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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Gene Smith Favored
To Whip Longo for
Sd Straight Victory

Featherweight Gene Smith Of
Washington shoots for his third
straight 1854 victory and is a
fayorite to get it Tuesday night
when he takes on Tony Longo Of
Baltimore in a hereunder at
Turner's Arena.
The hard hitting Washington
youngster showed a return to his
old winning form early this year
when he stopped Jimmy Ithia in
the 10th round. Later, in March,
he won a 10-round decision over
Filberto Osario.
Appeared Better Fighter.
Although the Osario bout went
the distance, Smith appeared a
better all-around fighter in that
one than he did against Ithia.
He was boxing nicely and hitting
crisp and hard, and that same
form should win over Longo
Tuesday night.
Tuesday nights fight will be
Longo's second in Washington.
Last summer, as a preliminary
boy. he appeared in what was
scheduled as a four-rounder on
one of the Smith, Jimmy Cooper
cards, but his fight ended quickly
when he stopped Bob Wright
of Camden in the first round.
That same night, Smith
stopped Cooper in six rounds.
the same Cooper that Longo later
also knocked out to earn a
chance against Smith.
Ranked 4th Nationally.
Smith currently is rated No. 4
among the featherweightS be-
hind Champion Sandy Saddler
and his manager, Irving Cohen,
is trying to steer him into a bout
against the champ. A good win
or two more might make it worth
while for Saddler to recognize
Smith as a worthy opponent.
Promoter Vince Mcmahon, who
is putting on Tuesday nights
bout, has made preliminary con-
facts with Saddler's management
and the word coming back is
that Saddler might be interested
if the price is right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

We've just come into possess
sion of and tried out the Enter
prise Manufacturing Co.'s new
Pflueger Pelican spinning reel.
1t is the first spinning reel pro-
duced by the company and seems
to have everything one could ask
for in a spinning reel. We're
looking forward to our first trip
next week to put it into actual
use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

Continued dry weather has
hurt trout fishing in nearby
Maryland and Virginia streams.
The fishing pressure on most of
them is severe at all times. but
especially so when waters are
low. The decision of the national
parks biologists to close trout
streams in Shenandoah National
Park is proving to be a wise one
in the light of present water
conditions.
Virginia's trout season West
of the Blue Ridge opens a week
from today. which will take some
of the pressure off the Potomac
fishing. The Shenandoah River
has been in fine shape all spring
in spite of the scarcity of rainfall,
and should produce some nice
fish. In fact, this particular.
stream has looked good during
the last two months that we've
stopped our car and walked
down to the riverside just to
get closeup view. 1t is indeed
a beautiful river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

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rioll Justice,
Virgil Mus,
Duke. Marina
d ak e. Ed
Spadlding and
San Granin-
ger bro u g h t
in 9Osbeauties
weighing be-
tweenA i've and.
six anda half
pounds each.
The t t. q l
catch weighed
more than $50
mounds Tha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

Bass fishing on the Potomac
has not been too good so far
this season. The water has been
roily off and on and the fish
running small. Many of them are
below the legal limit of 10 inches.
Some anglers are wondering if
the larger fish haven't been
pretty well caught out and that
if so, the river needs a rest. The
studies being made by Mary
lands Department of Research
and Education should throw some
light on this subject and the
findings of this summers re-
search are anxiously awaited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

lectionS. the ALI High team will
use only four Of its six pitchers:
Smallwood. Pete Dyer of Wilson,
Ray Lambert of Eastern and
Dave Dagenhardt of Bell. prob
ably in that order. Bob Lomax.
the converted catcher who
pitched Western into the cham
pionship game, viii go back to
his old position and Buddy Burk-
head of Chamberlain will play in
the outfield, where his speed
afoot and good hitting can be
used to best advantage.
The All-Prep outfit has under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Speedy Sleeper Signed
By Baltimore Colts

BALTIMORE, June IL (P.-
The Baltimore Colts today an
nounced the signing of Albert
Sanchez Romero, an offensive
halfback from New Mexico Mill
tary Institute. He is the 57th
player signed.
Romero was not picked by any
of the pro league teams in the
annual draft and the Colts de-
scribed him as "a reat% sleeper
from the Southwest. He is a ma
tive of Almagordo. N. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
OUTDOORS
With BIN Leetch

One Of the best bIuefish
catches of Ocean City so far was
made last week by a group OF
ArlingtonianS. Fishing from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13
Bears Sign Brother Act;
Troininq to Start July 10

CHICAGO, June IL (P).-The
Chicago Bears today signed a
brother combination, Eli and
Ray Romero of Wichita. Kan,
and announced the team will
open training July 10 at st.
Joseph's College, Rensselaer,,
Ind.
Eli Romero is a Six-foot, 218-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-13

fish struck bucktails ana feathers
and hit all day long.
Another big catch Of blues was
made of Ocean City last week
by a group from Hammel's
Restaurant. The five in the party,
Tom Prior. AL Weiss. Tony Brig
idini. Jim Beeman and Wilmer
Alexander. caught 70 fish and
then quit.
The blues ran from about 2 to
10 pounds with the 2-pounders
very much in the minority. Capt.
Perry Simpson. who took the
party out on the Sally L.. esti-
mated the total poundage at 400.
Apparently the bluef1sh are
striking well all down the coast.
I. S. Barker, DR.. Henry Heupsch,
I. L. Pauley and Steve White of
Silver Spring also had fine blue
fishing last week end at Oregon
Inlet. The fish there were run
ming smaller in size than at
Ocean City, but the party. fishing
with Capt. Fred Basnight on the
Slow and Easy, landed $50 fish
running from pound and a half
to three pounds. These fish also
were caught on feathers and
bucktailS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
COSMOS CLUB.

COSMOS CLUB.
Dear Sir:
your column of recent date dealing
with book whose writer could never
get down to the point recalled to me
a bit of doggerel heard many years
ago. which think might interest you:
HE wrote in neither verse nor prose,
y He simply laid his words in rows;
The Self-Same words that Webster
penned,
Not up and down, but end on end.
yours truly, L. B. 7.
In other words, what is commonly
called pedestrian prose.
The most interesting example of it
In recent years is Mr.. Ickes' 1.-THE First
Thousand Days." the initial TOO pages
of his diary.
There is scarcely a quotable line in
the whole TOO pages. but it goes right
ahead being interesting, just the same.
Pedestrian prose. then. is not some
thing to sheer at, necessarily; it has its
place, and needs no frame of reference.
Such cliche as frame of reference"
is pedestrian prose, or worse. What does
it mean? In most cases. it means very
little, being simply o smooth way of
saying nothing much.
One Of the good points Of pedestrian
prose Is that 1t may say great dAal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
This and That

If you want a good, everyday history
of the New Deal. from one mans view
point. look into the Ickes book. and the
ones to follow.
Here was an energetic fellow who had
his own ideas about what was going on.
He put it all down, day by day. The
result was footwork, as one might say.
but it was good steady footwork,
marching to the tune of the times.
The world is full Of such books, in the
reading of which no reader need expect
to stab in his mental thumb and bring
out plums Of thought.
There are two ways of writing, one
right straight ahead. and the other
with desire to write" The best writ
ing. perhaps, is combination of the
two. This does not mean that the for
mer will not receive, when well done.
the applause of all sensible men.
The desire to write" in itself, is
something most persons acquire as a
part of their education, such as it is.
At its best. it gives us masterpieces: at
its worst, hops: in the middle range. it
presents the world with very good every
day writing. above pedestrian prose, but
saved from pretense.
Much good work is spoiled. for the
critical reader. by an attempt to write
after the style Of certain styled
writer's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03

ing defeat in lighting against $5-billion cut
in Air Force appropriations In 1858 has been
turned, in sense, into. victory In the greater
emphasis being given today to expanding and
strengthening the air arm. And despite his
fierce belief in air power. General vandenberg
was not dogmatic partisan OF his own branch
of the service alone. His frequent references to
the "air- land-sea team" reflected his sincere
commitment to the philosophy of balanced
military forces.
No commentary on Hoyt Vandenberg's
death would be complete without mention of
the personal qualities which made him such a
staunch friend and good companion. Modest
and reserved, he was popular with all ranks in
the services and with those who really came to
know him in other walks of life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
General Hoyt S. Vondenberg

The service that Hoyt Vandenberg gave to
his country will stand forever as brilliant
chapter in American military annals.
For this always-youthful-loo profess
sional airman not only was an able and daring
pilot and an inspirational commander in time
of war. He was, also, discerning student of
world politics during period when vision and
understanding in that sphere were essential to
responsible planning for our national security.
World War II and the years of uneasy peace
since then have witnessed astonishing develop
ments in the fields of aviation and of military
air power. The men who are to be credited for
these developments have been pioneers in Just
as sure sense as were the Wright brothers and
others who took the first rickety flying ma
chimes of the ground Hoyt Vandenberg was
one Of these latter-day pioneers, marked for
greatness almost from the moment he was
picked as one of a small group in his West Point
graduating class to go into the then-dedgling
Air Corps His record in World War II bore out
that earlier promise but his most distinguished
service came in the less dramatic but far more
exacting role of Air Force Chief of staff.
General Vandenberg was one Of those in
Americas top command who was most aware
of the meaning of Russia's threat to world
peace, and Of the Importance which an sun
challengeable" air power held for the security
Of our own country and Of the free world. He
worked effectively to raise our air power toward
tina "unchallengeable" level. Even his SEEM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03

ton of the scene, DR.. r. M. O'Reilly
was present to administer ether, DR..
w. w. Keen kept record Of the case,
and DR.. E. G. Janeway kept watch of
the Presidents pulse and general con-
dition. Later, the President was ex-
pertly fitted with an artificial rubber
jaw.
After the operation, the doctors in
sisted that the President had no cancer
of any kind (neglecting to add that it
had been removed. The nearest they
came to suggesting an operation was
to comment that the President had
couple of bad teeth which had been
extracted to alleviate facial. neuralgia.
The Presidents speech to Congress
on August Z, 1893, was tremendous
success. He was nationally applauded
for urging the removal of the silver
purchasing clause of the Sherman Law.
He was. both eloquent and forceful And,
as perceptive Star reporter OBJ
served, there was no trace Of rheum-
atism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Back in the Hush-Hush Days Of Cancer
By FronceIio Butler

THE DEATH few days ago of DR..
i John F. Erdmann, last surviving
member Of the surgical team which OPP
Grated on President Grover Cleveland
for mouth cancer, recalls one of the
beSt-kept state secrets in American his
tory. What is more important. the oper-
alton, performed on yacht in Long
Island Sound, was successful. The Presi-
dent lived for Is years afterwards and
died from another ailment. Although
there were rumors of the cancer oper-
alton, they were not confirmed until
several years after his death.
So secret was the operation that to
create the accompanying sketch, the
first known pictorial reconstruction of
the probable scene on board the yacht,
it was necessary for Star Staff Artist
Bob Hoke to procure from old medical
biographies portraits Of the individuals
involved and to reproduce from medical
collections the gowns and special in
StrumentS known to have been en-
ployed, including the galvanocautery
and the French cheek retractor. It
was also necessary to determine from
medical records the duties Of each men,
Der of the surgical staff and their ap-
proximate ages at the time of the oper-
alton, and to decide from early news
stories the probable appearance at that
time inside the yacht Oneida.
In 1898, the country was suffering
one of its worst financial crises. Great
criticism was aimed at President Cleve-
land for the unsuccessful attempt of
the Government to keep silver on a
parity with gold in accordance with
the compulsory silver-purchasing clause
Of the Sherman Law. Factories were
closing, Wall Street was in panic, and
the papers were carrying full pages of
news about the tragedies of the unem-
ployed. Every one, both employer and
employe, looked to the President for
some sort of relief from the financial
strain.
1t was at this juncture that Mr.
Cleveland developed mouth cancer,
diagnosed as such by several competent
pathologists. Because of the precarious
economic situation, he felt that it Would
only increase the panic if the people
knew of his physical condition. For this
reason, he insisted on complete secrecy.
To hide the true nature of the Presi-
dents illness, White House spokesman
generally stated that the Presidents
rheumatism was bothering him little.
and had perhaps extended upward.
During June, 1893, the President was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Not to Be Laughed of

With heavy emphasis on the dangers of a
new war and the wholesale humiliation" that
could be wrought with atomic weapons and
hydrogen bombs, the Kremlin has now pre-
sented to the Western Big Three two-part
proposal that skirts the edges of fantasy. Even
so, although there is every reason to take dim
view of it, it is couched in such somber language
and has such effective propaganda qualities
that it needs to be answered with something
more than mere negative derision
The first part of the proposal is a modifica-
ton of Foreign Minister Molotov's plan for an
al-European security pact. AS presented at
the Berlin Conference. that plan would have
opened the way for Soviet conquest of the
entire continent by replacing the Vests present
defensive setup with a Moscow dominated
organization excluding the United States from
participation But now, with show of SEEM
ing magnanimity, the Kremlin has announced
that it is willing to have us take part in the
project as full member.
In exchange for this-and here is the
second part of the proposal, the truly startling
part-the Soviet Union would expect the United
States and all the Western allies to take it to
their boSoms as partner in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization It would also expect that
all efforts to organize the European Defense
Community be abandoned forthwith In other
words, although the men of the Kremlin have
persistently attacked NATO as an aggressive"
bloc bent on "unleaShing new war" against
the peoples democracies," they have now done
an about-face and become suddenly eager to
join that alliance-provided that the projected
EDO, with its six-nation international army, is
liquidated.
On it's face, as State Department spokes-
man has said, all this adds up to merely another
Russian effort to undermine Western security
1t seems aimed, too, at further befuddling
French public opinion as regards Germany and
the EDO. In a sense, though presented in an
intensely serious note from the Kremlin it may
be viewed as grand-scale international joke
For certainly few things could be funnier, in
grim sort of way, than the idea of having NATO
which exists solely to defend the Atlantic
community against the threat of Soviet aggres-
sion-embrace the very thing it so rightly fears
With all that said, however, and despite
the absurdity of an arrangement that would
let the Russians move into NATO to destroy
it. the Kremlin has advanced its proposal with
a straight face, as if meaning it and as if con-
f1dent that it will stir up lot Of confusion and
division in free Europe. Accordingly, the West
ern powers, in rejecting it, should make every
effort to counter its potential propaganda ap-
peal in an age-the acknowledgement age
when nobody can afford to laugh off any kind
of move bearing upon the question of war or
peace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
By Charles E. frocewen

Imitation on grand scale has its
points. but it usually cools ones enthu-
siasm, and then the result seems no
better, in retrospect, than a cold cup
of coffee.
Honesty of thought and expression
are found, then, to be at the bottom Of
good writing. just ordinarily good
writing
Some of the best of New York's many
publications manage to get along for
years on no more than such honesty.
II any aspirant for writing honors
thinks it easy, let him try it, and find
out how difficult 1t is to be honest, not
only with others, but especially with the
self.
A thousand taboos come In between
the paper and the self.
At the worst. these repreSsions are
unrecognized. At their best. they save
the writer from a certain mawkishness
which unfortunately seems a veritable
part Of him. If he could look into the
past and examine all his ancestors, he
would know where most of 1t came
from. but fortunately he cannot: he
must be himself, and rise or fall or Just
drift.
This will mean that he is, at least.
himself; and In the final analysis. what
greater praie7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03

living at "his country place. Woodley,
in order to escape the heat and turmoil
Of the CITY," Today, the city encom-
passes Woodley. which is located at
5000 Cathedral avenue NV. and is
owned by the Maret School. It seemed
more remote from downtown in those
days when it was necessary to use
horse-drawn carriage for transporta-
ton.
On July l. he coupled his absence
from the city on q supposed fishing
trip" to Buzzards Bay, Mass, with
dramatic announcement to the papers
that he would address Congress in
special session the following month
and propose some plan to relieve the
financial distress.
Meanwhile. on the yacht Oneida,
owned by Cleveland's friend, Col e. c.
Benedict. the Presidents left upper
jaw and part Of the roof Of his mouth
were removed by DR.. Joseph D. Bryant
and DR.. Erdmann. In addition to the
surgeons, as shown in the reconstruc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Monsters of Iron and Steel

A recent letter to The Star by Garlic
ton K. Lewis advocates the resumption
Of Car pools.
Under our present system of trans
portation. a private locomotive, known
as an automobile, is used probably on
an average Of one or two hours day,
to transport one or two human beings.
That is to say it is operated at about
1880 Of capacity.
The rest of the time it is static,
blocking increasingly 'congested and
valuable space. often public space.
This Is what Is known as a traffic
problem.
The only trouble with Mr.. Lewis
proposal Is that, In our individualistic
every-man-for- himself American way
Of life, it is too rational and sensible
ever to be adopted.
Theresa HI. Russell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03
Remembering Heart

The road is long. Impossible to 90
Back to the early farm her childhood
kneD;
The bridge Is do,Dn that leads to long
ago,
And in its place oro,D herbs of bitter
rue.
The fruitful apple orchard, in the Fall
Hung NTH bright ruby globes. 10
dinnled BY mist
OF Intervening years; dinmed Is the call
OF barnynrd totol-the lordly
teudaltst.
Yet, tDhen she finds a trail NTH
crooked turning
Among tall, untrimmed trees. she
sees again
The old dirt road OF home. NTH sumacs
burning:
Bright hollyhocEs that bloomed
beside the lane.
she hears the niohtin0ales at eDentide:
Her heart remembers things the years
mould hide.
e Trudo Mccoy A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-03

The war which the District Department of
the American Legion has declared on the tenn
porary Government building which partially
hides the District War Memorial will have the
ardent support of everybody in Washington.
This unSightly tempo should be target No. l,
after the removal of the structure from in front
of the 1st Division Monument near the White
House. The latter building is disappearing from
the scene thanks to concerted battle waged
against it by LIST Division veterans.
The Legion has set "deadline" for removal
Of the frame Offices which now desecrate the
park area surrounding the memorial to District
servicemen who gave their lives in World War l.
It's goal is to clear the setting of the ugly struc-
ture before the annual convention of the Ameri-
can Legion here next August The victory will
not be easy to achieve of course. Federal Off
Gals in charge Of office space are anxious to
abandon all the tempoS as rapidly as possible
but they assert there is no place for the evicted
employees to go. The Legion believes that con-
slant pressure will help the authorities to find
q way to surmount all obstacles.
Most Of the temporary war buildings which
once marred LondonS landscape already have
been torn down. It is national disgrace that
50 little has been done about Washington's
tempos, some of which date back to the First
World War. Federal officials point out that they
are faced with the problem of finding other
quarters for more than $4,000 employees occupy
ing S.5 million square feet of temporary Office
space. Congress can aid them in solving this
space problem by passing pending legislation
authorizing building program under lease
purchase plan. But in the meantime the Legion
and other organizations should keep after the
Government to make every effort to conserve
space at least enough to permit the razing of
the tempo near the District War Memorial.