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Arizona sun., 1955-12-16

BIG FT- took the largest in Arizona to lift $500
pound piece Of elevator equipment to the top OF the Val
ley National Banks Security Building in downtown Phoe-
nix Traffic had to be rerouted the equipment was
hoisted over poropet IS feet from the street, It's all
port of new $l25OOO outo-ronc elevator installation
ordered by the bank the Of its customers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
ComoufIoqe Won't Work

more practical considerations" than
the identification of the Nations Capital
are cited by the General Services Admin
istration as justifying retention Of the
parking lot, commercially operated on
Government property in the rear OF
the District Building. The "considera-
tions" are ~ the inadequacy Of mass
communication facilities and ca the
shortage Of parking space in the down.
town area. But unless such practical
pressures are resisted by Federal officials,
the fine long-range plans for the i'm
provement of Washington viii suffer ir-
reparable damage. Why not extend that
argument to its logical conclusion and
convert the Mall and the White House
lawn to parking lots?
The tendency in Government circles
too often has been to accept as inevitable
the alleged practical considerations"
instead of holding firmly to positive
policy of safeguarding the city and its
parks from despoliation. Thus, General
Services Administrator ManSure has in
formed the Fine Arts Commission that
the huge parking lot criticized by the
commission will continue to occupy the
site of ong-planned Federal park.
However, he said, the lot will be land
scaped ito make it as attractive and
beautiful as possible" But it is hard to
see how any amount of landscaping and
camouflage could make that lot even
slightly attractive or beautiful, unless the
cars and signs are removed and 1t is de-
veloped as the park for which the land
was acquired The GSA could use its
time and talents more probably by try
ing to find way to get rid of the park
ing lot instead of Matching up schemes
to camoufiage it.
The trouble with the camouf1age
plan is that it is move in the direction
of parking lot permanency rather than
step toward fulhllment of the original
plan for the Great Plaza. The idea Of
trying to beautify an unsightly tempo
rary intruder on Government parkland
is as illogical as planting shrubbery and
flowers around the tempos on the Mall.
We hope the Fine Arts Commission will
continue its fight to have the Great Plaza
site cleared of automobiles and improved
according to the original Triangle de-
velopment plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
Safeguarding the Parks

Implicit in the agreement between
Maryland park planners and highway
engineers on an extension of the inter-
county belt road through Rock Creek
Park is a guarantee that park aspects Of
the area will be preserved. That is a
condition which should govern all such
essential road construction in either the
Maryland or Federal parts of the park.
The State Roads Commission has shown
a proper understanding of the impor-
lance Of the principle in consenting to
meet certain restrictions laid down by
the Maryland National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
The belt road will traverse only about
two miles of park land, but, had original
plans Of the highway engineers been
adhered to, the recreational area would
have been split, with no access between
the severed portions The park agency
justifiably stood Arm against any plan
that did not provide for pedestrian
underpass, for adequate landscaping to
screen the highway from park users and
for type Of grading and construction
that would cause the least conflict with
the parks natural appearance. To con-
form with these requirements will cost
the roads agency more money, but the
investment is in the public interest.
Every possible measure should be taken
to safeguard our park areas from nom
essential encroachments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
Clark Griffith

It is hard to think Of Clark Grifmth
in the past tense. He had been an OUT
standing figure on the Washington sports
and civic scene for so many years that,
like his friend and admirer, Connie Mack,
he seemed to be ageless. Apropos his age,
Mr. Griffith at 80 told Star reporter he
had always remembered saying: 1.-THE
tragedy of life is that we grow old too
soon and wise too late" Then he added
quickly: "But that doesn't apply to
Connie Mack or mel"
Fortunately for the baseball world in
general and Washington in particular the
"Old Fox" stayed young in mind and
spirit, II not in body, for year after year.
Even after Mr.. Mack retired from base
ball, Mr.. Griffith remained in active con-
troll Of the Washington club, although he
passed on to his associates most OF the
details Of administration. He also had
continued his interest in and support OF
sundry civic and charitable activities,
phase of his nany-sided career that
had endeared him to his fellow
Washingtonians.
Washington's affection for its grand
old man of baseball f1uctuated at times,
of course, according to the ups and downs
of the Senators. He was criticized by
some Of the fans for his careful handling
of the clubs money when spending for
"new material" seemed advisable. But
the fact remains that he brought to the
city its first pennant and first world
championship and gave 1t two additional
pennant-winning teams. Certainly he
gave Washington It's greatest sports thrill,
back on october 10, 1924, when Walter
johnson finally pitched his way to world
championship. For it was through Griff's
personal efforts that the great johnson
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was won back to the Washington team
after jumping" to a newly formed
league: and It was largely due to the close
friendship between this pair Of pitchers
(Mr. Grifith was star hurler In his
early days. that Walter stuck with the
local team through thick and thin.
Clark Grifath, as pitcher, manager.
club owner and cofounder Of the Ameri-
can League. well deserved the niche re-
served for him in baseball's Hall of Fame.
And here in the Nations Capital he will
be remembered also as a good friend and
neighbor who contributed substantially
to the building Of a better, more enjoyable
community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
The Earnings Harvest

It would be hard to exaggerate in
commenting on the latest earnings report
Of General Motors Corporation. For the
worlds largest industrial Arm already has
recorded net profit Of 1913 million for
the first nine months of 1855 and appears
certain to exceed 81 billion in earnings
this year. It is now, and will be at the
end Of the year, the highest earnings
figure ever recorded by any private
manufacturing enterprise. Furthermore.
virtually every item in the report-total
dollar sales, tax liability and number OF
automobiles sold, for example likewise
sets a new record in its category.
In the light of this performance, 1t is
not surprising that company spokesman
can say that ''the automobile industry is
experiencing the best year in its history"
For G. MS big competitors and
Chrysler-have indicated that their own
1855 earnings make comparably pleasant
reading to owners and stockholders, and
even the smaller so-called independents
are talking more cheerfully Of their
economic prospects In addition, initial
acceptance Of the new 1855 model cars
already is tending to overcome fears
that the market would be oversupplied
and that 1856 earnings might suffer
accordingly.
1t Is not in automobiles alone that
impressive earnings figures are being
found today. Earlier in the week, United
States Steel Corporation-like G. M. a
real bellwether of American industry
reported new peak figures for sales, ship
ments and profits. And again, the pace
set by U. S. Steel is being matched in
relative terms by most other firms in its
industry. And again, the industry fore
sees no slackening through the rest OF
this year and during the first quarter, at
least, of 1855.
All Of these economic indicators have
significance far beyond the companies
and industries directly involved. Hun
dreds Of other companies are suppliers
to or consumers of the products Of the
automotive and steel industries. The
same applies to other basic industries and
their satellites" All are being run by
experienced and hard headed manage
ments that are not setting new produc-
ton records without markets for their
goods and without reasons for their con-
fldence in the future. national econ
omy is sure to have peaks and valleys but
there is dynamic quality to the vigor
Of our own today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
Grateful to Clinic

Washington is indeed for
tunate to have available the
24-hour emergency medical
services offered by the WASH
ington Clinic.
Recently our family was In
need Of such aid and. at our
request. q rescue squad worker
called the clinic. Within i've
minutes a doctor was attend
ing the patient.
Because I received no bill,
I made an inquiry and was in
formed that there was no
charge for this type Of service.
It scarcely seems real, but
IL is.
We shall be eternally CRATE
full to the doctors who founded
such q fine institution for
our community.
Appreciative Citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
cut-Rote Education?

I was distressed to read In
The Star, October "a. that the
Commissioners plan to make
heavy cuts in the school budg-
ct request for 1853 additional
teachers next year.
We know from the large
turnout at their hearing Octo-
Der 1 that the city heads can
not but be aware Of the
aroused feelings of parents
toward the Districts substand-
ard educational system. Next
years budget request Of 1853
more teachers was to begin
q three-year program to re-
duce the pupil-teacher ratio
from SO to / to 80 to !. How
ever, due to the unexpected
teacher shortage this year,
and an expected increased en-
rollment next year. q large
number Of those 1853 teachers
will be needed to maintain the
present 36-to-1 ratio.
Ny children. to be specific.
are In a school Of seven grades
with but six teachers. We were
one Of the so schools caught
in the emergency shortage"
Of funds. Although our school
is one Of the better of" Of
the SO, one Of my children is
in q combined second third
grade with 81 children. One
group is learning to print
one to do cursiye writing. The
mathematics Is also completely
different. The children range
in age from 6 TO 8. There are
three other combined grades
with 81 to SO children. and
yet we are q school that Is
reported to have q 36.l aver
age. On paper we have OBJ
tanned the "ideal." but I won-
der II any of the Commits
sioners would care to have
their children in our model
school.
We. as parents. have APP
peared before the Board OF
Education and before the
Commissioners In large num-
bsrs. We plan to appear at
the Commissioners revenue
hearing to sln ow our good
faith. We sympathize with
the difiicult task presented
them and the problem Of deal
ing with the special interests"
Of each. However, we cannot
believe they do not consider
education Of our children de-
serving Of q number one
priority.
We are earnest In our at
tempt to see that our children
have better schooling. We ask
them to reconsider the step
they have taken. We appeal
to them to support our request.
We promise to back them
when the budget goes before
Congress. What more can we
do?
Lois H. England.
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Library vs.. Playground

The letter of Mrs. Robert
Burns. published in The Star
Of October 81, concerning the
proposed Public Library branch
to be built on the grassy, slop-
ing area at Janney School, UNI
fortunately contains many I'M
supportable statements and
innuendos tending to create
what she termed q "free-for-
ALL"
Mrs. Burns first item.
"There are other possible IL
brary sites. located more strate-
gically." etc.. Is wholly refuted
by recognized library author
tiles, and her failure to indicate
a single other suitable avail
able site is convincing evidence
there Is none.
The catch phrase Of Mrs.
Burns MISUNDERSTANDING
campaign" evidently is in
tended to attach q sinister
nature to all residents Of the
area who seek this greatly
needed library branch at the
unused Cat least until the liz
brary proposal arose recently
and still grassy area Of the
Janney School grounds.
Either Mrs. Burns, her hus-
band. or both. must hold some
position in a PTA or other
area organization to have been
mailed the material about the
library she referred to. That
all the residents Of the area
received such material, as i'm
piled by Mrs. Burns, is clearly
erroneous. This area resident
and neighbors not holding any
position In a PTA, civic organ
ization. or the like, were not
mailed any material such as
Mrs. Burns received.
A final statement Of Mrs.
Burns which warrants COM
ment is that Juvenile delin-
quency is rampant In this
area" Not only is this state
nent unsupported, but to i'm
ply that the building Of q IL
brary, which would help re-
duce Juvenile delinquency in
any area. on unused land at
Janney School would cause an
increase In juvenile delinquen.
cy is beyond comprehension.
It is sincerely hoped that as
soon as possible q Public Lii
brary branch will be built on
the unused land Of Janney
School at the corner of Wis
consin avenue and Albemarle
street.
A Janney Parent.
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No Exoggerotion Here

It may be that some members Of the
military high command try to attain
their ends by hair-raising exaggeration.
But not Lieutenant General James NJ.
Gavin, the Army's chief Of research and
development.
Discussing the Army's role in ma
tional defense last week, General Gavin
said: 1--WE must always be prepared for a
large-scale war If that unpleasant even
tuality ever should occur"
Not even the severeSt critic Of the
military will call this an exaggeration.
We think it merits nomination for the
grand prize as the understatement OF
the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
Frank Statement
Lois H. England.

It was interesting to note
the front page prominence,
given in The Sunday Star to
the story about Senator East
lands frank being used In the
Arlington School and County
Board campaign. Incidentally.
the story omitted the fact
that neither the reprint of the
Senator's speech nor that Of
Representative Abbitt was
printed at Government ex-
pense-items Of much greater
cost than franked envelopes.
But what q blessed relief to
find one of too few Instances
where tax money was spent to
enlighten the public with facts.
unknown to the average news
paper reader, that every citi-
zen has a right to knowl The
Federal taxes I pay on cleo
trio light bulbs alone cover
many, many times my proper
tionate share Of the cost Of
those franks.
Truly, q very small item,
compared with the tax liability
transferred to the American
people as the result Of tax ex-
emption OF numerous so-calleo
educational and philanthropic
institutions, including the Ford
Foundation and the Carnegie
Foundation in which Alger
Hiss once held a prominent
position. / wish that every
dollar of my Arlington County
school taxes were as well ac-
counted for and put to as good
use as the few pennies those
ranked envelopes cost each
taxpayer,
Senator Eastland's speech
divulged the name of a book,
An American Dilemma. by DR..
Gunnar Myrdal, q Swedish So
cialist professor brought to
this country by the Carnegie
Foundation In 1897. the names
Of l8 writer's who contributed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28

Finding Of q new major
mountain range on the Ant
arctic Continent has just been
announced by Australian ex-
piorers.
On an adventuresome sortie
with q motor sledge caravan
from Camp Mawson. the SEMI
permanent station occupied by
the Australians on the shore Of
MacRobertson Land. q party
led by r. q. Dovers reported
seeing far to the southwark at
about 10 south latitude this
range extending for approxi-
mately 100 miles. They were
able to count six major peaks
rising above the other noun
taii1s.
Although not hitherto en-
tered on maps, Doyers reports,
this range may be identical
with one reported by flyers Of
Admiral Richard E. Byrd's
High Jump expedition in 1947.
Explore Sorsdel Glacier
The Australian sortie was
one of the most perilous on
record Of recent Antarctic ex-
ploration. They ran into high
winds Of hurricane force, con-
slant peril for ground parties,
and passed ten days Of unre-
lieved struggle to survive.
Most Of their equipment was
lost.
Much Of the time Of Dovers
and his party was spent among
the Vestfold mountains
range Of barren. jagged hills
which rises about 8 miles from
the continental ice edge. These
hills, they reported, appear to
be a succession Of low islands
with tnicK. iast ice nteIiocH
ing sne Iano masSss. os'i ny
tnem rises tls nisl lanu to:
an mierno-nke Iesion ~
nummocks ano vast crevasees.
exploration Of the picturesque
Sorsdel glacier in this area, an
ice IiVeI Az inneo VIZ 'losavio
Ior the majesty o. iss lce iaiiS'
veritanie frozen Nlagaras.
The new mountain range
lies beyond a coastal range
previously known, whose many
high peaks notably the Soul
lin monolith or Mount Klarius
Mikkelsen with an altitude Of
550 feet---project above the
ice slones
T,,e rartv elso attemnted IN
..s,a.a az .o-catiad Yer,
C cAp.oie s p.,nsas. r,,,-aha.h
TossY ,,s.;.,. :. s~t,..,,,aI,, S,f6
nal,u "A..n = eXsAs Sasa.,. a :,
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Makes a Case

Emory L. Thompson's letter
censures Joseph H. Freehill for
defending an alleged Com
munist. II the accused is an
American citizen, should he
lose his rights by reason Of &C
cusation alone? Isn't this
guilt Of treason by virtue Of
wishing the kings death?
How can Mr.. Thompson JUS
tify an unproven accusation Of
disloyalty when known crimi-
mails are free because their
lawyers took advantage Of
their rights as citizens? He
had better remember the fact
that under anarchy, the ac-
cuser may become the next
victim.
Mr.. Freehill is only fol-
lowing the example Of Frank
lin, Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln. An honest
American has no choice but to
uphold and praise Mr.. Freehill.
Roland Bieren. M. d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
by THOMAS r. HENRY
Some New and Old Discoveries

Just been translated BY Esther
L. Larsen under q grant from
the American Philosophical
Society Of Philadelphia and
throws new light on the natu-
raj phenomena Of the New
World two centuries ago.
Among other things, Kahn
kept careful weather observa-
lions. He was intrigued by the
northern lights but another
phenomenon intrigued him
still more. Says the Swedish
scientist, as reported In the
journal Of the Washington
Academy Of Sciences:
Another atmospheric phe-
nomenon which resembles the
northern lights sometimes is
seen In the region. formerly
known as New Sweden (pre-
sumab1y Delaware. At night
when the sky Is overcast o red
light appears near the horizon.
At that point the glow gives
the effect Of a burning build
ing. The Swedes in the Neigh.
borhood call 1t Sno-eld, or
.'snow fire." In winter they
consider 1t a sure sign Of snow
and in summer it Is q sign
Of rain. The clouds are all
ways in the same position
when this phenomenon occurs.
Consequently the fire light dis
appears when the clouds leave.
Weather Harbinger
"It usually appears in .
south southwest position:
rarely In the north where 1t
would be confused with the
northern lights. At various
times I have observed snow
fires. I have found it Is an
accurate harbinger Of rain or
snow. IF snow does not fall
where the light is first OBJ
served, 1t is certain to have
fallen somewhere in the Inn
mediate vicinity.
AT Z O'Clock one evening !
saw q peculiar snow fire just
below the. horizon directly to
the south. The entire sky was
clear except for the clouds
which surrounded the snow
fire. When they vanished the
snow fire disappeared. An
hour later / observed q bright
light on the horizon. The sky
was entirely clear In the direc-
ton of the light, which was
quite strong and white. It re-
manned after the snow ire
disappeared. / have never
detected the slightest move
ment Of the compass needle
by the snow FIRE or the lights
which follow it which I have
seen when the sky was clear
as when 1t was overcast"
A comparison Of these OBJ
servations, Kahn records, with
those of meteorological obser-
vations kept In Sweden shows
that the northern lights were
strong there on the same
nights when they were par
ticularly impressive In North
America.
The nature Of the "snow
fire" in the south observed by
Kahn is q puzzle to present.
day weather forecasters. II IL
actually was q harbinger Of
rain or snow. as the Swedish
scientist says, 1t would be Of
enormous advantage In maxi
ing forecasts in spite Of mod
ern scientific methods, but 1t
apparently does not occur any
longer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

from outdoor life long enough
to acquire even o vestige Of
human traits.
The owner. on putting the
fellow out. will be surprised.
and maybe a bit chagrined. at
how quickly a squirrel forgets.
In q few hours, or two or
three days, at most, it win look
at you as If it had never known
the kind ministrations Of your
hands In bringing 1t food.
It may, for q time, scamper
around the front door, and
even enter. but within q week
all this win be forgotten In It's
rush Of revived memories Of
outdoor life.
It cannot be too strongly
stressed that trees are the
place for squirrels.
This would seem elemental.
but it is sometimes forgotten.
Dogs and cats and other
domestic animals have made .
step toward humanity, but
squirrels have not. They are
arboreal by nature. and moth
ing can change that. They
must miss their trees terribly,
when they are deprived Of
them.
Perhaps it is impossible for
q human, after thousands Of
years Of living indoors, to un-
derstand the love of wild and
semiwild creatures for the
outdoors. No doubt man. once
upon q time, felt exactly the
same way.
The very smell Of the air
must be far different to q rab-
bit or q squirrel. The latter,
in particular, is frisky. and
needs plenty Of room. He win
live any place where there are
trees, and plenty Of them.
One should return adopted
squirrels to nature. and the
sooner the better.
There is no time like fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-28
A Door Slightly Open

One would gather that there was no
special plan or design to Senator Russelrs
mention Of Ohio's Governor Lausche as
possible dark-horse Democratic preSiden-
tial nominee.
The Georgia Senator, who says quite
positively that he will not be in the
race again, seemed to be shooting from
the hip when he mentioned Governor
Lausche. At most, he appeared to be
saying nothing more than that the
Ohioan was representative Of the kind
Of Democrat he would like to see nomi-
mated.
It Is possible, however, that there was
more TO this than meets the eye. II so,
Governor Lausche is available.
Interviewed at New York airport.
the Governor declined to comment on
suggestions that he would make a fine
Democratic candidate for the White
House. But neither was he exactly
tongue-tied. He said that "at this time"
there are two courses open to him-to
run for reelection as Governor of Ohio
or for the United States Senate. Then
he volunteered this cryptic sentence:
II am going to run for elective office In
1855, but have not made up my mind
as to which one"
1t doesn't matter whether that is
read upside down or from right TO left.
It says but one thing. Governor Lausche
is not slamming any doors shut. He is
available.