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Evening star., 1954-06-02
ELRANCHO

THIS BRAND-NEw ANTIQUE brick
contemporary. designed for young
moderns. has the unusual combina-
tion. Of country seclusion M-acre
to Pentagon: 3 bright bedrooms, liv-
ing room with fireplace, wall and
exposed beams, dining room. all-elec-
trio kitchen, tiled bath: carport;
excellent storage space. ONLY S16,-
7hO WITH Al TERMS.
Arthur L. Walters Co.
24l9 Wilson Blvd. ia. 7-52OO
Evening star., 1954-06-02

SILVER SPRING
2-BEDROOM RAMBLER
ideally located near -Four Corners
shopping, tranSp. A perfect all
brick home with det garage. for a
discriminating couple Small down
payment; easy financing; may rent
with option to buy. Also we have
another 2-bedrm. brick rambler,
S-BEDROOM COLONIAL
This beautiful home near Langley
Park has everything for comfortable
living incl. ~ baths, lge. liv. rm:-
din. comb. all-elec. kit. lge. bed
rm. lovely rec. rm.. attrac. patio.
Many other features incl. 2 firepls.
CAPITAL REALTY co.
JU. 9-0673. II no answer, WE. 5-5627
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ARLINGTON-BY BUILDER
True center-hall rambler, all DIX
3 twin-sizef bedrms. 3 baths,
firepl.. all-elec. kit. with breakfast
space family-siZed din. rm.. hv.
rm 15x22. lower-level family rm.
3Ox2O with hardwood floors: q
car gar: wooded lot, close to transp.
and schools. 1850 Rock Spring
Evening star., 1954-06-02

BUY AND SAVE RENT with this
semidet house on hilltop in Hunt.
ington overlooking Alexandria and
bath on 2nd floor and its liv. rm..
din. end and kit. with full breakfast
taking over existing 1st trust OF
$500 at ~ monthly payments of
5000 and either paying difference
in cash or $1,000 cash and balance
in 2nd trust. For details call o. E;
IOOMIS Broker, So 5-6o39. 3
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1st AND P ST. NV.
Wonderful location for any business.
White or colored; $50. Call RE.
1851 day. night and Sunday.
Evening star., 1954-06-02

3-APT. DET. HOUSE-S1495O
Near 4th and Upshur SITS. NV; gar
gas heat; rentals, $40 mo-, st
trust, $4,000. OWNER. RA. 6-4422.
Evening star., 1954-06-02
IEW SHOPPING CENTER

NEW SHOPPING CENTER
Ready for occupancy about Oct. 1.
over 10000 population In immedi-
ate area plus nearly 10000 cars
to Giant 6upermarket, Peoples Drug,
Edwards Shoes. Adeline Dresses,
Peoples Hardware. Valet. barber and
others. Have stores available for
Variety, LIQUOR, Riddles Shop. Deli
catessen, Sewing Center. Bakery.
WEINBERG & BUSH, INC.
1902 H st. NV. Realtors MA. $500
Evening star., 1954-06-02

TREES-Keep cool in this tree-sur-
rounded brick rambler Liv. rm.,
din. rm. 2 bedrms., bath. equipped
kit, screened porch, bsmt. with I'm.
rm.: owner leaving for Florida:
PECK co
Evening star., 1954-10-18
BY Charles E. Trocewen

It was just another defect Of the
candlelight era.
Templeton Jones, with his electricity
still Of the next morning, reflected
that this should still be called the elec-
trio age. rather than the atomic age.
In the main. electricity helps man
kind. rather than hurts.
And the light it has given man has
made him D new world. If he has the
brains to handle It properly.
Templeton Jones. as he read his paper
BY candlelight. wondered why the elec-
trical industries had not managed to
invent some sort Of CONCEALED elec-
tricity In q usabie lamp. that could be
stored away. and brought out in time of
need.
Then he thought that they had done
Just that, in the fiashlight- and battery
operated lantern, but that the active
life of these batteries was not large.
and that they would be run OUT at
the moment Of need.
So there is still something that can
be invented. Templeton Jones thought.
A supercandle. that viii give enough
light
After al. electricity has spoiled hs
for one candlepoWer.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
his and That
Eating by candelight is stylish.

Eating by candelight is stylish.
Shaving by it is something again.
Templeton Jones has decided.
He says the next time there Is q
hurricane he is going to shave In the
dark
The whole affair boiled down to
candles, in the Jones family.
They were rustled up from side
board, cupboards. chests Of drawers.
They were placed In fruit jars. sau-
GERS and the like.
The peewee light they gave made
Templeton Jones have added respect
for the pioneers.
ITO think that George WASHINGTON
had nothing better!" he groaned.
But, Of course, George had great
many more of them.
IN the old days. they were geared
for poor light 81
How careful they must have beenl
Some very careful some one had to
see that all the household candles were
.off, that not most Of them. but every
last one of them had been properly
snuffed out.
In the old days such matters must
have come by daily habit. 50 that no
one endangered hair or eyes, probably.
Reading By too few candlepoWer was
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Bureaucratic BumbIinq'

DuISuuCfutiC DumOItn9
The subject of this letter. which
might be described as editorial bum
bling" was inspired by an editorial in
your October issue entitled Bureau
cratic Bumbling.'
], too, felt that Joseph Young and
The Star had performed a public serv-
] ice in uncovering and revealing the
text Of the Budget Bureau directive
setting up program to investigate the
conduct Of Government workers. ]
had thought, however, that the basic
issue Of public interest was not that
the directive had been kept secret, but
that the substance of the directive
raised important questions that have
not been satisfactorily answered. It
was, therefore, both disconcerting and
disillusioning to find The Star con-
cluding editorially that it had "ren-
dered public service by apprising the
public of a governmental Improvement
that it ought to know about" without
having discussed the merits of the
directive as measure Of governmental
administration.
would suggest that The Star owes
it to its readers to outline the reasons
which lead to the conclusion that the
directive was governmental improve
ment. AS an illustration Of the prob
lens 1t could raise. you might consider
the case Of the Federal employe who
addresses letter such as this for
raising the question publicly. Should
or should not such action be construed
as improper conduct?" Whether your
decision be positive or negative, to
which section of the directive do you
refer for guidance? More Importantly,
should the decision of the agency by
whom he is employed be to construe
the action as improper conduct, what
shall be the penalty? And by whom,
and by what processes, is he assured
justice?
Any measure which infringes on the
personal liberties Of an American citi-
zen, whether he. be Federal employe
or not, Is important to all other Ameri-
can citizens. I can't help but surmise
what the reaction Of the American
press would be If the secret directive
had dealt, not with Federal employees,
but with newspaper editors-wlio also
hold public trust.
Ralph L. Trisko.
Editors note: The Star in an
editorial on October l, Sense Plus
Nonsense" and in the subsequent
editorial referred to in Mr.. Trisko's
letter, discussed the merits of the
directive. The first editorial said:
Such an inspection system. long has
been needed in the Federal estab-
lishment to check on acts Of i'm
propriety, unethical conduct and
other activities short of criminal vio-
lation.' as the order puts It," The
second editorial said: 'ThiS was a
governmental reform which the
Eisenhower administration should
have proclaimed from the house.
tops-a reform designed to clean up
remaining yestiges Of the 'mess in
washington" and to help the Gov
ernment clean."0
Evening star., 1954-10-18

ballot that would have swung the de-
cision the other way.
Two Democrats. Senator'S Hayden Of
Arizona, who voted against the nomi-
nee. and George Of Georgia. who was
paired against him. are the sole sur
vivors Of the Senate Of that day.
Judge Parker was the first Supreme
Court nominee since the second Cleve-
land administration to be denied Sem
ate approval. While much was made
Of his supposedly anti-labor record,
there was a strong suspicion that the
liberals were simply venting pique be-
cause they earlier had been trounced
in an effort to block the appointment
rs Chief Justice Of Charles Evans
Hughes. whose "big business connec-
tions after leaving the Supreme Court
to campaign for the Presidency in 1916
were the focal point Of assault.
The crux of the Senate opposition to
Judge Parker rested on an opinion he
read in q unanimous Fourth Circuit
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Reviews Oregon Voting

regard Gould Lincoln, chief po-
itical writer of The Star, as gener-
ally sound, albeit conservative political
reporter But the concluding thoughts
in his column of October Z indicate
that he probably has Succumbed to the
wishful whisperings' Of Oregon Re-
publican conservatives at the expense
Of his normal objectivity.
Mr.. Lincoln ends his piece on the
1854 Oregon senatorial race by saying
that Oregon Republicans hope that
by the time election day rolls around
the Neuberger peak will have been well
past. and that their candidate"-(the
senior, Senator from Oregon-not Sem
ator Wayne Morse)-"will ride in with
the solid conservative vote which has
been winning vote in years gone by"
If read Mr.. Lincolns article corr
rectly, he is reporting two alleged facts:
ta) The hope of Oregon Republicans
which they are Of course entitled to
entertain; and (b) the fact sustaining
this hope-to wit: that "the solid con-
servative vote has been winning
vote in years gone by" in Oregon.
While not a native Of Oregon, q
political pundit, or even member Of
Mr.. Dooley's Supreme Court. do recall
from my brief participation in the 1850
Oregon campaign. some facts which
Mr.. Lincoln apparently has overlooked
that reveal, in my view, that the voting
behavior of OregonianS in the last sew
eral Federal statewide contests can
scarcely be labeled conservative" In
the interest of brevity, invite atten-
ton to the following statistical sum-
mary cleaned from readily available
standard sources:
1898: Rufus Holman, an acknowl-
edged conservative, for United States
Senator, polled 100000 votes, while
his Democratic opponent received
10000 votes.
1910: Oregon's senior Senator Nc
Coulee Dams. as the Republican vice.
presidential candidate polled 2l9.500
votes. McNary won his Senate seat In
1936-the year Of the Roosevelt land
slide-by 10000 to l93,800, while
F. D. r. beat Landon by 100000 to
$4,000 votes.
1914: Wayne Morse. seeking his first
political Office. fresh from service as
War Labor Board member under F. p. r.
defeated Conservative Republican Hol-
man in the primary by 70,716 votes to
60,436. He won on the general elec-
tion over his Democratic opponent
by 269,095 votes to 174.14O while
F. D. r. carried the State by 248, 900
votes to Dewey's 225, 300.
1913: Guy Gordon won senatorial
20 nlncfi0y, hv 900 mn tn 700 ffn vntns
over his Democratic opponent. In the
same year. Governor Dewey beat Tru-
man for the Presidency. 261,000 to
243,0OO. The Progressive candidate,
Wallace, received $4,000 votes. and
Norman Thomas polled 5000.
1850: Seeking reelection. Senator
Wayne Morse won the Republican NOM
nation over his Old Guard challenger.
Dave Hoover, 10000 to $1,000. In the
general election he trounced his Demo-
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Unforeotten TwiIiehts

Come. let us rest here. darling. Dhile
the fading day
With soft. unhurried fingers folds the
hight GtDGy
And sunset clouds are dinnted from
rose to pilgrim gray.
This driDen Dorld disdains the slo,Dly
dying light;
Impatient hands dart out. then harsh
and rudely bright.
The ilunlined room croiOds back the
sliGdotDy fate Of night.
So let US ltnoer for the sake Of days
long done
And think in Qnietness Of each dear
Ddfiislted one
Who used to share our eUentide and
setting sun.
No hour sotprecious comes Of sweetness
or Yen01Dn
As those old tiDilights iDlten hand.
Toic still, reached doiCn
TO rest upon the dark head and the
darker brOtrn.
lnex BdrcI0y Kirby
Evening star., 1954-10-18

just as hazardous then as now. But 1t
must have happened great deal of
tener. Every one has seen the picture
Of Lincoln reading by candlelight. In
the most uncomfortable position, nat
on the floor.
The position was bad enough, but
the candle was worse.
How much candlepower is one candle
at one foot. how much at 2 feet?
Jones wondered how they managed
the candles at their great balls Of the
Revolutionary period. with lights and
music and the gay and long dresses
Of the ladies?
And all those wigs!
Probably the 18th century swell wore
white wig because it was too much
trouble to comb his own hair BY candle
light.
! Whatever and however 1t was, they
must have managed very we'll. They
must have been very careful because
they had to be careful. II they set
the house on fire with careless candle
handling, there was no IRE department
to come within. d few minutes.
The old time bucket brigades were
marvellous, even heroic. but they often
let the house burn down before they
got organized.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
BIZ joseph a. Fox

"A N HISTORIC clash between the
q White House and Senate which
barred Herbert Hoover appOintee
from the Supreme Court always Is re-
called when . change impends In that
tribunal.
The loser was the now tnternation-
ally known Judge John J. Parker Of
North Carolina, for many years Chief
Judge Of the Fourth Circuit Court Of
Appeals which takes Ia the Federal
judiciary Of Maryland, Virginia. West
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina. The shift of o single vote
when the Senate finally passed on
the nomination would have elevated
Judge Parker to the Supreme Court.
Instead, the post eventually was filled
by Owen j. Roberts Of Pennsylvania.
VINO was to cast the deciding vote IN
sharply divided court on much OF the
controversial New Deal legislation
The liberals Of the senate ganged up
on the North Carolinian when ne was
nominated In early 1880 to succeed the
late Justice Edward Terry Sanford, an
other Republican Judge Parker's rec
ord on labor and race relations was
attacked. Arrayed against him were
such Republicans as Senator's Borah,
of Idaho; Norris Of Nebraska: Cutting
Of New Mexico: Capper Of Kansas: Cou-
zens and Vandenberg Of Michigan. and
johnson Of California. On the DEM
ocratic side, Senators Walsh and
Wheeler Of Montana. and Wagner of
New York were In the front ranks OF
the Parker foes.
Another voting in opposition was
Senator Black of Alabama. who was to
have his own troubles few years later.
when Franklin D. Roosevelt named him
to the Court.
The Old Guard rallied to Judge
Parker's support. A powerful voice was
raised in his behalf by Democratic Sen
ator Carter Glass Of Virginia. who
told his colleagues that he had searched
his conscience and could find no rea-
son for denying advancementto Judge
Parker. originally q Coolidge appointee.
The Republican-controlled Senate
judiciary Committee which considered
the nomination at the outset, refused
to hear Judge Parker in his own be-
half. The Senate voted 41-39 against
confirmation. A one-vote change would
have brought about tie, and permit
ted Vice President Curtis to cast the
Evening star., 1954-10-18
His Only Effort

Il 1t will be Just as well Ii Mr.. Truman
really has made his only contribution to-
this years political campaign. For the
former Presidents speech at Kansas City
serves only to muddy the political waters.
Under the Republicans, according to
Mr. Truman, things have been going to pot
ON all fronts foreign and domestic. 1t Is
almost miracle, one gathers, that the
Nation has survived these two years.
This sort of thing is to be expected, of
course, in a political campaign, especially
from Mr.. Truman when, by his own asser-
ton, he is trading In the Whistle-Stop tech-
nique. There is also reason to expect, how
ever, that responsible speaker, especially
former President, will be reasonably care-
full with his facts. TO say that Mr.. Truman
was careless in this respect is underState-
ment.
This responsibility shows up most
clearly in his comments on the farm sit
uation. Discussing the decline in farm in
come (which began in 1947), Mr.. Truman
said: ''The Democrats warned that flex
ible price support program would result in
the farmers getting lower prices for his
product and in his paying higher prices for
the things he bought. And that is exactly
WAAUV kAdQktCiiC0.
There is but one word for this -misrep-
resentation. Mr. Truman is saying that the
flexible price support program enacted url-
der, the Republican administration has
caused drop in farm prices and a rise In
the cost sof farm purchases. Surely Mr..
Truman knows better. He must know that
the flexible support program, dairy products
excepted, does not become effective until
January /, 1855. How, then, has this fiex-
ible program been responsible for the de-
cline in farm income during the past six
years, or even the past two years?
This Republican farm program may or
may not be good one. 1t will be impos-
sible. to know until it has been given fair
trial. Meanwhile, it is too bad to prejudice
the chances of success for what certainly
is politically courageous experiment by
fiagrant misrepresentation in quest for
votes And this is especially true when not
even Mr.. Truman will come right out and
say that the Democrats, if elected, would
go back to the discredited program Of price
supports fixed at 80 per cent of parity.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
IS Highest Bench Still Out Of His Reoch?

decision upholding the so-called yellow
dog contracts, In the bitter industrial
warfare stirred by the campaign Of
the United Mine Workers to organize
the West Virginia coal fields. The SUI
prene Court already had given un-
qualified approval to these contracts
under which miners agreed not to Join
the union as the price Of getting Jobs.
Second guessing later was to the gem
eral effect that the Circuit Court didn't
have to be tied down to the upper
courts ruling. Signicantly, however,
when the Miners appealed The Fourth
Circuit decision q Supreme Court which
included Brandeis and Holmes, de-
MED review without comment.
IN the intervening years the liberal
judicial philosophy Of the North Caro-
Hnian has become well recognized.
4 When the Federal Power Act was under
fire in the long -drawn-out New River
litigation. Judge Parker. dissenting
from q Fourth Circuit majority, upheld
the right of the Government to require
the licensing of power developments on
navigable streams. and the Supreme
Court sustained this viewpoint. Again,
1t was q Parker ruling In Jehovah
Witness case that figured largely in the
Supreme Courts reversal of its own
earlier decision that youngsters Of the
sect must comply with the fiag-salute
requirements In public schools, though
this countered their religious convic-
tionS.
As time has gone on. Judge Parker
often has been recommended for the
Supreme Court with ardent Virginia
and North Carolina sponsorship, re-
gardless Of party. President Roosevelt,
who never named a Republican to the
Court. had promised an intimate inNthe
spring OF 1945 that Judge Parker would
be his next appointee. but RooseyeIt.s
death intervened.
President Truman made his single
Republican selection from the ranks
OF old Senate friends, naming Senator
Burton Of Ohio, but did name Judge
Parker as an alternate member Of the
International Court on the German
war criminal trials.
The death of Justice jackson again
has brought the suggestion that Judge
Parker get the place, continuing
tribute to the esteem in which he is
held. The North Carolinian is crowd
ing SO, however. and court appoint
ments ordinarily 60 to younger men.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
Let's Get Together

Three years have passed since Speclal
committee of Federal and local social well
fare authorities criticized the poor team
work existing between the Juvenile Court
and public and private agencies concerned
with delinquency. At that time the COM
mittee, composed OF representatives OF the
Department of Justice, the Department OF
Health, Education and Welfare and the
United Community Services, said IN
order to facilitate the work of the court ana
accredited social agencies in the commu-
nifty, there should be provision for the free
exchange Of Information and the opportu-
nifty to inspect each others records. That
the situation has not materially improved
is shown in the report just made to the
Welfare Advisory Council by the Districts
Public Assistance Division.
The reason for the lack of co-ordina-
ton and cooperation today is the same
as it was when the committee made It's
critical comments in 1851. The fault lies
with one agency-the Juvenile Court itself.
The court still is reluctant to open its rec
ords to all who have a legitimate interest
In the problem of children in crime. The
Police Department the District Welfare De-
partment, the United States Attorneys
office and other official agencies sharing,
with the court, responsibility for combat
ting juvenile delinquency in Washington
still report difficulty in obtaining informa-
ton they need to perform their roles ade-
quately.
Here is the way Donald Gray, superin-
tendent of the Public Assistance Division,
summed up the 'most serious" deficiency
in the relations between the court and his
division: "All that is known by both agen-
cies about the parents and the children cam
not be pooled in order that the efforts OF
each agency can be as efacient as possible
in obtaining the support and care for the
children" He complained that the courts
idea of making data available Is to permit,
after considerable signing OF papers, an in
spection by P. A. D. representatives OF the
courts docket. Data contained in the doc
ket file, he pointed out, is ''very limited"
The "frse exchange of information" en-.
visioned by the 1851 committee of inquiry
remains very one-sided business with the
outflow from the court still insufficient to
enable outside officials to carry out their
responsibilities. It is certain that Congress,
in giving the court discretion in releasing
information, never intended to build wall
between it and other official agencies deal
ing with children.
Evening star., 1954-10-18
What's in a Name?

When Andrew w. Mellon first began to
think Of giving his collection of paintings
to the people of his country, he was not
clear in his own mind as to how or when or
where the gift should be given. But grad
ually the idea of national gallery of art
developed and once he had decided that the
place for such building as he wished to
u erect for his pictures should be in Washing
ton there was no further question about his
objective. Long before the benefaction was
announced, he had rejected the suggestion
that his own name should be included in the
title of the new establishment.
How wise Mr. Mellon was in his decision
was demonstrated as early as 1889, many
months prior to the official opening of the
beautiful marble structure which he cre-
ated between the Mall and Constitution
avenue, Seventh and Ninth streets. Sam
uel and Rush Kress began at that time their
series Of contributions which still generously
is being continued. Joseph Widener almost
simultaneously offered the treasures accu-'
mulated by his father at Elkins Park.
Chester Dale lent some OF his rich collection
Of modern paintings and gave other can
vases outright. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph II.
Booth then donated their famous Boltraff1o
portrait of the child with the empty sleeve
and other interesting and valuable works.
More recently Colonel and Mrs. Edgar w.
Garbisch gave their primitive American
pictures.
Meanwhile, Lessing J. Rosenwald,
George Matthew Adams and the heirs Of
Frank Crowninshield sent to the National
Gallery etchings, engravings and prints
greatly desired; Mrs. James w. Simpson pre-
sented her fine Rodin bronzes. marbles,
terracottas and casts; the R. Horace Galla-
tin collection Of paintings was received,
Robert Woods Bliss lent his pref Columbian
gold and Jade ornaments G. s. Gulpenkian
placed on indefinite loan exhibition his
Rembrandts and Gainsboroughs and E. ]. z.
Hallstrom of Australia gave his fascinating
examples OF Audubon's skill IN science as
well as in art.
The latest important donations have
been Gilbert Stuart's portraits Of John and
Abigail Adams, contributed by Mrs. Robert
Homans: Gauguins '.Bathers, Renoir's
aoarsmen at Chatou.n q characteristic