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Safety Compoigner

A glance at the accident
reports In the daily papers
shows that the enforcement
Of traffic laws is getting more
difficult and. as a result, IA
talities are mounting steadily.
Most accidents are caused by
speeding and other moving
violations by otherwise re-
spectacle citizens, or worse
yet. by drunk driving, driving
without permit, etc.
The time has come for dras-
tic action to remedy an in
tolerable situation. The pres
ence Of a police vehicle on
any stretch of road makes all
drivers who have noticed 1t
obey trafilc laws carefully,
but as soon as the police We
hicle disappears from view,
regular" speeding and sloppy
driving Is resumed.
/ wish to recommend q new
system Of law enforcement:
Have uniformed policemen pa
troll streets and highways in
unmarked passenger cars and
have them be on the lookout
constantly for violations such
as speeding, switching lanes,
turns from the wrong lane,
passing unsafely and those &C
tions which continually cause
accidents and usually injure
innocent victims.
One officer per car should be
sufficient, but he must be in
uniform and the cars should
be equipped with . hidden
siren so that there can be no
misunderstanding when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Power and Water Supply

Both the Corps of Engineers of the
Army, controlling the city's water supply
system, and Potomac Electric Power Com
pany, controlling the electric supply sys-
tenn Of Washington and large part Of
the Metropolitan Area, are highly re-
sponsible organizations.
It is bit surprising that in plan
ming its new $40 million power plant
above Great Falls, Pepco had not con-
ferred with the United States District
Engineers Office over its effect on the
water supply. It may be that this detail,
one Of many that must be settled before
plant construction proceeds, had been
merely postponed until others were ironed
out. Proposed site Of the new plant was
only recently announced. It Is not sur
prising, however, that the District
Engineer, learning Of the planned con-
struction through the newspapers, imme-
diately expressed doubts concerning its
effect on the water supply which his Of
fee must protect.
Construction. Of the plant must not
create any insoluble problems adversely
affecting Washington's water supply.
Before the plants construction proceeds,
any doubt In that connection will have
to be removed by complete agreement
as to the effectiveness Of reliable safe
guards. Both the new plant and . plen-
tiful water supply are necessary, and
engineering genius should be able to sup
ply the one without injury to the other.
II this is not the case, Of course, Pepco's
plans will have to be changed.
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Gozo and the u. NJ.

With the full support of the Soviet
Union, which heretofore has been less
than cooperative on matters involving
Palestine, the United Nations Security
Council now has unanimously called upon
establish border controls effective enough
to prevent renewal Of the recent bloody
clashes in the GAIA Strip. Both countries
have indicated q willingness to comply,
and II they act accordingly, there should
be marked lessening of the tension be-
tween them-tension Of sort that has
threatened to explode into a resumption
Of full-scale war In the Holy Land.
In effect, the Security Councils reso-
luton directs the Cairo and Tel Aviv
governments to adopt the measures adj
vocated by Canada's Major General
Burns, head of the U. N. Truce Super
vision Organization for Palestine. The
measures cali chiefly for the creation of
a narrow demilitarized area and physi-
cal barrier in the GAIA zone, which Is
about 90 miles long and 6 miles Deep
The barrier would be made up Of
barbed-wire fence erected at key Sec
tors, and there can be little doubt that
1t would greatly help to eliminate the
kind Of shooting incidents that have cost
dozens Of Egyptian and Israeli lives In
the past few weeks, infiaming both sides
to the point of about violence.
Needless to say, OF course, even II
Cairo and Tel Aviv faithfully abide by
the Security Councils directive, the
Palestine situation will continue to sim
mer. This Is SO because Egypt and the
other Arab States-in keeping with their
policy OF refusing to recognize either the
present or future existence Of Israel
seem as determined as ever not to enter
upon serious negotiations for definitive
peace settlement. Nevertheless, although
there will be war-breeding dangers as
long as such an intractable attitude is
maintained, the projected border con-
trolls can do much to minimize those
dangers and create an atmosphere,
slowly but surely, in which reasonable
and realistic agreements can be worked
out
In any event, 1t may safely be as
Sumed that Israel is going to keep on
existing. And in due course, given fewer
and fewer frontier ARRAYS, the Arab
countries may be persuaded to accept
that reality and get down to brass tacks
on the question Of negotiating sound
peace treaty. Such a treaty-which could
evolve from favorable action on Secre-
tary Dulles recent proposals regarding
the refugee problem and economic
development-could hardly fail to be
beneficial to the two sides involved The
great pity is, the tragedy is, that this
indisputable fact has been swept aside
by the passions, not the nationality, that
have thus far been dominant In the
situation.
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THE CANE OF POLITICS
Political Picture Clears Up
BY FRANK r. KENT

fact. they would all be in zone
hell Of Q mess"
Now, then, consider the case
Of Mr.. Stevenson. For more
than q year there has been no
doubt Of his candidacy. Every
one Of his utterances-partic-
ularly that Of Labor Day In
Look magazine has confirmed
this belief. Despite the coy
Gov. Hartman and the ener-
getic Senator Kefauyer, he is
away out ahead. True, he is
somewhat embarrassed by the
violence Of Mr.. Truman, the
great give 'em hell" orator.
and by the apparent deter
mination of Senator Kefauyer
to enter the early Democratic
primaries, which may give him
q few delegates outside his
own STATE. But. in the main,
he has several advantages.
One large one Is that the
chairman Of the Democratic
Committee, Mr.. Paul Butler, is
his devoted friend.
Backed by Labor Bosses
Another is the support Of the
union-labor bosses Reuther
and Meany-who were sup
posed to give him the votes Of
the labor rank and file In 1852,
but somehow failed to deliver
in the election. Still another
is the support Of the ADA.
and other left-wing groups.
Still another Is the friendship
Of the old New Deal column
lists, radio correspondents and
television commentators. This.
plus his own efforts Is o writer
and speaker. ought to be
enough to insure him the nom
nation. The Democratic Con-
vention probably will be far
less harmonious than the Re-
publican-but there is no
Nashua In sight to challenge
the smooth Adlai. With his
advantages. he should outrun
them all In the nomination
race.
However, there is q big gap
between the nomination and
the election. In this column.
the point sought to be made
is that nearly a year in adj
vance the two parties have Sc
lected their presidential cam
didates and made the issue.
The issue, of course, will be
Eisenhower. There will be
other things discussed-taxes,
farm and foreign politics, pub
lie and private power, etc., etc.
But it all comes back to Ike.
Either the voters still like him
or they don't. Either they
have changed since 1852 or
they haven't. The polls all
seem to show that they have
not. That would appear to be
enough from the Republican
point Of view, but the Demo-
Gratis vigorously deny it. They
insist that all the new voters
are against the President. Pos
sibly they are right-just pos
sibly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

At any rate, Labor Day made
1t clear that the presidential
campaign has really opened.
Though more than ten months
will elapse before either Ma
tional Convention Is held. bar
ring some utterly unforesee-
able happening, not only are
the presidential candidates
now known but the issues are
fairly clear.
Certainly, it is clear that Mr..
Eisenhower win be unanimous
ly renominated by the re-
publican Convention. and it
seems equally certain that MFR.
Stevenson viii be named again
by the Democrats. Why there
should ever have been so much
mystery about either is hard
to see. Take the case of Mr..
Eisenhower. The late Adj
miral Carey Grayson. who
knew many Presidents .nti-
mately, used to say that DO
President ever left the White
House without q nostalgia pain
in the heart. for which no
physician thereafter was ever
able to find q cure.
Explains Presidents Actions
All the talk about Mr.. Eisen-
hover being weary Of the job,
anxious to lay down its great
burdens and escape to his
Gettysburg farm has had very
thin foundation. It Is, Of
course, the conventional feel
ing-with variations attrib-
uted to o first-term President
Is the time to run again ap-
proaches. In Mr.. Eisenhower's
case. 1t was natural politics not
to seem seeking q second term.
The only course for Q man In
his situation was to make it
clear he was not using his
position to force his own Sc
lection. willing to give anyone
else an opportunity to come
to the front"-which only
means that IL there exists q
real popular. as well as politi-
cal, demand for him to remain
as President it should be
shown. That both have been
amply attested is one fact that
both sides can concede
This was apparent long be-
fore the visit Of the Republic
can State chairmen to confer
with the President at Denver.
It was apparent before Vice
President Nixon. after confer
ring with the President at
Denver, expressed his 'convic-
ton that he would run again
and added that all the State
Republican chairmen were
basing their campaigns on
that assumption. II anyone
knows. Mr.. Nixon should. In
fact, 1t Is incredible after the
developments Of last week that
anything short Of a physicians
certificate could excuse Mr..
Eisenhower In now letting his
friends. his party and his
country down, which is exactly
what he would be doing. In
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seemed to sweep across the
weary lands In a growing
contagion Of optimism, might
be more like q jag than o Joy
rooted In reality. He put the
world on notice that the pas
sion Of America is not for
peace-but for o just peace.
From q peace made in Russia
would come q blow which
would crack our bell. Smiles
and the picnic spirit are mean
ingless If they mask an at
tempt to separate peace from
justice. And so the spokes-
man for the free world de-
clared, as he stood so close
to the old bell. I'VE will not
sell out the freedom Of men
for the pottage Of q false
peace" We win put no Amer
lean okay on any schemes
which perpetuate injustice or
appeasement. I'VE refuse to
be partners Of oppressors."
Such words have come like
q fresh breeze from the hills
to those held captive In the
sitting air Of the police
states.
That Liberty Bell speech is
q reinsurance that morality
is not to be scrapped; that
America still knows that APP
basement Of evil is the devil.
1t means that even the real
ization Of the ghastly fact
that war with nuciear weapons
threatens the destruction of
all does not involve the aban-
donment Of moral distinctions.
It means that in the long run
freedom win prove its own
royalty. The darkness cannot
put out the light. And that
"the truth bomb" as Mr..
Eisenhower has called it, will
at last find its mark and shat
ter the refuge Of lies. And as
we wreStle not against flesh
and blood, but against spirit
ual wickedness in high places,
this is the time to ring the
bell again and to pledge for
freedoms sake our lives, our
fortunes. and our sacred honor.
This Is the time. at the sacred
affairs Of Our religion, to face
the implications Of Patrick
Henry's piercing question: "Is
life 50 dear. or peace so sweet,
as to be purchased at the price
OF chains and slavery?"
It Is for times like this that
we need to make our own the
speech Of Horatius, which the
old McGuffey Reader wrote
deep on the memory Of many
still living, for 1t is the spirit
that win save the Liberty Bell
from cracking:
For HON can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes OF his fathers
And the temple OF his gods?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Applaud Racial Stand

The B'nai Birth organiza-
tons Of Prince Georges County
wish to voice their apprecia-
ton for the stand taken by the
Prince Georges County Board
OF Education In implementing
the Supreme Courts decision
on segregation.
We believe that the forth
right and enlightened position
the board has taken in inte-
grating county schools is in the
best interests Of all of the peo-
pie and will serve as an ex-
ample for the rest of Maryland
and the Nation to emulate.
Therefore, we the B'nai
Birth men and women Of
Prince Georges County wish to
express publicly our common
dation for the boards action.
Mrs. Bert Friedman,
President, Prince Georges
Chapter, B'nai Birth
Women. W
Marvin L. Zinner,
President, Prince Georges
Lodge. B'nai Birth. n
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speare. which says that there
are those who are like the
smiling flower and like the
serpent under it." At our peril
we dare not assume that even
gales Of laughter will erase the
foul deeds of criminal con-
spiracy which has claimed its
tortured victims, including
10000 American boys in Korea.
We have always preferred
smiles to slnirks. We have al
ways dealt In doors rather
than walls. But now that the
other side is chuckling in
stead of cursing there seems
dire danger Of even loyal
Americans. anxious for peace,
to advocate attitudes which
would be tantamount to a new
crack in the bell, as II it were
now time to forget all. for
give all, and to reveal all.
Since Geneva there have
been signs that some relieved
Americans were ready to be-
come fellow travellers without
any works being brought forth
for repentance. or any tangible
indications that diabolical
methods and goals had been
abandoned. It was to make
clear to all the world that we
would not even consider put
ting a crack in the bell that
the President uttered his cour-
ageous words in Philadelphia.
Those words carried q warning
to the free world and q hope
to the fettered world. He made
it perfectly plain that the
spirit Of Geneva. which has
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officer wants to stop q vio-
lator. The careful driver obey
ing regulations will have moth
ing to fear from this method
of law enforcement: on the
contrary. he will be protected
from the reckless driver who
must realize that any car he
encounters may be a police
car.
Radar enforcement of speed
limits is q step in the right
direction but it is only o be-
ginning. We have to rid our
selves Of the attitude that driv-
ing a car is a game in which
the driver scores for outwit-
ting the law and eluding the
police.
John X. Franklin.
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How Did 1t Happen?

It is a commendable thing that Army
Secretary Brucker has acknowledged
error and made public apology In the
case of DR.. Alfred H. Kelly, enormously
accused by the. Army Of contributing to
q Communist front organization. It is
also commendable that DR.. Kelly, mem
Der Of the faculty Of Detroit's Wayne UNI
versity, has taken the affair in good
grace He says that he is thoroughly
satisfied" with Mr.. Brucker's apology, and
that his sense Of confidence in Govern
ment" has been restored.
Perhaps this should close the Incl
dent. And then, again, perhaps 1t should
not.
Mr.. Brucker offered this much Of an
explanation: 1.-THE abstracting of
source record of information concerning
the American Youth for Democracy was
improperly and carelessly performed,
thereby resulting in an erroneous evalua-
ton Of the relationship Of DR.. Kelly to
that organization"
What, exactly, does this mean? What
was the source record Of information?
In what other cases has 1t been used?
Who made the improper and careless
evaluation? Has the same individual
made civilizations in other cases In which
there were adverse findings?
These are not inconsequential ques-
tions For the case of DR.. Kelly, despite
its happy ending, reinforces the nagging
doubt concerning our security system and
the secrecy in which it operates Have
any other innocent people been falsely
accused, and gone uncleared? A more
complete report Of what went wrong in
the case of DR.. Kelly might not answer
the question. But it would be reassuring
to know exactly how this boner occurred,
who was responsible for 1t, and what
remedial steps have been taken.
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Educators are not exaggerating in de-
scribing as "breath-taking" in scope and
vision the new nationwide college schol-
arship program launched by initial grants
from the Ford Foundation and the Car
negie Corporation. For not only is the
program an impressive one in terms Of
money-Ford is donating $40 million and
Carnegie 100000 in the first instance; 1t
Is also imaginative in its encouragement
to business and industry to make contri-
buttons and realistic in its proposed form
ula for helping the Nations youth and
the participating institutions.
There is no doubt that the economic
factor has become disturbing problem
In recent years in the field of education,
particularly in the higher schools Many
colleges have been hard-pressed by the
increased costs Of operation, and the re-
quirement Of raising their charges has
prevented many promising and qualified
young people from going beyond the sec
ondary schools. The new program will
attempt to combat both Of these prob
lens. Through National Merit Scholar
ship Corporation, 1t will undertake a ma
tionwide search for talented youngsters
In both public and private schools On
the basis Of appropriate tests. it will make
available to these young people financial
aid to meet tuition and other costs Of
college study. At the same time, 1t will
make available to the colleges supple
mental grant to help defer some Of the
costs Of enrollments expanded through
acceptance Of the scholarship winners
The invitation to business and indus
try to join in the project likewise holds
great promise. To an increasing degree
In the past decade, large corporations
have been setting up scholarship funds
but these have not been integrated into a
single national program. The present
plan provides for such integration-if the
donor companies wish to join this pro-
gram-with the advantages of uniform
standards in application and selectivity
Of candidates. Two industry contribu-
tors already have announced their par
ticipation-the Sears Roebuck Founda-
ton with grant Of $500, 900 and Time,
Inc, with grant of $4,000. Others I'M
doubtedly will follow suit
Finally, the ultimate objective of the
programme add to the Nations supply Of
highly trained peoples most of all
worthy Of commentator. On grounds of
security alone, there has been grave APP
prehension felt in recent years about the
shortage, and the declining supply, Of
engineers and scientists Similarly, in the
field Of education itself, shortages Of col
lege-trained teachers have become seri-
Gus. The new scholarship program, big
as 1t is, will not answer all the needs, but
it should provide tremendous assist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Our Troubled World

Still anonymous "Old Re-
dictionary" makes quite q list
Of Communist aggressions
against Americans. I am curl
GUS to know what he would sug-
gest instead of "our pusillani-
nous attitude--to avoid war"
agree Fundamentally that we
must not become partners
with the oppressors. There is
no rational defense for COM
munisrn In q democratic gov
eminent. In o nation taken
over by Communists. the only
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benefits are to select officials
of the party. and the average
citizen suffers horribly.
So long as there appears to
be no likelihood Of q hot war
that might end the human
race, what's wrong with con-
tinuation of a cold war? In 1t,
we appear to have bested the
Russians at their own game.
Why not continue?
Roland Bieren, MD.
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tive children will be housed, trained and
rehabilitated. The other units are Maple
Glen, for children further along the path
to rehabilitation, and the District Train
ing School, for mentally retarded chill
dren. Washington too long had cause
to be ashamed of It's treatment of such
children. 1t is good to know that the
dark era Is behind us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
Tragedy at Sea


One Of the biggest marine
tragedies is history was re-
ported in The Star September
IL, 1905, when the japanese
battleship Mikasa was des-
troyed by explosion and fire in
Tokyo Harbor. with a loss OF
500 lives. including men from
other ships who went to the
stricken vessels aid. The Star.
said, 1.-THE fire started from an
unknown source at midnight
on Sunday night, September 10.
Before the officers could be
rescued, the fire reached the
aft magazine, which exploded,
blowing a hole in the port side
of the vessel below the water
line and causing the ship to
sink" The battleship had
been afioat only three years,
but in the Russo-Japanese war
had seen major action. The
Stars account continued: I'm
the battle of the Sea Of Japan.
the Mikasa was the heaviest
loser Of all the Japanese ships,
having SO killed and wounded.
She approached nearer to the
Russians than any other battle
ship. The Mikasa was also the
flagship Of Admiral Togo after
the great naval battle fought
of Port Arthur on August 10,
1904, on which occasion the
Japanese flagship also suffered
the most, but continued in the
fighting line"
Ready for the Game
The state of the Washing
ton Nationals was. in 1905.
similar to their plight today.
and on September ii Of that
year, in q story apart from the
sports pages, The Star re-
ported: 1.-THE Nationals put in
a very pleasant Sunday and
came out Of 1t well refreshed
for the double-header this
afternoon. Boston has a wealth
of attraction to offer the Wis
itors within its walls. A finer
day for q sail couldn't have
been desired, and those who
desired could steam to Revere
Beach where the throng
reaches the hundred-t thousand
mark. All were philosophical
about the defeat Of Saturday,
which ought to have been an
easy victory, and over which
the local rooters rooted in rare
style. At last Jimmy Collins
admits he has no show for
first place tthe Mats then were
in seventh place, with the sea-
son nearing its end), and says
he can look back and see
where he made his breaks. But
to the local mind he made his
three breaks-when he re-
leased Altrock. when he re-
leased Jake Stahl and when
he snapped Slope for Burkett.
These three men would have
landed him a winner in q
canter. :"
School Bargains
In an advertisement headed
when the school bell rings
Monday morning." in The Star
Of September Is, 1905, q local
department store advertised
boys suits beginning at $1.98,
and running UP to the "all-
wool, fancy cashmere navy
blue cheviot and serge" model
at $3.98. The I'D mentioned
such schoolroom supplies as
rulers. II inches long. Of