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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
ROBERT A. HUMPHREYS.
HOWARD 7. HUMPHREYS,


iii z st. NV.
Trustees Sale Of Valuable SEMI
DETACHED FRAME DWELLING
BEING KNOWN AS PREMISES
NUMBER 1854 HOLBROOK TER
RACE, NORTHEAST.
BY virtue Of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. 10210,
Folio 535 ct seQ.. OF the land rec
ords Of the District of Columbia,
and at the request of the party
secured thsreoy the n,S Snde 9Srf1sT
n f5Snt of she pT TTaTEFNf On
DAY OF DECEMBER. AID. 1855,
AT TWO O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
lowing-described land and premises,
situate in the District Of Columbia.
and DESIGNATED as and being Lots
As and AZ in Groff's subdivision
in Block l3. Trinidad" as per
plat recorded in the Once Of the
Surveyor for the District Of Co
lumbia in Liber County l. at folio
g.. Said Block IL now known as
Square 4055.
Terms: Sold subject to a prior
building association deed OF trust
for approximately S6.79S.2S fur
Their particulars OF which will be
announced at time Of sale; the
purchase price above said trust to
be paid in cash. A deposit of
$4,000 required. Conveyancing.
recording, etc, at purchasers cost,
Adjustments made as Of date OF
sale. Terms to be complied with
post forfeited and the property
the discretion of the trustees.
ROBERT w KIDWEII
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-07
MESSENGER

Young boy, 17-lg, yrs. of age. with
at least 2 yrs. Of high school, for
permanent job in our adver tisins
birth certificate. Apply Personnel
Room 602. Open weekdays. 5000
and Sat. 9-I2. No phone calls.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
No Rest for Mr.. Dulles

Only few months ago Secretary
Dulles was portrayed as bull in the dip
lomatic china shop, bent on Shattering
the peace Of the world Now he is under
attack for allegedly being too restrained,
too temperate, in his response to Mr..
Molotov at Geneva. Who knows? One
more swing of the pendulum and Mr..
Dulles may stand indicted for being soft
on communism.
What do the critics of Mr.. Dulles
want? What would they have him do?
It is easy to say that Mr.. Molotov has
called the Western bluff" Those with
out responsibility in the matter have no
difficulty in drawing a parallel between
the restraint shown at Geneva and the
appeasement of Hitler at Munich. People
who believe that difficult and dangerous
international problems can be solved by
slamming doors find 1t easy to conclude
that Mr.. Dulles must be thinking first
of the American elections to be held next
year.
But Mr.. Dulles is in different cate
CORY. He has a responsibility. He cannot
yield to what must be strong temptation
to hand Mr. Molotov his hat and send
him about his business. He has to think,
and think very seriously, of what would
happen after the door had been slammed
at Geneva and the respective foreign
ministers had returned home. What Is
the alternative to continued negotia-
tions? Would it not be full-blown
revival of the cold war-or worse?
Certainly these are some of the things
Mr.. Dulles had in mind in saying: when
issues as great as those here are at stake,
we shall not easily be discouraged" To
press on in search of a solution of the
German problem does not call for self
deception. We must take full notice of
the unyielding Russian attitude, of their
apparent aim to communize all of Ger
many first and then all of Europe To
protect against this, we must reinforce
Western unity in all possible ways and
build steadily on the foundations Of West
ern strength.
But we should take no action,
whether 1t be the slamnling of door
or the cracking of whip, that would
rob us of our own hexibility OF action.
The German people are not likely to sub
NIT docilely and indefinitely to the Conn
muniSt scheme of domination Time and
events can be expected to produce situa-
tions which may make 1t in Russia's
interest to soften the Russian attitude.
II that happens, we want to be In a
position to explore all possibilities. Mr..
Dulles is entirely right in his refusal to
be easily discouraged.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
A Broken Family

! have heard much discus
sion approving the murder
committed by Mrs. Katherine
A. Haynes. / have not agreed
with the people who thought
she was justified; but ! am
concerned about the children
in the case. because ! am a
mother.
! am prompted to ask two
questions of Mrs. Haynes SYM
pathizers: Have they consid-
cred the plight Of these little
girls and the consequences
which viii ensue? win those
who have condoned murder
stretch forth a helping hand
to aid this girl readjust her
life and care for her children,
or does their sympathy stop
with committing a crime and
escaping punishment?
I pray that Mrs. Haynes viii
be helped along the way with
loving consideration, and that
the children will not have to
suffer for the crimes commit-
ted by an errant father and q
thoughtless mother.
r.. n r.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Good Administration

Tne coming primary and
State elections all over the
United States will do much to
prepare the way for deciding
who will be our next Presi-
dent of the United States.
Let us not. therefore. be un-
mindful of the great gains
made by the present Repub-
lican administration in lessen-
ing the infiltration of COM
munism In Government. and
also lessening the dangers Of
another war. For these we
should be very thankful. And
let us not be llnmindful of the
fact that it took the Repub-
lican Party to grasp control Of
Government which was here
tofore vested in the leaders of
the New Deal wing of the
Democratic Party. which con-
troll was leading US down the
path Of socialism. Old line
Democrats will do well to keep
their party out of the reach of
their former New Deal leaders.
otherwise their original Demo-
cratic principles viii be alb
sorbed forever.
Virginian.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Redevelopment Teamwork

The District Redevelopment Land
Agency has placed proper emphasis on
the need for closely co-ordinating the
various redevelopment projects in South
west Washington. It Is essential that
there be no practical, esthetic or other
conflict among the several plans for elm
mating blighted sections and rebuilding
them into modern, healthful and pros
porous communities.
1t is reaSSuring, therefore, to learn
that good working relationship is ex-
pected between the contractors for the
adjoining Area B and Area C projects.
The former undertaking, recently placed
IN the hands Of a New York syndicate,
will reconstruct an unsightly section near
the Capitol grounds, extending along
South Capitol street The other enter
prise is the so-called Zeckendorf program
for rebuilding huge area along the
water front from the Mall to Fort McNair.
Roger L. Stevens, a member of the
New York group which was awarded the
smaller Area B contract, has been as
sociated with William Zeckendorf in sew
eral previous realty operations. He has
told officials Of the Redevelopment Land
Agency that his syndicate will strive TO
make the Area B program conform to the
Area c pattern-within the limitations
OF the B contract, of course. Thus, for
example, shopping center originally
planned as an integral part of the B
project may be abandoned in favor OF
a larger center designed to serve the
entire redeveloped Southwest. Team
work of this sort is highly desirable in
the broad program being supervised by
the Redevelopment Land Agency and the
National Capital Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
An Appeal to Reason

President Eisenhower, In his solemn
statement on Arab-Tsraeli tensions, has
thrown the weight of his official and
personal prestige behind efforts to pacify
a situation that could readily explode
into full-scale war. The danger has been
markedly increased as result of Soviet
sponsorship of Czech arms shipments to
Egypt-a fact that has led the Tel Aviv
government to seek similar shipments
from u.s. The military race between the
two sides thus has been intensified to a
point where anything might happen at
any time.
To counter the threat, the President
has emphasized, among other things,
that although the United States remains
willing to consider requests for arms
needed for legitimate self-defense, we do
not intend to contribute to an arms COM
petition" The key phrase here is "legiti-
mate self-defense." Presumably, II the
Israelis can offer convincing arguments
ON that score, they will be able to acquire
some Of the weapons they would like TO
have from us. But MIR. Eisenhower, hav-
Ing in mind the great Importance of MAIN
tanning our country's friendship with the
Arab states, has plainly indicated that
the test of legitimacy will be severe one
and that our Government will make no
shipments likely to create military
in1baIance that Israel's neighbors could
rightly regard as a menace to themselves.
Actually, of course, the Presidents
sole objective in this delicate situation Is
to head of an arms race OF any kind
and to promote peace by persuading the
contending parties to get together in
negotiations aimed at bringing about
def1nitive settlement of their differences.
To that end, besides making an indirect
appeal to the Kremlin to stop the dan
gerous game 1t is playing with Egypt, he
has called attention again to our coun-
try's readiness, under proper conditions,
to make vital economic and security con-
tributions to the Middle East and also
to "join in formal treaty engagements
to prevent or thwart any effort by either
side to alter by force the boundaries
between Israel and its Arab neighbors."
Neither the Arabs nor the Israelis
can afford to shrug OF this highly signii-.
can't statement. Nor can they afford to
ignore the Implications Of the State De-
partment's follow-up warning, as voiced
by Lincoln White, that "this country will
be strongly opposed to the side which
starts a war and will be favorably dis
posed to the side which convinces us that
it desires to maintain peace" In the
circumstances. both Cairo and Tel Aviv
would be rendering good service to them
selves, and to the world at large, If they
acted now to stop their clashes and start
serious negotiations for O settlement.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
New Lineup

The task Of rebuilding major league
baseball club often has been long, hard
and not uniformly successful effort. In
some cases it has been done with money
cash purchases of recognized stars. In
other cases it has been done through
establishment of an expensive farm
system and the careful development OF
young players. In still others 1t has been
done through trading usually requiring
good luck as well as astuteness. Through
the years, the Washington ball club has
tried all three methods, with success at
times and lack Of 1t at others. Appar-
emily, it is trying it now through the
trading system with emphasis on getting
promising youngsters and there is con-
siderable logic to this approach.
The deal announced this week trades
away two established but aging stars
Vernon and Porterfield plus a couple
OF other veterans in exchange for five
youngsters of no assured reputation.
From the standpoint of the Boston Red
Sox, the second party to the deal, the
results should be clear next season. The
Red Sox made a surprisingly good show
Ing this year and the addition OF some
seasoned players could mean pennant
for the Fenway Park club In 1856. The
Evening star., 1955-11-11

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time is ripe for the Boston team to make
a real bid next year.
For the Senator'S, there are no pen
nants clearly in sight. If there is to be
one, or even good first-division showing,
within the next few years it must come
from. a rebuilt and younger team. The
deal with the Red Sox probably is not the
last before next season opens. II two or
three of the new players produce, the
club may be on its way to more re-
spected place in the league standings.
Meanwhile, new faces should mean new
fayorites and there is promise that next
years team will have freshness that
should arouse greater fan interest.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
WSTAS IN SCIENCE
Rv THOMAS r HENRY
ISUonts Look to Moon for Correct Time

at the Naval Observatory is ths
standard Of time as wen as
frequency for the United
States. In recent years there
has been an increasing de-
mand for more precise deter
mination. Consequently there
has been an urgent need for
determining the position Of
the moon with great accu-
racy."
The problem Of obtaining
such observations. DR.. Marko-
witz says, has been largely
solved by the construction of
q dual rate moon position
camera" This camera tracks
simultaneously the path Of
the moon at its own rate Of
motion and the surrounding
stars at their own quite Diff
ferent rates Of motion. Meas
urement Of the plate furnishes
the position of the moon rela-
tive to the stars with q much
higher accuracy than can be
obtained by any other means.
Such a camera was attached
to the I2-inch refractor at the
Naval Observatory three years
ago and has been in con-
tinuous use ever since.
The basis ordinarily used for
time determination. DR..
Markowitz says, is the rotation
of the earth. This time, how
ever, is not uniform, he points
out. 1t recently has been
determined that it differs by
about 80 seconds from the
more accurate moon time.
Other Purposes Outlined
Other purposes of the pro-
jected moon observations, as
outlined by DR.. Markowitz::
The moon is useful in
geodesy because of it's near
ness. Its apparent position
against background of stars
is sensibly affected by the posi-
ton of the observing station
with respect to the center Of
the earth. Hence it becomes
possible to obtain information
about the geometric position
of the station. Geographical
positions are ordinarily based
on astronomical observations
which are referred to the di-
rection of gravity at the sta
ton. Local gravity anomalies
affect the positions so obtained
and do not give the proper
relation to the center of the
earth.
Observations Of the position
OF the moon are not affected
by gravity and may be used to
furnish independent determi-
nation of the size and shape
of the earth"
At present, DR.. Markowitz
says, 20 moon position cameras
now are being constructed un-
der the direction of the Naval
Observatory. They will be at
tached to telescopes In North
and South America, Hawaii,
New Zealand. Australia, Japan,
India. Africa and Europe.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
AT Arlington
On Veterans Day

All come to this at last; the
quiet green
ShGdotD OF trees: q foper upon
the grass,
For coperlet: k1oDledge that
sorrotDS pass,
IN the first spreading ddDn
OF the Unseen,
So all hare knopn the peace
OF going to sleep
And not perchance In this our
life to iDdke1i;
As easily as a rose petal Is
shaken
One looses bonds that iDere so
strong and deep.
For death, for rest, kind death
Mould be,
All IN the past In grief hare
prayed
A boon not gtuen, a balm not
LUta---
Upon lite's harsh cGcophony.
HoiD shall ipe liDe, and come
to this small space,
Mailed In the faith. and
armoured IN His orace2
Phyllis N. Walsh
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Good Medicine

/ Good news ordinarily Is good medi-
cine for a convalescent. Accordingly,
Secretary of Labor Mitchell's visit with
President Eisenhower at Denver probably
aided the latter's recovery. For MIR.
Mitchell had good story to tell about
the health of the national economy
high level of employment, the low level
of unemployment and the good strike
record OF 1855. And not only do the sta
tiSticS on these indices make good reading
as far as the present and immediate past
are concerned. Reasonably cautious pro-
jections into the near future, at least,
are comparably cheering.
For example, capital investment by
industry this year is estimated at $27.9
billion, an increase by per cent above
1854 Furthermore, the rate of such spend
ing-a direct factor in ob-making-~
been about per cent higher in the cur
rent quarter than during the first nine
months of the year. This pace is conf
IDENTIFY expected to carry on into 1856.
Aside from Government forecasts to this
effect, one informal sampling of the plans
of "a industrial firms show that 81 are
expecting to spend more on plant inn
provements next year than they are In
1855. Another 10 expect to continue at
above the same rate and only a are
figuring on any cutback. Secretary OF
Commerce Weeks, in speech here last
Friday, cited additional statistics to bear
out his evaluation that the national econ
omy is "in the pink Of condition.
There are always uncertainties
economic as well as politician an elec-
ton year. But industry's willingness to
90 on adding to productive facilities indi-
Gates a confidence for both long and short
terms. This confidence itself can be an
asset to political party In power.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
Startled by the News

The Star of October. 81 con-
tanned several rather startling
news items. It seems that the
Eisenhower administration
proposes to insure everybody
against loss by flood In addi-
tion to reinsurance of private
health insurance. subsidies for
public school construction and
enormous grants for highway
construction by the Federal
Government which the Presi-
dent has said are absolutely
vital"
Democratic Senator Lehman
demands Federal insurance
against atomic and germ war;
fare attacks, while Democratic
Senator Patn1an adds his call
for Federal insurance against
loss of jobs because Of autona-
ton. When 1t comes to Fed
eral paternalism. the President
and the New Dealers seem to
be running neck and neck. OF
course, these "do-gooders" are
undisturbed by the fact that
the notion that the Federal
Government must take over
such functions goes directly
counter to the Constitution
and to our ideals Of self-gov-
ernment. Politics must be
served. When government
satisticians have figured out
the tax take" required to
finance these fantastic pro-
posals, 1t probably will be
found that the taxpayers are
left with nothing worth insur-
ing.
All of which recalls a very
excellent statement Of the
probable result of such pater-
naliSClc poncleS.
There is q kind Of dictator
ship which can come about
through q creeping paralysis Of
thought, readiness to accept
paternalistic measures Of gov
ernment, and along with those
paternalistic measures comes a
surrender Of our responsible
ties and, therefore, a surrender
Of our own thought over our
own lives and our own right
to exercise our vote indicating
the policies of our own coun-
try"
Who said it? Why none
other than President Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
Old Reac!ionary.
Evening star., 1955-11-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL

nobody. by himself, would
paddle his hands together. no
matter how well he liked a
performance.
Let a few fellow humans be
there. and all begin to clap
hands.
1t is the noise of the herd.
When the herd likes some-
thing, 1t makes the hand
noise.
When the herd dislikes
something. 1t begins to boo
and holler, with more mem
acing noises coming along in
routine performance.
Once the elder psychologists
called our collective attention
to the subject of the herd and
the crowd, we no longer were
children in a Garden of Eden.
The beginning of the goth
century saw more than auto
mobiles and airplaneS and
radio and rocket propulsion.
1t watched man ouSted once
more from the little Garden of
Eden, called ignorance, which
he had built up all by himself.
He was happy there. until a
man by the name of Freud
waved him back with a fam
ing sword of investigation.
The holy of holes, the hui
man mind. had come into the
light of science at last.
II y Il
"The shouting and the tu-
multi dies"
The captains and the kings
are in listening to their noisy
television sets, while their
wives are kicking up more
noise, if not dust, with their
vacuum cleaners.
Happy is that household
whose refrigerator makes only
a few clicks, now and then.
Templeton Jones had one
that fairly sung. The elec-
trical repairman said it
hummed, except that one
night. when it chirped like q
cricket.
The electrical repairman
said the wiring was old. it
should be replaced, $120,
please.
So Jones had the wiring
done over. nicely and neatly,
everything spic and span.
Then he listened to the
refrigerator.
1t clicked and hummed Just
the same as ever, proving be-
yond a doubt that electricity
is electricity, no matter what
the repairman says.
Evening star., 1955-11-11

Fixing the precise position Of
the moon with split-second ac-
curacy viii be a major objec-
tive during the forthcom-
ing international Geophysical
Year.
The job will require thou
sands Of observations and
photographs taken all over the
world. Contingent upon it are
such problems as changes in
speed Of the earth's rotation.
the size and shape of the earth.
and the determination of uni
form time. The latter Is of
prime interest, according to q
report Of DR.. William Marko-
witZ, director of the time serv-
ice at the United States Naval
Observatory. This is the time
keeper for the United States
and incidentally for much of
the rest of the world.
The idea of using the moon
for time and place determine
tions. DR.. Markowitz reports to
the Office of Naval Research,
is at least 400 years old. Theo-
retically it should be the easiest
to read Of all "cosmic clocks"
The motion of the moon among
the stars provides in effect a
clock, the moon itself being the
hand and the stars the hour
marks. A precise table OF the
moons position is necessary.
The need of such a time de-
terminer became pressing with
the rapid development of navi-
cation after the discovery of
America. It was not until
nearly 200 years later, how
ever, that tables giving the
positions of moon and stars
became available. Although
there were some serious draw
backs the lunar method con-
tinued in limited use among
ravigators until the early years
Of the present century.
Celestial Clock OFF
Then, says DR.. Markowitz,
although use of lunar OBJ
servations for determining time
at sea died out, use of the
moon in precise time keeping
has recently taken on a new
Importance. Accurate observa-
tions Of the moon obtained by
astronomers during occulta-
tions, the shutting of of the
light Of one celestial body by
the Intervention of another.
had shown an apparent wan
dering of the moon from its
predicted place.
When analyses of the or
bital motion Of the earth,
Venus and Mercury about the
sun showed corresponding dis
crepancies it became apparent
that the rotation of the earth
itself was not uniform.
Either the moon or planets
may be used to furnish uni
form time. but because of its
rapid motion the moon is most
suitable. Time as determined
Evening star., 1955-11-11

@. Please give some infor-
nation about the Liberation
Flag" which played such a his
toric part in World War II.
-. M.
A. On December 7, 1941,
when Pearl Harbor was at
tackled. this flag was flying over
the United States Capitol. It
was flying also on the follow
ing day when war was de-
clared. President Franklin D..
Roosevelt ordered it to be car
ried around the world. 1t was
flown in Rome on July 4,
1914: over Potsdam, at the time
Of the fateful conference q year
later: and on September 2,
l945, aboard the usS Missouri