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Evening star., 1954-11-30
Omission in Hoyt Report

This is with regard to the Hoyt
Report on the development Of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Counties.
q In an otherwise splendid report. I
seem to detect one rather shocking
omission. I failed to note any reference
whatever to the construction of private
homes for middle-class owners. I call
attention to a quotation:
A recommendation: Construction of
homes valued at at least $4,000 in
Montgomery and $13,600 in Prince
Georges"
conclude that the following oppor-
tunities are open to those families who
can afford home Of say $4,000 to
$13,500:
|. Live in an apartment wherever
they can afford to do so. ~.
2. Purchase a home consequently
going into debit in Maryland for a
higher price than means would justify.
8. Purchase a home in what Is apt
to become a socially undesirable loca-
ton in the District.
am not a native Washingtonian,
am from upstate New York, and
perhaps I am spoiled. I am used to
living in an area where virtually any
one who wants to can own, or at least
rent, his own home. Concepts. such
as that exemplified by this aspect OF
the Hoyt Report (if am not misinter-
preting it,, seem to disregard the
unwealthy but most certainly respect
able middle-class, upon which this
country is presumably based.
I trust the situation is not so dark
as it would first appear. 7f,..
r. M. II.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
School Clerks Needed

q. Because, of a critical lack Of clerical
help in our schools, principals and
teachers are forced away from their
educational tasks to carry out the
duties Of clerks. s. -,
NJ AS enrolment increases this burden
becomes greater and our children suffer
an uncalled-for loss.
We, as taxpayers, pay our principals
and teachers to guide and teach our
children.
We feel the need Of full-time clerks in
our school. Let's work toward that goal.
Mable L. Rivers,
Secretary, Ambush-S. j. Bowen
Parent Teacher Association.
The elementary schools In the District
of Columbia are in need of additional
clerical help. Many of them have
only one part-time secretary.
Full-time clerical help is necessary
in order to have some one in the Office
of the school at all times to answer the
telephone, do clerical work and take
care of the many minor details in
connection with the efficient operation
Of the school. The educational pro-
gram is being neglected when the prin-
cipal Is unable to devote her full time
to the administration Of her duties as
principal in schools, with large enroll
ments. The principal should have ade-
quate time for the guidance Of students,
development of the general curriculum
and the handling of special problems
which arise in connection with certain
children.
The Board of Education is being
urged to have bill introduced IN
Congress for the purpose of appropriat-
ing sufficient funds for the employ
ment of full time clerks. Similar pro-
posals have been made in the past but
due to strong opposition the bills have
never reached Congress. Certain junior
high schools, with slightly higher en-
rollments than elementary schools. not
only have a principal, e-principal,
and assistant-principal but several
clerks and counselors as well.
Margaret 7. Plummer.
President, Ben W. Murch Home and
School Association.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
By Charles E. TroceweH

The essay, too; some writer's Of It
are so heavy, so pedantic, that they
scare readers away.
The gag" as such, has no place in
essay writing. so that this is not one
of the devices that makes for nghtness
and sureness-of touch.
The true light touch is felt In every
line, every thought, in state Of mind
In writing and of the writer that keeps
such a form pleasant and right.
The only way to achieve real essay
is to cut loose and write, let the words
come. A very good writer Of this form
often starts new paragraph with
some word that simply pops out OF the
nothingness into the here.
He does not know exactly what he
is going to say, but the word acts as
a trigger mechanism, that sets the
thoughts to tumbling over themselves,
leaping into words that somehow come
right-and light enough for all practi-
cal purposes.
No doubt this win not ten our earnest
young high school student much.
After all, 1t takes years and years for
one to get this far In self-analysis.
All we can say is, get rid Of fear, and
have something you really want to say.
Say It the best you can, and may the
spirit Of Charles Lamb look over your
slnoulderl
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Before the Darkness

Uant to leaDe this aoorld before the
lights
Slo,Oly may be ertinguished one by
Before the anxious days and sIeepIess
nights
Win make burden of each rising sun.
iDant to say fareweH before the sound
OF music shall become thing of pain,
When JOY in 1t that haue nItoays found
May make me sddder than the orter-
ting rain.
/ ioant to 90 before the autumn burns
Its flaming gold to ashes In the dust,
Before the IeGues are drtueH round the
turns
Where Uinter minds sOiH bIoiD upon
snoaD-cTust.
For, taking beauty NTH me, leaUe here
The breath OF loneliness that hold
dear.
May Lueretia Borksr.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Senator McCorthy's Appeal

The move by Senator Mccarthy to end
the debate on the proposed censure resolu-
tion is an entirely commendable one.
It is an affair which has taken entirely
too much Of the time and attention of the
Senate and the people. This is not to say
that the resolution Of censure is an unin-
portant matter. On the contrary, the issue
which it raises is of considerable Importance,
and decision cannot be evaded. But all
things are relative, and the Mccarthy affair
should not be permitted to overshadoW other
problems which bear upon the survival of
this country. The time has come for the
Senate to dispose of the censure resolution,
one way or another, and Senator Mccarthy
deserves full credit for forcing the show
down.
It does not follow from this that the
Senator's analysis of the charges against
him is necessarily correct. He says that
'they boil down. simply to the accusation
that have used discourteous and offensive
WordS-WordS that have injured the senSi-
bilities Of my colleagues" This interpreta-
tion is narrow enough to be misleading.
The issue, as developed very clearly in the
report of the. Watkins Committee, is not
whether Senator Mccarthy has injured the
sensibilities of his colleagues. Rather, it is
whether his conduct nanimously found
by the committee to be "contemptuous"
and obstructive to legislative processes
has been such as to bring the Senate into
disrepute, and, as necessary sequel, to
justify vote of censure.
But this point has been worked over
again and again. both before the Watkins
committee and on the Senate floor. No
new light can be shed upon it at this late
hour, and none is needed. BY this time,
each Senator must have made up his mind.
The debate should end on Wednesday.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Something in Names?

IT might take some of the present.
day confusion out Of international pol
itics If the worlds foreign ministers
would adopt the example of their
French colleague. Mr.. Mendes- France,
making the countries they represent
parts of their names-for instance:
Dulles America; Eden England; Okla
zaki-Japan; Notowidigdo -Indonesia.
Manfred WOlkiser.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Enrico Fermi

In the aWe-inspiring business of har-
Messing nuclear energy for both war and
peace, few men, If any, played a greater role
than Enrico Fermi. He was giant in the
field even as far back as 1884, by which time,
at the age of only 33, he had already become
internationally famous for his atomic ex-
perimentation in his native Italy-a con-
tinuously successful experimentation that
won him the Nobel Prize for physics
and led from then on to achievements full
of immense significance for the whole of
mankind.
It was in 1888, while in Sweden to re-
ceive the Nobel award, that DR.. Fermi made
up his mind to exile himself and his family
from the Fascist oppression and terrorism
of Mussolini's italy And a few months
later he was settled here in the United
States, where he soon joined other eminent
physicists-led by Albert Einstein-in per-
sistent and urgent effort to convince our
Government of the feasibility of trying to
produce an atomic bomb. BY 1940 with
President Roosevelt deciding to take the
gamble, this educational campaign had sue
ceeded, and some two years after that, un-
der DR.. Fermis directing genius, the worlds
first nuclear furnace achieved the worlds
first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
In effect, this event-which took place
on December 2, 1912, under the west stands
of the athletic field at the University of
Chicago-ushered in the atomic age, an age
pregnant with much greater promise and
much greater threat than any since the be-
ginning of time. There followed the war
time production Of the A-bomb and then
the postwar development of whole family
of related nuclear ornaments and the in
describably destructive hydrogen weapon.
But DR.. Fernis very large contribution was
not confined to the design and fabrication
of these dread military things; it went be-
yond that, in comparably big measure,
to harnessing the atom for beneficent eco
non1ic and health purposes.
Indeed, as pointed out by Chairman
Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy
Commission, If DR.. Fermi-a victim OF
cancer-had been spared few more years,
he might have been saved by medical tech
niques derived from his own discoveries"
Our Nation is greatly indebted to him for
the promise implicit in those discoveries and
for it's general pre- -eminence in the nuclear
field, and the world at large must reckon
with his death as heavy loss. For his
genius, had he been given longer life,
would surely have rendered further good
service not only to the American people but
all humanity.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Dour About New Congress

AS in 1852, liberals" of the newly
elected 84th Congress promise Coop
Grafton on domestic issues with Presi-
dent Eisenhower when we think he is
right" This means, of course. that the
victims of the New Deal virus will re-
sumo their familiar triple role of
nemesis Of free enterprise, accomplice
Of the labor union bosses. and cham
pion Of every selfish pressure bloc.
When the British statesman, Ed
mund Burke. was elected to the House
Of Commons in 1774, he told his Bristol
constituents: Parliament is not con-
gress of ambassadors from different
and hostile interests !. but delibera-
tive assembly Of one nation, with one
Evening star., 1954-11-30

that time which ultimately were to require
drastic correction. When at last the light
ming struck and England needed leadership
and other countries needed to know that
England did possess leader equal to the
emergency, Winston Churchill was the an
swer. He articulated freedom and survival
for the liberty Loving commemorative every
where. It is gratitude for that service that
millions of his contemporaries, old and
young, are expressing today.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
of Housing Code

Hearings will begin tomorrow on SUD-
ject that will affect the public health and
safety of Washington for many years to
come-the adoption of a comprehensive, up
to-date housing code. It has been indicated
that conflicting points of view will be ex-
pressed at the hearings on some controver-
sial provisions of the proposed code. Ger
tainly there should be full discussion of the
disputed aspects of the draft, prepared for
the Commissioners with the assistance of
representative citizens advisory committee.
It is to be hoped, however, that out of the
hearings will come a reasonably complete
and effective set of regulationS-for in the
absence of such code the Districts slum-
clearance program could become seriously
stalled.
The proposed code is very necessary in
strument in the broad attack being planned
by District officials on blighted and un-
healthful housing in Washington. In fact,
the grant of Federal funds to assist in this
cleanup and rehabilitation program hinges
on the presentation to Federal authorities
of well-rounded slum-riddance plan, in
cluding modern code for enforcement OF
health and safety regulations. The city's
present code, if 1t can be called such, is a
hodgepodge of rules and regulations Of
varying age and often confusing and con-
f1icting provisions. Using the national pub
lie health model code as general pattern,
the code drafterS have endeavored to formu-
late rules adapted to Washington's special
needs.
One of the problems confronting the
advisory group and others who worked on
the tentative draft was that of reconciling
a modern code with building practices that
were considered proper years ago. The pre-
amble to the code specifically exempts old
buildings insofar as architectural and
structural requirements are concerned. 1t
was felt that owners of buildings erected
under rules which were adequate and legal
in the past should not now be penalized II
their buildings do not conform to revised
rules of today-provided the structures
otherwise comply with health and safety
regulations Nor will the recommended code
abolish tenements as we know them here.
A tenement in Washington does not neces-
sarily mean disreputable structure of the
type seen in some large cities For example,
any bachelor apartment" without kitchen)
here is tenement under the District
meaning of the word, even if it was built
only recently. The code, as drafted, would
be aimed only at "tenements" which are
menace to public health or safety, by reason
of overcroWding or because of sanitation or
structural deficiencies.
Owner occupants of private houses
would be subject to the code along with
owners of rented properties, but since the
District plans to, make inspections of owner
occupied homes only when complaints are
filed by someone, the average home owner
should be little affected by the code. But
the whole community would benefit by the
adoption and enforcement of reasonable
housing regulations The hearings tomor
row will pave the way for a long-needed
modernization of housing standards in the
Nations Capital.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Letters to The Star.

shelf sovereign rights for the purpose
of exploring and exploiting its natural
resources" In the same document. the
control of fisheries on the high seas by
coastal nation Is recognized for the
purpose of conservation, but not for
depriving foreign nationals of their
historic right to fish in such waters.
A. L. Shalowitz.
Evening star., 1954-11-30

as long as it is best for the country
as see it.. ~, oo ~
It is deplorable fact that in the new
Congress it will be difficult to find
bakers dozen who will walk in the fine
tradition of Burke and Garner.
h3 a R.
Evening star., 1954-11-30
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact BY writing The Evening
Star Information Bureau, 1900 Eye ST.
cents for return postaRe.
Evening star., 1954-11-30

middle Of the Road Model Tor '55."
interest, that of the whole" Six years
later Bristol repudiated Burke's philos-
ophy and gained the dubious historical
fame of constituency which was not
good enough to be represented by one
of the half dozen greatest statesmen
Of the age.
Long, long ago John N. Garner said
to his constituents Of the 18th district
of Texas: "If you re-elect me I'll 60 up
there and do the best can for you,
Evening star., 1954-11-30
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE


@. What ships were involved in the
Boston tea party of 1773, and where did
the tea come from?-R. z.
A. -Four tea ships were sent TO Bos-
ton but only three docked: The Dart.
mouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver.
The fourth vessel, William, was
wrecked on Cape Cod before reaching
port, but some Of her cargo of tea was
salvaged. The tea, sent out by the East
India Co.. was mostly the Bohea variety.
which comes from China, Formosa,
Japan and India. ans
Q. When was the Optimist Club
started? What Is its main purpose?-
M. A. j.
A. The Optimist international, found.
ed in 1919. is an organization devoted
to spreading the idea of optimism
throughout the world Optimist mem
bers believe in looking at the sunny
side Of everything" and in giving
every living creature you meet smile"
These cheerful ideas are part of the
Optimist creed, written by Christian D.
Larson.
Evening star., 1954-11-30

Pen-nGn1es may be used II letters carry
iDriters' correct names and addresses
All letters are subject to condensation.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06

among the Younger set. will also
Participate in the TRIBUNE Fall
and Winter Fashion Review.
Miss S. Liberia Chisholm
will appear as guest soloisi on
the program. which includes re-
freshmenis and entertainment
al no added cost.
Actually. the TRlBUNES SEC
OND ANNUAL Fall and Winter
Fashion Show, will be Just that
and more beside. It'll leave
many memories in addition &c
showing smart fashions, how they
are worn. what suits different
type individuals best, and where
they may be purchased.
Tickets for the Big Night OF
wholesome. eYe-eatehing Re
view, are sl.2s in advance and
sl.S0 at the door.
II YOU are unable to purchase
them in your immediate neigh
borhood. stop in the Tribune Of
fee 2l46 ST. Antoine, or cal
WO. 4-8208 or WO 2-4937 ano
tho nearest store TO your resi-
dence. handling FASHION RE
VIEW tickets. will be given you
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06
Sigma Citation to
President Tubman
on Visit to City

President William V. S. Tub
man OF Liberia was honored by
his fraternity by being present
ed the annual Phi Beta Sigma
award for Outstanding Service
TO Humanity" during the official
civic reception at Detroit City
Hall last Tuesday.
The award IN the form OF an
engraved plaque was presented
by DR.. L. r. Swan. local Sigma
president. on behalf Of the ma
fionai president. DR.. George w.
Hiqhiowsr of Atlanta. Ca.
In making the presentation DR.
Swan said in part: q. You have
kindled a beacon TO the un-
derprivileged people everywhere
10 show that the road to the
achievement OF normal aspirs-
tons is not through communist
domination, but through the por-
tails Of enlightened democracy"
Former Sigma winners of the
Sigma award include: DR.. George
Washington Carver, DR.. Alair
Locke. James Weldon johnson
and the Honorable Hulan Jack
president Of the Borough Of Man
haitian, New York.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06

\ total Of 1900 votes 10
knights $4,000.
The 3l-yesr-old morticlan and
two-term state senator also was
the first OF his race to win NOM
nation IN a Michigan congress
slonal race
Figured He Could
II sorta figured | could DO il =
stated Diggs, after winning the
nomination from George D..
O'Brien. a seventeen incumbent.
who then put support behind
HIM
Observers op ne that Digs de-
rided 10 run for Congress after
his strong but unsuccessful bid
tor Detroit Common Council
seat. missing by few thousand
votes.
They point out 100 hat the
new boundaries OF the Bird Sem
atonal District are almost idenii-
cal with those OF the 18Th Con-
grcssional District Digs was
elected twice in the old Ord SEN
atorial district.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06
'Christian-Act
JaiIs Preacher

A self-styled preacher without
church got a new home for 70
DAYS last week despite pleading
that he was doing a christian
act" when he took a driver
license examination for a FOL
lower"
He is Samuel David Hollis.
a.. 2227 Hardwood. who was
sentenced TO the Detroit House
of Correction by Traffic Judge
George T. Murphy.
His follower" Casper Ware
Jr., "a, Of 2265 Erskine, in whose
name he took the test was
melted a 30-day term.
Hollis. whom police say s AN
ex-convict, told the Judge 'ha'
he took the test for Ware be-
cause Ware could not read enough
TO understand the questions.
Police revealed that II Ware
really could not read the cues
tons. they would have given HIN
an official oral examination
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06

Prince Hall Masonic Temple IS
|pcs,cd at $500 McDougall.
n Models. halrstylists, dressmak ?
Hs designers and millinery ex-
u IT'S VIII offer the latest IN
nshlou, IN variety OF crea-
0ns. nom tots to evening wear
Vlh sport and casual. also IN
drded
n Model' from CARTRIDGE Furs
ne House OF Beauty, King
books and Gately's are Just
xme Of the clothing and other
Nsrnc,s firms TO be represented
Miss Opal Prifehard. one or
he midwest's top drsssmakersi
FRS Carrie Smith. dressmaker
nd designer. and Miss Lillian
ling. known for her styling OF
Rdies hats. are just some OF
be bevY Of professional cloth
Prs. siYlists and designers. who
pill either model or have their
rsahons modelled.
laudia Anne's Tot Shop. vii
umbn for young mothers wha'
~ thriving infants are wear
ItE
Nadine Killum. Queen of NIL
N Hugh school and populal
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06
Moy Try Youth as Adult In
Custer Hi FutoI-Sho

rs. 87l5 Cardoni Abe Doughtery,
is. 87l7 Cardoni, Robert Scott,
IS. 1880 LaSalle; David T.
McNeal. is. l53349 Log Cabin.
Another arrested earlier, Donald
White. lS. 1864 Lob Cabin. was
released by police last Friday
at the inquest
Edwards, White. Adams and
Doughtery were witnesses OF the
shooting. They claimed that Ed
wards did not know the gun
was loaded and pulled the trigger
F." to scare him." (Raines) as a
prank
Served As Protection
The four testified that the gun
was being carried as protection
against the Hot Rodders. a
rival teen-age gang OF which
jackson, Scott and McNeal are
members.
The gymnasium Of Custer
School is open evenings to pro
vide recreation for youths IN the
neighborhood Raines had been
practicing almost nightly with
other members Of various school
teams
Police said the youths testified
that Raines was shot when three
Of them ducked into the iavatory
10 steal a smoke smoking is pro.
hibited in Detroit public schools
after Ralnes had finished prac'
tice.
Bullets In Old Car
Edwards was repeatedly giver
the gun by McNeal. who sale
CONTINUED on Psg, ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06

lower chamber in 1850 while IN
parole from prison for accepting
$3.50 bride.
During his tenure in the State
Legislature. he has been . hard
worker for liberal reforms and
legislation, including fair en-
ployment practices bill
This is not just victory for
our group. but q victory for lib-
eral political philosophy" he
pointed out after winning the
primary.
How did no feel about his
chances to defeat his opponent.
Landon knight, newspaperman?
Felt II Would Be Close
II feel that the contest VIII bs
close. and do not intend 10
rest on any laurels," he cited
Digs stated that he would
primarily interest himself in race
problems. slum clearance. curb
ing Juvenile dlinquency, reduce
ing unemployment. and preserv-
Ing a peaceful economy
The 18th District siraidles
Woodward IN central Detroit and
takes in Wards TO s and 8 IN
Detroit and the city Of Higland
Park.
Third In Congress
lie is now the third Negro
Congressman. The others are VIII
liam Dawson OF Chicago and
Adam Clayton Powell Of New
York City.
Digs is the father OF three
children. and is president Of the
House Of Digs. Inc. an UNDER
taking establishment. member OF
the Cotillion Club; State Director.
Civil Rights OF the ElkS: and
affiliated with several other CIVIC
and political groups.
He is graduate Of Miller
High and attended Fisk Univer-
sity. Wayne University and Uni
versitv Of Michigan. He has won
several prizes as an orator
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-11-06
Hamtramek May
Sell Project

The Col. Hamtramck Hous-
ing Project. which only recent
was ordered TO admit tenants
without regard TO race after =
long legal battle. may be sold
10 private interests.
Last week the Hsmiramek
City Council ordered q si1dY
into the feasibility and legal
problems OF selling the pro.
ject after being told that .
local group was interested
in purchasing II.
Joseph Lewiski. local manu-
facturer and spokesman fer a
group OF investors, stated that
the city might could sell the
project for more than a million
dollars profit over what was
paid for il in 1910.
The city purchased the $50
unit project at Dequindre and
Common from the federal
government for $l,7Oo.0o0. but
still owes nearly a million
dollars on Il.