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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-22
WHAT MATTERS MOST
by Louis Bromfield

JOr The improvements of The ages have had
but Hffic influence on The essential laws of mans
existence: as our skeletons. probably, are NOT
TO be distinguished from those Of our ancestors"
-THoREAU
IT, IN this country, we have INDUCED in one
IL great and fundamental error, it is to confuse
the things of civilization and the spirit with the
material products of our mechanical age
Too many of us look upon automobiles and
plumbing as civilization, which they are not,
save insofar as they give us more time for the
things of the spirit and the mind
The vast mechanical advances of our times
are not to be underestmated, but once they
seem to be all-mportant as they do in all
Marxist countries and as they sometimes do in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-22
TIL Is WEEK

THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE WILLIAM l. NICHOLS. Editor
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-22

This Week Magazine May -. Ipis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-22

Names and descriptions of all fiction stories
and semihction articles in this maya wholly
imaginary. Any name which happens the same as
that OF any person, living dead is entirely concdenta
The title Ths Week" registered the IS Patent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Court UphoIds
Sick Payment

Award of workman's compen-
sation to a Red Cross employee
who contracted tuberculosis dur
ing duty in Japan today was
upheld by the U. s. Court of
Appeals for the District Of CO.
lumbia.
The employee. Mrs. Dorothy
Myers Duty, a stenographer. is
receiving $35 weekly In compen-
sation. She now is a patient
at an Army hospital in Denver.
Before being transferred to
the United States Army base at
Kyoto, Japan. in 1850. Mrs. Duty
was given q chest x-ray. No
evidence Of tuberculosis was
found.
In 1852 she again was exam
ined at Kyoto and was discov-
cred to be tubercular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
PTAHead Takes
Health Post

Mrs. Frank F. strope.. presi-
dent of the District Congress Of
Parents and Teachers. has been
appointed executive secretary Of
the District Of Columbia Mental
Health Association. 1t was an
nounced today.
G.. Rowland Shaw, president,
said the appointment is effec-
tiSe June ]. Mrs. Strope is
slated to retire from her PTA
post in May.
Mrs. Strope. who has been
active in a number of COM
munity organizations. has been
president of the PTA congress
for three years. She also is first
vice president of the Mental
Health Association.
She will be the mental health
groups first executive secretary.
The association, founded two
years ago. was organized to i'm
prove mental health knowledge
and facilities in the District. It
has an Office at the Health De-
partment's alcoholic clinic build
ing at 2227 M street NV.
Mrs. Strope, a Washington
resident since JQd1 lie q tr1,etee
of United Community Services.
a member Of the Commissioners
Youth Council and Public Works
Committee and the advisory
boards of the tuberculosis and
United Cerebral Palsy Associa-
lions and American Automobile
Association.
She is also vice chairman of
the advisory board of the Chill
dren's Theater Of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Mrs. Thomas Due
To Name Carrier

The Navy announced today
that Mrs. Charles S. Thomas,
wife of its secretary, would
christen the 6o,O00-ton super
aircraft carrier Saratoga. The
date of the christening will be
announced later.
The Saratoga, second of the
Forrestal class fiattops, is being
built at the New York Naval
shipyard at Brooklyn. The keel
was laid December 16. 1852, and
the ship is tentatively scheduled
to be launched in late October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Homes Elrlptied
In Sewer Fear
Wing Of Apartment
In Sc. Vacated

Six apartments in one wing
of a building at East Capitol
street and Minnesota avenue
Sc. are being ordered evacuated
because of fear that they might
be in danger caused by a District
sewer excavation. j. J. ngen-
fritz. superintendent of the in
spection division said today.
Three of the apartments were
cleared out Monday, he said, and
orders for evacuation of three
more are being served today.
The building is at No. 2 Ridge
road, part Of an 800-unit Cafritz
project on the south side of East
Capitol street at Minnesota ave-
nue., known as the Greenway
Apartments.
The action follows an attempt
by the Cafritz interests to obtain
an injunction preventing further
excavation for the sewer, which
is being built in connection with
the construction Of approaches
TO the new East Capitol street
bridge.
A preliminary injunction OBJ
tanned on behalf of Greenway,
Inc. was dismissed April 4 prior
to a full hearing on the issues.
Frank 3. HOhenshilf resident
manager at Greenway, said the
first three families evacuated
have been moved to other apart
ments. Because the project is
full, he said, it may not be pos
sible to accommodate the other
three until May /.
Mr.. Ilgenfritz said the six
apartments being evacuated con-
stitute one wing of the three
story apartment building af-
fected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Synod Admits
2 New Groups

A Baltimore colored congre-
cation and a white one from
Seaford. Del, were received yes
terday into the Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod'sS Southeastern
District at the annual District
convention here.
The Baltimore congregation
formerly was in separate union,
the Lutheran Synodical Confer
ence. with II other colored con-
gregations.
The II others will be received
by the District when their char
tiers are approved by the District
Constitutions Committee.
The convention. in Christ LII
theran Church of Washington,
is scheduled to close this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
2OS CARS USE
CARTER BARRON
FRINGE PARKING

Fringe parking in the
Districts lot in Carter Bar
ron Amphitheater continued
to set new records today.
y Two hundred and eight
cars were parked in the lot
this morning, the Motor We
hicle Parking Agency an
nounced. Two hundred and
sixty-one passengers used
the special Capital Transit
bus service downtown. The
parking is free and passen-
gers pay the regular rate on
the buses.
The figure for Monday
was 1911 cars; Tuesday, 1919
and yesterday it reached 200.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
SCHOOLS REQUEST
POLIO SHOT OK
BY TOMORROW

District parents today were
urged to return written re-
quests for polio vaccinations
to schools by tomorrow.
First and second graders
are scheduled to receive the
new Salk vaccine starting
next Tuesday. District pub
lie and parochial schools
have set tomorrow as the
deadline for pupils to bring
written requests for the vac
cinations.
Michael Caliandro, execu-
tive secretary of the District
Chapter Of the National
Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis. said today It is i'm
portant for parents to meet
the deadline so quantities Of
the vaccine can be appor-
toned to individual schools.
No children will be vaoci-
mated without written re-
quests from parents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Hutchins Calls Editors
Indifferent to Freedom

Leading in this league was the
Justice Department. with seven
conferences in the first three
months of the year. Secretary
of Agriculture Benson was listed
as holding four, trailed by Sec
rotary Of State Dulles. Secretary
of Defense Wilson. Secretary of
Labor Mitchell and Secretary Of
Health, Education and Welfare
Hobby with two each.
Secretary of : the Treasury
Humphrey had one tally. At
the bottom, with zeros, were
Secretary of the Interior Mckay
and Postmaster General Sum-
merfield.
Hits News Curb
Mr.. Virgins, who is managing
editor of the Washington Post
and Times Herald, presented the
directors yesterday with his
committees report. He criticized
the setting up of an Office of
Strategic Information in the
Commerce Department. designed
to create an advisory control
over information published in
trade and technical papers, and
similar measures recently taken
by the Defense Department.
He said Government efforts to
curb the flow of non-secret
technical data can have "a pro-
found and paralyzing effect on
the flow of information to the
American public"
While a setback was reported
in the effort to open UP more
congressional committee hear
ings to public and press, a more
hopeful trend" was reported in
State legislatures. The one ex-
ception noted here was in North
Carolina, where the Legislature
broadened the right of commit
tees to conduct their proceedings
behind closed doors.
Meet Here In SO
The society's directors voted
to hold the 1856. convention in
Washington instead of San
Francisco, as had been planned
earlier. It was pointed out that
many Of the members would be
covering the Republican Ma
tional Convention in San Fran
cisco next year and would be
unable to make two trips to the
West Coast. The San Francisco
meeting was rescheduled for
1857.
The board also elected to
membership James s. Copley.
chairman Of the board of the
San Diego Union. William M.
Mcbride. retiring editor Of the
Passaic IN. J.) Herald-News,
was elected to retired member
ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Damaged Tank Leaks
200 GoIIons of Oil

More than 200 gallons of fuel
oil ran out into concrete and
dirt areaway at the rear Of the
Colonial Village Shopping Gen.
ter in Arlington last night after
a tank was damaged. apparently
by a vehicle striking it.
Firemen said there was no i'm
mediate danger of fire and were
supervising the spreading Of sand
to soak up the fuel oil. The tank
is at the rear Of the village Grill
at 17l38Wilson boulevard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
The court figures:

The first three months Of
1855 followed the trend with the
following totals:
January. 2l2; February. 100.
and March, 294.
DIR. Duval Elected
The council. meeting in the
District Building. elected DR..
Addison M. Duval as vice chair
man to replace Ferdinand Gray
son, who is no longer a member.
Reports from area boards
were made by DR.. John Pate.
Area NJ, the Southwest: Mrs. Ed
ward Aaronson. Area q. Pet
worth and Brightwood. and
Philip Mullenbach. Area D,
American University Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Two Men Held
In sig HoIdup
AT Hotel Here
Arizona Pair Seized
In Trick Robbery
Netting Only $19

Two young men from Arr
IONA were charged with robbery
today as police tried to pick up
the loose ends Of a SIC hotel
robbery which found one of the
pair holding UP his accomplice.
Police traced events leading to
the two arrests this way:
About 1920 pm. last night
man identified by police as Ed
ward E. Rekos, jr., %. of ,Phoe-
mix, entered the Astor Hotel.
1885 New York avenue NV. He
produced a 80 caliber revolver
and told the night clerk. NJ. s.
Brown. 66, to turn over the cash
on hand. At the same moment,
a man first identified as Robert
N. Rand. 35, of Tucson. was
mounting the stairs to his room.
The gunner ordered Mr.. Rand
to stop and turn over his wallet.
1t contained, police said. $50.
Ripped on Phone
Before fleeing. the gunner
ripped the hand set of the hotels
telephone and took 1t with him.
Police surrounded the area.
One of the departments flying
robbery squads" arrived. sound
ing sirens.
It was later learned. according
to police. Rekos had returned to
his room in the Columbia Hotel
in the HOO block of ! street N w.
When he heard the sirens. police
said. he walked back to the street
to see what was going on-but
forgot to wear his coat.
Pvts. H. R. Roge and B. W.
Best picked up Rekos. Without
his coat. they said, he looked sus-
picious.
He was taken back to the Aston
Hotel where Mr.. Brown posi-
lively" identified him as the gum
man. But. according to police,
Mr.. Rand disagreed. He said the
young man held by police was
not the man who took his wallet.
Puzzle Assembled
Police found on Rekos a torn
check signed by a James NJ.
Wickham." On examining the
wallet Rekos had taken from
Mr.. Rand. they found the name,
James M. Wickham.
Meanwhile, police searching
Rekos' room back at the Column
bia Hotel found the telephones
hand piece stuck in the water
closet of the bathroom and a
loaded 80 caliber revolver else
where in the room. After ques-
tioning, Rekos said Rand, actu-
ally Wickham. was his partner.
/ Police quoted Rekos as admit j,
ting the two men planned the
holdup shortly after arriving in
town.
Searching Wickham's room,
police turned up a second gun,
hidden under the carpet and
radiator. Also found on Wick
ham, it was charged by police,
was a ring which Rekos said
was his. Police said Rekos was
under the impression Wickham
had sold the ring when they
ran out Of money on their way
to Washington.
Subsequent investigation of
Wickham, police said, showed he
had served time in San Quen-
tin, Sacramento, Ohio, North Da-
kota. Pennsylvania and Texas.
Police said Wickham had adj
mitted knowing Rekos, but
claims no part in the holdup. =
United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence ordered Rekos
and Wickham held under SIS
600 bond each for the grand
Jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Delinquency
Cornp|aiintsDi
Reports Show
Steady Reduction

Juvenile delinquency, as re-
fiected in the number Of COM
plants made to Juvenile Court
here, has been going down con-
sistently for II months. the
Commissioners Youth Council
was told today.
Each month since May, 1854,
has shown a smaller number Of
delinquency complaints than the
corresponding months a. year
earlier.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
chairman of the council, said
there was no way Of knowing to
what extent. If any, council ac-
tivities had influenced the drop.
She labeled the figures "a much
brighter picture"
Space Needs Cited
Capt. John F. Ryan of the
police juvenile squad said the
drop was not caused by any
change in the squads handling
Of juvenile cases.
Although the number Of chill
dren sent to court has been less,
Welfare Director Gerard M. Shea
said there has been an increase
in the number Of children adj
mitted by the court to his de-
partment.
Welfare institutions, Mr.. Shea
said, don't have enough space to
house committed delinquents.
"Our institutions are not big
enough, The told the council.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Stassen Asks
News Leak Aid
Wants Press to Curb
Carney Type Stories

Harold e. Stassen. special as
sistant to the President on dis
armament problems. advised
newspaper editors today to avoid
sensational publication of pre-
sumed leaks"
Mr.. Stassen addressed a lunch
con meeting of the American So
ciety Of Newspaper Editors, now
in convention at the Hotel Stat
Ter. Specifically, he said:
May I respectfully ask that
you avoid attempts to quickly
PREJUDICE or sensationally publish
presumed leaks?"
Reference to Carney
His statement was taken to
refer to the publication of a
statement that American military
leaders expected a Chinese attack
on Quemoy and Matsu by April
Is. 1t was later disclosed the
statement had been given news
papermen at an on a mot for
attribution" basis by Admiral
Robert B. Carney, Chief of Naval
Operations.
Mr.. Stassen listed a number
of factors which he said were
favorable to his assignment on
disarmament.
One of these was the Coop
Grafton between the two political
parties, and Mr.. Stassen took
the occasion to make a some
what conciliatory statement.
Weakness Into Strength
I'm less than a score of years"
he said. "highlighted by the
statesman-like joint efforts of the
late Senator Vandenberg and
former Secretary of State Mar
shall. under the Presidency of
Harry Truman. a possible weak
ness in our political party sys-
tenn has been forged into a basic
strength"
He said the essential tradition
of both political parties working
together in the national interest
on issues beyond our borders is
well established and has ire
mendous support.
II do not believe this principle
viii be broken in future years."
he added.
He said other favorable fac
tors are indications that vast
millions" Of the Russian people
want peace as much as do those
of the free world. and favor the
existence Of the United Nations.
Warns Of Underground
He urged the editors to be
alert to the efforts of the Com
munist underground on the free
world. He called attention to
the current organization Of a
"so-called world peace confer
ence" in Helsinki in May.
The Communists. he said "are
actively engaged in enlisting
people Of prominence who are
not Communists to make state
ments which will At in with their
propaganda detectives"
Mr.. Stassen asked the editors
cooperation in disarmament
planning and added that they
are entitled in return to know
that he has only one ambition.
"It is TO successfully discharge
this responsibility which Presi-
dent Eisenhower has placed upon
me. -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Rules Unit Asks
$40 Million for
Acc Building
House Floor Action
Slated Next Wee
On Amendments

Legislation authorizing con-
struction of $40 million office
building for the Atomic Energy
Commission in this area today
was given a green light by the
House Rules Committee for ac-
ton next week on the House
floor.
The Rules Committee, after
hearing the measure explained.
granted the request of pro-
ponents for one-hour- debate
some time next week under an
"open rule" which permits
amendments to be offered from
the floor.
Vice Chairman Durham of the
Joint Congressional Committee
on Atomic Energy told the Rules
Committee the site had not yet
been selected, but that it would
be chosen on the basis of tech
nical facts developed by the Acc
and the Office Of Defense Mo-
bilization.
Sites Under Study
On advice from the Acc. he
said that the location now being
studied is somewhere around Is
miles distant from Washington.
Previous informal reports as
to sites under study had pointed
to the area northwest of WASH
ington somewhere this side of
Frederick, Md.
The measure. Representative
Durham. Democrat. Of North
Carolina, explained, has been
approved by the Acc and the
Bureau of the Budget. It was
drafted by the Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy after lengthy
consideration.
The building would take the
place of four structures now
occupied here by the Acc, and
would contain vaults for the
protection of secret data.
Senate Puts OFF Action
Meantime, an identical bill
scheduled for action on the
Senate floor today was post
poned, but remained on the Sem
ate calendar as pending business.
It probably will come up for
action next Monday or Tuesday.
The Senate met very briefly and
went over to next week.
The Senate bill Is sponsored
by the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy and was intro
duced by Senator Anderson.
Democrat. of New Mexico, chair
man of the Joint Committee.
Senator Beall. Republican, OF
Maryland issued a statement
today declaring several sections
of his State have already offered
their areas as possible sites for
the proposed new building.
Points to Easy Access
I'VE invite and welcome the
Acc to Maryland" he said.
with its present and proposed
highway system" he added,
Maryland offers many ideal
sites with easy access to WASH
ington and dispersal routes in
case of emergency"
On the other hand several
areas in Virginia have objected
to the prospect having the new
structure in their locations.
This was disclosed at the House
Rules Committee meeting by its
chairman, Representative Smith.
Democrat. of Virginia.
He said ''lots of people" had
been calling him UP saying. they
don't want the building. Such
communications requesting or
objection to the site could be
forwarded to the Atomic Energy
Commission itself. Representa-.
tive Cole. Republican, of New
York. member of the Joint
Committee. told Representative
Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
WINK Goes on NIGHTS

The Montgomery Broadcasting
Co. Rockville, Md. was granted
Communications c o m m S sion
authority yesterday to operate
radio station WINK on an un-
limited time basis. instead of
daytime only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-21
Continued From First Page

NOHtiHueu FROM FIfSt rage
industry. merging with proposals
that the American Communists
should be starved TO death. Lis
ten to the wire-tapping. to the
cry Of the Fifth Amendment
Communist. to the kept wit
nesses roaming the land"
These were the things, he said.
that the newspapers appear to
regard as matters Of routine.
In his response to DR.. Hutch
ms speech, Mr.. Daniels said the
press will serve democracy best
when it understands that free
dom is a local story"
introduced by Pope
The meeting was opened by
ASNE President James S. Pope
of the Louisville Courier-Journal
and Times. He introduced DR..
Hutchins as the hair shirt of
the press"
Frank Eyerly of the Des
Moines Register and Tribune,
also responded to DR.. Hutchins'
address and referred particularly
to the speakers criticism of
monopoly" newspapers - news
papers with a single ownership
in a city.
Mr.. Eyerly asserted it cannot
be demonstrated that people
suffer in monopoly cities. In
Iowa, he said, there are As daily
newspapers with a combined
circulation of 100000. all Of
which have monoplies in their
cities. But. he added, there is
not town in Iowa where two to
five newspapers are not available
every day in the week.
Defends Criticism
Another who replied to Dr..
Hutchins was j. Montgomery
Curtis of the American Press In
stitute. He challenged a state
ment that newspapers avoid crit
icism and said that newspapers
have improved themselves in full
filling their functions and that
most of the improvement has re-
suited from criticism.
The opening session heard re-
ports from the ASNE secretary,
George w. Healy. jr., of the New
Orleans Time-Picayune. and
Treasurer Virginius Dabney of
the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Reports we're made also by
Herbert F. Corn, managing edi-
tor Of The Star and chairman of
the Membership Committee; Carl
E. Lindstrom, chairman of the
Bulletin Committee, and Turner
Catledge, New York Times man
aging editor, chairman Of the
Program Committee.
Directors Proposed
The nominations committee,
in a report by its chairman, John
M. McClelland. jr., proposed this
slate of 10 candidates for direc-
tors, six to be elected:
Harry s. Ashmore, Arkansas
Gazette; Fred c. Christopherson,
Souix Falls Is. d. Argus
Leader; Irving billiard. st. Louis
Post Dispatch: Charles A. Guy,
Lubbock (TexD Avalanch e.
Journal; Mr.. Healy; Jenkin
Lloyd Jones, Tulsa Tribune;
Kenneth MacD Donald. Des Moines
Register and Tribune. who is now
first vice president Of the ASNE;
Alicia Patterson, Long Island
Newsday; E. T. Stone, Seattle
Post Intelligencer, and j. Rus
sell Wiggens, Washington Post
and Times-Herald.
]. Russell Virgins, chairman
Of the ASNE Freedom Of In
formation Committee, presented
the organization with q box
score on press conferences held
by cabinet departments.
Evening star., 1955-09-05
WARDROBE
OF SKIRTS

OF course, Woodies has them for you :.
silver skirts, swirl skirts, and the pIeoted
skirts thot whisk their way between wide
and narrow. The fobries you and all the
fashion world like best, too Come choosing,
tomorrow.
D. Wool tweed, sharpening Its splinter
slimness with q Diagonal line. Groy or
brown. 1918. 14.o5
{. You can wash these toshion-fovored
pleots and they'll rorely need ironing.
They're 1orette, $50 Orion. 4596 wool.
Block, navy, green or brown. 1918. 14.oS
F. Slim wool flannel, side-pocketed Rouoe.
copper. peri or Ieof ereen 1918. 1925
6. Florino wool plaid with soft box peots,
suede belt. Black or brown Watch. 1915.
14.95
WGL-Spotsweor, 3rd Floor
-. also Chevy Chose and Alexandra
Evening star., 1955-09-05

fashion life, these days,
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