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Evening star., 1955-06-08
Sits Tight

Just how the intelligent
populace of Washington can
be persuaded to swallow the
outrageous proposal of the
Civilian Defense Administra-
ton to "evacuate" this great
city, passes comprehension.
When Berlin was subjected to
terrible bombings, that capi-
tai city was not evacuated!
Nor was Paris evacuated, re-
gardless of frequent bomb
ings. Practical Parisians would
not turn tail and abandon
Frances great and beautiful
Capital under any pretext of
civilian defense" Yet both
these great capitals were COM
paratively at the enemy's
doorstep.
Now peace prevails through
out the world. The United
States stands out as a gigan-
tic, Colossus, possessed with
overwhelming might, yet so
motivated by benevolence,
charity and good will that
none fear US, no nation
dreams of attacking us, and
no government on earth could
seriously harm us. II any such
probability existed, why have
not the President and Con-
gress so informed us? Doubt
less this new Government
agency dubbed Civilian de-
fense" must needs, somehow.
justify its highly immature
existence and the salaries of
its officials.
Common Sense.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
White SuppIiconts

These hands of mine should
hold q destiny,
Mold it, fashion it as it should
be.
Instead, impotent as though
petrifed
They SerUe to point no land
mark and no guide.
Atlas In his defeat Dds made
to bear
The HeopenS, a Seruice sin
guldrly rare
But moi at least In Unin. Just
any task
For these useless hands of
mine / ask.
Gladly Uould cup In them
q star,
or cradle secrets cleaned
from tDorlds dfdr.
I'd hold the ocean, or a simple
fotDer
For a century, or for an hour.
Anne Tonsey
Evening star., 1955-06-08
only a Beginning

EI6SlQGuG ElSeIl1OWeT, III his W6SL
Point address, has given the Nation and
the free world at large eloquent and timely
counsel against the danger of being wish
full about the projected Big Four meeting
Eat the summit" And in effect, in doing
So, he has placed the international situa-
ton in proper perspective-a realistic
perspective that should make clear to
everybody that good and enduring peace
is not just around the corner or waiting
merely to be called into existence by some
agreements worked out during few days
of talks among the heads of the French,
British, American and Soviet govern
nentS.
There is no basis whatever for such
an optimistic view. Actually, as the
President has declared, the prospective
top-level meeting "can at best be only
a beginning in long peace promoting
campaign that "nay last a generation"
before def1nitive and mutually satisfac-
tory settlements are achieved The rea-
son for this is that the major issues of
our time are far too complex and danger
Gus to be resolved easily or quickly with
few simple paper accords. The fear
breeding effects Of the Iron Curtain, the
dominance seeking drive of international
communism, the tensions revolving
around Red China, the contest over Ger
many, the deadlock affecting disarma-
ment and acknowledgement control
these are some of the great problems
before the world, and a mere listing of
them is enough to show why their soIu-
fhnu IN ho
well require many years of patience
straining negotiation.
So the President, with all this hard
reality in mind, has wisely exhorted the
American people-and indirectly all other
free peoples-to be on prudent guard
against fatuous expectations that world
sick with ignorance, mutual fears and
hates can be miraculously cured by a
single meeting" of the type he is pre-
pairing to attend. And by the same
token-while emphasizing that we must
persevere in exploring "every decent ave-
nue. toward lasting and just peace, no
matter how many and bitter our disap-
pointmentS" has pointedly warned
that we must not be beguiled into ''reck-
less and Witless" relaxation of our armed
defensive posture merely because per-
S1stent foe may assume a smiling face
and soft voice." In short, even though
there are encouraging signs of a signif1-
cant thaw in the cold war, the interna-
tional situation still is so dangerous that
we and our allies must continue to main
tain our strength Gin impregnable fashion
to meet every vile and stratagem that
may be used against u.s."
The wisdom of this advice is beyond
challenge. Like Secretary of State Dulles,
the President is genuinely hopeful that
the Big Four summit" conference-as-
suming that the Russians do not retreat
from twill help to improve the inter-
national outlook. But he has his feet
on the ground. Recognizing the world
for what 1t is, he realizes that such a
meeting can at most make only a small
start on solving the problems that must
be solved before there can be real peace.
That is why he has spoken his strong
words of caution, and they are certainly
words that should be taken to heart by
the entire Western alliance.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLSE. TRACEWELL

He did not have to wait.
Suddenly Blackie decided to
do his best to get out.
He squirmed into another
part of the robe.
The wriggling led the white
one to throw himself on the
bulge. This was something he
could understand. There was
something under there!
The black one decided to
make no move in reply.
He lay inert. and White
withdrew again.
X n 4
And suddenly it happened.
Blackie wriggled into a sleeve
and started through.
Being a, slim cat, he man
aged to get through until his
head poked out.
There he lay, unable to get
out. and temporarily even
more unable to go> back.
His fiat green eyes, his white
whlskers, and his flexible ears
made a picture at once comical
and slightly pathetic.
A caught creature is part Of
life.
From amoeba to man, some
thing is always getting caught,
in this our plane of existence.
At night the sudden scream
of a rabbit has struck terror
to the heart of the poet.
The screams of men caught
by wars bombs should wake
the heavens to pity.
Like a sausage, Blackie lay
encased, unable to get out at
either end.
For a few seconds. Temple
ton Jones wondered if he could
release him without cutting
the sleeve. But with a little
hauling and pulling, the cat
managed to get itself out back
ward.
Blackie shook himself, and
promptly forget all about his
dilemma. He threw himself
onto White, and they wrestled
for a while.
Since then, Jones has tried
to drop the robe on him, but
each time the willy cat escaped.
There was one exception.
The cat was enveloped, but
this time he did not try to
60 out through the sleeve.
Once was enough for him.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
MONTGOMERY Schools

AL UIlO1 Gs oAA64AdAA Will
mends Montgomery County
Manager Reese's 50 per cent
cut from the school budget
recommended by the Board of
Education. Perhaps Mr.. Brig
ham will be thankful some day
that we assorted PTA repre-
sentatives screamed in oppo-
sition" to these unreasonable
cuts. Who knows, he may even
decide to join us!
Back in 1948, when my first
child was a few months old,
I recall reading headlines
warning of the growing Short
ages of 'classrooms, qualified
teachers, etc., all over the
Nation, caused by the "war
babies" then beginning to fill
the schools. Editorials urged
all citizens to show more in
terest in the schools, and to
use more foresight in prepar-
ing for the citizens of tomor-
row." I recall that, at the
time. I could not get very ex-
cited about these headlines,
thinking, "Ah, well, all these
problems will have been re-
solved by the time my son is
in school,"
Well, here we are, seven
years later, and the same
problems are still with us. My
son is one of 5000 Montgom-
cry County elementary chill
dren who are due to be on
halliday sessions in the fall
of 1855 if the county managers
budget cuts are sustained by
the County Council. The school
my son attends, West Rock
vile Elementary has facilities
for 720 children. Enrolment
for the school year 1886 Is
expected to be between 965 and
1,085. Since it's dedication in
September, 1854, the school
has used its stage, all-purpose
room and library for full time
classes. If this can be called
''frills and extras" and being
spoiled" then deliver me back
tn tho little rG Schoolhouse!
The Groom addition for this
school, requested in the budget,
was denied by the county man
ager. He gave no reason for
this, nor did he deny that the
addition is necessary.
If Mr.. Brigham is like most
parents, he is looking for
ward to his approaching
school-age" child being en-
rolled in kindergarten, because
he feels, as the experts do,
that kindergartens are an
important part Of the educa-
tional system. If the county
managers budget cuts are sus-
tanned, there is a strong pos
sibility that kindergartens will
be a thing of the past in Mont
gomery. And once they are
dropped from the school sys-
tenn, they will be very difficult
to regain.
Everyone, parent or not, has
a stake in the children of the
Nation. Some day we will elect
them to govern us, and per-
haps, God forbid. send them
off to war to defend us. I,
too, am a homeowner, tax
payer, and mother of two sons.
I do not wish to pay for frills
and extras for the schools, in
the face of the bare necessi-
ties needed in some areas. I
am. however, perfectly willing
to pay my share for minimum
facilities for which the budget
of the Board of Education calls.
For less than two cents on the
tax rate, and less than two
dollars on the typical tax bill
for homeowners in Montgom-
cry. these facilities can be
provided.
Audrey S. Day.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Different Types of Lung Cancer
By THOMAS r. HENRY

There are three. kinds of
lung cancer.
Only one, but by far the
most common. can be attrib-
uted to cigarettes.
Existence Of these three
types. three entirely distinct
diseases, has confused efforts
to show a relation between the
most rapidly increasing cause
of death among males with
tobacco smoke or anything
else.
This is substantially the re-
port of DR.. Evarts A. Graham
of Washington University
Medical School. st. Louis, to
the American College Of Chest
Physicians meeting at At
lantic City.
When cigarettes are in
dicted, DR.. Graham said, 1t is
easy for opponents of that
view to cite many lung cancer
victims who never have
smoked. But, he declared, they
are talking about quite differ
ent diseases which have quite
similar symptoms.
The fact remains. accord
ing to DR.. Graham, that ap-
proximately 80 per cent of
all cancerous conditions Of the
lungs are so-called "squamouS
cell" cancers. Here is the only
form of cancer which has
shown a steady increase in
the past 20 years. It is found
about six times as often in
men as in women-a further
complication since women also
are heavy smokers.
Young Smokers Attacked
Similar cancer can be pro-
duced experimentally, b. u t
without the same sex ratio, by
painting skins of mice with a
preparation of the tars from
cigarette smoke.
The increase for two decades
has followed almost precisely
the same curve as the in
crease in cigarette sales.
These facts, DR.. Graham
said, seem conclusive of a
direct association which prob
ably never would be questioned
were not cigarettes almost a
necessity for many people.
There probably would be no
argument, he asserted. if such
conclusive evidence were Of
fered that lung cancer is
caused by eating spinach.
The second most common
type of lung cancer is the So
called "adenocarcinoma." It
is much less closely associated
with smoking, if at all. In one
series of patients studied, 10
per cent never had smoked,
whereas in the squamous cell
type barely over / per cent
were nonsmokers. There Is no
difference in frequency be-
Evening star., 1955-06-08
forgotten Woman

AS one of the forgotten
women" referred to in Joseph
Young's recent article on an
nuitants. I would like to ask q
few questions.
Why did our lawmakers first
start giving increased salaries
to those who need it least,
namely, themselves so per cent,
military personnel IL per cent,
ex-Presidents a pension Of
$22,500 annually Zone of
whom is wealthy and surely
should be able to uphold the
dignity of his position)
I am 73 years old and am
trying to exist on 500 a month,
pay rent, buy food, clothes,
give my share to church and
charities, pay doctors and
dentists Gall of whom have
doubled their rates., besides
other miscellaneous bills, and
in doing so must draw each
month on the small amount I
was able to put aside for my
final illness and burial.
I at least feel some consola-
ton in knowing I am existing
on my own money, given our
Government fund while I was
able to work, and that I am
not existing on charity or the
taxpayers money.
Why will Congress not help
us use a small amount Of the
billions Of dollars in our fund
to give us a little comfort (not
luxuries) in our old age. thus
initiating our Creator?
HE hath filled the hungry
with good things; and the rich
He hath sent away empty" !"
Psalm cxix.
Hopeful Annuitant.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

This is the story of how
Blackie, the cat, got himself
into a fix and couldn't get out
Of it.
Cats have a genius that way.
One poor old fellow walked
into the blades Of a huge fan
high on a hotel roof.
Cats are forever getting
themselves into garages, the
doors of which are locked be-
fore they can get out.
Blackie was the victim of a
practical joke by his old friend.
Templeton Jones.
Jones is a great cat friend.
He likes them in all colors
and breeds; puts up with their
mistakes and rejoices with
them in victory.
Today the cat is a subject
of gubernatorial edict, as two
Governors of two Of our great
est States have vetoed bills to
license them.
Temp Jones, with a quirk Of
humor, threw a bathrobe down
over Blackie.
Most cats rather resent this
trick.
Some start to squirm out at
once.
Others try the lying placid
approach. They wait for the
robe to be lifted.
Blackie, a good -humored
fellow, decided to wait it out.
He did not move, despite
the fact that White, his room
mate. poked a tentative nose
into the lump beneath the
robe.
The animal nature Is a
strange one.
1t cannot reason, as we do.
Much good it does us, part of
the timeD
The animal. confronted with
a sudden lump where there
ought to be no lump, draws
back.
He is not ready to accept
the strange, but has enough
common sense. well distributed
in nature, to let well enough
alone.
Consequently. White, after a
tentative poke of his pink nose,
withdrew to the sidelines, to
wait.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
SCOTS at u. N.

President Eisenhower, Harry
Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt and
Paul Hoffman assure us the
United Nations is the hope
and salvation Of the world" :"
We suggest they poll the hun
dreds, once numbering thou
Evening star., 1955-06-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
S1tion.
Evening star., 1955-06-08

L UWC1O
sands, Of Americans who
fought for the United Nations
and now are dying in Red
Chinese dungeons. Is betrayal
into the enemy's hands, and a
slow, hideous death the reward
for allegiance to the United
Nations?
If United Nations devotees
repose such faith in its pow
ers, why don't they trade places
with the Red-held American
boys? The United Nations will
protect them-or will it?
Elizabeth Lippitt.
San Francisco, Calf.
Evening star., 1955-06-08
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

The yen6s aos a sn Ss nsTer question yrns
3 posaR
Evening star., 1955-11-06
BeIgiun Man Found
Unconscious on
PooIesviIIe Estute

A 28-year-old Belgian man was
found unconscious yesterday in
the barn of the Stoney Castle
Estate at Poolesville. Md.
Taken to the hospital at Fred
erick, Md, he was identified as
Girarde DuChastel, nephew OF
Mrs. Madeleine deSterkenburg
The hospital said he was suffer-
ing from the effects Of drinking
an insect repellei1t. His condi-
ton was reported as satisfactory
Mrs. deSterkenburg and her
husband cornelis are members Of
the Belgian nobility.
Mrs. deSterkenburg said her
nephew came to this country in
1851. Montgomery County police
said she told them he had been
despondent lately.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
2 orchurd Hunds
Burned to Deuth
AT BerryviIIe, Va.

BERRYVMLE, Va, Nov. 5 (P)
Two Negro orchard workers
burned to death and a third wa.
seriously burned today when FRI
consumed a camp house on thu
property of H. F. Byrd. Inc, jusi
southwest Of here.
Firemen searched tonight for q
third body believed still buried
in the ashes.
The two bodies recovered wers
tentatively Identified as JOSH
Wells of UmatilIa, Fla, anc
Charles Whitehead Of Philadel-
phia. Hospitalized with second
and third degree burns was Eliza
Green Of Florida.
State Senator Harry r. Byrd
jr., an officer in the firm, saic
the one-story wood and tile
building housed between 80 and
40 Negro orchard workers, most
of them from Florida.
The building was insured, he
said, but there was no estimate
of damage.
The fire broke out in mid
afternoon. The building was de-
stroyed by the time fire-fighting
equipment arrived from Berry
vile and Charles Town, w. va.
Charles Town, w. va. fire Of
ficials theorized the blaze started
when an oil stove exploded. 2
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Drunk Driver
Who Killed 3
Wins Appeal

HANOVER COURTHOUSE,
Va, Nov. 5 tPl.-@Men in prison
usually come out worse than
they went in.s Hanover Circuit
Court Judge Leon M. Bazile said
here today In setting a 500 fine
for Roy NJ. Tuttle, convicted in
February of drunk driving in q
traffic accident that killed three
persons.
Tlttle. A, of Bumpass. had
appealed the 90-day jail sem
tence and $3.50 fine given him
by Judge J. L. Iandram in Han
over Trial Justice Court.
AT Judge Baziles decision to-
day Mrs. John w. Snelson, jr.,
whose husband and two children
were killed in the January 8
crash. burst into tears, She
still wore a cast on her left arm.
evidence of injuries she received
in the two-car slnashup on State
Route 7l5 north Of Montpelier.
It was before Judge Bazile in
April that Tuttle pleaded guilty
to involuntary inanslaughter in
the deaths of the three Snelsons.
On june % Judge Bazile gave
the rnachinist q two-year sus-
pended prison sentence.
In today's appeal, Hanover
commemorative Attorney Rob-
ert r. Gwathmey III made a
strong plea for punishment that
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Mother of Three
Held of Rockville
On Forgery Charge

Mrs. Mary Randolph Lee, 20.
of Gaithersburg. the mother Of
three small children. was jailed
in Rockville yesterday in lien
of $4,000 bond on charges OF
forgery and false pretense.
The forgery charges, Mont
gomery County police said. grew
out of two bad checks she de-
posted in her account at the
First National Bank of Gathers
burg. She had been freed on
81 600 bond on a false pretense
charge, which. police said. re-
suited from her purchase of two
dogs which she paid for with q
bad check.
Jailer John T. Young said the
mother told him she was expect
in q fourth child momentarily.
Her husband. Robert &. Lee, 20,
is unemployed.
Police said Mrs. Lee told them
she wrote the checks to feed and
clothe her children.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Baltimore Attorney Named
Maryland University Regent

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. s (P).-Gov
McKeldin today announced ap-
pointment of Enos s. Stockbridge,
prominent Baltimore attorney,
to the Board OF Regents of the
University Of Maryland.
Mr.. Stockbridge, who has been
director and chairman OF the
Department of Correction for the
State since 1851. win I'LL the un-
expired term of DR.. Arthur o,
L0VejOy. who recently resigned,
The term expires In 1860.
The 67-year-old attorney was
graduated from Amherst College
in 1908 and from the University
Of Maryland Law School in 1910.
The Governor said he was recon-
mended for the regency post by
the university's Alumni Associa-
tion.
Mr.. Stockhridge's father. Henry
Stockbridge, was a member Of
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Cancer Treatment
Is Discussion Topic

Treatment Of cancer in ths
head and neck will be discussed
by a panel for nurses sponsored
by the D. C. Division, American
|Concer Society. at2p.m. Wednes-
day in the Catholic University
music auditorium.
Participants are Or. Calvin r,
Klopp. president Of the D. G
Cancer Society and director Of
the d. c. Cancer Society, and
the George Washington cancer
clinic Hrs. Katerine Courtney,
head nurse Of the GWU Hospital,
and Sister Cyprian Spradling.
speech instructor at Catholic
University.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Montgomery Democrats
To Pick Precinct Leaders

central committee will be elected
Some dissident precinct lead
Iers recently declined to support
the highly successful fund
raising dinner at Wheaton High
School.
Often Shape Policy
The Democratic precinct chair
men are an important link In
the party's organization and
often shape party policy.
For example, last June q ma
jority Of the precinct chairmen
Joined in q petition urging the
County Council to restore q 81
million slash proposed in the
School Boards operating budget.
The County Council made the
restoration and there appeared
to be little doubt that they were
influenced to an extent by the
precinct leaders action.
The chairmen also met re-
Gently and went on record CALI
ing for the council and other
State and county officials to get
PEPCO to drop its plans for q
new 500 million plant in Virginia
and to build it in Montgomery
County.
At that same meeting they
approved a resolution calling for
their group to participate in any
study setup on the proposed
granting to the School Board of
its own taxing powers.
The precinct chairmen also
have a great deal to say in the
selection of party candidates.
Especially was this true last year
when q harmony slate was
drawn UP and backed by the
chairmen and then went on to
victory in both the primary and
general elections.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Girl Scout Workshop

About 100 lsadsrs of District 3
Of the Girl Scouts win hold 9
workshop on arts and crafts
from 10 am. to 4 pm. Wednes-
day at the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church. $3.50 Chevy Chase
parkway NV. Mrs. c. d. Hayes,
chairman Of the district, win
speak during the program.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

the Board of Regents and was an
associate judge Of the Court of
Appeals from 1911 until his death
i'm 1924
In 1874, when Gov. McKeIdin
was Mayor OF Baltimore. Mr..
IStockbridge headed q commis-
sion to revise the city's charter.
In 1851 Coy. McKeldin named
him to the Commission on Ad-
Iministratiye Organization of the
State and later elevated him to
chairman after Simon Z. Sobeloff.
now u. s. Solicitor General. re-
signed as head Of that group.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

win hurt In order to deter
slaughter on the highways.n
sIf ! do not ask for q Jail
sentence in this case" Mr..
Gwathmey declared. ''then ]
could never ask for jailing of q
drunk driver" "
Defense Counsel Leith Brem-
ner argued his client "ought not
to be made a goat
Evening star., 1955-11-06
venereuI coses Drop;
Special Clinics Closed

| Special veneral disease clinics
in Montgomery County, con-
Quoted regularly since 1890. have
been discontinued because Of the
rapid progress in the control Of
syphilis.
The County Health Depart
ment yesterday said the special
clinics have been dropped after
q steady decline in the number
of yenereal cases in the last 10
years.