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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30

responding to a suggestion
that he. Mr.. Churchill. might
someday be Prime Minister.
Today Sir Winston's failue
10 read the future appears
amusing, If not ludicrous. But
II Is just as difficult. probably,
for Mr.. Eisenhower to read
what will happen during the
rest Of 1865 and 1856.
The number Of Republican
Senators presently bucking
Mr.. Eisenhower, especially on
his conduct Of foreign policy,
lends further strength to the
argument the President will
not stand for re-election-or
so say those who are betting
he will not run for reelection.
Notable on this list Of Senators
are Knowland of California.
Jenner of Indiana and
Mccarthy Of Wisconsin-none
Of whom are up for reelection
in 1856, but all of whom were
elected along with Mr.. Eisen-
hover In 1852.
Stevenson Seen Strong
Most Of the bets are that
Adlai Stevenson will be in
there pitching for the Demo-
Gratis when the presidential
race Is on next year. Here, too,
however. the events of the
next IL to 16 months are like
ly to play important parts in
Mr.. Stevenson's decision to
run or not to run. 1t is ironic
that claims of Mr.. Stevenson's
denomination rest today on his
supposed strength in the States
of the solid South" Four of
those States deserted Mr..
Stevenson in 1852, helped to
swell Mr.. Eisenhower's victory,
and the vote in several others
was too close for comfort from
a Stevenson point Of view. 1t
is contended that the South
ern Democrats, however, have
less love for Gov. Harri-
man of New York, for Gov.
Williams of Michigan and for
Senator Kefauver of TenneS-
see-the three most likely con-
tenders for the presidential
nomination with or without
Mr.. Stevenson in the race.
Gov. Hartman and Gov. Will
liams were involved more or
less directly in the loyalty
oath" fight, directed against
the Southerners, in the 1852
Democratic National Conven-
ton. However, all will not be
clear sailing for Mr.. Steven
son in these Southern States,
If he seeks denomination for
the presidency, as a recent poll
of leading Democrats in that
section indicates.
In the 1855 winter book"
Mr.. Eisenhower and Mr.. Ste
venson continue the favorites
for the 1856 presidential NOM
nations. What the 1866 book
will show is something else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
Puts Lid on MeItinq Pot

The letter of April 26 by
Warren w. Morse indicates
that he had just gotten home
after listening to George Wash
ington's Farewell Address. He
observed no differences be-
tween the 18th and Goth CEN
turtles and is doubtless going to
be very much surprised when
he discovers the automobile,
telephone and electricity.
AS one of those whom he
terms "belittlers" and "patri-
otic," I sum up our respective
position thus: He and the ny
phenated Americans who are
advocating a new flood of i'm
migrants are arguing the cause
of non-Americans to whom we
owe nothing, economically
or morally. We "belittlerS" are
arguing the cause of American
citizens who are here and their
posterity, to whom we owe their
fair share of our natural re-
sources.
In the same issue of The
Star with his letter are some
interesting figures showing how
much faster the population has
increased than the Census Blu
reau anticipated a few years
ago. If Mr.. Morse thinks there
is no chance of overcrowding
this country and that there is
virtue in such density of popu-
lation, let him visit the Medi-
terranean countries, China and
India and learn that only by
the deaths of millions Is it pos
sible for any to survive-a hard
rule, but historically and fac
tually true.
F. S. Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
School View

Tread with great interest the
letter of Mrs. r. G.. Ragsdale,
jr., and I wish to thank her
for the considered interest she
has evidenced in the substance
of letter The Star published,
entitled Dissatisfied With
Schools"
However, I'm sure Mrs.
Ragsdale will permit me to
point out that nowhere in my
letter did I advocate army
like" methods of teaching for
Arlington high schools, or for
high schools anywhere. What
I did say was that, during the
last war, the Army Command
and General Staff College
made it's courses of study so
efficient that it was able to
reduce 24-month course to
10 months in which there was
no 10 per cent passing grade.
Two outstanding things made
for successful classes: Cd Each
instructor before the beginning
of each school year was given
$50 hours in how to teach, to
deliver and put across the sub
ject matter being taught; and
(2) each student was given a
course in how to study. If such
efficiency is termed "armylike,"
then let's give three rousing
cheers for the Army.
I am in complete agreement
with Mrs. Ragsdale that, OH
the whole. those responsible
for educating our children are
doing a good job. However, I
am also concerned with the
too-large area of failure in
the production of college ma
terial. When too many high
school graduates are recipients
Of very expensive remedial
and preparatory coaching, my
heart bleeds for the less for
tunate children who must go
it alone on sheer native ability.
Stan Stanton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
Red Imperialism

When Jawaharlal Nehru,
Indian Prime Minister, heard
at the Banding African-Asian
Conference that international
communism is a new form Of
colonialism he should not have
sat on his hands but applauded.
For this was an echo Of what
he told a youth rally in Indo-
neSia on June Is, 1850 Gas
reported in a Singapore news
paper. He said then that
1.-THE world has changed. and
many of the slogans and
discussions Of yesterday are
out Of date now. Even if you
talk Of anti-irlperialism, you
have to think in different
terms today, for imperialism
in the form of old coloniatism
is not a major menace, though
1t still continues in many
places. Imperialism, however,
survives in other forms and
other CARDS and may even talk
in terms of freedom and social
change. Therefore, we have
to be on our guard against
words and phrases which have
lost or changed their mean
ing"
Tbs was a warning from a
veteran in the war against
imperialism that 1t is Com
muiI.st imperialism which is
the great danger today. Before
the month was over, Com
munist aggression III Korea
indelibly underlined his words.
Is Pandit Nehru's hindsight
worse than his foresight
Sidney Koretx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30

Ernest H. Pullman Is the
man we citizens want ap-
pointed on the Board Of Edu-
cation.
Mr.. Pullman was leader Of
the campaigns for conStruc-
ton of Whittier Elementary,
Paul Junior High and Calvin
Coolidge High School.
Mrs. BransOn Gilbert McIlwee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30

"Just a line" writes N. v. B.
Of both street, Ito ask If you
ever noticed that the new
dogwood leaves look as though
a host Of little green but
terflies had settled on the
branches?
II enjoy your column every
day, the first thing to be read.
as so many others do. Will
send this to your home -
don't want you to miss those
butterfly leaves"
We didn't overlook the
blossoms, either.
Watching the new leaves
come out on trees and shrubs
Is one Of the joys Of the
springtime.
The fact that it is such a
universal JOY does not in any
way take away from the pleas
ure of it.
Too many persons today
have Succumbed to the prop
uganda, coming from we know
not where, that a thing to
be interesting must be new,
startling, if possible.
Maybe the men of Athens
began it. 1t was of them that
st. Paul said they spent their
time looking for and talking
about something new.
Novelty certainly has its
place. but so has the everyday.
the commonplace, the usual.
Probably those are the hap
piast people who find their
novelty in the usual.
Spring changes somehow
manage to combine the old
with the very new.
There is nothing newer"
in O. very good sense, than the
new leaves of the climbing
roses the trees. the various
shrubs, the green shoots stick
ing up from the earth. all
sorts of leaves, each perfect
in it's way, showing the eter-
nal qualities and even quanti-
ties of living things.
There is nothing prettier.
really, if one has the mind
to see such things as they are.
fresh from natures hand, for
the first few moments seeming
to he the incorruptiDle out Of
the corruptioie.
Fresh green leaves help make
the world just what it is, and
always has been; Go their part
in joining the past to the
present, cementing the present
to the future.
We can feel sure, as we look
at the new leaves o. this
spring. that we are actually
a part of a wonderful process
and we aIe actors in a great
play. Some call it comedy.
some tragedy, some tragi-
comedy, others comi-tragedy.
putting the accent to suit
themselves.
Leaves are adornmert, as
human eyes gee, but actually
they are chemical laboratories,
helping in the complex live
OF the green things Of this
earth.
without these leaves, we
would I've poorer lives. If we
lived at all.
So we can keep this in mind
as q Sure thing in what at
times seems to be q very liz
secure sort Of world.
On razors' edges. everything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
Seeks UngorbIed Word

The Nations newspapers
have been advised that their
circulation is not keeping pace
with the Nations population.
This has been apparent for
some time to those who have
noticed the rash of puzzle"
and "lucky-number" contests
that have cropped up in papers
all over the country.
When will the newspaper in
dustry realize that its vehicle
for survival is straightforward,
unadulterated news. just as the
motion-picture industry real
lied that its survival depended
on Glass A pictures. not the
"bingo," door prize" method.
Robert P. Cannon, Sr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
The Greater Donqer

DR.. Herman j. Muller of Indiana Uni
versity, in his speech here to the National
Academy of Sciences, has struck COM
nonsense balance between extremist
evaluationS-pro and con-of the possible
long-range hereditary effects of radiation
unleashed by test detcnations of atomic
hydrogen weapons.
On the one hand, DR.. Muller-who
holds Nobel Prize as a renowned
geneticist-has deplored the tendency in
some official and unofficial quarters to
deny that A and H tests can do any hered-
itary damage. Actually, in his Judgment,
they can cause items of thousands" Of
harmful mutations in the next generation
of Americans, and although this certainly
does not constitute a significant threat to
"our population as whole" each such
mutation is IAN evil, and we have no right
to dismiss 1t lightly"
On the other hand, however, DR.. Null
Ter has described as equally false" the
assertion that "the hereditary constitution
OF all Of humanity is being seriously under
mined" by our experimental Hbomb
detonations and that therefore such det-
onations should be formally banned and
stopped forthwith. AS he sees it, this is
a grossly exaggerated and unwarranted
view-one which the Communists are ex-
plotting for propaganda purposes. And
so he argues, even though he believes that
the program entails some measure of
genetic danger that 1--WE must base our
case for the continuation of the tests
squarely on the fact that they are at the
present stage necessary to prevent our
being put at military disadvantage.
Only from position of all-around strength
-. can we finally reach situation where
general disarmament is feasible"
In its essentials, DR.. Muller's view
comedies with our official American atti-
tude, as expressed by the Atomic Energy
ommisSion-namely, that until the pos
sibility of an atomic attack is eliminated
by a workable international plan for gen.
eral disarmament, the study and evalua-
ton of weapons effects and civil defense
protection measures must be a necessary
duty Of our Government. Inevitably,
certain element of risk is involved in the
testing of nuclear weapons, just as there
is some risk in manufacturing conven-
tional explosives or In transporting in
f1ammable substances such as oil or gas
oline on our streets and highways. The
degree of risk must be balanced against
the great Importance of the test programs
to the security of the Nation and of the
free world
Through special committee of out
standing experts, the National Academy Of
Sciences is now undertaking an exhaustive
study of this whole subject, and its final
report will not be known for some time to
come. Yet, although the reports findings
may contain some surprises, it seems safe
to hazard the guess that they will fully
support what both the Acc and Dr. Muller
have said about the overriding danger of
not holding our and H tests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
BY THE EAsKIN SERVICE

@. When did round-the-
world telephone service first
become possible1--J. E. r.
A. The first round the world
circuit was established on
April Is, 1885, over a combina-
ton Of radio and land facili-
ties. BY 1858, a subscriber in
the United States could be
connected with any one of
80.900,0o0 telephones outside
the continental limits If the
country.
@. How can I obtain World
Wa II medals to which I am
entitled, according 70 my
Army discharge papers, but
did not rccelvc?-E. C.
A. You may Apply to the
Office CT the Ad.utant Gen.
eral, Department of the Amy,
Washington Is, d. c., for
World War II medals to which
you are entitled. You should
give full details, including
youl flu name and service
number.
G. Were both Larents " any
President alive at the tine
Of their sons inaLs ration -
H. N
A. This happened only in
the case of Pl esident Grant.
who took the OATH If Office IN
1869 and 1873. His father.
Jesse Root Grant. Lived until
1874 and his mother, Hannah
Simpson Grant, until 1883.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30

Of internationalists has drawn
us into three wars and may
succeed in a fourth attempt.
To his eternal praise it can
be said that George Washing
ton was an isolationist. His
Farewell Address proves that.
How long do the internation-
alists think the American peo-
pie will feed. clothe and other
wise donate to all the world?
We have dissipated our sons
on foreign battlefields long
enough.
Walter Fielder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30

exchange IN the present world situation,
the West would be playing the foolishly
naive role Of sweet Alice. Let us continue
to make our bargaining as hard as principle
and reality require.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
In Wake of OAR

Too much sarcasm and too
many Sights were directed at
the recent congress of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution. There Is an old
saying that an organization
isn't doing any good unless
somebody is fighting it.
Unless as a Nation we are
ready to discard the tenets of
the forefathers who gave us
this country, with a Constitu-
ton they hoped would serve to
protect our right to differ with
each other, we should be CRATE
full to this organization Of
women dedicated to the con-
tinual reminder that we set out
to build and make secure that
national structure. We are so
won't to forget. We set up
monuments to such people as
Jefferson and Lincoln, but we
discard their teachings that,
though we may differ in
thought we must be stead
fast in purpose.
Each year hundreds of veneer
able ladies--and some young
err ones--come to Washington
to worship at their shrine,
Constitution Hall. Each year
they 60 on record to stop the
movement of the sun and bark
back to the days before Amer
lea became a world power.
They reason in terms of flint
locks in the face of atomic
bombs.
We have often wondered
why there are no colored
American OARS. Was it
not the mulatto Crispus At
tucks who was the first Amer
ican killed resisting the Brit
ISL? At least so it is inscribed
by John Adams on his monu-
ment on the commons in Bos-
ton. What about the thou
sands of Negroes who fought in
the Revolution, some of whom
George Washington selected
for his personal guards when
he could not trust others?
E. B. Henderson.
The OAR drafted a number
of resolutions and I agree with
every one o. them, especially
The ones against atoms for
peace. reciprocal trace and
foreign aid.
The brilliant ladies Of the
OAR show q remarkable un-
derstanding Of world prob
lens, which, unfortunately,
the dull minds of Americana
born internationslists cannot
grasp. Our American crop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen-ndmeS may be used II
letters carry DriterS' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to con-
densdtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-30
Questions and Answers

A reader can get an answer by mail
to any factual question BY writing
Ths Evening Star Information Bu-
reau, 1900 Eve St, NV, Washington.
B, ID. c. Please incloss 3 cents for
return postage,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
Want Your Deer?
.Okay, But Don't
Get 1t by Auto

If you should happen to have
the misfortune to run into deer.
you'll find that your car may be
in for a protracted stay at the
garage, but cheer up. You'll be
able 10 keep the deer.
The Maryland Game and Fish
Commission reported this good
news this week but added a pro-
viso. You'll be able to keep the
deer provided you report the &C.
cident as soon as possible to a
State Game Warden or State Pc
liceman and submit the undressed
carcass of the deer as evidence.
Just in case you get any ideas
about running down a deer, the
Commission adds that a collision
between big buck and car can
result in serious damage to the
latter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20

for whatever cause, is suspect.
They all are open to smear and
innuendO and that is precisely
what they get in far too many
innocent instances.
"At the same time, the mum
bers game has become a politi
cal gimmick. Statistics covering
alleged dismissals for security
reasons have been flagrantly
misused for partisan political
purposes.
"This whole matter is entirely
too serious, too fundamental to
the safety of the Nation, to be
so mishandled and so perverted
There is danger, too, that unless
sound remedial action is taken
promptly, the whole program
will fall into the kind of disre
.pute which can be encouraging
only to the enemies of our ma.
tional security.
b 1.-THE Executive Council urges
both the Congress and the Elk
ecutive Branch to subject the
whole program to searching re
examination"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
Walker Pledges Help Of County
To Area BODYBUILDING Industry

and the SMBA could work to-
gether for the best interests of
the county's residents-present
and future.
AS evidence of the Importance
of BODYBUILDING, the new county
official pointed out that during
1854 there was a IS percent in
crease in the permits issued for
single family dwellings in the
county. Total county construction
amounted to $50 million during
the year.
In commenting on the fred
tape through which builders must
wade" Mr.. Walker said that
streamlining of building permit
and subdivision planning proceed
ures is needed to permit the
builders to function more effici-
emily. He asked for the support
of the builder group in the diff
cult task of undermining an I'M
wieldy system that has grown up
over the years.
Also discussed at the meeting
headed by SMBA President Carl
M. Freeman were the countys
problem in raising funds needed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20

ment of this program and make
possible the assignment of reas-
enable priorities.
We believe strong representa-.
tons should be made to the
County Council and, if necessary,
to the State Legislature for fl.
nancial assistance from the
County. Much of the cost of the
capital program has been due to
increased county activities in
Rockville, yet the county contri
button has remained at only
$1050 each year, since 1888.
Sewer and Water
We believe there must be
rapid and satisfactory solutions
to the critical problems of water
and sewage facing the city OF
Rockville. We most strongly
believe, however, that the short
range solutions to these prob
lens must be coordinated with
the orderly growth of the City
and find their proper place in
the long-range plans for the de
velopment of adequate utilities
We believe that the citizens
should be presented with peril
nent information relating to any
major expansion of the utilities
systems. Citizens should have
the privilege of expressing their
opinions in open meetings-opin
ions which the administration
would fully consider before max
ing its decisions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
Write Security Program Into Law,
Federal Employees Group Urges

A thorough discrimination o.
the Federal security program
which will lead to it's improve
ment and enactment into perman
ent law-it now functions under
an executive order of the Presi
dent-was urged this week by
the Executive Council of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployeeS.
At the same time, the Council
strongly condemned the use Of
security statistics for partisan
political purposes.
The Council declared:
1.-THE National Federation Of
Federal Employees is firmly con
WINGED of the continuing need fol
Federal security program. II
is a matter of record that the
N.F.F.E. urged the establishment
of such a program long before
the Federal Government took
such action.
THE need for method where
by subversives and undesirables
can be kept out of the service
and, if they do slip by, to weeo
them out promptly, should be
self-evident. The N.F.F.E. be
lieves, moreover, that such a pro
gram should be permanent part
of the whole system of tFederai
personnel administration, that il
should be enacted into law by
Congress rather than function, as
lat present, under an executive or
der of the President and thus sub
ject to possible revocation at any
time.
"The prime purpose of Fed
eral security program is to pro-
tect the Government and people
of the United States.
AL the same time every pos
sible step should be taken to
safeguard the traditional rights
of employees as American citi-
zens. That the program as now
administered is failing in this
respect is clearly evident,
ut is basic that unless derog-
atory information is evaluated
and cases adjudicated it is
rank miscarriage of justice to
stigmatize all employees who
leave the service.
THAT, in practical effect, is
what is happening today. The
fact is that every employee
who leaves the Federal service,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
On All American

Martin Gallagher, student at
Montgomery Junior College, has
been named half-back on the ALL
American Junior College football
team, Coach F. Frank Rubin an
nounced today. The selection was
made by the rating system of the
Williamson Features Syndicate of
Houston, Tex, from among 268
junior colleges in the country
who play football.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
General to Speak
For Terps Overseas

DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, president
of the University of Maryland,
announced today that General
Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme al
lied commander Europe, had &C.
cepted an invitation to speak at
the commencement exercises for
the Maryland Overseas Program.
The ceremony will be held in the
historic "aula" of Heidelberg
University in Germany, ancient
seat of German culture, on May
81, 1855.