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Evening star., 1954-04-22
On Restricting Mall Purkinq

A news article in The Star April IS
reported that some group or other is
eyeing with avarice the all-day parking
spaces on the Mall, with the thought
that they should be diverted from Gov
ernment employees use to that of yisi-
tors, SightSeerS, etc. This Is thinking
in the wrong direction. Today's sub
urban own-your- -own-home living pat
tern is predicated upon the exist
ence of the automobile and the feaSi-
bility Of its use by the ordinary citizen.
This IN turn dictates the responsibility
Of the proper authorities to maintain
adequate road systems and to provide
places to park the cars. While the. first
Of these two duties is fairly well dis
charged in this area, the second is not.
What is it that creates most of the
trafic congestion in downtown Wash
ington?, People circling the blocks look
ing for a place to park, that's what.
Capital Transit'S management's smoke
screens. ostensibly directed at better
service to its patrons but in reality
aimed at recruiting new patronage by
depriving the citizenry Of the privilege
of availing itself of automobile trans
portation. finds a powerful ally in the
fecklesSness Of the efforts of those
charged with ameliorating the tough
parking situation.
Let me say that while only very in
frequently drive to work myself Il live
in Virginia where the buses avoid the
overcrowding. the unkept schedules, and
the inept personnel which characterize
public transportation in the DiStrict),
I can well understand the complete re-
luctance Of many, many people to sub
ject themselves to the mental, physical,
and emotional tortures of riding to and
from work with an indiscriminate mass
of fellow human beings who must
thereby swelter and gag together in the
summer and spread colds, flu, and
viruSes among each other in the winter.
1t is understandable that some persons
arrive on the Mall almost before light
in order to be able to park and so to
make their own automobile committing
possible.
Perhaps some temporary buildings
will have to be razed in order to lay out
parking lots without interrupting the
vast green waves" of the Mall, but it
Is certain that while such ventures as
the banning of downtown parking and
the abolition Of all-day parking else
where may be of enormous benefit to
the already copiously benefited stock
holders of Capital Transit, their price
would be an extreme one in terms of the
time forfeitures and discomforts which
would be visited upon individuals the
locations of whose homes make bus and
streetcar travel an unbearable alterna-
tive to their present method.
Randolph A. Carlson.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
The Petrov Story

The story of MIR. and Mrs. Vladimir Petrov
adds up to grimly bizarre commentary on the
Soviet system. A week or so ago, they were a
an-and-wife team serving the Kremlin in
Australia, but now they have fed to the side
of the free world in a manner that constitutes
a real-life melodrama full of all those elements
that are dear to the hearts of movie-makers-
international intrigue gun-toting foreign
agents; the tug of love; good-looking woman
tearfully entrapped in the coils of political
perfdy; her last-minute rescue at an airport,
IN an atmosphere surcharged with suspense and
ear-violence; and possible disclosures of a sort
that may throw lurid new light on the global
Communist conspiracy.
All this began with something that hap
pened inside the mind and heart of Mr. Petrov,
who appears to have been a key man in an
elaborate espionage network. Last week, driven
by his dSenchantment with the Kremlin, he
quit the Russian Embassy and asked and re-
ceived asylum from Australia. And he took
with him--ke Igor Gouzenko in Canada
documentary material of a possibly explosive
nature. Whereupon the non-defected Soviet
representatives cried that he had been "kid-
naped," and his wife-a cipher clerk-echoed
the same charge. But she apparently did not
do 1t convincingly enough to suit Moscow, and
20 a couple Of Premier Malenkov's diplomatic
eouriers"-with guns in shoulder holsters-took
her in tow for quick flight back to the U. S.
8. r. In the nick Of time, however, Australian
authorities moved into the picture, gave her a
chance to speak to her husband, forcibly dis
armed the "couriers" and saved her from being
hustled from the land Of Down Under to an
unknown fate behind the Iron Curtain.
But this is not necessarily the end of the
story. Wholly apart from the possibility that
the Kremlin may retaliate against Australians
in Moscow, there are indications that the
Petrovs may reveal things as bleakly sensa-
tional as the disclosures made by Mr.. Gouzenko
in Canada some years ago. In that sense,
leaving the melodrama to one side, the movie
like script involved may have a finale of
high international significance. Meanwhile, as
the free world waits for that finale it has
reason to remind itself again that the Soviet
Union-despite the death of Stalin-does not
seem to have changed for the better in any
essential particular. It is still place governed
by system whose diplomacy packs guns and
whose servants tend-when they are brave or
desperate enough to make a break for liberty.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Reds as Political Issue

A news report quotes Mrs Gladys
Uhl Of the Democratic Digest as stat
ing that the number of Communists
in the United States is now one-fourth
less than in 1882; that the "top leader
ship" has been wiped out, imprisoned
and prosecuted by Democratic admin
istrations, and. finally, that the Repub-
licanS cannot claim single conviction
of Communist for which the investi-
cation was not initiated" by previous
Democratic administration.
Perhaps we should not be too critical
of such irresponsible statements. They
often prove of definite value to the
Republican Party. For example,
conservative Democrats who bitterly
rejected the New Deal-Fair Deal phi
losophy of government and the "red-
herring" technique of belittling and/or
ignoring the seriousness of Communist
inflltration will Immediately observe
that the leaders of the Democratic
Party have not changed one iota in
their conception of an appropriate
approach to the Communist problem.
Also, Mrs. Uhl, in her anxiety to
grab off credit for whatever progress
is being made under the present ad-
ministration made another very i'm
portant point for Republicans. She
reminded the public that investigations
which were initiated" under the Dem
ocratic regime are now resulting in
convictions.
OF course we all realize that there
is wide gap between initiating an
investigation and convicting a Commu-
mist. Perhaps the very core of public
dissatisfaction with the Democratic
administration lay in just such differ
enceS.
So a vote of thanks to these little
"helperS" who remind us that the same
old left-wing group Of so-called Glib
erals" still call the plays for the Demo-
cratic Party.
Lila d. SOnnemann.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Good in the H-Bomb?

Although there has been no official cIari-
Tying statement on the subject, two popular
assumptions regarding the hydrogen bomb
now appear to be very much open to question
The first OF the assumptions IS that the
weapon cannot be detonated or "triggered"
without an atomic fssion explosion. The idea
behind this is that the tremendous heat gen.
Grated by such an explosion is necessary to
bring about the fusion (the process that re-
leases indeScribable destructive power) of the
nuclei OF the H-bomb's basic ingredients.
And the second assumption is that ther-
monuclear or hydrogen energy-which appar-
emily derives from reacting mixture of deu-
ter1um- -lithiurn- -tritium materials-cannot be
harneSSed for industrial power or other benef-
lcent non-mll1tary purposes. That Is to say
unlike the A-bomb's force-wfich can be made
to do great constructive work for the whole
OF mankind-the force inherent in the H-bomb
Is good for nothing but destruction
Within recent months however, there have
been more than few unofficial but fairly
authoritative hints to the effect that these two
assumptions are quite wrong, or at least highly
challengeable. The latest comment on that
score has come from Senator Hickenlooper
vice chairman of the Joint Congressional
Atomic Committee, and DR.. Ralph Lapp a dis
tinguished physicist formerly associated with
strongly suggested that an A-bomb may not
be needed to trigger" an H-bomb and that
there is good chance that ways will be found
to utilize thermonuclear energy for peaceful
applications.
Thus, referring to new principles we are
learning" Mr. Hickenlooper has declared that
there is definite reason to hope" that ther-
monuclear energy, like atomic energy "can
have great possibilities in the future for in
dustrial and humanitarian uses" And DR..
Lapp has said the same thing, with special
emphasis on the thought that it should be
possible to set of and control the fusion re-
action of an H-bomb with heat other than
that of an atomic explosion
If all this is SO, if an A-weapon detonator
is unnecessary, then the hydrogen bomb must
be considerably less costly than has been pop
ularly supposed, and it probably can be made
in a variety of sizes ranging from big to rela-
lively small. Beyond that, assuming that fusion
reactions can be controlled, thermonuclear
power may well prove to be great new source
of energy contributing significantly to human
progress.
OF course, because of the strict official
secrecy in this field, one can only speculate
about the matter. Still, 1t seems to be at least
conceivable that the H-bomb, like the A-bomb,
may actually contain as much good as evil in
it. The thing, in that sense, perhaps should
inspire hope as well as fear.
What the anthropologists say about boys
today being bigger than their fathers may be
true. At least we've heard of several instances
lately of sons big enough to borrow the old
gentlemans tux before they were old enough
to borrow the car.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
PsuIm 24:l-5

The beauty that we see: the hopes we
hold:
The faith tGhtch liUeS etern1lly
In young and old: the progress
hunGn-being
Brought to be: all these, so we ere
told,
May in some dreaded moment. just
explode
And eDen iDe;
Gomez Let US think Of Him Who made
the Light:
And marked for US a Paradiom,
So that Ue might knop UeH His
toisdom here
And notD: His knoDledgeGble Might
Denies the mortal tDhim of those
predicting night
And feared cdt1clySm;
Does any one duer God tOtH conSi9n
His oUn creation noW to Lucifer?
o, PolUer
Divine: help US reject this eUa thought:
Nay all our words and acts concur
and then align
With Thy Defensive PotOer all benign:
Grateful that ne, as iDeH as earth,
are Thine.
Groes Meredith
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Massive Retaliation
Mrs. r. Y. Nicholson.

Each day we continue to depend on
massive retaliation and the A-bomb and
H-bomb weakens our position in world
affairs: each day we refrain from seek
ing a workable agreement with the
Soviet Union also weakens our position.
West Europe cannot, in the interests
OF survival, support massive retaliation
and, therefore, such policy must fail.
Moreover, with increasing fear of the
H-bomb, it is logical to assume that
the peoples of West Europe will force
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Keeping Up With Billy Gruhum

want to express my appreciation
for the fine coverage you are giving the
Billy Graham evangelistic campaign in
London.
This young man very evidently has
Gods blessing, and the effects Of the
campaign should be far-reaching. It
is of intense interest to Christians the
world over.
Please continue to keep us informed,
including pictures. whenever possible.
Evelyn r. Murphy.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Alaska, Howoii and D. c.

Now is the time for all good legis-
lators to come to the aid of voteless
Washingtonians. If Congress is going
to give the people in Alaska and Hawai-
statehood. don't forget us-we'd love
the chance to vote and be participants
rather than spectators when election
time rolls around.
VoiceleSs American
Evening star., 1954-04-22

@. Is the path Of the full moon across
the sky the same as that Of the sum-
H. L. v.
A. The course Of the full moon is the
same as that taken by the sun
months earlier or later. Thus the
moons course in June is the same as
that of the sun in December, and vice
versa.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer TO anv question
Of fact by writing The Evening star Intor-
ton S. d. C. Please inclose three t3l cents for
n0StaRe
Evening star., 1954-04-22
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. When did Chicago become the
Natlon's leading railway center. and
what city formerly had this distinc-
tion?-A. A.
A. A hundred years ago Boston was
the chief railway center. but was
superseded by Chicago in the middle
of the 18th century.
Evening star., 1954-04-22

Craftsmanship of a High Order"
their governments to seek an accord
with the Soviet Union. Thus OUR iso-
lation will be complete.
Wise craftsmanship, not saber rat
tling, is necessary. Banning the A and
H-bombs. as the primary first step, will
restore our moral position. A demand
for immediate negotiations in Indo-
China would be a second big step to-
ward peace. These are the actions
which will leave the United States
strong and respected. Present policies,
on the other hand. will only find us
friendless and feared.
SurviValiSt.
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Rur for the Course

I want to tell you how much en-
joyed reading Merrill Whittlesey's ar
ticles on the 1854 Masters Golf Tour
nament. was unable to attend the
tournament this year. as have in sew
eral past years, so it was most enjoy
able to read such an excellent descrip-
ton Of the event.
Wilbur w, Seay
Evening star., 1954-04-22
Letters to The Star.

sentence so that his punishment will be
more nearly commensurate with his
crime.
william M. White, Jr.
Editors note: The youth was rep
resented by Attorney John K. Will
lett, who was appointed by the
court.)
Spirit Of Easter
I feel moved to commend The Star
for the recognition given on Easter
as is your custom-to the matters of
the spirit.
could not help contrasting the
spiritual message in your front page
cartoon space. the covers of your two
supplementary Sunday sections, and
your stirring editorial on the import of
"pledging our hearts and minds to
Gods service" with similar spaces in
the paper of your competitor.
Thus. with the many other bases for
gratitude on a glorious Easter morning
Evening star., 1954-04-22

What the anthropologists say about boys
today being bigger than their fathers may be
true At least we've heard of several instances
lately of sons big enough to borrow the old
gentleman's tux before they were old enough
to borrow the car.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

ssh0w good are our schools with
out considering the increasing need
locally for more space. New class
rooms have been added each year,
but growth in the school plant has
not been able to keep pace with
the growth in school population.
We stu have double sessions at
Harris School because the growth
in school population in that school
has Tar exceeded the additional
school rooms that have been built.
Children in the lower grades have
to 90 too far from home to attend
school. This Is one need the county
Is meeting as rapidly as possible.
At Key West High School, we
dream of a modern school plant
complete with workshops, labora-
torres, library, gymnasium, and
athletic fields for both BOYS and
girls in one compact unit. We are
now being schooled in a plant build
ing that is part new, part old. The
new part of the plant has sufficient
space to school four classes of thir-
ty to fourty people per room. The
need Tor more rooms this size is
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

urgent as the number of people at
tending school today is steadily in
creasing. All other classrooms are
overcrowded. The girls gym and
the boys workshop are in a con-
demned commissary building. This
is dangerous - the wooden struc-
ture housing these departments
presents a constant hazard to the
safety of students. Shower facili-
ties are entirely inadequate for
girls. In the older buildings, many
classrooms have no electricity. All
health authorities stress the need
for sufficient hgse4rw ws a means
of conserving pupils eyesight.
We are very proud of our new
athletic field. We would like a new
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Hon Good
Are Our Schools !?

the child in his adjustments with
other children at work and at play.
This testing program, which coz
tinues through high school. IS un-
der the supervision of trained gui-
dance teachers and a school psy-
chologist. Through early recogni-
ton of the child's needs as defined
through guidance, the boy and girl
are aided in achieving success In
school.
There are regular visits Of the
school nurse who supervises the
health needs of our schools.
We have seen the salaries Of our
teachers increase to the point that
Monroe County teachers are a
mong the highest paid in the State
of Florida, where salaries have
been steadily increasing during re-
cent years.
We have seen a continually larg-
er per cent of boys and girls COM
pleting the full high school course
- fewer students are leaving
school during the junior high school
years. The courses now offered are
organized to give efficient training
in skills needed for adult living as
well as college preparation. The
Diversified Cooperative Training
Program, a course designed to give
actual work experience while the
boy and girl are completing their
school work, has proved a very
valuable course in our high school.
We cannot leave the question Of
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
Reilly To
Return Here
In December

DR.. Harold J. Reilly, long time
winter resident here and owner of
the Reilly Health Service in Rock
erfeller Center, New York City,
will arrive here early next month.
A letter from DR.. Reilly, who
owns home here on Flagler Ave
nue. was received today by Denis
Sneigr of The Citizen staff. The
text Of the letter follows:
Well guess it's about time I
wrote and said Hello"
We have been very busy at the
New York Health Institute and II
will be nice getting away for a
bit. Expect to be back in Key West
about December 9Th.
Jess Stearn sends his best 10
you. BY the way - he has written
terrific series Of articles on all
the interesting things of life - Ju-
venile Delinquency, Narcotics, and
Prostitution. He is getting more
recognition all the time. Enclosed
Is q sample.
I'll bring some OF his articles with
me so you can read them If you
are interested. also expect TO
have Jess back again for Key
West visit during the winter. He
said it saved his life last year. 4.
| guess Key West is . real life
saving station. In other words - q
perfect retreat.
Keeping up-to-date with the Key
West Citizen. I saw your interest
ing piece on the Airport.
Yours for a healthy nation,
Harold ]. Reilly.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

Contributed by Key West High
School In Observance ef Amsri-
can Edvesfion Week.
Today marks the end OF Ameri-
can Education Week for 1854. Dur
ing this past week articles appear
ing in this paper have attempted
to give you a picture of your public
schools. To get A final picture, let
us ask the question; How Good Are
Our Schools?
There are many ways to eval-
uate the schools Of a community.
Today we are looking at the
schools of Key West through the
eyes of two students, sophomore
and a senior of Key West High
School.
Beginning with the primary
grades, we now have a complete
system of testing to determine the
best placement of the child in
school, to help each teacher do a
more efficient job Of teaching the
child, and to help the teacher aid
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
FOR THE BIRDS

JACKSONVILLE R-Parakeets
owned by Seth Cuyendall of Clear
water won first. second and third
best in show awards at the Flor
ida Budgerigar Society's first open
bird show here yesterday. More
than 100 entries competed.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

high school building to match. For
all the many Improvements We
have seen in the past years, we
are very grateful to our admins
tration and to the community that
has supported the administration.
We know his growth viii continue
because our administration and
the community are fully aware
that: Good Schools Build Good
Communities.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

The Navy wages war on the ter
edo and linnora. marine organisms
that eat up millions OF dollars
worth OF dock pilings each year.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15
TYPHOON HITS

MANILA IA vicious late-sea-
son typhoon bore down on the Phil
ippineS tonight. just a week after
another lashed central Luzon, kill
ing eight leaving thousands home
less and causing millions of dollars
In property damage.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

About IS per cent OF Mexico's -
million people are farmers.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-15

Front Suspension h tilted back % that
springs now soak up shock from the front
as well as.up- -and-down. This reduces road
Joint Jar. Take a Test Drive m this '55
Ford and you'll want to drive Il home.
F-&anssa D-A~ spsas.aD
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-07-23

Receiving is hard, particular
ly if we are the proud poor. 1t
seems to make us lose our inde-
pendence and thus induces some
to take revenge on the giver.
Sometimes giving can be ungra-
ciouS particularly when it is
done begrudgingly, with con
decension or with dark and sim
lister intentions. We want to tell
you that we have no worries
on this score because you give
in the name of Our Lord and We
receive in the name of Our Lord.
Thanks to our faith, we see that
nothing that we have is ours eX-
cept the spirit in which we give
or the spirit in which we receive.
All transactions OF giving and
receiving are nothing; Rather it
is in the manner in which the
act reflects the motive which
lies behind it.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-07-23

GOD LOVE YOU to LH.S. for
S33. Il am enclosing a little
check for the missions, one dol
lar for each year of Our Lords
life on earth" TO Am. for
$500. Il hope that this money
will be able to help some poor
children in a mission land. /
will then feel that it has been
put to the best use possible"
. to E.E.M. for S10. Il prom
iSed this money to the mis-
sions if / recovered from an ill
ness. 1t was not even necessary
for me to go TO the hospital so
| am very happy to send you
this money" to Nj. I'VE
have three little children and
I've promised Our Blessed Moth
er TO give S5 to the missions on
each one of their birthdays. Here
is S5 for one of our little boys" /"
to J.&M.S. Enclosed you
will find $40 for the missions
which / saved by doing without
the daily paper and not chew
ing gum for four months" i.
to Ell. for SIS. When my hus-
band asked me what ! wanted
for Mothers Day | told him that
I wanted my present in cash so
that / could give it TO you. -.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-07-23

Two dozen youngsters, pre-
school to eighth grade, have been
experiencing something new and
different for the past two weeks
at Utica, Ohio. Here. in the base
ment of the Church of the Nativity,
Sister Margaret Ann, 0.P., and
Sister Mary Kenneth, 0.P., have
held morning classes in Christian
Doctrine. Bible History, Church
Music and the Liturgy. Inter
spersed were film strips, projects,
and directed play. In the afternoon,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-07-23
Catholics Protest
Order Banishing
Indian Missioner

MANGALORE, India = (NCl-
Catholic leaders here have pro-
tested against government order
requiring a 65-year-old European
Carmelite missionary who has
worked in India for 81 years to
leave the country before the end
of August.
The missionary is Father Maria
Constantinus, O.C.D., superior of
st. Joseph's monastery in Kulash-
ekhar. He has asked permission
to remain in the country, but gov
ernment authorities have turned
down his request without offering
any reason.
Ii Father Constantinus is finally
forced out, he will be the third
Catholic missionary obliged to
leave India Last spring, two Ital-
ian Benedictine missionaries in the
Cochin diocese were banished
from the country on charges of
anti-national activities trumped up
by communists.