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Evening star., 1954-10-08

dates back to the time when
as Mrs. Brownell put it, I'VE
lived through the Worlds
Fair together"
It was a bring your beau or
husband "tea party" at the
Embassy, so many men were
present. There from Chicago
were Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Cald-
well. Others present were Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Allen, Mr..
and Mrs. John c. Fox, Suzanne
Wise with her escort, Robert
Goldsborough; 1t. Col. and
Mrs. Donald r. Kennedy, the
Evening star., 1954-10-08
School
Never
Like This
By Eleni

They came from far and
near to help a worthy cause,
to share memories, see pretty
fashions and to prove that the
"old school tie" was still as
strong as ever.
Yesterdays international
fashion-luncheon at the May
flower Hotel for the building
fund of the Stone Ridge Coun-
try Day School of the Sacred
Heart. found more than $50
women in attendance.
Included were mothers with
daughters now at Stone Ridge,
friends, and many alumnae.
Also in the big audience were
representatives of the various
embassies and legations of the
36 foreign lands in which
Sacred Heart converts are To-
Gated.
: Among the guests were the
Countess de la Grandville of
France; Princess 'Sanseverino
of Italy; Mile. Cecile Tienrien
of Belgium; Mrs. John j.
Hearne of Ireland; Mrs. S. H.
Tan, of China who had arrived
at the luncheon following her
class given in Chinese cookery
at the YWCA; Mrs. Carlos
Romulo of the Philippines;
Mrs. Masami Ota of Japan in
a beautiful kimona and obi;
and Mrs. Addison Bomberger,
of Puerto Rico. The last two
ladies both are graduates of
converts in their countries.
A delightful part of the
fashion show was staged by
Miss Chrystal O'Hagan, a
committee member. 1t pre-
Sented the uniforms dating
back from 1840 to the present
day. Students at Stone Ridge
did the modelling. The show
ing of beautiful contemporary
fashions was staged for the
group by Julius Garfinkel &
Co. Mrs. Ruey Messenger did
the communicating.
At 4:30 the ladies were in
vited to attend a reception
given for them by Sonora de
Gonzalez, wife of the Ambas-
sador of Venezuela. Their
Evening star., 1954-10-08

area. will be among the honor
guests. Sharing honors will be
Mrs. Wesley Flint and Mrs. Will
bur Hamacker, both wives of
Methodist bishops. Others plan
ming to attend are Mrs. Asbury
Smith and Mrs. Phillip Edwards,
whose husbands are District Su-
perintendents.
Mrs. w. H. WhittleSey is In
charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1954-10-08
Club Meetinu

The first meeting of the Tues
day Woman's Club will be held
at 8 o'clock on Tuesday at 1902
Decatur street NV. There will
be a report of the General Fed
Grafton Convention at Denver.
Evening star., 1954-10-08
Meeting Tomorrow

The Dollology Club will hold
its first fall meeting tomorrow at
2 o'clock in the Alliance Room,
Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV.
Evening star., 1954-10-08
Reception Set

The Affiliations Club will re-
open on Sunday with reception
from 2 to 8 o'clock. Members and
friends are invited.
Evening star., 1954-10-08
daughter, Dolorez, 7, modelled
one of the uniforms.
New York Visitor

Down from New York for the
days festivities and to visit her
daughter, Mother Whalen at
the convent, was Mrs. Grover
A. Whalen. She, herself, is a
Sacred Heart alumna. With
her at the Embassy reception
was Mrs. Herbert Brownell.
Afterwards Mrs. Whalen had
a family dinner" with the
Brownells. Their friendship
Evening star., 1954-10-12


Public Buildings and Grounds, accepted the
gift from the japanese capital when it ar
rived here. Unfortunately, the trees were
infested with worms and infected with fun
gus and on that account had to be de-
stroyed. Tokyo, however, replaced them and
added 1000 more. Mrs. Taft and the wife
Of Viscount Chinda, Japanese Ambassador
to the United States. shared In an impress
sive planting ceremony on March a, 1912,
when the first Of the, second shipment Of
trees was set out.
DR.. Ozaki came here in 1850 to see the
existing stand Of the Prunus Yedoensis, as
the cherry trees technically are called: and
he added to It's history the name OF Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt who, he said, was
the inspiration Of his gift-because of his
services in ending the Russo-Japanese War
Of 1904.
Evening star., 1954-10-12
This and That

It is the tragedy of the great
bombs. marvellous as they are. that the
very scientists who made them do not
understand them. No one really knows
much about electricity, either, but it
has been harnessed, giant in chains.
for the use Of mankind. Maybe some
day the power Of the atom similarly will
be turned into gentle channels, but what
about the waste? Maybe somebody can
give us an approximate understanding
of atomic waste, which is now buried
in the earth, or at sea. and heaven help
humanity when it comes up at last,
since its "life" is almost endless. Atomic
waste. or garbage. as some call 1t,
has q "half-lfe," as it is called.
It loses half its life every year, but has
so much packed into it that the end
to some life is scarcely seen. What
woes man is piling up for himself!
:.
Better the touch of kind hand, the
sound of dear voice, the memory of a
brave spirit, than this fooling with
elemental things.
Or may 1t not be-such is human
hope-that out of it all, out of the
shining rays, the killing atoms, will
come peace and plenty at last for all
mankind?
this end good peoples are going for,
Such is our human hope, and toward
ward with the giants still In leash.
There have always been giants. Of
course.
Sometimes these are simply men with
gigantic understanding freed from this
business Of Approximately"
Evening star., 1954-10-12
'BottIeneck' Relief

National Capital Parks officials are
justified in assigning high priority rating
to plans for new ramp and other improve
mentS at the RosSlyn end of the Key Bridge
This traffic relief project necessarily must
be timed to coincide with District plans for
widening of traffic lanes on the bridge.
bound vehicles at the RoSSlyn circle are
totally inadequate. It would be senseless
to increase bridge capacity without pro-
vision for handling the heavier traffic at
the circle.
One incentive for moving the project
ahead is the recent announcement by the
Virginia State Highway Department that it
is ready to bear its share of the cost of a
new ramp. This ramp will permit Virginia
bound traffic to enter either lane of the
George Washington Memorial Parkway.
there are ramps allowing city-bound Ross
lyn traffic to enter the parkway and
Georgetown bound parkway traffic to cross
the Key Bridge. The new ramp will enable
motorists from Georgetown and beyond to
bypass the congested Resslyn circle and the
Lee highway, via the Spout Run section Of
the parkway.
The District has put the Key Bridge
widening program on it's budget list for
fiscal 1856. This means that, if approved,
the project can be started next year. A
co-ordinated budget request by park au-
thorities will assure the expediting Of
long-needed attack on the Key Bridge
Rosslyn Circle "bottleneck."
Evening star., 1954-10-12
incorporate Arlington Into D. C..

The Stars recent editorial concern
ing Virginia's inability to pay its pro-
portionate share of the cost of the pro-
posed development of roads in this
metropolitan area spurs a search for
possible solutions of the difficulty.
The frank statement of the Virginia
Highway Department relating to its
lack of adequate funds is, of course. to
be taken at it's face value. Nor can
one quarrel with the States policy of
"pay-aS-you-go." There has been and
is too great tendency on the part of
governments to spend now and let the
next generation pay (Which, of course,
it will not do).
Perhaps the solution Is to make
Arlington County again a part of the
District Of Columbia. Probably the citi-
zenS Of the County as well as those of
the District would approve such a re-
union, particularly If the reunion and
District of Columbia suffrage and repre-
sentation in the Congress were made
"one-package' legislation.
Arlington County is essentially a
suburb of the District with large areas
owned and used by the Federal Govern
ment, upon which no State or County
tax is paid land ought not to be be-
cause State and County funds are not
expended for road and sidewalk con-
struction and maintenance, policing.
sewage disposal, etc.. Physical incor-
poration into the District of Columbia
would simplify and improve public
transportation, traffic regulation, and
other governmental functions. It would
relieve the State Highway Department
Of continuously embarrassing prob
lem. A. G. Murray.
Evening star., 1954-10-12
BY Charles E. TroceWeH

They know.
other giants are heat, and light. and
time.
Surely we must class time as among
the giants, for without 1t nothing comes
into being, no petunia flowers from the
almost invisible seed.
X
FALLS CHURCH, Va.
Dear Sir:
1--WE have two large cats. one large
garage door.
Several times recently we have found
the door open and no cats. which sleep
inside. to greet us.
1.-THE women folks were duly given
the third degree about how they were
closing the door, II properly. firmly.
etc., and even insisted on closing the
door myself. Yet it would be open in
the morning and the cats gone.
Last midnight, there was the door
open again, but one cat was still there.
I picked him up and put him back in
the garage, correctly closed the door,
and quietly stood by to see what would
happen.
"In q few minutes old Tiger has
solved the mystery, for as listened,
heard his old paw reach up and start
tugging and rattling on one Of the
chains.
Not to be outsmarted, I placed a
bucket of sand against the door bottom
to prevent it opening. Next morning,
both sides Of the door were unattached
but old Tiger was still inside.
what have got to do now. keep
that sand bucket out there every night?
yours truly. D. N. H."
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Cherry Tree History

DR.. Yukio Ozaki, dead at 95 in Yoko-
hama, long will be remembered as one OF
the generous benefactors of the Capital City
Of the United States. He played an import
ant part in the international drama OF
goodwill which brought to Washington the
beautiful display of Japanese cherry trees
which has adorned the Tidal Basin in early
Spring each year for more than four dec
AIDES.
Credit for originating the idea OF such
planting goes to Eliza Scidmore who, when
visiting Uyino Park in 1885, saw similar
trees there and wished they might be dup
Heated here. Her conception was Endorsed
by the wife of President William Howard
Taft in 1909 It was carried into effect when
DR.. Jokichi Takamini, celebrated chemist
living in New York, offered to contribute
1000 young trees. His request for these to
be shipped to Mrs. Taft led DR.. Ozaki to
arrange for them to be provided by the
Corporation of Tokyo. Baron Hondo, presi-
dent of the Japan Mail Steamship Conn
pany, volunteered to provide transportation.
The shipment was received IN Seattle by
DR.. David Fairchild, who had Oriental
cherry trees growing around his home IN
Chevy Chase.
Col. Spencer Cosby, superintendent OF
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Mccarthy censure Report

u
May assure you that we heartily
agree with The Stars editorial policy
regarding the Watkins Committee re-
port? For once Mccarthy appeared
before group Of peers with self
respect and respect for the Senate Of
the United States who could be neither
shouted down nor intimidated. He
appeared as an individual Senator and
was unable to assume the disguise Of
"the only man in the country who
fights Communism" which has served
him so well and the country so Ill.
Without 1t, the individual Senator
showed himself to have been In con-
tempt Of the Senate and worthy Of
censure. It's that simple.
Bonnie Horan.
'You are unfit to wear the uniform
OF a general has been declared by the
Watkins Subcommittee to be repre-
hensible" and continuation" language,
which, If uttered by Congressman
brings disgrace upon that august body.
That being so, submit for possible
censure the names of Thomas Jefferson.
BENJAMIN Franklin, John Adams, and
0AAS OUAAOA AACu1bC1S VI NOIlSEGSS WHO
signed the Declaration Of independence,
because that document contains this
sentence: "A prince. whose character
is thus marked by every act which may
define tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler
OF free people" This is said of the
King Of Great Britain.
Besides using such "reprehensible"
and "contumacious" language, these
men called upon the subjects of the
king to disregard his directives: they
did not give him an opportunity to
either face his accusers or to take
refuge behind an Executive Order.
which classified all of the kings acts
as confidential" secret" or top
secret" and the depth of their ignominy
was reached when they failed to offer
any proof that the charges made
against the king were true. J.B.
have been resident of Washing
ton Oh and on for the past sixty-five
years. During the course of those years
have occasionally read where some
chairman Of congressional investi-
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Voter Apathy Disturbing

A familiar complaint is being heard
today In political circles, Republican and
Democratic. It is the complaint Of apathy
on the part of citizens eligible to vote in the
forthcoming congressional elections. It is
particularly unfortunate that this should
be so in year when control of both
branches of Congress depends upon very
narrow margin of partisan supremacy.
Whether a relative lack Of interest in
voting hurts one party nationally more than
another is debatable question. It is quite
often factor in local or statewide elections
but the impact Of light VS.. heavy voting is
not necessarily uniform over the entire
country. Nor is there agreement even, or
at least willingness to admit it, on the effect
Of light voting registrations within many Of
the local Jurisdictions. In New York State,
for example, recently published figures
show that registration for this years voting
is about six per cent lower than it was in
1850, the most recent midterm election. In
New York City, the drop is about 10 per
cent. Both Republican and Democratic
spokesmen, however, have attempted to in
terpret these figures as favoring their own
party tickets. A more objective analysis
would indicate that-it will be more damag-
ing to the Democratic State ticket, which is
counting on large city vote to offset the
expected rural strength of the Republican
slate.
Meanwhile, at the Eisenhower head
quarters in Denver there has been frankly
expressed concern about voter apathy. The
Republican victory of 1852 resulted not only
from a~record number of votes cast, but
perhaps more Importantly from a record
high percentage of voting by those who
were old enough. In that year the Census
Bureau estimated that there were 98.4 mill
lion Americans of voting age. The nearly
so million votes cast represented 81 per
cent of those eligible on the age baSiS-the
highest percentage ever to exercise the
franchise. On the basis of this record vote
the Republicans won their narrow control
of Congress ard it is not surprising that the
G. o. P. should be looking fearfully at a
sharp drop in voter interest. It Is prob
lem thatWaS discussed by the President and
party campaign chieftains last week in Den
precinct level may be expected during the
next three weeks. At the same time, the
President is scheduled to step up consid-
erably his own campaigning. Since Adlai
Stevenson, 1852 Democratic presidential
nominee, already is the hardest-working
campaigner in the Democratic ranks this
final lap of the congressional race may
sound a lot like 1852. It is crucial period
for both parties and the national interest
would be served by the thoughtful atten-
tion OF all of those eligible to vote.
Evening star., 1954-10-12

II can teach a child to pray
And co1r rose to oroiD,
shall haze found all loneliness
That need eper know.
I shall hare touched the heart of earth
Delicious than the Spring
To spiral up the gentiGn SKY
For Gods oDn listening.
I shall haze nnrtured music more
earth
For my oiDn hearts surcedse.
And held the burst OF blosSonltng
That beauty Is. and peace.
n I can teach a child to pray
And coGr a rose to GroaD,
shall not mind, tDlien sctrter comes.
The dying. or the snotr.
Mary Morsoret MiIbroth
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Dissatisfied With,Antorctic PIons

At last the United States has
awakened partially from its Seven-year
Information in respect to the Antarctic
regions and there will be another expe-
dition. Undoubtedly the October 2
White House statement provoked much
interest in the younger generation
those young persons who have reached
maturity with almost never q sight of
the word "Antarctica" crossing their
reading horizon.
The White House announcement,
however, If complete on october 2. is
bound to leave many mature citizens
deeply disappointed. It is well known
among thinking taxpayers that grass
roots interest has been growing relative
to the desirability of this country's
formulating q fortnight, progressive,
unilateral, and up-to-date policy re-
garding the Antarctic. Such policy
would involve two points that the
White House says are not being con-
sidered at this time, namely, establish
ment of permanent bases and claiming
Of rightful' United States territory in
the Antarctic.
Therefore, the planned December Il
expedition with an icebreaker to skirt
the edges of the continent and planned
participation in the 1878 Interna-
tional Geophysical Years program.
while excellent scientific undertakings
as far as they go, certainly do not add
anything to the stature territorially or
pschologically Of the United States. and
obviously can do no military or eco
nomic good as no United States rights
will be asserted or sponsored. AS no
United States territory is involved, this
work will be more or less an extension
of Point Four and foreign military aid.
Such scientific short trips can do little
to satisfy the hopes of Capt. Finn
Rome and others who have been work.
ing extensively for several years to the
end that we not lose the continent by
default. Neither can such short trips
add much to weather data values be-
cause weather data must be accumu-
lated over q very long period Of time.
and two-months' summer data offShore
and/or one years data from the pole
itself can have little meaning in over
all weather work. These trips, thus, will
be good chiefly for satisfying curiosity
and can undoubtedly provide many in
teresting stories for home consumption
d1lU WILL NC WI vi O4AC PI4CC al UAIdb way
Hundreds of Americans probably would
like to go along-including certainly
this writer. However, today, when other
nations are not stopping with mere
scientific trips but are going forward
with land claims and occupation, then
taxpayers hereabouts may begin to
wonder why the United States cannot
do the same.
A flood of public expressions directed
to the President and members of Con-
gress might well result in bringing for
ward a plan. not only to include the
scientific work set out in the October 2
release, but to include the highly desir-
able two-year Weddell Sea exploration
outlined by Capt. Rome, and, last but
not least, to include a sensible up-to-
minute territorial policy that does
not make this country seem tinid nor
yet over ambitious.
e. A. Kendall.
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Loyalty and the u. N.

The International Civil Service Advis-
ory Board Of the United Nations has been
caught up in an unfortunate little tempest
because Of its alleged suggestion that u. N.
employees should place loyalty to the world
organization above loyalty to their own
countries. However, as Secretary General
Hammarskjold has explained, the to-do
stems from miSinterpretation of the
boards words, and there is no good reason
why anybody should be excited by it.
Actually, of course, Article 100 of the
United Nations Charter specifically classi-
fieS the Secretary General and members of
the organizations permanent staff as Gin
ternational officials" who have sort of
supranational status, in the sense that they
are not to "seek or receive instructions
from any government" or other external
authority. Further, the same article
pledges each member country not to try
to influence them in the discharge Of their
responsibilities"
Administratively and otherwise, this
article makes sense and is necessary, par
ticularly because the United Nations secre-
tariat could hardly function effectively
without it. But neither its letter nor its
spirit means that staff employees, as dis
national delegates, owe their first allegiance
to the u. N. rather than to their homelands.
Needless to say, since the world is far from
being single community living under
super government, such a supranational
brand of allegiance adds up to an ioea much
too much in advance of the times to- be
acceptable.
AS Ambassador Lodge, our chief dele
gate to the U. NJ, has put it,, obviously
the United Nations Is not world govern
ment. It is not sovereignty" And so
Americans who work for it-even though
they are international officials" naturally
must be as loyal as ever, primarily and
above all, to the United States, and the
same holds true for other nationals as
regards their own countries. They cannot
have a second priority allegiance in that
sense.
The United Nations Civil Service Board
undoubtedly is aware of all this and in
agreement with it. Accordingly, its COM
ment on loyalty contained in q handbook
addressed to u. N employees should be read
within the context Of Article 100. AT any
rate, Mr.. Hammarskjo jolds statement clari-
f1es the matter In way that should settle
the controversy to everybody's satisfaction,
with no harm done.
Evening star., 1954-10-12
WindfoIls Among. Builders

AS a citizen, taxpayer. and renter OF
an efficiency apartment, have been
reading with great interest the probing
of Federal Housing Administration-in-
sured mortgages. and the windfall prof
its many of the builders received on
their apartment building developments.
It is amazing to learn the amount OF
money builder and investor can earn
on a small capital outlay with the as
sistance of the Federal Housing Admin
istration.
I am looking forward to the creation
of Department of Urbiculture. which,
! think, will fill great need for the
city people throughout our beautiful
country who pay 80 per cent Of the
taxes. Ethel o. Talley.
Evening star., 1954-10-12
Same Old Conspiracy

During his long fight against the Com
munist conspiracy in this country j. Edgar
Hoover has seen the Communist Party un-
dergo policy changes as rapidly as cha
neleon changes color. During World War
II the changes were especially rapid and
confusing-even for some Of the comrades.
Now, according to warning to all law en-
forcement officials recently issued by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation head, an
other change of policy has been made, with
view to entrapping unwary persons con-
cerned with peace, civil rights and other
issues of the day. The FBI, fortunately,
has a way of learning about these reforms"
as fast as they occur. BY alerting citizens
generally, it hopes to save some naive
"joiners" from embarrassing or dangerous
inducements.
With the conviction of numerous Com
munist leaders for advocating the violent
overthrow of the Government, the party
has decided to soft-pedal the violence theme
and stress it's peaceful intentions. Mr..
Hoover said the new party line is: "We
are ready to work with all Americans, no
matter what our past relations or present
differences may be, to block war and facism,
to save United States living standards, to
restore free exchange of ideas and debate
on the great issues facing the Nation. We
propose coming together of all progressive
and democratic forces to consult with each
other and to make such consultation and
working together habit"
Warns Mr.. Hoover: "Do not be de-
ceived-the conspiracy is still with us. The
true Communist Party line remains un-
changed. The overthrow and destruction
of our constitutional democracy by any
and all means at their disposal remains the
aim of the Communists" Every American
should take this warning to heart and be on
guard against subversion in the guise Of
innocent causes"