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Evening star., 1954-05-15
Letters to The Star.

situation is daily becoming more in
tolerable. The Jones Point span and
some relief are years away.
(2) A parking lot astride the only
direct artery between central Washing
ton and the District line will choke
rush-hour traffic as vehicles are held
up to permit egress from and ingress to
the proposed lot (if it is used.
CD This will not spur use of the lot,
as Mr.. Flanagan of CTC seems to hope
will be the case. because buses don't
Sprout wings and leap over lined-up
traffic any more than private cars do,
and therefore they won't help the COM
muter get to work or home any more
rapidly.
"a Aside from the traffic situation,
the choice is still poor one. Capital
Transit presently provides express bus
service downtown from the latter point
to the bridge. If commuters preferred
not to drive all the way into town, they
would use the existing service without
going to the additional trouble of con-
tending with traffic at the bridge before
parking and changing to public trans
portation.
OF course, the views of District resi-
dents are of little consequence to the
city fathers at Fourteenth and E streets,
who proceed about their grandiose
planning and taxing. predict how
ever. that the construction of the lot
will not be complete waste of funds;
after the test period, Naval Air Station
personnel will inherit de luxe parking
accommodations.
Joseph j. Saunders.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Duys to Remember

Indelibly, as intGolios are designed,
Clearly, as scattered jetUels tOould
appear,
Upon the calendars new page find :
Once more, days to remember through =
the year:
Red-circled holidays and days when
lotDly 4
Men Uere born to greatness. not to !
die;
The sUitt. the golden days, those :
passing slotDly,
The day We met. the day tce said -
o0od-by.
Laurel is laid in Ureaths on chiSeled
stone
And candles shine like counted stars
on cake,
As each man claims an hour OF time e
his otUn
And symbols keep old memories !;
dDdke. .
But no sign tells. no calendar can
chart -
The Gnniuersdries treasured In myl
heart.
4 Mortho W. Cortek
Evening star., 1954-05-15
They Want q DefenseIess Asia

Foreign Minister Molotov has pulled out all
the stops on an old Soviet propaganda theme
in bitterly attacking the United States for pro-
posing the establishment of a Pacifc-Asian
defensive alliance comparable to the North At
lantic Treaty Organization. The theme, varia-
tionS Of which have been heard over and over
again, is as simple as it is mendacious. Turning
the truth completely upside Notwithstanding
white as black, and vice versa-it seeks to per-
suade the peoples of the Far East that American
imperialism" is vilainously striving to impose
colonial" status on them in preparation for
a new war" in which they would be used as
cannon fodder"
Actually, of course, as must be realized by
every knowing adult in the free world, the pro-
posal for a NATO like Far Eastern pact is aimed
at creating within the framework of the United
Nations peace promoting system of collective
security designed to safeguard the countries of
Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific from
being dragged behind the Moscow-P Peiping Iron
Curtain. It's primary objective, in other words,
is precisely the same as that of the North At
lantic alliance in Europe. Further, far from
being device to perpetuate colonialism, its
effectuation-as Secretary of State Dulles has
explained-would serve not merely to unite,
fortify and arm the participating Asian states
against the menace of one-at-a-time conquest
those states to attain full and prospering inde-
pendence if they do not have it now
But the men of the Kremlin, as Mr.. Molo-
tov has made clear at Geneva are as intent as
ever upon plaStering with the Big Lie any and
every move by the non-Sovet world to protect
itself against Red subyersion, aggression and
absorption. Accordingly, just as in the case of
NATO, they can be counted upon to spare no
propaganda effort to prevent the formation of a
Far Eastern defensive coalition, and their rea-
son for this is plain They do not want to be
confronted with united region ready to hold
its ground; what they want, instead, is free
hand to take over Indo-China and to proceed
from there with the grim business Of swallowing
up, in piecemeal fashion, the whole Of South
east Asia. The prospect is thus one in which
all the countries principally threatened should
feel driving compulsion to organize the kind
of alliance that our Government has proposed.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Not Too Much for the Truth

II 1t is to do the Job expected OF it-a
highly important job in view of the tremendous
outpouring Of anti-American Communist propa-
ganda throughout the world-the United States
Information Agency will need more money to
spend than the sum granted it by the House.
During the current fiscal year, the agency
which the President created last August in
recognizing all the Governments overseas
information activities been handicapped
by the fact that Congress, prior to the reorgani-
zation, appropriated only bit more than SIS
million for such activities. This constituted
heavy cut of about 81 per cent under the 1923
million voted for the same purpose in fiscal
1853 and it has had meaSurably adverse
effect on the effort to circulate the truth abroad
in order to counter the ceaseless din of vilifying
Red libels against our country and its policies.
To correct this situation the United States
Information Agency-with the full backing of
President Eisenhower and the Budget Bureau
has requested an appropriation OF $89 million
for the coming fiscal year. The sum is an
altogether reasonable and relatively modest
one, but the House has voted to grant only
total of $758 814, ,000-a reduction that leaves the
agency as handicapped as ever in trying to do
its job, especially in terms of answering the
ever-busy Communist propagandists (who seem
to have money to burn) through such effective
American overseas media as libraries, docu-
mentary movies, posters, etc.
Everything considered, therefore, the Sem
ate-where the matter is now awaiting action
will be doing sound days work if 1t votes to
restore the House cut. After all, measured
against the vast sums that the Red totalitarians
are spending against us in this field, $50 million
would seem to be quite frugal investment for
America to make in defense Of the truth, ths
ideolosy of freedoA, and i@ own good name. =
Evening star., 1954-05-15

France until it had been elected by a
constituent assembly, and again in
Portugal in 1910 Britain refused to
recognize the revolutionary government
until a constitution had been voted
and a President elected.
But since 1924 Britain has followed
the de tacto principle closely in a series
of cases, the Soviet Union, Chile, Peru,
Ecuador, Argentina, and the Nation
alist government of Gen. Franco in
Spain. So we arrive at the situation
today in which Britain and the United
States find themselves at opposite
Evening star., 1954-05-15

have complained of the constant tension under
which they are forced to operate.
Mr.. Bennett proposed that the present plant
be abolished in favor Of two new schools, one
somewhere In the West and another at more
appropriate location in the East. The District
welcomes this plan, at least insofar as removal
Of the school far from Washington is concerned.
Its departure would be no loss to the Capital
The acreage on Bladensburg road could be used
to much better advantage for other Federal or
District buildings sites for which have become
very hard to find within the city limits.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
NoOther Choice

Whether by coincidence or design, the
United States has officially announced the con-
clusion of its 1854 thermonuclear tests stimuli
taneously with the start of new round of
secret five-power disarmament talks in London.
Since the talks have to do primarily with the
deadlocked problem of controlling atomic
hydrogen weapons and other instruments of
mass destruction, it has been suggested that
our Government has shortened the period of
experimentation by calling OF certain planned
detonations in an effort to promote good
negotiating atmosphere.
This may or may not be so. The official
announcement-made jointly by the Atomic
Energy Commission and the Defense Depart
ment-does not refer to any international
political considerations. The only thing it says
is that the tests have been essential to our
national interest, that they have been success
fully completed \that they ''have contributed
materially to the Security of the United States
and the free world" and that sea and air
traffic may be safely resumed within the "warn-
ing area" around our Pacific Proving Ground
AS to the number of detonations set off, the
statement is mum; it leaves it to the public to
guess whether or not this years Eniwetok-
Bikini series has consisted of more than the
three hydrogen explosions previously revealed
the tremendous March blast. the one of
MdTCu 20 ana Tie CLITQ on April D.
In any case, now that the series has been
concluded, the atmosphere surrounding the
current London talks will not be agitated by
anything like the international reaction-most
of it excessively alarmist, misinformed and
curiously needless of Soviet work in the same
field-to the March ! test. The talks them
selves are being held by subcommittee of the
United Nations Disarmament Commission, with
the participants representing France, Canada,
Britain, the United States and Russia. The dis
cussions add up to another attempt to break
the yearS-long stalemate over the issue of
reducing and regulating armed forces and
arms of every kind, with particular emphasis
on A-weaponS and the H-bomb Unhappily,
however, unless the Kremlin is prepared to end
its nay-Saying policy against a system Of
genuinely effective control, agreement will con-
tinue to be impossible.
Yet as the chief British delegate has said
at the opening meeting in London there can be
no hope for lasting peace in the world unless
and until real progress is made toward disarm-
ament and there can be no such progress unless
and until the Soviet Union joins with the West
ern powers in a good-faith effort to attain it.
Up to now, the Russians have fatty declined to
cooperate to that end. Worse, they have de-
liberately torpedoed every move to arrive at a
workable agreement, and as long as they adhere
to that policy, the United States-through
measures like the recent Pacific tests-must do
whatever it can to keep ahead in the atomic
hydrogen race. Short OF Surrendering supremacy
to the Kremlin, what other choice is there?
Evening star., 1954-05-15
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

By THE HASkIN SERVICE.
@. How are lighthouse keepers ap-
pointed?-G. H.
A. The lighthouse service was con-
solidated with the Coast Guard in 1899
and military personnel perform these
duties, except for those civilians still
remaining. However, as they retire.
they are being replaced by Coast
Guard personnel who are qualified.
Q. Can the height of a person be
guessed from the length of his stride?-
v. N.
A. Only in a general way. Step
length depends upon the size of the
walker to some extent, and usually q
large person takes longer steps than a
small one. There are a number of ex.
ceptions, however. For example, people
with hernia or pelvic disorders take
smaller steps than normal; railroad
workers grow accustomed to take ex-
ceptionally long steps. It is said that
q inches is the average step for slow
walking, and IS inches for vast walking.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Questions and Answers

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Of fact by writing The Evening Star Infor.
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Evening star., 1954-05-15

THE ioIloUinO Is a condensed per-
sion OF a speech By the British Am
bGssGdOr, Sir Roger MGkiss. at the
RiccobOnO Seminar at the Catholic
University Of America on Thursday
evenjnoJ
Milford chronicle., 1954-03-05

Revive those tagging appetitesl For q
this "Msrdi Gras" Maearonl and Cheese.
Evening star., 1954-02-07

RICHARD SEARS. organ.
Concerto IN 9; Baeh-yivaldi; Chorale al
Paftits Psftdas "o eost snseh 81 Prommer dstt
Ermend Bonnai.
WILLIAM WAKEFIELD. baritone; , GttS
f'f5 p 'aH Honor At and S0nsii1St0f Arms HANDEL as
8 Sleep. Why Dest Thou Leave Me.
Handel: Good Fellows, Be Merry.
Bach; Fussreise. Nun Wandre Marie,
Bonosr sanon Debes DI se Beau wo
ballade des femmes de Paris. Debussy;
II lacerato spirito; Verdi Nemieo
della gpsrtria GioTdano; oid coaIand Ameri:
SpirituaIs.
MARTlNELLI. soprano:
Gene Yenni. tenor. Barker Hall, YWCA
pm. An die Musk. I'm Abendroth,
Schubert; ,Schlafendes Jesukind' Per
de. Des Grieux. Massenet;, Aria Sui
eido! Poncielli T1 Julia Julia uiltsr: 2uiltsr:
strons Wind Blowl. Ruth Day; A
Cycle Of Kid Songs. Bernstein.
HrLEN CLAYTON. soprano; Nathan
Price, piano At the National Gallery
Of Artss s pm. lch liebe dich, Beetho-
ven: Un motto di gioja: Mozart; komm
ing. Lied der Mignon. Schubert; Auf
Fluseln des GeSanges. Neue Liebe,
Mendelssohn: Les Cloches, Voici que
lie Printemps. Debussy: Air de renfant
from Il Enfant ct les Sortileges.' -
Ravel; Presents des lies. Thiriet: Recit.
and aria from Down in the Valley"
WE'LL: What will 1t be-, Blitzstein;
Monica's Waltz. Menotti Rima. Turina
Triste. Zamba. Ginasters Del Cabello
mas Sutii. Obradors: Anhelos. Turina.
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Howard Mitchell. conductor. Trinity
College auditorium 4 p m. Water Music.
Handel Symphony No. 3. Creston;
symphony No. Z in A. Opus 81.
Reeth0ven
Evening star., 1954-02-07
TOMORROW.

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STRING
QUARTET: Werner Lywen. Ernestine
Briesmeister. violins; Norman Lamb.
viola: Dorothy Stahl. cello Wallace
Mann, flute. guest artist Catholic
University auditorium, $50 pm.
Quartet in c. Opus 50, No. >.
Beethoven; Quartet for flute and
strings. Russell Woolen; Quartet
No. . in z fiat. Rubbra.
DANIEL MAJESKE. violin: George Silfies,
piano. Phillips Gallery $50 pm.
Sonata in c 1880, Hindemith;
Patite' in D minor. Bach; Tzigane.
Sonata in A. Opus A.. Beethoven.
THE NEW ART WIND QUINTET: Melvin
kaplan, oboe; Andrew LOlya. flute: lrv-
bassoon; Earl Chaplin. horn Al the
Phillips Gallery. "S:30 pm. Blaser-
quintet. Opus ~. No >, Reicha Par
tita for Woodwind Quintet: Fine; Ser
enade und Thema init Variationen.
Opus "a Blumer; Kleine Hammer
musk. Opus -. No. 2. Hindemith.
Evening star., 1954-02-07
TUESDAY.

WASHINGTON CIVIC ORCHESTRA,
Hendrix EsscrS. conductor. Roosevel:
auditorium. $50 pm Guest con-
ductor: Wendell MarErave. Soloists:
Cecilia MahOneN. violin; Hendrix
Essers, violin. symphony in D. Gossec:
Concerto for two violins in D minor
Plains. THOMSON; Rakastava. Sibeltus;
LAYliesSienne excerpts. Bizet
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. Paul Olefsky.
Evening star., 1954-02-07
Its q Matter of Habit
The Difference Between Order and
Chaos in Music Is Mun-Mude
BY Doy Thorpe

er may advance two very
strong questions. neither Of
which I can answer.
Choos Vonishes
You say" says the hearer.
that unfamiliar music loses
its density. its harshness. its
dullneSs when one listens to
it constructively and intelli-
gently. That is. if it is good
music. What at first seem
meaningless discords lose their
unpleasant asperity and take
on real expressiveness. Chaos
develops into form"
"Yes. that's the idea" I say.
We'll. then, why is it that
the discords and aSperities
that we have known all our
lives. that are a part of our
musical vocabulary, do not
simply lose all their force and
power of evocation. and fade
out of our consciousness?
Why do the discords in the
Eroica symphony retain the
same emotional values on the
hundredth hearing that they
have on the first? Or, to be
more pointed, why is it that
almost every piece of the vi
ennese CLASSICAL period. if it
has any pretensions whatever.
whether it is the simplest So
natina of Clement or the slow
movement Of the Hammer
clavier sonata. modulates to
the subdominant just before
the end. Nothing could be
more trite, no gesture more
worn out. yet does it not al
ways evoke the same expected
and required emotional re-
Sponse from the listener? If
difficulties are made as moth
ing by attention, why doesn't a
convention such as this lose
its bite?"
There's an Answer
l can say nothing. and he
continu ues: Secondly. al
though this may be a bit of
the subject. you say you evalu-
ate music. but do you really
know what makes good music9
You talk of the characteristics
OF poor music. but can you
name one or two of these
characteristics that are not a
part of what you consider the
best music? Have you the
slightest idea what is the
power Of music to appeal?
For example let us take the
themes Of the slow movements
OF Mozart piano concertos.
They are typically the SIM
plest. apparently most uncom-
plicated. most conventional
tunes in the world. They can
be taken in by a glance at
the page. they seem to have
no secrets. Finally. We both
admit they have an unsur-
passed emotional appeal and
lasting power. Yet can you
show me how they differ in
any slight detail from others
by Mozart's contemporaries,
petent musicians like
Hummel, Kuhlau, and Glenn
enti, that have a certain
transient charm, but no real
interest?"
I say that I can't, but l
don't take refuge in the terms
genius" and inspiration" l
think there is an answer.
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Portraits Offer New Use for Wall Decoration
By Betty Lenohon

Homemaker's are digging into
bottom drawers to get tho>4
treasured portrait photographs
out Of hiding and into decorative
room settings. They are prov
ing in many interesting ways
that portraits belong in the
home-to be enjoyed by family
and friends.
Many make-it-yourself ideas
for the display Of portrait photo
graphs have been conceived, and
one of the most attractive and
most practical is the growing
WALL" where portraits can be
added as they become part Of
the collection.
One good way to display
portraits is on a "growing wall"
created by painting squares on
the wall with a roller coater.
Simply start from a true line
either at the top or bottom Of
the wall. mark off squares lightly
with a pencil, and then roll the
paint on with a roller coater-
the kind that can be dipped into
a paint tray.
Use paint sparingly on the
roller for desirable texture. The
paint will go on heavier in some
areas, lighter in others for an
artistic effect.
Trim portraits neatly in a
square shape. Then when the
painted squares are completely
dry apply to the square where
the portrait will be centered a
coat of rubber cement. Apply
rubber cement. too. to the back
of the portrait.
Let the adhesive dry a little,
then place the portrait on the
painted square. The finished job
will prove that portrait photo
graphs can become a part of the
decor Of the home.
Portraits are being shown with
all manner of materials. They
can be mounted on perforated
wallboard. Framed portraits can
be hung and interchanged on
walls of expanded metal lath.
They can be matted with velve-
teen in rich colors, with burlap,
with coarse linens.
There is no limit to the ways
in which they can be displayed.
And these days. their display is
not limited. to one room IN the
house. They can be shown in
living room, dining room in the
foyer and CAMERON, in the
bedroom and on stairway walls.
Consider portrait photographs
as an important part in the &C
cessorizing of the various rooms.
1t will be fun working out ways
to show them. and enjoyable see
ing daily the lifelike pictures of
family and friends.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-20
Eusy and Sofe Cleanser

Warm water with d dash of
ammonia is recommended as the
safest cleanser for plate glass
mirrors by leading plate glass
manufacturers.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-16
Willys Employees
 Vote for Pay Cut To Help Company

TOLEDO, Ohio, RLSo that their employer can better compete with other auto makers, produc- tion employees of Willys Motors, Inc, have voted to take a pay cut of as much as 10 percent
 The vote was taken Wednesday after Richard T. Gosser, vice pres ident of the CIO United Auto Workers Union, told the employees the cut is necessary to stabilize Willys' economic position. Part of the loss may be recovered if new bonus pay plan can be worked out
 The new plan does not affect basic hourly wages, but has the effect of eliminating incentive pay, awarded workers who pro- duce more than a fixed norm for their jobs.
 There was no immediate com ment from the firms competitors.
 With Willys currently employ ing about 1000 men and women production workers at an average wage of $80, 10 percent cut could save the firm $56,0OO week ly in labor cost. Gosser said the union hopes to reduce Willys' production costs 20 percent within six months, making it competitive with General Motors, Chrysler and Ford.
 Edgar F. Kaiser, president of Kaiser Willys, described the ac- ton of the union as a ''tremen- dous step forward" which advanc- es Willys' operations ito a point where it can become competitive with the big three from a stand point of cost in the production of a complete unit"
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-16
Russia Denies
 Soviet Diplomats Allegiance to West

CANBERRA, Australia, R-The Soviet Embassy said Thursday that the 'spy" papers Soviet Dip lomat Vladimir Petrov took to the Australian government are fakes: Wednesday the embassy charged the Australians had kidnapped PetrOv.
 'There's not a thing missing all embassy documents are here, D Press Attache G. I. Kharikovetz told reporters.
 Prime Minister Robert G. Men zies already had brushed off as ''ludicrous" the kidnap charge. He was certain to take the same atti- tude toward the flake papers" story
 The Prime Minister told a press conference that Petrov brought some hundreds of documents" exposing a Soviet spy network when he voluntarily surrendered himself to Australian security of ficers last week and was granted political asylum. Authorities here have described the fugitive from Communism as one of the most important Russians to switch al- legiance to the West.
The Nome nugget., 1954-04-16

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The Nome nugget., 1954-04-16
Astronomy Notes
 By OLAF HALVERSON

To the east of the Pleiades is a group of stars called the Hyades. The stars of this constellation are arranged in the shape of a large V and is the conventional way of representing the head of an OK or a bull. That is why the con Stellation is called Taurus, the bull. Aldebaran is the name of the brightest star in this group.
 Near the point of one of the horns of Taurus there is remark able nebula It is interesting be- cause it has a history In 1054 A. D., according to the Chinese records, a star appeared at the place now occupied by this neb- ula. It lasted only about year and then disappeared. Our tele- scopes show that this nebula is expanding at fixed rate, and if it has been uniform it originated 900 years ago. This is in close agreement with the Chinese ob- servation of this outburst.
 This means that the star ex- plOded in 1O54 and the resulting cosmic cloud has been expanding ever since.
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