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Corcorun Biennial

After the hue and cry over the Cor
coran Biennial has died down we will
still be faced with the fact that not
all juries will be acceptable to all
artists. It is moot question whether
an artist-juror knows more about art
than a director Juror, but we assume
that artists understand the problems
and capabilities of artists more than
non artists.
The good paintings in the Biennial
can be counted on the fingers OF one
hand. There are excellent canvases
by Holman, Kaplan, Cleade, Refregier
and the prize-winner Niese. In justice
to, what for generations has been con-
sidered good work, the remaining art
suffers by comparison to such masters
as Corot, Monticello, Van Gogh, Masac-
clio, Ryder, Picasso, Monet, Eakins,
Homer, Whistler or Mary Cassatt.
would prefer not to believe that the
selection of SO many inadequate paint
ings is the result of the collective in
telligence of museum directors. The
cause appears more far-reaching if the
present Biennial represents cross
section of American art and indicates
a decline in our artistic and cultural
standards. This decline may be due in
part to the artists feeling of insecurity
in world torn by political and military
upheavals.
All artists are in need Of audiences
and patrons if they are to survive,
secure work at their trade and enrich
our cultural life. It is to be hoped. as
Kenneth Stubs suggested, that future
Biennials pay more attention to ex-
hibiting the work of living artists and
less attention to esoteric trends.
Artist
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This and That

All this is part of city department.
as conceived on the mature scale. Per-
haps it is q good thing, taking 1t by and
large. It may be that free talking on
an inhibited scale would be worse than
the SNUG laconic plan we already have
in operation.
But it brings up just what we mean
by the word mature"
1t is slung around in all the intel
lectual magazines. and even used by
people Just talking to each other in the
plain everyday.
AS a nation. evidently we are so
intent on becoming mature that we tend
to forget that childhood casts long
shadows, some Of them by no means
useless.
The word "juvenile" has been mated
with delinquency" so often that many,
of us tend to forget that childhood is
a delightful season, despite its growing
pangs. and that much of the best about
u.s. as adults, is what is left of our
childishness.
Women recognize this so well that
they often play little game among
themselves, when they meet at church
and clubs, of telling how their husbands
are still "just little boys"
This is said, not In criticism. as the
term is usually understood. but mostly
as praise. with good humor and love
lowering around. =
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Federal Annuities

Seymour Schulman expresses concern
about increasing the annuities OF re-
tired Federal employees. He looks upon
these requests as an appeal for charity
at the expense of the taxpayer.
In view of the fact that the National
Federation of Federal Employees is sup
porting such increases in annuities and
because we find that facts have quiet
ing effect upon those who make Fed
eral employees the popular whipping boy
of our day, the following may be OF
interest to Mr. Schulman:
The Federal Employees Retirement
Act became law on August /. 1920. At
that time the employees contributed
2hSo of their salaries to secure an an
nuity which had maximum limitation
of $720 per year. Old timers in Gov
eminent will remember the Wheel
Chair Brigade" in Washington who
were charitably kept on the pay roll but
practically disappeared with the pas
sage of the Retirement Act.
Today Federal employees pay go of
their salary toward their own retire.
ment annuity. In the computation OF
their annuities and their subsequent
payment the employees contributions
are all used prior to the payment OF one
cent by the Federal Government.
For tax purposes the annuity pay
ments to a Federal employe are con-
sidered the same as income for life and
annuity contracts with insurance COM
panies.
It may also interest Mr.. Schulman to
know that the largest numerical group
of retired Federal employees are those
retired for disability. For these we have
the greatest concern.
The retirement fund is surveyed by
board of three actuaries, all Of whom
are employed outside the Federal Gov
eminent. Their report is published and
distributed. as Is the report on the
condition of the fund, by the Civil
Service Commission.
Those who depend upon fixed incomes
suffer most in periods of imitation. For
tunately those who receive such income
from private or public annuity systems
can seek relief by appealing to the pri-
vate employer or the legislative body
having jurisdiction. Unfortunately such
relief is not available to those in other
fixed income groups. We would like to
have the dollar received by. the Civil
Service annuitant equal the dollar he
contributed while he was in the service
of the Federal Government.
Henry G. Nolda,
President. Federal Employees
Union No. 2, NFFE.
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Bethesda Planning
Persio C. Franco.

The Chamber Of Commerce of Be-
thesda has made certain recommended
tons to the County Council and the
Park and Planning Commission con-
corning street widening schemes and
expansion of the business district of
Bethesda both east and west, which If
adopted, would make Bethesda into the
same sort of unplanned hodgepodge as
Silver Spring. Their annual recon-
mendations never consider the interests
of the residential areas of Bethesda,
or the maintenance of buffer zones be-
tween commercial. industrial and resi-
dental areas, but seek only to CONNER
cialize as much of Bethesda as possible
without any attention to area planning
Bethesda has suffered greatly in the
past from disorderly expansion of COM
mercial areas into residential areas, and
the consequent depreciation of commu-
mites of single-family dwellings. If Be-
thesda is to maintain it's community
prestige, the Chamber of Commerce will
have to come to the realization that
running fine residential areas adjacent
to Wisconsin avenue, will ultimately
ruin Bethesda as shopping area.
One Of the recurring themes sug-
gested by the Chamber of Commerce is
the widening of Arlington road in the
Edgemoor area, the widening of Old
Georgetown road to major highway pro-
portions, and other schemes which
would all but ruin Edgemoor as desir-
able residential community. The folly
of this is apparent. Once commercial
expansion is allowed into residential
community, it will not stop until all of
the residences are swallowed up which
do not enjoy some protective barrier
which screen them from the stores and
traffic. If Edgemoor is destroyed by the
westward expansion of the Bethesda
shopping area. garages, and light in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05

DR.. Emilio Bello Codesido, of Chile.
is the dean of Pan-Americanists. He is
the oldest and most outstanding 'hu-
man symbol of -Americanism liv-
ing. He is a great American who is
truly citizen of the Americas.
In September 1914 it was discovered.
as result of thorough inquiry made
by me at the Pan American Union. the
Department of State and the Latin
American embassies in Washington,
that all of the delegates to the First
International Conference of American
States in 1889 had died and that of the
delegates to the second conference
held in Mexico City in 1901 only three
were then living: DR.. Federico Hen
riquez y Carvajal, Dominican; DR..
Francisco Antonio Reyes. Salvadorean.
and DR.. Emelio Bello Codesido. Chilean
Eighteen countries took part. repre-
sented by 81 delegates.
DR.. Bello Codesido now is the sole
survivor. He has held, among a long list
of high public offices, the following:
President of the Junta that governed
the republic in 1925; minister of for
eign affairs, of justice and public in
struction, of public works, of the in
terror, Of defense; delegate to the
Fourth International Conference of
American States, held in Buenos Aires
July 12-August 80, 1910: president of
the house of representatives: president
of the Chilean delegation to the League
Of Nations; president of the Chilean
delegation to the International Labor
Conference held in Geneva in 1925;
Ambassador of Chile in various coun-
tries; member, designated by Honduras,
of the tribunal formed to arbitrate the
very old boundary dispute existing be-
tween Honduras and Guatemala. presi-
dent of which tribunal was Charles
Evans Hughes, then Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, and whose deci-
sion. issued on January %. 1888 put an
end to the dispute. In connection with
this act of arbitration, Dr. Bello Code
sido published in 1899 book entitled
"El Arbitraje y la Equidad."
DR.. Bello Codesido retired, several
years ago, to private life.
have just addressed communica-
ton to the president of the Council Of
the Organization of American States
suggesting that DR.. Emilio Bello Code
sido be invited to come to Washington
to receive. in the Hall of the Americas
in the Pan American Union Building,
the homage of the American peoples. I
believe that if he were invited and
came it would move the conscience of
all men and be contribution towards
the creation Of peace among all peoples
OF the world.
PerSio G. Franco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
PoIiticking in Tokyo

It Is unfortunate but not surprising that
some japanese politicians are seeking to
make hay out of the fact that Premier
Hatoyama's conservative government has
failed to win Secretary of State Dulles
assent to a "quickie" conference between
himself and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu.
These politicians-notably leaders of the
opposition Socialist Party-are not fostering
good relations between our two countries,
nor are they doing justice to the truth,
when they interpret the Secretary'S position
as a serious affront that amounts to "a dis
grace and death blow" to Mr.. Hatoyama
and his cabinet.
This is nonsense, of course. Actually,
Mr.. Dulles has done an altogether reason
able thing in declining to have an immedi-
ate meeting with Mr.. Shigemitsu. For the
Tokyo governments request, which was filed
only as recently as last Friday, asked that
the meeting be held this week-too fast
scheduling, in Mr.. Dulles words, to give him
adequate time to prepare for discussion
of matters of common interest" Unhap-
PLY, in seeking such speedy action, Mr..
Hatoyama and his colleagues have fumbled
the diplomatic ball. the more so because
they gave out news Of the request to the
Japanese press even before our State De-
partment had had chance to study and
pass upon the question.
AS for the matters of common interest"
there is need for clearer Japanese Ameri-
can understanding on a number Of issues.
Chief among them-apart from the question
of "normalizing" relations with the Soviet
Union and engaging in trade with Red China
are Q) Tokyo's desire to reduce it's f1nan-
cial contribution to the maintenance of our
troops over there and (2) its rearmament
pace and investment, which our Govern
ment regards as inadequate. These two
items are of special Importance to Mr. Hato-
yama because he must soon present ma
tional budget to Parliament and try to
tailor its figures to his promises-as made
during the recent election campaign-to cut
taxes and increase social benefits.
Domestic political considerations thus
have had more than little to do with the
effort to arrange for a hurry-up conference
between Mr.. Shigemitsu and Mr.. Dulles. Ac-
cordingly, all things considered, there is no
reason for anybody to feel affronted by Mr..
Dulles reaction, and this seems particularly
true because he has left the door open for
later meeting on the basis of discussions
now going on in Tokyo. Clearly, in profess
ing to be shocked by the whole business, the
Japanese Socialists and Mr.. Hatoyama's
other opponents are merely politicking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
Good Place to Have 1t

Commissioner Spencer, not to be out
done by Maryland and Virginia authorities,
has invited the Central Intelligence Agency
to make it's permanent home in Washington
more specifically, in the redeveloped
Southwest section. Thus, the CHA now finds
itself welcome almost everywhere in the
Washington Metropolitan Area. Amenities
aside, the secret agency should not consider
moving out of Washington except for the
most compelling reasons.
A compelling reason for transfer of CHA
to remote place might be security against
an atomic attack But Mr.. Spencer says
that CHA Director Allen Dulles does not re-
gard the dispersal factor as controlling"
in the hunt for a new home. The fact that
the CHA has been seriously considering site
near Langley, Virginia, as possible perma-
nent location for the agency is indicative
of the relegation of civil defense dispersal
to secondary Importance. The main objec-
tive, 1t has been stated is to bring together
under one roof the thousands of CHA en-
ployes now scattered in IS buildings in
Washington
The Commissioner quoted Mr.. Dulles as
commenting that Southwest Washington,
when rebuilt according to tentative plans,
would be "a good place" for the CHA head
quarters. The Zeckendorf plan, now under
study, provides for Federal center of Just
such an office building as the CHA appar-
emily has in mind. A decision to keep the
CHA within the District of Columbia would
be in accord with the founders concept of
Washington as the permanent seat of Gov
eminent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05

If the President should issue a plain
warning to the Chinese Reds not to
make war on Quemoy and MatSu such
a warning would operate as a deterrent
to war. But to say nothing. to issue no
warning, to just drift along in the
pious hope that war will not come. and
that the enemy will not attack those
islands is simply an invitation to war,
unintentional though it is. Everyone
knows the President does not want
war. Nevertheless, his policy of saying
nothing and doing nothing and warn
ing nobody simply encourages the Chi
nese Reds to proceed with their war
like preparations to attack Quemoy and
Matsu.
r.. I. S0ntag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
Hiroshima Findings

After decade of investigation, medical
experts now have relatively reassuring
things to say about the effects Of radiation
on the survivors of the Hiroshima bomb.
At the same time, however, their findings
make clear that some phases of their con-
tinuing study involve number of questions
to which conclusive answers may not be
found for many years to come.
AS explained by DR.. Robert H. Holmes,
director Of the United States Atomic Bomb
Casualty Commission in Japan, the study
which covers those who lived through the
Hiroshima explosion despite having been
caught within a 2,000-meter radius of the
target center-Shows the following facts,
among others: ~ Radioactivity unleashed
by the blast apparently has left the adult
survivors with an above susceptible
ity to leukenia, though only Al cases of the
disease have been found among them.
(2) Cataractlike spots, but no blindness,
have been discovered in the eyes of Al per
cent OF the individuals involved, as against
an 8 per cent incidence for non-exposed
Japanese. (3) Among the children born of
1876 women who were close to Ground Zero
and pregnant at the time, eight seem to have
been injured somewhat by the radiation.
And az Offspring of the exposed genera
tions, up to now, appear to be normal,
healthy and happy" but although there is
no present evidence of genetic or reproduce
tive damage among them, what the future
will disclose on that score els problem for
further investigation"
In other words, while HiroshimaS
survivors have Jared well on the whole, and
while it seems more than probable that their
descendants will not be adversely affected,
DR.. Holmes and his group are not yet pre-
pared to speak conclusively about the mat
ter, one way or the other. This is a good
example of the best kind of scientific prac-
tice. 1t is also reminder that there is no
justification right now for ridiculing the
possibility that atomic hydrogen weapons,
in addition to their immediate deadliness,
may represent a long-range genetic threat
to humanity in tomorrow's world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. How did the widespread custom
of the annual spring cleaning get its
start?-T. o. H.
A. The practice seems to have orig
mated in the ancient traditional
cleansing of the home after Palm Sum
day in preparation for the great feast
OF Easter The annual housekeeping,
the most thorough of the year, was
no doubt taken from the Jewish prep
aration for the Feast Of the Passover,
for which ritual cleansing and sweep
ing of the whole house was prescribed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
Chionq Worth American Blood?

How many American boys lives is
Chang Kai-shek worth? AS the mother
of an only child, son, now in the
Army / am giving my well-considered
answer--None! Not one!
And the same answer goes for Senator
Knowland and Admirals Radford and
Carney.
Isn't the world sick of murder ana
bloodshed yet? Truly the mark of Cain
Is very slow to fade. Two thousand
years OF Christianity and the best we
have is bigger and more horrible means
for murder!
w. Clare O'Brien.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
Silly Season

Spring is the silly season. Maybe
that's why some Democrat Senator's are
"teched." AS the daffodils bloom and
the cherry blossoms blush, read that
Senator Kefauver Charges War Plot;
Senator Neuberger tries to stir up
political issue about squirrels digging
up the White House green. which Pres
ident Eisenhower knew nothing about
till he read 1t in the papers; and SEN
ator Nicely is outraged because Mr..
Eisenhower goes to church. and the
papers photograph him there.
These antics provide food for reflec-
ton about some of the characters who
get into politics. suggest that these
gentlemen need guidance. and that they
"let George do it"-Senator George,
that is. Democrat whose concern for
the USA rises far above peanut parti-
san politics.
Franklin Ford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05
Origin of q Quotation

when your excellent Mary McGrory
covered the arguments in the Lamb
case before the FEC, she quoted me as
saying. "He who is not a Communist
at 20 has no heart; he who is a Com
munist at 40 has no head" But the
record shows was simply quoting a
French proverb, well known. I believe.
for its use by Premier Clemenceau with
reference to his own son.
offered it not as my personal view,
which it is not. but as an approach
to the early writings Of Edward Lamb
in the depression days when he was
young Toledo lawyer.
Russell Morton Brown.
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Letters to The Stor...

dustrial plants, 1t win not be long before
all of Bethesda loses its distinctive char
acter to better planned communities to
the north. Not only is the principal of
orderly planning at stake-there is also
the fact to be considered that people
have moved into the Bethesda area to
make that their permanent home They
like the community. and they like the
Bethesda stores and shops. If their
homes are deprecated. and if dry rot
is allowed to set in, it will ultimately
rebound to no ones benefit.
EdgemoOr Resident.
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Improving the Peace Outlook

Now that the United States Senate, by
vote of rs to 2, has overwhelmingly ratified
the Paris accords on arming free Germany
as sovereign partner in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, the Western world can
look forward to acquiring large new meas
ure OF strength and unity, political, eco
nomic and military. Only four signatory
countries-Belgium, the Netherlands, Lux
embourg and Denmark-have yet to COM
plete parliamentary approval Of the pacts,
and since such approval may be regarded
as near-future certainty, NATO should
soon be able to make an excellent start on
effecting major improvement in its
balance of-power position vis-a-vis Russia.
The historic import of all this has been
well summed up by Chairman Walter George
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
AS he has put it, the long and bitter inter-
national debate over the West German ques-
ton has now reached ga happy ending" that
marks "a hopeful beginning" That Is to
say, as the Paris accords are translated into
an effective operating reality, arrangements
will be Notwithstanding a system of
ornaments control safeguarding against a
revival of Hitler-like militarism - that
should do much to promote an enduring
reconciliation between France and Germany.
Beyond that, there is solid ground for the
belief that effectuation of the pacts will
advance the cause of Germany's unif1cation
and Improve the chances for Big Four,
or Big Five, meeting that will produce
something more constructive and helpful
than stalemate and propaganda"
In sum, in Senator Georges judgment,
the Paris accordS-when they actually begin
to accomplish what they are supposed to
Accomplishment be Of immense help In
terms of ~ strengthening and unifying
free Europe and the Atlantic community as
a whole and (2) providing the West with
an impressive new bargaining position for
any future high-level talks with the Com
munist world. This is point of view whose
soundness can hardly be challenged. For
the NATO alliance, given free Germany's
full participation, unquestionably will be
better equipped than ever to defend itself
the Kremlin from a power base sufficiently
formidable to make possible genuinely effec-
tive peace-promoting agreements.
With more and more education being
required, plus the spread Of pension plans.
a working career eventually may be some
thing man devotes couple Of weeks to
in between graduation and retirement.
Easter should be unusually bright this
year. II the bunny gets ideas for eggs from
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The TuIkotive Ones

The many Of us who respect and adj
mire Admiral Robert B. Carney de-
plore the adverse comment and criti-
cism on the air and in the newspapers
over his having expressed an honest
opinion.
There is a no more loyal, hardwork-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05

-Seibel, Richmond Times Dispatch
''Time to Muzzle 1t"
ing or conscientious man among our
well-qualified leaders today.
Our country would be fortunate If
we had few more like him.
Robert G. Norman.
The President says there is too much
talk of war and that such talk does
not serve the cause Of peace. Are we
supposed to hide our heads in the sand
like the ostrich, and when If war
does come, 1t must come as surprise?
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Questions and Answers

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Easter should be unusually bright this
year. II the bunny gets ideas for eggs from
the color schemes pm the new cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-05

With more and more education being
required, plus the spread Of pension plans.
a working career eventually may be some
thing man devotes couple Of weeks to
in between graduation and retirement.