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Evening star., 1955-01-29
Calling All Police curs

want to congratulate The Star on
the series of articles and drawings to
make the public more safety conscious
and to illustrate safe driving practices.
would like to tell you and your
.readers Of an illustration of law viola
lions by policemen. who are supposed
to promote safety, which created acci-
dent hazards, and incidentally made
my blood boil although I was not
involved.
Recently at Fifteenth and F streets
NV, as stood waiting for the walk"
light, my attention was attracted by a
car in the northbound right lane COM
ing to q sudden squealing stop, with
traffic behind it doing the same. Then
/ saw the reason: Metropolitan Police
Accident Investigation Car No 122 was
making right turn into r street from
the left lane. across the right-lane
traffic. This not only caused the sud-
den stopping of the right lane, but also
jammed traffic behind the police car
in the left lane. Incidentally. several
cars missed the light because of 1t, and
traffic became more jammed.
Thinking there must have been an
accident or other emergency iustifying
such q law violation, / watched the
police car. It cruised leislfely to the
middle Of the block and made a "U"
turn on street right beside mo q
Turn" sign. Then heading west on F
street. it parked In no-parking zone;
the two policemen got out and went
into the Old Ebbitt Grill.
It may be that some emergency re-
quired sudden accident investigation
in the grill but doubt that those of
us who watched the three deliberate
traffic violations had our confidence in.
or respect for. the Police Department
improved by the incident. Certainly 1t
did not set an example for us in safety.
law observance or even courteous driv-
ing. also suspect that most CT us were
turning over mentally the charges and
fines which would undoubtedly have
been levied against us If we had dared
to follow the example Of the privileged
policemen.
It seems to me that one of the first
places to start safety campaign would
be to require that all members Of the
police force observe the traffic regula-
tions, as well as the rules Of safety.
courtesy and fair play which they ex-
pect the public to observe.
Ordinary Citizen.
Evening star., 1955-01-29
"4sth STREET.

E1tA1 y GSklG
Dear Sir:
do you know anything about the
stone cat that sits high up on a house
In the 2200 block Of Massachusetts
avenue. Northwest?
II have been told It Is a replica of a
former pet whose favorite perch was
that high corner. but who the owner
was, or how long it has been there, ]
have never heard.
u do hope you can tell us something
about it.
sAlso--there Is q bird out here on
Forty ninth street that hear mostly in
the wintertinie that sounds like young
duck.
''Two or three piaintive .peep-peeps.
I call it the duck bird. but would like
to know what 1t Is.
mot, as YOU have often said. that 1t
makes any difference to the bird, but
Just that ] may know what the learned
ones have decided to call 1t.
sincerely yours. v. L. s.
We hate to puncture the romantic
story OF the memorial to faithful cat.
Certainly high perch would be Just
the place d cat would choose. They all
like to 60 aloft, but usually are content
with table or bookcase top.
An authority on washington buildings
tells us that there Is not one icta Of
truth In the story as cur correspondent
has heard 1t. and as many others have
Evening star., 1955-01-29
This and That

heard 1t, thanks TO the fancies of In
Vulnerable guides on sightseeing buses,
at one time called "rubberneck
wagons
The house referred to was built in
1900, so the cat has been looking down
on traffic for long time and has seen
some marvellous changes.
The house was constructed under the
superintendency Of Paul J. Pelz, who
helped draw up the plans Of the Library
of Congress.
probably was the first piece Of con-
structi0n Mr.. Pelz officiated at after
completion Of the Library in February,
1897.
The story from our authority is
that when the house was almost I'm
ished. Mr.. Pelz looked up toward the
root. and thought one place looked
rather bare.
In those days 1t was the custom to
flll such hooks and inches with
grtfins and other fabulous animals.
Il want to put something up there"
unused Mr.. Pelz sSomething as sort
of mascot"
One Of the Pelz children chimed in.
Why not make 1t eat?R she asked
And then. papa. it will be mas-catl !"
Today, she would have used daddy. 2
but back around 1900 children called
mother mama" and father papa
80 the stone cat finally went into
place. and from its perch 1t has hlinked
Evening star., 1955-01-29
Poincionu
BY Gould Lincoln

Long, long before the pernai surge ot
lacy nesc green ieapes,
EUeD In these Caribbean islands OF no
season and tremendous sun,
This tide Of scarlet faDle tnuades the
cndrled and matted bonghs.
Tnssstent crimson 7ire Implying the
ytnter Is noW done.
Tourists Ttn carry home soith them on
color film
This annual and polcnntc splendor.
this fiery molten blaze.
A thing to tDdrm the hands upon. HeIt
year or merit,
To fan the northern ashes with re-
nsembered troptc days.
While patiently. tn time the bloom
giUes Ddg TO green.
To green seed pods that Ttpen later
in the year,
That clack tn cQutHocfidl UtDd like
restless c0stGHets
Calling the heart back home again
across the hemtsphere.
Frederick Ebisht
Evening star., 1955-01-29
Metropolitan Area Planning

We In Montgomery County were much
interested In the letter from Mrs. Mar
jorie Burk, discussing the master plan
for Fairfax County. We wish to con-
gratulate The Star for publishing the
letter, and hope you will continue to
give full coverage to discussion of plan
ming throughout the Metropolitan Area.
Here in Montgomery, we fear what
happens when community develops
without a comprehensive or master
plan. Citizens feel insecure about the
value Of their property when parking
lots may approach their back yards, a
gravel pit be dug on neighhoring land
or car-wrecking lot appear across the
road overnight.
Taxpayers dollars, instead Of going
for badly needed services, may be
Siphoned off for widening too-narrow
streets or for tearing up and enlarging
or replacing sewer lines laid without
regard for future population growth
and road development.
Business may be congested, as 1t is
today in Silver Spring and Bethesda, SO
that customers encounter parking diff
culties for routine shopping. Expand
ing schools are forced to use up their
lots, with resulting loss Of play space
for the children.
Streams and creeks become muddy
with topsoil and polluted, with sewage.
Rock Creek. one of Washington's love-
liest recreation assets, is odoriferous
and unsafe now, as recent Star edi-
torial pointed out.
Communities may lack adequate
space for recreational areas and SWIM
ming pools. The failure to set aside
such areas and to discourage wholesale
removal of trees, topsoil and ground
cover in building developments in turn
promotes flooding and erosion.
Fairfax County is further to be con-
graduated for keeping its planning
function at the county level. In Mont
gomery County this function dor the
lower part of the county, now rests in
a bi-county agency, the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, which was established to meet
real need In 1927, long before home
rule was known in Maryland.
Today this commission Is responsible
neither to State nor local government,
and is therefore remote from the people
who have right to shape the COM
munity in which they pay their local
taxes. No comprehensive plan has ever
been drawn by the commission. The
peoples taxes are arbitrarily set In
Annapolis: their financial accounts are
not audited by any responsible govern
mental authority.
The Montgomery County League OF
Women Voters feels strongly that the
planning function for the whole county
should be an integral part of our county
government: and that. so integrated,
our county planning should in turn be
geared into the planning for the whole
Metropolitan Area, as developed by the
National Capital Regional Planning
Council.
Mrs. Thomas Lee Smith, r.
President. Montgomery County
League Of Women Voters.
Evening star., 1955-01-29
Month for Repairs

January Is nearly gone, and one finds
that one has failed the National Safety
Councils plea to make the month one for
repairs around the home, to eliminate haz-
ards to safety. A search was made, as ad-
vised, for loose stair treads, but none was
found. Neither were there papers piled near
the furnace. The basement stairs were sur
prisingly clear of bottles and paint cans.
The electric appliances, tested, were found
in good order The pilot light on the kitchen
stove worked well, and was in no need OF
repair. The ceiling plaster did not seem In
danger Of falling.
Knowing the perversity of houses, one
expects to find on the very first day OF Feb
ruary that stair tread has somehow
worked loose, too late for inclusion in jan
uarys month OF repair. In March, there
viii be a short circuit in the floor lamp.
During April, while one is busy outside clear
ing winters accumulation from the yard,
papers will gather beside the furnace. A
crack will develop In the dining room ceiling
In May. A June week end at for an auto
mobile trip to the country win be spent
tinkering with the pilot light on the kitchen
stove In July, it will be something else, as
In the remaining months of the year.
But January, when ones attention was
focused on home repairs. Is nearly gone.
with nothing to repair. One feels the need
for repair of -the-month club, with neatly
packaged repairs arriving BY post on set
schedule. A tacked-down stair tread In the
morning mail would be boon Until such
plan can be worked out. the last II months
Of the year win be busy ones But not
January.
Evening star., 1955-01-29
For Peoce or Wor2

Our Government has now offered an
other clear and impressive token Of It's
earnest desire to promote stability and
peace in the Far Pacific. It has done so by
indicating its full agreement with New Zea-
lands call for an extraordinary session Of
the United Nations Security Council Ito
which Red China would be invited) to dis
cuss the possibility Of cease-fire in For
mosa Strait. But this move to head on
the danger Of war is two-way proposition
whose success or failure must depend pri-
marily on whether or not the Moscow
Peiping axis responds affirmatively.
In an effort to obtain such response,
Britain's Ambassador to Moscow, acting on
instructions from his government and with
the assent Of our State Department, has
called upon Foreign Minister Molotov to
ask that the Malenkov regime use its "best
Offices and fullest capabilities" to urge
restraint on the Chinese Communists and
persuade them to cooperate in the U. Ms
projected effort at pacification. Mr.. Molo-
TOYS initial reaction, however, has been
somewhat less than promising, and judging
from the current anti-American tone of
the Soviet presS-not to mention the
strident belligerency Of Peipings propa-
ganda-there is more than a little reason to
doubt that the men Of the Kremlin are in
mood to be accommodating. In fact, their
real desire and hope may be to keep the
Asian situation inflamed until it explodeS
into major hostilities between the United
States and Red CHINA development that
could be most useful to them in Europe.
Yet, although the cease-fire outlook
thus seems much less than bright at the
moment, our Governments support Of New
Zealand's initiative effectively emphasizes
that the profoundly peaceful intent OF
American policy is in no sense modified or
diminished by the Joint congressional reso-
luton on defending Formosa and the Pes
cadores. In the circumstances, Moscow and
Peiping can hardly turn thumbs down on
the U. N. move without at the same time
appearing before the world as advocates of
a continuing drift toward war. That is
fact that should give them pause, and 1t
conceiyably may lead them, If only for
propaganda purposes, to accede in due
course to some kind Of pacifying action.
Evening star., 1955-01-29
Mr.. Cooper to New Delhi

The choice of former Republican Sen
ator John Sherman Cooper to be our next
Ambassador to India is a wise and happy
one. For Mr.. Cooper is not defeated
political off1ceholder claiming sanctuary
and reward in return for past services to
his party. He is, instead, man who has
acquired experience and demonstrated COM
petence in foreign affairs while serving both
under Democratic and Republican ad-
ministrations. His career in public service
in the Kentucky Legislature, as legal
adviser to the American Military Govern
ment In Germany, as United States dele
gate to the United Nations and a delegate
to North Atlantic Council meetings, and
finally as a United States Senator-never
has been marked by rigid partisanship. It
is safe to assume that his service in New
Delhi will conform to this same high
standard.
Mr.. Cooper is not taking on an easy
task. Whatever our reaction to certain
policies of the Indian government, 1t can
not be denied that India is a most important
nation in the development Of modern Asiatic
history and, indeed, of the world at large
It is not an assignment for chip-on-the-
shoulder approach, but one calling rather
for the very sort of calm and clear vision
which Mr.. Cooper has shown in other
phases of his public career Not only are
there recurring issues to be dealt with and
perhaps resolved between India and the
United States; there are also problems in
Asia itself that might be eased by the good
Offices of our Ambassador In recent times
we have been ably represented in New
Delhi by Chester Bowles. 10y Henderson and
George v. Allen. There is reason to feel
confident that Mr. Cooper viii carry on in
this flne tradition.
Evening star., 1955-01-29
To Avert an Injustice

Seldom has Congress had before it a
veterans benefit bill of SO noncontroversial
nature as that which the House has Just
passed by vote Of 365 to 0. Senate passage
before February is foregone conclusion
The legislation is assured Of enactment
because virtually everybody is in agreement
that an injustice otherwise would be done
many servicemen under an executive order
ending CT schooling and loan benefits at
the end Of this month.
President Eisenhower, In cutting of
the special CT "bill of rights" after January
81, had not intended to deprive servicemen
already In uniform of the benefits they had
been promised when they entered the
armed forces The order was to apply only
to men entering the services after the cut
Of date. But under the CT bill educational
and training privileges accrue according to
length of active service, at the rate Of 11a
days Of schooling for each day Of service.
Thus, enlistees and draftees who have gone
into uniform recently would have been
sharply short-changed in respect to bene-
fits. When this prospect was called to the
attention of Congress and the White House
by veterans groups quick action to remedy
the situation followed. The bill unani-
mously passed by the House was the result.
Expected Senate passage will assure the
fulnllment by the Government of pledges
of educational benefits made to thousands
Of recruits before announcement Of the
executive order.
Evening star., 1955-01-29
1 Lettersto TheStor

capacity to govern decentiy or to fight
effectively. Gen. StiIlweH wrote in 1914
that Chiang,s purpose was not to fight
Japan but to grab for loans to
maintain his present position. based
on one-party gpyernment. a reactionary
policy, or the suppression of democratic
ideas with the active aid OF his ges-
tapo.n In 1877. Cen Wedemeyer re-
ported: '.The reactionary character Of
Kuomintang leadership. the repressiye
nature of its rule and the widespread
corruption among government officials
and military officers have cost the gov-
ernment heavily in 8. the confidence
Evening star., 1955-01-29
Must We Fight Agoin9'

General Douglas Macarthur has pro-
pounded powerful challenge to the world
leaders Of our time in his proposal that
they should unite in proclamation OF
readiness to abolish war. The result, he
told 18TH birthday anniversary ceremony
in his honor In Los Angeles would be magi-
cal: the alternative may be virtual ami
hilation for all
In laying the groundwork for his sug-
gestion, the general portrayed vividly the
spiritual and material values that might
flow from such an agreement sincerely made
and respected. He spoke of the hundreds
OF billions of dollars in all parts of today's
divided world that could be directed to the
literal abolishment OF poverty and to raising
the standards of living beyond anything
ever dreamed of by man. He spoke OF the
relief OF international tensions that are
having such corrosive effect on the moral
fiber of our civilization. And he spoke Of a
political effect, namely, rendering more
precarious the totalitarian or autocratic rule
which nourishes itself today on it's 'infiu-
ence to induce war or to maintain peace"
It is the generals thesis, and it is not
easily disputed, that each side in this di-
V4UG0 WVllN oO 1dA eao OAAC AAAcSooSo 0AS SSA~
cerned, is equally desirous Of peace. An
agreement to abolish war-a mutual deter
nination that peace must prevail-he con-
tended would not depend so much upon
trust as upon self-interest. And he con-
tended further that "the public opinion of
every part Of the world would be the great
denominator which would ensure the issue
This idea of abolishing war Is far
from new In modern times it was i'm
plicit In the covenant of the League OF
Nations, and the first objective stated IN
the Charter of the United Nations is ito save
succeeding generations from the scourge OF
war" President Eisenhower, himself pro-
fesSional soldier, has spoken eloquently on
several occasions on the thesis that there
is no true alternative, II our civilization Is
to survive between peace and war. It may
be, as General Macarthur contends, that
the mechanics we have chosen for "wagtng
the peace"-allianceS, military prepared
ness and SO forth-are not the most effec-
tive. And yet the little wars" that
have been fought during the past decade
stemmed from aggressions that were clearly
traceable to militant communism. And
they have been ended thus far either by
force or by compromise, rather than by any
appeal to the Communist leadership on
behalf of peace, or against war, as way
OF life. It is probably true that the masses
on each side are equally desirous Of peace
but no successful way has yet been found
to enlist or even to reach that public opin-
ion, in the dark countries of state-controlled
information, that is needed, according TO
General Macarthur, to ensure the outlawing
Of war.
1t would be frustrating indeed to believe
without hope that we must tight again
before we learn" But II would be exceed
ingly dangerous to believe that peace has
been won, that war has been abolished,
merely because some agreement might be
extracted from i clique OF ruling men who
haRe never yet permitted public. opinion OF
Evening star., 1955-01-29

such material to fall into the hands of
the Communists was prolonging the
war. Although / stressed this point
many times after that. it was Of little
avail" There was also evidence that
Chiang's lieutenants sold their Ameri-
can war equipment to the Reds and
used the proceeds to open thrift ac-
counts in the United States.
Is 1t to save this regime that we are
new risking all-out war? Bemused by
the gentle ministrations of Chiang's
lobby and conditioned by years of
Knowlandism-which equates loyalty to
Chang with LOYALTY to our country
Evening star., 1955-01-29

Congress has failed to demand realis-
tic accounting of our Asia policy. II
we must draw the line for Communist
China. let us do so on the merits of
the issue alone, with full awareness Of
the military and political dangers in
supporting Chang. 1t would be in
decent to see this great Nation build
ing its foreign policy around that junk
heap generalissimo, and initiating him
as its ideal before the world.
M. Hartman.
Evening star., 1955-01-29

and support of the people," Ambassa-
dor Stuart warned the State Depart
nient that Chang was limiting that
If aid is not soon Forthcoming from
the United States, it may become nec-
essary for China to seek assistance from
the Soviet Union" In 1949 Gen. Barr
protested to the Nationalists that a
large amount Of the arms and ammuni-
tion in the hands OF the Communists
was captured Nationalist equipment
and that the practice of permitting
Evening star., 1955-01-29

the masses on their side to become knowl-
edgeable or forceful.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
AUCTION SALES

ASTIQUEs--Jeweiry, books. cloth
many other household furntShings
Auction every Sat. at 10 am.
Opening date November 3. OLD
STONE HOUSE AUCTION GAL
LERIES. 1907 Annapolis rd., Bia-
den6burg. Md. UN. 4-052. UN- T.
b7nT.
THos. ]. OWN 4 son, A1ssioassTI
Evening star., 1955-10-26

COW" to work with IN his pic
|ture, "The Mountain.
New Paramount star Caro-
Ohmart usually goes alone, 81
with Q studio executive. TO par
ties. premieres or night clubs
Says Carol: "I want to keep my
name out Of romantic entanele-
ments" - until her career Is
launched.
Gordon MacRae says he'll
make it to Broadway or bust
after .'Carousel.p He turned
down "Pajama Came in New
York for the movie version Of
"oklahoma |" and then another
play for "Carousel."
Cute sight at the London air.
port: A waving base" a place
to wave to people taking of IN
planes. More from Paris
tomorrow.
released BY the NArlAl !.
Evening star., 1955-10-26
SYLVESTER

Continued From Page C-5
"and don't you try any Of it.
young man. My friend and ]
have a lot to talk about this trip
and we want to hear 1t ALL"
A character wandered into a
local bar the other day and put
in the usual order for the very
dry martini. The bartender did
the old bit of putting gin and
ice In a glass and hollering Yer
mouth" The character. shook
his head, refusing the drink.
You ruined it." he said. You
hollered too loud"
y H*&
Ira Marion, the documentary
script writer for ABC-TV, is q
veteran fire buff who has written
many network shows saluting our
brave fire fighters. The other day
he was elated when a letter came
to his home from the Office of
Fire Commissioner Edward r.
Cavanaugh, jr.
Inspection proved. however.
that the letter was for Marion's
l1-year-old daughter, Linda
Jane, whom Cavanaugh will pre-
sent with the Mayors Medal for
aafire safety essay she wrote last
April without even asking any
advice from her fire buff father.
Bill Goodwin of the TV Penny
to Million" relays the one
about the Indian fakir who was
complaining to his wife about
his insomnia.
II sleep like somebody has put
q cushion in my bed" he COM
planned.
Two teen-agers were looking at
the double feature movies on w
42d street yesterday. One of the
foreign films was advertised as
having English titles.
You amt going in there" said
one. "You can't even read Ameri-
can right
Evening star., 1955-10-26
HOLLY WOOD
Rito in Paris to Stay?
By SHEiLAH GRAHAM

| IHakims have been In the British
capital for eight months. Andre
lis now producing THE Man Who
Never Was" with Ronald Neame
directing, there.
In London ! heard that q new
management win take over Metro
next February IA. and that VIII
liam Perlberg win be the new
boss. Sounds too fantastic to be
true but in all my years as q
Hollywood reporter I've learned
that nothing is impossible and
I'll do some checking when !
return.
Here's today's Vic Mature
item: He's leaving for Hollywood
lin week for his divorce fight
ION November Z. II could have
postponed it." Vic told me, "but
now ] want to get 1t over with.
The sad part is the boy--I was
confused at first. ! thought 1t
was Dorothy I wanted to stay
with. but it was the boy"
-
My pipeline from Hollywood
tells me that Joseph Gotten has
Just about the most complicated
contract in town for his narrat-
ing. TV. and movies for 2oth-
Fox. 1t has to cover every pos.
sible legal complication. And
the small print almost adds up
to a book. But I'm glad to see
him busy again. never could
understand Joe's eclipse In the
last five years.
Producer Charles Bracket Of
fered Joan Fontaine's 10-year-
old daughter Martha a part In
THE King and L" But after
Joan reviewed Martita's school
work for two weeks. she couldn't
let her accept. Martita's arith-
Imetic grades were way down.
&AH
Jerry Lewis is looking for n
new star to work with him In
his next picture. '.Pardners. |"
"It's a terrific part" said Jerry.
And he'll even steal the scenes
from me-" It's q tame bull that's
being sought. Spencer Tracy.
incidentally, needs - French