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Evening star., 1955-06-12
The $4,000

BY far the most ambitious part
of the exercise will be that par
ticipated in by Federal officials
headed by Mr.. Eisenhower. He
and other top officials and key
employees will leave Washington
for separate relocation centers
in an area 10 to 500 miles away.
Since some of the relocation
sites will be used in event OF
actual war, return to voluntary
censorship will black out men
ton of them by cities. They are
supposed to remain secret and
the Government refers to them
only by such code names as
High Point, New Point. Low
Point and Quarterback.
The President. department
heads and key employees will de-
part by train, automobile, plane,
some perhaps by helicopter. De-
fense Secretary Wilson plans to
move from the Pentagon to his
relocation center by helicopter
II weather permits. Other Penta-
gon officials through the Assist
ant defense secretary level and
comparable military personnel
also plan to use helicopters.
During the dispersal period.
the military intends to use hell
copters and small liaison air
craft to carry dispatches and
personnel from the military re-
location center to the Presi-
dents temporary quarters.
Arrangement has been made
for the President to keep in
close touch with other Govern
ment officials, under conditions
that would confront the coun-
try in the opening period of a
devastating nuclear war. Mr..
Eisenhower will have a closed
television circuit for communi-
eating with his relocated aide
Arrangements also have been
made to keep up a flow of news
from the President and the
other relocated officials. An
emergency press headquarters
will be established outside OF
Washington through which news
of Government departments will
be funneled.
Mr.. Eisenhower will be ac-
companied to his secret head
quarters by a small staff and by
a news pool-press, radio, news
reel, magazine and television
He plans to spend one night
there, and then possibly to visit
other relocation centers.
Reporters at the emergency
press headquarters will be given
from time to time during the
test personal reports on t''.e ex-
ercise. These. it is planned, will
be provided by Federal Civil De-
fense Administrator Val Peter
sen and Defense Mobilization
Director Arthus S. Flemming.
The District
When the alert sounds with
the 1905 pm. warning blast
District Civil Defense Director
John E. Fondahl and other civil
defense officials will proceed tc
their command post in the Ma
tional Guard Armory.
In accordance with executive
and Commissioners orders, al
Federal and District Government
employees will leave their offices
at the alert signal. and go tc
their parked cars or the side
walk. But they will go no further
than this and will remain only
Yor a few minutes before return
ing to their Offices. During this
part of the exercise they art
supposed to make some appraisa
of the transportation available
In the event of a real evacuation
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Evening star., 1955-08-25
Grundfuther's Cabin

Grandtather'S cabin beside a
mountain stream
Arrays smelled of tresh-cut
lumber, each beam
Implanted, each rustic post
wrapped in its bark.
The mountain roads Were cool.
and green. and dark
As Grand dad droUe his one
horse buggy filled
With small high-happy chill
dren whose laughter
spilled
OUer 1Uild ferns that brushed
the buggy -iDheelS-
Children 1Uho shouted and
S1Dung impatient heels.
Grandfdther'S cabin lDdS ut
terly simple. no bath,
No running mater: but a ,oind-
ing shado,Ded path
Led to the St0imming-hole and
to Speckled trout
Tumbling the rumpled stream
as they ddrted about.
Those summers treasured to
their fullest length,
Filled uith ,Dood-ScentS and
the streams Uague ,OhiS-
peringS
Gaze to our bodies and souls
a rugged strength.
An everlasting lope for simple
things.
Helen BoyIey Davis
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Two Types of Relief

1t is heart-Warming to know that
public and private resources are being
modified to the limit for the aid Of flood
stricken New England. Executive and
legislative authorities have joined in the
eral relief-fnancial as well as material
to the ravaged communities. The Red
Cross and other relief organizations are
operating in their own special fields. And
1t is well for the public to keep in mind
the clear distinction between the types Of
aid now being sent to the Northeast.
Under the proposed $100-million Fed
eral program, existing laws and facilities
will be used to assist State and local
authorities in clearing and rebuilding
highways and bridges, restoring water,
sanitation and other essential public
services, fighting disease and otherwise
facilitating return to normalcy. The
plight of individual sufferers-the home
less, the hungry, the young and old who
lost clothing and other personal posses
sionS in the deluge-iS the immediate and
proper concern of the Red Cross. How
ever extensive and efficient the Federal
relief program may be, there will be un-
diminished need for the traditional hui
manitarian services of the Red Cross.
Fortunately, the wholehearted initial
response of Washingtonians to the appeal
of the District Red Cross Chapter for
$75,000 toward the So million national
fiood-relief fund indicates a community
uyidn anprecia ti0n 0f the irnD0rtance of
Red Cross services. A similar understand
ing nationally should put the national
drive over the top in quick order.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
He Forfeited His Riqht

The Commissioners have acted sensi-
bly, in promptly appealing Civil Service
Commission ruling that former Police
Private Harold E. Jones, dismissed for
drunkenness, must be restored to duty,
with full back pay. lengthy opinion,
regarded at the District Building as "con-
fusing," declared that the firing was
''procedurally defective" under the Vet
Grams Preference Act. Yet the Commits
sioners, taking cognizance of that law,
gave Private Jones 80 days notice before
carrying out the dismissal verdict of a
Police Trial Board. This board found
him guilty Of being drunk while off duty
and of lying to his superiors. Even while
the board was still considering the case,
Private Jones was twice arrested for
drunkenness. He forfeited collateral on
both charges. Police Chief Murray cor
rectly contends that this man has for
feited his right to be an officer of the law,
If there were technical flaws in his dis
charge last June, no time should be lost
In securing valid dismissal.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Code for Conduct

Although practically all OF the Fed
eral Government departments and agen-
cies in these times have some direct
relationship with the business community
of the Nation, this association is partic-
ularly close in the case of the Commerce
Department It is for this reason that
Commerce Secretary Weeks has taken
the initiative in issuing detailed code
for guidance of department employees in
avoiding any conflict of interest between
their official and personal activities.
Covering more than a dozen areas-Some
broadly stated and others precisely
limited-in which such conflicts might
arise, the code was prepared during a
12-month study of administrative prob
lens of the department.
In summation, the order makes each
employe responsible for the propriety Of
his own actions, but provides that written
opinions may be sought from superior
officers where any doubt exists. Penalties
for violation range from warnings to
dismissal.
In many respects the new department
rules amount to a reiteration, or a re-
minder, of laws already applying to the
confiict-o of-intereSt field On the whole,
too, they merely put into print some
standards for ethical conduct which un-
doubtedly already are recognized and
applied by the overwhelming majority of
Government employees. There are, how
ever, bound to be certain twilight zones"
in which official definitions may be useful
in the exercise of judgment, and the
determination Of proper conduct. The
Commerce code deals with some of these
areas of possible doubt.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Treaty Gimmick?

Americans love taxes. If
they didn't, they would object
to the Austrian treaty. There
were a number of gimmicks
in this choice little treaty
bundle.
Stated simply, the PROPOSE
ton is: Austria must send
$4,000, 900 barrels of oil to
Russia at the rate of 1000. 900
to 100000 barrels per year.
Are the Russians going to
pay for this oil? No. indeed!
1t is free to the Russians.
Something free for nothin'? ?
Indeed not The American
taxpayer is going to pay Aus
tria $150.000,000 for giving the
oil to the Russians.
You don't approve? Neither
do /. But who among our
Senators understood the issues
sufficiently to vote against
this treaty? Only three: Jen-
ner of Indiana, Malone of
Nevada and Mccarthy of Wis
consin.
LeOta M. MulkinS.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Racial Referendum

Permit me as an American
and Texan to put in my two
cents worth about nonsegrega-
ton of the colored and white
folks. If what I have seen in
my visit to the Capital is any
criterion of the future. I am
wholly opposed to any leglisla-
ton that would make people
associate with other people
they don't want to associate
with.
My solution to interracial
nonsegregation would be for
Congress to enact legislation
for a national referendum on
this controversial subject. and
let the people by their ballots
settle this problem. Let the
people vote their preference.
and the majority have the final
say-so. Then the Communists
and their Red sympathizers.
and the politicians having
eggs in their baskets to hatch
for political gain. would know
where the American Nation
stands.
Disguised Visitor to
Washington.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
THE POLITICAL MILL
No Appeosement for Eisenhower
BY GOULD LINCOLN

But it did explain to the
Russian Soviet leaders how
they may have peace. 1t did
leave the way open to future
and further understandings.
The President warned
against an eagerness to avoid
war which would 60 so far
as to produce outright or i'm
plicit agreement that injus.
tices and wrongs Of the pres
ent shall be perpetuated in the
future. He made 1t abun-
dainty clear. too. that Geneva,
with its outcropping Of future
conferences. will mean oppor-
tunity for the American peo-
pie and people everywhere to
realize their lust aspira-
tions." Geneva, the President
said emphatically, does not
mean or spell for America
"stagnation."
"The Case for Peace"
The Presidents address to
the lawyers might have been
entitled 1.-THE Case for Peace"
It will be regarded as an i'm
portant state document, both
here and abroad. The sin
cerity Of Mr.. Eisenhower in
his search for a peace with
justice to all was driven home
by his words at the Geneva
Conference. 1t made itself
felt by the representatives Of
Western nations and the Com.
munist nations, and indeed. by
the peoples Of all the world.
But because Mr.. Eisenhower
is sincere and thinks honestly
and so acts does not mean he
is a dupe. or easy to cajole.
He has been trained in a
hard school Of experience. in
both war and peace, to ex-
anime with care the words and
acts Of the Communist leaders.
He does not expect a world
peace Of the kind he paints to
be built in q day. But because
the way may be long and diff
cult, the President does not
believe the peoples Of this
country and other nations
should throw up their hands
and give UP trying for it.
At the outset Of his address.
the President declared the
central fact of today's life is
the existence in the world of
two great PHILOSOPHERS Of man
and of government. And he
added: "They are in contest
for the friendship, loyalty,
and support of the worlds
peoples" The American people
and their Government must
help to justify and to make
dear to those peoples a philos-
ophy which seeks attainment
of human goals through a gov
ernment Of laws administered
by men," as against a philos-
ophy which holds that these
goals can be most surely
reached by a government Of
men who rule by decree.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Peace With Justice

The President spoke directly to the
American Bar Association in Philadelphia
yesterday. But his words were intended
for a worldwide audience. And, no
doubt, he had millions of attentive lis
tenerS.
For the President was spelling out
the conditions on which peace ac-
ceptable to the United States can be built.
This country, he made clear, will not
accept a status quo which perpetuates
oppression. And he urged our allies not
to let their eagerness to avoid war draw
them toward outright or implicit agree
ment that injustices and wrongs of the
present shall be maintained in the future.
To do any such thing as this, Mr.. Eisen-
hover said, would be to outrage our own
conscience. "In the eyes Of those who
suffer, injustice, we would become part
ners with their oppresSors."
Those things which this Government
regards as being essential to peace con-
sistent with the spirit OF Geneva" were
outlined by Mr.. Eisenhower. He did 1t
somewhat by indirection, but his meaning
will not be lost on the Russians. Here Is
the way the President stated his condi-
tions:
l. The division of Germany cannot
be supported by any argument based on
boundaries or language or racial origin.
2. The domination of captive coun-
tries cannot longer be justified by any
claim that this is needed for purposes OF
security.
3. An international political ma
chine, operating within the borders OF
sovereign nations for their political and
theological subversion, cannot be ex-
planned away as a cultural movement.
What this necessarily means Is that
we are prepared to commit ourselves to a
security arrangement which should re-
move Russian fears Of attack If they, in
turn, will abandon policies and positions
which stand in the way OF tolerable
peace.
Is there any real hope that we can
attain such a peace? The President
thinks that there is, if we present our case
to the world steadfastly and with courage
and dedicated conviction. But there
must be no peace at any price, or even
at RuSsia'S price. The President ruled
this out in these words:
We must be firm but friendly. We must
be tolerant but not complacent. We must
be quick to understand anothers viewpoint
honestly assumed But we must never agree
to injustice for the weak for the unfortunate
for the underprivileged, well knowing that II
we accept destruction of the principle OF
justice for all. we cannot longer claim justice
for ourselves as matter OF right.
That is the American position.
Some may fear that it rests on moral
ground that is too high. But in all mans
history peace based on injustice has not
endured. So who can say, now that man
has moved into the Atomic Age, that an
enduring peace based on justice for all is
beyond reach?
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Rabies Shots

note that the schedule for
our city's antirabies inocula-
ton for dogs again does not
provide for those Of us who
must work and yet are dog
lovers and owners. I would
think that those in charge of
our veterinarian affairs would
at least provide one day for
this service after the normal
working hours. AS I recall, dog
owners are advised to bring
their pets SO that our four
legged population will be well
managed when they receive
their rabies shots, but no real
istic consideration has been
given to the scheduling of the
program.
Let's accept the fact that
each year, in more and more
homes. the only daytime home
occupant is the family pet. To
me, my dog is far more i'm
Evening star., 1955-08-25
Police Chief Writes

Thank you for your fine
coverage Of the transit strike,
which we were so happy to
see end, for we in the depart
ment feel that your publishing
of vital information helped us
to carry out our functions as
efficiently as possible.
The public had to be kept
we'll informed of the different
routes in and out Of the city.
the congested areas. changes
in regulations and other help
full information for their bene-
fit and that of the department.
You and your staff did an ex-
cellent job in this regard.
While the strike imposed
many hardships on members
of the force and the citizens of
the city. I sincerely believe it
created a closer feeling of CO.
operation and mutual respect
between the officers and the
public. The men took the heat.
extra hours, loss of leave. and
extra effort in good humor and
enjoyed assisting the public.
Likewise. the citizens re-
sponded with their full support
and cooperation which re-
suited in expeditions movement
of traffic to the benefit of all
concerned.
We would be remiss If we
failed to acknowledge this pa
tience. understanding and CO.
operation on the part OF the
public. Therefore, in behalf
of the force. 1t is a pleasure to
extend our sincere thanks and
appreciation to them from all
Of us in the Police Department.
Robert V. Murray.
Chief nf polica
Evening star., 1955-08-25
North Africa and the u. N.

Although Arab and Asian delegates
have appealed to Secretary General Ham
marSkjold for action aimed at ending the
bloodshed in French North Africa, the
United Nations is not in a position to do
much about the situation. True, the AS
Sembly-which reconvenes in New York
next month-might decide to debate the
issues involved, make recommendations,
and otherwise exert moral pressure in an
effort to bring the contending parties
together in peaceful settlement. Beyond
that, however, there seems to be little or
nothing that the U. N. can contribute.
This is so because France-WhoSe po-
sition, technically at least, has solid
foundation in international law-regardS
events in its North African protectorateS
and union territory as it's own internal
domestic business in which outsiders are
not entitled to intervene. And it has the
power, as a permanent member of the
U. N. Security Council, to veto any and all
courses of action that the General Assem-
bly, might propose as steps designed to
pacify Morocco and Algeria and work out
an enduring solution for the violence
breeding differences that exist there be-
tween the French government and ma
tionaliSt extremists.
These extremists, who by no means
have full native support in their cam
paign for immediate independence, have
committed unSpeakable atrocities against
innocent men, women and children. In
turn, this Savagery has inf1amed French
public opinion and led to the severest
kind of counteraction. The situation thus
has become so abominable that Premier
Faure and his cabinet face a Supremely
difficult task in trying to achieve peace
full solution-a fact that is the more true
because influential rightist politicians in
Paris have warned that they may bring
about the governments downfall If any
concessions are made to Morocco's ma
tionalists.
Nevertheless, despite the political
threat implicit in this blindly uncompro-
missing rightiSt attitude, Mr.. Faure and
his key cabinet colleagues have been
meeting in France with group of rela-
lively moderate Moroccan leaders. Their
objective is to devise formula preparing
the way for home rule in the protectorate
and both the Paris government and our
oWn-which has been walking tightrope
In the situation and which has a vital
stake in the outcome because of our
American bases in North Africa-are
hopeful that sound agreement will be
reached. Perhaps the hope is forlorn but
the same kind Of trouble prevailed in
Tunisia year ago, and a reasonable
compromise was found to restore peace
and order.
In this connection, it is worth re-
membering that last years General As
Sembly voted to postpone action on
proposals for intervention in the Tunisian
situation, and the United Nations has
reason to follow similar course now. At
any rate, the Assembly is not scheduled to
meet until September 20. Meanwhile,
Evening star., 1955-08-25
CALIFORNIA STREET

CALIFORNIA STREET.
Dear Sir:
Your recent article speaks
of the South wind.
II remember as o child I
lived on First street Sc,
where the House once Build
ing is now.
LAS you said in your article,
our house faced south 50 that
the good South wind was q
summer friend.
"On summer days, with the
other children, we would fol-
low the ice cart, real ice wrap
ped in straw, with a real
horse which liked to chew a
bunch Of grass.
Frequently the good-na-
tured iceman would give us
some chips of ice. The rest of
the day is blank in my men,
ory, until after dinner, when
mother would water the gar
den.
First street had real gar
dens, big enough for mother
to cultivate 80 different vari-
eties Of roses. It took time,
this watering. and mother got
good and wet.
"She would say, Don't let
us turn on the light, for I
would have to change my
dress I thought it was pretty
stupid, sitting there in the
dark, but I suppose that Is
where I learned to live in a
dream world and tell stories to
myself.
Then we went to bed, and
the South wind came creeping
into my bedroom to whisper
sleepy stories to me until I
slept.
II write this to tell you that
you can still find that good
wind on the north side of I
street between Twentieth and
Twenty-f1rst streets.
There are quite a number
Of old-fashioned houses there,
and a little park in front.
where Towering pear trees
bloom in season.
"One man has shut out the
breeze with a huge glass win
dow.
THE Arts Club still is re-
freshed by the wind. and even
its fourth floor is comfortable
on hot nights.
II advise you to take din
ner at the club some day and
be reintroduced to the South
ern breeze.
VERY truly yours,
"E. B. L."
X
Shaved ice, sprinkled with
raspberry sirup. was a great
deal more popular with old
time Washington children
than ice cream.
Evening star., 1955-08-25
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

We say this at many years
distance, but we believe we are
right. The urge for immoder-
ate ice cream consumption is
a thing Of recent years.
In the old days, 1t was the
SNOWFALL, as the shaved ice
mound was called.
There were various flavors,
but raspberry was the ia
vorite, probably because Of its
appealing color as well as
taste.
One bought the concoction
for a penny.
The real charm, however.
came from the source. 1t was
the corner grocer, in most
cases, but sometimes an old
colored man who went along
the street.
Neither could have been
called sanitary source, eX-
actly. but the kids didn't know
the difference.
1t was just great fun to say.
"A SNOWFALL, please" and then
have the man ask, What
flavor?"
What flavor, indeed!
One deliberated many Sec
ondS, minutes sometimes, until
the man with steel shaver got
impatient.
Nov make up your mind"
he would say, in an offhand
manner. as If to 60 back into
the store. If the grocery man.
or away down the street, If the
old man with the little cart.
X X II
One had made up his mind,
as the result of many similar
dilemmas, that raspberry was
the best, but there was vanilla.
and vanilla. and vanilla
The specter of so much va
nilla always decided one.
Just as the impatient man
began to leave the vital de-
cision came at last.
Raspberry" one chortled.
Raspberry" said the man,
giving it official sanction.
The mound of shaved ice
grew and then the perfect
round, with the ceremony Of
the sprinkling.
Drop by drop the raspberry
essence fell. one took up the
piece Of newsprint on which
it lay and went away happily.
Dear mother. thinking to
provide more and better sani-
tation, purchased an ice shaver
and plenty Of raspberry for
use at home.
It went over big for a few
days.
After that one grew tired
Of snowballs.
1t has Just been more fun
the other way.
1t is always more fun the
other way.