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Evening star., 1954-08-19
Landover Hills Heads
Defer Action on Paw

The Landover Hills (Md.)
Mayor and Town Council last
night brought up the question
of authorizing part time salaries
for themselves, but deferred final
action until next month to stim-
ulate interest among town resi-
dents.
Mayor Joseph Brandt said the
matter of salaries was proposed
by Councilman James j. Con-
way Mr.. Conway's motion asked
that they be fixed at $3.50 a year
for each of the six councilmen
and $500 a year for the. Mayor.
Under the town charter. Mr..
Brandt said, salaries up to those
amounts can be paid town Of
ficialS, but the option has never
been used. The jobs now are
without pay, he added.
Mr.. Conway told his fellow
council members that it was not
necessarily a question of money.
but rather one of indifference
on the part of residents of Land
over Hills. He said he felt pay
ment Of salaries to the officials
would arouse interest in the
meetings and stimulate public
attendance.
Anonther reason, Mr.. Conway
said. is that it might attract
qualified town residents to seek
Office. He noted that Council
man Brendan O'Dwyer plans to
move to Annapolis and will have
to resign sometime in October.
Getting a successor. he said, may
prove difficult. Mr.. O'Dwyer has
been very active in town and
Prince Georges County affairs.
After considerable debate.
Mayor Brandt. however, sug-
gested that the motion be tabled
until the next meeting Septem-
ber Is.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
$4,000 Fire Sweeps
Feed and Storage
Barn Near Laurel

Fire caused an estimated $780,
600 damage early today ito a
large barn4 and feed storage
building near Laurel, Md. on the
farm estate 0f the head of q
Washington ice cream and dairy.
firYn.
The fire was just 100 yards
from the home of Clifford Y.
Stephens, president of Highs
Dairy Products Co. and also
owner of the Olney Acres chick
en- farm.
It was discovered about 5:20
am. by one of Mr.. Stephens
seven children, son, Mark, IA.
The boy said he was awakened
by the cracking of flames and
looked out a window and saw
the barn already ablaze. He
aroused his parents and other
members of his family, and they
summoned f1remen.
Block Fire Spread.
The Laurel. Savage and Bur-
louisville Volunteer Fire Depart
ments answered the call, but
were unable to save the structure
and could only water down other
nearby buildings to prevent the
fire from spreading.
The barn-actually series of
three connecting buildings-had
considerable feed mixing, dairy
and other farm equipment inside
plus some 1000 bushels of barley,
500 bushels of shelled corn and
about 10 tons of already mixed
dairy and chicken feed. It was
destroyed, as was a pony, the
only animal kept there.
Origin Of the blaze has not
yet been determined. but f1remen
and the family said it may have
been the result of faulty elec-
trical wiring.
IL in Colonial House.
Mark Stephens said IL persons
were in the large Colonial house
occupied by the family. They
included three other adults. He
said they closed windows of the
house to keep sparks from get
ting in
At the height Of the blaze,
flames shot high in the air and
were visible for miles.
The nearly 700-acre farm is
on German road, about Ia miles
west of the Baltimore boulevard,
near the Laurel Raceway harness
track.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
McKeIdin 10 Break Ground
In $4-MiIIion Bypass

The Maryland State Roads
Commission said today that Gov.
McKeldin will break ground next
Thursday for q 81 million Glen
burnie bypass at Wellh q m
avenue.
When completed, the CUTOFF
is expected to relieve congestion
on both the Ritchie highway and
U S. Route 301. The bypass will
be approximately 6 miles long
and will include six bridges.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
La aFontaiine's 5
Tract Rezoned
ForCoI1lIllerce
Office Building and
Warehouse PIonned
On Casino Site

The site Of Jimmy LaFon-
taine's once-notorious gambling
casino on the Prince Georges
County District boundary line at
Bladensburg road SOON win be-
come a modern industrial and
commercial center.
Plans already are on the draw
ing boards for a large ware
house and Office building to be
constructed by Giant Food
Stores on the northeastern part
Of the 28-acre tract.
The Prince Georges County
Commissioners set the stage for
construction of the center yes
terday by approving industrial
and commercial zoning for the
201a-acre section of the LaFon-
taine tract in Prince Georges.
Purchaser of the tract from
the LaForltaine estate was dis
closed as Decker & Associates
Of Washington.
They are seeking similar re-
coming for the 71a acres Of the
tract across Eastern avenue in
the District.
Spur Rail Line.
Fred w. Tuemmler, commu-
nifty planning consultant, who
represented Decker g. Asso-
ciates at the coming hearing
in Hyattsville, said his clients
plan to put up warehouses and
Office buildings on the remainder
Of the tract, with spur line con-
nections to the nearby Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad tracks.
He said negotiations are under
way to lease parts Of the center
to an electronics firm and q
Photographic supply house.
Mr.. Tuemmler said the build
ings planned will be modern and
considerably more attractive
than the long g-abandoned gamb-
ling casino now located there.
Weather and vandals have
made a dilapidated hulk out of
the once-swank casino, a we'll
known playground for tuxedoed
gamblers in the 1930s, when the
late Jimmy LaFontaine was in
his heyday.
More Tax Revenues.
Mr.. Truemmler said the in
dustrial center will put money
in the county treasury. Whereas
the present unimproved prop
erty yields about $4,000 a year
in taxes to the county. the pro-
posed industrial center should
bring in tax revenues exceeding
$5l 900 annually. se -
In another zoning action. the
commissioners approved recon-
ing for q small shopping center
on Ardwick road at Sixth street
between Bellmead and West
Lanham Hills.
The West Lanham Hills Citi-
zens' Association supported the
change. but about IS residents
Of the area spoke against it.
Commissioner Daniel A. Alb
bott commented that too many
county residents favor CONNER
cial enterprises, so long as they
are located near somebody else.
He said the commissioners would
be harming the county by con-
tinually turning down tax
producing commercial and in
dustrial zoning.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
Arlington Repairs Break
In 24-Inch Water Line

Water pressure was cut briefly
yesterday for several hundred
Arlington families after a "a
inch line broke.
The break occurred about l
pm. at North Powhatan and
Thirteenth streets. Within an
hour service was restored to all
homes except about 30 in the
immediate area, Water Depart
ment Supt. William Jeffnes said.
The pipe was repaired by Z pm.
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Residential Leaders.

Residential leaders and their
areas are: Mrs. Jerome Cowden
of 315 w. Bradley lane, Chevy
Chase, Md, Chevy Chase area
chairman: Mrs. Fred H. Miller
of 4916 Battery lane. Bethesda.
Bethesda area chairman; Mrs.
William M. Bolts, Falkland
apartments, 1915 Colesville road.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
Howard w. Balm Will Direct
Montgomery's Chest Drive
Manager Of Store
And Other Officiuls
Named to Aid Fund

HoWardsW Balm, manager of
the Sears Roebuck store in Sill
Eyer Hpring, has been named
general chaiFnian Tor the 1856
Community Chest drive IN Mont
gomery County.
His appointment was an
nounced today by John s. Hayes,
general campaign chairman of
the National Capital Areas
Community Chest Federation
United Defense Fund Campaign.
Mr.. Balm was chairman of
the county's Business Unit dur
ing the 1854 Chest drive. He also
is member of the Silver Spring
YMCA, a Red Feather agency,
and is first vice president of the
Silver Spring Rotary Club.
Others Appointed.
Working with Mr.. Balm will
be j. Robert Sherwood, of 900
McCeney drive, Burnt Mills Hills,
Silver Spring, who has been
named Montgomery County bus
mess unit chairman, and Mrs.
Philip Thorson, of TOOL Mac
Arthur boulevard, Glen Echo
Heights, Md, who is serving as
chairman Of the door-to-door
workers.
Business leaders who are work.
ing with Chairman Sherwood
are: Comdr. Harry Wessling, of
"A Eldrid drive, Silver Spring,
chairman of Business I for Mont
gomery County; Robert Christie,
Suburban Trust Building, Silver
Spring, chairman of Business I
for Silver Spring; Francis Cave,
of 4814 Elm street, Bethesda,
Md, chairman of Business I for
Bethesda; DR.. William II. Shep-
herd, president of Washington
Missionary College, Takoma
Park, Md, chairman of Busi-
ness I and II for Takoma Park:
Ben Shaw, of Suburban Trust
Co., Silver Spring, chairman of
Advance Gifts; Carl Warren, of
Warren School, Olney, Md,
h nj an of Independent
Schools; Miss Helen Porter, of
Gaithersburg Elementary School,
Gaithersburg, Md. co-chairman
of Public Schools, and Miss Alta
Clarke, of Carver High School,
Rockville, Md, co-chairman of
Public Schools.
Also Cy O'Brien, of 1921
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring,
chairman of Public Relations;
Warren Haley, of 8055 Thir-
teenth street, Silver Spring.
chairman of Business II for
Montgomery County; Frank
Reynolds. Of lit Fidler lane,
Silver Spring, chairman of Busi-
ness II for Silver Spring: Will
liam &; Hodges, Of 1885 Wis
consin avenue, Bethesda, chair
man Of Business II for Bethesda;
William S. Stanley, of 10636 Con-
necticut avenue, Kensington,
Md, chairman of Business II for
Kensington; Jewell Peeke, busi-
ness manager of Washington
Missionary College, Takoma
Park, co-chairman for Takoma
Park, and John Gaquin, of per-
sonnel department, County Of
flee Building. Rockville, chair
man of County Government.
Residential Leaders.
Residential leaders and their
areas are: Mrs. Jerome Cowden
of 315 w. Bradley lane, Chevy
Chase, Md, Chevy Chase area
chairman: Mrs. Fred H. Miller
of 4916 Battery lane. Bethesda.
Bethesda area chairman; Mrs.
William NJ. Bolts, Falkland
apartments, 1915 Colesville road,
Evening star., 1954-08-19
Pennies Are 'BuIIots'
In Beouty Competition

An Arlington American Legion
post is sponsoring a beauty con-
test Saturday night that will be
useful as well as ornamental.
Votes for Miss Post 139 will
take the form Of cash donations
to the posts child welfare fund.
Every penny given to the fund
will entitle the donor to a vote.
Growing of the beauty queen
will climax the post carnival
being held this week on the post
grounds at 3445 North Washing
ton boulevard, Arlington.
Evening star., 1954-08-19
10 Tax
Apartments al
Fort BeIyoir
County to Submit j.
Bill for $50, 900
Under New Law

Fairfax County is preparing
to make use Of a new State law
by submitting q tax bill of about
$4,000 for an apartment project
on federally owned property at
Fort Belvoir.
Legislation that took effect on
July / authorizes Virginia coun-
ties and cities to collect taxes
from leased interests in the
State.
The Lewis Heights Apart
ments Of more than 800 units
are owned by a private corpora
ton, although they are located
on a part of Fort Belvoir, coun-
ty officials said. The Govern
ment leases the project and pays
an annual fiat rental to the
owners, according to county as
SCISSORS.
Employment of a private real
estate appraiser to determine
the leased interest of the owners
in the apartments was au-
thorized by the Board of County
Supervisors yesterday, after the
matter was brought to the
boards attention by County
Executive c. C.. Massey and
Commonwealth's Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh.
Arrangements Changed.
Mr.. Massey said one bill was
submitted to the apartment own
ers in 1858, and a $4,000 payment
was made under protest. At that
time. the owners collected rents
from the apartments and held q
lease for the Government prop
erty on which they are located.
The contractural arrangement
between the apartment owners
and the Government later was
changed. however, whereby the
buildings now are leased to the
Government, according to Mr..
Massey.
The supervisors yesterday
agreed on motion of Arthur
Shaffer to register a protest with
the State Water Control Board
over proposed enlargement Of a
privately-owned sewage disposal
project in Chesterfield subdivi-
sion. Residents of Tucker ave-
nue. In the subdivision COM
planned that the existing small
plant is overloaded and q
nuisance.
: Mr.. Massey said the Water
Board was holding up final
approval of the proposed en-
largement until II heard from
the county. s s
The plant is operated by the
Chesterfield Service Corp, and
was built originally to serve the
subdivision in which it is To-
Gated, the residents said. The
proposed enlargement would
bring its capacity to 500 homes.
Plumbing Code Administration.
On recommendation Of Mr..
Massey, the supervisors desig.
mated Allan Chanel as plumbing
inspector to administer and en-
force the county's new plumbing
code. Mr.. Chanel has been per-
forming the same type work in
the division of sanitation. A
budget of $44,893 was approved
to put the new plumbing code
into effect. beginning Septem-
ber /.
A proposal by Supervisor c. B.
Jett to enlist the aid of Gov.
Stanley in keeping virginia's
schools segregated was resisted
by the other supervisors. They
argued that such action should
originate with the School Board.
Mr.. Jett withdrew his sugges-
tion.
A tract Of 157 acres on Fort
Hunt road quarter Of a mile
south Of Collingwood road was
rezoned from rural residence to
suburban residence. The appli-
cation listed the owners as Clar-
ence Gosnell and the Howard
Wilkins estate. The property
stretches between Fort Hunt
road to within $50 feet of Mount
Vernon boulevard
Evening star., 1954-11-14
A New Look at Mendes-Frunce
Reviewed by EorI H. voss

THE DEATH OF THE
FOURTH REPUBLIC. BY
Ronald Matthews. (Praeger;
$5.)
One comes away from this
British correspondents indig-
nant recital of French mistakes
with the definite impression
that the author must be elated
with the recent turn Of events
which brought Pierre Mendes-
France to the premiership. Mr..
Matthews probably has con-
cluded by now that the Fourth
Republic stands q good chance
OF being resurrected from the
death to which he has already
condemned II.
M. ndes-France emerges
from these pages as one Of the
Evening star., 1954-11-14

The 18th Metropolitan State
Art Contest, like autumn, re-
minds one of all former edi-
tions. The contests exhibits,
like autumn leaves, are new
this year, but resemble those
of last year and the year be-
fore, and so on. The commit
tee in charge had hoped, as
will be recalled from its state
ment published here October
10, for a smaller exhibition
Of higher caliber, in the Ma
tional Museum foyer, Tenth
street and Constitution ave-
nue. NV.
AS a matter of fact, there is
a sufficient number of profess
sional paintings, technically
competent and appealing or
interesting or otherwise meri-
toriouS as to subject and han
ding, to compose a lively
smaller show, mostly of tradi-
tional work. The 17th Metro
politan is predominantly con-
servative. as were all earlier
shows in the series, but in
cludes a proportion of obvi-
ouSly amateur work,
The 10 awards (nine cash,
one artists materials) were
bestowed upon worthy recipi-
ents; but not all the Is men
tions were as judiciously given.
There were too many Of
them, or, in another sense, not
enough. There are many works
better than certain Of the
mention winners. A complete
list Of all winners, with other
factual information, and a re-
production and detailed de-
scription of Jane O'Neill'S
River Elegy." which won The
Evening Star Award of 500,
were published in The Star
November 6. This water color
with its white and blue tonal-
ity has much pictorial charm.
Outstanding Pictures
William F. Walters Tomato
Factory" (Walter Bachrach
award), too, is admirable,
strong in color, broadly han
died, with a good pattern Of
deep shadows and sun-splashed
road. Francis Peters poetic,
misty gray-blue Buffalo Har-
Evening star., 1954-11-14

a rational appeal"
The authors profiles Of his
subjects are well done and in
teresting. He sees the late
Huey Long as "the symbol Of
American demagoguery" and
points out that two movies and
several novels based on his life
"have warned the country Of
the dangers Of native dictator
ship"
Mr.. Luthin says the usual
things about Senator McCar-
thy. Some day some one will
sketch the demagogues also
found among Mr.. McCarthy's
enemies, including certain
newspaper and air columnists.
In an introduction to the
book, Allan Nevins observes
that while we have had plenty
Evening star., 1954-11-14

few heroes Of the postwar
French scene. It was written
before he came to power. Mr..
Matthews finds most OF the
French Premiers since i946
were made Of putty. Most
Of the book Is devoted to show
ing what marvellous opportuni-
ties France had to pull herself
out of the swamp. and how
they were all bungled.
This is history. but frankly
biased history. Still there is
enough logic in the singing
sarcasm to provoke the reader
to have q new look at M.
Mendes-France, the man who
Mr.. Matthews believes could
have saved France In le45.
The French Premier is due to
visit Washington this week.
Evening star., 1954-11-14

Iigious appeals to the older
Protestant stock In the North
and to the white people In the
South. he points out. and city
demagogues discovered as their
most effective appeal the in.
security Of the newer immi-
grafton groups. These dema-
gogues won many high places
and much power throughout
the first half Of the new CEN
tury.
Huey Was Symbol
"They had certain char
acteristics in common" Mr..
Luthin explains. while on
the surface there appeared to
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Pearl Buck Tells of Her Life
Reviewed by Allen S. Drury

ing to do. We had not, I
think, ever committed even a
mild unkindness against q
Chinese. and certainly We had
devoted ourselves to justice
for them, we had taken sides
against our own race again
and again for their sakes, SEN
sitive always to injustices
which others had committed
and were still committing. But
nothing mattered today,
neither the kindness nor the
cruelty. We were in hiding
for our lives because we were
white"
Hopes for Better Doys
When Mrs. Bucks mission
ary parents took her to China
as q child, the old Empress
Dowager still sat on the Pea
cock Throne in Peking; today
she hears Of China only in
termittently from friends who
communicate from behind the
Communist curtain.
Without being doctrinaire
about one issue or another,
she contributes much to an
understanding of the turbu-
lent years between. why things
happened as they did. and
from it all she retains her
abiding faith in the basic
goodness of her own people
and the Chinese people, and
her hope that somehow, some
day, they can meet one an
other on q basis Of mutual
friendship and understanding
instead Of hatred.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
YuqosIuv Painters

The first showing Of Yugo-
slav paintings In the United
States since the war recently
opened at the Whyte Gallery,
to remain through December
4. It is composed Of 10 to
20 paintings by four artists,
who belong to the same gen.
Grafton (the four were born
between 1898 and 190D but
otherwise have little in COM
mon, hence illustrate the
polycultural society Of present.
day Yugoslavia.
Milan Konjovic, a Serb (the
oldest), studied in Prague and
Paris, like so many Of his gen.
GRAFTON. His Village" and
wheat Fields" are slashed on
the canvas in broad, dynamic
strokes, almost as If he had
painted in q fury. The heavy
impasto and thick. swirling
application look like nothing
when the observer Is close to
them. but they fall into place
as one moves back 10 feet or
more.
Peosonts fought
Krsto Hegedusic, q Croat,
now in his early Sos, has had
a varied career. is now profess
sor at the Academy Of Arts in
Zagreb. A quarter century ago
he founded the Peasant Paint
ing School in Hlebine. North
Croatia, and the peasants
themselves were encouraged
to paint naturally. Hegedusic
taught them the technique Of
painting in tempera on glass,
which is the one he has used
in his five paintings at the
Whyte Gallery. His subjects,
too, are peasants, painted in
a primitive style. His Fire."
with its figures in q far-reach-
ing landscape. is reminiscent
Of Breughel.
Nikola Martinoski is q Mace
donian. just past so, studied
in Bucharest and Paris, has
the brightest palette Of the
four. and paints animated II
not abandoned figures. He Is
uninhihited in his distortion Of
forms and positions, as In
"Idyll." which in handling of
figures and animals recalls
Chagall.
France Mihelic, Sloyene, the
youngest In the quartet. is the
Evening star., 1954-11-14
MY SEVERAL WORLDS. B

MY SEVERAL WORLDS. BY
Pearl s. Buck. (John Day;
So
Mrs. Buck, pot-boiling on
several occasions In recent
years, has hit her stride again
in these moving memoirs. A
beautifully written account of
her 40 years ip China is illu-
minated by a counterpoint con-
trast with her life as a success
full author after returning to
America.
Over all she records lies the
brooding tragedy Of the deep
ening chasm between Asia and
the West. never more vividly
portrayed than in her recollec-
tions Of the day in 1927 when
revolutionists stormed the city
of Marking and she and her
family huddled in terror in
their house:
Reoped WhirIwind
Sitting there on the edge
of the bed beside my sister,
each of us holding q child,
I told myself that I had al
ways known it would happen.
The wild winds had been
sown and the whirlwinds were
gathering, and 1t was only
chance that ! had been born
in the age Of whirlwinds,
chance alone that I was reap
ing what I had not sown. i.
None Of US could escape the
history Of the centuries be-
fore any Of us had been born,
and with which we had Moth
Evening star., 1954-11-14

" "
she believes, is in q meta
physical sense Of the infinite
value Of each human soul be-
fore God and the infinite re-
spect each man owes to his
neighbor's liberty and we'll
being"
This is the barest outline of
Miss Wards many-faceted and
densely reasoned presentation.
which concludes with an evan
gelical chapter on the proof
Of the existence of God.
"For all religions and for all
mankind" she says ringingly,
1.-THE intervention in time of
the Incarnate God and the ini-
tiation of a new humanity is
the central fact Of history"
Evening star., 1954-11-14

be vast diff
ere n c e 6
a m o n 9
north e IN
and south
ern dema-
g o g u e S ,
m o S t o I
tn e m ex-
plotted race
and religion
in tn ir
c a m p aign
for power.
It was an
e m o t ional
rather than
Evening star., 1954-11-14

claims IL Is
visi ary
a n d reli-
gious rather
t h a n ra -
tion alist.
What it Of
I ers a n d
promises is
a new ncaV.
en- and q
new earth"
The fun
d q m e n tai
r o o t. o (
w e s tern
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Study Of Demoqoques

Reinhard H. Luthin, author
Of 1.-THE First Lincoln Cam
paign," has written american
Demagogues: Twentieth Cen
tury" Deacon Press; So. The
figures he describes include
James M. Curley, Theodore G.
Bilbo, William Hale Thomp-
son, William H. (Alfalfa Bid
Murray, Frank Hague, PA"
and ma" Ferguson, Eugene
Talmadge, Vito Marcantonio,
Huey P. Long and Senator Jo-
seph r. Mccarthy.
Mr.. Luthin finds that after
the turn of the century "dem-
agogues blosSomed in rural
and urban regions both North
and South. The tactics va
ried according to locale, but
fundamentally they were the
same" Mob masters in the
hinterland used racial and re-