catastrophe.
He has quick. alert eyes and sell
dom smiles. He seldom covers his
thin. blond hair with hat, and
usually wears q rumpled suit.
He lives IN q small, spartan.
bachelors apartment In Q govern
ment housing project here. His wife
and 12-year-old son remain In the
family home Id Dortmund.
Amioble II Privote
Although he's often gruff In his
Official life, Herr Blank relaxes and
chats amiably In the company Of
close companions. His two favorite
subjects are the new German army
and the German labor unions.
The third Of 10 children Of q
cabinetmaker, Herr Blank started
work at IA as an apprentice table
maker. He promptly joined the
Christian Trade Unions. At IS he
became full-time secretary Of the
central union Of the Christian Fac
tory and Transport Workers Union.
when Hitler became chancellor
he dissolved the trace unions and
established the Nazi labor front"
under Robert Ley. Herr Blank was
Evening star., 1954-12-12

offered q high position In the labor
front. He refused.
Johless, Herr Blank started from
pure boredom to learn Latin and
Greek and other nonsense" Then.
when he was 20, he enrolled in the
Dortmund High School. graduating
at 81. He then studied at the Tech
nical University In Hanover and
majored In mathematics and phys
les In Muenster.
When Hitler attacked Poland,
Herr Blank was drafted as a pri-
vate In an infantry division. AS q
result Of his technical abilities, he
was sent to o special army tech
nical school and commissioned an
officer in an anti-tank unit. At the
end Of the war, he was q first lieu
tenant.
After the war he joined the
Christian Democratic Party. which
had just been founded by group
OF politicians including q little
known ex-Mayor of Cologne named
Konrad Adenauer, now chancellor
and foreign minister Of West Ger
many.
Postwar Lobor Leader
Herr Blank became one Of the
three chairmen Of the West Ger
man Miners Union. AT that time
the unions In West Germany were
largely dominated by the Commu-
nists, whom Herr Blank fought
with unrelenting hatred.
In 1949, DR.. Adenauer's Christian
Democrats nominated Herr Blank
for the first federal parliament OF
the new West German republic.
He swamped his opposition.
When the Korean war erupted.
the allies approached the Ade-
nauer government about West Ger
man rearmament to bolster Euro
pean defense. DR.. Adenauer then
selected Herr Blank to plan the new
German army.
Long negotiations followed with
the allies. eliminating in the deci-
sion Of the Paris Conference last
October to admit West Germany as
q fun member OF the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
From the first, Herr Blank In
sisted on equality for German SOL
siiers with other allied troops. At
his first conference with allied me-
gotiators In Paris in 1851 he de-
clared:
Il win negotiate only If you rec
ognize Germany as q partner with
equal rights and II her soldiers in
the future win not be Disseminated
against"
Germans give him q major share
Of the credit for finally winning
the pledge Of equal treatment for
the new oermen army with its
ssv Ne Associated sssss,
Evening star., 1954-12-12
comes up. Senator Knowland could
be expected to side against the
President again.
Introporty Strife


The Republican Party is seriously
divided on several key issues. Some
Senators believe Gen. Eisenhower is
headed for a peace-at-any- price
policy, others believe he is soft on
communism and wrong on Nc
Carthy. others don't like his trade
not-aid slogan and others oppose his
farm program. But they do not
form a close-knit group.
One reason the anti Eisenhower
element OF the G. o. P. is not
closely-knit is that 1t has lacked
a respectable leader-Senator Nc
Carthy has been the only man to
volunteer his services. But il Mr.,
Knowland actively joins the anti
Eisenhower wing he could be its
logical chief.
Looking to '56
Such a role for Mr.. Knowland
has been subject for much specu-
lation on Capitol Hill since he re-
fused to turn his back on Senator
Mccarthy. The speculation looks
ahead to 1856. If future events
make the Knowland foreign policy
look good and If Mr.. Knowland
chooses to use his power. he could
bring strong right-wing faction
into the q. O. p. presidential con-
vention.
Democrats already are looking
forward to q knock-down. drag-out
fight between Mr.. Eisenhower and
Mr.. Knowland for control OF the
presidential and vice presidential
nominations.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

BY Jack Jonos
Italians and the Turks, because it
was the Russians, before the October
revolution, who gave the widest rec
ognition to ST. Nicholas.
Dyed -Moroz'
He was for centuries the patron
saint of Russia. but Is looked on by
the present regime as something of
q deviationist. Yet even the Com
munists allow him to survive as in
Grandfather Frost" or Dyed
Moros, in Russian.
In fact, Grandfather Frost held
sway for 10 full days in the Krem-
lin last year. with Moscow children
in by the thousands for the cele-
bration. A 1916 reader for use in
the second grade Of Soviet elemen-
tary schools has sort Of Might Be-
fore Christmas" about Grandfather
Frost. and winds up this way:
So Grandfather Frost goes forth
To eqch toten and collectiue farm.
az httONNO OIt VIC UtfCHOU VI " ftOboC
And there all is dark.
The little child Ties In his bed
As ii he did not t1nnt to get up.
Who is that? (He alDGys pretends
his mother
Is not at homer
Open 1t Is I--Grandtather Frost.
brought you q horse
And rife on a strap.
Open quickly to mel
Thus goes forth Grandfather Frost
To each toiUn and to each collecttue
farm.
On this night of New Years eue
He brings presents to every one.
The suggestion that the little child
had good reason not to answer the
door or admit that his mother was
home might be looked on behind
the Iron Curtain as family counter
revolutionary.
The diplomats at the Soviet Ern-
Evening star., 1954-12-12
New Democratic Chief Is an Ambitious Man
Rough Hoosier Arena
Wos Troinine Ground

He rallied the shaken county chair
men and precinct committeeman
with a pledge he would go any.
where in the State and do any
thing he could to help them re-
build lighting party.
10000 Miles
He. got the invitations and he
kept his pledge. He estimates that
in two years he covered 10000 miles
in Indiana-mos of it in his own
! car. His wife Ann went with him.
on many of these trips. She re-
calls that often they returned to
their home in South Bend to greet
the milkman.
Mr.. Buffers back breaking work
on the chicken-dinner circuit paid
of. Months ago some Democrats
who earlier had been unimpressed
came in with reports that he was
making lot of friends. They said
his progress proved again that. In.
politics there still is no substitute
for personal contacts.
He applied the same method to his
campaign for national chairman.
Prior to the election Mr.. Butler
talked personally or by telephone
with almost all Of the los members
of the Democratic National COM
mittee.
That alone would not have
brought him victory, but he had ac-,
curately sensed the trend in the
party and taken an early stand with
the Stevenson Democrats. They
stood with him when the critical
test came in his own career.
A travelling Salesman z
Butler will take over his new post
January /. But already he is posi-
tive about one point in his plans.
He intends to be a travelling ma.
tional chairman. He expects, he
says. to surpass the record Of Mr..
Mitchell in riding the circuit.
In this field hesmade a fast start.
On his first day home he telephoned
former President Truman to ask for
COll1CICliCC LII iCoo blldll 10 tiOQl1
he was on plane bound for Kana,
sas City for a meeting with Mr..
Truman and Ayerell Hartman, Cow
ernor-elect of New York. :
Butler is frail. pale, 40, and &
dynamo of energy. He is a Catholic
maintaining the party's tradition
in selecting national chairmen. He
is an attorney in South Bend and
an avid rooter for the Notre Dame
football team. He received his law
degree at Notre Dame.
Hoosiers earlier had speculated
MI. Butler was potential candidate
for United States Senator. His elec-g
ton as national chairman removes
him from that race-at least. Ia
1856. He says: -
81 have no plans at this time TO 1
seek any public Office. I have never,
sought or held any elective or ap-
pointive public office"
Evening star., 1954-12-12

Blank. who suffers from q minor
heart ailment. now runs the. nation
al defense commission-the embry-
onic defense ministry-with an iron
hand. There are fewer personnel
quarrels in his Office than In any
other government department. In
Bonn.
To his associates, he is known as
"the terrible tempered Herr Blank"
OF himself, he says 81 have the
toughest head in Bonn" But his
co-workers and friends stress that
Herr Blank also Is eminently fair
and scrupulously honest.
AS director Of the defense COM
mission. Herr Blank never lets
former officers forget that civilians
now are calling the tune In West
Germany. Without ceremony he has
Evening star., 1954-12-12

times he sees no reason for stepping
down. He says, first, not even the
President wants or expects q rubber
stamp for Senate leader SO there
Is no reason why he should not
speak out frankly when he dis
agrees with the President. And, sec
ond. Mr.. Knowland says he is speak
ing only for himself as an indi-
vidual Senator-his position as lead
er should not be dragged into the
controversy.
He also has a. third reason: He
is sincerely convinced the country
needs new foreign policy, and he
probably thinks he can influence
policy better If he speaks from the
Republican leaders chair.
Could Mr.. Knowland be onsted
from the Job? It would be most
difficult.
No Eisenhower man with stature
In the Senate Is fighting for the
position. And the President is not
in a position to dictate change.
The senate resents any pressure
which Is not subtle and indirect.
And under the circumstances, Sem
ator Knowland does not seem likely
to be budged by anything subtle or
indirect.
Other Channels
There remains possibility one
Of the antagonists will give way.
Persons who are familiar with Sem
ator Knowland's dogged determi-
nation to fight for the right doubt
If 1t will be him. And President
Eisenhower has said the difference
between his policy and Senator
Knowland's policy is the difference
between peace and war.
Other Presidents who have been
in something OF the same fix have
tended to work around their Sem
ate leader. II President Eisenhower
chooses this course it might. mean
he will depend on men like Alex
ander Wiley, ranking Republican
on the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, and Frank Carlson. Irving Ives
and Leverett Saltonstall.
He also could work through Dem
ocrats. almost all Of whom like his
foreign policy. Such aid and COM
fort to the political enemy. how
ever, could cause even more trouble
among Republicans.
It looks like a difficult two years
ahead-for the Republicans. that Is.