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The Problem of Atomic Wastes

Now that the law has been revised to
encourage free enterprise to undertake
large-Scale ventures aimed at harneSsing
nuclear energy for electrical power and
other non-military commercial purposes,
the day is coming when competing private
atomic industries are likely to grow apace in
or near the populated areas of the Nation.
And this prospect, in turn, since it is not
very remote, adds significant new di-
mension to the problem of protecting the
publics health and safety against the haz-
ards inherent particularly in radioactive
wastes.
That the problem is not simple one
has been made clear by Arthur E. German,
sanitary engineer associated with the
Atomic Energy Commission. AS he has ex-
planned it, in an address the other day to
the New York meeting of the National In
dustrial Conference Board, it Is problem
that calls for measures far more thorough
and complex, and involving much higher
cost factors, than the waste-diSpoSal OPP
erations of conventional, non-atomic manu-
featuring plants whose production proc
esses lend themselves readily enough to
adequate controls guarding against pollu-
tion Of land, water and atmosphere.
The great difference between such
orthodox plants and atomic plants is this:
That the latter, more or less like coal
burning furnaces, leave residue OF ashes"
but they are "ashes" much too hot merely
to be carted away and unloaded at ordinary
dumping grounds. For these wastes-in
solid LIQUID and gaseous formS-are all
radioactive in degrees that range from
harmless to extremely lethal and some Of
them have the capacity to emit killing rays
for thousands of years. Accordingly, since
they will be accumulated in ever-increasing
quantities as the Nation steadily expands
its nuclear-fssion activities, they must be
subjected to an elaborate system of control
and disposal to keep them from contami-
mating the soil, water, air and general en-
vironment in way that could seriously
endanger life, human and subhuman alike.
Up to now, under the Aces strict SUI
pervision, this problen-involving tens of
millions of gallons and pounds of atomic
'aShes"-haS been handled with great sue
cess. The methods of disposal have IN
cluded chemical dilution, the use Of high
smokestacks for safe dispersal in the air,
dumping at deep points in the ocean, burial
in the ground, and scattering in-rivers after
radioactivity has been reduced to q nom
danger point. But these get-riddance
measures have not been cheap. On the
contrary, they have been costing as much
as 81 a pound and 50 gallon, and they
apparently fall far short of the kind OF
system that viii be urgently needed as time
goes on.
Some experts have suggested, half Ia
cetiously and half seriously, that the only
way to solve the disposal problem IS to
shoot the radioactive waste material In
rockets to the moon or In missiles that
would lose themselves in outer space. That
proposal of course, is a bit on theAf fantastic
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Arnold Genthe Exhibition

DR.. Arnold Genthe commonly is re-
garded as one Of the greatest photographers
of his time When he died in 1912, his mega
tives and prints, accumulated in his studio
in New York, were acquired by the Library of
Congress, and about 200 selected examples
of his artistry now are on exhibition In the
Library
Among the works shown are land
scapes and subject studies from the camera
masters native Germany, Spain, Greece,
Mexico, Guatemala, Japan and many differ
ent areas within the United States. Each of
these prints is characterized by DR.. Genthe's
incisive comprehension Of beauty OF line
and harmony of composition. He wasted his
effort on nothing ugly Schooled in classic
traditions and an esthetic philosopher from
boyhood with the advantage OF having
studied under Eucken, Haeckel and Momm-
sen, he searched for the very essence OF
the graceful and congenial aspects OF life.
His views Of Fujiyama, the mesas OF Arizona,
Mount Athos, the battered Parthenon in
Athens, the market place in Bourgos and
the volcano of Antigua are exquisitely i'm
pressive.
But his portraits of little Chinese chill
dren in San Francisco, old monks at Zog-
raphou, Indians at Walpi, Ainu chiefs at
Piratori, the pupils of Isadora Duncan are
even more memorable. DR.. Genthe was the
top photographer for dancing, the art Of
poetry in motion, and his interpretations OF
Anna Pavlowa, Ruth st. Denis, Marion Nor
gan, La Argentina, Fe ALI, Martha Graham
and Doris Humphrey are the finest things
of their kind ever achieved with the aid OF
a lens. His. formal portraits Of Theodore
Roosevelt, william Howard Taft, woodrow
Wilson and Herbert Hoover carry the same
revealing quality. The Library OF Congress
exhibit includes equally interesting repre-
sentations of such varied celebrities as Sarah
Bernhardt, John and Ethel Barrymore, Mary
Pickford, John Galsworthy, Edna st. Vim
cent Millay. Gene Tunney, Walter Damrosch
Leopold Stokowski, ELISA Landi, Frank
Lloyd Wright, William Butler Yeats, Ellen
Terry, e. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe,
Claire Boothe Luce, John D. Rockefeller,
Senior; Andrew w. Mellon, w. Somerset
Vaughan, Sinclair. Lewis, augustus John,
Otis Skinner and aSonja Henie.
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Feurs a Reormed Germany

AS I read the daily reports Of ne
gotiations to bring West Germany into
NATO ! am stricken with horror.
have forgiven the German people for
the murder of the innocent millions.
but have not forgotten what they did,
Whereas, our diplomats have forgotten
the inhumanity Of the German nation,
and they are tripping over one another
in their eagerness to rearn Germany.
The Germans were allowed only limited
arms after the first war, but these
limited men and arms were the nucleus
of Hitler's mighty legions. what is
past Is prologue!"
Nathan II. ROsenthal.
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L etters to The Star.

an immigration law that is humane.
sensible and just-as promised by the
President.
The Star is to be congratulated In
exposing this injustice to child OF an
American citizen. 1t demonstrates, once
again. that an alert American press is
one of the bulwarks of our democracy.
Mrs. Marcus Cohn,
President, Montgomery County Sec
tion, National Council OF Jewish
Women, Inc.
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No Time for Soviet PurIey

Our thanks to Sir Winston Churchill!
In the House of Commons he had cour-
age enough and wisdom enough to say
now is not the proper time to hold a
parley with the Soviets. :
BY doing so, he may have prevented
our Secretary of State. John Foster
Dulles, from flying off to Europe again
and making a deal with the Soviets
that would have destroyed the Western
European pact before it has time to
solidify.
DisguSted Democrat.
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side, but II serves nevertheless 10 point up
what Mr. German has said-namely, that
a lot Of control planning work needs to be
done, starting now, II the projected great
expansion of our non-military atomic in
dustry is to be carried out in manner that
will effectively safeguard the health and
safety Of the public.
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SuIutes Capitol Police

I believe public recognition should be
given to the fine officers in the Capitol
Police. Nowhere else can one find
more patient, courteous, good-humored
and always friendly, yet firm, vigilant
and loyal group Of men, than one finds
here. They handle large crowds, yet
find time to be kind and helpful to
individuals.
Genevieve G. Hubbard.
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Eddie Cuntor's Ad

Whatever the merits of the dispute
between the Israeli and the Arabs. both
sides to the controversy should be re-
minded at this point that Eddie Cantor,
the comedian, is not the spokesman
for the American people, and most of
them will resent the implication in his
paid advertisement in the newspapers
that he is speaking for them.
American Only.
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6. o. p. Record Suits Him

happen to be one of the several
millions of Americans who are in the
$1,000 and less per year income bracket,
and because of the many misleading
campaign speeches being made cur
rently by prominent Democrats. be-
lieye 1t is high time for one of the
damaging and untruthful statements.
Most Of these speakers criticize
wrongfully, that legislation passed by
Evening star., 1954-10-30
Roosts McKeIdin

Being relatively obscure housewife.
I don't mind sticking my neck out and
predicting that DR.. H. C. Byrd will win
the Maryland governorship. The Bal
timore Sun in an editorial indorsing
Gov. McKeldin for reelection says that
DR.. Byrd has 'secretive mind"-that
he's sort of closed-up man. Well,
believe the Sun will find that Mary
landers prefer the oyster to ham.
Kathryn T. Eager.
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Corruption Exaggerated?

Our political campaigners are talk
ing too much about corruption. There
has always been some corruption in
each party but it is never as bad in
either as the other tries to make out.
After the coming election is over.
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Questions and Answers

A. reader can get the answer to any question
OF fact by writing The Evening Star Infor-
ation Bureau. 1900 Eye 81. NV, Washing-
Evening star., 1954-10-30
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE,

c. Are ministers of churches sub
ject to the new social security law
Of September l, 1954?-J. D. II.
A. Under the new social security
law. about 260, 900 clergymen are given
the individual option Of joining the
system.
Evening star., 1954-10-30

effect on this election. The prin-
cipal issues are unemployment, world
peace, highest cost of living in history
with substantial reduction in take home
pay; unrealistic farm legislation; fall
lacious labor policies and inequitable
tax relief. Therefore, anticipate a
Democratic landslide reminiscent of the
1948 election.
John E. Sato.
Ravenna, Ohio.
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Q. What kind of surface has the
Alaska Highway?-W. I
A. The 26-ft.-wide road is made Of
crushed rock ballast with gravel
surface.
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Sees Democratic Landslide

Nixon's strategy of communism, cor
ruption and Trumanism" will have little
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Psn-fGn1es may be used II letters carry
tDTiteTS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to- condensation.
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both Republicans and Democrats will
no doubt discover that pot-and-kettle
politics tends to keep voters away from
the polls. Charles j. Fox.
La Jolla, Calf. ..E
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The B'nai Israel Congregation
was the scene of the wedding on
June IS.
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Mrs. Johnston
Married to
DR.. Abbot

Mrs. Virginia Andes johnston
and DR.. Charles Greeley Alb
bot, both well-known in national
and local scientific and educa-
ton circles, were married June
8 at the First Congregational
Church. The Rev. Carl Heath
Kopf of1ciated.
DR.. Abbott generally is consid-
cred the worlds leader among
students of solar phenomena. He
was secretary of the Smithso-
MAN Institution from 1928 until
his retirement in 1914. Since
then he has been continuing his
Investigations relating to power
from the sun and solar control
of weather.
Mrs. Abbott is the widow OF
DIR. Earl S. Johnston, director of
the Smithsonian Division OF
Radiation from 1881 until his
death in 1947. She has been
acting registrar at the American
University in recent years.
DR.. and Mrs. Abbot left WASH
ington Immediately after the
ceremony, driving to Boston to
attend the Goth reunion of DR..
Abbot's class at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
They were guests yesterday at a
gathering of his relatives in
Newton Mass.
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cannot work. There is too
much waste motion in de-
mocracy. The only efficient
government in a state of crisis
is one run by an autocracy.
The only difficulty is. man
doesn't produce a benevolent
autocrat."
Then expressing more OF
the brooding writer. reflected
in his stories, he added: Pos
sibly the only thing that will
save us is defeat. We in
America don't take our politics
seriously enough. It's some
thing to do when you have
failed in something else. We
ought to train our people for
government"
AS for his great contempo-
rary, Ernest Hemingway. he
thinks he ought to get the
Nobel prize for literature. He
had other comments on this
subject but asked that they
not be printed.
And to the comment that
the Negro. comes out best in
his writings, his reply was.
Maybe the Negro is the best.
He does more with less than.
anybody else"
Greatest Output
The most he has penned in
one day, said the famous
novelist, was when he climbed
to the crib of the barn one
morning with his papers, pen
ellis and a quart of whisky and
pulled the ladder up behind
him. When daylight began to
fail he had torn of 5000
words.
While the small-Statured
Southerner dominated the
more literary-minded at Mr..
and Mrs. Summers huge at.
ternoon party at Holly Oaks.
their lovely Maryland place,
Senator Mundt and the young
couple celebrating their en-
gagement came in for consid-
cradle attention. In fact. the
three posed together for q
picture.
The couple are Mr.. and Mrs.
Faulkner's daughter Jill and
1t. Paul Summers, jr., nephew
of the hosts, whose father,
(See BETTY BEALE. Page B-4.
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By Lee Walsh

Soft-yoiced Mrs. Sam j. Erwin,
jr., rose to answer the telephone.
ooh !. )" she said. and paused.
Then, laughing. she answered
the hotel operator: THAT sounds
SO new and funny, you saying
the senator wants to speak to
you
Mrs. Erwin, wife Of the new
Democratic Senator from North
Carolina, who has just taken
over the two-year unexpired
term of the late Senator Clyde
Hoey, is used to hearing her
husband referred to as "the
judge" but since she has been
in Washington for only a few
days. she is trying to get used to
senator"
RoyoI Send-0H
If popularity with the folks
back home is any gauge for the
length of a term of Office. Wash
ington may expect to see the
Ervins around for quite a while.
When they left their home town
of Morganton. N. c.. last week
for Washington, a North Caro-
lima newspaper reported that "a
record crowd" turned out to give
a "home town, heart felt send
off" to the popular occupant OF
the Senate seat, and his wife.
II think that half of Burke
County came to see us OF, "
says Mrs. Erwin.
That they have many we'll
wishing friends is seen in the
hundreds of kilograms and let
tiers received By. the Ervins, and
the flowers in her room.
Mrs. Erwin gives full credit to
her husband. "He certainly does
have loyal friends. But he's al
ways loved people, and I think
he's thoroughly sincere in his
dealings with every one"
The Senator, however, says
credit belongs to his wife: mo
matter whatever came up, she
has always been right here be-
side me-"
Have Three Children
The Ervins, who will celebrate
their 3Oth wedding anniversary
on June IS, have three children.
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real ambition is to practice law in
Morganton with our son."
The ErvinS still live in the red
brick home in which they started
housekeeping. II always thought
we would build again. but as the
children came along, we just kept
adding to it" she explained.
When did she first hear about
her husbands new appointment?
81 was in the middle of house.
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cleaning when I heard he might
be appointed" she said. II was
on q stepladder cleaning the
books-we have more than any
body should have-when he came
home from Raleigh and said he
had talked to the Governor"
HE had been there for a con-
ference of judges, and Gov. Um-
stead told him that he was
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William Faulkner, the lit
erary giant of the South, spoke
up at the A. Burks Summers
party yesterday on some cur
rent issues with the quiet as
surance of a man who knows
his own mind and has no fears
in speaking it. Described as
the author who writes what
ever he pleases, the winner Of
the Nobel prize for literature
said, Nobody should be afraid
to say what he thinks"
One of a handful of Demo-
Gratis at a midday buffet din
ner for two or three hundred
that included Senator's Mundt,
Welker, Hickenlooper, Fergu-
son and Carlson, the distin-
guished Mississippian described
the Republicans around him
as looking prosperous and wor-
ried. They are always more
reserved in their behavior than
Democrats, he said. because ito
Republicans. politics is a mode
of behavior instead of an
activity"
How do they feel down in
Mississippi about the hearings?
I'VE feel shame down there
just as you do here" he an
swered with a level eye. Peo-
pie in his home town of Ok
ford, Miss.-population 5000
are watching TV just as peo-
pie are everywhere else. What
effect does he think the hear
ings will have? well" he an
swered with a twinkle. "the
Democrats at home are watch
ing with glee."
While her husband answered
questions with an agreeable
ness that belied his reputation
for being difficult to interview,
his slim, little. dainty wife ate
her dinner and chatted with
other guests. Turned out in
starched gray organdy and a
fetching gray hat, she was easy
to visualize against their white
columned antebellum house in
Mississippi.
Writer Gets Serious
ut is possible" continued
her husband, whose classic
Nobel prize speech has been
reprinted again and again, Tin
a world situation like we have
today that democracy simply
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thinking Of appointing him
that it might be next day, the
next week or month, or that he
might not even name him at ALL"
she added.
II was in a shoe store shopping
the Saturday that a friend came
in and started congratulating
me. I thought she had mis-
read the paper which reported
that he was one of three men
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ated early last week from the
University of Georgia. She was
singles tennis champion at col
lege and has been elected to
Phi Beta Kappa.
Gen. Caffey returned home
after attending the tenth ami
versary of the Normandy land
ing and met the family here.
Mrs. Caffey had also been away,
having gone to Georgia for her
daughters graduation.
Col. and Mrs. William M.
Myers have given up their house
on Rosemary Lane, Falls Church,
Va..- and today will move into
the Woodner, until they depart
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SocietyNeWs
Senator Is New
To Mrs.. Sam Erwin
New Scion From North Corolino's Wife
Is Much More Used to Word, Judge

Laura Powe, 20; Leslie. %, and
Sam j. Erwin III, 28, share
their parents interest in people
and politics.
81 think the thing we like to
do best. as a family, is discuss
politics, she said. We've had
lots of discussions on the subject,
and there isn't always agree
ment either" she added.
Pretty young Laura Powe
Erwin is a junior at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, where
she is thinking of majoring in
psychology. Tall, slender Leslie.
is a graduate of the University
of North Carolina, where she
won a Phi Beta Kappa key. She
is now doing welfare work in
Morganton. She is also studying
tipping and shorthand.
Son Married
Sam, III, is a graduate Of DAY.
idson College in North Carolina.
and Of Harvard Law School, and
is married to the former Betty
Fore Crawford Of Roanoke. Va.
Sam, who is also q Phi Beta
Kappa, is practicing law in Nor
canton, and was recently elected
Democratic Party chairman for
Burke county.
Asked how her children felt
about their father becoming the
junior senator from North Caro-
lima, Mrs. Erwin said:
"They were delighted, but as
the letters and kilograms started
coming in, I think they grew a
bit fearful. Leslie said, after
reading them: Mother, they
would scare me to death. They
certainly expect a lot from
Father ! hope he can measure
up"
Met In Morgonton
The former Margaret Bell of
Concord, N. c., Mrs. Erwin met
her husband when she was visit
ing relatives in Morganton in
1916. She graduated from Con-
verse College in Spartanburg,
S. c. in 1919. and they were
married one year later.
"He really loves the practice Of
law" says Mrs. Erwin, land his
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FuIbriqhts Hosts

Senator and Mrs. j. William
Fulbright presented their daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, to Washington So
ciety Saturday at a tea in their
home, 2527 Belmont road. A
small group of the F'ulbrightS'
friends were invited to meet their
daughter. Miss Fulbright will
have other parties given In her
honor later in the season.
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The grounds of Marymount in
Arlington will be the setting
Saturday for a benefit fashion
show and tea. The proceeds
from this event will be given to
Bishop John McElleney, S. j., to
assist in his work of building a
new seminary in Jamaica, B..
WI.
Mrs. William L. Tobin is gen.
eral chairman Of the event, as
sisted by Mrs. Joseph Alexander,
Mrs. Edward j. Mallett, Mr.. AL
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Benefit Tea On Saturday
Powell Photo.

fred Sherman, Mrs. George w.
Balm and Mrs. John E. Lawlor.
Mrs. David P. Doyle is In
charge of tickets which may be
secured by telephoning Jefferson
4-3525.
Also working to make this ben
eft a success are Mrs. Andrew
Farrell, Mrs. Winfield Smart,
Mrs. Vincent Dorgan, Mrs.
George Quinn, Mrs. Roy Leckey.
Mrs. John Francis, Mrs. Walter
Moore, Mrs. Gerard Treanor and
Mrs. o. Frank Thomas.
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The Army Judge Advocate
General. Maj. Gen. Eugene M.
Caffey and Mrs. Caffey, enter
tanned last evening at dinner in
honor of their son and daughter
in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Caffey. jr.,
who arrived on Saturday from
their home in Richmond, Va.
together with their children,
Elizabeth and Eugene III.
Also at home for the summer
are Gen. and Mrs. Caffey's
daughters. Helen and Mary
VIM. Helen arrived on Wednes-
day from her studies at Georgia
Medical School, where she will
return in the fall to begin her
third year. Mary VIM gradu-
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CuffevsHosts At Dinner; Other Fetes

for the West Coast. Col. Myers
is going to Tokyo for duty. He
leaves on Saturday for San
Francisco.
Mrs. Myers will leave shortly
after and spend a month in
California visiting her family
before embarking for the Far
East. Her first stop will be San
Diego, where she will visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. De-
Buhr, before going on to see
her daughter, Miss Billie Lee
Bradshaw, at Boulevarde. and
her son-in-law and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Creighton Johnson
and granddaughter Sandra at
Sacramento.
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being considered, but she said
that word had definitely come
through that Sam had been ap-
pointed"
1T thought it was wonderful, :"
she said, II enjoyed Washington
before when he was here as a
Representative from the 10th
North Carolina district, and I
know that I am going to enjoy
it again."
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Yours
BY Betty BeoIe

William Faulkner and Senator Mundt
Attend A. Burks Summers Big Party
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
Three Hundred Years
OF Freedom
BY SYLVIA sToRcH

Al just about this time 800 ago. group Of Jewish
little band Of 70 pilgrims this country in what
New York They had many the settlers before
and Them search of freedom
the freedom to lve-and to live meant live Jews.