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Evening star., 1954-10-04

Among the old things hardest to give
up are books. They have way of
winding themselves around the heart
strings, so that even when no longer
wanted they still manage to be kept.
This is the same situation that some
times arises with old dogs, old horses
and old cats, and, also, sometimes with
old persons. Old folks, however, mostly
think themselves into this dilemma and
ought to be able to think themselves
out of it. =
Old books implore not to be thrown
away, or sent to far lands, or put in
the trash, or sold to the secondhand
book dealer.
The book lover, looking over. his
cases, knows that the secondhand
man, as he is called, never gives more
than 10 cents a volume. Perhaps he
thinks he is generous, in many in
stances, for there is nothing, evidently.
more unwanted than these books one
sees kicking around on the outdoor
stalls.
Rain is the last enemy of good
book.
It spots the cover. mildews the end
papers, and makes large stains which
spread in through the type.
One may read them still. but they
are no longer books. in the best sense.
but just pamphlets about something or
other.
Mildew is another enemy. It gives
covers detected look, and inner paper
q peculiar smell all its own.
Evening star., 1954-10-04

were blue gray in color. large and
well formed, capable of wonderful
changes with his varying emotions
His nose was straight and finely
chiseled, his mouth small and his face
oval. His profile was very fine. All his
features were regular and symmetrical
and he was at all times manly and
noble looking. His manners were
rather stiff but they had certain
dignity. His uniform consisted of
dark blue frock coat with shoulder
straps, double breasted and buttoned
to the chin with brass buttons and
faultlessly white pantaloons-it was
very becoming to him.
Mr. Davis description OF the unused
and NANCY uniform and cap" belle
the rigid training of a West Pointer
and also the testimony of those who
knew him in Lexington and his nephew
and namesake, T. j. Arnold.
It is tragic to me that a man of
Mr.. Davis gifts as a writer. for he
writes with compelling charm and
force, should have allowed himself to
stray so far away from the picture
of Gen. Jackson as he was known to
his friends and give us this distorted
version taken from quotations of young,
disgruntled soldiers and others equally
undiscerning.
Mr.. Davis description of Gen. Jack
sons death and the coming of his
young wife and baby is poignantly and
beautifully told and very moving, but
he has done a great injustice to my
grandfather in representing him as
freakish, uncouth and awkward boor.
Julia Jackson Preston.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
This and That

"Musty" is the word, but it is more
than that-it is mildewy. the end smell
of living and dying entities.
When to these injuries are added
those inflicted by careless people. of
whom the world is so full. it is no won-
der that the real book lover hesitates to
get rid of any of his volumes, no matter
how cluttered they make his home.
Misunderstanding people (of whom
the world is also very fulD will call his
will laugh behind, his back, or even in
front of him, at the way they stumble
over books.
He, in his turn, does not understand
how it is possible to go through this
world without books, and how, after
you have got them, you can bear to
part with them.
Every now and then he looks around
the attic, where the overflow is stored.
Probably not a one of these volumes
has been read for Is, maybe 20 years,
who knows?
In that case, over there reposes fine
red volume, put out in the days when
dust covers, as the English call them,
were not normal part of American
books.
So this fine red cloth shows up beau
tifully in the morning sun that comes
in the east window. It Is q book by
DR.. Roller. q Swiss scientist, on the
Evening star., 1954-10-04
A Vote for lnteerotion

League of Women Voters of the Dis
trict of Columbia has long opposed seq
regation in our city's services. both for
our public servants and for those served.
We believe that all Washingtonians who
oppose racial discrimination can now
congratulate our school system for ef-
fecting a smooth transition toward an
integrated educational system.
We were particularly glad to read DR.
Corning's recent announcement of his
plan to accelerate completion of inte-
grafton in our public schools. We believe
this speed-up will greatly reduce the
uncertainties and tensions that occur
during a period of adjustment.
Our congratulations to the Board of
Education, our school administrators
and our teachers for carrying out in
spirit as we'll as in letter the Supreme
Courts decision against segregated
school facilities.
Mrs. John F. Latimer.
President,
League of Women Voters
of the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
By Charles E. TroceWeN

subject of heliotherapy, that is, healing
by the use of sunlight.
1t was the first clarion call to sun
shine that is now answered on a thou
sand American beaches by millions of
suntan devotees, who call 1--WE are
coming, Father Roller, million, mil
lion strong!"
Throw it away!
Not on your life! Only the other day
there was an advertisement in Cali
fornia paper for copy of this very
book, now long out of print.
So it goes all along the cases.
Here is volume by regular M. D.
on colds. Probably the rest of the med
ical fraternity frowned at his effort. He
proposed q certain way of eating to
avoid colds, and to end them quickly
II they get by the portals, i.e., the nose
and mouth.
Among other foods, it laid stress on
the common potato, that general fa-
vorite of the world. What did people
do before potatoes?
Books are wonderful because they
come so close to humanity, and try
their best to help it. That is why
there is nothing quite so bad as bad
book. and why mankind must gather
itself together to fight the bad books.
What pulls at the heart strings of
the book lover, when he thinks he
should get rid of some book. is that 1t
is a good book. that he loved once, and
may love again.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Virginio,s Uncertain Role

Virginia's uncertain role in the future
development of highways and bridges in the
Washington Metropolitan Area was given
Justified emphasis at the Commissioners
and Governors Trafic Conference here this
week. The uncertainty arises from the fail
ure of Virginia 'slpag-aslyou- system Of
road financing to keep pace with traffic re-
qu1rements in nearby Virginia. The broad
program of circumferential highways around
the District enviSioned by the National Cap
1tal Planning Commission has run into a
serious fiscal roadblock across the Potomac
River. The responsibility of solving this
problem is one that Virginia must solve If
the fine plans of the commission and of Dis
trict and Maryland authorities are ever to
be fully realized.
It was brought out at the conference
that the District and Maryland have made
definite plans to bear their rightful shares
of the burden of relieving traffic congestion
In the Metropolitan Area. Virginia, how
ever, is pleading poverty in connection with
recurrent pressures for more active cooper
alton in regional highway construction. 1t is
a fact that the State Highway Commission
is faced with many demands from all over
the State for road improvements that can
AiOo NC AAA1d4lNCO Will I6VGIluGS 1TOIH
the gasoline tax. And the commissions
plea to the General Assembly for an increase
In the tax was rejected at the last session.
So, when area planners talk of building
bridge at Cabin John and extending the
"outer belt'' through Virginia in an arc that
will link Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties sections of the bypass project,
they inevitably run into the stone wall of
Virginia'S road-fund inadequacy. Maryland
has met her obligations Under the regional
highway program by issuing bonds and
building roads today that will be paid for
later. But Virginia refuses to go into debt
on highway construction. This policy is
sound and commendable as long as current
and developing traffic needs can be met But
If the pay-as-you-go system fails to keep
Virginia abreast of growing traffic demands,
some alternative, however unpopular, will
have to be adopted.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Doing Business With Gunqsters

In recent editorial The Star aligned
itself with President Eisenhower in
opposition to terminating diplomatic
relations with Soviet Russia and quoted
the President as saying: "Our country
remains today essentially what it has
been in all its yesterdays, country
dedicated in principle and practice, his
torically, traditionally, morally, to the
task of promoting decent peace for
itself and the rest of the world" The
President and The Star have appar-
emily conceived satisfactory answer
to the following simple question, of
which the people should be advised:
Since when has 1t been historical,
traditional and moral American prin-
ciple to maintain diplomatic relations
with gangster nation which boasts
of its purpose to foment world revolu-
ton: seeks to overthrow our demo-
cratic system of government and has
infested our country with spies; has
imprisoned our nationals and shot
down our airplanes: and, by intrigue
and military might, has subjugated
weaker nations and enslaved 800 mil
lion persons?
If the President really knew our yes
terdays of Theodore Roosevelts time
he would know that our country was
then essentially different and we
would have promptly severed all rela-
tions with Soviet Russia and declared
that it had forfeited all right to be
considered member in good standing
of the family of nations. 1t is high
time that President Eisenhower turned
deaf ear to the appeasers and CO.
existors; awoke to the realization that
a decent peace" with Communist
Russia is impossible: dispelled the
idealistic mirage, and came to grips
with realities. Or, are we to continue
on the present path until we learn
once again that peace at any price" is
dearly bought with the sacrifice of
liberty? AS Benjamin Franklin said:
"They that can give up essential liberty
to obtain little temporary safety de-
serve neither liberty nor safety"
O. r.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
How the Soybeun Got Here

In The Sunday Star Pictorial Maya
zine for September 26, an article writ
ten by Dean and David Heller states:
In Japan Is years ago William j.
Morse, of Washington, was inspecting
soybeans. He is known as the father
of the soybean of America, now the
basis of multibillion dollar industry"
This statement is incorrect. The late
Mr.. P. H. Dorsett of Washington, has
the honor of being father of the Ameri-
can soybean.
Returning from one of his trips to
China and Japan. he brought home.
among many other things, the seed of
about 400 different varieties of soybean.
Mr.. Dorsett realized the great i'm
portance of the soybean industry and
felt it should be introduced into the
United States.
On his next trip, Mr.. William j.
Morse was sent with Mr.. Dorsett in
order to give more study to the soy
bean industry.
am Mr.. Dorsett's sister and would
like to see him have the honor due him.
Mrs. George C. Husmann.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Bureaucratic BumbIinq

Seldom has Washington been presented
with a more fragrant example of bureau
cratic bumbling than occurred in the hand
ling by high administration officials of the
Budget Bureau order on Federal inspections.
The whole business was a conglomerate of
1nexcuSable mistakes that must have been
embarrassing to the President and that have
stirred up needless fears of "snooping'
among Government employees. All of this
could have been avoided by the use of intel
hgence and common sense in top circles.
The first mistake was made when the
order was drawn so broadly as to lead to an
Interpretation in some personnel quarters
that it authorized Investigations into the
private lives of all Federal workers The
Stars Joseph Young, through whose jour-
nalistic enterprise the public belatedly has
learned of the order and it's contents, reports
that the Civil Service Commission was re-
buffed in suggestion that the wording be
revised to make it plain that only alleged
misconduct affecting the Governments
business would be investigated. Why was
this good advice ignored at the White
House?
The second error, and the most serious
one, was the silly decision presumably by
a presidential aide) to keep the order an
official secret. csc officials are reported to
have recommended publication of the di-
rective, but to have been overruled again.
OF course, there was no Justification what
ever for the attempt to prevent publication
of such an order. No question of security
was involved. This was governmental re-
form which the Eisenhower administration
should have proclaimed from the housetopS
"a reform designed to clean up remaining
vestigeS of the mess in Washington and
to keep the Government clean. Instead, the
Budget Bureau was sternly admonished to
regard the matter as confidential. The
secrecy ixation was so intense that copies
of the order were sent not through regular
mail channels but by special messenger.
How ridiculous can bureaucracy get?
AS a result of the secrecy it was but
natural that some personnel administrators
and many employees suspected that some
ulterior move was being covered up. Rumors
spread that Gestapo-like system was being
set up to watch every act Of the employees,
outside of their offices as well as inside. A
presidential aide has tried to allay these
fears by belated explanation of the order.
Such misunderstanding are not readily dis
sipated, however.
AS If the bumbling had not been carried
far enough, The Star has learned that ad-
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Tribute to Senator Mccurrun

Permit me to place this bouquet Of
his favorite roses to the memory Of
great Senator, Pat McCarran Of Neva-
da. who died in political action, a war
rior to the last after finishing a rousing
speech In behalf Of the principles he so
fiercely believed and so Staunchly held.
Had his only monument in history
been his part In preventing the packing
of the Supreme Court of the United
States by Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
this was achievement enough. 1t was
characteristic Of him that The Star
cartoon on the subject occupied con-
spicuous place on the walls of the re-
ception room of his suite In the Senate
Office Building for all to see, ponder.
and remember.
Sufferers from heart conditions can
take courage and comfort from Pat
McCarran. He lived with a troublesome
heart for years, past the Biblical three
scores -and-ten, and was still in there
punching at 78. A stout soul is probably
the best medicine for weak heart.
remember September Sunday
when he was leaving his Catholic
Church after mass. He was unaware of
it, but the congregation which had
preceded him from the church stood
and watched while he entered his au-
tomobile to drive away . a silent
tribute.
He had his enemies, his detractors,
his dissenters. his critics, just as he had
his faults. but the lightning rod he had
up against the storms which beat about
his head was simple and undaunted
faith in his country and his God. May
he rest in peace.
Thomas Quinn ReeSlcY
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Use Of Solar Energy
Moy -Precede Atomic
Dr.. Vunnevur Bush Reports
Of Advances Being Mode
By Thomos R. Henry

Solar energy, by some as yet un-
developed means of directly tapping
the suns radiation, may be Of practical
Importance to man sooner than atomic
energy. says DR.. Vannevar Bush. presi-
dent of the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington.
ut is quite possible" says DIR. Bush.
as quoted in Technology Review Of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
of which he formerly was vice presi-
dent. that we may derive more energy
from the sun than exists in our re-
serves of coal and oil. Moreover this
energy is inexhaustible, so far as man
is concerned, whereas our reserves
of coal and oil continually diminish.
It seems likely that solar energy can
be utilized economically. especially when
we recognize that the economics of the
problem Is merely that of first costs
and maintenance costs. and that the
energy itself comes to us free"
Some Advances Made.
Some important advances already
have been made, DR.. Bush pointed out.
The possible revolutionary significance
of these has largely escaped notice be-
cause of the much more publicized slow
progress toward utilization of atomic
energy.
LAS yet" said DR.. Bush. I'VE can't
make chlorophyll, that mysterious sub
stance by which nature converts sun
light into products directly useful to
plant life. We are far from understand
ing the process of photosynthesis. But
we now can make a solution which will
absorb energy in the form of sunlight
and give up energy at some later time,
and this is a significant step forward.
Another significant step has been
made by the Bell Telephone Labora-
tories in their recent discovery and de-
velopment of photo-electrical1y active
surface which converts as much as six
per cent of sunlight falling upon it into
electrically useful energy. If such sur
faces could be built cheaply in large
sizes it would certainly be possible to
obtain ample power from the SUM-"
Advances in Bi0logies
Dwelling on the possibilities Of
scientific advances in other fields, DR..
Bush stressed that during the past few
years there has been an enormous in
crease in biological sciences, the prac-
tical application of which still is OBJ
scure. But. he predicted, perhaps the
dam is about to break as the accumu-
lated knowledge of the last decades is
let loose. We may soon be on the verge
of discovery of what constitutes muscle
and in time perhaps we shall even be
able to make artificial muscle.
LAS yet we do not know how to trans
fer chemical energy directly into
mechanical energy where it can be util-
lied by man. But we are beginning to
make our first inroads into the under
standing of such processes, and it seems
not at all impossible that man shall
be able to improve on natures process
for his own benefit
There has recently been an impor-
tant break-through in the field of pro-
tein chemistry. There has been repro
duced model of a reproductive
molecue. This gives us, for the first
time, an idea of the mechanism by
which molecules can reproduce them
selves. The knowledge which this
brings to the surface is at the basis of
medicine and an understanding Of
life'S processes"
Evening star., 1954-10-04
A Famous Victory

1t was "a famous victory indeed that
Leo Durocher and his New York Giants
clinched in Cleveland's big municipal sta
dunn last Saturday. For not since 1914
had the National League brought home a
World Series title in four straight games
In their way the Giants have been team
of destiny this year-underdogs in their
own league all season, even though their
challengers were unable to knock them off
the top spot after June is, and short
enders in the World Series betting. But it
was the Giants, individually and collec-
lively, who provided the color, the COM
petitive fire and the really solid baseball
to win the big ones-including the final
series.
AS for the Cleveland Indians, they were
the "winningest' club in American League
history, but they were overmatched when
they moved into the Polo Grounds. There
is strong evidence, in fact, that the Amer
ican League has become so unbalanced that
it may be hurting. The Indians won the
league pennant by numbering the five weak
clubs while only breaking even with the
New York Yankees and the Chicago White
Sox. In effect, the circuit is divided one,
hardly big league after dropping below the
first three teams. Attendance figures in
dicate the fans know this, and the men
who run the business had better do some
constructive worrying this winter.
AS compared with our ancestors, we are,
thought Of as a jittery, fy-of- handle
crowd and yet just think Of the interna-
tional incidents we manage to keep calm
about that would have sent them into
shooting war by morning.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Who was the Englishman who
was called "Mr. Pilot" in Japan?-
J. L. w.
A, William Adams d575-162O) Of
Gillingham, navigator and pilot. In
the year 1900 he was on vessel which
was wrecked by a gale in the Sea Of
Segami and was among the crew cap
tured by the japanese. He was i'm
prisoned but later taken into govern
ment service as an interpreter and
conf1dant on foreign questions. He
married japanese woman and was
active with other Englishmen) in
developing the industries of Japan.
He was finally raised to the position Of
a lesser baron. The street where he
lived in Yedo Qater Tokyo has retained
the name of Amin, THE Pilots"
Q. How can q person who has lost
his naturalization certificate get another
one?-H. S. K.
A. A person whose declaration Of in
tention or naturalization certificate has
been lost, mutilated or destroyed may
apply for copy of 1t on special Form
N-565, incloSing a check or money order
for SIS, payable to the Treasurer of the
United States. The form may be OBJ
tained from any immigration and nat
uralization office.
@. Is it improper to let the national
Flag touch the ground while it is being
raised or lowered?-P. C. T.
A. Yes, it is. The Flag Code says the
Flag should never touch anything be-
meath it, such as the ground, the floor,
water, or merchandise.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Stores Might Open Earlier

was interested in the article relative
to the parking of shoppers cars in
downtown Washington. at a nominal
figure, between the hours of am. and
noon.
Now, as the stores do not open until
$50 am, that leaves an hour and
half to waste, so don't think much of
that proposition.
v. M. Gugert.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
On Tidyina Up the City Beautiful

The streets of Tulsa, Okla, are
washed every night. Why not those of
Washington, D. c.? Why is it that
people here seem to have so little civic
pride? Why do they not sweep their
sidwalks? Some do. of course. Few
people here are natives, but they are
living here and making their money
here. Let us try for clean city. Let
others be proud of us, also.
Frances M. Webster.
Evening star., 1954-10-04

ministration officials are trying to f1nd out
how the order came into possession of Re-
porter Young. The Star has no apologies
and no explanations to make in this con-
nection. It feels that 1t has rendered an
important service by apprising the public of
a governmental improvement that it ought
to know about.
Evening star., 1954-10-04
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question
of fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau, 1900 Eye st. NV, washing.
ton 3, D. G. Please incose three t3l cents for
Evening star., 1954-10-04

Pen-ss0nses mag be used Il letters carry
ioriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.
Evening star., 1954-08-01

held Astounding
stock quoy
included Astounding because
storeI IteM Mozors $ conducting this sale
Evening star., 1954-08-01
FAMOUS NAMES IN THIS SALE

Upholstered Meyer Gunher Mo Schoonbeck Grand
Ropd Der Herman Miller Michigan Seating SonbuI urbon
Valley Tominson. Brown Sotmon of California
Toes VIM Berey Brond Hekon OF 0rond
Ropd mpeo Weon Kent Of Grond Rapids Merson
Mostercroft Of Grand Rapids Stickley
Bedroom and Dno Room John Wcomb Grond Rapids
Brown California Beacon Hill Collection Continental Orleans Cot
lection Fonch Johnson Hondey Johnson, Nttnger King Lcndom
Moroonton, Old Colony, Skies, Sigh Tominson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-13
Man Charged in Staying
In Dice Game ScuffIe

A Washington man yesterday
was charged with homicide in
the death Of a dice-Sho voting
companion, who on examination
was found to have bullet wound
in his abdomen.
The wound. which did not
bleed externally. was found by
Coroner A. Magruder MacDorl-
aid, after Whallen E. Barnes, SO,
colored, 1916 T street NV. was
pronounced dead at Casualty
Hospital.
The accused, Charles Howard
81, colored, 3611 Georgia avenue
NV, admitted firing pistol in
a scuffle after the game, police
said. The fight started. police
said, when Barnes tried to snatch
out of Towards pocket the 81
he had lost. The game was
in Howard's second-floor apart
ment.