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Evening star., 1955-09-22
Our Present sy-Going, ReIoxed Mood
Reminds One of the Calm in the Safe 20s

never in Just the same
fashion.
So none can with any ac-
curacy try to forecast our
future on what came even
tually from the happy-go-
lucky Coolidge era daze-a
stock market that spiraled
until it tumbled. dark days
on the farm and finally in
the city, too; eventually q
new menack in Europe that
threatened us over here. too.
and woke us rudely from our
dream of eternal peace behind
our oceans.
We learned from that other
era. The stock market is now
under some restraints. or at
least we have laws and q com.
mission to police it. We built
all sorts Of protective devices
to prevent economic dips and
says, both for city man and
farmer, and to give them and
their families security in jobs.
homes. investments. savings.
and their old age. Where no.
body in the Coolidge regime
listened to the farmer back in
that other era. they jumped
at his first squawk this time.
AS for war. the big bombs
seem to have diminished the
danger Of that. If not actually
made it impossible. Yes. every
thing ought to be all right. II
our managers manage right.
Anyhow, we don't want to be
bothered about things, and We
want to believe again in ever
lasting peace and prosperity
under the benign protection of
our friendy hero who is Presi-
dent. -
This seems the mood of
neutrality-suspicious. with some
few exceptions, including many
farmers; and 1t Is creating q
dilemma in our politics for
one of our major parties-the
Democrats-who hesitate to
talk about the hero our people
have created for this respite.
Z They know there are plenty OF
issues to be raised about what
goes on in his administration.
They intend to raise them. and
the next few months will tell
whether our people can be
really interested and want to
peek back Of the hero image
out front, or still choose to
take things on faith for a while
longer.
There's one striking differ
ence between this era Of peace.
prosperity and let-us-alone and
the Coolidge era which would
be unhealthful. Then we poked
fun at our rulers. including
Cal" and our ruling clique
which was then, as now, heav-
lily weighted with sober-sided
bankers and businessmen. hui
morless and a bit on the SNUG
and stuffy side. They were
satirized by experts. such as
Henry l.. Mencken and Sim
clair Lewis. and so were we
who lionized them. We had
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Former President Accused of Selling
Government Property in His Memoirs

ed whether there was "any
official collusion between the
State Department and the
New York Times in the distri-
button Of the Yalta agree
ments." Another Democratic
Senator suggested an investi-
CATION as to whether any law
had been violated in releasing
the documents to a single
newspaper. Another Democrat
thought it was a breach OF "se-
curity" and asked who was re-
sponsible for disclosing "un-
authorized material"
Certainly a President who
leaves office has q right to pen
his memoirs and to sell his
"reminiscences for profit. There
is no impropriety in it. But
has he the right to take away
and later sell documents that
are Government property?
The same issue arose during
the New Deal administration.
when President Roosevelt re-
fused newSpapermen the right
to make public the texts Of
press conferences but he later
included the text of all the
transcripts in a book that was
sold while he was in office.
These transcripts were the
property not of Mr.. Roosevelt
personally but Of the Govern
ment of the United States. just
as are any recorded converse
tions Of the President and
officials Of foreign govern
mentS.
The Democratic campaign
orators have lately been play
ing up the conflict Of interest"
issue and, though Air Force,
Secretary Talbot resigned. the
Democrats have been insisting
that he was not repriWanded
by President Eisenhower for
receiving outside income while
in Office. They show signs Of
making a campaign issue Of
it. But If they do. they will
have to answer questions OF
Evening star., 1955-09-22
DAVID LAWRENCE

Not so long ago the Demo-
Gratis in Congress were pro-
testing loudly that the De-
partment Of State had made
public some documents con-
tanning personal comments BY
British and other officials at
the Yalta Conference. Like
wise, the Secretary Of State
was criticized by members Of
q congressional committee be-
cause one Of his subordinates
ret the New York Times have q
copy Of the Yalta papers in
advance Of release to all
newspapers.
Now comes former President
Truman with the publication
in Life magazine and In two
newspapers Of the story Of a
piece Of confidential informa-
ton the off1cial record of which
is the property of the Govern
ment Of the United States.
The document is the text
Of q transatlantic telephone
conversation between Winston
Churchill. then Prime Minis
ter of Great Britain, and the
President of the United States.
then Harry Truman. 1t con-
cerned German oyertures for
surrender In 1945. The con-
versation was stenographically
recorded by Government en-
ployes, and the transcript now
is sold by MIR. Truman as a
part of his book, which in its
entirety is reported to have
already brought him $500. 1000.
Mr.. Dulles didn't sell the
Yalta papers or the personal
transcripts Of high officials Of
other governments. nor did
anyone get any money for al
legedly giving a scoop" to
one or more newspapers. Yet
at the time several Democratic
Senators criticized Mr.. Dulles
severely, and one Senator ask
Evening star., 1955-09-22
THOMAS [. STOKES
The stock market zooming

4IC otOCh Iuo1 hCt AOOhAA1l6
:. Prosperity :. Peace ;.
Millions of new automobiles.
television sets and all sorts Of
gadgets that give the COM
mon man" the delightful illu-
sion that he's in the luxury
class. until the installment
comes due. Only one small
cloud-farmers beginning to
complain they are not getting
their share and Democrats ex-
plotting their grievance politi-
cally against the Republican
administration. 49,.
The President away from his
desk for weeks on q golf and
fishing retreat in Colorado ;.
Congress away :. All quiet on
the Potomac.
There's something familiar
about all this. Suddenly it
comes back. Thirty years ago.
The reign" Of Cal Coolidge in
the middle 1920s, as the era Of
the dour New Englander in the
White House was called by
cynics and satirists who could
flourish then without fear.
Yes-the same booming stock
market. peace. prosperity, also
farmers beginning to complain.
But there are differences. some
due to what we call progress,
such as more and faster and
sleeker motor cars. and tele-
vision that we didn't have at
all then, and air cooling, and
such.
President Coolidge enjoyed
longer vacations. leaving here
in June and staying away the
whole summer. Congress would
quit in alternate years in
March, the constitutional end
Of a Congress then. and the
other years in early June.
Then members went home or
took "junkets" only to out
lying possessions and protec-
torates, Panama, Cuba, Puerto
Rico, the Philippines. Hawaii.
Now they go to the far corners
of the world to educate"
themselves: for there's been
another global war since the
Coolidge days and we emerged
from it to assume the difficult
and thankless role of leader
ship. instead of ducking back
behind our shorelines and
tucking the oceans in about
us, as we did after that
earlier world war. So a Con-
gresham ought to see a live
camel and know what vodka
tastes like in its natural
habitat and observe dancing
girls In action.
We now have a calm OF
sorts. an easing Of tensions,
thanks to the Eisenhower
smile and personality at
Geneva.
. At home and abroad we
have something approaching
the easygoing, relaxed. dream
world mood Of the middle
1920s.
History repeats itself-but
Evening star., 1955-09-22
Mount Etnu RuiIwuy

q CATANIA, Sicily. Sept. % tA9
Mount Etna. one Of the worlds
most active VOLCANOES. will soon
become one of the worlds most
accessible. Workmen are finish
ing a funicular railway from the
mountains base to a point near
its peak. 9.650-feet high. Start
of the service is tentatively set
for November /.
Evening star., 1955-09-01

? When There's Music in the Store
MARYLAND
BredIey Shopping Center. Bethesde'
Flower Ave. 9 Piney Broneh Reed. Silver Spring.
1876 Suitland Rood Huron Avs.-opp. Census Bureau
Four Corners, Woodmoov$
University Lone 8 Riggs Rood, Hyottsville"
2I9 N. Commerce ST., Rockville, Nd
48l3 Annapolis Rd, BIodensburs, Nd
Marlboro Pike 8 Silver Hill Road, Parklond
Queens chepei chium Rds, Queenstown. M. Rsinier
vien Mill g Gridley Rds., visrs Mill Nillose"
S529 George Ave. g. Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring.
329-3l Main St., LauFel, Nd.
ALEXANDRIA. VA.
Pewheton D Henry sh.'
Kings Hishwey 9 Ford Drive
$40 Fronkin ST." ~.
Fort Hunt 8 Shenendoeh Rds., Holm Hall villoss'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-09
JUNIORS SWEATERS

about the glorious collection on
Woodies' 4th Floor.
Shown top to bottom
Thot smart Italian look, in Pre-
mier's Kitt'n-Goro, $3.50 downy
IombswooI with 1870 fluffy an
eoro. FuII-foshioned and styled
with q pretty seoIloped collar.
Pink, apricot, rose, bud green or
white. 1928
Premier's fuII-foshioned Orion
twins" pomper. yet ask only easy
core. White, maize. pink, blue,
opricot, bud green or beige. Pull
on, $40. Cardigan, 800
Joan Morie's cut-ond-sewn Orion
set fIotters with gentle postels.
Pink blue or white. PuII-on, 3.oo.
SorOl9oh, o.11
Porty-best, the lone-sleeved Orion
cardigan by Joan Marie A wealth
Of mock peorls and rhinestones
shines on, blue or mistIetoe white.
500
All in sizes 34-4O.
WGL-Junicr Misses, 4th Floor
.. also Chevy Chose and Alexandra
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04
Yiddish Artists
At VIC. Concert

The stage of the Temple of
Music will be graced on Sum-
day, March 13 with the per-
formance by a trio of Yiddish
artists, headed by Dora Kali
noWna in a balanced program
of dramatic sketches and mu-
sic. They are presented by
Workmen Circle, who for the
past several years h a v e
brought practically the sole
Jewish entertainment.
National Workmen Circle,
who organized the tt upe,
has expressed its extreme
pleasure with this ye a r. S
show, which in addition to
Kalinowna includes Shmuel
Fisher, the character CONNIE
dian, and the talented pianist,
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04

Paula Kadison. The a t t e r
has been here several times.
Nine KalinoWna is making
her first American tour after
a successful number of Euro
pean concerts.
Program consists of songs,
folk tales, comedy and music.
Not only is it an opportunity
to enjoy the Yiddish theatre
and maintaining one S con-
tact with the best Yiddish cul-
ture, says Morris Wanger,
club secretary,
The community is expected
to turn out, as in the past, for
an evening of genuine enter
tainment. Tickets may be Sc
cured from any member and
at the box office the night of
the performance. Paul Pewo-
war and Mrs. 1. Margolis
are in charge of tickets.
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04
Phoenix CJA
Hits $4,000

Last weekend Phoenix well
fare drive stood at $4,000 -
$4,000 short of the amount
raised in 1854 but almost $780,
900 short of this years goal.
Drive leaders reported a 300
increase at the outset of the
drive but pointed ou the re-
grettable fact that several big
givers reduced their pledges.
Effort is being made to over
come this with new money,
from persons who eve r
gave before.
Women's Division has rails
ed $14,500 thus far, which is
$500. short of their goal and
S2500. more than was secured
last year.
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04

Narrators, Ted Bloom and Al
Bosnos; readers, Mrs. Lester
Ferber, Stanley Nevins, Ed
ward Nix, Mrs. Paul Schill,
Or. M artin Snyder, Mrs.
Robert Winger.
Representing Temple Ema-
nu-El are: Mrs. Phillip Sol,
Inns, Mrs. Harry Gorodess,
Mrs. Murray Gross, Mrs.
Melvin M. Halpern, A Marsh
al, Herman Novick, P. Sollins,
Alex Weiss.
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04
VI To Hold
Card Party

After an interval of few
weeks Young Israel Sister
hood will hold a card party
in the auditorium next Satur-
day evening, March II, AS al
ways the com m unity is
invited to enjoy an evening
get-to-gether. Mrs. Ike Ruben
will be the chairman. Guests
are asked to bring their own
cards, etc. Admission is very
nominal and delicious dessert
will be served.
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04

A panel of five, including
Rabbi Bilgray, DR.. Richard
Harvill, DR.. Harold Lunger,
Ashby Lohse, Arthur P a C k
will discuss "Our Common
American Heritage" Listen
ers will have an opportunity
to submit questions to the
discussants and present opin-
ions.
Delegates from variou S
church groups will meet at
Temple Emanuel at $50
with the meeting of the Min
isters' Association scheduled
for 5 o'clock. At this time,
they will have an opportunity
to observe a group of dis
plays on Jewish themes.
Supper will be erv e d
promptly at six. to be fol
lowed by the dicussion. Mem
bers of the Temple board OF
directors and planning COM
mittee with t h eir spouSes,
will serve as hosts and host
eSses.
Following tn e discussion,
the Temple Players and choir
will present the cantata: "The
American Jewish Tercenten-
ary". Herman Novick, direct
or of music, will direct the
musical portions of the pro-
gram. Mrs. Samuel Kurn is
in charge of speaking parts
and staging.
The cast is comprised of:
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04
Institute On Judaism To Be
Held At Temple Emanuel

Temple Emanuel will be hosts for the third biennial
Institute n Judaism Monday evening" March H. The In
stitue is Jointly sponsored by the Tucson Council OF
Churches the Tucson Association and the United
Church Women in cooperation with Temple Emanuel.
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04
$4,000 Raised To Date
As Drive Gains Momentum

The current CJA drive stands at $4,000 raised in cash
pledges reports Arthur Grunewad general chairman
This represents 623 of the $2O0O goal With all the dvi
sions going into the intensive portion of the drive the total
rapidly Drive leaders say that the formula for
successful drive is the manpower contact poten
tial gver in community Men volunteers urgent
ly needed.
Standing of the various divisions is given:
1855 Amount Balance
Quota Raised of Goal
Womens Division S 100000 S14,97100 $15029O0
Advance Gifts Men 65OOOOO 52354OO 12646OO
Trade 100000 7,9S3OO 3OI(OO
Professional 100000 12O8OO 4792O0
Metropolitan 100000 $500 34l5OO
General Solicitations 100000 $500 562oOO
Young Married 100000 10000 lo4oOo
Young Adult 100000 268OO 132OO
S125OOOOO $779O400 $47096OO
The Arizona post., 1955-03-04

The Post is an excellent gift
to a friend "a newcomer -
someone coming to live in
Tucson.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
4Fringe Lots
To Be Added

The District intends to scale
down the size of new fringe park
ing lots, but still open four new
ones within the next year.
And simultaneously, accord
ing to House Appropriations sub
committee testimony released
today, the private parking indus
try plans to open $500 new
spaces this year and other 5000
in 1856.
The proposed new fringe lots,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Thaddeus NJ. Nosek disclosed,
will be at the District end of
the new East Capitol Street
Bridge, the Soldiers Home site.
the Industrial Home School and
the National Training School for
Boys.
Instead of opening new lots
with a potential capacity of l.
600 cars or more, Col. Nosek said,
the Districts thinking is to start
with about 250-car lots-about
the number showing up now at
existing lots. This, he said, will
enable the operation to cut ex-
penditures next year from an
estimated 1851, 300 to $433, 900.
Col. Nosek said a nationwide
study has disclosed that District
parking meters in 1852 produced
the highest revenues in the coun-
try-S95.26 per meter per year.
He said the 4.400 meters now in
operation produced $422,120.16
last year.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
White House Unit Wants
Definite RuIinqon unneI

Budget Bureau than by the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Wirth is a strong tunnel
advocate. Mr.. Spencer's subordi-
mates want the bridge. Mr.. Bar
tholomew's commission h a S
straddled the fence.
Maintenance a Factor
The decision, presumably, will
have to be whether the admin
istration - and Congress - feel
the esthetic values involved
make it worthwhile for the Fed
eral Government to pay the diff
ference between the tunnels cost
and the amount the District in
tends to spend on the bridge.
District Highway Director J.
N. Robertson. testifying before
the Rabaut group, put the bridge
cost at SIS million, against $35
million for a tunnel. Approach
roads for each; he said, would
cost another SIT million.
He said the tunnel would cost
"close to 100000 year to main
tain and operate" as against
maximum bridge maintenance
of $4,000.
Mr.. Robertson tried hard to
get the bridge money authorized
now and characterized the tun-
mel proposals as lust talk. :"
He said bridge plans would be
done by the first of the year and
that construction could start
then.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
New Tree Nurseries
Seen Needed Here

The District. aided and abet-
ted by Hurricane Hazel, has
depleted" it's supply of new
trees and wants to open nurs-
cries at Blue Plains and Muir
kirk (MdD to catch up.
The city highway department,
according to House Appropria-
tions subcommittee testimony
released today, has to plant
about 5000 new trees year to
make up for those damaged or
knocked down.
Hurricane Hazel, Highway Di-
rector j. N. Robertson told Con-.
gress, knocked down 275. And
reckless drivers, the Dutch elm
disease and drought took care
of a lot of others.
Until the nurseries get rolling,
Mr.. Robertson asked for $4,000
to buy trees big enough to trans
plant Immediately.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
200New Police Needed
CUT Crime, SoysMurroy

Police Chief Robert v. Murray
estimates he would need 200 to
300 more men on the street to
cut serious crime here much
more.
He made the statement in
answer to questions posed during
District budget hearings made
public today. In the past year,
crime was cut here by 18 per
cent while it rose 8.5 per cent
throughout the nation.
Representative hatcher, Demo-
crat of Kentucky, pointing to
1915 serious offenses here dur
ing the past IL months asked
the chief: What would it take
to reduce that figure down
some?"
1T would take another two or
three hundred men on the
street." Chief Murray replied.
1T has been proven time and
time again that the best deter
rent to crime, the best preventive
for crime, is a uniformed police
man out on the street where
he can be seem"
Mr.. hatcher said he agreed
with him.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Robout Hits Accuracy
OF D. 6. Revenue Doto

from a delayed program of as
sessment. 1t possibly could be
taken up piecemeal over a sec
ton of the city at a time, but
not TO take 10 years to do the
program
Mr.. Rabaut spoke despite Mr..
Martins contention that assess
mentS sometime in the past
should have been increased, but
then the time came when the
assessments should have been re-
duced. but nothing has been done
for 20 or 80 years in many areas
and economic conditions have
taken care of the assessments,
so that the assessments today
are not really out of line"
Mr.. Martin noted that Engi-
neer Commissioner Thomas A.
Lane had recently bought a
house in Chevy Chase, where
there has not been any reassess-
ment for about 20 years.
He checked the property per-
sonally. he said, "and I know
what he paid for this property,
and 1 know what the assessment
is, and l know what the market
values generally are in his COM
munity. If anything. the colonel's
property is a little overassessed
on the basis of what he paid for
it, Notwithstanding the fact that
it has not been reassessed for 20
years"
Mr.. Martin said reasseSSments
already are planned or underway
in Georgetown and north from
Wesley Heights to Chevy Chase,
D c.
District officials also stressed
that the assessors staff had been
undermanned for years. Since
Mr.. Martin took the job, how
ever. Congress has been per-
suaded to grant more employees.
With these. said Commissioner
Samuel Spencer, several areas
which have undergone sharp
changes in character have been
completely reassessed. Such a
survey is now under way in
Georgetown, he declared.
The city heads came in for
criticism for allowing transfers
of funds, the subcommittee in
sisting that no money should
have been spent unless specifi-
cally authorized in the budget.
Evening star., 1955-05-09

The new White House COM
mittee set up to work out the
Potomac River bridge-tunnel
fight apparently fits hand-in-
glove with Congress ideas on
the controversy.
This was indicated in testimony
released today by a House APP
preparations subcommittee. which
has killed a SIS million city
budget request to start building
the bridge at the end of Con-
stitution avenue.
Subcommittee Chairman Ra-
baut made plain in the testimony
that his group wouldn't approve
the money until the tunnel issue
is disposed of one way or another.
But he made it just as plain
that when-and if-the tunnel
is conclusively ruled out, the
District can come back" any
time for the bridge money.
Urges Firm Stand
"Some one had better come
up here" the Michigan Demo-
crat declared, land be real firm
to the effect that the entire
idea of the tunnel is over :"
The White House stepped in
Friday. Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams asked a COM
mittee made up of District Com
missioner Samuel Spencer, Ma
tional Parks Director Conrad L.
Wirth and Harland Bartholo-
NEW, National Capital Planning
Commission chairman, to try to
work out the administrations
policy with the Budget Bureau.
The decision, most observers
feel, will be made more by the
Evening star., 1955-05-09
President Attends
Church With
Personal Friend
BY the Associated Press

President Eisenhower attended
church yesterday with a personal
friend, Clarence J. Schoo, SPRING
field. Mass.
In the congregation also at the
9 am. services of the National
Presbyterian Church were about
As girls and boys of the safety
patrol from Sidney. N. Y. about
80 more from Saint Marys, Pa,
and 20 girls in a senior scout
troop from Jackson, Tenn.
The minister, the Rev. Edward
L. r. Elson, told his listeners on
this Mothers Day that "a Chris
tian home can only be such when
Christ is at its heart" >"
Mr.. Schoo is a retired manu-
facturer who is a member of the
Augusta, Ga, club. where the
President takes golf1ng vacations.
Evening star., 1955-05-09

mental basis. He reported that
Is cars in outlying precincts
could possibly be used as one
man patrol cars, freeing 16 men
for duty as patrolman or in
other one-man cars. He said the
proposal for one-man patrol cars
was being given serious con-
sideration with a view toward its
possible adoption on an exper-
imental basis.
AS the chief concluded his
testimony, Subcommittee Chair
man Rabaut told him: I'VE want
to commend you for the fine
Evening star., 1955-05-09
AIR RAID SIRENS
NEED REPAIRS,
FONDAHL WARNS

A majority" of air raid
sirens in the District are out
Of order. Civil Defense Di-
rector John E. Fondahl
warned a House Appropria-
tionS subcommittee, a tran
script of testimony disclosed
today.
Seeking $3.795 in next
years District budget, for
employment of radio re-
pairman, Col. Fondahl de-
clared:
Our sirens at the present
time, or the majority of
them, are out of service, due
to the fact that we cannot
maintain them"
Evening star., 1955-05-09

Mr.. hatcher also asked Chief
Murray how he felt about one
man patrol cars. The chief re-
piled that they would be worth
trial in the outlying areas but
would not be advisable in more
congested sections.
At the request of the subcom-
mittee, Chief Murray surveyed
the precincts to determine how
many men and cars would be
involved in starting a one-man
patrol system on an exper-
Evening star., 1955-05-09
l8 Lost in Snow
In Jupun Found

TOKYO. May 9 (P0.-Search-
ers today found 18 high-school
students lost yesterday in snow
and fog on Mount Nasy. ITO
miles north Of Tokyo.
They had wandered through
eour-foot snow drifts.