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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19
THIS WEEK
IN
WASHINGTON

Some political observers says
that Democratic leaders are nc
longer as confidant about sweep
ing House and Senate contests in
the general elections as they
were a few months ago.
They say that the Democrats
feel sure they will win the House
but that the Senate is doubtful
The Republicans, whether over
confidant or not, say the Demo-
Gratis will not get the so add.
tional seats they expect in the
House.
Republican confidence is bas-
ed upon the brighter economic
picture, continued popularity of
Eisenhower the improved Indo-
china situation and the fact that
farmers are not oposing the Ben
son flexible price support pro
gram as heavily as was expected.
. The outcome of the T.V.A.
issue is certain to be an impor-
tant factor in Congressional
elections. The events which led
up to the Senate controversy on
the matter offered the Demo-
Gratis opportunity to hammer
home their favoriate theme; that
this Is a rich mans administra-
ton and that the President is
concerned with the problems of
the big corporate interests.
The issue arose as a result of
the order by President Eisen-
hover on June II, directing the
Atomic Energy Commission to
negotiate contract with Middle
South Utilities, Inc, and the
Southern Company, to build a
Sl07 million steam plant at West
Memphis, Arkansas. which
would feed 100000 kilowatts OF
energy into the T.V.A. system
to replace T.V.A. power beins
provided for the atomic energy
plant at Paducah, Kentucky. The
Democrats pounced upon this
order as the beginning of a Re.
publican attack on public work
They cried that this was clas.
legislation, and another in
series of measures like the off
shore oil bill, the divided tax
exemption amendment, and 9th
| erS.
1t was argued that the handful
of companies which ACQUIRED
atomic experience fulfilling war
time and defense contracts woulc
obtain a stranglehold on atomi,
power development.
When the Republicans referret
to the Democratic "filibuster' a
"obstructionism," the Demo
Gratis responded with the rotor
that the Administration ha
wasted" five weeks earlier i
the session in fruitless debate O
Continued on Page 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19


Senator William E. Jenner,
Republican, Indiana) on the
Senate Floor recently made it
quite clear that he will do
everything in his power to keep
the Federal Government from
going into any business that
|rightfully belongs to private en-
terprise. In doing so he lauded
President Eisenhower for his at
tempt to curb the further ex-
pansion of the Tennessee Valley
Authority. | am going to let the
good Hoosier Senator speak for
himself and here is what he said
in part:
When Mussolini came into
power in Italy, he started vast
public works projects, for drain
ing the Pontine marshes, and
other unhealthy areas of land.
The only difficulty was that
Constitutional Italian govern
ments which preceded him had
also been carrying on great
drainage projects, except that
they chose to drain the land
which it was important to re-
claim for farmland, while Mus
solini chose to reclaim the mar
shes which were closest to the
main highways where everyone
could see them.
when Lenin became the rul-
er of Russia, members of the in
land Asia tribes came to Moscow
and worked out in tribal dances
the coming of the Lenin light to
their dark cabins. The only diff
ficulty was that the Lenin light
was the familiar electric light
which had been developed, not
by a man named Nikoai Lenin,
but by a man named Thomas
Edison.
when the New Dealers came
into office in 1888, they set up
a vast project for control of the
| floods in the Tennessee River
Valley, and manufacture of pow
er as a sort of side-line. The only
trouble was that the United
States was far ahead Of all the
nations of the world in its de-
velopment of what Europe called
white coal. All of that progress
from the kerosene lamp and the
gas light, had been achieved by
private citizens, working under
American conditions of political
land economic liberty, without
any help from government.
"The IVA started with some
modesty to build a few dams or
one river system, but the limita
tions were soon lifted, and The
original chairman of the boarc
was summarily released to make
room for Board Member, Davic
Lilienthal, as Chairman.
/ Il do not believe anybod!
really knows what are the rami
Continued on Page 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19
YOUR
ELECTION
LAWS

The information which has
been given in this series of
articles regarding absent voting
by members of the armed forces
and by civilian residents of
Ohio outside the continental
limits of the United States, has
undoubtedly resulted in an in
creased interest on the part of
these persons in voting in the
November general elections.
The number of applications re-
ceiyed by the Secretary of States
office and the Boards of Elec-
tions, so indicate.
The first state service mems
absent voting laws were enacted
during the Civil War and were
enlarged upon during World
War |. Gradually, as registration
has been included in the regula-
tions in some areas in Ohio,
these laws have needed revision
1t has been our contention that
persons serving their country are
entitled to an opportunity to vote
in all elections and on all the
ballots, including bond issues,
tax levies, etc, as they are later
called upon to meet these fin
ancial obligations. The Ohio
Legislature has apparently also
felt that Ohio's laws should make
it as easy as possible for mem
bers of the armed forces to exer-
else their franchise.
Now it is up to these armed
service voters themselves-they
should make their application for
ballots at once, either on the
forms furnished by their armed
service base or by writing direct
ly to their County Board of
Elections.
Photo DeVeIOping-GiII
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19
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THE DEVILS LANE
Dear Editor.


in the almanac where Good fences make good
bors There lot of truth that However, Old Hickory
and Slippery Elm neghbors here Koon Hoer don't
with that statement They fight sixty their
line fences and each Of them built the where they thought
should be The land between the fences called the devils
lane"
Devils lanes Men have been building them
the day the garden Eden Adam Eve into of
trouble about line God asked Adam about and he said
that who the asked Eve about and
she said snake that crawed through the fence Anyhow
God the garden then most of humanity
have been living in the devils lane
The the whole world building devils
that keep up with them Got big right
through Berlin They building another through Korea Even the
politicians Washington with the Con-
the Bill Rights Either they have down
the something for the government running
wild the rights of states and individuals
No rabbit could get through the devils lane here IN Koon
Hoe his looks citizen would lose his shirt
perhaps he through the devils lane
called the DEAL" "fa DEAL raw DEAL" or even
the cleanup deal"
Devils lanes matter where you find them
Your rail fences, stake and rider kind,
Stile
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19
JOURNAL NEWS ITEMS OF 10 YEARS AGO.

Atty. Harold A. Smith, Al, was
found dead at his home on Fair
ground street, Wednesday. Death
was due to a heart attack. A ma
tive of Caldwell, he was son
of the late Judge and Mrs. w, H.
Smith, a graduate of Caldwell
high school and Ohio Northern
university. He had practised law
in Caldwell. since 1929.
Lightning struck the home Of
jim Tilton of Belford street,
Monday afternoon during an
electrical storm. Slight damage
was reported. During the same
storm, the home of Homer
Treadway on Playground street
was also damaged by lightning.
Rev. NJ. S. Casio was returned
to the pastorate of the Free
Methodist church in Caldwell by
the annual Ohio conference of
Free Methodist churches. He was
also assigned to the F. M. church
at South Olive and Archer's
Ridge in addition to Caldwell.
- -
Cpl. James Ritterbeck, who
has been in North Africa for the
past two years, is spending an
extended furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ritter
beck.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19

Deaths: Inner M. Boley, 81
of Ava; Willard Wells, 43, OF
Cleveland; Elmer F. Jordan, 81
Caldwell route 2; ]. c. Reed, IA
Barnesville; Eliza Davis, 70, OF
Barry's Ridge; Mrs. M. B
Thompson, 70, Summerfield.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-19

Marriage: Marian Laverne
Wood of Canton to David Scott
Mackie of Caldwell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Charles Chisholm,
Patent Attorney

Charles F. Chisholm, "a, re-
tired patent attorney and resi-
dent of the Washington area for
more than go years. died yester-
day at his home, 11010 Kennil-
worth avenue, Garrett Park, Md.
A native Of Chazy, N. Y, Mr..
Chisholm graduated from Cor
nell University in 1884. He got
his law training in a law Office
in Plattsburg, N. Y.
He came to the Washington
area as a young man and be-
came attorney with the United
States Patent Office. He retired
from Government service %
years ago. He was a member OF
the District Bar Association and
the Supreme Court Bar.
Mr.. Chisholm lived at the Gar
rett Park address for 60 years
and at one time served on the
community's council. He also
was founder of the Chisholm
Bros. Coal Oil Co.
Surviving are five children:
Theodore L., of Detroit, Mich;
Charles F., jr. Of Boonton, N. j.:
Mrs. Mary E. Pember of Lake
view. Greg: Miss Catherine CHS.
holm and Halle Chisholm both
Of the home address.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Monday at the home
Burial will be in Chazy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Inieuration Plans
Studied at Farley
Of Negro Women

A group Of Negro women lead
ers from all sections Of the coun-
try met here yesterday to map
plans for hnplementing the SUI
preme Court decision outlawing
racial segregation in public
schools.
Thirty-f1ve delegates from Is
national business, professional.
church and educational organi-
cations were called together by
the National Council of Negro
Women Ito give vital impetus to
q new day in American educa-
ton and community living"
Wants Integrated School Boards.
DR.. I. Rupert Picott. execu-
tive secretary Of the Virginia
Teachers Association and a di-
rector of the National Education
Association, told the delegates
that "the starting point in all
communities is to take a look
at the school boards themselves"
Mr.. Picott said that true inte-
grafton can proceed only if
school boards are interracial
themselves. He said citizens
should also ask that human re-
lations commissions be set up
on State and local levels wher-
ever indignation must be ac-
compliShed.
DR.. Margaret Just Butcher, an
officer of the council and member
of the District Board Of Edu-
cation, said that colored citizens
should "be especially alert to see
that in cases of school rezoning,
there is no gerrymandering" to
circumvent full indignation.
Criticizes Indignation Plans.
DR.. Butcher criticized present
indignation plans here as "di-
rected only at relieving over
crowding, instead Of accomplish
ing complete indignation"
DR.. Ambrose Caliver, assistant
to Samuel Brownell, United
States Commissioner of Educa-
ton, told the delegates that
worry among some white teach
ers that they may lose their jobs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Funeral Today,
Blanche Hewlett, IS;
Tariff Unit EmpIoye

Miss Blanche Cecilia Hewlett,
IS. a poet and retired Tariff
Commission employe, died Thurs
day night at her home, 2801
Adams Mill road NV, after
q long illness.
Miss Hewlett had been at the
Tariff Commission longer than
any other enlploye when she re-
tired about five years ago after
42l2 years service.
A. nature lover, Miss Hewlett
had written numerous nature
and spiritual rcems for maya
zines, newspapers and antholo-
gies. She wrote the lyrics to
1.-THE Shenandoah National
Park" She wrote a poem called
Democracy" which she dedi-
Gated and sent to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. .
Some Of her writings were
weeping Willow in Potomac
Park, District OF Columbia
Poets" Camp Rapidan."
christmas Lyrics" and "One-
ness"
Born in Washington, the
daughter of William A. and Mary
Annette Langan Hewlett, she
was educated at Holy Cross,
Notre Dame and st. Vincent's
Converts as well as Georgetown
Visitation. She had invented a
woven wire tray for ice cubes.
Miss Hewlett was a member
of the Committee of 100 of
Washington and the American
Civic Association.
She has no immediate sur
vivors. Services will be held at
1880 a m. tomorrow at Chambers
funeral home. Fourteenth and
Chaplin streets NV. Burial will
be in Washington National
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

Byrd. just as they did Mr.. Lane
and Mr.. SaSScer.
Biographical data on the two
contenders:
Harry Clifton Byrd has been
associated with the University
of Maryland nearly so of his IS
years.
One of seven children, DIR.
Byrd was born in Crisfield on
Maryland's Eastern Shore on
February IL. 1889. His father,
William F. Byrd, a member of
the old Byrd family that came to
this country in the 18th Century,
was a county commissioner and
member of the House of Dele
gates from Somerset County, as
well as postmaster of Crisf1eld.
AS a youth, DR.. Byrd spent his
summers working on the water
as a crabber or in his fathers
business of buying and shipping
crabs.
DR.. Byrd entered Maryland
Agricultural College in 1905 as
an engineering student. gradual
ing in three years. Then he
studied law at Georgetown and
George Washington and liberal
arts at Western Maryland Col
lege.
During all this time, he was
a star athlete. He played end
and quarterback on the football
squad at College Park, was a
back at the two Washington
schools and q trackman and
baseball player at Western Mary
land.
After playing semi-professional
baseball in Maryland and Della
ware. DIR. Byrd in 1910 came tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

Byrd and Mahoney Have Made News for Years

oney started life in a modest
Irish neighborhood Of East Bal
timore So years ago. He was the
youngest Of II children. His
father was a patrolman on the
Baltimore police force.
Mr.. Mahoney quit school and
went to work after the eighth
grade. Hearing that sandhogs
were making good money digging
New York's Holland tunnel, he
left Baltimore at the age Of II
and became a waterboy under
meath the Hudson river.
He soon was promoted to time
keeper and then assistant drafts
man in the engineering ONCE. He
made friends with a Columbia
University engineering professor,
who began tutoring him on the
side. In addition, Mr.. Mahoney
studied engineering in night
school during the three years he
was in New York.
Having saved up a stake, Mr..
Mahoney returned to Baltimore
at the age Of 20, bought a Sec
ond-hand truck, and leased a
sand and gravel pit. That was
the beginning of a paving con-.
tracing business that made Mr..
MahOney q rich man before he
was 40.
His Mahoney Bros. contracting
firm really began to hit paydirt
when he broke through a ring of
four paving contractors, whose
political connections had enabled
them to dominate Baltimore
city's lucrative asphalt business
for a generation. Despite OBJ
Stacles and threats, Mr.. Mahoney
got his bids in and finally won a
contract. even though he lost
money on the first job. After
that, his firm became a regular
recipient Of profitable city con-
tracts.
Mr.. Mahoney was too busy
making money to bother with
politics. until 1945. His boyhood
friend. Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor,
appointed him to the State Rae
ing Commission that year.
Hitting the headlines, he ini-
tiated several racing reforms, in
GLIDING the receiving barn and
saliva tests.
Four months after Gov. Lane
took office in 1947, he fired Mr..
Mahoney, thus ending the stormy
race track phase of the con-
tractors career and launching
him into politics as the leader
Of a snowballing anti-Lane
movement. Gov. Lanes defeat
in the 1850 election served no.
tice on the Democratic party
that the tireless Mr.. Mahoney
was a power to be dealt with.
Mr.. Lane gave him the Mary
land seat on the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. where he built
up the personal political organi-
cation that helped him defeat
Mr.. SaSscer in 1852. Although
he lost later that year to Mr..
Beall. he was out campaigning
for Governor almost before the
final returns were in.
His attractive wife, Abigail,
often accompanies him on his
campaign tours and makes sep
arate appeals to women's groups.
They have two children, a daugh-
ter, Perry, 8, and George, jr., Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Five School Papers
Capture Certificates

Five District school news.
papers have won certificates Of
honor in the 18th press competi.
ton Of the National Tuberculo.
sis and Columbia Scholastic Press
Associations.
Chamberlain Vocational High
Schools Trade Winds won on an
article by Margaret Spooner, II,
1701 Adams street NE.
Gordon Junior High Schools
Gordon News won on an article
by Nancy Beach, IA, $3.50 Thirty.
eighth street NV.
Three school papers won for
material prepared by large num-
bers of students. They are Ban.
neker Junior High School News;
Stevens-Phillips Elem ntary
School Star and the Bell-Fair.
brother Elementary School Bull
letin.
The judges chose 1874 papers
for awards from thousands Of
entries from 38 States, the Dis
trict and Hawaii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
R.N.MottingIy, Cordozo Chief,
Retiring After Record Service

Mattingly came to the District as
a child and attended public
schools here. He received his
later education at Amherst Col
lege and Columbia University.
After teaching for two years,
he was appointed head of the
mathematics department and of
the board Of examiners for Divi-
sion 2 Of the District Schools.
Besides opening Cardozo, he Or
ganized Francis Junior High
School when it opened in 1927.
Mr.. Mattingly lives at 922 s
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

ing his reform Craftsmanship of
the State Racing Commission
and during his 1850 and 1852
campaign, first for Governor
and then for Senator.
Mr.. Mahoney has been bat
thing what he likes to call 1.-The
political bosses" since he first
decided to run for Governor
four years ago.
In that 1850 primary, he lost
the nomination to former Gov
William Preston Lane, jr., even
though he polled 1918 votes
to 1851 for Mr.. Lane. The
former Governor was nominated
because he had collected the
majority Of the all-important
unit votes. Mr.. Lane then was
defeated in the general election
by Republican Gov. McKeldin,
who was able to take advantage
of the split in Democratic ranks
caused by Mr.. Mahoney'S ag-
greSsive primary campaign.
Mr.. Mahoney took on the
party leaders again two years
later when he defeated the
choice of the organization, Lans-
dale G. Sasscer, for the Sena-
torial nomination. Mr.. Mahcney,
after another aggressive cam
paign, collected 1862 votes to
122.679 for former Representa-
tive SaSScer.
In the November general cleo
ton that followed, Mr.. Mahoney
lost to Republican Senator Beall.
However, he polled 406, $40 votes,
more than any previous Demo-
cratic candidate in Maryland
history. Senator Beall received
449, 1873 votes.
The current campaign is SINH
lar to the 1850 and 1852 pri-
maries, except that Mr.. Mahoney
seems to be less aggressive.
What is known as the Demo-
cratic organization and all but
a few of the State wide Demo-
cratic leaders are backing DR..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

Robert N. Mattingly. principal
Of Cardozo High School and the
school official with the longest
record of service here, will re-
tire June 80 after 40 years with
the District schools.
Mr.. Mattingly, who is 70, Joined
the school system as a teacher
of mathematics at Armstrong
High School in 1904. He has
been at Cardozo since it opened
in 1928.
Four Of his five children are
school teachers, Mrs. Ellen
Brown, Clinton Mattingly, Mrs
Mary Williams and Miss Mar
guerite Mattingly, and the other
Mrs. Anna Louise Tatun. is with
the District Recreation Depart
ment.
A native of Louisville, KY, Mr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Dr.. Arthur inde Dies;
Specialist Since to41
And Medical Author

Or. s. Arthur Linde, 81, WASH
ington surgeon. died yesterday
in Doctors Hospital. He had been
Ill since last November.
DR.. Linde. who lived at 3O51
Idaho avenue NV, had been a
resident Of Washington since
1871.
A native of New York, he
moved to Baltimore as a young
man. He was a graduate of the
Johns Hopkins University and
the University of Maryland Med
ical School.
After interning in hospitals in
Baltimore. DR.. Linde practiced
as a general surgeon In Balti-
more. He later became a special
list in proctology.
He came to Washington in
1871 and set up a psychological
practice at 915 Nineteenth street
NV.
Article Widely Published.
DR.. Linde wrote an article on
dlverticulitis, an intestinal con-
dttion, which was published in
leading medical journals in this
country and translated into
foreign languages.
He was vice president and
preSident-elect of the Phila-
delphia Psychological Society and
fellow of the American Med
ical Association and the Inter-
national College of Surgeons. He
also was member of the Phi
Delta Epsilon medical fraternity,
the jacob Society of Wash
ington, and the District Medical
Society.
AS a hobby, DR.. Linde was in
terested in portrait painting.
One of his works. portrait of
DIR. Theodore Bacon, hangs in
the Philadelphia Medical Mu-
scum.
Funeral Today.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Jeanette r. Linde; a son, Barrett
M. Linde of the home address,
and a sister, Miss Selma Linde
Of the Quebec House
Funeral services will be at 2::30
pm. today at the Danzansky
Funeral Home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in the
Adas Israel Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

Washington to become director
of athletics at Western High
School. At the same time, he
started writing sports for The
Star and continued to do so on
a part time basis until he be-
came president of the University
in 1885.
In 1911, he filled in as coach
of the College Park football team
for the final two weeks of the
season. His success in upsetting
Western Maryland 60 in the
closing game caused him to be
hired the following year as coach
and instructor Of history and
English.
A few years later he advanced
to athletic director and in 1918
was appointed assistant to DR..
A. F. Woods, the University
president.
DR.. Byrd was named vice presi-
dent in 1882 and acting president
in 1884. The following year, the
Board Of Regents elected him
president.
Mrs. Byrd is divorced and has
four children, all Of whom have
attended the University Of Mary
land.
The title preceding DR.. Byrd's
name derives from three honor
airy degrees bestowed on him
shortly after he became presi-
dent. Western Maryland and
Dickinson College honored him
with doctor of science degrees
and Washington College with a
doctor of literature.
DR.. Byrd resigned as president
as of last January 2 to run for
Governor. The Regents. how
ever, gave him the title of preSi-
dent-emeritus and kept him on
the payroll at his old salary of
$22, 500 a year to write a his
tory Of the university. Since
the salary has become an issue
in the campaign, DR.. Byrd has
said he will stop accepting it
on July /. when he becomes elig-
ible for a State pension.
In the Is years that DR.. Byrd
was president. the University'S
physical value jumped from 50
million to $50 million, its en-
rollment grew from 5000 to 49,
$40 Cor to about 10000 If the
soldier-students In its Armed
Services overseas branches are
includedO and its budget has in
creased almost nine times to
more than $21 million.
George Perry MahOney is q
self-made man Of wealth whose
greatest political support comes
from the lower part of the eco
nomic ladder, where he himself
began.
Now the proprietor Of q mil
lion dollar a year contracting
business and a 325-acre estate in
Baltimore County's fashionable
Worthington Valley, Mr.. NAH