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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Want to Be Shown

The recent letter titled,
Temples of Learning" is Of
great interest to US who are
deeply engaged In trying TO
provide schools for our rapid
" increasing enrolment In
Fairfax County. Type and
cost Of school building con-
struction have been and are
OF serious concern to US.
The Fairfax County School
Board. its members, and stan,
have given much time to the
school building construction
program, have asked advice
of many architects and visited
many schools in other areas.
Fourteen architectural firms.
among them certainly some Of
the best, have been employed
to prepare plans for our
schools. They have consist
emily been asked to provide for
sound. modern construction
without frills or ginger
bread" at the least possible
cost. All plans and specifi-
cations must comply with the
requirements Of the School
Building Code Of Virginia.
In the early part of our build
ing program 1889 the archie
tectural and engineering arm
Of Smith. Hinchman a Grylls
Of Detroit was employed to
study and make recommended
tons regarding the school
buildings being Constructed.
Our friend and fellow citi-
zen. Irwin II. Mason. who
penraed the aforementioned
letter urging schools Of pre-
cast concrete. has until now
kept his Light under q bushel.
We are asking Immediately
the benefit Of his knowledge
to the end that our school
building construction may no
longer continue so Anticipated
and correspondingly expen-
sive and yet inferior
w. +. Woodson,
Division Superintendent,
Fairfax County School
Board.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL

buntings, q family Of cardinals.
catbirds, goldtinches, juncos.
red-winged blackbirds. kill
deers, starlings. grackles. and
q house wren which built three
nests, one In every bird house
in the grape arbor.
''I have seen other birds. but
they only stopped for q look:
when our trees grow larger,
they may move In, too.
I'VE have put up a number
Of bird houses, and have null
berry, dogwood. and saved q
wild cherry tree for the
feathered folk.
"Bluebirds especially APP
preciate houses. We put up the
first house in February. Al
most Immediately q pair Of
bluebirds came down to it and
hung around it until nesting
time. They raised two families
in it, and when they were
through with it another blue
bird pair moved in and raised
a family.
1.-THE first bluebirds had
their troubles, too.
When they were first build
ing. a startling squeezed
through the door and threw
the nest out on the ground.
I evicted the starting and
tackled a board across the top
Of the hole so 1t was barely
an inch and a half across.
The bluebirds rebuilt, and try
as he did. the startling could
not get back In"
Suburbs of the suburbs" Is
q good phrase.
It tells what Is happening,
as the Overwhelming circle Of
homes grows out, out from the
city.
Then the old suburbs begin
to be ''in town." Time goes by,
and old trees come down, sell
dom to be replaced.
AL birds love treess and
seem to have a very fine sixth
sense about them. That Is.
they do not wait for all Of
them to 60, but leave when
only part fall. in one way or
another.
Thus the suburbs Of the
suburbs" is constantly build
ing, and the city proper, to
use an old phrase. is increas-
ing, bit by bit, so that in time
1t will all be the same.
Where viii the birds be.
then?
They win be out In the
woods. with the last Of the
squirrels and the remaining
opossums.
Some Of this limited feral
migration may be overcome
by the replanting Of small
trees around homes In the old
suburbs and the new.
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Rejects Message

While listening to q World
Series broadcast. ! heard an
announcement to the effect
that 1t is important for q
family to worship together.
Almost as important, It seems.
as for father to choose the
right razor. Worshipping to-
gether. the man said. makes
strong. happy families,
For some reason. this an
nouncement made me think
of a church going lady in New
York. According to a recent
newspaper story. she hired her
brother and another man to
murder her husband, and
went TO church with her
daughter to leave them a clear
field. The moral Is obvious.
Fathers can avoid being clob-
bered by would-be assassins
by going to church with their
families. Or. perhaps, II they
use the right razor their wives
won't want to get rid Of them.
More and more these days.
our media Of communication
are saturated with the more
religion message. Church.
going and religious training
of the young teyen in public
school kindergarten my son
is being taught the Lords
Prayer are advocated as
cures for such social Ills as
juvenile hoodlumism, drug adj
diction and sex crimes. No one
seems to observe that some
1000 years Of Christian edu-
cation, for example. have La
mentally failed, In so-called
Christian countries. TO prevent
violent upsurges Of anti-social
or immoral behavior whenever
the social order is shaken q
little. In almost every news
paper account Of some mex
plicably violent and repulsive
crime. 1t turns out that the
reason people are surprised is
that the accused had q perfect
Sunday-school record or some
thing.
In my own experience, at
least. .nonheiievers are more
likely to have high ethical
standards and general moral
trustworthiness than are be-
levers. I would suggest that
religious training develops
habits Of superstitious and
magical thinking and inhihits
the development Of meaning
full ethical standards.
n our modern world, the
complacent certainties Of es-
tablished religions are poor
tools compared to rational
doubt and praematisn. People
exposed to religious training
cannot stand uncertainty and
doubt. We should learn some
thing from the fact that most
Of the soldier prisoners who
turned Communist came from
exceptionally pious and devout
families. Instead Of profiting
from this lesson. the. press
characterized 1t as surprising.
It should have surprised no
one. Communist parties have
always been strongest and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Bad Business?

Those businessmen who
want New York avenues CEN
ter trees removed are very short,
sighted. They would much
better concentrate on urging
restoration and care Of the
trees.
Let those who do not love
trees for their beauty please
remember that the tourist
trade is still Washington's
leading industry and that tour
lists are attracted here by
whatever still remains Of our
city's earlier charm that has
survived the devastations Of
Progress"
They do not come to swelter
on unshaded sidewalks, or to
see the same kind Of sordid
chain store. ffilling station.
parking lot and Main streets
that they have left back home.
Mrs. Charles Edward Russell
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Dual Use for Canal?

A news item in The Sunday
Star Of October 2 about the
leak in the old Gao canal,
which necessitated draining q
portion Of it. points up the
fact that q lot Of people feel
that this canal is ornamental
but not very useful, and in
some places may even be
menace. 1t is wen over 100
years old.
Whereas at present it pro-
vides recreation for some
thousands Of pleasure seekers,
it could. II converted into q
modern, reinforced concrete
aqueduct with highway over
1t, become the answer to
Washington's water supply
problem and some Of our traf-
nc problems. In this respect
it would be q twin to present
Macarthur boulevard, now
serving this dual purpose.
Present plans call for ex-
tending Canal road into
Maryland. and for the In
staIlation of a new water In
take above Little Falls. about
one and one-half miles above
the District line. Why not
combine the two projects.
building first q new aqueduct
from Little Falls to Great Falls.
q distance of about nine miles.
and then a new highway over
or alongside the new aqueduct?
I am just a tax-paying lay
man. but 1t seems to me that
q safe water supply is urgent
enough reason for converting
the old Gao canal rs sng-
gested above. Water taken in
at Little Falls will be unfit for
any type filtration 10 or is
years from now. as the popu-
lations Of Montgomery and
Fairfax Counties expand up
the river. So why not reach
out to Great Falls again.
where the original intake is
located?
Robert A. Mullen
Editors note: The District
Engineers office says present
facilities for handling our
water supply are adequate.
The real problem is the amount
of disable water In the Po-
tomac.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
THE POLITICAL MILL
Gov. Knight Sticks His Neck Out
BY GOULD LiNcOLl

Gov. Goodwin j. knight Of
California. who has announced
he intends to have CALIFORNIA;
delegation to the 1856 Repub-
lican National Convention
pledged to him as q favorite-
son candidate for the presi-
dental nomination if'President
Eisenhower declines to run, has
stuck his neck out pretty far.
California Republicans are
telling him that the voters in
the presidential primary. next
year viii decide that. Even
Senator Knowland. Republican
leader Of the Senate and
Knights ally in q fight q year
ago over q Republican State
committee official against q
Nixon-favored candidate, said
forcefully the voters viii pick
the delegates and instruct
them. Representative Carl Hin
shaw, chairman of the States
Republican delegation In the
House Of Representatives. was
not so nice In his comments on
Knight. He charged that
Knight was pushing himself
forward as q presidential cam
didate and added, Except In
the ambitious dreams of Mr..
knight, he is something OF q
Joke In national politics and
it will prove most unfortunate
for the Republican Party OF
California and in the Nation
II his unseemly and almost In
decent haste to exploit the un-
fortunate illness Of President
Eisenhower should result in
creating q false impression Of
his real standing"
Stamp on Nixon
There seems no doubt that
Gov. knights repeated state
ments that he intends to head
the California delegation. as
a favorite-son candidate, were
designed to stamp on any
prospects Vice President Nixon
may have Of becoming the Re-
publican presidential nominee.
Mr.. Nixon, however. un-
like Gov. Knight. has main
tanned an unbroken silence re-
garding political plans, since
President Eisenhower's heart
attack. It's q safe bet. too. the
vice President win continue to
say nothing. Only after Presi-
dent Eisenhower has himself
announced he viii not run
II he makes such an announce
ment-may Nixon be ex.
pected to declare his own plans.
This course Of Mr.. Nixon's will
rest more comfortably on Cali
fornia Republican stomachs
than Gov. knights declara-
ton that he wants the Cali
fornia deiegates-made while
the President is on his sick
bed.
A lot can happen IN six
months, more or less. in Cali
fornia Republican politics.
Gov. Knight appears to take 1t
for granted he win have the
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ARLINGTON. VA.

AEkA443sNfAN<ANB bNAs
Dear Sir:
This is another story about
Limpy, the cardinal with the
broken leg.
at wrote you about Q year
ago when we were wondering
II he would survive the winter.
HE was a pitiful sight then
he Just sat In a bush wait
ing to be fed, and looking sor-
ry for himself.
because the other birds
drove him from the feeder. we
started to put sunflower seed
on the porch. where he soon
came, fearlessly.
"As spring neared, we Won
dered If he would sing his Feb
ruary song. It didn't seem
likely, but one day Limpy sang.
and you never heard such sing
ing. He literally poured 1t out.
i 4 +
would Limpy take q wife2
Doubtful, we thought. But one
day he showed up with q good
looking gal to whom he fed
sunflower seeds.
''Limpy has now raised two
families Of fine outstanding
young birds, all Of which have
been brought to the steps for
raisins and seeds as soon as
they could fly.
IF / had time and you had
space, / would tell you about
the different sizes, colors and
characteristics Of these young
cardinals.
"And now, as II wonders
would never cease, Limpy is
growing new tail feathers to
replace those lost last fall
when he got his leg broken.
and he looks so good and does
so well on his one good leg
and his stump that We have to
look twice to be sure he Is our
Limpy.
"His courage and persever-
ance in the face Of great han
dicaps have been q lesson to
mere humans.
Sincerely yours, A. E. B."
A tale of success. to file
away to Offset the harsh real
istic stories one reads every
day.
Here is another success
story. from L. A. Of Silver
Spring:
Some time ago you wrote
that the birds had become few
around towns. even In wooded
areas.
"They are migrating with
the people out into the sub
urbs Of the suburbs.
when we first started
building our house out here
in the middle Of an old run
down field, we had very few
birds of any kind.
There were some grasshop-
per sparrows, q song sparrow,
crows, buzzards. whip-poor-
wills, meadow larks and bob
whites: a bluebird built a nest
in our basement window, q
phoebe built in the recreation
room rafters and q barn swal-
low in the furnace room.
4 ~
Nov that we have lived
here two summers. in addition
to the above. we have brown
thrashers, flickers. robins. q
mockinghird in every tree,
many blue birds, kingbirds.
. downy woodpecker. indigo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

NoiD IN the little parks
In the small city squares.
the English spGyroaDs strut
and put on autumn airs.
for only they are left
among the yeilow trees.
The children run to school
,utth bare reluctant knees.
the plane leares sound like
rain
and DRIFT upon the stone.
on the benches, tat broipn
spGrYoics
are DossiptnO alone.
Frances Frost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08

most numerous In countries
where religion was most DOM
inant. In secular America 1t
never attracted more than q
fragment. mostly from reli-
gious homes.
My counter-slogan would be:
Turn OF that radio. let your
beard grow and exercise your
mind. In rational thinking lies
our salvation"
Warren w. Morse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry iryiteys' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to condeH.
satton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-08
Questions and Answers
By THE HASKN SERVICE

A reader can get the answer 70 any
question Ct fact BY Sriting The
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Evening star., 1955-05-13
Everett Reese, 81,
U. S. Photographer
Killed in Wet Nam

Funeral services and burial
for Everett CDixie) Reese, 81,
American photographer who
was shot down and killed on
April 20 on a picture-taking
flight over Cholon in South Wet
Nam, will be held tomorrow in
Houston. Tex.
His wife, Mrs. Dorothy Rees,
a United States Public Health
Service nurse assigned to Saigon
for the last three. years. was en-
route to Washington for duty
here when Mr.. Reese was killed.
She now lives at 1884 Mac
Arthur boulevard NV. with her
son Alan, l.
Mr.. Reese was born in Houston
and attended the University of
Houston. He worked for the
Houston Post and then went to
Paris to complete his education
at the Sorbonne. He had been
in Saigon for four years as chief
of the American aid program s
photo department under the
FOA. He also worked for the
U. N. government officials in
training photographers and
technicians.
Other survivors are his
mother. Mrs. Margie Ostrom; a
sister, Mrs. D. J. DeRouen, and
a brother, Alvin Van Ostrom. all
of Houston.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
EIbe Group Leaves
After Banquet

MOSCOW. May 13 (P).-Nine
visiting American veterans of
the l945 United States-Soviet
linkup at the Elbe left for home
by plane today. They were
laden with souvenirs and loud in
their praise of Russian hos
pitality.
The nine. who are stopping of
In Paris en- route to the United
States. carried photograph al
buns recording their four-day
visit to Moscow. as guests of the
Soviet government.
Marshal VASTLY D. Sokolovsky
the Soviet chief of staff, was
host last night at a three hour
farewell banquet in the Central
House of the Soviet Army. He
toasted the friendship and mu-
tual understanding" of the
American and Russian peoples. >
About ITS Russian and foreign
guests, including military at
taches from Western Embassies
attended the lavish affair. A
friendly atmosphere prevailed.
Joseph Polowsky of Chicago
leader of the visiting veterans
invited Russian veterans of the
Ebe linkup to visit WASHINGTON,
where we assure you you'll re-
ceive the same warm welcome we
received here"
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Thomas Wurriner,
Of LuWrenceviIIe

LAWRENCEvILLE, May 13
(P).-Thomas E. Warmer, post
master here and former State
commander of the American
Legion. died yesterday at his
home after a long illness. He
was 81.
A Henrico County native, Mr.
Warriner had lived in Lawrence
vile since 1909.
He 9 represented Brunswick
County in the House of Dele
gates for two terms in the early
1930s and was a past chairman
of the Virginia Young Demo-
cratic Club.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Agnes Bryant Warriner; a
daughter, Mrs. B. B. Dodson of
Franklin: two sons. David D.
Warmer Of Charlottesville, and
Thomas E. Warriner. jr.. of Law
renceville; a sister. Mrs. John
Ruffner of Richmond. and five
grandchildren.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
M. E. Hennessey,
Political Editor

BOSTON, May 13 P.-
Michael E. Hennessey. SO, politi-
cal editor of the Boston Globe
for more than 60 years, died
last night at his home.
His column. Round About
appeared in the Globe as re-
Gently as last Sunday.
His death came only a few
hours after that of his old friend
and fellow Globe worker, James
Morgan, who died in Pasadena,
Calf, at the age of SO. Mr.
Morgan was an editor and politi-
cal analyst on the Globe for
nearly 10 years.
Mr.. Hennessey was born OF
Irish parents in London, Eng
land, and was brought to this
country as child. He Joined
the Globe staff in 1889.
He leaves two daughters.
The funeral will be at 9 am.
Monday, with a solemn high
requiem mass in St. Theresa S
Catholic Church, West Roxbury.
Burial will be in st. Joseph S
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Reginald Woshburn,
Wire Muonute

/ WORCESTER, Mass. May l3
(P.-Reginald Washburn, 83,
board chairman of the Wash
burn Co., wire goods manufac-
turers, died yesterday at his
home after a short illness.
He was born in Worcester and
was graduated from Harvard
College in 1894. In 1917 he be-
came president of the Washburn
Co.. which has plants in Wor-
cester, Illinois, Michigan and
Canada.
He was prominent in boys af-
fairs and from 1918 to 1850 he
was a director of the National
Boys Clubs.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Smith 10 Back
Liquor StoreBi!!

Support for a bill to establish
District government liquor stores
was promised today by Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, of
Virginia, chairman of the power
full House Rules Committee and
the District Fiscal subcommittee
The bill was introduced yes
terday by Representative An
drews, Democrat. of Alabama
who said the plan would bring
the District from $12 to $40 mil
lion a year in additional reve-
nues.
Mr.. Smith said he hoped to
attend a closed session on the
subject by the House District
subcommittee Monday. The
House Judiciary Committee also
is slated to discuss the proposal
behind closed doors at 10:30 am.
Monday.
The Virginia legislator said he
was interested in helping the
District solve its financial plight
without heaping added tax bur-
dens on the citizens.
why shouldn't the District
get some of the profit made out
of the sale of liquor here?" he
asked. He recalled he had urged
such legislation for the District
soon after the repeal of prohibi-
ton.
Representative Andrews, who
introduced the measure for Gov
ernment-controlled stores under
ABC board supervision, told the
House he had reports from is
States having such stores. The
total profits for one year was
$l7l, ,260, 900, he said.
In 1854 his home State of Ala
bama reaped $10,221 900 and the
State of Virginia had a net profit
Of Sl7,54l,000. Mr.. Andrews
added.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Charles Deere Wimun, SO;
Head of Farm Equipment Firm

TUCSON, Ariz., May 13 R.-
Charles Deere Wiman, So, presi-
dent Of the Deere g. Co.. farm
equipment manufacturing firm.
since 1929, died last night in a
Tucson hospital.
He was the great-grandson Of
the company's founder.
A frequent Tucson visitor, MFR.
Wiman had been living at Mid
vale Farms, which he owned.
since last February. He had been
in fair health for the past year
and entered the hospital six
days ago.
The cause Of death was given
as pulmonary embolism.
A native of Staten Island,
N. Y, he received degree from
Sheffield Scientific School at
Yale in 1914 and Joined Deere &
Co. in Moline, H., a year later.
Mr.. Wiman served as second
lieutenant and captain during
the First World War and was
an ordnance colonel in the Army
in World War II.
Evening star., 1955-05-13

Julius Martin II, an attorney
with the Lands Division Of the
Justice Department for the last
eight years, died today at Doc
tors Hospital after q short ILL
ness. He was 81.
Mr.. Martin lived. at 1901 In
gomar street NV. He was born
in Asheville. N. C.
Mr.. Martin came to the Dis
trict in 1910 to work with the
Wage and Hour Division Of the
Department of Labor. Later
he worked for a House committee
investigating naval affairs and
with the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Martin was a graduate of
the University Of North Caro-
lima and the University of Vir-
ginia. He was a veteran Of the
First World War and belonged
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Arrest in County
Opens Zone War
On Junk Yards

Prince Georges County off,
cials launched a campaign to
clean up improperly zoned junk
yards with the arrest of a River
dale contractor.
Coy E. McCann, so, of the
5000 block of Taylor road, River
dale, was charged with a zoning
ordinance violation prohibiting
storage of building material in
a residential zone.
Chris Sondberg. county build
ing inspector. who signed the
warrant, said Mr.. McCann had
stored lumber and building fix
lures in stacks from 8 to 10 feet
high at his home address.
MI. Sondberg said the con-
tractor has ignored several
warning letters, including a reg
istered letter and another one
taped to the front door of his
home. .'.>
Mr.. McCann was released on
500 bond pending a May 22
hearing in Hyattsville Police
Court.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Col. Londgrebe,7 70,
Retired Steel Man

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. May 1a
P.-Col. Karl Landgrebe, 78, re-
tired steel executive and sports
man. died at his home yesterday.
Col. Landgrebe, former vice
president in charge of admin
istration for United States Steels
Tennessee Coal and Iron Divi-
sion, was noted for his interest
in sports. his philanthropies and
community service.
After working with steel COM
panies in Chicago, Toledo and
Bethlehem he came to TCI In
1910. He set records for steel
output at TCI's Ensley works
during World War I, and during
World War II resigned his post
to serve as vice president of a
company manufacturing gun
shells.
He said at the time that he
was resigning to spend what
days have left helping Uncle
Sam"
He is survived by two daugh-
ters and a son.
Funeral services and burial
will be held today.
Evening star., 1955-05-13
Skid Row Attorney
Back in Jail as Drunk

CHICAGO, May 13 (P.-
William G. Wood, one-time
prominent Chicago attorney and
law school teacher who was res
cued from Skid Row last winter
and helped toward rehabilita-
ton. was in jail today after
being arrested for drunkenness.
Municipal Judge Hyman Field
man, who was Woods chief
benefactor, ordered him held in
$500 bond pending an examina-
ton by the court psychiatrist.
Wood, in Judge Feldman's
court last January 81 on a
drunkenness charge. was given
a job in the court as a special
consultant. He stayed on the job
for nine weeks and Judge Field
man was instrumental in get
ting him a job as librarian in
the states attorneys office. He
had been at that job eight weeks
before he fell off the wagon and
was found drunk on skid row
Wednesday,