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Evening star., 1955-01-18
The First Lody
Turns Attention
To Gettysburg

Mrs. Eisenhower plans to
spend more time at the Eli
senhowers' Gettysburg (Pa0
farm after the formal White
House social season con-
cludes the end of this week,
and hopes to have the reno
waited farmhouse ready for
occupancy this spring.
Her social secretary, Mrs.
Mary Jane McCaffree. who
told reporters this yesterday.
added that the First Lady
already is selecting room
colors for the house.
After the painting is I'M
ished Mrs. Eisenhower plans
to have all of their furniture
moved to Gettysburg from
its present spot In storage
here. After it arrives and
is uncrated she will decide
which pieces, If any, need
to be reupholstered.
The President and Mrs.
Eisenhower start today on a
rugged entertainment sched-
ule which calls for three
formal White House func-
tions in the next four days.
They will give a dinner for
80 or so tonight in honor of
the Vice President, another
dinner for 80 tomorrow in
honor of the Speaker Of the
House, and Friday they will
give, a large reception for
the diplomatic corps.
Next Wednesday, January
26, President Magloire of
Haiti will arrive and be an
overnight guest Of the White
House. The Eisenhowers
will give a formal state din
ner in his honor that eve
ming. and Friday they will
60 to the Sheraton Park
Hotel when the Haitian
President gives a return
dinner in their honor.
Evening star., 1955-01-18
Executive Assistont
Miss TuHy Is Bock
In Thick of Things

about chow soon do you ex-
pect to move back into the
White House?" when she
worked in Averell HarTiman's
presidential campaign head
quarters in 1852. handles SIM
liar questions about her new
boss with equal aplomb.
81 think such talk Of Lyr-
don johnson for President is
q little premature" she says
demurely, her blue eyes inn
passive. She Is determinedly
noncommunicative about her
choice as the 1856 Democratic
standard bearer.
OF her former boss. Mr..
Hartman, she says simply:
"I am very fond Of him. ] am
delighted he is Governor. ]
know he viii do a good job
for the people Of New York"
And right here it might be
well to straighten out one fact.
Miss Tully definitely is not
going to work for Mr.. Harri-
man in New York. A story to
that effect appeared. appar-
emily growing out Of the fact
that she did her Democratic
Digest field work in New York
last fall, and was quite close
to the Hartman campaign.
She still is getting congratu-
latory mail forwarded back
from New York.
Mr.. Hartman did not offer
her a job. and besides, she
prefers Washington, she says
emphatically.
"I think Mr.. johnson wanted
me to work for him because
know a lot Of the people he
has dealings with. and he
thought ! could be helpful in
taking some of the load of
him. I've known him since his
early days in Congress, when
he used to come often to the
White House. And I've always
been particularly close to the
Texas group hereto Mr.. Ray
burn, too"
Miss Tully also will handle
some of the correspondence
that comes to the majority
leader, and this should be duck
soup, she says.
Mail volume seems to have
increased on any given issue.
says this veteran Of % years
in politics. II think this is
because Of television. People
are closer to so many issues" !"
Evening star., 1955-01-18
Art Panel Planned

A series OF weekly panel dis
cussions on methods of in
struction in the arts field win
be held on Tuesday evenings
starting today.
Sponsored by United Com
munity Services in co-opera-
tion with the Junior League of
Washington, the Fine Arts In
stitute is designed to show
volunteers and group leaders
how to work with others in the
drama, painting, the dance.
puppetry and music. The ses-
sions win be held at the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist
Church, 300 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, on six Tuesday
evenings from 1880 to $50
o'clock.
Evening star., 1955-01-18
Army Judge Advocate
General Corps
Composers WidoWIs Visitor

His first musical. "Tl1e Great
Tenor" now being applauded
in Germany, may soon hit
Broadway.
Hes following In his
fathers footsteps" smiles Mrs.
Kalman whose husband was
heaped with honors by numer-
GUS countries. Being made q
Baron of Hungary was only
one Of them.
Besides Countess Maria, /"
such Emerich Kalman operat-
tas as Golden Dawn" and
Miss Springtime" had New
York runs.
Mrs. Kalman is especially
proud of the final honor be-
slowed on her husband. by the
Austrian government.
When he died last october,
he was buried in Vienna's
cemetery of musical greats
near Mozart, Beethoven, Schu-
bert and Strauss.
Evening star., 1955-01-18
Officers. Wives. Clubs THE Evl1se sIas H:.eas
Mrs. Ridgwoy TO be Luncheon Guest

members to contact her in re-
gard to contributing items.
Other wives clubs members
are invited to attend. Reserya-
tions may be made by calling
Mrs. Frank Pfirrmann. at
Oliver 6-7514, or Mrs. James
d. Kelly at Juniper 8-2152.
West Point Class, 1924
The Wives Of the West
Point Glass of 1924 win meet
at / o'clock on Wednesday
January 26. at the Little Tea
House. Wives of the Class Of
"a who would like to be in
cluded in the afternoon affair
please cali Mrs. Charles H.
Royce, Emerson 2-Il10: Mrs.
William w. O'Connor. Otis
4-8587, or Mrs. r. v. Lee.
jackson 5-T528.
Evening star., 1955-01-18

morning. Mrs. George o. Corn
well. jr. president. win receive.
and ranking members of the
club win take turns at the
coffee table.
Mrs. Hubert E. Smith viii
be host to the executive board
next Tuesday morning at
1890.
Medical Service Corps
To aid in their civic and
welfare work. the Navy Medi-
cal Service Corps Wives Club
viii hold a benefit luncheon
and card party on Thursday
at II o'clock noon at the on
GERS Club, the National Naval
Medical Center.
There win be home baked
goods for sale. Mrs. Edward
Walker. chairman, requests
Evening star., 1955-01-18


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bright red, navy, beige. sooe green,
ooro, oquo. pink |ody, plum, toupe,
grey rosewood, q whole range Of blues.
Choose your fashion woolen from the
soft-touch textures of Forstmonn,
Worun1bo, Strooek, Anglo, Hockonum
-. polished wooIs, plush wools, pure
cashmere.
Mony ore ur-trimmed! Find natural
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Selections at branch stores. Fur products
labeled to shou country OF origin Of imported
fuTs.
Evening star., 1955-01-18
By Evelyn M. Dent
Army SURGEON GeneraI corps

Army Surgeon General Corps
This noon at the Ofiicers'
Club, Walter Reed Army Med
ical Center, Mrs. Matthew B.
Ridgway was to be the guest
of honor at a luncheon of the
Women's Club. OF the Army
Surgeon Generals Once.
Mr.. John Cheney. Chief Of
the Literary Division. Wash
ington Public Library. was to
be the guest speaker. Mr..
Cheney is also chairman Of
the Program Committee for
the washington Work Shop
Center.
Army Quortermoster General
Corps
The Quartermaster Womens
Club will meet on Thursday
at II am. in Gregory Hall.
OthcerS' Club OF the Corps. An
informal talk on chafing
dish uses at buffet suppers
will be discussed.
A sandwich luncheon fol-
lows. Mrs. Charles Sanford has
charge of the arrangements
and hostesses for the day are
Mrs. Robert B. Taylor. Mrs.
John Brannon, and Mrs. Les
lie Allen.
Army Judge Advocate
General Corps
The Wives of the Justices of
the Supreme Court Of the
United StaAes have been in
vited to be guests Of honor at
luncheon BY Mrs. Eugene M.
Caffey. wife Of the Judge ADJ
vocate General of the Army.
This will be a Legal Lunch-
con" at the Naval Gun Fac
tory. on Thursday. held by the
Evening star., 1955-01-18
GERS Wives Clubs

Ladies Of the Judge Advocate
General Corps.
The guest speaker will be
Mrs. Abran ]. Chayes. an at
torney who win speak on
"The New Insanity Rules for
the District Of Columbia. "
Mrs. Robert H. McCaw, chair
man of the luncheon commit
tee viii have assisting her
Mrs. Joseph A. Guimond, Mrs.
Wilton v. Persons. Mrs. II.
Carl Kait. Mrs. Robert p.
Johnson, and Mrs. Alan B.
Todd.
Naval Civil Engineer Corps
On Thursday at the Army
Navy Country Club the Navy
Civil Engineers Officers Wives
Club will meet for for an in
formal coffee at i0:30 in the
Evening star., 1955-01-18
Grondn1others' Club

The Virginia Compton
Grandmothers' Club OF Arling-
ton will hold their regular
monthly meeting and luncheon
on Thursday at noon In the
Cherrydale Methodist Church
Social Hall.
Evening star., 1955-01-18
star star Photo.
REM Photo.

--Reni Photo.
MRS. EMERicH KALMAN.
time between her apartments
in Paris and New York. A trek
to Washington meant. seeing
daughter Yvonne who attends
q nearby college.
Brown eyes light up at the
mention of her son Charles.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Gruenther on Air Power

Despite the recent Spate of worried
comment to the contrary, General Alfred
M. Gruenther, supreme commander of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
emphatically believes that the United
States still is superior to the Soviet
Union in terms of long-range air power.
More than that, he is convinced that
''the edge which we now have will remain
with us for some time into the future If
we determine that it should be that way"
Indeed, at least as of now, he has no
doubt whatever that our lead in that
respect is great enough to guarantee that
Russia would be defeated if it cut loose
with an attack against free Europe
In thus testifying before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, General
Gruenther has frankly admitted that he
would not like to predict how long this
will be true" Nevertheless, while recog-
nizing that the Kremlin will certainly
do its best to overcome NATO's present
advantage in the sky, he is optimistic
about the ability of the United States
and its Western allies to maintain that
advantage. AS he has put it, "the i'm
portant thing appears to me to be that
we recognize that it is vital that we keep
the lead we have and that we act upon
the recognition. believe that we can
do it; believe that we will" Quite OBJ
viouSly he does not go along with those
who have been greatly alarmed by the
recent disclosure that the Soviet Union
now is equipped with operational inter-
continental jet bombers and who have
concluded that our country has therefore
lost, or is very close to losing, its world
wide air supremacy.
1t is reassuring, certainly, to have
witness Of General Gruenther'S stature
speak out in this confident manner. AS
NATO's top commander, of course, he is
uniquely well-informed on the compare
tive aerial capabilities of Russia on the
one hand and the American-led Atlantic
alliance on the other, and all of us can
be sure that his assessment of the situa-
ton is based not on wishful thinking but
on the solid facts that are available to
him as they are to few other men. En-
couraging as his views are, however. it
Is worth noting that he has conditioned
our continuing air supremacy on the
assumption that there will be no back
sliding in the effort to maintain it. He
is anything but a Pollyanna on that
score.
Evening star., 1955-06-11

When the 84th Congress sat
itself down in Washington for
the first time last January,
dire predictions were made ca
that with the Democrats in
control and Mr.. Eisenhower
in the White House prac-
tically nothing would be accom-
plished except politics and (b)
that Mr.. Eisenhower's program
would be hamstrung. But it
hasn't worked out that way.
The Senate, which so often
has been the stumbling block
over which legislation has
fallen by the wayside, has set
a pace rarely equalled-cer-
tainly since the honeymoon Of
the first administration of the
late Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1t
has dealt effectively with for
eign policy, and on a bipartisan
basis. 1t has put through i'm
portant measures of domes-
tic policy. 1t is pushing fast for
the completion of all the huge
appropriation bills that are
sine qua non for the Federal
Government, in the hope they
may be disposed of by July /,
the first day of the new fiscal
year.
johnson Gets Credit
All this hasn't just hap
pened. There's a tall Texan in
the saddle-majority leader of
the upper house, Senator Lyn-
don B. johnson. His task of
running the Senate, as his
party's floor leader, was made
all the more difficult by reason
of the razorlike measure of
control-49 Democrats to Al
Republicans. Despite this, and
the fact that not all Demo-
Gratis in the Senate see eye to
eye, Senator johnson has been
able to get, in recent days, IA
vorable action on a Democratic
highway bill-the Gore bill. He
has put through a Democratic
public housing bill and a Dem
ocratic minimum wage bill.
Earlier, the important recipro-
cal trade agreements bill, the
mutual security bill (foreign
aid bilD, the bill extending the
life of certain corporation and
excise taxes, all were passed.
The Texas Senator has re-
Gently been the object of at
tack by the ADA-AmericanS
for Democratic Action-along
with the Democratic leader
ship of the House on the
ground he has put party unity
ahead of action on liberal leg
iSlation. The tone of the ADA
statement, however, leaves an
impression the ADA is more
interested in politics than it
is in constructive legislation.
Its own brand of politics. AS a
matter of fact, the ADA state
ment did not conform to the
facts, in some respects, for it
complained there had been no
road legislation and that re-
ciprocal trade legislation had
been allowed to slip. The
highway bill has passed the
Evening star., 1955-06-11

unpopularity was demonstrated in the
election results and the hard core Of his
followers needs to do considerable mis-
sionary work to rebuild his position in
the party. Their best chance Of success
probably would arise through some ex-
ternal development-such as a tapering
of in Britain's record prosperity or an
international crisis that might popularize
Mr.. Bevan's neutralist point of view.
Now, with some of the elder moder-
ates already out and others challenged
to follow suit, Mr.. Attlee becomes, in a
way. the moderator in the intraparty
rivalry. His success has been founded
largely upon his ability to find COM
promise solutions, as between men or
issues. Both are involved in the Labor
Party factionalism and Mr.. Attlee is
indeed facing "a further period" of great
demand upon his political talents.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Critic Off-Key?

I had the wonderful expert
ence of hearing the premiere
performance of ''The Repub-
lic," by Richard Bales. Then
I had another experience,
reading Day Thorpe's review
of this performance in The
Star.
I think Mr.. Thorpe's satiric
evaluation of "The Republic"
evidences a level of musical
knowledge and taste which is
far below that which should be
demanded by a major metro
politan newspaper. The music
of THE Republic" is not the
kind that would lend itself to
a sure-f1re tourist attraction, :"
as your reviewer stated.
Rather, the composition repre-
sents a considerable achieve
ment in musical scholarship
and creative arrangement for
orchestra and chorus.
For my own part, I think
that Washingtonians should
be thankful for two things:
@ One, that Richard Bales is
associated with the National
Gallery Orchestra, and the
other, that they can actually
listen to the music played by
that orchestra and are thus
not dependent on Mr.. Thorpe
for their opinions of it.
Dorothy Tomczak.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Peace for q Time

The decision of Clement Attlee to
continue "for further period" as leader
of the British Labor Party promises, in
effect, an uneasy truce in the deeply
divided opposition party in Britain. Sig
nif1cantly, but not too surprisingly, it
was Aneurin Bevan-one of Mr.. Attlee's
most violent critics and greatest prob
lens insofar as party discipline is con-
cerned-who threw the determining
weight in favor of the 72-year-old former
Prime Minister at a meeting of the Par
liamentary Labor Party. The leadership
showdown, coming as Parliament recon-
vened, has been brewing for months, but
in this latest stage was set off few days
earlier by Hugh Dalton, 67-year-old for
mer Chancellor of the Exchequer. An
nouncing that he would not be candi-
date for reelection to the shadow cabinet
the group that would make up a Labor
government if and when opportunity
next arises-Mr. Dalton proposed that
other aging veterans of the party step
down in favor of good younger men,"
His only exception was that Mr.. Attlee
remain as party leader.
Actually, the battle lines within the
Labor Party are fluid and chaotic today
and may remain so for months The
two real rivals for leadership are the
youthful moderate, Hugh Gaitskell, and
the veteran rebel, Mr.. Bevan. There are
reasons why both contestants may prefer
to delay the showdown. For Mr.. Cats
kell to gain power would mean the shelly
ing of approximately half-dozen in
fluential and perhaps still ambitious
veterans. First of them, after Mr.. Attlee
himself, is Deputy Leader Herbert Nor
rison, longtime second in party command
and probably still hopeful that some day
he will become the Queens First Minister.
And while some of these veterans already
have bowed to Mr.. Dalton's suggestion,
an effort to force others to similar action
could split the moderate wing.
But Mr.. Bevan needs time to heal
some wounds of his own. His relative
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Caution on Classified Poy

With the signing at the White House
OF an per cent pay increase bill, postal
employees finally have won a raise they
should have received last year. Con-
gresSional disregard of administration
advice and Of presidential warnings re-
suited in two vetoes and prolonged delay.
There should be go-slow lesson in this
for those who are inclined to ignore
administration counsel on the amount
OF the increase which classified employees
should be given.
While there has been no threat, as
yet, of a presidential veto of classified
pay legislation calling for higher rates
than the administration believes would
be wise, the President has let it be known
that he would approve 7 per cent
average raise. Originally he had recon-
mended that the average for Government
workers in general he held to per cent.
But the Senate already has passed
bill providing for a 10 per cent boost
and the House Civil Service Committee
Is considering an 8 per cent measure
In weighing percentages for others in
the Government, the Senators and Rep
reSentativeS are not unmindful of the
fact that they have granted themselves
pay raises far greater, percentagewise,
than even the Senate bill would authorize.
And employees organizations have not
hesitated to keep that fact fresh in the
minds of all the legislators.
The 10 per cent plan has been under
mi n I0xyt oofv 80 ~ O
raise for postal workers. The pay forces
now are pressing for equal" treatment
for classified workers. But an per cent
raise for the Government as a whole
actually would not equalize classified and
postal raises. The classified service
would be getting the better deal, for all
OF its raises would take effect upon pas
sage, while per cent of the postal in
crease, representing reclassif1cation bene-
fits, cannot go into effect for about six
months. This is not equitable treatment
as far as postal workers are concerned.
Furthermore, civil service officials point
out that classified workers have been
receiving the benefits of readjusted SAL
aries for some years, whereas the postal
service has lacked this advantage until
now.
Congress would be we'll advised to
forget politics and personal embarrass-
ment over its own salary increase as it
tackles the task of passing classified
pay bin. 1t should see that Federal work.
ers in the other departments receive as
much consideration as-but no more
than-the employees of the postal system.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Patriot VS.. CoIumnist

David Lawrence'S article
June 6, was really deplorable,
a one-Sided and disgusting
misrepresentation of a coun-
try that fought successfully
against the tyranny and the
physical and spiritual slavery
of the white man. Mr.. Law
renee, it is clear, still hears,
sees, and thinks as the white
man did three centuries ago.
The adjectives and adverbs he
used in his article show that
Mr.. Lawrence is unfriendly,
not only to Indonesians, but
to people who sincerely love
and fight for freedom.
I wonder whether Mr.. Law
renee has ever read the history
of the former Dutch East
Indies" which, he said, was
governed "peaceably" by the
Dutch.
Peaceably! Would Mr.. Law
renee have called the Dutch
tyrannical colonial regime
"peaceable" if he were one of
the millions of the illiterate,
spiritually lame, penniless,
foodless, clothesless Indone-
slams during the Dutch CO.
lonial oppression? Would he
have called such a regime
democratic? I challenge him
to answer these questions.
l also challenge Mr.. Law
renee to explain what he meant
when he wrote to-day there
is no such thing as human
liberty in a democratic sense
in Indonesia." Mr.. Lawrence's-
only explanation of his charge
was Athat some of the
finest Dutch businessmen
70 of them-have been, thrown
into Jail on trumped-up
charges of conspiracy and have
been denied the right to,
choose their own counsel to
defend themselves" wish
he had thought twice before
he launched his charged
If he can convince me that.
his charge is true, then, I do
regret that the, Republic of
Indonesia shed the blood of
its sons and daughters to OBJ
tain the kind of freedom which
1t now has. Then I will fight
again as I did against the
Dutch to relieve my fellow
countrymen from such in
justice. I do not, however, re-
gret that my country has ever
obtained its independence.
Thank God it has!
Odjahan Siahaan.
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Impressed by D. c.

Congratulations on your
splendid paper. The Louisville
Courier journal, Miami Herald
and Detroit News, my old IA
vorites, will have to move over
and make room for you.
I'm a small-town reporter
who recently vacationed in
your marvellous city. My wife
and / went sightseeing from
dawn to dark and enjoyed it
tremendously. The Capitol,
White House and Archives
were awe-inspiring, and we
considered the Washington
Monument and Masonic Me-
mortal breath-takingly beau
tiful.
Your ladies are the best
dressed ones in the United
States and your gentlemen
always look well groomed.
As a Kentuckian, classify
men like do race horses. Our
beloved Senator Barkley has
stamina and I admire him
deeply.
I like Ike, for he is an eighty
golfer like myself. I also ad-
mire his winning smile, his
religious tendencies and con-
slider him a real thoroughbred.
My champion hero is J.
Edgar Hoover of the FBI
Why? Because he stays out of
politics and uses the unlimited
resources Of his magnificent
organization to nail the rats
that are gnawing at the
foundations of our country.
Be sure to give him the funds
and cooperation he needs and
he'll get the job done.
My visit convinced me that
Washington is truly the heart
of America and the FBI
is the most alert and efficient
of all Government organiza-
tions.
Thanks, Washington resi-
dents. for your hospitality.
I'll always remember the
pageant and panorama of your
lovely city.
Roy VanMeter,
Golf and Book Review Editor,
Shelby News, Shelbyville, KY
Evening star., 1955-06-11
Perspective

The time is short for dancing
in the night,
For picking daisies, knowing
the delight
OF trusted friendship, laugh
ter ringing gay.
The minutes are not long
enough today
To hold a pleasure in its head
long flight.
Would there be Sorrops, too?
They cannot blight
This Eden in our hands. Con-
tronted right,
A sorrotD accents loUe, and
still must say
The time is short.
For eighty years are briet, a
tiny mite
In StDeet eternity. The sound,
the sight,
The knowledge of all good
along the Uay
Are part of happiness. We
tDdnt to stey
With eager reaching hands, at
once contrite.-
The time is short.
Mildred Fielder