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Evening star., 1955-11-08
Selling an Empire

In national economic history that
has been filled with dramatic chapters,
few stories have been more impressive or
spectacular than that OF the late Henry
Ford and the growth of the Ford Motor
Company. For more than half-century
lin periods Of peace and of war, In times
Of prosperity and Of depression--it has
been story of private enterprise at its
most daring, its most dynamic and It's
most productive Through most of this
period 1t was story of one mans genius
and resourcefulness. Through the past
decade 1t has been more story Of a
family determination not to fail, to carry
on in stern tradition of success III a
flercely competitive industry. This de-
termination has prevailed and the Ford
Motor Company today ranks second in
its field only TO General Motors Corpora
ton, the worlds largest industrial firm.
Throughout most Of this period, ex-
cept for some Of the earliest years, Ford
has been entirely a family-owned and
family-controlled operation. When Henry
Ford died In 1947 substantial interest
In his industrial empire was left to the
newly created Ford Foundation. In the
years since, the foundation and the fam
lily heirs have studied jointly the question
Of the company's future--the nature Of
It's corporate structure, It's ownership and
It's financing. Their decision indicated
months ago and confirmed In detail this
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Disputed Statement

On October 2S your news
paper printed IN article based
on q Statement sent out by
the Citizens Committee for an
Integrated County Water Sys-
tenn" In this article appears
the following:
"The statement also tells
the Falls Church customers
that the Falls Church Cham
Der Of Commerce has lost the
chance Of attracting several
large industries into the
county because Of inadequate
water supplies"
The reader will naturally
infer from the above that in
dustries around Falls Church
have beer lost due TO the in
adequacy Of the Falls Church
supply. Such is not the case.
Our present capacity Is more
than double the maximum
monthly average use, and
planned improvements, some
Of which are nov under con-
struction, win insure us water
adequate 10 serve approx
mately Is square miles Of ter
ritory we are designed for.
We have discussed this
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Misty Morning

A fogCv day. Suspended drops
OF to1ter like small trolley cars
without a sound that meets
the ears
Slide doiDn the iotres betiDeen
the poles,
M0pe NTH capTicious starts
and stops.
Unite IN a larger drop that
falls.
A blue5Gy darts NTH bellike
calls.
And from q nearby tDhite bank
OF mist
A chickGdee's small cries per-
sist.
A space OF clearing. but soon
again
WaDes Of the fog boil up, close
In,
And the ntists that touch NTH
out impress
Enfold the tree tops, seal the
skies.
Dissclve the iDorld before our
eyes
Into ,Dhste nothinonsss.
Roehsl Mack
Evening star., 1955-11-08
More Power to.PEPcO
The only possible reason Il

Alc OLlAy pOSoIUi6 reason LklaJ
PEPCO wants to locate in
Loudoun County Is that, after
careful study, the company is
convinced that the location
will allow them to produce
electric power more econom-
ically and efficiently at that
location than ct any other.
Therefore. / would think
that all the utility commits
sions involved. including that
Of Maryland, and particularly
that Of the District of Colum-
bia. would want to examine
any other location with great
care.
For II you force inefiicient
operation on a utility. or on
the corner grocery store, for
that matter. you must pay for
1t In increased prices.
No doubt the citizens of
Montgomery County would be
willing to pay the increased
rates caused by forced in
efficiency, but they represent
less than one-third of PEPCo's
customers. / strongly doubt
that the citizens Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia or Of Vir-
ginia or the Federal Govern
ment itself would be willing
to pay higher power rates than
necessary simply to subsidize
Montgomery County.
Edward e. Nichols. Jr.
Purcellville, Va.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TRACEWELL

depends upon 1t, Just the same.
It Is the elder brother Of God.
containing his energy, released
with loving kindness on all
and sundry. like the quality Of
mercy of which Jessica spoke.
Some people are more recep-
tive to such influences than
others. They know they need
sunshine. but sometimes they
do not know how to go about
getting it.
II 80 y
In fall and winter. cold air
keeps many from what sun
there is.
The gray days, especially In
February, take q toll Of Us
all.
To be outdoors does not nee
essarily mean that we must
be doing something. Americans
have iinbibed perhaps too
much Of the old work-idea.
There are times In every life
when one need not do any
thing, in the common sense.
Then why not Just stand?
Pretend that you are q visitor
Of the city. seeing IL for the
first time.
Take up a stand in the sun
shine, at any popular corner,
and just wait.
Take few steps, perhaps.
when the light changes, so that
no curious onlooker viii notice
you.
Stop on the curb. Start your
movement from a few feet
back, and go with the rest
but stop on the curb.
There is your sunshine.
pouring down over the towers
OF the old Post ONCE Depart
nlent Building.
How nice of the sun. To
come to town just for Won.
waiting there on the curbl
Do not mind the police OH.
Ger. He is looking for some
body else, not you; though his
eye may seem sharp and in.
Quisitive.
Nobody minds il you are
daffy about the sun. Keen on
the curb, and no one viii
notice you. There win be little
tanning In 1t, not much
warmth. but a great deal OF
help for the needy.
In half an hour, ones spirits
rise, ones enthusiasm peps up.
ones heart and mind become
better attuned to q complex
world.
What more could anyone
ask?
Try this winter cocktail.
sometime. but be sure to be
properly bundled up. It's a
lot more refreshing than a
cup Of coffee in a stuffy old
room and the fresh air is
supposed to help prevent colds
and pneumonia.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
THE POLITICAL MILL
Eisenhower Brand of RepubIiconism
By GOULD LINCOLN

ular star of the Republicans
In New York's otherwise dis
heartening-for the q. o. P.-
1854 elections, recently laid IL
on the line in q talk on o
program OF Modern Repub-
licanism" for New York. Mr..
Javits, who may be the Repub-
lican candidate for the Senate
next year against Senator Leh-
man, Democrat, or the @. o. p.
candidate for Governor in 1858,
made no bones about saying
there must be no retreat to-
ward the ultraconservatisfn Of
the Old Guard. He said in
this connection:
"The greatest service we Of
the Republican Party In New
York can perform is to do
our share to see that control
Of the Republican policies
does not fall into the hands of
those who would seize upon
the Presidents illness to turn
back the clock and try to re-
gain control Of the party for
outmoded ideas. This must be
the subject Of our utmost vigi-
lance. We must be sure that
the New York delegation to
the Republican National Con-
Vention Is Tor President Eisen-
mower II ne chooses to run or,
II ne does not, for a man who
stanos Tor ana VIII carry out
tne EISENHOWER principles"
Dominate Convention
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Evening star., 1955-11-08
ASnurI for Visitors

Why is 1t that most visitors
to Washington have to arrive
around 4 pm. and get trafflc
so snarled 1t is impossible to
get home? Can it not be ar
ranged to have such dignitar-
les arrive either in the morn
ing or early afternoon 50 that
traffic will be normal around
S pm?
Please-can't something be
done about this mess?
It is about time something
is done about these 4:30 pm.
parades. On October 81, at
4::30 pm, / drove from Penn
sylvania avenue NV. to Con-
stitution avenue NV. going
west. From this point I pro-
ceeded at q snail's pace until
I reached Ninth and ConSti-
tuition avenue NV, where the
police officer ordered all mo-
florists to turn right on Ninth
street proceeding north. At
Pennsylvania avenue. the of
ficer there ordered all motor
lists to turn right proceeding
east. Thus the motorists were
travelling east toward the exact
spot from where they started
in the first place.
When riders are waiting
along the route and you are
turned completely around. 1t Is
time someone is placed on the
traffic stan who knows what
he Is doing, instead Of making
the officer on the corner look
like q dumbbell, because the
orders he gives are dumb.
Wouldn't 1t have been COM
mon sense for an officer to
have directed motorists TO
continue west on Pennsylvania
avenue and then right on one
Of the numbered streets II
Pennsylvania avenue traffic
became too heavy? When one
Is ordered to make two right
hand turns and one cannot
make q left-hand turn for q
half mile or so, 1t looks as II
you were deliberately blocking
'trafflc.
nm A q
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Maryland Liquor Bon
w. A. s.

4A4C 1GROAb VA @4s WAo1A
H. Elkins' ban against drink
ing at the University Of Mary
land is highly amusing. DR..
Elkins may be a skillful adj
ministrator, but it seems doubt
full that he understands college
students very well. ! recall
an episode some years ago at
a fraternity party In College
Park when q crisis developed.
The bung spout Of q keg Of
hard cider was unexpectedly
plugged by a raisin. Thirsty
and determined students
upended the keg promptly, ex-
tracted the bung. and removed
the offending dried grape
which was derisively stamped
underfoot on the floor. ]
suspect that Or. Elkins' edict
against alcohol will suffer the
same fate as that poor raisin.
Roland Bieren, MD.
~
DR.. w. H. Elkins certainly
should be commended for his
moral fortitude In tackling
the very serious problem Of
drinking at the University Of
Maryland.
! happen to know that 1t Is
widespread practice to serve
drinks not only at some"
parties, but on every week end
at this college.
No. ! am not q 'teetotaler,
q crusader. or q crank, but ]
happen to have been seriously
disturbed about the youths Of
our country since it was my
misfortune to be in Baltimore
when Navy played Pitt.
The lobby and three COM
plete floors were filled with
the cream Of crop" or so I
had thought previously. Of our
young men Of the Naval
Academy.
They weren't just having Q
good time. Nine-tenths Of
them were sloppily crooked.
Some of them couldn't even
stand up and the obscenities
on the elevators made men as
well as women blush with
shame.
/ sincerely hope that you
can turn the log and expose
the insidious, creeping, crawl
ing, ugly, rot invading the
moral tissue Of SO many Of
our young people. not only at
these two institutions, but In
many high schools and colleges.
/ am just q mother. but why
can't we give praise where
praise Is due. to DR.. Elkinss
Ivah Q. Doubro6
Evening star., 1955-11-08

Q. Are certain kinds Of type
faces easier to read than 9TH
ers?-B. M.
A. Studies indicate that type
face is a factor in speed Of
reading; 10-point Garamond,
for instance, being much cas-
Ter to read than 10-point
Cloister Black. Practically no
difference was found between
boldface and regular type.
Italics are harder to read than
Roman type. and capitals than
lower-case type. From 10-point
10 l2-point type was found to
Evening star., 1955-11-08

What shall the sunbather
do In fall and winter?
He may, of course, get a
sunlamp. These are wonderful
scientific gadgets.- but rather
tricky. If you 60 to sleep
under one. you may be burned
to q crisp.
Perhaps the best solution
for the confirmed sun addict
is to do the best he can in the
great outdoors.
Fall and winter sun is very
weak in tanning rays, but
there is still some. especially
In the middle Of the day.
The afternoon wanes too
quickly, so there is no Use try
ing to get any sun later than
8 O'Clock. It is not worthwhile.
But something may be ac-
complished If a few minutes. as
much as half an hour continue
ously, can be stolen, let US say
brashly, from the hard work.
day world.
Standing in the sunshine
at the bus stop. or pretending
to be going to cross at a busy
intersection, win do the trick.
Perhaps not everybody has
this sort Of mind. willing to use
Q slight subterfuge to get the
pleasant enrichment Of sun
shine into their lives.
They are like the fellow who.
seeing his first sun lamp in
q friends house, said heatedly.
when I want sunshine, ]
win go outside to get it." Tut,
tut.
He was, OF course. quite
wrong. Not every body has
either the time or type Of mind
to. deliberately seek sunshine
where 1t can be found.
Winter sun, even outdoors,
Is very feeble, compared with
its best during the hot days OF
spring and summer.
But It can do q Job Of stimu-
lation, II you are Of the type
that needs this additive in
your life.
Some do, others do not.
Whether sunshine tans little
or much, 1t contains some
thing that somehow. we do not
pretend to explain it, adds to
mental enthusiasm. II is more
than physical, we feel sure. It
is q search Of the human mind
for something in the universe
that expands. Energy, the
modern physicist would call it,
the basis Of all. Energy, the
wonderful and the awesome.
Energy is trapped and quies-
cent, all around US, and in
nothing more so than in the
suns rays. So far away, and
yet so powerful: so near, and
yet so far. The sun has been
worshipped. We no longer
worship it, but realize that all
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Polls and Poll Tax

1ne SuggeSClOn py REPRE-
sentatives Tuck and Abbitt
and the qualified Endorsement
thereof by Senator Byrd, to
the effect that Virginia hold
a referendum on the difncult
question of racial integration
of public schools, appears TO
be the democratic way Of han
ding problems which affect
the entire population. Unfor-
tunately. Virginia and the
South have committed two
errors. one Of which Is contin-
ually with US and would pre-
vent the determination Of the
majority opinion in any refer
endum on whatever subject.
One Of these errors was Vir-
ginia's support Of the New
Deal. In the 1882 convention
which nominated Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Harry Byrd had
been proposed as a possible
nominee. yet we found Senator
Carter Glass-if my memory
serves me right-making one
Of the seconding speeches for
the New Deal candidate. Then,
as the Chattanooga News
Free Press editorialized on May
I8. 1858, "the National DEM
ocratic Party became more
pro-Negro than the Republican
ever had been 5. The South
ern white people !. voted for
two decades for the decision
handed down yesterday" The
Supreme Court is eight-ninths
New Deal.
The other Virginia error
and Southern error ~ was
adoption Of the poll tax as q
prerequisite to voting. This
was foisted on Virginia by the
same Carter Glass who in 1902
chaired the committee on cleo
tions In the constitutional con-
yention Of that year. It seems
TO me fair to assume that II
the Negroes had been allowed
TO continue to vote. the public
ofiicials whose once holding
depended on support from all
segments OF the population
would have been compelled TO
provide satisfactory schools for
colored as well as white chill
dren. As a consequence. the
integration suits would never
have come into court.
It is this second error, the
poll tax. which would prevent
the determination Of the pub
lie sentiment in any refer
endum. Due to the tricky way
the poll tax law is set UP, not
only are most Negro adults
excluded from voting, but one
half Of the white adults as
well. The poll tax feature Of
the 1902 constitution dragged
voter participation down to-
one-half what It was In 1900.
and then to one-third the 1900
figure. reaching 10 per cent in
1924. The sharp rise to 81 per
cent in 1852 set the record for
the half-century. In the same
year Of 1852, 43 other States
had better voter turnouts,
Utah, North Dakota and Della
ware reaching almost 80 per
cent. or four-flfths Of all
adults.
In view Of the Virginia poll
tax law, which has been so
effective In blocking free ex-.
preston Of public opinion, It
seems strange that Senator
Byrd and Representatives
Tuck and Abbitt should think
that q referendum Of voters
would reveal the sentiments Of
q majority Of the population.
Richard L. FeIdman.
Evening star., 1955-11-08

be best for reliability In these
tests.
G. What was the first pri-
vate boarding school for girls
in the United States?-G. T.
A. The present Moravian
Seminary and College for
Women in Bethlehem, Pa,
which houses q school estab-
lished in Germantown tPhila-
delphia) in 1742 by Benisna,
daughter Of Count Zinzendorf,
and removed TO Bethlehem
that same year.
Evening star., 1955-11-08

matter with Mr.. whitener.
chairman Of the Citizens
Committee, and have obained
from him a copy Of the state
ment In question. The state
ment clearly reads, Sec
ondly, the Fairfax Comfy
Chamber OF Commerce has
lost several desirable indus
tries to Fairfax County be-
cause Of the inadequacy Of
water supply" This is a very
general statement and could
easily apply to remote sec
tions of the county neither
presently served by existing
water systems nor to be
served by the proposed
county system.
In justice 10 the Falls
Church water system il win
be appreciated II you win
bring these facts before the
public in order to correct the
erroneous impression caused
by the misquotation.
James w. Head, Jr,
Director. Department Of
Public Utilities. City Of
Falls Church.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names mag be used u
letters carry sDrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtton.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
Winsome Threesome

WtHSOme I nreeSOme
I'm Estes. I'm Adlai, I'm
Av'rell, all three,
Wed like to know which one
1t win be;
We're Jolly. we're able,
We're handsome to boot.
But which gets the nod
Is the question that's
moot;
So Harry. dear Harry, Of thee
We sing.
Please make up your mind
Which ones to be king.
G. L. Ertx.
Evening star., 1955-11-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKIN Sci

By THE HASKN SERVICE
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-03-17

Bluffton high school principal, who
stated that the letter indicating plans
for the new cage loop had been
received from Principal Houser of
Spencerville high school.
Purpose of the proposed new cage
conference, according to the letter,
was to bring basketball to a level
which would prove more interesting
to both participants and spectators.
Interest in increasing the number of
members in the present Allen county
loop was also cited as one of the OBJ
jectives.
Although no definite plan to enter
such an affiliation in the cage sport
was forthcoming from high school Of
ficials, it is believed that Bluffton
would select to remain in the Glass
A Western Buckeye League in
basketball.
The Pirates dropped out of the
WBL in football two years ago in
favor of Lima Shawnee and are now
member of the Northwest Confer
ence gridiron forces. The step down
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-03-17

ardh between Jackson street and
Main street on College avenue. In
the event of bad weather. the pro
gram will be postponed until Monday,
March 21.
The written test will be given in
the Vo-Ag room at Bluffton high
school Friday.
Farm Safety Program
The fire safety program includes
visits to Bluffton area farms on which
members of the FLA will make an
inspection and mark hazards which
might cause fires.
Organized into fire inspection
teams, the boys will visit only upon
the request of the farmers. They will
place red tags on recognized fire
hazards. Two weeks later the boys
will return to determine how many
of the hazards have been removed
Records are kept for measurement
of the effectiveness of the project.
Farmers are urged to take advantage
of this service.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-03-17
Wilbur POtee Hurt
In Auto Accident
South Of Lima

Wilbur Potee, 62, N. Mound street,
retired postal employee received
decorations of the left knee, abrasions
of the left wrist and bruises of the
right arm and head last Friday eve
ming in a two-car collision on Route
% at the Buckeye road south of
Lima.
Potee, returning home from visit
with relatives near Wapakoneta, was
driving north on Route 25 when he
was involved in collision with a
westbound car driven by Edmond
Smith, 20, Route 6, Lima.
Smith suffered abrasions of the
face and body; his wife, Mildred, 26,
received lacerations of the body, and
their daughter, Carolyn, 8, received
a possible brain concussion, according
to state highway patrolmen who in
vestigated the accident.
All four persons were removed to
Lima st. Rita's hospital in Lima
ambulance. Potee was discharged
Saturday afternoon and returned to
his home here.
Both cars were completely dem
olished in the accident.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-03-17
Births

The following births were recorded
at Bluffton Community hospital dur
ing the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Won Stein,
Jenera, girl, Alice Louise, born
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Neiswander,
Lima, girl, Cheryl Ann, born Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Gratz, Ada,
a girl, Kathey Ann, born Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Needler, Col.
Grove, a boy, John Richard, born
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Forney, OF
tawa, a girl, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Snyder
Akron, Pa, a boy, William David
born Wednesday, March 9. Mrs
Snyder is the former Lucille Steiner
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Steiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Todd, a girl
Lauretta, born Saturday, March IL
! in Mariana, Florida. Mrs. Todd is
the former Harriet Blome, daughter
of Mrs. Hazel Blome of North MAR
street, Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1955-03-17
Annual TOWn-Wide
Cleanup Drive
Set April 21-3O
Committee Rolls Up Sleeves
For Effective 5-Phase
Community Campaign

Buttons annual cleanup week
during which the citizenry launches
its annual spring campaign to paint,
clean, plant and fix up their homes,
lawns and business places after the
long winter siege, has officially been
set for April 81 through April 30.
General Chairman Don Ream an
nounced the names of chairmen of the
various phases of the campaign.
Kermit Herr will again be in charge
of the "plant-up" division; Raymond
Greding, "paint-up"; Harvey Bau-
man, "wire-up"; Ed Reichenbach,
"fix-up"; and William Edwards,
cleanup"
Included in the general plans for
the event this year will be College
Work Day on Wednesday, April 27,
when college students offer their
services to families of the commun-
ity in. the spring spruce up. Their
earnings are turned over to certain
college projects.
Arrangements have also been made
for the monthly trash pickup to coin
eide with the event, Street Commits
sioner Lee Coon has designated the
trash pickup for April % toward the
close of the drive.
On the same date-April 28-
businessmen will conduct their annual
sweep-down of Main street to be fol-
lowed by hosing by the volunteer
fire department, who will take advan-
tage of the opportunity to also check
the community fire hydrants that
evening.
Other events planned during the
busy cleanup drive will be a "Clean
Town" contest to be sponsored among
the school children, distribution of
banners and placards announcing the
campaign, as we'll as several COM
munity cleanup projects to be an
nounced later.
Mr.. Ream said that he had been
advised that the Boy Scouts and Cub
Scouts will also have part in the
program.