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Evening star., 1955-09-17

its use. particularly in the aft
ernoon. when the sun is low
and difficult to control with
Ioverhanging roof projections.
East and south, however, are ex-
cellent directions for terrace To-
cations in this latitude. There
are some who argue for north
exposure for terraces, since this
orientation allows a view of the
garden in full sunlight instead
of in shade.
With an increasing tendency
toward air conditioning in resid-
ences. the location of glass areas
must be considered not only for
heat loss in the winter, but also
heat build-up in the summer.
Many architects believe that a
pleasant view should not be
sacrificed because of a mechani-
cal consideration, particularly
with the very efficient heating
and cooling equipment available
on the market today.
Adaptability Important
5. Liveability. This require
ment will vary a great deal with
the size of family. age Of chill
dren, and income bracket. The
principal characteristic to look
for is the adaptability Of the
house. to grow in its usefulness
in relation to the growth of the
family and its changing needs.
A completely liveable house
should include ample space for
both adult and child activities,
co-ordinated with outdoor liv-
ing spaces as much as possible.
Provision for casual as we'll as
formal entertainment is i'm
portant. A great emphasis is
presently being placed on family
rooms. playrooms and informal
living rooms. Also. many ar
chitects feel that a good house
should offer a certain sense of
Evening star., 1955-09-17

equally with the principle that
whatever materials are used
should be handled simply and
with care and understanding.
Avoid "Fussy" Choice
Too many diversified materials
on a house serve to confuse and
complicate the design.
8. Construction. The size, To-
cation. and quality Of structural
members and the general con-
struction must comply with
building code requirements, and
in the case Of FHA and VA APP
proved houses. the construction
must comply with the regula-
tions OF the loan guaranteeing
agency before final approval Is
granted.
10. Mechanical Equipment.
OF all the many items that must
be considered IN the acquisition
OF a house. the mechanical
equipment should be studied
Evening star., 1955-09-17
By JOSEPH MILLER

President. washington Metropolitan
Chapter. American Institute of Architects
When the average person con-
siders the purchase of an auto
mobile, or any other commodity,
such as clothing, he Is likely to
study each product in the light
Of the experience he has gained
In previous purchases.
Normally he arrives at his
decision with assurance and
conviction that he has made the
right purchase for his require
ments.
1t is common practice in our
times for a family to BUY an
automobile every three or four
years. Many families are now
finding that two automobiles in
stead of one. are their current
minimum requirements.
People, naturally. do not puy
as many homes as they do auto
mobiles in the course of life
time. For that reason. if none
other, the acquisition Of a fome
is of extraordinary Importance.
The principles involved in the
proper selection of a home
should be more familiar to the
typical purchaser than is now
the case.
For the purpose of giving a
broad, yet concise outline of
those things that architects be-
lieve important for the family
to keep in mind in the con-
sideration Of its future home.
a list of 10 major headings
follows. This list is intended as
a guide only. and should be
considered in relation to each
family's individual needs.
l. Cost and Financing. The
cost of each house should be
studied with reference to COM
parative examples in its own
price class. Two or three bath
rooms may help make a house
a good buy at a certain price
level. but in higher price
classification, they may not have
as proportionate an effect on the
house valuation.
Consider Land Cost
Always consider the cost of
the land as an important part
of the overall value of the prop
erty, since it is a fundamental
item in the investment. FL
nancing is equally important to
the purchaser, not only from the
requirement of his own ability
to meet the initial and the
monthly payments, but also
from the standpoint of a wait
ing resale market.
2. Location. Consider care
fully the area in which you plan
to live. You should be assured
that access to shopping. schools,
public transportation and
churches has been included in
the neighborhood plan. even If
not Immediately available. Rec
reation areas, including fields
and Fairgrounds for school-age
children are necessary to the
proper development Of young
minds and bodies. In one sense,
the provision of Fairgrounds in
residential neighborhoods is a
public responsibility and a mu-
ricipal function. Some de-
velopers are acknowledging the
need for play areas prior to
public dedication and are al
locating some of their available
land for this purpose.
8. Site Use and Landscapinr,
This item includes not only the
design and planting of outdoor
areas. but also the integration
OF the house with its site, a
fundamental part Of the project
Evening star., 1955-09-17
DISTRICT - OPEN SUNDAY 2 TO 6

f'. 3bedoom brick house nis pIonsd %, Center hs GOOD
lost 'po there v sroundev. basement with poned ressaton
excellent schools npooion ond shopping Priced fsnes Drive
Connection, Abemoe
coll AD 1927.
Evening star., 1955-09-17
VIRGINIk--.INSPECTI0N BY APPOINTMENT
NQRIA ARI INGIaN II REI ENIEM EQRESI

sparkling white rumblss oil desobe
.ovgo'sr n9hoerhood ssru dseo'etsd excellent os and
immaculate condition Throughout Enirune ho spoov living
with ponssd spee. we'll with byan bootsos'. s2. dining
b:Soom, and boh so. gs o The huge eossmen' ho;
fireplace finished poyoom and s3IISo
Coll o. 6554s H. s.e7lo.
Evening star., 1955-09-17
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK-4635 BRANpYwINE ST.

Old world charm found in this abrik house living
dining electric Kitchen bedroom both lst floor
both End floor. The beautifully
TO
4635 Evening coll N.
Evening star., 1955-09-17

Beautiful prewar
former Silver Star
Home tseiected for
outstanding design
for sale by original
owner, The center
hall plan features q
92l 4 13-ft. living
room, 1Sx1I dining
room, very large
kitchen, 1910 den
or sun room and
screened porch on
first floor. 3 tre-
mendeus bedrooms
and 2 baths on Sec
end floor. Full base
ment with paneled
recreation room,
half bath and ga
rage.
Evening star., 1955-09-17

splendid fomly home fine residential the Webrook
ond huge fumi plus oddeno small ponsd bedroom
floor SIS
with flexible fnonens Drive MASSACHUSETTS, Ave- Jamestown
The first
left 10 A90o. evenings coll EN- 27Il7.
Evening star., 1955-09-17

Shaw Ave. & Boxer Dr.-Meodowood
Truly The Homes You Hove Been Waiting For
Check these Centerhan ivlnE
view separate dnn. 31 kitchen 13x twin
outside spacious 1222 sliding
aluminium sash, large lot with commanding
Custom Built by Pontious-$26, ,75O-S27. $50
ga
Evening star., 1955-09-17

BRADLEY AREA -83o4 WoODHAvEN BLVD.
The of This stone and fm conoi soyns the snd
willing oeriee his lovely home for immediate
ds'onss o sedsy syd uasd other fine homes
fireplace Poeious dining big kitchen with breakfast
garden with pretty shrubs Drive BedIey Blvd Woodrow
BIvd, left blocks 10 1904 Evening coll III,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
Public v. Private Power In Washington State

Also, the power company forced
one of its supporters onto the PUBS
board of directors and it was charged
that he helped to knife the PUD in
the back during the election CAM
paign.
Moreover, in the midst of the bat
tie, Kinsey w. Robinson, president
of the WWP, put out a story that
the PUD was flat broke. That was
not true, but it helped swing votes
against the PUD.
Contrast this to stories in our Mon
tana press which say: "the election
climaxed a campaign in which an
estimated 100000 was spent by
citizen groups on both sides :. - and
further, neglecting to mention the
private power company's part in the
fight, go on to say that, "The Wash
ington state Grange, political heavy
weight in this agricultural state,
backed the public power side with
both money and campaign speakers.
Further, without bothering to
point out that this is in no way a
typical situation the papers make the
highly exaggerated statement that
public power cost nearly double the
cost of private power. This situation
is in no way analogous to the situa-
ton where low-cost public power is
serving approximately the same num-
Der of consumers in the same area
as high-cost private power.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
RUSSIANS OUTDISTANCING U. S. in PRODUCING
ENGINEERS
BY CONG. LEE METCALF
BY CONG. LEE METCALF

The Russian system of higher edu-
cation becomes stronger and stronger
each year. Totalitarian powers have
always recognized the power and
necessity of a constant and effective
educational program to obtain their
ends. They are not afraid to spend,
and spend practically unlimited funds
for the education of their youth.
Stain understood that modern in
dustrial development, which h S
reached its highest peak in the United
States, is created and vitalized by a
highly educated and trained body of
engineers and specialists. So, along
with its five-year plan for expanding
industrial production, the Russians
began training the necessary special
lists and engineers of all kinds needed
for industry and warfare today, in
Guiding instructors trained to teach
these specialties. He got results. For
example, in 1910 Russia had approx
mately 100000 trained specialists,
$4,000 people equivalent to college
graduates, and 1,650,000 specialized
workers with secondary educational
training. BY 1854 these figures had
raised to approximately 100000
trained specialists, 100000 with
completed higher education and d.
100000 specialized workers with sec
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16

This newspaper slanting Is only
an indication of what sort of political
fodder will be made of this issue in
the coming election. The press again
mentions only that Republican Gov
ernor Langlie of Washington has
come out for private power. They do
not mention Senator Warren Mag
nuson's (D-Wash.) statement that
the crushing of the PUD by the
massed weight of the WWP "is not
an indication that the people of the
Northwest will tolerate the giveaway
of Hells Canyon, or any other natural
resources"
Nor do the papers mention the 10
groups representing farmers, labor
unions and other friends of public
power in the Northwest who last week
asked the Federal Appeals Court
at Washington to Nset aside" the
Federal Power Commissions order
giving away Hells Canyon to the
Idaho Power Co.
There is little doubt that much
will be made of this Stevens county
vote in the coming campaign. There
is also little doubt that the public
will be carefully protected from the
full facts in the case. While it may
be true that private power won this
particular battle, it won only by
fighting a vicious and dirty cam
paign in a unique situation where
it already had the advantage.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
Continued from Page One)

cts long past time that one party
or another stake it's reputation with
the American farmer, and for that
matter, with the American public on
a farm program that will serve to
keep both farmers and the nation
prosperous. It's high time one party
or another pledge itself to scrap our
crazy-quilt pattern of farm programs,
and develop broad new program
one with purpose and direction"
"Such program should include
full parity income protection for all
reasonably diligent farm families
regardless of the commodity they
produce. Such program should in
clude a national food policy which
would wipe out, once and for all,
every vestige of malnutrition and
hunger which exists in this nation.
And such a program should put our
unneeded acres into conservation re-
serve to protect their fertility for the
next generation, and the next.
Respectfully, find little to COM
mend in the Eisenhower farm poll
Cyl" Patton continued. "It has re-
duced farm income; raised farm
interest rates; destroyed the farm
er-elected committeeman system;
emasculated crop insurance; slowed
down the vertical expansion of
REA; stifled the rural telephone
program; upset foreign markets
and, in general, lowered the stand
ards of living of countless farm
families"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
Farm Program With Purpose and

corporations, with most of our pres
ent day farm operators becoming
hired hands"
Two fundamentals, he said, must
| be taken into account.
First. Net cash farm income must
be increased by billions-not millions
of dollars to afford any relief to
agriculture. To arrest the present
downslide and lift net farm income
to a maximum safe level, he stated,
will take cat least SIS to So billion
yearly for several yers."
Second. There must be tight pro-
duction controls. without this, / see
little chance of lifting farm income
significantly in the next 10 years,
and probably longer"
Speaking of specific proposals in
attacking the complicated farm pro-
gram, the WASHINGTON FARM
LETTER editor said that, "In this
troubled world, it makes sense to
convert our wheat surplus into a ma
tional stockpile for emergency and
not let it keep on depressing prices.
We could !. extend to farmers the
same privileges that we granted other
producers of war materials. We might
sell back to farmers at a low price
that portion of Commodity Credit
Corporation wheat acquired as a re-
suit of the wartime government re-
quest for increased production.
He also suggested using so-callei
certificate plan to give farmers full
parity on domestically consumed
wheat, and lesser price on export
and surplus wheat.
For livestock products, barrow out
lined an Income insurance" pro-
gram, with producers paying into
fund in good-price years and drawing
from it in poor-price years to level
out income at approximately 90 per
cent of parity. Under this proposal,
the government would match funds
paid in by producers. Payments would
be graduated to protect family farm
ers, and production controls would
be in force.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
Was 1t Any Test? =.
Bv SAM SOLBERG, Helena


Headlines last week proclaimed
washington County Votes Almost
So for Private Power On Public
Utility" Voters of Stevens county
voted 5000 to 2,208 in favor of sell
ing their publicly-owned utility dis
trict to the privately owned Wash
ington Water Power Company.
"Basically this election was an
theological battle between private
and public power" said Charles Ora
ham, editor of the weekly Statesman
Examiner and president of the Cham
Der of Commerce. Private power
won. The people felt the public utility
was un-American and socialistic.
The facts in the case belle that it
was in any sense a battle between
low cost public power and high cost
private power. The Public Utility Dis
trict was handicapped in this test
battle because, serving only few
thousand widely scattered customers.
it had to charge them slightly higher
rates than the huge private power
company. The latter, having hundreds
of thousands of profitable customers
outside the county, could afford to
give favorable rates to the comparl-
tivelv few customers in the county.
Thus this was far from being con-
test between low-priced public power
and high-priced private power.
Stevens county is a thinly popu-
lated area $4,000 registered voters)
in which, as elsewhere in the nation,
private power interests could see no
profit in serving the farmers AMI
long refused to do so. AS a result,
in 1886, the farmers of that county
their own electric coop,
and supplied themselves with power.
For IL years everything went well.
In 1913 the Washington Water Power
Company, which operates in the same
area, began pirating the co-op's best
customers by offering them special
If that pirating had con-
inued the coop would have been
starved out. Therefore, recently, the
coop changed itself into Public
Utility District under Washington
;tate law. That made further pirating
legal so the Washington Water Co.
began an INSCRIPTIONS propaganda
against the Public Utility
District.
Before the new PUD could get 60
ng well it was forced into this cleo
ion by the WWP. Gus Norwood,
executive secretary of the Northwest
Public Power Association, described
he methods used by the private COM
oany as 'the dirtiest, most vicious
n the history of the Pacific North
vest"
Among other things, Norwood said,
'WWP threw all its vast resources
against the little PUD. The WWP
Used 35 doorbell ringers working full
lime, plus it's local public relations
staff and expert publicity men from
8ozell and Jacobs, national Power
Trust propaganda firm. The WWP
also used billboards and brochures |
md had the about support of most
newspapers in the county"
Also, before the election "every |
me of the $500 registered voters IN |
he county each week received a let
er containing power company propa-
,anda. They also received copies of
he company's house organ, and of |
he National Power Trusts Reddy
Ailowatt magazine"
On top of that, "the power COM
any gave photograph records and
andy to the children of the voters,
nd their wives received sachets, cal
ings and other gifts"
, & ''.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16

GTA handles better than one-quarter
of all grain marketed at Minneapolis
and Duluth-more than any other
organization.
Turning to the co-operative's fl
nancial record, the GTA assistant
general manager said the coop thus
far has saved $34,760,711 for its
farmer-members. OF that, $6,631,-
384 has been returned in cash.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
GTA WILL STEP UP FIGHT
FOR FULL PARITY

Farmer Union Grain Terminal
Association will step up it's fight in
1856 for full parity in all things for
all farm families" Ole L. Olson Bux
ton, North Dakota, farmer and presi-
dent of GTA, told the 5000 GTA
stockholders attending the meeting.
eve have learned through bitter
years of experience that the dollars
that a cooperative may turn back
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
GTA HAS SAVED FARMER
OWNERS $34,76O,711

Despite government-enfo cut
backs in wheat production, Farmers
Union Grain Terminal Association
showed an increase in grain marketed
during the fiscal year ending May 81,
1866, of 1T million bushels over the
previous year, T. G. Croll, assistant
general manager, told members of
that cooperative at their annual
meeting.
Through II years of operation,
Croll said, the coop has marketed
more than one and one-quarter bill
lion bushels of grain for midwestern
farmers. Of that total, he said, almost
half has come from the farms of
North Dakota. North Dakota's per-
centage was 36.5 for the fiscal year
year that ended May 81, 1866, but
over the years, it has averaged more
than At per cent.
In order of their volume, GTA
grain marketings also came from the
other spring wheat states of Mon
tana, Minnesota and South Dakota.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16

to the individual farmer does not
save him from bankruptcy. We have
learned that the true worth of a CO.
operative is the overall contribution
it makes in the fight for full parity.
"Never in the 17-year history of
GTA have farm families been faced
with such grave and pressing prob
1ems," Olson said.
Olson compared the present farm
situation with that of 1888, which he
termed "about the worst situation
farmers ever lived through" by use
of the following economic facts:
''Using the same parity formula
so that the figures are truly COM
parable, the national average price
of wheat was 70 per cent of parity
in 1888, and only II per cent of par
ity as of October 81, 1866. On bar
ley, it was So per cent of parity in
1888 and is only 81 per cent now;
on flaxseed, it was 81 per cent in
1888 and is 81 now; on oats, it was
II in 1885 and is only SO now; on
corn, it was So in 1888 and is SO now;
on rye, it was 73 in 1888 and is only
43 now.
'Does that or doesn't that sound
as if farmers are in recession?"
Olson asked.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-16
GUNDERSON OUTLINES
EXPANSION PROGRAM


An outline of GTA expansion, botn
present and that planned for the fu-
ture, was the highlight of Ole Gunder-
sons address. GTA's secretary-treas-
urer emphasized that the grain coop
"has completed arrangements to build
and rent a number of barges" for use
by it's ST. Paul terminal river house,
no that we will have "ready access" to
large fleet for the movement of
grain on the river.
''As railroad rates increase
Gunderson predicted, $50 will the
volume of river traffic"
A huge modernization and expan-
sion program is being carried out at
the st. Paul terminal, Gunderson
pointed out. During the past year,
the first automatic boxcar bumper
in the state was installed at that ter
minal, and two truck dumps were
added to speed operations in the han
ding of grain.
Future plans for the St. Paul ter
minal, Gunderson said, also call for
the addition of five million bushels
to it's present capacity of 2.3 million
bushels. Plans for the gigantic addi-
ton are in the blueprint stage.
BOLD, ADEQUATE PROGRAM
NEED IMMEDIATELY
Warning that it is ''too late for a
piece-meal farm program" Wayne
barrow, editor of the acknowledgement
WASHINGTON FARMLETTER, told
delegates that the nation needs ga big,
bold and adequate farm program inn
Such program must be quickly
passed by Congress, barrow warned,
because cit takes no great prophet to
see that the end of the road which
farmers are now travelling is a con
centration of production in the hands
of a relatively few big farmers and
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04

WHEREAS, after their activation
Oh March 5, 1912, the Seabees saw
much service in World War II and
were of inestimable value in the
Korean conflict; and
WHEREAS, this band of expert
enced artisans, who prepared the
way and assisted in winning the
hard-fought battles on beaches in
many parts of the world, still
stand ready to serve their country
through their Active Reserve Units,
which keep them alerted to new
and modern methods of warfare;
and
WHEREAS, the United States
Naval Construction Battalion is
about to celebrate the fourteenth
anniversary of its activatiOn; now
THEREFORE, /, J. CALEB
BOGGS, Governor of the State of
Delaware, do hereby set aside and
declare that March 5, 1855, be
marked as
DELAWARE SEABEE DAY
On that day / '-~oe our citizens to
recall the deeds of the 25O,O00
men, many of whom paid the su-
preme sacrifice in their devotion
to duty, who served in the Batta-
lions of World War II and Korea,
and give thanks that because of
American "knOw-hOw" we have a
force in being which at a moments
notice can again come to our as
sistance in any emergency.
May we remember the air fields,
paved rOadways and shore install
latiOns built by these units, which
spurred our fighting forces to their
greatest heights, giving them the
assurance that here were comrades
whose construction genius gave
them the opportunity for sure and
ultimate victory.