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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

them are Sou ern Pines,
Greensboro, Charlotte. Raleigh
and Wilmington. Spring tours Of
historic homes. gardens and
public buildings are held bienni-
ally in Edenton. N. C. The next
one Is scheduled for 1855.
A four-day P nsylvania
House and Garden Tour will
open April 80. Closer home, His
toric Annapolis Week will open
March IS. Maryland Day.
Guides AvoilobIe Locally
Sponsors of the Virginia and
Maryland garden tours usually
arrange for distribution in
Washington of the booklets that
offer extensive guidance to es-
tates on display.
Virginia, for instance, has in
the past supplied garden week
guide books to the State Travel
Bureau. ITO Jackson place NV.
Plans for the convenient distri-
button of Maryland's tour book
let's in the District are yet to be
announced.
Where to Write
But here are places to write, to
get ones name on the list for
distribution when the informa-
tive pamphlets are available:
Virginia-Room 3. MezZanine,
Hotel jefferson, Richmond 10.
Va, and State Chamber Of Com
merce. Ill North Fifth street,
Richmond.
Maryland-House and Garden
Pilgrimage, pit Sheraton Belve-
dere Hotel. Baltimore 2. Md.
Observation-Disclosures Gen.
ter. Historic Charleston, "a
Church street. Charleston, S. c..
Natchez - Pilgrimage Head
quarters, Elks' Club. Pearl and
Franklin streets, Natchez, Miss.
Annapolis-HiStoric Annapolis,
Inc. 81 State circle, Annap-
oils. Md.
North Carolina - Information
supplied on request to chambers
Of commerce at Southern Pines,
Greensboro. Charlotte, Raleigh
and Wilmington.
Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania
House and Garden Tour, Penn
Sheraton Hotel, Thirty ninth
and Chestnut streets, Philadel-
phia.
Small Area Of Pennsylvania
Somewhat alphabetically. spon-
sors of the Pennsylvania tour
mention that only a corner of
the State is opening its houses
and gardens to visitors. But
they hasten to add that there
is more in this small area than
can be seen and enjoyed in one
visit"
One display will be selected
homes and gardens in Mont
gomery County, April 80, 1890
am. to $50: Bucks County. May
/, 10:30 to $50; Chester County,
Sunday, May 2. 1880 to $50 pm.
and Valley Forge. May 3, 1920
to $50.
'It is a curious and interest
ing fact" says a printed well
come to the Pennsylvania tour.
that along the Eastern sea-
board of the United States you
can. in a comparatively short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
The Travellers Notebook
The Travellers Notebook
House and Garden Tours
Move North With Spring
Virginia Events Guide Booklets Ready Soon
Thousands of Tourists Accept Hospitality
Bv Jocnues Futrele Jr
By Jacques FutreIle, JE.
The. Stor's Trovei Editor

One of the most popular guides
to motor touring in the Wash
ington area is about to make its
annual appearance. It Is the
guide booklet for Historic Gar
den Week in Virginia. to be held
this year from April "a to May /.
Distribution will begin about
February Is, allowing garden
week enthusiasts Cand they num-
Der into the tens of thousands)
ample time to pour over its pages
and plan trips to the sections
holding, for them, the greatest
appeal.
Inspiration for day-long and
week long expeditions to springs
fresh and bright plots and homes
that were built in gracious age
of living will be found in the
booklets so pages. Included
will be sectional maps and infor-
nation useful in working out
plans to tour the more distant
attractions in the Statewide
observance.
More than 800 homes and gar
dens will be listed this year. &C
cording to the State Chamber of
Commerce, which co-operates
with the Garden Club of Vir-
ginia in promoting the tours.
More than 60 homes and gar
dens will be listed as welcoming
the public for the first time. An
other "a are not new to Garden
Week showing, but were not
listed last year.
Sweep North With Spring
Virginia Garden Week is one
of a series Of open houses" that
sweeps up the Eastern seaboard
from the South with the spring.
Maryland's House and Garden
Pilgrimage is held about the
same time as Virginia's. Col
liberation in setting dates ira
ditionally avoids conflicts. and
Maryland's pilgrimage will fol-
low, with home and garden
showings from April 80 through
May 10.
The Natchez Pilgrimage, which
features large and beautiful
ante-bellum estates, is one of
the earliest. Dates for this Mis-
sissippi event are February q
through March 81.
The annual tour of historic
homes in and around Charleston,
S. c., is set this year for March
IA through April 9.
In North Carolina. garden
tours are regularly sponsored
by clubs of several cities. Among
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Theuter in Buhumus
NASSAU.

This resort is staging another
season Of legitimate theater here
this winter in the new British
Colonial Playhouse on the
grounds of the British Colonial
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
By Walter w. Hubbord
American Automobile Association

Augusta. founded in 1875 by
Gen. James Oglethorpe as Fort
Augusta, is the major travel OBJ
jective in this trip, mapped by
the American Automobile Asso-
citation. Today its golf course is
used frequently by another gen.
eral, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Between washington and Pc
tersburg, Va, going or coming.
One Of series on motoring from
Washington. Clip and so,e it fo'
future reference.
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S32,5OO

! Beautiful A distinguished home fol
the established family. Brick, stont
and frame; only years old; witt
lovely wooded lawn, and det,. garage
true, center hall. liv. rm;. din, rm.
9STan iSts a.; ; paneied I rec. rm., and chill
dren's playrm. below, 3 spacious
bedrms., incl. master bedrm. witt
dressing rm. and pvt. bath; $20,0Ot
LIST trust available. Directions: Ou'
Old Dominion blvd. left at vii.
nansoqEs ~ so No. elyS s4Ss. right on NJ E0's0l
Parker, Smith & Donnell
2026 N. 18th at Court House I'd
Realtors, Open 8 It'll 8. ia. 7-6161
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HOME AND
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$13,950

A lovely semidetached brick.
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living rm., separate din. rnl..
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finished In knotty nine In ex-
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Furniture In apartment goes
with sale. VIII try GI or
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MONTHLY PAYMENTS. Must
be seen to be appreciated.
Ask for listening No. 160.
II. 6-7244. TE. 6-734z
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lge. screened side porch; bsmt
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TER OR SUMMER, YOUNG OF
OLD, Cony. to bus, schools ant
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Lee hwy. to N. Kensington st., anc
left to No. 2041,
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$4,000
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one has 9 bsdTms. Ia baths, PLus ~;
ist FL. AND AN ATTACHED GA
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13x15, extra-large rms. through
out: CT or conventional terms. VA
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recticns: Out Washington blvd. to
N. 18th st. and left to our open
sign.
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ROIITH RORRINS
EXTRA SPACE

REAL ESTATE CORP.
I. $4,000 1918 King 81.
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ONLY $23,250
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and insurance.
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III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Bodenheim Slayer Is Sought;
Robbery Motive Ruled Out
Bodies Of Writer, 63,
And Wife Found in
Rooming House

NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-Max-
we'll Bodenheim. 63, sensational
writer of the 192Os who in his
later days sometimes had to beg
to eat, was found slain yester-
day with his third wife.
Their bodies were sprawled
in a dingy furnished room on
the fringe of the Bowery, not
far from the Greenwich Village
where he lived most of his BIZ
zarre life.
On a dresser WAS a sign say
ing. Il Am Blind" Neighbors
said Mr.. Bodenheim sometimes
wore 1t on the streets.
East Talker" Is Sought.
Police sent out 13-State
pickup" for Harold Weinberg,
Is. described as a scar-faced
fast talker." for questioning in
connection with the killings.
Police said they also were
questioning persons in Green
witch Village who participated in
"sadistic orgies" which Mr..
Bodenheim attended.
Chief of Detectives Thomas A.
Nelson said This is definitely
not a robbery murder" but did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Arthur Dean 10 Return
If Reds Drop Charge

The State Department said to-
day that Arthur H. Dean sis pre-
pared" to return to Panmunjom
to resume Korean negotiations
with the Communists provided
the Reds withdraw their per
f1dy" charge against the United
States.
Jameson Parker. State De-
partment spokesman, made the
statement in commenting on
published reports that DR.. Dean
will not return to Panmunjom.
There is no basis in fact for
the report that Ambassador Dean
is being withdrawn from his as
signment," Mr.. Parker said.
Ambassador Dean is pre-
pared to return to Panmunjom
for resumption of the negotia-
tionS towards a peace conference
provided that the conditions
which he has laid down for the
resumption of conversations are
met by the Communists. The
department entertains the high
est regard for the exceptional
ability Mr.. Dean demonstrated
during the negotiations at Pan
munjom."
Mr.. Dean broke off the talks
with the Communists during an
outbreak of name-calling two
months ago and vowed he would
not go back until the Com
munists retracted their COM
plant that the United States
was guilty Of perfidy in the
negotiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Hartley Raps Most
0fProposed Changes
In u. ). Labor Law
Opposes Easing Of Curbs
On Labor; Sees President
MisIed' on One Proposal

Opposition to a majority of
President Eisenhower IA pro-
posed changes in the Taft
Hartley Act was expressed today
by former Representative Fred
A. Hartley, jr.. co-author of the
labor-management relations law.
In testimony prepared for de-
livery before the Senate Labor
Committee, which is considering
Taft-Hartley revision. Mr.. Hart
ley, now a management con-
sultant, dissented on eight Of
the Presidents points. concurred
on four and concurred in part
on two others.
Against Letup in Restrictions.
Mr.. Hartley retired from Con-
gress after his famous law was
enacted in 1947. Generally
speaking he agreed with those
parts of the Presidents pro-
gram which would tend to
tighten restrictions on labor un-
ion activity. He disagreed, with
one minor exception, to the pro-
posals designed to ease present
restrictions on organized labor.
OF the Presidents proposal for
use, whenever injunctions are
issued against unions, of local
mediation panels in the effort
to settle dispute, Mr.. Hartley
said it would discourage rather
than encourage genuine COL
iective bargaining" He added it
also would substantially weaken
the effectiveness of the Federal
Mediation and Cancellation
Service. :"
. Mr.. Hartley dissented on the
recommendation for abolition of
the mandatory injunction provi-
sion in certain secondary boy
colt cases; proposed changes in
the definition of prohibitive boy
colts; easing a provision prohib-
lting economic strikers from vot-
ing in representation elections,
a part of t-Hartley to which
Gen. Eisenhower has referred as
"union-busting."
Sees President "Misled."
The former Congressman said
the Presidents advisers have
misled him. on proposal that
fact-flnding boards in so-called
national emergency disputes be
given the authority to suggest
terms for settlement. He said
the Inflated Wage Stabiliza-
ton Board had such authority.
and that Congress took it away
because the power was mlsused
AS for the White House sug-
gestion that employees engaged
In the construction. amusement
and maritime industries be given
partial exemption from the Taft
(See LABOR, Page A-6.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

r. w. Scott Mcleod. security
administrator of the State De-
partment, said today it is mot
valid" to contend that new Sc
curity procedures have lowered
morale of the United States for
eign service.
1--WE are gradually cleaning up
the mess in the State Depart
ment." Mr.. Mcleod said in a
copyrighted interview with the
magazine u. S. News and World
Report. But he insisted that it
was being done without harm to
the effectiveness of the depart
ment.
Mr.. Mcleod also said Senator
Mccarthy. Republican. of Wis
conSin had absolutely nothing
to do with his appointment to
his present job. and he charac-
terized as ridiculous" reports
that man may be fired because
his superiors do not like his
choice of reading matter.
Quizzed About Letter.
Mr.. Mcleod said that last
year the department dropped
from the payroll about 800 per-
sons about whom there were I'M
resolved security questions. The
department employs about II 900
persons. He said the number
might include some who re-
signed before their security
clearances had been completed.
He also said that since 1947.
when the department started
keeping totals. more than 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
SceIbo, Tough Foe of Reds,
Tries to Form Italian Cabinet

have subdued both left and right
wing riots with swinging clubs.
During the days of Fascism
Mr.. Scelba worked with Mr.. De
Gasperi and elder statesman
Don Luigi Stuyzo in formation
of the party that was to become
the Christian Democrats.
In 1914 the Fascists arrested
him for putting out an under
ground newspaper.
But his name remained rela-
lively unknown until 1945 when
he was first called to serve in
the short-lived cabinet of Fer
ruccio Parri.
When Mr.. De Gasperi came in
at the end Of 1945, he brought
Mr.. Scelba with him. The en-
ergetic Sclian continued in ev-
cry De Gasperi cabinet.
Mr. Scelba said today he
would depend upon men of
good will" to form a govern
ment which could restore faith
to Italians and to Italys friend
ly nations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

that belongs to you, you want to
keep it," she said. II had the
dog for four years and had be-
come very attached to him.
DR.. Louis Jacobs. superintend-
ent of the school. said he had re-
ceived 200 telephone calls and
about 100 letters about Smoky
and the boy. Mrs. Davenport
said she. too. hac been deluged
with calls and letters.
DR.. Jacobs said the letters
contained a total of $120 from
persons offering to buy the dog
from Mrs. Davenport so the boy
could keep him.
After making her decision to
turn the dog over to the boy,
Mrs. Davenport went to the Fair
fax Animal Hospital to say good
by to Smoky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
By the Assoeiofed Press

ROME, Feb. 8.-Mario Scelba,
tough guy" former interior min
lister, whose riot police batted the
Communists down in the tense
days Of 1913. agreed with reser-
vations" today to try forming a
new Italian government.
The surprise choice of the So
year -old Sicilian- born Christian
Democrat was made by President
Luigi Einaudi after more than a
week of consultations with politi-
cal leaders.
Most observers had expected
that Alcide de Gasperi. eight
times Italy's Premier and long
Mr.. Scelba's boss in the cabinet,
would be asked again to try to
keep Italy on the path of democ-
racy and end the recurrent po-
litical crises which have plagued
the nation for eight months
ever since the June Z general
election.
Mr.. Scelba's agreement with
reservations" means that before
finally accepting the Presidents
charge, he will see if he can form
a government.
His aim is expected to be a
pro-WeStern coalition composed
of his own party, the Social Dem
ocratS, the Republicans and Lib
erals. Presumably he had some
assurance the three smaller par
ties would stand by him before
he agreed to make the try.
If they do, Mr.. Scelba's gov
eminent would have a 16-vote
majority in the 590-seat Cham
Der of Deputies.
But his choice was certain to
provoke a storm from the Com
munists and Fascists, who hate
him. AS Mr.. De Gasperi's in
terror minister. he formed and
trained the rock-hard riot po-
lice-the celere-which in their
speedy red jeeps countless times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Woman Gives Smoky to Boy;
Says She Was Misunderstood

A 15-year-old boy at the Ma
tional Training School will keep
his dog Smoky.
Mrs. Agnes Davenport OF An
napolis Junction. Md, said after
a conference with school off,
Gals today that she will give
the dog to the boy.
Mrs Davenport has said the
dog was stolen from her when
the boy left her foster care last
spring. The boy and dog we're
picked up in Florida, separated
and later reunited at the train
ing school.
Mrs. Davenport said today
she had been grossly nis,,nder-
stood in her announcement that
she intended trying to get the
dog back.
when you have something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Pope Still Improving,
Sits Up in Armchair

VATICAN CITY, Feb. g.
Pope Plus rose from his sick
bed today and spent some time
sitting in an armchair-the first
time he has done this for any
considerable period since jan
uary Is.
The pontiff's private physician
and the Vatican press Office an
nounced his health is improving.
The latter. in its daily bulletin,
said the doctor has advised the
Pope Ito move about some with
in his chambers"
Vatican sources said the Pope
did this. He also took solid food
his first in many days. Pre-
vlously he had been able to hold
down only liquids.
"As always" the press Office
communique said. 1.-THE Pope has
heard mass and received holy
communion. At noon he received
as regularly Msgr. G.. B. Mon
TIM. pro-Secretary of state for
ordinary affairs"
The Pope's physician, DR.. Ric-
cardo Galeazzi-Lisi, cited i'm
provement for the third straight
day.
But the brief words and the
previous hopeful reports did not
quell the fears that have arisen
for the health of the frail
Pontiff. now n.
For the past Is days the Pope
has been secluded in his Vatican
palace apartment. confined to his
bed with a stomach ailment of
undisclosed nature which has
greatly enfeebled him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Mcleod Backs Security Rules,
Denies Injuring foreign Service

homosexuals had been dropped.
He said he did not regard this
as IAN unusual percentage" in
comparison to the general popu-
lation but that it was IAN in
tolerable percentage in a sensi-
tive agency"
Mr.. Mcleod. former FBI man
who was administrative assistant
to Senator Bridges, Republican,
of New Hampshire before he
took his present job. was asked
about a letter in which five
former career diplomats COM
planned last month that the
foreign service was being dan
gerously weakened.
The five Norman Armour,
Robert Woods Bliss, Joseph C.
Grew, William Phillips and G.
Rowland Shaw-Said in a letter
to the New York Times that this
was true because of attacks from
outside sources" and because
the department itself was sub
originating normal personnel
administration to considerations
of security"
In my judgment" Mr.. Nc
Leod said. "the morale in the
foreign service is pretty high.
considering all the factors in
volved. The claim that security
procedure here is lowering mo-
rale is not valid"
Denies Misuse of Reports.
Mr.. Mcleod was asked whether
it is true that foreign service
officers reports from abroad
may sometimes be used in Sc
curlty cases against them.
II know of only one case
where the security Office has
ever gone to the trouble of ex-
amining an officers reports" he
said. In that case they found
the reports quite objective and
not an issue in forming a Sc
curity judgment"
Mr.. Mcleod said he is aware
that he has been the subject of
much criticism. due in part, he
said. to "the generous indorse-
ment my friend Joe Mccarthy
gave me right after my appoint
ment." He said that he never
worked for Senator Mccarthy
although the Senator used to
call me up and ask my advice.
but I know of no single instance
where he ever took it,"
Asked whether it is accurate
to call him a protege of Senator
Mccarthy, Mr.. Mcleod replied:
1T burns me up to be called
his stooge, because I'm human
enough to think I'm no mans
stooge."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Bulletin
Remington Loses Appeal

The Supreme Court today
refused to review the perjury
conviction of william w.
Remington. former Commerce
Department economist. He is
serving a three-year sentence
in Federal prison as a result
Of a conviction in Federal
Court in New York on charges
of falsely denying he gave
secret information to a Com
muniSt agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Mood of Germans More Tense
Than Before Riots of June II
Any New Outbreak Could Touch Off
Massacre, But Spirit Is Undounted

sources comes news that high
school students at Brandenburg
have refused to take part in a
discussion of the Grotewohl
memorandum which demanded
East German participation at
the Berlin talks. The thing that
impreSseS experts is that SIM
liar reports were received from
the same school a few days be-
fore the June uprising.
There are other signs that the
story of the Big Four confer
ence is getting through to the
people of East Germany. Anti
Communists who used to chalk
walls with an "F" for "Freiheit"
(freedom) are now scrawling
Nv" for "Whalen" (elections) E.
The West German press is play
ing up the story, working from
these and other fragmentary bits
of evidence. 1t is pointed out
that areas affected are those
where trouble started last spring,
in Halle. Leipzig. Gera. Dresden,
Bitterfeld and other manufac-
turing centers. One paper re-
ports that workers in a syn
thetic gasoline plant at Leuna
intend to march on Berlin to
let the foreign ministers know
what they think.
Experts Are Hedging.
Experts are frankly hedging
their bets. On balance, most of
them are still doubtful about
how far protests can go. Admit
ting the eXplosiveness of the
situation. they stress the sui
cidal aspects of any large-scale
demonstration at this point. On
the other hand, the people of
the East Zone are believed close
to the point of desperation.
Their hopes for real results from
this meeting were high. and their
present disappointment may
make them reckless. Certainly if
their was ever a time when a
blowup would have a stunning
impact on the outside world,
that time is now!
On the outskirts of the Ameri-
can sector of Berlin is an i'm
pressive double memorial. A
Russian tank stands atop a IS
foot pedestal, placed there by the
Red Army to celebrate victory
in World War II. The pedestal
has been totally defaced by Ber-
liners and the tank is now in
closed in grotesque cage of
chicken wire to protect it. A
few feet away. directly in front
of the muzzle of the tank can
non. stands a young linden tree.
It's branches have been Topped
of and one Of them lashed to
the top to form a rough cross.
At the base is a simple plaque
dedicated to 1.-The brave and I'M
afraid who fought for human
rights and human dignity, for
truth and freedom. II June,
1858.
Whatever happens in East
Germany. there is plenty of EVIL
dence today that this spirit still
lives despite all that the Com
YptIrictS ron IN